Double Identity

This story is based on Bura and Trunks' relationship more. It takes place roughly at the end of Dragonball Z, Bura still being a very little girl and Trunks being in his teenage years. The story also contains the future Trunks, he's come back but no one knows it until Bura sees him but who believes her? No one does...


Chapter 4: What If?

"What did you do?" Vegeta growled at Trunks as he walked back into room.

"..." Trunks was to shocked to reply, to stunned by what his little sister muttered.

"Will you stop it? Picking on her is not acceptable. How can you say she has no powers? She just hasn't had the right training yet and she's young, they will develop. Looks like they might be starting to come through."

"Did she really start hearing the voices with her mind? Like ours?" Trunks finally questioned.

"I guess she could be. It's one of the first powers to appear and develop, it was yours, so it could be following down the family."

"Dad?"

"Yes?"

"What happens if this person really is real, like she says?"

"If he was real I would have caught him myself." Vegeta growled again at that thought. "I usually would've sensed him or seen him myself."

"But what if there is?"

"What are you getting at?" Vegeta not happy about being questioned on his skills.

"I mean, what happens if someone can get under your radar?" Trunks felt like he'd been snapped back to wondering after his sisters outburst. There are the, what ifs'? What if she was correct in her claims? He couldn't get over the fact of her saying that she hated him. It actually got him worried, wondering whether the things she says are real.

"That's ridiculous!" Vegeta yelled, once again hated being questioned.

"And your saying it's never happened before?"

"Hmmm..."

"I take that as a yes."

"Hmm... Whatever. It's very rare. So rare that it's a few in a million chance."

"But what if there is a person? He could have permanent eye on Bura."

"Your starting to sound like her. Besides, why worry? All you've been doing recently is picking on her. You've said nothing nice to her for months, you wouldn't have cared if she got shot at."

"Well... I have been a bit hard on her recently."

"A bit? You just made a little girl snap and she isn't easy to get angry in any way, shape or form."

"Whatever... I'm still worried, dad."

"What would any person with those so called powers want with Bura anyway?" Vegeta snapped back. "She's just a little girl. No one really wants to steal a little girl that hasn't developed her powers yet, there wouldn't even be any fun attacking her."

"Hmmm..."

"She say anything else that she hasn't to me that could give a hint of what's going on?"

"Well..." Trunks sighed.

"Hurry it up!" Vegeta snapped once again, patience wasn't his best part and he especially wanted to know if his little girl was at any kind of risk.

"Ok... When she snapped at me a few minutes ago she said the person was a future version of me but he doesn't have my personality, in her mind I'm mean and this person is very nice. Sounds crazy doesn't it? A future version of me, that can't be can it?" Trunks looked up at Vegeta and his mind turned to worry when he saw his father's reaction through his face. "Dad? What it is? It can't be real can it?"

"Trunks... Before you were born there was an issue with the future, we had to fight a future enemy and there was a future version of you... You look the same but both of you have way different personalities, you most likely got the different personalities from the different presents."

Trunks gasped, he had no idea of such fights. His parents never said anything to him and Bura because it might of changed and interfered with the current time. Knowing that it would have only caused confusion and wrongful change. "There was another me?... There's a different future?"

"Yes..." Vegeta answered regretfully, he wished he never had to mention it ever again. "His future is far different. Most are dead and only you and your mother was alive. Of course that means Bura was never born in that time line because I wasn't alive and Goten wouldn't be born... Basically a lot of what we have in this time, doesn't exist in that time. Plus there was a lot of destruction in their world, not much of the humans were left alive."

"Wow... I never had an idea that there could be another time that could be so different from ours. But... What does this mean?"

"It means that there could really be someone hanging around..." Vegeta replied and had a strong annoyance in his voice.

"But like you said... You would've noticed, huh?"

"I don't know. He knows me already and is very strong, he would know how to hide himself well and how to defend well too. If it was someone else then I wouldn't have missed it so easily... I just never expected to ever see him or hear from him again, I thought his time was sorted and would stay permanently there." Vegeta's face was starting to show a good amount of worry, it was unlike him but he realised this could be a problem.

"It's possible that he could've come back to see how this time developed... There was bound to be changes and he could've wanted to see."

"Yea but he's sneaking around my daughter without me knowing, this is not allowed." Vegeta growled, Bura was his little girl and he wanted her always clear out of danger if he can help it.

"He could be watching her because Bura doesn't exist in his time. Could have always wanted a sister and likes to hang around to what would have been..."

"Don't care." Vegeta replied bluntly. "I just don't care, no one hangs around my family without me knowing. But you're right, he could, after all he does have a totally different personality. Makes sense that you don't like a sister but that one does."

"Hmmm..." Pulled a annoyed look at his father. "I guess you'd love what you can't have."

"Whatever, it's either this guy or Bura's just purely imagining it."

"Maybe we should go and talk to her."

"Fine but you're staying here."

"Huh? Why? I want to know what's happening too..."

"Yea well, I think she's had enough of you for one day, after all that attitude you've given her." Vegeta sneered, still unimpressed on how Trunks had been treating his sister.

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"Bura?" Vegeta called as he walked into her bedroom, revealing her on the bed.

"Awww... Daddy!" Bura sighed in disappointment when she saw him come in.

"What?" Vegeta questioned, why on earth was she showing any disappointment? "What's that tone of voice for?"

"You interrupted again." Bura pouted, again with disappointment.

"Interrupted what? Your in your room... There's nothing or anyone else here to interrupt."

"He was here. Playing with me, trying to make me feel better because the bad brother insulted me and made me upset. He went away because you entered the room. He only wants to play with me, not you or my bad brother."

"He was in here!?" Vegeta fumed, outraged that someone could get in without him noticing. "Now Bura..." Vegeta started when he cooled off a bit after a few seconds of fuming. "Can you honestly tell me he's real? Or... Is he someone you wish was here because your brother hasn't been very nice recently?"

"Oh he's real, daddy." Bura replied happily. "He says he's really my brother too. A different version of Trunks but much better."

"You sure he's real?"

"Yes! I mean it." Bura pulled a serious face at her father.

Vegeta was taken back by such a serious face from her, realising she was most likely telling the truth. "Oh really? If he's really real then where is he now?"

"I could tell you but you wouldn't catch him."

"Why?"

"He doesn't want to be caught by you. He won't come out while I've got company. I wish he came out more often but oh well, he's a excellent brother."

"And he says your his sister?"

"Yes. Why wouldn't he?"

"Hmmmm... We'll see about that." Vegeta muttered to himself in annoyance, this was one battle he wasn't willing to lose.