Dragon ball Z/Sailor Moon fanfic "Boy meets girls" By Julian Soullard (e-mail: jnsoullard@hotmail.com) Warning: All characters from this fanfic are copy right from Akira Toriyama (Dragon ball Z) and Takeuchi Naoko (Sailor Moon) so don't sue me. Also worth noticing, this is my first fanfic and english isn't my native language (it's spanish and french), so if you don't like it, keep that in mind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AND NOW ON WITH.... Chapter 4: Painful memories. "Hun????? Vuat? Vuat???" he asked as he awoke. It was 7:00 AM but he felt too tiered to get up. He put his pillow over his head trying to ignore the alarm clock. "SHUT UP!!!" he yelled taking the alarm clock with his hand and throwing it against the nearest wall. "Just ten more minutes." he begged "Just ten." He was in a real bad mood, after all that happened last day, he really wished he didn't have to go to school this morning. Unfortunately he felt he didn't have a choice. It was 7:30 AM when Trunks finally decided to get out of bed. He was still walking around the house with nothing on more than his underwear and a T-shirt. At 7:45 AM he was ready to go to school. Trunks was wearing a blue uniform with his usual black T-shirt underneath, once he walked out of his house he looked at his wrist watch, he noticed he only had 15 minutes to get to school (Which was about 5 miles away from where he stood). [Guess I'll have to run.] he thought [No problem, I'll get there on time.] Trunks dashed with an incredible speed towards school, a cloud of smoke was left behind his trail. No one could get a good look at him as he ran, the people he passed could only feel the breeze he left behind. After all the training he went through, running at this speed was very normal for him as much as for any of the Z Senshi. At 7:55 AM he was already at school. "Ah, Trunks!" said Mr. Tsukino "I was wondering where you were." "Sorry for keeping you waiting Mr. Tsukino, I sort of got lost." he explained. "It's all right." Mr. Tsukino said "What's important is that you're here, I already signed you up; your first class will start in about five minutes, hurry up!" "Okay!" he said as he took his program and student ID "Thanks again, I'll be seeing you!" as he left for class. At 8:00 AM sharp, Trunks was introduced to the students of his new class. He noticed Ami was in the same classroom he was. "Very well," said the teacher to Trunks while returning him his student ID "I thinks there's a place at the back, you can sit there." Trunks nodded and walked towards his seat, he could feel how everyone was looking at him, it made him feel a little uncomfortable. The day started with Mathematics, Trunks really hated math but he tried to pay attention to his teacher. The first ten minutes were okay, five minutes later things were getting a little boring, at 8:30 AM Trunks was really bored, his eyelids were getting heavier with every word the teacher spoke. "And therefore: The derivative of f(x)= 5x^5-(x-4)^4+x^3+10x^2-650 is..." spoke the teacher to the class while writing down the function "f '(x)= 25x^4-..." The teacher stopped talking as a buzzing sound was heard all over the classroom. Everyone turned around to the back of the room to see who was making all that noise. What they saw was Trunks with his head against a wall completely asleep, his mouth wide opened and snoring his lungs out. He really wasn't giving a good impression for being his first day at school. "TRUNKS!!" yelled the teacher. "Hun?? Wha?? Wha??" he asked as he woke up by such screams. The entire class was laughing. "If you think that my class is so boring," The teacher told him "then you might find that standing by the hall is a lot more entertaining!" A few moments later, Trunks is standing by the hall while carrying two buckets filled with water, he had a sign around his neck that said "I was sleeping during class". [This is so.....embarrassing...] he thought. He then noticed that a few classrooms to his left was someone else standing by the hall who was also holding two buckets of water while wearing one of those demoralizing signs. It was Usagi who, once again, had been late for school. Trunks said hello from the other side of the hall by waving his hand. "HI, TRUNKS!!!" she shouted to him. At that precise moment, a woman in her early 30's (the teacher) came out of Usagi's classroom. "USAGI!!!!" she yelled at her " IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR SCHOOL YOU COULD AT LEAST BE SILENT WHILE STANDING BY THE HALL!!!!!" "I... I'm sorry..." she weeped ; then she started to cry. A sweat drop came out of the back of Trunks' head. [That girl has some serious emotional problems.] Trunks thought. A few hours later, it was lunch time, Trunks was still feeling a little tiered so he sat down against a tree to rest for a moment. Meanwhile, on the other side of school, Usagi and Ami were walking together. "What did you say his name was?" Usagi asked. "He called himself 'Super Saiya-man', weird isn't it?" Ami answered. "You're not kidding." she stated "What does 'Saiya' means anyway?" "I don't know." Ami said. "So, what exactly did he do?" Usagi asked once more. "Well..." Ami started "When Rei and you got knocked out, he suddenly appeared flying next to us, saving us from the monster. He was wearing black clothes and mask..." "Just like Tuxedo Kamen??" Usagi interrupted. "Well, sort of, but he wasn't so well dressed." Ami