Crystallis' Secret - A Mystery Anime Theater 2001 Sidestory
Chapter 4 - Rage of the Future
By Ashura Hedgehog

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No need to repeat all those credits again, so I'm just gonna skip the credits
the rest of the story, and will place them if needed...

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Morning had arrived at the Absolution crew's mobile house. That night hadn't
been too exciting for them, since they were still recovering from the battle
against the royal hedgehog twins. The first one up this time around was Seiyuka,
who, for some reason, wasn't sleeping well that night, as she had a dream about
her boyfriend, the future version of Trunks Briefs, the son of Vegeta. She hadn't
seen him since Pearl Forrester had taken over Dr. Robotnik's operations. At this
time she was on her way to the kitchen, where TOM II had already arrived.

"Hey, 'Yuka. Nice to see up so early!" TOM said

"Same here." she said, streaching out and popping some bones as she did.
TOM would have winced if he could. She, then, walked over to the cabnet and began
scavaging for food. "Nothing good...." She sighed and grabbed a box of cereal.
"For once, I want a GOOD breakfast!"

"Well, what do you want me to do? Kill a cow?" TOM said.

"Very funny, bolt brains." Seiyuka said.

"I thought so, too." TOM said. Pretty soon, the others had woken up and
joined the two at the table, Merc carrying the modified Dragon Radar.

"Well, how did everyone sleep?" Merc said. Everyone mumbled. "Good! Because
today, we're going after the next gem! I got the radar working!" Everyone started
cheering at that. They knew they could get the mission done faster. But, it would
not go that way.

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Over the skies, a lone figure flies with little or no worries in falling.
Just reaching a certain person. He had purple hair, blue eyes, wore a purple
jacket, black tank top, gray baggy pants, and had a sword slung over him. He was
the future version of Trunks Briefs. He was looking for Seiyuka, but not for a
very good reason.

"I can't BELIEVE she did that!" Trunks said, the thought running through his
mind. Earlier, he had recieved a video from a "J. Penguin". Both he and Vegeta
thought it was a tape from the group that they were okay. Instead, he got a tape
of Sara and Seiyuka doing the nasty. Needless to say, he was pissed. So pissed, he
leveled Capsule Corp. with his scream, along with Vegeta. Later, he found himself
on the planet, a mysterious voice telling him where Seiyuka was. He was ready to
confront her. And he knew it was gonna end ugly. "Where are you, you little...."
His wondering ended when he got a lock on her greatly lowered energy level. He
looked down and saw her stepping out of the house. "Bingo." He flew down to the
ground and landed 20 yards away.

"Hm? Who's there?" Seiyuka asked. She squinted her eyes, and got a very good
look at who it was. "Trunks? Can it be?" She bit her lip, holding back tears. She
decided against it, shook her head and ran towards him. "TRUNKS! IT'S YOU!" Tears
running down her cheeks, she flung her arms open to wrap them around her beloved.

But, that was not to be.

As soon as she got to him, a ki burst flung her back. She looked at him in
surprise.

"Trunks? What's going on?" she asked. At that moment, the others rushed
outside and saw their old friend.

"Alright! The Trunks-man's back!" Sonic said.

"Ah, man! This is great." Ashura said.

"You guys KNOW him?!" Tom asked.

"Oh, yeah. Trunks was part of the original crew!" Ayeka said.

"Right now, he looks pissed." Merc said, powering up just in case something
went bad. "I don't like it."

"How could you?" Trunks asked Seiyuka, his eyes ready to turn green.

"Do what?" Seiyuka asked, standing up.

"Cheat on me. HOW COULD YOU CHEAT ON ME?!" Trunks shouted, turning Super
Saiyan.

"WHAT?" the group shouted.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about, Trunks." Seiyuka said.

"Liar!" Trunks shouted. "I know what you did!" Seiyuka blinked in confusion.
"DON'T GIVE ME THAT! I know you and Sara...." He couldn't find the words. But,
one came to mind. "How could you and Sara FUCK EACH OTHER?!" Everyone gasped and
looked at Trunks, then Seiyuka, then Sara.

"Woah, woah, woah!" Sara said, waiving her arms. "What the HELL are you
talkin' about?!"

"Simple. I get a tape a few days ago of you two doing it like a pair of
rabbits!" Trunks said, brandishing the video. Crow looked at that and sunk behind
the group. Ashura, Crystallis, and Merc looked at the tape, their mouths hanging
open.

"I thought I destroyed them all..." Ashura muttered.

"Yeah, I saw you destroy them." Merc muttered.

"Then, how...?" Crystallis muttered. As the three tried to figure out what
happened, Seiyuka began to advance towards Trunks.

"Trunks, are you feeling okay?" she asked. She began to put her hand on his
cheek, but he slapped it away hard. She recoiled in fright. "Trunks...?"

