Merry Late Christmas to all! Happy Holidays! I decided I was going to release this chapter as a present to all my readers and followers. Unfortunately, I got lazy because I got a karaoke machine. Anyways, this Chapter is something I've been REALLY looking forward to write, so I will warn you right now, this Chapter is straight up epic.. And also, I was asked by one of my personal beta readers if any of the Chapters I've written so far was filler. The answer to that is no. Everything I've written in the story so far is important.. Some Chapters may be slow, but by all means, that doesn't mean that it's by any means filler, you just have to look for the message, or the foreshadowing I am trying to give. Also, since I've gotten enough reviews, I've decided that I will answer some of them at the end of this chapter. And one more thing, unlike some of the more well known DBZ fanfics floating around, mine doesn't express any kind of numerical power level. Why? Because I'd rather not give off any numbers until after this saga. There is a reason for it, so don't worry.
Age 788: Future Trunks Timeline, New Namek.
"Whatever's coming this way is strong, not horribly to strong like the Androids, but enough to give me a warm-up."
The young Saiyan smirked and waited for his opponent to approach him. Luckily, he didn't have to wait that long, the beast was coming toward him at a pretty fast rate. Within ten seconds, the creature swooped down and pounded the ground as hard as he could.
"So, you must be the human that Slug wants. I have orders that he wants the remaining Namekians, the other human you came with, and yourself, to surrender to him immediately. Along with that, he wants the last remaining Dragon Ball. Now, will you surrender, or shall I make you surrender. Slug says he wants you alive, he never said you had to be in prime condition."
"Hmm, so that's your best threat, eh? You can go tell Slug that he can shove those orders right up his glubock!"
Trunks paused for a moment in order to build suspense.
"Now, what're you gonna do big boy? Are you actually going to follow up on that threat, or are we just going to stand around talking about the Namekian weather? By the way handsome, what's your name? I'd sure hate going against a no name opponent."
The alien was clearly irked, but then smiled, and got into an offensive position.
"My name you ask? Commander Wings. You should remember it, cause it will be the last person you'll be thinking about before Lord Slug gets you."
The boy smirked and readied himself for the upcoming battle. He pointed out his finger and shot a small beam into the hill right behind the alien. Within seconds, screams of agony and death came from behind, then an explosion.
"Just in case you had any funny ideas of sending your soldiers after me once I defeat you, or go after my friends in the midst of our fight, I've decided to take out that option."
Wings, was very much shocked by this action, but then himself smirked. He quickly charged up his energy and as fast as he could, dashed toward Trunks while yelling out meaningless questions and taunts.
"You think you can take me out like that you little punk? JUST BECAUSE YOU TOOK OUT THAT ARMY OF WEAKLINGS DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN TAKE ME DOWN THAT EASILY!"
Trunks nearly laughed at this, but still kept his composure. As soon as Wings was in his face, he shifted his head to the left and then punted Wings into the air. The giant went flying straight into the air, grasping his gut in pain. Trunks shortly materialized right in front of him while he was flying. By this point, he would usually transform into a Super Saiyan, but decided that this imbecile was barely worth the energy.
"So, as you were saying?"
"How...How...how the hell did you do that? Human's are incapable of that kind of power."
"Heh, I'm only half. That way I can save you the time, breath, and brain power, I'll ask your next question for you, what's the other half? Saiyan."
The injured Commander still breathing heavily, was shocked by this statement. His eyes grew twice their size once he realized the full consequences of facing Trunks alone.
"No...the Saiyans are gone. There was two left, but they both died...according to reports from the Intergalactic bulletins...You're lying!"
"Am I? Am I really? Fine, whatever. I'm just going to end this."
With that, Trunks pulled out his sword and slashed away at the unfortunate Commander, and then blasted away the dismembered corpse before it had time to hit the ground.
"You know, if you were alive to still hear this, I'd tell you that I killed Frieza in that same fashion, well except that I was a Super Saiyan. Oh well, time to help my friends."
Trunks landed back onto the ground and tried to sense his friends. He sensed that they were hiding in a few odd shaped rocks. He flew as fast as he could to catch up with them. About a minute later, he landed right in front of what appeared to be an entrance to a cave.
"Trunks, is that you?"
