Vegeta stood in front of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber along with Gohan. Mr. Popo walked back from around the building and smiled at both of them. Vegeta glanced over at Gohan and Gohan returned the look; they both nodded to each other.
"It's ready. I think I did a good job on the repairs. I even took the time, Vegeta, to have your in-laws place a gravity room in the chamber," Mr. Popo explained.
"Thanks Mr. Popo, and we would stay out here and talk, but we can't waste any more time," Gohan said, walking up to the entrance to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
Vegeta slowly walked behind Gohan; not wanting to display enthusiasm he knew he didn't have. These next two days, or two years, were going to be extremely awkward.
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Goten walked out into the parking lot and searched for Laurel. He was happy school was over, but that only meant he'd have to go home to the chaos that now surrounded all of the Z-Fighters.
"Hey Goten!" Laurel shouted out from somewhere behind him. Goten turned around and saw her. He had no idea why he felt this way so fast, but he was on the brink of being in love.
"Laurel…" Goten wrapped his arms around her and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. She returned it and for a few seconds they both indulged in the pleasure of each other's touch.
"Can I ask you a question?" Laurel said, breaking away from the kiss.
"Sure, thing." Goten replied with a smile.
"Where is Trunks?" Laurel asked. The question kind of surprised Goten. He hadn't seen or heard about Trunks for a while.
"Does it really matter? If he wants to run from all his problems then let him," Goten said, but quickly wished he hadn't of said it. It's not like he didn't care anymore, it just physically hurt every time he tried to.
Laurel smiled, "Let's forget about him… lets forget about everything. I want to go to your car."
Goten smiled, knowing what she meant, but decided to joke about it, "Oh, where do you want to go?"
Goten smiled as Laurel pressed herself against him and flashed him a seductive grin, "The backseat."
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Trunks finally had his backpack ready to go. He packed a few extra pairs of clothes, a couple of sensu beans he had found in his father's t-shirt drawer, and some money.
Trunks had to get away; he just couldn't take anything anymore. Everyone was going insane, his mother was dead, and his father would be in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for the next two days.
Trunks opened up the front door and glanced around. There wasn't a person in sight and Trunks planned to be gone before there was one. He quickly powered up just enough to get a good leap off and then shot off into the fresh night sky.
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Piccolo sat, cross legged, on the pick of a cliff over looking a beautiful river; its waves shimmered as the stars shined over it in the night sky. As much as he enjoyed the company of his comrades, he couldn't go to them. He had felt the disturbance a little over a week ago. Everyone was changing and they were changing for the worst.
Suddenly, Piccolo sensed something strong coming his way. Piccolo rose to his feet and searched the sky in the direction of the power source. A few moments later, Trunks burst from the clouds and continued on right past Piccolo.
Piccolo, suddenly urging to find answers to his friends' strange behaviors lately, powered up and blasted off behind Trunks.
"What do you want, Piccolo?" Trunk's asked without even turning around.
Piccolo frowned at the boy's town, "Stop, right now. I want to know what's being on with everyone." Piccolo sped and began flying beside Trunks.
"Everything's peachy, green goblin. Now stop following me before I force you to," Trunks said sternly.
Piccolo was overwhelmed with anger as the statement reverberated through his ears. Piccolo quickly whipped in front of Trunks causing him to stop immediately. "Did you just threaten me?" Piccolo asked, his eyes burning with anger.
Trunks smirked and Piccolo couldn't help but hate how much he looked like his father. "Get out of my way, you green fool," Trunks said, his aura beginning to grow more noticeable.
Piccolo suddenly realized he needed to get out of Trunks' way; he'd be no match for the Super Saiyan. "We're friends Trunks, there's no need for this," Piccolo said, trying to reason with him.
"I've never seen you so scared, Piccolo. Well, it's too late now. I'm going to have to teach you a lesson," Trunks smirked, and suddenly gold filled his aura and his hair, spiking it up.
Piccolo knew something was wrong now. He still powered up though, prepared to defend himself. Trunks then burst forward and Piccolo was just lucky enough to dodge the kick to the face. Piccolo shot up and threw a knee into Trunks' stomach. Trunks was then propelled into Piccolo's outstretched elbow.
The force sent Trunks falling, but for only a second. He quickly regained his composure, "You've been training I see."
