Chapter 31
Tears flew off of Trunks' face as he continued flying, faster and faster. He grunted, baring his teeth, and powered up so he was flying as fast as he could. Suddenly, he stopped in mid-flight. Sensing a huge power level appear then disappear, fear filled his senses. Fear for the others. It was defiantly unfamiliar to him, the chi of the person. He flew back to where he came from quickly to see what was going on.
Still hand in hand, Gohan and Yuigi continued walking. "Hey, Gohan?" she mumbled.
"Yeah?"
"I...like you."
He looked at her, and her pirecing blue eyes burned into his. Blushing, he squeezed her hand. "I like you too Yuigi." he responded, smiling at her. She smiled back, and leaned her head against his shoulder. It was strange, she was so short but she looked as old as him. The top of her head was only a few centimeters past his shoulder.
Frowning, Gohan looked at the surrondings.
"What's wrong, Gohan?" asked Yuigi fearfully, sensing his uneasiness.
"I just sensed a huge power...." he explained, his head shooting around.
Suddenly, Yuigi felt her wrist being roughly pulled away from Gohan. Before she could cry out, Gohan was gone and there was nothing but darkness.
Gohan felt a pull on his hand, as if Yuigi was tugging him. Turning his head sharply towards her, though, he discovered that she was gone, along with the huge power level.
In confusion, he yelled, "YUIGI! Yuigi, where are you? YUIGI!"
His cry echoed throughout the forest, but no reply sounded. I just know that huge power level had something to do with this, I know it!
Growling in anger, Gohan suddenly cried as loud as he could.
"YOU'D BETTER BRING HER BACK TO ME OR ELSE YOU'LL WISH YOU WERE NEVER BORN! I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU DON'T BRING HER BACK, YOU'LL BE SORRY!"
Flying back, Trunks suddenly heard "....You'll be sorry..." echoing throughout the forest. He heard that yell right after he sensed the huge power level for the second time. Recognizing the voice as Gohan's, he flew as fast as he could to him. When he finally found him, he descended to the forest floor. "Gohan, what happened?" he asked.
Gohan had a scowl on his face and tears in his eyes. "Did you sense it too? That huge power level...I was walking with Yuigi, now she's gone, it took her away!" he said quickly and loudly, jumbling his words together because he was so worried.
"Ryoko!" Trunks suddenly cried, and took off into the air once again, and Gohan went with him. Scanning the forest quickly, whipping his head around, Trunks looked for Ryoko. As fast as they could, Gohan and Trunks looked, but neither of them found her, so they descended to the ground.
"We need to get them back," growled Trunks baring his teeth, "But I don't even know where to start."
"Yuigi..." cried Gohan softly, and he hung his head.
"Maybe they're around here somewhere," said Trunks, with desperate hope, "Let's look very far, not just around the forest."
Nodding his head, Gohan went in the opposite direction, hovering a few feet off the ground.
Chapter 32
After what seemed like hours, Gohan was still searching for Yuigi. He came across a waterfall, and sat down to get a drink from the small river that flowed from it. Before he did, he looked at his reflection in the flat, crystal water. He noticed how his eyes were red from crying, also noticed how empty his left side felt, without Yuigi pressed against him. Tears sprang to his eyes as he noticed how her scent of soft lilac lingered on his sleeve.
Frowning at his reflection, he raised a hand to hit the water that his face was displayed on, but stopped and gasped. He could see Yuigi beside him in his water reflection, a brilliant smile on her lips.
"Yuigi..." he cried happily, but as he turned around he was filled with anger, surprise, and disappointment as he noticed a small young male, maybe a few years younger than Trunks, standing in front of him.
The young man smiled cheerily, and brushed golden-brown hair from his soft blue eyes. "Hello, my name is Caine."
"Uh, hi." said Gohan, baffled. What's this guy doing out here in the middle of nowhere?
"Do you want your girl back? If you do, you'd better get her quick. I'm starting to take a liking towards her!" he said, his voice harsh now.
Gohan gasped, then bared his teeth. A man his age, going after Yuigi? It was sick. "You'd better give her back to me or else I'll rip off your head and let your brains rot in the sun!" he shouted, surprising himself with his own aggressiveness.
