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Trunks and Goten sat in Trunks' bedroom at Capsule Corp. The two young half-Saiyans had changed into some old pajamas that were a little too big for them. The two sat on Trunks' bed discussing what had happened over the past few months.
Trunks lied back on his bed and looked at the cracked ceiling. A sigh escaped the lavender haired half-Saiyan's throat.
"What's wrong Trunks? Something's been bothering you since we both got back to Capsule Corp. You were way too quiet during dinner. Bulma might have not noticed, but I did. Come on Trunks, talk to me. You know I'm always here for you. Right?" wondered Goten.
Trunks looked at the younger half-Saiyan.
"I just worried about Gohan, that's all. I haven't seen him for over a month. I didn't even see him when he dropped you off here two weeks ago. I just don't get why Gohan's been so secretive lately. He never used to be that way. What do you think could have happened that made Gohan change so much?" answered Trunks.
Goten laid back on the bed and joined his friend in deep thought, which was pretty rare for him.
"I have no idea why Gohan is being so secretive Trunks. You're fourteen and I'm thirteen. We know how to fly, shoot ki blasts, and fight with swords. You would think Gohan would trust us enough by now to tell us what is on his mind." assumed Goten.
Trunks quickly looked at his friend then back towards the partially destroyed ceiling.
"I know what you mean Goten. But Gohan is twenty-three. He's an adult and can look after himself. I just wish I could see him more often, like when we were younger." sighed Trunks.
Goten looked at Trunks' through the corner of his eye.
"Even when it's just the two of us, Gohan hardly shows himself to me. He mostly just makes me stay in whatever tree or cave we had slept in the night before until he returns well after nightfall. Sometimes I wish things could go back to how they use to be. Gohan being around us and the two of us living here at Capsule Corp. with you and Bulma. Although I feel like those days are going to be returning really soon." spoke Goten.
Trunks jumped off the bed and started looking for something underneath it. Goten sat up and looked at the other teenage half-Saiyan, a look of confusion on his face.
"What are you doing Trunks?" asked Goten.
Trunks came out from under the bed, a small hand powered radio in his hand. The lavender haired teen sat back down on the bed and looked at his year younger, black haired brother and best friend.
"I thought if we can't see Gohan, then we might be able to find out what he is up to. If there have been any attacks by the Androids or some local nutcase that set of a bomb or something, Gohan surely would go and investigate. And if he did investigate and stopped it then someone would have broad cast it over the radio. And with this radio we can see what Gohan has been up to when we are not around." stated Trunks.
Trunks flipped through the frequencies on his small hand powered radio. Nothing but static and a few songs from old bands that use to be famous before the Androids attacked were all the radio picked up. Suddenly the radio picked up an emergency broadcast. Trunks turned up the volume and the two half-Saiyans eagerly listened in.
"This just in. The Androids attack on the remaining functional part of East City has just been stopped. Some young man dressed in an orange gi was able to stop the Androids before they could take more than a hundred lives. This is the same young man who has been rumored to have been fighting the Androids for the past thirteen years, since he was about ten years old. From the people of East City and the rest of the world we wish to thank this noble hero who bravely risks his life fighting against the Androids. If anyone knows who this man is, please contact your local police station or radio station. We wish to properly thank him for what he has done. If you have any information please call..." announced the Radio Reporter.
Trunks shut the radio off. He and Goten looked at each other, large grins growing on both of their faces. Gohan had done it again. He had fought the Androids and saved the inhabitance of East City from being destroyed.
Trunks put the radio on his nightstand and looked back to Goten. Goten was still exited about hearing his brother's victorious fight over the Androids and the goofy Son grin still hadn't completely left his face.
"I can't believe Gohan did it. I mean he always fights the Androids and always gets away, more or less in one piece, but this time feels different. Maybe it feels different because we are now strong enough and old enough to help Gohan face the Androids. That has to be it. We'll make those rusted old tin cans sorry for ever stepping foot outside of Dr. Gero's lab." declared Goten.
Trunks tried to calm down his best friend and brother.
"Don't go jumping to conclusions Goten. We are still not strong enough to face the Androids. The best skill we have is flying. We can only use basic ki attacks and out swordsmanship is more than a little rusty. Neither of us can even go Super Saiyan. Do you really think we could stand a chance against the Androids when Gohan, a master of flying, who knows many different forms of ki attacks, can handle a sword while blindfolded, and is a Super Saiyan, only barely makes it back alive out of his fights just holding onto life to a single thin thread? Do you honestly believe we can stand a chance against the Androids when Gohan barely survived their attacks?" questioned Trunks.
