Disclaimer: I do NOT own these characters, Or the song with you By Jessica Simpson, OR the song Somewhere I belong: By Linkin Park. This is a little project that I started for the hell of it, and to practice my skills as a writer, please do not sue me, you won't get very much aside from a ripped up old coat, and maybe my pet fish. ^^ and now onto the story!
Chapter Ten: This Is Why We Did It
A dark air surrounded the girls in the room they were all in, threatening to choke them with the intensity of it. They were all sitting around one of Rei's square tables at the Temple in her room silently, still trying to figure out whether or not what just happened a mere two hours ago was really real. Trunks was dead?
Trunks was dead.
Luna and Artemis were out on a walk together early that day when it had happened, so they weren't around for the fight, but once they felt the power being used, their first stop was the Templ to find the girls, just to see them all in tears as Darien carried an unconscious Ami in with him. Makoto was bringing in Trunks' sword, but he was nowhere in sight.
When they asked what happened, they couldn't believe their ear when the teary eyed Minako told them. Trunks was Dead, and Pluto and Chibi-Moon had been the ones who killed him.
Haruka had since gone home, to hold her Koi close and check on Hotaru's health. It wasn't often that she would admit to being wrong, but the half alien had just died to save them all, and that was more than worthy for her apology in her opinion. She only wished that it didn't have to end on the sour note that it did.
So now here they all were, sitting around the table, silent tears still running down all their faces, save for Darien who managed to control his eyes quite some time ago, but with the sorrow on his face still evident. Ami was in the next room, in Rei's bed as she tried without too much luck to fight off her nightmares as she slept. Everyone thought that it would be best if she woke up on her own, so there she remained.
Trunks' sword was in the centre of the table, the girls were all having a hard time thinking of what should be done with it. Should they make a shrine for him with it? Or should they give it to Ami? She was his girlfriend, but they weren't even together for all that long and she didn't even know how to use it. Perhaps they would make the shrine, but for now they had to try and make up a reason to how they knew he was dead without giving themselves and their secrets away.
So far all they had was to get Makoto to tell a policeman that she was a witness to the recent monster attack, and that it had killed her friend and his body disappeared in front of her. Not the best excuse they had so far, but right now all other ideas just weren't coming up. So this was all they had to use.
The fact that they had to even think of such excuses caused the tears to flow harder. It simply wasn't fair that he had to die. Usagi was so far taking it the hardest. She felt somewhat responsible for not being able to heal him as she cried and held onto Darien for support. Minako was also in tears, and in some selfish way, she wanted to take the sword home with her as a reminder of the lavender haired man whom held her heart. Whether he wanted it or not, he had it.
Ami was the lucky one in her opinion. She at least had him. But now that was impossible for anyone. Even her. He was just someone who they brought over from another world. No ID, No birth certificate, no previous records of his existence. He was only something that they could look back on and remember as a friend now. That was all.
Ami would be shattered when she woke up
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"We're here, Small Lady." Pluto said in that calm serene voice of hers. Chibi-Usa walked up from behind her to get a good look at the dome like builder they were going to, the heart crystal she had in her hands held close to her protectively. "Capsule Corp." She read the giant white words that ran across the building out loud, almost in awe. This place was covering the same amount of space that her crystal palace did! And it was simply huge!
"How do we get in?" She asked, still cradling the glowing crystal that Pluto had taken from Trunks.
The time guardian smiled at her warmly. "We knock of course." She said before walking up to the main house doors. Chibi-Usa just gave her a strange look. Whenever someone wanted to enter the palace they had to go through a security check as well as pass nearly fifty armed guards. All you do to get in here was knock?! 'Strange people.' She thought, quickly running to catch up with the green haired senshi. And just as she said she would do, she knocked on the door, waiting patiently for someone to answer.
When the door finally opened, Chibi-Usa gave out a small gasp with what she saw. It was a chibi looking Trunks! He looked to be about eight or nine years old, and he was wearing what appeared to be a dark blue training outfit.
The little boy eyed them suspiciously. He'd never seen anyone aside from an enemy wear such strange clothes. "Who the hell are you?" He asked rudely, Chibi-Usa nearly choked on her own breath at *that* statement! This kid acted nothing at all like Trunks! How could he be his chibi self?
Pluto simply shrugged off the rude behaviour before crouching down to be at his eye level. "Aino-chan, is your mother home?" She asked, still smiling warmly.
"Huh, mom? Ya she's here. Just a minute." He said before turning his back on them and walking back into the house. The door wasn't shut, so they could plainly hear him yell for his mother.
"MOM!! SOMEONE'S AT THE DOOR FOR YOU!!" He shouted.
