DETERMINATION OF A GIRL

PT. 5

In the last part of my story, Mimi was introduced to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. She and Trunks then argued about her negative attitude, which resulted with the two training. The next day Trunks began to teach Mimi how to become a Super-Saiyan. After she almost accomplished it, they decided to take a break.

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Trunks and Mimi sat at a small, round table with bowls of rice in front of them. Both of them had their heads lowered as they ate their lunch. Trunks looked up occasionally at Mimi who didn't look up at all.

"What is it Trunks?" asked Mimi, without looking up.

"Huh? What do you mean?" he replied, confused.

"Why do you keep looking at me?" she asked before eating another mouthful.

"I don't keep looking at you," he answered, lowering his head again.

"Trunks, you're a pitiful liar," she laughed as she looked up.

Trunks looked up at Mimi then bowed his head again to continue eating.

"Hey Trunks? I was thinking about what you said to me last morning," said Mimi.

"And I'm sorry about that. I really am," he replied apologetically.

"Don't worry about it. I deserved it. But I was actually thinking about how you said that I haven't changed at all. What am I like in the future?"

Trunks looked at Mimi, who looked very interested. He quickly swallowed what was in his mouth before he began.

"Well Mimi, to be honest, you and your future self only have one thing in common. Your arrogance. You've been watching Vegeta, haven't you?" he asked.

"Ugh, yeah I guess," she replied.

"Well when you were a little younger than you are now, you were shattered when your father passed way due to that nasty heart virus. You decided to drop your `party girl' label and started to spend a lot of time with my mother and you looked up to my father, who you used as your role model. You've started doing that now seeing that Goku is no longer with us. Anyway, you began to pick up some of Vegeta's…bad habits."

"Huh, bad habits?" asked Mimi.

"Yeah, you know, his seriousness, bad temper, and most of all, his arrogance. You were so full of yourself. And it got even worse when Vegeta was killed. After that you began to train yourself, thinking that you might turn Super-Saiyan and make a difference. Until the day you were devastated for the third time. Gohan's death drove you over the edge. You began to think that maybe you were jinxed seeing that almost everyone close to you had died. You became very quiet and spent most of your time alone. While suffering from depression you even considered suicide, but your mother brought you out of that darkness. I don't think I've ever seen your smile, until now."

Mimi sat still, her eyes glued to Trunks. Trunks rose an eyebrow to bring her back to reality.

"Oh my God," she said softly. "I became an anti-social FREAK! So Trunks, did I ever become a Super-Saiyan?" she asked, hopefully.

"No," he replied, looking down. "But don't forget that this time is almost completely different to my time."

"So what do I look like?'

"Um, well you're in your mid-thirties, you've had short hair since I can remember and you never smile," he said as he took his last mouthful.

"Oh," she said astonished. "And one more question. How do you know all this?"

"My Mum told me. I asked her one day why you look so miserable and angry all the time."

Mimi stared at Trunks, her eyes transfixed to his.

"So, do you wanna continue your training," he asked.

"Um, yeah, let's go," she replied as they both stood up.

Trunks looked down at the table and noticed the six empty bowls on it. Mimi had eaten five bowls of rice. I guess it runs in the family, he thought, remembering how much Goku and Gohan eat.

They both walked over to the emptiness and stood a meter away from eachother. Trunks began to think how he could help Mimi turn into a Super-Saiyan. We've had two arguments so far, and she gets pissed off pretty easily. I can use her arrogance against her, he thought with a grin.

"Ok, lets just fight and work on your moves. Don't hold anything back…I won't!" he said still grinning.

Mimi returned the smile as she fell into a fighting stance. They began to fight, Mimi going full out, Trunks trying not to hurt her so early in their match. He blocked all of her hits, making her frustrated. He was beginning to enjoy himself. He let her punch him in the face for the fun of it. He stumbled back.

"Ok, now lets fight," he said with a scheming grin.

"Huh?" she replied, confused. I thought we were fighting. Well at least I was, she thought.

