Crono
Chapter 1: Time Stops, The Shattering of the Worlds
Quote: "They say that this four eyed freak has the power to stop an instant
in time." -Vegeta
Part 1
The wind blew crazily, buildings cracked, and lightning flashed repeatedly in the sky.
"Goshin! Goshin! Where are you! Carrot! Veggi! Someone!" shouted a young girl. The girl's hair was cut short on top, the long hair at her neck tied together in a long braid that went to the small of her back. She wore a purple Capsule Corps. jacket, a black tank top, and baggy pants with a tan belt and boots. Her blue eyes searched around. "Mom! Dad!" she shouted, running down a hall faster than the eye could follow.
A piece of roof fell behind her and she whimpered in fright as the piece of roof as well as a large part of the building and ground, simply vanished before her eyes. She could see outside the building now and the city was also disappearing, piece by piece. "Gogeta!" shouted a male voice.
"Goshin!" shouted the girl running towards the voice. She leapt into the arms of a tall boy with blond hair and blue green eyes, dressed in a orange gi. The boy ran with the girl till they entered a room where another boy stood typing with incredible speed at a large computer.
"That's impossible!" shouted the boy. He had silky long black hair that fell just past his shoulders, and a large widow's peak donned his forehead. He wore a sleeveless blue trench coat, black tight pants, a black shirt, and white gloves and boots.
"Carrot!" shouted the blond-haired boy called Goshin. "What the hell's going on?"
"It's a temporal displacement!" The black-haired boy called Carrot shouted back.
"What?!" shouted Goshin, still clutching Gogeta, the blue haired girl.
"Someone fucked with time!" shouted Carrot. The computer next to him sparked then exploded.
A girl in red leather, and spiky purple hair ran into the room. "Brother!" she shouted above the roaring wind.
"Veggi!" shouted Carrot. "You're right, someone screwed up the time line!"
"Hurry up! We don't have much time left!" shouted Veggi. The four raced down hall after hall, till they came to a large room full of equipment and machines. Veggi dashed into a ship-like machine, swung herself into the control seat, and began programming the machine. Carrot went over to another computer and entered the command telling the bay doors to open.
Suddenly, the wind stopped howling and an eerie silence fell over them all. A figure walked gracefully into the room. She shimmered with a holy light. Her sky blue hair tumbled down her back in long waves, and her blue eyes seem like crystal, to look at them could bring peace to the soul. The beautiful woman glided in wearing long white robes.
"Blue Lady," breathed Goshin.
"Don't worry," her gentle voice rolled in. "I have stopped all but this moment, so I could speak with you and give you time."
"Mother," breathed Carrot and went to her.
"What the hell is going on?" shouted Veggi, running out of the ship.
"Mother. You used your powers to do this?"
"Yes," said the woman softly, "but I can not hold it long. When you leave, go 56 years into the past."
"Why, mother? Why 56 years? Is that when the time was changed?" asked Veggi.
"No, time was changed more than once. I'm afraid that our enemy is a surviving member of Lusifer's army."
"But grandfather destroyed all of Lusifer's army and Lusifer over five years ago," protested Carrot.
"Not all," spoke the woman softly. "Go back in time and enlist the help of our past selves. You must hurry, for all dimensions are starting to disappear along with this one."
"That can't be, mother. All dimensions can't just disappear," said Veggi.
"Crono has been taken over," said the woman.
Carrot and Veggi gasped. "No one can take over Crono, Crono is time," protested Carrot.
"Crono can and has been taken over, that is why you need strong allies. You must go now, I can not hold time much longer." As if to press her point, the whole place shook violently.
"Shit," cursed Veggi and disappeared back into the ship. Carrot ran in to help her. Goshin turned to Gogeta.
"Gogeta, you're staying here."
"No! I don't want to stay here. I can help you, I'm strong!" she protested.
"Gogeta, I don't have time to argue with you. I know you're strong, but the past is no place for you. Stay here!" Goshin turned and ran into the ship.
Gogeta stood next to the pretty woman and watched as the ship started up. Gogeta look up at the woman, who smiled sweetly at her.
"What are you waiting for?" asked the woman.
Gogeta smiled and ran into the ship just before the door closed. She hid in a corner and held on tight as she felt the ship lift off the ground. She smiled to herself. "Maybe," she thought as her eyes grew sleepy. "I'll get to see grandpa again." Gogeta drifted off to the land of sleep as the ship carried them through space and time.
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Part 2
Gokku punched out with his fist and met with Vegeta's arms crossed in front of his chest. The Saiya-jin prince struck out with his foot, Gokku bent up his leg and took the blow, and so it went.
Bulma glanced up at the two in the air and shook her head. "You'd think those two would give it a rest. We haven't had a problem since Buu."
Chi-Chi tore lettuce leaves for salad. "That's just the way they are. Nothing you or I say is going to make them give up fighting. At least we can watch them from here."
"I guess you're right," said Bulma. "Vegeta just wouldn't be Vegeta if he didn't fight. It might be nice if he would do something else some time."
"Quit complaining, at least you get to see your husband every day," said Chi-Chi, ripping the lettuce more violently.
Bulma took a step away from her and sweat dropped. Lucky for her, Trunks took that moment to come home with Goten. "Hi mom, I'm home."
