Breaking Free

Breaking Free Chapter 4



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Trunks woke early the next day. The drapes over his window were still pulled shut, so the
room was still dark. He stretched a little, careful not to wake the beauty sleeping next to him.
He rolled onto his side to look at her. She was sprawled out on her back, head turned in his
direction. Her mouth was parted slightly and she was snoring softly. Trunks stared at her for
the longest time. His eyes took in everything about her. Her hair was a mess and the sheets
were tangled around her slim form. He also noticed she was drooling slightly.

Trunks smiled. A true smile, one he only gave when truly happy about something. Pan was the
most beautiful creature he ever brought to his bed. And she was his for the rest of eternity. He
remembered how beautiful and happy she looked during the ceremony yesterday. He couldn't
keep his eyes off of her. She almost seemed to glow. Yes, he made the right decision in taking
Pan as his mate. He couldn't imagine sharing his life and kingdom with anyone else. He
wondered how he managed to go so long over looking her the way he did. He almost felt
foolish with the knowledge that his true happiness was right in front of him all those years.

He reached a hand out and gently traced the line of her jaw with his thumb. æSoul mate . . . '
his mind whispered. His mother had often told him that there was one person out there for
everybody. One person who would truly understand you. Who would accept all your faults
and weaknesses and who would bring you true happiness. He was young and innocent and
believed every word his mother fed him. When he got older though, he thought it was a bunch
of crap. No matter how many girls he was with, he never found a soul mate in any of them.
No form of connection or understanding was found in those meaningless nights of passion. But
here he was now, with the one person he couldn't imagine living his life without. His mother
still proving him wrong years afer her death.

His thumb moved to trace her soft lips and she stirred slightly but did not wake. He moved his
hand down and lightly ran his fingertips across her flat stomach. She giggled a little in her sleep
making Trunks chuckle. He could tell she was slowly waking up so he bent down and kissed
her softly, gently biting her bottom lip. He kissed his way down her neck and then to her
collarbone tracing it with his tongue. She sighed in satisfaction and opened her eyes. Trunks
looked up at her then and their eyes locked. Pan reached a hand up and ran it through his soft
lavender hair. He bent down and kissed her gently as he slid himself in side of her. Pan
wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer to her. They laid still like that, kissing
and enjoying the feel of being connected to each other for a few moments. Then Trunks began
a slow, languorous pace, never breaking the sweet kiss. Pan began to rock her hips up to
meet his but Trunks moved his hand down to her waist and held her still. He wanted to be in
complete control of their lovemaking. He reached up with his other hand and detangled her
arms from around his neck. He stretched them above her head and held them there, rendering
her completely immobile while he gently rocked inside her.

Pan moaned as Trunks pushed himself deep inside her. She was used to him always being in
control, but his slow, gentleness was completely new. In all the times they were together he
was never very tender with his lovemaking, preferring it rough and hard. He finally broke the
kiss to look down at her, watching her every reacion. Pan was enjoying this new style
immensely finding it sweet torture on her senses. Trunks knew she was nearing her release and
picked up his pace slightly to push her over the edge. When she finally came, tossing her head
back and letting out a long moan, he didn't stop. He kept going causing her to go right into
another one, this one more intense than the last. Trunks slowed back down as she came down
so he wouldn't go over the edge. He wasn't ready to stop yet, he was enjoying her too much.
Pan squirmed against him trying to gain some measure of control but Trunks squeezed her hip
hard letting her know to stop. She closed her eyes tight trying to control the pleasurable
spasms that shook her body. He rocked inside her for see seemed like forever, both lost in ecstacy.

Time completely stood still for the two of them. At some point they heard shouting coming
from outside the room in the halls. Suddenly the door to their room burst and and the King
strode angrily in. Pan froze, not that she was moving much anyway, when she saw him
standing there. She felt her face turn beat red as he stood there watching them. Trunks didn't
flinch and made no move to stop what he was doing. Pan shut her eyes, wishing he would
leave as she felt herself nearing another climax.

