Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Normal Friends from Strange Places ❯ I Did it For Him (Interlude) ( Chapter 10 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

This takes place after Normal Friends from Strange Places Chapter Eight. In that chapter, Trey left Tien after a heated arguement. All characters except for Trey and Trigun belongs to Akira Toriyama. Trey and Trigun belongs to me.

I was Doing it For Him
A Normal Friends from Strange Places Interlude
By Maria Cline

Tien stood at the doorway watching the rain. Inside, his wife Lunch was weeping and sobbing all over Choutsu, who was holding her. He didn't want to go inside right now to talk to them. They were angery and sad at Trey's disappearing act.

"Tien." Yamcha said as he came forward. "You have to get Trey back. It had been two days already."

Tien looked up at the scarred warrior and asked, "How did you know?"

Yamcha shrugged as he looked at the rain. "I'm one of the teachers at Orange High School. I noticed what happened and Trey and Gohan told me."

Tien turned his head at the warrior. "You teach there?" He didn't know. How could he know? Trey rarely told him anything straight, it was as if he prefered to keep secrets from Tien.

"Yeah." Yamcha nodded, "In fact, I teach PE. Anyway, you can't hide from Trey forever. You have to talk to him. Get him back."

"He doesn't want to be found. Besides, I wasn't a bad father. I did what was right." Tien said as if he was trying to convince himself more than Yamcha.

"By making Trey choose between saving lives as Trigun and Trey or being your son? Bright move." Yamcha said sarcastically.

"I was doing it for him!" Tien screamed at the warrior. "Why can't you understand that?! He didn't have a clue about how useless humans are in a real fight to save the world!"

"Useless?!" Yamcha screamed, "Humans aren't useless in battle!"

"We were. You of all people should know that!" Tien growled as his aura flared. "Do you remember the time when we died fighting the Saiyans?"

"Of course I did. It was the first time I died. Not pleasant might I add." Yamcha figured as he remembered his first death.

"We were useless. All we did was die in that battle. What good is fighting if you all you do is die?" Tien wondered outloud.

"I know. That's why I retired. But, come on, Tien, we have gotten stronger." Yamcha said as he stared at Tien.

"Not strong compared to the Saiyans! Look at Gohan! He's only seventeen and yet he could kill us both in one shot! And he haven't even trained decently in the past seven years." Tien boomed.

"Maybe because he didn't want to fight anymore." Yamcha said, "Look, Gohan is only a teenager. All he wants to worry about is school and meeting cute girls. Trey wants to be a warrior like his father."

"He has no father remember? He would rather die pointlessly in some battle than be my son." Tien whispered as he looked down ashamed.

"He hasn't died yet." Yamcha recalled, "Look Tien, aren't you jumping the gun alittle? Yeah, Trey is human, but I've seen Trey and Gohan spar. He's good. Gohan and Trigun have handled supervillianesses in the past without getting killed so far. They saved lives, Tien."

"He nearly got killed while fighting Gohan!" Tien screamed as he looked down at his hands. "He... was dying on me. He nearly died to save my life! He shouldn't have been there!"

"He was Gohan's friend. He felt he had to be there. Besides, he did play a key role in getting Gohan back to normal." Yamcha recalled.

"I don't care! Trey is human and all humans in a real battle are cannon fodder! If we don't have Saiyan blood, we are useless!"

Yamcha crossed his arms. Lighting and thunder boomed around him as he said, "Maybe Trey knows but wanted to prove you wrong. Maybe he wants to prove that humans have more of a role in saving the world than being cannon fodder."

"And he is willing to sacrifice my approval for that?" Tien asked wide-eyed.

"No, you were willing to sacrifice your approval for that. You were the one who forced him to choose between being your son and being a defender." Yamcha pointed out.

"He should've stayed here. He shouldn't want to be a hero. It's futile." Tien moaned.

"Why, because we have Gohan? I have something to tell you, Trey needs to be with Gohan and Gohan needs Trey. In case you haven't noticed but those two are the only ones the same age who can fly and destroy mountains. Trey was lonely at school. I heard about the teasing there. Everyone knows that he was your son and you weren't exactly popular since you use 'tricks' to win your fights." Yamcha's aura flared as he continued, "Trey didn't have any friends. He didn't have anyone to confide in. Gohan was the same! Damn it! The only friend that he has his age besides Trey is Dende and he's a Namekian God! Maybe, it's not about being a defender. Maybe it was about being friends and comrades. That is why Trey fought Gohan back there, because Gohan is Trey's best and only friend."

"I didn't force him to choose between me and Gohan. He can be friends with Gohan that doesn't mean he can save the world with him." Tien said as he crossed his arms against the cold. He was stunned. He knew that he wasn't popular but he had no idea that Trey was constanly harrassed at school. He didn't know that Trey was hated that much. Of course, he never went to high school himself so he didn't know what it was like.

"Maybe that is what Trey thought you did." Yamcha said, "Look, why don't you just go up to Trey and tell him you were wrong? He's at Gohan's you know?"

"I figured as much." Tien said, "Chi Chi called me and told me about Trey being there."

"So why don't you just fly there?! It's only a few hundred kilometers away!"

"No." Tien said coldly. "I'm doing this for his safety."

Yamcha gasped as he stepped back. "Are you serious? You still think that it would be better if Trey was Trey the student rather than Trey the hero?"

"Of course. Gohan can handle everything." Tien said confidently. "He's the hero now. Not Trey."

Yamcha scowled as he flew up. "Then... maybe you'd prefer Gohan to be your son and not Trey! You better be careful about what you say, Tien! Or you might regret it!" Yamcha zoomed away as thunder cracked around him.

The former warrior flew as fast as he could until he landed at Gohan's house. He took off his earpeice and Trey came out. "So... he still won't budge." Trey muttered as he took the earpeice. Thanks, Yamcha."

"Hey... no problem. I wish it would've went better than it did." Yamcha said as he fumbled with the set. "Sorry."

"At least you tried. More than I could say for Tien." Trey said as rain fell and raindrops slowly came down his cheeks and mixed with tears.

The End...