I don't own Dragon Ball Z. I would love to but I don't, so there. I do own my imagination; at least I think I do (sometimes, I think Dragon Ball Z owns that too). I hope everyone is enjoying this crazy insanity. Well, except for maybe Vegeta; I think he's being driven nuts by my insane ramblings. Hell, from everything I've read on fanfiction, he probably thinks he was made for punishment and torture. Poor guy, Haha. Anyway peoples, let me know what you think.
Vacation
Chapter 5
Secrets Part I
Morning light slowly crept up from the foot of the bed to where Vegeta and Piccolo lay asleep at the head of it. It seemed to tickle Piccolo's antenna; he slowly opened his eyes. The sun was climbing closer to its height. It was late morning; they'd slept in. he looked over at Vegeta who was still sleeping, and smiled. He was laying on his stomach with one leg half off of the bed and the blanket pulled up to his waist. Piccolo leaned down and kissed his lover between his shoulder blades. 'Kami… he's perfectly chiseled' he thought to himself, 'I'm a lucky man.'
Vegeta stirred groaning. He rolled over and blinked looking up into the morning light filtering through the window; then his eyes focused on Piccolo and a smile crept up on his lips. He picked up his Green Man's hand and kissed his clawed fingers. "Good Morning."
Piccolo chuckled softly and smiled, "Good morning, Baby."
"How'd we manage to get to sleep in?" Vegeta yawned and stretched.
"My guess is, Goku is taking care of the kids so we could sleep." He answered his still sleepy lover. "Are you alright?" He swept his fingers through his soft black hair with a slightly worried expression.
"I'm fine now, Green Man." Vegeta said smiling to him as he stood up. He ran his fingers through his hair and his stomach let out a loud growl. "I'm starving"
Piccolo chuckled and shook his head. "So what do you want to do about it?"
"Let's take the kids out to the country to Kakarot's place for a picnic. It'll occupy them at least till it's time for Marron to go home. We can call Krillin and Roshi to join us too." Vegeta smiled; he'd been dreaming about hiking right before he woke up.
Piccolo raised a brow ridge at him. "You sure that's what you wanna do?" He eyed him suspiciously, but he felt through their newly formed bond that Vegeta was happy.
"I do." He smiled and walked into the bathroom to take a shower. Piccolo smiled, he couldn't wait to get away from the city and back out into nature. He followed Vegeta into the shower.
Downstairs Goku was doing his best to keep the kids quietish and occupied while Vegeta and Piccolo slept. They all sat in the family room playing video games. The boys were jumping and bouncing from chair to chair very excited.
"I see the present! You missed it!" Goten shouted at trunks. "Roll back around and get it, it's on that sleigh floating on a balloon." He jumped up pointing at a place on the big plasma television screen.
"Hang on it's moving too fast, I'll have to go back around to it!" Trunks said hopping on the chair.
Suddenly there was a loud bleeping noise. "Hurry Trunks, you gotta get the present!" Goten was holding his breath as the last thirty seconds on the clock began ticking down.
"I'm trying, I'm trying." He leaned to the side holding his own breath. "I got it! Get outa the way you stupid king head, I can't see!"
"You're almost big enough! You only got 1 more meter!" Goten was almost on top of the television screen hopping around in excitement.
"I made it! I made it with only ten seconds left!" Trunks beamed, they'd been trying this level for almost an hour.
"Alright!" Goten high fived Trunks, "I wonder what the present is?"
"Look I got a new cousin too!" He laughed, "Look at his spaghetti arms." Trunks said still laughing.
"Good going Trunks. You're the first one to beat this level." Goku smiled.
"Look Trunksy, you got a little pink swimming suit!" Marron laughed in her little girl giggle.
Gohan and Mirai laughed at him. "Haha… you got a pink swimming suit!" Mirai shoved his younger brother's shoulders.
Trunks scrunched up his nose. "What a stupid lame present."
"My turn! My turn! My turn!" Marron jumped up to claim the controller.
"That's right; it's Marron's turn again, Goten." Goku said as his youngest boy also jumped up for the controller.
"Oh yeah, she goes after Trunks, and then me again." He said slightly disappointed.
"Well, it wouldn't be fair if you didn't take turns now would it?" Goku asked his youngest son.
"No, I guess not." He mumbled.
"Yay! I get to play." She moved her chosen cousin around till she came to the level she wanted. "The candy board! This one is my favorite."
