run down her cheeks. But whatever happened, in the end the real side seemed to win.She nodded with a sigh. “We really can't get on without his help, can we? Okay.” She glared at Leigo, who pretended to be watching the birds with interest. But they both knew that he didn't do that, that he was listening to their conversation, the soft twitching of his ears brought them the best proof they could get. "But if he makes a slight mistake, I'll kill him!"


With that she went over to Leigo and Trunks followed her. The Honthan turned around calmly, put a questioning look on his face. "So what do you say?"


"You already know that!" Kira just said, even had to hold back a grin. She rolled her eyes, but this was more a gesture of amusement than of being annoyed.


Leigo wanted to argue, but then caught Trunks smiling eyes. "You know, just let it be so good. It was the best you could get from her." He grinned at Kira, who had turned around and walked back to the beach.Leigo nodded. "Funny girl ..."


“I know!” A sigh came from Trunk's mouth, so wistful it could tear your heart apart. “And yet you love her.” Leigo stated, whereupon a slight blush graced Trunks face. "What makes you think that?" he asked a bit embarrassed, whereupon Leigo hit him hard on the shoulder that knocked him forward. “Don't forget, I have magical powers.” He grinned, blinked his right eyes, but then got serious.


“She won't come with you when all of this is over.” He watched Kira, who had meanwhile sat down in the sand and was looking out to sea while the birds screeched above her. But she didn't seem to notice any of this, she was so lost in thought. Trunks looked away from her. "I know."


"And you won't stay here ..." Leigo stated again. He sighed. "Yes, yes, love. It can be mind-boggling and heart-breaking. Can you name just one good quality that love evokes?Feel good?"


Trunks didn't answer for a long time. He just looked at Kira's back, thinking half an hour in the past. He hadn't said he loved her, for a good reason. He liked her, but did he love her? He didn't know that, especially since she was exactly the type of person he basically didn't like. She was just like his father, suspicious and incredibly proud. But that wasn't exactly what made her so attractive.


"Love." He pronounced the word as if it were something strange and indefinable. Then he nodded. "It feels good. It drives you crazy, it makes you feel bad inside and yet it feels good ..."


“And that would be?” Leigo creased his forehead. "The feeling of being alive ..." replied Trunks. His gaze wandered away from Leigo, looked back at Kira's back. Leigo followed his gaze. “I'll never understand you Sajajins, will I?” He sighed, but then changed the subject again. "What do we do now?"

Trunks just shrugged. What should he have said? He hadn't come up with a plan, the fact that his mother was in this guy's hands made him shudder, yes, it almost drove him crazy. If he listened to his inner voice, he would storm into Storg's castle as an SSJ and cut everything down. "Quite a risky plan ..." Leigo said into his flow of thoughts and made it dry up. Trunks blinked in surprise. “Can you read minds?” A grin spread across Leigo's face, growing even wider as he noticed Trunks astonishment. He poked him lightly in the side. "No, but to want to read your current thoughts, you don't need that. You want to free your mother, but what about her?" His head jerked to Kira, who was still staring out into the open sea. "You're the one here with the magical powers. Tell me." Trunks growled in annoyance and left Leigo standing. Slowly he stepped up to Kira and sat down next to her.She looked up briefly, but then looked away from him. She made no move to start a conversation, so there was a long radio silence between them, only occasionally interrupted by the loud screeching of the birds above them. An oppressive mood weighed on their hearts and didn't seem to want to let go of them. Trunks drove her insane. He felt depressed like never before in his life. He thought back to the time he'd spent in the past. He wished for nothing more than that the Z-warriors were with him. At least that way he would have someone to ask for advice. Leigo was right. He wanted to free his mother as soon as possible, but Kira thought of her brother.


“So what are we going to do?” Leigo's voice came from behind them, making them wince. Neither of them had noticed his approach and Kira was all the angry. "Ever heard of call waiting?" she poisoned him without looking at him."Do you see a door here?" He rolled his eyes in annoyance, "But please, knock, knock. Better?" Kira's eyes narrowed, literally spraying with anger. She wanted to say something, or rather scream, but Trunks cut her off.


