Author's note: Ok, I confess now I had no idea what was
happening in Dragon Ball Z (nor all those other ones!) I've only watched a few
episodes from the Cell saga (when Gohan was fighting him, and when Goku died), and
I've been gathering little facts of information here and there- how was I
supposed to know that Trunks was only a year older that Goten and the dragon
balls had to be collected (yes, I was really that far behind in DBZ news- I
didn't even now that….until now, and now is too late to change it)?? Oops…oh
well. I admit I blundered quite a bit, but hey! This is fanfic! I can change if
I want, right? Cos that's the beauty of fanfiction! Besides, what I write will
never be as good as the real thing anyway.
As I wrote in Chap3 Author's notes since realising that I'd
given away my ideas for this chapter, I've had to change it. I'm so sorry about
that. I completely forgot that I'd put those at the bottom of my file. You may
have to quickly re-read that chapter, before going to this one, since I've
changed the plot idea so there will be a surprise(and it makes sense).
Additional note: Did you all realise that you can review
once per chapter?? (ok, for those who do- I'm a bit slow to realise things
because I don't read fanfiction notices about what's new. For those who didn't-
funky hey? ^_^)
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Teshya moaned as
she woke, her head still thumping after fainting…Gohan and baby Trunks! Big
Trunks! And…?
There was an
altogether too familiar chuckle. "You alright there?"
Teshya focused her eyes
upon the second masked figure. "Oh my gosh," she gasped. "It was real…you
really are me?"
"Cool it already,
Tesh!" the other masked figure answered good-naturedly. "You and I need to
talk- privately. There are a few things you really need to know. But for now,
Tesh- you have to trust me; and you have to trust Porunga. He did what he did
on my orders."
"What?!" Teshya
cried out. "YOU got Porunga to make me promise that I'd bloody well…oh I can't
believe this! If you were me, you'd never do that- and you would know how much
I hate being called 'Tesh'!"
The Future Teshya
shrugged and removed her face veil. She looked identical to her younger self-
except there was something in her eyes that suggested she had matured much
further than her younger counterpart had yet.
Teshya folded her
arms. "I also promised myself that I'd never do this; come back to see my
younger self- and let my younger self see my future self!"
Future Teshya threw
her hands up exasperatedly. "I had no idea what a freak I was back then, Grand
Kai forgive me!"
"I don't believe in
HIM either. Now I know you're a fake!" Teshya declared.
Future Teshya
cocked her head. "Oh really; you can be such a child sometimes. Grow up- you
know, finding a maturity level that exceeds that of your young friend Gohan.
You're thirty two thousand five hundred ninety three, and you still act like
you're one of them independent cocky teenagers."
Teshya yelled. "I
am not!"
The Z warriors were
speechless, all except Yamcha who shrieked. "Thirty two thousand five hundred
and ninety three??!! I thought you really were a teenager!"
"That's what you
were meant to think. It's another way to cover her/my/our tracks." Future
Teshya explained quickly, she turned back to her younger self. "Then you
realise exactly what Goten is?"
"Of course I do-
he's; ah, heh," Teshya winced at the stares she was getting from all her
friends.
"What's my son?"
Chi-Chi demanded. "He's my boy and I'm not letting you touch him!"
"Chi-Chi, cool it,"
Future Teshya replied. "There's nothing wrong with Goten; and we're not going
to touch him if you don't want."
"Good." Chi-Chi
relaxed slightly. "Because he's my son and I don't care what Goku says this
time- Goten is my baby and he's not going anywhere without my permission."
"That makes it hard
though." Future Teshya shrugged casually. "Goten has a great destiny ahead of
him. I think in time you'll change your mind."
Chi-Chi snarled.
"Not a chance. Goten will be studying too hard to notice any of that
hero-save-the-earth stuff."
Future Teshya
laughed. "Yes, I remember it all so well…"
Teshya lowered her
head to the floor. She hesitated. "How far into my future are you?"
"Eleven years."
Future Teshya admitted.
"Is Gohan a
scholar?" Chi-Chi wanted to know.
"I'm not here to
answer those kinds of questions. Tesh has serious work to do. And she has to
get over all her stupidity about powers and stuff- they're not going away
Teshya, and think of all your friends who have died over the years that you
might have saved!" Future Teshya rounded on her younger self.
