I Can't Call You Father
Disclaimers: Same as before…with one exception; I don't own "Nobody's Home" By Avril Lavigne.
Authors Note: Wow! This fic is starting to live up to its genre! Except for the romance part! I PROMISE I'll get to that in the next few chapters. Anyways…on with the story!
Chapter 9: Nobody's Home
Cali awoke under a Sakura tree in the Satan City Park. She slept there the whole night after her little confrontation with Marron. "So it wasn't a dream…" Cali mused. Oh how she wished it was though. Cali wished that she still had no knowledge of who her father was and how her mother really felt about her. "Guess we can't always get what we wish for…" she whispered.
Trunks' eyes fluttered open as he saw he was in the hospital wing of Capsule Corps. "How the hell did I get here?!?!" he questioned. He smiled wryly when he remembered. "Father…" he said remembering the previous night.
Flashback
"TRUNKS?!" Vegeta barked as he barged into Capsule Corps. Trunks turned around, seeing his father furious. "Dad…what's wr-" he didn't finish; his father had already had his grip around his neck. "Would you care to EXPLAIN how you mated with that half cyborg, half midget!?!?" Vegeta screamed. Trunks gargled, "Well I could IF YOU STOPPED CHOKING ME!"
Vegeta "Puffed" and dropped him. Trunks took a deep breath, rubbing his neck all the while. "WELL?" Vegeta shouted. Trunks glared. "It was the saiyan moon alright! I didn't know!" he yelled. Vegeta slapped him. "You and I BOTH know that you were aware of what was going on. I'm a true saiyan; I know these things! So stop lying." He replied. Trunks looked down on the floor. "I have no idea why I mated with Marron instead of Kyera dad…" he answered. "Because that is where your heart truly lies…" Vegeta said. Trunks shook his head. "NO! That's impossible! I LOVE Kyera!" he shouted. Vegeta glared at him. "Boy, I said to stop lying! You may think you are in love with your human mate, but a saiyan bond is made by the heart. Look what happened to your sister and Kakorott's brat." He grumbled. Trunks growled. "Look you old fruit! Marron and I stopped loving each other the night we broke up! And FYI, she's just as responsible as I am, if not more, for what happened that night!" he yelled.
Vegeta punched him in the gut, sending him to the floor. "You disappoint me Trunks. I've never been too fond of Shorty or his tin-can excuse of a wife; but their daughter did not deserve to be treated like that, regardless of whether you thought you loved her or not. Your daughter is strong and I would have been glad to have trained her if you would have just opened up and reveal the truth to everyone. Sadly though, I never got that chance. So you see Trunks, not only you suffered." He said.
Trunks panted heavily as he slowly got up. "I don't love Marron though! And she doesn't love me!" he shouted. Vegeta chuckled. "You really are caught up in the world you've created." He chided. "I see the way your mate looks at you, and don't deny your feelings. It can destroy the bond." Vegeta continued. "Yeah well, none of us really wanted it in the first place." Trunks mumbled. "When a bond is rejected, both of the mates will die slowly, but painfully. And since you feel that way, Marron's demise might not be too far off." Vegeta replied. Trunks gritted his teeth. "What do you know about my Lovelife huh? I never saw you open your mouth before to tell the world about it!" he yelled. "It's not my life to tell." Vegeta answered. "Exactly; so stay out of this father! I don't need this right now!" Trunks screamed.
"HOW THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR MATE FELT?!" Vegeta bellowed elbowing Trunks in the back. Trunks groaned in pain. "When it comes to saiyan tradition, I can make sure things go straight, regardless of who's life it is. I won't let you hurt your offspring and her mother any longer. It's time to take responsibility for your actions like a true saiyan Trunks!" Vegeta said in a very fatherly tone. "Go to hell…" Trunks whispered. Vegeta growled and kicked him into the wall. Leaving Trunks unconscious for several hours…
End Flashback
Trunks glared as he ended the memory. "That old idiot has no idea what he's talking about! I don't love Marron! Even if I still wanted too…I love Kyera…or…at least…I think I do…maybe I might have feelings for Marron as well…"
Cali looked at her watch. 8:25. Cali's eyes grew big. "8:25!!!" She yelled realizing it was a Monday. Not only did school start in 5 minutes, but she had a huge test in geometry! Cali panicked and flew off in a nanosecond.
Cali entered her high school, Green Star High. ((I know it's really Orange star high, but in the manga that MJA wrote, it was changed to several colors over the years)) She rushed in her geometry class slamming the door shut. Cali sighed a breath of relief, until she noticed the eyes of about 40 pupils staring at her, not to mention her excuse of a teacher Mr. Miyazaki. "Ahem…" Mr. Miyazaki stated upon her arrival. "Sorry Mr. M…I overslept." Cali muttered. "Hmm, whatever you say Miss Krillian. Take your seat now. I have to go out of the room for 10 minutes. If I find out any of you little monsters cheats, there will be HELL to pay!" he threatened. Oh yeah…this guy has a gift for teaching.
