Chapter 2 : Losing Self
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Losing Self
How are we going to do this? is the first thing Michelle thought when her eyes opened after a restless sleep. Despite how care free she had acted with Hotaru last night Michelle had begun to worry about the battle as soon as she had gotten into bed. How would Hotaru be able to battle outside while the sun was out? It wasn't as if she could fight with her cape. It could easily be torn or thrown off, exposing her delicate skin to the harsh light.
The mermaid rose with a anxious face and got herself ready for the day. By the time Michelle was out of the shower she could hear Hotaru watching television in the other room. "Good mourning," she said pleasantly to her little vampire, trying to mask her uneasiness.
"I've known you for a long time now Michelle, I can tell when something is bothering you," Hotaru stated.
Michelle sighed and sat next to her friend. "I just don't know how you're going to compete in the tournament while the sun is still up."
"I'm not going to," Hotaru said. Michelle looked at her quizzically but then she added, "Technically you are."
"I'm what?" Michelle exclaimed, jumping up from her seat. "Hotaru I could hardly walk yesterday, how do you expect me to fight against men who have been training their entire lives, much less a Super Sayian?"
Hotaru smirked and went into the bathroom, leaving Michelle in the living room with a look of terror on her face. "You know merpeople are peaceful, that's why we having healing powers instead of something that can be used against others!" Michelle explained through the door.
"We'll have to make an exception for just today," Hotaru answered.
"How?" Michelle asked. The shower turned off and she could hear Hotaru brushing her teeth. The girl stuck her head out and just said, "Give a moment and I'll explain."
"Now is the time to be secretive," Michelle said with a huff and went to grab some fish in the refrigerator.
Soon Hotaru came out of the bathroom and sat down at the kitchen table across from Michelle. "I'd be willing to tell you now if you're willing to listen," she said. Michelle's eyes appearing from above the newspaper and she nodded for the girl to go ahead. "I was reading one of the few books I picked up from my library before we escaped. It's a witch's dark magic book and I had heard from my people that its sort of power can be impossibly hard for any mortal to handle. However we are not mortal so I continued to read. I found a spell where souls and minds can switch bodies."
"Wait.." Michelle thought with a dazed look on her face. "So we would switch places and I would have control of your body? What about your powers?"
"That also. You will have everything that I have except my mind and visa versa," Hotaru said slowly.
"And how many things could go wrong?"
"Well the two bodies have to be within a 100 foot radius of each other. When that distance is passes then the spell is broken. If I get knocked unconscious in your body then are souls will be intermixed and our bodies will become one," Hotaru explained.
"Is there a spell to undo that?" Michelle wondered.
"Yes, but hopefully it won't come to that because it involves been electrocuted. Not that we would die but it might be painful and I do not know where we would be able to find that much power," Hotaru explained.
"That is true I suppose." Michelle thought for a moment, her eyes zipping around the room so that she wouldn't have to look at Hotaru's face. If she did that either the vampire would beg or use her powers to convince her. With a loud breath Michelle announced, "Fine."
"Good. We should do it now so we can get acquainted with each other's bodies," Hotaru assumed, seeming more enthusiastic than Michelle.
"Let's go," Michelle said gloomily, following Hotaru into her room where the spell had already been set up. "You knew I was going to say yes didn't you?"
"As I've said, I've know you for a long time," Hotaru said.
Michelle nodded and studied the chalk drawings on Hotaru's carpet. There was a pentacle as many black magic incantations had and in the center were two circles that over lapped. One was drawn in blue and the other in purple.
"So what do I do?" Michelle asked, walking around the circled shape a few times.
"First we read these words." Hotaru handed Michelle a yellow piece paper. "Then we step in at opposing points of the star, and read this," another note card. "Next we both step into the top star point and read this."
Michelle interrupted , "A lot of index card involved in this huh?" Hotaru snickered but continued in the instructions.
"From the top star point we step into the two parts of the circles that are not intersecting."
"And another note card?" Michelle said, holding her hand out.
"No. We have to put our hands palm to palm and step into the intersecting part of the circles. Then we say this," Hotaru handed Michelle another note card, making a total of four note cards.
Michelle read over each incantation card and then looked up, "Ready?"
"Of course," Hotaru said. The two both took their places and began the spell. "Impariun don canterov." They stepped into the top triangle of the star. "Mixius silliun res." They separated into the two circles. "Onyse fisyuon," and finally the two immortals stepped into the oval. "NUVE PER!"
