Dragon Ball Z: Alternate Love
Chapter 57: Back to the Future
Back in the darker timeline, we see the time machine arrive back at Capsule Corp.
Trunks, Gohan, Chi Cha, Saun and Madison found themselves all smiling at the sight of their home.
Trunks yelled, "we're home!"
As soon as Trunks said these words, out of the place came Mai, Dende, Videl and Erasa!
They all ran forward and hugged their significant others with tears of joy for their return.
As they all entered, Bulma, Tights, Launch and Maron all entered the room, and also embraced the kids.
Trunks, "we've got so much to tell all of you!"
And thus, Trunks and the gang went into a very long explanation of what happened during their trip through time. A lot of what happened surprised their family, especially the parts with Cell, the Cyborgs joining them, and all of the crazy fights that they went through.
Now they were all left with one question.
Tights, "so what's the plan now?"
Gohan, "now, with our strength, we may be able to finally take down the Cyborgs. Hell, I know we can!"
Bulma and the others were all amazed with how confident their kids were.
Madison, "we may be able to find Roku buried in the remains of Gero's lab."
Trunks, "and once we do, we find the Cyborgs, and take them down!"
Chi Cha, "but for now, I'd like some time to relax before moving onto that."
Madison, "I think we can all agree on that!"
Gohan ran off with Videl and Erasa, while Chi Cha ran off with Dende, and Madison ran off with Saun.
Trunks stayed behind for a second with Mai.
Tights looked at her son and asked, "how did it go? Meeting your dad?"
Trunks smiled as he said, "I'm proud to have met him."
And with that, Trunks and Mai ran off.
Each of the younger fighters were relaxing in various ways.
Chi Cha and Dende were slow dancing on top of the building.
Gohan was cuddling with Videl and Erasa in their bed.
Saun and Madison were simply sitting together, gazing into the night sky.
Trunks and Mai were sitting atop the tower, taking in the silence as they sat with one another.
They all took comfort in one another.
Because they knew they'd be in for one Hell of a fight tomorrow.
….
It was the next day.
We see our group of young heroes looking over the remains of Gero's old lab.
Trunks, "well, let's see if it's buried underneath all of this rubble."
And with that, they began moving aside the rubble as best as they could, one at a time, until they found it.
The pod labeled; 16.
Trunks, "guys, I found it."
The others all ran to trunks as he brushed the dust off of the pod, revealing 16's face, a look of slumber upon it.
Gohan, "what's gonna happen once we wake him up? Remember, he was programmed to kill my dad."
Chi Cha, "well, Roku seemed very peaceful, aside from that being his main objective. He might be against all of the carnage 17 and 18 caused."
Madison, "let's just be careful when we talk to him."
The others nodded as Trunks carefully opened the pod up.
For a few moments, 16 remained as still as water.
But then, his eyes opened, and the others all took a step back.
16 began scanning everyone around them.
16, "none of you are Goku. Where is he?"
Saun, "Goku's…. Dead."
16 looked surprised, "my entire purpose was to kill Goku. What will I do now?"
Trunks, "do you know about the other Cyborgs? 17 and 18?"
16 nodded, "yes. All three of us were designed to kill Goku."
Chi Cha, "well, for the past couple of years, they've been destroying the world. No regard for human life. Gero erased any form of empathy within them."
16, "so what do you need of me?"
Gohan, "without my father, you don't have a purpose. We can give you one. Protecting the world from them."
16 contemplated the choice, and then said, "I shall help you. I do not enjoy taking lives. The only one I was programmed to take is gone, and thus, I want to help."
The group smiled as Trunks said, "welcome aboard…. Roku."
….
We see 17 and 18 blasting various buildings around them, grinning maliciously.
But that's when they heard, "HEY! ASSHOLES!"
They both looked up to see Trunks and the gang.
17, "we'll look who's back! We haven't seen you since we killed that other guy!"
18, "did you guys need awhile to cry over him?"
Madison flipped the bird as Saun sent two blasts of ki their way, actually making them crash into a building!
As they rose, 17 yelled, "how the Hell did they do that?!"
18, "I don't know!"
Chi Cha was the first to jump down with the power pole, and Trunks with his sword!
18 was about to lunge at them, but that's when Gohan and Madison crashed into her, sending them into a nearby building.
As 17 stared down Trunks and Chi Cha, he could feel their power had greatly increased!
18 was taking blow after blow from Gohan and Madison, even breaking her cybernetic bones!
As she lay on the ground, Madison said, "you used to leave us on the ground, bloody and broken."
Gohan, "now it's your turn."
18 got to her feet and tried to blast them with an attack, but Roku quickly grabbed her from behind!
18, "let me go you lumbering brute!"
Roku, "negative. I'm sorry, but you've made your choice."
Gohan, "before you die, tell us…. What was the name of our master?"
18, "who?!"
Gohan, "my uncle!"
Madison, "my father!"
18, "uh…. Radish?"
Instantly, Roku dropped 18, as Gohan and Madison blasted her to pieces until there was nothing left!
1 down.
1 to go.
17 wasn't faring any better.
He kept trying to get away, but one by one, his limbs were blasted off, until he was left as a torso and head.
Saun was the one standing above him.
Saun, "any last words?!"
17 spit at Sa7n and yelled, "your father begged for mercy like a dog!"
Saun knew 17 was lying.
It didn't kids him off any less.
He said, "when you wake up in Hell…. Tell them we sent you!"
Saun stomped on 17's head, smashing it to bits!
Everyone seemed to feel a weight lifted off of their shoulders as they moved to stand together.
People began emerging from hiding places, cheering for our heroes!
