Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Love In A Ruined World ❯ An Empty Victory ( Chapter 6 )

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).

Reviews:

NessacusGirl: I hope Trunks can avenge his pals! *growls* Serris sure is mean. The monster is kinda like a cross between Sin from FF10 and a big dragon. And it's really mean too... thanks for reviewing! ^_^

Mystic Vaporeon: I'm glad you read my story! I'll try to take your suggestions to heart, k? And I'm glad you didn't hate it because it was a crossover! Thankies!

Buu: Trunks is very mad. This fight'll probably hafta take up the whole chapter though, for dramatic effect! ^_^

Kaiya: I'm glad you're looking forward to the battle! You won't be disappointed!

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"That thing doesn't scare me in the least," Trunks said, hovering in front of Serris' huge beast. He pointed his arm at it and began charging a ki blast.

"Devourer, block it with your wing!" Serris shouted.

The monster spun around so that its wing was facing Trunks' arm. Trunks fired a medium-sized ki blast. The blast slammed into the wing and created a large explosion. The Devourer emitted a loud, pained roar.

"He actually hurt it?" Serris thought.

The smoke cleared quickly, and the damage that Trunks had done was quickly apparent. The huge monster's left wing now had a gaping hole with probably took up a fourth of the entire area of the wing. Burned out flesh fell from the edges of the wound. The enraged beast spun around and breathed burning flames on Trunks. The huge fireball engulfed the young half-Saiyan.

"That's right, burn him! Burn him alive!" Serris shouted.

Suddenly, Trunks flew up out of the fireball, toward Serris. Trunks reared back and smacked Serris hard across the face, knocking him off the Devourer and sending him plunging toward the ground. Trunks dove after Serris, chasing him as he fell.

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Meanwhile...

"Oh man, oh man, oh man," Chris groaned, holding his head and pacing back and forth.

"It's okay, Chris!" Ami reassured him. "Your dad won't be that angry about a broken metal detector!"

Chris walked up to Ami and took both of her hands in his.

"Ami, could you please, please, PLEASE take the fall for me?" Chris asked.

"I guess it is sort of my fault it broke," Ami said.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Great!" Chris said, slowly backing away from Ami. "I'll uh... be in the kitchen. Bye!"

Chris backed into the kitchen.

"Wait, Chris, wait!" Ami shouted. She sighed. "He's gone..."

Ami walked over to the door and opened it up. A tall middle-aged man with short brown hair and glasses greeted her.

"Oh, who might you be?" the man asked. "Chris' new girlfriend? I didn't know he was looking for one."

"Um, no," Ami said. "You see...."

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Serris continued to fall. He looked up to see the angry-looking Trunks flying toward him.

"You think you can catch me?" Serris shouted, stopping suddenly. Trunks continued to dive toward him. Serris pointed his arms at Trunks and bombarded him with a stream of lightning and energy blasts.

"Pathetic," Trunks said to himself, swatting the blasts away. "This lightning doesn't even hurt."

However, Serris hadn't intended for the attack to hurt Trunks.

"I can't see him anymore," Trunks said. "Darn it!"

Serris landed on one foot on the ground. He jumped back up, onto the Devourer's arm. Then, with one more jump, he had leapt all the way back on top of the beast's head. Trunks, his vision no longer clouded by Serris' attack, looked up to see the evil warrior, back on top of the Devourer's head.

"How did he get up there so fast?" Trunks thought to himself. "Geez, he jumps high...."

Trunks smirked.

"You'd better come down from there," Trunks said, "or I'll come and get you."

"I'm not interested in facing you right now," Serris said. "I want your stupid girlfriend."

The Devourer began to fly toward the town it had been heading to earlier, slightly slowed by its wounded wing. Trunks' eyes turned to the town on the horizon. He gasped.

"That's my town!" Trunks shouted. "Ami's in danger!"

The Devourer flew toward the town. It didn't get far before Trunks flew in front of it again.

"Don't even think it," Trunks said. He pointed his arms at Serris, then pulled them back, beginning to charge up a Kamehameha attack. Before he could, the Devourer reared back and spat a large cloud of red mist all over Trunks. The mist showered Trunks, penetrating his eyes. Trunks clutched his eyes in pain.

"Let's go!" Serris shouted. The huge beast began flying toward the town again.

