Hello and welcome to my newest fanfiction. This one will star Future Trunks, and takes place during the episode Free the Future. It crosses over with the Super Mario Galaxy, I feel that is the best game to work with. Although it won't be quite the same as in the game, you'll find out what I mean a little later. So sit back and enjoy!
Chapter One: The Nightmare Ends
Trunks had returned from the past, having successfully helped the Z fighters against the android threat. During his time in the past he had not only learned more about the others, but more about himself. He had also become a lot stronger due to training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with his father. His power level was far greater than when he had first come to the past. After the defeat of Cell and helping save that world, he was ready to save his own world from the androids. At long last the horrible nightmare would soon be over.
His time machine made its descent onto the ground near the Capsule Corp. building, which looked like it had seen better days. Trunks stepped out of the machine. "It's a little worn down, but it's still home." He ran towards the entrance and saw his mother downstairs reading a book, all the while he thanked Dende that she was still alive. "Hey, what are you reading there?"
Bulma perked her head up and noticed her son standing there. A huge smile came onto her face as she noticed her son had finally returned home.
"Hi mom, I'm back."
"Yes I see." Bulma had a big smile on her face as her son walked down the stairs towards her. The first thing she noticed was how much he had changed. Her son was different than when he had left. "Wow you've grown, and you even look older too."
"Yeah, I spent some time in a room where one year had gone by in a day and dad was there with me, it was pretty neat."
She smirked. "That sounds like your father, spending a years worth of time with you in one day." She couldn't help but snicker at that thought. "I made some tea, why don't we have a cup and you can tell me about your trip?"
"Sure." He said as he followed his mother to the table.
The two sat down at the table and his mother poured their respective cups of tea. As she did that he he began telling her everything, from the day he arrived to when he had left. He included all details, no matter how gruesome they might have been. It was quite a long and somewhat tragic story. "And that's pretty much it."
It was a lot for Bulma to take in, she hadn't expected any of that to happen. Things just went so differently in that timeline than in her own. "So Goku still died... but I could see him not wanting to get wished back."
Trunks took another sip of his tea before turning towards his mother. "Guess what mom, dad defended me in a battle."
"Trunks you've got to be kidding me." It was hard for her to believe. Vegeta didn't seem like the kind of person to do something like that.
"I didn't see it but Yamcha told me about it... Cell was very strong and I was having a bad day to say the least, and when dad saw me die he went berserk. He charged Cell and attacked him head on without any chance of winning. Yamcha said it was the best shot anyone got in on Cell all day. Pretty cool huh?" Trunks explained as he turned over to his mother. "Uh... mom?"
She couldn't respond right way. Bulma had just heard that her son had died during his trip. Of course, she figured they would wish him back... but that still wasn't something she wanted to hear. After a few moments she was able to respond. "Huh... oh that's wonderful honey."
"Yeah." The Saiyan thought fondly. While in the past Trunks tried his best to impress his father, but nothing seemed to work. No matter how hard he tried Vegeta didn't think much of his son, but knowing that his father did what he did made Trunks happy. He was finally accepted by his father.
Bulma was also surprised by that. 'I can't believe it, Vegeta that arrogant man did something noble.' They both had smiles on their faces.
Just then the radio came on, and they both had a feeling it would be bad. "Red alert, the androids are now attacking Parsley City. You are all advised to clear the area."
Hearing that made Trunks clench his fists in rage, and his good mood went south. He was fed up with those two! All of the hurt and suffering they caused, all of the innocent lives they killed. Well no more, it was time to finish them once and for all! "Alright it's their turn!" He threw his jacket off and prepared to leave.
"Trunks please be careful." Bulma said with worry in her voice.
"Don't worry mom I'll be fine, I've been with Goku remember." He told her before powering up into a Super Saiyan. "Nightmares never last, sometimes you wake up and they're gone. Things are different now... I can see the light."
"I believe in you son, go show them what you're made of!" She cheered.
