Author's Note: Hi again! This story is coming closer to the end! Only a few more chapters! But, I'll be so sad when it's all over. :( Anyway, enjoy reading! Please review! :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z and Lion King. I also don't own the lyrics. I'm only doing this for fun.

WARNINGS: Strong language and Shonen-Ai (male x male love)

Pairing: Vegeta x Kakarot, Gohan x Trunks

Cast:
Kiara – Trunks
Kovu - Gohan
Nala – Kakarot
Nuka - Ketsu (OC)
Pumbaa & Timon – Humans
Rafiki – Korin / Dende / King Kai
Simba – Vegeta
Vitani - Goten
Zira - Raditz

Chapter 34

KIARA:
In a perfect world
One we've never known
We would never need
To face the world alone

They can have the world
We'll create our own
I may not be brave or strong or smart
But somewhere in my secret heart

I know
Love will find a way
Anywhere I go
I'm home
If you are there beside me

Like dark turning into day
Somehow we'll come through
Now that I've found you
Love will find a way

KOVU:
I was so afraid
Now I realize
Love is never wrong
And so it never dies

There's a perfect world
Shining in your eyes

BOTH:

And if only they could feel it too
The happiness I feel with you

They'd know
Love will find a way
Anywhere we go
We're home
If we are there together

Like dark turning into day
Somehow we'll come through
Now that I've found you
Love will find a way

I know love will find a way

~WE ARE NOT ONE~

"Father, please reconsider!" Trunks said after his father jumped off the wall, inside the palace. "He... He would never do anything to you!"

"Well, he did bring me to the Outsiders! They were after my head!" Vegeta snapped back. He widened his eyes in shock when he spotted something terrible on Trunks's neck. "You... You're mated? With who?"

Oh shit! Trunks thought to himself. He forgot to put on his jacket! Of all the times... this had to happen right after Gohan was expelled from the kingdom!

"Is it Gohan? Is that why you're defending him?" Vegeta growled lightly. He was becoming even more furious when he remembered the kisses being exchanged between Gohan and Trunks. "You fucking mated with him without my consent?!"

"It's none of your business!" Trunks yelled back.

"He used you to kill me because you are my son!" Vegeta shouted.

"No! He loves me! For me! He would never do that to me and my family!"

"From now, you'll never go anywhere with the escort! You're staying in the palace with your personal bodyguard! It turns out that my father was right about arranged mating... I'll make sure that you get a better mate instead of that fucking lowly Outsider! I should have followed into my father's path!"

"No, you're wrong! You will never be Grandfather!"

Vegeta was dangerously close to transforming into Super Saiyan, but Kakarot yelled his name angrily. Before he knew it, Trunks was already gone; back into the castle. Good, he thought to himself. As long as he is staying in the palace, then I wouldn't have to be worried about him getting hurt.

He turned to the Elite Saiyans. "Send every Elite to the gate. Make sure that no Outsider can ever get in the kingdom. And that nobody can leave the kingdom!"

"Vegeta..." Kakarot said with a clearly upset tone in his voice. "Why did you have to do that? Just keeping everybody inside the kingdom is exactly what Frieza did during his rule. You even made your own son a prisoner in his own home!"

"If Trunks had gone with Gohan instead of me, then he would have been killed!"

"That's not the point, Vegeta!" Kakarot started off yelling but then become softer, "Look, I know that you're trying to protect everyone... But please don't forget that you are their King. Outsider or not."

"No. Outsiders are not the ones of us," Vegeta turned away from Kakarot. He could not stand looking in his mate's sad eyes anymore. "But you're right about one thing. I am their King. But they disrespected, disobeyed, and betrayed the Vegeta Kingdom. I can't forgive them again and again."

Kakarot sighed lightly with a sad smile on his face. Suddenly, he looked much younger than he was, at least to Vegeta. "Fine. You're Saiyan King. It's your call."

