Chapter One: Nice To See Ya, To See Ya…Very Nice!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Dragonball Z characters, yadda, yadda, yadda…
A/N: Yes, I know I took my time in bringing this chapter out, sorry dudes! ^.^()
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Trunks…"I miss CJ…" Goten sighed.
"I KNOW!" I yelled. I didn't mean to yell at him but he'd been saying that every ten freakin minutes!! It was driving me…I don't think insane is a strong enough word.
"It seems like years. Decades. Centuries." He sighed as he collapsed on his back. I rolled my eyes.
"Goten! It's only been two months!" I exclaimed. Goten laughed sheepishly. "I can't believe you're that crazy about her."
"I really miss her Trunks. It's weird." Goten said, his face doing that scrunchy thing again.
"Yah, while you've been lovesick I've had to deal with boredom! You won't do anything without whining about Fujitaka. CJ has gone on holiday just like everyone else." I said, trying to cheer him up. Goten only groaned.
Seriously! He had been like this all summer long! Whining about CJ and stuff. Plus I had to deal with him alone. ALONE!! I didn't have Juliana coz she had gone to a gross biologist camp or something. Lil Tak's mother had taken him to the army and CJ had gone away. She hadn't said where so I assumed it was a holiday with her family.
"When is she coming back?" Goten asked.
"I don't bloody well know." I replied.
"There's no need to go all Del-Boy on me Trunks. I was just asking." Goten pouted.
"You know, you're worse than my mom with those old TV references." I sighed. "Let's go to Gohan's." I grabbed his arm and pulled him along. There was a period of silence.
"I miss CJ." Goten stated. I face-faulted.
"Why me?!"
Later at the Son Gohan residence…(Gohan is married so he has his own home)
"Gohan, you're brother is driving me crazy!!" I said. Gohan just smirked.
"There's nothing you can do about it Trunks. It's his first crush." Gohan said.
"I thought Natalie was his first crush." I said.
"Nope, that was his first infatuation. It's different." Gohan replied as if it was the easiest thing to understand. Geometry was easier than this and I haven't studied it yet! The phone started to ring. "I'll get that."
"Great, you do that. I'll just stand here and watch WHILE MY BEST FRIEND TURNS INTO SOME SORT OF VEGETABLE!!" I yelled angrily. I looked over at Goten and he was sitting on the couch staring at the TV. The TV was off. There was no hope for him now…
"Trunks, it's for you!" Gohan called. "I still don't understand how you get phone calls at MY house."
"Thanks Gohan." I said taking the phone off him. "Hey you're talking to me. All Trunks, all the time."
"Stop goofing around!" I recognised the voice as Juliana.
"What's up Jules?" I asked.
"Well, all of us guys that went on holiday are set to come back by tonight. So I was thinking how about we all meet up at the Pizza Plaza?" Juliana asked, always the socialite.
"That's a great idea but me and Goten are banned from that place." I replied.
"You mean Goten and I." Juliana said.
"What do you mean? You weren't even there."
"Never mind. How about we meet at the food court in the mall. You're not banned from there, are you?"
"Nah. We haven't eaten that place out of house and home yet."
"Whatever. I'll see you guys at 8." She hung up.
"What was that all about?" Gohan asked.
"Juliana called, she wants all us guys to meet up. Sort of a reunion thing." I replied. Gohan paled.
"GOTEN I WANT YOU AND YOUR BUTT IN HERE NOW!!" Gohan yelled. I raised an eyebrow at him.
"You okay man?" I asked.
"Nii-chan, how many times I got to tell ya? My butt and me are attached." Goten said.
"Boys, I have something that is of utmost importance to tell you." Gohan said as we took a seat. He turned his back to us and took a deep breath. "I need…some information before you go to your guillotine."
"Huh?!" I squeaked, putting my hands around my neck.
"You haven't seen your friends in a few months correct?" Gohan asked, his back to us still.
"It's been two months, one week, two days, seven hours…" Goten said.