Caine chuckled softly, and waved a hand backwards. "Follow me then."
A swirling portal suddenly appeared before Gohan's eyes, and Caine went through it. Grunting with anger, Gohan followed.
Trunks continued crying Ryoko's name as he searched for her. As he walked forward, he noticed a man, maybe a few years older than him, leaning against a tree. What's that guy doing out here in the middle of nowhere?
"That's precisly what I was going to ask you..." said the teal haired man, with a glint in his orchid eyes.
"What?! How.....you....you read my mind?" shouted Trunks, but then his voice turned into a mock. "I guess if you can read minds, you don't have to ask me what I'm doing out here then!"
"That's true. Looking for that woman you love, eh?" said the man, smiling. Trunks saw that this was the first power level he had sensed before.
"Y-yes."
"Do you want her back, Trunks?"
"If you've taken her, I swear I'll...."
The man laughed, as if not worried about Trunks' threat. "Yes, I've taken her. Follow me if you want her back."
Walking through a swirling portal, Trunks became aware that he couldn't see anything except black.
Soon after, he lost consciousness. Trunks and Gohan were on their way to save the ones they loved.
Chapter 33
"Uhhggggg....where am I?" Gohan awoke with a pounding in his head. Looking around, he noticed that he was alone in a room. A very nice gold and red room, to be exact. His hand felt around where he was laying, and he realized that he was on a bed. He shot up, but he heard a protest. Looking over at the door, he saw an elderly lady carrying a dampened washcloth.
"Don't get up get, young one. It's a rough trip from Earth to Vyenra. Especially through a portal. You need your rest."
"Where's Yuigi?" he asked sleepily, putting his head back down onto the pillow and allowing the woman to place the washcloth on his forehead.
"Soon, young one, soon you'll fight to get her back."
Gohan slipped into darkness yet again, called sleep.
Trunks didn't get the comfort of waking up in a nice bed in peace. Instead, he heard the giggling of several women around him, and soon realized he was in a bathtub.
He gasped, and then stood up, which caused them to blush and giggle harder. Sitting back down, he asked, "Where am I?"
"You're on the planet Vyenra." said a young red-head girl quietly.
"You're the most handsome one we've gotten to serve in ages!" giggled a brunette woman, older than he was.
"Okay, but why am I in a bathtub?" He questioned.
"We're washing you." answered a blonde woman flatly, making the rest of them laugh. He noticed a washcloth creeping up the inside of his thigh.
"Whooaaaa!" he protested. "Not there!"
All the woman in the room laughed harder, as they continued to bath him. He noticed someone brushing his hair. "You have love'y tress's." she said softly, eyeing his mane, then continuing to brush and run her fingers though his lavender hair. "An' pretty blue eyes. Wha's yer name?"
"Trunks." he answered.
As a silver haired woman gave him a back massage, he suddenly felt sleepy, and closed his eyes to rest again.
"Too bad we had to put clothes on 'im." whined a large lady, taking a last look at the young man. Then she laughed along with the other women.
"Yeah. G'bye Trunks." whispered the purple-haired woman that was brushing his hair before.
They left him lying on his stomach, and soon after they walked out he woke up, feeling much better than when he had first woken up. The pounding in his head was gone and he wasn't in a bathtub, but instead in a bed.
Rolling over, he realized that he was in a very nice silver and green room, wearing clothes. He got off his bed and looked in the mirror. Instead of putting his hair back in a rubber band as it was before, the women had left it swirling on his shoulders. Trunks noticed that it had grown a little since he had been with Tenchi and the rest, a little past the round of his shoulder. They dressed him up in strange clothes that he had never seen before. His pants were shiny and black, and almost felt like silk. His belt was a royal blue sash, which was also silk. Around his wrists, he had royal blue bands, and around his neck he had the fastenings of a black cloak, which went to his ankles, and it was hooded.
Looking at the door, Trunks decided to take a good look around this place, and to see if maybe Gohan was taken to this planet also. He walked into the hall, only to find Gohan.
"Hey, Gohan!"
Gohan turned sharply towards him. He was wearing the exact same outfit as Trunks, only deep red pants and cloak, and black wristbands and a black sash belt.
"Trunks! You're here too? Some guy said that he had taken Yuigi, so I followed him."
