AN: Ok I tried to work on some of the organization in this chapter in an effort to make it easier to read. Thanks so much for the reviews and as always enjoy!

Chapter 3

A New Fate

The sound of people filled the once empty streets of West City. The people had slowly began trying to clear the streets of the debris and in some instances bodies from within crumbled homes. " Hurry this thing is heavy!" A small boy dove underneath a suspended slab of concrete that Trunks held painstakingly above his head " Come on kid I don't know how much longer I can hold this thing." Just as Trunks's arms were about to give out the boy emerged with a small teddy bear in his arms " Thanks mister! You are really strong!" Trunks dropped the massive slab with a thud and smiled as he wiped the sweat from his forehead " No problem kid." It was nice to see people actually laughing and smiling again. It was something Trunks would have to get used to seeing. He had grown up in a home always fearing when the next android attack would be. He could hardly recall a time when he saw happy children playing in the streets. " Finally...peace. This is what you always fought for Gohan. Im just sorry you never got to see it achieved.."

Trunks let out a deep sigh before returning to his role of clearing rubble from collapsed building. As trunks cleared the streets his mother raced from the depths of the Capsule Corp building " TRUNKS TRUNKS YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!" Bulma sprinted up to her son with her dragon radar in her hand " Its the dragonballs Trunks!" Trunks stared at his mother for a moment as she stood in front of him with a smooth stone in one hand her old radar in the other " What are you talking about mom. You told me the dragonballs didn't work without Piccolo or a guardian. Bulma gave her trademark smirk as she held the radar up to her sons face. " This happened last night Trunks. I was working in my shop and knocked this thing off the shelf and it started picking up the signal of the dragonball that I had next to it. Now since Piccolos death the balls had turned to stone which rendered the radar useless. For some reason though last night the balls began emitting a signal again."

Trunks scratched his head as his mother explained this bizarre occurrence to him " See Trunks without a guardian the balls seemingly die because they have no life within them. Last night my radar went off which means life is returning to the balls." The blue haired woman could hardly contain her joy as she spoke to her son. Trunks stood baffled at his mothers assumptions " But how can that be mom? You said it yourself without piccolo the dragon balls have no life force." Bulma wagged her finger out in front of her at her son " No no honey I said without Piccolo or a Guardian. Its obvious isnt it? There must be a new Guardian for Earth! Trunks this means when the dragonballs return to their full power we can wish back everyone killed by the androids!" Trunks could hardly believe what his mother was saying " That means Gohan can come back!" Bulma smiled at her sons obvious excitement " It means everyone can come back Trunks. The one thing that bothers me though is why would a guardian come now. The androids are gone and the world is finally at peace why would we even need one?"

Bulma allowed herself to be lost in thought while trunks sparked an idea " Mom didn't you say that Goku visited the guardian of earth at one time?" The demi-saiyans mothers eyes lit up with the same idea as her son " Yes! the only way he was able to do it was by climbing to the top of Korins lookout. Then once he made it to the top of Korin's tower he had to climb the power pole until he finally reached the bottom of the lookout. It is the only way to get there if you have not received the guardians permission or at least as far as I know it is." Trunks quickly turned and jumped into the sky " I'm going to see if I can make it up there mom! Dont wait up!" and just like that Trunks shot off into the sky and out of his mother's sight

Before too long Korin's tower appeared in the distance. The large tower appeared to still be intact but severally damaged. Trunks figured it was most likely damaged from an onslaught of ki blasts at the hands of the two androids. " Well mom said the only way Goku was able to get to the lookout was by climbing all the way so thats what Im going to do. The determined young warrior grasped the cool rough stone and began to ascend it like all the others had before him. As Trunks climbed he noticed that the long column seemed to go on forever. No matter how fast he climbed he seemed to get nowhere. Sweat dripped from the young mans face as he pushed his body to continue to climb. Finally after what seemed like an eternity he reached what looked to have been the empty remains of Korins home except it appeared to have been lived in for some time after the masters death " How strange. This place looks as if it was used up until around a few months ago. I wonder if this was where the androids had been staying."