Hotaru was expecting a blast of light or fire but there was only silence as she stepped out of the pentacle. As soon as she and Michelle had stepped out of the circle the chalk lines disappeared which made Hotaru a little glad because she wasn't sure if it would come out of her carpet.
"Did anything happen?" Michelle said, but then pausing because she had just heard her voice.
"Yes I believe it did," Hotaru said with a smile, looking over at ... herself, or at least her body.
"I have this sense, I can feel all the warm bodies around me," Michelle realized, looking around quickly.
"You will get use to it. Just detach yourself and it will all fade into the back round," Hotaru explained.
"So that's why you sulk so much," Michelle drawled. She smiled which made Hotaru laugh. "What's so funny?"
"I have never seen myself smile. Actually I've never seen myself in general," she added.
"I've never seen you smile either," Michelle countered. "So should I teach you how to access my powers?"
"What can you do exactly? I know that you can heal yourself and others but is there anything else?" Hotaru inquired, looking down at her sunned hands and feeling her rippling hair.
"Of course I can, I just never felt like sharing them with you," Michelle said with an apologetic tone.
"Oh that's quite all right, I haven't told you all my powers either," Hotaru said. "So what is your strongest power?"
"I can summon water and fire. I have healing as you know. There are those two and my force field," Michelle said hesently.
Hotaru could tell that Michelle wasn't sharing everything but what she had given her would be enough. "How do I summon water and fire?"
"Raise you left hand and force all you energy into that one hand, when you do you should get fire. Do the same with your right hand and you will get water," Michelle explained. "The force field is the simplest to bring up but it takes a lot of energy so only use it when necessary. All you have to do is draw the sign of Neptune on your chest then a blue guard should appear when ever something tries to attack you."
"I can do that," Hotaru decided.
Michelle looked at the clock on the wall, "It's almost time to go. You can practice while I drive you to the tournament."
"No I have to drive," Hotaru countered. "You look like a 15 year old not a 18 year old."
"But you've never driven before," Michelle said with a worried tone.
"Then this should be a good experience for me," Hotaru teased. Michelle could only shake her head in nervousment.
With Michelle's guiding mind Hotaru was able to make it to the martial arts grounds without being pulled over. Or crashing into the guardrail and falling over a cliff.
"Go sign yourself in. Don't forget that you're me okay?" Michelle requested quietly so that no one would hear.
"I know. Be careful with my body," Hotaru warned and walked away.
"HOTARU!!" Goten called from a few yards away. Michelle, still not use to her changed name continued to look around for a familiar face. "Hotaru!"
Right, that's me, Michelle remembered and turned around to meet Goten's adoring eyes. How am I suppose to deal with this? she wondered. I could flirt a little more, Hotaru wouldn't mind, I know she likes him even if he is a Sayian.
"Hi Goten," Michelle said, being careful to keep her voice regal and monotone all at the same time so he wouldn't notices anything different.
"Wassup?" the boy asked.
"Ho..I mean Michelle is going to fight in the Martial Arts Competition," Michelle explained, mentally hitting herself on the head for slipping.
"Michelle?" Goten repeated. "Wow she didn't strike me as someone who was into all the fighting and stuff. I thought you might be though," he added with a voice of hope.
"I am but I only do indoor tournaments because of my skin and I hurt myself last night when I got out of the car," Michelle lied, hoping that he wouldn't ask to see it.
"Really, what did you hurt? Maybe one of the officials can give you something," Goten said, looking over her.
Sorry Hotaru, Michelle thought and winced in pain as she twisted her ankle to make it crack. "Oh it's only my ankle. Nothing serious."
"Are you crying?" Goten asked in concern.
"No," Michelle claimed despite the obvious tears that were staining her face. Oh now I know Hotaru is going to kill me. Not only did I break her ankle but I made her look weak.
"Come on, the pilimanaries don't start for another 15 minuets. I can at least get you an ace bandage then you can come watch me and Trunks battle," Goten suggested. Michelle only nodded and hung onto his shoulder as he dragged her along to the hospital tent. Michelle now understood why Hotaru freaked out last night. The touch of their skin created a fiery feeling, kind of an annoying tinge.
"You're battling?" Michelle said in a high voice.
"Yeah it's like tradition in both our families," Goten said with a laugh.
