A/N: This fanfiction is based off of the English Dub of the Future Trunks Saga which was released four days ago on Adult Swim. I do not own the characters from "Dragon Ball Super" nor "Dragon Ball FighterZ", but I do own Yurei, who just so happens to be my custom character from "Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2". He may not have any significance right now, but later on during the saga, he will, to help this saga live up to its name. As for the music that plays, this is my first time starting, but if there is a different song playing from the original version, I simply type down when a different song begins and ends at a certain point throughout this saga and such. I also do this when a certain song from the same saga plays at a different point in this saga. Plus, I decided to make it so that the background of the destroyed city on day and night is exactly like how Future Trunks first turned Super Saiyan in "Dragon Ball Super", well, at least at night, but as for the day time, it is much brighter, but with a heavy fog on the ground, for a more atmospheric effect of the Future in Ruins. One last thing, I apologize for the lack of the usual bad language spoken during this saga. I just don't take kindly to bad words, at least not in this fanfic I'm currently working on. Anyway, enjoy.
Dragon Ball Super
The Saiyan Warrior of Hope Saga
"SOS From the Future: A Mysterious New Saiyan Appears!"
Chapter 1
A chunk of debris falls off as it splinters to three pieces and falls down to the ground. Elsewhere, at the foggy, rainy, desolate city, a blue-haired man with a red handkerchief was running as fast as he could before hiding behind one of the broken corners of a building as a dark man zig-zagged in the sky in the clouds, leaving a yellow trail before he stopped and prepared to fire an array of black ki blasts before shooting them across the city in the hopes of hitting his enemy, unaware that he hid himself well. However, before they could hit, an array of blue ki blasts hit the black ki blasts, creating mini explosions that were easily drowned out by the heavy rain pelting the ground. After the onslaught, the man turned to notice a mysterious man with silver blue eyes glaring at his red-eyed enemy from above before the enemy left while the Blue-eyed being fled off after him. That bought the Blue-haired swordsman enough time to escape into an alleyway. Then, Future Trunks hopped up the wall and dashed off to the streets through the heavy fog as the ceaseless, heavy rain continued to pelt the desolate ground.
Eventually, the man had arrived at the hideout in front of a sort of metal door. The man started to catch his breath after landing on the ground and, after a few moments, gave a grin. However, unbeknownst to him, on top of a nearby building, the same man that repelled the black ki blasts was watching from above, his silver-blue eyes giving off a glow, watching over it.
Meanwhile, inside the lab, a wheel with several different colored dots was turning and pipes were puffing out as it continued to work with creating a sort of Blue, cosmic liquid, under the supervision of a long, blue-haired woman and a long, shaggy, brown-haired woman with glasses, a red and blue shirt that alternates with each square adjacent to each other and a Red Ribbon Army lab coat, just as the swordsman's voice rang out.
"Mom! 21!", called the swordsman.
His mother turned to notice his son at the entrance as did the brown-haired scientist and smiled.
"Oh! What a surprise!", said the swordsman's mother.
He walked down the stairs as 21 responded.
"Glad to see you survived the onslaught out there, Trunks.", the Android stated.
The conversation continued as Future Trunks went down the stairs and walked over to his mother and 21.
"Great to see you. You're looking well, kiddo.", greeted Future Bulma.
Future Trunks smiled back as he answered.
"I guess. And you're looking as beautiful as always."
Then, Future Trunks stopped to notice the canister, containing a blue, cosmic, liquid-like energy.
"That should be enough to make a one-way trip.", Future Bulma told his son.
Future Trunks found it somewhat disappointing.
"That's it? After a whole year of work?"
21 felt slightly offended as Future Bulma had to ease him at least a bit.
"Hey! What do you expect if we've got a destruction-crazed maniac all over the city? We're just lucky to get this much at all! Oh, the nerve.", 21 retorted.
"Come on, let's stay positive. We just have to get you there. It's the best we can do.", Future Bulma assured.
Then, from hearing this, Future Trunks grew worried.
"But only one-way? I can't just leave you here."
21 smiled, unwaveringly.
"Well, there is a way back, but, right now, it's a bit of a gamble."
Future Bulma took 21's point.
"Exactly. You just have to trust me, okay?"
Future Trunks understood that.
"Right."
Then, he noticed in his mother's face that she hadn't gotten any sleep recently. For 21's case, she can get by just fine, due to her being an android and all, but for his mother, that is another matter.
"Hey. You've been working yourself to the bone this whole time, haven't you? Why don't you take a little break?"
Future Bulma only gave a slight look of determination in response.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. We don't have a second to waste."
She then pressed certain keys to release the canister and seal it up with a lid before Future Bulma swiped the keys to a green button in the center and pushed it, causing the lights to go out as a blue glowing light shined in the dark room. 21 gave a slight smirk as the light shone.
"Pretty beautiful, isn't it?", 21 asked.
Future Bulma can agree but still had to focus on the task at hand.
"Perhaps, but we've got to get this to Capsule Corp. as soon as we can. I'm not taking any chances."
Future Trunks turned to his mother and 21.
