Things are starting to warm up, but maybe not in the ways you want it too... but I say, it is starting to get a might bit interesting. A little bit of a 'bundle' and lots of conflict all of which starts here.
It Never Ends
C-5 -- The Scar.
Life fell into it's normal routine and everyone seemed happy.
Goten struggled through school with the help of Junior.
Trunks struggled through work with the help of Pan and survived his mother's retirement. Things started to settle down at work or he got used to the routine.
Vegeta and Soyna still trained as if the end of the world was coming.
Goten still hid the scar around his throat with Pan's bandanna. He still had not told anyone of their encounter with the Wodahs or Krad.
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Bra could hardly keep still. She paced frantically around the living room, every now and then looking out the window.
"Calm down, Bra!" Raymond said, putting his hands on his wives shoulders. Boy was she ever tense. "It is no good getting yourself upset over this. I'm sure that he will be happy about it as we are."
"You still don't understand my father do you?" Bra said. "I don't think he really wants to admit that I am all grown up. If he didn't have Soyna to distract him and an impending threat, he probably would have really hurt you by now, but..."
"Is that why you want to tell Soyna first?" He said.
"I can't trust mom. She'll squeal and jump up and down. The only other one that can remotely control dad is Soyna," She said, pulling away from her husband and started to pace again. "Then I will tell dad and Soyna will be able to hold him back."
"I don't think he'll be that angry. I know he was upset over the marriage and all but he only threatened my life once and that was if I ever hurt you," he said, grabbing her again, but this time in a hug. "You worry to much."
She sighed heavily.
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Bra looked at the small smile on Soyna's face as she told her the news. "It's about time. You have been married for nearly 3 years now."
Bra blushed.
"Why are you telling me first?" Soyna asked from her chair as she munched on some food. The natural way to bribe anyone with Saiyian blood. "Why didn't you tell... oh." Her smile grew a little bigger. "Your worried about your father's reaction."
"I know that he treats you great but you came here as a adult. I really don't know how he will react and I really don't want him to hurt Raymond," Bra said. "I need you as a buffer zone, so if he tries to hurt him, you can stop him."
She laughed lowly and helped herself to more of the food. "You know, I could use a babysitter for the boy's next weekend," she said.
Bra narrowed her eyes. "What? Do you have other plans than training? I'm surprised that you have a life."
Soyna just smiled. "So?"
"Fine!" Bra said. She loved the boys but they sure could be a handful at times. They listened better to Raymond than they listened to her. She was sure that she could pawn them off Raymond if they got to anxious.
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Soyna and Vegeta entered the room and Vegeta was mildly shocked to see his daughter and her annoying husband here. Soyna was holding her arm, the one that had that wound on it and he knew she was in pain. "Good. That doctor is here. He can look at it." Vegeta said.
"Oh! What happened?" Bra said with a worried look.
He wasn't going to explain to his daughter about how Soyna was pushing herself too hard lately. He had felt her power up higher than he felt her before and her normal green aura, turning a brilliant red. He yelled at her to stop, that she was going to destroy herself, but she was enthralled by the power that was threatening to rip her apart. He knew that feeling himself, but was somehow managed to control it. Soyna had gone beyond control. He had to stop her. It stopped when Vegeta grabbed her arm and twisted it. She let out a horrible scream. He knew it was broken.
"Nothing. It's fine." She said even though she still cradled the injured arm to her chest. Raymond went to her and gently touched the flesh on her shoulder. She clenched her teeth tighter and glared at him. "I am fine."
Trunks shook his head from the corner of the room in which he sat with his papers. Vegeta couldn't help but shake his head too, at his granddaughter but then turned to his daughter. "Why are you here?"
"I got to tell you something daddy," she said in such a sickly sweet voice. She was using that voice. She knew how to manipulate him even better than Bulma did. "You better sit down."
He remained standing and eyed his daughter suspiciously. It was like the time that she announced she was going to marry the human doctor. "What is it now?"
"Sit down," Bra said.
