Previously on Dragon Ball AS:

Following the final showdown with the Grand Priest and the Angels, Goku and friends have relaxed and gone back to a time of peace on earth whilst on the Sacred World of the Kais, Supreme Kai, Elder Kai and Kibito were having afternoon tea with their newest guest, Gowasu the former Supreme Kai of the now defunct Universe 10. Back on Earth, Bulma was preparing for Bulla's 9th Birthday Party where she was nowhere to be found, Trunks went to find her but came across his childhood best friend Goten's energy. He set out to find him and when he did, he was training the 9-year-old daughter of Gohan and Videl, Pan. Pan wanted to see a real fight and asked Goten and Trunks to fight. Trunks knew he had to find his sister before the party, but had some time to spare and knew this would be the perfect opportunity to test out his new strength. Who will win? Goten? Or Trunks? Find out today on Dragon Ball AS!

Chapter 1: Goten vs. Trunks, a rivalry refuelled?

The ground started to tremor in reaction to Trunks' new transformation. Trees in the nearby forest were falling down and birds and bats alike flew away in fear. Goten and Pan were both stood speechless. Goten had never seen Trunks become this powerful. His feet were shaking in fear of how mighty and powerful his childhood best friend had become.

"This…. This power is awesome!" shouted Goten.

Pan was silent. She'd never seen a Super Saiyan in her life nor felt the energy of one. She remembers her father Gohan telling her stories of how they had taken down the evil emperor of the universe, Freeza when he was young or how he went Super Saiyan 2 at the age of 11 to defeat Perfect Cell. But she never knew that someone can be this strong!

"It's… incredible." Pan muttered.

Trunks was stood there with his head down, blue aura flowing all around him, his hair had turned the golden color of Super Saiyan but was in a different way rather than sticking straight up, it spikes up even further than his Super Saiyan 2 form and takes on the golden color variety much like Gotenks' Super Saiyan 3 form. Trunks looks up, his irises and pupils are temporarily invisible until he smiles and the blue aura fades and his eyes return to normal.

"Pretty cool, ain't it?" Trunks asked the two of them.

"You've gotta teach me how to do that, Trunks! I wanna turn in to that form of Super Saiyan too!" asked Goten.

"Maybe one day I'll show you, but it took a lot of training with my dad to accomplish this form. Dad beat me to a pulp every day for 6 months straight until at Super Saiyan 2 I started to compare to him at Super Saiyan Blue level. He realized that he and Goku won't always be here to save the Earth and that I need to step up and be the one to take charge. Mom wanted me to run Capsule Corp… but I'd rather train and be stronger just like my Dad." Trunks explained.

"You're right Trunks, we don't know when another mad person will come and try to destroy the Earth or even the Universe and if we're not ready and my dad and Vegeta aren't here… we'll lose and it will all be destroyed." Goten realizes what he just said and charged towards Trunks fist first and they start their fight.

They start immediately fighting fists at each other blocking what they can and their pace increases, but Goten isn't as strong as Trunks in his new Super Saiyan Rage form and slowly starts to slip. Trunks kicks Goten sending him flying but Goten stops himself. Trunks stops and pulls out the Sword on his back.

"Where did you get that!?" asked Goten.

"Oh this? Mom found it in the old garage she took when Zamasu was terrorizing the future, apparently my future self left it behind and so she gifted it to me for my 18th Birthday, symbolizing I was now a man. Of course, you would have known that if you'd bothered showing up!" Trunks told Goten.

Now angrier remembering his best friend didn't come to his 18th birthday party, Trunks puts the sword away muttering the words "I don't need it to defeat you." to himself. He charges back at Goten, Z-Vanishing behind him and attacking him pushing him to the ground. He charges energy up and releases it all at once, aiming for Goten. "BURNING…. STORM!" shouts Trunks.

Goten Z-Vanishes avoiding the attack by an inch, speeding back at Trunks with a Power Knee to the side of Trunks head and then high kicks him towards the waterfall. "Alright!" yells Goten. Goten thought he'd won, but Trunks had more in the tank.

Trunks stopped himself. He'd done what his father told him not to do. Trunks flashes back to the Room of Spirit and Time (otherwise known as the Hyperbolic Time Chamber).

Vegeta was stood in Super Saiyan Blue form.

"How many times do I have to tell you, Trunks?" yelled Vegeta.

"What… what did I do now? Why am I so drained of energy? I thought I could control this form…" asked Trunks whilst panting out of breath as he drops to his knees.

Vegeta got angry and his eyes started to twitch. "What did you do? WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! THAT'S WHAT! You've only just learned this form and you were gonna go full on out against me using it, weren't you? ... ANSWER ME!"

Trunks was silent. He clenched his fist, got angry and his irises and pupils once again became invisible and he charged at Vegeta. Vegeta sees Trunks charge at him, gets angrier and smacks him away.

"We're done for today, Trunks. Clean yourself up." said Vegeta as he left the Room of Spirit and Time.

Trunks was left on the ground, untransformed in a pile of his own spit and blood.

Trunks flashes back to reality.

Out of nowhere, Goku appeared. He used his Instant Transmission technique to arrive quickly.

"What's going on here then?" asked Goku.

"Grandpa!" yelled Pan as she ran over to meet him.

Pan hugs her Grandpa Goku and tells him about what happened and that Trunks was here and was sparring with Goten.

