AN: I don't own it, the characters aren't mine, and you know the usual. Please R+R and sorry it took so long to write (trust me for me writing this took a long time!)
Chapter Three- The Arrival of an Old Friend
Gohan stretched and yawned. He had never realized how tired he was. He looked at the clock and saw that it read 2:00. He yawned again and looked at Hotaru, her pretty features gleamed in the dim light. He turned back to the book he had been reading, which to his up most surprise wasn't half bad. It was about a young prince escaping the life of a royal to seek adventures on the high sea. Which is were he meets the Pirate Princess. A groaned broke Gohan's chain of thoughts and he looked to Hotaru. She groaned again and sat up. Reveling to him violent purple eyes. Her eyes darted forward and then back and then to him. After their eyes met they stayed locked.
"Who are you? Where am I? Where is Dike? Where's Rini? Is she okay? Why are my wounds healed?" Gohan found it hard to understand her, because she was talking so fast. But he made out the questions 'why are my wounds healed?' That was when Gohan got a good looked at her. All her wounds where healed and she looked even lovelier then at first. Gohan smiled at her.
"It's okay, I don't know why your wounds are healed, but don't worry you're at your apartment and Rini's asleep in the other room. Now, calm down and ask your questions slowly." Gohan said and she sucked in breath.
"Alright, if I'm then I know why I was healed. You're Gohan?" Hotaru asked.
"Sure am, Princess." Gohan said as a little joke. She obviously didn't get because she looked at him oddly, "It was a joke."
"It wasn't a good one." She accused and he nodded.
"I'll try to make a better." He promised.
"K." She groaned again and fell back into unconsciousness. Gohan stared at her for a little bit then smiled and turned to his book. About an hour later he drifted into a heavy sleep with the smile still on his features.
Soon... I can almost feel it... taste... soon little Firefly you will be mine! Soon... so soon... I shall awaken... turmoil! I can here the cries of pain, taste the blood from my victims, and I can feel you, little Firefly, buckle underneath my body. Be prepared little one! I will have you!
Her head was throbbing. Pain traveled through her entire body. She was lost in asleep she couldn't wake up from. A bad dream. She had just talked to a boy, around her age, what was his name? Ah, yes, Gohan. Somehow the last name flew to her. Son Gohan. Gohan... Gohan... somehow that name was familiar. Wait! She remembered! He fought in the Cell Games! Of course! Who could she had possibly forgotten? He was one of the strongest fighters in the world. But why was he so kind? She had always thought warriors as brute tyrants and cold-hearted fiends. Yet, the minute their eyes met Hotaru saw something only Rini had shown her. Compassion. His eyes were a jet-black color, but they sparkled with goodness and purity. If Hotaru hadn't been asleep she would've blushed at her thoughts. That was when another person invaded her thoughts 'and I can feel you, little Firefly, buckle underneath my body.' Hotaru almost cried out at the horrible thoughts, but she forced herself to remain still. Who was that?
"Hotaru..." A voice called from far away and a hand ran down her cold check. Her first thought that is was Gohan, the one that was watching her, but when thought about it, she knew it couldn't be him. The voice was to soft and the hands to smooth to be that of a male. Rini. Hotaru tried to mumble out her name, but she was pretty sure it sounded nothing like she wanted to be. She groaned and forced her eyes to open slowly. Everything came in a rush of color, first, black, then pink, white, and finally peach. She smiled up that girl with cotton candy colored hair. She smiled back down.
She groaned and sat up. Rini looked at her with concern, "Are you sure you should be doing that?"
"It hasn't hurt so far." Hotaru said and she forced herself up. She looked around at her surroundings and was greeted by many familiar things. Hotaru smiled blissfully and then she noticed Gohan. He was cramped in a chair with a book in his lap. Rini nudged her in the shoulders and smiled slyly.
"Pretty cute huh?" She asked and Hotaru blushed.
