Author: Freewater
Disclaimers: You know the drill, I don't own these Characters. I'm just using them for the sake of the story.
Chapter Five: Training Day
Ami and Trunks stayed at that house for a few days before the food was starting to run out. It wasn't a big deal, because like she had said they could go out and find a few more stores that carried dinocaps, and they did find them easily enough.
Ami was very impressed when Trunks told her about how long food could stay good inside of a dinocap, and even more awed when he told her that cars fly around in this world. He didn't see what the big deal was, but then again this was technology that he was used to.
Trunks couldn't go back to Capsule Corp with Ami yet because whenever he would reach out with his senses to see where Majin Buu was, it was always somewhere nearby the main building. It was as if he were waiting for them to come back. Trunks was a little startled by the idea of this because he was sure that Majin Buu didn't know where he lived. He quickly dismissed the thought that he knew, however because if he did then why wouldn't he come and just kill them in their sleep? It must be just a coincidence. Either that or Majin Buu was just interested in the shape of the building. Trunks sweat dropped at the thought. 'That's probably what it is.'
During one of the food runs that they both went on, Trunks suggested that they go into a clothing store and pick up a change of clothes, theirs were starting to look pretty bad. They both felt a little guilty about just going through other peoples things even though everybody on Earth was dead, but it was either that or let their own clothes fall off of them in rags.
Trunks picked out the type of clothes that he normally wore, baggy jeans, tank tops, boots and another Capsule Corp jacket. The jacket was the same colour as the one he originally had, but everything else was a little different. His tank tops were either blue, white or black, and his jeans were either black or blue. The boots he picked out were yellow.
Ami wasn't normally into shopping, but whenever she did go she turned into a very fashion conscience girl. Add that to the fact that she wanted something nice to impress Trunks with and she was a regular Minako in that store. She giggled at the thought of Minako out shopping. Taking four or five hours just trying things on and then leaving the store with one or two outfits in tow. Ami had to be careful not to take *that* long though. She wanted to impress Trunks not drive him insane.
She found some really nice clothes fairly quickly though. A couple of white tank tops with blue trims and some blue hip hugger jeans. These weren't the type of clothes that she normally wore, but they were very nice, and Ami thought she looked good in her new outfit. She quickly grabbed a few more things, noticing the lack of winter wear.
She supposed that all of this destruction must have happened to Earth at the end of summer, because there were plenty of things on the racks for fall and even a few sun dresses for summer. So Ami grabbed a jacket made for the fall weather and a sky blue sun dress that she could wear around the house. She didn't need it, but quickly trying it on showed her that this was something she could impress Trunks in. Grinning wickedly she threw all of her new clothes into the backpack that she had brought and ran for the front of the store where she found Trunks waiting for her, leaning up against the wall casually. "Gomen. Did I take too long?" She asked worriedly.
"Not at all. I just finished." He replied with a smile, but that smile was quickly replaced with a look of utter astonishment as he looked at the new clothes that Ami was wearing.
He didn't mean to gawk at her, but he couldn't help but notice how good she looked in tight hip hugger jeans and a tank top. Of course he also thought she looked *great* in that sailor fuku that she wore into a fight, but this was different. She was wearing normal clothes, the type that people wore everyday, and that sailor fuku showed off more than necessary while this made her look good if not better without showing off as much. 'Why would anyone let their girlfriend wear that into battle?' Trunks thought, a little depressed now at the idea that she probably *did* have a boyfriend.
He was brought back to reality when he saw the large blush spread across Ami's cheeks. 'Baka!' He scolded himself, a blush spreading across his own face as he wondered how long he was staring at her for. Looking around desperately for a way to change the uncomfortable mood that he put them in, he spotted Ami's necklace dangling loosely from her neck . It was a pretty little gold skeleton key with the Mercury symbol on it and a silver chain.
"H-hey, nice necklace." He said pointing at it. He knew that he must sound stupid, but at the moment that didn't matter. "I never noticed it before, and it's got your symbol on it. Is it anything special?"
Ami looked down at the key on her neck and gave a light smile as she ran her finger over it. "Yes it is actually. It's what allowed me to come into your world here, and is what will also enable us to get back."
"Why can't we use it now?" Trunks asked getting exited about the idea of leaving a little sooner to Ami's world.
She looked up at him. "Well, because of the amount of power that it takes to use it. Just to get me here, all of my friends had to use all the energy they could spare. Right now there are only two of us, so we'll have to wait a little longer so you can contribute some energy to help get us back." She explained.
Trunks thought about that for a minute. It did sound logical, and she was someone he could trust on this, not to mention the fact that she did know more about this than he did. 'Oh well, what's a few more days anyway?' He thought with a sigh.
"We should get going now." Ami said once she noticed how hard it was snowing out.
"Um...right. Lets go." He replied.
They both put on the jackets they got and headed out the door side-by- side. It was *very* windy out, and the snow didn't help either. A storm must have started to kick up while they were inside. Trunks instinctively wrapped his arms around Ami to shield her from the wind, and she put her arms around him for the warmth. The cold and wind still got inside their clothes and started to bite at their skin within a few minutes. They started to shiver on each other as they sped up. When they got into the house, they slammed the door shut, grateful to be out of that awful weather.
Trunks quickly started up a fire and they sat close together to try and warm up. They were both quite comfortable in each others presence but were very nervous. Trunks was regretting somewhat that he had put his arms around Ami, even though he would have done it for anyone. Half the reason for it was really just an excuse to get some contact out of her. Luckily she seemed to think that it was fully for the purposes of the storm, and wrapped her arms around him too. He still felt awful for it. It was a dirty trick to play and he was glad to not have been caught.
Ami was actually wondering if Trunks put his arms around her for the storm or for her. She gladly wrapped her arms around him, greedily taking in the warmth and physical contact that he was providing. It felt right to be in his arms like that, it felt...safe, but she felt bad as well. He was trying to keep her out of the cold, and she was practically hitting on him!! This wasn't like her at all. But she had never felt this way about anyone before. Not even Urawa-kun, her almost-boyfriend who moved away several years ago shortly after he found out that she was Sailor Mercury.
Eventually Trunks broke the silence and began asking her question about her world and some of the monsters that they've come up against. Ami was more than happy to have something take her mind off the problem she'd been thinking of. They talked about everything for hours on end. The good thing about these two is that they're both geniuses. Ami because of all the studying she does, and Trunks because he grew up around Bulma and Chi-Chi. So when Trunks explained to her exactly how his time machine worked, she could understand him. And when Ami explained how certain things in her world worked he could understand her as well. Eventually they were laying on their stomachs watching the fire with a warm blanket covering them.
"Would you tell me more about Ki, Trunks?" Ami asked, changing the subject.
"Sure, Ami." He said happily. Just because he could understand what she was saying didn't mean that he didn't find some of the subjects boring. At least they were going into a territory that could keep his interest. "Ki works just like your powers. The more you use, the weaker you get. But only temporarily. The more you practice with it, the easier it will be to use and then you would be able to use it many times a day without getting tired at all. It's your life energy. If you were to train to use it you might pick up on it quick enough because you already have a type of power that drains your Ki. Only by a little though."
She smiled brightly, this was exactly what she wanted to hear. "Trunks, would you teach me how to fly?"
Trunks returned the bright look. "Sure, Ami!" He said excitedly. He had never taught anyone anything before, but the idea of it as well as having another real fighter around excited him. He looked out the window at the still raging snow storm. "We might be snowed in tomorrow, but I think I'm strong enough to fly us somewhere better for you to learn."
"Are you sure about that? You were weak for a long time after that last flight you had."
Trunks waved his hand dismissively. "I'm fine now, and I won't take us all that far. Just far enough so that we won't freeze after five minutes outside. Ok?"
"Alright." She happily agreed.
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Later on that night, when they had both gone off to bed. Ami woke up slowly and *very* uncomfortable and cold. Looking outside she could still see that it was snowing. But her still being half asleep, couldn't comprehend that this was the reason why it was so cold out. There was one thing that her fogged up mind could take in though. Fires are warm, and there was a fire downstairs in the living room.
