Edit: as of 1/5/2018, I have edited this chapter and polished it up a bit; fixing spelling mistakes, grammar errors, and some other things. Hope you enjoy the fixes.
Last time on "Make a Wish"...
Goku Jr. and Puck were awoken in the middle of the night by a bright light, which came from a mysterious ring! After Goku Jr. put on the ring, Goku Jr. and Puck were sent to the past! Goku, believing that Goku Jr. was his son Goten, brought him inside, after finding him outside of his house. Once realizing this wasn't his son, Goku became full of questions! What will happen next? Find out in this new chapter of "Make a Wish!"
7:18 AM
Goku Jr's friend Puck had started to wake up from his slumber, and he was immediately confused. For one, he was out in the middle of a forest area, with a lone house in front of him. His friend Goku Jr. was missing too, and it began to worry him. "Hey!...Goku!" He called out, hoping to get a response of some kind… Of course, there was not a sound in the forest, besides the occasional cricket chirp and tweets from the birds. He took a while to look around, as by looking at the sky, he could tell it was very early in the morning, and he didn't want to disturb the residents in the house. He searched the place for a while for his friend, but came up empty handed. After a while, he started to panic, but he tried to stay strong however. He could feel tears starting to build up, but he knew crying would get him nowhere.
Soon, it was morning, 8 AM to be exact. Goku's wife, Chi-Chi, was the first to wake up, and she found a few things off immediately. For one, her husband was laying on the couch, with Goten lying on his lap, who looked very sad. In fact, she could make out some dry tears on his face. However, they both looked very tired, she figured it would be best to wait for them to wake up themselves, and then she'd go ahead and ask what happened. Oh well, she figured she'd start making breakfast for them, so they could wake up to a nice, big breakfast. Before she makes breakfast, she goes around and puts everyone's dirty clothes in the laundry bin, so she decided to go do that before anything else. She visited her and Goku's room, the living room where Goku and "Goten" were resting, and Goten's room, except when she walked into Goten's rooms, she saw something a bit odd.
Goten was sleeping in his bed still.
"What the?..." She said, becoming awfully confused. Alright, no problem. Maybe he got up while she wasn't looking and got into his bed while she was picking up everyone's clothes!... She walked into the living room to check and… Goten was also there. "Um…" She spoke softly.
Before she did anything else, like screaming, she had to investigate. She walked over to the Goten laying on Goku's lap. Upon looking closer at the face, she quickly realized that it wasn't Goten… It looked like him quite a bit, be like Goku, she knew her son's face well enough to know that wasn't her son, and like she noticed earlier, he had dry tears on his cheeks. In fact, the pajamas the child was wearing she had never seen before, and considering she's the one who goes shopping and buys everyone's clothes, that probably means a lot…
She went to go ahead and check the Goten who was in their room, and everything seemed in order; face looked normal, wearing clothes she'd seen before, etc. "Ok, when I close my eyes and reopen them, there'll be one Goten…" She said to herself, and tried doing just that, but of course, that did nothing.
"Oh my god…" She said to herself, starting to believe that she had gone insane. Seconds away before she began to scream her lungs out, she heard a knock at the door. Not quite what she was expecting, or wanting at that exact moment. Before she continued her mental breakdown, she figured she'd at least answer the door… Quickly, she realized something. She and her family lived literally in the middle of nowhere… Who would be at their door? Even if it was Trunks, considering the time (8 AM), she doubted he'd be at their doorstep at the moment. So who could it be? The only way she could find out was to go see for herself.
Upon opening the door, a dark skinned child with brown hair, who looked about 10 or 11. Not quite who she was expecting what so ever, but she was so confused that this was currently the most normal thing going on.
"Um...hello...can I help you?" She said, trying to sound as motherly as possible, even though she was having a mental breakdown.
"Um… So I kind of woke up in front of your house...and I don't really know where I am… And I was hoping you could help me…my friend is also missing too..." He said, trying to sound like he wasn't about to cry. Sure, he was much more confident in himself than Goku Jr. ever was, but he was still a 10 year old boy who was lost and scared. "Awe, you poor thing! Please, come in, and we'll talk some more." She said, making a hand gesture that gave him the ay-ok to come inside. "Are you ok mam? You look really stressed… If you need a bit of time it's alright." Puck asked, trying to be as polite as possible to the only person who's around them for miles. "No, I'm alright, I'm just… a little...uh...stressed out right now… I'm alright…" She said, clearly being very frizzled at the moment, but trying to stay as sane as possible for the moment.