Goten glared at his best friend.
"Then what do you want us to do Trunks? Sit around for the rest of our lives while Gohan is out there risking his fighting with the Androids? I don't think so. I can't sit by and watch knowing my brother and innocent people are suffering. The Androids killed my mother Trunks. I want revenge. I want revenge on them for my mother's death and all of the other people they killed." snapped Goten.
Trunks tried to calm down the younger half-Saiyan.
"Calm down Goten. I'm not saying we shouldn't fight the Androids, I'm just saying we're not ready. We have to get stronger before we can fight them. I know how you feel Goten. Don't forget the Androids killed my father and the rest of the Z fighters. I want revenge on them just as much as you do, Goten. I want revenge on the Androids for killing my father, his comrades, and your mother Goten. I also want revenge for what they did to Gohan. Not one death caused by the Androids will go unpunished, not one." directly stated Trunks.
Unknowingly, Trunks began to release some of his ki and a weak, but powerful, wind was created. Goten quickly embraced Trunks, catching the lavender haired teen by surprise and causing the winds to dissipate. When everything was calm, the two young half-Saiyans let go of each other and sat back down on the bed.
"So what exactly do you expect us to do Trunks? We're not strong enough to fight the Androids and yet both of us what to fight them and avenge our parents and the Z fighters. So how exactly are we supposed to avenge everyone the Androids have killed if we can't fight them? Got any brilliant ideas Trunks?" asked Goten.
"Actually I do have some ideas, but one that will be the simplest and most affective is the one we will do. We will get Gohan to train us. And I'm not talking about the kind of training like when he taught us how to fly or fight with our swords. I'm talking about the kind of training we can get from Gohan becoming our master and us his students." told Trunks.
Goten looked at his best friend and surrogate brother.
"That actually sounds like a good idea. Now all we have to do is get Gohan to agree to train us. I think the next time we are both alone with Gohan and Bulma is not around we should ask him to train us. And if that doesn't work we will keep at it until it does. With Gohan as our master we might actually be able to face the Androids and defeat them. Even if we can't beat then right away, at least Gohan will have some help and won't get as hurt as he does fighting the Androids on his own. With two extra half-Saiyans helping him it should even the playing field quite a bit. That's a really great idea Trunks. How did you come up with it?" exclaimed Goten.
Trunks smiled at Goten. He rubbed the back of his neck as he grinned, a habit he and Goten had picked up from watching Gohan over the years.
"I am the son of a genius after all. And with us being the sons of Son Goku and Vegeta, the two strongest and noblest Saiyans that ever lives, and with Gohan teaching us, we should have no trouble becoming Super Saiyans. Then all three of us, you, me and Gohan, can put those rusted old machines in the scrap pile where they belong." stated Trunks.
Unknown to the two half-Saiyans was that Bulma was listening to their conversation outside of Trunks' bedroom door. The head and owner of Capsule Corp. had been listening in on her son's and her son's best friend's conversation since Trunks had powered up and released some of his ki. Bulma had felt the wind caused by trunks' rise in his ki and went to investigate. Instead she found herself listening to a conversation between her son and his best friend about how they were going to fight the Androids and get Gohan to train then so they could help him fight the Androids.
"Not if I have anything to say about it. There is no way Trunks and Goten are going to fight against the Androids. Gohan might have been way younger than them when he started fighting the Androids, but that was different. I'm not letting my son or Goten get hurt. I already lost everyone else I cared about. I'm not going to lose them too. I'll wait for the right moment and confront them. I'll state that they are too young to fight, and if that doesn't work I'll just whack them over the head a few times with my frying pan. That will make them think twice about fighting the Androids. And if Gohan does train them he'll be in a world of trouble. He'll so in so much trouble he'll wish he was fighting the Androids." thought Bulma.
The blue haired woman turned away from her son's door and walked back to her room. Little did Bulma know in just over a month Gohan would take Trunks and Goten on as his students and she would fully accept it, support it even. But for now she was determined to keep bother her son and Goten safe, even if it meant she had to be more dangerous than the Androids.
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