Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Love In A Ruined World ❯ Enter The Devourer ( Chapter 5 )

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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"This is his last chance," Queen Crysthea said to herself. "No more excuses. Serris!"

Serris meekly walked into Queen Crysthea's throne room.

"Yes, my queen?" Serris asked.

"I have decided not to punish you," Crysthea said. Serris smiled.

"Really?" Serris replied. "Oh, thank you! Thank-"

"Silence!" Crysthea said. "I am giving you one last chance to redeem yourself. And since I'm a very merciful queen, I'm sending you my greatest creation."

"What?" Serris said. "Really?"

"Come with me," Crysthea said. She led Serris into the room just outside the throne room and pointed to the large table with many crystals on it. "Crystals, merge!"

Twenty of the crystals rose from the center of the table and combined into one large, glowing red crystal. The crystal floated into Serris' hands.

"An extremely powerful creature is contained inside this crystal," Crysthea said. "Just touch the crystal to the ground, and the monster will burst forth and serve the person who summoned it."

"I see," Serris said.

"I will send you through the dimension gate," Crysthea said. "Do not come back without proof of Sailor Mercury's death. Don't worry about killing that... boy, if there really IS one. Just kill Sailor Mercury and come back. If she is being guarded by someone, the monster can be used as a diversion."

Crysthea waved, causing a Dimensional Gate to appear behind Serris.

"I will not fail you again," Serris said, bowing.

"You'd better not!" Crysthea shrieked. "Or..."

Three large wisps of smoke appeared behind Crysthea. Out of the smoke materialized three young women. The first woman, named Rosemary, had long pink hair that went down below her waist. The hair was tied into a bow on top. Rosemary wore a skintight and rather revealing pink costume with bright pink boots.

"Hello there, Serris," Rosemary said, waving. "Remember me?"

Serris growled. The second woman, named Angelica, had light blue hair that was slightly shorter than Rosemary's, but still long. Angelica's more conservative outfit was a bright blue dress with many dark blue bows. She wore long stockings on her legs and bright blue slippers.

"Salutations," Angelica said. "I certainly hope you're successful in your mission."

The third woman, named Chamomile, had light green hair that was cut short in a style rather similar to Ami's. She was wearing white gloves and a beautiful green-striped jumpsuit, with a large dark green bow on the collar.

"Good luck, dearie!" Chamomile said. The three girls began to giggle annoyingly.

"I swear to you, Crysthea, I will NOT fail!" Serris yelled.

"Then get going," Crysthea said. "And take your time!"

"We're having a tea party," Angelica said.

"No boys allowed!" Rosemary yelled. The three girls and Crysthea began to giggle again. Serris grumbled and walked into the Dimensional Gate that Crysthea had made.

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Serris appeared in what appeared to be a small village. He looked around and smiled.

"This looks like a dingy place," Serris said. "I don't think Sailor Mercury is here..."

"Hey, mister!"

Serris looked down to see a small boy tugging on his sleeve.

"Hello there..." Serris said.

"I've never seen you before!" the boy said. "You look weird... why are you wearing those clothes?"

The boy continued to tug on Serris' sleeve.

"Where can I get 'em? Where can I get 'em?" the boy asked.

"Child, get away from me!" Serris shouted angrily. The boy began to cry.

"You're mean! You're really mean!" the boy sobbed. He kicked Serris in the leg. The crystal that contained Crysthea's evil monster popped out of Serris' pocket and hit the ground.

"You fool, look what you did!" Serris shouted. The crystal burst with a bright flash of light. The boy screamed. Within seconds, a huge monster was standing between Serris and the boy. The monster was a huge, dragon-like creature with large wings and a monstrous head that contained only a mouth and a bright red dot on the top. The monster itself was a pale, sickly shade of brown. The monster must have been at least eight stories tall. It flapped its wings and roared. Townspeople began to run from the huge beast.

"Aaaah!" the boy shouted. He began to run, but the huge monster picked up the boy in its mouth and swallowed him whole. Serris laughed evilly.

"Excellent!" Serris shouted. "I shall call you the Devourer! Devourer, scorch this village to the ground!"

The dot on the top of Devourer's head began to glow. In a flash, it fired a huge beam out of the dot, creating a mammoth firestorm. Serris continued to laugh.

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Meanwhile, in the village near Trunks' home, Trunks and Ami had gone out to buy supplies.

"Trunks, where are we going?" Ami asked.

"We're going to Old Mr. McGarrity's house first to get food. Then, I want to go to Chris' house to help him with something," Trunks said.

"I see," Ami replied. Trunks and Ami continued to walk toward the old man's house. Suddenly, Ami gasped.

"What is it?" Trunks asked.

"Look," Ami said, pointing in the direction of a small cluster of hills. Smoke was rising from beyond them, and there was something flying away from the smoke.

"What the heck is going on?" Trunks asked. "We should probably investigate. Ami, you should probably stay here."

Trunks handed Ami a 1,000-zeni bill.

"After you get the food, I guess you can buy anything you want," Trunks said. "They don't sell much here, though."

