Beginning of a New Life

By Gozilla

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*crap* - thoughts

"crap" - conversation

(crap) - author's note

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Chapter 2: Punishment

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Goku sighed. He took another deep breath and charged at Trunks with lightening speed, plummeting the spear right through Trunks at his stomach.

Trunks smiled, his face winced in pain, "I guess I can never get used to this..."

Vegeta was too shocked and confused by what was happening right in front of his eyes. He could not move until Goku pulled away the spear, which disappeared at the moment it was completely pulled free, and Trunks started to fall to the ground.

Vegeta caught Trunks before he hit the ground. Trunks eyes were tightly closed and blood was pouring from the wound on his stomach. He tore Trunks' shirt to have a better look at the wound. He inhaled deeply to see, among the mess of blood, there were dozens of scars of similar wounds on Trunks' body.

Suddenly, a roll of bandage was handed to Vegeta from his back. Knowing it was Goku, Vegeta roughly took the bandages and tried to stop the bleeding. Goku, on the other hand, also helped to bandage the wound.

10 minutes later, they have finally finished treating the wound. However, Trunks remained unconscious and lying on the ground. His face was very pale due to the blood loss.

Goku sighed in relief and sat back on the ground. Out of the blue, an iron fist hit him hard on his face, sending him flying meters away.

"What's that for? Vegeta!!" Goku groaned angrily, rubbing his face in pain.

Vegeta shouted, "I should be the one who is asking the question!!" He pointed to Trunks, "What's that for?!!"

King Kai stepped between the two, "Stop it, you two! It is not the time to fight each other!"

"Then someone has to tell me what is going on?!" Vegeta groaned angrily, "What are you doing to this brat?"

"Calm down, Vegeta." Goku said, "I am sorry that I have to do that to Trunks. He will recover in a few days. It is a punishment for him to interfere with what is 'supposed' to happen in this timeline."

Vegeta frowned in the mixture of frustration and confusion.

King Kai stepped forward, "Let me explain it to you, Vegeta. You remember the incident 7 years ago which Trunks died in the battle, right? When his body and soul returned to his timeline, he was offered with eternal life in the world of the dead with his family and friends. However, with that, he would not be able to stay in the world of the living."

King Kai looked up to the 'sky', "There was another option. He chose to stay in the world of the living and take care of his son until he turned 18, even though he knew that it would mean that his soul would be destroyed afterwards."

King Kai continued, "By the time his son turned 18, his time was up. He was so closed to the end when the King Kai of his timeline made a very exceptional exemption. He allowed the four with eternal life, you, Goku, Gohan and Bulma, to transfer part of their eternal life force to him so that he can survive."

King Kai turned to look at the pale face of the young man lying on the ground, "However, as it is completely outlawed in the world of the dead, his memories must be locked and he must be expelled from his timeline. Ever since, he started his wandering life throughout the timelines. We have been receiving reports from the King Kais of the other timelines on his journey."

Vegeta struggled to digest all facts threw at him. A question rose in his mind, "How long has he been wandering between timelines? And how many timelines did he travelled during the time?"

King Kai reached to Trunks' wrist, "The King Kai in his timeline gave him a special device which records time since he left his own timeline from his point of view. It is just for information purposes. Let's see... Amusing! From the day he left his timeline, he has been wandering for almost 200 years, and he has been over 10,000 timelines!"

"200 years???!!! Over 10,000 timelines???!!!" Goku and Vegeta shouted in unison.

Goku looked at Trunks curiously, "So he is everything but young. How come he has not a single sign of aging?"

"Because he has eternal life and he will never age, just like you. His appearance will remain the same as at the day he died." King Kai replied.

King Kai gently let go of Trunks arm, "So, on average, he spent about a week in each timeline. Of course, he spent more time in some timelines and less in others. I remember receiving a report from a King Kai saying that he spent only a few seconds there as the earth in that timeline was completely destroyed by a comet."

Vegeta raised an eyebrow curiously.

King Kai smiled, "You may be wondering why the situations in the timelines are so different. Actually, although they are parallel, all the timelines are different according to the different decisions made by each individual in that particular timeline."

King Kai thought for a while, "Say for example, if the people in the former Vegeta-sei decided not to send Goku, or Kakkaroto, to earth in the beginning, there would be no Goku on earth at all. He would probably die when Freeza destroyed Vegeta-sei."

Vegeta asked, "Then why are the things in our timeline be so similar to his? Not counting what happened after he came to give this bonehead the antidote."

King Kai smiled, "It is because Bulma in Trunks' timeline developed a time machine, or I should say, a 'timeline machine'. Instead of going back to the past of their own timeline, it went to another timeline. And it could only go to a timeline very close to their own timeline. The further timeline you go, the larger the difference."

Goku held his head as if he was in pain, "No matter how many times King Kai explains this to me, I still don't get it! My head is going to explode with these theories!"

"That's because you are stupid." Vegeta groaned in annoyance. He looked at his son, who lied unconscious on the ground, *200 years... I wonder what he had gone through over these years...*

King Kai looked at Vegeta, "As it is very sensitive to let someone to wander among timelines, before Trunks started his wandering life between timelines, he had been warned by the King Kai in his timeline not to interfere with the 'history' of the timelines. Otherwise, he will be severely punished for each offence."

"And this." King Kai waved his hand and the silvery spear appeared again, " This is the most powerful weapon in the world of the dead. It is also the only weapon which can kill or leave permanent scars on a person with eternal life."

King Kai looked at Trunks and smiled bitterly, "As you can see from his wounds, Trunks has not been very good at staying back from interfering. In most occasions, he saved lots of people's lives or even the world. We knew he did that with good intentions, but we cannot let him interfere with the 'history' too much. So we need to punish him severely to discourage him to do so, which has proven quite unsuccessful though."

King Kai turned to look at Goku and Vegeta, "I suggest you two bring him back to the world of living and treat his wound. Although he has been granted with eternal life, the injury inflicted by this spear could be fatal to him."

Goku picked up Trunks and turned to Vegeta, "I will bring you two back to the Capsule Corporation. Let's go."

Without another word, Vegeta put his hand on Goku's shoulder and the three disappeared in a blur.

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End of Chapter 2

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