"A sparring match, eh? Well don't let me interrupt!" said Goku whilst laughing.

Trunks looked at Goku and transformed back in to his normal self. Goku looked at Trunks rather confused but concerned.

"What's the matter, Trunks? I've seen your Rage form before. Have you still not mastered it?" asked Goku.

"It's… it's not that. I… I'm just feeling tired and I need to find Bulla." Said Trunks even though he knew that his Rage form had drained almost all his energy.

"Well if you say so Trunks, don't let me stop you. She's training with Vegeta in the Room of Spiritand Time. Bet you that's why you couldn't find them." stated Goku.

"Of course! That's why!" Trunks said. He raced over to Goten and quickly explained what Goku just told him.

"Alright so I gotta go, Goten. We'll pick this up again later. But don't let this mean you're off the hook, alright?" said Trunks whilst smiling.

Trunks flew off heading towards The Lookout as Pan, Goten and Goku waved goodbye at him.

"Dad?" said Goten.

"What is it, Goten?" asked Goku.

"That form that Trunks was in just now… he looked different. What was it?" Goten questioned Goku.

"That form is the form that Future Trunks used to defeat Fused Zamasu when he came back to our time all those years ago. Me and Vegeta knew that deep down somewhere, Trunks had that form locked away so Vegeta knew he had to unlock that form out of him." Goku explained.

"Oh..." Goten said expressing his sorrow.

"Why make that face, son? Don't tell me you wanted to learn that form too? Because that from isn't possible for anyone but Trunks, me and Vegeta both tried. Now if you wanna learn a new form of Super Saiyan like Super Saiyan 3, I can try and teach you that. I know you can do it fused with Trunks as Gotenks, but on your own is something completely different." Goku told Goten.

"Grandpa, Grandpa! I wanna learn to become Super Saiyan too! Can you teach me?" Pan asked her Grandpa Goku.

"Of course, I mean we've never had a female Super Saiyan in the family, so it should be possible. Vegeta is training Bulla, so we should go ahead of them." Said Goku.

"Yay! Alright, can we do it now?" said Pan.

"Hmm. I suppose, we can start now. But don't forget we have to go to Bulma's later for Bulla's birthday. That's the whole reason I came back from Lord Beerus' world early, he'll be here later with Whis but I had to come and make sure you guys and Chi-Chi was okay." Goku stated.

In the Room of Spirit and Time…

"That's it, Bulla! Keep charging your energy! Let all your anger out!" shouted Vegeta.

"I'm doing it… dad. I'm getting mad!" yelled Bulla.

Bulla's hair started to flicker but it wasn't for long as she stayed at her normal state.

"Aww. I couldn't do it, sorry dad." Bulla said.

Bulla was the daughter of Vegeta and Bulma, their second child. She'd turned 9 today and it marks the 1-year anniversary of her dad training her, they only began training inside the Room of Spirit and Time a few months ago. She was going to be the COO (Chief Operating Officer) of Capsule Corp when she grew up but to her mother's disliking, she sided with her father, Vegeta and began training with him on a daily basis. Vegeta known as a Saiyan who likes to keep to himself and doesn't spend time with anyone, took an extreme liking to Bulla after she expressed her interest to follow in her father's footsteps.

Bulla began training at once after her 8th birthday and her father asked Piccolo for a favor. Piccolo made Bulla her very own fighting uniform. It was similar to Trunks, but in dark purple similar color to the one Gohan wore as a child. Complete with Capsule Corp marked fighting style shoes, the same ones her brother, Trunks wears.

"That's quite alright, Bulla. You'll get there eventually. I mean it wasn't till I was nearly killed by Freeza that I turned Super Saiyan for the first time." Said Vegeta.

"Yeah and I was younger than you when I first did it." Trunks appeared from the base of the Room of Spirit and Time.

"Alright Trunks, no need to rub it in just 'cause I can't do it yet. Anyway, what do you want? Me and dad are training." Bulla said angrily.

"Mom's looking for you. You know she wanted to dress you up for your birthday today, she bought like 12 different outfits and was getting mad and yelling when you weren't home so she sent me out to find you." Trunks explained.

"Oh yeah, I totally forgot. Dad, do you mind if we finish up here for the day?" Bulla asked.

"Yes, go on, we were just about to call it a day anyway, Bulla. Go see your mother, it'll make her happy at least." said Vegeta.

"Thanks dad, love you." Bulla said as she kissed Vegeta on the cheek and ran out the door of the Room of Spirit and Time.

"Still here? Got something to say to me Trunks?" said Vegeta.

Not like he cared, the two haven't spoken to one or other since the day that Trunks recalled earlier. Vegeta was so angry at him that he refused to train him until he mastered the Rage form.

"Oh… uh, no I was just leaving dad." Said Trunks.

"Good. Make it snappy." Vegeta muttered as he transformed in to Super Saiyan Blue and began to train on his own.

Trunks left the Room of Spirit and Time but as he went through the door he felt the same energy he felt just after leaving West City.

"It's familiar… lasting much longer this time. It feels familiar like a friend not a foe. But who's energy can I be feeling?" Trunks said to himself.

Next time on Dragon Ball AS: Chapter 2 - Time to party! Bulla turns 9!

Thanks for reading Chapter 1, technically the 2nd chapter but Chapter 0 is just build up. But anyway, it's a slow start but next chapter is where it gets really good! Look forward to it sometime this week!