NOTE: Let's do these in order.
1. Darkmaster, thank you for the suggestion. Though, I'll have to turn it down, because I want the cast to go into History of Trunks completely blind of Gohan's death vs them going into it knowing it happens. Everyone has to remember that Trunks never mentioned that Gohan died.
2. May Shunsuke Kikuchi rest in peace and send all of your prayers to his family and friends.
3. There are things that I have planned for the future and I don't exactly want to spoil you guys on them, because I think you guys will really like what I have planned. Also, no they won't watch trailers for any of the movies. They also won't watch DevilArtemis, sorry. Nor are they going to watch Hellsing Ultimate Abridged. Nothing against the abridged or the actual show, but I'm mainly sticking to Dragon Ball here.
4. I also don't look at private messages just so ya know.
Other than that, please enjoy the chapter and review.
Chapter 57: The Trouble with Time Travel
(cut to the androids flying through a snowy landscape)
ANDROID 18: Seriously, can we speed this up? It's cold as tits up here.
Lucy jumped back a bit at Natsu's flame covered fist next to her. "Um, Natsu, what's this for?"
"Thought you were cold," He answered.
"Ah, thank you," Lucy smiled.
ANDROID 17: You know, maybe if you stopped whining and helped me look, we'd... Oh! Oh, look! There's one! There's... (sees it's a pink van with the words "LUCKY FOODS" written on the side) Actually, second thought, we don't have to steal the first one we see...
ANDROID 18: Oh, I'm sorry. I can't hear you over your welching.
"Ha! Got him!" Cana laughed.
ANDROID 17: Ugh, whatever. (flies down)
(cut to the owners of the van outside getting coffee)
CHUCK: So, Jones, uh, how's the wife and kids?
JONES: Still dead, Chuck. Been four months.
Some of the members winced at the answer.
"Awkward…" Sting whispered.
CHUCK: Oh... I am terrible at small talk.
"Yes you are," Evergreen remarked.
JONES: Yes, you are. Huh? (notices the androids in front of the van)
ANDROID 17: (opens the back of the van) Huh... Lucky Foods. Kind of ironic.
JONES: Uh, young man? Need you to stay out of our van!
"Just let them take it. It'll extend your lifespan," Minerva said.
ANDROID 17: All right, guys, we're takin' the van. (Android 16 picks up the van) No, buddy, we're gonna drive it.
ANDROID 16: Oh. (puts the van back down) Sorry.
"You'll get it eventually!" Wendy wanted to make 16 feel better.
ANDROID 17: It's cool. Now you have a place to sit.
ANDROID 16: Affirmative. (gets inside the back of the van) Shotgun.
"Not exactly what that means. But, you're still learning," Romeo commented.
"If only we could teach him to NOT kill Goku," Erza sighed.
ANDROID 17: Not quite what that means, but hey, keep tryin', man. (he gets inside the van alongside his sister and starts the engine) Bitchin'. Next stop: Casa de Goku.
ANDROID 18: How 'bout no. New clothes first, Goku's casa second.
ANDROID 17: *scoffs* Women. Am I right, 16?
"I know, women, am I right?" Cana scoffed. All of the other females looked at her weirdly.
ANDROID 16: Confirmed. She is female.
ANDROID 17: *laughs* She is... (the androids drive off)
"They're like a little family. I like it," Lisanna smiled. Of course it would be better if they weren't on a mission to kill Goku.
[OPENING SEQUENCE]
(cut to Krillin, Trunks, and Tien flying in the sky)
KRILLIN: You know, I should have brought this up earlier, but we should probably move Goku before the androids get to his house.
"Good idea, Krillin," Natsu grinned.
TRUNKS: It's been pretty non-stop here, so I'm a little out of the loop. What happened to Goku?
KRILLIN: Oh, uh, he didn't take his medicine. Grape flavored. Go figure.
TRUNKS: Yeah... Go figure.
"Makes you wonder why did Future Bulma make it grape flavored?" Levy pondered the thought.
TIEN: Actually, I really need to go pick up Chiaotzu. Left him over at Kame House.
(cut to Kame House with Turtle, Master Roshi, and Oolong eating ramen)
CHIAOTZU: So, how do you like my Chashu Ramen?
OOLONG: Wow, that is frickin' tasty! What's in this?
CHIAOTZU: Little bit of saké, soy sauce, bean sprouts, (looks at Oolong) pooooooooooooooooooooor...k…
"You guys just can't stop making him commit cannibalism. Super unmanly," Elfman frowned.
OOLONG: I'm delicious...!
"And I guess he doesn't care anymore," Lisanna said.
MASTER ROSHI: HOW OLD ARE YOU?
"Good question," Freed said.
