Disclaimer: This is really tiresome. I ONLY OWN LILY, THIS PLOT,
PERSONALITIES, AND MY INSANITY!!! OKAY?!
On their way to the shrine, Lily and Shippo explained all that had happened. Trunks was furious and Gohan didn't know what to think. They all entered the well house. "Kagome said we all have to hold onto each other for it to work." Shippo said as he held out the shard. Everyone clasped hands and jumped through the well. All but Lily was slightly disoriented as they reached the other side of the well. Lily jumped out of the well and ran as fast as she could towards the village. Nothing could have prepared her for the sight she saw. Half the village was on fire. The stench of burning flesh and blood was so overpowering that she fell to the ground gagging. *God! This is all my fault. All those people! Why? Why? * Trunks picked her up. He and Gohan were disgusted. Trunks noticed Lily was crying and held her even tighter. She finally pushed away from him. He let her down gently. She grabbed her bag from Gohan and ran into the village with Shippo on her shoulder, Trunks and Gohan right behind her. Instincts told her to go to Kaede's hut, so that's exactly what she did. She through the flap back almost relieved when she saw her friends alive, all tending to the sick.
"If they can be saved place them near the back, if they have no hope, put them near Kaede so she can cleanse their spirits." Kagome said never turning around to look at the door.
Lily hurried over by Kagome and moved her out of the way so she could take care of the villager. "Move Kagome, go sleep, you look like you need it."
"Lily! I'm so glad you're here. You're right. I don't know what I'm doing. We need you right now." Kagome stood, "I should go make some lunch for everyone." And with that she went to the back of the hut. Lily had Trunks and Gohan help her with patients till late that night. The flow of injured finally stopped long after the sun went down. It was close to midnight when Lily finally stopped. She nearly fell asleep in Trunks' lap. "Lily, I really hate to bother you, but there's still one more." Kagome said, "He's in the back room."
"I'll go see him now" Lily said with a smile. She kissed Trunks on the cheek, grabbed her bag, and walked out of the room.
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"Go away, Kagome. My injures will heal by tomorrow." Inu Yasha snapped. He didn't want her to look at him while he was in this condition. Someone lighting the candle caught his attention again. He tried sniffing the air to tell who it was, but the only thing he could smell was death, blood, and burning.
"I'm sure they will. And I'll check them anyway. I plan to stop all this tomorrow Inu- Chan." Lily said. She smiled, "You don't look so good." Wiping the blood from his white hair and face.
"What are you doing here? I thought I told you to stay away. You shouldn't be here. He's looking for you." He would have pushed her out the room, like he had with Kagome, but he had been so relieved to see her, he didn't think to do so.
"I know. That is why I'm going to stop this. Stop moving so much. I need to see what I'm doing." Inu Yasha stopped moving "I brought my friends with me. You won't have to fight tomorrow. I give you my promise." Inu Yasha simply nodded. "Drink this. It will make you sleep. You look like you need it. I gave some to Kagome as well." By the time she was finished, he had fallen into a deep sleep. She had Trunks move Kagome into the same room as Inu Yasha. Lily couldn't help but smile as Inu Yasha rolled over and took Kagome into his arms. Kagome laid her head against his shoulder and sighed. Yes they were perfect for each other. Their love was obvious, even in sleep.
Trunks came up behind her and wrapped his arms firmly, yet gently, around her waist. "You look tired. You should sleep Lily. Nothing is going to happen with Gohan and me around. Your friends are safe."
"I feel so badly Trunks. It's my fault this happened."
Trunks kissed her neck. "Come to bed Stephanie Liliana Son. I command it." Lily giggled as Trunks picked her up and laid her on the blanket. Lily looked up at him, begging him with looks. Trunks sighed, laid down beside her, and let her use him as a pillow. Gohan slept on the other side of his sister. Both their thoughts solely on protecting the girl that lay between them. If only they knew what was going to come.
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Both Gohan and Trunks woke up in a panic. Lily wasn't there. Trunks was out the door before Gohan could put his shirt on. Trunks accidentally knocked Kaede to the ground while rounding a corner. "Gomen nasai."
"Wait young man. Who are you?"
"We're Lily's friends. I'm her brother, Gohan, and this is Trunks."
"Have you seen her? She was with us last night." Trunks asked.
"No, I have not seen Lily-san this morning."
