Disclaimer- As stated several times before, I don't own any part of DBZ. Other than a few DVDs and such I guess, but you should know what I mean.
As Trunks was heading towards his room for some rest, a familiar annoyance decided to show itself again.
Hold on a sec, Mr. Goody-goody. If you rush off to bed you won't be able to see what I have in store. What would you say if I told you I knew how to get some respect from the old man?
Trunks waited till he got to his room to talk in order to avoid any potential trips to the loony-bin.
"Okay, what is this idea for earning otousan's respect?" The evil within him knew how to get his attention, if there was one thing Trunks strived for, it was Vegeta's recognition.
Well, I feel it's kinda obvious. Only the trivial task of defeating an old rival.
"You mean Goku? I've given that one some thought, but he has the power of a super saiya-jin four on his side. How am I supposed to compete against that? I've only recently reached super saiya-jin three, and I don't have the power to hold it for very long yet."
Ah, that's easy; you've only been training with half your soul, thus half your power. Imagine what we could do fighting as one, think of the power you would have. A super saiya-jin four is nothing compared to that.
"Hm, interesting. So what you're saying is; if we were to work together, I would have the power to defeat Goku and therefore earn otousan's respect. I hate to admit it, but I like the sounds of that." Trunks submitted to the other side's power, soon a smirk entirely like Vegeta's graced his lips.
"Heh, so this is what complete control over the body feels like, about ten times better than I ever imagined." Commented the dark half.
"What do you mean 'complete'? We're working together to defeat Goku then you're going right back where you belong, got it?" Trunks tapped his forehead to show that, after the task at hand was complete, the other would be locked away within his psyche again.
"Oh, of course. Well let's get finding him then." At that moment they left the house and headed for the Son residence.
After a brief exchange of hellos with Chichi they found Goku in the forest behind his home.
"Hey Trunks, what brings you way out here. Goten steal something of yours again?" Goku turned away from his training and greeted him with a wave and his usual goofy smile.
"No, thought I'd train with you for a while. Otousan's training is too strict; you're more of a 'fight to get stronger' person. The way you see it, as long as it's a fight, you get stronger." Trunks explained with a smirk across his face, a smirk Goku had only seen on one other individual.
"Well, that is true. When should we start training then?"
"Well, people always say there's no time like the present. So how bout now?" He cracked his knuckles and did some pre-fight stretching.
"That certainly works, though this first day of training will have to be a quick one. If I don't get home soon Chichi will kill me, or worse, like take away my dessert for a week."
Poor fool. If you realized the pain and suffering I am going to rain down upon you, you would beg to be killed by her.
Wait a second here, I thought you said we were going to beat him in a fight. You never said anything about killing him. Trunks was beginning to regret his decision to allow this other version of himself control. Why did I ever believe him? Especially after making it clear that he was a sadistic bastard with all the nightmares that he's been plaguing me with.
Why, why? Because you are a weak minded fool, just like this clown before us and our idiotic pride-obsessed father. All it takes is finding the weak point and attacking it. Can't believe it took me so long to figure out that Vegeta was your weakness all along, not those other half-breeds that you seem so attached to.
That isn't a fucking weakness, if anything they're a source of strength. Fools like you that fail to realize and get their asses handed to them in a fight are the ones that are weak!
Tell that to your father, he's referred to you and the rest of your family as a weakness before. He's become too relaxed since his days working "under" Frieza. The only reasons he keeps fighting for anymore are to surpass Goku and the simple fact that he belongs to the great warrior race, just as you do, if only as a half blood. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a fight to win.
"So sorry Goku, something was on my mind, but I took care of it……." He disappeared for a moment and attacked Goku from behind, "shall we begin?"
"Ok, but you can drop the Trunks act; he'd never pull a cheap shot like that against a friend. I don't know who you are or why you've decided to attack me. But taking the appearance of a friend to do so is no way to get on my good side!" Goku's power flared as he shot straight to super saiya-jin four.