Next they heard what sounded like a stampede of wild animals heading straight for them, so when only one small looking woman who appeared to be in her late twenties wearing work clothes covered in oil, answered the door, Chibi-Usa couldn't help but do a face vault. These people were really weird!
The green haired woman looked them over in what looked like confusion, but then she remembered her manners. "Oh! Sorry I thought that you were here to deliver my engine parts." Bulma said, trying to apologise for how she looked and the noise she made coming down the stairs.
"Mom, I forgot to tell you, they called yesterday and said they were going to be a few days late." Chibi-Trunks said while tugging on her sleeve.
Bulma looked up to the ceiling before making a sound of sheer annoyance. She'd been waiting for those parts for practically forever and now she was going to have to wait even longer to get them! Looking back into the direction of her guests, she couldn't help but blush in embarrassment. "Um, why don't the two of you come in?" She offered politely while stepping out of their way to let them in.
"Thank you." Pluto said politely, but before she could start with anything else, Vegeta stormed in.
"Brat, what the hell is taking so long, you were supposed to be in the gravity room with me five minutes ago!" He yelled, not liking having his training being held up for so long.
Trunks stiffened. "Sorry dad, I'm coming." He said, running over to where he stood.
"Actually it would be better if the two of you would stay and hear what I have to say." Pluto said quickly, stopping them before they could leave.
Vegeta cocked an eye at her before turning to his wife. "Onna, who the hell is this?" He demanded, pointing at her. Chibi-Usa sighed, now knowing where Chibi-Trunks got his mouth from.
Bulma shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know actually." She said, but before she could continue, Pluto spoke up again.
"I'm the guardian of the Time Gates, and I'm here to speak to you about your son." She started, causing everyone in the room to suddenly look at Chibi-Trunks, wondering what she was talking about.
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Ami's eyes flickered open as she awoke, but the light stabbing at her eyes caused her to shut them again quickly before groaning and rolling to her side. She'd just had the most horrible nightmare imaginable, and she didn't even want to think about it again. It scared her so much that she could still feel the tears in the brim of her eyes, even when they were closed. If she told Trunks about it, then maybe he would--"
Her eyes suddenly snapped open, and ignoring the pain in them caused by the light, she looked around the room she was in. It was Rei's. She was in Rei's bedroom. Her eyes quickly filled back up with tears as they poured hotly down her face at the realization. It was no dream. He was actually gone. Trunks really did die.
Ami sobbed at the thought, and even though no one was around to see the tears in her eyes, she still hid her face in her hands. He wasn't supposed to die! They were supposed to be together forever! She loved him and now he was dead! After all of that he was really dead.
She threw the covers off of herself before getting out of the bed and walking towards the door. She wanted to talk to the others, maybe they could somehow bring him back with Usagi's crystal.
Just before she could open the door to the sitting room, She heard all the low and muffled voices from inside.
"Maybe we should just bury the sword. There's not too much else we can do." That was Makoto's voice.
"I thought that we were going to build a small shrine with it." Usagis said.
Ami gasped, covering her mouth so that they wouldn't hear it while more tears flowed down her face and over her hand. They were giving up? They weren't even going to try and get him back!? She slammed open the door before marching right up to the table and grabbing the sword, holding it close and giving everyone a disapproving stare.
They all looked up at her in shock, not hearing her get up and having never seen her look that angry before, even though she had a distinct right to be.
"I won't let you bury it!" She shouted, causing them all to cringe. "H-he's going to come back." She choked out desperately.
Rei's eyes widened at the outburst. "Ami, I'm sorry but he's not coming back." She said softly, trying her absolute best to comfort her friend in obvious denial.
Ami started to frantically shake her head, while inwardly she knew that the priestess was right. Shaking her head, screaming, shouting and crying wasn't going to bring him back, but....it really couldn't end this way. Could it?
"It's your own fault he's gone!" Minako shouted angrily.
Everyone in the room whipped their heads at her, in sheer disbelief for saying something so cruel.
"If he hadn't wasted that last little healing bean on you, then he would be alive right now!" She accused hotly, tears starting to fill her own eyes at the thought. "You didn't even need it because Rei was healing you, and he used it on you anyway! It's all *your* fault!"
Usagi slammed her hands on the table as she rose from her seat. "That's enough Minako!" She shouted in a rage, startling almost everyone in the room. "It wasn't Ami's fault that Trunks died. If it was anyone's fault then it was Pluto's!" She shouted, as much as she hated to admit it. But unfortunately the time guardian would have some serious explaining to do when and if she returned.
Unfortunately that didn't do too much to help out Ami's current state. She could barely even hear her friend sticking up for her as her entire body shook before she turned and ran right out of the Temple with the sword still in her hands, not hearing their cries for her to stop as went into the air, wanting nothing more than to just be alone when she cried.