Goten rolled his eyes, 'it's the only one she ever wants to play' he thought to himself. Trunks saw the expression and elbowed him. Goten shot him a look before watching Marron play her level through again.
Meantime, out in the gravity room Gohan and Mirai were beginning to get bored with training. They were pretty much evenly matched and so had fought each other to a draw at 100X Earth's gravity. They sat with their backs to the wall now at normal Gs as they cooled down from the fight.
"You're really good, Mirai." Gohan said as he wiped sweat from his brow.
"You're not so bad yourself, Gohan. You've still got it." Mirai answered. He took a long drink from his bottle of water. He looked at Gohan who was really sweaty; his orange gi was soaked. 'He kinda looks like a young version of Goku.' He thought, 'He's really hot looking after he's been working out for a while'. He smiled at his best friend.
Gohan shoved his shoulder and chuckled, "Stop looking at me like that, you look a lot like your dad." 'Vegeta is sexy, but he ain't got nothin on his son.' He thought to himself.
Mirai laughed and mocked his dad's voice saying, "If you two are done playing kiddie games now you can get out, before someone thinks you're up to something."
Gohan blinked. Was he really thinking about the same kind of thing he himself was thinking about? He looked away so Mirai couldn't see what was on his mind. Mirai stopped laughing, instantly feeling the change in mood and heat off of Gohan.
He tapped Gohan's shoulder, "Hey, are you alright-"
He was cut off and caught off guard when Gohan spun around and caught his lips up in a kiss. 'There, now at least he knows how I feel about him; for better or worse.' He thought.
Mirai at first didn't know how to react, he'd never been kissed by anyone except his moms; then his instincts kicked in and he wrapped his arm around Gohan's shoulder and deepened what his friend had started. They sat there kissing one another for some time just savoring their first kiss before Gohan finally broke it off.
He stared at the floor of the gravity room unable to say anything. 'What have I done? I just ruined the best friendship I've ever had.' After a while they both ended up trying to speak at once.
"I'm sorry, I was just-"
"Sorry Gohan, I just couldn't-"
They stared at each other finishing what they were about to say "Caught up in how you looked at me" Gohan said as Mirai said "Help myself the way you were looking at me". They both blinked then looked back at the floor again.
Mirai mumbled "I didn't know you felt the same way about me as I do you."
"I thought you'd hate me and I would lose our friendship" Gohan replied.
It was quiet again for a few moments as they each thought about what had just happened. "So, does this mean you don't hate me, Mirai?" Gohan asked looking at his friend from the side.
"I would never hate you. You're too hot for that." He chuckled a little and smiled looking up at his best friend.
Gohan blushed a deep red. "You're really sexy yourself, Mirai."
Mirai blushed a deep red too. "Wanna go see what everyone else is doing?" He asked standing up.
"Sure, maybe your dad and Piccolo are awake now." He followed his new found… boyfriend; maybe... out the door and back inside the house.
Vegeta was standing in the center of the new kitchen as they came in the door, "Good, you saved me the time and effort of looking for you two. I want you to call Krillin and tell him and Roshi to meet us at Kakarot's place for a picnic." He didn't like using telephone or cell phones, let the brats do it.
"Okay, when are we leaving?" Mirai asked.
"As soon as you get off the phone with Krillin, brat." He turned and walked out of the room.
Gohan and Mirai looked at each other. "Better call Kami House, before he starts ranting" Gohan said.
By mid day they had arrived at Goku's place and settled in by the river to eat a large Saiyan sized lunch.
"Dad… can we go swimming? Please, please, please, please…" Trunks begged while bouncing around tugging on the hem of his dad's shirt.
"I don't care boy, as long as Gohan and Mirai are going as well." Vegeta answered his excited son.
Trunks looked at his brother with hopeful eyes. "Please Mirai?"
"No can do right now, Trunks. Gohan and I are gonna go hiking. Maybe we can go when we get back." Mirai rubbed his hand through his brother's hair.
"Aww…" he looked at his best pal and Marron. "I guess we don't getta go today." He said disappointedly.
Vegeta gave a slight scowl directed at his oldest boy then looked down at his youngest, "Stop whining, I will take you all."
"Why don't we all go?" Krillin said, "It is pretty hot today."
Goku looked up with a big smile, "That's a great idea; while we're at it I'll catch a fish for supper."
"Fine, we'll all go then." Vegeta said snapping his head up to look at the river; he had dreamed about the river on planet Vegeta last night. It was a little ironic he was now going to be wading in a river here on Earth. He looked at Mirai and Gohan; mostly it was direacted at his own son. "Be back by sunset, boy."
