"How did you guys know that I was coming?" Goku asked everyone.
"This guy told us. He's a mystery man. I think he might be a fan of yours." Bulma explained to Goku and gestured to the purple-haired boy standing beside her.
"He knows all about you, daddy!" Gohan smiled. Goku blinked in confusion, looking at the young man, wondering who he was.
"He even knew the exact time when you would come!" Bulma added.
"But how? We've never even met." Goku said, confused.
"That's what he said. He must have been tracking your ship from outer space." Bulma said.
"Really? I don't know. Freiza tried to do that, but I could sense his energy levels when he passed me. He sure was in a hurry to beat me home." Goku said, unsure, until he saw that Frieza was nowhere to be seen or even sense his energy. "What in the world happened here, guys? Who defeated Frieza?" Piccolo looked at Piccolo and Vegeta. "Was it you Piccolo or was it Vegeta?"
"Neither of us did. It was this guy." Piccolo frowned, looking over at the boy. "He did it with ease. He turned into a super saiyan and picked him apart."
"What? A super saiyan?" Goku's eyes widened. "I can't believe it! Outstanding! A super saiyan at his age!"
"Hey! Aren't you forgetting something?! You, your son and I are the only Saiyans still alive!" Vegeta shouted.
"Well, if he says he's a super saiyan then that's good enough for me." Goku smiled.
"Honestly, Goku, you take things way too lightly sometimes!" Bulma frowned.
"No I don't." Goku replied.
Then Goku's eyes wandered over to Ocarin and saw the baby Namekian in her arms, clinging to her shirt. Goku's eyes widened in surprise.
"Whoa, Piccolo, I didn't know you have a kid!" he exclaimed.
"I don't." Piccolo said, firmly.
"Then who's this?" Goku asked.
"I found him on the way here. He might have gotten separated when the Namekians left Earth." Ocarin told him.
"That's not entirely the truth." the boy spoke before he looked at Goku with a serious expression. "Goku, I need a word with you in private."
"Alright then." Goku nodded. The two flew off a few yards away from everyone, when they were out of hearing reach, and landed.
"Thank you for trusting me." the boy said.
"I should be thanking you for defeating Frieza. I had a chance to finish him, but I was only fooling myself thinking that he might change." Goku told him.
"That was your first mistake. He was out of control, and you couldn't stop him. When he landed and you aren't around, I had to step in. I didn't think you'd make it." the boy smirked.
"His ship was a lot faster than mine. I knew he was going to hurt the people here. I was about to make my move. But then you came along."
"And just how were you going to make a move when you were two hours away in space?" the boy asked Goku.
"Well, I picked up a technique I learned. I wouldn't have been here in seconds." Goku explained.
"Are you serious?" the boy asked surprised. Goku smiled and winked.
"It's called instant transmission."
"You mean time travel?" the boy questioned.
"No. You dematerialize and travel and the speed of light. You'd be surprised by how much ground you can cover flying 186,000 miles per second!"
"If I had known you didn't need my help with Frieza I could have waited and met with you alone and avoided the risk of meeting all the others." the boy clenched his fists.
"The risk? What do you mean?" Goku asked him.
"I don't mind answering that question. But let me ask you something, can you transform into a super saiyan at will?" the boy asked Goku.
"At first I wasn't able to. But now I can control it." Goku explained.
"I need you to do it right now." the boy asked him. Goku blinked. "What?"
"Please. I need to see for myself."
"Okay." Goku nodded and started to gather up his energy and his hair turned blond, and his eyes turned green. "Are you satisfied?"
"Yes, I am." the boy smiled.
"So, what's next?" Goku asked him. The boy turned into a super Saiyan as well. Everyone watched in shock, wondering what was going on as they felt their tremendous power. The baby in Ocarin's arms woke up and blinked and looked around until he saw Goku and the boy staring each other down.
