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Chapter 2

It had been about two weeks since Serena had learned the news of her illness. She had stayed away from her family and friends so she could adjust to the new information and not cry the second she saw them. After getting her emotions stable and getting her meds she thought an enough time had passed for her to be around those she loved and seem fine in front of them. She was outside with her little brother, Goten, playing tag with him in the yard. As she was going after him she notices someone flying towards her house.

'I wonder who that is.' She thought. Just then a young man around the same age as Serena landed in front of the house. He was well built, with a charming smile, cobalt eyes and lavender hair. Serena recognized the young man right away and stopped her game of tag with Goten to greet the person.

"Trunks!" She stated happily as she made her way over to him with a warm smile on her lips. "A little birdie told me you were back." She said to him as she hugged the young man. Trunks chuckled at the young blonde's cheerfulness.

"It's nice to see you Serena. I see you have grown up quite a bit since the last time I was here." He said to her as he took a good look at her. He noticed her hair was still the beautiful golden blonde that he remembered it to be, with bright sapphire eyes and the warm contagious smile that always seem to make anyone smile and be happy around her.

"Yes, I have and we have a new member of the family that was not around when you were last here." She informed Trunks. Trunks look at the blonde with curiosity.

"Really?"

"Yes." Serena said as she looked behind her to see her little brother standing behind her legs hiding from the new comer. "Come out from behind me Goten. He won't bite." Serena told him playfully with a smile on her face. Trunks watch curiously as Serena spoke to someone that was behind her. He noticed the small hands that were resting on the back of her legs and trying to use her as a shield. Slowly a head popped around follow by Goten's body. Trunks notice right away the child had the same hair style as Goku did and also looked exactly like him. He was amazed with how close the similarities were of the two.

"Trunks, I'd like you to meet my little brother, Goten." She said introducing Trunks to him.

"So your Goten." Trunks started to stay with a warm smile on his face. "Chibi-Trunks has told me a lot about you." He said to him. At hearing his best friend's name Goten smile and his fear seem to quickly diminish of the new comer.

"Really?" Goten asked excitedly smiling the same Son smile that all the children had inherited from their father. Trunks laughed at the reaction of the young boy he got at the mention of his friend.

"Yes, he has. He tells me that you are best friends and go to school together." Trunks said to him.

"Yeah, we are best friends. We do everything together. We go to school; we eat lunch and have recess together." He said to him. Serena just laughed lightly at her brother's eagerness to tell Trunks all about his friend.

"Well, now that your shyness has gone away. Why don't you go inside and let dad and mom know Trunks is here." Serena told her younger brother.

"Ok!" He said happily before he ran as fast as he could back to the house. Trunks chuckled at the behavior of the little boy.

"He is definitely your brother and besides the obvious looks. He has as much energy as Goku from what I can remember." Trunks replied to Serena with a smile on his face. Serena giggle lightly at the comment Trunks made as she nodded her head in agreement with him.

"You are right about that. Those two get into a lot of trouble because of it too. It is a wonder my mother or Bulma are ever able to get anything done with them around." Serena replied to him as they watched her brother head towards the house.

"So what brings you by?" Serena asked him curiously. Trunks turn his attention back to Serena noticing the sweet smile on her lips still.

"Actually, I came by because mom wanted me to invite you all over for dinner tonight. " He told her. Serena grin at the idea.

"That would be fun and mom will be thrilled to have help cooking for a change." Serena replied back. Just then Goku, Chi-Chi and Goten came back out of the house.

"Trunks, welcome back!" Goku said greeting the young lavender hair man happily as he shook his hand.

"Thanks, Goku." Trunks then turn to Chi-Chi to greet next.

"It is nice to see you, again, Trunks." Chi-Chi said hugging the young man with a smile on her face.

"It is good to see you too." He said greeting her with the same hug and smile.

"So what brings you by our place? Wanting to spar?" Goku ask him, a fiery glint in his black eyes that did not go unnoticed by the three other adults. Trunks smirked at the usual Goku.

"No, not right now, but maybe later tonight if you would like?" He started to say to Goku. Goku was disappointed at being turn down for a spar, but it quickly disappeared since Trunks mention possibly doing it later. "But the reason I came by was because mom wanted me to ask if you would like to come over for dinner tonight." He told them.

