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 8: Gone... (part 1)
It was a normal morning at Juban, you could see several student walking to
school, stores opening and the usual trafic jam that began around 7:00 AM.
This was indeed an every day routine. Except maybe, by the teenage couple
that ran like hell through the streets of Tokyo. As a matter of fact, one
was running, the other was being pulled off her feet as she screamed in fear.
Most people got used to that. It certainly wasn't a normal thing in an every
day routine, but nobody made any questions.
"TRUUUUNKS!!!!! I CAN'T FEEL MY ARM ANYMORE!!!!" shouted Usagi.
"Don't worry!!! We're almost there!!" he told her.
A few hours later, during the school recess, we see Makoto and Trunks
sitting by a well known tree where they usually had lunch. No need to
describe Trunks' savages ways of eating as it is well known through out all
of his friends what kind of appetite he has.
During the last week, some progress has been seen in this couple. They spent
a lot of time together, held hands and occasionally exchange hugs. It was
pretty obvious to all the students that Makoto and Trunks were having a
"boyfriend-girlfriend" relationship. The only student that didn't knew about
this was (as a very sad case) Trunks. He might be a fast runner, but when it
came to love he was slower than a turtle without three of it's legs.
Surprisingly, Ami and Usagi weren't with them. The reason was quite simple,
Luna was having a word with both of them in one of the empty classrooms.
"Are you sure about what you're telling us?" Ami asked Luna.
"I'm afraid so." the cat responded "Artemis and I have been investigating
about the matter. There's no doubt about it now. Super Saiya-man is the
reason why monsters have been appearing lately."
"Looks like Rei was right all along..." Ami declared.
"I still can't believe that Super Saiya-man is behind all of this." Usagi
stated "It doesn't make any sense!! There has to be some sort of mistake!"
"Sorry, Usagi..." said Luna "We've already checked twice."
"So he was pretending to be on our side the whole time?" Ami asked again.
"I don't know about that." Luna explained "The only thing I know for sure is
that Super Saiya-man isn't from this reality. I don't know how, but somehow
he managed to enter in this world, and when he did, he caused the fissure I
told you about a few weeks ago. In other words, *he* is the unbalancement
that's causing all the trouble."
"Minako is really going to have a hard time accepting this." Usagi pointed
out "Does Rei and her know what you just told us?"
"Artemis must be telling them now." she answered "I was hopping I could tell
Mako-chan about this, but that's going to a little hard with Trunks at her
side all the time."
"Don't worry, we'll tell her." said Ami.
Time went on and school was over for the day, Trunks and Makoto decided to
go on a *date* (if this word is accurate enough considering the strange
relationship these two are having).
There was a fair at the park which arrived yesterday and Makoto insisted on
going there. Trunks had time to change into his usual clothes, which can
help us recognize him a mile away considering that he's the only person on
Earth that uses such a ridiculously short jacket. The date started fine,
Makoto really expected to receive that *first kiss* from Trunks that's been
delayed for so long now. Having a date at the fair might help things a
little (yeah right!).
So far, they went on several rides and participated in several contests.
Both of them seemed to be having a great time. Ever since Trunks met Makoto
he's been smiling more oftenly, that was probably one of the most notable
things that changed in him since he first got here.
"Trunks-kun, look at that!" Makoto told him pointing at a teddy bear
displayed on one of the fair games "Isn't it cute?"
"You like it?" Trunks asked her. Makoto nodded enthusiastically to him,
starting to act more like Usagi.
Trunks searched into his jacket for his wallet. The game consisted in
knocking down a pile of bottles with a soft ball. It was going to be a piece
of cake. As he began to search in his pockets he suddenly felt something
which he wasn't sure what it was. He took it out of his jacket and looked at it.
It was a pillbox.
Not just any pillbox, those were the pills he had to give Goku so he
wouldn't die from a heart disease.
Several images started appearing in Trunks' mind: Her mother giving him the
pills, the androids, the enormous destruction that #17 and #18 did, Gohan's
body that lied on the floor, dead, as the rain fell on top of him...
Makoto noticed how Trunks' smile suddenly fade away as he took the pillbox
in his hand. Something was wrong and she could feel it.
How could he be so careless??? Here he was, having fun with a cute girl when
he was supposed to be in another place instead. A place where his
intervention was of great importance. A place where his help was needed. He
never felt so ashamed of himself. After years of training, what was he
doing? He was in a FAIR!! He couldn't believe it, the responsibility of
setting things straight in his world lied with him, and he was ignoring it.
He even forgot about it if he hadn't seen the pillbox to remind him. He's
been turning his back on the ones that trusted him all this time.
"Trunks-kun?" Makoto asked a little concerned "Is everything all right?"
"No." he told her with a serious tone of voice "Nothing is right." he slowly
began to walk away from the fair. Makoto followed him.
"Trunks-kun, wait up!!" she said, she managed to reach for his shoulder and
turned him around so he could face her "What is it? What's wrong?" she asked
preoccupied.
Trunks looked at her. He was going to leave and he had to tell her. This
wasn't going to be easy. But it's been more than a month since he
accidentally got here, and he couldn't ignore his mission any longer. The
fate of his world depended on the pills he held.
"Mako-chan..." he began "I'll be leaving very soon..."
Makoto stood still for a moment. Deep inside her heart she knew that this
moment would arrive. She always tried to ignore the fact that Trunks might
leave her, but that moment finally showed up.
"I... I see..." she said heavily "It's been more than a month... You're
going home, aren't you?"
"Something like that." Trunks responded, for some reason it was always hard
for him to lie at her. This case was no exception.
"What do you mean by that? Where are you leaving?" she asked, it wasn't like
Trunks to hide something from her.
"I... I can't tell you that." he responded again "The only thing I can tell
you is that I'm leaving... for good."
Those final words were like gunshots for Makoto's heart.
