Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Ball Z or any of the characters.

Note: This is based on Meghan's Reboot story, Gotcha. You can read it here.

Setting: After the Majin Buu Saga. I guess you can say that Goku is home for one of his many visits and this time he will stay for at least a week.

Ages (The young ones only. The rest you can figure out.):

  • Trunks: 22
  • Goten: 21
  • Pan: 9
  • Bra: 11
  • Marron: 19

Addtional note as of 4-12-01: You know, there were loads of typos in this fic! So I corrected them (though I could have overlooked some). This fic came from the time *before* I used spell check. Microsoft Word used to do strange things to my files.


Assassins: Day One

Chapter 1: The What?!

Pan, Bra, Trunks, Goten, and Marron were all over the Capsule Corp. and bored out of their minds one late spring day.

"There is nothing to do!" Pan whined, laying on her back on the floor and gazing up at the ceiling.

"Since there hasn't been any threats life has been so dull! I mean, even training gets boring after a while! Especially when you spar with the same person, over and over and over!" Trunks joined her in her whining.

"Mr. Capsule Corp. president, you should have lots to do!" Goten teased.

"You know how much I hate that job!"

While the others were complaining, Bra was thinking of a plan. She suddenly sat up. "Hey guys! I have an idea! Why don't we play the Gotcha Game?"

"The what?!" Four other voices asked her in unison.

"The Gotcha Game. It's also called Assassins. It's when everyone who's playing write down there names and the rest draw them. You have to get your target out with a water gun, but there are designated safe areas like your house, school, or job."

"That's a great idea! But we need more people to play." Pan said thoughtfully.

"Why don't we ask Goku-san and my father. I'm sure they'll say yes." Marron told the rest.

"Yeah! Let's go!" Pan jumped up and fly off towards the Son home. The rest followed (with Trunks carrying Marron).

***

"So that's what the game is. Do you want to play Grandpa Goku?"

"Sure! It's sounds like fun!"

ChiChi was quietly listening. They were surprised when she spoke up. 'I'll play too."

"Really Kaasan?" Goten asked surprised.

"Sure. I need to have some fun once in a while."

"Who else do you think would play?" Trunks asked everyone.

"What about Gohan and Videl, or Bulma and Vegeta?" Goku suggested.

Trunks, Pan, and Bra looked at each other and burst out laughing.

"You've got to be kidding! My Tousan and Kaasan are too stuffy for something like that!" Pan said giggling.

"Kaasan would want to work on her projects." Bra said out of breath.

"And Tousan would say it was a waste of time and continue training!" Trunks added.

"You never know until you ask. Goku and I will go round up the others like Krillin and Juu-chan and we'll meet you at Roshi's house in an hour." ChiChi said.

"Okay. See you there!" The kids left and Goku locked onto Krillin's ki and teleported him and ChiChi there.

***

"Kaasan! Tousan! Are you here?!" Pan shouted loudly as she entered her house. Marron was with her. Bra and Trunks were at the Cap. Corp.

"Hai Pan-chan. What is it?" Videl came out from the kitchen, wiping her hands on her apron.

"Where's Tousan?"

"I'm right here. What is it?" Gohan asked, coming into the living room as well.

"Well, we were bored so B-chan came up with a game." she explained it to them with Marron added things in as well.

"So," she began when she was finished, "are you in too?"

"I don't know..." Gohan started.

"Oh come on! It'll be fun! The kids are right, you are boring." Videl kidded him.

"Hey! I am not. I'm just... conservative."

"In other words, boring."

"Ahem. Are you in or not Kaasan, Tousan?" Pan asked again.

"Hai. We're in." Videl said.

"Good! We're supposed to meet at Master Roshi's house. We're going there now."

"We'll go with you." Gohan picked up Marron and they all left.

***

"I am not playing a stupid game with Kakarott and his insane family!" Vegeta yelled.

:"Come on Veggie-chan! Stop acting like that! It'll be fun!" Bulma said.

"For the last time NO!"

Bra put on her best smile and puppy-dog eyes and went up to Vegeta, sitting in his lap. Bulma & Trunks grinned at what she was about to do.

Pwease Papa?" she asked in her best little girl voice. "Pwetty pwease with cherries and whipped cream on top?"

"I'm not listening! La la la la..." Vegeta covered his ears and closed his eyes, but he knew she was still there.

Bra began to sniff. "I'll cry..."

Vegeta tentatively opened one eye and peered out. True to her words, one lone tear was sliding down her cheek. "Oh all right." Vegeta huffed. "But don't ask again."

Bra was all smiles. "Thank you Papa!" she threw her arms around his neck and squeezed. Vegeta returned her hug. When she was sure Vegeta wasn't looking, Bra winked at Trunks over his shoulder.

