Thanks for the reviews, glad you like!
Oh, and before I go into the story I thought I would briefly explain a little about the English educational system simply because I don't know much of the American/Japanese/ Chinese & since DBZ is set in an entirely different earth so none of these countries exist, I'm just gonna find it easier to use the English instead of looking up something that could be wrong.
In England you take your GCSE examinations at 16 and then after that you get to choose what you do. You can continue at school (sixth form), go to college or get a job. That's a choice I've recently had to make. So just so that I don't confuse people who do it differently, this is what Trunks and Goten had to do (Trunks going college & Goten sixth form).
And if any one wants to set me straight on the way DBZ people do this, don't bother. This will fit in better with certain things. Anyway, lets get back to the story.
Chapter 41: dreamer.
It was 10 years later. Trunks was 18 and Goten had just turned 17. Both were in different schools and in different social groups but they were still friends.
Trunks was in his second year of college. Of course Bulma had gotten him into one of the best colleges, and one Capsule. Corp had dedicated an entire science department to. Of course everyone knew who he was there so he was almost famous, something he wasn't pleased with. He was almost a loner, something having Vegeta as a father would do to you.
Vegeta would always make him train instead of going out and hanging with friends and eventually he just turned into a loner of sorts, not really caring if he got social interactions but was fine if he got some. But he did have some friends; they just didn't expect to see him outside of school very often, although he had recently gotten into the habit of skipping training sessions. Well he had been training hard and doing schoolwork for the past 10 years, it was about time he had a break.
Trunks was currently outside the science building and sitting against a tree when a shadow washed over him.
"Hey man. I'm not late, am I?"
Trunks looked up to see Goten looking down at him. Goten was going to 'hang out' with Trunks for the evening & said he'd swing by the college to pick him up. Lucky Goten had gotten an inset day so he could.
"Hey, you're right on time. And you're still getting out of hair cuts I see." Trunks said as he got up. Goten smirked. With the distance between West and Satan city, as well as school, the two couldn't see each other very often, sometimes only on weekends. That is if their fathers hadn't gone training nuts.
"Yea, and mum's still trying to get me to cut it. She nearly had me yesterday." Goten replied as they started walking to the car. He was actually in a competition with some of his friends to see who could go with out cutting their hair the longest.
"You know she'll get you eventually." Trunks said as they got to the car.
"Hey, I've gone this far without getting a pan to the head, I bet I can go another month." Was Goten's reply that made Trunks roll his eyes.
Goten ignored the eye rolling and looked round.
"Hey, I never realised how popular you are with the ladies. That group over there is checking you out." Goten observed and smiled.
"Really?" Trunks asked, not really bothered. He just got into the car.
"Yea, why don't you go talk to them?" the younger demi asked.
"Nah, they're not my type." Trunks said with a quick glance.
"What, beautiful isn't your type?"
"That's not what I mean."
"Oh, so what is? Golden eyed girls who can blow things up?" Goten joked. Trunks frowned.
After Zara had left things had been different. He had moped around the house doing nothing. He had blamed himself for her being dragged away simply because he wasn't able to break free of the lizard man or even sense that he was there. He had been mad at himself until his parents talked some sense into him.
"Shut up Goten."
Later that night, Trunks was getting ready for bed. It was still early but if he didn't wake up early enough then he wouldn't be able to avoid his dad and get to Goten's house.
Soon he was fast asleep and dreaming.
He found himself on what could only be described as docks. Only this wasn't for boats. It reminded him of a harbour but the platforms widened out into large circles that had some type of space craft on them. He looked behind him and all he could see was dark alleys that weaved in and out of square huts. It was night.
Trunks started walking down the line of hut like-warehouses and looked around. Eventually he stopped when he heard a some-what familiar voice.
"Why don't you go for it?"
"Because I know what'll happen."
Trunks froze when he heard the second voice. He knew it even if it did sound older.
He looked around then spotted two figures on a platform that was up against a ship. They seemed to be making repairs while a few people worked on other parts or watched them.