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**"IT SHALL BE DONE!"** The Eternal dragon boomed from Kami's lookout, before disappearing in a bright flash as the dragon balls scattered across the earth once again.
The heart crystal that Chibi-Usa held then started to glow before floating out of her hands and into the centre of the lookout. Suddenly a flash erupted from it as it took a physical form and changed back into Mirai Trunks.
He was laying on his back, but only for a second before he groaned and tiredly sat up, blinking at the light as it attacked his eyes.
Everyone on the lookout gave out a sigh of pure relief when they saw that he was ok. When Pluto explained to Vegeta and his family what had happened to Mirai Trunks' world, as well as to her own, everyone of the Z members was contacted to help find the dragon balls.
When Trunks finally managed to open his eyes, just to get a good look at everyone who surrounded him, he was more than just a little confused. "F-father?" He asked, noting how he was also there.
The proud prince simply smirked. "Welcome back to the land of the living, brat." He said, offering him his hand to help him up.
Trunks looked around, noticing that he was on the lookout, and that his entire family was here too. 'I'm back in the past.' He though, noticing his mother, as well as his chibi self that stood next to her while eyeing him suspiciously. He smiled warmly at them, he was glad to be seeing his mother and father again, even though they weren't really his.
Before he could even ask how he got there, or go over to say hello, he caught sight of Pluto in the corner of his eye, with Chibi-Usa standing behind her for protection.
"You?!" He snarled out before marching over, getting a Ki blast in his hand ready. He didn't care if she was a girl or not. After what she did to him she deserved whatever he decided to do as payback. She didn't even move as he approached.
"Trunks, wait!!" Bulma called out, stopping him in his tracks. He whipped his head at her, but just as he opened his mouth to speak she cut him off. "Let her explain." she asked, getting that pleading look in her eyes that he could never win an argument with.
"Fine, but make it quick." He snarled at her. Chibi-Usa cringed at his tone, and that's when he really noticed her. His eyes widened slightly at how scared of him she looked, and he didn't want to see her that way. "I'm not going to hurt you, Chibi." He said, suddenly taking on a calmer tone of voice with not wanting to scare her. "I just want to know why you did that to me." He explained.
Chibi-Usa then ran out from behind Pluto's tall legs and over to where he stood, quickly hugging him around the waist tightly while crying out her apologies. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! But we had to do it or else my world would have died!!" She cried out, small tears touching the edges of her eyes as she did.
Trunks got down on one knee and held the young girl close, trying to calm her and already feeling to need to forgive the both of them with her tears. "It's alright Chibi, I'm not mad." He whispered. If what had just happened was for the sake of her world then he supposed that he couldn't be angry in that case, but one thing still bothered him. "Why didn't you just tell me?"
"I'll explain that to you." Pluto said, finally finding her voice. Just because she could look like a rock when someone with the powers of a thousand worlds was getting ready to attack her, didn't mean that she was completely without fear. "If you'll just follow me." She said, moving to a secluded part of the lookout where they could talk in private.
Trunks didn't follow her at first, still wondering what she was up to, but then deciding that since he had nothing to lose if he did, got up and headed in her direction. If the rest of the Z fighters bought whatever story she gave, then it must be good. His mother wasn't the easiest person to fool after all.
"Alright, what's this all about." He demanded once they were out of earshot of the others, crossing his arms.
Pluto sighed. "First of all, I suppose I owe you an apology for what happened earlier today." She started, earning a very Vegeta like snort from Trunks. "And secondly, the reason why I had to do what I did, was because if I didn't take your heart crystal, then you would have only died slower, and in a far more painful way."
Trunks' eyes widened. "What do you mean?" He asked curiously.
"The monster you fought against was the product of a merge, but I already explained that to you." She said, and when Trunks nodded his head she continued. "Nearly two years ago, a powerful creature known as Chaos attacked us, and when the Sailor senshi fought against it, they couldn't destroy it. It merely went into hiding, where we wouldn't be able to either see it, or find it."
"So, when Majin Buu followed Ami and me here, they merged and became a physical being?" Trunks asked, starting to understand now. Pluto nodded her head. "So you only needed me to bring him over to your world? So you could fight it?" He asked.
"Yes. If Chaos didn't take a physical form for us to fight against, then it would have only gotten stronger, and by the time the scouts found out about it, it would have been too late to defeat it."
"But why did you attack me?"
Pluto sighed again. "I didn't attack you, it only seemed that way with the pain of having your heart crystal removed. And if I didn't take it, then there would have been no way to wish you back in a world that you didn't pass away in." She explained, thumbing at her time staff somewhat nervously. It wasn't everyday she was forced to explain herself like this. That only happened when she was in Neo Queen Serenity's castle.
