Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Love In A Ruined World ❯ Carnage In The Crystal Castle! ( Chapter 13 )

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 flew up to the Crystal Tower, holding Sailor Mercury in his arms.

"Should we go in now?" Mercury asked.

"Yeah," Trunks said. He pointed his right arm at the tower, holding Sailor Mercury in his other arm. He fired a ki blast at the tower, blasting a huge hole in the side.

"What are you doing?" Mercury asked. "If you tried to destroy the tower, all four of them would just leave and go somewhere else!"

"I'm trying to make a better entrance," Trunks said. "I don't feel like climbing very much today."

Trunks floated into the hole, two-thirds of the way up the building. He floated inside of a large, crystalline room, and set Sailor Mercury down gently.

"We should only have to climb up ten stories or so," Trunks said. "Let's go."

Trunks and Sailor Mercury ran out of the room, looking for a set of stairs to go higher up in the tower.

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Meanwhile, in a huge domed room on the top floor of the tower, Crysthea was standing in front of the rejuvenated Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile.

"That sound," Crysthea said. "I think Trunks just blasted his way in."

"That's bad, isn't it?" Chamomile asked nervously.

"Sailor Mercury's probably here too," Rosemary said.

"That's right," Crysthea said. "So you three have to go and make sure they don't make it up here."

The three girls gasped.

"B-b-b-b-b-but Trunks is dangerous!" Chamomile stammered. "He'll kill us!"

"Girls, we can't let Trunks scare us," Angelica said. "We have to fight him with all of our might to protect our queen!"

"That's right!" Rosemary said in agreement. "Never fear, Crysthea. We shall not get Trunks get past us!"

"Alright, I guess..." Chamomile said. "Let's go..."

The three girls flew out of the room. Crysthea smiled.

"I'll miss them," Crysthea said to herself.

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Trunks and Sailor Mercury up another set of stairs and entered a small room with many tiny holes in the floor and ceiling.

"Trunks, look," Mercury said, pointing to one of the walls. "I can see myself in these walls..."

"They're made of crystal," Trunks said. He turned around to another wall and stared at his image. "This one makes me look fat..."

Sailor Mercury turned around to look at the distorted image of Trunks on the wall, a reflection that portrayed him as much fatter and shorter than usual. Mercury's reflection was distorted in a similar manner. She giggled.

"It's just like a funhouse!" Mercury laughed. Suddenly, a huge, sharp spike burst from the floor, right behind her. She turned around and screamed. "I was nearly killed!"

Two more spikes rose from the floor on both sides of Trunks. Trunks immediately jumped up and floated in the air to avoid any more spikes that were about to come up. He extended his arm to Mercury.

"Grab my hand!" Trunks shouted.

Sailor Mercury nodded. Just then, another spike rose up from the floor, again right behind her. She grabbed Trunks' hand, and he pulled her up.

"Trunks, thank you," Mercury said.

"Ami, your top..." Trunks said. "That spike slashed cleanly through the back of it..."

Mercury looked behind her to see that the top of her Senshi fuku was now backless.

"Well, what do you know," Mercury said. "That's not good... oh well, next time I detransform and transform again, it'll be fixed."

More spikes rose up from the floor and went back down, making the floor of the room a death trap.

"That's not good," Trunks said. "Well, at least we're safe up here..."

As soon as Trunks finished his sentence, a spike protruded down from the ceiling, stabbing right between Trunks and Sailor Mercury and narrowly missing both of their heads.

"That's definitely not good!" Mercury screamed. "We have to get out of here!"

Spikes began shooting from the ceiling and the floor. Trunks, clutching Mercury protectively in his arms, carefully navigated the spikes and flew out of the room. He set her down and they both ran up the stairs to the next floor.

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"That was a close one," Trunks said, walking up another flight of stairs. "How far have we climbed?"

"Eight floors by my count," Mercury said. "There could be another trap..."

Trunks and Mercury walked up to a huge, brass door with large crystal handles. They pushed the door open and stepped into a huge room.

"Looks like it's supper time," Trunks said.

The room that he and Sailor Mercury had entered was a huge dining hall. The walls, like the walls in the rest of the tower, were crystal. There was a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling with hundreds of beautiful lights hanging from it. In the center of the room was a large, long dining table with plates, spoons, forks, napkins, and knives, but no food. There were ten oaken chairs around the table. The room had an exit, a large brass door on the other side of the room, identical to the entrance door.

"Let's just get out of here, Trunks," Mercury said. "This is another trap..."

"I agree," Trunks said. "Let's go."

