Universe Saga

The Merger of the Two Worlds

OPENING THEME:

EPISODE 30:

THE MERGER OF THE TWO WORLDS: THE PROMISE OF TROUBLE TO COME

"Whoa, Dad was right. All you guys are in one place."

The new voice drew stares from all as they looked up at the stranger behind Bulma. She had stiffened upon recognising it but in seconds she was in tears as she leapt into the arms of the newcomer.

"Son?" Vegeta said, his voice thick with emotion, admiring the man before him. He greeted him with a hug as the others looked on in awe but soon their gasps transformed into smiles.

"You guys haven't changed one bit since I last saw you!"

"Aw, you don't mean that," Bulma said as she disguised a quick blush, "But you most certainly have."

"Whoa, he's dreamy!" Jika said, smitten with the guest.

However, he overheard her remark but his reaction was not to be expected. He was blushing a furious red as he gawked at the girl as though what she said had affected him more than it should have. He forced himself to look away and he finally realised something that he wasn't sure how he had missed it.

"Mom, are you...?"

She nodded and smiled as she rubbed her stomach, "You're going to be a big brother!"

"Huh?" Future Trunks asked in awe, "Big brother? Oh, wow! That's great but where's Dr. Ian?" He looked around the expanse of the compound.

"Huh! How do you know about him, I never told you about him," Bulma said.

"But I thought you two - what I mean is - well, you two were pretty close, weren't you?"

"Well, yeah, sorta. We dated a bit but then I married your father, Trunks."

"Huh? Trunks?" the younger Trunks asked, stupefied by the idea. He knew that the new guy seemed familiar in a lot of ways and he had found it odd how his parents were addressing him as son but now this? So did that mean that there was two of him?

The taller Trunks could not believe what he was hearing and his mouth opened in surprise, "You and Dad got married, like for real for real?"

"Yeah, bro, about a few weeks after your last hurrah. A big shocker to us all then too, trust me," Krillin said.

"Well, this explains a lot," he said, "You guys flirt with each other every time you meet up." His cheeks were hot red as he continued. "You even divorced the doctor for Dad. I guess there's no difference between our worlds after all. I mean Gohan's engaged to this girl named Videl and..."

"I'm Videl," she said meekly as she drew closer, "Gohan's wife. And you are?"

"My name is Trunks. I'm from the future," he said, "Or more like a future. And it's pretty cool that Krillin and 18 were married recently too."

"Trunks...from the future?" asked the younger Trunks, completely floored by this revelation and he could not understand why most of them were not at all surprised or confused by this.

"You mean you can get married in the after life?" Puar asked, popping up behind Yamcha.

"So that would explain why you're not freaking out on 18," Krillin realised and a smile crept on his face as he studied his wife by the pool.

"And Goten was born even though Chi-Chi only died last year," he said casually as he looked at the boy next to his younger self, "And I betcha we would probably be best friends, aren't we?"

"We sure are," Goten said excitedly but Trunks was too lost for words to respond.

"Freaky," Goku acknowledged, "It's like the two worlds are basically the same but how do dead people get babies?"