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"Triple Threat 3: Attack from the Other World"
Chapter 2: "Watchful Eyes"
The air was still and dead, the way it was every year on this day for 16 years. Anyone who listened could feel the quiet and unrequited feelings if they tried hard enough. No one ever spoke of it, as if speaking it aloud would make it even more true. They could hear the pleasant chirping and scurrying of forest animals, to reflect what they felt the other 364 days of the year. The air blew the grass around them, undetterred of their melancholy feelings.
This was how it was for one group.
A 34-year-old woman always went out shopping with her 15-year-old daughter to get her mind off of things.
A lady well above 50, who was still the president of Capsule Corporations. always went over long forgotten memories with one of her closest friends, Her husband still trained in the gravity room.
A 24-year-old gym teacher at Orange Star High School, the heir to Capsule Corporation, acted as nothing was wrong. His best friend, only one year younger than him, was his assistant. He was always down and hardly ever spoke.
That's how it was for them and some others on that day every year.
Only one didn't know why everyone else acted differently. Nobody ever told her why.
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"Mom, are you done yet?" Pan complained and rolled her eyes. She sighed impatiently and leaned onto a shirt rack to her left while she watched her mother pick up a blue gi with a red belt. Her dark shoulder length hair rested on her shoulders. The girl had always despised shopping. She just didn't understand why her mother always dived into the Orange Star Mall head first when she may have normally went shopping once a month, if that.
"No, I'm not, Pan." The woman answered, unaware of her daughter's bored tone, and looked at the girl, motionlessly. Her daughter could tell she could cry at any moment. The woman pushed back tears, hastily turned as her dark braid swayed behind her, and headed towards the checkout desk.
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The president of Capsule Corporation pushed a hair out of her face as she yelled at her husband down the hallway, who was grunting and yelling occasionally. "Don't be so loud! We're trying to talk here!" She rolled her eyes as she she walked back into the room and sighed. "Saiyans..."
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The 24-year-old ran ahead of his best friend, "Goten, you're too slow!" He stopped and looked back. Goten was walking slowly, looking at the cracked cement, not caring how far ahead the older man was.
"Goten? Come to think of it, you weren't acting normally today during class, either. What's up, pal?"
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Gohan and Kayla landed in the bushed and looked around to see where they were.
"There's Orange Star High School, Gohan. Didn't you used to go th-" Kayla looked at a building to her right, then jerked her head a little way to her left, towards a couple of men walking together. "Hey, he looks familiar." She gazed a bit longer and gasped inaudibly. "Wait a minute, they both do..."
The one in front, looked at his friend, smiling. "Come on, Goten, You can tell me."
Gohan's eyes widened at the mention of his brother's name, and he stared at them, his breath quickening.
Goten looked up with clouded eyes at him, and spoke with a harsh tone. "Trunks, have you forgotten again? Have you forgotten what today is?"
"What? What do you mea- Oh..." He frowned in disappointment at himself and then tried to smile and pulled Goten closer to him. "I'm sorry, Goten... I really am. You know I have a lot to think about. But, hey, cheer up. Our moms are at Capsule Corp right now. You can talk to them about it. Now that I think about it, I could use a stress reliever, too. Dealing with high school kids in gym class can be tough."
Goten nodded slightly and replied in a low voice. "Yeah, you're right. Let's go." They lifted into the air and shot through the sky.
"I don't believe it. That... was Goten and Trunks." Gohan whispered, still staring at the spot where they were once standing.
"And they're gym teachers at that." Kayla added, amazed herself at how much had changed. After a moment, she looked over at Gohan. "Come on. Let's follow them."
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"The brats are back." Vegeta said flatly as he exited the gravity room.
Bulma sighed. "That's one thing that hasn't changed. You can never call them by their names."
"They're Saiyan warriors. They shouldn't be teaching mere humans at such elementary material!" He retorted, gritting his teeth.
