I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the rights to any of the music pieces you see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.
Chapter 2: Prank Revenge
After getting all of our clothes put away and taking the chance to hide all of the food capsules from the demon pair, we headed down to the lake to join the activity. Trunks continued to groan about the clothes, but I suppose he was just used to being in training clothes most of the time like I was, or he preferred to stand out in a crowd.
"Guess the only thing that will stand out now is the purple hair," I chuckled.
"Hey, you're still wearing your weighted shirt, no fair!" he whined. I snorted a bit, it was barely visible under the camp shirt that Cochteau had given us.
"And you're complaining about that? It's called passive training Trunks. Kind of like always being in the gravity room. I really don't even feel the extra weight, but I figure if I have to put up with you two I might as well get some sort of benefit from it! I'd be glad to try and materialize one for you if it'll keep you two compliant for the rest of this trip! Although I can't promise what color it'll be," I grinned in warning, shutting him up as we approached the shoreline. Overall I'd say there were about eighty to a hundred kids present, with a dozen older camp counselors including Mr. Cochteau. To be honest I didn't think a dozen would be enough, not including what it took to keep the terrible twins under wraps. Fishing started without much of a hitch, for about five minutes. When I dodged a sudden hook that went by my head from a wild castoff, I lost sight of Trunks and Goten. I immediately tracked them under the water surface once I heard the splash, but they were swimming quite deep and didn't come up for a few minutes. Both were suppressing their energy down to almost zero, but my senses easily picked up their spirits.
"Great, here we go," I muttered, seeing they had discarded their shirts.
"Hey, where did your brother go? It's not a swim day!" the dorky chaperone named Linderman asked. I wasn't sure what his first name actually was, but that was what the other teens called him.
"They have selective hearing, I imagine we'll be seeing them soon enough. Otherwise I'm going to pound their heads in," I said calmly while keeping track of their positions.
"Maybe I better jump in and make sure they're okay, they've been under for over a minute!" Kia suggested, taking her T-shirt off to reveal a leopard skin-style bathing suit, one that earned some whistles. The sudden emotional and hormonal output I sensed from the older guys caused me to scowl a bit. I think the guys only showed up for a late night out in the woods. Kia had barely jumped in before I sensed Goten and Trunks coming back up quickly, and it felt like they had brought something with them. They sprang out of the water and floated above the surface by a few dozen feet, drawing the amazement from the younger generation. They ignored it and focused on whatever was trailing them, which was coming up fast. A huge fish suddenly jumped out of the water and attempted to swallow Trunks as if he were a worm. Trunks dodged aside and kicked it hard, knocking it towards the dock where most of the kids were, including myself. His aim was a little off and it lost momentum just before reaching the hard wood, but instead leaving a large spray of water that doused everyone. The terrible twosome levitated in the air and laughed like crazy at this as the counselors shouted up at them while the smaller kids were being pulled from the water. They stopped short when I appeared behind them suddenly, a classic and deliberate scowl on my face as I grabbed them by the back of their shorts.
"I think that's enough you two," I said sharply.
"Oh come on, we're just having some fun. This camp is so boring!" Trunks whined.
"That isn't the point, your mothers are going to have a fit if you two go crazy out here. And you are not going to pin it on me no matter how hard you try!" I replied as I dragged them out of the air and back down towards the dock.
"Now apologize!" I growled as we set down. I immediately cast an eyebrow up at the scowling Gibb, who not only had the wettest T-shirt I had ever seen, but also well equipped since she didn't appear to have anything else on underneath. Every girl covered her mouth in surprise while every boy either laughed or whistled, no matter what age. Trunks' eyes had gone wide at this point, while Goten just stared, dumbfounded since his naïve mind hadn't caught on just yet. Once Gibb realized what was going on, her face turned bright red as she ran for her Cabin to fix things.
"Whoa, babe! Looking good!" Trey called out just before Lori smacked the side of his head. She too was soaked, but apparently was smart enough to be somewhat prepared.
"Hey Lori, why don't we meet out here after lights out!" the airhead named Blake suggested quietly.
"Argh, get a life Blake!" she growled as she stomped off.
"I guess we will make this an impromptu swim day. We swim until dinner! Everyone jump in!" Mr. Cochteau announced as he did the same.
