46Hey, a new chapter after so long. I'm sorry about that but I promise I'll try and fix my schedule to at least be able to post one chapter per week. I'm bad at keeping promises though.
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Trunks found himself being dragged around the city by Erza. He initially thought that going to get new clothes for himself would be a great idea to get familiar with the city. Besides, he wouldn't mind getting something that would fit his taste.
Back home, he couldn't complain about how he disliked the clothes his mom got him since it's probably the only thing she could find back then but now he gets to buy his own cloth. He was looking forward to seeing what this world has to offer.
"Are you even listening to me?" Trunks snapped out of his daze to see Erza standing in front of him. Arms crossed, Erza huffed as she looked at the Saiyan heir. "You know it's rude to just stand here and ignore me."
"I'm sorry Erza. I just got lost in my own thoughts." Trunks apologized. With a shake of her head, Erza sighed.
"Alright, now that we got to the city center. What do you want to get first?" Erza asked as she looked at the stores surrounding them. "We could try and find you something other than that shirt first. Then we could start building around it. How does that sound?" Erza asked.
Trunks rubbed the back of his head. "Let's do that. I don't think I've got anything else better in mind." Trunks admitted.
With a nod, Erza turned around. "Follow me, I just know just the place for you to start from." Erza said as she walked ahead.
Trunks looked at the retreating figure of his friend and smiled. "Well, I'll have to repay her for this somehow." He muttered with a smile. Noticing that he was rapidly falling behind, he ran after her. "Hey, wait for me!" Trunks shouted as he ran after the redhead.
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Trunks quickly found himself in front of a small shop somewhere around the outskirts of the city.
"Umm. Erza, weren't we supposed to get the stuff from the center?" Trunks asked. The redhead turned to him.
"I remember Levy telling me about this place before." Erza said with a smile. "This hut belongs to Ms. Elizabeth Fortune. She's a widow that asked our guild for help a few months before I joined the guild. The guild helped her in dispatching a few thugs that kidnapped her daughter."
"Alright, but how does that have anything to do with what we came to do?" Trunks asked, still confused.
"Well, if you let me finish you'll understand." Erza said with an annoyed tone.
"Yes, ma'am." Trunks muttered.
"Well, after the guild helped her. She offered her services for free to any guild members. She specializes in designing clothes for the higher-class citizens of Fiore. So, I thought maybe she could help us in getting started." Erza finished as Trunks nodded his head.
"Alright I get it." Trunks said. "Shall we get going?" Erza nodded as she knocked at the door.
A few seconds passed before a seven-year-old girl opened the door for the duo. She had long sky-blue hair that were tied into two pony tails resting on her shoulder with dark blue eyes matching her hair. The dress she wore was light yellow one that looked expensive to Trunks.
"Can I help you?" She asked in a polite tone.
"You must be Sarah?" Erza said with a smile as the girl nodded her head.
Erza kneeled to the child's height. "I'm Erza and my friend over here is Trunks." Erza said pointing at the Saiyan. "We're from Fairy Tail and we wanted to meet your mother." Erza said. The girl's eyes widened.
"Fairy Tail? She asked. Excitement was starting to be visible on the child's face. "You're the guild that saved me a few months ago?"
Erza nodded. "See." Erza said as she rolled up the sleeve of her left arm showing the young girl the guild's stamp.
"So Cool." The girl was about to jump up and down. "I want to join your guild. I want to be as strong as you guys. Then I could protect myself and mom." She said with a grin.
"You'll have to get your mother's approval first." Erza said placing a hand and rubbing her head. The child nodded understandingly. "I'll go get her for you."
With that, the girl ran into the house leaving the two of them alone. "Well that was something." Erza said.
"You're not planning on actually let her join the guild, are you?" Trunks asked with curiosity.
"Well, I won't stop her. If she wants to join then that's her choice." Erza said with a shrug.
Trunks nodded. For the next few seconds, the duo remained silent as they waited. They didn't have to wait that long before what looked to be an older version of the young girl appeared from inside the house.
Although there were slight differences between the two like the length of the hair where the mother has shorter hair in comparison to the daughter. Also unlike her daughter, she wore a simple white shirt and blue jeans.
"Hello, how can I help you?" The mother said with a smile.
"You must be Elizabeth?" Erza asked and was answered with a nod.
"Yes, that would be me." The mother answered.
"I'm sorry we came here without any prior notice but we are from Fairy Tail and we would like to ask you for a favor." Erza said politely.
