Haunt 18
...is Where...
Trunks really wished that he had a normal family at times. He really did. Then things wouldn't have gotten so out of hand.
He rubbed his arm that was in a cast. A present from Gohan. He couldn't believe that his wife had thought he was cheating with Marron. He could understand if she was upset, thinking that his OTHER selves wife had come into his life. He could understand that, but Marron! They never even dated! They were just friends! Plus, Junior and him were together! Damn it! If only they had told people sooner and Soyna didn't know yet. He had not even looked at another woman, since he set eyes on her and now she thinks that she wanted something else.
Once they got Gohan to calm down, which was after his arm was broken and he received another black eye from him and some pulled muscles in his neck and back... he wasn't able to talk. His throat was still sore! It was Marron that calmed him down by saying that she was in love with Junior, not him. She seemed insulted that they would think such things.
He couldn't speak because Gohan had a rather firm grip on his throat.
Gohan just looked at them all confused. "So. Explain it to me again," he said, his grip loosening on his throat.
"I am in love with Junior! We have been keeping it from our families Gohan! Trunks found out and told us that we had to tell people! I came to him for moral support because Junior was supposed to tell Soyna today!" She snapped and pushed by Pan who had been standing there looking like a stunned rag doll. "The reason that Trunks has been 'sneaking around' Pan! Your husband arranged a honeymoon for you and him to go on. He was going to whisk you away without the kids and the rest to a private resort! He just told me that when I came in to talk to your HUSBAND! He was worried about you!"
Pan just stood there and hung her head.
Gohan had finally let him go. He was ashamed that he couldn't even hold his feet and crumpled to the floor.
"JUNIOR IS THE ONE, NOT TRUNKS!" She yelled at both of them. She came to his aid and helped him sit up. Damn it. For someone that hardly trained any more, you definitely did not want to get his dander up! "Trunks is going to be like my father-in-law now!"
Gohan and Pan looked down at him stunned.
Well, it was true.
"Go get Raymond. He is hurt here!" Marron commanded. Boy, she sure could sound like 18, when she wanted too.
Pan had tried to apologize to him but he didn't want to talk to her then. He couldn't even face her after she ran to her father first and not him... He rubbed the cast again. Damn it. He still loved Pan. He could think about nothing but her, but he was still mad at her.
All that, because she thought he was cheating.
He sighed and looked out the window to see his father pacing the grounds. Another weight hit him. Soyna was gone. She had taken the dragon with her somehow and was gone. He had missed that fight. Dad blamed himself it seemed when Junior explained it to him.
She was gone again, but this time, she said she was coming back. She had told that Brennen fellow when she made the wish or command or whatever it was. It was very unusual. But then, when was his family normal.
He almost called out to his father to talk to him, but what would he say. He was more attached to her than he was and it showed in his walk and manner. He was blaming himself again for something he couldn't stop. They were so much alike, it was scary.
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Goten sat under the apple tree tossing an apple up in the air and catching it. He came here every day, hoping that she would turn up here. She said that she would be back. It took him a couple of days to digest the information that Brennen had tried to tell them. He didn't understand what was truly going on but he did his best at explaining it all.
He had spent a day looking for her, just frantically flying about and looking for her, FEELING for her and found not even a twitch. It took Junior to come and calm him down.
Of course, he hadn't talked to anyone since and didn't plan on talking to anyone else.
He missed her so badly. It hurt knowing that she left somewhere with the dragon and the horrible thought of how long it took for his father to come back after he fused with the dragon wouldn't leave his head. He didn't want to wait 5 years for her! It would kill him! How his mother tolerated dad leaving like he did, he didn't understand at all! He was ready to crack and it was only a couple of days!
But he would wait. He could think of nothing else he could do, but wait and hope that it won't be 5 years.
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"I never got to tell her," Junior said to Marron as they sat across the table from each other in the kitchen as they were feeding Flint and Flare their breakfasts. Most of it was smeared over their faces. They haven't been that hungry since their mom was gone.
"What?" Marron said. "After all that, you didn't even tell her!" she said and stuck a spoon in Flare's mouth.
He sighed. "I know. I know. I'm pathetic," he said and looked to her. Everyone else knew now. After Marron broke up the fight between Trunks and Gohan by absolutely yelling that they were together, after Pan thought that Trunks was cheating on her with Marron. What a mess that was.
