A Leap Of Faith
By: FayeValentine00
ShoulitaComplex@aol.com
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If you are reading this, please check out an alternate sequel to "Only Time Will Tell." It is written by Midnight Princess (Author ID= 97021) and it is called "Only Time Will Tell II: Return of Cammy" just go to www.fanficiton.net/read.php?storyid=586616 Thank you very much and I am sure Midnight Princess with thank you too!
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I craddled T.J. in my lap while Goten explained the entire sitsuation to Trunks and Pan. Shock, anger and fear were just a few of the emotions that I watched play out on their faces. When Goten finished explaining everything to them the room feel into a heavy silence.
I looked down into my arms and noticed that T.J. had falled asleep. I could hardly believe that this adorable child could be the spawn of that witch. I watched silently as his breathing became slow and rhythmic.
"Kyoko, could you lay T.J. down for us?" I looked up to see Pan's practically pleading expression.
"Sure." Slowly I pulled myself to my feet while juggling T.J.'s dead weight. The room was still quiet when I got to the hallway until Trunks voice broke the silence.
"Kyoko?" Trunks voice took me a bit off guard but I turned around to face him. "Can you please call Capsule Corp and tell Bra that we need her, Dad and Gohan here A.S.A.P.?"
"Sure." I forced a smile to the three tense faced demi-saiyans but I had a feeling that they were up to something because the moment that I left the room, all three of them broke out into hushed, angry whispers.
As I laid T.J. down in his bed and pulled the blue blanket over his peaceful form, I couldn't help but fell a little left out. It seemed like they were just trying to get me out of the room so they could talk openly and that was just weird. Ever sonce I's met Pan's family, I'd never felt excluded or like I was in the way but now I suddenly did and it hurt.
I forced myself to take a deep breath and look at the childs peaceful state. I knew I was just rattled and upset after dealing with Cammy so I was probably just jumping to conclusions. After a few minutes to compose my thoughts, I was able to go over to the phone.
"Thank you for calling Capsule Corporation. How may I direct your call?"
"Bra Briefs, please."
"She's in a meeting right now. May I take a message?"
I was shocked and looked down at my watch. It was almost 9pm. Why was Bra still in a meeting? That's when it hit me. If Trunks had been planning on having a night out with Pan, then Bra would be the one filling in for him. No wonder Trunks had said to call the offices. "Actually, this is a family emergency. Could you please interrupt the meeting?"
"I'm sorry, ma'am but I can't. I--"
"Listen lady, I don't have time for this shit! You get Bra on the phone now. Tell her it's Kyoko and that Cammy is back. I guarantee that she'll take the call!" The womans lack of helpfulness was really beginning to bother me.
Suddenly the operator spoke again but this time her voice had a defiant tone to it. "I already told you, I can not interrupt the meeting. If you continue to curse I'll be forced to--"
I snapped. The stress of the sitsuation at hand and then having to deal with this moronic woman sent me into a stream of phrases that probably would have been better left unsaid. "How long have you worked for Capsule Corp?! I swear that if I have to come down there, not only will you NOT have a job tomorrow but I'll see to it that you never work in this town AGAIN! Stop being a useless, mindless, witless, unintelligent, no good receptionist and get me Bra Briefs NOW!"
There was a long silence before the woman on the phone spoke again but when she did, she must have taken the sitsuation seriously because she sounded terrified. "O-Okay ma'am. W-What was you message?"
"Tell her that Kyoko has been on hole FAR too long and that she needs to answer the call. If she asks why, tell her Cammy is back."
"Yes ma'am. One moment please."
Before I could count to ten, Bra was on the phone. "Kyoko, what happened?"
After telling her a short version of the story, se promised to get Gohan and Vegeta and be over as quickly as possible. After hanging up the phone I made my way back into the living room.
To my surprise, the endless murmur of chatter I'd heard from the hallway stopped the moment I became visable. Trunks, Goten and Pan all looked up at me with rather blank expressions and I was positive that they were trying to keep something from me. This was not like them at all and to be honest, I did not like it. I really consider them family but now I just felt like a third wheel.