"Get out old man. I'm busy." Trunks said, his eyes never leaving Pan's face. He had no
intention of stopping just because his father wanted to be a dick.

"Knock that shit off you two." Vegeta said in a disgusted voice. He then became very serious.
"Your sister is missing. Her ki cannot be found. Anywhere."

Trunks immediately stopped at the mention of his sister missing. "What do you mean?" he
asked turning his attention to his father. He didn't really want to be bothered with his sister's
foolish games right nowt tht the tone of his father's voice made him think it was something
more serious.

"Just what I said. Get dressed." With that he walked out of the room.

Trunks looked down at Pan and by the look on her face figured she got the same impression
as he. All he really wanted to do was stay in bed with Pan all day but his father said they
couldn't even find her ki. He reluctantly pulled out of her and knelt on the bed deep in thought.
Pan sat up and looked worriedly at him. Bra was known for playing her stupid hide and seek
games but this seemed different.

"Trunks?" she said quietly. He looked up at her and she could see the worry in his eyes. After
what happened a month ago, they were all a little worried about the Princess.

"We should get dressed." He said regretfully. He leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on her
forehead. She nodded her head in agreement and they got up and got dressed. When they
reached the main room they could hear shouts coming from the hall. There were more people
in the hall than either could remember there ever being. The place was in total chaos. Trunks
levitated above the mess and took off toward the throne room. As he was flying, he reached
out with his senses to search for his sister's ki. Just as his father said it was no where to be found.

He landed as he reached the throne room doors and ran inside, Pan right behind him. The
throne room was full of panicked people too. His father was pacing the floor while the two
unfortunate guards who were suppose to keep an eye on the Princess gave a report. The King
looked as if he was just barely keeping his sanity in check as he listened to them. As Trunks
reached them, his father raised a hand to blast the one speaking. Trunks hurriedly pu the the
guard out of the way. He didn't want them dead before he had a chance to question them.

Vegeta gave Trunks a hard look but said nothing. Trunks turned to the guard. "Where the hell
is my sister. You were supposed to be keeping an eye on her."

The young guard looked as if she was going to be in tears. She was shaking uncontrollably as
she tried to answer. "Th-the l-last th-thing I-I remember was her saying she was going to go to
bed. I don't remember anything after that, sire."

Trunks growled and rolled his eyes. "Tell me everything that happened after she left the party
last night. DO NOT leave ANYTHING out." He said barely keeping his own anger in check.

The guard looked to her partner, who was also shaking. She turned back to Trunks and
began. "As far as we could tell she was behaving herself. Um . . . at the p-party sh-she let us
dr-drink, sire. She said it was ok! Then when we left, she gave us her tea that took care of
hangovers and said she was going to bed. I-I don't remember anything after that. When we
woke, we knocked on the door and no one answered. We went in there to look and that's
when we noticed her missing."

No wonder his father was going to blast these two! "You mean to tell me that you were drunk
while on watch?! You know that is against the rules and you broke them. My sister was taken
during the night, when you should have been awake! You should have noticed someone
entering the palace! That is your job!" Trunks was shouting now, enraged by this information.
"Take these two to the dungeons. If my sister has been harmed, you'll pay for it with your lives!"

Two other guards came up and took the two females away. Trunks turned to his father. "Has
there been any word? No one saw anything?" He demanded.

"No one saw anything with all the confusion of your blasted wedding last night! Anything could
have happened to her! I told you nothing good would come from marring that misfit!"

Trunks stalked up to his father and got into his face. "Don't you dare try and blame this on
Pan, old man! Perhaps if you weren't so drunk you would have noticed something. You're the
all powerful and mighty warrior! Nothing should have escaped you in your own damn palace!"
He shouted.

Vegeta screamed in rage and blasted his son. Trunks flew back into the air, but was able to
right himself and land. He charged right at his father and punched him in the face. Vegeta took
the punch and as he was flying back, he flipped and kicked Trunks underneath his chin.
Trunks flew back and flipped too, landing on his feet. They faced each other powering up,
preparing to fight.