"Of course we would!" Chi-Chi stated happily to Trunks. "What time did she want dinner to be ready?" She asked him.

"Well, she said six would be a good time." Trunks stated simply to her. Chi-Chi pulled her sleeve on her right hand to reveal a watch around her wrist. She smiled to herself before looking at everyone.

"We have plenty of time to get dinner done by then." She stated then turned to Goku. "Goku, would you please take me over so that I can help Bulma make dinner. She'll need all the help she can get with how many of you sayains that will be at the dinner table. Goten, you should come with us too." She stated. Goku nodded his head with his usual grin on his face.

"We'll see you two in a little bit." Goku said before the three disappeared before the two young adult's eyes. The young blonde turned to Trunks with a smile on her lips.

"Well, knowing how my mother cooks, it is going to be a little bit before dinner will be ready. Let's go see what Gohan is up to while we wait." She stated to him.

"Ok. "

Serena and Trunks landed just outside of Juuban district of Satan City. They then walked their way towards the Crown Arcade. The two chatted casually as they made their way into town catching up on what had been going on since Trunks last visit. As the two chatted they made the way their way to a familiar building that was of the Crown Arcade. They walked inside building and look for a familiar group of friends she was hoping were still there. She scanned the booths until she found head of black hair that was sticky up in certain ways similar to her father's hair style. She immediately knew who was at that table. The young blonde told Trunks to follow her. The two young adults made their way down an aisle of booths until they came up to a group of five other people who were the same age as them.

"Hey guys!" Serena greeted them all happily standing by the booth. Gohan saw his sister and Trunks come up to the booth and stand by them.

"Trunks, I heard you were back in town." Gohan replied surprisingly as he got up to shake Trunks hand. Trunks just smile at his friend as he greeted his friend back.

"Yeah, I got back last week." He told Gohan.

"Trunks, I'd like you to meet some friends." Serena started too say to Trunks. "This is Amy, Gohan's girlfriend, Lita, Mina and Raye." Serena finished introducing each of the girls to him.

"He looks like my ex-boyfriend." Lita said dreamily causing Trunks to blush.

"Lita, you say that about every guy." Raye pointed out to her brunette friend as she shook her head at the way her friend was acting.

"So, Trunks, are you single?" Mina asked him with a bright smile on her face while batting her eyes in effort to flirt with him, which Serena picked up quickly.

"Mina!" Serena said in a scolding tone at her friend as she gave her a look of 'I can't believe you asked'.

"What?" Mina asked as innocently as she possibly could to Serena.

"He just got into town Mina. Don't you think that is a little personal to be asking?" Amy reasoned to Mina in a somewhat reprimand tone.

"No, I don't think so." While batting her eyes at Trunks once more causing the young lavender hair man to blush at her attempts to flirt with him. The girls and Gohan just shook their heads in exasperation of their friend's antics.

"Trunks, have you ever played any of the Sailor V video games?" Mina asked. Serena gave her friend a look of 'are you kidding me' to her friend.

"Uh..no, I haven't." He said sheepishly trying his best to hide the fact that he had no clue what a video game was.

"How could you not have played it! It is the best video games ever made." She exclaimed excitedly to him.

"Mina, just because you play it all the time and love it, doesn't mean everyone else does too." Amy reasoned to her friend as she read one of her school books.

"If you are interested in playing at all, Trunks, there are few video games, just over there for you to try." Gohan continued, "Serena why don't you show him one of the games that is here?" Hoping the idea would save his friend from Mina. Serena caught on nodding her head in agreement.

"Yeah, I can do that. I'll show you one while we are here" She tugged on Trunks arm lightly to pull him in the direction towards one of the arcade games." Trunks notice at how gentle and soft Serena's hands were compared to his hard, callous hands of his.

"No, I can do that, Serena. I am better at the arcade games after all." She stated as she tried her best to get out of the booth that was blocked by her two other friends. Trunks realizing that the young blonde was trying to get free, quickly started to follow Serena to get away from her crazed friend. He followed until she stood at what looked like a television with a console connected to it from what he could tell. He had seen his younger self with something similar back at home.

"This is one of the Sailor V games Mina was speaking of. You sit in this stool, put the coin in this slot," She began as she point to each thing as she explain to him what it did, "then you use these controls to direct your character on the screen where you want them to go in the game. This button is your jump button while the other is your punch button." She finished explaining to him.

