A/n- uum I think that is the longest chapter there is so far! Lol well it's almost over =[ so go ahead and read ^_^
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Heroki woke up, back in their house, it was already the afternoon. Trunks also sat up next to her.
"Was that real?" Heroki asked.
"Roku?"
"Yes."
"I guess so." Heroki said. "Wow..." She said, looking at her hands. "I'm the guardian."
"Yeah..."
"It's so weird...I've heard about Roku since I was only a child, and now she's a part of me." Heroki squeezed her hands into fists and stood up, then covered herself in silver energy, her guardian clothes on.
"Heroki, don't leave." Trunks said, holding onto the blankets, his eyes wide and brow furrowed.
"I have to go." She said.
"What if Kaze gets you?"
"Don't worry, he can't go near the tree, remember?" Heroki asked, smiling. Trunks still looked worried. Heroki sat back down on the bed and hugged him.
"I'll be back, I promise." She said.
Trunks stared at the fire, Goku talking excitedly next to him about how they were finally going to defeat Kaze. It was a week later, at night. Ever since they moved to Wen Aeniug, a couple of them would sit in the center of the civilization around a fire and watch for danger.
"Trunks, what's up, man?" Yamcha asked. Trunks took his elbows off his knees and his head out of his hands and looked at Yamcha.
"Huh? What?" He asked.
"What's wrong?" Goku asked. Trunks looked back at the fire.
"Yeah, what's wrong, now?" Kamakie asked with a look of disgust. Trunks ignored him.
"Nothing."
"Something's bugging you." Tien said. Chaotzu nodded.
"Nah. I'm just kinda worried about Heroki." He said. Kamakie snorted.
"Why should you be? She said she was going to be fine." He said. Trunks furrowed his brow and gave him an angry look.
"Yeah well, it's not my fault if I'm worried about her. At least I care if something happens to her. For all we know, she could be dead, we can't even feel her life source anymore!" Trunks replied, pain in his voice that something had happened to her.
"Are you saying that I don't care about Heroki?"
"Maybe. I don't think you do if you're not worried about her."
"At least I'm not a worry wart." Kamakie said.
"A worry wart? Nice comeback."
"Yeah, better than anything you could do."
"I'm sure." Trunks said.
"Yeah, I'm sure you are." Kamakie said. "And for your information, I do care about Heroki." Everyone was silent, and Kamakie blushed a little. "In a friendly way. She is my best friend."
"Sure she is."
"What, do you think you are her best friend?"
"We are married, so I would say yeah."
"Ha!" Kamakie laughed. "You her best friend? Sure. We have known each other since we were dlehs(children), and why would she be friends with a pink haired freak?"
"My hair isn't pink! It's lavender!"
"Oh that's so much better...I wouldn't be surprised if you were gay."
"Stop it, both of you!" Goku cried. By this time, Kamakie and Trunks were both standing and glaring at each other, Goku jumped in the middle.
"Gay? Yeah, that makes sense."
"It does. Someone with pink hair can't be straight." Kamakie said, both ignoring Goku's pleas.
"Lavender!"
"Wow! Purple now! So much better!"
"At least I'm not a weakling!"
"At least I'm not gay! And I'm not weak!"
"Wanna bet?"
"Yeah!" Both of them started to power up, Trunks a Mega Saiyan and Kamakie a Super Saiyan. The weak fighters around the fire, stumbled backwards, and Goku stepped back a couple times.
"Stop it!" Trunks and Kamakie's heads turned, and stared at the girl in front of them.
"Who are you?" Kamakie asked, coldly.
"You're acting like children!" She cried.
"Who are you?" Trunks repeated for Kamakie. The girl looked at them.
"Oh, right. It's me!"
"Me?" Goku asked.
"Heroki!" She said.
"Y-you reached the guardian form?" Kamakie asked. Trunks smiled.
"I should have recognized you! That's how you looked in the fight with Kamaya!" Trunks exclaimed. It was true. When she was in the fight with Kamaya, he thought that she had black hair, but now that he saw her closer, he saw that is was very, very dark red, pulled back into a pony tail, but it was still long and thick. Her eyes were a light rose-colored red, and she was wearing the same black outfit.
"Yup." Heroki said.
"Is your training over?" Goku asked.
"I came back because I could tell that Trunks and Kamakie were fighting." Heroki said. "I'm still very weak."
"How do you know? We can't even feel your power." Trunks said.
"That's for a good reason, it's so I can attack without being detected. But I am still weaker than Kaze." She said.
"Do you have to leave again?" Kamakie asked. "Heroki?" Heroki was looking off into the distance.
"Where's Trunks and Goten?" She asked.
"Sleeping." Bulma said. Heroki's eyes widened.
"Go check! I don't think they are!" She cried, leaping into the air and flying at towards the tree. Goku ran into his house, and Bulma into hers. Trunks followed Heroki.
"Goten, what's up there?" Trunks asked.
"Heroki told us to stay away from it." Goten said.
"Why should we? She went up there." Trunks said.
"But she's a guardian. She said not to go up there, Trunks. We might get in trouble." Goten said. Trunks shrugged.
"So? What can they do? Yell at us? I want to see what's so dangerous up there." Trunks started flying up. Goten sighed, and flew with him. They landed in the tree.
"Wow..." Goten said, amazed. There was a bed, a couple of drawers built into the tree, a large mirror, and in the center of the tree, a large, glowing orb. There smiles and 'oohs' and 'aahs' turned into frightened looks and screams.
Heroki flew as fast as she could, and when she got to the tree, she saw it was too late. She started flying to the lake. Trunks was following her.
"What's going on?!" He cried out on the way to the lake.
"Trunks and Goten are in danger! The Kutulu!" Heroki cried, and dived into the lake from the air. She flew to the bottom, and saw the Kutulu holding onto Trunks and Goten. The Kutulu looked like a large octopus, it had many, many arms, but it's moth had thousands of sharp teeth.
Heroki fired her attack, Definitive Blood, at it, and a large screech echoed through the water. She swam to Goten and Trunks, and started flying up. Trunks' eyes were open and he was struggling, but Goten wasn't moving.
Heroki got to the land, and put the two teens on the ground.
"I told you never to go there!" Heroki cried sadly and angrily. Trunks sat up and coughed, but Goten still didn't move. Goku, Trunks, Chichi, and Bulma were soon with Heroki and Trunks.
"Goten!" Chichi cried. Heroki put her hand on his chest.
"Goten! No!" Trunks also cried. Heroki closed her eys, then opened them.
"I'm sorry, but he's gone." Heroki said. Chichi looked surprised, then fainted. Heroki looked angrily at little Trunks. "Why did you two go up there?!" Trunks' eyes were filling with tears.
"I- I wanted to see what was up there!" Trunks cried. Bulma hugged her son. Heroki stood up next to future Trunks, they were the only ones standing.
"I'm sorry, Goku. I tried to save them." Heroki said.
"Thank you, Heroki." Goku said.
"Heroki, can I see you for a minute?" Bulma asked when Heroki came to the door. It was a week after Goten had died, and Heroki had decided to stay home and train.
"Sure." Heroki sad, going with Bulma to her house. They went in, and on the couch, little Trunks was lying down, his face drenched in sweat. Bra was sitting in a chair near him. "Is he sick?"
"Obviously." Bulma said. "I wanted to know if you knew what this was, it doesn't look like an Earth disease."
"I'll take a look." Heroki said, kneeling next to him. It was odd to see him, the present form of her husband. "Has he been vomiting?"
"Yes, blood." She said. Heroki's eyes widened and she jumped up, moving away from him. "What?"
"How long has this been going on?" Heroki asked.
"It started yesterday." Bulma said.
"Everyone out of the house, now." Heroki said, shooing the other two females out. Heroki closed the door after her.
"What was that all about?" Bulma asked, worriedly. "What's wrong with my son?"
"I'm sorry, Bulma, but your son has a Wen Aeniugen disease called Bokura. You cannot go in that house, hopefully you haven't caught it yet."
"What does Bokura do?" Bra asked.
"I'm sorry but it kills them. It's highly contagious so you can't go near him." Heroki said. Bulma's eyes filled with tears, and Heroki felt sorry for her. First she lost her husband, and now her son.
"No! I have to see him! I can't let him die alone!" Bulma cried.
"Listen, Bulma." Heroki said, holding her back. "You can't go in there, there's no way we can help him now. You have to be alive, to take care of Bra." Bulma sniffed, tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry."
"All these deaths..." Trunks said that night when they were sitting around the fire. "I can't take it."
"This is horrible." Yamcha said.
"How many more have to die?" Goku asked.
"Not to be rude, but you know that there was nothing we could do to save Goten and Trunks. Wen Aeniug killed Goten, and a disease killed Trunks. It wasn't a result of evil." Heroki said.
"Still..." Goku said.
"Do you remember the legend of the dragon balls, Goku, Krilan?" Master Roshi asked.
"Some of it." Krilan said.
"It said that sometime, a hero would come and restore peace to the Earth as it once was." Roshi said.
"Earth? Better forget that." Heroki said.
"We could still fix things." Goku said. "There's still hope."
"Even the smallest light in the darkest room glows." Heroki said, smiling at Goku, he smiled back.
"I could disagree with that." Said a familiar voice. Every looked behind Heroki, where a man stood.
"Elcarim!" Trunks cried angrily. Everyone stood up. The fire was reflecting off something shiny in his hand, a knife. He teleported to Heroki, and put the knife to her neck. Heroki couldn't move.
