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TIGERLILY: *looks around for Mirai, then spots remains of leg iron and hack saw on the floor. Growls as she trasforms to SSJ4* Ok, now it's personal! MYSTIC! REMY! GET OUT HERE NOW!

MYSTIC CLONE: *sweatdrops* Yes, Lily? What is it?

GAMBIT CLONE: Something we can help you wit cherie?

TIGERLILY: *scowling as she points to leg iron remains on the floor* Supaa Saiyan Trinity stole my mate again! I want *you* two to get him back for me! And now!

GAMBIT CLONE: Why would dis femme want your mate, cherie? Remy thought dat you told de fans dat he was yours.

TIGERLILY: I did! *points to leg iron* And I went to great lengths to prove that point! But, she has been reading the fic religiously, so.....I'm going to be nice and not kill her. In fact, to ensure that she *stops* trying to steal my mate and the father of my kids, I'm going to clone GT Trunks for her.

MYSTIC CLONE: I don't understand. Why would you go and do something like that if she keeps stealing Trunks? Why are you being nice?

GAMBIT CLONE: Dis femme is a fan of de Lily's, non? Dat is why de cherie is being nice and giving her dis present, and to stop de femme from taking de cherie's mate again. Remy thinks it is a good idea.

TIGERLILY: Thank you, Remy. Now you two better hurry and get him back for me. I still have a disclaimer to do. And here, *pushes confused GT Trunks clone towards the two* Give her him. But get *my* mate back! Hurry up already!

TIGERLILY: *waits twenty minutes before Mystic and Gambit return with a very confused Mirai.*

MIRAI CLONE: um.........hi Lily honey?

TIGERLILY: I'll 'hi Lily honey' you! You *voluntarily* let her steal you! You....you......arg! You're so gonna get it when we get home! You think sleeping on the couch was bad?! Ha! Try sleeping in the garage tonight!

MIRAI CLONE: *face pales* But.....but......but.......

TIGERLILY: No buts! You need to remember that *I'm* your mate and you're binded to be forever! Just 'cause I tease you from time to time doesn't give you the right to take off! And apparently I need to improve the whole 'confinement' thing so others can't steal you too.

MIRAI CLONE: Why do I suddenly get a *really* bad feeling about this?

*Mystic Clone and Gambit Clone sneak away*

MIRAI CLONE: *sweatdrops as Lily shackles a pair of shiny new leg shackles on both Mirai's ankles, and shackles his wrists together too*

TIGERLILY: These are made of the strongest metal in the world. The same material I had your new sword made of when that......that......bakayaro.......broke your sword. So it's unbreakable. Ask Gohan. *smirks as she exchanges a grin with Nyssah*

TIGERLILY: ok folks, now that I got my mate back, we can begin the story. Chapter Ten! Enjoy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Dare

Chapter Ten: "Secrets"

Gohan let out a huge sigh as he landed beside a river, miles away from his house. He looked to the sky for a moment, before glaring up at the heavens.

"Dende, I swear I'll rip you to shreds for this one!" Gohan cried. Suddenly he sensed a low ki not too far from him and smiled as he turned to face a large boulder a few feet away from him.

"You can come out, I know you're there, little one." Gohan said calmly. He sighed as the dark-haired child meekly stepped away from her hiding place.

"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to follow you Daddy, it's just that.....I....." Pan began nervously as Gohan smiled warmly at the young girl, trying to put her at ease.

"It's ok, sweetie. I'm not angry with you. Come over here, huh? You can tell me all about yourself, ok? You're from Mirai Trunks's time, aren't you?" Gohan asked as the little girl crept up to him as she nodded.

"He's my sensei." Pan answered as Gohan nodded.

"So I see. And....I'm your father? Or at least Mirai me was, right?" Gohan asked as Pan nodded.

"Yeah. I never got to meet him. Mama doesn't talk much about him, so I never knew what he was like. I mean, sensei always told me stories, but.....it's not the same. I know Daddy was his sensei, and he taught Trunks how to fight, and I know sensei misses him. Mama misses him very much too. It makes me sad when I wake up at night and hear her crying." Pan said, looking down at her feet.

Videl must have really loved me.....hey! What am I'm saying? It wasn't her! It was Mirai Videl! It doesn't mean she likes me in this time.....does it? Gohan thought to himself.

"Panny? Can I ask you a facor?" Gohan asked as he looked down at his future daughter. She looked up at him confused as she nodded her head.

"Look, the Videl of this time doesn't know very much about me, and I wanna keep it that way. I don't want her to think I'm any more of a freak than she already thinks I am, ok? So you can't tell her you're from another time, and that you're her daughter, alright?" Gohan asked.

"But why?" Pan asked.

"For starters, she doesn't know I'm half alien, she doesn't know anything about the Saiyan race or that I can transform into a Super Saiyan. She doesn't know that I've been fighting and saving the earth from either being destroyed or enslaved since the time I was five years old. She doesn't know I can fly and throw ki blasts. She doesn't know anything about the dragonballs, or Shelong, or the dragon granting wishes. And most importantly, she doesn't know I defeated Cell, and not her father." Gohan said as Pan just stared at him confused.

"Cell?" Pan asked as Gohan sweatdropped.

"It's a *very* long story, but I'll tell you later, if you want. The point is, seven years ago I fought this superpowerful monster named Cell, but her father ended up taking the credit for it. Ever since then, everyone on Earth has believed that Mr. Satan saved the Earth from Cell." Gohan explained with a soft chuckle.

"Oh. Wasn't Cell that stupid, ugly, green grasshopper that killed Grandpa Goku and sensei?" Pan asked as Gohan nodded.

"Um.....yeah.......ugly green grasshopper?" Gohan asked, raising an eyebrow as Pan nodded.