~WE ARE NOT ONE~

Trunks was pouting at himself. He was trying not to cry. His heart was hurting so bad that he thought it was going to explode. He was all alone even though his whole family was here. Gohan was completely gone. The law in the kingdom was that if whoever that was exiled ever came back, there would be a death sentence.

That means he would never see his mate ever again. He would be forced to re-mate with someone else... a stranger. 'Arranged mating' my ass! He thought to himself angrily.

It did not make any sense. Why would Gohan attack Vegeta if... if... Wait, did he even love Trunks? Was it... Was the love not real?

Trunks shook his head furiously. He did not want to stay here any longer. All he wanted to do was to be with Gohan - whether the former Outsider loved him or not. Besides, he wanted to hear Gohan's story about the attack. He needed to know what really happened.

He got up from his bed quickly. He had to get out of here. Firstly, he needed to check on all exits by sensing ki presence. Every single door was guarded by at least one Saiyan Elite.

Now what? Trunks took one more look at his large bedroom. Aha! The bathroom window! He was silently hoping that it was not guarded until he opened the window in the bathroom.

He grinned widely at himself when there wasn't any ki presence. As long as he hid his ki like Gohan taught him, he would be able to escape from the kingdom! Excitedly, he quickly grabbed a long hooded cloak from his closet so that he was able to hide his obvious lavender hair completely.

Carefully, he jumped down from the window to the ground, trying not to make as much as noise. He made his way to the palace gate and waited patiently leaning against the stone wall until he was sure that there wasn't any presence around. He jumped up on the gate and leaped from it.

He sneakily got into the large city. Thankfully, he memorized every street when he was a bored kid back then. He knew which to go where there was less security.

There were times when Trunks was grounded and was not supposed to leave the kingdom, but then one day he found a hole in the wall he could use to get out of the kingdom. It had been a few years since he last used it, so he was silently hoping that it was not boarded or plugged with something.

As he was walking through the city, he could not help but feel jealous watching other couples laughing and spending time together. He would never get experience anything as a couple. But on the bright side, as long as he found Gohan, then they would just create new memories together even though it was completely different from others. Well, that's if he would ever find Gohan.

He felt empty without Gohan. It was as if he lost the other half of himself. He shook his head furiously, pulling down his hood covering even more of his face.

He smiled brightly when he found the hole after a while. It was exactly same as the last time he left it as it was.

He frowned when he realized how small the hole was, but for the first time ever, he was grateful that he was a submissive Saiyan. Most of submissive Saiyans tended to have smaller and leaner bodies compared to the dominant ones.

He tried to crawl through the hole, barely squeezing right out of the palace. He began to jog instead of flying in order to save and hide his ki. After a few miles, he stopped and took one more look at the kingdom. He was wondering if he would ever go back. What if the kingdom needed him...?

That's stupid. He thought to himself angrily, as he took his cloak off. It's not like I've been useful to the kingdom. They have Gogeta anyway.

He had to find Gohan first, but he had no idea where to start looking. Planet Vegeta was much, much bigger than the kingdom. It would be like finding a needle in the haystack.

Either way, there was no turning back. It was a matter of time before the Vegeta kingdom realized that he was missing. So, he began his search, starting at the narrow river where they first met when they were children.

Unlike Earth, there was not a lot of trees here, but the Saiyans were working hard to plant the trees so that they could have more vegetables, fruits, and meat. So, where was Gohan if there wasn't anywhere to hide?

Either way, Gohan had to be near the river, as he needed water to drink. So, Trunks flew into the sky and followed the river into northwest, away from the Vegeta Kingdom.

He tried to search every place he knew. Every cave, every lake, every possible place he could find, but Gohan was not in any of them.

After a couple of hours, he gave up, seriously considering about going back to the kingdom. He began to think that Gohan might not even be on the planet anymore.

Sighing sadly, he jumped onto the lone tree's thick branch which was hanging over a large pond. After sitting down, he looked down at the pond only to be startled by his own reflection. Only half of his body in the reflection was completely shadowed, even though there was nothing to cover it. Even after many years, he still had no idea who his other half self was.

