Part 8


The following evening, Trunks informed Gohan of his decision.


He and his best friend were sitting on the couch. There were two glasses of beer in front of you. Since it was the weekend, they smelled of drink. Not during training and school days.


"I'll take Zenya with me. Mother is sure to be happy!" said Goten and wiped the foam from his mouth.


"I hadn't planned it any other way! Dea has something to clarify with Vegeta and I think it's neither good for you nor for her if she stays with you. Besides, I like to have her around me! She is so mysterious. Just the smell von Yasmin lets me dive into another world for a while! " A faint red sheen formed on Trunk's face. "Now don't tell me you fooled yourself into our witch, did you?" Goten smacked Trunks on the back with a laugh. "Don't call her a witch !!" Trunks just hissed. "It's okay, I won't say anything against your little one, otherwise you'll beat me up!" he laughed.Trunks raised a hand threateningly. "I just find them fascinating !!" he smiled again. Cal had spoken to Zen the previous evening. Her best friend had been shocked, too shocked. Cal had never said anything about her family and now she understood why.


"I will travel to earth with Trunks for the holidays. This is important to me. I have to talk to Vegeta!" said Cal today. "That fits well, Goten also asked me on the first weekend of their arrival. At that time I canceled, but if you go there anyway, that's okay!" Zen's cheeks turned red with joy. "Well then, have a nice vacation. But first we have to get the rest of these lousy exams over with. I'm so jittery that I don't pass ?!" said Cal softly. "You and you fail, you are probably joking. You only have to show you a task once and you solve it! I, on the other hand, toil day and night and sit with question marks over my head in front of my test tasks. Except for technology, of course!"" I'm not really afraid of the written subjects either, I'm more afraid of the physical subjects. I am so weakly Zen and every test is different for everyone! I shit that I'm not going to take the exam tomorrow !! "" You can do that, Cal! Think positive! And now good night !! "


The next morning, the alarm clock rattled at 4:00 am. The exams were scheduled much earlier than the actual training. While Zen remained grumbling in bed, Cal trudged sleepily into the bathroom. She undressed and took a shower. Like every morning, she took a cold shower. That should harden and wake them up. At the end she showered again boiling hot so that she wouldn't freeze.


Cal wrapped himself in a towel and went back into the bedroom. Once there, she got dressed.


Today she tied her hair in a strict braid. They would then not be a target for anyone to attack.


When she had done this, she set about awakening Zen, which was an act in itself:

"Zen get up !!" said Cal loudly. "Only 5 minutes left!" "No immediately!" "Leave me alone!" Zen growled and pulled the covers over his head. “ZENYA!” Cal's sharp voice cut through the room. Everyone would normally have jumped instantly by the key. But zen cared precious little. She just kept sleeping. “If you don't want to hear you have to feel!” Cal went into the bathroom, felt a toothbrush tumbler with cold water and returned to the bedroom. Carefully she pulled the blanket off Zen's head and poured the cold water over it. Within seconds, Zen was sitting upright in bed and was raving: "Tell me, do you still have them all, you stupid ...." "Guard your tongue Zenya!" Cal warned, pointing out to Zen how she was talking to her. "It's okay, it's true! These are inhuman times!" growled Zen jumped out of bed and disappeared into the bathroom. "I didn't choose it, honey!" Said Cal and shrugged her shoulders. As she entered the living room, her eyes suddenly began to light up.During the exam weeks, the students always had their food in their quarters because otherwise they had no time to eat. - Either they were studying, they were training for the exams, or they were taking the exams. “Smiley, you are really awesome!” The good spirit of the house loved the two only girls and had therefore made a special effort with breakfast. There everything was piled up what the heart desires. Ham, rolls, croissants; Toast, cheese, jam, ham, melon, various tropical and local fruits, muesli in all variations. Coffee, tea, orange juice, milk ...... everything.


The smell of fragrant coffee filled the room. Cal sat down.


Shortly afterwards Zen entered the living room in a good mood and cheerful and her eyes began to shine just like Cal's before. "Smiley is really a piece of gold!" said Zen and sat down across from Cal.


"Oh yes it is. But it's a shame that I get almost nothing down!" Cal agreed and poured himself a glass of juice.Zen was already filling her plate. "You're missing out on something ..." she mumbled while biting into a croissant.


