The time machine reappeared at the Capsule Corp compound, and upon touching down it tipped over and all its occupants spilled out. Everyone who had seen it immediately went out to meet them, and where shocked at what they saw.

"Mommy! Daddy!"

"Dad! Mom!"

The future kids barreled right past the young version of their parents to their actual adult parents, who were lying on the ground injured along with their grandfathers next to the toppled time machine. Bulma had quickly gotten back up and began to sift through Raditz's clothes. "Senzu beans! Where are the Senzu beans?" she said desperately.

"They're right here!" Goku quickly said, getting the bag out of his ghi.

"You mean we didn't bring—? Whatever, just give it to them!"

Goku fed the four a bean each, causing them to stir and slowly sit up.

"Gohan! Bulla!" the older Trunks and Ranch cried, hugging them.

"Daddy!" Bulla said tearfully into his chest.

"Mom!" Gohan said, doing to the same to his mother. "We weren't sure if we'd see you again."

"Come on, you guys should know better than that," Trunks said softly, patting his daughter's head.

Ranch looked up at those surrounding them, and said offhandedly, "Hey, guys, it's been a while."

"We made it back," Vegeta commented, sitting up after regaining consciousness.

Raditz stood back up and growled angrily. "Let's go back and get those bastards!"

Fuming, Bulma bellowed, "You morons! Did you two seriously forget to take Senzu beans?"

"Yeah, bro, not smart," Goku said, smiling as he dangled the bag of beans in front of him. "Guess you should've waited for me to come back, huh?"

Crossing his arms, Raditz looked away and blustered, "Shut up, Kakarot. You should've just handed them over after we told you to stay out of this."

Because young Trunks and Ranch were too busy staring in amazement at the future version of themselves, Goten took it upon himself to ask, "So the four of you couldn't beat Black?"

"Yeah, what happened out there exactly?" asked Bulma. "Who was that other guy?"

"It was Zamasu," answered Raditz.

"Huh?" Goku blurted out in confusion. "Hold on, are you sure about that? He didn't seem like a bad guy when I met him."

Raditz testily said, "Tell me, Kakarot, did Zamasu have green skin and white hair?"

"Yeah."

"Then it was him!"

"Well by that logic wouldn't Black be me?"

Vegeta then said, "That part doesn't exactly matter. The biggest problem is that he's immortal."

"Immortal!" everyone else repeated in shock.

"Enough talk," Raditz piped up, growing angry again. "Let's go back and—!"

"Dad!" the older Ranch said loudly, making her younger self feel weird. "He can't be hurt!"

"Yeah, we want to return too, but what can we do now?" Trunks insisted.

"Exactly," agreed Vegeta derisively. "What could you be planning to do against an opponent like him?"

"Seriously, bro, you usually think things through more," Goku told him.

"Then what do you suggest we do?" asked Raditz, seeing everyone sided against him.

Goku put his hands behind his head and looked away. "Why ask me? I thought you guys wanted me out of this."

"Kakarot!"

"Alright, if you insist." With a smile, he confidently said, "We become immortal, too! We just need to eat a ton of Senzu beans."

As everyone stared Goku in befuddlement, the older Ranch asked, "Uncle Goku, did being dead make you dumber?"

After their impromptu meeting those from the future were given some time alone together. Gohan and Bulla clung onto their parents, who they haven't spent a lot of meaningful time with in a while. The four were just curled up on a couch, as the parents wondered what could possibly be done to defeat Black and Zamasu. Everyone had given them a wide berth for the most part to give the family some privacy, except for the younger counter parts that peeked in on them from another room.

Young Ranch grinned at her Trunks. "Wow, Trunks, you grow up to be cute. I just might keep you around."

Young Trunks blushed slightly, and took another look at their older selves. "Well…you're looking good too."

Behind them Goten, Daikon, and Mooli were watching them with some derision.

Daikon made a face, saying, "Ugh. It's gross enough when it was just you two getting all cozy."

"Yeah, now we've got another one of them," agreed Mooli.

"Not only that, they're a lot younger than I thought they'd be," Goten commented casually, now also taking a peek.

Ranch felt her stomach churn. "What do you mean?" she asked ominously.

