Fight for the Future
The Return
Disclaimer:I don't own Dragonball Z or it's characters.
Claimer:I do in fact own Emily and anyone else mentioned in this chapter.
An entire day had passed since Emily and Mirai Trunks had gone in to train with Jake and Alex, and when they all emerged, to Goku and Gohan's surprise, the twins were smiling, something they hadn't seen yet.
"How did it go?" Goku asked.
"We've reached super saiyan level five. I can feel that we can make a difference." Alex stated, as she looked at her grandfather.
"That's great, I really hope you can." Gohan replied smiling at them.
"So do we. I just want to say thank you so much for everything you have done. All of you. We've dreamed of creating a better future and thanks to everyone's help, I think we can." Jake said, then the twins turned around and hugged their parents.
"I'm glad you've come back to warn us. I just hope we can make a difference this end." Emily replied, embracing them.
"Yes, it would be a shame to let time repeat itself. But I doubt that it will happen. You have had plenty of training, I'm confident you can create a better future." Alex sighed, grinning. The twins said goodbye and took off from the lookout, and back to Mount Potaz.
"Why are we here Al?" Jake asked.
"I just want to see little us for one last time. I mean come on when do you get to see yourself as a baby." Alex laughed.
"Good point. I really want to head off soon so let's make it quick." Jake replied briskly as ChiChi popped her head out of their house.
"Thought I heard you two. Are the others still up on the lookout?" She asked, letting them in, the twins nodded.
"Yes, we came to say goodbye to you and little us. We're going back soon." Alex explained smiling.
"It's great to see you both one last time, thank you for stopping by. You both, well little you, are in the living room watching TV in your playpen." She said, guiding them into the room.
"A playpen? You kept us locked up?" Jake asked, staring at the red cage situated in front of the television, in which baby Alex and Jake sat their gazed fixed on a cartoon goat running around the screen. Baby Alex looked up and grinned as she saw her grandmother.
"Out. Want out!" She cried jumping up and clutching the bar, trying to climb out, ChiChi laughed and scooped her up.
"Come on, say goodbye to your future selves." She cooed.
"Bye." Baby Alex chirped.
"Do you want to hold her?" ChiChi asked, looking at Alex.
"Me? Hold myself? Can I do that?" Alex asked uncertainly, staring at her baby self, ChiChi chuckled at this.
"Of course you can hold her. Here." She said handing Alex her granddaughter. Alex stared down at her and smiled as the tot rested herself on her shoulder, then turned to her brother.
"Hey, she likes me." She laughed.
"She is you, and you always love yourself anyway." Jake teased, Alex growled at this comment whilst ChiChi scooped Baby Jake up.
"If I wasn't holding myself at the moment, I'd have punched you." She snapped, glaring at him. Jake only smirked at her.
"Why don't you hold Jake?" ChiChi asked, placing her grandson in his future selves arms.
"Now grandma wouldn't believe us if we told her this." He laughed as he got the same reaction out of baby Jake as his sister.
"We have to take two photos, one for us and one for you. To remember this by." ChiChi declared, grabbing a Polaroid camera.
"Aw but Grandma, it's ok, I don't need a picture to remember this by." Alex started only to get blinded by two flashes. A few moments later, the heavy bundle was taken out of her arms and a small photo replaced it. She looked down at it and squinted as it started to develop in front of her eyes.
"Wow, looks good. We'll have to frame it." Jake said, as ChiChi took baby Jake off him and he gazed at the photo.
"Yeah, to prove we came back in time. We'd better get going. Grandma Bulma's probably worried sick about us." Alex sighed, forgetting instantly about being mad with her brother.
"I know, is the ship refuelled now?" He asked.
"Uh huh. It finished this morning. I left it at mom and dads though as I didn't want it getting damaged in the hyperbolic time chamber." She said.
"I have a spare key, will one of you look after these two whilst the other gets it?" ChiChi asked, Jake nodded and said he'd stay whilst Alex would get the ship. Alex returned moments later with the capsule and both her and her brother looked at their baby selves once again in the playpen.
"Bye you two." Jake said waving, the twins looked up and waved back with confused looks on their faces.
"Don't give everyone too much trouble ok?" Alex laughed, also waving as she and her brother left the room. Outside, ChiChi pulled them into a hug.
"Do I get killed? You only talk about Bulma." She asked, Jake and Alex looked at each other uncomfortably then nodded.
"Yeah, you get killed a couple of days after Grandpa Goku. They found you running away from Mount Potaz, since you created saiyan children, they found you just as much of a reason to get killed. I really hope they're able to change it. It was terrible watching family and friends drop away." Jake sighed, ChiChi nodded her head.
"Yes, and I hope you restore peace in your timeline. And give Bulma and who ever is also there, my regards will you?" ChiChi asked.
"Sure. No problem." Alex replied, uncapsuling the time machine and jumping in, then Jake jumped in next to his sister.
