"Are you okay?" That voice… Gohan's voice… I fought every muscle in my body to hold myself from hugging him, he couldn't be him, I buried my Gohan… "Are you okay? Are you hurt?" He repeated. I stood mute. "You shouldn't be here, go away, it's much too dangerous" And then he flew away ready to face the creature again.

I took some time by the rock to restore focus on what was going on when it hit me, Gohan was going to fight the creature, he wouldn't win, he wasn't a super saiyan on that time-lime! He'd die AGAIN.

I turned in super-saiyan mode and appeared in front of the creature in less than 4 seconds, I was confused and angry:

"I will not let him die, not again" and I punched the creature's stomach; at the same time I charged an amount of energy necessary to explode him altogether, in my arm, and l let it out. Nothing remained from Frieza's kind.

I lowered my ki, knowing I had some explanation to do as I felt they get closer to me, scared. As I turned to them they stared at me, afraid from my point of view.

"He's gone" I broke the awkward silence "No need to be scared"

"Who are you?" A woman's voice, I turned to seek who it was and I saw Bulma, weird enough she didn't differ from my mother that much… "You're strong too, right? What's your name? Where did you come from?"

"That was amazing, dude" Yancha exclaimed "How can you get blonde too?"

"Thank you" Tien said

"I demand you to tell us who you are" Piccolo was indeed a serious guy "Now"

I raised my hand hoping I'd stop all the questions

"I'm a friend, I won't hurt any of you, I'll explain everything you want to know once Goku gets here" I wouldn't answer much of their questions but still… They didn't know that

There were three people I really wanted to meet, that I thought would be there but I could see my mum, not much younger, I could see that Gohan but not my father…

"Goku?" Krillin looked surprised "What about him?"

"I have to speak with him and he'll be here in approximately three hours" I looked at my watch

"What do you mean? Goku's sick! He wouldn't come here"

I flinched,

'Sick?'

"What?" Could it be that his heart was already failing? "Is it his heart?"

Krilling face turned red

"How did you-"

'Shit!'

I had to interrupt, we couldn't wait any longer

"WHERE IS HIM? FOR HOW LONG HE'S BEEN SICK?"

"Who are you? I don't feel an evil presence in you, so just tell us who you are and we'll lead you there" Piccolo got in front of me "You're also a saiyan, right?"

I remembered something: Master Rochi's house!… I couldn't explain them a thing, I had to hurry up and plus I knew where it was, Gohan used to bring me there to tell stories about the Z-warriors, the people who were in front me now and ironically who I had to ditch.

In a second my ki was beyond their reach and I flew away, of course they would follow me, but that was fine.

We flew for four hours straight, I didn't change my velocity but I noticed Gohan's presence getting closer to me, he was fast, I was in super-saiyan mode and he was doing it without being one. I wouldn't allow myself to get distracted by him so I acted indifferent. I had to fight my instincts.

"48 days" He was struggling to keep that speed up, I could see it in his face "It's been 48 days since his heart hurts"

"Thanks for the information" Relief, it would work if it only had been that much; it took me a lot of effort but I remained emotionless

"Are going to help him?"

"Yes, I'm confident we can fix his heart"

"Thank you" He got quiet but still was by my side

"How old are you, Gohan?" I shouldn't get attached, but I did need to know

"I'm 22" He was a little apprehensive but he knew he could trust me.

'What the fuck!'

"What?" My eyes widened

"I said I'm 22" He was calm

That was impossible, my Gohan was 23… It was hard enough to be beside him when I thought he was going to be 9, but just a year younger than my Gohan was when he died? That was starting to amuse me.

"Are you a saiyan" He asked, surprising me

"Where's Vegeta?" I couldn't answer that question but I'd like to know a few more stuff

"Who?" His left eyebrow was lifted

"Vegeta"

"You sure like to question us, but you don't like to answer us so much, right?" He laughed, oh shit… That laughter… I missed it

"Please…" I looked at him and he nodded

"You mean the guy that tried to kill us all and destroy the Earth, a year ago?" It was almost as he was mocking me

"Where is he?"

"He's… Dead, of course" Gohan looked forward "Did you know him?"

Dead? I stopped, completely, in midair. How could he be dead? How could this time line be so screwed up? It was just too much to take in, this Gohan being almost the same age as mine, Goku's disease this much advanced and now father… Dead… Damn it

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing" I looked up "We should go"

But that time I accelerated in a speed Gohan couldn't keep up with, I needed some time to think and I couldn't do it being by Gohan's side… So much has changed… Why?

I barged through the door and encountered Chichi, who jumped up:

"Who are you? Are you Frieza?" She ran to the stairs and opened her arms blocking my way up "I'll never let you lay a finger on him"

"What? No!"

"Then who?"

