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IMPORTANTE!

*FROM CHAPTER TWELVE THIS STORY WILL BE RATED R*

Just to be safe, I'm not going to write sex scenes all of a sudden. I just want to be safe and be able to take this a very little bit further.

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review responses: (not all of them this time.)

Cheena Son: I'm glad to know I'm not alone and I'm glad that at least 1 person reads the author's notes. That's why I write them (I feel so much better knowing you read them ^_^) As for who the girl is, I know who she is to Radditz but I'm not sure if I get a chance to tell. You'll just have to guess. Thanks for your review and here's your update! (feels strange writing that before I actually have even 1 word in the new chapter:S)

Xshiny: Yes, Goten will appear, I've written his part already. All I need now is finding out when I'll let him arrive. But I have a feeling that is soon. Thanks for your review and here's the next chapter!

Amanda: All comments are welcome, but if you want something else, tell me what you'd like to see in the story or tell me what I should change or something. And if you still don't know what to say then tell me what your favourite colour is ^_^ All comments, relevant or not, are more than welcome! Thanks for your review.

Marix: I'd love to but I can't get one chapter done every week. If I have no idea what to write of if I don't feel like it. I really want my chapters to be good and to get that I shouldn't push myself too much. I know I'm not updating much lately but I'm working on it.

Someone: don't worry, I will. Here's more and thanx for your review

Kousagi-chan: I'm doing the best I can! Here's the next chap, soon enough? Thanx for the review

A-man: Thanx for your review, glad you like it.

Fluffy lover: Vegeta telling Trunks about his heritage? Vegeta doesn't know he has a son, he thinks he'd killed that woman on earth. Nope, Trunks is going to have to find out in another way.

Desirae: Thanx, I liked giving Bardock some guts. When I wrote his part I'd just seen his movie and he has guts there too. I'm just having trouble remembering he should be an older guy by now and Radditz is Vegeta's age which is more than 20 years older than when he arrived in dbz. And I'll let you know when I want to borrow Goten, all right? Thanx for the review, glad you're still with me!
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IMPORTANTE!

*FROM CHAPTER TWELVE THIS STORY WILL BE RATED R*

Just to be safe, I'm not going to write sex scenes all of a sudden. I just want to be safe and be able to take this a very little bit further.

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Chapter eleven: More work (this is getting boring)

As the sound caused by two solid matters connecting with each other penetrated trough their ears causing little electric shock-waves to be sent to their brains, indicating the presence of another form of life (A/N Oh God. . . sorry, couldn't stop myself. Is that actually English? T_T) the two lovers looked up.

Trunks could smack himself for barging in like that but he tried to calm himself with the thought that at least he had the decency to knock on the door. He just hoped those two thought about it the same way.

Radditz quickly pushed himself away from the female and backed up against the wall. He fastened the zip-fastener from his pants, trying to hide the blush that had appeared on his face. Finally he looked up and glared at the youth who had just walked in on him. In the mean time the female had snatched a shirt from the ground and quickly put it on, covering her naked upper half. She was furiously blushing too.

Only now Trunks could get a good look at her and he realized the woman looked a lot younger than Radditz was. Actually, she didn't even look that much older than Trunks himself. That was gross. Not the female, she looked quite nice he had to admit. But him being with a male of that age. It had to be at least 20 years difference.

"What do you want." Radditz growled.

Trunks blinked at the question, his head slowly coming back to reality.

"Well?" Radditz asked impatiently when the boy didn't immediately answer.

"Eh. . . I eh. . . well. . ." Trunks faltered. What did he want again? He squeezed his eyes shut for a moment blocking out the mental images appearing inside his mind. Slowly he remembered what he came here for. "Garboly," he said and opened his eyes. "The king wishes to have more garboly."

The female saiyans nodded. She walked towards the door that connected this area to the one where the actual cooking took place. On her way there she grabbed her uniform from the ground and quickly put it on again, stroking it to make it look more decent. She quickly tied her black spiky hair together before she opened the door and walked into the next area.

Trunks blinked again as he tried to make sense out of what just happened here. Did they. . . Were they about to. . .? Oh well, he probably shouldn't be too stunned at this he guessed. . . But inside the castle?

He didn't get more time to think about it though because Radditz had walked over to him and now glared at the boy. "Not a word about this to anyone, got that kid?"

Trunks quickly nodded and at that Radditz seemed to relax a bit. He walked over to the door where the woman had disappeared trough. "Wait here. Some servants will be right up with the food." Then he disappeared trough the door too.

A few minutes later the female returned, followed by a few servant carrying the trays with the food. "Lead the way." She said to Trunks before she disappeared trough the door again, leaving the servants waiting for him to move first.

Trunks led the servants towards the dining room and while they set down the trays with garboly, trunks took his place behind the princess again. A quick glance at the king offered the boy the knowledge that he was not displeased and Trunks couldn't help but feel relieved at that.

