Author's Note: I clearly do not own any characters in this story. Just the idea of the story itself. Akira Toriyama owns all! Enjoy~

- Memory from the Past

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Time Has Passed

Chapter 1

"Damn." Bura exhaled in fury. Exhausted, she bent over and put her hands on her knees panting heavily. After 20 solid hours of training, she was tired. It had been 11 months so far in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and was that isolation a pleasure. She never really cared for any company when training—a quality she definitely inherited from her father. It was always a fantastic self-reflecting experience. If she had to pick the most satisfying concept, it that she could put work aside and just train alone. Hard core training for a solid year. No interruptions. No responsibilities. No stress. Just an unadulterated focus.

The last two years have been hectic for Bura. Ever since she graduated early from the University, her mom had been pressing for Bura to indulge in the family business more and more. Bura could only guess that her mom wanted to take some pressure off of Trunks, but that was just adding more for Bura. At 22 years, the blue haired wonder has not only obtained her masters, but also inherited a multi-trillion dollar business junior CEO position at one of the largest corporations on the planet—Capsule Corporation. The stress can be slightly overwhelming at times. However, once she discovered that the HTC was finally up and running again she took major advantage of that opportunity. She really just wanted to clear her mind of any and all thoughts.

Only one person had figured out that she had picked up her training again and that was Trunks. He had always been able to read Bura like a book, especially when she was lying. At first he was pissed when he discovered she was planning on training in the HTC. After all, a day in reality is a year in there. After Trunks had confronted Bura and let her know how he felt, he was very pressing in reminding her of that fact.

"You lose time in reality, what happens if mom finds out? Or even dad, they'll kill you! Even they were wary of using it back in the day mom said!" Trunks scolded Bura.

"I know, I know.." She rolled her eyes. "I won't be able to train as much anymore once I start at Capsule Corp., so I don't see the harm in one year being wasted doing something I love to do. It'll be like a year long vacation that NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT. Right?" Bura nudged Trunk's shoulder in a convincing sisterly fashion. Sometimes she knew she could rely on Trunks, and Bura was hoping to kami this was one of those times.

"Who the hell would I tell? Not like I want to get you into trouble or let anyone else know it's up and running again. Just be smart about it and use it sparingly." Trunks reminded her.

"That was the plan." She grinned from ear-to-ear.

Only a couple of the Z warriors even knew that the HTC was up and running again. It was just a toss away thought, and everyone assumed that it was permanently destroyed by Buu and was unrecoverable. It was just by pure chance that Bura wandered up to the lookout to let Dende and and Mr. PoPo know that Bulma was throwing her annual Summer Sling Party. After a little small talk, Bura noticed that the building was rebuilt and Dende let it slip that it was finally fixed. Naturally, Bura let her curiosity get the better of her.

"What's that building?" Bura asked.

Dende replied. "Oh.. I guess you weren't born when the Time Chamber was up and running were you?

"The what?" Bura stared blankly furrowing her brow in confusion.

He said, "The Hyperbolic Time Chamber. It's kind of a way of cheating in the real world. Back when I was younger and Cell was a huge threat to the planet, Goku trained Gohan to be a great Super Saiyan and Gohan ended up defeating Cell in the end. I believe Vegeta and Mirai trained as well at one point."

Bura was in awe, "I remember mom telling me about the HTC now! Incredible.." she paused, attempting to phrase her next thought carefully. "So like.. do you think I could .. ya know.. train in there for a day to see what it's like?"

"Uhh, .. I don't see why not. The big question is .. would you're mother kill me?" Dende recalled Bulma's temper.

Bura had a fleeting look of concern, "If she found out .. probably. How about we make a deal? You let me use the HTC whenever I want to, obviously I'll use my better judgment because of the time relativity." She smirked in excitement. "And in exchange, I'll make sure mom stocks the chocolate mousse at the party. Deal?"

"How about mousse whenever I want, anytime?" He gave the suave look.

Bura could hardly contain her excitement, "Haha, deal! I'll even give you the option of what kind of mousse! Would it be a problem to have a session this weekend? Since we're having the party and we don't have any heavy deadlines mom's giving us a free weekend!"

Dende thought for a moment and replied. "I don't see why not? Just let me know you're in there so that I know. The ground rules, only two people are ever allowed in there at a time and you'll be stuck in there for the full year cycle of Earth. And as I stated it's equivalent to one full day or 24 hour period from when you enter."

