Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Love In A Ruined World ❯ A Conclusive Battle? ( Chapter 12 )

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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That night, Ami stood in front of the sink in the Briefs' bathroom, wearing a red nightshirt with green shorts that went down to just above her knees. She dipped her head into the sink and splashed her face with water.

"Trunks finally defeated those girls," Ami thought. "He did it so quickly... I can't wait for him to teach me some of his moves... if what Trunks said is true, I could use my magic energy to power blasts like that. Wouldn't that be something?"

Trunks walked into the room, wearing a white undershirt and blue boxers. He saw Ami and stepped back.

"I'm sorry," Trunks said. "I'll wait until you're done..."

"Oh, hello, Trunks!" Ami said, lifting her head and greeting him. "Thank you for helping me out today!"

Ami pointed to her neck.

"See, the marks are gone," Ami said. "That Senzu Bean really helped! Thank you!"

"You're welcome," Trunks said. "We only have two left now, though. Mom can make more, but it'll take some time."

"How are you feeling?" Ami asked.

"Okay, I guess," Trunks said. "I still feel kind of cold from that huge ice attack Angelica used on me, though."

Ami turned off the faucet and dried off her face with a white towel.

"Alright, the bathroom's all yours," Ami said.

"Mom said you can sleep in her room, since my room got damaged earlier," Trunks said. "I guess it's my fault for using such a big blast on such a weak fighter. Anyway, mom's going to sleep on the couch."

"Where are you going to sleep?" Ami asked.

"I'm not going to," Trunks said. "I'll be downstairs in the basement, training. When you wake up tomorrow, eat breakfast and then come to the basement when you're ready to train with me."

Ami nodded.

"I'm going to bed now, Trunks," Ami said. "Good night."

"Good night, Ami," Trunks said.

Ami smiled at Trunks, and he smiled back at her as she exited the bathroom. Trunks picked up his toothbrush from the small rack over the sink and began to brush his teeth.

"I hope Ami can learn some of my skills," Trunks thought. "The better she's able to defend herself, the less danger she's in... I may not be able to protect her one of these days..."

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The next morning, Ami, transformed into Sailor Mercury, walked up to the basement door.

"Are you going down already?" Bulma called from the kitchen. "You didn't finish your pancakes!"

"I guess I'm eager to start training with Trunks," Mercury replied. "I'm sorry..."

"It's okay," Bulma said. "Have fun!"

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Inside the training pod, Trunks was launching several powerful punches and kicks at a punching bag hanging from the ceiling. He smacked the punching bag hard with his right arm, making an extremely loud noise as the battered bag felt the impact of the punch and flew up, nearly hitting the ceiling before swinging back down, right at Trunks. Trunks jumped up and kicked the bag with a powerful spinning kick, knocking it up again. Suddenly, a monitor dropped down from the ceiling. Trunks turned to look at it to see Sailor Mercury's face projected in the monitor. The punching bag flew at Trunks and smacked him hard in the back of the head.

"ARGH!" Trunks yelled, clutching his head.

"Oops, I'm sorry!" Mercury said, putting her hand over her mouth to stifle several giggles that were starting to form in the back of her throat. "Um... may I come in?"

"Not yet," Trunks said. "I've got 750 times gravity on in here. If you step inside, you'll be crushed."

"750 times Earth's gravity?" Mercury shouted in disbelief. "How can you stand? You weigh over 100,000 pounds!"

"Guess I need to go on a diet, then," Trunks said. Mercury giggled again.

"Well, could you turn the gravity off?" Mercury asked.

"Alright," Trunks said. He walked over to the internal control console and turned the gravity back down to normal "Aaah... I feel so light now. Alright, come in."

Sailor Mercury opened the pod and stepped inside.

"Where shall we begin?" Mercury asked.

"Alright, Ami, let's start at the very beginning. Every creature has energy within himself or herself. All you need to do is focus on that energy, and then release it," Trunks instructed. He walked over and pressed a button on the console. Suddenly, Trunks and Sailor Mercury were in a large, grassy field.

"I see," Mercury said. "Alright, here goes..."

Mercury closed her eyes and clenched her fists in front of her. She began groaning.

