Chapter Nine: Resonance
Gohan heaved himself on the white window perch feeling the wood sag slightly under his weight. He sat in his squat scanning the skies for some sign of his lilac topped friend. The skies were an empty blue. No indication that Trunks Briefs had been there shown to Gohan. As Gohan sat he felt Trunks' ki fading farther away. Gohan wished he knew if he should follow by skies or ground.
Gohan looked down to see that the earth had been dented slightly by a fall. So Trunks had taken ground. In his haste to get away, Trunks must have made a careless fall. This filled Gohan with hope of catching him. Gohan took a rough guess that Trunks had walked away. It would be easier for him to do the same.
"I do declare, Marge! Look at that! That child up in that window!" The elderly woman cried, in a strong southern accent, banishing her cane in the direction of Gohan. "He looks as if he is about to jump!"
Her friend who seemed as old as her looked up at Gohan as well. Both of them had been in the middle of walking home with the groceries when they spotted the child in the window.
"Oh my heavens! Do you really think so? That fall will surely kill him. That has to be 25 feet at the least!" Marge muttered worriedly. "What should we do, Erica?"
"Stop him!" Erica cried.
Gohan squinted as he heard the high squealing of the two ladies below running over. He didn't realize he looked rather strange standing up on this window.
"It's not worth it, child!!!" Marge cried. "Don't jump!"
"Don't be dense! You have so much to live for!" Erica chimed along. "Don't let the androids confuse you."
Gohan rolled his eyes. They must have thought he was going to commit suicide. He certainly didn't have time for this. It would take way too much explaining. Old ladies always needed something to gossip about. Gohan smirked. He would give them something to gossip about possibly leaving them speechless in the process.
Gohan flung himself off his perch causing one of the ladies to scream.
"Oh my lord! He's actually doing it!"
Gohan held his arms out and concentrated carefully on the ground. The air rushed about him slowing his fall. He landed gracefully on his feet. He opened his eyes, face to face with the old ladies. Their jaws were hanging opened…
"Hello. Beautiful day, isn't it?" Gohan smiled waving to them as he walked right past. They were still standing there staring at the spot where he was once standing when Gohan turned the corner.
"Trunks! Trunks!" A voice shouted behind the boy.
Trunks rolled his eyes. He clenched his fists in frustration,"How did he follow me all the way here?"
He stopped waiting for Goten to catch up. Goten skidded to a halt beside him panting slightly… or was he? It seemed slightly forced…
"What are you doing here?" Trunks snapped angrily. "Do you realize how dangerous it is?"
"Did you realize?" Goten replied coldly. "I know what you are trying to do. You wish to avenge Gohan. Well, I am here to stop you."
"Why?" Trunks hissed. "Did my mom send you?"
"No," Goten said slightly irritated. "But I am sure your mom would agree with me."
"If you are such a perfect momma's boy why don't you go back home?" Trunks grumbled.
"Cause I am not," Goten growled. "I am not perfect. And neither are you. I am just trying to prevent you from doing something stupid."
"Haven't you ever heard of an eye for a eye?" Trunks said carelessly continuing to walk.
Goten followed behind him not leaving him yet, "Haven't you even heard that massing more death with death just leads to a lot of dead people?"
Trunks paused and turned back to face Goten.
"No." He said quite blankly.
"That's because I made it up," Goten blushed rubbing the back of his neck.
Trunks let out a tetchy sigh, "Haven't you ever lost someone, Goten?"
Goten was quiet for a second. Trunks almost slapped himself for saying that. Goten had gone pale in the cheeks. He seemed to be fighting memory that had been hurting him for a long time. Goten seemed a lot older in those few seconds of silence.
"I lost my father and good friend to the androids." Goten muttered staring at Trunks hard.
Trunks suddenly felt a terrible ache radiating from Goten. All his grief was being held up inside him but at this moment Trunks was getting a small glimpse of it.
"Both deaths I could have prevented if I hadn't been so slapdash and tactless. I was such a fool to think that I was smarter then my father… I didn't listen to him and because of that he died protecting me… and then Cell killed Mirai Tr…" Goten faded off blushing furiously.
"What's a Cell?" Trunks asked curiously.
"It's uhhhhh American for androids," Goten laughed half heartily.
"Oh," Trunks said slightly disappointed. "I was just wondering…"
There was an awkward silence were Trunks seemed to be fighting the urge to leave Goten. Finally Goten broke the silence, "Gohan must have been a swell guy."
Trunks smiled lightly, "Yeah. He was a great friend."
"I can understand why would want defend his memory…" Goten muttered softly as if regretting his words. "But to murder another…"
Goten's eyes met with Trunks. There was a deep peace that flowed between the two. Finally, they understood one another.
"Is that what you want, Trunks?" Goten muttered. "To lose what little innocence you have left?"
Trunks seemed to be puzzled with the question. In the end, he muttered, "I lost my innocence when they killed my father…"
"Aw, how sweet. So Goku isn't the warrior he is made up to be in the legends," A small voice whispered from the shadows. "But I can change that. Oh, how I can change that…"
The amber eyes closed as wonderful thoughts poured into her mind. A smirk crossed her small dainty lips…
To Be Continued…
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I might release the amber eyes' identity in the next chapter or the chapter after that. The next chapter is Trunks' long awaited fight with the malicious androids. Stay tuned for the next adventure of Dragon Ball…uh… What if! Watching too many endings of Dbz… That's what that stuff will do to you! Oh SPRING BREAK IS HERE! Expect lots of chapters in all the stories I have written!