My Last Breath
Chapter Two: All I Wanted To Say
By Princess of the Monkeys
~*~
"ChibiUsa, you're new partner will be here in a few moments."
"Bulma-san, Helios isn't dead!"
Bulma bit her lip. "He's almost past our help."
ChibiUsa's lip quivered slightly, but she bit it. "Bring in my new partner then. No need to dwell in the past, hmmm?"
Bulma nodded slightly, a deeper look fell on her face. "Don't try anything funny with this one young lady. He's the top in assassinating and other areas."
ChibiUsa glared at the woman. "I'm not going to do anything to him or with him."
The other woman nodded in acceptance of ChibiUsa's promise. "Come in Goten."
There was silence, a few moments later the glass doors opened and a young looking boy walked in. He gave ChibiUsa a friendly smile. She merely nodded. "ChibiUsa Tsukino."
"Goten Son." He said as he held out his hand.
She ignored it and looked towards Bulma. "You are to meet in Los Angeles, California. There's a large mall, the name escapes my mind now, but I'll get the information in a bit. You meet there. ChibiUsa, you will say."
"The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch." ChibiUsa recited before the aqua hair woman could say anything.
"And Goten will then say, 'Which hurts but is desired.' Then you will continue again with another quote. 'The most beautiful experience we can had is mysterious.'"
"And ChibiUsa will continue with."
"'.The fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.' I know all this. Then I ask him for a place for the night."
"And he'll give you a paper with an address. Then Trunks will pick you up." Bulma said, giving ChibiUsa a stern look. "Don't-"
"Don't try anything with my son." ChibiUsa finished. "We've been through this about a dozen times!"
Goten looked over at her. Bulma sighed. "You're dismissed." She said, waving her hand behind her as she began typing on her computer.
ChibiUsa walked out. Goten followed behind her. "See you in California."
"Three days." She said as she waved over her head and walked off.
~*~
She awoke with a sudden start. Someone had touched her, or hit her, or something. She was a light sleeper when it came to touch, but she slept through most nosy things. She looked around. Everyone was sleeping, she looked to her left and saw Goten had fallen asleep, and when he had moved, he had dropped his hand near her bare feet. She smiled to herself and put his hand on his lap, she moved over, and eased him down on the pillow she was laying next to. She smiled to herself again. 'He's like a little angel, so sweet and innocent but I mustn't attach myself to anyone. It will only cause problems.' She moved over to the seat next to Gohan, and cuddled up next to a blanket Ami had brought them. She tried to fall back asleep. But the dream reminded her of the past few days. How everything had been so secretive. Bulma trust Ami, she knew that. Bulma often spoke of how well she was doing in her area. A million questions were forming in her mind.
Why didn't Ami know much about the mission?
Why didn't Bulma want Goten talking with Gohan?
And why didn't Bulma want Goten to know Gohan was his brother?
Nothing made sense!
Ami walked in, she was carrying a soda. She saw ChibiUsa sitting up, running her fingers through her hair nervously. "Are you afraid of flying?" she asked, sitting next to Goten in the seat.
ChibiUsa shook her head. "I'm a bit tired. Works been very tiresome lately, and confusing."
"The last mission you were on." Ami started. "You were with Helios?"
ChibiUsa nodded. 'No more about Helios.' she begged in her mind. 'It was my fault he was hurt so badly. it was entirely my fault. Maybe if I hadn't been so. friendly with him, he wouldn't have come back. Maybe he would have listened. Maybe it would have been me who died. He doesn't need to die.'
Ami looked at the girl as she thought things through on her own. "If you see him when we get back. Tell him I send greetings and love."
ChibiUsa nodded slowly. "Sure thing."
Ami smiled warmly at her; "You want a drink?" She held her soda out to her.
"No, no, I'll go get my own." She said as she got up to get a soda, Ami walked away.
~*~
Gohan awoke during the girls' conversation. But realized it was deep, and very important to ChibiUsa, so he decided to sleep still. A few minutes after Ami left, and ChibiUsa returned with a soda, he pretended to wake.