"Oh." Oh that's not good.
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Hotaru walked around, checking out some of the other competitors. She wasn't worried about them, she just needed to sense how many Super Sayians were fighting, or any other special creatures.
"Hello ma'am, are you competing?" a reporter inquired, a camera crew behind him.
"Yes," Hotaru answered with a sigh.
"What do you think about the competition? Are you worried about the great Hercule?"
"Who?" Hotaru asked, remembering to show expression on her face.
"The Great and Mighty Hercule, the man who defeated Cell," the reported said in shock.
"Oh yeah, him." If Hotaru recalled correctly Son Gohan had killed Cell and then Hercule had taken the popularity. "No I am not afraid of him, he will fall easily."
The reporter turned back to the camera and said some things to the people but Hotaru had stopped listening. So far she had only seen the famous Vegeta, Piccolo, and Son Gohan. She had never seen them battle but they were only descendants of the King Darien, meaning they had to be weaker in all logic.
"Michelle! Michelle!" a voice yelled, and Hotaru sped around then sighed when she saw Trunks. She had been hoping for someone else, maybe Goten.
"Hi Trunks and ...." Hotaru waited for the girl beside him to supply her name.
"Bra," the blue haired girl said and held out her hand. Hotaru shook it and was happy to feel no burning, making her appreciate Michelle's body for a second time. "Are you competing?"
"Yeah, but I'm a little disappointed with the competition," Hotaru answered with a sigh.
"Yeah most of these people are only ametures," Trunks said, looking over the general jocks who thought they could take any Super Sayian on. "The ones to look out for are Vegeta, Piccolo and Son Gohan."
"Yeah I've heard a lot about Gohan, but he has gotten soft also," Hotaru said modestly, she didn't want to insult their family.
"That's true," Bra said with a laugh. "He's been to busy with his daughter and his job to practice as much as Goku did. Oh you would have loved to battle Goku, he was a true challenge."
"I wish I could have met him," Hotaru mused. She had always heard that Goku had been a rebellious boy who had been the first never to teach his children about King Darien.
"Oh and you should watch out for Trunks and Goten," Bra added with a proud smile.
"You're fighting?" Hotaru said in surprise.
"Yeah," Trunks said, his face blushing in modesty.
"Well then good luck to you."
"MICHELLE, TRUNKS, BRA!" Goten yelled. Hoatru looked up and raised her eyebrow when she saw Michelle on crutches.
"Hi Hotaru," Hotaru said skeptically, "how's your ankle?"
"Well Goten took me to the paramedics and they said that I had fractured it and I won't be able to walk on it for a month," Michelle answered.
"But it'll heal quicker then that?" Hotaru hinted.
"Yeah I'll work on it as soon as we get home," Michelle promised.
"So should we get to our seats?" Bra asked.
"Is there anyway we could be close to the field?" Michelle asked.
"I guess," Goten thought. "Yeah we could get to the side lines if we wanted."
"I'll take her there while you all get ready," Bra said and lead Michelle away to another seat.
"Do Trunks and Goten compete against each other?" Michelle asked.
"Not exactly." Bra looked around, seeing if any of her family or friends were in ear shot. "See they combined into one person then fight together, they're a great team. They'll be announced as Gotenks."
"Wow, I can't wait to see them," Michelle said light heartedly. "Do you mind if I go and find Michelle really quickly, I forgot to tell her something."
"Sure I guess that would be all right but we have to hurry," Bra agreed and followed the hobbling girl.
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"Think you can find your way from here?" Goten asked Hotaru after instructing her to her tent.
"Yeah. I'll be fine," Hotaru answered and began to walk off.
A few minuets after she left Michelle and Bra ran/limped up to Trunks and Goten. "Have you seen Michelle?" Bra asked.
"Yeah I just showed her where her tent was a few minuets ago. You probably shouldn't talk to her though," Goten warned them.
"No Michelle never warms up, she believes in winging it," Michelle claimed. Trunks and Goten shrugged and pointed out where Hotaru was located.
"Thanks," Michelle said and gritted her teeth before running her best on her ankle. "HOTARU!"
"I thought you were Hotaru," Hotaru said.
"Whatever. Bra just spilled and told me that Trunks and Goten use their powers to combined and fight as one person named Gotenks," Michelle informed her.
"So what are you implying that we do?" Hotaru asked.