"Hm. I always get what I want." He said. "And now, I want you dead, Her-" Heroki turned her eyes to him, wondering why he didn't finish her name. His eyes were wide and his mouth open. Someone was running over, and stopped a couple feet in front of Heroki, Kamakie.
Heroki screamed when blood starting pouring out of Elcarim's mouth, she stepped back, and Elcarim fell forward. A long slash was going down his back, and a bloody knife hung in the air then disappeared.
"He's paralyzed." Kamakie said simply.
"How horrible." Heroki said. "Even if he is horrible, it still is bad that he's going to live forever- like that."
"Yeah. But at least his reign of terror is over." Trunks said. Everyone nodded.
"I'll take care of him." Kamakie said, picking up the body and walking off into the darkness. Laughing echoed through the air, and everyone looked around them.
"Yes, I had to get rid of Elcarim. He could have ruined my plan." Said a deep, echoing voice.
"Kaze!" Heroki cried, angrily.
"Yes, it is me. So we finally meet, Heroki!" He cried. A shape started forming in the Air, and everyone kept their eyes on it. It formed into a cloaked figure, a black, glowing orb in his hands.
"What do you want?!" Trunks cried out.
"I want to show you, Heroki, the truth!" He cried. Heroki lifted into the air, not on her own, Kaze was pulling her up.
"Heroki!" Trunks cried, grabbing her out stretched hand. But Kaze's power was to strong, and Heroki was pulled away and both of them disappeared.
"Heroki, don't you see...?" Kaze asked. Heroki was floating in blackness, but it wasn't a dream, she was wide awake.
"See what?" Heroki spat.
"No one cares about you! None of them!"
"That's not true!" Heroki cried.
"Really? Try to remember..." Images flew through Heroki's mind, some real memories and some not, but she couldn't tell the difference.
Heroki sighed and pressed the play button. She was going to watch the movie that Vegeta gave her, she didn't want to, but she knew that she had to.
At first, there was nothing. Then, it showed Trunks' office at Capsule Corp. Then, if showed him and some girl walking in, the girl was giggling. Heroki gasped and her eyes filled with tears when they collapsed onto the couch and started making out.
She immediately turned off the TV and VCR, and just sat there for a moment, unable to believe what she just saw.
"Trunks...how could you?"
"Merebenmock...you broke your promise."
"Trunks...I- I'm sorry.." Heroki stuttered.
"You're sorry?!" Trunks screamed at her. Heroki cringed. "What is that supposed to mean?!"
"Heroki, I do! I love you!" He cried, grabbing her hand. She pulled it away and slapped him across the face. He flew into the ground, creating a small crater. He flew back up. Heroki was taking something off of her finger, then held it for a moment.
"Don't touch me. I don't want you to anymore, no matter how much I love you, I want you to know how much I also hate you." She tossed the thing that she had been holding. "Goodbye, Trunks." She flew off, and only then did he realize that she gave him her wedding ring.
Heroki floated in the air, on Earth, her hands on the opposite elbows. She was pouting when Goku, Gohan, Goten, and little Trunks.
"What's wrong, Heroki?" Gohan asked. Heroki sniffled.
"Nothing." She said.
"Something." Goten said.
"Well..." Heroki started. "It's my birthday, and Trunks is busy at work."
"Aw.." Goku said. "You know Trunks had to work. It's just a coincidence that it occurred on your birthday."
"Yeah, I guess."
"Maybe we can do something later." Goten said.
"Goten!" Gohan cried.
"Oh, right." Goten said, laughing.
"Sorry, we have to go. Maybe we'll see you later!" Goku said, and the four flew away, leaving Heroki alone.
"Where the hell were you?!" He yelled, very unlike Trunks to say even a small swear. Heroki knew that he would only swear if he was very angry or scared.
"Trunks doesn't love you! He cheated on you, broke his promise, lied, and yelled at you! Doesn't sound like a very caring person." Heroki's eyes were just shades of red, no longer white or black in them as she saw the memories. "And Kamakie? What kind of friend is he?! If he was your friend, he would have tried to kill Kamaya, and if he was a good friend he wouldn't hate your good-for-nothing husband! None of them ever cared about you!"
Somewhere in the back of Heroki's mind, she knew this wasn't true, but that part of her mind was asleep.
"You're right!" Heroki cried. "Neither of them ever cared about me! I was all alone!" Heroki's logical mind was falling deeper and deeper into the darkness of sleep.
"We have to go get her back." Trunks said, finally calmed down.
"Of course." Goku said, putting a hand on Trunks' shoulder.
"We cannot go to Yvan Ehmol." Kamakie said.
"Why not?!" Trunks cried. "Heroki is in danger! I can't even feel her with the bond anymore! For all we know she could be dead!"
"She's not dead!" Kamakie yelled, making Trunks wince slightly. "Use common sense, Mr. Brief! Kaze would never kill her, it would ruin everything! He wants her on his side."
"Kamakie, calm down." Goku said. "Why can't we go to Yvan Ehmol?" Kamakie looked at his feet, the light of the fire dancing across his grim face.
"Because we'll have at least one more death. Heroki and I barely made it out of there. We're lucky to be alive."
"We have the dragon balls." Goku said.
"Yes, but that would take a year to wish everyone back." Kamakie said.
"Look, Kamakie." Goku said. "I know that Heroki is your best friend, so I know you want to save her. That's what we do, we risk our lives to save others. We'd do the same for you." He smiled, and Kamakie grunted.
"All right, but you have a death wish." He said.
"Great." Goku said with a big grin, ignoring his death wish. "Me, Trunks, Kamakie, Krilan, Gohan, and Piccolo should go." The Wen Aeniug Namekian Guardian had joined them from his tower.
"Alright." Piccolo said.
"You be careful." Bulma said, hugging Trunks.
"I will." He said, and the six fighters took off to Kaze's home.
"They're coming." Heroki said to her new master.
"I know." Kaze said.
"Who are you going to get rid off?" She asked with a smirk.
"I'm not sure. Not only one, hopefully."
"We have to walk." Kamakie said. "Stay together, the haze is very thick on this hill and one of us could get lost very easily." They walked, each of them raising their power levels a bit higher so if they couldn't see one another clearly, they could feel their life source.
"So this Kaze is the source of all evil?" Krilan asked.
"Yes. I have suspected for a while that Heroki was the guardian, ever since I heard of how she changed during the fight with Kamaya." Kamakie said.
"What do you think has happened to her?" Trunks asked, feeling reluctant to asking Kamakie and hearing the answer, but he wanted to know if she was going to be alright.
"To be honest, I have no idea." Kamakie said. "But I know she's fine. Like I said, Kaze would never kill her, maybe hurt her, but not enough to kill."
"Oh, boy, that makes me feel much better." Trunks said. The thought of Heroki being tortured in the castle of Yvan Ehmol made his stomach sick.
"This is going to take too long." Kamakie said. "We should run." So they started running at a fast pace down the hill. After about a half an hour, they came to the flat ground, that's when the Lalartu's came forth.
"What are those?" Goku asked, his eyes widened.
"Lalartu's. They may look weak, but they are not. Do not underestimate them." Kamakie transformed into a Super Saiyan, followed by Goku and Gohan going Super Saiyan Three and Two, and Trunks turning into a Definitive Saiyan.
"I'm guessing that I have no chance." Krilan said with an uneasy smile.
"Let us Saiyans take care of this." Kamakie said. Goku and Gohan spread out their feet and put their hands together, and said the same words at the same time.
"Ka...me...ha...me.........haaaaaaaa!" They cried, sending the blue energy at the Lalartu's. A couple were gone, but the massive army was not effected.
"There's millions!" Goku cried.
"And they're about one millionth the power of Kaze himself." Kamakie said, quite amused. The four saiyans formed their attacks and threw them, one after another.
"Kamehameha!"
"Masen ko ha!"
"Burning Attack!"
"Baad Angarru!" When the energy blasts stopped, the saiyans were panting, and we surprised to see that even more Lalartu's were coming.
"Where are they coming from?!" Gohan cried.
"Kaze himself." Kamakie said.
"Trunks, watch out!" Krilan cried as a spear sped towards him. It went through his chest. Trunks' eyes widened and he stepped back, his jaw hanging down, a small trickle of blood dripping down his chin. The spear came from the body of one of the monsters, and was long and black.
"Trunks!" Goku cried, everyone circling around him, and everyone gasped when Heroki appeared in front of him.
"H-Heroki..!" Trunks managed to cry out. She had a cold look on her face, and she had no pupils or white in her eyes.
"Heroki? Are you alright?" Gohan asked. Trunks was staring at her, looking a little scared. Heroki put her hands on the spear, and pulled it out. Trunks groaned and fell to his knees, clutching his stomach in pain.
"What did you do that for?! We needed to bring him back to Bulma!" Krilan cried. "He's gonna bleed to death now! Didn't you know that?!"
"Shut up!" Heroki snapped, looking at him. Trunks' blood was spilling all around him. She looked back at him. "I would let you die, Trunks." She said, he looked at her, tears running down his face. "But that would mean me loosing half of my power." She stuck out her hand and waves of red energy flowed from it, passing into Trunks. He was soon healed, and he stood up.
"Heroki? What's wrong?" He asked. Heroki raised into the air.
"What's wrong?! Everything is wrong!" She cried.
"What do you mean?" Goku asked.
