Dragon ball Z/Sailor Moon fanfic.
"Boy meets girls"
By Julian Soullard (e-mail: jnsoullard@hotmail.com)
Warning: All characters from this fanfic are copy right from Akira
Toriyama (Dragon ball Z) and Takeuchi Naoko (Sailor Moon) so don't sue me.
Also worth noticing, this is my first fanfic and english isn't my native
language (it's spanish and french), so if you don't like it, keep that in
mind.
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AND NOW ON WITH....
Chapter 5: The hopeless couple.
A new day in Trunks' new lifestyle was about to start as he got out of bed.
It was school day (not that it made him any happier though). The clock
marked 7:30 AM as he began to take his breakfast, he turned on the radio
while he ate. Nothing really interesting was said at the news broadcast this
morning besides the usual report about the Sailor Senshi and their recent
fights.
Trunks smiled as the reporter began making observations about the Senshi. So
far he managed to keep his identity in secret, he really didn't want
everyone in town to know he didn't came from this planet (or reality for
that matter), not that he wouldn't be able to handle it, but most of all
because he started to like the fact of hiding his abilities from the rest.
This was after all quite a peaceful city compared to the place he came from.
Of course there were monsters now and then, but they weren't such a big
threat to the people, unlike #17 and #18. If he revealed his powers to the
public just like that, he might cause a lot of chaos, and he really didn't
want that. After all there were nice people in this place like Usagi, Amy,
Rei, Minako and especially Makoto who shouldn't get involved in such a mess.
Therefore, acting *normal* was not only a choice but an obligation as well.
7:50 AM, Trunks calmly finished breakfast and got dressed. A few moments
later he steeped out of his house wearing his school uniform and consulted
his wrist watch, 7:54 with 39 seconds. Trunks started stretching to kill
some time, then he consulted his watch once again, he took a running stance
while still looking at the time. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... GO!
The Sayan hybrid ran down to Tokyo leaving a usual trail of smoke behind him.
Even though he didn't want to attract any attention by doing something
unusual (such as now), by running this fast no one could see him, Let's not
say identify him. For the last week he always did this. Wake up at 7:30,
leave to school at 7:55. It was really a good workout, if he ran fast enough
and avoided the countless obstacles such as cars, people, traffic lights and
stuff like that, he would be on time for school, otherwise, he would have to
stand by the hall. It was kind of a personal challenge.
Up ahead he saw Usagi running to school as well, late as usual, Trunks
slowed down to join her.
"Hi, Trunks! pant! pant!" she said while still running "I don't think
we're pant! going to make it in time!"
"Oh yes we are!" he told her as he grabbed her hand and dashed towards
school, although he didn't ran as fast as he usually did in order to avoid
suspicion from Usagi, still, he was running quite fast for a normal person. Usagi's feet weren't touching the ground anymore, she was being pulled in an "Project A-ko" kinda way.
"...wwwaAAAAAAAaaaaaa....." was the only thing everybody heard as Trunks
ran while holding a scared Usagi.
"7:59 sharp!" said Trunks making a sudden stop in front of the school gate
"We made it!"
"Thanks for the ride." Said Usagi holding her arm in pain.
School day went like most of the other days. Trunks still hated math but
managed to pretend he was paying attention, soon it would be lunch time, he
would get some time to recover from math class only to have Literature next,
which was almost as bad. Trunks glared at the clock on top of the teacher's
desk.
Just five more minutes.
"Ring... ring... RING DAM IT!!!!" He said to himself while firmly looking at
the clock.
Five minutes later:
RRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!
"Finally!!" Makoto said while pulling out two lunch boxes and heading
towards Trunks' class room. She had to hurry, or the other girls would beat
her to him.
Trunks got up and headed to the yard, on his way out he found Makoto with
her charming smile, holding an extra lunch box.
"Don't tell me you made lunch for me again?" he asked her not very surprised.
"That's right!" she joyfully replied.
"You know, you really don't have to go through all that trouble." he told
her, he actually liked the fact that someone cooked for him, after all,
Makoto cooked very well, but it made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Too late." she responded "You already told me you liked it, so now you have
no choice but to eat whatever I make you." handing over the box.
"Oh, the cruel torture you're putting me through." Trunks cynically added as
he took the box and headed outside with Makoto.
They were both sitting on a bench next to each other, Trunks was wolfing
down his lunch while Makoto was smiling at him, watching him enjoy the food
she made.
"Say... Trunks-kun," Makoto started "how about going to a movie after school?"
"Sure." he answered "Although I'm going to study with Ami after school, is
it okay if I meet you after that?"
"No problem," she said "I have aerobics class later today with Minako, I'll
be done by 5:00 PM, where should we meet?"
Later, that same day, Trunks was at Ami's place studying. The young genius
was really a tuff tutor, so far she already forced her comarade to make 5
complex geometry exercises, 20 different equations and a complete math test.
Trunks really was over his league. All that training he had back home was
useless in front of the horrors of MATH.
"Ami, please..." Trunks begged "My head is starting to hurt, I need a break."
"All right then," Ami said as she put the book aside "let's take ten minutes
before doing some *serious* studding."
"I think I'll need ten weeks..."
"Anyway, do you understand any better the concept of derivative functions
now?" she asked.
"Yeah, I think so." he answered "But let's try not to talk about math for
the next ten minutes, all right?" as he started massaging his head.
"Okay." she stated "Hum... what do you want to talk about instead?"
"I don't know, anything that isn't related to school should be fine for a
change."
"Okay... hum... how are you adapting yourself to Tokyo so far?" she brought
out.
"I think I'm doing okay so far." Trunks responded "You girls've been very
nice to me, I really appreciate that you helped me to get around in town."
"You're quite welcome." Ami told him "It seems you even managed to make new
friends along the way, especially Mako-chan."
"Yeah, I guess we both have a lot in common." Trunks declared "She's really
a sweet girl."
"By the way, Trunks." she asked "Are both of you... well... you know..."
"What?" he asked not getting the point "Are both of us what?"
"You know, like... boyfriend-girlfriend?"
"Hun? What ever gave you that idea?" he said very surprise of seeing her
ask something like that.
"Well... both of you spend a lot of time together..."Ami continued "Most
people at school think that you have something going on."
[Must be because of the lunch she makes me each day,] Trunks thought [I
can't believe how words go around at school.] "Well, we're only friends," he
told her "I think people at school are taking it the wrong way, that's all."
"I see," Ami stated "sorry for making such a stupid question." although she
knew that Makoto was looking for something more than just friendship.
"Don't be sorry," Trunks said "I think it's just something that needs
clearing up, that's all."
"You're right." she said, then looked at her watch "Well, ten minutes break
is over, time to hit the books."
"Already???? sigh"
Meanwhile, on a gym farther away from Ami's house, Makoto and Minako were
doing some different kind of exercise. They were pumping iron, doing some
bicycle and other stuff to keep there bodies in top shape (which I must
admit *are* in top shape).
"So Mako-chan," began Minako while doing some weight lifting "how are things
going between you and Trunks?"
"Well..." Makoto answered a little disappointed as she stopped doing some
bicycle "It's going kinda slow."
"You mean he hasn't kissed you yet?" Minako asked "What's wrong with him?"
"Nothing." Makoto replied in Trunks' defense "It's only been two weeks since
he got here after all, I guess he's just the slow type, that's all."
"Yeah I know that," Minako added "but remember he'll only be staying here
for a month, that's two weeks from today, you might as well hurry up before
he leaves."
"I know, I know." Makoto admitted "But hey, maybe he won't want to leave if
I really get him attached to me. Maybe he'll stay through this school's year
at least."
"You really think you can do that?"
"Sure."
"I'm still not convinced with this guy of yours." Minako stated "What is it
that makes him so special?"
"Come on," Makoto mockingly declared "You've seen him. What kind of question
is that?"
"Yeah I know he's really good looking and does have a great slurp body..."
Minako admitted, she started blushing and drooling as her imagination took
the drivers' seat until she noticed that Makoto was staring at her a little
concerned "ahem Well anyway, surely there's more than looks behind all of
this. What makes him so special? I never thought you liked gloomy guys like
him."
"Well..." Makoto started "I've gotten very close to him recently, he had
quite an awful childhood but he's really sweet and caring. He seems cold all
the time, but he's really very sensitive, he just doesn't like to show it."
"Looks that there was more than I expected about him." Minako confessed
"Do you know how he feels for you?"
"So far he treats me as a great friend, which isn't quite bad, but..." she
paused "I really hope he could consider seeing me as a girlfriend soon."
"So what are you planning to do to seduce him?"
"Well, we're going to see a movie later today." Makoto answered "Maybe I'll
get a chance there."
"A movie?" Minako said "If that's the case why don't you go and see Baz
Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, I've seen it and believe me you'll have him
all to yourself at the end of the show."
"Are you sure?" Makoto asked "Is it that intense?"
