Chapter 3
Trunks and Marron just stood there staring at each other not knowing what to think until Marron finally remembered that she was angry with him and broke the silence.
"You listen," she yelled. "This is our ship and we are the ones who give the orders around here. You will call me idiot not captain, well you know what I mean."
"And you will not call me you," said Trunks in a proud voice. "You will never address me as you. You will call me Your Majesty."
"You are nothing but a royal pain in the…"
"Hold it," interrupted Bra. "May I make a small suggestion? Any minute now the Ginyu Force is going to make a major U turn. Head back this way and make us all dead."
"Your right Bra," said Marron. "Well then we better get moving. We have to try and find some fuel on this planet."
"Wait a minute," said Trunks. "What about my things!"
"All right your majesty," said Marron trying to be nice. "Take only what you need to survive."
As for the Ginyu Force they had been very fortunate that there were no damages to the ship and that no one was hurt. Now all that Captain Ginyu wanted to concentrate on was finding Marron, Bra and Prince Trunks.
"Any luck with finding them?"
"No Captain Ginyu," said Zarbon. "No luck, it's almost as if they have vanished into thin air."
"Alright then this is the plan, get word out to all of our spies on every planet close by. Tell who we are looking for and that if they have any luck in finding them, then there will be a great reward," said Captain Ginyu.
"Yes, Captain Ginyu," said Zarbon.
Meanwhile Marron and Bra were not having a very good time. Because Marron told Trunks to bring only what he needed to survive, well in his mind that was pretty much everything. And of course Marron and Bra were the ones stuck carrying the weapons. They had been walking for three hours until Marron finally decided that she had enough.
"That's it! I am not putting up with this anymore," she said.
"Marron, we don't have time for this," said Trunks. "We need to keep moving if we want to find any fuel."
"Alright Prince, that's it. The fairy tale is over. Welcome to real life. If you want all these weapons then you carry them." And with that she dropped all of the weapons that she was carrying to the ground.
"Uh, oh," said Goten.
"As Prince of The Saiyans, I am ordering you to pick those up."
"Well we are not on the Planet Vegeta. Therefore I do not have to follow any of you orders," said Marron.
"You know she does have a point," said Goten. Trunks then gave Goten an angry look.
"Well this whole thing never would have happened if you hadn't runaway in the first place."
"Oh, that's right we heard about that. How you left your bride at the alter," said Marron.
"How do know about that?" asked Trunks.
"It was all over the news," said Marron. "And now the Ginyu Force is after you. Tell me why is that?"
"I have no idea," said Trunks.
"Look I just want to set the record straight okay? I have no idea why the Ginyu Force is after you and personally I don't care. By helping you out I expect to be well paid, Bra does too."
"You see I knew it. That's the only reason why they're helping us," said Trunks looking at Goten. Trunks then looked back at Marron.
"Well you don't have to worry about your reward. You will be well paid. If money is all that you desire then that's all that you will receive." Trunks looked Marron straight in the eye when he said this.
"But it's not like that," said Marron.
"Sure," said Trunks coldly.
"Look you two," said Bra. "It's going to be getting dark soon. So I suggest that we find a place to sleep." The four of them started walking again only this time nobody said anything. Trunks was upset because Marron was only helping him because of his money. Marron was upset because of what Trunks had said to her before. Goten and Bra just stared at Trunks and Marron wondering what was going to happen. Little did all four of them know, that a young Namek was following them.
Soon the sun was beginning to set and since the entire planet was nothing but one big desert the foursome decided that it didn't really matter where they decided to sleep. Goten started a fire and the four of them just sat around it. Nobody was in a good mood. Trunks was still angry with Marron and Marron looked like she was on the verge of tears. So the two of them decided to turn in early. Since there was nothing better to do Goten and Bra decided to hit the sack as well. But unfortunately Goten just couldn't get to sleep, so he thought that maybe a walk might help. Trying not to wake up anyone else he got up slowly.
"Going somewhere?" said Bra.
"Oh, Bra I'm sorry, did I wake you?"