Trunks and Sailor Mercury ran around the table and walked up to the exit. Suddenly, a huge wall of glass rose up in front of them, completely blocking the door.

"That's no problem," Trunks said, charging up a small ki blast. "That barrier is going down."

"Hey!" yelled a voice from behind Trunks and Sailor Mercury. They turned around to see Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile sitting in the three chairs farthest away from them.

"Trunks, Sailor Mercury, long time no see!" Rosemary said.

"We want you to join us!" Angelica said happily. "Unless you want to play..."

"This time, you two aren't going to win!" Chamomile yelled. "Nope!"

"Why won't you three die?" Trunks asked in frustration. "How many times do I have to beat the crap out of you?"

Trunks pointed his arm at the table. A series of large explosions ripped through it as Trunks fired several ki blasts. The three girls leaped away from the table and stood in front of the large explosions, very close to Trunks and Mercury.

"Hey, that wasn't nice!" Rosemary whined. "That table was worth a lot of money!"

"Trunks, go on ahead," Mercury said. "I can take care of them."

"What?" Trunks shouted. "There's no way I'm leaving you, Ami."

"Go on ahead and fight Crysthea," Mercury said. "You almost beat her before, remember?"

"I wasn't trying to kill her," Trunks said. "That blast was strong enough to kill those three girls, but only strong enough to knock Crysthea out. I have to make her form a gate to take you back home."

"Hey, what are you two talking about?" Angelica yelled. "Are we gonna fight, or what?"

"Ami, I don't want to leave you," Trunks whispered. "I have faith in you, but..."

"You want to protect me, Trunks," Mercury said. "I know. Thank you, Trunks."

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Trunks asked. Sailor Mercury nodded and clasped his hands in hers.

"If I'm not up there with you in twenty minutes, come for me," Mercury said. "Alright?"

Trunks nodded, then fired a ki blast at the crystal wall blocking the exit. The blast destroyed the barrier, and Trunks ran through the door, heading off to face Crysthea.

"Trunks is gone," Rosemary said. "This rocks!"

"We won't lose!" Angelica declared. "Not this time!"

"We just have to stop those crazy new attacks of hers! Alright, let's go!" Crysthea said eagerly. Sailor Mercury twirled around and fired a ball of magical energy at Chamomile. Chamomile jumped over the ball as it whizzed by and slammed into the far wall of the room, freezing it solid.

"I don't even have to say my attacks anymore to channel the energy," Mercury thought. "I only have to go into the motions for a few seconds. They won't see it coming."

"Rouge Stars!" Rosemary shouted, firing a stream of spinning pink energy shurikens at Sailor Mercury. The shurikens were fast, but Mercury managed to dodge all but one. The last one scraped across Mercury's arm, cutting her near the elbow.

"Ouch!" Mercury cried, clutching her wound.

Angelica leapt behind Mercury and kicked her in the head. She stumbled forward. Angelica pointed her arm at Mercury's head and blasted her with a burst of magical energy, knocking her face down on the ground.

"Unnh..." Mercury groaned. She stood up and looked around to see the three girls surrounding her. "Take this!"

Mercury fired a large ball of ice magic at Angelica. The ball slammed into her and flew into the wall, exploding and pinning her to the wall with ice.

"Oh no!" Chamomile shouted. "Angie-chan!"

Chamomile spread her arms and launched a mini-tornado out of each of her palms. The tornadoes converged on Mercury and tossed her into the air.

"This is bad..." Mercury thought. "They're fully healed.... I won't be able to beat them as easily..."

Mercury landed on the ground, on her back. Angelica broke free of the ice pinning her to the wall and ran over to Sailor Mercury. She tried to get up, but Angelica put her foot on Mercury's chest, keeping her down.

"Gotcha," Angelica said.

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After climbing up two more sets of stairs, Trunks entered a large, cube-shaped room. He spotted the exit and began walking toward it.

"I hope Ami's alright," Trunks thought. "I feel horrible leaving her there..."

Suddenly, a huge pillar of crystal flew out of the wall and slammed into Trunks. It slammed him into the wall, pinning him against it.

"Grr..." Trunks growled, smacking away the huge pillar and watching it fly into the other wall, shattering it and creating a large hole that led to the outside. "I'm not messing around with this anymore!"

Trunks flew to the center of the room. Pillars began flying toward him. Trunks fired ki blasts all over the room, destroying the pillars and making more holes in the walls. Trunks finally stopped firing when the pillars stopped rushing at him. He walked to the other side of the room and stepped through the large exit door, leaving a wrecked room behind him, full of shattered glass and holes in the walls. When he entered the next room, he smiled. He was facing a wide, long staircase that led to a huge, golden door.

