Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Love In A Ruined World ❯ I Promise ( Chapter 2 )

DISCLAIMER: Neither DBZ nor Sailor Moon or any of the characters are owned by me. They're owned by greedy old men without families. Blah.

NOTES: This fanfic takes place after Sailor Moon Super S (in Sailor Moon's world) and after Trunks returns to the future after the Cell Saga (in DBZ's world).

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Trunks and Sailor Mercury entered the small neighborhood and began walking toward Chris' house. Several of the townspeople waved to Trunks as he walked by. He waved back.

"So, Trunks... is this where you live?" Mercury asked.

"No," Trunks said, shaking his head. "I live with my mother in a small house about half a mile from here. This is just where we go to pick up food and supplies when we need them."

"I see," Mercury said.

"What's your town like?" Trunks asked. "Back where you came from, I mean."

"Well, I come from Juuban, which is actually a small subdivision of a huge city called Tokyo," Mercury said. "There are literally millions of people.... have you ever heard of it?"

"Never," Trunks said. "My mom might have, though... a million people... there aren't that many still alive on the planet."

Sailor Mercury gasped.

"What happened to all of them?" Mercury asked in bewilderment. "Did some kind of natural disaster occur? A meteor or something?"

"It was a disaster, but it wasn't natural at all," Trunks said. "An evil scientist created two evil androids. They ravaged the planet and killed billions of people, including everyone I knew except for my mother."

"No..." Mercury said. "That's horrible..."

"We're here," Trunks said, changing the subject. He stopped in front of the small house where his friend Chris lived. He opened the door. "Ladies first."

Mercury giggled.

"Well, okay," Mercury said, walking inside the house. Trunks walked in behind her and closed the door. Chris looked up.

"Is your dad here yet?" Trunks asked.

"No," Chris said. "My mom came home, but she fell asleep on the couch."

Chris' eyes met Sailor Mercury's.

"Whoa, who's the blue-haired bombshell?" Chris asked. "She's a cutie."

"Her name is Sailor Mercury," Trunks said. "I found her getting attacked in the ruins where you sent me to pick up that metal detector."

"Hello," Mercury said politely. "It's nice to meet you! And don't worry, Trunks helped me out!"

"Sailor Mercury?" Chris said. "What kinda name is that?"

"She's a superheroine," Trunks said. "It's her secret identity."

"Really?" Chris asked. "You're not messing with me, are you? I mean, she can't be a very good superheroine if you had to save her."

"She's just fine. What I'm worried about is that the monster, or thing, or whatever that attacked her was fairly strong, from what I could tell," Trunks said. "I defeated it pretty easily, but it was still powerful enough to hurt Sailor Mercury, and it nearly killed her."

Sailor Mercury watched the discussion between Chris and Trunks intently, listening for clues that might help her find out where she was.

"You think it could be one of Dr. Gero's?" Chris asked.

"It couldn't be," Trunks said. "Why wouldn't it have attacked before?"

"Maybe defeating Cell activated some kind of alarm that woke up Gero's underground army of beast demons," Chris said.

"Beast demons?" Trunks said. "That's ridiculous."

Trunks handed Chris the metal detector and picked up the sack of food.

"Wait," Chris said. He walked up to Sailor Mercury. "I didn't tell you my name."

"It's Chris," Trunks said.

Chris growled and walked up to Trunks.

"Dude!" Chris said through gritted teeth. "Man, I'm tryin' to get my groove on! Unless she's your girlfriend or something."

"Guys, it's okay," Mercury said. "Chris, it was very nice to meet you! Well, Trunks, we'd better get going now..."

"Yes, we should," Trunks said. "My mom's gonna be really worried... well, bye, Chris!"

Trunks and Sailor Mercury left Chris' house.

"Trunks never lets me get my groove on," Chris said. "Maaaaaan..."

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Back in Juuban, the other four Senshi were at Rei's temple, pondering their next move.

"Mercury's gone," Serena said. "We have to find some way to get her back!"

"The fire can tell us where she is," Rei said, kneeling at an altar where a large flame was burning.

"I hope it can tell us," Lita said. "Ami could be in huge trouble!"

"Oh, great fire," Rei chanted. "Help us to find our wayward companion..."

The fire suddenly flared up. Rei gasped.

"What did it say?" Serena asked.

"This is a bad omen," Rei said. "A very bad omen indeed..."

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Meanwhile, the evil blue-haired sorceress that had attacked the Senshi earlier was growling at a large table with hundreds of crystals displayed on it. One of the crystals had just shattered.

