Title || Tears of a Warrior
Chapter 08 || Silent Confessions
Written By || Sailor MarZ
E-mail || Shortcinderella@hotmail.com
Rated || PG -13
Editor || Dee

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Trunks noticed that Liliana and Ninoa were both acting odd. He never noticed it before. They took three showers a day or even more. They constantly drank water and over 2 glasses at a time. During dinner, Lili would always asked for a pitcher of water to be present when she ate. They both couldn't stay in the sun for long periods at a time. Liliana and Ninoa were both very educated, so why were they servants on Planet Availia? Trunks was suspicious, he knew they weren't bad people but what were they hiding from the rest of the household?

The sun was shining bright and everything was dry. "Lili!" Trunks called out. She walked up to him. Her naturally moist pink lips were dry. She was sweating and looked like she was sick. She didn't have her usual smile on her face.

"Yes Trunks?" She whispered. She looked very weak. Without a word Trunks grabbed her hand and started to pull her outside.

"Where are we going??" She asked worry in her eyes. "Trunks!" She tried to stop him when he was opening the door.

"I want to show you this new invention" He told her as he dragged her outside. They both got outside and started to walk to the end of the field. When they got to the invention Liliana was falling to the ground. She could no longer walk. She looked up at him and pleaded for something.

"Lili you look sick" He commented on her pale skin. Her eyes rolled back and her body plummeted to the ground. Trunks caught her before she reached the ground. He carried her in his arms and looked worried.

"Lili?" He asked for her to wake up. Her eyes flutter opened.

"Water…please I need water" She whispered. Trunks looked at the house and that was too far away. The ran to the lake that was nearby. She jumped out of his arms and collapsed with the water edge. She started to gulp down what seemed like the whole lake. With out a thought she plunged into the water. She started to change. Trunks' eyes widened as her hair grew longer and got strands of silver in her pink hair. Her clothes disappeared, her upper body covered with bits of scales [AN: the private parts that is]. Trunks saw her legs changing into a tail…a fish tail.
"Liliana!" Ninoa called out.

Trunks looked back and saw Ninoa holding an umbrella looking for Lili. "She's over here!" Trunks called to her. Ninoa looked at the lakeside and her eyes widened in shock. She ran over and saw Liliana. She gasped.

"Lady Liliana" Ninoa said to the mermaid. Ninoa took three pills from her bag and plunged into the water. The same happened to Ninoa. Her hair started to grow long and she got bright blue highlights to her navy hair. She also grew a tail but it didn't shimmer like Liliana's. Trunks stood there baffled and speechless. Liliana was in water weak and not knowing what was going on. Ninoa swam to Liliana and gave her two pinkish pills. After awhile Liliana's eyes opened. Her eyes were a bright blue with a hint of pink.

"My Lady, please do not go out in the sun like that" Ninoa said as she chanted some spell and their fins changed back into human legs. Trunks helped Ninoa with Liliana. Liliana was too weak to walk. As a gentleman Trunks was, he carried her. She lay in his arms with her eyes closed. They put her into her bed and Ninoa asked one of the maids to put the temperature of the room down so it was chilly. They quietly closed the door.

"Come with me" Ninoa asked Trunks. They got to the kitchen. Trunks sat down. "Now you know" Ninoa explained. Trunks nodded but still didn't quite understand. "She is Lady Liliana Tritan" Ninoa began. "She is the only Princess of King Tristan, we live on Planet Oceanais. I am Ninoa Atlantica, My Mistress' lady. I stay with her wherever she goes. We were captured to Planet Availia to become servants. There has always been tension between the two planets, Availia and ours. We are a planet of Mermaids and Mermen. They are a planet of Sirenas and Sirens. They live on land and we live in water. Prince Von always lusted after Liliana just like Pan. Although King Tritan refused, Von got angry. When Princess Liliana swimming in a shallow lagoon she was captured. I was also captured. Liliana kept on using her power and Von never got near her. Sirens are afraid of water, it weakens them. Prince Von was furious that he couldn't have Liliana fully so he made her a servant."

"Why didn't anyone come for you two?" Trunks asked.

