Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Love In A Ruined World ❯ A Brief Interlude ( Chapter 16 )

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 glared at Frieza for a few seconds. Then, without a word, he flew up into the air and zoomed toward Frieza, ready to strike. Trunks pulled his fist back, but before he could punch Frieza, Frieza disappeared. Trunks, knowing exactly where Frieza had gone, spun around and fired a large ball of ki at the tyrant, who was floating in the air several feet away from Trunks. The blast hit Frieza in the chest, causing Frieza to yell out and fly back, away from Trunks. Trunks continued to pursue Frieza, flying up to him and punching him in the face, knocking him back toward the ground. Frieza steadied himself and landed on his feet, looking up at Trunks.

"You've got a bit more fire left in you," Frieza said. "I like that. You're much more of a challenge than that annoying sorceress Crysthea."

Trunks gasped as if he had just realized something.

"Frieza killed Crysthea," Trunks thought. "She's Ami's only way to get back home!"

When Sailor Mercury saw Trunks gasp, she came to the same realization that Trunks had.

"You know that she's the only way you can get to another dimension," Trunks said. "You just killed your only way out of here."

"Ah, but you're forgetting something, my dear Trunks," Frieza said slyly, waving his tail back and forth. "I can breathe in space. I may not be able to leave this dimension, but after I'm done with you, I'll travel to the other planets in the universe and conquer them just like I did before. Only now, all the Saiyan monkeys will be dead. No one will be able to stop me!"

Frieza began to laugh sadistically.

"No, it can't be!" Sailor Mercury screamed. Frieza turned around to look at her. "Now I'll never be able to get home..."

"And who might this pathetic little girl be?" Frieza asked. "Is it another of your stupid cheerleaders that I'll have to deal with?"

Sailor Mercury gasped. Trunks' eyes lit up with rage.

"YOU WON'T TOUCH HER!" Trunks shouted angrily. He spun around and kicked Frieza in the back of his head with incredible force. Frieza groaned, then flew forward from the momentum of the kick. He turned around and began firing multiple ki blasts at Trunks. Trunks swatted the blasts away and flew at Frieza, flying up and kicking him in the head, sending him skyward. Trunks pointed his arm at Frieza and began charging a huge ki blast.

"Aaaaaaah!" Frieza shouted as he flew up into the air. Finally, he managed to turn around to see Trunks standing on the ground below, still charging a ki blast. "He's infinitely stronger than I thought he would be...."

Trunks, still charging the blast, turned his head in Sailor Mercury's direction.

"Ami, you need to get out of here!" Trunks shouted. "I'm afraid you may become Frieza's next target..."

"Trunks, I don't want to leave you alone with Frieza!" Mercury shouted back. "He's a terrible, vicious monster!"

"Ami, you need to run!" Trunks shouted. He turned his head back so that he could focus on hitting Frieza with the ki blast. However, when he looked, Frieza was gone.

"Over here, Trunks," Frieza said, standing several feet behind Trunks. "Take this!"

Frieza turned around. His huge, sharp tail flew at Trunks and stabbed into his back, causing Trunks to scream out and lose his concentration. The ki energy in his hands detonated with a large explosion.

"Oh no!" Sailor Mercury shouted. "Trunks!"

Frieza turned toward Sailor Mercury and smiled wickedly.

"Ah, I see that you have some affection for him," Frieza said. "Tell me... is he your brother?"

"He's my friend!" Sailor Mercury shouted. She began to back away from Frieza.

"You're afraid of me, aren't you?" Frieza asked. "Well, don't be. My battle is with Trunks, not you."

Frieza frowned.

"Then again, you are Trunks' friend..." Frieza said. "So, by association... you must die as well!"

Sailor Mercury pointed her arms at Frieza and fired a large blast of ice magic at him. Frieza leaped up into the air, but was still caught in the attack as it hit the ground and exploded upward, freezing Frieza in a large pillar of ice.

"I... froze him solid," Sailor Mercury said, slightly shocked. The ice pillar began to crack. "Oh no... I knew it!"

The pillar shattered, and a smiling Frieza was floating in the place that it had once been.

"Hmmm... not bad," Frieza said. "You stopped me for two seconds."

Frieza floated down to the ground, and then began to slowly walk toward Sailor Mercury.

