Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Love In A Ruined World ❯ Cracks In The Armor ( Chapter 10 )

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, with Sailor Mercury standing a few feet behind him, stood in the middle of the large, desolate wasteland outside the town. Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile stood across from them.

"So, shall we begin?" Trunks asked them. "I'll try to make all of your deaths quick."

"Oooh, he's gonna kill us!" Rosemary cooed. "Didja hear? I don't wanna die!"

"I'm too young to die!" Angelica squealed mockingly.

"Oh, please, have mercy!" Chamomile shouted. "Don't hurt us!"

The three girls began giggling. Trunks lifted up off of the ground and zoomed off toward the girls. Seconds later, a loud yelp could be heard. Chamomile skidded along the ground, dirt flying up around her as she slid. Trunks stood in the exact spot where Chamomile had stood seconds earlier.

"That's for lying to Sailor Mercury and I," Trunks said. Rosemary and Angelica turned toward him.

"What the hell?" Rosemary said.

"I'll handle this," Angelica said. She floated up into the air and extended her palms. "Deluge Wind!"

A large wall of water zoomed toward Trunks. As it flew, it molded itself into the shape of a tornado. The tornado of water engulfed Trunks, inundating him with deadly water magic. Trunks raised his arm in front of his face to shield himself from the attack.

"Pathetic," Trunks said. He leapt away from the tornado, but it continued to rotate toward him. Trunks pointed his arm at the tornado of water and fired an energy blast at it. The blast flew into the tornado and illuminated it, destroying the attack and leaving a small crater in its place.

"Oh, ow...." Chamomile said, weakly standing up and clutching her midsection. "Hey, Trunks! You punched me in the boobs! Pervert!"

Trunks turned toward Chamomile.

"How can you still be standing?" Trunks asked. He pointed his arm at Chamomile. "And I punched you in the chest. I can't help it if you've got padding in the way."

Trunks fired three large balls of ki at Chamomile. She gasped, then leapt out of the way of the ki balls. They hit the ground and detonated with three explosions, raising up a large plume of smoke. Chamomile landed next to the explosion and fell onto one knee.

"Hey, are you alright?" Rosemary shouted.

"No... I'm hurt real bad!" Chamomile whined.

"Trunks, you'll pay for that!" Rosemary yelled. A large, thorny rose vine flew out of Rosemary's hand and ensnared around Trunks, pinning his arms to his sides.

"Trunks!" Mercury shouted. Suddenly, Angelica appeared in front of her, holding up a large, decorated staff.

"Eat this, Sailor Mercury!" Angelica yelled, smacking the staff hard across Mercury's face. She screamed, then fell to the ground onto her knees, moaning in pain. Angelica laughed triumphantly.

"Mercury!" Trunks shouted. Without even having to blink, Trunks broke free of the vines wrapped around him, then flew right at Angelica.

"Mission accomplished," Angelica said, pointing her staff at Mercury's chest. "Hahaha-"

Angelica's triumphant laughing was cut off by Trunks, flying at a rapid speed into Angelica's stomach, then continuing to fly forward, taking the sorceress with him.

"Aaaaah!" Angelica screamed in both pain and fear. "Urgh...."

Trunks raised his sword above Angelica's chest and began to thrust downward. Right before Trunks' sword would have pierced her heart, Angelica suddenly became solid ice. Trunks plunged his blade through the ice, shattering it on contact. Angelica reappeared, floating in the air about twenty feet from Trunks. She clutched her stomach and groaned in pain.

"I've never... been tackled like that before..." Angelica thought. "What power..."

"Regroup!" Chamomile shouted, disappearing and reappearing next to Rosemary.

"Yes, let's..." Angelica said, also disappearing and reappearing next to Rosemary. Trunks turned around to see the three sorceresses, standing and facing him with angry looks on their faces.

"Well, well, well," Trunks said. "Looks like I managed to hurt two of you."

Angelica and Chamomile were both standing on either side of Rosemary, both of them clutching their midsections and moaning in pain. Rosemary stepped forward, clutching her rose-decorated staff. She pointed it at Trunks.

"You can't be serious," Trunks said. "You won't beat me by yourself."

"Just mind your own business," Rosemary replied. She turned to her sisters. "I'm taking pretty-boy to school."

"Yeah!" Angelica cheered.

"Do it, Rosemary!" Chamomile said. "But leave a bit left for us to play with!"

"I'm not screwing around," Trunks said. "You're finished."

