“Hey, you want to go to the beach?”  Trunks asked.
“Yeah, that would be fun.” Marron said.  “But I don’t have a swimsuit or 
anything on.”
“Neither do I.”  Trunks said.  “We could go to my house and get our 
swimsuits, and come back here.”
“Okay, but it’ll take me a long time to go to your house, and then back to 
the beach.”  Marron said.
“Well . . . I could fly us there.”
“Okay!” Marron said, her eyes shining.

“Look at those two!”  Bra exclaimed.  “They really are get caught on each 
other!”
“Yeah.” Goten agreed.
“Yeah, Goten, we’re going to go to the beach!  Wanna come?”
“What about the mechanicals?” Goten asked, holding up the capsules.
“Well, we’re going to back to the house first to get our swimsuits.”
“Okay then.  Let’s go!”  Goten said.  He was about to jump off, when Bra 
grabbed his shoulder.  “What?”
“Give me a ride!”
“No!  Walk with Marron!”  He said, about to jump, but Bra pointed towards 
Trunks and Marron, and Trunks was picking her up!  “No way!” He said.
“So give a ride!  I’m not going to walk by myself.”
“Fine.” Goten said, scooping Bra up.

“Hey, isn’t that Trunks?”  A bystander asked, pointing up.
“Who’s Trunks?” His wife asked.
“You know, that son of that famous woman, who owns capsule corp.?”
“Oh yeah!  It is him.  Who’s he with?”
“I don’t know.  Maybe Churl will know, let’s call him up . . .”

Pain and suffering.  That’s what he wanted for them.  They would suffer.  
He would cut their throats.  Watch them bleed.  Maybe they would beg for 
mercy.  That’s what he hoped.

“Thanks for the ride!” Marron exclaimed.  “That was so cool!  I hope I can 
do it one day.”
“Yeah, it is pretty cool.”  Trunks said.
“Let’s go in already.”  Bra said, running in.
“Wait for me!” Marron said, running in after her.
“So.” Goten said, walking up to Trunks.
“Don’t say anything.” Trunks said, going inside to get his swimsuit.

“This is exactly what we needed.” 18 said, walking into a hotel room.
“I guess.” Krillian mumbled, walking in after her.
“What, you don’t think so?”
“No, it’s just . . . I’m not used to taking vacations.” Krillian said.
“You aren’t?  Didn’t you say that you took to much time off of work or 
something?”  18 called from the bathroom.
“That was for fighting, remember?”
“Oh yeah.”  She said.
“I don’t remember the last time I had one.” He admitted.
“Then we’ll just have to make this one really special.” 18 said, coming out 
of the bathroom wearing a small bikini.
“Wow.” Krillian said, staring.  “You just have!”

“Okay, let’s go!” Marron said, coming out of Bra’s room.  “Thanks for let’s 
my borrow this.  I didn’t think to pack one.”
“No problem.” Bra said, coming out after her.
“I just wish it was a little more modest.” Marron said.
“Oh, come on, it looks great on you!” Bra said, and it did.
“But I feel so . . . exposed.  This is the first time I’ve ever worn this 
small of a bikini.”  She admitted.
“That’s okay.  Besides, you wanna catch Trunks’s eye, don’t ya?” Bra said, 
giggling.
“Wha?  I—“
“It’s okay.  You’re not the first person to fall for him.  But this is the 
first time he’s fallen for someone just as hard.”  Bra said.
“Really?”  Marron asked, feeling like she was glowing.

“I need to borrow one of your swimsuits.” Goten said, leaning up against 
the wall.
“Fine.”  Trunks said, tossing some trunks at Goten.
“So.” Goten finally says.
“So?”
“You really like her.”
“Shut up.”
“You do!  You like Marron!  You like Marron!” He sang teasingly.  Little 
did he know that Bulma was right out the door . . .

