Last time:
Party at the Beach! Bulma rented out the whole beach and everyone joined in for the surprise going-away party. Bulma, Trunks, Trunks, Vegeta, Videl, Gohan, Goten, Krillin, Yamcha, Marron and even 18 where there to see Trunks off. To start off the celebration, Vegeta took a nap…and Chibi Trunks and Goten got an idea.
"Let's burry him in the sand!"
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"Burry him!" Mirai Trunks gasped. He had never even dreamed that something like that was even remotely possible. "Is that safe?" Goten gave him a weird look. Chibi Trunks had disappeared and now was running up to them with buckets and shovels.
"What do you mean 'is it safe'?" Chibi Trunks asked, dumping a bucket full of sand over Vegeta. "What could he do?" Mirai Trunks thought up quite a few things that Vegeta could do after finding himself the core of a sandcastle, all of them unpleasant, and most ending in death. He was about to voice some when he saw Bulma walking towards them.
"What are you boys up to?" she asked.
"We're building a sandcastle!" Goten declared.
"And Dad's the King!" Chibi Trunks snickered dumping more sand on Vegeta.
"Don't forget to put a flag on top!" Bulma said and Mirai Trunks stared at her in shock. "What's a castle without a flag?"
"Good idea Mom!" another bucket of sand found its way over Vegeta.
"Here." Bulma said, pulling something out of her pocket, "Use this." She handed it to Chibi Trunks.
"But…But it's pink!" he said staring at the scrap of cloth. Mirai Trunks laughed.
"Maybe we could find a marker" He suggested, "and write 'badman' on it."
"Not a bad idea Trunks. Let me go find one." She walked back in search of the new quest item. Chibi Trunks just passed it off as another one of Mom's crazy ideas and began forming the castle out of the pile of sand.
"Hey Goten, I need some water." Chibi Trunks said.
"Okay!" Goten grabbed a bucket and dashed off to the ocean.
"You know," Mirai Trunks warned. "If you get any of that water on Father, he's sure to wake up." Chibi Trunks just shrugged and continued with his work.
"Well, I'll leave you to you're trouble making." Mirai Trunks said. "And it's on your heads if he wakes up while you guys are still building."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Chibi Trunks said and Mirai Trunks walked back to the tables for a drink. He sat there sipping his Dr. Pepper and chatting with Gohan, Videl and his mom. 'King' Vegeta's castle grew higher and higher until it toward over the boys' heads.
"That's enough you two!" Bulma called to them. "Time to raise the flag!"
"Okay!" Chibi Trunks waved at them. He flew to the top and placed the flag on the center tower. He still didn't understand why it had to be pink or why it had 'B A D M A N' across it but he put it on just the same. Then the two terrors ran back to the tables. Mirai Trunks thought it was a miracle that Vegeta hadn't woken up through all the pounding of sand and the cold water.
"Go wash off you two." Chichi ordered. She had arrived latter then the rest of them with the cake.
"Yes Mom." Goten said.
"Hey! I got an idea! Why don't we go swimming!" Chibi Trunks said. "C'mon Trunks! Let's go!"
"Alright alright!" Mirai Trunks agreed.
"Yippy!" Chibi Trunks cried jumping for joy. He pulled off his Capsule Corp. T-shirt and raced Goten to the ocean.
"I think I'd better go change." Mirai Trunks laughed. He was wearing his usual clothes; baggy pants, belt, t-shirt, but had brought along swim trunks just in case. He pulled them out of the pile of clothes that had been thrown in earlier and went into the restroom to change. He came back out and dashed to the ocean, pausing only long enough to dump off his clothes and boots.
"Let's start lunch." Bulma suggested.
"I've got it." Yamcha said getting up. He fired up the BBQ and got to work cooking shishcabobs, hamburgers, hotdogs, and bratwurst. Soon, there was enough piled high enough to last the Saiyans a few minutes.
"Lunchtime!" she called and Mirai Trunks looked up from where he had Chibi Trunks and Goten underwater.
"Okay!" he acknowledged. He flew up out of the water but Chibi Trunks and Goten, now free of Mirai Trunks's grasp, grabbed on to his ankles and pulled him back under water. Then they flew out to get food. Mirai Trunks came back up sputtering and flew to see if his share of the food was still there.
Four half-Saiyans were piling their plates high (Everyone else had had some before Bulma called Goten and the Trunkses in). Suddenly there was an explosion and sand flew everywhere. The flag that had just been on top of Castle Badman, speared itself into the ground just outside of the table area. Not long latter, a fuming, powered-up, and very sandy Vegeta stalked to the tables. Bulma schooled her features to stillness as the enraged Vegeta advanced upon the party.
