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Gohan opens his eyes, his vision blurred. The ceiling slowly comes into focus and he thinks, {Jeez, that was a weird dream. Dad, here, with me. I wish I hadn't woken up from that." He tries to sit up, but pain rivets through his body. He screams, "OWW!!! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!!" He looks over his body, but doesn't see any scars or bruises or anything, but the pain is so real.
Suddenly, ChiChi and Videl come running into the room. ChiChi cries, "Gohan! You're awake! Oh thank Kami, you're awake!"
She practically squeezes him to death, while Videl smiles, "Dammit, Gohan. Why did you have to worry us so much?"
Then Trunks and Goten shyly peek into the room. Gohan says, "Hey guys!" Goten smiles and runs up to Gohan, hugging him.
Trunks gives a classic Veggie-smirk, "It's about time you woke up. We were getting your funeral ready."
Gohan sweatdrops, "Exactly how long have I been out?"
A voice says, "About a couple weeks. Not long enough to prepare a funeral, don't worry about that."
Gohan's eyes widen, "Dad? Dad! It's you!"
Goku steps into the room and smiles, "Hey, kiddo."
Gohan jumps out of bed to run to his father, but as he lands, all his muscles give way to pain and he starts to fall, but Goku catches him before he hits the dirt. Then he helps his son back into bed. Gohan smiles weakly, "Well, this is embarrassing."
ChiChi says scoldingly, "Oh don't be so hard on yourself. After what happened to you, I'm surprised that you had the nerve to jump out of bed."
Gohan frowns, "What are you talking about? What happened to me?"
Everyone looks at each other uneasily. Goku asks, "Don't you remember?"
Gohan shakes his head, "Nope. The last thing I remember is Kakarot pulling a Mind Weave on me. Then next I'm here. So what happened?"
Goku sees the others looking at him expectantly, so he says, "Kakarot beat you up pretty hard and knocked you out."
Gohan sighs, "Yeah, I saw what happened to Vegeta. How is he? He's okay, right?"
Goku scratches the back of his head and says nervously, "Uh, Gohan. I think I have a little bit of explaining to do."
Days pass, and Gohan is finally strong enough to get out of bed and start training with the others. He also received his own glove. Not surprisingly, Bardock helped him out of that test, too. Now all of the remaining z-fighters are training in Vegeta's GR, keeping a pact of secrecy that they wouldn't tell Vegeta about their use of his precious training area. Meanwhile Piccolo is sulking in a corner of the GR because he thinks that the power gloves are racist.
Gohan looks over at his old mentor and sighs, "Come on, Piccolo. Don't be jealous. The gloves are from an ancient saiyajin spell, note the Saiyajin part. You know how pig-headed they can be."
Piccolo yells, "I am not jealous! Those things encourage discrimination!" He turns away and starts sulking again.
Trunks whispers, "He is too jealous. Remember he tried Gohan's glove about a hundred times, before he would let Gohan absorb it? It was pretty funny seeing a chibi Piccolo for a while."
Goten and Gohan snicker, and Piccolo tries to ignore it. Gohan suddenly realizes something and says, "Dad?"
Goku looks up at Gohan from his push-ups, "Yeah, son?"
"Since you're going to be fighting Kakarot in my body, I need someone to replace me as the Great Saiyaman for a while."
Goten asks, "Can't Videl do it?"
Gohan shrugs, "Well, she's good with little stuff. But she can't exactly handle tanks or buses flying off cliffs."
Goku stands up and says, "I see your point, but who could replace you?"
Trunks says, "Well, definitely not Piccolo."
Piccolo demands, "Why not?!"
Goten says, "You're too green and you got pointy-" Gohan quickly cups up Goten's mouth, but it's too late for Piccolo to not become extremely agitated.
Gohan says, "Sorry Piccolo. You're just, uh... too tall! Yeah, that's it! You're waaaaay too tall to be the Great Saiyaman. My replacement has to be my height." Piccolo sighs, and nods, accepting Gohan's reason.
Trunks kicks the ground sullenly and says, "I guess that counts me us out."
Goten agrees, "Yeah, too bad. I wanted to be the Great Saiyaman. He's cool." Gohan smiles, but the others stare at Goten as if he's crazy. Goten says defensively, "What?"
Goku shakes it off and says, "Well, we can count Vegeta out too. He's too short."
Gohan laughs, "Besides, he said quote, "I wouldn't be caught dead in that thing," unquote." He thinks, "You know, Yamcha might be able to do it."
Goku says, "Gohan, he's....."
