Blue Roses
Bouzi Neo
Chapter Five: Harness
"Hey Kiddo, don't-cha think that it's time for bed?" Bulma ruffled Trunks' hair. Again?
"But Mom..." He protested.
She chuckled, "Gohan will still be here tomorrow, Son."
'Déjà vu?'
He watched as the scene happened again... Trunks trudging out. Everything
But no, it was not déjà vu, because after Trunks left, Bulma stood up, "I have things to check up on in the lab. Keep an old lady company, would ya?"
Gohan blinked. He saw no old woman. He saw a blue rose in from of him, tired and proud, "Sure thing, Bulma." He secretly beamed.
What wonderful things he saw in her lab. Mostly, she claimed, were old. But they were so new to him. He knew he had been away from technology for a while, but... this was amazing. And it wasn't that he couldn't comprehend how they all worked. Each, complex and beautiful in their own way-like her. But they were no enigma to him. Bulma, however, was.
She sighed, "Most of my good ones were destroyed."
"You could rebuild it if you wanted."
"But the purpose of science is to build a better tomorrow for the people."
He patted her shoulder, "There's hope left. Always hope left."
It was earlier than six in the morning when he began meditating at the beach side. He'd have to have time to train himself before Trunks found him.
But now, to clear his thoughts of Trunks, Bulma, Capsule Corporation. Just think.
Androids. Death. Kuririn. Piccolo. Death. Pain. Innocence. People. Death.
The anger, hurt, rage, pain-it swirled within him. But this power, this awesome power, he had to control it. Leash it.
If he could not control it, he did not deserve it!
To be Piccolo's apprentice.
Fight alongside his father...
Kuririn's friend...
He growled, and the meditation stopped and the training began.
He forgot everything, the rage was too great.
He couldn't.....
Take it...
Couldn't.....
Harness it.....
He shrieked to the still black sky, and all was white.
He went Super Saiya-Jin, again, yes, but the only two that rivaled his strength were the two he was destined to destroy.
Trunks woke up early, he knew is mother was still asleep. Good.
He couldn't risk waking her.
Throwing on jeans and a Capsule Corp. shirt, he went to look for Gohan.
But Gohan wasn't there. "Maybe he's outside?"
But he wasn't there either.
He sighed and damned his friend's sadistic jokes.
He would have to catch Gohan before he could be trained by him.
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Next Chapter: Sweet memories plague Bulma as she realizes that now that her son is old enough to train, being alone is something she will have to get used to as Gohan lectures Trunks on tactics while battling the androids.
Reviewer's Corner:
Bolo: I am shocked at so many reviews for chapter four! Wow... It's scary. I hope the R/C doesn't end up longer than the chapters. That's happened to me before and I got yelled at by a reviewer and it hurt my fragile feelings... Okay, I more or less got annoyed and told her in the R/C if she didn't like it she could... Oh! Yeah! You reviewed me! Heh, umm... Thanks... for reading my story... and thanks... for liking it! Or, well, loving it as you put it!
S. Wayne: Did I ever tell anyone that I think the name "Wayne" is just the coolest that ever did exist? Okay, I'm a huge Batman fan and a freak. You'll have to forgive me... Heh... I liked the contrast where everyone has something bottled up inside and they hide it so well. Gohan's deep love for Bulma, Trunks' protectiveness and curiousity towards his father and his resentment towards Gokou, and Bulma is slowly going insane from worry over her son though she tries to act like she's calm. I didn't wanna show too much of what Bulma was thinking the first few chapters because I wanted you guys to focus on the Trunks/Vegeta/Gokou and Gohan/Bulma/Vegeta things going on and sorta get the implications of how Bulma was feeling. I also tried not to make her too seemingly obsessed with Vegeta after all of that time. I'm hoping I did well, but I mean an old friend that's a fighter and a Saiya-Jin would bring him up. I wanted to note that she never seemed to remember him with Trunks there in the story. Oh, God, this review response is a monstrosity! Heh! Bye! Read more! Enjoy!
GX-Silver: Yeah. When I first got this idea, I was actually thinking about a fic that is kinda between Cell and Gokou's death and the whole High School stuff where Gohan actually goes a little insane and Chichi, who can't control him anymore, finally gives in and lets Bulma take him. While Vegeta makes him twisted and cruel, Gohan can't help but want to act on his childish crush and holds resentment to his new master though he respects, and in a way, adores him. I actually will write that when I'm done with this one, but some how, one thing lead to another and I wanted to write this first which was not as dark, though it will have dark parts later. I really wanted to show how something as big as the whole androids and the killing and Gokou's death and that whole ordeal effects Gohan and how he looks at women to the point where the only one he's interested is the only one other than his mother that he'd ever actually gotten to know. Kinda like a crush on the teacher that never went away.
Raven Pan: Okay, I really need to stop with the super-long review responses. I loved portraying them this way. It really is a different take. There are a lot of Mirai Trunks/Juuhachi or Mirai Gohan/Juuhachi or Mirai Gohan/Mirai Trunks fics out there but I never really cared for many of the Mirai Bulma/Mirai Gohan ones or even the Mirai Juunana/Mirai Bulma ones cause those were mainly her only being with him because he somehow reminded her of Vegeta or him raping or something. I wanted something... different. A bit deeper.
Vegeta Goddess: Yes, I can be funny at times. It really does surprise me. I don't know why I can't write humor fics. I just think that when people do that most of the time they have to let go of trying to actually write well and go for more crazy and random stuff, and some people have that talent, but when I make the attempt... It amuses twelve year olds, but I just find it embarrassing. Oh! Yeah! God, I hate it when I start to babble... "Brilliant"... She called my chapter brilliant! Hear that people?!
Angel: One can only try. Though, being the review whore I am, I generally tend to lean towards the fic with the most reviews to update. I dunno why, it just... motivates me.
Pammy: That is too sweet of you to say. Addictions can be good, ne? Now, I would love to babble, but I think my R/C is gonna be as long as my chapter... Eh...
Celeb Ryu: On the Mirai Gohan note, I believe it. Keep on reading! (That sounded corny...)
JDCHS: Very original/Angst? That is... so cool! I am glad to be original. Very proud of the attempts I make and if it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't be the sick writer I am today. Thank you. Thank you all.