Trunks flew off toward the hills.

"Wait, Trunks!" Ami shouted. "What exactly should I buy? You didn't give me a list!"

Ami sighed.

"I guess I'll go to Chris' house first," Ami said. "He seemed rather nice. I wonder what he needs help with?"

Ami looked around.

"But where is Chris' house? Trunks didn't show me anything," Ami groaned.

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Trunks flew over the hills and came to a stop, right next to a large, rising cloud of smoke. He gasped in horror.

"What... happened here?" Trunks stammered.

The village, which had once been teeming with life, was now scorched to the ground. Charred out bodies lay everywhere, while the sound of pained shouting rang in Trunks' ears. He ran over to one of the injured villagers, a pretty teenaged girl wearing a red bandana. She had managed to roll over to colder ground, but her body still had many burns on it.

"Trunks..." the girl groaned. "It's you... I haven't seen you in two years..."

"Stay there, Keri, I'll get you some help," Trunks said, remembering the girl's name. "I-"

"My grandma..." the girl moaned, coughing again. "She's trapped... under rocks... over there..."

The girl pointed weakly at a large pile of rocks, where a barely breathing old woman lay. Trunks ran over to the lady and cleared the rocks off of her.

"Hey..." Trunks said. "You're hurt really badly..."

"Is Keri alright?" the woman asked weakly.

"She'll be fine," Trunks said. "You'll be fine..."

"No..." the woman gasped. "I..."

The elderly woman blinked, then closed her eyes. Trunks walked over to Keri, whose condition had worsened severely in just a few seconds.

"Is my grandma... is she... okay?" Keri asked, barely able to speak.

"She's fine," Trunks lied. "And you will be too."

"Oh, Trunks..." Keri sighed, tears streaming down her face.. "I hope... I hope... you tell my grandma... that..."

"Tell her what?" Trunks asked.

"I love her, and we'll see each other in Heaven..." Keri said.

"Don't die on me..." Trunks said. "Don't die..."

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry," Keri breathed. Her eyes closed for the last time. Trunks stood up and cried out in anger and frustration.

"I swear... I swear that when I find the bastard who did this.... that I'll... I'LL TEAR THEM LIMB FROM LIMB!" Trunks screamed furiously. He began to concentrate, trying to find a ki signature. "Nothing... I can't sense a thing! Argh! Why can't I sense anything?"

Trunks cursed, then flew off toward the west blindly, trying to catch the evil villain that burned down the village.

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Back in town, Ami was looking from house to house, trying to find the one that belonged to Chris.

"Trunks really should have told me where everything was. This is only the second time I've been here!" Ami said. She knocked on another door. The door was answered by a kindly looking old man.

"Hello!" the man said. "And who might you be?"

"My name is Ami, and I'm looking for someone named Chris," Ami said. "Have you seen a Chris around here? You see, Trunks-"

"You know Trunks?" the old man asked. "Why, I sell food to him and his mother! Actually, I sell food to everyone in this village."

"Would you happen to be Mr. McGarrity, by any chance?" Ami asked.

"I certainly would!" the old man said. "Would you like to come in?"

"I'm living with Trunks and his mother, and I'm here to get some food for them," Ami said.

"Did they send you out by yourself?" McGarrity asked.

"Oh no, Trunks came with me," Ami replied. "But Trunks left and flew off over the hills. We saw smoke coming from over there."

"Smoke? From Elm Town?" McGarrity said. "What could be going on?"

"I don't know, but Trunks went to check," Ami said. "He should be back soon..."

"Did Trunks tell you what to get?" McGarrity asked.

"No, he didn't," Ami said. "He just left..."

"Well, I know what they usually get," McGarrity said. "I'll get it for you, okay?"

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Meanwhile, Serris and his huge monster had arrived at another village, slightly larger than the last one. He smiled.

"Devourer, you know what to do," Serris said. "Burn it to the ground. Burn ALL of it to the ground!"

The giant monster's red dot illuminated again.

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Ami trudged through the streets, dragging a large burlap sack filled with food.

"I wish... Trunks... would have stayed... to help... me..." Ami groaned. A teenaged boy walked up to Ami.

"Hey!" the boy yelled. "Need some help?"

"Sure," Ami said, letting go of the bag. "Say.... you wouldn't happen to be Chris, would you?"

"That's my name," the boy said. "Wait a second. I think I've seen you before somewhere."

"Really?" Ami said. "I don't think you have."

Ami looked down.

"That's Chris, but he only saw me as Sailor Mercury. If I told him I was with Trunks, he'd find out my identity! But... I can probably trust him..."

"I'm pretty sure I have. I've seen you with Trunks," Chris said. "Hey, you're that-"

Ami lunged forward and covered Chris' mouth with her hand.

"Yes I am," Ami whispered, "but I don't want anyone else to know, okay?"

Chris pushed Ami's hand away and smiled.

"I won't say nothin'," Chris said. "Let's go to my house. It's right over there."