"They look like they're going to fight. Their powers are evenly matched." Ocarin spoke. The boy made a move and quickly pulled out his sword to strike Goku with it. But the blade stopped suddenly just inches from Goku's head. Goku didn't even flinch as he stared the boy down with a piercing gaze. "Why didn't you try to avoid it?" the boy demanded.
"I sensed your intentions. I knew you were going to stop." Goku smirked.
"Well, this time I'm not going to stop, got it?" the boy smirked.
"As you wish." Goku replied and raised one finger. The boy lunged to attack again but Goku blocked with the blade with his finger, stopping each and every one of the boy's attacks. Then the boy jumped back and lowered his power, turning back to normal and sheathed his sword. "Everything I've heard about you is true. You're good, no, you're great!" He smiled.
"I wonder what they're talking about?" Ocarin spoke.
"They were testing each other's strength." Piccolo answered telepathically in her mind. Ocarin's eyes widen and she turned to Piccolo. "Wait a minute, Piccolo, you can hear them?" She asked him. Piccolo nodded.
"My ears aren't just for looks. Namekians have super hearing." He told her.
"I'm sorry for the secrecy but I need your word that you won't tell anyone what I'm about to say." the boy told Goku.
"Well, I had no problems keeping secrets but sure you have my word." Goku said.
"Thank you. My name is Trunks. This is going to sound strange, but I'm not from this time. I traveled here in a time machine 20 years from the future." He explained to Goku.
"You're from the future? This incredible!" Goku exclaimed. Trunks nodded.
"Yes. Vegeta was right. Only yourself, Gohan have Saiyan blood and I got mine from him. He is my father." He told Goku. Goku's eyes widened in shock.
"What?! You're kidding! You're absolutely sure that Vegeta is your father?" He asked. Trunks nodded.
"Yes. I am half Saiyan, half Earthling."
"You're kidding. Vegeta's son, my gosh! I can see the resemblance!" Goku exclaimed in disbelief and laughed. "Vegeta's going to be a daddy! That's incredible! Who would have ever thought-"
"Goku, I didn't come here to tell you that." Trunks interrupted him. "I have something really important to tell you." Goku nodded and waited for him to continue. "In three years from now on May 12 at 10 am, a horribly destructive duo will show up on a island nine miles southwest of South City. They have dreadful power even by our standards. Their monsters, Goku. That's the best way to describe them. Once these pair show up, the Earth and everything we know will be gone for good."
"Are they aliens?" Goku questioned.
"No. They're androids created right here on Earth. Their creator is Gero. Doctor Gero the mastermind responsible for the old Red Ribbon Army, remember them?"
"Yeah! I defeated them!" Goku's eyes widened in shock. "Him?"
"Yes." Trunks nodded.
"But how? He lived?"
"Thanks to you. Yes, that's one battle you're going to wish you fought to the very end." Goku gritted his teeth. "I'm sorry to say that Goku. But letting Doctor Gero escape will come back to haunt you and everyone you know. He's probably working on these monsters as we speak. I'm still not sure where is his lab is. If I knew I would be paying him a visit instead of you. It's hard to describe these creatures, Goku. They are unlike anyone you have ever faced. Nothing even comes close to rivaling the technology that gave them birth. It's mind boggling how strong they are."
"What's his plan? What's Doctor Gero trying to accomplish with them?" Goku asked Trunks.
"No one really knows. The moment those things were able to think for themselves, they rebelled. They have their own twisted merciless agenda ever since then. There's no wrong or reason to what they do. They're machines of destruction. Man haters. Their first act after they were born was to turn on their creator, Doctor Gero himself. These androids are ruthless. They delight in causing pain and chaos. Living on Earth in my time is like living in a nightmare. Always running and hiding and looking for a way out."
"But you defeated Frieza in flash and yet from what you're saying these androids are even stronger than you?" Goku asked.
"They are, for sure. Hunting me down is one of their favorite hobbies but it's two against one. There's not much I can do against them except run."