"So... will I ever see you again?" she asked one more time "Will you call me
sometimes? Write a letter or something?"
"I'm sorry... You won't be hearing from me again." Trunks replied, he was
making a big effort of looking at her in the eyes.
"What? Why not? Why can't you tell me where you're going???" she insisted,
her despair grew with each moment. Trunks answers weren't very satisfying.
"Makoto, please!" Trunks stated, when he called her Makoto that meant things
were serious "This isn't easy for me either... I... I want you to forget
about me."
This was it. Makoto couldn't believe her own ears. She could feel a very
familiar sensation, the one she felt each time a boy broke her heart. She
once thought that might never happen again, but she was clearly proved wrong.
"Wh... what?..." she softly asked in shock. If Makoto's heart was made out
of glass there would be thousands of crystal bits scattered all over the
floor.
"I want you to forget about me." he repeated "It'll be easier for both of us
if we forget about each other..."
"How can you even ask me to do that???" Makoto shouted at him, her voice
showed more pain than anger. Trunks could see tears coming out of her eyes.
He didn't feel so hot either.
"Makoto try to understand..." he said.
"NO!! I don't want to understand!!" she interrupted weeping "Why are you
telling me this? How do you expect me to forget about you? After all we've
been through! How do you expect me to act as if you never existed???" she
began to punch repeatedly Trunks in the chest. Trunks didn't move however.
After a moment she buried her head in his chest and started crying.
"Makoto... I..." he began.
"I really like you, you know that?" she interrupted again as she continued
to weep "I... I think I'm in love with you..."
Now it was Trunks turn to feel the pain. Those words came as a sudden blow
for him, it was like receiving a stab on the heart. He had to leave, his
mission had to come before anything else.
Even his own happiness?
It was ironical, he made this trip in time to avoid everyone from his world
to end up dead and therefore regaining his happiness. And now, he had to
sacrifice his new happiness in order to save his old one. There was only one
thing that he could tell Makoto.
"I'm... sorry..." he said, detaching her from his chest and then turning his
back on her. He didn't have the courage to see her in the eyes anymore.
"So am I..." Makoto responded completely shattered. She turned her back on
him and ran to the opposite direction Trunks was.
The Sayan hybrid took one last look at her as she ran through the fair. She
was certainly crying. But he didn't had a choice. Boy was he feeling like
hell at the moment...
"I'm sorry..." he repeated one more time even though Makoto couldn't hear
him.
He began to walk away from the fair.
Not far away from there, Usagi, Ami, Rei, Minako, Artemis and Luna were
walking towards the fair (no, they didn't run into Trunks. Strange isn't it?).
Surprisingly, Minako took the news about Super Saiya-man quite well. The
six of them were searching for Makoto so they could tell her the news.
"So what are we supposed to do?" Ami asked Luna "How do we fix this problem
now that we know who's responsible?"
"Well," Luna began "as long as he's here, monsters will still show up."
"I hope you're not asking us to kill him!" Usagi pointed out "I really don't
think I could do that, responsible or not for all this mess."
"I don't think that'll be necessary." Artemis informed her "If we can send
him back to his own reality, the problem will be solved. The balance between
both worlds will be regained."
"And if we do that, those monsters will stop from appearing, right?" Rei
continued.
"There's an 82% probability that the crack in both worlds will be repaired
if Super Saiya-man returns to his own reality." Luna explained.
"And how do we send him back?" Minako asked.
"That's a little more complicated." Artemis told her "You see, we're not
sure how he managed to get here in the first place. Our only hopes are that
Super Saiya-man knows how he made that leap into our world and is willing to
go back to his own."
"I really do hope he's willing to cooperate." Ami declared "If he's not, I
don't think we stand a chance against him in battle."
"Somehow I'm quite sure he'll understand." Minako told them "I bet the only
problem is he doesn't know what kind of trouble he caused..."
"I really hope you're right." Usagi stated.
"Hey, I think Mako-chan is over there." Rei said pointing out at Makoto who
was sitting on a bench "Why isn't Trunks with her?....... Wait, I... I think
she's crying."
Meanwhile, in another part of Tokyo. Inside an electronic shop to be more
precise.
"Excuse me sir," Trunks told to one of the guys who worked there "I ordered
an adapter about a moth ago, I was wondering if it already came."
"Oh yeah, I remember you." the salesman said "You're the boy that wanted
that fancy adapter, aren't you?"
"Yes that's me." Trunks replied "So, is it here?"
"It's been here for a couple of weeks now," the guy responded "I was
wondering if you were ever going to show up and claim it. I thought you
need it badly."
"I still do." Trunks explained "I just had a few complications lately. Sorry
for keeping you waiting."
"No need to worry." the guy declared "Since you paid in advance it really
doesn't matter. Wait here, I'll go and get it." as he left behind the counter.
Around that same time, Makoto was with her friends. After explaining them
what happened between her and Trunks, everyone was trying to cheer her up
with no great success.
"I'm sorry Mako-chan," Ami said to her "I'd never thought things would end
up like this..."
"I can't believe Trunks said that!" Minako declared, really pissed off "What
a jerk!"
"Take it easy, Minako." Usagi told her calmly "It won't do her any good
bringing that out."
"I just don't get it sniff." Makoto said during her weep "Why every time
I find a decent guy something like this always happens? Am I cursed or
something? Everything was going so well and suddenly, WHAAM!! Out of nowhere
he tells me he has to leave and wants me to forget about him!! Just what did
I do wrong???..... It's not fair..."
"Don't worry Mako-chan." Rei told her as she held her shoulder
affectionately "You'll get over it, you always do. None of this is your
fault. You'll find the right guy sooner or later."
"This isn't like those other times." she responded still crying "I really
liked him... I even told him I loved him... For a moment I would've thought
he could love me back... Looks like I was wrong. sob Why did things had to
end up this way?"