"Like you care!" She cried, then send a black, glowing dark purple energy blast at them, sending them flying backward and lying on the ground. They slowly stood up, damaged by Heroki's attack.
"Why are you doing this to us?" Gohan asked, staring up at her.
"I despise all of you." Heroki said.
"Something's off, in her eyes." Piccolo said. "Like she had been brain washed."
"Brain washed?!" Trunks cried out, his eyes wide.
"What can we do?" Krilan asked.
"There's nothing you can do but hope I neglect you, like you neglected me." Heroki said.
"Neglect you?" Trunks asked. "What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean!" Heroki cried. "None of you ever love me! Ever!" She sent another large energy blast at them.
"Heroki, stop it!" Trunks yelled.
"Heroki, you have to fight this!" Kamakie cried. "You know what you say is not true! Wake up!"
"I'm wide awake and all I see is a bunch of careless, selfish barbarians!" She yelled. Trunks held his hand in a fist, not giving up.
"What do you mean, Heroki?!" Trunks cried. "You know I love you!"
"Lies! All lies! I realize the truth now! You never cared!" She cried.
"Wake up, Heroki! Remember things as they really were!" Trunks yelled. "Remember the good, remember all the times we all had together!"
Heroki wandered into Capsule Corp., still upset that Trunks wasn't with her on her birthday. She walked to the third floor, and looked down the hall where the ball room was, under the large doors, a light was shining.
Out of curiosity and with the knowledge that no one had used the room since Crystal's third birthday party, she walked towards the door.
The cries from her family and friends surprised her, but also made a smile spread across her face.
"I think she's figuring out the truth." Gohan said.
"That's good." Goku said, smiling.
"Happy Birthday, Heroki!" They all cried. Trunks was standing in the center of the crowd, little Crystal in his arms.
"You really think he'd be away for your birthday?" Goku asked.
"He'd never do that." Chichi said.
"Silly Goten almost told you about the surprise!" Gohan said.
"Yeah, sorry..." Goten said, a innocent look on his face. Heroki smiled and ran to Trunks, tightly embracing him.
"Happy Birthday, Heroki." Trunks said to her. Heroki smiled and looked into his deep, blue eyes.
"Don't listen to them!" Kaze suddenly appeared above them all, startling Heroki, making her eyes open. "You were always sad, starving for love, crying out for the people who should have loved you most! You were so deprived of love that you created illusions!"
"Illusions?" Heroki asked. "So what I just remembered about my party was an illusion?"
"Don't listen to him! Your party wasn't an illusion!" Trunks cried.
"I don't know. I just don't know who to believe." She said.
"I think you need a reminder of the truth!" He cried. Black energy came from the sky and surrounded Heroki, she screamed.
"Heroki!" Trunks cried.
"No one has every loved you! Wake up!" Kaze cried. "You're loved by nobody!"
"I've never been loved and I never will be! Kaze is right!" She wailed, rising in the air next to Kaze, and disappeared.
34
Trunks sat in front of the face, his head in his hands, tears in his eyes, remembering the past day.
"How are we going to fight Kaze...if the guardian is on his side?" Goku asked.
"We can't." Kamakie said. "Without the guardian, there is no hope."
"No hope..." Trunks said to himself, making everyone look at him. "How many times have I heard those words...?" He had heard it on the television, the radio, and the people of his time. His efforts to save the future had not mattered, the earth was a dead planet, and there was no hope. Somehow... Trunks thought. I'll overcome this evil and bring you back to me, Heroki...
"Trunks, we'll get her back." Goku said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "We have to." Trunks smiled and nodded.
Trunks was excited at first that he was with Heroki, but the presence next to him was not her. Trunks was floating in the blackness, in the dream world again, but this time with Yamcha.
"Where-where are we?!" Yamcha cried. Once again, the scenery changed into ancient Wen Aeniug, and they were in Roku's chamber.
"Good evening, Trunks." Roku said. Trunks nodded. "The situation is bad."
"I know." Trunks said, quietly, his voice cracking.
"You have to get her back." Roku said. Yamcha cleared his throat.
"Excuse me, Miss Roku, but why am I here?" He asked. Roku raised her eye brows.
"You mean you don't know, yet?" Roku asked. Yamcha gave her a blank look. "Then...I'm guessing Heroki does not know, either. I'm guessing she will be upset." She sighed. Trunks gave her a confused, cautious look. "Do not worry, Trunks. It had nothing to do with what you're thinking." Trunks sighed in relief, he thought that maybe Heroki was going to end up with Yamcha. "You needn't worry about a thing like that. You and Heroki were destined for each other long before you were born." She paused. "Now go, go save her."
Trunks awoke to feeling Goku and the other's ki's heightened, and heard crying. Trunks got dressed and ran outside, finding Heroki above them all, smiling. Bulma was crying, kneeling next to a body. Trunks' eyes widened when he saw that the body was a dead Bra, and he guessed that Heroki was responsible for the murder. Heroki stuck out her hand in an attempt to kill Bulma, but Trunks jumped in front of his past mother, blocking the attack.
"No, Heroki!" He cried. "You're fighting for the bad guys!"
"Brilliant deduction!" Kamakie cried, rolling his eyes.
"Why are you doing this?! You know you're loved!" Gohan cried.
"Loneliness was all you ever had to offer me." She said.
"That's not true!" Trunks cried.
"ENOUGH! I've had it with you!"
"Heroki-"
"QUIET!" She sent another blast, but Trunks cancelled it out, it wasn't very strong.
"He loves you, Heroki!" Goku cried.
"More rubbish." Heroki said.
"Wrong." Trunks said. "I care a lot for you, I love you."
"Ignore them!" Kaze appeared. "All lies! Remember how alone you were? Remember your sadness! I think you need an energy boost from the darkness." Darkness fell from the ski and surrounded Heroki.
"I've gotta get Heroki back! There's gotta be a way to reach her!" Trunks cried, jumping into the air and joining her in the darkness. Heroki floated in the middle of it, staring at him with no expression on her face. "I love you, Heroki, don't ever forget that!" Heroki saw something shining on his hand.
Heroki only got a glimpse of the wedding ring, but that was enough to start images and voices running through her mind. She saw familiar faces all smiling at her. She heard her own voice among the others in her head. "Trunks...I..." She paused. "I...love you." "Not necessarily." Goku said. "You still have us, and Trunks." He smiled. "What makes you say that? Of course I love you, Trunks." "So?! I like you! I love you! That's all that matters!" "So?! Trunks, I can tell that we have something special. I love you so much." "I promise...forever..." "Heroki, I do! I love you!" "I killed hundreds of innocent people, and now you're just hugging me. You're supposed to be yelling at me." "Oh Trunks...I knew we couldn't be separated." "I love you, Heroki." "Trunks loves me! And as long as he loves me nothing else matters!" Something flashed in Heroki's eyes, and they turned back to normal.
"Heroki?" Trunks asked, Heroki floated closer to him, and put her head on his chest.
"But why? Why do you love me so much?" She asked.
"Lies! More illusions! Don't listen! You needed love and he ignored you! You were born alone and you'll remain alone!"
"Shut up!" Trunks yelled at the darkness. "It's not true!" Trunks looked into her eyes, and Heroki stared back. "There isn't enough time in this world to tell you all the reasons why I love you, but all that matters is that I do. You're the most important thing to me, Heroki." Heroki closed her eyes and smiled.
"You love me. You truly love me." Trunks put her arms around her, smiling.
When Heroki opened her eyes, Trunks, Goku, Gohan, and Kamakie were all above her, staring at her. She closed her eyes again, and they filled with tears, one spilling over and onto her cheek.
"Welcome back, Heroki." Gohan said, Heroki could hear in his voice that he was smiling.
"I'm sorry..." She said. "I wish it was in my power to bring back the dead..."
"You were brain washed." Goku said. "You were not responsible for your actions."
"Still..." Heroki said. "I'm sorry. I'm supposed to be saving you all, not killing you..."
"Forget about it." Goku said. "Blame Kaze."
"I guess..." She said. She opened her eyes and stood up, going into her house, Trunks following.
35
Heroki sat up in bed with a jolt, hearing ki blasts being fired outside her window. Trunks sat up beside her.
"What's that?" He asked. Heroki jumped out of bed and transformed into her guardian clothes. Trunks also got up and got dressed, and they ran outside, and to their amazement, Vegeta and Goku were fighting.
"V-Vegeta?!" Heroki cried. He turned his head and smirked. He had the same, blank look in his eyes that Heroki had.
"Yes, it's me. Kaze brought me back." He said. He closed his eyes, then looked at Heroki. "You killed Bra." Heroki's eyes widened. She had known that Vegeta had always favored Bra, but she didn't think he would know, seeming as he was dead and he was brainwashed. Heroki looked at Trunks, he had a sadness in his eyes, and disappointment, because he hoped that his father would be turning over a new leaf if he came back, because of his last words: Nola veal yamn nas. Heroki teleported the four of them to the other side of Wen Aeniug.
"I'm sorry, Vegeta, I was brainwashed. I didn't know." She said, guilt washing over her. Vegeta's expression didn't turn forgiving, it turned even more angry.
"Brainwashed?! You're a disgrace to Saiyans." Vegeta said.
"Oh, and you're not brainwashed now?" Heroki asked.
