Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Holding On ❯ 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Hey everyone Thanks for all the reviews. I just want to say that I know for a fact what the couples are going to be. I'm sorry it took so long for this chapter; we had some relatives visit from out of town so I couldn't use the computer for a week.

Thanks for the reviews, and if a whole lot of people don't like the couples I chose, then at least give the story a chance.



Morning at the Briefs...
Bra woke up early in the morning and pulled herself out of bed. It was Saturday and that meant she would drag her friends to the mall. Just the thought made her sleepy face brighten with a huge smile.

She got out of bed and pulled her hair back before she went running down the stairs. She took a turn and entered the kitchen where her family was sitting around the table. Her father, mother, Trunks, Trunks...wait a second...

Her sight froze at the sight of two Trunks and she blinked a couple times. "Oh great, I have 2 brothers now. You better not be as annoying as the other one," she said sarcastically while staring at the younger Trunks.

She turned around when she heard her mother laughing behind her. After they were all sitting down and eating Bulma stood up and started walking to her lab. "I've got some more work to work on, Bra? Are you going to the mall today?"

Bra looked up and smiled, "Only if I can drag Marron out of bed to drive us, and shove Pan out of bed to come too."

Her mother smiled a little bit, the lack of sleep obvious in her eyes. "Do you think you can take Mirai Trunks too? He needs to get some clothing since he only brought what he had on him."

Bra turned to look at her 'future' brother and then sighed. "Yeah I guess, but won't he be kind of bored shopping with 3 girls?"

Trunks (GT Trunks) looked up from the table and smirked. "If he's anything like me he'd love the idea of being surrounded by your friends."

Vegeta looked up slightly annoyed at his son. 'He better pick a strong mate, not some wimpy female who knows nothing about fighting' he thought.

Giggling, Bra interrogated her brother slightly, "and which of my friends would you prefer?" she asked, noting that Trunks immediately slipped out of reality and undoubtedly in a day dream, a soft pink tinting the bridge of his nose as he blushed.

"Oh, well I would love to spend the whole day with....Woah, I'm late for work." he got up blushing a little. "And Bra? Goten will probably go to the mall with all of you if the other me would prefer not to be surrounded by the three of you only."

"Oh good!" she said excitedly which earned a smirk from her brother and questioning looks from her mother and father ".... He has such good fashion sense and that way we wouldn't have to hang around them the whole time, I'm going to go call Marron and Pan."


Bra ran out of the room quickly and got on the phone.

Morning at Marron's...

After waking up by the annoying ring from the phone and agreeing to drive Bra and others to the mall Marron ate breakfast.

"Mom? How should I act around Mirai Trunks?" she asked after taking a sip of orange juice.

"I don't know...why don't you just act normal?"

Marron just stared at her mother before leaning across the table and looking into her eyes, "I don't know, lets see...in his world my mother destroyed everything including all of his family and friends!!!"

"Yes, that would probably be a problem," said 18 softly. "But he shouldn't judge you by that. Don't worry about it. Besides Pan and Bra will be there too so you don't have anything to worry about."

Marron just sighed and walked out the door. 'I'll pick up Pan first.' she thought as she climbed into the car.

Morning at Pan's house....

Waking up by the phone ring just as Marron had, Pan agreed to go to the mall only because it would give her a chance to find out more about this Mirai Trunks. Of course she didn't tell Bra that.

"Morning Mom, Hey dad!" Pan entered the kitchen and stared at the large mass of food on the table with a huge smile.

"Good morning. Where are you going today?" Gohan asked eyeing the fact that Pan was actually dressed and awake before noon…and it was a weekend

"Oh, Bra is dragging me and Marron to the mall with her. Goten is going too. We're supposed to be going to help Mirai Trunks get clothes and stuff." She said between bites.

Gohan was about to object but he realized that he wouldn't be able to if she said that Goten was going too. 'I wonder how Mirai Trunks is doing.'

Gohan and Videl both turned around when they heard the phone ring and Pan looked out the door to see Marron's car. She took the opportunity to dart out of the house.

"Thank Dende for phone calls! I don't think my dad would have let me come if the phone didn't ring."
She adjusted the radio and slid on some sunglasses.

"Why not?" asked Marron as she sped up in the direction of Capsule Corp.

"I don't know. I don't think he likes the idea of me hanging out with the other Trunks. He is way too overprotective sometimes."

Marron giggle and they both started to sing to the radio until they reached Capsule Corp.

They both walked up to the house and into the kitchen, knowing full well that that would be where the other people would be. Sure enough they walked in to find Bra smacking her brother over the head and the other Trunks leaning against the wall.

"Where's my Uncle?" asked Pan who sat down beside Trunks and reached across the table for a piece of toast.

"He is going to fly over here after he gets away from Chichi." said Trunks who tore off half of the toast that Pan grabbed and began to eat it.

Pan smacked Trunks over the head. "Don't steal my food."

"Your food? It's my house so it's my food!" he said with a smirk.