Goten explained, "Well, I've heard you say once how you're not having kids for, like, a long time. But from the looks of it the future you probably wasn't too much older than you are now when the Gohan over there was born."

She felt a chill run down her spine, and Ranch began to stammer out, "You—You mean…that…that…?"

Panic began overtaking Trunks, as he finished for her, "We actually aren't that far from having kids?"

In the living room, Gohan asked his mother, "Mom, is everyone okay?"

Arms around her son, Ranch replied, "Yeah, we checked in on them after you and your sister came here. They're just fine."

Bulla breathed a sigh of relief, as she rested head against her father's side. "That's good."

Trunks then told them, "We couldn't be more proud of you guys for managing to get help for us. Great job."

"It wasn't hard," said Gohan. "Gramps and grandpa really wanted to help after they heard what happened."

Before they could go on, the younger Ranch and Trunks burst in, confronting them with flustered expressions.

"Well if it isn't little us," said future Ranch with a smile. "Although you're not so little anymore. What's up?"

Young Trunks unsurely began, "How…how, uh…old…?"

"How old were you when you had Gohan?" young Ranch quickly blurted out at older Ranch.

Unperturbed, older Ranch looked up at the ceiling in thought. "Hmm…good question. Trunks, think those two years in the time chamber count?"

He shrugged. "I suppose so."

"In that case I was twenty or so," she answered.

"Twe—Twenty?" young Ranch screeched in panic.

Thrown off by her reaction, older Ranch responded, "Yeah, why? What's wrong?"

Her brain felt fried as her she began counting on her fingers. "It…It can't be! I've—I've still got to finish school. And even after that there's other stuff I think I want to do. I don't have enough time for all that before we have kids!"

"Cool it, mini me," said older Ranch. "Just because I started popping out kids at that age doesn't mean you will."

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked young Trunks. "You guys are the future us, so that must mean—"

"No, it doesn't," older Trunks said consolingly. "We may be the same people, and are probably similar in a lot ways, but we've lived vastly different lives."

"Exactly," said older Ranch. "Tell me, is 18 still running around?"

Young Ranch nodded. "Yeah, she—"

Older Ranch interrupted by reaching out to run a finger along her younger self's smooth left cheek. "Then how come she hasn't carved up your face yet? You're about the age she did that to me."

"There's also the fact that you two have your fathers, while ours died before we could remember them," added older Trunks.

Young Ranch then clutched her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. "You guys are right, I suppose. No need for me to worry about having kids any time soon."

But older Ranch then looked at the two of them a bit more closely, and huffed, "This all obviously means you two are already at least dating. We didn't hook up until we were a couple of years older than you." She added as an aside to her husband, "Seriously, how is that frickin fair? Right after we got rid of the cyborgs, I was hoping for us to do more fun couple stuff. Instead it turned out I was pregnant."

"Hey, I'm right here!" Gohan complained.

"Calm down, obviously it's me and your dad's fault, not yours."

With the ice broken, Goten, Mooli, and Daikon all went out to properly greet them.

"Hi," older Ranch said pleasantly, curious about the new arrivals. "And who are all of you?"

"We're your brothers," Daikon told her. "I'm Daikon."

"And I'm Mooli," announced Mooli.

"Holy crap! I've got brothers here?" older Ranch said getting up and ruffling their heads. "Awesome!"

"And twins to boot," said older Trunks. "That's—"

"I'm your cousin Goten," Goten butted in indignantly, still not over how he didn't exist alongside them in the future.

"So Gohan has a brother, too?" older Ranch said with delight.

"It's great to see this timeline flourishing," said older Trunks happily. "So where is Gohan?"

"He's working," replied Goten. "He said to let him know how it all went…oops, guess we haven't yet."

The time travelers were watching the sunset on the pristine city from the balcony.

Then from above, they heard, "Trunks! Ranch!"

Trunks and Ranch looked up and grinned, although they then became a bit confused. Gohan had flown in with a muscly guy with an afro clinging to his back, and next to him was a woman carrying a bundled up baby. And right behind them was Piccolo.

"Gohan!" Ranch shouted happily, running up and hugging her cousin, when the three touched down and the muscly guy got off.

"Ranch, it's good seeing you again," Gohan greeted, hugging her back. "And you too, Trunks."