"Kaze may have talked to me, but he showed me the truth. My true power, lies within me, from the saiyan race. Earth made me weak, and I'm not on Earth anymore, so I do not need to act like a weakling." He smirked, then sent an attack at Heroki, which she recognized as the Ninnghizhidda, a saiyan attack which you could not dodge, it killed you as soon as it was fired.
Heroki stood transfixed, staring wide-eyed at the attack. She squeezed her eyes shut and put her hands over her face. She heard the attack hit someone, but yet she felt no pain.
Heroki slowly opened her eyes and removed her hands, and her eyes filled with tears and she screamed.
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"Kamakie!" Heroki screamed. Kamakie had jumped in front of her before the Ninnghizhidda hit her. Vegeta was laughing.
Heroki fell to her knees next to her dying friend. It had hit him in the chest, and the wound was bleeding profusely.
"Kamakie, why did you do that?" She asked, tears spilling onto her cheeks.
"I couldn't let you die..." He said. "Not just because you're the guardian...but because..."
"Don't talk, it's making it worse." She said, knowing that he was loosing energy fast, and talking was taking even more of his time away.
"No, I have to say this." He said. "I want you to continue my journal, it's under my bed in my house." He paused, closing his eyes. "One day, people will think that you were just a legend, that you were never really real...but with that journal, they will know that you were much more than a legend..."
"Kamakie..." She said, her voice cracked from crying.
"Don't wish me back, I've already been wished back once and I do not think it's right."
"Kamakie...don't go, you can't die, I could not go on without you..."
"Yes you can. You have Trunks, and he does care for you. Don't be stubborn, let him help you." He opened his eyes and stared at the sky. "If I weren't so jealous of him, maybe I would have seen how great of a man he really was. I regret that, now. Tell him that"
"Kamakie, please don't-"
"Heroki..." He said, then groaned. He closed his eyes again. "I'm sorry I lied, I did love you." His body went limp. Heroki's eyes widened and her breath was light, her whole body shaking.
"Kamakie!" She cried, shaking his shoulders. "Kamakie, no, please!" Heroki put her face into her hands and cried, the laughter of Vegeta was going to make her go crazy.
Heroki jumped up, her hands in fists, and her energy raising by leaps and bounds. She was screaming madly.
"Heroki, stop!" Trunks cried. Heroki screamed for about ten minutes, then stopped, her ki lowering, and she fell to her knees again. Vegeta was still laughing. Heroki slowly got up again, and grabbed Trunks' sword from his back.
"Heroki- what are you doing?!" Trunks cried. Heroki ran at Vegeta and put the sword through his chest, making sure that it was right where the Ninnghizhidda hit Kamakie. Vegeta's jaw dropped and a trickle of blood dripped out of his mouth. Goku and Trunks' eyes widened. Vegeta disappeared. The sword fell onto the ground, Vegeta's blood not even on it.
Heroki stepped away from the sword and looked at Kamakie's dead body. She kneeled next to him.
"Kamakie...you were my best friend, you were always there for me, I could never have asked for a better fried." She stuck out her hands, her palms facing him, and light blue energy came out of them, surrounding Kamakie. His clothes were repaired, and his wound disappeared, and he was surrounded in blue energy, in a case-like kind of thing.
Heroki closed her eyes for a second, then flew into the air.
The only way that Trunks was able to find Heroki was because of their bond, he could not feel her ki.
He found her hovering over a lake, her arms wrapped around herself, she was still crying.
"Heroki...?" Trunks said, floating to her and wrapping his arms around her. She cried into his chest.
"He loved me..." She said. "And now he's gone..."
"He saved you, Heroki."
"I know..."
"You will see him again one day, you know." He said.
"I know...but still..." She looked into his eyes. "He was such a good friend, and now he's gone...he's....gone..." Heroki cried into his chest again.
Trunks looked up at the star-filled sky, and smiled. Thank you, Kamakie. He said. He was truly grateful that Kamakie had saved Heroki.
"He- he wanted me to tell you that maybe if he wasn't so jealous of you, he would see how great of a man you were."
"I should have respected him more." Trunks said. "I thought that he only cared for himself...and I guess I was a little jealous, too, since he had such a strong bond with you, and all your years of friendship."
"Trunks..." She said, hugging him tighter.
"His death will be avenged." Trunks decided.
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Heroki flew into Kamakie's house, and went to his room, and lifted up his bed. There, was his journal, as he said. Heroki picked it up and sat on the bed. There was an entry from the day they first went to Wen Aeniug with the humans:
Heroki decided to take the earthlings to Wen Aeniug today, it is their first day here. I don't know why she would want to save these humans, and the half saiyans. They're disgraces.
Anyway, I'm starting to get the suspicion that Heroki is the new guardian. She was able to resurrect the Kaokuyamna, and that is the guardians ship. She also changed during the battle with Kamaya, or so Trunks says.
Heroki flipped the pages backwards, and found one from when she first went to earth:
Today was the fateful day that Heroki had to go to earth for that Anivale, Kamaya. I have heard that Heroki's half brother will be there, Yamcha. Zarbon had mated with a human, and had left her with Yamcha when returning back to Wen Aeniug. Yamcha was deserted in a desert.
"What?!" She cried, jumping up from the bed. "My father?!" It was legal for saiyans to mate with humans, but not a royal saiyan. They were meant to keep their blood line pure. This was why Heroki was hesitant to love Trunks in the beginning, but she knew that her bloodline could not end with her just because there were no more pure saiyans, and Trunks was a half. She could not believe the disgrace of her father.
Heroki closed the journal. Yamcha was her brother...how strange.
Heroki went down the stairs and went back to her house.
"What are you doing?" Heroki asked, seeing Trunks putting his jacket on.
"I'm going to fight Kaze." He said. Heroki's eyes widened.
"What?!" She cried. "No! You'll die!"
"I was to fight him, Heroki." He said. "Darkness has surrounded me for my whole life, I grew up in darkness. I want to fight it, I want to try and defeat the pure evil. Please, Heroki, I've been wanting this since I was just a child." Heroki's eyes filled with tears and she hugged him.
"Please, no, I don't want to lose you, too." She said.
"You won't" He said, smiling. "As soon as I fight him, I'll come right back." Heroki nodded, still afraid for him.
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Heroki hugged Trunks' jacket, which he told her to keep until he returned. That had been two months ago, and no one could feel Trunks' ki anymore.
Heroki was about to make one last entry into the journal:
Trunks has still not returned, and I fear the worst. I have lost Kamakie, and now Trunks, and I feel I have nothing left to live for. Kaze is never going to stop chasing me, he will always try to catch me, to use my powers for evil.
Trunks, I know you will be reading this, so please continue this journal for me. I love you...
Yours Truly,
Heroki
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Heroki stood in a field, the wind whipping through her hair. Her hand was on her chest.
Trunks, wherever you are, you'll ways live in my heart forever. I'll always remember that smile of yours, too bad it was your last. She thought. She suddenly remembered this, her standing here, getting ready to kill herself:
"No! Leave me alone!" But the thing wouldn't leave her alone.
She was standing in a field, looking at herself. She had black hair and light red eyes, and she was wearing a black suit that covered her whole body except her head, back, and a hole opened up around her belly button. It didn't really look like Heroki, but Heroki could tell it was herself by her face.
"I'm sorry, Trunks...I love you." She said.
"Trunks?" Heroki asked herself. The other Heroki's hand was on her chest. A ki blast was starting to form in her hand, and her eyes squeezed shut tightly as the energy blast made by herself went through her heart. "I kill myself? But why?"
She didn't get the answer, and she knew that she never would until that day, because suddenly she was back in the blackness.
Heroki smiled and closed her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Trunks...I love you." She said with a slight smile. "I know you would never want me to do this, but I have to. If Kaze gets my power, it will be the end." Heroki started forming an energy blast, and it went through her. As her last moment of life unfolded, she was enveloped in darkness.
Trunks walked into his house, feeling guilty that he had been gone for so long. The first time, he had been defeated, and felt he had to keep trying. After two months of trying, he knew it was useless.
"Heroki?" He called. "Heroki?" Trunks suddenly realized that he could not feel her, and his stomach felt hollow. He called out her name again and searched the house.
When he did not find her, he ran outside. Goku and Yamcha were in the center of the houses.
"Have you seen Heroki?" He asked. Their eyes widened.
"Trunks! You're alive!" Goku cried.
"We all thought you were dead!" Yamcha cried. "Well, no, we haven't seen Heroki."
"For about two days, actually." Goku said.
Trunks went back into the house, and found Kamakie's journal on the kitchen table. He read the last entry, and dropped the book.
He quickly turned into a Definitive Saiyan to achieve his fastest movement to go around the planet. He flew around the planet, and landed next to Heroki's body.
He closed his eyes, not wanting to look at her.
"She told me about this." He said. "In her dream...why didn't I listen?!" His eyes filled with tears, and he lifted into the air again and took off to Yvan Ehmol.
"Ah, so you have come to fight me again?" He asked. "I know, I know, Heroki is dead. Too bad." Trunks grabbed his sword and charged at Kaze, missing every time he slashed the sword at him.
Trunks felt a power overcoming him, and it felt like Kaze was controlling his arms.
"Ah!" Trunks cried as his hands staring turning the sword. He pushed it through himself, and he fell to his knees. Kaze laughed.
"Dying by your own sword, isn't that wonderful?" He asked. His hands started pushing the sword down, then out to the left. Trunks fell onto his side, feeling his legs going numb. Soon, his whole body felt numb, and he knew that he was dead.
a/n- omg! The next chapter is the end! Well please review!!!
