I don't own Dragon Ball Z or it's characters, but my Ocs, Chika Son and Minako

Dragon Ball belongs to Akira Toriyama


Chika Son: Goku's Daughter

Chapter 51: Unwelcome Discovery

In the Airplane...

Chi-Chi, Krillin, Yamcha, Gohan, Chika, Trunks and Minako were travelling to Kame House to hide Goku from the Androids.

Minako stood next to Trunks while fiddling with an item which was a ruby gem brooch.

Krillin explained to Gohan and Chika about the new Androids which he and his companions faced.

"Look at it this way, kids."Krillin complemented. "It's all just a game to these Androids. Until they find Goku and destroy him, the game is not over."

"They sound awful."Chika said with a uncomfortable look.

"Are they really that powerful, Krillin?"Gohan asked.

"Afraid so, bro."Krillin answered. "They even more powerful than the Androids that Trunks told us about."

Gohan, Chika and Yamcha glanced at Trunks and Minako.

"But I thought those were the Androids that Trunks told us about."Yamcha said.

"No."Trunks responded. "They're different somehow."

Suddenly Chi-Chi let out a scream and rushed to the bags as the twins and the group glanced at her.

"Oh no!"Chi-Chi panicked as she unwrapped a bag. "What in the world I was thinking?! We don't have a minute to waste! We got to hurry before it's too late!"

"What are you talking about, mum?"Gohan asked.

"Did you forget something?"Chika said.

Chi-Chi placed a bunch of study books in front of Gohan and Chika.

"What about your homework books, kids?"Chi-Chi questioned.

"We can't study now."Gohan reminded.

"Yeah."Chika agreed. "We haven't even defeated those Androids."

"Neither of you dare talk back to me!"Chi-Chi snapped. "Now get on with it!"

"Wow, Gohan and Chika!"Krillin laughed lightly as he sat down. "I thought I had it rough!"

"Hey, what do we do now?"Yamcha asked.

"Beats me, Yamcha."Krillin responded. "I'm all out of ideas."

Minako folded her arms as Trunks spoke up.

"Well, maybe there is something me and Mina can do."Trunks suggested. "We can travel to the past in my time machine and destroy the Androids before Dr Gero can activate them.

"I guess it shouldn't be hard now that we know where his laboratory is."Minako commented.

Gohan and Chika glanced at the future duo causing them to move their heads back on their books when they notice their mother's glare on them.

"Hey that's a great idea."Yamcha agreed with a smile.

"Hold on."Krillin said with a frown. "I don't like the idea of you two going after the Androids by yourselves. What if something goes wrong? Besides Trunks didn't you say your time capsule had only enough energy to make one more trip. I mean how would you and Mina make it back home? I mean you both can be trapped in the past forever."

"Maybe."Trunks said quietly.

Minako continued fiddling with the brooch in her hand.

"Hey."Gohan spoke up. "If you two go back in the past and destroy the Androids before Dr Gero wakes them up, what happens to the Androids that are here in this time?"

"All of them would vanish, right?"Chika asked hopefully. "Because if changing in the past would make them vanish..."

Minako's eyes widen as Chi-Chi grabbed Chika's face.

"Focus on your studies, young lady!"Chi-Chi retorted. "Focus on your studies!"

"No, she's right!"Trunks admitted in realisation. "What was I thinking?!"

"Huh?"Krillin said in confusion.

"If me and Mina go back in time and destroy the Androids, we can only save one future from that world."Trunks explained. "But we can't change anything once they're activated. So that means there isn't actually no point of going back."

"Can you try that in English?"Krillin suggested.

Minako scoffed and glanced at Goku.

"Okay, you know how Goku is alive now because of the medicine which Trunks brought from the future?"Minako questioned. "In the future world that me and Trunks are from...Goku didn't make it. That is why Trunks can only change one reality and not two."

Chi-Chi, Gohan and Chika looked at Minako.

"In other words, there are two reality out there."Trunks admitted. "One which Goku survived and the other is he wasn't so lucky."

