Brothers
By Gozilla
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Thanks again for those of you who read and/or reviewed the last chapter!! Please feel free to comment so that I can improve my writing and story- plotting skills. ^-^
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything and I don't have anything. So don't sue me!
Please excuse my poor English. ^-^
Reviews are most welcomed!!
Enjoy!!
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*crap* - thoughts
"crap" - conversation
(crap) - author's note
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Chapter 3 - Death
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~Inside the gravity chamber~
Goku and Vegeta were engaged in another round of intensive punches and kicks. Goku slipped and lost balance for a split second. Vegeta saw the opportunity and closed in for a hard kick. He stopped in mid-air as a strong flash of worst-ever feeling struck him hard inside his mind.
Goku flipped away gracefully from his opponent, who was staring at the emptiness in front of him. "You alright, Vegeta?" Goku asked, confused.
"Trunks..." the Saiya prince murmured, as cold sweat escaping his forehead, "He is trouble..."
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~Out in the open far away from the mansion~
Little Trunks and V-chan watched in horror as Aka pinned the battered young man to the gigantic rock.
"About time." Saki said, who did not even wince at the death of two of her companions, "OK, little hybrids, now your protector is as good as dead, you can come with me." as she grabbed Little Trunks and V-chan by their collars.
"NO!!!" Little Trunks shouted and bit Saki's hand.
"Ouch!" Saki cried and released her grip on the boys.
Little Trunks and V-chan rushed to the young man pinned to the rock. "Dad! Dad! Please don't leave me." V-chan started crying.
"Oniisan, please don't die. Please... I promise I will be good. I promise I will listen to you from now on. Please don't die." Little Trunks shouted as tears rolled down his cheeks.
The clouded eyes of Trunks slowly came to focus, "V-chan, Trunks, I am sorry that I am not strong enough to protect you." he said weakly, "Run. Go and get the others. They will be able to protect you."
Saki looked at her hand, which had a bloody bite mark, and yelled to Aka, "Father! I don't want these brats any more! Kill them!! I don't want to see them ever again!!"
"OK, my dear daughter." Aka sighed, "As you wish." as he powered up a huge ki-ball with his hands.
Little Trunks and V-chan looked at the growing ki-ball in front of them, frozen in fear.
"No..." Trunks murmured, his mind half-unconscious, "I can't anything bad happen to the children..." as he used all his remaining strength to pull himself from the sword, ignoring the excruciating pain from the enlarged wound. As soon as he pulled free from the sword, he embraced the boys before the full impact with the deadly ki-ball engulfed him.
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~Outside of the Brief's mansion~
Vegeta charged out of the gravity chamber, immediately sensing the existence of three powerful ki, with one extraordinarily strong. He searched for the ki of his two sons and grandson. Only to find a very faint trace of their ki, and dangerously close to the three powerful ki.
"Vegeta!" shouted Goku, knowing very well the urgency of the situation, "Grab my arm and we are going there with my instant movement technique!"
Vegeta obeyed and grabbed Goku's right arm, while Gohan grabbed the other arm. "Goten, stay here." Gohan said before the three disappeared.
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~Out in the open far away from the mansion~
Vegeta, Goku and Gohan arrived the scene just when the gigantic ki-ball left the hands of Aka. The three watched in horror as the ki-ball hit Trunks, with Little Trunks and V-chan in his protective embrace, and exploded violently.
The three stood in shock as the explosion died down. When the cloud of dust gradually disappeared, they saw three bodies lying in the middle of the huge crater. The young man was completely battered and unmoving, the smaller ones were out of sight in the embrace of the young man.
Vegeta shook violently in anger and grief. "TRUNKS!!" he screamed as he transformed to super Saiyajin, and then, for the very first time, changed to super Saiyajin-3. He charged at lightening speed and tremendous force towards Aka.
Caught by surprise, Aka was off-guarded and unable to block the attack. A fatal wound opened on his chest. His eyes filled with fear, "It is impossible. How can a Saiyajin possesses such power..." he murmured as he fell to ground.
On the other hand, Goku and Gohan engaged with a fight with Saki and the remaining alien. The fights did not last long before the Son's father and son claimed their victory.
Vegeta walked silently towards the three bodies lying in the crater, his mind totally blanked. As he approached the bodies, he saw a slight movement from the small bodies.
