Gohan stepped forward, an eerie smile upon his face. Apple-blossom felt her heart flutter but shoved it aside. Why should she care about this…child? His voice sent a shiver down her spine. Apple-blossom could feel something inside her shift. It was as if something were attempting to break free. Ignoring the feeling Apple-blossom snapped, "You insolent brat. Do you really think you can beat me?" Gohan continued to move forward and said softly, " You're the one who should be afraid. Besides how can you hurt the man you used to love?"
Apple-blossom could feel a headache coming on. She knew who Gohan was but did she really go out with a kid? Ignoring his statement she said feverishly, "Man? I don't see any man? Okay twerp, I'll go easy on you." Gohan smiled once more and with lightning speed he flew at the girl and knocked he down. Apple-blossom felt his weight on her and had to force herself to remember that he was a kid.
Then it happened. As Apple-blossom watched Gohan in dumb fascination, the young saiyan pulled out a large syringe filled with yellow liquid and stabbed it into the girl's neck. As the liquid flooded through her veins Apple-blossom vaguely herd Cell screaming and through the haze shadowing her eyes she saw Gohan's triumphant smile. Growling she shoved the saiyan off of her and jumped to her feet.
Breathing heavily the girl screamed, "what is wrong with you?" she flew at him only to find her vision gone. As her world disappeared she thought- trunks had better not helped with this…-
Apple-blossom glanced around warily and realized she was back in…that place. She had feeling she was standing in the darkest alcove of her mind. "Have fun with my body?" Apple-blossom whirled and instantly fell into a fighting stance. She glared wickedly at Kiwi and snapped, "Don't you mean our body?" Kiwi rolled her eyes and snapped back, "let's not get technical here. The point is I was the one who was put in charge of this corpse. I was the one who created all the wonderful memories." Apple straightened and growled, "Who cares? Where are we?"
Kiwi shrugged. "What do I look like some kind of guide? I've been trapped here for the past week and three days, bored out of my mind." Apple-blossom narrowed her blue eyes but did not reply. As Kiwi looked up to say something, a familiar male voice hastily, "Sorry I'm late. Did you two miss me?" neither Kiwi nor Apple-blossom could conceal the pleasure on their face. Apple-blossom immediately covered it up and demanded, " I demand that you tell me what we are doing here."
Kiwi nodded and said, "As much as I hate to admit it, she's right. What's going on?" he smiled shrewdly and said, "Wouldn't you like to know? That thing Gohan injected into Apple-blossom was supposed to bring you back and make her disappear. Fortunately, Bulma didn't have time to work out all the different kinks so that serum is having a different effect on our body."
Apple-blossom raised an eyebrow. "Our body? And what's the serum doing now?" the man gave a feral smile and whispered, "you're about to find out." It was then everything was brightened. Blinded by the light, both Apple-blossom and Kiwi grabbed each others hand…
When Apple-blossom opened her eyes she realized several things. One, she was back in the arena and nearly everyone was staring. Two, a warm arm was around her waist and she was holding onto a familiar person. Three, Kiwi was staring back at her.
Kiwi's eyes flew open and she stared in shock at Apple-blossom. How was this possible? She had a body. They both had a body. "Are you two alright?" the male voice was familiar and Kiwi realized she was holding on to someone. Both she and her twin stepped away shakily when they realized who it was. It was him. In the daylight Kiwi could make out his features perfectly. His dark hair barely brushed his shoulder, his clear dark green eyes made her blush. He rivaled Trunks in hotness.
"Surprised to see me? Well don't be. By the way move to your left, Apple-blossom." The girl complied and she narrowly missed being hit from above by Cell. The trio scattered around the arena, all three of them slid into fighting positions. Cell stood in he center with a Machiavellian smile on his lips. It was obvious from anyone watching who the enemy was.
Trunks felt a spring of happiness watch over him when Kiwi appeared. The fact that Apple-blossom was there and the man disconcerted him. Who was he? He had felt his veins throb with anger. When Kiwi moved to the corner arena of closest too him he shouted her name. Keeping her eyes on the android she said loudly, "Trunks, I'm not going to back down. This coward nearly ruined my life. I…" her voice trailed off when Cell suddenly threw three chi blasts. All of them headed for her.
I was going to end the chapter here but then I was like, my readers would kill me. You have suffered patiently whilst I have been too busy to write. Therefore I shall continue to write.
Apple-blossom made a split second decision. In less than one forth of a second she was in front of Kiwi and every blast smashed into her. Why? Apple-blossom wasn't thinking at that moment that if Kiwi died she would die; or the fact that she wished Kiwi could die. It was Trunks. Just like Kiwi, she loved Trunks. And with that she also realized that Trunks loved only Kiwi.
With these thoughts Apple-blossom died1. Kiwi felt horror and shock run through her as she stared at Apple-blossom's charred corpse. Her pain and anger flooded through her and she exploded into a bright light. When it faded her chi had rocketed and her green eyes were black. Energy crackled around her as she stepped forward. Shoving herself past Cell she walked straight towards the last member of her trio. Wordlessly she held up her hand and in that moment he knew what she wanted. Giving her a sad smile he powered up to his maximum limit and then he touched her hand.
The two seemed to merge. When Kiwi turned around the man was gone and she was definitely much stronger. After that it was a blur. Sparks flew when she and Cell smashed into each other. They traded blow for blow neither of them getting the upper hand finally cell did something unexpected. With a burst of speed he smashed a fist into her face and sent her flying into Trunks.
Trunks caught Kiwi easily and set her aside. Her breathing was shallow and Trunks could see it how fatigued she was. Realizing she had lost she gave a small sigh of defeat and said softly, "I guess I lost…it was a good fight." Cells cold voice froze her. "I'm far from done." He pointed a finger in her direction and a controlled chi came out.
It wasn't till Trunks shifted towards her that she realized the beams true target. Throwing all her weight at Trunks, she succeeded in knocking him over. Effectively saving him from the beam. It didn't however save her. As she fell to the ground from the pain in her heart Kiwi realized two things. How much she truly loved Trunks and that she would never be with him.
Trunks felt his insides explode when Kiwi knocked him over and got hit. Vaguely he heard the shocked yells as he turned to look at her. Her eyes were fixed on the sky and he knew she was dead.
Don't kill me just yet! The story doesn't end here. I have my own reasons for killing off Kiwi and Apple-blossom. I did it partially because I wanted to end this chapter dramatically and also because I always like a depressing romance. If you people have read Wish by CLAMP then you'll know what I mean.So please review and send me all of your comments. If you kill me please do it gently an remember that if I'm dead I cant continue the story. Attempts a nervous smile at the murderous faces of her readers Ich Leibe Dich! (I've always wanted to saw that )
1 Let me explain. Cell was much, much stronger than Apple-blossom. Apple-blossom realized that if Kiwi were to die it would just kill Trunks. Therefore she sacrificed herself for Trunks.