"Same here, only I'm looking for Ryoko."
Gohan ran his fingers through his spiky black hair. "I feel really good! I woke up in a really nice bed. I got lots of sleep."
"Oh really? Me too," said Trunks sarcastically, "Only first I had a killer head-ache and was naked in a bathtub surrounded by women who wouldn't stop bathing me."
Gohan laughed, and they continued walking. He wondered if that was a bad thing or not.
"Ayeka, I'm really worried about them!" whined Sasami, referring to Yuigi, Gohan, Trunks, and Ryoko.
"Hmph. Well, I couldn't care less about Ryoko, but I am worried about the rest, also." responded Ayeka, sipping her tea in Washu's lab. Everyone was gathered around Washu's computer, while Washu was clicking away, trying to find answers.
"Have you found anything yet Washu?" asked Tenchi impatiently.
"Calm down, I'm onto something. Hmmm... I've got it!" Washu exclaimed. "I've found two portal openings in the area. The second one was opened two minutes and thirty-six seconds after the first one. They were opened about six hours ago."
"Can you figure out where they lead to?" asked Ayeka.
"No, I'm afraid I can't even re-open them. A very strong power opened those portals, and whoever possessed that power wanted to make sure that no one else got through." explained Washu.
Sasami hung her head. "I wish there was something I could do for the four of them."
"There is, Sasami." said Washu softly.
"What's that?"
"Hope."
Chapter 34
Gohan and Trunks continued to walk down the seemingly endless hall.
"This place is really creepy!" complained Gohan. It seemed as though every step they took, the place got darker and darker.
HELLO THERE.
A booming voice echoed throughout the corridor. Trunks and Gohan turned sharply around every-which way, but there was no one behind, above, in front, or even under them.
You won't be able to see me, fools, I'm talking to you telepathically. Can't you feel my words inside your minds?
Trunks narrowed his eyebrows. Now that he thought about it, the voice did seem to be coming from inside his head. "Is it you that took Yuigi and Ryoko? What do you want with them?"
I couldn't care less about those girls. It is YOU TWO that I want! laughed the voice.
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"Well then, what do you want with us?" asked Gohan impatiently.
Ahh, but that'd ruin the suprise, small child. Just go back to your chambers. I didn't say HELLO because I wanted to tell you why you're here, you know. I just wanted to tell you to give up your search for Ryoko and Yuigi because they're nowhere near you, and you'll never find them. Just go back to your chambers and it'll all make sense tomorrow. Until then, goodbye.
The presence of evil left their minds, and the two boys walked back to their separate chambers as commanded.
Panting as she ran down the corridor, a silver-haired girl searched for Trunks' room. She found it and desperately pounded on the door. She could hear him groan, and then heard his footsteps make their way slowly to the door. Opening it, he rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
"Can I help-"
She grabbed his hand and dragged him back into his room, then shut the door quietly.
"I need to tell you something important." gasped the girl. Trunks eyed her carefully, and decided that she looked about fourteen. She looked at him painfully with teal eyes, and he waved a hand to his bed. Sitting down, the girl inhaled deeply to calm her breathing from running.
"The Sovereign plans to control you and the small child, so that he can rule the universe." she cried.
Trunks laughed. "Me and Gohan may be strong, but I don't know about strong enough to rule the entire universe."
Shaking her head, she responded, "No, no, no. Not individually. All together. He's going to combine bodies with you and the boy. Gohan and you, as one, will have unbelievable power, and with my Sovereign added to you two...that would be unspeakable. He has psychic powers stronger than any other."
Trunks looked at his feet. This Sovereign must be the one who was speaking to us earlier then, if he has pshycic powers.
"Please listen to me. You mustn't go, even if he says that he has your two women. It's too dangerous, then you'll...."
"We love them, we have to save them." explained Trunks.
The silver haired girl sighed. It was no use; love is stronger than any convincing. She smiled at him weakly. "You have a brave spirit, Trunks, I admire that. Please do be careful."
He smiled at her. "I never got your name, what is it?"
"Cadessa" she answered, looking into his blue eyes. They reminded her of the sky on a perfect, sunny day. He's SO handsome! Too bad that I'm fourteen, and he's in his twenties.