told her. "And he was flying just like that?? On his own??" she asked again. "I think that's one of the things that most surprised us." Ami stated "He also had a yellow aura all over him. It was really impressive." "What did he do then?" "After saving us, he fought the monster and defeated him in just a few seconds." Ami continued "We couldn't even see him fight, he was too fast." "Wow!!!" Usagi said "And what did he look like??" "Well he had blond spiky hair and green eyes and..." "Was he cute??" she interrupted once again. "Well... we didn't get a chance to see his entire face, especially with that mask he was wearing. But he was anatomically well distributed, so to speak." Ami declared. "He was what?" Usagi asked not sure of what Ami told her. "I meant that his biceps, triceps and quadriceps were in excelent shape, not to mention that he had great pectorals " Ami explained. "What does that mean?" she asked again unable to understand what she was talking about. "That means he was physically gifted!" Ami stated once more, she was getting a little irritated of Usagi not getting the idea. "Ami, talk to me in a language I can understand. Please!" Usagi begged. "WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT HE HAD A REAL GREAT BODY!!" Ami shouted at her, she really was irritated now. Every student in the area turned towards Ami after what she yelled, looking at her with a mixture of surprise and confusion. After noticing the little scene she just pulled, the blue haired girl covered her mouth in shame while being unable to stop blushing. This really wasn't like her. On the other side of school: [What was that yelling all about?] Trunks thought as he opened his eyes [It sounded like Ami's voice.] Giving no much thought about what was all that about, Trunks closed his eyes once again trying to get some rest. He suddenly heard foot steps approaching. "Good morning, Mako-chan." he said not even opening his eyes to see to whom he was talking to. The foot steps stopped. [Hun?... How?... How did he knew it was me?] Makoto thought "Uh... Hi, Trunks-kun." She sat next to him. Trunks finally opened his eyes to see she was holding an extra lunch box in her hands. "How did you knew it was me?" she asked. "Lucky guess." he responded "What brings you here?" "I was just passing by and saw you, I wanted to say hello." she explained "Here, this is for you." giving him the lunch box. "What's this? Lunch for me?" he asked while opening the box "How did you knew I forgot mine?" "Lucky guess." she answered cynically "Why don't you try some?" Trunks took the chopsticks and started eating. The food was very tasteful, Makoto really knew her stuff. "It's great!" he told her as he proceeded to devour what was left in the box. "You really think so?" she asked "I did it myself." "Wrilee?" Trunks asked her (although he didn't stop eating while talking to her). Meanwhile: "Sheesh Ami, you didn't have to get so upset." Usagi told her. "I'm sorry." she apologized "Hey, isn't that Trunks over there with Mako-chan?" "It is, let's go and say hi." Usagi said. "Looks like your friends are coming this way." Trunks told Makoto as he pointed to Ami and Usagi. "Hi guys, whatcha doing?" Usagi asked as Ami and her took a seat next to them. "Just taking lunch." Trunks answered "Makoto is a real natural born cook." he didn't noticed that Makoto started to blush. "Oooooohhhhhh, I seeee!" Usagi declared as she nudged at Makoto "Mako sure seems to be getting along with you." "Uh... Well yeah, I guess." Trunks affirmed, obviously not understanding what Usagi really meant by that. "So tell us, how's your first day at school so far?" Usagi asked. "Well..." the half Sayajin responded a little embarrassed "Not as well as it should've been." "What do you mean?" Makoto asked "What happened?" "I... uh... fell asleep during class..." He explained. "You sure did." Ami added "I never saw anyone snore the way you did." "Don't worry too much about it." Usagi told him "It happens to me also once or twice." "That really doesn't make it any better, Usagi." Ami said "Anyway, if you need help in your school work, I'll be glad to tutor you." "Uh... thanks [I think.]" Trunks said. "We better get back to class." Ami added while consulting her watch "Let's go Trunks, 'Literature' is our next class." she grabbed Trunks hand as she rushed him. "Literature? Oh joy..." he sarcastically replied. "We'll see you after school, okay?" Usagi shouted at them as they left. Makoto stood there watching them leave. "Usagi, you don't think that Ami is getting interested in Trunks, do you?" she asked her. "What? No way! You know that Ami isn't going to interfere with you two." she responded as she nudged her "So what's your strategy to get him hooked?" "I don't know, he seems to be so dense about love." she told her "I'll see what I can do after school." A few hours later, everybody left school heading for home or some other place. Trunks really got bored during class but managed to stay awake for the rest of the day. [Boy...] he thought while walking home [Today was even worst than I expected.] "Trunks-kun!" said a voice behind him, it was Makoto "Going home?" "Yeah, what about you?" he asked. "No not really, mind if I join you? I'd really like to know where you live." she told him. "Well... sure, but it's a little far away..." he declared "Are you sure you want to walk all the way there?" "Sure I'm sure!" she said "Let's go!" Both