Once again, Trunks nodded his head. He already knew what heart crystals were because of what Ami had told him before.
"The point is," Pluto started up again. "Is that if I didn't take your heart crystal, your death would have not only been inevitable anyway, but also prolonged while you suffered an unnecessary amount of pain, lasting up to weeks before finally losing your life. And I simply didn't want you to suffer like that."
Trunks didn't say anything to that. What was there to say? Technically, she'd saved him, but.... he just felt used. Did that mean that if he couldn't bring Majin Buu to their world to lure out Chaos and kill it, she would have left him in his prison? Only one way to find out. "If Chaos was dead, and there was no need to bring Majin Buu to your world, would you have left me to die?" He asked slowly, startling Pluto with the question. "Ami told me that you saw my pain and that she was sent to put a stop to it, but if there was no need for me at all, would you have left me there?" He asked.
Pluto smiled at him warmly, knowing where his train of thought had gone. "Your purpose was not to simply lure a monster from one world to another, or to kill it, *or* to mend the relationship of my king and queen, eventually bringing about the existence of their daughter over there." She said, motioning with her hand the direction that Chibi-Usa was in, playing with Chibi-Trunks and Goten.
Trunks turned to look at them before looking back at her, his eyes filled with a kind of undescribable awe. He didn't realise that he would have that kind of affect on people with just one months worth of time. But then again, isn't that what he set out to do when he jumped into the time machine for the first time. To cause a major change? Pluto simply smiled at him, knowing that she was getting through to him.
"You were meant to do all of those, but even if they weren't needed I still would have sent Princess Mercury to save you, because one way or another, you two would have met, fallen in love, and made each other happy. In this life or the next. So once again, I merely sped things up." She explained, still smiling that calm smile and still using that serene sounding voice that demanded attention.
Trunks blushed lightly, and he couldn't help but forgive her. But still, one more thing bothered him. "Why didn't you just tell me?" He asked, giving out a soft chuckle. "I would have cooperated a lot better with you if you had."
Pluto snickered slightly at the thought, shaking her head. "It wasn't you I was worried about." She explained, watching Trunks raise an eyebrow before continuing. "Princess Serena would risk the planet itself before letting the single soul of another die. She proved that when saving Hotaru, and I couldn't have her interfere, so I tapped into her crystal so she couldn't heal you. And it would have put Ami through a stress that she really didn't need." She explained.
"Oh." Was all Trunks could say at this point. It made sense once he really thought about it. "I guess that means I owe you an apology for trying to blast you earlier." He said, tipping back and forth from his heel to his toes in slight shame.
Pluto waved her hand dismissively. "Don't worry about it in the least." She said, glad that all was now forgiven. Except for one small thing that is. She pulled out Ami's time key.
"Hey, I know what that is!" Trunks said, pointing at it. "I haven't seen Ami wearing that for a long time." He said, wondering why Setsuna had it.
"It will only work one more time, after that it will be completely useless other than a simple neck decoration." She explained.
"What do you mean?" Trunks asked curiously.
Pluto looked at him in the eye, her expression serious. "You have to decide, right now, wether you some to come back with me, or stay here with them." She said pointing back in the direction of the past selves of his family. "Because once you've made your choice, there will be no going back."
Trunks whipped his head at her. "You mean... not even to visit?" He asked, sounding more than a little stunned at having to choose between Ami or his entire family.
She shook her head. "There will be no going back." She explained sadly.
"Can't you just... make another one of those?" He asked hopefully, pointing to the jewelled key in her hands.
Once again, she shook her head. "This is a one of a kind item. I saw you coming before the silver millennium itself was destroyed. That's when I started to work on it. There's no other of it's kind to go through dimensions, only time. I'm sorry, but you do have to choose." She said, already knowing what his choice was, and feeling a large amount of guilt about it. It wasn't a fair choice at all. Not in the least.
Either your love, or your family. Not an easy decision at all.
Trunks thought about what he should do, but the answer came to him rather quickly. He knew that he loved his family, and he knew that he loved Ami, that was the only thing about it that would be hard to deal with. The separation.
"I've made my choice." He said.
To Be Continued...........................
A.N: Sorry, another cliffhanger. The next chapter should be the last one, and i might do an epilogue, but I'm just not sure yet It was supposed to be a side story, but i'll just turn it into an epilogue instead, but only if i get enough reviews
Also, i see that turtle dreamer noticed how i'm a sucker for Trunks angst ^^ i was wondering when someone would figure that out ^^
And i just noticed that i have over a hundred reviews for this story!! YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!! *does the happy dance* Ok, that's enough of that, but thanks for reading this, and i hope to get more reviews for the next chapter.
