Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Love In A Ruined World ❯ Training Day ( Chapter 8 )

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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Ami, dressed in Bulma's blue nightgown, walked into the kitchen. Bulma was clearing the table.

"Bulma, did you guys have breakfast already?" Ami asked.

"Trunks did," Bulma replied, putting two plates and a glass into the sink. "I'll start making our breakfast as soon as I get all this cleared out."

"I'll help," Ami said, walking up to the table and picking up the pieces of silverware that had been left there. "What's Trunks doing, anyway? He usually waits to eat breakfast with us."

"He wanted to begin training right away," Bulma said.

"On that new training pod you built for him?" Ami asked. "I see... would he mind if I went down there?"

"I'm sure he won't mind too much," Bulma said. "Go right on ahead. But maybe you should eat breakfast first. It won't take me too long..."

"I'll only be gone for a few minutes," Ami said, turning to leave the room. "I'll be right back!"

"Okay, but don't miss breakfast," Bulma said. "It's the most important meal of the day!"

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Trunks stood in the middle of a huge, grassy field. It appeared as if he was waiting for something.

"Alright," Trunks said impatiently. "Bring it on."

A sleek white and purple creature with a large tail flew at Trunks. The creature flew around Trunks once, then came at him again.

"Mwahahaha!" the creature laughed. "You're finished!"

Trunks smiled slyly.

"This time, I won't need to go Super Saiyan to beat you," Trunks said. "Frieza."

Frieza rocketed toward Trunks, flying at him at a rapid rate of speed. Trunks spun around, trying to kick Frieza in the head. Frieza ducked under the kick and leapt off the ground, headbutting Trunks in the chest. Trunks yelped in pain and flew back, bouncing off of the ground and floating in the air.

"That didn't work..." Trunks moaned painfully. "I'm not going Super Saiyan though... not yet..."

Trunks stood his ground. Then, he began firing ki blasts at Frieza. The blasts hit the ground around Frieza, sending a large plume of smoke into the air. Trunks frowned.

"I didn't get him..." Trunks said. As soon as he uttered those words, Frieza flew out of the cloud of smoke, growling angrily. He charged Trunks. Trunks put up his arm and charged a blast. "TAKE THIS!"

A huge blue ki blast erupted from Trunks' hand, hitting Frieza on the top of the head at point-blank range. The blast engulfed the evil lizard, creating another large cloud of smoke.

"Whew...." Trunks breathed, shielding himself from the smoke and trying to see Frieza. Finally, Trunks could make out the outline of his foe. A slightly burned Frieza was standing in the middle of a large crater. Rocks and other debris were floating around him.

"Nice trick," Frieza said angrily. "It'll be your last!"

Trunks unsheathed his sword and prepared himself for Frieza's next strike. Frieza raised his arms and bombarded Trunks with purple ki blast. Trunks lifted off of the ground and flew through the blasts, using his sword to smack away the ones that got too close. Finally, Trunks was right next to Frieza. He prepared to strike him with his sword, but Frieza was ready. Frieza lifted his right arm and put it right in front of Trunks' face.

"Say goodnight, monkey!" Frieza shouted. He fired a ball of energy that rushed at Trunks and blasted him right in the eyes. Trunks recoiled and clutched his eyes in pain.

"Dammit, that hurt!" Trunks shouted angrily, his right hand over both of his eyes. Frieza began to laugh. Suddenly, Trunks smiled. With one graceful slash, he chopped off Frieza's left arm. The evil warrior screamed as Trunks flew behind him, sheathed his sword, and charged a huge ki blast in both of his hands.

"Nooo!" Frieza shouted in despair.

"Big Bang!" Trunks yelled, firing a huge ki blast that engulfed Frieza instantly and filled Trunks' vision with a bright white light. The light disappeared, and Trunks was floating above a huge crater. Frieza was nowhere in sight.

"Simulation complete," said a friendly sounding female voice. The field disappeared, and Trunks was floating inside the small training pod. The door to the pod opened. Ami stepped inside. She was clapping.

"Good job, Trunks!" Ami said happily.

"Uh, thanks," Trunks said, landing gently on the floor of the training pod. "Good morning, Ami."

"Who was that that you just beat?" Ami asked. "One of your past foes, or one your mom cooked up?"

Trunks sat down on the floor of the pod and emitted a sigh.

"That wasn't the first time I've fought Frieza," Trunks said sadly. "Confidentially, though, the one I beat just now was a bit weaker than the one I beat before. The one that I originally beat was enhanced with cybernetic implants."

"How'd you beat him before?" Ami asked curiously.

"I cut him into about a hundred and fifty pieces, then I blasted him into about a hundred and fifty trillion pieces," Trunks said. "It was when I went back to the past."