"Fairy Tail?" The mother said with a smile. "Why of course," She said as she moved to the side. "Please come in, I'll go make us some tea and then we can talk."
Erza looked at Trunks and nodded. "Thank you. Let's go Trunks." She said as she dragged him in before he could say anything.
Once in the house, the duo was guided towards the living room. "Please make yourselves at home, I'll go prepare the tea. It shouldn't take long." Elizabeth said. Erza smiled and nodded.
"We'll wait here." Erza answered. With that the mother left the room.
Trunks used this chance to get a good look at the room. It wasn't anything fancy. Just some couches in the center of the room with a coffee table in the middle. A fireplace was in the wall next to them. Trunks looked to the side to see pictures of the daughter and her mother together.
"Trunks?" Erza asked snapping Trunks out of his room scan. Trunks turned to the redhead and raised her eyebrows curiously. "What's up?" He asked.
"I don't know. You haven't said anything since we came here. Is something wrong?" She asked.
"It's nothing…" Trunks said as he trailed off. Erza kept staring at the Saiyan for a few seconds.
"It's obvious something is bothering you." Erza said sternly. She was determined to get an answer out of the young prince.
Trunks shook his head, "It's nothing, it's just that she reminds me of my mother."
"Your mom?" Erza asked as Trunks nodded.
"Yeah, she looks like her." Trunks finished.
Erza lowered her head. Master had already told her that she should avoid talking about his home and family as that subject is a sensitive spot for him.
Trunks sensing the mood shift of Erza decided to change the subject before it got even more awkward. "So, what will we do when we're finished here?" He asked.
Erza snapped out of her daze. "Well, we should have a solid base for what you'll be wearing. You'll then be able to get what you want to fit your cloth." She said.
"Well, you think she'll be able to help us?" Trunks asked.
"Of course, I could. I'm good." Trunks heard the mother as she walked through the door with a plate and three cups of tea.
"Oh, I hope that didn't sound cocky." She said as she walked and set the plate on the table. "Help yourselves." She said motioning at the tea cups.
"Thank you, this smells amazing." Trunks said as he and Erza took a cup for themselves. The older women smiled as she took the last remaining cup on the table.
"So which of you need some help picking out an outfit?" She asked before taking a sip of the tea.
"How did you know?" Erza asked.
"I heard you talking from the kitchen." She said taking another sip.
"How much did you hear?" Trunks asked nervously hoping that she didn't hear the first question Erza asked.
"Not much, just that you were looking for clothes and that's why you're here." She answered.
"Alright, we would like to get Trunks something that could fit him." Erza asked. "and we were wondering if you could help."
"Of course, dear. I'm more than happy to help." She said as she set the tea cup on the table.
She turned to Trunks and stared at him for what felt like a good minute. "I think I have a good idea of what could look good on you." She finally said as she got up. After your done with your drinks, you can follow me into this room. She pointed at a room to Trunks's right.
She then got up and left them alone.
"Well, we better hurry. I don't want to keep her waiting." Trunks said as Erza nodded. As quickly as they could they drank the tea. After setting the cups on the small table. The duo stood up and flowed the older women into the room.
As soon as they entered, they were met with a small underground opening. The looked at each other before shrugging. "Ladies first." Trunks joked.
With a smile, Erza shook her head but didn't complain as she was the first down the ladder. Shortly, Trunks hopped down behind her
As soon as they reached the ground, they froze in awe. They were still unsure if it was due to the size of the room or because the entire room was filled with clothes of different styles and colors but one thing was for sure. This room is impressive.
"If you are done gawking over the room, I need some help here." Erza snapped out of here daze as she heard Elizabeth. Turning to the right, she looked at the women who was standing next to a few boxes stacked on top of each other.
"The cloth I'm looking for should be somewhere in that box." She said pointing at the bottom box. "But I can't lift that alone. So can you help me?" She asked.
"Of course, but I don't think I can get to boxes at the top." Erza said.
"I'm going to get a ladder. That's probably the only way." Elizabeth said.
"There is no need for that." The two girls turned around to see Trunks standing behind them. "I can get them."
"How? You are barely taller than me." Erza argued.
Trunks grinned as he began floating into the air.
Erza's eyes widened. "You can fly? Does that mean you used wind magic?" She said.
"I don't think so." Trunks said. "I'll tell you everything later. We're already wasting enough of Ms. Elizabeth's time."
"Don't worry about it dear, we'll be done in no time." She answered in reply
Trunks nodded as he ascended to the top of the pile.
