Note: I don't really like this chapter. Feels... lame and kinda of forced. I'll probably rewrite it, maybe even scrap it, but it's important for the Bra/Goten development so I dunno. I have better chapters in the works though :)

Mid School Special

1:43 pm

Goten was walking briskly towards physics when he felt someone pull at his arm. Spinning around, he saw it was Bra who'd pulled it. The two of them moved out of the stream of kids and off to the side where her locker was.

"Heyy Goten"

"Bey B-Chan, what's up?"

"Not much just heading to English," she replied holding up a notebook and a novel that were in her right hand. "What about you?"

"Physics." Goten said lifting the 1200 page tome in his left hand.

"Nice," she replied sarcastically, letting out a brief laugh. "So Goten," she started but was interrupted.

"Hey Bra!". It was Ken. She sighed and Goten saw her roll her eyes.

"Hey Ken." She said with fake pleasantry.

"Hey" he added looking at Goten. Goten merely nodded, a neutral expression on his face.

"So did you want something?" Bra asked. She was still being nice, but there was a stinging tone in her words which Ken seemed oblivious too.

"Nah just came over to talk."

"Oh.. well can we talk later? I was asking Goten something." She said, gesturing her hand towards Goten.

Ken gave a menacing look to Goten before saying "Yeah sure, catch up with you later Bra." He then joined the remaining ranks of kids moving through the halls.

Goten chuckled. "Who was that guy?"

"Just some guy in a few of my classes."

"Doesn't look like he wanted to be "just some guy" to you" Goten teased sticking out his tongue.

"Oh shush Goten." She retorted a little embarrassed.

Goten checked his watch "We should probably hurry to class."

"Oh Goten you're kind of lame sometimes you know." She teased. "That's actually what I was going to ask you about, me and Marron were going to skip last period and go to the mall, but she bailed on me, then I saw you in the hall... so Goten want to ditch last class and go to the mall with me?"

"Oh man.. " Goten thought. She was giving him that look that made him feel like agreeing to anything she asked. "I... I dunno."

"Come on Goten, I'll make it worth your while." She winked, leaned back against the wall, using her arms to tighten the tank top she was wearing.

"She's way too good at that" Goten thought. He let out a soft sigh. "Alright, let's go."

"Great!" She said excitedly, jumping onto him in a hug and almost knocking him over.

"Whoa calm down" Goten said laughing. Bra backed off abit but was still hanging on to Goten. During their engagement, the bell signaling the start of class rang. She popped open her locker and the two threw their books inside.

"Alright let's hurry outside Goten."

"Hm I've got a quicker way." Gotten said, taking her hand. He led her quickly into the nearby boy's washroom.

"Goten what are we..."

"Shh"

Goten raised his index and middle finger to his forehead and a split second later the two had disappeared, creating a small gust in their wake. They instantly reappeared in one of the boy's bathrooms at the mall. They both reeled a little from the strange feeling of instant transmitting, and then rushed out of the bathroom before they were spotted.

"Goten you need to teach me that!"

"Heh let's work on one thing at a time, it's not an easy technique, I still don't quite have the hang of it as you can tell from that rough landing."

"haha yeah.. I'm sure you'll get it quick though, you're a fast learner." Bra said, 'Except at a few things...' She thought. "It must be a little weird for him.. I've been waiting for him forever maybe I'll have to take the lead."

Goten just smiled back to her as the two began walking though the mall. Goten was observing one of the stores when he felt a hand grab a hold of his. He looked down to see that it was Bra's slender hand. She linked her fingers through his and gave a slight squeeze. He looked to her to see her grinning broadly.

"B-Chan?"

Bra didn't respond, she just kept smiling. Goten was blushing heavily. It was still... Weird he guessed, but he wanted this, he absolutely did. So he went along with it, and the two started walking through the mall holding hands. Goten tried to make conversation, but his tongue kept getting tied. He wasn't sure what to say to her. He'd never been nearly this nervous around a girl before. After a few minutes, Bra finally broke the silence.

"So Goten"

"Mmm?"

"I was going to pick out some new bathing suits, and I usually have someone I model them for so they can tell me what they think.. interested?" She asked coyly, already knowing the answer.

Goten felt his face flush red. "What is she trying to do to me??" he thought.

"Um yeah, I could do that" Goten said nervously, putting his free hand behind his head out of habit.

"Great" she smiled, pulling leadingly on his hand "this way."

After a few minutes of moving through the mall, Goten asked "Where are we going?"

"Oh you'll see."

Goten was dragged past one store then another. But his mind was too busy swimming with images and lustful thoughts for him to really care. After a few minutes Bra stopped in front of a store. Goten looked up and nearly choked on his own breath.

"Are you okay Goten?"

Yea" he responded weakly, "fine. You sure you want my opinion on this?"

"Yeah of course silly, if anything I'd prefer a guy's opinion on swimsuits." She proceeded to pull him into the store after her, past the one pieces, and right into the bikinis section. She let go of his hand and proceeded to work her way through the racks with remarkable speed.