Pan saw them power up and knew that them fighting wasn't going to do any good. She ran out
in between them just as they began to charge at each other. Vegeta, who reached her first,
kicked Pan hard sending her flying to the other side of the room. Trunks saw this and lost it,
bursting into SuperSayian. He began to pummel his father, not giving him any mercy. Vegeta
was able to block most of Trunks hits while powering up to SuperSayian himself. They fought
all out not caring of the others in the room who might get hurt.

Pan stood where she landed watching them. She wasn't hurt, just extremely pissed off. Here
Bra missmissing and the only thing those two idiots could think to do was fight! Pan screamed
as she powered up. She knew she was no match for a SuperSayian, but maybe she could
knock some sense into them. She concentrated all her energy into her attack. When she
gathered enough she let it loose, blasting both of them.

The two men flew apart as they were blasted from behind. They turned to see who had the
audacity to break up their fight and saw a panting Pan. Both were shocked.

"Knock. It. Off! This isn't going to help find Bra!" She shouted.

Vegeta was at a lose of words for a moment. He quickly recovered though. "You should
worry about yourself brat." He spat out as he advanced on her. He was stopped though when
Trunks grabbed his arm.

"She's right, father. We need to find Bra before something happens to her." He said as he
powered down. He let go of Vegeta and moved toward Pan. He began to check her out for injuries.

"Stop it!" Pan yelled at Trunks as she jerked away from him. "I'm fine! Jeez Trunks, I'm not a
fucking child!"

Trunks frowned but stop. Pan was certainly getting mouthy these days. Vegeta dropped out
of SuperSayian too. He was still mad about Pan blasting him, from behind no less. But
decided she wasn't worth the energy. They all stood glaring at each other for a few minutes.
Then a young guard came running into the throne room holding something out in front of him.

"Sire!" The young warrior shouted, excitedly. Vegeta growled at him.

"Get on with it!" He snapped.

"Yes, sire! Kiao had the cups the two guards were drinking analyzed in the lab when he found
residue of some kind of powder in them. The reports are back, sire!" The guard said hurriedly.

"Powder?" Trunks asked his eyebrow raised in surprise. "What do these reports show?"

"The reports indicate that there was a very powerful sleeping powder in the drinks. That's
probably why the two didn't remember anything, sire."

"Are you telling me that my sister slipped her guards sleeping powder?"

"No sire. I'm only relaying what the reports show." The boy said nervously. He did not want
to piss off the King or the Prince.

Trunks smirke him him. "Very well. You may leave." The boy gratefully took off.

Vegeta was beyond angry now. "How dare that brat runaway! Who in the hell does she think
she is?"

"Well, if she did, it would explain why we can't feel her ki. She probably has it suppre and and
is far enough away to where we can't sense it from here. We'll have to send out search
parties." Trunks said.

"I'll find the damn brat myself!" Vegeta roared. He turned away and stalked of tof the room.
He didn't even stop as Kiao approached the room. When the King was gone Kiao walked
into the room to speak with Trunks.

"I take it you heard the report, sire?" He said when he got in respectful speaking distance of
the Prince.

"Yes. Father has gone out to search for the Princess himself. I want you to send out any
available squads right now to search the nearby area. She couldn't have gotten that far. Bra
doesn't know the planet very well. Be sure to have che check all woods and mountains. I'm
sure she would stay out of the dessert. I want everybody questioned. Anyone who thinks
they've seen anything I want brought straight to me. Someone is bound to have seen
something. Bra doesn't exactly fit in with everyone. I want a report from every squad in the
next two hours."

"Yes sire." Kiao said then left the room.

Trunks turned to look at Pan. He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist
and laid his head on her shoulder. "Why would she leave like this? Doesn't she understand that
there are people out there who want her dead?"