"Trust me on this one." Minako said confidently "No matter how slow he is
when it comes to love, that movie is guaranteed to have his lips stuck in
your mouth for at least half an hour. He can't possibly be dense enough as
to ignore such an opportunity."
"Well... I wouldn't be so sure." Makoto replied "He never had a girlfriend
after all, I'm not sure if he knows how to make a pass at a girl."
"What???" Minako asked surprised "He *never* had a girlfriend???? Ever????
I would have thought that a guy like him would've had at least five or six!"
"I know," Makoto explained "I was surprised also when I asked him, he seemed
a little embarrassed by the subject, I never though he was one of those guys
that came right out of the oven untouched, especially while being such a
hunk."
At that same time:
ATCHOO!!!
"Bless you!" Ami said once more "You've been sneezing a lot lately, are you
catching a cold or something?"
"I don't know." answered Trunks.
As time went on, Trunks finished studying with Ami. He still had some time
before meeting with Makoto, so he decided to run home and get change.
This school uniform was really uncomfortable, he liked his own clothes
better. He wasn't a last fashion kind of guy but he really became attached
to that ridiculously short blue jacket of his and those wide pants. He could
move more freely in those that in his tight school uniform.
Around 5:00 PM he went to look for his friend at the gym. Going out to see
a movie wasn't something he usually did, but if Mako-chan felt like it...
why not?
Trunks' head still hurt after Ami's math special studying session, he still
couldn't understand how she managed to find it all so interesting.
On their way out, Makoto and Minako found Trunks heading calmly towards them
with his hands in his pockets.
"You're just in time." Makoto brought out "You even had time to change."
"Hi, Trunks. Nice seeing you again." Minako added.
"Hey, girls." Trunks responded casually.
"Well I have to go now," Minako said as she headed home "You two have a nice
evening okay." she winked at Makoto as she nodded back at her in agreement
knowing what she meant. Trunks on the other hand wasn't sure of what they
were winking and nodding about (Isn't it horrible when women start
communicating in front of you knowing that you're unable to understand them?).
"Uh... Bye." he said as she saw her leave, then turned back at Makoto "By
the way, Mako-chan. Is it okay if we grab something to eat before going to
the movies?"
"Sure, I know just the spot."
Both of them began walking by the street. Trunks' head was still pounding,
if he had something to eat he might recover. They finally came to a snack
bar where Usagi and Mamoru where dating, Makoto spotted them and went to
join the couple while Trunks was ordering something to eat.
"Hi, guys. What a coincidence of meeting you here." Makoto said.
"Hi, Mako-chan" responded both Usagi and Mamoru "What brings you here?"
"Just came with Trunks-kun to get something to eat then go to see a movie."
"Who is Trunks?" Mamoru asked.
"The guy standing in line over there." Makoto pointed out "What about you
two love birds? How are things going?"
"Mako-chan, can you help me try to put some sense in Mamo-chan?" Usagi asked.
"What's wrong?"
"Well," Usagi began "Mamo-chan has this great opportunity to go and give
class to a high school in Tokyo..."
"That's right," Mamoru added "each year our college chooses some qualified
students from the campus to give classes to junior high students, this is
done also as a part of our career training in order to become more familiar
with teaching and assisting students with there school doubts. This year,
I've been nominated to give classes."
"It's a great opportunity," continued Usagi "Looks like by doing so it helps
your image at college in front of all the teachers and even the headmaster
of your faculty."
"So what's the problem?" Makoto asked them.
"That I'm not whiling to do that." answered Mamoru.
"Why not?"
"I'm not leaving while there are some monsters rampaging the city *here*."
he explained "There's no way I'm going to let you girls alone against
something that dangerous, how do you expect me to leave in a middle of this
crisis?"
"You're worrying too much." Makoto stated "I'm sure we'll be able to handle
what ever comes out at us, you on the other hand shouldn't be wasting this
chance, I think Usagi is right." She really tried to convince him, they were
facing something new and which they didn't understood completely, but she
didn't want Mamoru to worry over it, even if the last battle was very
difficult. If Super Saya-man hadn't shown up It would've been a different
story.
"You see!" Usagi pointed out "I told you, you didn't have to worry about
that, we'll be able to take care of each other."
"Well... I'm still not sure about this." Mamoru insisted.
"If something out of hand shows up you'll be the first to know." Makoto
added "Besides, there hasn't been a monster in the last few days. Maybe the
whole thing is fixed." she knew she wasn't saying the truth but it was for
the best of Mamoru's interest that she lied.
At that precise moment, Trunks walked towards them while caring his order,
there was enough food there to feed an army.
[I wonder who that guy is?] he thought noticing Mamoru [I'm almost certain
I've seen him before. But where?].
"Trunks, come here and join us!" Usagi told him, Trunks took an empty seat
next to Mamoru "By the way, let me introduce you to my boyfriend, Mamoru
Chiba."
"Nice to meet you." said Mamoru.
"Nice to meet you too." responded Trunks laying down his tray filled with
food [He looks a lot older than Usagi for being her boyfriend.]
"You're planning to eat all that?" Makoto asked pointing at the enormous
amount of food that was on the tray.
"Sure, why not?" he responded as he began to devour everything he ordered.
Everyone was looking at him with big sweat drops on there heads, although
Trunks didn't noticed, as long as he was eating nothing else mattered.
"Anyway, Mamoru." Makoto continued "I think you should give that class."
"I guess you're right." he stated "Just keep in touch with me if anything
happens, okay?"
"Don't worry, we will." Usagi said "By the way, in which high school are you
going to give class?"
"It's in the Nerima district," Mamoru answered "I think it's called Furinkan
high."
"I think I've heard that name before," Makoto declared "although I can't
remember..."
"Do you think you can handle it?" Usagi asked.
"Sure thing." Mamoru said confidently "How hard can it be? I bet the
students there are like the ones in any high school. No problem."
A few moments later, Usagi and Mamoru left the snack bar. That left Trunks
and Makoto alone. Much to the brunette's surprise, her date finished eating
rather quickly.
"I can't believe you ate the whole thing." Makoto pointed out.
"You'd be surprised if you knew how many calories I burn each day." Trunks
replied "So, what do you want to see tonight?"
"Well, I was told that there's a new movie, it's an adaptation of
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, what do you think?"
"Sure, if you want to." he said, although he didn't knew who Romeo and
Juliet were.
"By the way," Makoto said as she pulled out some fresh mints out of her
pocket "you might want to use these. [If this is going to be our first kiss
I really wouldn't want it to taste like a hamburger with fries]"
"Uh... okay." Trunks accepted as he put them in his mouth.
Once in the theater, the couple took a seat. Makoto was very enthusiastic,
Trunks on the other hand was quite indifferent to the event, obviously he
wasn't hoping for the same thing his date was. He was more concerned about
the headache which was as a result of Ami's intensive studying session.
As the film started, everyone paid close attention to the plot. Trunks found
it all quite boring. How could this Romeo guy love a girl he just met? It
didn't make any sense, and on top of all that, his aching head didn't help
either to let him enjoy the show.
Time went on and the film was at it's most "romantic" moment (so to speak),
Makoto noticed that most of the couples in the room stopped looking at the
screen and started kissing instead. She turned and took a look at Trunks,
she couldn't see his face from were she stood, most of all because of his
hair that covered his eyes and the lack of light in the room.
He stood there motionless arms crossed in front of his chest.
[He doesn't seem to be complaining from bringing him here.] she thought
[Maybe I should make the first move.]
Smoothly, Makoto put her arm around his and lay her head affectionately on
his shoulder, waiting impatiently for him to make the next move. She didn't
waited long as she could feel how Trunks' head slowly leant on top of hers.
She could feel his soft purple hair caressing her cheek, so far he'd never
been so affectionate to her. It felt really nice.
Unfortunately, Makoto's hopes were immediately shattered as she started to
hear him snore. He was completely out, unable to keep himself awake during
the show. Trunks really knew how to break the romantic mood as everyone
turned around facing the noisy couple in complaint. Makoto woke him up.
And here she thought he was making a pass at her...sigh.
"I can't believe you fell asleep!" Makoto declared angrily while walking
down the street, this date turned out to be a complete disappointment.
"I'm sorry." Trunks apologized once again, Mako-chan was really pissed off
at him, he never saw her so angry and he didn't liked it either "How can I
make it up to you?"
"Just forget it!" she answered still in a cold tone of voice "It was a dumb
idea coming here anyway!"
Trunks was really confused, he didn't expect her to be so upset over this,
but didn't want her to still be angry at him for the rest of the evening.
He reached to her with his hand to stop her from walking away. Makoto felt
Trunks warm hand holding her shoulder. She stopped and turned towards him,
he was firmly looking at her.
"Mako-chan, listen." he explained "I'm really sorry I fell asleep. It's just
that I was too tired after studying with Ami. Believe me I didn't want to
embarrass you in front of all those people. You know I wouldn't want to
upset you in any way."
