What if it wasn't Vegeta being possesed by Baby but Trunks?

How will the prince react, when he has to defeat his own son to rescue the planet?

Will he be able to do it? What will Goten do? Will the bond between the friends be strong enough to save our favourite purple-haired wonder?

Find out in my new story!

PS: I do NOT own any of the characters, they still belong to Toriyama-san, sadly.

This is my first fic in english, so please forgive minor mistakes. I'm actually german, you see? But I love writing in english, so...Have fun! Read and review, please.;)

„Look Grandpa! It's the earth!"

"If you want me to look at it Pan, you got to let me see it!", Goku complained.

When Trunks glanced over his shoulder he sighed in exasperation. Pan was jumping up and down in front of the window so excitedly it was impossible for Goku to get a proper view. He gave up on this attempt though when he received an involuntary punch from his excited Granddaughter.

Trunks turned to the control panel again, changed the flying mode to autopilot and joined Pan and Goku, who were still wrestling for the best viewing position.

"Wow, it feels so good to see our good old planet again", Goku said and Pan nodded enthusiastically. "I can't wait to get there and see Mom and Dad and all the others again", she said. Trunks couldn't miss the longing sound of her voice and smiled mildly.

"Is it just me or did time go by incredibly fast?", Trunks asked the other two and couldn't take his eyes off the little blue planet that was slowly getting bigger, thanks to the enormous speed of their spaceship. Just the sight of his home planet filled him with a warm feeling of anticipation. He couldn't believe it had been a whole year since they'd left and was really looking forward to see his family and friends again.

Gokus eyes were fixed on the planet as well reminiscently. "A whole year…", he said, picking up Trunks' thoughts. "We were so busy all the time it really did fly by. I wonder how everybody's been."

There was a moment of silence amongst the three of them as they were all lost in their own thoughts about the journey that was about to end and the homecoming that lay ahead of them.

"But we have SO much to tell them! I have to make sure to tell everybody about the great things I've done", Pan broke the silence and Trunks raised an eyebrow meaningfully.

"Oh yes, of course, we owe it all to you Pan", he sneered and exchanged looks with Goku who was obviously trying very hard to not burst out laughing.

"Hey, it was ME who got that Dragon Ball on that awful desert-planet, and ME who saved Trunks from that General Ryudo when he transformed him into a metal plate!", Pan pouted and put her hands to her hips. Trunks and Goku raised their arms in mocking defence. Trunks thought it wiser not to point out to Pan that those were actually the two examples of how Pan got into trouble and they ended up finding a Dragon Ball by surprise while actually looking for her…

"Yeah, yeah, of course Pan! Whatever you say! I'll make sure I won't tell anybody about all the times you cried though…", he muttered under his breath but when he saw Pans menacing scowl he just had to laugh and received a blow to the stomach for that from the young girl. "We all did an amazing job out there, that one's for sure", Gokus voice sounded unusually serious and ended the teasing between the two younger Saiyajin.

"Yeah, we had some pretty close calls…", Pan mumbled and bit her lip. She looked troubled which wasn't surprising after everything they'd been through.

'Close call' was one underestimation, Trunks thought and nodded slowly. "I just can't get that Baby-Mutant out of my head…" He was speaking more to himself then the others now. Ever since their departure from M2 he had been thinking about that invention of Dr. Mu's and how they'd just SO close averted a universal catastrophe. Even though it hadn't been fully evolved the time it was freed of his tank, it was already an immensely powerful enemy that was designed to withstand high pressure, asteroid-blows, extreme heat and radiation… extreme circumstances, summing it up, that one was confronted with travelling through space…it was already able to destroy whole galaxies in his infant state. Trunks didn't even dare to imagine what Baby would be capable of if he'd get another chance to mere his power by overtaking someone like Dr. Mu again, who had clearly been under Baby's orders, though he obviously didn't know that at the time. Trunks had a little more information on that one though, thanks to the robots on M2, who'd granted him entrance to Dr Mu's Main-Database. He'd merely skimmed the Data before putting up the virus to the computer that shut down the energy-supply, but it had been enough to make him shiver with dread, imagining that horrible creature.

"How could anybody even think of constructing something like that? Dr. Mu would never have been able to control that thing one's it would have reached it's complete form. It's this kind of mental genius that struck Dr. Gero down and he was making the same mistake with a hundredfold bigger outcome", Trunks burst out. "It's the Cyborgs, Cell and Boo all over again. Put those four power-levels together and we're not even close to what we're dealing with here"

Goku eyed the young man very closely. Trunks wasn't one to exaggerate things and the look on his face was dead serious. He knew that look very well from Vegeta and never before had the resemblance of father and son been that obvious to Goku before.