"I think he gets the picture Goten." I said cutting him off.
"Kami-sama, this is worse than I thought." Gohan said, suddenly turning to face us. There were beads of sweat falling down his face. He was gnawing on his thumbnail nervously and his pupils were the size of pinpricks.
"Nii-chan, are you okay?" Goten asked fearfully.
"I need to warn you. At your age, people start to change rapidly. Now if you're around them the whole time you won't see the change. But you've been separated from your friends…for two months…oh my…" Gohan started to drift off into insane mumblings.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Are they going to mutate into some horrible type of zombie werewolf creatures that only come out at night to feed on the handsome yet innocent beings of Satan city?" Goten asked.
"Goten, how many times have I told you? Those are previews of movies, not of things to come in real life." I sighed.
"Oh…then I guess that The Powerpuff Girls won't be coming to a town near us." Goten said somewhat sadly. I have no influence on this boy! I swear it!
"Boys!" Gohan suddenly yelled, startling us. "I'm dead serious!! At your age, people go through changes that make them act differently. Now, if all your friends were boys then I hopefully wouldn't have to worry but…"
"Gohan, for the love of…will you just get to the point please?" I asked. I'm sorry but dude was trying my patience.
"Your friends, CJ and Juliana. Well, they're gonna look very different to you. Well CJ might not since Goten is already smitten with her but…" Gohan said, with a look on his face as if he was trying to calculate how much our friends had changed.
"Wait, so you're saying that we're gonna have feelings for them?" I asked.
"Not feelings as in I wanna marry ya and be the father of your children…" Gohan started to say.
"DUDE! Not in front of the kid alright!" I said covering Goten's ears.
"Look, you'll be attracted to them as they will to you." Gohan finished.
"But why? We look the same and so do they." Goten said. Gohan laughed a kind of sad laugh.
"Ah, to be young and innocent. I miss those days." Gohan said. "Look, I'm serious. How'd you think I'm married to Videl? Coz of her charming personality?! I mean, she's alright sometimes but when its her time DAMN she can be such a…" He paused. "Never mind."
"Look Gohan, you're exaggerating. We've been friends since the 4th grade. I very much doubt your prediction of doom is going to come true." I said haughtily. "Anyway, we've got to get going."
"Don't say I didn't warn you!" Gohan said as we walked away and out the door. "Like lambs to the slaughter."
Later that night…"Great, thanks to your brother's insane ramblings we're early." I said annoyed.
"And that's a bad thing?" Goten asked.
"It's good to arrive fashionably late dude." I replied as we sat down at the stools near the counter. We looked around and saw a tall, well-built guy walking towards us. He looked like what girls would call a 'total hottie', whatever that means.
"Hey Trunks, Goten. How are you guys doing?" The guys said grinning. We looked at him confused.
"Do we know you?" I asked. The guy laughed even more.
"You don't recognise me? It's Lil Tak." He said.
"NO FREAKIN WAY!" Goten and I yelled. He was totally different. No longer our little buddy but this gargantuan type person. Well, there goes his nickname!
"Dude, you've changed so much! Did ya take steroids or something?" I asked.
"No," Lil Tak replied. "My mom says that I had a growth spurt or something."
"I'll say! You're taller than my dad!" I replied.
"Trunks, you're almost fifteen and you're taller than your dad." Goten replied.
"Since when did you become such a smartass?" I asked. Lil Tak laughed.
"Its good to know your personalities haven't changed. I barely recognised you!" Lil Tak said.
"Really?" We asked.
"Yah huh. If it weren't for Trunks' hair, I would've walked straight pass you!" Lil Tak replied. I face-faulted. "Where are the girls?"
"They're either not here yet or my brother's prediction came true." Goten replied.
"Huh?"
"Don't ask." I said, returning to my seat. Lil Tak sat down and we looked around the food court for Juliana and CJ. I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I looked around and saw this totally hot babe.
"Hey!" She said.
"How you doin'?" I asked smirking and casually running my hand through my hair.
