A/N_Yep, I re-wrote The Guardian... I'm hoping that this one will be better than the last one, and I have some new ideas for this. I don't own any of the characters from DBZ, yatta yatta yatta, and I made up Ryoko, Mai, and Kotori... Please review, I think this story will come out to be really good if I get off my lazy ass and write more ^_^
_Saiyans in School
To Trunks Brief, Ryoko Augiri was the prettiest, nicest girl in the school. Ever since he had first come to the school, she had been extra nice to him, trying her best to make him feel welcome and comfortable. Trunks and Gohan were visiting Satan City High for the last two months of the year. They were going to go the full year for their junior year, and they only came during the sophmore year to get used to the school.
A couple of months after Trunks had defeated the androids in his time, his mother persuaded him to go back to the past and get a good education since the schools in his time were demolished. He was in the same grade as Gohan and Videl, since he had the appearance of a seventeen year old. His mother came to the conclusion that this was because of all of his time traveling. He had moved in with present Bulma, who had moved to a suburban town to get away from the city life, right next to Ryoko's house. The Son's also moved to the same street because Chichi hated having to travel so far to get to the towns. They still owned the house in the mountains, but they spent their time in their new house.
Now that he had been in the school for about two weeks, Ryoko had started to pay less attention to him, but still talked to him and smiled at him whenever she saw him.
History class was boring as usual, but Trunks was occupied by staring at Ryoko. She was half asleep, but he still couldn't help but smiling to himself at her beauty. She had long, thick, black hair pulled back into a pony tail with two shorter peices left down on each side of her head and large, dark brown eyes which were staring at nothing as she day dreamed. When they bell rang, she jumped up, with renewed energy as she sped for the door.
"I dunno how you pull it off." Gohan said, standing up.
"Pull what off?" Trunks asked.
"To get good grades, I was constantly working! It's easier, now, but all you do all day is stare at that Ryoko!" Trunks shrugged, laughing lightly as the two saiyans walked down the hall.
"Well, my mother is a genius." He said, simply. Gohan sighed.
"That really isn't fair..." Trunks went to his locker and put his books in, and when he closed the door, Gohan began telling him that he should ask Ryoko on a date again. Trunks sighed, Gohan would bug him about this every day, and even though Trunks wanted to ask Ryoko on a date or something, he could never get the courage to. "Even if I could ask her, I don't think she'd want to go."
"Why not?" Gohan asked with a smirk. "I think she likes you!" Trunks shook his head.
"Nah. She likes Kotori." Both of the demi-sayians heads turned to watch Ryoko walk by with her two best friends, Mai and Kotori. Ryoko turned her head to Trunks and smiled, then her eyes widened and she yelled something at Kotori. It was so obvious that she liked him, everyone knew it. Kotori had brown hair and icy blue eyes, and was quite a few inches taller than Ryoko. He was a very funny person, but wasn't too popular in Satan City High. He was a nice guy, and often got picked on by the more popular kids. Ryoko was ussually all over him, and Kotori hated it. Even though he and Ryoko were very good friends, they would often get into fights and Kotori was often pretty mean to her. Many people didn't understand why Ryoko cared for him (including Trunks), but she always claimed that he was a very different person when they were alone. Mai had pink hair that was ussually in a bun, and like Ryoko, two shorter pieces of hair were left down on both sides of her head, but the peices were much shorter than Ryoko's. She had blue eyes, and had a very immature personality. She complained a lot, and was boy crazy. Her current crush was Gohan, it was very obvious even though she wouldn't admit it.
"So? She could grow to like you, you never know." Gohan said. Trunks shook his head and headed toward the doors with Gohan.
"Hey Trunks!" Trunks' heart skipped a beat and his breath was caught in his chest as Ryoko ran over to him when they got outside. He smiled, and before he got the breath to greet her, she continued talking. "I'm really not understanding all this stuff in math... Do you think you could help me with it?" Trunks glanced at Gohan, who smiled and winked quickly, and Trunks sighed, smiling a little.
"Sure. Want to go over to your house?" He asked, proud of himself for getting all the words out without stuttering. The smile faded off of Ryoko's face. She glanced at the ground, then back up at Trunks and smiled again as they climbed onto their bus.
"My house wouldn't work, my parents won't be home." Trunks sat in his usual seat with Gohan, and Ryoko sat behind them with a grumbling Kotori.
"Oh, okay... How about my house?" As soon as Trunks said this he regretted it, who knows what his family would say or do in front of Ryoko?
"That'd be cool. Want me to come over right when we get off the bus?" Trunks nodded and said sure.
_Studying Math at the Brief Household
The whole bus ride, he was extremely nervous. He should have suggested the library or something. What if his father said something about who they really are? Trunks and Gohan were trying to keep their saiyan heritage a secret, they wanted to be treated as normal earthlings. Hopefully Vegeta would remember this, and wouldn't say anything to Ryoko. And his mother, what if she said something embarassing? Chibi Trunks... what if he also said something embarassing? There were so many horrible things that could happen...
Gohan said goodbye to Trunks and Ryoko as they climbed off their bus, and Trunks and Ryoko went into Trunks' house. It took him a few moments to open the door, but he look in a large breath and pulled it open. His mother was sitting at the kitchen table with Chichi, they had coffee in front of them and were laughing, and their heads turned to watch Trunks and his friend walk in. They smiled, Bulma a little bit more larger than Chichi as she spoke.
"Ohh, hello! Who's this, Trunks? Your gilfriend?" This had been what Trunks had expected from his mother, and he blushed.
"No! This is my friend, Ryoko, my friend." He coughed a little, then continued, "I'm going to help her with her math."
"Ohh, your friend, huh?" Bulma stood and held out her hand to Ryoko. "Hello, Ryoko, I'm Bulma, Trunks' mother." Ryoko shook her hand, looking surprised.
"You're his mother? You look more like his sister!" She cried, eyes wide. Bulma pulled her hand out of Ryokos and put it over her mouth, giggling.
"I like you, Ryoko! I approve of her, Trunks!" Trunks blushed even more.
"Uhh... come on, Ryoko, let's go get working on that math... See ya, mom." He said, going up the stairs to his room.