"Trunks," smiled Bulma. "How was school today?"
"Fine, I'm going upstairs with Goten to change."
"Alright, but hurry everyone will be here soon," shouted Bulma as Trunks disappeared into their house. Bulma sighed, "What happened to my little boy? I can't believe he's a senior in high school already."
"They grow up fast, don't they? Must be all that food they consume," muttered Chi-Chi as she went inside to check on the rice.
Bulma sighed again at her friend, then smiled as she watched a laughing eight year old Pan and ten year old Bra run across the yard; they were so cute. She looked at her watch. It was four o' clock and they were still waiting for Videl, Kuirin, Juuhachi (18), Marron, Yamcha, Pu'ar, OoLong, and Master Kamesennin (Master Roshi). The Dragon Ball gang had decide to get together for one of their usual picnics at Capsule Corps—it insured that they all stayed close. Bulma was a little worried about Chi-Chi. The woman hardly ever saw her husband, not to mention Goten didn't get to see his father much. She shook her head. Gokku was a nice guy, but didn't understand that his family missed him. She glanced at Uub, the little boy that Gokku hadpractically left his family to go and train. Uub stood quietly watching the fight between Gokku and Vegeta, taking in all their moves. From what Bulma could tell he seemed like a nice boy. How old was he, ten? Bulma's eyes wandered till they landed on something tall and green; Piccolo?
Gohan smiled as he felt his teacher's ki coming near. He couldn't believe Piccolo was coming to one of their picnics. He always invited the Namek sei-jin, but Piccolo had never come till now.
Piccolo landed in front of his old student, and noted how the boy had changed. He hadn't grown any taller since Buu had tried to destroy the world, and he didn't look any older, but to Piccolo the boy looked wiser and more mature. Gohan smiled brightly at him, and Piccolo gave him a small smile in return. Then he frowned, he wasn't here for any picnic. He and Dende had both felt it, something bad was going to happen.
Before the Namek sei-jin could tell Gohan that trouble was coming, it arrived. A large ship appeared out of no where in the sky. Everyone stopped to watch as it slowly lowered to the ground and landed.
"What's going on?" asked Gohan.
"The enemy is here," said Piccolo.
Three figures exited the ship in a flash and the first thing they did was grab the closest person. The dragon ball gang got ready for a fight.A boy in an orange gi jumped in front of Gohan and Piccolo. Gohan was too shocked to move as the boy slapped something on his wrist and turned to Piccolo. "Super Saiya-jin," said Gohan. Piccolo punched out at the boy, but the boy ducked under the punch and took them both to the ground. Piccolo raised up his fist with a snarl, the boy slapped a band on it, but was hit right in the face. The boy went tumbling off the Namek sei-jin and into unconsciousness.
A purple-haired girl slapped wrist bands on the two girls and the little boy that stared at her with open mouths. She gave them a small smile before turning her head and looking at the two Saiya-jins that floated in the air.
They wasted no time and attacked.
Bulma screeched and dove behind a table as the black-haired boy came in her direction. Trunks popped his head outside, confused as to what all the noise was about. He was grabbed by his shirt and yanked outside by the black haired boy. The black haired boy gave him a half smirk, before ramming his knee into Trunk's stomach, then slapping a band on his wrist.
Goten came out and saw Trunks being attacked. He shoulder-slammed the intruder, who let go of Trunks to grab Goten. Goten and the boy's hands interlocked and the intruder cursed. Goten was about to raise his power level, when the black haired boy slammed his forehead against Goten's. Goten saw stars fly around, and didn't even feel the boy slap the metal band on his wrist. In the blink of an eye, the boy had wrist bands on Chi-Chi and Bulma. He turned his head to see the purple-haired girl trying to put bands on Gokku and Vegeta, but failing. He quickly decided to help.
Vegeta dodge as the girl made a grab for him, he delivered a bone jarring blow to her back as she missed. The girl growled at the pain, but turned back to him with a look of determination in her eyes. "Hold still," she hissed, and tried to grab him again, she was grabbed from behind by Gokku.
"NO!" she cried. "You don't understand, there is no time for fighting. You have to trust me!"
"Trust you? I don't think so, girly." said Vegeta, who turned his head just in time to meet the black-haired boy charging at him. Vegeta engaged in a fist fight with the boy, skillfully pulling away from him whenever he tried to put a band on him. The purple-haired girl struggled in Gokku's grip, then hissed again and raised her energy fast. Gokku was thrown back and his eyes widened when he saw the girl go Super Saiya-jin.
Vegeta turned his head to see as the girl went Super Saiya-jin. The boy rushed and hammered the Saiya-jin prince to the ground. Before he could get up the boy's black hair turned gold and stood up. He straddled Vegeta, pinning him to the ground. Vegeta couldn't believe it, the boy was a perfect copy of him in Super Saiya-jin form. The boy tried to slap a band on Vegeta's wrist, but both watched in horror as the band went right threw the Saiya-jin's wrist. "NO! Shit!" cursed the boy as Vegeta began to get transparent. "Veggi!" he shouted up at the girl who fought with Gokku, both at Super Saiya-jin.
The girl Super Saiya-jin turned her head as one of her partners called her name. She watched as Vegeta slowly went transparent. "Shit!" she cursed and dove down to the two, Gokku follow close behind.