"Let me try and understand this."Krillin responded. "Even if Goku beats the Androids in this world, they would still be alive in your future. That almost sounds like a parallel universe."

Trunks nodded. "Exactly."

"You got it."Minako replied.

"So how come you bother to come back here in the first place with Mina, Trunks?"Yamcha asked. "You just said you couldn't change anything?"

Trunks stood up and walked forward to check the view outside.

"You see it was my mother's idea to take me back to the past."Trunks explained. "There wasn't anything more we can do to help the people in our world. But she knew there were other people that could help."

Gohan looked at Minako.

"What about you, Mina?"Gohan asked. "What is your reason to travel to the past with Trunks?"

Minako looked down quietly before she let out a sigh.

"Let me tell you this."Minako requested. "When Trunks and I agreed with his mother to travel back to the past, we both had our own reasons to go. Trunks hoped in the past with Goku's help, he would find that the Androids might have some weakness and that way would be able to defeat the Androids that were back in the future. My reason for being here is to actually complete my training with Goku's help to become stronger and take control of my Super Saiyan form."

This caused Krillin, Yamcha, Gohan and Chika to become completely surprised.

"You can become a Super Saiyan?"Chika asked in awe.

"Yeah, but I need to learn to control it and that is why I need Goku to help me."Minako responded.

"But Mina, how are you a Saiyan?"Yamcha questioned. "No offence, but you look completely human."

"I am actually quarter Saiyan."Minako responded. "I got my Saiyan genes from...my mum."

Chi-Chi notice Minako clenching her fists.

"Are you okay, Mina?"Chi-Chi asked.

"Yeah."Minako assured with a small smile. "I'm fine."

"I thought my plan would work out perfectly except I didn't count such major differences between the timelines of my world and this world."Trunks admitted as he sat down. "I thought Goku's heart problem would come much earlier than it did. I thought there would be two Androids instead there's three and now everything is going wrong."

Trunks began trembling a little bit as he remembered him and Vegeta being defeated by Android 18.

Everyone in the plane were now quite for the moment.

"But there is something that bugs me."Gohan said. "How can you have miscalculated?"

"I wish I knew."Trunks replied with a troubled look. "I guess something changes when you travel from the future."

"Try not to worry, Trunks."Chi-Chi reminded with a smile. "If you haven't come here, Goku wouldn't alive right now and that's all it really matters."

Trunks smiled at Chi-Chi as Minako looked at him.

"You did an honourable thing, love."Minako assured with a smile.

"Yeah, they're right, you know? We all owe ya."Krillin complemented.

"We owe you big time."Yamcha chuckled.

"So I guess we should all look on the bright side for a while!"Krillin laughed. "I mean we're back safe and sound thanks to me!"

"Thanks to you?"Minako questioned.

"Relax Mina!"Krillin suggested with a nervous smile. "I was just kidding!"

Goku began to have a nightmare that Android 17 and Android 18 come to a cabin where he was and the people he cared about got killed by them.

Suddenly Goku started screaming in terror causing the group to become alarmed.

Gohan, Chika and Krillin rushed up to Goku.

"Dad!"Gohan shouted.

"What's wrong?!"Chika cried.

"Hang in there, Goku!"Krillin protested.

"Get out of the way!"Chi-Chi scowled.

Chi-Chi rushed passed Krillin to give Goku the medicine.

Not long after, Goku relaxed and fell asleep again.

"Looks like his resting again."Krillin commented.

"How intense."Trunks responded. "In his dreams, he is still fighting."

"Yeah, your right."Krillin agreed. "That is Goku for ya."

"It looks like we'll be at Master Roshi's island in no time."Yamcha stated and looked at Krillin. "Hey Bulma, shouldn't you tell Bulma what your up to?"

"Good idea."Krillin answered. "Wait, are you saying I should call her? No way!"

"Come on, Krillin."Yamcha encouraged. "I am flying a plane here. Thanks, buddy."

"Alright."Krillin said simply and looked at Trunks. "No offence, man. Your mum is hard to deal with sometimes."

Trunks let out a light laugh.

"Believe me, I know what you mean."Trunks remarked.

