Dragon Ball © Akira Toriyama, Shuheisha, Inc.

Chapter 4: The Return of Son Goku

It was all thanks to Bulma's quirky and friendly nature that waiting for Goku's arrival didn't need to be so awkward. Though Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu finally joined the conversation, they clearly still kept their distance to the two strangers. Tien Shinhan still watched the two from a far, Piccolo only chatted with Gohan, and Vegeta remained a lone wolf.

Three hours had passed since the mysterious pair ended Frieza's wicked plan for eternity. The small beep came from the boy's wristwatch alerted them. He rose to his feet and said, "He should arrive any moment now," as he helped his female companion up.

True to his word, a whistling sound was reaching for the Earth and turned their heads into the same direction. A trail of light broke through the atmosphere along with the familiar Ki belonged to none other than the man they were waiting for. With a voice full of excitement, Gohan confirmed that the Ki was indeed belong to his father. The ground shook as he spoke, mild enough so no one fell from the impact. Together, they raced into the same direction where the spaceship possibly landed.

A small pod landed exactly on the coordinate the girl mentioned before, creating a large crater around it. Emerging from the pod was the spiky black haired man, cladded in an unfamiliar set of clothes. Nothing about his feature changed ever since they saw the man. He looked exactly as if he just left a day before.

Gohan's eyes gleamed with excitement and the group erupted into a happy cheer while the couple, hiding behind them, trying not to looked as excited. The girl clasped her hands together in front of her lips but it didn't take genius to tell how she was touched by the warrior's presence. The boy slung his arm around her shoulder and slightly massaged it.

Goku on the other hand was beyond surprise to see them waiting for him at the exact place. He floated in the air as he studied the changes in his friends' features. "What are you guys doing here? How'd you know that I'm gonna be here?"

"It was these kids, this boy and girl over here! They told us where you would be!" Bulma patted the boy on his shoulder.

"Otou-san, you know who they are, right?"

Goku shifted his eyes towards the pair. "No. Who are they?"

"Huh? You don't know them either? But they knew the exact time and place of your arrival," Bulma stated.

Goku shook his head. "I don't know about that. But Frieza should be able to track my ship down. Oh, talking about Frieza, who took him down? I sensed some tremendous energy took him down. Was it Vegeta? Or was it Piccolo?"

"Neither. Those two kids were the one that defeated Freeza. Along with his father and companions. And they can turn into Super Saiyan, just like you do," Piccolo replied, folding his green arms across his chest.

That was the cue for the boy to stepped forward and approached Goku. "Actually Son-san… We need to have a word with you. Could you come with us?"

Goku's eyes widened in confusion at first, but decided to comply with the boy's request. But as he followed the boy, his curiosity grew more on the boy's female companion that looked extremely familiar with someone but Goku couldn't put his finger on it. Goku noticed her stealing glances at him, smiling at her whenever he caught her eyes and made her flustered in return.

The boy stopped at some point. "This should be far enough."

"I should probably thank both of you… Thank you for defeating Frieza for me. Sure enough, I guess I went too easy on him. I should have finished him for good back on Planet Namek," Goku said.

"You were actually supposed to be the one who defeated Frieza and the others, but there was some discrepancy, time-wise, and for whatever reason, you weren't going to make it…", the girl then continued, "So we didn't have a choice but to intervene. We're sorry about that."

Goku chuckled and swatted his hand. "Nah, don't think about that. It's true that Frieza's spaceship even faster than mine. But I picked up a new technique."

"A new technique!?" the pair asked in unison.

"Yeah… It's something called Instant Transmission. The folk on a planet called Yardrat taught me. They're a strange people, not very strong, but they knew a lot of weird and useful techniques."

The girl knitted her eyebrows. "No way… how could the history changed so much?"

"We intentionally just want to meet Son Goku-san, yet we ran into others as well. D-did it affect them?"

Goku widened his eyes. "History…? What do you mean?"

"Before I get into that, Son-san, are you able to freely transform into Super Saiyan at will?"

Goku arched his eyebrow at the boy's sudden request but gave him an affirmative nod.

"Yeah, I couldn't do it at first, but I worked hard at it until I was able to control it."

"Could you… become one, right now? For me?"

The girl frowned, looking confused at her partner's request.

"Hey, what are y–" The boy put his hand in front of her to stopped her.

"I know what I'm doing, trust me," he said. But that didn't convince the girl, though she finally stepped back.

"Please…?" he begged.

"…Okay."

And he did. The pair widened their eyes upon seeing Goku's Super Saiyan form – completely taken aback by the amount of power he emitted.

"I will change too."

The boy changed himself as one as well, making the girl whipped her head towards him in question.

