Chapter 7
Goten watched as Dende used his healing powers in attempt to wake Bura up. The room of spirit and time seemed endless and monotonous. It would be their home for at least a year.
" Is it working Dende?"
" No...she's just a little shocked. I can't do anything about it. She's fine...just give her a little time to wake up."
Goten continued to watch over Bura worriedly as he watched the scratches and cuts on Bura's body heal. Suddenly, he felt 2 ki signatures enter the room, with one of the ki giving a quick blast of power.
Someone must be mad.
He recognised the other ki, Trunks. Though he wanted to satisfy his curiousity of the the recent events of the outside world, he didn't want to leave Bura in case she woke up without him there. His eyes darted from the unconscious Bura to the entrance to the room to his left.
" Goten?"
Goten looked down to see Bura sitting up, rubbing her head.
" Bura! You're alright...I'm glad."
Bura smiled, wincing at the kinks in her muscles as she was helped up by Dende.
" What happened to me? Where are we?"
" You hit SSJ and passed out...that's what Pan said anyway. We're in the room of
spirit and time...we have to stay for a year and see how things look."
" Spend a year in here doing what?"
Goten grinned sheepishly and looked out at the endless expanse of white.
" Um...train."
Bura frowned for a minute and then sighed.
" Well ok...where is everyone? Are they here too?"
" Bura...only we're in here...with Trunks and Pan."
Bura began to walk towards the entrance, almost knocking Dende over.
" Then what are we waiting for? Lets go get our parents."
Goten held onto her hand, preventing her from walking away.
" Bura listen to me. We can't go outside...we have to do what my dad said...what
your dad wanted. We can wish them all back with the dragonballs if we have to."
Tears began to fall.
" You're saying...they...they are all...dead?"
" ...When I entered this room...I couldn't feel anyone's ki but my dad, my brother
and your dad."
" You're lying!"
Bura moved her hand to punch Goten and he didn't move to block. He tasted blood as
Bura's fist impacted on his cheek. Lifting a hand, he held Bura's hand to the spot where
she'd hit him with a mean right hook. He could see Bura's eyes fill with regret as she
tenderly touched the big bruise forming.
" Sorry..."
An uncomfortable silence passed between them.
" Hey I think I can see Trunks-kun over there!" Dende announced, breaking the
silence as he ran towards the entrance where 2 figures sat.
Goten held his hand out for Bura and she hesitantly took it. They ran off, holding hands,
after Dende.
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Dende looked at the scene before him. He was older than all of them of course, and being kami, he would have to be the peacemaker. However, he began to wonder how much the youngsters would listen to him. Pan and Trunks sat on the floor in front of him, the man's arms comfortably and protectively around the girl's shoulders as they were wracked with sobs. He was aware of the other two, Bura and Goten behind him. He watched the blue haired girl rush to her friends side, leading her away until only he and the two boys remained.
" So what do we do now?"
Trunks stood up and dusted himself off, tentatively touching his graze wound on the side
of his arm. Dende swallowed hard as they expected him to answer them. Being kami
didn't bring him much of a social life...and he really didn't do a lot...Popo usually made
most of the decisions. And an important decision for Earth didn't come very often.
" Um...you guys are supposed to train right? We've got one year to do this."
Dende shrugged his shoulders and looked at the two boys for the answers.
" Aren't you supposed to be a god?"
" Hey I may be a god but I know nothing about how you saiyajin train."
Trunks and Goten eyed each other.
" Anyway...we've got one year right? Lets set some goals."
" Like what?"
" Well...Pan is pretty strong...we can both break into SSJ. Lets say all of us reach a higher level?"
" You think we can do it?"
" We can. We have to."
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Sky blue eyes looked on with concern as the girl with the dark hair weeped endlessly.
" Pan..."
She didn't know what to say. She had suffered in the same way as her friend.
" They...they're gone. I didn't even know him. My mom...my father. They're both gone. What should I do?"
Bura knelt down next to Pan, stroking her hair for comfort's sake.
" We'll be ok. We have the dragonballs right?"
Pan wiped her tears away with the back of her hand and moved out of Bura's wish, staring at Bura with an angry look.
