AN: Hay guys! Sorry this has taken so AMAZINGLY long but I've had that little old problem of writer's block not to mention I've been busy writing New Girl in Town. I may have changed the plan of this chapter since I last wrote but I'm sure you don't mind…. right? Well here's another chapter for you all so enjoy and tell me what you think! Oh yeah and I don't own DBZ and all that stuff. You know the deal;)
Last time on Faithful love:
Their lips meet and Faith felt nothing else. Nothing else mattered. At that moment there was only her and Trunks, nothing else. Her hand moved up and ran through his silky lavender hair. Her heart skipped a beat as his hand moved down, tucking itself under her shirt, resting against her bare back. His lips were soft, softer than his eyes, softer than anything she had ever felt. She was in heaven… no it was beyond heaven, beyond anything she had ever thought possible.
But moments will come and go as they please and they slowly broke apart. Faith eyes flickered open and she backed hurriedly out of Trunks arms. Her rational mind had come back down to earth and it was furious. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST DID THAT! HOW COULD YOU?! It yelled at her. Faith shook her head slightly.
"Trunks…I…. I'm sorry." She said and ran from the room. She faintly heard him calling her name but she didn't register it. She had just kissed her best friend and she'd enjoyed it. What was more she had proved Videl right. She was falling for him. She felt so weak and she hated that. She stopped just before the doors that lead back into the party. If it was so wrong why was it so good? Why did I enjoy it so much?
Chapter 4 – Gather for a different kind of tournament
After the run in with Trunks, Faith had returned to the rest of the group and had been purposely avoiding Trunks who had returned a little after her. Every now and then she felt his eyes on her and she was struggling to ignore them. The fact that the two were avoiding each other didn't go unnoticed by the Z-sensei.
"Oh now what? A minute ago I was inline for more grand babies and now they won't even look at each other! Now how am I going to get to arrange their marriage?" Chi-chi moaned tearfully, biting down a handkerchief. Videl and Bulma sweat-dropped but even they knew something was up. Videl cast her eyes oven to Faith and sighed slightly I know you knew what I meant, Faith. You know all too well. She looked back across to Bulma who was trying to comfort Chi-chi.
She frowned. She was going to get to the bottom of this. "Don't worry Chi. I'll go talk to Faith, don't you worry." She gave Chi-chi a comforting smile and pulled herself to her feet. Bulma and Chi-chi watched as their friend strode purposefully over to were Faith stood talking with Yamcha, Krillen and Tien then looked at each other in curiosity before turning their attentions back to Videl.
Faith was stood between Tien and Yamcha staring into space. She had long since stopped trying to listen to what they were talking about and was considering going to find some food when her arm was suddenly given a sharp tug.
She stumbled backwards with a yelp and found herself being dragged along by Videl.
"Just borrowing her for a little while guys! Don't worry, I'll bring her back to y'all in one piece!" Videl said with a grin, whilst simultaneously pulling a startled and confused Faith towards the exit of the garden.
"Woah what a secon…." Faith tried to retaliate as she was pushed through the door. She rounded of Videl who stood smiling at her with a grim determination. She put her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow at her sister-in-law. "Ok Videl, what's this all about?" Videl smiled back at her and began to walk to down the corridor to no place in particular; Faith following at her heals.
"Oh nothing," Videl said, with what Faith imagined to be an air of sarcasm. "I just felt like a sisterly chat is all." She gave Faith an innocent smile to which Faith merely folded her arms over her chest as they continued down one of Capsule corp.'s many seemingly endless corridors.
"Yeah right Videl! And Vegeta's a nominee for the Mr. Sweet and Innocent award! What's this really about?"
"Ok, ok you got me," Videl raised her hands in false surrender "That fact of the matter is, you and Trunks disappeared together and ever since you two have been avoiding each other like the plague. Anyone would think that something happened between you two." Videl looked over at a blushing Faith and knew she had hit a soft spot.
Faith sighed. She was so busted and there was no way of denying it. Man she really did hate to be proven wrong. "Look Videl," She halted and Videl stopped and looked at her. "If I tell you this…"
"I know, I know don't tell anyone. We've been her before Faith and you know perfectly well I won't tell anyone, so just get to the point already." Faith scowled at her. "Sorry. Go on."
"Ok here's the thing. When I found Trunks he gave me this," She held out her wrist and watched Videl admiring the well-crafted golden bracelet. "I hugged him and next thing I knew…" She sighed "Next thing I knew I was... we kissed. There happy?" Videl couldn't help but smile.
"I knew it! Man Chi-chi's gonna have kittens when she finds out…" she grinned until she was cut of by a slightly panicky Faith.
"No she won't! 'Coz she isn't going to find out!" Kami, if mom knew she'd…Kami! She bit down on her lip as a line of sweat trickled down her face. Her mother planning weddings and ranting on about grand babies was the last thing she needed right now.
Videl opened her mouth to retaliate but stopped when the ground beneath them shook violently. They hovered in the air as the hallway continued to shake. They looked at each other then headed to the most likely source of the shaking. The party.