"Darn him..." Trunks growled, clutching his eyes in pain. When he could see again, he turned around. "That thing's almost directly over the town! Darn it!"

Trunks flew toward the imperiled town at a rapid rate of speed.

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"And that's how it broke," Ami said. "I'm really, really, really sorry..."

Chris' dad stared at Ami for a few seconds. Then, he began to laugh.

"What's so funny?" Ami asked.

"That old thing hasn't been working in two years," Chris' dad said. "Well, now I have an excuse to ask Mrs. Briefs to build me another one. She said she wouldn't build me a new one until this one broke, and now it is broken!"

Chris walked out of the kitchen.

"You're... not mad?" Chris asked.

"Not about the metal detector," Chris' dad said. "Chris, who is this girl?"

"Her name is Ami," Chris said. "She, uh... just moved into the village, and I was helping her get acquainted."

"Ah, I see!" Chris' dad said. He extended his hand to Ami. "It's very nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," Ami said, shaking the man's hand. "Your son has been very helpful in showing me around."

"Well, that's great!" Chris' dad said. "You know, if you want, you could stay for supper."

"We have to wake up my mom," Chris said.

"I'd love to stay for supper!" Ami replied. Just then, the peaceful conversation was shattered by the sound of a loud roar.

"What the heck was that?" Chris shouted. Ami, Chris, and Chris' dad rushed out the door to see Serris and his huge monster flying toward the town.

"Uh oh... it's that guy again," Ami thought. "I'll be right back!"

Ami ran into the house, transformed into Sailor Mercury, and ran back out.

"Whoa, that was a great trick!" Chris' dad shouted. "Son, you didn't tell me she could change clothes so fast!"

"She's a superhero," Chris whispered. "Don't tell anyone."

Sailor Mercury ran out into the center of the town to face the huge beast. It flew down and hovered above the water Senshi.

"Ah, Sailor Mercury!" Serris said. "So lovely to see you again. Devourer, eat her alive!"

The Devourer opened its huge mouth and advanced on Sailor Mercury. Mercury slowly backed away from it.

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Mercury shouted, firing multiple waves of water at the Devourer and Serris. The water washed over them, stopping them for a few seconds.

"You already tried that foolish attack, and it didn't work!" Serris shouted. The Devourer opened its mouth and sprayed Mercury with deadly red mist. Unlike Trunks, Mercury was extremely vulnerable to the mist's effects. It sizzled and crackled on her body, causing her to fall to her knees in pain.

"What did that thing spray me with?" Mercury shouted painfully.

"It doesn't matter what you were sprayed with," Serris said. "You're going to burn to death very soon. And so will everyone in this town!"

The red dot on the top of the Devourer's head began to glow.

"What's that?" Mercury asked. The red mist continued to burn her. "I have to get this stuff off of me... I hate to do this, but it's the only way!"

Sailor Mercury stood up.

"Shine Aqua Illusion!" Mercury shouted. But instead of blasting Serris with the freezing water attack, she drenched herself. The vitriolic droplets of mist were washed away from her body, but at a large cost. Sailor Mercury was now covered in ice crystals, and she was on her knees again, coughing and sputtering up freezing water.

"Now why did you go and do that?" Serris asked. "Didn't anyone ever tell you that suicide is no way to solve your problems?"

Serris chuckled.

"Either way, it won't matter. Devourer, burn this town to the ground!" Serris shouted. The beast suddenly fired a large red beam from the dot on its head, like it had done to the other two towns. The beam was headed right at Sailor Mercury.

"It'll obliterate me, then destroy the whole town!" Mercury thought in desperation. "And I can't stop it!"

The beam flew toward Sailor Mercury. But suddenly, Trunks appeared, flying around the Devourer and putting his hand up to block the beam. The deadly beam smashed into Trunks' hand, but he was able to hold it back easily. His hand began to glow.

"How did you get here?" Serris shouted. Trunks smiled.

"You can't hold me back," Trunks said. "No matter where you go, I'll destroy you!"

With that, Trunks fired a large, yellow energy beam out of his hand. The beam quickly pushed back the Devourer's red firestorm beam. The two beams jostled for power for a split-second, but was again pushed back. Trunks' beam pushed the Devourer's beam all the way back, then slammed into the top of the Devourer's head with a huge explosion. Serris jumped off of the beast's head right before the explosion began.