"No course not!" She said and Rini smiled. Rini disappeared into her room and came out holding a bundle of clothing.
"Here, Hotaru-chan! New cloths and I'll start making breakfast!" Rini said, "Oh! Hotaru, get changed in the bathroom!"
"Why?" Hotaru asked glancing at her bedroom door. It seemed normal enough. What evil could be larking behind it?
Rini made a face that told her she really didn't want to go into, but she said, "A big jerk named Trunks is sleeping in there!"
"I see you've made a friend already, Rini! That's nice." Hotaru said smiling at her younger friend.
"Just go get dressed, Hotaru-chan!" Hotaru nodded and walked into the bathroom, "Oh and Hotaru-chan! I hate Trunks!"
Hotaru smirked to herself as she looked at her cloths. It was a long mauve skirt that had gold lining along the top. The shirt was a black belly shirt with a spaghetti straps and it had gold lining at the top of the shirt and the bottom of the shirt. She put the cloths on the toilet set and turned on the shower. She smiled as hot water seeped into her skin. It seemed like forever since she had taken a shower. She let the hot water soak her body and thought of Rini and her fortune.
"Maybe, Serena had sent a savior after all." Hotaru told herself. Then her mind played her an image of the sleeping Gohan. She felt heat rise in her checks and she knew it wasn't the hot water, "Son Gohan. He is rather cute."
A delicious smell invaded Trunks nostrils. He smiled as he got up and slipped on his pants. As he left Hotaru's room he heard the running water from a shower. Trunks guess Hotaru was taking a shower seeing that her figure wasn't asleep on the couch. He walked towards the kitchen and noticed that Gohan was asleep in a chair with an odd smirk on his face. Trunks shook his head walked into the kitchen. To Trunks' surprise he found Rini cooking. Her back was turned to him and she was humming a tone all her own.
***This is the story of a girl
***Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
***And well she looked so sad in photographs
***I absolutely love her
***When she smiles...***
It was a pretty song though Trunks had never heard it before. He took a seat just watched her. She was wearing a short white dress that showed a little too much of her legs and Trunks found heat rising to his checks at the thought,
***How many days in a year
***She woke up with hope
***But she only found tears?
***And I can be so insincere
***Making her promises that are never for real
***As long as she stands there waiting!
***Wearing the holes in the soles in her shoes
***How many days disappear?
***You look in a mirror
***So how do you choose?***
Trunks had the urge to tease her about her lovely voice, but forced himself to remain silent.
***Your cloths never wear as well the next day
***And your hair never falls in quite the same way
***But you never seem to run out of things to say!***
Trunks, no longer able to fight down the urge, laughed. Rini spun around, a healthy blush stained on her checks.
"How long were you there?" She asked.
"Long enough." Trunks replied.
"Well, I don't care! My voice is lovely and anyone who here it is privileged!" Rini said turning back to breakfast.
"You bet! I pretty sure people all over this Earth could here that song! Whew! With a voice like that you could break glass!" Trunks said. Rini spun around again, but instead of yelling back her eyes held tears. Trunks regretted his words.
"WHY YOU INSENSITIVE LITTLE JERK! I hate you! Don't ever speak to me, again!" She screamed and then her eyes floated past Trunks and to the door, "Hotaru-chan! Gohan! Good Morning."
Hotaru came in wear black and purple, and Gohan still had on his same cloths. Both were blushing about something.
"What happened? Your face is all red! Are you getting a fever?" Rini asked, her voice full of concern.
"No... I-I tripped in-into Go-Gohan. No-nothing's wrong, R-Rini." Hotaru stammered, her blush brighter.
Trunks had no idea what was going on. If they had just tripped on one another why were they blushing so furiously? Rini, however, seemed to have an idea of what happened. She crocked an eyebrow and noted to herself that Gohan's lips were puffy from kissing. She smiled at Hotaru and sent her a telepathic message.
"My, my, we're moving fast aren't we?"