"Combine together," Michelle squeaked.
Hotaru shook her head. "We wouldn't be able to come apart until we found a powerful enough electricity source to split us apart."
"If we win then we can get the Sayians to divide us. If they don't have the right energy then I'm sure Trunks' mom has something," Michelle contradicted.
The vampire hesitated, thinking it over carefully. It would be hard for her to battle two Super Sayians at once without help. "Okay but I'm knocking you out," Hotaru said and before Michelle could object the girl had hit her on the back of her neck, rendering her unconscious.
Suddenly Hotaru began to feel dizzy herself. Stay in control Hotaru, do not fail now, she thought, sitting perfectly still as to not destroy her balance.
"Michelle?!" Trunks yelled into the tent without actually coming in.
"Yes," Hotaru asked, her teeth gritted in concentration.
"You should hurry up or you'll miss the pilimanaries," he warned her.
"I know," Hotaru reassured him. She could hear him, no... she could feel him leaving. Her senses must have been heightened also, Hotaru could sense everyone and thing around her as if they were all screaming and wearing bright neon signs.
"CONTESTANTS, PLEASE COME TO THE FIELD!" the announcer instructed over the microphones that dotted the area. Hotaru sighed under the great pressure of her mind and Michelle. As she stood up she could feel her grip slipping and she began to become tired. Yes it will be all right, I will just take a small nap until I am ready to fight Hotaru promised herself and drifted off to sleep. The body now only a shell that held pure energy without a control.
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Gotenks looked around, admiring the turn out of the contest. He knew that it would soon only be them, Gohan, Vegeta and Piccolo. They were the only ones with real power, and it was hardly worth anyone else to come.
The Sayian searched for Michelle or Hotaru but he saw neither of the girls in the stand or close to the edge of the arena. Lazily his green eyes fell on a fighter who looked like both of the girls he was looking for, or that was what he felt anyway.
The rival had the graceful and attractive body of Michelle but Hotaru's black hair and purple eyes. Gotenks shook his head to clear his mind and looked up, expecting to see someone who looked completely different but the girl still looked like some strange mixture of his two friends.
They couldn't have done the same as me and combined their two bodies, right? Gotens hypothesised. No of course not, they aren't Sayians, I would have sensed it if they were. But her ki was so high, practically equal to his but it felt like a different type of energy, something darker and colder.
He watched in amazement as she battled like she had been doing it all her life, prehaps more. She didn't care about getting higher television ratings so she never waited to finish of an oppenent. She was a true warrior.
Gotenks walked over to one of his slightly aged mentors and tapped him on the shoulder. "What do you want boy?!" Vegeta asked with scorn.
"I was wondering if you had seen anything like that girl before?" he spoke, his voice a little of Trunks and Goten molded together, like two voices were speaking at the same time.
Vegeta was silent for a while, not sure what to say, "No, she is something different. Be careful Trunks."
Gotenks, who was still Trunks inside gave sort of a half smile and thanks his father for the advise. Vegeta nodded curtly and walked over to Piccolo and Gohan. With his more acute hearing Gotenks could hear that Vegeta was convincing them to remove themselves from the competition which was probably for the best. Then Gohan, with hesitation of course, went over to Hercule and convinced him to leave the contest too.
"I guess it's just me," Gotenks said to himself, feeling a slightly sickening reaction. Now he had no way to compare the girl's energy and power to anything he was familiar with.
"IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE JUST LOST THE LAST FOUR CONTESTANTS SO NOW THE WINNERS FROM BOTH SIDES WILL BATTLE EACH OTHER," the spoke person announced. "CONTESTANT 34 AND CONTESTANT 12, PLEASE STEP INTO THE BATTLE COURT."
"GO Gotenks," Bra yelled from the stands with a giant red foam finger.
Gotenks stepped on to the white mat that covered an area of about 100 ft². Across the ring he could see the girl who confused him beyond belief. She seemed to be gaining more power and he could sense her ki rising even more. So she's not human, guess that gives me no choice he assumed and began to power up himself, making a little more show and sound.
Soon the two teenager were staring at each other, judging the other with a critically eye. Gotenks was mildly surprised to see that the girl's energy was glowing off of her just like his power only her's was a soft glowing light while his was more noticeable.
"What's your name?" Gotenks called out, making small chat so as not to make the audience bored.