"Don't you dare touch me....." Trunks said.

"Look, I don't believe any of this." Mike said. "We got a VCR in our house,
and you can show us there."

"Fine. I will." Trunks said. With that, the group walked into the house.

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Inside, the gang sat down and began to watch the video. Out of habit, they
began riffing the beginning part. As they got to the incriminating part, the gang
just stared at it in shock, except for Trunks, Ashura, Crystallis, Crow and Merc.
Seiyuka and Sara was just confused.

"This...this can't be...." Sara said, shaking her head.

"Trunks....I don't...I don't know what to say, but if that IS me, how come I
don't remember it?" Seiyuka said.

"You were drunk, remember?" Crow said. Everyone turned to the bot. "Yeah.
The two of them took a drink of that Antartic Draft Ashura and Crysty brought back
with them, I was bored and the rest is on tape! There, happy?!"

"Crow, that is the most STUPIDEST thing you could do!" Mike shouted "How
could you?!"

"I told you I was bored. That, and I found one of Jim's camcorders." Crow
said.

"Musta been the one we took away during that one MSTing session." Sonic said.
"The day Jeff came aboard and killed at the very least."

"Well, that solves one mystery." TOM said. "Another one is how are you here,
Trunks?"

"One minute I was helping mom, dad and the others rebuild Capsule Corp., then
a voice called out to dad and I, and we were teleported here." Trunks said. "I
have no idea where dad went."

"But, anyway, who in the world would SEND that stupid tape?!" Amy asked.

"Someone named 'J. Penguin'." Trunks said. Ashura instantly put two and two
together and figured out who sent him the video.

"Jim...that little SONUVA....!" Ashura began saying.

"Woah, calm down, dude!" Sonic said. "Merc, how about we go and see if that
Radar works. That okay?"

"Yeah, it'll give us time to cool off." Merc said. "C'mon, everyone."

"I....think I'll stay here. I'm not in the mood for traveling...." Sara said.

"Okay...." Merc said, a little worried. Sara watched as the gang left, Trunks
staying as far away from Seiyuka. Sara sighed and closed the door.

"I can't believe it....I can't believe I did that...." Sara said, her heart
heavy with sadness. "All because of a robot. Worst of all, I broke one of my codes.
I was unfaithful to my mate...to Sabian." Sara walked over to her sword in her
room. She unsheathed it and began looking at it. "I don't want to do this. I don't
want to hurt my friends." She held the sword with the blade pointing towards the
floor and held it over her head. "But, it's my people's code to do this....goodbye,
everyone. I'll miss you. Goodbye, Sabian. I'm sorry I won't be able to see you
anymore." She let a tear run down her face as she brought the sword into her
stomach. As the blade pierced through her stomach, she collapsed on the floor.
She began gasping for air as the cold hard steel began doing its job. Moments
later, the warrior known as Sara Runner was dead, killed by her own codes.

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Hours later, the gang returned, slightly bruised and battered and with no
gem.

"Man, I can't believe that happened!" Ashura said.

"What did I do wrong?" Merc said, looking at his broken Radar.

"I TOLD you it was malfunctioning, but would you listen? NO!" TOM said.

"Oh, shove it!" Merc said. The gang opened the door, hoping to see Sara
waiting for them.

"Hey, Sara! WE'RE HOOOOOOOME!" Sonic shouted. No responce. "Huh. That's odd."

"She must be asleep." Tom said.

"I'll go wake her." Crow said.

"We'll follow." Mike and Tom said. As they went to her room, Tom noticed
there was a crimson red stain on the edge of her door, but ignored it. When Mike
opened the door, what they saw made them scream as if Death itself was there. The
others ran to the room to find the impaled body of Sara lying on the floor in a
puddle of her own blood.

"Oh, God....no...." Crystallis muttered, covering her mouth.

"She couldn't....." Sonic said, Amy embracing him as she cried on his chest.

"But, why?" Ayeka said.

"I knew it was a bad idea to leave her alone." Merc muttered. Then he spoke
up. "It's part of her race's code. For a female to be unfaithful to her mate means
her own death."

"You mean she killed herself because of Crow's sick idea?" TOM said. Merc
nodded.

"No. Not Crow. Seiyuka" Trunks said, looking at the terrified clone. "You did
this. You drove her to kill herself!"

"Trunks, please listen! I didn't....AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Seiyuka pleaded before
Trunks went Super Saiyan and punched Seiyuka out of the house and into a tree. As
she stood up, Trunks appeared in front of her. He knocked her back down to the
ground with his foot, got on top of her and repeatedly punched her, not caring that
she was powerless. He would have killed her, if not for a ki blast from Merc.

"Get off of her. NOW!" Merc said. Trunks looked at Merc, got off her, and
faced the hero.

"She is a murdering slut, Merc. Why would you want to even save her pathetic
life." Trunks said.

