"I've grown tired of these rules" Cell spat at Goku. They had been warming up for quite a while, but the ring and the rules that he had set were too limiting. He aimed his open palm towards the ring and blasted it away.

Videl and Erasa shrieked. The Cell games hadn't turned out the way they'd thought. Mr. Satan had been defeated in seconds. The man in the orange gi had stepped up and fought Cell with abilities that looked like magic. And now one of those magic attacks was heading straight towards them. Erasa closed her eyes, ready to meet her death, when she felt a violent rush of wind and an explosion in the background.

She opened her eyes to witness a giant plume of smoke coming out of the ground a few thousand meters in front of here. She blinked in confusion and saw that Cell was hovering high above the explosion, an impassive look on his face as he turned to face the golden haired warrior.

It was then that Erasa noticed she hadn't touched the ground. In fact she was being held. Turning around to look at the person holding her, she met sapphire blue eyes and long lavender hair, the most handsome face she had ever seen.

"Are you all right?" asked her purple angel in a slightly gravelly voice. Erasa felt weak in his arms.

"Y-y-yes" she stuttered out. He smiled down at her and put her down. She wanted to say something to him, anything, but he flew off into the horizon. She turned to look at Videl, who was still in shock from having survived the explosion. Erasa shook her friend and Videl snapped out of it. The two of them ran down the side of the mountain they had been left on, they'd go and find Mr. Satan.

Erasa's eyes fluttered open. She groaned and stretched. She'd had that dream again, a memory that turned itself into a dream. It had been seven years before that day but she still remembered it like it was yesterday. The day of the Cell games, she and Videl had been knocked unconscious so they never got to see the conclusion of the fight between the spiky golden haired man and Cell. When they woke up everyone was clamoring about Mr. Satan's victory and the two girls had found themselves grounded for having gone into such a dangerous situation. Videl always wondered how her father had been able to pull it off. Now that the gold fighter and Saiyaman were doing things similar to that man seven years ago appeared in the city, Videl was in full on detective mode.

Erasa bathed and got dressed, eating a quick breakfast along the way. She lived in a small apartment with her mother, not the most expensive place but cozy and warm. This was the last week of school before the World Martial Arts Tournament; when they'd get days off to attend or watch it. Videl had taken time off school a week ago to train, which wasn't surprising, what was surprising was that Gohan had also taken time off. Sharpner had grumbled about the implications of both of them taking time off, Erasa couldn't help but hope it was true, the two of them would look so cute together.

Trunks jumped into his time machine, adamant to escape the monster before he destroyed the planet and took him along for the ride. He was in part ashamed to be running away from a fight, but the bastard had proven to be too much for him. His mother was cramped in next to him in the time machine, unconscious and unknowing that she would never see her world again. Just before the maniac known as Brolly unleashed a blast that would destroy the entire galaxy, Trunks pressed a button in his time machine and was sent careening into the past of an alternate timeline.

An instant later, a bright light consumed the earth; it expanded slowly at first, stopped for a second at the outer rim of the solar system, and then surged out in a sudden burst that coursed outwards at faster than light speeds.

North Galaxy #2202 completely destroyed in three seconds.

At the epicenter of the blast, a saiyan looked around, unsatisfied. He'd sensed the boys escape seconds before the explosion, he could not allow that.

"Now try to push that energy under you" Gohan coached. Videl had a look of concentration as she glared at her feet, willing them to push off the ground. A trickle of sweat dribbled down her forehead she'd spent the last four hours and all last week at the Son household, learning to manipulate her ki. Goten was flying around them like a bird, frustrating Videl even more than she already was.

Videl was slightly startled when Gohan put a hand on her shoulder.

"You need to relax Videl. You won't be able to connect with your ki if you're this tense" Gohan said calmly. Videl narrowed her eyes and tried to calm her blush at being this close to the raven haired teen.

"Your little brother didn't have any trouble learning how to do it" she said with a pout.

"Yeah but he's been using his ki all his life. You're still new to this" he gave her a congenial grin "Don't worry, you'll get it eventually"

Videl sighed. She couldn't stay angry when he had a goofy smile. She looked up at him and met his eyes, flushing with weird feeling she couldn't help but explain. Gohan stared back down at her and they seemed to be getting imperceptibly closer each second, almost as if drawn together by a magnet. Without noticing Videl was fluttering her eyes closed, licking her lips in preparation for what was to come.

Gohan didn't know why he was doing this, but he lowered his head to meet the Satan girls lips, moving his arms to wrap around her waist. Just before the moment congealed he felt a buzzing in his head and he snapped to attention.

"Do you feel that big brother?" Goten yelled at him from above. Gohan nodded and Videl was left with a ruined moment, blinking her eyes and slowly getting angry with the idiot Son boy. Before she could give him a piece of her mind Gohan had picked her up by the waist and floated into the air.