"Good luck guy's!" ChiChi called.
"Thanks. We hope everything goes alright in your timeline." The twins said in unison as they closed the lid and started up the machine. The machine hovered in the air and they waved until it flew off.
"Why haven't we disappeared yet?" Jake asked frowning.
"Oh don't worry, we're only hovering over to the lookout to say goodbye to the others." Alex replied as they came across the lookout. Everyone who was sparring looked up and stared as the machine came closer. Then the twins were visible as they were waving goodbye to their future ancestors.
"There they go. I hope they can do it." Goku sighed waving.
"They will. I know they can do it. But then again, Trunks knew the whole time didn't you honey." Emily laughed, latching onto her husbands arm. Mirai Trunks just smirked as he waved goodbye to the twins, until the time machine disappeared. Suddenly his cell phone rang.
"Trunks Briefs?" He asked, wondering how he was getting such a good reception up so high.
"Trunks? It's Bulma? Your new friends have appeared on the universal scanner. Something's happened, they're not coming in eight months, you guys only have six months." Bulma's frantic voice came.
"Hm, so they like to skip time too. Well don't worry, we'll be ready." He said firmly as he hung up. Meanwhile what seemed like hours to the twins, they finally touched down outside what was left of Capsule Corp.
"Looks like they've been here since we've gone." Alex stated as they jumped out and capsuled up the machine.
"Let's go check out inside. We need to make sure Pan and Grandma Bulma is still alive." Jake replied, as they ran in.
"Grandma Bulma? Pan? Are guy's here?" Alex yelled as they got into the long Capsule Corp hallway. Out of one of the far rooms, a head peered out of it, and a grin flew across it's face.
"Miss Bulma! Jake and Alex are home! Guy's welcome back!" Pan cried as she ran out and embraced her cousins.
"What happened? Outside is all trashed." Jake asked, Bulma came rushing out and also hugged the twins.
"They came, they must have sensed something off the machine. How did it go? Did you see your parents again?" She pressed as she broke apart.
"Check this out!" Alex declared as she produced the Polaroid shot of her and Jake holding their baby selves.
"Wow! That's incredible. How was Vegeta, did you see him?" Bulma asked, taking the photograph out of her granddaughters hands.
"Yeah, and Alex nearly killed him too." Jake laughed.
"I did not, I only lost my temper with him. He's alive. And he's training with Grandpa Goku too. Did he really used to call you woman Grandma Bulma?" Alex asked, pulling a face. Bulma smiled at this.
"Yes. It was his saiyan trait that made him so rough and tough. You get used to it after a while. So how did your training go?" She asked, leading them into a living room.
"We trained in the gravity room inside the hyperbolic time chamber as you said Grandma. Mom is such a hard fighter. I've never known anyone to push themselves so much." Jake replied.
"That's Emily for you. So you did warn them didn't you?" Bulma asked, the twins nodded at this.
"Yeah. Don't worry we're ready for them here. So what happened, it looks like they've paid a visit outside." Alex asked frowning.
"Oh yeah, well um, they sensed you guys leave so me and Pan had to hide for a couple of days. It was no biggie, we just went into some basement rooms. I've checked outside anyway there's no real damage." Bulma said.
"Why those… I'm going to teach them a lesson never to mess with a family of saiyans!" Jake growled, his hand balling up into a fist.
"Now wait a minute you two, you can't go rushing into this. Think ahead, that's where your parents went wrong!" Bulma yelled
"I'm sorry Grandma Bulma, it's just they make me so mad. They've taken away everyone that we've known and love." Jake seethed.
"I know honey, I hate them too. But you have to stay focused when it comes to dealing with enemies like these." Bulma said soothingly.
"Come on Jake, let's rest up. We'll take them on tomorrow." Alex said looking at her brother who calmed down and nodded.
"Yeah, the sooner they're destroyed the sooner things can get back to normal." He replied, Alex smirked at this.
"No, the sooner we destroy them, the sooner we can wish everyone back to life." She said smugly.
"What?" Jake, Pan and Bulma cried in unison.
"What are you talking about?" Bulma said.
"Yeah Al, Piccolo's dead how are we supposed to wish everyone back?" Jake demanded staring at his sister, had he missed something?
"I'll tell you when they're defeated. Let's just say yes I've found a way. I want to rest up now, I'm going to need all the strength I can get. Goodnight Grandma Bulma, goodnight Pan." Alex replied and left to her room.
"So I take it you don't have a clue what she's on about either." Bulma stated looking at Jake.
"Nope, unless she found something out whilst we were in the past. But I don't get it we barely split. You know since she's got to know mom, she's turning more and more like her. I'd better go rest too Grandma, I'll see you both tomorrow." Jake sighed and left to join his twin.
"Do you think they can wish everyone back?" Pan asked.
"I don't know how, but I believe they can." Bulma said as she stared after the twins.