Chapter 7

Trunks ran to her side. "Are you alright?"

Serena nodded. "Yeah."

"Good," he replied, cracking his knuckles. "I'm going to teach this guy a lesson."

Serena stopped him. "Don't underestimate him! He has some new power that he never had before."

Trunks nodded before taking off. The two men became engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand combat. Trunks was obviously holding back. When Darien pulled out his sword, Trunks followed suit.

Trunks smirked. "You have to do better than that."

Growling, Darien charged at him. Their swords clashed. Trunks saw an opening and kicked Darien in the stomach, making him double over in pain. Trunks took Darien's sword and threw it to the side. He grabbed his collar.

"I suggest you leave and never come back," Trunks said. He then threw Darien to the ground.

Darien got up and growled. "For now, I will leave, but I will be back." He turned to Serena. "I will take you with me." He snapped his fingers and disappeared in a puff of smoke, taking the Inner Scouts with him.

Trunks went to Serena, who was still cradling her arm. "Come on. Mom can fix that right up."

A sigh from behind him caught his attention. "Forgot about me already?"

Trunks looked at Hotaru with his eyebrow raised. "What do you mean?"

"She can heal people, remember?" Bulma said.

"Not here," Serena said. "Let's go home first."

"Aw man. You mean I missed a fight?"

Everyone in the room laughed at Goku. Everyone except ChiChi, that is. ChiChi stomped over to him.

"Our baby is in danger and all you can think about is a fight?"

Goku laughed nervously. "She knows how to fight. She can take care of herself. Can't you Serena?"

Serena bowed her head. "I'm not so sure I can." She sighed and moved to look out the window. "He nearly killed me last time, remember? I don't know how, but he's much stronger than he used to be."

"So you're just going to give up?" Vegeta growled. "Pitiful. A true Saiyan – "

"Spare me Vegeta," Serena said. "We all know that a true Saiyan never backs down."

Vegeta smirked. "Although that statement's true, it's not what I was going to say. A true Saiyan would train."

Serena smiled. "I guess you're the truest Saiyan that ever lived."

Everyone laughed. Hotaru, the least unfazed of the group, stepped forward. "Serena, if you don't mind me saying...He is right." Everyone stared at her. "I even found it hard to fight the Inners and you know how much weaker than us they used to be."

"She's right," Amara said. "We've slacked off since Chaos was defeated."

Serena didn't answer. She just stared out the window. When she came to a conclusion, she turned to face her family and friends.

"I guess you're right," Serena said. "I'm going to start my training tomorrow."

"So our training's back on?" Trunks asked.

Serena nodded. "That's right. And I don't want you holding back like you did today."

"But you won't be strong enough!" Trunks protested.

"I have a few tricks up my sleeve that you don't know about."

"Correction," Michelle said, a smile on her face. "He knows about them, he just hasn't realized it yet. It went right over everyone's head when you were doing your explanation yesterday."

"I stand corrected," Serena said.

Trunks smirked. "I can't wait to see."

The next morning, it seemed that everyone woke up early to witness these 'tricks' of Serena's. However, they didn't quite expect what they saw. Serena pulled out a locket?

"What's that for?" Trunks laughed. "Going to throw it at my head?"

Serena mimicked him and snorted. "Idiot. Just watch." Serena murmured a few words and turned into Eternal Sailor Moon. She got into a fighting stance and motioned Trunks toward her.

"What the hell just happened?" Trunks yelled. "Your outfit looks almost exactly like Pluto's."

Serena almost fell over. "Are you that dense?" She sighed. "I'm also a sailor scout."

"The leader actually," Hotaru said.

"Right," Serena said.

Trunks folded his arms across his chest. "I knew that."

"Did not," Serena retorted.

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did too-"

"Would you two just shut up and fight?" Vegeta yelled. They stuck their tongues out at him and continued with their ranting. "Disgusting."