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Bulma, Trunks, Gohan and Goku's head whip around to settle upon a mysterious form hiding in the shade of the Capsule Corps building. Goku slowly turns around and cautiously steps towards the figure, "G-Goten?"
The man shakes slightly with laughter and steps out into the light of Capsule Corps' night lamps. They stare at the new guy completely shocked. Goten asks, "Yeah, Dad. It's me. What, you don't recognize me?"
Nobody can blame Goku for that at this point. Goten changed.a lot. First off he looks the same age as Goku. Second, his face no longer holds its former innocent appeal, but is replaced by narrow eyes and a semi-smile. Third, his hair doesn't look the same. It's cut in the same style that Gohan had it when he was fighting Cell. Fourth, he's wearing a completely black gi, with the exception of a dark purple chest plate with one small shoulder plate attached to it. And he also has a sword.
This Goten looks nothing like the little boy that they all knew and loved. This, however, made absolutely no difference to Goku. He runs up to Goten and brings him into a powerful, bear hug. Goten frowns at his father, feeling slightly awkward. Goku steps out of the hug and smiles, "Goten, you really had me worried there! I thought we lost you forever! Now look at you!" He surveys him and says proudly, "Just look at how you're grown! You're just as tall as me now!" He turns to Gohan and says good-naturedly, "Gohan still has a little catching up to do, right Gohan?"
Gohan says in disbelief, "Dad!"
Goten frowns, not quite expecting this sort of reception, "Um.don't you want little me back?"
Goku says, "Of course! Of course! But just because you're not the same Goten that I remember doesn't mean I can't be proud of you, right?"
The new form of the demi-saiyajin sweatdrops, "I guess."
Goku asks, looking around, "So where's the time machine anyway? I better go and find our Goten now."
Goten points over his shoulder to a great old machine, residing behind a tree, "Mirai Trunks is still in it though. He was waiting for me to cue him in on when to come out."
Bulma's face lights up, "You actually got Mirai? Wow! I didn't think you'd remember after spending all that time going through time!"
Goten scratches the back of his head and says, "Well, actually.I was looking for him the whole time so he could tell me how to get back home." Everyone sweatdrops at the statement.
Trunks says in disbelief, "That's what you were doing the whole time?! Jeez! You may have gotten bigger, but you're still just as dumb." Goten frowns, feeling a little ticked.
Then he turns towards the time machine and yells, "You can come out now Mirai!"
The machine opens up and reveals the same Mirai that left them after the Cell games. In fact he still had the same, torn up, old clothes. Mirai says exasperated, "You could give a guy a little time to recover! Jeez, I wasn't even there for two days!"
Trunks stiffens, hearing this older version use one of his favorite words. Goku asks, "We didn't get you before you defeated the androids and Cell, did we?"
Mirai hops out of the time machine and says, "Nah, I just defeated them yesterday.In my time, I mean. How much time passed anyway?"
Goten says, "30 years," but Goku answers correctly, "8 years."
Mirai looks around them and fixes his gaze upon the nine year old demi- saiyajin now shrinking behind the rest of the group. He smiles, "I guess that that's little me. I don't think you remember me, huh?" talking to Trunks directly.
Trunks just says, "Uh.."
Goku says, "Well, as long as you're getting acquainted, I'm going to look for our Goten." He jumps into the driver's seat of the time machine and looks down at the control panel, "Uh, Bulma? How do you start this thing?"
Bulma walks up and points to a big red button, "This one.but are you sure you can use this thing?"
Goku smiles, "No problem! I can do it. If not, I'll just learn it on the way!" He quickly closes the hood and starts it up before Bulma can object. The machine rises into the sky and vanishes into thin air.
Gohan frowns, looking up, "I guess it's too late to stop him."
Mirai asks, "What am I doing here anyway?"
Bulma turns and asks, "Didn't Goten tell you?"
Goten smiles guiltily, "Actually, I forgot why you guys wanted him." Everyone sans Goten and Mirai falls over anime style.
Mirai eyes them suspiciously, "Is there something that you want to tell me?"
Gohan laughs nervously and says, "Well, we kind of need a favor from you."
The demi-saiyajin smiles, "You guys know I'd do anything for you, just tell me what's going on."
Gohan continues, rather uneasy, "Well, Vegeta is, um.sharing his body with my dad."
Mirai's face fell instantly, "Wha."
Bulma takes Mirai's hand and starts to lead him into the house, "Come inside. Gohan will explain everything to you."
