Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Love In A Ruined World ❯ Crucifix In The Window ( Chapter 20 )

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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WARNING: This is another graphic and violent chapter, so if that kinda stuff offends you... too bad. ^_^

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Ami slowly opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry at first, but soon, she could see everything.

"What's going on... I'm up in the air..." Ami thought, looking down and surveying her surroundings. There were two rows of about twenty benches, on a wooden floor with a narrow green rug inbetween the rows. She looked straight ahead and saw two blue stained glass windows. A crack of thunder sounded, illuminating the windows. "I must be in a church of some sort..."

The church was lit by the lightning as well as a chandelier on which thirty or so candles were lit. Ami tried to move, but immediately found that she could move neither her arms or legs. Soon after, she realized why.

"This is bad," Ami thought. She tried to scream, but it came out in a stifled, muffled shriek. "This is really bad... wait a second, now I remember what happened... I was in Trunks' house, and suddenly, someone came up behind me... it's really, really hard for me to breathe right now... this is bad... "

"Are you comfortable, my dear?" Frieza asked, floating up to face Ami. "Of course you aren't. Silly me. Well, allow me to make you even more uncomfortable."

Then, Frieza cruelly slapped Ami across the face with the back of his hand. Blood started to drip from her nose. She tried to scream at Frieza, but again, her scream came out muffled.

"He's taped my mouth shut," Ami deduced. "It's... no use... I can't scream for help... oh, Trunks..."

Frieza smiled and began to stroke Ami's face.

"You know, it's really nothing personal," Frieza said in a false tone of reassurance. "It's not your fault that you're here. It's all because of Trunks."

Ami began to shake her head.

"That's NOT true at all...." Ami thought.

"Everything that I do to you, every single wound that I inflict... it's all because of that Saiyan monkey!" Frieza shouted. He lifted his tail and used its deadly sharp tip to slash across Ami's forehead, creating a large gash that began dripping blood onto the rest of her face. A tear fell down her cheek, and she emitted a pained moan from her sealed lips.

"Frieza's trying to make me hate Trunks..." Ami thought. "No matter what Frieza does to me, I won't hate him! I won't! I love Trunks, and I'll always love him! And he'll save me, I know it!"

"So," Frieza said, smirking at Ami. "Do you hate Trunks now?"

With one swift motion, Frieza ripped the tape from Ami's mouth. She growled at Frieza, glaring at him in an expression of rage.

"No matter... what you do to me..." Ami growled, "I will NEVER hate Trunks! This isn't Trunks' fault, it's yours! You are an evil, sadistic fiend!"

Frieza roared in anger, then slapped Ami across the face again. He put the piece of tape back onto her mouth, then floated down and punched her hard in the stomach, causing Ami to scream in a muffled cry of pain. More blood gushed down her nose, falling down her chin and dripping onto the floor below.

"I guess I'll have to persuade you even more," Frieza snarled.

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Trunks touched down in front of the entrance to the church, rain pouring down onto him.

"It just had to rain tonight," Trunks thought. "Ami... I promised you that I wouldn't let Frieza do anything to you... I have to save you, Ami! I promise I will!"

With a flash of golden light, Trunks transformed into his Super Saiyan form. He opened the large doors to the church and stepped inside.

"Ami!" Trunks shouted. He immediately received a loud, stifled reply from the back of the church. He looked up, and gasped. "AMI!"

Ami was hanging from a large, golden cross that was suspended about twelve or fifteen feet off the ground. Her wrists were held to the arms of the cross by several layers of duct tape that had been wrapped around them, holding them in place. Her legs were also held to the cross, duct taped to it at the ankles. A piece of duct tape placed over her mouth muffled every sound she was trying to make. Her arms and legs lined with several cuts and bruises, some of the cuts fairly large and still dripping blood. Large streaks of blood were coming down her face, mostly from her forehead and nose, and also from a large laceration over her right eye. Trunks flared up with anger and flew up to free Ami. However, just before he could reach her, Frieza flew inbetween them. He smiled and waved his finger at Trunks.

"Ah, ah, ah," Frieza said. "After I did all that work to bring her here? Really now, Trunks, you should have a bit more manners. By the way, I had to borrow this."

Frieza casually threw the roll of tape he had used to secure Ami at Trunks' head. Trunks moved his head to the side, letting the tape fall to the floor.

"I noticed your supply of medical tape was nearly depleted, so that's why I had to use the duct tape," Frieza said. "Did Trunks have a boo-boo?"