"HEY WHAT GIVES YOU ASSHOLE!" Videl yelled at him.

"We need to get to Capsule Corp Videl, the fastest way there is to fly" he told her.

"Capsule Corp? Why would we go th-" Videl was cut off as Gohan flew off in the direction of CC. The aura of ki that surrounded him also protected Videl from the effects of such high speeds, though he did have to slow down for Goten to keep up, the little tyke still didn't have a full handle on flight.

They arrived at the Capsule Corp lawn in record time. Gohan dropped Videl off on the grass and she almost collapsed on the spot for the lightheadedness she felt. She refocused her mind and couldn't believe she was actually inside the Capsule Corp property, not even her father with his endless popularity had ever gotten an invitation to the building.

Trunks exited the time machine, pulling his mother out. The time machine stood proud for a few seconds before crumbling into dust, it had taken the back end of Brolly's blast and barely survived long enough to bring Trunks and Bulma into the past.

"Trunks! It is you!" Gohan exclaimed at the young man who was carrying his mother on his shoulders. Goten looked confused. This man did look a lot like Trunks, but Trunks was his age. Maybe they where cousins.

Trunks gave Gohan a sad smile. His eyes turned to Goten and Videl and he looked back at Gohan questioningly. At that moment the Briefs family was exiting the main CC building to see the commotion.

Gohan noticed Trunks silent question and grinned. "This is my little brother Goten and my friend Videl"

"He looks just like Goku" Trunks said in awe.

"What are you doing here boy?" Vegeta butted in. Chibi Trunks was staring open mouthed at his future self. Bulma noticed the person that looked suspiciously like her on Trunks' should and eeped in surprise. Videl switched between the world famous Briefs family to the young man that looked like an older clone of Bulma's son.

"What the hell is going on?" she asked.

"I knew you weren't telling me everything!" Videl yelled at Gohan. The Son boy rubbed the back of his head.

"I was going to tell you eventually! I just needed time!" he said defensively.

"First saiyaman and now aliens! You're a big fat liar Son Gohan!" Videl roared with even more anger. Piccolo showing up hadn't even been the tip of the iceberg for weird events and revelations.

"Shut your woman up boy." Vegeta stated matter of factly, making both Gohan and Videl blush and stutter in denial. Trunks chuckled silently; he never thought he'd see Gohan with a girlfriend. At that moment Bulma came into the room.

"My future self is all right; she's got no serious injuries and should wake up in a few hours." she said while removing her gloves. Chibi Trunks was strapped to his future self's side, happy to have a cooler big brother than Goten.

"So do you think we should worry about this Brolly guy showing up here?" Gohan changed the subject.

Vegeta shook his head. "There are differences in the timeline. I remember an abnormally powerful brat named Brolly and my father cutting his head off. It was the day our planet was destroyed" he said matter-of-factly. Videl's eyes bugged out at the mention of planet and killing so casually. She felt a migraine coming on.

"Come here Videl, there's still one more thing I need to tell you" Gohan pointer her towards a different sitting room. He might as well come out with all of it.

"So Trunks, thinking of signing up for the tournament?" Bulma asked her alternate son.

It was the day of the Worlds Martial Arts Tournament. Trunks and Bulma had settled into the past rather nicely. It was funny to see the dynamic of the two Bulma's. They acted like sisters and an echo chamber to rile up anger at Vegeta's crap. Mirai Bulma knew she couldn't have what this Bulma had with Vegeta, so she decided to take some pleasure in helping her other self get angry at the prince's arrogance. It had been very therapeutic, after she cried her eyes out, for her to see the earth and all her friends alive and happy.

The z-entourage, which included Videl, had reunited with Goku a few minutes earlier, giving the moment an even more jovial tone as everyone joked around happily. Even Vegeta was challenging Goku more in good nature than usual.

"The three of us could beat the three of you easy Goten" Trunks spat at his friend.

"Nu-uh, my dad and Gohan are way better than Trunks and your dad, we'd win real easy" Goten retorted.

"Hn, my dad is better than your by default! He isn't dead" was Trunks' less than tactful answer. Goten stuck his tongue out at Trunks and they were ready to get into a scuffle.

"Knock it you two" Piccolo broke them up. "You can beat each other up at the junior tournament"

Chibi Trunks crossed his arms and pouted. "It's not fair that they have a kids division. I'm too mature for that!"

Videl tugged at Gohan's arm. She'd been staying with the Sons ever since her father's lie had been revealed. She didn't think she could look him in the eye any time soon.

"Come on Gohan, I promised Erasa we'd meet up with her before the tournament, you can change into your Saiyaman costume later" Gohan nodded and tried to ignore the wolf-whistles from Yamcha and Krillin.

