01: Chapter 01
Well, you might wonder what drew me to this decision that probably doesn’t seem like a good choice, but it’s my life and I’m tired of leading it for other people. I think it's time to do something for myself. My own happiness should matter sometime, shouldn’t it? I probably sound selfish, but I’m so tired in my soul of being unselfish. I just have no more to give. I need something to fill my heart with or I can’t go on much longer. I have become a hollow shell of myself that a small wind could blow over at this point.
Still want an explanation so you can at least see my reasoning? All right, but I should start with who I am. My name is Trunks. I am a survivor of the androids; in fact, I was the one who finally defeated them after their long reign of terror over the world. I traveled into the past and came back stronger to my own timeline. This wasn’t even just a physical strength, but I was also strengthened in my heart and soul.
I met and fought with people I had only heard of from my dear mother: my father, Goku, and the sweet child version of my departed friend and mentor Gohan. They understood me like no one else can here and helped me grow further into myself. They brought a solace to me that enabled me to come back to my apocalyptic home and defeat those who had caused that state.
So what is the world like with the androids gone? Well, it's still in ruins, but it is slowly being reborn again. Capsule Corporation had never completely dissolved, there just were some places that were never touched or should I say destroyed as much as others. My mother had still kept in contact and maintained what was left as acting president and heir to the company. So, when it came time to start rebuilding the world, CC was still functioning to help do so. Unfortunately, it lost its guiding light of leadership.
My mother died just a year after the androids. While working in an area that the androids had hit hard but needing the salvage my mother ventured into it anyway and she was caught in an earthquake. The earthquake took both my mother and the precious pieces she had been collecting away from me. I have been alone ever since.
I took control of CC. I must admit that all the time I spent in the hyperbolic time chamber did mature me some but even if it hadn’t I doubt any would have made any dissension to me taking the reins of CC. After all, I am the hero who killed the androids. Everyone calls me “Mr. President” but I feel it’s not really as in Pres. of CC, but Pres. of the World. Maybe it's because there has been so little leadership otherwise except by me and CC.
In honor of my mother, I used CC to lead the world in rebuilding with no heart to charge people for the products, but unable to be a completely charitable organization, I came up with a barter system. I first hired people to help mainly with building houses. Each of these employees were given a house in exchange for their work and supplemented with stored items. The first houses I helped build were for my employees. After they were taken care of that way, we continued building new houses. They were built for individuals or communities that dealt with producing food. Virtually self-sufficient communes that grow and process food for CC have become quite ordinary in these recent years. We have the power to make a worldwide distribution of these products to areas hardest hit. We have now built so many houses I joking call the company Capsule House Corp. now.
This has gone on continually for these past two years after Mother’s death. I have worked in the factories myself. I have helped clear the wreckage. I have rebuilt many structures needed in this world. I have visited places all over the world and met with people to determine what I can do to help those people and what’s left of their communities. CC has reestablished factories all over, ignored areas like R&D and started focusing greatly on things like the farms and food processing. It's not quite the company Grandpa originally envisioned but I think he would still like it just for the sake of helping others.
Thankfully, I now have people helping me like that woman Videl Satan. She is actually the daughter of that man, Hercule Satan, we met when fighting Cell. In this timeline he didn’t survive his time seeing the androids, but he left a strong individual behind who has helped keep CC running smoothly. The momentum has been building now steadily and my chance has finally arrived. I am running away from it all and pursuing my own happiness. Videl can keep things running for the time I am gone, which honestly doesn’t have to be long, at least it would seem that way to everyone here.
If you haven’t guessed my intention already, it’s to take a small vacation. The destination is far removed not in distance, but in time. I am going to go to the past timeline again. Well, it's not going to be quite so long in the past as it was the first time. I am going to surprise them and myself by appearing some years after the last time I visited. I am curious to see how all of them and their world is going. I know that this other timeline has the answers to the questions my heart asks me every day. Finding people who can treat me, as myself is what I’m seeking.
