Chapter 7
Gohan ran into the hyperbolic time chamber and ran into the living chambers. "I call the bed by the refrigerator!" Gohan yelled, laughing. He look to where Trunks was and realized that he had already gone to train. His smile faded as he remembered what he was there to do, and as he watched Trunks train, the look on his face showed the weight of responsibility that was on him. Gohan remembered seeing his mother's dead body, and remembered that the only thing that cheered him up was the fact that this wasn't his time. He couldn't imagine what it would be like for Trunks, whose parents and almost everyone who he had ever known was violently killed by monsters.
Gohan walked over to Trunks, and he stopped training and smiled faintly. Trunks was still getting used to having Gohan around again, and he had to admit that it was nice. "Hey Gohan, you want to spar? I'm sure that if we train together, we'll increase faster." Gohan smiled and said "yeah, we should! How long can you hold your super saiyans transformation?" Trunks thought for a moment, and then said "a while, but transforming takes up quite a big chunk of my power. Why?" Gohan remembered something that his father told him about learning to control the transformation before he worried about powering it up. "Well, I was just thinking about something that my father told me, and I think that we should work on maintaining the super Saiyan transformation for as long as possible. He told me that it was hard for my body to maintain the transformation because of its small size, and I need to adapt my body to not use so much energy during the transformation. Maybe if we adapt it well enough, we can get so used to it that we won't even need to transform!"
Trunks thought about what Gohan said and smiled. "You and your father really re fighting geniuses aren't you? That sounds like a great idea." Trunks let out a small yell and was enveloped in godly light as he ascended to super Saiyan. "But don't think that just because you're a fighting genius, you can defeat me!" Trunks charged at Gohan. Gohan quickly powered up to super Saiyan, and went on the defensive against the onslaught of attacks that Trunks was throwing. Trunk's speed quickened, and Gohan continued to dodge, not fast enough to develop a counter attack. Trunks threw a barrage of punches at him, and Gohan was moving his head to dodge each one, feeling the force of each punch that went by his head. Gohan was started to catch on to Trunk's style, and when Trunks kept focusing on punches, Gohan dodged a punch and then did a sweeping kick, knocking Trunks off of his feet.
Gohan jumped backwards to give himself a little more room. Trunks and Gohan charged at each other once Trunks got back to his feet, and now that both of them were warmed up, the fight was far more even. Trunks kneed Gohan in the stomach, and Gohan responded with an uppercut to the jaw. After exchanging a few blows, Trunks kicked Gohan in the side, and sent him flying. Trunks flew after him and kicked him into the ground, creating a loud thud and eliciting a grunt from Gohan. Trunks landed next to him with a smile, something rare for him these days, and said "have you had enough yet?" Gohan dragged himself off of the ground and said "you would like that wouldn't you?" Both were covered in bruises, but it was clear that Trunks was faring better than Gohan in the battle.
Gohan charged at Trunks with renewed vigor, and this time it was Trunks who was on the offensive. His punches and kicks only got faster, and pretty soon, he started landing some; a punch to the face here, a knee to the chest there. Pretty soon Trunks was dizzy from the blows, and Gohan kicked him in the chest, sending him flying. After being attacked by Gohan, Trunks wasn't faring any better, physically, however he still had a decent amount of energy left, and Gohan had spent most of his in his counterattack. Both of them knew that Trunks had more power, and Trunks got up and said "Come on Gohan, we've been fighting for a while now, we should work on trying to maintain our super Saiyan forms while at rest" Gohan nodded, glad to rest after the beating he took from Trunk's earlier.
