Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Treasure ❯ Treasure ( One-Shot )

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Treasure by Neridne

Disclaimer: Dragonball is the property of Akira Toriyama, Toei Animation, Funimation and all other related parties. I am earning no profit from this story and this is purely an exercise of creativity.

Author's Note: This was written for the DBZ Fanfic Salon Saiyans in Scouters Drabble Challenge. The rules are as follows:

There must be a Saiyan (or demi-Saiyan).

There must be a scouter.

There is a limit of 250 words.

There is a deadline: March 31, 2007.

So, this is my entry. My first fanfiction ever. Hope it's okay. Any comments (constructive or otherwise) are appreciated.

Addendum: This drabble has since been edited. It may not fit the parameteres of the contest any longer.

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Once, he discovered treasure. It was Papa's treasure so it became his, as well. He first saw it while playing his favorite game, Spy on Papa. He had followed Papa to a dusty storage room where Papa opened a chest. Papa stared inside it, almost... sadly.

After what felt like hours and hours in his hiding spot, Papa finally left. When Papa's energy signature faded, he crawled out to look. There were a lot of strange things inside but a red glint caught his eye.

It was a strange headband with a red glass eyepiece. He put it over his head and felt a button located right by his ear. Biting his lip, his finger hovered over the button. He really wanted to press it... What if he broke it? Would Papa know? What would it do?

He pressed the button.

The visor beeped and strange characters appeared.

“The scouter displays power levels.”

He whirled around to see Papa by the doorway, looking at him with amusement.

“Scouter?”

“Yes, I used to need one. Now, it only serves as a reminder.”

“A reminder? Of what, Papa?”

Papa stared at him in silence for so long that he thought Papa was mad at him. But finally, Papa answered in a soft voice that was almost a whisper.

“What I used to be.”

Papa turned to walk out of the room, only to pause and look back at him.

“You avoided detection as you followed me today. You will start training with me.”

He gasped. “You knew all along, Papa?”

Vegeta smirked. “I will be waiting in the gravity chamber.”

Trunks grinned back at Vegeta. “Yes, Papa!”

Trunks carefully placed the scouter into the chest. He ran to catch up with his Papa.

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