Disclaimer/Legal junk: I do not own Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, or Dragon Ball GT, nor it's characters that are featured in this story. Blah blah blah. I hate legal junk. Let's just get on with the story…

This fanfic takes place 1 year after the Z warrior's last battle in Dragon Ball GT. The first part will be a little show on action, since it's mostly character development, but towards the middle, you'll see a lot more action, so bear with me. New characters, new romances, and a whole new enemy for the Z warriors to try and overcome, and without the help of Son- Goku, how will they fare, and who will rise to be the new champion of Earth in Son-Goku's absence? Lol…I make a good announcer: cheesy yet kinda suspenseful ^____^

Chapter one:

Mysterious youth: The newest Z warrior

Trunks had come back from work, flying at full speed. Ever since the 1 Star Shenron attacked, he's had time to do some normal stuff, but he missed fighting. Everything just seemed so boring to him now. It was 1 year since the last fight he'd been in with the 1 star Shenron, and he thought he'd finally get some peace and quiet, but he got too much. The closest thing he ever got to a real fight is in Vegeta's training sessions that he made Trunks do. Vegeta had been making Trunks train regularly, and Trunks had gotten used to it. He actually rather enjoyed letting out some of his frustrations in training, and he had grown a lot in power, and was now up to par with his Future self that came back in time 24 years ago. Goten had also being undergoing training, but not because his dad made him, but because he thought it would impress the ladies. "Poor Goten", Trunks thought, "He hasn't changed a bit…"

Trunks landed near the front door of his home. He opened the door, and suddenly noticed the mess everywhere. "Kaa-san* and Tou-san* must've had another fight again," Trunks muttered under his breath. "Speaking of which…" Trunks said, noticing that both his parents weren't home. "Oh well, I need to get changed" said Trunks. He went into his room, and changed into the clothes Mirai-no Trunks wore during his first visit here. He looked identical to the Freedom Fighter from the Future that he was supposed to become. Trunks shot off into the air, trying to find his mother and father.

Trunks was about halfway across the city when he was a familiar figure, alone and isolated in the outskirts of the city. He landed near the youth. "Hey Raven" he said pleasantly.

Raven is the 21-year-old adopted son of Vegeta and Bulma. Bulma managed to find him sometime after the destruction of the 1 Star Shenron, and he took it upon herself to adopt the boy. Nothing was known of his past. He only remembered his name; the rest was a blur to Raven. Vegeta, of course, wasn't pleased with Bulma's rushed decision, but nonetheless, he managed to tolerate the boy. Raven did look a lot like Vegeta, but a lot more like Trunks. His hair was parted in the same way is Trunks', but his hair was dark brown and 5 strands of hair fell down in front of his face instead of Trunks' 2 strands. His eyes were brown, and there was an arrogant gleam in them at times, which reminded Trunks of Vegeta. Raven wore a jacket similar to Trunks', but it lacked the capsule corp. logo, and it was snow white/blue color. He also had a black shirt, and a dark blue vest that matched his dark blue scarf and cargo pants. His boots were the same color as his jacket, and came up to mid-shins.

"Hey Trunks" Raven responded to his brother's greeting. He still hadn't gotten used to calling Trunks his brother. He didn't feel that Trunks was true family.

"You know where Kaa-san and Tou-san are?" Trunks asked.

"No, haven't seen either of them since Vegeta and I ended our training session" Raven replied. He continued to look out at the lake nearby. This had been his favorite place to hang out ever since Trunks had known him.

"Kuso! *" Trunks cursed "Hey, speaking of training sessions, how bout we have a little one right now?" Trunks said as he removed his jacket, revealing his black tank top underneath.

"Sure, I'm up for it" Raven said as he stood up and took a fighting position.

"Set, go!" Trunks yelled as he powered up to Super Saiyan. Trunks' Super Saiyan hair also looked remarkably like Mirai-no Trunks' when he fought the androids for the final time in the Future world. In fact, it looked the exact same as his Future counterpart's.

" I'm ready for you this time!" Raven yelled as he too power up to Super Saiyan. Raven was a half Saiyan. At first, Bulma, and the others were baffled on how he could become a Super Saiyan, but after some blood tests, Bulma revealed that Raven had Saiyan and human blood in him, although she couldn't determine the true parents. Raven's Super Saiyan hair looked more like Mira-no Trunks' when he first came to the past. It only had 3 spikes of hair sticking up on both sides, and 2 others that were down in the front, along with 2 strands of hair in the front as well. His emerald eyes glowed in the sunset as he was staring down his older brother.

Trunks and Raven exploded into a huge battle, which to them was considered training. They were both using lightning quick punch and kick combos on each other. Trunks gained a slight lead a little into it when he managed to nail Raven square in the jaw with a quick snap kick. While Raven was still stunned, Trunks changed at him with a multitude of punches and kicks, and knocked Raven back with an energy blast at the end.

"Pheh, was that the best you could do?" Raven said, smirking confidently.

"No, I'm just getting warmed up" Trunks replied as the 2 demi-Saiyans engaged in battle again. This time, Raven had the lead with a quick sweeping kick, but Trunks rebounded off of the floor and hit Raven in the gut with a punch, and quickly hit Trunks with a knee bash. Raven recoiled and uppercutted Trunks in the jaw, and kicked him in the chest to send him flying into a rock wall. They both proceeded a little like this for most of the time, until they were both worn out.

"That was…fun…" Raven said weakly as he powered down from his Super Saiyan form.

"Yeah, it was. We should…do this…more often" Trunks huffed, just as tired as Raven was. He too powered down from his Super Saiyan state. Just then, Trunks sensed the ki of Vegeta nearby the house. "Well, at least Tou- san's back from wherever he was. Come on, I'm sure he brought us an ass load of food," Trunks said, letting his Saiyan appetite take the best of him.

"You go on ahead. I'll be there in a minute," Raven replied.

"Suit yourself" Trunks said as he got his jacket back on and flew back to his house. Raven sat back down, watching the last of the sunset, and wondering about his past life that no one could seem to figure out.

* Tou-san: dad, daddy (similarly, Otou-san means father) * Kaa-san: mom, mommy (similarly, Okaa-san means mother) * Kuso: damnit

Well, there was the first chapter in my fanfic. You can bet there's a lot more to come

Next chapter: A New Threat: Raven's demise