Minako snickered in amusement.

Krillin started calling Bulma's phone number.

"Capusle Corps."A woman said.

"Hello."Krillin greeted. "This is Krillin speaking. I was wondering if I could speak to Bulma."

"Bulma? Yes."the woman answered. "Please wait while I transfer your call."

A ringtone was placed in the background before Bulma responded.

"Krillin! What's wrong?!"Bulma's voice panicked. "Is everyone is alright?! I've been worried where you calling from? I've tried to call Gohan and Chika in their house, but got no answer. It just rings and rings! By the way is Trunks with you? I mean the one from the future?"

"Yeah."Krillin replied. "His sitting behind me with Mina."

"He's with his girlfriend? That's cute."Bulma remarked happily. "Well, put him on the line."

A small blush crept up on Minako's face of younger Bulma calling her Trunks girlfriend.

"He can hear you in the speaker, so go ahead and say whatever you need to say, Bulma."Krillin insisted.

"Well, tell him we received a call today from this guy, who lives out in the middle of the countryside. Somewhere to the west of here."Bulma admitted. "He claims he found some sort of weird old abandoned vehicle and he wants to keep it. But he doesn't know how to fly the thing, so he phoned us and asked us if we knew."

"Go on."Krillin requested.

"He tried to figure what vehicle it was, but he didn't make any sense."Bulma added. "We were if it was one of our products or not, but he swore that it had 'Capsule Corp' written on it. So we asked him to send us a picture of it. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it. It was a picture of the time machine which Trunks and Mina came in. But I got some bad news, it was a reck."

Trunks and Minako looked at each other.

"That can't be true."Trunks argued and took out the container that contained the capsule of the time machine. "Here. Look, I put it back into it's capsule when I landed it."

Krillin spoke on the speaker.

"He said the time machine is right here."Krillin reported.

"Seriously? But then the time capsule in the picture is the same."Bulma said."But I guess it looks like it's been sitting there for a while. It's completely overgrown with moss and stuff. So exactly how many time machines, we made in the future?"

"You barely managed to make only one in the future."Minako answered.

"What? That's strange."Bulma responded. "I'm sure this is a time machine in the picture. I need to be sure. Hang on, I'll send you a copy of the photo so you can take a good look at it."

A photo came from the slot where Krillin stood.

"Here."Krillin said as he took the photo. "Check it out."

Krillin handed the photo to Trunks.

Minako's eyes widen while Trunks became shocked.

The photo showed a time machine, but it was old and covered in moss.

Gohan and Chika stood behind Trunks and Minako to see the photo as well.

"That's my capsule. There is no mistaken."Trunks stated. "That's the one I came back in."

"But why is it old and broken?"Minako questioned. "This makes no sense."

"Your right, Mina."Trunks agreed and looked at Krillin. "Krillin, ask her if she knows where this is?"

"Hey, Bulma."Krillin said on the speaker. "This capsule, where did you say it was?"

"I am not sure exactly."Bulma replied. "But it looks like it's somewhere in the West 1050 area. Your going?"

"Yes."Trunks answered. "I've get to check this out."

"Count me in."Minako insisted. "I'm coming too."

"Alright, I'll meet you two there."Bulma stated.

This caused Krillin, Trunks and Minako to become surprised.

"But do you think that's safe?"Trunks questioned.

"Trunks remember mother always knows best."Bulma reminded.

"Are you sure your time machine is one of a kind?"Yamcha asked.

"Yes."Minako responded. "It took years for the Bulma in our timeline to make a timeline."

"Hey Trunks, is it alright if me and Chika come along with you and Mina?"Gohan asked.

"Yeah."Chika remarked. "We would love to take a look too."

"Excuse me?"Chi-Chi questioned.

"Don't worry, mum."Gohan assured. "We'll be just fine."

"We can take care of ourselves."Chika commented kindly.

"Listen to me, your both staying put before your homework is done."Chi-Chi stated and held out a big pile of books.

This caused Yamcha, Trunks, Minako, Gohan and Chika to slam themselves on the floor.

