Dragonball Z: Chapter Three, Hidden Behind Blue Eyes

A/N: Disclaimer in first chapter.

It seemed, every time he went to sleep, the dream would come back a thousand times more detailed and wonderful.

There was a beautiful star that was brighter than all the others, as he approached it; its size grew larger and brighter. He then dropped down as if he had just stopped flying and found his destination. Looking around the land could only be described as a mystical beauty, one that could only be realistic in a fantasy land.

There were beautiful mountains that were a pale blue color close to rain cloud gray, then the most greenest grass that was sparkling with tiny dew drops on them- as if their had just been a small rain storm that had just come and gone. There were so many waterfalls and huge rivers that continued to glitter with the purest of waters, and were decorated with water lilies that had small glows coming from each center of the flowers. Many weird stallions ran wild and free as if their spirits were finally unleashed, along with many spectacular looking creatures that he had no idea what they were. The only thing they had in common were that their fur was actually on fire…then he saw shadows on the ground and looked up he could tell they were some type of winged creatures but he couldn't see very well because of the shining bright light…suddenly the sky turned a very dark gray as a bunch of rain came pouring down splattering his face, he could see a bunch of lightening flashing across the sky.

Goku woke up wondering why he did he wake up, when he suddenly sensed someone was in the forest near his home. Getting up from the sofa in his white tank top and blue boxers, he immediately grabbed his gi and put it on, and then his boots. Walking outside he eyed his surroundings so he could pinpoint who it was, but then realized he didn't have to because there he was just flying over his house.

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Trunks could still see Gohan's dead body lying in the rain. He could feel the rain and felt the harsh cold, breeze on his face which immediately became splattered with the blood from his mentor, and everyone that had died, on to him as he walked slowly up to his friend's body as each slither of energy disappeared. He could still remember the shock turning in to a horrific reality.

He immediately woke up from his daze, like he trained himself to do so long ago, to find himself flying around the mountain district where Goku lived. The scenery around him was nothing but blurred up lines, but to Trunks, he was going far too slow than his normal pace. It upset him because this indicated he had completely spaced out-meaning he had been vulnerable to a surprise attack. Trunks sped up-not realizing he had done so over Goku's house- he turned on his back so he was flying facing the sky, he did this to clear his mind and to fully get out of his daze.

'Well at least I don't have to worry about any androids in this time.' Trunks thinking this changed his train of thought to wonder what brought on the bizarre dreams. The nightmares he understood, heck he knew his life was as far from a bed of roses as it could be, but those dreams….

He looked up at the stars as the wind caressed his hair, his blue eyes reflected the stars as he gazed up wondering if any one of them could give him an answer. or hint, to the millions of questions that were buzzing in his mind.

This was quickly stopped by several things happening at once. Trunks had sensed something at the same time something blurry popped up a few inches from his head while some kind of force braced Trunks from going any further.

Trunks looked up only to see Goku's cheerful, happy face. This was when he realized Goku's hands were on his shoulders, stopping him from going any further.

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Goku smiled down at Trunks but when he saw the youth look questioningly down, did his smile turn to a frown. 'His energy…something's wrong…' As he thought this, Trunks straightened up and now looked at him with curious blue eyes.

"I'm sorry Goku if I woke you up." Trunks said as he scratched the back of his head with his hand now that Goku had let go of him.

"Huh? Oh that's not why I'm up here. I was wondering if you wanted to have a morning spar with me. I heard from Vegeta that you've grown stronger." Goku said looking for a way of finding out why he felt so much worry for the youth in front of him.

"Huh? My father…told you?" Trunks in complete surprise.

"Yep, in his own way he told me what happened in your time: He said that the same day you returned from helping us, that you were able to defeat 17 and 18. Only to find out that they had released the Cell of your time while three Perfect Cells had found their way to your world. It took you three days to defeat all of them but because Androids 13, 14, 15, and 16 had been released by 's Computer, you were unable to get any rest since you had to take care of them at the same time. Then, two days later, 's computer, which thanks to a guy named Babidi came alive with magic, released a creature named Buu who had joined up with Bojack and his members. Man it must have been really tough. I sure am proud of you Trunks, and I know Vegeta's extremely proud of you too. Especially, since you were able to take care of all of them in less than a month. He told me you were so excited to tell him, that you made your future mom make a super battery, so that you could come back as soon as you were healed to tell him." Goku said all of this with a grin, that broke into a huge smile due to Trunks blush that was beet red. 'Let's see, we defeated Cell three months ago, so Trunks returned home and took care of everything in one month, he rested for one in which Bulma took to make her battery. Now he's here. Why do I get the feeling that something happened to Trunks that he doesn't want to tell us.'

"I…can't believe he told you all of that…" Trunks in complete surprise as his face returned to normal.

"Well that's why I want to train with you! You have gotten so strong!" Goku in an excited tone but his cheery face immediately fell. He scrutinized Trunks with his serious gaze that he usually used on only his opponents, because Trunks was silent.

It was only for a second, but that's all it took for Goku to know for sure that something was up.

