Age 784: Future Trunks Timeline, Capsule Corp Building, Earth

"Ok Mother, it's time for me to save the past and ensure that our future will be safe from the Androids."

Trunks looked at his mother with intent, his spirit filled hope, and his heart filled happiness.

"Trunks, please be careful. Don't just be careful for yourself, but bear in mind, any actions you take could alter the timeline so bad that you could easily change the course of history."

"Isn't that the reason I'm going to the past?"

As the ever so familiar scene plays out, Trunks hugs his Mother one last time before he leaves for the past. He enters the Time Machine and it begins to levitate into the air. The machine begins to make sounds and then there is a slight pop. Bulma looks at the machine and notices there is smoke coming from one of the legs.

"TRUNKS, STOP! THE MACHINE IT COULD..."

Before she could finish her statement, she heard the final sound of the machine.

"WHIRLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL...BWOOP".

She ran back to her computer, checking at the system logs, hoping that there was something on why there was smoke.

"Hmm, it seems the quantum stabilizer malfunctioned. Well it could be worse. I mean, I know he's alive, but I don't know when he'll land. I'll just have to hope for the best."

Age 758: Yunzabit Heights, Earth

Trunks had noticed the smoke right before he left, but it was to late, once the ignition mechanism had started, it would be impossible for it to stop until he had reached it's destination. Once he landed, he checked the onboard gauges to see when he landed, hopefully on the predetermined date of Age 764.

"What, I'm in Age 758? But...how am I supposed to go about the plan now? Well, I guess I'll have to improvise. Hopefully I can find Goku still."

Trunks decided to get out of the Time Machine and put it back into it's capsule form, the weather of the area could damage it further, and he also needed to bring it to a place where it was slightly possible to fix it, Capsule Corp.

"Gotta hand it to ya' Mom, you sure know how to maximizing space and make everything on the go."

Trunks closed his eyes and tried to find an energy signal, he was trying to locate a signal similar to Gohan's. He knew Gohan was about a year old at this time, so his energy would probably be hard to find. Suddenly, he remembered what Gohan had told him during many of their training regimens. He said that his house was somewhere on Mt. Paozu. With this memory, Trunks quickly flies away to Mt. Paozu in hopes of finding the hope of the future.

Age 758: Mt. Paozu, Earth

"Chi-Chi, what are we having for dinner?"

"I don't know yet. You should go get some fish, I'll probably cook that up for dinner."

"Ok, I'll be back before sundown."

The young fighter puts on his boots on and walks out of his family's house, determined to catch the largest tuna in the river nearby. Just as he walks near the stream, he senses a huge energy source, coming directly towards him.

"Hmm, this power is huge, could it be Piccolo? No, it couldn't, he's strong, but not crazy strong. I mean, I know he trains, but not enough to be THAT strong. I better be prepared to fight, just on the off chance."

Goku watches in the sky as a mysterious youth decends about three feet infront of him. Goku gets into his fighting stance, insuring he'd be able to take down this person if he is truly a threat.

"Are you Goku?"

"Yes, I'm Goku. Who are you?"

"I'm Trunks. I've been sent from the future to save you."

"What, really? You seem to have a friendly aura around you, but do you mind proving it to me? It's not everyday that I meet somebody from the future, and I'd like to know if you're telling the truth."

Trunks looked at Goku at confusion. He couldn't tell him he is the son of Bulma and Vegeta, he hasn't even met Vegeta, yet. He looked up into the sky, then to the ground. Then he realized what he could show Goku.

"Ok Goku, I have some proof. I need you to stand back a little bit, I don't want to hurt you."

Goku ablidged this request and moved from the path of Trunks, and then nodded. Trunks seeing this, cupped his hands together, moved them to the side and yelled an all to familiar attack to Goku.

"Ka"

"Me"

"Ha"

"Me"

"HAAAAAAAAA!"

Goku stood back in amazement, admiring the beauty of his signature attack, but it was being done better by a stranger.

"Wow Trunks, that was amazing! Did I teach you that?"

"No, but Gohan did."

"My son, Gohan taught you that? That's incredible. Ok, I believe you now, but I want to know the whole story, and I want to know why my life is important enough to save."

Trunks smiled and nodded his head, but before he could finish, he heard a stomach growl, and looked up at Goku, who was giving off that signature Son grin.

"Well, how about this? You come stay with me for dinner tonight, you can tell me and my wife your story. If you travelled back in time to save me, it must be interesting."