He looked up tiredly; she smiled at him warmly and offered him the rest of her soda. He refused; she merely nodded, and sipped some more.
"Tell me a bit about yourself." He said, trying to make the girl a bit more comfortable.
She looked at him curiously, then started. "I was born on June 30th, and I'm a year younger than Trunks. I've never had a pet, though I've always wanted a rabbit. And my favorite color is Red and Pink, even though Trunks thinks I look better in black." She smiled, and Gohan suddenly regretted asking, he didn't think it possible for her to talk so much. She looked into her can and sighed. "I think I'm gonna get some rest."
He nodded and handed her a pillow; she smiled her thanks and put it against a wall for support.
He watched her until she fell asleep, he took her can from her hands, she grunted slightly, but didn't wake. He quickly threw the can away. 'It's been so long since I've seen her.' He thought with a smile. He wanted to reach out and stroke her hair, and tell her no matter what was going on with Helios, he could make it better. And he wanted to, but he remembered how sensitive to touch she was when she slept.
The two were good friends when they were very young. He remembered her mother, and her father. Her mother was so beautiful, and her father so lucky to have such a wonderful family. Gohan remembered how she had always loved the trips to the beach they went on. When ChibiUsa and Goten learned to talk, walk, and play. But this was all long ago.
This was all before Capsule Corp. changed.
Silently, he wished she would remember. He wished Goten would remember. But what he really wished for was for life to be the same as it had been then, happy and carefree.
~*~
(I really wanted to end the chapter here, but I was feeling very nice, and it should be longer. ^^;)
~*~
The plane finally landed and they got off. Goten watched as Ami and Gohan help Hotaru out of the plane and into the building.
He saw ChibiUsa get off and leave quickly. He silently concluded she was going to the hospital wing. He sighed, and walked off to go see Bulma and wait there for ChibiUsa to return.
~*~
Goten walked into Bulma's office and saw her typing away on the computer, he was quiet, though he didn't realize it, he walked up behind her and silently read over her shoulder.
There was a picture of him. He watched her typing in something:
Name: Son, Goten
Status: Well
Present Strength: over 300
Weight: ~200 lb.
Height: 5'11''
State: Carefree, and unaware. Doing well, no problems as of now. Three days ago, it was 3 years since his last breakdown.
"Ah, Bulma-san?" Goten said, clearing his throat.
The woman jumped. "Goten!" she gave a nervous laugh. "I didn't hear you come in!"
He smiled. "Those doors you have must be awfully quiet."
"Awfully." she muttered. "Is there something you needed, Goten?"
He flushed slightly. "Yes, I was wondering how Helios was doing?"
"Helios is beyond our help. I've told ChibiUsa this before. I don't think he'll do well." She looked down, clicking a button on her keyboard the screen went black. "Why do you ask?"
He looked down uncomfortably. Half because of her question, the other half because he wanted to know what the status screen on him was about. "I was just wondering. Everyone makes him sound as if he were a god. I wanted to see if his death was near. Because the death of a god is something horrible."
Bulma nodded. "I see."
"Umm. Bulma-san..?"
"Yes, Goten?"
"Uh, when are you getting the next mission ready?"
"Soon, you and ChibiUsa are going to stick together. I'm going to be sending her to Europe in a week or so, I want you to go with her."
He nodded.
"But she convinced me to let her live a few normal days this week so she could go to school." Bulma smiled. "Her mother wants to take her to some hot springs this weekend. She couldn't think up a good enough excuse, so she's going."
He nodded again. "Should I spend the weekend at home, or do you need me here?"
"I think you can go home. Be back on Monday at 3 PM, I'll explain to you about Firefly and Gohan." She smiled warmly at him and walked with him down the hall. "Relax this weekend, will you?"
He nodded. "I'll try."
She smiled and waved goodbye to him as he left.
~*~
ChibiUsa walked into the hospital wing. She smiled at her friend, a nurse, and walked into Helios' room.
When she saw him hooked up to all the machines, she wept.