Teshya screamed and
lashed out. Her future self blocked the blow easily and dropped automatically
into a fighting stance. "Do you really think you can beat me?" Future Teshya
taunted. "I've lived these moments before- from your point of view. Trust me. I
understand how hard it will be for you to give up the pledge you made back
then. Our family is gone, you have moved planet and quadrant so many times; you
have no regard for evil- but nor do you stop it!"
"Excuse me for a
moment," Piccolo interrupted. "But Teshya told me that Chi-Chi had helped her
as a child. And you also said that Chi-Chi doesn't remember you when you were a
child. Not to mention you were talking about when you could only remember a bit
of Bulma when you were a child!"
"I meant when
Chi-Chi was a child! And of course she doesn't remember me while I was a child-
she wasn't even born then! I've been telling the truth the whole time!" the
younger Teshya stated. "I can watch people and see them from long distances
just by concentrating…I don't know why but I kept an eye on her and Goku-
something about them made me. Now I know why. It's their baby Goten. And as for
Bulma- part of my powers involve premonitions. I saw the future- and I recognise
Bulma. But the memories of what happened in those dreams have faded. And now
every time I see her or speak to her, I falter…"
"And your family?"
Piccolo pressed. "I'm glad for this exchange- it's about time you gave us some
completely honest answers."
"I come from the
South quadrant. My people were like what the humans call elves. Some of us even
had these innate abilities- powers that we couldn't understand. Most of the
south quadrant is peaceful. But our planet and people were attacked. Then I was
born; I had power- lots of it- they wanted me to fight. But I couldn't! It was
against everything that I believed in." Teshya beseeched them. "So eventually
the planet was annihilated along with its people. I had already gone by then-
using some teleportation technique I had managed to land on a planet
somewhere."
"But if you're from
there, how would you be recognised here? Your veil is pointless. None of us
have seen any such people." Piccolo replied.
"Your King Kai
might have known!" Teshya replied angrily. "And there is the chance that he is
listening in now! I have to get out of here…"
"Hold your horses,"
Future Teshya barked. "I'm using my power now to hide this event. He won't
realise what's going on. And since Goku blew up his planet, he has to stay in
the Otherworld- so no one in this room who may wish to communicate with him to
tell him of this transition can!"
"Wait a second –
back to Teshya's confession; you have used your power before now?" Goku raised
an eyebrow. "I mean, the teleportation technique- that's using your power,
right?"
"I used my power so
briefly I hardly realised- and it was for my own gain." Future Teshya
interrupted. "It's something I've hated myself for doing- not recognising that
I should have died with my people, letting my power gain control of me; it
forced me to use it. And I'm ashamed that I did that now. But I'm ultimately
going to win. I just have to convince my younger self that she can do it-
apparently me being here is not good enough."
"I'm going to win
this Kami-forsaken battle?" Teshya blinked.
"Perhaps not in the
way that you want to, but you will. Oh, my own personal battle isn't over. Oh
no!" Future Teshya laughed. "But I am very close to finishing what I began the
moment I saw myself from your eyes, Teshya."
Teshya's eyes
betrayed her curiosity, confusion and conflicting emotions. She stared at the
floor. "I could end this? It's been so long…such a futile battle against
myself…"
"Give up that
fight. Change now! The power will consume you anyway. Better for you to control
it, before it controls you." Future Teshya urged. "You cannot help those you
have already lost- but help those you care for while you still can! Javette
will return!"
Teshya looked up
sharply to her future self. "I suppose we do have quite a bit to talk about…"
she said quietly. "I want to know what I have to do to succeed in this
long-awaited final war."
"That's between you
and me, Teshya." Future Teshya smiled.
"Ah, if everyone's
alright now, myself and I will go to my/our room," Teshya said stubbornly,
resuming her normal attitude. "I ask that we are not disturbed."
The Son family,
Piccolo and Future Trunks looked at each other as they heard the door close.
"Was there
something in that exchanged that was really important? 'Cause I have a feeling
there might have been- and I missed it." Gohan voiced.
Goten yawned and
squealed happily.
Future Trunks
narrowed his eyes. "I don't think I fully trust them- her- whatever. Something
seems strange about it all. If Teshya was using her power to stop King Kai from
hearing this, then why couldn't we sense it?"
Goku's face was a
study of thought- because of that very logical reason.
