Summary: After Shimasu is defeated, Goku keeps his promise to bring the King of Everything someone to play with so he brings Goten & Trunks. Yeah, this can't go wrong... But it does when Zeno thinks his new friends are there to stay forever. One day he confides something in them and the next thing they know. They wake up with Zeno's power and his attendants are calling them both King.
Episode 5: Trunks' BIG mistake!
Trunks got up and walking by his lit night light once again. He only noticed it though after he got dressed for the day. But the first thing he noticed was his wrist. It still hurt really bad from the other night and he put both of the wrist guards he wore on one hand to hide it.
Then their were the memories. He had kind of hoped they would disappear after going to sleep, but no. They were still in his head. He could see them all with as much clarity as he could his own memories. As he headed downstairs he walked by one of his grandmother's dogs. It bounded past him like most days. The dog didn't like him very much though because he was only attached to his Grandmother, but this dog caused a knot in his chest to form when he saw it on this particular day...
His daughter had a dog that looked very much like the little ball of fluff running by, and it made him think of her.
But that was silly, because he was a kid. He didn't have a daughter. The man he killed yesterday did. This was his memory, and his thoughts, and yet Trunks was the one missing the small child that he had never met.
Bulma noticed how quiet Trunks was when he took his seat at the breakfast table. She was sipping her coffee, but she lowered her cup upon seeing Trunk's expression. His creepy silent companion that seemed to follow him everywhere had floated off to a corner of the room.
"Trunks?"
Trunks was staring at the wood grain on the table, and seemed to have not heard her.
"Trunks?" she said a little more firmly, and he glanced up.
"Yeah?"
"Sweetie are you okay?" she asked.
"..." he looked back down at the table before adding. "Do you remember what happened last night?"
"Huh? Yes..." she said finding this the strangest question.
"Could you tell me?"
"Trunks, do you not remember yesterday?"
"I remember," he admitted. "I just want to see if what you remember is the same thing I remember..."
"Yesterday you trained with Beerus, though you didn't really do much, and we had dinner. Then we went to bed."
"Do you remember your families' tree?"
"Which tree Trunks, we have lots of trees on this property," she pointed out.
That was no use. He was sure (had his Mother remembered) that should have known exactly which tree he was talking about.
"Do you remember the robber last night?"
"We had a robber?" she looked confused.
Trunks let out a very loud sigh before folding his arms and resting his head on the table. "No, we didn't..." Trunks answered.
"Is their something you want to tell me," Bulma asked frowning. She had never seen Trunks looking so upset before.
"No," he answered. Their was no point in explaining something she could not remember.
"Aren't you hungry?" she asked as Trunks got up from the table.
"Not really," he answered before leaving.
"Oh Goten-sama you're doing wonderful... Look at all the small things you've created," Whis said happily.
Indeed, in the last few lessons Goten had added a number of critters to the forest by their home. They were sitting outside (after Goten's homework had been finished of course).
"If you don't mind your highness, I'd like you to try something new..."
"Okay," Goten answered.
"This time, I want you to create a person... Let's create a baby, that way it's not too complicated for you. I want you to make this baby a couple months old. You're going to create memories in the minds of the baby's family. Basically... you're going to start from today, and sort of stitch it's existence backwards into the current timeline."
"How do I do that?" Goten asked, the task sounded complicated...
"It'll be easier once you start, you imagine the child doing whatever it's doing right now, and you'll decide what happened to it just before, and before that, and before that. Once you get the ball rolling, the rest will just sort of happen..."
"Ummm... Okay..."
"First off let's decide who you want to create. Who's family shall they be apart of?"
"Hhmmm..." Goten thought for a moment. "Oh I know. I want to make a sibling for Trunks, he doesn't have any siblings so I think he might be happy to have one..."
"Alright," Whis answered. "Then shall this sibling be a boy or a girl?"
"A girl, because I think that would make Bulma happy. When I was over Trunk's house a few weeks ago she was looking in her closet and talking about all her outfits that were going to go to waste because she had no one to give them to..."
"Alright, so we're creating a girl for the Briefs family. What is her name going to be?"
"Bulla..." Goten answered. The name felt like it came from no where. He wasn't even sure why he choose it.
"Now close your eyes and picture her in her mother's arms..."
"Okay," Goten closed his eyes thinking hard.
"What are they doing?"
"Bulma's going to read to her," Goten explained.
"And what about just before that? What did they do then?"
"Uhh... she was napping..."