Vegeta humped and sat down, still waiting to hear what horrible news his daughter was going to give him. Nothing could be worse than the news of her wanting to marry Raymond. He had not seen that one coming. She had been spending a lot of time at the hospital, but thought it was because of Soyna and the others, not because of the pesky doctor.
Bra sat beside him and grabbed his arm. He was even more suspicious of his daughter. "Daddy." He watched Soyna position herself near Raymond who was testing her arm. "You're going to be a grandfather."
"I already am that," he snorted as he looked at Soyna. Hell, he was closer to her than he was even his own children. Bulma had given him hell on many occasions about how he seemed to favor Soyna over his own. He didn't know why. Maybe, because she acted more like a Saiyian, than any of the other mix-breeds on this planet. They didn't have to talk to understand each other. They could fight and that was enough.
"No dad," Trunks said from his corner. "Bra, is going to make you a grandfather."
He looked back at his daughter. She had that goofy grin that told him that she thought he was going to overreact. He knew this was going to happen sooner or later. He knew that his daughter was going to have children of her own. That was one of the reasons that he had overreacted about her getting married. A few fights and conversations with Soyna straightened him out though. She made him realize that his little girl was a woman now. Especially when he considered that Soyna, his granddaughter from the other time, already had two boys.
"It's about time," he said and stood. "Is that all you had to tell me? When is the new brat due?"
He enjoyed the shock on his daughter's face and then the large grin as she jumped up and hugged him. "In October."
He gave her a quick hug back. "It better be a boy."
She just laughed.
Soyna was muttering under her breath at Raymond. "It's broken." Raymond stated, ignoring her curses.
"Really?" She said with a tone thick with sarcasm.
Trunks gave his baby sister a hug. He couldn't help but think of her like that. She was always his baby sister. Always. Now, she got married while he was away and now she was going to make him an uncle.
"I warned you," Vegeta snarled.
"I could have made it!" She snapped at him. She tried moving her arm and Raymond ended up holding her up. "You didn't have to break my arm, you know."
"You weren't listening to me!" Vegeta snapped.
She frowned and just looked at her swelling arm. "I'll fix her up, but she won't be able to spar for awhile."
Vegeta just growled and then turned his attention back to his daughter. She didn't look pregnant yet. Then he remembered how her mother used to look. Hell, he didn't figure out she was pregnant with Trunks, until she was in her fifth month and that was just because she was eating a hell of a lot more and it was hard to get food. He smirked as he remembered how she told him. Typical Bulma style. He had made a comment about her gaining weight and that she was turning into a whale. She just turned and yelled at him, "If you were five months pregnant, you would look like this too." She then stormed out of the room. He knew it was his. It shocked him at that point. He didn't know what to do or what Bulma even expected from him. He didn't understand why she didn't tell him sooner either, but at that point of his life. All that mattered was getting strong enough to bet Kakarott and becoming a super saiyian. That is all that had mattered.
Bra was talking about all the things that she was planning on doing for the baby. He listened patiently, but really didn't much care what she planned on doing. He knew what would happen. "Another brat running around here. Just what we need," he said.
"Daddy," she smiled and punched his arm. "What if I have twins like Soyna did?"
"Don't joke about that." He scowled.
Bra and Trunks both laughed at that.
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Vegeta scowled. Why did they always have to gather here? They used to all go to Kami's house, but now, they were all here! He glared at the mass of people taking over his pool. The twins and Fry were bashing a beach ball back and forth to each other. The older brats were in the deeper end, mostly just floating around and talking. All of them were there; Trunks, Junior, Goten, Bra,and her annoying husband, Marron, Uub, and Pan. Krillin and his mechanical wife were talking with Bulma who was cheerfully talking to them. Gohan and Videl had taken up residence on some lounge chairs. Then there was Soyna, who said that she wasn't tired, sleeping at the far edge on the pool. Her arm in a heavy cast now. He knew that annoying doctor would have given her enough drugs to help her sleep, but he also knew that she was tired. She had been pushing herself so hard in the last months since Trunks had returned home.
