Prologue: The Land Today

It's been 1000 years since Earth's hero Son Goku defeated Omega Shenron. The continent has been split in two and is being controlled by two brothers, Shin and Shun. They are the most powerful warriors the time has known. They have outlawed the use of chi, so there is little to no people that know how to use it. Chi is now only to be used by the Royal Family and their elite warriors. Every year they use the Tournament Under the Heavens as a way to seek out those who can use chi and execute them, or, if they seem to be no threat, they take them to become part of the guard. This is where our story takes place, Gohan, the youngest descendant of Goku, has just started his training for this year's tournament.

Chapter 1: To The Tournament

Gohan was in the middle of intense training when he felt as if he was being watched.

"Who's there?" he asked a little shrill. "Come out or else!" he clenched his fists.

Nothing. No one answered. Gohan spun around, he heard a step. He stopped breathing, focusing. All of a sudden, he was knocked on his back, not by a physical force, but something else. What the hell, he thought, what was that? He got up and saw a man with black spiky hair and a mask over the lower half of his face. Then, as soon as he had seen him, he was gone. Who was that?

Gohan had no energy left to train. He left that night for home. Gohan lives farther off to the east of the cities in a forest. When he got home, he saw his mom standing at the door.

"Gohan, where the hell have you been?" she shrilled

"Mom, calm down, I-" he started

"Do not tell me to calm down. What were you doing, better not have been training for that damned tournament."

"I was."

"WHAT! How dare you. I told you that you were not going to enter that tournament. Don't you remember what happened to you brother?"

Gohan's brother, Goran, had been in the tournament two years ago, and was killed in his first battle.

"Mom, I can do this, I know I can."

"No, I won't lose you like Goran. I can't lose you; you're all that I have left."

"Mom, I can do this, I can win!"

"I won't let you-"

"Mom, I'm gonna go, and you can't do anything about it."

Gohan burst back outside and started on his way to the city.

It took him almost three hours to get to the end of the forest. He looked up at the sky and sighed.

"Damn, why did I do that? Mom's gonna kill me. Oh well, I have to prove to her that I am a man now, and I can win this tournament."

It was dusk by the time Gohan got into town. He was looking for a cheap hotel to sleep in; when he got that feeling that he was being watched again. What the fuck, he thought is it him again? He made a complete circle and was facing the masked man once more.

"Who the hell are you dammit?" Gohan screamed.

He didn't answer.

"Answer me you fucking creep!"

Still no answer. Gohan clenched his fist and lunged at the man. He easily evaded Gohan's punch. He sent his knee flying at impossible speeds into Gohan's chest. Gohan keeled over coughing up blood.

"Gah! Damn you!" Gohan was on his stomach by now. "You bastard, how dare you make a fool of me!" Gohan got up and punched, but the man was gone, instead, there was a huge crowd of people staring at him.

"Just another screwball, come on dear." One said. Others gapped at his muscle build, rather large for someone of fourteen. Gohan blushed, but was as mad as he has ever been in his life. I hope that guy is in the tournament, I'm gonna kick his ass!

A week had passed, and Gohan was still in the city. He didn't fit in too well, but he managed. There was a month until the tournament and Gohan still had much training to do.

On the other side of town there was a huge squabble going on. On boy the same age as Gohan was fighting a bunch of thugs.

"Come on plum head, that the best you got?" the leader of the thugs said

"Let's see you fight me one on one, you pussy!" the boy yelled

"Alright, alright if you wanna die slowly! Ganar, kill him!"

A hugely muscle-massed man came up to the boy.

"I'm gonna kill you kid!" he said in his dumb sounding voice.

"Let's go!"

Ganar took one step and the boy was gone. He reappeared behind Ganar.

"How're you so fast?" Ganar said, dumbfounded.

The boy punched Ganar in the back.

"You see, one on one, you can't even touch me stupid thugs." The boy said

Ganar turned around, "Was that supposed to hurt kiddie?"

The boy snapped.

"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME THAT!" the boy screamed "I am Trunks, the strongest person alive!"

"So prove it then kid." Ganar taunted.

Trunks slammed his knee into Ganar's chest.

"How's that you piece of shit!"

Ganar laughed and grabbed Trunks' leg and threw him to the ground.

"Wow kid, you actually broke one of my ribs. Too bad, that that's all you could do."

"You bastard, I'm gonna kill you!"

Ganar slammed his fist into Turnks' back.

"You bastard, die!" Trunks spun around and punched Ganar in the nose. Ganar fell over. "Ha, that's what you get for underestimating me – WHAT!" Ganar got back up his face covered in blood.

"You little wretch," he punched Trunks in the stomach and Trunks toppled over. "die."

On the other side of town Gohan had a bad feeling. He started to running to the east following his instincts and stumbled upon the fight between Trunks and Ganar.

"HEY!" he yelled "What are you two doing!" He jumped in the middle of them and grabbed both of their heads and slammed them both into the ground. "Now, what the heck is going on?"

Trunks got up, "Those guys are thugs, and were messing with a little kid."

"He owes us money Plum Head." The leader said.

Gohan took in a deep breath; "Both of you, stop, neither of you have to fight. How much does the boy owe you?"

"More then you can afford country bumpkin."

"How much?"

"One-hundred thousand Zenni."

"Hmm, how about this, I'll give you 200,000 Zenni and you leave the city?"

"Yeah, sure show me the money punk."

Gohan took off his pack and reached in. He pulled out a bundle of money. "Here, this is all my money, but leave, or I'll make you." Gohan glared and Ganar.

Ganar took the money. "C'mon guys, lets go."

Gohan turned to Trunks, "Hey, Im Gohan."

Trunks just looked at him, he could tell he was strong. "I'm Trunks."