There comes a time when all life must return to where it began and as the cold rain washed away the blood from his GI, pain emanating from every inch of his body, Gohan thought it was finally his time. After twenty long years of fighting against the androids in a vain effort to extend the lives of the innocent, he had fought his last battle...or so he thought. He heard a voice call out to him.

"Gohan." The son of Goku tried to gather himself and focus on the voice rather than the darkness trying to overtake him.

"Gohan!" he tried to open his eyes fully but his body just wouldn't respond.

"GOHAN!" the voice boomed and he finally recognized who it was and smiled.

'Little bro you're up earlier than I expected, guess I'm losing my touch' he thought before giving in and falling unconsciousness

"Doctor, is he going to make it?" Trunks tried not to let his worry show but he was deeply concerned for his mentor and was almost unable to control himself when he saw just how much damage the androids had managed to inflict on him. He knew however that if he didn't act quickly, Gohan would have died from his injuries and loss of blood. Luckily one of the remaining people that the cold blooded murderers hadn't gotten was a doctor that was able to treat Gohan without moving him too far away but unfortunately with his wounds, nothing could be guaranteed.

"I'm happy to say that your friend will make it, he's definitely a strong one but nobody could have lasted much longer in that state, lucky you got to him when you did." the doctor smiled.

Trunks gulped, wondering what would have happened had he remained knocked out for any longer. Would he have lost his best friend in the entire world? The thought filled him with rage. 'those monsters have to pay but no matter how hard I try, I just can't get strong enough, if only I could transform...'

The doctor could easily see how distraught Trunks was and could feel nothing but empathy. "You can go see him now if you want, he just needs rest and time to heal his injuries then he'll be good as new, don't worry." The lavender hair boy looked him in the eye, nodded, then went into the medical room, closing the door behind him quietly so he didn't disturb his friend.

Gohan's eyes shot open and he pushed himself off the ground. Where was he? What happened? Was he dead? Looking around he got a good look of his surroundings, he was in a grassy plain with many hills in sight. "This is the place where I had my first real fight against the sayians all those years back, but how could this be?" Gohan was confused but looking down at himself, he was startled to see he had both of his arms attached to his body and as he lifted his hand to touch his face, he could tell his scars were also gone.

"Hey runt, nice to see you again, did you miss me?" Gohan glanced behind him and was able to intercept a cross punch to his head by grabbing the hulking hand and driving his fist into his opponents stomach, sending him into a cliff like a rocket.

"Nappa..." Gohan was stoic, he wasn't sure what all of this was about but he didn't mind the opportunity for a second chance against the sayian who had killed piccolo back when he was a helpless child. Nappa's aura exploded as he flew out of the crater he had been lodged in and landed on the battlefield smiling, he was wearing his armor but it had a hole in it where Gohan had hit him. His eyes were like a tigers ready to feast on it's next meal. Those eyes always scared him. "Not bad, that actually stung a little, lets see if you can keep that up!" Nappa licked his lips and pounced, exploding forward.

Gohan grunted igniting his aura, bending his knees into a fighting stance similar to his fathers and readied himself for Nappa's attack, waiting till the last second to duck under his punch and bringing his foot up, kicking the bald sayian upwards. Aiming to keep up his momentum, the young half sayian burst into the air in pursuit, firing energy blasts to keep his dizzy foe disoriented for a few seconds longer, just enough time to reach him and slam both his fists into Nappa's unprotected back sending him soaring back to earth. Before Nappa could land, Gohan materialized in his path and readied another punch but was surprised as the bald sayian stopped himself midair and growled.

"Okay now you're getting me mad, and people don't like it when I'm mad, trust me." Nappa then started charging his ki and focused it on his left arm, causing it be enveloped in a electric aura and rushed at the bewildered half sayian forcing him on the defensive, taking great caution to dodge each attack, he just got his arm back and had no intentions of running the risk of losing it again no matter how small.

'Heh I could do this all day, but I really have to end this quickly and figure out what's going on.' Gohan reminded himself, letting his aura explode and sending Nappa a few meters away, sprawling on the ground. Then he cupped his hands together at his side and began gathering energy. "this ends here and now!"