Ami was never a morning person and was even known to walk around in her sleep on rare occasions, but she had never been in such a bad state that she would be asleep and awake at the same time. Only Usagi was known for doing that. It just goes to show what hanging out with her for so long would do to you.
Groaning slightly she pushed off the blanket covering her and kicked her feet over the bed. She grabbed the blanket and headed out the door and downstairs. When she got there she saw that the fire had completely gone out, and it was colder in here than it was in her own room.
She then heard a light snoring sound, and looked around trying to find the source for the noise. Her mental state was so far gone that it could almost be compared to being drunk. She didn't even know that it was Trunks making those snores, and she still didn't recognize him when her eyes decided to cooperate and land on him with his back facing her on the couch. He had only a thin bed sheet covering him, and he was shivering in his sleep.
An idea quickly came to mind that only someone her state of mind could think up of, even though it was strange how she could still create ideas much less thoughts in her current state. Ami tightened her grip on the blanket in her hand and walked towards the couch, she spread it over him on the couch and then climbed in with him, trying to take in some of his body heat.
She was almost fully back to sleep when suddenly both her eyes and mind snapped to full attention and woke up out of the half asleep stupor that was controlling her no more than a full minute ago. Trunks had turned around in his sleep and wrapped his arms around Ami's back, snuggling up to her and unconsciously trying to get at her own body heat.
Ami's face immediately turned a bright red. 'What in the name of Kami am I doing here!?!?' She thought frantically. She resisted the urge to try and squirm away from the tight grip that Trunks had on her, just in case he woke up to see her face and demand answers that she couldn't give. Hell, she didn't even remember getting into bed with him!! She inwardly groaned. 'I must have been sleep walking again! What a time for this to happen! Oh please, Kami in heaven, don't let him wake up!' All she could do was sit tight and wait until he relaxed his grip on her enough so she could make her escape. Other than that, nothing came to mind.
Ami suddenly felt a chill going up and down her spine as a strange fury something wrapped around her waist. She forced back a startled scream. What was this!?! An animal? House rodent? Some kind of snake? She didn't know about the animals of this world, but the idea that some gross creature was sleeping with them made her want to shake Trunks awake just to get rid of whatever it was like your stereotypical female. Get the men to kill all gross things around the house.
She was just too stubborn to want to embarrass herself like that. So she held her breath and peered underneath the covers to get a look at it. It was definitely alive, whatever it was. Its twitching was proof enough of that.
After about a minute or so of staring at it while trying to gather her courage, Ami reached a trembling hand down and touched the soft fur to see what it would do. When she touched it however, instead of the fury thing moving around, Trunks did! He quivered a little and did a sharp intake of breath, as though she had just tickled him. Confused, she took a closer look at the strange thing around her waist. Finder more courage now than before she lightly wrapped her hand around it and began to trace it to it's source. Once again Trunks shuddered, and he even made a little groaning sound as she was doing this. Ami really had to fight off a blush now.
She found that this thing went behind Trunks' waist too. She continued to move her hand about it, and was shocked to see that it stopped at his tail bone! No, scratch that. It was connected *to* his tail bone! 'Oh my Kami!!' Ami thought, shocked as she quickly let go of Trunks' tail. 'Trunks has a tail!!.......Wait...He has a tail?'
This was too weird. Why didn't Pluto or Trunks tell her about this? Was it because he was a half saiyan? Yes, that had to be it. No human could be born with a tail. Perhaps if Pluto and Trunks saw fit not to tell her about it then it wasn't that big of a deal. Ami took another look at it. 'It's actually kind of cute.' She thought fondly. It appeared to be very sensitive with the reactions she was getting out of him when she touched it. This would make it all the harder to get away without waking him up.
She stayed awake the whole night, waiting for the right opportunity to get away. Ami was so tired. She wanted to go to sleep so badly, but didn't want to risk not waking up in time to get away and have Trunks see her. It was hard trying to stay awake though. When your in a comfortable warm space in the dark, it gets to be difficult.
Trunks breathing wasn't helping too much either. It was almost hypnotic after listening to it for so long. She didn't know how long she was laying there with him, but when she started to see traces of the rising sun she started to get nervous and desperately began to move around a little to loosen his hold on her.
Finally, when it appeared to be about seven thirty according to the sun, she managed to wiggle out of his hold on her and stand up. She sighed in relief that she wouldn't be caught and was about to walk away when she noticed that his tail was still wrapped securely around her waist.
Ami took it gently in her hands and uncoiled it from around her, ignoring the little sounds Trunks was making at her actions. She bent down a little to place it beside his sleeping form when his eyes just shot wide open. He looked at her in confusion as to what she was doing there, and when his eyes landed on the tail in her hands they widened even more, but in a look of pure fear rather than confusion.
He quickly got up, took his tail from her hands and backed up a few feet, wrapping it around his waist. "W-what were you doing?" He asked a little nervous that his secret was out. He'd actually forgotten to tell her about his tail and was *really* regretting it right now. He really liked her and he didn't want her to think that he was some kind of freak.
Ami quickly tried to think of a good lie to tell. "Um...I was...I woke up a little while ago so I came down here. I-I saw that you were cold so I brought down my blanket and when I put it over you I saw that tail and I picked it up."
Trunks looked over at the couch. Sure enough there was Ami's blanket from upstairs. She must have been telling the truth. The question was: Did she care that he had a tail? He looked back at her. "You, uh...You don't care about this do you?" He said pointing at his tail around his waist nervously.
She looked at him in confusion. She was glad that he seemed to buy the lie she gave, but what was so wrong with his tail? "No. Why would I?"
"W-well...It's just that...I know that something like this isn't normal or anything. You don't think I'm a freak or anything do you?" Trunks wasn't ashamed of it or anything. But if his tail were to prevent him from going to a place where he could, for once, be happy then he didn't know what he'd do.
"Oh no! Of course not! I would never think that! Is that why you didn't mention it before?"
"Well, sort of." He said, scratching his head in embarrassment.
Ami smiled. "You don't have to worry. I think it's actually kind of cute." She said without really thinking. A blush was about to spread across her cheeks with what she said, but she quickly fought it off before he could notice it.
Trunks however did blush upon hearing this. 'She actually thinks it's cute? This is GREAT!' He thought happily. There was, however still one problem that bothered him. "Please, don't tell anyone about this." He asked with a little desperation in his voice.
"Why?" She asked in confusion. "I mean...We could tell my friends and you wouldn't have to worry about being ridiculed or anything."
"That's not what I meant." He said, shaking his head. "I trust the people you trust. If it weren't for all of you then I would be dead. I just mean anyone normal. I don't want people to find out that I'm half alien. Call me crazy, but I've always had this fear of being somebodies science project." He said while scratching his head in embarrassment.
Ami smiled again reassuringly. That sounded like a perfectly good reason to hide it, and she wouldn't betray his trust by spreading around something this important. If he wanted it to be a secret then it should stay that way. "Don't worry, we all know how to keep secrets. In case you have forgotten, my friends and I aren't exactly normal either."
"Well that's true, but you still don't know the rest of it." He said nervously. If she was going to know about his tail then she might as well know about the transformation that went with it.
"Rest of what?" She asked, getting confused now. It was just a tail, what could be so bad about it?
"In your world the moon still exists, right?"
Ami nodded her head. "Yes."
"Well here the moon is gone, so there is no danger for me to transform." He explained.
"What do you mean?" Ami asked, tilting her head slightly.
Trunks sighed and lowered his head. He'd never had to explain this to anyone before, and it was a lot harder then he'd thought it'd be. "When a saiyan, even a half saiyan, with a tail looks up at the moon when it's full, they change into an Oozaru."
Ami's eyes immediately widened with a mixture of curiosity and fascination. "What's an Oozaru?" She asked.
Trunks' voice seemed to get lower when he spoke. "It's a giant, mindless ape, that runs around destroying and killing. When the Saiyan Empire still existed, they were used to destroy all life on whole planets before being sold to the highest bidder."