"Sure dad." Mirai smiled, he knew his dad was just a little over protective of them both. "Have fun swimming, you guys." They turned to start down an old and worn path that lead up to the waterfall several miles away. They could get there in a few minutes if they flew, but that took away from the idea of spending time out in nature. So they would do the all afternoon hike in peace and quiet; and so they could talk to each other about what had happened earlier this morning.
"Last one in is a rotten egg!" Goten yelled over his should as he ran toward the river tearing his clothing off as he went.
"You can't catch me Goten!"Trunks yelled as he did the same.
"Hey boys, wait for me!" Marron yelled chasing after them. She would swim in he top and shorts like she always did.
Goku chuckled watching the three of them. "They sure do like to pal around together."
"Oh yes, that reminds me." Vegeta looked at Krillin who was smiling as he watched their young kids splash into the water. "My son has a crush on your brat." He made it a flat statement of fact.
Krillin looked at Vegeta with his mouth hanging open slightly. All sorts of thoughts ran rampant in his mind about the son of Vegeta liking his daughter. Of course they were only young kids, but it still flashed through his mind like a terrible fright, Vegeta as his Marron's father in law.
Vegeta laughed. He could almost see what Krillin was thinking. "Relax man; they're only brats right now. It's a childish crush."
Krillin chuckled nervously, "Yeah, they're just kids in puppy love." He watched his daughter playing with the boys. "Well, guess we better join them before they manage to find a way to re-route the river." He pulled off his orange gi and joined the kids at the edge of the water.
"Well, I'm just going to go take a nap under the tree there." Roshi said pointing at a peaceful looking tree on the river bank. He promptly walked over to it sat down and leaned back against the tree pulling his cap over his eyes.
Vegeta looked at Piccolo and smiled softly, "You coming?"
"No. I think I'm just going to sit here and meditate if that's alright with you; but I won't be far away." He gave Vegeta a small smile.
"That's fine Green Man." He replied sweeping his eyes up and down his entire body and smiling thinking he'd been lucky to bond with such a good warrior. He watched him intently as he sat down, levitated, and went into a trance.
Goku watched both of them curiously, now that Vegeta was alone he was going to ask; either his best friend would answer him or he wouldn't. "Hey, can I ask you a question?"
Vegeta swung his head to look at the only other living Saiyan there was in the universe, "Sure what is it Kakarot?"
Goku had a slightly puzzled expression, "What was that enormous power spike all about last night? That is, if you don't mind me asking."
Vegeta's face blushed a bright red and he kicked at a rock lying on the ground. "You would ask. I guess everyone in the house felt it then." He looked back up at his friend, "Last night Piccolo and I bonded to one another. I hope you don't think ill of me; I know Bulma has always been a very good friend of yours." He gripped Goku's arm. "There are just some things she cannot do or understand about us Kakarot; Saiyan things and I need Piccolo. I will stay with her for our brats, you understand; but I gave my bond to Piccolo."
Goku just smiled. "Vegeta, I honestly do understand." He stood facing the Prince of his race. "Yes, Bulma has been my friend since we were kids; but she really can't understand everything we've been through. You, Krillin, and Piccolo are my best friend's Vegeta and you are also our Prince." He gripped Vegeta's shoulder this time. "I guess what I'm trying to say is; If Piccolo makes you happy, then go for it. I'll be here for both of you."
"Actually Kakarot, that means a lot to me. You and I are the last of our kind; I was hoping you'd understand." He smiled. "Now let's go catch up with Krillin and the brats."
He peeled his tank top off as he walked down the bank to the edge of the river and stepped into the water. He shivered slightly in the cool water. Piccolo opened one eye a crack looking at his lover briefly before closing it again. Vegeta loved it. It wasn't the giant red flowing river of his youth, but it was a good substitute. He waded out to knee deep and stopped to watch minnows swim around his feet. He had a big smile on his face without realizing it. Movement out of the corner of his eye caught his attention; he reached down and picked up a small turtle with a very bumpy back. It was the strangest turtle he'd ever seen. He scrunch up his nose and poked at it.
"VEGETA!" Goku yelled at him. Vegeta looked up to see what he was going on about. "Put that thing down before it bites you!"
'Huh, Kakarot must be losing his mind. It's just a little turtle.' He thought to himself. Suddenly he screamed as the little alligator snapping turtle had got enough of being out of the water and latched onto the side of his thumb. Vegeta slung his hand up and down trying to fling it off, yelling obscenities as he did.