"Yes Mom, it's me. Can I come into the Namekian's clubhouse?"
Dende hearing the question lifted the rock entrance of the cave and let Trunks in. Once he entered, Dende quickly sealed the entrance again. Once his eyes adjusted to the darkness, Trunks was able to see in the cave. It was essentially an empty cave that had about ten to fifteen Namekians. In the furthest part of the cave was a tall chair adorned with none other than the Dragon Ball. The Elder Namek seeing the Earth natives, lept from the chair and went to greet his allies.
"It's so great to you see you again Bulma. Nice to see you brought a friend with you. I was told by Dende that this is your son. Is this true? Did you and Goku reproduce this child before us?"
Bulma nearly laughed at this response and gave the old Guardian a hug. Then shortly after punched him in the arm, playfully of course.
"Nice to see you to Moori. Yes, this is my son, Trunks. And no, Goku and I were nothing more than friends. Actually, he was my best friend, but unfortunately he died."
The cave grew quiet for a second, as if they were all silently mourning the loss of the greatest warrior of the Universe. Bulma broke the silenced and quickly smiled.
"No, Trunks is the son of Vegeta."
Everybody in the cave stared at Bulma, in shock and awe.
One Namek asked, "You mean the short guy with really spiky hair?"
"Yes"
Another asked, "The one that slaughtered an entire village in order to get a Dragon Ball?"
"...Yeah..."
One more asked, "The one that wore that funny armor and seemed to like to yell curse words into the winds?"
*Sigh* "Yeah, that one."
The Namekians scooted away a few feet from Trunks, fearing that he may harm them.
"Come on guys, I'm not my Dad. I don't kill for fun. Plus, he's not all that bad, he's just... You'll just need to meet him later."
Moori gave an awkward smile and nodded. He then called his brethren to sit around him that way they could formulate a plan. He called Bulma and Trunks to join them in hopes that they knew how to fend off and defeat Slug.
"My children, we must find a way to defeat Slug. Before we do, I must fill the gaps that our friends are most definitely missing. First, I must ask Trunks an important question."
Trunks looked up at Moori, wondering what the subject matter his question could be about.
"Trunks, sensing your power from within, I can see that you are a stream of untapped power. If I knew what Guru knew, I could open the flood gates of that power. Unfortunately I don't, so I must know, how powerful are you. Most importantly, are you as powerful as the Super Saiyan of legend? Do you mind, if it's not a bother, to demonstrate your power. I have seen Slug's in action, not at it's fullest, but I can guess where he stands."
Trunks was confused as to why he was requesting such a thing, but he decided that it must be important if the Grand Elder was asking.
"Ok, I will transform into a Super Saiyan. Bear in mind, I will only flash enough of my power for you to gauge, I don't want to give our location away. I'm slightly concerned that Slug's men have scouters, or some kind of energy sensing device. Are you ready for me to start?"
The Elder Moori nodded his head in approval. He sat back in his chair and held on tightly, just on the off chance Trunks' power maybe more than what he was expecting. Trunks seeing this gesture got into a relaxed stance and quickly raised his power. Seconds later, his aura started to flare. He began to concentrate his energy, trying to raise it to it's maximum height. Moori sat there, his eyes widened, he couldn't believe that somebody besides Goku had that much energy stored up. Trunks seeing Moori's face stopped powering up and asked if he wanted to see more.
"Yes Trunks, I must know if you are fully capable of Slug's attacks. As of right now, you are stronger than him, but due to his weather machine corrupting the atmosphere, that could easily change. Most of powerful Nameks have had their strength severely diminished because of these machines. From the way it feels, the machine slowly sucks out the energy from within one's core."
Trunks realized what he meant, and did notice that he did feel a slight bit tired. He originally thought it was because of the lack of sleep on the trip to New Namek, but his slight tiredness does seen a bit unnatural. With this tip in mind, he decided to power up to a Super Saiyan. Slowly his aura started to flare up once more, going from white to yellow, dancing widely into the darkness of the cave until it finally exploded. His energy hit the top of the mark then finally his hair turned blonde and spiky, his pupils turned from their usual blue hue to a light green, and then finally his muscles grew to about twice their size. His power continued to grow, he concentrated more and more until his energy started rocking the cave. Rocks started to shift and the cave started to shake violently. The sad part, Trunks wasn't even at a forth his full strength. He was still heavily holding back, but he decided to power down in order to keep the cave from collapsing and to keep there location secret.
