Chapter 16: After Effect

As the sun rose, the lavender haired prince made his way over to the Zara's house. He planned to surprise her by taking her out for breakfast before she headed into the lab to work with his mother for the day.

Grinning as her house came into view, Trunks picked up the speed and suddenly frowned as the scene came closer and closer to him. The door had been broken open and all the living room windows were smashed.

"Zara!" He yelled as he landed and ran inside. The living room was a mess! Broken ornaments laid everywhere, two of the chairs had been over turned, the coffee table had been broken in half and the mirror above the fireplace was cracked in several places. His first thought was that someone had broken into the house until his eyes fell on Zara, who was still snoozing away on the couch.

Staring at her now, he went around and shook her shoulders. Her eyes flickering open.

"What?" She mumbled sitting up.

"What happened here?" Trunks asked, Zara gasped as she looked around the place, her eyes widening at every corner.

"I honestly don't know. I fell asleep in front of the TV." She said.

"Looks like someone broke in, are you missing anything?" Trunks asked. Zara stood up and walked into the bathroom, her bedroom and the kitchen and then shook her head.

"No, everywhere else is fine. It's just the living room. I can't have been burgled Trunks, I would have woken up." She argued, Trunks sighed.

"You just fell asleep huh? This is strange; I'll figure it out later. Alright, I'll help you tidy up then we can go out for breakfast, which was what I originally came here to do." He said. She eyed him suspiciously.

"What's with all the treats lately?" She asked.

"You've been working so hard, you deserve them." He protested. Zara laughed as the pair quickly sorted out the living room then made their way to a café for breakfast.

Meanwhile over on Mount Potaz, Goten was over in Emily's house with his mother, who was in deep conversation with her daughter. Jake and Alex were busy fighting over who was going to watch what on the television and Mirai Trunks was trying to calm Daisy down who had just fallen down the stairs.

"This place is like a mad house sometimes!" Emily groaned, over the yelling of the twins. Goten walked over and snatched the remote control out of his niece and nephews hands and flicked to a boring "Goten" film.

"Hey!" They yelled in unison.

"If you two can't decide then I'll do it for you." He said smugly.

"Give me that back!" Alex screamed, jumping on him trying to wrestle it out of his grasp. Mirai Trunks sauntered into the living room with Daisy in his arms who immediately stopped crying and began giggling at the sight of her elder sister fighting with her uncle. Mirai Trunks smiled down at her until he realised what she was laughing at.

"Alex, how many times do I have to tell you, no fighting in the house. If you insist on fighting, do it outside!" He sighed frowning at her. Alex growled as she managed to grab the remote and tossed it to Jake.

"Well tell uncle Goten not to change the channel!" She replied as the twins began throwing it backwards and forwards to each other at lightning speed whilst poor Goten tried to catch it in the middle of them, failing badly. Putting Daisy on the floor Mirai Trunks made his way over and grabbed the remote as Jake threw it to Alex.

"Alexis Briefs, if you don't behave yourself I'll send you to your room. Now sit down quietly and watch the television or go outside and play." He said sternly, tossing her the remote. Smirking, Alex flopped down on the couch and switched the TV on and flicked over to her programme. Sighing, Jake sauntered into the kitchen.

"Mum! I'm hungry!" He moaned.

"Jake you only had breakfast an hour ago." Emily sighed, staring at him. He pouted as he stared up at her.

"But I only had seconds mum, I'm still hungry." He protested.

"Alright, go and have some crisps or something from the cupboard then." She replied, turning back to her mother again. Mirai Trunks put Daisy on the couch next to her sister then joined Emily in the Kitchen with Chichi.

"Hey mum, can I go over to Capsule Corp to see Trunks and Zara?" Goten asked his mother hopefully.

"Alright Goten, be back for dinner." Chichi replied.

"Thanks mum, catch you later sis, Trunks." Goten said then ran out.

"Hey uncle 'ten can I come with you?" Jake asked, running after him.

"No!"

"Aw, why not?"

"Cause, I'm meeting them for something else, besides Alex will be lonely without you." Goten tried smirking, only to get an evil glare off his nephew who made him shrink back.

"She's my twin sister not my girlfriend!" He snapped.

"Jake!" Emily yelled glaring at him.

"Come on son, how do you fancy a spar?" Mirai Trunks asked.

"Ok!" Jake cried taking off.

Outside, before his brother in law could come out, Goten moved quickly up to Jake.

"If you come into my dreams again, I'll tell your parents that you're training with Zara. My dreams are personal and I don't want you watching them. And I'm gonna kill Zara for teaching you how to do that." He warned.

"Don't think Alex would like to hear that." Jake said smugly.

"She won't be able to do anything about it if your parents know." Goten replied, smirking a bit as his Nephew stared up at him.

"I'll only beat you up until your six feet under." A voice said from behind them. Goten spun around to see Alex standing there with daggers in her ice blue eyes. Goten stared at her.

"Where did you come from? The doors shut." Goten asked.

"There's a little move I know called instant translocation. And you better not tell our parents, because I'm not like Grandpa Goku, I stick to what I say." She said dangerously, and then walked back into the house again. Goten gulped and took off before anyone could say anything. Jake smirked up at the sky until the door opened and his father came out.

"What are you smirking at?" Trunks asked suspiciously.

"I'm gonna beat you today!" Jake declared quickly. Mirai Trunks just laughed at this and headed towards his son.

"We'll see Jake, we'll see." He said getting into a fighting stance as the father and son duo began their spar.

Over at the entrance of Capsule Corp, Trunks was saying goodbye to Zara, who was getting ready to start her day at work, assisting Bulma in the lab.

"We'll do something tonight alright. Are you sure your alright?" He asked, for probably the fifth time, Zara just laughed.

"Trunks I'm fine, I only have a headache, and all right we'll do something. I'll see you later." She replied and she was just about to walk in when a massive ki came heading towards them. Spinning around, she saw Goten heading towards them.

"Hey Goten, what's up?" Trunks greeted.

"Their up! They're driving me mad. What did you have to go and teach them your psi moves for?" Goten yelled glaring at Zara.

"Because, they asked me too and I did offer to teach you how to block them but you wouldn't let me. It's your fault you've fallen victim to them." Zara shot back, staring at him hard.

"What have they done now?" Trunks asked.

"Jake is only dream dropping again. This has got to stop, they're using their new powers to get to me." Goten raged.

"Look Goten, their eight, they're not exactly gonna stop using them now because one of us tells them not to. I'm going to offer you once more the opportunity to learn how to block Jake out. That's the best I can do for you." Zara sighed, seeing how worked up her friend was.

"Alright, I can't stand him dream dropping again." Goten replied. Zara nodded and then quickly pulled Trunks into a kiss before making her way inside.

"So what do you have planned to do today?" Trunks asked.

"Anything that doesn't involve Jake and Alex!" Goten declared. Trunks just laughed at this then looked at his best friend thoughtfully.

"I need to figure out something. Something happened to Zara last night. Come on I'll fill you in on the way." He said, preparing to take off.

"Where are we going?" Goten asked.

"Just to a mountain range I like. I need to clear my head and we'll end up sparring all the same right?" Trunks replied smirking at him now.

"Right, well as long as they stay out of our way I'll be alright." Goten laughed as both he and Trunks took off to the air.