"But mum, we'll finish them off when we come back!"Gohan argued.

"We're not going anywhere dangerous!"Chika reminded.

"Chi-Chi, let them come with me and Trunks."Minako requested. "I'll keep an eye on them and make sure they don't get into trouble."

Chi-Chi looked at Minako for a moment and let out a sigh.

"Alright."Chi-Chi answered in defeat. "But be careful out there."

Yamcha brought the plane to the west and opened the door.

Trunks and Minako glanced at the Son twins, who nodded at them.

Then the four warriors took off to flew to the direction that will take them to the West 1050 area.

"Hey Trunks, remember when you and Mina were talking about your world in the future?"Gohan asked. "Is it really true that they destroyed everything?"

"Yes. The Androids managed to eliminate our entire population."Trunks admitted. "Some of us escaped to West City before it was destroyed and now the only way to survive is to hide in our secret base underground."

"That's horrible."Gohan retorted.

"So far both of you have been trapped in a war zone all those years?"Chika questioned. "It sounds like a nightmare."

"It is."Minako replied with a frown. "But it's a living hell in my point of view."

"Do you think we'll be able to stop them before they destroyed this world too?"Gohan asked.

"Yeah, I do."Trunks answered firmly. "It stands to reason that Dr Gero would've known about Android 17 and 18's rebellious nature. I doubt he had a chance to activate them unless he had some way of turning them off again. With all the confusion my father caused when he blasted down the door of the lab, it was impossible to tell if Dr Gero lost control. But it was obvious whatever safeguard he put in place had failed. In the end, the Androids destroyed Dr Gero. The only one, who had any knowledge of their weaknesses. None the less, I am confident that we can still find the key of deactivating those monsters."

"Once we figure out how to turn those Androids off, we'll be able to prevent them from taking over this world."Minako complemented. "And we'll able to take back what's left of ours."

"That's great, you guys."Gohan remarked.

"Both of you are awesome."Chika giggled.

"That makes four of us."Trunks sneered.

Minako smiled warmly at Gohan and Chika as Trunks checked his watch.

"Okay, we're coming over West Section 1050."Trunks stated.

"Let's check it out!"Gohan requested.

"Okay!"Chika chuckled.

"Sure."Minako said simply.

Gohan and Chika went to check on the left while Trunks and Minako went on the right.

The Son twins stood together as they looked at the area below.

Trunks and Minako flew down the field, but saw no sign of the wrecked time machine.

Then something caught Chika's attention.

"Gohan!"Chika responded. "Look!"

Gohan followed Chika's gaze and saw the broken time machine.

"That's it."Gohan complemented with a smile.

"Trunks! Mina!"Chika called out. "We found it!"

"Come on!"Gohan shouted. "Down here!"

Trunks and Minako heard Gohan and Chika's voices and flew where their companions were.

The four warriors landed in front of the broken time machine.

"That is it, Gohan and Chika."Trunks said. "Good work."

Trunks, Minako, Gohan and Chika spotted Bulma arriving in a small craft.

"Bulma is here."Minako commented. "In the flesh."

Gohan looked at Chika.

"Let's go tell her where we are, Chi."Gohan suggested.

Chika nodded at her twin brother as they flew up to signal Bulma where they were.

Trunks and Minako began to check the broken time machine.

"Ugh, just look at it."Minako scowled. "Whoever did a hole in this machine is really gross."

Trunks feed a few nuts at the little squirrels.

"We'll find out soon enough, Mina."Trunks assured. "You know you should tell Gohan and Chika, who you are exactly."

"I know."Minako murmured. "But it's a bit strange to reveal this to the younger versions of my mum and Uncle Gohan. Besides we got important things right now."

"More important than the way you feel about me?"Trunks teased with a small smirk.

"Shut up."Minako muttered as her cheeks turned a bit pink.

Then Gohan and Chika arrived with Bulma.

"Hello, down there!"Bulma greeted happily.

"Hi, Bulma."Minako responded with a small wave.

Gohan and Chika landed down as Bulma landed and came out of the small craft she was in.