He had seen Trunks limping from his sister's house after seeing Raymond and how grim he looked. Pan was trying to help him but he kept pushing her away. He really hoped they worked things out. They so belonged together.
"You are truly pathetic," she said. At least she said it with a smile.
"I hope sis gets back soon. I really miss her," he said more to herself than to Marron. He just missed her. It was like she died again. He didn't like the empty feeling that was inside his gut when she was gone. He was all he had for real family left and he wanted her back.
"She'll be back soon," Marron said. "She wouldn't lie about coming back."
He remembered what Brennen said. "IF SHE COULD." Those words were blazed in his mind.
"Plus, she will want to see how you look as a super saiyian," Marron beamed.
He grinned also. It was the first time that he was able to get enough energy to get over that bump. She would be proud of him. He didn't know if she saw it. He hoped she did. Vegeta had even asked him to start training with him. Well sort of. "You are not so hopeless after all," was what he actually said, but it was close enough.
"She'll be back. You know that," Marron said. "And then you can tell her that you are going to marry me."
He stared at her with bright eyes. Marriage? They never talked about marriage yet! She just turned her back and went back to cooing at the little red head who was busy playing with a piece of a cookie in her mouth.
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Vegeta scowled as he paced. He found himself rubbing the spot where he got poisoned for the second time in his life. He had not forgotten the pain that he endured the first time and he had no intention of getting sliced again. He was stunned by what Soyna said. Absolutely stunned and also was amazed at how quickly everything changed. Another quick battle with hardly any real fighting but it was all ended by Soyna saying that she would grant Shelong's wishes. What wishes could the dragon want? But she was gone again! AGAIN! He couldn't protect her again! What good was it being so strong if he couldn't protect those that are dear to him! What good does it do!
Bulma had tried to comfort him and he did take comfort in her arms for a bit, but he couldn't stay cooped up and he knew that he couldn't find her if he went looking for her. Unfortunately, Goten was the only one that seemed able to find her when she chose to disguise herself and he couldn't even find her.
He just moped around as if he were looking for her. At least he wasn't frantic like he was before.
The boy hadn't even checked on his father yet, he was so distraught.
He looked to the Son household, where Goku was. It was just Goku now, no dragon. Just plain old Goku now. No longer indestructible. Well, at least Vegeta liked to think so. He woke up 2 days later and didn't remember a thing that happened and was shocked to see that the dragon tattoo was no longer on his body. He was even more shocked when they told him what happened and blamed it all on himself for being so weak in the matter.
He did want to blame Goku.
Who knew that the conditions could be changed from situation to situation. They just never really analyzed it that much. Where as Ligh was looking for a way in and he found it. Unfortunately he had to kill Benot for that. Thankfully he was back.
He smiled as he thought of Ligh. He was pleased to see the once quick boy, crumbled at his feet and weak and slow as a regular human. He didn't kill him, like he wanted too. He really wanted to. He really wanted too but he didn't. It was actually more fun watching him grovel and beg for mercy. He had lost his Soyna again and he wasn't going to let him off that easily. Ligh was in a nice cage now somewhere. He didn't care where. He was no longer a problem and could be dealt with later.
Of course the other traitor that Brennen mentioned took a bit more to find. The Jamna fellow. He was in jail with his friend also. They were so full of pathetic excuses that did deserve death. He never thought that he would not want to kill one of his enemies. He has been on this planet for far to long and it didn't bother him in the least.
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Benot examined his throat for the millionth time for that day. He still couldn't believe that there wasn't even a scar. Vegeta got another scar, how come he didn't.
He had not really slept in the time since he woke up from his death, with seeing his mother's body glowing red. He had thought it was okay to pass out. He really did. He thought everything was going to be okay after all and it wasn't. When he woke up, mom wasn't there.
She was gone again.
They kept telling him that she was coming back and even Brennen tried to reassure him not that he was too much help. They guy really didn't understand what was going on around him. That was okay. He wasn't supposed to know and his friend Mart, kept say 'dude' and 'man' to the point of annoyance when they came around.
They came around every day asking if she was back. He was always glad to see him but he saw how pensive he was. "I'm not back to cause trouble. I just want to make sure she is okay."
They all tolerated him now. Vegeta just glared at him and the other just nodded their heads and said to have patience. Goten would just glare at him and leave the room.
He felt bad that it was somehow his fault that all this happened because he was led around by his so called friend.