"Wow Trunks, that power was amazing, that was even more than Frieza...Even more than Slug. I have full confidence that you can take down..."
The Grand Elder grew silent, his jaw became numb as he started at the entrance of the cave. It seemed that he had some visitors, or to better describe them, uninvited guests.
"Surprise, Surprise. What do we have here? The Grand Elder of Namek, the last of his people, a human, and a Saiyan hybrid. It seems my luck is just getting better and better."
"So, you're the ones responsible for making New Namek a hell hole. I guess I'll teach you guys a thing or two about manners. Starting with..."
Before Trunks could finish his sentence, he was quickly gut punched by the green looking man wearing clothes that were inspired by Namekian wears. Trunks was now on the ground, reeling in pain, not realizing what was happening.
"So, you'll teach me a thing or two eh? Well come on big boy. You've already taught one of my ignorant boobs of a servant a lesson, you should teach me one. Actually, no. Not yet, I want to fight you in a much better place. I'll meet you on the Guru Plains in one hour. As incentive for you to fight, I will be taking your human companion and the last of the Namekians hostage. Also, as an added bonus for me, I'll be taking the last Dragon Ball, I plan on using it to summon a wish for myself. Good Bye Saiyan."
Before Trunks could get up, the three beings swooped out of the cave carrying the Dragon Ball, Bulma, and two Namekians, Dende and Moori. The rest were all on the ground, heavily injured from the explosion caused by the release of energy that Slug created when he punched Trunks in the stomach. Once he finally came to, he quickly speed to the ship, in hopes of finding some medical supplies.
"I've got to get to the ship before Slug finds i..."
Once arriving to where the ship had landed, he quickly found that the ship was for the most part destroyed. Some parts of it weren't totally wrecked, but for majority, it was damaged beyond repair, and that was enough to anger Trunks. He quickly flew into the wreckage, trying his best to salvage something, luckily he found his stash of Senzu beans, for the most part untouched. Unfortunately though, there were only three left. He grew even angrier, to the point that he punched a hole into the already trashed hull. But, Trunks realized that being angry won't help him much, so he decided to fly back to the cave in hopes of being able to save the Namekians from dying. He quickly sensed those whose energy levels were plummeting to the point of death, and administered half a bean to those. Luckily, there was only 13 in the cave at the time. Trunks was able to save four Namekians from dying at that moment. He then broke the last bean into three parts, giving one part each to two Nameks who were badly injured. He himself took the last third, which only helped slightly in restoring his energy that he had lost earlier flying from the ship back. All in all, Trunks was able to restore six out of thirteen Namekians. Luckily for him, one of those was a healer, so he was able to revive those who were also injured from earlier.
Trunks decided that it was time for him to face Slug. He at this point being healed by a Namek and was just on the verge of being back to full health. He decided to check his watch and noticed that he had about 15 minutes left before the fight. Luckily for him, the Namek had finished healing him, so he was fully healed for the battle ahead. Before he left the cave, he had noticed that there was a dragon off to the distance.
Age 788: Future Trunks Timeline, Guru Plains, New Namek.
"The Saiyan has about 20 minutes before his time is up. Angila, Medamatcha , let me make my wish, then kill the rest of these fools. I only need that idiot Moori alive. If all goes according to plan, I should be the strongest being in the Universe."
Just then, a great gust of energy came pushing toward the Guru Plains.
"Hmm, it seems that the Saiyan hybrid twit decided to save his pals, well servants. You know what to do."
Trunks slowly descended onto the flat plains, wearing nothing more than his battle armor and a fierce fighting face that even gave the two servants of Slug chills.
"So, I've got to fight you two idiots while your boss plays chicken. He got a good shot in, I'll give him that, but the fact that you think you stand a chance against me is ridiculous. Prepare yourselves for a fight you're about to lose. Hell, I don't even need my Super Saiyan transformation or my sword."