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Heroki woke up, back in their house, it was already the afternoon. Trunks also sat up next to her.
"Was that real?" Heroki asked.
"Roku?"
"Yes."
"I guess so." Heroki said. "Wow..." She said, looking at her hands. "I'm the guardian."
"Yeah..."
"It's so weird...I've heard about Roku since I was only a child, and now she's a part of me." Heroki squeezed her hands into fists and stood up, then covered herself in silver energy, her guardian clothes on.
"Heroki, don't leave." Trunks said, holding onto the blankets, his eyes wide and brow furrowed.
"I have to go." She said.
"What if Kaze gets you?"
"Don't worry, he can't go near the tree, remember?" Heroki asked, smiling. Trunks still looked worried. Heroki sat back down on the bed and hugged him.
"I'll be back, I promise." She said.
Trunks stared at the fire, Goku talking excitedly next to him about how they were finally going to defeat Kaze. It was a week later, at night. Ever since they moved to Wen Aeniug, a couple of them would sit in the center of the civilization around a fire and watch for danger.
"Trunks, what's up, man?" Yamcha asked. Trunks took his elbows off his knees and his head out of his hands and looked at Yamcha.
"Huh? What?" He asked.
"What's wrong?" Goku asked. Trunks looked back at the fire.
"Yeah, what's wrong, now?" Kamakie asked with a look of disgust. Trunks ignored him.
"Nothing."
"Something's bugging you." Tien said. Chaotzu nodded.
"Nah. I'm just kinda worried about Heroki." He said. Kamakie snorted.
"Why should you be? She said she was going to be fine." He said. Trunks furrowed his brow and gave him an angry look.
"Yeah well, it's not my fault if I'm worried about her. At least I care if something happens to her. For all we know, she could be dead, we can't even feel her life source anymore!" Trunks replied, pain in his voice that something had happened to her.
"Are you saying that I don't care about Heroki?"
"Maybe. I don't think you do if you're not worried about her."
"At least I'm not a worry wart." Kamakie said.
"A worry wart? Nice comeback."
"Yeah, better than anything you could do."
"I'm sure." Trunks said.
"Yeah, I'm sure you are." Kamakie said. "And for your information, I do care about Heroki." Everyone was silent, and Kamakie blushed a little. "In a friendly way. She is my best friend."
"Sure she is."
"What, do you think you are her best friend?"
"We are married, so I would say yeah."
"Ha!" Kamakie laughed. "You her best friend? Sure. We have known each other since we were dlehs(children), and why would she be friends with a pink haired freak?"
"My hair isn't pink! It's lavender!"
"Oh that's so much better...I wouldn't be surprised if you were gay."
"Stop it, both of you!" Goku cried. By this time, Kamakie and Trunks were both standing and glaring at each other, Goku jumped in the middle.
"Gay? Yeah, that makes sense."
"It does. Someone with pink hair can't be straight." Kamakie said, both ignoring Goku's pleas.
"Lavender!"
"Wow! Purple now! So much better!"
"At least I'm not a weakling!"
"At least I'm not gay! And I'm not weak!"
"Wanna bet?"
"Yeah!" Both of them started to power up, Trunks a Mega Saiyan and Kamakie a Super Saiyan. The weak fighters around the fire, stumbled backwards, and Goku stepped back a couple times.
"Stop it!" Trunks and Kamakie's heads turned, and stared at the girl in front of them.
"Who are you?" Kamakie asked, coldly.
"You're acting like children!" She cried.
"Who are you?" Trunks repeated for Kamakie. The girl looked at them.
"Oh, right. It's me!"
"Me?" Goku asked.
"Heroki!" She said.
"Y-you reached the guardian form?" Kamakie asked. Trunks smiled.
"I should have recognized you! That's how you looked in the fight with Kamaya!" Trunks exclaimed. It was true. When she was in the fight with Kamaya, he thought that she had black hair, but now that he saw her closer, he saw that is was very, very dark red, pulled back into a pony tail, but it was still long and thick. Her eyes were a light rose-colored red, and she was wearing the same black outfit.
"Yup." Heroki said.
"Is your training over?" Goku asked.
"I came back because I could tell that Trunks and Kamakie were fighting." Heroki said. "I'm still very weak."
"How do you know? We can't even feel your power." Trunks said.
"That's for a good reason, it's so I can attack without being detected. But I am still weaker than Kaze." She said.
"Do you have to leave again?" Kamakie asked. "Heroki?" Heroki was looking off into the distance.
"Where's Trunks and Goten?" She asked.
"Sleeping." Bulma said. Heroki's eyes widened.
"Go check! I don't think they are!" She cried, leaping into the air and flying at towards the tree. Goku ran into his house, and Bulma into hers. Trunks followed Heroki.
"Goten, what's up there?" Trunks asked.
"Heroki told us to stay away from it." Goten said.
"Why should we? She went up there." Trunks said.
"But she's a guardian. She said not to go up there, Trunks. We might get in trouble." Goten said. Trunks shrugged.
"So? What can they do? Yell at us? I want to see what's so dangerous up there." Trunks started flying up. Goten sighed, and flew with him. They landed in the tree.
"Wow..." Goten said, amazed. There was a bed, a couple of drawers built into the tree, a large mirror, and in the center of the tree, a large, glowing orb. There smiles and 'oohs' and 'aahs' turned into frightened looks and screams.
Heroki flew as fast as she could, and when she got to the tree, she saw it was too late. She started flying to the lake. Trunks was following her.
"What's going on?!" He cried out on the way to the lake.
"Trunks and Goten are in danger! The Kutulu!" Heroki cried, and dived into the lake from the air. She flew to the bottom, and saw the Kutulu holding onto Trunks and Goten. The Kutulu looked like a large octopus, it had many, many arms, but it's moth had thousands of sharp teeth.
Heroki fired her attack, Definitive Blood, at it, and a large screech echoed through the water. She swam to Goten and Trunks, and started flying up. Trunks' eyes were open and he was struggling, but Goten wasn't moving.
Heroki got to the land, and put the two teens on the ground.
"I told you never to go there!" Heroki cried sadly and angrily. Trunks sat up and coughed, but Goten still didn't move. Goku, Trunks, Chichi, and Bulma were soon with Heroki and Trunks.
"Goten!" Chichi cried. Heroki put her hand on his chest.
"Goten! No!" Trunks also cried. Heroki closed her eys, then opened them.
"I'm sorry, but he's gone." Heroki said. Chichi looked surprised, then fainted. Heroki looked angrily at little Trunks. "Why did you two go up there?!" Trunks' eyes were filling with tears.
"I- I wanted to see what was up there!" Trunks cried. Bulma hugged her son. Heroki stood up next to future Trunks, they were the only ones standing.
"I'm sorry, Goku. I tried to save them." Heroki said.
"Thank you, Heroki." Goku said.
"Heroki, can I see you for a minute?" Bulma asked when Heroki came to the door. It was a week after Goten had died, and Heroki had decided to stay home and train.
"Sure." Heroki sad, going with Bulma to her house. They went in, and on the couch, little Trunks was lying down, his face drenched in sweat. Bra was sitting in a chair near him. "Is he sick?"
"Obviously." Bulma said. "I wanted to know if you knew what this was, it doesn't look like an Earth disease."
"I'll take a look." Heroki said, kneeling next to him. It was odd to see him, the present form of her husband. "Has he been vomiting?"
"Yes, blood." She said. Heroki's eyes widened and she jumped up, moving away from him. "What?"
"How long has this been going on?" Heroki asked.
"It started yesterday." Bulma said.
"Everyone out of the house, now." Heroki said, shooing the other two females out. Heroki closed the door after her.
"What was that all about?" Bulma asked, worriedly. "What's wrong with my son?"
"I'm sorry, Bulma, but your son has a Wen Aeniugen disease called Bokura. You cannot go in that house, hopefully you haven't caught it yet."
"What does Bokura do?" Bra asked.
"I'm sorry but it kills them. It's highly contagious so you can't go near him." Heroki said. Bulma's eyes filled with tears, and Heroki felt sorry for her. First she lost her husband, and now her son.
"No! I have to see him! I can't let him die alone!" Bulma cried.
"Listen, Bulma." Heroki said, holding her back. "You can't go in there, there's no way we can help him now. You have to be alive, to take care of Bra." Bulma sniffed, tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry."
"All these deaths..." Trunks said that night when they were sitting around the fire. "I can't take it."
"This is horrible." Yamcha said.
"How many more have to die?" Goku asked.
"Not to be rude, but you know that there was nothing we could do to save Goten and Trunks. Wen Aeniug killed Goten, and a disease killed Trunks. It wasn't a result of evil." Heroki said.
"Still..." Goku said.
"Do you remember the legend of the dragon balls, Goku, Krilan?" Master Roshi asked.
"Some of it." Krilan said.
"It said that sometime, a hero would come and restore peace to the Earth as it once was." Roshi said.
"Earth? Better forget that." Heroki said.
"We could still fix things." Goku said. "There's still hope."
"Even the smallest light in the darkest room glows." Heroki said, smiling at Goku, he smiled back.
"I could disagree with that." Said a familiar voice. Every looked behind Heroki, where a man stood.
"Elcarim!" Trunks cried angrily. Everyone stood up. The fire was reflecting off something shiny in his hand, a knife. He teleported to Heroki, and put the knife to her neck. Heroki couldn't move.