[Trunks you BASTARD!!] Minako thought. Most of them were disappointed, some
of them were feeling sad. But not Minako. Minako was enraged. [Don't you
even think that I'm going to let you walk away just like that after hurting
my friend!! You owe her an explanation and you're going to give it to her,
you JERK!!] She began to walk away from the group in search of Trunks.
"Minako?" Usagi asked her "Where are you going?"
"I'll be back in a couple of hours." she said "Wait for me here."
After an hour or so, the four remaining girls were still in the fair in a
desperate attempt to make Makoto feel better. Although she managed to stop
crying, the tall brunette was far from okay. Luna informed her about the
Super Saiya-man situation as she tried to distract her from her grief. That
didn't seem to work either.
"Hey, girls!" Usagi declared in her I'm-always-happy mood "How about another
spin at the carrousel?"
"Again??" Rei asked annoyed "It's been fourteen times now."
"Don't be such a spoilsport, Rei!" Usagi declared "Mako-chan, you want to go
back in, don't you?"
"Sure... if you want to..." Makoto said with a lifeless voice.
CRASH!!
"What was that???" Ami asked confused.
Several screams could be herd from the other side of the fair. The four
Senshi plus Artemis and Luna ran towards the noise.
Many people were running in the opposite direction in panic. It was another
monster. And this one looked mean.
It was some sort of lizard like humanoid. About eight feet tall and was
covered with green scales. It's tail was twice as long as it's body, and
it's claws... well, since it had six arms it definitively had lots of claws
as well and they really looked sharp enough to make serious damage on a
human body. Its long teeth weren't half bad either. The Senshi really didn't
want to know what that thing had for meals, because judging by the size of
those teethes, it could be anything.
The four girls immediately powered up to confront the monster.
"You there!!" shouted Sailor Moon "Don't even think you'll be hurting all
these people!" as she began to strike a silly pose "Monsters like you have
no business in this world! I'm Sailor Moon and I shall punish you in the
name of the moon!!!"
"Enough talk!" Makoto said angry "It's time to fight!!"
Right now, the thunder senshi had a lot of hate, sadness, and other mixed up
feeling going through her head. As a matter of fact, if Makoto came from the
Ranmaverse she could make one big "Shi Chi Hokodan" as a way to speak. But
since that's not the case, she released all of her emotions in a way she was
quite good at: In betting up someone.
She launched a series of punches and kicks towards her opponent. The monster
dodged each one the attacks. In spite of its great size and weight it was
surprisingly agile, most to the disappointment of Sailor Jupiter. The
creature then counterattacked. With a powerful blow from one of its six
hands Sailor Jupiter was sent a couple of yards away. She could feel the
pain in her stomach as the monster's muscular arm struck her. She tried to
regain her breath after painfully crushing on the floor. Sailor Moon went to
her help.
"Okay, my turn!" Sailor Mars stated.
"FIRE SOUL!!"
Rei's fireball flew with great precision. The monster managed to cover his
eyes with two of its arms avoiding any serious damage as the fire struck him.
The rest of its body didn't look too wounded in spite of the attack.
"This one's though!" Mars spoke "It's going to take all of us to take him
down! Sailor Jupiter are you ready?"
"I'm ready. Let's get him!" Makoto stated as she was being helped up by Usagi.
"FIRE SOUL BIRD!"
"SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!"
"SHABBON SPRAY FREEZE!"
"MOON PRINCESS HALATION!"
The Senshi's combine attack gave the impression to be a huge blast with
thunder, fire, ice and with some visual special effects. Once again, the
blast was successful when a great explosion went on as the monster got hit.
When the smoke cleared, the creature was still standing but two of its arms
were destroyed and several cuts could be seen all over its body. He was
bleeding some sort of purple ooze.
"Yay! We got him!" Sailor Moon declared triumphant.
"Don't get too excited!" Sailor Mercury pointed out "It's still alive and
not very pleased!"
Ami was right, the monster didn't wait too long to initiate an attack.
By using its tail, he tried to swipe the Shenshi off the ground. Sailor
Jupiter managed to avoid the tail by jumping over it, but her friends
weren't so fortunate. Sailor Moon, Mercury and Mars went straight against
a nearby wall.
In spite of the damage received, this monster still attacked as if nothing
happened. Right now the creature had its back turned towards Sailor Jupiter
and she didn't wasted the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
She immediately sent her fist against the back of the monster's head.
[Trunks!! You Jerk!! You Jerk!! You Jerk!! You Jerk!! YOU JERK!!] she
repeated in her mind.
She once again let herself be vanquished by her feeling. This usually helped
in making some extra damage on the person she attacked. And in some sort
turned out to be effective.
A big WHAM! could be herd once Makoto punched it in the head. The monster
held the back of it's head in pain, but Sailor Jupiter's fist seemed to hurt
a lot more, hitting the creature was like hitting a brick wall. She decided
to attack her enemy at range from now on.
As she tried to jumps backwards, one of the monsters hands successfully took
hold of her ankle.
Makoto then noticed with great horror that the thing had six arms again and
most of its wounds were healing up. Her opponent was regenerating.
She didn't had time to make any further observations as the monster sliced
the left side of her body with its claws. Jupiter screamed in pain as she
could feel her flesh being cut down.
Things didn't stop there, once that was over, the monster threw the victim
away as if she was a rag doll. That obviously didn't help much in making her
feel better. The strength as she made impact on the floor was enormous.
She held her left side with the last vestiges of consciousness she had. The
wound felt warm. She was bleeding a lot. On top of that, her right shoulder
on which she made that crash landing, wasn't responding properly.
Meanwhile, in the outskirts of Tokyo, Trunks was making some final
adjustments on his time machine. It was practically ready for him to leave
when ever he wanted. But there was still something that bothered him, ever
since he broke the news to Makoto (and therefore broke her heart too) he's
been feeling like hell. Guilty, no doubt about it. But not the usual guilt,
not the guilt that somehow he'd recognize and accepted sometimes. This guilt
was new for him. Before, he felt guilty for things he wasn't able to do,
such as saving Gohan from dying. But this time he was feeling guilty for
something he actually did. He hurt Mako-chan. And he hurt her bad.
