Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Little Warriors All Grown up ❯ Pool ( Chapter 21 )
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By: ZWorld 
Anime/Manga: Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Comedy | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 02.25.2012 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 193 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Comedy | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 02.25.2012 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 193 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: DBZ and its characters belong to Akira Toriyama!
Wow... This marks the 20th chapter! Can't believe I'm here already. After everything that's happened, I think we needed a bit of fun before some more serious work is about to come. Check A/N at the end of the chapter if you don't mind ^.^
There's much controversy over Bulla and Pan's age. I'm following what Daizenshuu stated rather than what the FUNIdub said in the anime. In Daizenshuu, it said that Bulla was born 778 while Pan was born 779... That means they were approx 5 and 6 years old at the Tournament. FUNIdub said theyr were both born in 780. Making them both approx 4 years old by the tournament.
If anyone is confused, this is set the day after from Trunks and Goten's meeting at the LookOut.
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"Good to see you back Goten," Bulma beamed as she gave him a hug.
"Yeah! So glad to be back home," he smiled awkwardly.
"And you too Trunks," she rolled her eyes as she saw her son head straight for the fridge.
"Anyway, Madam Crab phoned me yesterday saying her daughter seemed pretty upset once you left Southern Spas the other night," she began, taking a sip of some juice.
She was hoping the boys didn't return until after lunch, but they surprised her and to her disgust, they looked pretty hungry. Thankfully the boys seemed to have sorted themselves out. Mrs. and Dr. Briefs were out on holiday for rest of the summer. Bulma had urged them on, telling them they needed a good break. It was surprisingly quiet to have neither her parents nor the two boys at home. Even with two young girls running around, it was pretty quiet.
"She did...?" Goten asked nervously, taking a bowl of apples from the fruit basket.
"What exactly did you do in order to make Lizzie so upset? That girls got balls of steel, to make her upset is really something," she eyed Trunks. Trunks just shook his head as he stood by the microwave. That was a long story he didn't want Bulma to bring up. Although, in saying that, he and Lizzie never went far. They may have gone out on the odd date and she may have tried pushing herself onto him, but he never gave her a chance. From the moment he met her, he hated her. He was hoping the feelings were mutual, but nothing stopped her and her hormones. So he in the end tried to ignore her and avoid galas that asked them both would have to go.
"I didn't do anything," Goten spoke sternly. –Why am I getting the blame? I did nothing!-
"You broke the door and left? She even gave me the bill to pay!" Bulma snorted.
"She came onto me okay! I told her to stop, but she didn't budge. She invaded my personal space and I shoved her away and left. I just didn't realise I was that mad..." Goten explained frantically, leaving out about the detail of what happened afterwards. Bulma eyed Goten who bit into an apple furiously. She had to give Goten a break... He wasn't interested and she doubted he ever met a girl like Lizzie. But that didn't give him a reason to destroy property. She thought she made it clear to all the Saiyans to keep their powers under control.
"What about the wall? Is that part of it too?" She spoke sternly, but quickly added, "you know what Goten... Just don't worry about. I'll pay. I understand how Lizzie can be, and seeing as how you reacted, it was a little too far. Don't worry," her voice softened.
Goten sat there, chewing very slowly while looking suspiciously at Bulma. –That was one hell of a mood change, - he thought.
"And you mister! I was hoping you'd return earlier! With dad gone, I needed extra help in the lab! I had to ask poor Gohan over yesterday to help me with an emergency!" She growled as she pointed to Trunks.
"Sorry mum, I just had a lot on my mind," Trunks waved off.
"No more! Next time, tell me how long you're going to be at the lookout. You know I don't like to be kept waiting."
"I know, sorry mum," Trunks mumbled, taking a seat across from Goten. Bulma sighed as she opened the fridge. She searched for some popsicles and was delighted to see there was a new carton full of them. The summer heat was at its peak and she wanted to go for a swim but she had a whole lot of things to fix in the lab. Luckily none of them included a gravity room.
"Oh and Goten," she spoke before she left the kitchen.
"Hmm?" Goten mumbled as his mouth was full of apple.
"You don't have any deliveries for the next week. I think you deserve a break," she gave him a look. He knew what she meant. A week's long break to sort things out sounded good. A week would give him plenty of time to speak with her alone. Goten nodded.