A couple hours later. Gohan finally finishes explaining everything to Mirai.except for that last little detail of why they needed him in the first place.
Mirai just stares at them all and finally breaks his long silence, "Well, you've been busy while I was gone, haven't you?"
Trunks nods, "Ain't that the truth."
Mirai shifts in his seat on the couch and asks, "So you guys want me here to help fight Kakarot, right?"
Gohan says uneasily, "Um.Not exactly."
Mirai frowns, "What then?"
Suddenly, the doorbell rings, and Bulma says, "I'll get it," standing up from her seat to get the door. She opens up the door to reveal Goku standing in the doorway, wearing some very strange clothes, specifically a traditional, Scottish kilt and a bubble hat over his regular gi which is in shambles, and he's looking very haggard and tired. She exclaims, "Goodness! Goku, what happened to you?!"
The saiyajin says drearily, "I couldn't find him." He steps into the house and drops onto the couch. Sensing his mood, Mirai and Gohan subtly scooch away from him.
Bulma frowns, "I probably should have told you sooner, you probably wouldn't have gotten him, without stealing a Goten from a different dimension."
Goku's eyes widen and he demands, "Why didn't you tell me before I wasted twenty years looking for him?!"
Trunks eyes Goku strangely, "You can't have spent twenty years looking for Goten. You don't look a day older!"
Goku protests, "But I did!"
Gohan frowns, "Dad, it does seem very unlikely."
"I'm telling you that I did!" Goku yells angrily, getting up from the couch.
"And you're telling us that in that whole time, Vegeta managed to never get control back of his body," Bulma asks skeptically.
Goku says uneasily, "Well yeah," scratching the back of his head.
Gohan sighs, "Forget it Dad." Then he says sadly, "So we aren't going to see our Goten again." He moans and puts his head in his hands, "God, Mom is going to freak."
The mentioned demi-saiyajin asks somewhat miserably, "She isn't going to like me?"
"Well, it might be a bit of a shock for her," Goku says, patting his son's back.
Trunks frowns, eyeing Goku's clothes, "Don't you want to change out of that?"
Goku moans, leaning back further into the couch, "Please don't talk to me."
There is an uncomfortable silence, mostly revolving around the Son family, so Mirai tries to start up a conversation, "Uh, so how do I fit into the picture if I'm not going to be fighting Kakarot?"
Bulma says quickly, "We didn't say you aren't going to, we just need you to do something for Gohan until the guys really, really, really need you."
Mirai frowns, "Well, I said I would help, but I need to know what it is I'm going to do sometime, right?"
Gohan scratches the back of his head nervously, "Well, I kind of have a part time job as a super hero over at Satan City."
"Satan WHAT?!"
Bulma sighs, "That moron took credit for all the work that you guys did beating Cell, and now he's rich and famous and the city's named after him."
Mirai narrows his eyes, "You're kidding, right?"
Bulma shakes her head, "No, I'm not."
"Okay, so.WHY HAVEN'T YOU GUYS BEATEN HIM UP ALREADY?!"
Goku looks up from his resting position on the couch and says, "Come on Mirai, we don't want to be big celebrities and have our faces plastered everywhere."
Trunks and Goten immediately pipe up, "I wouldn't mind!"
Mirai sighs, "Oh fine. So I guess while Son-San is going to be sharing your body then you want me to take over your job, right?"
Gohan nods, "Uh huh."
"And I'm guessing this superhero has a disguise and you're the hidden identity."
"Right."
Mirai asks, genuinely curious, "So what is it?"
Trunks gives Gohan a death glare worthy enough to be called Vegeta's own. Oblivious to the harsh look Gohan smiles cheerfully and gets up from his seat, pushing the red button on his watch that Bulma gave him.
Then the trademark saiyaman clothes digitize onto him. The long green shirt that looks like a dress, the red cape, the white bandana covering his hair, and the really thick sunglasses. Gohan immediately breaks into a pose and says in a slightly deeper, super hero voice, "I am the defender of justice, protector of this city.." (Yada, yada, yada.) .I am the Great Saiyaman!!!" As he strikes his final pose, fireworks and confetti come out of nowhere, surrounding him.
Mirai just stares..and stares..and stares.. Suddenly he breaks into fits of hysterical laughter, so hard tears come to his eyes. In between those tears, he manages to speak while gasping for breath, "Oh my.god. That was so. FUNNY!! Ha HA! You really got me there, Gohan! At first I thought you were SERIOUS!!"