"What? But what about the others? Aren't they helping you?" Goku questioned in disbelief.
"They can't." Trunk's clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. "They're dead. Three years from now, the Earth's Special Forces will be gone. I'm all that's left. I'm doing the best I can. They're all gone. Vegeta, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, Chiaostu, Piccolo, Ocarin."
Ocarin saw Piccolo's eyes widen slightly and saw him clench his fists as if he heard something disturbing. "Piccolo?" Piccolo was too focused as he continued to listen in on the Goku's and Trunk's conversation.
"They're all going to lose their lives against the androids in a horrible battle. There will be only one survivor, my master, best friend, Gohan. He narrowly escaped that battle but in 13 years, they get him. And with Piccolo gone, there's no chance to use the Dragon balls to revive anyone."
Everyone saw the grim expressions on Goku's and Trunk's face. "Now what's the deal? They look like someone died." Yamcha spoke.
"Making the time machine has also cost us so many countless lives, so many at the hands of those beasts! Darn them! Their just far too strong!" Trunks growled.
"Hey, Trunks, what happens to me? Do I die in the battle as well?" Goku asked him. Trunks shook his head.
"You die before it. Not too much from now, you're going to catch a new virus that attacks the heart. You're going to die from it." Trunks spoke. "You'll hearing about it soon. Not even a super Saiyan can beat it."
"What a bummer, being killed by a stupid virus. Darn it!" Goku growled. "I want to fight those androids and I don't even get a crack at them!"
"You mean after everything you've heard; you still want to fight them!? Aren't you scared of them at all?!" Trunks exclaimed in surprise.
"Sure, a little bit, all challenges are scary at first maybe I can make a difference." Goku said.
"A guy like you, probably could. You're a true warrior. My mother and Gohan were right about you, Goku, I really can trust you." Trunks smiled then he handed Goku a small bottle. "Take this for your health."
"My health?" Goku questioned.
"It's an antidote. There's no cure now for that nasty virus you're going to get but in my time there is. Take this when you start to get sick, and you'll be fine."
"You're kidding me!" Goku grinned. "Wow, awesome, and it's purple colored too. I bet it's grape flavored!"
"I shouldn't be doing this, Goku, it's going to change history, but some history should change. Things are pretty bad. We're living in fear with no way out it's terrible! But you can make a difference, Goku. My mother told me that you could." Trunks said.
"Your mother knows me? Am I going to meet her, or do I already know her now?" Goku asked.
"Now." Trunks replied.
"Wow, I already know your mom, huh? That's bizarre!" Goku exclaimed. "Does she live close or something?"
"She's standing right there." Trunks told him and pointed at Bulma.
"Bulma's you're mother!?" Goku sputtered, falling over in shock. Piccolo's eyes widen as well and let an out a gasp in shock.
"That guy just pointed a finger and Kakarot just fell down!" Vegeta shouted.
"Bulma and Vegeta, huh? Unbelievable." Goku said, getting back up, still in disbelief. "I thought Bulma was going to end up marrying Yamcha, but Vegeta!?"
"They don't stay together very long. It's more of a passion kind of thing." Trunks blushed. "You know how stubborn they are. Yamcha and my mother are going to break up. He finds someone else and my mom, she falls in love with my dad. Of course, he would never admit it."
"No shock there. I know them and man they're the feistiest people I know." Goku replied.
"I don't remember my dad so it's really great to get to meet him." Trunks smiled. Everyone saw that they were looking over at them and wondering why. "I know its bizarre but they'll find a way pretty soon. But if they get wind of who I really am, it might not happen. Promise you won't tell them, Goku, or I might not exist."
"Not a problem." Goku smiled. Trunks smiled then looked over at Piccolo and Ocarin. "Can you tell those two to come over here? There's something I promised to tell them before I leave." Goku blinked and nodded and turned looking over at Piccolo and Ocarin.
