Hey guys, Liz here. This one is gonna be a feels trip so get ready. This one is gonna be set in the alternate timeline that Trunks came from. It's set about six months after the Androids were destroyed. Again, prepare for the feels that are to come. Ok, here we go!

Chinku's Future

Age 785 (Alternate Timeline)

It had only been about half a year since Trunks, Daichi, and Chibiko had come back from the past to finally destroy the androids. The three had become stronger than anything Chinku could imagine. They came and defeated the cybernetic monsters while she was recovering from her own encounter with them. As news spread of the defeat of the monstrous duo, life seemed to blossom on Earth again. People finally started to rebuild and the world looked like what Chinku remembered it to be from her young childhood.

One day in the spring, the 24-year old woman found herself strolling through the construction-filled streets of West Cities. Buildings that used to have holes in them, caved in roofs, broken windows, and blown-out doors were finally getting a makeover after all this time. Although there was a lot of work to do, people were just happy to have survived the whole ordeal. The Androids had destroyed so much that hope would've been completely lost had it not been for the time-traveling trio.

Walking downtown, Chinku noticed something in the town-center. She made her way there in order to investigate the object that had caught her eye. It was an odd statue with no definitive shape for Chinku to pin down an accurate definition of. It twisted and curved in many directions and seemed to be made of smooth marble. How anyone managed to find such fine material was beyond the young woman. However, it did not matter. There was an unknown beauty in this shape and she adored it so.

As she was admiring the marble piece, Chinku noticed something from the corner of her eye. She looked over to see a pair of children no older than ten placing small flowers in front of the statue. It seemed odd to Chinku at first as to why these two children would do this small action. However, she soon noticed the many more flowers that had been placed on the other side of the children. That's when it hit her on what this object must've been; a memorial. "That's right; Bulma said the city was putting up a memorial to remember everyone who died at the hands of the Androids," Chinku said to herself.

The children did not stay long and soon went to join an elderly woman who Chinku assumed to be their grandmother. Chinku assumed that the two children had lost their parents since that would more than likely explain why they would be accompanied by their grandmother and not their mother and father. She did not press them on it since she knew old wounds were still healing from the slaughter of so many for so long.

After the children left, Chinku noticed that there was a golden slab that had been placed upon the section of the marble statue that the children were previously standing at. She walked over to said slab and went to read the inscription. It read as follows;

In memory of all those we have lost to the Androids.
You will never be lost in our hearts and minds.
May you find eternal rest and give us the strength to rebuild.

Reading that really struck a nerve with Chinku. She knew she had lost so much because of the Androids, but she always seemed to shove her loses to the back of her mind. For so long, she felt she had to in order to keep moving on in her effort to fight the Androids. Gohan and Chiyo did their best to try and liven her life as well as the lives of her siblings and Trunks. They tried to smile and find light in the dark world, but in the end, the world swallowed them up and took them away from everyone.

Chinku could still remember the night Gohan died and the days that followed. She remembered Trunks and Daichi coming in carrying Gohan's lifeless body while Chibi came in with Chiyo's bleeding body. Chiyo had managed to survive, but only just barely. When she learned of her twin brother's death, she died a mere hour later after learning the news. Bulma said it was due to the extensive blood loss, but she and everyone else knew that she died after losing her best friend and twin brother. Chi-Chi followed a month afterwards after having a sudden heart attack. That was a dark time in Chinku's life...

After standing at the memorial for a while being lost in thought, Chinku decided to leave and see how the rest of West City was going. Small businesses and restaurants were open and were giving free services and foods to any poor soul that asked for help. That was something Chinku noticed after the tragedy was over; the hearts of people were open and willing to spread love and compassion to others despite the limit of resources. People were just trying to live on to see the next day. Sometimes, people were worse than the Androids by looting from the dead or recently deceased in order to survive. Now though, it seemed like everyone was reaching out to embrace one another as the world was healing.

On her trek of downtown, Chinku stumbled across a nice flower shop. She stopped and looked through the newly put store window to see what was inside. It had been years since she had seen many of the flowers being sold inside and she just had to go in to see them all for herself. Upon walking in, Chinku was hit by an array of aromas that brought back members from the past. Sniffing a bouquet of water lilies reminded her of the river she'd go swimming in to catch fish; some violas gave her flashes of picnics her family used to go on; a handful of daises gave her nostalgia of outdoor fires on warm summer nights; and then there were forget-me-nots sitting on the register counter. They were beautiful flowers, yes, but they sent a feeling of dread in Chinku's stomach as she looked at them. They were the flowers used in the funerals for her father, friends, brother, sister, and mother. She remembers placing a small handful of them on each coffin of a loved one she had lost. Despite the heartache and dread that these flowers brought, something seemed to be drawn Chinku to them. The pull was so strong that she didn't notice how she had walked right up to them and was staring at the vase they sat in.

