Reprogrammed

Other Worldly Training

Trunks. Hey, Trunks. Yoo hoo, Trunks. Time to wake up."

Groaning, Trunks opened his eyes. He was greeted by a familiar face, the very last one he expected to see.

"Hey, welcome back. You certainly took quite a beating."

Trunks sat up, looking at the person in surprise. "Goku? Is that you?"

The spiky-haired saiyan nodded. "Yup, it's me."

Trunks jumped to his feet. "Wow, Goku, it's great to see you again."

Goku raised an eyebrow. "Huh? Again? We've never met before."

Trunks looked confused, but then the answer came to him. "Oh, wait, you're the Goku from my time. Sorry about that."

Goku brightened up. "That's right, you met me in another timeline. Hey, was I the same as I am now."

Trunks studied the saiyan for a moment. "Yeah, exactly the same."

Goku grinned. "Wow, that's cool. You also got to meet baby you too. What was that like?"

Trunks sweat-dropped. "Kind of weird actually."

He was glad to see his friend again, even though this wasn't the same one. He thought he wouldn't be able to see Goku again, or, in this case, meet him, until he too died…

That's when it hit him. Goku was dead, and had been for many years. If Trunks was here with him, that could only mean one thing.

"Wait, if I'm here with you, that must mean that I'm dead!"

Goku snickered. "No, actually you're still alive." At Trunks' confused look, he explained. "I used Instant Transmission to save you."

Trunks' eyes widened. "You saved me? Wow, thanks. But wait, if you're dead, how did you…?"

Smiling Goku pointed behind Trunks. "I got permission from them."

Trunks turned around to see the people standing behind him that he hadn't noticed before. There was a short round blue-skinned man and two other equally short men with purple skin, pointy ears, and white spiky hair; one of them was incredibly old and wrinkled. The last one was a large man with white hair and an unfriendly scowl on his face. Trunks didn't have a clue who they were.

"Ok, and who are they?" he asked.

"Well," said Goku, "the guy with the blue skin and antennas is King Kai."

Trunks turned back to him in amazement. "King Kai? You're kidding! Thee King Kai?"

Goku snickered. "If you think that's impressive, wait until I tell you who the others are. The two little guys are Supreme Kai."

"The Supreme Kai?" Trunks exclaimed. "There's Supreme Kai? I knew about the four King Kais and the Grand Kai, but I didn't know there was a Supreme Kai, let alone two of them."

Goku bent down to whisper in Trunks' ear. "Well, to tell you the truth, the old guy is a former Supreme Kai. He's the current Supreme Kai's great, great, great, great… uh…" Goku looked at his fingers, trying to do the math, but gave up. "He's the Supreme Kai's ancestor from fifteen generations ago."

Trunks' eyes widened. "Fif…fif…fif…fifteen generations?" He looked at the halo floating over Goku's head, then at the lack of one on the old kai. "But how's he still alive?"

Old Kai cut his eyes at him. "I was trapped in a sword for a few hundred millenniums. Although that's not why I look so old." He glanced at the Supreme Kai's fusion earrings. "I just had… an accident."