"WHERE IS SHE!?!?!" Trunks shouted. How could he have lost her so soon after finding her?
Kagome walked out of her room. "Shhh, what do you mean, she's gone?" At that moment Inu Yasha through open the door, grabbed his Katana, and headed for the door.
"Stupid girl. She's gone to my bastard brother to stop this fighting."
Trunk looked at the half demon, "You! You're the one who took her!"
Inu Yasha unsheathed Testugesia, ready to fight. " No. I saved Lily and brought her home. The one she went to see kidnapped her."
"Are you sure Inu Yasha? Would Lily- Chan really do something as rash as that?" Kagome said.
"She told me she was going to stop this fighting. That means she went to Sesshoumaru." "I'm going. She's my sister and I'm going to protect her," Gohan stated.
Trunks nodded his agreement. "Where can we find your brother? "
"Follow me." And with that the three guys, Shippo, and Kagome all left the hut.
"Fine if we get into a fight help, but," Trunks said while strapping his sword to his back "I want to talk to her, ALONE. Understand?" Both of the other males nodded in agreement.
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Lily had woken up at dawn to leave. She moved slow, trying desperately not to wake Trunks. She kissed his forehead as she grabbed her jacket. She knew what she was doing was right. She didn't want anymore of her friends to get hurt. Not because of her, not if she could stop it. She didn't know how to find Sesshoumaru, but her gut told her to keep going west. Sure enough within an hour, she walked onto Sesshoumaru's campground. It was chilling; He was leading such a large attack, why did he have such a small army. She was about to step into the clearing when a hand grabbed her around the waist and a hand went around her mouth, stopping any sounds of protest she might have made.
"Don't make a sound Lily. I'm not going to hurt you." Trunks whispered into her ear. He forcefully threw Lily over his shoulder and flew over the camp. They landed a few minutes later in front of a lake. Trunks didn't even look at her when he walked over to the lake, kneeled down, and splashed his face with its icy cold water.
"Look Trunks I.I don't know if this means anything to you but I'm so sorry. You know I had to le." She stopped mid sentence as Trunks turned to stare her right into her eyes. His eyes turning an ice blue filled with fury and rage. Lily unconsciously took a step back. She had never seen that look in his eyes before and it frightened her to no end.
"Why did you runaway Liliana?"
"Trunks you know I wasn't running away! I had to help my friends! They're getting hurt BECAUSE OF ME!!!" Screamed, desperately trying to make him understand.
"You really think going to the enemy is going to do any good?" Trunks said, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Sesshoumaru would listen to me. He likes me and will do as I asked if I went with him and promised never to run away again!" Lily retorted, tears pooled in her eyes, threatening to spill.
"Are you so sure about that? How do you know? DID YOU THINK WE WOULDN'T COME AFTER YOU!? DAMNIT LILY!" Trunks screamed, his rage finally getting the best of him. "Don't you get it Lily? Can't you see how much we care about you?"
"I didn't know what to think Trunks! I just didn't want to see anyone get hurt. I.I just didn't want them to get hurt." Lily started to cry softly. Trunk held her gently, letting her cry all she wanted. He softly whispered loving words to sooth her. "I'm so sorry Trunks. I'm sorry."
"Shh, it's okay. I was scared and yelled for no reason. I'm the one who should be sorry. Hush Lily, it's okay. I promise nothing more is going to happen. Every thing will be okay and we can go home, and you can be with your family and be happy for the rest of your lives." Trunks whispered, more trying to convince himself then the girl in his arms. Unnoticed by the couple, Sesshoumaru watched through the trees. He knew he had smelt Lily in the forest, so, of course, he followed his instincts. They proved him right once again. Lily was there; hugging the mortal boy he recognized from the day he kidnapped her.
"Trunks, we need to leave. I don't feel safe here. Please can we go back?"
Trunks looked at her oddly. "Only after you promise NEVER to runaway again. Promise?" Lily nodded.
"Unfortunately for you, she can't promise to be taken again."
