Disclaimer: I have never owned DBZ, nor will I ever. The only thing I own is the plot for this story. This disclaimer applies for the rest of the parts in this story too. When the Future Falls For the Past Part One: Welcome Home Mirai Trunks Mirai Trunks landed the time machine near Capsule corp and stepped out into evening twilight. He looked around him, his eyes filled with un-readable emotion. "Welcome back to the past," a gruff voice said from behind Mirai Trunks. "Hello Father," Mirai Trunks said, not bothering to turn around. His shoulders were slumped in defeat and loss of hope. "I'm staying in the past. Everyone and everything is dead and gone. Mother built another time machine and hid it from me. Before she died, she told me about it and where she'd hidden it. I came here." "Veggie-sama?" a husky voice asked from behind the two men. Mirai Trunks turned around in time to see the owner of the voice hug Vegeta and Vegeta return the hug. "Did you break your bond with my mother?" he asked coldly. Son Pan stared at the man who had spoken. "Who are you?" she demanded, clinging to Vegeta in her shock. "He is Mirai Trunks and no, I haven't broken my bond with the woman. This is my student, Gohan's brat," Vegeta told Mirai Trunks. Pan let go of Vegeta and walked over to Mirai Trunks and looked him over. "I think I'm going to like having him here," she told Vegeta, looking over her shoulder at him. Mirai trunks stared down at the slim girl in front of him. "She's my sensei's daughter?" he asked Vegeta in disbelief. "Yup. I'm Son Pan. Nice to meet you. Wanna spar?" Pan asked, smiling mischeviously up at Mirai Trunks. Mirai Trunks nodded and felt that maybe all the hope in his heart hadn't died as he looked down at the girl in front of him. "Not right now Pan-chan. Aren't you, Bra and Marron going shopping?" Vegeta asked, muttering something else under his breath. Pan rolled her eyes. "Not by choice on my part," she muttered. Mirai Trunks watched in amazement as his father actually gave Pan a genuine smile. "Take the boy with you. At least you'll have some good company," Vegeta suggested. "Good idea. You're coming with me, aren't you?" Pan asked, looking hopefully up at Mirai Trunks. Mirai Trunks nodded. "I do need to get some new clothes. I've only got the ones I'm wearing," he admitted. Vegeta nodded. "Come into the house you two. I'll have the woman get you money to buy things with," he told Mirai Trunks. Bulma looked up at Vegeta's entrance and nearly fell over in shock when she saw who was with him and Pan. "Mirai Trunks?" she gasped. She ran over to her other son and hugged him, crying softly. Mirai Trunks returned the hug, a few tears slipping down his cheeks. "Hello Mother," he whispered. "Mom? Can I take the day off tomorrow?" a masculine voice asked from the hallway. Mirai Trunks looked up and met the startled eyes of the man who had spoken. "Hello Trunks," he said. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mirai Trunks and Pan walked side-by-side through the mall behind Marron and Bra, bored out of their minds. "Marron-chan, Bra-chan, Mirai Trunks-chan needs to buy some clothes. I'm going with him. We'll meet you in the food court in two hours," Pan said when she couldn't take anymore of Marron and Bra's chatter. The other girls just nodded and continued on their way. Mirai Trunks looked down at Pan and smiled his relief. "It's hard to believe that they're my only friends when they don't want to fight at all," Pan sighed and grinned up at Mirai Trunks. "Wanna be friends? I could use one. Trunks-san is too busy being President of Capsule Corp to be my friend anymore and Uncle Goten is too busy with Bra-chan to be my friend either," she explained. "Sure," Mirai Trunks replied. "Now lets get some real shopping done." ************************************************************************************************* Marron and Bra sat down at a table in hte food court, the floor around their seat littered with shopping bags. "I think it's cool that you have two brothers now," Marron said to Bra. "Mirai Trunks is really cute." "I think it's a little weird though. I grew up with only one brother and now I have two. But did you notice the way that Pan-chan and Mirai-san couldn't wait to get out of here? Looks like they both share the same distaste for shopping," Bra said, giggling. "I don't think so. Here they come and that's a lot of shopping bags they're carrying," Marron said, pointing behind Bra. Bra tunred around to see Mirai Trunks and Pan walking towards them, shopping bags and packages in their arms and smiles on their faces. "Looks like you're right. Hello you two. Looks like you've been busy," she called. "Yup. Tru-chan and I got him a whole new wardrobe," Pan said and sat down with a sigh and a smile. "Tru-chan?" Bra and Marron asked in unison. "She asked if there was something else she could call me because she was tired of calling me Mirai Trunks. i said she could call me whatever she wanted," Mirai Trunks replied, sitting down beside Pan. He was still uncomfortable around Bra and Marron, but Pan made him feel calm and safe, a strange feeling when he thought about it. How could an 18 year old girl make him feel safe when he was much stronger than she was? "How old are you Mirai Trunks?" Marron asked, leaning across the table in her eagerness to get her answer. "I'm 23 years old," Mirai Trunks replied, backing up a bit. "Wow! You're younger than my brother!" Bra cried. "The other Trunks is 31 and you're only 23. The last time you were here, Trunks-chan was just a baby and you were a lot older than him. What happened?" "Time passes differently in the alternate dimension would be my guess," Pan said as she stole a couple of Marron's fries. She offered some to Mirai Trunks. "I think Pan-san has it right," Mirai Trunks replied as he took a fry from Pan. He smiled at her when she handed him some more fries. Marron nodded. She was trying to flirt with Mirai Trunks and was getting frustrated by his lack of response. Pan just shrugged and stole some more of Marron's fries, getting lost in her own thoughts as she stared at the mall ceiling. Mirai Trunks looked at Pan from the corner of his eye as he listened to Marron and Bra talk. "We should get home," Bra said and they left the mall and headed back to capsule Corp.