Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ From The Pages ❯ New Lives Ahead ( Chapter 3 )

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From The Pages

By: Nova Starlight

Chapter 3: New Lives Ahead

The first rays of sunlight of the new morning filtered into the bedroom through the curtains and landed on Goten's face waking him from his sleep, which was not as peaceful as he thought it should have been. It had been four months since Trunks had been given back his life and had come to live with him in his parents home. It was on that very same day that he had told off Vegeta and swore never to even look upon him again. To be honest, even though he had read Trunks' journal, he was not quite sure what about Vegeta had pushed Trunks that far. If anything he had been pretty damn sure that he would be the one that would not be forgiven. On the contrary, these past few months had been happy and they spent almost every waking moment together. Nothing should be bothering him, but he knew that this guilt about the situation with Vegeta was not going to stop nagging at him.

Goten looked over and saw that Trunks had already left the bed and allowed himself to sigh as he pondered the current situation. There were only really two options, to either get Trunks to forgive Vegeta, or he would just have to accept the decision Trunks had made and put his guilt to rest. As he lay there thinking Trunks came back into the room with a towel wrapped around his waist and Pan clinging to his calf, “Pan, what do you think you are doing!” Goten shouted at her.

“Don't yell at her Goten, she isn't hurting anyone.” Goten turned blood red and gave her a glare that spoke greater volumes than any amount of yelling and shouting that he could have done. She quickly detached herself from Trunks' leg and ran out the room closing the bedroom door behind her. “She is too adorable,” Trunks said with a laugh. Then he leaned in and brushed his nose gently against Goten's, “And so are you.” Goten's blush grew brighter and he turned his head away.

“You spoil her,” he replied. “If you keep letting her do those kinds of things it is only going to lead to heartbreak later on. My poor niece thinks that she is in love with you, you stud.”

“That's silly, she knows that I am head over heels in love with her sexy uncle,” he joked as he began to get dressed.

“I do hope you left the sexy part out of the explanation you gave to my four year old niece,” Goten commented.

“Of course,” Trunks said with a roll of his eyes. “Anyway, what are your plans for today?”

Goten knew a subject change when he came across one but he let it slide because this particular subject change presented him with an opportunity. “I was thinking maybe we could go by Capsule Corp and see your parents.” He saw Trunks freeze in the middle of buttoning his shirt and turn to look at him.

“Are you joking?”

“Oh come on,” Goten hedged. “You have never really told me what the big deal is between you and your dad and I don't think it would hurt to talk to him.”

“Goten, I know it may sound a little silly but trust me, my dad has no interest in me either and I am sure that he is perfectly all right with the situation.”

“Somehow, I don't believe that,” Goten replied.

“Well it's true, now can we talk about something else?” Then Trunks finished buttoning his shirt and began to rifle around through his things.

“I am going to go take a shower and then we can do whatever you want to do,” Goten said as he walked out of the room. Well, that discussion had only served to create a sore spot in their relationship and bring up a very good point. He knew that Trunks was wrong about Vegeta's lack of concern for him but he could never reveal just how he knew that without risking losing Trunks and everything that they had gained, but he had to admit that it would be a lot easier to convince Trunks that Vegeta gave a damn if Vegeta at least attempted to come see him within the past four months.

When he was done with his shower and dressed he went outside and found Trunks sitting on the grass by a tree in the backyard. “I am sorry for getting upset with you when you suggested seeing my parents,” Trunks apologized to him.

“It's okay,” he replied. “I was just concerned for you.”

“So, I have been thinking about the whole Pan situation and I think you are right.”

“Is this another diversion?” Goten said with a laugh.

“Maybe a little,” he mumbled. “But anyway, I was thinking that maybe we should have a house of our own.”

Goten was shocked, this was a hell of a subject change. “This morning you were perfectly ok with my niece trying to sneak peeks at you and now you want to move away?”

“Not move away,” he said seriously. “I was thinking that we would just build house nearby like Gohan and Videl did. That way your mother would not go into a rant about how I am taking her baby boy away and I like this area.” Despite the fact that Goten was still pretty much in shock, in that moment he got an idea.

“Sounds like a good idea, on one condition,” he replied.

“What's that?” asked Trunks.

“We get to throw a big ass house warming party,” he said with a smile.

“Sure thing,” Trunks said as he pulled Goten down to sit next to him. They proceeded to spend the day talking about their plans for the new house and drawing out a rough sketch. By that afternoon Trunks left to go hire a contractor and Goten decided to get together a list of people to send invitations to; Vegeta included. Of course he had no intention of telling Trunks that he was inviting Vegeta but maybe if he got them both there at the party he could work on getting them talking.