Heh, i can't believe how many people i pissed off and made cry with the whole death scene, and it was even one of my worst death scenes ever too!
oh well, bye for now ^^
Chapter Ten: This Is Why We Did It
A dark air surrounded the girls in the room they were all in, threatening to choke them with the intensity of it. They were all sitting around one of Rei's square tables at the Temple in her room silently, still trying to figure out whether or not what just happened a mere two hours ago was really real. Trunks was dead?
Trunks was dead.
Luna and Artemis were out on a walk together early that day when it had happened, so they weren't around for the fight, but once they felt the power being used, their first stop was the Templ to find the girls, just to see them all in tears as Darien carried an unconscious Ami in with him. Makoto was bringing in Trunks' sword, but he was nowhere in sight.
When they asked what happened, they couldn't believe their ear when the teary eyed Minako told them. Trunks was Dead, and Pluto and Chibi-Moon had been the ones who killed him.
Haruka had since gone home, to hold her Koi close and check on Hotaru's health. It wasn't often that she would admit to being wrong, but the half alien had just died to save them all, and that was more than worthy for her apology in her opinion. She only wished that it didn't have to end on the sour note that it did.
So now here they all were, sitting around the table, silent tears still running down all their faces, save for Darien who managed to control his eyes quite some time ago, but with the sorrow on his face still evident. Ami was in the next room, in Rei's bed as she tried without too much luck to fight off her nightmares as she slept. Everyone thought that it would be best if she woke up on her own, so there she remained.
Trunks' sword was in the centre of the table, the girls were all having a hard time thinking of what should be done with it. Should they make a shrine for him with it? Or should they give it to Ami? She was his girlfriend, but they weren't even together for all that long and she didn't even know how to use it. Perhaps they would make the shrine, but for now they had to try and make up a reason to how they knew he was dead without giving themselves and their secrets away.
So far all they had was to get Makoto to tell a policeman that she was a witness to the recent monster attack, and that it had killed her friend and his body disappeared in front of her. Not the best excuse they had so far, but right now all other ideas just weren't coming up. So this was all they had to use.
The fact that they had to even think of such excuses caused the tears to flow harder. It simply wasn't fair that he had to die. Usagi was so far taking it the hardest. She felt somewhat responsible for not being able to heal him as she cried and held onto Darien for support. Minako was also in tears, and in some selfish way, she wanted to take the sword home with her as a reminder of the lavender haired man whom held her heart. Whether he wanted it or not, he had it.
Ami was the lucky one in her opinion. She at least had him. But now that was impossible for anyone. Even her. He was just someone who they brought over from another world. No ID, No birth certificate, no previous records of his existence. He was only something that they could look back on and remember as a friend now. That was all.
Ami would be shattered when she woke up
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"We're here, Small Lady." Pluto said in that calm serene voice of hers. Chibi-Usa walked up from behind her to get a good look at the dome like builder they were going to, the heart crystal she had in her hands held close to her protectively. "Capsule Corp." She read the giant white words that ran across the building out loud, almost in awe. This place was covering the same amount of space that her crystal palace did! And it was simply huge!
"How do we get in?" She asked, still cradling the glowing crystal that Pluto had taken from Trunks.
The time guardian smiled at her warmly. "We knock of course." She said before walking up to the main house doors. Chibi-Usa just gave her a strange look. Whenever someone wanted to enter the palace they had to go through a security check as well as pass nearly fifty armed guards. All you do to get in here was knock?! 'Strange people.' She thought, quickly running to catch up with the green haired senshi. And just as she said she would do, she knocked on the door, waiting patiently for someone to answer.
When the door finally opened, Chibi-Usa gave out a small gasp with what she saw. It was a chibi looking Trunks! He looked to be about eight or nine years old, and he was wearing what appeared to be a dark blue training outfit.
The little boy eyed them suspiciously. He'd never seen anyone aside from an enemy wear such strange clothes. "Who the hell are you?" He asked rudely, Chibi-Usa nearly choked on her own breath at *that* statement! This kid acted nothing at all like Trunks! How could he be his chibi self?
Pluto simply shrugged off the rude behaviour before crouching down to be at his eye level. "Aino-chan, is your mother home?" She asked, still smiling warmly.
"Huh, mom? Ya she's here. Just a minute." He said before turning his back on them and walking back into the house. The door wasn't shut, so they could plainly hear him yell for his mother.
"MOM!! SOMEONE'S AT THE DOOR FOR YOU!!" He shouted.
Next they heard what sounded like a stampede of wild animals heading straight for them, so when only one small looking woman who appeared to be in her late twenties wearing work clothes covered in oil, answered the door, Chibi-Usa couldn't help but do a face vault. These people were really weird!