Makoto looked at him, how could she still be angry at him while he was
looking at her with those eyes. She noticed that Trunks was holing her
shoulder in a very gentle way. Even though he was completely dense about
love, he sure knew how to make her feel better.
She regained her smile.
"It's okay." she said in a more gentle tone of voice "It's not really your
fault."
"That's better." he stated as he saw her smile again "Come on, I'll walk you
home." he offered his hand to guide her, Makoto wasted no time in grabbing it.
Makoto was loosing her bad temper as they resumed walking [You're such a
strange guy, Trunks.] she thought [I wonder if I'll ever be able to figure
you out...]. Even if the date didn't turn the way she planed, the end result
wasn't so bad after all, she could feel there was a big break through in
this "relationship", after all, this was the first time Trunks voluntarily
offered his hand, a few days back she would've still tried to pull a stunt
to grab him.
"I know." Trunks brought out "How about I take you to a movie tomorrow to
compensate for what happened today?"
"Sure, that would be great!" Makoto responded, it was nice seeing him take
the initiative for a change "What would you like to see?"
"Well..." Trunks began "I saw this movie being announced in T.V. last day,
it appears to be a classic, I think it's called F..."
The purple hair boy was suddenly interrupted as a huge explosion was heard
a few streets away from were they stood.
"What was that??" Makoto asked.
"Let's go see!" Trunks told her "Someone might need help!"
Both ran to were the explosion was heard hoping that it was nothing serious.
Although by the sound it made, that idea was quickly thrown away. As the
couple turned to the last street, they saw the cause of all the trouble. A
few crushed cars were on fire, but what caught more their attention was the
monster that caused the accident, it was a huge blob with four tentacles
stretching out of it's ectoplasmic body, it left slowly from the crash site.
"Ewww...What on Earth is THAT disgusting thing?" Makoto asked even if she
knew the answer.
"Must be another one of those monsters!!" Trunks responded [Damn it! I have
to get her out of here and find a place so I can change into my costume.]
[I have to get him out of here so I can transform!] Makoto thought, both
were looking at each other trying to find a way out of this mess.
"STOP!!!" said a voice on top of a building.
Everyone turned their sight upwards to face the monster's challenger, they
saw the Sailor Senshi (except Sailor Jupiter) striking silly poses with
threatening looks in there eyes.
"You disgusting pink jello-thing have caused all this mess..." Sailor Moon
stated striking her usual poses "You have no right to..."
"Hey, Usagi." interrupted Sailor Mars.
"What?" she asked, caught in the middle of her speech.
"I don't think it's listening." she explained as she pointed out at the
blob. She was quite right, the thing was just tearing up the place minding
it's own business and completely ignoring the Senshi.
"How... How DARE he ignore my entrance!!!" Sailor Moon said furious "Let's
get him, girls!!!" as the four girls jumped from the building towards their
adversary.
Trunks and Makoto watched in confusion what just happened. After recovering
from the strange introduction, Trunks took firmly Makoto's arm.
"Let's go!" he said.
"Hun???... but..." Makoto asked confused.
"You have to get out of here!" Trunks explained "I'll try to find the
police, you get out of here NOW, I don't want you to get hurt!"
Makoto normally would've complained about that, but since she needed to
transform without reveling her identity she accepted and left the battle
field in search of a more desolate place. Trunks took a different way than
hers, since he couldn't transform like Makoto, he had to find a place to
change were nobody could see him.
"CRESCENT BEAM SHOWER!!"
Sailor Venus' attack spliced in several beams as all of them struck the
enemy. The blob didn't even bother in avoiding the attack, the blasts went
right through its body leaving several holes. Venus' attack didn't seem to
injure him a lot as they all saw how the holes filled back. The blob
regained its former undamaged appearance.
"It didn't work!" she said surprised "It's like shooting at water."
"Except that this looks a lot more disgusting than water." Sailor Mars added.
Even though the creature didn't sustained any damage, it certainly noticed
it was being attacked now. As it left the mail box that it was trying to
eat, it faced the attackers striking them with all four of its tentacles.
The Senshi started dodging the blows.
Unlike the rest of it's body these tentacles were hard as stone, Sailor
Mercury was the first one to notice this as one of the them sent her against
a wall.
Meanwhile, in another place not far away, Trunks suddenly stopped in front
of a phone booth and looked at it.
[I don't think so!] he thought as he kept looking for another place to change.
"SUPREME THUNDER!!"
A lighting bolt came from down the street making impact against the blob.
The thing reacted by shaking up at the unexpected attack but nothing else
happened.
Sailor Jupiter ran to join the rest of the Senshi, Sailor Moon was helping
Sailor Mercury to recover.
"Ami, do you think you can find that thing's weak point?" Sailor Moon asked.
"I'll try." she responded as a blue visor appeared in front of her eyes and
she began tapping on her portable computer.
The blob recovered from the attack, if that thing had a face it certainly
would be an angry face. By using its tentacles it re-engaged combat, only
this time it wasn't delivering blows, what the blob tried to do was getting
a hold of them.
The Senshi once again started to dodge the attacks and looking for cover.
Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus were finally caught by the monster. It took
them with its tentacles and started shaking them in the air, not only that,
but it began strangling them as well.
"We have to cut them loose!" Sailor Moon declared, she took off the tiara
from her forehead. The tiara began to flow with energy "MOON TIARA ACT..."
Suddenly, a black blurry form flew by the monster's tentacles cutting both
Senshi loose.
"Hun??" Sailor Moon asked still holding her tiara in confusion.
Everyone now was looking at the new challenger floating in mid air while
holding both Sailor Mars and Venus. He wore a black outfit and mask, he was
also caring a sword on his back.
'Who is that?' 'Another Super hero?' 'Wow! check out the hair do!!' people
started saying.
"Super Saiya-man!!" said Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mercury.
The two rescuees gazed upon there savior, Sailor V had that *My hero* look
on her face, Mars on the other hand was more surprised, one moment she was
being strangled by a monster and now she was flying while being held by a
rather well built guy as she could feel it.
[Am I dead and flying to heaven?] she thought, although she felt a very
familiar sensation as she was close to this new figure [That strange energy
I've been feeling lately... It's coming from him!]
The three reached the ground softly, Rei was still looking confused at her
savior but most of all by the energy he was radiating.
"Are you all right?" he asked them, both of them nodded in answer "I'll take
care of that thing."
Trunks moved in front of the blob, he noticed that his adversary's tentacles
grew back after being cut. Wasting no time he began to make some strange arm
moves preparing to shoot his trademarked ki attack.
"BURNING ATTACK!!!"
The blast was fast and precise and went right through the creature.
Unfortunately, it had the same effect that Venus' Crescent Beam Shower, the
blob had a huge hole in the center of its body but it began to regenerate
and therefore sustaining no damage what so ever.
The building behind the monster wasn't so lucky by the way, it started to
crumble after receiving Trunks' blast, fortunately no one was inside the
building at that time.
"Something's wrong here." Trunks noticed a little concerned "My blast should
have blown up by making contact with that thing, it shouldn't have gone
through it."
"It's because of its metabolism." Sailor Mercury explained still while
consulting her computer "That monster can change from a solid to a liquid
state at will, we have to find another way to defeat it."
"I'll try to zap him again." Sailor Jupiter declared "I think my bolts have
some effect on him."
"SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!!!"
A snake like bolt, at least twice as big as the last one, came out of Sailor
Jupiter's tiara. The bolt struck the blob causing it to shake once again but
this time more intensively.
Unfortunately, it didn't seam to do anything else beyond that, the blob
resumed attacking again as soon as it stopped from shaking, this time it was
more aggressive.
"I think you're right!" Sailor Moon observed while dodging one of the
tentacles "It does have some effect on him. It makes him angrier!"
The blob was angry, it had been zapped twice in a single day, and nothing
upset it more than that, it was time to dispose of that tall girl in green.
Super Saya-man took his sword and began to slice the tentacles again with no
great success as they quickly grew back. He started to notice something odd
about the blob. It began to stretch like a cat about to jumps on a mouse.
The mouse in this case being Sailor Jupiter. Trunks quickly flew to protect
her.
The blob launched itself towards its pray with a speed no one expected it
would've had. Trunks managed to push her away from the danger putting
himself as the new target. It was too late to avoid the attack so he put his
arms in front of his face to reduce the strength of the blow.
Much to his surprise, he didn't receive a huge blow, instead he was wrapped
up by the blob being now stuck inside the creature. The creature had him
captured inside of itself which seemed to be the way it ate its victims.
Trunks felt how he began to run out of air.
"We have to get him out of there or he'll suffocate!" stated Sailor Mercury.
"How can we get him out without hurting him?" Sailor Mars asked.
Inside the blob, Trunks was holding his breath, so far he could still do it
for another couple of minutes but that wasn't the problem. He felt a burning
sensation all over his body, the heat was starting to eat through his
clothes not to mention his skin. If he didn't hurry he would be this
creature's lunch. He decided to stay calm, he slowly began to gather all
his ki, his muscles began to stretch and a yellow aura began to form around
him.