"She's nice." Ryoko said, closing Trunks' door behind her and setting her bag on the floor. "She really does look young, though. She seems more like your older sister than your mom." Trunks shrugged, and quickly changed the subject to math.
After an hour or two, Ryoko closed her math book with a large smile.
"Ah! I get it!" She cried. "Thank you so much!" Trunks laughed, scratching his head. He wasn't in the same math class as Ryoko, and he suspected that she slept through each and every class.
"Any time." He said. She started putting books into her backpack, when Trunks' door bursted open and they looked up.
There stood Chibi Trunks and Goten with wides eyes and large smiles. "Ooh!" They both cried at the same time.
"Who's your girlfriend, Trunks?!" Chibi Trunks cried, and Goten broke into giggles. Ryoko looked at the two Trunks', seemingly confused.
"Did your mom clone you or something?" She asked. Mirai Trunks' eyes widened and a sweat drop formed on the back of his head.
"He' my... uh... little brother!" Trunks cried. Chibi Trunks and Goten stood quietly for a little while, then Trunks whispered something in Goten's ear and they walked off giggling and whispering.
"You look so much alike... that's weird." Ryoko said, and she sounded like she beleived him but was a little unsure. Trunks couldn't think of an excuse to explain their similarities, but he couldn't come up with any.
"Uh... Yeah." He said, biting his lip.
"What's his name? And that other kid looked like Gohan, is that his brother?"
"H-His name? Um... His name is Chibi. And yes, that was Goten, Gohan's brother."
"Chibi? That's a... cute name." She said. For a few minutes there was an awkward silence, then Bulma poked her head in the room and the two teens turned around. She asked Ryoko to stay for dinner, even though Trunks was blushing madly, waving his hands, mouthing 'NO!", and shaking his head. They already had one difficulty with his family that he could not explain truthfully, and he knew his father would say something to her that would not be easy to come up with an excuse for. "That'd be great, thanks!" Ryoko said with a large smile.
"Okay, great! It'll be done in about fourty five minutes, I'll call you." Bulma left, and Ryoko suggested that she and Trunks did the rest of their homework while they were waiting. Trunks couldn't pay too much attention to the homework, he was worried about what was going to happen at the dinner.
When Bulma called them down, they put away their books and then headed down. A robot was placing food on the table where Bulma and Vegeta were already seated. Trunks and Ryoko sat, and Ryoko looked around.
"Where's Chibi?" She asked.
"Chibi?" Bulma asked. Ryoko opened her mouth to explain, but Trunks cut her off.
"You know, Chibi!" He cried nervously, raising and lowerin his eyebrows to give his mother the hint. He gave a glance to Vegeta, who just smirked and started eating his food. "My little brother?" Bulma blinked, then laughed.
"Oh! Right! Chibi!" She shook her head, then turned to a blank Ryoko. He's out somewhere with Goten."
"Oh..." Ryoko said.
"So." Vegeta said after finishing his dinner rather quickly. "I hear you are my sons mate?" Trunks coughed, almost choking on his food, his face turning red. Ryoko blinked a few times, and after Trunks swallowed the food in his mouth, he jumped up.
"She is not my mate, father!" He yelled.
"Well then you obviously must have some sort of crush on her, or else you wouldn't have gotten so worked up." Vegeta smirked and leaned back into his chair. Bulma looked from Ryoko to Trunks to Vegeta, and sighed. She liked teasing her son, but she didn't like it when Vegeta did it.
"Cut it out, Veggie." Bulma said, trying to contain a smile as Vegetas face turned slightly red and he leaned closer to the table.
"I told you not to call me that, woman!" He cried.
"Oh, but it's so cute!" Bulma cried, letting her large smile out. Vegeta moaned, not able to think of a come back.
"I... I'm going to the gravity room!" He cried, jumping up and turning to the still standing Trunks. "Come with me, boy."
"Gravity room?" Ryoko asked. Trunks blinked, looking to his mother for help.
"It's a game room." Bulma said with another smile. Vegeta rolled his eyes.
"You are so pathetic. Actually, I'd like to train alone." And with that, he left.
_Roses Are Red
"Hey, Trunks, do you want to go to the mall with me and a few of my friends tonight?" Ryoko asked a few weeks later. Over those few weeks, Ryoko was reguarly getting help in math from Trunks. She and Trunks' mother went to shopping together a few times, and were becoming good friends. She began to call Vegeta 'Carrot', much to Vegeta's dislike and Bulma's amusement. Her and Trunks grew closer, and she began to dislike 'Chibi' because of his childish pranks that he often played on her.
"Sure... that'd be cool. Do you want me to drive you all there?" He asked, putting his books in his locker and looking down at the glowing Ryoko.
"Could you?" He nodded. "That'd be awesome, I could have Mai come on the bus with us, and Kotori only lives a few streets down." Trunks coughed quietly, and his stomach dropped. Kotori was coming? He didn't like being around Ryoko and Kotori at the same time, because it was obvious that Ryoko loved Kotori. "Wait, you drive? Aren't you only fifteen?" Trunks blinked a few times, trying to come up with an explanation.
"Uh.. no... I'm sixteen, I... went to school early?" He said, sounding very unbelievable. Ryoko blinked a few times with no expression on her face, and then smiled again.
"Oh, well whatever. We wanted to leave around five thirty, is that alright?" Trunks nodded and they started walking down the stairs to their bus. "Oh, look!" She swung her backack in front of her, opened it, and pulled out a piece of paper and shoved it into Trunks' face. "Look, look, look!" She cried. Trunks laughed and took it from her, and grinned. She had gotten a B+ on her math test. Mai ran up to them, stuffing books into her bagged, complaining about how their bus came too soon and she almost missed it.
"Good job!" He said, handing it back to her. She grinned and nodded, and they got on the bus. Ryoko sat with Kotori as usual, and Trunks sat across from them, and Mai sat across from Gohan who was in front of Ryoko and Kotori.
"Ryoko..." Kotori started. Trunks sighed. Every day, Kotori would tell Ryoko something that would upset her. She would yell, he would give excuses, then somehow Kotori would end up doing whatever Ryoko had wanted him to do in the first place. "I can't go with you and Mai to the mall tonight." Ryoko blinked a few times, shook her head, and sighed with a smile.
