Chapter 3: "Accept Me!"
"Accept Me! Why can't you just accept me for who I am Vegeta!" I found myself running through the woods to no particular place in tears. "No matter how hard I try, I can never seem to make you proud of me!" I stopped dead in my tracks and fell to my knees, as I bashed my fist against the floor. "Why can't you love me Vegeta! Why can't you love me... father." I stood up and found myself running again, running from Vegeta, running from my problems, running from...myself. Why? I stopped and took a deep breath, as I slowly came to my senses. I wasn't going to run anymore. I looked around and found that I wasn't familiar with the atmosphere that I was in, however, besides the many bushes and twigs, it seemed to have a lot of free area. "Perfect," I thought. I will use this this land to train. If Vegeta won't change, then I will! I'll show him that I'm fully capable of living up to his expectations!" I thought.
I trained and trained for hours on end. Then.... "What are you doing all the way out here brat!" Vegeta popped out of no where!
"GASP!" I stepped backward and stabbed my neck against a twig.
"What's the matter, did I startle you? Poor baby!" Vegeta joked.
"No, you just surprised me...that's all." I stuttered. I then turned around to see what had poked me. "That's funny, I've never seen that before?" the plant had looked totally foreign to me.
"What's the matter? You've never seen a BUSH before!?" taunted Vegeta.
"Grr..." he was beginning to get on my last nerve!
"Looks like you've found my favourite spot to train! Next to the hyperbolic time chamber and the gravity room, of course!"
"Actually, I was just leaving!" Vegeta was the last person wanted to be around when I trained.
"Oh? What a pity!" he said sarcastically. It wasn't long before I was gone.
"Great! Now where am I going to train!" I thought. "Wait a minute, the hyperbolic time chamber! Heh, heh, I guess Vegeta finally did some good after all!" I said with a grin.
As I was flying there, I looked down to see Gohan's house. "heh.. I wonder how that little guy's making out? I still can't believe that Gohan, a KID, the same kid who became my future master and best friend...saved us all from Cell!" As I was passing his house, something strange happened. I began to feel a little dizzy and his house appeared to be a little blurry. Then in a few seconds, all was normal again. "Weird," I said to myself. "I guess I was training a lot harder than I thought! I should take it easy in the chamber." I said as I flew the rest of the way.
When I finally reached Dende's lookout, the dizzy thing happened again, and this time I felt a little weak as well! "What's up? Why am I feeling so strangely all of a sudden?" but I tried not to let it go to my head.
I asked Dende and Mr. Popo if I could use their chamber, and they agreed. As I headed toward the door, Mr. Popo stopped me and said...
"Wait Trunks! You have a leaf on your collar!"
I blushed and replied saying... "Oh yeah, that must've come from a tree when I was training in the woods."
"Oh....I see", answered Mr. Popo, but his attention was no longer drawn to me but the leaf.
"Hmm? Maybe he collects them - or something?" I thought.(lol)*~
"Be careful in there Trunks! Remember, the chamber also reflects what's on a person's heart, even though the images aren't real, they are still very dangerous and CAN hurt you" said Dende.
"I remember...don't worry about me, I'll be fine." I answered.
"I just want to make sure you're mind is clear and opened."
"Look, I said I'll be fine!" I yelled and went in the chamber.
"I'm worried about him Popo. I don't think that he was ready to go in there, I wonder what drew him in to the chamber today? He was acting rather odd, like he was upset about something...wouldn't you say Mr. Popo?" asked Dende. But Popo didn't respond. "Mr. Popo?" Dende asked again. "Is something wrong?"
"Yes Dende, I'm afraid something is." he said while continuing to examine the leaf. "Dende it is essential that we get him out of there now!" yelled Popo.
"Huh? I don't understand? What's going on??" asked Dende.