"You and I can take it from here, 21. But you should stay behind and get some rest, Mom; seriously. When's the last time you got real sleep?"
Future Bulma only gave a grin in response.
"Nice try, but I'm coming with you two. What if something happens on the way there? If he attacks, we can't run the risk of one of you two being on your own.", Future Bulma cautioned.
She then picked up the canister and held it in front of Future Trunks.
"Three of us going means three chances to keep this safe. If it gets destroyed, this entire year will have been a waste of time."
Future Trunks saw how important this is and saw no point in arguing any further.
"You've made your point."
21 responded as she looked back at Future Bulma.
"Well, that's your mother for you."
Future Bulma chuckled before she gave a serious look again.
"I need to make sure you understand this, son. We can't forget how many people gave their lives to make sure we had the chance to create this energy. We have to honor that debt."
Future Trunks nodded in agreement as Future Bulma explained further.
"That means seeing this through, no matter what happens. Even if we sacrifice everything to succeed. You're the last hope we've got son. It's all up to you."
Future Trunks lowered his head a bit before he responded.
"I know."
21 decided that time is of the essence as a metal cover crept up from the top of the canister and encased the glass to protect the canister from the slightest chance of breaking.
"Good. Then we should get moving. Mai is waiting for us. And with any luck, we might get there before Black finds us."
However, she couldn't have been more wrong. Future Trunks suddenly sensed the dark energy just before an explosion erupted from the ceiling above. Future Bulma noticed that and gasped before Future Trunks shoved her out of harm's way.
"Get down!", shouted Future Trunks.
At that same moment, 21 quickly took cover and narrowly evaded the incoming debris. After the explosion, outside, lightning was striking the ground like crazy as three or more bolts struck different spots of the ground in the mixture of heavy rain from the sky and heavy fog on the ground. Meanwhile, inside the lab, smoke cleared out as the rain pelted down from the hole made on the ceiling. Much to Future Trunks' disbelief and both Future Bulma and 21's shock, the debris destroyed the equipment.
"Your laboratory.", Future Trunks slightly whispered.
21, however, was the only one who had some relief.
"Well, at least I managed to save my work for Plan B."
Future Trunks turned to 21.
"Plan B? What's that?"
21 knew that Trunks will know at least when they get to Mai.
"How about I tell you when we're not at Black's mercy?"
At that instant, Future Bulma gasped upon turning to see Black from the heavy fog outside and quickly handed the canister to Future Trunks, leaving him puzzled.
"Get out of here! Do you two hear me?"
Before anyone could respond, an explosion struck again, but this time, from the wall, knocking both Future Trunks and 21 to the wall as lightning struck near the building heavily with the silver-blue eyed stranger overseeing the events as they gave a bright shimmer.
Meanwhile, both Future Trunks and 21 got back up as best they could as he turned to her.
"Are you okay?", asked Future Trunks.
21 got up, cradling her right arm.
"Yeah, I'm okay, Trunks. But where's Bulma?"
Then, both gasped in shock upon seeing their enemy, shrouded in smoke as his red, menacing eyes glowed and his fist already clutched onto Future Bulma's shirt as she stifled. 21 grew fearful while Trunks was determined to save her.
"Oh, no.", gasped 21.
"Get off her!", shouted Future Trunks.
Before Future Trunks could proceed, Future Bulma halted him.
"Trunks, don't!"
Her scared voice had both Trunks and 21 gravely concerned for her as the silver-Blue-eyed stranger looked on from outside.
"Be strong! You two have to go!", Future Bulma panickedly urged.
"What? No!", 21 answered worriedly.
"You two have to!"
"Bulma, are you insane? We can't just leave you here!", 21 shouted worriedly.
Then, just as the enemy prepared to fire an energy blast, causing Future Trunks and 21 to brace themselves, the silver-blue eyed stranger shot down through the ceiling hole, surrounded by a lightning bolt and struck the enemy by the cheek with his fist, not only causing him to release his grip on Future Bulma's shirt, but also knocking him back to the wall as he shot it at a different direction near the two, causing the whole building to explode as he quickly grabbed Future Bulma and shielded her. Then, just as both Future Trunks and 21 landed on the ground hard, the stranger, surrounded by a blue, godly aura, emerged from the smoke and landed right behind the two before they stood up to notice the stranger setting Future Bulma down safely to the ground, although she quickly stood up after the stranger did. Soon, Future Trunks and 21 stood up as well, surprised looks and smiled on their faces as the stranger slowly turned around on his left and glared at Trunks and 21 with his silver-blue eyes.
"Hold on. Did that guy just..", 21 began asking.
"Save my mother? Yeah. I guess he did.", Future Trunks interrupted.
Then, the two turned to notice a huge explosion. After a few seconds, the stranger spoke.
"You three have to go and meet up with Mai. Now! Before Black finds you again.", the mysterious Saiyan urged.
21 grew a bit worried for him.
"But what about you? Are you gonna be alright?"
"Don't worry. I'll lead him away from you three to buy you guys more time.", the Stranger assured.