During the rest of the dinner Trunks did his best to keep his attention to his job, but he kept having those mental pictures of Radditz and the girl and questions started filling his mind. Is that why he left the table so easily? So that he could be with her? They obviously weren't mates or else they would probably wait until they could go home and do those things in private. Was she a forbidden love? Was he cheating on his real mate? Was she cheating?

Trunks shuddered at the thought of walking in a few minutes later. He told himself to keep his mind somewhere else. This was not his business.

Finally the dinner was over. Trunks followed Bra and the others to the ball room where the party would be held.

The lights of were enchanting and for a moment they blinded the view until you actually stepped inside. Trunks knew it wasn't the biggest room in the castle, but then again, there weren't so many guests either. For a small party, though, it was still very big. The room was dressed in rich matters, basically red with some royal blue to cool the warm colours.

Bra walked over to a corner and indicated for Trunks to stay there. The king and queen had left their servants there too. While the guests quickly spread out over the room, the royal orchestra started playing music and the waiters and waitresses walked in, carrying trays with all sorts of drinks. They spread throughout the room to serve the drinks everywhere they were needed.

Trunks did his best to keep his eyes on Bra's position. Sissy had told him to keep an eye on her at all times in case something happened or she would want him or something. He had also told her that he would have to stay until she went to bed. She would probably come and collect him by that time so he could escort her to her room. After that he would be dismissed. Unless the princess wanted something else of course, but the party should tire her out enough to go to sleep immediately.

"You should relax, boy." Trunks looked up to his right and saw that the female servant was speaking to him. Her voice sounded soft and friendly and her face looked the same way. "This is a party. Nothing is going to happen."

She saw by the look on Trunks' face that it didn't help much so she continued trying to make him feel more relaxed. "This your first party you attend to?"

"Yes."

"Well, we've been to a lot of them and more will come. Second time isn't half as bad as first. It's all the same, you see, stand where they want you to for an evening and leave when your master is ready for bed. Nothing ever happens. Not with Nappa in charge."

What was it about Nappa that made him so good? They said he was the only one the king trusted enough to let him be in charge of the entire security. He had to be real good. But from those few times Trunks had seen him, he just found the huge man plain scary. And that was pretty something coming from him. If he had to choose between a one-on-one fight with King Vegeta or with Nappa, he might even take the king. Good thing that wasn't requested of him, though.

Now the male spoke up too. "So you are the famous servant of the princess. I can see why she chose you."

Trunks gave him a query look but he just laughed softly. "Don't worry, kid, I don't mean too much with it. But the girl is changing into a woman and her hormones are leading her to places she shouldn't go. She is entering the time where she wants to experiment with mating and you obviously are good looking." Then he bowed so that his head would be closer to him and he whispered: "If I were you I would watch your step, boy, because she obviously fancies you. Or so the rumours go. And I know how protective King Vegeta is. You wouldn't be the first one to d. . ."

But the woman quickly pulled him back. "Shonao!" She hissed. "That's enough."

The man scowled at her but then turned back to Trunks. "Just don't let her hormones affect you boy, no good will come from it."

Trunks nodded, only paying half attention to him now. He wouldn't be the first one to what? Get hurt? Be tortured? Die? Mental images started appearing in the boy's mind. Images he'd rather not see, that was for sure. He tried to shake them off and concentrate on the princess, but he kept thinking about that man's word. One thing was for sure, he would watch his step whenever he was with Bra.

He was too far gone with his thoughts that he didn't even notice Radditz entering the room, glaring at him.

Trunks had no idea how long he had to just stand there, but he was glad when Bra announced her departure. He was tired of just standing there, doing nothing but watching the couples dance on the boring music. When they reached Bra's room she told him he could leave his clothes on the chair near his door. Some servants would pick them up later that night. She would not be needing him anymore tonight.

Trunks went to his own room and fell down on his back. He lay there staring at the ceiling for a while. Only now he realized how tired he actually was and how sore his muscles felt. He finally decided to take a hot bath to help him relax a little. He could make that wait for the morning but who knows she'd call him in early. At least now he could take as long as he wanted. He removed the annoying cuffs and then stripped off his clothes. He folded them and placed them on the chair near the door, like Bra's told him.

After that he walked into the bathroom. He turned on the hot water and stepped in. He leaned back as he felt the hot water rising, slowly enclosing his whole body all the way up to his neck. He decided a massage would be nice right now and he slowly began touching his feet. He gently rubbed the sore places, slowly working his way upward. This felt good.

He closed his eyes and imagined a woman standing next to the bath, doing the job for him. That felt even better!

When he was done massaging he opened his eyes and the girl from his fantasy suddenly disappeared. He laid his arms behind his head and relaxed for a while. Here on planet Vegeta they had a special device to keep the water on temperature and Trunks loved it. He had no idea how long he'd been in there but finally he decided it was time to get some sleep. No telling what tomorrow would bring.
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All right, now that they've finally noticed each other the getting together can finally begin. Next time: training!

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IMPORTANTE!

*FROM CHAPTER TWELVE THIS STORY WILL BE RATED R*

Just to be safe, I'm not going to write sex scenes all of a sudden. I just want to be safe and be able to take this a very little bit further.

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