"What are you doing?" Trunks asked.

"Well, you said I had to focus my energy," Mercury replied.

"Relax a bit more," Trunks said. "That way, it'll come easier."

"I'll try," Mercury said. This time, she stood up straight and closed her eyes. She began to breathe calmly and slowly.

"I can feel a tiny bit of energy," Trunks said. "That's good. You're beginning to focus. Now, hold your palm out in front of you."

Mercury did what Trunks told her, putting out her right arm and spreading her palm wide open.

"Focus your energy in your palm and try to push it out," Trunks said. "But don't... don't push, just relax."

"I think I know what you mean," Mercury said, keeping her eyes closed. She continued to focus. After a few seconds, tiny specks of energy began floating to her hand.

"That's good, that's good," Trunks said. "Keep it up. You're doing just fine."

More and more specks of energy floated to Sailor Mercury's hand over the next minute. Finally, she specks stopped. A tiny, tiny ball of ki about the size of a marble had formed in front of Mercury's palm.

"Hmm..." Trunks thought. "That thing is tiny... it's no bigger than the ki ball I taught my mom to be able to form... that's weird, she's using no more energy than a normal human would use..."

Mercury opened her eyes to see the tiny ball of ki floating out in front of her hand.

"Is that it?" Mercury asked.

"No," Trunks replied. "You should be able to make a bigger one... a much bigger one, with all of the energy you have. Just try to aim and fire it for now."

Mercury pointed her hand toward the ground and gave the ball a tiny mental push. The ball of ki hit the ground and fizzled out on contact, burning up a few blades of grass.

"I'm puzzled," Trunks said. "You should be able to form much larger energy balls than that..."

"Wait a second," Mercury said. "I think I know why! The ball I just formed was one I formed using my ki energy. But I don't have any more ki energy than anyone else! I need to form one with my magical energy!"

"Of course!" Trunks said. "That's what I was going to try to have you do in the first place."

"But I can't channel my magical energy unless I'm using one of my attacks," Mercury said sadly. "And those aren't as focused as your ki attacks are."

"Maybe if you stopped right near the end of an attack, before the energy is released, you can try to focus it," Trunks said. "Try it."

"Alright," Mercury said. She began twirling around. "Mercury Bubbles-"

Mercury tried to stop, but the momentum of the motions of the attack and the energy swirling around her followed through.

"Blast!" Mercury shouted reluctantly, releasing a torrent of bubbles outward from her body and clouding the area with fog.

"That's okay, that's okay," Trunks said. "Try again. Try not to follow through so much. I don't use attacks like that, so-"

"Trunks, I'm behind you," Mercury said. Trunks turned around to face her, barely able to see her face through the fog.

"Oops... couldn't see you there," Trunks said apologetically. "Alright, go into another attack and try to stop and focus your energy near the end of the attack."

Mercury nodded. She began another one of her attacks.

"Shine... Aqua..." Mercury began, getting into the rhythm of the attack and watching the waves of water circling around her. "Now I have to cut it off and focus!"

But again, the rhythm of the attack had swept Sailor Mercury up almost completely. She wasn't able to stop herself.

"Illusion!" Mercury shouted, firing a stream of freezing water forward and collapsing to the ground.

"Ami?" Trunks said in a concerned tone. "Are you okay? You almost did it..."

Sailor Mercury stood up.

"I couldn't do it!" Mercury yelled in frustration. "Grrr..."

"Ami, you're beginning to lose focus," Trunks said. "You have to relax and remember to concentrate your energy."

"Alright," Mercury said. "One more time."

Sailor Mercury began another attack, causing waves of magical energy to ripple around her. Water began forming around her hands in the shape of a harp.

"Mercury... Aqua..." Mercury said, starting to play the harp. She tried to stop playing it, but yet again, she couldn't stop herself. Trunks watched angrily.

"I'll have to stop her physically," Trunks thought, running up behind Sailor Mercury as she began the final part of her attack.

"I can't stop myself, again..." Mercury thought. "Maybe magical attacks can't be focused..."

But just as she began to say "Rhapsody", Trunks put his hand over her mouth, stopping her from finishing the attack. The harp in her hands began to disappear as she started to panic.

