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LILY: Hello everyone! I'm back! And this writer's block thing is REALLY starting to annoy me. Sorry. Heh heh.

MIRAI: *staring off into space*

LILY: *sweatdrops* ER....I think my mate's a little out of it. You know.....cause of his s-w-o-r-d and stuff. Poor Trunks. Me thinks he isn't going to live to see his ninth birthday.

LILY: But anyway, you should all know the drill, and if you don't, don't come crying to me! Heh heh, um....yeah...I don't own the characters of DBZ. I own my clones, my own mate Mirai Trunks *points to her mate who just sweatdrops but doesn't say anything*, Mystic Gohan, Gambit from X-men Evolution, Neil from the Final Fantasy Movie, Kou Leifoh from the Bouncer for the PS2 game, and my newest clone, Inuyasha, my Demi-Demon Doggie! *pounces on said hanyou and starts tickling his kawaii ears as Inuyasha struggles in vain to escape* They're all mine, except for Gohan, he's my best friend's mate. So now on with the story.

LILY: Oh, and keep them reviews coming, k? Enjoy ladies and gents.

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The Dare

Chapter Twenty Seven " Mika "

"Come on Mirai, it can't be all that bad." Gohan said cautiously.

"YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BAD THIS IS GOHAN! I'M GONNA KILL THAT FRIGGIN BRAT!" Mirai roared, his hair starting to flicker gold.

Gohan sweatdropped.

"But Mirai, how do you know it was Chibi Trunks? I mean, WHY would he want to take your sword in the first place?" Gohan asked as he and Piccolo cautiously started to follow the steaming Mirai, who was stomping so hard down the hall Gohan was surprised there weren't dents in the floor.

"HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW?! YOU HEARD MY MOTHER! THE DAMN BRAT IS FRIGGIN EVIL!" Mirai roared.

"But Mirai-" Gohan began again before Mirai whirled on him, slaming a fist into the wall a mere three inches from Gohan's face. He narrowed his eyes, that oddly, were no longer their usual steely blueish grey, but instead a deep turquise.

"The brat is gonna die. End of story. And unless you'd care to join him Gohan, you can HELP me look for the wretched monster of a child." He spoke in such an even, icy tone that Gohan nearly shivered out of pure fear.

He was DEFINATELY Vegeta's son.

Piccolo snorted.

"You'll have to get in line Boxer Boy." Piccolo said.

"DON'T start with me Namek." Mirai growled as Piccolo narrowed his eyes at the lavander haired teenager.

"Ok, ok, guys, don't start fighting with each other. Why don't we try to find the kids?" Gohan asked.

"Good idea. But I swear to Kami, if there is even the slightest scratch or crack on the blade, NO ONE will be able to find all the pieces to that evil little bastard of a child." Mirai promised.

"Good luck with that. Dende's not any help to anyone lately." Gohan said, growling slightly. He sighed deeply a moment later, and headed back down the corrider with the others.

More than twenty minutes later, Piccolo was cursing to himself every other second, his ki rising every other minute as they still found no trace of their prey. Mirai, who's highest level had always been Super Saiyan, had passed that minutes ago, as his energy crackled around him, in full ssj2 mode, and incredible pissed.

"They're not here." Gohan said, frowning to himself.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE NOT HERE?!" Mirai roared, the ceiling above them shaking slightly as Gohan gulped.

"Er......yeah. I can't sense their ki anywhere in CC, so they......er......they're not here." Gohan said.

"SON OF A-" Mirai began.

"TRUNKS VEGETA BRIEFS! YOU FINISH THAT SENTENCE AND I PROMISE YOU, YOUR MOTHER WILL HEAR ABOUT IT!" A female's voice roared.

Mirai froze.

Gohan and Piccolo frowned in confusion as they turned to see a pretty red head standing in the doorway, her hands on her hips, and glaring furiously at Mirai.

A few seconds later, Mirai's head turned to stare at the girl in shock and disbelief.

"Mika?! What the hell are YOU doing here?!"

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"Uh oh." Trunks said, looking skywards and to the west. He gulped visably as Goten and Pan looked at him confused.

"What's the matter?" Pan asked curiously.

"I think........these may very well be the last few hours of my young life." Trunks said.

"Huh?" Goten asked, scratching the back of his head.

"I just felt a surge in ki. From Capsule Corp. I think my older self just noticed his missing sword." Trunks said softly.

"You......you're scared of my sensei, aren't you?" Pan asked in disbelief.

"OF COURSE I AM! WHO WOULDN'T BE?! THE PYSCO CARRIES A FRIGGIN SWORD WITH HIM EVERYWHERE FOR KAMI'S SAKE!" Trunks cried.

