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Jason9000: Well everyone we all survived the apocalypse. That or we're all already dead and this is some sort of purgatory. Anyway enjoy the chapter because it's a long one!*
Goku and the others arrived via Instant Transmission. They looked around the Lookout and found Dende waiting for them. He looked very worried and they could see Mr. Popo running back and forth in the doorway that led deeper into the palace in a frenzy looking for something.
"Okay Dende what happened? How did we lose the Dragon Balls?" Goku asked.
Dende shook his head and for a moment he didn't answer.
"That's just it though. We had them inside the throne room right on a table. I was looking at them this morning before I made my morning rounds of looking over the Earth and its people. Piccolo was meditating and Mr. Popo was watering the flowers and we never sensed anybody near the Lookout. Then we sensed Future Trunk's ki jump out of nowhere. Piccolo wanted to double check to see who it was. When Piccolo left I went to throne room to start my own meditation. I noticed that the Dragon Balls were gone and came back out to ask if Mr. Popo had moved them when he was cleaning. He told me that he may have and forgotten, so we both looked for them everywhere and we still can't find them," Dende said.
"Okay so we just bust out the Dragon Radar and go find them. I mean they sky hasn't gotten dark anywhere in the world so that rules out of them being used," Gohan said.
"It's worse than that I'm afraid Gohan," Dende said looking warily at Piccolo.
"What could be worse than the Earth's set of Dragon Balls be missing?" Trunks asked.
"Earth's other set of Dragon Balls are missing. That's what's worse," Piccolo voice broke out from the side of the Lookout.
Piccolo was looking out to the skies of Earth. No one had noticed him standing there. He looked greatly troubled. He turned towards them and walked over to the group of Saiyans.
"What are you talking about Namek? There aren't a second set of Dragon Balls on Earth," Vegeta said as if it was a stupid statement. "I am pretty sure we would have seen more dots on the Dragon Radar than just the usual seven clustered on the Lookout."
"That would be true Vegeta, but these Dragon Balls are very different from the ones that the Radar is built for," Piccolo said.
"How is that even possible though? The radar was able to pick up the Namekian Dragon Balls without Bulma even looking at one or even trying to adapt the radar to pick up their distinctive energy signature," Gohan said.
Piccolo was silent for a moment before he began speaking.
"That's because I created them, or should I say the original Nameless Namek created them. This was long ago when the Nameless Namek sought the position of Guardian. It was during his spare time when he wasn't training for the position when this idea of seven spheres came to into his head. After many years of trying he was able to create the set. At first the Nameless Namek was pleased with his work, but then he noticed the stars were black. In his mind he was wary, for the picture of the spheres never had black stars, but red stars," The Namek said beginning his tale before pausing for breath.
"When the previous Guardian came to see his apprentice's work he was impressed; until he felt a great evil within the Balls. He told the Nameless Namek to be careful with these objects for they housed a great evil. The Nameless Namek summoned the Dragon and before him a massive red dragon appeared claiming to grant any one wish. The Nameless Namek only inquired if there were any long term consequences if a wish was made. The Dragon responded that the Balls would fling themselves across the galaxy and if the Balls were not returned to the planet within one year, it would blow up because of the amount of power from the wish. The Balls needed to be return to restore tranquility so the planet wouldn't suffer a backlash of the wish's destructive power. So the Nameless Namek said there was no wish to be made at that time. Fortunately instead of the Dragon Balls flying off into space they fell onto the floor of the Lookout and weren't turned to stone. The current Guardian and the Nameless Namek agreed that it would be too dangerous to be used so they decided to store them at the bottom of the Lookout," Piccolo said finishing his story.
"Pray tell why on Earth you didn't destroy them Namek?! You could have saved us a lot of worry if you had just destroyed them after you fused with Kami all those years ago!" Vegeta said walking toward the tall Namek.
Piccolo looked down at Vegeta and didn't say a word.
"If you had just destroyed them, then we wouldn't be in this mess would we?" The Saiyan asked grabbing Piccolo's purple uniform in a threatening fashion.
"That's because to you Vegeta, that would be the equivalent of chopping off your arm," Dende told him.
