Beauty and the Beast
By Sniffles & Freewater
Disclaimers : Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT's story
line and characters are copyrighted to Akira Toriyama and the
various companies who produced the anime and merchandise. "Beauty
and the Beast" belongs to Mme de Villeneuve (who created the
original story) and to Mme de Richemont (who shortened it to create
the version everybody know nowadays). This work of fanfiction was
produced exclusively for entertainment purpose ; no money exchanged
hands nor was any other kind of material profit made from this.
Category : Romance, Fairy Tale, Disney's Parody, Humour, Sappy,
Alternate-Universe, OOC & Shonen Ai.
Pairing(s) : Gh/MTr
Rating : PG - 13
Spoilers : None that I can think of, unless you've never watched
Dragon Ball or read/watched Beauty and the Beast.
Summary : DBZ version of Beauty and the Beast.
Notes : The first three chapters were written by Sniffles but she
lost interest in the fic. The others chapters are written by
Freewater who kindly took over the fic with Sniffles's approval.
Cast : In the order they appear
Beast played by : Gohan
Gaston played by : Mr. Satan a.k.a Hercule
Lefou played by : Krillin
Belle played by : Mirai Trunks (just because he's cuter and GT
Trunks couldn't make the audition. )
Maurice played by : Vegeta heheheheheh
Phillipe played by : Phillipe
Archive : Ask my permission first.
Feedback : Of course! Comments and criticisms always received with
extreme happiness!!!!
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Chapter Eighteen: I'm Sorry
Up in the West Wing of the castle, in Gohan's vast and trashed
room, it wasn't a pretty picture to be seen by the few who were
actually seeing it. And that's not talking about the usual mess of
broken furniture or shredded pieces of clothing which were scattered
all across the faded blue carpet.
Yamcha, Chi-Chi and Piccolo normally didn't bother even going
anywhere near Gohan's room, but with what Yamcha had just told
them, Chi-Chi and Piccolo forced him to come along to have a chat
with their master.
What he was doing to Trunks was simply barbaric, whether he knew
about the spell or not. Having him locked in that tower with wide
open windows letting the snow and wind inside with nothing to keep
warm with could easily get him sick and possibly cause his death.
And they just had to get him out of there and back down to his warm
room and bed.
But at the moment, they were all currently stunned in the doorway,
unable to fully believe what they were seeing. Yet at the same time,
finding that it did make a lot of sense as to where he disappeared
to all this time.
Gohan hadn't left his room in so long, and by the sight of him,
laying face down and unmoving on his bed amongst his many pillows,
they could tell he was severely depressed. But it was just so unlike
him to lock himself on his room like that and sulk for so long.
Chi-Chi took a brave step forward. They had already made their
presence to him known, but he'd commanded them away without so much
as wanting to listen to whatever it was they had to say, and she
simply would not accept that.
"Master--"
"I said go away!" He yelled, raising his head off the pillow only
just a little so she would hear him properly, but still not turning
to face her.
She ignored the command. "You must let Trunks out now, it's been
too long, he could be getting severely ill." She pleaded, just
praying that he would listen to good sense for a change and do the right thing.
Gohan snorted, his face back to its former spot in his
pillow. "Why should I?" He demanded, turning his head to the side
and facing away from them so they would be able to hear him
properly. "He knows about the spell so he's of no use to me now!" He
roared out angrily. He didn't want them in there with him, telling
him what he should and shouldn't do. They didn't even know why he
was acting the way he was.
He wasn't sulking over the fact that the boy knew his secret, it
was because unless he could become human then there was no way he
could get him to love him back. And he just needed something to take
his anger out on.
Besides, what exactly was the big deal? He was barely in there at all.
Piccolo sighed, shaking his head at Gohan's behavior. They were
all so sure that they were getting closer to one another that spell
or no spell he wouldn't do something as severe as punish Trunks with
the tower in the middle of winter. Didn't he care?
"Gohan, this is madness." He grunted, hoping that he would at
least listen to him if not Chi-Chi and Yamcha. "Whether or not he
knows about the spell on us, what you're doing is dangerous. You
could easily kill him like this." He stated, praying that, that one
simple little statement would get him to see reason to his actions.
Gohan snorted, turning his furry face around to get a look at
them. But only so he could sneer at them. "Just what the fuck are
you talking about?" He demanded sourly. "Of course I don't plan on
leaving him there! Christ it's only been a few hours!"
Yamcha blinked at him in sheer disbelief, as did the tea pot and
clock next to him. How could he be so out of it that he could lose
track of time to that extent?!
"Gohan!" Yamcha yelled in outrage. "It's been nearly three days!"
He cried out.
The reaction was instant. "WHAT?!?!" Gohan roared out in sheer
disbelief, getting to his feet and hastily approaching them in the
doorway. "That's impossible! It couldn't have been that long!"He
screamed at them, as if it were their fault for forgetting that
Trunks was chained up in a freezing cold prisoner's cell without any
food, water or proper means of keeping warm.
After cringing at his rants they all nodded their heads in unison,
but it was Chi-Chi who spoke. "That was two and a half days ago,
master." She said, her eyes wide that he could be so forgetful.
Something like that had never happened to him before, or anyone she
knew for that matter. How could he simply lose track of everything like that?
