Worlds Apart
Pairings: Mirai Trunks/Gohan
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W A R N I N G: This is about male pregnancy (possibly) and male/male relationships. I'm letting you know now what the relationships WILL contain. So, if you are AGAINST such pairings, please find something else more to your liking, you have been WARNED.
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Chapter 7: Some Background Information
A rough three years had passed since Mirai had left, but Gohan was doing a little better. He had married Videl, after his mom and Bulma's prodding (the match-making harpies as Vegeta like to call them.) They figured that Gohan was depressed about his relationship with Videl, and had managed to convince him to propose to her.
His friends were happy for him when he and Videl announced their nuptials. His father congratulated him but said nothing else. Vegeta just glared and kept his mouth closed. While his mom and Bulma were tickled pink that their hard work was coming to fruition, and couldn't wait to plan the wedding.
Not once did they ask the young half-Saiyan if this was what he really wanted beyond a doubt.
The happy couple, (as everyone believed them to be) were expecting their first child in several months.
But Gohan… he was betraying his true love, Mirai. Vegeta told him after Mirai had left that he wanted Gohan to be happy. Tossing it over in his mind, Gohan didn't think that he could do that, not without Mirai at least. Nonetheless, Gohan understood why the older half-Saiyan left. Mirai couldn't abandon his mother. He would often talk about his mom and how he sometimes missed her.
Mirai Bulma was all that he had. Gohan accepted that.
Now, almost four years later, Gohan was as miserable as ever. He was simply hiding his pain from everyone. Videl had begged and pleaded for them to start a family. It was practically six months after their wedding before Gohan slept with Videl.
Two and a half years rolled on by after that before they herald Videl's pregnancy. He bonded to the baby well but he had distanced himself from his wife.
His marriage was a sham. He loved her, but Gohan was not in love with Videl.
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Gohan had just arrived back from England after helping his father and Vegeta with some legal matters. Apparently, the royal Saiyan couple had found another survivor of Planet Vegetasei by the name of Severus Snape, a Potions professor at Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardary.
A cousin of Vegeta's had been living on earth with no clue to what or who he really was. As it turned out, the full-blooded Saiyan had been living as a wizard. As hard as it sounded, wizards and witches existed, including magic. Gohan wasn't surprised though, considering that Bibidi was a wizard, so why not a whole world of magical beings as well.
What Gohan found out about the man was that he couldn't cast ki blasts; it was shocking for a Saiyan not to be able to shoot an enemy, it was unimaginable. The professor actually learned to channel his ki through the use of a wand.
Snape was strong like his father and Vegeta, but his wasn't a Super Saiyan. Plus, Vegeta told Gohan that his cousin was also telepathic. Later, it was discovered that the royal blood-line of Vegetasei through the females were telepathic and the males were empathic. No wonder Vegeta and Trunks (Chibi and Mirai) were able to 'read' people.
And to shock Gohan further, the older Saiyan was mated to a werewolf.
Prior to Gohan traveling to England, the odd couple came to Japan to hide out from a wizard bent on killing Snape and a young teenager named Harry Potter. His father used his Instant Transmission to bring them here to make sure that they would be safe for at least a little while.
Another revelation was that Snape's mate was pregnant just like Vegeta. But that didn't matter; everyone received them with open arms. The Z warriors even met their employer, an older gentleman by the name of Albus Dumbledore.
For the few days that the teachers lived with him, the professor retained his services as a lawyer. With everything that was going-on, Snape told Gohan that he was going to need an attorney. Gohan drew up a contract and was paid a small retainer's fee in gold. That was enough for Gohan to start his own law firm, purchase a house, and still have money left over to live comfortably for quite a few years; and that was merely a partial payment.
During his time at Hogwarts, Gohan found out that he had a new born baby sister. Vegeta had given birth while he and Goku were in England. His new sibling looked like their father with Vegeta's features. Shingeta (what Vegeta named her) was adorable. His dad and Vegeta were going to kill guys to keep them away from her once she got older.
He was happy for his father and Vegeta. After they had lost their first baby, Gohan thought that both Saiyans would die from the grief; and Gohan blamed himself.
He couldn't seem to get his act together, Mirai's leaving devastated him. Bulma repeatedly told him that Vegeta miscarried because of his small body frame, and wasn't getting enough rest, which including him not being able to keep food in his stomach.
