Versus 4: Temporal Distortion
--One Track Mind--
"The only way to find out what's what is to ask my dad," Goten said. "He's at level 3. He also went Super Saiyan later in life. He should know something."
Bra nodded. Getting to the bottom of this would do all of them some good. It would at least allow them to rest a little better at night. "I'm sorry if I made you worry."
"No need to be sorry. No matter what happens, I'm always gonna worry about you," Goten told her with a smile.
That really was a big part of the whole love thing. She worried about him all the time, though she knew full well that he could take care of himself. So, why did she believe it would be any different for him? They would just have to worry about each other.
When they stepped out of Goten's bedroom, Bra noticed that Trunks and Pan were nowhere to be seen. Now where could they have disappeared to that quickly? Could they possibly be in Trunks' bedroom? Heh, heh, heh.
"What's this?" Goten asked. He called Bra's attention to a note that was taped to his door:
Hey, Lovebirds. Trunks and I went to my granddad's house to see what he had to say about this. All the answers are just a hop, skip and a jump away. See ya later. Try not to get into too much trouble before we get back, if you know what I mean. Wink, wink. Pan.
The girl was a nut job.
Goten shook his head. "What am I going to do about my niece?" he asked himself.
Bra laughed. "Hope that her parents will deal with her." She leaned against the wall next to Goten's bedroom door. "So, now what?"
"I don't know. I mean, I think we've got all the Saiyans covered. You and Pan already talked to each other. You've talked to your dad. You came to Trunks and me. Pan's gonna go talk to my dad. The only other one left is my brother," Goten said. "But he has a strange thing going on already since the whole Elder Kai incident."
"Maybe everyone's making too much of this," Bra suggested. "I mean, the things that have been happening lately could all be coincidence. The blackouts, the brainwaves. It could all just be one big coincidence. Besides, since you and I have gotten back together, I haven't had any..." She paused for a long time and looked away.
"What?" Goten asked. He put his hands on Bra's shoulders. "What is it?"
Did she just think what she thought she thought? Could she finally be piecing this all together?
"Bra, talk to me. What were you going to say?" Goten questioned.
If what she was thinking was right, then she was the one who held all the answers. That is, if the other Saiyans' brainwaves turned out the way she hoped they would turn out. And of course, if Goku gave Pan the information that she thought he would.
Hmph. Her mother wasn't the only genius around.
Goten shook Bra a little to get her attention. "Bra?"
She looked at him and smiled confidently. "Don't you worry, Goten. Once my mom does all of these analyses, we'll all understand what's going on."
He looked at her strangely. "Wha--?"
Bra continued to smile and tapped her forehead. "It's all up here. It's always been up here." She put her hands on Goten's chest. "I don't want you to worry about it, though. Everything's okay."
"You think so?" Goten asked. He looked down at her hands on his chest.
Bra nodded. "I know so."
Goten took her hands in his and smiled. "Good. Do you wanna explain it to me?"
"Not this time," Bra said. She was finally ahead of the game. She'd never felt so good, so confident. Now was a good time to test her confidence. She looked out of the living room window and saw that it had stopped raining. Perfect. If she and Goten sparred now, their powers would probably be on level ground. He always seemed confident about fighting. "I'll tell you what I DO wanna do..."
Goten seemed to turn a little red and he raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure? I mean, Trunks and Pan could come back at any moment."
"What does that matter?" Bra asked.
"I mean, are you sure you're ready?" Goten questioned.
Bra laughed a little. She knew she wasn't dressed for a sparring match, but the clothes Goten had given her would work. "Of course I'm ready. I was born ready." He may have still been intimidated from when she left him for dead the other day. That was understandable. She frowned. "Maybe I should be asking you if YOU'RE ready. Are you up for it?"
Goten had been holding her hands to his chest the whole time and Bra could feel his heart beating unusually fast. She'd never seen him so excited about fighting. And he was normally pretty excited about it. He nodded like he didn't have a brain in his head.
What was his deal? He was sure acting strangely. Bra looked at Goten out of the corner of her eye. The look on his face seemed out of place. She wasn't too sure if they were talking about the same thing. Maybe she should elaborate.
"I haven't been training like I should, but I think a good sparring match is exactly what I need," Bra said.
Goten let go of her hands and laughed an embarrassed laugh. He scratched the back of his head and looked at her wide-eyed. "Yeah. It's exactly what we both need." He backed away a little.
Bra looked away and continued to lean against the wall. "Goten?"
"Hm?" he asked.
Now that she knew that fighting wasn't the first thing on his mind that time, she knew what he had been talking about. But she would ask anyway. "What did you think I was talking about?"