She would have to be really tired, to leave her tail unfurled like that. He seldom noticed that she still had her tail, she was an expert at concealing it, only the times when she was really mad, would it unwind and get puffy, really quite a cute feature. He couldn't remember if his did that or not, since he no longer had it. It probably did.
She looked peaceful for a change in her sleep, not her normal scowl that seemed to always plague her. They may not be able to train for awhile but from the look of her, she needed the rest.
"That's it Kid!"
He looked to the pool to see Benot taking a dive and Goten after him. Everyone was laughing at something that he had missed. "Get him!" Pan yelled.
The others were laughing as Goten emerged with Benot under one arm. "Got you now Brat." Benot protested
"Mom!" Benot yelled.
She was not waking up for anything.
"She can't save you this time!" Goten said and then preceded to dive again with Benot under his arm. In a short time later Goten surfaced first. Vegeta could see that Benot was struggling to get up but Goten had a firm hand on the top of his head. "Call me a wimp will you and then bean me with that ball!"
He smirked, Benot. Always getting in trouble.
Goten let the brat up and he sputtered for air and glared at Goten who was now floating back to the older group of brats. He could see by the look on his face that Benot was already formulating how to get back at Goten.
He started to smell something good. ChiChi must be cooking something because Bulma's cooking didn't smell that good. She must be cooking up a storm form the large group. He guessed this thing was planned, but no one told him about it. Well, they probably did, but he wasn't paying much attention.
The younger brats crawled out of the pool.
The older brats had now claimed the ball and were playing a version of volleyball with it.
He also noticed how blatant the flirting was between them. He knew they hadn't been together for awhile, but he didn't like the fact that even his son was flirting with Marron and even Pan! He didn't like his daughter marrying a human, but it was better than getting involved with those families, then he would be forced to socialize with them! Especially if Trunks went out with Marron! He glared at Krillen. He really didn't want to be related to the chrome dome.
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He sat near Soyna. She had woke up for the food but only ate a little bit. He wondered how much of the drugs that pesky doctor gave her. Legen had tried to cheer her up, but she just told him to go and play with the other boys. Sometimes, he wished his granddaughter was not so much like him.
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"Why are you wearing that stupid bandanna?" Marron said and pulled on the noose around Goten's neck. "It took forever to get Pan to stop wearing it, so why are you wearing it now?"
He pulled away and put his hand protectively over his throat. "I just like to wear it," he was obviously lying. They could all see it in his face. He was not that good of a liar.
They still hadn't told anyone about the scar. They still hadn't told anyone about their encounter with Krad. Goten had the scar hidden quite well.
Marron moved closer to Goten and Goten had no where to go as she brushed up against him. "Come on. Take it off." She said and she ran her finger along his shoulder. He visible gulped.
"Just tear it off!" Pan said pushing Marron aside and into Trunks. Trunks blushed as he helped her to stay on her feet. Pan had grabbed the bandanna and was pulling on it.
"Stop it!" Goten said. "Stop it you brat!"
It ripped and was removed from Goten's throat.
Goten kept his hands over his throat, but you could still see the black mark.
"What the hell?" Junior said. There was a touch of anger in his voice as he started at Goten! "That better be a tattoo!"
Goten gave a sheepish grin and removed his hands. He chuckled lightly.
Junior had gone pale. He looked angry. Trunks didn't think that he could get angry. He thought his sister had all those genes.
"Why didn't you tell us!" It wasn't a question. It was the first time that he ever felt him power up, even as slight as it was. He didn't even think that he trained. Junior advanced on Goten. "All this time, you had encountered them and you didn't tell us! That means that they defiantly will be coming!"
Goten felt himself pushed against the wall again. He must preferred Marron trying to corner him than Junior. It was very intimidating to see such a big man that looked so much like the meaner little version.
"We didn't want to upset anyone," Goten said in a weak voice.
Junior shook his head and ran his hands through his unruly dark hair. He was shaking. Pan put grabbed on of his arms. "Are you okay?" She said.