Gohan's shoulders slump, and Trunks looks away completely mortified. Even Bulma, Goten, and Goku have sweatdrops forming at the back of their heads. Trunks mutters, "If only he knew."
That's when Mirai notices that no one is laughing with him. He chuckles nervously, "Gohan-san, you're not serious.right? I mean, you can't POSSIBLY expect me to dress up in something as stupid as THAT. We're, we're just joking around."
Looking a little desperate he turns to his past counterpart, but Trunks just gives him a look that made it clear it's hopeless for him. Mirai shakily flops down onto the couch and says, "Oh my god, Gohan.Anything but that! Please, anything but THAT!"
Gohan shakes his head, "Mirai, I need you on this. Someone needs to protect the city, while my dad's occupying my body." He frowns, "That sounded wrong didn't it?"
The group collectively nod their heads. Gohan sighs, but then brightens up, "Good thing is, you'll be working with Videl."
"Who's Videl?"
Gohan blushes lightly, a small smile forming, "Oh just a girl."
Goten frowns in thought, "But I remember that she was my soon-to-be- sister."
Gohan yells in embarrassment, "Goten! Will you shut it?!" However, his 'little brother' gives him an unfamiliar scowl, creeping the heck out of Gohan.
Bulma suddenly says, "Hey! Maybe Goten can be Saiyaman instead of Mirai! He's tall enough now."
The mentioned demi-saiyajin growls, "I won't be caught dead in that thing."
His father protests, "But Goten, you used to love Saiyaman. I remember how you wanted to be him so badly. Yeah, I remember it like it was just yesterday."
The group sans Goten and Mirai sweatdrop. Gohan says hopelessly, "Dad, it WAS yesterday."
Goku smiles and scratches the back of his head, "Oh yeah, I guess I was kind of thrown off." Then he sighs to no one in particular, "They just grow up so quickly." Again the sweatdrops.
Goten shakes it off and says, "Well anyway, I've grown up. And I've learned what sensible clothes look like.unlike some people." giving an obvious glare at Gohan.
Gohan yells, "What is THAT suppose to mean?!"
Goten says calmly, "That you have bad taste in clothes."
"I DO NOT!"
"Yes, you do."
"DO NOT!"
"Do too."
"DO NOT!"
"Do too!"
"DO NOT!"
"DO TOO!"
"NOT!
"TOO!"
"AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR CLOTHES?!"
"WHAT ABOUT THEM?!"
THEY'RE THE STUPIDEST CLOTHES I'VE EVER SEEN!"
Goten clenches his fists, infuriated, "WHY YOU SON OF A-"
Gohan cuts him off, "THAT'S NO WAY TO TALK TO YOUR BIG BROTHER!" clenching his fists as well.
"YOU MEAN LITTLE BROTHER, SHORTY!"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORTY?!"
"YOU!"
"Okay, that IT! You wanna fight, we'll FIGHT!!"
"FINE!" And even before Gohan can agree, Goten pounces on him and pushes him to the ground, and starts to punch his lights out.
Goku frowns, already extremely annoyed with the two of them at this point, "Hey! Stop it you two! That's not sparring! Quit it!"
Goten scowls and gets off of his "older" brother, allowing him to get up from the ground. Gohan sits up and wipes off his bloody lip, before tackling Goten to the floor and beating him up, too.
Goku yells, "Hey! I told you two to stop!" But they ignore him and continue to pummel each other. Goku scowls and runs into the fray, pulling his two kids apart. "Will you two stop fighting and just forget this?!"
They both yell, "NO!" and actually punch his face, just so that they can get back to their brawl. He lets go of them, but Gohan and Goten can immediately see that they went too far. Goku blasts into ssj2, and even then he's trying his best to restrain his anger. His eyes grow dark and to Gohan and Goten, he seems to have grown another five feet tall. He's even worse than ChiChi at her most furious stage.
Goku points a trembling hand over to the door and says as calmly as he can, "Could the rest of you please go outside?"
Bulma, Piccolo, and Mirai, who were watching the whole spectacle with an excusable enough anxiety, nod and sneak out without a complaint. However, Trunks stays and objects, "But Goku."
"I SAID GET OUT!!!"
Trunks makes a small 'eep' and runs out to join the others, slamming the door on his way out. Outside Mirai folds his arms as he can hear Goku start screaming out his lungs at the two victims, "Boy, those two are in trouble."
Bulma frowns in worry, "I've never seen Goku like this before."
Piccolo says, "Well, we've never seen Goten and Gohan brawling before either. And besides, Goku is in Vegeta's body, who knows how it might affect him."