"Hm. I always get what I want." He said. "And now, I want you dead, Her-" Heroki turned her eyes to him, wondering why he didn't finish her name. His eyes were wide and his mouth open. Someone was running over, and stopped a couple feet in front of Heroki, Kamakie.
Heroki screamed when blood starting pouring out of Elcarim's mouth, she stepped back, and Elcarim fell forward. A long slash was going down his back, and a bloody knife hung in the air then disappeared.
"He's paralyzed." Kamakie said simply.
"How horrible." Heroki said. "Even if he is horrible, it still is bad that he's going to live forever- like that."
"Yeah. But at least his reign of terror is over." Trunks said. Everyone nodded.
"I'll take care of him." Kamakie said, picking up the body and walking off into the darkness. Laughing echoed through the air, and everyone looked around them.
"Yes, I had to get rid of Elcarim. He could have ruined my plan." Said a deep, echoing voice.
"Kaze!" Heroki cried, angrily.
"Yes, it is me. So we finally meet, Heroki!" He cried. A shape started forming in the Air, and everyone kept their eyes on it. It formed into a cloaked figure, a black, glowing orb in his hands.
"What do you want?!" Trunks cried out.
"I want to show you, Heroki, the truth!" He cried. Heroki lifted into the air, not on her own, Kaze was pulling her up.
"Heroki!" Trunks cried, grabbing her out stretched hand. But Kaze's power was to strong, and Heroki was pulled away and both of them disappeared.
"Heroki, don't you see...?" Kaze asked. Heroki was floating in blackness, but it wasn't a dream, she was wide awake.
"See what?" Heroki spat.
"No one cares about you! None of them!"
"That's not true!" Heroki cried.
"Really? Try to remember..." Images flew through Heroki's mind, some real memories and some not, but she couldn't tell the difference.
Heroki sighed and pressed the play button. She was going to watch the movie that Vegeta gave her, she didn't want to, but she knew that she had to.
At first, there was nothing. Then, it showed Trunks' office at Capsule Corp. Then, if showed him and some girl walking in, the girl was giggling. Heroki gasped and her eyes filled with tears when they collapsed onto the couch and started making out.
She immediately turned off the TV and VCR, and just sat there for a moment, unable to believe what she just saw.
"Trunks...how could you?"
"Merebenmock...you broke your promise."
"Trunks...I- I'm sorry.." Heroki stuttered.
"You're sorry?!" Trunks screamed at her. Heroki cringed. "What is that supposed to mean?!"
"Heroki, I do! I love you!" He cried, grabbing her hand. She pulled it away and slapped him across the face. He flew into the ground, creating a small crater. He flew back up. Heroki was taking something off of her finger, then held it for a moment.
"Don't touch me. I don't want you to anymore, no matter how much I love you, I want you to know how much I also hate you." She tossed the thing that she had been holding. "Goodbye, Trunks." She flew off, and only then did he realize that she gave him her wedding ring.
Heroki floated in the air, on Earth, her hands on the opposite elbows. She was pouting when Goku, Gohan, Goten, and little Trunks.
"What's wrong, Heroki?" Gohan asked. Heroki sniffled.
"Nothing." She said.
"Something." Goten said.
"Well..." Heroki started. "It's my birthday, and Trunks is busy at work."
"Aw.." Goku said. "You know Trunks had to work. It's just a coincidence that it occurred on your birthday."
"Yeah, I guess."
"Maybe we can do something later." Goten said.
"Goten!" Gohan cried.
"Oh, right." Goten said, laughing.
"Sorry, we have to go. Maybe we'll see you later!" Goku said, and the four flew away, leaving Heroki alone.
"Where the hell were you?!" He yelled, very unlike Trunks to say even a small swear. Heroki knew that he would only swear if he was very angry or scared.
"Trunks doesn't love you! He cheated on you, broke his promise, lied, and yelled at you! Doesn't sound like a very caring person." Heroki's eyes were just shades of red, no longer white or black in them as she saw the memories. "And Kamakie? What kind of friend is he?! If he was your friend, he would have tried to kill Kamaya, and if he was a good friend he wouldn't hate your good-for-nothing husband! None of them ever cared about you!"
Somewhere in the back of Heroki's mind, she knew this wasn't true, but that part of her mind was asleep.
"You're right!" Heroki cried. "Neither of them ever cared about me! I was all alone!" Heroki's logical mind was falling deeper and deeper into the darkness of sleep.
"We have to go get her back." Trunks said, finally calmed down.
"Of course." Goku said, putting a hand on Trunks' shoulder.
"We cannot go to Yvan Ehmol." Kamakie said.
"Why not?!" Trunks cried. "Heroki is in danger! I can't even feel her with the bond anymore! For all we know she could be dead!"
"She's not dead!" Kamakie yelled, making Trunks wince slightly. "Use common sense, Mr. Brief! Kaze would never kill her, it would ruin everything! He wants her on his side."
"Kamakie, calm down." Goku said. "Why can't we go to Yvan Ehmol?" Kamakie looked at his feet, the light of the fire dancing across his grim face.
"Because we'll have at least one more death. Heroki and I barely made it out of there. We're lucky to be alive."
"We have the dragon balls." Goku said.
"Yes, but that would take a year to wish everyone back." Kamakie said.
"Look, Kamakie." Goku said. "I know that Heroki is your best friend, so I know you want to save her. That's what we do, we risk our lives to save others. We'd do the same for you." He smiled, and Kamakie grunted.
"All right, but you have a death wish." He said.
"Great." Goku said with a big grin, ignoring his death wish. "Me, Trunks, Kamakie, Krilan, Gohan, and Piccolo should go." The Wen Aeniug Namekian Guardian had joined them from his tower.
"Alright." Piccolo said.
"You be careful." Bulma said, hugging Trunks.
"I will." He said, and the six fighters took off to Kaze's home.
"They're coming." Heroki said to her new master.
"I know." Kaze said.
"Who are you going to get rid off?" She asked with a smirk.
"I'm not sure. Not only one, hopefully."
"We have to walk." Kamakie said. "Stay together, the haze is very thick on this hill and one of us could get lost very easily." They walked, each of them raising their power levels a bit higher so if they couldn't see one another clearly, they could feel their life source.
"So this Kaze is the source of all evil?" Krilan asked.
"Yes. I have suspected for a while that Heroki was the guardian, ever since I heard of how she changed during the fight with Kamaya." Kamakie said.
"What do you think has happened to her?" Trunks asked, feeling reluctant to asking Kamakie and hearing the answer, but he wanted to know if she was going to be alright.
"To be honest, I have no idea." Kamakie said. "But I know she's fine. Like I said, Kaze would never kill her, maybe hurt her, but not enough to kill."
"Oh, boy, that makes me feel much better." Trunks said. The thought of Heroki being tortured in the castle of Yvan Ehmol made his stomach sick.
"This is going to take too long." Kamakie said. "We should run." So they started running at a fast pace down the hill. After about a half an hour, they came to the flat ground, that's when the Lalartu's came forth.
"What are those?" Goku asked, his eyes widened.
"Lalartu's. They may look weak, but they are not. Do not underestimate them." Kamakie transformed into a Super Saiyan, followed by Goku and Gohan going Super Saiyan Three and Two, and Trunks turning into a Definitive Saiyan.
"I'm guessing that I have no chance." Krilan said with an uneasy smile.
"Let us Saiyans take care of this." Kamakie said. Goku and Gohan spread out their feet and put their hands together, and said the same words at the same time.
"Ka...me...ha...me.........haaaaaaaa!" They cried, sending the blue energy at the Lalartu's. A couple were gone, but the massive army was not effected.
"There's millions!" Goku cried.
"And they're about one millionth the power of Kaze himself." Kamakie said, quite amused. The four saiyans formed their attacks and threw them, one after another.
"Kamehameha!"
"Masen ko ha!"
"Burning Attack!"
"Baad Angarru!" When the energy blasts stopped, the saiyans were panting, and we surprised to see that even more Lalartu's were coming.
"Where are they coming from?!" Gohan cried.
"Kaze himself." Kamakie said.
"Trunks, watch out!" Krilan cried as a spear sped towards him. It went through his chest. Trunks' eyes widened and he stepped back, his jaw hanging down, a small trickle of blood dripping down his chin. The spear came from the body of one of the monsters, and was long and black.
"Trunks!" Goku cried, everyone circling around him, and everyone gasped when Heroki appeared in front of him.
"H-Heroki..!" Trunks managed to cry out. She had a cold look on her face, and she had no pupils or white in her eyes.
"Heroki? Are you alright?" Gohan asked. Trunks was staring at her, looking a little scared. Heroki put her hands on the spear, and pulled it out. Trunks groaned and fell to his knees, clutching his stomach in pain.
"What did you do that for?! We needed to bring him back to Bulma!" Krilan cried. "He's gonna bleed to death now! Didn't you know that?!"
"Shut up!" Heroki snapped, looking at him. Trunks' blood was spilling all around him. She looked back at him. "I would let you die, Trunks." She said, he looked at her, tears running down his face. "But that would mean me loosing half of my power." She stuck out her hand and waves of red energy flowed from it, passing into Trunks. He was soon healed, and he stood up.
"Heroki? What's wrong?" He asked. Heroki raised into the air.
"What's wrong?! Everything is wrong!" She cried.
"What do you mean?" Goku asked.