He shook his head as he tried to concentrate on his work again. He reminded
himself the importance of his mission in order to forget about the incident
earlier this morning. But each time he did, he felt less convinced if he did
the right thing.
Right now he wasn't working anymore. The machine was fixed. But Trunks was
sitting on the floor with his back against the wall, he was lost in thought
once again.
She told him she was in love with him. He never fell in love with someone.
The only love he knew was the one he felt for his mother. This strange
feeling was very different from the ones he was familiar with. It even
scared him a little.
He began to walk around the house as he though about his problem. He had to
do something. He tried to think of something that might make him stay, even
for a while. He looked at the time machine and then he looked at the door.
[I have to tell her.] he thought [I have to tell her everything. Who I am
and where I come from. If I'm leaving soon it won't even matter if she finds
out I'm a Saiyajin. Besides, I can't leave her like this. I have to tell her
everything, it wouldn't be fair for her otherwise.]
He began to head towards the door when suddenly someone knocked. He wasn't
expecting anyone, but he decided to open. On the other side of the door he
saw a very angry Minako. As a matter of fact, if looks could kill, Trunk
would be about ten feet underground inside a nice little coffin.
"You really have some nerve! You know that?" Minako told him furious as she
stepped inside the house without giving Trunks the chance to say "Come on in".
"Minako, What are you talking about?" he asked confused. He didn't reminded
doing something to her.
"Stop acting as if you didn't know!" She said still furious "Just who do you
think you are? Do you really think you can just walk away after hurting
Mako-chan the way you did?"
"Minako I..." Trunks began.
"Don't interrupt me while I'm talking!!!!" she shouted back. Surprisingly,
Trunks obeyed as if he was a little boy being punished "I really don't know
what's your problem, pal!! But that doesn't mean you have the right to hurt
my friend!!"
"Wait you got it all wrong!" Trunks tried to explain.
"Do you even have the slightest idea of the damage you caused her, you
insensitive jerk??" she asked not paying attention to Trunks' explanations
"Do you really think you can toy with her feelings that way???"
"Please, let me explain." He tried again.
"I told you not to interrupt me!!" she shouted again "Mako-chan had lots of
boyfriends. Did you know that? All of them broke her heart. When she met you
she thought she'd find the ideal guy. Most of us thought that too. It looks
like we were all wrong, you're no better than the other guys!"
"Would you give me a chance to explain DAMN IT!!" he finally shouted back.
This time Minako was the one who shut up. "Do you really think I don't feel
guilty?? Do you really think it makes happy seeing her like this??"
"Then why are you leaving her like that?" she asked.
"Because I don't have a choice!!" he stated with a mixture of anger and
frustration, although you coudn't tell if he was angry at the blond he was
talking to or at himself "I don't even want to leave!! I wish I could
stay... but I can't..."
"And that's why you asked her to *forget* about you?" Minako asked again.
"Sometimes I wish we never met." he declared sadly "If that was the case I
wouldn't miss her so much."
"Tell me Trunks..." she asked one more time, her temper finally cooling down
"Do you love her?"
"I... I don't know..." he answered honestly "I think I do..."
At that precise moment, Minako's communicator started bipping. She tried to
shut it down so Trunks wouldn't overhear. But the house was very silent at
the moment and you had to be deaf not to notice that sound. Trunks soon
began to hear Ami's voice coming from Minako's pocket.
"Minako?" said the voice "We need your help! A monster just showed up at the
fair. It's too strong for us, we need Sailor Venus! Minako can you hear me??"
Minako didn't had a choice, she took the communicator. "I'll be right there."
she said.
Trunks looked at her in astonishment. As said before, Trunks was no rocket
scientist. But you really had to be the king of idiots if you couldn't put
the pieces together in this conversation.
"You're Sailor Venus??" he asked still not believing what he just herd.
"Yes... I am." she stated, there was no point in hiding it now.
"That means that Sailor Jupiter *is* Mako-chan!! Isn't she??" he claimed.
"Hun??" she asked surprised "How... How did you know that??"
"That doesn't matter now!!" he said "If they're in trouble we have to help
them!!" he immediately went to his room to get his sword.
"What are you talking about??" she told him "What do you mean *we*?? You
can't go! You'll get hurt! Maybe even killed!"
"If we don't help them..." he explained from the other room "*All* of them
are going to get killed!!"
"And how are we suppose to get there in time?" she asked "It almost took me
a full hour to get here." at that moment, Trunks steeped out of his room
wearing a very familiar sword.
"We'll get there." he stated as he took her in his arms and started flying
with great speed.
Minako was utterly confused, she recognized the sword from being the one
Super Saiya-man used. And the moment Trunks started flying while holding
her, it was more than obvious who he really was. Trunks was Super Saiya-man.
"All this time it was you..." she pointed out once she got her voice back
"You were Super Saya-man all this time..." All this time she's been having a
crush on Makoto's guy. She really felt as her dreams began to fall down into
little pieces. Trunks remained silent.
"How did you know Mako-chan was Sailor Jupiter??" she asked, it was the only
thing that could come to her mind at the moment.
"Her ki." Trunks explained.
"Her what?" she asked again.
"Her ki." he repeated "Every fighter has a ki. In Mako-chan's case not a
very strong ki, it's not even properly developed. I could barely detect the
same ki in Mako-chan and Sailor Jupiter for the past weeks, it's impossible
for two persons to have the same ki. That was my first lead. Although I
thought I was mistaking at first. The fact that Mako-chan and Sailor Jupiter
were the same person didn't make much sense to me... until now."
"Wait! I think I see them!" she spoke pointing at the battle field in the
fair.