Lily jumped at the sound of the voice. She didn't have to look to realize WHO it was. "Sesshoumaru," was all she managed to whisper. She could feel Trunks tense, his grip on her waist tightening. "Trunks? What are you doing?" She asked as she felt power flow into Trunks. Trunks never answered. Trunks was about to throw a bolt of energy right at Sesshoumaru's head. Lily, frightened one of the two was about to get killed, screamed and grabbed Trunks' arm. The bolt went low and hit just in front of the Demon Lord's feet. Lily looked up to see that Trunks' hair was now white blonde. She instinctively tried to step out of his grip. Trunks had other ideas. He gripped her tighter and jumped into the air then flew away. The only sound in the clearing was the noise of the brook and Sesshoumaru's calm breathing.
"Well, I guess I have a problem. This should prove to be interesting." And with that Sesshoumaru turned and walked back to his camp.
Lily had never moved so fast in her life. Trunks had managed to get them to the well next to the village. "Trunks? Are you okay? Look at me. Please answer me." Trunks finally turned and looked her in the eyes. God she wished he hadn't. He looked so angry again, so cold. He gazed into her eyes, right into her soul. For some reason she felt ashamed.
"Why wouldn't you let me kill him?" He finally said, his voice as cold as the look in his eyes.
"I didn't want you to get hurt! You have no clue how powerful he is! Please stop looking at me as if I have betrayed you." She whispered to the ground. Never wanting to look him in the eyes. Something about the way his voice was calmly quiet let Lily know Trunks was beyond furious. He had wanted to kill Sesshoumaru. She couldn't let that happen, he had been so kind to her, like an old friend, but now she had just betrayed the one she loved. She wanted to die, scream and cry all at the same time. "I just didn't want you to get hurt. I didn't see Jaken around, and.and he would do almost anything to avenge his Lord and. Sesshou-Chan has many allies and.and."
"WHAT did you call him?"
"Ses.Sesshou-Chan." Lily replied to the ground. She tensed as she felt Trunks step close to her. "He asked me to call him that when I was living at the castle."
"Living? Liliana, you were KIDNAPPED! Do you always show more kindness to your kidnappers then your friends?"
Lily finally stared Trunks in the eye. Shock, anger, pain, and bewilderment showed clearly in her bright blue eyes. "How can you ask me that? How can you be so damn mean to me? I've been through hell, HELL DAMNIT! Just because YOU didn't save me. Because YOU left me! Because YOU didn't care about me." With each sentence, Lily took a step forward and Trunks took one back. Each word stabbed into his heart and twisted in the most painful of ways. "I've had a demon try to kill me. I RAN till I couldn't even move anymore. I've been choked by fear that I would NEVER, NEVER see you and my family, the people I love more then anything, ever again. Then you have the audacity to come here, lecture me about betrayal, Tell me you care about me, make me think you love me, then stab me in the heart. DO you ENJOY making me want to die? Don't you think I've had enough hard times? Why do you keep adding to them?" Lily started to cry into her hands. Trunks, overcome with guilt and pain, was about to hug her, to try and comfort her, and himself. "NO! Don't touch me. I can't take much more of this. Just leave. Go, Let me either die or find my own way home."
"I'm not leaving alone. And I won't allow you to die. You aren't the only one who's gone through hell Stephanie Liliana Son. I nearly killed MYSELF when I lost you. The only thing that stopped me was Gohan telling me you were too strong to die and that you cared about me, and loved me, as much as I do you." Lily looked at him, confused. Had he just admitted that he loved her? "I went almost two weeks without sleep because every time I closed my eyes I pictured you somewhere else, with someone else. If I did manage to get to sleep, I'd be tormented by nightmares of you. Sometimes you'd be lying in a pool of your own blood, cut everywhere. Other times you were frozen to death. Dear God, I nearly died of relief and joy when you walked out of the shadows that night" Trunks sat down on a boulder by the edge of the water. "And you stand there and tell me that I didn't care." He said bitter sweetly. Lily left worse now then she did when he told her she was stupid for running away. Lily sighed and sat down next to him on the boulder.
" Well, I guess we're even then." Lily said sweetly.
"No, This was my fault. You are right to blame me. I'm the one who didn't save you." Trunks said to his reflection. He closed his eyes for a second, and when he looked at his reflection again it was different, Lily's sweet, smiling face was next to his.
"I said that cuz I was mad. There was no way for you to save me. And you already did, I mean, maybe not my actual life, but my emotional one."
Trunks turned his head to look into her dark blue eyes, misty blue with love, her eyes were definitely the window to her soul, and Trunks love her all the more. " I could have saved you. And you have no debt to me, but what I've done can never be forgiven."