"Bingo," Trunks said.

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Meanwhile, back in the dining hall where Sailor Mercury was dueling with the three evil sorceresses...

"Darn it..." Mercury groaned, struggling to get out from under Angelica's foot. "Get off of me!"

"Aw, she looks mad!" Angelica said. "Girls, what should we do?"

"I say kill her!" Rosemary said. "Then we can get out of this dump."

"Maybe... maybe I can fire my energy without having to move, like Trunks does..." Mercury thought. "If I just think of the attack..."

Mercury closed her eyes and tried to concentrate her energy, thinking of her Aqua Rhapsody attack. Nothing happened.

"If I can't at least move, I can't attack..." Mercury thought. "No!"

"What's the matter? No more juice?" Angelica yelled. She raised her foot and stomped on Mercury's chest, causing her to gasp in pain.

"Argh!" Mercury shouted.

"That was fun!" Chamomile said, jumping up and down. "Do it again!"

Angelica lifted her foot, preparing to stomp Mercury's chest a second time.

"Now's my chance!" Mercury thought, her eyes lighting up. She rolled out of the way of Angelica's attack and rose to her feet.

"No!" Angelica yelled, turning around. "Cammy-chan, that was stupid!"

"You wanted to stomp her again! I didn't make you," Chamomile whined angrily. "Get her, quick!"

"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" Sailor Mercury shouted, firing bubbles from her hands and shrouding the room in fog. The girls looked around, but couldn't see Mercury in the mist.

"We lost her!" Rosemary yelled. "Crap! I oughta-"

Rosemary's voice was suddenly cut off by the sound of a large sheet of ice forming. The fog disappeared, and Angelica and Chamomile turned to see their older sister, frozen solid in a block of ice.

"Rosie-chan!" Angelica screamed. "What the-"

"Look out!" Chamomile shouted, turning around again and pointing at Sailor Mercury, standing behind them and ready to strike.

"Mercury Infusion..." Mercury shouted, firing off a huge ball of ice energy before Angelica even had the chance to turn around.

"Oh no!" Chamomile yelled. "Aaaah!"

The ball hit the girls and exploded with a huge blast that immediately encased the girls in a huge block of ice. The block of ice flew into the far wall and crashed through it, sending the two frozen sorceresses plunging down hundreds of feet to the ground.

"That's it for them," Mercury said quietly. "Too bad... I didn't mean to kill them... but... it had to be done... poor girls..."

The block of ice holding Rosemary began to crack. Mercury gasped.

"She'll be mad..." Mercury whispered. "Her sisters..."

The ice shattered, throwing shards of ice all over the room. A very angry Rosemary faced Sailor Mercury, breathing heavily.

"You froze me, and then killed my sisters?" Rosemary shouted in an enraged tone. "You'll pay!"

Rosemary took out her staff and pointed it at Sailor Mercury.

"I apologize, but you girls have caused too many people too much pain!" Mercury said. "I have to defeat you!"

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Meanwhile, in the huge domed room where Crysthea stood, waiting for Trunks and Sailor Mercury...

"They're close..." Crysthea said to herself. "Come now, Trunks. Make this easy for both of us."

Just then, the door flew open. Trunks walked inside and began to advance toward Crysthea.

"So, you're here," Crysthea said. "Where is Sailor Mercury?"

"Downstairs, killing your weak apprentices," Trunks said. "I'm here to fight you."

"Ah, I see," Crysthea said. "So it's just you and me, then?"

"I don't plan to kill you," Trunks said. "You're going to form a Dimensional Gate that will take Sailor Mercury back home."

"I can't do that, Trunks," Crysthea said. "I think you'll see that it will be quite hard to force me to do anything."

"We'll see," Trunks said. He was now standing ten feet away from Crysthea. "Your move."

"I get the first attack?" Crysthea asked. "Free hits? Alright, here I go!"

Crysthea raised her arms and pointed them at Trunks.

"Crystal Cocoon!" Crysthea shouted. The crystalline floor around Trunks oozed into liquid.

"Eh?" Trunks said.

Several liquid strands of crystal shot up from the floor and descended upon Trunks. The strands converged on him and began wrapping around and around each other, creating a solid ball of crystal. Trunks, it appeared, was completely entrapped in a glass prison.

"A bit hard to move, isn't it?" Crysthea asked. "Now... kaboom!"

The crystal cocoon lit up with bright light, and then exploded in a brilliant flash. When the flash disappeared, Trunks was completely gone.

"Aw, the poor baby blew up!" Crysthea said victoriously. She began giggling.

