The mixed group of humans, Saiyans, and one Namek stared at Trunks in horror. The kid didn't know what he was getting himself into.

Quite on the contrary, Trunks knew exactly what he had just done. While Nappa might be larger in stature, the little boy was by far the stronger of the two. He knew that he would have to curb his power, not only to keep from destroying Nappa in one blow, but also to keep anyone from suspecting his Saiyan background.

Trunks released Nappa's hand and stared at the tall Saiyan with ice-cold blue eyes. Without warning, he lashed out with a swift kick to the older alien's stomach. Nappa doubled over in pain. The boy then used an upper-cut to send the Saiyan onto his back on the ground. Trunks did all of this without even raising his ki. The warriors stared at the boy in utter amazement.

"How?" whispered Krillian.

"Oh, man!" stated Goku, eyes wide.

None of the Z warriors could have knocked Nappa out like that in so little time. Vegeta stood there, growing angrier by the minute. That arrogant little brat wasn't going to get away with thinking that he could defeat one of the proud race of the Saiyans. With a scream, Vegeta charged on Trunks.

The boy turned just in time to see the Prince of all Saiyans rushing towards him. Panicking, he knew that he might have to do some serious fighting to fend his father off. Fortunately, Goten came to the rescue.

Flying into the enraged Prince, Goten kneed the Saiyan in the crotch. Vegeta fell to the ground like a rock. Trunks winced; his chances of being born in this reality had just been considerably lowered.

"You little brat," sputtered Vegeta, trying to stand despite the pain.

He focused a ki attack at Goten. Screaming, he released the energy ball. With relative ease, the younger boy deflected the attack with his hand.

By this time all of the Z warrior were staring at Goten with mouths wide open. That blast would have knocked them out. Yet, there stood the boy, unfazed by Vegeta's onslaught. Goten effortlessly countered every blow that the Prince made.

"Shesh," he commented. "I thought you were supposed to be stronger than this." Vegeta glared at the young boy.

"Who the hell are you?" he demanded.

"He's my son from the future," commented Goku, grinning.

This only made the Prince madder.

"I will not be defeated by any offspring of that fool Kakkarot!"

Goten yelped as he barely dodged Vegeta's next attack. The odds were now in favor of the older Saiyan; the connection to Kakkarot had encouraged him to fight even harder against the young boy.

"Goten! Keep your defense up! Stop making so many stupid mistakes!" chided Trunks from the side-lines.

Goten glanced over at his friend, letting down his guard for a moment. Vegeta used the opportunity to land a punch in the child's face. Chi-Chi screamed in fright for her future child. Goten flew backwards, but flipped mid-air and landed gracefully on his feet.

"Owie," he whined, rubbing his cheek.

Vegeta stood there, panting, staring at the young demi-Saiyan incredulously. He couldn't believe that the blow hadn't knocked Goten unconscious.

"Kame...."

Goten leaned forward, focusing his power into his hands.

"..hame..."

The energy ball grew brighter with intensity.

"Goten! Not so strong! You might kill him!" shouted Trunks.

The black-haired boy acknowledged his friend's advice and withdrew some of his ki.

"HA!"

With a scream, Goten released his attack. It plowed into the Prince, knocking him down. It took several minutes for Vegeta to recover. He barely managed to return to his feet.

"Your majesty," whispered Radditz, offering to help the wounded Saiyan.

Growling, Vegeta shrugged off his companion's aid. He stood still, knowing that even if he attacked, it would be useless.

Trunks let out a sigh of relief. Not too much harm was done.

Vegeta opened his mouth to make a snide comment, when a light flickered to life on the screen on his scouter. A second later, similar lights appeared on the other Saiyan's scouters. The Prince studied the display for a moment, his scowl deepening. Radditz and Nappa on the other hand had a look of fear. "He's coming," whispered Nappa.

"We're going to die," added Radditz.

"Stop that foolish talk," snapped Vegeta. "This just means we have to find the Dragonballs faster."

Goku and the others exchanged puzzled looks.

"What's going on?," demanded Piccolo. He was the only one who wasn't intimidated by the Saiyans.

"Lord Freeza has decided to pay your little planet a visit," sneered Vegeta. "He probably intercepted Radditz's transmission. Doubtless, he's after the Dragonballs too."

"Freeza?" asked Goten. "Big deal."

"Yeah," added Trunks. "He's a big wuss."

"You little brats! You have no idea what you are talking about! Ignorant pests," snarled the Prince.

"Once Freeza arrives, we're as good as dead," added Nappa. "Ever since he found the talisman, he's next to invincible. I'm sure not even the Legendary Super Saiyan could defeat him."

"Talisman?" questioned Trunks, beginning to feel uneasy. Just because the Freeza from his timeline would have been weak in comparison to him, didn't mean that the same was true for this timeline's Freeza.