Vegeta's head turned toward Dende, but his grip remained on Piccolo.
"What are you blabbering about now?" The Saiyan Prince asked.
"Creators of Dragon Balls have a strong mental bond with them. If the connection is severed because someone killed the Dragon then they feel the pain of Dragon's death in their mind. It takes a while to get over it. I'm surprised how well Kami managed it, from what Piccolo told me Kami handled the death of Shenron better than most," Dende responding.
"Mostly because he was more worried about me, than the death of a Dragon he was most likely not going to revive. Now get your hands off me Vegeta, before I show you why Kami and Goku were once afraid of me," Piccolo warned the Saiyan in a low tone.
"Hey come on guys knock it off. We don't need this right now. We need to work together. I'll go to Capsule Corporation and grab the Dragon Radar to see if we can still find them. Just please take a breath and don't threaten each other; you'll only make this worse," Goku told them before disappearing using Instant Transmission.
Vegeta removed his hand from Piccolo's garb and walked off to the side, before turning and staring at Piccolo with his usual gaze.
In five minutes Goku returned, but he looked at the Dragon Radar with frustration. He kept hitting the radar with his hand, but thankfully it didn't break.
"I don't understand why isn't it working?" Goku seemed to ask himself.
"Here dad let me see," Gohan asked walking toward him.
Goku held out the Dragon Radar to Gohan, who took it and then began working with it. After a minute he too looked frustrated.
"Well either the Dragon Balls has vanished or they have left the Earth. The Radar can't find them anywhere on the planet. We know they weren't used since the sky hasn't turned dark yet," Gohan said.
"So this could mean two things. One is that they're both out in space, or two only the second set of Dragon Balls are out in space, and the first set is still on the planet," Mirai said.
"If the latter's the case we still need to be ready. We've got to stop whoever took the Black Star Dragon Balls from making a wish. I'd rather not have the Earth be blown up in a year," Trunks said.
"Wait why don't we go after whoever took the regular Dragon Balls into space?" Goten asked.
"Because boy, we have no idea which direction in space they went. For all we know they could have went toward the planet Mercury or off into deep space. The only bet we have is too see if Bulma can upgrade the Dragon Radar to detect the Dragon Balls in far space. I'll also see if she can have a feature where it only shows our set. I'd hate to waste a lot of time going in one direction only to find out we're just going to Namek," Vegeta said.
"Great idea Vegeta, want me to drop you, Trunks, and Mirai off then?" Goku asked.
"No thank you Kakarot, we can fly our way home." Vegeta said taking off with Trunks and his older counterpart flying with him.
Goten and Gohan grabbed onto Goku's shoulder and they left the Lookout back to their home.
Bass was waiting outside the door that led to the Demon Realm. He hated being by this thing, since it represented the trapping of his entire race in Hell. He couldn't wait for these doors to finally be open for all. It was only a matter of time. He was anxious as was everyone else. Bass was waiting now for someone to open the door from the other side. The door couldn't be opened on this side unless one of the Supreme Kai's was here. He waited till he heard a shriek from the other side and then the door opened just enough for him to slip through.
He saw a dead carcass in front of the door with blood pouring from its body spilling over the stairs. He grinned relishing in the smell of blood in the air and was almost intoxicated by it. He shook his head.
'I cannot be distracted now. Not when I'm so close. Soon we won't have to sacrifice ourselves to open this damn door and all can pass through without any blood sacrifices whatsoever,' Bass thought to himself.
He took off toward the palace. After flying for seven minutes at full speed Bass finally saw the castle. He landed by the front gates and the two guards let him pass without hindrance. Bass dashed through the main hall and went straight to the throne room. Without even knocking he opened the doors and found King Piccolo talking with Piano and another demon that looked like an incredibly old chameleon.
"Please forgive me sire, if I interrupted anything. I have both sets right here," Bass said holding out a bag.
For a moment King Piccolo only glared at Bass and the young demon visibly shivered.
"You know I don't tolerant interruptions and what the consequences are. I have been interrupted twice in one day," He began standing up from his throne.
Bass gulped and only held the bag out toward King Piccolo as if he was asking for mercy with just the bag.
