Goten's Trip to the Future

By

JediBubbles

Summary: Goten was playing with Trunks in Bulma's lab. Trunks dared Goten to play with Bulma's new invention. Then suddenly Goten disappeared and reappeared into the Mirai timeline.

Rating: PG

Main Characters: Son Goten, Briefs Bulma, and Briefs Trunks

Setting: Mirai timeline a year after Trunks returned to the future.

Important Facts:

Trunks is 22.

Goten is 9, two years after Buu and Babidi attacked.

Gohan and Videl are not married yet, they're just dating.

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN DRAGONBALL Z!!! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW YOU BIG, MEAN LAWYER GUYS?!?!?!?!?!?!?! goes off to wallow in sadness over not owning DBZ ON WITH THE STORY!!!!!

CHAPTER 1:

Goten and Trunks were playing tag. A long hard game of tag that included Ki blasts and flying around really fast. The two boys ran around the living room, through the kitchen (disturbing Mama Briefs who was cooking), into the atrium, and stopped right outside of Bulma's lab.

They were sweaty, dirty, not to mention how bad they smelled. Suddenly Trunks got this mischievous look in his eye, the one where you know he's up to something, you just don't know what yet.

"Goten, do ya wanna play in my kaasan's lab?" the lavender-haired boy asked.

"I don't know, last time she got pretty mad," Goten said. (A/N: THIS STORY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PAST MEET FUTURE, if you don't know what that is then you're lucky your sanity hasn't been ruined.)

"Don't worry, as long as we don't touch anything that's big and shiny, I'm sure she won't be mad!" Trunks said.

Goten grinned at his best friend. "Okay!"

Trunks went up to the door and carefully began to take off the casing of the keypad and hotwire the door (what? Bulma had to change the code so Trunks couldn't get in, but what she didn't know was that her dad taught Trunks how to hotwire things).

The door slid open after several minutes of Trunks muttering a little song his grandpa taught about which wires you connect to where and how. The open doorway proved to be a gateway to the wonderful world of gadgetry and technology in general. Both of the boys stood in awe for a few moments before running pell-mell into the lab.

Trunks ran to a counter that was covered in various pieces of machinery, all dissected and ready to be reassembled. Goten just ran to the nearest shiny thing and stared at it (awwww, it's he so kawaii?). The two boys did their separate thing until Trunks came across a machine that looked like an ordinary digital wristwatch.

"Oi, Goten, come look at this!" Trunks called to him.

Goten scampered over to his friend and looked at him questioningly. Trunks assumed that he had his friend's attention and pointed at the watch that he now had in his hand.

"Look, my kaasan made a watch. I dare you to try it on and set the time, military style," Trunks said.

"Huh? Okay." Goten took the watch from his best friend's hand and put it on his wrist. Then he started pressing random buttons until he looked up at Trunks again. "Ano, Trunks, what's military time?"

Trunks looked taken aback. How could he explain something he didn't know. Ahah, he got it! Just tell a bunch of stuff and hope Goten believes him. "It's the time they use in the military. Right now, it's 20:00 hours."

"Okay!" Goten typed a 2-0 into the watch and then pressed the button that had the label of GO on it. "Trunks, what was the point of the dare?"

"I wanted to see if anything would happen if you set the time, but nothing ­­­­­­­--"Trunks was cut off when Goten gave a yelp.

Goten started to flicker, before he disappeared entirely. Trunks yelped and dove at his best friend right before he disappeared only making contact with the cold hard floor. Trunks sat up after a few minutes. He suddenly heard running feet. Getting up as fast as he could Trunks ran to the window and flew out of it.

"I'm so dead when the parents find out what happened," Trunks whispered to himself.

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He felt pulled apart and smaller, like he was split into atoms, not that he knew what an atom was. There were colors swirling around him. Mostly light shades of blue, green, and purple, mixed with a bit of black here and there. Goten felt himself start to spin and his stomach start to churn. It was kinda like being in a washing machine. Then he connected with the cold, hard ground.

Slowly, Goten stood up, his legs feeling unsteady beneath him. He held a hand to his stomach trying to calm it's tossing and turning.

Goten looked at his surroundings. He was standing in a clearing, with forest on all sides. He couldn't see any buildings and didn't sense any people for miles. Once he got a hold on his bearings, Goten flew up into the air. Slightly hovering above the treetops, Goten flew until he came to the edge of the forest. He didn't recognize any of his surroundings.

"Hmm, maybe I should go back to Capsule Corp."

Goten flew off into the direction that he thought Capsule Corp. was in. He looked at all the surrounding area as he flew. There were mountains to the east of him, and a small town to the west of him. He started to fly faster when he heard and felt his stomach start to growl.

"I hope Bulma-san has dinner ready when I get there."

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Ahh, boredom, one of the most annoying things in the world it sneaks up on you when you least expect it. It'll come when you're sitting in school, at lunch, in the car, or just lounging and watching TV. For Trunks, he had been in constant tedium since the defeat of the artificial humans No. 17 and 18 in his time. At first, working to rebuild his world and training hadn't been too bad and actually enjoyable, but after a year filled with training and building day in and day out, it slowly got to him. Now there was nothing to distract him and he found himself longing for someone strong to fight.

He was lying on the floor, counting the bumps on the ceiling. Nothing had been happening on Earth for a year and it was driving him CRAZY!!!!!! Trunks sighed and sat up, brushing his lavender bangs out of his face.

"Okaasan, is dinner ready yet?" Trunks called to his mother who was in the kitchen.

"Almost, Trunks," she answered. "Why don't you go wash up?"

"Hai, 'kaasan," Trunks called. Slowly, he made his way to the bathroom and washed his hands.

On his way to the kitchen, the doorbell rang.

"Trunks, can you get that?"

"Hai."

Trunks walked to the door muttering about people knocking on the door at dinner time. He opened the door and said very politely, "WHAT THE HECK DO YOU WANT?!"

"Umm, who are you?"

Trunks looked downward and saw a chibi Goku standing there looking up at him. The little kid had the same spiky, black hair, and onyx eyes, only his gi and pants were orange with a dark-blue, long-sleeved undershirt, with blue wrist bands.

"Goku?!" Trunks exclaimed.

"Huh? Why did you say my 'tousan's name?" the young boy asked.

"Tousan? Goku's your dad?" Trunks asked him.

The young boy nodded. "Yeah, I'm Son Goten, you should know that by now if you work here. I play with Trunks all the time."

Trunks looked at the little kid like he had lost his marbles. "Are slow or something?"

"No way! I'm a really fast runner!" Goten cried.

Trunks sweat-dropped and said, "Never mind, why don't you come inside and you can my kaasan and I what you're doing here.

Goten grinned and followed the young man into the house.

The end of the 1st chapter!!! Please R&R!!!!!!! Oh, yes and tell me if I got nething wrong, 'kay?