Sole Flame - Future Trunks Saga- Chapter one – Back To The Future

It is peaceful morning on the pristine planet known as Earth. Birds are chirping in the sky and the bright orange sun is shining down on this beautiful day on the recently devastated planet that had just recovered from the terror of the two androids.

Age 787, one year after the savior of this different timeline returned from his grand adventures in the past and destroyed the two androids along with Cell, the monster who devastated a separate alternate timeline until he killed Trunks and became an even bigger problem in the past where our hero currently is.

The Humans have been working along with the saiyan known as our protagonist, Trunks Briefs, in order to rebuild the many different civilizations the ruthless monsters with the names 17 and 18. Since the "rebirth" of earthling civilization, many cities have been rising from their respective ruins and repopulation has been taking its place within the different populations.

As stated before, it has been a very peaceful day. About 200 miles from East City is a large and arid dessert filled with enormous canyons and deep gorges. The sand has begun flying around in a sandstorm at the pressure of an unknown object appearing in the sky and soaring to the ground at rapidly decreasing speed. The large yellow vessel belongs to a purple haired saiyan who is our hero, Trunks Brief.

"Well, everything is fine on the other side, looks like I can finally relax for a while and enjoy the peace"

Trunks sighed as he began to think his life would become boring, although it would be nice to have real peace in his own time, something that hasn't been in Trunks life since he was around 2 or 3. The door to his time machine, named Hope, popped open and the young saiyan who is now 21 years of age flew out slowly. His now long, purple hair flowed in the arid desert air along with the baggy area of his pants and jacket. The sleeves on his Capsule Corp. jacket are cut off and the black tank top he is wearing has a few holes in it.

"Time to return to mom and get a new pair of clothes, these are getting pretty bad.."

Life seemed to be coming together for the half-saiyan. He managed to end a seemingly endless hell for his civilization, got to meet his own father who was killed while the boy was still young, meet his mentor and best friend as a carefree child, and fight alongside the legendary warrior Goku who he found just as his mother described him, powerful with the heart of a child. Trunks reminisced on his experiences 20 years in the past with his friends, and how he was able to return and see them again to tell them of his success in saving the future and manage to fight alongside them again to save Earth from a ruthless space pirate named Bojack.

He had almost destroyed Trunks alongside with the past Earth, which would have made his whole point in going 20 years back pointless. Thanks to his young mentor Gohan, who was able to unlock his epic power of rage again to defeat Bojack, saved the Earth for a second time.

Now that he was back though, things for Trunks would finally begin to be normal, the young man was thinking of while he was flying back slowly over the new earthling settlements on his way back to his mother's own Capsule Corp. lab and headquarters.

Everything went completely silent for a second as Trunks stopped to his own disarray. Something clicked in his head as he sensed something with an averagely large power level. This specific ki source was somewhere near the building he was headed towards. It wasn't an earthling, or android since he could sense the beings power level.

"Well, whatever it is… isn't that strong or hurting anybody." Trunks said as he returned to his previous state of mind and began flying at a slow pace towards the building, still monitoring the power.

Not even 30 seconds ago the saiyan stopped again to focus on the ki once more.

"It's.. increasing," he sensed a little harder as things became still and serine again," and it's evil!"

Trunks rapidly increased speed towards the building, while he can fly fast it will still be a while to fly on the other side of the world. The humans looking increasingly scared as they began to make out the shape of the speedy saiyan.

"Mom…" the young man murmured quietly as he sped up to be even faster," what… I'm too late…grr" the increasingly angry saiyan grumbled. He felt the ki of a handful of humans decrease as the one evil energy increased, releasing ki signatures that remind him of Frieza and Cell's own death beam.

Eyes turning to a light blue, hair rising to a spiked style with a brilliant gold color way, the half saiyan ascended. Now that he is a golden warrior of light known as the super saiyan, Trunks' speed increased ten-fold as the boy rushed full speed to the place her mother was most likely being held captive at.

"Hehe" the black and white alien who arrived on the planet with a mission was wasting Earthlings rushing out of the Capsule Corp. building that he recently set on fire with a tiny barrage of bright grey ki blasts.

