Disclaimer: same as always.
Summary: This chapter explores Tien and Trunks relationship as a crisis threatens their future as a couple.
Alerts: Yaoi
(Kleenex - not really, but is a serious chapter)
The Ways of A Warrior
Love is you
You and me
Love is knowing
We can be
Love by John Lennon
Hannah was in a panic as she realized she only had one day left to bring her plan to seduce her father's lover to fruition and her father was starting to notice that she followed Trunks around like a lost little puppy dog. As she walked over to the window she saw the tall lavender haired man outside by himself over by the horses that belonged to her mom. Her father, who hated horses, boarded them for Launch because he claimed to care so much for her. And as Hannah watched Trunks, he seemed to have great affection for the gentle giants and suddenly, the plan Hannah had been waiting for presented itself to her.
She showered and scented her body with her perfumed oils and she dried her long blue hair into loose spirals and wild waves and when she dressed her self, she chose not to wear under garments and she chose her finest white silk blouse that barely hung in place on her shoulders, one wrong move and the blouse came tumbling down, exposing her breasts to the world. She also chose a flowery, feminine long silk skirt that brushed the floor when she walked and as she laced her boots, she chose a shawl to cover herself until she got outside of her father's view, and to top it all off, she wove several of the perfect lilies that her father had placed in her room for her, into her hair.
And she snuck outside the back way and made her way over to the stables. Upon finding Trunks already gone, she threw a blanket over the horse Trunks liked and she chose one for herself and also threw a blanket over it, and she bridled the horses and led them up to the front door of the house and tied them into place. And with that, she put on her very best animated face and went rushing into the house.
"Oh, father, I have the most wonderful idea. We've spent so little time together because of your deep love for Trunks, yet father, this is my last day here with you, and I long to spend some time with you. Please come horseback riding with me, I've got them tied up outside for us. Please father, you know how much I love you and you know how much I love those horses. Won't you do this for me? Please."
And with that, Tien saw the tears beginning to well up his daughter's eyes and he was moved and he would do just about anything for her but touch those horses. He hated horses and he told her so. And she began to sob.
Tien walked over to her and embraced her and asked her if she would mind if he asked Trunks to take her horseback riding instead, because he seemed to like the beasts and when they returned, Tien promised to spend the rest of the day just with her. And she looked up at her father and began to blink her tears away.
"You would do that just for me? Father, words simply cannot describe the way I feel about you, and I appreciate your gesture more than you will ever know" And she smiled at him as he called Trunks.
"Asahi, I would like for you to accompany Hannah this morning. Go, have fun on those horses you have grown so fond of. Go have fun, Asahi".
"Tien, I think I would really rather have all of us go". And with that, Trunks looked deeply into his mate's eyes, and unknown to Tien, Trunks was trying to ask him to reconsider. Hannah had begun to act inappropriately toward him and he didn't know how to handle it, so he had chosen to remain silent about it because he didn't want to create problems, but from the bottom his heart he didn't want to go with her that morning. He suddenly feared the worst and felt sick deep down in the pit of his stomach. But he didn't want to refuse since he didn't have a good excuse. And so he tried to talk to Tien's heart with his heart, pleading with it.
"What do you say, Tien. Won't you come too", but Tenshinhan refused, laughing at Trunks' reluctance.
"So let me ask you Asahi, whose bite are most afraid of, the horses or my lovely daughter's? Stop being silly and just go."
And with that, Trunks walked past Hannah without looking at her and jumped up on the horse he liked and wasn't surprised in the least that it was there. As they rode off, Tien watched them and sadness gripped his heart. It had become obvious to him that something was going on between Trunks and Hannah and today, after seeing what he perceived to be Trunks guilty reaction, Tien was almost convinced. And so he determined to follow them because he had to know for sure. It was the only reason he insisted his mate go with her.
For a time, the two of them rode in silence until Hannah came up along side Trunks.
"Why don't you want me, Trunks? I'm beautiful and I love you. Trunks look at how beautiful I am".
