Old Friends Meet New
Chapter 3
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z or it's charactersClaimer: I own Emily and anyone else mentioned in this chapter.
Grinning now, Bulma lead the pair over to a large machine that was blue and had so many buttons that you would have no idea which ones you were supposed to push.
"Tada!" Bulma sang, waving her hand as if to introduce the machine to them, Emily and Mirai Trunks stared at it blankly.
"Uh what is it?" He asked his passed mother, Bulma stared at them with shock, but quickly hid it as she took in a deep breath.
"What is it? This, you two is the universal scanner. It's a machine that detects any moving object in the universe aside from planets. Plus it can be switched on and scans twenty four hours a day. I'm ready to test it today." She explained, getting excited now.
"Wow! So you mean it detects things like spaceships, comets and asteroids heading to Earth? That's a great invention Bulma. If unfortunately we did actually need to use it, we'd be more prepared in the future." Emily cried, Bulma stared at the teen, as she didn't know she was into inventions.
"Uh yeah, well I'm hoping it will anyway. Like I said I'm ready to test it. Now to turn this baby on." She replied, punching in a couple of buttons then suddenly the machine burst into life, automatically beeping away like it was searching the skies for trouble.
"Looks like it works. Congratulations Bulma, wait until my dad hears about this. This will give us more notice in future." Emily cried, hugging the inventor, but the celebration was cut short when sirens suddenly went off.
"What is happening?" Mirai Trunks cried clapping his hands over his ears, Bulma quickly pulled away from Emily who was also covering her ears and began hitting buttons frantically.
"It looks as though it's detected something." She explained, suddenly Emily was hit with a huge negative energy, so strong that it caused her to fall into the cabinet which was next to her.
"That is one evil ki." Mirai Trunks declared, helping her up.
"What was that? I never want to feel that again!" She cried, clutching her arm which was now sticking out at a strange angle, Bulma sighed as the sirens calmed down and an image of a ball of light appeared on the screen.
"Sorry Emi, but it's heading for Earth. And from that Ki, I'm guessing it's stronger than Buu. We're in big trouble here. Lets see here, he's just passed Saturn now, he should be here in roughly five days." She said
"Great, I'd better go tell my dad. I'll see you later." Emily sighed, placing two fingers on her forehead. Mirai Trunks grabbed her shoulder just in time for her to disappear out of the room and appear back on Mount Potaz.
"You know that move?" He asked as he let go of her.
"Yeah, my dad taught it to me." Emily replied shrugging her shoulders, then ran to the back of the house to find Goku sparring with Gohan and Trunks sparring with Goten. Mirai Trunks stared at his younger self in amazement, but the younger Trunks didn't seem to pay any attention to their new arrivals. Goku however noticed them and stopped his spar with Gohan.
"So, I take it you two felt it too." He stated, folding his arms.
"Felt it? I broke my arm because of it! We have to train dad, Bulma said he will be here in a few days. She showed us this new invention that scans the universe for enemies, and it picked up on this guy." Emily quickly explained, Mirai Trunks stared at her.
"We? Your going too?" He asked, he'd never known a girl to accompany the Z fighters into battle.
"Yes we. I can fight too you know." She snapped, not intentionally but she was starting to feel the pain from her arm, Goku frowned at her.
"Emi, there's no need for that tone of voice. Calm down, we'll find away to beat this guy. In the mean time, here's a bean for your arm. Now how strong are we talking here?" He asked, tossing her a bean from the little pouch he kept tied to his belt, Emily gulped the bean down.
"Sorry dad. Trunks, didn't mean to snap at you. Broken arms do hurt. And Bulma said it looks as though this guy is stronger than Buu, whoever he is." She replied, smiling as the pain suddenly went from her arm.
"Stronger than Buu huh? Why is it enemies always get stronger." Gohan said, trying to enlighten the situation, but sighed when no one cottoned on to the little joke, Goku just stared at his daughter.
"It's too bad Piccolo sealed the hyperbolic time chamber. I don't know how we're going to get that strong in a week." Goku sighed, as if on cue, the Namek floated down. Emily threw him a nervous glance, she hadn't seen much of him since the "welcome to the family" party everyone threw for her a couple of weeks ago, so she didn't know whether he was over her yet or not.
"Actually Goku, the entrance has been rebuilt. It's also been altered for three now that we have a new fighter with us." Piccolo stated, glancing at Emily with a small smile.
"Is this a bad time to ask what the hyperbolic time chamber is?" Emily asked, Gohan turned to his sister.
"It's a room that lets you do a years worth of training in one day. Its what we used when we had to fight Cell, then again to fight Buu, when it got sealed." He explained, Emily nodded then suddenly Vegeta appeared and landed next to Goku, and glared at his son.
"Boy! I have circled the planet looking for you! And I thought you told me he wasn't here!" He snapped, glaring at Emily who stared at him dangerously, as if not able to care what he did to her.
