Broken Wings and Shredded Feathers
Angel Eyes 2
Author: Freewater
Warnings: Child abuse, Swearing.
Disclaimers: I do not own DBZ, I'm only using the characters for the
sake of my story. Please do not sue me!
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Notes: A bunch of these means a change in time or character.
These thing here indicate telepathy. These things here ' are for
thoughts. Trunks is eighteen in this fic, Gohan is twenty eight, and
Goten is also eighteen. I know he's supposed to be a year or so
younger but I changed it. This is a continuation to my first
fic "Angel Eyes" If you want to read this then read that story first
or else you won't understand what's going on.
This story will also be told from Gohan, Trunks', and my POV.
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Chapter Six
The summer school class I was teaching had ended not even five
minutes ago when Bra walked into my classroom. Her hair tied back
into a tight ponytail with a blue ribbon, a little blue sun dress
and wearing a pair of plastic sandals. She really was starting to
look like a miniature Bulma, though at first I didn't notice her
since my head was down and since she was still so small. The only
sound being made as she waited was the scratching of my pencil
against some test papers I was grading.
But she had inherited Bulma's impatient nature along with her
looks, so naturally not a full ten seconds had passed before she got
tired of my ignoring her (though unintentionally) and stamped her
foot down to get my attention.
I blinked at the small booming sound as well as the vibration that
went with it, raising my head ever so slightly to see what had made
it. But strangely enough, there was nothing there.
I shrugged my shoulders. Must be some construction work going on
outside.' I thought to myself, going back to what I was doing.
I didn't see her face twist up in anger. She hated being ignored.
So the small saiyan started to hover a little so that I'd be able to
see her above my desk.
"It's not nice to do that!"
I jumped a little, startled by the sudden intrusion from my quiet
thoughts, but at the sight of the young girl in front of me I calmed
down a bit. Trying not to let the sight of her remind me of Trunks
so I could deal with whatever reason she was here for.
I gave her a polite smile, and her face softened as well. She's
far too young to be able to stay mad at anything for long. "Oh,
sorry about that. What can I help you with, Bra?" I asked. "And
where's your father?"
She let out a sigh before lowering herself back down to the
ground, and I found that to be strange. She was obviously upset
about something, but why would she come to me about it?
"I wanted to talk to you about him." She said, coming around to
the other side of my desk. I pushed my chair out and she hopped onto
my lap, the act instantly melted me. It was no wonder why Vegeta
could never say no to her, she was just too cute. If I were to ever
have a daughter, she would have to be like her.
But then I blinked at her, remembering that she wanted to speak to
me about something. "Talk to me about what?" I asked curiously. What
could be bothering her so much that she would come to me and not her
father for advice?
She looked up at me innocently. "About otousan... and about
onichan." She said slowly, and my breath hitched in slight pain at
the mention of Trunks. So that was it. Now I understood, she just
missed Trunks and wanted to talk about him. And Vegeta wouldn't be
the greatest person in the world to be having a chat with on the
subject, so she came to me since I was so close to her summer school.
"Oh." Was all I managed to say, trying to hide the wave of
anguished emotion I felt at having to speak about my missing koi. It
still hurt, being without him, and a part of me didn't want to talk
about him. I felt the urge to tell her to go and have her talk with
her father over her brother, because I wanted nothing better than to
just forget that he ever existed.
But the unmistakable feeling of pain in my chest at the mere
thought of his gorgeous face and beautiful blue eyes proved that I
still wasn't over him. And I could never stop wishing that I was, it
would be easier to forget than to live with the pain.
Bra looked up at me expectantly, and I realized that she was
waiting for me to speak, so I continued. "Why did you want to talk
about Trunks, Bra?" I asked, trying to remember that she was still
so young and probably didn't mean to hurt me by asking these things.
Hell, even Goten, tousan and kasaan stopped speaking to me about
him.
Bra fidgeted a little on my lap. "I saw tousan hurting onichan,
and I want to help him." She said simply, still looking up at me
with her big innocent eyes. But I barely saw her at that point. My
mind just about blanked out when she said "tousan hurting onichan".
And I think my jaw dropped.
Just what the FUCK did that mean?! She knew where Trunks was?! And
he was with Vegeta!?! But that was impossible!! I've been there so
many times that I can't even count them! And I didn't sense him
once! How could this be possible?!