"Let's see... hmm no.. no... maybe this one...no." She continued to talk to herself as she worked her way through the racks of clothing. Goten shifted his weight uneasily as he waited for her to be done. She strolled over to him with a small collection of clothes.

"Okay, this way" Bra said pulling Goten towards the change room.

She slipped into one of the empty change rooms, and a few moments later opened the door again. If Goten's jaw could have hit the ground it would have. She was wearing a tye-die number that faded from purple to pink and fully exposed her well toned body, her curves and her long legs. She did a quick spin in place watching as Goten stared at her. She giggled a little then put her hands on her hips, tilting her head with an innocent look on her face.

"Well Goten, what do you think?"

Goten closed his eyes for a sec, the shook his head a little. "Um.. sorry what did you say?

"I asked what you thought silly"

"Oh... you look amazing.." Goten said practically drooling.

"Yeah I like this one too." She said looking herself over. "Okay wait here a sec.." she trailed off heading back into the changing room. She performed the same routine with each suit shed picked out, strutting it in front of Goten and paying close attention to his reactions. She noticed other guys looking at her too, but Goten was the only one she was really concerned with. On her last outfit she asked Goten something a little different.

"So Goten, which one did you like the best?"

"I dunno they all looked great on you."

"Must have had a favourite silly"

"Hmm the 1st one I think, the tie dye"

"That was my favourite too" she said with a smile.

"So just going to get that one?"

She laughed "No no, I'm getting them all, just wanted to know your favourite."

2:39 pm

The two walked out of the store a few minutes later. Goten held Bras hand in his left hand and her bag of clothing in the other.

"So what did you want to do now B-Chan?" Goten asked.

"Mmm..." she thought for a moment. "I'm a little hungry. Want to go get some food?"

"I'm a little hungry" Goten said. His stomach betrayed him though as it growled loudly as he thought of food.

"I bet you could Goten" she snickered.

Goten laughed a little "Ok, so maybe I'm more than a little... Where did you want to go?"

"Hmmm I was thinking the Murai"

"Oh..." Goten said.

"Something the matter?"

"Nah I Just wasn't expecting that heh"

"Well we can go somewhere else if you want"

"No no of course thats that's fine" he grinned to her, "Now just need to find a place to transmit from..." Goten said looking around.

" Actually Goten, it's so nice out, how about we walk there?"

3:00 pm

The two walked along the street talking and joking still holding hands. Goten was feeling totally at ease with her now. For the first time there was a girl he didn't have to hide anything from.

"Whoa what's going on up there?" Goten said pointing up the street. The faint sound of sirens could be heard coming from where Goten had pointed.

"Dunno looks like something big is going on" Bra replied.

"Well let's check It out" Goten declared as he pulled her.

They arrived to see a massive detachment of police surrounding the Imperial Commerce Bank. There was a small crowd gathered around the barricades the police had set up. When Goten and Bra reached their barricade there was an officer there.

"Sorry kids, you really should get out of here."

"What's going on in there?" Goten asked.

"It's a real situation, we've got several robbers armed to the teeth in there, and at least 50 hostages. You kids better get out of here, we have the situation under control The officer said to Goten before walking back to his regiment.

"Right" Goten said. Bra noticed a devilish flare in his eyes as he and Bra stepped away from the barricades.

"Goten... I know that look. What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking we go in there"

"But you heard him he said they had it under control."

"He's a cop he has to say that. Someone could get hurt."

"So could you!" she protested, squeezing his hand tightly.

"What?? Don't be ridic..." Goten said but stopped himself. He remembered Bra had never actually fought against a non-saiyan before. And the only humans who she had seen fight were yamcha, krillin and them. Her perception of average human strength must have been very skewed.

"What??" She demanded, letting go of his hand and putting her hands on her hips, a serious look on her face.

"You've never fought a human before have you?"

"No, but what does that have to do with it?"

"Well they're.. uhh... how do I put it, a lot weaker than us. Trust me, neither of us would have any problems taking them out."

"But Krillin and them.."

"Krillin is way above any other human"

"But they have guns..."

"I know, but trust me those aren't a problem either. Guns are wayyy weaker than our energy attacks."

She frowned. She still didn't look convinced that he wasn't going to get hurt.

"Ok Goten, but if you're going to play hero I'm going with you." She said cracking a faint smile. She believed Goten, and was actually kind of excited.

"Ok let's see how many are in there." Goten said closing his eyes. His eyes darted back and forth quickly underneath his eyelids.

"Okay I count 62 people, so there's at most 12 bad guys." Goten proclaimed before reaching out and grabbing hold of Bra. He raised his middle and index fingers to his forehead and in a flash the two had disappeared from where they stood and apparated inside the bank. Goten had taken care to appear some distance away from any ki signals so as not to be noticed, and the two entered the bank silently.