"Uh, oh," Trunks said. I grinned slightly as I was still behind both Trunks and Goten.
"You heard him boys, time to take a dip!" I yelled out as I grabbed them both by the arm and hurled them backwards, hearing a generous double splash several hundred feet away. I smiled in satisfaction as I walked back towards our Cabin for a dry set of clothes.
I looked at the general rulebook as I was changing into some drier clothes, noting that only the daytime had restrictions for clothing. Meaning I could stick to my green fighting gi. I had really grown to like it ever since King Kai gave me the first one, and the repaired copies that followed. It didn't take Bulma long to stitch together some extras, very easy since they were so similar to Goku's outfit. Vegeta hadn't been too happy when he saw my change in apparel for the first time, but he did add that it least it wasn't orange. As I was slipping into my green pants, Trey stomped in, nothing but anger being emitted from his small ki signal.
"Fuckin bitch," he muttered just as he noticed me tying my belt. I lifted an eyebrow in my usual wordless response, but his slightly panicked face was quite amusing to see.
"Don't sweat it, I was saying worse things when I was half your age," I replied as I dumped my soaked clothes into the laundry basket. The floor underneath it cracked a bit as the wet weighted shirt hit the ground. I sighed a bit and slipped on my green top, I didn't feel like changing it back with a semi-normal human watching. That and I had been in that particular shirt for three days straight, it was starting to smell a bit. As I was slipping on my wristbands, Trey finally caught up with what I had said.
"But you are half my age, aren't you?" he asked, a bit surprised at my answer. Yeah, that's a good point.
"Forget that, I see you're having the lovers quarrel anyways. I'll leave you to your misery because I don't want to hear about it," I said softly as I headed for the door.
"How could you tell, have you even had a girlfriend at your age?" Trey asked, trying to pull me back into the conversation.
I snorted slightly, "Yeah you could say that."
"Oh sweet, was she hot, I mean for her age? I saw you eyeing my girl a little while ago, but she's off limits until I find someone better! Maybe when you're older!" he said, winking slightly. I scowled, it was obvious all he wanted out of Gibb was a piece of ass.
"That's okay, you can keep her to yourself. To be honest, I couldn't care less," I said. I sensed a sudden energy surge as Trey started bragging about when he supposedly picked her up. It was coming from the lake, and I quickly noted that Trunks and Goten's energy was much higher than it should have been, and was fused together.
"Damnit," I growled, breaking the door off its hinges as I rushed out.
As I suspected, half a dozen white figures were dancing around the campers, scarring the crap out of them as they dove towards them and flew back up, but never touching them. From what I could tell, Gotenks had improved his control over his ghost technique, or he was extremely lucky that they didn't hit anything. I saw him on the far side of the lake, smiling up at the twilight sky as his ghosts laughed crazily. The younger kids screamed and cried out for help while the older teens simply ducked behind anything they could find, as if it would provide protection.
"Man, this place really is haunted!" Trey said as he peeked out the broken door.
"I doubt that," I said as I ran towards the shoreline. I spotted Cochteau frozen in amazement at the so-called ghosts.
"Well, this will be bad for business," he muttered.
"No, having the twin terrors come here every year will do that, I'll take care of this," I said as I focused a small amount of Psi energy into my hand and lifted it above my head, aiming for the skies. The ghosts suddenly looked down, looking eager for what I might do as they no doubt noticed my glowing blue hand by now. They didn't expect a sudden lightning storm to erupt from it and strike them all until they exploded harmlessly.
"Wow, I heard you had learned some new tricks, but I wouldn't guess that as one of them!" Cochteau said in praise, several feet away now.
"You have no idea. I'll be right back," I said as I blasted into the air and flew to the other side to confront the troublemakers.
"Hey! Do you know how hard it is to make those?" Gotenks growled as I came down.
"Apparently not as hard as resisting the urge to torment others. Now knock it off before this goes down a path that you don't want it to," I warned, letting my power flare a bit as I hovered a few feet away.
"You can't tell me what to do!" he bragged as he charged forward to attempt to punch me. I collected a cold Psi blast in my palm as he sped forward, easily dodging and grasping his shoulder with it as I flipped over his head. He stopped dead in his tracks and literally froze before the ice covered him. It only took a few seconds for him to power up to Super Saiyan and get out of the trap, but he obviously got the message that I meant what I said.
