Worlds Apart
Reflection
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Worlds Apart
Pairings: Mirai Trunks/Gohan
Disclaimer: I do know own any characters from Dragonball Z.
They are the property of
Canyon,
title="FUNimation Entertainment">FUNimation Entertainment, and creator
Akira Toriyama. I make no money from the writing of the story.
W A R N I N G
relationships. I’m letting you know now what the relationships WILL
contain. So, if you are AGAINST such pairings, please find something
else more to your liking, you have been WARNED.
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Beta-reader by Mitts: Thank you so much for taking on yet another
project with me! You’re the best! Any mistakes made after Mitts has done her
job are all mine.
Note: Hello my lovely readers! I’m back for a short
time. I’ve decided after much consideration to do a little side story about
Mirai Trunks and Gohan. I hope that everyone will be pleased with my new fic.
Enjoy!
Summary: A side-story to Can
they make a difference? Interlude 3: Worlds Apart. Gohan and Mirai have a
history together that only Vegeta knew about. They have a fight and Mirai
returns to his own time, not resolving where they stand. When Mirai returns,
Gohan gets himself together to take the plunge. But Mirai leaves yet again.
What does Gohan do when Mirai returns for good with someone with? And how does
Gohan explain that he’s now married with a child?
Chapter 1: Reflection
Alert azure eyes scanned the surrounding area of
the vast Capsule Corp. compound. He waited until his ship had powered down
before releasing the glass dome hatch and jumping out onto the soft grass
beneath his feet.
It was early, this much he could tell. He could see
across the yard that part of the neatly trimmed lawn was being watered by the
automatic sprinklers. If he remembered correctly, the watering system came on
about
in the morning.
He inhaled deeply. The air was fresh and
clean—unlike in his own timeline—it would take years for the air to become this
natural. The androids really did a number to the planet, but with them
destroyed the Earth and its people were
slowly coming along at rebuilding what the monsters had damaged.
A small smile played at the corner of his lips as
he walked into the empty kitchen of his house. The smell of freshly brewed
coffee greeted him upon his entry. No food was set out yet.
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wondered what time it was. It was highly unusual for the house to be this quiet
at any time.
There was always some type of activity going on.
His mother would already be up and in her lab tinkering away at some odd
project and his father would definitely be up training in the Gravity Room. The
youth decided to head there.
Beep. Beep.
Crash.
“Ow!”
okay in there, Gohan?”
“Yeah, Mom, I’m
fine,” he grumbled as he untangled himself from his bed sheets from his place
on the cold floor of his room.
you sure, honey? It sounded like you fell out of bed.”
I did, the young Z fighter thought, but instead
he said, “No, Mom. Everything’s fine.”
breakfast is ready. Hurry down before your brother eats everything,”
mom called out. He could hear her footsteps retreat down the hall
Gohan gathered his necessities for his shower and
headed out to the bathhouse.
As he sat in the natural warm spring water, Gohan
reflected on his current dilemma: Videl. They had been dating on and off for a
couple of years but Gohan just felt that he’d
been leading the young woman on. He merely slipped into a relationship with the
head strong female simply because he couldn’t have the one he truly wanted.
The one Gohan desired was far beyond his reached;
and so he settled for the next person. Videl was all right according to his
brain, but his heart screamed:
His mom adored the feisty fighter likewise with his
dad and brother. He was even surprised when Bulma cheerfully welcomed Videl
into their circle of friends.
The only one who didn’t take to Videl was Vegeta.
As a little kid, Gohan was scared to death of the Saiyan no ouji. On numerous
occasions, the short tempered prince had tried to kill him and his family when
the Saiyan first arrived on Earth. But after
Cell and Buu, Vegeta had calmed down somewhat. He was quick to anger and fire
off a ki shot before anyone knew what was going on.
However, the flamed haired prince continued to be a
pain to everyone including his father, but now Gohan looked up to Vegeta and
valued his opinion.
The prince didn’t care what people thought of him.
The one who mattered
the most to him, was himself.
Vegeta knew a lot of things,
especially on relationships, which was why Gohan found it so hard to believe
that Vegeta and his dad were together. The full-blooded Saiyan was good at
giving advice but he was stubborn at following it.
Vegeta and his dad danced around each for years
until they both finally snapped. With the restored moon, it was inevitable that
something would happen between them. Their sparring was becoming less challenging
and more teasing. Their bantering was less demeaning and more flirting.
Every one saw it for what it was… except for those
two.
While his parents didn’t divorce, Goku and Chi-Chi
came to an understanding that they would hold up the family in name only and
anything concerning the kids they would face it together. His mom was sad to see
his father leave but Gohan knew that it was for the best. They would always
argue and fuss. There were plenty of nights that his father would sleep on the
couch or stay out all night.
And apparently, Vegeta was going through the same
thing with Bulma. Oh, they still lived in the same house but they didn’t share
each other’s bed, which had been long before Bra was born. Gohan
wondered how Bulma managed to get pregnant by the arrogant prince.
Trunks often times came
over to spend the night because his parents fought like cats and dogs—literally.
Although, Bulma wasn’t Saiyan she gave Vegeta a run
for his money. The little guy just couldn’t take hearing the insults and jabs
that Bulma and Vegeta would take at one another or the fact that Vegeta would
make good on his threat and kill his mom.
Shaking his head to clear it of the depressing
thoughts, there no use in thinking about
what could have been. Gohan just knew that if given another opportunity with
the one the he loved, he would not waste a
precious moment in trying to make their relationship work.
He learned that from silently observing
for so long before coming to terms about their feelings.
From inside the house, Gohan heard the telephone
ring as he exited the relaxing bath. As short while later Goten knocked on the
door.
“Hey, Gohan!
You dressed?”
“Yeah, what’s up?” he answered sliding the
“Bulma just called,”
Goten said excitedly. The boy was practically bouncing with nervous energy.
“Aannd…” Gohan prompted
for his brother to continue with the message.
“Oh, yeah!
She said that there’s going to be a party at the compound tonight and for us to
be there.”
“Did she say why?”
“Nope, just for us to come, so I guess that means
you have to invite your girlfriend,”
Goten teased.
Little brat! Gohan pictured himself
strangling his brother. He forced a smile on his face but said nothing as he
walked passed Goten and into the house to find something to eat before heading
off to the office to put in some time.
Maybe he’d call
the party.
A/N: Well, how was that as an opener? I know it’s
been a while since Can they make a
difference? The idea to write a story involving Mirai and Gohan just came
to me. Tell me what you think. All comments and suggestions are greatly
welcomed.
Nemesis