Chapter 7

Gohan was at an ending point in his battle had continued. Only the fight had been in Gohans favor. Both androids were beaten and bloodied. Neither could stand without the others help. Gohan was standing across from his enemies, barely scratched from the battle. He was grinning.

"Was this all you could muster?" Gohan asked, "The last year or so of beating me senseless and now… The tides have indeed turned."

"You little shit!" 17 spat through his teeth.

"We should have killed you…" 18 followed up with.

Gohan chuckled, "But you didn't. You let me live. To torture me." Gohan moved closer as they moved further back, "I guess you never learned. What doesn't kill a Saiyan… Makes him stronger."

"Gohan!" Trunks's voice yelled. Gohan turned to look at the old man. The androids took this moment to flee as quickly as possible. Gohan turned to look and they were gone.

Gohan screamed in frustration, "Dammit Trunkten! I had them! I had them, and you stopped me from killing them! I could have ended this!" Gohan said screaming in anger.

Trunks tried calming him down, "Yes! I know. And I apologize, but we have other things to attend to. You'll get them next time."

Gohan shot an angry look at Trunks. "All this! All this time! You've hardened me for battle! You tested my patience! You caused me pain and frustration! All for this moment! And you sweep it out from underneath me!"

Trunks could feel Gohans power fluctuating, and had to try and calm him down, "Gohan. Listen to me. I understand what I have just done, but you need to calm down. Videl needs our help."

Gohan could almost feel the vein pop in his head, "Videl! She didn't stand a chance! She was brutally beaten! You're training failed her!"

"It kept her alive!" Trunks yelled, his anger now growing.

"She's nearly dead!" Gohan yelled exerting his power as he flew at Trunks.

Trunks transformed into Super Saiyan in preparation for the attack. What he wasn't prepared for was the sheer strength of Gohans blow. It knocked him back a few feet. Trunks held his cane at the ready, prepared to defend himself, even by blade.

Gohan dropped into a fighting stance, "I will try not to kill you."

"You need a few more years under your belt boy." Trunks rebuttled.

"I hope that armor is not just for show." Gohan said.

The air grew thick with tension. The only light that night was that of the two Saiyans. Like lightning, the two clashed. Their battle thundered in the sky for longer than Trunks had anticipated. It was apparent that his age was catching up to him. In a stroke of bad luck he was struck down to the ground. His sword was removed from his grasp and Gohan had obtained it.

As Trunks rolled over to get up, Gohan put the blade to his neck, "Yield old man!"

Trunks was in a place he was not ready to be in. He was at Gohans mercy. "I yield." He said as he powered down.

Gohan powered down too. "Good. You owe me some answers. Answers I intend to receive." Trunks nodded, "Now…" Gohan helped Trunks up and gave him back his sword, "Where's Videl?"

Videl was being cared for by Bulma and young Trunks. There was plenty of blood, but not a lot of bleeding. The good thing about Bulma was her still hands and surgical precision. In a matter of about 10 minutes, She had removed most of the splintering and sealed up the deep cuts.

After about 15 minutes Old Trunks and Gohan had arrived. Gohan was surprised to see the two people he had known in the room. "Bulma! Trunks!" Gohan exclaimed.

Bulma was now double stunned. "Gohan?! What in the- What are you doing here?!"

Gohan gave her a hug, "That's a real good question. One I plan on hearing about soon." Gohan said looking at Older Trunks.

Young Trunks gave Gohan a hug from the waist. "It's been so long! Did you finally defeat the androids?"

Gohan kneeled down, "Not yet. But I will. This man is helping me."

"This is all well and fine but I have a bleeding half dead girl in my care." Bulma said looking at the two men.

Gohan was brought back into reality, "Ah! Yes. Here." Gohan brought a senzu bean to Bulma to feed to Videl.

Bulma was once more confused, but thought it better to take and not to ask. So she fed Videl the senzu bean. And like a normal reaction, Videl sprang to life. Her body popped, and her cuts healed.

She looked around the room. Gohan was happy with the outcome, and Videl felt another wave of relief at Gohans smile. "Did we win?"

Gohans smile went away, "Not yet. But it will. For now, we need to take the moment to recoup and prepare our next move."

Older Trunks agreed. Bulma looked at the three people that have entered her home and decided to address the elephant in the room, "Well guys, this is a fantastic surprise, but I only know only one of you. The other two are strangers in the room and I would really like to know what… In the hell… Is going on?"

Gohan chuckled, "Sorry. The girl is Videl, who we picked up and have been training to help fight the androids. And this is Trunkten. The man who has helped Videl and I prepare for the battle we have yet to win." Gohan explained.

Bulma winked at gave a thumbs up, "Gotcha! I understand. Well guys, I would like to stay and chat more, but I'm gonna put little bit to bed here. So excuse me for a brief moment. Trunks." The little boy looked at his mother, "Bed time. Come on." Bulma said as she picked up the child.