"What are you talking about?" Hotaru sent back. At first Rini feared that had feared Hotaru's mind would be too weak to receive telepathic messages, but apparently not. Rini still smiled every time she thought of the day Hotaru had thought her to communicate telepathically. Rini wanted to learn how to read minds, like Hotaru could, but Hotaru refused saying 'not only would you use that power for the wrong reasons, but also your mind isn't strong enough. You're lucky you can do this. And don't try talking to other people other then me. Not only would they probably be mute to use, but also you are so weak when it comes to telepathic powers and you need to have an unbreakable bond with a person. Meaning, you ether have to sleep with them or have a strong friendship like us. And you're only 14! So you better not have slept with anyone. Even if you're dating Helios.' Hotaru was right. She had tried to talk to Serena, her next closest friend, but she had shivered and walked away. So the only person she could talk to was Hotaru because she hadn't slept with anyone... yet.
"Oh come on, Hotaru-chan! I've had more expectances at it then you! You've been kissing him!"
Hotaru stepped back, "No! Rini, you got it all wrong! I did kiss him. Boy was it good! But I did it to thank him!"
Rini smiled, "Well, the kiss I think you just shared wasn't a thank-you kiss. So was there tongue?"
Hotaru blushed and looked down, "Yeah..."
"Wow, Hotaru-chan! That was fast! How much longer till you end up in bed with him?"
"WHAT!? Rini, I'm only 17! I'm way to young for that!"
"No you're not, Hotaru-chan! You'll be eighteen in one week! Must people lose their virginity at age 14!'
"Well, I'm not-" Hotaru's psychic words were cut off by Trunks' irritated cough.
"Am I missing something? You've been staring at each other for a least five minutes!"
"Like it's any of your business what we do! I can stand there for two hours if I want to!" Rini shouted to the annoying boy with purple hair. Rini decided to change the subject before Hotaru blushed more and it became permeate, "Alright, who want breakfast? Pancakes and eggs!"
Half way through breakfast there was a knock at the door. Trunks looked up at Rini.
"I'll get it!" Rini said standing up, "I'm done with breakfast, anyway."
"Scream if something's wrong." Hotaru said smiling.
"Ohhhhhhhh, don't worry I will." Rini disappeared into the hallway. A few nerve-racking minutes later Rini's screamed traveled through the air.
"AHHHHHHHH! HOTARU-CHAN! HURRY! COME HERE!" Hotaru, Gohan, and Trunks rushed to the door.
Rini was smiling at the figure in the door. He was a young man, about three years older then Rini, with pale white hair and sparkling blue eyes. In the middle of his forehead was a golden horn. He held his hands out to Rini and she jumped into them.
"HELIOS! YOU'RE HERE! IT MUST BE MY LUCKY DAY!" Rini shrieked and he smiled.
"Oh course, little one! I am truly lucky to have found you!" He said running his hand through Rini's hair. Trunks felt a pinged of jealousy.
"Helios." Hotaru said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Saturn." He replied back, coldly. Then they smiled at each other, "I see you've taken good care of Small Lady."
Hotaru moved closer to Gohan, "He helped." Trunks noted the small pink tint that appeared on his friend's face.
"Good, Rini, I'm very glad to see you again. When I couldn't sense your power I got worried." Helios said.
Rini smiled and ran her hands through Helios's white hair. Trunks, or some reason, felt jealousy travel through him.
"What are you doing here, Helios? Did you come to see me?" Rini asked and Helios's face darkened.
"No, Small One, I am here to warn you of the danger." Helios said and Rini's smiling face turned to a frown.
"What's wrong, Helios?" Hotaru asked, moving away from Gohan, her face gone cold.
"Something very bad."
"Then come in! Tell us what happened. We want to know." Helios looked down at Rini and smiled.
"Yes, I will. Come sit down." Helios said and he was lead into the apartment. They went into the living room and Helios sat in the chair. Trunks took the couch because Hotaru and Gohan were sharing the love seat, each was blushing.