-Z-
"Papa! We're bored!" Bulla nagged Vegeta as he leaded the two girls to the kitchen. He sensed that both boys was in there eating. –Perfect, a good chance to get these two off my shoulders, - he thought as he looked over his shoulder to make sure Bulla and Pan was following him.
"Uncle Goten!" Pan screeched as she rushed over and gave him a tight hug.
"Hey Pan!" Goten beamed as he picked her up.
"Where have you been uncle Goten? Grandma and daddy miss you!" She pouted.
"Sorry Pan, I've just been travelling a lot,"
"Wow, where do you travel to?" Bulla asked as she sat next to Trunks.
"I do deliveries for Bulma," he spoke proudly to the young girls.
"And while you're back, why don't you do some babysitting?" Vegeta broke the conversation.
"Ah but da-" Trunks was interrupted.
"No excuses! I have training to do," Vegeta grunted as he left the kitchen as fast as he could. Both boys rolled their eyes as they felt his ki head to the lab instead of the gravity room.
"We don't need babysitting!" Bulla argued.
"Yeah, we're not babies!" Pan agreed, trying to match up to her old friend's intelligence. Trunks and Goten eyed each other. This was the last position they wanted to be placed in. They had planned on coming back to Capsule Corp and lounge around in their apartment, wanting to talk about the conversation Trunks had with Marron. But now they were stuck with the younger girls and what it seems like an awkward rising of ki coming from the lab.
"Do you girls want to go for a swim?" Trunks quickly suggested. Perhaps swimming outside would give them a nice distraction. The summer was at its peak and it would be great to finally go for a swim.
"Why don't you girls get ready and we'll meet you back here in a few minutes?" Goten added. The girls raced off to Bulla's room as Trunks and Goten sighed in relief.
-Z-
Once they were changed into their swimming shorts, Trunks opened a box of capsules, looking for their inflatable pool and pool accessories.
They all headed outside as Trunks picked a good spot. He decided upon a spot just behind Capsule Corp and where the ground floor veranda was. Goten jumped along with the girls in excitement. He used to love swimming, especially in the lakes out by Mount Paozu. The girl's eagerness added an extra touch to the hype.
"Don't forget sunscreen girls," Trunks added as he un-capsuled the pool accessories such as li-lo air bears, pool noodles and blow up beach balls. He quickly filled the pool with water from a blast tap.
The girls obeyed and did what was asked for them. As soon as they were done smearing each other, they raced off and flew into the pool, splashing water everywhere. Trunks watched the younger girls play around in the water. It brought back memories of the time when Goten and himself were their age. At the moment both Bulla and Pan were the same ages as Goten and Trunks had been at the time of Majin Buu. Trunks felt a little jealous of the girls as he watched them having a much more peaceful life than he and his best friend had.
"Trunks, could you do my back for me?" Goten broke Trunks' thoughts.
"Uh, sure," Trunks nodded, squirting sunscreen all over his hands.
Trunks rubbed the sunscreen all over Goten's neck and back, feeling the toned muscles under his hands. His pace slowed as he hands reached the small of Goten's back. His hands slowly worked their way to Goten's stomach and lowered as he slipped his fingers tips into his younger friend's shorts.
"Trunks..." Goten growled. Trunks was brought back to reality as he heard the snap of Goten's voice.
"S-sorry!" Trunks blushed as he laughed awkwardly.
-Z-
"Water feels so good," Goten beamed as the icy water chilled his body. He placed on his sunglasses while resting his head on the rim of the pool.
"Yeah, think we needed it," Trunks agreed, swimming a little closer to Goten.
"Trunks, not around the girls," Goten whispered. He nearly laughed at himself at how much their positions had seemed to change. What was he saying? Since when did he care about what the public saw?
"Oh they won't see us, they're too busy playing around," Trunks excused as he leaned in to his younger friend for a kiss.
"Well I can hold my breath much longer under water than you can!" Pan teased her older friend.
"No way! Trunks, tell Pan how long I can hold my breath under water for!" Bulla looked over to her older brother who was swimming in a corner with Goten.
"I don't know Bulla, why don't you guys have another go and this time I'll time you..." Trunks quickly pulled away from Goten before their lips could touch. He had hoped the girls would just busy themselves, but instead Goten and Trunks was dreaded by being interrupted all too many times. Trunks tried a few times to sneak a kiss at Goten, but it was showing difficulty.
"Ready! Set! Go!" Pan called out as both girls sank down into the water. Trunks smirked. –Perfect timing.-
"Hey Goten," Trunks spoke as he got closer to his friend. Goten smirked as he knew what was coming. –Finally, - he added mentally.