"You know what's really funny?" said a voice from behind Crysthea. "It probably would have been funnier if I was actually in that thing."

"WHAT?" Crysthea shouted. She turned around nervously to see Trunks, floating behind her.

"Hello there," Trunks said. His leg smashed across Crysthea's face, sending her flying back all the way into the wall at the other side of the room. Her back impacted the wall, making a huge crack. Trunks flew toward Crysthea, hoping to hit her again before she could recover. Crysthea stood up and leapt out of the way right before Trunks reached the wall. He bounced off of the wall and fired two small ki blasts at Crysthea as she floated back. She ducked under one of the blasts and smiled.

"You can't hit me!" Crysthea said, mocking Trunks. "Na na na-"

The other blast slammed into Crysthea's chest, making a small explosion that knocked her to the ground and sent her skidding across the floor. Trunks landed on the ground and watched Crysthea slowly skid to a stop after she had slid halfway across the room, groaning in pain.

"Ready to make that gate, yet?" Trunks asked. Crysthea stood up, wiping blood from her lip.

"Never," Crysthea said angrily.

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Rosemary fired a bolt of lightning from her staff. The bolt of lightning was unusually fast, catching Sailor Mercury off guard. It struck the ground next to her, throwing her to the ground.

"Argh!" Mercury cried out, landing on her arm.

"Take THIS!" Rosemary yelled. "Piercing Thorns!"

Four huge vines, covered with thorns, burst from the ground and wrapped around Mercury's arms of legs, then began squeezing them. Mercury screamed as the deadly thorns sliced into her flesh. Rosemary waved her hands, and the thorns retreated back into the ground, dropping Sailor Mercury to the floor.

"That... hurt..." Mercury moaned. Her arms and legs were covered with lacerations from where the thorns had sliced into her skin.

"The next one... will go right through your heart!" Rosemary shrieked. A huge vine with a large thorn on the end rushed at Sailor Mercury. She rolled out of the way before it could impale her, but it came back at her, tracking her down like guided missile. She twirled around and pointed her hand at it, firing a ball of freezing magical energy at the ground in front of the vine. The explosion from the blast encased the thorny tip of the vine in ice, stopping it and holding Rosemary in place.

"You won't be able to retract your vine," Mercury said. "I suggest you surrender."

Rosemary tried to pull her hand back, but the vine it was attached to wouldn't budge. She was completely stuck. She raised her other hand and prepared to fire at Mercury.

"I'll never surrender! I have to avenge my sisters! Murderer!" Rosemary shrieked. Sailor Mercury leapt over the stuck Rosemary and landed behind her.

"I'm sorry," Mercury said. "Mercury... Infusion..."

A huge ball of ice energy slammed into Rosemary and exploded as Sailor Mercury leaped out of the way.

"She's completely frozen..." Mercury said. The blast had left Rosemary encased in an even bigger block of ice than the one that had trapped her sisters. "But how will I finish her off?"

Mercury didn't have to wait more than a few seconds for her answer, as the glass floor beneath Rosemary's icy prison began to crack. Suddenly, the glass shattered, and the huge block of ice and a large section of the room fell to the ground below. Mercury, watching from right next to the huge chasm, sighed sadly.

"I really, really didn't want to kill any of you..." Mercury sniffled. "But it had to be done! Trunks, I'm coming!"

Mercury ran through the door and climbed up the remaining floors toward the room where Trunks was fighting Crysthea. She didn't notice the tower begin to creak underneath her, sounding as if it was straining to keep its shape.

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"You're not going to escape, Crysthea," Trunks said.

"I'm not planning to," Crysthea said. "Spiral Sever!"

A huge, extremely thin blast of pink energy rushed at Trunks in a spiral shape. Trunks ducked under the spiral. It continued to fly up until it hit the ceiling and tunneled through it like a drill, then spun out into space.

"What was that?" Trunks asked. "Pathetic!"

Crysthea smiled. The spiral-shaped magical attack tunneled back through the wall nearest Trunks and rushed toward him, faster than it had gone before.

"Time to end this!" Trunks shouted. "Yaaaaaah!"

Trunks' hair turned golden and spiky. He put his hand in front of the spiral-shaped blast and pushed it back toward Crysthea with incredible force. The blast rushed back at Crysthea. She gasped, then ducked under the blast as it flew back and tunneled through the opposite wall.

"That almost killed me!" Crysthea shrieked. She looked up to see Super Saiyan Trunks staring at her. "What the hell are you?"

"A Super Saiyan," Trunks said. "You can't possibly win, so give up now!"

Crysthea smiled.

