Encounter

I took only three days before Goten and I could head over to Bulma's to get our information. I woke with him as usual and saw him off to school. We had planned to go to Bulma's when he returned home. Goku had exempted me from school, but Chichi would hear none of that for Goten. Trunks tormented him continuously for hiding me. So, I stayed with Goku for the long school days, watching him train and Chichi yell at him for doing so. "Teaching the boys bad habits" She'd say.

As the day passed I realized, by the time Goten gets home… Trunks would be too.

"Goku," I called. He landed flat on his back startled.

"And I was beginning to think you didn't talk." He stood up and walked over to me.

"I need to go now."

"Go were hun?" He asked as if nothing was going on.

"I need to go to Bulma's before Trunks gets home. I need to leave now."

"I thought you were going with Goten." He stammered not quite getting the problem.

"I'm kept out of school to stay away from Trunks. I can't go after school. I need to go now. And I need you to tell him where I've gone." I said losing my breath.

"I'll tell him." Goku answered with a stern face of understanding.

I reached the house and walked in the door without knocking. I headed straight to the basement. There I knew I'd find Bulma putting her final touches on our results.

"Bulma?" I called as I descended the stairway to her little lair.

"Heshema? Is that you already?" She called back.

"Yes ma'am. I hope I didn't come too early. I only sent Goten to school a few hours ago."

"I hear you tested out of high school already." Bulma called as I rounded the corner of the stairway.

"Yes, I guess you could say I'm almost as smart as you." I smiled as her helper orb circled around me in greeting.

"How are you?" She looked to me with eyes of someone who knew what had happened between her son and me.

"Looking forward to the results of that test," I answered keeping her on track.

"Oh, yes. Here they are." She pointed me to her computer. "It came up with some interesting solutions." She scrolled down the list of remaining DNA links in my system. "I have listed matches being Dende, Piccolo, maybe they're related that could be why I'm getting both, but I don't think so."

"Just tell me who else is there." I respond a little snappy.

"Okay, well, Dende, Piccolo, Choutzu, Krillin and the only female on the list is 18." My heart stopped at the name even though I knew it was coming.

"Thank you." I whisper to her as she hands me a print out of the results.

"What kind of thing are you and Goten into? He said this was your blood but these were mostly full strands. That's not the normal strands for children. Children get half strands."

"It's nothing to worry about." I assure her. "I have to get back and tell Goten the news." I state as I turn to leave.

"Good luck." She yells back.

"Thank you." I call as I walk up the stairs.

"What are you doing here?" A deep voice calls down the stairs.

My heart quickens and my chest clogs. I look to my watch. Did I miscalculate? 11:00 am. He shouldn't be here yet!

"I've been thinking about you." He calls back down.

I can't answer him. My whole body shudders. I can't even move.

"Heshema?" He calls again, "Are you okay?"

"Ya...Yah… I'm fine." I straighten my shoulders I will stand strong and not let him know how I feel. I continued my walk up the stairs until he came into view and just looking at him nearly broke me. How could I not have noticed his arrival? Everything about him surrounds me and I'm taken back.

"I'm sorry, Heshema." His voice cracks like he is about to cry. Is this another game?

"Sorry for what?" I glanced into his blue eyes and nearly fall apart. "Sorry for getting caught?" I push my emotions aside. Why does he do this to me?

"No. I'm sorry it happened to begin with. I'm sorry I screwed this up." He looked at me but I refused to fall. I would not listen. I would not look into his mind to know the truth. If he was lying it would kill me, and if he was telling the truth I would lose myself in him.

"I can't trust you Trunks." I looked into his eyes again this time unwavering. "You… I found out who I am and I found out who you are."

Trunks looked at me and his chest pulled. I felt his tears held back all his energy going into keeping calm.

"She's my half sister Trunks." I walked right passed him expecting him to pull me back. Anything… Anything… But he let me go. He let me just walk out.

I met Goten half way home. Goku had told him where I had gone and he rushed over knowing unlike me that there had been a half day at school, because the boys had training that night. If I had waited Goten would have gotten home and by the time we reached Bulma's, Trunks would have been at school again, training for the district match. But mistakes make us who we are. This one showed me my own strength and gave me something I didn't have before…