"Like you care!" She cried, then send a black, glowing dark purple energy blast at them, sending them flying backward and lying on the ground. They slowly stood up, damaged by Heroki's attack.
"Why are you doing this to us?" Gohan asked, staring up at her.
"I despise all of you." Heroki said.
"Something's off, in her eyes." Piccolo said. "Like she had been brain washed."
"Brain washed?!" Trunks cried out, his eyes wide.
"What can we do?" Krilan asked.
"There's nothing you can do but hope I neglect you, like you neglected me." Heroki said.
"Neglect you?" Trunks asked. "What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean!" Heroki cried. "None of you ever love me! Ever!" She sent another large energy blast at them.
"Heroki, stop it!" Trunks yelled.
"Heroki, you have to fight this!" Kamakie cried. "You know what you say is not true! Wake up!"
"I'm wide awake and all I see is a bunch of careless, selfish barbarians!" She yelled. Trunks held his hand in a fist, not giving up.
"What do you mean, Heroki?!" Trunks cried. "You know I love you!"
"Lies! All lies! I realize the truth now! You never cared!" She cried.
"Wake up, Heroki! Remember things as they really were!" Trunks yelled. "Remember the good, remember all the times we all had together!"
Heroki wandered into Capsule Corp., still upset that Trunks wasn't with her on her birthday. She walked to the third floor, and looked down the hall where the ball room was, under the large doors, a light was shining.
Out of curiosity and with the knowledge that no one had used the room since Crystal's third birthday party, she walked towards the door.
The cries from her family and friends surprised her, but also made a smile spread across her face.
"I think she's figuring out the truth." Gohan said.
"That's good." Goku said, smiling.
"Happy Birthday, Heroki!" They all cried. Trunks was standing in the center of the crowd, little Crystal in his arms.
"You really think he'd be away for your birthday?" Goku asked.
"He'd never do that." Chichi said.
"Silly Goten almost told you about the surprise!" Gohan said.
"Yeah, sorry..." Goten said, a innocent look on his face. Heroki smiled and ran to Trunks, tightly embracing him.
"Happy Birthday, Heroki." Trunks said to her. Heroki smiled and looked into his deep, blue eyes.
"Don't listen to them!" Kaze suddenly appeared above them all, startling Heroki, making her eyes open. "You were always sad, starving for love, crying out for the people who should have loved you most! You were so deprived of love that you created illusions!"
"Illusions?" Heroki asked. "So what I just remembered about my party was an illusion?"
"Don't listen to him! Your party wasn't an illusion!" Trunks cried.
"I don't know. I just don't know who to believe." She said.
"I think you need a reminder of the truth!" He cried. Black energy came from the sky and surrounded Heroki, she screamed.
"Heroki!" Trunks cried.
"No one has every loved you! Wake up!" Kaze cried. "You're loved by nobody!"
"I've never been loved and I never will be! Kaze is right!" She wailed, rising in the air next to Kaze, and disappeared.
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Trunks sat in front of the face, his head in his hands, tears in his eyes, remembering the past day.
"How are we going to fight Kaze...if the guardian is on his side?" Goku asked.
"We can't." Kamakie said. "Without the guardian, there is no hope."
"No hope..." Trunks said to himself, making everyone look at him. "How many times have I heard those words...?" He had heard it on the television, the radio, and the people of his time. His efforts to save the future had not mattered, the earth was a dead planet, and there was no hope. Somehow... Trunks thought. I'll overcome this evil and bring you back to me, Heroki...
"Trunks, we'll get her back." Goku said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "We have to." Trunks smiled and nodded.
Trunks was excited at first that he was with Heroki, but the presence next to him was not her. Trunks was floating in the blackness, in the dream world again, but this time with Yamcha.
"Where-where are we?!" Yamcha cried. Once again, the scenery changed into ancient Wen Aeniug, and they were in Roku's chamber.
"Good evening, Trunks." Roku said. Trunks nodded. "The situation is bad."
"I know." Trunks said, quietly, his voice cracking.
"You have to get her back." Roku said. Yamcha cleared his throat.
"Excuse me, Miss Roku, but why am I here?" He asked. Roku raised her eye brows.
"You mean you don't know, yet?" Roku asked. Yamcha gave her a blank look. "Then...I'm guessing Heroki does not know, either. I'm guessing she will be upset." She sighed. Trunks gave her a confused, cautious look. "Do not worry, Trunks. It had nothing to do with what you're thinking." Trunks sighed in relief, he thought that maybe Heroki was going to end up with Yamcha. "You needn't worry about a thing like that. You and Heroki were destined for each other long before you were born." She paused. "Now go, go save her."
Trunks awoke to feeling Goku and the other's ki's heightened, and heard crying. Trunks got dressed and ran outside, finding Heroki above them all, smiling. Bulma was crying, kneeling next to a body. Trunks' eyes widened when he saw that the body was a dead Bra, and he guessed that Heroki was responsible for the murder. Heroki stuck out her hand in an attempt to kill Bulma, but Trunks jumped in front of his past mother, blocking the attack.
"No, Heroki!" He cried. "You're fighting for the bad guys!"
"Brilliant deduction!" Kamakie cried, rolling his eyes.
"Why are you doing this?! You know you're loved!" Gohan cried.
"Loneliness was all you ever had to offer me." She said.
"That's not true!" Trunks cried.
"ENOUGH! I've had it with you!"
"Heroki-"
"QUIET!" She sent another blast, but Trunks cancelled it out, it wasn't very strong.
"He loves you, Heroki!" Goku cried.
"More rubbish." Heroki said.
"Wrong." Trunks said. "I care a lot for you, I love you."
"Ignore them!" Kaze appeared. "All lies! Remember how alone you were? Remember your sadness! I think you need an energy boost from the darkness." Darkness fell from the ski and surrounded Heroki.
"I've gotta get Heroki back! There's gotta be a way to reach her!" Trunks cried, jumping into the air and joining her in the darkness. Heroki floated in the middle of it, staring at him with no expression on her face. "I love you, Heroki, don't ever forget that!" Heroki saw something shining on his hand.
Heroki only got a glimpse of the wedding ring, but that was enough to start images and voices running through her mind. She saw familiar faces all smiling at her. She heard her own voice among the others in her head. "Trunks...I..." She paused. "I...love you." "Not necessarily." Goku said. "You still have us, and Trunks." He smiled. "What makes you say that? Of course I love you, Trunks." "So?! I like you! I love you! That's all that matters!" "So?! Trunks, I can tell that we have something special. I love you so much." "I promise...forever..." "Heroki, I do! I love you!" "I killed hundreds of innocent people, and now you're just hugging me. You're supposed to be yelling at me." "Oh Trunks...I knew we couldn't be separated." "I love you, Heroki." "Trunks loves me! And as long as he loves me nothing else matters!" Something flashed in Heroki's eyes, and they turned back to normal.
"Heroki?" Trunks asked, Heroki floated closer to him, and put her head on his chest.
"But why? Why do you love me so much?" She asked.
"Lies! More illusions! Don't listen! You needed love and he ignored you! You were born alone and you'll remain alone!"
"Shut up!" Trunks yelled at the darkness. "It's not true!" Trunks looked into her eyes, and Heroki stared back. "There isn't enough time in this world to tell you all the reasons why I love you, but all that matters is that I do. You're the most important thing to me, Heroki." Heroki closed her eyes and smiled.
"You love me. You truly love me." Trunks put her arms around her, smiling.
When Heroki opened her eyes, Trunks, Goku, Gohan, and Kamakie were all above her, staring at her. She closed her eyes again, and they filled with tears, one spilling over and onto her cheek.
"Welcome back, Heroki." Gohan said, Heroki could hear in his voice that he was smiling.
"I'm sorry..." She said. "I wish it was in my power to bring back the dead..."
"You were brain washed." Goku said. "You were not responsible for your actions."
"Still..." Heroki said. "I'm sorry. I'm supposed to be saving you all, not killing you..."
"Forget about it." Goku said. "Blame Kaze."
"I guess..." She said. She opened her eyes and stood up, going into her house, Trunks following.
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Heroki sat up in bed with a jolt, hearing ki blasts being fired outside her window. Trunks sat up beside her.
"What's that?" He asked. Heroki jumped out of bed and transformed into her guardian clothes. Trunks also got up and got dressed, and they ran outside, and to their amazement, Vegeta and Goku were fighting.
"V-Vegeta?!" Heroki cried. He turned his head and smirked. He had the same, blank look in his eyes that Heroki had.
"Yes, it's me. Kaze brought me back." He said. He closed his eyes, then looked at Heroki. "You killed Bra." Heroki's eyes widened. She had known that Vegeta had always favored Bra, but she didn't think he would know, seeming as he was dead and he was brainwashed. Heroki looked at Trunks, he had a sadness in his eyes, and disappointment, because he hoped that his father would be turning over a new leaf if he came back, because of his last words: Nola veal yamn nas. Heroki teleported the four of them to the other side of Wen Aeniug.
"I'm sorry, Vegeta, I was brainwashed. I didn't know." She said, guilt washing over her. Vegeta's expression didn't turn forgiving, it turned even more angry.
"Brainwashed?! You're a disgrace to Saiyans." Vegeta said.
"Oh, and you're not brainwashed now?" Heroki asked.
"Kaze may have talked to me, but he showed me the truth. My true power, lies within me, from the saiyan race. Earth made me weak, and I'm not on Earth anymore, so I do not need to act like a weakling." He smirked, then sent an attack at Heroki, which she recognized as the Ninnghizhidda, a saiyan attack which you could not dodge, it killed you as soon as it was fired.