"What is he doing?" asked Sailor Venus even if she knew that her friends
wouldn't give her an answer.
The blob stopped moving, it seemed to be in pain. From the inside, Trunks
was still gathering his ki, it was time to release it in a single blow, the
blob started to inflate like a balloon.
[If I can't destroy you from outside] Trunks thought [maybe I can destroy
you from the inside!]
An enraged scream came out of Trunks' mouth releasing all his ki, the blob
exploded staining pink jello-stuff all over the place.
Super Saya-man stood at the center of the explosion eyes and fist closed,
the place was a real mess.
The five Senshi watched in amazement what happened, Sailor Venus was the
first to run towards the blond hero to see if he was okay.
"Super Saiya-man, are you all right??" she asked with a concerned tone of
voice "Your arm it's..." as she noticed the burning marks.
"It's fine, don't worry." he said as he opened his eyes "I heal up pretty
fast." he began to clean his clothes with his hand from the oozy remains
that remained stuck. The rest of the Senshi joined them.
"Thanks for helping us again." Sailor Jupiter said "You were really a big
help."
"Don't mention it." he responded still cleaning himself, he noticed that
Sailor Mars was looking at him in a rather intrigued and distrustful way
[Why is she looking at me that way?]
"Uh oh, It's still alive!" Sailor Mercury informed as she was the first to
notice that the blob began to gather up from the parts that were scattered
all over the area.
"What???" Sailor Mars asked surprised "How are we suppose to get ride of it?"
In a couple of seconds, the blob was rebuilt. Although the streets were
clean again, that wasn't such a big relief.
"I've had enough of this!!" Sailor Moon declared as she pulled out her
scepter.
"MOON PRINCESS HALATION!!"
The blast struck the blob but did absolutly nothing, much to Sailor Moon's
frustration.
"Sailor Mercury, haven't you found that thing's weak point YET!!" the senshi
leader asked.
"Well... we could still try to damage it with fire based attacks, but I'm
not sure if..." she began.
"Say no more!!" Sailor Mars interrupted as she gathered her index fingers.
"FIRE SOUL!!!"
A fireball came out of the fire senshi's index fingers targeting the blob.
The creature turned into a liquid state before the attack reached it, as if
it did that by natural instinct. It immediately fled by the sewers avoiding
completely Sailor Mars' attack.
"Damn it!!" Sailor Mars said "It ran away!"
"That thing must know its own weak point," Sailor Mercury stated "I think
that fire can destroy it, that's why it ran away."
"But how are we going to find it?" Sailor Moon asked "It could be anywhere
by now."
"It's still here." Super Saiya-man responded, everyone looked at him
awaiting for an explanation "I can still feel it's presence, it's trying to
surprise us." his eyes scoured the place and finally stopped in front of a
nearby sewer "There!!" he said shooting a ki bolt out of the palm of his
hand into the sewer, the blob came out of there surprised.
Taking the initiative, Sailor Mercury gathered both of her hands creating a
small foggy sphere between them, then she threw it to her opponent.
"SHABON SPRAY FREEZE" she shouted as her attack hit the monster and
imprisoned it inside a block of ice.
"Good work!" Sailor Venus stated "Now we have to put it somewhere it doesn't
escape."
Everyone started looking for something to put the blob into, Trunks noticed
a water tank on top of a building with the appropriate measures. He flew
towards it, cutting it loose and emptying it from the water, then he took it
to the ground and put the frozen blob inside. The creature wouldn't be able
to get out of there easily.
"Now how are we suppose to finish him off from down here?" Sailor Mars asked
him. The tank was quite large and you had to be in a higher position in
order to see what was inside.
Trunks didn't even bothered to answer. He took Rei in his arms and started
levitating on top of the tank. Sailor Mars was taken by surprise, although
she wasn't offering any resistance for that matter.
The energy that came out of the mysterious hero made her uncomfortable but
she didn't complain. Once on top of the tank, Trunks held her in a way she
could launch her attack, the ice was already melting and the blob was trying
to get out. It was, technically speaking, like a duck inside a barrel. Rei
threw one of her ofudas into the air and began gathering fire at the tip of
her fingers.
"FIRE SOUL... BIRD!!!"
The fire ball took the shape of a phoenix when it hit the ofuda and flew
right inside the tank. The blob started to incinerate as it began convulsing
in a very painful way. From outside of the tank, people could only hear the
fire crackling and the noise coming to an end as the blob died slowly.
Rei and Trunks started descending.
"Is it dead now?" Sailor Moon asked Sailor Mercury.
Ami started scanning the tank with her visor while getting some readings,
after a few moments she took it off and turned towards the other Senshi and
Super Saiya-man.
"It's definitively dead." she spoke in relief "There are no life readings
inside the tank anymore."
Everyone sighed in relief, Super Saya-man began to walk away from the Senshi
in search of Makoto, now he had to find a place where he could change back
into his usual clothes. Sailor Jupiter saw him leave.
"Wait!!" she said, but Super Saiya-man disappeared in a blurry vision.
Makoto then remembered she had to find Trunks, she was hoping that nothing
had happened to him.
Moments later, Makoto (in her civilian clothes) wandered around the streets
looking for Trunks, she left the others without saying a word. On another
street, Trunks was doing the same thing, he took a last look at his injured
arm before putting on his jacket.
The burning experience he had felt inside the blob left quite a little
souvenir but nothing some bandages and medication couldn't fix. His Super
Saiya-man costume on the other hand was beyond repair, tomorrow he'd have to
buy another one. His biggest concern at the moment was if Mako-chan was all
right.
A few minutes later, they eventualy managed to find each other on the street.
"Are you okay??" Trunks asked her concerned "Where have you been? I've been
looking all over for you!"
"I'm okay, don't worry!" she responded "How about you?"
"I'm fine thanks." he said "I think I better get you home before something
else shows up."
"Sure, let's go!" she joyfully replied as she instinctively took Trunks by
the arm.
As you might of guessed, Makoto took Trunks' WOUNDED arm which didn't
exactly gave him a pleasant experience during the rest of the walk (I think
it's one of Murphy's laws!). Makoto was way to happy for finding Trunks that
she didn't even noticed his expressions of pain each time she held his arm
tighter. Her abnormal strength didn't help much either to reduce the pain.
After walking a few more blocks, they finally reached Makoto's place much to
Trunks' relief.
"Well... guess I'll be seeing you tomorrow." Makoto stated coming to a stop
and releasing Trunks' arm.
"Guess so." Trunks responded happy to feel his arm again.
The light was perfect for a romantic moment as Makoto noticed, the stars
were shining and there wasn't a single soul from where they stood. A first
kiss would be perfect about now, but after the event at the movie theater
she was certain that such a thing wouldn't be happening any time soon. There
was no way she could imagine Trunks pulling a pass like that on her, and she
was to tired to even try.
"Don't move." Trunks told her as he took her face between his hands.
To say that Makoto was surprised would've been an understatement, she was
speechless as she felt Trunks' hands gently holding her head, his hands
weren't even sweaty.
[Oh my God!! Is he going to kiss me??] she thought.
Trunks' head approached hers, his mouth opened lightly, everything pointed
out that he was going for it. Makoto's face was redder than ever, she closed
her eyes and prepared herself to receive the long awaited kiss.
[Finally!!! After so long!] she thought.
Once her eyes closed, she felt a light blow on her cheek. Trunks released
her right after that.
"There." he said.
"Hun??? Wha........What....." she asked confused, instead of getting a kiss
she got a blow on the cheek??
"You had an eyelash on your cheek," Trunks explained "I just blew it off, is
there something wrong?"
"Hu... No! Nothing is wrong." she said very disappointed although she
managed to cover it with a smile.
"Well then, I think I'll be going now." he said putting his hands in his
pockets "I'll see you tomorrow."
Makoto saw him leave, walking down the street. She was still blushing.
[He's hopeless...] she though as he dropped out of sight.
Although she still remembered the warm sensation she felt when he grabbed
her face.
"Well I don't care!!!" she said to herself "He will be mine. Oh yes, he will
be!" (We see a background in flames form behind Makoto interpreting her
determination).
End of chapter 5.
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Author's notes:
I know I'm being cruel by making Trunks act this way (like a complete idiot
at love that is!), but I for one am having lots of fun by making him do that.
It's not as if this is new in anime characters, there are plenty of anime
guys who are completely stupid when it comes to girls, Ranma Saotome from
"Ranma1/2", Andy Bogart from "Fatal Fury", Keichi Morisato from "Oh! My
Goddess" and Parn from "Record of the Loddos war" are a fine example to
name just a few. Therefore, I didn't want to break the tradition ^_^
And by the way, if you've been reading so far and you're expecting to get
some Lemon scenes of Trunks and Makoto, you can dream on for all I care! You
ain't getting any of that in this fanfic.
