jnsoullard@hotmail.com (Julian Soullard)
Boy Meets Girls
Chapter 1: Where Am I?
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The sun was up and a new day had started, Trunks
didn't sleep all night, how could he? This was the day for which he
trained so hard the last two years. He got up and got dressed,
then went towards his bed picking up his sword that laid against
the nearby wall.
Heading to the hangar he suddenly stopped and started thinking
of what he was about to do. Could he do it? He had to! Goku was
the only one who could have stopped this madness. Trunks knew
that he wasn't strong enough, he found out in a very painful way.
Once he entered the hangar he saw his mother still working on the
time machine, by the way she looked she didn't had much sleep
either.
"You're awake." She said without even turning to see who was
she talking to, still working on the machine.
"I didn't get much sleep to awake out of anything." Trunks responded
"Well," she said while finishing her work "I don't think none of us
could.
Everything is ready, how about you?"
"I'm ready as well."
"Good." she said while pulling out of her pocket a small pillbox "
This is what he needs, although this might seem simple anything
could happen during you trip so be careful."
Trunks nodded then boarded the ship only to be held back by
his mother.
"Trunks..." she said "I don't want you to end up like your father,
so please be careful."
"I will, don't worry." he said trying to pull out a fake smile.
Good-byes were never Trunks's specialty so he boarded the
craft trying not to look back at Bulma. A few moments later he
was already traveling through Hyper space in what appeared
to be an endless multicolored tunnel linked to other countless
tunnels.
[Sure is hot in here.] he though [I wonder if there's something
to drink in this place.]
After searching a few seconds inside a small fridge on his left side
(don't ask me why is there a fridge in that time machine, it's just
there!!)
Trunks pulled out a soda and proceeded to opening it. Unfortunately
(otherwise there would be no fanfic!), while drinking, the time machine
when through a turbulent zone of some sort which cause the soda to
slip from it's owner's hand. As a result, the bottle landed on the
control
panel spreading all of it's content.
"OH NO, what have I done??" he said making huge round eyes and
putting his hands on top of his head "I've got to clean up this mess
before...."
That's as far as he went, suddenly the panel started making funny
(and none less concerning) noises accompanied with some very
unusual light effects (i.e. short circuits).
"Uh Oh, this doesn't look good."
It looked even worse when Trunks saw that the tunnel in which he
was traveling was changing it's shape in a drastic way, it looked
more like something pulled out of someone's guts more than a tunnel.
"This definitely DOESN'T look good."
And as if that didn't worried him enough, the time machine began
shaking as if it was trying to dance something very exotic.
"Okay, I'll have to take her down for repairs NOW!!"
Having no choice, Trunks grabbed what seemed a steering wheel
and took his ship into the first adjacent tunnel with the only hope
that he would land in a time where he could find the appropriate
tools to repair his ship.
Meanwhile, in another place (and time):
"KYAAAAAAAA!!!! I'M LATE FOR SCHOOL!" screamed a young
girl wearing a high school uniform, she was still eating her breakfast
while running, she had a strange hair do. Her long blond hair was tied
up in two ponytails in a way that the top started in two buns. She was
being followed by a black cat with a crescent moon on it's forehead.
"When are you going to be in time for school Usagi?" the cat declared "
This is really getting old."
"I know, I know, I know." she said not paying much attention to what
the cat was saying
If Usagi wouldn't be in such a hurry she might of noticed a flashing
light
coming from the park she just crossed, that's where Trunks was now...
The cockpit opened letting out a huge cloud of smoke, Trunks came
from out there still coughing.
"Man, what a ride." he said getting out of his vehicle.
He opened his eyes once he was out of the smoke and saw the park
he landed on.
"Where am I?.....Or more importantly, WHEN am I?" he asked himself
while looking around
There where lots of trees almost everywhere, a lake could be seen
further away and a boat rental next to it. Fortunately there where no
people around (it was school time) that could have seen him. Trunks
scratched his head in confusion as he saw his new destination, then
he headed back to his ship looking at the mess he just did.