" You too. Do you really believe we can resurrect people? When people die they DIE Bura. You and you're brother both have some ridiculous fantasy going."
" Trust me Pan. I wouldn't lie about something like this. I know it's a lot for you to take in but if we have all the dragonballs, we can bring forth a dragon that will grant our wishes. We can bring everyone back."
Pan laughed bitterly, getting up off the floor and stared at Bura, face to face.
" You can't expect me to believe that."
" Well...a couple of days ago, you never would have believed the events that happened so far."
Pan shook her head, rubbing her temples as she struggled with the events of the past couple of days.
" You're right. I wouldn't have...Sorry."
" that's ok Pan. If someone told me all this, I would be screaming lunatic in their faces."
Pan cracked a smile before rubbing her chin thoughtfully.
" But I'm not going to believe it until I see it. But...just for now...I'll go along with it. Whatever those ball things are."
Pan dusted herself off, looking down at her tattered clothing.
" I could really use a change of clothing."
" You sure do."
Both girls turned around, seeing Trunks, Goten and Dende walk up to join them. Pan slugged Goten on the shoulder for his comment.
" Hey! I was only agreeing."
" It wasn't a question Goten!"
Goten grinned sheepishly before becoming completely serious.
" Basically our plan is to train until we get strong enough to beat whatever is out there on earth."
Bura sighed at her brother's words.
" Well that's kind of a given brother."
" True. We'll stay for a year and then go out and scout the area...see if we're good enough. If not, we're back in here for as long as we need to be."
Trunks and Goten exchanged looks at this stage, which went unnoticed by Bura and Pan. Dende opened his mouth to say something but was stopped by Trunks, smiling sheepishly and moving away from the group, holding Dende captive.
" Um...we need to talk alone ok...we'll be back."
Bura and Pan watched as Trunks dragged Dende off.
" Um...how about you two go and change or whatever...err...we'll be back in a bit."
" You had better give us a warning...if you walk in on us Son Goten!"
" Alright...I'll whistle ok?"
Bura flicked him on the forehead.
" Fine. No whistle. How about a catcall?"
" GOTEN!"
Goten ran off before Bura had another chance to hit him. Bura smiled despite herself.
" Hey Bura."
" What?"
" Isn't that the guy you mentioned back in France?"
Pan smirked as a red tint spread across the bridge of Bura's nose. Flustered, Bura led Pan away, back to the entrance way of the room, concentrating a little less than before. She was already sort of used to the gravity, she really hadn't noticed it before.
" I was probably too wrapped up in-"
" Hey Bura...where's the clothes?"
Bura relaxed as she stepped onto the tiling, looking at Pan with a bewildered expression.
" What do you mean where is it? Didn't you bring any?"
Bura pulled a few capsules out of her pocket, placing them onto the single rickety wooden table that was placed in the room.
" What do you think I am? Its not everyday I need a change of clothes because of these sorts of reasons. I didn't bring clothes capsules."
Pan pulled out her set of capsules to show Bura. A set of stocked refrigerator capsules.
" I should have known."
" eh? Whys that? You know I have a big appetite."
Bura pulled up a chair and sighed, placing her head on the table.
" I should have known from France. You were the only one on par with me with eating. Hmph, only a Saiyajin would carry refrigerator capsules as emergency supplies."
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" Whats the big idea!!"
" Shhhhh! They'll hear you."
Trunks admonished Dende as his words reverberated around the empty room. Goten stood in front of them bewildered.
" I just wanted to say that-"
" don't say it! They could hear you."
Goten shook his head, looking at Trunks as if he was crazy.
" It doesn't really matter. They're girls. With they're chatter they wouldn't hear us even if they tried."
" I still don't think you should say it."
" This is about the time limit isn't it?"
Goten asked Dende, who nodded eagerly, grateful someone was finally letting him talk.
" Since you two have already been in here, you don't have as much time as Bura and Pan. So you're goal is to finish training by the time you originally planned to leave to scout the earth."
" I know. But...I didn't tell them that Goten and I couldn't come back in."
The group sighed, realizing the reality of the situation.