The two left the room leaving Bulmas new house guests to themselves. There was an uncomfortable silence in the room. Videl knew there was a heavy tension between the two before her. But she had decided that she was enough in the dark as it was. "Um… So what's going?" she asked.

Gohan looked at her with a false smile, "Nothing. Just a little tired from tonight's events." Gohan left the house afterwards.

"He's frustrated." Trunks told her. "He needs a moment. Just relax for now. I'm gonna go check on Gohan." Trunks then left the room.

Videl was confused at the whole thing. But laid back and just let it go.

Trunks walked outside to find Gohan waiting for him. "You owe me a few answers. Over the last couple months I have narrowed it down to three. The first, How are you a Saiyan? The second, You say you have children, but where are they? And the final, Who are you? The full story." Gohan said giving Trunks his request.

Trunks leaned up against the wall outside. "Very well. I can answer all three in one go. You might not believe what you hear, but it is the truth." Trunks said as prepared to reveal himself. "I am the son of Bulma and Vegeta, from another time, here to help you become the Saiyan that you were born to be. As for my children they are in my future. Keeping the world safe. I have spent the last century saving the future over and over again. In the last 20 years however I have gone back to each time to see how things have been. How my teacher himself had grown. What I found was heartbreaking. Each time I went to back the time I had saved was under destruction and pain anyways. Except for one." Trunks had explained.

Gohan looked stunned and intrigued, "What do you mean, one?"

Trunks took in a deep breath. "Before I went back, multiple times, I had initially went back once. The first time I had gone back to save your father. I warned everyone of the impending threat and they prepared themselves for the androids. It almost didn't matter. Those androids were stronger. They were smarter and they had backup. But nothing could prepare them for an android named Cell… This monster could absorb the androids to become an even stronger, more terrible force on the planet. He was always trying to become what he had called perfect." Trunks took a moment to collect himself.

"And?" Gohan asked. He was eager to hear the story, but was unconvinced wholly.

Trunks exhaled, "By the foolish mistake of my father he did. I even fought the monster at full strength… But it wasn't enough. My arrogance almost cost me my life. But in a stroke of luck, I told the monster that if I had just a little more time, I could have beat him. Goku could have beat him. Cell enjoyed this idea, and decided to hold his own tournament." Trunks continued. "He challenged all fighters to come and participate, but who he really wanted was Goku. There was always something about Goku that kept his enemies attention. And when the time came, and Goku and Cell fought… It was amazing."

Trunks sat reminisced as Gohan sat on the ground, "So my father. He was alive? He fought this monster?" Gohan was full of questions, but there was one he wanted answered, "Did he win?"

Trunks had a sad look in his eye, "No. In a bizarre act, Goku forfeited the match. He stopped fighting all together and told Cell that he wasn't strong enough." Trunks said as if the thought of it were still fresh, "Cell was about ready to destroy the Earth. Without a second challenger, there was no hope. Then Goku did something no one expected. He called you out to battle. He even gave Cell a senzu bean to heal. The mad bastard. And we all watched in horror as you took the field. I tell you what though, no one was more upset than Piccolo. He was horrified at your father. He tried speaking reason to your father. But it was no use. Goku just smiled, and let everyone know that things would be ok." Gohan by this point was cross-legged and was giving his fullest attention.

Trunks took a moment to smile at Gohan, "Do you know what Gohan? When I was a boy, I looked up to you. You trained me, made me strong. Gave me the will to fight, and you saved my ass more times than I care to remember." Trunks's tone sombered, "But… In my time… You died. You sacrificed yourself. And for years I could never understand why. Why did you have to fight the androids alone? Why did you leave me behind? I was so angry that the pain, and the sadness pushed me to my limits and turned me into the Saiyan I am today. When I saw you fight, the sick and wretched feeling that I got seeing you die came back. Only this time I could do nothing but watch." Trunks continued with his story.

"In either the dumbest or the bravest display I'd ever seen you stood in Cells path and told him of how you would get angry. How it would cause you to lose control. And that did it for Cell. In the most horrific display I could imagine, Cell birthed little mini Cells. These creatures were just as strong, and just as ruthless. They attacked the entire gang. Me, your dad, my father, Piccolo, Krillin, Tien and Yamcha. They beat us severely. I remember struggling to keep my defenses up. Then in the midst of combat you screamed to the heavens. Your power spiked, your hair sharpened, and the Saiyan that fought and died for me once again was alive." Trunks was smiling at the memory, "You were fast, you were strong, you were the hero that would save the day. But if there is one thing that can be said about you Gohan, is that when your Saiyan comes out. It really comes out."

Gohan was not sure if he should be offended or not, "What do you mean?" He asked.

"I mean you were arrogant. You were cruel. You played with Cell like he was a mouse and you were a large tabby cat." Trunks explained, "You beat him until he broke. You beat him till he spat back up an android and lost his power. And in your arrogance you allowed him to get the upper hand. He turned to his last defense and that was to immediately blow up the planet. You were stunned. You were hopeless. And the your father intervened. He appeared in front of you, saying he was proud of you. The in the last second before Cells explosion, he vanished. I may have been able to stop the heart virus, but Goku was destined to die." Trunks said.