"However, these interruptions are the only ones I will ever excuse," King Piccolo said with a wicked smile.
The Demon King extended his hand toward the bag and it levitated toward him. He opened the bag and began pulling out the Dragon Balls.
Bass stood silent for a moment in relief. No demon ever interrupted King Piccolo unannounced and lived to tell the tale.
Something by King Piccolo's feet caught Bass's attention. It looked round sort of like the Dragon Balls, but much bigger. He couldn't really see it since the throne room was once again dimly lit.
He snapped out of his thought when he heard King Piccolo finish counting.
"And one more makes fourteen," The Demon King said emptying the bag and putting the last Dragon Ball on the floor.
"Oh my son, you poor fool. You should have destroyed these beauties when you had the chance. Now you have only assured the destruction of your beloved planet," King Piccolo said looking down at the Black Star Dragon Balls.
Suddenly they all began to glow and bring more light into the room. They also began to levitate around him in a circle. The Black Star Dragon Balls around his heart, the second set of Earth's Dragon Balls around his head, and seven massive Dragon Balls circled above his head.
"Y-You even got the Namekian Dragon Balls as well?" Bass cried out amazed.
King Piccolo only grinned at his young son.
"Yes thanks to Belthor here. When you told me you have both sets I decided to speed up my plans a bit concerning the Dragon Balls of Namek. From his report they didn't even see him coming since he was not only able to hide his power level, but was also able to blend in with his surroundings," He replied to Bass.
"Go get my associates and tell them to meet me in the Great Hall. Get the troops ready. We begin in thirty minutes," King Piccolo said to Piano.
"At once sire. I shall also get the fourteen demons you've chosen to meet with you and the others by the door immediately," He said with a quick bow before leaving.
King Piccolo walked down the three stairs from his throne and stood in the middle of the room. He looked like he was zoning out for a moment till everyone heard his voice projected all around them.
'My loyal subjects of the Demon Realm and residents of Hell. For too long have we suffered in this infernal pit! Too long have been unjustly punished for what we relish in. Who was King Yemma to decide that our actions were unjust, when in our eyes they were for the greater good? I for one have had enough of being dictated by those that are hypocrites to the very laws they uphold! I could go on all day and list the reasons why this system is so flawed that even a corrupt ruler would be sickened by this, but I will only give one example. How they allowed those that have been what they consider "evil" up to paradise! My predecessor Dabura, the Demon King was not sent down here with his kingdom where his loyal subjects were waiting patiently for their lord's return, but up to Heaven where he didn't have to suffer in this agonizing pit for his so called "sins". I will no longer tolerate these pathetic, weak, deities that think they have the right to judge us, when they keep bending their stupid rules for their benefit alone! I now have a way to finally escape this prison and back into the mortal Universe. You have two choices. You're either with us or against us! Those that are with us will be rewarded; those that resist will be punished with the worst torture they can imagine. For those that are with us you have two different choices. You can enter into the mortal Universe and do as you please, or you can help us attack those that have held us in thralldom! My troops will direct you where you want to go. The choice is yours my fellow brothers and sisters! You have half an hour to decide,' King Piccolo concluded before severing the connection.
He then walked to the Great Hall and saw the Cold family standing there waiting with Bojack. The Androids and the wizards coming up from the lower floors.
"Well my associates the time has finally come. As you can see everything is now ready," King Piccolo told them.
"Wait, why do you have three sets of Dragon Balls revolving around your body?" Cooler asked him.
"I will only give you the short answer since we don't have much time before we need to go to the door. Before Kami and I split we had made the set with the black stars you see before you. However, thanks to Kami's influence we decided to hide this set from the world. This set is vital to my plans of getting out of here. At first I was going to do this outside of Hell, but I remembered that something happens with the Black Star Dragon Balls. Instead of spreading across the planet, it's the galaxy. I only remembered this a few days ago when I was recalling my memory of this specific set. As for the Namekian Dragon Balls my contact has discovered that they were all in one spot and he was able to retrieve them without much notice," King Piccolo said.
He then rose with the Dragon Balls and went to the front doors.