Then, the stranger flew off as the trio looked on before Future Bulma spoke.
"Well, you heard him, everyone. Let's get a move on!"
Both Future Trunks and 21 responded in unison.
"Right!"
At that moment, the explosion grew even more violent with both Future Trunks and 21 dashing off and cradling both Future Bulma, held by 21, and the canister, held by Future Trunks as he gave a thought to himself, also having a flashback as to how swift the stranger was while saving his mother back then.
"Whoever you are. I swear, we'll make it back. I'll save this world, no matter what.", Future Trunks thought to himself.
As they quickly dashed off, the huge explosion stretched across three city blocks far away.
Back at the present, at Goku's house, a baby pterodactyl flew high to the top of the mountain, presumably to its near before we see neatly arranged rows of lettuce with two big silver crates in front of it and behind Goku, his son, Goten, and his wife, Chi-chi. Goku seemed impressed with his farming skills.
"Wow! It looks like I can farm after all.", Goku said.
Goten was impressed while Chi-chi knew he could do it.
"Great work, Dad. This is amazing."
"I agree! I told you you could do it if you tried, dear."
Goku chuckled from that response.
"I guess so. I know I was trying to get out of it for a while, but I wanted you guys to have good food, so I decided to give it my all."
Piccolo spoke up with slight annoyance in his voice.
"Great. Now why did you call me?"
Goku turned to the warrior namekian amd answered.
"So we could train together. Why else?"
"And what sort of training did you have in mind, exactly?", Piccolo questioned.
Goku stretched forth his arms as he looked toward the lettuce farm.
"We're gonna harvest all this in one day! Fun, right?"
Piccolo turned to Goku, somewhat cross with him.
"That's not training, Goku! That's just work!", Piccolo reprimanded.
From Goku's experience, he knew otherwise as he thought back to his training days with Krillin under Master Roshi's tutelage as they carried the milk boxes across the desert and even dug a field with their own hands in a flashback.
"What? It totally counts! Back when Krillin and I trained with Master Roshi, we did stuff like this all the time with him. He had us deliver milk for him, to all kinds of far-out places. We plowed fields with our hands, and other chores, too. That's how we got strong! It was all just training in disguise!"
Piccolo, however, does not buy it.
"Ha! Or a way to get free labor."
Chi-chi only pushed Piccolo by his right side in response.
"I don't care what you call it! Without your help, it won't get done!"
Then, Goku looked to Goten.
"Trust me, we'll make it fun! Goten, you can train too. We'll see which one of us can pick the most!"
Piccolo tried to object to it but was interrupted by Goten's excited answer.
"Now, wait."
"Yeah! Let's do it! I'm gonna win!"
Chi-chi, however, knew that Goten has to study for a test next week and stopped him.
"Not so fast, Goten. You have to study.", Chi-chi said.
"Why?", complained Goten.
"What do you mean, 'why', mister? You have to study so you can learn and get a real job like your brother!"
"Come on, Mom. Please?"
"You have a test next week, remember?"
Goten only groaned in defeat before Goku put his hand on his son's head, causing him to look up and smile at his father as Goku chuckled before turning to Piccolo.
"Well, I guess it's just you and me."
Piccolo, however, grew somewhat puzzled.
"Hold on! I never agreed to anything; you can't just assume tha-"
But before Piccolo could finish, Chi-Chi started a sort of countdown for the race.
"Ready..!"
Then, both Goten and Chi-Chi started the race in unison.
"Go!"
At that moment, Goku and Piccolo dashed over the lettuces, picking them off one by one with their hands. Piccolo had thoughts as he began his own lettuce harvest beside Goku.
"Of all the..! How did I get roped into this?"
Goten and Chi-Chi looked on and smiled as two rows of lettuces were falling into the two separate crates. Then, as Goku and Piccolo alternated direction, he began to have second thoughts about it.
"Though I have to admit, it is effective. My legs, back, shoulders, and arms- they're all getting a good workout." , Piccolo thought to himself.
Then, Goku spoke to his namekian friend.
"Not bad, Piccolo. Looks like it's gonna be a close contest."
Piccolo spoke back to Goku.
"Yeah, and it seems the old hermit might've been onto something after all."
Goku chuckled as they alternated direction again and went forwards again.
"That's for sure!"
Goten was impressed with the pace that Goku and Piccolo were picking up.
"Wow! They're so fast!"
Then, Chi-Chi had to let Goten know that he needs to study.
"Hey! That's enough stalling! I told you to study!"
Soon, Goku and Piccolo finished harvesting the lettuces and quickly began to pick out carrots as they began to fall into the two crates as well just as Krillin came hovering down and got next to Goten and Chi-Chi.
"Well, that's one way to train.", Krillin said in surprise.
Goten turned to see Krillin.
"What's up, Krillin?", Goten greeted.
"Oh, I just came by to say hi."
Krillin then noticed Goku and Piccolo harvesting.
"Harvest, huh? I'm surprised Goku is cool with all of this."
"With what?", Goten asked.
"Well, I dropped by Bulma's place earlier this morning. And she said Vegeta had gone to Lord Beerus'
world again."
