Trunks The Schoolboy
Mamiko's New Look In more ways than one
23/11/02

Trunks sat on the bench waiting for Mamiko; he would never have expected what was coming. Mamiko strolled confidently through the school gates and as she did so people around her began to whisper to each other.
"Who is the new girl?" One girl asked her friends.
"I think that's Mamiko the wimp," was the reply.
Heads turned as Mamiko continued to walk confidently towards the bench where Trunks sat.

The reason for the interest in Mamiko was the fact that she had changed her appearance drastically. Her long, flowing brown hair was now a light shade of green, lime green almost. She had put her hair together into two long ponytails and she had one resting on each of her shoulders. On top of her head, the remainder of her hair was gathered together in a way resembling a pineapple's leaves, just as Bra's hair was. Round her head, crossing her forehead she had an orange bandana and her bobbles were orange to match. Also, six strands of hair were escaping from behind her bandana and they drooped in front of her face, neatly arranged so that her emerald green eyes could still be seen.

Mamiko's new appearance was something of a shock to Trunks, not only because of the way she looked but also because of the way she moved, her shyness had been totally removed from her persona and she was now possibly the most confident person in the school.
"Stop staring Trunks-sama, I haven't changed how I look that much."
Trunks apologised and as usual they both headed to their lessons together, however, Mamiko lead the way and wasn't afraid to have a gap in-between her and Trunks. She usually cowered near to him in case she was attacked but now she no longer feared anybody.
"I'll see you later then Mamiko."
"Yeah, of course you will. I'll be wherever RS is, I have a score to settle with him."
Trunks was shocked, Mamiko continued to walk to her first lesson but Trunks stopped still.
"She sure has changed from her training, it's an improvement but if she isn't careful she'll be killed. She may be able to fight but RS and his gang aren't the normal school gang. There's something about them that makes them seem like a criminal gang and they would have killed me if I couldn't stop those bullets."
Trunks didn't continue walking to his lesson, he could not risk being out late for break so he decided to pretend that he wasn't in school at all. He knew that if he went to the first lesson then he would have to go to the second.

Break came sooner than Trunks wanted and he observed as RS and his gang emerged from their hiding place were they had been throughout the first two lessons. Sure enough, Mamiko appeared and confronted RS.
"Remember me? You should do, you only slashed my arms or legs open about fifty times. Not to mention coming a split second away from killing me!"
RS smirked. He turned to another boy and whispered something to him. Mamiko tried to listen but it was pointless. RS then turned back to Mamiko.
"So you didn't like seeing what your bones really look like then. I thought you enjoyed biology."
The boy standing nearest to RS attempted to grab the bottom of Mamiko's skirt. There was a scream and Trunks was about to move in but then he realised that the scream came from the boy as Mamiko grabbed his arm and began to twist it.
"You don't want to do that!"
The boy managed to escape from Mamiko's grasp and then he and a large section of the gang fled, scared of Mamiko. Only a handful of boys stayed with RS, the most loyal to the gang.
"Clever, I can see that you've been getting some fighting tips from that girlfriend of yours. What's her name? Knickers?"
Mamiko was not impressed. Neither was Trunks; he decided that now was the time to join Mamiko.
"Hey Mamiko, what you up to?"
Even the loyal boys cleared off at the sight of Trunks, they had either heard tales of or experienced the gun scene and didn't want to mess with Trunks. RS stayed put and while Mamiko was distracted he knocked her to the ground, he then took out a knife identical to the one he had stabbed Trunks with and drove it into Mamiko's thigh. He drew it back out and then stabbed it back in before pulling it towards him forming a large gash.

Trunks had frozen, unable to help Mamiko as she screamed out in pain. He then overcame his problem and ran at RS, kicking the knife from his hand and then kicking him to the ground in the opposite direction. RS got back up as Trunks lifted Mamiko's head up.
"Gomen nasai, gomen nasai."
Mamiko closed her eyes, the throbbing too immense for her. She opened her eyes and looked up at Trunks.
"It's my fault, I was too cocky and I deserved it," she laughed faintly, "I was so confident that I didn't even bother packing any bandage into my bag."
Trunks removed his jacket and laid it on the floor, folded a few times. He then rested Mamiko's head on top of it and stood up to face RS.
"You evil..." he paused, not wanting to swear, "you are just plain evil!"
RS laughed, taking it as a compliment.
"I know. I am so evil. But if you think that was bad, I'll tell you something, Devastator would have slit her throat open and he would have used a sword."
Trunks clenched his teeth, raised his fists in anger and his rage exploded. He was ready to kill RS when Devastator appeared from behind some bushes.
"Yes, that is very true. However, RS was slightly wrong. I would have slit somebody's throat open with a sword but I would have gone for the whale instead of the fish. You would be the one heading to hell!"


As Mamiko suffers, Trunks has his hands full with RS. Now that Devastator has come for a rematch one question looms large, how on Earth would Devastator have known where to find Trunks in order to slit his throat?