"I suggest you follow, if you want to be among the first out of here. There is going to be a long line of people that want out," King Piccolo said before flying off.
The others proceeded to follow and for seven minutes they were silent till they landed on a stairwell in front of two massive doors.
The doors were around one hundred feet tall that looked like they were built into the mountain. It was black with statues of dead demons adorning the doors. There was one image of what could be a Supreme Kai standing toward them holding his hand out as if it was stopping them. Underneath him was writing scribed into the stone that no one could read.
"What does that writing say?" Cell asked.
"The way is shut to the foul creatures of Darkness; none of the deceased shall pass. Only those alive and willing to make a sacrifice may pass," King Piccolo said.
"What is this sacrifice?" Cell asked again.
"A Demon has to offer himself up his life force for his fellow to pass through the door once. If someone on the outside needs to come through again; then another sacrifice must be made. The Demons of old discovered this by accident many millions of years ago when a fight broke out on these steps, they didn't know what it meant by sacrifice till then. The Kai's probably thought we would kill ourselves in desperation to leave, thus making it easier for them to take us down. It's strange how sometimes enemies will think alike," King Piccolo added as an afterthought.
"There's still one problem with this whole plan though," Bojack said.
"Oh? And pray tell what is it?" King Piccolo asked turning toward the pirate.
"While most of us have trained as much as possible, we are not strong enough to take on the warriors of Earth. We have seen their strength rise to phenomenal heights and we can't match them even if we all banded together," Bojack said.
"Oh don't worry I'm one step ahead of you. We have one more stop to make after this and then you can all be on your merry way. Once I discover the Elder Kai's secret to unlocking someone's full potential I will use it on all of you and then you may go off to wherever you please," King Piccolo responded.
Everyone was taken aback by this. Did he really mean to storm the home planet of the Supreme Kais'? The only ones who had a chance of defeating the younger Supreme Kai were Cell and Bojack. Not to mention that there is the possibility of the Elder Kai fleeing in the midst of battle.
"Don't worry I know exactly where their home world is thanks to Majin Buu and I am confident that we can capture at least one of them. We just need the Elder Kai alive; I don't care what happens to the younger one," King Piccolo told them.
The villains were quiet and for a while mused this over. They had seen how much stronger the young Saiyan hybrid Gohan had gotten from his hidden potential unlocked. For a while nobody said anything till they felt massive powers coming toward them. They all turned and saw this black mass of people heading toward them. Nobody could count how many there were. They just saw all of these people flying and landing at the bottom of the stairwell. Soon others filed in behind them and the numbers kept growing. There were people lined up as far as the eye could see. Nobody could guess how many demons there were waiting. They seemed to number in the millions and not to mention the other races that were and waiting to get out.
King Piccolo stood before the endless tide of the deceased. Fourteen demons walked forward and stood bowing before their king. They all looked to be a combination of different species; some looked a bit like Tambourine while others looked vastly different.
"My fellow residents of Hell our salvation is nigh! Soon we will break open these doors and rush out into the Universe. Within 10 minutes I assure you that all of you will be alive and soon able to be free to do as you please. All I ask is for you to be patient a little bit longer and enjoy the show," King Piccolo called out before placing the three sets of Dragon Balls circling each other with the Namekian set on the outside circle and the black star set in the inner circle.
He looked toward the fourteen warriors and they all nodded with determination in their eyes, they were ready for their role.
King Piccolo stood back and extended his hands toward the Dragon Balls and in Namekian he cried out.
"Arise wise Porunga, arise young Shenron, and arise mighty Ultimate Shenron!"
All three sets of Dragon Balls glowed and three forms shot out of the sets. They kept growing in size and began coiling all around everyone. Finally the three dragons hovered above all in a circle.
Everyone was awed by the three eternal dragons. Never before had all three dragons been summoned at the same place, at the same time. In front of everyone was the full power of the Namekian race united under fell purpose.
The smaller green dragon looked young and fresh. He looked like mostly snakelike. The only distinguishing features he had was his horns on his head that looked like a stag, a long snout, whiskers, and finally flowing green hair on the side of his head. He seemed to have the air of an impatient young man that just wanted to get down to business and leave.
