Finding Hope

Chapter 18: Goku wakes up!

Tsubaki's pov

When I woke up, I was not in the last place I was originally. I instantly recognized the room, just as the door opened and Yamcha walked in. "Yamcha!" He looked over at me, "Tsu, you're finally awake. Thank god. Your screaming is a lot louder than your dad's." Yamcha walked over to me and I went to stand up, but he stopped me. "Whoa, whoa! What are you doing?" He panicked, as I stood up to my feet. "Relax, I'm just going downstairs." I walked out of the room and headed down the stairs, only to be crushed in a hug by mom. "Mom, can you let go. You're killing me." I strained, "Oh sweetheart, I'm sorry." Her demeanor changed, which scared me. My timeline's Chichi wasn't as violent, but she was just as scary. "May I ask you a question?" She asked calmly with her eyes closed, which made me skeptical. "Yeah, Mom. Sure." I said nervously, I knew she was going to blow up. "WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU RUN OFF TO?!" She yelled, making me scratch my head. "When?" I asked, confused by her question. "What do you mean when?" She asked, looking a little disheveled. "When you took off when Piccolo needed help." She reminded, "Oh, I was going to help him and 17 found me so I fought him." I explained, and she shook her head. "Well, I feel so much better. Thanks for taking care of me. I'm going to train." I said and she growled. "No, you need to rest. Go back upstairs!" She yelled, "Momma, please. I'll be on the side of the house training, if you need me." I grabbed my bag and pulled out a capsule. "Future bulma made me a place to train, while I was here." I pressed the button and threw it out the window and walked into the machine.

It was a combination of a gravity machine and something like the hyperbolic time chamber, but very different. I took the bandages off, leaving them in a small pile near the door. "Alright, we have a new threat in town and I need to defeat 17." I then took off my shirt, revealing my black tank top and I started the program. So I was basically dodging energy blasts from a robot.

I was sweating badly and panting heavily, I managed to take down 20 of the small bots but there were still a lot more to handle, Bulma knew me too well. She knew that I was gonna need more bots to fight. "Kaaameehaaameha!" I blasted all three of them and my back hit the wall as I slid down. But more drones attacked me and I groaned, "Damn it Bulma, you know me too well." I dodged more drones and instant transmitted away. I used the wall as something to push off of, "Hyperion Crasher!!" I hit multiple drones and destroyed them just as the gravity changed to heavier. I hit the ground hard and crawled over to the panel, lightening up the program and shut it off. I put it back in it's capsule and laid on the ground, when I heard shouting. I walked around the house, but stepped back and hid behind the wall. I peeked around the corner of the wall, what I saw really amazed me. "Oh Goku, stop being so silly." I peeked around the corner, seeing Dad with Mom in his arms. He threw her up in the air and caught her, "Oh thank goodness, you're okay. You know your daughter never wanted to leave your side when she first got here." Mom said, as Dad set her on her feet.

"Where is she? Is she here?" He asked, his face lit up just by her mentioning me. "Yes, Tsubaki. Come see who's awake." I walked from around the corner and Mom saw me, I was frozen. I couldn't believe that he was standing there, awake and alive. "Hey Tsu, how you been? I heard you took a beating several times." He said, as I teared up. "What's wrong?" He asked, furrowing an eyebrow at me. Without another word and took off, I ran at him full speed and jumped onto him. He caught me and kept us steady, as I wrapped my legs and arms around him. I started laughing as tears of joy fell down my face, "Hey, It's okay. I'm here now." He hugged me tightly, and I wiped my tears away. He set me down on my feet, as I looked up at him through my teary eyes. "I've been out of commission for a while. I really oughta get back into training." He said, making mom growl. 

"So I can help them fight Cell." Mom growled again, she didn't like what he was getting at. 

"What? If- if you're worried about Gohan, I'll bring him along with me. And I'll bring Tsubaki with me to." He said and Mom closed her eyes, what is she gonna do? I stood there in silence waiting for what she would do, Mom lets out deep sigh which surprised me. "Go ahead, go train! Take Gohan and future Tsubaki, fight your evil android bug monster! But I want you to PROMISE me ONE THING." She said to Dad, "I want another baby." She said surprising me, Dad put his hand on his chin. 

"Mm.. Mm... tch... 'Kay, bye!" He grabbed onto my hand and we left. We then ended up on plane with the others, "Hey Kamicollo." Piccolo glared at Dad for saying that, as everyone stared in shock that Dad was awake. "Goku!!" Krillen laughed, crying as he launched himself at Dad. The two bursted out of the side of the plane, making me chuckle and shake my head as Krillen cried into Dad's shirt. Those two really are so funny, I'm glad Dad has made a friend like Krillen. Dad and Krillen got back into the plane, where everyone greeted Dad and explained the situation.

"I'm taking Gohan, and Tsubaki. Bye." He grabbed onto Gohan and we disappeared. We then ended up somewhere, that Vegeta and Trunks were. "Heya Trunks!" Dad said, making me giggle at him. "Hey, Trunks." I gave him a hug. "Thank god, you woke up. I thought you wouldn't and that scared me." He took in my scent and relaxed. "So how's training going?" Dad asked Trunks, who had now let go of me. "Well, about that. Hey Dad, you wanna train with me?" Trunks yelled, "Buzz off!" Vegeta yelled back. "Oh, only two words. I'll go talk to him." Dad walked off, "So what just happened?" Gohan asked, "Well, Dad is gonna take us to train." I said and we left for the lookout. "The hyperbolic time chamber." Mr. Popo said, "What is that?" Gohan asked, "You'll see." I smiled. 

"Then the boy and I will go first and save you three the trouble. MOVE IT, BOY!" Vegeta walked towards the door. "Be careful in there. You know, with your father." I messed with Trunks's jacket. "Well, I know how this works." He kissed my forehead and I kissed his cheek.

"Have fun, Trunks. You too, best buddy." I stood next to Dad and waved at Trunks. They walked in and I sat down, "So where did you get that?" Dad pointed to my gi and power pole. "Future Mom sewed it to look exactly like yours. After all, Mom told me amazing stories about you when I was growing up. Including how you met as kids. Before future you had passed, Mom was at your side holding me. I was crying like crazy and future you, gave mom the power pole and told her to give it to me. To inherit. So I now carry it with me everywhere." I said, Dad puts an arm around me. Gohan turned to us and I waved for him to come, "I gotta take this picture for Mom. She's gonna love it." I smiled, as we took as all three of us took the picture. Mr. Popo took multiple pictures of us doing silly poses and laughing. But there was one picture I thought mom would like. So I made us take another picture, the exact picture of that one. "Here you go. Take this one. Mom would love it so I want all of you to keep the original one, while I keep this one." I gave Gohan the picture, "How come he gets the picture?" Dad whined, "Because you lose things a lot." Gohan said and I started laughing, which made Gohan and Dad laugh.