While the two began walking into the house, Chi-Chi began to question the boy. "So, can you tell me what you remember last?" She asked him. "Well Let's see…me and my friend last night saw some kind of light outside… And that's really all I remember… Next thing I knew I woke up in front of your house, and my friend was completely gone, although it's possible he could have wandered off…" He said, trying to fill Chi-Chi in about everything he could remember about what happened recently.
"Hmmm… Alright… Can you tell me what your friend looks like?" She asked him, trying to get as much info as possible.
"Well… He has black hair that really just shoots out everywhere, he's a little shorter than me, he has a round face… I guess… and uh… light skin. I don't really remember what he was wearing last night though…" He informed her of everything he could think of appearance wise.
Chi-Chi slightly chuckled, that description sounded a whole lot like Goten. "Alright...and his name?"
"Goku."
Chi-Chi stayed silent for a moment, before speaking up.
"I'm sorry, could... you say that again?
"I said his name is Goku."
Chi-Chi would have been fine with the fact that his friend had her husband's name, she doubted the fact that there wasn't anyone else in the world with that name, but the description perfectly matched her son Goten, and better yet a young Goku. Talk about a coincidence…
"Uhhh… alright… and can you tell me your name?"
"My name's Puck."
Meanwhile, while Chi-Chi was talking to Puck, her youngest son, Goten, woke up a bit earlier than usual, but that was likely a result of him training with Goku and going to bed early. He brushed his teeth, put on his qipao, and did some stretches in his room.
" Alright, I'll uh… be sure to look out for um… Goku then. Come on, let's go inside." She said, as the two began to walk into the living room. While Chi-Chi and Puck began to walk into the living room, Goten had also started to do so. "Hi mom!" he said, with a big grin on his face, like always. "Hey, who's that?" Goten said, looking confused, while pointing to Puck. Suddenly, Puck's face had lit up, as he started running towards Goten. "Goku!" he shouted, being full of joy that he "found his friend." He grabbed onto his shoulders, and started bombarding him with questions. "Where were you? What are you wearing? Are you alright?" He said, making sure that his friend was alright. Goten stood there with a puzzled look on his face. "...what?" was all he managed to say. "Uhm, that's my son Goten, I think you may have mistaken him. Goten, this is Puck, he says he's lost." Chi-Chi said, trying to inform Puck of the misunderstanding. "Um… hello Goten…" Puck said, trying to be polite. Goten continued grinning, and said "hi!" Wait...Bu-But… he looks just like Goku!" Puck said, trying to reason with Chi-Chi.
Goten gave a slight chuckle, and started rubbing the back of his head. "Ya… people do say I look like my dad…" he said, trying to make things a little less awkward for everyone. This statement however, only troubled Puck even more.
"What do you mean that you look like your dad?" Puck said, becoming confused. "Well you called me Goku! That's my dad's name." Goten said, with some pride in his voice, he loved his father very much, and had great pride in him. "But...hold on…" Puck said, realizing what Chi-Chi had noticed as well. "You look a lot like my friend Goku, and your name is Goten… and you claim that your father looks a lot like you… and his name is Goku!?" Puck said, trying to make sense of the situation. Goten started to realize what Puck was trying to tell him. "Huh… that is weird… In that case, we should probably-" Goten was interrupted by the sound of Goku's yawn. Oddly enough, no one except Chi-Chi had noticed the adult man sleeping on the couch, nor the child laying on his lap. After Goku's yawn, he began to stand up and stretch his arms. However, Goku Jr. was still on his lap while he stood up, resulting in Goku Jr. falling off his lap, and falling onto the floor. This, of course, woke up Goku Jr. "Owe!" He shouted, hitting his head on the floor. The scream from Goku Jr. bonking his head startled everyone, including Goku, who jumped when he screamed, and started rapidly looking around. "Huh? What?" Goku said, not quite sure what just happened from literally waking up seconds ago. Puck, again, began to smile, as he yelled "Goku!", sure that this was actually his friend. Everyone else however, assumed Puck was talking about the adult Goku, but they were in fact wrong. Chi-Chi had almost forgotten about the second Goten, but the minute she did, she started having what would be an asthma attack, that is if Chi-Chi actually had asthma. Goten just stood and watched in the background, with his eyes wide open, as he slowly started walking towards his mom, and started hugging her, starting to worry himself.