Gentle breeze brushed against Trunks lightly. It was almost as if something or someone was trying to tell him that he did not know his own other half. This feeling... He did not understand it at all.

But, Vegeta understood the purpose of Saiyan King when he was Trunks's age. How could... How could Trunks not understand not only the purpose but also everything at all?

Trying to ignore the image in the pond, he looked up at the clear night sky with millions of stars. Now what? Gohan is gone. Outsiders are angry at Father. Even Father is determined to keep me away from Gohan. What am I supposed to do now? I'm the Saiyan Prince, for Dende's sake! Still though... I feel like... I'm missing a piece of my heart...

Waiting patiently, he was just staring at the sky, hoping to hear at least a voice. At this point, he really needed an advice from the former Saiyan Kings.

"Trunks?"

The Saiyan Prince literally jumped startled to his feet, his monkey tail wiggling wildly. Was he getting any advice now? From at least one of the former Saiyan Kings? "You... can talk?"

"Trunks!"

Trunks shrieked as soon as something - a handsome face - appeared right in front of him, about 5 inches away from each other. He made a back step, which was a complete mistake since he was on the branch. And then, he fell into the pond.

Pouting angrily when he realized who it actually was, Trunks shook his head. The water level was only up to his waist while he was sitting.

"Aw, sorry! Who were you talking to?"

"That's none of your concern, Gohan," Trunks said angrily. "I had been looking everywhere for you!"

Gohan landed into the pond with a concern on his face. "I'm sorry! I didn't know that I would scare you that badly. I wasn't even trying to hide my ki, and I saw you sitting there. And so-"

He stopped babbling when Trunks suddenly stole his kiss. Even after all day without being near his mate, he missed him so much. The kiss was fresh all over again, as if their next chapter in their lives started again.

Gohan wrapped his arms around Trunks's narrow waist tightly, as if his Prince was going to disappear anytime soon.

"Gohan..." Trunks sighed lightly. "What happened? Did you...? I mean, the reason you were..."

Gohan shook his head. He knew that Trunks would confront him about it sooner or later. "Your father was right. It was all my fault. I should have known better. I should have told you guys earlier."

"You knew it all along?" Trunks pulled away from Gohan. "Why? Why didn't you tell us?!"

"I was raised to become the killer," Gohan looked down at the water, analyzing every tiny wave. He could not look at his own mate's eyes anymore. "I was sent on the mission to kill the Saiyan King. The other two Outsiders with me were just there to make sure that I did my job."

"So, Father was right," Trunks ran his hand through his hair. "Dende, I feel stupid. You used me -"

"No, I didn't! I would never do that to you! This mating... It wasn't in our plan! Please... believe me." Gohan could not bear losing Trunks once again just right after they finally found each other. "It was you who changed my mind about the mission. After mating with you, I decided not to do it anymore. Being with you made me feel I was... No, I'm free for the first time ever."

Trunks did not say anything for a while - a painful long while for Gohan. Finally, he said, "You had been lying to me for the entire time. You pretended to be friendly with me... all because you had to do it in order to assassinate the King. Either way, you had been using me. I hate the idea of being used! How am I supposed to believe that you're not lying to me right now?"

"I... No, I -" Gohan was interrupted.

"Get off the planet. I don't want to see you ever again," Trunks turned away from Gohan. "I'm going back. The kingdom may think that you kidnapped me, so I suggest you to leave."

"N-no, wait!" The former Outsider cried in panic, reaching out his hand.

Trunks was getting further and further away from Gohan. The tall Saiyan was not pleased with this situation now, but hey, he was a dominant Saiyan, after all. He was supposed to take charge in the relationship, right? If so, why was he letting him go? Why? He had to say something before he lost him forever!

"I LOVE YOU!"

Trunks turned to Gohan fast with a clear surprised look on his face. But, it did not last long when a deep scowl took over.

TO BE CONTINUED