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Chapter 12: IdentityGohan ran up the stands to his friends and father, Videl close behind.
"What's going on? Did Goten win or what?" he yelled as he reached them. Goku looked over at his son and shock his head. Gohan stared in shock.
"What? Who beat him? Was it Trunks?" the teenage saiyan asked.
"No. It wasn't Trunks." Piccolo answered, not moving or looking up.
"But how's that possible? I sensed him, he went super…" Gohan said, trying to understand.
"Well what did you expect? He was no match for her." Vegeta said, smirking before patting Goku on the back, "Better luck next time Kakarot."
Gohan looked up in surprise.
"Wait, 'her'? You mean he was beat by a girl?" Gohan asked.
"According to Vegeta but he's not telling who. I don't even know how he can tell from here, it was a seven year-old wearing a mask and we couldn't sense the guy." Krillen said, giving Vegeta an annoyed glance. Gohan looked at Vegeta.
"Vegeta, please tell me it's not-"
"Time for the next match! Will Trunks and fighter M come to the ring!" the announcer yelled, cutting Gohan off.
Trunks entered the ring, alongside M and didn't move his eyes off of her. They stood opposite each other and Trunks smirked.
"So you're gonna fight with the mask on, are you? That's not that fair. So what, you were just going to fight me and hope I wouldn't work out who you were?" he asked. M laughed to herself.
"So it was that obvious, huh?" she asked. Trunks nodded.
"Might as well take that thing off then."
"Might." M said before she pulled off the mask, her long brown hair falling down after it left. "You have no idea how much I wanted to do that!" she laughed.
Back at the sideline, Goten's jaw had dropped.
"No way! I was beaten by Zara!" he yelled as he watched her hair quickly go back into the usual pigtails.
In the stands…
"Who's she?" Goku asked, puzzled by how easily Trunks had gotten her to take off her mask.
"That's Zara, Trunks's neighbour." Gohan quickly explained as he watched the kids in the ring.
"Hmm…" was all Goku said in response.
Back in the ring…
"What are you doing here anyway? I thought you were-"
"Stuck in the mountains? Yea but this guy claiming to be mum's dad came and persuaded the old guy to enter me in this." She rolled her eyes "So here I am."
Trunks nodded and smirked.
"Knew you wouldn't leave without a proper goodbye." He said. Zara's face faltered for a second.
"You know me to well, Briefs. But anyway, aren't we meant to be putting on a good fight instead of catching up? There's plenty of time for that after this." She asked. Trunks nodded and jumped back into a fighting stance.
"Right. Lets do this!" he yelled before matching her stance.
She smirked and before Trunks knew it, she had gone against her usual plan of attack and was on him, punching and kicking so fast he barely had a chance to dodge and found himself having to block most. He blinked then smirked and caught a stray punch before shoving her fist aside and hitting back. Zara smirked.
"That's more like it!" she yelled as she ducked, barely missing a blow to the head.
"I could say the same for you! You normal tease me till I give up!" he yelled back as he jumped over a sweeping kick aimed to trip him. She laughed in response.
"Aren't I allowed a decent match with you before…you know?" she asked as they slowly lifted off the ground.
"Good point!" he answered as he finally got a hit in. Zara doubled over as he connected with her gut. She smiled to her self and quickly lifted her head up, smashing into his. He backed up, rubbing his nose before charging. Zara flew over him and kicked him hard in the back. He laughed and they were at it again.
"Their strong." Goku said as he watched Trunks attack.
"Yea, impressive for kids." Gohan nodded as he watched Zara try and dodge and block Trunks.
"What did you expect? Trunks is saiyan…don't know about her though…" Krillen said as he watched the kids. Goku looked at his old friend before looking back at the kids.
"She's odd alright, " he muttered
Zara hit Trunks hard across the jaw. He flew back and charged again, going super. Zara didn't have time to react as he implanted his fist into her gut then kicked her high into the air. She clutched her stomach and gasped before swearing and straightening up, looking for him. She gasped again as she felt his arm wrap firmly round hers so she was in a strong hold.
"Ha! Gotcha!" he laughed Zara rolled her eyes.
"Trunks too! Goku yelled as he watched the two. "Man, what's up with this generation?" he asked making Gohan laugh at him.
"Dunno dad, but they're at it again."
She turned her head to look at him.
"Well, what are you going to do with me now you have me?" she asked. Trunks stared at her then down at the ring & grinned. He went into a dive, still holding her tightly. When going fast enough he let go, throwing her into the ring. She skidded across the arena, making a small crater in the process. She held her arm in pain and glared at him before jumping up and charging, swinging her leg to hit him hard across the face. Trunks had been busy gloating so was caught of guard by the blow. He fell backwards, flinging his arms helplessly around. He grabbed at something soft and pulled on it hoping it would prevent his fall.