"Dammit, Frieza, I'm not here to play games!" Trunks shouted in an enraged tone. "I'm here to kick your ass!"

Trunks flew at Frieza and punched him squarely in the nose. Frieza didn't budge. He lifted his knee and slammed it into Trunks' chest, knocking him into the air. Frieza pointed his arm at the still-airborne Trunks, firing a small black ki blast at him. Trunks regained his balance and did a downward aerial somersault, narrowly dodging the blast. The blast hit the ceiling of the church, creating a small hole.

"I missed," Frieza said nonchalantly. "Looks like I'll have to try again."

Trunks stopped somersaulting and looked toward Frieza. Before he could make any kind of attack, several more black ki blasts were flying toward him. Trunks managed to swat a few of them away, one of which narrowly missed hitting Ami.

"I almost hit her!" Trunks shouted, not seeing the last few ki blasts flying toward him. The blasts slammed into his face and chest, exploding and sending him plummeting toward the ground. He slammed through two of the benches and fell onto the hard wooden floor.

"You'd better be more careful," Frieza said, still smiling. "It would be a shame if you killed Ami before she had a chance to see you die!"

Frieza flew at Trunks and began pounding his head into the floor.

"Argh!" Trunks shouted as the back of his head slammed into the wooden floor again. He looked up at Ami, who was now crying intensely, making pink drops of blood and tears fall to the floor underneath her.

"Trunks... please, please... please don't die..." Ami pleaded silently.

With a burst of rage, Trunks put his hands on Frieza's chest and fired a powerful ki blast, sending Frieza flying back toward the other row of benches. Trunks leaped to his feet and dove upon Frieza, pummeling him with powerful, intense blows to the face.

"So... you do have some fight... in you... after all, monkey!" Frieza yelled, smacking Trunks in the face and knocking him back. "Now the real fun begins!"

Frieza lifted his arms and formed two red balls of ki, one in each hand. He threw both of them at Trunks. Trunks, not expecting the sudden attack, could only lift his arms to shield himself. The blasts slammed into his arms, creating a huge, red cloud of smoke.

"Trunks, no!"

Ami screamed painfully, more blood-stained tears falling to the floor underneath her. Frieza smiled.

"Now now, I don't think he's dead," Frieza said mockingly. "But he just lost the use of his arms."

"Think again," Trunks said, standing in front of Frieza. "Take this!"

Trunks punched Frieza in the stomach as hard as he could, causing Frieza to double over, groaning in pain. Trunks looked up at his arms, which were slightly burned.

"Damn, I thought Frieza's attack did more damage than that," Trunks thought in amazement. "I feel so much stronger than the last time I fought..."

Frieza stopped clutching his stomach and looked up at Trunks, growling at him angrily.

"You fool, you thought I could be defeated that easily? Haven't you learned anything?" Frieza shouted. He leaped up and kicked Trunks hard in the chin, knocking Trunks into the air and flipping him around so that he was floating on his back. "Die!"

Frieza leaped up above Trunks and slammed both of his fists into Trunks' chest, knocking him to the ground again. Trunks looked up at Frieza. A thin stream of blood began to drip down the side of his mouth.

"Maybe if I... can somehow free Ami... I can get her out of here and stall Frieza long enough for her to get back home with the machine..." Trunks thought desperately. "I'm not coming out of here alive..."

Frieza picked Trunks up by the collar of his shirt and spat in his face.

"That's for my father," Frieza said angrily. "Remember him? You killed him!"

"That's old news..." Trunks groaned painfully. "Got a good reason why you're trying... to kill me?"

"Trying to kill you?" Frieza yelled. "I'm going to kill you! Right now!"

Frieza pointed his hand at Trunks' head and began to charge a ki blast.

"It's over unless I do something!" Trunks thought. "Wait a minute... I think this might work... if Mom repaired my sword as good as I think she did..."

Trunks reached behind his back and unsheathed his sword.

"I'm about to kill the last pathetic Saiyan monkey!" Frieza said. "This is a glorious day! I-"

Trunks' stabbed his sword as hard as he could into Frieza's leg. Frieza let out a yelp of pain and dropped Frieza onto the ground. Trunks leaped away from Frieza, then ran toward him, slashing at his neck. Frieza quickly recovered from Trunks' sudden attack, and as Trunks slashed at Frieza, Frieza grabbed the blade of the sword in his hand and squeezed, crushing the sword's blade into pieces. The pieces of the blade fell to the wooden floor. Trunks dropped the broken hilt and gasped, stumbling back away from Frieza. Frieza smiled, waving his tail back and forth.

