"Hey dad" the alternate future ghost saluted.
"Oh, great. It's you" Vegeta said unenthusiastically, clearly not content with seeing his son from another future again.
"This wasn't the warm welcoming reception I was expecting…" Future Trunks muttered.
"Let me guess, Ghost of Christmas Future, right?" Vegeta asked directly.
Future Trunks blinked for a second, before nodding. "Fitting, isn't it?" he joked.
"You're wasting your time, boy. Go back to the future to fight some androids or watch Jaws 19" Vegeta told him.
"I already defeated the androids AND Cell, thank you very much" Future Trunks informed. "But I've come back as a ghost to show you your error in not celebrating Christmas-"
"Yes, yes. Blah, blah, blah. Spare me the trouble, kid. I already went through this twice tonight. If you're not going to say anything new, just leave me alone already" Vegeta interrupted.
Future Trunks sighed, this was going to be harder than he thought. "Just why is it so hard for you to spend a night with mom and me, well not me me, but the other me. That sounded weird…" the time traveling ghost muttered before continuing his speech. "You know how much I would have love to spend a Christmas with you? Or a Christmas at all? But in my future, Christmas was cancelled by two androids who hated it, along with country music for some reason…"
"Everyone hates country music. And everyone should hate Christmas, it's a waste of time…" Vegeta said arm-crossed.
"Ugh, fine. If you won't listen to me, then I'll have to show you something I didn't want to" the ghost of the future said as he extended his hand for him to grab it. "You said you already know how this works, right?"
Vegeta sighed deeply, tired of all this charade. "Yeah, but just as long as you promise that after you show me whatever you're going to, it'll all be over. No more stupid ghosts coming to annoy me, just me spending my time alone" the Saiyan demanded.
"Trust me, it'll all be over" Future Trunks replied.
Vegeta took a moment of hesitation like he'd done with Frieza before, but wanting all of whatever the hell this was to be over with, he took the boy's hand. Maybe after this was done, he could get some proper sleep if this wasn't a dream after all. They entered the clock tunnel once again, this time the clocks' arms were spinning the other way around though.
After exiting the tunnel, Vegeta found himself back at his house once again. He wasn't sure it was the same place at first, but then he recognized the crooked angle of the corridor ceiling. He then noticed two people over at the living room, though he couldn't make out who they were. One looked like a younger version of Bulma, while the other was… him?!
"What?! What do I have on my face?!" Vegeta exclaimed as he looked at his future self, who had in fact a moustache on his face.
The young woman then spoke. "Look dad, that moustache has to go! It makes you look like a total geek…" she said as she turned around and started walking off. Future Vegeta was left a gasp by this, leaving him just standing there with his eyes and mouth wide open.
"Why does that brat talk to me like that?! Who is she anyways?!" Present Vegeta demanded to know.
"She's your daughter, from the future" Future Trunks explained.
Now it was present Vegeta who was left a gasp. "Wait, I have a daughter?!" he asked. He then realized that girl had actually called him 'dad'. Future Trunks nodded, giving more confirmation to this. "So now I have two daughters?" the Saiyan Prince asked, feign surprise as he was asking this to mock his son.
"Oh, hahaha. Very funny, dad" Future Trunks rolled his eyes. "Let's see if you also find this funny" he said as he grabbed his father by the shoulder and teleported them away, the two entering the clock tunnel once again before appearing on a different location, which seemed to be another unknown planet though this didn't look familiar to Vegeta at all.
"Where are we now? Don't tell me this is how Earth looks in the future" the Saiyan Prince said as he looked at his surroundings.
"Well, my Earth almost looked like this after the androids rampaged through it. But to answer your question, no, this isn't Earth" the time traveler explained.
"Then where are we? And what are we even doing in this waste of a planet?" Vegeta demanded to know.
"Just wait and see…" Future Trunks said what Vegeta felt like he'd heard like ten times already.
Suddenly, a ship landed on the planet, from which came out three individuals: a young adult, a teenage girl and a kid that oddly resembled Kakarot. Vegeta didn't know who they were, until he recognized one of them.
"Is that you?" he asked as he pointed at the young adult, who in fact looked a lot like Trunks, having the same pink hair and facial features. "You look different… more gay if you ask me" Vegeta mocked Future Trunks, who just glared at him in return. "And who's that kid that looks like Kakarot? Did he have another brat or Goten never grew up?"
"Actually, that would be Goku…" Future Trunks informed.
Vegeta looked at him in confusion. "What? But why does he look like a kid? I thought this was the future!" he questioned.
"Oh, it is… or at least it may be…" the time traveling ghost responded.
They continued to watch as the trio came across a group of blue aliens (different from the ones on the previous vision), that wore red clothes and, for some reason, pink push-ups. "Who are these guys? They look ridiculous!" Vegeta said as he observed them in a mix of curiosity and disgust. Then something strange happened, as a weird music started sounding from some speakers.
"BO PARA PARA! BO PAR PAR!" The trio of weird aliens then started doing some type of dance while singing.
"What in the hell is this?! Why are they doing this stupid dance?! It's so cringy!" Vegeta exclaimed in disbelief as he watched the aliens dance and sing.
"Gonna lay diss down like cold milk!" one of the aliens exclaimed.
"Raise the cane! R-R-Raise the cane!" another one sang.
"Make it stop!" Vegeta demanded.
"Sorry, I can't. Told ya you wouldn't like it" Future Trunks now mocked.