"Is there a problem Vegeta?" she asked. He glared daggers at her but he wasn't about to admit he had been caught off-guard while sleeping. Vegeta muttered to himself something about 'boys' 'death' and 'kill' as he moved to get his food.
"Oh Vegeta…" Bulma sang. Vegeta growled and spun back around to face her, sand flinging out of his hair. "You're not going to eat like that are you?" Vegeta crossed his arms.
"And why not?" he demanded.
"Go wash off." Bulma ordered, pointing to the ocean.
"No!" Vegeta said.
"Go wash off or you won't have any lunch."
"No." Vegeta said but Bulma caught a bit of uncertainty in his voice. Bulma just looked at him with her finger still pointing out to the glittering blue-green waves. Vegeta grumbled and flew off to the ocean. Bulma turned back to the group and, like any performer does after a good show, took a bow. Everyone erupted in gales of laughter. Which was only cut short as Vegeta arrived from his drenching. He got his fair share of food.
After lunch, everyone sat around a table to talk, with the exception of Vegeta who was standing at one end of the table, his back to the group. Piccolo also was standing, but at the other side of the table from Vegeta. Chibi Trunks and Goten soon became bored talking so they got up and kicked around a soccer ball. It got close to evening when the talk tapered down.
"How about Karaoke!" Bulma suggested. A chorus of 'yea's' answered her so she pulled out the capsule and they got started. First up was Goten and Chibi Trunks who sung War (Goten didn't know half the words so he got to sing the chorus with Chibi Trunks). Then Krillin took the stage and no one could understand what song he was singing. He was going to sing another one when Vegeta threatened him with his life so Krillin gingerly hopped down to which Mirai Trunks was very thankful. He could never understand why his grandparents (who had shown up for lunch) his Mom and the rest of them cheered him on like he was some superstar! (He even seemed to think that he was!) At least Master Roshi didn't even attempt to sing……but then again, from that high a place he would probably spot some girls off in the distance and ditch the song and the rest of them to chase her.
Mirai Trunks got a little bored and laid back on his beach mat. Goten and Chibi Trunks (who had set up their mats near his) were whispering to each other and snickering. He was just thankful that they didn't press him up there. A slight commotion caused him to glance up. Goten and Chibi Trunks were 'convincing' Gohan up on the stage. Well actually it was more of a push and/or pulling to the stage.
"Alright!" Gohan yelled, "I'll do it!" The boys rejoiced and dragged Videl up on stage too where she and Gohan stared blankly at each other.
"Can I choose the song?!" Goten asked, "CanIcanIcanI?!"
"Uh…okay Goten." Gohan said.
"Yeah!" Goten dashed to the machine and set up the song. Gohan was looking suspiciously at Chibi Trunks who had a very Vegeta-like grin on his face. The song started up…It was oddly familiar to Mirai Trunks. Something back from his childhood…he busted out laughing. Evidently Gohan and Videl came up with the same song title that he did.
"GOTEN!!!!" Gohan screamed and chased his little brother and his sidekick off the stage and across the beach. Videl slid off the stage blushing a little. Mirai Trunks gleefully watched the chase with the karaoke music still playing in the background. It seemed that no one else watches old cartoons. But the chorus came around and it cleared everyone's confusion…
"Can you feel the love tonight?" the supporting voices sang sweetly. Bulma shut off the music and put the machine back into its capsule.
"Time for a game!" she said. A ball bounced to her feet.
"How 'bout soccer?" Chibi Trunks suggested.
"Alright, who's going to play?"
"Me!" Goten and Mirai Trunks said in unison.
"I guess I will." Mirai Trunks said getting up.
"I will as long as I'm on the opposite team as Goten." Mirai Trunks gave him a questioning look so he elaborated, "So I can kill him without hurting the team." He said so viciously that Mirai Trunks laughed.
"Well that's four," Bulma said. "Anyone else?" 18 shook her head.
"I will." Krillin said.
"Me too." Yamcha said.
"I'll play." Videl said.
"Seven." Bulma said, "We need an even number…Vegeta?"
"No." he said.
"That's eight!" Bulma grinned, "Let the games begin."
"I'm not playing!" Vegeta yelled.
"Yes you are." Bulma said leaving no room for arguments. Vegeta sighed and got up.
"Team one is Vegeta, Trunks…and Trunks, and Goten." Bulma declared. "That leaves Team Two with Gohan, Videl," Chibi Trunks and Goten 'whoooo'ed at them but stopped when Gohan pulled a mighty likeness to one of Vegeta's Death Glares. "Yamcha and Krillin."