"Sure Goku, let's go. I've been wondering how strong you are to, especially since you participated in that Other World Tournament. That reminds me, what made you come from the Other World; my mom said you were planning on staying?"

"Huh? Oh well you see, I heard from King Kai who had heard from Kami and Piccolo that Gohan wasn't taking my absence very well, so I figured I would come home." Goku immediately putting on his happy façade again so Trunks wouldn't notice he had caught on to his little charade.

"Oh, I see, I wondered why he was so happy considering the fact that he was pretty solemn before the Galactic Tournament. Now that I think about it, it wasn't until I gave him his gi that he started to get his will to fight." Trunks had whispered all of this, Goku could tell he was speaking his thoughts aloud, but heard nonetheless thanks to his Saiyan hearing.

"Hm? You mean you were the one who gave that orange gi to him?" Goku asked blinking in surprise. "I had thought ChiChi did."

"Hm? Oh no it was me. You see I had found it when I was cleaning out Gohan's er…your house in my time. Anyways, I figured I had no use for it, and Gohan was outgrowing the one Piccolo made for him, so figured if the Kid wanted it well at least it would be put to good use." Trunks said as he tilted his head a little. "I figured he would be about the same size as I was at his age. I was a little off though…apparently I had a little larger chest width but it still fits him really well, at least my mom says so and so did ChiChi." Trunks said this as he remembered that the tournament had been just last week. Goku wouldn't know about this since this morning he had just been revived by the dragonballs. "Where did you want to train?" Trunks changing the subject as he felt his stomach fill with dread at the thought of fighting Goku.

"Follow me!" Goku said taking the lead.

Trunks followed ignoring the growing dread that filled his insides every second of the way.

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Across Town

Vegeta was lying down in his bed pondering everything that Trunks had told him yesterday. Due to the Boy training for the Galactic Tournament the boy and he never had the time to talk, so Vegeta figured everything was alright. That was until after the Tournament, the tournament had been Thursday of last week, and due to everyone having to stay in the hospital where test after test was run, no one could really converse with each other, especially since they were in individual rooms. Vegeta was the only one intelligent enough not to go to the hospital-he had gone to Dende, therefore he never saw Trunks until two days ago.

Two days ago was when Trunks "told" him everything. In truth, Vegeta literally had to beat it out of him.

Vegeta narrowed his eyes. The boy was rather reluctant in answering his questions, in truth the only way Vegeta could get any answers was by training with the boy for 53 hours straight non-stop. To Vegeta, it was absurd.

FLASHBACK

Right after the hospital released him, the Woman drove the Boy home. The Boy had gone straight to his room like Vegeta had presumed. Vegeta wanting to talk had been lying on the boy's bed like he had done to watch Trunks in the Galactic tournament, only this time he was reading one of the Boy's absurd manga called Rurouni Kenshin, he had just gotten to the part where Kenshin saved the Blue Haired woman when the Boy walked in.

This was where Vegeta knew immediately something was wrong, because the Boy was surprised to see him there. This made Vegeta go in to investigation mode.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Surely you sensed me here." Vegeta as he tossed the manga towards the boy's dresser with perfect aim, except before it could land the Boy had caught it. Vegeta stood, then crossed his arms, and narrowed his eyes. "So tell me Boy."

"Tell you what?" Trunks asked as he entered the room and placed his sword up against the closet. The Boy was wearing his usual outfit except for his jean jacket which had gotten torn up in the battle against Bojack.

"How you defeated the androids!" Vegeta said in the It's-Obvious tone, his voice a level deeper than usual due to eagerness. He was curious if the Boy had used any of the attack combos and ki energy blasts that he had taught him in the Chamber.

"I defeated them." Trunks said with a That's-All tone as he grabbed the manga, and sat on his bed, while Vegeta just glared at him.

"Obviously, but how did you defeat them?" Vegeta said in a tone that demanded for details, but was still in his conversational manner. 'The time I am in the mood to talk, he decides to play hard-ball. Hmph, he is obviously making this a challenge, I have taught him well.'

"I fought them." Trunks said as he opened the manga that Vegeta now desired to rip out of the Boy's hands and burn.

"Surely not with your sword, I hope." Vegeta as he looked at his son's favorite toy with an annoying look. 'Why does he fight with that thing?' Vegeta thought the most annoying question of the century that he longed to get an answer to. He taught his son so many new things, he prayed he at least used one technique to kill one of them-his son would get the beating of his lifetime if he destroyed both of them with that damn sword!

"Why would that matter?" Trunks asked as he began to read, only to find the magazine suddenly taken from him.

"It would matter because I spent two years in a white void-" Vegeta began only to hear Trunks interrupt him.

"So did Goku, but you don't hear him barking for praise like a dog." Trunks said it and Vegeta made sure he regretted it.

Yup, he dragged the boy to the Gravity Room and made him pay dearly for that comment.

"Mom made a super battery so I could come and tell you…I wanted to tell you face to face what happened…" And so Trunks told him, but it was not in a eager tone or in fact in a tone that would be proud of accomplishment. In fact it was…well he didn't know what-it was just off.

Vegeta listened to his story with his entire concentration.

