The next day he finally awoke

The next day he finally awoke. He entered the kitchen, his hair a bit ruffled, and still looking kind of sleepy. Bulma sat at the table eating breakfast with baby Trunks beside her in his high chair.

"Trunks, are you feeling okay?" Bulma asked with concern.

"Yes…thank you…" he replied.

"How about some breakfast then?"

"Sure." Trunks gave a little smile and took a seat. Quietly, he helped himself to some food.

"You know, you could come stay with me at Capsule Corporation…" said Bulma.

"I don't know…" Trunks replied. He didn't think he could handle living in Capsule Corporation with Bulma at the moment, with all that had happened in his world.

"How long are you staying?" Bulma asked.

"Well…I…uh…don't think I'll be going back. There's nothing worth going back for…" he replied.

"Listen, since you're going to be living here you should try getting out. I'm sure it will help," Bulma advised. Trunks avoided her stare, knowing she was right. The pain and loneliness was so strong right now though, that it was forcing him to withdraw and keep to himself.

"So what's Vegeta up to these days?" he asked, changing the subject.

"He's been training, claiming that he's finally going to beat Goku. But since the Earth is free from the androids and bad guys, he's hasn't been training as much as he would. But he still trains for a pretty fair amount of time," replied Bulma.

"Do you think he'd want to see me?" Trunks asked shyly.

"Well he is stubborn, so I wouldn't expect much. You could give it a few tries though," said Bulma encouragingly.

"Oh," Trunks responded, slightly disappointed.

"Good morning!"

Trunks looked up to see a slightly tall, slender girl. She had soft, black, hair that was neatly held up by a chopstick with two layers of hair framing each side of her face.

"Good morning, Megumi," Bulma replied. "Trunks this is Megumi. She lives and works here at Capsule Corporation with me. Not to mention is also my regular baby-sitter for Trunks."

"Hi," Trunks greeted shyly.

"Nice to meet you," Megumi gently replied. She took a seat at the table. "That's strange, you have the same name as Bulma's son," she commented.

"Yeah…isn't that strange…" Trunks said uneasily.

"Trunks will be staying here for awhile, he's a friend who's visiting," Bulma said to Megumi.

"Well I hope that you like it here," said Megumi, smiling diffidently.

Trunks was relaxing on the couch and watching TV when Vegeta entered the room.

"What are you doing here again, boy?!" he demanded. "Have you come to warn us about something else?"

"Uh…no…just visiting," Trunks replied uneasily, avoiding Vegeta's stare.

"Just visiting?! Surely you can think up a better lie than that!"

"But it's not a lie," he protested.

"Sure, whatever!" Vegeta grumbled, pushing him over and grabbing the TV remote out of his hands. Trunks just shyly looked down at his hands, a slight blush on his cheeks. Why was he nervous to be around Vegeta?

"I thought you were training to beat Goku," he finally said. Vegeta just ignored him. "Look I know we're not on the best of terms with each other, but I really need to ask you something…"

"What is it?!" Vegeta cried with annoyance.

"Well…both your parents are gone as well as your entire planet. Don't you feel incredibly lonely?" Trunks asked.

"What kind of question is that?!" exclaimed Vegeta.

"I don't even know why I asked, it's obvious you use your feelings of anger to cover up any other feelings you might have," replied Trunks.

"That's ridiculous, why are we even talking about something so stupid!" Vegeta said in disbelief.

He hadn't noticed that Bulma was standing a little ways away, as he got up from the couch. Then passed her as he left the room. Bulma followed him.

"What do you want woman?!" he cried, sensing that she was behind him. He stopped and turned to face her.

"Look, in case you didn't know, Trunks doesn't have anybody. The future me, his only family that was left, died," Bulma informed him.

"So, my whole planet is gone and I don't expect pity from anyone!" Vegeta retorted.

"Trunks looks up to you. He never met his father from his time so the next closest thing is you. You could at least be a little considerate," said Bulma, putting her hands on her hips.

"Humph! I don't have anybody and do you see me pouting about it?!" he argued.