"No I can't sleep either," she said. "What are you up too?"
"I thought that maybe a walk might help to clear my thoughts."
"Mind if I join you?"
"Not at all," said Goten. Bra got up and she and Goten started walking not to far from where Trunks and Marron slept. After a few minutes they both stopped and looked up at the stars in the sky.
"Planet Vegeta is so far away," said Goten.
"Don't worry," said Bra. "We'll help you get back there." Both of them just stood there for a few minutes in complete silence.
"So, where are you from?" asked Goten trying to make conversation.
"Who knows?"
"You don't know where you're from?"
"Not really," said Bra. "I was found on the doorstep of a monastery."
"A monastery, where?"
"Somewhere in the Ford Galaxy," said Bra.
"Well, didn't the monks tell you where you were from?" asked Goten.
"They couldn't because they took a vow of silence. All that I had was this around my neck," said Bra as she showed Goten a small pendent. It was a small round shaped pendent with some form of writing engraved on both sides.
"What does it say?"
"I don't know. I've taken it to every wise man in the universe and nobody can tell me what it means. Can you understand it?" Goten looked a little more closely at the pendent.
"Well I can't read it. But from what I can tell it looks like some sort of old Saiyan writing, a language that hasn't been used on Planet Vegeta in years."
"You really think that it's some kind of old Saiyan writing?" asked Bra.
"Why don't you show it to Trunks in the morning," said Goten. "Maybe he can tell you what it says."
"Thanks," said Bra. "And hopefully tomorrow we can find some fuel on this planet so that way we can get you guys back home."
"Actually, I'm not really looking forward to going back home," said Goten.
"Why not?" said Bra with a concerned look on her face.
"Because as soon as we get back things are just going to go back to normal. Trunks will marry that princess not because he loves her but because he has to for the royal family of Planet Vegeta. And I will go back to always being in my father's shadow."
"Your father! Who's your father?" asked Bra.
"Kakarot."
"You're kidding!" said Bra. "Your father is Kakarot. The strongest warrior in the entire universe." "
You've heard of him?"
"Are you kidding? Who hasn't heard of him? He is the only one who was able to defeat Freeza. What a honor for him to be Captain of King Vegeta's guards."
"Yeah," said Goten. "What an honor."
"Well come on Goten, with your father being Captain of the Guards that means that you could have a chance to take over his position." Goten didn't say anything. He just stared at the ground.
"Goten what's wrong? Do you not want to take over your father's position as Captain of the Guards?"
"Bra, if I could be Captain of the Guards it would be a dream come true. But it will never happen."
"Why not?"
"Because I am no where near as strong as my father is. Also no one on Planet Vegeta thinks that I can do the job. They all think that I am nothing but a weakling. Growing up, Trunks was not only my best friend but my only friend. I use to train with my father when I was younger but not to long ago he told me that I couldn't train with him anymore. And of course I know the reason why. It's because he knows that he can defeat me easily."
"So what did you do?" asked Bra.
"I did the only thing that I could do, I trained by myself for many days and many hours. I would love to be Captain of the Guards but it will never happen."
"Goten, I think that you would make a great Captain. You just have to have to believe in yourself. I think that the real reason that your father doesn't let you train with him is because he doesn't want you to know that you're stronger than him." said Bra. Goten smiled.
"Thanks," Goten then took Bra hands in his.
"Look Bra, I know that you and Marron are only helping us for the money but…
"Goten listen," said Bra cutting him off. "The reason why we need the money is because we are in a small debt. We borrowed some money from Garlic Jrand the problem is that we haven't had a chance to pay him back. So now if we don't pay him back there will be a great price on our heads."
"Well, I would like to thank you anyway." Goten then leaned forward to kiss Bra on the forehead. Bra immediately stood up on her tiptoes so that Goten missed her forehead and kissed her on the lips. The kiss was brief and Bra quickly turned away but then Goten put his hand on her cheek and their lips met again. The kiss was long and passionate, Goten wrapped his arms around Bra and she did the same. They held onto each other knowing that this was the beginning of something special.