"No!" Serris shouted as he jumped off the Devourer's head, then landed on his feet behind the huge beast. He gasped in horror.

"Trunks got him..." Mercury said quietly.

The impact of Trunks' blast was devastating. The explosion sheared off flesh and muscle from the top of the Devourer's head, causing it to roar in pain again. When the smoke cleared, the large beast had a gaping wound on the top of its head, surrounded by a large area of burned skin and flesh. Despite the large injury, the large dot on the monster's head continued to glow. The monster thrashed about, enraged.

"I don't believe it!" Trunks shouted. "How is it still-"

The beast began to fire multiple small red beams from its head. The beams smashed into buildings, igniting some and causing others to explode.

"Oh no!" Mercury shouted. "Trunks, you have to stop..."

Mercury shivered from the ice that was still caked onto her body. She collapsed to the ground, lying face down and breathing slowly. Trunks flew around, smacking away as many beams as he could. One of the beams that Trunks didn't block flied toward Chris and his father.

"It's headed right for us!" Chris shouted. Without thinking, Chris' dad pushed Chris out of the beam's path. The beam slammed into the man, disintegrating on contact. Chris yelled out in anguish as he watched his father become Serris' latest victim.

"THAT DOES IT!" Trunks shouted. He turned toward the Devourer. "HEY YOU!"

Ignoring Trunks, the Devourer continued angrily frying buildings. Trunks reared back and prepared to fire a ki blast. Serris leapt in front of Trunks, blocking him off from the Devourer.

"There's no way I'm letting you destroy this thing," Serris said.

"Fine then," Trunks said. "I'll kill you first.

The color drained out of Serris' face.

"Oh crap," Serris thought. "Never mind!"

Serris yelped, then began to fly away from Trunks. Trunks zoomed around and flew in front of Serris.

"Ka.....me...."

Serris screamed again, trying to fly downward, away from Trunks. Trunks zoomed in front of Serris again.

"Ha....me...."

"What's Trunks doing..." Mercury groaned weakly, lying on the ground. Serris turned around and flew away again.

"HA!" Trunks shouted, firing a huge blast out of his hands. The ki blast caught Serris from behind and disintegrated him. Then, it flew upward and went out into space.

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"Serris is dead," Crysthea said to herself, watching one of the four large crystals that were hanging in her throne room shatter. "At least I don't have to kill him."

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Trunks flew in front of the Devourer, blocking several red beams that it was firing at that moment. Then, Trunks pulled back his arms again.

"Ka....me....ha....me....HA!" Trunks shouted, firing a gigantic ki blast at the Devourer's chest. The blast expanded over the Devourer's body, destroying it quickly.

"Why didn't he do that before..." Chris sobbed, crying on his knees on the ground after the death of his father. The smoke began to clear from Trunks' huge ki blast.

"Oh man...." Trunks said, looking at the aftermath of the Devourer's attack. Nearly all of the buildings in the center of the town had been damaged or destroyed, and a huge crater remained from Trunks' Kamehameha. His eyes shifted to Ami, who was detransformed and lying on the ground, unconscious.

"Trunks, my dad got killed..." Chris said, watching Trunks as he floated to the ground and scooped up the unconscious body of Ami.

"I'm sorry," Trunks said in an apologetic tone. "I should have destroyed them faster..."

Trunks floated off the ground, then zoomed back toward his house.

"So you're just gonna leave us here then, huh?" Chris yelled. "Trunks!"

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Back in Juuban, Sailor Moon and the other Senshi, sans Mercury, were battling another of Crysthea's vicious monsters: a large cannon-like monster that spewed fire everywhere.

"Does this thing give up?" Jupiter shouted in frustration, rolling under a stream of flames. "Jupiter Thundercloud Zap!"

Jupiter tossed a disk of lightning at the monster, but it bounced off.

"Is that all?" the monster yelled. "Pathetic!"

"Venus Love Chain!" Venus shouted as a golden chain wrapped itself around the monster's fire cannon and pulled it toward Sailor Moon. "Do it!"

"Right!" Sailor Moon shouted. She pointed her henshin stick toward the monster. "Moon Gorgeous Meditation!"

A blast of Moon energy flew at the monster, annihilating it. The Senshi celebrated.