"Can Trunks go along with you?" Mirai Bulma asked them. "The poor boy has never had the chance to interact with people his own age" Trunks blushed in embarrassment but was cut off by Bulma before he could talk.

"Oh that's a great idea. Poor Trunks you need to learn to live your life. Go with them and maybe get yourself a girlfriend" at this last comment Mirai Bulma's eyes lit up and she practically shoved her son at Videl and Gohan.

Videl shrugged and nodded to them both to come along, weaving through the crowd to were Erasa and Sharpner would be.

The two blondes were at a souvenir stand, Sharpner flirting with the employee and failing miserably. As the Videl approached with the two demi-saiyans realization hit her. Trunks had been the one that had saved Erasa all those years ago at the Cell games, the person Erasa dreamed about often. She couldn't hide her smirk; hopefully Erasa would be put in awkward situation for a change.

Erasa saw Videl coming from afar and waved. Sharpner growled at Gohan being with her, he'd heard about Videl staying with the Son's but had been in denial for a while. The idea of that wimp getting near his property was maddening.

Trunks was walking behind the other two, hands in his jacket looking around. He'd never been in a place like this, full of people walking around without a care in the world. Even after the androids and Cell his planet had never even come close to the stage were something like this could happen. He vowed that this earth would not share the fate of his for as long as he drew breath.

"Hey Videl! How was your vacation?" Erasa winked and Videl blushed slightly, which made Sharpner narrow his eyes. Hopefully the other person coming with them would save Videl from any further teasing.

"Oh it was great; the mountains where Gohan lives are really refreshing for a city girl" Videl had a wide grin. Mt Paozo really was very beautiful; with air so clean you could almost taste the scent.

"Hn. I bet mountain boy had you hunting his food for him" Sharpner tried to put in. He was being ignored and didn't like it.

Trunks hung around the back, not really knowing how to talk around people his age, when Gohan shifted aside and put his hand around his shoulder.

"Guys I'd like you to meet my friend Trunks" he said with a big grin. Sharpner looked Trunks over. He was definitely too built to be friends with such a wimp (Trunks had a fighting Gi on which didn't hide his muscles). His hair color was a bit unusual; reminded him of that old guy that they talked about in science class.

Trunks locked eyes with Erasa and felt a spark of recognition; this was the girl he'd saved at the Cell games, all grown up.

Very Grown Up. He thought as he looked her over, chastising himself after the fact.

Erasa for her part was frozen on the spot. It was him, there was no doubt. His hair was in a ponytail and was shorter than his shoulder-length locks but there was no questioning it. She didn't know how it was possible for Gohan to be friends with him; he'd have to be a good ten years older than them. She'd been hoping for this moment for the past seven years but deep inside she thought it'd never come.

She felt slightly weak, with no avail she fell forward. Trunks caught her in his arms on reflex and helped her stand up. Erasa's face was red in embarrassment though she didn't mind being in his arms.

"Nice move" Videl teased from the side making the blonde drop her head. Trunks hesitantly removed his hands from around her and silently wiped some nervous sweat from his hands. Erasa composed herself and smiled up at him.

"So, you're entering the tournament Trunks?" she asked while appraising his attire.

Trunks nodded "My father's going to compete and I want to beat him" this was a white lie. He knew his father was stronger than him. Who he really wanted to test was Gohan as he knew he hadn't trained in these seven years and Trunks had had one whole year of constant training since then.

"Oh so you come from a fighting family?" she questioned with interest. Trunks nodded and they began a conversation, walking towards where the trials were being held and leaving the other three teens behind.

"That was quick" Videl commented to Gohan, who didn't quite get it.

"I need to go to the bathroom" he said while giving what he thought was a discrete nod. Videl almost laughed in his face but held it in as he left to change into his costume. Suddenly she realized she had been left alone with Sharpner.

"So…" the blonde trailed off, sidling closer to her. Videl rolled her eyes and started walking away.

"I need to get in line for the qualifiers, if you see Gohan tell him I'm there" and she was gone in the crowd before he could even answer.

The Z-fighters got in line early for the punch machine after Satan set the bar with a 136. There was a silent agreement to not show too much strength on the thing so they were all lightly tapping it. It was a real shocker for most of the assembled fighters when Krillin came up and tapped in a 155.

Trunks arrived with Erasa, having stopped to buy some ice scream. He saw the long line and thanked Kami that his friends were near the front so he could cut in. He also thanked Kami that neither of his mothers was here to make for an awkward situation.

Vegeta was next in line. He took one look at his future brat and smirked, the boy had good taste in women, much better than Kakkarott's spawn.

"I see you've found a suitable mate boy" he said before walking up to get his turn. Trunks balked and almost dropped his ice cream. To think he was worried about his mothers. Vegeta was the true menace.