"T-This can't be the future! I-It's so ridiculous!" Vegeta shouted as he put his hands on his ears, trying to avoid hearing anymore of that tacky music. "Wait! You said this MAY be the future, so there has to be something to prevent it! Right?!" he asked Trunks.
"Well, there is one thing… you could celebrate Christmas with your family" the time traveler told him. Vegeta clenched his teeth and let out a huge grunt in anger. "C'mon, it's just one night a year, and that way the future won't look like this…"
"Ughhh! Fine! I promise to celebrate Christmas with my family every year and to never wear a moustache!" the Saiyan finally relented. "Now, make it stop!"
"Knew you would come around eventually, dad" Future Trunks smiled.
Vegeta was ready to shout some more when suddenly he opened his eyes and found himself still on the futon at the cave, with no silly music and no trace of those weird aliens nor Future Trunks, or anyone else for that matter. It was as if nothing had ever happened… was it all actually been a dream? No! He couldn't risk endanging the future like that. It could end up being like those horrible visions he'd been shown with silly alien dances and him having a moustache! He had to go back with his family and celebrate Christmas like he promised.
He got out of the cave, only to find that the sun was raising. "Oh no! I'm missing Christmas!" the Saiyan suddenly realized and, conjuring as much energy as he could, turned into a Super Saiyan before flying back to Capsule Corp as quickly as possible. Once he got there, he snuck up to Bulma's laboratory and took the Dragon Radar. He started collecting all of the Dragon Balls at great speed and, after a few minutes had gathered them all to summon Shenron. His first wish was for Earth to return back to the previous day, so it could be Christmas Eve again. Then he didn't know what else to wish for, so he wished for all the Christmas decorations he'd destroyed that day to be restored, and finally he wished for his family to have a merry Christmas.
Once he got back to home, he almost blew up the damn door just to enter and see his family again. They were all gathered, along with Kakarot's family and the rest of the Z-Fighters, at the dinner table. Once he entered the room, everyone looked at him with a mixture of surprise and fright.
"What's the matter? Can't I celebrate- what was it? Oh yeah, Christmas Eve with my family!" Vegeta exclaimed and, after he finished saying that, everyone dropped their cutlery over their dishes. Even Vegeta himself blinked at their reaction. Were they really that surprised by him saying that? Humans…
"V-V-Vegeta? Are you alright?" Bulma managed to say.
"Of course I'm alright, woman. What kind of silly question is that?" Vegeta huffed.
"D-D-Dad?" Trunks stuttered.
"Would you all go back to whatever the hell you were doing?!" the Saiyan Prince shouted, tired of having everyone staring at him in disbelief. He then took a chair next to Trunks and started to eat the rest of the dinner. He was taking the bite out of a chicken leg when he suddenly heard a voice inside his head.
"Vegetaaaa! You're forgetting about somethiiiiing!" the hovering voice of Nappa sounded once again.
Vegeta sighed mentally before taking a deep breath. "Merry Christmas…" he muttered and, just with saying those words, made everyone drop their cutlery in utter astonishment once again. Humans…
After dinner was over, everyone gathered and started chatting amongst themselves, like Vegeta had seen them do in a previous vision, though he could hear that no one was badmouthing him. In fact, some were muttering about how surprised they were that he'd actually come around for Christmas this time. Suddenly, he was approached by his wife, Bulma. "Hey Vegeta…"
"What do you want, woman?" Vegeta asked as politely as he could.
"I don't know what happened for you to come and celebrate Christmas with us, but I'm glad you did..." she told him.
"Whatever, it's not so bad after all… besides, it's just one time a year" the Saiyan Prince admitted. Bulma was left so shocked at hearing this that he actually thought she was going to faint, however she managed to recover and smile at him.
"I'm so happy to hear that, especially because my dad called earlier today and said he couldn't be here tonight…" she informed.
"And?" Vegeta asked, not understanding why should he care that his father-in-law wouldn't come over.
"We need someone to dress up as Santa to give Trunks and Goten their presents!" Bulma said as she took out a Santa Claus hat and beard and put them on Vegeta before the Saiyan could protest. He let out a small grunt, but cooperated nonetheless. It all be for the future...
Elsewhere, outside Capsule Corp, a trio of spirits observed the scene, floating over in the sky. "Well, we did it guys! We got Vegeta to celebrate Christmas!" Goku happily cheered.
"And why should I care?" Frieza questioned while crossing his arms and frowning.
"Oh, come on Freezer! Don't be like that, it's Christmas!" Goku exclaimed.
"First of all, it's FRIEZA Day, you monkey! And second, easy for you to say! You're not spending it with the two idiots that killed you!" Frieza spat at him, before turning to Future Trunks. "And you! Why couldn't you also have shown him that future in which he has to do that silly bingo dance and later work with me again!" he demanded.
"Nah, let him wait for that. He'll be more surprised when it happens!" Goku smiled as he put a hand behind his head.
"Why am I even here? I'm not dead…" Future Trunks asked.
"King Yemma said you owed a favor for dying once then reviving before he could judge you. Besides all that time traveling you did prevented a lot more of deaths from happening!" Goku explained, before putting his arms around both of them in a group hug. Both Frieza and Future Trunks looked uncomfortable with being so close to each other. "Merry Christmas, guys!"
"I hate you…" Frieza grunted.
This ended up taking as much time to make as that ED 10 Christmas special i was planning... ups, sorry everyone! Hope you at least enjoyed this story. Merry Christmas and happy new year!