"Why are you acting like such an idiot Trunks?" She asked. "I told you earlier how I am." My jaw hit the floor.
"JULIANA?!" I yelled. The other two turned around to see what was going on and both of them blushed. Juliana had totally transformed! Okay, she was still wearing her glasses but they weren't the size of her head anymore. She looked…sophisticated. She looked like that chick from the Scorpion King…she was damned fine!
"What is the matter with you guys?" Juliana asked, and then Juliana whispered to me. "And who's that guy next to Goten? He's a total hottie!"
"That's Lil Tak." I replied. Juliana looked at Tak and he looked at Juliana. Goten and me noticed this little staring contest and looked at each other with confused faces. Goten's rumbling stomach broke the silence.
"Well Goten's appetite hasn't changed." Juliana laughed. I looked over at Lil Tak and he couldn't stop staring at her. I could see that another one of my friends had fallen into the whole crush scheme. This was going to be annoying! We ordered our pizzas and dug in…well Goten and me did anyways.
"That's rude! I'm five minutes late and you start eating without me." A voice, which could only be registered as Fujitaka onna herself, said. We stood up, looked around and saw her standing there with her arms folded. As I had predicted, Gohan's theory was incorrect. CJ looked exactly the same except a little taller, a little thinner and she no longer kept her hair inside her hat. Of course, Goten could not stop staring at her.
"Hey Ceej!" Lil Tak grinned. CJ raised an eyebrow.
"No way is that Takeshi Yamamoto!" CJ said, somewhat surprised. Lil Tak nodded. "Growth spurt right?"
"Yah huh!" Lil Tak said. CJ surveyed the rest of us.
"Looks like everyone went through their own growth spurt." CJ smirked. "Nice hair cut Goten."
"Arigatou." Goten said shyly. He had cut his hair short but still a little bit spiky.
"What can I say Trunks? The Pansy Potter look is still going for ya. Even after all this time." CJ smirked.
"Shut up!" I yelled. The others laughed and we sat down and ate our pizza.
Even though we had all changed, it was nice to see that we were still the best of friends. But high school was just two weeks away. With us having changed so much on the outside, would we fit in? Would we still hang together? Good lord, I was starting to sound like a TV narrator then!
"So, what were you guys up to this summer?" Goten asked.
"Went to a biology camp. It was cool but gross." Juliana replied, she then made a face and pushed away her extra cheese pizza. (If ya know how cheese is made, then you'll see where I'm going with this.)
"Spent some time with my mom and her recruits. There are some real cool guys in the army, plus I got taught how to handle fire arms." Lil Tak said, grinning.
"You did?! No fair!" I said frowning.
"Hey, your hands are living fire arms Trunks." Juliana pointed out.
"What did you do for the summer CJ?" Goten asked.
"I went to a martial arts tourney in America with Marron and her parents." CJ replied.
"Marron?! As in our Marron?!" I asked surprised.
"Um, yah. Although I didn't know she belonged to you. Is there something you're not telling us?" CJ said. I blushed furiously.
"C'mon! Marron is like my little sister." I replied.
"But Trunks, you already have a little sister. And her name is Bra." Goten said. I rolled my eyes and chose to ignore him.
"There's no need to get testy Trunks. And Marron isn't a little kid you know. She's a year younger than I am." CJ replied.
"Whatever." I replied. I looked over and saw Gohan in the Burger King, mouthing 'I'm warning you'. I spat out my cola and almost choked.
"What's the matter Trunks? You look like you saw a ghost." Goten said.
"No, I saw a mystic." I replied.
"You mean Gohan is stalking us?!" Goten asked. The other three raised an eyebrow.
"Believe me, you don't wanna know." I said shaking my head. I looked back inside the Burger King and Gohan was gone. "You don't wanna know."
To Be Continued…
Well kiddies, there you go. The first chapter of many to come…how quickly…um, well I have finals coming up so updates will be scarce. Sorry! *runs from angry readers*