Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Ironic ❯ Prelude to a War ( Chapter 8 )

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Ironic: Mirai Trunks Saga

Planet Amazon

2:48 p.m. Tuesday

It was a beautiful and sunny afternoon when Trunks when was walking towards Lia's room in a hurry. Lia had completely locked herself in her room and isolated from everyone since yesterday. He knew her behavior was understandable, since just two days ago her best friend had died. But two days were too much for someone being locked in a room; they had to get her out of that room, fast. Finally, when he arrived, he saw all of the members of the Grand Council along with Tai, in front of her room, looking pretty worried.

"Please, your highness... open the door... let the maid in, so that she can give you your lunch... you haven't had anything since yesterday ... please" he heard Tai say loudly, and with her face really close to the door.

"I already told you I'm not hungry! I just want all of you to leave me alone!!" Trunks heard Lia yell, from her room.

"Please, your highness... we're worried about you... open the door" said the elder counselor, worried.

"I said I want to be left alone!! Go away!" she yelled.

"It's impossible to get her out of there..." the elder counselor commented.

"But it could be dangerous... the queen could get sick, because of the lack of nutrition" a female counselor stated.

"I agree..." another counselor said, "...being locked there for so long, can't be healthy".

"Blow up the door" was Trunks' simple solution.

All of the counselors look at Trunks shocked. "But that would be disrespectful to the Queen's privacy" said a counselor.

"Well, extreme situations require extreme measures" was Trunks' answer.

"Well, I don't think this situation requires such an extreme measure... but we must do something quick" said the elder counselor.

Trunks sighs as he approached to the door; he inhales deeply and then says loudly, "Lia, open the door, please".

"I said 'No'! Go away!" she said.

"Lia, if you don't open this door... I swear I'll blow it up!" he said firmly.

Some of the counselors were ready to complain about Trunks' lack of protocol when he spoke to her and for threatening her with blowing up the door, but they were quickly interrupted by the elder counselor, who shook his head 'No'. Finally, the door opens after a few minutes, and when all of the counselors were about to enter, they heard Lia's voice say, "I only want to Trunks to come inside, the rest of you can wait outside". Everybody look at each other surprised, and then look at Trunks who was equally shocked. He takes the tray of food, which one of the maids that was there was holding, and enters the room. He walks towards her bed, where she was laying, covered with a sheet from head to toe. "Here's your lunch" he said.

"I'm not hungry..." she answered, while she uncovered.

He sighs and says, "You have to eat something or you'll get sick".

"I'm an Amazon, I can be days without eating..." she answered proudly.

"Everyone's worried about you..." he changed the subject.

Finally she rises from her bed, he noticed how pale and messy she looked; her eyes were all puffy and red, obvious indication that she had be crying.

She approached to the table where Trunks had set the tray of food, and look at it disgusted. "I just want to be left alone".

"That's impossible. You have the entire Grand Council and half the servants there, thanks to the commotion you've made. I think its time for you to get out of here" he said slightly annoyed.

She sits in a chair near the balcony, and looks towards outside, and says "For what? I don't feel like doing anything... I feel as if someone has taken the life out of me. Nothing seems to matter anymore".

He looks at her surprised, and says, "How can you say that? I hate to say this, but just because someone dies, doesn't mean your life stops...".

"And what do you know about losing everyone you love!?" she yells angrily, while tears threaten to come from her eyes.

"More than you think..." he responded seriously.

Then Lia remembers that Tai had told her that Trunks had lost all of his family and friends when he was a baby, and his mother died just a few months before arriving to the planet. She lowers her head, embarrassed and says, "I'm sorry, I...".

"Forget it..." he interrupted, then continued, "... Lia, what I'm trying to say is, that you have a lot of things to live for, and to fight for. You can let things like this put you down... you have to be strong".

She stayed in silence for a few minutes then says, "How did you get over it?".

"Time... time cures all, even the deepest wounds. I assure you'll get over it too. Besides, I always remember them and keep them on my..." he said, while lightly touching his head and chest.

She smiles, and says, "I'll try".

"Good... because to be honest I'm starting to miss your screams and insults. I think I'm going insane" he said sarcastically, though joking, while he approached to the door.

She laughs, "Idiot" she said.

He sighs deeply, "Ah, much better..." he jokes, and then continues "...see you at dinner".

"No, tell them to bring my dinner here. I don't feel like seeing anybody" she said.

