Blue Roses

Bouzi Neo

Chapter Eleven: Faithless

"Where in the world have you two been?"

"Uh… Nowhere?" Trunks blinked as he stared at his mother.

Her head turned to Gohan who tensed. "All day. The both of you are gone all day, Trunks is soaking wet, and no one gives me any notice. I was worried about you, Trunks. I understand that it's good to have Gohan around and he's your friend but you have to let me know if you're going to go anywhere. Thank whatever there is up there, be it God or Satan, should either exist, which is doubtable, so you can just thank dumb luck, because if you'd been out there any later you might have caught a cold! Or worse! What if those Artificial Humans decided that it would be fun to smack you both around? Gohan is a capable young man who can handle himself, Trunks, and he has his own mother to worry about him and lecture him, whom he doesn't listen to," She sharply glared at Gohan, but turned back to Trunks, "But you're not even fourteen and you know being outside is dangerous, and do you hear me, young man!?"

Trunks looked at the floor, "Yes, Mother."

Bulma just sighed and hugged him, wet and all, "Don't scare me like that again. I couldn't bear it if I lost you too."

As night had soon fallen, Gohan rested his head on the guest bed. He'd wanted to train, but his thoughts were clouded, as he could still hear Bulma's lecture, 'Thank whatever there is up there, be it God or Satan, should either exist, which is doubtable, so you can just thank dumb luck!'

'She's completely faithless.'

'You know being outside is dangerous.'

Gohan sat up, it was his job to see that outside wouldn't be dangerous anymore. Leaning against the headboard, he sighed a bit.

'Don't scare me like that again! I couldn't bear it if I lost you too."

This of course was the worst thing she had said. "Who else, but Vegeta? Ugh."

How could someone that hated so much be so pure?

Trunks was still sulking from the lecture. Of course she'd sent him straight to the bathroom, and then made him eat, and then made a fuss over taking him to her medical lab, to make sure he wasn't insane as she so bluntly put it.

He'd wanted to know if she was angry with him, but she had her own way of doing things and she was both angry with him and relieved by him at once so he let it drop-She didn't ground him, as she was either simply too tired or figured the lecture would teach him a lesson and suit as a warning.

'Gohan is a capable young man who can handle himself, Trunks.'

She thought he wasn't responsible enough to take care of himself. She'd practically called him a little kid in front of Gohan.

He sighed and closed his eyes. Mimicking her voice, he called to himself, "Don't scare me like that again!" His eyes were knives, and cut straight, cleanly through the words, "I couldn't bear it if I lost you too." He scoffed, and growled to himself, "Ugh! The guy died and she's still so crazy about him it's not even funny! Damn you, Son Gokou."

The clock's letters glowed brightly. Oh yes, it was early morning but the scientist was up, as she was so afraid that day, and still so very alert, sleep just would not come. She sighed as she typed in random searches to look through the net's articles. Of course all of these were usually second-rate because those who updated them had long since died. She'd tried every search possible, anything that could possibly protect her family from the androids or even defeat them, but nothing.

She sighed and glanced at a picture by her desk of her son. Oh, how she'd wished he'd grown up with the entire gang as Gohan did. Maybe his life would've been a bit more… Happy… "Oh, I wish I could go back in time and save you all."

She rubbed her head, but a minute later she thought of something. Clearing her search, she typed in a new one, "Time travel.." She muttered to herself as she typed. "Hmn, nothing but crazies. Okay, how about this," she continued, "To defy space and time..."

She stared as the search only came up with one result.

The summary read:

It is obvious that what's happening now, in another dimension, could be quite a few years away from now. The problem is, we don't know if it's years prior to…To defy space and time and go back to the past would be quite possible, all you have to do is figure out what makes time turn, and how to reverse it.

"Oh, my god."

Whee!

Next Time: Gohan's missing... but when they find him, they also find two devils. One happens to take an instant liking to a certain blue rose.

Reviewer's Corner:

Vegeta Goddess: I'm glad you remembered!

OuttaDaLoop: Maybe some G/B next chapter. Maybe not. You gotta keep reading. Oh, and I'm glad to be back, thank you.

Saki: Yes, I'm back. Everyone's little secrets should tear them apart. They're like a patch-work quilt and the secrets slowly eat at the seams. When the drift apart, what's gonna happen?