The three kids stopped in their tracks and stared at the commotion. Trunks was in a state of amazement watching his dad jump around in the water slinging his hand around every which way and cursing at the top of his lungs.
"Krillin stay with the kids." Goku said as he flew over to his distraught friend. "Vegeta stop what you're doing, you'll never get it off that way."
Vegeta had an angry expression on his face as he spun to face Goku. "What do you suggest I do then you idiot?"
"You have to make heat on its under shell and eventually it'll let go; otherwise it won't let go even if you kill it." He wasn't lying, alligator snapping turtles were mean, temperamental little things and their jaw muscles could keep latched on long after you cut their heads off.
"Fuck!" He grited his teeth "Get this thing off of me!" If he was a human it likely would have broken or crushed his thumb by now.
"Here." Goku held a small ball of kai under its shell. In a very short time, it let go and dropped back into the water; it swam into the rocks and hid before anything else could catch it.
As soon as it had let go Piccolo grabbed his hand, no one had even realized he'd moved. "Thank you Goku, I'll take it from here, if you don't mind."
"There's stuff in the house if you want to clean it." Goku smiled at Piccolo, who nodded back at him. He watched as they walked toward the house knowing Piccolo didn't need anything to clean and heal Vegeta's hand, but he wanted to give them privacy.
By this time, Gohan and Mirai were well into their hike to the falls. They'd hiked in silence for a long while. It wasn't awkward; it was just that they both wanted to think about what they wanted to say to the other before they had their target discussion. Gohan had taken the lead since this was their property. Mirai just watched his back as he moved effortlessly over the rocks up hill. He watched as he swayed gently as he moved. 'Wow, he's perfect.' He walked along lost in his thoughts and hadn't heard Gohan speaking to him.
Gohan raised a brow when he didn't get a reply. He stopped and turned to look at Mirai to see if he was okay. "I asked if you needed to stop and take a break." He chuckled lightly.
Mirai stuttered as he realized Gohan had been talking to him, "Umm… I was just… heh, sorry." He blushed hard.
"I take that as a yes." Gohan sat unceremoniously down on a rock and took his boots off to let them breathe. "There's a cliff cave about half a mile from here with a deep pool in it. You wanna check it out?"
"Sure, if you want too" He answered.
'He sounds a lot like Vegeta sometimes.' He thought and then smiled. "Okay, it's this way." He broke off from the main path down another smaller one; Mirai followed close behind him.
Vegeta sat down at the kitchen table in Goku's house. His thumb was really sore and the skin on it was broken and bleeding. Piccolo looked at him and shook his head. "I can't believe you were messing with an alligator snapper. What were you thinking? If that had been an adult it would have taken your thumb right off." He gently scolded his lover.
"Well how the fuck was I supposed to know what the stupid thing was? I've never seen anything like that before." He frowned deeply; from both being scolded and the pain in his poor thumb.
Piccolo smiled at him. "It's alright, baby. Just don't go picking any more up from now on." He picked up his mate's hand and kissed his thumb. It was throbbing; he felt it through their bond. He'd nearly jumped out of his skin when Vegeta screamed too feeling the pain through their bond and the shriek through his sensitive ears. 'Poor baby; it must have really startled him when it bit.' He thought as he sucked his thumb into his mouth.
Vegeta rolled his eyes back; his mouth was both cool and warm at the same time. The burning sting that had been coming from his hand eased off though. He let out a sigh; he was so thankful for having the man he'd been blessed with. He looked down into his Green Man's eyes with adoration and thought to himself, 'Both of our species have incredibly long lives, and when Bulma is gone, Green Man, you and I will never part.
Goku and Krillin played with their kids, enjoying the time they had without their wives nagging at them about being careful all the time. They were showing their offspring the best way to do a two man cannon ball dive into the water.
Goku looked at all three kids who were sitting in the shallower water watching intently. "Always have the stronger person as the launcher, like me; Krillin is going to be the cannon ball because he's smaller."
"That's right" Krillin said, "A smaller guy…" He looked at his daughter "or girl can be launched higher and therefore make a bigger splash and wave when they hit the water. Goku and I had a lot of fun doing this when we were kids."
"Oh…" Goten said fascinated by what the two older Z fighters were saying. "That means Trunks is the launcher and I get to be the cannon ball!"