As the doors opened before them the two flew into the room and instantly their eyes fell upon the source of the quake.
Faith smacked her forehead with the palm of her hand. "It just wouldn't be a party without Vegeta trying to take a chunk out of dad's head." She and Videl sweat dropped as they watched the scene before them. Vegeta was stood in the middle of the room, most of the Z fighters hanging off him in a desperate battle to keep him from literally kill Goku, who was sat on the grass a little way off, rubbing his head. The patented Son Grin spread across his face. Faith sighed before flouting over and standing between the two she looked down at her father who blinked up at her.
"What did you do now?" She asked irritably. Goku stared back at his daughter and blinked.
"I didn't do anything." He said innocently. Faith heard Vegeta growl behind her before he shouted
"KAKAROT! YOU BAKA! YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL WHAT YOU DID!" struggling against the hold of the other men who were latched on to any available part of Vegeta.
"No I don't… was it bad?" Goku asked innocently, scratching the back of his head Goku style.
Vegeta's growl grew even louder as he cried "GGGRRAARRGGG! YOU KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT CHICKEN LEG WAS MINE!" Faith fell to the ground anime style.
"I should have known this would be about food" She mumbled as she pulled herself into a sitting position "So let me get this straight. You are trying to kill him for eating one chicken leg? You do know we've got like a million here don't you?" She said sarcastically, looking over at Vegeta, who grumbled.
"That's not the point! He crossed the line! It was mine not anyone else's! MINE! The baka knew it was mine and he ate it!" He said, folding his arms over his chest, causing Krillen and Yamcha to go flying. Faith sweat dropped. Saiyans could be such children sometimes. She sighed and pulled herself to her feet, dusting herself off she rounded on Vegeta.
"Ok then Vegeta. I know how to settle this." Vegeta opened on eye and raised his left eyebrow in curiosity. "We'll have us a little match." Vegeta smirked. Now the brat was talking. "But just to make it interesting…" Vegeta stopped smirking and scowled. Now what was the mini onna muttering about? "How about a soccer match? Son v. Briefs. Me, dad, mom and Gohan v. You, Bulma, Bra and Trunks." She folded her arms over her chest in triumph. She was a genius and, unless Roshi decided to go streaking like last time she had gone over to the Kami house to play soccer with Trunks, no one would get hurt or destroy a large chunk of the building.
"Humph. I refuse to partake in the pathetic past times of this mud-ball you call a planet!" Vegeta growled, continuing to scowl at Faith who seemed almost amused at his refusal to play in the match.
"What's wrong Veggie-head? Scared we Son's will beat you at soccer as well as everything else." Vegeta growled dangerously. "Not that I blame you. After all we are superior to you Briefs in every way." She turned her back to Vegeta and grinned. HA! That'll get him for sure!
"What's that supposed to mean?" Bulma piped up before her husband could even retaliate. Faith's grin grew. Cool! Maybe I'll start a family fude and I'll never have to see Trunks again…although to tell the truth I'm not sure I'd like that all that much. Come to think of it, a fude between Sons and Briefs will more than likely bring about the apocalypse. Damn, maybe I should have thought this through better.
"Grrr, YOU'RE ON!" Vegeta shouted and stormed off, dragging Bulma, Bra and Trunks with him. The people left in the room turned to stare at Faith who stood looking triumphant before her farther.
"Erm… what just happened? Goku asked, a confused look plastered across his face.
"I honestly don't know." Gohan replied, pulling himself up off the floor, where he and the others who had been restraining Vegeta had been thrown when Vegeta stormed off. They turned their attention back to Faith who winked and raised one finger matter-of-factly.
"Don't worry guys! I have a plan!"
Yamcha stood in the middle of the newly created soccer pitch, a whistle hung from a string about his neck and a black and white soccer ball was tucked under one arm. He had been elected referee, as he knew most about the rules of soccer out of the Z fighters.
On one side of him stood the Briefs, each one clad in a red T-shirt and black shorts. The name 'Briefs' was written across the back of their shirts in solid black letters.
On his other side stood the Sons. Each wore a blue shirt and black shorts. The name
'Son' written across the back in a dark blue.
"Ok guys I want a good clean match and remember, no Saiyan powers such as flying or ki blasts and keep to a relatively normal pace, k? But most of all try not to beat the living daylights out of each other for once. This is soccer not the Tenkaichi Budokai." As he said this last part he looked directly at Vegeta who scowled back with loathing. Yamcha gulped slightly before setting the ball down on the ground in front of him. Faith and Trunks stepped up to the ball since both teams decided that they were the star players.
For a moment their eyes met and they both felt the unsaid words between them, the questions that had been left unasked but something else stood out more than anything else that neither one could identify. Had Chi-chi not been standing towards the far end of the pitch, she probably would have smacked them both with her frying pan and tell them it was love, but since she wasn't the two were merely left to wonder.