God, they are so obvious! They are so into each other. Pathetic, Gohan. Trunks thought to himself.
"Tell us now, Helios! Is something going to happen to this Earth? Has something happened to my mother?" Rini asked worriedly.
Helios shock his head, "No, Small Lady, your mother is still hidden. And that's probably the problem."
"What do you mean?"
"With your mother hiding the protect around the dimensions are gone. That leaves them venerable to attacks. This dimension has the most power other then your dimension, which has already fallen. So they are planning to attack it."
"How do you know?"
"In Elysion-"
"Elysion?" Trunks asked.
"Elysion is the land of dreams. I'm a prince from there." Helios explained, "As I was saying, in Elysion I was working on a new way to find evil dreams and destroy them when I heard a hideous voice. I followed it and found the voice to belong to Glaxia. She was speaking about attacking the dimension that had Hotaru and Rini. I knew I couldn't let that happen so I went searching for you. It was hard at first, you're a good hider Hotaru, but when you were captured I felt your power and when searching for. So here, I am. To warn you the destruction will come to this world."
"Okay, thanks Helios, but what should we do about it?" Rini asked curiously.
"You should run, again. Hide in another dimension and let this on be." Helios said sadly.
"NO!" Hotaru said jumping up, "I've grown to like this dimension I've been living in for 11 months! I'll be damned if I let it be destroyed! Sure, we need a lot of work on our power, but it's not impossible! I bet we could do it!"
"Yeah! Besides, I'm not keen on letting my dimension die, ether! We can do it!" Gohan said jumping to his feet, also. Hotaru, Helios, and Rini looked at him like he was crazy, "What?"
"Ah, Gohan, your powers won't have affect on them. They don't use ki blast, they use star energy." Rini said.
"What?"
"Star Energy- the power of the Star Seed in all of us. It's very powerful by hard to control." Hotaru explained.
"Oh! Then could you teach use to use Star Energy?" Trunks asked.
"We could, but it would at least take a year to train you guys fully and that's a year we don't have." Hotaru said.
"A yeah, huh? Well, let me tell you about the Chamber of Time!" Trunks said smiling and they sat back down.
"So you really wanna train with us?" Rini asked and Gohan and Trunks nodded.
"It's our world! We have a right to protect it." Gohan said with a smile.
"Very well, but is there anyone else that might be able to help us?" Hotaru asked.
"No, the strongest people in this dimension are all to old to train. Sure Goku and Vegeta would want to train, but they are old." Trunks said.
"Oh well, we'll leave for the Chamber of Time in about three days. I need to set some things clear." Rini said.
"Like what?" Trunks asked.
"I need to go to the time gate and make sure everything is in order. I'm sure you don't want people from other dimensions popping up when ever. Since the Time Guardian's dead it needs to be checked on every now and then, okay?" Rini explained.
"Alright, Rini, please be careful. They may attack you now that you're alone." Hotaru said with a worried tone.
"I will I promise!" Rini said and started pushing her hands into her pockets, "Oh, and Hotaru-chan, make sure Trunks doesn't touch my room!" Trunks glared at her and Rini held up a gold key, "AH HA! Here it is! Stand back! MOON CRYSTAL KEY! TAKE ME TO THE TIME GATE!" With a flash of brilliant pink light Rini was gone.
Hotaru blinked once, then twice, "No matter how many times she does that my eyes still hurts when she does it!"
"Yes, I know. Gohan and Trunks' eyes must be burning." Helios said smiling, "Since we have three days together, how about I tell you a story? Something the Time Guardian told me long ago."
"Yeah, okay, but just who is the Time Guardian?" Gohan asked and Hotaru smiled.
"While, her real name is Trista Meioh, she's the first human. Yes, Trunks, she billions of year old, but she has the appearance of an 18 year old. I'll tell you her story and then you can hear Helios's." Hotaru said smiling. They nodded and her smile faded and she closed eyes and got a vivid picture of Trista.
