"So Dende managed to revive Trunks?" Eden asked as we walked down the path.
"Yup," I nodded, "And he also managed to get Piccolo back in the mood." After I told Piccolo about the guillotined aliens in the other worlds, he was pretty furious.
"So how are we gonna fix that?" she asked.
"You," I replied.
"Me?"
"Uh huh, you're the new Shen Long right?" I smirked.
"Um...sort of..." Eden scratched her head.
"Then I know Dende's looking for your balls at the very minute!"
Some guy walking past us stared at us strangely and ran the opposite direction.
"That sounded...wrong," Eden murmured wide eyed.
"What's wrong," I asked.
"Nothing!" she perked up, "I mean, don't go saying that too loud around here."
"Oh."
"The rest of the gang is also doing your dragonball challenge," I also added, "Puar told me Gohann had to sew 300 dresses within a day."
"Did he get it?" Eden asked.
"Yup. He bought three hundred dresses," I explained. We were in front of Capsule Corp. now. There were some sort of yelling inside and we stared at each other before deciding to go in. It was Trunks, who was bickering to the other Trunks pointing at the remote looking thing.
"The generator has to go next to the engine!"
"That won't work. You need it next to the coils so the vibrations will start the transmissions."
"That can damage the coils!"
"That's why we have a stability cover."
"But the front side gives it more leverage!"
"And the back side gives more height."
"What make you so smart anyway?!"
"Because I am at least 3 years older than you. I'm in the future, and the future has better technology. Plus, I have more experience."
"If that's right, how'd you get so owned by Gallapher?"
Silence.
"Why don't you put the generator next to the valve?" Bulma asked.
"Mother you're a genius!"
We sort of giggled at the argument between the two Trunks'.
"Gallapher totally beat you up. How did that happen smarty pants?"
"Loss of concentration."
After a while of tinkering they started pissing each other off again.
"You're not that good at fighting aren't you."
"How did you come to that conclusion?"
"Your mom died because you were too weak."
"My challenges are much harder than yours. So if you don't shut that thing this instant, we've got some problems to deal with."
"Then you know Eden is frightened of swords don't you? And you have one tied to your back at all times. Nice to make a girl feel comfortable."
"Your scared of swords?" I hissed at Eden. She smiled weakly and nodded.
"Dragon instinct."
"Esther is not the same. She admires blades and she thinks it's better than jewelry."
Eden turned to me gawking.
"You hate jewelry?!" she murmured wide eyed. I shrugged.
"Hey, I'm allergic to metal."
"B-But you're me!" she complained.
I got to say, this is disturbing.
"Come on boys," Bulma cut in, "They both like you two."
We anime dropped and the door swung open.
"Eden!"
"Esther!"
We got the rest of our composure and stepped inside.
"Nice seeing you Trunks," Eden put her hands on her hips, "I still remembered the times when you liked taunting your enemies by pulling your pants down and smacking your hide. And then Brolly grabbed you and you were so scared you peed on him." My face twitched red and I fell backward. The younger Trunks started to look fidgety and embarrassed. Future Trunks sweatdropped and kept a straight face. I got up and dusted myself off. I know my Trunks had a different problem.
"Coming to the mall with me Mirao?" I winked, "Oh, and tie up your hair. The last time we went out, everyone thought you were a girl." As Future Trunks melted, Trunks folded his arms with a Vegeta smile on his face.
"Say, didn't Goten have that problem back then?" Eden popped in.
"Really?" I inquired. She pointed to the picture on the desk.
"Huh," I frowned looking at it, "I was sure Gohann had the same haircut. Nobody or at least I hadn't mistaken him for the opposite gender."
"You know kids," Bulma interrupted wiping her hands on her apron, "Yajirobe had that wildcut too! I wonder what Chichi was thinking. Well, I do admit it was fun taking his scarf as Trunk's baby diaper. I think that guy still has it around his neck." Both Trunk's stared at her in disbelief, then at each other before slapping their hands over their beet red faces. Eden and I looked at each other before giggling uncontrollably.
"Mom," Trunks groaned, "How did that have to do with hair?"
"Hey guys," Goten popped inside, "Thought you might...uhh...am I missing something here?" We snorted in laughter and left the room. Seconds later, both Trunks' bolted straight out of there as if Eden set them on fire. We glanced inside and spotted Goten with a red hue on his face.