Chris pointed to a small house across the street. He and Ami lifted up the bag and carried it inside his house. Then, he shut the door behind them.

"You've gotta tell me... what's it like to be a superheroine?" Chris asked.

"It's fun, I guess..." Ami said. "I get to fight bad guys, and-"

"Can I see you transform?" Chris asked.

"Well, I really don't think that-"

"Please?" Chris pleaded.

"Look, it's not all fun," Ami said. "And I don't feel like transforming right now..."

"Why not?" Chris asked.

"I get naked for a few seconds, okay?" Ami said with an angry tone. Chris recoiled.

"Oh.... well, I guess I could close my eyes!" Chris said.

"Look, I really want to know what Trunks was going to help you with," Ami said. "Maybe I could help!"

Chris walked over to a table and grabbed the metal detector from earlier. He set it down in front of Ami.

"I think I broke it. I was trying to change a few wires to intensify the signal, and now it just doesn't work," Chris said. "My dad gets home in an hour, and if this thing is broken, he'll be pissed, man."

"First, I'm not a man," Ami said. "And secondly, I work with computers and things like that, not machines..."

"You work with computers?" Chris asked. "Cool... there's only one person I know that works with them! Trunks' mom, Bulma! She's really smart!"

"I know. I'm staying with them," Ami said.

"You get to live with Bulma?" Chris asked. "Aww..."

Ami's eyes grew wide.

"Chris, she's three times your age," Ami said.

"I thought you'd say that," Chris said. "But she's still hot, ya know? She's kinda wrinkly, but that's okay!"

"Does Trunks know you like his mom?" Ami asked.

"I told him a few weeks ago," Chris said. "And he was like, 'That's not cool.' Can you believe it?"

"Well, anyway-"

"I think you're pretty hot too, man!" Chris said. "Trunks is lucky, living with two babes like he does. He's a pimp!"

Ami didn't know whether to slap Chris in the face, or burst out laughing. She quickly made her decision, slapping Chris across the face, and then bursting out into laughter.

"Oops, sorry about that," Ami giggled. "It's just that... I guess the mental image of Trunks as a pimp is too much for me to bear without laughing!"

"Why did you hit me?" Chris asked. "That's not cool."

"I said I was sorry," Ami said. "Now let's see here..."

Ami popped open the top of the metal detector and looked at the wiring inside.

"What are you doing?" Chris asked. "You said you didn't know how to work with machines!"

"I do better than most people," Ami said. "And I can't really do worse than you did, unless I shock myself or something."

Ami glanced at the wiring, then snapped her fingers.

"I've got it!" Ami declared. She grabbed a screwdriver and immediately went to work.

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Meanwhile, Trunks had just arrived at the remains of the second village that Serris and his monster had scorched.

"This is bad," Trunks said. "Really, really bad... but I'm on the trail. ARGH!"

Suddenly, a flash of movement caught Trunks' eye. He turned his head to see a tiny speck in the horizon, flying off.

"That's gotta be whatever did this," Trunks said. "It's gonna pay!"

Trunks zoomed off toward the flying speck, sending a large amount of ash and dust into the air in his wake.

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"There, I think it's fixed," Ami said, closing up the metal detector. "Turn it on!"

"Okay," Chris said. He pressed the Power button on the metal detector. It began to bleep. "Hey, it does work! I think I'll test it!"

Chris waved it around. He pointed it at a stack of jewelry sitting on the kitchen table. The metal detector began to bleep louder and louder.

"It works!" Chris said. "Yes! Yes! Ye-"

Smoke began pouring from the device. The other end of the metal detector sparked. Then, it exploded, sending plastic and sparks everywhere. Chris dropped the smoldering metal detector on the ground and started coughing.

"Oh... oh my," Ami said. "I'm... I'm really sorry!"

Chris turned around to face Ami.

"Say, could you transform now?" Chris asked. "My dad's gonna be really pissed..."

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The Devourer, and Serris, riding on the Devourer's head, flew back over the hills. They spotted another town in the distance.

"That town is even bigger than the other two," Serris said. "Sailor Mercury may very well be there. Faster, Devourer! Faster!"

The large beast sped up, flying rapidly toward the village. Just then, the monster stopped in its tracks. It roared.

"What is it?" Serris asked. He gasped. "The... the boy!"

Floating in front of the huge beast was a very, very angry looking Trunks.

"You murderous, cold-blooded bastard. You and your monster killed thousands of people. A lot of them were my friends," Trunks said coldly.

"Aw, is that so?" Serris asked mockingly. "Guess what? I'm back! And my creature is going to bite off your puny little head, and then we're going to kill your little friend Sailor Mercury!"

"Shut your damn mouth," Trunks said. "I'll kill both of you before you have a chance to blink."

"Kill him, Devourer!" Serris shouted. "Eat him alive!"

The gigantic beast roared viciously.

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Showdown time! Well, next chapter anyway. Trunks vs. Serris and the Devourer! And will Chris' dad ground him for life? Will Ami get those groceries home? Find out, next chapter! Review if you wish!