Unfortunately, Goku overheard that and stopped.
"Huh?"
"As crazy-competitive as those Saiyans are, I figured Goku would want to be training there, too."
That was when Goku prepared to use Instant Transmission as he focused.
Meanwhile, on Beerus' world, Vegeta still had no luck against Whis as his punches and kicks kept missing him. Then, Vegeta hopped backward a decent distance.
"Are you feeling well? If you keep performing like that, you're going to go another full day without striking me once."
Vegeta tensed at that remark but then calmed down. Then, he closed his eyes and foucused his energy as a small, white aura began to glow, catching Whis' attention. After a few seconds, Vegeta powered up to his Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, or Super Saiyan Blue for short, form. At that instant, Goku finally picked up Vegeta's energy.
"Yeah! Got him!"
Then, Goku vanished, catching Piccolo off-guard.
"Huh?"
Krillin felt slightly embarrassed while Chi-Chi looked cross.
"I spoke too soon."
Chi-Chi turned to Krillin and reprimanded him shortly.
"You shouldn't have spoken at all! Now get in there and take his place!"
Krillin got slightly scared from hearing this.
"Eeh!"
Chi-Chi pointed out a reason why as Piccolo grew confused.
"Piccolo didn't want to do it, either, but look, he's having fun!"
"Uuuuh..."
Meanwhile, Vegeta bellowed as he charged toward Whis only for Goku to appear in front of him, causing him to crash on Goku, knocking him back a bit, landing on the ground.
"Ooow!"
Goku groaned as he clutched his head with his one free hand as Vegeta dashed to him.
"Kakarot?"
Then, Goku looked at Vegeta with childish anger.
"You're not playing fair, Vegeta! You keep running off and training here without me!"
"Please. It's not my fault you can't keep up."
Then, Beerus got in-between Goku and Vegeta and faces Goku as Vegeta reverted to normal form.
"Mm?"
"Oh. Hey, Lord Beerus. What's up?", greeted Goku.
"I hope you didn't come here empty-handed."
To answer, Goku presented a ball of lettuce to Lord Beerus.
"Uuuh... Here."
Beerus then took a glance at it.
"That better be edible."
"It's called lettuce, and it's from my own field. I just picked it fresh a minute ago."
Beerus grabbed the ball of lettuce and examined it as Whis stepped closer to him.
"Huh?"
"I believe that's what they call "farm to table", my lord. You really can't get any fresher than that.", Whis answered.
Beerus then peeled off a piece of lettuce and bit into it before swallowing it after chewing for a few seconds.
"Ah! What an elegantly subtle sweetness. Uh-"
He then looked at Goku and then got his composure back.
"Though, as an offering from a mortal visiting the great Destroyer of his universe, I'd say it falls a good deal short."
Goku chuckled nervously in response.
17 years in the future, Future Trunks, Future Bulma, and 21 were still running up until they stopped near the end of the wall of a sort of hotel building and caught their breath. Once they took deep breaths, Future Trunks couldn't help but have one question in mind.
"Just who was that guy who saved you back there, Mom?", Future Trunks asked his mother.
Future Bulma turned to her son.
"I don't know, son. But I do know what he looked like when he saved me from Black back there."
She had a flashback of the silver-blue eyed stranger struck Black in the cheek like lightning, literally, mind you, and seeing how the stranger truly looked underneath the lightning-bolt-like cover.
"When that guy struck like lightning from out of nowhere, I only managed to catch a glimpse of the guy. From what I could tell, he had silver-Blue eyes, but oddly enough, he had blue hair, too."
21 can remember that too.
"Oh, yeah. I remember seeing that, too, but I just didn't know if it was real or not. Either way, it's safe to assume someone is looking out for us."
Future Trunks can understand this pretty well.
"Yeah. I think you're right."
Then, the trio decided to head inside the desolate hotel building. When they got in, Future Trunks had to knock on the door, but found no one answering. That was when another voice called out to Trunks.
"Looking for me?"
Future Trunks was caught off-guard a bit before he,
Future Bulma, and 21 turned to see Future Mai.
"Mai."
She smiled at her friends.
"Welcome back."
Play Super Music: "The Earth's Fate"
21 gave a relieved smile at her friend.
"Glad to see you're still around, Mai. You won't believe what went on back there."
Future Bulma decided to field things down evenly.
"There was a terrible explosion, but thanks to the guy with silver-blue eyes, we barely escaped with our lives. I still can't shake what happened, though."
Future Mai grew curious.
"What happened?"
Future Trunks answered as he clutched his hand into a fist.
"Black happened. He must know my energy now. He can track me."
As Future Trunks tensed, Future Bulma turned to Future Mai and elated the news to her.
"Well, the good news is, that stranger saved my life, but the bad news is, not my equipment.", Future Bulma stated.
"But, at least... there's this.", Future Trunks said.
Then, he presented the canister with blue, cosmic, liquid-like energy to her and opened the black cover, showing the blue, cosmic-like energy.
"This is the energy Mom nearly gave her life for. This means we can go back... to the past."
