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Rules of the Game	By : plasticseraphim Category: Dragon Ball Z > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2352 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Part VI: Something so Obvious

It had been months since Gohan's last encounter with Juunanagou, and for that he was grateful, for every time he saw the cybernetic boy it became harder to kill him. Every punch or kick he threw at the cynical, cold hearted, bastard child of science, Gohan felt that it was becoming more difficult. In fact, he dreaded the meetings with the android even more so now than he did when they were enemies, because, as Gohan saw it now, Juunanagou and he were lovers. Perhaps not out of love, but they were.

"Oh Gods, what have I gotten myself into? What now?" Gohan asked himself for the thirty-second time that evening. He was crouched in a vertical fetal position on his bed, head resting on his knees, and rocking slowly. "I have completely fucked up. Completely. He knows. He knows he knows he knows. . ."

Months ago, shortly after Gohan's last tryst with Juunanagou, he had taken Trunks training in a secluded and desolate part of the city. There was no human life there, save for a few rogue nomads, but they weren't around this particular day. It had been raining, and the rain was a stinging cold which stung the eyes and chilled to the core. The showers had caused the sewers to back up: the air reeked of feces and garbage. The streets were covered in debris from the last android attack, and the chill was everywhere. Gohan had been particularly difficult on Trunks that day; he had even stooped so low as to play dirty. Gohan was so close to pushing Trunks over the edge to become a Super Saiyajin.

"I can't do this anymore, Gohan!" Trunks whined as he shivered in the rain.

"Don't you dare say that, damnit! You can do it, and you will do it! Don't start with any of this 'I can't do this' shit, Trunks, because you have to do this!" Gohan paused as he watched the intensity of his words sink in.

"Gohan, I--" He almost had the words out before he sucked them back. The young saiyajin thought over the consequences of allowing Gohan privy to his secret knowledge. If Gohan knew that I saw what happened he'd be so angry with me because I disobeyed him, Trunks' inner monologue questioned. I can't tell him what I saw, he'd kill me. So then he can't know that I did it.

"--I'm hungry." Trunks looked up at Gohan pleadingly, an odd expression on his face.

Gohan sighed heavily. "Ok. I guess a hot meal would be good after being outside in this." The two flew off in the direction of Capsule Corp.

Gohan had sensed that something was wrong with Trunks since the last rendezvous with Juunanagou. After their 'fight', he returned to Capsule Corp to find Trunks gone. Bulma assumed that he was with Gohan, but then again, she was so involved with her lab work that she rarely kept tabs on her son. Gohan had taken a quick shower and began to prepare some food when the violet-haired boy stumbled through the door. A series of interrogations were barraged at the poor youth, but all he was capable of doing was to stare unattached at Gohan until the questions ceased. He went up to his room and didn't appear until three days later when starvation began to settle in. When he emerged he was engulfed in the comforting and warm arms of his mother. With his guard down, Trunks let out all of his pent up emotions. He cried for a good forty minutes, and Bulma didn't ask a single question. She coddled and fed her son until he perked up, and assured him that she was working on something that would end this misery.

When Trunks finally approached Gohan again, he was angry, had a short temper, and didn't listen well to instructions. It was as if Trunks had completely closed Gohan out, and sifted out specific details of instruction that he felt were necessary to his survival. No longer did Trunks look up to his Master as he did before. The high level of respect had lowered until the point of no return. It took a lot of apologizing from Gohan for Trunks to begin listening again.

And all the while, Gohan didn't know why Trunks was acting that way. Gohan hadn't put two and two together to acknowledge the "what if Trunks had seen what went on between me and Juunanagou"? All the while Gohan thought that Trunks was upset at him for some other childish reason.

It was only until earlier that evening when Gohan was training Trunks that he finally put the two factors together. The two had been practicing in the same desolate part of the city as before when they spotted them. There was not a single cloud in the sky and the sun cast tall dark shadows. They were flying high in the sky to the north and were rapidly descending towards them. The two saiyajins quickly ducked between a dilapidated building and its overflowing dumpster.

"Hurry, lower your power level as much as you can, Trunks."

"Ugh, it smells. . ." Trunks covered his mouth and nose and withheld a retching gag.

"Shh! They can hear you. They won't be able to smell us as easily if we hide here. Oh Gods, they're right there." Gohan protectively wrapped his arms around Trunks and held him securely to his body. Gohan and Trunks slipped behind the shadow of the dumpster.

"I know I sensed something, Juunanagou." Juuhachi muttered as she landed. She swept a delicate, yet deadly, hand through her smooth blond locks as she scanned the surrounding area with her piercing stare.

