A/N: In the beginning of this chapter, Trunks is 16 and Pan is 12. At the
end he's 21 and Pan is 15.
Chapter 3: "Android's Demise"
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It had been three years. Three years of hit-and-run with the Androids... Anyway, I saw my Mom once in a while, but for the most part she was too busy with the underground city for me. No biggie, I could always hang out with Trunks. Over the next couple of months after we met, Trunks gradually forgave me and became kinda like an older brother. However, on the three- year anniversary of Gohan's death, I almost lost that. Trunks couldn't stop thinking about Gohan that whole week, and he finally snapped and ran off to fight those cursed Androids.
Bulma-san and I tried to stop him, but it didn't do any good. He was determined to fight them, and the worst part was he was determined to fight them alone. He refused to allow me to go with him, and the only thing that held me back was my respect for his pride. So he went off, determined that he could beat them, and I had to go rescue him and bring him back.
About four months after he came back beat up, he decided to head back to the past. I desperately wanted to go, but he refused to let me. He said that he was taking enough risk with himself, and he refused to risk me as well. I desperately wanted to see my Grandpa Goku... At the time I didn't think it was fair that he'd get to see his father and I couldn't see mine... oh, well. He came back later that night, anyway... But something had changed and I couldn't put my finger on it until I heard him talking to Bulma.
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Trunks moped his way into the kitchen and flung open the fridge. He grabbed a pop can and jumped up on the counter, staring off into space. Bulma walked in and gave him a worried look.
"Trunks...?" all she received was a grunt in reply, which made her even more worried, "Trunks, what happened?"
"I can't believe that was him..."
"What?"
"He was so...arrogant. He didn't care about anything..."
"Trunks... I warned you not to expect much from him."
"Kaa-san... he never loved either of us, did he?"
"Not at that point in time, no... we didn't get together until later. But he did love both of us."
Trunks snorted and shook his head, obviously having a hard time believing it. Bulma kissed his forehead and began walking away.
"'Night, Trunks..."
"Mm..."
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Another three years went by, and Trunks decided to go back again to help them fight the Androids. Again I begged him to let me go, but this time he absolutely refused. The only thing on probably all of our minds was that he would be killed, along with everyone else. This time he was gone for three months. It killed me every day when I woke up and he wasn't there. I could tell that it hurt Bulma, too.
The Androids continued to destroy more cities, but both of us were unable to do anything, so we sat painfully by and watched them be destroyed. When he finally came back, the first thing he did was to go straight for the Androids. I followed him and was shocked when he didn't say anything about it. We finally landed in a city recently destroyed by the Androids and I prepared for a long fight, unaware that there practically wouldn't be one.
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"Androids! Your reign of terror ends here." Trunks folded his arms and smirked, looking very confident.
"Great, it's the brat again..." Juuhachigou tucked some of her hair behind her ear and put her hands on her hips.
Juunanagou raised an eyebrow, looking at Pan, "And he's got a friend..."
Pan crouched down in her fighting position and glared at the Androids, "I'm Son Pan. You remember my father..."
"Hmm... didn't know he had a daughter."
Juuhachigou just shrugged in response, "Doesn't matter. We'll just kill her, anyway. And can we finish him off this time?"
"Sure..."
"I won't be your play-thing any longer! You've killed my Father AND my best friend, and I won't ever forgive you for that."
"All bark and no bite. Let's end this, Juuhachigou. You first."
"'Kay."
Trunks flashed into his Super Saiya-jin form and smirked wickedly at her, then jumped into the air flying at her. She smirked and threw powerful blasts at him, which he easily deflected. He landed on the ground right in front of her and stuck his hand in her face.
She had a look of horror and shock as he smirked evilly at her, "Die!" He powered up a blast and shot it at her at point-blank range, causing a huge explosion. Then he spun around and glared at Juunanagou, who had an equally horrified look on his face.
"You Androids have caused enough grief."
Juunanagou crouched down, but before he could even move, Trunks jumped up and kicked him in the face, sending him flying back. Then he spun up into the air and stopped in mid-flight, holding his arm out at Juunanagou. He scowled and released a blast, which flew straight at Juunanagou and caused another huge explosion.
Trunks landed on the ground and came out of Super Saiya-jin form, smirking at the two craters he had caused. Pan was on her knees from the explosion and staring at him in shock. He folded his arms and glanced in another direction
"There's something else to take care of."
"Something else...? But... you just killed the Androids!"
"I know, but in the other timeline there was another Android named Cell. He has to be here, too."
"Another Android...?" Pan's brain was still numb from seeing Trunks destroy the world's greatest enemies in less than five minutes. Trunks floated up into the air then took off in the direction of Dr. Gero's lab. Pan scrambled to her feet and blasted off after him. After she had caught up, she decided to ask him about Cell.
"So... how powerful is he?"