And with that, she let the shawl drop to her waist and the movement of the horse under her began to cause the loose white silk blouse to travel southward. Trunks looked over at her and asked her to please stop, that his body simply didn't respond to her gender and even if it were to, he loved her father too much to ever be unfaithful to him. Then he told her again that she was breaking his heart because he knew how much her father loved her. And he looked away from her because he didn't want her to see the tears that were beginning to well up his eyes as he thought about Tien and his reaction.
But Tien's reaction was not at all what Trunks would be expecting as he followed and watched his daughter's open display.
As they rode further on, they came across a clearing and Hannah, convinced that all Trunks needed was a little more persuasion, suddenly reached down and flung her blouse off entirely and she forced the horse into a gallop and Tien watched her as her long blue hair flew and her breasts bounced and her skirt flew up around her waist revealing her nakedness and he began to weep as he watched his mate watch her.
And when she came riding up along side him, she moved from her horse onto his, facing him and unknown to either Trunks or Tien, she spotted Tien watching her. With that, she wrapped her legs around Trunks waist and pretended to fall off of the horse and Trunks reached out to keep her from falling but to Tien, it looked liked a lover's embrace and he simply couldn't take any more and chose to go home. But what he didn't see was Trunks take to flight and hover above Hannah, telling her that he that he had had enough of being used that way, and he was finally going to tell Tien about her behavior.
And she laughed at him and wished him luck.
With that, the sick feeling in the pit of Trunks stomach continued to grow and when he walked in the house, he found Tien sitting silently in the kitchen. And Trunks couldn't contain his hurt and told Tien he needed to talk to him about Hannah and Tien told him not to bother, that he already knew and he told Trunks that he wanted him to leave now, and never come back.
A feeling of absolute panic rushed through Trunk's body.
"WHAT! What are you talking about? What did I do? I haven't even said anything yet, Tien."
"Don't bother, Trunks! You are nothing but a fucking whore. I can't stand the sight you. NOW GET OUT OF MY HOUSE AND DON'T COME BACK. You are not welcome here anymore". And with that, Tien turned his back to Trunks.
"Tien, don't do this, please. I haven't done anything, Tien please. I've loved you since I've been 16 years old. Why would I throw that away? I never touched her Tien, the thought of it made my skin crawl, and I didn't tell you about her advances because I didn't want you to be hurt by her behavior"
"Tien, please, just turn around and look at me". And Trunks walked over and put his hand gently on Tien's shoulder, who was also weeping quietly.
"WHAT PART OF THE GET THE FUCK OUT AREN'T YOU UNDERSTANDING, TRUNKS!
You've betrayed me, you've betrayed us, and you've broken my heart, now will you just go?"
Shaking and in shock, Trunks walked down to the bedroom he and Tien shared and saw that his clothes were already packed. And he could not believe the way things had turned out for Tenshinhan and himself as he looked around the bedroom. But he determined he wasn't going to beg or fall apart, instead, he would leave his home and the man he thought had loved him in a manner that would make his father proud. Trunks had the blood of a Saiyan Prince and warrior surging through his veins, and he planned to make say goodbye with pride and with dignity. And with that, he picked up his belongings and went to tell the man of his dreams goodbye.
And he saw Hannah standing there pretending to weep in her father's arms and he saw that she had purposely put her blouse on inside out, and it became clearer to him what had happened.
"You followed us today, didn't you Tien. You had such little trust in me that you felt it was important to do that. And now you think you know what happened and you are making the biggest mistake of your life. If you knew how deeply I love you, you could never do this to me."
"Hannah, I hate you! I grieve for your father when he finally realizes what you've done. And he will find out Hannah"
He resolve to leave with dignity weakened as he made he mistake of walking over to Hannah and with tears streaming down his face he played right into her hands.
"Please Hannah, please tell him the truth".
"Which time would you like me to truthfully tell him about, Trunks?" And she stared at him with a victorious smirk on her face.
"GET THE FUCK OUT! NOW!"
Heartbroken, Trunks walked out the door and didn't look back, and all he wanted to do was go see his father because Vegeta would know what to do, he always knew what to do. So he took to flight and went home.
In the meantime, Hannah had begun to lord her victory over Tien and she was becoming arrogant and cruel with him as she lied to him, and invented stories about times Trunks had made love to her right under his nose.