Trunks leaned into Goten as fast as he could, hoping that the girls could hold their breath for long. Electric sparks set off as the two boys lips touched. Trunks asked for entrance into his younger friend's mouth, knowing a simple kiss wasn't enough. Goten smiled against his older friend's lips, chuckling in response. Their tongues fought for dominance, only for Trunks to win. Goten groaned quietly, thrusting his hips towards his older friend. Trunks chuckled as he grabbed Goten's hips to hold him into place.
With the sound of splashes, the two boys quickly parted.
"What were you guys doing?" Bulla asked as she and Pan floated almost a metre and half away from the boys. Goten blushed frantically, looking over to Trunks. –Did we just get caught?-
"Nothing! Don't worry! I was just whispering something to Goten!"
"It didn't look like it," Bulla eyed them suspiciously.
"What were you whispering to uncle Goten?" Pan added.
"Oh... um... we were um..." Trunks mumbled. For the life of him, his imagination suddenly ran away.
"We were trying to pick whose better at holding their breaths, you or Bulla,"
"Yeah, yeah! I was voting for you Bulla, but Goten kept disagreeing." Trunks quickly added.
"And so who won?" Pan asked.
"It was a tie," Trunks lied. He had actually no idea who stayed under water the longest.
"Okay, why don't you girls play over that side of the pool," Trunks spoke once more as he dragged some strings over water so he could separate the pool. He gave the girls over half of the pool, while leaving himself and Goten a small spot with two li-los.
Goten grinned as he jumped up onto his and laid down. He closed his eyes behind his sunglasses and soaked up the sun. He needed a good tan and the sun was starting to make him lazy. Trunks soon joined Goten, but on his own li-lo. The boys rested as the sun beamed on their skin and the gentle wind from the girls playing waved their hair. Trunks dropped one hand into the water to cool him off as he felt his body rock in movement of the pool.
-Z-
Trunks drifted back to reality as he felt the sun becoming uncomfortable. The water was calm as he heard the girls talk somewhere far off. Too lazy to look up, he just carried on resting. –How long was I out for? -
"So this is where everyone is..." Bulma's voice echoed in the distance.
"So much for babysitting," Vegeta scoffed. Bulma chuckled as she saw the boys lay lazily on the li-los and the girls chatting on the other side of the pool. She looked over to the BBQ deciding it would be a nice change to have a family dinner outside.
"Care to help me start the BBQ?" Bulma asked.
"Whatever," Vegeta snorted as he walked to the BBQ.
Bulma beamed as she headed back inside and upstairs to their living quarters.
-Z-
"Let's wake up uncle Goten and Trunks," Pan whispered as quietly as she could. She knew that both of the older boys had really good hearing, and the last thing she wanted to do was for their plan to fail.
Trunks could faintly hear his name being spoken. Later he sensed the ki of the younger girls swimming underwater towards Goten and him. He opened his eyes with a start as he felt the girls slowly move the two li-lo's together so they could kill two birds with one stone. He waited for their attack, sensing their ki. He would fly up as they attacked. He didn't feel like getting wet.
The girls pushed up their li-los with most their strength. Trunks hovered up in the sky as he saw and heard Goten yelp as he tipped sideways with a huge slap on his chest when he reached the water. The girls' giggles filled the air and Goten swam frantically; trying to regain his balance.
"That's my girl!" Bulma encouraged as she saw the whole set up happen before her eyes. Vegeta smirked at the scene too.
"Hey, that's no fair!" Goten complained as he looked at the girls.
"Sorry uncle Goten!" Pan laughed.
Bulla looked up at the sky and stuck her tongue out to Trunks. He laughed and landed outside the pool.
"Sorry Bulla, you can't fool me! I can sense you even when I'm asleep!"
"Whatever!" Bulla slapped the water in disappointment. She really had hoped to catch her older brother off guard.
"Kids, dinner is ready!" Bulma interrupted just before Bulla had the chance to throw a tantrum.
They all flew off in the direction of the private veranda that had a huge table with food on it. There was enough food to feed over 20. But with 5 Saiyans over in the house, Bulma had to prepare that much.
"Thanks for dinner Mrs. Briefs," Pan thanked as she took her helping. Bulma smiled as young Pan ate. She always admired at how Gohan, Goten and Pan had manners. She concluded that it all came down to Chi-Chi. Even though her children could have good manners, they also had to get something from Vegeta and unfortunately it had to be his arrogant nature. But she admitted they weren't half as bad as their father.