"Man, and I thought I had cool tricks!" he whined.
"That's your last warning. Any more of this crap and both of you will be bearing the brunt of embarrassment for the rest of the night, and there won't be a damn thing you can do about it!" I threatened.
"Yeah right, right now I'm stronger than you! You can't push me around even with your new tricks!"
I grinned slightly, "I take it your dads never told you about my feedback technique?"
Gotenks seemed to shrug it off, "What kind of attack name is that supposed to be? Doesn't matter, I'll still win!" he declared as he jumped towards me. His eyes lit up along with the forest when I unleashed the small ball of white light.
"Hahahaha, did you two forget your dollies?" one kid laughed as Trunks and Goten slowly munched on their dinner, heads down in defeat.
"Hey look, it's the girls!" another shouted.
"I bet your hair goes really well with your dress Trunks!" a third shouted as the kids continued their riotous laughter. I crossed my arms and chuckled slightly as the torment continued while I stood off to the side, but in all honesty they probably deserved it. I found out that the feedback effect remained in both fighters after fusion wore off, and since they had no clue on how to get rid of it, their abilities were taken care of for the time being while I extracted revenge for the campers that had pissed themselves while the ghosts flew around. Taking their power away for the night was probably good enough, but using Chi energy to modify clothes produced true agony for them while the other kids constantly laughed at them. Let's face it, most boys at age eight wouldn't be caught dead in a pink shirt that said "Girl Power!" Wow, I think this is the best revenge I could ever have. Knowing Trunks though, he will try to have the last laugh if I stick this on them for too much longer. But after all the shit he's done to me though, he can suffer for now.
"We'll get you back for this," Trunks shook his fist at me as his ki swelled again, right before a small lightning burst shut him up.
"Understand something Trunks, next time you two decide to challenge me, let's just say they won't have to wonder what you look like in a dress. And you already know that isn't the worst I can think up for torturing you! I think you remember what happened last time you screwed with me, think of this as payback for that! And do you really want me to pay you back for the pink hair incident?" I warned. Trunks paled along with Goten, who quietly ate his food while bearing the comments from the other children. I snorted slightly as the two backed down from whatever retaliation they were planning against me, I was happy enough knowing they would be thinking twice about their little pranks for awhile.
"Man, dad was right," Trunks muttered.
"About what?" I asked.
"You've still got a mean streak," he replied as he munched slowly.
"You haven't seen my mean streak. War teaches you things you don't want to see, ever again," I answered as I looked up at the moon.
The rest of the evening was rather uneventful, and I eventually showed them how to remove the feedback energy from their bodies once I felt they had suffered enough. Both boys had remained angry the entire time, thus it stayed in them for much longer. They had both burned their shirts after tearing them off, and I gave them both a hearty sandwich so they wouldn't get the late night munchies. After a marshmallow roast, Cochteau decided that telling a ghost story probably wasn't the best idea for now, and sent everyone off to bed. The boys climbed into bed, but as I expected did not actually fall asleep for a while. I sat right outside the cabin and meditated for the time being, knowing them like I did, I wasn't likely going to get any sleep. The only notable thing that happened was Kia asking Gibb for her shampoo and then was scratching her head an awful lot after using the showering facilities. Shortly after most of the campground fell asleep, Trey emerged from the cabin with a six-pack of beer and crept off towards the woods. A few minutes later I spotted Gibb coming out of Cabin B, heading in the same direction and wearing some very loose clothing. Neither one of them seemed to notice me, or were too distracted by their own activity. I quickly detected a heightened sense of emotion from those two a few minutes later, and decided to shut off my senses for the time being. I noticed another girl running off towards the lake a few minutes later and headed into the cabin to attempt sleep since all the teens couldn't keep themselves under control. I thought I heard a scream in the distance not long after, but when I heard Trey stumbling around outside and several more beers being opened, I shrugged it off and fell asleep.
A/Ns:
WDG: tsk tsk, falling asleep at a time like that. Big mistake? Heheh.
VB: Well its not very epic if problems are fixed before they are really an issue you know. After all, what fun would it be then? (insert evil grin).