"What have you done to Vegeta?" yelled Gokku as he slammed his fist into the boy that looked like Vegeta. The boy was sent rolling across the grass with the force of Gokku's punch.
Bulma ran out to her husband. "Vegeta!" she shouted as she ran. Vegeta stood up and looked through himself, he disappeared right as Bulma reached him. "Vegeta!" she screamed.
Gokku punched at the girl, she dodged. "Stop, Gokku-san!" she shouted. Gokku pulled back his fist and aimed for the girl's head. He watched as his fist went right through her. Gokku drew back and looked at his hands, he could see through them. Everyone watched helplessly as Gokku disappeared like Vegeta.
"Dad!" shouted Goten and turned Super Saiya-jin, Trunks did likewise. The two of them charged and grabbed the Saiya-jin boy that looked like Vegeta. They pinned him down.Gohan stood before the Saiya-jin girl. "What did you do to them?" he shouted.
"Shut up!" shouted the girl as she powered down to everyone's shock. "We were too late," she said, looking down at the ground.
"What do you mean?" asked Gohan, confused. He looked around to see everyone had the same confused looks on their faces.
The girl took a deep breath. "There is still a chance," she said, snapping her gaze up. Gohan gasped, she looked a lot like Vegeta now that he got a good look at her.
"Who are you?" Gohan asked.
"My name is Veggi, I come from 56 years in the future."
Shock appeared on everyone's face.
"Not again," growled Piccolo.
The dragon ball gang decided to listen to what the three from the future had
to say. The one called Veggi went off to set some kind of device up. The black-haired boy slapped awake his fallen friend, and they introduced themselves.
"My name is Carrot," said the black-haired boy, he brushed a few strands of loose hair behind his ear. "I'm Veggi's twin brother, we're 18."
"My name is Goshin," said the blond. "I'm 19 years old. It's a pleasure to meet you all," said the boy and bowed deeply to them.
"Ah, Goshin. Can I ask you a question?" said Gohan.
"Yes," answered Goshin.
"Why are you still in Super Saiya-jin mode?"
Goshin blushed a light shade of red, and Carrot laughed softly beside him.
"I am not," mumbled Goshin.
"But your hair is still gold," protested Trunks.
Carrot laughed harder, and Goshin glared at him. Goshin sighed. "I'm not a Super Saiya-jin, I don't have the gene to reach that level. I inherited my blond hair and blue eyes from my mother, and the spikes from my father."
"Oh," said Goten and Trunks together.
"What do you mean you don't have the gene for reaching that level?" questioned Bulma.
Goshin sighed again. "Carrot, would you please explain that part. I'm not good at smart talk."
"Goshin comes from a blood line with a recessive Super Saiya-jin gene. Because, Goshin's father didn't take a mate with genes that complemented his blood, Goshin, his only offspring, lost the gene to become a Super Saiya-jin. He has very little characteristics of Saiya-jins, and in a couple of generations there will be no sign at all that his descendents have Saiya-jin blood. Basically bad breeding," finished Carrot.
"Hey, that's my parents you're talking about," said Goshin.
"So you're saying that the Super Saiya-jin level isn't something you can just train hard and reach," said Bulma. "You have to have a special gene to reach that level?"
"Yep," said Carrot. "Me and Veggi have strong Saiya-jin blood because of our breeding. We both reached Super Saiya-jin at the age of five."
"Five!" shouted Gohan. "That's two years before Goten." They all turned to look at Goten and Trunks who didn't seem to like the idea of being surpassed.
"Wait a minute," said Goten. "You guys came from the future right?"
"Yah," said Carrot.
"And, you're Saiya-jin right?"
The two boys looked at each other uncomfortable. "Yah," said Goshin.
"That means that you're..." Goten voice trailed off.
"Related to us," finished Trunks.
"Uh," said Goshin, looking down at his orange gi. He began to fidget.
Just then, Veggi came back. "I've finished putting up a barrier around Capsule Corps. Time will not move within it, but if you go outside the barrier with out a wrist band, you will no longer exist."
"How long will this barrier work?" asked Bulma.
"Only 48 hours."
"That's not long," said Bulma. "You'd better start explaining."
Veggi looked at the two boys, then sighed. "I guess I'll explain. You all know we came from the future. In our time, Earth is the headquarters for the Emperor of the Free Universe. Basically, the person put in charge of keeping peace, the universes' military, politics, and what not. The earth is going to go through some radical changes. It started with a mad man, know as
Lusifer, who had incredible powers, the likes of which no one had ever seen. By the time his forces reached Earth, he had conquered half the universe. A powerful group of warriors on Earth fought off Lusifer's force with laughable ease. The leader of this group was Vegeta."
"What?!" shouted many of the group.
"What about Gokku?" asked Bulma. "I know my husband is powerful and all that, but he's hardly the hero type."
"People change, Bulma-san, and as for Gokku, he disappeared," said Veggi.
"What?!" shouted the group again.
"What do you mean disappeared?" asked Chi-Chi.
Veggi sighed with frustration. "Some new problems involving the dragon balls happened, (Dragon Ball GT) and Gokku and some of his friends had to fix them. When the problems were solved, Gokku left with the Eternal Dragon for reasons no one knows. The point is he wasn't there, and Vegeta was. I won't go into details, I wasn't there. It's a long story, and it has little to do with what is happening now."