"You know, that girl in the green that I killed looked an awful lot like you," Frieza said. "I wonder if I should do to you what I did to her?"

Sailor Mercury began to tremble with fear.

"Or maybe," Frieza said, continuing to walk toward Sailor Mercury, "I should-"

Just then, a huge, golden blast engulfed Frieza from behind, showering him with a huge amount of deadly ki.

"What's... happening?" Frieza shouted as the attack continued, causing him to lurch forward and then fall over. The large ball of ki washed over him, and then detonated with explosive force.

"Oh.... oh my goodness..." Sailor Mercury stammered, putting her hand to her mouth in complete disbelief. Finally, the huge ball of ki disappeared. The smoke floated away to reveal a large crater with Sailor Mercury on one side and Super Saiyan Trunks standing on the other. His hand was extended outward, and he was breathing heavily, clearly exhausted from firing the huge blast.

"That... was... a close one," Trunks breathed, bending over to catch his breath. He stood up again and frowned at Sailor Mercury. "I told you to leave."

"Trunks, I'm sorry," Mercury said. "It's just... that..."

"You didn't want to leave me alone with him, I know," Trunks said. "Ami, I understand that you're worried about me, but I can take care of myself."

"I know that," Mercury said.

"And I don't want what happened to Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile to happen to you," Trunks continued. "Ami, I-"

A tear slid down Sailor Mercury's face. Then, another tear. She began sobbing.

"Ami, I'm not mad," Trunks said, trying to reassure her. "Not very mad... it's just that-"

"It's not that," Mercury sobbed. "Trunks, those poor girls... they never had the chance to live their lives, and then, they were about to be able to, and... and Frieza... he killed them!"

"I know," Trunks said. "Those poor girls... they..."

"Trunks," Mercury said, "If it hadn't been for me, then-"

A worried look crossed Trunks' face. He looked down into the crater.

"Dammit," Trunks cursed under his breath. "Frieza..."

"What is it?" Sailor Mercury asked.

"He's still alive," Trunks said. "My attack... it didn't..."

A dust-shrouded figure rose slowly from the center of the crater. It was Frieza. His body was covered with burns, some of which had blood dripping from them. His tail had two large holes in it, one near the tip and one near the place where Frieza's tail connected to his backside. His face was curled into an expression of rage, and he was looking right into Trunks' eyes. It was apparent, however, that the attack had greatly weakened Frieza.

"You thought I was dead..." Frieza growled in a raspy voice. "You can't... defeat me that... easily..."

It appeared as if Frieza was straining to speak.

"It looks like I got pretty close," Trunks said.

"Close only counts in horseshoes, my friend," Frieza said weakly. "But... I'm not through yet."

"One more blast is all it's going to take to kill you," Trunks said.

"Are you..." Frieza said before coughing again, "so nieve to believe... that I'd come to battle you unprepared?"

"What do you mean?" Trunks asked. "You should prepare to die."

"I know you've been training too," Frieza said. "So I trained just a little bit more. And... I have... a surprise."

Frieza smiled.

"A second transformation."

Frieza's battered and burned body began to glow. Trunks gasped in disbelief.

"Oh, no you don't!" Trunks shouted angrily. He pulled back his arms and prepared to fire a Kamehameha at Frieza to stop his transformation. "Ka....me..."

Energy began to form in Trunks' hands. Meanwhile, Frieza's transformation continued. The bright glow around him intensified.

"Trunks, hurry!" Sailor Mercury shouted. "We can't let him transform!"

"Ha....me..."

More energy began forming in Trunks' hands.

"Something's wrong," Trunks said. "I'm not getting nearly enough energy as I usually do when I fire a Kamehameha..."

"The fight with Frieza has taken a lot out of you," Mercury said. "Trunks, we need to get out of here!"

"I can't leave!" Trunks shouted. "Frieza must be defeated now!"

The bright glow around Frieza began to fade. Then, it disappeared.

"HAAAAA!" Trunks shouted, firing a large blast of ki at the newly transformed Frieza. Frieza simply stuck out his palm to meet the attack. The beam of ki exploded on impact, making a large plume of smoke around Frieza.

"It didn't get him..." Sailor Mercury said.