The thought of the androids still boiled Trunks's blood from time to time but he was starting to finally let go, after all he had personally taken care of one and was sure the other had been killed by her brother. " Well I guess its on to the top then" Carefully Trunks made his way to the roof of the tower to find Gokus ever famous power pole still intact where he had left it all those years ago. Trunks smiled as he eagerly began to climb the pole " I wonder what this Guardian will look like. I hope he is nice. I hate dealing with jerks." As Trunks finally made it high above the clouds he could see the sun beginning to disappear behind them, allowing the earth to settle in for the evening. The persistent young man continued to climb until he reached the base of the lookout " Im so tired I dont know how in the heck Goku ever managed to climb that thing as a child." Trunks pulled himself up and over the ledge to see the untouched and dark surroundings of the lookout and its palace " This place is incredible!" The beautiful trees and bushes gently blew back in forth in the gentle breeze that seemed to be ever present atop the lookout. It wasn't long until a familiar presence caught Trunks's attention from the shadows " Who's there? Is that you Guardian?" The faint outline of a figure could now be seen in the darkness " Yes Trunks…" The figure stepped into a patch of moonlight which revealed his identity to the young warrior " ...its me" Trunks couldn't believe his eyes and he shortly after passed out from a combination of exhaustion and shock.

The sound of the ocean waves crashing against beach rock seemed to be the only thing that could pull 18's attention from her haunting memories. The ageless beauty sat reclined in a white beach chair in an attempt to take in the sun's kiss on her skin. It wasn't long until she had slipped away from the present world and into a dream. 18 sat in the entertainment area of their home waiting for her brothers arrival. She couldn't shake the image of Gohans body helplessly smacking against the ground. The thought of it made her want to collapse in a heap on the tiled floor. 17 crawled through the balcony of their tower home with a confused and irritated look on his face. " What the hell is wrong with you lately 18. We should be celebrating. We just killed that buffoon, there is no one left that can oppose us! The world is ours. All we have to do is finish off the stupid humans but I can't do that if you keep flaking out on me." 17s tone was demanding as he spoke to his sister. 18 just sat and listened to her brothers plans to rule the planet " Hey! are you even listening to me 18!?" 18 slowly stood up and turned around to peer out from the open tower " Im done 17" 17 scratched his head, not understanding the words that traveled through his ears " What the hell do you mean you are done? The jobs not done so we are not done..YOU are not done." 18's head hung as she took a deep breath " I don't want to do this anymore 17, I can't do this anymore. Im done. Dont you even know what you want to do with your life?" 18s raven haired twin couldn't understand what she meant. He had been doing everything he wanted to do. He was forever young, had all the time in the world and could do anything he wanted to with no one to stand in his way " I am doing what I want sis and so are you" 18 turned with red tear filled eyes " NO! This is not what I want! This is what Dr. Gero and the red ribbon army wanted. I am leaving 17. Come find me if you ever change your mind." 17 watched as his sister prepared to jump through the window " 17 just answer one thing for me. Would you ever be willing to risk everything to save something you cared about?" She watched as her brother turned the question around in his mind " Thats stupid sis why would I risk everything for one thing. Ill just get another one and keep it all." With his answer 18 lept from the railing and dissappeared into the clouds. 17 ran to the edge of the railing and shouted at his sister furious that she would ever leave him " Fine! Leave! I dont need you anyway! I never did!"

18 jolted awake her body covered in sweat. She hadnt heard from her brother since the day they defeated their greatest rival. She rose to her feet stretching and yawning. " Looks like its time to go and start dinner. She walked inside of her beautiful cabin and gently shut the door behind her.

