Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Holding On ❯ 18 ( Chapter 18 )

Ok, this chapter might be sort of short because I have to leave for somewhere in 30 minutes, and I will probably post it for whenever I left it off.

This chapter is mainly going to be T/P

Enjoy!

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"Pan"

The name floated in space and silence, causing him to take another step forward and her to become tense and grip the handle tighter.

".Pan" He whispered painfully. He didn't need to ask what she was doing, nor why. All he knew was that he couldn't let her go.

"Trunks just go away and let me do this." She said forcefully, not even bothering to turn and look him in the eyes. Somehow she knew that one look into his eyes would make reality come crashing down again.

Trunks stood immobile, yet eager to reach out and hold the woman standing in front of him. "You know I can't do that Pan."

Pan leaned her head against the cool metal and let out an annoyed sigh. "Trunks.please."

He couldn't help it. She sounded so desperate and so alone. He took another step forward and watched horrified as her body tensed up and she began to open the hatch.

He froze instantly.

"Wait" he said. Another one syllable word that made her entire body stand rigid and her previous actions come to a halt. The hatch stood only an inch open.but from Trunks point of view that was one inch too many.

"Pan please, just come inside and we can talk about this." He said earnestly. If he could just get her away from the time machine.

"There is nothing to discuss. I made my decision. I have to fix things." Pan said quietly. The wind carried the words to Trunks and he frowned.

"Things? What can you fix Pan? Even if you tried? What good would it do?"

Pan looked angry, but still refused to turn and face Trunks. If she did he would notice the tearstains, he would notice her lip was still quivering. If she turned around then she wouldn't be able to turn back towards the time machine, she wouldn't be able to turn back time and fix everything again.

"Pan.What are you trying to fix? It's not worth it. What do you think Mirai would say?"

Pan sniffled, barely audible to Trunks, but he still heard. "I think he would agree. After all, it's his time machine, this is his second time going to the past to try and fix things." Pan explained. Surely Mirai would understand.but then again he probably wouldn't.

Trunks was beginning to get frustrated, but all the more desperate to make a point. "And did that make him happy? What he changed were things to save his world too! If you go back in time you will fix things, but you won't be able to see them. You will have to come back home, where everything is the way it is now.Pan.don't you see?"

She just stood there, letting the hatch automatically close. "See what?"

"That you can't change the past. With all the time you spent with Mirai I thought you would understand that. You can make things different for a while, but then you have to return to your own reality. And you can't change things there."

She let go of the handle and took a step back from the machine. Wordlessly Trunks encapsulated it and turned to her, stretching out his arms and pulling her into a comforting embrace.

She cried on his shoulder, whimpering and mumbling an incoherent explanation. Trunks bowed his head and let his hands instinctively run through her hair in an attempt to comfort. He was at a loss at what to do or say, partly because of the reasons for her break down. He heard her mumble names. It sounded like she was whispering to Jeremy, and Mirai.

'Pan, I care for you so much, and it hurts me to see you so upset, especially since the reason you are depressed isn't something I can fix.'

Pan's crying started to slow down, and the only actual sounds to show how upset she was were the occasional sniffle. Her arms, which had found their way around his back, loosened and she took a half step away from him. Her hand smoothed his shirt and her eyes were concentrated on what she was doing.

The two of them stood silent for a moment, the only noise that could be heard was the slight ruffle of leaves and their shallow breathing.

Her head rose against her will, and sad black eyes met concerned blue ones.

"Lets go inside." He said quietly, relieved when she nodded her head and gave a half smile. It was starting to get dark outside, and the cold wind was beginning to make her shiver.

"Lets." She whispered back.

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Ma rron stayed with her mother until it started to turn dark outside. It was about 8 o'clock now and she was reluctant to return back to Capsule.

After a conversation with her mother she sorted out everything she knew. Mirai had woken up and now believed he was the Trunks from this time. He apparently thinks that they are getting married this Saturday, and that she is carrying his child. There goes the plan to pretend the relationship isn't that serious.

After her mother reassured her that she would spread the news about Mirai's condition, and tell Trunks to keep out of site until everything returns to normal, Marron left the house and began to fly towards Capsule.

'Oh great. Just great. How come I always get stuck in these situations? How am I supposed to pretend I am in love with Mirai? And more important, if he thinks I'm pregnant, it means he thinks we've had sex. How am I supposed to get out of doing THAT with him?'

Marron flew faster as she became frustrated. 'And what about work?! I'm sure he can handle it, but his secretary will definitely notice a difference. Then again she is pretty used to the weird things going on around here. I will just have to talk to her tomorrow and explain everything. Maybe she can baby-sit him at work while I help his mother with the cure.then maybe we can have it before Saturday.'

She landed on the lawn of Capsule and sighed. If she could keep Mirai from knowing she was there, maybe she could help Bulma in the lab.

She walked into the kitchen and stealthily made his way down the hall towards the lab.only to walk straight into a wall? No.it wasn't a wall.it was Mirai.

"Uh.M..Trunks? Hey! What's up?" She stumbled over the name but recovered quickly.

Mirai just smiled and reached out to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. "I was just waiting for you.I can't sleep alone, you know that."

Marron swallowed nervously, there goes trying to stall sleeping with him. She gave a half-chuckle. "Oh come on Trunks, shouldn't we wait till after the wedding?"

Mirai leaned forward to her ear. "You are pregnant with my child Marron, it's not like we have anything to wait for. Let's go upstairs."

She slowly walked next to him, his arm wrapped protectively around her back. 'Oh great Marron.think of something! There has to be someway out of this.'

Walking down the bedroom hallway she evaded his arm and smiled at him. "I'm going to shower and brush my teeth and stuff."