...
We lay at the beach. And of course you were wondering why we were here. It's celebration time! That last moment we were next to the ocean was when Gallapher chased our butts. That was settled. Everyone managed to complete the challenges to receive a dragonball so everything was good. Tonight, Eden would be ready to transform.
"Goten catch!" Trunks yelled.
Splash!
The boys were in the water. I was cooling off under the beach umbrella. Eden however, was purring contently as she sunbathed on the mat. Typical dragon stuff.
"Really Mirao," I turned to Trunks who was pretty much done keeping his composure, "You have to be so shy as to wear a towel? There is a reason it's called swimming shorts. Take it off or change clothes." Well, he decided otherwise. Just as he got up to change into his regular things, Gohann's frisbee throw pretty much missed by a mile.
Clonk!
Instead of hurtling speed gazillion at Krillin who was freaking out to death, it U-turned and clobbered Future Trunks from behind. I'd say that it was really bad aim for someone who can actually slam dunk Cell in a toilet. Gohann quickly ran over to the fallen guy.
"Sorry Future Trunks," he apologized quickly, "you okay?" I poked the lavender haired lad experimentally.
"Eden, come join us!" Trunks called, "We're playing volleyball now!" Eden opened one eye.
"I think it'll be fun!" I cheered and pulled her up, "Well? Me against you?"
...
She had different plans. Future Trunks, Goten, Bulma, Oolong, Tien, Puar, Yamcha, and Master Roshi were on my side. Wait, pause a moment.
Smash!
Sorry, Master Roshi had to skip this one. Thanks Chichi. Eden had 17, 18, Trunks, Felice, Fidel, Gohann, Chaotsu, and Goku. Vegeta was moping around in the sun.
"Let's go!" Felice cheered and we all shot to our places. As soon as I ran to the net, I tripped over Bulma, and we both hurtled into one very surprised Trunks before smashing into the net.
Crash!
We were tangled up like a fly in a spider's web. Yamcha and Tien stood there with the most surprised look on their faces. Goten quickly helped us up. Before we could start over again Vegeta got into a fight with a crab.
What?
Kaboom!
That was basically the end of that. He blew up the whole beach.
"It's just a crab!" Bulma spluttered.
"He pinched me!"
...
"Arise Sister Dragon!" I shouted with my best voice. All eight dragonballs started to shine like stars. Eden, who was standing in the middle turned into a whole different entity. Her eyes glowed white as her hair began waving in the steadily increasing wind. The light from her dragonballs swirled around her extending to the sky. A huge boom of thunder flashed and the whole Earth seemed to be covered in a sheet of darkness. And before we knew it, all of us were standing in awe at the magnificent glittering white scaled dragon that towered over our heads. Besides that jerk Vegeta who seemed to be only yawning.
"State your desire," Eden said, her voice resonating throughout the city.
"We wish to bring all the people and extraterrestrials that Gallapher killed back to life," I told her. Her gaze shifted to the sky and she roared, tearing a hole through heaven. Now this was the weird part.
It was literally RAINING people.
Eden seemed to get the hang of it and made sure nobody died again by hitting the ground. The aliens were returned to their natural home.
"It is done," she spoke, "State your next desire."
"I wish for hot model girlfriend!" Master Roshi cut in. We all anime dropped.
"You think he could ever resist not saying that," Bulma sighed. Eden's face was priceless.
"Get. Lost."
It was like she was choking on her own words. Surprisingly, Android 18 (who was next to the turtle hermit) slapped Master Roshi to the other side of the world. We all blinked a couple times before looking at Krillin.
"How did you marry her again?" Future Trunks asked with increasing fear and frustration.
"I'm...going to get some coffee bye!" Krillin sped off leaving a cloud of dust.
"Ahem," Eden growled, "I grow slightly impatient."
"That wish is voided," 18 turned back to Eden.
"Is there any way to bring my mother, Chichi, Goku and the others who the Androids and Cell killed in my time back to life?" Trunks asked.
"That is not within my abilities," Eden sighed, "but Esther can."
"Excuse me?" I stared at her confused. What was she talking about? I can't bring dead back to life like she can! Two dragon scales imbued with the most potent magic I have ever seen in the universe dropped into my hands.