"Well I didn't know did I? He wasn't here when we left so how was I supposed to know who came and went when I'm not here." She snapped, ignoring the stern look her father was giving her, Vegeta just growled and turned back to Goku.
"So you want to go back into the hyperbolic time chamber huh? Well I'm training with you then." He stated, Goku smirked.
"Alright, we'll pair off. How about you guy's?" He asked, turning to the four demi saiyans, who looked at each other.
"I might as well go in with Goten and Trunks. We can work on Gotenks and make sure he's training and not fooling about." Gohan said, staring at the two boys, who glared up at him but didn't say anything.
"Who's Gotenks?" Emily and Mirai Trunks asked in unison, then glanced at each other and went red. Gohan smirked at the two of them, they had been showing signs that they had liked each other for a while now, that was why he chose to go with Goten and Trunks. He wanted to go in with Emily to see what she was capable of since he didn't train with her as much as his father did, but he felt he should let them go together.
"It's mine and Goten's fusion form." Trunks explained.
"We do a dance and turn into Gotenks, who's really powerful." Goten added at the puzzled look on his sisters face, whilst Mirai Trunks was staring between them, probably not expecting this to happen.
"Huh? Forget it, you guy's can show me another time." Emily sighed, shaking her head, Goku smirked at her.
"Well we might be needing him and Vegetto anyway so you'll probably get to see how it's done." He said.
"Mine and Kakarot's fusion form." Vegeta added before they could ask who Vegetto was, Emily stared at her father as she'd only heard the first of this "fusion" move herself, and was wondering whether she'd get the chance in the future to perform it with someone.
"So you guy's can merge? Wait until my mom hears about this." Mirai Trunks said, Goku just nodded at him.
"So are you two alright together then?" He asked staring at Emily and Mirai Trunks, they both looked at each other and blushed a bit, but nodded.
"A year of training together. As long as Trunks doesn't treat me like a weak girly girl I'll be alright." She said.
"Nah, I'll beat you up don't worry. I suppose a year won't be too bad, we'll be training most of the time anyway." Mirai Trunks added, laughing as Emily glared at his attempt of a joke.
"Ok we haven't got long, let's head to the look out." Goku announced taking to the air, everyone following him, Emily frowned up at her father.
"What's a lookout?" She asked, Mirai Trunks who had remained behind to fly with Emily, smiled at her.
"Just follow us." He replied taking to the air too, Emily just shrugged her shoulders and took off after them too and before she new it, she found herself flying towards a large white circle floating in mid air. Taking it this was the lookout she landed on the floor as Goku began looking around for someone then smiling as another Namek came running towards them followed by a darker man.
"I take it you want to use the hyperbolic time chamber. I had an idea you'd need it when I felt that negative energy, it's all ready for you." He cried as he got to them, Goku nodded.
"Thanks Dende, you ready Vegeta?" Goku asked, Vegeta nodded.
"Wait a minute, Trunks your back! And who's this?" Dende asked, staring at Emily now, who was watching them curiously, behind Gohan.
"This is my adopted daughter Emily Dende. Come on Vegeta, if this guy decides to get here early, Earth's gonna need all the help it can get." Goku said briskly as he and Vegeta ran into the palace behind the two.
"You have a sister Gohan?" Dende asked, Gohan nodded and stepped sideways to reveal Emily, who was still staring at Dende and Mr Popo, Dende stepped forward and held his hand out.
"Pleased to meet you." Emily said, holding her hand out too and shaking both his and Mr Popo's hand.
Many hours later more chi's followed as everyone looked around to see Tien, Yamcha and Chowsu appear in the sky as they landed at the lookout also.
"I thought you guy's felt it." Tien stated staring at them, Goten nodded.
"Yeah, dad and Vegeta are in the hyperbolic time chamber. Hey who's going next by the way?" Goten asked, looking at Gohan, Gohan turned to Mirai Trunks and his sister.
"So you two want to go next?" He asked, Emily looked at her brother and shrugged her shoulders.
"It's up to Trunks, I've not been in there before so I don't know what I'm up against." She replied.
"Yeah, let the couple go next!" Gohan chimed smirking, Emily growled and glared at her little brother.
"We are not a couple Goten, stop saying that. Remember dad isn't around to stop me this time." She snapped, Goten's smirk widened as he slowly approached her.
"I don't need him." He stated.
"Oh yes you do." She yelled lunging at him, the two of them disappeared as they began fighting.
"Not again, will you two cut it out? We don't have time for this." Gohan called sighing as he prepared to break them up.
"Do you want me to separate them?" Piccolo asked looking at him.
"Nah, I'll do it, I'm getting the hang of it, they're doing this more often now." Gohan replied, taking to the sky, staring at the them working out how to split them up, considering it was always his dad splitting them up in the past. Sighing, he disappeared then a yelling could be heard before he appeared again, holding Emily by the arm.