He just wanted his mom back. He ran his hand over his throat again and he could feel the tears welling up in his eyes. He looked over to the silver ball. He touched it three times a day now, seeing if it would show him anything and it hadn't. He didn't get mad at it and throw it across the room though. Just in case. He didn't want to miss anything again.
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Goku stared at the setting sun. His whole body felt different. He was used to another presence in him and he didn't realize it. He felt empty now, but also whole at the same time.
He told everyone that he didn't remember what happened, but he remembered quite well. After the shock of the dragon leaving his body, he heard her say that she would grant the dragon's wishes. He saw the dragon smile and do just that. He knew what the dragon wanted too. He didn't know why he didn't know while they were joined but it came clear once they were apart.
He felt guilty that he couldn't stop her. That there wasn't another way.
Brennen had fumbled over the words that she had told him before she vanished. He just hoped that she really would be back soon and it wouldn't take her 5 years before she found her way back home.
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Gohan looked over to his daughter. She looked devastated. It was all his fault for not being rational. For wanting the relationship to fail. He just wanted an excuse to attack and he did. Well, he did some pretty bad damage to Trunks before Marron set him straight and made him feel like a royal idiot!
Boy, did he feel like an idiot.
He may have just destroyed there marriage.
He couldn't help how he reacted. His daughter was crying! He knew that violence was not the way that he should have handled the situation. He knew that all to well! But he couldn't help it. His little girl had come to him in tears...
He sighed.
He had apologized to Trunks a few times but only got a cold stare. Boy, he had Vegeta's look when he was upset.
Pan had come over an hour ago, but hadn't said a word to anyone. She was just sitting there, staring at the garden and chewing on her lip.
If only he knew how to fix it.
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Trunks wouldn't even look at her and she went to talk to her father, but he looked so guilty, that she didn't want to make him feel worse.
Pan felt so foolish for thinking that he was cheating on her. She knew now that it was just Ligh's manipulation of her. It kept him at work late and left false trails. Ligh himself admitted that at least one part of his plan worked and that was destroying their marriage.
It may have worked too!
Trunks looked so crushed that she would even think that he was cheating especially with Marron. Of course, Marron was just as upset at her to think of her as such a slut!
She went to talk to her mother for a bit and that didn't make her feel better before she walked home again. Or at least, tried to walk home again. She stopped at the pond and sat throwing stones in the water for a bit.
She wished she hadn't been such an idiot!
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Goten didn't really want to be home, but he didn't want to wait out in the woods for her either. The house was quiet. The kids were asleep and it looked as if Junior and Marron were cuddled up on the couch. He didn't want to disturb them as he went up to his room.
Then he felt it. A familiar feeling. It was Soyna! There was no other way to explain it! He knew that feeling and it was upstairs. He darted up the stairs and he felt it again! He wasn't dreaming! He flung open the door of the room that they shared and saw her lying in the bed, covered with the blankets, but it was his wife! She was back! She had come back! It didn't take her five years! It had taken her 7 days!
"Soyna," he whispered and approached the bed. He hoped she was okay. She looked a little paler than normal but was reassured when she opened her eyes and smiled at him. "I am home," she said and then closed her eyes again with a large smile on her face.
A smile that he had not seen for a long time.
He smiled also and sat beside her on the bed and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He restrained himself from wanting to pull her from the blankets and swing her around and yell for joy and all that other stuff.
"So, you are her husband."
He sat up straight and turned around to see that out of their adjoining bathroom, came out Trunks. An uninjured Trunks. Did he get a sensu bean? He didn't know to much of the details but he was pretty sure Gohan put one hell of a beating on him. Trunks didn't look like he had been hurt.
"Trunks?"
"I have been wanting to met the man that has won my little girl's heart," he said and walked over to him and held out his hand. "She never told me your name."
He took his hand and shook it. This was not the Trunks that he knew. This was the Trunks that she knew. He was facing his father-in-law for the first time and it was quite unnerving. "Goten. How? I mean..."
"I'll tell you later. We have to talk first, Goten."
Talk? "About what?"
"My daughter," he said simply and looked down at her. "Someplace where it is quiet. The trip back here drained a lot of her energy."
"Sure," Goten said blinking. "Trip back here? What? Trunks?" he said.
"I am a little bit hungry, I never even thought of eating yet today. Is there some food in this house."
He nodded and led his true father-in-law downstair.
