It Never Ends
C9 ---Should I go?
"Son and Briefs." He looked down at the two boys that had just destroyed the history classroom. Both of their uniforms were torn and they were both sheepishly looking at the floor.
He shook his head. He knew putting those two together would be trouble but Gohan assured him that everything would be okay. "Goten has matured and Junior just isn't like Trunks. You won't have the same problems that you had before."
It took three months to get them into the principal's office. Before, he was just a teacher having to deal with them, now, he was front and center. He had to deal with the Son and Briefs family and was hoping he could retire before the next generation comes through.
"Son and Briefs," he whispered again. "What do you two boys have to say for yourself?"
"Sorry sir," Goten said in a meek voice.
He rolled his eyes.
"We got carried away," Junior said and rubbed his hands against his arms as if he were trying to warm himself.
He shook his head.
"I have no choice but to call your guardians." He said.
They both groaned. If there was one thing that he knew, both their families were insane and would punish the boys much worse that his already in place 2 weeks of detention after they are suspended for a week.
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Goten rubbed his ears. "My ears already hurt and my mom hasn't even started to yell at me yet."
"I just home that it is Bulma that they get a hold of," Junior said. "Sis will kill me."
"She's always nice to you," he said. "Bulma will yell your ear off and then sic Vegeta on you."
"That is better than Soyna," Junior said. "You've seen her when she is angry, just imagine that anger turned on you."
Goten gave a nervous chuckle. "I guess were both toast."
"Pretty much."
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Gohan knew what the destruction of the classroom meant. He had thought they would have fought a long time ago, but not in school. He shook his head and announced to his class that they were going to have a special outside class today.
There were a couple of scorch marks on the wall, the chalkboard was shattered and it looked like only two desks survived.
He grinned. Mom was going to be furious.
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Pan looked at the note again.
She hadn't yet decided if she was going to lunch with him. She wasn't so mad at him anymore but she didn't know if she was ready to see him yet. She didn't want to create another scene in the restaurant. Once was more than enough.
She remembered the look of relieve on her father's face when she told him that the flowers were not from someone important. He worried too much about her. She had a mother who was wondering if there were any nice boys in her class and a father who worried about those nice boys corrupting his 'innocent' little girl.
What would he do when she did find the right guy? She smiled at the thought. She would probably have to defend him. She would just have to hope she could sneak him through like Bra did with Raymond. Vegeta didn't through him out once. Threatened his life a couple of times, but he still stood by Bra. She wished she could find a guy like Raymond. Or at least strong enough to stand by her side and not be afraid of her father, who was not as intimidating as Vegeta.
It was time to concentrate on school. Her next class started in five minutes and she was walking way to slow to make it on time.
She slipped the note into her back pocket and sped up her pace.
Would she ever find the right guy for her? Hell, would see find a guy that would understand her crazy family and friends. She knew they were not like a normal family. How would any guy's family react to hers? Maybe that is why she couldn't find the right guy for her. She was worrying too much about how her family would react.
She sighed.
And why did what Trunks said bother her so much?
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"Sis!" Junior stood up. He looked so nervous it was almost funny.
Goten looked up to see the short woman smirking at them both. She had her one arm wrapped in a tensor. It was the first time, that he saw her wearing a short sleeved shirt. It was quite snug on her and showed some ample cleavage. He knew he shouldn't notice that but he was after all, only a man. She was wearing some slightly baggy jeans that made her look really good. He was sure she could look good in anything.
"You didn't have to take me so literally," she said as she looked at her brother.
"He started it," Junior said pointing to Goten.
"Hey! You punched me first!" Goten retaliated.
"You grabbed me!" Junior counted. "I just wanted to get away from you!" Junior gave his shoulder a push.
"Was I supposed to let you pummel me?" Goten said and gave Junior a push back.
"ENOUGH!" Soyna snapped. They stopped at looked at her. Goten thought she was going to be angry, but she had a rather amused look on her face. "I will go talk to your principal and then I will deal with you two later."
They both sank back into the chairs.
The principal came out and greeted her. "I am so sorry to have to trouble you," he said. "You are the only one that I could reach."
"That is quite all right."
"Would you step inside?"
She did.
Goten was hopeful. "She doesn't look that mad."
Junior groaned. "That doesn't mean anything. She probably already has a nasty little punishment in mind. Do not be fooled by her exterior. I know her better than you do."
"So this isn't good?"