"I could always forgive you Trunks, you know that. We've been friends too long for us to hate each other. Hell, I'm STILL babysitting you." Lily giggled.
"No, you're babysitting my past self. Which is your present version of me." He added with a soft laugh.
"Why didn't you go back to the future? I never knew why. I only knew that you came back to help daddy and defeat Androids 17 and 18."
"Because nothing was left for me there. You were too old for me in my time. Gohan was dead. All my friends were dead. My mom and dad, your entire family, the whole world practically, was dead. My life was nothing. In the present, I at least have a chance at living a nice happy life, with you and our families and friends." Trunks said, he smiled at Lily and took her hand, " You have figured out what I've been trying to say to you for the past half hour, don't you?"
Lily smiled and leaned over to whisper into Trunks' ear, "I love you too Trunks." And with that, she kissed him. Trunks, just a little shocked by her declaration, and then by her kiss, didn't respond at first. Her kiss was as light as a butterfly's wing, but full of love and friendship. Trunks was almost mad as she pulled away. He stared into her dark blue eyes, shining with love and laughter. He smiled back at her as he put his hand on her neck, bringing her slowly closer to him, his other hand encircling her small waist. He kissed her with everything he could. Lily slide her hands up his arm and clasped them around his neck. She sighed softly as she leaned into him. Neither one had ever been happier in their life. Finally they pulled away. Lily leaned her head down onto Trunks' shoulder. " You know, this is going to cause trouble."
"Why do you say that?" Trunks asked as he lay down on the boulder, bringing Lily with him.
Lily leaned on her elbow so she could look into Trunks' eyes. "Our parents."
"They like each other. It'll be fine."
"Like? Our mothers, yes; our fathers, No. Vegeta's been trying to kill my dad for years!"
"Don't worry, this may stop all that. My father likes you a lot. He helped look for you too."
"Do you think we should check in with them? What time is it?"
"6:30. Why?"
"TRUNKS! We've been gone for hours!!"
Trunks laughed, "All right, we'll go back to the village." He stood up, helped Lily up, wrapped his arms tightly around her waist, and took off. They flew for ten minutes before they reached the village.
Author's Note: Umm.yeah. Hope you readers are enjoying!
On their way to the shrine, Lily and Shippo explained all that had happened. Trunks was furious and Gohan didn't know what to think. They all entered the well house. "Kagome said we all have to hold onto each other for it to work." Shippo said as he held out the shard. Everyone clasped hands and jumped through the well. All but Lily was slightly disoriented as they reached the other side of the well. Lily jumped out of the well and ran as fast as she could towards the village. Nothing could have prepared her for the sight she saw. Half the village was on fire. The stench of burning flesh and blood was so overpowering that she fell to the ground gagging. *God! This is all my fault. All those people! Why? Why? * Trunks picked her up. He and Gohan were disgusted. Trunks noticed Lily was crying and held her even tighter. She finally pushed away from him. He let her down gently. She grabbed her bag from Gohan and ran into the village with Shippo on her shoulder, Trunks and Gohan right behind her. Instincts told her to go to Kaede's hut, so that's exactly what she did. She through the flap back almost relieved when she saw her friends alive, all tending to the sick.
"If they can be saved place them near the back, if they have no hope, put them near Kaede so she can cleanse their spirits." Kagome said never turning around to look at the door.
Lily hurried over by Kagome and moved her out of the way so she could take care of the villager. "Move Kagome, go sleep, you look like you need it."
"Lily! I'm so glad you're here. You're right. I don't know what I'm doing. We need you right now." Kagome stood, "I should go make some lunch for everyone." And with that she went to the back of the hut. Lily had Trunks and Gohan help her with patients till late that night. The flow of injured finally stopped long after the sun went down. It was close to midnight when Lily finally stopped. She nearly fell asleep in Trunks' lap. "Lily, I really hate to bother you, but there's still one more." Kagome said, "He's in the back room."
"I'll go see him now" Lily said with a smile. She kissed Trunks on the cheek, grabbed her bag, and walked out of the room.
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"Go away, Kagome. My injures will heal by tomorrow." Inu Yasha snapped. He didn't want her to look at him while he was in this condition. Someone lighting the candle caught his attention again. He tried sniffing the air to tell who it was, but the only thing he could smell was death, blood, and burning.