of them resumed walking, Makoto had that joyful look on her face, Trunks on the other hand had that serious expression he usually has. He didn't seem to care the least if Makoto was with him or not. [What is it with this guy?] Makoto thought [Why does he always have that sad look on his face?] "Hun... Mako-chan aren't your parents going to be worried if you don't tell them where you are?" Trunks asked her, obviously not knowing about her tragedy. Makoto's face darkened as Trunks asked her about her parents. "I... I don't have any parents." she answered sadly "They both died a long time ago." [Uh oh...] Trunks thought noticing her sad expression, he really goofed up this time "I... I'm sorry, I didn't knew that... I didn't meant to hurt you." "It's okay." she told him still depressed "You would've known sooner or later." "Un... Listen, I'm sorry, I know exactly how it feels." he said trying to make her feel better. "Really?" she asked still not too convinced "How?" " My... father died a while back..." he answered with a knot on his throat "It hasn't been easy for me either." They both looked at each other as they stopped walking. Makoto saw how Trunks' face was covered with a mixture of guilt, hate, and frustration. [No wonder he's such a gloomy guy all the time.] she thought "I... I'm sorry I asked... Do you want to talk about it?" "I don't know?" Trunks responded "It's not something I like to remember." "Sometimes it helps talking to some one who's been through that same stuff." she insisted "Tell you what! You tell me what happened with your father and I'll tell you about my parents." "Well... all right." he said, he never actually spoke to anyone about it, maybe it was time to say what he felt like. Meanwhile, at Hikawa temple: "Where is Makoto??" Luna asked "She's late!" "I think she left with Trunks to his house." Usagi answered. "That girl!" Luna stated "Since that guy Trunks appeared she's been forgetting about her duties as a Sailor Senshi!" "Aww come on, Luna." Usagi told her "Trunks is a real nice guy, you can't blame her for liking him." "And besides," Minako added "I think she deserves a break once in a while." "Anyway," Artemis interrupted "that is beyond the point right now ; We've found something about those monsters you last fought." "What did you find out?" Ami asked "Do they have something to do with the 'Silver Millennium'?" "No, they don't." Artemis confirmed "We've detected that there has been a fissure in the gates of time and reality, the monsters you last saw came from different worlds, most of them probably lost in time and space." "In other words?" asked Rei a little confused. "In other words," continued Luna "that crack in time and reality is letting all those monsters entering our planet." "No wonder the last two monsters seemed so different from one another." Ami brought up "They were from two different dimensions." "Well?" asked Rei "How do we fix this fissure?" "We still haven't got the slightest idea." Artemis responded "For now the only thing we can do is hold those monsters back if they appear again." "Aren't we forgetting something?" Minako said "The guy from yesterday?" "That's right," Ami stated "We still don't know who this 'Super Saiya-man' is." "He really fought well." Minako observed "I wonder what's his story." "Well he seems to be fighting on our side." Ami said "Otherwise, he wouldn't have saved us or cured Rei and Usagi with those seeds he gave us." "That's right." Rei told them "Those things he gave you healed Usagi and I to full strength, I wonder where he got those." Meanwhile, Trunks and Makoto were still walking. They've been doing so for about an hour but none of them noticed as they were compleatly absorbed by the conversation. Makoto told Trunks about the death of her parents on an airplane crash, Trunks on the other hand lied a little, he told her his father was murdered but didn't give much detail (After all he wasn't going to tell her two androids killed him and his friends with ki blasts!). "So... how did you get over it?" Trunks asked her. "Well... I'm not totally over it," she answered "I still get in shock whenever I hear a plane flies by. No need to say that I can't even ride in a plane, but I've managed with some help from my friends." "Must be great having friends." Trunks said. "What do you mean?" Makoto asked a little confused "Don't you have any friends back home?" "Not any more." he told her "They all died the same way my father did, that's why I never had really someone to talk to besides my mother that is..." "It must have been horrible." Makoto exclaimed "Did you ever get over it??" "Well, I'm not sure, I still have lots of nightmares about my friends and father's death, that's why I didn't have such a good sleep last night." Trunks explained "I guess that's one of the reasons I fell asleep during class." "Really? What was the other reason?" she asked him. "The class was boring beyond belief!" he responded. "You're telling me. I hardly get to stay awake myself!" she told him as she let out a small giggle. "Well, this is my place." Trunks said as they came near a house. The house was rather strange but not exactly of any bad taste, it was mostly spherical and had the phrase "Capsule Coprs" written where everyone could see it. "I never knew there were this kind of houses in Japan." Makoto stated a little surprised. "Hu... really? Well I kind of liked it." Trunks brought out "Would