Trunks flew at Rosemary quickly. Rosemary smiled and lunged at Trunks, holding her staff. She swung it in front of herself, sending a boomerang-shaped wave of magic at Trunks. Trunks ignored the wave and let it smack right into his forehead as he continued to fly at Rosemary. The wave disappeared as it hit Trunks, but it seemed to effect Trunks ever so slightly, causing him to twitch and stop for a split second. Rosemary saw this and smiled.

"I hurt him a little," Rosemary thought. "So pretty-boy's not invincible after all..."

But as soon as Rosemary looked at Trunks again, he was upon her. He lifted his right leg and slammed it across Rosemary's face, sending her crashing to the ground.

"Oh no!" Angelica shouted, putting her hands to her mouth in shock. "Big sister!"

Rosemary simply smiled, wiped a small amount of blood from her lips, and floated up to face Trunks.

"That really hurt," Rosemary said. "I can't believe you would kick a woman! In the face!"

"Get used to it," Trunks said. He pointed his arms at Rosemary and began firing small ki blasts at her. Rosemary twirled her staff rapidly. It began to glow with magical energy. The blasts hit the twirling staff and bounced off of it, falling harmlessly to the ground.

"Missed me, missed me, now you've gotta kiss me!" Rosemary chanted. She stuck out her tongue. "Nyah!"

Trunks growled angrily and flew at Rosemary, rearing back his fist to strike. Rosemary screamed and put up her arms to shield herself.

"Magical Rose Shield!" Rosemary shouted quickly. A large, magical flower appeared in front of Rosemary. Trunks continued to fly at Rosemary, and ended up plunging right into the flower. It closed around him.

"Oh no!" Sailor Mercury yelled.

"Hey," Angelica said, pointing at Sailor Mercury. "Shouldn't we be trying to kill her?"

"But this fight is fun!" Chamomile said. "And Rose-chan is winning! I really really think she is!"

"You think so?" Angelica asked.

"Mm-hmm!" Chamomile said, nodding her head.

"Well, okay," Angelica said. "I just don't want her to get away or anything..."

"She's not going anywhere," Rosemary said, standing in front of the flower where Trunks had been entrapped. "And now..."

Rosemary clenched her fists. The flower exploded in a large cloud of pink smoke and thorns. When the smoke cleared, Trunks was floating in front of Rosemary, growling viciously. He reached out and grabbed her around the neck.

"I'm going to pop your head off of your shoulders," Trunks said angrily.

"Um... girls.... little help?" Rosemary squeaked out in a stifled tone.

"Rose-chan!" Angelica and Chamomile both yelled at once. Rosemary's hand began to glow.

"On second thought.... maybe... I'll help myself!"

Rosemary smacked her hand onto Trunks' forehead, creating a small explosion. Then, something happened that hadn't happened before. Trunks winced in pain and dropped Rosemary to the ground. Then, he clutched his forehead, groaning in pain.

"Unnh... can't breathe... neck hurts..." Rosemary choked out, clutching her neck in pain. Trunks took his hand off of his forehead and looked at it. He saw a small amount of blood on his hand.

"What the heck?" Trunks thought. "I'm... bleeding?"

Rosemary skittered back on the ground and stood up next to Angelica and Chamomile, still rubbing her neck.

"Girls..." Rosemary said. "New plan!"

"You okay, Rose-chan?" Angelica asked in a concerned tone.

"What's the plan?" Chamomile asked.

"I'm fine," Rosemary said. "And the plan..."

Rosemary began whispering something to her sisters. Trunks pulled back his arms and began charging a ki blast.

"I'm ending this now," Trunks thought. He began charging up his blast. "Ka...me..."

The three girls turned around.

"Alright," Rosemary said. "Plan B starts now!"

"Look!" Chamomile gasped, pointing at Trunks.

"Ha...me..." Trunks said, preparing to fire the blast.

"Get out of the way!" Rosemary yelled. The three girls dispersed, running off in different directions. Trunks ignored them.

"HA!" Trunks shouted, firing a huge ki blast at the spot where the girls used to be. If the three sorceresses had still been there, they would have been destroyed. However, they had gotten out of the way just in time. The blast continued to fly until it slammed into the ground about half a mile away, in the middle of a small, abandoned village. The blast hit the ground and exploded with a large amount of force, creating a huge ball of energy where it landed.

"Oh... oh... oh..." Chamomile sputtered, gasping for breath.

"If that thing... had hit us..." Rosemary stammered, "we'd all be dead!"

That was the straw that broke the camel's back for Chamomile. She gasped again, then fainted. Angelica ran to her side and picked her up.

"See what you did?" Angelica shouted angrily. "Poor Cammy-chan fainted!"

"Guess I'll have to go for Plan B by myself," Rosemary said. She flew at Sailor Mercury and swung her staff at the Senshi's head. Mercury ducked under the strike and leaped back.