"I'm sure they will. And I'll check them anyway. I plan to stop all this tomorrow Inu- Chan." Lily said. She smiled, "You don't look so good." Wiping the blood from his white hair and face.
"What are you doing here? I thought I told you to stay away. You shouldn't be here. He's looking for you." He would have pushed her out the room, like he had with Kagome, but he had been so relieved to see her, he didn't think to do so.
"I know. That is why I'm going to stop this. Stop moving so much. I need to see what I'm doing." Inu Yasha stopped moving "I brought my friends with me. You won't have to fight tomorrow. I give you my promise." Inu Yasha simply nodded. "Drink this. It will make you sleep. You look like you need it. I gave some to Kagome as well." By the time she was finished, he had fallen into a deep sleep. She had Trunks move Kagome into the same room as Inu Yasha. Lily couldn't help but smile as Inu Yasha rolled over and took Kagome into his arms. Kagome laid her head against his shoulder and sighed. Yes they were perfect for each other. Their love was obvious, even in sleep.
Trunks came up behind her and wrapped his arms firmly, yet gently, around her waist. "You look tired. You should sleep Lily. Nothing is going to happen with Gohan and me around. Your friends are safe."
"I feel so badly Trunks. It's my fault this happened."
Trunks kissed her neck. "Come to bed Stephanie Liliana Son. I command it." Lily giggled as Trunks picked her up and laid her on the blanket. Lily looked up at him, begging him with looks. Trunks sighed, laid down beside her, and let her use him as a pillow. Gohan slept on the other side of his sister. Both their thoughts solely on protecting the girl that lay between them. If only they knew what was going to come.
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Both Gohan and Trunks woke up in a panic. Lily wasn't there. Trunks was out the door before Gohan could put his shirt on. Trunks accidentally knocked Kaede to the ground while rounding a corner. "Gomen nasai."
"Wait young man. Who are you?"
"We're Lily's friends. I'm her brother, Gohan, and this is Trunks."
"Have you seen her? She was with us last night." Trunks asked.
"No, I have not seen Lily-san this morning."
"WHERE IS SHE!?!?!" Trunks shouted. How could he have lost her so soon after finding her?
Kagome walked out of her room. "Shhh, what do you mean, she's gone?" At that moment Inu Yasha through open the door, grabbed his Katana, and headed for the door.
"Stupid girl. She's gone to my bastard brother to stop this fighting."
Trunk looked at the half demon, "You! You're the one who took her!"
Inu Yasha unsheathed Testugesia, ready to fight. " No. I saved Lily and brought her home. The one she went to see kidnapped her."
"Are you sure Inu Yasha? Would Lily- Chan really do something as rash as that?" Kagome said.
"She told me she was going to stop this fighting. That means she went to Sesshoumaru." "I'm going. She's my sister and I'm going to protect her," Gohan stated.
Trunks nodded his agreement. "Where can we find your brother? "
"Follow me." And with that the three guys, Shippo, and Kagome all left the hut.
"Fine if we get into a fight help, but," Trunks said while strapping his sword to his back "I want to talk to her, ALONE. Understand?" Both of the other males nodded in agreement.
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Lily had woken up at dawn to leave. She moved slow, trying desperately not to wake Trunks. She kissed his forehead as she grabbed her jacket. She knew what she was doing was right. She didn't want anymore of her friends to get hurt. Not because of her, not if she could stop it. She didn't know how to find Sesshoumaru, but her gut told her to keep going west. Sure enough within an hour, she walked onto Sesshoumaru's campground. It was chilling; He was leading such a large attack, why did he have such a small army. She was about to step into the clearing when a hand grabbed her around the waist and a hand went around her mouth, stopping any sounds of protest she might have made.
"Don't make a sound Lily. I'm not going to hurt you." Trunks whispered into her ear. He forcefully threw Lily over his shoulder and flew over the camp. They landed a few minutes later in front of a lake. Trunks didn't even look at her when he walked over to the lake, kneeled down, and splashed his face with its icy cold water.
"Look Trunks I.I don't know if this means anything to you but I'm so sorry. You know I had to le." She stopped mid sentence as Trunks turned to stare her right into her eyes. His eyes turning an ice blue filled with fury and rage. Lily unconsciously took a step back. She had never seen that look in his eyes before and it frightened her to no end.