"Beautiful, aren't they?" A voice from behind the register proclaimed.

Chinku turned her attention to the one who spoke and saw it was a young woman who couldn't have been too much older than her. She smiled at Chinku and then turned her attention to the blue flowers the half-saiyan woman had been staring at.

"These were my mother's favorites," The woman recanted as she poured a small bit of water from her watering can into the vase. "She used to grow them all the time in our garden when I was growing up. She sold them all the time in this little flower shop along with many other flowers she grew. Everyone always told her how she had an excellent green thumb and how even her sneezes could make any wilted flower spring forth to life."

"I see," Chinku replied, not really sure on how to follow up on such a story like that.

"My father told me it was silly of me to want to open up this place again after everything that has happened," The woman continued before placing the watering pot down on the shop floor. "He said it reminded him too much of my mother and can't even bare to come see it. I'm sure he'll never step foot in here as long as he lives. As for me, I wanted to reopen it as a way to honor her and her memories."

"That's very sweet of you," Chinku smiled after hearing the full story. She knew that this must've hurt this woman to have lost her mother, but she saw how strong she was by wanting to keep her mother with her through growing these beautiful flowers.

"I'm sorry," The woman apologized."I babbled far too much."

"No, no, you're fine," Chinku insisted.

"Anyway, would you like to have some? You've been eyeing these forget-me-nots for a bit now and I can tell when someone is set on having certain flowers."

"Oh, I don't know. I mean, I was just staring at them….And besides, I have no real money to pay for them."

The woman chuckled. "No need to pay for them; I'm not accepting payments right now. All these flowers here and free to anyone who wants them."

"What? But, why? I mean, surely this is not a good business practice."

"Well, considering how things are, I think people just need some flowers in their lives right now. We need something to comfort us in this large transition in our lives."

Chinku could see the woman's point but would also feel guilty if she just took a bouquet without paying. She rummaged through her pocket and did find a few hundred zeni. As the woman wrapped the forget-me-nots up to be carried out, she placed the zeni under the vase for the woman to find for later. She thanked the woman for giving her the flowers and then left the shop.

Walking out of the shop, Chinku left to head to Capsule Corp. Its walls were still slightly chipped and there was a hole that needed to be fixed here and there, but otherwise, it looked more intact than many of the other buildings in the city. She walked through the recently fixed front gate and went towards the back of the building. There, she found Bulma tinkering out back with Chibiko on a water filtration system that would hopefully be installed into the city in the coming months. Also in the back were Daichi and Trunks who were going over plans with the city's mayor on the next major project that would need to be done in order to distribute food evenly among the survivors.

"How's the project going?" Chinku asked Bulma and Chibi after walking over to them.

"Well so far nothing has blown up in my face," Bulma reported, wiping a few beads of sweat off of her face. "Maybe if we're lucky, we can get this set up by the end of the month."

"You might want to say month and a half, Bulma," Chibi reported from her end of the system, oil spots all over her face and hands."I think we might have a problem with one of the pumps not properly filtering the water to the full extent that the other ones are. I think it might either have to be replaced or completely redone."

"All right, let's have a look at that after I make sure this circuitry doesn't succumb to water damage," Bulma sighed. She really hated having to run into more problems after everything they had been through.

Seeing as they had a lot of work to do, Chinku left the two women to work and walked over to see how Trunks and Daichi were doing. They had just finished talking with the mayor and were rolling up the plans for the upcoming years of restoration that were sure to come.

"Hopefully the food distribution will run well enough until we can get some more plants grown," Daichi stated as he placed the plans into a binder.

"It'll have to do for now," Trunks stated, running his hand through his slightly longer hair. (Chibi kept insisting it was a good look for him so he kept it growing).

"Sounds like you two have been busy," Chinku spoke up.

The two men turned to face the older woman and smiled upon seeing her. "Hey Chin," Trunks greeted before giving her a side-hug and flaunting off his taller stature in comparison to her.

"I see you have flowers, dear sister," Daichi teased upon seeing the bouquet in Chinku's hands."Are they for us or your secret boyfriend?"

