^…^ means spoken in Namekian
** ...** means spoken in Sayaingo
Setting: Earth
Disclaimers: All Dragonballz and final fantasy character do not belong to me. Also the song Crash and Burn by Savage Garden does not belong to me either. If you use Terra, Cathreine, Torendea or any of my future characters with out my permission u will promptly be slapped repeatedly with an angry raccoon! Have nice day!
Recap: Chichi hung up the phone her face pale. Goha looked up at his mother, "What wrong?" She looked at Gohan, "I just got off the phone with Aeris, Gohan." Gohan made a face not wanting anything to do with Terra and her family. But Chichi wasn't satisfied, "Gohan I have to tell you something about Terra." "Who cares about her?" he growled. Chichi sighed, "Gohan she was missing…..but they found her."
"So?!"
Chichi took a deep breath, "Gohan something's wrong……Terra she's……she's in a coma and…..son…. she might not wake up. Reeve found her by Neo-Midgar. She was half-dead. She might die."
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned it's back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relieve and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take anymore…
~Savage Garden Crash and Burn
Crash and Burn. That's exactly what he did. Crash and Burn. Gohan sighed as he looked up the hill where he could see his friend sitting. He had screwed everything up. Everything. He remembered rushing to the hospital with his mother and brother. He remembered walking down the sterile white halls and then coming to a waiting room. Cathreine and her parents were there along with Piccolo, Orlando, Dende and the rest of the Vegeta family. Aeris and Cloud looked distraught Along with Vegeta and Bulma. Trunks was sobbing against his mother's chest and Piccolo……..he looked exhausted. Orlando was unconscious on his shoulder. Cathreine just stared blankly at the wall. Around her neck was Terra's favorite blue bandana. And Dende, he just cried openly. He had been first to see her out of the group. She looked awful. Reeve had left the room and Terra had, had seizure. Dende had panicked, seeing his best friend so close to death and in so much pain sent him over the edge. He looked up and saw Gohan, his eyes filled with anger and hate. But he didn't say anything. Gohan walked into Terra's room to find his best friend in shambles. Her hair was absolutely destroyed. She was hooked up to several machines to help her breath and live. He felt sick this was all his fault. Tears filled his eyes and he ran from the room and from the hospital. He didn't know when he stopped running. But that was months ago. A lot had happened. Everyone was back……everyone except Goku. Piccolo had taken his sons and moved away into the woods where he was going to train and raise them. Terra had recovered from the chemical Sephiroth had injected her with (it was called Synro he believed) she still was on medicine for it but she'd be all right. He hadn't spoken with her since the Cell Game. And now here he stood wondering if he should turn back or go forward. He didn't want to upset her….especially today. Her Birthday.
Cathreine stood by the window watching Gohan as he walked up the hill her sister sat on. "Why can't he just leave her the hell alone?" Jet Highwind growled from behind her. Ctahreine didn't respond making the young boy roll his eyes and walk away. Cathreine sighed and whispered to low for him to hear, "Cause he Loves her."
Gohan came to the tree Terra was sitting under. He knew she knew he was there but she didn't show it. He sat down next to her. Five minutes of total silence passed. A Sakura blossom fell from the tree into Gohan hair. He brushed it off and said, "I'm didn't mean what I said T-chan." There was no response. "I was angery Terra. I-I was looking for something to take it out on. I never meant for it to be you. I jst wiah you'd understand." Terra didn't respond but she did look at him. Gohan began again, "It hurt so much Terra. The thought of not being able to be with my dad but….." Terra had, had enough. She stood and began to walk away. But Gohan didn't let her. He grabbed her by the shoulder and whispered in her ear, "……but not being able to be with you hurts more." Terra couldn't stand it anymore. Tears fell from her eyes and over her pale cheeks. She turned to face him. But she didn't say anything. "I-I want to be more than friends Terra……" Terra's eyes were clouded with fear and confusion. That's when Gohan realized how stupid he just sounded. He blushed ands looked away. "I-I-I'm sorry Terra….I didn't mean to….I…." But he didn't finish he just began to walk away. Terra's eyes began to clear up and the confusion faded. "Gohan wait!" she shouted and ran to him. He didn't stop. She finally caught up to him, "I said wait God damn it!" He stopped but his back remained to her. She walked in front of him. Angry tears clung to both of the frustrated pre-teen's faces. Terra's anger faded and was replaced with anguish. She flung her arms around his neck and sobbed against her startled friend. Then she whispered, "I wanna be with you Gohan-Kun." Gohan placed a finger under her chin and gently raised her eyes to meet his. He stared into her mako blue eyes and suddenly he felt whole. Their was no emptiness or loneliness…….only love. He leaned over and kissed her deeply. For some reason he felt so much older so much wiser then he was. Neither of the two noticed the pale blue aura surrounding them.