"Sorry," said Trunks. "Please continue."
Veggi smiled at him. "Anyway, to make a long story short, or at least shorter—this group of fighters began to attract outside attention from planets that didn't have strong warriors. A member of a rebel force from the planet Jugo, went to Earth to see if the rumors were true. The rebel just happened to run across Vegeta during a fight with a powerful general in Lusifer's arms. Vegeta easily won, so the rebel was convinced that if he could get a man like Vegeta to fight for his home planet he could liberate his people. So he kind of borrowed Vegeta."
"What do you mean borrowed?" asked Trunks.
"Well, more like abducted."
"Abducted? But you just said Vegeta was really powerful," protested Bulma.
"He was, but the Jugo rebel had a hand transport."
"What's that?" asked Goten.
"That is the device that changed everything," Veggi grinned. "A transport device can ship people and items incredible distances from one point to another. A hand transport can only go one way because it only has one fixed point. Anyway, it's a device that allowed the rebel to sneak up behind Vegeta, and ship Vegeta and himself to his home world. Of course, I'm surprised Vegeta didn't rip his head off for it, but then he'd have no way of getting home. The rebel made a deal with Vegeta: get rid of the Lusifer's force on Jugo and he could go home. Vegeta accepted and rid the planet of Lusifer's soldiers in less then an hour. The Jugo transported him back to Earth as promised, where they negotiated with Bulma-san for means of protection. Bulma-san equipped Jugo's forces with weapons that could kill normal Lusifer soldiers, and built a permanent transport between the planets.That was the beginning of the Free Universe, in my time, 2/3 of all planets with intelligent life are part of the Free Universe."
"Kami-sama," whispered Gohan. "How long did this take?"
"About 30 years," said Veggi.
"That's all?" said Gohan, he couldn't believe his ears.
Veggi nodded. "It wasn't too hard. Everyone hated Lusifer, and turned on him the moment his back was turned to join the Free Universe. And once Vegeta-san defeated Lusifer himself, everyone wanted to be allied with Earth's force. It took a couple of years, but a new government of set up, with a emperor, and a empress."
"Who were they?" asked Chi-Chi.
"Vegeta-san and you," Veggi said, turning to Bulma.
Bulma turned pale. "Me?" she said in a small voice.
Veggi nodded. "You and Vegeta turned out to be prefect for the job. Everyone respected you for your intelligence and Vegeta for his strength. You both were unbelievable in politics. Your opinions differed so much, you two worked out all the kinks before you proposed anything. The Free Universe had a voting system like a Senate and House, and most planets considered the system fair."
Bulma walked over and sat down hard in a chair. "I'm going to be the ruler of the universe," she whispered in a daze.
"Okay, that was a nice little history lesson," said Piccolo, "but it still doesn't explain why you're here, and what happen to Gokku and Vegeta."
"I was getting to that," snapped Veggi. "It turns out that someone from Lusifer's army managed to escape, but we don't know who they are, or how it happened. He went back in time and screwed everything up. The question becomes what did he change and when? And that bring us to why we are here."
"Is there a reason we should believe anything you tell us?" asked Piccolo.
"Not a reason," said Veggi. "You'll just have to trust us, or you can just wait till the barriers run out of energy and you disappear." Piccolo frowned and turned his head away. Trunks broke in, not liking the silence that fell.
"Do you have any way of finding out when the time line was changed?" asked Trunks. Veggi turned to Carrot.
Carrot ran a hand threw his fine black hair. "I have some equipment I can use, but I'm not sure how long it will take."
"Do it," said Veggi. "You can probably narrow the search down to before this time."
"Why do you say that?" asked Goshin.
"Because Vegeta and Gokku where the first to disappear, which means the part of time that was changed was directly related to them. In fact I'd said the time change happened before the two met, because they didn't disappear at the same time."
"That's right," said Carrot. "I should be able to find the dates within a few hours, I'll go start now." Carrot turned and disappeared inside the ship they'd come in. There was a pause of silence inside the ship, then Carrot's voice asked, "What are you doing here?!"
Everyone turned as a blue haired girl came running out of the ship laughing.
"Dad!" she shouted and jumped on Trunks. Trunks turned paper-white.
"Gogeta!" shouted Goshin. "What are you doing here?!"
"I didn't want to stay, everything was disappearing," she said in an innocent voice.
"Did she say, 'dad'?" asked Goten, looking at the pale Trunks with the blue haired Gogeta wrapped around his neck.
A silence fell over the group. Goshin looked at Veggi, she shrugged her shoulders. "Go ahead, Goshin, tell them who we are."
"But, won't that jeopardize our existence?!" said Goshin. "We're not even born yet."
"We'll have to erase their memories later," said Veggi. She turned to everyone. "I hope you all don't mind."
"Fine with me, I don't want to remember any of this any way," said Chi-Chi.
"It's best we don't know," said Gohan.
"Hey, I don't know about you guys, but I like knowing I'm going to be the Empress of the Universe," said Bulma.
"Bulma-san, please," said Gohan.
"Oh, all right," she crossed her arms in front of her chest and frowned.
"Go ahead, Goshin," said Veggi, nudging him in the side.
