Last time on Hidden Bars:
Sometimes the memories were too much and when he wanted to cry or scream he bite his tongue and never showed it. This left him in a trance like state; trying to focus himself to not show any weak emotion, but the memory would still be dancing in his head.
AJ would shake him when this happened, "… Gohan?" She'd whisper each time.
***
"Your mom?" She asked, leaning forward, "That's the first time I've ever heard you mention a family."
Gohan didn't answer, that was the first time he ever remembered anything about his past.
And that is when the dreams started.
***
Yet, sometimes he was able to look away from the paper work and see whose hands were truly on his shoulders. He couldn't make out anything but her tightly binned hair and her dark brown eyes. Those eyes were firm and strong, but they also had a softness that only he could make out.
It was only a dream though, he knew that but it was still nice to dream up something that was familiar to him, only if it was for a second.
Hidden Bars
Dance
-Son Akito
The wing blew past her, strains of her hair floating around her as she breathed in deeply.
Finally, she was alone.
She knew when sneaking out off on her own she could possibly get Hasuko and Gohan ins a lot of trouble, but she had to risk it. I'm 16 years old, she often thought to herself, can't I just be by myself for a while?
She loved to be alone. It was the one time she didn't have to pretend she knew what she was doing.
AJ sighed deeply—She has no idea what the hell she was doing.
***
Gohan's eyes hot wide open, sitting straight up from his bed.
The dream… And this time he wasn't able to see the woman he called "mom." Instead… Instead he wasn't able to wake up quick enough. Tomack always had his fun with him.
The teenager never was able to get enough sleep. The same dream always woke him up at night, and always around the same time.
Strangely the collar never gave him nightmares or dreams.
And he was scared of them. No matter how many times the same dream presented itself.
Swinging his legs over the side of his bed, Gohan looked over at the time. 0345.
He sensed this Princess out of her room.
The saiyan quickly mastered his skills that were locked away by the collar-sensing chi, flying, powering up- all these abilities were second nature to him. He knew he could control his ultimate form- the super saiyan- but no was not the time to transform. He hadn't transformed since the day he destroyed the collar.
The guardian stood up and began to put on his clothes. He knew the Princess wasn't far and had no one around her.
What was she doing on her own? Clearly her father would not allow this.
Once he was dressed, Gohan opened his window and floated softly to the ground. She was by the big tree that stood in the middle of the garden.
Gohan started walking towards the tree. As he started getting closer he saw a figure moving around the tree. For some reason the guardian suppressed his chi ever so slightly so the figure would not be able to sense him. He watched as the figure moved gracefully along with the wing, as if it was dancing with it.
Gohan knew by her chi that it was the Princess, yet his eyes still widen when he sat that she was the distance figure.
***
The one thing AJ did in the middle of the night was the one thing no one knew about. She closed her eyes, gave out a long breath, and raised her arms to the sky. She was focusing on her chi, letting it roam free within her body without the need to power up. She could feel her energy moving around inside of her.
Lowering her arms, AJ slowly stepped to her right, swinging her arm in a circler motion until her palms touched the sky. The wing picking up around her, her eyes remained closed as she moved with the wing. It was as if she and it were dancing partners and it had taken her under its wing. She couldn't help but to the feel the wind, feel her chi, feel at peace with herself and the world around her.
She was too engulfed in her peaceful state to notice Gohan watching her.
***
Gohan had never felt this before.
Her power was not as great as his own, but he was able to sense her powerful chi without the need to power up.
It was something so unique, so original that even when his father and him trained in the room of Spirit and Time they never active this state of control. They were able to stay in their warrior form in every day activities but it was nothing like this. Even then they couldn't move in their full power outside of the battlefield like she was able too.
He watched in amazement, not even realizing that he remembered something about his father.
Instead he watched how beautiful she was as she played with the wind. He watched how her hips moved, how her waist swayed, how her hair flew all around her face.
A feeling appeared from within Gohan. He wasn't sure what this feeling was but he couldn't help but to feel… He couldn't describe it, there were no words that could perfectly describe how he felt. A gentle smile formed and a light blush came to his cheeks.
Was this happiness?
For the first time the teenager felt the way he had always hoped he'd feel when the collar was removed from his neck.
The guardian felt a sudden change in the Princess' power level. He knew that she would stop dancing any second. He did the only thing he could think to do and that was to hide. He quickly hid himself behind one of the palace's walls.
***
AJ sighed deeply once again, letting her body return to its natural state. Her power level decreased back to it's normal level, and her muscles relaxed. She could never perform the dance as perfectly as—
She glanced down at her watch; it was almost four o'clock in the morning. She had to quickly make it back to her room before anyone realized she was gone. The last time she left in the middle of the night it caused a world-wide panic, and she only sneak away to the garden.
She surpassed her chi so no one would be able to sense her and quickly snuck back to her room. She knew the guard's schedule down pack, so going back to her room unnoticed was easy.
She made it back inside her room, and undressed herself. She still had a few hours of sleep before Eva would come to wake her.
Jumping back to her bed, she quickly fell asleep. It was such a great night to be alone.
***
Gohan had followed her without being noticed until she walked inside her bedroom. He stood at the edge of the doorway. He thought about telling her how beautiful she looked dancing, but he stopped himself. Clearly she didn't want anyone knowing about this, and he didn't want her to be angry with him for watching her.
Instead he walked away from her door, hoping to one day that she would tell him why she danced alone at night.