"Of course they tried. Liliana's three older brothers tried to come. There was very little water on Availia. There was no place to hide and attack. After they knew that the Prince couldn't do anything to her they went back home to think of a better way to attack. His Majesty was furious. His only daughter had been captured from him"

"Why haven't you gone home?" Trunks asked sparking his interest.

"We can't. Our power is not strong enough. You can't help us you will drown if you come to our Planet. It is covered in oceans and water with very narrow strips of land here and there for us to rest in lagoons. The Availians drugged her so her power is still healing. Once we are done we will go back home. She also is content on staying here and helping all the humans in need because she is a re-known surgeon" Ninoa continuing to explain.

"How did she live on Availia with so little water?"

"The prince built a pool of water where we swam in everyday" She said matter-of-factly. All trunks did was nodded.

Ninoa went back to work around the house and Trunks walked up to Liliana's room. He opened the door and slipped inside. He sat on her bed looking at her. She sensed someone there and woke up. She slowly sat on the bed.

"Hi" She said with a smile. She was getting better.

"Hey" Trunks greeted.

"So…you know"

"Yes, I do, Ninoa told me everything" Trunks grabbed her a glass of water.

Like always she gulped it down in one breath. "I am sorry" She handed him the glass of water.

"Sorry? For what?" He put the cup back down on the night table.

"Well, one - for not telling you because I thought you would kick me and Ninoa out and we would have no where to go. Two - for kissing you the other day, I kissed you to distract you…so you wouldn't see my fins" She bent her head down and blushed

"Oh its alright I perfectly understand" He chuckled "Couldn't resist me eh?" he joked as they both laughed. Everything was back to normal. He looked out to the window and felt that eerie presence. He flew outside and like always no one was there. "Who the hell are you???" He yelled to the sky '…and what have you done to my Pan?'

"Lets go" the deep voice said. She nodded as they disappeared.

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He wanted to look for whoever had the nerve to take Pan's body away, but he couldn't. He didn't know where to look. The feeling that someone was watching him came back everyday. There was no power level, no Ki, and no sense of who the person was, if it was even a person. He began to think this person was a ghost.


Bulma mumbled and rolled over to the other side of the bed. She woke up. She sat up looking at the empty king-size bed. Nothing has changed in twenty years. She still looked young (which was the envy of any other woman), still had a burning heart to help others and still a longing for her Vegeta. She sighed out loud. She still wasn't used to sleeping by herself. She always had a built sayjin body anchoring her but not anymore. Her eyes teared up at the memory. He never snored and always had an arm over her when she slept. He seemed arrogant and stubborn but he loved her.


She pulled her legs up to her chest. She pulled the covers over her knees covering her red nightslip. "If only you were here" she whispered to the night sky. A gust of warm wind blew into the room; the transparent silk curtains flew with the wind. "If you were here I wouldn't be cold or lonely" she thought. "Why did you have leave me? All alone…you bastard! You could have taken me with you!" She bitterly spat out as tears poured. She cried every night missing him. She wiped the tears away and felt someone looking at her again. She stifled a gasp. "Hello?" Her voice still broken. Another gust of wind blew through the curtains. She stood up and between the curtains she saw someone. The blowing curtains blocked the person's image. She squinted and looked closer…it was Vegeta.

The sun shone in through the balcony door and through the large windows. She was lying on her bed with the blankets covering her body. "How did I get back on the bed?" She wondered. "What a dream" She said as she rubbed her head. She went to the washroom and got ready for breakfast.

"Hello dear" She gave Trunks a kiss on the cheek. "I had the oddest dream yesterday" She told him as she sat down.

"What about?" Trunks said with his mouth full which strangely made her think of Vegeta.

"Uh…" Distracted by her vision of Vegeta "…oh I dreamt I saw your father yesterday. It was weird. He was just standing there on the balcony. That's all I remember"

Trunks looked up at his mother with his eyebrows creased in worry. "You dreamt of Tousan?" He knew his mother loved his father very much although they spent all their time fighting. His father died when he was only 10, he was still a baby then. He remembered his father though. He was tall, built and incredibly powerful. He was arrogant, boastful and proud, but he never would have let anything happen to Bulma or Trunks. He hardly showed any emotions but he loved his family and protected them. He went off to fight the androids and hid Bulma and Trunks, he never came back. He could remember his mother cry. She cried silently and didn't talk. His mother was brave and he never saw her cry so tragically.