Suddenly the whole earth starts to shake. Bulma screams out the obvious, "The Earth's vibrating!"
Mirai yelps, "But how is this- ACK!" His statement is quickly cut short, when an especially big wave ripples from its source.
Trunks yells, "It's coming from the house!" But as quickly as it came it was gone. The Earth stopped shaking and everything is back to where it was originally.
Bulma says shakily, "Will anyone care to explain what just happened?"
Piccolo frowns, "I'm afraid that Goku might have done something drastic."
The four of them run over to the entrance and silently open the door to peek inside. To Bulma's relief everything inside is still in one piece. They see Goku is still yelling at them, as if there never was a huge earthquake, ".AND DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!" Their gazes lower to see a very pale Goten and Gohan on the ground, huddled together for comfort.
Goku continues, "BRAWLING! JUST BECAUSE GOTEN SAID THAT YOU HAVE BAD TASTE IN CLOTHES! I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HUMILIATED IN ALL MY LIFE!"
Gohan bows his head, "I'm sorry Dad. It won't happen again."
Goku nods and turns to Goten, "And you. WHY DID YOU PICK ON YOUR LITTLE BROTHER LIKE THAT?! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!"
Gohan yelps, "WHAT?!" But a dark glare from his father shuts him up.
The other nods, "Yes.father."
Finally Goku sighs and the rest of his anger leaves him, "Good. I hope you've both learned your lesson. I'm going to get Mirai a new glove. And from now on I don't want to see either of you fighting each other. We have much bigger problems on our hands already." The two nod their heads. Goku says, "Well, tell the others it's okay to come back in. I'm just going to snatch one of Vegeta's chest plates. And tell them it might not be a good idea for them to see me for a while." Goku walks upstairs, and the two glance over at the door, to see the others peeking in.
Gohan gives a weak smile, "I guess you heard." as they walk back into Capsule Corps.
Trunks frowns, "What the heck did he do?"
Goten says cautiously, "Well, yell a lot, and.other stuff."
Piccolo folds his arms and says, "Well, I have to say that I'm impressed."
Bulma nods in agreement, "Yeah, I never knew that Goku had the parent gene in him."
Goten looks around the living room and frowns, "Now, where the heck did my sword go?"
Trunks points to the front door, "I think you left it by the time machine. I'll go get it." And before Goten can object, Trunks speeds out the door over to the sword, which had been lying in the sun the whole entire time.
Picking it up from the ground, he nearly drops it in shock. Goosebumps prickle all over his body as he feels how freezing the sword is. He yells, "OY! Mirai me! Come over here!"
Mirai pops his head out and asks, "What is it?"
Trunks come over to him and says, "Here, feel this," just about to hand the sword over to him.
Suddenly Goten comes out of nowhere and snatches it away from him. He eyes Trunks suspiciously, "I'd like to know what's so special about my sword."
Trunks quickly fakes a smile, "I just thought that Mirai would like to see how cool looking it is. He's really into swords, you know."
Mirai frowns, "Is that all?"
Trunks nods, "Yup, that's all." Goten watches him another second, but then shrugs and goes back inside. Mirai is just about to follow suit, but then Trunks pulls him back out and shuts the door, "Mirai, that's not all."
Mirai asks, "What do you mean?"
Trunks says, "There's something freaky about that sword! And there's something freaky about Goten!"
Mirai shakes his head, "Well, I wouldn't know about Goten, I only just met him. But what about the sword?"
Trunks hisses, "It was cold!"
"So?"
"But it was lying in the sun for about two hours! It had to at least be warm!"
Mirai frowns, "Is that all you called me over for? Look, it's nothing, okay. You just have an overactive imagination." With that Mirai opens the door and joins the rest of the group.
Trunks turns to look back at the spot that he picked up the sword from, and he mumbles to himself, "But it was just so weird." Then he goes back in, too.
Bulma looks upstairs and asks, "So what exactly is Goku doing up there?"
Gohan shrugs, "I dunno. I don't know how you make one of those power glove thingies."
Mirai asks, "What's a power glove thingy?"
Piccolo scowls, "They're stupid saiyajin gloves that discriminate against every other race in the galaxy!"
Mirai looks at him in surprise, but Gohan laughs, "Don't mind that. He's just jealous cuz he can't have one. Anyway, you'll find out what it is when my dad gets down. But meanwhile, let's recruit you into the Great Saiyaman League!"