"Why did you runaway Liliana?"
"Trunks you know I wasn't running away! I had to help my friends! They're getting hurt BECAUSE OF ME!!!" Screamed, desperately trying to make him understand.
"You really think going to the enemy is going to do any good?" Trunks said, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Sesshoumaru would listen to me. He likes me and will do as I asked if I went with him and promised never to run away again!" Lily retorted, tears pooled in her eyes, threatening to spill.
"Are you so sure about that? How do you know? DID YOU THINK WE WOULDN'T COME AFTER YOU!? DAMNIT LILY!" Trunks screamed, his rage finally getting the best of him. "Don't you get it Lily? Can't you see how much we care about you?"
"I didn't know what to think Trunks! I just didn't want to see anyone get hurt. I.I just didn't want them to get hurt." Lily started to cry softly. Trunk held her gently, letting her cry all she wanted. He softly whispered loving words to sooth her. "I'm so sorry Trunks. I'm sorry."
"Shh, it's okay. I was scared and yelled for no reason. I'm the one who should be sorry. Hush Lily, it's okay. I promise nothing more is going to happen. Every thing will be okay and we can go home, and you can be with your family and be happy for the rest of your lives." Trunks whispered, more trying to convince himself then the girl in his arms. Unnoticed by the couple, Sesshoumaru watched through the trees. He knew he had smelt Lily in the forest, so, of course, he followed his instincts. They proved him right once again. Lily was there; hugging the mortal boy he recognized from the day he kidnapped her.
"Trunks, we need to leave. I don't feel safe here. Please can we go back?"
Trunks looked at her oddly. "Only after you promise NEVER to runaway again. Promise?" Lily nodded.
"Unfortunately for you, she can't promise to be taken again."
Lily jumped at the sound of the voice. She didn't have to look to realize WHO it was. "Sesshoumaru," was all she managed to whisper. She could feel Trunks tense, his grip on her waist tightening. "Trunks? What are you doing?" She asked as she felt power flow into Trunks. Trunks never answered. Trunks was about to throw a bolt of energy right at Sesshoumaru's head. Lily, frightened one of the two was about to get killed, screamed and grabbed Trunks' arm. The bolt went low and hit just in front of the Demon Lord's feet. Lily looked up to see that Trunks' hair was now white blonde. She instinctively tried to step out of his grip. Trunks had other ideas. He gripped her tighter and jumped into the air then flew away. The only sound in the clearing was the noise of the brook and Sesshoumaru's calm breathing.
"Well, I guess I have a problem. This should prove to be interesting." And with that Sesshoumaru turned and walked back to his camp.
Lily had never moved so fast in her life. Trunks had managed to get them to the well next to the village. "Trunks? Are you okay? Look at me. Please answer me." Trunks finally turned and looked her in the eyes. God she wished he hadn't. He looked so angry again, so cold. He gazed into her eyes, right into her soul. For some reason she felt ashamed.
"Why wouldn't you let me kill him?" He finally said, his voice as cold as the look in his eyes.
"I didn't want you to get hurt! You have no clue how powerful he is! Please stop looking at me as if I have betrayed you." She whispered to the ground. Never wanting to look him in the eyes. Something about the way his voice was calmly quiet let Lily know Trunks was beyond furious. He had wanted to kill Sesshoumaru. She couldn't let that happen, he had been so kind to her, like an old friend, but now she had just betrayed the one she loved. She wanted to die, scream and cry all at the same time. "I just didn't want you to get hurt. I didn't see Jaken around, and.and he would do almost anything to avenge his Lord and. Sesshou-Chan has many allies and.and."
"WHAT did you call him?"
"Ses.Sesshou-Chan." Lily replied to the ground. She tensed as she felt Trunks step close to her. "He asked me to call him that when I was living at the castle."
"Living? Liliana, you were KIDNAPPED! Do you always show more kindness to your kidnappers then your friends?"