Heroki stood transfixed, staring wide-eyed at the attack. She squeezed her eyes shut and put her hands over her face. She heard the attack hit someone, but yet she felt no pain.
Heroki slowly opened her eyes and removed her hands, and her eyes filled with tears and she screamed.
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"Kamakie!" Heroki screamed. Kamakie had jumped in front of her before the Ninnghizhidda hit her. Vegeta was laughing.
Heroki fell to her knees next to her dying friend. It had hit him in the chest, and the wound was bleeding profusely.
"Kamakie, why did you do that?" She asked, tears spilling onto her cheeks.
"I couldn't let you die..." He said. "Not just because you're the guardian...but because..."
"Don't talk, it's making it worse." She said, knowing that he was loosing energy fast, and talking was taking even more of his time away.
"No, I have to say this." He said. "I want you to continue my journal, it's under my bed in my house." He paused, closing his eyes. "One day, people will think that you were just a legend, that you were never really real...but with that journal, they will know that you were much more than a legend..."
"Kamakie..." She said, her voice cracked from crying.
"Don't wish me back, I've already been wished back once and I do not think it's right."
"Kamakie...don't go, you can't die, I could not go on without you..."
"Yes you can. You have Trunks, and he does care for you. Don't be stubborn, let him help you." He opened his eyes and stared at the sky. "If I weren't so jealous of him, maybe I would have seen how great of a man he really was. I regret that, now. Tell him that"
"Kamakie, please don't-"
"Heroki..." He said, then groaned. He closed his eyes again. "I'm sorry I lied, I did love you." His body went limp. Heroki's eyes widened and her breath was light, her whole body shaking.
"Kamakie!" She cried, shaking his shoulders. "Kamakie, no, please!" Heroki put her face into her hands and cried, the laughter of Vegeta was going to make her go crazy.
Heroki jumped up, her hands in fists, and her energy raising by leaps and bounds. She was screaming madly.
"Heroki, stop!" Trunks cried. Heroki screamed for about ten minutes, then stopped, her ki lowering, and she fell to her knees again. Vegeta was still laughing. Heroki slowly got up again, and grabbed Trunks' sword from his back.
"Heroki- what are you doing?!" Trunks cried. Heroki ran at Vegeta and put the sword through his chest, making sure that it was right where the Ninnghizhidda hit Kamakie. Vegeta's jaw dropped and a trickle of blood dripped out of his mouth. Goku and Trunks' eyes widened. Vegeta disappeared. The sword fell onto the ground, Vegeta's blood not even on it.
Heroki stepped away from the sword and looked at Kamakie's dead body. She kneeled next to him.
"Kamakie...you were my best friend, you were always there for me, I could never have asked for a better fried." She stuck out her hands, her palms facing him, and light blue energy came out of them, surrounding Kamakie. His clothes were repaired, and his wound disappeared, and he was surrounded in blue energy, in a case-like kind of thing.
Heroki closed her eyes for a second, then flew into the air.
The only way that Trunks was able to find Heroki was because of their bond, he could not feel her ki.
He found her hovering over a lake, her arms wrapped around herself, she was still crying.
"Heroki...?" Trunks said, floating to her and wrapping his arms around her. She cried into his chest.
"He loved me..." She said. "And now he's gone..."
"He saved you, Heroki."
"I know..."
"You will see him again one day, you know." He said.
"I know...but still..." She looked into his eyes. "He was such a good friend, and now he's gone...he's....gone..." Heroki cried into his chest again.
Trunks looked up at the star-filled sky, and smiled. Thank you, Kamakie. He said. He was truly grateful that Kamakie had saved Heroki.
"He- he wanted me to tell you that maybe if he wasn't so jealous of you, he would see how great of a man you were."
"I should have respected him more." Trunks said. "I thought that he only cared for himself...and I guess I was a little jealous, too, since he had such a strong bond with you, and all your years of friendship."
"Trunks..." She said, hugging him tighter.
"His death will be avenged." Trunks decided.
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Heroki flew into Kamakie's house, and went to his room, and lifted up his bed. There, was his journal, as he said. Heroki picked it up and sat on the bed. There was an entry from the day they first went to Wen Aeniug with the humans:
Heroki decided to take the earthlings to Wen Aeniug today, it is their first day here. I don't know why she would want to save these humans, and the half saiyans. They're disgraces.
Anyway, I'm starting to get the suspicion that Heroki is the new guardian. She was able to resurrect the Kaokuyamna, and that is the guardians ship. She also changed during the battle with Kamaya, or so Trunks says.
Heroki flipped the pages backwards, and found one from when she first went to earth:
Today was the fateful day that Heroki had to go to earth for that Anivale, Kamaya. I have heard that Heroki's half brother will be there, Yamcha. Zarbon had mated with a human, and had left her with Yamcha when returning back to Wen Aeniug. Yamcha was deserted in a desert.
"What?!" She cried, jumping up from the bed. "My father?!" It was legal for saiyans to mate with humans, but not a royal saiyan. They were meant to keep their blood line pure. This was why Heroki was hesitant to love Trunks in the beginning, but she knew that her bloodline could not end with her just because there were no more pure saiyans, and Trunks was a half. She could not believe the disgrace of her father.
Heroki closed the journal. Yamcha was her brother...how strange.
Heroki went down the stairs and went back to her house.
"What are you doing?" Heroki asked, seeing Trunks putting his jacket on.
"I'm going to fight Kaze." He said. Heroki's eyes widened.
"What?!" She cried. "No! You'll die!"
"I was to fight him, Heroki." He said. "Darkness has surrounded me for my whole life, I grew up in darkness. I want to fight it, I want to try and defeat the pure evil. Please, Heroki, I've been wanting this since I was just a child." Heroki's eyes filled with tears and she hugged him.
"Please, no, I don't want to lose you, too." She said.
"You won't" He said, smiling. "As soon as I fight him, I'll come right back." Heroki nodded, still afraid for him.
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Heroki hugged Trunks' jacket, which he told her to keep until he returned. That had been two months ago, and no one could feel Trunks' ki anymore.
Heroki was about to make one last entry into the journal:
Trunks has still not returned, and I fear the worst. I have lost Kamakie, and now Trunks, and I feel I have nothing left to live for. Kaze is never going to stop chasing me, he will always try to catch me, to use my powers for evil.
Trunks, I know you will be reading this, so please continue this journal for me. I love you...
Yours Truly,
Heroki
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Heroki stood in a field, the wind whipping through her hair. Her hand was on her chest.
Trunks, wherever you are, you'll ways live in my heart forever. I'll always remember that smile of yours, too bad it was your last. She thought. She suddenly remembered this, her standing here, getting ready to kill herself:
"No! Leave me alone!" But the thing wouldn't leave her alone.
She was standing in a field, looking at herself. She had black hair and light red eyes, and she was wearing a black suit that covered her whole body except her head, back, and a hole opened up around her belly button. It didn't really look like Heroki, but Heroki could tell it was herself by her face.
"I'm sorry, Trunks...I love you." She said.
"Trunks?" Heroki asked herself. The other Heroki's hand was on her chest. A ki blast was starting to form in her hand, and her eyes squeezed shut tightly as the energy blast made by herself went through her heart. "I kill myself? But why?"
She didn't get the answer, and she knew that she never would until that day, because suddenly she was back in the blackness.
Heroki smiled and closed her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Trunks...I love you." She said with a slight smile. "I know you would never want me to do this, but I have to. If Kaze gets my power, it will be the end." Heroki started forming an energy blast, and it went through her. As her last moment of life unfolded, she was enveloped in darkness.
Trunks walked into his house, feeling guilty that he had been gone for so long. The first time, he had been defeated, and felt he had to keep trying. After two months of trying, he knew it was useless.
"Heroki?" He called. "Heroki?" Trunks suddenly realized that he could not feel her, and his stomach felt hollow. He called out her name again and searched the house.
When he did not find her, he ran outside. Goku and Yamcha were in the center of the houses.
"Have you seen Heroki?" He asked. Their eyes widened.
"Trunks! You're alive!" Goku cried.
"We all thought you were dead!" Yamcha cried. "Well, no, we haven't seen Heroki."
"For about two days, actually." Goku said.
Trunks went back into the house, and found Kamakie's journal on the kitchen table. He read the last entry, and dropped the book.
He quickly turned into a Definitive Saiyan to achieve his fastest movement to go around the planet. He flew around the planet, and landed next to Heroki's body.
He closed his eyes, not wanting to look at her.
"She told me about this." He said. "In her dream...why didn't I listen?!" His eyes filled with tears, and he lifted into the air again and took off to Yvan Ehmol.
"Ah, so you have come to fight me again?" He asked. "I know, I know, Heroki is dead. Too bad." Trunks grabbed his sword and charged at Kaze, missing every time he slashed the sword at him.
Trunks felt a power overcoming him, and it felt like Kaze was controlling his arms.
"Ah!" Trunks cried as his hands staring turning the sword. He pushed it through himself, and he fell to his knees. Kaze laughed.
"Dying by your own sword, isn't that wonderful?" He asked. His hands started pushing the sword down, then out to the left. Trunks fell onto his side, feeling his legs going numb. Soon, his whole body felt numb, and he knew that he was dead.
a/n- omg! The next chapter is the end! Well please review!!!