"Hi, mom!" Trunks said as he landed and Bulma opened the door to greet her son. Chichi smiled weakly at Goten and followed Bulma into the yard.
Vegeta scoffed as he stood in the doorway.
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Gohan and Kayla ducked behind some trees so they wouldn't be seen.
"Wow, look at them..." Kayla commented. "It seems they haven't changed much."
"Neither has Vegeta." Gohan added silently, examining his friends and family.
"Don't worry about your father. He's just being himself." Bulma told her son. "Hey, shouldn't the others be getting here soon?"
Trunks glanced at his watch on his right wrist. "Yeah, it's almost 5."
"There they are!" Goten said and waved at a jetcopter that landed a few feet away.
Eighteen, Krillin, Marron, Roshi, Yamcha, Oolong, Piccolo, Tien, Chiaotzu, and Goku piled out of the door. "Hey, everyone, are we late?" Goku said in a cheerful voice, smiling. Krillin waved in response, causing his slightly grey colored hair to sway. Marron, now a young woman of 20, walked beside him, followed by her mother.
Gohan watched them in awe. The world may have changed, but they haven't changed much. Kayla stared as well.
"Wait, somebody's missing." Bulma suddenly said as she surveyed the group.
"More than one." a voice said as she and two others landed on the grass from the air. Erasa flashed a smile as Sharpner and Hercule waved at them. "Now, where's Videl and Pan?"
"What? When'd they learn to fly?!" Gohan exclaimed in shock,
Kayla slapped her hand over his mouth. "Shush, Gohan!" She said quietly.
"Who's there?" Trunks instinctively shot an energy blast at the tree but the two vanished just before the explosion.
"That was close." Kayla breathed a sigh of relief as they reappeared behind the main building and glared at Gohan. "No thanks to you!" Gohan could only mutter a sorry as they watched Trunks still eye the spot that he had blasted.
"Trunks, wasn't that a little drastic?" Bulma narrowed her eyes at her son. "It was probably just a squirrel or something."
He scanned the area around him, not convinced. "No, it was two people. I felt the same energy signals when me and Goten left the school also. We're being watched."
"Don't worry yourself." Erasa replied chipperly. "Whoever it is, you can handle them."
"Mom, come on! We're already late!" Pan yelled as she blasted from the sky, still slightly annoyed. "I told you to quit when got to the gis!"
Videl descended slowly. She had bags hanging from both arms. She dropped them and breathed in slowly. "Sorry, Pan, but I had to get another-"
"-navy blue gi? You have plenty already!"
Videl looked at her daughter with narrowed lips, a small tear escaping her tightly closed eyes. "Pan, you don't understand. Just be happy that I came. It gets harder every year..."
Videl! Gohan flinched and stared at her even more intently than he had the others.
Kayla gasped softly. Videl has a daughter? They must gather every year in memory of...us. "Gohan..." Kayla looked at Videl curiously and squeezed Gohan's left shoulder. She stood up and nodded. "Let's go..."
"Kayla?" Gohan came out of his trance as she was walking into their view.
Kayla smiled as she walked out, not knowing what reaction the two would get. "Well, I'm glad everybody hasn't forgotten us."
Every one turned to see the owner's voice and they all stopped moving immediately. Videl's face went white and became completely still as she said a name she hadn't spoken aloud for 16 years.
"Kayla."
Hope they don't seem too out of character. Whenever anyone died in the series, they were always able to revive them with the Dragonballs, and in this series, they weren't, so they'd probably act slightly different. Oh... Now that I think about it, I guess they would have the Namekian Dragonballs, but let's forget about those, shall we? Any criticism is welcome! As for their looks, they look like they did in Dragonball GT. As for ages, I did an educated guess. If I forgot any major characters you think I should have put in here, please tell me in a review! Next chapter, you'll get a little more insight on what has happened to Videl since the end of Triple Threat 3. After all, this story is focused on Gohan and Videl.
