Author's Note: Finally! Someone was kind enough to write up a continuation of our little fanfic here! Thank you, Emily and Emilie! You guys are great, thank you for pulling us out of our frozen, trance-like state! =P Anyway, for those of you who want to write the continuation to this one, feel free to do so. You can email me at dragonmistress_kaz@hotmail.com for the completed next chapter, or if you want to inform me that you're doing it, since it's a first-come-first-served basis. If none will write, then it's either I'll write the next installment, or we will go back to waiting.

Dragonball Z: Back to the Future
Chapter Three: The Past and The Future
By Emily and Emilie - DogLover880@aol.com


"Hey, where's Goten?" asked Chibi Trunks, his blue eyes darting around uneasily around the place. Goku and Gohan had just defeated Cell when Trunks had noticed Goten, his best friend, was gone --- he apparently disappeared on thin air.

"Oh my Kami!" Bulma exclaimed all of a sudden, apparently realizing something. "While you guys were fighting, Goten must have bumped into the time machine, because it's not here either!"

Their eyes flew wide in shock at that, as the truth dawned upon them. Bulma was right --- the time machine was gone, and so was Goten. There was no sign of any of them. "Darn it," Gohan cursed, clenching his fist as he thought of all the possible things that could happen to his little brother. "We don't even know what time he's in!"

"Okay, Trunks, if you insist. It looks like I don't have a choice anyway," said Goten looking at the grass with his ebony-colored eyes, rather hesitant to begin, but found himself left without a choice. He had to face Trunks and tell him the truth, hoping that his best friend's Mirai counterpart would believe his words. "My name is Son Goten and I'm from the past... sort of."

Mirai Trunks raised an eyebrow and exclaimed unbelievably, "Yeah right!"

The spiky-haired pre-teen looked at the Mirai demi-saiyajin right in the eyes and said, "It's true Trunks! I know you probably don't believe me, but there's no reason for me to lie to you! I am from the past, and in that timeline, my father, Goku, is still alive, and Gohan is my older brother!"

The lavender-haired saiyajin stared back at his new friend in shock, not saying anything --- unable to say anything. The younger of the two looked at the lake with tears in his eyes. "And I might never get back to my own time," Goten said, his voice barely above a whisper.

Mirai Gohan looked at the picture of his deceased father, Goku, and his thoughts drifted back to the kid he and Trunks saw earlier. "He did look exactly like Dad," Gohan thought to himself, shaking his head. "But Dad can't be alive can he?"

At those words, Chichi started to cry again, saying, "Maybe I AM going crazy Gohan, but he had your father's spiky black hair, his face, and even his orange gi!"

The young man thought in silence for a few minutes before he answered, "Mom, I think I saw him too."

The blue-haired boy's stomach started to growl, as loudly as his past counterpart's would. "Man, I don't know about you Goten, but I'm hungry!"

Goten's face lightened up. "Well, I'm hungry too."

Trunks thought for a minute and then exclaimed, "Hey Goten! Wanna come to my place for breakfast?"

The younger demi-saiyajin jumped up at the offer, and because of his happiness and excitement, he was unable to control himself from transforming into super saiyajin before he exclaimed in an equally enthusiastic manner, "You bet!"

The other was stunned, staring at Goten with wide eyes. "Y-You... YOU CAN TURN INTO A SUPER SAIYAJIN?!?"

At that, Goten transformed back to his normal state and looked at Trunks with eyes that held confusion. "Can't you do that?"

"Gohan says I can, but I really don't think I can," replied Trunks while staring at the ground, his features shifting from stunned to sad. However, he pushed the thought away. "Oh well, let's go to my house for some food!"

Goten flew up into the air, waiting for the other to do the same. "Let's go!"