"Dragonball AS: 32nd Budokai Saga"
Chapter 55- "Celebration"

By- Tiny

"C'mon Kimuchi, it wasn't all that bad!" Krillin's student, Trevor, laughed, "You should feel honored that you even got to compete against the World Champion!"

Kimuchi just grumbled at the dark-skinned man's mockery and turned to the side, his gaze almost literally burning a hole in the wall. Gohan had managed to, despite how weak he was from the earlier match, defeat Kimuchi in only a few moves even after the young son of Raditz used his Abyss attack. The young Saiya-jin was not pleased, but there was nothing he could do about it.

The Z gang had gone to Capsule Corp. to celebrate shortly after the young man's defeat, but two of the fighters had decided not to attend. Vegeta was locked up inside the Gravity Chamber as everyone else partied, his body being tested hard against 1000x Earth's normal pull. Trunks was also missing, but had masked his ki so that nobody could pick up where he was at exactly.

Most of the attending Saiya-jin were eating their hearts out at the tables that Bulma's robots had set up, especially the World Champion and his father. Piccolo and Sanil looked absolutely disgusted by the Saiya-jin's eating habits as they chugged down some water, trying not to watch their comrades pig out. As for the humans, they were doing a bit of friendly sparring inside the massive garden area, with Krillin and Tien beating down everybody that came at them.

"Master Krillin sure is a remarkable fighter!" Akira mused, watching his sensei knock Yugin into the ground, "Do you think we'll ever be that powerful one day?"

"Why not?" Roshi shrugged, laughing a little, "I mean, we have just as much if not more potential then our parents generation did!"

"That doesn't mean much from where I'm setting," Yugin growled, crawling up to his feet, "The old men sure know how to give us a whooping!"

"I'll say!" Bonzar agreed, "I've never had to exert myself so much against anyone, not even when we fought Pride and his minions!"

"You boys just whine to much, almost like a bunch of girls!" a certain, blonde-haired android chuckled, "And just for my own curiosity, who is it that called my husband an 'old man'?"

"He did it!" all the human men gulped, pointing accusing fingers at Yugin.

Yugin was sweating bullets as Juuhachi came closer to him, leaning down to stare him right in the eyes as the purple-haired human tried to sneak away. The android picked him up roughly, however, and gazed at him with those cold blue eyes of hers, sending a sudden chill down the man's spine.

"I'll remember that the next time we spar, Yugin," Juuhachi chuckled lowly, "If you think that Krillin is bad, just wait....."

Yugin hit the ground with a thud as Juuhachi released his shirt collar, dropping him down onto the grassy garden floor. The resurrected spirit of Ginyu rubbed his but as he watched the android walk away, his fellow human's laughing it up at his expense.

"I'm a dead man...."

Trunks sat silently in his childhood bedroom in the Capsule Corp. compound, meditating as his bluish aura flayed around his calm body. The lavender-haired Saiya-jin was masking his ki levels, however, making it so that nobody would be able to find him while he rested. Well, almost nobody....

"So this is where you ran off to!" Marron chuckled, "I thought that I'd find you in here somehow."

"It must be the bond," Trunks grumbled, getting to his feet, "What is it?"

"Nothing, just wondering why my husband refuses to associate with everyone else while they have a good time," Marron sighed, sitting on the bed, "So confess Trunks, what's the matter?"

"You wouldn't understand if I told you Marron," Trunks sniffed, "I'm not sure that anybody would really understand."

"Is it about your father?" the blonde asked, "Goku seemed to understand pretty well."

"What Goku did helped me feel better about losing to f....Vegeta, but even he doesn't truly understand why it hurt me to lose," Trunks smiled to his mate, "It goes back a long way why I'm so furious when Vegeta does what he did to me and Diive and would take almost a lifetime to explain."

Marron smiled sweetly at her mate, getting up off of the bed and wrapping her arms around his waist as Trunks headed for the door. The Saiya-jin instantly froze under his mate's touch, some primal instinct welling up within his body as the blonde woman nuzzled her head against his neck. The young man's lavender tail wrapped tightly around Marron's waist as she kissed Trunks on the cheek, turning his face beet red.

"Let's go back downstairs with the others," Marron smiled, "Your mother and sister are worried about you."

"They can wait," Trunks chuckled, turning to face Marron, "I have something to take care of first."

"Like what?"

"Oh, I don't know....like this, maybe?" Trunks smirked, pulling his mate into a long, passionate kiss just before the two collapsed onto the bed.

They wouldn't be seen again until the next day....

Night fell on the planet as the party at Capsule Corp. finally ended, everyone heading off to their respective homes after saying goodbye to everyone else. The Son clan was the last group to leave, Kimuchi being sure to keep his distance from Gohan as the older Saiya-jin teased him. Bulma's robots were already busy at work cleaning up the dishes from the party and the mess in the gardens, making things unbelievably quiet inside the large compound.

Well, almost entirely quiet. Bulma could hear something that sounded an awful lot like furniture moving around coming from Trunks' old bedroom, as well as a muffled cry every now and then. A small, wicked grin spread across the blue-haired woman's face as she herself decided to turn in for the night, finding that her husband still hadn't come back in from his post-Budokai training.

As such, the Capsule Corp. scientist decided to take a quick shower before going to sleep alone...again. As the hot water came down upon her body, Bulma was sure to note just how great she looked despite how old she was in reality. It was mostly thanks to Vegeta's little wish that turned all the Saiya-jin's mates young again, but a small part of the blue-haired woman like to think it was her own agelessness that kept her so attractive....

"Thinking like that will drive you crazy, you know," a gruff, harsh chuckle came into the shower, "Do you mind hurrying it up? I need a bath!"

"Well you can wait, Vegetable-head!" Bulma huffed, "I'm dirty and I need to get a bath before I ca go to sleep!"

"Would you care to get a little dirtier?" Vegeta smirked, a gleam of lust in his eyes, "I'll make it worth your while..."

"GET THE HELL OUT OF MY SHOWER!!!" Bulma screamed, throwing a bottle of shampoo at her mate, "SICK SAIYA-JIN SON OF A...."

Trunks sat up suddenly in his old bed, sweat dripping down his brow from his...extracurricular activity, Marron following shortly after. The lavender-haired Saiya-jin was glancing back and forth rapidly, as though he had seen something but not known what it was.

"What is it Trunks?" Marron yawned, "You see something?"

"No, but I could've sworn I heard a woman scream just now," Trunks shook his head, "Did you hear anything?"

"Nope, not a thing," Marron nodded, "Now come on and lay back down. You need some rest, you wild man you!"

"Whatever you say Marron," Trunks smirked, "But I could've sworn that was Mom yelling..."

.....End of 32nd Budokai Saga.....

NEXT TIME: After the end of the Budokai, thirteen years have passed by with little events, save the feud between Trunks and Vegeta escalating. The younger Saiya-jin warriors who competed in the Junior Division are now all grown up and are facing the greatest challenge of their life! How will the monkey-tailed youngsters manage this new development? What new adventures and new friends await them? All this and more in the next installment of Dragonball AS!!!!!!