She leaned foward and kissed him slowly and softly on the lips, then buried her face into his shoulder. He awkwardly put one arm around her, feeling a little weird that a teenager just kissed him as if she were an adult.
"I'll be careful, don't worry. It's pretty late, you should get some sleep."
She lifted her head to look at him again. "Can I sleep with you?" she said quickly.
"No." he said, even more quickly.
Blushing, she bowed her head, stood up off the bed, then turned on her heal and left the room.
First, she kisses me, and then she wants to sleep with me...sheesh...
Shaking his head, Trunks sat on his bed to ponder the information that this girl gave him. So, this creep wants some Saiyian bodies so that he can rule the universe...
Trunks sighed, and then soon after fell asleep.
uChapter 35/u
With his vision blurry, Trunks looked up into a room he didn't recognize. How did I get here? he wondered to himself. When his vision steadied, he immediately noticed the one he had came for. She was tied up in neon-blue, glowing rope, encased in what looked like glass and knocked unconscious. Filled with anger and worry, Trunks began flying towards her, but a force knocked him into a wall, then threw him roughly against the floor.
"Now now! It would be rude to get this party started without your two other friends here, so wait." said the teal-haired man that had taken him though the portal in the woods.
"It's you!" yelled Trunks. "I swear I'll-"
"Oh shut up, you lousy earthling. I've had it with your meaningless threats! And my name is Dakin, but you can call me Sovereign Dakin."
"What I'll cal lyou is a bastar-" Trunks paused as he heard a flop on the floor.
"Ouuucch." came a muffled yell from Gohan, with his face pressed against the floor. "I'm alright." He finally lifted his head and looked around him, and saw Yuigi encased in glass, wrapped in neon yellow ropes. Caine, the young man who had taken Gohan through the portal, had his hand on the glass.
"She put up quite a fight. She's a little pistol." said Caine, sneering as he looked at Gohan.
"Why you-" Gohan started, but was cut off.
"Excuse me, but since Ryoko, Trunks, Yuigi, Caine, you, and I are all here, Gohan, I think it's about time for me to explain why. You see, it was I that brought you and Trunks into Ryoko and Yuigi's world. I believe you two were in Trunks' time machine when I did it. Anyways, I have no need for Yuigi and Ryoko. I only brought them here to lure you two here."
Trunks and Gohan looked at each other, then looked at Dakin and Caine, who were both grinning.
"I plan to use your bodys, combined with mine, to rule the universe."
"It's allllwwwwwaaayyyyys the same thing. Universe this, universe that..." grumbled Gohan. "What's so great about the universe, dammit?"
"Gohan, bud, I think you hit your head a little too hard on that landing." said Trunks, snickering.
"Would you stop it? I'm sick of your incoherent nonsense! It goes like this, plain and simple. If you beat us, you get your girls back. If you don't, your names will be changed to Dakin." said the impatient Sovereign.
"I like my name pretty well, THANK YOU." shouted Gohan. "It has a certain ring to it. GOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAN...GOOOHHHHAAANNNN......"
The kid is losing it... sighed Trunks in his thoughts. What's wrong with him?
"One of the servants gave him medication for his head late last night, it's causing him to act slightly intoxicated." answered Dakin, shaking his head.
Trunks nodded slowly, still shaken by the fact that this guy could read his thoughts.
"This is quite amusing, but I want to settle this. Since your friend Gohan is, well, not himself, you will fight Caine first. If you win against him, then by that time Gohan should be normal and you'll both fight me."
Dakin shook a hand, and Gohan fell asleep. A glass chamber was placed over him. "I want him to be untouched when he fights me, so he can't be brought into your fight with Caine. Now, get to it!"
Caine got into a fighting stance, and so did Trunks.
I can't sense this guy's power level. He could be weaker than me, or he could be stronger than me. I guess I'll find out the hard way. thought Trunks.
Suddenly, Caine came flying towards him, shooting lasers. Trunks hit them all away with a flick of his wrist, and gave Caine a Final Blast, a trick his father Vegeta used. Flying against the wall, Caine stumbled foward, baring his teeth. This guy is pretty easy so far... thought Trunks hopefully. Sneering, Caine suddenly glowed pure white, so that Trunks had to shield his eyes. When he opened them, he was face to face....with himself.