"Wimp." Pan murmered, before taking a deep breath and diving off the cliff and into the lake below.

"Stupid girls. They never know what they're talking about." Trunks said, scowling as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"I don't know, Trunks. I like her. She's nice. And she's pretty, I guess. For a girl I mean." Goten said.

"You baka! She isn't pretty at all. You've obviously hit your head too many times, you moron!" Trunks said, shaking his head. He walked over to the edge of the cliff, looking into the crystal blue waters below.

"What's taking her so long? I knew I should have gone myself. Gees. Girls!" Trunks said, frowning at the water below.

A few minutes later, Pan shot out of the water, her blue ki swirling around her as she rose into the sky, before arcing and decending down towards the boys, a golden dragonball clutched in her hands.

"Ta dah. See. Told you girls can do anything you stupid boys can do." Pan said, sticking her tongue out at Trunks, who scowled darkly before taking the ball from her hands.

"Stop showing off. We still have five more to find!" Trunks cried, lifting into the air.

Pan growled as she looked up at him, before following after him too. Goten shook his head, still confused as he shot off after his best friend and future niece.

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"Mika?! What the hell are YOU doing here?!" Mirai cried, gapping at the girl in the doorframe. She frowned as he crossed her arms over her chest.

"Nice to see you too Trunks." Mika said as Mirai shook his head.

"That's not what I meant. How did you get here? WHY are you here?" Mirai asked as the girl shrugged her shoulders lightly.

"Your mother got worried when you and Panny just vanished. So I volunteered to come find you." Mika said with a smile.

"But how?!" Mirai asked.

"I don't know exactly, but your mother was able to track your ki to this demension, and set the corridents of the Time Machine to travel here. So, here I am. Videl wanted to come, obviously, but your mother said maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea." Mika said.

"I'll say. Gohan and the Videl of this time both fainted when Panny slipped and told them who she was." Mirai said with a chuckle.

"It's NOT funny Mirai!" Gohan growled.

"Mirai?" Mika asked, frowning in confusion as Mirai nodded.

"Yeah, this is the other demension, the one I traveled to to help stop the Androids and all that? I told you remember? Anyway, it's too confusing with two Trunks here, so everyone calls me Mirai Trunks. Mirai for short." Mirai said.

"I see. Well, I've never met this other......'you'.....so I'm not gonna call you Mirai. I'll just call the younger you....Chibi Trunks." Mika said with a smile.

"You might not want to. He's a terror sometimes, and I KNOW it won't go over well with him." Gohan said as the girl shrugged her shoulders.

"I really don't care. He's not gonna make me call him Trunks, when the only Trunks I've ever known is this one." Mika said, gesturing to the blushing teenager.

"So......actually, we haven't been formally introduced. My name is Son Gohan. I'm a friend of Mirai's....er......Trunks's.......well, you know what I mean. And judging by Mirai's reaction, you must be the Mika he told me about." Gohan said, looking at Mirai with a half-smirk on his face.

"He did, did he?" Mika asked, looking at Mirai with a smirk. She chuckled as she took a step into the room.

"Yes, actually, he's told me quiet a lot about you Gohan. And you would be.....Piccolo?" Mika asked, looking at the Namek, who nodded, but didn't say anything.

"I see. Well it's a pleasure to meet you both. Oh and Trunks, I ran into your mother on the way here. She said to tell you and Gohan that the class would be outside at the pool." Mika said.

"Well, it couldn't hurt to take a break and get in a swim, could it? We can continue looking for Trunks after." Gohan suggested.

Reluctantly Mirai nodded, finally dropping out of ssj2 to growl into space as Mika stared at him, frowning in confusion.

"Since when were you able to go above Super Saiyan Trunks?" Mika asked.

"Since the younger Trunks stole his sword." Gohan muttered.

"WHAT?! Oh no. That poor child." Mika said, shaking her head.

"Wow. You really DO know Mirai pretty well don't you?" Gohan asked with a smirk as the lavander haired teenager growled at his best friend, blushing slightly as he elbowed Gohan in the ribs when Mika wasn't looking.

"Of course I do. Everyone knows how precious that damn pig sticker is to the baka." Mika said.

"It's NOT a pig sticker. It's a highly-" Mirai began.

"DON'T start on your stupid speech about how and why your sword is so great again, Trunks!" Mika said as Gohan stared at Mirai oddly.

"You have a *speech?!*" Gohan asked as Mirai blushed.

"Sure he does. It was five pages long when he wrote it all down too." Mika said, smirking at the blushing Mirai.

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