Could This Be True: Chapter 6 - Tough Times
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The plot and OG charaters and history of OG characters are creations of entirely my own.
*Trunks POV*
I had snatched the Dragonball Radar. I was going to figure out how mother had programmed it to search the dragonball energies. Then I'd make one that would find Pan.
And I would have her. Forever.
I just needed Goten's help. As much as I'd hate to admit it, Goten was really smart. He just never applied himself. So I did have my doubts about asking him for help, but I couldn't just go up to Gohan and say, "Hey Gohan, your a smart guy. I need help making a Pan Tracker so I can find your daughter who I happen to lo-" Wait, what was I thinking, I didn't exactly love her. She just.. ment an extra lot to me.
Reguardless, I couldn't go to Gohan because even if I didn't tell him about my feelings for Pan; he would question me on why I'm trying to find her so bad. Then I'd get suckerd into telling him, and he'd sock me in the mouth. So, Goten it was.
I tucked the Dragon Radar under my shirt as I sneaked back upstairs. Everyone had decided to stay over at Capsule Corp. since the search ended so late. It was almost 10 pm right now. Pan had been gone since 6:30 this morning, or earlier. I knew she wouldn't hide her ki that long, let alone would she stay out that late. Goten and everyone thought it was pretty crazy of me to be so upset over her going missing. But they didn't have the dream I had before I woke up and she was gone. They didn't feel so strongly for her. It wasn't their fault. It was mine, it was me.
When I walked into my room I saw Goten stretched out across my bed. He was obviously deep in thought. I just stared at him for a while, he had been acting strange ever since he told me about him and Bra. Its not like I cared, I knew Goten wouldn't hurt her. I also knew that he loved her. It was no secret. He couldn't hide it, not from me. I was his best friend and I knew everything about him.
A few seconds after I glanced Goten over, I caught his attention. "Look what I have." I pulled the Dragon Radar out of my shirt and tossed it over to him.
He caught it as he raised up, "The Dragon Radar?" He looked over at me. Geez, he really was a ditz sometimes. I wondered how my sister put up with him.
"We're going to make a replica, the only difference is that the one we make.." I paused for dramatic effect, "..will find Pan."
"We're?" He asked again.
I just simply nodded and walked over to my desk and began emptying the boxes that were full of bad experiments and things to make expierements. Goten quickly followed suit and brought the Dragon Radar over and helped me.
*Bra's POV*
Goten. Goten. Goten.
What was wrong with me! I didn't even understand what I liked about him. Goten was the exact opposite of me! And he was like almost the same age as my brother. He was very different from the boys at my school that drooled over me. They were the popular rich kids, and Goten was... well, not.
But I couldn't help it. He knew how to make me laugh, even when I didn't want to. He listened to my girl problems, even when he wanted to go hang out with Trunks and Ubb. I had known him all my life and I had always felt strongly for him. But then I thought it was just me being protective over my best friend, but now I realize that I love him. I have always loved Goten.
"I wonder how Trunks and father will take it," I muttered to myself as I lay on my bed. Marron was sitting across the room in front of the vanity mirror. That girl was more concited than I was. And thats sad, because I honestly think I love myself more than I love Goten.
I sighed, "I'm worried about Pan." I sat up and looked over at Marron. Pan had been my best friend, before Trunks did whatever he did to her. But she had taken up to being with Marron I couldn't blame her wherever I was, Trunks was there too. Marron probably knew more than she let on, but I didn't press her too hard for info. Afterall, I was Sayain and she wasn't. I could have broke her arm in a torturous way to get answers, but I didn't want to.
"Me too." She replied and turned in her seat to look over at me. Her eyes twinkled a little. Maybe Marron was different than what everyone said, afterall we all knew how bad Marron had it for Trunks. And she listened to Pan pour out her heart over him and didn't say one cross word to her. She frowned and sighed, causing her eyes to stop twinkling. "I hope she's okay."
"Me too. I've never known of Pan running away like this."
"I know," she got up and walked over and sat beside me, facing me, "She wasn't even that upset at school yesterday. So I don't think it was something to do with school that made her run off."
"How was she," I dreaded bringing this up, "after Trunks.. stopped coming over to see her?"
"She was crushed. You know how Pan never brought her feelings up?"
I nodded.
"Well, she actually cried in front of me. It was over Trunks. She said that he kissed her that day before he left and that he told her he didn't want to see her again."
I couldn't believe it. My brother was the reason my best friend had went missing. "Why does he have to be such a big headed jerk!" I screamed and clenched my fists. I didn't realize I was even out of my room until I opened Trunks' door.
"What?" Trunks asked, "And haven't you ever heard of knocking?"