"We're finally free!"
"The Cyborgs are dead!"
"Free cheers for our saviors!"
"The monsters are dead!"
"It's a miracle!"
"Yay!"
"Thank you!"
"They've saved us from the Cyborg menace!"
Madison, "finally. It's over."
Saun, "no…. Not yet."
Chi Cha, "there's one last threat to us."
Gohan, "the one who could take everything away."
Trunks, "Cell…."
….
A few weeks later.
We see Trunks and Mai on top of a large building, watching as the city slowly rebuilds with Bulma leading the way.
After the Cyborgs were destroyed, Dende took his place as the new Guardian of Earth, since it was safe for him and Mr. PoPo to do so.
Chi Cha moved up to the LookOut, so she could be there with her boyfriend.
Gohan and his girlfriends began training new students in martial arts, so they could defend the Earth when they were gone.
Saun and Madison had moved in together where Tien and Chaotzu used to live. Launch and Maron lived in separate houses close by.
And Trunks and Mai now acted as the first line of defense for the city.
As they watched everything, Trunks said, "he's here. I sense him."
Mau nodded as they looked down the alley.
They saw Cell in his imperfect form, sneaking towards Capsule Corp.
Cell, "ngh. Those damned brats took my "hence for perfection away! No matter. Once I get to Capsule Corp, I can use that time machine to reach perfection."
Trunks muttered, "I don't think so."
Trunks jumped down, sword held high as he sliced Cells tail off!
Cell yelled in pain as Mai jumped behind him, and began shooting at him with a ki powered gun!
Cell felt his body become riddled with holes before Trunks grabbed him by the neck!
Trunks yelled, "I'm not letting you destroy another timeline!"
At point blank range, Trunks shot an attack at Cell, blowing them into nothing but ash that couldn't regenerate!
Trunks took a deep breath as he said, "finally. We can tell the others…. It's finally over. Gero and his plans can't hurt us anymore."
Mai jumped into Trunks' arms.
Finally, they had restored peace.
….
We see our heroes all gathered in the newly rebuilt Capsule Corp.
A huge feast was cooked as every surviving Z-Fighter could finally celebrate their victory over the horrors Gero had caused all of them.
And that very night, Trunks, Gohan, Saun and Dende had all proposed to their girlfriends, who all said yes!
Finally, our heroes of the future could finally live in peace, after saving the main timeline, as well as their own….
….
mmat: well, the next chapter or two will be set three months after the Cell saga, with Krillin and Lazuli having their daughter Marron, and using the Time Chamber to have her early, so she'll be around the same age as Goten, Mai, Madison, Saun and Trunks. Then Bardock and Gine will tell the story of Bardock. We'll have a 1 year time skip. Then we'll do Tree of Might and Revenge of Cooler. Then I plan to do a time skip of about five years, a chapter for each, and then Broly. This will allow Gohan, Chi Cha, Dende, Videl and Erasa to become teens, Goten, Trunks, Mai, Madison, Saun and Marron will be around 5 or 6 each. Also when this time skip happens, Bulla and Neiya will be babies. Another time skip of about five years, and then we'll move onto Bojack, Resurrection F, and my version of the Buu saga.
bloodyvalentinejoke: maybe. I never actually read or watched the Buu saga, and even if I do it, it's gonna be a LOT different from canon. Like, no-one gets turned into chocolate, the Earth doesn't get blown up, and it would be a lot shorter. Thanks for the compliments. I know my dialogue is a bit clunky.
Amanny: I'm glad you like the chapter, and the way I killed Cell.
1. I plan for that to happen at some point, probably after Bojack.
2. I may or may not do the Tournament of Power, but if I do, it'll be after Buu, and it'll mainly be about Goku and several others being chosen to represent Earth in a Mortal Kombat style tournament, (but with no death matches).
3. Goku would achieve SS4 first, then Raditz, then Vegeta and then Gohan.
FenreldStormblade: that's why I gave her such a massive character overhaul.
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And thus, we resolve the story of Trunks and the gang find Roku, who has been buried in Gero's old lab to help them take down the Cyborgs, and eventually run into Cell, who's incredibly weak against them.
As I said in one of the reviews, we'll have a few more chapters before moving onto Tree of Might.
In the next chapter, we'll have stuff like; Lazuli and Krillin become parents, seeing Goku and Bulma get used to raising Goten, seeing what happens to Ventuna, Roku and Lapis, moments of seeing everyone finally get a break from defending the Earth, and seeing the story of Bardock.
Then we'll do Tree of Might. It will have some changes, such as Turles being Goku and Raditz' older cousin, him being romantically involved with Bonyu, and the two being betrayed by their crew who wanna take over Earth, when Turles just wanted to plant the tree in order to keep it from going extinct. Revenge of Cooler would come next, and be mostly the same, just with some slight changes of who goes to New Namek. After that, we'll move onto Broly, which will be about Broly, Cheelai and Leemo asking Goku and the gang to help them defeat his father, who wants to kill Vegeta, and take over the Earth with a giant army. Broly's Super Saiyan form will either be just the green one, or it'll be the SS4 form. Since he's supposed to be the Legendary Super Saiyan, he should have a unique form, right? I figured he would be able to help Goku and the others unlock this form as the real Super Saiyan form? Then a five year time skip will lead into Bojack, my own version of Resurrection F, the Buu saga, (which will be much shorter than the original, and a lot less death and destruction).
Sorry it took so long for this chapter to come out. I've been busy with work, helping write that other DBZ story, and finishing up some new stories, (LOTR retold, and the Hobbit retold. If you want any other films retold, leave it in your reviews.)
