"So how exactly am I going to fit in the time machine? Isn't it designed to fit only one person? And I'm about as tall as you, if not taller." I asked Trunks as we walked down the hall towards the front yard, putting my over-shirt on as I walked. It's been a few weeks since Trunks came back from the future, nothing else has happened since then, no surprise there...

Trunks looked back at me and smiled. "In my time, my mother modified it so two people could fit inside. Since you said yes, it's gonna be a big help, but if you had said no, then it would have been a waste of time." He replied.

I nodded. "Okay, that makes sense I guess."

We both walked in awkward silence the rest of the way down the hall, our echoing footsteps making the only noises, before walking out the door and into the front yard where the time machine was. It was probably midnight by now, judging by how high the half-filled moon was. A slight breeze blew, and since it was almost winter, it made the already cold night even colder, the wind blew past our faces and whipped our hair back a little bit. But despite the cold night air, Gohan, Bulma, Chi-Chi, surprisingly, Josh, and Luke sat in the grass waiting for us. They all wanted to say their goodbyes obviously. A figure moved in the shadow of a tree, catching my eye, it was probably Vegeta, judging on the power signature, he likes to hang out in the shadows by himself. But as I scanned the area, Cocoa was nowhere in sight, I sighed quietly and my shoulders slumped.

Josh and Luke hurried up to me and Trunks left me alone with them, just barely missing Josh's shoulder as he walked by. "Thanks for coming guys." I said, holding back tears, as far as I knew, this would be the last time I would ever see them.

"Thanks for calling, if you hadn't of contacted us, we wouldn't be here right now." Josh replied, his voice was shaky.

I looked at Luke. "How's Cocoa doing?"

"She's been kind of down lately, I told her you were leaving immediately after you called but I haven't heard from her since." Luke replied.

I sighed slowly. "Alright, I was hoping to see her one last time before I leave though..."

"I'll tell her you'll miss her."

I gave Luke a half-smile. "Thanks."

He gave me a thumbs up. "Any time, Kiela."

All three of us embraced each other in a tight group hug, none of us wanted to let go because it might be the last time we ever get to do that. But eventually, we all pulled away. I said my final goodbyes to them and then approached Vegeta, I knew he didn't like goodbyes, but it was worth a try. He glared at me when I approached him, but I just held a hand out to him, smiling at him.

"It's been fun knowing you, Vegeta, thanks for sparring with me in the last year." I said. Vegeta tsked and looked away but he hesitantly shook my hand, surprising me a little bit.

Once that was done, I said goodbye to Bulma, Gohan, Chi-Chi, and Chi-Chi's newborn son, Goten, before joining Trunks who was standing in front of the time machine, I felt really excited to go, but I felt extremely nervous, since I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I was still disappointed that Cocoa didn't show, but I guessed it couldn't be help. Just as we started to get into the time machine, however, someone ran past the tree Vegeta was under and into the moonlight, shouting wait as she ran into the yard. Everyone turned to look at her, my eyes widened and a small smile formed on my lips when I recognized her. "Cocoa!" I said happily, jumping down to the ground, landing gently, and running to her. She stopped in the middle of the yard, gasping to catch her breath as if she had just ran in a two mile marathon. She looked at me and smiled in relief, her green eyes sparkling in the moonlight.

I stopped in front of her, not sure if she wanted to hug me or not. She took another deep breath and straightened up. "I got your letter, and I just want to say I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be such a jerk to you for the past year, I guess I never thought about the possibility that you were keeping the secret from us to protect us. If you had told us though, we would've probably just gotten in the way and get killed, which would've been a lot worse than just keeping it from us so we could live." She said, she stared at me dead in the eyes. "It's just...it was such a shock to me that you weren't...you know...human... But that's what makes you special, there's no other person like you, even in your race, you're really unique, and I'm glad that you were friends with me."

I gave her a half smile. "Thanks Cocoa. You don't know what it means to me when you say that."

Cocoa smiled again and pulled me into a tight hug. "I know, that's why I said it. And you can bet that I mean it." She pulled back and stared at me hopefully. "So, now that that's settled, will you stay?"

I tried to swallow the lump that had formed in my throat, but with no success. "Cocoa..." I started, not even sure I could tell her. "I would but... Something's telling me to go. I can't really explain what it is but..." I sighed. "I don't want to live this boring life, it goes on endlessly. I don't know how else to say it..." I bit my lip and looked down, disappointed in myself for letting Cocoa down again.

Cocoa forced a smile to her lips, trying to look happy but her bottom lip trembled. "It's alright, I know what you're trying to say." She glanced at Trunks briefly, he sat in the time machine waiting patiently. I knew what she was thinking but it wasn't like that, not in the slightest, but I didn't say anything. "Maybe I can talk to Bulma here, and you can talk to Bulma in the future and they can make something like a video link that we can talk to each other with. Like a webcam but making the connection through time... or something like that."

I squinted at her. "Are you sure that's a good idea? It could mess up the flow of time."

She shrugged. "Okay then, if that's not possible, then one of them can make another time machine or something, right?"

I tilted my head to the side a little bit. "I guess..."

Cocoa glanced over my shoulder and at Trunks again. "I think you should go, your friend's getting a little fidgety."

I glanced over my shoulder to look at Trunks, he shifted around in his seat impatiently and I smirked before looking back at Cocoa. "I guess you're right. I don't know him very well, but I think I know where he gets his impatience from." I said, looking directly at Vegeta.

Cocoa giggled quietly. "Alright, but, one more hug before you leave? No telling how long it will be before we see each other again."

I smiled sadly. "You bet." We both embraced each other into one final hug before I walked to the time machine, climbing into the seat behind Trunks' seat.