The Super Saiyan turned back towards her and nodded. He then flew out of the building and headed for Parsley City.
The androids had once again killed every human in the city they were attacking, and all of the buildings had been destroyed. It was normal behavior by now. Right now 18 was firing several energy blasts at a single building, she was venting her frustration. Her brother had once again destroyed something she liked, which also seemed like normal behavior.
"18 calm down, you'll blow a gasket if you keep this up."
"You shut up, I'm still not talking to you!" She shouted.
"Why, because I blew up that clothing store, or because I killed that guy you thought was cute?" He didn't know what the problem was, they always killed people and destroyed buildings. And now he was the bad guy?
"Why is it that everything I like you destroy?!"
Among the ruins of Parsley City was one survivor, a very old man. He was trapped underneath a car. "That was my son you killed!" He managed to grab his revolver and shoot at the male killer, unfortunately it merely bounced off harmlessly. He then panicked as the android made his way over to him, and that big grin didn't help anything. "Stay away from me you murderer!" The old man shouted while firing several bullets at the android, all of which bounced off harmlessly.
17 stopped in front of the old man and pulled out his gun. A smirk came onto his face. "If you want to play cowboy, then I guess it's time for me to return fire." His smirk turned into a smile upon seeing the face of the old man. "Aw come on, don't you want to play anymore?"
"Please don't shoot me." He pleaded as the android put the gun to his head.
"Hey, sorry gramps you shot first." Before he could pull the trigger an energy wave came flying by, 17 jumped back to his sister as someone landed on the ground. "Hey it's you." They both recognized the teen but didn't know his name. All they knew was that he was a weakling. and a major thorn in their side.
"Yeah it's me, the name's Trunks. Look it's over, it stops here!"
The two androids just started laughing. "Trunks don't you remember what happened last time, nothing stops here except you."
"How rude, what an arrogant brat! 17 let's kill him!" The female shouted.
"You know we would be blowing weeks worth of fun right?" He whispered to his sister.
She narrowed her eyes. "I don't care I need this, I've been in a bad mood all day." The two androids nodded before charging Trunks.
They were giving it all they had but every attack they threw missed. Their enemy was dodging the blows being thrown with no difficulty. This continued for a few moments before they were sent flying backwards by an explosive wave of energy. The two stood up a few moments later feeling annoyed. How did they lose that battle? Normally they would be too much for him. "Come on 18 let's try again."
Once again they charged at the Super Saiyan but to their surprise he had vanished. "Where did he go?!" The female android asked as they looked around for him. She then caught sight of their target. "Behind you."
17 turned around as Trunks appeared out of nowhere. He had little time to react as the Saiyan punched him in the face, the impact sent him flying into a nearby building.
18 flew towards her foe and threw a punch but he was able to catch it. She stood there helplessly as he raised his leg, she then found herself being kicked in the face. The female android went flying into the same building as her brother. Android 18 crashed into the building and the last bit of it was destroyed. The two then stood up and were even angrier than before. "I hate you!" She shouted.
"You hate the fact that you're powerless to stop me, that you're completely outmatched. Well imagine feeling the way you do now all of the time like the people of this planet do. Fools, how do you think Gohan felt when you ganged up on him and he had no way out?!" He narrowed his eyes. "Now it's your turn, I hope you enjoy it!"
"Come on 18, let's get him!"
Both androids flew at high speeds towards their foe, ready to teach that arrogant brat a lesson. 17 tired to land a punch but the half-Saiyan moved out of the way. The male android then threw a kick but it missed. His sister wasn't having much luck either. After a few moments of frustration they fired energy blasts at him, but he vanished before they could hit him. They looked up and saw him floating above the two of them. 17 grit his teeth. "Why you?" He flew up and started throwing punches as fast as he could, but they were all being dodged by their opponent.