Somehow though, Gohan couldn't believe that was the real reason for the pregnancy to fail at nearly toward the end of the gestation period.
Still, Gohan met up with Chibi and Bluma. He had wondered what happened to them when Goten came home saying that Trunks stood him up to go to the mall. His little brother was hurt by Trunks not calling or leaving a note to inform him that he wasn't able to go out.
The night before he was to go back home, Gohan had a man to man talk with Trunks. He wanted his intended's counter-part to seize what was in front of him and not let it slip through his fingers…
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Long lavender hair swayed in the evening breeze. Trunks stood alone on top of the Astronomy tower. The view below of the lake and dark Forest was breathtaking. The demi-Saiyan heard the trap door of the tower open and close and Trunks felt the familiar energy of his best friend's brother.
"What brings you way up here, Gohan?"
"I was wondering the same thing about you. Why are you up here?"
Trunks shrugged his shoulders. "Doesn't matter," he replied catching the light bursts of ki from the pitch.
"Hai, it does."
Trunks had plenty of time to think about why he was sitting outside in the cold. So much time had passed for him to think about his life. Being around his father and Goku showed him what he was missing, or rather who he was missing from his life.
"You should tell him about how you feel, Trunks. Don't let him slip through your fingers."
Trunks was shocked when Gohan said that to him. "I don't know what you're talking about, man," he replied nervously.
"Don't play dumb with me, Trunks. I've known you far too long to know you're not stupid—considering that Vegeta is your dad. You know damn good and well who I'm talking about," Gohan vented. "I know what you're going through."
"How can you? You have who you want! I can never be with him, so there's no point in embarrassing myself."
"That's where you're wrong. I let the one person I could ever love walk out of my life without telling him I love him. Knowing I will never see him again."
Huh? Him? Gohan wasn't making any sense. Hewas happily married to Videl with a baby on the way, so who could he possibly be pining over?
Trunks couldn't remember the older half-Saiyan dating anyone except Videl, although there was a short time when they stopped seeing each other when…
"Mirai," he said softly, finally understanding.
Gohan cast his gaze to the fading lights above the Quidditch pitch, leaning against the cold,carved stone.
"Hai…Mirai. I realized I loved him when Cell killed him. I was devastated… All I could feel was the emptiness of losing him."
Trunks didn't remember any of that happening. He was a baby at the time, but his mom told him all about it. How Goku sacrificed himself to stop Cell from blowing up the earth; and how it was Gohan (a recently ascended Super Saiyan) who ultimately destroyed Cell with Vegeta's help.
Then his future self revisited years later. Trunks noticed how Gohan was acting like a school girl with her first crush, but he didn't understand it at the time. Gohan broke-up with Videl telling her that it would be best if they didn't see each other for awhile. Videl, however, didn't give up in her pursuit of the handsome Saiyan.
Gohan left town for three months with Mirai before anyone saw them again. Mirai stayed for a year, his departure clearly breaking everyone's heart— especially Gohan. Several months later, Gohan and Videl married.
Trunks made up in his mind that he wasn't going to suffer like his friend.
"Thanks, Gohan. I guess I just needed to see things from a different perspective."
"No problem. Oh, and uh…Trunks— if you ever hurt Goten, I'll kill you," Gohan declared, leaving the future heir of Capsule Corp. speechless.
Trunks once again looked out into the darkness. He could no longer see the flashes of ki. The only sounds he could hear were crickets in the quiet of the night.
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Shortly thereafter, Trunks' returned home to Japan and he made Goten his mate. Gohan was jealous of his little brother but at the same time, he was ecstatic that Goten didn't hesitate and accepted Trunks as a suitor.
Although his life was far from prefect, Gohan held on to the hope that he would reunite with Mirai some day. He wanted what his brother and father had, a mate to love.
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A/N: How was that? Is it still going strong? I hope so. So, now we've caught up to: Can they make a difference? And the events that happened after Interlude 3: Worlds Apart. Does anyone want to know how Videl is feeling about her husband not wanting her but someone else? Well, stay tuned for the next chapter to find out.
If any one is wondering what Trunks and Gohan were looking at on the Quidditch pitch please refer to Can They Make A Difference? chapter 20: Realization.
Nemesis