...is Where...
Trunks really wished that he had a normal family at times. He really did. Then things wouldn't have gotten so out of hand.
He rubbed his arm that was in a cast. A present from Gohan. He couldn't believe that his wife had thought he was cheating with Marron. He could understand if she was upset, thinking that his OTHER selves wife had come into his life. He could understand that, but Marron! They never even dated! They were just friends! Plus, Junior and him were together! Damn it! If only they had told people sooner and Soyna didn't know yet. He had not even looked at another woman, since he set eyes on her and now she thinks that she wanted something else.
Once they got Gohan to calm down, which was after his arm was broken and he received another black eye from him and some pulled muscles in his neck and back... he wasn't able to talk. His throat was still sore! It was Marron that calmed him down by saying that she was in love with Junior, not him. She seemed insulted that they would think such things.
He couldn't speak because Gohan had a rather firm grip on his throat.
Gohan just looked at them all confused. "So. Explain it to me again," he said, his grip loosening on his throat.
"I am in love with Junior! We have been keeping it from our families Gohan! Trunks found out and told us that we had to tell people! I came to him for moral support because Junior was supposed to tell Soyna today!" She snapped and pushed by Pan who had been standing there looking like a stunned rag doll. "The reason that Trunks has been 'sneaking around' Pan! Your husband arranged a honeymoon for you and him to go on. He was going to whisk you away without the kids and the rest to a private resort! He just told me that when I came in to talk to your HUSBAND! He was worried about you!"
Pan just stood there and hung her head.
Gohan had finally let him go. He was ashamed that he couldn't even hold his feet and crumpled to the floor.
"JUNIOR IS THE ONE, NOT TRUNKS!" She yelled at both of them. She came to his aid and helped him sit up. Damn it. For someone that hardly trained any more, you definitely did not want to get his dander up! "Trunks is going to be like my father-in-law now!"
Gohan and Pan looked down at him stunned.
Well, it was true.
"Go get Raymond. He is hurt here!" Marron commanded. Boy, she sure could sound like 18, when she wanted too.
Pan had tried to apologize to him but he didn't want to talk to her then. He couldn't even face her after she ran to her father first and not him... He rubbed the cast again. Damn it. He still loved Pan. He could think about nothing but her, but he was still mad at her.
All that, because she thought he was cheating.
He sighed and looked out the window to see his father pacing the grounds. Another weight hit him. Soyna was gone. She had taken the dragon with her somehow and was gone. He had missed that fight. Dad blamed himself it seemed when Junior explained it to him.
She was gone again, but this time, she said she was coming back. She had told that Brennen fellow when she made the wish or command or whatever it was. It was very unusual. But then, when was his family normal.
He almost called out to his father to talk to him, but what would he say. He was more attached to her than he was and it showed in his walk and manner. He was blaming himself again for something he couldn't stop. They were so much alike, it was scary.
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Goten sat under the apple tree tossing an apple up in the air and catching it. He came here every day, hoping that she would turn up here. She said that she would be back. It took him a couple of days to digest the information that Brennen had tried to tell them. He didn't understand what was truly going on but he did his best at explaining it all.
He had spent a day looking for her, just frantically flying about and looking for her, FEELING for her and found not even a twitch. It took Junior to come and calm him down.
Of course, he hadn't talked to anyone since and didn't plan on talking to anyone else.
He missed her so badly. It hurt knowing that she left somewhere with the dragon and the horrible thought of how long it took for his father to come back after he fused with the dragon wouldn't leave his head. He didn't want to wait 5 years for her! It would kill him! How his mother tolerated dad leaving like he did, he didn't understand at all! He was ready to crack and it was only a couple of days!
But he would wait. He could think of nothing else he could do, but wait and hope that it won't be 5 years.
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"I never got to tell her," Junior said to Marron as they sat across the table from each other in the kitchen as they were feeding Flint and Flare their breakfasts. Most of it was smeared over their faces. They haven't been that hungry since their mom was gone.
"What?" Marron said. "After all that, you didn't even tell her!" she said and stuck a spoon in Flare's mouth.
He sighed. "I know. I know. I'm pathetic," he said and looked to her. Everyone else knew now. After Marron broke up the fight between Trunks and Gohan by absolutely yelling that they were together, after Pan thought that Trunks was cheating on her with Marron. What a mess that was.
