3 Years Later….
Goten and Trunks where training in the 439 Mountain area by the Son's house. Gohan was at school, and Chi Chi was cooking (of course) and preparing for a great dinner for the kids. Trunks was now eight years old, and Goten was a year younger.
Trunks was extremely pumped up because he was more powerful than his best friend. The extreme training with his father paid off after all. Trunks was so proud of himself and sometimes it got to his head. It made him feel like he was better than Goten in everything. The only problem was that he didn't know whether his father was proud of him or not. Vegeta never said to Trunks, "I am proud of you son," or anything like that. But this didn't bother Trunks too much since he was used to it by now. That is just the way his father was.
Goten on the other hand, had gotten way more cuter than he ever was. His mother was always pestering Gohan to study when he was a kid, but now Chi Chi has just been lenient on Goten. Goten didn't have to study very much. He wasn't as smart at Gohan was anyway. Goten was young, cute, and curious. The miniature Goku always asked Trunks questions about things and Trunks seemed to always have the answer.
"You know everything Trunks!" he would say.
"Well it runs in my family," replied Trunks.
Goten and Trunks are like two peas in a pod now. They train together, they fight together, they go to each other's houses, they play together, they pee together, they eat and they laugh together. Most of the time though, it always seemed like Goten was more eager to play with toys than Trunks was. Trunks was very mature for his age. He was smart, he always knew what he was talking about, and always had great ideas. Most of these ideas got them into big trouble though. Like that one time when Goten and Trunks where playing "secret spies." They where spying on Trunk's Grandpa Brief and trying to play tricks on him when he was sleeping. They did all kinds of things with him. They plugged his nose so he couldn't breathe and then ran away when they thought he would wake up. Trunks then got out a marker and dared Goten to go draw on his face.
"Do it!" he said.
"I don't know Trunks," Goten hesitated.
Trunks sighed. "I will give you one of my toys," he said. Trunks always used this type of method to get Goten to do what he wanted. He was rich enough to have all the toys in the world and he knew that Goten didn't have as much toys as he did. Goten jumped at this opportunity.
"Really? Well…ok!" he always brushed everything off like it never happened. He would be sad one moment, and then be happy the next.
So Goten tip-toed his way over to Dr. Brief who was snoring, like always. He then got on the arm of the couch and slowly reached his hand over the old man's face and right when he was about to commit his crime they both heard the door to the Gravity Room slam shut. BANG! Goten jumped and ran back to Trunks as fast as he could. Trunks and Goten could both hear loud footsteps coming towards them.
"Lets get out of here!" said Trunks
And Trunks was running so fast in the opposite direction of the footsteps thinking Goten would follow. Trunks ran up to a table with tons of expensive vases and decorations on it and looked behind him to see if Goten was coming.
"Common' Goten! We can hide behind this table!" he whispered. Then stood there to wait for him to come.
Goten was keeping up fine until he slipped on the hard, slippery wood floor. This was after his sock got caught in a snag in the wood. While falling his foot hit the table…hard with the marker-in-hand. Goten watched as the table rocked back and forth, back and forth. Then, one last rock and the whole table fell down and the beautiful brown and blue vase with flowers in it fell over and shattered all over the floor along with a table cloth and some sheets of paper with addresses on them. He had hit the table so hard that one of its legs snapped off and landed right next to him. Goten was just lying on the floor with his hands out behind him to support him. Trunks' eyes widened at seeing his best friend on the ground and directly by some broken stuff of his mother's and not to mention his father standing right there. He was indeed the one who the two young saiyans had been fleeing away from.
Trunks just put his hand on his face and let out a sigh. Vegeta had a towel over his shoulder and a can of beer in his hand. He was all sweaty and had obviously just gotten out of the Gravity Room. Right after Vegeta came around the corner he heard and saw Goten fall along with the shattered trinkets. He just stood there. He still had that look to him that he always had, "the tough guy" look. He was just a bit surprised for a split of a second at what he saw. Vegeta didn't know what to think. Goten just sat there and gave Vegeta a big, huge, and innocent grin to leave a happy effect.
"Ah…Hello Mr. Trunks' Dad!" said Goten. Trunks started shaking his head. Vegeta just stood there in relaxation and took a drink of his beer in the process. He didn't care what they where up to, he didn't even want to know or get involved because if he did he would have to suffer the wrath of Bulma. And listening to her loud screaming voice was not exactly what he considered "fun." He didn't even care if Kakarot's clone had broken Bulma's ugly flower vase and ruined the table, that woman needed to get rid of a few things anyway. Right when Vegeta was about to walk away from the crime scene, Bulma came running up behind Vegeta with haste. She was panting heavily and she scooted in front of Vegeta with awe. She just stood there observing the accident. Then she turned back to Vegeta.
