Goku gazed up at the night sky and smiled. He had just been through an intense training session with Goten. He even persuaded Gohan to take a break from his studies and spar with him. The Saiyan yawned and stretched his arms. He closed his eyes and became encased in deep thought. For several weeks, Goku had been wondering when a new evil will show itself; He was happy with the peace, but he afraid his friends were becoming too soft. He couldn't admit to Gohan that he was slightly disappointed that he rarely trained too. Sure, he didn't mind Gohan reading his books, but it would have been much nicer if he trained more often and kept his strength at a reasonable level instead of letting his power slowly decrease every day due to lack of any fighting. He was glad Goten was taking his training seriously though, even though it took him a few weeks to stop his whining about his dates being cancelled. Eventually, he started to enjoy his sparring with his father. Goku knew he was close to becoming an Ascended Super Saiyan, a state that he had reached back in his training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Gohan. If Trunks could somehow ascend and then fuse with Goten, Gotenks would be a very powerful challenge. Vegeta was keen on getting Trunks to train often, so if Trunks wasn't an Ascended Saiyan yet, he would be soon. With the two boys training, their fused self could easily be the defender of Earth. He knew he could fuse with Vegeta and become insanely powerful, but he knew the Prince of Saiyans wouldn't go through what happened in the fight with Majin Buu again; even though the Fusion Dance variation would only last for thirty minutes.
Goku's deep thought was interrupted by a familiar voice, "Goku?! Where the hell are you?"
Goku looked around searching for the source of the voice and then giggled, realizing that the owner was inside his own house, "I'm outside, Chi Chi."
He heard the sound of a door opening before turning around and seeing his wife, "Goku, do you know what time it is? Even though you're a Super Saiyan, you need your sleep! We have a very important day ahead of us tomorrow! Finish whatever you're doing, and come to bed!" She explained, her voice getting slightly angrier towards the end of her speech.
"Alright, I'll be in bed in a few minutes." Goku laughed at Chi Chi. The woman grunted and went back inside the Son household.
Vegeta charged and caught his opponent off guard, punching them in the stomach and making them gasp in pain. His sparring partner was quick to avoid another attack by talking, "Gee, dad! I know we're training and all, but do you really have to go all out?"
Vegeta grunted and turned his back to his son, "If you can't hold yourself against me, what hope do you have if a new evil shows itself?"
"Alright, I got ya." Trunks sighed before getting back into his defensive stance. He knew there was no use arguing with his dad, he wondered why he even bothered stopping the fight just then. He sighed again, "Let's continue."
The prince turned around and smiled, "With pleasure." He dashed off his feet and flew at Trunks like a bullet. This time, however, Trunks dodged his father's attack and counterattacked with a punch of his own. Vegeta was quick to turn around and catch his son's fist with his own hand. He briefly smiled and kicked Trunks with incredible speed, sending him flying into the wall of their training room.
Trunks took his time getting back to his feet due to being injured, but he was not giving up just yet. "Okay, enough. Let's take this fight to the next level." The young Saiyan said. Trunks suddenly became enveloped in a blast of light and emerged out in his Super Saiyan form. Trunks grinned and charged towards his father.
The father of the two prepared to guard the attack, but to his surprise, Trunks phased right through him. He turned around, expecting his opponent to be behind him. However, all he found was some unexpected pain in his back that sent him flying, all thanks to a powerful kick by Trunks. Vegeta was quick to regain control and stopped in mid-air. "Excellent. Seems you still have some kick in you after all." He said. "But, I want to see how you do against a REAL Super Saiyan!" Before Trunks could even react, his father had transformed.
Trunks was starting to get very nervous. He expected his father to transform into a Super Saiyan, but instead, he had transformed into a Super Saiyan 2. This amount of power completely dwarfed what power Trunks had left. Hesitation overwhelmed him as his father stared at him, sparks of electricity crackling all across his body. "Dad... you... you know I don't stand a chance... if you're like that."
Vegeta continued to stare at his son for a few seconds before giving a response, "Have you even been listening to me, boy? When me and Kakarot fought Majin Buu, Buu's power was hundreds of times stronger than my own. Even Kakarot barely stood a chance. Ever since then, I've been training for one reason. Ascension. Kakarot reached the stage of Super Saiyan 3. I want to reach that and go even further beyond! You must ascend as well or you'll be completely useless. I don't want my son to be a weakling. Your power level would have been acceptable about the time when you were born, but now, it isn't. I'm actually doing you a favor. When you fight me with max power, I'll be putting your body through vigorous training. You'll ascend in no time."
"I... I understand. So, I'll fight you... until I ascend?" Trunks replied, some hesitation still lingering inside him. Trunks didn't expect his father to carry out a speech all of a sudden.