“Oh!  That’s SO cute!”  Bulma was saying to herself as she walked down the 
hall.  She was about to go into her room, when she heard Marron and Bra’s 
voices.
“But I feel so . . . exposed.  This is the first time I’ve ever worn this 
small of a bikini.”  She admitted.  Bulma took a little peek.  She did look 
a little immodest, but Marron also looked great.
“That’s okay.  Besides, you wanna catch Trunks’s eye, don’t ya?” Bra said, 
giggling.
“Wha?  I—“
“It’s okay.  You’re not the first person to fall for him.  But this is the 
first time he’s fallen for someone just as hard.”  Bra said.  Trunks really 
was falling for her!  Wow!  Just wait till I tell Chi-chi! She thought.
“Really?”  Marron asked.  Bulma smiled to herself, then saw Vegeta walking 
down the hall.  “Uh oh.”  She knew that Vegeta never really liked Krillian. 
  She imagined how upset Vegeta would be if he found out.  I just won’t 
tell him. She thought.  Vegeta looked over at Marron and Bra, but otherwise 
ignored them completely.
“Well, let’s go.” Marron said, and they went outside.
“Okay.”  Bra said, and they ran out.

Jeez.  I’ve never been this nervous about a girl!  Trunks thought, walking 
down the hall.  He saw Bulma humming to herself in the kitchen, fixing 
something.  “Mom, do you know where the towels are?”  He asked nervously.
“Yeah, underneath the bathroom sink.”  She said.  “So, you and Marron going 
to the beach?”
“Yeah.” He said.  He was too nervous to notice the tone of her voice.
“Have a good time.” She said with a wink.
He stopped dead in his tracks.  “Um, mom?”
“Yeah?”
“Did you happen to here Goten and me in my room?” He asked.
“Well, now that you mention it—“
“You didn’t tell anyone did you?”
“Why, no!  Why would I do that?”  Bulma said.
“Because . . . um, never mind.” Trunks said, running out of the room.

Marron grabbed her towel and started playing with the corner of it.
“You’re nervous aren’t you?” Bra asked.
“Yeah.” Marron said.
“Don’t worry about it.  Trunks is really nice about this kinda stuff.” She 
said.
“I hope he likes me.” Marron said.
“You already know that he likes you.” Bra said.  “You’re getting way too 
worked up about this.”

“Let’s hurry up, they’re probably already waiting out there.” Trunks said.
“Okay, okay.  Jeez.” Goten quickly pulled on his swimsuit, and they ran 
outside.
Trunks opened up the door, saw Marron and froze.  She had a small bikini 
on.  It was light blue and it some how made her bright blue eyes look even 
brighter.  For the first time in his life, Trunks felt like he couldn’t 
talk.  Like someone had grabbed his mind, and only his heart knew what to 
do.  It was like he was dizzy.
“Hi Marron.” He managed to get out.
“Hi Trunks.” She said.  All of them stood there, what seemed to Trunks and 
Marron, forever.   Just staring into each other’s eyes.
“So are we going to go or not?” Bra finally asked.
“Uh, yeah.” Trunks said.  “Let’s go.”  He picked up Marron, and they flew 
off to the beach.