Tears flew off of Trunks' face as he continued flying, faster and faster. He grunted, baring his teeth, and powered up so he was flying as fast as he could. Suddenly, he stopped in mid-flight. Sensing a huge power level appear then disappear, fear filled his senses. Fear for the others. It was defiantly unfamiliar to him, the chi of the person. He flew back to where he came from quickly to see what was going on.
Still hand in hand, Gohan and Yuigi continued walking. "Hey, Gohan?" she mumbled.
"Yeah?"
"I...like you."
He looked at her, and her pirecing blue eyes burned into his. Blushing, he squeezed her hand. "I like you too Yuigi." he responded, smiling at her. She smiled back, and leaned her head against his shoulder. It was strange, she was so short but she looked as old as him. The top of her head was only a few centimeters past his shoulder.
Frowning, Gohan looked at the surrondings.
"What's wrong, Gohan?" asked Yuigi fearfully, sensing his uneasiness.
"I just sensed a huge power...." he explained, his head shooting around.
Suddenly, Yuigi felt her wrist being roughly pulled away from Gohan. Before she could cry out, Gohan was gone and there was nothing but darkness.
Gohan felt a pull on his hand, as if Yuigi was tugging him. Turning his head sharply towards her, though, he discovered that she was gone, along with the huge power level.
In confusion, he yelled, "YUIGI! Yuigi, where are you? YUIGI!"
His cry echoed throughout the forest, but no reply sounded. I just know that huge power level had something to do with this, I know it!
Growling in anger, Gohan suddenly cried as loud as he could.
"YOU'D BETTER BRING HER BACK TO ME OR ELSE YOU'LL WISH YOU WERE NEVER BORN! I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU DON'T BRING HER BACK, YOU'LL BE SORRY!"
Flying back, Trunks suddenly heard "....You'll be sorry..." echoing throughout the forest. He heard that yell right after he sensed the huge power level for the second time. Recognizing the voice as Gohan's, he flew as fast as he could to him. When he finally found him, he descended to the forest floor. "Gohan, what happened?" he asked.
Gohan had a scowl on his face and tears in his eyes. "Did you sense it too? That huge power level...I was walking with Yuigi, now she's gone, it took her away!" he said quickly and loudly, jumbling his words together because he was so worried.
"Ryoko!" Trunks suddenly cried, and took off into the air once again, and Gohan went with him. Scanning the forest quickly, whipping his head around, Trunks looked for Ryoko. As fast as they could, Gohan and Trunks looked, but neither of them found her, so they descended to the ground.
"We need to get them back," growled Trunks baring his teeth, "But I don't even know where to start."
"Yuigi..." cried Gohan softly, and he hung his head.
"Maybe they're around here somewhere," said Trunks, with desperate hope, "Let's look very far, not just around the forest."
Nodding his head, Gohan went in the opposite direction, hovering a few feet off the ground.
Chapter 32
After what seemed like hours, Gohan was still searching for Yuigi. He came across a waterfall, and sat down to get a drink from the small river that flowed from it. Before he did, he looked at his reflection in the flat, crystal water. He noticed how his eyes were red from crying, also noticed how empty his left side felt, without Yuigi pressed against him. Tears sprang to his eyes as he noticed how her scent of soft lilac lingered on his sleeve.
Frowning at his reflection, he raised a hand to hit the water that his face was displayed on, but stopped and gasped. He could see Yuigi beside him in his water reflection, a brilliant smile on her lips.
"Yuigi..." he cried happily, but as he turned around he was filled with anger, surprise, and disappointment as he noticed a small young male, maybe a few years younger than Trunks, standing in front of him.
The young man smiled cheerily, and brushed golden-brown hair from his soft blue eyes. "Hello, my name is Caine."
"Uh, hi." said Gohan, baffled. What's this guy doing out here in the middle of nowhere?
"Do you want your girl back? If you do, you'd better get her quick. I'm starting to take a liking towards her!" he said, his voice harsh now.
Gohan gasped, then bared his teeth. A man his age, going after Yuigi? It was sick. "You'd better give her back to me or else I'll rip off your head and let your brains rot in the sun!" he shouted, surprising himself with his own aggressiveness.
Caine chuckled softly, and waved a hand backwards. "Follow me then."
