The sequal to Lavender and Pink...

Sapphire and Gold

by Toku Tenshi

disclaimer: Dragonball Z and its characters are not mine, they belong to Akira. No, not THAT Akira.

A/N: Well, I had just checked on the review from last chapter and shut down the PC. It was late(ish) so I decided to go to bed. I went in my room, shut the door, turned off the lights, sat on my bed, lifted up the blanket, leaned back and WHAM! Hit my head on a wall I forgot was there. I took it as a sign to work on chapter 5... :

pops some asprin

now then, I had a secret reader all this time! ThePeople, you are so sneaky! but, thanks for finally reveiwing, I like reviews. Thank you to the others too, but enough of this junk, lets get to the story! (if you haven't already scrolled past this.)

chapter 5: Lost and Found

Trunks landed softly on the former lawn of Capsule Corp with a slight hop and walked through the door. The teen had taken out the creature easily - you see, it wasn't that they were super strong or anything, but it was their sheer number and the little oddities about them that made them so dangerous to the common human. Trunks, of course, is not a common human, but that dosen't mean he should take any chances. There have been several cases about someone being attacked by a pack of the beasts and never scene again - which is odd considering that the beasts have never been seen eating anyone. That's not to say that there haven't been droths of mangled corpses stren about. That was another thing people often called up Trunks to help with, burring (often times just cremating) the bodies. He didn't much like doing that.

Bulma intercepted Trunks as he headed for her lab, she was ringing her hands and craning her neck around as she went. "Oh, Mom. Something wrong" Trunks stopped and looked around himself"Mom, where's Dashi? I thought she was with you"

"See, here's the thing" Bulma rubbed her brow and closed her eyes. "She was with me, but I kind of scared her off. I was trying to extract DNA from that last sample you got me and, well, she was bugging me! I told her to shut up and the next thing I knew, she was gone. I couldn't very well just stop working, I had to put everything away safely and then I got the guys to help me look. As far as we can tell, she's not in C.C.."

"She's not here? Well, where then" Trunks was paniced and fruastrted at the same time. Bulma had been too involved in her work to notice Dashi leave? And where would Dashi even go? She dosen't know this place! Trunks spun around and headed out once again. From his vantage point in the air, it didn't take long for the demi-saiyajin to find missing girl. Dashi was sitting on the far side of the roof of Capsule Corp, feet proped against the edge of the window she most likely climbed out of. Trunks was next to her in a second.

"Oh! You're back"Dashi smiled sweetly, oblivious to the comotion she had caused. Dashi stood up slowly on the sloped roof, but managed to balance against the window rim. Trunks had an odd urge to scream at the girl for making him worry, but decided against it and just gave a sigh of relief. "Something wrong"

Trunks gave a half smile. "Oh, no, you just gave Mom, the gang, and myself a heart attack because no one knew where you were, nothing big" He said while scratching his head.

Dashi winced slightly. "I'm sorry, Bulma said I was disterbing her and I wanted to stay out of the way... I didn't mean to make everyone worry."

"You really shouldn't go outside on your own, Dashi. Especially if you don't tell someone where you're going." Trunks finished his mini-lecture with a smile and offered Dashi a hand. The girl rubbed the back of her neck and looked down at the window she had climbed out of. Unsure if she could get back in the same way, she took Trunks's hand and quickly wrapped her arms around him. The teens made a gentle landing on the ground but found it hard to let go of eachother.

Dashi closed her eyes adn placed her head on Trunks's chest. "Trunks... what am I supposed to do here? Without the rest of my ki I can't even leave Capsule Corp and I only seem to bother everyone inside."

"Don't let Mom get to you, she's just been really stressed about finding the source of the creatures. She'll warm up to you, the guys too." 'Though I hope not too much,'He added as an after thought.

Dashi laughed lightly and let go of Trunks. "Don't worry, I'm sure they won't try and pull anything. You seemed to scare them quite abit this morning."

"Wha"Trunks stepped back and looked at Dashi. He had a theory and he needed to test it. 'We better get back inside then.'

"Yeah, I guess. Shouldn't make the others worry anymore."Dashi started walking to the door, but stopped when she noticed Trunks wasn't moving, he was just standing there with a grin on his face. "What is it"

Trunks shook his head and caught up with the girl. "Dashi, we're bonding again." The girl was shocked for a moment, but quickly started beaming. They entered CC and endured a second scoulding, the kind only a mother is capable of, but despite the finger shaking and guilt tripping Dashi couldn't help but smile through the whole thing. Can you blame her?

end chap 5:

SA: See! It took less then a month to get this done and its all thanks to bonking my head. heh, I should hit my head more often if it will get my creative groove on!

proceeds to whack head on wall

Bulma: oooh... that might not be the best idea. Won't you be needing those brain cells for school tommorrow?

SA: shawd-aap! 3y3 n0 whut 3y3em duing!

Bulma: oooookay then... you're the author...