"Is that your father?" Erasa asked. Trunks nodded

"He's really weird" Trunks simply nodded and waited for his father to finish, having subtly cut in line so he could go see his younger self fight in the junior tournament.

It was all for naught though, as Vegeta stepped up to the machine and punched it into a wall, shattering it into little pieces. Everyone gasped in surprise and fear while Trunks groaned and rubbed his palm to his head.

"Hn" Vegeta glared at the monks organizing the qualifiers and walked away, sparing only his son a glance and a nod.

"H-h-he's really strong" stated a startled Erasa. Vegeta's punch had caused her to drop her ice cream and grab a hold of Trunks' arm; he could feel her heart beat going a mile a minute. Trunks sighed and got settled in, they would be waiting a while until they got a new machine set up.

"Saiyaman!" Erasa yelled out. She and Trunks had been waiting for the new punch machine to be brought out for the last ten minutes, sharing Trunks' intact ice cream cone in that time. She caught sight of Videl coming in with Saiyaman, who had ditched his weird helmet for a bandana and shades. Erasa looked around for Gohan but didn't find him, probably went to find a seat in the stands. Hopefully he'd save her a seat because she doubted she'd find one when Trunks and Videl went to the fighter's area.

Saiyaman waved at her and Videl rolled her eyes. "Hello there good citizen! It's good to see the youth showing their support for-"

"Saiyaman is Gohan" Videl cut in.

"What?" both Erasa and Gohan spoke out. Gohan began looking around nerviously and spoke as softly as possible.

"Why'd you have to go and reveal me like that Videl?" he asked with indignation.

"We can trust Erasa and it was going to be extremely annoying to have you in character for kami knows how long" she responded cooly.

"Just, don't say it too loud next time" Gohan shushed her.

"Wait Gohan, if you're saiyaman, how is it you can fly?" she asked him, guessing that the answer would also explain how Trunks had done it all those years ago.

"Uh, well, you see…"

"Ok, we have calibrated the new machine, next person up please" Gohan was saved from an answer as Trunks stepped up to take his turn.

"And the winner is…Trunks!" the announcer yelled out to a multitude of cheers. The four teens that had been hustling to get to the arena were disappointed to see that the junior competition had finished.

"Aww guys you missed it" Goku called out to them. All those who would be participating in the tournament were watching the fights over a railing.

"Wait, did they just say Trunks won?" Erasa asked the others in confusion.

"He's my little brother" Trunks said quickly.

"You have the same name?" she asked skeptically

Trunks gave a nervous laugh "Its tradition, we repeat names between siblings"

"Oh that's so cute!" she exclaimed. Trunks released a breath.

"We need to get to the fighters section" Piccolo said, he was definitely pulling some namekian magic trick to walk around the tournament without drawing a second glance from anyone.

"Well, I'll be seeing you" Trunks told Erasa. If anything he wouldn't mind being paired up with Goku or his father to get eliminated early and go pass the time with her.

"I'll be cheering for you, maybe you'll even beat Mr. Satan!" she said in a joking mood. He chuckled, not for the reason she thought, and looked into her eyes.

"Maybe when I win we can spend go somewhere with the prize money?" he told her.

Erasa just smiled, got on her tip-toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Trunks tried and failed to hide the redness of his face as Erasa waved goodbye to him and went to find a seat.

"Wow, you're much smoother than Mr. Superhero over here" Krillin said with a pat on the back, embarrassing both Trunks and Gohan, who were almost thankful that the z-fighters didn't do reunions that often.

"We need to work together! Dabura is the king of the dark Kai, he's too powerful for any of you alone!" the Supreme Kais warning was not heeded though, as his four companions were arguing.

"It's not fair! I won't get to fight anyone" Gohan added a pout for effect, but the others weren't having it.

"If you were really as much of a genius as your mother says you are boy you would have learned some probability and not lost at Rock-Paper-Scissors" Vegeta accosted Gohan.

"Besides, you were so busy going out on dates these past few years that you've become soft, I'm sure that Trunks is much more competent than you" he added for good measure.

"Aww come on Vegeta lay off the kid." Goku cut in, he looked over to his son "Tell you what Gohan when we're done with this I can take you over to other world and you can face some of my friends, they're really strong…"

"If you're finished being idiots" Dabura interrupted, he looked to be tired of the Saiyan's constant arguing. "We can start now" he snapped his finger, alerting Babidi to change the setting into a rocky plain that resembled the planet Namek, with a few large lakes scattered around the landscape.

Trunks stepped forward, stretching his muscles. He hadn't gotten to fight in the tournament, so he was going to take his frustrations out on Dabura. He could sense the Demon's ki, he was as strong as Cell, so he knew it wouldn't be easy. Trunks didn't waste time and went straight to level two, letting the power and electricity course through his body.