"The Talisman of Nodimaet. According to legend, it increases its owners power fifty times," explained Radditz. For a third class Saiyan, he was quite knowledgeable. Trunks gulped.

"That's not good."

"Not good at all," stated Goten.

"As much as I hate to leave with out finishing our little match," sneered Vegeta, "we had best be off. We have some training to do."

The Saiyans flew off, leaving the Z warriors to contemplate their new dilemma. "This isn't good," commented Piccolo calmly.

"Freeza times fifty," stuttered Trunks, twitching slightly.

"Yeah, and Dad had to go Super Saiyan to beat him at his original power," added Goten.

"Super Saiyan?" asked Krillian.

"So it really does exist," muttered Goku. "And I have been able to achieve that level?"

"Yeah, sure. It's not that hard. Me and Tr...."

Goten was cut off by Trunks stepping on his toe. The purple-haired boy gave his friend a meaningful look.

"In our timeline, Goku-san goes Super Saiyan in order to defeat Freeza," explained Trunks.

He gave a side-ways look to the bald monk.

"But Krillian-san had to die first. It was his death that made Goku-san so mad that he became a Super Saiyan."

Krillian paled slightly.

"I died?"

"Don't worry. We brought you back to life with the Dragonballz," added Trunks quickly.

"Oh," replied the monk, not really looking reassured.

"What about us?" asked Yamcha, gesturing to the others.

"You were already dead. The Saiyans killed you," answered Trunks.

"Man, this doesn't look good," grumbled Yamcha.

"But things aren't exactly the same as our timeline," replied Trunks, glancing in the direction that the Saiyans had left. "There's still hope."

"The kid's right. We still have a chance," stated Piccolo. "I for one am going to train. Do whatever you choose."

The others nodded.

"There's no way I'm going to let this Freeza destroy the Earth," stated Goku, balling his fist.

"Yeah!" added Gohan, Yamcha, and Krillian.

"We're with you Goku," stated Tien.

The tall Saiyan turned to Goten.

"You want to train with us?"

"Sure!" exclaimed the small boy.

Trunks frowned slightly. He felt left out. Sighing, he tried to remind himself that it was a good thing that they didn't realize his fighting potential.

"What about you, kid?" asked Yamcha, bending down towards Trunks.

"Yeah. You seemed more than able to hold you own against the Saiyans," added Krillian.

Piccolo eyed the child suspiciously. Obviously the others hadn't realized that the boy hadn't even tapped into his potential energy during the fight.

Trunks looked down at the ground and blushed.

"No thanks. I'll just help Bulma-san try to repair the machine," replied Trunks.

"But Trunks-kun..." began Goten.

The boy looked at his friend and smiled.

"Don't worry about me, Chibi. Make sure you get Freeza for me," he said, winking. "Sure thing!" stated Goten, smiling.

"Hey, you guys. Feel free to stick around and train. My father's almost through with a gravity stimulator. It was going to be used to train astronauts for working on other planets, but I'm sure Dad won't mind you using it to spar. The advanced gravity will help you get stronger," stated Bulma.

"Great idea, Bulma!" said Goku.

"Yeah. Good one babe."

Bulma gave Yamcha an odd look, and turned to Chi-Chi.

"You're more than welcome to stay too. I'm going to need lots of help cooking for all these guys."

"Sure," stated the younger woman.

The two women headed into the building, chatting excitedly. They seemed to think it was going to be one big sleep over party.

With the group distracted with making preparations, Trunks pulled Goten off to the side.

"We're in lots of trouble, aren't we?" asked the younger boy.

"Oh, yeah. What are we going to do?"

"Yeah, especially if you can't turn...you know," Goten stated, looking at Piccolo. They knew about his exceptional hearing.

"No matter what, I'll be there for you. Promise," stated Trunks.

"Promise," replied Goten.

The two boys clasped each other's hands. Together, they were invincible.

******

A hysteric Chi-Chi sat in the family room of Capsule Corp., accompanied by her husband. Vegeta sat on the couch opposite of her, his hands covering his sensitive ears.

"Kakkarot, shut your mate up now before I shut her up myself," he warned.

"Chi-Chi, please calm down," cooed Goku.

The woman sniffled, and buried her head into her husband's shoulder. Even when she was distraught, she had enough sense not to anger the Saiyan prince.

"What do we do now?" questioned Goku, studying the other couple. Bulma lay across the couch, her head resting in her husband's lap. Goku couldn't help smiling slightly as he watched Vegeta stroke Bulma's hair. As much as the two tried to deny it, they truly loved each other.

"All we can do is hope that they can fix the machine. I didn't make a duplicate machine and it would take months to complete another one. We have to remember that Goten and Trunks are half-Saiyan; they aren't helpless. They'll find a way to come home," stated Bulma.

The two couples sat in silence. All they could do is wait.