Author's Note:"I'm surprised I remembered to put this chapter up....I'm the middle of something on the game I'm playing(Suikoden 3 if any of you are wondering).Onto the chapter.

Disclaimer:I don't own anything that has to do with Dragonball.Blah,blah,blah....









Chapter 11:The Masamune Makes It's Choice

Trunks' Point of View







'So...That man was...Your father?'I thought.

'Yeah...'Ray thought.

'I take it you don't like the fact.'

'Of course I don't!The guy burned down my hometown...The only survivors I know of are in this room.'

I looked around at everyone.They had all lost something thanks to the man called Zaffiroth.I knew what Ray was going through.I,too,had grown up without a father that cared for me.It definitely wasn't one of the highlights of my horrible life with the Androids running around.

'No,that's over.You can start anew now,'I thought.

Ray had been kind enough to ignore my thought.The others were talking to the doctor.We had gone back to his house so he could check our wounds.He had told us that we would fine in a few days.

"Nono,where's the you-know-what?"Ray asked after the conversation with the doctor was done.

"Somewhere in this town,though I cannot tell where exactly,"Nono replied.

"Well,I guess we should just start looking around,"Ray said.

"I'll ask around town if people have seen anything,"Sarah suggested.

"Good idea...Jessie,you can help her,"Ray stated.

"Okay,"Jessie said.

I silently chuckled to myself at how Ray sounded.

"What's so funny?"he asked.

"You do realize that you no longer sound like a bodyguard,right?Your tone has changed to that of leadership,"I replied.

"Yet another quality that proves you could wield the Masamune,"Nono said.

"Leadership,huh..?Whatever,"Ray sighed.

Zapland stood up,"I shall look around for any clues."

"I guess I'll help you.The rest of you,do what you can to figure anything out,"our 'leader' said and followed Zapland outside.

Sarah and Jessie soon followed.I started to walk out but stopped to tell Cirrus and Nono what I was going to do.

"I'll check every newspaper released in town to see if they've already found it,"I informed them.

"You are a smart one.Smarter than most teenagers I've met.I shall stay here as not to alarm anyone with my..appearance,"Nono stated.

"Then I guess I'll come along,"Cirrus said and followed out of the door.

We walked around until we found a news stand.I picked a paper called 'The Daily Angelo' and scanned over the subjects.None were on any strange swords in the area.Then I heard screams not far away.I turned in the direction of the noise and saw a silver blur running up to us.

"I saw on the news that a group of explorers have found what they believe is the Masamune.It is currently being held at a laboratory where they are investigating it!"Nono exclaimed.

"All right.I'll find Ray and Zapland and tell them the news,"I said.

"And I'll go get Sarah and Jessie!"Cirrus exclaimed and ran off.

I made sure that Nono couldn't see me before I started to think.

'Ray,Nono knows where the Masamune is.We need to get back to the doctor's house,'I thought.

'Right,we'll be there soon,'he thought.

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"Why are all of you so interested in the Masamune?"the doctor asked.

"No offense doc but,you aren't supposed to ask your patients about personal stuff,"Ray said.

The doctor smiled and nodded before walking away.

"So,where is this laboratory?"Ray questioned.

"I am not sure of the location,but I know it is called the Einstein Research Facility,"Nono replied.

"We saw a sign that said that just a few blocks north of here,"Sarah said.

"Okay,let's go!"Ray exclaimed.

We all walked out and headed north.After a flew blocks,Jessie pointed out a sign.

"There it is,"she said.

"There's a banner above the door,"Ray noticed,"'The public is invited to study the mysterious sword found in town today.'"

"Looks like luck's on our side,"Cirrus stated.

We headed inside the build and saw a group of people crowded around a table.We tried to look over their heads but we couldn't see a thing.I looked around,nobody was paying attention to anything in my direction so I floated up just enough to look over the group of people.They were all inspecting a rather long,curved sword.I quickly dropped back to the ground to avoid getting noticed.

"I'm pretty sure we've found what we're looking for,"I said.

'Argh..My arm...'Ray thought.

I turned towards him and saw that he was gripping his left arm.It was trembling.But something else was strange,there was a blue light escaping from under his hand where he was clutching it.The group of people gasped as the Masamune started to float into the air and over their heads.

"The mark..."my sensitive ears heard Nono whisper as he stared at Ray.

Ray had fallen to one knee and his entire body was shaking.

'What's...happening to me?'he thought.

Even his mind's voice was filled with fear.I could tell that everyone was worried.But my attention was on the Masumune.A strange white light surrounded it,and even Ray.

"It has chosen the next person to wield it!"Nono exclaimed.

The Masamune hovered in front of Ray and his trembling stopped.He looked up in surprise at the sword.But his look quickly changed from surprised to serious.He reached and grabbed the handle of the magnificent blade and stood up.

"So...I wield the Masamune now..."he said,his voice filled with awe.









Ending Notes:"There it is.Next one will be out Tuesday."