The game went on and it became so brutal that Videl 'passed'. Dinner was made, everyone ate and went directly back into the game. It seemed that Team One had an advantage at first but Gohan leveled that out with his thirst for revenge. The sun got close to setting when Vegeta got tired of it and popped the ball. Goten and Chibi Trunks spent a long time whining about it but found it more fun setting up the fire-ring for s'mores and marshmallows.
A cheery fire was crackling as the last of the daylight faded into blue-black of night. The cake had been eaten and most everyone had had their fill of marshmallows and s'mores. Goten and the two Trunkses still where roasting marshmallows or making torches out of them. Bulma decided to brake out the pictures now while Trunks was occupied. She dug them out of her bag.
"Pass these around." She told Vegeta who was sitting next to her. Vegeta raised an eyebrow but passed the whole lot to the next person (Piccolo) who had the same reaction and passed it on. Everyone got one and was laughing at sleeping Trunks and Trunks by the time the three figured out that something was going on.
"What?" Mirai Trunks asked. 18 passed an extra picture to him. Mirai Trunks stared slack-jawed at the 'cute' picture of him and his younger self. Mirai Trunks took a quick glance around to estimate his chances of getting all the pictures away from them and burning them all…but when his mother waved a stack of more pictures at him. He sighed. Chance of success? None. He laughed and gave it up for a lost cause.
The fire dimmed down to a few smoldering ashes and it got about time for Mirai Trunks to leave.
"Lets have one more picture, with all of us together." Bulma suggested.
"But it's so dark!" Krillin said.
"Streetlights!" Yamcha said pointing to the lights illuminating the street.
"Good idea!" Bulma got everyone arranged to her liking. (including Vegeta and Piccolo) and checked the camera to make sure everyone was in. Meanwhile Mirai Trunks pulled off his Capsule Corp. jacket and laughingly put it on Chibi Trunks. Marron, seeing that Mirai Trunks was unguarded, grabbed onto his hair. 18 managed to coax Marron to let go of him.
"Thanks." He said.
"No problem."
"Goten! Trunks! You guys are too small!" Bulma said. Mirai Trunks solved that problem by hoisting them on his shoulders.
"Now you're too tall!" Bulma said. Mirai Trunks grinned and kneeled down with the boys still on his shoulders. "Perfect!" She set the timer on the camera and ran into the picture.
"Smile everyone!" Everyone who felt like smiling did and the camera took the picture. Everyone walked apart and begin wishing Trunks a safe journey, long life, and so on. Bulma disappeared. She had a computer with a printer set up in the car. She printed out a few pictures just as Trunks uncapsuled his Time Machine. She put the pictures, along with a few of the 'sleep-over' ones and sealed it, wrote 'Bulma' on the front and dashed out in time to see Trunks turn to get in.
"Trunks!" she said. He turned and grinned at her.
"Bye Mom." He said.
"Here" she handed him the envelope and he looked it over. "Give this to you're mom." He grinned.
"Alright. I will." He gave her a hug, turned and waved to everyone.
"Trunks." He turned back to look at Vegeta. He walked up to Trunks and looked him in the eyes. "Goodbye," he said, low enough for only Mirai Trunks to hear him. "Goodbye Son, I'm…proud of you." Vegeta turned around and went back to his spot behind everyone else. Mirai Trunks stared at his back. He had just received the greatest compliment anyone could get from Vegeta! He almost didn't believe what he had heard! He grinned and shook himself back to what he was doing.
"Bye everyone!" he said.
"Bye Trunks." They replied.
"Bye Oniichan" Chibi Trunks waved. Vegeta nodded at him and left back to the car. Mirai Trunks smiled and jumped into his Time Machine. With one last wave, he closed the canopy and lifted off. The Time Machine entered the Streams of Time, for one last trip.
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There. Now be honest. What did you guys think? Good? Bad? In between? Give me some credit though. I finished it! This will be the first story I've ever completed but I have all the reviewers to thank for this. I have to thank my sister for the original idea (Mirai Trunks coming back and meeting 18) she's a big 18 fan. I'm a Mirai Trunks. Well, is this what would happen if they crossed paths again? You guys want to know how I came up with Semadd's name? Maybe I'll add another short chapter to explain that latter. Well this is it for this story…I think…in conclusion……I don't think I have one. Oh wait! No! I do!
Thanks for reading and reviewing, I hope I've kept you guys entertained for a while