"No!" He yelled, pulling his arm away from her. She looked at him angrily but was ignored as he continued to yell. "Your stupid uncle! It has been three months and he hadn't told us the most important thing about his trip! The most important thing that he could possibly tell us!" He looked as if he wanted to say more, but his eyes turned towards two approaching figures: Vegeta and Soyna.
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Vegeta felt the tension before he heard the yelling. He couldn't believe that Junior was angry at Goten. They were getting along quite fine before. That was until he saw Goten remove his hands from his throat.
He knew Soyna saw it to by the gasp and low growl that escaped her.
He had never, in all the five years, had heard Junior raise his voice. He certainly looked pissed right off now and the tone that he was using. Junior never got mad. He was usually such a calm boy.
But he knew what set him off.
Goten had a similar scar to the one that was now wrapped in a cast on Soyna's arm.
They had encountered Krad and had not mentioned it before.
Soyna stood slowly. She nearly sat back down, but he helped her up. She gave him a sad look and then went to the argument. They moved as they walked towards them.
Soyna looked at both Trunks and Goten, who were hanging their heads now, and looking as if they were searching for excuses. Vegeta couldn't think of one that would get them off the hook. He knew he shouldn't have been so easy on them, when they came back.
Junior spoke, his voice cracking, "They encountered Krad and they didn't tell us!" A lone tear crawled out from his sunglasses and sent a trail down one of his cheeks. His shaking was getting worse. Junior couldn't even look at Goten anymore.
Soyna looked at Goten. She looked angry. She had her tail under control and wrapped tightly under her shirt now, but he could tell, that she was struggling to control the fury that was surly brewing in her.
"He could be on his way RIGHT NOW!" She snapped and then turned her anger towards Trunks. "You both know what we went through. You both were told!" She pulled away from Vegeta and went to her brother and wrapped her arm around his waist. He buried his head into her shoulder and embraced her as well. "If any of my family dies because of you, I will hold you personally responsible and I will kill you myself."
Vegeta could see that she was fighting tears also, but knew that she wouldn't allow them to fall. She didn't want to appear weak and would not allow herself to cry. She never cried.
Goten struggled for words, "They aren't that strong..."
"They are strong enough to destroy everything that I had! They were strong enough to know how to kill my father and family! Now that they know there are Sayians, they will surely be prepared where as we had the element of surprise before. That is lost. Pray they do not develop a new poison!" She hissed.
Everyone was silent. "They are not fools!" She snapped. "They know how to plan and they know how to win a war! They have won against must stronger creature than us! You will not intimidate them. It will only bring them here, once they think that they can defeat us!"
"We won't loose!" Goten said.
"They will come and I will destroy them, before they can even step foot on this planet. They are MINE to kill!" She hissed. Junior lifted his head from his sister's shoulder and rubbed his eyes under his glasses. He still wouldn't look at Goten.
"I..."
"Haven't you done enough thinking?" Soyna said and leaned against her brother. They started to walk away from the scene that had been created. Vegeta moved out of the way as they walked by.
Everyone was silent.
Vegeta felt his own anger rising. She still thought it was her battle alone. He couldn't get that thought out of her head. No matter how hard he tried to talk to her or even beat some sense into her, she wouldn't listen.
Everyone just stared at Trunks and Goten. No one seemed to dare break the silence.
"I know we can beat them," Goten whispered as he sank to the ground. "Why would they come here? We are to strong for them."
Vegeta shook his head. "You should have told us!" His voice was sounding so loud in the silence. "You can't undo the damage that you both have done by not telling us!"
He looked at his son, who had not said a word. "I'm sorry," he whispered.
Vegeta just turned and walked back into the house to check on his grandchildren.
.....t.b.c.
AN-This chapter ended up being a little more tense that I planned it being. This sets up a lot of emotional angst that is to come as they prepare for the certain arrival of the Wodah's and the dreaded Krad(more must be said on this gentleman, don't you think?). I know there wasn't much romance as I said there would be, but I will not leave that out for you fans, hence the mention of emotional angst...,
Hope you enjoy.... Please REVIEW ME! I write faster if I know people are enjoying what I write.. hint hint!