you like to come in? You must be tired from all that walking, I can offer you a glass of water." "Sure!" she said as she went in. The first thing Makoto noticed was that the house was a real mess from the inside. Trunks obviously wasn't one of those organized guys, as a matter of fact, he was the exact opposite. There were cloths scattered all over the place, a pile of dirty dishes the size of a mountain could bee seen over by the kitchen and not to mention a huge collection of empty cans of all sort on the dinner table. "What happened here?" Makoto asked in shock "Did someone broke inside your house?" "Well... No." Trunks responded "This is how it usually is. Do you think it's messy?" "DO I EVER!!!!!" She told him "How can you live like this???" "It's... not as messy as it seems." Trunks explained as he scratched the back of his head in shame "Anyway, make yourself at home, I'll get us something to drink." as he left towards the kitchen. Makoto started instinctively to clean up the place while Trunks was gone in what appeared to be a war zone more than a kitchen. A few moments later he came back with two sodas, he noticed how Makoto was frenetically cleaning up. "Mako-chan? What are you doing?" he asked. "Well, you told me to make myself at home, didn't you?" she explained "Well that's what I'm doing, so I'm cleaning up this mess." "Come on, It's not THAT messy!" he protested. "How can you say that when I actually found your discman in the washing machine!!" she declared while handing over the discman. "Oh, so that's where it was." he said. Moments later, the place was more tidy, although more to Makoto's liking than Trunks'. Both sat down at the now clean and visible table. "So," Makoto started "do you want to tell me more about your father and friends?" "I think I've said enough." Trunks replied "I wouldn't want to get things more depressive." "Okay." Makoto said "Can I ask you a question then?" "Shoot." "How was life for you after they died?" she asked. "Well," Trunks began "After my dad and friends died, I was completely shattered, especially by the fact that I wasn't able to save them, I don't think I ever felt so helpless and guilty at the same time. As time went on, I trained harder in order to avoid that from happening again." "I see." Makoto said "So that explains it." "That explains what?" he asked her. "That explains the fact that you're always helping people." Makoto told him "Like that boy you saved at the park... and me against those bikers. It's because of your guilt, isn't it?" "Well, I guess so." Trunks admitted "I suppose that I wouldn't want to see anyone go through another casualty." "You're really a sweet guy you know, Trunks-kun?" Makoto told him. "Hun? What do you mean by that?" he asked her confused. "What I'm trying to say is that I really admire the way you feel for people." she stated "Most people wouldn't have faced life the way you did after lousing there father and friends." "I... hun... Thanks." he said "I never thought of it that way..." "Anyway," Makoto continued "you shouldn't feel so guilty, I'm sure you did everything you could, you can't blame yourself for something that was out of your reach." "Out of my reach... yeah... I guess you're right." he admitted. He could still remember his last fight against #17 and #18, even when he managed to turn Super Sayan after Gohan's death, he was no challenge against the two androids. They were practically playing with him while he on the other hand fought with all he had. "Trunks-kun?" Makoto asked as she interrupted his daydream "What is it?" "Hun?... Nothing... nothing at all." he answered "Just lost in thought that's all." "It's getting kind of late." Makoto pointed out "I think I better be on my way." as she got up from the chair, Trunks got up as well and walked her to the door. "Well," she said "I'll see you tomorrow at school." "Right." Trunks responded "And by the way Mako-chan..." "Yes?" "Thanks for hearing me out today," He continued "It really helped, it was kinnda nice too." "Hey, what are friends for?" she stated "And try to smile more oftenly, that might help also." Makoto began to walk away from Trunks' house. She really didn't expected the day to end this way, although she did become closer to Trunks however and managed to know more about him. It wasn't really a wasted day, on the contrary, she never knew someone like him. He was considered, gentle and quite sensible. That only made her want to get even closer to him. As she turned around to take a last look at her host, she saw him still standing by the door waving good bye. She saw him smile. He did look a lot better while smiling, made him even look cuter as she put it. Trunks saw her leave, she was really a nice girl, no one ever became so close to him by only talking, not even his mother. Although she was kinda weird some times she was still a nice girl. "Maybe this place won't be as bad as I first thought." he said to himself. He turned around and close the door when Makoto dropped out of sight. His house was now very clean as he noticed the shining floor, the clean dishes and the once again visible table once that all those cans were thrown away. Trunks looked around the place pulling out a small grin. [Now how on earth am I gonna find all my stuff in a place like this?] he thought. He began to look for his clothes. End of chapter 4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See you in chapter 5...