-Z-
The cleaning robots buzzed away as Trunks emptied the pool with Goten. The water went into a filter tank that would be used to water the plants. They felt much better of adding it into the tank than drowning the lawn. Goten yawned as he watched Trunks capsule everything. The sun was still high in the sky and he could tell it would still be beaming until 9o'clock.
-What a good start to a week off, - he thought as they headed upstairs to their apartment. -Maybe I could spend the rest of it with Trunks. We can do things like we did now... Swimming, picnics, sparring out in Mount Paozu...- He smiled inwardly to himself knowing the next week could perhaps be the good break that he needed.
~-Z-~
A/N:
I started this story last year just as my summer vacation started. It took me just under 2 months to eventually publish it here on . It is my first ever DBZ fanfiction and even though it may be still a work in progress and have a few things wrong with it, I'm proud.
Sadly today (26th Feb) marks the end of my summer holidays. I'm going back to university for the final time as I'll be graduating this year. So... In actuality, this summer vacation was very special to me. It was the last summer holiday I had as a student. Once the next one comes by, I'll be a full-time working graduate (well I hope!).
This fanfiction somewhat came about from the idea of closing another chapter in my life. All of my childhood and teenage years I enjoyed DBZ and the fan base that it has. Within the last year my interest in Goten and Trunks increased and after reading many fanfics, I decided I wanted to try and tell my own story of them. I was hoping to get it done before the end of summer, but obviously that never happened. I gave myself a short time frame so that once I finished my break; I could end it with a nice fully completed fanfiction. Too bad I didn't finished it :P
I have a few more chapters already typed up, but I released the last 2 chapters and this one quickly to get to this point of the story (of them swimming). I enjoyed writing about such things as inflatable pools and li-los. They're memories of how I normally spend my summer holidays.
Even though university is starting up once more and I'll get side-tracked. I'll still try to release AT LEAST one chapter a week. Like I said earlier, I have at least the next 5 or so chapters already done and ready to be published. I'll just queue them up and post them when I think is necessary.
Thank you so much for the support for this story! It gives me hope that I can turn it into something worth-while reading. I also hope wherever I'm taking this story, you'll be happy with the outcome.
Wow... This marks the 20th chapter! Can't believe I'm here already. After everything that's happened, I think we needed a bit of fun before some more serious work is about to come. Check A/N at the end of the chapter if you don't mind ^.^
There's much controversy over Bulla and Pan's age. I'm following what Daizenshuu stated rather than what the FUNIdub said in the anime. In Daizenshuu, it said that Bulla was born 778 while Pan was born 779... That means they were approx 5 and 6 years old at the Tournament. FUNIdub said theyr were both born in 780. Making them both approx 4 years old by the tournament.
If anyone is confused, this is set the day after from Trunks and Goten's meeting at the LookOut.
~-Z-~
"Good to see you back Goten," Bulma beamed as she gave him a hug.
"Yeah! So glad to be back home," he smiled awkwardly.
"And you too Trunks," she rolled her eyes as she saw her son head straight for the fridge.
"Anyway, Madam Crab phoned me yesterday saying her daughter seemed pretty upset once you left Southern Spas the other night," she began, taking a sip of some juice.
She was hoping the boys didn't return until after lunch, but they surprised her and to her disgust, they looked pretty hungry. Thankfully the boys seemed to have sorted themselves out. Mrs. and Dr. Briefs were out on holiday for rest of the summer. Bulma had urged them on, telling them they needed a good break. It was surprisingly quiet to have neither her parents nor the two boys at home. Even with two young girls running around, it was pretty quiet.
"She did...?" Goten asked nervously, taking a bowl of apples from the fruit basket.
"What exactly did you do in order to make Lizzie so upset? That girls got balls of steel, to make her upset is really something," she eyed Trunks. Trunks just shook his head as he stood by the microwave. That was a long story he didn't want Bulma to bring up. Although, in saying that, he and Lizzie never went far. They may have gone out on the odd date and she may have tried pushing herself onto him, but he never gave her a chance. From the moment he met her, he hated her. He was hoping the feelings were mutual, but nothing stopped her and her hormones. So he in the end tried to ignore her and avoid galas that asked them both would have to go.