Soyna.
It Never Ends
C-5 -- The Scar.
Life fell into it's normal routine and everyone seemed happy.
Goten struggled through school with the help of Junior.
Trunks struggled through work with the help of Pan and survived his mother's retirement. Things started to settle down at work or he got used to the routine.
Vegeta and Soyna still trained as if the end of the world was coming.
Goten still hid the scar around his throat with Pan's bandanna. He still had not told anyone of their encounter with the Wodahs or Krad.
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Bra could hardly keep still. She paced frantically around the living room, every now and then looking out the window.
"Calm down, Bra!" Raymond said, putting his hands on his wives shoulders. Boy was she ever tense. "It is no good getting yourself upset over this. I'm sure that he will be happy about it as we are."
"You still don't understand my father do you?" Bra said. "I don't think he really wants to admit that I am all grown up. If he didn't have Soyna to distract him and an impending threat, he probably would have really hurt you by now, but..."
"Is that why you want to tell Soyna first?" He said.
"I can't trust mom. She'll squeal and jump up and down. The only other one that can remotely control dad is Soyna," She said, pulling away from her husband and started to pace again. "Then I will tell dad and Soyna will be able to hold him back."
"I don't think he'll be that angry. I know he was upset over the marriage and all but he only threatened my life once and that was if I ever hurt you," he said, grabbing her again, but this time in a hug. "You worry to much."
She sighed heavily.
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Bra looked at the small smile on Soyna's face as she told her the news. "It's about time. You have been married for nearly 3 years now."
Bra blushed.
"Why are you telling me first?" Soyna asked from her chair as she munched on some food. The natural way to bribe anyone with Saiyian blood. "Why didn't you tell... oh." Her smile grew a little bigger. "Your worried about your father's reaction."
"I know that he treats you great but you came here as a adult. I really don't know how he will react and I really don't want him to hurt Raymond," Bra said. "I need you as a buffer zone, so if he tries to hurt him, you can stop him."
She laughed lowly and helped herself to more of the food. "You know, I could use a babysitter for the boy's next weekend," she said.
Bra narrowed her eyes. "What? Do you have other plans than training? I'm surprised that you have a life."
Soyna just smiled. "So?"
"Fine!" Bra said. She loved the boys but they sure could be a handful at times. They listened better to Raymond than they listened to her. She was sure that she could pawn them off Raymond if they got to anxious.
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Soyna and Vegeta entered the room and Vegeta was mildly shocked to see his daughter and her annoying husband here. Soyna was holding her arm, the one that had that wound on it and he knew she was in pain. "Good. That doctor is here. He can look at it." Vegeta said.
"Oh! What happened?" Bra said with a worried look.
He wasn't going to explain to his daughter about how Soyna was pushing herself too hard lately. He had felt her power up higher than he felt her before and her normal green aura, turning a brilliant red. He yelled at her to stop, that she was going to destroy herself, but she was enthralled by the power that was threatening to rip her apart. He knew that feeling himself, but was somehow managed to control it. Soyna had gone beyond control. He had to stop her. It stopped when Vegeta grabbed her arm and twisted it. She let out a horrible scream. He knew it was broken.
"Nothing. It's fine." She said even though she still cradled the injured arm to her chest. Raymond went to her and gently touched the flesh on her shoulder. She clenched her teeth tighter and glared at him. "I am fine."
Trunks shook his head from the corner of the room in which he sat with his papers. Vegeta couldn't help but shake his head too, at his granddaughter but then turned to his daughter. "Why are you here?"
"I got to tell you something daddy," she said in such a sickly sweet voice. She was using that voice. She knew how to manipulate him even better than Bulma did. "You better sit down."
He remained standing and eyed his daughter suspiciously. It was like the time that she announced she was going to marry the human doctor. "What is it now?"
"Sit down," Bra said.
