Chapter Eight: Gohan's Dream
"Don't be ridiculous Trunks; I don't have a thing for your sister!" Gohan insisted.
"Whatever Dude," Trunks sighed. "So, tell me about this dream you had let's see if we can figure out what exactly it means."
"I don't remember a lot of it, but what I do remember is just seeing Gabe. Her hair is down and it's blowing in the breeze, and it looks like she's crying but it's like I'm too far away to actually tell." Gohan explained.
"What is she wearing?" Trunks asked. This all sounded vaguely familiar to him, and if he was right, nothing good would come from this dream.
"Umm, I think it's a white Greek style dress, over one shoulder…she's got a pink flower in her hair and a tattoo on the back of her shoulder that says Fallen Angel…I don't think she's on Earth though."
Trunks closed his eyes and his head dropped. He knew what this was alright and there wasn't anything good about it, and there wasn't anything he could do about it either. He'd be back in the future by the time it happened. "It's a look into the future Gohan. It means someone is coming to kidnap Gabe. Probably someone from Takuya's army. No one can stop it from happening, not even you, my advice to you; don't let yourself get attached to my sister. She'll live through it if you don't. I don't know what will happen to her if you let her get to your heart though. I like having two sisters in the future, so don't let her die if you do get to close to her." Trunks warned leaving the room.
Both Gohan and Trunks were disturbed by Gohan's dream. It concerned Gohan that he couldn't stop this from happening. He never left a friend behind before; he never let anything bad happen to his friends if he could help it before. "Hey Trunks wait, there has to be something that we can do to stop this from happening. Does Vegeta know about this?" He called following his friend.
"Gohan, it's not like I want this to happen, but I am not supposed to change the past unless I absolutely have to in order to save the world. I don't want to mess up Gabe's life in the future, she's happy, and so are you!" Trunks snapped turning around to face Gohan. "I'm sorry, but a lot of bad things happen to everyone with their new future, but everyone's alive and everyone's happy together. This dream of yours, it means a lot of different things for you and Gabe. It's up to you to keep her safe though, because once she leaves Earth… well, things aren't so good for everyone…" Trunks walked away from Gohan then.
Gohan wanted to say something, ask more questions, but he knew that Trunks wouldn't answer them. He had already changed the future enough with what he had said. And Gohan was now torn between doing what was right for everyone, and what he wanted to do for his heart. Gohan almost wondered if Videl was really what he wanted in a girlfriend, but pushed the thought away because he cared for her, and he didn't want to hurt her.
Gabe sat in her room against the door listening to the altercation between Trunks and Gohan going on in the hall way. She wondered what they had been talking about to make Trunks so upset about the whole situation. It flabbergasted her that something about her could affect her brother like that.
She let out a sigh of despair and walked to her bed, pulling the shoe box of items out that she had brought with her from home. Included in this box was a picture of her and Vegeta before he left a picture of her and Racey at her last tournament, a journal she had started on her journey, and the necklace her father had bought for her when she was only a baby. She missed her home, but never wanted to go back. There were too many bad memories back there for her.
After a few moments she decided to put the pictures on the mirror of her Armoire and put the journal on her dresser. Satisfied with the new look of her room, she moved out to her balcony to meditate and prepare for her next training session.
'Gabriella…Gabriella…I will find you…and when I do…' These are the words that Gabe heard during her meditation. Gabe snapped out of her meditation realizing that she had actually fallen asleep.
"Just a dream…" She whispered. She stood up and looked out over the balcony. She saw Gohan and Trunks sparring. She had to admit, she was impressed with Gohan's strength and his skills. She watched her secret crush spar against her little brother for a bit longer. 'To be happy like he seems to be with Videl is only something a Princess can dream about…' She thought as her mind drifted toward thoughts of herself and Gohan together as a happy couple. 'The only way to deal with this is to win the tournament. I can't love some one I can easily beat…'
Her heart dropped as she thought that. She had never known a feeling like this. She was sad, and jealous of Videl, something she never thought would happen in her lifetime. She wanted to be in love for the first time, and she wanted to be in love with Gohan, he was the one who could understand her… "Hey Gabe! Come down here, we're leaving to go to Gohan's house!" Trunks called when he saw his sister standing on her balcony.
"Right, I'll be there in a second!" She called back down to them. "Great, now he knows I was watching him." She muttered feeling herself blush a furious scarlet. For the first time in her life, she checked her appearance in the mirror before she went down to meet her family and Gohan to leave for Gohan's house.
"Took you long enough, what were you doing?" Trunks teased.
"None of your business you evil child." Gabe snapped punching her brother.
"That hurt! What did you do that for?" Trunks demanded.
"I'm sure you deserved it for some reason or another." Gabe laughed.