"Babidi will not be pleased that the Earthlings are still too weak to turn, this was a waste of time, but at least I can have a little bit of fun while I'm here! Hahahahahahaha!" he started breaking into extreme laughter as he sent another beam at a poor earthling who was trying to escape with his life.

Cars speeding away at top speed, sirens screeching sending a sense of emergency to the rest of the earthlings, Capsule Corp. is a mess. Since the monster arrived, the whole scene went from a busy yet peaceful day in West City to a recap of what happened with the androids over the last 20 years. Beams everywhere ending the lives of people who had no intention of hurting everyone grabbed whatever they had and took off.

"Boys, remind me again what that building is experiencing?" a fire chief screamed at his men as they neared the building.

"Pure hell sir!" the replied with unchanging respect.

"Now, I don't have a good memory, but I believe that is exactly what WE end for the people of this city! Isn't it?"

"Sir, yes sir!"

"Now get out there and save some lives!" the chief exclaimed as he dropped out of the bright red truck with his men, signals blaring so that the people around would notice that help has arrived.

"Oh boy! This is a biggun, looks like we will need the hose, boys!" he signaled three of his men over to the back of the truck where they all worked together to pull a gigantic red fire hose out of the truck. They pulled it around to the front and pointed the large tool towards the pandemonium.

"Ready! Aim! Fi…rgahh" the chief was cut off cut off by a speedy ki bullet through the chest.

"You earthlings didn't think you would stop all this FUN, did you? HAHAHA" the psychotic alien broke into laughter as he sent most of his energy to his hand , releasing the newly formed balls at the fire truck. The black energy ball made full contact with the truck and firemen, destroying the surrounding perimeter and all of the poor souls that are consumed in the ki.

"This is just TOO amusing, I almost can't believe how much fun you insolent humans are!" the now calm monster chuckled as he turned around, continuing his barrage of ki beams.

BLAAAM! Smoke filled the air as it covered all over the area above west city, consuming Capsule Corp. and surrounding buildings. The blast made direct hit with the alien, seemingly killing him and resulting in peace for North City.

"WE DID IT MEN! GOOD WORK ALL OF YOU!" an intercom attached to a 2 ton green tank blared out to the rest of the war machines line up around the alien. Followed by shouts of appreciation and freedom at the supposed destruction of this monster.

" CALLING OUT FOR THE BACK UP FIRE SQUADRON FOR ASSISTANCE IN ENDING THE FIRE AT APROXIMATELY WST 3338926K, PLEASE SEND ALL OTHER UNITS THAT HEAR THIS MESSAGE, IT IS SAFE TO COME OUT AGAI-" the even larger blast ended the transmission and the lives of the soldiers sent out to protect their city.

"Hahahahahaha! I believe you mean to come out and play with me some more, I'm getting awfully bored, may just end it all soon for you poor weaklings!" snickered, than continued," maybe I'll even rename the planet and you poor fools, yes Planet Pui Pui, I like the sound of that!"

The now taunting alien named Pui Pui seemed like a rather apparent goliath to the civilians hiding out below. Most of them wondered why, why they would be spared of the wrath of two androids for 20 years only to be ended by another threat, always helpless to stop the destruction and death. This is much like our hero felt for his whole life, only recently being powerful enough to actually end annihilation for him and his people.

"Yes, seems like this cities time has come to an end, I guess this is one city that Babidi will have to forgive me for. After all, I have to clean up my mess, HAHAHAHA!" Pui pui laughed with increased power as he raised his finger. Ki exploded from his finger faster than anyone could see. Growing in size by the second was the white and black alien's ki ball, towering over the city with a dark black aura.

"It's time to say goodbye, maybe we can play some other time!" shouted the alien right before he increased his Ki ball to maximum size and released with a slight finger twist.

"Matter Evaporator!"

The ball moved faster than anyone below anticipated, seconds after unleashed the ball was eating the tallest tower in West City. Nobody anticipated what would happen next as the humans all either screamed or hung their heads in the realization that their lives are over.

