Thank you all for your reviews. I'm thinking about finishing the story today, but I probably won't. I'm going to try and add more to Demons Castle also. This story will be finished in the next few days though.
Disclaimer: I own nothing sadly, but I do own the plot.
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Bulla woke up, and was afraid to open her eyes. She kept praying that this was a dream. That she would wake up in her apartment with Goten. She wanted desperately to feel safe again.
"Come on now, don't tell me you're giving up already." Vegeta sneered.
"I will never give up." she growled. Vegeta kicked her with all his strength, and she heard a loud crack before screaming in pain, then blacking out. (yeah I know if she blacks out anymore she'll have major brain damage, but I'm going somewhere with this)
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About ten minutes later, Goten, Officer Kevin and Trunks were running through the kitchen, running back down the basement stairs.
"Alright, where is it, Trunks?" Goten asked. Trunks walked over to the far wall, and tapped on it three times. The wall slid open and led to a small room. They heard a scream and raced into one of the room, just as Vegeta raised a metal bar over his head and brought it down on her ribs.
"Get away from her." Goten growled, tackling Vegeta to the ground. Trunks went over to Bulla and lifted her up, cradling her, while Officer Kevin put handcuffs on Vegeta. Goten walked over to Trunks, and looked down at the blue haired girl in his arms. Trunks looked at him for a moment before speaking.
"You love her don't you?"
"Very much." Goten whispered, hating the fact that once she was safe, he would have to leave. He was only there to help her, and once she didn't need help anymore, he would have to leave and rescue some other poor soul. He was so wrapped up in his thoughts, he hadn't even noticed they arrived at the hospital.
A few hours later, Bulla was all bandaged up, and lying in a bed. She wasn't doing good though. So far she had had three seizures, and they almost lost her once. Goten and Trunks were a mess, they knew she was only hanging on by a thread.
"Please don't let me lose her." Trunks said to himself.
"You won't lose her." Goten said.
"How do you know?"
"I don't. I'm staying positive." Goten replied.
"Thank you." Trunks said, after a few minutes. Goten looked at him surprised.
"For what?"
"For protecting my sister, when I couldn't. When I had come back one time, I saw her outside playing with two girl. She looked so happy, so I figured she was, and that he wasn't beating her anymore. If I had known he was still hurting her, I never would have let her stay." he growled, clenching his fists.
"Don't get to work up about it. She's good at hiding her emotions. Only reason I knew was because she told me. I'm not sure why though. Probably because I kept pushing her." Trunks looked over at the younger boy.
"Goten, you helped her. If it had been someone else, they would have walked away." Goten was about to reply when a nurse came over.
"We've evaluated her, and looked over all her wounds. Would you like to know the extent of her injuries?"
"Yes." Trunks said.
"Well, she has a broken arm, a broken leg, all her ribs are broken, she has quite a few bumps on her head and…" she stopped, looking at the paper.
"And?" Goten asked.
"It appears she was raped." the nurse said quietly. That bit of information hit Goten and Trunks hard.
"T-that bastard… raped her?" Trunks growled, clenching his fists so hard he was drawing blood. "I'll kill him." Goten put a hand on his shoulder, trying to calm him down, along with his own anger and hatred.
"I'm sorry. It looks as if it was done repeatedly." she said, before walking away to deal with other patients.
"That son of a bitch." Trunks snarled.
"Calm down." Goten said, his eyes squeezed shut, trying to keep all his anger bottled up for now.
"I'll kill him if it's the last thing I do." Trunks said.
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Bulla woke up to see Goten, and someone else sitting in her room.
"Goten?" she whispered. Gotens and Trunks' heads shot up when they heard her speak.
"Are you okay?" Goten asked, getting up and giving her a gentle hug. Trunks came up behind him, and brushed some loose hair out of her face.
"How ya feeling B-chan?" Trunks asked, using the nickname he gave her when she was little. Bullas eyes brightened at the name.
"Trunks?"
"Yeah. It's me sis, I'm here now." She smiled happily, and felt tears come to her eyes when she looked at the necklace hanging around his neck.
"You still have it?" she asked, reaching up to touch it.
"Of course. You're my baby sister, I never stopped thinking about you, wondering if you were okay. Bulla smiled brighter and looked down at her own necklace.
"Love is with your brother." they said in unison. Goten watched them and smiled, then decided to leave, to give them some privacy.
"Why didn't you ever come back?" she asked him.
"I did a few years ago, you were probably eight at the time. I came to get you, and take you with me, but I saw you playing with two other girls, and you looked so happy. I figured you were happy, and that he had stopped, so I left. I didn't know he was still hurting you." he said, mentally kicking himself in the ass.
"Don't beat yourself up about it. I'm good at hiding my emotions." she said, gasping in pain when she moved. Trunks put his hand over her gently.
"Don't move B-chan, get some rest. I'll be here when you wake up."
"Promise?"
"Promise." Trunks said, smiling. He kissed her on the head and sat down in the chair near her bed, watching as she fell asleep.
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Later that day. While Goten and Trunks were in Bullas room the nurse came in saying she had visitors. Two very pretty girls walked in. The first one, who looked to be the oldest, had blonde hair, and bright blue eyes. The younger one had black hair, and black eyes.
"Hi. My names Marron, and this is Pan." the blonde said, motioning towards the younger girl. Trunks smiled, and shook the hand she held out.
"I'm Trunks, her older brother, and this is Goten." he said. Goten nodded his head, and shook Pans hand, but not as long as Trunks shook Marron's.
"What happened to her?" Pan asked. "Will she be alright?"
"Yeah, she got beaten up… by our… father." he said, whispering the last word.
"That's terrible." Marron said. Trunks nodded, and they turned their gaze to Goten.
"You're the new boy at school, aren't you?" Goten nodded.
"I'm Goten." Before Pan could say anything, the machine Bulla was hooked up to started beeping.
"Shit." Trunks cursed. Goten ran out the door looking for a doctor. He came back a few seconds later with a team of doctors. They grabbed each end of the bed and took her to a different part of the hospital. Trunks, Goten, Marron and Pan were running behind them. They had almost caught up when a nurse stepped in front of them.
"Sorry, but you can't go in there." she said, before turning around and going through the door. Trunks punched the wall, then ringed in pain. Marron walked over, and started gently stroking his hand, making sure it wasn't broken. When she was satisfied it wasn't, she gave him a hug, and told him everything would be alright. Pan had taken a seat next to Goten, telling him the same thing.
"She'll be alright, I know she will." Pan said. Goten thought for a moment before speaking.
"Why did you and Marron stop talking to Bulla?"
"Well, when we would call and ask her to hang out, she always said she was busy, and when we did hang out, she didn't talk very much. Soon she stopped returning out phone calls, and we lost touch. We never knew why." she said. Her next question shocked Goten. "He's been beating her all along hasn't he?"
"Yeah." Goten said, looking down at the floor.
"How could we not see it?" Marron asked, sitting down next to her friend. Trunks sat next to her, and sighed.
Like it, or hate it? I know it sucked but review.