"My, whatever are you talking about Goku? That really hurts you know. Can't you tell? I am Trunks." As he spoke his hair began to lengthen like it would for super saiya-jin three, but maintained it's usual platinum color. His tail grew back as well. Now he emanated an aura surpassing that of the warrior before him. "Hm, I guess this is what a super saiya-jin five looks like. Sorry to disappoint you Goku, looks like someone beat you to a stage of power for once."
"Trunks, poor pitiful Trunks. You really think power is everything, don't you? Didn't you even think that I've stopped Buu when his power far surpassed mine? " He was now up close and throwing punch after punch at the powerful new warrior before him. Trunks managed to dodge almost every blow with ease as he worked his way back, the whole time with a wide smile across his face.
"I'm glad you realized that I am in fact Trunks. But about your little power excuse…….. Buu was a fool, he had no idea what you had in store for him until it was too late. Me on the other hand……." He caught Goku's wrist in the middle of a punch and wrapped it around Goku's back, "I know all your tricks."
"I wouldn't say 'all' my tricks quite yet, I'm always coming up with new stuff you know." Goku disappeared for a moment.
"Tch, you mean the 'new moves' that are merely simple variations of your old ones." He said as he dodged three kamehameha blasts that, to the untrained eye, appeared to be launched simultaneously from three very different locations.
"Ok, so you dodged my new 'Tri-Kamehameha' move, that doesn't mean you've won." Goku teleported back down in front of Trunks and began throwing punch after punch again, hoping that it would at least begin to tire the younger saiyan.
"Man, this is great. The once great Goku can't even lay a hand on his opponent, when he's a super saiya-jin four!" Trunks said as he delivered a satisfying punch to the gut, causing Goku to cough up blood. All this did was cause Trunks to smile even wider. He bent down, grabbed the kneeling Goku by the hair and raised him to eye level. "And only one punch to bring you to your knees, my how the mighty have fallen!" He released the hair and allowed him to fall for a moment before delivering a hard kick that sent him flying into the air.
"Blast him, where'd he get so much power so fast! If that even is truly Trunks." Goku wiped the blood from his mouth. "And why is he fighting me so fiercely if all he wanted to do was practice?" He shot his best kamehameha at Trunks' still smiling figure. Trunks just stood there and allowed the blast to hit him. When the smoke cleared he was hovering where he stood moments before, the area reduced to a large crater. A good amount of blood was running freely down his face, he merely ran his fingers across it and proceeded to clean off his fingers in the same way one would lick Cheeto powder off their fingers.
"Oh my, you made me bleed. There's no reason for that Goku, I was only going to beat the bejeezus out of you. But now I think I'll settle for killing you." He muttered to himself before taking off and slamming Goku towards the ground. Instead of meeting face to face with the earth, Goku slammed to a halt on Trunks' sword. "And now you've gone and smudged my sword with your blood, there is absolutely no redemption for that." He held his free hand up to Goku's face and asked him a question in a murderous voice. "So how should you die, cut to tiny pieces, vaporized in an instant? What do you think?"
"Ggghh…." Goku tried to answer, but all that came out of his mouth was an immense amount of blood.
"As bloody as I can make it? You flatter me Goku, seriously you do. I can't decide, I think I'll make it all three." At that he ripped his sword up through Goku's body causing a massive amount of blood to fly into the air, covering Trunks with a dark red color. He continued to slash away at Goku's body until all that remained were several specs in the air. Finally, he vaporized what was left with the biggest ki blast he could muster.
"Well, that takes care of two annoyances, time to recruit the third." Trunks landed on the ground before the blood shower could end. "Don't worry Mr. Goody-goody, you'll have more company than just Goku soon enough."
Well, that's it for chapter four. Quite a blood bath huh? Well, I just can't leave it like this so I can promise there will be more to come (maniacal laugher………coughs). But reviews are still greatly appreciated.