"Not interested in foreplay I see" Dabura said lazily as he also unleashed his power in a circular wave.

Trunks narrowed his eyes as they circled each other, both waiting for the other to make a move. Their eyes never left each other, each gazing into the others soul and waging a mental war that only those adept at sensing ki could witness. A moment of silence was followed by a snap as both flew straight at the other.

Their fists collided at the center, sending out a sonic boom that wouldn't be heard by either as they were already exchanging blows thirty miles away. Neither was connecting with the other as both weaved out of kicks and punches. Trunks caught Daburas cape and tossed him towards the ground. Dabura stopped himself twenty feet from colliding only to have Trunks' fist help him cover the rest of the distance.

Dabura made a crash and a splash as he went through the ground and into the water below it. Trunks sent a ki blast into the crater and kept his senses tense.

Dabura popped out of the water a hundred feet away from Trunks, who chose that moment to detonate his ki blast and let a plume of smoke come out of the crater and hide both of them inside of it.

Just as Trunks had thought, Dabura couldn't sense ki, he decided to make this one count and struck Dabura with his fingers straight outward, working like a sword and cutting into the flesh of the demon king's upper stomach. Dabura growled out In pain and he swung his arm to try and hit Trunks in the back. Trunks flew back to avoid it but Dabura conjured a sword at the last moment, slicing Trunks in the chest and drawing blood from the young demi-saiyan.

They flew out of the smoke with Dabura swinging his sword at Trunks, trying to slice the demi-saiyan. Trunks dodged most of the swings until he got a good angle and made a precise spinning kick on the sword's side, breaking it in half. While following through the spin he gingerly took the broken off half and finished off the spin by throwing it at Dabura at point blank range. Dabura didn't flinch as he batted the sword aside and dodged Trunks' punch. Trunks had planned for this, he'd distracted Dabura with a punch to buy himself the time to reach out and grab the sword half before it flew off too far.

He'd taken it with the sharp end facing him but it didn't matter as he shoved it into the unsuspecting Dabura's shoulder, making him yell out in pain and reflexively shoot a blast of energy from his mouth. Trunks tried to dodge but was caught head on by the blast, sending him flying backwards and crashing into a mountain.

Dabura growled as he pulled the blade out of his shoulder, he felt the heat of an incoming ki blast and threw the sword at it, detonating the blast. Trunks burst through the smoke, throwing rapid fire punch after punch at Dabura, who dodged each one easily. It seemed that Dabura's blast had affected Trunks heavily, as the young demi-saiyan was fighting more sluggishly than before. Dabura could predict his moves perfectly and waited to take the best opening he could find.

It came a few seconds later and Dabura brought his elbow to Trunks' neck, making the teen scream out in pain and go crashing to the ground. Dabura followed him down and punched him in the face before he could stand up, grinding him into the ground even more. Trunks tried to retaliate with ki blasts but Dabura was too quick, stomping on his hands before he could create his blast. Trunks let off a yelp in pain as his hands were crushed by Dabura's feet. The Demon king smirked.

"For a second there I thought you'd be a challenge" he said cockily, conjuring another sword to deliver the killing blow. He looked back towards the weakling's friends, longing to see the look of shock and fear in their eyes, and was disappointed by what he saw. The only one showing surprise was the Supreme Kai, and he was more pleasantly surprised than anything. The other three wore impassive and almost bored looks.

Dabura bared his teeth and turned to the boy, bringing his sword down to decapitate him. He was halfway through before he realized it, too late to get out of the way of the energy disk that went in through his back and burst out his chest, bringing his intestines along with it. Dabura doubled over in agony and fell to his knees, not understanding how this could have happened. He looked to his killer and was shocked to see the blonde haired teen, the same teen that was still on the floor with his hands broken.

"Thanks, I needed a new one" Trunks said as he took the sword from Dabura's hand. He made a show of merging back with his other multi-form image before chopping the demon king's head clean off.

"I should have waited for him to make a sheath" Trunks lamented one second too late. Outside of Babidi's ship, Piccolo and Krillin were brought back to life from stone.

"Good strategy Trunks, you were really quick with him!" Goku patted Trunks in the back. Trunks smiled.

"I could have overpowered him eventually but that would have given too much power to Majin Buu, this way that bastard got almost nothing!" even Vegeta had to acknowledge that his son's strategy had been sound.

"Guess I really need to pick up my training eh?" Gohan said sheepishly. Goku chuckled.

"Oh come on Gohan, its natural that you would have slacked off with Chichi making you study all the time and no one to spar with. I'm sure with Trunks around now you'll get up to date in no time!"

"Astounding" the Supreme Kai said, his voice filled with wonder as she looked at the saiyans "I definitely should have kept a better eye on this corner of the universe"

"Well Babidi, you lost, its time to give up" Goku yelled out into the air.