Trunks slowly opened his eyes, the light from the from the room forcing him to raise his hand to block it from his face " Where am I?" The young warrior sat up and found himself sitting on a soft bed inside of a beautifully constructed room. Trunks rose to his feet and peered around the room. As he examined the minoot details of the place, the images of the night before began to flood into his head " There is no way..Gohan is dead how could he be here." The lavender haired warrior now quickly exited the room in an effort to find out if what he had seen the night before was true or atleast find some answers. He scanned the top of the now brightly lit and beautifully landscapped lookout. " Hello! Is there anyone here?" Trunks walked around the massive palace in an effort to find the guardian " If I did see Gohan I want to know why..Why would the Gaurdian make himself appear that way?" Finally as Trunks reached the backside of the palace he came upon a dark haired man sitting on the hard white tiled ground of the lookout in what appeared to be a meditative state. The man wore the tradition white robes and cape that kami had so many years ago only with a few new touches.

Trunks slowly approached the man, his nervousness began to make his hands shake at his sides " Excuse me..Are you the new Guardian?" The man sat in silence as Trunks's shaky words traveled to his ears. Slowly the white robed man rose to his feet and yawned before turning around. Trunks could hardly believe his eyes as the clear sight of his master, brother and best friend stood across from him " But…...but how? How are you alive!?" Gohan smiled at the now grown young man that stood infront of him " Its a long story Trunks so how about we go inside and have some lunch and I will explain everything. After a long and much needed lunch the two warriors sat and discussed the information that Gohan had shared with Trunks " So do you have any idea on how much time we have to prepare Gohan?" Gohan shook his head no before putting his hands behind his head " Unfortunately I don't. All I know is that I can feel that we don't have much time." Trunks lightly clenched his fists as the thought of the peace the world was finally experiencing was about to come to an end " This isnt fair Gohan. Hasn't this planet suffered enough?" Gohan gave his brother a sympathetic smile " Yes..yes it has Trunks and I fear that the two of us will not be able to stop Broly alone. We are going to need some help and its help that you are not going to want to accept." Trunks looked across the large wooden table that separated the two men with confusion in his eyes " What do you mean? There is no one else left that can help us Gohan….Right?" Gohan rose to his feet and headed for a small door behind him " Follow me Trunks and I will show you what I mean." Trunks did as Gohan instructed and the two men made their way through the door.

On the other side of the door was a small dark room filled large pots. Gohan removed one of their fragile wooden lids and then motioned for the young Demi-Saiyan to look "the reflection in this pot will show you what I am talking about" Trunks stepped forward and gazed into the liquid inside. At first he saw nothing at all and began to question his friends sanity until the image of a beautiful blonde woman appeared inside. Trunks watched the woman in amazement only to stumble backwards from the pot in shock "Gohan! That's android 18! We can't ask her for help if anything we should go and destroy her now before she can hurt anymore people!" The new guardian extended his hand and helped Trunks back to his feet " Trunks how long has it been since you killed android 17?" Trunks was puzzled as to how Gohan knew this and why he would ask the question " Um..well it's been about a year and a half but what does that have to do with anything?" Gohan crossed his arms and sighed " I know you are smarter than this Trunks. Think about it, it has been over a year since her brothers death and the only thing she has done is be peaceful and secluded to that island."

When Gohan first arrived back to the planet the first thing he did was check on the state of the planet and on its remaining android. He was shocked to find out that 18 had confined herself to an island by all by herself. Then as he peered through the jar of the past he slowly began to realize why. Trunks thought about Gohans statement for a moment and wanted to argue but couldn't find a valid argument other than he thought she should pay for what she had done. "Listen Trunks I will tell you what my father told me when I was younger. Everyone good and evil deserves a chance to change their ways and right their wrongs. Piccolo at one time was the greatest threat to this planet but with a second chance he became one of mine and my father's closest friends. It's the same with Tien and even your father Trunks. Why shouldn't she receive the same chance as the others?" As much as Trunks hated to admit it Gohan was right " Fine..we will do it your way Gohan but if she slips at all.." Before he could finish Gohan cut him off " If she slips Trunks I will take care of her myself. Now I think it's time we start preparing.