"And if I go in, you tell no one I am using it or that I am in there." Bura could hardly wait. Everything seemed to be falling into place.

"Also that," he said.

"Sounds good, I'm going to head out .. I'll let mom know you're coming?" She turned to leave, looking back at Dende.

"Count on it!" Dende gave an over exaggerated smile and thumbs up.

"Haha, alright see you this weekend!" Bura turned, leaving Dende and the lookout into.

"Bye Bura!" He waved as she ran and jumped off the tower into the clouds below.

After being lost in meditation for a few more hours, Bura looked up at the clock reading 23:30 hours. With only a couple days left, Bura was really pushing to get as much training as she could in before her time in the HTC was up.

The months that passed were just what she needed. After all of the pressure from her mother to concentrate on the company was starting to get overwhelming. Plus Bulma was pressuring her into going out and finding a steady boyfriend. That was the biggest eye roller. Yeah, she had her flings through college, but she we never one to keep a boy around for more than a week let alone have them meet her parents. Humans boys were just that to her, humans. They were boring, and not even very exciting in the sac. Although, her last fling before graduation was by far the best—she kept him around for a while before he left for his home in America. Overall, Bura was grateful that they were on the same page for the relationship and that was done after graduation.

There was always that one boy that she had in the back of her mind though. That one that wouldn't ever seem to disappear from her thoughts—Goten. He was Goku's son. Exactly that—GOKU'S son. With that knowledge alone, Bura knew he was always off limits. Vegeta would kill her for even the thought of mating with a Son. But over the years, Vegeta had become somewhat soft for the Son family, especially after the fight with Buu. At least that's what Bulma always told her. Bura couldn't remember when her father was more stern than what he is already, nor would she like to imagine it. That was another major reason why she needed the HTC time, to not thing of Goten, but if anything the time alone made her think of him even more. It never helped that Goten was ALWAYS around. She never really minded him, he's a great friend and practical family member. However, it definitely never helped Bura stop thinking of him in ways she shouldn't.

Trunks and Goten were still as good of friends as they were when they were younger. She never really regarded Goten as 13 years her senior either, in Bura's eyes they were all the same age—I guess those Saiyan genes were great foraging. Neither Trunks nor Goten really looked over 25. This is probably why they both had any girl they wanted at any time. They were both natural Saiyan studs.

Bura tried to push Goten out of her head for many reasons; she didn't want to interrupt his lifestyle. She rather enjoyed not having to fight off women for her man. The lavish gifts, frequent ass kissing, and the constant attention she loved that she could get anything she wanted without question, but It was against her pride and dignity to chase a man. The last stress in the world she wanted was to have to deal with an actual relationship and having to be tied down.

Bura enjoyed her freedom of leaving whenever she had time to go spar or train. No one really understood that other than her family and best friend Pan. Pan knew exactly how she felt and usually was also in the loner category. They were glued at the hip in college, all the way through graduation.

Recently, Pan's been particularly occupied with her own boy problems. She was falling in love with Trunks, badly. Her and Bura always talked to Goten and Trunks openly, they were all great friends and family members. None of them usually kept secrets from each other. Whenever there was a problem, they were never afraid to ask each other. Their relationships were always a great one, until Pan confessed that she's always had a "thing" for Trunks. That's a subject you can't just openly talk about to anyone. Only Bura knew that confession, it took Pan a while to actually admit that secret. Bura wasn't angry, or even all that surprised. She practically figured it out herself. Pan always went to Trunks for boy help, usually choosing him over her uncle, and Bura usually went to Pan or Goten. Bura went to Trunks sometimes for advice, but he didn't want to hear all of who she was stress banging. Goten never seemed to mind anything she asked.

Goten and Pan were her two best friends, they knew practically everything about her. Pan more so than Goten, but Goten was always there when Pan wasn't. That's why she loved his company so much; he'd always find a way to be there for her.

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A few days later, the timer chimed loudly, sounding the alarm for the Time Chamber's year to come to an end. Bura was dressed and unstressed. She got some decent training in for once, putting her mind and body back to where she needed them to be. However, that one thought she wanted to abolish, Goten, was still there. Bura always wondered what would happen between them, but the anxiety over her father and brother's reaction kept pushing her to suppress her thoughts and imagination.

As she left the HTC, it was 9am. She was happy that Dende was nowhere to be found. She took off for home and to get ready for her mom's Summer Sling. Walking to the edge with her backpack of clothes from her "year away" Bura took a deep breath and slowly fell off of the tower and into a steady decent back home.