"Trunks' sword..." Ami thought, still watching the battle from above. "The one he used on Spectralis the first day I came... Frieza broke it with his hand..."

"How did you break my sword?" Trunks yelled in disbelief. "It's impossible! Mom made it ten times stronger!"

"Your mother is useless," Frieza replied. "Useless in repairing swords and useless at everything else. It was so easy to kill her."

"She's not dead," Trunks said quickly. "Maybe I shouldn't have told Frieza that... well, it's too late now..."

"She's still alive?" Frieza asked. "How could she be?"

"You always toy with your victims," Trunks said. "You deliberately didn't inflict a fatal wound so that my mother would suffer. Guess she's tougher than you thought, hmm?"

"And I suppose you won't tell me where she is?" Frieza asked. "It doesn't matter, anyway. Once I destroy this planet, she'll die with it!"

"I won't let you destroy this planet!" Trunks shouted, his ki flaring up. "I won't let you kill my mom, I won't let you kill Ami, and I WON'T LET YOU KILL ME! I'll never give up, not until Ami and everyone else is safe! I won't give up until you're dead, Frieza! Take THIS!"

Trunks extended his arms toward Frieza and began to charge a huge ki blast. Frieza gasped.

"Looks like it won't be as easy to kill you as I thought," Frieza said. "I didn't think it would be easy anyway. This just makes it more fun."

"DIE!!!" Trunks screamed. He fired a huge ki blast at Frieza. "Ami's completely out of the path of the blast... I'm facing in a completely different direction than she is... I can make the blast as big as I want without worrying about hurting her..."

The huge blast continued to swell upward, engulfing Frieza while staying a safe distance away from Ami. The blast dissipated, leaving a smoking crater in the ground in front of Frieza and a large hole in one of the side walls of the church.

"I don't see Frieza at all," Trunks said to himself. "There's no way that blast could have killed him... he must have dodged it! Oh crap!"

Trunks began to turn around to look for Frieza, but before he could, he was struck in the back of the head by a powerful kick. The kick sent Trunks flying out of the church through the hole that his ki blast had made. He slammed into the ground and skidded forward, coming to a rest face down outside the building.

"That's too bad," Frieza said. "He left. Guess he didn't want to fight me anymore."

"Trunks, where are you?" Ami thought. "That kick didn't knock him out, did it?"

Ami's fears were quickly dissuaded as Trunks flew back into the church, flying up to face Frieza, who was now floating right in front of Ami.

"Tsk, tsk," Frieza said. "You left the arena. Looks like I'll have to assess a penalty kick."

Frieza turned around and kicked Ami in the stomach, causing her to scream in another muffled cry of pain. More blood flew out of her nose, landing on Frieza's face. Frieza turned around, and as soon as he did, Trunks grabbed him by the head, lifted him up, and tossed him to the ground, firing a hail of golden ki blasts at him as he plummeted toward the ground. Then, he turned around and looked into Ami's eyes, which were wide open in fear and despair.

"Ami... I'm so sorry," Trunks said, breathing heavily. A tear fell down his face. "I'm getting you out of here right now!"

Ami screamed through the tape, frantically trying to alert Trunks. Frieza had charged his way through Trunks' ki blasts and was floating right behind him. Trunks spun around, then screamed in pain as Frieza put his hand to Trunks' chest and fired a ki blast, sending Trunks flying back. Trunks stopped himself, inches away from Ami.

"That should have been a fatal attack," Trunks thought, looking down at his chest, which was smoking slightly with a few layers of skin burned off. "He's toying with me..."

Frieza reached out and grabbed Trunks by the neck.

"Are you watching, Ami?" Frieza asked, smiling. "Watch as I choke the life out of this pathetic Saiyan monkey!"

Trunks began gasping for breath. He reached back and punched Frieza hard in the face. Frieza took the punch, then began laughing.

"Is that all you've got?" Frieza shouted. "You weak fool!"

Frieza, still holding Trunks by the neck, began soaring toward the ground. He slammed Trunks to the ground and released his grip on Trunks' neck, floating back and standing a few feet away as the bruised and bleeding Trunks struggled to stand.

"Take as long as you like," Frieza said. "I think I'll go entertain myself while you're still trying to get up."

Frieza picked up something off of the ground. It was the tip of the blade of Trunks' broken sword. The two-inch long piece was still intact, about the size of a skipping stone. Frieza floated up next to Ami.

"Don't you dare... Frieza..." Trunks groaned, getting up and balancing himself on one knee. "Leave her alone!"