"Neither," Chinku chuckled and rolled her eyes, knowing her brother was just teasing her."I got them at a flower shop in town. The woman there is giving her flowers away for free, so if you want some for yourself, I suggest walking down there and asking for a bouquet."

"I would, but as you can see, Trunks and I are busy trying to fix the world," Daichi proclaimed in an overdramatic manner. "Why, I fear our work could take us so long that we may well be into our mid-fifties before we have any free time for ourselves once more."

Trunks and Chinku rolled their eyes at this proclamation and decided to ignore Daichi and his flair for the dramatic. At least he wasn't making puns.

"So, what are the flowers for, Chinku?" Trunks asked. He was genuinely curious as to why Chinku, the tomboy of this little family unit, would want to get a bouquet of flowers. There had to be a reason for it.

Chinku shrugged. She herself wasn't sure why she had gotten the flowers due to its duality of meanings that they had for her. However, she just knew she had to have them. For what exactly? Well, she wasn't sure yet. She figured that she would get it sooner or later.

As the sun was setting on that spring day, Chinku finally figured out what to do with her recently acquired flowers. After eating a bit of supper, she left the house and flew to the mountains she grew up in in her youth. She passed by mountains she hadn't seen in years and flew over forests that somehow remained intact after all this time. It didn't take her long to find a crumbled up little house tucked in between the mountain range of Mt. Paozu. Her family home had seen better days. The front door was missing; the chimney fell inwards, the roof had several large holes in it; the windows were broken inwards; the house was devoid of life.

It broke Chinku's heart to see the home she grew up in for the first ten years of her life reduced to a shamble of its former self. She could remember this place surviving brute storms and blistering summers, but it didn't make it through the carnage of the Androids. However, it wasn't the house she had come to see but rather what was behind it.

Slowly, as if she were trying to prolong the arrival to her true destination, Chinku made her way to the back of the house where a tall tree was growing. Underneath the tree were four rectangular slabs of stone planted in the ground. Names were inscribed in each one but were covered in filth and grime due to the lack of proper care. Chinku got on her knees in front of the gravestones and pulled out a handkerchief from her pocket. She began cleaning the stones until they were now legible to read the names carved into them. From right to left they read as "Son Goku", "Son Gohan", "Son Chiyo", and "Son Chi-Chi".

"Hi guys," Chinku sadly smiled as she laid her knees to the side a bit and looked at the stones. "Sorry I haven't visited in a while. Things have been crazy since Trunks, Daichi and Chibi came back and defeated the Androids. I'm sure you were all happy when you heard the news in otherworld."

Reaching behind her, Chinku revealed the forget-me-nots to the stones and placed the bouquet down in between Gohan and Chiyo's gravestones. "I saw these in a little flower shop in West City. You should see it now; everyone is rebuilding and it feels like things are finally looking up for us."

There came no reply, but a gently breeze seemed to blow. It made Chinku feel warm, like it was a sign from her relatives telling her they were here with her.

"Bulma and Chibi have been pretty hard at work building new machines to help the people get back their lives," She continued. "And Trunks and Daichi are working with the mayor to set up infrastructure and order. It's crazy, huh?"

Again, no verbal reply.

"Anyway, I thought I'd let you all know how we've been doing and….and…." The young woman felt tears welling in her eyes for a moment. Then, without warning, they spilled down her cheeks. She did her best to stifle a sob that was caught in her throat. The last thing she wanted to do was cry in front of her family like this. She had come to give them good news, not cry like she did so many times in the past. She wiped her tears away with her shirt-sleeve and managed to compose herself. "Sorry. I just wanted to say that I really miss you all. And, I hope to see you again someday. I prefer later than sooner, but who knows what the future will bring."

For a while after, Chinku just sat beneath the tree and next to the gravestones. She didn't talk anymore; she just took in the feelings of the world around her. She took in what she hoped would be a peaceful world for years to come.

"Here's to the future."

Interesting fact; the Chinku in this timeline actually lives to be older than Gohan and Chiyo. They both died when they were around 22 or 23 and she's 24. I thought I'd point it out as a fruit for thought.

Anyway, that's all the Son Squad kiddos. They each have had their own little chapters and I hope you've enjoyed them. I plan to do more in the future and maybe ones for Gohan and Goten later on down the line. Thank you all so much for the support you guys. Let me know who you want a chapter for in the reviews and what you think of the stories so far. Have a good day, guys! Remember to wash your hands!