Hey, this is the last chapter, please review it when you're done! BTW,
there is a sequel to this story called "Another Time, Another Place,
Another Chance." Thanks!
I don't own DBZ.
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The Love of My Life
Chapter 7
In the middle of the night, Sandy shook Trunks awake.
"What? Are you okay?!" he asked rubbing his eyes and prayed that she wasn't about to tell him that she was about to die.
"Yeah, yeah, calm down. I just wanted to tell you something."
"Oh…what?"
"Well, you know that I never found my dad again, but I still think he's alive. There is a picture of him I have in my purse and I was hoping that you could try to remember my dad's face and look for him from time to time. I really wanted to see him again, but I'm not going to be able to now. So if you do see him…can you let him know that I died and tell him where I am buried. I don't want him to keep wandering around looking for me when I'm dead. I'm sure he would be looking for me if he was alive. Can you do that for me Trunks?"
"Sure I can," Trunks said kissing her forehead. "I'll even take him to wherever we bury you myself."
"Okay. Thank you."
They snuggled closer to each other and fell asleep again.
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In the morning, Trunks woke up and was happy to feel Sandy's arms around him. He touched her face gently, careful not to wake her up, but stopped. Her skin was cold. Even the skin that was under the covers was cold. Trunks cried out for him mom to come to the room and tears slid down his face.
Bulma rushed in too see Trunks squeezing Sandy's dead body to him as if he would never let go. "Oh Trunks," she said covering her mouth. He was shaking and sobbing into Sandy's neck and kept kissing her. Bulma watched her son and she knew he felt the same way she had felt when Vegeta had died. She knew nothing was going to comfort him. Nothing had comforted her even to this day. She walked over to the bed and patted Trunks' shoulder. He sat up and buried his face against her.
"It's okay Trunks. You knew it would happen sometime. At least she's in a better place now, away from all this suffering in our world."
Trunks nodded.
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THREE DAYS LATER
Sandy's funeral had been small, but nice nonetheless. Bulma, Trunks, Chi Chi, and the Ox King attended it. They had met her briefly when Trunks, Bulma and Sandy had gone over to visit. She was buried on a nice piece of land out in the country. There were mountains nearby and beautiful trees surrounded her grave. They buried her under one of the trees and used the trunk of the tree for her headstone. Her epitaph read:
"HERE LIES SANDY COULTER.
The Love of My Life,
May She Rest In Peace."
Trunks now sat on a cliff that overlooked Sandy's grave. He was about 100 feet in the air. He sat there looking at his girlfriend's grave, but tears blurred his vision. He was sitting with his arms wrapped around his legs and his face buried in his legs. He tried his best to meditate, but couldn't clear his mind.
Suddenly he jumped up and walked to the edge of the cliff and cleared his mind.
"I can't take this," he thought. "Face it Trunks, you're never going to be able to beat the androids. You're no where close."
He leaned over the edge and looked down.
"I should just end everything now. I don't want to be in this world. I want to meet my dad, Gohan, and Sandy in the other world along with all my other dead friends."
He closed his eyes and cleared his mind. He began to step off the cliff…
"Stop!!" he heard someone yell.
He stepped back and turned around to see who it was. No one was there. He braced himself to walk off the cliff again.
"Trunks!"
He turned around again, but still did not see anyone.
"It's Sandy, Trunks. You can't see me, but I'm right in front of you."
"Sandy?" he asked, his voice breaking.
"Yeah, I'm right here."
"No you're not," he sobbed and turned around to face the edge of the cliff. "Damn it! Now on top of everything else I'm going crazy. I just want to die."
"No! Don't do that!"
Trunks turned back to where Sandy supposedly was and decided to humor his crazy mind. "Then how am I talking to you?"
"Your mind is finally clear for once. You've been thinking too much lately!" she said jokingly. "Once your mind is clear, spirits can talk to you or you to them. Enough of that though. Trunks please don't kill yourself. I know you miss me, but you just can't do that!"
"Why not Sandy," he said despondently. "I just don't want to live anymore. I'm never going to defeat the androids and I just don't feel like living anymore without you."
"But Trunks, you have to live. These people don't have a chance, you're their only hope, even if they don't know it. You can fight the androids with a power no one else knows how to use. If you don't do anything, who is going to help everyone?"