Eventually Trunks grabbed one of his foe's fists and used his other hand to chop off his arm. "Consider that payment for what you did to Gohan." The half-Saiyan smirked as he watched his enemy float there in shock. Trunks then kicked the android right to the ground. He held out his palm and fired an energy blast. It struck the android and exploded on contact, killing him once and for all.
The smoke cleared and there was nothing left, her brother was gone. Sure, he could be a real pain in the ass, but she still cared about him. The anger inside 18 was rising as she looked over towards Blondie, who had just landed on the ground next to her. "You... killed my brother! You're going to pay for that!"
"You can't stop me android, and I'm going to end you once and for all!" He flew at 18 and gave her an uppercut. His enemy went flying into the air as Trunks disappeared and reappeared behind her. He brought both fists down onto her back, sending her crashing into the ground. Right as she was getting back up the Super Saiyan moved right in front of her. Once in front of her he held out his palm. "THIS IS FOR GOHAN!" He unleashed a huge wave of energy and it swallowed her whole, finishing her just like her brother.
Trunks stood there for a moment before powering down out of Super Saiyan. He took a moment to breath, and to let the emotional weight of this moment sink in. 17 and 18; the two killer androids who terrorized the Earth for years were finally dead. With them gone the Earth would be a much more peaceful place. While lost in thought he noticed the man he had saved out of the corner of his eyes. He flew down to him and helped him out of the ruined car. The Saiyan then helped him to his feet shortly after.
"My... son..."
"It's going to be alright sir, I lost someone who was like a father to me I know how you feel." He noticed the man wasn't too injured, but decided to get him to a hospital just in case. "Here hold on to me."
The man did as he was told and soon after the man who saved him jumped into the air.
As he was flying Trunks made his way to the closest, non destroyed city. Along the way the Saiyan knew that things weren't over yet. The androids had been beaten, but if he knew his history there was still one more threat lurking out there. 'I know you're out there Cell, and I will find you!'
After a short flight he had reached a suitable hospital, and he was quickly able to get some help for the man. With the stranger helped Trunks began his journey home. Once again it was a short flight, and he reached Capsule Corporation after only a few minutes. The Saiyan landed right outside the dilapidated building. A few moments later his mother came running out of the ruined house. "Hi mom."
"So... what happened?" She asked, having a feeling she knew what the answer was.
Trunks smiled brightly. "I beat them. They're both dead." He said happily.
Bulma couldn't believe it, there was just no way. "Y-you did?" She asked, receiving a nod in response. Her eyes then lit up, the nightmare was finally over! "Oh Trunks!" She ran over and gave her son the biggest one she could. Tears rolled down her cheeks as the two embraced. "I'm so proud of you!"
He didn't respond at first, instead he just chose to let the moment speak for itself.
"Your father would be proud too." She told him with pride.
'Yeah.' His smile grew bigger as he reminisced about his father.
Several weeks had passed since that day and the earth was starting to rebuild. Trunks had been spending most of his time helping rebuild the world, as well as helping those who had suffered during the android's reign. The work had been slow at times, but it was getting done. And with someone like the Saiyan lending a hand the work load wasn't that bad. There was still a lot to do, but the citizens of Earth had been making progress.
Now Trunks was going to go back in time and tell the others he had beaten the androids, just to let them know that everything was alright. He was once again dawning his blue Saiyan armor, which he wore whenever he trained. Not only was it great to work out in, but it also helped him feel close to his father. He was fortunate that his mother had made so many, and luckily only a few adjustments had to be made in order for them to fit him.
Close by, Cell was waiting behind a nearby building formulating his plan. It was simple, kill Trunks and take his time machine. The poor fool would never see it coming. A smirk came onto his face as the blue haired woman ran inside of Capsule Corp. Now his victim was all alone, and soon enough he would have the time machine.
Despite not being able to see behind him he could sense a certain someone, someone all too familiar. "I know you're back there Cell, there's no point in sneaking around."
That made the android gasp, how could he have been found out so easily?