Vegeta humped and sat down, still waiting to hear what horrible news his daughter was going to give him. Nothing could be worse than the news of her wanting to marry Raymond. He had not seen that one coming. She had been spending a lot of time at the hospital, but thought it was because of Soyna and the others, not because of the pesky doctor.
Bra sat beside him and grabbed his arm. He was even more suspicious of his daughter. "Daddy." He watched Soyna position herself near Raymond who was testing her arm. "You're going to be a grandfather."
"I already am that," he snorted as he looked at Soyna. Hell, he was closer to her than he was even his own children. Bulma had given him hell on many occasions about how he seemed to favor Soyna over his own. He didn't know why. Maybe, because she acted more like a Saiyian, than any of the other mix-breeds on this planet. They didn't have to talk to understand each other. They could fight and that was enough.
"No dad," Trunks said from his corner. "Bra, is going to make you a grandfather."
He looked back at his daughter. She had that goofy grin that told him that she thought he was going to overreact. He knew this was going to happen sooner or later. He knew that his daughter was going to have children of her own. That was one of the reasons that he had overreacted about her getting married. A few fights and conversations with Soyna straightened him out though. She made him realize that his little girl was a woman now. Especially when he considered that Soyna, his granddaughter from the other time, already had two boys.
"It's about time," he said and stood. "Is that all you had to tell me? When is the new brat due?"
He enjoyed the shock on his daughter's face and then the large grin as she jumped up and hugged him. "In October."
He gave her a quick hug back. "It better be a boy."
She just laughed.
Soyna was muttering under her breath at Raymond. "It's broken." Raymond stated, ignoring her curses.
"Really?" She said with a tone thick with sarcasm.
Trunks gave his baby sister a hug. He couldn't help but think of her like that. She was always his baby sister. Always. Now, she got married while he was away and now she was going to make him an uncle.
"I warned you," Vegeta snarled.
"I could have made it!" She snapped at him. She tried moving her arm and Raymond ended up holding her up. "You didn't have to break my arm, you know."
"You weren't listening to me!" Vegeta snapped.
She frowned and just looked at her swelling arm. "I'll fix her up, but she won't be able to spar for awhile."
Vegeta just growled and then turned his attention back to his daughter. She didn't look pregnant yet. Then he remembered how her mother used to look. Hell, he didn't figure out she was pregnant with Trunks, until she was in her fifth month and that was just because she was eating a hell of a lot more and it was hard to get food. He smirked as he remembered how she told him. Typical Bulma style. He had made a comment about her gaining weight and that she was turning into a whale. She just turned and yelled at him, "If you were five months pregnant, you would look like this too." She then stormed out of the room. He knew it was his. It shocked him at that point. He didn't know what to do or what Bulma even expected from him. He didn't understand why she didn't tell him sooner either, but at that point of his life. All that mattered was getting strong enough to bet Kakarott and becoming a super saiyian. That is all that had mattered.
Bra was talking about all the things that she was planning on doing for the baby. He listened patiently, but really didn't much care what she planned on doing. He knew what would happen. "Another brat running around here. Just what we need," he said.
"Daddy," she smiled and punched his arm. "What if I have twins like Soyna did?"
"Don't joke about that." He scowled.
Bra and Trunks both laughed at that.
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Vegeta scowled. Why did they always have to gather here? They used to all go to Kami's house, but now, they were all here! He glared at the mass of people taking over his pool. The twins and Fry were bashing a beach ball back and forth to each other. The older brats were in the deeper end, mostly just floating around and talking. All of them were there; Trunks, Junior, Goten, Bra,and her annoying husband, Marron, Uub, and Pan. Krillin and his mechanical wife were talking with Bulma who was cheerfully talking to them. Gohan and Videl had taken up residence on some lounge chairs. Then there was Soyna, who said that she wasn't tired, sleeping at the far edge on the pool. Her arm in a heavy cast now. He knew that annoying doctor would have given her enough drugs to help her sleep, but he also knew that she was tired. She had been pushing herself so hard in the last months since Trunks had returned home.
