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Mother

Gohan popped the hatch of the time machine and climbed down to the ground. His feet sunk lower than normal into the ground and from the squelching sound he could tell than it had been raining recently. Taking in his surroundings it was easy to tell that they had landed in a small field that Gohan recognised as Piccolo's training grounds. He couldn't help but think that Bulma had set the machine to these coordinates on purpose. He gave a small chuckle and shook his head.

"What are you laughing at?" Trunks asked as he climbed down from the machine grimacing as his feet sunk into the ground, much like Gohan's had.

He waved away the question. "It's nothing really. This is Piccolo's training grounds and I'm pretty sure that your mother sent us here on purpose." Gohan de-capsulised the time machine and put the capsule into his pocket. Glancing around the field he smiled and patted Trunks on the shoulder. "This is the same place that I train you in Trunks." He held up a hand to silence Trunks when he looked ready to interrupt. "You probably don't recognise it because it looks so alive." He gestured to the greenery that surrounded them with glee, his eyes wide in child-like innocence. "I think Bulma is reminding us of why we are doing this."

"I hardly doubt that I would forget why we're doing this Gohan." Trunks scowled and crossed his arms, annoyed that Gohan believed that he would forget so easily. He heard Gohan sigh.

"You don't know that Trunks. When things get overwhelming people forget what their purpose is, when my father died I completely forget what my new duties would be. One of those being that I would have to take care of my mother, my mother and myself were too deep into our depression that we forgot each other." He turned Trunks around and stared him in the eyes. "Your mother doesn't want us to forget Trunks, to not get caught up in the happiness of this time because in the end it will make it harder to leave."

Trunks nodded knowingly. "Because I'll be here with Dad and you'll be here with your father, Piccolo and everyone else who died."

"Exactly, it's easy to see the world through rose coloured glasses when you can't find any reason not to."

The two stood in silence for a moment taking in the scenery before Gohan motioned for them to head to where the androids would attack. "I'm worried Trunks." His voice was soft and his eyes watched as the landscape below him flew by in a myriad of colours.

Said Saiyan faltered in the air and nearly plummeted to the ground before he righted himself. He was shocked that Gohan would speak so suddenly that, especially when they are on their way to battle the androids. He had always been confident and ready for any attack and he had never mentioned any sort of anxiety to Trunks.

The only person who had ever been able to get Gohan to open up Videl and Trunks had once been very jealous of that fact. She hadn't even known him for two months before they were talking quietly in the corner or she was helping him work down in the labs and working with the one armed Saiyan on combating his nightmares.

This was the first time that Gohan was opening up to him, he wasn't going to miss this opportunity.

"Worried about what?"

They were getting close but Gohan didn't mention it to Trunks. "About everything, about how Videl and your mother are doing back in our time, how this time is going to turn out." He shook his head and slowed his pace. "It doesn't matter." Trunks only nodded his head, he wasn't going to push his Master into a conversation he would rather not have.

The two come to a complete stop when they reached the city that the androids first began their reign of destruction.

It was no better here than it was back in their time.

The city was engulfed by large black clouds that billowed out from various building and the occasional fuel tanker. Buildings that had lost their foundations were collapsing and when Gohan and Trunks landed they could smell the distinct metallic smell of blood. The older Saiyan grimaced and angrily paced through the destruction.

It was the exact same!

Turning to his right Gohan watched as a nearby building collapsed, he had watched that same building collapse twice now. Dint they take their warning to heart? Did they not believe them?"

"Damn it!" Gohan ran his hand through his hair, mussing it up more than it usually was.

"What happened?" Gohan saw the horror in his eyes. He hadn't seen the androids cause this kind of destruction before, if he had seen it he was too young or had blocked it from his memory. By the time that Trunks had started to help him in trying to defeat the androids, people had already gone underground and were rarely seen in the above cities.

Trunks had never seen this much blood, from so many people. Gohan took pity on the boy and roughly grabbed him by the collar of his jacket and ascended into the air. He settled the boy down a fair distance away from the city and made sure that he was alright. Trunks eventually waved away Gohan's concerns, telling him that he should be figuring out where everyone was and what happened.

Gohan nodded and stretched his senses out further than they were before. To his right he could feel as people flocked towards the city they had just left. Most likely they were trying to save anyone and determine what caused the disaster, but to his left Gohan could feel a small group that kept flaring their power level at different interval. Gohan turned back to Trunks to see that the boy had regained control of himself. "They're about three kilometres that way. " He pointed to his left before a frown creased his brows before he grunted. "Judging from my father's Ki the heart Virus only just surfaced. He's being taken back home by Yamcha."