"Very well... your highness" he finally said mockingly while she looks at him slightly mortified. Then, when he exits the room, everybody looks at him anxiously.

"The Queen gave me extract orders not to be bothered by anyone, so I think it's better to leave her alone. She also said that at dinnertime to bring her the food here " he stated seriously.

"It shall be done... thank you very much, Trunks" the elder counselor said smiling satisfied.

The next morning, Lia was walking towards the training area accompanied with two of her maids. As soon as they entered the place, they saw the sweaty half naked soldiers, doing martial arts.

One of the maids sighs and says, "I love coming to this area of castle... the view is always so stimulating".

"Yeah... seeing all these men together kind of makes you all hot" said another maid laughing.

Lia looks at both women incredulously and says, "You both are such a perverts".

"Yes, I am... and I'm very proud of it" responded the maid laughing.

"Nora, don't you think you're a bit old for such behavior?" said Lia.

"But, your highness, to be a pervert you don't need to be young, you just need a good eye!" said Nora laughing, while the other maid joined.

Lia laughs as well, "You're hopeless..." then she looks around the area and says, "...I wonder where Trunks is?".

"Don't worry, my queen. I'll make sure he appears..." said Nora, then she yells to a soldier that was walking nearby, "...hey, you! Where's your captain?".

"He's in the other room, doing a demonstration to the rest of the bodyguards" responded the young man.

"Well, tell him to finish it, because the queen wants to see him now" said Nora.

The young man nods, and walks away; after a few minutes Trunks appears, who as well as his subordinates, was sweaty, half naked, and only wearing black shorts. Lia couldn't help but notice, and tries to ignore his physiology.

"Yes?" he said once he was in front of her.

"I just came here to tell you, that I'll stop training with you" she said a bit uneasy.

"Why?" he asked a bit surprised.

"Because from now on, all of my efforts will be set on stopping this war with the East quadrant once and for all; which means that I won't have time to train" she responded, while looking everywhere except to him.

"Very well" he said.

"Well... that was it. I'm out of here" she said a bit relieved that she didn't have to stay there with him, half naked.

"Is something wrong? Your face is all red and damp..." he said while approaching to her face to look at her better, "... are you sick?".

"Of course not! Amazons never get sick" she said a bit upset while blushing profusely.

"Ok, ok, no need to get all worked up..." he said slightly annoyed, and then she left the place rapidly.

A few hours later, Lia was exiting the bathroom in her room, after taking a refreshing shower. And while she walked towards her closet, she heard the maids chattering, and finally one of them say, "You should've seen him, Wei. You'd die! The guy is a real stud!".

Lia smiles, thinking that once again her maids were talking about a soldier, 'Perverts' she thought.

"Really? You two are so lucky! I would've loved to see him" said Wei laughing.

"I always knew that behind that uniform was the body of a god!" said Ray, the other maid.

Nora sighs deeply, "Yeah... captain Briefs looks great in his uniform and with out it, even better".

"What?!" Lia yelled surprised, as she approached them "...what the hell are you three talking about?".

The three maids look at her surprised, "About Captain Briefs, highness" says Wei a bit nervous.

"That's the 'stud' you three were talking about?! Please, women, I thought you had better taste!" said Lia annoyed.

"But, my queen, Captain Briefs is one of the most gorgeous men of this planet. If you knew about how some of the noble girls throw themselves at him. It's a shameful display" Nora said.

"You must be joking, Nora..." Lia said incredulously while laughing.

"Really, your highness! I don't want to point fingers at anybody, but there's was an engaged Duchess who used to visit him all the time, but of course Captain Briefs never took her seriously" Wei said smiling mischievously.

"Don't be such a gossip, Wei. You know what could happen to you defamation" Lia said chuckling.

"But Wei is not gossiping, your highness. That thing about Duchess Mort is true, everyone in castle knew about it" Ray said, then quickly covers her mouth when she realized she had babbled the duchess' name.

"Duchess Mort?! The nerve on her! I'll rip her off her title for being such a slut... she won't be too happy, but I don't care. I never liked her, anyway" she said a bit cross.

The maids start to laugh, and after a few minutes Nora says, "Now be honest, my queen... do you think the captain is cute? Maybe just a little bit".

Lia stayed in silence for a few minutes, and then says thoughtful, "Well... he certainly isn't the most gorgeous men on the planet, but I can't deny he's a bit cute".