"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 8: Gone... (part 1)
It was a normal morning at Juban, you could see several student walking to
school, stores opening and the usual trafic jam that began around 7:00 AM.
This was indeed an every day routine. Except maybe, by the teenage couple
that ran like hell through the streets of Tokyo. As a matter of fact, one
was running, the other was being pulled off her feet as she screamed in fear.
Most people got used to that. It certainly wasn't a normal thing in an every
day routine, but nobody made any questions.
"TRUUUUNKS!!!!! I CAN'T FEEL MY ARM ANYMORE!!!!" shouted Usagi.
"Don't worry!!! We're almost there!!" he told her.
A few hours later, during the school recess, we see Makoto and Trunks
sitting by a well known tree where they usually had lunch. No need to
describe Trunks' savages ways of eating as it is well known through out all
of his friends what kind of appetite he has.
During the last week, some progress has been seen in this couple. They spent
a lot of time together, held hands and occasionally exchange hugs. It was
pretty obvious to all the students that Makoto and Trunks were having a
"boyfriend-girlfriend" relationship. The only student that didn't knew about
this was (as a very sad case) Trunks. He might be a fast runner, but when it
came to love he was slower than a turtle without three of it's legs.
Surprisingly, Ami and Usagi weren't with them. The reason was quite simple,
Luna was having a word with both of them in one of the empty classrooms.
"Are you sure about what you're telling us?" Ami asked Luna.
"I'm afraid so." the cat responded "Artemis and I have been investigating
about the matter. There's no doubt about it now. Super Saiya-man is the
reason why monsters have been appearing lately."
"Looks like Rei was right all along..." Ami declared.
"I still can't believe that Super Saiya-man is behind all of this." Usagi
stated "It doesn't make any sense!! There has to be some sort of mistake!"
"Sorry, Usagi..." said Luna "We've already checked twice."
"So he was pretending to be on our side the whole time?" Ami asked again.
"I don't know about that." Luna explained "The only thing I know for sure is
that Super Saiya-man isn't from this reality. I don't know how, but somehow
he managed to enter in this world, and when he did, he caused the fissure I
told you about a few weeks ago. In other words, *he* is the unbalancement
that's causing all the trouble."
"Minako is really going to have a hard time accepting this." Usagi pointed
out "Does Rei and her know what you just told us?"
"Artemis must be telling them now." she answered "I was hopping I could tell
Mako-chan about this, but that's going to a little hard with Trunks at her
side all the time."
"Don't worry, we'll tell her." said Ami.
Time went on and school was over for the day, Trunks and Makoto decided to
go on a *date* (if this word is accurate enough considering the strange
relationship these two are having).
There was a fair at the park which arrived yesterday and Makoto insisted on
going there. Trunks had time to change into his usual clothes, which can
help us recognize him a mile away considering that he's the only person on
Earth that uses such a ridiculously short jacket. The date started fine,
Makoto really expected to receive that *first kiss* from Trunks that's been
delayed for so long now. Having a date at the fair might help things a
little (yeah right!).
So far, they went on several rides and participated in several contests.
Both of them seemed to be having a great time. Ever since Trunks met Makoto
he's been smiling more oftenly, that was probably one of the most notable
things that changed in him since he first got here.
"Trunks-kun, look at that!" Makoto told him pointing at a teddy bear
displayed on one of the fair games "Isn't it cute?"
"You like it?" Trunks asked her. Makoto nodded enthusiastically to him,
starting to act more like Usagi.
Trunks searched into his jacket for his wallet. The game consisted in
knocking down a pile of bottles with a soft ball. It was going to be a piece
of cake. As he began to search in his pockets he suddenly felt something
which he wasn't sure what it was. He took it out of his jacket and looked at it.
It was a pillbox.
Not just any pillbox, those were the pills he had to give Goku so he
wouldn't die from a heart disease.
Several images started appearing in Trunks' mind: Her mother giving him the
pills, the androids, the enormous destruction that #17 and #18 did, Gohan's
body that lied on the floor, dead, as the rain fell on top of him...
Makoto noticed how Trunks' smile suddenly fade away as he took the pillbox
in his hand. Something was wrong and she could feel it.
How could he be so careless??? Here he was, having fun with a cute girl when
he was supposed to be in another place instead. A place where his
intervention was of great importance. A place where his help was needed. He
never felt so ashamed of himself. After years of training, what was he
doing? He was in a FAIR!! He couldn't believe it, the responsibility of
setting things straight in his world lied with him, and he was ignoring it.
He even forgot about it if he hadn't seen the pillbox to remind him. He's
been turning his back on the ones that trusted him all this time.
"Trunks-kun?" Makoto asked a little concerned "Is everything all right?"
"No." he told her with a serious tone of voice "Nothing is right." he slowly
began to walk away from the fair. Makoto followed him.
"Trunks-kun, wait up!!" she said, she managed to reach for his shoulder and
turned him around so he could face her "What is it? What's wrong?" she asked
preoccupied.
Trunks looked at her. He was going to leave and he had to tell her. This
wasn't going to be easy. But it's been more than a month since he
accidentally got here, and he couldn't ignore his mission any longer. The
fate of his world depended on the pills he held.
"Mako-chan..." he began "I'll be leaving very soon..."
Makoto stood still for a moment. Deep inside her heart she knew that this
moment would arrive. She always tried to ignore the fact that Trunks might
leave her, but that moment finally showed up.
"I... I see..." she said heavily "It's been more than a month... You're
going home, aren't you?"
"Something like that." Trunks responded, for some reason it was always hard
for him to lie at her. This case was no exception.
"What do you mean by that? Where are you leaving?" she asked, it wasn't like
Trunks to hide something from her.
"I... I can't tell you that." he responded again "The only thing I can tell
you is that I'm leaving... for good."
Those final words were like gunshots for Makoto's heart.