~*~
Bulma sighed as she sat back in her chair. She turned the screen back on and clicked save on the file. She looked around, almost nervously. 'That was too close, much too close for my comfort. He'll have questions now. He doesn't remember the breakdown.' she put her head in her hands. 'He's going to ask people.' She smiled slightly to herself then, and looked up, then typed something up. "But no one else knows. And he won't find out." She changed her code on the computer.
She slumped down in her chair. 'I'm safe. They can't find anything.'
~*~
ChibiUsa walked upstairs to Bulma's office. A few people gave her sympathetic smiles, nods, or hellos as she made her way. When she reached Bulma's office, she slid her card through the lock. "Bulma-san." she started. The woman looked up from a file cabinet. She pulled out the file she was looking through, and closed the cabinet, locking it.
"Something wrong, Usa?"
"Umm, yes, Bulma-san. I think I should know what's going on, here and now. There is no need for me to go with my mother on vacation, if all I'm going to think about is Helios and this last mission."
"Forget about Helios, Usa. he will be gone soon." Bulma sat in her swirly chair behind her desk, and began thumbing through the file. "And have a nice weekend. I'm not talking to you about the mission or your next upcoming one until you come back from a wonderful weekend with your mother. Understand?"
ChibiUsa frowned; she hated the way Bulma called her 'Usa', it was something Helios called her. Bulma picked it up from him awhile back. It was something a loved one would call her, not a boss. "That can't happen. How can I have a good weekend now?"
Bulma smiled. "I think you will find your weekend better than you thought, Usa. Your mother seems very excited."
ChibiUsa inwardly smiled, her mother would be home! "I doubt it." She said, he face covered with a deep frown as she left.
~*~
Bulma smiled as the door closed. She pulled out an old picture, and she smiled. The picture was old, from 10 to 20 years ago, when she worked in a company her father owned, long before she had turned it into an underground conspiracy to collect what she had made.
No, she wasn't trying to collect any capsules from when her father was alive. There were other, more important things to get.
In the photo were people she worked with. There was Ami, Dr. Gero, her father, and a man named Dr Tomoe. All of them died, a year after the picture was taken, by her own hands.
Or at least she thought so.
~*~
End Chapter Two: All I Wanted to Say
Chapter Two: All I Wanted To Say
By Princess of the Monkeys
~*~
"ChibiUsa, you're new partner will be here in a few moments."
"Bulma-san, Helios isn't dead!"
Bulma bit her lip. "He's almost past our help."
ChibiUsa's lip quivered slightly, but she bit it. "Bring in my new partner then. No need to dwell in the past, hmmm?"
Bulma nodded slightly, a deeper look fell on her face. "Don't try anything funny with this one young lady. He's the top in assassinating and other areas."
ChibiUsa glared at the woman. "I'm not going to do anything to him or with him."
The other woman nodded in acceptance of ChibiUsa's promise. "Come in Goten."
There was silence, a few moments later the glass doors opened and a young looking boy walked in. He gave ChibiUsa a friendly smile. She merely nodded. "ChibiUsa Tsukino."
"Goten Son." He said as he held out his hand.
She ignored it and looked towards Bulma. "You are to meet in Los Angeles, California. There's a large mall, the name escapes my mind now, but I'll get the information in a bit. You meet there. ChibiUsa, you will say."
"The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch." ChibiUsa recited before the aqua hair woman could say anything.
"And Goten will then say, 'Which hurts but is desired.' Then you will continue again with another quote. 'The most beautiful experience we can had is mysterious.'"
"And ChibiUsa will continue with."
"'.The fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.' I know all this. Then I ask him for a place for the night."
"And he'll give you a paper with an address. Then Trunks will pick you up." Bulma said, giving ChibiUsa a stern look. "Don't-"
"Don't try anything with my son." ChibiUsa finished. "We've been through this about a dozen times!"
Goten looked over at her. Bulma sighed. "You're dismissed." She said, waving her hand behind her as she began typing on her computer.
ChibiUsa walked out. Goten followed behind her. "See you in California."
"Three days." She said as she waved over her head and walked off.