***

Persuading Vegeta took a while so the Briefs family were the last ones to arrive. A lot of people were there besides the Sons and the Briefs: Yamcha & Puar, Krillin's family, Oolong, even Piccolo was there! {Gohan dragged him}

"Does everyone know the rules?" Bra asked. They all did.

"Is everyone sure they still want to play?" Again they all were sure.

"Okay. Has everyone brought a water gun?" Some people had several. Since it was one to a person those were stored at Master Roshi's house. Most had Super Soakers {the XP series of course} but Piccolo had a small, plastic thing from the dollar store.

"Piccolo," Bra said laughing, "if you expect to win with that thing, you're out of luck! Here!" she gave him one of Goten's discarded XP 275's.

"I have Karin as the person you go to tell that you're out. He will also have a list of everyone and their assassins. Everyone, let's go to Karin's Tower!"

Everyone who could fly took to the air and ChiChi, Roshi, Oolong, and Bulma got in a capsule ship.

{Author's note: Is it interesting now? If it's not, it will be later. I promise.}

***

After everyone arrived, Bra passed out writing utensils and scraps of paper.

"Hey! I want to play too!" Yajirobe shouted. "Don't leave me out!" Bra laughed silently. Whoever picked him would have an easy win.

"Write down your name and stick it in this hat!" Everyone did so. "Now everyone line up and pull a name. You can't tell anyone who you have except Karin. The safe areas other than your house, school, or job is Karin Tower, Master Roshi's island, the Capsule Corp., and Dende's Lookout, but you can't stay there all of the time. Also, if you spray your assassin in self-defense then the assassin is out for an hour. Last person standing wins. Good luck."

{Author's note: Since there is 19 people playing, I'll organize their reactions. I have it all planned out so it shouldn't be too hard. I also won't tell you in the beginning who pulled who. It adds to the suspense, don't you agree? Sorry for all of the looked below. How can you say read/look 19 different ways?}

-Bra pulled first. She looked at it and groaned. Her target could be extremely easy or extremely hard.
-Pan was next. A bright smile lit up her face and she danced around happily.
-Trunks: Looked at the paper, blinked, then looked again. This was not his day.
-Gohan: Looked at the paper and started to laugh. At least his was an easy target.
-Vegeta: Looked and a evil smile spread over his face. He would finally get his revenge!
-Juuhachi-gou: Looked and sorta smiled. Nobody could stand against her anyway. (except maybe Goku & Vegeta but she didn't get either of them)
-Marron: Looked and sighed in relief. Her part would be over the first day.
-Bulma: Looked and was happy. She got a non-flyer.
-ChiChi: She looked and blinked. Then laughed. Her target wouldn't suspect a thing.
-Roshi: Looked and shrugged. Oh well, you can't win 'em all.
-Oolong: Looked and grinned. He got a pretty one.
-Puar: Looked and smiled. He would suspect a little, but not a lot.
-Yamcha: Read name to himself and gaped. This might be tricky.
-Piccolo: Looked and looked and then snapped out of his trance. He was starting to like this game.
-Goku: Looked and shrugged.
-Videl: Looked and relaxed. A non-flyer hmmm. She thought she would have a problem with the fast-flying ones.
-Goten: Looked and eyes got large. He cackled. This would be good, really good.
-Krillin: Looked and sighed. At least he didn't get someone way faster and smarter than he was.
-Yajirobe: Looked and looked and gasped. He had no way of eliminating his target. They were just too, too hard!


Chapter 2: The Game Begins

Prologue: Just what did Bra get herself and everyone else into?

Bra was extremely worried and paranoid. She didn't know who had drawn her name and she also didn't know how she was going to get her target out. Vegeta, on the other hand, was at ease. There wasn't a doubt in his mind that he wouldn’t win. He was a prince after all. Bulma also was at ease. Her target could be easy enough, but she didn't know who drew her name. Trunks was like Bra, but for a different reason. He hoped that the water wouldn't mess up his perfect hair. They were all going back to the Capsule Corp. to get some dinner, but Bra hoped to hang out with Pan a little beforehand. As she was flying to Pan's house there was one thing on her mind, was Pan her assassin?

***

Part 1: The Paranoia Spreads

Krillin swore he was being followed. No, he didn't swear, he knew. He stopped in mid-air trying to sense the other persons ki. He couldn't. That was strange. It was like it was Goku or something. Was Goku his assassin?

He dropped out of the sky and started to walk hurriedly along the ground towards the city and home {do they live in the city?}. He heard footsteps and ducked around the corner to disappear from view. When he stopped, the foot steps stopped. He pumped up his gun and waited for some sign of a person. Nothing. Not even breathing.

I'm imagining things. There's no one after me. He sighed, put away his gun, and started on his way again. Suddenly a stream of water hit the wall in front of him. His eyes got big and he took off running towards his house with the assassin close behind. He made it in record time, but had trouble with his key.