Trunks flew up and Mimi followed. She attacked with everything she had. Trunks avoided her fists and kicks before grabbing her hair and pulling her head down to meet his knee. Mimi screamed in pain as she fell to the ground, screaming again after landing on her back. She struggled just to sit upright, having to hold herself up with one hand. The other hand wiped away the blood that had gushed from her nose. She looked at the blood in shock. What the hell is Trunks doing? she wondered. He's beating me up. He was floating in front of her, arms crossed, still smiling. Mimi stood up slowly and sneered as she leapt towards him, aiming a kick at his head. Trunks avoided the kick and elbowed her in the chest, pushing her backwards. She released a ki blast as she fell backwards. Trunks knocked it away easily then charged into her, sending her to the ground again. By now her back was killing her with pain. She wiped her nose again. Trunks landed on the ground in front of her.

"Get up!" he demanded.

"WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU!?" she yelled.

"I'm training you. Now GET UP!" he yelled back.

She screamed with anger as she charged towards him, kneeing him in the stomach, knocking the air out of his lungs. He groaned and stumbled back, while clutching his stomach. He looked up at her; his face screwed up with anger. Mimi gasped with fear. Trunks moved so fast that he disappeared. He re-appeared behind her, kicking her in the back of her knees. She yelled, falling to her hands and knees. She could hear Trunks laughing behind her. She turned her head sharply.

"How dare you make a mockery out of me," she sneered.

She got up quickly and charged towards him. He ducked, then swept her. Trunks brought his foot above her head and brought it down. Mimi rolled out of the way just in time. She jumped up only to be punched in the face. She blocked the rest of his punches and kicked him in the head. It didn't faze him. She gasped then flipped backwards. She stared at him angrily.

"You bastard!" she said.

He laughed then ran towards her. Mimi was too exhausted to defend herself that she let herself get beat up. She fell to the ground. He's gone mad. Where did all this madness come from? Training my ass!! He won't stop `til I'm dead, she thought angrily. She pulled herself up, her eyes hardening. She was pissed off. Trunks came at her again. She screamed for no reason as she blocked her face. She let her arms down to attack him only to be punched in the face twice, creating a gash below her right eye. The blood poured out. She held her hand over her eye but was then kicked in the stomach by Trunks. She spewed out blood before landing on the ground. She got up on all fours, her back to Trunks. She coughed up some more blood and spat the taste out. She stared at the puddle on the ground in shock.

"Mimi, I'm beginning to think that both our fathers were right. Females just can't turn Super. You've just proved it. What a waste of time," Trunks sighed.

Then something inside of Mimi snapped. All her pain, fear and anger came together. She began to scream hysterically as she kneeled up and pulled her hair. Trunks looked on in excitement as he felt her power increase dramatically. He watched as her hair began to flash blonde. She opened her eyes to reveal green irises. Because her hair was so long, it spiked downwards rather than upwards. She stood up and turned around swiftly. She disappeared and re-appeared behind Trunks and put him into a sleeper hold. Trunks struggled to get free but could not. He quickly turned Super then threw her off. She landed on her feet.

"Mimi, you did it!" he cried happily.

Mimi stared at him, still with her pissed off expression.

"Oh Mimi. I was only beating you up to make you angry," he said. "I knew that I had to make you extremely pissed off to help you transform. I'm a pretty good actor, aren't I?" he asked laughing.

Mimi collapsed to her knees as she turned back to normal. She smiled up at Trunks, panting.

"Thanks! I didn't think that you could be such an asshole. It's not like you," she said.

Trunks let his hair turn purple again, then walked over to her and helped her up. He put one of her arms around his shoulders and his arm around her waist.

"I'm a Super-Saiyan," she said happily, relying on Trunks to help her remain standing.

He looked over at her with a smile and wiped away the blood from her face gently with the tips of his fingers.

"I'm sorry I had to beat you up," he said softly. "I didn't mess up your pretty face on purpose." His smile quickly vanished with embarrassment. Did I just say that, he thought, feeling pathetic.

She stared at him, still smiling. She closed her eyes and rested her head on his shoulder. Trunks carried Mimi to her bed, where she slept after an exhausting day.

THE END

Be sure to read DETERMINATION OF A GIRL PT. 6