I waved at everyone as the glass dome closed, the nervousness returning. The only thing I knew about the future was that it was almost completely demolished because of the androids, almost everything was nothing but ruins and there were only a handful of people left, including Trunks and his mom. But since Trunks killed Cell and both androids, Android 17 and Android 18, a year ago, the people there were starting to rebuild and clean the place up.

Trunks looked back at me, offering me a reassuring smile when saw how nervous I was. "You ready?" He asked.

I looked up at him and nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be!" I replied, trying to sound confident.

Trunks nodded and turned to the front, pressing some buttons on the dashboard. "Alright, here we go."

Everyone waved at us as the time machine floated into the air, I trained my eyes on the only faces that really mattered to me as the stood next to each other, linking arms and waving at us slowly, Luke, Josh, and Cocoa. I knew I would see them again, it was just a matter of when and how. I waved back at them, smiling slightly, before they disappeared in a flash of light, endless darkness replacing them.

I sighed quietly and leaned back against my seat, staring out at the darkness. "Sorry for dragging you into this." I heard Trunks say after a few minutes of silence.

I sat up. "Huh? What do you mean?" I asked, looking at him.

He looked back at me again. "For taking you from your friends like that. You did know that no one will know who you are in my time right?"

I nodded slowly, looking back out at the darkness. "Yeah I kind of figured that."

"And you wanted to come anyway?"

I smiled to myself slightly. "Yeah, I'll miss my friends a ton, but at least I'll be a bigger help in the future than I am in my own time."

Trunks laughed a little bit and looked forward again. "Yeah I guess you're right." He examined a meter on the dashboard. "We should be appearing in my time any second now."

I nodded and sucked in a deep breath, holding it. Here we go. In a sudden flash of light, we were floating above a large, half demolished city, construction sites here and there. "Wow..." I whispered, letting out the breath I was holding.

Trunks snickered at my reaction, but I ignored him. The time machine slowly descended toward the ground and gently landed on a small platform outside a large, dome-shaped building with the words Capsule Corp. written on the side, making a loud creaking sound as it touched the ground. This was definitely the future. Trunks hopped out of the cockpit once the glass dome was lifted, I followed, landing gently on the soft grass. I looked up, it was daytime, unlike in my time, but since we traveled to a different time and day, it shouldn't have surprised me.

"Well I guess that's it." Trunks said, pushing a button on the side of the time machine. "This thing's useless now." The time machine suddenly exploded in a cloud of purple smoke, once the smoke cleared, however, an oval capsule with a button on the top laid where the time machine once stood. Trunks picked the capsule up and put it inside a small white box that had other capsules stored inside.

He turned to me as I looked around, taking everything in. "So what now?" I asked, still a little dazed.

He smiled slightly and pointed at the house. "We can go inside and see how my mother's doing on the spaceship."

I nodded, half listening, half zoned out. "Okay, lead the way." I said, ripping my eyes away from my surroundings and looking at him. He nodded and walked into the large house, I followed close behind. The house wasn't any different from the one in my time, but go figure I guess.

Trunks stopped at a door on the left side of the hall and knocked on it. "Who's there?" An older, somewhat high-pitched voice called from behind the door.

"It's me, mom. I brought someone to help." Trunks replied.

There was a pause before the sound of footprints reached my ears. The door swung open, revealing a much older-looking Bulma. She stepped out of the house and stared at Trunks with a wide smile. "Trunks your back!" She said happily, embracing him in a tight hug. Trunks blushed a little bit from embarrassment, trying not to look at me. I grinned in amusement and tried to hold back a laugh. "How did it go dear?"

"Mom, come on, you're embarrassing me..." Trunks mumbled.

Bulma pulled back and laughed softly. "Sorry Trunks, but I'm your mother, I'm supposed to embarrass you."

Trunks groaned in his throat quietly but tried to hide it as he cleared his throat. "Mom, this is Kiela. I've told you about her before." Trunks introduced me, motioning his hand toward me.

Bulma looked at me and smiled, holding a hand out to me. "It's nice to finally meet you. Trunks has told me so much about you!"

I smiled a little bit and shook her hand, lifting an eyebrow slightly. "Uh, thanks. It's nice to meet you too." Again... I said, thinking the last part.

"So how's the spaceship coming mom?" Trunks asked.

Bulma looked at him, letting her hand drop and letting go of mine. She sighed and put her hands on her hips. "Well it's coming along, but pretty slowly unfortunately. I'd say it'll be ready for testing in a few weeks if not months."

Trunks' head jerked forward and he blinked in shock. "What?! A few months?! Can't you work faster or something?"

Bulma looked at him with a furrowed brow. "Now you listen young man, I'm not a Saiyan so I can't possibly move as fast as you and you're girlfriend." Trunks jerked his back again, obviously embarrassed. My eyes were wide in shock and I swear my face was glowing red.

"She's not my girlfriend!" "I'm not his girlfriend!" Trunks and I both said at the same time. Bulma grinned.

"She's just a friend mom!" Trunks said quickly, his face practically bright red.

I shook my head, hoping the redness in my cheeks would go away. "Yeah, we're just friends, really." I agreed.

Bulma giggled. "Okay, if you two say so." She said. "But I'm not going to believe you." I blinked. Trunks and I looked at each other and sighed hopelessly. Bulma laughed softly again. "Come on you two, time to eat." Bulma walked down the hallway, Trunks following her. I looked back outside behind me before following them.

A/N: I hate it when parents do that to you when you bring a friend over, it's really embarrassing, both for you and your friend... Let me know what you guys think of this chapter in a review, I'll be happy to know what you guys think of this and if anything should be changed. Until the next chapter guys!