The bigger green dragon had the air of a wise old man. This one seemed to have the patience of someone that was willing to have the wisher consider greatly what they wanted before continuing. He was bigger than the other one and looked more like an alligator then a snake. He had a huge muscular upper body, a large fin going down his back, spikes on his shoulders and head, and finally two antennas on his head having him resemble more of the Namekian people.
The red dragon was the biggest of them all. He looked exactly like the smaller green one except his eyes were not red, but blue, and he had his whiskers under his chin as if they were a beard instead of a mustache.
"Why have you summoned us?" Porunga asked in English looking directly at King Piccolo.
"Eternal dragons before we begin I want to know. If you were to pool your powers together how many wishes could you grant?" King Piccolo asked them in English.
All three dragons were taken aback for they weren't expecting this.
"Allow us a moment to confer if this request is possible," Shenron said before turning toward his 'brother' and 'cousin'.
For a moment everyone was silent waiting for the answer. Finally Shenron turned toward King Piccolo.
"You have three wishes in total that are within our power, but you must address each of us separately for the wish. In short one wish per dragon in the language they were built to understand for making wishes and that is all you may receive," Shenron told him.
"That's even more than what I hoped. I thought we would only get one, maybe two wishes, but three is more than I ever dreamed of possible," King Piccolo cried out in mad joy.
He turned toward Porunga and cried out in the Namekian tongue. Cell could only catch a word or two since he didn't hear the entire translation, because King Piccolo was speaking very fast.
"Such a wish is well within our power," Porunga said before three sets of dragon eyes glowed.
Suddenly everyone felt warmer and looked up to see that all of their halos were gone. Everyone cried out in joy and was ecstatic that they were alive once more.
King Piccolo then turned toward Shenron and took a deep breath.
"Shenron I wish that the door you see before us is destroyed and can never be repaired," King Piccolo said.
Shenron looked at the door and responded.
"Please allow us a moment to see if it can be done."
For one long minute everyone held the breath as the dragons' eyes were glowing in concentration.
"Such a wish is beyond our power. We cannot destroy the door; however, we can give one of you the power to open the door," Shenron boomed to the people below them.
"Then I wish I had the power to open and close the door at will!" King Piccolo cried out quickly before anyone else tried anything against his plan.
The dragons growled for a moment in concentration with glowing eyes till they stopped.
"Your wish has been granted," Shenron said.
King Piccolo then grabbed his head and groaned in pain. Everyone looked perplexed at this and many of the lesser demons were afraid for their king. He fell to his knees clawing at his head as if he was trying to rip his brain out. Nobody went to help him and everyone simply waited. After a minute he stood up slowly and smiled evilly.
"At last…I can finally open these damn doors and let my armies loose upon the Universe!" King Piccolo yelled out laughing.
Silently the fourteen figures stepped around the Dragon Balls of Porunga and Ultimate Shenron. They all nodded to each other and their king once more before placing their hands on the Dragon Balls
"What is your third and final wish?" The red dragon asked.
"Ultimate Shenron I wish for immortality!" The Demon King shouted up to the dragon.
The other villains' eyes went wide. They realized if they didn't attack him now…then nothing they could try in the future would be able to stop King Piccolo. Before they even had a chance to move the dragons' eyes no longer glowed and Ultimate Shenron's voice boomed over everything.
"Your third and final wish has been granted. We will now depart until we three are summoned," Ultimate Shenron said.
The three dragons nodded to each other saying farewell before the Dragon Balls all rose up into the sky with the dragons disappearing in flash of golden light.
The fourteen demons all powered up to their maximum power and did their best to not keep the Dragon Balls of Earth from flying off anywhere. The Dragon Balls of Namek just fell right down in front of King Piccolo's feet. Everyone saw it was quite the struggle; especially the demons latched onto the Black Star Dragon Balls which hadn't turned to stone. They all cried out in defiance trying not to have them fly off and need to go on hunt all around Hell. Finally just when the demons looked like they couldn't take anymore the black star balls fell to the ground in defeat. Each demon was breathing heavily trying to catch their breath.