The smoke parted to reveal Frieza standing in the middle of the crater, completely unharmed. His new transformation had made him much taller, standing at about nine feet tall. His chest, arms, and legs were now large and muscular, and the large purple spot in the middle of his chest from his last transformation was gone. The only purple spots on his body were on his knees and elbows. The rest of his tall, muscular body was completely white, along with his head, which had grown slightly to be proportional to the rest of his body. His tail was slightly shorter, but it still had a red and black tip, however, it wasn't as sharp as before. His most prominent new feature was the addition of two large spikes that were protruding upward from the middle of his forehead, looking like the horns on a gazelle. The tips of the spikes were black.

"I haven't felt this big since my second transformation," Frieza said. "Ah, but I do like this form."

Frieza floated up out of the crater so that he was now hovering over it. Trunks looked up at him nervously.

"I think it's ugly," Trunks said. "I don't care what you look like now. I can still defeat you!"

Trunks flew at Frieza, much slower than he had before. Frieza smiled. Trunks threw a punch at Frieza's face, but Frieza easily caught Trunks' fist in his hand. He began to squeeze down on it viciously, causing Trunks to cry out in pain.

"Trunks, no!" Sailor Mercury shouted. She fired a blast of ice magic at Frieza, hitting him in the back. He dropped Trunks and turned around to face the water Senshi.

"Now I get the chance to kill you," Frieza said. "Excellent."

But before Frieza could lift a finger at Sailor Mercury, Trunks, showing a sudden burst of strength, kicked Frieza hard in the back. Frieza gasped in pain and lurched forward. Trunks flew around Frieza and grabbed Sailor Mercury.

"Trunks, where are we-" Mercury began.

"We're going back to my house," Trunks whispered. "Once I recover, I'm coming back and finishing Frieza for good... I hate to do this, though..."

"It's okay," Mercury said. "We've got to get out of here while he's distracted!"

"Too late!" Frieza shouted. He flew at Trunks and Sailor Mercury. Trunks, holding her protectively in his arms, flew off, away from Frieza. Frieza began to follow them.

"I've gotta shake him," Trunks thought. He pointed his arm at Frieza's eyes and fired a small blast at him. Frieza, completely concentrating on attacking Trunks, didn't see the blast and was hit by it, creating a small cloud of smoke that temporarily blinded Frieza. Trunks powered down out of Super Saiyan and flew back toward his house, holding Sailor Mercury. By the time Frieza could see again, both of them were gone.

"They're both gone!" Frieza shouted angrily. "Damn that Saiyan monkey!"

Frieza smiled.

"I'll just lock onto their ki," Frieza said slyly. "Let's see... what the heck? I can't sense him! What's going on?"

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Trunks landed outside of his house and set Sailor Mercury down next to him. She detransformed back into Ami.

"What did you do, Ami?" Trunks asked. "It felt really cold all of a sudden while I was carrying you...

"Frieza is a ki-based lifeform, so I surrounded us with a mist of magical energy," Ami said. "Kind of like a cloaking device. He can't sense either of us while the magical energy shield is around us."

"That's a great plan, Ami," Trunks said. He groaned in pain and began to clutch his stomach.

"Trunks, are you alright?" Ami asked in a concerned tone.

"I'll be just fine, Ami," Trunks said, standing upright. "Ami... why didn't you leave when I told you to?"

"I told you, I didn't want to leave you!" Ami shouted. "Trunks, you're my friend, and-"

Trunks put his finger to Ami's lips, silencing her.

"Ami, just.... just... just forget it," Trunks said. "When I'm fighting Frieza, you stay at a safe distance, got it? You hide. Don't ever let him see you."

More tears slid down Ami's face.

"Trunks," Ami cried. "Frieza killed Crysthea.... I... I'll never be able to get home!"

"Ami.... I promised you that I'd get you home," Trunks said. "There are other ways for you to get home besides going through one of Crysthea's gates. We'll find a way, and-"

"Then why haven't you?" Ami shouted angrily. "You said you'd get me home, and... and... and.."

Ami turned away from Trunks and began sobbing violently. Trunks walked up to her and gently turned her around. He looked right into her eyes.

