A/N: Please R&R? I'll even read flames. I dun care, long as it keeps
me busy! *smiles, not noticing M. Trunks Sock Puppet (TM) who
is cowering in the corner*
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Trunks sat quietly by Terra's bed in the hospital.
The docters had said that the burns were too extensive.. that she wasn't
going to wake up... They had told Trunks and Bulma that Terra was going
to die. Trunks sniffled a few times. It wasn't fair... Terra was a nice,
fun person... she didn't deserve to die! And it was all his fault.. all
because HE had wanted to spar with her... thought that she was strong enough
to deflect the blast he had thrown at her while a Super Saiyan. He sniffed
again, trying to hold back the tears that threatened to spill over.
"Terra... *sniffle* I'm real sorry..."
Suddenly, the red-heads eyes snapped open and she
shot straight up in bed. Trunks' eyes grew to the size of dinner plates
and he began to yell, as did Terra.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Both stopped screaming at the exat same moment,
clapping their hands over their overly-sensitive ears. Trunks was the first
to say something. "Terra, your not dead!" He eclaimed excitedly.
"No shit sherlock." Terra grumbled, rubbing her
sore ears. Then, "Where am I?" The lavender haired boy opened his mouth
to speak, but Terra cut him off, ytanking an IV needle from her arm. "It's
a hospital, isn't it?" Her face was laced with dread as Trunks nodded.
"Shit..." She muttered, resting her head in her hands. "Shit, shit, shit..."
She took a deep breath, replaying everything she could remember before
she blacked out. The fight. Trunks. Gold hair. The light. Then, a burning
feeling. She turned her head to look the awed boy in the eyes.
"How'd you do what you did?" She asked. Trunks immediately
dropped his gaze to the floor. "I-I'm sorry... I shouldn't've turned Super...
Now you won't wanna spar with me anymore..." He choked. Terra blinking
in surprise, then, to Trunks' amazement, she laughed.
"Not want to spar with you, are you CRAZY?! I want
to learn everything you know about fighting! That was the best fight I've
ever had in my life, kid." She smirked, just a trace of envy in her expression.
"And to think, I was beaten by a nine year old." She laughed again, but
was cut off as the door to the room was opened and Bulma walked in, followed
by a very grumpy and disgruntled looking Vegeta. The dark haired nurse
came in seconds later. Bulma gasped when she saw Terra sitting up in bed,
seeming perfectly happy and healthy, but Vegeta just grunted and rolled
his eyes. The woman had woken him up for this?
The nurses reaction, however was far different from
both Bulma and Vegeta's. Her eyes widened and she rushed over to Terra's
bedside, checking and pushing buttons on the heart moniter. She grabbed
the dangling IV needle and atempted to jab it back into Terra's wrist,
but the young girl yelped and dove out of the way, accidently tumbling
from the bed, tearing the remaining tubes and needles from her nose and
arms. She had removed the oxygen mask when she first woke up.
She landed hard with a loud, "OMPH!" Followed by
a string of obsence words and phrases. Vegeta smirked, finding this highly
amusing, though he'd still would rather have been sleeping. Pushing herself
easily to her feet, Terra scowled down at her hospital gown, which, she
thought heatedly, revealed WAY too much in the back. Holding the back closed
with one hand, she listened impatiently as the nurses babbled on about
how it was a miracle that Terra was even alive, let alone up and about.
The re-head rolled her eyes. She'd heard it all before and was sure she'd
hear it again.
Terra grabbed Trunks' hand and pulled him to the
open window, once the nurse had started talking to Bulma. "You can fly,
right Trunks?" She whispered. Confused, Trunks nodded. "Kay, good. Be right
back." She said hurriedly, grabbing a small duffel bag nearby which conveintly
held her clothes. Slipping into he bathroom unnoticed, she emerged minutes
later, fulled dressed.
"Alright, I'm ready." She said. Trunks blinked.
"Ready for what?" He voiced the question, and Terra smirked, reminding
the small boy largely of his father. "This!" She laughed, leaping through
the open window. Trunks gasped and dove out after her, knowing she couldn't
fly. He caught her hand in midair, as she laughed her head off.
"You would've died! Why'd you jump?!" Trunks ranted.
Terra snickered. "'Cause I knew you wouldn't let me plunge to my death."
She smirked knowingly. Trunks rolled his eyes. "My mom and dad are gonna
be mad ya know." He stated. "Mom hates having to explain how come me and
dad can fly." Terra shrugged as she touched back to earth.
"So? The longer you avoid them now, the longer you
get to go without punishment." Trunks brightened at this thery as Terra
waved happily back up at the nurse and Bulma who were staring out the window,
the latter looking quite angry.
"Kay, now C'mon!" the red-head laughed, grabbing
Trunks' wrist and pulling him in the general direction of Capsule Corp.
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ZAP. BEEP. BLIP BLIP BLIP BLIP BLIP! BRRR.
TING! "Ha! I win!" Terra exclaimed triumphantly, grinning at the glowing
tv screen. It was the fifth time in a row that she had beaten Trunks at
his own video game, The Cell Games. The nine year old frowned. "You
cheated!" He accused, sulking.
"Nuh-uh! Did not! I'm just better than you at this
game." She defended herself. Trunks was about to reply when his sensitive
Saiyan hearing picked up a door slamming downstairs.
"Uh-oh." He said. Terra gulped.
They awaited their doom.
Several minutes passed in silence and Trunks grew
brave enough to speak. "Hey, Terra. If my mom does let my dad kill us,
wanna enter the Tenkaichi Budoukai next week?" The 14 year old's face broke
into a grin. "Yeah!" She exclaimed.
A/N: Ok, I'm gonna end it here for now cause I can't think of anything to write immediately after that scene. I have a semi-sorta/kinda idea of what I'm gonna do for the next chapter, so it should be up soon. However, if I don't get any reviews, I won't post it. I'll even accept flames. I want to get at least 5 reviews/flames before I'll post the next chappie. *gets her cheery, fake stuerdess voice* Have a nice day! Buh bye now!