Meaning Of Life
Chapter 7: Truths
Ami woke up from sleep and stood up. She walked out of the room Bulma had let her them after getting dressed. In her mind she calculated how many more days she and her friends would be staying here. She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she was not looking at were she was going and bumped into something. "Oh." Looking up she saw blue eyes staring back at her. Blushing she bowed. "I'm sorry Trunks!"
He smiled at her. "It's ok, Mom just told me to come and get you for breakfast." He looked at her. "Are you hungry?"
"I was just about to get some food." She told him. "Does Bulma make sandwiches?"
Trunks nodded. "My mother and Chichi make the best Sandwiches in the world. I know you'll like them." He said as they walked down the hall.
Ami giggled. "I see you haven't tried Mako's Sandwiches."
Trunks looked at her confused. "I didn't know Mako could cook?"
Ami looked at him surprised. "You mean to tell me that Mako had not laid hands on a pot yet? Wow!"
They entered the kitchen where they saw Hotaru, Bulma and Vegeta. After breakfast the two teens and one adult went to Chichi and Goku's house. Once they're Chichi pointed them towards the backyard. Thanking her they walked around the house and as they reached the backyard they saw their friends and decided to stay hidden.
"Come on Mako!" Gohan yelled as he dodged a punch from her. "Charge at me and lunged with your left!"
"Since when," Mako grunted as she dodged a kick. "Do you tell me how to fight?" She threw a punch at his face and she was surprised when he caught her wrist. Unexpectedly Gohan tripped her and she fell with a startled yell.
Gohan knelt by her side on one knee and looked down at her. "Are you ok?"
Makoto, her pride wounded looked away. "I'm fine."
Gohan frown at the way she answered him. He made her look at him. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"You are so stubborn!" He exclaimed as he fell on his butt.
"Hmph."
"Why are you so angry. Its just practice."
"I said nothing is the matter Gohan!" She stood up abruptly and turned to walk away but Gohan was too fast. He grabbed her wrist and turned her around; when he succeeded he slipped his arm around her waist and kissed her.
Hotaru and Ami blushed when they witness the breathtaking kiss while trunks smirked. "Never thought you had it in you." He whispered
Gohan broke the kiss and looked at Mako. She slowly opened her eyes to stare at his beautiful black ones. Her anger now gone, "Gohan." She whispered before she hugged him. "I'm sorry."
He chuckled. "Don't worry about it." He broke away from her and narrowed his eyes in irritation. "Trunks seen enough yet, you baka."
"What?" Makoto asked. She blushed a deep red when she saw her friends. "Ami! Hotaru!"
"I'm sorry Mako-chan!" Both girls spoke as they bowed their heads in embarrassment and shame.
"I'm really offended by you calling me Baka Gohan! I am older!" He said.
"Well you don't act like it some times!" He countered
Hotaru looked at her friend and found her cheeks still red as cherries. Suddenly it vanished and Hotaru narrowed her eyes when she saw Mako's face serious. She looked up to Ami and saw her pen in her hand.
"Shh." Mako said to the boys and shutting them up.
"Mako-chan you sense it too?" Ami asked as she looked around them. Suddenly a creature that resembles nightcrawler from X-men appeared in front of Hotaru. She immediately leaped away and landed between the guys.
"Transform!" Mako yelled but right when she was about to transform herself Gohan stopped her. "Gohan."
"You can't call on her! You're always unconscious after wards."
"I'm sorry," She whispered before her features changed to a mature,
and fierce level. Her cloth changed to the usual green fuku. She Turned
away from Gohan and gave out orders. "Mercury get a reading! Saturn keep
it busy!" She looked over her shoulder towards the guys who were joined
by Goku, Krillan, and Piccolo. "You guys stay here."
"But---"
"Stay here!" She snarled harshly surprising the men before she flew off to help Saturn.
Soon Mercury yelled. "Jupiter, Saturn it's not human! Destroy it now!" Mercury spoke coldly.
Shivers ran down Trunks spine when he hears Mercury. Her voice was cold and held no emotions like Jupiter's eyes. He noticed the same coldness run through Hotaru. 'Why are they so cold?'
"Saturn ready?" Jupiter asked as electricity and wind circled around her as her eyes took the emerald color.
"Ready." She answered as she twirled around her glaive. A dark mist twirled around her as her eyes took the violet color.
"Lets do it!" Jupiter spoke loud and clear. "Cyclone Storm!"
"Amethyst Radiance!"