The two he was interested in were both female. One had short, golden hair the framed her face as well as blue skin and the other had long, sandy-brown hair that was up in a high ponytail and ended at the bottom of her back. He couldn't see their faces but he knew the brown haired girl would have golden eyes.
"I'm surprised you care. I wouldn't." the blue girl said.
"That's because you never had reason to. Look, I just can't ok? Not when I know what'll happen. Besides, what if it turns out that we don't have anything in common or he isn't my type after all? Then what?"
"Why would that matter?" the blue girl asked and the other girl looked at her.
"It just does ok. I guess I shouldn't expect you to understand…" she sighed and turned to lean against the ship. Trunks could just make out the golden eyes that shone in the gloom.
"Why wouldn't I understand? I would have thought I was an expert by now." The blue women said, slightly upset. The other girl laughed.
"Oh yea, but not in what I'm talking about. You've never had a relationship. You just did your thing then robbed the guy blind. That's not meaningful to me." The other said and she closed her eyes. The second frowned and quickly seemed to glow and become an exact duplicate of her friend. She then did an impression of the other girl, much like a child would do of their parents when annoyed. The second girl looked over at the other with an eyebrow raised but the other had already turned back to blue.
Trunks almost laughed but then jumped when the blue girl cried out.
"Hey Zar-zar, look who it is."
The brown haired girl was looking right at Trunks. The demi-saiyan looked behind him to check it was him who she was looking at and jumped as a man walked through him. Trunks blinked in surprise then turned to stare at him.
He was well tanned with a reddish tint in his skin. He had red hair in spikes that flopped over each other and curled round slightly. He had elf-like ears and a handsome face. And he was staring at the brown haired girl. The brown haired girl hesitated and her friend nudged her forward, transforming into a double of the other again.
"Go, I'll cover for you." she said. Her friend hesitated again then grinned and gracefully jumped down to the floor then ran to the guy.
"Nabu…" she said and the guy grinned.
"Zara…" he replied and led her into the village.
The next part was more of a blur to Trunks. He followed Zara and Nabu into the village and watched them. He couldn't hear them even though he was right next to them but he could see what was happening. He was flirting and she was laughing. They were enjoying themselves, laughing at each other's jokes and talking.
Soon they stopped in front of one of the huts and the guy invited Zara inside.
Trunks frowned as he watched them enter and went to a window where he could see them. He could just make out what they were doing but it was more of a blur. He couldn't focus on them. In stead he had to look up. Up to where a green lizard man with black hair in a crew cut was sticking to the wall and was looking in through the window. It was Talius. The lizard watched for several minutes then ran off.
Trunks frowned and suddenly found himself in a burning village. The square huts were burning down and there were screams all over the place. Trunks looked up just in time to see Zara running towards him, looking round franticly and calling 'Nabu'.
Trunks watched her as she ran through him and yelled the name again then froze. Trunks looked at where she was looking.
They must have been where the village square once was. There was a fountain in the middle of it and hunched over it was a blonde man in a black cloak. It was Tank. And on the side of the fountain, an arm was visible.
"Daddy…" Zara whispered and walked forward. Tank didn't do anything and stepped aside. Zara dropped to her knees at the sight of the man on the fountain. It was Nabu and he was missing part of his chest. He was dead.
"Why?" Zara whispered.
"You disobeyed me. I told you to stay by the ship. So I wanted you to see this." He said and raised his palm. A moment later the body had been vaporised. Zara watched in horror and started shaking. Tank watched his daughter and bent down to whisper in her ear.
"You know who's fault this is." And with that he started to walk away. Zara continued to look forward then growled.
"Yea, yours." She said. Tank stopped and slowly looked round.
"What-?" he started but her fist made him stop. She came round with a blow for the gut but Trunks couldn't see it. Everything was getting darker. He couldn't see clearly Tank grabbing her arm then pushing her back. He could just make out Zara powering up and screaming and then there was a blinding light.
Trunks woke up in a cold sweat, panting.
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A/N: ok, that's another chapter done. Trunks has had a very realistic dream but what does it mean? And what happened after the blinding light? And why did Tank destroy the village? These are just three more questions you'll have to wait to find the answers to.