"I also know that you're looking for the androids, but I'm afraid you won't be able to find them." He said as he turned towards the bio-mechanical android.
Cell gasped once more. "What, how did you know all of that?"
"I read your palm big guy, you've got a short life line."
The bio-mechanical android walked out of hiding and went over to the arrogant fool. "I don't like your jokes. I prefer a different kind of humor than you Earthlings."
"I know how you get your sick kicks, but I'm going to stop you right here and now."
"I see, you went back to the past and learned about me."
A smirk came onto the Saiyan's face. "There wasn't much to learn, you need to absorb a few androids. Well the androids are gone, I've beaten them already." Trunks explained which made Cell gasp a third time.
"What?! There's no way, my data shows that you should be no match for the androids! Wait you must be bluffing." It was the only thing that made sense. There was just no other explanation. "Yes, it makes perfect sense."
"Sorry but the androids are gone, and now I'm going to finish you."
The bio-mechanical android started laughing. "You're nothing compared to me! So why don't you just step aside and let me take the time machine?"
"You're not going anywhere Cell, but if you can beat me you can go to the past... but guess what, I'm not going to let you!" Trunks held out his open palms and with a powerful shout he sent Cell flying through the air and out of the city. He chased after the monster and then the two landed in the grassy area.
"You shouldn't be throwing your life away like this, just let me go back to the past, no one will know."
"There is someone watching, and laughing, a friend of mine that you killed in the past. He's someone I could never let down!"
"Don't worry you'll be joining him shortly, I'm going to absorb you and take your energy. It will be a nice treat before I go back in time." Cell said with a grin.
"Enough you freak!" Trunks powered up into a Super Saiyan. "You're too confident Cell."
The android started laughing. "There's no reason not to be, I've come across many like you."
Trunks clenched his fists. "Yes you have, but count me as the last."
He stood there as Cell charged him, hoping to land a few blows. Trunks was able to block them and send the evil android flying with a kick. That was followed up by another kick to his jaw. As his enemy was flying Trunks appeared behind him and brought both of his fists down on him.
Cell stopped himself from crashing into the ground and shot an energy blast at his foe. They were easily knocked away by his foe, who then dashed towards him. Cell did the same and the two warriors clashed. The android threw a punch but it missed, he looked around for the punk but didn't find him. A few seconds later he was kicked square in the back, and then elbowed the back of his head. He went crashing into the ground and then immediately got back up, sporting a look of anger on his face. He was feeling pretty injured and was breathing heavily. "This can't be, how is he more powerful?!"
The half-Saiyan descended onto the ground as his opponent grit his teeth. "This is your fault Cell, you shouldn't have killed those people!"
"That's it! I'm going to absorb you!" His tail stretched outward as he prepared to stab the warrior, but his tail was grabbed. Things became worse as his foe started swinging. Soon enough the bio-mechanical android was taken for a ride, and he quickly became very dizzy! After several swings Cell was launched into the air. He flailed helplessly as he continued ascending upwards into the sky. That continued before he stopped himself, He then realized he had been made a fool of and unleashed his aura. "Enough of this, you're gone and here's your present! KA-ME-HA-ME!"
Meanwhile Trunks was standing underneath him preparing to fire an attack of his own. Right as his opponent was about to fire the Kamehameha Trunks yelled out to him. "The nightmare is over Cell, die!" He then unleashed his Heat Dome Attack, a move which he had recently created. A huge wave of golden energy burst from his palms and traveled upwards towards his enemy. His attack swallowed the android whole and quickly started killing him. After a few moments there was nothing left of Cell.
It was finally over!
The Super Saiyan stayed there for a few seconds before powering down. He then smiled brightly, which was something he never thought he would be able to do in his bleak future. "It's finished thanks to you father, and you Gohan, and especially you Goku."