"I can't say… It's complicated but I've got your husband's antidote" I took it out of my pocket to show her

"I… How would I know if that's go-"

"Mom! Let him pass" Gohan got there

"But, sweetie.. I-"

"We can trust him, Mom, I know it"

As she let me through I got upstairs and met Master Rochi, who helped me getting the pills inside Goku's mouth as well as making him swallow it. Everyone was in the room and no one yet knew who exactly I was.

"Gohan, I need to speak with you, alone" I flew outside the window

"Okay…" He followed me leaving everyone's curiosity latent

"I think that's far enough!" He screamed and I stopped "Well.. What is it?"

"I'm going to explain you everything, starting to my name. I was actually going to tell Goku about all of this but he…"

"I know… And… I'd introduce myself but I guess you know who I am" I could get used to the sound of his laugher again…

"I know all about you or Piccolo or Bulma or Goku or anyone you have ever met in your life"

"Who are you?" He got a serious look in his face "How do you know such things?"

"My name is Trunks" I continued "I come from the 20 years in the future. I am the son of Vegeta and Bulma Brief which makes me half saiyan, just like you, Gohan"

He remained silent

"Bulma, my mother, constructed a time-machine to send me here so I could warn you all about a terrible tragedy that is bound to happen three years from now. Two androids which were created to kill Goku by the Red Ribbon Army's mastermind Dr. Gero are going to appear in an island east from here and their strength is unimaginable" I paused

"Unimaginable as in the same as Frieza's?"

"Much powerful"

"How is that even possible?" He shouted

"Calm down, I'm not finished" I kept going "As I was saying, both androids are very strong, they are a blonde young lady and a black-haired guy, both in his early 20's but do not be fooled by their looks, they're both ruthless, brutal and cruel. In the future I came from they killed almost every human being on earth while you-from-the-future and I tried to defeat them"

"Wait up, Trunks, is it?"

I nodded

"Where were we before all that? My dad and Piccolo and everyone?"

"They were killed by the androids" I was brief

"Even… My father?"

"No, Goku died from the heart disease he is experiencing this very moment"

"Does this mean he'll die?" Gohan got anxious

"No… I got here in time, that's one of the reasons I came here, to save him…" I smiled

"Oh… Okay, continue"

"Everyone was assassinated and only you and I survived as warriors. You were my master and you taught me martial arts hoping you and I both would be able to defeat them. I hit 14 years old and the Gohan from my timeline hit 23" I breathed out, that was getting a little too much emotional "That was three years ago…"

"So, you're 17"

"Yeah…" I didn't want to continue telling that story but I had to explain it to him "… That's when you left us too" I looked down

"Ahw, I see…" He scratched his chin, very Gohan-like "And if we destroy the androids here, yours will be destroyed as well, right?"

"No… You see, timelines don't work like that, they don't have any relations to each other whatsoever"

"Then why you decided to come and help this timeline?"

"Because if I could save at least one world me and my mother would feel better already, plus mother was thinking about putting Goku inside the time-machine so he could beat up the androids… But that's a last resort thing, I came here hoping Goku would train me so I, myself, could defeat those two sons of bitches"

"I'm starting to get it…" He paused "Wait… You said you were Bulma's son…"

"Right"

"Who's the father again?"

"Vegeta…"

"The guy that tried to kill us all?" His expression was priceless "You have got to be kidding me"

"No… That's something else I have to warn you about"

"Ahn?"

"This timeline is much too screwed up, you were supposed to be 9 in this era, Goku wasn't supposed to be on earth and my father was supposed to be alive" I looked at him "Would you mind giving me an explanation?"

"Well… I'm 22 as I said before, Bulma's 38 and-"

"Wait, My mother's 38?"

"Yeah… Why?"

"She was supposed to be 25!" I got it "Everyone is 13 years older than the people from my timeline! Strange…"

"Well, about my dad, he destroyed Frieza and came back home, right after that on a saiyan spaceship…"

"So he doesn't know how t oteleport himself?"

"What?... I don't think so… No" He breathed "About Vegeta… Well… We all fought him and it was tiring… He even transformed into a giant ape but we managed to defeat him and when he was trying to escape in his spaceship Krilling took Yadirobe's sword and… Finished him while me, my father and the others were blacked out"

"Goku was blacked out so he didn't ask Krilling not to kill him… It makes sense"

"What?"

"Nothing…" I wondered "That means this timeline won't have a Trunks…"

"I guess it won't…"

"Can I ask you one more thing?" It really was a final question

"Sure"

"How did you get this scar on your face? My Gohan had the exact same one"

"This?" He pointed to it "Vegeta did this…"

I nodded

"Thanks" I said awkwardly

"Welcome" He smiled and I couldn't help but to do it too, it was as if I could remember the past

"Can I ask you one last thing too?" Gohan looked down and then up

"Sure" I said

"I died… You just said it"

I nodded

"How did I die? Was I helpful at all?"

My body went numb and I tried to hide my face as I flew in the opposite direction in which we had came

"Come on, we should get back" I didn't look back but I knew he'd sensed that was not a happy question