"It's great to see you, too," Trunks said, although he was a bit thrown off by his appearance.

But Ranch held Gohan at arm's length, and gleefully said, "Oh man, look at you! You grew up to be such a dork! I love it!"

Laughing, he replied, "Thanks…I think."

Trunks greeted, "Piccolo, it's good seeing you again, too."

Nodding in acknowledgement, Piccolo explained, "I was at their house when we got the word."

Putting on a serious expression, Gohan asked, "So I take it that things didn't work out even after your dads showed up to help?"

Trunks shook his head. "Nope, we just barely escaped."

The woman with the baby then introduced herself. "Hello, I'm Videl, his wife. And this is our daughter Pan."

"Good to meet you," Ranch said gladly, as she bent over for a better look at Pan. "Hi, cutie, I'm your other Aunt Ranch. And that over there is Uncle Trunks."

Young Trunks, having just walked out onto the balcony with Ranch, overheard that and blurted out in embarrassment, "Hey, I'm not her uncle!"

Older Trunks chuckled. "I think she means me," he said, going over to also get a look at the baby.

"Oh, right," he mumbled.

Mr. Satan then strutted forward and offered out his hand. "Hey there, I had to come over after hearing about all this time travel stuff. I'm—"

It suddenly clicked for Ranch, and she interrupted, "Hold up, you're that Mr. Satan guy!"

"You know who I am?" He was caught off guard by that at first, but then confidently said, "But of course, I guess even in the future I'm super—"

"Yeah!" Ranch cut in, barely hearing him. "Cell smacked you face first into that mountain!" She laughed, and continued, "Gotta say, the way you managed to survive that was frickin impressive."

"Oh…you remember seeing that on TV?" he asked, embarrassed.

"No, we were there," Trunks said, astonishing Mr. Satan.

"Yeah, they were there during the Cell Games," Gohan informed him. "In fact, Ranch was the one that helped me take down Cell."

"Ah, it was nothing," she said casually. "So what's he doing here?"

"He's my dad," Videl answered.

Before Ranch or Trunks could comment on that, others suddenly appeared above them. "Hello." They all looked up to see the Supreme Kai, Whis, and Beerus all descend by them.

"Oh hey, it's Supreme Kai," the older Trunks said curiously.

Older Ranch then started, "Yeah, but who's the overgrown ca—?"

Her younger self immediately dashed in and covered her mouth to shut her up. She quickly hissed, "That's Lord Beerus, God of Destruction! He's the last guy you want to piss off! Got it?" Future Ranch quickly nodded.

"Is Goku here?" asked Whis. "The Supreme Kai would like to speak with him."

The three deities were served sundaes, as Goku walked out with Bulma, Vegeta, and Raditz in tow. The Supreme Kai then informed them the Zuno had been paid a visit by Zamasu of the Tenth Universe, and that he had asked about Goku and the Super Dragon Balls. So Vegeta and Raditz then informed them what had happened in the future. Eventually Whis began to propose his theory regarding Zamasu and his search to acquire more power, and an ally. The answer as to how came down to the Super Dragon Balls.

From there the discussion turned to theorizing that Zamasu must have used the Super Dragon Balls to create a copy of Goku, and then to turn himself immortal, and that he must have used the time rings in order to not have to wait a year. Since only a Supreme Kai is capable of using those rings, they became concerned about Gowasu's safety.

"I should go back and check on things," Goku said seriously.

Shin nodded. "I can take you all there. But please keep everything peaceful. The present Zamasu hasn't done anything, after all."

Vegeta grunted and turned away. "I don't care about this present Zamasu. I'm not going."

Raditz sighed. "I'd go, but I suddenly have another daughter I'd rather stay beside."

"Dad, we're fine," his future daughter insisted.

Ignoring that, he just told his brother, "Don't somehow make things worse, Kakarot."

While Goku was away with the deities, everyone else was left to wait around. Not long after he left, though, more visitors dropped by Capsule Corp.

"Hey guys, it's great seeing you again!" Krillin greeted.

"Hi, Krillin, same to…you," Trunks said, finishing slowly when he realized who he was with.

"Well, look who it is," said 18, approaching them. "You should know that son of yours wanted to blast me away the other night. A chip off the old block, I'd say."