"Ami, I'm going to defeat Frieza, and then I'll get you home," Trunks said. "Within three days. You don't have to believe me, but-"

"You've tried the best that you can," Ami said, still crying. "I can't fault you for that, Trunks... and you've protected me while I've been here... you've trained me... you've talked to me... you've been my friend... I can never repay you for that."

Ami wrapped her arms around Trunks' chest. Trunks hugged her, stroking her hair gently.

"Ami, I promise you I'll get you home, and I promise you that I won't let Frieza or anyone else hurt you," Trunks said. "Ami..."

Ami looked up into Trunks' eyes. Trunks moved his head downward, toward her face. For a second, it looked as if Trunks was about to stop, but, after a second, he moved his lips toward hers again. Their lips touched against each other's, and neither of them pulled away. Ami's eyes lit up as she and Trunks continued the kiss for a few more seconds, and then, very slowly, pulled away from each other. Trunks and Ami slowly stopped embracing, but continued to look into each other's eyes.

"Thank you so much," Ami said. "Trunks..."

"Ami," Trunks said, continuing to look into her eyes, "I...."

The door to the Briefs' house opened. Bulma stepped outside, holding a cup of coffee. She looked at Trunks and Ami. Trunks turned to face her.

"Trunks, what happened?" Bulma asked. "Your face is all dirty, and you've got blood on the back of your shirt..."

"Mom, Frieza's back," Trunks said. Bulma gasped and dropped the coffee cup, letting it shatter on the ground.

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Trunks, Ami, and Bulma walked into the house and sat down in the living room. Trunks and Ami sat down on the couch, while Bulma pulled up a chair and sat facing them. Trunks explained to Bulma everything that had happened.

"So I came back here," Trunks said. Bulma, who had been listening intently to the entire conversation, had her eyes opened wide in an expression of shock and fear.

"Oh my God," Bulma said, putting her hand to her forehead. "Frieza..."

"Trunks can defeat Frieza, I'm sure of it," Ami said.

"Now, Ami has no way to get home," Trunks said. "Well, not yet, anyway..."

Bulma reached into her pocket and pulled something out. She had a small bean in her palm.

"A Senzu Bean," Bulma said. "Trunks, you need it."

"Mom, we've only got two left. We need to save them, and-"

"For an occasion like this," Bulma said. "Open up."

Trunks opened his mouth. Bulma put the Senzu Bean onto Trunks' tongue. He chewed up the bean and swallowed it, then stood up.

"I feel as good as new," Trunks said. "I'm going to go fight Frieza right-"

"No, Trunks," Bulma said. "You need your supper, and your rest. Both of you."

"But mom, while I'm asleep, Frieza could be outside, causing death and destruction!" Trunks shouted. "He has to be stopped now!"

"He'll probably still be looking for us," Ami said. "And most of the world is uninhabited. He won't destroy anything until he finds you."

"Frieza has several attacks that could destroy this entire planet," Trunks said. "While I'm asleep, he could form one of those and blow us all to kingdom come!"

"But it takes him a long time to use that attack, right?" Bulma asked. "And you can feel his ki signature from wherever he is, right?"

"I guess so," Trunks said. "But I'm not going to sleep. I'm going to stay awake so that if Frieza gets close, I'll know."

"Alright then," Bulma said. "Ami, come down to the basement with me after supper. I have something I want to show you. It may help you get back home."

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Frieza flew over the harsh, deserted landscape, searching for Trunks. Little did he know that he had flew about twenty or thirty miles away from Trunks' home.

"All I see are some lousy abandoned buildings!" Frieza shouted. "No lifeforms! No plants! No water! This planet is worse than Namek!"

Frieza growled.

"I could destroy this planet right now if I wanted..." Frieza said. "But then I couldn't make that monkey suffer! He will pay for what he did to my father and I!"

Just then, Frieza's eyes spotted a small village. There were only a few small buildings, and several people walking around. Most of the people were inside, because dusk had just fallen and it was beginning to get dark. Frieza smiled.

"Perhaps Trunks lives here," Frieza said. "And if he doesn't, well then, I'll have a lot of fun anyway! Mwahahaha!"

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Bulma held up a small, black, wand-like device that consisted of a long black stick with a small rounded oval at the end.

"Now, this is just a prototype," Bulma said. "I've used some of the leftover wires from the time machine and stimulated them with electrical currents to change the frequency that they give off."