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Ami woke up, lying on a coach. She clutched her head and emitted a pained groan.

"Here, eat this," Trunks said, placing a small bean in Ami's mouth. She chewed the bean, and as soon as she finished, her eyes lit up. She sat up and looked at Trunks.

"What was that?" Ami asked. "I'm completely healed..."

"It's a Senzu Bean," Trunks said. "We used to be able to get them from a guy named Korin, but he was killed by the androids, so mom had to grow some of her own. It took a long time to figure out exactly how to grow them, but they've proven very helpful."

"Thank you," Ami said, standing up. "Trunks... is... is that monster dead?"

"Yes, and so is the evil man that brought him here," Trunks said. "Almost half of the town was destroyed, though... he probably killed thousands of people..."

"Oh no..." Ami said. "I'm sorry..."

"It's okay," Trunks said. "No... it's not.... that fiend... he killed so many people! I thought that when I destroyed the androids, people wouldn't have to live in fear! We wouldn't have to worry about our towns being destroyed, or our loved ones being killed... argh!"

"Trunks, it's all my fault," Ami said. "If I-"

"Dammit!" Trunks cursed, pounding his fist on a small table next to the couch.

"Trunks, what did I tell you about using that kind of language?" Bulma asked, stepping into the room.

"Mom, thousands of people just died," Trunks said angrily. "Don't you understand?"

Ami began sobbing.

"It's my fault!" Ami screamed. "It's all my fault!"

Ami ran outside in tears.

"Trunks, you have to go out there and reassure her," Bulma said.

"Why don't you do it?" Trunks asked. "I've got a headache. I need an aspirin."

Trunks walked into the kitchen.

"Trunks, don't be like that!" Bulma yelled. She sighed. "Trunks, why do you have to be like that..."

Bulma stepped outside and saw Ami sitting up against the house, sobbing intensely. She put her arm around Ami, hugging her. Ami tried to pull away, but decided to return the hug instead.

"Bulma, you and Trunks have been so nice to me, and now this happens," Ami sobbed. "Evil villains are coming through that gate and killing innocent people... it's my fault..."

"Don't say that," Bulma said. "Trunks can fight whoever shows up..."

"And I can't," Ami said. "I'm too weak by myself to do anything. It's all my fault, and I can't do anything about it..."

"Ami, do you know why the androids attacked this world in the first place?" Bulma asked.

"No," Ami said.

"It was because, long ago, their creator's army had been defeated by a boy named Goku," Bulma said. "Goku was a hero. He defeated hundreds and hundreds of evil fiends, right up until the androids came."

"What happened?" Ami asked.

"When the first two androids attacked, Goku was clearly defeating one of them in a one-on-one duel. But suddenly, Goku became exhausted," Bulma said. "He was having a heart attack, brought on by a heart virus that he had caught three years earlier."

"That's terrible..." Ami said.

"We managed to get Goku out of there," Bulma said. "We even gave him a Senzu Bean, like the one Trunks gave you. But... it wasn't enough. The heart virus killed Goku."

A tear fell from Bulma's eye.

"We managed to defeat the first two androids, but not before one of them awoke the two strongest ones," Bulma said. "Those were the two that ravaged the planet, and the two that Trunks just defeated a few weeks back. The point is that even though the androids attacked because of Goku, it wasn't his fault..."

"That makes no sense at all," Ami replied, wiping the tear from Bulma's face.

"It wasn't his fault," Bulma said. "Goku had no faults that caused the androids to attack. He was just a hero doing his job, and the androids attacked because of it. You're a hero too, Ami."

"I think I see what you mean," Ami sniffled. "Trunks... he looked so angry..."

"I think he'll be fine," Bulma said. "He's had to live with stuff like this his whole life... he's never really been able to live in a peaceful world...."

"Should I go talk to him?" Ami asked.

"He's being awfully difficult right now, but you can try," Bulma said. "I'll make supper for us, okay? Trunks brought home the food that you bought today. Thank you, Ami."

Bulma and Ami walked into the house.

"Trunks...." Ami thought. "I'm so, so very sorry..."

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I think that might have been my best, most angsty chapter yet! ^_^ Wow, this is getting pretty emotional and dark, huh? *sighs* Not really. Heh... read and review, and tell me what'cha think!