"Ami, keep the energy and focus it," Trunks whispered. Mercury snapped back into full concentration and began to relax. The water that once comprised the harp in her hands began forming in her hands again as a ball. Trunks removed his hand from Mercury's mouth and stepped back as she closed her eyes, focusing the large ball of watery magical energy and holding it out, just in front of her hands.

"I'm doing it!" Mercury thought.

"Now release that energy!" Trunks shouted. Mercury nodded her head and launched the ball from her hands, flying out about a hundred feet before hitting the ground and exploding in a huge column of magical energy. The column expanded to twice its size before disappearing.

"Oh, wow...." Mercury said in amazement and looking at a large crater in front of her. The crater was completely frozen over with ice.

"You did it, Ami," Trunks said. "Sorry I had to grab you like that, but-"

"You helped me, didn't you?" Mercury asked. "I really did it... I focused my energy and released it, and made a new attack..."

"An attack probably ten or twenty times stronger than your normal attack," Trunks said. "That's because it was focused. Pretty, unfocused attacks like your Aqua Illusion and Aqua Rhapsody are good, but what you just did was great. Alright, Ami, now try to do that without me having to stop you in the middle of an attack."

"Okay," Mercury said. "I'll try it with my Infusion Maelstrom attack!"

Sailor Mercury began spinning around as a whirlpool of swirling ice and water began circling around her.

"I can't get caught up in this attack," Mercury thought. "I have to stop myself right before the end. I have to concentrate!"

Mercury put out her palm, preparing to gather her energy.

"Mercury... Infusion..." Mercury said slowly. "Now... focus!"

The Senshi closed her eyes and mentally refused to continue the attack, instead, pulling the energy out in front of her to form a ball. The swirling torrent began to rush outward from her palm, forming a huge ball of magical energy in front of her. Finally, all of the forces in the attack were now floating out in front of Mercury's hand. She smiled and began to release the energy. But instead of firing it, it detonated in her hand, showering her with the energy.

"AMI!" Trunks shouted. "She couldn't handle that much energy at once!"

The huge explosion created by the botched attack disappeared, leaving Sailor Mercury lying face down on a huge field of ice. Trunks flew out to her and picked her up. Her eyes were closed.

"Ami?" Trunks asked desperately. "Hey, Ami!"

Slowly, her eyes began to flutter open.

"Trunks..." Mercury groaned painfully. She detransformed in Trunks' arms. "I... I did it..."

"Yeah, you did it all right," Trunks said. The grassy field disappeared, leaving Trunks holding Ami inside the pod.

"I can stand," Ami said. "Please put me down."

Trunks gently set Ami down on the ground on her feet and released her. She wobbled around for a couple of seconds, but soon regained her balance.

"There, I'm fine," Ami said happily. "Thank you for helping me train today!"

"Don't try to focus that attack," Trunks said. "You did everything else right, though. Let's go eat lunch, okay? We'll try focusing some weaker attacks tomorrow."

Ami nodded in agreement.

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Meanwhile, in a large field about a mile from the Briefs' house...

"What's the game plan?" Rosemary asked.

"I'll go after Trunks," Crysthea said. "You three kill Sailor Mercury. I can hold Trunks off for a while. I might even be able to defeat him."

"Really?" Angelica asked excitedly.

"Be careful!" Chamomile said.

"You three just worry about Sailor Mercury," Crysthea said. "We'll strike tomorrow, when their guard is down a bit more. Soon, the water Senshi shall be destroyed!"

"And then we'll go and fight the other ones!" Rosemary said. "They'll be no match for us!"

The four evil sorceresses began to laugh evilly.

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The next day, in the ruins of the same city Trunks had taken Ami to a week earlier to use abandoned buildings as target practice...

"Alright, Ami," Trunks said. "You think you can handle this?"

"Yes," Ami said, now transformed back into Sailor Mercury. "I can do this!"

Mercury began her attack, bubbles circling around her.

"Mercury Bubbles-"

Mercury relaxed and pushed the bubbles outward, forming them into a fair-sized ball of pulsating magical energy.