"In case you aren't aware, you have me! In less you had nothing to do with Trunks' existence!" Bulma was getting irritated. Vegeta was so hard to deal with.

Bringing up the subject of the creation of Trunks caused Vegeta to blush slightly, but he fought to maintain his toughness. He was a warrior and could not show any weaknesses, which included emotions at the top of the list. Obviously, though, he had let them slip a bit; otherwise Trunks would not exist.

"Come in here," Bulma instructed, opening the door to an extra bedroom in the Capsule Corporation. "That's better, I prefer that we have this discussion in private instead of in the middle of the hallway," she said after closing the door behind them.

"What discussion?! There is no discussion! You're just bothering me again for your own petty reasons!" said Vegeta grumpily.

"Look, you and I are Trunks' parents. The three of us are supposed to be a family. But so far it only feels like Trunks and I are the ones who make up this family!" cried Bulma, starting to lose her temper. "Sure, I didn't expect much attention during the battle with the androids and Cell, but that's over now!"

"I refuse to let myself be chained down by some woman!" Vegeta retorted. Bulma let out a cry of rage and gave Vegeta a hard push. Vegeta simply laughed with amusement.

"Why did I have to choose you?! I should've just stayed with Yamcha!" she cried, now furious.

"Heh, that weakling?" Vegeta commented.

Bulma let out another cry in anger and this time attempted to punch Vegeta; however, he easily caught her hand with his. Then all of a sudden he pressed his lips to hers, catching her off-guard. She didn't resist though. It had been awhile since she had received that kind of attention from Vegeta. She un-tucked his shirt and ran her hands over his muscular chest. He broke the kiss temporarily so that he could simply remove his shirt. Bulma stared at him in awe. She couldn't believe he wasn't resisting this and that they still weren't arguing.

They started kissing again and as they did so, slowly moved back towards the bed. Bulma lay on the bed with Vegeta on top of her. She looked up at him and saw an impatient look in his eyes. Smirking she pulled her shirt off over her head, to which Vegeta leaned in and started kissing her passionately again. Gradually he moved away from her lips, to her cheek, and then to her neck. She could feel him breathing heavily against her as well as feel something enlarging in his pelvic area. She let her hand wander down and gently caressed him through his pants. She felt him stop kissing her neck, as he began to breathe harder with excitement.

Trunks sat on the couch, still watching TV in a somber mood. He raised an eyebrow as he heard baby Trunks crying. After a few seconds it appeared that nobody was attending to him so he followed the sound of the cries until he reached baby Trunks' room. He had just awoken from his nap.

Wow, that's me! Trunks thought in amazement as he neared the crib. He lifted the baby version of himself out of the crib and held him in his arms. Baby Trunks immediately stopped crying and looked up at him with pondering eyes. This is so weird. Trunks thought.

"You're a natural." Trunks turned to see Megumi standing in the doorway.

"Thanks," he replied, blushing shyly.

"Do you know how to change diapers? He just woke up from his nap so I assume that he'll need a fresh one," said Megumi.

"Uh sorry…I don't have that kind of experience," Trunks replied with a panic-stricken look on his face.

"That's okay," she said, taking baby Trunks from Trunks. She laid him down on the changing table. "Well I don't know where Bulma is at the moment, so why don't we get more acquainted."

"Uh okay…" Trunks agreed shyly.

"So where are you from?" Megumi asked, as she changed baby Trunks' diaper.

"Where am I from? Uh…Tokyo," he lied.

"Wow that's pretty far," she commented.

"So how did you meet Bulma and end up here at Capsule Corporation?" Trunks asked.

"I…um…applied to be Trunks' baby-sitter," she answered, sounding not too sure of herself.

"So you moved in for the job as well as to work for Capsule Corporation?" he inquired.

"Yes."

"What about your family?" he asked.

"I don't have any…" she replied.

"I'm sorry," Trunks said sympathetically.

"Well I've got to feed Trunks so I'll talk to you later," she said as she left the room.

