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Sorry the first few chapters have been so small I'm trying to make them longer. Thank you to those who have reviewed.
Love's Pain
Marron's Advice
Trunks got home from Pan's still feeling the tension and doubt from his latest nightmare. Realizing that sleep was out of the question, Trunks went to his room to change into a gi so that he could try and forget everything through an intense session of training. Making sure Vegeta wasn't in the gravity room, Trunks walked in and set the gravity up to 500 x's the Earth's and started his training.
'Why can't I get this out of my head? This is stupid a knife couldn't hurt Pan, she's a saiyan. But then again she has more human blood in her than the rest of us. What am I going to do? I love her but I'm starting to get the feeling that these dreams are not just dreams, but really a warning.' Just then Brolli's last words, rang through Trunk's mind. "There is nothing you can do to save her. In the end it's your fault and everyone knows it. You killed her, little saiyan prince."
"This is stupid! I can't even train hard enough to block out my thoughts." Trunks yelled in frustration as he turned off the gravity room and walked back into Capsule Corps. "Lets see it's 6:00, I'll go and get a shower then call Marron to get her advice on the matter." Trunks muttered as he walked past Vegeta not even seeing him.
"The boy is talking to himself again. So I guess he has finally gone insane. Oh well." Vegeta said before walking out to his gravity room to train.
Trunks quickly got dressed after his shower, and found some breakfast before he called Marron. Ring, Ring, " Come on Marron pick up. I know your home," Ring, Ring.
"Hello" a sleepy Marron replied into her phone.
"Hey Marron, it's Trunks. How are you?"
"Trunks it's 7:00 on a Saturday morning. How do you think I'm doing? So cut the bullshit and tell me what's wrong before I hang up on your crazy ass."
"Well you don't have to rude. I'm sorry I woke you up but I desperately need to see you this morning."
"Trunks, what's going on? No one's dead or hurt are they?" Marron asked with concern lacing her voice.
"Not yet" Trunks mumbled under his breath.
"What did you say?"
"No, no one is hurt or dead. I just need someone to talk to and before you ask, No Goten, Bra, and Uub can't help, they are all to close to the problem. Especially Goten. So will you please meet with me? I'm going insane here and I really need you Mar."
"Yeah Trunks, I'll meet with you. Just let me get dressed and tell Mike that I'm going out and I will meet you in an hour at Satan Cafe near your offices. Okay?"
"That's great. Thanks Mar. You are the best. I don't know what I would do without you."
"Probably be in a rubber room. See ya in a few. Bye Trunks."
"Bye Mar."
(Satan Cafe)
"So that's about it. What do you think?" Trunks groaned as he rubbed the back of his neck, tying to work out the knots there.
"Wow, Trunks, you and Pan? I never saw that coming. But now that I think about it you both are so stubborn and yeah you are perfect for each other."
"Mar, did you even hear what I told you, other than 'I have feelings for Pan'?"
"Of course! I was just amazed by that. Sheesh, give me a break I'm a girl, I like hearing about romance, especially when it involves one of my best friends."
"Marron, you are not HELPING."
"Okay, I'm sorry. So you say that you keep having these dreams where Pan dies because you love her and this Brolli guy wants to make you suffer? Trunks these are just dreams. Your subconscious isn't trying to warn you. Look at me, Brolli is dead even my mom saw him die, he can't and is not going to, hurt Pan."
"You are right. I don't know why I'm getting so worked up about this."
"Because you love her and you don't want to see her hurt. It's only natural to feel that way. I know let's go to the movies, maybe that will help to lighten your mood and help you to relax."
"Yeah sure. Whose car do you want to take?"
"We will take mine. I have shopping to do later so after the movie I can just take you home. Now come on you over sized monkey lets go."
"Over sized monkey, I'll show her an over sized monkey." Trunks muttered as he followed Marron to her car.