Inside his ship, the little gray wizard was shitting bricks. His last line of defense was gone, he had nothing left on his ship to combat those bastards and Buu was only at half-power. He was in desperation mode.

"FUCK YOU SUPREME KAI!" he yelled out before performing a spell, sending the five warriors into the farthest corner of the universe. He didn't have much time, so he snapped his fingers quickly.

"YOU!" a shaking henchman walked up, petrified of what Babidi would ask of him.

"Yes master Babidi?" replied the kneeling lackey. Babidi handed him the receptacle that was used to feed Buu energy.

"Put your gun inside of that, stick it in the egg and shoot when I finish the spell"

"What?" he asked, bewildered at the wizards request.

"Do as I say, I have no time for your stupidity" Babidi threatened while he wrung his wrists in preparation for the spell. This was a gamble, but a gamble was the only thing he had left.

Babidi began chanting, evoking the magics his father had pioneered, speaking at a frantic pace that was unwise for such a precise spell. Sweat came down his brow as he chanted, the scared henchman whimpering as he waited to do his part.

Abruptly, Babidi's chant ended. "NOW!" he yelled and the henchman did as told, stabbing the egg and pulling the trigger of his laser gun in one fluid movement, perfectly excecuted.

There was a moment of silence in which the entirety of Babidi's ship stood frozen in wait. Outside, Piccolo and Krillin were met with Trunks, Gohan, Goku, Vegeta and the Supreme Kai, who had teleported back from Babidi's banishment almost instantaneously.

The moment passed and the ship exploded.

The explosion did not happen radially, it didn't go in all directions and destroy the planet. Instead it burst upwards from the ground in a continous beam that incinerated all in its path, a beam of dark energies that reached the end of the universe and came back in less than a second. It condensed until almost becoming fully solid, until it suddenly disappeared.

And like that, Buu was gone.

"So that's it, it's over?" Goku questioned, almost disappointed that this had been the excitement for the day.

The Supreme Kai looked disconcerted. He was sure that Buu and Babidi were gone, but he had felt something different coming from that explosion. Whatever Babidi had done it had messed up the universe, this was definitely something to look out for.

"Only time will tell Goku"

In another universe, an angry man felt dark energies pulse out just a few feet away from him. He grinned maniacally has he rode the wave and dipped into the darkness, which transported him to another time and another place.

"And Mr. Satan is still World Champion!" came the booming voice from the announcer. Mr. Satan raised his arms to the sky in exuberance, trying to forget the fact that he'd have to come up with twenty million Zenni to give the blonde before the end of the week.

The crowd dispersed, though the tournament had been ridiculously short due to most of the participants leaving the climactic battle royal made up for it. It would be a tournament talked about for decades to come and it was sad that all camera equipment had mysteriously malfunctioned.

"Where the hell could those idiots be!" Bulma yelled in frustration. She'd been angry when Vegeta and Goku and everyone else had left for no reason but after a while she'd accepted that they were all adults and didn't need to be babysat. What really made her angry though was them causing her baby boy to follow in their footsteps to god knows where! When they came back little Trunks wasn't the only one who'd get a spanking.

Videl had just arrived, making her landing near the fighter's area next to the ring. She could hear the elation coming from the people around her and could only assume that her father had somehow won. She hoped that Gohan was ok but she couldn't dwell on it right now. She stretched out her senses, something that still felt very new to her, and was overwhelmed for a second by all the different kis. She fought through the feeling of vertigo and concentrated on the three energies that stood out over all the others belonging to #18, Roshi and Yamcha. She began walking towards them.

"Videl!" Erasa waved towards her friend, whom she caught walking on the opposite direction of most of the crowd. The dark haired teen turned to the sound of her name and smiled at her friend, waving her over to accompany her to where she was going. Erasa jogged a little to catch up with the Satan girl.

"What was up with all that flying away? How did you learn to fly? Can you teach me? How did you heal do fas.."

"Gohan taught me how to fly, I think Trunks would be more than happy to teach you" Videl winked and Erasa whacked her in the arm good naturedly, not really embarrassed by the suggestion. "The other questions I'll answer later" Videl added.

They walked up to a clearing where the z-crew was grouped up, Bulma and Chi-Chi caught sight of Videl and were ready to bombard the poor girl with words but Mirai Bulma beat them to it.

'WHERE IS MY SON?" she gripped Videl by the shirt tightly, shaking her around frantically. It ended up being the two other mothers who had to restrain the mad woman. ChiChi, who had warmed up to Videl like a second mother, gave her a stern look.

"Where did my sons go Videl?" she asked measuredly.

"They're with the Supreme Kai trying to stop some monster named Majin Buu" she blurted out.