The next day Trunks simply moped about, not feeling like doing anything. As he walked down the hallway of Capsule Corporation he took the picture out of his pocket and looked at it. His eyes began to glisten.

"Hey, watch where you're going!" cried an angry Vegeta, as Trunks walked right into him.

"Uh…sorry," he uttered in apology.

"What's that?" Vegeta asked, snatching the picture out of his hand. "Well isn't that cute," and with a smirk Vegeta crumpled the picture and threw it aside.

"Hey! That's the only picture I have!!!" Trunks exclaimed.

"That's too bad," said Vegeta sarcastically. Trunks clenched his fists, trying to suppress his anger.

"You're so weak, allowing yourself to be controlled by your emotions."

"She was all I had left," Trunks said through gritted teeth.

"Humph!" was all Vegeta said in reply as he walked past him. Trunks looked after Vegeta furiously.

"How can you be so cold-hearted?! You don't even know how it feels! You don't even know how to feel!" Trunks yelled.

"Stop pestering me boy," said Vegeta without turning around.

Trunks had had it with Vegeta's calm, sardonic, manner. He cried out in rage and flew at Vegeta, landing a punch to his jaw as he flew in front of him. Vegeta was totally caught off-guard and went flying. He sat up and wiped the trickle of blood from his mouth.

"You'll pay for that," he said angrily.

We shouldn't do this in here, we should go outside so that nobody gets hurt. Trunks thought to himself. He flew down the hallway and out the door of Capsule Corporation. Naturally Vegeta followed.

"So you want to fight," Vegeta said with a grin. "Then let's fight!" Before Trunks could say anything Vegeta charged at him and the two began throwing fists back and forth. Vegeta easily landed a punch across Trunks' face, sending him to the ground.

"Is that all you've got?!" he cried from the air. Trunks slowly got up and glared at Vegeta. Then he powered up to Super Saiyan. Vegeta smirked and powered up as well. They continued exchanging fists, each landing a punch now and then.

"What's going on?!" Bulma cried, emerging from Capsule Corporation. Vegeta and Trunks were causing the whole Capsule Corporation to shake. "Vegeta, Trunks, no!!!"

Trunks turned to look down at Bulma for a brief second and Vegeta used that to his advantage, pounding him down to the ground. Then he slowly landed and powered down.

"Weakling," he said, giving Trunks' unconscious body a small kick.

Trunks was having another bad dream; it was filled with the memories of the good times he and his mother had had. Tears streamed down his cheeks. Finally his eyes opened.

"Megumi! What are you doing here?!" he cried in surprise.

"Taking care of you," she smiled. "Bulma went to run some errands and took Trunks with her so that leaves me with you." Trunks gave a small smile. "Are you okay?" she asked, noticing his tears.

"Yeah…just a bad dream. That's all. I get them a lot," he replied. Megumi sat down on the bed and gently wiped his eyes with a tissue. "Thanks." Trunks tried to sit up and groaned in pain.

"Don't try and get up, just rest," Megumi instructed. She brushed his hair out of his face and placed a wet washcloth on his forehead. Wearily Trunks closed his eyes.

Finally, after three days Trunks woke up feeling better. He showered and dressed, then made his way to the kitchen, holding his stomach, which grumbled in hunger.

"Hi, Trunks. Feeling better?" greeted Bulma.

"Yes, thanks," he replied. He shyly sat down across from Megumi.

"We're going over to Master Roshi's today; everybody is going to be there. Are you going to come?" asked Bulma.

"Sure…"

"I don't know if I want to go," said Megumi.

"Megumi, is it about Krillin again?!" exclaimed Bulma in exasperation. Megumi avoided Bulma's stare.

"What's wrong with Krillin?" Trunks asked.

"Nothing. He just has a crush on Megumi and bugs her a lot when she's around," explained Bulma. Megumi blushed.

"I'll make sure he doesn't bother you too much," Trunks smiled at her. She smiled shyly back.

"Hi Bulma. Come in," greeted Master Roshi, holding the door open for the three to walk inside.