"Hi, Trunks! I'm back!"Bulma remarked as she walked forward. "Did you miss me?"

Minako snickered as Trunks blushed a little.

"I guess so."Trunks said shyly.

"Well, tell me what do you think of the younger version of your mother?"Bulma asked lightly. "Pretty cute? Huh?"

"Well, I say you haven't changed that much."Trunks admitted.

"You mean I'll keep my girlish looks for another 10 years? This is great!"Bulma laughed. "This so embarrassing! Ha! Ha!"

"Anyway mum take a look of this."Trunks requested as he took out the capsule to of his time machine and made it grow out. "As you can see this is the time capsule I travelled in."

Bulma looked at the broken time machine.

"So this isn't yours after all."Bulma commented.

"They're both mine, remember?"Trunks reminded. "We only managed to make one time machine in the future. The two capsules are here. They're actually the same."

"Man, this is weird."Minako admitted.

"I don't get it."Bulma replied.

"Look at this."Trunks instructed.

Trunks walked up to the broken time machine and rubbed off some of the moss revealing the word 'Hope' wrote in it.

"H, O, P, E."Bulma read. "Hope?"

"You wrote it just before I left in the future and you will find the exact same thing at the other capsule."Trunks stated.

"But what happened here?"Bulma asked. "The old capsule looks like it's been here for a very long time."

Trunks, Minako, Gohan and Chika flew up to check the top of the broken time machine.

"How strange. It's melted."Gohan said in suspicion. "But the blast came from inside. Why would someone wanna do that?"

"Trunks, do you think the pilot did this?"Chika asked.

"Honestly I wish I knew."Trunks replied. "Stand back."

Minako, Gohan and Chika backed away as Trunks pressed a button to make the entrance of the broken time machine open.

"Wait, what the heck is that?"Minako questioned.

Trunks, Gohan and Chika see inside the time machine was an egg shell that was split in half and on both of the halves were pink with little bumps while the rim of the two shells was yellow.

Minako went inside the broken time machine to pick up the egg shell.

"Look at this."Minako commented and handed the egg shell to Trunks.

"What in the world are those?"Gohan asked. "They looked a couple of turtle shells."

"More like alien shells, Gohan."Chika replied.

"Let me have a look."Bulma suggested.

Gohan handed the egg shell to Bulma so that she can analyse it.

"My guess is it's more like an egg shell or something."Bulma admitted.

"Egg shell?"Gohan said. "What comes out from a shell like this?"

"It doesn't look like an egg shell of a bird I know."Chika stated.

"Hey, maybe whatever hatched out of that egg caused the hole in the capsule."Gohan suggested.

Minako stayed by the edge of the broken time machine as she watched Trunks check inside it.

"It looks like there isn't much energy left in it."Trunks said as the screen started fluttering. "Come on. Come on. Don't give out on me."

The screen started showing the time when the old time machine showed up.

"I think I figured out when the time capsule landed here."Trunks complemented. "It looks like it was 3 years ago."

"Huh?"Bulma and Minako said in unison.

"No wait."Trunks responded as he worked on the screen. "It came here four years ago. It means the time I battled Frieza and his father and whoever used this time machine have been already been here for a year."

"I guess that explains why the history of this timeline is screwed up a lot, love."Minako retorted with her arms folded.

"Your right."Trunks agreed. "There is no other explanation."

The wind around the area where Bulma, Gohan, Chika, Trunks and Minako started to blow a bit strong.

"This means I'm a genius."Bulma remarked in amusement. "Imagine me building a time machine in the future."

"I don't think it's a good idea to leave this time machine out in the opening like this."Trunks said as he bend down. "I better put it back in this capsule."

Trunks pressed a button beneath the old time machine and went back inside it's capsule.

"I'll put away the other capsule."Gohan insisted.

"Go ahead."Trunks responded. "Thanks, Gohan."

Gohan pressed the button on the new time machine to have it back in it's capsule.

"I'll take the weird shell back, if that's alright with you."Bulma requested.

"Go for it."Trunks replied.

Bulma picked up the egg shell as Gohan and Chika walked forward.