Trunks and Mirai both groan mentally, "{This is going to be so embarrassing.}
Bulma, Trunks, Gohan and Goku's head whip around to settle upon a mysterious form hiding in the shade of the Capsule Corps building. Goku slowly turns around and cautiously steps towards the figure, "G-Goten?"
The man shakes slightly with laughter and steps out into the light of Capsule Corps' night lamps. They stare at the new guy completely shocked. Goten asks, "Yeah, Dad. It's me. What, you don't recognize me?"
Nobody can blame Goku for that at this point. Goten changed.a lot. First off he looks the same age as Goku. Second, his face no longer holds its former innocent appeal, but is replaced by narrow eyes and a semi-smile. Third, his hair doesn't look the same. It's cut in the same style that Gohan had it when he was fighting Cell. Fourth, he's wearing a completely black gi, with the exception of a dark purple chest plate with one small shoulder plate attached to it. And he also has a sword.
This Goten looks nothing like the little boy that they all knew and loved. This, however, made absolutely no difference to Goku. He runs up to Goten and brings him into a powerful, bear hug. Goten frowns at his father, feeling slightly awkward. Goku steps out of the hug and smiles, "Goten, you really had me worried there! I thought we lost you forever! Now look at you!" He surveys him and says proudly, "Just look at how you're grown! You're just as tall as me now!" He turns to Gohan and says good-naturedly, "Gohan still has a little catching up to do, right Gohan?"
Gohan says in disbelief, "Dad!"
Goten frowns, not quite expecting this sort of reception, "Um.don't you want little me back?"
Goku says, "Of course! Of course! But just because you're not the same Goten that I remember doesn't mean I can't be proud of you, right?"
The new form of the demi-saiyajin sweatdrops, "I guess."
Goku asks, looking around, "So where's the time machine anyway? I better go and find our Goten now."
Goten points over his shoulder to a great old machine, residing behind a tree, "Mirai Trunks is still in it though. He was waiting for me to cue him in on when to come out."
Bulma's face lights up, "You actually got Mirai? Wow! I didn't think you'd remember after spending all that time going through time!"
Goten scratches the back of his head and says, "Well, actually.I was looking for him the whole time so he could tell me how to get back home." Everyone sweatdrops at the statement.
Trunks says in disbelief, "That's what you were doing the whole time?! Jeez! You may have gotten bigger, but you're still just as dumb." Goten frowns, feeling a little ticked.
Then he turns towards the time machine and yells, "You can come out now Mirai!"
The machine opens up and reveals the same Mirai that left them after the Cell games. In fact he still had the same, torn up, old clothes. Mirai says exasperated, "You could give a guy a little time to recover! Jeez, I wasn't even there for two days!"
Trunks stiffens, hearing this older version use one of his favorite words. Goku asks, "We didn't get you before you defeated the androids and Cell, did we?"
Mirai hops out of the time machine and says, "Nah, I just defeated them yesterday.In my time, I mean. How much time passed anyway?"
Goten says, "30 years," but Goku answers correctly, "8 years."
Mirai looks around them and fixes his gaze upon the nine year old demi- saiyajin now shrinking behind the rest of the group. He smiles, "I guess that that's little me. I don't think you remember me, huh?" talking to Trunks directly.
Trunks just says, "Uh.."
Goku says, "Well, as long as you're getting acquainted, I'm going to look for our Goten." He jumps into the driver's seat of the time machine and looks down at the control panel, "Uh, Bulma? How do you start this thing?"
Bulma walks up and points to a big red button, "This one.but are you sure you can use this thing?"
Goku smiles, "No problem! I can do it. If not, I'll just learn it on the way!" He quickly closes the hood and starts it up before Bulma can object. The machine rises into the sky and vanishes into thin air.
Gohan frowns, looking up, "I guess it's too late to stop him."
Mirai asks, "What am I doing here anyway?"
Bulma turns and asks, "Didn't Goten tell you?"
Goten smiles guiltily, "Actually, I forgot why you guys wanted him." Everyone sans Goten and Mirai falls over anime style.
Mirai eyes them suspiciously, "Is there something that you want to tell me?"
Gohan laughs nervously and says, "Well, we kind of need a favor from you."
The demi-saiyajin smiles, "You guys know I'd do anything for you, just tell me what's going on."
Gohan continues, rather uneasy, "Well, Vegeta is, um.sharing his body with my dad."
Mirai's face fell instantly, "Wha."
Bulma takes Mirai's hand and starts to lead him into the house, "Come inside. Gohan will explain everything to you."
