Chapter 2: Cessation

Trunks got out of the Time Machine first and then helped Starlight out. The Capsule Corp looked empty. Even though the city had been rebuilding itself after the Androids, it still looked battle scarred. It was dark and dreary outside. The skies threatening to pour rain at any time. Starlight felt around for Vegeta's energy and felt a small trace of it. It was somewhere in the distant mountains. Trunks could feel it too, but he decided to let Starlight get settled first. Starlight knew that he felt that she needed to settle down, but it could wait.
"Come on, let's go." She said jumping into the air. She turned her head. "Come on, we wont find him by just standing there. I can feel his energy over here." She pointed towards the thick forest. Trunks jumped up to join her.
"Thanks..." He said. "For coming. You didn't have to you know, you could've stayed home and left me to find my dad with the others from this time. But it's just that I felt that I needed you to help me because you would understand. Because I love you and we've always been there for each other. I needed a shoulder to cry on." He said. Starlight stopped in midair above the forest and floated over to Trunks.
"Anytime." She said hugging him. He hugged back and kissed her forehead. Then they heard an explosion coming from a couple of miles away. They pulled apart and flew as fast as they could to the smoke cloud billowing out from the treetops. There they found Vegeta in the middle of it. His face was wet from crying. He looked up and shot an energy beam towards them. They dodged it but then rushed down to Vegeta.
"What do you want brat?" He snapped at Trunks. "And why are you here?" He yelled at Starlight. Starlight dropped from the air to her feet. She walked over to a disgruntled Vegeta.
"Vegeta, listen," She began, cautiously walking closer and closer, "You couldn't have stopped her death even if you tried. She's in a better place now. Vegeta, you need to move on. She would've wanted it that way..." She said placing a hand on his arm. He looked at her hand as if it vexed him. Trunks fell from the sky too and walked behind Starlight. His breaths were quivering, he didn't think it would work. Vegeta stared at the two kids trying to help him. His eyes clouded up with tears.
"N-no...no...NO!" He yelled ripping away from her. He flew up to the sky and put the palm of his hand to his chest.
"DAD NO!" Trunks yelled. Vegeta smirked.
"Bye boy." He said. His palm glowed yellow and he blew up. The pressure to his body had been too great and he died instantly. Vegeta's body fell to the floor. Trunks rushed over to his dead father's side and fell to his knees. His eyes open with terror. His brain kept replaying what he had just seen. He had just lost both of his parents in the same day. He was now an orphen. He began to openly cry. He buried his face in his hands and cried. Starlight was mortified, she could've stopped him. Trunks was sobbing softly behind her. She snapped back to the dead body at her feet. She turned around and saw her purple haired friend kneeling on the floor. She sat down next to him and put an arm around him.
"Trunks...I..." She said, her voice cracking. She was fighting back tears. Vegeta's singed corpse made the tears threaten her. She turned around to see Trunks, sobbing in his hands. She closed her eyes, hoping it would go away. She squeezed her eyes shut and a few tears escaped. She bit her bottom lip. How would the others take it? She opened her eyes when she felt Trunks pull away from her. He stood up and walked a few feet away from her. He drew his sword.
"I-I can't take it...there's no point in living anymore. Starlight, I'm...I'm sorry....I love you..." He said. He placed his sword on the side of his neck. "Goodbye." He said. Starlight knew she had to act quickly. She rushed over to his side in the blink of an eye.
"I love you too." She said, grabbing hold of the sword, "Therefore, I won't let you do this. There's more to life." She said slowly lowering his sword. The rain clouds that had been gathering above began to let go. Soft rains began to fall, as Trunks and Starlight looked deep into each other's eyes. Thunder crashed and lightning flashed. Niether one of them smiled nor winced.
"Don't do this. I've already witnessed one suicide today. I don't want to see another one..." She said. Trunks looked at his father's body and then looked at his hand, still closed around the handle of what could've been his demise. His lower lip trembled. He dropped the sword and fell into her arms.
"Thank you..." He said. "I don't know what I was thinking." He said as she hugged him. He hugged back as the rain fell down harder, stinging their exposed skin. After a few minutes they stopped hugging and turned to Vegeta. He looked so peaceful, well, peaceful besides the hole in his stomach. Starlight walked over to his body and gently picked it up. She slung him over her shoulder and jumped into the sky.
"Come on...we have funerals to plan." She said darkly. Trunks flew up next to her and followed her back to the Capsule Corp.