A swirling portal suddenly appeared before Gohan's eyes, and Caine went through it. Grunting with anger, Gohan followed.
Trunks continued crying Ryoko's name as he searched for her. As he walked forward, he noticed a man, maybe a few years older than him, leaning against a tree. What's that guy doing out here in the middle of nowhere?
"That's precisly what I was going to ask you..." said the teal haired man, with a glint in his orchid eyes.
"What?! How.....you....you read my mind?" shouted Trunks, but then his voice turned into a mock. "I guess if you can read minds, you don't have to ask me what I'm doing out here then!"
"That's true. Looking for that woman you love, eh?" said the man, smiling. Trunks saw that this was the first power level he had sensed before.
"Y-yes."
"Do you want her back, Trunks?"
"If you've taken her, I swear I'll...."
The man laughed, as if not worried about Trunks' threat. "Yes, I've taken her. Follow me if you want her back."
Walking through a swirling portal, Trunks became aware that he couldn't see anything except black.
Soon after, he lost consciousness. Trunks and Gohan were on their way to save the ones they loved.
Chapter 33
"Uhhggggg....where am I?" Gohan awoke with a pounding in his head. Looking around, he noticed that he was alone in a room. A very nice gold and red room, to be exact. His hand felt around where he was laying, and he realized that he was on a bed. He shot up, but he heard a protest. Looking over at the door, he saw an elderly lady carrying a dampened washcloth.
"Don't get up get, young one. It's a rough trip from Earth to Vyenra. Especially through a portal. You need your rest."
"Where's Yuigi?" he asked sleepily, putting his head back down onto the pillow and allowing the woman to place the washcloth on his forehead.
"Soon, young one, soon you'll fight to get her back."
Gohan slipped into darkness yet again, called sleep.
Trunks didn't get the comfort of waking up in a nice bed in peace. Instead, he heard the giggling of several women around him, and soon realized he was in a bathtub.
He gasped, and then stood up, which caused them to blush and giggle harder. Sitting back down, he asked, "Where am I?"
"You're on the planet Vyenra." said a young red-head girl quietly.
"You're the most handsome one we've gotten to serve in ages!" giggled a brunette woman, older than he was.
"Okay, but why am I in a bathtub?" He questioned.
"We're washing you." answered a blonde woman flatly, making the rest of them laugh. He noticed a washcloth creeping up the inside of his thigh.
"Whooaaaa!" he protested. "Not there!"
All the woman in the room laughed harder, as they continued to bath him. He noticed someone brushing his hair. "You have love'y tress's." she said softly, eyeing his mane, then continuing to brush and run her fingers though his lavender hair. "An' pretty blue eyes. Wha's yer name?"
"Trunks." he answered.
As a silver haired woman gave him a back massage, he suddenly felt sleepy, and closed his eyes to rest again.
"Too bad we had to put clothes on 'im." whined a large lady, taking a last look at the young man. Then she laughed along with the other women.
"Yeah. G'bye Trunks." whispered the purple-haired woman that was brushing his hair before.
They left him lying on his stomach, and soon after they walked out he woke up, feeling much better than when he had first woken up. The pounding in his head was gone and he wasn't in a bathtub, but instead in a bed.
Rolling over, he realized that he was in a very nice silver and green room, wearing clothes. He got off his bed and looked in the mirror. Instead of putting his hair back in a rubber band as it was before, the women had left it swirling on his shoulders. Trunks noticed that it had grown a little since he had been with Tenchi and the rest, a little past the round of his shoulder. They dressed him up in strange clothes that he had never seen before. His pants were shiny and black, and almost felt like silk. His belt was a royal blue sash, which was also silk. Around his wrists, he had royal blue bands, and around his neck he had the fastenings of a black cloak, which went to his ankles, and it was hooded.
Looking at the door, Trunks decided to take a good look around this place, and to see if maybe Gohan was taken to this planet also. He walked into the hall, only to find Gohan.
"Hey, Gohan!"
Gohan turned sharply towards him. He was wearing the exact same outfit as Trunks, only deep red pants and cloak, and black wristbands and a black sash belt.
"Trunks! You're here too? Some guy said that he had taken Yuigi, so I followed him."