" They've got to learn to train by themselves. None of them have had training experience."
Trunks nodded with his agreement and spoke up.
" That's why we've got to go all out and hopefully defeat whatever is still out there by the end. Otherwise..."
Dende gulped, making the two saiyajins slightly uneasy. If the god of earth had a bad feeling about this, what could they possibly accomplish?
Goten fought down his uneasiness, grinning his trademark Son grin in an effort to make himself, and everyone around him feel better.
" Come on...we won't lose will we Trunks? Now with Gotenks."
" I hope so Goten. They've got practically no combat experience or training."
" I'm sure Pan has trained before. They kind of fought today...granted, they did it without much one on one combat."
" If not, they may not know it now, but Bura and Pan will be on their own."
Dende whacked both bows on the back with surprising strength, making them both take a step forward to stop themselves from falling over from surprise.
" It'll be ok. Everything will absolutely be alright, ok boys?"
Goten and Trunks turned on Dende, with a glint in their eyes.
" Who are you calling boys? You're barely older than we are in earth years!"
Dende ran off, allowing both Goten and Trunks to vent off some of their anxiety in a mock chase.
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Author's notes: Hello. Long time no update right? *bows* Gomen nasai. I'm busy with school and writing other fics. Why don't I concentrate on writing this fic as much as the others? This was one of the first fics I wrote, started YEARS ago, same as PPP. Back in the days when fanfiction.net did not exist ( I think it really didn't...or at least there was no T/P fanbase). Its not a fresh storyline, its something I have to go back and think about...something along the lines of " WTH was I thinking when I wrote this thing!?". But I'll get there. I've got an ending...now I just gotta find some time to do some chapter summaries and get cracking. This may be awhile. But I promise that I WILL finish this fic. If not in this year, than the next. Or the year after that... :P Sorry for the hold up in chappies. I know a lot of you read this...or you used to. BTW if anyone would like to enlighten me about the mechanics of the room of spirit and time, it would be appreciated. Til next time, ja.
BTW...do any of you find it weird that my nick is RK generic but I write way more TP fics? ...I do. ^_^
Goten watched as Dende used his healing powers in attempt to wake Bura up. The room of spirit and time seemed endless and monotonous. It would be their home for at least a year.
" Is it working Dende?"
" No...she's just a little shocked. I can't do anything about it. She's fine...just give her a little time to wake up."
Goten continued to watch over Bura worriedly as he watched the scratches and cuts on Bura's body heal. Suddenly, he felt 2 ki signatures enter the room, with one of the ki giving a quick blast of power.
Someone must be mad.
He recognised the other ki, Trunks. Though he wanted to satisfy his curiousity of the the recent events of the outside world, he didn't want to leave Bura in case she woke up without him there. His eyes darted from the unconscious Bura to the entrance to the room to his left.
" Goten?"
Goten looked down to see Bura sitting up, rubbing her head.
" Bura! You're alright...I'm glad."
Bura smiled, wincing at the kinks in her muscles as she was helped up by Dende.
" What happened to me? Where are we?"
" You hit SSJ and passed out...that's what Pan said anyway. We're in the room of
spirit and time...we have to stay for a year and see how things look."
" Spend a year in here doing what?"
Goten grinned sheepishly and looked out at the endless expanse of white.
" Um...train."
Bura frowned for a minute and then sighed.
" Well ok...where is everyone? Are they here too?"
" Bura...only we're in here...with Trunks and Pan."
Bura began to walk towards the entrance, almost knocking Dende over.
" Then what are we waiting for? Lets go get our parents."
Goten held onto her hand, preventing her from walking away.
" Bura listen to me. We can't go outside...we have to do what my dad said...what
your dad wanted. We can wish them all back with the dragonballs if we have to."
Tears began to fall.
" You're saying...they...they are all...dead?"
" ...When I entered this room...I couldn't feel anyone's ki but my dad, my brother
and your dad."
" You're lying!"
Bura moved her hand to punch Goten and he didn't move to block. He tasted blood as
Bura's fist impacted on his cheek. Lifting a hand, he held Bura's hand to the spot where
she'd hit him with a mean right hook. He could see Bura's eyes fill with regret as she
tenderly touched the big bruise forming.