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Chapter Three- The Arrival of an Old Friend
Gohan stretched and yawned. He had never realized how tired he was. He looked at the clock and saw that it read 2:00. He yawned again and looked at Hotaru, her pretty features gleamed in the dim light. He turned back to the book he had been reading, which to his up most surprise wasn't half bad. It was about a young prince escaping the life of a royal to seek adventures on the high sea. Which is were he meets the Pirate Princess. A groaned broke Gohan's chain of thoughts and he looked to Hotaru. She groaned again and sat up. Reveling to him violent purple eyes. Her eyes darted forward and then back and then to him. After their eyes met they stayed locked.
"Who are you? Where am I? Where is Dike? Where's Rini? Is she okay? Why are my wounds healed?" Gohan found it hard to understand her, because she was talking so fast. But he made out the questions 'why are my wounds healed?' That was when Gohan got a good looked at her. All her wounds where healed and she looked even lovelier then at first. Gohan smiled at her.
"It's okay, I don't know why your wounds are healed, but don't worry you're at your apartment and Rini's asleep in the other room. Now, calm down and ask your questions slowly." Gohan said and she sucked in breath.
"Alright, if I'm then I know why I was healed. You're Gohan?" Hotaru asked.
"Sure am, Princess." Gohan said as a little joke. She obviously didn't get because she looked at him oddly, "It was a joke."
"It wasn't a good one." She accused and he nodded.
"I'll try to make a better." He promised.
"K." She groaned again and fell back into unconsciousness. Gohan stared at her for a little bit then smiled and turned to his book. About an hour later he drifted into a heavy sleep with the smile still on his features.
Soon... I can almost feel it... taste... soon little Firefly you will be mine! Soon... so soon... I shall awaken... turmoil! I can here the cries of pain, taste the blood from my victims, and I can feel you, little Firefly, buckle underneath my body. Be prepared little one! I will have you!
Her head was throbbing. Pain traveled through her entire body. She was lost in asleep she couldn't wake up from. A bad dream. She had just talked to a boy, around her age, what was his name? Ah, yes, Gohan. Somehow the last name flew to her. Son Gohan. Gohan... Gohan... somehow that name was familiar. Wait! She remembered! He fought in the Cell Games! Of course! Who could she had possibly forgotten? He was one of the strongest fighters in the world. But why was he so kind? She had always thought warriors as brute tyrants and cold-hearted fiends. Yet, the minute their eyes met Hotaru saw something only Rini had shown her. Compassion. His eyes were a jet-black color, but they sparkled with goodness and purity. If Hotaru hadn't been asleep she would've blushed at her thoughts. That was when another person invaded her thoughts 'and I can feel you, little Firefly, buckle underneath my body.' Hotaru almost cried out at the horrible thoughts, but she forced herself to remain still. Who was that?
"Hotaru..." A voice called from far away and a hand ran down her cold check. Her first thought that is was Gohan, the one that was watching her, but when thought about it, she knew it couldn't be him. The voice was to soft and the hands to smooth to be that of a male. Rini. Hotaru tried to mumble out her name, but she was pretty sure it sounded nothing like she wanted to be. She groaned and forced her eyes to open slowly. Everything came in a rush of color, first, black, then pink, white, and finally peach. She smiled up that girl with cotton candy colored hair. She smiled back down.
She groaned and sat up. Rini looked at her with concern, "Are you sure you should be doing that?"
"It hasn't hurt so far." Hotaru said and she forced herself up. She looked around at her surroundings and was greeted by many familiar things. Hotaru smiled blissfully and then she noticed Gohan. He was cramped in a chair with a book in his lap. Rini nudged her in the shoulders and smiled slyly.
"Pretty cute huh?" She asked and Hotaru blushed.
"No course not!" She said and Rini smiled. Rini disappeared into her room and came out holding a bundle of clothing.