"Little Trunks." he rushed towards and checked on the small boys. Little Trunks and V-chan were basically unharmed, only unconscious due to shock.
Vegeta immediately turned to the young man, gently holding his 'older' son in his arms, "Trunks, Trunks." he called desperately as he sensed the remaining faint trace of ki was slipping away from the young man.
Trunks slowly opened his blue eyes, now dim and out-focused. "Mum." he murmured weakly, "Mum... I am cold... let's go home..."
Vegeta looked at Trunks, unable to hold back anymore, as tears started rolling down his cheeks, "Trunks, don't die. No." as he shook the young man in his arms very gently.
Trunks' eyes slowly focused. His eyes shone with happiness and a weak smile appeared on his pale face, "Dad, it's you..." he said weakly, "Dad, let's go home with me... mum will be so glad... to see you..." as his eyes gradually became blank and dull. He slowly closed his eyes and stopped breathing.
Vegeta looked at his son, his heart tore into hundred of pieces. He wanted to scream, but no sound came out from his mouth. Tears rolled down uncontrollably, dropping to the pale face of the young man.
Goku and Gohan approached the Saiya prince and stood without a word.
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~Inside the Brief's mansion~
Bulma sat in a sofa in the living room, her heart very unsettled. *What is going on? How come I have such an uncomfortable feeling? Where are Vegeta, Goku and Gohan?* she thought as the door bell rang.
Bulma opened the door and saw Goku and Gohan standing in front of the door. "Where the hell have you guys been..." she could not finish the sentence as she saw the two were carrying something in their arms.
Gohan was carrying the unconscious Little Trunks and V-chan while Goku was carrying something wrapped in a large cloth, something seemed too much like a human body. Their eyes filled with sadness.
Bulma was deeply shaken. She rushed to Little Trunks and V-chan, "What happened?" she felt a bit relieved when she found that the boys were basically unharmed.
She then turned to Goku and looked at the wrapped body in his arms. Her heart sunk. Somehow, even without unwrapping the body in front of her, she knew it was her son. "Trunks..." her tears started rolling down her cheeks.
"Where is Vegeta?" Bulma asked quietly, her head lowered.
"He left." Goku said, "After Trunks died in his arms, he took Trunks' sword and left without saying a word. I don't know where he is. I am sorry."
"That's alright." Bulma said, her head lowered, "Gohan, could you please help me to bring Little Trunks and V-chan to Little Trunk's room?"
Bulma looked at the wrapped body of her 'older' son, "Goku, could you please bring Trunks to my room? I will be right there."
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~Inside Little Trunks' room~
Gohan put Little Trunks and V-chan on his bed. Bulma settled the boys and put a blanket over them. She kissed the boys' forehead and left the room, leaving Gohan and Goten to accompany the sleeping boys.
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~Inside Bulma's room~
Goku put the wrapped body on Bulma's bed, sadness filled his eyes.
Bulma entered the room and looked at the wrapped body with her tearful eyes. She asked quietly, "Goku, is there any way we can revive him?"
Goku looked at the heart-broken mother, "Bulma, you know that we have revived him once with the dragon balls five years ago. The dragon cannot revive the same person from death twice."
"I know." Bulma whispered as she lowered her head.
She kneeled beside the bed and started unwrapping the body gently. Goku sighed and left the room, leaving the mother and son for their private moments.
As Bulma removed the cloth, the battered body of Trunks revealed in front of her. She slowly inspected it. Her heart being torn apart as she saw numerous wounds and bruises on her son's body. Her eyes stopped at a large wound on his chest.
*I promise you that I will bring him back safely.* the last words of her son rang in her mind again. She stroked his soft purple hair gently and looked at his peaceful face.
She held his hand, it was cold and stiffened, *It was so warm and strong when I hold it this morning...*. No longer able to hold back her tears, "Thank you for saving my son, Trunks. But I have never meant to lose you for him. You are my son too. And I love you as much as I love Little Trunks." as she sobbed heart-brokenly beside her son.
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~On the Kai King planet~
"Is there anything we can do?" Goku asked.
"Not really." Kai King said as he held a small box in his hand, "It is lucky enough for me to find his strayed soul. His soul is not under the jurisdiction of the underworld here as he doesn't belong to this timeline."