Pan sighed and stroke his head. She understood why Bra would leave. She just couldn't
believe she had done it. She only hoped that she was ok.

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Bra awoke the next morning feeling more tired than she ever remembered feeling. She hadn't
got very much sleep the night before. She was fearful of her new surroundings and the man
that slept down the hall. Goten had been true to his word and didn't bother her all night. Bra
got out of bnd snd stretched. Her body hurt from the fight last night and sleeping on the
unfamiliar bed. She examined the bruises on her arms the men had given her. They were dark
and ugly. What she wouldn't give for a regeneration tank now. She decided to wear a long
sleeve body suite underneath her armor to cover them. When she finished dressing she quietly
snuck out into the hall, unsure of what she'd find. She heard voices coming from the kitchen
and crept in that direction.

She poked her head around the doorway and saw Goten talking with a woman. Bra felt her
heart sink. æIs that his mate?' she wondered. The woman was tall, with short, light brown
hair. She didn't seem to be very happy with him as she was giving him a very dirty look. Goten
didn't look very comfortable himself. He was leaning against the counter with his arms crossed
over his chest, a frown on his handsome face. Bra was confused by all of this and decided to
eavesdrop on their conversation before making her presents known.

"Answer me now, Goten. Why did you say that last night?" The girl said angrily.

Goten's frown deepened. He did not want to deal with Callie and her stupid questions. He
didn't get much sleep last night with Beta in the next room. He had to fight with himself all night
not to go in there. And now he had to deal with this.

"Where is he now?" He asked.

Callie growled. "He took Avis out hunting this morning. Damnit Goten! Don't try and change
the subject. I want a fucking answer now! Do you just like making my life harder than it
already is?"

"You know what I said is true, Callie. I don't understand why you try and deny it."

"No, I don't know that." Callie said getting angrier.

"You wanna find out?" Goten said smirking slightly. He reached a hand out and ran it through
her hair. Callie took a step backward and smacked his hand a



"Knock that shit off, Goten!" She all but yelled. "What the hell is your problem? We work
together and you're my friend. That's all. You can't keep doing shit like this!"

Goten angrily spun around and slammed open the refrigerator door. He reached inside and
grabbed a bottle off one of the shelves. "We were more once before." He said angrily as he
ripped the top off and took a big drink.

Callie's eyes flashed with rage and she ripped the bottle away from Goten's mouth. "It's nine a
clock in the fucking morning! You can't just keep drinking your problems away!"

GoteGoten glared at her. "Don't you understand, Callie? We had something together! I know we
did! Then he came along and took you away from me!" He grabbed her arm. "If you would
only give me one more night, I could make you remember." He said almost desperately.

Callie sighed as she set the bottle down. She looked into Goten's pleading eyes then closed
her own briefly. When she opened them, all the anger was gone and was replaced with an
almost regretful understanding.

"Goten," she said quietly. She reached a hand up to stroke his face. "That was a long time
ago. We were both young and curious. We've talked about this." Goten's head dropped
down in defeat and his entire body sagged. She put her hand under his chin and lifted his head
so he was looking at her. "You know I love Tavis. He is my mate. We have a child together
and he loves me."

Goten's eyes became hard. "He treats you like shit and you know it. I would treat you so
much better . . . " He trailed off as Callie placed a finger to his lips.

"Ssshhhhh," she hushed him. "What goes on behind our doors is no one's business but our
own. I know Tavis and I know he loves me and that's all that matters. Get over it Goten or it'll
get you killed someday. I don't want a repeat performance of last night." She said as she
stepped away from him. She took the liquor bottle and began to dump it out in the sink. Goten
watched her with disinterested eyes. "Sober up, Goten. I'll come by in a few days to check on
you." She gave him one last look over then walked out of the kitchen.

