Summary: Mirai Trunks' thoughts on the father he never had, and yet the small chance he had sortly in a different time.

Mirai Dragonball Z
Father and Son
Oneshot

His father had died when he was too young to remember him. He had grown up wondering what is was like to have a father for his whole life. Gohan was like an older brother to him as well as his mentor. His mother tried her best, but sometimes that just wasn't enough. What he really wanted was a man that he could call Father; a man that would be proud of him and all he had accomplished.

And so at first when his mother had suggested him going into the past he had been surprised. Yet he had taken his first trip there if only to make sure they did not fall into the same future that he lived in. While he was there he had seen his young mother, as well as the father he couldn't remember. Vegeta was just like Gohan had described him, proud and silent.

So it was that his first trip to the past ended and he was back in his future, fighting to save those around him. Yet soon enough he was sent back into the past, this time he was able to witness himself as a baby. He could see the sadness in his mother's eyes when she explained that she hadn't laid eyes on his father since Trunks' had left the first time, except for a few months.

It was then, with their first encounter of the Androids, that his identity was accidently revealed to his father. Ever since that day it had seemed as though his father wasn't so distant, and yet it was as though he had distanced himself more. They spent a year together in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, both acheiving what they wanted in power, but Trunks still felt empty.

He wanted that acceptance from his father, the pride in his accomplishments to be shown, but he just continued to do whatever he could to please the man that was his father. The day he had left for the future for the second time his father had given him what he would consider a smile as well as a good luck sign.

He had thought to never come back to the past, but he knew he had to return to tell them that he defeated the Androids. He had entered a Intergalatic Tournament, and in the process got himself caught up in a much bigger battle. Trunks had thought he was going to die until the familiar ki signature appeared and his sword cut him free. Catching both his sword and sheath, he turned towards where they came from.

"Father..." He mumbled as he felt the man power up and then attack. His father was risking a lot to save him, and it was then that he knew he had had his father's acceptance and pride in him all along. It was on his last journey back to the future that he'd finally told his father about his real life.

"You'll do fine, Trunks." Vegeta had replied before he turned away, watching his son from the shadows as he went back to the future. It is that same pride that same acceptance now that Trunks gives to his son, and the same pride he wanted that he puts into his son. He still had his father, even if it was only in his memories and heart.

Gwg: Yes, another one and so soon. This was just as long as the one before it, so yay! Until next time, ja ne.