Soon everybody was chatting happily, except for Trunks. He kept to himself, sitting cross-legged on the floor by the TV. Then suddenly a shadow hovered over him. He turned to see Bulma standing there with baby Trunks.

"Hey, Trunks. Since you're the only one who's not busy I was hoping you could watch Trunks for me, while I go back to my place really quick," she said.

"Uh…sure," replied Trunks. He sat holding baby Trunks in his arms and looking at him.

This baby is me; I'm holding myself. How weird. He looked up and saw Krillin, who was obviously flirting with Megumi. Megumi looked rather bothered and uncomfortable. Then an idea came to Trunks and he gave a small smile.

"Krillin…"

"Huh?" Krillin turned to see Trunks behind him, holding baby Trunks. "Whoa, Trunks is holding Trunks!" he exclaimed.

"Bulma asked if you could watch Trunks for her, while she goes out to get something," said Trunks, holding the baby out towards Krillin. Krillin grumbled and took the baby.

"Aw man, and he needs a new diaper too!" Krillin cried, holding the smelly baby away from him as he left to clean him up.

"Thanks," said Megumi, after Krillin had left.

"No problem," replied Trunks, turning to leave.

"Wait. Aren't you going to stay and talk with me?" she asked. Trunks stopped and turned back towards her.

"Uh…sure," he said shyly.

"So, tell me about Tokyo," she continued, trying to start a conversation.

"Well…there's uh not much to tell…" he replied.

"But Tokyo is a major city, there's got to be lots to tell about it," said Megumi, with a confused look on her face in reaction to his response.

"Well…it's really busy and t-the traffic is really bad…" Trunks said ineptly.

"You're not from Tokyo, are you?" she questioned.

"Is it that obvious?" he asked, avoiding her stare.

"Yes," Megumi smiled teasingly at him. "So what's your story?" she asked curiously.

"It's complicated…" he said hesitantly.

"Don't you want to tell anybody though?" persisted Megumi.

"I…" Trunks clenched his teeth and he had a pained expression. "I don't want to talk about it…"

"Alright. The mysterious type, huh?" she commented. Trunks gave a shy, half-smile.

Soon Bulma returned and took baby Trunks off of Krillin's hands.

"Bulma…"

"Yes, Megumi?" she replied.

"Can I ask you something privately?" Megumi asked timidly.

"Of course. Let's go in the kitchen so I can feed Trunks."

Megumi sat at the table and waited, as Bulma warmed up a bottle of milk for baby Trunks. Finally, once Trunks was happily drinking from his bottle, Bulma took a seat across from Megumi.

"So, what did you want to ask me?"

"Well…" Megumi began. "What's the story with Trunks? He won't tell me anything about where he's from. I'm just kind of curious about it."

Bulma paused for a moment and than spoke. "This might sound kind of crazy, but Trunks is from the future. He first came here to warn us about the androids." Megumi looked down uncomfortably at the mention of androids. Bulma continued. "You see, in his time, Androids Seventeen and Eighteen are causing destruction and taking many innocent lives. He's back here again because his mother…she was killed when the roof of Capsule Corporation collapsed."

"You're his mother aren't you? I mean he's the grown up Trunks right?" inquired Megumi.

"Yes," Bulma replied.

"He probably really hates androids…" said Megumi, looking down ashamed.

"I'm sure if you explained it to him that he'd understand," assured Bulma, giving a confident smile.

Trunks sat outside on the porch of Master Roshi's house. Once again he had taken out the picture of him and his mother and was looking at it sadly. It took all his strength not to cry. Suddenly a shadow hovered over him, and he looked up.

"That's a really nice picture." It was Megumi. "Trunks…I'm sorry…" she said sympathetically.

"My mother told you, didn't she?" he replied. Megumi nodded. "Megumi…I-I've got to go…" and with that Trunks took off into the sky.

"Trunks, wait!" Megumi called after him. I really want to help him… she thought with determination. Quickly she flew into the air after him and followed.

