~~I don't own DBZ or the characters… Yea I got another break from school, so I figured I'd get this chapter done. I still have band practice so it might take me some time to get the next chapter up.~~
Chapter 5: Search
Trunks opened his eyes. It was daylight out. "Hmmm… dad didn't wake for school… cool!" He jumped out of bed and rushed down the hall to Vegeta's room. Quietly, he opened the door. Vegeta was sound asleep.
Trunks ran down stairs to the kitchen. "Hmmm… I'm hungry." He ate some donuts then went into the living room. "Man… we need a new TV. I know!" Trunks picked up the phone. He pressed a button and it dialed Dr. Briefs.
"Hello?" Dr. Briefs answered the phone. "Hey, gramps. Do you think we could go buy a new TV? Dad blew up the old one." "Yes, I guess so. But aren't you supposed to be in school?" Trunks thought for a moment. "Uh… they canceled it." "Oh, okay."
Dr. Briefs walked into the house. "Trunks! Trunks, where are you?" Trunks ran down the stairs. "Right here, gramps!" "Does Vegeta know your leaving?" "Uh... yea, Lets go!" Trunks ran to the front door.
Dr. Briefs and Trunks walked into the store. "Hey, gramps can I ask you something?" "Sure what is it? "Do I…" Trunks paused. "Do I have a mommy?" "Dr. Briefs was speechless, of course the boy had a mother, but how could he tell him she was dead, and Vegeta said to never mention Bulma to Trunks. "Uh.. Trunks look at this TV.
Trunks carried the new TV in. The house seemed to be empty. 'Dad still asleep??!?' Trunks thought to himself. He set the TV down and walked upstairs. He opened the door quietly. "Dad?" no one was there. "Dads gone?" Trunks looked around the room. "Hmmm…I wonder."
Vegeta looked down at the stone stuck in the ground. "What do I tell him?" He asked as he knelt. The rock was Bulma's gravestone. The gravesite lay in the middle of a huge forest in an open area by a waterfall. It was one of Bulma's favorite places.
Against the stone was a family picture. Bulma held their baby son in her arms and Vegeta stood in the back with his arms crossed. Also on each side of the stone grew two lovely yellow Roses. They were still buds but should bloom soon.
Vegeta stood up. "Hmph, woman you were no help when you were alive and your still no help dead!" He held his hand up towards the grave as his palm began to glow. His power slowly increased. He was going to blow it up! Suddenly he lowered his hand and his power decreased, 'What stopped me?' he asked himself. He walked over and sat beside the lake, which the waterfall poured into.
Vegeta closed him eyes and began to meditate. The only sounds were of rushing water and birds singing. He stayed that way for a long time not moving or opening his eyes.
Trunks walked farther into the room. "Maybe I can find out if I had a mother by looking around in here." He walked up to the bed and looked under it. "Hmmm… nothing." He stood up. Walking over to the closet, Trunks heard a noise. It was the phone. He picked it up off the bedside table. "Hello? Oh, hey Grandma! Yea… No, he's out training… Okay, love you." He put the phone down.
Trunks walked back over to the closet and opened the door. There was a box on the top shelf. He pulled it down. A little blue box, about the size of someone's hand, fell out. "Hmmm?" The little box popped open. Soft music started to play. It was a slow melody much like a lullaby.
Trunks picked it up and closed it. He placed the little box along with the big box on the bed. Opening the bigger box he saw much inside. There was a yellow rose on tope. It was pressed.
"Why would dad have a flower?" Trunks laid the rose aside and pulled out the next object, a diamond necklace. "What? A necklace." Next, he pulled out a small blue teddy bear. The bear wore a little white diaper and had a tag that said: "It's a boy!" around its neck. It had a black nose and black eyes. Its stomach was a blueish-gray.
Vegeta opened his eyes. He let out a deep sigh as he stood up. A bird flew overhead and the sun looked as if it were going to set soon. Vegeta took off into the sky.
Trunks pulled out videotape. "I wonder what's on this?" He set the tape down and looked into the box. All that was left were a few pictures. He put everything back in but the pictures. Trunks looked at the picture on top. It was of a young lady with blue hair in a ponytail and a very small boy with messed up black hair. "Hey that boy looks like Goten!" He looked at the next picture; it was of Vegeta and the blue haired woman. She looked older. "What's dad doing with a girl?" The woman looked so happy.
The last one had the woman on it, but this time she was fat! Mrs. Briefs was also in the picture. "Grandma!" The last picture Trunks pulled out had the woman in it. She was lying in a funny looking bed holding a child. She also held the little blue bear. "Could she be…" Trunks paused Suddenly the bedroom door flew open and Trunks threw the pictures in the box and turned around.
"What are you doing in here?!" Vegeta asked angrily. "Uh… I… uh.." Trunks was at a loss for words. ' I am in sooo much trouble!' Trunks though to himself. "Well?" Vegeta asked again, irritated, "Out with it already, what are you doing in here." "I uh… I was…" Trunks paused and looked down at the floor. He spotted a flashlight. "I was looking for my flashlight. Oh wow, here it is!"
Trunks was about to leave then remembered the box. 'Uh-oh!' He turned around and grabbed it. "Hehe, my baseball cards." "Why did you have them in here?" "Uh… Goten brought them over when I was looking for my flashlight."
Trunks quickly ran to his room. "Wow, that was close… too close." He set the box down on his bed and pulled out the videotape. "I think I'll watch this." He put the tape in and sat on his bed.
"Shhhh, quiet everyone, She'll be here soon." Whoever was taping said. Everything got quiet. The door opened and the blue haired woman, carrying a baby walked in followed by Vegeta. "Welcome home!" everyone yelled.
"Oh, wow. Thanks guys." Chi-Chi walked up to the woman. "So it's a boy? Congratulations, Bulma." They hugged. Gohan walked up to Chi-Chi. "What's its name, Bulma?" A tall man who looked just like Goten walked up behind Gohan and placed his hand on his shoulder. "Yea what's his name?"
"His name is Trunk." Bulma smiled as she rocked the child in her arms. "Yes, shhh, don't cry my baby. You okay." She started to hum the son that the music box played.
Suddenly Trunks's bedroom door flew open. "Trunks what the hell were you really doing-" Vegeta was cut off when he saw the tears in his son's eyes and the videotape that was playing. "How…*sniff* come you never told me… 'bout her?" Trunks asked through his sobs. Vegeta was silent "I had a mother all this time?! Where is she? *sniff* Why ain't she here with me?" Trunks asked.
Vegeta turned around to walk out of the room. "Daddy! Wait I wanna know.. Where's my mommy!" Vegeta walked out of the room and into his own. Trunks ran after him and threw open the door. The room was silent and the window was open. " He… he left me!" Trunks started to cry. "Daddy!! Daddy!!!"
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