Clare: Well we're getting to the end of this story!!

Mat: No! Not another finished! What are we going to do?!

Clare: Write another one!!

Mat: Oh yeah. Well enjoy this chapter!!

                                                            Love is a Weakness! Isn't it?

                                                             Chapter 11: Butterfly tattoos

            Serena sat in her room packing a bag. 'I wonder what Bulma has in store this month? I bet it's a ball. That sounds like something Bulma would do.' Serena giggled. She might let Trunks see her this time. After all she has changed a lot during he last few months. Her eyes were now all silver and her hair was silver white, which went down to her knees. Her body had also matured more. She was still her skinny self but she started to become bigger in the chest and she grew a little. Serena sighed. She threw her bag over her shoulder. 'Maybe I'll stay longer this time. Bulma always looks so sad when I leave after a week.' She walked out of her room and past the crowed of people. They said good-bye and watched Serena leave.

            When Serena got outside of the hideout she breathed a breath of fresh air and smiled. Her loose hair blew around her in the soft summer wind. it was finally the first day of summer and it was lovely. Would it have been a few weeks back she would have teleported to the castle but since it was nice out she decided to walk the 5 miles it took her to get there. If she got tired she could just rest.

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            Bulma was hurrying around the castle making everything perfect for the ball tomorrow night, and also for her gust that was arriving. She even had Trunks helping her. Right at that moment Trunks was fixing the lights on the chandler. As Bulma passed under him he called out to her.

            "Mother when does Serena come?" Bulma groaned.

            "I told you Trunks. She comes at the END of the month. It's only the beginning of this one. So STOP ASKING ME!"

            "Jeez. Sorry." Trunks mumbled and went back to his job.

            Just as Trunks finished with the chandler he heard his mother squeal. He also head someone laugh. He walked towards the door of the castle and saw his mother hugging a girl.

            "Renity! How good it is to see you!" the girl laughed.

            "And you too Bulma." Bulma took the girls hand and led her to where Trunks was looking around the corner. Bulma saw his head and took the girl over to him. Trunks saw his mother whisper something in the girl's ear then turn to him.

            "Trunks this is a friend I want you to meet. Renity meet Trunks, Trunks meet Renity." They both said hello and shook the others hand.

            "Come now Renity I'll show you to your room." Renity nodded and walked with Bulma. 'There's something familiar about that Renity girl.' Trunks thought. He shook it off and finished the tasks his mother gave him.

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            "I told Trunks that you come at the end of the month. He bought it so unless he's smart this time he'll find out that it's you." Bulma told Serena while helping her Unpack.

            "Man you brought a lot more cloths than you usually do." Serena smiled.

            "You usually do when you stay for more that a week." Bulma looked at her and squealed.

            "How long are you staying this time?" Serena shrugged.

            "Until I feel like leaving I guess." Bulma smiled and hugged her.

            "Oh we're going to have fun this month." Serena laughed as Bulma started to rattle off what she had planed for them and it turned out that Bulma had planned a ball.

            "Hay Bulma it looks to me that Trunks needs a hair cut. What's up with him? His eyes are so empty." Bulma sighed and sat down on the bed.

            "The day you left, he stared at the spot you had been. The all of a sudden he jumped up and started to leave. I asked him where he was going and he said to…never mind." Serena looked at her.

            "Tell me Bulma. Please." Bulma sighed.

            "He said he was going to find you. And he blew up when Vegeta said that love was a weakness."  Bulma's hand flew to her mouth at her last statement.

            "Why would Vegeta tell him love's a weakness unless Trunks…" Serena trailed off at the end and she look at Bulma.

            "Bulma?" Bulma shook her head.

            "No! If you want to know then you'll find out!" Bulma said. Afraid that she may say too much too soon Bulma told Serena she'd see her later and left the room.

            "Weird." Serena said then left her room for the gym.

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            Trunks sighed as he finished his last job. 'Finally. Some time to do what I want.' Trunks walked to the gym and opened the doors.

            When he walked in he noticed how there was a circle of elite's  around the middle of the gym. He could hear them chanting on a pal. 'What in Kami's name is going on?' Trunks pushed through the circle with ease and stood to see Renity circling an elite. The elite so far looked pretty banged up but Renity didn't have a scratch on her. he could tell that the man in the circle was Kak. Kak then lunged at Renity  and started to throw punches and kicks at her. Trunks was about to stop it but he watched, amazed, as Renity  blocked everything he sent at her. She smirked reminding him of Serena. 'No. As much as I wish it was that's not Serena.'