" Sorry..."
An uncomfortable silence passed between them.
" Hey I think I can see Trunks-kun over there!" Dende announced, breaking the
silence as he ran towards the entrance where 2 figures sat.
Goten held his hand out for Bura and she hesitantly took it. They ran off, holding hands,
after Dende.
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Dende looked at the scene before him. He was older than all of them of course, and being kami, he would have to be the peacemaker. However, he began to wonder how much the youngsters would listen to him. Pan and Trunks sat on the floor in front of him, the man's arms comfortably and protectively around the girl's shoulders as they were wracked with sobs. He was aware of the other two, Bura and Goten behind him. He watched the blue haired girl rush to her friends side, leading her away until only he and the two boys remained.
" So what do we do now?"
Trunks stood up and dusted himself off, tentatively touching his graze wound on the side
of his arm. Dende swallowed hard as they expected him to answer them. Being kami
didn't bring him much of a social life...and he really didn't do a lot...Popo usually made
most of the decisions. And an important decision for Earth didn't come very often.
" Um...you guys are supposed to train right? We've got one year to do this."
Dende shrugged his shoulders and looked at the two boys for the answers.
" Aren't you supposed to be a god?"
" Hey I may be a god but I know nothing about how you saiyajin train."
Trunks and Goten eyed each other.
" Anyway...we've got one year right? Lets set some goals."
" Like what?"
" Well...Pan is pretty strong...we can both break into SSJ. Lets say all of us reach a higher level?"
" You think we can do it?"
" We can. We have to."
____________
Sky blue eyes looked on with concern as the girl with the dark hair weeped endlessly.
" Pan..."
She didn't know what to say. She had suffered in the same way as her friend.
" They...they're gone. I didn't even know him. My mom...my father. They're both gone. What should I do?"
Bura knelt down next to Pan, stroking her hair for comfort's sake.
" We'll be ok. We have the dragonballs right?"
Pan wiped her tears away with the back of her hand and moved out of Bura's wish, staring at Bura with an angry look.
" You too. Do you really believe we can resurrect people? When people die they DIE Bura. You and you're brother both have some ridiculous fantasy going."
" Trust me Pan. I wouldn't lie about something like this. I know it's a lot for you to take in but if we have all the dragonballs, we can bring forth a dragon that will grant our wishes. We can bring everyone back."
Pan laughed bitterly, getting up off the floor and stared at Bura, face to face.
" You can't expect me to believe that."
" Well...a couple of days ago, you never would have believed the events that happened so far."
Pan shook her head, rubbing her temples as she struggled with the events of the past couple of days.
" You're right. I wouldn't have...Sorry."
" that's ok Pan. If someone told me all this, I would be screaming lunatic in their faces."
Pan cracked a smile before rubbing her chin thoughtfully.
" But I'm not going to believe it until I see it. But...just for now...I'll go along with it. Whatever those ball things are."
Pan dusted herself off, looking down at her tattered clothing.
" I could really use a change of clothing."
" You sure do."
Both girls turned around, seeing Trunks, Goten and Dende walk up to join them. Pan slugged Goten on the shoulder for his comment.
" Hey! I was only agreeing."
" It wasn't a question Goten!"
Goten grinned sheepishly before becoming completely serious.
" Basically our plan is to train until we get strong enough to beat whatever is out there on earth."
Bura sighed at her brother's words.
" Well that's kind of a given brother."
" True. We'll stay for a year and then go out and scout the area...see if we're good enough. If not, we're back in here for as long as we need to be."
Trunks and Goten exchanged looks at this stage, which went unnoticed by Bura and Pan. Dende opened his mouth to say something but was stopped by Trunks, smiling sheepishly and moving away from the group, holding Dende captive.
" Um...we need to talk alone ok...we'll be back."
Bura and Pan watched as Trunks dragged Dende off.
" Um...how about you two go and change or whatever...err...we'll be back in a bit."
" You had better give us a warning...if you walk in on us Son Goten!"
" Alright...I'll whistle ok?"
Bura flicked him on the forehead.