"You went back to the past?" Ami asked.

"There's a lot of stuff I haven't told you about me... but right now, I'd kinda like to get back to training," Trunks said.

"I see..." Ami said. "Would you tell me about your adventures in the past... your past... sometime later?"

"If I ever get some time off from training," Trunks said. "I'll probably start doing it full-time now."

"You don't have to do that," Ami said. "You're already strong enough to beat all of the monsters that have shown up through that gate."

"Maybe I'll tell you about them before you go to bed," Trunks said. "Like the bedtime stories my mom used to tell me."

Trunks walked over to the pod's control console and pressed a few buttons.

"Say, Ami," Trunks said. "Would you like to take a turn on this thing?"

"I won't have to fight that Frieza creature, will I?" Ami asked nervously.

"If you want to," Trunks said. "I'll set it for some slightly less powerful creatures, alright? I'll warn you now, though. They're not going to use magical energy like the ones you're used to. They're going to use ki."

"I think I can handle it," Ami said. She transformed into Sailor Mercury. "I'm ready!"

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Meanwhile, inside Crysthea's throne room...

"We're ready and raring to go!" Rosemary shouted. "Right, girls?"

"Right!" Angelica and Chamomile said.

"Excellent," Crysthea said. She waved her hand, and a purple gate appeared in front of the three evil sorceresses. "Remember, don't kill the boy if you don't have to. Sailor Mercury is your target."

"Can we have fun with him?" Angelica asked playfully. "Please?"

"As long as you kill Mercury, I don't care what you do," Crysthea said.

"Yay!" Chamomile cheered. "Let's go!"

The three girls jumped into the gate. It closed behind them.

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Sailor Mercury stood in the middle of a grassy field that looked identical to the one that Trunks had fought the Frieza hologram in earlier.

"Alright, Ami," said Trunks' voice over the pod's speakers. Trunks was standing outside the pod, adjusting the settings. "You ready?"

Mercury nodded.

"Good," Trunks said.

Just then, a tall human-like creature materialized in front of Sailor Mercury. The creature was light blue, and it had dark green hair in a ponytail style on its head. It was covered in fish-like scales.

"Who are you?" Sailor Mercury asked the creature. It began to laugh.

"I'm Zarbon!" the creature said. "And who might you be?"

"I'm Sailor Mercury, champion of justice!" Mercury declared.

"Well then, Sailor Mercury... prepare to die!" Zarbon shouted. The thick-scaled creature flew at Sailor Mercury. She pointed her henshin stick at it.

"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" Mercury shouted. A stream of bubbles surrounded Zarbon and burst into a cloud of mist, fogging Zarbon's vision. He looked around, struggling to see.

"Where is she?" Zarbon yelled angrily, trying to find Sailor Mercury. He turned to see a thin silhouette through the fog. "Bingo!"

But before Zarbon could attack Sailor Mercury, she turned toward Zarbon and struck first.

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Mercury shouted. A watery harp appeared in her hands, and she played it, sending waves of freezing water at Zarbon. The waves slammed into him and knocked him back, coating him with a thick layer of ice on the front of his body.

"That's cold..." Zarbon said, in shock. "What kind of strange attack is that?"

With ice crystals dripping off of his body, Zarbon extended his arm and attemped to fire ki blasts at Mercury through the fog. The blasts missed, creating small explosions on the ground and smoke that helped to clear some of the mist. Sailor Mercury, in the meantime, had gotten behind Zarbon. She took out her computer and used her visor to scan him for weaknesses.

"Bingo," Mercury whispered. Zarbon turned around, just as the rest of the fog cleared. He looked, but could not find Sailor Mercury anywhere.

"Where is she?" Zarbon shouted angrily. "I'll-"

Zarbon let out a yelp of pain as Sailor Mercury grabbed his ponytail and pulled it back, putting pressure on Zarbon's neck. She put her hand on Zarbon's back.

"Mercury Bubbles Freeze!" Mercury shouted.

A large spray of ice shot out of Mercury's hand and spread out over Zarbon, freezing him solid. She walked over to the front of Zarbon and admired her work.

"Now to finish him off," Mercury said, pointing her arm at Zarbon. "Mercury Aqua-"

Suddenly, the ice shattered, sending chunks of it flying everywhere. One of the chunks of ice hit Mercury square in the forehead, knocking her to the ground. She struggled to get up, but within seconds, Zarbon was standing over her.

"Goodbye," Zarbon said, pointing his arm at Sailor Mercury's head. Still sprawled out on the ground, she screamed as Zarbon fired a blast that instantly disintegrated the upper half of her body.

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Sailor Mercury sat up, shaking and sweating profusely. She gasped for breath as Trunks walked in.