            "Come on Kak! You've got to be better than this! After all I'm just a weak girl that can fight. Right?" She watched amused as Kak started to attack her again. Trunks decided to put an end to it any way.

            "Stop!" They both stopped what they were doing and looked at him. Kak bowed and Renity  nodded her head.

            "Kak what were you doing? Attacking her like that?"

            "Your highness I...I was just…"

            "Prince Trunks, Kak and I were just sparring. I made fun of how weak he is and he got pissed. I challenged him he accepted."  Trunks nodded.

            "Alright." Trunks noticed how she was looking at him.

            "What?"

            "Question. Why did you feel it necessary to stop our spar? I could have managed well on my own thank you."  Trunks raised an eyebrow. She kept reminding him of Serena every second.

            "Oh could have you? Well the way you weren't attacking back I thought you might have needed some help." Serena laughed.

            "Me? Help? HA! I bet I could beat you in a spar!" 'Just what I was hoping for.'

            "Alright. Why don't we test that theory of yours. Lest spar." Renity smirked.

            "In the GR?" Trunks nodded.

            "Under 100x's earth's gravity?' Trunks asked. She surprised him when she shook her head.

            "300x." Trunks smirked, and nodded.

            "Alright then it's agreed." They walked into the GR and Renity set the gravity. They both fell into fighting stances.

            "Lets rumble pretty boy." Trunks grinned. It had been a while since he could have a good spar. Trunks lunged at her and she sidestepped him. Trunks ran at her and she ran at him. The collided and locked hands. Renity was smirking and so was Trunks. 'I just might have to turn Super to beat her.' This hand-to-hand combat was getting them nowhere so they pushed away from each other. Renity circled him as he did her, both starring the other down. Renity made the first move. She lunged at him and before her fist connected with his face she disappeared. Trunks was puzzled but not for long as an elbow connected with his back. Trunks fell to the ground, growled, and pushed himself up. He met the amused eyes of Renity, and he started to send punches here and there and she blocked. Renity started to send punches and kicks at him and he blocked. They were even. 'Well I'll just have to change that.' Trunks thought as he powered up, not quite to SSJ. She surprised his once again as she powered up also right to his level. They were still neck and beck. 'Well so much for not going SSJ.' With a yell Trunks turned super. His hair blond and his eyes aqua. He smirked and sent a punch to her face. She just barley blocked. While Trunks smirked at his near victory he missed the sinister look cross Renity's face. She to powered up to her super saiyajin level. Trunks looked stunned at the blond haired aqua eyes girl in front of him.

            "How did you…?" Renity smirked.

            "I had a good teacher." Trunks eyes widened. The only other person he knew that could go Super was Serena. She could have thought the secret to one of her group members. He pinned her to the wall.

            "Who was your teacher?!" He commanded dropping from SSJ, Renity following his lead.

            "She wishes to remain unknown." Trunks leaned closer to her looking into her eyes.

            "Who?! Tell me please." He begged.

            "My group leader."

            "Name?" Renity sighed.

            "Death." Trunks hands let go of her wrists.

            "You know Serena??" Renity nodded.

            "Is she ok?"

            "Why? Why do you care?" Trunks growled and his hand shot out and pinned her to the wall by the neck.

            "You wouldn't understand." His hand dropped from her neck and she slid down the wall gasping for breath.

            "I take it she taught you?" Trunks nodded and sat on the floor. Renity rubbed her neck and glared at him. Trunks looked at her and chuckled.

            "Sorry." Renity looked at him.

            "Its ok." Trunks sighed.

            "What does she look like now? Serena." Renity sighed.

            "Well she's as tall as me. Her eyes a bit more silver than they were, and her hair is mostly silver. If you want me to get into details she has a tattoo of a butterfly just above her left breast.." Renity was glad he wasn't looking at her when she described herself to him. She didn't want him to know yet.

            "Did she talk about me?" Renity sighed.

            "When she came back a  bunch of the girls asked her questions about you and I must say her description of you does you justice."

            "What'd she said I looked like?"

            "She said you had silky lavender hair that went to your shoulders. she told us your eyes were the most gorgeous sky blue she had ever seen, you were muscled, tall and over all handsome. She seemed said when a girl asked if you had a girlfriend. All she said was 'no' and she went to bed." There was a long silence until Renity broke it.

            "Well I better go. I told you mom I'd meet her at a certain time." Renity went to stand up but Trunks hand shot out and grabbed hold of her arm.

            "She is coming to see my mother right?" Renity sighed.

            "I don't know. I left when one of the group members tried to rape me." Trunks head shot over to look at her.