Taking her seat, Cali wrote her name on the top. She looked up to see everyone still staring at her. "Alright already! So I was late! What's the big deal?!" she snapped. "Like you don't know…" Daphne said harshly. Cali looked shocked at Daphne's tone. She never said an intentional mean thing to Cali in her whole life! TJ sighed. "Um Cali…you should see this…" he stated handing her a newspaper. Cali snatched it away from him in horror as she saw the front-page. "TRUNKS BRIEFS OTHER CHILD" it read on the headline. Three full pages were filled up with the story. Each of them telling the "so-called" story. "He's been believed to have had intentional sex with Miss Marron Krillian, one of his employees and ex-girlfriend." "Krillian has been suggested as being a prostitute." "Cali Krillian made the finals in the Tenchi Boudaki, but left suddenly as she transformed into some glowing creature. More information will be available about how she was able to do that later…"
I couldn't tell you why she felt that way,
She felt it everyday.
And I couldn't help her,
I just watched her make the same mistakes again.
Tears spilled out of Cali's eyes like crazy. "How the hell did they get this…this horrible excuse of the truth?!?!?" She screamed slamming the paper down on her desk. The class remained silent, except for a certain orange haired Bit--- heh, you know what I mean! "Well at least we know about your slut mother! My goodness! Who knows what other rich men she's been screwing?" France stated with a cruel smile. Cali's eyes turned to fire as her whole body started to glow. "TAKE THAT BACK!" she screamed grabbing France by the caller. France smirked. "So it is true!" she exclaimed. "NO! IT'S A LIE! MY MOTHER IS NEITHER A PROSTITUE NOR A SLUT!" Cali shouted. France brushed off Cali's hand. "Sure…deny it if you wish. It still won't convince the millions of people who read this!" she chided.
What's wrong, what's wrong now?
Too many, too many problems.
Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.
Cali's eyes grew hot with tears. She turned to see her classmates roll their eyes, and her friends give her sympathetic looks. She didn't want sympathy though, she wanted to go home. But Cali knew she couldn't go home. She was still angry at her mother and not to mention her mother was at work. Nobody's home...
"Cali…" TJ whispered approaching her. Cali smacked his arm away from him and ran out of the door. She sprinted down the hallway and turned into the Janitor's closet. Locking the door, she let out enough tears to start a river.
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
Marron entered Capsule Corps, (oblivious to the newspapers today), with everyone staring and whispering about her. Arching an eyebrow at their peculiar behavior, Marron asked, "What?" Her employee's laughed at her question. Marron shook her head and approached her desk. She was still bent out of shape from last night and didn't need this right now. Marron almost didn't even come today but she needed the money. Once Marron reached her office, she stopped in horror. All over the room were newspaper sheets about Trunks, Cali, and herself. Falling to her knees, Marron flipped through the pages in a panic. Looking up at the TV in her room, she even saw on Channel 8 news that she was on it.
Open your eyes and look outside, find a reason why.
You've been rejected, and now you can't find what you left behind.
Marron dialed Trunks' office. She had to stop this. But in order to do that, she had to get as far away from Trunks as possible.
Despite his injury, Trunks was still able to go to work. He had been trying to avoid the media all day. Whoever left this "tip" was gonna pay. His phone rang, and he realized it was Marron calling from her office. "Marron…" he whispered answering the phone.
Be strong, be strong now.
Too many, too many problems.
Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.
"I quit…"
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
Cali had run out of school to avoid further contact with students and walked down the streets of Satan City. Now the whole world knew her story! Or at least half of her story…
In downtown Satan City, there was a big TV screen with none other than Channel 8 news on it. Cali stopped and stared. "No…this can't be happening…" she thought in horror. More tears ran down Cali's wet stained cheeks. "This isn't fair…" she thought. "WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS!?!?" Cali screamed slamming her fists into the concrete. This, of course, cause attention to the crowd around her. "Hey! Isn't that the chick from the tournament?" "Yeah! She's all over the news!" "Yep, that's Trunks Briefs' other daughter…"
Her feelings she hides.
Her dreams she can't find.
She's losing her mind.
She's fallen behind.
She can't find her place.
She's losing her faith.
She's fallen from grace.
She's all over the place.
Yeah…oh
The world was spinning to fast for Cali. She could barely see a foot in front of her. Thunder and lightning filled the sky. Soon enough, the rain fell down hard. Cali was getting soaked. Shaking her head, Cali ran away yet again. Running nowhere, running anywhere. She only knew one place she could go to…
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
Pan hung up the phone after Bra had called her about the news. "Oh Cali…" she whispered. Pan shivered as she heard another thunderbolt strike. Pan was usually fearless, but thunder had always managed to scare her. But it wasn't a thunderbolt, it was the door. Pan rushed to open the door. When she did open it, she saw Cali, drenched and broken and a wreck. Before Pan could open her mouth, Cali flung her arms around her and let out the most pitiful wail Pan had ever heard…
She's lost inside, lost inside...oh oh yeah
She's lost inside, lost inside...oh oh yeah
Sniff, so sad! Oooo, France WILL PAY! Lol, I love making characters I can hate! Anyways, stay tuned for the next chapter.
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