"Lucky for you, I set the simulation on damage override," Trunks said, extending his hand to help up the defeated Senshi. "Anything that happens to you in the simulation doesn't carry over to the real world."

"Thanks," Mercury said in a relieved tone as Trunks helped her to her feet. "Who the heck was that Zarbon guy?"

"I honestly don't know. I never fought him," Trunks said, frowning. "Evidently, while mom and Gohan were on Namek trying to find the Dragonballs, this guy terrorized them until dad came and tossed him in the lake."

"Namek? Dragonballs?" Mercury asked, confused.

"More about this dimension you don't know," Trunks said. "I've never seen Namek or the Dragonballs, actually. But mom told me all about them. The Dragonballs are supposed to grant you any wish you want. You can even use them to bring people back to life."

"Then why don't you use them to bring back everyone that died?" Mercury asked. Trunks shook his head sadly.

"They disappeared when Kame, the guardian person I told you about before, was killed by the androids," Trunks said. "He was supposed to have died when the warrior he was linked to, Piccolo, was killed, but the androids used some sort of device to keep him alive, I don't know. Then they killed him. We haven't had the Dragonballs in over fifteen years."

"I see...." Mercury said sadly. "So many things I don't know...."

"By the way, you fought Zarbon in his weakest stage," Trunks said. "He could have gone to his strongest form, but you were so weak that he didn't need to."

"I know..." Mercury said. "If I was only a tenth as strong as you..."

"You just need more practice," Trunks said. "Wanna try again? Not again Zarbon, of course... someone weaker."

Trunks walked up to the pod's internal control console and scanned through the list of opponents. Finally, he stopped. Mercury looked at the console to see the creature Trunks had stopped at.

"That's that spiked creature you saved me from a few days ago," Mercury said. "When I first got here. I can't beat that..."

"You won't know until you try," Trunks said. "Remember, even if it defeats you again, you can't really get hurt."

"Okay..." Mercury said, with trepidation. "I'll try..."

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Meanwhile, Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile had popped out of the gate and onto a large, desolate field just outside of the town near the Briefs' home.

"This place sucks," Chamomile said. "It's all dark and gloomy... no flowers..."

"This is so gay," Angelica pouted. "I want to go home!"

"C'mon, you guys! We're on a mission!" Rosemary said. "Kill Sailor Mercury, and maybe have some kissy-wissy with her boyfriend!"

"Okay!" Angelica said. "Remember the kissy-kissy!"

Chamomile nodded.

"Besides, you guys, look!" Rosemary said, pointing to a row of buildings. "There's a town right over there! Maybe that's where Sailor Mercury and her boyfriend are staying!"

"Let's go!" Chamomile shouted. The three sorceresses began to float toward the town.

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This time, Sailor Mercury appeared in the middle of an abandoned village that looked exactly like the one where she had popped into when she first appeared in the dimension.

"This is just like that town..." Mercury said fearfully. "Uh oh..."

Spectralis walked out from behind a building. One of the spikes on its head glowed green. A large gust of wind flew into Mercury, knocking her off of her feet.

"Ouch!" Mercury shouted as she hit the ground on her back. "Mercury Bubbles Blast!"

Sailor Mercury fired off a cloud of bubbles, again creating a large fog. Spectralis looked through the fog, searching for Sailor Mercury.

"Shine Aqua Illusion!" Mercury shouted quickly, trying to strike again before Spectralis could respond. A large wave of water barreled into Spectralis, knocking the creature into the side of an abandoned building. But the attack had had a side effect. The fog created by Mercury's Bubble Blast attack disappeared. Spectralis quickly got to its feet and smiled.

"That was a mistake!" Spectralis shouted. Its red spike began glowing. A huge explosion engulfed Sailor Mercury, sending her flying into the air. She hit the ground face down.

"Unnh..." Mercury moaned, coughing up dirt. "Have to try something else...."

Spectralis' blue spike lit up, sending a pillar of water straight at the fallen Senshi. It smacked into her like a giant fist, flipping her over onto her back.

"You're pathetic!" Spectralis taunted. "Just like last time!"

Mercury sat up, spitting out water and wiping her forehead.

"I'm going to lose to this thing again... I'm so pathetic..."

Sailor Mercury growled, determined not to lose. She stood up and clenched her fists.

"I won't lose!" Mercury thought, yelling at herself in her own mind. "I can't! No!"

Spectralis' purple spike began to glow.

"It's going to fire again..." Mercury said to herself. She raised her arms. "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"

Spectralis fired a large blast of purple energy out of its spike just as Mercury launched several waves of water at Spectralis. The water and energy blast collided. Mercury fired another Aqua Rhapsody attack. The water waves pressed back toward Spectralis. Spectralis fired another energy blast. The forces of the attacks finally canceled each other out, leaving a weakened Sailor Mercury on the ground on one knee. Spectralis laughed. Its indigo spike began to glow.