"Pure black magic like mine does not require a name," the girl said gravely in quiet voice that seemed to spread over the entire stadium and send chills down Gotenks' neck.
"Mine is Gotenks," he said with a friendly tone, trying not to show that she had gotten to him with he black magic proclaim. He saw her smile and knew that he was terrible at pretending not to be worried.
"Shall we begin?" the girl asked. Gotenks nodded his head slightly and in a flash the girl began to sprint around, waiting for him to make a false move. Gotenks remained absolutely still, hoping that people with black magic wore out easily. After a few minuets the girl was still sprinting, watching his body to trace his movements and showing no signs of letting up.
"This stops now," he decided. In a daring move Gotenks used instant transmission to land in the girl's path and kick her firmly in the stomach. Any enemy would have crumbled with the force but the girl only grabbed Gotenks foot and flipped him onto the ground.
"You are right, it has stopped," the girl said with an evil grin, pressing her foot onto Gotenks chest. The boy gasped, still trying to refill his lungs with air. Suddenly he felt relief because the girl had fallen to ground next to him. "Stay out of this Darien, this is my battle!" she screamed, gripping her head.
Any immoral person would have taken advantage of this break and attacked but Gotenks was a combination of two very good hearted people and crouched next to the girl and waited for her to gain control of her body from ....Darien.
"Darien, leave my mind or I will crush your perfect boys," she threatened to some imaginary man. to make her claim more realistic she quickly took Gotenks in a choke hold where she could easily snap his neck.
"King Darien?" Gotenks wondered softly. The girl went limp but then stood up straight and pulled Gotenks up too.
"It is I, King Darien, boys," the girl said with a male voice, plainly freaking Gotenks out. The King seem to be waiting for something but Gotenks only stared.
"I thought the Titans were only myths," Gotenks finally spoke up.
"How did you think your race came to be?," King Darien said with a laugh.
"So you mean you really blew up those four planets?" Gotenks said, his voice becoming more aggressive.
"Yes, one of my best ideas yet," the King agreed with a smile.
"Hardly," Gotenks scoffed, earning a piercing glare from his creator.
"You would not understand, you are but a boy," The King decided with a dismissive hand.
"I understand enough. You were insecure about you control over the galaxy and when the Outer planets began to become more prosperous you decided to destroy them so you would have no competitors," Gotenks said, regretting that his family line was birthed from such a jackass like the King.
"The Mistress has worked her magic on you hasn't she," the King resolved.
"No, I came to that conclusion all by myself," Gotenks said proudly.
"Your life is not worth the small amount of energy that it takes for me to keep this evil from tearing your head off, may you have a pleasant five minuets of remaining life," King Darien said and left the girl's body.
"Are you ready to fight now?" Gotenks asked when the girl had regained her senses.
"I am ready to kill," the girl answered harshly and Gotenks backed out of the way as she punched with enough force to put a hole through his torso. Now the battle had truly started and the two opposing children were zipping around the stade so that no human eye could follow them.
The audience booed at the bad view and started to leave after the second hour. The camera crew continued to film but stopped paying attention to what was really happening. The only ones who were watching were Gohan, Vegeta, Piccolo and Bra, plus a surprise guest.
Boys, Goku said, his voice kind and warm, almost making Gotenks stop in his tracks. You will not win like this, this girl isn't human or Sayian, she is a goddess who will never run out of energy. You need to let her win.
"But King Darien said she will kill me," Gotenks said, his stamina wearing thin. She will try but if you look her straight in the eye Michelle and Hotaru should be able to regain control of the power and they will stop her before she does anything bad.
Knew it was Michelle and Hotaru, Gotenks thought with a grim smile. He could never hurt them anyway. "Are you positive?" Gotenks asked, watching the near misses that the girl was making.
Do it! Goku ordered and left from beside the boy's side. Gotenks waited, wondering if the two girl would really be strong enough to get authority before their creation blasted him into tiny bits.
"Only one way to find out," Gotenks said out side and let a punch hit him square in the chest. The small amount of air that been hiding itself in the crevices of his body left him and Gotenks fell to the ground, unable to catch himself. There was a small earthquake as he hit the ground from about 200 feet.
"Watch King Darien as I destroy one of your precious race," The girl announced. Gotenks said nothing and did just as Goku said, looking her directly in her impassive eyes. He had hoped she would pause just before hitting him and break down or something but it apparently took a little more time to gain command of black magic than Gotenks thought.