Cal took a small bowl of muesli: "I'm sorry too, but somehow I can't bring anything down. I'll take some fruit with me afterwards!" "That anyway!" Zen was already about to eat the 3rd bread roll. As I said, she could eat as much as she wanted, she didn't gain weight.


The exam was heavy for Cal, she was really scared of it. WHAT IF YOU DID NOT PASS THE EXAMS ?! - then her father and her brothers would see each other confirmed.


She wouldn't give them that satisfaction - never! She didn't give up. No way! Why had she flogged and tortured herself so as to fail ?! No. No way. It would never fail!


Cal took her breakfast box and started filling it with some fruit. Then she took her two 1.5 liter bottles and felt them too - with fruit juice spritzers. She hated water, but pure juice made you too thirsty and too sweet.

Meanwhile, Zen was enjoying the scrambled eggs with ham. "Isn't too much you will be sluggish!" Cal warned her. "I can't anymore anyway, I'm tired of paper!" grinned Zen and pushed the plate away. “I'll go ahead!” Cal took her bag, stowed her things in it and disappeared.


Zen was left alone and got ready.


She knocked next door, but the boys were apparently already gone: "Oh how amazing. Goten is otherwise harder to wake up than Zen!" Cal stated dryly and made his way to the practice area.


To do this, she first went through the whole school. On the way she met some of her classmates.


Her steps were light-footed and couldn't be heard.


The training area was dry today, the sun was shining from the sky. A light wind was blowing.


When she entered the training area, ¾ of those to be tested had already arrived. Trunks and Goths were also there. Cal put her bag on the grass.With one movement, she shouldered her monk's staff and stepped up to the two of them. Goten slept another while standing it seemed. He had closed his eyes.


"Good morning Trunks!" a rare smile spread across Cal's face. She stepped up to him, put her arms around his neck and hugged him. Trunks only responded by wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her close. "Good morning Dea! I bet you are responsible for this beautiful weather right?" he smiled down at her, seemed to be caught in the ice-blue eyes for a moment. "If you say so, it will be so, Trunks!" her voice was nothing more than a whisper. "If you say so, it will be like that Trunks!" that was Goten's voice, mimicking Cal exaggeratedly. "Shut up Goten!" Trunks snapped at him. "Why should I, the whole thing is unbearable," he growled. "Oh, someone has already realized that he won't pass the exams and that's why he gives a fuck ?!" Cal replied dryly.In the meantime she had turned so that Trunks only had one arm around her waist. "Who said that ?! If you were the examiner, sure! But if I were as ugly as you and couldn't get a guy, I would try to make a career too!" Goten replied bitingly. "Another sentence and you'll find yourself in the hospital wing, kid! And then I'll personally make sure that you get at least 50 injections a day!" hissed Cal. Her eyes got an evil twinkle. "Try it! The only one who ends up here in the hospital wing, that's you!"


"Rein your tongue friend!" she warned him. "Stop arguing, we are all nervous about the exams. We should stand by us and not tear ourselves apart!" tried to appease Trunks.


"Don't tell me, tell that little bitch!" growled Goten. "What did you just say ................ say that again if you dare!" Cal approached Goten.


"If you have your disputes in a fight, everyone in the group will at least benefit from it!" T.K.'s sharp voice cut the argument.The young examiner managed again and again that really everyone had respect for him.


"But there are exams today ..." interjected Zen, who had meanwhile joined them.


"I know that and your tests are about defeating an opponent who is the exact opposite of yourself. I have drawn a lottery who is going to play whom. Fortunately for the argument, Goten and Cal were chosen first. ladies and gentlemen ....... "TK put a note on a bench and sat on it.


A big grin appeared on Cal's face, it was freezing cold and nasty when she pulled her stick: "Well, baby, that's it! I have to disappoint you, I'll win this fight!" she began to twirl the stick between her hands. “But only you believe that, darling!” Goten posed.


“This is going to be an interesting fight,” said a classmate. Cal and Goten had never fought each other before.


Cal was still twirling her wand in both hands when she suddenly stopped."Well then, let's start! I always let opponents go first for the first shot!" she smiled coldly.


"I don't really need to let YOU give me a head start. But please, I can't wait to stuff your cheeky face!" Goten stormed forward and started to strike. Cal didn't move. Her grip on the staff only tightened. “But only you believe