Suddenly twenty one different demons rushed up gathering the Dragon Balls and flew as fast as they could to the castle with a massive escort from the shadows rising up and following them toward the castle.
"Well now that we have the theatrics out of the way. I say we get a move on," King Piccolo said only to see the others blocking his path.
"You never said you would wish immortality for yourself," Bojack seethed to the demon Namek.
"Oh now don't tell me you're all upset by that? I just needed a little reassurance you all wouldn't gang up on me after I unlocked your hidden potential. For all I know you could be much stronger than me. I don't want you all backstabbing me right after I got you out and powered up to take on the warriors of Earth. Now either stand aside and let me lead you to the Elder Kai, or I will kill you all myself and have you tortured for my pleasure for the next thousand years," King Piccolo threatened them all.
They all slowly stood aside. They knew they couldn't take them at their current level. He proved months back that he was much stronger than all of them. They would just have to wait a little longer.
King Piccolo walked forward standing in front of the massive stone doors.
"Don't worry, if all goes as planned by this time next year, you'll all be immortal as well. That is if you don't do something against me," King Piccolo told them.
Everyone else walked up behind him and King Piccolo looked up and down at the doors for a moment.
"Interesting…no wonder we could never break out of here. The defenses of this door are amazing. It's a good thing the combined might of the dragons were stronger than the old Supreme Kai's otherwise we may have never gotten out of here," King Piccolo mused to himself.
Slowly he extended his right hand facing palm out toward the door. His palm began glowing a gold sphere that looked translucent. He then brought his hand back and fired it at the door.
When it impacted the door seemed to merely absorb the sphere. Suddenly they heard a massive crack as a line was coming down the middle of it splitting the door in perfect symmetry. When it reached the bottom it stopped moving down to the ground.
King Piccolo walked forward putting his hand on the right door. He took a deep breath and slowly he pushed it open. It creaked and moaned as if the door hadn't been used ever. On the other side was an empty desert with winds blowing the sand across the scenery. He paused for a moment and then turned back to the Cold family.
"Do any of you have a planet that has space pods and other ships?" He asked.
"Try Cooler Planet 55. Cooler usually had hundreds of ships stowed there, but I don't know if they still work if no one has been there since our deaths," Frieza said.
"I told you having a massive space armada waiting there would be useful one day," Cooler said smirking at his younger brother
"Shut up…" Frieza huffed.
"Boys don't," King Cold warned.
King Piccolo then closed the door and thought of nothing but the planet Frieza just told him. He slowly opened it up and saw a bunch of ships sitting there looking a bit rusted, but not too bad. He opened wide both doors and turned toward everyone.
"Let the invasion begin!" He cried with a cheer erupting in front of him. Soon thousands of people rushed forward to try and claim a ship for their own. None of the demons moved from their spot as everyone moved past them.
"Lord Frieza what are your orders?" Captain Ginyu's voice was heard calling out from above.
Frieza was silent for a moment till he replied.
"Take your team, the Armored Squadron, Zarbon, and Dodoria to establish order amongst our old troops and then reconquer our worlds if need be. Are these terms acceptable brother?" Frieza asked him.
"For once I completely agree with you. Let those that do not wish to be a part of our armies go. I don't want to come back and see a massive mess of bloodied corpses on this planet. Both you and Salza are in charge. Is that understood?" Cooler told him.
"Yes sirs!" Captain Ginyu shouted before flying back amongst the masses of people making a break for the planet.
After waiting fifteen minutes the last people went through. King Piccolo then closed the doors and turned toward his associates.
"Now my friends we have an appointment with the Supreme Kais'. Cell, Bojack I need you two up front. We will keep our power levels low. Then when we have them in sight I want you two to rush up and attack the younger Kai. Bibidi, Babadi I wish for you to prepare a spell to trap the Elder Kai so he doesn't try to escape when the younger Kai is attacked. Everyone else just follow me. Understood?" King Piccolo asked.
Everyone nodded and waited as King Piccolo refocused on the door. He stood silent for a moment with his eyes closed and then approached the door pushing it open.
The door opened to a green field with many moons hovering in the sky. King Piccolo stepped forward without hindrance through the door and turned back toward his fellow villains.