[How could I've been so careless?] He though "Stupid, stupid, stupid,
stupid, STUPID!" he said out loud while hitting his head against a tree
[I have to hide the time machine before someone shows up.]
By pressing on a button the time machine turned into a capsule
making a low explosion.
"There! Now I have to find out where and when I am. I'll have to find
a place to repair the machine as well without drawing any attention,
but first..." He said pulling out a little black case out of his jacket
"
Let's make an inventory of what I have."
In the black case were around ten capsules just like the one the
time machine had turned into, each one had a number on it, there
was a little index glued inside the case pointing out what each
capsule contained.
"Okay....I have about 10000 dollars, some food and drinks, a
4 room house with 2 bathrooms, a motorcycle, a mini-jet, and
the rest is mostly useless." (Well what did you expect he had?
His mother IS rich you know!).
Trunks closed the case and put it back inside his jacket, once
he did that he started to levitate with the Bukujutsu technique
so that he could have a better view of the city.
[That's odd, this place looks like home but it's different in
so many ways.]
As Trunks was flying he could see that the cars circulating the
streets where quite primitive compared to the ones back home,
the buildings where different as well, but most of all he realized
that *he* was the only thing being airborne, no mini-jets or flying
motorcycles, *he* was the only one flying.
(As most of you readers might of guessed, seeing a boy flying
around in Tokyo with no mechanical equipment DOES look
very unusual. On top of all that, in the Sailor Moon series,
the bad guys are the only ones who can levitate.
You can guess what happened next.)
'Look!' a voice shouted 'There's some guy flying around like
some sort of super hero!'
'Somebody call the army!' another voice shouted 'He must be
one of those monsters!'
'Somebody call Sailor Moon!' yet another voice screamed
'Someone get a camera!'
"Uh oh, guess I better get out of here." Trunks replied flying full
speed towards the top one of the buildings near by.
Mean while, back to Usagi's school, we see Usagi standing at
the hall holding a bucket of water with a sign around her neck
saying "I was late, I fell asleep during class and I didn't do my
homework" she was looking very embarrassed.
"Late again?" a familiar voice said to her
"Oh hi Mako-chan." Usagi responded "Yeah! I overslept again
and with all the commotion (big tears coming out of her eyes
resembling to the Niagara waterfall)
I FORGOT MY LUNCH...........BWWAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"
"Uhm.... Usagi..." Makoto said "You can have some of my lunch
if you want to."
"Really??" she weeped making big puppy dog eyes
"Sure, just stop crying okay?"
Later that day at lunch time, we see Usagi, Makoto and Ami sitting
next to a tree. Usagi is eating as if tomorrow didn't existed. Makoto
and Ami are looking at Usagi and the way she is practically
throwing food at her face.
"Usagi, If you keep that up you won't be able to breathe!" Ami said
"Vuat u talk'n a vaot??" Usagi responded with rice all over her face
"Forget it!"
Suddenly Luna and Artemis appeared and headed towards the
three girls.
"Girls, we have a situation on our hands." Luna informed "It seems as
if a new enemy is on the move!"
"Vuat kain ov henemi?" Usagi asked with food still on her mouth.
"Hun???" both Artemis and Luna asked
"I think she's asking what kind of enemy are we facing." Ami answered
"Well we're not sure." Artemis continued "There were a bunch of people
saying something about a guy flying over Tokyo, and about him being
a monster or something like that."
"Did you actually saw this monster/guy?" Makoto asked
"Well not exactly." Luna confirmed "But we have to investigate
just to be sure."
"Minako and Rei have already been told about this." Artemis added
"We'll be meeting at Hikawa temple after school to discus
more about this matter."
At the other side of Tokyo, Trunks was walking
(now that he knew it wouldn't be wise if he flew)
with no particular destination. He found out many things about this
place,
they had the same language he had, they used yens instead of dollars,
people lived more or less the same way they did on his time.