"And before that..."
"She was hungry, and then she..." Goten had stopped talking his mind was running through this like a tape on rewind. Bulma was dressing her for the night, Bulla was crying from a bad dream. Vegeta was walking backwards from her bedroom after checking on her. Bulma was having her play with Pan. The backward images started to get faster and faster until everything was dark and he opened his eyes.
Whis was smiling at him.
"Is she real?" Goten asked.
"Of course," Whis grabbed his staff tapping it on the ground and he revealed an image of Bulma rocking little Bulla in her arms as she read her a story.
"Did I... I really created her?"
"You really did," Whis answered finding his surprise adorable. "Let me prove it to you even more..."
He turned to where Goku was image training not too far away. Goku had been watching Goten's lessons until he got bored with them, and he would begin image training afterwards. "Goku, could you come here for a moment..."
Goku landed walking over to Goten. "Is he doing a good job?" Goku asked smiling.
"Of course he is. Students always do good when they have a good teacher and a good attitude," Whis explained. "But I have a question to ask you."
"Okay..."
"Who is Bulla?"
"Bulla? That's Bulma's daughter..."
"How old is she?"
"Uh..." Goku started counting on his fingers and then he laughed throwing his arms behind his head. "I'm not sure, but she's younger than Pan..."
"I see, thank you Goku."
"You called me away from my training to ask about Bulla?" Goku frowned.
"Yes," Whis answered. "You may return to what you were doing."
Goku looking slightly annoyed did return to his training.
"Wow," Goten said smiling. "I created a new person..."
"You can create an older person as well, but I figured it would be best to start out with someone younger."
Goten couldn't wait to hear how much Trunks liked his new sister...
"Mama," Trunks who refused to partake in Beerus' lesson that day (he was still upset at him for the previous night), walked in to the kitchen around lunch time to see his Mother out on the balcony holding a small baby.
Since it wasn't often that random babies showed up at their home Trunks went to investigate.
"Who is that?" Trunks asked walking up beside her as she bounced the child up and down. She kept making silly faces to get the baby to smile.
"What do you mean who is that?" Bulma asked. "Just because she woke you up last night doesn't mean you can pretend she doesn't exist..."
"What are you talking about?" Trunks stared up at her and the baby, and with a sinking feeling he realized the baby had his Mother's eyes. "Seriously where did this baby come from!?"
"Don't be rude," Bulma snapped. "And stop acting like you don't know who your sister is!"
"... Sister... Since when do I have a sister?"
"Ugh," she sighed. "Trunks I don't have time for your silly games alright."
She walked back into the house.
"I'm NOT playing, I'm being serious!" he called after her.
"Ahhhh," Beerus' voice chimed in from behind him, and Trunks spun around glaring up at him. "Seems Goten has been hard at work practicing his creation powers."
"What are you talking about!?" Trunks was feeling so horribly frustrated with everything.
"Yesterday, you didn't have a sister. Today, you do. Who else could have done that except for the creationist half of the God of Everything?"
"..." he frowned. "Ugh... Goten..."
"What are you so upset for?" Beerus asked. "Did you not want a sister, or did the memories you retained from that robber have a sister he despised?"
"Tsk," Trunks frowned heading back inside, and Beerus smirked.
"That kid's attitude, is going to get us all killed..."
"So you're saying, that baby has been here the whole time. Ever since it was born..."
"No," Bulma answered feeling exhausted by Trunk's interrogation. "The baby has been here since I got pregnant. Would you calm down now. Why are you so upset with your sister?"
"She's not my sister!" Trunks snapped. "She just appeared here today, you didn't even have a baby this morning!"
"Gee that's funny, then I wonder who took all those family pictures of the four of us together," Bulma responded.
"This can't be real... I thought people only forgot when I destroyed things, not when Goten created them!"
"I see what's going on," Bulma said. "You're getting stressed out about your God of Everything training aren't you? Why don't you just ask Beerus and Whis to get that Zeno guy back if it's too much for you..."
"I can handle the training, the problem here is you don't have faith in me!" Trunks snapped.
"What?" Bulma looked confused. "What are you talking about?"
"You don't think I can be the God of everything, which is why you're trying to get me to quit."
"This... what?" Wasn't he upset about Bulla, now he was upset that she mentioned his possibly getting Zeno back? "Sweetie... how your acting right now, is really only proving my point. Perhaps it would be best if—"
"Well fine, if my own Mother won't stand by me then I'll just fucking prove it to you!"