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It's been almost an hour since they started reorganizing the boxes to get to the one they wanted. Thanks to Trunks, they were able to finally get the box. Right now, Elizabeth was searching the box for whatever she had in her mind as Trunks and Erza were resting.
"You sure you don't need any help?" Trunks asked behind her.
"No, you two already did most of the heavy lifting, I just need to find them. Besides, you don't even know what exactly I'm looking for."
"You can always tell us and we can help." Erza joined in. Elizabeth turned to them with a smile
"I could but I won't. Now you two just rest and let me handle this." She said before turning around and diving once more into the cloth.
"Well. It can't be helped." Trunks said with a shrug.
"I guess so…" Erza trailed off. "Hey, what kind of magic do you use?" Erza asked remembering how he flew recently.
Trunks eyebrows rose curiously, "I mean you can fly but you don't use wind magic. So how does that work? Do you control gravity or something like that?" She asked once more
Trunks shook his head, "Actually, I use Ki."
"Ki? I'll have Levy research that later." Erza thought out loud. She would have asked Trunks but she had a feeling it will be difficult to explain in one sitting. Besides, she still had other questions in mind.
On the other hand, Trunks didn't mind explaining but he thought that they might find some useful things that could help get back home. Although that sounds unlikely but maybe he can find some sort of a link between what she finds.
"You do that." Trunks said
"But what else does Ki do?" Erza asked curiously.
"Firing destructive Ki blasts." Trunks said as he shrugged.
"How destructives?" Erza asked maintaining the curiosity in her voice.
"You really wouldn't want to know. Trust me on this one." Trunks said.
Pretty destructive. Erza noted in her head judging from Trunks's reaction.
"Anything else?" Erza asked.
"I don't know that much about Ki. I've recently started training on how to manipulate Ki so I still have no idea it's full capabilities." Trunks said.
Judging from his sincerity, Erza can safely assume that he isn't lying. Either that or he is a good liar. "Well, to make it fair. How about we ask each other questions? Since you already asked it's my turn." Trunks's suggested.
Erza nodded, it sounded fair and it would give her more room to be creative with her questions without sounding suspicious.
"Alright, I'll start with any easy one. Since you use magic, what type of magic are you using and the same for the people in the guild. You don't need to explain everything, if I don't understand something I'll leave it for the next turn." Trunks reasoned knowing that it won't be an easy task.
Erza nodded in acknowledgement. "Well, I'm training to use Re-Equip magic. Basically, I can use different armors according to whoever I'm fighting." Erza began.
"Cana wants to learn card magic. Mirajane already chose to use the take-over magic for obvious reasons. Levy is working on her Solid Script magic." Erza thought going on with the list in her head.
"Natsu is a Fire Dragon Slayer so he uses Fire Magic. Gray uses Ice ma-." Erza was quickly interrupted by Trunks.
"Dragon Slayer?" Trunks asked.
"Yes, but that's another question." Erza said with a smirk as Trunks sighed in defeat.
"Ok, where was I?" Erza said out loud. "Oh yeah, Gray uses Ice magic. Elfman and Lisanna both use take over magic too. I think that covers it all." Trunks nodded.
"What do you want to know?"
"Who taught you how to use Ki?" Erza asked.
"My master Gohan," Trunks said with a smile. "I had some sort of control of my Ki ever since I was young but Gohan helped me so much. He helped me refine my control over Ki." Erza smiled seeing how Trunks was talking about his master.
"He sounds like a great guy." Erza said. "Where is he though?" Erza asked.
She immediately felt the mood shift as Trunks smile shifted into a frown. "He's… dead." He said.
Erza's eyes widened. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked." She said.
"He was murdered…" Trunks said ignoring Erza's apology. "I'm going to make those bastards pay for what they did as soon as I find my way back home." Trunks fists tightened as he remembered the smug smirks on the faces of the two androids. The smiles that would haunt him forever.
"Trunks? I hope you won't get offended but are you strong enough to take on them on?" Erza asked with a concerned tone. She watched him as he reluctantly shook his head sideways.
"Not yet but once I get enough power I'll be able to kill them. Both of them." Trunks said with a murderous tone.
Erza looked at the young Saiyan with a worried look. He has so much hate stored within him. "I know you will Trunks but right now you need to try and get stronger." Erza said. "and I will help you do that."
Trunks looked at the red head and sighed. "Thank you but I don't think it'll be a good idea to train together."
"Why is that?" Erza asked curiously.
"We use different sources for power so training with each other won't help either of us that much. It might just slow us down." Trunks argued.
