Author's note: This is a K&18 Fanfic which takes place at the end of the Buu Saga. It'll be a few chapters long, though I don't know how long it'll be, yet. Mirai 17 and 18, along with Bardock will be brought back to life for seven days. (Mirai Imperfect Cell and Perfect Cell are in this, too.) In this, you'll learn who the mother of 17 and 18 is, and why 18 prefers to be called 18. Here we go. Oh, and 'Mirai' means 'future.' (As I said, it starts out as a K&18 fic, but I've chosen to expand it to have Tien and Launch/Kushami, and Gohan and Videl as main characters, as well.)
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Chapter 1: Mirai Trunks Is Back In Town.
Ten months have passed since Goku had defeated the powerful Majin Buu. Krillin, Android 18 and Marron were hosting a cookout. Everyone was there. Bulma, Vegeta and Trunks were enjoying the barbecue. Goku, Chi Chi, Gohan and Goten were getting their share of food, as well. Videl was admiring the young man who was now her fianc�e. Even Launch was having fun since she was there with Tien (her boyfriend) and Chaotsu. Yamcha was boogieing down to the radio tunes, and even Piccolo and Dende were enjoying themselves. (Though they were drinking only water, as all Nameks do) Even Android 17, the twin brother of 18, and Android 16, who had been rebuilt by Bulma and her father after the Cell Games, were having a good time. Yes, even Oolong, Puar, Master Roshi and the Ox King were enjoying the food, the music and the good times they were spending with family and friends.
Goku: Man, Krillin! You sure do know how to throw a good cookout.
Krillin: Thanks, Goku. Family Outings are really cool. (Looks at 18) Right, honey?
18: Right, Krillin-sweetie. I recall the times 17 and I had barbecues with our mom. Those were some of the best times of our lives.
Krillin: Cool! Who's your mother, anyway?
17: Our mother's none other than Ranfan, the one who almost beat Nam in the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament.
Goku looked at 17 and 18 in shock. He was surprised to learn that Ranfan, the one who fought Nam when he first fought at the World Martial Arts Tournament, was the mother of the cybernetic siblings.
Goku: (looks at 17 and 18 in shock) What? NO WAY! She's the one who almost beat Nam by crying in front of him as a way to make him lower his guard.
18: (smiles) That's her.
Krillin: WOW! If you remember your mom, you must remember your human names, too.
18 was hesitant to say anything about her real name. She looked as though she hated her real name.
18: (blushes, looks frustrated for some unknown reason) Yes...but I prefer being called 18. This name is so much better than my real one.
Krillin: Understood.
Just then, Launch put a little too much pepper on her burger. This mistake caused her to sneeze. Everyone, including Videl, 18, Goten, 17, 16, Marron and Trunks took cover. These people had been informed about Launch and her alter-ego, Kushami.
Launch: Mmm mmm. This hamburger looks tasty. Just needs a bit more pepper. (Puts a bit too much pepper on the burger, and it irritates her nostrils) Ahhh...ahhh...ahhh....
Vegeta: OH NO! She's going to sneeze!
Videl: TAKE COVER!! (backs away, and everyone follows her lead)
16: Imminent Danger! Launch is about to metamorphose into Kushami. Stand clear!
Goten: Duh!
Launch: Ahhh....ahhhh...ACHOO!! (sneezes, and changes into Kushami)
Once again, the ditzy, but carefree Launch has transformed into the aggressive and trigger-happy Kushami. Trunks mistook her for a Super Saiya-jin...that was a mistake which made the blonde femme fatale shoot at him.
Kushami: What's everybody staring at?! If you guys don't want to be shot at, you'd better not be rude to me!
Trunks: WOW, mom! Launch's hair became blonde, and her eyes are green! Does that mean she's a Super Saiya-jin?
Bulma: You shouldn't have said that, Trunks.
Trunks: Why not?
Kushami: Say, WHAT?! Mistake ME for a SUPER SAIYA-JIN, will ya'?! EAT LEAD, YOU BRAT! (fires at Trunks who is forced to dance)
Trunks: (is forced to dance) YYYAAAAHH!!!
Bulma: That's why.
Trunks: I GET THE POINT!
Just then, a familiar time capsule appeared in the sky. Everyone knew who it was, at once. Kushami stopped firing at Trunks to look at the Time Capsule.
Kushami: (stops firing) Oh my goodness! Isn't that a Time Capsule?
Tien: Yeah! It is!
Bulma: That could only mean one thing...TRUNKS IS BACK!
Trunks: Wha'? There's another me?
Vegeta: Haven't we told you of the older counterpart of you who had been raised in a war-torn future?
Trunks: Oh yeah! I guess I forgot.