"Shine Aqua Illusion!" Mercury shouted, twirling around and causing a wave of freezing water to wash over Rosemary. Rosemary cried out, then shook off the water and growled at Sailor Mercury.

"That was cold! I already took a bubble bath today, thank you very much!" Rosemary said indignantly. "Take this!"

Rosemary pointed her hand at Mercury's face and fired a small burst of magical needles. The needles hit Mercury's face, cutting her flesh and causing the anguished Senshi to close her eyes to avoid being blinded by the needles. Trunks turned around and flew at Rosemary angrily. She ignored Trunks and continued firing the needles at Sailor Mercury. Sailor Mercury began growling angrily.

"I'm not getting beaten again... not ever again!" Mercury thought. She turned toward Rosemary. A vortex of water began forming around her.

"Wha?" Rosemary said as her magical needles began to be sucked into the growing whirlpool.

"Mercury... Infusion... Maelstrom!" Sailor Mercury shouted. The whirlpool around her grew into a huge spinning storm that engulfed both her and Rosemary. Trunks gasped.

"That attack..." Trunks said in amazement. "She's doing it again... alright, Sailor Mercury! Yes!"

"No, Rose-chan!" Chamomile yelled.

"That's a neat attack..." Angelica said.

The attack finally ended. Sailor Mercury smiled.

"Is that it?" Sailor Mercury asked. Then, she gasped in fear. Standing in front of her was a very drenched and very angry Rosemary.

"You... little... wench!" Rosemary growled between breaths. "I... almost... drowned!"

Rosemary pointed her arms at Sailor Mercury and began to charge up an attack.

"I'll kill you right now, by myself!" Rosemary screamed. Suddenly, she was stopped by a strong hand spinning her around in the other direction. Rosemary was now face-to-face with an angry looking Trunks.

"You're finished," Trunks said. He pulled his fist back and prepared to strike Rosemary. Suddenly, a green, glowing magical chain wrapped itself around Trunks' wrist. He turned around to see that Chamomile was holding the chain.

"I won't let you hurt her, you big meanie!" Chamomile yelled. Trunks started to fly toward Chamomile, but was again stopped when a blue chain wrapped itself around his other wrist. Angelica was holding the end of the chain.

"Tag team!" Angelica said. "Yeah!"

More blue and green chains wrapped around Trunks until his entire midsection was wrapped, his arms pinned to his body.

"You think these will stop me?" Trunks growled. He began to try and snap the chains, but was suddenly jolted by a blast of pink magical electricity, coursing through his body. Trunks groaned, and then screamed out in pain.

"Gotcha!" Rosemary said, pointing her arms at Trunks. "Try this on for size!"

The electrical blast intensified, causing Trunks to scream louder.

"Trunks!" Sailor Mercury yelled. "Stop hurting him!"

Sailor Mercury dashed at Rosemary, trying to stop her. Rosemary kicked back, hitting Mercury in the face and knocking her to the ground.

"This is fun!" Rosemary said.

"Grrrr..." Trunks growled, trying to break free of the attacks. "I didn't want to do this, but..."

Trunks began screaming again, this time in anger. The magical chains began to expand.

"What's going on?" Angelica yelled.

"I can... barely hold him!" Chamomile shouted.

Trunks' hair began to raise up into a spikier fashion.

"What's... Trunks doing..." Mercury groaned painfully.

Trunks calmed down, then smiled. His hair changed in color, from purple to a yellowish-gold tone. It stood up in several places, spiking on his head. The chains holding him bulged out even further.

"Girls...." Rosemary said nervously, still shocking Trunks with pink electricity. "Time for Plan C..."

"What's... Plan C?" Angelica asked, struggling to keep a hold of Trunks.

"RUN!" Rosemary screamed. "Now!"

Rosemary stopped her electricity attack, turned, and began flying off. Almost immediately, the magical chains that were holding Trunks snapped, causing Angelica and Chamomile to fly back several feet. They stopped, and then zoomed off in different directions. The now Super Saiyan Trunks looked around angrily.

"Dammit, they're getting away!" Trunks yelled furiously. "Ami, quick! Turn on your computer and track them!"

"Right!" Mercury said, getting out her mini-computer and typing on it quickly. "Three large magical energy sources, flying off in different directions!"

"Guess I'll kill them one at a time, then," Trunks said, flying off after one of the dots displayed in Mercury's computer screen.

"Wait, now they're turning around and flying differently!" Mercury said. "In a spiral pattern!"

Trunks flew over and looked at Mercury's mini-computer.

"I can't sense them without that thing," Trunks said. "Give it!"