He took a chance and looked up enough to see the horrified expression on Ami's face. He then quickly tried to explain himself. "Look, I swear on my fathers grave that if I go to your world, I will *never* look at your full moon. Please understand, I don't want to cut my tail off. It's all I have of my father and saiyan heritage."
He would have continued on with his rants if Ami hadn't stopped him by cutting him off. "Stop worrying, Trunks. Before Pluto sent me here she told us all that you were a good person who would never hurt anyone. I don't think that this is too big of a deal or else she may have mentioned it. Besides," She said waving her hand dismissively as if it weren't a problem at all. "You said that in order for this transformation to take place you have to *look* at the full moon. That only happens once a month and even then it's very easy not to look at something like a full moon if your indoors. Right?"
Trunks just nodded his head, shocked that this was being accepted so easily. Was luck on his side or what?!?
"Alright. That's settled then." She said cheerfully. "You go and get some clothes on and I'll make us something to eat. Don't forget, you promised to teach me how to fly today." That said, Ami calmly walked right out of the room and into the kitchen to prepare something, as if nothing had happened at all.
Trunks smiled brightly. That went a whole lot better than he thought it would, and she didn't think he was a freak at all! Maybe he had a chance with her.
Once breakfast was devoured, they dressed in the warmest clothes they had and packed up the rest of their things. If they were going to be going around the world again they might as well stay there and not fly back. Trunks was right when he said they would be snowed in. He had to break down the front door before he could pick up Ami and fly away.
They flew for about two hours at a slow pace to conserve energy, before stopping on a nice looking tropical island. It was a beautiful spot with trees that had fresh fruits growing everywhere in case they were to get hungry, and the beach would be good to cool them off after training. He wouldn't do any physical training with her yet, but hard meditation and Ki training could still take a lot out of a person.
They sat down with their legs crossed and Trunks began to explain to her how Ki was formed. They started off with the basics first. Ami closed her eyes and tried to sense where Trunks was when he powered up. This was simple, and she mastered it on the third try. He was very impressed with her.
Next he got her to raise her own Ki to see how much she had. Ami was concentrating as hard as she could and Trunks was surprised to see how much she had. If he did this right she would be flying and creating small attacks before the day was out!
They had to stop for breathers once in a while. Trunks needed them because of how weak he still was and they both needed to conserve their energy for the trip back to her world.
The next lesson was basic hovering. Trunks resisted the urge to try and teach her how to fly the way he had been taught. Falling from a high distance. He wouldn't speak to Gohan for a whole week after he did that, so instead she had her feet planted firmly on the ground and was trying to focus her Ki into her feet, her eyes squeezed tightly shut in concentration.
After fifteen long minutes of this, Ami started to slowly float upwards. The strange thing about this was that she had been concentrating so hard that she didn't even notice! She was just about to give up when Trunks laughed and told her to open her eyes. She opened them and gave out a startled yelp as she fell to the ground. Trunks laughed again and offered her his hand up. Ami jumped up and down excitedly and hugged him around the neck.
"Thank you so much, Trunks! This is the most wonderful thing anyone's ever done for me!" She said, with her arms still around his neck. Trunks gladly returned the hug she was giving. "Hey, don't get too excited yet. You were only hovering, but with the progress you're making it'll take another lesson or two before you can actually fly around, but that's great for a beginner!" He said with a smile gracing his features.
Ami unwrapped her arms from his neck and looked him in the face. "Still, it's the greatest thing anyone's ever done for me. I've always wanted to fly even as a child, and know because of you I'll get to do that. Thank you." She quickly got on her toes and kissed him lightly on the cheek as a thank you.
Trunks blushed deep at this, but she didn't seem to notice as she went to sit down for another break. He turned around quick before she noticed how red his face was. "Um...I'm going to get us something to eat, ok?"
Ami smiled even though he wasn't looking. "Sure, I'm really hungry!"
"Alright then, wait right there and I'll be right back." He said before running off. When he was out of sight, Ami let out the deep breath she had been holding. 'I can't believe I *kissed* him!!' She thought, completely surprised with herself while her own face began to change colour. 'Thank Kami he didn't see how embarrassed I was when he left!'
About a half hour later when Trunks returned with an armful of bananas and apples, he'd finally managed to change his face back to its original colour. 'Man, I can't believe she *kissed* me!' He thought, while grinning like an idiot. He let out a soft chuckle. 'This is so great!'
Then a depressing thought occurred to him and his face quickly fell. 'Don't forget, she probably has a boyfriend, and even if she didn't it was more of a friendly kiss. And she just gave it to you to say thank you.' Trunks groaned. He had no experience with girls, so he really couldn't tell between a kiss that said she was interested or just one that meant they were now good friends.
He inwardly groaned again as he set down the food he'd brought. "This all looks so good!" Ami said, as she picked up the reddest apple in the pile and took a bite out of it. They just sat there for a while, eating in silence.
Ami still had a huge smile on her face though. 'Wait till I tell the girls back home that I know how to fly! They'll be so jealous!' She was so excited. Only Eternal Sailor Moon could fly, and that was just because of her wings. Ami was learning how to fly without wings and without the need to transform.
Trunks wanted something to take his mind off of the current dilemma he'd found. He didn't take the silence as a good sign. Searching through his brain desperately to find something to talk about he only found one. "Um... So Ami, when will we be leaving for your world?" He asked curiously.
She thought for a second. "Let me see. I've been here for about nine days, so that leaves only five more to go." Trunks smiled on hearing this. Ami just sighed. "What's the matter?" He asked, a little worried. She shook her head. "It's nothing really, but I really liked being able to get away like this. When I get back, I'll have to go back to college and back to all of that studying I do. It was really nice giving my mind a rest like this for once."
Trunks looked confused. What did she mean "For once?". "Do people there go to school the whole year 'round or something?" He asked.
She just gave him a weak smile. "No. Only I did. Ever since my father left, it was as if everything I did wasn't good enough for my mother. I took summer school when I didn't need it and was enrolled in those school programs that are held after school. Because of my mothers job and all the work I did, we almost never saw each other. And when we did we were more like strangers than family."
Trunks felt a little sorry for her. To be shoved off by your own mother was a terrible thing to happen. His Kasaan was gone, but at least he had good memories of her. He leaned closer to her. "Hey, don't worry about it. Don't forget all the friends you have and are always mentioning. I'm sure they're there for you."
Ami gave a forced smile. The only real friend she had was Usagi. Everyone else was good to her but weren't there to support her like she'd like them to. "Ya, your right." She said not sure if it was the truth. "I suppose it would be better to go home sooner. Then we could stop hiding from that thing."
"I wish we had some senzu beans." Trunks said wistfully. "Then we could leave today and stop hiding from Majin Buu."
"What are senzu beans?" Ami asked, curious as to what these things could be that would let them leave sooner.
"They're little green beans that heal whoever takes them to full health." He explained. "Even if a person is on the verge of death from a wound, or even just a little weak they would be fully recovered."
"Hey! We have two senzu beans back at Capsule Corp!" Ami said excitedly.
"What? really? Are you sure?" He asked, his own excitement getting the better of him.
"Yes! I pulled out a small brown bag that had two small green beans in it from a box of medical supplies when I was taking care of you! I didn't know what they were so I put them in the top drawer in the spare bedroom you were in!"
"I can't believe this!" He said, slapping his forehead. "This is so great! All we have to do is get them and take them and we'll have enough energy to leave!"
"This is so perfect!" Ami said jumping up. She may have liked her break from all the work she did, but that doesn't mean that she didn't miss her home. "We should get our things and go now then."
"Just a sec, I want to see where Majin Buu is." He said before closing his eyes and concentrating. He was very pleased to find that the creature was a nice distance away from Capsule Corp. "Alright, he's far enough away from my house, so we can go now."
They quickly got up and gathered their things. Trunks picked up Ami and began to fly away before suddenly stopping in mid air and looking over at the surrounding islands. "What's that matter, Trunks?" Ami asked a little worried about the saddened expression on his face.
He looked over at her in his arms. "I just can't believe that all of this will be destroyed." He whispered sadly. There were no people or animals left, but earth was still lush and beautiful. It was hard to believe that it would all be gone soon.