"Here, Hotaru-chan! New cloths and I'll start making breakfast!" Rini said, "Oh! Hotaru, get changed in the bathroom!"
"Why?" Hotaru asked glancing at her bedroom door. It seemed normal enough. What evil could be larking behind it?
Rini made a face that told her she really didn't want to go into, but she said, "A big jerk named Trunks is sleeping in there!"
"I see you've made a friend already, Rini! That's nice." Hotaru said smiling at her younger friend.
"Just go get dressed, Hotaru-chan!" Hotaru nodded and walked into the bathroom, "Oh and Hotaru-chan! I hate Trunks!"
Hotaru smirked to herself as she looked at her cloths. It was a long mauve skirt that had gold lining along the top. The shirt was a black belly shirt with a spaghetti straps and it had gold lining at the top of the shirt and the bottom of the shirt. She put the cloths on the toilet set and turned on the shower. She smiled as hot water seeped into her skin. It seemed like forever since she had taken a shower. She let the hot water soak her body and thought of Rini and her fortune.
"Maybe, Serena had sent a savior after all." Hotaru told herself. Then her mind played her an image of the sleeping Gohan. She felt heat rise in her checks and she knew it wasn't the hot water, "Son Gohan. He is rather cute."
A delicious smell invaded Trunks nostrils. He smiled as he got up and slipped on his pants. As he left Hotaru's room he heard the running water from a shower. Trunks guess Hotaru was taking a shower seeing that her figure wasn't asleep on the couch. He walked towards the kitchen and noticed that Gohan was asleep in a chair with an odd smirk on his face. Trunks shook his head walked into the kitchen. To Trunks' surprise he found Rini cooking. Her back was turned to him and she was humming a tone all her own.
***This is the story of a girl
***Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
***And well she looked so sad in photographs
***I absolutely love her
***When she smiles...***
It was a pretty song though Trunks had never heard it before. He took a seat just watched her. She was wearing a short white dress that showed a little too much of her legs and Trunks found heat rising to his checks at the thought,
***How many days in a year
***She woke up with hope
***But she only found tears?
***And I can be so insincere
***Making her promises that are never for real
***As long as she stands there waiting!
***Wearing the holes in the soles in her shoes
***How many days disappear?
***You look in a mirror
***So how do you choose?***
Trunks had the urge to tease her about her lovely voice, but forced himself to remain silent.
***Your cloths never wear as well the next day
***And your hair never falls in quite the same way
***But you never seem to run out of things to say!***
Trunks, no longer able to fight down the urge, laughed. Rini spun around, a healthy blush stained on her checks.
"How long were you there?" She asked.
"Long enough." Trunks replied.
"Well, I don't care! My voice is lovely and anyone who here it is privileged!" Rini said turning back to breakfast.
"You bet! I pretty sure people all over this Earth could here that song! Whew! With a voice like that you could break glass!" Trunks said. Rini spun around again, but instead of yelling back her eyes held tears. Trunks regretted his words.
"WHY YOU INSENSITIVE LITTLE JERK! I hate you! Don't ever speak to me, again!" She screamed and then her eyes floated past Trunks and to the door, "Hotaru-chan! Gohan! Good Morning."
Hotaru came in wear black and purple, and Gohan still had on his same cloths. Both were blushing about something.
"What happened? Your face is all red! Are you getting a fever?" Rini asked, her voice full of concern.
"No... I-I tripped in-into Go-Gohan. No-nothing's wrong, R-Rini." Hotaru stammered, her blush brighter.
Trunks had no idea what was going on. If they had just tripped on one another why were they blushing so furiously? Rini, however, seemed to have an idea of what happened. She crocked an eyebrow and noted to herself that Gohan's lips were puffy from kissing. She smiled at Hotaru and sent her a telepathic message.
"My, my, we're moving fast aren't we?"
