Author's Note:"Here's chapter 25."

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Chapter 25:A Boy from the Future

Trunks's Point of View

There were several 'Oooh's and 'Aaah's as a large meal was put onto the table.I silently thanked the people who prepared it ahead of time,knowing that it took a lot of time to cook for such a large group.

Ten Saiyans,nine Tororins,one Buu,one Android,and ten humans,one Divine Dragon turned human,one shape-shifting pig,and one shape-shifting cat were a lot to cook for.I took note that an old,bald man with a long white beard,Master Roshi,was sitting next to Sarah.The old man had a....reputation of saying....inappropriate things around females.So,I knew I would have to protect him if he was next to Ray's wife of all people.

"Before any of you Food Vacuums inhale everything at the table,let us humans,or used-to-be humans,or shape-shifters get our share first,"Chi-Chi said,glaring at everyone she didn't mention.

"But Chi-Chi!!You always take so long when you get your share!"Goku whined.

"Kakarot's right for once!WE shall divide the food amongst ourselves,"my father stated.

"Vegeta,if YOU divide the food,you'll get all of it while the rest of us have measly little crumbs!!"my mother shot back.

"So what!?I am the Prince of all Saiyans,and I deserve more food than the rest of you morons!!"

"If you're forgetting,mighty Saiyan Prince,our son married a Saiyan,which makes him KING of all Saiyans!!!!"

"I thought marrying a human woman would come back and bite me one day...."my father muttered,tying to keep my mother from hearing.

I could tell he wanted her to hear it.Despite how angry they sounded with each other all the time,I knew it was a strange game they played with each other.It was the same with my parents in Gohan's timeline.They would always have a fake argument to see who could act the angriest.Though my mother always won once she started throwing vases or swinging frying pans.

"Dad,I'd like to introduce you to my husband and son,Mike and Hiryuu,"Samantha said,motioning to the two beside her.

Ray looked at Mike,who had a smirk on his face.He had black hair and blue eyes,and the smirk showed he was confident.But it was the wrong thing to do when it's revealed that you're married to the daughter of one of the strongest warriors in the Universe.

"Hi.Pleased to meet you.Samantha says you're pretty strong,ever won any awards?"he asked.

"Yeah.I've won several 'Saver of the Universe' awards.Heck,I've even got a few monsters as trophies somewhere in the world.And if you break my daughter's heart,I'll break you and add you to my trophy collection,got it?"Ray threatened.

I glanced in the direction of the blonde guy that was sitting next to Ruby,silently telling him the same thing.

"Ray,don't threaten the poor boy just because he asked a question,"Sarah scolded,but with a smile on her face.

Ray smirked and looked over at my father,"Veggie's got a friend."

"What did you say,Tororin?"my father asked.

"Nothin'."

I knew what he was referring to,when my father hugged me.He was trying to irritate him,which my mother set him up to before we even sat down.Every five minutes,Ray would say 'Veggie's got a friend' until my father went mad.Every time he said it while we were eating,I would have to hold back my laughter.

"Veggie's got a friend."

"SHUT UP!!!!"

"Okay,okay!Gee,what happened?Eat too many bad vegetables,Vegeta?"

Dart and Titus broke out into laughter at the obvious pun.Even Eighteen looked like she was about to laugh,or at least snicker.After several more minutes,we were all outside.There were several sparring matches going on,but most of us decided to take a break from training.After all,what would dare challenge us after Kid Buu was defeated?

"Hey Trunks,look at that,"Ray said.

"Look at what?"I asked.

He held up one finger and turned to where my father and Goku were sparring,"VEGGIE'S GOT A FRIEND!!!!"

"SHUT UP,YOU STUPID TOROR--"the shout was stopped by a punch from Goku.

"Oops!Sorry,Vegeta!!"

Ray shook his head and turned back to me,"Look over at Miles and Sakura."

I turned my head to where the two were.They were holding hands and laughing together.

"Mm-hm....Looks like the Briefs and Densetsu names will combine in the future,"I said.

"Oh great,I'm going to be related to YOU,"Ray spat out.

"That's no worse than being related to YOU,"I shot back.

"Um....Excuse me."

We turned our heads and saw a new comer to our group.He had brown hair and blue eyes,and looked strangely like one of the Fusions Ray and I had become once.

"Who are you?"I asked.

"I'll explain later.Right now,I've come to find Ray and Trunks,"the teenager said.

"You found 'em,"Ray stated.

"Good.Come with me,none of the others should hear this."

He started to walk off,and we were about to follow him out of curiosity when Ray remembered it had been five minutes.

"VEGGIE'S GOT A FRIEND!!!!!"

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

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"So tell us,who are you?"I asked again.

"My name is Gotenks Densetsu Briefs.I was named after a fusion in Gohan's timeline,"the teenager replied.

"Densetsu...Briefs?That would make you our....great grandson.Which means that you're from the future,"Ray figured out.

"Yes.I come from twenty eight years into the future.I was born ten years from now.My parents are Miles and Sakura Briefs,"Gotenks explained.

"Figures,"I muttered,"But,why are you here?There must be threat in your time."

He nodded,"Ten years from now,my parents were married and I was born.That same year,something happened in the Other World and every enemy any of you has ever faced came back,stronger than before.Not only that,but the Earth's natural resources started to dry up and the Dragonballs shattered.You two were the first ones to be defeated,because you felt there would be no more enemies and stopped training.After you were gone,the rest of us started to fall like flies.I'm....the only one left besides Eighteen in my time.Almost the entire Earth's population is gone as well.I came to warn you,so you continue to train and we will actually stand a chance against our enemies."

"Anything else?"I questioned.

"There is...one strange thing.Cell is oddly absent from the enemy group,which we HOPE is a good thing,"Gotenks answered.

"Sounds bad....But don't worry,we'll keep training so we're ready for this,"Ray said.

"Right.I'll go back to my time machine and set it for ten years from now.But you must remember,none of the others can know about any of this.It could disrupt the flow of time,and things could go wrong,"he reminded us.

'Great....More future threats.First I traveled back in time,then that Future Titus back when Borory was around....now this,' I thought bitterly,'Why does the future always have to be bad?'

We nodded as he flew off.Then we headed back to the others.Some of them asked us where we had been,but others didn't even notice our absence.We said we had started to spar and lost track of where we were,which they bought.After everyone returned to the Other World where they had come from,I turned to Ray and voiced my opinion on this new threat.

"We're getting way too old for this...."

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