~~~ 23 Years Earlier ~~~
"I don't know who's over there, but I don't want to be blown to pieces by some guy I don't even know." The Z fighters were gathered on one side of the arena that would soon hold the cell games. On the other sat a stranger, silent, and yet to reveal himself to the Z fighters.
"Stop being such a chicken, Krillen, and go over there and see if that guy over there is friend or foe." Gohan always seems to make light of the situation, Selenity mused. She continued to click away on her hand computer that was connected to her Saiya-jin visor. She listened with humor to their slight banter, each of their stats coming up on her eyepiece. Gohan and Goku's power level had grown a noteworthy amount in such a short time. Nothing that would defeat Cell with ease, but they should be able to manage without her having to step in. She put the hand computer away as two more of Hercule's little drones arrived. She made a note to laugh later at the threat that they thought they imposed.
Cell started in on them, picking Hercule's students off one at a time, but had to laugh out loud when Cell so easily swiped Hercule away like a bug that was annoying him. That brought the Z fighter's attention to her as well as the reporter's, and he came over to her to interview the final contestant. The Z fighters had refused to talk to him, so would she; only she would make him leave in a way that would only be fun to her.
"Hello sir, are you a-" Sele reveled in his and the Z fighter's shock when she revealed she was a woman. All the Z fighters but one… The reporter had quickly gained back his composure insisted on trying her patience.
"Well, hello, miss. Are you competing in the cell games as well?" She hated reporters. Always sticking their noses into places where they didn't belong. That was their job, but you could never pay Sele enough to do what he did. But that was her secretive moonie mother talking. She always had fun playing around with them: pointing them in the wrong direction, scaring them half out of their skin, and in general making their lives a living hell. She preferred the last one.
"If I have to intervene I will." She sent him the icy stare that many a man had faltered under, the mighty Hercule included. The reporter and his camera man edged away while she glared at them from the corner of her eye.
As the Cell games wore on Sele grew increasingly more worried that she would have to step in. Goku seemed to be having much difficulty defeating Cell, and wasn't making much headway. No matter what happens, I have to stay behind this rock. I'll only take action if something drastic happens. And something drastic did. Only moments before Goku used instant transmission technique did she realize what she was about to do. She only had time to make a small indecipherable squeak before Goku disappeared to King Kai's planet to let Cell detonate safely.
"Dad…" It tore at her the way Gohan said his father's name like that. Her uncle had not meant much to her, but she mourned his death as any Saiya-jin warrior would mourn another.
A few minutes passed and the air became pressingly still. Something's not right… no sooner had the words crossed her mind did Cell reappear. The initial shock wore off in a millisecond, but her rage at his welcoming statement burned. He had come back, and using Freeza's Death Beam shot Trunks. She knew the shot was fatal, and roared to life as she blinked from her spot behind the rock to in front of Cell. Cell laughed as Vegeta screeched to a halt in the air next to her.
"Do you two really think you could defeat me?" Sele gritted her teeth and glanced to Vegeta. He returned her gaze and they nodded in unison. Linking their hands in the attack they had practiced so many times when she was a child they blasted Cell into oblivion. Coming up only slightly out of breath, she backed away from Vegeta. Glancing once more at the still form of Trunks she floated to the ground and blinked out of sight the same way Goku had done before her.
~~~ Back in the Future ~~~
"So that's how you first met me? Or met the future me?" Chibi Trunks cocked his head at her slightly, watching Sele as she continued to stare out into the rain.
"That was the beginning of it. All the real problems started after that." Selenity suddenly stood up, glancing down at Chibi Trunks, and pulling a capsule holder out of her jacket pocket.
"I'm not going to go into the details after that. All you need to know is that we fell in love, or lust as it might have been at out age. I went into the future with him, we got married, and not a year into our marriage he told me it would never work out because I was from the past. He gave up on me and I came back to the past with my heart broken. Even after twenty-two years I still love him. I'm going back into the future Trunks. There's nothing left for me here, so I'm going to go into the future and show him what he's done. Then I'm going to go and spend the rest of eternity with the two men that really love me in the afterlife." Chibi Trunks stood up quickly and grabbed her arm.
"Sele," he paused a moment, looking into her eyes, "Sele, I've always considered you to be my big sister. I'll miss you more then I can imagine. Promise me you won't forget the good times we had?" Sele gave him a rare sad smile and pulled him into a hug.
"I'll always be there. If you want to talk to me just think of me and I'll hear your message. Good-by Chibi." She stepped back as a tear rolled down her cheek. She opened up the time machine capsule and jumped into the cockpit, hitting the controls for the pre-set time. Chibi Trunks watched as she disappeared into the future, hearing her final words float to him on the wind.
Don't give up on me, Chibi. Never give up.