Now the Saiyan was ready to head back home, but before he could something caught his eye. High in the sky was what appeared to be some sort of comet, and it was hurtling towards the Earth. "What is that?" The supposed comet was getting closer and closer to the Earth, and it was doing so at an alarming rate. Trunks eyes went wide as he realized it was heading straight for him, so he jumped out of the way.
Whatever it was crashed into the ground with a loud boom, making the ground around him rumble violently. A huge cloud of dust and dirt appeared over the newly formed crater.
Once everything had settled he walked over to the crater. On closer inspection it wasn't a comet that hit, instead it some sort of mushroom shaped ship. The Saiyan stared blankly at it for a few moments as a star like creature came out of the ship, except it didn't really look like a regular star. The star was plump and peach colored, and it had two black ovals on the front of its body. Trunks looked at it curiously, wondering what exactly this thing was.
A few seconds later it flew up to the stranger. "Please you have to help me find mama."
'It can talk?!' Several questions came to his mind, but helping this... 'thing' was his first priority. He could sense that this star creature wasn't evil. "Where is your mother?"
"Up there." The star pointed up into space.
'How am I supposed to get into space?' He thought to himself while suppressing a sigh. After a few seconds of thought an idea came into his head. "Follow me, I think I might know of a way to get you home."
A white aura engulfed his body as he flew back towards the city. He glanced back just to make sure that the star was following him, which it was, albeit at a much slower pace. The half-Saiyan decreased his speed as to not lose the creature. He still had questions but those could wait until after this star creature had a way home.
The duo were flying at good pace, and they would reach Capsule Corp. in no time. Along the way Trunks was thinking about a way to get the star home, but he wasn't exactly sure how to do it. It was then that he remembered her mother talking about the time she, Gohan, and Krillin had gone to Namek. If she still had that spaceship then he could help this star get home. He just hoped that she still had the vessel.
Bulma had inside reading some more of her book. At first when her son told her to get inside the house she assumed it was because he found himself a girlfriend. Where he could have found the time to do so while helping rebuild the Earth she didn't know, but she figured he met her at one of the restoration sites. Unfortunately that wasn't the case, and the way her son acted supported that. After getting inside she took a peak outside one of the windows, and she was horrified to learn that Cell was out there. Of course, her fear didn't stay as she knew her son was more than capable of defeating him. So, she simply stayed put and waited for him to return.
After a while she began to worry slightly, and in the back of her mind she wondered if her son had somehow been defeated. Those fears left just as quickly as they came when she heard the sounds of her son flying and landing. She then ran outside to greet her son. "You're back!"
"Yeah, I beat Cell and now both the past and the future are safe." He explained.
She smiled brightly in response. "So are you going back in time now?" She asked, not seeing the strange creature that was floating behind her son.
"Not yet, first I need your help with something." The Saiyan stepped aside to let his mother see the strange creature.
"Please I need help, I need to find my mama."
Bulma just blinked twice, having not expected her son to bring home such a strange creature. "Who's... your... friend?"
"It came from space in some sort of ship. This thing crashed right next to where Cell and I were fighting, apparently it's mother lives in space."
"I... see, so what's your name little guy?" At first it seemed weird, and a bit creepy... but the more Bulma stared at it, the cuter it looked.
"I'm Luma." His voice was also pretty cute, it was almost like a child's voice.
'Maybe it's a baby star... I'll have to do some research.' The female scientist thought to herself before giggling. "Don't worry Luma, I've got a spaceship that you can use to get home." She smiled upon seeing Luma bouncing up and down excitedly. "Trunks can I speak to you over here for a moment?"
Trunks nodded as he followed his mother into an alleyway. "What is it?"
"Look you're going to have to go with Luma into space, I don't think he can fly a spaceship by himself."
"Yeah I kind of figured, but how am I supposed to find where he lives? His home could be anywhere."
"I'm sure Luma will know... wait, didn't you say he came in a ship?" She received a nod. "Maybe the ship he came in will be able to give you the coordinates to his home."