(cut back to Tien and the others)
TIEN: So I'm gonna go grab him before things get... weird.
"He's with Roshi, things are already weird," Macao told him.
KRILLIN: Later, Tien! (Tien flies off in another direction) I can never read that guy.
"Mystogan gave us all the same feeling," Erza peered at Jellal for a brief moment.
(Trunks and Krillin land in front of Goku's house)
KRILLIN: Wait, before we go in, uh, I wanted to ask... You ever think that Android 18 is, uh, kind of... cute?
"You're asking the guy who has suffered 17 years of hell from those two," Freed deadpanned.
TRUNKS: (gives Krillin a long stare) No.
KRILLIN: All right, then- dibs, by the way.
"Wow...she's completely captured his heart," Juvia giggled.
KRILLIN: Quick warning: be super-nice to Goku's wife. She can be a total-
(Chi-Chi flings open the door, smacking Krillin in the face)
CHI-CHI: Gohan! Oh... It's you.
"You can feel the waves of disappointment rolling off her," Yukino sweatdropped.
KRILLIN: Yeah, fine, I pretty much asked for that one. (head starts swelling up)
(Krillin Owned Count: 31)
YAMCHA: Huh? Hey, guys! How is it?
TRUNKS: Oh, uh, Yamcha, right? How's it hang- I mean, how are you doing?
"Real subtle there, Trunks," Gajeel face palmed.
YAMCHA: Oh, you know. Hanging in there.
Everyone in the room shifted uncomfortably.
TRUNKS: Ah...
YAMCHA: So, what happened? Did Vegeta clean up the androids?
"More like the androids cleaned up Vegeta and everyone else," Rogue commented.
KRILLIN: Not quite. (flashback of the androids defeating the Z-Fighters and Piccolo flying off) Turns out there were three more, Vegeta got his arms broken, they beat everyone up, Piccolo flipped out, and I got kissed by the cute one!
YAMCHA: The clown?
Some of the mages laughed at Yamcha's guess.
KRILLIN: No, no, no. There's a girl now.
YAMCHA: I don't believe you.
"Tough luck, Krillin," Lucy sighed.
TRUNKS: You know, we should probably continue this conversation after we've moved Goku.
YAMCHA: Move Goku? But he finally stopped screaming. (Goku is heard from the other room taking a deep breath) Okay, w-well, he's petering out.
"His 15th wind is coming," Lily said.
KRILLIN: We'll take him to Kame House! They'll never look for him there!
YAMCHA/Levy: That is literally the second place they'll look.
KRILLIN: Look, we're short on time and options. And who knows what those dastardly androids are doing?
(cut to Android 17 and 18 standing outside the van as a police car comes up and stops next to the van with two policemen coming out)
"Getting a speeding ticket. The definition of evil," Laxus rolled his eyes.
ANDROID 18: Wow. You actually pulled over.
ANDROID 17: No, no, no, this is gonna be great. Shut up.
"Please don't kill the guy," Yukino hoped.
TEX: You two- this vehicle has been reported as stolen! You are under arrest! (places handcuffs on the androids)
AVERY: Sir, I have checked the vehicle and I have identified another male. And he is f**king big!
ANDROID 16: You cannot sit in the back. I called shotgun.
AVERY: He has a weapon!
"You're an idiot," Gajeel shrugged.
TEX: Cuff him! (handcuffs Android 16 who promptly snaps them apart like a twig)
AVERY: Do we have any bigger, stronger cuffs?
TEX: Yeah, they're in the car!
"Seems odd, that you're prepared for a situation like this," Sting said, slightly surprised.
(Android 18 picks up the police car and throws it at a cliff, blowing it up)
ANDROID 18: (snaps the handcuffs apart) All right, I take it back. This is fun.
"Well...at least the officers weren't inside of the car," Wendy released a thankful breath.
(cut back to the others at Goku's house preparing to take refuge from the approaching androids at Kame House)
YAMCHA: So where's Vegeta during all this anyway?
KRILLIN: Oh, I'm sure he's off somewhere...
(cut to Vegeta)
VEGETA: GODDAMN IT! SHIIIIIIII... (destroys the mountains he's standing on)
"That seems about right," Everyone nodded in agreement.
(cut back to the others now inside the plane)
KRILLIN: ...coping.
CHI-CHI: (sees Gohan coming from the sky) Gohan!
GOHAN: (thinking) Oh, good…
"Be more excited to see your mother," Mira told the young saiyan.
CHI-CHI: (runs up and hugs Gohan) Oh, I swear, I am never letting you get away from me again! We're gonna get that GPS tracking chip installed in your neck by the end of the week!
"Ok! That's a bit too excessive," Mira sweatdropped.