See you in chapter 6...
"Boy meets girls"
By Julian Soullard (e-mail: jnsoullard@hotmail.com)
Warning: All characters from this fanfic are copy right from Akira
Toriyama (Dragon ball Z) and Takeuchi Naoko (Sailor Moon) so don't sue me.
Also worth noticing, this is my first fanfic and english isn't my native
language (it's spanish and french), so if you don't like it, keep that in
mind.
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AND NOW ON WITH....
Chapter 5: The hopeless couple.
A new day in Trunks' new lifestyle was about to start as he got out of bed.
It was school day (not that it made him any happier though). The clock
marked 7:30 AM as he began to take his breakfast, he turned on the radio
while he ate. Nothing really interesting was said at the news broadcast this
morning besides the usual report about the Sailor Senshi and their recent
fights.
Trunks smiled as the reporter began making observations about the Senshi. So
far he managed to keep his identity in secret, he really didn't want
everyone in town to know he didn't came from this planet (or reality for
that matter), not that he wouldn't be able to handle it, but most of all
because he started to like the fact of hiding his abilities from the rest.
This was after all quite a peaceful city compared to the place he came from.
Of course there were monsters now and then, but they weren't such a big
threat to the people, unlike #17 and #18. If he revealed his powers to the
public just like that, he might cause a lot of chaos, and he really didn't
want that. After all there were nice people in this place like Usagi, Amy,
Rei, Minako and especially Makoto who shouldn't get involved in such a mess.
Therefore, acting *normal* was not only a choice but an obligation as well.
7:50 AM, Trunks calmly finished breakfast and got dressed. A few moments
later he steeped out of his house wearing his school uniform and consulted
his wrist watch, 7:54 with 39 seconds. Trunks started stretching to kill
some time, then he consulted his watch once again, he took a running stance
while still looking at the time. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... GO!
The Sayan hybrid ran down to Tokyo leaving a usual trail of smoke behind him.
Even though he didn't want to attract any attention by doing something
unusual (such as now), by running this fast no one could see him, Let's not
say identify him. For the last week he always did this. Wake up at 7:30,
leave to school at 7:55. It was really a good workout, if he ran fast enough
and avoided the countless obstacles such as cars, people, traffic lights and
stuff like that, he would be on time for school, otherwise, he would have to
stand by the hall. It was kind of a personal challenge.
Up ahead he saw Usagi running to school as well, late as usual, Trunks
slowed down to join her.
"Hi, Trunks! pant! pant!" she said while still running "I don't think
we're pant! going to make it in time!"
"Oh yes we are!" he told her as he grabbed her hand and dashed towards
school, although he didn't ran as fast as he usually did in order to avoid
suspicion from Usagi, still, he was running quite fast for a normal person. Usagi's feet weren't touching the ground anymore, she was being pulled in an "Project A-ko" kinda way.
"...wwwaAAAAAAAaaaaaa....." was the only thing everybody heard as Trunks
ran while holding a scared Usagi.
"7:59 sharp!" said Trunks making a sudden stop in front of the school gate
"We made it!"
"Thanks for the ride." Said Usagi holding her arm in pain.
School day went like most of the other days. Trunks still hated math but
managed to pretend he was paying attention, soon it would be lunch time, he
would get some time to recover from math class only to have Literature next,
which was almost as bad. Trunks glared at the clock on top of the teacher's
desk.
Just five more minutes.
"Ring... ring... RING DAM IT!!!!" He said to himself while firmly looking at
the clock.
Five minutes later:
RRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!
"Finally!!" Makoto said while pulling out two lunch boxes and heading
towards Trunks' class room. She had to hurry, or the other girls would beat
her to him.
Trunks got up and headed to the yard, on his way out he found Makoto with
her charming smile, holding an extra lunch box.
"Don't tell me you made lunch for me again?" he asked her not very surprised.
"That's right!" she joyfully replied.
"You know, you really don't have to go through all that trouble." he told
her, he actually liked the fact that someone cooked for him, after all,
Makoto cooked very well, but it made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Too late." she responded "You already told me you liked it, so now you have
no choice but to eat whatever I make you." handing over the box.
"Oh, the cruel torture you're putting me through." Trunks cynically added as
he took the box and headed outside with Makoto.
They were both sitting on a bench next to each other, Trunks was wolfing
down his lunch while Makoto was smiling at him, watching him enjoy the food
she made.
"Say... Trunks-kun," Makoto started "how about going to a movie after school?"
"Sure." he answered "Although I'm going to study with Ami after school, is
it okay if I meet you after that?"
"No problem," she said "I have aerobics class later today with Minako, I'll
be done by 5:00 PM, where should we meet?"
Later, that same day, Trunks was at Ami's place studying. The young genius
was really a tuff tutor, so far she already forced her comarade to make 5
complex geometry exercises, 20 different equations and a complete math test.
Trunks really was over his league. All that training he had back home was
useless in front of the horrors of MATH.
"Ami, please..." Trunks begged "My head is starting to hurt, I need a break."
"All right then," Ami said as she put the book aside "let's take ten minutes
before doing some *serious* studding."
"I think I'll need ten weeks..."
"Anyway, do you understand any better the concept of derivative functions
now?" she asked.
"Yeah, I think so." he answered "But let's try not to talk about math for
the next ten minutes, all right?" as he started massaging his head.
"Okay." she stated "Hum... what do you want to talk about instead?"
"I don't know, anything that isn't related to school should be fine for a
change."
"Okay... hum... how are you adapting yourself to Tokyo so far?" she brought
out.
"I think I'm doing okay so far." Trunks responded "You girls've been very
nice to me, I really appreciate that you helped me to get around in town."
"You're quite welcome." Ami told him "It seems you even managed to make new
friends along the way, especially Mako-chan."
"Yeah, I guess we both have a lot in common." Trunks declared "She's really
a sweet girl."
"By the way, Trunks." she asked "Are both of you... well... you know..."
"What?" he asked not getting the point "Are both of us what?"
"You know, like... boyfriend-girlfriend?"
"Hun? What ever gave you that idea?" he said very surprise of seeing her
ask something like that.
"Well... both of you spend a lot of time together..."Ami continued "Most
people at school think that you have something going on."
[Must be because of the lunch she makes me each day,] Trunks thought [I
can't believe how words go around at school.] "Well, we're only friends," he
told her "I think people at school are taking it the wrong way, that's all."
"I see," Ami stated "sorry for making such a stupid question." although she
knew that Makoto was looking for something more than just friendship.
"Don't be sorry," Trunks said "I think it's just something that needs
clearing up, that's all."
"You're right." she said, then looked at her watch "Well, ten minutes break
is over, time to hit the books."
"Already???? sigh"
Meanwhile, on a gym farther away from Ami's house, Makoto and Minako were
doing some different kind of exercise. They were pumping iron, doing some
bicycle and other stuff to keep there bodies in top shape (which I must
admit *are* in top shape).
"So Mako-chan," began Minako while doing some weight lifting "how are things
going between you and Trunks?"
"Well..." Makoto answered a little disappointed as she stopped doing some
bicycle "It's going kinda slow."
"You mean he hasn't kissed you yet?" Minako asked "What's wrong with him?"
"Nothing." Makoto replied in Trunks' defense "It's only been two weeks since
he got here after all, I guess he's just the slow type, that's all."
"Yeah I know that," Minako added "but remember he'll only be staying here
for a month, that's two weeks from today, you might as well hurry up before
he leaves."
"I know, I know." Makoto admitted "But hey, maybe he won't want to leave if
I really get him attached to me. Maybe he'll stay through this school's year
at least."
"You really think you can do that?"
"Sure."
"I'm still not convinced with this guy of yours." Minako stated "What is it
that makes him so special?"
"Come on," Makoto mockingly declared "You've seen him. What kind of question
is that?"
"Yeah I know he's really good looking and does have a great slurp body..."
Minako admitted, she started blushing and drooling as her imagination took
the drivers' seat until she noticed that Makoto was staring at her a little
concerned "ahem Well anyway, surely there's more than looks behind all of
this. What makes him so special? I never thought you liked gloomy guys like
him."
"Well..." Makoto started "I've gotten very close to him recently, he had
quite an awful childhood but he's really sweet and caring. He seems cold all
the time, but he's really very sensitive, he just doesn't like to show it."
"Looks that there was more than I expected about him." Minako confessed
"Do you know how he feels for you?"
"So far he treats me as a great friend, which isn't quite bad, but..." she
paused "I really hope he could consider seeing me as a girlfriend soon."
"So what are you planning to do to seduce him?"
"Well, we're going to see a movie later today." Makoto answered "Maybe I'll
get a chance there."
"A movie?" Minako said "If that's the case why don't you go and see Baz
Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, I've seen it and believe me you'll have him
all to yourself at the end of the show."
"Are you sure?" Makoto asked "Is it that intense?"