A couple hours later. Gohan finally finishes explaining everything to Mirai.except for that last little detail of why they needed him in the first place.
Mirai just stares at them all and finally breaks his long silence, "Well, you've been busy while I was gone, haven't you?"
Trunks nods, "Ain't that the truth."
Mirai shifts in his seat on the couch and asks, "So you guys want me here to help fight Kakarot, right?"
Gohan says uneasily, "Um.Not exactly."
Mirai frowns, "What then?"
Suddenly, the doorbell rings, and Bulma says, "I'll get it," standing up from her seat to get the door. She opens up the door to reveal Goku standing in the doorway, wearing some very strange clothes, specifically a traditional, Scottish kilt and a bubble hat over his regular gi which is in shambles, and he's looking very haggard and tired. She exclaims, "Goodness! Goku, what happened to you?!"
The saiyajin says drearily, "I couldn't find him." He steps into the house and drops onto the couch. Sensing his mood, Mirai and Gohan subtly scooch away from him.
Bulma frowns, "I probably should have told you sooner, you probably wouldn't have gotten him, without stealing a Goten from a different dimension."
Goku's eyes widen and he demands, "Why didn't you tell me before I wasted twenty years looking for him?!"
Trunks eyes Goku strangely, "You can't have spent twenty years looking for Goten. You don't look a day older!"
Goku protests, "But I did!"
Gohan frowns, "Dad, it does seem very unlikely."
"I'm telling you that I did!" Goku yells angrily, getting up from the couch.
"And you're telling us that in that whole time, Vegeta managed to never get control back of his body," Bulma asks skeptically.
Goku says uneasily, "Well yeah," scratching the back of his head.
Gohan sighs, "Forget it Dad." Then he says sadly, "So we aren't going to see our Goten again." He moans and puts his head in his hands, "God, Mom is going to freak."
The mentioned demi-saiyajin asks somewhat miserably, "She isn't going to like me?"
"Well, it might be a bit of a shock for her," Goku says, patting his son's back.
Trunks frowns, eyeing Goku's clothes, "Don't you want to change out of that?"
Goku moans, leaning back further into the couch, "Please don't talk to me."
There is an uncomfortable silence, mostly revolving around the Son family, so Mirai tries to start up a conversation, "Uh, so how do I fit into the picture if I'm not going to be fighting Kakarot?"
Bulma says quickly, "We didn't say you aren't going to, we just need you to do something for Gohan until the guys really, really, really need you."
Mirai frowns, "Well, I said I would help, but I need to know what it is I'm going to do sometime, right?"
Gohan scratches the back of his head nervously, "Well, I kind of have a part time job as a super hero over at Satan City."
"Satan WHAT?!"
Bulma sighs, "That moron took credit for all the work that you guys did beating Cell, and now he's rich and famous and the city's named after him."
Mirai narrows his eyes, "You're kidding, right?"
Bulma shakes her head, "No, I'm not."
"Okay, so.WHY HAVEN'T YOU GUYS BEATEN HIM UP ALREADY?!"
Goku looks up from his resting position on the couch and says, "Come on Mirai, we don't want to be big celebrities and have our faces plastered everywhere."
Trunks and Goten immediately pipe up, "I wouldn't mind!"
Mirai sighs, "Oh fine. So I guess while Son-San is going to be sharing your body then you want me to take over your job, right?"
Gohan nods, "Uh huh."
"And I'm guessing this superhero has a disguise and you're the hidden identity."
"Right."
Mirai asks, genuinely curious, "So what is it?"
Trunks gives Gohan a death glare worthy enough to be called Vegeta's own. Oblivious to the harsh look Gohan smiles cheerfully and gets up from his seat, pushing the red button on his watch that Bulma gave him.
Then the trademark saiyaman clothes digitize onto him. The long green shirt that looks like a dress, the red cape, the white bandana covering his hair, and the really thick sunglasses. Gohan immediately breaks into a pose and says in a slightly deeper, super hero voice, "I am the defender of justice, protector of this city.." (Yada, yada, yada.) .I am the Great Saiyaman!!!" As he strikes his final pose, fireworks and confetti come out of nowhere, surrounding him.
Mirai just stares..and stares..and stares.. Suddenly he breaks into fits of hysterical laughter, so hard tears come to his eyes. In between those tears, he manages to speak while gasping for breath, "Oh my.god. That was so. FUNNY!! Ha HA! You really got me there, Gohan! At first I thought you were SERIOUS!!"