Finally Trunks landed, only to see Megumi land right after him.

"W-what? You can fly?" he questioned in surprise.

"Uh…" Megumi hesitated. "Oops…" I shouldn't have flown after him. I don't want to reveal anything to him while he's already upset.

"There's no way that you could have Saiyan blood in you, so how is that possible?"

"I…uh…" Megumi was trapped. There was no way she could talk herself out of this confrontation.

"It looks like I'm not the only one with a secret," said Trunks.

Megumi sighed. "Just hear me out before you jump to conclusions, please," she begged.

"Alright," he agreed.

"I'm an android." Trunks' jaw dropped. Megumi looked down and avoided his reaction. "I don't remember much, just what I was told when I woke up in Bulma's lab. She gave me the name Megumi, replacing my number, Twenty-one. I guess Dr. Gero didn't have time to continue working on me, so he left it up to his computer. I was supposed to destroy androids Seventeen and Eighteen, then unite with Cell. However, Cell had already been destroyed. But under my programming I still attempted to destroy Seventeen and Eighteen. Then there was a battle between Goku, and myself until Bulma had finished an emergency controller, which was used to deactivate me. Then Bulma re-programmed me so that I was no longer under the evil commands of Dr. Gero."

Trunks was speechless. "A-an android?" he uttered.

"I understand if you hate me…"

"No…I don't hate you," said Trunks.

"Anyways, my secret isn't important. I just wanted to make sure that you're okay," continued Megumi.

"Thanks for being concerned," replied Trunks, giving a small smile. "I'm sorry that you had to be one of Dr. Gero's victims. Which is why I should return to my own time and destroy those androids once and for all."

"Let me go with you, Trunks," said Megumi.

"No, I don't want to put you in danger. And I couldn't let you see what kind of world I've seen, it's too horrible."

"Please, Trunks. You can't go alone," Megumi persisted. "Let me help you."

Trunks hesitated. Finally he gave in. "Alright…"

Of course they had to let the others know about their plan to travel back to the future. They couldn't just leave and disappear. Naturally there was great protest about Megumi accompanying Trunks, but in the end they were able to convince everyone that it would be all right.

"Trunks, Megumi, be careful…" said a worried Bulma. Everyone was gathered outside of Capsule Corporation in order to wish them a farewell.

"Don't worry, we will," Megumi reassured her.

"You can do it, Trunks. Go get 'em!" said Krillin, giving the thumbs up sign. Trunks gave a thumbs up back, then climbed into the time machine, Megumi following him. Then they waved goodbye, as the time machine rose into the air and disappeared.

Soon Trunks and Megumi arrived at the deserted, collapsing, Capsule Corporation of the future. Megumi gasped at first sight of it.

"I told you, things here are not pretty," said Trunks. He hopped out of the time machine, and reached out a hand to help Megumi out. He returned the time machine to its capsule and then walked towards a small headstone, not far from where they had landed, in front of Capsule Corporation. Megumi could see the pain on his face, as he tried to contain his emotions. She walked up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry…" He nodded in response and then walked past the headstone.

"We've got to find those androids!" The tone of his voice indicated his desire for revenge against them for destroying his world.

"But how are we going to find them?" Megumi asked.

"We'll just go search for them until we do find them," was Trunks stern reply.

They flew into the air and started scanning the horrible, future world, for signs of the androids. Suddenly they saw blasts being made in a particular direction and flew towards it.

"That must be them!" cried Trunks.

They arrived to see a girl with short, blonde hair, shooting blasts at buildings.

"There's one of them. I'll take care of her first, and then we'll find the other one," he said.

He flew downwards from behind her and knocked her into a collapsing building, catching her off-guard. After a few seconds she emerged. Her hair was tousled and dusty, her clothes tattered and torn.

"YOU! You're gonna pay for that!" she cried angrily. She shot an energy blast, which he easily dodged. Then she charged at him and they started exchanging punches and kicks.