Bra continued on, not thinking anything of the odd face I was sure
I was making in my stunned shock. "I don't want onichan to lose his
game, but he was hurting." She said in her small voice, her lips
starting to quiver.
"S-so you're saying that Trunks is at Capsule corp right now?!" I
asked, not really hearing what she had said last, and not caring
either. The point was that I finally knew where my koi went! And he
was at Capsule corp of all places?! How much of a fool could I be!?!
Bra didn't answer my question, so I quickly picked her up before
setting her down on the floor and kneeled to be at her eye level.
Trying not to panic and seem as calm as possible to not scare her.
If he was there then I needed to know!
"Bra, this is serious, you're not in trouble or anything but you
need to tell me the truth about this." I said sternly. "Is Trunks
really at Capsule corp?" I asked, my voice almost shaking with the
fearful idea that he was. Somehow the idea that he had left
willingly would have been better than the thought that he was with
his father right now. The idea that he was hurting somewhere at that
very moment was just unbearable.
Bra gave me a simple nod of her head for a response, and I wanted
to be sick. Dear God he was with Vegeta. And that bastard was doing
Kami-only-knows what to him for the past three months while I was
mopping around and cursing his name for leaving me when he never
did. I wanted to shoot myself with how stupid I felt.
But for the moment that had to wait. If he was at Capsule corp
than I had to go and get him.
"Bra, w-will you take me to him?" I asked shakily, praying to God
that I would find him safe and alright. But the odds of that
happening were slim to none since Bra came to me saying that Vegeta
was hurting him.
"Okay." She said with a nod, taking my hand into her much smaller
one before leading me out the door, and I didn't bother to shut it
on the way out. She couldn't take me to him fast enough, and I swear
that my heart was pounding like a jackhammer. All that mattered at
that point was that I was finally going to see Trunks again and get
him away from that awful place.
Kami I had to get him back. And if Vegeta hurt him, even one hair
on his head, then I swore he would die a horrible and excruciating
death!!
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Tousan finally left me alone. Bra caught him beating me, so he
chased her down and explained to her that I had done something
horrible and was being punished for it, and then he sent her to
school. As if nothing was wrong with what he had done at all.
The bastard. Manipulating my own little sister against me. And I
didn't even do anything wrong!
It's kind of funny, now that I think about it though. I actually
tried attacking him when he came back to finish me off. Threatening
to kill him a thousand times over if he even laid a finger on her.
Heh, I guess I'll never learn.
He really let me have it at that point! Jesus if I didn't know
any better I'd say he broke my face in half with the way he went at
it. Eventually I stopped feeling pain, and then Kami had enough
mercy to let me pass out in the middle of it all.
He was waiting for me to wake up, but didn't do anything aside
from give me a fast backhand to the face and a warning not to try
anything like that ever again before leaving me alone in the dark.
Off to train somewhere I guess.
So now I'm back here again. In my closet. Home sweet hell. I
sighed. "At least it can't get any worse than this." I stupidly said
out loud. And just then my stomach rumbled.
"Oh shut up!" I yelled down at it in annoyance, knowing fully well
that I wouldn't be getting fed today. God what a depressing thought.
At least I was able to clean out the cuts on my face and arms in the
bathroom, so now they don't hurt as badly as before. And tousan
wouldn't be back for a little bit so I had some time to heal up as
well.
Suddenly my closet gets just a little bit darker than what it
already is, and I turn my head down the crack at the bottom of the
door to see two shadowed feet blocking the light from getting inside.
My eyes widened in sheer horror at the sight of them as my breath
became hitched. Oh God, he's back.' I thought in terror. He was
done with his training so now he wanted to practice on me again for
trying to leave. Kami would he never leave me alone?
The handle to the door rattled a little, and I started to shake
uncontrollably as I crouched as far as I could into my corner.
Choking back a sob of fear from where I sat as I waited for him to
get in and get it over with.
The door suddenly slammed wide open with a loud crash. I think he
actually broke it off it's hinges, but I wasn't really paying any
attention to that at the moment. The light from the hallway as well
as the sun shining through the many windows attacked my eyes and
blinded me again. So I whipped my head away from it and shut them as
tightly as I could to keep the painful light away from them.