Gohan's shoulders slump, and Trunks looks away completely mortified. Even Bulma, Goten, and Goku have sweatdrops forming at the back of their heads. Trunks mutters, "If only he knew."
That's when Mirai notices that no one is laughing with him. He chuckles nervously, "Gohan-san, you're not serious.right? I mean, you can't POSSIBLY expect me to dress up in something as stupid as THAT. We're, we're just joking around."
Looking a little desperate he turns to his past counterpart, but Trunks just gives him a look that made it clear it's hopeless for him. Mirai shakily flops down onto the couch and says, "Oh my god, Gohan.Anything but that! Please, anything but THAT!"
Gohan shakes his head, "Mirai, I need you on this. Someone needs to protect the city, while my dad's occupying my body." He frowns, "That sounded wrong didn't it?"
The group collectively nod their heads. Gohan sighs, but then brightens up, "Good thing is, you'll be working with Videl."
"Who's Videl?"
Gohan blushes lightly, a small smile forming, "Oh just a girl."
Goten frowns in thought, "But I remember that she was my soon-to-be- sister."
Gohan yells in embarrassment, "Goten! Will you shut it?!" However, his 'little brother' gives him an unfamiliar scowl, creeping the heck out of Gohan.
Bulma suddenly says, "Hey! Maybe Goten can be Saiyaman instead of Mirai! He's tall enough now."
The mentioned demi-saiyajin growls, "I won't be caught dead in that thing."
His father protests, "But Goten, you used to love Saiyaman. I remember how you wanted to be him so badly. Yeah, I remember it like it was just yesterday."
The group sans Goten and Mirai sweatdrop. Gohan says hopelessly, "Dad, it WAS yesterday."
Goku smiles and scratches the back of his head, "Oh yeah, I guess I was kind of thrown off." Then he sighs to no one in particular, "They just grow up so quickly." Again the sweatdrops.
Goten shakes it off and says, "Well anyway, I've grown up. And I've learned what sensible clothes look like.unlike some people." giving an obvious glare at Gohan.
Gohan yells, "What is THAT suppose to mean?!"
Goten says calmly, "That you have bad taste in clothes."
"I DO NOT!"
"Yes, you do."
"DO NOT!"
"Do too."
"DO NOT!"
"Do too!"
"DO NOT!"
"DO TOO!"
"NOT!
"TOO!"
"AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR CLOTHES?!"
"WHAT ABOUT THEM?!"
THEY'RE THE STUPIDEST CLOTHES I'VE EVER SEEN!"
Goten clenches his fists, infuriated, "WHY YOU SON OF A-"
Gohan cuts him off, "THAT'S NO WAY TO TALK TO YOUR BIG BROTHER!" clenching his fists as well.
"YOU MEAN LITTLE BROTHER, SHORTY!"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORTY?!"
"YOU!"
"Okay, that IT! You wanna fight, we'll FIGHT!!"
"FINE!" And even before Gohan can agree, Goten pounces on him and pushes him to the ground, and starts to punch his lights out.
Goku frowns, already extremely annoyed with the two of them at this point, "Hey! Stop it you two! That's not sparring! Quit it!"
Goten scowls and gets off of his "older" brother, allowing him to get up from the ground. Gohan sits up and wipes off his bloody lip, before tackling Goten to the floor and beating him up, too.
Goku yells, "Hey! I told you two to stop!" But they ignore him and continue to pummel each other. Goku scowls and runs into the fray, pulling his two kids apart. "Will you two stop fighting and just forget this?!"
They both yell, "NO!" and actually punch his face, just so that they can get back to their brawl. He lets go of them, but Gohan and Goten can immediately see that they went too far. Goku blasts into ssj2, and even then he's trying his best to restrain his anger. His eyes grow dark and to Gohan and Goten, he seems to have grown another five feet tall. He's even worse than ChiChi at her most furious stage.
Goku points a trembling hand over to the door and says as calmly as he can, "Could the rest of you please go outside?"
Bulma, Piccolo, and Mirai, who were watching the whole spectacle with an excusable enough anxiety, nod and sneak out without a complaint. However, Trunks stays and objects, "But Goku."
"I SAID GET OUT!!!"
Trunks makes a small 'eep' and runs out to join the others, slamming the door on his way out. Outside Mirai folds his arms as he can hear Goku start screaming out his lungs at the two victims, "Boy, those two are in trouble."
Bulma frowns in worry, "I've never seen Goku like this before."
Piccolo says, "Well, we've never seen Goten and Gohan brawling before either. And besides, Goku is in Vegeta's body, who knows how it might affect him."