"I don't believe it," the woman said. "Spectralis was defeated... but how? Who? Grrr... that water Senshi must have used her fancy scanner to pinpoint Spectralis' other weaknesses, and then destroyed him. It's not fair!"

Three black-robed men walked up behind the woman.

"Queen Crysthea, what's troubling you?" one of the men asked.

"The Senshi I sent through the dimensional gate defeated Spectralis by herself," Crysthea said. "I have to find out what's going on... and first, I have to find out where she is."

The evil queen began glowing with a blue aura.

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"Mom, I'm home," Trunks said, walking into his house with his new companion, Sailor Mercury. "I brought back some food!"

Trunks set the large sack of food down and turned to Sailor Mercury.

"Would you like to eat with us?" Trunks asked. "We don't have very much, but..."

"I'd love too!" Mercury said. "Thank you very much..."

"Maybe tomorrow, we can start trying to find a way to get you back to where you came from," Trunks said. Just then, Bulma walked into the room.

"What took you so long?" Bulma asked. "Wow, you got a lot of food.... hey, who's your friend?"

"My name is Sailor Mercury," Mercury said. "It's really nice to meet you! Earlier, I was in the ruins when I was attacked by a monster, and Trunks rescued me."

"She's apparently from another dimension, or at least from somewhere very far away, and I want to help her get back home," Trunks said. "Sailor Mercury isn't her real name. She's one of the Sailor Senshi, a group that's supposed to protect the solar system, and she has to keep her real identity secret. She can have supper with us tonight, right?"

"Of course she can!" Bulma said. She extended her hand to Mercury. "My name is Bulma, and it's very nice to meet you!"

"Thank you so much for your hospitality," Mercury said, shaking Bulma's hand. "May I help you fix supper?"

"It's okay," Bulma said. "Trunks, maybe you should show Sailor Mercury the basement!"

"You mean all of your inventions?" Trunks asked. He turned to Mercury. "Would you like that?"

"I would very much!" Mercury said. "Bulma is an inventor? She could probably make something to help me get home... but could I really ask that much of her?"

"Great!" Trunks said. He and Sailor Mercury opened the basement door and walked inside.

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"And this is where the time machine used to be," Trunks said, pointing to a large roped-off area on the basement floor. Several tools were inside. "At least when mom was building it."

"Wait a second... a time machine?" Mercury asked. "If I was just transported into the future, a time machine might help me get back home..."

"Yeah," Trunks said. "I went back in the past and tried to change the future, but apparently, I merely created a different timeline, I didn't change this one, sadly..."

"That makes sense, since if you went back in time to change the future, and the future was changed, you wouldn't have any reason to go back and change the future in the first place," Mercury said.

"Wow, you know," Trunks said. "You're pretty smart... maybe smarter than mom..."

"Not really," Mercury said. "I thought a lot of people knew that you couldn't change the future..."

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"Hey Ami," Serena said, whispering over to Ami, who was sitting at the desk right next to hers. "History sure is boring, huh?"

"History is very exciting!" Ami replied. "All the stories of heroes, inventors, thinkers... it's just like that stuff you watch on TV, only better!"

"I wish I had a time machine so I could go back in time and change everything!" Serena said. "I'd go back and make myself Queen of the World! Wouldn't that be cool?"

"I really don't think you can do that," Ami said. "If you went back in time to change the present, and the present was already changed, you wouldn't have any reason to go back and change the present in the first place, so-"

"I could make a reason," Serena said. "I'd be Queen of the World!"

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Sailor Mercury began sobbing.

"I miss them already," Mercury said softly. "My friends..."

"Don't worry," Trunks said. "I promise, we'll find a way to get you back to where you came from."

"I hope it's not too much trouble for you," Mercury said.

"Not at all," Trunks replied. "No matter what, I'm going to help you. My mom is a genius inventor. She'll think of something."

"I'll do as much as I can to help you," Mercury said.

"You're really smart too," Trunks said. "With the three of us working on this, we'll have you back in no time!"

Trunks walked over to the desk in the room, opened one of the compartments, and pulled out something.

"I want to try something real quick," Trunks said. "This is really cool."

Trunks held up a scouter. He put it over his eye.

"It's almost like my VR Visor," Mercury said. "Does it measure weaknesses like mine does?"

"No, something a little different. It calculates the power level of a lifeform and translates it into a numerical rating," Trunks said. "I want to measure yours."

Trunks pressed a button on the scanner, measuring Sailor Mercury's power level.

"What is it?" Mercury asked, curious. "It's probably not that high...."

Trunks gasped.

"It says your power level is three," Trunks said. "That can't be right. Are you holding back?"