"Now wait just a minute Trunks," she snapped reaching out she grabbed his arm, which happened to be very close to where his wrist was injured, and the twinge of pain made him even more annoyed with her. "First, I am your Mother! You don't speak that way to me! Second, I'm only here to help you. Right now, I'm telling you you're acting—"
"Go away!" he snapped pulling his arm free he headed towards the door. "You know I'm ten years old. You can't berate me like a child—"
Suddenly a thousand images rushed into his mind. His Mother running around with a blonde haired girl in the yard at Capsule Corp. Bulma doing her hair in a mirror. Bulma shooting her gun at a kid who looked like Goten. Bulma nearly getting hit by a truck and being saved by Yamucha. Bulma watching Goku and Vegeta fight in a crystal ball. Bulma on some weird space ship with a bunch of kids. Bulma taking care of his injured Father. Bulma holding himself as a small baby. Bulma talking to his future self and commenting on his long hair. Bulma crying after hearing Vegeta had sacrificed himself in the Buu fight. Bulma slapping Beerus and getting hit in return. Bulma playing with little Bulla on the floor of her bedroom...
BAM! Trunks had walked headfirst into the wall. It hadn't hurt as much as Bulma nearly grabbing his injured wrist, but he felt himself grow angrier that he had done something that stupid when trying to storm off in a fit of rage.
He spun around only to find his Mother wasn't there. In fact, neither was the baby. He appeared to be in what looked like a storage closet. When he turned back, the door that had been right in-front of him was gone. The door to this room was actually several feet off to the side. Grumbling in annoyance he walked over sliding the door open and emerging in a long hallway that looked nothing like any hallway in his large home.
He blinked staring around. It couldn't be... The same thing had happened when he...
"Who the hell are you?"
Trunks turned. A large bald man was walking over to him. He was wearing a suit that looked similar to his Father's saiyan uniform only it didn't seem to come with pants.
"What are you doing in my house?"
"Your house? You're really confused kid, this is one of Lord Frieza's fueling planets... "
"Frieza?" Trunks felt entirely confused now. "Wait... that can't be right... How did I get here..."
Then it hit him. He didn't "get" anywhere. He was on Earth, only... Earth wasn't Earth anymore... He really had deleted something. Something very important, and based on the memories he had been shown the something important hit him like a ton of bricks.
His mother... He deleted his mother...
"No way..." he sighed rushing back over to the room. He opened the door again looking in. Hoping that maybe his Mother would be in there...
"Alright kid, I don't know what you're doing here. But I'm taking you to see Prince Vegeta," he reached out grabbing Trunk's arm. He began to steer him away when a voice from behind them made Nappa freeze.
"I would unhand him if I were you, the kid is with me."
Trunks looked back to find Beerus' looking rather angry, his eyes narrowed...
"Uh... Beerus-sama... what a pleasant surprise. Prince Vegeta will be quite happy to see you," the man said nervously then glancing down at Trunks he immediately let him go. "I'm sorry, was he yours? That won't happen again. Let me go get Prince Vegeta..."
"Yes you do that..." Beerus answered in his usual dangerous tone.
Nappa immediately took off down the hall and Beerus walked up so he was standing directly beside Trunks. "Well, you certainly screwed up this time didn't you?"
"Did... where is my Mother?" Trunks asked a bit desperately.
"What mother?" Beerus said smiling rather cruelly. "You don't have a mother..."
Whis and Goten had been continuing their discussion on how to create life and what all the back stitching entailed when suddenly the grass Goten was sitting on was no longer grass. It was a weird rubbery material. Looking up a space ship was suddenly trying to land exactly where they were seated.
It only took Whis a second to grab Goten and get out of the way before the saiyan space pod fell on the landing circle they had been seated on.
Goten blinked staring around. His house was gone, his Father and Mother were nowhere in sight. "Whis-san..." Goten said frowning. "What happened? Did I do this?"
He hadn't been thinking about spaceships or landing decks or the city with strangely shaped buildings that seemed to be laid out before them.
"No," Whis answered letting him go. Goten remained floating beside him. "You didn't do this... I think we should find Beerus-sama and Trunks-sama..."
"Okay..."
He took Whis' hand and they hurried off to where they were.
"Well, nice of you to show up," Beerus said turning to Whis when he and Goten arrived.
"Trunks... what happened?" Goten asked frowning. Trunks looked white as a ghost, but his friend didn't even attempt to answer him.