Piccolo: I sense his ki. This is DEFINITELY Mirai Trunks!
Goku: OH YEAH! Is HE gonna BE SURPRISED!
Goten: OH YEAH! I can't wait to meet him. Big bro's told me SO MUCH about him! WHOO HOO!
Soon enough, the Time Capsule landed in the yard. A young man who looked just like the 8 year old son of Bulma and Vegeta stepped out in his black shirt, blue jacket with the Capsule Corps insignia, He had a sword strapped to his back, and wore grayish black pants which were latched onto with a belt. He even wore yellow boots on his feet, which were just like Videl's boots. This was indeed Mirai Trunks, the young man who had finally saved the future by taking out Mirai 17 and 18, as well as Imperfect Cell. The first thing he noticed was his mom and dad...as well as himself.
Mirai Trunks: Hi, Mom. Hey dad. What's new?
Bulma, in a burst of emotion, hugged her son's alternate self, and cried tears of joy.
Goku: Of course I am. Dai Kaiou-shin exchanged his life for mine so I could battle against the power of Majin Buu. (Has a determined, and sad look) He gave his life to save the universe. His sacrifice was not in vain.
Mirai Trunks: I understand. What's been happening, since I last came?
Goku: Well, for one thing, Gohan here is officially engaged.
Mirai Trunks: (looks at Gohan) WHOA! You're engaged! WOW! You lucky dog! (notices Videl) Is that girl your fianc�e?
Gohan: That's right. I'd like you to meet Videl. She's Hercule's daughter. (Whispers to Mirai Trunks) She's stronger than he is.
Videl: Hi there. Nice to meet you, Mirai Trunks. I'm Videl. (Cuddles Gohan and giggles, thinking about her "Great Saiyaman") Gohan, you're my hero.
Mirai Trunks: Unreal! Congratulations, Gohan! I can tell that you and Videl were made for each other.
Gohan: Awww...thanks, Trunks.
Videl: Thanks.
Mirai Trunks: No problemo. (Sees Chi Chi) And Chi Chi, how are you doing?
Chi Chi: Well, I'd like you to meet Gohan's little brother...Goten. (motions to Goten) He's my second son.
Goten: HIYA! I'm Goten! Nice to meet you, Trunks!
Mirai Trunks: YEOWZA! He looks just like Goku! You and Goku are really lucky.
Chi Chi: Thanks. And speaking of lucky, check out Krillin. (Points to Krillin, 18 and Marron)
Mirai Trunks noticed Android 18, and overreacted a bit. Everyone gave Mirai Trunks a confused look as 18 just rolled her eyes at him, and explained to the youth from the future that she was happily married.
Mirai Trunks: (sees Android 18, changes into Super Saiya-jin 2, and pulls out his sword) LOOK OUT! It's Android 18! I'm not gonna let...her...kill you? (sees that all of his friends and family have a confused look on their faces) (powers down, and puts up the sword) Uh...did I miss something, here? (looks confused himself)
Kushami: Is this guy for real?
Piccolo: Oh, brother. This feels like the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament all over again. At least there's no cameras here.
18: Oy. (Rolls her eyes at Mirai Trunks) You're pathetic. You remind me of Goku when he noticed me in the World Martial Arts Tournament. For your information, buster, I'm happily married to Krillin, and I'm the mother of a beautiful daughter.
Mirai Trunks: (jaw drops open, and his eyes widen) YOU AND KRILLIN... ha... have... a... a... DAUGHTER?
18: Yes.
Mirai Trunks: (continues to stare) But...you're...you're...an android!
Krillin: Actually, to be more precise, she's not really an Android. 17 and 18 were human, until Dr. Gero fiddled around with them using the latest in biotechnology. In other words, they're cyborgs.
Mirai Trunks: Oh. I never knew that. (Looks at Krillin) AND KRILLIN! You've got HAIR! I thought you were naturally bald!
Krillin: (sweatdrops appear) Actually, in the old days, before I met 18, I shaved my head so the enemy wouldn't grab my hair. Being a married man changes things. (Smiles)
Marron: (giggles) You're funny. Hi, I'm Marron. Nice to meet you. Are you a friend of mommy, daddy and Uncles 16 and 17?
Mirai Trunks then recognized the gentle giant, Android 16. He was surprised to seem him fully operational again.
Mirai Trunks: (sees Marron) You'd win that bet. (Sees 16) WHOA! 16! I thought you were destroyed by Cell.
16: I was. But my primary memory chip was still intact. Bulma and her father rebuilt me from scratch. It is good to see you again, Trunks.
Mirai Trunks: Thanks, man.
Mirai Trunks then noticed that Vegeta, his father, had something to say to him.
