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Just a little side note, Mirai Trunks is from the future where Goku died from the heart virus. You all should know what I'm talking about anyhow. Anyway, as my lawyers keep telling me, I really *don't* own the characters of DBZ.

I own him! *points to Mirai Trunks clone* He's mine! All mine!! And no, you still can't have him.

Anyway, enjoy the story.

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The Return of Mirai Trunks

Chapter Nine:

{In The Normal Timeline}
THE NEXT MORNING:

"Mirai? Mirai, where are you?" Bulma asked as she went from room to room in the house. She sighed as she looked towards the gravity chamber outside.

"Where could that boy be? I have to start getting the house ready for the party, and he's no where to be found! Come to think of it, I haven't seen Vegeta all morning either." Bulma said to herself.

"I'll bet they're out there training again! What am I going to do with them? Saiyans! Arrgg!" Bulma cried in frustration as she stomped out to the Gravity Chamber, ready to interupt Vegeta's *training* session with the boys.

She was just about to enter, when she noticed that there was only one person inside. She peered through the side window, and was surprised to see Vegeta training inside, by himself. She smiled to herself as she watched him.

Vegeta punched rapidly at the air around him, then swung around, lifting his leg high in a round house kick. He jumped up and flipped backwards, landing on his hands, then pushed off again, continuing to flip backwards until he came to the back wall of the gravity chamber.

He powered up a ki blast in the blink of an eye, and threw them rapidly away from himself, the momentium of the blasts increasing as each one bounced off a side of the room, before speeding back at him. He dodged all of them with cat-like steath, before destroying all the ki balls in the chamber with his own carefully aimed and executed blasts, until there were no more left.

He immediately went back to his kicking and punching, before he suddenly stopped in mid-punch, and frowned as he looked directly at Bulma.

Surprised, she nearly fell back onto the grass, but steadied her balance just as the door slid open, and Vegeta stepped out of the Gravity Chamber, sweat beading across his forehead.

Vegeta looked at his mate with an almost amused expression as he raised his eyebrow at her.

"What is it that you want, Onna?" Vegeta asked as Bulma smiled at him.

"I was just looking for Mirai, but I can't seen to find him anywhere." Bulma said.

"Well, as you can see, he isn't in here, either. Now, be gone. I have training to do, training that you've interupted needlessly." Vegeta said, starting to go inside.

When he noticed that she still wasn't making a move to head inside, he turned towards her again.

"What are you staring at Onna? Leave me be!" Vegeta cried.

Bulma frowned at him.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Bulma asked as Vegeta looked at her angrily.

"Like what?!" He growled. Bulma crossed her arms as she looked at him, frowning at him herself.

"My father made that Gravity Chamber for you remember? And I myself made a seperate Gravity Room inside Capsule Corp for you whenever you blew up one of the two. Which means, *I* know how to dismantle the controls in them *both!*" Bulma declared.

Vegeta glared evenly at her.

"You wouldn't dare." He growled in an even, icy tone.

Bulma shrugged her shoulders.

"Try me." Bulma said with a smile as he frowned at her.

"Don't you have a party to prepare.....or something Onna?" Vegeta asked with sarcasm.

"That's why I'm looking for your son." Bulma said.

"Like I already told you, Onna.....*your* son isn't here." Vegeta said with a scowl.

"Then do you.....?" Bulma began but Vegeta cut her off.

"No. I don't know, and I don't care." Vegeta said, before disappearing back into the Gravity Chamber.

"Wait a minute, Vegeta! I had something to tell you!" Bulma cried.

"Now what do you want Onna?! You're wasting my time!" Vegeta growled, sticking his head out the doorway as he glared at his mate. He was getting aggitated now. He wanted to train, not talk with her.

"Chichi just called." Bulma said with a smile.

"So?" Vegeta asked sarcastically.

"I just thought, that since Goku was coming over, I should let you know." Bulma said, smiling sweetly.

"Kakarrot is on his way?" Vegeta asked as Bulma nodded.

"Yup." Bulma said.

"How very interesting. A fight with that baka Kakarrot sounds most appealing. And here I thought my day would be wasted on the future brat." Vegeta said with a smirk.

Bulma shook her head as she watched Vegeta go back into the Gravity Chamber. She sighed deeply, before chuckling to herself, then turned to continue looking for Mirai.



Mirai stood on a cliff, watching the ocean below him. As he stood there, he puzzled over the events of the past few days.

"I'm still having a hard time adjusting to all this. Everything is just so different from when I left. Did I really have that much of an effect on this world?" Mirai thought outloud.

"Who'd have guessed that Father could change so much? He's still the same Vegeta I met all those years ago, but at the same time, he's so different." Mirai said.

"And then there's Goku. Last I knew, he had decided to stay in Other World because he felt the Earth would be safer with him there. Yet.....he came back. What happened?" Mirai asked.

He sighed as he looked to the west, the sun hanging high in the sky above. He guessed it'd have to be around one o'clock or so. Which meant that his mother was going to be angry.

"Guess I'd better head back. Mom will be wondering where I've been all morning. It sure is going to be great seeing everyone again." Mirai said with a smile as he powered up, and lifted off, flying towards Capsule Corp.

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