"Great!" Trunks said happily. "Now... release!"

Mercury smiled and pointed the energy ball at a row of abandoned houses. She launched the ball at the small buildings. It exploded on contact, destroying several of them and covering the rest of the houses in the row, as well as the crater made by the attack, with ice.

"You're a quick study," Trunks said. "But I guess you would be, seeing as how smart you are."

Sailor Mercury nodded.

"Hey, Trunks!" shouted an obnoxious sounding female voice from above his head. Trunks looked up to see a beautiful, light blue-haired woman standing on one of the top beams of a huge skyscraper that had been reduced to metal scaffolding.

"Who are you?" Trunks shouted.

"Come up here and find out!" the woman yelled.

Trunks sighed.

"Ami, stay there. I'm going to deal with her and come back down," Trunks said.

"Trunks, she looks really familiar," Mercury said, squinting up at the woman. Then, she gasped.

"What is it?" Trunks asked.

"She's the one who sent me here in the first place!" Mercury yelled fearfully.

"What?" Trunks shouted. He looked up at the woman. "Grrr..."

Trunks flew up to the beam that the woman was standing on and stood across from her on it.

"Glad you could come," the woman said. "My name is Queen Crysthea. And she's right. I did send her here! Knocked her right through a dimensional gate! And I must say, I don't blame her for not wanting to be here. What happened to this place?"

"That's none of your damn business," Trunks said.

"Oooh, grumpy, grumpy," Crysthea said. She took out a large, jewel-encrusted staff with a beautiful crest on the end, and pointed it at Trunks. "You've been really mean to my apprentices."

"You mean those evil ditzes you sent here a few days ago?" Trunks asked. "They deserved to die."

Crysthea giggled.

"He thinks they're dead!" Crysthea thought. "This is great!"

"You murderer!" Crysthea shouted, not letting on to the fact that Rosemary and the others were alive. "You'll pay for their deaths!"

Crysthea raised her staff and fired a bolt of lightning at Trunks. Trunks easily leaped out of the way, causing the lightning to pass harmlessly under him and hit the ground.

"Do you know how many of your dumb minions already tried that trick?" Trunks asked. "Too many."

Trunks flew at Crysthea with incredible speed and punched her hard in the face, knocking her clear off of the beam she was standing on. She started to fall, but quickly regained her composure and floated up to face Trunks.

"That hurt," Crysthea said. "If I had known you were here, I'd have sent Sailor Mercury somewhere else! Actually, I couldn't control where I sent people when I used that attack on her."

"Can you do it now?" Trunks asked.

"Of course," Crysthea replied.

"I'm going to force you to send Sailor Mercury back where she came from, and then I'm going to kill you," Trunks said.

"Just try it!" Crysthea yelled. She flew at Trunks and swung at him with her staff. Trunks ducked under the swing and kicked the staff right out of Crysthea's hands, then raised his arm and fired a blast at the staff, disintegrating it.

"Aw, and that was a nice staff, too," Trunks said mockingly. "Sorry."

Crysthea growled.

"Unfortunately for you, that staff is only for show. I can use all of my most powerful spells without it! Like this one! Devil Gate!" Crysthea screamed. A huge, black gate appeared in front of Trunks.

"Is that the gate she uses to teleport people?" Trunks yelled to Sailor Mercury, who was still on the ground.

"No!" Mercury shouted back. "Be careful!"

Trunks turned around to defend himself from the attack just as several energy strands flew forth from the huge gate, hitting Trunks and exploding when they hit him, showering him with dark energy sparks. Several of the strands hit Trunks, causing him to give a yelp of pain. He flew out of the attack's path and fired a blast at Crysthea. The blast hit her and knocked her back, causing the attack to cease and Crysthea to plummet toward the ground. She managed to stop before slamming into it, floating up to Trunks' level yet again. She smiled when she noticed what her attack had done to Trunks.

"It hurt you," Crysthea said. "Look."

Trunks' body was marked with several small burns and cuts on his arms and face. His shirt and jacket had small tears in them where the energy sparks had hit.

"I'll be," Trunks said. "But my attack hurt you more."

