Boy Meets Girls
Chapter 4: Painful Memories
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"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!!! Just ten!!!" he begged. 

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 he 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 see Trunks 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 fighters.
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!!"

At 8:00 AM sharp, Trunks was introduced to the students of his new 
class, Amy was in the same classroom he was, she was sitting in the 
front row.

"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 (especially the girls), 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 whole 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 Amy were walking together.

"What did you say his name was?" Usagi asked

"He called himself 'Super Saiya-man', weird isn't it?" Amy answered

"You're no kidding!" she stated "What does 'Saiya' means anyway?"

"I don't know?" Amy said 

"So, what exactly did he do?" Usagi asked once more

"Well..." Amy 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." Amy 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." Amy 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!" Amy 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!" Amy declared

"He was what???" Usagi asked not sure of what Amy told her

"I meant that his biceps, triceps and quadriceps were in excelent 
shape, not to mention that he had great pectorals " Amy explained

"What does that mean???" she asked again unable to understand what she 
was talking about.

"That means he was physically gifted!" Amy stated once more, she was 
getting a little irritated of Usagi not getting the idea.

"Amy, 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!!" Amy shouted 
at her, she really was irritated now.

Every student in the area turned towards Amy after what she yelled, 
looking at her with a mixture of surprise and confusion. Amy, after 
noticing the little scene she just pulled out, 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 Amy'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 Trunks, she was holding an extra lunch box in her 
hands. Trunks finally opened his eyes to see her.

"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 how to cook.

"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 Amy, 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 Amy and Usagi.

"Hi guys, whatcha doing?" Usagi asked as she and Amy 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..." Trunks 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!" Amy 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." Amy 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!" Amy 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 Amy is getting interested in Trunks, do 
you?" she asked her

"What? No way! You know that Amy 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 very sad "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 actualy spoke to anyone about 
it, maybe it was time to say what he felt like.


Meanwhile, in 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?" Amy 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 
causing all those monsters from appearing in our planet!"

"No wonder the last two monsters seemed so different from one another!" 
Amy 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," Amy 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." Amy 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 talking. 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 got over it?" Trunks asked her

"Well... I'm not totally over it," she answered "I still get in shock 
whenever I hear a plane fly 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 began to smile at him

"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 number 6 (capsule number!) written all 
over 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 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, 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 practically were 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, 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. It only made her want to get 
even closer to him.
As she turned around to take a last look at Trunks, 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, he could feel finally 
that there was someone he could talk to after all these years. 

"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 Four
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