Trunks hesitated at first, knowing that he was already damamging the time stream as is, but he was growing hungry as well.

"Sure Goku, I'd love to eat dinner with you and Chi-Chi. I still need to head to the Capsule Corp in the morning anyways."

"You know Chi-Chi? Wow, you really are from the future. Ok, listen, I need to catch some dinner, do you mind helping me catch some fish?"

"Not a problem."

The two young fighters went off to the river to catch some dinner. Usually, this task would take Goku about an hour, but with Trunks helping him, the hunt for fish took about thirty minutes. Once the fighters dried off, they proceeded to walk to Goku's house. Along the way, Goku's curiosity got the best of him.

"Trunks, I know you're going to tell me and Chi-Chi your story and your reasons for coming back, but can I ask you one question?"

"Uhh, sure Goku, I don't mind."

"Who's your parents? I mean, there are few people I know with that kind of hair, except for maybe Bulma and her father. Is Bulma your Mom?"

Trunks stood stiff for about three seconds, but then sighed, knowing he'd have to tell him anyhow.

"Yes, Bulma is my Mom. As far as my Dad, we'll get to that later."

"Ok, that's fine. It was just bothering me."

From that point, the two walked in silence, luckily Goku's house was only about a twenty minute walk.

"Hey Goku, you wanna just fly to your house? I mean it's not all that far away, we'd be there in like five minutes."

"Nah, I like walking, let's me enjoy the nature and animals all around. Makes you appreciate stuff like this."

Trunks looked around, and he did notice the beauty of nature. In his time, lots of the forests had been destroyed, so it was a sight for him to see.

"You know Goku, I never thought of it that way, but that's probably because I come from such a dark time. A time of despair and pain."

"How far from the future are you?"

"Almost thrity years. To be exact, twenty-six years. You want to know what the worst part is? The cause of my future will be unleashed in nine years."

Goku was in shock to hear this, but by the time he had absorbed this information, they were at his house.

"Wait out here Trunks, I need to talk to Chi-Chi and make sure she is ok with me letting you in."

Trunks nodded and watched as Goku walked into his house. He heard some yelling from Chi-Chi, but then it stopped and he was greeted by her and invited to come in.

"Welcome Trunks, please come in. Goku told me you were a friend of his, and since you helped get dinner, there was no way for me to refuse."

"Thanks . I'm sorry for the intrusion, and I hope my presence doens't bother you. If it makes you feel any better, I am here for something very important, and it involves everybody in this house."

Chi-Chi was taken aback by Trunks' response. Not only did he have good grammar, but he was polite. Of course, what she was interested in what the boy had to say, after all, he did say his reasons were of high importance.

Trunks decided that he would tell his story to them both once Gohan had went to bed and they had finished dinner. While waiting, Trunks wanted to hear the stories of Goku's adventure's with his mother. At the dinner table, there was laughing, and disbelief from Trunks from what he heard. He had never heard some of these tales, mainly because they showed his mother's flaws, and she would never let anybody ever know she had any. For a while, Trunks had forgotten his timeline and all the troubles that had awaited him in the future.

Chi-Chi had left the dinner table to put Gohan to bed. Within about thirty minutes, she came back to the room.

"Ok Trunks, Gohan is in bed. Would you mind telling us what exactly are you doing here?"

Trunks nodded his head, hoping that doing this would change his future for the better.

"I want you two to bear in mind, what I'm about to do is very difficult for me. If I reveal to much, it could alter the timestream further than it already has. It could change time so much that I might cease to exisist. So, I just want you two to know the risks. Are you ready?"

Chi-Chi had just sat back down, and she and Goku were ready to listen to the story of the mysterious youth.

"Ok. First Goku, I must warn you, this news may change your outlook, are you aboslutely certain you want to hear this?"

"Of course Trunks. I'm pretty certain I can handle it."

"Ok. First things first. Goku, you aren't of this world. You are of an alien race known as the Saiyans."

"WHAT! My husband is an alien?"

With that, Chi-Chi fell back, completely surprised by this. Goku froze in place, trying to piece together in his mind how this was possible.

"Like I said, this information is a bit...mind blowing, to say the least. I can stop if you wish..."

Goku had helped Chi-Chi back up to her chair. She of course was just in pure shock, but she knew she had to get out of it.

"Ok. Trunks, I need a moment to process this. I need some water, just hold on."

Trunks nodded and sat back, waiting for Chi-Chi to finish drinking.

"So Trunks. Do you mind explaining how I got to Earth?"