"That's what sensei calls him. And ugly, green, mutant grasshopper." Pan said as Gohan smiled as he nodded.

"I guess he sort of did look like a grasshopper when you stop to think about it. But you're right, Cell did kill both my father and Mirai Trunks. But....it was my fault my father died. I got carried away. My power started to go to my head and I got too cocky. But....that was a very long time ago. A lot has happened since then, but the point is, Videl absolutely *can't* find out everything her father told her, and everything she grew up believing was a huge lie, ok?" Gohan asked as Pan nodded her head.

"Ok, Daddy! I won't tell Mama *anything* about your past!" Pan said as Gohan sweatdropped.

"And you can't call me Daddy, Panny. And you'd better not call Videl your Mom, ok?" Gohan asked, his cheeks red. Pan looked up at her father sadly.

"Why not? You don't like me?" Pan asked sadly as Gohan sweatdropped as he shook his head at the little girl.

"No, that's not it at all Panny, it's just that....you just can't, ok? It's a long story but I'll tell you, ok?" Gohan asked. Reluctantly Pan nodded at him.

"Ok, so then what *do* I call you?" Pan asked.

"Just call me Gohan." Gohan said.

"Ok. So then what about sensei?" Pan asked as Gohan sweatdropped. How *was* he going to explain the two 'Trunks' to Videl?



"So that brat is Kakarrot's spawn's offspring? Figures!" Vegeta said as he rushed at Mirai Trunks.

"Father, she's Gohan's daughter, not his *offspring*." Mirai Trunks said, blocking Vegeta's fist as Vegeta snorted at the lavandar haired youth.

"Same difference!" Vegeta said, bringing his leg up to knee Mirai Trunks in the gut.

Mirai Trunks barely dodged out of the way, but the distraction had worked, as Vegeta's fist connected with Mirai Trunks' jaw. Mirai Trunks jumped backwards as Vegeta did the same.

"I'm surprised you know." Mirai Trunks said, using his fist to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"About what, boy?" Vegeta asked, lowering his body into a crouching position, preparing to attack again. Mirai Trunks smirked much like his father.

"I was surprised to see you still here.....with Mom and me, I mean. After all, I'd have thought you would have taken off not too long after I returned to my own time." Mirai Trunks said as Vegeta smirked at him.

"A lot has changed in seven years." Vegeta said as Mirai Trunks nodded.

"So I see. It's nice to see the younger me and Goku's younger son are so close. He doesn't know how good he's got it." Mirai Trunks said as Vegeta growled, looking intensely at Mirai Trunks.

"Don't let that damn brat fool you! He's a demon! He causes nothing but mayhem and Kakarrot's second spawn is easily duped into following along and is too dimwitted like that baka Kakarrot to know any better! That dan brat of mine causes so much havoc and chaos, I'm constantly having to listen to the damn Onna bitch about it! If it weren't for that damn mate of mine, I'd have probably already blasted the kami-forsaken brat into otherworld by now!" Vegeta said.

Mirai Trunks blinked.

"He's *that* bad?!" Mirai Trunks asked stunned as Vegeta smirked at him.

"Hmph! He has the makings of a *true* Saiyan prince." Vegeta said.

Mirai Trunks smiled to himself. He should have known, it was the only way Vegeta would openly admit his pride and affection for his son. Chibi Trunks was a lucky boy indeed.

Vegeta snarled as he suddenly rushed at Mirai Trunks again, and the two continued their sparring.



"Mom?" Trunks asked looking up at Bulma.

"What is it Trunks?" Bulma asked as Trunks looked towards the living room.

"Who was the guy with the cool looking sword? And who was that girl? And what does she have to do with Gohan?" Trunks asked as Bulma smiled at her son's question.

"Well, the young man with the sword is you from an alternative timeline. We call him Mirai Trunks. He came to warn us about the andriods, what was it, ten years ago? Has it really been that long?" Bulma asked with a soft smile.

"He was Trunks? But how? He's older than Trunks." Goten said confused as Bulma nodded at him.

"True, but he was a teenager when he came back to the past. It's a very long story. As for the little girl, she's from Mirai's time. She's Gohan's future daughter. Cute, isn't she?" Bulma asked.

"Wow, I didn't know my brother had a daughter!" Goten cried happily.

Trunks smacked him.

"You baka! Gohan isn't even married!" Trunks said annoyed at Bulma frowned at her son.

"Trunks! Don't call Goten a baka! And don't hit him! You're acting like your father!" Bulma said.

"But.....he *is* a baka, Mom. I mean.....*look* at him.....that didn't even phase him!" Trunks said, pointing to Goten, who grinned cluelessly up at Bulma.

She sweatdropped.

"I hope Gohan's daughter doesn't take after his side of the family." Bulma muttered to herself as she headed back into the living room to see if Chichi needed help with Videl.

"What do we do now, Trunks" Goten asked as Trunks shugged his shoulders at his best friend.

"I don't know. Hey! Maybe we should ask that girl if she wants to spar!" Trunks suggested as Goten looked at him sceptically.

"I don't know Trunks. She's a girl. What if she doesn't know *how* to spar?" Goten asked as Trunks frowned at his best friend.

"Don't be stupid, Goten! Of course she'll know how to spar! She's Gohan's daughter!" Trunks said as Goten grinned at his best friend and nodded in agreement.

"Oh, ok, Trunks! Let's go find her!" Goten said, then stopped.

"Um....Trunks?" Goten asked.

"What is it *now* Goten?!" Trunks asked impatiently.

"Um....how do we find her?" Goten asked as Trunks sweatdropped.

"Well.....we'll look for Gohan. Wherever he is, she should be. Come on!" Trunks said as he flew out the door, Goten on his heels.

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