Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Unpredictable ❯ What Now? (by Jen) ( Chapter 3 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
Author's Notes: Meg, THANK YOU *oh so much* for the task of making the Son's appear
ANGRY! Haha, ok let me get writing......but I'll try to make the next chapter hard
for you to write! Hahahaaaha!

AND - I think we're gonna make Bra and Pan freshman in college, so they're about 18,
and Trunks and Goten will be seniors, so they can be about 24. How's that?



CHAPTER 2......
........."Sorry." Bra sat down in the chair on the other side of the desk and called Pan..........
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CHAPTER 3......

Pan sat there with the phone still in her hand, staring at the ear-piece. 'Was that Vegeta I
heard?,' she wondered, 'Of course it is....but why was he so pissed? Well dumb question,
Pan, he ALWAYS is.....but why at my family?....' Her thoughts wondered for a while
until finally she heard the operator's voice, "If you would like to make a call..." She
snapped back into attention, realizing the phone was still in her hand, and hung it up
slowly, still troubled by what had just happened. 'I bet Grandpa would know what's
wrong,' Pan thought as she left her room and walked down the stairs. She stopped,
though, as she heard her father and grandfather talking in the kitchen, and stood silently on
the steps and eavesdropped.

"What is his problem, anyway?!," Gohan fumed. He stood over Goku, who was sitting at
the table, but for once was not eating.

"Gohan," Goku sighed, "I bet within a few days Vegeta will forget about it....." Goku
wanted desperately to forget what had happened. Though Vegeta's words had been quite
harsh, he knew that Vegeta was a man of extreme pride and was just enraged. The
quicker Goku forgot about it, the quicker Vegeta was likely to let it pass....or so he
thought, anyway. But Vegeta had never acted like that before. He wondered if he was
being a bit too quick to forgive...

"But Dad," Gohan said angrily, "Don't you CARE what he said? It was damaging to our
whole family! *I* will not forgive him so easily dad. I absolutely will not."

"Gohan! I know what he said was........well, what you said. Damaging. But..."

"Dad, look, he may have his obvious pride, but lets not forfeit ours for his sake. If he
wants to be pissed, let him - and we can be pissed as well. If he wants to keep his pride
free from the 'contamination' of our family, let him - and we will keep our family away from
his pride and arrogance. And if-"

"Gohan."

"Yes father?"

Goku sighed and looked at the table uneasily. "This time...I want an apology from
Vegeta."

Gohan opened his mouth in shock but no sound came out. He didn't think his father
would want anything besides forgetting about the fight. Obviously something Vegeta had
said had indeed upset Goku. Gohan stared at his father for a minute before nodding.
Goku looked at Gohan and took a breath before he continued,

"The things he said were completely uncalled for...I can't let him say my family is
something to be ashamed of. I know he may not have meant it though, but I want to hear
that from him." Goku looked back down at the table and seemed to concentrate on the
wood grains.

"You're right," Gohan stated. After a long pause Goku finally broke the silence.

"Goten and Pan," Goku said suddenly, looking up at Gohan. "They can not hang around
with Trunks or Bra anymore. I know they're good friends, but if Vegeta finds them
hanging out together, he may seriously hurt them. I fear for their safety now."

"Right," Gohan agreed, "And also, both Trunks and Bra remind me of Vegeta more and
more every day. I don't want that rubbing off on Pan or Goten...I don't want them to be
arrogant bastards."

"Gohan..."

"Dad haven't you noticed it? Whenever we spar, Trunks gets cockier and cockier. He
smirks like the mirror image of his father. And he thinks and fights just like him. And Bra
is Vegeta's little princess - she has him wrapped around her pinkie."

"That's not entirely true....well.....," Goku began uncertainly. But he nodded in agreement
after a minute. "I know they are all good friends, but the fact is that they have tons of
other friends to hang out with. And by the time they all start to miss each other this thing
should be over with anyway."

"Ok, well let's call down Pan and Goten so we can tell them," Gohan said, and walked
towards the doorway of the kitchen.

Pan gasped as she heard her father coming toward the steps. She quietly crept up to the
top of the stairs and ducked into the bathroom, hiding behind the door just as Gohan
called up the stairs, "Pan. Goten. Come down here." Gohan then turned and went to sit
back down at the kitchen table.

Pan stood in the bathroom, seething in anger and sadness. 'What is happening?' her head
swarmed. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Goten passing the bathroom door and she
yanked him into the bathroom and covered his mouth.

"Ahmmmphm," Goten unsuccessfully tried to talk but Pan gave him a death glare that shut
him up. She took her hand off of his mouth so he could talk. "Pan, Gohan wants us
downstairs, he has to tell us something, come on," he said, trying to lead her out of the
bathroom, giving her a strange look. She blushed - of COURSE he was giving her a
strange look - she had just pulled her *uncle* into the bathroom with her. She rolled her
eyes, exasperated.

"Goten," she said, yanking his arm again so he couldn't leave, "LISTEN."

"What's wrong Panny? Can't it wait till after we talk to your dad?"

"NO, now shhhh!," Pan said quickly. She explained the situation to him......




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This chapter was a little longer than usual (but I admit, still pretty short), lucky you!

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Meg, have fun with the next chapter! Don't worry about the romance having to come out
too soon - we could keep this thing going for 50 chapters if we really wanted to.....hehe!!