"Three Cells…" Trunks

He made sure to remember what the boy looked like and how he reacted to each word. However as the boy spoke Vegeta noticed the Boy was behaving like he was bored, as if he was telling him of a pathetic show, rather than a serious battle that he had partaken. At least that is how he started.

"'s Computer was alive…Babidi used his magic to make him release the monster…" Trunks started to pace as he continued to tell Vegeta, but then he tried to stop at certain areas with stupid excuses: like he was hungry or too tired to go on with a promise to tell him later, but of course Vegeta did not let him. Here and then Vegeta had to actually show his aggravation by yelling at him to continue or spar with him roughly to get him to talk. Finally Vegeta believed the Boy had realized he wasn't going to get away with just leaving his tale at a cliff-hanger did the unbelievable happen.

"Buu split himself in to different versions. It wasn't long after that, when Bojack showed up with his men…" Vegeta noticed he had transformed out of his Super Saiyan state at that moment, as if a simple thought had scared him out of his transformation. The Boy literally paled and shook like a leaf.

"I don't want to talk about this anymore, I'm going inside." Trunks said as he began to open the door to leave. Vegeta growled and grasped his neck roughly and pulled him back, at the same time making his son kick the door shut. Trunks hadn't seen it coming-now bent half-way down Trunks was mewing like a Saiyan Cub, but that was only a second.

"Let go! Kami Damn It! Let me go you fucking bastard!" Trunks said as he tried to get out of his grasp but Vegeta forced him to the floor by squeezing the area at the back of his neck making the Boy go limp.

"NO! Not until you tell me everything and start behaving your age!" Vegeta said in a serious manner as he continued to grip the sensitive area even tighter. Vegeta knew the Boy couldn't help acting and behaving like this, in Saiyan years the boy was still a cub. (In all actuality Vegeta was still a teenager as was Goku)However, the Boy -like he and Goku- was living on Earth and therefore had to remember how old he was on Earth.

After about two hours of Trunks cursing at Vegeta in all the languages he knew, which was a lot; Trunks finally sat down in a pouty manner and while glaring at Vegeta continued.

"It was an ambush." Trunks said this and then looked down at the ground with a different look. Vegeta immediately noticed that now his entire body had gone rigid as if he just then realized at what part he was at, or realized he had to say something he did not want to.

"What happened?" Vegeta asked looking down at his son with a glare.

Vegeta knew then that this was the Key Point; this is what Vegeta knew he had been looking for, because his son's eyes were a deep blue now.

This part was why Trunks had traveled to the Past. The reason the traveler returned after regaining peace in his world.

"…I knew." Trunks said and then he stopped, and as if he was ashamed of what he was about to say he leaned back and bowed his head so his long chin-length bangs hanged in front of his face.

Vegeta couldn't see his son's eyes anymore.

"Knew what?" Vegeta asked in a tone that was barely above a whisper.

"I…I knew it was an ambush, I felt it…that was why earlier before I went I created..." Trunks stopped and took a deep breath, "I created the Spirit Bomb."

Vegeta felt like Goku had punched him in the gut.

"I had to…I had no other choice. I made it. I made it with my energy and the energy from the entire cosmos. Stupid I know, I mean Gohan had only told me about it, he never explained how to do it, but nothing else had worked…I should have thought it through better…anyway I won, rested up for a month. During that time mom made the battery which allowed me to come here." Trunks stood up and went to walk out.

Vegeta narrowed his eyes, this was the third time he had tried to end their conversation in such a senseless, half-hearted manner. "Boy!" Trunks stopped walking, Vegeta knew by this that he had the Boy's attention, "What was the result?"

There was a brief silence. Vegeta could see that Trunks had lowered his head and his shoulders went up a little, it was a show the boy always did to show his discomfort. Vegeta knowing he was uncomfortable intensified Vegeta's curiosity.

"I lost control…"

It was barely an audible whisper.

Vegeta silently gaped at him. He couldn't help it, he was surprised. He could only imagine the amount of destruction…

"It destroyed them all, but I also killed countless of innocent lives…" Trunks said in a even lower whisper as he bent his head down.

There was silence. Vegeta had turned his back and walked out, and it was only later that he regretted it due to the questions that came to him later. Of course it was then the Boy had chosen to fly off. It was also then that he decided to tell Kakkarot everything he knew, besides Kakkarot was used to handling emotional kids.

END OF FLASHBACK

Even now, although hours later, everything the boy had said bothered him.

Trunks had bottled it all up, and for some reason he just had this lingering doubt that Trunks was hiding something.

'The boy never mentioned how he lost control…' Vegeta thought as he imagined how the battle took place. 'What even made him so reckless to use the Spirit Bomb? The boy even in his weakest state would never be so reckless to use a technique he only "heard" about and never practiced with before. No, the Boy has more sense than that.' He thought as he turned over and began to imagine what took place, but only more questions came to him.

'Why would so many be there at that exact same time? How did the Boy manage to defeat them all in such a short amount of time? Even if he managed to make the spirit bomb, how did he manage to make it with so many opponents lingering all around him?' Vegeta's thoughts went on and on…

TBC….