"Say goodnight, Sailor Mercury!" Spectralis shouted. Energy from the other spikes began to flow into the indigo one. Mercury stood up and faced down the creature.

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Sailor Mercury shouted. Another wave of water flew at Spectralis, but the creature simply leaped out of the way, avoiding the attack.

"Spectrolysis!" Spectralis shouted. A huge multi-colored beam of energy flew at Sailor Mercury, bearing down on her. She closed her eyes, waiting for the deadly attack to come.

"I can't let this happen to me again! I have to stand up for myself!" Mercury thought desperately. She opened her eyes and began to glow a dark blue color. Spectralis' attack slammed into Sailor Mercury, but her blue glow kept the attack at bay, if only for a few seconds.

"C'mon, annihilate her!" Spectralis shouted. Sailor Mercury closed her eyes again. She raised her arms and began twirling around, forming a vortex. Spectralis' attack circled around it and was sucked in.

"Mercury... Infusion... Maelstrom!" Sailor Mercury shouted.

As Mercury twirled around, Spectralis' attack quickly dissipated and was replaced by a whirling torrent of freezing water. The whirlpool grew and grew. Spectralis began to be sucked toward it.

"No, no, no!" Spectralis yelled as he was plunged into the whirling maelstrom. Jets of energy began circling around with the waves of water. Then, it all collapsed and burst outward in the form of a towering explosion of water that engulfed Spectralis and Sailor Mercury. Then, as soon as it began, it was over. The water fell away and disappeared, and in the center of it all was Sailor Mercury, on her knees, but still conscious. Spectralis was nowhere to be seen. The simulated environment disappeared, leaving Sailor Mercury sitting inside the center of the pod. Trunks stepped inside and walked over to the exhausted Senshi.

"You did it!" Trunks said happily. "You finally beat that thing!"

"I guess I did..." Mercury said. She stood up and detransformed. "Trunks, I did it!"

She ran up to Trunks and wrapped her arms around him.

"A little excited, aren't we?" Trunks said. Ami stopped hugging Trunks and backed away.

"Sorry, guess I got a little carried away there..." Ami said.

"I was like that the first time I was able to hit Gohan," Trunks said nostalgically. "So... wanna go upstairs and get lunch?"

Ami gasped.

"Oh no... I told Bulma I'd go upstairs and join her for breakfast... I haven't had any yet," Ami said, slightly embarrassed. "I am pretty hungry..."

"Let's go eat, then," Trunks said. "You've earned it."

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Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile floated down to the ground and walked into town.

"Alright, now let's start looking for Sailor Mercury," Rosemary said. "Scatter! And don't kill anyone you don't have to!"

The three sorceresses fanned out and began searching the town. Rosemary walked into the center of town and looked around.

"Hmm..." Rosemary said, her finger on her chin. "Let's see here..."

Rosemary walked around until she saw a teenaged boy, yelling up at his mother who was on the roof of their house.

"Who's that?" Rosemary said to herself. "Maybe it's Sailor Mercury's boyfriend!"

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"Why did you say that to him?" Chris' mother asked.

"I was mad," Chris said. "He said... 'Now you know what it's like to lose a father'. It pissed me off!"

"Chris, watch your language," Chris' mom said.

"I think I've found him..." Rosemary said to herself. "And even if I haven't, he's a cutie. Getting information out of him might be fun!"

Rosemary put her hand on her head.

"Guys, I think I've found Mercury's boyfriend!" Rosemary said to the other two girls telepathically. "Come quick!"

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Chris walked into his house and sat down in a chair next to the kitchen. He sighed.

"Maybe I ought to apologize to Trunks..." Chris said to himself. "I guess he's angry too..."

Suddenly, the door burst open. Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile walked inside. Chris stood up angrily.

"What are you guys doing here?" Chris yelled. "Where's my mom?"

"Ah, ah, ah!" Angelica said. "We'll be asking all the questions now!"

"What?" Chris shouted. "What kind of questions?"

"Questions about Sailor Mercury," Chamomile said. "Where is she?"

"I don't know anything about her! She's not here! I-" Chris yelled before Rosemary put her hand over his mouth.

"Stop yelling," Rosemary shushed him. "It's rude."

The three girls began to laugh as Chris slumped back into the chair and trembled in fear.

"These girls are crazy..." Chris thought to himself.

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Y'know, it's kind of a cliche that the bad guys will somehow always go after the last person who was a jerk to the hero. I'm sorry, I must be the most unoriginal writer on FF.net. ^_^ I should be yelled at. Heh, J/K! Don't yell! Just review! Or not.