"If he reaches his Perfect form... very. But, thanks to what I just did back there, that's not possible. He needs to absorb both of the Androids to reach his Perfect form."
"So what happened in the other timeline...?"
"...He absorbed them..."
"So who killed him?"
"Gohan..."
"Gohan?! Wow, my Dad killed Cell."
Trunks gave her a strange look and shrugged, "Technically, yah... I guess."
"But... what about Goku?"
Trunks got a distant look in his eyes and sighed deeply, "I'll start at the beginning..."
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He told me the story of the Androids and how they killed their creator and were absorbed by Cell. Then he told about how he was in the Room of Spirit and Time for two years with Vejeta, then about the fight with Cell. But he began to slow down right around where Gohan transformed.
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"...Cell stepped on Juurokugou's head, which caused Gohan to snap. He reached SSJ2 and began wasting on Cell... but... he began to get cocky. He gave Cell the chance to make his move... he began blowing up like a balloon. He was about ready to explode when Goku stepped up... He said his good-byes to us and appeared in front of Cell. He said good-bye to Gohan and then used the Instant Transmission to take Cell to King Kai's planet, where Cell exploded and killed Goku... We all started mourning for Goku when a huge dust cloud rose. A ki beam shot out of it and..." He paused and winced in pain, subconsciously putting his hand on his stomach.
"He hit you?!"
"I was killed within seconds... later on I found out that Vejeta had gone berserk after I died, nearly getting himself killed. However, Gohan stepped in and started a 'Kamehameha War' with Cell... the other Z Senshi jumped in to distract Cell, but it didn't work. But then Vejeta jumped in and fired a blast at Cell, distracting him. That gave Gohan the chance to overpower Cell, and... it worked. Everyone was completely exhausted... They gathered the Dragonballs and wished me back, wished Juuhachigou and Juunanagou into humans - by Krillen's request, though I'll never understand why... anyway, they were going to wish Goku back but he decided that the Earth would be safer if he stayed dead... then a few days later I left..."
Pan looked sadly at Trunks and sighed deeply (Even though he had been wished back, it still hurt...). Trunks took a deep breath and stopped. Pan stopped a few feet ahead of him and looked back.
"...We're here."
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A/N: Hey, this chapter was getting long so the next chapter'll be about Cell. Just in case anyone got confused, Juurokugou is #16, Juukyuugou is #19, and Nijuugou is #20. Oh, and sorry if my explanation of the Cell Games ruined it for anyone. But if you didn't already know, it was about time you found out. ^_~ Remember, people! REVIEW! That little button thingy down there. Not that hard.
Chapter 3: "Android's Demise"
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It had been three years. Three years of hit-and-run with the Androids... Anyway, I saw my Mom once in a while, but for the most part she was too busy with the underground city for me. No biggie, I could always hang out with Trunks. Over the next couple of months after we met, Trunks gradually forgave me and became kinda like an older brother. However, on the three- year anniversary of Gohan's death, I almost lost that. Trunks couldn't stop thinking about Gohan that whole week, and he finally snapped and ran off to fight those cursed Androids.
Bulma-san and I tried to stop him, but it didn't do any good. He was determined to fight them, and the worst part was he was determined to fight them alone. He refused to allow me to go with him, and the only thing that held me back was my respect for his pride. So he went off, determined that he could beat them, and I had to go rescue him and bring him back.
About four months after he came back beat up, he decided to head back to the past. I desperately wanted to go, but he refused to let me. He said that he was taking enough risk with himself, and he refused to risk me as well. I desperately wanted to see my Grandpa Goku... At the time I didn't think it was fair that he'd get to see his father and I couldn't see mine... oh, well. He came back later that night, anyway... But something had changed and I couldn't put my finger on it until I heard him talking to Bulma.
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Trunks moped his way into the kitchen and flung open the fridge. He grabbed a pop can and jumped up on the counter, staring off into space. Bulma walked in and gave him a worried look.
"Trunks...?" all she received was a grunt in reply, which made her even more worried, "Trunks, what happened?"
"I can't believe that was him..."
"What?"
"He was so...arrogant. He didn't care about anything..."
"Trunks... I warned you not to expect much from him."
"Kaa-san... he never loved either of us, did he?"
"Not at that point in time, no... we didn't get together until later. But he did love both of us."
Trunks snorted and shook his head, obviously having a hard time believing it. Bulma kissed his forehead and began walking away.
"'Night, Trunks..."
"Mm..."
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Another three years went by, and Trunks decided to go back again to help them fight the Androids. Again I begged him to let me go, but this time he absolutely refused. The only thing on probably all of our minds was that he would be killed, along with everyone else. This time he was gone for three months. It killed me every day when I woke up and he wasn't there. I could tell that it hurt Bulma, too.
The Androids continued to destroy more cities, but both of us were unable to do anything, so we sat painfully by and watched them be destroyed. When he finally came back, the first thing he did was to go straight for the Androids. I followed him and was shocked when he didn't say anything about it. We finally landed in a city recently destroyed by the Androids and I prepared for a long fight, unaware that there practically wouldn't be one.