"My mom will. She'll go back in time, maybe get a few ideas from everyone she used to know. She might be able to save two worlds. I just want to join you, Gohan, and my dad on the other side."
"No Trunks. Think of what you would be doing to your mom. She would be devastated and she might give up too and decide not to go to the past. That is supposed to be your job. Think of your dad too. What do you think that he's thinking right now, with you thinking about killing yourself. If you were my kid, I would be ashamed of you. Do you think he would want to talk to you and be happy to see you if you kill yourself?"
Trunks didn't say anything.
"Trunks you have to live in order get stronger," Sandy's spirit continued, "You don't have to fight the androids everyday, but you can slowly get stronger until you can defeat them. You can go back in time and save that world and you'll be able to see your dad and your friend Gohan. Maybe you could train there and you could get stronger, but you have to live! You have to defeat them for me and Gohan, and for everyone else who has died because of them."
"I don't want to without you."
"Okay…I'll come back then. I'll try to reincarnate or possess someone or something," she said vehemently, trying to convince Trunks to live.
"No, Sandy, don't come back here. I don't want to see you hurt by the androids again. I don't want you to have to live through this kind of life."
Sandy was quiet for awhile. "Then I'll come back in a different time, but you have to find me. You'll have to meet me in whatever time I reincarnate in with your time machine. Promise me, Trunks!"
"I promise. But in what time are we going to meet?"
Suddenly he heard a blast from far away. "Damn them!" he yelled. He realized that he had just lost his connection with Sandy. He quickly tried to clear his thoughts, but he kept hearing blast after blast.
"No! Sandy, please, try to talk to me again. I just can't concentrate. Try to contact me again sometime, but I'm going to go and fight them…for you."
Trunks flew towards the androids, glancing again at Sandy's grave. "I love you," he whispered, then continued to the city being blasted to pieces to fight for everyone he held dear.
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Okay, that's it guys! Thank for reading! Please review this story and check out the sequel! It's about when Trunks travels to a different timeline and meets someone who is very much like Sandy…what will happen? I don't know, go read it because as of right now, it is almost over! But it's 15 chapters so far, compared to this one with only seven. I have to admit though, that it's a bit more lighthearted than this fic and isn't as full of angst. Okay, go check it out if you want! Thanks, see ya!
~Lady Branwen~
I don't own DBZ.
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The Love of My Life
Chapter 7
In the middle of the night, Sandy shook Trunks awake.
"What? Are you okay?!" he asked rubbing his eyes and prayed that she wasn't about to tell him that she was about to die.
"Yeah, yeah, calm down. I just wanted to tell you something."
"Oh…what?"
"Well, you know that I never found my dad again, but I still think he's alive. There is a picture of him I have in my purse and I was hoping that you could try to remember my dad's face and look for him from time to time. I really wanted to see him again, but I'm not going to be able to now. So if you do see him…can you let him know that I died and tell him where I am buried. I don't want him to keep wandering around looking for me when I'm dead. I'm sure he would be looking for me if he was alive. Can you do that for me Trunks?"
"Sure I can," Trunks said kissing her forehead. "I'll even take him to wherever we bury you myself."
"Okay. Thank you."
They snuggled closer to each other and fell asleep again.
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In the morning, Trunks woke up and was happy to feel Sandy's arms around him. He touched her face gently, careful not to wake her up, but stopped. Her skin was cold. Even the skin that was under the covers was cold. Trunks cried out for him mom to come to the room and tears slid down his face.
Bulma rushed in too see Trunks squeezing Sandy's dead body to him as if he would never let go. "Oh Trunks," she said covering her mouth. He was shaking and sobbing into Sandy's neck and kept kissing her. Bulma watched her son and she knew he felt the same way she had felt when Vegeta had died. She knew nothing was going to comfort him. Nothing had comforted her even to this day. She walked over to the bed and patted Trunks' shoulder. He sat up and buried his face against her.
"It's okay Trunks. You knew it would happen sometime. At least she's in a better place now, away from all this suffering in our world."
Trunks nodded.
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THREE DAYS LATER
Sandy's funeral had been small, but nice nonetheless. Bulma, Trunks, Chi Chi, and the Ox King attended it. They had met her briefly when Trunks, Bulma and Sandy had gone over to visit. She was buried on a nice piece of land out in the country. There were mountains nearby and beautiful trees surrounded her grave. They buried her under one of the trees and used the trunk of the tree for her headstone. Her epitaph read:
"HERE LIES SANDY COULTER.