"Vegeta! What did you do?" she screamed really loudly. Trunks began to laugh quietly and Goten got up.
Vegeta opened his mouth and glared at her. He began to sweat and turn red. His hands where in fists as he defended himself. "Woman, don't you even think about getting me involved!" he yelled and quickly turned and walked off as fast as he could.
Bulma turned her head back to the accident.
"What happened here?" she asked. Trunks walked forward to where Goten was.
"Goten bumped into the table," he said.
"It was an accident! It's not my fault Trunks decided to run so fast, and I just slipped," he wined in defense.
"Run? Why where you running? And Goten, why do you have that opened marker in your hand?" asked Bulma. Then Goten examined his hand seeing that he still had the writing utensil in his hand.
Goten points to Trunks quickly. "It was his idea!" he yelled.
"What? Ah, kids. Well whatever you where doing be careful next time ok?" she said and then smiled. Trunks' eyes widened.
"You mean your not going to get us introuble?" asked Trunks in disbelief.
"Not at all. It was an accident and I never really liked that vase anyway, it was really ugly. I will just get one of our robots to pick up the mess," she said.
This is just a small example of all the interesting adventures that Trunks and Goten had. And now here they are training together out in the country. Trunks wasn't used to this since he lived in a city.
Trunks charged at Goten and gave him six non-stop punches in a row. Goten blocked each one by moving his hands to match Trunks'. Then Trunks put in a surprise kick from underneath Goten. Once Goten realized at the last second that a leg was going to hit him he jumped up in the nick of time. And really quickly after that Trunks punched Goten and this time Goten didn't block it because he was too busy dodging the kick. Goten flew back and hit the ground. He slowly got up.
"Trunks!" he yelled.
"What? Its not my fault I am more powerful than you," he said. (meanie)
"Uh! You're so fast! Where did you learn that?" he asked while rubbing his face from the punch.
"I train with my father," he said proudly with his arms crossed and eyes closed.
"I wish I had a father to train with…" admitted Goten. There was a pause. Then Goten quickly arose. "Hey Trunks! I am kind of hungry, can we take a break?" he asked. Trunks' eyes widened.
"What! Another one?" he pondered. Goten just smiled.
"Yeah, I am starving," and he started to walk in the direction of the house. Trunks began to follow.
"Goten, why must you think of your stomach all the time?" he sighed. "Don't answer that," he added.
"But it's a question, I am supposed to answer it aren't I?" he scratched his head. Trunks just sighed.
"No, it's a rhetorical question," he stated.
"What's a rhetor-whatever queston?" he wondered.
"Ah, never mind!" yelled Trunks. "Hey Goten? Why don't we just fly to your house?"
"Uh…I can't fly Trunks," Goten stopped and had an embarrassing gaze on his face.
"What! You mean not even your brother has taught you how to fly yet?" asked Trunks.
"Nope," Goten looked to the ground. Trunks touched his chin.
"Yes, this is very interesting." Trunks began to walk back and forth while thinking like he was some sort of scientist.
"What's interesting? That I don't know how to fly?" asked Goten. Trunks stopped and looked at Goten.
"Yeah. I mean, your brother should have taught you how to fly by now," he said.
"Well he is too busy with High school and being the Great Saiyaman and everything that he doesn't have any time to teach me," said Goten. Trunks put his hand to his chin again.
"What a geek," he mumbled.
"What!?" yelled Goten.
"Oh nothing!" he paused. "It's just that uh…your brother's "super hero" name is kind of dumb," said Trunks while scratching his head.
"What! Hey! My brother is cool!" defended Goten.
"Yeah sure…whatever you say," Trunks sarcastically states. "But I am NOT walking all the way back to your house," said Trunks.
"Common Trunks! It's not that far! Plus, Gohan said that I am aloud to use The Flying Nimbus to get around!" laughed Goten. Trunks' eyes widened.
"Goten, there is no way that I will ever be caught riding that piece of junk!" yelled Trunks.
"But Trunks!"
"No!"
Meanwhile, at Capsule Corp. Bulma was working on a red motor bike for Trunks. Then she looked at her watch.
'Oh no! It's time to go get Trunks! Gohan should be arriving any minute!' she thought. So she ran and grabbed her brown jacket and ran out the door. She then opened her Capsule container up and took one out. She pressed the button and threw it on the ground. BOOM! A mini shuttle appeared. She hopped inside and was off.