Bra jumped back and pressed herself up against the wall as she passed. She didn't seem to
notice her. Bra heard a heavy sigh from the kitchen and looked back in. Goten was leaned up
against the counter, arms crossed over his chest, head down and his eyes closed. He sighed
again and opened his eyes. He shook his head as if to clear it of thought and opened the fridge
door. She saw him take out another bottle, open it and begin to drink from it. He drank half of
it straight without stopping for breath. Then he took another bottle off one of the shelves and
shut the door. She watched him for a minute longer as he finished the rest of the contents of
the first bottle then started on the second one.

Bra sighed silently and went back into her room. She decided now wouldn't be a good time to
go in there and would give him some space. She laid back down on the bed and tried to
digest everything she'd heard and seen. She silently wondered what she'd managed to get
herself into this time and what she should do next.

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Trunks paced the floor of the throne room. He was alone having sent everyone away so he
could think. He had to have Pan sedated about an hour ago. She'd been hysterical and
wouldn't stop crying after the first reports came back with nothing. She blamed herself for
everything, saying she should have been there for Bra and that it had always been her duty to
guard her from the day she was born. That she'd failed and now Bra was probably hurt
somewhere and she couldn't help her. Pan tried to leave the palace to look for her and that's
when Trunks had her put under. She fought him but Trunks overpowered her and now she
was asleep in their bed. He had his strongest guards watching her, giving strict orders that if
she woke up to sedate her again. He didn't want to have to worry about Pan too. It was
better if she was just asleep right now.

The searches had been fruitless. Nothing was turned up and no one saw anything out of the
ordinary last night. Probably because everyone was too busy getting drunk to notice. Bra
picked the perfect time to get away. The entire planet had been distracted. He called off the
searches for the night, deciding to start again in the morning when he could be more organized.
The only thing he really knew for certain was that she drugged her guards and was still on the
planet because all the ships were accounted for.

What he didn't understand was that no one had seen her yet. Bra's blue hair and eyes should
be a dead give away to her heritage. She was the only person on the planet, save him, that
looked like that. This worried him to no end. He worried that someone found her and killed
her, or worse. He didn't want to think about what worse could be. Bra was a very powerful
girl but she didn't take her training seriously and power meant nothing if you couldn't control it
and fight. While she was stronger than most she didn't have good technic and that could mean
trouble against some of Vegetsei's more seasoned warriors.

Trunks sighed. His father hadn't returned yet and this also worried him. He knew his father
was going insane not knowing where she was. Bra was ædaddy's little girl' and he knew it was
killing him with her being gone. He was probably tearing the planet apart looking for her. At
least that's what the reports were telling him. The last report turned up nothing though, not
even his father's destruction. This bothered Trunks. The King had been just barely hanging
onto his sanity since the Queen's death. Bra missing just might push him over the edge of no
return. Especially if she turned up dead.

Trunks ruthlessly tried to push that thought out of his head but it wouldn't leave. They couldn't
find her ki! If they could his father would be home with her by now. It was a very real
scenario that he didn't want to deal with right now. If she was, he would kill everyone involved
and all of their families. But he couldn't think like that. The planet was huge, the largest in this
solar system, she could be anywhere by now. It would take time to find her, but they would.
He had no doubt in that. They would find her and if she was dead they would find her
murderers and make them pay. But he could feel it in his soul, she was alive. She had to be.
For the sake of their planet she had to be alive. He didn't know what his father would do if
she wasn't but he was sure it would involve mass destruction.

He turned toward the window and watched as the sun finished setting behind the mountains.
æWhere are you Bra . . . father? Where have you gone?' He thought as the last rays faded
into the night sky. æWhat a way to spend a honeymoon.' He thought bitterly, his thoughts
turning to his drugged mate. He really hated having to do that to her. He needed her here with
him right now. But he couldn't afford her running off and getting herself in trouble too. He
didn't know what else to do so he decided to go and look for his father. He opened the doors
and walked out onto the large balcony that overlooked the city. He looked down at the huge
city below and silently wondered again where his sister was. He floated into the sky looking
for his father's ki. Luckily he wasn't suppressing it and he found it a ways behind the palace.
He flew in that direction, pass the gardens and into the woods. He landed a few minutes later
in a clearing and looked around.