"Same here, only I'm looking for Ryoko."
Gohan ran his fingers through his spiky black hair. "I feel really good! I woke up in a really nice bed. I got lots of sleep."
"Oh really? Me too," said Trunks sarcastically, "Only first I had a killer head-ache and was naked in a bathtub surrounded by women who wouldn't stop bathing me."
Gohan laughed, and they continued walking. He wondered if that was a bad thing or not.
"Ayeka, I'm really worried about them!" whined Sasami, referring to Yuigi, Gohan, Trunks, and Ryoko.
"Hmph. Well, I couldn't care less about Ryoko, but I am worried about the rest, also." responded Ayeka, sipping her tea in Washu's lab. Everyone was gathered around Washu's computer, while Washu was clicking away, trying to find answers.
"Have you found anything yet Washu?" asked Tenchi impatiently.
"Calm down, I'm onto something. Hmmm... I've got it!" Washu exclaimed. "I've found two portal openings in the area. The second one was opened two minutes and thirty-six seconds after the first one. They were opened about six hours ago."
"Can you figure out where they lead to?" asked Ayeka.
"No, I'm afraid I can't even re-open them. A very strong power opened those portals, and whoever possessed that power wanted to make sure that no one else got through." explained Washu.
Sasami hung her head. "I wish there was something I could do for the four of them."
"There is, Sasami." said Washu softly.
"What's that?"
"Hope."
Chapter 34
Gohan and Trunks continued to walk down the seemingly endless hall.
"This place is really creepy!" complained Gohan. It seemed as though every step they took, the place got darker and darker.
HELLO THERE.
A booming voice echoed throughout the corridor. Trunks and Gohan turned sharply around every-which way, but there was no one behind, above, in front, or even under them.
You won't be able to see me, fools, I'm talking to you telepathically. Can't you feel my words inside your minds?
Trunks narrowed his eyebrows. Now that he thought about it, the voice did seem to be coming from inside his head. "Is it you that took Yuigi and Ryoko? What do you want with them?"
I couldn't care less about those girls. It is YOU TWO that I want! laughed the voice.
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"Well then, what do you want with us?" asked Gohan impatiently.
Ahh, but that'd ruin the suprise, small child. Just go back to your chambers. I didn't say HELLO because I wanted to tell you why you're here, you know. I just wanted to tell you to give up your search for Ryoko and Yuigi because they're nowhere near you, and you'll never find them. Just go back to your chambers and it'll all make sense tomorrow. Until then, goodbye.
The presence of evil left their minds, and the two boys walked back to their separate chambers as commanded.
Panting as she ran down the corridor, a silver-haired girl searched for Trunks' room. She found it and desperately pounded on the door. She could hear him groan, and then heard his footsteps make their way slowly to the door. Opening it, he rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
"Can I help-"
She grabbed his hand and dragged him back into his room, then shut the door quietly.
"I need to tell you something important." gasped the girl. Trunks eyed her carefully, and decided that she looked about fourteen. She looked at him painfully with teal eyes, and he waved a hand to his bed. Sitting down, the girl inhaled deeply to calm her breathing from running.
"The Sovereign plans to control you and the small child, so that he can rule the universe." she cried.
Trunks laughed. "Me and Gohan may be strong, but I don't know about strong enough to rule the entire universe."
Shaking her head, she responded, "No, no, no. Not individually. All together. He's going to combine bodies with you and the boy. Gohan and you, as one, will have unbelievable power, and with my Sovereign added to you two...that would be unspeakable. He has psychic powers stronger than any other."
Trunks looked at his feet. This Sovereign must be the one who was speaking to us earlier then, if he has pshycic powers.
"Please listen to me. You mustn't go, even if he says that he has your two women. It's too dangerous, then you'll...."
"We love them, we have to save them." explained Trunks.
The silver haired girl sighed. It was no use; love is stronger than any convincing. She smiled at him weakly. "You have a brave spirit, Trunks, I admire that. Please do be careful."
He smiled at her. "I never got your name, what is it?"
"Cadessa" she answered, looking into his blue eyes. They reminded her of the sky on a perfect, sunny day. He's SO handsome! Too bad that I'm fourteen, and he's in his twenties.