"She's powerful," Mercury said to herself, standing on the ground and watching the fight. "I don't know if the rest of the Senshi could have defeated-"

Suddenly, a green chain comprised of magical energy wrapped around Mercury's arms, pinning them to her side. She looked down and noticed the chain.

"What the heck?" Mercury said to herself. "I thought-"

A blue chain wrapped around the rest of her midsection, completely immobilizing her arms.

"Hey!" Mercury shouted. "Now I know something's up!"

As soon as Mercury finished those words, a red energy chain wrapped around her legs. Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile stepped out from behind a group of buildings and began giggling.

"Alright!" Rosemary cheered. "Now to finish her off!"

Dark energy coursed through the chains, causing Mercury to begin wincing with pain.

"Oh no, they're still alive! And they want to kill me!" Mercury thought.

Crysthea looked down to the ground and smiled. Then, she looked back up at Trunks.

"What are you looking at?" Trunks asked.

"TRUNKS!" Sailor Mercury screamed painfully, being zapped repeatedly by the girls' attack.

"Oh no!" Trunks yelled. He began flying toward the ground, attempting to help Sailor Mercury.

"I don't think so!" Crysthea said.

She flew in front of Trunks and blasted him in the face with a small burst of purple magical energy. The energy ball hit Trunks, knocking him back. He shrugged off the attack and growled angrily. Crysthea flew up to him and kicked him hard in the stomach, causing him to double over and cough up a small amount of blood. She then flew back and pointed her arms at Trunks.

"Radiant Spheres!" Crysthea shouted, firing a large cloud of rainbow-colored magical energy spheres at the temporarily stunned Trunks. Trunks looked up and began smacking the spheres away with his sword.

"Trunks is distracted! Perfect!" Chamomile yelled. "Let's finish her off!"

The amount of dark energy coursing through the chains wrapped around Mercury grew, causing her to scream even louder. Trunks tried to help her, but was too busy fending off Crysthea's Radiant Sphere attack.

"I've got to save myself!" Mercury thought. "I have to focus! No matter now much I'm hurting now, I have to concentrate and break free!"

Sailor Mercury shut her eyes and tried to block out the pain.

"Hey, she's not screaming anymore," Rosemary said. "What's she doing?"

"Mercury.... Infusion..." Mercury said quietly, starting to form her strongest attack. A whirlpool of water and energy began circling around her body. The chains around her body continued to hold her in place, even with the powerful attack circling around them.

"She's trying to attack us!" Angelica said. "We should have wrapped some of those chains around her dumb mouth."

"She won't attack us," Chamomile said reassuringly. "She's too weak. She can't even move!"

"Trunks told me not to try and focus this attack, but it's my only chance to break free!" Mercury thought, focusing the attack into a concentrated stream of water that formed itself into three spheres of water that continued to circle around her. The spheres stopped, one of them appearing in front of Rosemary, one appearing in front of Chamomile, and one in front of Angelica.

"Hey, that doesn't look good..." Chamomile said nervously. Mercury opened her eyes and gave all three spheres a tiny push, sending them flying right into the three sorceresses. The spheres found their targets, hitting each girl and bursting with a gigantic explosion of water energy. The chains around Sailor Mercury disappeared, causing her to fall to the ground onto her knees. She smiled.

"Gotcha," Mercury whispered.

"NO WAY!" Crysthea screamed, stopping her attack on Trunks and watching her apprentice sorceresses be engulfed by Mercury's attack.

The explosions finally faded, and the effects of the attack could easily be seen. The exploding spheres of energy left three huge, ice-filled craters on the ground. Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile were all frozen within the craters.

"Ami did it," Trunks said to himself. "She actually did it."

Trunks smiled. He flew over to Crysthea, spun around, and kicked her squarely in the face. The evil queen plummeted to the ground and landed next to one of the craters, throwing up a huge cloud of dust into the air. Sailor Mercury, who was standing nearby, inhaled some of the dust and began coughing. Trunks quickly flew over to her, grabbed her, and set her gently down on one of the metal beams on the huge skyscraper scaffolding.

"You'll be safe there," Trunks said. He pointed his arm at Crysthea and the three entrapped sorceresses. "I'm going to finish them off."