Kai King continued, "We need to send his body and soul to his own timeline as soon as possible. Otherwise, his soul will be extinguished altogether soon." and he handed the box to Goku.
Goku took the box from Kai King. He sighed and disappeared from the spot in a flash.
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~Early next morning~
~In the backyard of the Brief's mansion~
Goku carefully placed the tightly wrapped body of Trunks on the pilot seat of the time machine. Gohan then put V-chan in Trunks' lap. The child held tightly to the small box containing his father's soul, sobbing. He cried the whole morning after being told of the news of his father's death.
Little Trunks had remained sleeping throughout the night. The others had no intention to wait him up for this as it would be too much for the child.
Bulma climbed to the pilot seat of the time machine, adjusting the buttons to make sure the two would return to the right timeline. After double- checking the settings, Bulma turned to look at her sobbing grandson. She gently stroked the soft sea-blue hair of the child, "V-chan, guard your father's body and soul bravely and take good care of yourself."
The child looked at his grandmother through tearful eyes, "Yes, grandma, I will."
Bulma switched on the time machine and closed the entrance of it. She jumped to the ground and took one last look at her son and grandson, tears started rolling down her cheeks.
The time machine rose to the sky before disappearing in a flash of light.
Unnoticed by anyone in the scene, the Saiya prince watched from the top of a tree not far away from the mansion. His face showed no emotion, with his son's sword held tightly in his hand.
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~In the future timeline~
~In the backyard of Trunks' home~
With a flash of light, a huge vehicle appeared out of nowhere and landed on the ground. A child pushed open the entrance of the vehicle, holding a small box carefully with his hands.
Hesitantly, he opened the small box. A crystal-like ball shining with bright blue light flied out from the box. The ball circled the child a few times before plunging into the tightly wrapped body on the pilot seat of the vehicle. The same bright blue light shone from the body as it disappeared into thin air, leaving behind the wrapping cloth on the pilot seat.
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End of Chapter 3
Hope you enjoyed the chapter. The next chapter will be posted soon. So stay tuned. ^-^
Please feel free to review and comment! Thanks!!
By Gozilla
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Thanks again for those of you who read and/or reviewed the last chapter!! Please feel free to comment so that I can improve my writing and story- plotting skills. ^-^
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Disclaimer: I don't own anything and I don't have anything. So don't sue me!
Please excuse my poor English. ^-^
Reviews are most welcomed!!
Enjoy!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*crap* - thoughts
"crap" - conversation
(crap) - author's note
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Chapter 3 - Death
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~Inside the gravity chamber~
Goku and Vegeta were engaged in another round of intensive punches and kicks. Goku slipped and lost balance for a split second. Vegeta saw the opportunity and closed in for a hard kick. He stopped in mid-air as a strong flash of worst-ever feeling struck him hard inside his mind.
Goku flipped away gracefully from his opponent, who was staring at the emptiness in front of him. "You alright, Vegeta?" Goku asked, confused.
"Trunks..." the Saiya prince murmured, as cold sweat escaping his forehead, "He is trouble..."
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~Out in the open far away from the mansion~
Little Trunks and V-chan watched in horror as Aka pinned the battered young man to the gigantic rock.
"About time." Saki said, who did not even wince at the death of two of her companions, "OK, little hybrids, now your protector is as good as dead, you can come with me." as she grabbed Little Trunks and V-chan by their collars.
"NO!!!" Little Trunks shouted and bit Saki's hand.
"Ouch!" Saki cried and released her grip on the boys.
Little Trunks and V-chan rushed to the young man pinned to the rock. "Dad! Dad! Please don't leave me." V-chan started crying.
"Oniisan, please don't die. Please... I promise I will be good. I promise I will listen to you from now on. Please don't die." Little Trunks shouted as tears rolled down his cheeks.
The clouded eyes of Trunks slowly came to focus, "V-chan, Trunks, I am sorry that I am not strong enough to protect you." he said weakly, "Run. Go and get the others. They will be able to protect you."
Saki looked at her hand, which had a bloody bite mark, and yelled to Aka, "Father! I don't want these brats any more! Kill them!! I don't want to see them ever again!!"
"OK, my dear daughter." Aka sighed, "As you wish." as he powered up a huge ki-ball with his hands.