"So... will I ever see you again?" she asked one more time "Will you call me
sometimes? Write a letter or something?"
"I'm sorry... You won't be hearing from me again." Trunks replied, he was
making a big effort of looking at her in the eyes.
"What? Why not? Why can't you tell me where you're going???" she insisted,
her despair grew with each moment. Trunks answers weren't very satisfying.
"Makoto, please!" Trunks stated, when he called her Makoto that meant things
were serious "This isn't easy for me either... I... I want you to forget
about me."
This was it. Makoto couldn't believe her own ears. She could feel a very
familiar sensation, the one she felt each time a boy broke her heart. She
once thought that might never happen again, but she was clearly proved wrong.
"Wh... what?..." she softly asked in shock. If Makoto's heart was made out
of glass there would be thousands of crystal bits scattered all over the
floor.
"I want you to forget about me." he repeated "It'll be easier for both of us
if we forget about each other..."
"How can you even ask me to do that???" Makoto shouted at him, her voice
showed more pain than anger. Trunks could see tears coming out of her eyes.
He didn't feel so hot either.
"Makoto try to understand..." he said.
"NO!! I don't want to understand!!" she interrupted weeping "Why are you
telling me this? How do you expect me to forget about you? After all we've
been through! How do you expect me to act as if you never existed???" she
began to punch repeatedly Trunks in the chest. Trunks didn't move however.
After a moment she buried her head in his chest and started crying.
"Makoto... I..." he began.
"I really like you, you know that?" she interrupted again as she continued
to weep "I... I think I'm in love with you..."
Now it was Trunks turn to feel the pain. Those words came as a sudden blow
for him, it was like receiving a stab on the heart. He had to leave, his
mission had to come before anything else.
Even his own happiness?
It was ironical, he made this trip in time to avoid everyone from his world
to end up dead and therefore regaining his happiness. And now, he had to
sacrifice his new happiness in order to save his old one. There was only one
thing that he could tell Makoto.
"I'm... sorry..." he said, detaching her from his chest and then turning his
back on her. He didn't have the courage to see her in the eyes anymore.
"So am I..." Makoto responded completely shattered. She turned her back on
him and ran to the opposite direction Trunks was.
The Sayan hybrid took one last look at her as she ran through the fair. She
was certainly crying. But he didn't had a choice. Boy was he feeling like
hell at the moment...
"I'm sorry..." he repeated one more time even though Makoto couldn't hear
him.
He began to walk away from the fair.
Not far away from there, Usagi, Ami, Rei, Minako, Artemis and Luna were
walking towards the fair (no, they didn't run into Trunks. Strange isn't it?).
Surprisingly, Minako took the news about Super Saiya-man quite well. The
six of them were searching for Makoto so they could tell her the news.
"So what are we supposed to do?" Ami asked Luna "How do we fix this problem
now that we know who's responsible?"
"Well," Luna began "as long as he's here, monsters will still show up."
"I hope you're not asking us to kill him!" Usagi pointed out "I really don't
think I could do that, responsible or not for all this mess."
"I don't think that'll be necessary." Artemis informed her "If we can send
him back to his own reality, the problem will be solved. The balance between
both worlds will be regained."
"And if we do that, those monsters will stop from appearing, right?" Rei
continued.
"There's an 82% probability that the crack in both worlds will be repaired
if Super Saiya-man returns to his own reality." Luna explained.
"And how do we send him back?" Minako asked.
"That's a little more complicated." Artemis told her "You see, we're not
sure how he managed to get here in the first place. Our only hopes are that
Super Saiya-man knows how he made that leap into our world and is willing to
go back to his own."
"I really do hope he's willing to cooperate." Ami declared "If he's not, I
don't think we stand a chance against him in battle."
"Somehow I'm quite sure he'll understand." Minako told them "I bet the only
problem is he doesn't know what kind of trouble he caused..."
"I really hope you're right." Usagi stated.
"Hey, I think Mako-chan is over there." Rei said pointing out at Makoto who
was sitting on a bench "Why isn't Trunks with her?....... Wait, I... I think
she's crying."
Meanwhile, in another part of Tokyo. Inside an electronic shop to be more
precise.
"Excuse me sir," Trunks told to one of the guys who worked there "I ordered
an adapter about a moth ago, I was wondering if it already came."
"Oh yeah, I remember you." the salesman said "You're the boy that wanted
that fancy adapter, aren't you?"
"Yes that's me." Trunks replied "So, is it here?"
"It's been here for a couple of weeks now," the guy responded "I was
wondering if you were ever going to show up and claim it. I thought you
need it badly."
"I still do." Trunks explained "I just had a few complications lately. Sorry
for keeping you waiting."
"No need to worry." the guy declared "Since you paid in advance it really
doesn't matter. Wait here, I'll go and get it." as he left behind the counter.
Around that same time, Makoto was with her friends. After explaining them
what happened between her and Trunks, everyone was trying to cheer her up
with no great success.
"I'm sorry Mako-chan," Ami said to her "I'd never thought things would end
up like this..."
"I can't believe Trunks said that!" Minako declared, really pissed off "What
a jerk!"
"Take it easy, Minako." Usagi told her calmly "It won't do her any good
bringing that out."
"I just don't get it sniff." Makoto said during her weep "Why every time
I find a decent guy something like this always happens? Am I cursed or
something? Everything was going so well and suddenly, WHAAM!! Out of nowhere
he tells me he has to leave and wants me to forget about him!! Just what did
I do wrong???..... It's not fair..."
"Don't worry Mako-chan." Rei told her as she held her shoulder
affectionately "You'll get over it, you always do. None of this is your
fault. You'll find the right guy sooner or later."
"This isn't like those other times." she responded still crying "I really
liked him... I even told him I loved him... For a moment I would've thought
he could love me back... Looks like I was wrong. sob Why did things had to
end up this way?"
