Subject: [FANFIC] One Hour Challenge
From: Marisa Price
Date: 6/20/1997, 2:45 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

Uh... okay ^^; Here goes. This will eventually fit into other things I am
working on, and it is a draft...


See Mirai no Trunks just happens to show up to visit while Present
Trunks is away. He walks in to Capsule Corp, wanting to meet his future
self and see that his saving the past DID mean something even though it
didn't change his future...

Anyway... he walks in...
    A couple sitting on the couch spring apart.
    "Trunks!" The green-haired beauty cried, frantically trying to
pull her clothing and hair back into order.
    A young man with spiky black hair stood up and cautiously approached
Trunks, his hands out in a calming manner. "Now Trunks-kun, don't
overreact, I can explain...."
    Trunks blushed and said, "Ano... I think..."
    "Explain what?" The girl asked huffily, storming over to glower at
the vaguely familiar man. "Tell him the truth, Goten-kun. We might as 
well get it out. Kassan knows. Papa is going to find out eventually, and
Trunks is probably happy about it. Ne, Ni....?"
    "Ano, I think there's been a misunderstanding... You seem to know
me, but I don't know you..." Trunks began.
    Exasperated, Bura threw her hands up in the air. "Great, now he's
pretending not to know us. Great. Really mature. Get over it,
your sister and your best friend are together. We love each other. I'm
in college now, so I'm plenty old enough to make up my own mind."
    Trunks blinked. "You... you're my SISTER? As in, the daughter of
Bulma... and...?"
    Goten stared at his friend. "Are you okay, man? You mean you're not
gonna kill me? What's the deal? Did you get hit on the head by your dad
again? I mean, how could you forget your parents and your sister?"
    "You're.... Vegita's daughter?!" Was all Trunks could get out.
    "Trunks..." Bura began, but was interupted as Bulma walked into the
room carrying a tea tray with various sweets and hot herbal tea.
    Bulma smiled, "I brought you two some treats!"
    "Kassan," Bura said carefully, "Look, Trunks is home early from his
trip. He... He knows."
    "Ack." Bulma commented as she looked past Goten's lanky form to her
purple haired son. "You're... home...early..." Bulma broke off and sunk
to the ground, the tray clattering to the floor and dishes and treats
scattered all over the carpet.
    Trunks, Goten, and Bura were at first shocked by the noise, and then
as a team ran toward Bulma.
    "Bulma-san!" Goten gasped.
    "Kassan!"
    Bulma only had eyes for Trunks. She sat up on her knees and reached
her hands out to stroke the lines of his face. A sad, sweet smile was on
her lips, and Bura was startled to notice tears streaming down her
mother's cheeks.
    Bulma whispered, "Oh Trunks-kun, my boy of the future. I never
thought I would see you again..."
    "Boy of the future...?" Goten wondered, and then turned his eyes to
re-evaluate Trunks. Now that he looked closely, Goten noticed a million
differences.  This Trunks was younger than his friend, but his eyes
looked old and worn and that had thrown him off at first to this man's 
true age. His physique was bigger than Trunks's, stronger, and the cocky,
assured stance that Trunks always wore was completly absent...
    "Who are you....?" Bura whispered, turning surprised blue eyes to
Goten and her mother, and then back to this man who was like her
brother, but a stranger.
    Trunks smiled at his other mother and wiped the tears away from
cheeks that were so much older than the face he had just left in
the future. "Kassan. I thought I would come to see you... And to see the
future I helped to make..."
    Bulma smiled. "Welcome, Trunks... You are always welcome here... my
other son. My mirai no Trunks..."

Whatta ya think... ? ^_^

misa