"I didn't. This is really lame, Juuhachi. Let's get out of here." Juunanagou tapped his foot on the dusty curb and crossed his arms over his chest in a very I-am-seriously-going-to-drop-dead-from-boredom manner.

Juuhachigou narrowed her eyes in annoyance and stared at her twin. "Well, I certainly sensed something, brother. Perhaps it is that you are so full of viruses or flaws which enables you from sensing something so very obvious!" Juuhachigou stormed off in the direction of the building and the dumpster. The two boys were trembling with fear.

Juunanagou's senses picked them up then. Using a heat scanning mode, he quickly recognized their huddling forms behind the dumpster. Oh shit, he thought to himself as he remembered his sister's ultimatum. I can't let this happen now.

"Actually. . ." Juunanagou paused and intently stared at his sister. "You're right. I sense it now." His voice trailed off as he scanned the scene opposite of the two huddling forms. "But it is this way." Juunanagou chuckled coldly. "Perhaps it is you, dear sister, who has the viruses and the flaws, because you are walking in the wrong direction."

Juuhachigou angrily muttered to herself as she turned on her heel to follow her brother. A large puff of dust from her boot made its way directly to the secret hiding place. A sneeze.

Juuhachigou froze in mid step and turned to the dumpster, her eyes narrowed in an investigative and determined glare. A sinister smirk found its way on her lips as she stalked toward the dumpster once more.

Juunanagou began to panic. He could easily sense the two saiyajin's energy now that they had begun to panic, and he was absolutely positive that his sister had too. He walked over to his sister as fast as he could without making himself look obvious.

From behind the dumpster, the two saiyajin boys scooted as far out of view as possible, but they were still very obvious in the shadows. A cold sweat began to break out on Gohan's skin, and a dull ache began festering in his jaw where he involuntarily clenched his muscles. Trunks had began to tremble without control, his eyes were wide with fear and his body was pumping full of adrenaline.

Juunanagou reached his sister just as she was rounding the corner of the dumpster, a half step closer and she would have seen the two huddling in the stinky shadows. Juunanagou grabbed his sister's shoulder and pulled her to face him.

"Hello! They are over THAT WAY!" Juunanagou rolled his eyes at her and removed his hand from her shoulder. Turning, he took a step in the opposite direction. For an android, Juunanagou was very good at acting. Perhaps that was yet another minor detail that Dr. Gero had forgotten to erase.

"But I heard a distinct sneeze." Juuhachigou protested.

"It was probably just some paper in the dumpster or something. I didn't hear any 'sneeze', or whatever. It could have been a stray cat or dog. Animals sneeze too, dear sister. Or perhaps your sensors are broken. Maybe you're not as perceptive as you think." Juunanagou rolled his eyes again and tapped his foot a few times, careful not to stir up too much dust. "Gods, this smells like shit. Let's get out of here. The longer we stand here, the larger leeway they have to get away." Juunanagou took a few more steps in the opposite direction and began to hover a few inches off the ground.

Juuhachigou snorted and took off to the air to meet her brother. His ruse had apparently worked. Juunana waited until his sister was a meter or two ahead of himself until he turned to face the dumpster. Gohan and Trunks had emerged enough to have a front row view of what had just occurred.

Juunanagou gave the two startled boys an expression of relief, and mouthed the words, "Get out of here", and then flew off to meet his sister.

"What the hell just happened, Gohan? Why did he just save us?" Trunks questioned, his eyes searching Gohan's face for any answers he might find there.

"I. . . I really don't know." And for the second time, Trunks felt betrayed.
(�He knows he knows he knows. . .�)

To be continued. . .

Author�s Notes: Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I completely stuffed myself today (ughhh)! I ate dinner at my brother�s house around 2ish, and then I ate again at my house with my fiancé and mom around 7ish. But I was good though, because I didn�t have second helpings of pie or other sweets! But the triptofan in the turkey is seriously getting me now; I can feel myself slipping away to dreamland� zzz (Mm, hot dreams of sexy Juunanagou. . .)
Anyway, the next installment of Rules of the Game was calling to me as I was catching up on my computer time, and it simply did not go away until I sat down and wrote this. Tehehe, I always love a double-meaning or a pun for an important title or quote in a story (Something so obvious. . .). What could that obvious thing be? Besides just their hiding places? ;)
I�m so excited to get this story done, its going to be a lot different than I initially planned, but I think its going to be a LOT better too! Some surprises are coming up for the future chapters that I hope you all will enjoy!
As always, your reviews are so precious to me! Please keep them coming, because I adore, love, covet, and am simply addicted to your encouraging words! Thanks again everyone, and I will try to get the next installment out ASAP!
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