"There's overprotective and then there's Chi-Chi," Lucy said.
GOHAN: Uh, little help?
KRILLIN: Androids are comin'! Gotta move your dad! Get on the ship!
GOHAN: Where are we going?
KRILLIN: Kame House.
GOHAN: Isn't that literally the second place they'll look?
"You guys don't have any better hiding spots to be honest," Carla brought up.
"What about Kami's Lookout?" Wendy suggested.
"Popo would kick Goku off for all the screaming," Levy answered.
KRILLIN: Less lip, more ship!
(cut to outside Kame House where Tien arrives and opens the front door and everyone shuts up)
TIEN: I'm here for Chiaotzu. We need to train.
CHIAOTZU: But Tien... the doctor said if your shoulders get any bigger-
TIEN: That's why we don't see him anymore.
"I wouldn't mind them being bigger," Cana purred.
MASTER ROSHI: Wait, so you didn't beat the androids?
TIEN: Well, they broke both of Vegeta's arms... So, you know, that was pretty fun.
"Agreed," Minerva nodded.
TIEN: Otherwise, it was a total wash. (he and Chiaotzu take off)
OOLONG: I can never read that guy.
MASTER ROSHI: Well, you heard the man. Pig, fetch my laptop. We're gonna buy us a submarine!
"Why?" Gray asked.
"In case everything still goes to shit," Gajeel answered.
OOLONG: All right, but you're not allowed to name it after your junk.
MASTER ROSHI: Bitch, I'm buyin' it, I'm namin' it!
"Ew!" Lucy shouted.
(cut to Piccolo, Kami, and Mr. Popo on the lookout with Popo being heard whimpering)
KAMI: Mmm...
PICCOLO: Hmm?
KAMI: Hmm?
PICCOLO: Hmm?
KAMI: Hm-mm!
PICCOLO: Mmm! (stands up)
KAMI: Hmm.
PICCOLO: Mmm. (sits back down)
NAIL/Everyone: (annoyed) (Oh, just fuse already!)
(cut to the others flying inside a plane)
YAMCHA: So, both arms, huh?
KRILLIN: Both! She was beautiful with a capital B- I-I mean, brutal! Uncomfortably brutal! I wasn't distracted by her eyes…
"You were totally distracted by her eyes. Just as I am whenever I look at my charming Gray!" Juvia gripped Gray tighter.
"Get off!"
"Gray, your clothes!" Cana yelled out.
"Gah!"
GOHAN: So, wait... Trunks, I'm curious. If you came back in time again to help us, does that mean we already failed?
"Not exactly," Jellal answered.
TRUNKS: Actually, turns out that's not how time travel works.
KRILLIN: So you're saying I can't just take your time machine, go back in time, and tell myself not to date Maron?
"That would do us all a favor," The women all agreed.
TRUNKS: I don't know who that is. But no, you couldn't. I mean, you could, but it wouldn't be the same you. You see, when I travel back to the past, I'm technically going to a different universe…
Levy was thankful that they actually decided to explain something for once. Her brain and pen moved at insane speeds.
GOHAN: Oh, you mean multiverse theory?
TRUNKS: Wait, what?
GOHAN: Yeah. (cuts to a chalkboard and it shows what Gohan is explaining) With every decision, it creates a branch in the timeline. Whenever you travel back in time, you're actually entering another parallel universe.
"Just like Future Rogue and Future me. Both came from identical futures, but weren't aware of each other," Lucy brought up.
"Trunks going back in time created a completely different timeline where things didn't go exactly like his. His timeline stays intact and still exists with its own version of the Androids," Jellal explained.
"Wait, doesn't that mean that this Trunks could be a completely different Trunks?" Levy's question made everyone turn to her confused. "What I'm saying is that Trunks traveled back in time to stop the androids, but who's to say that there aren't multiple versions of Trunks who do this exact thing."
"Wouldn't that mean that there is an original Trunks and that he's a copy? Along with everyone else?" Laxus asked the small bluenette.
"Well I'm not 100% certain on this, but alternate timelines are spawned in by a singular choice and time traveling multiple times can cause major differences," Levy finished her explanation.
TRUNKS: How could you possibly-?
GOHAN: I've been studying theoretical physics. Although, at this point, I guess it's just physics.
"Chi-Chi's strict nature came in handy for once," Happy said.
CHI-CHI: Good. Then if that's all out of the way, we can start your review on cellular biology!
GOHAN: Aw, but cells are boring!
Natsu's ear twitched. He felt weird and he didn't know why.
YAMCHA: I don't get it. If it doesn't affect your timeline, why even come back to ours and tell us anything in the first place?
TRUNKS: Well, besides wanting to make at least one timeline without the world being destroyed... my mother didn't tell me until after I'd already done it once.