The green haired woman looked them over in what looked like confusion, but then she remembered her manners. "Oh! Sorry I thought that you were here to deliver my engine parts." Bulma said, trying to apologise for how she looked and the noise she made coming down the stairs.
"Mom, I forgot to tell you, they called yesterday and said they were going to be a few days late." Chibi-Trunks said while tugging on her sleeve.
Bulma looked up to the ceiling before making a sound of sheer annoyance. She'd been waiting for those parts for practically forever and now she was going to have to wait even longer to get them! Looking back into the direction of her guests, she couldn't help but blush in embarrassment. "Um, why don't the two of you come in?" She offered politely while stepping out of their way to let them in.
"Thank you." Pluto said politely, but before she could start with anything else, Vegeta stormed in.
"Brat, what the hell is taking so long, you were supposed to be in the gravity room with me five minutes ago!" He yelled, not liking having his training being held up for so long.
Trunks stiffened. "Sorry dad, I'm coming." He said, running over to where he stood.
"Actually it would be better if the two of you would stay and hear what I have to say." Pluto said quickly, stopping them before they could leave.
Vegeta cocked an eye at her before turning to his wife. "Onna, who the hell is this?" He demanded, pointing at her. Chibi-Usa sighed, now knowing where Chibi-Trunks got his mouth from.
Bulma shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know actually." She said, but before she could continue, Pluto spoke up again.
"I'm the guardian of the Time Gates, and I'm here to speak to you about your son." She started, causing everyone in the room to suddenly look at Chibi-Trunks, wondering what she was talking about.
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Ami's eyes flickered open as she awoke, but the light stabbing at her eyes caused her to shut them again quickly before groaning and rolling to her side. She'd just had the most horrible nightmare imaginable, and she didn't even want to think about it again. It scared her so much that she could still feel the tears in the brim of her eyes, even when they were closed. If she told Trunks about it, then maybe he would--"
Her eyes suddenly snapped open, and ignoring the pain in them caused by the light, she looked around the room she was in. It was Rei's. She was in Rei's bedroom. Her eyes quickly filled back up with tears as they poured hotly down her face at the realization. It was no dream. He was actually gone. Trunks really did die.
Ami sobbed at the thought, and even though no one was around to see the tears in her eyes, she still hid her face in her hands. He wasn't supposed to die! They were supposed to be together forever! She loved him and now he was dead! After all of that he was really dead.
She threw the covers off of herself before getting out of the bed and walking towards the door. She wanted to talk to the others, maybe they could somehow bring him back with Usagi's crystal.
Just before she could open the door to the sitting room, She heard all the low and muffled voices from inside.
"Maybe we should just bury the sword. There's not too much else we can do." That was Makoto's voice.
"I thought that we were going to build a small shrine with it." Usagis said.
Ami gasped, covering her mouth so that they wouldn't hear it while more tears flowed down her face and over her hand. They were giving up? They weren't even going to try and get him back!? She slammed open the door before marching right up to the table and grabbing the sword, holding it close and giving everyone a disapproving stare.
They all looked up at her in shock, not hearing her get up and having never seen her look that angry before, even though she had a distinct right to be.
"I won't let you bury it!" She shouted, causing them all to cringe. "H-he's going to come back." She choked out desperately.
Rei's eyes widened at the outburst. "Ami, I'm sorry but he's not coming back." She said softly, trying her absolute best to comfort her friend in obvious denial.
Ami started to frantically shake her head, while inwardly she knew that the priestess was right. Shaking her head, screaming, shouting and crying wasn't going to bring him back, but....it really couldn't end this way. Could it?
"It's your own fault he's gone!" Minako shouted angrily.
Everyone in the room whipped their heads at her, in sheer disbelief for saying something so cruel.
"If he hadn't wasted that last little healing bean on you, then he would be alive right now!" She accused hotly, tears starting to fill her own eyes at the thought. "You didn't even need it because Rei was healing you, and he used it on you anyway! It's all *your* fault!"
Usagi slammed her hands on the table as she rose from her seat. "That's enough Minako!" She shouted in a rage, startling almost everyone in the room. "It wasn't Ami's fault that Trunks died. If it was anyone's fault then it was Pluto's!" She shouted, as much as she hated to admit it. But unfortunately the time guardian would have some serious explaining to do when and if she returned.
Unfortunately that didn't do too much to help out Ami's current state. She could barely even hear her friend sticking up for her as her entire body shook before she turned and ran right out of the Temple with the sword still in her hands, not hearing their cries for her to stop as went into the air, wanting nothing more than to just be alone when she cried.
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**"IT SHALL BE DONE!"** The Eternal dragon boomed from Kami's lookout, before disappearing in a bright flash as the dragon balls scattered across the earth once again.