"I know you find this hard to believe, Father, but your lover prefers me. And the sounds of ecstasy he makes when he's with me far exceeds the sounds of the pleasure he's ever gotten from you".
"What did you say?" Tien asked her as his heart began to race.
"What? About what?"
"Tell me again about his sounds of pleasure when he's with you, Hannah. Tell me about that".
And so, she proceeded to describe in detail the pants and whimpers and mews and everything else associated with the act that she could remember from listening to her father and Trunks make love. She looked at her father and rejoiced when she saw tears building up in his eyes.
"Hannah, Trunks whispers his love to me quietly when he is with me. I am the noisy one, it was not Trunks you were hearing, it was I. And you are a liar, and you are cruel and sadistic. And let me tell you something about making love with Trunks, he has taken a shine to being seme, and to taking care of me, and imagine my surprise to find that I liked that. He is wild and passionate and playful and it feels as though his body was made just for me. He is mine, Hannah, and he is magnificent and he touches me every chance he gets. And he makes me whimper and cry out from the intensity of him, Hannah. I had finally found someone strong enough to allow me to discover that I enjoy being loved on every bit as much as I enjoy the other. Do you even know what I am talking about? Have you ever even bothered to learn who I am as a gay man? I highly doubt it. You appear to be too self absorbed to care about anyone other than yourself".
"Now I find that I have thrown him away with exceeding cruelty. Oh, Hannah, I have just thrown away the mate I waited for my whole life because I loved you so much that it never even occurred to me take you were capable of such cruelty". Hannah watched her father's tears fall, she enjoyed it. It was every bit as satisfying as she had imagined.
"Actually father, I know exactly what you're talking about and you're telling me now that you've even given up on being a man. You and your 'lifestyle' disgust me and I cannot stand the sight of you. I'm ashamed of you and I hate you for what you did to my mom. You used her and then you threw her away just like you did right now with the man you are supposed to love. And you're right, I did lie to you. Trunks didn't want me, he kept telling me that because he was gay, he couldn't respond to me but that's a lie because you are gay and you made love to my mom and produced me."
"Father, you threw this man away, and you should be ashamed of yourself. You act so high and mighty and above everyone else. Yet you judged him and condemned him to be guilty based on your own assumptions. If you had chosen to trust him, you never would have followed us and while you think I'm horrible, let me ask you, would your mate have followed you?
"For the last 10 days, I pushed Trunks to be with me. I touched him and made suggestions to him and he responded to none of them yet he loved you enough to protect you. And you claim to love him; you know less of love than I do. It was your choice that destroyed your relationship, not mine. And father, did you see the look in his eyes when he walked out of here? I don't think I've ever seen anyone look so wounded, have you? You did that to him. You disgust me, and after returning home tomorrow, I never wish to see you again.
And back at Capsule Corporation, another parent child conversation had ensued.
"Son, I am a warrior. I fight for what I want and I enjoy the challenge of it. So if it were me, I would fight for my mate until it became apparent that the battle was truly lost, and only then is it released and let it go of.
"Trunks, you are soft hearted and gentle, and I'm not telling you this to hurt you, but I struggle to not see that as weakness in you. It is one thing to weep, we all do that, but you continue to run from confrontations, and then you run to me for help you with matters that you clearly know how to handle for yourself. Maintain your tenderness, son, but also begin to walk like the warrior you are. You are one of only a handful of survivors of powerful warrior race of people and I ask you now to start acting like it. Stop whimpering endlessly about your problems and face them head on for a change, stop living so totally by your feelings that you throw reason away and then become surprised your feelings get trampled. I can't help but feel that if had you chosen to tell Tien about his daughter's behavior the first time it happened, it would have been handled right then and there. How arrogant it was for you to take away Tien's choices and responsibilities in the matter. He not so weak that he could not have handled that."
Vegeta looked at his son with great compassion in his heart, knowing it was time to push Trunks further along on his journey into manhood, and recognizing that it was not always an easy process for either child or parent.
