Dragon Ball TC
Book Two - The Brief and Son Clash
Chapter One
"Who has disturbed my slumber?" Boomed the Eternal Dragon.
"It is I! Trunks Brief! I have a wish!"
"Then what is it?"
"Please! I need you to bring my father back to life! His throat was slit, and he died about four months ago!"
"It shall be done!" A vicious wind blew, as the Dragon’s eyes flashed. Goku and Rini clung to each other for dear life, so they wouldn’t be blown away.
Then it stopped. Trunks ran over to the Sons.
"I guess my dad will be home when we get back." He said. "Man! Usually, it takes years to find the Dragon Balls!" He exclaimed.
"That’s not always true, Trunks. It took Bulma and me a few weeks with the Bleeper. We were just lucky that they were on the same continent!" Said Goku. "But... I guess we should get home."
"Yeah! I don’t feel too good..." Said Rini, holding her stomach.
"Are you okay?" Asked Trunks she looked up at him, and gave him a thumbs-up.
"Yup. You know me!"
"Yeah, that’s why I’m worried."
"Oh god, that was so funny I forgot to laugh." She said sarastically.
"Come on. Hold onto me, you guys." Said Goku. Trunks and Rini grabbed the same arm, and he teleported them to Bulma’s house.
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"Bulma! We’re ho-ome!" Called Rini, standing in the doorway with the boys. Bulma was so happy, she couldn’t contain herself.
"Thank you so much you guys! Vegeta’s fine now!" She squealed, grabbing Trunks and kissing his cheek. "I’m so proud of you, Son!" She said. He smiled.
"Thanks Mom. I’m glad to hear it."
"And Rini! I’m proud of you, also." She hugged Rini too. Then she walked over to Goku. She took his hand in her’s. "Thank you so much, Goku. You’ve always been a great friend to me. You made sure that my son has come home safe, and I am very greatful for that."
"TRUNKS!!! You’re home!!!" Bra flew at him, and knocked him over. He fell onto the ground with her on top of him, and she started kissing his face all over. "*kisskisskiss* I’m so glad you’re okay!! *kisskiss*"
"Gahh! Bra! Get off me!" He said, between her annoying pecks. She finally stood up.
"Trunks? Is that you?" Trunks turned around to see Pan in the doorway. Her hair was significantly longer, and she had grown a little. He walked over to her.
"Yeah. Man... You look a lot different!" He said. She blushed.
"Yeah..." When Trunks turned around, he saw that Bra had changed a lot too. She didn’t dress like a skank anymore. But, her shirts were still a little short, and they exposed her belly button.
"Man! What else has changed since we left?" He asked.
"The length of your hair! Look at it! It’s almost down to the middle of your back!" Squealed Bra. "You need a haircut!"
"Whatever. Where’s Goten?"
"Jeez! I thought you were going to forget about me!" He said. When he walked into the room, Trunks’ eyes grew wide, and his jaw dropped.
"You’re... You’re... Tall!!" He said. Goten smiled proudly, and ran his fingers through his short hair.
"Yup. A few weeks after you left, I had a major growth spurt." He said. "I’m almost as tall as you!"
"Oooh.. Look at my little cousin, all grown up!" Said Rini, walking over to him, and grabbing him. She kissed him on the cheek. "Did ya miss me?"
"Of course! Why wouldn’t I?" He asked. Rini smiled, and then she remembered her hair.
"Crap! I have to get my hair cut! It’s... LONG!" She cried, dragging Trunks behind her. "Let’s go Trunks!"
"There they go again..." Said Goten.
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"I feel so much better!" Said Rini. "I can’t stand to have long hair! Although... They did cut off all of my pink hair..." Said Rini, as they walked into her house.
"Rini!" Squealed Candy, as she jumped from her chair. "Bulma called and said you were back! We’ve been waiting all this time!"
"Oh... Sorry to keep you waiting. It took us about... Two months to find the Dragon Balls, but then we ran into a thief, and it took us two more months to get them back."
"I’m so glad you’re okay. Your father is upst- Oh, nevermind, he’s right there." Rini turned around to look at Yamcha. His eyes were wide, and he was staring directly at Rini’s stomach.
"Trunks, get out of the house." He said, calmly.
"Why? What did I do?"
"GET OUT!" He barked. Trunks quickly ran out the door.
"Yamcha-" Started Candy.
"CANDY! QUIET! Rini, who the fuck did this?!" He asked, pointing at her stomach.
"Uhh... It’s a... I’m a watermelon thief." She said.
"Carratrini, don’t lie to me!"
"I’m not!" She said. Yamcha stared at her with a cold look in his eyes. Then, he slapped her across the face, and she started to cry. "Why’d you do that?!"
