>>5595280“It's all my fault.” you say, putting your head in your hands. “If I'd have done more for him, tried harder, SOMETHING! Then he'd still be here.”
“Trunks....” she says softly, you barely hearing her as your mistakes pile up in your mind. Everything you've done so far has led to failure and destruction, always ending worse than it was before you'd done anything. But then you feel her arms around you, pressing herself to you as she simply holds you. “It's not your fault Trunks. You can't save everyone, none of us can. And we can't change the past, not our own and not to fix our mistakes. All we can do is do our best, every single day, and never give up. No matter what life throws our way, we have to keep pushing forward.”
You feel her words deep in your soul, stirring something within you. You aren't quite sure what this is, but you feel... Better. Relieved almost. You feel, for the first time in a long time that you aren't just wasting your efforts in an endless war with no end in sight. But that what you're doing has MEANING.
“You're right.” you say, grabbing onto her and standing, lifting your girlfriend into the air. “No matter how bad things get, we have to just keep moving forward. Even if-”
“Trunks, to the Time Nest IMMEDIATELY!” the Supreme Kai of Time's voice calls out, a note of panic in her voice. You and Hyoka share a look then immediately blast off up the mountain. “Trunks, to the Time Nest immediately.”
“Evil never stops.” you say with a sigh, flying right to the Time Nest portal with Hyoka by your side. Reality distorts, you feeling the uncomfortable sensation of your body being compressed and expanded at the same time, then you're through. Immediately the two of you jog past the Giru-like Capsule Corp droids to take Time Patrollers on different missions, heading directly to the Time Nest proper. You see the tiny Kai there, waving you both over while Toki Toki, the giant white bird that mostly resembles an owl. You both hurry over, the Supreme Kai of Time looking worried. “What's the problem?”
“Come look at this.” she says, ducking back inside. You and Hyoka share a look, following her inside. Walking down the steps to the central table, you see she has a familiar scroll laid out on the table, radiating with demonic divine magical energy.
“Mechikabura.” you mutter, your boss hearing you and turning.
“Yes. He's making a move into THAT timeline.” she says worriedly, lifting the scroll and handing it over. “Take a look.”
And as you watch, you feel a familiar dread welling up from within. You remember what happened to you the LAST time you'd gone to that particular planet.
-Saiyan Conqueror Quest 192 Intermission End-