"Alright, whatever."
"What?" Kotori asked, shock written all over his face. Ryoko shrugged.
"I'm tired of fighting with you, Kotori. If you don't want to spend time with your friends, then fine. We don't need you to come, anyway, we've got another guy, Trunks." Kotori looked at Trunks, anger clearly written on his face.
"No, no, no, no, no!" He cried. "I'm coming with you." Ryoko grinned
"Great." She said.
A few hours later, Ryoko and Mai were sitting in the Brief's kitchen, talking to Bulma. At first, Mai didn't want to hang out with Mrs. Brief, but Ryoko assured her that she was really cool and that Mai would love her, and Mai did really like her.
"Oh, you girls are great." Bulma said with a big smile, then reached into her purse. "Here, go buy yourselves some nice things, and we'll go shopping again next weekend, okay? I'm visiting my parents at Capsule Corp. this weekend with Veggie-chan and Tr- Chibi, so I won't see you until Sunday." Bulma handed the wide-eyed girls the money.
"All of this?!" Mai cried.
"Oh, Bulma, we can't take this." Ryoko said, looking up at the smiling Bulma.
"Take it, Ryo-chan. I don't know how many times I have to explain this to you: The Briefs are one of the richest families in the world, I could give you all the money I want, so don't worry about it."
"Thank you!" Ryoko and Mai both cried. Trunks walked into the kitchen. He had been standing outside the doorway, watching the three girls. He cleared his throat, and said that it was time to go. They piled in the car, picked up Kotori, and then went to the mall.
Ryoko and Mai did most of the shopping. Trunks didn't buy anything, and Kotori bought a wrestling magazine. They got dinner, then left the mall at ten o' clock. Trunks dropped Mai and Kotori off at their houses, then drove to his and Ryokos street, said goodbye to Ryoko, then went into his house. He tried to sleep, but could not get Ryoko off of his mind. He kept thinking of how amazing she was, but Kotori held her heart. After a few hours of restlessly tossing and turning in his bed, he pulled went downstairs, put on his shoes, and stepped outside. He stared at the sky, taking in deep breaths.
He closed his eyes, and just listened to the comforting silence. That silence was broken by yelling, and then a crash from inside Ryokos house. Trunks opened his eyes and watched as Ryoko front door burst open and she ran out.
"And don't come back!" A man, probably her father, yelled, slamming the door behind her. Ryoko made it to the sidewalk, then fell to her knees and started sobbing into her hands. With wide eyes, Trunks ran to her and fell to his knees beside her.
"Ryoko, Ryoko! What's wrong?" He cried, placing his hands onto her shoulders and looking at the part of her face that was still exposed. She took her hands away from her tear-stained face and looked at him with glassy eyes. Her eyes were a little swollen, and there was a large bruise on her cheek. "What's that? ...Ryoko, what happened? What's wrong?" She stood up, sniffling, then shook her head and managed a smile when Trunks stood and looked down at her.
"Nothing, nothing's wrong, Trunks."
"I'm not blind, Ryoko. Something's wrong, now tell me." Ryoko winced, then fell into his arms, sobbing again. Trunks wasn't sure what to do, so he just held her shaking body and she cried.
"I... I'm so stupid!" Trunks grabbed her shoulders and pushed her away from him, looking her in the eyes with his hands still tightly grasping he shoulders.
"You are not stupid, Ryoko. Now tell me what happened." Ryoko sniffled again and dook in a few deep breaths.
"I called Kotori and asked him if it was possible if we would ever be together again. He told me no, he didn't think he could ever love me again... So... After I got off the phone with him, I started crying and... my father came in and started yelling at me and telling me to stop crying. Of course he was drunk, he's hardly ever not. When I didn't stop crying, he slapped me... Really hard." She touched the bruise, winced, then continued. "So... I started running out, he threw a lamp at me, he missed, I ran out the door, and... well, you know the rest." Trunks stared at her in disbelief, not sure of what to do or say. Ryoko bit her lip, and Trunks could tell that she now felt uncomfortable.
"Come with me."
"Huh?"
"...Your father said not to come back to the house, so you might as well spend at least tonight at my house." Ryoko looked at him, smiled, and nodded. He brought her into the house, then suggested that she should take a shower to fell better. Ryoko nodded, and Trunks got he some of his mothers pajamas, and she went to take a shower. During the time she was up there, Trunks sat on the couch and contemplated what she had just told him. Kotori was an asshole, and he would never had expected that Ryokos father was an alcoholic. Worst of all, he had tried to hurt her. Hitting her with that lamp could have hurt her very badly. No wonder why Ryoko never wanted him to come into her house while they studied.
Ryoko came down, and they sat in silence. It was an awkward, uneasy silence, and Trunks did not like it. He was at a loss for words. What could he say?
"Thank you, Trunks." Ryoko said. He turned to her, and she was smiling, tears in her eyes. He nodded, and they hugged again as she cried quietly.
"Come on," he said a few minutes later, "you need sleep." He picked her up and carried her up the stairs and placed her on his bed. "You can sleep in my bed, I'll sleep on the couch."
"No, don't sleep on the couch." Ryoko said with a cracked voice. "This is your room... sleep in here."
"No, I want you to sleep in the bed. It's alright."
"Well... To be honest... I really don't want to be alone." Trunks blinked, and then smiled.
"Okay, I'll sleep on the floor."
"That's not comfortable at all... Could you... Do you want to just sleep with me?" Trunks' breath was caught in his chest again, and his mind blanked. He looked at Ryoko, who was already under the covers, moving over to make room for Trunks. Trunks gulped, then nodded and layed down next to her after turning off the light.
Even into the early hours of the morning, Trunks lyed awake, his stomach in a knot. Here he was, lying in his bed with Ryoko Augiri. He looked at her, and smiled to himself. She looked so peaceful while she slept, as if she had forgotten everything that had just happened. He looked at her face, and then at her lips, and all he wanted to do was kiss her, but he knew he couldn't.
