Finding Hope

Christmas Special

Tsubaki's pov

I was so excited to go the past, this time we were bringing my timeline's mom, Bulma, Mai, Oliver and Asher to spend Christmas with everyone. I had gotten permission from past Bulma, who was giving them a place to stay for Christmas. When we finally made it, everyone had been gathered at Bulma's place. I was the first one out of the cramped time machine and stretched out, as my tail wiggled. Yeah, I almost forgot that it had grown back during a training session I had with Asher. My tail wrapped around my waist and I breathed in the fresh air around me as I stepped away from the time machine. It was a bit chilly but I was well prepped, since I was wearing one of Trunk's coats. After about an hour or two it had started snowing, so all of us were excited to go play out in the snow.

"Be careful out in the snow, kids!" Bulma shouted from her window, as I chuckled. Goten, Tsubaki and younger Trunks were outside playing, while Trunks and I were watching them. I was wearing Trunks's coat and smiling, watching as Mai and Asher played around in the snow.

"Goodness, those two are acting like children. It's like their first time seeing snow." I shook my head and giggled, watching them. "Maybe it is.. I mean Mai and Asher weren't around last Christmas. And Oliver was too young to even remember it. Besides, we haven't seen much snow." Trunks stated, as I looked to see Oliver now chasing around Goten. I smiled seeing my little brother playing with a younger kid than him and just as I was about to say something to Trunks, a snowball hit my face. I stood there stunned for a minute and instantly grew angry, as I balled up my fists.

"Who threw that?!" I heard Trunk's laughing from my side, so I whipped around to face him. "You threw that?!" He couldn't stop from laughing and I growled at him. I grabbed a bunch of snow, packing it into a ball and chucked it at Trunks, who stopped laughing.

"Oh that's it... You're on!" He grabbed another handful and stalked towards me, but I ran off just in time before he hit me with it. I laughed loudly, dodging his every move and every attempt to throw a snowball at me. "Haha! You missed." I yelped, when I was hit with a snowball but not from Trunks. I spun around seeing Gohan laughing and I got pissed, my tail unwrapped from around my waist and picked up a handful of snow. I took the snow from my tail and balled it up, I stomped towards Gohan who immediately backed up but wasn't fast enough to dodge the snowball I had thrown. It nailed Gohan in the face which stunned him, as Trunks started laughing really hard. "You!! Started this!!" I pointed, shouting at him making him run off. Gohan threw another snowball but I dodge it causing it to hit Mai, who gave out a little yelp of surprise.

"Oh, that is it!" She threw a snowball at me and I ducked, heading to throw one at Asher and Trunks. I started laughing as soon as Goten slid around trying to run from Tsubaki and crashed into the snowman, younger Trunks and Tsubaki made. I couldn't stop the laughter that followed, as he made a small imprint in the snowman and fell into a deeper patch of snow. "Goten, are you okay?" Gohan chuckled, as I went over to him. His legs stuck up in the snow and he couldn't wiggle himself out making me laugh, I grabbed onto his legs and pulled him out. "You okay there, bud? You hit that snowman pretty hard." His cheeks puffed out as I laughed and placed him on his feet, I wiped the snow off of him and continued to laugh seeing Asher hit a nearby tree. Our snowball fight continued with Trunks, Gohan and I were working together while Mai, Asher and Oliver where on their own team. Younger Trunks, Tsubaki and Goten had their own team and sure enough they cracked us up with their crazy shenanigans.

"Guys!! It's time for dinner." Bulma called out from the back door, Mom stood beside her so we all headed inside.

"I'm so glad that we were able to spend Christmas with you all." Mom said with tears in her eyes, while Momma B agreed with a smile and a small nod. "How are you guys doing in her your timeline?" Bulma asked as she took her seat, after setting down the final platter of food. "It's gotten much more peaceful. We haven't seen anymore trouble stirring which is honestly a relief." Momma B spoke, with a small smile. "How are the other survivors?" Yamcha quirked an eyebrow, as he took his seat. I was happy to see that Yamcha wasn't too busy to hang with us, it had been months since I last saw him.

"Getting by for the most part." Asher stated but there was glint in his eye, that said he didn't like Yamcha much. I started getting a weird suspicion as to why Asher didn't like Yamcha, but Asher barely knew him.

Thirty minutes later.....

"Oh that's not fair!! That was mine!! I was gonna buy that!" Dad whined at the top of his lungs, which made Chichi yell at him for complaining while Mom laughed at him. "Too late, Kakarot. I've already bought that land fair and square. And there's no way I'll agree to trade with you for it." Vegeta stated stubbornly, making me chuckle as I rolled the dice. I landed on free parking, managing to grab the large amount of money that had piled up under it.

"That's so unfair!" Goten whined.

"How did you manage to snag that?!" Gohan questioned, as I gave him a sly smirk. "Maybe, I'm just good at this game. Better than you." I taunted.

"Ohhh, I see someone's gotten all cocky." Krillen chuckled as I looked over to him and then back to Dad and Vegeta, who were now arguing over the property. Momma B couldn't help but crack a smile, while I couldn't help but laugh at the two. "Will you two quit arguing and play the game?! It's your turn, Vegeta!" Bulma shouted in agitation, making the entire table crack up as Vegeta stopped arguing and rolled the die. I looked around seeing everyone having their own side conversations and cracking up at jokes that were being made, I smiled as my eyes landed on Trunks. He was smiling and having so much fun which made me happy, "Tsu, it's your turn." I snapped out of my daze and rolled for my turn. I was so glad that we had chosen to come here for Christmas.