Piccolo smirked, "Obviously more than you have." Suddenly, Piccolo watched as Trunks' aura grew brighter and spun around Trunks fiercely. Piccolo readied himself, but was face to face with Trunks in less than a second. Piccolo threw a punch at Trunks; only to have it effortlessly swatted away. Piccolo then flung his knee in the direction of Trunks' face. Trunks easily caught Piccolo's knee and forced his elbow into his stomach. The strike sent Piccolo flying backwards, but after a few seconds he was able to regain his composure.
"Don't you dare toy with me!" Piccolo yelled, his stomach eating away at him with pain.
"You don't want me to have any fun?" Trunks smirked and energy balls began forming in his palms
Piccolo was now certain that something was wrong. Trunks spoke that line like a true villain… and Piccolo knew he was good at heart. "Bring it then, you little twerp!"
Trunks shot forward and launched the energy balls at a fast speed. Piccolo still managed to easily dodge them, but had to take his eyes off of Trunk's for an important second. Trunks suddenly appeared above Piccolo and crushed the side of his face with an aerial roundhouse kick.
Piccolo, extreme pain now coursing through his face, soared to the ground below. Piccolo quickly hit the ground and opened up a crater amidst an explosion of rock and dirt.
Piccolo could feel himself fading, but managed to keep his fluttering eyes on Trunks. Piccolo then had to close his eyes as the gold in the sky grew brighter.
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Trunks held his hand out in front of him; a large energy ball glowing in his palm. He knew he shouldn't be doing this, he knew that Piccolo was his friend, but he didn't care anymore. Everything had gone to hell… and so what if he would send a few people there with it.
Trunks let out a roar of exertion and forced the energy ball towards the ground. It quickly impacted and detonated in a large, domed energy explosion. The force of the explosion threatened to throw Trunks into the air, but he held on.
"Has opinion of me changed now, my green amigo?" Trunks asked, but mostly to himself. As Trunks looked on, he knew Piccolo was dead. Burns covered his body and blood oozed from several different wounds in his skin.
Trunks turned and shot off in the direction his was going before Piccolo had rudely sidetracked him. Trunks then powered up a strong, condensed energy ball and tossed it behind him. Moments later, explosions rang out from the mountainous, forest area as everything in Piccolo's area was wiped out of existence.
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Goku smiled as Bulma came back into the bedroom; Goku couldn't help but stare at how much she was revealing to him. She was stunning, she was beautiful, and she was his. "So, when do you think you'll be ready to go back to Earth?" Goku asked with a smirk.
"Give it another couple of weeks," Bulma said before leaning in to kiss Goku. Goku returned the kiss with all the passion he had in him.
"Bulma, I love you. All the time we've spent together all these years. I can't help, but wonder why we never got together," Goku explained, his eyes threatening to water as his love for Bulma overwhelmed him at this particular moment.
Bulma just smiled and she placed her finger against his eager, needing lips. "If you'd stop talking, I'd make up for it," Bulma said.
Goku just smiled and prepared to take in what would be the greatest night of his life.
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Gohan sighed as he finished his last scrumptious meal before it was time to train again. Gohan ran his hand through his hair; it was getting longer and he kind of liked it.
Vegeta exited the gravity room and walked over to where Gohan was sitting. "Are you done feeding your face yet? I'd like to do what we came out here to do," Vegeta said, yet the anger that had been in his voice the last couple of days had resided.
"Vegeta, do you feel different?" Gohan asked, really not sure what he was getting at.
"Not really, because all you want to do is eat! I haven't been able to get any training in," Vegeta yelled.
Gohan shook his head, "No, I mean… do you feel as angry, or confused as you did when we first got here?"
"Gohan, just this once will I actually concede to discuss what you want. Yes, when I first got here I was feeling like my old self The Vegeta that would like nothing more than to kill everyone and everything in his way. Now, I feel like the man I've grown into. My mind is clear again," Vegeta said, his gaze searching the transparent floor.
"Something's going on out there. I don't know what it is, but I don't like it," Gohan commented.
Vegeta glanced up at Gohan, "Before we came here, it almost felt as if I was being mind controlled. It felt as if Bobidi had just begun to slip his fingers into my consciousness again."
"I see what you mean. Well, we can't leave the Chamber until our two days is up. Let's hope they don't start killing each other down there," Gohan said, looking at the ground as if he could see through it and to his friends. Hopefully everything fall would fall back into place.
Yea, another chapter mostly for getting things rolling, but remember, that's really what this whole thing is. its going to lead into DragonBall U/E: Universes of Eternity. so make sure to read on and get your fill... its the start to something magical.