"Gentlemen, shall we?" King Piccolo asked grinning as mad as ever.
"Bulma, can it be done?" Vegeta asked his wife who was standing over the counter tapping her finger in thought.
"I'm pretty sure I can. It's going to take me a day or two at the most to upgrade the Dragon Radar to what you're requesting. I'll get started on it after I finish making lunch for Bra and myself." Bulma said walking to the fridge.
Vegeta nodded to her and then walked out to the living room where Mirai was entertaining Bra with stories from his timeline.
"So you're the older brother of mine that came from the future to help dad against the Androids?" She asked in amazement.
Mirai only smiled. "In the flesh milady." He said jokingly with a little bow.
"Oh no, please don't get her started. The last thing I need is for her to have this idea I have to bow to her all day." Trunks said sitting down on the other side of Bra on the couch.
Bra only stuck her tongue out at Trunks.
"You're just jealous I have a new favorite big brother." She said.
"Oh no, I've lost that privilege to myself. Whatever shall I do?" Trunks cried sarcastically.
"Don't be too upset Trunks. You're the only one in the world that can claim they lost the position to yourself." A robotic voice called from the hallway.
Vegeta looked at the direction of the voice and saw Android Sixteen walking in. He looked the same as he did when they faced Cell. He had the Capsule Corporation logo covering where his Red Ribbon Army logo used to be. To be honest he couldn't tell if it was this Android Sixteen was from his alternate son's timeline or the current one just by looking at him.
"I'm guessing this is the friend you were talking about?" Vegeta asked.
"Yup here he is. I went to Dr. Gero's lab after I had defeated Cell to see if he was there just on the off chance. Sure enough I found him half in pretty good condition. Mom and I patched him up and he's been helping the recovery ever since," Mirai said.
"Vegeta, I have heard much about you from Trunks. I would offer my hand for a handshake, but I know from my information about you, that you wouldn't bother," Android Sixteen said.
"Well at least he has some sort of mechanical brain in there, I hope you'll last longer around here than your counterpart. He was around for maybe two weeks at the most," Vegeta told the Android before walking past him toward the Gravity Room.
Android Sixteen didn't show any physical sign of offense from Vegeta's comment and only went to stand in the corner watching the Brief family.
"Hey, sorry about my dad's attitude Sixteen. He's mellowed a lot, but he still has some ways to go," Trunks said.
"Actually that was better than the first scenario I thought of in my head. I thought he was going to threaten about blasting me to Hell if I didn't move out his way," Android Sixteen said.
"Where were you anyway?" Mirai asked him.
"I was in the garden where Dr. Brief was feeding his animals. He certainly does have a lot of them," Android Sixteen said smiling.
"Love animals' big guy?" Trunks asked him.
"You have no idea, my friend," Mirai said shaking his head.
"Trunks you're still taking me to Marron's house later today, right?" Bra asked him trying to regain their attention
"Yes I remember promising I'd take you there for your sleepover. Hey Mirai, do you and Sixteen want to come along? I'm sure Krillin would like to see you and I'm sure Android Eighteen would like to see as well, Sixteen."
"Wait why are we seeing Android Eighteen? Does she live near Kame House?" Mirai asked.
"No she actually married Krillin and they have a daughter named Marron." Trunks said.
Mirai's eyes nearly popped out of his skull and even Android Sixteen looked up with confusion on his face.
"Wha-What?! They actually got together and had a kid? How is that even possible? I thought she couldn't have any kids, because she was an Android," Mirai asked.
"I don't know maybe Dr. Gero wasn't thinking that far. If you really want to know I'm sure Android Eighteen would love to tell you how she got pregnant," Trunks said sarcastically.
"Even I am surprised by this. I was not aware that Android Eighteen was able to bear children. I just assumed Dr. Gero rendered both the Android twins incapable of having any offspring since he was focusing on a robot empire. I am happy that she found someone to love and was able to have a child," Android Sixteen said with a smile.
"I don't get it. Why are Mirai and Sixteen shocked by this?" Bra asked turning toward Trunks.
"You'll understand when you're older, trust me," Trunks responded.