The heart crystal that Chibi-Usa held then started to glow before floating out of her hands and into the centre of the lookout. Suddenly a flash erupted from it as it took a physical form and changed back into Mirai Trunks.
He was laying on his back, but only for a second before he groaned and tiredly sat up, blinking at the light as it attacked his eyes.
Everyone on the lookout gave out a sigh of pure relief when they saw that he was ok. When Pluto explained to Vegeta and his family what had happened to Mirai Trunks' world, as well as to her own, everyone of the Z members was contacted to help find the dragon balls.
When Trunks finally managed to open his eyes, just to get a good look at everyone who surrounded him, he was more than just a little confused. "F-father?" He asked, noting how he was also there.
The proud prince simply smirked. "Welcome back to the land of the living, brat." He said, offering him his hand to help him up.
Trunks looked around, noticing that he was on the lookout, and that his entire family was here too. 'I'm back in the past.' He though, noticing his mother, as well as his chibi self that stood next to her while eyeing him suspiciously. He smiled warmly at them, he was glad to be seeing his mother and father again, even though they weren't really his.
Before he could even ask how he got there, or go over to say hello, he caught sight of Pluto in the corner of his eye, with Chibi-Usa standing behind her for protection.
"You?!" He snarled out before marching over, getting a Ki blast in his hand ready. He didn't care if she was a girl or not. After what she did to him she deserved whatever he decided to do as payback. She didn't even move as he approached.
"Trunks, wait!!" Bulma called out, stopping him in his tracks. He whipped his head at her, but just as he opened his mouth to speak she cut him off. "Let her explain." she asked, getting that pleading look in her eyes that he could never win an argument with.
"Fine, but make it quick." He snarled at her. Chibi-Usa cringed at his tone, and that's when he really noticed her. His eyes widened slightly at how scared of him she looked, and he didn't want to see her that way. "I'm not going to hurt you, Chibi." He said, suddenly taking on a calmer tone of voice with not wanting to scare her. "I just want to know why you did that to me." He explained.
Chibi-Usa then ran out from behind Pluto's tall legs and over to where he stood, quickly hugging him around the waist tightly while crying out her apologies. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! But we had to do it or else my world would have died!!" She cried out, small tears touching the edges of her eyes as she did.
Trunks got down on one knee and held the young girl close, trying to calm her and already feeling to need to forgive the both of them with her tears. "It's alright Chibi, I'm not mad." He whispered. If what had just happened was for the sake of her world then he supposed that he couldn't be angry in that case, but one thing still bothered him. "Why didn't you just tell me?"
"I'll explain that to you." Pluto said, finally finding her voice. Just because she could look like a rock when someone with the powers of a thousand worlds was getting ready to attack her, didn't mean that she was completely without fear. "If you'll just follow me." She said, moving to a secluded part of the lookout where they could talk in private.
Trunks didn't follow her at first, still wondering what she was up to, but then deciding that since he had nothing to lose if he did, got up and headed in her direction. If the rest of the Z fighters bought whatever story she gave, then it must be good. His mother wasn't the easiest person to fool after all.
"Alright, what's this all about." He demanded once they were out of earshot of the others, crossing his arms.
Pluto sighed. "First of all, I suppose I owe you an apology for what happened earlier today." She started, earning a very Vegeta like snort from Trunks. "And secondly, the reason why I had to do what I did, was because if I didn't take your heart crystal, then you would have only died slower, and in a far more painful way."
Trunks' eyes widened. "What do you mean?" He asked curiously.
"The monster you fought against was the product of a merge, but I already explained that to you." She said, and when Trunks nodded his head she continued. "Nearly two years ago, a powerful creature known as Chaos attacked us, and when the Sailor senshi fought against it, they couldn't destroy it. It merely went into hiding, where we wouldn't be able to either see it, or find it."
"So, when Majin Buu followed Ami and me here, they merged and became a physical being?" Trunks asked, starting to understand now. Pluto nodded her head. "So you only needed me to bring him over to your world? So you could fight it?" He asked.
"Yes. If Chaos didn't take a physical form for us to fight against, then it would have only gotten stronger, and by the time the scouts found out about it, it would have been too late to defeat it."
"But why did you attack me?"
Pluto sighed again. "I didn't attack you, it only seemed that way with the pain of having your heart crystal removed. And if I didn't take it, then there would have been no way to wish you back in a world that you didn't pass away in." She explained, thumbing at her time staff somewhat nervously. It wasn't everyday she was forced to explain herself like this. That only happened when she was in Neo Queen Serenity's castle.
Once again, Trunks nodded his head. He already knew what heart crystals were because of what Ami had told him before.
