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[saiyanhybrid]

Posted: September 2
From: Wenchang Wang

[Hello, Far Shore.

What greets you today are the wonderful faces of these dinosaurs. They both look livid.]

Hey! Don't scare people off if you want answers!

[The dinosaurs seem to huff but back off as Gohan appears on the screen.

The god rubs the back of his head, looking sheepish.]

Uh, sorry about that, but I was wondering if anyone's seen a couple of eggs. They look like this. [He directs the screen to the nest of eggs.] It's not anywhere around my temple grounds so if anyone sees them around, mind bringing them back?

[A brief pause as Gohan looks back at the dinosaurs before looking back at the screen.]

They're supposed to hatch soon so it'd be good if the eggs are returned safely. Thank you.

[And before the feed ends, the one of the left releases a deafening roar.]

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[saiyanhybrid]

[He listens to her, cupping his chin in thought.

The androids were defeated, that was a good thing, but something stronger came out. It makes him frown, unhappy that even while one danger has past, another appeared. And this time, it's enough to ruin the small semblance of peace Trunks has managed to attained.

Has the Bulma in the future died as well?]

Needed help.... [He trails off, and Gohan feels a sense of deja vu at those words.] You guys went back in time again.

[waitingforhope]

[Yes and no.]

Trunks did.

The plan was for me to go with him, but...we were attacked before we could make it to the Time Machine. I don't remember what happened after that. I must have been knocked unconscious, because when I woke up, he was gone.

[Her eyes closed, and she took a moment for a deep breath before continuing.]

I wanted to believe that he'd succeeded, even without me. I couldn't give up hope that easily. So I returned to the bunker and told everyone he went to the past to get help. And I waited.

He did come back some time later, and he had Goku and Vegeta with him. [Her eyes glistened slightly at the memory. The mixture of joy and sadness and relief and...] I still remember him calling my name when he found us. He'd thought I'd died. I'd...never seen him looked so relieved. Whatever Black said or did to him that time must have really shaken him.

[saiyanhybrid]

[So that's what happened.

No wonder why he hasn't seen Mai before. Better question is if there's even a little Mai around somewhere that he hasn't met yet.

But his eyebrows furrow.]

Black? [That's....a new name.]

[waitingforhope]

[She nodded, eyes darkening even more. Filled with hatred.]

That was what we callled him. Before we knew.

Only recently, we learned who he really was. A kai who had stolen Goku’s body in another timeline. Zamasu...I think it was. He did it for the sole purpose of killing all of humanity. Using Trunks as a means of getting stronger and stronger every time they fought.

[saiyanhybrid]

[At the revelation, Gohan's hands clenches into fists.

It's one thing to ruin an already destroyed future, but to add his father into the mess by stealing his body? By managing to steal his body in yet another timeline to destroy everyone? He feels a flicker of anger, enough for him to release a small pulse of his energy, causing some of the lesser animals to flinch and run away from him.]

Was that who you were fighting last before you came here?

[waitingforhope]

[Mai might not have been able to sense ki energy, but even she could detect the way Gohan was feeling right then.]

Yes.

He had joined with his future self. The Zamasu if our time. One who had wished himself immortal. I remember standing with Bulma—the Bulma of the past—while Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks took them on.

The details after that are a bit hazy, but that’s the last thing I can remember before I woke up here.

[saiyanhybrid]

I see.

[He trails off, keeping a lock under the sudden surge of emotions he's feeling.

Then there's a pause.]

....What happened to the Bulma in the future? [She did say they lost many friends and then the Bulma from the past was there, too....He feels like he knows the answer to this, but he'd rather know still.]

[waitingforhope]

[She hesitates, the pain in her eyes clearly evident. Of everything, this was the hardest to come to terms with. Bulma has been a friend. More than a friend. Like family, in a way. An invaluable member of the resistance in more ways than one—not the least of which being the person who made it possible for them to get help.]

Black killed her.

I...wasn’t there to witness it. Trunks was. He told me when he made it back to the apartment we were crashing in at the time.

[saiyanhybrid]

[Black killed her.

Gohan can feel his emotions practically snap, fists clenching tighter. Even if he didn't know this future Bulma, didn't know the pains she's gone through, no one deserved to be killed like this. No one. He holds back the urge to release more of his ki.

He takes a deep breath.]

I....I see.....