"Okay, who do I start with?" Everyone's eyes wandered over to Trunks and Gogeta, who was still hanging onto Trunks' neck, rubbing her check against his chest. "I guess I'll start with Gogeta's. Obviously Trunks is her father."
Trunks' knees gave out. Lucky for him he was standing next to a bench.
"Her mother is Son Pan, making her 3/8th Saiya-jin." Everyone's mouths dropped and they turned to look at Pan, who was standing quietly listening with Uub and Bra.
"I'm going to marry Trunks-chan?" she asked in an excited voice. "Yay!!!" she ran over and jumped on Trunks, looping her arms around his neck and began rubbing her check against his chest along with Gogeta. Poor Trunks looked like he was going to faint.
"Wait a minute, Pan is too young for me!" protested Trunks.
"Oh, don't worry, your Saiya-jin blood evens you out," said Veggi with a wink.
Gohan glared hard at Trunks. If looks could kill, Trunks would have been a piles of ash.
"Gohan, don't look at me like that. I haven't done anything," said Trunks, frantically waving his arms in front of him.
"Yet," said Gohan, narrowing his eyes. Trunks seemed to shrink under that gaze, trying to hide under the two girls.
Goten laughed. "Poor Trunks, you married a third grader."
"That's not funny!" protested Trunks. "I'll bet the one with defective genes is yours," he shot back.
"What!" shouted Goten. Veggi began to laugh.
"Shut up!" both Goshin and Goten yelled at her.
"Well, he's right," said Veggi with a sly smile.
"What?!" shouted Goten, looking at the blond Saiya-jin.
"Gokku had a Super Saiya-jin gene that popped up every now and then in his blood line. It's very weak, but very powerful. Unfortunately, you take Marron as your wife and her DNA dominates yours," said Veggi.
Goten's mouth dropped open and Trunks laughed.
"That's why," Veggi continue. "Gogeta is the Ultra Saiya-jin."
"The what?" asked Gohan.
"The Ultra Saiya-jin, she was born at Super Saiya-jin level 5."
Everyone gasped. "That's impossible," said Gohan.
Veggi shock her head, "Vegeta and Gokku both reached that level, but you have to be born the Ultra Saiya-jin to be able to change back. Level 5 is the ultimate fighter, invisible, unstoppable; unfortunately once at level 5 you can't stop fighting."
"What a minute," said Goten. "If Dad and Vegeta became level 5s then how did they st...." Goten's voice trailed off.
A sad look crossed Veggi's eyes. "Gokku reached level 5 first, years after Lusifer's army was defeated. He didn't know that he won't be able to stop fighting. Vegeta did. He understood that when Gogeta was born, he was the one that trained her to control her power and rage. He never tried to go past level 4 because he knew he wouldn't be able to handle it, but when Gokku showed up..."
"What?" asked Goten.
Veggi took a deep breath. "I'll give Gokku-san credit, he almost had control, he was able to keep from killing too many people." The group gasped with horror. Veggi continued."When Gokku returned to Earth, he was desperate to fight Vegeta, and Vegeta willingly accepted." Their was some bitterness in Veggi's voice. She obviously didn't agree with Vegeta's choice. "They fought in a lifeless system and destroyed nine of its planet and 21 of its moons. Vegeta went level 5 some where in the battle, and the two ended up killing each other. I think they planned it that way."
Everyone was silent.
"Gogeta has that much power?" asked Trunks, looking down at the little girl curled up on his chest.
"Yes, the combination of Gokku and Vegeta's blood produce the Ultra Saiya-jin. We did some tests and the gene will show up every third generation, but none of the offspring in-between will have the Super Saiya-jin gene."
A shiver ran down Trunks' spine as he realized that Gogeta could kill them all without much trouble.
"Last," said Goshin, "is Carrot and Veggi. I'd say their more Saiya-jin than human." As Goshin said this, his hand reached out to yank on something around Veggi's waist. Everyone's mouths dropped again as Veggi hissed in pain and smacked Goshin. She held onto the furry, brown length that uncoiled from her waist and petted the hurt spot. Veggi had a tail.
"Don't do that, you asshole!" shouted Veggi as she rubbed her tail.
Goshin gave her a goofy Son smile. "Veggi and Carrots parents are Bra-san and Uub-san."
Everyone turned to look at the two ten year olds. They seemed confused, obviously not understanding why everyone was staring at them. Veggi walked over and picked up her young mom. "Bra-san's and Uub-san's DNA worked great together. The Saiya-jin genes in Carrot's and my body are all dominates, that's why we have tails. It'll take a long time for our blood to thin out. If we're careful, it never will."
Suddenly, a black hole opened next to them. The air around the hole blew like mad and lightning sparked around it.
"Veggi!" shouted Carrot running out of the ship. "Someone's coming!"
"Shit! They've found us. Goshin, get Uub, Bra, Pan, and Gogeta out of here. Chi-Chi-san, Bulma-san, please go with them," said Veggi.
They nodded and ran inside Capsule Corps. Goshin came back out when everyone was inside. Piccolo, Goten, Trunks, Gohan, Veggi, Carrot, and Goshin stood ready before the black hole.
"What's going on?" shouted Goshin above the noise.