She leaned foward and kissed him slowly and softly on the lips, then buried her face into his shoulder. He awkwardly put one arm around her, feeling a little weird that a teenager just kissed him as if she were an adult.
"I'll be careful, don't worry. It's pretty late, you should get some sleep."
She lifted her head to look at him again. "Can I sleep with you?" she said quickly.
"No." he said, even more quickly.
Blushing, she bowed her head, stood up off the bed, then turned on her heal and left the room.
First, she kisses me, and then she wants to sleep with me...sheesh...
Shaking his head, Trunks sat on his bed to ponder the information that this girl gave him. So, this creep wants some Saiyian bodies so that he can rule the universe...
Trunks sighed, and then soon after fell asleep.
uChapter 35/u
With his vision blurry, Trunks looked up into a room he didn't recognize. How did I get here? he wondered to himself. When his vision steadied, he immediately noticed the one he had came for. She was tied up in neon-blue, glowing rope, encased in what looked like glass and knocked unconscious. Filled with anger and worry, Trunks began flying towards her, but a force knocked him into a wall, then threw him roughly against the floor.
"Now now! It would be rude to get this party started without your two other friends here, so wait." said the teal-haired man that had taken him though the portal in the woods.
"It's you!" yelled Trunks. "I swear I'll-"
"Oh shut up, you lousy earthling. I've had it with your meaningless threats! And my name is Dakin, but you can call me Sovereign Dakin."
"What I'll cal lyou is a bastar-" Trunks paused as he heard a flop on the floor.
"Ouuucch." came a muffled yell from Gohan, with his face pressed against the floor. "I'm alright." He finally lifted his head and looked around him, and saw Yuigi encased in glass, wrapped in neon yellow ropes. Caine, the young man who had taken Gohan through the portal, had his hand on the glass.
"She put up quite a fight. She's a little pistol." said Caine, sneering as he looked at Gohan.
"Why you-" Gohan started, but was cut off.
"Excuse me, but since Ryoko, Trunks, Yuigi, Caine, you, and I are all here, Gohan, I think it's about time for me to explain why. You see, it was I that brought you and Trunks into Ryoko and Yuigi's world. I believe you two were in Trunks' time machine when I did it. Anyways, I have no need for Yuigi and Ryoko. I only brought them here to lure you two here."
Trunks and Gohan looked at each other, then looked at Dakin and Caine, who were both grinning.
"I plan to use your bodys, combined with mine, to rule the universe."
"It's allllwwwwwaaayyyyys the same thing. Universe this, universe that..." grumbled Gohan. "What's so great about the universe, dammit?"
"Gohan, bud, I think you hit your head a little too hard on that landing." said Trunks, snickering.
"Would you stop it? I'm sick of your incoherent nonsense! It goes like this, plain and simple. If you beat us, you get your girls back. If you don't, your names will be changed to Dakin." said the impatient Sovereign.
"I like my name pretty well, THANK YOU." shouted Gohan. "It has a certain ring to it. GOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAN...GOOOHHHHAAANNNN......"
The kid is losing it... sighed Trunks in his thoughts. What's wrong with him?
"One of the servants gave him medication for his head late last night, it's causing him to act slightly intoxicated." answered Dakin, shaking his head.
Trunks nodded slowly, still shaken by the fact that this guy could read his thoughts.
"This is quite amusing, but I want to settle this. Since your friend Gohan is, well, not himself, you will fight Caine first. If you win against him, then by that time Gohan should be normal and you'll both fight me."
Dakin shook a hand, and Gohan fell asleep. A glass chamber was placed over him. "I want him to be untouched when he fights me, so he can't be brought into your fight with Caine. Now, get to it!"
Caine got into a fighting stance, and so did Trunks.
I can't sense this guy's power level. He could be weaker than me, or he could be stronger than me. I guess I'll find out the hard way. thought Trunks.
Suddenly, Caine came flying towards him, shooting lasers. Trunks hit them all away with a flick of his wrist, and gave Caine a Final Blast, a trick his father Vegeta used. Flying against the wall, Caine stumbled foward, baring his teeth. This guy is pretty easy so far... thought Trunks hopefully. Sneering, Caine suddenly glowed pure white, so that Trunks had to shield his eyes. When he opened them, he was face to face....with himself.