"Yea I've heard of knocking." I growled and got in his face, "Knocking you out!"
I pulled back my left hand and threw it at him. The second before it made contact, I stopped and hit him with my right hand instead. That caught him off guard. This was my turn to show my Sayain side. I snarled and kicked him in the stomach and as he doubled over, I kneed him across the bridge of his nose. His hands fled to his face and I placed a swift kick against his ribs. I grabbed the front of his shirt and tossed him out of his room. He crashed through the banister and onto the living room floor. I lept down and charged a ki blast. As he stood up and turned around, I fired it. He blocked it, sending it into the wall and through to the kitchen. I heard my father growl and my mother along with 18, ChiChi, and Videl scream. They weren't frightened, they were just surprised. I charged another one and glared at Trunks.
As I let the blast go, I heard my father say, "What the hell is going on!"
The blast caught Trunks, because he had been paying attention to our father. I seized the moment to start some hand to hand combat. My knee connected with his stomach and I landed a punch to his nose. As I was going in for another hit, a strong hand grasped mine. I looked around and realized my father had took Trunks from the living room and carried him off somewhere. But who was holding me. I looked up the arm and into the face. Goten.
I stared at him, dumbly and he smiled at me, crookedly. He let my arm go and I sighed.
"Bulla Breifs! What do you think you where doing to your brother?" My mother's shrill voice ripped my thoughts from Goten.
I just growled, "He knows what it was for." After I said that, I walked off. Back upstairs past Krillien, 18, Marron, Ubb, ChiChi, Goku, Gohan, Videl, and my mother. I left the one I loved standing in the living room, dumbfounded. I sighed, I would explain to him later and only him.
I sighed and dropped across my bed. I couldn't believe that it was Trunks' fault. He broke Pan into thousands of pieces! No wonder she left. I would have too if Goten had done that to me.
As soon as I though Goten's name, I felt a familiar touch on my back. It was rubbing small circles. "Bra-chan...?" Goten asked softly.
I sniffled and looked over at him.
He sighed and I felt his arms wrap around me, his hand stroked my hair, "Oh Bra, its okay. We'll find her." he whispered in my neck. His breath was hot against my throat, which made my heartbeat speed up. I guess he felt that because he began kissing my neck. I closed my eyes and dangled my arms around his neck. He pulled back and put his hands on my cheeks, "What happened?"
I pulled my arms back and wrapped them around my stomach, "Trunks. He's why Pan left." I couldn't look him in the eye so I glanced to the floor, "H-he kissed her before he left that day. Marron said that Pan cried in front of her." It was time to be serious so I looked up at his face and into his eyes, "Pan cried. Goten, you know she hardly ever cries, let alone cry infront of someone." I swallowed hard and sighed, "Pan loved him. I should have told everyone, but I couldn't-I promised her I wouldn't. And he broke her heart that day. She stopped talking to me. She didn't come over to spar or train. She didn't want to see him." By this time, I was sobbing. My shoulders heaved as I spoke.
Goten wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close, "I know, but Trunks said he left her because he loved her."
"But that doesn't make sense!" I pulled away and wiped my eyes, "I lost my best friend because he broke her heart!"
*Knock, knock, knock*
I glared at the door, "What, who is it?"
"Its me."
"What do you want." I answered icly, didn't he get the hint when I knocked him off the banister.
"Can I come in?"
I glared at the door. I knew if he came in I would start pounding on his face again. But I wanted to hear what he had to say, "Whatever." I climbed over in Goten's lap and snuggled my back against him, in return his arms wrapped around my waist and he caught my hands with his.
Trunks walked in. He had a cut on his lip and his nose was slightly swollen, "Bra, what was-" he glanced over, noticing me and Goten.
I raised an eyebrow, "What?" I spat at him, I felt Goten's hand squeeze mine telling me to cool off. I brushed off his request, "What is it Trunks?"
"Are you two..." he looked from my face to Goten's.
My face got hot and I almost knew that Goten's face was redding as well, "Is that what you came in here to ask?" I muttered through my embarassment.
"No," his blue eyes dulled, "I wanted to know why you.. attacked me.."
"I know what you did to Pan."
And that was all it took. Trunks broke down in tears in the middle of my room. He was on his knees, his face was in his hands, and he was slouched over. I looked at Goten, he softly moved me and went to Trunks' side.
"Trunks, I'm sorry.." I stood up and started to walk over to him. He looked up at me, it stopped me in my tracks. His eyes were a darker blue and I felt his ki rising.
"You think I wanted to hurt her?" He stood up, ignoring Goten, "You think I wanted it to happen like that?" He was stepping toward me, "I loved her, I didn't know what to do! I didn't imagine that she would run off like this because of it!" He growled and lunged for me.