Getting over her surprise at the feat Krillin managed, Ranch smiled nastily, and replied, "I suppose so, except that I actually had the pleasure once."

The two glared at each other for a second or two before they suddenly began laughing, slightly surprising Trunks and Krillin.

18 then offered a hand to Ranch. "Okay, I'll say it. Thank you for sparing me."

Ranch took her hand and shook it. "Seeing that cute kid clinging to your husband makes me glad I did."

Marron then ran up to the future kids. "Hey, want to play?" she asked, their spat from the other day forgotten.

"Okay!" Bulla agreed, taking off with her.

"Hey, wait up!" said Gohan, following.

18 chuckled, and asked the parents, "Ever thought you'd see such a sight?"

Trunks dryly replied, "Seeing as the possibility never even crossed out minds…no."

But Ranch smiled, saying, "At least they made a friend." But then she suddenly remembered, and yelled sternly at her kids, "Hey! You better have yourselves a good time while you can, 'cause once this is over you're grounded as hell for sneaking out!"

Young Ranch then gingery asked, "Look, I know you're their actual mom, but can't you take it easy on them?"

Young Trunks quickly took her side, and earnestly said, "Yeah! All they wanted to do was see you guys after you were gone for so long!"

Even though Ranch's first instinct was to brush off their request, she actually gave it some thought. "Well…"

"From what we heard you two did kind of watch over them," older Trunks admitted.

"Alright, as a favor to you two we'll take it easy on them, okay?" promised older Ranch.

"Thanks," younger Ranch said with relief.

"I wish we were able to help them more, though," younger Trunks lamented. "We couldn't train them, or even teach them fusion."

Older Ranch cocked her head curiously. "Fusion?"

Inspiration struck like a lightning bolt for the younger pair.

"That's it!" cried young Ranch, running outside.

"Follow us! We'll need room!" shouted young Trunks, as the two took off towards the open grounds.

The future pair just shrugged and followed. At the very least it might be interesting.

Their past selves landed by a pond and made sure that their audience had a clear view. And from there they began the fusion dance. "Fu…sion…HA!" A bright light suddenly blinded them when they finished their chant and their fingers connected. The adults from the future stood there in astonishment, gawking at the new being that stood before them. This new person was a mix of their younger selves with long, straight hair. Not only was that but the power the being gave off was absolutely insane compared to what it was before!

"What…just happened?" Ranch asked slowly.

"It's us…but mixed together?" Trunks said, wide-eyed.

"This is Raunks!" their combined voices declared, flexing and showing off. "But that's not all."

"It's not?" repeated Trunks.

Right then Raunks powered up to Super Saiyan, stunning them even more. Not wasting any time, Raunks powered up again to Super Saiyan 2, and after some more powering up it was followed by Super Saiyan 3. "How do you like this?"

"That's amazing!" Ranch exclaimed excitedly. "Trunks! We're learning that!"

"No doubt," Trunks agreed without hesitation.

Suddenly Goten appeared behind them, since he noticed what was happening, and decided to offer some words of experience. "Be careful if you push it this far, though," Goten advised. "This form won't last long, especially if you power up to Super Saiyan 3."

"So this is Super Saiyan 3, eh?" Ranch said curiously, getting up and looking around Raunk's form.

"I see they demonstrated the Fusion Technique," Raditz stated, as he showed up with Vegeta.

"Dad," Ranch said to her father seriously, "we can't go back to the future until Trunks and I at least managed to learn this technique."

Vegeta scoffed. "You really intend on delaying the next battle for this? You realize—"

"Yes!" Trunks told him flatly. "Zamasu's immortal, obviously we know. Still, if this can help, even if it just ends up being a little bit, it'll be worth it!"

Grunting, Vegeta just said, "Fine. Do what you want. It's your future."

While they waited for Raunks to defuse, Goten went ahead and started show his future cousin what would be her side of the fusion dance. The movements were ridiculous and made her feel pretty self-conscious, but she sucked it up and did her best to mimic him. And when Raunks did eventually split, Trunks also joined in on the awkward movements, but they didn't get much practice before something crash landed right by them. Peering into the crater they saw Goku, Beerus, and Whis had returned.