"Trust me on this one." Minako said confidently "No matter how slow he is
when it comes to love, that movie is guaranteed to have his lips stuck in
your mouth for at least half an hour. He can't possibly be dense enough as
to ignore such an opportunity."
"Well... I wouldn't be so sure." Makoto replied "He never had a girlfriend
after all, I'm not sure if he knows how to make a pass at a girl."
"What???" Minako asked surprised "He *never* had a girlfriend???? Ever????
I would have thought that a guy like him would've had at least five or six!"
"I know," Makoto explained "I was surprised also when I asked him, he seemed
a little embarrassed by the subject, I never though he was one of those guys
that came right out of the oven untouched, especially while being such a
hunk."
At that same time:
ATCHOO!!!
"Bless you!" Ami said once more "You've been sneezing a lot lately, are you
catching a cold or something?"
"I don't know." answered Trunks.
As time went on, Trunks finished studying with Ami. He still had some time
before meeting with Makoto, so he decided to run home and get change.
This school uniform was really uncomfortable, he liked his own clothes
better. He wasn't a last fashion kind of guy but he really became attached
to that ridiculously short blue jacket of his and those wide pants. He could
move more freely in those that in his tight school uniform.
Around 5:00 PM he went to look for his friend at the gym. Going out to see
a movie wasn't something he usually did, but if Mako-chan felt like it...
why not?
Trunks' head still hurt after Ami's math special studying session, he still
couldn't understand how she managed to find it all so interesting.
On their way out, Makoto and Minako found Trunks heading calmly towards them
with his hands in his pockets.
"You're just in time." Makoto brought out "You even had time to change."
"Hi, Trunks. Nice seeing you again." Minako added.
"Hey, girls." Trunks responded casually.
"Well I have to go now," Minako said as she headed home "You two have a nice
evening okay." she winked at Makoto as she nodded back at her in agreement
knowing what she meant. Trunks on the other hand wasn't sure of what they
were winking and nodding about (Isn't it horrible when women start
communicating in front of you knowing that you're unable to understand them?).
"Uh... Bye." he said as she saw her leave, then turned back at Makoto "By
the way, Mako-chan. Is it okay if we grab something to eat before going to
the movies?"
"Sure, I know just the spot."
Both of them began walking by the street. Trunks' head was still pounding,
if he had something to eat he might recover. They finally came to a snack
bar where Usagi and Mamoru where dating, Makoto spotted them and went to
join the couple while Trunks was ordering something to eat.
"Hi, guys. What a coincidence of meeting you here." Makoto said.
"Hi, Mako-chan" responded both Usagi and Mamoru "What brings you here?"
"Just came with Trunks-kun to get something to eat then go to see a movie."
"Who is Trunks?" Mamoru asked.
"The guy standing in line over there." Makoto pointed out "What about you
two love birds? How are things going?"
"Mako-chan, can you help me try to put some sense in Mamo-chan?" Usagi asked.
"What's wrong?"
"Well," Usagi began "Mamo-chan has this great opportunity to go and give
class to a high school in Tokyo..."
"That's right," Mamoru added "each year our college chooses some qualified
students from the campus to give classes to junior high students, this is
done also as a part of our career training in order to become more familiar
with teaching and assisting students with there school doubts. This year,
I've been nominated to give classes."
"It's a great opportunity," continued Usagi "Looks like by doing so it helps
your image at college in front of all the teachers and even the headmaster
of your faculty."
"So what's the problem?" Makoto asked them.
"That I'm not whiling to do that." answered Mamoru.
"Why not?"
"I'm not leaving while there are some monsters rampaging the city *here*."
he explained "There's no way I'm going to let you girls alone against
something that dangerous, how do you expect me to leave in a middle of this
crisis?"
"You're worrying too much." Makoto stated "I'm sure we'll be able to handle
what ever comes out at us, you on the other hand shouldn't be wasting this
chance, I think Usagi is right." She really tried to convince him, they were
facing something new and which they didn't understood completely, but she
didn't want Mamoru to worry over it, even if the last battle was very
difficult. If Super Saya-man hadn't shown up It would've been a different
story.
"You see!" Usagi pointed out "I told you, you didn't have to worry about
that, we'll be able to take care of each other."
"Well... I'm still not sure about this." Mamoru insisted.
"If something out of hand shows up you'll be the first to know." Makoto
added "Besides, there hasn't been a monster in the last few days. Maybe the
whole thing is fixed." she knew she wasn't saying the truth but it was for
the best of Mamoru's interest that she lied.
At that precise moment, Trunks walked towards them while caring his order,
there was enough food there to feed an army.
[I wonder who that guy is?] he thought noticing Mamoru [I'm almost certain
I've seen him before. But where?].
"Trunks, come here and join us!" Usagi told him, Trunks took an empty seat
next to Mamoru "By the way, let me introduce you to my boyfriend, Mamoru
Chiba."
"Nice to meet you." said Mamoru.
"Nice to meet you too." responded Trunks laying down his tray filled with
food [He looks a lot older than Usagi for being her boyfriend.]
"You're planning to eat all that?" Makoto asked pointing at the enormous
amount of food that was on the tray.
"Sure, why not?" he responded as he began to devour everything he ordered.
Everyone was looking at him with big sweat drops on there heads, although
Trunks didn't noticed, as long as he was eating nothing else mattered.
"Anyway, Mamoru." Makoto continued "I think you should give that class."
"I guess you're right." he stated "Just keep in touch with me if anything
happens, okay?"
"Don't worry, we will." Usagi said "By the way, in which high school are you
going to give class?"
"It's in the Nerima district," Mamoru answered "I think it's called Furinkan
high."
"I think I've heard that name before," Makoto declared "although I can't
remember..."
"Do you think you can handle it?" Usagi asked.
"Sure thing." Mamoru said confidently "How hard can it be? I bet the
students there are like the ones in any high school. No problem."
A few moments later, Usagi and Mamoru left the snack bar. That left Trunks
and Makoto alone. Much to the brunette's surprise, her date finished eating
rather quickly.
"I can't believe you ate the whole thing." Makoto pointed out.
"You'd be surprised if you knew how many calories I burn each day." Trunks
replied "So, what do you want to see tonight?"
"Well, I was told that there's a new movie, it's an adaptation of
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, what do you think?"
"Sure, if you want to." he said, although he didn't knew who Romeo and
Juliet were.
"By the way," Makoto said as she pulled out some fresh mints out of her
pocket "you might want to use these. [If this is going to be our first kiss
I really wouldn't want it to taste like a hamburger with fries]"
"Uh... okay." Trunks accepted as he put them in his mouth.
Once in the theater, the couple took a seat. Makoto was very enthusiastic,
Trunks on the other hand was quite indifferent to the event, obviously he
wasn't hoping for the same thing his date was. He was more concerned about
the headache which was as a result of Ami's intensive studying session.
As the film started, everyone paid close attention to the plot. Trunks found
it all quite boring. How could this Romeo guy love a girl he just met? It
didn't make any sense, and on top of all that, his aching head didn't help
either to let him enjoy the show.
Time went on and the film was at it's most "romantic" moment (so to speak),
Makoto noticed that most of the couples in the room stopped looking at the
screen and started kissing instead. She turned and took a look at Trunks,
she couldn't see his face from were she stood, most of all because of his
hair that covered his eyes and the lack of light in the room.
He stood there motionless arms crossed in front of his chest.
[He doesn't seem to be complaining from bringing him here.] she thought
[Maybe I should make the first move.]
Smoothly, Makoto put her arm around his and lay her head affectionately on
his shoulder, waiting impatiently for him to make the next move. She didn't
waited long as she could feel how Trunks' head slowly leant on top of hers.
She could feel his soft purple hair caressing her cheek, so far he'd never
been so affectionate to her. It felt really nice.
Unfortunately, Makoto's hopes were immediately shattered as she started to
hear him snore. He was completely out, unable to keep himself awake during
the show. Trunks really knew how to break the romantic mood as everyone
turned around facing the noisy couple in complaint. Makoto woke him up.
And here she thought he was making a pass at her...sigh.
"I can't believe you fell asleep!" Makoto declared angrily while walking
down the street, this date turned out to be a complete disappointment.
"I'm sorry." Trunks apologized once again, Mako-chan was really pissed off
at him, he never saw her so angry and he didn't liked it either "How can I
make it up to you?"
"Just forget it!" she answered still in a cold tone of voice "It was a dumb
idea coming here anyway!"
Trunks was really confused, he didn't expect her to be so upset over this,
but didn't want her to still be angry at him for the rest of the evening.
He reached to her with his hand to stop her from walking away. Makoto felt
Trunks warm hand holding her shoulder. She stopped and turned towards him,
he was firmly looking at her.
"Mako-chan, listen." he explained "I'm really sorry I fell asleep. It's just
that I was too tired after studying with Ami. Believe me I didn't want to
embarrass you in front of all those people. You know I wouldn't want to
upset you in any way."