"Kyoko, you should get going. You don't need to get involved in this whole sitsuation again." Trunks gave me a look that could be best described as fatherly as he spoke.
"I want to help. Let me know what I can do. I want to see that bitch go down as much as you do!" I fought to keep my face free of emotion. I didn;'t want them to know just how upset I was.
That's when Pan looked up at me apologetically. "You know I love you Kyoko. You're like my sister but I could never forgive myself if anything happened to you."
I instantly felt incredibly useless. I wanted to help so badly but because I did not have the powers like them, I was being dismissed. As a last ditch effort, my gaze met Goten's. If anyone should support me, it'd be him. He was the one who was always saying how much he admired my strength and spunk but when I looked into his eyes, I already knew my answer.
I felt like I'd been stabbed in the back. I wanted nothing more then to help them through the sitsuation but it was obvious that I wasn't needed. My pain quickly turned into anger as I opened my mouth to address them all but my eyes never left Goten's. "Alright, if you want me to leave, I'll go but all I wanted to do was help."
"Kyoko, wait. It's not like that. I---" Goten spoke up quickly and began to stand up but I cut him off.
"No, it's fine. Good luck with Cammy. I'm sure I'll see you guys soon." I couldn't quite keep the anger out of my voice. I turned to leave but then I heard Pan's voice behind me loud and firm.
"Stop."
I reluctantly turned back around and met her eyes evenly. "What?"
"We just don't want to see you get hurt. Please don't be mad." Pan's eyes sparkled and I realized that she was fighting back tears. I felt like a heel. All I'd been worried about was myself and my feelings. I didn't even stop to think about their reasonings.
I sighed deeply and dropped my gaze to the floor. I felt my anger melt away before I looked back up to meet her eyes again. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to jump the gun." It seemed that my quick temper was always getting me into trouble but now that I was calming down, I knew that they at least had good reasons for keeping me out of it... even if I didn't quite agree with it.
"Can I walk you out?" Goten stood up and took me by the hand.
I nodded my approval and he led me to the door before following me outside and closing the door behind him. He came to my side and pulled me to him in a tight embrace. He held my waist with one arm and moved some stray hairs out of my face with the other.
"Can you forgive me?" His eyes looked so concerned that my anger melted away even more.
"Yeah."
"Can we try this date again?" His eyes became a bit more seductive.
I felt a warm blush creep up into my cheeks but I grinned happily. "Sounds good to me."
"When."
"How about tonight?" I winked playfully.
"But I have to stay here until we talk things over. It might be late and---"
I pressed a finger to his lips and made a shhhhhhhhhh sound. "Whenever you get finshed, just stop by."
"Really?" His eyes lit up like a child who'd just gotten a toy.
"Really." I smiled and he returned the gesture before wrapping his arms even tighter around me and kissing me hungerly. All other emotions seemed to fade away and all that remained was the feelings that I had when the two of us had been alone on the couch earlier that evening. Just when I thought that I'd disgrace myself right there on Pan's porch, I heard a groan behind us, followed by two laughs.
We both jumped apart and looked over to see Gohan, Bra and Vegeta all looking at us. Bra just giggled before walking past us an into the house. The fathers still stared.
"Ugh. Get a room." Vegeta groaned and rolled his eyes before following his little princess into the house.
"When did this happen?" When neither Goten or I answers, Gohan just laughed and patetd his brother on the back. "Good job Goten. I couldn't think of a better girl for you." He gave me a quick wink and then followed Vegeta inside without even waiting for a reply. Once againwe were alone on the couch and Goten quickly took me back in his arms. He kissed my lips one last time before whispering into my ear.
"I'll see you tonight."
"Okay."
I got into my car and headed back home. I still couldn't deny my anger at being sent away but I tried not think about it. Instead I focused on Goten visiting me later.
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