Chapter 35: An Unexpected Surprise

I was out in the yard training in SSJ2 form to improve my skills. It's the year 2015 at home. I'm still keeping it up.

And I haven't had a nightmare for the past three years dealing with fighting. Just the normal 'lost in the maze' dream.

"Katie, Bulma wants us over for dinner, so clean up and lets go." Chi-chi called out the kitchen window.

"Alright." I reverted my form and went inside.

Well, maybe I'll get to spar with Vegeta while we're there…

As if you couldn't guess, I've become a real stickler about training. Its cause of my Sayjin genes, and the fact that I'm not good enough yet. There are creatures out there that could take me on sight right now, so I have to keep pushing myself.

After a shower and a change of clothes, I was ready. The 16 year-old Gohan and 5 year-old Goten were ready, along with Chi-chi, and Chi-chi insisted on driving us there.

"Chi-chi, I could teleport us there, you know. It'd be a lot faster."

"But where's the fun in that?" Gohan said.

So we were in the car for nearly half an hour before we got to the city, and another to get to Capsule Corp. because of the traffic. Chi-chi took out the boxes of food and Gohan was busy fussing with Goten. I was the only one with free hands, so I opened the door. At first, the room was dark, but then…

"Surprise!" the room lit up and everyone I knew was there. Vegeta, Bulma, little Trunks, Piccolo, 18 and Krillen, their baby daughter Marron, Yamcha, Tien, Choazu, and Dende. Goku was the only one missing.

"What's this?" I asked.

"You've been so busy training that you forgot that today was your 25th birthday, so we decided to throw you a party." Chi-chi explained as she sat the food, and presents, down.

"You guys!" I nearly screamed in cheerful surprise.

"But before anything else, we have another surprise for you." Bulma said. She went into the hall and when she came back she was followed by-

"Trunks!" I ran over and hugged him. He didn't look much different than before, except that his hair was short again. It felt so good to be in his arms again.

"Katie, how are you?" he asked when we let go.

"I'm fine, but how are you here? I thought you couldn't be here."

"After I went back to the future and stopped the androids, I built a ship and got the Dragonballs from Namek. I made a wish to be able to stay here with you, and it worked. I just got back here the day before last. I'm here for good."

"But won't your mom miss you?" I whispered.

"…She had died by the time I got back to the future. It was the androids." He said with his tone low.

"I'm sorry. I know she meant a lot to you."

"Enough with the gloomy faces, this is a party! Let's celebrate!" Bulma said as she turned up the music.

So we did, and it was quite a party. Good presents and good friends, plus my mate was back.

That night when we got home, that includes Trunks, I went out to the roof and lay as I looked at the stars. Chi-chi had brought out a futon for Trunks until we got a bed for him. I thought that was funny, but she doesn't understand that Bonding is nearly the same as marriage.

"There you are, I was wondering why you weren't in bed. Gohan told me you come up here sometimes." Trunks said as he looked out the window.

"Come on up, its great up here." I called to him. He came out and sat beside me.

"Dad told me you reached Super Sayjin two a few years ago. So did I, fighting 17, 18, and Cell."

"I still can't believe you're here. I knew this had to work, but it was such a long stretch… I was doubting I'd ever see you again."

"Mom told me a lot about you before I first came here. She said you could have been Goku's sister because you two are so alike. I saw how that was during our time together. I missed you, Katie."

"Trunks, I want you to go back to the future for a while."

"What? Why?"

"There's this thing coming soon, and it'll kill everyone. I don't want you getting hurt." I said.

"The only thing I have to live for is you. And I can't go back; I made a wish to stay here. I'm not leaving again, not ever. We'll be together forever. I promise." He swore.

"I can't believe you wasted you wish on me. You should have waited a little longer."

"I'd rather be here with you than in the future alone. And besides, I did make two other wishes."

"Really? Mind to tell me?"

"Another wish was to restore earth from the android attack. Let's go inside, it's getting cold."

"Sure." I replied.

It's not that cold… and we have on jackets anyway…

We got inside and Trunks took off his jacket. He started going through his pockets, looking for something.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Katie, my last wish was for… this…" he took out a little black box and opened it. It was a dazzling diamond ring.

"Trunks…?"

"Katie, I love you. And I want others to see how much I love you." He knelt down to one knee. "Will you marry me?"

I gasped. I never could have imagined this actually happening in a million years. I know lots of girls back home would have died for this chance. What else could I say?

"Trunks, yes. I will marry you."

So we got married three months later. Vegeta even dressed in his royal Sayjin armor, the highest honor in Sayjin tradition. The wedding was held in a beautiful old shrine, and the weather was perfect. Trunks looked so handsome in his tuxedo and my dress looked like it was from a fairytale wedding. I had never been so happy in my life.

The wedding ceremony was flawless, until I threw the bouquet. I threw it through the ceiling, not realizing my own strength. But Chi-chi, Bulma, and 18 were the only women there, so it didn't matter because they were all married. But I was embarrassed.

Now the honeymoon was another story. From the world maps and globes I've seen, I was able to find my home on this planet. Well, it wasn't home, but the area of my home.

We only spent an afternoon there, but I wanted Trunks to see my home. The land was untamed. There was some reason I didn't understand as to why it wasn't founded, but it was known as an undomesticated place. And the funniest thing I noticed was that there were dinosaurs here. I never thought of that for some reason.

The grass was at hip level and the sky was bright and clear, and there was a slight breeze. We were standing in a field right next to the woods. This area seemed to me to be near where my home stood in the other dimension.

"Katie, what's wrong? You seemed distracted."

"A while back I went to HFIL and visited Cell. It was something he said, something true that scares me."

"What was that?" Trunks put his arms around my shoulders.

"That I'd be good at being evil." I shuddered, just thinking of hurting the people I care about made me sick.

"You could never be evil." Trunks said as he kissed me.

"Yes, I could. A few years ago I had to make a choice. I could help Earth or join the bad guy. And I really had to think. I was almost swayed to his side."

"You don't mean Cell, do you?" Trunks asked. I paused in my reply.

"Yes. He was obsessed with me. He said I could rule by his side. But I chose you, I couldn't go against my friends or you so easily."

"What happened to you those ten days?"

"A lot. Its weird, but Cell was my favorite villain from the show Dragonball Z. You're dad was my favorite character overall, but Cell had this air about him. He was my idea of the perfect bad guy."

"So he did fulfill his programming after all. To become perfect."

"No, but he was close. You are perfect." I said as we slid into the grass and disappeared together.