Makoto looked at him, how could she still be angry at him while he was
looking at her with those eyes. She noticed that Trunks was holing her
shoulder in a very gentle way. Even though he was completely dense about
love, he sure knew how to make her feel better.
She regained her smile.
"It's okay." she said in a more gentle tone of voice "It's not really your
fault."
"That's better." he stated as he saw her smile again "Come on, I'll walk you
home." he offered his hand to guide her, Makoto wasted no time in grabbing it.
Makoto was loosing her bad temper as they resumed walking [You're such a
strange guy, Trunks.] she thought [I wonder if I'll ever be able to figure
you out...]. Even if the date didn't turn the way she planed, the end result
wasn't so bad after all, she could feel there was a big break through in
this "relationship", after all, this was the first time Trunks voluntarily
offered his hand, a few days back she would've still tried to pull a stunt
to grab him.
"I know." Trunks brought out "How about I take you to a movie tomorrow to
compensate for what happened today?"
"Sure, that would be great!" Makoto responded, it was nice seeing him take
the initiative for a change "What would you like to see?"
"Well..." Trunks began "I saw this movie being announced in T.V. last day,
it appears to be a classic, I think it's called F..."
The purple hair boy was suddenly interrupted as a huge explosion was heard
a few streets away from were they stood.
"What was that??" Makoto asked.
"Let's go see!" Trunks told her "Someone might need help!"
Both ran to were the explosion was heard hoping that it was nothing serious.
Although by the sound it made, that idea was quickly thrown away. As the
couple turned to the last street, they saw the cause of all the trouble. A
few crushed cars were on fire, but what caught more their attention was the
monster that caused the accident, it was a huge blob with four tentacles
stretching out of it's ectoplasmic body, it left slowly from the crash site.
"Ewww...What on Earth is THAT disgusting thing?" Makoto asked even if she
knew the answer.
"Must be another one of those monsters!!" Trunks responded [Damn it! I have
to get her out of here and find a place so I can change into my costume.]
[I have to get him out of here so I can transform!] Makoto thought, both
were looking at each other trying to find a way out of this mess.
"STOP!!!" said a voice on top of a building.
Everyone turned their sight upwards to face the monster's challenger, they
saw the Sailor Senshi (except Sailor Jupiter) striking silly poses with
threatening looks in there eyes.
"You disgusting pink jello-thing have caused all this mess..." Sailor Moon
stated striking her usual poses "You have no right to..."
"Hey, Usagi." interrupted Sailor Mars.
"What?" she asked, caught in the middle of her speech.
"I don't think it's listening." she explained as she pointed out at the
blob. She was quite right, the thing was just tearing up the place minding
it's own business and completely ignoring the Senshi.
"How... How DARE he ignore my entrance!!!" Sailor Moon said furious "Let's
get him, girls!!!" as the four girls jumped from the building towards their
adversary.
Trunks and Makoto watched in confusion what just happened. After recovering
from the strange introduction, Trunks took firmly Makoto's arm.
"Let's go!" he said.
"Hun???... but..." Makoto asked confused.
"You have to get out of here!" Trunks explained "I'll try to find the
police, you get out of here NOW, I don't want you to get hurt!"
Makoto normally would've complained about that, but since she needed to
transform without reveling her identity she accepted and left the battle
field in search of a more desolate place. Trunks took a different way than
hers, since he couldn't transform like Makoto, he had to find a place to
change were nobody could see him.
"CRESCENT BEAM SHOWER!!"
Sailor Venus' attack spliced in several beams as all of them struck the
enemy. The blob didn't even bother in avoiding the attack, the blasts went
right through its body leaving several holes. Venus' attack didn't seem to
injure him a lot as they all saw how the holes filled back. The blob
regained its former undamaged appearance.
"It didn't work!" she said surprised "It's like shooting at water."
"Except that this looks a lot more disgusting than water." Sailor Mars added.
Even though the creature didn't sustained any damage, it certainly noticed
it was being attacked now. As it left the mail box that it was trying to
eat, it faced the attackers striking them with all four of its tentacles.
The Senshi started dodging the blows.
Unlike the rest of it's body these tentacles were hard as stone, Sailor
Mercury was the first one to notice this as one of the them sent her against
a wall.
Meanwhile, in another place not far away, Trunks suddenly stopped in front
of a phone booth and looked at it.
[I don't think so!] he thought as he kept looking for another place to change.
"SUPREME THUNDER!!"
A lighting bolt came from down the street making impact against the blob.
The thing reacted by shaking up at the unexpected attack but nothing else
happened.
Sailor Jupiter ran to join the rest of the Senshi, Sailor Moon was helping
Sailor Mercury to recover.
"Ami, do you think you can find that thing's weak point?" Sailor Moon asked.
"I'll try." she responded as a blue visor appeared in front of her eyes and
she began tapping on her portable computer.
The blob recovered from the attack, if that thing had a face it certainly
would be an angry face. By using its tentacles it re-engaged combat, only
this time it wasn't delivering blows, what the blob tried to do was getting
a hold of them.
The Senshi once again started to dodge the attacks and looking for cover.
Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus were finally caught by the monster. It took
them with its tentacles and started shaking them in the air, not only that,
but it began strangling them as well.
"We have to cut them loose!" Sailor Moon declared, she took off the tiara
from her forehead. The tiara began to flow with energy "MOON TIARA ACT..."
Suddenly, a black blurry form flew by the monster's tentacles cutting both
Senshi loose.
"Hun??" Sailor Moon asked still holding her tiara in confusion.
Everyone now was looking at the new challenger floating in mid air while
holding both Sailor Mars and Venus. He wore a black outfit and mask, he was
also caring a sword on his back.
'Who is that?' 'Another Super hero?' 'Wow! check out the hair do!!' people
started saying.
"Super Saiya-man!!" said Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mercury.
The two rescuees gazed upon there savior, Sailor V had that *My hero* look
on her face, Mars on the other hand was more surprised, one moment she was
being strangled by a monster and now she was flying while being held by a
rather well built guy as she could feel it.
[Am I dead and flying to heaven?] she thought, although she felt a very
familiar sensation as she was close to this new figure [That strange energy
I've been feeling lately... It's coming from him!]
The three reached the ground softly, Rei was still looking confused at her
savior but most of all by the energy he was radiating.
"Are you all right?" he asked them, both of them nodded in answer "I'll take
care of that thing."
Trunks moved in front of the blob, he noticed that his adversary's tentacles
grew back after being cut. Wasting no time he began to make some strange arm
moves preparing to shoot his trademarked ki attack.
"BURNING ATTACK!!!"
The blast was fast and precise and went right through the creature.
Unfortunately, it had the same effect that Venus' Crescent Beam Shower, the
blob had a huge hole in the center of its body but it began to regenerate
and therefore sustaining no damage what so ever.
The building behind the monster wasn't so lucky by the way, it started to
crumble after receiving Trunks' blast, fortunately no one was inside the
building at that time.
"Something's wrong here." Trunks noticed a little concerned "My blast should
have blown up by making contact with that thing, it shouldn't have gone
through it."
"It's because of its metabolism." Sailor Mercury explained still while
consulting her computer "That monster can change from a solid to a liquid
state at will, we have to find another way to defeat it."
"I'll try to zap him again." Sailor Jupiter declared "I think my bolts have
some effect on him."
"SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!!!"
A snake like bolt, at least twice as big as the last one, came out of Sailor
Jupiter's tiara. The bolt struck the blob causing it to shake once again but
this time more intensively.
Unfortunately, it didn't seam to do anything else beyond that, the blob
resumed attacking again as soon as it stopped from shaking, this time it was
more aggressive.
"I think you're right!" Sailor Moon observed while dodging one of the
tentacles "It does have some effect on him. It makes him angrier!"
The blob was angry, it had been zapped twice in a single day, and nothing
upset it more than that, it was time to dispose of that tall girl in green.
Super Saya-man took his sword and began to slice the tentacles again with no
great success as they quickly grew back. He started to notice something odd
about the blob. It began to stretch like a cat about to jumps on a mouse.
The mouse in this case being Sailor Jupiter. Trunks quickly flew to protect
her.
The blob launched itself towards its pray with a speed no one expected it
would've had. Trunks managed to push her away from the danger putting
himself as the new target. It was too late to avoid the attack so he put his
arms in front of his face to reduce the strength of the blow.
Much to his surprise, he didn't receive a huge blow, instead he was wrapped
up by the blob being now stuck inside the creature. The creature had him
captured inside of itself which seemed to be the way it ate its victims.
Trunks felt how he began to run out of air.
"We have to get him out of there or he'll suffocate!" stated Sailor Mercury.
"How can we get him out without hurting him?" Sailor Mars asked.
Inside the blob, Trunks was holding his breath, so far he could still do it
for another couple of minutes but that wasn't the problem. He felt a burning
sensation all over his body, the heat was starting to eat through his
clothes not to mention his skin. If he didn't hurry he would be this
creature's lunch. He decided to stay calm, he slowly began to gather all
his ki, his muscles began to stretch and a yellow aura began to form around
him.