"Please excuse me," he said before grabbing his sword and pointed it towards Goku's direction, stopped exactly an inch before Goku's face. But the later didn't even blink his eyes at the ambush. The girl gasped but Goku remained unfazed by the attack.

"W-why did you not move out of the way?" the boy asked.

"Because I didn't sense any malicious intent. I knew you would stop short."

"I see. Well then, this time promise that I won't stop. Ready?"

"Alright."

"Hey, what are you planning to—" Goku assuredly put his hand before the girl before she managed to finish her sentence.

"It's alright. It's normal for us to want to test each other's power. I'm intrigued to see how strong he is as well."

"A-as you wish then…" But the girl still glared at the boy who visibly caught what she said through her eyes.

Goku congregated his energy on his index finger then told the boy to begin and so the boy lurched forward to attach. Goku easily blocked every single slash the boy made only with his finger without allowing the boy to ever pierced through his defence. The satisfied younger Saiyan finally smirked and reverted back to his original form.

"Amazing. The stories I've heard are true. No, you're even better. This is the sword that I used to slice through Frieza, you know," the boy said as he threw his sword skywards, not even spare a glance to let it thrust into the sheath he buckled around his back.

"That's because you weren't trying very hard."

Suddenly the girl kicked the boy on his shanks and slapped his head from behind, dangerously glared at the boy who was down to his knees because of her surprise attack. "Sorry." He muttered apology under his breath while rubbing the spot she slapped.

"Hey, hey! Don't fight you two! I'm okay, see?" Goku instinctively raised both of his palms to calm the girl. "He just wanted to test my power and I'm okay with that."

"I apologise, Son Goku-san," she bowed, "for the inconvenience he has caused."

"Nah, it's okay. I would be very happy if you can just tell me how do you know about the exact time and place of my arrival."

She nodded. "Okay, but please keep everything we're about to tell for yourself only."

"Alright. Relax and speak freely, I can keep a secret," Goku responded.

She glanced at the boy—silently told him to begin. The boy nodded in response and said, "Son Goku-san, this will be hard to believe for someone of your era, but… we came here with a time machine, from roughly twenty years in the future."

"Twenty years? From the future!?"

"Yes."

As if the fact that he was an alien wasn't surprising enough, Goku couldn't hide his shock upon the meeting with people who came from the future. Despite that, he decided to redeem himself. He thanked entity that his heart was strong enough to accept the news.

"My name is Trunks. The reason I carry Saiyan blood is because… I am the son of Vegeta-san over there."

Did he just say he was Vegeta's son?

"What?! Vegeta's son!? Y-you really are Vegeta's son?!"

"Yes."

"N-Now that you mention it… There is a resemblance between you two…" Scrutinizing the boy's appearance, Goku could slowly tell that he wasn't lying about his statement. Aside from the color of his hair, the boy was indeed inherited Vegeta's physical features, even the way he scowled. Though Goku must say that this fact was rather surprising and his heart had nearly jumped to his throat.

"I was born two and a half years from now," he added.

"Wow… To think that there's someone out there actually had a kid with Vegeta. I really want to see this someone. She might have a steely personality to face someone like Vegeta," he said while scratching the side of his face. He would like to know what kind of female could stand someone like Vegeta.

The girl clamped her mouth to suppressed her snigger at Goku's remark about Trunks' parent. The said boy softly chuckled, fully understood why he was surprised. His father was a very hard person – too proud, stubborn, selfish. Someone that wasn't easy to face with everyday.

"Then what about your lady companion? You are a Saiyan as well, right?" he asked, leaning close to the girl to observed her feature as well. "Honestly, this is the first time I saw a Saiyan girl."

"I…" Goku noticed that despite appeared assertive most of the time, she looked shy around him.

"You know," Goku said while tapping his chin, "I swear you're looking familiar with someone I know and– ah! Yes!" he said while pointing his index finger upwards. "You're looking like—" He immediately paused, eyes widened and let out a sharp gasp.

"Oh no, Chichi! I'm very sorry that it takes me years before going back!" Goku kneeled before her and bowed his head several times. "You look err… prettier than the last time I saw you though. Are you using the Dragon Balls to return your youth?"

The girl chuckled at first, the burst into laughter while Trunks gazed disbelievingly at Goku. He didn't expect the said strongest man in the universe scared of his wife so much, even though he had heard about it before.

"There's no way I'm Okaa-san since I'm a Saiyan, right? Otou-san…" The girl blushed at her last sentence.

Goku, on the other hand, almost froze in his stance. He didn't even realise that his jaw dropped to the ground upon the name on Gohan called him with.

"Okaa-san? Do you mean Chichi is your mother? T-then you are…" Goku said as he lifted his trembling hand to point himself.

"I'm your daughter, Otou-san," she said with a soft smile on her face.

AN: Well, Goku might have heart disease because of the number of shocking news he gets in one single day. XD

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