Little Trunks and V-chan looked at the growing ki-ball in front of them, frozen in fear.
"No..." Trunks murmured, his mind half-unconscious, "I can't anything bad happen to the children..." as he used all his remaining strength to pull himself from the sword, ignoring the excruciating pain from the enlarged wound. As soon as he pulled free from the sword, he embraced the boys before the full impact with the deadly ki-ball engulfed him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~Outside of the Brief's mansion~
Vegeta charged out of the gravity chamber, immediately sensing the existence of three powerful ki, with one extraordinarily strong. He searched for the ki of his two sons and grandson. Only to find a very faint trace of their ki, and dangerously close to the three powerful ki.
"Vegeta!" shouted Goku, knowing very well the urgency of the situation, "Grab my arm and we are going there with my instant movement technique!"
Vegeta obeyed and grabbed Goku's right arm, while Gohan grabbed the other arm. "Goten, stay here." Gohan said before the three disappeared.
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~Out in the open far away from the mansion~
Vegeta, Goku and Gohan arrived the scene just when the gigantic ki-ball left the hands of Aka. The three watched in horror as the ki-ball hit Trunks, with Little Trunks and V-chan in his protective embrace, and exploded violently.
The three stood in shock as the explosion died down. When the cloud of dust gradually disappeared, they saw three bodies lying in the middle of the huge crater. The young man was completely battered and unmoving, the smaller ones were out of sight in the embrace of the young man.
Vegeta shook violently in anger and grief. "TRUNKS!!" he screamed as he transformed to super Saiyajin, and then, for the very first time, changed to super Saiyajin-3. He charged at lightening speed and tremendous force towards Aka.
Caught by surprise, Aka was off-guarded and unable to block the attack. A fatal wound opened on his chest. His eyes filled with fear, "It is impossible. How can a Saiyajin possesses such power..." he murmured as he fell to ground.
On the other hand, Goku and Gohan engaged with a fight with Saki and the remaining alien. The fights did not last long before the Son's father and son claimed their victory.
Vegeta walked silently towards the three bodies lying in the crater, his mind totally blanked. As he approached the bodies, he saw a slight movement from the small bodies.
"Little Trunks." he rushed towards and checked on the small boys. Little Trunks and V-chan were basically unharmed, only unconscious due to shock.
Vegeta immediately turned to the young man, gently holding his 'older' son in his arms, "Trunks, Trunks." he called desperately as he sensed the remaining faint trace of ki was slipping away from the young man.
Trunks slowly opened his blue eyes, now dim and out-focused. "Mum." he murmured weakly, "Mum... I am cold... let's go home..."
Vegeta looked at Trunks, unable to hold back anymore, as tears started rolling down his cheeks, "Trunks, don't die. No." as he shook the young man in his arms very gently.
Trunks' eyes slowly focused. His eyes shone with happiness and a weak smile appeared on his pale face, "Dad, it's you..." he said weakly, "Dad, let's go home with me... mum will be so glad... to see you..." as his eyes gradually became blank and dull. He slowly closed his eyes and stopped breathing.
Vegeta looked at his son, his heart tore into hundred of pieces. He wanted to scream, but no sound came out from his mouth. Tears rolled down uncontrollably, dropping to the pale face of the young man.
Goku and Gohan approached the Saiya prince and stood without a word.
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~Inside the Brief's mansion~
Bulma sat in a sofa in the living room, her heart very unsettled. *What is going on? How come I have such an uncomfortable feeling? Where are Vegeta, Goku and Gohan?* she thought as the door bell rang.
Bulma opened the door and saw Goku and Gohan standing in front of the door. "Where the hell have you guys been..." she could not finish the sentence as she saw the two were carrying something in their arms.
Gohan was carrying the unconscious Little Trunks and V-chan while Goku was carrying something wrapped in a large cloth, something seemed too much like a human body. Their eyes filled with sadness.
Bulma was deeply shaken. She rushed to Little Trunks and V-chan, "What happened?" she felt a bit relieved when she found that the boys were basically unharmed.
She then turned to Goku and looked at the wrapped body in his arms. Her heart sunk. Somehow, even without unwrapping the body in front of her, she knew it was her son. "Trunks..." her tears started rolling down her cheeks.