"I didn't do anything," Goten spoke sternly. –Why am I getting the blame? I did nothing!-
"You broke the door and left? She even gave me the bill to pay!" Bulma snorted.
"She came onto me okay! I told her to stop, but she didn't budge. She invaded my personal space and I shoved her away and left. I just didn't realise I was that mad..." Goten explained frantically, leaving out about the detail of what happened afterwards. Bulma eyed Goten who bit into an apple furiously. She had to give Goten a break... He wasn't interested and she doubted he ever met a girl like Lizzie. But that didn't give him a reason to destroy property. She thought she made it clear to all the Saiyans to keep their powers under control.
"What about the wall? Is that part of it too?" She spoke sternly, but quickly added, "you know what Goten... Just don't worry about. I'll pay. I understand how Lizzie can be, and seeing as how you reacted, it was a little too far. Don't worry," her voice softened.
Goten sat there, chewing very slowly while looking suspiciously at Bulma. –That was one hell of a mood change, - he thought.
"And you mister! I was hoping you'd return earlier! With dad gone, I needed extra help in the lab! I had to ask poor Gohan over yesterday to help me with an emergency!" She growled as she pointed to Trunks.
"Sorry mum, I just had a lot on my mind," Trunks waved off.
"No more! Next time, tell me how long you're going to be at the lookout. You know I don't like to be kept waiting."
"I know, sorry mum," Trunks mumbled, taking a seat across from Goten. Bulma sighed as she opened the fridge. She searched for some popsicles and was delighted to see there was a new carton full of them. The summer heat was at its peak and she wanted to go for a swim but she had a whole lot of things to fix in the lab. Luckily none of them included a gravity room.
"Oh and Goten," she spoke before she left the kitchen.
"Hmm?" Goten mumbled as his mouth was full of apple.
"You don't have any deliveries for the next week. I think you deserve a break," she gave him a look. He knew what she meant. A week's long break to sort things out sounded good. A week would give him plenty of time to speak with her alone. Goten nodded.
-Z-
"Papa! We're bored!" Bulla nagged Vegeta as he leaded the two girls to the kitchen. He sensed that both boys was in there eating. –Perfect, a good chance to get these two off my shoulders, - he thought as he looked over his shoulder to make sure Bulla and Pan was following him.
"Uncle Goten!" Pan screeched as she rushed over and gave him a tight hug.
"Hey Pan!" Goten beamed as he picked her up.
"Where have you been uncle Goten? Grandma and daddy miss you!" She pouted.
"Sorry Pan, I've just been travelling a lot,"
"Wow, where do you travel to?" Bulla asked as she sat next to Trunks.
"I do deliveries for Bulma," he spoke proudly to the young girls.
"And while you're back, why don't you do some babysitting?" Vegeta broke the conversation.
"Ah but da-" Trunks was interrupted.
"No excuses! I have training to do," Vegeta grunted as he left the kitchen as fast as he could. Both boys rolled their eyes as they felt his ki head to the lab instead of the gravity room.
"We don't need babysitting!" Bulla argued.
"Yeah, we're not babies!" Pan agreed, trying to match up to her old friend's intelligence. Trunks and Goten eyed each other. This was the last position they wanted to be placed in. They had planned on coming back to Capsule Corp and lounge around in their apartment, wanting to talk about the conversation Trunks had with Marron. But now they were stuck with the younger girls and what it seems like an awkward rising of ki coming from the lab.
"Do you girls want to go for a swim?" Trunks quickly suggested. Perhaps swimming outside would give them a nice distraction. The summer was at its peak and it would be great to finally go for a swim.
"Why don't you girls get ready and we'll meet you back here in a few minutes?" Goten added. The girls raced off to Bulla's room as Trunks and Goten sighed in relief.
-Z-
Once they were changed into their swimming shorts, Trunks opened a box of capsules, looking for their inflatable pool and pool accessories.
They all headed outside as Trunks picked a good spot. He decided upon a spot just behind Capsule Corp and where the ground floor veranda was. Goten jumped along with the girls in excitement. He used to love swimming, especially in the lakes out by Mount Paozu. The girl's eagerness added an extra touch to the hype.
"Don't forget sunscreen girls," Trunks added as he un-capsuled the pool accessories such as li-lo air bears, pool noodles and blow up beach balls. He quickly filled the pool with water from a blast tap.