[Trunks you BASTARD!!] Minako thought. Most of them were disappointed, some
of them were feeling sad. But not Minako. Minako was enraged. [Don't you
even think that I'm going to let you walk away just like that after hurting
my friend!! You owe her an explanation and you're going to give it to her,
you JERK!!] She began to walk away from the group in search of Trunks.
"Minako?" Usagi asked her "Where are you going?"
"I'll be back in a couple of hours." she said "Wait for me here."
After an hour or so, the four remaining girls were still in the fair in a
desperate attempt to make Makoto feel better. Although she managed to stop
crying, the tall brunette was far from okay. Luna informed her about the
Super Saiya-man situation as she tried to distract her from her grief. That
didn't seem to work either.
"Hey, girls!" Usagi declared in her I'm-always-happy mood "How about another
spin at the carrousel?"
"Again??" Rei asked annoyed "It's been fourteen times now."
"Don't be such a spoilsport, Rei!" Usagi declared "Mako-chan, you want to go
back in, don't you?"
"Sure... if you want to..." Makoto said with a lifeless voice.
CRASH!!
"What was that???" Ami asked confused.
Several screams could be herd from the other side of the fair. The four
Senshi plus Artemis and Luna ran towards the noise.
Many people were running in the opposite direction in panic. It was another
monster. And this one looked mean.
It was some sort of lizard like humanoid. About eight feet tall and was
covered with green scales. It's tail was twice as long as it's body, and
it's claws... well, since it had six arms it definitively had lots of claws
as well and they really looked sharp enough to make serious damage on a
human body. Its long teeth weren't half bad either. The Senshi really didn't
want to know what that thing had for meals, because judging by the size of
those teethes, it could be anything.
The four girls immediately powered up to confront the monster.
"You there!!" shouted Sailor Moon "Don't even think you'll be hurting all
these people!" as she began to strike a silly pose "Monsters like you have
no business in this world! I'm Sailor Moon and I shall punish you in the
name of the moon!!!"
"Enough talk!" Makoto said angry "It's time to fight!!"
Right now, the thunder senshi had a lot of hate, sadness, and other mixed up
feeling going through her head. As a matter of fact, if Makoto came from the
Ranmaverse she could make one big "Shi Chi Hokodan" as a way to speak. But
since that's not the case, she released all of her emotions in a way she was
quite good at: In betting up someone.
She launched a series of punches and kicks towards her opponent. The monster
dodged each one the attacks. In spite of its great size and weight it was
surprisingly agile, most to the disappointment of Sailor Jupiter. The
creature then counterattacked. With a powerful blow from one of its six
hands Sailor Jupiter was sent a couple of yards away. She could feel the
pain in her stomach as the monster's muscular arm struck her. She tried to
regain her breath after painfully crushing on the floor. Sailor Moon went to
her help.
"Okay, my turn!" Sailor Mars stated.
"FIRE SOUL!!"
Rei's fireball flew with great precision. The monster managed to cover his
eyes with two of its arms avoiding any serious damage as the fire struck him.
The rest of its body didn't look too wounded in spite of the attack.
"This one's though!" Mars spoke "It's going to take all of us to take him
down! Sailor Jupiter are you ready?"
"I'm ready. Let's get him!" Makoto stated as she was being helped up by Usagi.
"FIRE SOUL BIRD!"
"SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!"
"SHABBON SPRAY FREEZE!"
"MOON PRINCESS HALATION!"
The Senshi's combine attack gave the impression to be a huge blast with
thunder, fire, ice and with some visual special effects. Once again, the
blast was successful when a great explosion went on as the monster got hit.
When the smoke cleared, the creature was still standing but two of its arms
were destroyed and several cuts could be seen all over its body. He was
bleeding some sort of purple ooze.
"Yay! We got him!" Sailor Moon declared triumphant.
"Don't get too excited!" Sailor Mercury pointed out "It's still alive and
not very pleased!"
Ami was right, the monster didn't wait too long to initiate an attack.
By using its tail, he tried to swipe the Shenshi off the ground. Sailor
Jupiter managed to avoid the tail by jumping over it, but her friends
weren't so fortunate. Sailor Moon, Mercury and Mars went straight against
a nearby wall.
In spite of the damage received, this monster still attacked as if nothing
happened. Right now the creature had its back turned towards Sailor Jupiter
and she didn't wasted the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
She immediately sent her fist against the back of the monster's head.
[Trunks!! You Jerk!! You Jerk!! You Jerk!! You Jerk!! YOU JERK!!] she
repeated in her mind.
She once again let herself be vanquished by her feeling. This usually helped
in making some extra damage on the person she attacked. And in some sort
turned out to be effective.
A big WHAM! could be herd once Makoto punched it in the head. The monster
held the back of it's head in pain, but Sailor Jupiter's fist seemed to hurt
a lot more, hitting the creature was like hitting a brick wall. She decided
to attack her enemy at range from now on.
As she tried to jumps backwards, one of the monsters hands successfully took
hold of her ankle.
Makoto then noticed with great horror that the thing had six arms again and
most of its wounds were healing up. Her opponent was regenerating.
She didn't had time to make any further observations as the monster sliced
the left side of her body with its claws. Jupiter screamed in pain as she
could feel her flesh being cut down.
Things didn't stop there, once that was over, the monster threw the victim
away as if she was a rag doll. That obviously didn't help much in making her
feel better. The strength as she made impact on the floor was enormous.
She held her left side with the last vestiges of consciousness she had. The
wound felt warm. She was bleeding a lot. On top of that, her right shoulder
on which she made that crash landing, wasn't responding properly.
Meanwhile, in the outskirts of Tokyo, Trunks was making some final
adjustments on his time machine. It was practically ready for him to leave
when ever he wanted. But there was still something that bothered him, ever
since he broke the news to Makoto (and therefore broke her heart too) he's
been feeling like hell. Guilty, no doubt about it. But not the usual guilt,
not the guilt that somehow he'd recognize and accepted sometimes. This guilt
was new for him. Before, he felt guilty for things he wasn't able to do,
such as saving Gohan from dying. But this time he was feeling guilty for
something he actually did. He hurt Mako-chan. And he hurt her bad.