"Carratrini, I know you had sex with Trunks!"
"No I didn’t!"
"Then who?!"
"No one!" He slapped the other side of her face.
"Tell me now!!"
"No!" Before he could slap her again, Candy grabbed his wrist, and twisted it until he passed out.
"Now Rini, tell me everything that happened."
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"Okay... We have a situation here. How are we going to tell everyone?" Asked Candy. Rini’s eyes were red with tears.
"I don’t know. I just don’t know what we’re going to do." She said. "I can’t bear to talk to Dad anymore, in the fear that he’s going to hurt me again. I also don’t want him to go ballistic on Trunks... He might kill him!" She cried.
"Well, then I suggest we devise a plan. Who do you want to tell first?"
"Bulma."
"All right. I’ll go call her. Anyone else?"
"Bra, Maron, Goten, and Pan."
"Not Trunks?"
"No. Not yet. He doesn’t know."
"Okay. You sit tight, and I’ll be right back." Candy walked across the room, and started the phone calls.
‘God... My life officially sucks. Yup... Just a whole barrel of fun! Yay... My father is about ready to kill my boyfriend, and I’m pregnant! Whoopie!’
"Everyone will be over in a minute." Said Candy. She sat down on the couch with Rini. "You gonna be okay?"
"Hopefully... I’m just not sure what Trunks’ reaction will be..."
"He’ll be fine. He’s been exposed to much difficult situations than this."
"Yeah... I guess you’re right."
"Is everyone okay?" Asked Bulma, as she burst in the door with the rest following close behind.
"Yeah." Said Candy. "Now, I’d like everyone to take a seat on the couch. We need to tell you something." Rini got up and moved over to the chair, and their friends all sat down on the couch.
"What is it? Is it about Yamcha? Because, he’s sittin’ on the floor, and he’s not moving." Said Goten.
"No, he’s fine, just passed out. I’ll explain later." She said. Rini didn’t look at everyone- she just stared at the floor, still crying. "Okay. As most of you know, Trunks and Rini... Well... They’ve been very close lately... Closer than usual. And... Well..."
"Is Rini pregnant?" Asked Bra. Candy nodded.
"Oh my gosh!" Said Bulma, as she fainted.
"Mom!" Squealed Bra, catching her mother.
"Why isn’t Trunks here? If it’s his kid, then he should be here to hear this." Said Pan. Maron nodded.
"Yeah! Trunks has a right to know!" She said. Rini stared at them.
"No! I don’t want him to know- not yet, at least. So you all have to promise not to tell him anything. Understand?"
"Yeah..." They mumbled.
"And that goes for anyone else. If anyone asks you where you were, just say that you came over to see how my father was doing since he’s sick."
"But he’s not sick." Said Goten.
"Goten, it’s a cover story." She said. He nodded like he understood, even though he was totally confused. "I’ll explain later." She said. Then she sat down again. Pan walked over to her.
"Are you going to be okay?" She asked. Rini nodded silently with tears rolling down her face. Pan sat down on her lap, and gave her a hug. "I don’t like to see people sad. Just think- Now, you’ll be related to one of the most brilliant minds in the world, and you’ll have two extremely powerful releatives, one of which is a hero!" She said. Rini smiled.
"Thank you Pan-chan." She said.
"Wait a second- We’re going to have to wait like, five more months for the baby to be born?" Asked Bra.
"No. A Saiyan child doesn’t take very long to be born. A pure Saiyan child should only take a little more than three months, and if it’s half Saiyan, then it takes a little more than six months." She said.
"Only two more months to go..." Said Goten. "Boy, will Trunks ever be surprised!" He said. "I can’t wait to see the expression on his face when he finds out!"
"Goten, you’re not helping." Said Pan. He was quiet after she said that.
"Wait... Why isn’t her stomach like, totally huge?" Asked Bra.
"A Saiyan doesn’t take very much space to develop. It won’t bulge very much." Said Candy. Rini continued to cry.
"Why did this have to happen to me? I just know that my new baby is going to be killed by something, just like in the future." She said, a hint of anger in her voice.
"Don’t sweat it. We’ll make sure that both of you are safe." Said Goten. Rini smiled at him.
"It’s so great to have such a caring family." She said. "Thanks."
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"I have the biggest urge to tell Trunks what happened." Said Goten. "I just know I’m going to end up squealing."
"No you won’t! You promised Rini you wouldn’t!" Said Pan.
"But... UGH! It’s so hard to contain myself! I can’t keep secrets!!"
"Well, this time you’re going to have to!"
"Or else what?"
"Or else you’ll be chewing on a nice Kamehameha!"
"Go for it!"
"Fine!" Pan rested seventy-five percent of her body weight on her right foot. "Kaaa... Meee... Haaa... Meee... HAAAAA!!"