The power around the two senshi combined and rushed towards the demon eliminating it permanently. The senshi looked at Mercury and she nodded telling them it was gone. In a flash of light the senshi were gone and replaced by the three unconscious girls.
~*~
Mako opened her eyes and saw Hotaru looking at her. "How long have I been out?"
"Two days, I woke up this morning. Ami is downstairs in the leaving room with the others." She frowned. "Mako they want answers and Gohan seems upset."
Makoto sighed. She knew this was going to happen and she kicked her self for not explaining it to them fully. 'I just hope Gohan can understand.' She stood up shakily and looked at Hotaru. "Come on lets go downstairs."
As they reached the down floor of Chichi's house the tension raised as everyone turned to look at them. Gohan stood up and looked at them but mainly at Makoto. In his gaze Makoto could see slight anger, and hurt. "We want an answer." He spoke. "And no more secrets."
Makoto only nodded, she had never saw Gohan like this and it scared her. "Ok."
~*~
(AN: Hiyas! It's me Alasia, um, I started writing right here.)
"....So now you know why we pass out after we use our powers...."
"So you're saying that, since you can't fully control your powers,
and that you've never had to destroy the youma before, that everytime you
do you're in danger," Gohan asked.
Makoto, "Yes, unfortunately."
"Well, I guess we'll have to take on a few of these youmas ourselves,"
Trunks said.
Gohan nodded and the two were oblivious of the look shared between
the three women.
~*~
Hotaru extended her senses, reaching them out to become one with the different elements. To see what they saw, feel what they felt. To try to figure out what the dreams she'd been having recently meant. This form of meditation had actually been taught to her by Makoto, who used it when she practiced the form of physical fighting she had grown up with in their home dimension. Though she seemed a millon miles away, she was aware of everything around. She was aware of Makoto sitting on the grass next to her on one side, and Ami on the other.
"We need to stick to our techniques. It's obvious we wont be able to learn theirs. Makoto...."
"I'll teach you both, after I brush up on my skills. But I'm still going
to have Gohan teach me their techniques. Some of it I can use," the brunette
replied.
"What time should we start," Ami asked.
"Meet me in front of Capsule Corps at 6 am," Makoto said, standing
and leaving alongside Ami.
Hotaru returned to her meditations, feeling the shift in the air as three of the other z-senshi landed. Soft footsteps approached her and she recognized the person's voice as Yaumcha's. She cracked a deep purple eye open slightly as he walked a circle around her at a distance, said something and moved closer. She snapped a hand out, grabbed his ankle and pulled his feet from underneath him. She then stood, glaring down at the shocked man, "I may be only fifteen, but that doesn't mean I'm oblivous to the world."
Yaumcha watched, shocked as Hotaru stood in fluid movement and walked over to Ami, saying something. The blue haired genious nodded and moved into the house. When she re-emerged she was followed closely by Makoto, who said a few things to her companions and the two began streching. Gohan and Krillan came out of the house and watched in curiosity as the two finished streching and listened intently as Makoto spoke.
"We'll start off slow. I know you both know the basics, so we'll move
onto the tougher stuff, moving at a slow pace. It's supposed to look sort
of like a dance, so if you feel like an idiot that's okay. Ignore the spectators.
Close your eyes take a deep breath, find a sort of inner peace and follow
my lead," Makoto said to her friends as she turned from them. Begining
with deliberately slow punches and other upper body moves. She suddely
struck out with a foot, adding lower body moves to the routine, while telling
Hotaru and Ami what each move was for.
"I'm going to slowly speed up, not so fast that you can't keep up,
but remember that no matter how fast you get, it's supposed to be like
a dance."
As the routine sped up, their group of spectators grew and all of the
z-senshi watched in awe at the techniques they had never seen before.
"Wow," Krillan said, shocked, "It looks like some kind of dance."
After an hour of this, the routine broke up and Makoot began to say
something, but Vegita interupted, "So, you can move all nice, but what
can that do for you in a fight?"
Makoto turned, eyes flaring, "That was Tai quon do, but you wouldn't
know that since it doesn't exist here. It teaches fighting skills as well
as patience, grace and agility."
"I still don't see what all that slow stuff will do for you," Vegita.
"Um," Hotaru said, "are you sure you wanna do that, Mako-chan's the
world's best martial artist where we're from...And I know you haven't seen
any of it, except for the basic karote."
"You wanna find out Vegita? Bring it on," Makoto said, going into a
fighting stance.
Vegita smirked, "Your funeral."
With that said, he charged her.