"Goten, you feel that?" Trunks asked.
"Yeah!" Goten's face lit up. "Dad!"
"Goten?!" Goku answered as he rushed into the room.
"About time!" Trunks complained.
"Sorry, I had a hard time getting away." Goku replied.
"Hey, what happened to her?" Goten stared at the unconscious Lavender.
"She's in a really bad way. Listen, one of you two is gonna have to take her back to Capsule Corps to get her recovered - and fast!"
"No way! Why can't we just leave her here? She's as good as dead anyway." Trunks refused.
"Trunks, no!" Goku gasped. "Listen, I know Frieza's not a great guy but Mizu's still my friend. Besides, Lavender can hardly choose her parents!"
"But she's on her father's side. She hates the saiyans!"
"Trunks, I don't have time for this and neither does she. Mokoto is really strong. I want you to take Lavender back to Capsule Corps." Goku instructed.
"Why me?!" Trunks protested.
"Trunks, come on! This is no time to take after your father!"
Goten laughed at this.
"Grrr..... okay, fine! But if she dies on the way there, don't blame me. Now get us out of here!"
"Thanks, Trunks." Goku smiled. "How do I get you out?"
"I think you have to attack it from the outside." Trunks told him.
"Hit it, dad!" Goten cheered.
"Okay, here goes." Goku charged as the cage with full power, and smashed it open.
"Alright!" Goten and Trunks ran out.
"Geez, I thought I was gonna be stuck in there forever!" Goten exclaimed.
"Trunks, get Lavender."
"Yeah yeah, I got her." Trunks picked Lavender up. "But you owe me for this!"
"I'll make sure your dad comes back in one piece, how does that sound?" Goku grinned.
"It's a start." Trunks replied. He ran off with Lavender, while Goku and Goten headed for Mokoto.
~~~~~
"Ha ha ha!" Mokoto smirked at his tired opponents. He himself was wounded, and a few parts of him were breathing a little, but Frieza and Vegeta were worse off.
"Frieza, this is it." he said. "This is the end of you. Did you really think you'd live forever? Did you really think you'd seen the last of me? You must be insane! You must've known that one day I would come back and finish you?" he looked at Frieza. "Then again, you never were that bright."
"Shut up!" Frieza snapped. "This battle won't be over until one of us dies - and I'm afraid that will be you."
"Believe what you want." Mokoto shrugged. He let out a roar, and in seconds he'd formed and thrown a gigantic ki ball at them. Frieza and Vegeta leapt out of the way, but were only hit by more of his attacks.
"Dammit!" Vegeta cursed. "What's taking that moron so long?!"
"Hey, guys!" Goku appeared beside Vegeta and Frieza, accompanied by Goten.
"About time!" Vegeta snapped. "Where's Trunks?"
"Don't worry, he's fine. He's taking Lavender back to Capsule Corps -"
"WHAT?!" Frieza cried. "Are you insane?! You trusted VEGETA'S son with MY daughter?! You're even dumber than I thought!"
"Don't worry, Frieza. Lavender will be safe with Trunks -"
"Yeah, about as safe as she would be with Vegeta!" Frieza argued.
"Hey, who's the kid?" Mokoto demanded. "You already have three against one and you need a fourth person?"
"Shut up!" Frieza snapped.
"We're gonna kill you!" Goten exclaimed.
"That's what they all say." Mokoto replied.
~~~~~
Trunks banged on the door of Capsule Corps.
"Mom? You in there?" he called. The door opened, and Bulma stood in the doorway. "Trunks!" she gasped. "That God you're sa - " she froze when she saw Lavender. "What happened to her?!" she cried.
"What's happened?!" Mizu came rushing to the door. Her eyes widened. "Lavender?!"
"Goku found her like this. She needs a regeneration tank right now." Trunks informed them.
"Get inside, hurry!" Bulma pushed him through the door.
~~~
"I should've stayed home with her..... Then maybe she'd be alright..." Mizu said guiltily.
"Hey, how were you supposed to know this would happen?" Bulma assured her.
"She started it, anyway. She came round here looking for a fight." Trunks told them.
"Trunks!" Bulma glared at him.
"It's okay..." Mizu mumbled. "It sound like something she'd do, she's WAY too much like her father."
"Yeah, my kid, too." Bulma replied. Trunks grinned.
"Anyway," Bulma returned to talking about Lavender. "She'll be okay, we got to her in time - and her wounds are healing pretty fast."
"That's not the point..." Mizu sighed. "Well, as long as she's okay."
"Trunks, go check on her, will you?" Bulma instructed. Trunks rolled his eyes, and got up. "But when she's healed and you finally let me LEAVE, I'm going back to help dad and the others."
"No you are NOT!" Bulma yelled.
"But mom, they need me!"
"They can manage perfectly fine by themselves."
"Goku went with Goten to fight. If they were doing okay, why would he get Goten involved?" Trunks challenged.
"You......... just go check on Lavender!" Bulma frowned. Trunks sighed.
"Fine, but I'm going to help dad afterwards." he left the room.
~~~
Trunks entered. He walked towards the regeneration tank Lavender was in. He frowned. Weird.... there was that deja vu again. Trunks continued to stare at her.
"What the....?" he mumbled. "Do I know you...?"
The red light on the control panel turned green. As it did so, Lavender started to open her eyes.
"You're done already?!" Trunks was surprised.
"Huh...?" Lavender looked at him. "Hey... have we met before?" she asked.
"Yeah, a couple of days ago." Trunks answered.
"I know that's all it is. But... it feels like.... nevermind." Lavender said.
"Yeah... I know what you mean." Trunks mumbled. "Weird, huh?" he started to press a few buttons on the control panel. "Wow, you recovered fa - ....." he paused, and looked at her. "... You recovered fast..."
"You've said that before." Lavender told him. Trunks pressed a few more buttons, and let her out of the tank.
Lavender stepped out, and stared at him.
"...... When you saw that woman, did you recognize her?" she asked.
"Tamzin?" Trunks said. Lavender nodded.
"Yeah.... and Mokoto, too."
"I remember that name from somewhere." Lavender whispered.
"Me too.... The same place I remember you from." Trunks nodded.
"Where was that?"
"I have no idea."
"..... Trunks..." Lavender began.
"Huh?" Trunks looked at her. "What is it?"
"Do you remember?" Lavender asked. "You do, don't you?"
"Remember what?" Trunks turned away.
"You know what. If you didn't, you wouldn't be acting so dumb about it." Lavender said with a slight smirk.
"I'm not acting dumb!" Trunks argued.
"You know what happened. You know where these memories are from, and you know why we only started recognizing each other now. It's the same thing all over again."
"How can it be?" Trunks insisted. "The last time, you didn't know who your dad even WAS!"
"But we still didn't get along at the start, remember?" Lavender reminded him. "And there was Mokoto and Tamzin, just like there is now."
"Yeah..... I remember." Trunks admitted. "But we shouldn't be remembering. That was the whole point of making the wish, you never had to come here, so our memories were erased."
"And here it all is, happening again." Lavender said. "Looks like no matter what messes stuff up for us, we end up getting back together in the end. Too bad it took so long for us to actually realize that."
"Yeah."
"Hey, Trunks," Lavender began.
"What?"
"I'm in love with you."
"Yeah." Trunks nodded. "I guess I knew it all along."