With those insults thrown at them, Angila and Medamatcha grew angry and decided to attack Trunks head on. They both were throwing kicks and punches at lightspeed, all the while Trunks was simply dodging them or catching them. Never the less, the display was incredible. Sounds of loud crashing were coming from all direction. Of course, Trunks' attention was barely on these two minions of Slug, he was more concerned about the Dragon, his friends, and his Mother.
Back on the ground, Slug Jr. was on the verge of making his wish. Before he could finish his sentence, both his greatest warriors fell behind him.
"I have no time for this. (In Namekian) I WISH I COULD UNLOCK THE POWERS OF MY FATHER AND BECOME THE SUPER NAMEK OF LEGEND!"
Porpunga's eyes glowed, and then suddenly, so did Slug. He was encased within a purple aura, and along with it, it seemed he'd gotten about a foot taller. He began to scream, but once the aura disappeared, he began to smile.
"YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED. YOU STILL HAVE TWO WISHES REMAINING, WHAT SHALL THEY BE?"
Slug thought for a few seconds, but then realized he wanted to test his new powers.
"Dragon, I request that the last two wishes be saved for a later time."
The Dragon hearing the request retreated back to his slumber. The Dragonballs rose from the flat grass and quickly spread about the Planet. Slug watched in joy as he watched the balls fly to the ends of New Namek. Of course, he was mainly smiling at the fact that his power was now at it's highest. He felt like a new man, but most importantly, he felt invincible. He wanted to fight Trunks, but he wanted to see if he could handle his idiotic minions.
Medamatcha got back up from his grassy bed that Trunks punched him into and shot out mini versions of himself that latched on.
"Good luck getting my babies off of your body. The more you resist, the more energy they suck from you. So, have fun getting them off."
Trunks could feel his energy slowly being drained, but he decided he was done playing around. He transformed into a Super Saiyan and powered up, which made the Mini Medamatcha blow up because of the high energy output that Trunks was delivering.
"NO! MY BABIES...YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!"
Medamatcha started shooting multiple energy bullets at Trunks, but he was quickly flying down, his aura simply breaking the bullets as he speed down.
"I'm done here, have a nice time in Hell!"
Trunks fist went straight through Medamatcha, instantly killing him.
Angila got up from his grassy grave and was quickly pulled aside by Slug.
"I want you to kill the human he came with. He seems to hold a special bond with her, if I heard correctly, that is his Mother. If she dies, then he should lose hope. But, don't kill her until I give the signal."
"Saiyan, you've defeated two of my highest ranking, and most powerful warriors. I've decided to strike you a deal. I wished for my Super Namek form, and I'm just DYING to test it out. Here's the deal, if you can beat me, then you can make your two wishes and save your friends and Mother. If you lose, I'll kill them. If I kill you, it won't matter that much, but never the less, it should prove a good fight, do you agree?"
Trunks eyes widened, he threatened to kill his Mother and his only chance at wishing his friends back to life? No, he wouldn't let that happen, but then another question jumped into his head.
"What do you mean Super Namek? You look the same, heck, I wasn't even aware you were a Namekian. Do you mind sharing with the class your heritage?"
"Sure, why not. After all, I'm about to kill you and those you care about, I might as well.
You see, my father, the original Lord Slug was an aging Super Namek. He, like Katas and Guru, were a breed of ancient Namekians called Super Namekians. These being had great power, knowledge, and wisdom. Unfortunately, my Father was wrongfully banned by Guru when he was found to be guilty of trying to use his power to rule the Namekians under an iron fist. It's true, he tried to. I think it would've been great, maybe the original dump of a planet might've been able to handle Frieza if it were under a tighter rule. Anyways, my Father was banished, and he quickly grew in power. Under him, he created a terrifying group of rouges that were rivals to that of Frieza. Unfortunately, they were all killed in a mega war against the Cold Empire. My Father, Wings, Medamatcha, Angila and a few of his measly servants were all that was left, and they quickly fled from the battle, in order to regain their strength for a later battle. It seems though that during this time, a Super Saiyan named Goku killed the whole Cold Family. Unfortunately, he did so at time when my Father was growing old. In his advanced age, he decided that he wanted to visit Earth. When he came though, most of the planet was ravaged by some force, and along with the planet, so were the Dragon Balls. His wish for eternal youth was now an impossibility. He then decided to create me in his image, as a successor to his throne and Empire. He then had me trained by all of the greatest fighters of the remains of his Empire. Right before he died, he had me absorb his essence, as a way to preserve the Super Namek. Unfortunately, do to this, I could never fully access the Super Namek transformation. It seems that when the Super Nameks spawn or created the Namekian race, the Super Namek wasn't part of the deal .That is why these weakling haven't been able to use it in battle. Now, let's move on to how I found New Namek. To be honest, it was by pure luck. I heard through rumors that there were Namekians in the universe still, which of course got me interested. After about five years of searching, I found it, and low and behold, here we are."
