A New Challenge

It has been five years since the defeat of Dr. Gero's menacing creations; Android 17, Android 18, and Cell. The hero to defeat these creatures was the son of Bulma Briefs, and the late Saiyan Prince, Vegeta. In the five years that have followed the defeat of the Androids, the population of Earth has slowly been rebuilding. Androids 17 & 18 killed two-thirds of the population, and the number of victims Cell absorbed is still unknown. This new found peace was about to be shattered, and Trunks to be called into action one last time.

"It's sad that the Earth still hasn't fully recovered from the destruction caused by Dr. Gero and his androids." Trunks said to himself as he landed in West City.

"Trunks? Is that you?" A voice called out from the distance. That voice was that of Bulma, Trunks' mother. "Son, I never get to see you anymore since you moved in with that girlfriend of yours from East City." Bulma said teasing with a wide smile on her face.

"Geez, mom you always bring her up whenever I come to visit you. Anyway, I have something to tell you," Trunks leaned in before delivering his news. "You're going to be a grandmother!" Trunks said enthusiastically to his shocked mother.

"Trunks, that's such wonderful..." Bulma trailed off as she fainted to a shocked Trunks. Trunks took his mother into the house and laid her in bed. In Capsule Corp. headquarters, there were blueprints strewn all around in no particular order, and some kind of contraption that seemed to have the purpose of restoring energy to inert objects. Trunks turned on the television in the room, and a reporter was talking about some sort of explosion that had occurred in East City.

"Wait, that looks like it was close to mine and Aiko's building!" The young warrior exclaimed as he stared at the television. "What do I do; do I leave mother all by herself or go see if Aiko is alright? Grrr, I don't know what to do, give me a sign!" Trunks said quietly until his frustration caused his voice to boom.

"Trunks...go see if Aiko and my grandchild are ok...I'll be fine son, go be with your family." Bulma said in a quiet whisper to her son. With that Trunks nodded and raced out of the house.

Trunks took to the sky with incredible speed and as he approached East City another explosion went off and the smoke shot into the air. The warrior landed outside of his building and ran inside and up the steps. He broke down the door to his apartment, but Aiko wasn't there. Trunks searched the entire apartment and there was seemingly no trace of her. Trunks went into their room and picked his sword up and attached it to his back, and was about to walk out of the apartment when he spotted a note on the refrigerator. The note read, "Trunks, got called into work today be home around Six P.M. Love, Aiko." Trunks smiled as he walked out of the building knowing the love of his life, and unborn child were alright.

However, there was still danger around Trunks with the burning buildings being too much for the firefighters to handle and the resulting mass panic.

"Anyone in these burning buildings are trapped! There's nothing we can do for them, it's all over." The downtrodden police officer said. As Trunks heard the police officer, he flew into the air and started to concentrate his ki.

"This may be a long shot and could possibly destroy the buildings, but I have to try it." Trunks thought to himself and unsheathed his sword. "Alright! Here we go Wind Slash attack!" Trunks screamed out as he gathered energy on his sword and slashed at the building. This technique caused a great gust of wind to overtake the flames and extinguish the burning buildings around the block. Remarkably, no innocent person was injured from the technique, but there were heavy casualties on the other side of the city.

"That was very impressive Trunks." A mysterious voice called out to the Saiyan warrior. A shocked Trunks looked over the horizon, but he couldn't find anyone. Trunks called out to the voice asking where he was, and the voice responded, "Above you, Trunks." As he looked up, he saw a muscular warrior with gray colored skin, and spiky green hair. "I'm glad we have finally gotten the opportunity to meet, now you will face your final opponent." The mysterious villain boasted as he lunged at Trunks.

"We'll see about that!" Trunks exclaimed as he dodged the warrior's attack. Trunks then rushed at the warrior with his fist and the two traded blows over the city with neither side gaining an edge over the other.

"You're stronger than I imagined, I'm gonna have to step it up a notch!" The mad warrior screamed as he gathered his ki into what looked like a black aura. This ability to raise his power shocked Trunks long enough for his opponent to charge at him full speed and land a series of punches and kicks to the Saiyan warrior's body, and send him crashing to the ground. The impact created a giant crater in the ground, and the gray warrior descended to the street and looked down at Trunks.

Trunks stood up and looked at his opponent and started to gather his energy. The buildup of ki caused the ground and surrounding buildings to sway as Trunks powered up to his Super Saiyan form. Super Saiyan Trunks floated out of the crater and started gathering a blue energy wave in his fully outstretched arms pointed directly in front of him. The energy grew to massive proportions as the brute smiled psychotically at the output of energy. Trunks then shot the massive ball at his opponent as he merely just stood in place, taking a direct hit. The impact caused a massive explosion of smoke that covered the air and Trunks smiled figuring he decimated his opponent with his attack.

Suddenly, Trunks' eyes began to widen as his enemy was still standing . To add insult to injury, he was completely unharmed from the attack. "If you plan to defeat me with a technique like that, you won't last nearly as long as I thought." The psychotic warrior boasted.

A shocked Trunks could only utter, "Who are you," as the warrior grabbed him by the neck and began pounding his stomach with his fist. After a few more punches, he tossed Trunks and shot a black energy ball at the Saiyan warrior which sent Trunks flying into his building. As the warrior walked into the rubble of Trunks' building he saw the Saiyan warrior standing bloodied and with a torn shirt ready for the second round.

"Now that's the spirit Trunks, I like to see initiative." The blue haired villain muttered with a smile.