At that moment Goten flew into the kitchen and landed next to the other Trunks. "Hey, is everyone ready to go?"

They all grumbled and made their way out of the kitchen and outside. Mirai Trunks stopped at the sight of the car. "Why don't we just fly to the mall?" he asked.

Pan put her hand to her head and Goten leaned against the car muttering, "here we go again" under his, breath.

"Well you see...Bra can't fly!!!" laughed Trunks who dodged a simple punch from Bra.

"And what's wrong with not being able to fly?" asked Marron who powered up slightly behind Trunks.

"Well nothing really, it's just that Bra tried to learn how to fly but she can't. And Pan is such a bad teacher!"

While Pan started to chase Trunks across the yard Marron couldn't help but laugh. Mirai Trunks watched as his 'sister' sulked. "I just never bothered to learn how to fly. I want to fly though but my dad and brother won't teach me and Pan isn't a very good teacher."

"I'm not a good teacher? If you ask me you just aren't a good student." said Pan as she ran past them hot on Trunks path.

Bra got into the back as well as Mirai Trunk. Goten sat in the front and Marron also climbed into the car. They all waited patiently for Pan and Trunks to stop their little game of chase.

"Are they always like this?" asked Mirai Trunks in disbelief as he watched Trunks trip and then Pan trip over him.

Goten chuckled "Yeah, they just never know when to stop flirting." Bra giggled too and Mirai Trunks nodded his head.

"Marron? Should we just leave with out them?" Asked Bra.

Within a few minutes Pan was back in the back of the car. Trunks squeezed into the back beside his sister. "Oh great it's a Trunks sandwich," complained Pan when she and Bra were squished closer because there were 4 people in the back.

"I thought you had work and couldn't go to the mall?" asked Pan looking over at Trunks. 'Please don't let me sound to curious.'

Trunks just smiled "I'm ditching work."

Marron took a glance in her rear view mirror to change lanes and saw Mirai Trunks staring straight at her before he diverted his eyes.

They initially split up at the mall to get more shopping done.

Back at the Sons.........

Videl finished the conversation and set the phone back down before turning to her husband with teary eyes. "It's...It's...not fair"

Gohan pulled his wife into a soft embrace. "What happened?"

Pulling back slightly and staring into her husband's eyes she gathered the courage to speak. "Jeremy, who was dating Pan, last night he. (Sob)...he. (Sob)...his car was found this morning a couple miles from here. He was hit by a drunk driver at an intersection. He died."

Stunned, Gohan comforted his wife again. 'Oh Kami, how is Pan going to take this? How are we supposed to tell her?"

Somewhere in Satan city...........

After a vigorous day of shopping they met again at Marrons' car. The guys were there first and they were all sitting in the back. When the girls arrived Trunks eyes ran over Pan and he smiled as he jumped out of the car and walked up to her.

"Want some help?" he asked and grabbed 3 of the 4 bags she was carrying. "Thanks, that will teach me to buy a ton of heavy stuff in the first store we go in to so I have go carry them around for hours."

He put the packages in the back and then Marron handed him hers. He ended up fitting all of the packages into the trunk of the car. By the time he closed the back and walked to the door he observed his friends.

Marron was sitting in the front situating her hair and sunglasses. Mirai Trunks was in the back with a scowl on his face. 'Why does he hate Marron?' he thought. They all had noticed the intense hatred between him and her. They were very tense around each other.

Bra was sitting in the front facing the back seat and flirting with Goten. She playfully giggled and punched him, laughing more as he caught her hand and pulled it to his mouth with a gentle kiss. It was obvious that the two liked each other, but it would take a lot to get them to admit it to each other.

Trunks sat in the car and waved at Marron to start driving. He smiled at Pan. "What did you buy?"

She smiled shyly, "Just some clothes, cd's, and a weight set that my mom wanted."

"That's cool. What are you doing later?" he asked, brushing his hand through his wind blown hair.

"I was hoping to spar, but I need a partner." she said hopefully and nudged him in the side.

"Ooo would Jeremy like that?" he asked in a teasing voice.

Pan just looked at him with a smile that slowly faded and she leaned back in the seat. "We broke up."

"Oh, I'm sorry." he said with a sympathetic smile. His arm draped over her shoulder and held her protectively.

She smiled "It's ok. It was mutual, and besides we're still good friends." She leaned towards him and rested her head on his shoulder.

He smelled the sweet scent of her hair and relished in being close to her. 'If only this was real.' He thought sadly, and made no attempt to remove his arm.



Hey everyone, I'm sorry it's so short. I know I focused a lot on the T/P aspect in this chapter, but the next chapter will be more of a Mt/M. I hope you're ready for a few plot twists, and things that you won't expect. Well, review and tell me whatcha think...

Next Chapter…

How is Bulma's work on the vaccine working? Who is going to be fighting? Why is Bulma so worried? What happens when Pan finds out that her ex boyfriend is dead? Find out in the next chapter of 'Holding on'

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