Trunks tried to absorb this giant flow of information, but he was stuck in a state of shock. A Super Namek? What in the world could that be? He had no time to figure it out, his Mother and two Namekian lives were on the line. He was trying to sense what kind of power Slug was packing, but he couldn't. It seems that Slug was hiding his power, but there was something else that he couldn't quite understand, why did he feel so weak? He was able to take down two of his goons without so much as breaking a sweat, but now he felt it.
"Ok Slug, I've got one more question. What's up with the weather machines that the Namekians are talking about? I've been told that it sucks energy or something of that nature. Do you mind explaining?"
"Sure, that's a simple thing to explain. While on my way here, I've found some tech from the leftover scraps of the Big Gete Star. Generally my machines just simply cover a planet and essentially freezes it to death. With the upgrades that I've added, they've adapted the energy taking abilities of the Big Gete Star into their design, thus it could do two tasks at once."
Trunks now understood what was going on, if he didn't beat this guy now, there was the possibility that he'd start losing energy, but then he had a thought.
"Why aren't you losing energy?"
"My Father designed them to affect anybody without the Super Namek gene. Unfortunately, that includes you. I guess you're going to have to go full power against me. Don't play coy with me, I know you were holding back against my warriors. SHOW ME YOUR TRUE POWER!"
Trunks knew he was right, his power was slowly diminishing. His aura began to glow an even brighter gold color than earlier, signifying the start of their epic match. Slug took the visual cue and dropped his cape and helmet, also showing that he was ready to hand a beating to the young warrior.
The ground began to shake, the seas started to swell, but most of all the wind grew. The planet below the feet of the mighty warriors knew and feared what was about to happen, it knew that it's survival depended upon Trunk's victory.
Just as soon as the wind died down, the first blows were made. Trunks quickly appeared in front of Slug and punched him in the gut, planning it to be an ironic gesture from earlier. Slug was indeed hit, but the Super Saiyan's punch wasn't enough to make him double over in pain. Slug quickly retaliated by punching Trunks in the face, but he saw this coming, so he quickly dodged and started throwing a barrage of punches. The fight soon became even heavier. Shockwaves from the punches that each fighter made were enough to break the sound barrier, causing quite a few sonic booms in their wake.
"Not bad Saiyan, you're able to keep up with me. It seems that two super powers are just going to keep this clash going. You need to do better than that if you wish to even beat me."
Trunks began to get frustrated. He knew his energy was slowly depleting, and he knew that Slug was getting the upper hand. He decided that he would do a drastic move, he would blow up the weather machines of Slug, in hopes that he could have enough left to finish this fight. Trunks landed on the ground and prepared an energy attack.
"BUSTER CANNON!"
Slug stood still as Trunks fired his giant energy attack. He was prepared to dodge it, but he was surprised that he threw it up into the sky, until he looked up. His machine was right above them, but he then smiled. The attack connected with the machine in the sky, blowing it up. The sound was enough to wake up the hostages. Bulma quickly looked around and saw her son on the ground, smiling, but panting.
"So, you've destroyed my machine ehh? Good Job, let's see if that made any difference. I doubt it, but I'm willing to instill hope into those before I kill them."
Trunks smirked at the comment and quickly charged up his power to maximum and rammed straight into Slug, causing the Namekian tyrant to double over in pain, but he quickly recovered.
"Heh, it seems you've underestimated me. I've destroyed your machine Slug, now there isn't much stopping me."
"Is that so? Fine then, let me show you half of my power."
Slug decided it was time for him to pluck the hope right from under Trunks, and also at the same time test his newly acquired Super Namek strength. His clothes began to rip at his arms, which quickly revealed he was concealing his energy, not to mention his new body. He began to laugh, but stopped himself from revealing to much of his power.
