I guess I will study Calc tomorrow before class. I just feel like writing right now. Three chapters a
day . . . how's that for updating quickly? Well now, it seems that Gohan is in a bit of a spot, eh?
(Look, I'm Canadian now, eh? *kidding*) And what is Vegeta up to? How about Goku? And
what will Goten and Trunks blow up? We shall see!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own DBZ . . . yet.

Dragon Ball Z
Field Trip to the Future

Chapter 9
I See Dead People
Previously:

Before Gohan could explain he heard a voice. It sounded like Videl. He motioned for
Trunks to follow and led him towards the voice. He looked into a room to see a very odd sight,
which frightened him almost as much as Brolly. In the room where two Bulmas, two Videls, Goten,
Trunks, and a little girl he did not know. He poked his head in just in time to hear the Videl he
recognized as his classmate say, "So you're telling me that Gohan is an alien and he was actually the
one to kill Cell?"

The demi-saiyan's eyes widened. "Eep!"

All eyes turned towards the door.

Now:

A bead of sweat rolled down the back of Gohan's head. After about a second, the older
looking Bulma and Videl fainted dead away. The corner of Gohan's falsely grinning mouth
twitched.

Goten was the first to react. "Big Brother!" he cried happily as he jumped onto the teen.
The two Trunkses caught sight of each other and proceeded to examine their counterpart. Back in
the corner of the room, little Pan stared wide-eyed at Gohan. Her eyes became a little watery.

Gohan pulled his brother off of himself. "Goten, do you have the Senzu Beans?" The boy
nodded and produced a small brown bag from his gi, which he handed to Gohan. It had become
standard, whenever Trunks and Goten were together, one of them had to carry a bag of Senzu
Beans. Collateral damage seemed to follow the two wherever they went.

Mirai Trunks turned to Gohan. "Uh, Gohan, who is the Goku-miniature?"

Gohan chuckled. "This is Goten. He's my little brother, a gift my dad left for after the Cell
Games."

Trunks stared at the little boy. He would be only a year younger than his past self. A sad
smile formed on Trunks's face. He had never had any friends his own age. His only real friend had
been Gohan, who had been about eleven years older than him. Gohan had once told him that he
never had friends his own age either. Mirai Trunks was glad that the littler version of himself was
able to grow up with a father and friends his own age. Then Trunks noticed Pan in the corner.

He swallowed audibly. "Uh, Panny, what are you doing here?" The little girl said nothing.
Her lip trembled. Trunks cringed. *Uh oh. This may not be pretty!* "Panny, come here," he
instructed softly. She complied and walked over to him. He picked her up.

Turning to Gohan, Trunks cleared his throat to get the other teens attention. "Gohan, there
is someone I want you to meet." Gohan turned to face him curiously. "Uh, well . . . um," Trunks
stuttered. He swallowed. "Gohan, you should know, the you from this timeline was married. He
had a family. This," he shifted the girl in his arms. "This is Pan Son. She is your daughter."

There was silence for a long moment. Gohan just stared at the little girl and she stared back.
Her father had died when she was really young and she couldn't really remember him. The
conscious Bulma and Videl hung back with Goten and little Trunks. Finally, Gohan broke the
silence. "Pan . . . how old are you?"

"S-six. And a half." The girl wiggled in Trunks's arms and he set her down.

Gohan bent down to her level. "I'm Gohan. I'm eighteen." He held up his open arms. Pan
needed no further prompting as she flung herself into his arms. She cried as they embraced. Bulma
had a tear in her eye as well. Mirai Trunks smiled. Even Videl had to grin a little. After a while
they pulled apart. Gohan gently wiped the remaining tears from Pan's eyes.

"We should probably get these two up," Bulma said, referring to the Bulma and Videl still
on the floor.

Gohan thought of something. "Uh, Pan," he said looking down at the little kid. "Who is
your mother?" Pan pointed at the unconscious Videl. "Oh, I see." Blink, blink. "WHAT?!" With
that, the mighty Gohan Son fainted.

Pan stared down at her young father curiously. Trunks sweat-dropped. "Oh boy," he
mumbled.

* * * * * * *

Vegeta was still in Bulma's lab. The namek had informed him that the Guardian of Earth
knew nothing, but would inform the Kais. That would probably be useless. The Prince of all
Saiyans was pouring over his mate's blue prints. From what he could tell, the odd machine was
some kind of teleportation device. The namek had returned again to inform him that Bulma and the
others were not in the universe or the Otherworld. That had confused Vegeta. He thought the
woman and the brats would have just teleported to a different planet, but no, they were not in the
universe at all.

A cup of coffee was getting cold near Vegeta. He was currently wearing green and blue
plaid flannel pants and a white muscle shirt. Fuzzy bear slippers clad his feet. He also wore a white
lab coat, complete with pocket protector. A pencil was stuck behind his ear. He also wore a pair of
glasses for magnification. His mate wrote so blasted small!

This the state that Vegeta was in when Goku suddenly appeared out of thin air. The two
saiyans stared at each other. "K-Kakarott?!"

"Vegeta?" The saiyan prince was staring at Goku's clothing. He currently wore a trench
coat with slacks, a button-up shirt, a tie, and dress shoes. His spiky black hair stuck out from under
a round topped hat. A magnifying glass was strapped to the hat. It had been King Kai's idea. He
had said he would give Goku a new set of cloths before he went back to the living world. Goku had
expected a new gi. King Kai was still laughing.

The two saiyans examined each other's cloths, then their own.

"I won't tell if you don't."

"Deal."

A minute or two later, the two saiyans reconvened, Goku now clad in his favorite gi and
Vegeta in his favorite spandex.

"Now, Kakarott, what are you doing here?! You're supposed to be dead!"

Goku gave him the Son Grin and explained about his meeting with the Grand Kai and the
Supreme Kai. "The Supreme Kai said I should find a partner and bring him back with me before
starting," he finished.

"Well, what does-" Before Vegeta could finished, Goku clapped a hand on his shoulder and
raised two fingers to his forehead. "Kaka-" And they were gone.