_Dance and a Confession
The weeks went by, and the last two weeks of school were drawing near, meaning that the end-of-school semi-formal dance was coming up. Gohan had been trying to get Trunks to ask Ryoko to it, but Trunks could not get the courage, though the two had been becoming very close since the night she spent at his house, and he loved her more and more each day. They spent more time together, now, and not just studying. They would watch movies, go out to eat, and lots of times just sit and talk.
But today was the day. It was the day before the dance, and Trunks was determined to ask Ryoko to the dance. In english, the teacher was busy correcting tests so he let the students to whatever they wanted. Trunks took in a deep breath while staring at Ryoko, and with a pat on the back and a 'good luck!' from Gohan, he started toward her.
"Ryoko!" She turned from her friends and walked over to him with a smile and asked what he wanted. "Er... Well uh... Do you..." he sighed, "I know it's kinda late to ask but... do you want to go to the dance with me tomorrow?" Ryoko grinned.
"Yeah! That'd be great!" Trunks grinned back, he was afraid that someone had already asked her.
"Okay, cool. I'll pick you up at six?"
"Sounds good." Trunks turned around and gave a thumbs up to Gohan, who grinned and gave Trunks a thumbs up back. He sat next to him and talked to him about the night, Gohan had asked Videl to go. Trunks looked over at Mai when he heard this, who had most likely just been told by Ryoko because she looked angry. He was about to turn back to Gohan, but he saw a nervous Kotori walk over to Ryoko, and heard him ask her to the dance. The smile dissapeared from Ryokos face, and she looked at Trunks.
Anger rose up inside him and he jumped out, running out of the room and hurrying down the hall. Right after he finally got the courage to ask her, the one that she loves, Kotori, asks her. Of course she was going to say yes to Kotori, and tell Trunks that she was sorry but wanted to go with him.
"Trunks!" He spun around, seeing Ryoko behind him.
"Let me guess, you're going to the dance with Kotori now?!" He snapped. Ryoko winced, and spoke quietly.
"No, Trunks. I'm going with you, I said no to him." Trunks blinked, and suddenly felt bad for snapping at her, suddenly feeling like he wanted her to go with Kotori and be happy.
"Oh, no! Ryoko, go say tell Kotori you're going with him, I understand." Ryoko laughed.
"Nah. I want to go with you, Trunks." Trunks smiled, and looked down at his feet so she wouldn't see the blush spreading across his face.
The next night, Trunks tugged at his tie, trying to get it striaght and a little bit loser so that it wasn't choking him. He hated ties. Bulma came up and fixed it with a laugh. It was looser, but it still choked him a little.
"Ohh Trunks, I'm so happy for you!" She cried, a grin on her face. Trunks looked at his watch, then turned to his mother.
"Well, you nor Ryoko will be happy if I don't leave." Bulma hugged him, wished him luck, and then he went to get Ryoko. She was already standing in her front yard, and Trunks' guess was that she wanted to get out of her house as soon as possible. She looked gorgeous. She was wearing a red halter dress that came up above her knee and white high-heels strap sandles, and her hair was down. Trunks was always stunned by her beauty when her hair was down. She was pretty with her hair up, but it was just amazing how she looked with her hair down.
At the dance, Trunks and Ryoko spent their time with Gohan and Videl. They didn't dance too much, only to the slow songs. Mai came over to Ryoko a few times and whispered things into her ear, Trunks guessed that it was about Gohan or Videl. Ryoko just brushed her off, though.
Ryoko and Trunks were dancing to one of the last songs. Trunks listened to the lyrics; it was a song about being truthful and such. He sighed, and started thinking about what he had been the past few days. He was considering telling Ryoko who he really was, telling her everything. She had been honest with him, so why shouldn't he be with her?
After the song was over, he told her that he wanted to talk to her. He had decided that he wanted to tell her, she would have found out sooner or later, anyway. They walked out of the school and stood outside, looking at eachother. She asked what was wrong, and then let out a cry when Trunks swept her off her feet and jumped into the air.
"Ohh my God! What's going on?! Am I dreaming?!" Trunks laughed.
"I'll explain in a moment, Ryoko."
They landed on a deserted beach, and he set her down. She stumbled a little at first, was shaking, and breathing quickly with wide eyes. She looked up at the sky and around her, seeming as if she didn't think any of her surroundings were real. Trunks sat down on the sand, and Ryoko sat next to him. The beach was a little colder than where they had been previously, but it wasn't too cold. He saw her shivering, so he gave her his jacket, then started to explain everything. He started out with the story of young Goku, and then moved on to Raditz, Vegeta and Nappa, Frieza, himself coming from the future, the androids, and then Cell. A few times during the story Ryoko laughed or said it cuoldn't be true, but Trunks just nodded and Ryoko continued listening. Trunks ended up forming a few chi blasts to show Ryoko that he wasn't lying.
"So... you're half alien?" Ryoko asked.
"I never really thought of it that way, but yes, I guess I am." Ryoko blinked her eyes at him, then looked out blankly toward the sea.
"...wow." She muttered, then laughed. "That's... amazing."
"I'd really appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone about any of that..." Ryoko looked at him and winked with a smile.
"Sure."
They started heading back, Trunks flying slower than before by request of Ryoko so she could look around, she said she couldn't see anything when he was flying so fast before.
Ryoko had been pointing things out to Trunks on the way, and she stopped when Trunks came to a sudden halt and looked around.
"What's wrong?" Ryoko asked, still smiling. He said 'sh', queitly, and she looked around with him. A trickle of sweat rolled down his forehead. He definitely felt some kind of strong chi, but one that he had never felt before.
He quickly realized that the energy was coming from behind him, and he spun around and shot a blast at it. Ryoko let out a shriek from being switched from both arms to just one and the sudden turn around and blast.
"What the hell was that?!" She cried, gripping his arm. Trunks was breathing heavely, his hand still extended toward where the thing was. Whatever it was, it was gone, now.
"I don't know."
A/N_So what'd ya think? It's gonna get more interesting soon... All that was just kind of an intro. * Upcoming Chapters:
_ Who's after Ryoko?
_ Why is Ryoko having these strange dreams?