Bulma thought about many things as she flew out of West City. Gohan had told her that he would be stopping by to talk to her about something. Bulma just knew it had something to do with The Great Saiyaman thing. But he was very brief about everything so she didn't know for sure. All she knew is that she should pick up Trunks from Goten's house before it got dark. She had no clue where Gohan was though. If he was at his house they could just talk there when she arrived to pick up her son.
"Trunks! Your hogging the rice beans!" yelled Goten. Trunks was gobbling everything down.
"Your not the only one who is hungry!" yelled Trunks.
"Ah, you two remind me of Goku and Vegeta so much," said Chi Chi with her hands crossed on her chest and her head to the ceiling. Trunks and Goten stopped eating and gazed at her in bewilderment. Both of their faces where messy with food. Trunks then wiped his face.
"You mean…my father was friends with Goten's dad?" asked Trunks. Chi Chi looked down at Trunks.
"Well…I wouldn't say that. But they where always fighting," she said that with a laugh. 'It always seemed like Vegeta hated Goku so much that he liked him' silenty thought Chi Chi. Then Goten spoke.
"Me and Trunks don't fight! We just play, right Trunks?" he turned to Trunks.
Trunks just looked at him with a pause.
"Race you to the bathroom!" yelled Trunks.
"What? Hey Trunks, that's not fair! I need to go too!" and Goten ran after him towards the restroom. They where in the bathroom with both their leggings down to the ground and facing the toilet .
"Ahhh…" sighed Goten and Trunks at the same time.
"That feels good!" said Goten. Then they both strap up their trousers. "Bed time now!"
"Well first, it's time for Trunks to go home," said Bulma at the door of the bathroom.
"Mom!" yelled Trunks.
"Mom, does Trunks have to go?" asked Goten. Chi Chi appeared next to Bulma.
"Yes he does. He has his own home, toys, bed, and Daddy to go home to. You don't want to take those things from him do you?" asked Chi Chi. Goten looked to his feet.
"No…"
Then Trunks followed his mother out the door as Chi Chi and Goten also followed. Bulma got in the shuttle.
"Common Trunks!" yelled Bulma from the shuttle.
"Coming!" he yelled back. "Bye Goten," and he turned around ready to obey his mother. Just before he walked away Goten grabbed his arm.
"Hey Trunks." Trunks looked over his shoulder.
"Yeah?"
"I wish I had a Daddy too…" he said. Trunks' mouth opened. He didn't fully know what it was like to be in Goten's shoes.
"Well maybe my father can adopt you as a son and we can be brothers!" he kidded. They both laughed.
As Bulma and Trunks where starting to fly away, Trunks couldn't stop thinking about what he said.
'Maybe there is a way for Goku to come back just for one day so that Goten can see him,' he thought.
"Hey Trunks," said his mother.
"Yeah?"
"Where was Gohan?" she asked.
"Business. You know…The Great Saiyaman thing," he replied.
"Oh yeah. Right. He should be arriving shortly at Capsule Corp. to discuss things," she said.
"Really? Can I listen when we get there?" he asked with rage.
"Sure if you want," she said.
"Cool? Hey, what was Dad doing when you left?" he pondered.
"So you're starting to call him Dad now huh?" she wondered.
"Well…he said he doesn't care anymore."
"Hm…Take a wild guess," she said.
"Was he in the Gravity Room training?" he guessed.
"Nice job! I raised a smart son! Yep, he is ALWAYS in that thing I swear!" she complained.
"It doesn't exactly take a smart person to know where Dad is half the time, Mom," he joked.
"Heh. I don't think Goku could guess," she joked. Then she noticed that Trunks didn't laugh at her joke. Then she realized that he didn't laugh because he never knew Goku. It's a shame…he really missed out. Goku was such a nice guy who brought happiness to everyone. The only person who he could make frown would be the villains…and Vegeta of course. She laughed at the thought.
Trunks wondered back into his own mind and thought more about Goten. Goten had never met his father and it would be really cool if he could meet him just once. Who was this Kakarot that his Dad spoke of so often? His Mom always said present things about him but his Dad always said negative things. Who is this Goku? How can Goten see him? Maybe Gohan knows a way…
A/N: Should I continue?Meanwhile, at Capsule Corp. Bulma was working on a red motor bike for Trunks. Then she looked at her watch. "Trunks! Your hogging the rice beans!" yelled Goten. Trunks was gobbling everything down. As Bulma and Trunks where starting to fly away, Trunks couldn't stop thinking about what he said.