This only scared me further. I think I would prefer to see him
coming at me when he does.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!! I won't ever do it again, I promise!!! I'll be good!! I'll--"
Two arms reached out and grabbed me around the waist before
lifting me into the air and pulling me out of the small room and
into the blinding light.
"No!! No, please don't!!"
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Eventually I just lost all patience with Bra before taking her
hand and flying as fast as I could over to Capsule corp. She was a
pretty good flyer for someone so young, but still just so slow. And
I needed to get there fast. I was too eager to see Trunks again. I
didn't care that I was probably setting myself up for a letdown by
doing this, because I just had to check.
We both came to a land in the backyard lawn, and Bra ran over to
the door before pulling her house key out of her little dress pocket
and trying to unlock the door for us.
While she did that, I checked the place over for any familiar
Ki's, but didn't get any. Not Vegeta's or Trunks'.
My heart sank. It was a good thing that Vegeta wasn't here, and in
the long run it was for Trunks as well, but I was just hoping that
he would be here for me to find.
Bra was still struggling with the lock. "Are you sure that Trunks
is here?" I asked, looking down at her as she finally managed to
unlock the door without snapping the key. She opened it up and
stepped inside.
"Ya, he's here. C'mon!" She called from the doorway, holding it
open for me to follow. And even with all the doubt running through
my head, I followed. If this was my last chance of finding him then
I wanted to take it. No matter what.
Bra took my hand again. The door that we had came in through had
led to the kitchen, and she led me through it and into the
hallway. "I'll show you where he is." She said, speeding up a bit as
I was pulled up a set of stairs into the second floor hallway.
I think I started hyperventilating at this point. This was really
it. If Trunks was here then I was going to see him again! I'd get
him back!
We passed many rooms, with their doors either open or closed
before Bra started to slow down a little. I think only five whole
minutes had passed since I got here, but to me, they felt like an
eternity. The air around me was filled with a loud noise that was
simply the beating of my heart and fast breathing I gave off.
The little girl pointed at a small door as we closed in on it. "In
there." Was all she said when we stopped, and everything suddenly
seemed so much more quiet now then it was not even ten seconds ago.
I think the earth stopped spinning.
I looked at the small door in a mixture of awe and disbelief as I
stepped up to it. This was it? But it was so small! Bra must have
made some kind of mistake because I was sure that this was only a
hallway closet.
I tried to sense Trunks' Ki inside, but once again got nothing. My
brow furrowed. Was she really sure about this?
I turned my head to look at her, and she wasn't looking back. But
rather eyeing the door as if she was scared of it. Or for better use
of words, afraid of what was inside.
I turned my attention back to the small door and sighed, deciding
to just open it up and get it over with. If he was in there, which
he most likely wasn't, I would have him back. But if he wasn't and
this was all just some figment of a little girls imagination then at
least I would be comforted with the knowledge that Trunks wasn't in
the care of his father for the past three months.
I turned the door knob, but it didn't open for me. What the
hell?' I thought, turning it the other way in case I had gotten it
wrong. But it still didn't open for me.
That was strange. Why would a closet be locked?
My saiyan hearing suddenly picked up on something just then, and I
almost didn't hear it, but it did get my attention. And it came from
the other side of this door.
It actually sounded like... sobbing.
My eyes widened in both shock and horror as I quickly lost all
respect for Vegeta's property and kicked in the door. I didn't see
it as it smashed off one of its hinges and twisted at an unnatural
angle in the small space. My eyes were on the crouched and shaking
form on the floor in the corner.
He wasn't facing me, and he looked so thin and pale with bruises
covering everywhere on him that was visible, crouching there and
covering his head with his arms against an attack that he was sure
he was going to get.
I couldn't help the hot tears that instantly filled my eyes and
spilled down my cheeks at the sight of him. I wanted to be sick.
Dear Jesus, he really was here. All this time he was here.
I took a shaking step forward, wanting nothing more than to just
grab him and hold him close just so I would know that he was really
real. But his cry stopped me in my tracks.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!! I won't ever do it again, I promise!!!