The Saiyan nearly slapped his forehead for not coming up with that great idea. "Oh of course, why didn't I think of that?"
"Alright you go and bring Luma's ship here, and I'll go get my ship ready for you two."
He nodded before heading back over to where Luma had crash landed. Luckily that area hadn't been too far away, and at the rate he was traveling he made it there in no time. Trunks landed in the crater and walked over to the ship, it wasn't too big which made it easier to carry. With both hands he held the ship over his head, he then blasted off like a rocket towards Capsule Corp.
A few moments later he arrived back home and put the ship down on the ground next to Luma. He sensed his mother was inside, meaning she still hadn't found the ship yet. So now he just needed to wait for his mother to return. This was a good opportunity to ask Luma a question. "So... where exactly is your mother?"
"She's traveling on a comet."
Hearing that made the half-Saiyan gasp, how was he supposed to track down a single comet? Since space was such a vast place, he could be searching for the rest of his life and still not find her. And at that point he'd probably just run out of food and water. This was going to be harder than he thought. Even if they have the coordinates it could still be a very long journey.
Minutes later Bulma came back outside with a capsule in her hand, she clicked the button at the top and threw it at the ground. With a boom the tiny container exploded and now there was a big ship in the front yard. "Here you go, this is the same ship Vegeta used to go into space while searching for Goku. It has a gravity chamber in case you want to train. It's stocked with enough food to last you while, and I made sure to pack some extra clothes for you. I also gave you some capsules if you need them. Plus a spacesuit just in case."
Luma smiled brightly in response.
Trunks stood there in shock for a few moments before shaking it off. "Well. I guess we better check his ship for any sort of coordinates."
She nodded in agreement but before doing that an idea popped into her head. "This mission could be dangerous, you might want to go visit Korin and get some senzu beans."
"Right." His body was engulfed by a white flame as he took off for Korin's tower.
Right after he left Bulma walked over to the broken ship, it seemed a little primitive for a space ship. Upon closer inspection the ship had no set destination. It appeared to have been sent out randomly into space. Luckily there was a group of numbers, which could only be the coordinates of the launch point. "I think I've got it!" She yelled happily. The scientist ran inside and grabbed a pencil and pad of paper, she returned to the ship and wrote them down. Now all she needed to do was wait for her son to return.
The two waited around for what seemed like half an hour before noticing Trunks flying towards them. A couple seconds later he landed on the ground next to his mother. "Alright Korin gave me five senzu beans, that should be more than enough for the trip." He showed her the brown bag of senzu beans. "So were you able to get the coordinates?"
"Yep here it is, the location of his home." She handed him the notepad.
As he took it his face changed to one of worry. "The only problem is that Luma said his mom lives on a comet. It could take me forever to find it."
Her response was a small laugh. "Don't worry son, this ship is the fastest we've got. The ship Gohan, Krillin and I used took months to get to Namek, but this baby made the trip in a week."
A sigh of relief escaped Trunks' mouth. At least the trip wouldn't be as long as he thought. "Great, so I guess we'd better get going." He opened the door to the ship and Luma flew inside.
"Come back soon Trunks." She kissed him on the cheek.
He wiped his cheek before making his way onto the ship. "Don't worry, I won't be gone long." The door closed as Trunks looked the inside of the ship over, it seemed bigger on the inside. 'So this is my new home for a while.' The half-Saiyan thought to himself. He wanted to see everything the ship had to offer but first he needed to get this thing launched. Trunks made his way to the controls. He looked at the piece of paper and then pushed a few buttons. A few seconds later the ship started to float into the air. "Hang on tight Luma." Within seconds it blasted off into orbit.
There was the first chapter and I hope you enjoyed it. So it looks like Trunks is helping the little Luma find his mother. Will he be able to do it or is the quest hopeless? You'll have to read and find out for yourself. I know that most of this isn't anything new, and that's why I changed some of the dialogue and fight scenes. Be sure to R and R!
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