"Gohan! Let me go!" She screamed, struggling to get out of his grip, Gohan just growled at his sister.
"Emi! Pack it in, you have got to spare your energy, fighting Goten is not the way to do it!" He snapped, struggling against her himself.
"Get off me Gohan! Goten has got to learn to knock it off sometime!" She snarled, finally pulling out of his grip and lunging at Goten again, only to get her top grabbed by Gohan and pulled back again. Gohan whirled her around to face him and glared at her.
"Calm down now! You are causing a scene and Goten will pack it in when you stop over reacting." He snapped, looking around at everyone staring at her, she sighed and pulled out of his grip once more then floated down. Shooting Goten a warning glare, she walked over to the other side of the lookout away from the others, Gohan turned around and glared at his younger brother, who was staring at his sister in shock.
"And you Goten, will you leave her alone? I saved you this time, but one day neither dad or I will be around to do that. So I suggest you back off." He warned, Goten just nodded as he and Trunks went into a spar. Now that the fight had broken up, Gohan walked over to the others.
"So Trunks? What's it like being back?" Yamcha asked, trying to start a conversation up, Mirai Trunks stared at him.
"Very strange actually. It's only been three years in my timeline you see, and when I left Goku died, even in this timeline. And when I come back, ten years had passed and Goku not only had another son but also had a daughter too. That took some getting used to." He laughed.
"Yeah, took us a while to get used to Emily too. She just showed up at the tournament, after losing to Gohan, she revealed that she was Radditz's daughter. But when she's not fighting Goten, she's alright. She deserves a good family after what she's gone through." Yamcha sighed.
"She's had a bad past?" Mirai Trunks asked.
"Well not bad, but not good either. Cause she was into fighting, people treated her like their enemy, like a thug. And she was treated badly by past family's. like she's probably told you, she's been shifted between different homes so it was hard for her." Gohan explained.
"That's terrible, I heard she was passed around but I had no idea things were that bad." Mirai Trunks gasped.
"Well, she doesn't know that we know if you know what I mean. She doesn't reveal much about her passed. She's occasionally blurted the odd memory that she doesn't want us to know, but mom and dad have heard her talking in her sleep. We think she was beaten up as a child, but she won't speak to anyone about it." Gohan said, Mirai Trunks looked over to see Emily glaring at the group as she stormed over.
"You know I am a saiyan and I can hear every word that you say. And for your information Gohan my past was nothing like that. I'll tell you about it when I'm ready, it's not easy being in a new family. Now will you please stop telling people wrong things because I find it very annoying." She snapped then went back over to sparring with an invisible partner.
"Sorry." Gohan muttered, going red forgetting she could hear that well.
"Anything I should know about her? I mean we are about to spend a year together." Mirai Trunks asked, Emily heard him but chose to ignore him. She had to put up with him for an entire year, she didn't want to start it off by being annoyed with him. Hopefully she'd have cooled down after the training she planned on doing.
"Basically what she's already pointed out. Don't treat her like she's weak and basically if you want her to be strong, annoy her. But she can really blow her top so be careful how much you get her wound up. My dad says she has a hidden power like me, when she want's to let it out , she will, but it could be very dangerous." Gohan explained, out of the corner of his eye, he could see her smirking to herself as she listened in to what he had to say about her.
"Oh right, well I've worked out she's stubborn, I'll keep that in mind." Mirai Trunks laughed, choosing to ignore his comment, Emily took off from the edge of the lookout and began flying around it in circles, obviously trying to improve her speed. Suddenly using her instant translocation technique she appeared right next to Mirai Trunks who jumped at her sudden appearance.
"So, we're next huh?" She asked, he just nodded.
"Yeah, and I hope you know what your getting yourself into." Gohan replied staring at him, she shot him an amused look.
"Will you relax Gohan. I'll be fine, you just wait I'll be stronger and faster. Maybe even strong enough to take this guy out myself, that'll show you." She said, Gohan just laughed at this.
"Let's just see how you do in the time chamber, dad and Vegeta should be out soon, it's almost been a day." He said. A few more hours had passed and before they knew it, two incredible chi's appeared from the room as Vegeta and Goku came out, both in normal form though, but clearly beaten up from their fights.
"So how did it go?" Tien asked, handing them both a sensu bean which they both gulped down.
"We're ready for him. That's for sure. Who is going next?" Goku replied, Gohan pointed in the direction of his sister and Mirai Trunks.
"Trunks and Emi are." He replied, Vegeta just stared at the two.
"Good luck then guy's." Goku said, Emily and Mirai Trunks nodded.
"See you in a year then." She replied, as they both entered the palace and made their way upstairs. Opening the large brown doors, they both entered the hyperbolic time chamber to begin their intense training.