A sharp whistle brought the two out of their daze as the match began. Trunks swept in and pulled the ball away and past Faith before she had time to fully react. He ploughed down the field and felt Bra on his heel, ready to take the ball should he come into any trouble. Faith too was rushing after him and would reach him before his sister could save him. He swallowed and looked in front of him. Chi-chi was stood ahead and to the left, she was easy enough. What worried him most was that Gohan was running towards him. He furrowed his brows in concentration as he considered the best plan of action, then felt himself smirk. Perfect.
Faith pulled up right behind Trunks and looked at her brother who gave her a knowing look. She watched at Trunks easily avoided him and continued on down the pitch. Once he had passed, Gohan turned around and run beside Trunks on his right hand side.
Trunks looked to his right to see Gohan running along side him. He looked to his left and saw Faith pull up and ran next to him. Realisation struck but it came too late. Both Gohan and Faith ploughed downwards and towards the ball in a pincer movement. Faith's foot collided with the ball and sent it flying towards Chi-chi who was waiting expectantly.
Trunks stumbled slightly before regaining his composure. He felt something grab hold of his shirt and looked down. Faith looked up at him from her position on the ground where she was trying to pull herself up on Trunks shirt. She laughed nervously and Trunks raised an eyebrow. He suddenly remembered that Faith was still on the ground and blushed as he put his hand out to help her up. She took it willingly and pulled herself up with Trunks' help. They stood there for a moment before they were snapped back to reality by Chi-chi's yell
"Faith! If you wouldn't mind! I kinda need some help here!" Chi-chi cried as she attempted to weave in and out of Bra and Bulma. Gohan, meanwhile, was completely blocked off my Vegeta who had come to join in.
Faith and Trunks looked at each other for a moment before running of to help their teams.
(AN: Ok I won't bore you with how the whole 90 minutes went since, well I'd be just as bored as you guys. Not to mention I'm not exactly the worlds biggest soccer fan… come to think of it that move Gohan and Faith did was probably illegal…)
When Yamcha finally blew the whistle, signifying the end of the match both teams were dirty and tired.
"Well that's it guys…I guess it's a draw then. One all." Yamcha called at the group who, with the exception of Vegeta, who refused to show any weakness, were sprawled on the grass panting.
"What do you mean draw! I refuse to be know as equal to that idiot and his baka family!" Vegeta cried as he chased a fearful Yamcha around the garden. Chi-chi raised her head to protest but then sighed.
"Oh forget it. I'm too tired to yell." She moaned, before falling back onto the grass. The surrounding Z fighters all stared at her. Even Vegeta momentarily gave up the chase to stare at the onna woman, then remembered why he was so mad at Yamcha and returned to running after him.
"Wow," Bulma murmured "I guess that was more tiring than I'd thought. Maybe you guys should just stay here tonight, I mean come on! We sure as hell have the room."
Faith walked down the hallway towards her room. Her cloths that she'd been wearing about an hour before hung limply from her arm. She had borrowed an outfit from Bulma for the night, which she now wore as she walked, bare foot along the carpeted floor. She had a comfy pair of grey sweat pants on and a light blue dressing gown hung open, revealing the strappy pink top underneath. Her long hair was half pulled up into a ponytail, the rest hanging down behind her shoulders.
She came to a stop outside Trunks room. The door hung open and she looked inside the usually messy room. Bulma must have threatened to shove him in the GR with Veggie until he tidied his room. She could see from the stream pouring from the bathroom door that Trunks was in the shower. She felt her cheeks flush at the thought of just what that entailed. Bad Faith! Nasty, nasty thoughts! Nice…but nasty! She decided that she'd better not stay there much longer as she heard the shower turn off. Faith hurried to the next door and opened the door into her own room.
She looked around the room. The queen-sized bed was made up in a thin, creamy sheet and the doors to the balcony were open, making the curtains flutter in the breeze.
Setting down her cloths in a comfortable chair by the end of the bed, she walked over to the balcony and leaned against the cold rail. She looked up into the sky to see the full moon piercing a hole through the clouds. It was a beautiful night and Faith closed her eyes, smiling slightly.
Her thoughts strayed back to the one thing that had been plaguing her all day. That kiss. It was like nothing she had even felt before. Sure she'd been kissed before but still… that was so… natural. It felt right to have Trunks kiss her and she wanted to feel it again.
Her eyes snapped open suddenly and she looked over at the balcony next to hers. Trunks stood, leaning as she was against the rail and staring up at the moon. He looked across at her and smiled. She smiled back and they stood for a moment before she felt him take to the skies, only to come to land next to her. He looked down at her and she became lost in those deep blue pools.
"I think maybe… we need to talk?" He said, his voice barley a whisper but Faith heard it.
"I know." Was all she could say as she looked into his eyes as he did the same with her.
Next time: Faith and Trunks 'talk'. I ain't giving anything away so you'll just have to wait and see ;)
AN: I soo can't wait to get started on the next chapter! I'm gonna start right away so it'll be up pretty soon! Sorry this chapter didn't have much Trunks Faith action but trust me, I'll make it up to you! ;)