The girls obeyed and did what was asked for them. As soon as they were done smearing each other, they raced off and flew into the pool, splashing water everywhere. Trunks watched the younger girls play around in the water. It brought back memories of the time when Goten and himself were their age. At the moment both Bulla and Pan were the same ages as Goten and Trunks had been at the time of Majin Buu. Trunks felt a little jealous of the girls as he watched them having a much more peaceful life than he and his best friend had.
"Trunks, could you do my back for me?" Goten broke Trunks' thoughts.
"Uh, sure," Trunks nodded, squirting sunscreen all over his hands.
Trunks rubbed the sunscreen all over Goten's neck and back, feeling the toned muscles under his hands. His pace slowed as he hands reached the small of Goten's back. His hands slowly worked their way to Goten's stomach and lowered as he slipped his fingers tips into his younger friend's shorts.
"Trunks..." Goten growled. Trunks was brought back to reality as he heard the snap of Goten's voice.
"S-sorry!" Trunks blushed as he laughed awkwardly.
-Z-
"Water feels so good," Goten beamed as the icy water chilled his body. He placed on his sunglasses while resting his head on the rim of the pool.
"Yeah, think we needed it," Trunks agreed, swimming a little closer to Goten.
"Trunks, not around the girls," Goten whispered. He nearly laughed at himself at how much their positions had seemed to change. What was he saying? Since when did he care about what the public saw?
"Oh they won't see us, they're too busy playing around," Trunks excused as he leaned in to his younger friend for a kiss.
"Well I can hold my breath much longer under water than you can!" Pan teased her older friend.
"No way! Trunks, tell Pan how long I can hold my breath under water for!" Bulla looked over to her older brother who was swimming in a corner with Goten.
"I don't know Bulla, why don't you guys have another go and this time I'll time you..." Trunks quickly pulled away from Goten before their lips could touch. He had hoped the girls would just busy themselves, but instead Goten and Trunks was dreaded by being interrupted all too many times. Trunks tried a few times to sneak a kiss at Goten, but it was showing difficulty.
"Ready! Set! Go!" Pan called out as both girls sank down into the water. Trunks smirked. –Perfect timing.-
"Hey Goten," Trunks spoke as he got closer to his friend. Goten smirked as he knew what was coming. –Finally, - he added mentally.
Trunks leaned into Goten as fast as he could, hoping that the girls could hold their breath for long. Electric sparks set off as the two boys lips touched. Trunks asked for entrance into his younger friend's mouth, knowing a simple kiss wasn't enough. Goten smiled against his older friend's lips, chuckling in response. Their tongues fought for dominance, only for Trunks to win. Goten groaned quietly, thrusting his hips towards his older friend. Trunks chuckled as he grabbed Goten's hips to hold him into place.
With the sound of splashes, the two boys quickly parted.
"What were you guys doing?" Bulla asked as she and Pan floated almost a metre and half away from the boys. Goten blushed frantically, looking over to Trunks. –Did we just get caught?-
"Nothing! Don't worry! I was just whispering something to Goten!"
"It didn't look like it," Bulla eyed them suspiciously.
"What were you whispering to uncle Goten?" Pan added.
"Oh... um... we were um..." Trunks mumbled. For the life of him, his imagination suddenly ran away.
"We were trying to pick whose better at holding their breaths, you or Bulla,"
"Yeah, yeah! I was voting for you Bulla, but Goten kept disagreeing." Trunks quickly added.
"And so who won?" Pan asked.
"It was a tie," Trunks lied. He had actually no idea who stayed under water the longest.
"Okay, why don't you girls play over that side of the pool," Trunks spoke once more as he dragged some strings over water so he could separate the pool. He gave the girls over half of the pool, while leaving himself and Goten a small spot with two li-los.
Goten grinned as he jumped up onto his and laid down. He closed his eyes behind his sunglasses and soaked up the sun. He needed a good tan and the sun was starting to make him lazy. Trunks soon joined Goten, but on his own li-lo. The boys rested as the sun beamed on their skin and the gentle wind from the girls playing waved their hair. Trunks dropped one hand into the water to cool him off as he felt his body rock in movement of the pool.
-Z-
Trunks drifted back to reality as he felt the sun becoming uncomfortable. The water was calm as he heard the girls talk somewhere far off. Too lazy to look up, he just carried on resting. –How long was I out for? -
"So this is where everyone is..." Bulma's voice echoed in the distance.
