My apologies for taking forever to update…I've had to devote my time to writing long, difficult and pointless essays for school instead. I may like to write, but I HATE essays! So I'm terribly sorry...I know two months is a long time. I hope you didn't give up on me. I'll try to update more from now on.

Chapter 4

"Finish buster!!" Trunks yelled, as he shot a ki blast at a large boulder. It was still a somewhat weak attack, but the important thing was that he was slowly regaining some of his powers.

"Wow, I've never seen an attack like that!" exclaimed Yamcha.

Trunks smirked, " Just a little thing I learned from where I come from."

"Well, you're going to be quite a help against the saiyans." Said Yamcha.

Trunks gulped, "Um…yeah…"

"You're not scared are you?" Yamcha taunted.

"Well…why shouldn't I be?" Trunks asked. "I'm not that strong yet…and I don't know if I will be by the time they get here. It could be any day now…"

"We have nothing to worry about Trunks." said Yamcha, "Once Goku gets here, we'll show them!"

Trunks looked down nervously. He didn't know much about the past, but he had heard how beat up Goku was after fighting Vegeta. And as it was now, even Yamcha was stronger than he was. What chance could he stand?

"I know what you're thinking," said Yamcha," You think you're not strong enough eh? Well you're a saiyan aren't you? You'll be strong enough to at least help out…."

Yamcha stopped and looked up to the sky.

"What is it Yamcha?" Trunks asked.

"Do you feel that?" Yamcha asked.

Trunks focused. Suddenly, he felt a great and dark energy approaching the Earth. A familiar energy.

No…not now…not yet…

"Trunks, come on!" Yamcha grabbed his hand and flew, as they suddenly felt a horrifying explosion of energy coming from the east. Trunks' worst nightmare had come true.

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East City, 11:43 A.M

A crowd of people gathered around a smoldering crater in the middle of the city, terrified. Two objects had been hurled from the skies, causing buildings to collapse and killing thousands.

"What are those things?" a man shouted.

"Bombs! They're bombs!" a lady shrieked.

"This could only be the work of terrorists!" an old man said.

"They're space pods! Alien space pods!!" a little boy exclaimed.

"That kid may be right! We should tell the authorities." A man said.

"Why bother? They'll just say it's a weather balloon or swamp gas!" said a teenager.

Suddenly, one of the pods hissed and opened, and Vegeta, prince of the saiyans, stepped out. He looked up out of the crater, amused by the screams of the crowd.

heh…that's one part of this job I never get tired of…

The other pod stepped out, as Nappa stepped out.

"Ahhh! A hideous monster!" a woman shrieked.

Nappa frowned, but Vegeta smirked. Together they stepped out of the crater.

"Earth, was it? " Vegeta asked. "Hm, promising.

"We should give these little insects a greeting." Said Nappa with a sly grin. He raised two fingers, and instantly, the entire city exploded.

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Trunks and Yamcha flew as fast as they could go.

"Oh no, there's a city where those two landed!" Yamcha exclaimed.

Suddenly, Trunks remembered something he had heard a long time ago in his childhood; many years before some strange unexplained explosion destroyed half of East City. Trunks gulped.

They then felt a huge wave of energy. Trunks and Yamcha shielded their eyes as a blinding light and a heavy wind blew at them.

"What did those monsters do?!" Yamcha screamed.

Father…how could you?

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Vegeta and Nappa levitated above the steaming crater that was once East City.

"Hahaha! A little too warm a welcome, eh Vegeta?" Nappa laughed.

"End it there, Nappa." Vegeta said." You'll ruin the resale value of this mud ball if you keep messing it up. And we'd better hope that one of those dragonballs wasn't here in this city you just destroyed.!"

"Oh…you're right! I wasn't thinking!" said Nappa.

"So what else is new?" Vegeta said with a smirk as he checked his scouter. "Just search for the highest power level on the planet. It will have to be the power of the one who killed Raditz, unless it's the son of Kakarott."

As they checked they noticed that there were many semi-high power levels across the planet.

"Looks like somebody has been preparing for us." Said Vegeta, "Blast that blabber mouth Raditz. Oh well, no matter."

"I think I found the two biggest powers on the planet. Right next to each other too!" said Nappa.

"Well Nappa, lets go- and pay our respects!" said Vegeta deviously.

The two saiyans leaped into the air and took off, flying towards the island where Piccolo and Gohan were training.

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About fifteen minutes later, Trunks and Yamcha flew over what used to be East City.

"This is…terrible…" said Yamcha sadly.

Trunks shut his eyes tightly, not wanting to face what his father had done. Not wanting to think about the type of person his father was at this time.

Yamcha turned to look at Trunks. "You okay?"

"Hm? Um...yes…its just…"

"I know…its hard to look at destruction like this. Trunks, remember this place when we fight them. It will make you fight harder."

Trunks gulped, fighting back tears. He flew faster, trying to get away from the ruins as quickly as he could, while at the same time not wanting to reach his destination any time soon either. This was it…it was time for the sins of the father to be revisited upon the son.