Dragon Ball TC
Chapter Six
"Trunks, why does your face turn red whenever you’re with that girl with the sword?" Asked Bra. Trunks was hanging his jacket to dry, until he dropped it on the floor, realizing that Bra might know his secret.
"What are you talking about, Bra?"
"You blush whenever you’re with that girl! Do you liiiiiiiike her?" She asked, with a smug look on her face. Trunks’ cheeks turned red.
"You do, don’t you?" Trunks said nothing. "Trunks has a girlfriend! Trunks has a girlfriend! Trunks has a girlfriend!" She sang, prancing around the room, until she tripped on her red high heel and fell flat on her face. "Ouch!" She yelled. Trunks laughed lightly to himself. "It’s not funny, Trunks!" She yelled. He continued to laugh. Bra stomped out of the room.
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"Trunks! Spike! I have the transmitter ready!!" Yelled Bulma, the next day. The two boys flew over to where she stood. Spike turned on the transmitter and dialed the settings to his father.
"Hello, this is Mr. Twinkle, how can I assist you?"
"Daddy?"
"Spike? Is that you?"
"Yeah! Rini broke the transmitter, so we had Bulma build a new one!" He said. Spike handed the transmitter to Trunks.
"Mr. Twinkle, what were you saying before Rini threw the transmitter... About her hair color?"
"I was going to say that she had been adopted into our family."
"Who were her real parents?"
"Her mother was a very nice young lady; a Saiyan. I’m pretty sure her name was... I think Candyyam."
"And her father?"
"Her father’s name is Yamcha."
"Does she have any brothers or sisters?"
"No, but I think she has a cousin named... Kakarrot, or something like that." Trunks looked shocked beyond belief.
"Yamcha is her father, and Goku is her cousin?!?"
"Yes."
Rini lied to me...
"Spike! Where did Rini go?" He asked.
"I think she went down to the pond to train."
"Here. You take this, and I’ll go talk to her." He ran out the door and shot off into the air, towards the pond.
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"Rini, why did you lie to me?" She stood up.
"What do you mean?"
"About what you said... The other night. About Yamcha being your husband."
"Yes, Yamcha’s my husband."
"Rini, I just spoke with your dad. Yamcha is your father."
"Really?" She asked, her eyes filling with tears.
"That’s what your father said." Tears fell from Rini’s eyes. She looked at Trunks.
"Trunks... I’m so sorry. I had to lie. To protect our future."
"Our future?" He asked. Rini’s eyes got wide.
"Everyone’s future... Especially my cousin’s..." She said.
"Oh." Trunks sat down on the bank next to Rini.
What did she mean by that, if anything? Why is she acting so weird? Why am I talking to myself? And why am I answering back? Trunks snapped out of it. He looked at Rini as she rubbed her head, as if she had a headache.
"Rini, what’s wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing... It’s nothing. I just have a lot on my mind right now, that’s all."
"Okay..." He said. Then, he looked at her. "Why do you always come here?" He asked. She looked at him.
"I’m not quite sure. Maybe I’m connected to it somehow." Trunks nodded and acted like he knew what she was talking about. He looked at his watch and gasped.
"Oh no! I’m out past my curfew! My dad’s gonna go ballistic!" He said, standing up.
"I really have to go now. I think you should too. Spike is probably really worried about you right about now." He waved and flew off. Rini sat by the pond for a few more minutes, and went home.
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"Trunks, honestly, how can you expect to become a good fighter, if you fight like a wussy?" Asked Vegeta the next day. He and Trunks were sparring, and Vegeta was saying how weak Trunks was.
"I already am a great fighter!" Trunks yelled really loud and fired a Burning attack at his father. He easily dodged it.
"Is that the best you can do, weakling?" Vegeta shot a Big Bang attack right at him. Trunks went down hard. There was a loud thumping noise as he hit.
"Pink Heart Shock!" A pink heart appeared out of nowhere and hit Vegeta in the back of the head.
"He is not a weakling!" Yelled Rini, standing on the fence railing. She was in her gi; it was black and blue with a small hole in the stomach. Rini had her sword strapped to her back. "If you want him to get better, you should encourage him, not put him down with insults!" She hopped down. "I’ll show you what a real fighter is! Come on, I’ll fight with you!" She said. Vegeta smirked.
"You shouldn’t play with forces you don’t know how to handle..." He fired another Big Bang, and Rini evaded it, which is not very easy.
"Sincerity Barrier!" Rini was engulfed in a pink bubble. Vegeta fired another Big Bang, but it bounced right off the Sincerity Barrier.
"Blasted child!" Vegeta was yelling REALLY loud, and he turned into a Super Saiyan. Rini crossed her arms.
"You should always check up on your opponents before you fight them." She said. She screamed at the top of her lungs, first going Super Saiyan, then going to SSJ Two. Vegeta’s eyes grew to the size of grapefruits.
Is it possible that, this weak little girl is stronger than me? He shook it off, trying to forget all of the possibilities. Vegeta yelled for a long time, and he was then an Ascended Saiyan. When he was sure that he was done powering up, he flew into the air. He screamed for the longest time, with debris flying everywhere.
"FINAL FLASH!!!" Rini saw the beam, and quickly put up three more Sincerity Barriers around the first one. She crouched in the bubble, with her arms covering her head.
When the blast had passed, Vegeta was shocked to see that Rini had survived without a scratch. Rini snapped her fingers, and the bubbles popped.
"And now... For my special attack..." She extended her arm, and a bow appeared. When she drew back the string, an arrow formed in her hand, and she shot it.
"Trounce Arrow!" The arrow pierced Vegeta’s arm, but it didn’t severely injure him. Trunks looked on in amazement at the whole thing.
"Hmph." Vegeta walked into the house, holding his arm. Trunks got up and flew over to Rini.
"Oh my gosh... No one beats my dad in one hit! You must have some pretty powerful attacks!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah..." She said, blushing slightly.
"Trunks! Get into this house this instant!" Yelled Vegeta through the window.
"I’ll be right back." He ran into the house. "Yes, Father?"
"I don’t want you to be around that brat anymore." He said. Trunks went nuts.
"What do you mean?!?"
"I don’t think she’ll do anything good for you."
"She’d be a great sparring partner!" He said.
"Trunks, I do not want you to see her, talk to her, and definitely not have anything to do with her!" Tears streamed down Trunks’ face.
"You just don’t want me to talk to her, because she beat you with one hit! Obviously you’re just jealous, because she’s stronger than you, and because she’s a girl! A girl that is only thirteen!"
"THAT’S NONSENSE!" He yelled.
"You know it’s true! Don’t deny it!"
"Trunks, go to your room this instant!"
"No! I will not listen to you!" He ran as fast as he could out the door, and with a brilliant yellow Super Saiyan glow, he shot off.
"Good riddance!" Yelled Vegeta. Bulma walked into the room.
"How could you say that to him?! He’s your son!" She smacked him and stormed off. Vegeta stood there, still in shock.
Chapter Seven