"Hey, Piccolo, Ocarin! He wants to talk with you two!" Goku called for them. Ocarin blinked, wondering why this strange boy wanted to talk to her and Piccolo. Piccolo flew over and Ocarin followed behind him, holding the baby Namekian in her arms and landed down beside Goku and Trunks. Trunks told them the truth that he wasn't from this timeline and that he came from the future, along with the baby.
"I did promise to tell you two about this baby-" Trunks started to speak but paused for a minute before Piccolo interrupted him.
"So, let's hear it." He grumbled.
"About nine months from now, he will be born." Trunks told them. Piccolo's and Ocarin's eyes widen in shock and Ocarin looked down at the baby Namekian who was staring back up at her cooing happily.
"Born? You mean hatched." Piccolo spoke. Trunks shook his head.
"His name is Bansuri. He is your son, Ocarin, and yours too, Piccolo." Trunks told them.
"Wait a minute! He's our son!?" Ocarin exclaimed, while Piccolo remained silent still in shock from the news. "Come to think of it, I have been feeling a little sick lately."
"Does that make him my son, too!?" Piccolo heard Nail speak to him in the back of his mind.
"But wait, if he's from your time then why isn't he around your height, shouldn't he be I don't know, older? Why is he still a baby?" Ocarin questioned.
"I don't really have the answers for that. My mom checked him out as well and she told me that it probably has something to do with trauma, that his body hasn't adjusted yet. It's like he doesn't want to." He told her. Ocarin blinked before looking down her future son.
"I guess you got both our traits by being completely stubborn." She smiled.
"Especially when I told him that I was coming back and told him to wait in the time machine." Trunks replied.
"How do I know he's really my son?" Piccolo asked.
"Piccolo!" Ocarin scolded him. Suddenly, Bansuri vanished when he teleported from Ocarin's arms and reappeared on Goku's head then started to teleport randomly all over before reappearing back into Ocarin's arms again. "He has your teleporting ability, Ocarin!" Goku smiled.
"It was actually you, Ocarin, who gave him to my mom. You said that he was "special." Trunks told her.
"Special? What do you mean?" Ocarin asked him.
"I don't know. Those were your exact words before you-" Trunks paused before he saw Piccolo narrowing his eyes at him and stopped.
"Before I, what?" Ocarin asked him.
"It's not that important. I've already gave my message. Hopefully, this timeline will fix everything." Trunks quickly told her. "Now I really must be heading back. My mom's probably worried sick about me. Bansuri, come on." Trunks walked over, holding his hands out to take Bansuri from Ocarin. But Bansuri clinged tighter to her shirt, refusing to let go. "Bansuri, we can't stay here. This isn't our timeline. We have to go."
Trunks and Ocarin managed to pry Bansuri to get him to let go of Ocarin's shirt and Ocarin, hesitantly, handed him back to Trunks. Bansuri blinked before he let out a loud wail and started crying. Piccolo groaned, gritting his teeth in pain, covering his ears. And it was probably hurting Bansuri's ears as well, considering he was half Namekian. Ocarin covered her mouth completely devastated, hating seeing her future son crying. She wanted to take him back from Trunks, but she couldn't.
Bansuri didn't belong here. He wasn't from this timeline. She would see him again in a couple of months. Ocarin walked over before Trunks left, cupping Bansuri's cheek. He stopped crying a little and looked up at her in Trunks arms.
"You listen to Trunks, Bansuri. He is right you can't stay here, but I can't wait to see you in a couple of months. And I'll love you all over again. You are strong, especially since you made it this far." Bansuri stopped crying and blinked at Ocarin processing her words and cooed.
"Thanks. It'll make the trip back home a lot easier." Trunks smiled and he hopped back into his time machine with Bansuri and took off, disappearing.
Piccolo started to tell everyone what Trunks had told him, except the he was Vegeta's and Bulma's kid. For the next three years, everyone needed to train for the upcoming android threat.