"Bulma, I think we all better hurry to Master Roshi's."Gohan admitted.

"Master Roshi's? But why?"Bulma questioned.

"Because at any time now, those Androids are probably going to show up there and try to fight our dad."Gohan answered. "Dad is still sick in bed and won't be able to defend himself."

"Gohan has a point."Chika responded. "It's best if we go there and if dad still is not better, we can still move him."

"But kids aren't there your father's friends to help him out?"Bulma asked.

"You don't get it."Trunks responded. "Even with the combine strength of Piccolo, Tien, myself and my father were no match against those Androids."

"Mina, you didn't help?"Bulma said.

"I didn't want to fight in a losing battle."Minako commented. "It's complicated."

"Wow."Bulma said in realisation. "They're strong, huh? How is Vegeta? Is he okay? Did he go back to Master Roshi's too?"

"Gone by himself to train somewhere."Trunks scowled. "Man, his so focused on himself and the though of helping anyone else ever occurred to him."

"That sounds like Vegeta."Bulma replied with a small smile.

Minako noticed Gohan and Chika looking at something in the distance.

"Gohan? Chika?"Minako questioned. "Are you two alright?"

"We see something over there."Gohan said.

"What is it?"Bulma asked.

"It's close to us."Chika admitted quietly.

The Son twins walked forward and saw something lying in the bushes.

Gohan gulped and Chika paled in fright of what they were seeing.

"Guys, over here!"Gohan called out.

"We found something in the bushes!"Chika admitted.

Trunks, Minako and Bulma followed Gohan and Chika to find out what they spotted and when they get there they were shocked to see what it was.

The group find that it was the skin of a huge strange bug.

"Ah! That thing is disgusting!"Bulma shrieked.

"But what is it?"Trunks asked. "I've never seen anything like it."

"Looks like a dead bug."Minako groaned in disgust.

Bulma and Minako stood behind Trunks as Gohan and Chika checked the bug skin.

"Whatever it is, it must've shed off it's skin."Gohan stated.

"Shed it's skin?"Bulma repeated. "Do you think it might've been some giant sakata?"

"This must be what hatched out from that shell we found inside the capsule."Trunks complemented.

"I bet it hatched and got off it's skin."Chika said with a frown.

"What do you mean?"Bulma asked nervously. "Some monster shed off it's skin and now lurking around the countryside?"

"Well, I've never seen anything like that."Gohan answered.

"Me neither."Chika replied. "This is creepy."

"But the question is how did it get here in the first place?"Trunks questioned. "Did someone send the egg back in the future by itself? Or did someone come back in the time machine along with it?"

"If that's true, then how did they get the time machine from us?"Minako asked.

Trunks put his hand into the sliced opening in the bug's back causing Chika to shiver uncomfortably.

"Yuck."Chika muttered.

"It's still warm and wet."Trunks commented while looking at the pink liquid. "This thing must be somewhere close."

Trunks, Minako, Gohan, Chika and Bulma began to glance around the area to see if the bug figure was here.

Suddenly a rustling was heard causing Bulma to scream in terror and hide behind a big rock and the four warriors stood where they were.

However the rustling sound revealed to be the little animals in the forest.

Trunks, Minako, Gohan and Chika sighed in relief.

"Bulma, I think it's best if you go home."Minako stated.

"That is a good idea, Mina."Bulma chuckled nervously.

Bulma went back on her small craft as the warriors watched.

"Guys, if something is out there I should go."Bulma responded in fright. "So I don't get in the way. If anything happens call me at Capsule Corp."

Trunks nodded. "We will."

Gohan looked at Chika.

"She seems kind of butt out."Gohan whispered.

"More like a lot."Chika sneered.

"And Trunks, don't be a stranger!"Bulma called out. "Visit me sometimes! Your grandparents would love to meet you!"

Then Bulma took off in her small craft.

Once Bulma was out of sight, Trunks, Minako, Gohan and Chika flew away to head to Master Roshi's house.


(Next chapter Chi-Chi, Gohan and Chika will learn who Minako really is)

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter:)