"So she was just experimenting!?"
KRILLIN: (in a singsong voice) And then she tried to bang you...
(phone suddenly starts ringing with the call being from Bulma with a country ringtone)
"Well speak of the devil and she'll answer to possibly hit Krillin," Bickslow said.
TRUNKS: Huh?
KRILLIN: Oh, speak of the devil, that's her ringtone.
TRUNKS: What is that?
YAMCHA: What is what?
TRUNKS: This music.
"You don't know country music?" Wendy asked, shocked.
KRILLIN: You mean country music?
TRUNKS: Oh! This is country music?
KRILLIN: What, you don't have country in the future?
TRUNKS: No. Shortly after I was born, it all just vanished. Nobody knows exactly what happened...
"I feel like two cyborg twins might be responsible for that one," Levy theorized.
YAMCHA: So, someone wanna get that? Kind of flying the plane!
KRILLIN: Oh, fine. (answers the phone) Krillin spea-
BULMA: Shut up, I've got some important news.
"At least she gets right to the point," Yukino chuckled.
KRILLIN: Good or bad news?
BULMA: It depends... Is Trunks there?
KRILLIN: Is this a booty call?
"You want her to smack you?" Lucy raised an eyebrow.
BULMA: KRILLIN!
KRILLIN: Right behind me!
TRUNKS: Hi, Mom.
BULMA: Hey…
"Awkward…" Sting mused, before Yukino elbowed him in his sides.
(an awkward silence occurs between the two, which suddenly gets broken down by a gunshot on Bulma's side of the phone shocking Krillin and Trunks)
"What the hell?" Makarov questioned, startled.
YAJIROBE: (through the phone) You missed me, four eyes!
(cut to an outside shot of Bulma's place)
DR. BRIEFS: (heard from inside the house) That was a warning shot, fatass! Now put down the fridge!
"Natsu…" Everyone thought.
(cut back to the others inside the plane)
YAJIROBE: (through the phone) Viva la Honey French Ham! (three more gunshots are heard)
BULMA: Yeah... Anyway, I just got the strangest call from some farmer in the countryside 50 miles out of Ginger Town; said he found one of our vehicles out there.
"Sounds like a subplot," Freed said.
KRILLIN: Wow, this is so interesting. Does it have anything to do with the androids we're fighting?
BULMA: Shut up and it might. I'm faxing over the picture he took.
KRILLIN: You have a fax machine?
TRUNKS: What's a fax machine?
KRILLIN: You see, that one makes sense.
BULMA: Just shut up and show it to Trunks! (faxes over a picture to the others inside the plane)
TRUNKS: (looks at the picture) What? No, this can't be right! This is my time machine!
The mages all stared in shock at the image just as Trunks was. Taken back by how similar the machine looks to Trunks'.
"Ok...maybe Levy wasn't far off," Freed acknowledged.
KRILLIN: Maybe you misplaced it.
TRUNKS: That's impossible! I put it away in its capsule!
GOHAN: Are you sure?
TRUNKS: Of course I'm sure! Here, just let me show you.
"NO!"
KRILLIN: Wait, no! (Trunks pushes a button on his capsule)
(cut an outside shot of the plane, which loses its balance due to the weight of Trunks' time machine which causes Chi-Chi to scream)
TRUNKS: Oh, no...!
KRILLIN: Oh, my God!
YAMCHA: It's on top of Goku!
GOHAN: Dad!
"WHY DID YOU THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA!?"
KRILLIN: Put it back! Put it back! Put it back!
(Goku begins to scream in agony)
"Great…" Minerva said, sarcastically.
YAMCHA: Oh good, that's back...
[ENDING SEQUENCE]
[STINGER]
(cut to the androids driving on a highway)
ANDROID 18: So, I've been thinking about it... What do we do after we kill Goku?
ANDROID 17: Whatever the hell we want. Who's gonna stop us?
"I sure hope it wouldn't involve mass murder," Gildarts hoped.
ANDROID 16: Not Goku.
ANDROID 17: Exactly. Speaking of which, 16, what's our ETA?
ANDROID 16: We are currently 2,544 miles from our destination.
"Flying would be more efficient," Kagura sweatdropped.
ANDROID 18: Oh, my God...
ANDROID 17: Hey, come on, sis, it ain't so bad. Let's turn on our good old friend the radio.
(turns on the radio which plays a country music version of "Cat Loves Food")
ANDROID 18: Oh, that is ten pounds of nope in a five pound bag!
ANDROID 17: Right, right, sorry... Forgot we were out in the sticks.
ANDROID 18: You know what? I think I know the first thing we're gonna do...
"SO IT WAS THEM!"
Chapter End