"So, as you see, I've increased my power to double it's maximum height that you felt earlier. Unfortunately for you, this is still the tip of the iceburg, I am yet to become a Super Namek. Also, sensing from your energy drop, it seems that you're done here."
Slug quickly materialized in front of Trunks, then shortly after punting him high into the sky. Before he could fall, due to gravity, Slug came up right above him and slammed him right into the ground. Trunks went flying straight into the cold New Namekian soil. Right as he was about to get up, Slug came crashing down at full speed, further crushing Trunks into the ground. Trunks tried to get up, but he was far to injured, and with that he collapsed right outside of the crater, but not before reverting back to his normal state. He was slightly conscious, but far to beat up to stand up and fight, but due to his Saiyan heritage, he got right back up, barely able to stand.
"Well, it seems you've lost Saiyan, your energy is quickly dropping, and it seems I've broken more than a few bones. I've broken your spirit. You thought that just because you destroyed my machine that it would make a difference in this battle. It seems that you were wrong, and simply wasted your energy destroying my machine, which by the way, there are two others on this planet, so you've only uncovered a third of this planet from my life taking haze."
Trunks stood still, he could barely move, and he realized that he just might die, but he decided that he better die fighting. He charged up what was left of his energy, but soon stopped.
"I'm finished. You lost your end of the bargain. Angelia, kill the hostages, start first with the human. He seems to care for her the most. I will kill him once you are done with killing the rest of the hostages. I want to just not break his body, I want to break all his spirit. It seems I haven't quite finished that yet."
Angila smiled at this request and shot a small death beam at the now full conscious and screaming Bulma. The beam went straight through her chest, killing her almost instantly.
"Halt, wake the other two. I want them to be able to witness their deaths as punishment for making me having to search for the Dragon Balls. It'll teach them a lesson for making the new Lord of Namek to work hard and get his hands dirty in trivial matters."
Just before Angila was about to execute Dende, there was a rumbling beneath them. Then lightning came flashing, striking the ground near Trunks.
"You've...made...a...huge..."
"MISTAKE!"
Welp, I guess that ends that. Told you something epic was going to happen in this chapter. Personally, I wanted to release this chapter right at the point where Slug gets his wish granted, but I decided to make this my first mega chapter, and even then, I've still ended it in a cliffhanger. Technically, if I were to divide this chapter in half, I think it would kill me, even though it is about the equivalent to two chapters. As promised, I will answer some of the reviews I've gotten over the past few weeks at the end of this chapter. Let's get this party started.
Review1: "Others have already done this better than you."
Response: Do tell. Of course, just basing my whole story by just reading the first Chapter when it was all that was released is horrible, but I will admit, my first chapter needed some work.
Review2: "far better than the first chapter. It's obvious that this is something you had envisioned before even writing this. I'm excited to find out how the Tuffles (baby?) play into all of this! I was actually looking for you on IRC to make you give me a preview ;;"
Response: Derp, you're my personal beta reader. I'd sure hope I get a review from you. ;)
Review3: "This is pretty good, but a few questions and pointers: if slug was no match for a. false super saiyan how would his son do better?(he'd need to be at least 10 times stronger) , trunks and vegeta were essentially equal and hit the same 'ceiling' (I like to think trunks was barely stronger but most people think vegeta was slightly stronger than trunks) , and using baby is good."
Response: Thank You sir. As far as Slug Jr not being able to handle Trunks, try to remember Piccolo Jr. He is more powerful than anything his father could ever imagine, same with Slug Jr. Of course, I hope this Chapter puts that question to rest. Now, as far as the "ceiling" goes. I'm aware of it, I don't like it, hell I wouldn't have mentioned it if I didn't need it for a plot device. That is all what it really is. My understanding of Future Trunks is that he has the raw power, but he can't use it or channel it into the next full step of the Super Saiyan 2 transformation. Now, as far as Baby goes...I wanted to use some of the aspects of DBGT, since after all, most of the Future Trunks Timeline happens around the time of the main timeline's GT events. I decided to adapt Baby into the story, but of course, he isn't just going to be stock Baby that we all know and hate. I have much more plans for him in the next saga... hint hint.