End Super Music: "The Earth's Fate"
Chapter 2
Back to the present, Goku, Vegeta, Beerus, and Whis were waiting as time ticked by on the big hourglass as Whis sighed.
"All righty. It's almost done. Three more seconds, and... there!"
The hourglass had just poured the last of the sand on top into the sand on the bottom.
"Five minutes of torture have passed. We can now enjoy our sweet reward."
Both Goku, Vegeta, and Beerus were equally eager and opened their big noodle cups in unison.
"Aah! Thanks for the grub!"
When they opened it, Beerus took a sniff of the noodle cup and found it exceedingly exquisite indeed.
"Oh, that smells good. I don't believe I've had this type before!"
Then, Goku, Beerus, and Whis were already chowing down on the noodles while Vegeta was cooling it off to make sure it doesn't burn his mouth. As soon as Goku finished, he turned to Lord Beerus.
"So what do you think, Lord Beerus?"
Beerus slurped up his noodles and then answered.
"I love it; the richness is divine! And just what flavor did you say this was again?"
Vegeta then answered that question as Beerus picked up more noodles.
"Miso and butter, my lord."
Vegeta then finally slurps up his noodles and enjoys it as he turns to Goku, who turns to Vegeta.
"You could at least have brought some more ramen with you, Kakarot."
Goku then got out a ball of lettuce in his hand.
"Sorry, it was spur-of-the moment, but there's plenty of lettuce."
"Idiot.", Vegeta said.
Beerus was enjoying the noodles as the conversation went on.
"Fine, if you don't want it, I'll just give it to that Zeno dude the next time I see him."
Just hearing that name was enough to make Beerus widen his eyes in utter shock as he finishes the rest of his noodles he was slurping up. Vegeta and Goku found that very particular as he remembered a time when he reacted like that at the Nameless Planet.
"All you did was say his name.", Vegeta said.
"Yeah, you're really jumpy about that guy, Lord Beerus. You get the face-sweats and everything.", Goku stated.
Beerus only growled at Goku in response before he used his chopsticks to pick up more noodles and slurps them up as
Whis explains the reason why.
"Something would be wrong if he didn't fear Grand Zeno. The Omni-King is the most supreme of all deities, ruling over our entire multiverse. In the hierarchy of the gods, there is no one above him."
Goku was extremely surprised to hear that as was Vegeta, although only Goku responded.
"Does that mean he's the strongest fighter out of anyone anywhere?"
"You know, you Saiyans have a terrible habit of judging a being's power by his physical capabilities alone.", Whis said.
Beerus finished his noodles before speaking to Goku.
"Grand Zeno is not a fighter, Goku, but without a doubt, he is the mightiest. You simply couldn't fathom his power."
Goku grew confused about that.
"What does that mean?"
Whis then had to remind Goku.
"Are you telling me that you've already forgotten about my lord's warning? Grand Zeno can annihilate anything he wishes in the blink of
an eye, regardless of scale or complexity. Be it a single life form, or a world, or a galaxy, or an entire universe. If it ever struck his fancy, he could eliminate everything. All of reality as we know it."
Goku and Vegeta were quickly shocked to hear that.
"Whaaa...!", Goku exclaimed.
"What? Has he ever done that? I mean, instantly destroy an entire universe?", Vegeta asked.
"Oh, yes.", Whis answered. "The fact is, we used to have 18 universes instead of 12."
"That's completely insane! So he just wiped out the other six?"
"It doesn't take much to provoke him, either. Any perceived insult and the next thing you know... Pow! Bye, bye!"
Beerus knew that Goku had to understand the real reason by now.
"Hopefully, now your tiny, little brain can understand why we were so nervous when you were talking to him, Goku."
Vegeta came to a conclusion of his own.
"That settles it. You are an idiot."
Goku, having understood the reason, is still pumped up as per usual.
"Wow, that is nuts, but I still think you guys are worrying way too much. If he destroyed us, how could he have the tournament he's so pumped up about?"
Beerus grew quite tiresome of Goku's childish ignorance as he picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks.
"Your ignorance is almost enough to make me lose my appetite. By the way, what is this thing?"
Goku turned to Beerus and answered him.
"A fish cake."
Beerus then ate it and grinned after swallowing it.
"Oh, my, what a fascinating flavor."
Goku expressed his excitement and chuckled as it showed Goku confronting other warriors, shown only as silhouettes with glowing yellow eyes and then Grand Zeno watching from above and grinning as he watched and closed his eyes.
"Ah, man, I just hope we don't have to wait much longer! The strongest fighters from all 12 universes meeting in the ring? Can you imagine? It could be giants, or super-blobs, or dinosaur people, or anything! And techniques I never dreamed of! Just thinking of the possibilities gets me totally amped!"
Beerus slurped as Vegeta expressed somewhat of a scoff. "Hm!"
17 years in the future Future Trunks sat down on a couch with Future Bulma sitting on the other side of it as he drank all the water from the bottle and then closed the lid with 21 leaning against the wall as Future Mai set her gun down toward the wall and carried the duffel bag.