"But I thought he got the virus before the Androids?" Trunks followed Gohan when the older man started to fly towards where the others were.

"He did. From what I can tell our interference delayed it somehow." The two quickened their pace when they felt they were getting closer to the group, passing by what Gohan recognised as Bulma's air Jet along the way.

"Hey! It was those guys!" Bulma exclaimed as she made her way in the same direction.

"Who cares"? Yajirobe was too distracted by keeping Trunks calm than listening to Bulma's outburst.

"Gohan? Who the hell is that?"

"I have no idea. I can't feel any ki coming from him so he must be an android."

They hadn't ever seen this android before. This android was an aging decrepit old man with long, scraggly white hair and moustache. When the two had reached the group they saw as Piccolo managed to destroy the androids hand and knock of his hat, revealing a grotesque dome that housed the man's brain.

"I guess we affected this time more than we thought." Said Trunks as he observed the android before him, there was a grimace on the androids face as he looked frantically at the assembled fighters before he focussed on himself and his master.

'Interesting, I have nothing listed on this purple haired boy, but that man…' He gasped and he looked between the one armed man and Gohan. 'This can't be! They're the same person!'

"Hey Trunks and Geatan are back." With his Saiyan hearing Vegeta was easily able to hear Piccolo mutter under his breath about the new comers.

'Trunks? That's the name of my son.' The Saiyan Prince tore his eyes away from the android long enough to look at the Geatan and Trunks, only just noticing the distinct colouring of the Saiyan's hair. 'He's my son!'

The Android was beginning to panic. His data was wrong! This group of fighters were much stronger than they were supposed to be and now there were two more fighters, one of whom was already here, just younger! He needed to get out of here, a distraction, anything would do!

Trunks' ears twitched as heard the hum of an engine, looking upwards he could see that there was an air jet hovering above the android. He cocked an eyebrow before he nudged Gohan in the side, when his master gave him a curios look he silently pointed towards the car. "Do you know who that is?"

Gohan just groaned and put his hand to his face. "It's your mother Trunks. We passed her on the way here but I really didn't think she would actually come out here to see the androids."

A purple light distracted the two and saw that a dome of purple light was slowly growing around them, spreading over the landscape in a mist like fashion. Looking for the source Gohan saw that it was coming from the android. 'What is he doing?' following the android's line of vision he saw that he was staring directly at Bulma's jet. "Trunks!" The younger Saiyan jumped. "He's going to crash Bulma's jet!"

Trunks growled and shot up to where his mother was, Gohan close behind. Trunks reached the jet first and ripped open the driver side door. "Hey what are you doing?" Ignoring his mother Trunks unhooked her from the seat and started to pull her out of the jet when Gohan handed her Trunks. The older male had gone to the other door and had taken out the baby Trunks out of his arms to give to Bulma. He didn't trust the man with a child in this situation and the two managed to push away from the jet before it crashed into the jagged rocks below.

The light died down as the two groups landed and Gohan could see that everyone else had been too distracted by the phenomenon to notice their movements, glancing over his shoulder Gohan saw that the android was gone as well. "Are you alright?" He turned his attention back to Yagirobe.

"Fine." Gohan rolled his eyes at the man who was currently searching his robe for a bag of chips.

"Was that Bulma's jet?" Krillin asked Tien, a panicked edge creeping into his voice.

"Yeah it was."

"Bulma, where are you?" Krillin peered around the area and saw the group in the canyon, he blinked. 'When did those guys get back here?' The bald man shrugged, happy that Bulma was safe and landed in front of Bulma.

"Are you alright?" Gohan's turned to see that his younger self had landed next to Krillin and had been the one to ask the question. Gohan left Yajirobe and distanced himself from the group, he needed to discern which way the Android had fled in.

"Yeah I'm okay." Bulma answered as she climbed to her feet, giving the man who saved her a smile. "Thank you Varuen. You saved Trunks."

Trunks blushed and rubbed the back of his neck embarrassedly, a habit that he had picked up from his master many years ago. His mother told him that he had picked it up after the first time he saw Gohan do it and was old enough to remember the action.

"Who cares how you are woman! Do you not realise that your idiotic actions allowed that android to escape!" Bulma glared at the man before returning her attention to the baby in her arms, his father's loud voice had upset the boy and was now wailing.