Junior shook his head. "I know she was planning on training with Vegeta today. They were talking about it when I left for school. She gets testy when she doesn't have her exercise."
"She seems so calm," Goten said.
"Yeah. The storm will hit soon," Junior mumbled. "You have heard of the calm before the storm."
Goten sank a little further in his chair.
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"They have been in there a long time," Goten said as he looked at his watch. It has been over an hour. What could they be talking about?
Junior just grunted and rubbed his eyes. He looked like he was going to fall asleep.
The door opened and Soyna and the principal walked out of the room. They both stood and were motioned to sit down again. "We are going to check out the damage."
They both groaned.
Soyna followed the principal out of the office, with an amused smile on her face.
"She seems to be enjoying our misery," Goten said.
Junior just grunted.
"Hey, you were talking to me before," Goten said. "I'm not that bad of a person am I?"
Junior sighed, "If my sis, can forgive Trunks, I guess..." He shook his head. "I am still mad at you though!"
Soyna forgave Trunks? That was good news, wasn't it? Even better news, was that he was going to forgive him! "So we can be friends again?" Goten said hopefully. He desperately needed help in physics. Junior had that Brief's brain, where physics was second nature.
Junior nodded. "But I am still upset with you! You shouldn't have kept it from me!"
He nodded. "I know!" Goten said with a grin. "The shock of your sister nearly blasting me into nothing when I got back was a shock enough to begin with and then all this and that and then Trunks telling me this and..."
Junior put his hand over Goten's mouth. "You're babbling."
"Sorry." He mumbled behind the hand. He smiled slightly and sat back in the uncomfortable office chair. At least one good thing came out of the fight.
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Junior was really quite amazed that he did feel better after landing a couple of punches on Goten. He knew that Goten could easily best him but he did land a couple of shots. He even felt better when he connected with his nose and saw that blood trickle down.
It must be the Saiyian part of him. A part of himself that he knew wasn't very strong. His sister got the lion's share of those genes. He didn't think she was right that getting into a fight with him, would make him feel better, but he did feel a lot better. A lot!
But he also knew that Goten would be groveling for the next while for him to help him with his schoolwork. He knew that he was falling behind in a few classes. He had the advantage for awhile and he was going to use it.
"Hey!"
He looked up to see Drivan, one of their classmates. "You two still here?"
He nodded.
"What were you two fighting about? A girl?" Drivan said as he peered around the door. "It was a girl, wasn't it?"
"Sort of," Goten said.
Junior just shook his head. The reason he got so mad was because of how his sister reacted afterward. So he guessed, it sort of had to do with a girl, just not in the way that Drivan was thinking.
"Cool! Hey, did you two see the babe with the principal?" he said, leaning further into the doorway.
Junior sat up straight. "That is my sister!"
"Woah man!" Drivan smiled. "That is YOUR sister! I got to come over to your place! Does she have a boyfriend?"
"Screw off Drivan!" Junior said tensing up.
Drivan laughed as a bell ran. "See ya. Got to run. Tell your sister that I said hi." And he bolted.
No one was supposed to talk about his sister that way! She was a mother! You don't talk about women that have children like that, especially his sister.
"Easy there Junior or you going to blow a fuse," Goten said. "You don't need to add another week to your suspension."
"What?" He snapped at him.
"You have to admit, your sister is a beautiful woman," Goten said.
He rubbed his sore eyes. Goten thought his sister was pretty! "My sister is not a 'babe'."
Goten smiled. "She's a babe with Vegeta's attitude."
Junior fought the urge to hit him again, but he had that goofy grin on his face and it just was to hard not to smile back. Goten's stupid smiles were contagious that way. "Hell, it is better than Vegeta in a dress!"
He giggled at that thought.
"Vegeta with P.M.S," Goten chuckled and he couldn't help but laugh at that.
"I wouldn't be much different than how he is now!" Junior chuckled. He knew that if Vegeta was hearing these things, they would be so blasted away.
"I hear you two are getting along much better now."
He looked up to see his sister standing there with one hand on her hip. He knew she would have had her other hand placed there too, if her arm wasn't hurting. They stopped their giggling and tried to compose themselves even though Goten wasn't helping by looking like he was going to break out into laughter again.
"Come on now. I have some stuff for you two to do, since you won't be at school for a week. Gohan will make sure that you get all your homework, plus a few extra projects," she said.
