So many people are reading this, I'm so happy. It's update time again, you can see...and this chapter has arrived. The great and horrifying plot twist is upon us, and all you can do is guess what it could be, or read on ahead.

But first, thanks to my reviewers:

Candy the Duck - Well, Trunks did understand, in his own little way, shown by what he and Gohan did... but just read ahead and it will (hopefully) make sense.

animeprincess1452 - Yeah, I got reviewers, finally... And the big plot twist is so close you can almost feel it, ne? Suspense is over, for now, for here is the next chapter.

KitsuneAkai13 - Didn't see it coming eh? Well, I love writing shota, so I decided to stick some good stuff in here because it's good. Take that you censors... I'm not going to say what the twist is, you will just have to see for yourself. Oh, and don't blame poor Gohan for loving Trunks, he can't help it!

GOTEN2003UK - It's good to see your name here again. I am glad you like this one so much, because I am putting a lot of effort into it. I guess it's a shame that doesn't have what you want, but it's good that you are nice enough to still tell me what you think of the story.

Electra Black - Yep, now Trunks and Goten are together...or are they...? The infamous (or soon to be infamous) plot twist will reveal all.

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Chapter 3: A Turn for The Worse

My mind just can't comprehend what is happening; my mind is just spinning with the ecstasy of the moment and I know nothing but bliss. Feeling your small body cuddling up to my own makes me shiver with arousal and the thought that, after what we just did, we will be together forever makes my heart melt away.

It's just wonderful.

Trunks, you are mine at last, and I am never going to let go of you for as long as I live.

It didn't take me long to fall asleep, listening to the soft snores emanating from you, reminding me of that night so long ago when your mother almost died and I had to watch over you. Except it's so much different this time; instead of merely watching you sleep and wishing I could hold you, I actually am.

You are in my arms, Trunks, you really are. I never thought this could happen, because I thought you wouldn't understand my feelings for you. But I guess you did, you showed me that you did and then I returned the pleasure you gave to me. After that moment, we just held each other, in peace, and enjoyed the warmth, and the love that we share. It's almost unreal; it seems like just a mindless fantasy that is nowhere but in my confused and shattered mind, but I can feel you, so I know it's real.

As you sleep in my arms, feeling the drowsiness overcoming me, I can still think a little longer about this. I don't know what my parents will say, or what your parents will say, but none of that matters because I don't care. I love you, Trunks, and I promise whatever happens I will be there with you until the very end, whenever that may come. Even if we are shunned from our families for our love, I will still stay with you, because you mean so much to me. I love you so much...

I close my eyes, waiting for sleep to befall me so I can wake up with you in the morning, listening to the calls of the morning birds and seeing the glow of the sun shining through the window. Above all, waking up to feel you so close to me, so close it's almost as if we are connected - our bodies linked as one - just as it should be. Our pleasure brought us this close; through our climaxes we were bonded, and nothing in this world can separate us now. A bond like this just isn't something that can go away, a Saiya-jin bond between lovers is the most powerful bond in the universe. I guess you might have a similar bond with my little brother, but what we share is so much more than that. I can tell it's different with us, it's something more than just some childish sexual experimentation between friends, like what you have with Goten, this is true love.

I can still faintly hear the pattering of the rain on the window. I never liked the rain that much, it just got things wet and cold and uncomfortable, but you always loved the rain. I have lost count of how many times you have run out into the rain, coming back soaking wet and shivering, on the verge of catching pneumonia. But all that mattered was the huge smile on your face, the smile that captivated mey soul from the very beginning. I never quite understood your fascination with the rain, and it remained one of the only likes that we did not share. It's not that way now, because after tonight I love the rain. It still gets things wet and cold and stuff, but above all, the rain, and all the thunder and lightning that came with it tonight did the most important thing in my life.

It brought us together.

All it took was a little rain to stir the boyish fears in your heart and you came to me, seeking only to calm yourself and be close to someone you knew could protect you. I did my best, and together at last, alone at last, we gave in to our desires, all doubt and uncertainty cast away, to give each other all that pleasure. It was all I ever wanted, and now I can see it was all you ever wanted.

Trunks, I love you so much, and everything is going to be okay now that you love me too. We are going to be together forever.

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A sudden crack of thunder shocks me awake, and my drowsy state lifts a bit as I notice with a start that you are no longer in my arms. I reach around to find your little body somwhere in my bed, and my fingers run across something soft. I gather it up in my arms, and suddenly realize that it's not you, but a pillow.

What's going on? I think Where are you, Trunks?

I open my eyes completely, my Saiya-jin vision sharpening almost immediately, bringing the entire pitch-black room into view in seconds. My eyes see plainly what is there, but my mind takes a few seconds to figure out what is going on.

I'm still at home.