Mirai just smirked. "I could help." He said huskily, completely prepared to follow her into the bathroom.

Marron panicked and laughed nervously. "Actually I haven't had dinner yet." She began; knowing full well that there was no way a Saiyan would turn down food. "Do you think you could go make me a sandwich for when I'm done?"

"How about we eat afterwards?" He whispered, pulling her into his room (Yes.I suppose it would really be Trunks' room, but since Mirai thinks he's Trunks.)

"Ah..Well..I" Marron was at a loss of words as he pulled her into the bathroom and closed the door. She noticed he was reaching forward to hold her and turned abruptly, ready to wash her face.

He was beginning to get annoyed because she kept evading him. First she washed her face, but when he tried to kiss her she just turned on the shower and then brushed her teeth.

Marron wiped her mouth with the towel and wondered what to do next. There was nothing else to stop him. She stood up straight and felt his arms go around her as his lips found her neck.

Slowly she undid her blouse, trying to think of someway out of this. She watched him remove his shirt and return to her neck, his hands reaching up to move her blouse off her shoulders until it fell to the floor.

She took a step back and felt her foot land in a puddle of water, with quick reflexes she forced herself to fall backwards, knowing that Mirai would catch her before she hit the ground.

Faithfully he did catch her, worry evident on his face. "Marron are you ok?"

Leaning back in his arms she looked up and put on a pained face 'Thank you Theater classes' she thought silently.

"Ow.I think I twisted my ankle."

The mood was instantly ruined as he became worried and picked her up, one arm holding her back and the other under her knees.

"Lets get you in bed."

Marron lay in bed, silently thanking Dende that he bought her excuse. He left briefly to turn off the shower, but returned to kneel at her side and ask if she needed anything.

"That sandwich I mentioned earlier would be nice."

Mirai nodded and began to leave the room "I'll get you an ice pack too". "Thanks Trunks!" She called after him, not prepared for what he did next.

He turned around in the doorway and smiled at her. "I would do anything for you Marron. I love you." And then he was gone. No doubt to get her a sandwich, and probably a snack for himself too.

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Bra walked downstairs, her destination: her mother's lab. She had forgotten about her reasons for returning to Capsule Corps in the first place, but now she was fully prepared to ask the question that had been plaguing her thoughts.

She saw Mirai exit her brothers' room and watched him run downstairs quickly. She noticed Marron's Ki inside and concealed a smile. Hopefully things would work out between the two.but right now she had her own problems.

When she reached her mothers lab she silently watched her mother typing at the computer and then banging her head against the screen. She was so desperate to save Mirai's life, to save her son.

Bra turned to leave not wanting to disturb her mom, but Bulma noticed her first. "Oh Bra? What are you doing here?"

Bra smiled.'Might as well just ask' she thought.

"Mom, I just had a weird dream, and I was wondering. Have we ever gone camping with the Son family? I think it was a river valley or something."

Bulma removed her glasses and rubbed her eyes. "Well yes, as a matter of fact we have, why do you." She removed her hands and frowned when she saw her daughter had disappeared ".ask?"

Bra ran up to her room and sat on the bed. 'Ok Bra.get a grip.this isn't the end of the world. So you went on vacation there.that doesn't mean the dream was real..Oh who am I kidding? Of course it was real! But why would Goten take me there? Of all places to teach me to fly.'

Unconsciously she reached for the phone and dialed Goten's number. When he answered she wondered how to go about asking him. "Um Goten.It's me Bra."

"Oh hey Bra, you left early from practice? Was there an emergency?"

"Well actually yeah Mirai woke up, but that's not why I called. Can I..um.meet you tomorrow. I need to talk to you."

"Of course Bra. I'll talk to you tomorrow. It's late why don't you get to sleep?"

"I think I will Goten. Goodnight."

She hung up the phone; not knowing that on the other end Goten was smiling. "Goodnight my princess." He whispered into the night air.

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Vegeta (yes I've been wondering what he's up to this whole time too) was exiting the gravity room to eat, and then drag his wife to bed where he would help her.relax.

He had tried to convince her to just let him beat the boy up. That would solve his amnesia problems right away. But she was insistent, saying it would do more harm than good.

Of all the things to happen, this just wasn't his week. First he notices that Trunks has been dwindling in his training, most likely because his mind is focused on the youngest brat of Kakkarot's offspring. Now he notices that Bra can fly, and that she probably learned from Kakkarot's other brat. It would explain why their ki's are always together during the day. It figures that his brats would just HAVE to go off and get his blood tainted with that of the imbecile Goku.

But to top it all off, he hadn't had a single night alone with his mate in a week, because of his Mirai brat.

He glanced outside and knew it was well past midnight. Silently he strolled into his wife's lab and pulled her out of the chair, where she fell unconscious moments before.

"Might as well go to bed tonight" he said out loud, climbing the steps with his mate held in his arms.

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< br> AN) I would like to thank Jami (Jami_chan) for her help, and for her asking her friend Alii (KiwiBug) who gave me the idea to have Marron 'Sprain' her ankle. Thank you both!

Oh and Scarlett Fire, I e-mailed you about beta-reading, but didn't get a response so I don't know if you got the mail or not, but if you're still interested then please e-mail me!

I hope everyone liked the chapter, the next one will be out soon I promise. I hope you all review!

Oh and to make things clear, so far only Marron and her mother know the full truth about Mirai's condition. Bulma, Bra, and Vegeta know he's awake and think he thinks he's dating Marron, Goten just knows he's awake. And Trunks and Pan are in there own little world.

Next chapter : Juuachi spreads the word about Mirai's condition, T/P moment, Mt/M awkwardness, and G/B confrontation are all coming up!