"Make me," Frieza said. He took the piece of Trunks' sword he was holding and slowly cut a small slit beneath both of Ami's eyes, causing Ami to scream stifled cries of pain. Blood from the new wounds ran down the sides of her face, overtaking the tears that Ami had been sobbing. "Now she's crying blood!"

"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?" Trunks screamed, leaping up and flying at Frieza. "I'M THE ONE YOU'RE FIGHTING, NOT AMI!"

Frieza smiled, dropping the piece of Trunks' sword and flying at Trunks, meeting him in the air. Trunks punched Frieza hard in the chin, and Frieza replied with a punch to Trunks' nose. The two warriors began trading punches and kicks, causing loud sonic booms and bursts of energy to rush outward from them. The waves of energy emitted by the two fighters slammed into Ami, each one hitting her like another punch to her stomach. She shut her eyes, not wanting to watch anymore of the fight.

"Trunks, are you going to beat Frieza or not?" Ami thought. She turned her head toward the ground and opened her eyes. "Every single breath that I take is becoming increasingly difficult... I don't know how long I can hold out..."

Just then, Frieza landed a powerful roundhouse punch to the side of Trunks' skull that sent him reeling. He flew back, into the other side wall of the church, making a large crack in it as he impacted.

"There's no way I can win," Trunks thought, floating away from the wall. He looked over at Ami. The puddle of blood underneath the cross she was bound to was becoming larger and larger, and it looked like she could pass out at any moment. "Ami... you're even tougher and braver than I am... I have to win this fight, for you!"

"What's the matter, Trunks?" Frieza asked. "I thought Super Saiyans were invincible."

Trunks was clearly in bad shape. Blood was dripping from cuts on his face, arms, and chest, and his ki aura had begun to shrink slightly.

"I'm losing power fast," Trunks thought. "No, I won't lose!"

"Aren't you going to say something?" Frieza asked. "Or are you just going to float there and stare at your lover? You should worry about yourself. You said that you were the one I was fighting. So, are you going to fight me, or-"

"SHUT UP!" Trunks shouted. He flew at Frieza and threw a powerful punch at his face, but Frieza dodged the punch easily. He leaped up and kicked Trunks in the head. Trunks cried out, flying back toward the wall again. He stopped himself before hitting the wall, then flew back at Frieza and kicked at him. Frieza dodged the kick. Again, Trunks tried to kick Frieza, and again, he dodged.

"This is barely even fun anymore," Frieza said.

Trunks cursed at Frieza, firing several ki blasts and hoping that at least one of them would connect. None of them did, as Frieza dodged all of the blasts with lightning-quick speed.

"I can't even hit him..." Trunks thought. "I... I can't... dammit!"

Frieza floated downward, preparing to hit him in the stomach. He smiled.

"It's over," Frieza said. Before Trunks could launch another futile strike at Frieza, Frieza punched Trunks in the stomach with incredible force. The punch seemed to freeze Trunks solid, as he let out one pained gasp, then vomited onto the ground. He continued to float in the air, unable to breathe.

"He knocked all the wind out of me... I'm done for..."

Frieza somersaulted behind Trunks and kicked him hard in the back with both of his legs. Trunks slammed into the ground, face-down. He wasn't moving.

"NO! TRUNKS!"

Ami screamed a muffled scream of pain and despair, looking at the downed Trunks and sobbing violently, her tears and blood falling to the ground underneath her. Frieza floated down to the ground and kicked Trunks over onto his back.

"Oh, by the way," Frieza said, smiling. "If you're looking for this..."

Frieza held up the Senzu Bean that had been in Trunks' pocket.

"Even my hands are faster than you are," Frieza said. He crushed the bean beneath his fingers. "Too bad."

Trunks' eyes remained closed, but it was clear that the Saiyan was still alive and conscious. He hadn't even detransformed from Super Saiyan. He was lying on his back, weakly gasping for breath. Frieza stomped on Trunks' chest, chuckling.

"Should I finish you off?" Frieza said. "Or should Ami's death be the last thing that you see before your own?"

Frieza floated up, until he was floating next to Ami.

"Physical suffering is one thing, Trunks, but emotionial anguish... now that's true pain," Frieza said, smiling. He turned to Ami. "Wouldn't you agree?"

Ami didn't move or look at Frieza. She continued to look at Trunks, still sobbing.

"A perfect example," Frieza said. "Ami's not crying because she's been crucified, or beaten half to death. She's crying because of you, Trunks!"

Trunks opened one of his eyes. He looked up at Ami as tears fell down his face.