Trunks reached out and snatched the mini-computer from Sailor Mercury. However, when he looked at the screen, the three dots were gone.

"What?" Trunks stammered in disbelief.

"They flew out of range," Mercury said, taking back the computer. "Let me adjust it-"

"Screw it," Trunks said, powering down out of SSJ. "If I can't track them myself, I won't be able to go fast enough to catch them."

"Trunks, what did you just do, anyway?" Mercury asked. "Your hair... it changed color..."

"It's called 'going Super Saiyan'," Trunks said.

"What's Super Saiyan?" Mercury asked.

"I'll explain it to you later," Trunks said. He brushed his hand against Mercury's cheek, running it over one of the small cuts made by Rosemary's needle attack "Your face is bleeding."

"It's nothing," Mercury said. "So is your forehead..."

"Yeah, I know..." Trunks said. "Those attacks... were so strong... but... they looked so weak... how did they actually hurt me?"

"Magical attacks are stronger against ki-based lifeforms," Mercury said. "At least that's what your mom thinks."

"Well, she's right," Trunks said, clutching his arm. "Well, Ami, let's go."

"Huh?" Mercury asked.

"We'd better go back to the village in case those crazy girls decide to attack," Trunks said. "Although they seem a bit less vicious than Serris was, they may go after other people like they went after Chris."

Sailor Mercury nodded.

"If they're not there, we'll go home and try to concentrate on finding them again," Trunks said. "How could I let them escape like that? Those conniving, evil girls..."

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Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile flew onto the road that lied between the Briefs' home and the small town nearby. After they landed, they began examining their wounds.

"Trunks is so mean..." Chamomile whined. "My whole body hurts!"

"He's stronger than anyone we've ever faced before by far," Rosemary said.

"Now we know what Serris was really up against," Angelica said, panting heavily. "We need a new strategy."

"Ah, plan D!" Rosemary said.

"We have to find some way to get Sailor Mercury and Trunks apart," Angelica said. "We had a few good shots at her today, but every single time, Trunks got in our way."

"We should have kept Chris around..." Chamomile said. "He was kinda cute!"

"Cammy-chan, you're a genius!" Angelica said.

"Huh?" Chamomile said in a puzzled tone. "Hey, back off, Chris is mine!"

"No, not that," Angelica said. "We need another hostage!"

Rosemary smiled.

"That Chris kid said that Trunks' house was right down this road," Rosemary said. "He also told me that pretty-boy lives with his mom."

"Oh, I see!" Chamomile said. "But his mom's not gonna be as fun as Chris was..."

"This isn't about fun anymore," Rosemary said. "It's about business and killing Sailor Mercury. All we have to do is grab Trunks' mom, hold her hostage, and trade her for Sailor Mercury. Nobody would let their own mom get killed! Unless they were a jerk..."

"But Trunks is a jerk!" Chamomile said.

"He's not a BIG jerk," Angelica said. "Rosemary's plan is awesome! Yes!"

The three girls began to cackle evilly.

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Meanwhile, back at Chris' house...

"Trunks...." Chris said, standing next to his mom and facing Trunks and Sailor Mercury. "Look..."

"Chris, I'm sorry for letting those girls do what they did to you, and I'm sorry for saying those things I said yesterday," Trunks said.

"My dad's dead," Chris said. "You didn't lose your father when you were actually old enough to appreciate him..."

"I realize that now, and I regret that I never had the chance to know my father as well as you knew yours," Trunks said.

"Trunks really is sorry," Sailor Mercury said. "And so am I... if it wasn't for me, those girls never would have shown up..."

"If you two hadn't have come when you did, those girls would probably have began to torture me," Chris said. "Thanks for rescuing me from them. And Trunks, I forgive you."

"I appreciate that," Trunks said. "Chris, what exactly did those girls ask you?"

"They asked me about you, and Ami, and where you lived," Chris said.

"Did you tell them?" Trunks asked.

"Trunks, I told them almost everything I knew," Chris said. "I'm so sorry, but-"

"I understand," Trunks replied. "Did you tell them where I lived?"

Chris nodded his head.

"Ami," Trunks said. "We have to go back to my house, now."

"Do you really think they'll attack there?" Chris' mom asked.

"I hope they don't, but they probably will," Trunks said.

"Let's go, then," Sailor Mercury said, nodding.

Trunks and Sailor Mercury ran out the door. Trunks picked up Sailor Mercury, and then flew toward his house as fast as he could.

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Oooh... can Trunks and Ami arrive at the Briefs' home in time to save Bulma from impending doom at the hands of younger, more attractive women? Find out next time! And remember to review, if you feel like it! ^_^