_ Gohan and Goten have a twin?
_ What is Goku hiding?
_ Sparks fly between Trunks and Ryoko!
Stay tuned and please review ^_^
_Saiyans in School
To Trunks Brief, Ryoko Augiri was the prettiest, nicest girl in the school. Ever since he had first come to the school, she had been extra nice to him, trying her best to make him feel welcome and comfortable. Trunks and Gohan were visiting Satan City High for the last two months of the year. They were going to go the full year for their junior year, and they only came during the sophmore year to get used to the school.
A couple of months after Trunks had defeated the androids in his time, his mother persuaded him to go back to the past and get a good education since the schools in his time were demolished. He was in the same grade as Gohan and Videl, since he had the appearance of a seventeen year old. His mother came to the conclusion that this was because of all of his time traveling. He had moved in with present Bulma, who had moved to a suburban town to get away from the city life, right next to Ryoko's house. The Son's also moved to the same street because Chichi hated having to travel so far to get to the towns. They still owned the house in the mountains, but they spent their time in their new house.
Now that he had been in the school for about two weeks, Ryoko had started to pay less attention to him, but still talked to him and smiled at him whenever she saw him.
History class was boring as usual, but Trunks was occupied by staring at Ryoko. She was half asleep, but he still couldn't help but smiling to himself at her beauty. She had long, thick, black hair pulled back into a pony tail with two shorter peices left down on each side of her head and large, dark brown eyes which were staring at nothing as she day dreamed. When they bell rang, she jumped up, with renewed energy as she sped for the door.
"I dunno how you pull it off." Gohan said, standing up.
"Pull what off?" Trunks asked.
"To get good grades, I was constantly working! It's easier, now, but all you do all day is stare at that Ryoko!" Trunks shrugged, laughing lightly as the two saiyans walked down the hall.
"Well, my mother is a genius." He said, simply. Gohan sighed.
"That really isn't fair..." Trunks went to his locker and put his books in, and when he closed the door, Gohan began telling him that he should ask Ryoko on a date again. Trunks sighed, Gohan would bug him about this every day, and even though Trunks wanted to ask Ryoko on a date or something, he could never get the courage to. "Even if I could ask her, I don't think she'd want to go."
"Why not?" Gohan asked with a smirk. "I think she likes you!" Trunks shook his head.
"Nah. She likes Kotori." Both of the demi-sayians heads turned to watch Ryoko walk by with her two best friends, Mai and Kotori. Ryoko turned her head to Trunks and smiled, then her eyes widened and she yelled something at Kotori. It was so obvious that she liked him, everyone knew it. Kotori had brown hair and icy blue eyes, and was quite a few inches taller than Ryoko. He was a very funny person, but wasn't too popular in Satan City High. He was a nice guy, and often got picked on by the more popular kids. Ryoko was ussually all over him, and Kotori hated it. Even though he and Ryoko were very good friends, they would often get into fights and Kotori was often pretty mean to her. Many people didn't understand why Ryoko cared for him (including Trunks), but she always claimed that he was a very different person when they were alone. Mai had pink hair that was ussually in a bun, and like Ryoko, two shorter pieces of hair were left down on both sides of her head, but the peices were much shorter than Ryoko's. She had blue eyes, and had a very immature personality. She complained a lot, and was boy crazy. Her current crush was Gohan, it was very obvious even though she wouldn't admit it.
"So? She could grow to like you, you never know." Gohan said. Trunks shook his head and headed toward the doors with Gohan.
"Hey Trunks!" Trunks' heart skipped a beat and his breath was caught in his chest as Ryoko ran over to him when they got outside. He smiled, and before he got the breath to greet her, she continued talking. "I'm really not understanding all this stuff in math... Do you think you could help me with it?" Trunks glanced at Gohan, who smiled and winked quickly, and Trunks sighed, smiling a little.
"Sure. Want to go over to your house?" He asked, proud of himself for getting all the words out without stuttering. The smile faded off of Ryoko's face. She glanced at the ground, then back up at Trunks and smiled again as they climbed onto their bus.
"My house wouldn't work, my parents won't be home." Trunks sat in his usual seat with Gohan, and Ryoko sat behind them with a grumbling Kotori.
"Oh, okay... How about my house?" As soon as Trunks said this he regretted it, who knows what his family would say or do in front of Ryoko?
"That'd be cool. Want me to come over right when we get off the bus?" Trunks nodded and said sure.
_Studying Math at the Brief Household
The whole bus ride, he was extremely nervous. He should have suggested the library or something. What if his father said something about who they really are? Trunks and Gohan were trying to keep their saiyan heritage a secret, they wanted to be treated as normal earthlings. Hopefully Vegeta would remember this, and wouldn't say anything to Ryoko. And his mother, what if she said something embarassing? Chibi Trunks... what if he also said something embarassing? There were so many horrible things that could happen...
Gohan said goodbye to Trunks and Ryoko as they climbed off their bus, and Trunks and Ryoko went into Trunks' house. It took him a few moments to open the door, but he look in a large breath and pulled it open. His mother was sitting at the kitchen table with Chichi, they had coffee in front of them and were laughing, and their heads turned to watch Trunks and his friend walk in. They smiled, Bulma a little bit more larger than Chichi as she spoke.
"Ohh, hello! Who's this, Trunks? Your gilfriend?" This had been what Trunks had expected from his mother, and he blushed.
"No! This is my friend, Ryoko, my friend." He coughed a little, then continued, "I'm going to help her with her math."
"Ohh, your friend, huh?" Bulma stood and held out her hand to Ryoko. "Hello, Ryoko, I'm Bulma, Trunks' mother." Ryoko shook her hand, looking surprised.
"You're his mother? You look more like his sister!" She cried, eyes wide. Bulma pulled her hand out of Ryokos and put it over her mouth, giggling.
"I like you, Ryoko! I approve of her, Trunks!" Trunks blushed even more.
"Uhh... come on, Ryoko, let's go get working on that math... See ya, mom." He said, going up the stairs to his room.
"She's nice." Ryoko said, closing Trunks' door behind her and setting her bag on the floor. "She really does look young, though. She seems more like your older sister than your mom." Trunks shrugged, and quickly changed the subject to math.