~*~
She awoke with a sudden start. Someone had touched her, or hit her, or something. She was a light sleeper when it came to touch, but she slept through most nosy things. She looked around. Everyone was sleeping, she looked to her left and saw Goten had fallen asleep, and when he had moved, he had dropped his hand near her bare feet. She smiled to herself and put his hand on his lap, she moved over, and eased him down on the pillow she was laying next to. She smiled to herself again. 'He's like a little angel, so sweet and innocent but I mustn't attach myself to anyone. It will only cause problems.' She moved over to the seat next to Gohan, and cuddled up next to a blanket Ami had brought them. She tried to fall back asleep. But the dream reminded her of the past few days. How everything had been so secretive. Bulma trust Ami, she knew that. Bulma often spoke of how well she was doing in her area. A million questions were forming in her mind.
Why didn't Ami know much about the mission?
Why didn't Bulma want Goten talking with Gohan?
And why didn't Bulma want Goten to know Gohan was his brother?
Nothing made sense!
Ami walked in, she was carrying a soda. She saw ChibiUsa sitting up, running her fingers through her hair nervously. "Are you afraid of flying?" she asked, sitting next to Goten in the seat.
ChibiUsa shook her head. "I'm a bit tired. Works been very tiresome lately, and confusing."
"The last mission you were on." Ami started. "You were with Helios?"
ChibiUsa nodded. 'No more about Helios.' she begged in her mind. 'It was my fault he was hurt so badly. it was entirely my fault. Maybe if I hadn't been so. friendly with him, he wouldn't have come back. Maybe he would have listened. Maybe it would have been me who died. He doesn't need to die.'
Ami looked at the girl as she thought things through on her own. "If you see him when we get back. Tell him I send greetings and love."
ChibiUsa nodded slowly. "Sure thing."
Ami smiled warmly at her; "You want a drink?" She held her soda out to her.
"No, no, I'll go get my own." She said as she got up to get a soda, Ami walked away.
~*~
Gohan awoke during the girls' conversation. But realized it was deep, and very important to ChibiUsa, so he decided to sleep still. A few minutes after Ami left, and ChibiUsa returned with a soda, he pretended to wake.
He looked up tiredly; she smiled at him warmly and offered him the rest of her soda. He refused; she merely nodded, and sipped some more.
"Tell me a bit about yourself." He said, trying to make the girl a bit more comfortable.
She looked at him curiously, then started. "I was born on June 30th, and I'm a year younger than Trunks. I've never had a pet, though I've always wanted a rabbit. And my favorite color is Red and Pink, even though Trunks thinks I look better in black." She smiled, and Gohan suddenly regretted asking, he didn't think it possible for her to talk so much. She looked into her can and sighed. "I think I'm gonna get some rest."
He nodded and handed her a pillow; she smiled her thanks and put it against a wall for support.
He watched her until she fell asleep, he took her can from her hands, she grunted slightly, but didn't wake. He quickly threw the can away. 'It's been so long since I've seen her.' He thought with a smile. He wanted to reach out and stroke her hair, and tell her no matter what was going on with Helios, he could make it better. And he wanted to, but he remembered how sensitive to touch she was when she slept.
The two were good friends when they were very young. He remembered her mother, and her father. Her mother was so beautiful, and her father so lucky to have such a wonderful family. Gohan remembered how she had always loved the trips to the beach they went on. When ChibiUsa and Goten learned to talk, walk, and play. But this was all long ago.
This was all before Capsule Corp. changed.
Silently, he wished she would remember. He wished Goten would remember. But what he really wished for was for life to be the same as it had been then, happy and carefree.
~*~
(I really wanted to end the chapter here, but I was feeling very nice, and it should be longer. ^^;)
~*~
The plane finally landed and they got off. Goten watched as Ami and Gohan help Hotaru out of the plane and into the building.
He saw ChibiUsa get off and leave quickly. He silently concluded she was going to the hospital wing. He sighed, and walked off to go see Bulma and wait there for ChibiUsa to return.
~*~
Goten walked into Bulma's office and saw her typing away on the computer, he was quiet, though he didn't realize it, he walked up behind her and silently read over her shoulder.
There was a picture of him. He watched her typing in something:
Name: Son, Goten
Status: Well
Present Strength: over 300
Weight: ~200 lb.