Gohan hangs his head in shame, "Oh right. I forgot. I'm sorry."
Trunks huffs, "We'll never be able to find anyone to be the Great Saiyaman!"
Gohan suddenly gets an idea and points to Trunks, "I think I'd know who'd be able to do it."
Goku smiles with a rather mischievous glint in his eye, "Yes, he would work, wouldn't he?"
Goten and Trunks demand, "Who're you talking about?"
Piccolo asks, "Exactly how do you plan on getting him over here?"
"Who?!"
Goku says, "Well, Bulma made the machine before, she can do it again."
"WHO?!"
Gohan pulls at his father's shirt and says, "Come on, let's go tell her!"
Goten and Trunks scream at the top of their lungs, "WHO THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" The three don't answer but eye Trunks strangely.
Trunks asks, nervously, "Why are you guys looking at me like that?"
Later... Bulma rubs her chin thoughtfully, "I don't know how long it'll take me to make a time machine. I've never made one before."
Goku objects, "Yes, you have! Then how did Mirai Trunks get over here?"
Bulma frowns, "Goku, that was in a different dimension."
Goku scratches the back of his head, "Oh darn."
Gohan asks, "What about that time machine that Krillen and Mirai Trunks found?"
Piccolo shakes his head, "We can't use that. It's too old."
Gohan says excitedly, "Yeah, but maybe we can make a replica of it!"
Goku says, "That's a great idea! I'll go and get it!" He runs out the door without so much as a good-bye.
5 minutes later, a loud annoying ringing filled Capsule Corps as someone bangs on the door bell at 1,000 rings a second. "RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI- RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RING!!!!!!!!"
Gohan looks up from Bulma's work in her lab and says, 'That's probably my dad. Wow, that was quick." He runs up to the door and finds Goku standing outside the door, with no machine whatsoever. Gohan asks, "Uh...Dad? Where's the time machine?"
Goku grins sheepishly, "He he he, uh... I kinda forgot to ask for directions." Gohan falls over anime style.
Now, with the time machine in Bulma's underground lab, all of which was mostly eaten away with rust and time, Bulma finally has a chance to examine it. And one can easily interpret she is ecstatic about the discovery. Bulma says in awe, "Wow! It's all so simple! Why didn't I see this before!"
Gohan peeks in from the top of the stairs and asks, "Hey, Bulma? Are you okay down there?"
Bulma says, "I just had a revelation!"
Gohan asks, "What?"
"I am a GENIUS!"
Gohan leans on the stair railing and asks, "So you can make another one, right?"
Bulma yells, "Of course I can! It's easy!"
Gohan asks, "Well...when?"
Bulma looks over the interior of the time machine again and says thoughtfully, "I could finish the ship tomorrow if I had all the spare parts. But that's the problem. I need a whole lot of titanium and a utonium generator."
Gohan yelps, "A what?! You mean this thing is nuclear?!"
"Well duh. What's it to you?"
Gohan shrugs, "Nothing, I was just making sure."
Bulma turns back to the ship and says, "Well the best I could say would be tomorrow night."
Gohan says, "Alright, I'll go tell my dad." He runs upstairs into the living room, where Goku and Goten are trying to comfort a miserable Trunks.
Trunks cries, "I can't believe I'm a fake! One minute I'm happy little Trunks happily living my happy little life and the next I find out I'm a wash-up! I'm worthless! I'm a good for nothing FAAAAAKE!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"
Goten says sympathetically, patting his friend's back, "Don't worry second Trunks. We still like you, even if you are a fake."
Goku says sharply, "Goten!"
Goten frowns, "What?"
Goku sighs and says, "Look, Trunks. You're the one and only Trunks from this dimension. Mirai Trunks is the one and only Trunks from his dimension. You're not him and he's not you. Besides you two have already met, but you probably won't remember. You're not a replacement. Bulma had you even before she knew who the Mirai Trunks was. So quit pitying yourself! It's uncalled for! In fact it's absolutely ridiculous! Only the weak pity themselves!"
Trunks eyes Goku strangely, "Uh... Is it just me, or did you just sound like my dad?"
Goku yelps, "I meant weak-minded! Weak-minded! Not weak!"
Goten pipes up, "You've been in Uncle Veggie's body too long."
Goku sweatdrops and turns back to Trunks, "I think you'll like Mirai Trunks anyway. Just wait until you meet him."
Trunks smiles, "How can I not like myself?"
Goku says cheerfully, "That's the spirit! Now dry up those tears. We need to start training again!"