Suddenly Vegeta came running around the corner with that other guy on his heels. He froze at the sight of Beerus. "Tsk, what are you doing here?"
"How very rude Vegeta," Beerus said smiling. "I come all the way here just to visit and you don't even offer food or refreshments. What would your father say?"
Something about mentioning his father cause a flicker of anger to shoot across Vegeta's face, but he recovered from it quickly. "Nappa, see that a feast is prepared in Beerus' honor."
"Yes Sir," Nappa answered hurrying off to carry out the order.
Vegeta turned frowning. "Come with me."
"What's wrong with your Dad," Goten whispered to Trunks, who ignored him in return. How could this much have changed with his Mother being gone?
"Whis-san," Goten frowned looking up at him.
"It's okay, we'll explain everything later," Whis answered offering a reassuring smile.
Vegeta led them down hallway after hallway until they came to a set of doors that he opened with the push of a button. When they walked in he froze for the briefest of moments before stepping off to the side to allow the rest of them to entered. When they went in Goten and Trunks gasped together because Frieza was before them. He had two alien creatures on either side of him that they did not recognize, but the one in the middle was definitely that Frieza guy who had come to Earth not too long ago.
Looking as though this were the worst day of his life Vegeta stepped forward bowing before Frieza, and Trunk's face fell.
"What are you doing? Get up..." he said disheartedly. His shock silenced his tone, making his voice barely above a whisper. Something about seeing his Father bowing before that evil tyrant made this whole situation feel all too real...
Though Vegeta did not get to his feet, at least until Frieza seemed satisfied with his embarrassment and said, "You may stand."
"I wasn't expecting you to be here Frieza-sama..." Vegeta said in a harsh tone.
"You think I would have come here for you? No, my ship was refueling and I was just about to leave with Nappa informed one of my men of Beerus' arrival. Of course I wasn't about to pass up the chance to speak with the mighty Lord of destruction. How are you?"
"Fine," Beerus answered. "You seem to be taking over the universe rather quickly I see. But you must know I can't stand idly by and let you do as you please."
"But that is precisely why I came here. To ensure my reign and to strike a deal with you."
"With me?" Beerus sighed. "You don't need to be seeking my approval, at least not with these two here..."
"These two?"
Frieza's eyes suddenly drifted down to Goten and Trunks who both jumped slightly when he glared at them. "A young saiyan, and an Earthling. I thought we wiped all the Earthling off this miserable rock."
"Actually their both saiyan, that one just didn't inherit as many physical characteristics," Beerus explained. "So if you want approval from anyone. I suggest you seek it from them..."
"Why would I seek anything from the likes of two little monkeys?"
"Why?" Beerus' grin widened. "Because those two little monkey's are the Gods of Everything."
"WHAT! You're not serious!"
"That's right Frieza, the race you hate so much happens to rule every inch of this universe. I highly suggest you start groveling..." he added the last sentence in a rather harsh sounding undertone.
"Beerus-sama..." Whis said harshly, he did not look happy.
"What? C'mon it's hilarious," Beerus jeered. "He's hated these saiyans for so long and now the very thing he hated is the ruling power over him."
"You... you ARE serious!" Frieza looked both worried, jealous and scared all at the same time.
Trunks could feel Vegeta's eyes glaring at him, even without his looking in Vegeta's direction.
Frieza floated up out of his flying contraption and walked over to Goten and Trunks.
"I'll admit, me and the saiyans have had a rocky relationship in the past. But I say we should let bygones be bygones. I'm certain I have more than enough influence in this universe to give you two anything you wish..." He held out a hand to each of them. "I think... if you allowed it... That the three of us could be very good friends..."
Trunks glared at him. How could the loss of his Mother's existence possibly have led to all this?
AN: Yea! And oh no! What has Trunks done? Lol. Before anyone asks, yes Trunk's is acting strange for a reason. I hinted at it here, but it'll be explained in the next chapter.
A special thank you to Jonnie Joke for reviewing and following a few of my stories. I thought his turning on the night light when Bulma was too afraid to go in there was cute too. I really like Vegeta as a father figure, and that's how I try to write him in most of my stories. Thanks so much for your reviews on all the stories you've reviewed to. I may not always respond, but I always read them and they help inspire me.
Also thanks to GOT4W for reviewing and following a number of my stories. I agree Whis does sort of keep Beerus in check. XP Thanks for always reviewing even if I don't always respond as well.