"Ami..." Trunks groaned weakly, starting to regain his breath. "I... I... I broke my promise..."

"Now, I think I'll make Trunks feel real pain," Frieza said. His long tail wrapped itself around Ami's neck. "Watch closely, Trunks, as I choke every last bit of life out of this pathetic wench's body."

Frieza's tail began to squeeze Ami's neck. Her moans of pain and sadness stopped as the tail completely cut off her windpipe.

"Ami..." Trunks said, slowly beginning to pick himself up off of the ground. "Frieza, no... don't hurt her!"

"Well, well, Trunks," Frieza said, continuing to choke Ami with his tail. "can you get up in time to save her life?"

"I can't... I can't breathe..." Ami thought. "Trunks, help me! Trunks!"

Ami's eyes began to close, then opened again as Ami struggled to remain conscious.

"Ami!" Trunks shouted, lifting himself onto one knee again. "Ami!"

Trunks tried to get up further, but the pain in his body was extremely severe. He was barely even able to stand on one knee.

"Trunks, she's going to die!" Frieza shouted. "And there's nothing you can do!"

"Frieza, let her go..." Trunks growled through clenched teeth. "Ami... Ami... I promised you that I wouldn't let Frieza hurt you! AMI!"

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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..."

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"I promised her..." Trunks said. "I promised... I PROMISED!"

With a burst of energy, Trunks rose to his feet. His ki aura began to flare up. Frieza glanced toward him, still choking Ami with his tail.

"You've killed millions of innocent people! You've destroyed a town and left my friends homeless! You've destroyed planets, lives, and everything that you encounter! You killed Rosemary, Angelica, and Chamomile, just as they were beginning to realize their true purpose in life! You tortured my mother! And... and now you're killing the girl that I love! Frieza... YOU HAVE TO DIE NOW!"

Trunks' muscles began to flare up. His hair grew slightly larger and more spiked. Blue electricity began to crackle around him.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Trunks screamed as his energy surged outward, blasting out all of the windows in the church and sending several pews flying backward. A large crater appeared beneath Trunks and swelled outward. Rocks and other debris circled around Trunks, but was quickly zapped into dust by the growing electrical field around Trunks' body.

"Electricity? That's never happened before!" Frieza thought. "This ISN'T the Ultimate Super Saiyan transformation! Oh no, there's no way... can there be?"

Suddenly, Frieza's eyes grew wide with fear. His tail's grip around Ami's neck loosened for just a few seconds, allowing her to take in a critical breath of air through her nose before Frieza's tail began choking her again.

"NOW I know where I've seen this before! From Hell, I watched the Earthlings battle this extremely powerful monster... it was up against that brat Gohan, and- THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"

"Trunks, what's going on?" Ami thought. "You're more powerful than I've ever seen you before!"

Trunks continued to scream loudly as the transformation he was undergoing ended. Finally, it was over. The rocks and debris that were floating around Trunks fell to the ground, and the rush of energy flowing outward from him ceased. He stood in the middle of a large crater, its edge stopping just a few feet away from being right below Ami and Frieza. Electricity sparked around his body, and he had a huge aura of flashing golden ki around him.

"I am now an Ascended Super Saiyan," Trunks said, looking into Frieza's eyes with an expression of calmed rage on his face. "A Super Saiyan 2."

"No, it can't be!" Frieza shouted. "You can't... you can't do that! There's only one legendary Super Saiyan form! And that steroid-enhanced freakshow that you call Ultimate doesn't count!"

"Get your tail away from Ami's neck now," Trunks said seriously.

"Make me," Frieza said, issuing a challenge to Trunks. "I-"

A horrendous ripping noise was quickly followed by an ear-splitting scream of pain from Frieza. Trunks stood behind him, holding Frieza's tail in his right hand. He had ripped it completely from Frieza's body. Trunks gave the tail a small squeeze, and it released Ami's neck, curling up into Trunks' hands. Trunks created a ball of ki in his hands, disintegrating the severed tail. Ami gasped for breath through her nose while the stunned Frieza backed away from Trunks in disbelief.

"That was... a lucky..." Frieza stammered in pain, clutching the spot where his tail had been. "YOU GOT LUCKY!"

Trunks floated over to Frieza, hovering right in front of the stunned Changling.

"Let's find out," Trunks said. "Now it's my turn to make you suffer."

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The final chapter will probably be posted Friday! And there MAY be an epilogue too! Not quite sure! *huggles Ami* I promise I'll never do that to you again... (Ami: I certainly hope not...) Welpers, review if ya want! ^_^