Ami looked up at him reassuringly, knowing what he meant. "Don't worry, my world is just fine and has many living things on it, just like this one. And there's more than enough room there for you." He looked down at her and smiled. "Thank you." He said quietly before flying off.
About an hour and a half later, they made it back to Satan City. It so miserably looking and it looked like it was about to rain too. Trunks had to land on a roof top to catch his breath on one of the still standing skyscrapers. He rested his hands on his knees and began to do some really heavy breathing. He'd flown around for several hours already today as well as had a lesson with Ami on flying. Needless to say, he was exhausted.
"Are you alright, Trunks?" Ami asked, placing her hand on his back. "I'm fine...just give me...a minute." He said between pants. He suddenly snapped to attention when he and Ami felt a familiar energy headed straight for them at high and angry speeds.
"Kuso!!" Trunks cried out enraged that he'd been tricked. "He sensed us coming the whole time!"
"Trunks, your too weak to put up a good fight against it. Fly to Capsule Corp, take a senzu bean and come back and get me. I'll distract it for you." Ami said calmly.
"WHAT?!?! No way! N-O. Your coming with me!" He yelled, completely outraged by the idea of leaving her here. She just shook her head. "I'll just slow you down, you could barley keep yourself in the air when you landed. Besides you *need* this distraction."
"I am NOT leaving you here!" He shouted stubbornly. If anything were to happen to her while he was gone he would never forgive himself.
"Just shut up and turn around so I can transform!" She shouted back. This was the only way and they both knew it. He was just being stubborn. Trunks slowly nodded his head and he turned around.
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER!"
In a flash of sparkling blue light she quickly changed into Sailor Mercury. "You can turn around now." She said while trying to sense Majin Buu's energy.
Trunks turned around, and was about to make another protest until Mercury cut him off. "This is the only way to do it and you know it. I've gone up against him before and I'll do it again." She said firmly, hoping it would get the point across.
Trunks sighed, angry with himself for giving in. "I'll be right back, ok?"
Mercury nodded her head. "Ok." Trunks turned around and, concentrating extremely hard, began to fly away, looking back once to make sure she was fine while inwardly cursing at himself for giving in to her.
Mercury saw him fly out of sight before she sighed in relief. She was afraid for a second that he wouldn't get out of here in time. She could sense Majin Buu getting closer. She turned around and saw him flying in the distance. It looked like he was about to fly past her and pursue Trunks until she let out an attack on it.
"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"
That blast was a direct hit, but it didn't even put a scratch on him. When Majin Buu looked around and spotted her, he gave a smile that sent shivers down her spine.
"I wemembers you!!" He sang sadistically.
Mercury could only pray at this point that Trunks would hurry up. This may have been the only way but that didn't stop her from being totally afraid of what this thing could do to her.
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When Trunks finally made it home he had to fight to keep from passing out from exhaustion. His legs burned when he ran through the halls in the building and into the guest room and he was getting a little dizzy, but thankfully when he opened the top drawer he found the two senzu beans in plain sight. He grabbed one and put it in his pocket and immediately took the other.
He never felt better in his whole life! He got a lot stronger after taking it too. 'But it's still not enough!' He thought miserably. He was just about to fly away when he caught sight of a turned down picture in the drawer. He didn't bother to look at what it was as he snatched it and flew out the window as fast as possible while throwing it in his other pocket.
He sensed Majin Buu's and Mercury's Ki within seconds. They were very close together. Majin Buu was powered up and Mercury's Ki was fluctuating. He was attacking her!! And she was losing her energy fast!! These thoughts enraged him beyond belief as he transformed into a super saiyan and sped up.
When he found them, Mercury was struggling to stand up on the road while Majin Buu aimed an attack at her from the air. Trunks gasped as he dived to get her out of the way. Majin Buu sent out his energy beam and it just skimmed Mercury's side as Trunks quickly grabbed her and flew out of the way. He couldn't help but cringe as she screamed loudly in pain.
Majin Buu didn't stop the attack however, he just kept firing his blast into the earth. It was getting stronger with each passing second and soon earthquakes were forming. "Oh, no!! H-he's destroying the earth sooner than we thought he would." Mercury gasped out. She then clutched her side and coughed up some blood as she cried out in pain again. She felt like she was about to pass out from it.
Trunks looked at her in shock before he felt rain drops on him, and then saw them on her face. He looked up to see the sky almost pitch black. The rain came down harder on his face and he looked down at Mercury in horror. The last time he held someone like this in the rain, it was Gohan, and he was dead. 'Oh my god, please no!' He thought desperately to himself. 'Please not another death. Please don't let her die!!'
Trunks desperately looked around for a safe place and quickly landed on the roof of a nearby building. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you, Ami! Your going to fine!" He was about to pull the last senzu bean out of his pocket to give to her until he sensed an attack coming his way. He just barely dodged it with her still in his arms. 'I can't give it to her with him chasing me around like this!' He thought desperately as Majin Buu gave chase.
The earthquakes were getting worse now and despite the rain, huge fires were starting up. Ami was right. Majin Buu must've actually hit the core of the earth with that attack and now it was about to blow.
"T-Trunks. We can use my key to get home now. You can heal me there." She coughed out. He nodded his head as he flew away from Majin Buu as fast as he could, the rain beating on his face like bullets.
He still followed them though, so they had to do this while still moving in the air. Majin Buu wasn't going to let them get away so easily this time. Mercury pulled the key out from around her neck and raised it in front of them while they went.
"CRYSTAL KEY!! TAKE US HOME!!!"
The energy strain on him was amazing! Against his will, hee immediately turned back to normal, unable to stay in super mode. A large white portal opened up a hundred feet in front of them when the energy was taken, and they were almost there until Majin Buu stretched out his flesh and grabbed Trunks around the legs.
He gasped in fear once he realised that it was trying to absorb him again. "LET US GO!!" He screamed behind him. "You go nowhere!" He said evilly. Around them the world was on fire, and giant Earth quakes continued to shake the world.
Using all the excess energy he could, he slowly fought his way to the portal. He could eventually see several young girls on the other side looking at them with a mixture wonder and horror. 'It doesn't matter who sees us! As long as she lives I don't care!!!' He thought desperately as he went.
Majin Buu continued to try and hold them back from their freedom but with Mercury in his arms, Trunks found energy he didn't know he had as he fought his way through the portal and it slowly started to close up, burning his pink flesh painfully as it did and forcing him to drop them.
Majin Buu let out a loud scream of defeat as his prey got away from him for the second time. The world surrounding him then exploded and the portal closed completely with a flash. "NOOOOO!!!!!!!"
Trunks landed roughly face first on the ground with the shock of being dropped while trying so hard to fly away, and he dropped Mercury's now unconscious form. Thankfully it appeared as if she had a better landing than he did.
From his now blurred up vision, it looked like he was in front of a temple of some kind. The girls that he saw all gathered around Ami to see if she was ok.
He was about to pass out too. He slowly got to his knees and looked to where the portal once was in disbelief. "I-I can't believe it's really...gone." That was all he could get out before he fell to the ground and everything went black.
To Be Continued.....................................
A.N: I know that this chapter kind of sucks, but I realised that I haven't posted anything for you all in a while (_) So I thought that I would get this out to you all. Sorry, I've just been busy with the seventh chapter and working on my other fics. If I don't give Simbagirl a chapter to post soon she'll probably kill me! lol.
Anyway, thanks to all who are reviewing me (^_^) I really appreaciate it. This fic has recieved the most reviews of all of my fics so far, and that's pretty surprising to me since I never really thought that people even liked it. But it was kind of obvious after I posted the second chappy and people started to talk to me about it ^_^. Once again, sorry for the delay, And I'm glad to see that the Chibi-Usa scene in the previous chapter bugged you all so much! that was the plan!
And another thing, I just have to ask this: Was that scene with Ami and Trunks on the couch too much? I wasn't too sure what people would think of that part so let me know please.