"So, if the frequency changes, then...." Ami said, fascinated.

"Instead of creating a passage through time, it creates a passage through the dimensions. If you press a button, it'll create a small external gate that you'll be able to fit through. If I calibrate it just right, I can tune it in to your exact dimension, or at least, I hope I'll be able to."

"I see," Ami said. "If that's a prototype, then..."

"I'll start working on the real thing tonight," Bulma said.

"Alright," Ami said. "Well, goodnight, Mrs. Briefs..."

"Ami, I saw you and Trunks standing outside," Bulma said. "What exactly were you doing?"

"We were just talking," Ami said. "He promised me that I'd be able to get home soon..."

"You will be, dear," Bulma said. "Trunks is a strong-willed young man, and where there's a will, there's a way."

"Mrs. Briefs," Ami said. "I... I think that... I think that I'm becoming... fond of Trunks."

"You know what Trunks said to me last night?" Bulma asked. "It was really kind of sweet, because it's almost the exact thing that Vegeta told me the night that he realized he started to have feelings for me. He told me that you were the smartest person that he'd ever met, and extremely determined, determined enough to do anything that you wanted. He told me that he knew that one day you would be the happiest person in the world, because you were talented enough to achieve all of your dreams, even though he didn't know what they were..."

Bulma sighed.

"Of course, when Vegeta said almost the same thing to me, he was kind of inebriated," Bulma said. "But what Trunks said seemed very sincere. He likes you, Ami. And maybe, he... he loves you."

"He loves me?" Ami said in a surprised tone.

"Well, I'm not sure if he loves you, but... but he does like you a whole lot," Bulma said.

"He's so nice and polite, even though he's had a horrible life," Ami said. "He deserves better..."

"Hey, what'cha guys doing down here?" Trunks asked, walking down the stairs into the basement. "Mom, are you showing Ami your prototype?"

"Mm-hmm," Bulma said, nodding her head. "Ami's going to be home in no time!"

"Good," Trunks said. "Well, if either of you need me, I'll be out on the front porch, looking out for Frieza."

Trunks walked back up the stairs and exited the basement.

"I'd better be getting to bed," Ami said. "Good night, Mrs. Briefs!"

Ami ran up the basement stairs and closed the door behind her.

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"Trunks isn't here," Frieza said, floating over the remains of what was once a village full of life. "That's too bad. Guess I'll have to check somewhere else!"

Frieza flew off into the night, laughing evilly.

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The next morning, in Trunks' house...

"Mrs. Briefs!" Ami shouted, running down the stairs and walking into the kitchen. She was wearing her school uniform, which Bulma had taken the time to wash the night before. "Where is Trunks?"

"He went out to fight Frieza before you got up," Bulma said. "He told me not to let you leave."

"I see," Ami said.

"Don't worry, dear!" Bulma said. "Trunks said that he had a transformation of his own for Frieza!"

"What?" Ami said. "You mean... Super Saiyan?"

"No," Bulma said. "Ultimate Super Saiyan."

"Trunks..." Ami thought, sitting down at the kitchen table. "I hope you're alright..."

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Trunks flew toward Frieza's ki signature, already transformed into his Super Saiyan state, but not yet transformed into Ultimate Super Saiyan.

"It didn't work against Cell, because Cell was extremely fast," Trunks said to himself. "But Frieza seemed a lot slower than Cell. He was barely flying as fast as I was yesterday, and I was severely weakened. Ultimate Super Saiyan might work against this new transformation of Frieza's. Wait until he sees it!"

Trunks sped up and flew off, inexorably toward a battle with Frieza.

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Meanwhile, Frieza, who was now flying in a different direction than he had the night before, had reached another village. It was the small town near Trunks' home, the town where Trunks' friends were living. He hovered over the town and smiled.

"Could Trunks be living here?" Frieza said. "Well, there's only one way to find out!"

Frieza scanned the town with his eyes, noticing the many repairs still underway.

"Looks like something already happened here," Frieza said. "When I'm finished here, no one will be left to repair it!"

Frieza floated down toward the center of town, laughing wickedly, completely unaware that the fully recovered Trunks was headed straight for him.

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Trunks vs. Frieza: Round 2 is about to begin! But who will triumph? Find out, next time! And review please!