"Alright! I get to throw you!" Trunks shouted shoving his best pal's shoulder.
"Wait a minute, don't get ahead of yourselves. Let us show you how to do it first." Goku said. He lifted Krillin by one foot on the palm of his hand, pulled his hand back, and threw his hand straight into the air with a little force. Krillin was launched very high into the air and when he began his decent he did a few flips mid air before curling into a ball and hitting the water with a big splash. The resulting wave knocked the kids over where they sat. They jumped up yelling all at once.
"That was awesome daddy!" Marron shouted with a wide smile and ran to hug her dad.
"We wanna try, we wanna try!" Trunks and Goten shouted at the same time rushing Goku to have their first try at the new game.
Gohan stood at the mouth of the small cliff cave with Mirai behind him. "Well, this is it. The pool is in the back of the cave, it's not far from here." He started forward when Mirai grabbed his hand.
Gohan stopped and stared at his captured hand caught up in Mirai's; then he looked up at his face.
It was Mirai who spoke. "Heh, cramped places kinda make me nervous; like a lot."
Gohan smiled softly at him, "We don't have to go. If you don't want to we can skip this and go on to the falls." He didn't want anything to bother his lavender haired new boyfriend. 'Boyfriend', he thought to himself, 'wow, it sounds so weird and totally awesome, we are a couple now.' He smiled even more.
Mirai watched every little expression that Gohan made; he was totally captured by the Demi-Saiyan, staring deep into his eyes. 'I wonder if he's be happy being with me. The girls that go to his school all hang all over him. He could have his pick of any of them, including Mr. Satan's daughter. Wow, how can I compete with that?' He let his mind wander and didn't realize he'd been slowly inching closer to Gohan all the while. "We could stay here" he mumbled with a faraway look in his eyes.
Gohan swallowed as their noses touched and then their lips brushed against one another before Gohan spoke barely above a whisper. "yeah we'll just stay here". He wrapped his arms around Mirai who already had his arms entwined around Gohan's back.
Piccolo gazed at Vegeta, he wanted to; Kami knew he wanted to, but he couldn't just here and now. "Little Prince, as much as I would love to throw you over this table and rape you, we can't right now."
Vegeta looked at Piccolo sexually frustrated. He knew the Green Man was right but he didn't have to like it. "Alright already, let's just go back to the river then." He smiled evilly. If he couldn't get his way then he was going to find some way to torture his lover. He stood as Piccolo stood and they slowly walked back down to the river where Goku and Krillin were playing and swimming with the kids.
Vegeta stopped on the bank of the river just as Trunks flung Goten high up into the air. The dark haired boy came back to Earth and hit the water with a loud crashing noise sending a wave of water at the bank. It hit both Vegeta and Piccolo. Vegeta looked like a wet cat as he let out a very loud gasp at the cold water. "AAGAH" he stood frozen as he blinked water out of his eyes.
Piccolo had a stunned expression frozen on his face; then he narrowed his eyes at both Goten and Trunks. "What on Earth are you two doing?"
Goten popped his head back up out of the water just in time to hear Piccolo's question. "Dad and Krillin showed us how to do a cannon ball dive!" He had a big grin on his face till he looked at Vegeta; he quickly hid behind Trunks since he was a little older than himself.
"It figures. Kakarot is behind it." Vegeta stammered a little. He wasn't angry, it had simply caught him off guard.
"Hey, I'm just teaching them how to have fun." Goku protested.
"Really?" Vegeta said with a wicked grin.
Goku scrunched up his nose. "uh-oh" was all the time he had to utter anything.
Vegeta seized a fair amount of energy and sent it into the water on an angle between Goku's legs causing the ground in the river to crumble under his feet. He fell backwards into the water and when his head shot back out of the water a huge amount of water rained down on him; falling back to the river after it had been blasted into the air. Vegeta held his sides he was laughing so hard.
The kids just stood there gape mouthed. Goten whispered, "Trunks, is your dad mad at my dad?"
He whispered back, "I don't know Goten."
"Vegeta that was mean!" Goku sputtered wiping water from his eyes.
"I thought it looked pretty funny from where I'm standing!" Vegeta was still laughing.
"Yeah well two can play at that game." Goku whispered himself. He gathered just the smallest ball of energy and sent it flying into the bank under Vegeta's feet.
The bank crumbled and then slid into the river carrying not just Vegeta but also Piccolo down into the cool flowing water. Piccolo crawled back out of the water totally drenched and covered with mud and bits of rock. Vegeta poked his head out of the water gasping for air. The three kids squealed and ran from the water as Krillin urged them to get out of the Saiyans way. He herded them onto shore just in time.