Goten groaned.
Junior bit his lip. It didn't sound that bad. Yet. "What stuff?"
"You'll see."
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Trunks couldn't concentrate. He kept thinking about if Pan was going to show up for lunch. It had been a few days, would she still be so upset over his stupid comments. His own ego getting in the way of the people that he carried about, something that he had gotten from his father, that was for certain.
He certainly hoped that she like the flowers. He didn't know how else to apologize. He thought about chocolate but her house was full of Saiyian's that would devour it before it got to her. He even thought of showing up to the door with the flowers, but he didn't want them thrown back at his face. He thought of stuffed animals, but he didn't want a package of stuffing sent back to him. He certainly hoped that she didn't shred the flowers and use them for mulch for her mother's garden.
He looked at the pile of papers that were mounting, reports that needed to be read. So much work.
One good thing came out of that argument he had with Pan. He was glad that he and Soyna and reconciled. They both understood each other a little bit better after. She didn't go into to much detail about her family pictures. He was able to understand how close she was to his OTHER self. She said it simply, "We understood where each other was coming from. I missed that connection that we had. It nearly destroyed me when he died."
He had been shocked by her confession there. He understood how hard it must be for her to look at him and see a bit of her past, but it wasn't the same.
He had confessed to her, how hard it was to look at her, seeing someone that could be his REAL daughter. How he looked for her face in everyone woman that he saw in the street. How when he looked at her, he was trying to find a piece of himself and wasn't able to find it.
He could see it in Junior. Junior could definitely be his son. He could almost be Vegeta's twin, if Vegeta were taller. Soyna didn't look like a Brief. She acted and trained like dad, but you couldn't see it by looking at her.
He had also apologized for snapping at her in front of Legen. He even told her it was because of what he said to Pan.
She had chuckled at that, "Gohan thought that once too." She seemed to enjoy the shock on his face at that little revelation. "He came to me and demanded that I control my brothers hormones and keep him away from his little girl."
"What did you say?"
"Gohan didn't know that my little brother was currently dating a girl from school at that time. Pan and him were just good friends." She had smiled, almost brightly. "I doubt that there is anything else there."
The word doubt had bothered him. What about now though? Pan denied it. He wasn't about to go ask Junior. Soyna didn't think that there was anything there but friendship.
They had talked about Krad for a bit too. Her face grew very dark when she spoke of that, and her usually soft voice had a bite to it. He told her of what he knew of him, which really wasn't that much. They only stopped on that planet for a week before things started to turn nasty. Especially after they found out that they were part Saiyian and that there were others like them in the universe.
"That was one thing we found out the hard way too," she had sighed. "Without our tails, we look very much like humans. I hid my well most of the time and it wasn't until my father's death that they spotted it. They may not like us Saiyian's, but they do like the strength that we possess."
That is how he understood it too.
He also saw how stubborn she was, when he offered his help for the battle that was sure to come.
"It is MY fight," she said simply. He couldn't say much more on it.
But she didn't give him that cold look anymore and last night, he felt welcome in his own home. Even though his father was grumpy and irritable, more than usual, it was like he belonged, again.
He looked at his watch. An hour! He had to wait one more hour before he could go for lunch and apologize again.
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Pan looked at her watch. An hour before she had to make her decision if she was going to go to lunch with Trunks.
She had read his pathetic note about a million times. Sometimes, she would get mad at him all over again and then the next moment she realized that her anger was not really justified.
She got along so well with Junior. When she didn't have anyone else that would understand what it was like to be part Saiyian and young, there was Junior. At least he had understood some of her problems that she was having and he was a great listener. Junior needed an ear too. Soyna wasn't exactly that supportive of her little brother. She was there for him, but her mind was on her children and training, and he was pushed to the wayside. They both felt that way for a while.
It wasn't her fault that went gallivanting around the universe looking for grandpa. They could have taken her but she was left behind. She was strong enough. She could even go supersaiyian now! Not that anyone cared or asked how her training was going anymore.
Her stomach grumbled.
She was so hungry. She didn't eat much for breakfast, not as much as she normally did. She began to think that maybe, subconsciously, she did want to go to lunch, but then her logic was getting in the way.
Trunks was paying anyway. This time, she would eat her lunch before storming away from the table!!
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AN... There we go, yet another addition to my tale. A rather quick addition for a change. Still more questions left unanswered, but then, you wouldn't keep reading would you?
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