" Fine. No whistle. How about a catcall?"
" GOTEN!"
Goten ran off before Bura had another chance to hit him. Bura smiled despite herself.
" Hey Bura."
" What?"
" Isn't that the guy you mentioned back in France?"
Pan smirked as a red tint spread across the bridge of Bura's nose. Flustered, Bura led Pan away, back to the entrance way of the room, concentrating a little less than before. She was already sort of used to the gravity, she really hadn't noticed it before.
" I was probably too wrapped up in-"
" Hey Bura...where's the clothes?"
Bura relaxed as she stepped onto the tiling, looking at Pan with a bewildered expression.
" What do you mean where is it? Didn't you bring any?"
Bura pulled a few capsules out of her pocket, placing them onto the single rickety wooden table that was placed in the room.
" What do you think I am? Its not everyday I need a change of clothes because of these sorts of reasons. I didn't bring clothes capsules."
Pan pulled out her set of capsules to show Bura. A set of stocked refrigerator capsules.
" I should have known."
" eh? Whys that? You know I have a big appetite."
Bura pulled up a chair and sighed, placing her head on the table.
" I should have known from France. You were the only one on par with me with eating. Hmph, only a Saiyajin would carry refrigerator capsules as emergency supplies."
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" Whats the big idea!!"
" Shhhhh! They'll hear you."
Trunks admonished Dende as his words reverberated around the empty room. Goten stood in front of them bewildered.
" I just wanted to say that-"
" don't say it! They could hear you."
Goten shook his head, looking at Trunks as if he was crazy.
" It doesn't really matter. They're girls. With they're chatter they wouldn't hear us even if they tried."
" I still don't think you should say it."
" This is about the time limit isn't it?"
Goten asked Dende, who nodded eagerly, grateful someone was finally letting him talk.
" Since you two have already been in here, you don't have as much time as Bura and Pan. So you're goal is to finish training by the time you originally planned to leave to scout the earth."
" I know. But...I didn't tell them that Goten and I couldn't come back in."
The group sighed, realizing the reality of the situation.
" They've got to learn to train by themselves. None of them have had training experience."
Trunks nodded with his agreement and spoke up.
" That's why we've got to go all out and hopefully defeat whatever is still out there by the end. Otherwise..."
Dende gulped, making the two saiyajins slightly uneasy. If the god of earth had a bad feeling about this, what could they possibly accomplish?
Goten fought down his uneasiness, grinning his trademark Son grin in an effort to make himself, and everyone around him feel better.
" Come on...we won't lose will we Trunks? Now with Gotenks."
" I hope so Goten. They've got practically no combat experience or training."
" I'm sure Pan has trained before. They kind of fought today...granted, they did it without much one on one combat."
" If not, they may not know it now, but Bura and Pan will be on their own."
Dende whacked both bows on the back with surprising strength, making them both take a step forward to stop themselves from falling over from surprise.
" It'll be ok. Everything will absolutely be alright, ok boys?"
Goten and Trunks turned on Dende, with a glint in their eyes.
" Who are you calling boys? You're barely older than we are in earth years!"
Dende ran off, allowing both Goten and Trunks to vent off some of their anxiety in a mock chase.
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Author's notes: Hello. Long time no update right? *bows* Gomen nasai. I'm busy with school and writing other fics. Why don't I concentrate on writing this fic as much as the others? This was one of the first fics I wrote, started YEARS ago, same as PPP. Back in the days when fanfiction.net did not exist ( I think it really didn't...or at least there was no T/P fanbase). Its not a fresh storyline, its something I have to go back and think about...something along the lines of " WTH was I thinking when I wrote this thing!?". But I'll get there. I've got an ending...now I just gotta find some time to do some chapter summaries and get cracking. This may be awhile. But I promise that I WILL finish this fic. If not in this year, than the next. Or the year after that... :P Sorry for the hold up in chappies. I know a lot of you read this...or you used to. BTW if anyone would like to enlighten me about the mechanics of the room of spirit and time, it would be appreciated. Til next time, ja.
BTW...do any of you find it weird that my nick is RK generic but I write way more TP fics? ...I do. ^_^