Lily finally stared Trunks in the eye. Shock, anger, pain, and bewilderment showed clearly in her bright blue eyes. "How can you ask me that? How can you be so damn mean to me? I've been through hell, HELL DAMNIT! Just because YOU didn't save me. Because YOU left me! Because YOU didn't care about me." With each sentence, Lily took a step forward and Trunks took one back. Each word stabbed into his heart and twisted in the most painful of ways. "I've had a demon try to kill me. I RAN till I couldn't even move anymore. I've been choked by fear that I would NEVER, NEVER see you and my family, the people I love more then anything, ever again. Then you have the audacity to come here, lecture me about betrayal, Tell me you care about me, make me think you love me, then stab me in the heart. DO you ENJOY making me want to die? Don't you think I've had enough hard times? Why do you keep adding to them?" Lily started to cry into her hands. Trunks, overcome with guilt and pain, was about to hug her, to try and comfort her, and himself. "NO! Don't touch me. I can't take much more of this. Just leave. Go, Let me either die or find my own way home."
"I'm not leaving alone. And I won't allow you to die. You aren't the only one who's gone through hell Stephanie Liliana Son. I nearly killed MYSELF when I lost you. The only thing that stopped me was Gohan telling me you were too strong to die and that you cared about me, and loved me, as much as I do you." Lily looked at him, confused. Had he just admitted that he loved her? "I went almost two weeks without sleep because every time I closed my eyes I pictured you somewhere else, with someone else. If I did manage to get to sleep, I'd be tormented by nightmares of you. Sometimes you'd be lying in a pool of your own blood, cut everywhere. Other times you were frozen to death. Dear God, I nearly died of relief and joy when you walked out of the shadows that night" Trunks sat down on a boulder by the edge of the water. "And you stand there and tell me that I didn't care." He said bitter sweetly. Lily left worse now then she did when he told her she was stupid for running away. Lily sighed and sat down next to him on the boulder.
" Well, I guess we're even then." Lily said sweetly.
"No, This was my fault. You are right to blame me. I'm the one who didn't save you." Trunks said to his reflection. He closed his eyes for a second, and when he looked at his reflection again it was different, Lily's sweet, smiling face was next to his.
"I said that cuz I was mad. There was no way for you to save me. And you already did, I mean, maybe not my actual life, but my emotional one."
Trunks turned his head to look into her dark blue eyes, misty blue with love, her eyes were definitely the window to her soul, and Trunks love her all the more. " I could have saved you. And you have no debt to me, but what I've done can never be forgiven."
"I could always forgive you Trunks, you know that. We've been friends too long for us to hate each other. Hell, I'm STILL babysitting you." Lily giggled.
"No, you're babysitting my past self. Which is your present version of me." He added with a soft laugh.
"Why didn't you go back to the future? I never knew why. I only knew that you came back to help daddy and defeat Androids 17 and 18."
"Because nothing was left for me there. You were too old for me in my time. Gohan was dead. All my friends were dead. My mom and dad, your entire family, the whole world practically, was dead. My life was nothing. In the present, I at least have a chance at living a nice happy life, with you and our families and friends." Trunks said, he smiled at Lily and took her hand, " You have figured out what I've been trying to say to you for the past half hour, don't you?"
Lily smiled and leaned over to whisper into Trunks' ear, "I love you too Trunks." And with that, she kissed him. Trunks, just a little shocked by her declaration, and then by her kiss, didn't respond at first. Her kiss was as light as a butterfly's wing, but full of love and friendship. Trunks was almost mad as she pulled away. He stared into her dark blue eyes, shining with love and laughter. He smiled back at her as he put his hand on her neck, bringing her slowly closer to him, his other hand encircling her small waist. He kissed her with everything he could. Lily slide her hands up his arm and clasped them around his neck. She sighed softly as she leaned into him. Neither one had ever been happier in their life. Finally they pulled away. Lily leaned her head down onto Trunks' shoulder. " You know, this is going to cause trouble."
"Why do you say that?" Trunks asked as he lay down on the boulder, bringing Lily with him.
Lily leaned on her elbow so she could look into Trunks' eyes. "Our parents."
"They like each other. It'll be fine."
"Like? Our mothers, yes; our fathers, No. Vegeta's been trying to kill my dad for years!"
"Don't worry, this may stop all that. My father likes you a lot. He helped look for you too."
"Do you think we should check in with them? What time is it?"
"6:30. Why?"
"TRUNKS! We've been gone for hours!!"
Trunks laughed, "All right, we'll go back to the village." He stood up, helped Lily up, wrapped his arms tightly around her waist, and took off. They flew for ten minutes before they reached the village.
Author's Note: Umm.yeah. Hope you readers are enjoying!