The maids start to laugh and Lia looks at them confused, "What's so funny?" she asked.

"Nothing, your highness. Don't mind us" said Nora while the three laughing maids leave the room, leaving a confused Lia alone in her room.

It was dark, when Trunks was walking towards the conference room. When he enters the place, he stands in a corner as he sees the Grand Council, Tai and Lia sitting in a big round table. Lia looked bored and annoyed while one of the members of the council talked.

"...and because of this, and many other reasons, I think that we shouldn't attack the East quadrant, yet " finally said the counselor, with a satisfied look on his face because of his speech.

Lia sighs, "First of all, counselor, let me congratulate you on your speech, it was very..." she stayed in silence, thinking for a right word to describe it, but can't find one, "... well, I have no idea what was that, but the truth is, that after listening and listening, to you say the same thing over and over and over again, I couldn't find a good reason not to attack. The attack on the training center is something I'm not going to let it pass".

"But, your highness, the leaders of the East quadrant said they were willing to dialogue; don't you think it would be better if..." a female counselor was saying when its interrupted by Lia..

"The only reason why the East quadrant is so eager to 'talk' is because they're afraid of the retaliation... and I don't blame them, because they'll be nothing left of them, once I'm through with them" Lia said seriously.

"Highness... pardon me for saying this but, I don't think you're thinking this thoroughly?" said the elder counselor, worriedly.

"Oh, I am thinking this through. I should've attacked along time ago, and now, nothing's going to stop me" Lia said seriously.

"What are you trying to say, highness?" asked a confused counselor.

"That my army will attack with or without the Grand Council permission" she stated, while the members of the council start to murmur, some agreeing with Lia and others that didn't.

Trunks just looks around, a bit surprised with Lia's attitude and seriousness. He had always seen her as a spoiled brat, but now she was demonstrating that she had the faculty and ability to rule a planet

Lia sighs extremely annoyed, and says to Tai, "Tell them to shut up, will you?".

Tai nods, and then bellows at the top of her lungs, "SILENCE!!". And after that, another sound wasn't heard.

"In two days, my army and I will leave to the frontier of the East quadrant, exactly at 500 miles of the planet of the troits, from there we'll show them what happens when an Amazon gets mad " she said seriously.

Everyone stayed in silence, while the elder counselor says, "Highness, you surely are not thinking about using your power to get rid of the enemy, right?".

"And why not? My mother was going to do it, if it wasn't because she died before she could" dice Lia.

"Yes, your highness, but your mother had many years of experience with hers, she knew how to control it. And if yours gets out of hand, the consequences could be catastrophic" said the elder counselor.

"Counselor, I thought you had more faith in me" said Lia.

"Your highness, I have a lot of faith in you and in your abilities. But I cannot help but worry about this attack and the fact of you using your power to destroy a whole quadrant".

"My intentions are not to completely destroy the East quadrant" Lia said.

"But if you use your power, is very likely that you do. Not only that, but you could hurt yourself as well" the elder counselor said, anxious and worried.

"There's no need to worry about me, counselor, I'll be fine" Lia said smiling sweetly when she sees his concern. Then she stood, "... well, if there aren't any more affairs to discuss, I shall retire".

"Empress, since you have made your decision, and you won't change your mind, I just have one last petition to make" said the elder counselor.

"Of course" Lia said.

"That the captain of the Royal Protectors goes with you" said the elder counselor, with a pleading look on his face.

Lia looks at the elder counselor surprised; then, she looks at Trunks, who was equally stunned.

"Why?" Lia asked confused.

"Well, it's a dangerous situation, where your life is at stake... and I would feel a lot better knowing that Captain Briefs is going with you, Empress " explained the elder counselor.

Lia stayed in silence for a few minutes, and then says, "Very well, counselor. If that makes you feel better, then captain Briefs will go with me".

The elder counselor smile more relieved, and while bowing slightly, says to her, "Thank you, Empress".

When everyone leaves, Trunks approaches to Lia and says mockingly, "Well, Empress, it seems you'll never be able to get rid of me".

"How awful. Don't even remind me" she said annoyed.

"You break my heart..." he said sarcastically while grinning.

Then, while he leaves, Lia gaze at the Saiyan's anatomy with dissimulation, and when he finally disappears, she smiles ironically, she couldn't believe she was actually 'checking out' the person she detested the most in the universe.

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