Gohan opens his eyes, his vision blurred. The ceiling slowly comes into focus and he thinks, {Jeez, that was a weird dream. Dad, here, with me. I wish I hadn't woken up from that." He tries to sit up, but pain rivets through his body. He screams, "OWW!!! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!!" He looks over his body, but doesn't see any scars or bruises or anything, but the pain is so real.
Suddenly, ChiChi and Videl come running into the room. ChiChi cries, "Gohan! You're awake! Oh thank Kami, you're awake!"
She practically squeezes him to death, while Videl smiles, "Dammit, Gohan. Why did you have to worry us so much?"
Then Trunks and Goten shyly peek into the room. Gohan says, "Hey guys!" Goten smiles and runs up to Gohan, hugging him.
Trunks gives a classic Veggie-smirk, "It's about time you woke up. We were getting your funeral ready."
Gohan sweatdrops, "Exactly how long have I been out?"
A voice says, "About a couple weeks. Not long enough to prepare a funeral, don't worry about that."
Gohan's eyes widen, "Dad? Dad! It's you!"
Goku steps into the room and smiles, "Hey, kiddo."
Gohan jumps out of bed to run to his father, but as he lands, all his muscles give way to pain and he starts to fall, but Goku catches him before he hits the dirt. Then he helps his son back into bed. Gohan smiles weakly, "Well, this is embarrassing."
ChiChi says scoldingly, "Oh don't be so hard on yourself. After what happened to you, I'm surprised that you had the nerve to jump out of bed."
Gohan frowns, "What are you talking about? What happened to me?"
Everyone looks at each other uneasily. Goku asks, "Don't you remember?"
Gohan shakes his head, "Nope. The last thing I remember is Kakarot pulling a Mind Weave on me. Then next I'm here. So what happened?"
Goku sees the others looking at him expectantly, so he says, "Kakarot beat you up pretty hard and knocked you out."
Gohan sighs, "Yeah, I saw what happened to Vegeta. How is he? He's okay, right?"
Goku scratches the back of his head and says nervously, "Uh, Gohan. I think I have a little bit of explaining to do."
Days pass, and Gohan is finally strong enough to get out of bed and start training with the others. He also received his own glove. Not surprisingly, Bardock helped him out of that test, too. Now all of the remaining z-fighters are training in Vegeta's GR, keeping a pact of secrecy that they wouldn't tell Vegeta about their use of his precious training area. Meanwhile Piccolo is sulking in a corner of the GR because he thinks that the power gloves are racist.
Gohan looks over at his old mentor and sighs, "Come on, Piccolo. Don't be jealous. The gloves are from an ancient saiyajin spell, note the Saiyajin part. You know how pig-headed they can be."
Piccolo yells, "I am not jealous! Those things encourage discrimination!" He turns away and starts sulking again.
Trunks whispers, "He is too jealous. Remember he tried Gohan's glove about a hundred times, before he would let Gohan absorb it? It was pretty funny seeing a chibi Piccolo for a while."
Goten and Gohan snicker, and Piccolo tries to ignore it. Gohan suddenly realizes something and says, "Dad?"
Goku looks up at Gohan from his push-ups, "Yeah, son?"
"Since you're going to be fighting Kakarot in my body, I need someone to replace me as the Great Saiyaman for a while."
Goten asks, "Can't Videl do it?"
Gohan shrugs, "Well, she's good with little stuff. But she can't exactly handle tanks or buses flying off cliffs."
Goku stands up and says, "I see your point, but who could replace you?"
Trunks says, "Well, definitely not Piccolo."
Piccolo demands, "Why not?!"
Goten says, "You're too green and you got pointy-" Gohan quickly cups up Goten's mouth, but it's too late for Piccolo to not become extremely agitated.
Gohan says, "Sorry Piccolo. You're just, uh... too tall! Yeah, that's it! You're waaaaay too tall to be the Great Saiyaman. My replacement has to be my height." Piccolo sighs, and nods, accepting Gohan's reason.
Trunks kicks the ground sullenly and says, "I guess that counts me us out."
Goten agrees, "Yeah, too bad. I wanted to be the Great Saiyaman. He's cool." Gohan smiles, but the others stare at Goten as if he's crazy. Goten says defensively, "What?"
Goku shakes it off and says, "Well, we can count Vegeta out too. He's too short."
Gohan laughs, "Besides, he said quote, "I wouldn't be caught dead in that thing," unquote." He thinks, "You know, Yamcha might be able to do it."
Goku says, "Gohan, he's....."