"The asshole that screwed up time is coming to pay us a visit," shouted Carrot.
A figure with spiky hair stepped through the ripe in time, follow by a taller figure also with spiky hair, then another average sized figure. The black hole disappeared and the dragon ball gang's eyes widened. Before them stood Gokku, Vegeta, and another man they had never seen before. Gokku and
Vegeta were dressed in some strange kind of jump suits. Gokku's was red and black with a little yellow, and Vegeta's was blue, white, and black. Both Saiya-jins had their tails back and wrapped around their waists. The unknown figure behind them wore red and white military clothes. A wicked scar ran down over one eye and down his check, but the eye was still okay. The man had short white hair, and his eyes showed an eerie purple. He frowned when he saw them.
"Gokku? Vegeta?" said Goshin confused.
"Dad!" shouted Gohan with a smile. He stepped forward towards Gokku. "I'm glad you're okay, we were worried something terrible had happen to you and—"
"Gohan look out!" shouted Piccolo, but too late. Gokku raised up his hand and punched Gohan in the stomach. Gohan doubled over his fist, then was sent flying as Gokku backhanded him across the face. Gohan rolled several times before he stopped, unconscious.
"I'm not your father, brat," spat Gokku. "And my name is Kararot."
"Kararot?" said Goten. "That what Vegeta-san calls him."
"It's his Saiya-jin name," said Trunks. "Something is very wrong here."
"You!" growled Veggi. "You're the one that did all of this, aren't you? Tell me who you are!" snarled Veggi, addressing the man with white hair and purple eyes. He smiled at Veggi, and when she looked into his eyes, she was reminded of her mother's eyes, the woman in the future; Bra.
"I am Nall. I was Lusifer's spiritual adviser," he said. His voice projected a sense of peace.
"Shit!" cursed Veggi.
"What?!" asked Goshin.
"He's got powers like Mom. That's how he took over Crono."
"Kami-sama. I didn't think any one else had powers like Mom," said Carrot.
Nall smiled sweetly. "Kararot. Vegeta. These people wish to interfere with our plans. We can't have that, can we?"
Gokku and Vegeta's faces hardened and they took up fighting stances.
"What's going on?" said a confused Goten. "Why are they on his side?"
"Don't know," said Trunks. "Think about it later, Goten. Concentrate on winning now."
"Right!" said Goten. Trunks and Goten stood back to back facing Gokku and Vegeta. Piccolo went over to check on Gohan, Carrot and Veggi stood on either side of Trunks and Goten, while Goshin stood behind them, ready to fight but keeping his distance.
Silence filled the air and no one moved. A gentle breeze blew scattering loose leaves. One of these leaves happen to land on Goten's nose.
"Achhoooo!"
Everyone exploded into action.
Gokku and Vegeta went straight to Super Saiya-jin three. Their hair grew long, down to their waists, and their eyebrows disappeared. Veggi, Carrot, Goten, and Trunks powered up to Super Saiya-jin.Gokku leaped forward and slammed his fist against Veggi's blocked arms. His power far out did her power. She skidded back, leaving two trenches where her feet had dug in. Gokku spun around and turned his movements into a kick. His leg connected with Goten's shoulder, sending the demi-Saiya-jin tumbling. Gokku laughed and powered up a ki blast in his hands.
Vegeta met Carrot and locked hands with him. Carrot cried out as Vegeta over powered him, forcing him down on his knee. Trunks yelled and charged Vegeta, his ki blazed around him. Vegeta turned his head and saw Trunks coming. He yanked Carrot up and spun the boy around, hitting Trunks. Trunks staggered back. Vegeta swung the boy once more then released him right at Goshin. Goshin let out a small yipe before Carrot smashed into him, sending them rolling across the grass. Vegeta charged Trunks and kneed him in the stomach, he then grabbed the boy by his purple hair, and drew back his fist. Vegeta stopped and looked at the boy. He had the strangest feeling when he looked at him, like they were connected some how. He couldn't finish the thought as Carrot and Goshin's powers flared. Vegeta turned around to see both boys charging ki into blasts. Goshin created a kienzan ("Destructo Disk" for you NADBZ fans) and Carrot powered up a Final Flash. Vegeta leapt up, avoiding the two blasts. Trunks dove away from the kienzan, but was hit by the Final Flash. He was flung back, landed on his back, andskid several feet before he stopped.
"Trunks!" shouted Goten, as he watched his best friend go crashing into the ground. Unfortunately, in doing so he took his eyes off of Gokku. Gokku released his kamehameha right at Goten's back. Goten went sliding and landed a few feet away from Trunks. He groaned at the pain that ran down his spine.
"Damn you!" shouted Veggi and ran at Gokku. Her fist glowed and she pulled it back. "Dragon Punch!" she roared and slammed her fist against Gokku's face. Gokku skid back, a slight bruise on his check. He smiled at Veggi, but it wasn't his normal goofy grin, it was cruel. Gokku raised his fingers to his forehead and teleported. He appeared behind Veggi. Veggi spun around, but
Gokku teleported again to her side. Veggi continued to try and face Gokku,but the Saiya-jin kept teleporting to her side or back. Veggi lifted her leg andspun in a roundhouse kick. Gokku stopped teleporting and caught her foot.