After an hour or two, Ryoko closed her math book with a large smile.
"Ah! I get it!" She cried. "Thank you so much!" Trunks laughed, scratching his head. He wasn't in the same math class as Ryoko, and he suspected that she slept through each and every class.
"Any time." He said. She started putting books into her backpack, when Trunks' door bursted open and they looked up.
There stood Chibi Trunks and Goten with wides eyes and large smiles. "Ooh!" They both cried at the same time.
"Who's your girlfriend, Trunks?!" Chibi Trunks cried, and Goten broke into giggles. Ryoko looked at the two Trunks', seemingly confused.
"Did your mom clone you or something?" She asked. Mirai Trunks' eyes widened and a sweat drop formed on the back of his head.
"He' my... uh... little brother!" Trunks cried. Chibi Trunks and Goten stood quietly for a little while, then Trunks whispered something in Goten's ear and they walked off giggling and whispering.
"You look so much alike... that's weird." Ryoko said, and she sounded like she beleived him but was a little unsure. Trunks couldn't think of an excuse to explain their similarities, but he couldn't come up with any.
"Uh... Yeah." He said, biting his lip.
"What's his name? And that other kid looked like Gohan, is that his brother?"
"H-His name? Um... His name is Chibi. And yes, that was Goten, Gohan's brother."
"Chibi? That's a... cute name." She said. For a few minutes there was an awkward silence, then Bulma poked her head in the room and the two teens turned around. She asked Ryoko to stay for dinner, even though Trunks was blushing madly, waving his hands, mouthing 'NO!", and shaking his head. They already had one difficulty with his family that he could not explain truthfully, and he knew his father would say something to her that would not be easy to come up with an excuse for. "That'd be great, thanks!" Ryoko said with a large smile.
"Okay, great! It'll be done in about fourty five minutes, I'll call you." Bulma left, and Ryoko suggested that she and Trunks did the rest of their homework while they were waiting. Trunks couldn't pay too much attention to the homework, he was worried about what was going to happen at the dinner.
When Bulma called them down, they put away their books and then headed down. A robot was placing food on the table where Bulma and Vegeta were already seated. Trunks and Ryoko sat, and Ryoko looked around.
"Where's Chibi?" She asked.
"Chibi?" Bulma asked. Ryoko opened her mouth to explain, but Trunks cut her off.
"You know, Chibi!" He cried nervously, raising and lowerin his eyebrows to give his mother the hint. He gave a glance to Vegeta, who just smirked and started eating his food. "My little brother?" Bulma blinked, then laughed.
"Oh! Right! Chibi!" She shook her head, then turned to a blank Ryoko. He's out somewhere with Goten."
"Oh..." Ryoko said.
"So." Vegeta said after finishing his dinner rather quickly. "I hear you are my sons mate?" Trunks coughed, almost choking on his food, his face turning red. Ryoko blinked a few times, and after Trunks swallowed the food in his mouth, he jumped up.
"She is not my mate, father!" He yelled.
"Well then you obviously must have some sort of crush on her, or else you wouldn't have gotten so worked up." Vegeta smirked and leaned back into his chair. Bulma looked from Ryoko to Trunks to Vegeta, and sighed. She liked teasing her son, but she didn't like it when Vegeta did it.
"Cut it out, Veggie." Bulma said, trying to contain a smile as Vegetas face turned slightly red and he leaned closer to the table.
"I told you not to call me that, woman!" He cried.
"Oh, but it's so cute!" Bulma cried, letting her large smile out. Vegeta moaned, not able to think of a come back.
"I... I'm going to the gravity room!" He cried, jumping up and turning to the still standing Trunks. "Come with me, boy."
"Gravity room?" Ryoko asked. Trunks blinked, looking to his mother for help.
"It's a game room." Bulma said with another smile. Vegeta rolled his eyes.
"You are so pathetic. Actually, I'd like to train alone." And with that, he left.
_Roses Are Red
"Hey, Trunks, do you want to go to the mall with me and a few of my friends tonight?" Ryoko asked a few weeks later. Over those few weeks, Ryoko was reguarly getting help in math from Trunks. She and Trunks' mother went to shopping together a few times, and were becoming good friends. She began to call Vegeta 'Carrot', much to Vegeta's dislike and Bulma's amusement. Her and Trunks grew closer, and she began to dislike 'Chibi' because of his childish pranks that he often played on her.
"Sure... that'd be cool. Do you want me to drive you all there?" He asked, putting his books in his locker and looking down at the glowing Ryoko.
"Could you?" He nodded. "That'd be awesome, I could have Mai come on the bus with us, and Kotori only lives a few streets down." Trunks coughed quietly, and his stomach dropped. Kotori was coming? He didn't like being around Ryoko and Kotori at the same time, because it was obvious that Ryoko loved Kotori. "Wait, you drive? Aren't you only fifteen?" Trunks blinked a few times, trying to come up with an explanation.
"Uh.. no... I'm sixteen, I... went to school early?" He said, sounding very unbelievable. Ryoko blinked a few times with no expression on her face, and then smiled again.
"Oh, well whatever. We wanted to leave around five thirty, is that alright?" Trunks nodded and they started walking down the stairs to their bus. "Oh, look!" She swung her backack in front of her, opened it, and pulled out a piece of paper and shoved it into Trunks' face. "Look, look, look!" She cried. Trunks laughed and took it from her, and grinned. She had gotten a B+ on her math test. Mai ran up to them, stuffing books into her bagged, complaining about how their bus came too soon and she almost missed it.
"Good job!" He said, handing it back to her. She grinned and nodded, and they got on the bus. Ryoko sat with Kotori as usual, and Trunks sat across from them, and Mai sat across from Gohan who was in front of Ryoko and Kotori.
"Ryoko..." Kotori started. Trunks sighed. Every day, Kotori would tell Ryoko something that would upset her. She would yell, he would give excuses, then somehow Kotori would end up doing whatever Ryoko had wanted him to do in the first place. "I can't go with you and Mai to the mall tonight." Ryoko blinked a few times, shook her head, and sighed with a smile.