"Kamehameha!" Yelled Goten, producing a Kamehameha small enough to pierce through Pan’s. "Not good enough, girlie." He said, walking off. Pan flew up to her room and sat down on her bed.
"He’s so mean. I just know he’s going to spill the beans to Trunks." She said to herself. "I’d better do everything possible to keep Goten away from him."
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"Tru-unks! I’m he-re!" Called Pan, standing in the doorway. "Goten! Did you say anything?!" Goten turned around.
"Oops."
"Goten!"
"I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I told you I can’t keep secrets!" Trunks’ face was ghostly white. He was sitting on the couch, practically shaking, curled up in a little ball. Pan walked over to him and sat down. She put her hand on his back.
"Are you gonna be okay?"
"I... I... I might be..."
"You’re just really shocked, aren’t you?" He looked at her, his eyes wide, and nodded his head vigorously. "I can see why. Trunks, you’re going to be a daddy!" She said, hugging him. "Congratulations!" He stood up and faced her.
"Don’t you see how dangerous this situation is?! Yamcha is going to beat me into a mushy pulp!! I’ll be dead before the kid gets to lay his eyes on his father!" He said, resting his head in his hand. "I need to lay down for a while. If Rini comes by, don’t let her come into my room. If anyone calls, tell ‘em I’m not home. If Yamcha comes by, stall him for as long as possible, and hope to god he doesn’t kill me." With that, Trunks walked upstairs to his room. Pan glared at Goten, and then she got up and smacked him upside the head.
"You idiot! Your best friend is going to be killed! Or at least in critical condition! Doesn’t this matter to you at all?! If you were a real friend, you wouldn’t have squealed!" She hissed. Goten looked at the ground.
"I didn’t mean to! I really didn’t! It just kinda... Slipped." He said.
"Well that’s not good enough! Now Rini and Trunks are going to hate you!"
"I don’t want anyone to hate me for a simple mistake!"
"You still should have tried harder."
"Well, I didn’t, and now everything is all weird. He was going to find out sooner or later- Why not sooner?"
"We needed to plan a way to tell him, so he wouldn’t be traumatized!" She said. "If I were Rini right now, I’d be so pissed at you, you’d think that the whole world was against you." Said Pan, flying out the window. Goten sat down hard on the floor.
‘I don’t want everyone to hate me! He was going to find out sooner or later, just like I said. I don’t see what’s wrong with telling him now.’
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"Daddy... Everybody hates me..." Said Goten. He flew over and sat next to his father on the couch. Goku looked at him.
"You still call me Daddy?"
"Uhh, Yeah. Anyways, everybody hates me."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I told Trunks that Rini is pregnant, even though she told me not to, and now everyone is yelling at me for accidentally telling him." He said. "What should I do?" Goku’s face was pure white.
"Carratrini is pregnant? Since when?"
"Since the trip to the beach." He said. "But that’s not important right now! Everyone hates me! I need to know what to do!!"
"Carratrini has been pregnant ever since we went on that trip, and she hasn’t told anyone until now?!"
"DAD! I already told you that! But-"
"Goten, be quiet for a second... I have to think." He said, resting his forehead in his palms.
‘Holy cow! I can’t believe she’s pregnant! And she’s not even fat at all! Holy cow! Hmmm... A cow would taste pretty good right now... Goku! Snap out of it! You have to think about Carratrini, not your stomach! Oh... But it’s so hard not to... NO! Just stop thinking about food, and think about an actual human for once! I wonder what a human would taste like... STOP! You’re not a cannibal, and you have to think about Carratrini! She’s your cousin, and you care about her. But I’m so hungry! NO! Carratrini is the only thing that’s on your mind right now! You have to think about how you’re going to react to all of this! Do you support her, or do you do the same thing as Yamcha and punish her for doing naughty things? NO! You support her, because it was just all an accident! All just an accident.’
Goku looked at Goten.
"Where is she right now?"
"I’m pretty sure that she’s at her house."
"Okay. Tell your mother I’ll be back in a while." He said, running out of the house.
"Carratrini... Where are you?" Called Goku, into the empty house. He walked up to her bedroom, and walked in. She was laying in her bed, not moving. Goku walked over to her. "Carratrini, are you sleeping?" He asked, pulling the covers back. He jumped back in horror, as he saw a rope tied around Rini’s neck, and her face was starting to turn purple. "Oh my god! Carratrini!" He flew into Yamcha’s room, and found the same thing. He ran back into Rini’s room and checked her pulse. "Thank god... She’s still alive!" He grabbed her, ran into Yamcha’s room, grabbed her parents, and teleported them to the hospital.
Chapter Two