Veggi gasped in shock and tried to kick out with her other foot, but Gokku twisted out of the way. Gokku threw her up into the air, then punched her around like a pinball. Veggi crashed to the ground and did not get up.
"Veggi!" shouted Carrot. He cursed, powered up more, and raced at Gokku's backside. Gokku turned around and hammered the boy down to the ground.
"Shit," cursed Trunks and crawled over to Goten. "They're too strong, stronger then they were before."
"What should we do, Trunks?" asked Goten, pulling himself up.
Trunks smiled. "What we do best."
"Yah," said Goten hopping up to his feet, Trunks follow. The two boys took a few steps apart and began the fusion dance. "Fusion…Ha!" There was a flash of light and the two boys fused into Gotenks.
Piccolo watched all the fighting. He turned his attention to the man called Nall. Nall stood calmly watching the fight, there was a feeling of holiness around him. "What kind of being is he?" the Namek sei-jin wondered. "how can he control Gokku and Vegeta like that?" He looked down at Gohan, who groaned. The boy was all right, but he was out cold. Piccolo saw a bright flash, then he looked over to see Gotenks. He grinned, well, maybe that would even the score.
Gotenks powered up to level three. "Gokku!" called their doubled voice. "Why don't you fight someone at your own power level," he challenged.
"My name is Kararot!" roared Gokku and landed next to the fusion boy. They both dropped into fighting stances. Gotenks rushed Gokku, and the two engaged in combat.
Vegeta easily ducked Goshin's punches. Vegeta drew back his fist and connected with the quarter Saiya-jin's chin. Goshin went crashing through Capsule Corps' glass doors. Vegeta slowly began to walk towards the fallen boy.
Chi-Chi gave a screech when Goshin crashed threw the glass. The boy landed hard and groaned, trying to get back up. "Goshin," said Bulma in concern, going to him.
"No, Bulma-san you have to get out of here," said Goshin weakly. Gogeta wanted to go to him to, but Chi-Chi wouldn't let her.
Vegeta walked threw the broken door, his boots crushing broken glasses. He stopped when he saw Goshin and Bulma. Vegeta's eyes widened as he looked at the blue-haired human, she was breathtaking. Her blue hair was just past her shoulders, her skin was fair and looked soft, and she had the most beautiful pair of blue eyes. Vegeta felt a sharp pain in his head. His eyes widened even more as his hand went up to his head. "It can't be I'm bonded to this creature!" his mind screamed. "That's not possible I've only just seen her."
Vegeta took a step away from the blue-haired woman. "Who are you?"
Bulma looked at Vegeta confused. "What do you mean, Vegeta? I'm your wife, Bulma."
"No, that's not possible," said Vegeta, taking more steps away from her. "I don't know you."
Nall's eyes narrowed and he looked in the direction of Capsule Corps. "Enough!" boomed his voice, sounding of power and a hint of anger. "Kararot! Vegeta! We're leaving."
Vegeta snapped his gaze away from Bulma and looked over his shoulder at Nall. He glanced back quickly at Bulma before turning tail and running.
"Vegeta!" called Bulma.
"What?!" protested Gokku. "But we're winning!"
"Kararot!" said Nall. His voice was demanding. Gokku swallowed and was at Nall's side before an eye could blink.
"We'll continue this later," said Nall, and the black hole swallowed the three.
"Why did they leave?" asked Gotenks. "I was just getting warmed up," the fused boy crossed his arms and pouted.
Goshin, Bulma, and the others exit Capsule Corps.
"What the hell happened to them?!" demanded Bulma. "My own husband didn't know me!"
"That's because you never met," said a battered Carrot, helping his sister up.
"What?!" shouted Bulma.
"I didn't have time to tell you before, but I found the date's when the time line was messed up," said Carrot.
Piccolo came walking over with Gohan's arm slung over his shoulder. "Let's get everyone taken care of, then you can tell us what you know."
Carrot nodded and helped his sister into a chair, he slumped down in the one next to her. Chi-Chi went to work cleaning and bandaging cuts and wounds. All in all, no one was badly hurt. Gotenks separated after a few more minutes and everyone sat down to discusses this turn of events.
"Carrot, what did you find?" asked Veggi.
"I found what was changed. First someone went back in time to the planet Vegeta, when Vegeta wasn't even a year old, killed King Vegeta, trashed the royal guards, knocked the Queen unconscious, and ran off with our Saiya-jin prince. I believe it was Nall or someone working for him."
"What?! You're saying he kidnapped Vegeta when he was a baby?" asked Gohan.
Carrot nodded. "He then went to earth shortly after Gokku arrived there, killed Gohan, and took Gokku."
Everyone turned to Gohan.
"Not that Gohan, the one that raised Gokku," snapped Carrot.
"That probably means Gokku never hit his head, and forgot he was a Saiya-jin," said Piccolo.
Goten shivered. "I've never seen my father so cold before."
"Wait a minute, if he kidnapped them when they were babies, wouldn't they still be babies?" said Trunks.
"No," said Veggi. "Nall has control of Crono. He probably made a world similar to this one, but changed it so that Gokku and Vegeta would be loyal to him."
"There's one thing I've been wondering," said Bulma. "When Future Trunks came back in time, his time didn't change. Why is our time changing instead of making a different dimension?"
