Chapter 1
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Bulma handed Trunks a transparent helmet, and a body suit.

' Here's the dragon ball radar, go inside honey and wear the suit and helmet.' Bulma told Trunks. ' You too, Goten!' She shooed them both.

After a minute, Trunks and Goten came out in their suits. Goten was complaining about his orange suit. ' Quit complaining' Pan joked laughing at them.

' Can I bring along my sword Bulma?' Trunks asked.

' No way, you want that thing to get rusted?'

' Uh.. I guess not...' He put his sword on a chair and put his flippers on.

' The helmet you both are wearing should give you the right supply of oxygen underwater, and should have enough for five hours maximum ok?' Bulma told them as they held onto the rail of the boat.

Pan grumbled, ' Get in already.. Grab those three dragon balls and lets grab the rest!' Goten laughed and flicked some water at her.
Goten jumped in the water, belly flop style. He sprayed everyone on the deck, Bulma screamed (fear of water) and rushed drying herself. Trunks jumped in the water, and they waved bye.

Trunks lifted the radar and pointed west for the three dragon balls. They seemed to be in the same space, but were moving slowly. Trunks wondered why...

' I hope its not stuck in some bloated whale or something...' he thought.

The corals and eels passed by, and they came closer. Goten picked up a pretty shiny shell and kept it in his wetsuit pocket.

Goten turned to Trunks, and tried to say something but it came out as a 'Blub!' Trunks looked at him and used a tool his mom packed in with the helmet. Communication devices.

' What did you say?'

' I said, look!' He pointed at something that looked very strange. It was a huge fish, or at least appeared to be. Then Trunks focused more on the upper body, and there was an upper body of a female.

' Could that be???' Trunks wondered looking at Goten.

' A mermaid....' Goten finished off for him. They approached the mermaid that was sitting on a rock looking at a pearl. Trunks' radar beeped, giving a sign that the three dragon balls were right in front of them.

Trunks swam slowly up to the mermaid, and she looked at them. Trunks stopped approaching, and waited for the mermaid to do something. She didn't appear scared at all, she looked at them.

' How am I supposed to get the dragon balls from a mermaid? For all I know she'll run away!'

' Try talking to her!' Goten snickered.

The mermaid looked at them as if she understood. Then something weird happened.

' Are you looking for these?' She spoke, taking out three dragon balls and holding them in front of her head.

Trunks and Goten had surprised looks, she could talk underwater perfectly. Goten swam abit forward now, and nodded.

The mermaid gave Goten a ball, then she went over at Trunks (who was freaked out of his mind) and gave him one. She held the third ball in her hand, and smiled mischievously.

' Isn't she gonna give us the third one?'

' I don't like the look on her face..' Goten murmured.

' You can have the last ball..... If you-' She pointed at Trunks-' can beat me
in a battle. Deal?' She said in a voice both boys could hear. Trunks powered up slowly, not sure what to do..

' Trunks, are you gonna fight her? I mean, I think you should, but she's just a girl- uh i mean a mermaid!' Goten told him.

' I don't know... But I guess I have to..' Trunks powered up faster, and his golden aura surrounded him in the rippling water.

' So you'll do it huh? First, let us get to the water... I found everything I need.' The mermaid said and suddenly her body dissolved into her human form, without the tail. She was in a bathing suit and she held the pearl and dragon ball and motioned for them to follow her. She swam extremely fast for a girl too.

Both of them were dumbfounded. Mermaid to a girl? Who is she? They both thought, following her to the surface. She swam to a small island.

Trunks took off his helmet, and asked the challenger.' Who are you?'

She turned around and snapped her fingers. She was wearing a fighting outfit, purple and green. The guys' eyes went wide open, this girl knew magic pretty well.

' I'm Tallena. I'm pretty sure you realize that I'm not a mermaid by now, because I use magic to shape shift. Do you want the dragon ball or not?' Tallena asked taking out a small black chunk of metal and held it.

' Okay then, Tallena. I'm Trunks, and this is Goten. Let's fight' Trunks removed his flippers with great difficulty that caused Tallena to laugh and went into a fighting stance in his navy wetsuit.

' Excellent. Let us begin!' She held a metal block and wiped it with her other arm for it to form a crafted gilded sword. Tallena grabbed her sword and got into a fighting position like Trunks.

Goten whistled. ' Nice sword! Too bad Trunks coulda gotten his along too..'

Trunks made his first move, he started with a kick that Tallena blocked. She teleported to behind him, preparing for a surprise attack once Trunks vanished and hit her in the back.

' Not bad,' Tallena brushed her spiky hair back. She held her sword and attacked, trying to hit him in every possible place. Trunks dodged them all, then she faked a hit to the right and slashed at his arm. Blood seeped through his wetsuit, and Trunks recoiled holding his cut. Tallena smiled and held the handle of her sword and wiped it, making another magical sword appear.

' How does she do that?' Goten wondered narrowing his eyes.

Tallena slashed the air with her to gilded swords, then looked at Trunks and sensed his energy ki. ' I have a feeling you are tired from that swim, shall I dispose of these?' She asked him putting the swords in a position of a cross.

' What difference would it make? He'll beat you anyways, ' Goten called out mockingly. Tallena pierced him with a cold freezing stare.
With one swift motion, the two swords disappeared and she tucked the metal block in her pouch.

' I'll just have to beat you with my strength anyway...'

A series of punches aimed at Trunks, with him dodging, and punched her in the face. Tallena's face jerked back, and blood tricked down her forehead cut.

Her face filled with anger. ' Now I'm mad!' She teleported and send ki blasts at Trunks, he reflected them back at her. Trunks advaced and yelled Burning Attack. He watched Tallena stand there and take in the attack, strangely. Her face was expressionless, Trunks yelled out, ' What's she doing? Is she that stupid?'

The blast threw Trunks and Goten back to the shore.

' Maybe she is!' Goten yelled getting up.

Tallena's left leg was scorched, and her arms were burnt bad. She walked up to them, then she laughed. Trunks was stunned at her reaction to what he just did to her.

' Okay, I guess you deserve it! Here, take the dragon ball. I've noticed that you have most of the others, so you might be some use after all. You can have it' Tallena opened her pouch and handed them the dragon ball.

' Wait, you're just gonna give up and give it to me? Where's your pride?' Trunks hollered flabbergasted.

Tallena gave him a cold look. ' I have pride, young man, but trusting you to have it without continuing is much easier, you see, I'm not up for a real fight, I just want to spar for fun. I will still battle you though, as long as you accept the dragon ball.'

Trunks was confused by her actions. Still fight and I get the dragon ball? What kinda fighter is that?