He instantly recognized where he was. Where his parents had met and now where his mother
was buried. He looked over to the waterfall, shining in all it's beauty under the moonlit sky. He
looked across the lake to find his father. He quietly floated over to him and landed silently
behind him waiting for him to say something. Vegeta was kneeling down in front of the grave
with his head bowed. They stayed like that for a long time, neither saying anything. Then
Vegeta finally broke the silence.

"Has anything turned up?"

"No, not yet father." Trunks answered. He heard him sigh heavily and look up at the stone that
marked the grave. Trunks felt a little uncomfortable, he wasn't used to seeing his father like
this so he stayed quiet.

"I failed your mother, brat. I promised to keep her safe and I failed. And now I've failed her
again. I promised to keep her Princess safe and I can't even find her. . . . Kami knows what
has happened to her. I can't find her ki. She's probably dead by now." He said softly in tone
that Trunks could almost mistake as worried.

"She's not dead father. I know she's not. She's strong, she can handle herself until we find her."

"You sound so sure. They killed your mother before I even had the chance to get to her and I
was right there, if you've forgotten."

"All those people are dead. You killed them yourself."

"Yes, I did. But that doesn't mean we don't still have enemies. Especially now that you and
Pan are mated. Enemies are sneaky Trunks. They wait until you've relaxed and then strike.
That is a lesson you shouldn't wait to learn the hard way."

"Bra left on her own father. She drugged her guards and left. No one took her."

"That doesn't mean they don't have her now." Vegeta snapped. "Bra would easily be picked
out of a crowd. She is a good fighter but if she was out numbered she would not stand a chance."

Trunks said nothing for he knew what his father said was true. He had already thought about
all of this. He didn't know what to say so he stared silently at his father's back for a long
moment, deep in thought.

"We'll find her father." Trunks said softly after a while. "I swear I'll find her alive and well.
She's out there somewhere, we only have to look."

Vegeta turned to look at him then and Trunks could see the half-crazed look in his eyes.
Trunks wondered what was keeping him togther right now, butidedided he didn't really want
to know. His father was on the edge and it was only a matter of time before he fell off. And
when he did there would be nothing that would be able to bring him back. Trunks started as
he realized that if he did fall off that proverbial edge he would be forced to kill him, to save
himself and his people.

"You better hope for your sake that you're right." Vegeta said. His voice was cold and his
eyes glinted dangerously. Trunks could only nod his head fore he knew what his father was
capable of and that he would not hesitate to do it. Vegeta stood suddenly and took off into the
sky, not giving a second look back.

Trunks sighed and walked up to his mother's grave. æBeloved and Honorable Queen of
Vegetsei,' the marker read. The Japanese symbol for intelligence, just like the one that was
tattooed on her back, was engraved underneath the words which were written in sayiango.
Japanese was his mother's native language, from her native world. Trunks often wondered
what that planet was like, but it was long ago destroyed. And his mother hadn't been human
since before he was born. Trunks wasn't half human but it was still apart of his heritage. His
blue eyes and purple hair a constant reminder.

"I miss you mother. Things would have been so much better if you were still here. Please keep
Bra safe." He said softly before he took off back to the palace.

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Bra was startled awake when someone knocked on the door. She didn't even realize she'd
fallen asleep. She was covered in a cold sweat and the last few wisps of some horrible dream
quickly faded away. She looked around the room, forgetting momentarily where she was. She
sat up as Goten opened the door and stuck his head in. He had a small apologetic smile on his
face.

"I didn't want to wake you, but I thought you might be hungry." He said.

Bra looked at him, still a little disorientated from sleep. "What time is it?" She asked groggily.

"Well, it's late. I let you sleep because of the rough night you had. And I had some things to
take care of and didn't want to bother you."

Bra looked out the window and noticed that it was dark out. She was shocked. æI must have
been more tired than I thought.' She thought as she got up and followed Goten out of the room.