"KA...ME..." an azure mass of energy formed in the half sayians hands as Nappa forced himself up, twitching in anger"

"YOU! You will die!" Nappa growled gathering his own mass of yellow energy in his mouth as the earth began to shake.

"HA...ME..." the energy condensed and expanded slightly but Nappa was much quicker, firing his attack not a moment later. The yellow mass had turned into a destructive beam that was tearing through the ground as it made it's way to the half sayian.

"HAAAAAAAAA!" Gohan shouted with all his might, sending his azure beam into his opponents as both tried their best to overpower the other.

The son of Goku was taken aback at how even their attacks were, he was confident that nothing Nappa could muster would be strong enough to match his beam. While he had been toying around earlier to not end the older sayian abruptly, this time he actually put more than enough power into his attack that it could have taken down opponents many times stronger than him. Unfortunately, Gohans beam was slowly getting pushed back even as he poured more and more power into it. Something was definitely wrong.

"Why isn't it working. This shouldn't be happening!" Gohan contemplated transforming but he could already see that power wasn't what determining this struggle and if he didn't think fast, he'd lose and that wasn't an option.

"I refuse.." the half sayian clenched his teeth suddenly becoming overcome by emotion. "i refuse to lose to you again, I refuse to let what I stand for perish!" Gohan shouted as his anger began to surface and his beam began to push back Nappas back at a much faster pace, completely enveloping him in a massive explosion that rocked the battlefield. Gohan shielded his eyes for a moment before looking back confused.

"wha.." Gohan looked around the room noticing he was no longer on the battlefield against Nappa but was in a small room in a bed. His whole body was aching and the half sayian was too tired to move much so he just shifted his gaze to the person sleeping in the chair next to him. 'I guess it was all just a dream, figures. It still felt so real though...' Gohans eyes were wistful as he clenched his only arm.

A few weeks passed before Gohan recovered from his injuries and was able to continue training himself and Trunks, however things took an interesting turn when Trunks mother Bulma made a major breakthrough...

"Mother! This is great news, so you're saying we'll be able to travel back in time and prevent the androids from destroying everything?" Trunks was escatic as could be. When his mother had brought up the idea of time travel, he had been skeptical that even she could do something that incredible but she had pulled through with coffee and perseverance. The half sayian was most happy contemplating the idea of being able to meet the legendary hero Goku he heard so much about and especially his father who had died honorably fighting the androids.

"Hold on there kiddo, I only had enough parts to make a time machine that can hold one person and we need to decide who would be the best candidate for the job between you and Gohan."

"Yeah Trunks, I think this may be a bit too dangerous for you, especially since we're going to have to warn dad after his fight with frieza on earth, meaning you won't even be born yet. If either of your parents figure out who you are, then things might take a turn for the worst and you won't exist. We can't have that happening right?

Trunks wanted to protest but he knew they were right. He wasn't even sure if he could bare leaving his mom. What if the androids found and killed her, he would never be able to forgive himself if he wasn't there to protect her. He looked down and sighed heavily. "I understand, Gohan you have to go but I'll do my best to manage things here. Don't worry!"

Gohan rarely showed much emotion these days but he couldn't conceal the smile that formed on his face as he walked over to the complex machine, climbing inside. "Right, I won't let you guys down, with dads help, we can do anything! Now how do I work this thing?"

Bulma sighed. "Getting ahead of yourself as usual huh, some things never change. I figured you'd want to leave right away so I pre-programed the coordinates before calling you boys here. Just push the big button on the far right and that should set things in motion for both the trip there and when you get back. Just remember that it only has enough energy for a round trip."

Gohan did as instructed and the time machine began to rise into the air. "Okay i'll keep that in mind, you both take care of yourselves now and i'll return as soon as possible!"

Both parties waved goodbye as the time machine was enveloped in a flash of light and then was gone as a new adventure began.

Hello guys and welcome to the first chapter of Power Unleashed! I hope you all enjoyed it and I would appreciate any feedback and support you're willing to give. I'm going to try and make this story as great as it possibly can be so stick around for Gohans Journey through time and i'll see you all next time! :D