He had seen Trunks limping from his sister's house after seeing Raymond and how grim he looked. Pan was trying to help him but he kept pushing her away. He really hoped they worked things out. They so belonged together.
"You are truly pathetic," she said. At least she said it with a smile.
"I hope sis gets back soon. I really miss her," he said more to herself than to Marron. He just missed her. It was like she died again. He didn't like the empty feeling that was inside his gut when she was gone. He was all he had for real family left and he wanted her back.
"She'll be back soon," Marron said. "She wouldn't lie about coming back."
He remembered what Brennen said. "IF SHE COULD." Those words were blazed in his mind.
"Plus, she will want to see how you look as a super saiyian," Marron beamed.
He grinned also. It was the first time that he was able to get enough energy to get over that bump. She would be proud of him. He didn't know if she saw it. He hoped she did. Vegeta had even asked him to start training with him. Well sort of. "You are not so hopeless after all," was what he actually said, but it was close enough.
"She'll be back. You know that," Marron said. "And then you can tell her that you are going to marry me."
He stared at her with bright eyes. Marriage? They never talked about marriage yet! She just turned her back and went back to cooing at the little red head who was busy playing with a piece of a cookie in her mouth.
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Vegeta scowled as he paced. He found himself rubbing the spot where he got poisoned for the second time in his life. He had not forgotten the pain that he endured the first time and he had no intention of getting sliced again. He was stunned by what Soyna said. Absolutely stunned and also was amazed at how quickly everything changed. Another quick battle with hardly any real fighting but it was all ended by Soyna saying that she would grant Shelong's wishes. What wishes could the dragon want? But she was gone again! AGAIN! He couldn't protect her again! What good was it being so strong if he couldn't protect those that are dear to him! What good does it do!
Bulma had tried to comfort him and he did take comfort in her arms for a bit, but he couldn't stay cooped up and he knew that he couldn't find her if he went looking for her. Unfortunately, Goten was the only one that seemed able to find her when she chose to disguise herself and he couldn't even find her.
He just moped around as if he were looking for her. At least he wasn't frantic like he was before.
The boy hadn't even checked on his father yet, he was so distraught.
He looked to the Son household, where Goku was. It was just Goku now, no dragon. Just plain old Goku now. No longer indestructible. Well, at least Vegeta liked to think so. He woke up 2 days later and didn't remember a thing that happened and was shocked to see that the dragon tattoo was no longer on his body. He was even more shocked when they told him what happened and blamed it all on himself for being so weak in the matter.
He did want to blame Goku.
Who knew that the conditions could be changed from situation to situation. They just never really analyzed it that much. Where as Ligh was looking for a way in and he found it. Unfortunately he had to kill Benot for that. Thankfully he was back.
He smiled as he thought of Ligh. He was pleased to see the once quick boy, crumbled at his feet and weak and slow as a regular human. He didn't kill him, like he wanted too. He really wanted to. He really wanted too but he didn't. It was actually more fun watching him grovel and beg for mercy. He had lost his Soyna again and he wasn't going to let him off that easily. Ligh was in a nice cage now somewhere. He didn't care where. He was no longer a problem and could be dealt with later.
Of course the other traitor that Brennen mentioned took a bit more to find. The Jamna fellow. He was in jail with his friend also. They were so full of pathetic excuses that did deserve death. He never thought that he would not want to kill one of his enemies. He has been on this planet for far to long and it didn't bother him in the least.
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Benot examined his throat for the millionth time for that day. He still couldn't believe that there wasn't even a scar. Vegeta got another scar, how come he didn't.
He had not really slept in the time since he woke up from his death, with seeing his mother's body glowing red. He had thought it was okay to pass out. He really did. He thought everything was going to be okay after all and it wasn't. When he woke up, mom wasn't there.
She was gone again.
They kept telling him that she was coming back and even Brennen tried to reassure him not that he was too much help. They guy really didn't understand what was going on around him. That was okay. He wasn't supposed to know and his friend Mart, kept say 'dude' and 'man' to the point of annoyance when they came around.
They came around every day asking if she was back. He was always glad to see him but he saw how pensive he was. "I'm not back to cause trouble. I just want to make sure she is okay."
They all tolerated him now. Vegeta just glared at him and the other just nodded their heads and said to have patience. Goten would just glare at him and leave the room.
He felt bad that it was somehow his fault that all this happened because he was led around by his so called friend.