"You're right. However, you do gain experience fighting the same person a lot. You'll be forced to think of different ways to gain the upper hand." Erza argued.
Trunks looked at her, she didn't look like she'd take no as answer. Besides she did make a good point. "Alright let's discuss this later, Ms. Elizabeth is on her way here." Trunks said.
From his tone, Erza felt that Trunks was ok with her argument. She quickly turned to the direction the older woman was coming from. In her hand was a pale blue long sleeved jacket, a black sleeveless undershirt and light brown pants.
"Found em'" She said holding the outfit up so Trunks would be able to have a good look at it. "So, what do you think?" She said with a smile.
Trunks looked at the outfit before nodding, "It looks great." He said with a smile.
"And it'll look even better once you put it one." She said shoving the outfit into Trunks's hands. "The changing room is over there." She said as she pointed to a small room to Trunks's right.
Before Trunks knew it, he was being shoved into the changing room. With a sheepish smile, he walked into the room.
The two women waited outside for a few seconds before Trunks made it out, fully dressed in his new outfit.
"Oh wow, you look great." Erza said as she eyed the young demi-Saiyan. Trunks slightly blushed as he was being examined by the two girls in front of him.
An awkward silence reigned over but was quickly broken. "Well, we want to know what you think!" Elizabeth said, "It doesn't matter what we think if you don't like it." She continued.
"No, I like it. It's pretty comfortable too." Trunks said.
"Great, we're done here." She said. "Let's head upstairs and I'll check if there is anything that needs to be readjusted." Elizabeth said as the duo nodded.
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The pair remained at the house for almost another hour as Elizabeth was making sure nothing is too big or tight. After they were done, they were offered to stay for a meal but Trunks was quick to turn it down claiming that they had already wasted a lot of her time.
Nothing Elizabeth would say could convince him otherwise.
"Are you sure you don't want to stay?" Sarah asked as she looked at them with pleading eyes.
"Trunks shook his head. Sorry but we have to go somewhere." Trunks said once more.
The little girl head looked down in disappointed. Erza immediately stepped in. "Don't worry, we'll still visit. Also, you mom knows where the guild is. If you ever want to drop by, just tell her to take you to us." Erza finished, Erza smiled as the little girls eyes brightened.
"Really?" She asked with obvious hope in question. Erza nodded before slightly nudging Trunks. The young prince jumped a little before assuring her.
"Of course, you can come whenever you feel like it." Trunks added as he glanced at Erza just to get a nod of satisfaction from her.
"Yay!" She said with a smile. "You hear that mommy." She said turning to her mom who was watching the entire thing with a smile. "Of course, dear. Now why don't you go inside and I'll prepare for you your favorite meal."
The young girl nodded before running into the house.
"Thank you again Ms. Elizabeth." Trunks said as he and Erza bowed in respect.
"Don't worry about it whenever you have some fashion related problem you know who you can rely on." She said with a smile.
"Definitely." Trunks said.
"We'll we have to get going." Erza said. Trunks nodded.
"It was a pleasure meeting you." Erza said as she thanked her once again.
The duo walked away as Elizabeth waved goodbye to them.
Once they were out of eye sight, Erza stopped and turned to face Trunks. "Now, care to explain why you were so eager to leave." She said with a smile. "We have nothing else to do for the day. So, what gives?"
"I just didn't want to cost her more that she already did by not talking the money." Trunks said.
"I don't buy it. You're hiding something from me." She said getting closer to the Saiyan. "I'd like to make it known that I am very stubborn and we won't leave if you won't tell me." She said with a smile.
Trunks sighed, "Alright, I eat. A lot." Trunks said.
Erza tried to catch any insincerity in his tone but there was none she could pick up. "That's it?" She asked in surprise as Trunks nodded.
"Natsu eats a lot too so why are you so embarrassed?" Erza asked curiously. Just then Trunks's stomach grumbled.
"So, you're hungry too?" Erza asked.
Blood rushed into Trunks's cheeks as it turned slight red. "A little."
Erza shook her head with a smile. She reached for the jewel pack in her pocket. "We still got this. How about we go get something to eat."
"I don't know about that…" Trunks trailed off.
"Don't worry, you can eat as much as you want. I won't judge you." Erza said.
After a short silence, Trunks's stomach grumbled again as he sighed in defeat. "Lead the way." He said.
Erza smirked. "That's better. I heard of this amazing place that make the most incredible cakes…" Erza said as Trunks followed her with one thought in his mind. Maybe I my time here won't be as bad as I thought it would be.
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End of Chapter.