"What are you talking about?" Hotaru sent back. At first Rini feared that had feared Hotaru's mind would be too weak to receive telepathic messages, but apparently not. Rini still smiled every time she thought of the day Hotaru had thought her to communicate telepathically. Rini wanted to learn how to read minds, like Hotaru could, but Hotaru refused saying 'not only would you use that power for the wrong reasons, but also your mind isn't strong enough. You're lucky you can do this. And don't try talking to other people other then me. Not only would they probably be mute to use, but also you are so weak when it comes to telepathic powers and you need to have an unbreakable bond with a person. Meaning, you ether have to sleep with them or have a strong friendship like us. And you're only 14! So you better not have slept with anyone. Even if you're dating Helios.' Hotaru was right. She had tried to talk to Serena, her next closest friend, but she had shivered and walked away. So the only person she could talk to was Hotaru because she hadn't slept with anyone... yet.
"Oh come on, Hotaru-chan! I've had more expectances at it then you! You've been kissing him!"
Hotaru stepped back, "No! Rini, you got it all wrong! I did kiss him. Boy was it good! But I did it to thank him!"
Rini smiled, "Well, the kiss I think you just shared wasn't a thank-you kiss. So was there tongue?"
Hotaru blushed and looked down, "Yeah..."
"Wow, Hotaru-chan! That was fast! How much longer till you end up in bed with him?"
"WHAT!? Rini, I'm only 17! I'm way to young for that!"
"No you're not, Hotaru-chan! You'll be eighteen in one week! Must people lose their virginity at age 14!'
"Well, I'm not-" Hotaru's psychic words were cut off by Trunks' irritated cough.
"Am I missing something? You've been staring at each other for a least five minutes!"
"Like it's any of your business what we do! I can stand there for two hours if I want to!" Rini shouted to the annoying boy with purple hair. Rini decided to change the subject before Hotaru blushed more and it became permeate, "Alright, who want breakfast? Pancakes and eggs!"
Half way through breakfast there was a knock at the door. Trunks looked up at Rini.
"I'll get it!" Rini said standing up, "I'm done with breakfast, anyway."
"Scream if something's wrong." Hotaru said smiling.
"Ohhhhhhhh, don't worry I will." Rini disappeared into the hallway. A few nerve-racking minutes later Rini's screamed traveled through the air.
"AHHHHHHHH! HOTARU-CHAN! HURRY! COME HERE!" Hotaru, Gohan, and Trunks rushed to the door.
Rini was smiling at the figure in the door. He was a young man, about three years older then Rini, with pale white hair and sparkling blue eyes. In the middle of his forehead was a golden horn. He held his hands out to Rini and she jumped into them.
"HELIOS! YOU'RE HERE! IT MUST BE MY LUCKY DAY!" Rini shrieked and he smiled.
"Oh course, little one! I am truly lucky to have found you!" He said running his hand through Rini's hair. Trunks felt a pinged of jealousy.
"Helios." Hotaru said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Saturn." He replied back, coldly. Then they smiled at each other, "I see you've taken good care of Small Lady."
Hotaru moved closer to Gohan, "He helped." Trunks noted the small pink tint that appeared on his friend's face.
"Good, Rini, I'm very glad to see you again. When I couldn't sense your power I got worried." Helios said.
Rini smiled and ran her hands through Helios's white hair. Trunks, or some reason, felt jealousy travel through him.
"What are you doing here, Helios? Did you come to see me?" Rini asked and Helios's face darkened.
"No, Small One, I am here to warn you of the danger." Helios said and Rini's smiling face turned to a frown.
"What's wrong, Helios?" Hotaru asked, moving away from Gohan, her face gone cold.
"Something very bad."
"Then come in! Tell us what happened. We want to know." Helios looked down at Rini and smiled.
"Yes, I will. Come sit down." Helios said and he was lead into the apartment. They went into the living room and Helios sat in the chair. Trunks took the couch because Hotaru and Gohan were sharing the love seat, each was blushing.
