Once again, I thanks to everyone who reviewed. I'm sorry this chapter took a little longer for me to post up. I had a bit of writer's block. But I think it might be cured now. I worked all day today on this one and it is maybe a little longer than my other chapters. Anyway, please review, I really appreciate it :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or Sailormoon…
Bulla woke bright and early the next day. She got up, took her shower and got dressed. She put on a red button-up sleeveless top with black jeans and black and red sneakers. She combed through her hair and put on a red headband. She smiled to herself. 'Now, time to wake the sleeping future couple.'
Sunlight came pouring through the windows in the Briefs' household, causing one of its occupants to stir. Of course Serena would be in the spot where the sun's rays hit her eyes directly. Serena opened her eyes, but then closed them quickly since the sun was shining in her eyes. She moved her head a little to try to escape the rays, which worked. She then was about to go back to sleep, until she realized where she was. She popped up, looking around. 'I must've fallen asleep here on the couch,' she thought. She was about to move, but a hand encircling her waste stopped her. She turned around and saw that Trunks had his arm wrapped around her, and was still fast asleep, making her blush. Serena then tried to move again, this time being careful not to wake Trunks. She picked up his arm and tried to move it without waking him up. She almost succeeded but he then stirred and tightened his grip around her waste and brought her closer to him. She blushed a deeper shade of red and sighed, 'why me?' She thought. She was about to try to wake him but was interrupted when she heard someone coming down the stairs. 'Oh no! If either his mother or sister see us like this, we'll both never hear the end of it!' She then decided to try to wake him.
"Trunks," She said, shaking him slightly in order to wake him up. She was greeted by a grunt, and him snuggling deeper into the couch. She sighed. 'Why does he have to be a hard sleeper?'
"Trunks, come on, wake up, please?" She said shaking him harder. This time she succeeded in waking him.
"Huh, what?" he asked as he looked around. He looked down and saw Serena next to him, hand encircling her waist. He quickly removed his arm and Serena moved to the opposite side of the couch as Bulla finally made it in the room.
"Good morning big brother, Serena." Bulla said in a very cheery mood.
"Good morning," Serena replied with a smile on her face, still blushing slightly.
"Morning," Trunks said and yarned, watching his sister make his way over to their guest.
"Come Sere, it's time to get dressed so we could go out." Serena smiled slightly. 'My friends used to call me that. Ugh, come on Serena, stop making yourself so depressed! Today you are going to go out and have fun, understand? Wait, I'm talking to myself. Great, Serena, now you're going crazy! I can't-,' Serena's conversation was interrupted when the blue-haired teenager grabbed her hand and practically dragged up to her room before Serena could ask what was going on. Trunks just looked at his sister and shook his head as he got up to prepare for work.
"Let's see, this would look cute on you, but then again not for today," Bulla said throwing the outfit over her shoulder as she tried to find Serena a descent outfit.
"Maybe this one will work or maybe this one!" Bulla said pulling out two outfits. One was a red halter top that came about mid-waist with white shorts. The next was a black tank top with silver stars on it with a pair of jean capris. Serena decided to take the latter outfit, thanked the girl, and went to take her shower.
In the kitchen…
Bulma was now awake and preparing breakfast. Bulla then walked into the kitchen to talk to her mother.
"Mom, can we go to the mall? I figured that would be the best since Serena needs to relax, plus she has no clothes here."
"Good idea Bulla."
"Do you think we could convince Trunks not to go to work today?" Bulla asked, hopefully.
"He already left. He said he needed to fix the circuit breaker downstairs or something. I'm sure that when he finishes, we could convince him to join us, though it will be hard; you know how much your brother hates the mall!"
"I know, he gets it from dad. Dad refuses to go with me when I go shopping, because I always sucker him into carrying the bags. He says is not befitting for a Saiyajin Prince to carry bags for others." At this, both women in the kitchen started laughing. Serena then came downstairs dressed in the outfit that Bulla had given her to put on. Both blue-haired women looked up at young blonde and smiled.
"Oh my goodness, Sere, you look so pretty!" Bulla squealed, causing Serena to blush.
"How about we go to the mall to pick you up some clothes?" Bulma asked her.
"The mall," Serena said and then smiled until a realization hit her, which she decided to voice. "Um, I would love to, but I don't have any money."
"And?" Bulla asked, looking at her new friend confused.
"If I don't have any money, then how am I going to shop?" Serena asked, thoroughly confused.
"Don't worry about it, we got you covered." Bulla said
"But, since I'm not working, how will I pay you back?"
"There will be no need to pay us back. We don't mind." Bulma told her with a smile. Bulma then finished fixing breakfast. The three women sat and ate breakfast but made sure to leave some for Vegeta. Bulma then went upstairs to get dressed.
"Come on Sere, let's go get my brother. I'm sure he would love to see you!" Bulla said teasingly as she grabbed the blonde up and started running towards the business wing of the building.
Trunks sighed. He went to work earlier than he was supposed to so that he could fix the circuit breakers. He was about to leave after he finished, but then some of his employers saw him and asked him if he could fill out some paperwork. "Some paperwork" happened to be two giant stacks that he had to read through in order to make sure everything was ok. 'I shouldn't have even come in today. Damn circuit breakers. Damn people can't do anything without me. Well then again, I did take over for my mother. I guess this is what comes with the territory. I just wish I could get out of work early before my day gets worse.'
"Hi big brother!" Trunks rolled his eyes heavenward. 'I think it just got worse.' He thought to himself. Trunks just watched as his sister cheerfully walked into his office followed by Serena. The latter was waking more timidly, as if making sure that she wasn't disturbing him. He smiled, 'at least she's respectful, unlike some others.' He thought to himself watching his sister go through the papers on his desk. He sighed again.
"What do you want?" Trunks asked, acting annoyed, although he was ecstatic that someone other than his employers disturbed him.
"Well mom, Sere, and I were wondering if you would like to accompany us to the mall." Bulla stated while going through the desk paraphernalia.
"No," he stated simply, glaring at his sister.
"Why?" Bulla asked.
"I have too much work to do," he stated simply.
"You can't just do it tomorrow?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because tomorrow, there will be more for me to do."
"So?"
"So that means I'm not going."
"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"I just said 'no.'"
"Come on big brother! I'm sure Serena would be happy if you decided to come!"
Serena, who had been looking around the office aimlessly suddenly jumped at hearing her name put in there argument.
"Hey, don't put me in it!" Serena exclaimed, causing Trunks to lose his annoyed look and smile at her
"Awe don't act like you don't want him to come Sere! I'm sure that if you persuaded him, he would come!" Bulla said, putting Serena on the spot causing her to blush.
Trunks looked at Serena and just smiled. 'Well maybe I could come. It won't hurt anyone. Wait! What am I saying? I hate the mall. But I do want to be closer to Serena. She also needs to be protected. Hmm, maybe I will go. But only just to make sure nothing happens; she was chased in this building after all. The guy is probably still after her.'
"Fine, I'll come," Trunks said exasperated. His sister smiled victoriously at Serena. Serena just shook her head and started laughing slightly.