"I hate it when everyone says that…" Bra grumbled.
"Don't grow up to fast kid. Enjoy it while you can." Mirai said patting her head while getting up and walking out to where Bulma was in the kitchen making lunch for herself and Bra.
Bra reached for the remote and then flipped through the channels before stopping on Disney's Aladdin.
"Oh sweet it just started. I love this movie." Trunks said.
"What just started? Is that Aladdin? I haven't seen that one in a long time." Bulma said entering the room with food for herself and Bra.
"Want to go see if dad will want to watch this movie?" Bra asked.
Everyone was silent for a moment till they all burst out laughing at her statement.
"I don't think he'll want to. I'm surprised you were able to get him to sit through Sleeping Beauty. The only one I ever got him to watch with me was The Hunchback of Notre Dame when I was like five," Trunks said.
"That was probably the darkest Disney Animated movie I've seen," Bra said.
"Shush the song is starting," Bulma said.
For the remainder of the showing nobody moved. Sixteen was silent throughout the showing and watched from his corner. When it ended Bulma got up and stretched.
"Well I better go talk to dad about the plans for the upgraded Dragon Radar. Vegeta will probably be yelling at me if I don't get it done soon," Bulma said walking away.
"You'd better get your stuff packed, because we need to leave in half an hour," Trunks told his sister.
"Don't worry, I've just have to pack my sleeping bag in. I'll be ready in ten minutes," Bra said getting up and walking to her room.
"Where do you think Mirai went?" Trunks asked Sixteen.
"My sensors indicate he is still in the Gravity Room fighting with Vegeta," Sixteen said.
"Well let's go see how they're doing. Hopefully he isn't beaten to bad," Trunks said walking to the Gravity Room with Sixteen following right behind.
They went to the observation deck outside the Gravity Room where they could see what was going in through the glass window. Bulma had made it years ago at Trunks request so he can watch his father train. Trunks wanted to watch and study his father's moves when he was working in high gravity that Trunks couldn't handle. There was even an intercom to tell Vegeta when dinner was ready so he wouldn't miss his meal.
They looked down and saw both Vegeta and Mirai breathing heavily in their Super Saiyan state. Sixteen was able to see that the gravity was turned up to around 350 times Earth's gravity. Trunks reached for the button and pressed it.
"Hey Mirai we're about to leave in half an hour. If you're coming with us, I suggest you shower before leaving because I bet you don't smell very good," Trunks said.
Both of the Saiyans looked up at Trunks and Sixteen. They couldn't hear what was going on, but after a minute of Vegeta pointing to Trunks and then at the Gravity Room's floor; Mirai turned down the gravity and walked out.
Trunks walked to the exit and saw his older self with a towel wrapped around his neck.
"What did dad say?" He asked.
"That the both of us have to go in there as soon as we come back. He wants to test the both of us and see where we can improve," Mirai said walking toward the showers.
Trunks only nodded a bit before heading back to the living room and waiting for his older self and sister to join him.
Half an hour later Trunks got up from where he was sitting. He found Bulma and Bra at the door with her bags, Sixteen standing quietly in front of the door, and Mirai walking down the stairs toward them.
"Now you be good for Krillin and Eighteen, do you hear me? I don't want to hear of any trouble," Bulma addressed Bra.
"Yes mom I know. Now come on I want to be there as soon as possible," Bra said tapping her foot impatiently at her brothers.
"Relax we're leaving right now," Trunks said picking up her bags and sling them around his shoulders.
Sixteen opened and held the door for everyone to pass. Bulma kissed her children goodbye and Sixteen closed the door. They walked out a bit on the front lawn.
"Can she fly yet?" Mirai asked Trunks.
"Yes, but I think it'd be best if she rides on one of our backs since it's faster," Trunks said.
"I want to ride with Mirai!" Bra exclaimed.
"Sounds fair enough to me I guess," Mirai said shrugging his shoulders.
Bra squealed and jumped on her older brother's shoulders and they took off toward the direction of Kame House.
*Jason9000: Well that'll about do it. That should be long enough for you guys. I hope you enjoyed this. Have a Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!*