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"Androids! Your reign of terror ends here." Trunks folded his arms and smirked, looking very confident.
"Great, it's the brat again..." Juuhachigou tucked some of her hair behind her ear and put her hands on her hips.
Juunanagou raised an eyebrow, looking at Pan, "And he's got a friend..."
Pan crouched down in her fighting position and glared at the Androids, "I'm Son Pan. You remember my father..."
"Hmm... didn't know he had a daughter."
Juuhachigou just shrugged in response, "Doesn't matter. We'll just kill her, anyway. And can we finish him off this time?"
"Sure..."
"I won't be your play-thing any longer! You've killed my Father AND my best friend, and I won't ever forgive you for that."
"All bark and no bite. Let's end this, Juuhachigou. You first."
"'Kay."
Trunks flashed into his Super Saiya-jin form and smirked wickedly at her, then jumped into the air flying at her. She smirked and threw powerful blasts at him, which he easily deflected. He landed on the ground right in front of her and stuck his hand in her face.
She had a look of horror and shock as he smirked evilly at her, "Die!" He powered up a blast and shot it at her at point-blank range, causing a huge explosion. Then he spun around and glared at Juunanagou, who had an equally horrified look on his face.
"You Androids have caused enough grief."
Juunanagou crouched down, but before he could even move, Trunks jumped up and kicked him in the face, sending him flying back. Then he spun up into the air and stopped in mid-flight, holding his arm out at Juunanagou. He scowled and released a blast, which flew straight at Juunanagou and caused another huge explosion.
Trunks landed on the ground and came out of Super Saiya-jin form, smirking at the two craters he had caused. Pan was on her knees from the explosion and staring at him in shock. He folded his arms and glanced in another direction
"There's something else to take care of."
"Something else...? But... you just killed the Androids!"
"I know, but in the other timeline there was another Android named Cell. He has to be here, too."
"Another Android...?" Pan's brain was still numb from seeing Trunks destroy the world's greatest enemies in less than five minutes. Trunks floated up into the air then took off in the direction of Dr. Gero's lab. Pan scrambled to her feet and blasted off after him. After she had caught up, she decided to ask him about Cell.
"So... how powerful is he?"
"If he reaches his Perfect form... very. But, thanks to what I just did back there, that's not possible. He needs to absorb both of the Androids to reach his Perfect form."
"So what happened in the other timeline...?"
"...He absorbed them..."
"So who killed him?"
"Gohan..."
"Gohan?! Wow, my Dad killed Cell."
Trunks gave her a strange look and shrugged, "Technically, yah... I guess."
"But... what about Goku?"
Trunks got a distant look in his eyes and sighed deeply, "I'll start at the beginning..."
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He told me the story of the Androids and how they killed their creator and were absorbed by Cell. Then he told about how he was in the Room of Spirit and Time for two years with Vejeta, then about the fight with Cell. But he began to slow down right around where Gohan transformed.
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"...Cell stepped on Juurokugou's head, which caused Gohan to snap. He reached SSJ2 and began wasting on Cell... but... he began to get cocky. He gave Cell the chance to make his move... he began blowing up like a balloon. He was about ready to explode when Goku stepped up... He said his good-byes to us and appeared in front of Cell. He said good-bye to Gohan and then used the Instant Transmission to take Cell to King Kai's planet, where Cell exploded and killed Goku... We all started mourning for Goku when a huge dust cloud rose. A ki beam shot out of it and..." He paused and winced in pain, subconsciously putting his hand on his stomach.
"He hit you?!"
"I was killed within seconds... later on I found out that Vejeta had gone berserk after I died, nearly getting himself killed. However, Gohan stepped in and started a 'Kamehameha War' with Cell... the other Z Senshi jumped in to distract Cell, but it didn't work. But then Vejeta jumped in and fired a blast at Cell, distracting him. That gave Gohan the chance to overpower Cell, and... it worked. Everyone was completely exhausted... They gathered the Dragonballs and wished me back, wished Juuhachigou and Juunanagou into humans - by Krillen's request, though I'll never understand why... anyway, they were going to wish Goku back but he decided that the Earth would be safer if he stayed dead... then a few days later I left..."
Pan looked sadly at Trunks and sighed deeply (Even though he had been wished back, it still hurt...). Trunks took a deep breath and stopped. Pan stopped a few feet ahead of him and looked back.
"...We're here."
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A/N: Hey, this chapter was getting long so the next chapter'll be about Cell. Just in case anyone got confused, Juurokugou is #16, Juukyuugou is #19, and Nijuugou is #20. Oh, and sorry if my explanation of the Cell Games ruined it for anyone. But if you didn't already know, it was about time you found out. ^_~ Remember, people! REVIEW! That little button thingy down there. Not that hard.