"I don't know. I mean, since we were alone...," Goten began.
Bra's question to herself was: Why not? He had strong feelings for her. She had strong feelings for him. They were obviously physically attracted to each other. So why not?
She blushed a little. "We are alone." She looked up at him shyly.
Goten looked at her strangely. "If you don't want to--"
Bra levitated up to his height so she could kiss him as he was talking. She put her arms around his neck and pulled him close. This was really it. This was the chance she had been waiting for. She had him all to herself. They didn't have to worry about teachers and there was no one else around.
Goten put his hands on her hips and deepened the kiss. Pressing her gently against the wall, he kissed down her chin, down her neck, to her collarbone.
All she could do was hug him tightly. She rubbed her cheek against Goten's hair and suddenly she heard herself make a sound she'd never heard before. When she made the sound it seemed to cause everything from her nose to her throat to vibrate. This must have been the purring that Goten had been talking about. How unusual. She thought that he had just been hallucinating. She really was purring. It was almost enough to make her laugh, but she didn't want Goten to stop what he was doing.
He had pulled her shirt up a little and was now moving his hands around to her back. Before she was able to figure out what he might be doing, he had unhooked her bra and continued to kiss her neck all the while.
Bra could hear herself breathing rapidly. She ran her fingers through his hair. Every cell in her body tingled as he touched her and she noticed that her legs had wrapped around him without her knowledge.
Then came the sound of the door opening.
"I told you, my granddad never remembers anything important," Pan said to Trunks.
She had heard the voice, but she couldn't think to let Goten go.
Thankfully, Goten had enough of a mind to pull Bra's shirt back down, but not before Trunks and Pan spotted them.
"Oh, excuse us," Trunks said with a grin. "What am I saying? You two should be in the bedroom with all that."
Pan giggled and flopped down on the sofa. She was wearing one of Trunks' dress shirts and a pair of his shorts.
Bra blushed deeply and finally released Goten. She floated back down to the floor. There was nothing she could say. She had to admit, she was a little disappointed. It was yet another time when things were moving at a nice pace and it had to come to an end. The frustration.
Goten scratched the back of his head and smiled. "Yeah. Sorry about that. I wasn't thinking."
"Clearly," Pan commented.
Trunks sat on the sofa beside Pan. "Listen, don't mind us. We'll turn the TV up real loud. We won't hear a thing."
She almost couldn't believe that her brother had said that. He was actually promoting the idea of Goten and her sleeping together.
Bra frowned and adjusted the straps of her bra. "Did you guys find out anything?" she asked, ignoring their innuendos. She reached behind her back and hooked her bra back together.
After she was done with that, Goten took Bra's hand and pulled her over to the recliner. He sat down and pulled her onto his lap.
She was a little surprised by this for some reason. He had even put his arms around her waist.
"All we found out is that my granddad's brain is left of west," Pan told them. "But we already knew that."
Trunks shrugged. "The only things he could tell us were that he was in Heaven when he went level 3 and that he was on Namek when he first transformed into a Super Saiyan. He said that he doesn't really remember all the details about what happened, but he never mentioned anything about time getting away from him."
"Yeah. He said that he would have remembered something like that," Pan continued. "But how could he remember if his memory was in tact if he doesn't even remember all of the details?"
"Beats me," Goten said.
"Well, I'm glad you guys went to check it out anyway," Bra began. "But I have a theory about what might be going on with all of this. I can't tell you what it is now because it might jinx it. I have to wait and see how things turn out with those tests before I start piecing things together. In the meantime, I just want you guys to sit tight."
Pan rolled her eyes. "Sit tight. I hope you remember who you're talking to."
"And I've got news for you that's sure to keep you out of trouble," Bra told her.
Pan raised her eyebrows.
Goten and Trunks looked at Bra strangely.
"A little girl talk," Bra told them all. She smiled and kissed Goten's nose. "I still have to take Pan home and I'm sure my mom's wondering where I am." She stood.
Goten smiled at her. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
"Without a doubt," Bra said, smiling at him again.
Pan stood, sighed and put her hands on her hips. "Crazy lovebirds. See you guys later."
"Fine. We didn't want you chics hanging around anyway," Trunks said.
Bra rolled her eyes at her brother.
--End One Track Mind--
--Thanks for reading this episode. Yes, this episode took a lot longer than it should have to come out. For that I'm sorry. And it was somewhat silly to boot. But as a warning, the next one's going to be even sillier.
--As always, thank you for the reviews. You make all of this possible. To those of you out there who don't know where this is going, try not to worry. That's really about all I can say, though.
--Here's a hint: Once this one is complete it's going to be the last of Versus.