"Alright, whatever."
"What?" Kotori asked, shock written all over his face. Ryoko shrugged.
"I'm tired of fighting with you, Kotori. If you don't want to spend time with your friends, then fine. We don't need you to come, anyway, we've got another guy, Trunks." Kotori looked at Trunks, anger clearly written on his face.
"No, no, no, no, no!" He cried. "I'm coming with you." Ryoko grinned
"Great." She said.
A few hours later, Ryoko and Mai were sitting in the Brief's kitchen, talking to Bulma. At first, Mai didn't want to hang out with Mrs. Brief, but Ryoko assured her that she was really cool and that Mai would love her, and Mai did really like her.
"Oh, you girls are great." Bulma said with a big smile, then reached into her purse. "Here, go buy yourselves some nice things, and we'll go shopping again next weekend, okay? I'm visiting my parents at Capsule Corp. this weekend with Veggie-chan and Tr- Chibi, so I won't see you until Sunday." Bulma handed the wide-eyed girls the money.
"All of this?!" Mai cried.
"Oh, Bulma, we can't take this." Ryoko said, looking up at the smiling Bulma.
"Take it, Ryo-chan. I don't know how many times I have to explain this to you: The Briefs are one of the richest families in the world, I could give you all the money I want, so don't worry about it."
"Thank you!" Ryoko and Mai both cried. Trunks walked into the kitchen. He had been standing outside the doorway, watching the three girls. He cleared his throat, and said that it was time to go. They piled in the car, picked up Kotori, and then went to the mall.
Ryoko and Mai did most of the shopping. Trunks didn't buy anything, and Kotori bought a wrestling magazine. They got dinner, then left the mall at ten o' clock. Trunks dropped Mai and Kotori off at their houses, then drove to his and Ryokos street, said goodbye to Ryoko, then went into his house. He tried to sleep, but could not get Ryoko off of his mind. He kept thinking of how amazing she was, but Kotori held her heart. After a few hours of restlessly tossing and turning in his bed, he pulled went downstairs, put on his shoes, and stepped outside. He stared at the sky, taking in deep breaths.
He closed his eyes, and just listened to the comforting silence. That silence was broken by yelling, and then a crash from inside Ryokos house. Trunks opened his eyes and watched as Ryoko front door burst open and she ran out.
"And don't come back!" A man, probably her father, yelled, slamming the door behind her. Ryoko made it to the sidewalk, then fell to her knees and started sobbing into her hands. With wide eyes, Trunks ran to her and fell to his knees beside her.
"Ryoko, Ryoko! What's wrong?" He cried, placing his hands onto her shoulders and looking at the part of her face that was still exposed. She took her hands away from her tear-stained face and looked at him with glassy eyes. Her eyes were a little swollen, and there was a large bruise on her cheek. "What's that? ...Ryoko, what happened? What's wrong?" She stood up, sniffling, then shook her head and managed a smile when Trunks stood and looked down at her.
"Nothing, nothing's wrong, Trunks."
"I'm not blind, Ryoko. Something's wrong, now tell me." Ryoko winced, then fell into his arms, sobbing again. Trunks wasn't sure what to do, so he just held her shaking body and she cried.
"I... I'm so stupid!" Trunks grabbed her shoulders and pushed her away from him, looking her in the eyes with his hands still tightly grasping he shoulders.
"You are not stupid, Ryoko. Now tell me what happened." Ryoko sniffled again and dook in a few deep breaths.
"I called Kotori and asked him if it was possible if we would ever be together again. He told me no, he didn't think he could ever love me again... So... After I got off the phone with him, I started crying and... my father came in and started yelling at me and telling me to stop crying. Of course he was drunk, he's hardly ever not. When I didn't stop crying, he slapped me... Really hard." She touched the bruise, winced, then continued. "So... I started running out, he threw a lamp at me, he missed, I ran out the door, and... well, you know the rest." Trunks stared at her in disbelief, not sure of what to do or say. Ryoko bit her lip, and Trunks could tell that she now felt uncomfortable.
"Come with me."
"Huh?"
"...Your father said not to come back to the house, so you might as well spend at least tonight at my house." Ryoko looked at him, smiled, and nodded. He brought her into the house, then suggested that she should take a shower to fell better. Ryoko nodded, and Trunks got he some of his mothers pajamas, and she went to take a shower. During the time she was up there, Trunks sat on the couch and contemplated what she had just told him. Kotori was an asshole, and he would never had expected that Ryokos father was an alcoholic. Worst of all, he had tried to hurt her. Hitting her with that lamp could have hurt her very badly. No wonder why Ryoko never wanted him to come into her house while they studied.
Ryoko came down, and they sat in silence. It was an awkward, uneasy silence, and Trunks did not like it. He was at a loss for words. What could he say?
"Thank you, Trunks." Ryoko said. He turned to her, and she was smiling, tears in her eyes. He nodded, and they hugged again as she cried quietly.
"Come on," he said a few minutes later, "you need sleep." He picked her up and carried her up the stairs and placed her on his bed. "You can sleep in my bed, I'll sleep on the couch."
"No, don't sleep on the couch." Ryoko said with a cracked voice. "This is your room... sleep in here."
"No, I want you to sleep in the bed. It's alright."
"Well... To be honest... I really don't want to be alone." Trunks blinked, and then smiled.
"Okay, I'll sleep on the floor."
"That's not comfortable at all... Could you... Do you want to just sleep with me?" Trunks' breath was caught in his chest again, and his mind blanked. He looked at Ryoko, who was already under the covers, moving over to make room for Trunks. Trunks gulped, then nodded and layed down next to her after turning off the light.
Even into the early hours of the morning, Trunks lyed awake, his stomach in a knot. Here he was, lying in his bed with Ryoko Augiri. He looked at her, and smiled to himself. She looked so peaceful while she slept, as if she had forgotten everything that had just happened. He looked at her face, and then at her lips, and all he wanted to do was kiss her, but he knew he couldn't.