"I may be," Mercury said. "I'm not using one of my magical attacks right now-"

"Wait a second. Did you say magical attacks?" Trunks asked. "Hold on..."

Trunks took off the scouter, opened it up, and began making adjustments with a tiny screwdriver.

"Mom taught me how to adjust it for different kinds of energy auras," Trunks said, closing the scouter and putting it back on. "You use magical energy, which gives off different types of frequencies than ki energy."

"Ki energy? Like energy that you push out from your body?" Mercury asked.

"That's right," Trunks said. "Like the kind of energy I destroyed Spectralis with. Anyway, let's see what your true power level is."

Trunks pressed the button again.

"Not too bad," Trunks said. "2,800. I think that's correct."

"2,800? That sounds pretty high," Mercury said.

"Most regular humans have power levels of about 2 or 3. Some go up to 5 or 6," Trunks said.

"I know your power level is higher than mine," Mercury said. "What is it?"

"Well-"

"Supper's on!" Bulma yelled from upstairs.

"We've gotta go eat," Trunks said. "I hope mom made something good!"

Trunks and Sailor Mercury ran up to the kitchen, where a feast of salad, mashed potatoes and gravy, and fruit juice had been prepared.

"It's not much, but I hope you enjoy it!" Bulma said. She sat down at the table, followed by Sailor Mercury and Trunks.

"Thank you again, Bul- oh, that doesn't seem right... what's your last name?" Mercury asked.

"Oh, don't worry about formalities, dear! Call me Bulma, like a friend!" Bulma said. "I'd like to be your friend, if that's alright! But if you really want to know, it's Briefs."

"Thank you, Mrs. Briefs," Mercury said. "Thank you very much."

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After the meal...

"Well, that was a very nice dinner," Sailor Mercury said, sitting down on a couch while Bulma used duct tape to bandage the wounds she had sustained earlier in her battle with Spectralis. "Thank you again..."

"You're welcome," Bulma replied. "Now, Sailor Mercury, what were you saying during supper about how you had gotten here?"

"I was fighting a monster and some sort of evil sorceress with my teammates, and the sorceress formed this weird purple gate. The monster knocked me in, and I ended up here," Mercury said.

"Well, I've never heard of Juuban or Tokyo, even before the androids attacked," Bulma said. "The four major cities were called North City, East City, West City, and South City. It sounds to me that you've come from an entirely different universe."

"Oh no!" Mercury said. "That means that a time machine probably wouldn't help me?"

"I could try to build one, but it would take several years," Bulma said.

"It wouldn't help," Trunks said. "We need a machine that can transcend dimensions, if that's at all possible..."

"Theoretically, it is," Mercury said, "but I wouldn't know exactly how to do it. Maybe I could help you do some research on it, Mrs. Briefs."

"We could start on it tomorrow, or tonight if you want," Bulma said. "There, all of your wounds have been bandaged. I had some medical tape around here somewhere that I could have used, but I think I used it all up..."

Bulma glared at Trunks.

"That rock came out of nowhere," Trunks said. "The sun was in my eyes!"

Mercury giggled

"I'm really, really tired right now," Mercury said. "Maybe rest will help my wounds heal faster, and there really aren't too many of them. I'll probably feel better after a good night's sleep."

"You can sleep in my room," Trunks said. "I'll sleep on the couch."

"You don't have to do that-" Mercury began.

"I'll be fine," Trunks said. "I'm getting pretty tired too..."

"I'll be down in the basement, doing some research on how to build a machine to help Sailor Mercury get back home. If either of you want to help, you can," Bulma said. She turned and went downstairs to the basement.

"Alright," Trunks said. "Mercury, there's a bathroom upstairs you can use to wash up. I'm probably just gonna fall asleep on the couch. If you need anything, just ask mom or me, alright?"

Mercury nodded her head.

"Trunks, thanks for helping me out back there this afternoon, and thank you both for your hospitality. Good night, all!" Mercury said, walking upstairs to Trunks' room.

"Night night," Trunks said, plopping onto the couch and resting his head on a throw pillow. "Yawn..."

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A few weeks ago, right after Trunks had defeated the androids, he had sat down at the kitchen table to eat a snack. His mother pulled up a chair and sat across from him.

"You did a great thing today," Bulma said. "All of those people, finally freed from those vicious androids."

"I feel so empty," Trunks said. "I should have been able to defeat them before they killed Gohan. He was my best friend, and-"

"Trunks, Gohan is probably looking down at you right now, smiling because of what you did. You're the greatest hero of all time!" Bulma said.

"Krillin, Piccolo, Tien, Yamcha, Choutzu, my dad... I couldn't save any of them," Trunks said. "What have I accomplished by defeating the androids, really?"