"You, Geatan." Gohans ears twitched and he spared the Prince a bored glance. "You told us that these Androids were powerful." The man scoffed and advanced towards the taller Saiyan. "That android had to be the weakest opponent I have ever faced! You lied about their power."

Gohan sighed and continued his observation of all of the exit points in the canyon. "In a way you're correct, from the looks of that android he was weak."

"From the looks of?" It was impossible to miss the indignant tone of Piccolo's voice. "You mean you've never seen that android before."

Gohan nodded his head. "Never in my life have I seen that android."

"W-What do you mean? You came and warned us about them! How could you have never seen that android." Krillin piped up from his position beside Bulma. The group had been listening in on the conversation and Krillin was particularly worried, he hadn't been able to hold his own against that android, if there were stronger ones out there he doubted he would live.

"The ones from our time are much younger and aren't as easily intimidated as that one was." Gohan noticed a large cylindrical hat a few feet away, picking it up his eyes narrowed and he tossed the hat to Trunks, who easily recognised its significance. "From that hat I would say that the android you faced was ."

"Of course!" Bulma handed the baby to Krillin as she took the hat from Trunks. "I thought that he looked familiar. He was on the cover of one of my Dads magazines." She brought he hand to her chin in a thoughtful manner. "If a remember correctly his lab isn't too far from here. somewhere in the mountains."

Without waiting for Bulma to finish Vegeta took off into the air and in the direction of the closet mountain range.

"That man is the biggest jerk in this solar system." Bulma said as tended to Trunks, she had taken him away from Killin as Vegeta had taken off.

"I better go too, as much as Ioathe him Vegeta will be helpful later on against the androids." Tien took off, Piccolo following the former crane student without a word.

This left Gohan and Trunks with Kirllin, Bulma, and Gohan and Trunks' younger selves in the canyon. Gohan was still looking at the canyon in a bored manner, the occasional yawn escaping him.

"When did you two arrive?"

"Not too long ago, an hour at most." Trunks answered the young Saiyan's question.

As Trunks conversed with Krillin and Gohan, Bulma observed the young Saiyan. When he had saved her from her jet she had felt an odd connection to the man, almost an affectionate bond with him. Bulma frowned as she looked more closely at him, he definitely reminded her of Vegeta with his broad shoulder and short stature. While she was attracted to that look on her mate she most definitely didn't on this boy. She grimaced at the thought, if she were a few years older she could be his mother.

She stopped. If she were a few years older she could be his mother. Her eyes widened and she looked frantically between the giggling baby she held in her arms to the laughing man a few feet away from her.

"Yes." Startled, Bulma whirled around to the man standing behind her. How had he snuck up on her like that? She shook her head and glanced over her shoulder at the group behind her before turning back the Gohan.

"You mean, I'm his mother?" She asked quietly, leaning closer to the one armed man to make sure the others didn't hear her.

He nodded. "Yes." She gasped, which drew the attention of the three behind them. When Trunks saw the smirk that lined his master's face he scowled. He knew that his cover was already ruined. Bulma handed the baby over to Gohan gratefully before she threw herself at Trunks, the force of which nearly knocked him to the ground.

Gohan and Krillin only blinked at the sudden movement and looked at the one armed Saiyan, as if he knew the answer. The man only trailed his eyes down to the baby in his arms, making sure to linger on the boy's lilac hair. From their gasps he guessed they got the point. "Bulma." The genius turned to man holding her baby. "It might be best if you let go of him before he suffocates." She nodded and reluctantly detached herself from him.

"So you're Trunks?" Krillin asked as he observed the Saiyan closely. Trunks blushed and Gohan couldn't help but laugh at the boy, he was too easy to embarrass. "Wow! That's amazing!" Krillin laughed as he slapped Trunks on the back Gohan joining in on the praise.

"Does this mean you're somebody we know as well?" Gohan started when Bulma addressed him, taking Trunks out of his arms in the process.

Should he reveal who he was? Would it be too confusing if it did? Would his old friends hate him for not telling them who he was? Seeing the curious look in Bulma's eyes told him he should but his head said no.

"He is." Gohan glared at Trunks, angry at how easily the boy could see through his emotions. Knowing that he desperately wanted to reveal himself but also to remain in his alias he couldn't decide, it seems that Trunks decided for him.

With Bulma's sharp mind it didn't take her long to determine who he really was. Her eyes filled with tears.

"Gohan?"

Hey Guys,

Heres the next chapter. I'm glad that people are enjoying this story. Please let me know of grammatical errors.

I enjoy writing it.

Till next time

R and R

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