"This is for Pluto," the girl punched Gotenks in the face, pushing his head into the ground a little more than a centimeter but he kept staring at her. "This is for Uranus," she lifted the slumped boy up and kicked him into a mountain of rocks about a mile away. Gotenks took the few second to regain his conscious and waited for the girl to come to him. "This is for Saturn," she said, and the girl's hand began to glow. She raised them up and plunged them into Gotenks chest with some unknown power.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," Gotenks screamed, twisting in pain as the girl searched for something inside his body.
She found his heart and rapped her hands around it without admitting any damage to the rest of the body and keeping Gotenks completely aware of what was happening to him. "This is for....."
There was a pause, and Gotenks opened his eyes, pain still pulsating through out his body. "NO! IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT!" Michelle's voice said, arguing with the black magic's body.
"THEY MUST SUFFER FOR THEIR KING'S MISTAKES," the magic contradicted.
"WE WILL MAKE HIM PAY, WE WILL MAY KING DARIEN FEEL THE PAIN THAT WE HAVE ENDURED BUT NOT LIKE THIS, NOT THIS WAY!!!!" Hotaru blared in passion and the black magic girl collapsed on the ground. "I'm sorry, I'm soo sorry," someone pleaded, but Gotenks couldn't tell the voices apart when they were crying.
The battle was over and Gotenks separated into his two parts. Trunks and Goten both knelt down next to the girl. "Can you comeback?" Trunks asked worriedly.
Neither of the girls would answer, the body just sat the shivering, unbalanced and confused. Trunks picked her up and both boys flew back over to the few remaining watchers.
"Hotaru? Or is that Michelle?" Bra asked, looking down at the poor girl in Trunks' arms.
"Both," Goten informed her. "They must have combined themselves to win the competition and lost domination over their powers." He dare not mention that King Darien had tried to stop her from killing Gotenks or that Hotaru and Michelle were gods.
"Idiot girls, thinking that they could control that much power," Vegeta added harshly.
"We tried to ask them how they could return to their own bodies but they're too shaken to answer right now," Trunks said. "Maybe my mom will know what to do," he guess, talking to Goten.
"Yeah. We're close enough that we can fly," and the two boys powered up.
"I don't think so," Gohan said. "You two just spent three hours battling her and she almost won. I can get her to the Briefs house faster than you two can. Drive home with Bra and Vegeta and we'll meet you there."
The two boys nodded and followed the others to the car while Piccolo and Gohan powered up and flew into the air.
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Michelle opened her eyes and hoped to lookup at a white ceiling or out the window of Hotaru's apartment. Instead she was in a black void. "I've been waiting for you. We have work to do," Hotaru said.
"Where are we?" Michelle inquired, hoping to see some sort of solid object but it was all black.
"The gap in-between our minds. We need to separate ourselves, it's like going through the trash in the garage for a sale. You keep everything on your side and I will do the same with mine," Hotaru instructed and suddenly a pile of books appeared twixt the girls.
"We have to relive our whole life?" Michelle repeated. Hotaru nodded sadly because that meant that they would have to feel the pain and the terror that came with the death of their planets.
Hotaru sighed, "We should get started before Trunks and Goten begin to worry."
Michelle nodded and sat down, picking up a bright pink book, "When did either of us ever have a bright pink phase," she wondered with a laugh then opened the book to the first page. She quickly closed it and handed it to Hotaru, "This is yours."
"Shut up," Hotaru said and checked the number on the binding. "I need to find Volume 1."
"Just keep searching," Michelle said quietly, burring herself in the memories of her life.
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Trunks watched the girl in the bed who just kept shivering, tears falling down her face.
"How's our patient?" Bulma asked, walking into the room and checking on the machines.
"She's confused, I don't know if they'll be able to find their way back," Trunks acknowledging in a far away voice.
"And what about you? Are you hurting too?" Bulma said, stroking her son's hair.
"A little. That girl almost ripped my heart out so I'm not sure if it's the kind of hurt you mean," he said with a laugh.
Bulma laughed along with him, "Well whichever it is I'm sure you'll get over it."
"Uh-huh," Trunks said and went back to his vigilant watching, making sure no harm came to the two girls who were trapped inside themselves.
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A/N-Shorter than last time but I wanted to have something to show for the week and half I've spent on the chapter. Please review.