_Dance and a Confession
The weeks went by, and the last two weeks of school were drawing near, meaning that the end-of-school semi-formal dance was coming up. Gohan had been trying to get Trunks to ask Ryoko to it, but Trunks could not get the courage, though the two had been becoming very close since the night she spent at his house, and he loved her more and more each day. They spent more time together, now, and not just studying. They would watch movies, go out to eat, and lots of times just sit and talk.
But today was the day. It was the day before the dance, and Trunks was determined to ask Ryoko to the dance. In english, the teacher was busy correcting tests so he let the students to whatever they wanted. Trunks took in a deep breath while staring at Ryoko, and with a pat on the back and a 'good luck!' from Gohan, he started toward her.
"Ryoko!" She turned from her friends and walked over to him with a smile and asked what he wanted. "Er... Well uh... Do you..." he sighed, "I know it's kinda late to ask but... do you want to go to the dance with me tomorrow?" Ryoko grinned.
"Yeah! That'd be great!" Trunks grinned back, he was afraid that someone had already asked her.
"Okay, cool. I'll pick you up at six?"
"Sounds good." Trunks turned around and gave a thumbs up to Gohan, who grinned and gave Trunks a thumbs up back. He sat next to him and talked to him about the night, Gohan had asked Videl to go. Trunks looked over at Mai when he heard this, who had most likely just been told by Ryoko because she looked angry. He was about to turn back to Gohan, but he saw a nervous Kotori walk over to Ryoko, and heard him ask her to the dance. The smile dissapeared from Ryokos face, and she looked at Trunks.
Anger rose up inside him and he jumped out, running out of the room and hurrying down the hall. Right after he finally got the courage to ask her, the one that she loves, Kotori, asks her. Of course she was going to say yes to Kotori, and tell Trunks that she was sorry but wanted to go with him.
"Trunks!" He spun around, seeing Ryoko behind him.
"Let me guess, you're going to the dance with Kotori now?!" He snapped. Ryoko winced, and spoke quietly.
"No, Trunks. I'm going with you, I said no to him." Trunks blinked, and suddenly felt bad for snapping at her, suddenly feeling like he wanted her to go with Kotori and be happy.
"Oh, no! Ryoko, go say tell Kotori you're going with him, I understand." Ryoko laughed.
"Nah. I want to go with you, Trunks." Trunks smiled, and looked down at his feet so she wouldn't see the blush spreading across his face.
The next night, Trunks tugged at his tie, trying to get it striaght and a little bit loser so that it wasn't choking him. He hated ties. Bulma came up and fixed it with a laugh. It was looser, but it still choked him a little.
"Ohh Trunks, I'm so happy for you!" She cried, a grin on her face. Trunks looked at his watch, then turned to his mother.
"Well, you nor Ryoko will be happy if I don't leave." Bulma hugged him, wished him luck, and then he went to get Ryoko. She was already standing in her front yard, and Trunks' guess was that she wanted to get out of her house as soon as possible. She looked gorgeous. She was wearing a red halter dress that came up above her knee and white high-heels strap sandles, and her hair was down. Trunks was always stunned by her beauty when her hair was down. She was pretty with her hair up, but it was just amazing how she looked with her hair down.
At the dance, Trunks and Ryoko spent their time with Gohan and Videl. They didn't dance too much, only to the slow songs. Mai came over to Ryoko a few times and whispered things into her ear, Trunks guessed that it was about Gohan or Videl. Ryoko just brushed her off, though.
Ryoko and Trunks were dancing to one of the last songs. Trunks listened to the lyrics; it was a song about being truthful and such. He sighed, and started thinking about what he had been the past few days. He was considering telling Ryoko who he really was, telling her everything. She had been honest with him, so why shouldn't he be with her?
After the song was over, he told her that he wanted to talk to her. He had decided that he wanted to tell her, she would have found out sooner or later, anyway. They walked out of the school and stood outside, looking at eachother. She asked what was wrong, and then let out a cry when Trunks swept her off her feet and jumped into the air.
"Ohh my God! What's going on?! Am I dreaming?!" Trunks laughed.
"I'll explain in a moment, Ryoko."
They landed on a deserted beach, and he set her down. She stumbled a little at first, was shaking, and breathing quickly with wide eyes. She looked up at the sky and around her, seeming as if she didn't think any of her surroundings were real. Trunks sat down on the sand, and Ryoko sat next to him. The beach was a little colder than where they had been previously, but it wasn't too cold. He saw her shivering, so he gave her his jacket, then started to explain everything. He started out with the story of young Goku, and then moved on to Raditz, Vegeta and Nappa, Frieza, himself coming from the future, the androids, and then Cell. A few times during the story Ryoko laughed or said it cuoldn't be true, but Trunks just nodded and Ryoko continued listening. Trunks ended up forming a few chi blasts to show Ryoko that he wasn't lying.
"So... you're half alien?" Ryoko asked.
"I never really thought of it that way, but yes, I guess I am." Ryoko blinked her eyes at him, then looked out blankly toward the sea.
"...wow." She muttered, then laughed. "That's... amazing."
"I'd really appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone about any of that..." Ryoko looked at him and winked with a smile.
"Sure."
They started heading back, Trunks flying slower than before by request of Ryoko so she could look around, she said she couldn't see anything when he was flying so fast before.
Ryoko had been pointing things out to Trunks on the way, and she stopped when Trunks came to a sudden halt and looked around.
"What's wrong?" Ryoko asked, still smiling. He said 'sh', queitly, and she looked around with him. A trickle of sweat rolled down his forehead. He definitely felt some kind of strong chi, but one that he had never felt before.
He quickly realized that the energy was coming from behind him, and he spun around and shot a blast at it. Ryoko let out a shriek from being switched from both arms to just one and the sudden turn around and blast.
"What the hell was that?!" She cried, gripping his arm. Trunks was breathing heavely, his hand still extended toward where the thing was. Whatever it was, it was gone, now.
"I don't know."
A/N_So what'd ya think? It's gonna get more interesting soon... All that was just kind of an intro. * Upcoming Chapters:
_ Who's after Ryoko?
_ Why is Ryoko having these strange dreams?
_ Gohan and Goten have a twin?
_ What is Goku hiding?
_ Sparks fly between Trunks and Ryoko!
Stay tuned and please review ^_^