"Huh?" Pui Pui gasped in confusion at the sudden halt of his Matter Evaporator right before it hit the city.

"I don't get it, I should be staring at a brilliant fireworks display, grr, what are you earthlings planning!?"

The emergency break to this explosion is Trunks, returned to his base form gently holding the ball back with one hand extended.

The half-saiyan chuckled, "Is this all? How…disappointing."

With a quick flick of his hand, the massive ki ball moved off into the sky with breakneck speeds, the city evading its end by a hair.

"Might as well give em' a show," Trunks whispered as he let out his hand and extended his hand to detonate the lightshow over the city with dazzling light. Hair flowing back at the force of the explosion, standing tall, Trunks is a true hero saving the day like usual.

"HOW DID YOU!?" Pui Pui exasperated as he looked at the supposed earthling. "So easily…"

"Easy,' Trunks retorted," I am much stronger than you!" the young man exclaimed as he floated towards the alien. The citizens are beginning to cheer for the true hero as he ascends toward the villain trying to look as heroic as he can, reminding the half-saiyan of his glorious friend and father to his mentor, Goku.

Realizing that he is caught up in the moment, Trunks looks past the now frightened and frozen monster towards the flaming building his mother is currently trapped in.

"Oh no! I forgot about mom!" Trunks rushed towards the building in a flash of white aura, racing into a window that is used for the blue-haired woman's office.

Smash! The saiyan blasted right through into the devastated building. Smoke is everywhere, a normal human like his mother has no chance in a small room like this. Trunks took off into the hallways around the office where the smoke will be less dense and easier to survive.

"Mom! It's me! You're safe now I can help!" the boy called out, hope dropping at no sign of reply.

"This can't be it mom, I just know it can't" the sorrowing young man cried to himself as he searched around the now crisped building trying to find a woman with blue hair. At least everyone else got out of here, maybe Bulma did two. Trunks thought that for a second, but quickly remember that he can figure out a difference between his mother's ki and other humans.

Lastly flying through his mother's lab, thinking she would know better than to hide where electricity and gas would kill her if the fire didn't. No signs of his mother. The saiyan showed his father's side in him as his anger increased at the supposed loss of his mother and he threw a ki blast at one of her machines. "Mom!" he cried as he threw the light ki blast.

Out from the added smoke of the explosion was his mother's frail and unconscious body rolling freely from the blasts force. She must have been hiding behind the machine when she passed out as the smoke thickened.

"m…MOM!" the saiyan burst with happiness at his mother's body, throwing a precise ki blast at the ceiling before grabbing her and flying through the small hole in the building that collapsed seconds later.

Trunks arrived back into the sky to notice the backup fire squadron showed up and is working on stopping the spreading fire from consuming what the half-saiyan just saved.

He flew towards the ambulances that appeared and dropped his mother off by the fire squad's truck. "Keep her safe." Trunks commanded the fireman who is about to shoot off the hose before saluting and flying towards the Pui Pui.

The black and white alien was constantly asking questions to himself why the young man saved the day for his mother. How could this happen? Who is he? How did an earthling get so strong? This can't be happening? Then he grinned a sinister and evil grin.

Now the two fighters are floating only 20 to 30 feet away from each other. Eyes locked on the other as both prepared for a fight to ensue any moment. Commotion continued below as the fire is being put out and now people are being delivered to a local hospital by struggling doctors and firemen.

"I know you don't want to die, and I don't want to kill you…So answer my questions." Trunks started.

"Haha, insolent human, you have no idea what you are getting into!"

"I'm going to ask any ways, Who are you?"

"Well well, you think you're smug, what if I don't answer?"

SHINK! Is all that Pui Pui heard before noticing the mysterious man gone.

"Is he gone? Did he go running—arghh" the abomination is interrupted by his left hand slowing sliding down, and then falling off.

"No…what happened? Where is he?"

"Right here!," started Trunks, who waited for the alien to spin around to continue," Now will you answer my questions?" The saiyan asked before returning his drawn sword back into his strapped sheathe.

"Fine, but I have a preposition for you… I am Pui Pui…rgh….a majin under the leadership of Babidi, my master."