He hadn't been able to follow Trunks explanation of what Baby really was but that didn't matter. According to Trunks it had been in an infant stadium when it attacked them on M2 and its power level had already reached Majin-Boos after the second transformation. Goku had always had an excellent memory of power levels, which had proven to be very useful on countless occasions. Being a Saiyajin it was, how Vegeta every so often reminded him of painfully obvious in their endless battles and spars back on earth, in his nature to accept any challenge to fight, to confront any enemy, to be pushed to his physical limits, but THAT one was one enemy that was better put off at the routes.

Luckily they had been able to end it once and for all on M2, thanks to Trunks discovery of the secret lab, that had been rumoured amongst the robots inhabiting the planet. If it hadn't been for him, Dr. Mu would have fulfilled his plans undisturbed.

Being Bulmas son, naturally Trunks knew a lot about technology and science yet on this journey he had been amazed to learn just HOW smart that boy was. He found himself gaping in aw when he watched Trunks handling the controls or repairing parts of the huge Spaceship that he had never even SEEN before, let alone knew what they were there for just like that. When he asked Trunks what exactly he was doing he wasn't able to follow his speech after a few seconds. When he was talking about his work, his eyes glittered with enthusiasm and excitement and he could forget everything around him, just the way Bulma did.

He definitely took after his mother a lot.

Luckily he had not inherited her temper though…, Goku thought.

A shrill beeping ripped him harshly out of his thoughts and according to her expression Pan experienced the same drawback to reality. Trunks however was grinning brightly and when he spoke, his voice sounded excited. "All right Guys, time to get seated, we're about to land. Welcome back to earth!"

The doors of the spaceship had barely opened when Trunks heard a delighted cry and was nearly knocked over by Goten, who gave him a rib-cracking hug.

"Hey Buddy, welcome back! It feels like you've been away for ages!"

"Goten! It's so good to see you man", Trunks answered and hugged his best friend back.

It was an overwhelming feeling to see his best friend again; they'd never been apart from each other that long before. They looked at each other and he saw his own emotions mirrored in the black-haired Saiyajins eyes.

"Nice to see you too, Son", Goku laughed but got no reaction from his youngest son whatsoever, since he and Trunks were now doing some weird homecoming dance. Goku sighed and couldn't help but smile at the two teens. It was touching to see the two of them together again, they'd been best friends ever since they were kids and had obviously missed each other a lot. As if she'd been picking up his thoughts he heard Bulma say: "Well, I guess the Siamese twins are united again. One could really get jealous, you know? As your mother it should be my privilege to greet my son first", she pouted, but when she got no reaction from her son she gave a defeated sigh.

"Give it up Mom, that's one fight you've lost a long time ago. Goten's been acting like a puppy that lost its master for the last couple months", Bra added and smiled. The friendship between Goten and Trunks was legendary, nothing could tear the two of them apart.

"Mother, Bra!" Trunks smiled broadly as he caught sight of his family. It sure felt

good to see them all again, he thought. They had obviously not changed at all.

"Welcome back, Trunks. I really missed you", Bulma said softly and hugged her son, then eyed him closely from head to toe as if checking if he was alright. Then she gave him a warm smile. "You look great. Actually I've been quite worried sometimes, but obviously Goku took good care of you all."

"Of course, you know me Bulma", Goku greeted the old friend and only now Trunks caught sight of his father, who was standing apart from the group as usual. When their eyes met he gave a very small smile.

"Hey Son. It's been quite a while, eh?"

"It sure has", Trunks agreed happily. He'd never had imagined his father being there to greet them as well.

"You look changed, that trip with Kakarott has obviously done you some good", Vegeta smirked. "Ready to proof it?"

Trunks eyes lit up in anticipation. He knew that this was his father's idea of a proper welcome and couldn't wait to show him the progress he'd made on this journey.

"You can bet. We'd better take that one out in the field though, I wouldn't like to restrain myself to that tiny gravitation chamber", the purple-haired young man added and flashed a cheek grin.

Vegeta raised an eyebrow. "Now you're talking boy", he growled appreciatively. The two of them exchanged a short, mutual nod and in a split of a second, they were gone.

"I just can't believe those guys…", Bulma groaned, shielding her eyes against the sun and watched her husbands' and son's outlines getting smaller on the horizon.

Goku laughed and clapped her back sympathetically. "Trunks can't as much as take a break here. Vegeta sure has strange welcoming-habits.", he agreed, "That's one guy that will never change."

Goten smiled. "Knowing Trunks, he was looking forward to that fight as much as Vegeta was. I swear, the two of them are SO alike it's scary sometimes."

"I'll second that…", Goku replied, thinking of all the occasions in which he'd had that exact thought during their journey. "So, they won't show up again that soon, I guess… Bulma, you got anything to eat, by any chance? I'm starving."

Bulma burst out laughing: "Talking about guys that will never change…come on in, then! You have to tell us everything!"

So? What do you think? You liked it? This is merely the opening, the next chapter will be up really soon. Thx for reading, would love to know what you think about it.;)