Clan's Rising || DBZ Fanfiction

Chapter 2 - Strange Encounters

"Don't tell me they already left..." Raimu could barely find his way around the house but did find his way downstairs.

He found himself getting closer to the front door and saw his friends. Sitting on the ground, Valli showed how she had trouble with getting her shoes on while Cori tapped his foot impatiently.

"There you are." Cori pointed him out, both looking at him but Valli quickly focused on her shoes. "We're just waiting on Valli."

Valli struggled to untie them, getting more and more frustrated. "I don't know how they got like this!"

"You should know, you're the one that tied them!"

"Arguing over it won't help." Raimu sat in front of her, taking the shoe she was struggling on and trying to untie it. "Let me try."

Valli looked grateful for his help and even shed a tear. "Thank you, Raimu...!"

"It's not that big of a deal-" He stopped talking when they heard a crashing noise.

Their eyes went towards where the door to the gravity room was. Another crashing noise came from it that made them slightly jump.

Raimu almost began to sweat hearing the noise. "Who else is in there? It can't just be Trunks and Goten..."

Cori scratched the side of his cheek and remembered. "Yeah, it's Goten, my dad, and...and Goku and Vegeta."

"I didn't know my dad was here!"

"They train really hard..." Valli muttered and didn't realize how focused she was on her shoes. "I have no idea why though."

"I don't know the reason for training either...my dad and Goten are obsessed with it but I don't see much in it."

"I think training can be fun." Cori put in his own opinion, though with a hint of confusion. "I just don't know why I want to do it or why I want to be stronger."

Valli dropped her shoe to clench her fists. "And I don't want to fall behind! I can't let you get stronger than me!"

"Get your shoe and don't worry." Raimu reassured and got her shoe undone from the knot. "We wouldn't leave you behind like that."

More noise came from the gravity room, almost progressively getting louder. When a woman walked by the room, her eyebrow slightly twitched.

"Man..." She started out, staring at the door. "I'm getting more and more concerned for Trunks."

"Hey, Mom!" Cori greeted her, making the other two look at her.

Raimu watched her wave at them. "I haven't seen you in a while, Mein."

Mein looked happy as she usually did. "Neither have I, Raimu. It's mainly just been Cori and Valli hanging out together."

"What're you doing down here now then?"

"All of their training is distracting me. At this point, I can barely take a nap during the day."

"Fair enough."

"Where are you guys off to? I see Valli needs help with her shoes."

Cori grabbed her shoe from her and quickly undid the knot. "We were about to go to the forest, just for fun!"

Valli nodded and finally got her shoes on, beginning to tie them. "We just want to actually go and train without dying."

"I feel like saying that is over exaggerating..."

They heard another loud crash from the room and Mein slowly nodded. "I don't think it's over exaggerating..."

"Dang it, this sucks!" Someone began yelling and they all saw the door open, Goten coming out. "You guys are just unfair..."