Gohan wasted no more time on them before leaping over them and
making a dash down the gloomy hallway connecting to his room, on all
fours just to have the extra speed, commanding every servant he
passed (mops, brooms, chairs, etc.) to have Trunks' room ready with
a hot bath, food and extra blankets immediately upon his return.
Seeing the state of shock and anger their master was in, none
asked questions as they dropped what they had been previously doing
to get the job done.
When Gohan finally made it up the tower an eternity later, he
didn't bother getting the keys from their resting spot on the main
pillar before running passed the many cell doors to the one at the
far end. Ramming his claws into the thick wood, he ripped it right
out of its hinges before throwing it away and stepping inside the
ice cold space.
His heart sank at the sight as his soul flooded with guilt. "Oh
God." He breathed in fear, rushing over to where Trunks was still
chained and laying against the wall Shivering almost violently,
unconscious and blue in the face. His quivering breath coming out in steam.
Gohan tore the chains right out of the stone wall, quickly
removing his cloak before wrapping it around him, picking him up and
running out of there like a bat out of hell. Down the spiral stone
steps and out into the next hallway. Running for Trunks' room as
fast as he could.
When he finally did make it there, he was pleased to see that he
servants had done their jobs and fetched the things he'd ordered
from earlier, and were all still scurrying about with towels and
other bath objects they figured he would need.
A large tub had been brought into the room and was filled brim
with steaming hot water and soothing bath bubbles. He didn't care
much for the little soaps that were around, he just wanted to get
him warmed up.
He quickly unwrapped the cloak from the boy in his free arm before
gently placing him into the hot water without even removing his
clothes, not really caring as some of it spilled onto the floor.
He then cupped his large hand over Trunks' nose and mouth before
dunking his head under, for only a split second to get the steaming
liquid over his head before bringing him back up again and removing his hand.
Trunks had stopped shivering, but to Gohan's utter disappointment
he was still rather blue. So he decided to hold him in place and let
him soak. Frowning in concern and gently pushing small lavender
strands of hair clear of his face.
Not taking his eyes off his patient, but still knowing that the
servants were in the room with them, watching in awe as he cared for
him, he snarled. "Leave us." He order gruffly. The last thing he
needed was for them to see him giving his sympathy to his own prisoner.
They all gazed at each other for only a few seconds, wondering
what he needed privacy for before shrugging what they used as their
shoulders and removing themselves from the room. Going back to
whatever it was that they had been doing before being interrupted by
their prince like that.
The light click of the door was what sent Gohan the signal that
everyone had left them in peace. And he was glad for that. He didn't
want anyone else to see the shame or guilt on his face. It was bad
enough that he locked Trunks in that freezing space in a fit of
rage, but then he did the unthinkable and forgot about him. Leaving
him there to die.
And by the condition he was in, it seemed that he wasn't all that
far off from death's door at all.
Gohan sighed, his spirits lifting as he watched the color seep its
way back into Trunks' face before his cheeks had their normal pale
shade of pink back again. And feeling relived that he would be
alright, he lifted his body out of the tub, cradling him with only
one arm while using the other to grab a towel to dry him off with.
"I'm sorry." Was the only sound he found his throat was capable of
making. The lump in it making things hard for him.
So now the easy part was done and over with, now all he had to do
was wait for him to wake up so he could apologize again.
He then walked over to the bed, still cradling Trunks as gently as
he could before laying him down and removing most of his soaked
clothes, trying not to blush at the sight of his gorgeous body as he
did. Perhaps he shouldn't have sent the servants away, they were
much better at dealing with things like this then he was.
When finished, he left only his undergarments before slipping some
silk pajama pants on him, relieved that the embarrassing task was
done and over with. He just couldn't bring himself to remove
anything else.
Once again, Gohan picked him up before moving over to the head of
the bed, pulling back the thick covers, and setting him back down.
But to his surprise, when he went to pull the covers over him, he
noticed that Trunks was clutching onto the fur of his arm, tightly.
He blinked down at him, trying to pull his arm away, but Trunks
made a small noise of protest in his sleep before tugging back and
wrapping both his arms around his one arm and snuggling it.
Gohan bit back a frustrated sigh. "Let go." He said, as if he
could hear him and would do as he said.
He didn't.
Gohan leaned in a little closer. "Let go." He whispered into his
ear, adding some more desperation into his voice, as if that would
do any better.
It didn't.
Gohan promptly rolled his eyes. Trunks was after his body heat or
something, and it seemed that at the moment he wouldn't be getting
away from his iron grip any time soon. Though, in the back of his
mind, Gohan didn't want him to let him go.
Sighing in frustration mixed in with his own confusion over the
situation, he climbed into the bed behind him, curling his body
around him like a cat before settling down, his arm still wrapped
around his body. He could use the sleep anyway, he hadn't realize
how exhausted he'd become over the past few days of doing nothing
but stare wide eyed at his ceiling in his depression over the
unfairness of his odd situation. And sleeping next to the boy would
be quite the added bonus.
Trunks turned himself around in his sleep, wrapping his arms
around his waist and snuggling into the warm fur that was there.
To Be Continued...................
So now you can all see the point to Gohan locking him up. So he can have an excuse to get him in bed! It's a lame excuse, but it was all I could think of.
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