Time now to spread your wings, to take to flight
Trunks held up a stalk of purple grass and quirked an eyebrow.
"Oh, wow!" Rini leaned on his arm, fingering the stalk as he held it, smiling softly. "Its literally the exact same shade as your hair!" she giggled, kissed his cheek, and wandered off to examine the pink bush near the ship.
"Its kind of sad," Trunks squinted into the wind, "This world means almost nothing to either the Sayajin or Kooler and Kold, but its still so full of life." He watched the heard of huge white beasts move across the plains, huge and majestic.
"We'll be careful," Rini plucked a leaf off of the bush she was crouching near, and trotted back toward her mate. "Look at this, its such a beautiful shade of pink." Trunks took the leaf from her and held it up to her eyes, and smiled.
"Same shade," he told her, and let the little leaf flutter away on the wind. He jerked his head suddenly, almost in the complete opposite direction. "They're here. In that direction." He didn't point, but he checked the draw on his sword, and tugged at his armor. Rini palmed her transformation pen, and spun with transformation, closing her eyes as the ribbons wrapped around her. When the last finishing touches glittered into place, she wrapped her arms around his neck, and pulled his face around to kiss him soundly.
"Lets go," she pressed the line of her body flush against his, and kissed him again as he wrapped his arms and tail around her, taking off so quickly that she gasped against his mouth as her stomach dropped to her feet. "Oh," she squealed, and he kissed her again for the shear novelty of it.
They landed on a desert plain, where the sand was white as snow and the huge white ship nearly blended into the horizon. Kold and Kooler stood out, though; purple shapes against the white, their horns cutting into the setting sun.
"Who might this little snack be?" Kooler taunted, smirking wickedly. "Did Vegeta send you? I hear he's been a naughty boy," Kooler tisked, shaking his head as Rini stepped away and fisted the Moon Stick.
"I am here in my fathers name," Trunks drew Joyeuse Sang, and held it at the ready. "You didnt think this would actually work, did you? This little ambush you have waiting, under a white flag? You've made the same mistake Freeza did, seperating yourselves from your troops." Trunks pulled his lips back from his teeth, the expression not quite ferral, and just a little taunting.
"Is that so?" Kooler unfolded his arms and planted his fists on his hips. "Freeza was weak, just barely strong enough to be worthy of revenge. We'll kill you, and get to Vegetasie, where your father is no doubt hiding out. He might even still be alive when we get there." The smile Kooler gave was sudden and wicked, and Trunks felt his blood stir at the challenge, "Unless you can kill both me and my father, here and now," Kooler shot across the distance.
"Then put your head between your knees," Rini brandished the Moon Stick, and Kooler bent double with laughter.
"You honestly think you can defeat me?" He asked, running a finger under one eye to catch the tears.
Trunks didn't respond verbally; he charged, Rini flanking him. Kooler blocked both of their initial attacks, batting Rini aside in favor of the stronger opponent. That was his first mistake; Trunks held him relatively in one place, unleashing an onslaught of attacks that Kooler had to focus completely on blocking. Rini clambered to her feet, and took the time to charge her attack before she unleashed a barrage of energy beams that bowled Kooler over. Trunks took the opportunity to slice Kooler's stomach open, and cut the lizards' head off as he stared at his own guts spilling out onto the white sand. Dark purple blood splattered across the white sand, viscous and foul
Trunks leveled his sword at Kold, who was leaning against the ship casually. "Pray," he warned, and charged again.
Kold sent him sprawling into the sand, and just as Rini fired off an energy attack, Kold dodged and lunged, catching her around the throat and holding her up off of the ground.
"You're almost pretty enough to keep," Kold stared up and down her body, leering.
Trunks picked himself up out of the sand, threw his head back, and screamed. He burst into Super Sayajin, and Kold turned to look at him with one quirked eyebrow.
