Ares Denetsu
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Epilogue I | Rei and Mirai no Gohan
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She leaned over his bed and touched his face softly, felt the softly wet trails where he had cried silently, alone.
She loved him, it was that simple.
She loved him.
"Gohan," Rei whispered, brushing the back of her bare hand across his cheek, her light gi hanging loosely about her body. "Wake up, my sweet Gohan."
His eyelids fluttered open obediently and he wrinkling his nose, trying to identify the woman leaning over him. "Rei-chan…?"
"Hai. I'm here."
Gohan sat up sharply, grasping her shoulders tightly. "Is it really you?" he asked urgently, searching her face in the moonlight.
"Hai." She touched his short black hair with her fingers, thin spiderline scars marking her thumb and pinky where Metallia has snapped them off and regrown them. "It is me."
Without another word, he moved forward, and touched her lips with his, in a short, gentle kiss. She pulled him into a hug when he stopped the kiss, felt his arms encircle her just as her own arms held him.
'Why did you leave?" he whispered.
"I was called," she replied, resting her head on his shoulder. "I can not stay…"
"Why not?" his voice was soft and nonresistant.
The tears that had been hovering in her eyes spilled out, drenching his shirt. "I am not allowed to return," she choked, "but I want to, so badly."
"Why?" Gohan held one hand to the back of her head, her raven locks looped over a few fingers.
"Because…because I love you…," she whimpered.
He smiled, sadly. "I love you as well, Rei-chan…"
She pulled away, looking up into his scarred face. "I can never return," she told him quietly, voice shaking, "but I can at least love the other Gohan."
"We are," he quipped, "the same."
"Yes," Rei spoke finally. Her connection wore out and she was gone, before they could say good-bye.
In the minutes that followed her disappearance, Gohan heard his bedroom door open and he felt Trunks climb up into his lap.
"Gohan-sensei," the small, lavender-haired boy cried, silver tears decorating his face, "I'm gonna miss Rei-san."
Gohan hugged his charge gently.
"So will I…"
Well? Whaddaya think?
Purple Mongoose/PallaPlease.
DISCLAIMER:
The Sailor Senshi are © to Takeuchi Naoko-san, Kodansha, DiC, Cloverway, Toei Animation, Mixx Entertainment, etc.
The Dragonball characters are © to Toriyama Akira-san, Shogakun (?), FUNimation, Toei Animation, Viz Entertainment, etc.
"Ares Denetsu" in its entirety, all situations and plot devices thus far, is © to myself, referred to on-line as PallaPlease or Purple Mongoose/PallaPlease.
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Epilogue I | Rei and Mirai no Gohan
*****
She leaned over his bed and touched his face softly, felt the softly wet trails where he had cried silently, alone.
She loved him, it was that simple.
She loved him.
"Gohan," Rei whispered, brushing the back of her bare hand across his cheek, her light gi hanging loosely about her body. "Wake up, my sweet Gohan."
His eyelids fluttered open obediently and he wrinkling his nose, trying to identify the woman leaning over him. "Rei-chan…?"
"Hai. I'm here."
Gohan sat up sharply, grasping her shoulders tightly. "Is it really you?" he asked urgently, searching her face in the moonlight.
"Hai." She touched his short black hair with her fingers, thin spiderline scars marking her thumb and pinky where Metallia has snapped them off and regrown them. "It is me."
Without another word, he moved forward, and touched her lips with his, in a short, gentle kiss. She pulled him into a hug when he stopped the kiss, felt his arms encircle her just as her own arms held him.
'Why did you leave?" he whispered.
"I was called," she replied, resting her head on his shoulder. "I can not stay…"
"Why not?" his voice was soft and nonresistant.
The tears that had been hovering in her eyes spilled out, drenching his shirt. "I am not allowed to return," she choked, "but I want to, so badly."
"Why?" Gohan held one hand to the back of her head, her raven locks looped over a few fingers.
"Because…because I love you…," she whimpered.
He smiled, sadly. "I love you as well, Rei-chan…"
She pulled away, looking up into his scarred face. "I can never return," she told him quietly, voice shaking, "but I can at least love the other Gohan."
"We are," he quipped, "the same."
"Yes," Rei spoke finally. Her connection wore out and she was gone, before they could say good-bye.
In the minutes that followed her disappearance, Gohan heard his bedroom door open and he felt Trunks climb up into his lap.
"Gohan-sensei," the small, lavender-haired boy cried, silver tears decorating his face, "I'm gonna miss Rei-san."
Gohan hugged his charge gently.
"So will I…"
Well? Whaddaya think?
Purple Mongoose/PallaPlease.
DISCLAIMER:
The Sailor Senshi are © to Takeuchi Naoko-san, Kodansha, DiC, Cloverway, Toei Animation, Mixx Entertainment, etc.
The Dragonball characters are © to Toriyama Akira-san, Shogakun (?), FUNimation, Toei Animation, Viz Entertainment, etc.
"Ares Denetsu" in its entirety, all situations and plot devices thus far, is © to myself, referred to on-line as PallaPlease or Purple Mongoose/PallaPlease.