I'll be good!! I'll--"
I couldn't take it at that point as I just reached out and grabbed
him, quickly pulling him out of there. I just couldn't bare the
sight of him in there or his crying. But unfortunately he didn't
know it was me, and he panicked.
"No!! No, please don't!!" He cried out in horror as he thrashed in
my grip. Bra became afraid of what she was seeing and started to cry
as well, not truly understanding what was going on or why her
brother would be so afraid of me.
"Trunks, it's me! Calm down it's me!"
I don't think he heard me, and if he did then he certainly didn't
understand what I had said. And he ended up head butting me with the
back of his head in a desperate attempt to get away.
I cried out in pain as he got me right in the nose, and I couldn't
help but drop him on the floor with a thud.
He was too weak to get back up. "Onichan!" Bra cried out as she
ran for where he lay. He managed to weakly pull himself into a
sitting position at the sound of her voice just to get tackled to
his back again by his little sister who still had tears in her eyes.
"Bra?" He asked, sitting up and holding her close, forgetting that
I was even there. Which was a pretty big accomplishment since at the
moment he thought I was Vegeta. "He-he didn't hurt you did he?" He
asked her shakily.
I blinked down at him. A little shocked that he said that, yet at
the same time knowing I should have expected it. He cared so much
for his little sister that he would forget about any danger to
himself. Was that why he was here? Did Vegeta threaten to hurt her
unless he broke off our link together?
I had all the time in the world to find out about that, because
right now I just wanted to hold him.
"Trunks, Vegeta isn't even here." I said softly, watching him
tense up at the sound of my voice as I slowly got to my knees. I
wanted to be at his eye level for this, and I couldn't help but
start to shake with the anticipation. "It's me, it's Gohan."
He was still clutching his sister tightly to him, as if he was
afraid she would get hurt if he let her go, when he turned his head
to face me. God we were so close I could be kissing him at this
point, but he still needed to squint his blue eyes at me just to
know that it really was me. Kami, what did Vegeta do to him?
His eyes widened in shock once he found that it really was me he
was looking at. And he took in a shaking breath as tears of his own
flowed down his cheeks. His grip on his sister loosened up as he
brought a hand up to lightly touch my face, as if confirming to
himself that I really was there.
I sighed in bliss, leaning into the touch as I put my hand over his and kissing the palm of his hand. Taking in a shaky breath as my tears poured onto his hand. Christ, I missed him so much.
"Gohan?" He asked timidly, as if he was afraid that I would disappear if he spoke too loudly.
I didn't remember to be gentle with him as I just reached out and
grabbed him again in a tight and bone crushing hug. Kissing
everywhere on his bruised face and tasting his tears as he started
to cry while hugging and squeezing me back. If I was hurting him
with my embrace then he wasn't telling me about it, so I just
wrapped my arms around him and squeezed him as tightly to me as
possible without crushing him.
Bra managed to wiggle out of where she was trapped between us and
just watched the scene before her in slight confusion, still
sniffling a little but had stopped crying. We weren't paying any
attention to her at the moment though. We were too wrapped up in
what we were doing. Mainly crying our eyes out while we clung
tightly to each other.
"I-I can't believe you came for me!" Trunks cried out as his tears
soaked my shoulder. He was just shaking like a leaf as he wept on
me. And I was doing the same. "I-I missed you s-so much!" He choked
out through his tears.
Words could not describe how much I hated myself just then. Kami,
he was right here, practically under my very nose this whole time.
And for the past three months I did nothing but curse his name out
for leaving me when he never did. All this time Vegeta was playing
me for the fool that I was before going back home to hurt my koi
while I wallowed in self pity.
Oh God, all the horrible things I've been saying about him, and
all the while he was right here waiting for me to come and save him!
I felt so stupid. I should have known he would never leave me. How
could I think something like that?
I choked back a sob as I held him. "I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry."
I said to him hoarsely through my tears. "I love you so much."
He just started to cry harder at my words, lifting himself up from
off my shoulder to get another look at me. And it was then when I
was finally able to take in the giant bruise that started on his
cheek before running up his face, his split lip and how dull and
lifeless his eyes were. Vegeta was going to pay dearly for this, I
swore right than and there that he would!