"If you have the body then this will do," she continued, "A simple phoenix spell will ultimately activate it. I'm sorry that I cannot do any more than that." Trunks and I looked at each other. "My time is up," Eden sighed, "begone."
"Wait," Trunks spoke up, "Can bones do also?" I looked at him with a confused look on my face.
"Bones?" I asked.
"I want to resurrect Gohann," he explained.
"After all those years?" I noted, "I hate to say this but Gohann will be just a skeleton now. And speaking of which..." I shuddered at the thought of digging the grave back up to find the underlying remains of the last descendant from Goku. Eden's massive head shook as she chuckled.
"If you would enjoy seeing your friend a walking pile of bones, then I suggest you leave him at peace." she answered, "I am done." Her scales burst into light and the dragonballs scattered again leaving behind a very disoriented Eden standing there. She fell over in a second but Goten and I caught her.
"H-How did I do?" she asked weakly.
"Wonderful!" I beamed, "But what do you actually meant by the dragon magic you gave me that only works on flesh and blood?"
"What dragon magic?"
I stared at her for a second before realizing that she couldn't remember the conversation we had when she was in dragon form.
"Great you guys!" Bulma cut in, "my dad had just finished making some minor adjustments to the time machine. Trunks and Esther, you guys can leave anytime you want to."
"That's fantastic Mother!" Future Trunks exclaimed.
"But at least stay for dinner first," Chichi cut in, "I got some rat tails and spider legs dipped in kimchi sauce, hot and ready in the oven." Only Goku found that an amazing feast.
"Last one to my house is one of Frieza's men!" Goku shouted and instant transmissioned himself right off of here.
"A-Are the spider legs hairy?" I shivered under my breath, "If they're bony long waving thingies...g-yuck."
"Don't worry," Future Trunks reassured me, "Chichi's cooking is fantastic. Besides it can't be that bad."
"You're telling me you would be able to eat rat tails without gagging?" I inquired skeptically.
Silence.
"I thought so," I smirked.
...
"Well, I'm sad that you have to leave," Bulma said patting our shoulders, "I guess you still have Gallapher to deal with in your time huh."
"Be sure to come back often," Felice beamed, "I'm going to learn how to eat tacos!" Before we slipped in our time machine, a very flustered Eden came running to us.
"Wait," she panted, "I have this to give you Esther!" She handed me a dagger, and a beautiful one at that.
"You threw this away after you tried to kill yourself for the second time," she explained, "I forged this with some dragon spells so I hope it would give you a better edge on Gallapher." I stared at it with amazement.
"I-I don't know what to say..." I blushed.
"Come on, give it a swing!" she squealed. I uttered an acknowledgment and slashed at an imaginary foe.
Shiiing!
It sliced a telephone clean in half from 50 feet away. Everyone stood there with amazement, too shocked to speak.
"H-How did..." I stammered but Eden cut me off, "Think about an arrow."
"An arrow?" I asked.
Ziiing!
I looked at my hand and I ended up holding what appears to be a bow. I pulled it back and released it with a twang. The tree in front of us was split in half and came toppling down. Eden took it from me and threw the bow into the air. It transformed into a pink umbrella and she handed it back to me. "Good luck," she beamed.
Silence.
"I've got to get one of those..." Krillin murmured.
"Well, we should be going now," Trunks told me.
"Come visit often!" Felice waved.
"Boy," Vegeta walked up and leaned menacingly close to his face, "Remember this. You're not a true saiyan of royal blood. You are a mistake, and always will be." As Vegeta walked away, I gawked at the stinging deepness in his words.
Everyone glanced at Trunk's distressed look.
"You're a great guy," Goku shook his hand, "Your dad just doesn't realize it."
"There there," Bulma gave Future Trunks a compassionate hug, "Vegeta didn't mean that."
"It is true though, you told me when I was seven," Trunks spoke up.
"Zip it," Bulma hissed and then continued in a sweet voice, "Do you need a womanly shoulder to cry on?" Future Trunks, who looked hurt just earlier, sweat dropped.
"N-No," Future Trunks stammered as his face began to turn red, "I'm fine mother. Really."
"Great!" Bulma cheered and slapped Trunks on the back, "Go rescue your time!" Trunks stumbled into the time machine and I quickly clambered up after him.
"Bye guys! Thanks for everything!" I waved as Trunk's closed the dome thing, "Stay alive okay?"
Then...we flew off back through the timeline.