More reviews please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No reviews make me unhappy ;_; lol
Disclaimers: You know the drill, I don't own these Characters. I'm just using them for the sake of the story.
Chapter Five: Training Day
Ami and Trunks stayed at that house for a few days before the food was starting to run out. It wasn't a big deal, because like she had said they could go out and find a few more stores that carried dinocaps, and they did find them easily enough.
Ami was very impressed when Trunks told her about how long food could stay good inside of a dinocap, and even more awed when he told her that cars fly around in this world. He didn't see what the big deal was, but then again this was technology that he was used to.
Trunks couldn't go back to Capsule Corp with Ami yet because whenever he would reach out with his senses to see where Majin Buu was, it was always somewhere nearby the main building. It was as if he were waiting for them to come back. Trunks was a little startled by the idea of this because he was sure that Majin Buu didn't know where he lived. He quickly dismissed the thought that he knew, however because if he did then why wouldn't he come and just kill them in their sleep? It must be just a coincidence. Either that or Majin Buu was just interested in the shape of the building. Trunks sweat dropped at the thought. 'That's probably what it is.'
During one of the food runs that they both went on, Trunks suggested that they go into a clothing store and pick up a change of clothes, theirs were starting to look pretty bad. They both felt a little guilty about just going through other peoples things even though everybody on Earth was dead, but it was either that or let their own clothes fall off of them in rags.
Trunks picked out the type of clothes that he normally wore, baggy jeans, tank tops, boots and another Capsule Corp jacket. The jacket was the same colour as the one he originally had, but everything else was a little different. His tank tops were either blue, white or black, and his jeans were either black or blue. The boots he picked out were yellow.
Ami wasn't normally into shopping, but whenever she did go she turned into a very fashion conscience girl. Add that to the fact that she wanted something nice to impress Trunks with and she was a regular Minako in that store. She giggled at the thought of Minako out shopping. Taking four or five hours just trying things on and then leaving the store with one or two outfits in tow. Ami had to be careful not to take *that* long though. She wanted to impress Trunks not drive him insane.
She found some really nice clothes fairly quickly though. A couple of white tank tops with blue trims and some blue hip hugger jeans. These weren't the type of clothes that she normally wore, but they were very nice, and Ami thought she looked good in her new outfit. She quickly grabbed a few more things, noticing the lack of winter wear.
She supposed that all of this destruction must have happened to Earth at the end of summer, because there were plenty of things on the racks for fall and even a few sun dresses for summer. So Ami grabbed a jacket made for the fall weather and a sky blue sun dress that she could wear around the house. She didn't need it, but quickly trying it on showed her that this was something she could impress Trunks in. Grinning wickedly she threw all of her new clothes into the backpack that she had brought and ran for the front of the store where she found Trunks waiting for her, leaning up against the wall casually. "Gomen. Did I take too long?" She asked worriedly.
"Not at all. I just finished." He replied with a smile, but that smile was quickly replaced with a look of utter astonishment as he looked at the new clothes that Ami was wearing.
He didn't mean to gawk at her, but he couldn't help but notice how good she looked in tight hip hugger jeans and a tank top. Of course he also thought she looked *great* in that sailor fuku that she wore into a fight, but this was different. She was wearing normal clothes, the type that people wore everyday, and that sailor fuku showed off more than necessary while this made her look good if not better without showing off as much. 'Why would anyone let their girlfriend wear that into battle?' Trunks thought, a little depressed now at the idea that she probably *did* have a boyfriend.
He was brought back to reality when he saw the large blush spread across Ami's cheeks. 'Baka!' He scolded himself, a blush spreading across his own face as he wondered how long he was staring at her for. Looking around desperately for a way to change the uncomfortable mood that he put them in, he spotted Ami's necklace dangling loosely from her neck . It was a pretty little gold skeleton key with the Mercury symbol on it and a silver chain.
"H-hey, nice necklace." He said pointing at it. He knew that he must sound stupid, but at the moment that didn't matter. "I never noticed it before, and it's got your symbol on it. Is it anything special?"
Ami looked down at the key on her neck and gave a light smile as she ran her finger over it. "Yes it is actually. It's what allowed me to come into your world here, and is what will also enable us to get back."
"Why can't we use it now?" Trunks asked getting exited about the idea of leaving a little sooner to Ami's world.
She looked up at him. "Well, because of the amount of power that it takes to use it. Just to get me here, all of my friends had to use all the energy they could spare. Right now there are only two of us, so we'll have to wait a little longer so you can contribute some energy to help get us back." She explained.
Trunks thought about that for a minute. It did sound logical, and she was someone he could trust on this, not to mention the fact that she did know more about this than he did. 'Oh well, what's a few more days anyway?' He thought with a sigh.
"We should get going now." Ami said once she noticed how hard it was snowing out.
"Um...right. Lets go." He replied.
They both put on the jackets they got and headed out the door side-by- side. It was *very* windy out, and the snow didn't help either. A storm must have started to kick up while they were inside. Trunks instinctively wrapped his arms around Ami to shield her from the wind, and she put her arms around him for the warmth. The cold and wind still got inside their clothes and started to bite at their skin within a few minutes. They started to shiver on each other as they sped up. When they got into the house, they slammed the door shut, grateful to be out of that awful weather.
Trunks quickly started up a fire and they sat close together to try and warm up. They were both quite comfortable in each others presence but were very nervous. Trunks was regretting somewhat that he had put his arms around Ami, even though he would have done it for anyone. Half the reason for it was really just an excuse to get some contact out of her. Luckily she seemed to think that it was fully for the purposes of the storm, and wrapped her arms around him too. He still felt awful for it. It was a dirty trick to play and he was glad to not have been caught.
Ami was actually wondering if Trunks put his arms around her for the storm or for her. She gladly wrapped her arms around him, greedily taking in the warmth and physical contact that he was providing. It felt right to be in his arms like that, it felt...safe, but she felt bad as well. He was trying to keep her out of the cold, and she was practically hitting on him!! This wasn't like her at all. But she had never felt this way about anyone before. Not even Urawa-kun, her almost-boyfriend who moved away several years ago shortly after he found out that she was Sailor Mercury.
Eventually Trunks broke the silence and began asking her question about her world and some of the monsters that they've come up against. Ami was more than happy to have something take her mind off the problem she'd been thinking of. They talked about everything for hours on end. The good thing about these two is that they're both geniuses. Ami because of all the studying she does, and Trunks because he grew up around Bulma and Chi-Chi. So when Trunks explained to her exactly how his time machine worked, she could understand him. And when Ami explained how certain things in her world worked he could understand her as well. Eventually they were laying on their stomachs watching the fire with a warm blanket covering them.
"Would you tell me more about Ki, Trunks?" Ami asked, changing the subject.
"Sure, Ami." He said happily. Just because he could understand what she was saying didn't mean that he didn't find some of the subjects boring. At least they were going into a territory that could keep his interest. "Ki works just like your powers. The more you use, the weaker you get. But only temporarily. The more you practice with it, the easier it will be to use and then you would be able to use it many times a day without getting tired at all. It's your life energy. If you were to train to use it you might pick up on it quick enough because you already have a type of power that drains your Ki. Only by a little though."
She smiled brightly, this was exactly what she wanted to hear. "Trunks, would you teach me how to fly?"
Trunks returned the bright look. "Sure, Ami!" He said excitedly. He had never taught anyone anything before, but the idea of it as well as having another real fighter around excited him. He looked out the window at the still raging snow storm. "We might be snowed in tomorrow, but I think I'm strong enough to fly us somewhere better for you to learn."
"Are you sure about that? You were weak for a long time after that last flight you had."
Trunks waved his hand dismissively. "I'm fine now, and I won't take us all that far. Just far enough so that we won't freeze after five minutes outside. Ok?"
"Alright." She happily agreed.
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Later on that night, when they had both gone off to bed. Ami woke up slowly and *very* uncomfortable and cold. Looking outside she could still see that it was snowing. But her still being half asleep, couldn't comprehend that this was the reason why it was so cold out. There was one thing that her fogged up mind could take in though. Fires are warm, and there was a fire downstairs in the living room.