"You've given everyone hope," Bulma said, reassuring her son.

"I guess so," Trunks said. "I guess... it's just... I want someone to love."

Bulma giggled.

"Oh, Trunks, your father was just like you were... well, I guess he wasn't just like you, but..."

"You've told me what Vegeta was like," Trunks said. "I'm puzzled on how someone like you could end up with someone like him. You've told me a thousand times that you found something to love in him, but I know it was just the heat of the moment."

"And if it wasn't for that moment," Bulma said, "you wouldn't be here. Just remember that, okay?"

Bulma sighed.

"And Vegeta was really protective," Bulma said. "Want to hear a story?"

"Is it the one about how father died?" Trunks asked.

"Don't think of it like that," Bulma said. "Let me tell you..."

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Trunks woke up to the sound of footsteps in the kitchen.

"Unnh..." Trunks groaned. "Five more minutes..."

Just then, the sound of a glass shattering caused Trunks to sit up quickly.

"Oh no..." came Mercury's voice from the other room. "Mrs. Briefs is gonna be so mad..."

"I broke it," Trunks said, walking into the kitchen and winking at Sailor Mercury.

"Trunks, no, you can't take the fall for me," Mercury said. "Besides, I'm sure your mom won't be that angry..."

"That's okay," Trunks said. He held up his hand, causing the pieces of glass to lift into the air, then levitating them over a trash can and dropping them inside. "What were you doing in here, anyway?"

"I was trying to get a glass of water," Mercury said. "Does the sink work?"

"Yeah," Trunks said. "Mom and the villagers set up a plumbing system in between towns using well water. Here, I'll get you a glass..."

"No, that's okay," Mercury replied.

"Would you like anything?" Trunks asked. "A snack maybe?"

"Well, I really do like sandwiches," Mercury said. "They were my favorite food back home..."

Trunks walked over to the refrigerator and opened it up.

"I couldn't find any meat at the market, but maybe we have some left over," Trunks said, looking inside the fridge. "Found some!"

Trunks pulled out a small Ziploc bag filled with several slices of bologna. However, the presence of green plant-like material inside the bag indicated that the bologna had been contaminated with mold.

"Oh, ewww," Trunks said, tossing the bag in the trash. "Maybe you'd rather have a fruit sandwich?"

"No, that's fine," Mercury said. "I'll just go back to bed...."

Sailor Mercury sighed.

"You miss your friends, don't you?" Trunks asked.

"Yes, I do... very much," Mercury said. "I... I really hope that you can find a way to-"

"You'll be home within two weeks," Trunks said. "I absolutely, positively PROMISE you."

"It took six years to build that time machine," Mercury said.

"I promise you," Trunks said. "Don't worry."

"Thank you so much," Mercury said. "Tomorrow, we can start, right?"

"Right," Trunks said.

"Well, good night, Trunks," Mercury said.

"Good night, Sailor Mercury," Trunks said. Mercury began to leave the kitchen, but turned around right before she left.

"What is it?" Trunks asked.

"It feels really weird, being called Sailor Mercury and all... and sleeping in this fuku is really uncomfortable. This is an entirely different dimension, so there's probably not too much harm in anyone knowing my real identity."

Mercury detransformed back into Ami. She was wearing her regular school uniform consisting of a red, white, and blue Sailor outfit, with a blue skirt.

"My real name is Ami Mizuno," Ami said. "Please call me that, okay?"

"That's a pretty name," Trunks said. "Well, good night, Ami."

Ami smiled, then walked back upstairs.

"I have to help her get back home," Trunks said. "She's so sad..."

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Meanwhile, back at Crysthea's lair, the evil sorceress continued to meditate.

"Just about... searching... got it," Crysthea thought to herself. The blue aura around her disappeared.

"Have you found the water Senshi?" one of the black robed men asked.

"She's on Earth, but an entirely different version than the one her Senshi friends are on," Crysthea said. "Still, she must be killed. If she finds a way to reunite with her teammates, it could mean big trouble."

"Surely you don't want to fight two battles at once," one of the black robed men said.

"It's the only way," Crysthea said. "I'll send a couple of monsters to fight the Senshi. I'll be able to form another dimensional gate in about 24 hours. You three will use the gate to seek and destroy Sailor Mercury. With a location in mind, it will be easy to make a gate using the exact same specifics that I used before. And soon, all the Senshi will be defeated! Mwahahahaha!"

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Well, sorry if this chapter didn't have too much action! The next chapter will be more exciting, I promise! This chapter is mainly a character development chapter. I hope you guys (and girls) liked it!