When they were inside Goten quietly set down the bag and let go of Bra's hand, raising his index finger to his mouth to gesture for silence. He wasn't worried about their safety, but the safety of the hostages.

"We could probably take all 12 out easily without anyone getting hurt, but we can't take that risk. We have to take at least a few of them out without being noticed before we rush them" he whispered to Bra as the two edged themselves along the wall. Goten was in the lead and peered around the lip of the nearby corner. He needed to be sure which Ki signals were the robbers and which were the hostages.

Goten pulled back and gestured for Bra to look over the lip. She stepped lightly as she moved in front of him and then peered over.

"See all 11?" he asked as she joined him behind the safety of the corner. She nodded.

"What do you think?" she asked.

"That big guy... He's the leader. He and 9 of the other guys are out in the open, the other guy is hidden... could be a problem." Goten replied.

"Hmm... "

"Okay I'll get the five on the left if you want to get the five on the right.. we'll both go for the last guy." Goten said, nodding to her. Bra grinned. She was actually excited for this, to fight, to save someone. She knew Goten wouldn't put her in any danger she couldn't handle.

"B-Chan... just hold back your strength, the ki you're sensing off them is their full power-level. We just want to hurt them, not kill them."

"Got it"

"Okay, on 5" Goten said, he held up his hand all of his fingers up. He curled in his thumb.

"4" he whispered. He curled in another finger. "3"

he curled in another finger. Then another. Bra could feel her heart beating intensely, a strange rush over took her as Goten's last finger curled into his hand and he sprung forward, disappearing around the corner to the left. Bra rushed out around the corner darting right a split second after Goten.

Goten upped his speed causing everything except his and Bra's movements to appear to be in slow motion. He ran up behind the nearest robber, striking him hard from behind and knocking him out cold. As the robber was beginning to fall he stuck out his left hand blasting another enemy with a brief burst of his Ki. He stuck out his right hand to a third robber and used his energy to manipulate the enemies weapon. He caused the weapon to wrench upwards striking the robber hard on the chin. He still had two left. He sped toward the nearest enemy, leaping from the ground and delivering a kick to the robber head. While still in mid-air from the kick he knocked the 5th robber back hard with a brief Ki flare, being careful not to hit any of the hostages on the ground. He landed on the ground just as the first enemy he'd struck hit the ground. He listened for the sound of the rest of the robbers, and heard 9 more thuds of the robbers bodies and several clangs of their weapons.

Bra matched Goten's speed and in a blur launched her attack. She ran at the nearest enemy, dropping to the ground in a slide. When she was near the enemy, she pushed herself off the ground into a handstand, her right foot connecting hard with the chin of her opponent. She raised her left arm so she was hand standing on just her right palm. She knocked another robber away with her Ki as she spun on her palm. She propelled herself back onto her feet, striking another robber with her Ki in mid air. She ran at the nearest robber who was still standing. She kicked the gun out of his hands, knocking him out in two quick blows. For the last robber she stuck her index and middle finger on her left hand out, pinning him with her energy. With a quick motion of her fingers she smashed him into the ground, quickly joinging up with Goten. The two half-saiyans looked at each other as they heard the thuds and groans of felled and damaged bodies. There were screams and shocked words that came from the hostages as they'd watched what transpired.

"Back off! Fucking get back!" A man yelled. Goten and Bra looked up. It was the last robber, he'd snatched up one of the hostages and was holding a gun to her head, cowering behind her. There was some screams and clambering of steps as several hostages ran away from him.

"Take one step and I'll blow her head off!" the robber growled at the two. Goten and Bra exchanged smirks.

"Goten was right.. these guys are pansies." Bra thought.

"What! What are you smiling abo..." but before he could even finish his sentence, he was disarmed and on the ground barely conscious. The woman he had been holding on had a look of shock and amazement. She clearly had no idea what to make of this situation, but after a moments hesitiation she spoke

"Oh thank thank you so much you saved our lives!"

"Heh no problem" Goten responded putting his hand behind his head and blushing slightly. The woman smiled at the two of them before joining the rest of the hostages who were fleeing the bank.

"You're right Goten that was pretty easy." Bra said "And a total rush."

"Yeah" Goten agreed. "I think I understand why Gohan used to do stuff like this all the time." He added contemplatively.

"What are you thinking Goten?"

"I dunno... maybe we should make a habit of this?"

Bra was about to respond but was interrupted by a yell. "You two! On the ground! Now!"

The two looked up to see the police had stromed into the bank, and several had their guns trained on Goten and Bra.

"Heh time to go Goten"

"Yep" Goten replied, raising his index and middle finger to his forehead and grabbing bra with his other hand. The two disappeared, reappearing around the corner where they had initial entered the bank.

"Almost forgot" Goten explained to Bra, reaching down to grab her bag, and Instant Transmitting out of the bank, reappearing several blocks away, in the alley next to the Murai.

"Let's go" Goten nodded to her. It was then he knew for sure, looking back at her, that he had fallen for her. Hard.