(Movies)
"No, leave her alone. Stop it! She isn't part of this." Trunks mumbled in his sleep. Marron knew that Trunks had fallen asleep once the movie started, but she didn't have the heart to wake him, because she knew that he hadn't gotten much sleep the night before. When Trunks started mumbling things about Pan, Marron started to feel uneasy especially when she felt Trunks struggling beside her. When she felt his ki rise dangerously, she knew that something was wrong and she tried to wake him up. "Come on Trunks wake up. Please wake up."
"No, you monster. How could you do that to her. I'll kill you for this! Oh Dende, Pan what did he do to you? I'm so sorry baby. Please don't leave me. I love you. Please don't go. I'm trying to make it stop bleeding, just hold on. NO! You can't leave me!" Trunks screamed and shot a ki blast at the movie screen as he woke up. Breathing heavily, Trunks turned and looked at Marron with tortured eyes. That's when Marron noticed the blood on his hands and chest. "Oh my Dende Trunks what happened? Come on we have to get you out of here."
Trunks just looked down and saw all the blood on him as Marron pushed him out of the theater. Knowing she couldn't take him home like this, Marron knew that his office was the only place to go. "Do you have a change of clothes at your office?" When Trunks nodded his head yes, she drove them over to Capsule Corps offices and pushed him into the elevator once they got there. When they got to his office Marron forced Trunks to change clothes and wash the blood off his hands before finding out what happened to him at the movie theater. "Okay Trunks tell me what just happened?" Marron pleaded as she sat down next to him.
"It was my nightmare again, only this time it felt more real. Brolli grabbed her and he, he raped her. I...I...I tried to get to her and stop him but something held me back."
"Oh Dende Trunks. You never told me that you would wake up with blood on you." Marron said as she put a hand on his arm trying to comfort him.
"I never have before."
"It will be okay, Trunks. Come on tell me what else happened."
Trunks got a haunted look in his bright blue eyes before he started speaking. "When he finished, he stood up and looked right at me, and smirked. He then took his knife and stabbed her in the chest again. I could see the tears in her eyes and the disbelief that I hadn't saved her." Trunks said as he shook his head to clear the images. "Once again he said it was my fault, and if I really didn't loved her, because if I did I would stay away from her instead of letting her be hurt by him. Marron, I do love her. What am I going to do? This can't just be because of stress. It felt to real to be a simple nightmare."
"You are right Trunks. Listen to me, I know that you love her but you are going to have to break it off with her. No matter how painful it is, it will hurt a lot more if you don't leave her now. I know that I said that it was just a dream but I was wrong. Trunks the only way to make this better is to make Pan hate you."
"But I don't want to lose her."
"I understand that Trunks really I do. But after hearing about your first few and witnessing your last dream there is no doubt in my mind that these are warnings of what is to come if you stay with Pan."
"No! It's just a stupid nightmare."
"TRUNKS! Look at you hands. You had her blood on them. It is not just a stupid nightmare. You, yourself said that it felt too real to be a dream. But if you are so selfish that you would let your own needs come before Pan, then by all means stay with her and kill her." Marron said in disgust trying to make him understand.
Marron's words finally penetrated Trunk's brain. With a sad sigh Trunks realized that he had to do it, he had to leave Pan. "You're right Mar. I know what I have to do. I just don't want to hurt her, but I know I have to. Thank you for being such a great friend and for listening to me. What would I do with out you?"
"Don't worry about it. I'm always here to help you. Come on lets get you home so the you can figure out what to say to Pan." With that said, Trunks and Marron left his office and went down to her car, so that they could go back to Capsule Corps.
(Capsule Corps)
"Thanks again, Mar. Drive safe and tell Mike thanks for letting me borrow his wife."
"I will Trunks. Why don't you and Goten come out and have dinner with us one night soon? Mike and I haven't seen the two of you a lot lately, it would be nice to catch up."
"Alright, I'll check with him and then give you a call about a day." Trunks said as he leaned down and placed a quick kiss to her cheek. "Bye Mar." As Trunks walked away he thought about the impossible task that lay ahead of him. He didn't see Pan as he walked by her but he did feel someone's gaze burning into the back of his head. Turning around, Trunks came face to face with the one person whose heart he was about to destroy, a long with his own. "PAN!"
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