"Here, let me..." a voice behind him said. Krillin jumped at least three feet into the air then realized it was Juu-chan.

"Oh here." he handed her the key. "I guess I'm just a little jumpy."

"We all are." she unlocked the door and went inside with Krillin gasping with relief.

***

At Pan's house Bra kept looking around, making sure no one was hiding in the bushes or anything.

"Why in the world did I come up with this?" Bra moaned. She walked through Pan's open door and heard footsteps on the stairs. She got into a defensive crouch, water gun in hand.

"B-chan calm down! It's your game! You should be the least worried! And besides, you're in my house!" Pan told her.

"Yeah well I see you're not all that calm yourself and this is your safe area, not mine."

"Uh I am calm. I just don't know how to get my target, that's all."

"I have that same problem! I've got my work cut-out for me..."

Little did they know Gohan and Videl were suffering the same problem...

"Gohan, uh who's your target?"

"Nice try Videl, but it's not going to work."

"I'm going to the mall. Maybe I can see my target there." She filled her gun and walked out of the bathroom. Gohan filled his too and followed.

"Wait! You may need an escort. I'm coming too."

"Gohan no offense, but I don't trust you."

"I'm not your assassin."

"HA! You slipped! You weren't supposed to say that!"

"Um... pretend you didn't hear. And it's true, I'm not. Are you mine?"

"Well, since you told me about you I can safely say that I'm not."

"Good. Let's go."

They went downstairs to find Pan and Bra gazing out of the windows, afraid to go out.

"Come on! It's not that bad! Just be alert. You can't stay in here all the time and Bra, this isn't your safe area." Gohan told them.

The girls sighed. "You right, Tousan." They walked to the door and threw it open. Looking around hesitantly, they took to the air and flew away towards Bra's home.

"Let's go." Gohan held out his arm.

"No after you." Videl said with a sweep of her arm. The couple locked the door behind them and flew to the mall.

***

While Yamcha was drooling over a girl, he failed to see that his target was getting away until she was almost out of sight. He jumped down from his hiding spot {a tree in Gohan’s yard} and flew after them, making sure his ki was kept low.

***

At the Capsule Corp., everyone seemed to have the same idea the two girls did. A lot of people were there and they were getting a little nervous.

"All right! Some of you people have to go outside something, how about now?" Bra yelled.

"Bra-chan!" Bulma gasped.

"She's right, we can't stay in here all of the time. Bye everyone. I just want to say to my assassin, whoever you are, you will never get me!" With that said, Goten left and flew home. Goku and ChiChi weren't too far behind.

"Pan? What about you?" Bulma asked.

"Oh! Kaasan and Tousan went to the mall so I guess I'm here for dinner!" she smiled brightly.

Vegeta almost immediately began to grumble. "We're not here to feed everyone we know, blah blah blah, etc. etc. etc..."

Pan ignored him and sat down next to Trunks and began to talk loudly.


Part 2: The Shopping Escapade

"Wait up Videl!" Gohan called running after her, carrying several bags. Most was for Videl, but there was also some stuff for Pan as well. Videl was currently at a store window, looking at dresses.

"Don't those dresses look great?!"

"I guess so."

"Oh come on Gohan! You didn't even look!"

"What you have is fine. You're spending all my money!"

"I'm spending my money. I have a job too you know!"

"Actually you're not. You spent your money an hour ago. Now you're starting on my money."

"You're a doctor, you make a lot."

"But Videl, that's not the point!"

But she had stopped listening. She also had spotted her target coming out of the Satan City department store. She quickly lost Gohan at Bed, Bath, and Beyond and pumped up her gun. She followed her target towards the food court and hid behind a potted plant. Problem was, her family was there too. She wanted to get a clear shot but not get innocent bystanders as well. She waited patiently until her target finally got up to go use the restroom. She waiting a few minutes after she went in, then she followed.

Good. She's casually fixing her hair. She'll never see it coming. ChiChi continued on, completely oblivious to Videl's presence. The assassin quickly raised the gun and pulled the trigger. The stream headed directly towards her.... then went "splat" as it hit a stall door. Videl heard another gun pumping but was too shocked to notice. Until it was too late that is. She got hit directly in the chest, jolting her out of her reverie.

"How did you...? Are you...?" Videl choked out.

ChiChi smiled. "No, I'm not your assassin, but now you're out for an hour! Ja ne!" ChiChi waved as she left the bathroom.

Videl sighed and soon followed. She couldn't believe she missed! Oh well. There would be other chances.

When she returned to ChiChi's table, she saw that Gohan was talking to them.

"Where did you go Videl?"

"I spotted my target. Unfortunately, I'm out for an hour."

"Well, at least you tried." Gohan said sympathetically.

"Yeah. I did. Let's go get Pan from the Capsule Corp. I know she's there. Sayonara Goten, Goku. 'Till we meet again ChiChi."

ChiChi just smiled.