"Where is Vegeta?" Bulma asked quietly, her head lowered.
"He left." Goku said, "After Trunks died in his arms, he took Trunks' sword and left without saying a word. I don't know where he is. I am sorry."
"That's alright." Bulma said, her head lowered, "Gohan, could you please help me to bring Little Trunks and V-chan to Little Trunk's room?"
Bulma looked at the wrapped body of her 'older' son, "Goku, could you please bring Trunks to my room? I will be right there."
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~Inside Little Trunks' room~
Gohan put Little Trunks and V-chan on his bed. Bulma settled the boys and put a blanket over them. She kissed the boys' forehead and left the room, leaving Gohan and Goten to accompany the sleeping boys.
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~Inside Bulma's room~
Goku put the wrapped body on Bulma's bed, sadness filled his eyes.
Bulma entered the room and looked at the wrapped body with her tearful eyes. She asked quietly, "Goku, is there any way we can revive him?"
Goku looked at the heart-broken mother, "Bulma, you know that we have revived him once with the dragon balls five years ago. The dragon cannot revive the same person from death twice."
"I know." Bulma whispered as she lowered her head.
She kneeled beside the bed and started unwrapping the body gently. Goku sighed and left the room, leaving the mother and son for their private moments.
As Bulma removed the cloth, the battered body of Trunks revealed in front of her. She slowly inspected it. Her heart being torn apart as she saw numerous wounds and bruises on her son's body. Her eyes stopped at a large wound on his chest.
*I promise you that I will bring him back safely.* the last words of her son rang in her mind again. She stroked his soft purple hair gently and looked at his peaceful face.
She held his hand, it was cold and stiffened, *It was so warm and strong when I hold it this morning...*. No longer able to hold back her tears, "Thank you for saving my son, Trunks. But I have never meant to lose you for him. You are my son too. And I love you as much as I love Little Trunks." as she sobbed heart-brokenly beside her son.
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~On the Kai King planet~
"Is there anything we can do?" Goku asked.
"Not really." Kai King said as he held a small box in his hand, "It is lucky enough for me to find his strayed soul. His soul is not under the jurisdiction of the underworld here as he doesn't belong to this timeline."
Kai King continued, "We need to send his body and soul to his own timeline as soon as possible. Otherwise, his soul will be extinguished altogether soon." and he handed the box to Goku.
Goku took the box from Kai King. He sighed and disappeared from the spot in a flash.
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~Early next morning~
~In the backyard of the Brief's mansion~
Goku carefully placed the tightly wrapped body of Trunks on the pilot seat of the time machine. Gohan then put V-chan in Trunks' lap. The child held tightly to the small box containing his father's soul, sobbing. He cried the whole morning after being told of the news of his father's death.
Little Trunks had remained sleeping throughout the night. The others had no intention to wait him up for this as it would be too much for the child.
Bulma climbed to the pilot seat of the time machine, adjusting the buttons to make sure the two would return to the right timeline. After double- checking the settings, Bulma turned to look at her sobbing grandson. She gently stroked the soft sea-blue hair of the child, "V-chan, guard your father's body and soul bravely and take good care of yourself."
The child looked at his grandmother through tearful eyes, "Yes, grandma, I will."
Bulma switched on the time machine and closed the entrance of it. She jumped to the ground and took one last look at her son and grandson, tears started rolling down her cheeks.
The time machine rose to the sky before disappearing in a flash of light.
Unnoticed by anyone in the scene, the Saiya prince watched from the top of a tree not far away from the mansion. His face showed no emotion, with his son's sword held tightly in his hand.
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~In the future timeline~
~In the backyard of Trunks' home~
With a flash of light, a huge vehicle appeared out of nowhere and landed on the ground. A child pushed open the entrance of the vehicle, holding a small box carefully with his hands.
Hesitantly, he opened the small box. A crystal-like ball shining with bright blue light flied out from the box. The ball circled the child a few times before plunging into the tightly wrapped body on the pilot seat of the vehicle. The same bright blue light shone from the body as it disappeared into thin air, leaving behind the wrapping cloth on the pilot seat.
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End of Chapter 3
Hope you enjoyed the chapter. The next chapter will be posted soon. So stay tuned. ^-^
Please feel free to review and comment! Thanks!!