"Want to get some rest?", Future Mai asked Future Trunks.
He turned to Future Mai, grinned and shook his head.
"Mn-mmm. So, this 'Plan B'. What is that?"
21 looked over to Future Trunks.
"Well, unfortunately, it would involve releasing Majin Buu from his slumber.", 21 hesitantly answered.
Future Mai gasped in shock from hearing this before Future Bulma grew panicked about it and pushed her left hand against Future Trunks' shoulder.
"What?! Are you out of your mind?! That guy would just destroy everything!"
"Look, Bulma. First off, everything is pretty much already destroyed by Black. Second, I know it sounds crazy, but with all the fighting that's been going on, especially during Trunks' fight with Dabura and Babidi, there should've been enough energy to awaken Majin Buu by now. And yet, for whatever reason, there wasn't."
Future Trunks knew where 21 was getting at.
"Oh, I get it."
Future Bulma grew puzzled from hearing that.
"Get what?"
"What you're getting at is that you plan on finding out why Majin Buu hadn't woken up yet.", answered Future Trunks.
21 knew that he was not exactly correct.
"Yes, but there's more. It's been over a year since Black first arrived and we couldn't defeat him up till now. Besides, I don't know how exactly, but somehow I share a
connection to Buu. He seemed kinda lonely in that seal. I've seen him in my dreams, too. Sure, he is very strong, but his behavior seemed a bit docile. Almost child-like. And his powers? They're a bit unconventional. So far, that connection had led me to wonder if I have that kind of power, too."
Future Trunks grew weary about it.
"Are you sure that could work, 21?", asked Future Trunks.
21 looked back at Future Trunks, just as unsure about it as well.
"I don't know, Trunks. But I do know that it may be the next best shot we have for the resistance ever since Yajirobe was... well, you know, and even if he was still alive, he wouldn't be much help, except maybe for saving any innocent people left behind in Black's wake."
Future Trunks then came up with a plan.
"Well, if we're gonna do that, we'll have to split up."
Future Trunks turned to Future Bulma.
"Mom, the three of us will head to Capsule Corp. and fuel the Time Machine for a one-way trip."
Future Bulma nodded to him.
"Right."
Future Trunks then turned to 21.
"And 21?"
The Android Scientist turned to Future Trunks.
"Hm?"
"If you're going to release Majin Buu from his seal, you have to at least understand that taming people like him aren't exactly without difficulties, so you've got to be ready in the event that things with Majin Buu go sideways. If what you say is true about him, then we should be careful not to set him off. When you get to the seal, if Majin Buu
wakes up from his nap, just be careful, okay?"
21 nodded to him before Future Mai walked up to Future Trunks with a duffel bag on her shoulder as he turned to Future Mai.
"What's in there?", asked Future Trunks.
Future Mai held out her duffel bag and opened it.
"Look. It's something I've been saving for us."
She then took out a small meat can and gave it to Future Trunks as she chuckled. Future Trunks bent over and grabbed the can as Future Mai spoke further.
"For when we really needed it. Isn't it amazing? It's not even dog food."
As Future Trunks opened the meat can, 21 quickly expressed her disgust about it.
"I don't know if that's even edible, Mai, but I can't blame you for trying, I guess."
At that moment, a brown cat crept up from the box and hopped off before meowing. 21 responded with her hands on her cheeks as the cat walked to Future Trunks.
"Aww! Your cat looks cuter by the minute, Trunks."
Future Trunks was at a slight loss for words.
"Um, thanks."
Trunks' cat meowed again as it looked up to its owner, who stifled a small chuckle before holding the can up as his cat meowed again before being lifted up by Future Mai.
"Don't worry, you stinker. I've got a little something for you, too."
Future Trunks smiled at the sight of the cat moving around a bit in Future Mai's arms as did Future Bulma before Future Mai handed out a fork to him.
"Dig in."
Future Trunks then gave a sort of worried look.
A few minutes later, Trunks' cat was already finishing up before 21 sighed in relief in response.
"As it should be."
Then, Future Trunks knew that something might happen to his cat.
"Oh, wait. Is he gonna be okay when we're both gone?", asked Future Trunks.
Future Bulma and Future Mai knew that there is no need to worry.
"Oh, yeah; he'll be fine. Cats are totally self-reliant.", Future Bulma answered.
"I've heard they'll forget their masters' faces after three days.", Future Mai concurred.
Future Trunks responded as Future Mai rubbed his cat by the back.
"Well, I'll remember you."
Then, Future Trunks lent his half-empty meat can to Future Mai, although she politely refused.
"Oh, that's okay, Trunks. You can eat it all. I saved it for you."
Future Trunks knew that Future Mai has to be starving at least for a few minutes.
"Oh, come on. I know you're hungry."
To prove his point, Future Mai's stomach growled before she blushed, grabbed the can, and ate the rest, a sort of contented smile bearing on her face as she chuckled,
earning a smile from her friend as Future Bulma looked on.
"Oh, love sure is bliss, isn't it, 21?"