"So much for babysitting," Vegeta scoffed. Bulma chuckled as she saw the boys lay lazily on the li-los and the girls chatting on the other side of the pool. She looked over to the BBQ deciding it would be a nice change to have a family dinner outside.
"Care to help me start the BBQ?" Bulma asked.
"Whatever," Vegeta snorted as he walked to the BBQ.
Bulma beamed as she headed back inside and upstairs to their living quarters.
-Z-
"Let's wake up uncle Goten and Trunks," Pan whispered as quietly as she could. She knew that both of the older boys had really good hearing, and the last thing she wanted to do was for their plan to fail.
Trunks could faintly hear his name being spoken. Later he sensed the ki of the younger girls swimming underwater towards Goten and him. He opened his eyes with a start as he felt the girls slowly move the two li-lo's together so they could kill two birds with one stone. He waited for their attack, sensing their ki. He would fly up as they attacked. He didn't feel like getting wet.
The girls pushed up their li-los with most their strength. Trunks hovered up in the sky as he saw and heard Goten yelp as he tipped sideways with a huge slap on his chest when he reached the water. The girls' giggles filled the air and Goten swam frantically; trying to regain his balance.
"That's my girl!" Bulma encouraged as she saw the whole set up happen before her eyes. Vegeta smirked at the scene too.
"Hey, that's no fair!" Goten complained as he looked at the girls.
"Sorry uncle Goten!" Pan laughed.
Bulla looked up at the sky and stuck her tongue out to Trunks. He laughed and landed outside the pool.
"Sorry Bulla, you can't fool me! I can sense you even when I'm asleep!"
"Whatever!" Bulla slapped the water in disappointment. She really had hoped to catch her older brother off guard.
"Kids, dinner is ready!" Bulma interrupted just before Bulla had the chance to throw a tantrum.
They all flew off in the direction of the private veranda that had a huge table with food on it. There was enough food to feed over 20. But with 5 Saiyans over in the house, Bulma had to prepare that much.
"Thanks for dinner Mrs. Briefs," Pan thanked as she took her helping. Bulma smiled as young Pan ate. She always admired at how Gohan, Goten and Pan had manners. She concluded that it all came down to Chi-Chi. Even though her children could have good manners, they also had to get something from Vegeta and unfortunately it had to be his arrogant nature. But she admitted they weren't half as bad as their father.
-Z-
The cleaning robots buzzed away as Trunks emptied the pool with Goten. The water went into a filter tank that would be used to water the plants. They felt much better of adding it into the tank than drowning the lawn. Goten yawned as he watched Trunks capsule everything. The sun was still high in the sky and he could tell it would still be beaming until 9o'clock.
-What a good start to a week off, - he thought as they headed upstairs to their apartment. -Maybe I could spend the rest of it with Trunks. We can do things like we did now... Swimming, picnics, sparring out in Mount Paozu...- He smiled inwardly to himself knowing the next week could perhaps be the good break that he needed.
~-Z-~
A/N:
I started this story last year just as my summer vacation started. It took me just under 2 months to eventually publish it here on . It is my first ever DBZ fanfiction and even though it may be still a work in progress and have a few things wrong with it, I'm proud.
Sadly today (26th Feb) marks the end of my summer holidays. I'm going back to university for the final time as I'll be graduating this year. So... In actuality, this summer vacation was very special to me. It was the last summer holiday I had as a student. Once the next one comes by, I'll be a full-time working graduate (well I hope!).
This fanfiction somewhat came about from the idea of closing another chapter in my life. All of my childhood and teenage years I enjoyed DBZ and the fan base that it has. Within the last year my interest in Goten and Trunks increased and after reading many fanfics, I decided I wanted to try and tell my own story of them. I was hoping to get it done before the end of summer, but obviously that never happened. I gave myself a short time frame so that once I finished my break; I could end it with a nice fully completed fanfiction. Too bad I didn't finished it :P
I have a few more chapters already typed up, but I released the last 2 chapters and this one quickly to get to this point of the story (of them swimming). I enjoyed writing about such things as inflatable pools and li-los. They're memories of how I normally spend my summer holidays.
Even though university is starting up once more and I'll get side-tracked. I'll still try to release AT LEAST one chapter a week. Like I said earlier, I have at least the next 5 or so chapters already done and ready to be published. I'll just queue them up and post them when I think is necessary.
Thank you so much for the support for this story! It gives me hope that I can turn it into something worth-while reading. I also hope wherever I'm taking this story, you'll be happy with the outcome.