Crysthea stood up and looked into the sky to see Trunks charging a ki blast.

"Oh, no you don't!" Crysthea shouted, clutching her face in pain. "It's better to fight and run away so I can fight another day!"

Crysthea fired three small fireballs at the ice craters, freeing Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile. Their unconscious bodies floated into the air, next to Crysthea.

"Au revoire!" Crysthea said. She flew off, carrying the three girls with her.

"Come back here!!" Trunks shouted angrily. He stopped charging the ki blast and began to fly at Crysthea. Crysthea looked back and winked at Trunks, causing a large flash to emanate from her body. The flash blinded Trunks for a few seconds. When he looked up, Crysthea and the others were gone.

"Trunks..." Mercury said. "They're gone..."

Trunks floated over to Sailor Mercury and sat down on the beam, right next to her.

"We'll get them next time," Trunks said. "Ami... you defeated all three of those evil girls!"

"I know," Mercury said proudly.

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Meanwhile, about a mile away...

"That lousy stupid mean Trunks," Crysthea said, setting down Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile. "He was gonna kill us!"

Crysthea took out a large crystal and placed it on the ground.

"Guess I'll have to break out the big guns," Crysthea said. "Or rather, the big tower. Our mobile fortress... the Crystal Tower!"

The crystal began to glow. Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile slowly woke up.

"The Crystal Tower," Rosemary said standing up with her sisters and watching as the tower began to form. "Now Trunks and Sailor Mercury will die!"

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"I'm proud of you, Ami," Trunks said. "You know, this place was the first place that Gohan took me to train..."

Trunks looked down sadly.

"It was also the place where the androids... the androids..." Trunks stammered. "They..."

"Gohan was killed here?" Sailor Mercury asked. Trunks nodded.

"I already lost one person I cared about here," Trunks said. "I didn't want to lose another."

Mercury gasped.

"Trunks... cares about me?" Mercury thought. "Of course he does... but... certainly not like he cared for his mentor Gohan..."

"I'm sorry," Mercury said. "I guess this place brings up painful memories for you..."

"If I couldn't handle it, I wouldn't bring you here to train," Trunks replied. "Don't worry. We'll stop those girls, and then we'll get you back home. I have four days left. Remember, I promised."

"That was ten days ago?" Mercury asked. "They've gone by so fast, and yet, so slowly..."

Mercury turned toward Trunks and looked into his eyes.

"Thank you," Mercury said. "For training me and for protecting me."

Without thinking, she began to lean in toward him, her face drawing closer and closer to Trunks'. Trunks leaned in toward her as well.

"Ami..." Trunks said quietly. "Thank you... for being my friend."

Then, their lips touched. It was a brief kiss, only lasting for a second before they slowly pulled apart from each other. Trunks put his hand to his lips.

"Trunks, did we just..." Ami said, slightly startled that she had kissed Trunks, who she had only known for ten days.

"I've never kissed anyone before in my life," Trunks said. "Ami, I..."

"You've never kissed anyone?" Ami asked. "But you're 18!"

"Well, my mother, I guess," Trunks said. "I don't know what came over me... you're the only girl that I feel has ever really cared for me... I've had girls who were sort of my friends, but..."

Before Trunks could stammer out the rest of his sentence, his and Sailor Mercury's attention turned to the huge, crystalline tower that was forming just beyond a small group of hills behind the abandoned city. The tower had many, many huge spires, and looked to be over thirty stories tall.

"Looks like Crysthea's going to make it easy for us to find her," Trunks said.

"Trunks, it could be a trap," Sailor Mercury said. "I'm feeling kind of exhausted..."

"Do you want to go back home and rest, Ami?" Trunks asked.

"No," Mercury replied. "Let's go. We have to defeat Crysthea and her minions once and for all!"

"Let's roll!" Trunks said. He picked up Sailor Mercury and flew off toward the crystalline tower.

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Trunks and Ami kissed! How kawaii! ^_^ And now, it appears that the final battle could be looming! Will Trunks and Ami defeat Crysthea? Can Ami get back home to Juuban? Is this really the end, or the beginning of even more trouble? Find out in the next exciting chapter!