The two warriors walked back over to the living area, and they sat down facing each other, cross-legged. "Ok, now we are going to sit here and meditate, and the first person to lose their super Saiyan has to make dinner for the other." Trunks said, laughing as he said it. He had begun to smile and laugh more than before. Gohan laughed as well, and then closed his eyes, concentrating. He felt the rage in the back of his mind, rage that he had felt so strong when he had first attained the transformation. Now that he had more control over the super Saiyan transformation, he felt as though the rage was what fueled his power, which had been true all of his life. Whenever he released his rage, his hidden potential would come out and he could do what he needed to do. This sensation was weird, as he was in the form that was fueled by rage, and yet he was in a calm environment. He decided that the best way to truly master the form would be to focus on the feeling of the power of the super Saiyan transformation and associate it not with his anger, but with this feeling of complete calm and tranquility. Gohan was like this for a long time, focusing on the raging power flow through his calm body, at first like a raging storm, and then gradually becoming a calm stream.
Trunk's meditative state was different than Gohan's. Unlike Gohan, Trunks achieved the super Saiyan form not through anger, but through sadness and despair. Growing up in the world that he did, and because of all of the grief that he had gone through in his life, he had this feeling all of the time, so it was not difficult to maintain the super Saiyan state for him. He focused on all of his grief and despair, and slowly the super Saiyan feeling became more natural to his body.
Neither had mastered the super Saiyan form, but their bodies had taken important steps in adjusting to it. After many hours of intense meditation, Gohan's worn out body finally lost the power to maintain super Saiyan, and he fell forward, breathing hard from the mental and physical exertion. Trunks opened his eyes and laughed, saying, "well, looks like we know who is making the dinner!" Gohan grumbled and stood up, walking towards the kitchen.
A bit later, when dinner was finished, Gohan and Trunks were getting ready to go to sleep for the night. Gohan saw that Trunks had a sad look on his face. Gohan thought for a moment and then said "Trunks, what happened to all of your family? Is Capsule Corporation destroyed?" A dark cloud passed over Trunks' eyes, and it was quiet for a few moments before he finally answered. "It… It was just a few years after the androids appeared. I was just 5, I barely remember it. My mom had spent all of her time in the basement, trying to figure out why the time machine wouldn't work. I remember it was early in the morning. We were both in the basement, and she had just begun to work when the ground began to shake. She knew how dangerous it was, but I guess that she had grown confident in her safety after how many times that we survived. She said that she needed to run and get her blueprints off of the kitchen table, and she told me to stay in the basement…. She looked back at me for a moment, and then continued up the stairs. That was the last time that I saw any of my family members alive." A lone tear escaped Trunks' eye, though his face remained completely stoic. "After a few hours, Piccolo appeared and brought me back to the lookout and trained me. My only goal since then has been to free our world of the androids."
Gohan did not know what to say to Trunks, and eventually, he awkwardly stammered "I'm… I'm so sorry" Trunks sighed and then said "Don't worry Gohan, were going to keep training and then we are going to make the androids pay for everything." Gohan nodded, and they both got much needed sleep on their first day of training.
6 months later
Gohan woke up and wiped the sleep out of his eyes. He got up, walked to the bathroom, and looked in the mirror. His hair had grown longer and spiky hair replaced his bowl shaped hair. His hair was even more on edge than usual now, because he was a super Saiyan. He had maintained the super Saiyan state for 4 weeks in a row now, and it was so natural now that he didn't even have to think about it again. He had completely dissociated the super Saiyan from anger through intense meditation, and he was still curious as to what would happen if he got angry enough again. He figured his anger would either make him more powerful, like before when he got angry, or it would make him lose the ability to dissociate the anger from the form. He figured he'd better play it safe and stay calm, which wasn't difficult, considering he was kind hearted naturally, and although he was starting to enjoy fighting, he still did not want to hurt anyone.
Trunks woke up soon after Gohan, and he was excited to continue training. He had increased his power immensely, and he was finally believing that there could be an end to the nightmare. He had been a super Saiyan for a month and a half now, though his body was starting to finally feel the strain. He kept pushing his body harder, believing that this could be their last chance at defeating the androids. He was feeling more and more confident about the future, and his ability to stay super Saiyan was less dependent on despair and more on his willpower.