Trunks was able to quickly melt away my thoughts of revenge though
as he kissed me deeply, trying to control his crying and sniffling
as he did. It was a desperate and almost sloppy kiss, as if I was
the air he needed in order to breathe. But I'm sure that I was no
better at that point. Because right then he was the air I needed
to breathe.
I don't know how I went so long without him. All these months, it
was torture. And I don't think I fully realized how much it hurt
until he kissed me. Being without his lips, his eyes, his hair, his
face, was like a rusty knife in my back that only dug deeper into my
flesh with every passing day. But this kiss, no matter how sloppy or
desperate, was all the healing I needed in the entire world. It was
so relieving that pulling away for air was painful.
Trunks held me close again, burying his face in my neck to hide
his tears from me as he cried. And I put a hand in his hair, damp
with sweat, as I kissed his neck and sighed shakily through my own
tears. I had him back, I finally had him back.
"W-where is tousan?" He asked me shakily, his voice filled with
fear that I didn't blame him for having. Not in the very least.
"I don't know." Was the simple reply I gave after checking for his
Ki again. If he was nearby then he was hiding his energy from me,
and I found that to be rather disappointing. I wanted to kill him
for this. Make him suffer just as much as he made Trunks suffer.
Actually, now that I had checked, I realized that I still couldn't
sense Trunks. Even though he was in my arms at that very moment I
couldn't sense his Ki.
What the hell was going on?
Just as I looked down at him, ready to ask that very question, I
caught sight of the tight glowing gold band on his upper left arm. A Ki band.
My eyes went wide in fury. THAT SON OF A BITCH!!!!' I thought in
a rage as I glared at the thing before ripping it off his arm and
melting it into nothingness with my own Ki. No fucking wonder I
couldn't sense him!! That bastard put him in a Ki band!' Vegeta
would die for this! There was no way in hell I was going to let
that fucker get away with this!!
Trunks sniffled a little, probably feeling the Ki band being
ripped from his arm but not bothering to bring his head up to have a
look at its destruction. He was too busy shaking on my shoulder.
"H-how did you find me?" He asked me weakly. And I had to try and
calm myself just so that none of the wrath I felt towards his father
would make it into my voice.
"Bra came and got me. She said you were here." I replied as
lightly as I could, wrapping my free arm around him again as I
comforted him.
I don't think he knew that he was comforting me as well. Just by being there.
Trunks lifted his head out from the crook of my neck before
turning to look at where his little sister still stood. Watching the
both of us in innocent confusion, her eyes still a little wet from
her crying and sniffling.
From the look on her face at the sight of us, I had to guess that
she didn't even know what she had saved her brother from. She
probably came to me thinking that her father was just being a little
too rough when sparring with him, and wanted some advice or
something. She did say something about a game earlier, and the most
I could put together with that was that Vegeta had tricked her into
telling us all that Trunks wasn't here so that he could stay at Capsule corp.
Fucking bastard.
Trunks held an arm out to her that she gladly took before he
pulled her into tight hug, holding her close while trying to control
his sniffling and tears.
The only thing he was able to say to her in his fragile state was
about a million mumbled thank you's. And I still don't think she
understood what was happening.
I leaning him against me while he held her and kissed his hair. He
was still trying to regain his composure on the shock of being
found, and in truth, so was I. Everything had happened so fast that
I was worried I would be waking up out of a daydream soon just to
find myself back in class grading those papers.
But I was really here, holding and rocking my koi while he held
his little sister. He was finally with me.
"I'm going to find you a senzu bean, Trunks. Then we'll go home."
I whispered into his ear. And he was just fighting back his sobs at
my words. He must have been looking forward to this for a long time.
I went to help him get to his feet with me, but a voice stopped me
before I could even try.
"Well, isn't this a scene to make you sick?"
We all whipped our heads up to see Vegeta storming on down the
hall towards us. Trunks' breath hitched at the sight of him as he
clung to me tighter in fear. Bra simply clung to her brother, still
not knowing what was going on and becoming increasingly afraid by it.
Me? I was seeing red as he approached, holding my koi close
possessively to reassure him that I would be here for him this time.
All the rage and sorrow I had felt over the past three months of
being without Trunks coming back at me with a fury, and there was
only one person I could take it out on.
Vegeta was going to pay dearly for what he did, starting now!
To Be Continued..................
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