Mirai Trunks: (sees Vegeta has something to say to him) Yeah, dad?
Vegeta: (blushes, and is hesitant to speak) Ahem...Trunks...I don't...know...how to...say this... but... but... your mother and I...well...that is...we're...
Bulma: (nudges Vegeta with her elbow) Spit it out, already!
Vegeta: OW! (looks at Bulma) ALRIGHT! (turns to Mirai Trunks, still blushing, with a bit of a proud smile on his face) We're planning on having another child.
That bit of news made both Trunks and Mirai Trunks fall over at the same time.
Trunks & Mirai Trunks: (fall over) WHAT?! NO WAY! FOR REAL?!
Bulma: You'd better believe it. (Smirks at Mirai Trunks) And make sure you tell my future self, Mirai Bulma, ALL ABOUT this, OK?
Mirai Trunks: You bet, mom! MAN! I'm gonna be a big brother in this timeline! WICKED COOL!
As Mirai Trunks learned about his mother's and father's plans, 18 mused with a distant look on her face. For some reason, Goku felt the same way...both looked if they had regrets for people who had died either long ago, or sometime in the future.
18: (sighs)
Krillin: Honey, what's wrong?
18: It's ironic, isn't it? In Mirai Trunks' timeline, the world was ravaged by Mirai 17 and 18. I feel sorry for them. I'll bet Mirai Trunks killed them while he was in SSJ2 form.
Mirai Trunks: (looks solemnly at 18) Yes...I'm afraid I did. But why? Why do you feel sorry for them?
Krillin: Yeah. Why, honey?
18: I feel sorry for them because they wasted their lives by committing acts of senseless violence and destruction. They were never able to find something...worthwhile. If only they were able to see how life is like, here...then they'd know how their lives could've been. Goku surviving the heart virus was a big factor in this. (Smiles sadly)
Goku: I feel the same way 18 does...about someone else.
Krillin: NOT YOU TOO, Goku?
Goku: Afraid so, Krillin. I never got to meet my father, Bardock, face to face. He died before my ship made it to Earth, when I was just a baby. If only there was a way to bring him back...for a little while. Then Gohan and Goten would meet their grandad from my side of the family.
Krillin: I understand, Goku.
Just then, 18 got a great idea.
18: (snaps her fingers) There IS A WAY, you guys! All we have to do is gather the Dragonballs, ask Shenron to bring Mirai 17, 18 and Goku's dad back to life for a week, and have them brought here, to this day and age!
Mirai Trunks: Ummm...I don't know..what if Mirai 17 and 18 try to turn on us?
Once again, Android 18's cunning helped her make a daring, and clever plan for handling the situation. This plan got Vegeta riled up...until Bulma gave him a threatening look.
18: Don't worry, Mirai Trunks. (Smirks) If Mirai 17 and 18 do try to turn on us, I'll pull a "Vegeta" on one of them. Then, if they realize that 17 and I are stronger than they are, they should fall in line. Then AND ONLY THEN, will I give them a Sensu bean.
Mirai Trunks: (thinks...and remembers 18 breaking Vegeta's arm in battle) Okay...fair enough.
Vegeta: (realizes what 18 was talking about) WHY DID YOU HAVE TO MENTION THE TIME YOU BROKE MY ARM, YOU TIN CAN of the FORMER BALDY?!?!
Mirai Trunks: (to himself) Uh oh...dad's getting himself in trouble again. Oh well, some things never change.
18: Shut up! Or do you want me to break your arm again?
Vegeta: (sees Bulma looking at him with the "apologize-or-else-no-gravity-trainer" look, panics, and turns to 18) Ulp. No. I'm...s...s...sorry.
18: That's more like it.
Goku: ALRIGHT! Then its settled! I'll go get the Dragonballs! Since I've been training and fighting while I was dead, I think I'll be able to get them in 1 day!
Dende: That's incredible, Goku!
Goku: Thanks, Dende. (Looks at his friends and family, while he performs the Instant Transmission) Later. (Disappears. Appears in the Capsule House, gets the dragon radar, and disappears again)
Bulma: Hmmm...must've gone to get the Dragon Radar.
Mirai Trunks: You sure he can do it? Can Goku actually get the Dragonballs in 1 day?
Bulma: If ANYONE can do it, GOKU CAN!
Mirai Trunks: I guess you're right.
And so, Goku uses the Dragon Radar he borrowed from Bulma to find the Dragonballs one by one. His improved skills in the mastery of the Instant Transmission assured that he would do as he promised. What wonders await Mirai 17 and 18? Will Bardock and Goku have a happy, yet tearful reunion? Find out in the second chapter of this story of DRAGONBALL Z!