Gohan was immediately saddened, "So no matter what… My father was to die." Gohan replied.

"Yes. It would seem so. But that's not the end of the story. You see… We were wrong to think Cell would be killed that easily. He came back, and when he did, he came back even more powerful. He finally reached perfection." Trunks continued, "And his first act… To kill me."

Gohans eyes immediately snapped from the floor to Trunks, "What?!"

"Cell killed me. Put a hole through my body and I died incredibly painfully. I just remember it hitting me. The shock of the wound, and the blood I coughed up before everything went to black. My nerves still alive, though slowly dying. It was like thousand pin needles washed over my body. Then nothing." Trunks explained,"The next thing I know I'm waking up on the watch tower and there you are. Your hair back to black and your fathers smile plastered on your face. It turns out that you were happy about Cells return, and from what I heard defeated the most monstrous creature in the world with one arm." Trunsk smiled.

GOhan smirked, the frowned, "But wait, you started off by saying the futures you had been to were heartbraking. Explain that." Gohan demanded.

"After that day, I decided to revamp my time machine. I made it so I could go back in time and stop that all from happening. I figured that either way you would become strong and powerful, especially if your father was around. So time and time again, I went back. I killed the androids, I killed Cell before he was created, I saved your father, and I did it without ever being noticed." Trunks explained.

"So a few years ago I decided that I should go visit these times and see how things progressed. I first went back to that original time. About 15 years or so had passed. You had a family, a brother, I had a sister and everything seemed to be fine. You even seemed to have this aura about you that felt incredibly powerful, but yet you were so serene. So from there I went to the next time. And the next. And they all were in ruin. Everyone had died. You, your father, everyone. I had come to find out that there was another evil. One unseen. And this creature was worse than cell. He made people into candy and ate them. I left each of these times because I could not do anything to save them. In fact I had made things worse." Trunks sad somberly, "And then I came home to find this same evil had resurrected in my time. Luckily, it was weaker than initially planned so me and my children killed it."

Gohan was confused at this point, "OK so what your saying is that you made things worse?"

Trunks nodded, "By not letting you come into your own power as quickly as you did that first time, you were unable to survive the destructive nature of this creature That is why I am truly here. To prepare you for the resurrection of this monster." Trunks warned.

Gohan looked intense, "What is this monsters name?"

Trunks stroked his goatee, "It's name is Majin Buu. And that Gohan, is why I'm here."

Across the world the androids were in a fuss. 17 was rampaging and destroying the mountains around him. "Damn that little brat! How'd he get so strong?! That bastard! We should have killed him at once!" 17 smashed his fist into the ground.

18 just let her brother smash and rampage. In a violent crash to the ground, the earth caved in. It revealed an underground cave unlike any that the androids had seen before.

17 flew into it. A light in his hand as he looked around. 18 followed, "Why are we going into this cave in the middle of the night?"

"Because it looks fun. Besides… I need a little darkness to make me feel better." 17 spat at her.

He touched the ground and began walking around. Out of nowhere he smacks a giant spherical rock. He was furious and decided the rock was to be no more. But as he blasted at it, he realized it would not budge.

"What is this rock!" and with a more angrily charged blast he attacked it again. Only this time, the rock reacted. It glowed a bright pink as it began to throb. It started to gyrate and move. Intrigued 17 blasted it once more and with a sickening crack, the rock broke open. Thick pink smoke rose out of it. It formed into a large blob in the sky.

18 looked disgusted and 17 looked on in wonder, "What is this?"

"Gross." 18 replied, "We should blast it away."

In a high pitched and angry voice, the cloud rebuttled, "I should blast mean lady away!"

18 looked up once more at the blod to see it had formed arms and legs, "Or maybe I turn into candy!" The creature pointed a tentacle that was on its head at 18, "Chocolate!"

With a strike of pink lightning 18 was transformed into a bar of milk choclate. And in 17's horror the creature ate 18 in front of him.

"You monster!" 17 said as he attacked the creature.

"Buu's no monster." Buu, the creature, said as he watched 17 attack him. 17's attacks did nothing. His punches bounced off Buu like rubber, to Buu's enjoyment. "You tickle. Maybe I turn you into gum? You like gum?"

17 looked horrified and took off into the sky at full speed. He was too terrified to look back. But he did and what he saw was the creature catching up to him.

"I think taffy. Buu like taffy." Buu said as he caught up to the android.

"NO!" 17 cried as he was slowly turned into taffy. As Buu chewed on 17 he let out steam and happiness for his actions.

Buu's stomach growled, "Hmm. I'm still hungry." Buu looked around and saw a city, "Mm! I bet there's lots of candy there." And without hesitation, Buu flew oof to get his next treat.

And there you go. Two chapters more. Please! Read, review, feedback. All that. Cool!