"So you're a blonde now," Crysthea said nonchalantly. "So what?"

The door to the room opened. Sailor Mercury ran inside.

"Trunks!" Mercury said. "I defeated the sorceresses!"

"What?" Crysthea shouted in disbelief. "No way! Not again!"

"That's great, Ami!" Trunks said. "I'm just about to get this witch to make us that gate we wanted. When she does, you'll be able to go home."

"I'll never let you go home, Sailor Mercury!" Crysthea shouted angrily. "I'll kill you both! Then-"

Suddenly, a very loud shattering noise could be heard. The room began to shake.

"What's that?" Mercury shouted.

"All those rooms I destroyed must have weakened the structure of the building," Trunks said. "This place is gonna collapse!"

"No!" Crysthea yelled. "Wait... this could be a good thing!"

The room began to plunge downward, the floor and walls cracking and breaking. Trunks grabbed Sailor Mercury and held her close to protect her from the falling glass. Crysthea laughed insanely, then disappeared.

"Let's get out of here!" Trunks yelled. He flew upward, inbetween the two pieces of the ceiling as it cracked in half. Then, they floated above the Crystal Tower and watched as the huge fortress collapsed in on itself.

"She's gone..." Mercury said.

"We'll find her," Trunks said, powering down from SSJ. "For now, let's go home. She can't hide in too many places, not while you have that computer of yours."

"Alright," Mercury said. Trunks, holding Sailor Mercury, flew back toward his home. The glass building completely fell to the ground. Then, the huge mountain of shattered glass shrunk down to a tiny crystal. The crystal shattered.

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Meanwhile, a little ways away from where the Crystal Tower used to stand...

"Am I... dead?" Rosemary groaned, sitting up in the middle of a pile of shattered ice. She had several cuts over her body, made by the shards of ice as they shattered and cut her flesh. "My head hurts so much... the ice must have softened my fall... ouch..."

"Rosie-chan... is that you?" Chamomile said weakly, limping over to Rosemary. "That Sailor Mercury... she's... she's too good...."

"What do we do now?" Angelica asked, walking over to the wounded Rosemary and Chamomile.

"I'll tell you what you can do, you pathetic failures!" Crysthea yelled, landing next to the three girls. "Stay out of my sight! I never want to see any of you weaklings again!"

"What?" Rosemary said in disbelief. "But, my queen..."

"Silence!" Crysthea shouted. "This bleak world will be your new home from now on! I don't need any of you. You're worthless!"

Crysthea waved her hand. A Dimensional Gate appeared behind her.

"Please, don't!" Chamomile pleaded desperately. "This place is terrible! Let us go back with you!"

Crysthea backed into the gate, ignoring the girls' pleas. It closed behind her.

"No...." Angelica said sadly. "She... she left us here..."

"She tossed us out like used garbage," Rosemary said. "Well, now what are we going to do?"

"I wanna go home..." Chamomile sobbed, kneeling on the ground with her head in her hands. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. Thunder began to rumble in the background, and raindrops fell onto the dejected girls.

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"Mom, we're home!" Trunks said, walking into the house. "And not a moment too soon."

"It's starting to rain!" Ami said, now detransformed. Bulma walked up to them.

"Did you two get any training in?" Bulma asked sweetly.

"We sure did," Trunks said. "We got something else, too. A close encounter with those crazy sisters and their wicked boss."

"Boss?" Bulma asked.

"A demented, evil queen," Ami said. "We defeated the sisters, though."

"Well, that's good," Bulma said. "It's about time for dinner, wouldn't you say?"

"I am hungry," Ami said. "Let's eat!"

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Meanwhile, Crysthea was standing next to Dr. Sakaki in front of a giant computer screen. Dr. Sakaki sat at a large keyboard, typing furiously.

"Dr. Sakaki, those foolish girls were worthless to me," Crysthea said. "I want you to do me a favor."

"What is it, my queen?" Dr. Sakaki asked humbly, turning around to face Crysthea.

"Find out as much about the dimension that I sent Sailor Mercury to as you can," Crysthea said. "Particularly, information on a young man named Trunks. I have a new plan, and this time, it won't fail."

"Certainly, my queen," Sakaki said, turning around and typing on his computer.

"Trunks, soon, you will no longer be an enigma to me," Crysthea said. "And that will be the day that you and Sailor Mercury meet their match! Mwahahahahaha!"

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Oooh, Dr. Sakaki is gonna do some research on DBZ! What will he find? Read and review to find out! Well, I'll write the next chapter anyway. Soon, the REALLY dark stuff starts. Mwahahahaha!