"Yes, but when you're ascended, you'll still be fairly weak, but if you fuse with Goten, you'll be a challenge even to Kakarot himself. You and Goten's combined strength makes up for your individual flaws. I'm certain Kakarot has seen the same as me and is training Goten as well." Vegeta explained, his son remaining quiet and listening.
Any response Trunks was about to say was interrupted by what felt like a very powerful earthquake that shook Capsule Corporation's foundations. The power of the earthquake even made Vegeta lose some balance. Trunks could barely manage to hold himself together, "What...What's... happening? Do you feel that power?!"
The very same earthquake was felt at the Son house. Goku's beauty sleep was cut short when a picture frame fell to his face and woke him up. "Urgh... Chi Chi, is it morning already?"
"GOKU!" Chi Chi screamed at the top of her lungs. "What's happening?!" She screamed again, shaking Goku and fully wakening him up. Chi Chi then collapsed to the ground, the earthquake's power being too much for her.
Goku shot out of bed and was about to respond to his wife's panicking, but then he felt it. An incredible power. Goten ran into his parents room and nearly tripped over due to the intense power of the earthquake, "Dad! What on earth is happening? How can an earthquake bring even us to our knees?!"
"I don't know, but I can barely move!" Goku panicked himself. "This power is outstanding, something is causing it! Wait..." Goku suddenly transformed into his Super Saiyan 2 form. "Ah, I can actually move decently now!"
"Dad!" Goten shouted at his father. "This is no time for joking around!" Goten roared again at his father. Goten then realized what his father was doing and he too transformed into a Super Saiyan, regaining some control against the massive power attacking his body.
Goku opened the window and flew outside without giving Goten any warning to his plan whatsoever, "Whatever is causing that earthquake is coming from over there." He said, pointing towards a direction that had a lot of noise echoing from it. Goten by now had followed his dad outside the window, still struggling to hold on against the earthquake's power; he felt like his very body was being forced down towards the center of the Earth. "Wait! The earthquake is dying down!" He shouted.
The second son of Goku knew his dad was right, he was quickly regaining control over his body and was able to fly more freely, "Suppose we should check out the source of whatever caused that, right?"
Goku smiled, "Took the words out of my mouth. I'm sure some of our friends will be there too. Seems like our little reunion will happen regardless of this event."
Vegeta and Trunks were quick to arrive at the source of this catastrophe. To their surprise, the origins of this phenomenon was because of a gigantic meteorite that had pierced a massive piece of land. All that they could see was a massive red hunk of rock. However, Vegeta wasn't focusing on the meteorite. "Do you feel that?"
Trunks looked up to his father, who was hovering in the air with his arms folded, "Feel what?"
"It's faint, but I feel a power level coming from within that chunk of debris." He said with almost no emotion in his voice.
The young Saiyan closed his eyes and focused on detecting any power levels. Eventually, he too found the power his father was describing. "Yes, I feel it now."
"I sense that power as well." A different voice said, startling Trunks. Trunks turned around and looked up and saw Piccolo, staring curiously at the meteorite. "An extraordinary power is inside that meteor. It's... odd. This power feels completely unique to anything else I've encountered. I can't even tell if the owner of this power is strong or weak."
"Oh, they're strong." Another different voice said, this one with much more confidence than the former. Vegeta grunted at the sound of Goku's voice and remained silent, still staring at what brought them all here.
Trunks smiled, "Nice to see you Goku!" He gazed around and spotted his best friend, Hey Goten, long time no see!"
Goten looked around, realizing he wasn't paying attention and that someone said his name. He then spotted Trunks smiling at him. "Oh! Hey there Trunks! It's been a while, ha!" He laughed, hoping his friend didn't realize his day dreaming.
"Am I too late to join the party?" Gohan asked after flying into the scene. Both Goku and Piccolo smiled at the fact that Gohan showed up.
"What are you doing here?" Vegeta snapped with an obvious tone of anger in his voice. "Shouldn't you be at home reading your books? I'm actually surprised you've shown up here. Do you know how lucky you were? You were given powers warriors like I would dream to have during the fight with Majin Buu without any effort whatsoever on your part. And what do you do with it? NOTHING!" Vegeta roared with anger. Gohan remained silent, mostly ignoring Vegeta's rant. He had learnt to expect this from him.
"Woah woah woah! Calm down Vegeta!" Goku quickly said, flying in front of Vegeta. "Hey, it was Gohan's decision to go off and study instead of training. You know he never was a fan of fighting."
Vegeta's anger grew to new levels and he snapped again, "You idiot! He was the strongest out of all of us TWICE, and then he threw everything he had so that he could go on dates and dig his nose in all those pathetic books!"
"If you two were not too busy arguing, you would have realized that we have company." Piccolo said, forcing Goku, Vegeta and everyone else's attention towards the meteorite. Something was coming out of it.