21, who saw the whole thing as well, turned to Future Bulma and nodded.
"Yeah, Bulma. It sure is."
Trunks' cat was practically using the protective layer in the canister as its unscratchable scratching post as Future Trunks, Future Bulma, and Future Mai conversed with each other.
"So, how many trips will that give us?", Future Mai asked.
"Only one.", Future Trunks answered.
"What? So, we can't come back?"
"I wouldn't say that just yet, Mai. There is a way back, but it's a bit of a gamble.", replied Future Bulma.
"Right now, all that matters is surviving long enough to get there." Future Trunks concurred. "But that's not absolute."
"Wait, Bulma. You said there is a way back, so what way is that?", Future Mai asked.
"Well, uh..."
Before Future Bulma could answer, Future Trunks did.
"She doesn't know, at least not yet, and neither do I."
Then, Future Trunks looked up.
"But we will. Mom said to trust her, and I do."
Future Bulma smiled from hearing this as Future Mai nodded before 21 guessed what they needed to do.
"So, first, you guys have to get to Metro West. And then, it's a 17-year jump from there, right?", 21 guessed.
Future Trunks knew that 21 was right and stood up.
"Yeah."
He then turned to the window as his cat went on top of his left shoulder and thought of a flashback from
when Vegeta first used his Final Flash, when Gohan went up against Cell's 2nd Form, when Goku teleported Cell away, and when he had to return to his timeline.
"I know I have friends back in that timeline. They can help me stop Black."
21 then grinned and responded as she took off her white lab coat.
"Then, you know what must be done. The sooner we all do that, the better."
Then, the four went outside to a very foggy city with naught but white and gray clouds in every inch of the sky as the cat went outside as well. The cat meowed before climbing on top of 21's shoulder, surprising her.
"H-huh?", puzzled 21.
She then picked the cat up before it meowed again, earning 21's smile before she decided to keep it company.
"Heh. I guess your cat's coming with me, Trunks. Is that okay?"
Future Trunks turned to 21 and grinned.
"Yeah, that should be okay. Just don't lose him, okay?"
21 nodded before she flew off with the cat in tow. Future Trunks and Future Mai turned to each other.
"Are you sure she'll be okay, Trunks?", asked Future Mai.
"Don't worry, Mai. She's an android. Black may be able to sense other people's energies now, but if there's one energy he can't sense, it's hers."
Future Mai nodded to show she understands this. Future Bulma then decided to head out first.
"Alright, let's go. The sooner we get to Capsule Corp., the sooner we can stop Black."
Both Future Trunks and Future Mai responded in unison.
"Right!"
Then, the trio headed out into the fog, unaware that someone in the air was watching from above and began to dash towards them through the clouds.
Later, at night, the sky is raining heavily again. In fact, the fog may have lifted, but the weather now looks exactly like the weather from when Future Trunks first turned
Super Saiyan all those years ago, due to Future Gohan's sacrifice. 21 was shivering like crazy as the cold, heavy rain pelted her and the cat.
"Brrr! Maybe I should've kept my lab coat on after all.", 21 shivered.
The cat meowed in a shivering manner in response. Then, she finally noticed the very seal that held Majin Buu inside as the fog lifted around it.
"Oh, wow. This is it. Majin Buu's seal!"
Meanwhile, Future Trunks, Future Bulma, and Future Mai were behind the bushes, taking a glance at the heavy rain, falling from the gray clouds. Future Bulma noticed Future Trunks looking around.
"Trunks, what's wrong?"
Future Trunks was snapped out of his stupor and turned to his mother.
"Oh. Nothing, Mom. It's just that this weather tonight, it seems so familiar. I haven't seen that since-"
Then, Future Trunks remembered Future Gohan's sacrifice and gave a slight sad look.
"Oh, right." Then, Future Trunks quickly got ahold of himself before Future Mai spoke to Future Trunks.
"What do you think? Can you sense Black's energy?"
Future Trunks looked around and sensed no sign of him.
"No, nothing. Let's move."
Future Mai nodded to him before she, Future Trunks, and Future Bulma hopped off the bushes, passing them and going into Capsule Corp. Future Trunks turned to his mother.
"Mom, this time, I want you to stay here where it's safe."
Future Bulma grew somewhat worried.
"How come?"
"I almost lost you once, and I can't lose you again. Don't worry. I already know that I'm the only hope everyone has left. I'll be careful out there, Mom. Promise."
Future Bulma smiled and then nodded before she went inside with Future Trunks about to follow suit when he suddenly sensed Black's energy just as lightning struck three times.
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Future Trunks let out a sweat drip from his face as he tensed for a few moments before a vortex began swirling around on the clouds in the air, catching his attention as began to get windier and the heavy rain began blowing to different directions before Future Trunks handed the canister to Future Mai.
"Go, now."