Suddenly the whole earth starts to shake. Bulma screams out the obvious, "The Earth's vibrating!"
Mirai yelps, "But how is this- ACK!" His statement is quickly cut short, when an especially big wave ripples from its source.
Trunks yells, "It's coming from the house!" But as quickly as it came it was gone. The Earth stopped shaking and everything is back to where it was originally.
Bulma says shakily, "Will anyone care to explain what just happened?"
Piccolo frowns, "I'm afraid that Goku might have done something drastic."
The four of them run over to the entrance and silently open the door to peek inside. To Bulma's relief everything inside is still in one piece. They see Goku is still yelling at them, as if there never was a huge earthquake, ".AND DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!" Their gazes lower to see a very pale Goten and Gohan on the ground, huddled together for comfort.
Goku continues, "BRAWLING! JUST BECAUSE GOTEN SAID THAT YOU HAVE BAD TASTE IN CLOTHES! I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HUMILIATED IN ALL MY LIFE!"
Gohan bows his head, "I'm sorry Dad. It won't happen again."
Goku nods and turns to Goten, "And you. WHY DID YOU PICK ON YOUR LITTLE BROTHER LIKE THAT?! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!"
Gohan yelps, "WHAT?!" But a dark glare from his father shuts him up.
The other nods, "Yes.father."
Finally Goku sighs and the rest of his anger leaves him, "Good. I hope you've both learned your lesson. I'm going to get Mirai a new glove. And from now on I don't want to see either of you fighting each other. We have much bigger problems on our hands already." The two nod their heads. Goku says, "Well, tell the others it's okay to come back in. I'm just going to snatch one of Vegeta's chest plates. And tell them it might not be a good idea for them to see me for a while." Goku walks upstairs, and the two glance over at the door, to see the others peeking in.
Gohan gives a weak smile, "I guess you heard." as they walk back into Capsule Corps.
Trunks frowns, "What the heck did he do?"
Goten says cautiously, "Well, yell a lot, and.other stuff."
Piccolo folds his arms and says, "Well, I have to say that I'm impressed."
Bulma nods in agreement, "Yeah, I never knew that Goku had the parent gene in him."
Goten looks around the living room and frowns, "Now, where the heck did my sword go?"
Trunks points to the front door, "I think you left it by the time machine. I'll go get it." And before Goten can object, Trunks speeds out the door over to the sword, which had been lying in the sun the whole entire time.
Picking it up from the ground, he nearly drops it in shock. Goosebumps prickle all over his body as he feels how freezing the sword is. He yells, "OY! Mirai me! Come over here!"
Mirai pops his head out and asks, "What is it?"
Trunks come over to him and says, "Here, feel this," just about to hand the sword over to him.
Suddenly Goten comes out of nowhere and snatches it away from him. He eyes Trunks suspiciously, "I'd like to know what's so special about my sword."
Trunks quickly fakes a smile, "I just thought that Mirai would like to see how cool looking it is. He's really into swords, you know."
Mirai frowns, "Is that all?"
Trunks nods, "Yup, that's all." Goten watches him another second, but then shrugs and goes back inside. Mirai is just about to follow suit, but then Trunks pulls him back out and shuts the door, "Mirai, that's not all."
Mirai asks, "What do you mean?"
Trunks says, "There's something freaky about that sword! And there's something freaky about Goten!"
Mirai shakes his head, "Well, I wouldn't know about Goten, I only just met him. But what about the sword?"
Trunks hisses, "It was cold!"
"So?"
"But it was lying in the sun for about two hours! It had to at least be warm!"
Mirai frowns, "Is that all you called me over for? Look, it's nothing, okay. You just have an overactive imagination." With that Mirai opens the door and joins the rest of the group.
Trunks turns to look back at the spot that he picked up the sword from, and he mumbles to himself, "But it was just so weird." Then he goes back in, too.
Bulma looks upstairs and asks, "So what exactly is Goku doing up there?"
Gohan shrugs, "I dunno. I don't know how you make one of those power glove thingies."
Mirai asks, "What's a power glove thingy?"
Piccolo scowls, "They're stupid saiyajin gloves that discriminate against every other race in the galaxy!"
Mirai looks at him in surprise, but Gohan laughs, "Don't mind that. He's just jealous cuz he can't have one. Anyway, you'll find out what it is when my dad gets down. But meanwhile, let's recruit you into the Great Saiyaman League!"
Trunks and Mirai both groan mentally, "{This is going to be so embarrassing.}