He shook his head as he tried to concentrate on his work again. He reminded
himself the importance of his mission in order to forget about the incident
earlier this morning. But each time he did, he felt less convinced if he did
the right thing.
Right now he wasn't working anymore. The machine was fixed. But Trunks was
sitting on the floor with his back against the wall, he was lost in thought
once again.
She told him she was in love with him. He never fell in love with someone.
The only love he knew was the one he felt for his mother. This strange
feeling was very different from the ones he was familiar with. It even
scared him a little.
He began to walk around the house as he though about his problem. He had to
do something. He tried to think of something that might make him stay, even
for a while. He looked at the time machine and then he looked at the door.
[I have to tell her.] he thought [I have to tell her everything. Who I am
and where I come from. If I'm leaving soon it won't even matter if she finds
out I'm a Saiyajin. Besides, I can't leave her like this. I have to tell her
everything, it wouldn't be fair for her otherwise.]
He began to head towards the door when suddenly someone knocked. He wasn't
expecting anyone, but he decided to open. On the other side of the door he
saw a very angry Minako. As a matter of fact, if looks could kill, Trunk
would be about ten feet underground inside a nice little coffin.
"You really have some nerve! You know that?" Minako told him furious as she
stepped inside the house without giving Trunks the chance to say "Come on in".
"Minako, What are you talking about?" he asked confused. He didn't reminded
doing something to her.
"Stop acting as if you didn't know!" She said still furious "Just who do you
think you are? Do you really think you can just walk away after hurting
Mako-chan the way you did?"
"Minako I..." Trunks began.
"Don't interrupt me while I'm talking!!!!" she shouted back. Surprisingly,
Trunks obeyed as if he was a little boy being punished "I really don't know
what's your problem, pal!! But that doesn't mean you have the right to hurt
my friend!!"
"Wait you got it all wrong!" Trunks tried to explain.
"Do you even have the slightest idea of the damage you caused her, you
insensitive jerk??" she asked not paying attention to Trunks' explanations
"Do you really think you can toy with her feelings that way???"
"Please, let me explain." He tried again.
"I told you not to interrupt me!!" she shouted again "Mako-chan had lots of
boyfriends. Did you know that? All of them broke her heart. When she met you
she thought she'd find the ideal guy. Most of us thought that too. It looks
like we were all wrong, you're no better than the other guys!"
"Would you give me a chance to explain DAMN IT!!" he finally shouted back.
This time Minako was the one who shut up. "Do you really think I don't feel
guilty?? Do you really think it makes happy seeing her like this??"
"Then why are you leaving her like that?" she asked.
"Because I don't have a choice!!" he stated with a mixture of anger and
frustration, although you coudn't tell if he was angry at the blond he was
talking to or at himself "I don't even want to leave!! I wish I could
stay... but I can't..."
"And that's why you asked her to *forget* about you?" Minako asked again.
"Sometimes I wish we never met." he declared sadly "If that was the case I
wouldn't miss her so much."
"Tell me Trunks..." she asked one more time, her temper finally cooling down
"Do you love her?"
"I... I don't know..." he answered honestly "I think I do..."
At that precise moment, Minako's communicator started bipping. She tried to
shut it down so Trunks wouldn't overhear. But the house was very silent at
the moment and you had to be deaf not to notice that sound. Trunks soon
began to hear Ami's voice coming from Minako's pocket.
"Minako?" said the voice "We need your help! A monster just showed up at the
fair. It's too strong for us, we need Sailor Venus! Minako can you hear me??"
Minako didn't had a choice, she took the communicator. "I'll be right there."
she said.
Trunks looked at her in astonishment. As said before, Trunks was no rocket
scientist. But you really had to be the king of idiots if you couldn't put
the pieces together in this conversation.
"You're Sailor Venus??" he asked still not believing what he just herd.
"Yes... I am." she stated, there was no point in hiding it now.
"That means that Sailor Jupiter *is* Mako-chan!! Isn't she??" he claimed.
"Hun??" she asked surprised "How... How did you know that??"
"That doesn't matter now!!" he said "If they're in trouble we have to help
them!!" he immediately went to his room to get his sword.
"What are you talking about??" she told him "What do you mean *we*?? You
can't go! You'll get hurt! Maybe even killed!"
"If we don't help them..." he explained from the other room "*All* of them
are going to get killed!!"
"And how are we suppose to get there in time?" she asked "It almost took me
a full hour to get here." at that moment, Trunks steeped out of his room
wearing a very familiar sword.
"We'll get there." he stated as he took her in his arms and started flying
with great speed.
Minako was utterly confused, she recognized the sword from being the one
Super Saiya-man used. And the moment Trunks started flying while holding
her, it was more than obvious who he really was. Trunks was Super Saiya-man.
"All this time it was you..." she pointed out once she got her voice back
"You were Super Saya-man all this time..." All this time she's been having a
crush on Makoto's guy. She really felt as her dreams began to fall down into
little pieces. Trunks remained silent.
"How did you know Mako-chan was Sailor Jupiter??" she asked, it was the only
thing that could come to her mind at the moment.
"Her ki." Trunks explained.
"Her what?" she asked again.
"Her ki." he repeated "Every fighter has a ki. In Mako-chan's case not a
very strong ki, it's not even properly developed. I could barely detect the
same ki in Mako-chan and Sailor Jupiter for the past weeks, it's impossible
for two persons to have the same ki. That was my first lead. Although I
thought I was mistaking at first. The fact that Mako-chan and Sailor Jupiter
were the same person didn't make much sense to me... until now."
"Wait! I think I see them!" she spoke pointing at the battle field in the
fair.