The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret

--Zero Hour--

Trunks, Pan, Marron and Bra stood and watched from a distance as Vegeta made his way toward the restaurant.

Goten and Paris were just leaving when the group arrived. They seemed to be in the middle of an argument.

"Man, when you said you were gonna take me at my word I thought that you'd drop the subject," Goten said to his date.

Paris gave Goten an angry look. "I said that so you could have a chance to tell me the truth."

"I told you the truth! What do you want? A written essay? A panel of witnesses?" Goten asked. "Geez! When you say you believe someone, then you're supposed to believe them!" He threw his hands up in the air. He didn't look very happy.

"I'm gonna give you a chance to think about this whole baby thing. I want you to sort out whatever is going on. Then I want you to come to work tomorrow and let me know the TRUTH about the whole situation," Paris said. She pulled out a cell phone and turned her back to him. "I'm calling a cab to take me home."

Goten rolled his eyes.

Vegeta appeared right behind Goten. "Hi there."

Goten turned to where the voice was coming from. He looked surprised to see the visitor. "Vegeta. Hi. Um, what are you doing here?"

"It seems you've caused my daughter a great deal of pain," Vegeta told him. He transformed into a Super Saiyan. "And I've decided to return the favor!" He punched Goten across the face and sent him flying through a nearby building with a loud crash.

Paris turned toward the sound and screamed. "Goten! Are you okay?" She looked at Vegeta. "I'm calling the police!" She flipped her phone open again and when she put it to her ear, Vegeta blasted it to ash.

The Super Saiyan smirked. "Looks like you'll have to call them long distance."

Paris screamed and fainted.

During the phone incident, Bra took the opportunity to fly over to where Goten had fallen. She started desperately digging him out from beneath the rubble. "Goten, please be okay...," she whispered.

Goten sat up and coughed. "Oi. And I thought YOU hit hard." He adjusted his jaw.

Bra smiled. "I'm so glad you're okay."

Goten looked past her. "Not for long." He slowly stood up and stared at Vegeta angrily. "Vegeta, what are you thinking? You can't do things like that in the middle of the city. Look at the damage you've done."

Ah, just like Goten to think of other people's welfare first.

"No amount of damage will be enough to make up for what you've done to Bra," Vegeta stated. He ascended to Super Saiyan 2 and jetted toward Goten.

"PAPA! STOP THIS!" Bra yelled. She moved Goten behind her.

Vegeta stopped dead in his tracks. "What are you doing, child? He's about to get what's coming to him."

"I'm not letting you do this. Fighting him isn't going to change the way I feel about him," Bra said to her father.

"That may be. But killing him will change the way you deal with it," Vegeta retorted.

"Well, if you kill him, you may as well kill me. Because I can't live without him," Bra said.

Vegeta looked at Bra for a long time. "Then there's only one thing that can be done."

Bra looked at her father and tried her best to control her breathing. Inhale. Exhale.. Inhale... Exhale.... Inhale.....

"I will allow you to see each other," Vegeta announced.

Bra looked surprised and exhaled. Then she ran over, jumped up and hugged Vegeta around the neck. "Oh, papa!" She kissed him on the cheek.

"But...," Vegeta continued. He glared at Goten. "If you ever, EVER do anything to hurt her, I won't hesitate to introduce you to your death."

Goten goofily saluted Vegeta. "Sir, yes, sir!"

Vegeta narrowed his eyes at Goten, but Goten only smiled that Son smile.

Marron, Pan and Trunks came out of hiding.

"Oh, man. This is great! Congratulations, you two!" Pan squealed. Tears of joy came to her eyes.

Marron looked straight up.

Trunks smiled a little.

Bra ran over to Goten, jumped up and hugged him around the neck. She kissed him long and hard. Her head was spinning from all the excitement.

"Um, I don't think we should be doing this here," Goten whispered. He looked past her.

Bra turned and looked at her father, who had an angry look on his face. She turned back to Goten. "I think you're right."

--End Zero Hour--

--Okay, so this chapter was super short. I hope you enjoyed it. Let me know what you think.

--It's an official countdown to the end of Versus 2. There's one more chapter left. I know it came about suddenly, but I didn't know how this chapter would turn out until it happened.

--If you have questions you want to ask, now is the time to do it. There won't be much time to ask between now and the end of the story.

--Thank you for reading this installment of Versus 2: The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret. Thank you for all your past reviews. And thank you for all your support and patience during the hard times.

--Oh, yeah. For those of you who might be interested, I've finally added a bio. I don't know WHY anyone would be interested, but it's there.