All three women deflated, resigned looks across the board. Bulma brought a palm to her head in defeat "Did we really expect anything else?"

Erasa gave Videl a confused look and Videl rolled her eyes "C'mon Erasa, after all you're going to learn today you're going to wear that expression out"

Mirai Bulma, who still had a softened grip on Videl, turned to Erasa whom she hadn't noticed before.

"Whos this?" she asked for all of them.

"Oh sorry for being rude" Erasa dropped her head for not having introduced herself "My name is Erasa, I'm a friend of Videl's"

Mirai Bulma and Bulma shared a look, suspecting the reason for why Videl's friend would be 'learning' things today but not wanting to come out with it until they got more evidence or until Trunks arrived.

"Listen, I've got a husband in jeopardy out there and you don't see me crying, let's go to Capsule Corp and enjoy some family time and wait there for the idiots to come back" 18 chipped in, eliciting a resigned sigh from the other three women and big smiles from Roshi and Yamcha, the former for the perving opportunities on Bulma's mother and the latter for the soft couches that his crappy apartment didn't have.

Bulma pulled out a capsule case and picked a large copter out, tossing it out in a cloud of smoke. She got into the copter and everyone else took her cue.

Erasa hesitated for a second before being nodded along by Videl. Erasa smiled and walked up to the jet before she got a contemplative look on her face.

She tapped Videl rapidly on the shoulder "Wait a minute that's Bulma Briefs!" she told her friend frantically.

Videl nodded "She's also Trunks' mother"

One reveal at a time was definitely a good strategy.

"Capsule Corp! I can't believe it" Erasa exclaimed in bewilderment as they exited the jet-copter

"Better believe it Erasa" Videl pinched her friend on the shoulder.

"So Erasa, you're a friend of Videl and Gohan from school?" Mirai Bulma edged up to her from the right, the present Bulma was slightly behind to the left, they were like a finely tuned machine.

"Oh yes Mrs. Um…" she trailed off, not knowing who this woman that looked a lot like Bulma Briefs was.

"Briefs" she supplied

Erasa looked like she wanted to know if she was Bulma Brief's sister and why she'd never been heard of but decided to ask Videl later.

"So so you must have met my son Trunks right?"

Erasa tried and almost succeeded in covering a slight blush before nodding. "He's very nice"

That was all the Bulmas needed to know their suspicions were not unfounded. The two of them squealed in excitement and Mirai Bulma squeezed Erasa tightly in a bone crushing hug.

"I'm so happy!" she breathed out to the frail blonde that looked more than a little uncomfortable in the older woman's iron grip. Videl came in for the rescue and pried her away, proposing to give her a tour of the premises. They disappeared into the main building quickly.

"Wait, you've been here before Videl?" Erasa asked as they navigated through the hallways. Videl shook her head yes.

"Hello there!" a bubbly voice from the side made them turns around. Mrs. Briefs had her usual platter of sweets and closed-eye smile. Videl did a double take, from the striped tank tops to the bubbly voice it was almost like looking at mirror images. Of course there were differences, Erasa's eyes were visible, her hair was straighter and her chest was bigger but it was still uncanny.

The silence was broken by a dual "I love your blouse!" from both blondes. Videl knew then that this wasn't going to end well for her.

"I'll be keeping an eye on this planet and staying in contact with your Kami" the Supreme Kai was saying his goodbyes, flustered but not at all displeased with the results of the day.

"Sorry about Kibito Mr. Supreme Kai sir" Gohan said solemnly, the Supreme Kai nodded in acknowledgement, wondering if he should get a new aid or just look Kibito up in other world. He gave a single wave and teleported away to his home realm.

The others shrugged and flew in the direction of Capsule Corp where everyone's ki was currently. Piccolo could not be persuaded though; he left immediately for the watchtower without as much as a goodbye to anyone. They'd caught up with the wayward Goten and Trunks on their way away from Babidi's ship so the whole crew was there.

They arrived at CC, Goku already salivating at the impromptu cookout he himself had just planned. They landed in the yard where the women were waiting for them. Chichi sighed in exaggerated relief seeing Goten in perfect condition. She rushed up to them and slapped Goku.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS ALL THAT ABOUT?" she screamed out at the top of her lungs.

"Geez Chi you sure haven't been slacking off these seven years" Goku joked rubbing his face. Chichi glared at her dead husband, turning to the others for answers.

Krillin stepped up, used to being the scapegoat "Don't worry Chichi we dealt with the problem there's no more danger" Chichi harrumphed and grabbed Goten by the ear, dragging the screaming boy away for a spanking. Bulma took her lead and did the same to a previously laughing Chibi Trunks. Trunks had it worse; he took one look at his mother's smug face and knew the reason why.

"A friend of yours came with us Trunks" she started up, making her son uncomfortable.

