True Love: A Strange Encounter
Author's note:
My true love series reborn with Trunks.Trunks took out Pan's picture from his wallet and stuck it in his little book of heartbreak. He began it after he broke up with Marron. She was his first girlfriend. She was first entry in the book. Many had followed her, thanks to Trunks' never ending quest for love. Pan just the latest in a long series of disappointments, just the latest to find her way in his little book. He wondered how many others were going to find themselves there before he found love. He wondered if he was ever going to find love or was he destined to end up a perverted old hermit who ooged over dirty pictures of women on magazines his father and mother would incinerate on sight.
Trunks sighed and lay back. He wondered if love was worth the heartache. He wondered if love was worth the trouble. He wondered if it would be better just to accept that he was meant to become a hermit and give up now, before he broke any more hearts or had his heart broken.
He was weighing up the pros and cons of becoming a hermit when the phone rang. 'Hello.' Answered Trunks.
'Hi Trunks. It's me Goten.' Said his friend's cheerful voice.
'Hello Goten.' Said Trunks' tone unenthusiastic.
'I heard you broke up with Pan.' Said Goten with a hint of weariness in his voice. 'You must be depressed. Why don't you come over? Maybe me and Bra can cheer you up.'
'O sure.' Said Trunks sarcastically, 'Nothing will make me feel better than watching you and Bra do the lovey dovey thing.'
Silence, 'I take that as a definite. I'll tell Bra to instruct the house bots to cook for you as well. Bye.' So saying Goten hung up.
Trunks grimaced. Goten had a way of making him do things. A well, better get moving. He walked downstairs to find his father heading back towards the gravity room with a plate stacked with food. Trunks greeted him with a cheerful face that was as false as the got. He hoped his father understood that the falseness was not due in any part to him. Vegeta nodded in acknowledgement and kept on walking. Than suddenly he stopped and said, 'Don't worry brat, you'll find her. One day.' And headed out the door.
Trunks blinked did his father just tried to cheer him up. By Dende, he must be acting really pathetic. He had to get out of here. He needed to clear his mind. Barely avoiding his mother, Trunks stepped outside and took to the sky. Heading for his secret hide away high in the mountains.
He entered his hidden cave and headed straight for the underground lake. He needed to cool off. He had not gone far when the sound of splashing reached his sensitive Saiyain hearing. He froze, someone else had found his cave. Someone here now. Trunks felt his anger rise. How dare someone invade his cave, this was not to be tolerated.
Stealthily he creeped to the lake and hid behind a rock. He still had not seen who was there. But he picked up the soft sound wet feet on hard rock. He waited till the footsteps were almost next to him when he shiftily stood up, 'Aha.' And stared, his eyes wide and jaws dropped as far as it would go.
In front of him stood the most gorgeous female with raven black hair and onyx black eyes, stark naked. She was an absolutely stunning creature. Though she was about the same height as Trunks her long, long legs gave her the appearance of superior height. Trunks would have noted more of her features but his eyes locked on to her startled seemingly bottomless ones and all thought vanished from his minds. She was the first to recover. She quickly covered herself with a shirt she was holding in one hand, she had been picking it up when Trunks started her, and demanded, 'Who the hell are you? And what are you doing here?'
Trunks too recovered, 'Who are you? This is my cave.' he said angrily.
'Well, I don't see your name anywhere.' She retorted. Trunks held up a finger and pointed to the far wall of the cave. The girl turned to look and Trunks caught a glimpse of a something that was gone before he could fully register what it was. 'Okay, so your Trunks.' Trunks nodded, she laughed uncomfortable, 'Well, I didn't know and…bye.' Before Trunks could say anything or fully realized what was happening the girl picked up the rest of her cloths and took of with a near light speed. Leaving a dazed started Trunks whirling in KI created wind eddies.
With his hair still wet Trunks landed on his sister and friends front porch. He could have used his KI to dry off but he had been hoping that the water would help clear his mind of hormone induced thought regarding the enigmatic creature he encountered. So far it had not worked.
No sooner had he reached the door that it was opened by a cheerful Goten. But his smile vanished when he saw the look on Trunks' face. 'Trunks, you okay?'
Trunks looked at his friend, still with that dazed look on his face and said, 'Goten, I think I just encountered a water nymph.'
'A water nymph.' Goten repeated.
'Or a cave nymph or something. I don't know. But I have a feeling that I am not about to forget her any time soon.'