"The point is," Pluto started up again. "Is that if I didn't take your heart crystal, your death would have not only been inevitable anyway, but also prolonged while you suffered an unnecessary amount of pain, lasting up to weeks before finally losing your life. And I simply didn't want you to suffer like that."
Trunks didn't say anything to that. What was there to say? Technically, she'd saved him, but.... he just felt used. Did that mean that if he couldn't bring Majin Buu to their world to lure out Chaos and kill it, she would have left him in his prison? Only one way to find out. "If Chaos was dead, and there was no need to bring Majin Buu to your world, would you have left me to die?" He asked slowly, startling Pluto with the question. "Ami told me that you saw my pain and that she was sent to put a stop to it, but if there was no need for me at all, would you have left me there?" He asked.
Pluto smiled at him warmly, knowing where his train of thought had gone. "Your purpose was not to simply lure a monster from one world to another, or to kill it, *or* to mend the relationship of my king and queen, eventually bringing about the existence of their daughter over there." She said, motioning with her hand the direction that Chibi-Usa was in, playing with Chibi-Trunks and Goten.
Trunks turned to look at them before looking back at her, his eyes filled with a kind of undescribable awe. He didn't realise that he would have that kind of affect on people with just one months worth of time. But then again, isn't that what he set out to do when he jumped into the time machine for the first time. To cause a major change? Pluto simply smiled at him, knowing that she was getting through to him.
"You were meant to do all of those, but even if they weren't needed I still would have sent Princess Mercury to save you, because one way or another, you two would have met, fallen in love, and made each other happy. In this life or the next. So once again, I merely sped things up." She explained, still smiling that calm smile and still using that serene sounding voice that demanded attention.
Trunks blushed lightly, and he couldn't help but forgive her. But still, one more thing bothered him. "Why didn't you just tell me?" He asked, giving out a soft chuckle. "I would have cooperated a lot better with you if you had."
Pluto snickered slightly at the thought, shaking her head. "It wasn't you I was worried about." She explained, watching Trunks raise an eyebrow before continuing. "Princess Serena would risk the planet itself before letting the single soul of another die. She proved that when saving Hotaru, and I couldn't have her interfere, so I tapped into her crystal so she couldn't heal you. And it would have put Ami through a stress that she really didn't need." She explained.
"Oh." Was all Trunks could say at this point. It made sense once he really thought about it. "I guess that means I owe you an apology for trying to blast you earlier." He said, tipping back and forth from his heel to his toes in slight shame.
Pluto waved her hand dismissively. "Don't worry about it in the least." She said, glad that all was now forgiven. Except for one small thing that is. She pulled out Ami's time key.
"Hey, I know what that is!" Trunks said, pointing at it. "I haven't seen Ami wearing that for a long time." He said, wondering why Setsuna had it.
"It will only work one more time, after that it will be completely useless other than a simple neck decoration." She explained.
"What do you mean?" Trunks asked curiously.
Pluto looked at him in the eye, her expression serious. "You have to decide, right now, wether you some to come back with me, or stay here with them." She said pointing back in the direction of the past selves of his family. "Because once you've made your choice, there will be no going back."
Trunks whipped his head at her. "You mean... not even to visit?" He asked, sounding more than a little stunned at having to choose between Ami or his entire family.
She shook her head. "There will be no going back." She explained sadly.
"Can't you just... make another one of those?" He asked hopefully, pointing to the jewelled key in her hands.
Once again, she shook her head. "This is a one of a kind item. I saw you coming before the silver millennium itself was destroyed. That's when I started to work on it. There's no other of it's kind to go through dimensions, only time. I'm sorry, but you do have to choose." She said, already knowing what his choice was, and feeling a large amount of guilt about it. It wasn't a fair choice at all. Not in the least.
Either your love, or your family. Not an easy decision at all.
Trunks thought about what he should do, but the answer came to him rather quickly. He knew that he loved his family, and he knew that he loved Ami, that was the only thing about it that would be hard to deal with. The separation.
"I've made my choice." He said.
To Be Continued...........................
A.N: Sorry, another cliffhanger. The next chapter should be the last one, and i might do an epilogue, but I'm just not sure yet It was supposed to be a side story, but i'll just turn it into an epilogue instead, but only if i get enough reviews
Also, i see that turtle dreamer noticed how i'm a sucker for Trunks angst ^^ i was wondering when someone would figure that out ^^
And i just noticed that i have over a hundred reviews for this story!! YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!! *does the happy dance* Ok, that's enough of that, but thanks for reading this, and i hope to get more reviews for the next chapter.
Heh, i can't believe how many people i pissed off and made cry with the whole death scene, and it was even one of my worst death scenes ever too!
oh well, bye for now ^^