God, they are so obvious! They are so into each other. Pathetic, Gohan. Trunks thought to himself.
"Tell us now, Helios! Is something going to happen to this Earth? Has something happened to my mother?" Rini asked worriedly.
Helios shock his head, "No, Small Lady, your mother is still hidden. And that's probably the problem."
"What do you mean?"
"With your mother hiding the protect around the dimensions are gone. That leaves them venerable to attacks. This dimension has the most power other then your dimension, which has already fallen. So they are planning to attack it."
"How do you know?"
"In Elysion-"
"Elysion?" Trunks asked.
"Elysion is the land of dreams. I'm a prince from there." Helios explained, "As I was saying, in Elysion I was working on a new way to find evil dreams and destroy them when I heard a hideous voice. I followed it and found the voice to belong to Glaxia. She was speaking about attacking the dimension that had Hotaru and Rini. I knew I couldn't let that happen so I went searching for you. It was hard at first, you're a good hider Hotaru, but when you were captured I felt your power and when searching for. So here, I am. To warn you the destruction will come to this world."
"Okay, thanks Helios, but what should we do about it?" Rini asked curiously.
"You should run, again. Hide in another dimension and let this on be." Helios said sadly.
"NO!" Hotaru said jumping up, "I've grown to like this dimension I've been living in for 11 months! I'll be damned if I let it be destroyed! Sure, we need a lot of work on our power, but it's not impossible! I bet we could do it!"
"Yeah! Besides, I'm not keen on letting my dimension die, ether! We can do it!" Gohan said jumping to his feet, also. Hotaru, Helios, and Rini looked at him like he was crazy, "What?"
"Ah, Gohan, your powers won't have affect on them. They don't use ki blast, they use star energy." Rini said.
"What?"
"Star Energy- the power of the Star Seed in all of us. It's very powerful by hard to control." Hotaru explained.
"Oh! Then could you teach use to use Star Energy?" Trunks asked.
"We could, but it would at least take a year to train you guys fully and that's a year we don't have." Hotaru said.
"A yeah, huh? Well, let me tell you about the Chamber of Time!" Trunks said smiling and they sat back down.
"So you really wanna train with us?" Rini asked and Gohan and Trunks nodded.
"It's our world! We have a right to protect it." Gohan said with a smile.
"Very well, but is there anyone else that might be able to help us?" Hotaru asked.
"No, the strongest people in this dimension are all to old to train. Sure Goku and Vegeta would want to train, but they are old." Trunks said.
"Oh well, we'll leave for the Chamber of Time in about three days. I need to set some things clear." Rini said.
"Like what?" Trunks asked.
"I need to go to the time gate and make sure everything is in order. I'm sure you don't want people from other dimensions popping up when ever. Since the Time Guardian's dead it needs to be checked on every now and then, okay?" Rini explained.
"Alright, Rini, please be careful. They may attack you now that you're alone." Hotaru said with a worried tone.
"I will I promise!" Rini said and started pushing her hands into her pockets, "Oh, and Hotaru-chan, make sure Trunks doesn't touch my room!" Trunks glared at her and Rini held up a gold key, "AH HA! Here it is! Stand back! MOON CRYSTAL KEY! TAKE ME TO THE TIME GATE!" With a flash of brilliant pink light Rini was gone.
Hotaru blinked once, then twice, "No matter how many times she does that my eyes still hurts when she does it!"
"Yes, I know. Gohan and Trunks' eyes must be burning." Helios said smiling, "Since we have three days together, how about I tell you a story? Something the Time Guardian told me long ago."
"Yeah, okay, but just who is the Time Guardian?" Gohan asked and Hotaru smiled.
"While, her real name is Trista Meioh, she's the first human. Yes, Trunks, she billions of year old, but she has the appearance of an 18 year old. I'll tell you her story and then you can hear Helios's." Hotaru said smiling. They nodded and her smile faded and she closed eyes and got a vivid picture of Trista.
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