Within a few months their new home had been built and filled with furniture. Their new home was about the distance of a football field from his parent's home and looked about twice as big. He was tempted to mention to Trunks that if his parents had raised two children in their tiny home that the two of them probably did not need that huge house but he had remained silent. Before he knew it he was getting ready to mail out the invitations to the party and after the rest had been put in the mailbox he stared at Vegeta's invitation in his hand. He had written a small message inside explaining his plan but now he was having second thoughts about whether sending it was a good idea.

It was at that moment that his father walked in and sat down at the kitchen table. Goku had been away in space training Ubuu during the time that Trunks had been dead and had only returned to Earth just a few days ago. To be honest, he had been gone so much in his life that it was a little unnerving to suddenly have him around the house. “Hey dad, I was wondering if you would mind going over to Capsule Corp. and telling Vegeta that he is invited to the housewarming party Trunks and I are throwing.

“Doesn't the invitation you sent to Bulma invite him too?” Goku asked.

Goten sighed, leave this to be the only time his father was ever really observant. “Actually, it doesn't because Trunks made sure of it. You see they had this fight and they are not really speaking but I want him to come to the party. Do you think you could go by and tell him, but not tell Trunks.” At seeing Goku's somewhat unbelieving look, he continued, “I want it to be a surprise.”

“I guess I could.” He took the invitation from Goten's hand and left the house. He only hoped that Goku would be able to keep the secret for just a few days and then it would be time for the party.

When Goku arrived at Capsule Corp. there were a few things that caught his attention instantly. First, he noticed that all of the gravity simulator structures that had been erected on the property were gone and he did not see any construction that might suggest that they were being rebuilt. He received his second surprise when he knocked on the door and it was opened by Vegeta, who would normally be training away. “What the hell are you doing here Kakkarot?” Vegeta asked. “Aren't you supposed to be training Ubuu?”

“I completed his training a few days ago,” he replied. “I came home and found out that Trunks had moved in and was sharing a room with Goten.” At the mention of Trunks' name, Vegeta's stern look seemed to soften just a little and Vegeta stepped aside to allow him entrance. As he walked past Vegeta, he handed him the invitation and went to sit down in the living room.

Vegeta followed him and held up the envelope. “What is this?”

“It is an invitation to Trunks and Goten's house warming party. They built a house on some property near our house.”

Vegeta could not stop the small smile from crossing his face and he asked with hope, “Who asked you to give this to me?”

“Goten did,” Goku replied. Then he watched as Vegeta then ripped up the invitation and tossed it into the trash can. “What did you do that for?” he asked.

“I assume that Goten asked you to give me the invitation because my son does not want me there and if that is the case then I have no intention of going.”

“That does not sound like the Vegeta I know,” he commented. “You can't let a fight with Trunks stop you; you need to work this out with him.”

“I have said all that I wish to say on the subject Kakkarot,” he replied with a slightly raised voice. “Leave it alone.”

“You know, there is definitely something wrong here and it is making me really wondering what the hell has been going on since I left last year. I mean I noticed that you do not even have a gravity room anymore; what is the deal with that? You not spending your every waking hour training would be like the sun not coming up.”

Vegeta could not stop himself from wincing at the comment, the sad part being how accurate the statement once was. “I blew up the gravity room months ago and commanded Bulma to never build another one. Some alien showed up here on Earth, just a few months after you had left. His whole mission was to kill me and I thought he would. I was fighting him and losing, but when I thought that it was really reaching the end, Trunks stepped in the way of the blast and saved my life. At seeing my only son die I was able to attain strength I did not even know I was capable of and I was able to defeat the creature.”

“How come no one told me any of this?” Goku asked.

“Does it really matter?” Vegeta asked. “Anyway, Trunks remained dead for three months because we were not able to revive him with the dragonballs on Earth or the Namekian ones. I found out why later on but that's not important. I was approached by someone from underworld who brought Trunks back in exchange for my going to Hell instead of Heaven when I die. So for the past four months he has been living with your son, in your house, because he hates me too much to stay here. I have even had to go to space for the day so that he will come over and visit with Bulma.”

“Why couldn't either dragon revive him?” he asked.

“Because he wanted to be dead,” Vegeta replied with a crack in his voice. “I read his journal after her had died and he had been planning on committing suicide anyway because he was miserable. That journal detailed the times when he felt the most love and hate for me, so that is why I have made the decision to respect his wishes and stay away from him.” Goku leaned back and carefully thought over everything that Vegeta had just told him.

“Who in otherworld did you make a deal with?” he asked finally. “Believe it or not, I do somewhat understand what you are going through, but you should try to earn Trunks' forgiveness at least once.” Having said what he needed to say he got up and left, leaving Vegeta with his thoughts.

To Be Continued. . .