Winning Her Heart
Chapter 2: The Attack
Trunks and Zaiya saw their parents speaking with Goku and the others as they headed to their location. Zaraiya smiled as she turned and saw the two of them laughing and talking with each other. It seemed her daughter had taken quite a liking to Vegeta's son. 'The irony of that.' She laughed to herself at the thought.
"Well, look who's smiling again." Zaraiya said as Zaiya and Trunks approached. "And I suppose it's all thanks to Trunks here, huh?"
Zaiya turned a shade of red at this comment. "M-Maybe…so what, he's not that bad." She started, being a bit defensive. "He's actually really nice and sweet." She finished smiling at him and the tinge of red on his cheeks.
"Whoa, Trunks, going after the newest princess? You're going to have a lot of enemies. You sure you're in her league?" Goten joked while elbowing Trunks playfully in his side.
"Well I'm better than you. And most of the others in here, so I'd say I have a pretty good chance of winning." Trunks said confidently.
"Is that your ego or your father's talking?" Bulma laughed.
"Yea, Trunks. And I am so better than you." Goten said. Trunks just rolled his eyes.
"So am I a prize now Trunks?" Zaiya suddenly said with sadness in her eyes, but also a daring look.
"W-What? N-No, of course not. I would never treat you as just a prize!" Trunks stammered out. Goten snickered next to him.
"Personally, I don't see what's so funny. And what exactly did you mean by "winning" then?" She said going closer to Trunks.
"A good chance of winning your…." He began blushing like mad and trying to look away.
"My…?" Zaiya said finding his eyes and gazing into them with her moonlit orbs.
"Your heart…." Trunks said in an almost whisper causing Zaiya's eyes to widen.
"Smart answer." She said smiling uncontrollably.
"AWWWW, how sweet!" Goten mocked. The adults were just watching the seen unfold and laughing amongst themselves.
"It is sweet. And he is right; he has a better chance than anyone in this room or on this planet for that matter. After all, he made me smile." Zaiya smiled again and got Goten to stop his mocking with that statement.
Trunks was still blushing and was, in one word, speechless. He still managed to smile a bit though. 'At least there haven't been any embarrassing stories from mom.' Trunks thought to himself. He thought too soon.
"You know, when Trunks was a kid, he would always act so confident and cocky when he was around a girl he liked, but once they did something sweet he became a blushing sweetheart." Bulma said as some of the others started to laugh.
"Aww, how cute that is." Zaraiya said as she giggled a bit.
"And he would always protect the girl and everything, but he was still a little trouble maker." Bulma continued.
"Moooom!" Trunks whined. Everybody laughed at his whining.
"Um, your royal highnesses, it is time for your speech." An usher came over to inform Tonak and Zaraiya.
"Ah, yes, of course. Zaiya come." Zaraiya said while she and her husband went over to the middle of the room.
"Excuse us for a moment." Zaiya said before following her parents and being eyed by males the whole way there (mind you not all of them are human).
A horn was blown to signal for silence and grab everyone's attention.
"Good evening everyone! We want to thank you for coming tonight despite the shroud of mystery we put up. First off, we would like to introduce ourselves again, I am King Tonak, and this is my wife and the queen of this planet, Queen Zaraiya, and our daughter, Princess Zaiya. We are all Saiyans, but my wife and daughter are also part Sorarian, like many of the natives here. This basically means that they are able to use forms of magic and sorcery." Tonak finished.
"The planet of Averia is beautiful and we hope that you will explore it as much as you like, we also hope that you will accept us into your circle as equals as we see you." Zaraiya stated.
"Please enjoy the party and stay as long as you like. Thank you." Zaiya finished the speech.
There was much applause for the new royal family. They were accepted by the others. They stepped off of the pedestal and returned to their friends, Zaiya going straight to Trunks.
"So, what did you think of the speech?" Zaiya asked.
"Simple, yet effective." Trunks replied.
"Seems like it. This conference wasn't so bad after all, I'm glad I was forced to come." Zaiya said smiling as she looked around the room.
"Yea, me too." Trunks replied with a light chuckle.
At that moment a guard burst through the great doors in a panic grabbing the attention of all. Zaraiya stepped forward.
"Your highnesses, the castle is under…." The guard was unable to finish his sentence as a ball of fire crashed through the ceiling on the far side of the room. Many fell to the floor and others started to scream.
"Everyone! Please calm down! We must evacuate the-ah!" Zaraiya screamed as another ball crashed through the roof sending debris to the floor by her and the others.
Tonak instantly enveloped Zaraiya in his arms as he protected her while Goku and Vegeta did the same to their queens.
"Mom! Dad!" Zaiya yelled, not realizing the debris falling towards her.
"ZAIYA!" Trunks yelled as he pulled her close to him and shielded her from the flying pieces.
"Trunks! What's going on?" She said in a scared tone.
"I think your castle is under attack, this can't be a meteor shower!" He yelled over the cries of the others.
"Everyone, to the doors! Quickly!" Zaraiya and Tonak yelled together as they led everyone to the entry doors that they came through.
It was a flood of people trying to get through. No one was able to keep calm as they pushed and shoved each other to get into the safe area. Once everyone was in, they shut the doors behind them. They could hear the explosions outside and the ground kept shaking. Everyone was confused and upset. What were they going to do?
"What do we do now?!" Some of the attendees yelled and questioned.
They were led down a long hall until they came to a stop in a large room with a large staircase at its end that split into two different directions at the top.
"Everyone! The castle is under attack! We can go into our underground tunnel until this attack is over, we may even be able to escape the planet." Zaraiya yelled over the people as she pulled a lever causing the center staircase to fall into an underground passage.
"No…she can't be serious." Zaiya whispered. Trunks was still holding onto her and the others were close to them. She suddenly flew to the top of the staircase and into one of the rooms.
"Zaiya, where are you going?!" Zaraiya yelled after her.
Everyone stared towards where Zaiya had disappeared. She came out in a completely different outfit. She now had on a pair of white jean shorts with a red top, and she had a short sleeve white sweater over it, with white and red fingerless gloves and low white boots. She was levitating as she tied her hair up in a ponytail, leaving only her bangs out.
"Zaiya…what do you think you're doing?!" Zaraiya said in shock.
"I'm going to fight for my planet! We all have the ability to fight, we are all powerful! We should not be running from invaders! I will not let them take my home! I will fight every last one of them, even if I have to do it alone! The time to fight is now, but fighting with me or hiding in some tunnel is your choice!" She said as she burst through the ceiling and into the fight leaving the group of royals speechless.
End of Chapter 2. What did you guys think? Please review. I'll be working on the third chapter soon. If you have an idea for the story, let me know. I'm open to ideas.