"I made some food. It should be done in a few minutes. You can shower if you want." He said
pointing to the bathroom. Bra nodded her head and went in.

The hot shower felt good on her aching body. She couldn't believe she had slept all day. She
washed herself in her flower scented soap, rinsed off and got out of the shower. She dried
herself with a burst of ki and checked her hair in the mirror to make the die hadn't faded.
Everything looked good, so she put her body suit back on but lefe are armor off.

She walked into the kitchen to find Goten trying to put a fire out on the stove. She laughed at
him and went to help. They both managed to get the fire out and when the threat was over
they started laughing.

"Thanks for the help." He said between laughs. "I don't usually cook, so I don't know how
good this stuff will be. But I followed one of my mother's recipes so it should be ok. She was
the best cook on the planet. Although I doubt any of the food called for a grease fire." He
started laughing again at his own joke. "Here, go sit down. I'll serve you."

"Oh, you don't have to do that." Bra said politely, though she had no intention of serving
herself. She went and sat down at the small table and watched as he put the finishing touches
on the meal. She studied him while he worked. He was tall and handsome. His short black
hair stood up in different directions and his body was well built, the shirt he was wearing
barely containing his muscles. He had a cute ass too, she noticed with a smirk.

Goten turned and placed a huge plate filled with food in front of her. He grabbed his own and
sat across from her. "Dig in!" He said and began to shovel food into his mouth. Bra watched
him both amazed and disgusted that he could eat so fast. She began on her own food slower,
taking dainty bites. To her surprise the food was actually good.

After Goten finished off his first plate and got a second one he started up a conversation. He
ate his food slower this time because he wanted to talk to her and because he noticed the
looks she was giving him at his table manners. He was used to the looks but for some reason
wanted to make a good impression on her. Goten told bad jokes and amusing stories from his
purging missions. He loved to see her laugh. Her entire face lit up and the sound was like
music to his ears.

They stayed in the kitchen talking after they got done eating and Bra was enjoying herself until
Goten started talking about the things he did that day. This made her remember the
conversation she overheard earlier and she began to feel uncomfortable. She really liked
Goten but remembered the way he had looked at the other girl. Even if the other girl already
had a mate, she didn't want to be second to anyone.

Goten noticed her become uncomfortable and stopped his senseless chattering. He had no
idea what he'd done or said to upset her. "Beta, what's wrong?" He asked frowning slightly.
Women were so temperamental.

"I should probably go." Bra said standing up. She didn't wait for his reply as she turned and
headed for the door. She had to get out of there. She didn't know where she would go, but
she knew she couldn't stay there if he liked another woman.

Goten jumped up and ran after her. "Where are you going? Beta it's late, don't leave." He
reached her and grabbed her arm making her stop.

"Goten I should leave. I thank you for your hospitality, but I really should go."

"Where are you going to go? I thought you didn't have anywhere." He said not letting go of
her arm.

"I don't but..." She didn't get a chance to finish as Goten cut her off.

"Then stay here. This house is lonely by myself. You don't have anywhere else to go tonight,
so stay. Just for the night at least. I won't take no for an answer." He said firmly that left little
room for argument.

Bra sighed and smiled at him. He really was sweet and she did like him and she didn't really
know where else to go. æMaybe one more night wouldn't hurt' she thought as she turned to
face him. "Ok, I'll stay if you insist." She said shyly.

Goten smiled widely, glad that she was staying. She certainly was beautiful and he would like
to get to know her better. æAnd get her into bed' he thought, but she didn't look like that type
of girl. This one would take time and he could work on that if she were here. He didn't plan on
rushing things with her because he thought she was something special. He liked having her
around though, she wasn't like any other girl he ever met before.

"I insist. I want you to stay for as long as you can. This house could use something beautiful in
it." He said smoothly.

Bra blushed at the compliment. No one had ever really called her beautiful before. Maybe
there was hope yet. Maybe she could make him forget about that other girl.


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