" So there are more of you? Good, I was starting to worry you would be all that would've been disappointing…"

Pui Pui wanted to kill him so badly, but knew that his mission was at stake, and that his master would be infuriated at the thought of not only him not finding any powerful life forms, but killing the one he did find.

"Well… How would you like to join us… I sense a few negative thoughts in that head of yours, it's all you need to be turned into one of us… a majin"

"All of you villains are alike, first sign of defeat and you want me to be on your side." Trunks sighed.

"Well, I guess you aren't interested in the large power boost that you would receive if you joined us…see this," Pui Pui pointed at the large M imprinted on his forehead," …the source of my power… this is what you could have!"

The alien screamed as he put his large arms to his sides started resonating dark, magical aura from himself out of nowhere, power increasing by a big amount, but still not big enough.

Trunks sighed, "I've had enough… sorry it had to happen like this…" the saiyan increased his white aura, wind swirling and hair waving, the man extended his arm and let his energy flow through into his arm. While it was enough to end the poor sap's life, the beam wouldn't be a lot.

"HAHAHA… just what I thought, you walked right into it…Black Death!" The alien released before Trunks could finish the explosive demon wave.

Somehow the dark magic increased the alien's power to about triple what is was before, more than Trunks could handle in that instant.

The large ki wave flowed into the saiyan's hands as he held back with the power already stored, but still moving back slowly and losing ground.

"Grrr….wow, guess the guy had more in him than what I thought, oh well…"

Eyes glowing with that blue awe, aura sparking into a dazzling golden light, Trunks reformed into the golden warrior of legend.

"Bye…" the super saiyan said as he threw his glowing hands off to the side, sending all of their energy into the sky, where it detonated in a beautiful light. The sudden flash that followed put the crowd of humans in a state of awe.

A static noise followed as the golden man disappeared and reappeared in front of the shocked and terrified alien. In an offensive position and exploding straight into powerful punches and kicks to the alien's head and shoulder.

"This is what you should have looked into before you came here" Trunks said fluently as he continued with a jab to Pui Pui's right chest, followed by a kick to the left side, kicking the villain back along with taking the breath out of him.

Panting and breathing heavily at this point, the defeated monster spat out one last warning to the hero of his time, " You may have me beaten, but… *he pauses and coughs up blood* you…won't…stand a chance…against my master…or even Dabura… I am only the beginning…You have one year until they arrive…..hehehe" the alien snickered one last time before Trunks rushed him with aura glowing bright gold.

Still thinking he has a chance, Pui Pui summons a large ki ball that he has been hiding behind his back, unknowing to him that Trunks can sense energy.

"AHHH!" the villain screamed as one last resort was spiraling towards Trunks at full speed.

"YOU FOOL!" the super saiyan screamed as he raised his right hand, smacking it into the ball with is backhand, sending it straight below right in front of the humans. He knew it wouldn't hurt anybody if he could control where it landed.

Spinning onto his back in mid-air with legs tucked into a ready stance to send Pui Pui launching, Trunks released his powerful stance to put the alien far into the sky.

Now standing into a powerful stance, with the large glowing hands of a super saiyan spinning around in the same motion he had used against Frieza and his father, King Cold. Releasing energy slowing but moving the hands quickly enough to increase the friction between his hands and ki, forming a flaming energy is the key to forming the Burning Attack. Named after Trunks himself, or the nickname his mother Bulma gave the saiyan. After Gohan died and Trunks became a super saiyan, Bulma started to say that he is the sole fire that will consume and burn the androids, saving the future and the past from this ever happening.

Trunks finally unleashed the blast, flying through the air at burning speed, making contact with and killing Pui Pui at last. Red hot fire burned the alien until no more of him was left, leaving the scouts blinker to go off right before death. After waiting for any signs of return, the super saiyan returned to his base state knowing the threat to the city is gone.

Looking back down at the city, Trunks realized that the fire was long out, and West City returned to its peaceful and glowing status. The sunshine began to roll back in and people began to look out and see that their invader is gone.