Everything was almost the same as where he came from, until....
"Hey kid!!!" a voice shouted behind him
Trunks turned around facing the man that called him.
He was wearing a blue uniform and a gun attached to his belt.
"Yes officer?" he said
"Can I ask you what are you doing with that." the officer said
pointing to the sword that Trunks was carrying on his back
"You know, people aren't allowed to carry that sort of toys, it's
illegal!"
"Oh, well you see sir... this isn't really mine... I mean... It is mine
but....
uh... well you see... it's a gift... uh... for a friend who likes to
collect
this sort of stuff!" a nervous Trunks said as he was trying to make
an excuse.
"You don't say..." stated the officer "And why isn't it wrapped up
as a present?"
"Well they ran out of wrapping paper, sir!" Trunks was really
starting to worry
"I see!" the officer noticed "I'll let you go this time with only a
warning, but answer me this..."
"Yes?"
"How old are you?"
"I'm sixteen." he answered getting more nervous by the second.
"Shouldn't you be at school young man?"
"Well... you see... er... I just moved in from out of town," Trunks
said trying to make another excuse "and... uh... my parents...
er... haven't registered me at school yet!"
"Okay then." the officer said "You can go now, just try to find
something to hide that sword."
"Yes officer! [Man I can't believe he bought that load of crap]
I'll do that right away!"
As the officer left, Trunks thanked his lucky stars he got out of that
one;
he didn't like the idea of putting aside his sword but he had no choice,
fortunately he thought of putting it inside a container that turned into
a
capsule and that way he could carry it along with him without
attracting any attention. Anyway, now he had to find a deserted
place to start repairing the time machine.
Meanwhile, at Hikawa temple:
"Artemis, have you found anything yet about that possible enemy
you told us this morning?" Minako asked
"Nothing yet!" he answered "Luna and I are still working on it!"
"Then what are we supposed to do?" Makoto asked with a boring l
ook on her face "We're not even sure if there's actually something
out there, maybe it's just people telling stories!"
"I don't think so." Rei claimed "Earlier this morning I had a strange
feeling, I don't know what it was but it felt weird, some energy I
never felt before!"
"Maybe it's not an enemy, maybe you're just going through your
period Rei!" Usagi joked
"WHAT??? THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT, BAKA!!!!"
Rei shouted
"GIRLS!" said Luna "That's enough!! The best we can do right now
is stay alert, and for that we'll have to make patrols all over Tokyo.
If there really is a monster we have to be ready when it attacks."
"Maybe we should split up to cover more ground, if that *thing*
appears we'll have a better chance to locate it, and we can call
for help with our communicators." Ami suggested
"Good thinking Ami!" Artemis said "While Luna and I keep trying
to find as much as possible from the central command you girls
should start patrolling the area, we'll stay in touch if we find out
something."
At that same time Trunks already found a place to crash in
the outskirts of Tokyo.
He used capsule N° 6 (the house with 4 rooms and 2 bathrooms)
in a rather desolated area so people wouldn't start wondering
how a house appeared there in one day.
Inside the house, Trunks was reading some papers that he took
out of the time machine while he was having something to eat.
[It's a good thing mom thought about putting these instruction
inside the glove compartment of the ship.] he though
[Her instructions are very clear, I think I'll be able to fix the
time machine *if* I find the right parts.]
On the other side of the table there was a pamphlet that Trunks
got while he was in Tokyo. The pamphlet had big red letters
saying "Tokyo's tourist guide". Trunks took the pamphlet and
started reading it.
"So I'm in Tokyo..." he mumbled "Never heard of such a place
in time....which means I'm not only lost in time...but I'm also lost
in another reality!"
After finishing dinner Trunks took the pamphlet looking at it with
a serious expression and then threw it back on the table.
"Damn!!" he said to himself "What a mess!"
End of Chapter One
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