Ami was never a morning person and was even known to walk around in her sleep on rare occasions, but she had never been in such a bad state that she would be asleep and awake at the same time. Only Usagi was known for doing that. It just goes to show what hanging out with her for so long would do to you.
Groaning slightly she pushed off the blanket covering her and kicked her feet over the bed. She grabbed the blanket and headed out the door and downstairs. When she got there she saw that the fire had completely gone out, and it was colder in here than it was in her own room.
She then heard a light snoring sound, and looked around trying to find the source for the noise. Her mental state was so far gone that it could almost be compared to being drunk. She didn't even know that it was Trunks making those snores, and she still didn't recognize him when her eyes decided to cooperate and land on him with his back facing her on the couch. He had only a thin bed sheet covering him, and he was shivering in his sleep.
An idea quickly came to mind that only someone her state of mind could think up of, even though it was strange how she could still create ideas much less thoughts in her current state. Ami tightened her grip on the blanket in her hand and walked towards the couch, she spread it over him on the couch and then climbed in with him, trying to take in some of his body heat.
She was almost fully back to sleep when suddenly both her eyes and mind snapped to full attention and woke up out of the half asleep stupor that was controlling her no more than a full minute ago. Trunks had turned around in his sleep and wrapped his arms around Ami's back, snuggling up to her and unconsciously trying to get at her own body heat.
Ami's face immediately turned a bright red. 'What in the name of Kami am I doing here!?!?' She thought frantically. She resisted the urge to try and squirm away from the tight grip that Trunks had on her, just in case he woke up to see her face and demand answers that she couldn't give. Hell, she didn't even remember getting into bed with him!! She inwardly groaned. 'I must have been sleep walking again! What a time for this to happen! Oh please, Kami in heaven, don't let him wake up!' All she could do was sit tight and wait until he relaxed his grip on her enough so she could make her escape. Other than that, nothing came to mind.
Ami suddenly felt a chill going up and down her spine as a strange fury something wrapped around her waist. She forced back a startled scream. What was this!?! An animal? House rodent? Some kind of snake? She didn't know about the animals of this world, but the idea that some gross creature was sleeping with them made her want to shake Trunks awake just to get rid of whatever it was like your stereotypical female. Get the men to kill all gross things around the house.
She was just too stubborn to want to embarrass herself like that. So she held her breath and peered underneath the covers to get a look at it. It was definitely alive, whatever it was. Its twitching was proof enough of that.
After about a minute or so of staring at it while trying to gather her courage, Ami reached a trembling hand down and touched the soft fur to see what it would do. When she touched it however, instead of the fury thing moving around, Trunks did! He quivered a little and did a sharp intake of breath, as though she had just tickled him. Confused, she took a closer look at the strange thing around her waist. Finder more courage now than before she lightly wrapped her hand around it and began to trace it to it's source. Once again Trunks shuddered, and he even made a little groaning sound as she was doing this. Ami really had to fight off a blush now.
She found that this thing went behind Trunks' waist too. She continued to move her hand about it, and was shocked to see that it stopped at his tail bone! No, scratch that. It was connected *to* his tail bone! 'Oh my Kami!!' Ami thought, shocked as she quickly let go of Trunks' tail. 'Trunks has a tail!!.......Wait...He has a tail?'
This was too weird. Why didn't Pluto or Trunks tell her about this? Was it because he was a half saiyan? Yes, that had to be it. No human could be born with a tail. Perhaps if Pluto and Trunks saw fit not to tell her about it then it wasn't that big of a deal. Ami took another look at it. 'It's actually kind of cute.' She thought fondly. It appeared to be very sensitive with the reactions she was getting out of him when she touched it. This would make it all the harder to get away without waking him up.
She stayed awake the whole night, waiting for the right opportunity to get away. Ami was so tired. She wanted to go to sleep so badly, but didn't want to risk not waking up in time to get away and have Trunks see her. It was hard trying to stay awake though. When your in a comfortable warm space in the dark, it gets to be difficult.
Trunks breathing wasn't helping too much either. It was almost hypnotic after listening to it for so long. She didn't know how long she was laying there with him, but when she started to see traces of the rising sun she started to get nervous and desperately began to move around a little to loosen his hold on her.
Finally, when it appeared to be about seven thirty according to the sun, she managed to wiggle out of his hold on her and stand up. She sighed in relief that she wouldn't be caught and was about to walk away when she noticed that his tail was still wrapped securely around her waist.
Ami took it gently in her hands and uncoiled it from around her, ignoring the little sounds Trunks was making at her actions. She bent down a little to place it beside his sleeping form when his eyes just shot wide open. He looked at her in confusion as to what she was doing there, and when his eyes landed on the tail in her hands they widened even more, but in a look of pure fear rather than confusion.
He quickly got up, took his tail from her hands and backed up a few feet, wrapping it around his waist. "W-what were you doing?" He asked a little nervous that his secret was out. He'd actually forgotten to tell her about his tail and was *really* regretting it right now. He really liked her and he didn't want her to think that he was some kind of freak.
Ami quickly tried to think of a good lie to tell. "Um...I was...I woke up a little while ago so I came down here. I-I saw that you were cold so I brought down my blanket and when I put it over you I saw that tail and I picked it up."
Trunks looked over at the couch. Sure enough there was Ami's blanket from upstairs. She must have been telling the truth. The question was: Did she care that he had a tail? He looked back at her. "You, uh...You don't care about this do you?" He said pointing at his tail around his waist nervously.
She looked at him in confusion. She was glad that he seemed to buy the lie she gave, but what was so wrong with his tail? "No. Why would I?"
"W-well...It's just that...I know that something like this isn't normal or anything. You don't think I'm a freak or anything do you?" Trunks wasn't ashamed of it or anything. But if his tail were to prevent him from going to a place where he could, for once, be happy then he didn't know what he'd do.
"Oh no! Of course not! I would never think that! Is that why you didn't mention it before?"
"Well, sort of." He said, scratching his head in embarrassment.
Ami smiled. "You don't have to worry. I think it's actually kind of cute." She said without really thinking. A blush was about to spread across her cheeks with what she said, but she quickly fought it off before he could notice it.
Trunks however did blush upon hearing this. 'She actually thinks it's cute? This is GREAT!' He thought happily. There was, however still one problem that bothered him. "Please, don't tell anyone about this." He asked with a little desperation in his voice.
"Why?" She asked in confusion. "I mean...We could tell my friends and you wouldn't have to worry about being ridiculed or anything."
"That's not what I meant." He said, shaking his head. "I trust the people you trust. If it weren't for all of you then I would be dead. I just mean anyone normal. I don't want people to find out that I'm half alien. Call me crazy, but I've always had this fear of being somebodies science project." He said while scratching his head in embarrassment.
Ami smiled again reassuringly. That sounded like a perfectly good reason to hide it, and she wouldn't betray his trust by spreading around something this important. If he wanted it to be a secret then it should stay that way. "Don't worry, we all know how to keep secrets. In case you have forgotten, my friends and I aren't exactly normal either."
"Well that's true, but you still don't know the rest of it." He said nervously. If she was going to know about his tail then she might as well know about the transformation that went with it.
"Rest of what?" She asked, getting confused now. It was just a tail, what could be so bad about it?
"In your world the moon still exists, right?"
Ami nodded her head. "Yes."
"Well here the moon is gone, so there is no danger for me to transform." He explained.
"What do you mean?" Ami asked, tilting her head slightly.
Trunks sighed and lowered his head. He'd never had to explain this to anyone before, and it was a lot harder then he'd thought it'd be. "When a saiyan, even a half saiyan, with a tail looks up at the moon when it's full, they change into an Oozaru."
Ami's eyes immediately widened with a mixture of curiosity and fascination. "What's an Oozaru?" She asked.
Trunks' voice seemed to get lower when he spoke. "It's a giant, mindless ape, that runs around destroying and killing. When the Saiyan Empire still existed, they were used to destroy all life on whole planets before being sold to the highest bidder."