He just wanted his mom back. He ran his hand over his throat again and he could feel the tears welling up in his eyes. He looked over to the silver ball. He touched it three times a day now, seeing if it would show him anything and it hadn't. He didn't get mad at it and throw it across the room though. Just in case. He didn't want to miss anything again.
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Goku stared at the setting sun. His whole body felt different. He was used to another presence in him and he didn't realize it. He felt empty now, but also whole at the same time.
He told everyone that he didn't remember what happened, but he remembered quite well. After the shock of the dragon leaving his body, he heard her say that she would grant the dragon's wishes. He saw the dragon smile and do just that. He knew what the dragon wanted too. He didn't know why he didn't know while they were joined but it came clear once they were apart.
He felt guilty that he couldn't stop her. That there wasn't another way.
Brennen had fumbled over the words that she had told him before she vanished. He just hoped that she really would be back soon and it wouldn't take her 5 years before she found her way back home.
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Gohan looked over to his daughter. She looked devastated. It was all his fault for not being rational. For wanting the relationship to fail. He just wanted an excuse to attack and he did. Well, he did some pretty bad damage to Trunks before Marron set him straight and made him feel like a royal idiot!
Boy, did he feel like an idiot.
He may have just destroyed there marriage.
He couldn't help how he reacted. His daughter was crying! He knew that violence was not the way that he should have handled the situation. He knew that all to well! But he couldn't help it. His little girl had come to him in tears...
He sighed.
He had apologized to Trunks a few times but only got a cold stare. Boy, he had Vegeta's look when he was upset.
Pan had come over an hour ago, but hadn't said a word to anyone. She was just sitting there, staring at the garden and chewing on her lip.
If only he knew how to fix it.
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Trunks wouldn't even look at her and she went to talk to her father, but he looked so guilty, that she didn't want to make him feel worse.
Pan felt so foolish for thinking that he was cheating on her. She knew now that it was just Ligh's manipulation of her. It kept him at work late and left false trails. Ligh himself admitted that at least one part of his plan worked and that was destroying their marriage.
It may have worked too!
Trunks looked so crushed that she would even think that he was cheating especially with Marron. Of course, Marron was just as upset at her to think of her as such a slut!
She went to talk to her mother for a bit and that didn't make her feel better before she walked home again. Or at least, tried to walk home again. She stopped at the pond and sat throwing stones in the water for a bit.
She wished she hadn't been such an idiot!
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Goten didn't really want to be home, but he didn't want to wait out in the woods for her either. The house was quiet. The kids were asleep and it looked as if Junior and Marron were cuddled up on the couch. He didn't want to disturb them as he went up to his room.
Then he felt it. A familiar feeling. It was Soyna! There was no other way to explain it! He knew that feeling and it was upstairs. He darted up the stairs and he felt it again! He wasn't dreaming! He flung open the door of the room that they shared and saw her lying in the bed, covered with the blankets, but it was his wife! She was back! She had come back! It didn't take her five years! It had taken her 7 days!
"Soyna," he whispered and approached the bed. He hoped she was okay. She looked a little paler than normal but was reassured when she opened her eyes and smiled at him. "I am home," she said and then closed her eyes again with a large smile on her face.
A smile that he had not seen for a long time.
He smiled also and sat beside her on the bed and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He restrained himself from wanting to pull her from the blankets and swing her around and yell for joy and all that other stuff.
"So, you are her husband."
He sat up straight and turned around to see that out of their adjoining bathroom, came out Trunks. An uninjured Trunks. Did he get a sensu bean? He didn't know to much of the details but he was pretty sure Gohan put one hell of a beating on him. Trunks didn't look like he had been hurt.
"Trunks?"
"I have been wanting to met the man that has won my little girl's heart," he said and walked over to him and held out his hand. "She never told me your name."
He took his hand and shook it. This was not the Trunks that he knew. This was the Trunks that she knew. He was facing his father-in-law for the first time and it was quite unnerving. "Goten. How? I mean..."
"I'll tell you later. We have to talk first, Goten."
Talk? "About what?"
"My daughter," he said simply and looked down at her. "Someplace where it is quiet. The trip back here drained a lot of her energy."
"Sure," Goten said blinking. "Trip back here? What? Trunks?" he said.
"I am a little bit hungry, I never even thought of eating yet today. Is there some food in this house."
He nodded and led his true father-in-law downstair.