"That would have to do with Crono. Nall destroy all other dimensions, there is only what's left of his one and the one he created."
"Who is this Crono?" asked Gohan.
"Crono is time. It's a force that controls all that happens in every dimension." said Veggi.
"So what you're saying is his Nall guy kidnapped me and Chi-Chi's husbands before they even meet us, trained them, and made his own dimension," said Bulma.
Three time travelers nodded.
"Then why did he freak out when he saw me?" asked Bulma.
"What?" asked Veggi.
"Vegeta, when he was getting ready to turn blonde here," Bulma said pointing a thumb at Goshin, "into a stain on my carpet. He stopped and stared at me, then asked who I was. When I told him, he freaked and started backing away from me."
"Maybe you scared him," said Goten cheerfully. Bulma punched him in the face.
Veggi and Carrot looked at each other. "It's not possible for Vegeta to know who you are. Tell me Bulma, did Vegeta ever tell you he was bonded to you?" asked Carrot.
"What? Bonded? He never said any think about that."
"I know! I know!" shouted Gogeta who had crawled into Trunks' lap.
"Gogeta, would you please stop yelling. We're try to think here," said Goshin.
Gogeta stuck her tongue out at Goshin. "Grandpa took me he was bonded to Grandma and that was why he didn't feel so lonely when she died, because he could still feel her!" she shouted happily.
"Dead!" screeched Bulma.
"Gogeta!" shouted Goshin. "Don't worry, Bulma-san, you died of old age."
"Oh no. I'm going to died covered in wrinkles," said Bulma, rubbing her hands over her checks.
Veggi laughed. "Hardly, Bulma-san, you died a very beautiful woman, let's just leave it at that. But this is interesting, you two might still be bonded even though Vegeta has never seen you, he felt your mind and presence just as much as if he had met you. I wonder if we can use that in any way?"
"I don't see how," said Carrot.
"You guys said that Gokku and Vegeta both reached level 5," said Gohan. "Why where they only at level three?"
Carrot raised his hand to his chin. "I haven't thought about that. There are limitations to everything. Do you think Vegeta and Gokku where raised outside of time?" Carrot asked Veggi.
"It's possible. That would mean that their bodies have locked and stopped aging completely."
"What? You guys have lost me," said a confused Goshin.
"They're only at level three, because they haven't trained enough to go higher. If their bodies are locked then they won't age, but they can't go to a time were they stronger either. They have to get stronger the same way we do. I guess this Nall person is planning on keeping them as his personal body guards for a long time," said Veggi.
Piccolo spoke up. "Just what is this Nall person? You said he was like Bra. How so?"
Everyone turned to look at Bra who was falling asleep in Bulma's lap.
"Bra doesn't show it now, but her mind works on a totally different level then ours. When her Super Saiya-jin powers start to mature so does her mental power, which we thought was the strongest in the universe. I imagine with this power you might be able to go to the gates of time, and maybe take over Crono," said Carrot.
"Kami-san," whisper Bulma looking down at her daughter. "I knew she was smart, but not that smart."
"It has to do with her genes again. Bra has a gene that is almost spiritual in nature. We have no idea how she got it. Now that I think about it, it might have something to do with your and Vegeta's mental link, but I have no way of proving it," said Carrot.
"So you're saying this Nall person's mind is like that, too?" asked Gohan.
Carrot nodded.
"So what do we do now?" asked Goten.
"All we have to do is defeat Nall, defeat Gokku and Vegeta, turn Crono back to normal, fix the time line, destroy the one Nall made, and have me, Carrot, Goshin, and Gogeta return back to our own time," said Veggi sarcastically.
"You forgot we have to make sure none of them," Carrot gestures with his hand to the Dragon Ball gang. " die and screw up time."
"Can that even be done?" asked Goten in a worried voice.
Veggi smiled. "Yes, the hard part will be defeating Gokku and Vegeta."
"What about Gogeta, she could do it," said Carrot.
"No!" protested Goshin. "Gogeta's just a kid. Do you really think she can fight her grandpa and great grandpa just like that?"
"She can if she has to. Don't under estimate her Goshin. She was trained by Vegeta, and he was hardly a softy," said Veggi.
Then there was a loud grumble and everyone turned to look at Goten. He smiled sheepishly, "Sorry." Goshin was going to say something, but his stomach growled just as loud, he blushed. Everyone laughed.
"Like father, like son," laughed Trunks.
"I'm hungry too, dad," said Gogeta, tugging on Trunks' shirt.
Everyone laughed harder at the look that crossed Trunks' face.
They all decided it was time to eat. Lucky for them they had cooked plenty, expecting seven other people and missing two Saiya-jins, even though Carrot, Veggi, Goshin, and Gogeta all ate like Saiya-jins.
"That was good," said Goshin, patting his stomach. Carrot and Veggi nodded and sipped tea. Gogeta had fallen asleep in Trunks' lap and he was look around trying to figure out what to do. Pan, Uub, and Bra were all playing with green Jell-O, and Gohan sat back and watched them. Piccolo was as far away as he could get, sitting under a tree, and mediating. Chi-Chi was busy cleaning up the mess, and Goten was being forced to help her. Bulma stood leaning against the side of the building, gazing up at the stars. Her thoughts were on another that was far, far away