He took a chance and looked up enough to see the horrified expression on Ami's face. He then quickly tried to explain himself. "Look, I swear on my fathers grave that if I go to your world, I will *never* look at your full moon. Please understand, I don't want to cut my tail off. It's all I have of my father and saiyan heritage."
He would have continued on with his rants if Ami hadn't stopped him by cutting him off. "Stop worrying, Trunks. Before Pluto sent me here she told us all that you were a good person who would never hurt anyone. I don't think that this is too big of a deal or else she may have mentioned it. Besides," She said waving her hand dismissively as if it weren't a problem at all. "You said that in order for this transformation to take place you have to *look* at the full moon. That only happens once a month and even then it's very easy not to look at something like a full moon if your indoors. Right?"
Trunks just nodded his head, shocked that this was being accepted so easily. Was luck on his side or what?!?
"Alright. That's settled then." She said cheerfully. "You go and get some clothes on and I'll make us something to eat. Don't forget, you promised to teach me how to fly today." That said, Ami calmly walked right out of the room and into the kitchen to prepare something, as if nothing had happened at all.
Trunks smiled brightly. That went a whole lot better than he thought it would, and she didn't think he was a freak at all! Maybe he had a chance with her.
Once breakfast was devoured, they dressed in the warmest clothes they had and packed up the rest of their things. If they were going to be going around the world again they might as well stay there and not fly back. Trunks was right when he said they would be snowed in. He had to break down the front door before he could pick up Ami and fly away.
They flew for about two hours at a slow pace to conserve energy, before stopping on a nice looking tropical island. It was a beautiful spot with trees that had fresh fruits growing everywhere in case they were to get hungry, and the beach would be good to cool them off after training. He wouldn't do any physical training with her yet, but hard meditation and Ki training could still take a lot out of a person.
They sat down with their legs crossed and Trunks began to explain to her how Ki was formed. They started off with the basics first. Ami closed her eyes and tried to sense where Trunks was when he powered up. This was simple, and she mastered it on the third try. He was very impressed with her.
Next he got her to raise her own Ki to see how much she had. Ami was concentrating as hard as she could and Trunks was surprised to see how much she had. If he did this right she would be flying and creating small attacks before the day was out!
They had to stop for breathers once in a while. Trunks needed them because of how weak he still was and they both needed to conserve their energy for the trip back to her world.
The next lesson was basic hovering. Trunks resisted the urge to try and teach her how to fly the way he had been taught. Falling from a high distance. He wouldn't speak to Gohan for a whole week after he did that, so instead she had her feet planted firmly on the ground and was trying to focus her Ki into her feet, her eyes squeezed tightly shut in concentration.
After fifteen long minutes of this, Ami started to slowly float upwards. The strange thing about this was that she had been concentrating so hard that she didn't even notice! She was just about to give up when Trunks laughed and told her to open her eyes. She opened them and gave out a startled yelp as she fell to the ground. Trunks laughed again and offered her his hand up. Ami jumped up and down excitedly and hugged him around the neck.
"Thank you so much, Trunks! This is the most wonderful thing anyone's ever done for me!" She said, with her arms still around his neck. Trunks gladly returned the hug she was giving. "Hey, don't get too excited yet. You were only hovering, but with the progress you're making it'll take another lesson or two before you can actually fly around, but that's great for a beginner!" He said with a smile gracing his features.
Ami unwrapped her arms from his neck and looked him in the face. "Still, it's the greatest thing anyone's ever done for me. I've always wanted to fly even as a child, and know because of you I'll get to do that. Thank you." She quickly got on her toes and kissed him lightly on the cheek as a thank you.
Trunks blushed deep at this, but she didn't seem to notice as she went to sit down for another break. He turned around quick before she noticed how red his face was. "Um...I'm going to get us something to eat, ok?"
Ami smiled even though he wasn't looking. "Sure, I'm really hungry!"
"Alright then, wait right there and I'll be right back." He said before running off. When he was out of sight, Ami let out the deep breath she had been holding. 'I can't believe I *kissed* him!!' She thought, completely surprised with herself while her own face began to change colour. 'Thank Kami he didn't see how embarrassed I was when he left!'
About a half hour later when Trunks returned with an armful of bananas and apples, he'd finally managed to change his face back to its original colour. 'Man, I can't believe she *kissed* me!' He thought, while grinning like an idiot. He let out a soft chuckle. 'This is so great!'
Then a depressing thought occurred to him and his face quickly fell. 'Don't forget, she probably has a boyfriend, and even if she didn't it was more of a friendly kiss. And she just gave it to you to say thank you.' Trunks groaned. He had no experience with girls, so he really couldn't tell between a kiss that said she was interested or just one that meant they were now good friends.
He inwardly groaned again as he set down the food he'd brought. "This all looks so good!" Ami said, as she picked up the reddest apple in the pile and took a bite out of it. They just sat there for a while, eating in silence.
Ami still had a huge smile on her face though. 'Wait till I tell the girls back home that I know how to fly! They'll be so jealous!' She was so excited. Only Eternal Sailor Moon could fly, and that was just because of her wings. Ami was learning how to fly without wings and without the need to transform.
Trunks wanted something to take his mind off of the current dilemma he'd found. He didn't take the silence as a good sign. Searching through his brain desperately to find something to talk about he only found one. "Um... So Ami, when will we be leaving for your world?" He asked curiously.
She thought for a second. "Let me see. I've been here for about nine days, so that leaves only five more to go." Trunks smiled on hearing this. Ami just sighed. "What's the matter?" He asked, a little worried. She shook her head. "It's nothing really, but I really liked being able to get away like this. When I get back, I'll have to go back to college and back to all of that studying I do. It was really nice giving my mind a rest like this for once."
Trunks looked confused. What did she mean "For once?". "Do people there go to school the whole year 'round or something?" He asked.
She just gave him a weak smile. "No. Only I did. Ever since my father left, it was as if everything I did wasn't good enough for my mother. I took summer school when I didn't need it and was enrolled in those school programs that are held after school. Because of my mothers job and all the work I did, we almost never saw each other. And when we did we were more like strangers than family."
Trunks felt a little sorry for her. To be shoved off by your own mother was a terrible thing to happen. His Kasaan was gone, but at least he had good memories of her. He leaned closer to her. "Hey, don't worry about it. Don't forget all the friends you have and are always mentioning. I'm sure they're there for you."
Ami gave a forced smile. The only real friend she had was Usagi. Everyone else was good to her but weren't there to support her like she'd like them to. "Ya, your right." She said not sure if it was the truth. "I suppose it would be better to go home sooner. Then we could stop hiding from that thing."
"I wish we had some senzu beans." Trunks said wistfully. "Then we could leave today and stop hiding from Majin Buu."
"What are senzu beans?" Ami asked, curious as to what these things could be that would let them leave sooner.
"They're little green beans that heal whoever takes them to full health." He explained. "Even if a person is on the verge of death from a wound, or even just a little weak they would be fully recovered."
"Hey! We have two senzu beans back at Capsule Corp!" Ami said excitedly.
"What? really? Are you sure?" He asked, his own excitement getting the better of him.
"Yes! I pulled out a small brown bag that had two small green beans in it from a box of medical supplies when I was taking care of you! I didn't know what they were so I put them in the top drawer in the spare bedroom you were in!"
"I can't believe this!" He said, slapping his forehead. "This is so great! All we have to do is get them and take them and we'll have enough energy to leave!"
"This is so perfect!" Ami said jumping up. She may have liked her break from all the work she did, but that doesn't mean that she didn't miss her home. "We should get our things and go now then."
"Just a sec, I want to see where Majin Buu is." He said before closing his eyes and concentrating. He was very pleased to find that the creature was a nice distance away from Capsule Corp. "Alright, he's far enough away from my house, so we can go now."
They quickly got up and gathered their things. Trunks picked up Ami and began to fly away before suddenly stopping in mid air and looking over at the surrounding islands. "What's that matter, Trunks?" Ami asked a little worried about the saddened expression on his face.
He looked over at her in his arms. "I just can't believe that all of this will be destroyed." He whispered sadly. There were no people or animals left, but earth was still lush and beautiful. It was hard to believe that it would all be gone soon.