“Well, let’s lay out our towels.” Bra said.
“Okay.” Goten said, then dropped Bra.
“Ow!” Bra said.  “Why’d you do that!  You Baka!”
“Sorry your hinny-ness.” Goten said.
“Arrgh! You’re so immature!” Bra said.
“Thank you.” Goten said.
Trunks and Marron walked over to a different area of the beach to talk be 
themselves.
“So, Trunks.” She said, spreading out her towel.  “What do you wanna talk 
about?”
“Well, I don’t think you’re really interested in what I want to talk 
about.” Trunks said.
“Fighting?” She asked.
“Yeah.”
“Actually, I’ve always wanted to fight.  You know, just a little bit.  See 
what it’s like.  I mean, the rush has got to be cool.” She said.
“Oh, it is!” Trunks said.  “You know, when you start, you think you’re 
going to die, then while you’re doing it, its all blur.  Arms flying, 
KAMEHAMEHA’s everywhere.  But everyone knows where they’re supposed to be 
going, you know?  You see an arm about to hit your face, and then there’s 
one of your best friends, right there, catching it for you, and you ignore 
it, cause you know you’re going to be doing that for them next.”
“Wow.” She said quietly.  “I wish that I could—never mind.”
“What, start fighting?” Trunks said.  “Why don’t you?”
“Can you imagine my mom’s face if I started to fight?”
“What about your dad?”
“Oh, he doesn’t really care, he thinks that if I want to fight, then I 
should.  Mom doesn’t want me to at all.”  Marron sighed.  “I guess she 
thinks it’s too dangerous for someone like me.”
“Well, I could train you.” Trunks suggested.
“That would be really cool!” She exclaimed.  “I mean, I’ve always wanted to 
fly!  But I don’t know if I have any powers or anything.”
“Oh, come on!  Your dad is the strongest human in the world, and your mom 
is an android, you’re bound to have power, well, more then you have now.” 
Trunks said, sitting up.
“Cool!  When can we start?” She asked.
“Well, not today.” Trunks said.  “But, I guess you’d start in the graviton 
room.  We could add a one times more normal gravity each day.”
“Yeah.” Marron said.  “And do you guys have any like, weighted clothing 
that I can borrow to wear everyday?”
“Yeah, we have some black shirts, and some weighted ankle and wrist 
bracelets.” Trunks said.
“When can we start?” Marron asked.
“How about early tomorrow?” Trunks said.
“Okay with me, what time?”
“Oh . . . how about five?”

“What are those two talking about?” Goten grumbled, looking at Trunks and 
Marron getting closer and closer with each word.  “It must be pretty 
important.”
“Yeah.” Bra agreed watching. “You know, they’re pretty stupid.”
“Why?”
“Well, look at them, they’re trying to fall in love or something.” Bra 
said.  “It’s not going to happen.”
“Yeah, I know.” Goten said.  “I mean, even if they do fall in love, Vegeta 
isn’t going to be happy.”
“Yeah, I mean, he’s never liked Krillian much, but it wouldn’t be has bad 
as if he was falling for Pan . . . no that’s a bad example.  Like . . . me 
falling for you.  He’s never liked Goku at all.”
“Yeah, it’s not nearly as bad as that . . .” Goten said, looking at Bra.

Trunks watched as Marron breathed slowly.  She had said she wanted to get a 
tan, and she had obviously fallen asleep.  He looked at her face.  God, she 
was beautiful.  Her hair perfectly framed her face, and her eyes and nose 
and jaw, all in the right places, he wished her eyes were open.  He wanted 
to look at them, too.  Her lips turned up a little into a small grin.  She 
had Krillian’s smile, and Trunks thought it was charming on her.  He looked 
for some sign of 18 in her.  She had it all over, although you couldn’t pin 
point it like Krillian’s features, but it was there.
He wanted to kiss her.  He wanted to so badly!  But she was asleep.  How 
could you kiss someone when they’re asleep?
Before he knew what he was doing, their lips touched.  Marron’s eyes flew 
open, and Trunks thought she was going to scream.  But she didn’t.  She let 
him kiss her.  Soon they were locked in a tinder embrace.
Then cold water came pouring down on them!
“Hey!” Trunks yelled, standing up.  Goten was holding the bucket.  “You . 
. . you—“ Trunks said, unbelievably angry.
“Um, idiot?” Bra asked, coming up.
“Hey, it was you’re idea!” Goten said, pointing at Bra.
“What?  No it wasn’t!”
“Freak.” Trunks mumbled, and walked away.
“Hey, Trunks, could you help me with this?” Marron asked, holding up the 
sunscreen, hoping that he’d forget about the fight.
“Sure.” He said, walking over, fight forgotten.