Zara gasped as her hair was pulled. She tried to pull out of his reach but his grip was too strong. She let out a cry of pain as her eyes glowed red. She glowed and then shocked Trunks with a huge amount of electricity.
He let go from the pain and fell backwards, hitting his head hard and Zara fell on her butt and grabbed the pigtail he had grabbed, her eyes now their normal golden colour. Trunks stared over at her.
"What the heck was that?" he asked. Zara glared at him.
"You pulled my hair!"
Trunks stared at her in shock as she got back up and glared at him, crossing her arms across her chest.
"You'll pay for that one." She muttered.
"What! You shocked me!" he cried. Zara stared at him and shrugged and went back into her stance. Trunks stared awhile longer then got into a stance as well.
They stared each other down for a few seconds before each leapt towards the other. Trunks thrust his fist forward and Zara made a sharp left, going round him and above before coming down hard with an elbow to his spine. Trunks cried out in pain and Zara swung herself round and charged energy to her right leg. It started to glow white before she swung it at him.
"MEGA KICK!" she cried as she hit him. He was flung backwards with excessive force from the kick and could only stare at her as she came towards him, preparing another mega kick that would no doubt hit him into the stands.
Thinking quickly he powered up, letting a golden aura wash over him, turning his hair and eyebrows gold. His eyes went teal and he stopped himself in mid-air as Zara got onto him. She swung her glowing leg forward and he grabbed it, catching her by surprise, and swung her round. He let go and she sailed towards the stands. She gasped and started powering up to try and slow herself down but to no effect. She was going to hit it. Unless…
Zara looked over her shoulder and frowned at the stands she was flying towards and thrust her arms up. The stands shook then lifted up high into the air just before Zara would have hit them. She stopped halfway under them and sighed with relief.
Everyone else was speechless. The entire stands were floating several feet off the ground with a little girl floating underneath, not touching the stands or the ground at all.
Trunks stared at his friend then pouted.
"Aw, that should've worked!" he exclaimed and Zara laughed as she floated out from underneath the stands. When she was safely out from under them, the stands slowly floated back down into place. The audience stared then broke into applause. Zara blushed slightly and rubbed the back of her head, which was now hurting because of sudden lifting. She looked up at Trunks.
"That was close." She chuckled.
"Yea, too close. I should've won that." He said, frowning. Zara laughed.
"Maybe. But you know I wouldn't let you beat me like that." She said. Trunks laughed.
"That's true. But hey, this has been fun. We should do this more often!" he said. Zara dropped her head slightly.
"Yea…" they stood in silence for a while, forgetting all the hundreds of people that were watching them.
Finally Zara spoke up.
"You know, I was hoping we could hang out until I had to go. This has been great and all but…you know…"
He did know. They were fighting not because it was fun and they were just two friends hanging out but because they were opponents in a fierce competition. Zara didn't like fighting for people's entertainment. She did it because she had to or as a little bit of fun. It didn't seem right that in her last days on earth she had to fight for a bunch of humans that found enjoyment in it. This didn't feel like something they should be doing. Especially since Zara had been forced to do it by her grandfather.
"I know. How about we finish up here & then we have all day to do the usual." He said. Zara smiled at him.
"Kay." She said and powered up. Trunks stared at her slightly confused then realised he was still a super. He smiled and waited for her to finish before charging he started throwing punches and she blocked and dodged until she saw an opening. She punched him in the face and jumped back and let him chase her, punches flying and looking like nothing but blurs.
They both appeared at separate ends of the ring breathing hard before going back to blurring, throwing punches around at what seemed like light speed. The only people that could see were the Z gang.
Trunks thrust his fist forward and Zara caught it. Trunks went for a high kick that Zara blocked and they both entered another stare down, Zara holding Trunks's fist and Trunks pressing his leg against her raised forearm.
After a few minutes, Zara smiled & kicked Trunks hard in the side, letting go. He fell back and Zara moved in for another kick. It hit it's target and Trunks landed heavily on the ring's floor.
Zara floated over him, still smiling. Trunks looked up at her and scrambled to his feet. Zara tilted her head to the side and floated to the side of the ring.
"What are you doing?" Trunks asked. Zara powered down and looked at him.
"I'm done. I just wanted a proper fight with you. We did that and we're done." She said. Trunks blinked and went back to his normal form.
"What?" he asked slightly confused. Zara smiled and stepped down, out of the ring.
"What what?" she asked, smiling. She started walking away. "After you beat that Hercule guy we'll hang out." She looked towards him, "Meet you in the restaurant" then she left. Trunks stared blankly at where she had stood. Guess I'll see her later… he thought as the announcer went into his usual ranting.
"…And that means Trunks gets to fight the champ as his reward! Then it's on to the adult division!" the announcer yelled to the cheering audience, making Trunks head snap up.
The adult division. He had an idea forming…
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A/N: woot, I finished! Trunks has won the junior division & now has to fight Hercule! But what has Trunks got planned? Like you didn't know…