            "You mean they'd actually…I'm sorry." Renity smiled weakly. She never told anyone. No one even bothered to ask why one of the members were 'missing'.

            "It's ok." Trunks let her arms go and he watched her leave. 'how gross. Trying to rape someone. That man had to of been really pathetic.'  Trunks shook his head and got up. He turned the gravity off and left for his room.

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            Just as trunks was about to enter his room he heard a scream from Renity's room, which was across from his. He heard something break and kicked open the door. There dressed in silk pants and tank top, with water dripping from her hair Was Renity pinned to a wall by an elite. Trunks watched as Renity kneed him in the groin and wriggled from the mans grasp and kicked him in the side. Trunks could see Renity shaking in, not anger, but fear. The man got up and started to approach Renity. Trunks stepped in front of her and watched as the man's eyes widened in fear and drop to his knees. Trunks walked up to the man.

            "What do you think you were going?!" Trunks asked while picking the man up by the front of his spandex.

            "You make me sick! And for what you have tried to do you do not deserve to live." The man started to tremble in his grasp.

            "But I'm not my father. So I won't kill you." He watched the man sigh in relief.

            "So I'll let him deal with you." Once again the man started to shake in fear. Trunks called the guards in and had them take him to the king. After they left he turned to Renity.

            "Are you ok?" Renity nodded and sank to the floor. Trunks kneeled down and picked her up. 'Man de ja vou. It's like carrying Serena.' He sat down on her bed and cradled her.

            "It almost happened again. Thank Kami I can fight and you came in." Trunks ran his fingers through her hair, calming her.

            "It's ok. it won't happen again. I can assure you that." Renity looked up at him and smiled.

            "Thanks." Trunks nodded and smiled back. 'Why do I keep seeing Serena every time I look at her? I'll figure it out in the morning when I'm more awake.'

            "Sleep Renity. It'll help." Trunks laid her down and covered her up.

            "I'm in the room right across from yours. Good night."

            "Night.' She said snuggling down into the covers. Trunks smiled and walked back into his room.

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            Serena woke to the sound of Trunks screaming out her name. She kicked back the covers and walked to her door. She opened it and looked down the hall then walked to Trunks door. She pushed it open and then closed it behind her. She stood there for a few minutes letting her eyes adjust, then walked over to his bed.

            She watched as he thrashed around.

            "Serena! No! don't leave! You can't! I love you!" Serena's hand flew to her mouth keeping herself from yelping. 'He LOVES me?' She reached out and caressed his cheek with her hand causing him to stop thrashing and his death grip on the sheets loosen. She watched as a tear rolled down his cheek. She let fall on her finger and she admired it. Once her hand left his face he started to thrash again. She climbed into his bed and took him into her arms leaning on the headboard.

            "Shhh. Its ok Trunks. Relax." She kissed his for head, and ran her fingers through his hair. Trunks breathing slowed and became normal. 'Crap! how am I going to get away from him now?'  Trunks arms wound themselves around her waist and pulled her to him.

            "Eep!"  Trunks nuzzled her neck causing Serena to thence.

            "Serena." he sighed. Serena sighed.

            "I'm here Trunks." She whispered in his ear.

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            The sun shown in Trunks eyes making him squeeze his eyes tighter. He pulled whatever he was holding closer to him. What? Since when did he sleep with some thing? trunks eyes flew open and the first thing he saw was the creamy flesh of the chest he was using as a pillow. his eyes caught a glimpse of color showing just above the rim of the shit the person was wearing. Curios he pulled it down a bit to revel a tattoo of a butterfly.

            "If you want me to get into details she has a tattoo of a butterfly just above her left breast."

Renity's description of Serena echoed in his head. 'Oh my god! Serena!' Trunks lifted his head and looked at the sleeping face of Serena. silver white hairs framed her face and her breathing was soft.

            "Oh my god. She's back!" Trunks whispered in delight. ~hay buddy! Yeah it's me again! Play along with her. At least until the ball.~ 'But!' ~trust me pal. Just do it.~ 'Alright.'

            "I'll play along for now Serena. But when it comes time to announce who I love at the ball tonight… well lets just say, you better be expecting me to say your name." Trunks lightly kissed her lips and pretended to still be asleep when she started to stir.

            "Oh crap! I fell asleep! Oh well. I've got to get out of here some how." Serena kissed the top of Trunks heard and disappeared in a swirl of butterflies.

            Trunks opened his eyes and laid on his back. He smiled.

            "I've found you Serena and I'm not letting you go."