"Trunks, you and Tien are the first openly gay couple that I have ever knowingly encountered and it just never occurred to me one male could claim another as a mate. Trunks, there is a scent that a female produces and when she chooses a Saiyan male for mate, and that scent mingles with the male's and becomes a permanent part of him. I can smell that on you. Tien has claimed you and you belong to him, and should another gay male come around you, they will be repulsed by you because of Tien's mark. It is obvious to me now that your relationship with Tien has taken a different turn what I had thought earlier and you are the dominant one in your relationship. Trunks, he has chosen you because on a deep genetic level within him, he recognized that you were the only one strong enough to fulfill his needs, just like your mom chose me, and ChiChi chose Kakarotto, and now Videl is choosing Gohan in the same manner. It has nothing to do with scent of sex. Come over here and stand beside me and close your eyes. Now tell me, whose presence do you perceive around me?
And it took Trunks a few seconds to realize that he detected Bulma, in addition to Vegeta. Clearly, they both were there somehow.
"Now go, son walk like the warrior you are, take back, by force if necessary that which has been stolen from you. And I want you to stop running to me with situations that you clearly know how to handle already. You are wise, you are strong, you are a Saiyan warrior and I challenge you to start acting like it, Trunks.
"Bye, dad. Thank you. I know exactly what I am going to," and so Trunks flew at breakneck speed to Tien's mountain home.
As the walked in the front door, he noticed Hannah sitting in the living and Tien was still sitting silently in the kitchen. Trunks smiled and approached him without saying a word and he reached down and hoisted his 6' 1", 187 pound mate up over his shoulder, smiling to himself as he silently thanked Tien for the idea, and Trunks walked into the living room with him that way and stood before Hannah while he spoke to her.
"Please excuse me Hannah while I take back possession of what is mine. I am going to make love to him now, Hannah. I plan to repair the damage that you have caused here today".
And he looked at her with his own satisfied smirk on his face and as he started down the hallway, he turned for a moment, looked Hannah right in the eyes and said, "So fuck you!" When he turned to walk back down the hallway to his bedroom, Tien was now the one with the silly little grin on his face as he waved a mock 'bye-bye' to his daughter.
And as Trunks opened the bedroom door, he became very aware of Tenshinhan's approval as the fullness of his mate's manliness pushed into his shoulder and Trunks began to laugh out loud.
"Tien! You're huge", he said with eyes gleaming as he walked triumphantly over to the bed and laid his mate down.
"It now comes as a surprise you to that I am 6' 1" tall? Where have you been, Asahi?"
And as Trunks closed and locked the bedroom door, he laughed at Tien.
"You are such a dope Tien! Now stay put and behave yourself. This is going to take awhile".
And before long, wildly passionate sounds began to emanate from that bedroom, as the two mates loved the pain and heartbreak of the day away. And when their bodies were spent, Tien lies in Trunks arms and peacefully fell asleep.
The power of love moves in the lives of people in the most unexpected ways sometimes, but once invited, it remains. Likewise, being a true warrior is a matter of a heart undaunted, and Trunks Briefs discovered that not only was he a warrior, he was an honorable one with his own little family, consisting of one other person who depended on him and needed him. He had never had that before and he felt as he lie there holding Tien, that he too had become number one in the life of another. And he mattered and that he was not alone anymore.
It was hard for him to believe that it was only just a few short weeks ago that he buried his mom and traveled back in time. He left that time and place a frightened and lonely little boy in a man's body.
He came back to the present time searching for love and he found it in the most unexpected place, imagine his surprise when it found it was right there inside of him all along. And once tapped into, it became unstoppable. As he lay there with Tien, he began to cry softly as he realized how special he truly was, and reaching down, he pulled the blankets up over them and tucked the both of them in and fell asleep too, holding the man of his dreams in his arms as he determined to keep his mate safe and warm, always.
Love
John Lennon
Love is real, real is love
Love is feeling, feeling love
Love is wanting to be loved
Love is touch, touch is love
Love is reaching, reaching love
Love is asking to be loved
Love is you
You and me
Love is knowing
We can be
Love is free, free is love
Love is living, living love
Love is needing to be loved
Sources
Dragonballz by Akira Toriyama
The Shattering by LindaN
(to be continued)