I closed my eyes, but didn't feel Trunks make contact. I opened my eyes and Goten was on top of him, pinning him to the floor. They had successfully knocked off my lamp and crushed an endtable. I just watched as Trunks struggled to get Goten off of him. "Goten let go! I'm going to kill her!"
Goten scoffed, "Not on my watch." He held Trunks in place and shook his head.
My mother came busting through my door, "What was that noi-" she'd obviously noticed Trunks and Goten. She looked to me and asked, "What happened?"
My father had joined us in the room. Goten had stood up and Trunks lunged at me again. This time a hard right hand from our father caught his chin. He instantly snapped out of it.
My mother repeated herself, "What happened?"
I couldn't speak. Everything had happened too fast. I looked to Goten in hopes that words would magically fall from my mouth, but they didn't. Instead they fell from Trunks'.
"I.." He grunted, "Well.." He sighed and looked around.
"Spit it out, brat!" our father roared.
"I came up here to ask Bra why she attacked me and.." his voice dropped lower, "when she answered me I didn't like what she said and I tried to attack her."
"You tried to hit your sister?" our mother screamed at him.
I frowned inwardly, she never said that when I had went after him. It was always different between Trunks' and me, he got the heat for everything he did to me. But I, well, I didn't. I felt even more guilty because I knew I deserved it, and he deserved me going after him. But he didn't deserve to get all the blame.
I frowned and watched Trunks nod. He brought his eyes up to meet our mother's cold stare.
"Go downstairs." she said in a low cold voice. She was serious and Trunks knew not to go against her word.
I watched as Trunks, my father, and mother walked out of my room. I sighed and sat back down on my bed, "It was my fault."
Goten sat beside me and looked at me, "Don't say that. It wasn't. You just said something that hurt him, I guess he thought it was okay to get back at you for earlier. But I wasn't going to have that." He smiled his goofy grin at me and my heart melted.
"Hey guys,"
I looked at the doorway, it was Ubb.
"Yeah?" I asked, not even making eye contact with him.
"You might want to come downstairs."
Curiously, I looked at him and waited for an explaination.
"Well, its about Trunks."
*Pan's POV*
I wanted to cry. But I didn't cry, it would only make me feel less Sayian if I did. Talking about Trunks only made things worse. I didn't want to do anything. I didn't want to breathe, eat, sleep, or even talk. I just wanted Trunks!
I had been brought to a bedroom after Artemis and I had a talk. He seemed nice, he told me everything about the Discennian culture and he had helped me feel better for the time being. It was two Earth days until we reached Discennia. Everyone on the ship was acting so strange, it was suspiscious almost.
I had fell asleep for a little while after being brought into my room. I had a dream about Trunks. Nothing in particular, it was just his face. He was crying and telling me he was sorry. I didn't understand it, I didn't understand why he was saying he would find me. He knew where I was, afterall, it was him who helped my family just give me away like that.
My hands twisted in my hair as I put it up in a messy bun. There wasn't much to do around here, there was no where to train, no one to talk to.. and worst of all.
There was no Trunks.
I groaned and held my hand over my heart. There was a pain there. But it wasn't my pain. I felt my eyes water and I became furious. Whats going on? I thought to myself.
*Trunks' POV*
The cat was out of the bag, so to speak. My mother sat staring at me with her mouth halfway dangling open, and my father glared at me from the other side of the room. Goten, well, he knew about it before anyone so it didn't shock him so much. But he did put on a good show. Bra was shocked too. Krillen, Ubb, and 18 just grinned; it was like they knew it would happen all along. Videl and ChiChi had attempted to keep Gohan from tearing my head off. Goku stepped up and held him back. Marron, well, I'm not sure where she was, but she'd hear about it soon enough and I expected her to be shocked too. I had finally confessed, confessed my love for Pan.
"But what I don't get is why you left." Videl looked over at me.
"Because, I knew she was just going to be 18. I wanted her to have a life. I didn't want her to know. If she knew, I thought she'd think too much of it and let her life pass her by. I didn't want that." I answered her truthfully.
My father 'hmphed' from across the room. I could tell he was disappointed, for one because I ran away from my feelings and for another because I was in love with, 'the brat of Kakarrots brat'.
Gohan struggled against Goku's hold, "But you broke her heart! Your the reason my Panny is gone!" He growled and tried to pull loose from Goku.
My heart pained and I looked down. I knew I had broken her heart, by trying to avoid breaking her heart. But I had a strange feeling in my stomach telling me that it wasn't my fault Pan was gone. And that feeling, well it frustrated me.
"Trunks?"
"Yes mother?"
"Why didn't you tell us before?" her icy stare cut me to pieces.
I sighed. "I.. I don't know."