Piccolo stood up with disgust on his face. He didn't like water that well; at least he didn't like being dumped into like this. "That's it. One day you two are going to horse around and get somebody hurt, or hurt yourselves in the process!" He was not a happy Namek.
Vegeta smiled looking at his lover, "It serves you right, for earlier." Vegeta actually stuck his tongue out at him.
Piccolo couldn't believe it. Did he really just stick his tongue out at him? He narrowed his eyes a little; he used the energy around his hard headed mate to pick him up. He levitated Vegeta over a deeper spot in the water and dropped him in it. "There, that's for being a smart ass!" He was genuinely laughing his strange barkish laugh as he threw his ruined cloak and turban off watching the water for Vegeta to resurface. His smile faded when his beloved Little Prince didn't come back up. He looked at Goku and mumbled with real fear in his eyes "Goku, where is he?" Frantically he began scanning for his Kai signature.
Just as he did a small hand popped out of the water and grabbed his ankle to pull him in. Piccolo's head came up gasping for breath as Vegeta came up next to him without making a sound. Piccolo looked at him once he had good footing. "Vegeta, you are an absolute rat." He said it without batting an eye.
Vegeta just smiled at him, "Yes, Yes, and Kakarot is such a fucking hillbilly and you are the Jolly Green Giant. We all know this stuff."
Krillin who'd been watching it all unfold, burst with laughter. "Boy he got you right Goku!" He pointed at his friend holding his side with the other.
"What are you laughing at, your short and used to be bald!" Goku threw a small rock at his short best friend.
"Hey!" Krillin said pointing at Vegeta. "He's short too!" Krillin laughed.
"What?" Vegeta's Jaw dropped as he gave the man who was shorter than he an indignant glare. "I am a prince, thank you!"
"Sorry Vegeta, us short people just have to stick together." Krillin chuckled.
"Right, us against them." Vegeta smiled an evil grin.
"Huh, what?" Krillin choked.
"Yay! A war! My daddy and your daddy are gonna fight with Goku and Mr. Piccolo, Trunksy!" Marron said jumping around in circles and hugging Trunks. "Go Daddy!"
"Now hold on a minute, I never agreed to any war." Krillin suddenly didn't think it was funny anymore.
"Piccolo's gonna fight with my dad! Yay; their gonna win!" Goten shouted.
Piccolo also protested, "Leave me out of this." He crawled back out of the water and walked back over to the tree where the kids and Krillin were and sat down he used his ability to produce clothing and took away his wet clothes to replace them with dry ones instantly; or at least so fast no one saw him naked anyway.
"Fine, I'll take Kakarot on myself." Vegeta muttered. He floated above the river and dropped on Goku knocking them both into the water.
"Cool Goten, our dad's are fighting again!" Trunks said excitedly.
Vegeta rolled Goku under water. They both struggled with one another with mild kai explosions reaching the surface now and again till both of their Saiyan lungs gave up and needed air again. They broke the surface at the same time flying up into the air.
Laughing, Vegeta said, "What's wrong Kakarot? Are you getting winded?" He threw a blast in the form of his signature galic gun at his best friend who dodged it.
Goku taunted, "That the best you can do, Prince of all Saiyans?" He threw a series of punches back at him.
They moved as a blur across the sky. It was a good way for both to work off stress from the last couple of days and they were both enjoying it. None of the blasts or punches being thrown at the other was serious; it was more akin to a souped up version of Saiyan dodge ball. Everyone watching on the ground was cheering for both men; they were simply having fun watching a good fight.
Gohan looked up at the sky and then at Mirai who was just pulling his shirt back on. "What the heck is going on over there?"
Mirai looked up and in the same direction Gohan had been looking in. "That's dad!"
Gohan's face flashed concern. "And my dad too; do you think there's trouble?"
"I don't know. I don't feel anyone else or any danger. I bet they're just playing around again." Mirai answered.
Gohan kissed Mirai's lips and draped an arm around his neck. "Maybe we should head back. We've been gone for a long while."
Mirai smiled slightly with a lopsided grin looking more than a little like his father. "Sun's starting to go down, we probably should head back. You wanna fly? Maybe we can get back in time to catch the fight."
"Sure!" Gohan said lifting a little into the air. He took Mirai's hand as they both flew away in the direction of the river.