I sit bolt upright in my bed, my own bed, and not the one in your house. It comes to me in a flash the painful realization that everything we just did, all that pleasure that you gave me and that which I gave to you never happened. It was all just some disturbed dream that my subconscious made for me in my sleep.

It was only a dream.

That thought crushes my soul, and I collapse back into my bed shortly before more thunder shakes the window and a flash of lightning casts a glow on the room momentarily before fading away.

At least the rain is real, I think to myself.

But is abruptly occurs to me that there is no sound of rainfall at the moment. I heard thunder though, and saw lightning, so there must be rain too.

But it isn't what I think.

Finally becoming fully awake, I realize that the thunder is the sound of explosions, and the flashes of light are not lightning but Ki blasts. My awareness sharpens as I take in the situation, getting into my Gi in seconds and preparing to fight whatever that is out there. I close my eyes for a split second to feel for Ki, and I immediately I sense my little brother, energy level elevated to indicate that he is already a super Saiya-jin, and the slightly higher energy signature from you. I don't understand why you two are fighting alone, but realizing that every second counts in a fight, I streak out the window.

The cool air of the night blows past my face as I take to the air, headed toward Capsule Corporation to see what the matter is. It can't be anything too bad, after all, you and my little brother seem to be handling it well by yourselves. I can't even feel the energy signature from whatever it is you are fighting, so it must be terribly weak; nothing to worry about. As I near the city, I slow down, realizing that it isn't too important now, and I can even feel the energy of my brother diminish, probably because he's way too powerful to give your opponant a chance so he's powering down a little. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if you are toying with him right now, after all, there is most likely nothing in the universe that you aren't poweful to destory completely, and anything else I can surely rout.

Something's wrong though, Goten's power level has dipped enough so that he's no longer a super Saiya-jin, but it's still not stopping. At that precise moment, it hits me that something is horribly wrong, and as I fly through a large explosion, a Ki shield raised to protect myself, I can see Capsule Corp. in ruins.

Before I can gather my thoughts, both your Ki and Goten's drop more, below the point where I can easily feel it, and then I run face-to-face with a strage alien creature who bats me aside.

He had his energy hidden, I realize.

I hit the ground and recover, completely forgetting about my immensely poweful Mystic form in favor af plain SSJ and fight the monster before I am knocked about like a punch clown and into a pile of debris. The alien shoots a Ki blast and I dodge it, shooting one back only to see my foe disappear and then reappear behind me, throwing a fist into my back. I can feel something break in my body but I turn around to fight more, confronting the alien and getting rammed all the more.

I just don't understand. I should be more than powerful enough to destroy anything that comes my way, after all, I am the most powerful being alive. But it comes to me suddenly that it isn't true anymore; I have been neglecting my training and have gotten weaker. I doubt if I could even go Mystic now if I wanted too, and that thought is soon blasted from my thoughts by the alien's blows. I can't sustain the transformation, and my yellow Ki fades as I continue to get pummeled, hitting the ground hard only to be pinned down. My vison begins to fade, and I realize that if I don't fight back I am going to die. I try to tap into my anger. I try to fight with my emotions like I have done against Frieza and Cell, but it's been so long, and I can't do it.

I...can't die, I think weakly, Trunks...little bro...where are you two?

Just when I think it's all over, a flash of light blasts the alien off of me, and I can barely discern a figure with golden hair and Ki fighting the monster before I lose consciousness.

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I wake up.

My body hurts.

It actually is raining now, and as I stand up, I feel it pattering onto me, my Gi becoming soaked in seconds, and I feel hurt all over. The alien is gone, as well as whoever saved me, and I don't know what has happened since I have been knocked out.

I look around; it's so quiet save for the steady sound of the rain.

Walking in a direction in the still smoldering debris of what used to be your house, a direction that I have no reason to go in save for the tugging at my heart that compels me to do so, I suddenly see a small body on the ground.

Goten?

I recognize his Gi in seconds, almost matching that of my father's, only with long sleeves that he likes better. I don't know where you are, but I don't think about that right now, or at least I try not to, as I run up to check my little brother.

I go down on my knees, cradling his little body in my arms, trying in vain to see any signs of life but finding none at all. It can't be. He's dead.

What are you going to say, Trunks? I could have saved your best friend, but I let him die, and the thought of how hurt you will be brings tears to my eyes. I try to believe I am crying because Goten is dead, because his blood is running over my arms in the rain as his eyes stare blankly upward, but I can only cry because you will be so heartbroken.

It is my fault, all my fault, that I couldn't kill the alien soon enough to save Goten's life. I try to think about something else, and in an instant my thoughts turn to you, and I look back up. I set my little brother's body down, suddenly concerned about you and I can see something in the distance. Quickly running over to see how you are, I wonder what to expect, knowing that Fate would not, could not, do this to me again.

I slow down, my eyes transfixed.

Trunks?

No.

Trunks?!

The sound tears through the air as I scream your name in horror at what I see.

"TRUNKS!!!"

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