"I'll explain l8ter, but first, we must get him out of the hyperbolic time chamber....and hurry! His very life may depend on it!"*~
"Accept Me! Why can't you just accept me for who I am Vegeta!" I found myself running through the woods to no particular place in tears. "No matter how hard I try, I can never seem to make you proud of me!" I stopped dead in my tracks and fell to my knees, as I bashed my fist against the floor. "Why can't you love me Vegeta! Why can't you love me... father." I stood up and found myself running again, running from Vegeta, running from my problems, running from...myself. Why? I stopped and took a deep breath, as I slowly came to my senses. I wasn't going to run anymore. I looked around and found that I wasn't familiar with the atmosphere that I was in, however, besides the many bushes and twigs, it seemed to have a lot of free area. "Perfect," I thought. I will use this this land to train. If Vegeta won't change, then I will! I'll show him that I'm fully capable of living up to his expectations!" I thought.
I trained and trained for hours on end. Then.... "What are you doing all the way out here brat!" Vegeta popped out of no where!
"GASP!" I stepped backward and stabbed my neck against a twig.
"What's the matter, did I startle you? Poor baby!" Vegeta joked.
"No, you just surprised me...that's all." I stuttered. I then turned around to see what had poked me. "That's funny, I've never seen that before?" the plant had looked totally foreign to me.
"What's the matter? You've never seen a BUSH before!?" taunted Vegeta.
"Grr..." he was beginning to get on my last nerve!
"Looks like you've found my favourite spot to train! Next to the hyperbolic time chamber and the gravity room, of course!"
"Actually, I was just leaving!" Vegeta was the last person wanted to be around when I trained.
"Oh? What a pity!" he said sarcastically. It wasn't long before I was gone.
"Great! Now where am I going to train!" I thought. "Wait a minute, the hyperbolic time chamber! Heh, heh, I guess Vegeta finally did some good after all!" I said with a grin.
As I was flying there, I looked down to see Gohan's house. "heh.. I wonder how that little guy's making out? I still can't believe that Gohan, a KID, the same kid who became my future master and best friend...saved us all from Cell!" As I was passing his house, something strange happened. I began to feel a little dizzy and his house appeared to be a little blurry. Then in a few seconds, all was normal again. "Weird," I said to myself. "I guess I was training a lot harder than I thought! I should take it easy in the chamber." I said as I flew the rest of the way.
When I finally reached Dende's lookout, the dizzy thing happened again, and this time I felt a little weak as well! "What's up? Why am I feeling so strangely all of a sudden?" but I tried not to let it go to my head.
I asked Dende and Mr. Popo if I could use their chamber, and they agreed. As I headed toward the door, Mr. Popo stopped me and said...
"Wait Trunks! You have a leaf on your collar!"
I blushed and replied saying... "Oh yeah, that must've come from a tree when I was training in the woods."
"Oh....I see", answered Mr. Popo, but his attention was no longer drawn to me but the leaf.
"Hmm? Maybe he collects them - or something?" I thought.(lol)*~
"Be careful in there Trunks! Remember, the chamber also reflects what's on a person's heart, even though the images aren't real, they are still very dangerous and CAN hurt you" said Dende.
"I remember...don't worry about me, I'll be fine." I answered.
"I just want to make sure you're mind is clear and opened."
"Look, I said I'll be fine!" I yelled and went in the chamber.
"I'm worried about him Popo. I don't think that he was ready to go in there, I wonder what drew him in to the chamber today? He was acting rather odd, like he was upset about something...wouldn't you say Mr. Popo?" asked Dende. But Popo didn't respond. "Mr. Popo?" Dende asked again. "Is something wrong?"
"Yes Dende, I'm afraid something is." he said while continuing to examine the leaf. "Dende it is essential that we get him out of there now!" yelled Popo.
"Huh? I don't understand? What's going on??" asked Dende.
"I'll explain l8ter, but first, we must get him out of the hyperbolic time chamber....and hurry! His very life may depend on it!"*~