"Gohan, come on, we have to train!" Trunks yelled to Gohan as he walked out to the training area. They had begun to train deep in the chamber, where the conditions were harsh and the gravity was intense. Gohan ran out after him, and the two super saiyans faced off in the chamber that had just shifted to a desert like heat. Before sparring, Gohan and Trunks worked on their form, first practicing the turtle style and then the demon style. Trunks told Gohan about how the androids already know their fighting styles, and Gohan decided that they should work on fusing the two styles that they mastered to try to confuse the androids and possibly gain an upper hand. They both learned the demon styles and turtle styles from an early age, so it was easy to adjust them because they had done them for such a long time.
After they had practiced their martial arts forms for a few hours, they decided to finally spar. They charged at each other, but their speed was severely depressed because of the high gravity. They both grunted with each movement, and Gohan threw a punch at trunks. Trunks caught his fist and pulled him close to him. When he was close enough, Trunks drove his fist in his side, and then let go of his fist and punched him in the gut with his other hand. Gohan had the wind knocked out of him, and he saw Trunks prepare a punch aimed at his face. He ducked under the punch and then sent a barrage of punches into trunks' gut. He finished off his barrage with a swift uppercut to Trunks' chin. Trunks backed up from the shock of the punch, shook his head, and got back into his fighting stance. They both lunged forward and their hands locked. They both pushed with all of their energy forward, but neither gained ground. Their super Saiyan auras built around them, and the sound of their grunts filled the chamber. Eventually, Trunks started to gain the upper hand, due to his physical size advantage and he pushed Gohan to the ground and started hitting Gohan in the face. Eventually, Gohan lost consciousness, and Trunks stood up. Trunks picked him up and brought him back to the bed. Trunks had increased his strength a lot in the past few months, however he could tell that Gohan had increased his strength a lot, and he showed no sign of stopping. Trunks believed that Gohan could become the strongest warrior on earth.
Trunks went out deep into the chamber and continued training. After training for a few more hours, he stopped and looked into the sky. The sky was red and the chamber was burning hot. The sight of the red sky triggered a memory of the day his mother died. The sky was red that day as well, because of all of the fire. He remembered when there was a huge explosion above his head and the house that he lived in crumbled above him. He fought through the wreckage until he found the air, and then looked around everywhere for the mother. He saw light blue and ran over to it, seeing his mother covered in blood. He remembered running to her and shaking her for minutes, unwilling to come to terms with her death. He saw the blank look in her eyes and limpness of her body.
Trunks felt tears run down his face, he was consumed with anger as he stood in the chamber. He poured all of his power into his body, and his body bulked up. He could feel the power flowing through his body. He threw a few punches, and found that he was far slower, but his power was immense. He decided that he should work on increasing the speed of this form, because he knew that its speed would help him battle android 17, who, of the two, was more power than speed. He went deeper in the chamber than ever before, and worked on moving as fast as he could, so he could increase his speed.
6 months later
"Trunks, let's go!" Gohan called as he walked towards the exit of the chamber. Trunks ran up to him and said "yeah, this has been great, but I am ready to get out of this cramped place." Gohan nodded and opened the door.
Piccolo heard the door crack and walked over to the exit. His day had been the longest in his life, and he placed all of his hope in the youths. He saw them walk out. He was shocked to see them both in their super Saiyan forms while completely calm. They had both changed a decent amount, both with longer hair and their powers had grown immensely. They walked up to him and he said, "So how was it? Do you think that you have the power to defeat them?" Gohan and Trunks both smiled and Gohan said "I think we have a real shot. If we try our best, I'm sure that we can do it." Piccolo smirked and said "well considering your power increase, I am inclined to agree." His face turned somber, and then he said "the androids are attacking south city as we speak." The two hybrids frowned and started walking towards the edge of the lookout. Gohan turned around and said "Piccolo, can you change my clothes to Saiyan armor?" Trunks overheard and said "oh, can you do that for me too?" Piccolo smiled, and then silently changed their clothes. They both smiled and ran off of the lookout, towards the demons of this world.
A/N hey, I hope that you liked this chapter, I have been trying to improve my writing so tell me if you think that it seems better or if you don't like it. Next chapter is the fight with the androids, and we get to figure out what is up with Cell. Thank you!