Ami looked up at him reassuringly, knowing what he meant. "Don't worry, my world is just fine and has many living things on it, just like this one. And there's more than enough room there for you." He looked down at her and smiled. "Thank you." He said quietly before flying off.
About an hour and a half later, they made it back to Satan City. It so miserably looking and it looked like it was about to rain too. Trunks had to land on a roof top to catch his breath on one of the still standing skyscrapers. He rested his hands on his knees and began to do some really heavy breathing. He'd flown around for several hours already today as well as had a lesson with Ami on flying. Needless to say, he was exhausted.
"Are you alright, Trunks?" Ami asked, placing her hand on his back. "I'm fine...just give me...a minute." He said between pants. He suddenly snapped to attention when he and Ami felt a familiar energy headed straight for them at high and angry speeds.
"Kuso!!" Trunks cried out enraged that he'd been tricked. "He sensed us coming the whole time!"
"Trunks, your too weak to put up a good fight against it. Fly to Capsule Corp, take a senzu bean and come back and get me. I'll distract it for you." Ami said calmly.
"WHAT?!?! No way! N-O. Your coming with me!" He yelled, completely outraged by the idea of leaving her here. She just shook her head. "I'll just slow you down, you could barley keep yourself in the air when you landed. Besides you *need* this distraction."
"I am NOT leaving you here!" He shouted stubbornly. If anything were to happen to her while he was gone he would never forgive himself.
"Just shut up and turn around so I can transform!" She shouted back. This was the only way and they both knew it. He was just being stubborn. Trunks slowly nodded his head and he turned around.
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER!"
In a flash of sparkling blue light she quickly changed into Sailor Mercury. "You can turn around now." She said while trying to sense Majin Buu's energy.
Trunks turned around, and was about to make another protest until Mercury cut him off. "This is the only way to do it and you know it. I've gone up against him before and I'll do it again." She said firmly, hoping it would get the point across.
Trunks sighed, angry with himself for giving in. "I'll be right back, ok?"
Mercury nodded her head. "Ok." Trunks turned around and, concentrating extremely hard, began to fly away, looking back once to make sure she was fine while inwardly cursing at himself for giving in to her.
Mercury saw him fly out of sight before she sighed in relief. She was afraid for a second that he wouldn't get out of here in time. She could sense Majin Buu getting closer. She turned around and saw him flying in the distance. It looked like he was about to fly past her and pursue Trunks until she let out an attack on it.
"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"
That blast was a direct hit, but it didn't even put a scratch on him. When Majin Buu looked around and spotted her, he gave a smile that sent shivers down her spine.
"I wemembers you!!" He sang sadistically.
Mercury could only pray at this point that Trunks would hurry up. This may have been the only way but that didn't stop her from being totally afraid of what this thing could do to her.
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When Trunks finally made it home he had to fight to keep from passing out from exhaustion. His legs burned when he ran through the halls in the building and into the guest room and he was getting a little dizzy, but thankfully when he opened the top drawer he found the two senzu beans in plain sight. He grabbed one and put it in his pocket and immediately took the other.
He never felt better in his whole life! He got a lot stronger after taking it too. 'But it's still not enough!' He thought miserably. He was just about to fly away when he caught sight of a turned down picture in the drawer. He didn't bother to look at what it was as he snatched it and flew out the window as fast as possible while throwing it in his other pocket.
He sensed Majin Buu's and Mercury's Ki within seconds. They were very close together. Majin Buu was powered up and Mercury's Ki was fluctuating. He was attacking her!! And she was losing her energy fast!! These thoughts enraged him beyond belief as he transformed into a super saiyan and sped up.
When he found them, Mercury was struggling to stand up on the road while Majin Buu aimed an attack at her from the air. Trunks gasped as he dived to get her out of the way. Majin Buu sent out his energy beam and it just skimmed Mercury's side as Trunks quickly grabbed her and flew out of the way. He couldn't help but cringe as she screamed loudly in pain.
Majin Buu didn't stop the attack however, he just kept firing his blast into the earth. It was getting stronger with each passing second and soon earthquakes were forming. "Oh, no!! H-he's destroying the earth sooner than we thought he would." Mercury gasped out. She then clutched her side and coughed up some blood as she cried out in pain again. She felt like she was about to pass out from it.
Trunks looked at her in shock before he felt rain drops on him, and then saw them on her face. He looked up to see the sky almost pitch black. The rain came down harder on his face and he looked down at Mercury in horror. The last time he held someone like this in the rain, it was Gohan, and he was dead. 'Oh my god, please no!' He thought desperately to himself. 'Please not another death. Please don't let her die!!'
Trunks desperately looked around for a safe place and quickly landed on the roof of a nearby building. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you, Ami! Your going to fine!" He was about to pull the last senzu bean out of his pocket to give to her until he sensed an attack coming his way. He just barely dodged it with her still in his arms. 'I can't give it to her with him chasing me around like this!' He thought desperately as Majin Buu gave chase.
The earthquakes were getting worse now and despite the rain, huge fires were starting up. Ami was right. Majin Buu must've actually hit the core of the earth with that attack and now it was about to blow.
"T-Trunks. We can use my key to get home now. You can heal me there." She coughed out. He nodded his head as he flew away from Majin Buu as fast as he could, the rain beating on his face like bullets.
He still followed them though, so they had to do this while still moving in the air. Majin Buu wasn't going to let them get away so easily this time. Mercury pulled the key out from around her neck and raised it in front of them while they went.
"CRYSTAL KEY!! TAKE US HOME!!!"
The energy strain on him was amazing! Against his will, hee immediately turned back to normal, unable to stay in super mode. A large white portal opened up a hundred feet in front of them when the energy was taken, and they were almost there until Majin Buu stretched out his flesh and grabbed Trunks around the legs.
He gasped in fear once he realised that it was trying to absorb him again. "LET US GO!!" He screamed behind him. "You go nowhere!" He said evilly. Around them the world was on fire, and giant Earth quakes continued to shake the world.
Using all the excess energy he could, he slowly fought his way to the portal. He could eventually see several young girls on the other side looking at them with a mixture wonder and horror. 'It doesn't matter who sees us! As long as she lives I don't care!!!' He thought desperately as he went.
Majin Buu continued to try and hold them back from their freedom but with Mercury in his arms, Trunks found energy he didn't know he had as he fought his way through the portal and it slowly started to close up, burning his pink flesh painfully as it did and forcing him to drop them.
Majin Buu let out a loud scream of defeat as his prey got away from him for the second time. The world surrounding him then exploded and the portal closed completely with a flash. "NOOOOO!!!!!!!"
Trunks landed roughly face first on the ground with the shock of being dropped while trying so hard to fly away, and he dropped Mercury's now unconscious form. Thankfully it appeared as if she had a better landing than he did.
From his now blurred up vision, it looked like he was in front of a temple of some kind. The girls that he saw all gathered around Ami to see if she was ok.
He was about to pass out too. He slowly got to his knees and looked to where the portal once was in disbelief. "I-I can't believe it's really...gone." That was all he could get out before he fell to the ground and everything went black.
To Be Continued.....................................
A.N: I know that this chapter kind of sucks, but I realised that I haven't posted anything for you all in a while (_) So I thought that I would get this out to you all. Sorry, I've just been busy with the seventh chapter and working on my other fics. If I don't give Simbagirl a chapter to post soon she'll probably kill me! lol.
Anyway, thanks to all who are reviewing me (^_^) I really appreaciate it. This fic has recieved the most reviews of all of my fics so far, and that's pretty surprising to me since I never really thought that people even liked it. But it was kind of obvious after I posted the second chappy and people started to talk to me about it ^_^. Once again, sorry for the delay, And I'm glad to see that the Chibi-Usa scene in the previous chapter bugged you all so much! that was the plan!
And another thing, I just have to ask this: Was that scene with Ami and Trunks on the couch too much? I wasn't too sure what people would think of that part so let me know please.
More reviews please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No reviews make me unhappy ;_; lol