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone…
Meanwhile………
Tapion stared fondly at the young couple. "They've bonded?" Mirai Trunks asked. Pan poked her head out of Hope and said, "Well thank you Captain Obvious!" Mirai glared at the young girl as she retreated back into the ship. Trunks turned to his companion, "I hope you know how obnoxious you children are." Tapion chuckled slightly, "They're like their mother." Mirai's eyes widened, "What did you say?!" Tapion sighed as she watched the couple break away from their kiss. She looked at Trunks. "Trunks……what was the first question you asked when we begun training?" Trunks raised and eyebrow, "I asked 'Who are you really?'" Tapion looked him in the eyes, "Do you still want to know?" Tapion didn't give him a chance to answer she begann to glow an unearthly pale yellow. Then there was a flash of light when the light cleared a you blond woman with glowing blue eyes stood there. Trunks' jaw dropped, "T-T-Terra-chan!?" He yelped. Mirai Terra nodded slowly and looked away so not to have to look into her cousin's eyes. When she looked back Trunks' eyes had filled with tears. Terra wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered to him, "I'm so sorry Trunks-kun. I never wanted to hurt……I just……..it hurt so much. I couldn't ask you to forgive me for letting Gohan die." Trunks pulled away, "I never blamed you! I never ever blamed you for what happened Terra! I loved you you're my cousin for God's sake!" Terra closed her eyes and let the tears she'd held back for so long spill down her face. Then a look of realization crossed Trunks' features. "Pan and Gohan are Gohan's children……aren't they? That's why you couldn't come back…..you were scared," Trunks' said pity coating his voice. Terra nodded, she was too upset to speak. Trunks' wrapped his arms around his cousin and let her cry against him. "It's ok T-chan………It's all right," he whispered. She suddenly chuckled slightly. "What's so funny?" Mirai Trunks asked. Terra smiled, "When the hell you get to be so damn tall brat?" Trunks could only burst into laughter. When he was done he looked at her, "Let's go back eh T-chan?" And then they began to walk to the ship.
All the couple on the hill could do is stare at their friend's transformation. Terra smiled warmly while Gohan's jaw hung open in shock. He looked at Terra, "You knew all along didn't you!?" Tera didn't say anything but she waved as Mirai Terra and Trunks left. Gohan smiled and said, "Why you little….." But Terra silenced him with a kiss.
Suddenly…
"Whoohoooo!"
"Go Nichan!"
"What to go Terra!"
The couple broke away to see Cathreine, Chibi Trunks, and Chibi Goten staring at them smirking. Gohan face vaulted and Terra blushed. Trunks was making kissy noises until Cathriene gave him a look worthy of his father. Terra bolted up, "Cathreine if you dare tell anyone I swear……." But cathreine didn't let her talk any further, "Don't worry we won't say anything." "What do you mean WE?!" Trunks said. "She means if you tell anyone bout this Trunks. I will personally tell Vegeta who melted the Gummy Bears to the Controls of the gravity room and who 'Accidentally' dropped a wad of gum in his hair." Terra said smirking. Trunks and Goten got amazingly quiet (very out of character for them!). Terra smiled, "Come on let's go I'm hungry maybe your mom we leave me alone for my birthday eh Ten-Kun?" Goten laughed as he raced Trunks down the hill.
When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can't face they day…
Life went on. Things changed. Many of them not for the better. Terra and Gohna kept there relationship a secret. Geri moved in with the Strife's and so did Vegeta's family. But the reason they were forced to was because the unthinkable had happened…….Sephiroth had taken over Neo-Midgar. Reeve worked as a spy and he asked if Aeris would watch over his pre-teen daughter. Terra remembered the day Sephiroth went on the air and turned the entire world against them. He convinced them that her father had been the enemy and not him. Just when Terra's life had begun to calm down…….this had to happen. An entire world was against her and her worst enemy was leading them. But as I said…….
Life went on…..