She would have to be really tired, to leave her tail unfurled like that. He seldom noticed that she still had her tail, she was an expert at concealing it, only the times when she was really mad, would it unwind and get puffy, really quite a cute feature. He couldn't remember if his did that or not, since he no longer had it. It probably did.
She looked peaceful for a change in her sleep, not her normal scowl that seemed to always plague her. They may not be able to train for awhile but from the look of her, she needed the rest.
"That's it Kid!"
He looked to the pool to see Benot taking a dive and Goten after him. Everyone was laughing at something that he had missed. "Get him!" Pan yelled.
The others were laughing as Goten emerged with Benot under one arm. "Got you now Brat." Benot protested
"Mom!" Benot yelled.
She was not waking up for anything.
"She can't save you this time!" Goten said and then preceded to dive again with Benot under his arm. In a short time later Goten surfaced first. Vegeta could see that Benot was struggling to get up but Goten had a firm hand on the top of his head. "Call me a wimp will you and then bean me with that ball!"
He smirked, Benot. Always getting in trouble.
Goten let the brat up and he sputtered for air and glared at Goten who was now floating back to the older group of brats. He could see by the look on his face that Benot was already formulating how to get back at Goten.
He started to smell something good. ChiChi must be cooking something because Bulma's cooking didn't smell that good. She must be cooking up a storm form the large group. He guessed this thing was planned, but no one told him about it. Well, they probably did, but he wasn't paying much attention.
The younger brats crawled out of the pool.
The older brats had now claimed the ball and were playing a version of volleyball with it.
He also noticed how blatant the flirting was between them. He knew they hadn't been together for awhile, but he didn't like the fact that even his son was flirting with Marron and even Pan! He didn't like his daughter marrying a human, but it was better than getting involved with those families, then he would be forced to socialize with them! Especially if Trunks went out with Marron! He glared at Krillen. He really didn't want to be related to the chrome dome.
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He sat near Soyna. She had woke up for the food but only ate a little bit. He wondered how much of the drugs that pesky doctor gave her. Legen had tried to cheer her up, but she just told him to go and play with the other boys. Sometimes, he wished his granddaughter was not so much like him.
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"Why are you wearing that stupid bandanna?" Marron said and pulled on the noose around Goten's neck. "It took forever to get Pan to stop wearing it, so why are you wearing it now?"
He pulled away and put his hand protectively over his throat. "I just like to wear it," he was obviously lying. They could all see it in his face. He was not that good of a liar.
They still hadn't told anyone about the scar. They still hadn't told anyone about their encounter with Krad. Goten had the scar hidden quite well.
Marron moved closer to Goten and Goten had no where to go as she brushed up against him. "Come on. Take it off." She said and she ran her finger along his shoulder. He visible gulped.
"Just tear it off!" Pan said pushing Marron aside and into Trunks. Trunks blushed as he helped her to stay on her feet. Pan had grabbed the bandanna and was pulling on it.
"Stop it!" Goten said. "Stop it you brat!"
It ripped and was removed from Goten's throat.
Goten kept his hands over his throat, but you could still see the black mark.
"What the hell?" Junior said. There was a touch of anger in his voice as he started at Goten! "That better be a tattoo!"
Goten gave a sheepish grin and removed his hands. He chuckled lightly.
Junior had gone pale. He looked angry. Trunks didn't think that he could get angry. He thought his sister had all those genes.
"Why didn't you tell us!" It wasn't a question. It was the first time that he ever felt him power up, even as slight as it was. He didn't even think that he trained. Junior advanced on Goten. "All this time, you had encountered them and you didn't tell us! That means that they defiantly will be coming!"
Goten felt himself pushed against the wall again. He must preferred Marron trying to corner him than Junior. It was very intimidating to see such a big man that looked so much like the meaner little version.
"We didn't want to upset anyone," Goten said in a weak voice.
Junior shook his head and ran his hands through his unruly dark hair. He was shaking. Pan put grabbed on of his arms. "Are you okay?" She said.