"Ugh…" was all Goku Jr. said, as he rubbed the back of his injured head. "Oh, uh… hi Puck…" Goku spoke, sounding like he was completely out of it, which he was. "Are you alright Goku?... I actually heard the impact of that hit…" Puck said, checking if his friend was alright. "Ya… I'm alright, don't worry." Goku Jr. said, assuring his friend that the fall wasn't that big of a deal.
"Um, hi, it's me, Goku, but I have quite a few questions, and I'd really appreciate it if you two could answer them." Goku said, smiling but sounding a bit confused.
"First question, why do you keep calling me grandpa? The only person who has the right to call me grandpa is my granddaughter Pan, and she's like…" Goku paused for a moment "...a baby." He was going to say her exact age, but he never really thought about asking. He didn't really remember a birthday party for Pan, so he just guessed she was zero still.
"Um...uhh…." Goku Jr. managed to spit out. He really didn't know what to say. Quickly, he turned to Puck and said quietly "Puck, what do I say?!" Puck could tell that Goku Jr. was beginning to panic, and tried to calm him down. However, Goku Jr. began to speak up. "Hold on… What did you say your granddaughter's name was?"
"Um… it's Pan, why?"
"Um..." He paused for a moment, and continued speaking. "My grandma's name is also Pan…"
Goku, Chi-Chi and Goten didn't really know what to say or do at that point, it's far too much of a coincidence for all of those factors to all perfectly line up. Suddenly however, something had clicked in Goten's mind.
"Hey, wait a second!" he said moments before dashing off, and came back into the living room sporting some of Gohan's old glasses, a piece of paper, and a pencil. "What's with the getup Goten?" Goku asked his youngest son. "I really don't know for myself." Goten said, with a huge grin. "Alright, let's see… if I put that there, and do that…" Goten said quietly, while writing down a grid or chart of some kind. Suddenly, Goten stopped writing and asked his look alike and Puck "What year was it last time you two checked?"
The two both replied with the same answer, Age 889.
Goku and Chi-Chi slowly started realizing what was going on here.
Goten looked down at the paper once more and continued writing. Finally, he asked one more important question. "When you were calling my dad your grandpa, were shortening the words great great grandpa?"
"Ya…" Goku Jr. replied, being a bit started that the child had figured that out.
Goten continued writing down for another minute, and began to speak up, and showed to everyone what he was drawing and writing. Upon looking at the paper, what was shown was a family tree, with some blank spots here and there, but a relatively complete family tree.
"What do you need that for?" Goku asked his son.
"Isn't it obvious dad? Look! Everything here adds up!" Goten said, showing his father his creation. "At the top of the family tree is you and mom, under them is big brother, next to him was Videl, under the both of them is Pan... and if we skip a bit here, since this is where the family tree would normally end, it leads all the way to this little Goku we have here!" he said with pride, as he pointed to Goku Jr. "Wow, that's really impressive Goten, nice work!" Goku said aloud, while smiling. He was very proud of his son. "Well you can thank me for that… I am the one who gets Goten to study so hard after all!" Chi-Chi said, reminding her husband who's been helping Goten with his education. Goten chuckled for a moment, and put Gohan's ext
ra pair of glasses, the glasses he was wearing to look smart, in his pocket, hoping he wouldn't forget to put them back.
"Heh...ya…" Goku said, scratching the back of his head while smiling like he always does.
Goku began to speak up once more, as his face changed to a more confused looking one. "Wait… so if you're further down our family tree, and you claim that you're in Age 889, even though it's currently Age 797… then that means…"
Goten finished the sentence for his father.
"They're from the future!"
Author's Note: This is my first ever fanfiction, and I'm glad that many of you are enjoying it. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could tell me what you think of the story so far by leaving a review. I'd also ask what you, the readers, think I should improve on, or make a chapter about in the future. I plan to continue working on this for quite a while, so please stick around!