Future Trunks then unsheathed his sword and prepared for battle as he looked up to see the enemy known as Black, inside the gray, stormy vortex with his glowing red eyes showing through, causing Future Mai to back away a bit before Future Trunks dashed toward him on foot with his sword in hand as the heavy rain stained his face. Then, just as Black made the first move by firing a dark, yellow Ki Blast, Future Trunks leapt over it, evading it before it hit the building and bellowed before slicing against the air, sending a bright, yellow wave toward Black only for him to fire more after the wave connected and before Future Trunks deflected the Ki Blasts with his sword. The Ki Blasts detonated on impact, although the heavy rain quickly put out any possible fires as Future Trunks backed off for a safe distance before lightning struck near 4 feet within him before the lightning encircled around the mysterious enemy, his glowing, red eyes showing through the massive bolt, causing Future Trunks to look up in alarm before Black attempted to strike hard only for Future Trunks to clash with his sword to prevent him from landing a hit, only for his sword to quickly splinter from its hem, knocking him back to ground level before Black went up into the air, still shrouded by the lightning encircling him, as Future Mai ran to Future Trunks, worried for him.
"Trunks!"
That concerned Future Trunks for her gravely.
"What are you doing? I told you to go!"
Future Mai gave the canister to Future Trunks as she gave her reason.
"Stop trying to save me and think! I have to stay here, not you! You're the best chance that we've got! You have to survive!"
Future Mai then ran off toward a broken house, worrying Future Trunks even further.
"Mai, wait!"
Little did either of them know, that a stranger with blue hair and blue eyes was watching from above, sheltered by the clouds as Future Mai got out her gun and fired three times before Black fired a Ki blast straight toward her, catching the blue haired stranger's attention and causing his eyes to shimmer a silver tiny to his blue eyes Future Mai looked in alarm as Black's Ki Blast hurtled straight toward her.
"Aah!"
However, before it could strike her, lightning hurtled down toward the ground and struck it 5 feet in front of Future Mai, who shielded her eyes, deflecting the Ki Blast toward a nearby building, causing it to explode. A few moments after, Future Mai lowered her arms and saw the same man who saved Future Bulma earlier this afternoon. Future Trunks was surprised to see that as well and had to head off after her as the blue, godly aura dissipated, revealing a red-haired man, sporting the same Gi Goku wore once when he fought Golden Frieza in the present timeline.
"Mai!"
Future Mai overheard him and ran to him.
"Oh, Trunks!"
Then, the two friends hugged each other.
"Are you alright?"
Then, Future Mai pointed to the red-haired man.
"I am now, thanks to him.", answered Future Mai.
Future Trunks looked up to see the red-haired man before he turned around to notice Future Trunks, revealed to have normal black eyes. Future Trunks spoke to him.
"Hey! You're the one that saved my mom earlier, and Mai, too, right?"
The man answered.
"Yeah. It looks that way."
Future Trunks spoke further as the stranger walked toward the two friends.
"Th-thanks! Who are you?"
The stranger's eyes met Future Trunks' despite the heavy rain.
"I'm Yurei."
Future Trunks grew surprised to hear that name while Future Mai
smiled from hearing it.
"Y-Yurei?", puzzled Future Trunks.
"Well, that sounds symbolic."
Then, as the enemy landed firmly on top of the broken car, he spoke.
"Too symbolic."
That caught Yurei's attention as the silver tint on his eyes glimmers again for only a second before his eyes returned to normal.
"If you ask me, that makes me want to vomit."
Then, Yurei called Black out as he yelled.
"Come out! Show yourself, Black!"
Then, lightning struck hard on the ground behind the car, clearing away the fog that was created by the explosion, the fire of which was quickly doused. Then, after a moment, Black was revealed to be in a black Gi with a black undershirt, a gray overshirt, and a red sash on his waist. What's more, his face and voice looked and sounded exactly like Goku, save for the green potara earring on his left ear as lightning struck behind Black again. Future Trunks tensed as Yurei walked closer to Black a good four steps as they spoke to each other.
"It's about time, Saiyan.", Black said.
"You're looking for me?", Yurei asked.
Then, Black turned to completely face Yurei in front of him.
"You two've been running around making messes for too long, and now, I'm going to choke the life from both of you."
Then, Yurei got in the same stance as Goku from when he first fought Vegeta.
"That's not gonna happen!"
Black, however, only smirked and scoffed at Yurei's response.
"Hmph. I can't wait to watch you die."
Then, lightning struck behind Black again.
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A/N: Boom! Goku Black's Epic Reveal with lightning, rain, and fog instead of fire and smoke! what do you think? Frankly, since I used the different background, I decided that Black should be surrounded by lightning instead of fire for a more epic reveal. The new music helps, too. Plus, I watched all the movie cutscenes involving 21, so I WILL work out a plot for the good Android 21 ((Warning: The following is a spoiler from "Dragon Ball FighterZ") minus her sacrifice, and all that). Oh, one more thing: if Yurei does have an official voice actor int he English Dub, I'd say either David Gallagher or Micah Solusod. Heck, even Liam O'Brien. Actually, he could be voiced by Joel McDonald, seeing as he voiced the Evil voice in hero mode of "Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi", and Voice 7 for Male Time Patrollers in "Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2". Take your pick. I'll have another chapter ready next week. You can count on it! :)