The Love of My Life,
May She Rest In Peace."
Trunks now sat on a cliff that overlooked Sandy's grave. He was about 100 feet in the air. He sat there looking at his girlfriend's grave, but tears blurred his vision. He was sitting with his arms wrapped around his legs and his face buried in his legs. He tried his best to meditate, but couldn't clear his mind.
Suddenly he jumped up and walked to the edge of the cliff and cleared his mind.
"I can't take this," he thought. "Face it Trunks, you're never going to be able to beat the androids. You're no where close."
He leaned over the edge and looked down.
"I should just end everything now. I don't want to be in this world. I want to meet my dad, Gohan, and Sandy in the other world along with all my other dead friends."
He closed his eyes and cleared his mind. He began to step off the cliff…
"Stop!!" he heard someone yell.
He stepped back and turned around to see who it was. No one was there. He braced himself to walk off the cliff again.
"Trunks!"
He turned around again, but still did not see anyone.
"It's Sandy, Trunks. You can't see me, but I'm right in front of you."
"Sandy?" he asked, his voice breaking.
"Yeah, I'm right here."
"No you're not," he sobbed and turned around to face the edge of the cliff. "Damn it! Now on top of everything else I'm going crazy. I just want to die."
"No! Don't do that!"
Trunks turned back to where Sandy supposedly was and decided to humor his crazy mind. "Then how am I talking to you?"
"Your mind is finally clear for once. You've been thinking too much lately!" she said jokingly. "Once your mind is clear, spirits can talk to you or you to them. Enough of that though. Trunks please don't kill yourself. I know you miss me, but you just can't do that!"
"Why not Sandy," he said despondently. "I just don't want to live anymore. I'm never going to defeat the androids and I just don't feel like living anymore without you."
"But Trunks, you have to live. These people don't have a chance, you're their only hope, even if they don't know it. You can fight the androids with a power no one else knows how to use. If you don't do anything, who is going to help everyone?"
"My mom will. She'll go back in time, maybe get a few ideas from everyone she used to know. She might be able to save two worlds. I just want to join you, Gohan, and my dad on the other side."
"No Trunks. Think of what you would be doing to your mom. She would be devastated and she might give up too and decide not to go to the past. That is supposed to be your job. Think of your dad too. What do you think that he's thinking right now, with you thinking about killing yourself. If you were my kid, I would be ashamed of you. Do you think he would want to talk to you and be happy to see you if you kill yourself?"
Trunks didn't say anything.
"Trunks you have to live in order get stronger," Sandy's spirit continued, "You don't have to fight the androids everyday, but you can slowly get stronger until you can defeat them. You can go back in time and save that world and you'll be able to see your dad and your friend Gohan. Maybe you could train there and you could get stronger, but you have to live! You have to defeat them for me and Gohan, and for everyone else who has died because of them."
"I don't want to without you."
"Okay…I'll come back then. I'll try to reincarnate or possess someone or something," she said vehemently, trying to convince Trunks to live.
"No, Sandy, don't come back here. I don't want to see you hurt by the androids again. I don't want you to have to live through this kind of life."
Sandy was quiet for awhile. "Then I'll come back in a different time, but you have to find me. You'll have to meet me in whatever time I reincarnate in with your time machine. Promise me, Trunks!"
"I promise. But in what time are we going to meet?"
Suddenly he heard a blast from far away. "Damn them!" he yelled. He realized that he had just lost his connection with Sandy. He quickly tried to clear his thoughts, but he kept hearing blast after blast.
"No! Sandy, please, try to talk to me again. I just can't concentrate. Try to contact me again sometime, but I'm going to go and fight them…for you."
Trunks flew towards the androids, glancing again at Sandy's grave. "I love you," he whispered, then continued to the city being blasted to pieces to fight for everyone he held dear.
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Okay, that's it guys! Thank for reading! Please review this story and check out the sequel! It's about when Trunks travels to a different timeline and meets someone who is very much like Sandy…what will happen? I don't know, go read it because as of right now, it is almost over! But it's 15 chapters so far, compared to this one with only seven. I have to admit though, that it's a bit more lighthearted than this fic and isn't as full of angst. Okay, go check it out if you want! Thanks, see ya!
~Lady Branwen~