"What is he doing?" asked Sailor Venus even if she knew that her friends
wouldn't give her an answer.
The blob stopped moving, it seemed to be in pain. From the inside, Trunks
was still gathering his ki, it was time to release it in a single blow, the
blob started to inflate like a balloon.
[If I can't destroy you from outside] Trunks thought [maybe I can destroy
you from the inside!]
An enraged scream came out of Trunks' mouth releasing all his ki, the blob
exploded staining pink jello-stuff all over the place.
Super Saya-man stood at the center of the explosion eyes and fist closed,
the place was a real mess.
The five Senshi watched in amazement what happened, Sailor Venus was the
first to run towards the blond hero to see if he was okay.
"Super Saiya-man, are you all right??" she asked with a concerned tone of
voice "Your arm it's..." as she noticed the burning marks.
"It's fine, don't worry." he said as he opened his eyes "I heal up pretty
fast." he began to clean his clothes with his hand from the oozy remains
that remained stuck. The rest of the Senshi joined them.
"Thanks for helping us again." Sailor Jupiter said "You were really a big
help."
"Don't mention it." he responded still cleaning himself, he noticed that
Sailor Mars was looking at him in a rather intrigued and distrustful way
[Why is she looking at me that way?]
"Uh oh, It's still alive!" Sailor Mercury informed as she was the first to
notice that the blob began to gather up from the parts that were scattered
all over the area.
"What???" Sailor Mars asked surprised "How are we suppose to get ride of it?"
In a couple of seconds, the blob was rebuilt. Although the streets were
clean again, that wasn't such a big relief.
"I've had enough of this!!" Sailor Moon declared as she pulled out her
scepter.
"MOON PRINCESS HALATION!!"
The blast struck the blob but did absolutly nothing, much to Sailor Moon's
frustration.
"Sailor Mercury, haven't you found that thing's weak point YET!!" the senshi
leader asked.
"Well... we could still try to damage it with fire based attacks, but I'm
not sure if..." she began.
"Say no more!!" Sailor Mars interrupted as she gathered her index fingers.
"FIRE SOUL!!!"
A fireball came out of the fire senshi's index fingers targeting the blob.
The creature turned into a liquid state before the attack reached it, as if
it did that by natural instinct. It immediately fled by the sewers avoiding
completely Sailor Mars' attack.
"Damn it!!" Sailor Mars said "It ran away!"
"That thing must know its own weak point," Sailor Mercury stated "I think
that fire can destroy it, that's why it ran away."
"But how are we going to find it?" Sailor Moon asked "It could be anywhere
by now."
"It's still here." Super Saiya-man responded, everyone looked at him
awaiting for an explanation "I can still feel it's presence, it's trying to
surprise us." his eyes scoured the place and finally stopped in front of a
nearby sewer "There!!" he said shooting a ki bolt out of the palm of his
hand into the sewer, the blob came out of there surprised.
Taking the initiative, Sailor Mercury gathered both of her hands creating a
small foggy sphere between them, then she threw it to her opponent.
"SHABON SPRAY FREEZE" she shouted as her attack hit the monster and
imprisoned it inside a block of ice.
"Good work!" Sailor Venus stated "Now we have to put it somewhere it doesn't
escape."
Everyone started looking for something to put the blob into, Trunks noticed
a water tank on top of a building with the appropriate measures. He flew
towards it, cutting it loose and emptying it from the water, then he took it
to the ground and put the frozen blob inside. The creature wouldn't be able
to get out of there easily.
"Now how are we suppose to finish him off from down here?" Sailor Mars asked
him. The tank was quite large and you had to be in a higher position in
order to see what was inside.
Trunks didn't even bothered to answer. He took Rei in his arms and started
levitating on top of the tank. Sailor Mars was taken by surprise, although
she wasn't offering any resistance for that matter.
The energy that came out of the mysterious hero made her uncomfortable but
she didn't complain. Once on top of the tank, Trunks held her in a way she
could launch her attack, the ice was already melting and the blob was trying
to get out. It was, technically speaking, like a duck inside a barrel. Rei
threw one of her ofudas into the air and began gathering fire at the tip of
her fingers.
"FIRE SOUL... BIRD!!!"
The fire ball took the shape of a phoenix when it hit the ofuda and flew
right inside the tank. The blob started to incinerate as it began convulsing
in a very painful way. From outside of the tank, people could only hear the
fire crackling and the noise coming to an end as the blob died slowly.
Rei and Trunks started descending.
"Is it dead now?" Sailor Moon asked Sailor Mercury.
Ami started scanning the tank with her visor while getting some readings,
after a few moments she took it off and turned towards the other Senshi and
Super Saiya-man.
"It's definitively dead." she spoke in relief "There are no life readings
inside the tank anymore."
Everyone sighed in relief, Super Saya-man began to walk away from the Senshi
in search of Makoto, now he had to find a place where he could change back
into his usual clothes. Sailor Jupiter saw him leave.
"Wait!!" she said, but Super Saiya-man disappeared in a blurry vision.
Makoto then remembered she had to find Trunks, she was hoping that nothing
had happened to him.
Moments later, Makoto (in her civilian clothes) wandered around the streets
looking for Trunks, she left the others without saying a word. On another
street, Trunks was doing the same thing, he took a last look at his injured
arm before putting on his jacket.
The burning experience he had felt inside the blob left quite a little
souvenir but nothing some bandages and medication couldn't fix. His Super
Saiya-man costume on the other hand was beyond repair, tomorrow he'd have to
buy another one. His biggest concern at the moment was if Mako-chan was all
right.
A few minutes later, they eventualy managed to find each other on the street.
"Are you okay??" Trunks asked her concerned "Where have you been? I've been
looking all over for you!"
"I'm okay, don't worry!" she responded "How about you?"
"I'm fine thanks." he said "I think I better get you home before something
else shows up."
"Sure, let's go!" she joyfully replied as she instinctively took Trunks by
the arm.
As you might of guessed, Makoto took Trunks' WOUNDED arm which didn't
exactly gave him a pleasant experience during the rest of the walk (I think
it's one of Murphy's laws!). Makoto was way to happy for finding Trunks that
she didn't even noticed his expressions of pain each time she held his arm
tighter. Her abnormal strength didn't help much either to reduce the pain.
After walking a few more blocks, they finally reached Makoto's place much to
Trunks' relief.
"Well... guess I'll be seeing you tomorrow." Makoto stated coming to a stop
and releasing Trunks' arm.
"Guess so." Trunks responded happy to feel his arm again.
The light was perfect for a romantic moment as Makoto noticed, the stars
were shining and there wasn't a single soul from where they stood. A first
kiss would be perfect about now, but after the event at the movie theater
she was certain that such a thing wouldn't be happening any time soon. There
was no way she could imagine Trunks pulling a pass like that on her, and she
was to tired to even try.
"Don't move." Trunks told her as he took her face between his hands.
To say that Makoto was surprised would've been an understatement, she was
speechless as she felt Trunks' hands gently holding her head, his hands
weren't even sweaty.
[Oh my God!! Is he going to kiss me??] she thought.
Trunks' head approached hers, his mouth opened lightly, everything pointed
out that he was going for it. Makoto's face was redder than ever, she closed
her eyes and prepared herself to receive the long awaited kiss.
[Finally!!! After so long!] she thought.
Once her eyes closed, she felt a light blow on her cheek. Trunks released
her right after that.
"There." he said.
"Hun??? Wha........What....." she asked confused, instead of getting a kiss
she got a blow on the cheek??
"You had an eyelash on your cheek," Trunks explained "I just blew it off, is
there something wrong?"
"Hu... No! Nothing is wrong." she said very disappointed although she
managed to cover it with a smile.
"Well then, I think I'll be going now." he said putting his hands in his
pockets "I'll see you tomorrow."
Makoto saw him leave, walking down the street. She was still blushing.
[He's hopeless...] she though as he dropped out of sight.
Although she still remembered the warm sensation she felt when he grabbed
her face.
"Well I don't care!!!" she said to herself "He will be mine. Oh yes, he will
be!" (We see a background in flames form behind Makoto interpreting her
determination).
End of chapter 5.
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Author's notes:
I know I'm being cruel by making Trunks act this way (like a complete idiot
at love that is!), but I for one am having lots of fun by making him do that.
It's not as if this is new in anime characters, there are plenty of anime
guys who are completely stupid when it comes to girls, Ranma Saotome from
"Ranma1/2", Andy Bogart from "Fatal Fury", Keichi Morisato from "Oh! My
Goddess" and Parn from "Record of the Loddos war" are a fine example to
name just a few. Therefore, I didn't want to break the tradition ^_^
And by the way, if you've been reading so far and you're expecting to get
some Lemon scenes of Trunks and Makoto, you can dream on for all I care! You
ain't getting any of that in this fanfic.
See you in chapter 6...