"Who, Videl?" he tried playing dumb to avoid the inevitable.

Mirai Bulma shook her head "Oh my baby's first girlfriend!" she couldn't hold herself in any longer and went for her second bone crushing hug of the day, though this person could take it with no problem.

"Mother I just met her today" Trunks hissed at her in embarrassment.

"Oh I know that makes me even more proud! My son is a ladies' man!" she beamed at him. Krillin, Goku Gohan were eating the scene up in the background, even Vegeta had a small smile on his face.

"Gohan!" Gohan grinned over at Videl and shot her a victory sign, she responded in king and jumped on him with a hug.

"So Gohan has a girlfriend too?" Goku asked out loud. This lifted Trunks' mood though it didn't get a reaction out of Videl, only making Gohan blush.

Trunks turned around to see Erasa walking up to them digging into some flan, side-by-side with his grandmother who was carrying a platter. She waved at happily and he waved back, ignoring his mother's heart-shaped eyes.

"Trunks you need to taste this! It's so good" she took another treat from Mrs. Brief's platter and handed it to Trunks who, saiyan through and through, wasn't complaining.

'Hey is that flan?" Goku jumped out excitedly, mobbing Mrs. Briefs and forgetting the barbeque for now.

Two hours later, Goku's dream had come true. Mr. Briefs was being helped by his wife and an array of robots in preparing a truly massive cookout to appease the saiyan appetites that hadn't been sated by the meal at the World Martial Arts Tournament. Goku and Goten were standing to the side, salivating at the sight.

"So Trunks, why don't you start explaining all of this?" Erasa asked him. They were sitting on a bech a bit apart from everyone else; they'd been here for the past thirty minutes just watching everyone else interact, not really noticing or caring that there was no space between the two of them. Erasa lazily put layed her head on Trunks' shoulder and waited for him to start his story.

Trunks sighed, knowing this moment was coming but not really bothered by it "I guess I should start with my dad…"

Two months later

"Big Round of applause to the class of 774!" the principal on the microphone was drowned out almost immediately by the cheers. This was a special graduation, the daughter of Mr. Satan was moving on into higher education, a moment of true rejoicing. The media was ever present in the big event, jumping over each other to get an interview with Videl and her suspected boyfriend.

Separate from all this, Erasa received a kiss on the head from her mother, who had tears of happiness in her eyes. Videl and Gohan had left quickly to avoid the media and so she would be meeting up with them and all of Gohan's friends and family at Mr. Satan's mansion.

On Erasa's other side, Trunks grave her hand a squeeze and offered her a soft smile, not really sure if he should kiss her in front of her mother. Erasa threw away any of those doubts by planting her lips firmly on his, giving a deep but chaste kiss to the demi-saiyan. She whispered in his ear in order to be heard over the commotion.

"I hope you'll think about it" she said and pulled back, turning to speak with her mother. She was talking about what had been proposed to him by both her and Gohan before: going to college with them. Trunks scorned it in initially, the z-warriors had proven that a being with super powers did not need a job, but recently he'd thought the experience would be fun. He'd be able to spend more time with his friends and girlfriend and would come into it with no pressure, he wasn't planning on getting a job but it could still be a good experience.

The fact that there were coed dorm rooms at Orange Star University was playing no part in his decision.

Three hours later they were all at Mr. Satan's house, celebrating. The champ hadn't been too happy to discover his daughter was dating, he was even less happy when he talked to him face to face. He was terrified when he'd learned his back-story.

Needless to say, Mr. Satan had mellowed out and more than welcomed Gohan and his family.

Mr. Satan's house was lush, almost as big as Capsule Corp and with more of a 'rich guy' feel. There was a pool that was illuminated beautifully in the moonlight, next to witch a couple sat.

"I think I'll do it" Trunks announced unceremoniously.

Erasa squealed and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a quick kiss on the lips. "I knew you'd give in!" she said happily. Trunks smiled and searched for her mouth with his, connecting and going into a deep kiss. Erasa's hands went into his hair, which he'd grown out to his shoulders after she'd expressed her appreciation for his appearance in the cell games, and Trunks' hands went to her waist, poised to travel upwards as the night went along. Above them, for a second, a light in the sky shone brighter than any other.

He was angry. One second he'd destroyed all of this and now here it was, alive and thriving. He wasn't the best at navigation but he knew where he was; one of the north galaxies, the same one he'd destroyed, a few thousand light years away from the first planet he'd blown up. He had no idea what had happened, in fact his brain wasn't developed enough to even understand it if it was explained to him, but what he knew was that he'd need to go back there right now and blow it up again.

A few galaxies away, another being raised his head and decided it was time to head towards earth, to exact his revenge.

It's pretty obvious who one of the bad guys is isn't it? Hope you liked it