All the while, Megumi just watched from a safe distance, floating in the air. Suddenly a hand covered her mouth, and another one pushed her hands down so that she could not resist, and she was flown away against her will. She struggled to cry out for help, but couldn't make a sound. She was taken into a nearby, abandoned, building. Then an evil, boy's voice spoke.

"While your friend is busy, I think I'll have some fun with you…" She tried to scream, but his hand only muffled it. He kept his hand over her mouth, as he lowered her to the floor, pinning her legs down by sitting on her. He continued to keep her mouth covered, but released his other hand from holding down her arms and ripped her shirt off. She tried to protest by screaming again, but she could barely make a sound. Since her hands were free she tried to hit him, but it seemed to have no effect.

He lowered his head and started kissing her stomach. She tried to push his head up, but it was no use. He continued moving up her body, and then started kissing her neck. However, he neglected to notice that his hand slipped away and was no longer covering her mouth. Megumi took a deep breath and with all her strength let out a cry.

"TRUNKS!!! HELP ME!!!"

"Megumi?" Trunks was distracted in the middle of his fight with the girl and she landed a hard punch to his jaw, sending him down to the ground.

"TRUNKS!!!" came the cry again. Trunks shakily got up and looked in the direction it was coming from. Megumi! The other android must have her! he realized. Quickly he took off towards the abandoned building. However, the girl noticed what he was up to. She blocked his path and started throwing punches at him.

"Your friend is busy with my brother right now, so you can play with me!" she smirked evilly. "Come to think of it, I think he's having more fun than us." She kicked Trunks hard, sending him crashing to the ground once again. While he was still lying there, recovering, she flew down towards him.

"Why don't we have some fun, like my brother is doing right now?" she said. Trunks was still dazed and did not respond. She leaned in and pressed a hungry kiss to his lips.

"Huh?" Trunks was starting to come to. When he realized what was happening he slapped her away. She put a hand to her hot cheek, which was now turning pink.

"Why you little punk!" she shouted angrily.

I've got to help Megumi! He thought frantically. I'll have to go Super Saiyan to speed this battle along!

With that, Trunks clenched his fists and his hair stood up and turned golden yellow. The female android charged at him, her fist ready to pound him, but he easily blocked her with his arm and kicked her in the stomach. She let out a grunt in surprise and swung her leg at Trunks' head. However with a simple move to the left, Trunks avoided her attack and caught her foot in his hand. Taking advantage of his position he started to swing her around really fast.

"LET ME GO!!!" she cried angrily.

"Okay," Trunks replied with a smirk.

"NOOO!!!" she screamed, as Trunks released his grip and she went flying. Before she could have time to recover from his attack, Trunks powered up and released his burning attack. While she was distracted with that he quickly flew towards the building that Megumi's cries had come from.

Meanwhile inside the building…

"So, you're an android too? That'll make this more fun with my own kind," the boy android said evilly. Megumi was horrified.

"Hey, leave her alone!" shouted Trunks, flying in through the window.

"Trunks!" Megumi cried, relieved.

"Just when I start to have my fun YOU come along!" retorted the android angrily. "We'll finish this later," he whispered into Megumi's ear, placing a kiss on her neck before releasing his grip on her.

"Megumi, stay here. I'll handle this outside," Trunks ordered. He flew out the window, the android following after him. Then they both stopped in the air, across from one another.

"You're going to regret interrupting my fun," the android threatened.

"We'll see about that," said Trunks. He shot forward and landed a hard punch, which sent the android flying. Then before the android had a chance to attack, Trunks hit him downwards, sending him crashing right on top of the female android.

"Darn it! He's gotten stronger some how!" the boy android cried. Both androids got to their feet and brushed themselves off.

"Let's attack together," said the female android. Her brother nodded in response and they both flew up into the air and shot multiple energy blasts at Trunks. When the dust cleared he was still floating there with his arms crossed.

"What?!" both androids cried.

"This fight is over, you two are no match for me," he stated calmly. "You're finished."

Before the androids had a chance to respond, Trunks hit them both with a huge blast, from which they would never come back from. The heat and power of the blast disintegrated them.