Queen Luana: Tadaaaah! I'm back, chapter three coming up. And believe me people, there's a big surprise ahead of you!
Gohan: May I ask, those who haven't read 'The ring', aslo written by Queen Luana, yet, should do it now! NOW!
Queen Luana: Don't continue reading! First read 'The ring' and THEN this chapter. And review if you'd like. It doesn't have to be much, just quite simply: that was good. But no flames!
Gohan: We hate flames.
Queen Luana: You said it! high five
Vegeta: Now, I watched The Ring, The Grudge, The Sixth Sense, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Exorcist and several other horros, without breaking a sweat, but THIS is freaking me out!
(This might be tear jerking. To me it was, but hey, I was the girl crying at A.I. fifteen minutes before it ended!)
Chapter III
Goodbye
"Trunks, get your coat, we're going to Chi-Chi! I want an explanation for suddenly hanging up on me!" Bulma cried. It had been the third time that day she had tried to contact Chi-Chi, after Chi-Chi had once again hung up on her after her conversation with Trunks. Trunks sighed and pulled on his globes and coat. He was pretty glad they were going to visit Chi-Chi again but for such a stupid reason. He did want to tell Gohan and Luana about how he had talked to the woman, Kami, he even wanted to go chat with the little girls!
His mother was as grumpy as his father in the morning, all the way to Chi-Chi's house. What if she simply didn't want to talk to her? When arriving at the house Bulma rang the doorbell for about half a minute. "Chi-Chi! It's me!" Trunks rolled his eyes and headed for the lake.
When he arrived there, he saw the little girls Sissy and Cathy swimming again. He waved and when they spotted him they waved back. Trunks smiled and enjoyed the warm sun. "Boy, someone's in a good mood today!" He greeted Luana witha big hug. "Hi, Luana. Hi, Gohan." They both looked at each other not comprehending. "Hey, something we should know?" Gohan asked. "I did as you told me," Trunks said proudly. "I asked the woman to leave and she did. I asked her friendly, though." Luana smiled and rubbed his head making his hair sticking out everywhere. "That's great!" "You know, mum has been strikingly more cheerful as well," Gohan said looking back at the house. "This morning I think I even heard her sing." Trunks raised an eyebrow. "Well, you wouldn't expect her to be sad forever, right?" Luana said smiling. "I bet my dad's doing better as well by now." Trunks turned slightly pale, the grin slid from his face. Luana and Gohan didn't see only shared a short kiss. Trunk's hands started trembling. The phone, happy... In the distance he could hear his mother cursing. "No..." He pulled at Gohan's pants who broke up their kiss. "Hey, what's up?" "The tape you told me about! What happened to it?" "I destroyed it," Luana said. "When?" Trunks cried panick consuming his voice. "Right before I died," she said. "Trunks what's the matter?" He stared at the house then at both Gohan and Luana. He swallowed then said: "Chi-Chi's dead."
Their eyes widened. "What?" "She watched the tape and... she died yesterday..." Trunks explained. "Right after we left..." His eyes started to burn and Gohan shook his head. "Trunks, she can't be dead, alright? We can still see her. It's not normal." He looked at Luana. "I mean, if she were dead, why would we still be able to see her?" Luana nodded in agreement. "Because you wanna see her." They both looked down at him in confusion. "What?" "The dead only see what they want to see. That's why you can't see Goku. Because you know you can't. You know he's dead." Gohan started shaking and Luana covered her mouth with her hand. "You can still see each other because you can't, well, go on without," Trunks explained. "That's why you can still see Chi-Chi. You want to see her." A tear rolled down Gohan's cheek. From his house, they could all hear a scream. Trunks lowered his head. "I'm sorry." "God..." Gohan mumbled and Luana wrapped her arms around him, hushing. Trunks saw his mother approaching him, he could already see the tears rolling down her face. When she reached him she crouched, whiping away her tears. "It's okay, baby," she whispered and pulled him against her. "It's alright..." Luana was looking at him. "Trunks, it's best if you find somebody else to talk with." Trunks eyes teared up and Luana smiled shaking her head. "It will be better if you talked to the ones who will always be with you. It'll only be a matter of time before we leave for good." She leaned over and watched his mother sobbing. She then smiled and stroke a few hairs away from his face. "She's really proud of you. I can tell she is. And so is your father." She smiled sadly and tears ran down her face. "You might not realise it..." she said almust unable to speak because of all her tears. "But they are your parents. You can talk to them. You still have them. You can hold them, kiss them, play games with them, sometimes you can even tease them a bit. They are real." Bulma was not aware that her son's tears were not because of Chi-Chi. Little did she realise he was saying goodbye to someone that was moste probably one of the best friends he'll ever have. "And they'll always love you." Trunks clenched his fists and cried loudly. Gohan joined her and laid his hand on Trunks' head. "So will we. We'll never forget you." "I wanna go home, mummy!" Trunks cried. Bulma nodded and stood up. "Goodbye," he whispered to them. They smiled and muttered goodbye as well. Trunks only blinked and then they were gone for good.
Gohan: Oh... my... god...
Queen Luana: sobs
Bulma: stares into nothingness
Vegeta: Get a life.
He sat down again observing him. Trunks just kept crying. "You uh, wanna watch tv?" Vegeta tried. Trunks quite simply shook his head. Vegeta patted him on the back. "Okay, kid, you oughta help me out here." "You mi-ight ask 'what's the matter?" Trunks proposed. "Okay, what's up?"
