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Bura-sama
Thursday. May. 23. 2002
Thursday. May. 23. 2002
Disclaimer: DBZ is copyrighted by BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION, and is licensed by FUNimation. Dragon Ball Z and all logos, character names, and distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of TOEI ANIMATION. Eh... I'm doing this for fun, not profit.
Warnings: Eh.. My poor excuse for humor. There's death in the second chapter. Sex in the third. Some implied shounen-ai in the first chapter (for humor only). No Pan bashing, no one is paired with anyone non-cannon (except for the main pairing). This is Nappa and Pan.
When the Fog Lifts, When the Smoke Fades
Chapter One
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"Marron, honey. Wake up."
Marron slowly blinked her eyes open when she realized that someone was talking to her. She looked around the room till her gaze found her mother sitting at the foot of her bed. "Mom?"
"Marron, I've been giving this a lot of thought, and well, honey---" She paused, her gaze flitting about the room
Marron was drifting back to sleep, but she still tried to concentrate on her words.
"-- I'm leaving your father."
Marron was suddenly wide awake and staring dumbfounded at her mother. "What!?"
"Well, it's no secret that your father is financially-- well, poor. Living on this island with that perverted old man..." She sighed dramatically. "The stress is beginning to be too much for me." She reached over and straightened a stray piece of blonde hair that had escaped from her daughter's braid. "You're almost twenty now, and I want you to know that you're welcome to stay here or you can come with me."
Marron stuttered as she watched her mother merely look at her patiently. "Where are you going to go?"
"I've been thinking about that a lot, as well. I need to be somewhere where I can have what I need to have. This might be a little rough for you, honey, I understand that. You know that Gohan's ex-father-in-law -- er.. Pan's grandfather has a lot of money, right?"
Marron sank back to the bed, shaking. "Mom! I can't believe this! This is just a sick joke, right? You have to be kidding me. What did Dad say about all of this?"
Juuhachigou looked uncomfortable all of a sudden. "I haven't exactly told Kuririn yet." She looked up into her daughter's watering eyes. "I need you to tell him for me, Marron. I don't think I could stand to break his heart..." She trailed off and almost looked guilty. "Besides, I have someone already in line to take his place."
Marron sprang upright and stared at her mother with unbelieving eyes, Son Goku had appeared beside her mother and was wrapping a muscled arm around her shoulder.
"I tried to talk Juuhachigou into moving in with me, but your mother wouldn't have it. She said that ChiChi's life insurance check wouldn't be enough to cover all of the expenses. And of course, we couldn't tap into Pan's college fund--"
"It had already been sucked dry. Evidently, Videl had had a spending problem when she was still married to Gohan." Her mother had a bitter look on her face.
Marron was in shock and said the first thing that came to mind, "What kind of expenses can Son Goku cover that Dad can't?"
Juuhachigou moved her hand down lightly to her flat abdomen. "We didn't want to tell you until everything was settled, but Marron--"
Goku finished for her, "-- You're going to have a little brother or sister."
Her mother smiled, "And besides, Marron. Goku has a nice ass."
Marron fainted back onto her bed.
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"I swear, I am never eating anchovies on pizza again before I go to bed." Marron clutched her three shopping bags closer to her chest and shuddered. "It was SO real. One minute I'm reaching for the light switch, and the next--"
"Wait a minute," Son Pan stopped her friend's tirade. "In your little dream, my grandfather shows up in your bedroom, announces that your mother is having his baby, and they leave together to move in with my other grandfather. Am I hearing this right?" Her eyes carried a vaguely disturbed look.
"That's what I heard." Bura looked over to her friends and closed her cell phone. "And yes, I do listen to you when you have problems."
"Was that your new boyfriend?"
Bra glared at Pan and then picked up her purse. "He was. I told him that we were going to have dinner at my place with my family. He couldn't break up with me fast enough." She sighed heavily and then snapped her fingers. "Boys."
Marron didn't need to turn around to confirm that they were following them. The loud rustle of bags being picked up and banged together told her that they weren't too far behind. "Anyway, back to my problem. I think that that was the weirdest dream I've ever had."
"Did you tell your parents about it?" Pan asked with a glint of humor in her voice.
"No way! My dad would freak out."
"I don't know, Marron. Maybe you really shouldn't eat anchovies on your pizza." Marron finally turned around and eyed the boys walking behind them. There were no less than thirty shopping bags and boxes piled across both of them.
She looked to the one on the left, the one that had spoken, "Goten--"
"Uncle Goten." Marron cringed. Pan could have a really high pitch if she wanted to. "This is a girl conversation! You're not supposed to listen in!"
"Yeah, Goten," Trunks interrupted from the right pile of bags. "When the girls want our commentary, they'll be sure to ask for it."
Pan shot Trunks a small, flirty smile and suddenly Trunks stopped laughing. Marron wondered how he even saw it.
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"I can't believe that you were flirting with my brother!" Bra 'hmph'ed and started taking a few of her newly-acquired wardrobe pieces to her dresser. "Trunks is such a dork!"
"I was just messing with him," Pan sounded almost annoyed. "As if anyone could have a crush on Trunks!"
"Actually..."
Bra and Pan's heads immediately turned to look at a hesitant Marron. "What?'
Marron blushed and turned away, "There was another part of my dream that I didn't want to discuss in front of Trunks and Goten..."
Pan perked up, "Oh?"
"Well, after the little 'family discussion,' I was at the beach or something, and Trunks was there." The other two girls leaned in closer, "He had on really tight Speedo, and he was making out with--"
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Trunks was handing another bag of clothes to Goten so that they could unload the car and go spar. He reached for the last box and fell backwards as two high-pitched screams shrieked out from inside Bra's room.
Trunks and Goten immediately raced into Capsule Corp. and ran at an inhuman speed to Bra's room. Trunks pushed open the door to find Marron sitting on the bed, looking slightly nauseous, and Pan and Bra screaming at the top of their lungs. Goten appeared behind Trunks a few seconds later and casually put his hand next to Trunks's. Bra saw them first and, defying the impossible, her scream grew even louder and she started jumping from foot to foot and waving her hands frantically around her face. Pan wasn't doing much better. She had her hands over her mouth and was attempting to stop her screams.
Pan succeeded first, and her face turned angry and somewhat scared. Bra followed suit a second later, only she started to hyperventilate.
Pan jumped in front of Goten and pointed her finger in his face. "Grandma wants you home, NOW!"
Goten looked terribly confused, and Marron couldn't blame him. The queasiness in her stomach wouldn't settle. Goten blinked a few times, "What?"
"Grandma wants to see you NOW! So go home!!" She looked like she wanted to scream again. Instead, she settled on pointing out the window in the general direction of home.
"That's cool, Goten. I'll go with you and we can fight near your house." Trunks slapped his arm around Goten's shoulders.
Bra paled. "No!" She took a deep breath let it all out in a window-shaking scream, "DADDY!!! Trunks wants to spar with you!"
Trunks paled and looked over to Goten.
Pan pushed Trunks's arm off from around her uncle. "Uncle Goten, Grandma said she wanted to see you right NOW! Don't keep her waiting!"
"But Pan, you haven't talked to my mom all day--"
"GO!"
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END CHAPTER ONE