"Sounds easy enough." He said confidently to the young blonde. Trunks sat down on the stool, while Serena put the money needed into the slot, for him to start to play his friend round. Serena watched as he started to play the game, effortlessly move the character with no problem. Serena was amazed how easily he was able to pick up the mechanics of the games.

"Wow, you're as good as Amy was the first time at playing this game." Trunks could tell by the young blonde's voice she was stunned at his abilities for the game.

"Are you sure you never play a video game before?" She asked him. Trunks chuckled at her question.

"No, but I have seen Chibi play these enough times to get the idea of the game." He told her.

"That makes sense. Your mother is a genius after all, so it makes sense you would be able to do this so easily."

The rest of the time at the arcade was spent playing games for a bit and hanging out with Serena's friends before it was time to head back to C.C. for dinner. Dinner there was uneventful. Everyone enjoyed themselves while eating a good delicious meal cooked by Chi-Chi and Bulma. After the dinner, Trunks sparred with Goku as promised, so of course all the men went out to watch, while the women stayed inside to chat. It was late when Serena returned to her apartment from the time she spent with everyone. She walked into the door, took her shoes off, before making her way inside the house. As the young blonde started towards her bedroom, she was suddenly hit with a rush of pain and dizziness. The blonde realized instantly that she was having an attack to her body from her illness. She stumbled over to her couch to stabilize herself hoping it would pass soon enough. As she made her, she hit her leg on the coffee table, causing her to curse out loud at the object of her pain. Once on the couch the young blonde then leaned back against her couch, closing her eyes, as she waited for the pain to end, along with the dizziness. As she sat there, she could already feel the pain was leaving for the time being. She opened her eyes, noticing that the room was no longer spinning too. She closed her eyes again as she sighed heavily knowing that this was just a small attack to her body for the time being. The young blonde was grateful that it did not start until she was home for the night. Eventually though she knew it would get worse, which meant at some point her family and friends would learn about her condition.

"How are you feeling today?" came the well known voice of her friend. Serena smile aware that her friend came to make sure she was alright.

"I feel alright. It was only a minor one this time." The blonde opened her eyes to look at Trista who's eyes were full of concern for.

"Maybe so, but your exhausted. You should rest." She stated in a matter of fact tone. Serena just smiled at the motherly way her was acting at the moment. She was grateful to have someone to talk to about her condition, but did not expect her to take care of her, however Trista would not have it any other way.

"I know. I am planning on heading to bed. Why don't you just stay in my spare bedroom, when you're not at the gates? That way you don't have to pop in here every second just to check up on me. " She offered to her friend, knowing it would ease Trista's mind about the young blonde, "After all, you look just as tired as I do. I'm guessing you've been staying at the Gates more often to keep an eye on me, haven't you?"Serena asked her friend with a knowing look in her eyes. A light blush crept onto Trista's cheeks, embarrassed that her young charge noticed her lack of sleep as of late.

"I have been staying at the gate more often, that is true, but I am just fine." Trista said calmly to her, as she tried to hide the truth from her. Serena caught up from her spot on the couch so she could head to bed for the night. She knew Trista was only doing what she thought was best, and would not press the subject.

"Well, my offer still stands."

"Thank you Serena, but unless you absolutely need me here, I will stay at my home. Is that alright?" She asked her friend not wanting to crowd around her too much. As much as she would love to spend every day at her young charge's home, she did not want to become overbearing mother to Serena, and make her feel like she was trying to control her life. She knew she had to let Serena live her life the way she wanted regardless of her feelings of protectiveness towards the young blonde. Serena appreciates the fact that Trista was not trying to overrun her life, with her condition, and give her the freedom she deserved.

"Only if you promise to come visit me still." Serena said gaining a laugh from Trista.

"Of course I will. Now, I will leave you to rest; have a good night, Serena." Trista bowed her head a little in respect, before opening a portal behind her to disappear in leaving Serena alone once more.

Oceantide: I am glad you liked it, and yes I will continue with this. I have lots of ideas, and notes written down between my computer as well as on paper. I cannot answer all of your questions as of now, but they will be answer as the story continues. In the mean time, I believe this chapter answered a couple of those questions you were asking me about.