"Oh, the monkey can do a trick, can he?" Kold smirked, ignoring the thrashing girl in his grip. Kold dropped her as Trunks came hurtling toward him, tossing her down hard to buy himself some time before he had to focus on both of them again. "Not bad," Kold jeered as he blocked and parried, "You've certainly found yourself a fine weapon, but I don't think a monkey," Kold slipped a hand past Trunks' guard and blasted him in the chest, "Deserves that kind of finery." Kold caught Joyeuse Sang near the hilt, jerking it away from Trunks as he hurtled backwards.
Trunks dug another long furrow in the ground with his own body, sending the white sand billowing. Rini staggered to her feet, one hand cradling her throat as she brandished the Moon Stick at Kold, who completely ignored her in favor of examining the sword.
"Extremely fine craftsmanship," Kold looked down the length of the blade, ran the tip of his finger over the edge, and smiled cruelly as he glanced at Trunks. "How good do you think you are without it?"
"You should know," Trunks stood back up, peeling off the shattered, smoldering armor, "That the weapon doesn't make the man."
"Crisis Makeup!" Rini opened the Holy Chalice, spinning straight out of the transformation and into her Rainbow Moon Heartache attack; Trunks fired off a Final Flash at the same time, and shielded his eyes as the pink and blue energy exploded around Kold.
The reptiles' cape was in still smouldering tatters, and he'd dropped Joyeuse Sang to cross his arms in front of him to block both attacks; Trunks shot forward and scooped the sword up, diving between the lizards legs and scrambling upright next to Rini.
"That," Kold snarled as he lowered his arms, "Is is quite enough of that." He lunged forward, simultaneously picking up Rini by the throat and knocking Trunks over with his tail, shaking the girl hard enough that she dropped the Moon Stick as he planted one three-toed foot on Trunks' chest. Rini grabbed at the hand around her throat, choking and thrashing. "Take one last, good look at him, sweatheart," Kold shook her again for emphasis, "Before I kill him. You're going to make such a pretty pet," Kold leaned hard, making Trunks scream as his ribs cracked. Kold stretched his free hand out and down, gathering ki in his palm.
Trunks swung the sword out to the side, then brought it up and through Kold's leg, screaming as he threw all of his ki into the blow. His ki extended beyond the blade, slicing through Kold's torso and part of his face, charring the flesh as it went. The lifeless body flopped to the ground, and Rini fell to her knees, gasping for air and wiping at the tears streaming down her face as she pried the dead fingers away from her neck.
Trunks sat up, wincing and clutching his at side, his breathing ragged and shallow.
"Well, that hurt," he grunted, using the sword as a prop to stand up again. He held a hand out to Rini, who took it and let him pull her to her feet. Trunks pulled her close and wrapped his tail around her waist, and gently thumbed the already forming bruises around her neck.
"Did you do that, or the sword?" Rini asked, her voice barely starting to rasp.
"I put some ki into it, but that was a little more of a kick than I intended." Trunks shrugged and pulled her flush with the line of his body, "Either way, lets go. We've still got to get to planet Namek."
"Wait!" Rini jerked away and scooped up the Moon Stick, before coming back. "Cant forget this," she waved it teasingly, wrapping her arms around his neck as he took off.
"Yeah," Trunks agreed, kissing her as they hovered above the white desert and the white ship, the spray of purple blood and crumpled bodies the only color in the dying light. He pulled back and raised Joyeuse Sang, and brought it down in one long stroke, throwing his ki behind it again; the energy slid along the blade and amplified itself just as it left the tip, and blew the space ship into a smoldering crater.
"I think its just amplifying my power," Trunks shrugged, turning back toward their own ship.
"Either way, Galaxia is in for a nasty surprise when we get home," Rini smiled into the crook of his neck, hiding her face from the wind.
Trunks just grinned ferally, and sped up.
A/N; I had this written two days ago, and didnt have time to edit; sorry 'bout that. Should post chapter 14 in a few hours.