TITLE: Hopes of the Future....
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the show.
Chapter 8
Anemone froze, staring at what Bulma held in her hand. Preserved DNA from all the Z senshi. But how? "W.." she choked. "Where did you find that?"
"A friend found it in the mountains near West City. Maybe we should bring them back this way."
"Lie. It wouldn't be fair to them to bring them back into such a harsh environment. All that they knew as children is gone. They wouldn't be the same people we knew and loved. Let them rest."
Bulma nodded. She knew how hard it must be for Anemone to say that. But she was much stronger emotionally than she herself was. That was why she'd wanted to talk to her. Anemone looked a little pale and she wheeled about in exhaustion. "You'd better lay down."
She nodded and barely made it to a bed before an unwelcome darkness blanketed her mind.
~*~
A gentle hand drew her attention away from the devastating scene. She turned sharply, only to see a face she thought she'd never see again. "Gohan? You couldn't be him."
A pure gentle smile came to his face. "It is me, Ane-chan. I miss you." He wrapped his arms about her when he realized she accepted it. "Don't give up. They need you."
She pulled back, looking him in they eye. "It's so hard to be without you. It's like part of my soul is missing."
"Anemone," he sighed, "Don't worry. I'm always with you." A roughish smile came to his face. "And you never know what the future holds." She trembled, not liking what she was feeling. Intense fatigue, even here, in the world dreams had made.
Gohan felt a frission of alarm. She was much weaker than what he thought. How could a simple transformation tire her so much when she is so used to it? He concentrated on her life force and was surprised to find it so weak. It hadn't even been this weak when he'd first met her. That's why. I don't think she's been eating enough. "Ane-chan, quit starving yourself. There are two kids that need you. Not to mention Trunks. Where is he anyway?"
"Not where. When. He went back to the past not too long ago." She looked right at him for the first time. "Gohan, you're alive?! Where?"
I can't fool her, that's for sure. "Where I am right now isn't important. Just give my best to them."
~*~
"Anemone, wake up." Bulma shook her then leapt back as her friend's obsidian eyes opened.
"I'll be all right. But there is a dark power nearby. I can't quite pinpoint it though." A thoughtful look came to her face then sat up. "How long was I out."
"An hour. And Trunks is due back anytime now."
She got to her feet, then went into the kitchen. After a saiya-jin sized meal, she cast out her ki sense, looking for her children. Their ki was jumping about wildly, indicating that they were fighting something. She took off quickly, in a flash of bright blue.
Anemone landed and easily and struck a jinzouningen away from Ariel. "Nani? Who hit me?"
"That would have been me. You have yet to se a mother's wrath." Bright blue ki flames surrounded her form, showing the abrupt increase in power.
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the show.
Chapter 8
Anemone froze, staring at what Bulma held in her hand. Preserved DNA from all the Z senshi. But how? "W.." she choked. "Where did you find that?"
"A friend found it in the mountains near West City. Maybe we should bring them back this way."
"Lie. It wouldn't be fair to them to bring them back into such a harsh environment. All that they knew as children is gone. They wouldn't be the same people we knew and loved. Let them rest."
Bulma nodded. She knew how hard it must be for Anemone to say that. But she was much stronger emotionally than she herself was. That was why she'd wanted to talk to her. Anemone looked a little pale and she wheeled about in exhaustion. "You'd better lay down."
She nodded and barely made it to a bed before an unwelcome darkness blanketed her mind.
~*~
A gentle hand drew her attention away from the devastating scene. She turned sharply, only to see a face she thought she'd never see again. "Gohan? You couldn't be him."
A pure gentle smile came to his face. "It is me, Ane-chan. I miss you." He wrapped his arms about her when he realized she accepted it. "Don't give up. They need you."
She pulled back, looking him in they eye. "It's so hard to be without you. It's like part of my soul is missing."
"Anemone," he sighed, "Don't worry. I'm always with you." A roughish smile came to his face. "And you never know what the future holds." She trembled, not liking what she was feeling. Intense fatigue, even here, in the world dreams had made.
Gohan felt a frission of alarm. She was much weaker than what he thought. How could a simple transformation tire her so much when she is so used to it? He concentrated on her life force and was surprised to find it so weak. It hadn't even been this weak when he'd first met her. That's why. I don't think she's been eating enough. "Ane-chan, quit starving yourself. There are two kids that need you. Not to mention Trunks. Where is he anyway?"
"Not where. When. He went back to the past not too long ago." She looked right at him for the first time. "Gohan, you're alive?! Where?"
I can't fool her, that's for sure. "Where I am right now isn't important. Just give my best to them."
~*~
"Anemone, wake up." Bulma shook her then leapt back as her friend's obsidian eyes opened.
"I'll be all right. But there is a dark power nearby. I can't quite pinpoint it though." A thoughtful look came to her face then sat up. "How long was I out."
"An hour. And Trunks is due back anytime now."
She got to her feet, then went into the kitchen. After a saiya-jin sized meal, she cast out her ki sense, looking for her children. Their ki was jumping about wildly, indicating that they were fighting something. She took off quickly, in a flash of bright blue.
Anemone landed and easily and struck a jinzouningen away from Ariel. "Nani? Who hit me?"
"That would have been me. You have yet to se a mother's wrath." Bright blue ki flames surrounded her form, showing the abrupt increase in power.