"No!" He yelled, pulling his arm away from her. She looked at him angrily but was ignored as he continued to yell. "Your stupid uncle! It has been three months and he hadn't told us the most important thing about his trip! The most important thing that he could possibly tell us!" He looked as if he wanted to say more, but his eyes turned towards two approaching figures: Vegeta and Soyna.
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Vegeta felt the tension before he heard the yelling. He couldn't believe that Junior was angry at Goten. They were getting along quite fine before. That was until he saw Goten remove his hands from his throat.
He knew Soyna saw it to by the gasp and low growl that escaped her.
He had never, in all the five years, had heard Junior raise his voice. He certainly looked pissed right off now and the tone that he was using. Junior never got mad. He was usually such a calm boy.
But he knew what set him off.
Goten had a similar scar to the one that was now wrapped in a cast on Soyna's arm.
They had encountered Krad and had not mentioned it before.
Soyna stood slowly. She nearly sat back down, but he helped her up. She gave him a sad look and then went to the argument. They moved as they walked towards them.
Soyna looked at both Trunks and Goten, who were hanging their heads now, and looking as if they were searching for excuses. Vegeta couldn't think of one that would get them off the hook. He knew he shouldn't have been so easy on them, when they came back.
Junior spoke, his voice cracking, "They encountered Krad and they didn't tell us!" A lone tear crawled out from his sunglasses and sent a trail down one of his cheeks. His shaking was getting worse. Junior couldn't even look at Goten anymore.
Soyna looked at Goten. She looked angry. She had her tail under control and wrapped tightly under her shirt now, but he could tell, that she was struggling to control the fury that was surly brewing in her.
"He could be on his way RIGHT NOW!" She snapped and then turned her anger towards Trunks. "You both know what we went through. You both were told!" She pulled away from Vegeta and went to her brother and wrapped her arm around his waist. He buried his head into her shoulder and embraced her as well. "If any of my family dies because of you, I will hold you personally responsible and I will kill you myself."
Vegeta could see that she was fighting tears also, but knew that she wouldn't allow them to fall. She didn't want to appear weak and would not allow herself to cry. She never cried.
Goten struggled for words, "They aren't that strong..."
"They are strong enough to destroy everything that I had! They were strong enough to know how to kill my father and family! Now that they know there are Sayians, they will surely be prepared where as we had the element of surprise before. That is lost. Pray they do not develop a new poison!" She hissed.
Everyone was silent. "They are not fools!" She snapped. "They know how to plan and they know how to win a war! They have won against must stronger creature than us! You will not intimidate them. It will only bring them here, once they think that they can defeat us!"
"We won't loose!" Goten said.
"They will come and I will destroy them, before they can even step foot on this planet. They are MINE to kill!" She hissed. Junior lifted his head from his sister's shoulder and rubbed his eyes under his glasses. He still wouldn't look at Goten.
"I..."
"Haven't you done enough thinking?" Soyna said and leaned against her brother. They started to walk away from the scene that had been created. Vegeta moved out of the way as they walked by.
Everyone was silent.
Vegeta felt his own anger rising. She still thought it was her battle alone. He couldn't get that thought out of her head. No matter how hard he tried to talk to her or even beat some sense into her, she wouldn't listen.
Everyone just stared at Trunks and Goten. No one seemed to dare break the silence.
"I know we can beat them," Goten whispered as he sank to the ground. "Why would they come here? We are to strong for them."
Vegeta shook his head. "You should have told us!" His voice was sounding so loud in the silence. "You can't undo the damage that you both have done by not telling us!"
He looked at his son, who had not said a word. "I'm sorry," he whispered.
Vegeta just turned and walked back into the house to check on his grandchildren.
.....t.b.c.
AN-This chapter ended up being a little more tense that I planned it being. This sets up a lot of emotional angst that is to come as they prepare for the certain arrival of the Wodah's and the dreaded Krad(more must be said on this gentleman, don't you think?). I know there wasn't much romance as I said there would be, but I will not leave that out for you fans, hence the mention of emotional angst...,
Hope you enjoy.... Please REVIEW ME! I write faster if I know people are enjoying what I write.. hint hint!
Soyna.