Slowly floating to the ground, Trunks looked for any signs of his mother's ki signature. After looking for quite some time, he found a tiny energy flow, Just noticeable enough to be his mother's energy. Trunks learned how to detect different personalities of ki a long time ago when he used to look out for androids and still wanted to be sure his mother was safe.

"That's definitely it! I'm coming mom!" with that, Trunks was off into the sun set, towards the hospital that his injured mother, Bulma, is staying. Even though the day is won, the victorious saiyan couldn't help but worry.

Where did he come from? Who did he mean by Dabura, and his master? What was with that purple magical aura that was emanating off of him? These are all questions that Trunks asked himself.

The hospital was the busiest Trunks had ever seen it. So many people were injured in the fire at Capsule Corp. Victims of smog and burns filled the lobbies, no room was left for anybody so crowds filled the hallways.

Since Bulma is one of the wealthiest businesswomen of her time thanks to the androids and Capsule Corp., she actually got her own room that her son could come visit her in. The nurse pointed pulled Trunks through the crowd towards his mother's room.

"Right through these doors ," she said, trying to remain calm despite the heat and franticness of the situation the hospital is in.

"Thank you." The saiyan replies happily even though he doesn't like going by his last name, must be the shred of saiyan pride from his father Vegeta.

Her room isn't much. Compared to the hallways others are stuffed into it's amazing, but it isn't much. About six months ago Bulma had her appendix removed and was treated to a large room with a flat screen television and food brought constantly for the 42 hours that the blue haired woman stayed. This room was a small room with a big and clunky television and a small nightstand, no servants or food are present.

In the middle of the room was Bulma's bed, with the woman in it. Fast asleep, needing rest even though she seems perfectly fine with minimal internal damage and no apparent burns, she just rested silently. The only apparent damage is the large bruise given to her from the short flight she took when Trunks threw the ki blast at her machine.

Trunks waited patiently until a doctor ran in, obviously he was called in on a day off thanks to alien who invaded earlier.

"As you probably know, I am very busy so we should make this quick. Now what is your mother's name?" He asks as respectfully as he could.

"Yes sir, I don't mean to keep you waiting. Her name is Bulma Briefs"

The doctor looks down at his clipboard, flipping through the papers until he reaches Bulma's paper. "Well, your mother will be perfectly fine. No burns, only apparent damage is from smoke… I suggest bed rest whenever she gets home." He pauses and writes something down on a small piece of paper and then continues, " Here is a prescription for Advil in case she experiences any pain."

"Thank you so much"

"You are very welcome, have a good day." The man says after handing Trunks the small prescription and before rushing out of the door to his next patient.

With nothing left to do, Trunks waited….and waited….and waited….

While waiting the same questions popped into his head again, Trunks is worried at the thought of what may happen in the future. What did he mean by "master"? How powerful will this Dabura guy be? He seemed pretty sure of himself that his master will be enough to end Earth and Trunks.

After waiting for about 5 hours he knew that his mother wouldn't be waking up until the next day, and the eager saiyan just couldn't wait that long. After all, he did have Vegeta and Goku's heritage in him, training is second nature to the son of the man who used to be known as "Prince of all Saiyans'.

Not being able to wait any longer, Trunks looked around and found a pen to write on the back of Bulma's prescription. Taking about 30 seconds to write out his message, the saiyan laid it down on top of his mother's night stand.

"Bye mom, I promise I'll be back before the year is over…" Trunks waved goodbye to his mother once again before flying out into the air. Feeling free until he realized that he didn't know where he could go. After thinking for about five minutes, the son of Bulma sparked an idea and flew off in the direction of the tree's going up a mountain.

"Sorry I couldn't stay mom, something came up and I'm afraid I have to go again, but I promise I will return and that I'm only gone to be sure that you are safe. I will be back in about a year, goodbye for now…" the note read

"One year…" Trunks said to himself as he flew away into the wilderness...

Power Levels

Trunks – 70,000,000

Trunks (Super Saiyan)- 700,000,000

Pui Pui – ,250,000

Unleashed Majin Pui Pui- 1,000,000

Bulma (passed out) – 1