Finding Hope

Chapter 90: Have Hope

Tsubaki's pov

Trunks and I got back from Gohan's a little late since we had stopped at one of our favorite spots in the city, it had been the same spot where we confessed our feelings for each other in our timeline. We had time to just relax and look at the stars, something that neither of us had been able to do because of the constant fighting we were doing. It was also the best spot to oversee the city from a distance, the view looked amazing. The city was filled with life which vastly compares to how The West City of our timeline looks now. I had always been amazed with how busy the city really was, I had never seen it this busy. No matter how many times we had traveled here in the past years, it never ceased to amaze me how everything was here. I slipped my hand into Trunks', my tail wrapped around his waist as I sat close to him. I looked out at the city, wishing that we had this in our timeline. That we had some kind of peace, but between the damage the Androids did, then Deborah and the Majin Buu scare and now Goku Black threatening to kill all the remaining survivors, we haven't had a time of actual peace. Something or someone would always interrupt the peace we would have, especially after dealing with big threats. Trunks intertwined our fingers, just looking up at the stars as I looked at him. No matter how much time passes, Trunks looks like he only gets handsomer with time. Right now, I was missing his long lavender hair.

"The view is amazing..." Trunks said, "Yeah, it is." I said, "I wish we could always be able to relax like this... But I don't think that we'll be able to have another time where we can do this. After we finally defeat Goku Black.. We won't be able to come back here.. Ever." My voice quivered, I didn't want this to go away. I didn't want to be separated from my parents once again and not be able to spend any time with our family and friends, especially since I missed out on so many things because they all died in our timeline.

"I don't think that we'll not be able to travel here.. Sure, they have Whis and Lord Beerus who wants to enforce rules but this timeline's Bulma knows how to rebuild the time machine from my mother's notes. She'll figure it out." Trunks pulled me closer to him, I just relaxed into him.

After fifteen more minutes of being here, we left the spot and headed back to Bulma's house. The shower definitely hit the spot, both of us seemed to feel a little more refreshed. At the moment, we both were getting ready for bed. "I still can't believe how much Gohan has changed." Trunks said as he slipped a shirt on. "He only changed because there was no longer a big threat to Earth, when we finished off Cell, they were able to live in peace. Until Buu. And even then, Dad and Vegeta came out on top and saved the world. Once there was peace, Gohan probably saw that there was no reason to keep training. I don't fault him for thinking that way because he's got a family now but at the same time, it makes me sad because of how much I missed out on in his life. Like his wedding.. And now that's he's no longer a fighter, it's not like back then where I could ask him to go training with me." I said, "I'm sure if you asked, he would go training with you." Trunks said, "I doubt it... I know that Goten wouldn't pass up the chance." I sighed, sitting down on the bed. I grabbed the photo on the nightstand, smiling lightly at the picture. It was of Future Gohan, Trunks, Human, Mom and I. We were celebrating Mom's birthday that day, I frowned as I remembered the day he died. It was one of the few belongings that I carried with me after Mom and I had moved out of the house, Present Bulma gave me the frame to keep the picture protected. Trunks came and sat down next to me, placing an arm around my shoulder.

"I miss him too," Trunks said, "Yeah.. He would have stood a better chance fighting Goku Black rather than us. He was on a different level than we are." I leaned my head on his shoulder, just thinking about how we used to play around with Gohan. This picture was taken when we were happy even though the situation we were in wasn't great, we were able to have a good time. Trunks pulled me closer to him, "Who knows how he would have fared against Goku Black. He may have done the same thing that we are doing now... Don't be so rough on yourself. We're doing the best that we can." Trunks kissed the top of my head, he took the picture out of my hand and put it back on the nightstand.

"I know that this has been hard.. All of it. But no matter how hard things have been for us in the past, we have always come out on top. We always managed to beat the people we never thought we would be able to. Even if we had to ask for help. One of the things that got Mom through all the hard times was having hope that things will get better. I know that things have been hard and that you haven't had Hope that we'll be able to stop Goku Black but..." Trunks put his hand under my chin and lifted my head to look at him, our eyes met and I could see that he had a sparkle of hope in his eyes.

"We have to have Hope. No matter how hard things are, we have to keep hope alive. So please.. As hard as it may be, please have some hope that we can do this." He pleaded with me, our eyes were intensely locked on each other.

"Okay... I can do that. I can have some hope."

"Thank you." He gave me a small smile, I smiled back at him and he pulled me into a kiss. "Now that we have that conversation out of the way... I was thinking that we do something else before going to sleep." He smirked, "Oh really now?" I quirked an eyebrow at him, "Yeah," He chuckled, pulling me into another kiss. Let's just say, things got very intense and our night ended with something fun.