“I don't know.” He shrugged, dug his right hand into the sand. He carried a handful upstairs and let it flow slowly through his slightly splayed fingers. "Spoiled for choice, Kira's family or mine."


Kira looked at him briefly, but then averted her gaze again and, as an exception, directed it to Leigo. She blinked because the sun was shining straight into her eyes. "What do you think about?"


Leigo's eyes only widened. “You ask my advice?” With a theatrical gesture, he grabbed his forehead. “That I can still experience that!” But then he suddenly became serious, especially since he realized that jokes were not necessarily appropriate in this situation. He also saw that neither showed any emotion."Don't hold it against me, Kira, but I would be for Trunks mother." Kira smiled slightly. "I would have been surprised if it were different ..." Trunks gaze swayed between the two of them. He fully agreed with Leigo's opinion, but if he had said that Kira's family needed it more, he would have agreed. Would have gone mad with worry inside, but he would have persevered, at least he thought so. "Your family has been in these mines forever, so one day more or less doesn't matter. Trunks mother has a harder time, especially since Storg takes care of her personally. Besides, we wouldn't be able to do anything with Trunks if we got yours first Free the family. "He gave Trunks a reassuring smile when he tried to protest. “You know I'm right.” And with a mischievous grin he added: “Don't forget, I have magical powers!”


Trunks smiled back slightly, but then turned to Kira, whose gaze was again fixed on the sea.She said nothing, just stared straight ahead, lips pressed together. "We can split up too. I mean, you and Leigo go to the mines and I'll meet his weird friend and then ..."


“Don't be ridiculous at Trunks.” Her voice was soft, as soft as it was a few hours ago when she told him not to apologize. Slowly she raised her arm and put her hand on his cheek. She lifted it further, gently stroking his fine hair, which, carried by the wind, fell lightly into his face again and again. "Your mother is more important now. She doesn't know her way around here, and above all, she can't even walk here." Trunks had forgotten that again. The pull on Honth was much stronger than that on Earth. They had both seen Bulma dragged to the ground when they stepped out of the spaceship. The spaceship ... "What was actually done with our spaceship?" This time he looked up at Leigo and blinked his eyes.The sun stung his face. Leigo gave him a confused look at the first moment, seemed to have lost the concept at the sudden change of subject. But then he nodded, shook his head, and finally shrugged. "No idea. Not processed into scrap. It doesn't matter, we have loads of spaceships here." Trunks nodded.


Again a paralyzing silence spread between them that somehow filled them all. Nobody knew what to say, even though there was still so much to talk about. They didn't even have a good plan to free his mother. But Trunks couldn't name one either, especially since he hardly knew the castle. They were totally dependent on Leigo's boyfriend and that in turn disliked him very much. He trusted Leigo completely, but whether he could just trust a stranger like that. But on the other hand, he had no right to it. Leigo trusted him, and so will he. But this was a mistake.





Trunks prudently knew nothing about that, and could not see into the future. Night had fallen, the waxing moon loomed in the sky, surrounded by glittering stars. Otherwise the night was black as it had to be. But the black of the night struck them both as much blacker than usual. It wasn’t her appearance, rather her oppressed hearts seemed to make her appear even darker than she was. And that didn't change when Leigo came up to them with a happy joke. “Off to the Imperator Hunt.” He grinned, but even his grin turned out to be a few degrees more unhappy than usual. He was nervous, you could see that on his face.


Trunks smiled slightly and even Kira managed to smile. They both stood side by side behind a bush. The castle loomed in front of them. It was huge, gigantic. It looked down on her like a large, eerie memorial and left her skin with faint goose bumps.It had four towers that towered infinitely high and could say hello to the clouds. The foundation wall was made of solid stone, and looked so solid that even a Super Sajajin would have difficulty razing it. The gate that she had seen when she arrived was also on solid wood and seemed to have been difficult to crack. But now they were at the back of the castle, where they were supposed to meet Leigo's friend. He came too, a little late, but he did.


A faint rustling made her sit up and take notice immediately afterwards a Honthan with blue hair stepped up to her. His hair was long and fell over his shoulder. He wore an earring on his right ear that was long enough to touch his shoulders. A smile played on his face and he walked towards Leigo