Height: 5'11''
State: Carefree, and unaware. Doing well, no problems as of now. Three days ago, it was 3 years since his last breakdown.
"Ah, Bulma-san?" Goten said, clearing his throat.
The woman jumped. "Goten!" she gave a nervous laugh. "I didn't hear you come in!"
He smiled. "Those doors you have must be awfully quiet."
"Awfully." she muttered. "Is there something you needed, Goten?"
He flushed slightly. "Yes, I was wondering how Helios was doing?"
"Helios is beyond our help. I've told ChibiUsa this before. I don't think he'll do well." She looked down, clicking a button on her keyboard the screen went black. "Why do you ask?"
He looked down uncomfortably. Half because of her question, the other half because he wanted to know what the status screen on him was about. "I was just wondering. Everyone makes him sound as if he were a god. I wanted to see if his death was near. Because the death of a god is something horrible."
Bulma nodded. "I see."
"Umm. Bulma-san..?"
"Yes, Goten?"
"Uh, when are you getting the next mission ready?"
"Soon, you and ChibiUsa are going to stick together. I'm going to be sending her to Europe in a week or so, I want you to go with her."
He nodded.
"But she convinced me to let her live a few normal days this week so she could go to school." Bulma smiled. "Her mother wants to take her to some hot springs this weekend. She couldn't think up a good enough excuse, so she's going."
He nodded again. "Should I spend the weekend at home, or do you need me here?"
"I think you can go home. Be back on Monday at 3 PM, I'll explain to you about Firefly and Gohan." She smiled warmly at him and walked with him down the hall. "Relax this weekend, will you?"
He nodded. "I'll try."
She smiled and waved goodbye to him as he left.
~*~
ChibiUsa walked into the hospital wing. She smiled at her friend, a nurse, and walked into Helios' room.
When she saw him hooked up to all the machines, she wept.
~*~
Bulma sighed as she sat back in her chair. She turned the screen back on and clicked save on the file. She looked around, almost nervously. 'That was too close, much too close for my comfort. He'll have questions now. He doesn't remember the breakdown.' she put her head in her hands. 'He's going to ask people.' She smiled slightly to herself then, and looked up, then typed something up. "But no one else knows. And he won't find out." She changed her code on the computer.
She slumped down in her chair. 'I'm safe. They can't find anything.'
~*~
ChibiUsa walked upstairs to Bulma's office. A few people gave her sympathetic smiles, nods, or hellos as she made her way. When she reached Bulma's office, she slid her card through the lock. "Bulma-san." she started. The woman looked up from a file cabinet. She pulled out the file she was looking through, and closed the cabinet, locking it.
"Something wrong, Usa?"
"Umm, yes, Bulma-san. I think I should know what's going on, here and now. There is no need for me to go with my mother on vacation, if all I'm going to think about is Helios and this last mission."
"Forget about Helios, Usa. he will be gone soon." Bulma sat in her swirly chair behind her desk, and began thumbing through the file. "And have a nice weekend. I'm not talking to you about the mission or your next upcoming one until you come back from a wonderful weekend with your mother. Understand?"
ChibiUsa frowned; she hated the way Bulma called her 'Usa', it was something Helios called her. Bulma picked it up from him awhile back. It was something a loved one would call her, not a boss. "That can't happen. How can I have a good weekend now?"
Bulma smiled. "I think you will find your weekend better than you thought, Usa. Your mother seems very excited."
ChibiUsa inwardly smiled, her mother would be home! "I doubt it." She said, he face covered with a deep frown as she left.
~*~
Bulma smiled as the door closed. She pulled out an old picture, and she smiled. The picture was old, from 10 to 20 years ago, when she worked in a company her father owned, long before she had turned it into an underground conspiracy to collect what she had made.
No, she wasn't trying to collect any capsules from when her father was alive. There were other, more important things to get.
In the photo were people she worked with. There was Ami, Dr. Gero, her father, and a man named Dr Tomoe. All of them died, a year after the picture was taken, by her own hands.
Or at least she thought so.
~*~
End Chapter Two: All I Wanted to Say