Gohan hangs his head in shame, "Oh right. I forgot. I'm sorry."
Trunks huffs, "We'll never be able to find anyone to be the Great Saiyaman!"
Gohan suddenly gets an idea and points to Trunks, "I think I'd know who'd be able to do it."
Goku smiles with a rather mischievous glint in his eye, "Yes, he would work, wouldn't he?"
Goten and Trunks demand, "Who're you talking about?"
Piccolo asks, "Exactly how do you plan on getting him over here?"
"Who?!"
Goku says, "Well, Bulma made the machine before, she can do it again."
"WHO?!"
Gohan pulls at his father's shirt and says, "Come on, let's go tell her!"
Goten and Trunks scream at the top of their lungs, "WHO THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" The three don't answer but eye Trunks strangely.
Trunks asks, nervously, "Why are you guys looking at me like that?"
Later... Bulma rubs her chin thoughtfully, "I don't know how long it'll take me to make a time machine. I've never made one before."
Goku objects, "Yes, you have! Then how did Mirai Trunks get over here?"
Bulma frowns, "Goku, that was in a different dimension."
Goku scratches the back of his head, "Oh darn."
Gohan asks, "What about that time machine that Krillen and Mirai Trunks found?"
Piccolo shakes his head, "We can't use that. It's too old."
Gohan says excitedly, "Yeah, but maybe we can make a replica of it!"
Goku says, "That's a great idea! I'll go and get it!" He runs out the door without so much as a good-bye.
5 minutes later, a loud annoying ringing filled Capsule Corps as someone bangs on the door bell at 1,000 rings a second. "RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI- RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RI-RING!!!!!!!!"
Gohan looks up from Bulma's work in her lab and says, 'That's probably my dad. Wow, that was quick." He runs up to the door and finds Goku standing outside the door, with no machine whatsoever. Gohan asks, "Uh...Dad? Where's the time machine?"
Goku grins sheepishly, "He he he, uh... I kinda forgot to ask for directions." Gohan falls over anime style.
Now, with the time machine in Bulma's underground lab, all of which was mostly eaten away with rust and time, Bulma finally has a chance to examine it. And one can easily interpret she is ecstatic about the discovery. Bulma says in awe, "Wow! It's all so simple! Why didn't I see this before!"
Gohan peeks in from the top of the stairs and asks, "Hey, Bulma? Are you okay down there?"
Bulma says, "I just had a revelation!"
Gohan asks, "What?"
"I am a GENIUS!"
Gohan leans on the stair railing and asks, "So you can make another one, right?"
Bulma yells, "Of course I can! It's easy!"
Gohan asks, "Well...when?"
Bulma looks over the interior of the time machine again and says thoughtfully, "I could finish the ship tomorrow if I had all the spare parts. But that's the problem. I need a whole lot of titanium and a utonium generator."
Gohan yelps, "A what?! You mean this thing is nuclear?!"
"Well duh. What's it to you?"
Gohan shrugs, "Nothing, I was just making sure."
Bulma turns back to the ship and says, "Well the best I could say would be tomorrow night."
Gohan says, "Alright, I'll go tell my dad." He runs upstairs into the living room, where Goku and Goten are trying to comfort a miserable Trunks.
Trunks cries, "I can't believe I'm a fake! One minute I'm happy little Trunks happily living my happy little life and the next I find out I'm a wash-up! I'm worthless! I'm a good for nothing FAAAAAKE!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"
Goten says sympathetically, patting his friend's back, "Don't worry second Trunks. We still like you, even if you are a fake."
Goku says sharply, "Goten!"
Goten frowns, "What?"
Goku sighs and says, "Look, Trunks. You're the one and only Trunks from this dimension. Mirai Trunks is the one and only Trunks from his dimension. You're not him and he's not you. Besides you two have already met, but you probably won't remember. You're not a replacement. Bulma had you even before she knew who the Mirai Trunks was. So quit pitying yourself! It's uncalled for! In fact it's absolutely ridiculous! Only the weak pity themselves!"
Trunks eyes Goku strangely, "Uh... Is it just me, or did you just sound like my dad?"
Goku yelps, "I meant weak-minded! Weak-minded! Not weak!"
Goten pipes up, "You've been in Uncle Veggie's body too long."
Goku sweatdrops and turns back to Trunks, "I think you'll like Mirai Trunks anyway. Just wait until you meet him."
Trunks smiles, "How can I not like myself?"
Goku says cheerfully, "That's the spirit! Now dry up those tears. We need to start training again!"