"Dude, she didn't even KNOW!" Merc said. "You're attacking her because of
something SOMEONE ELSE did!"

"Still, she did it!" Trunks said. He held his hand towards the battered girl,
and began charging a ki blast.

"Trunks, kill her and I kill you." Merc said, unsheathing his sword. "I'm
not afraid to do it." The two stared each other down. Then, the Saiyan picked up
Seiyuka and tossed her towards Merc.

"Go ahead. Spare her. I don't want to have anything to do with her anymore."
Trunks said, walking back in. Merc bent down and looked at the battered face of
Seiyuka. Seeing Merc, Seiyuka rolled her face away from him, afraid he would attack
her.

"It's okay, 'Yuka. It's over." Merc said, picking up the girl. He took her
back in and to her room. Ashura looked at the battered face as he did. He just
wanted to cry at the sight, as did many of the others. Later that afternoon, the
gang buried Sara in a small open spot in the forest, her sword as her gravemarker.

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Later that night, as everyone slept, a bandaged-up Seiyuka began packing her
stuff.

"You guys don't need me anymore." she said, tears running down her face.
"I'll just get in the way." As she finished packing, she slowly walked through the
hallway, looking at her friends as she did. Before leaving, she went to Trunks
room. "Trunks, I have yet to figure out what happened and why it happened, but know
this: I still love you." Then, she walked to Merc and Angel's room. "Thank you,
Merc, for saving me." She, then, walked to Ashura's room. There, he saw a saddened
Ashura with Crystallis in his bed. "Ashura.....Crystallis....." She couldn't say
anything as she began crying. She left the house before anyone could hear her. As
she got to the top of a hill, she looked back. "I'll find the gems, and I'll regain
your respect." With that, she turned back around and left. She thought she left
unnoticed. Unfortunantly, Mike and Ayeka, who had went for a midnight snack, saw
her leave and watched her through a window as she disappeared.

"Goodbye, Seiyuka." Mike said. "Come back soon."

"I know she will, Mike." Ayeka said. "She's my "sister".....and I'll always
care for her."

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"Pain....ow....much pain....." Gero said, as he, Yugi, and Metal Sonic made
their way through the hills away from the castle that once held them prisoner.

"I didn't think that the guards there would be so damn tough!" Yugi said, a
bit pissed.

[Hey, watch your language!] Metal said, spinning his arm back into place.

"Well, I'm mad!" Yugi said.

"Forget about that. We have bigger fish to fry." Gero said. "Let's move it."
With that, the three villians headed off to hunt down their captives.

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"We may be losing this war even before it started." The mysterious figure
said, as he watched Seiyuka disappear past the hills. "All because of a video."

"Master, now what do we do?" a creature said as he appeared at the figure's
side.

"Well, we still have a chance to come out on top." the figure said. "There
are still three others and I have finally confirmed who they are."

"Who, master? Who?" the creature asked.

"The Saiyan Prince known as Vegeta, galactic "exterminator" Sabian Starwalker
and second princess of Jurai, Sasami." he said. "All were once members of the crew
the Maiden was in."

"You actually think that those three will be able to make a difference?" the
creature said.

"I hope so, because I sense something wrong...." the figure said. "I sensed
the energy readings of the princess sometime earlier and just a few minutes ago, I
just picked up a massive surge of evil getting ever so closer to the princess."

"I really hope they do rescue her." the creature said. The figure nodded. He
knew that Sasami may hold the group's chance for success.

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TO BE CONTINUED....

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Next Episode:
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Sasami's back! And so is "Kanashii no Imi"'s Jeff! As the heros raced to save
Sasami, will they reach her in time, or will Jeff finally succeed? Only Ashura and
Merc knows. But, with Ashura already in pain from losing both Sara and Seiyuka,
can he stand up to Jeff's threat, or will he become a casulity to the immortal
pedophile?

AUTHOR'S NOTES:
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Man, what a depressing episode, yes? You want the full scoop on HOW the
Trunks learned of what happened? Well, I WOULD tell you to read the upcomming
MSTing of the Batman and Robin script, but because of problems with one of my
co-MSTers, I guess I'll have to tell you here, seeing as I won't be able to post it
up for awhile. Here it is:

During one of the breaks in the movie, Ashura, Crystallis, Merc, and two of
their pals, namely Jerrod the Lone Outlaw and Jim the Talking Penguin, found a
video Crow had which had Sara and Seiyuka in the "compromising posistions". Before
those two, along with Drag Girl Kacee and "Cowboy Bebop"'s Spike, left the
Absolution, Jim got ahold of two copies and sent them to Trunks and Sabian. Those
two believed that it was a tape to let them know how the group was doing. They
were wrong. With that, those two went in search of their girlfriends, but not
before destroying the places they were living in.

Well, until next time!

As Always, read and review!
Ashura Hedgehog