"Come on Ter!!! Your pitching too fast!!!" Trunks whined as his cousin threw a baseball to him. Terra couldn't help but laugh as she threw it slower. "Aw come on Trunks don't be a baby!" Gohan shouted. Trunks glared at his cousin's boyfriend and turned around and smacked the ball so hard that it sent a line drive right to Gohan……making perfect contact with his head. "Gohan!" Terra yelled. But then started laughing as he stood up staggering around the back yard. "Gohan!" came a sing-song voice. Terra watched as Chichi walked up to her son as he tried to stand. Then she looked at Terra who was wearing a pair of bicycle shorts and a tanktop, "Why Terra! What an improvement!" Terra looked confused, "Um…..Thanks." Then Chichi continued, "At least in that outfit you look somewhat like a girl!" Terra's eyes popped out of her skull. Chichi went to walk back inside and Terra was only restrained from attacking her by both Trunks and Goten holding onto her tail. Gohan finally and looked at Terra with a goofy grin, "Wow! There's three of you…….NOW I GOT THREE GIRLFRIENDS!!!" he said happily. Goten, Trunks and Terra tackled him at the same time hissing things like Baka, Idiot, Shut up, and other words not appropriate for kiddies. Chichi turned and said, "What did you say Gohan?" "NOTHING!! Hehe!" Goten said nervously. Chichi turned and walked back inside. Terra took her hand off Gohan's mouth and glared at him. Gohan who had come back to his senses blushed. Terra wondered why then she noticed that she and Gohan were in a very unflatering postion. She blushed and flipped away. Cathreine who had been wacthing every thing from her position on a tree branch fell over laughing hysterically. Terra sighed, "Some friends!"
Because there has always been heartache and pain
And when it's over you'll breathe again
You'll breath again
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart
Everything seemed like it never changed. Terra had stopped blaming herself for her friend's death. Actually ever since she started working on something she simply called, "Her Project" she had gotten much better. No one knew of course what her project was. She wouldn't tell them. But Terra was often yelled at for staying up full weeks working on it. There were few times she actually slept a full night, often complaining about nightmares. But mentally she'd gotten so much better……
Late one night a few years after the Cell Game…….
"Hello Computer."
"Why hello Miss Strife. How are you doing tonight?"
"Fine thank you," Terra said adjusting her lab coat and glasses.
"How are the specimens?"
"They are fine Miss Strife. The Specimens should be ready for December 24."
Terra smiled. This was exactly what she'd hoped for. They'd be ready just in time. She walked to the one glass tube tapping upon it. The large glass tube was one of many she'd hidden in a secret room she'd found. Inside a large male sayain stood his spikey hair was uneffected by the water and chemicals surrounding him. He was entirely naked but the blurriness of the tainted glass concealed that. He was dead of course but Terra didn't need him to be alive. She walked to a safe which she unlocked and studied the glowing materia inside. They'd been unharmed. She closed the safe and finished her rounds of inspection of the large glass tubes. This took her several hours as it did every night and when she was done she staggered to her room where she fell asleep, still in her lab coat and glasses.
The next morning…..
"Do you think she's awake?"
"Naw….I bet she faking it."
"Terra?"
Goten sighed as he poked the young girl who simply mumbled and rolled to her back. Trunks smiled evilly.
"Goten!" he hissed whispering something into his ear. Goten made a face, "I don't wanna touch that gross thing!" Trunks quieted him and sent him to fetch what he'd asked for. When Goten returned he held a rather large and hairy tarantula. He handed it to Trunks who placed it on his cousin's chest.
"Terra…." He whispered.
His tarantula crawled across her chest slightly making her smile and mumble, "Hehe…..Gohan…..stop."
Trunks made of face and tried again.
"Terra."
This time Terra's eyes fluttered open. And when she was fully awake she noticed the large and grotesque spider on her chest.
Meanwhile……
Vegeta walked through the hall way with a beer in his hand. He'd just finished training and now he was going to relax in what that blue haired twit had called a hot tub.
Suddenly….
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Vegeta was instantly knocked over by a not so happy and extremely frantic Terra. Then he was run over by two children one of which was his.
"Aw come on Terra Tex aint that bad!"
"Yeah!"
"EEEEEWWWWW!!! KEEP THAT DIRTY DISGUSTING THING AWAY FORM ME!!!! I HATE SPIDERS!!!!"
Terra's extraordinary fear of spiders was as mind boggling as Goku's fear of needles (and Chichi) and Cathreine's fear of heights. "How the hell can you be scared of that little puny bug!?" Vegeta shouted, "You could kill it in one tap of your finger!" Then Terra screamed, "I'M NOT GOING NEAR ANY FRIGGING SPIDER!!!" Vegeta sighed. It was just normal day in the life of the Strife's. Vegeta stood and walked down the hall repeating, "It's just a phase it will pass. It's just a phase it will pass."