When we got closer to the island I stopped Gohan and warned him

"Listen, you should tell them about the androids and, also, since there is not going to be a Trunks in this timeline I guess it's okay to tell everyone about who am I but… Can you not?"

"Yeah…" He smiled again "Sure"

I nodded and we landed on the island. He went up the window and I sat down on the sand watching the ocean while hearing their scared voices, they seemed to be perplex and I wondered whether or not Goku would be thrilled when he found out, mother always told me that he loved fighting more than anything but I still doubted it. I was half-saiyan and I hated it as well my Gohan. Oh… Gohan… It was so hard to look at his eyes and not to do shit! It's funny how he doesn't have a clue of how I feel towards him and so he acts completely aloof about the whole thing.

An ocean wave hit my feet and I wondered if he fell in love with me once, in another timeline, could he fall in love with me again? Is it even worth thinking? No… He is a different person after all… He is not my Gohan, I promised I would not think about him that way.

"Hey Trunks!" someone yelled "We're about to eat… Wanna join us?"

I turned to see who it was and I saw Krillin

"Oh… May I?" I got excited

"Don't be ridiculous" He laughed "You saved Goku, you can do pretty much everything you want!"

I nodded, happy, I was starting to enjoy my staying on that place. I have never had any friends really, except by Gohan.

I entered the house and they were all in the living-room apart from Chi-chi, she was upstairs with Goku. I could see that they were visible concerned about the androids but also happy for Goku. I liked it, seeing the people that I had heard so much about for so long. I ended up fixing their image as Gods or something but now they stood in front of me. Cool.

"So, Trunks…" It was Piccolo again "Gohan doesn't want to tell us anything about you but your name, why do you think that is?"

"I'm sorry mister Piccolo but I must say I asked him not to" I scratched the back of my head while laughing awkwardly "It's just… for the time being anyway" I shoved a huge amount of food down my mouth in an attempt to end the subject.

"It's okay, we trust you, right Piccolo?"

"I suppose so… We don't really have a choice"

"Piccolo!" Krillin yelled

"It's okay… It's fine… I knew mister Piccolo's trust was going to be the hardest to earn"

"You keep saying things like that" He stared at me again "Like you've met us before or something"

"Nhaam, you're right, I'm sorry!" Piccolo was really scary but I was actually having fun

"Trunks" Bulma said "How long do you think it'll take for Goku to get up on his feet again?"

Mother… Always so worried about those she loves. It was fun talking to her and see how she used to be when her son wasn't around.

"About two months…But don't worry, he will be fine" I smiled

"You truly are full of mysteries, aren't you?" Master Rochi pointed out

"I guess…" I, again, shoved something else in my mouth to keep me from saying more stuff.

"Those androids you said…" He went on "Are we going to die?"

Everyone on the table got apprehensive and stared at me, they needed to be comforted but I couldn't lie… I had no idea how to say what I wanted but I did my best.

"The reason I'm telling you all this is in order for us to train and get stronger so we can defeat them" I kept looking down "I have a feeling that it's going to work" I needed to believe that

"So… you'll be staying with us?" Gohan asked

"Ahn?" I asked

"You said 'so WE can defeat them'" He smiled "Does that mean you'll help us?"

"Yeah… I mean, if you want me to" I looked at him and as soon as the idea came to me I said it "I have an idea, since I was going to train with Goku because we're both super saiyans why don't I help you with your training, Gohan?"

He didn't answer; he just stared at me with his eyes opened and a noodle hanging from his mouth. I didn't understand why until:

"So you are a super saiyan" Piccolo calmly said "I knew it"

SHIT! I got so excited to offer Gohan the training that I completely and utterly forgot that I was not supposed to reveal that information, not that it made a difference but still…

I laughed scratching the back of my head again, embarrassed while everyone looked at me. Good thing that didn't lead to a discussion or a questioning. I looked at Gohan on the other side of the table and I read his lips without anyone else noticing it 'Stupid' and then he smiled. I knew it was not a good idea to train with him, in fact it was the worst idea ever… Being close to him… But I couldn't hold my tongue and since he wanted to become a super saiyan he wouldn't say no.

I was right; at the end of the meal he sought me out and agreed with the training. I felt butterflies in my stomach even though I shouldn't have.

I couldn't sleep that night, obviously… Me and a 22 year old Gohan, alone, training… Too weird, it was as if nothing changed, as if he hadn't died. It was sick and I loved it. Would my Gohan have approved that? Would he feel betrayed? Mad at me? Wait, that's ridiculous! We're just going to train, that's all, I was over thinking stuff. Yeah… just training…

For a whole month him and I trained everyday from the sunrise to the sunset, we'd fish and hunt in order to eat and during our digestion we'd discuss new methods and strategies to fight those mechanic demons. He evolved a lot, I didn't though, but it was fine, the point of that training was to get him to be able to turn into a super-saiyan… Not to get me stronger.

We got along just great, as I had thought… But this one thing happened that I wasn't counting on: I realized he had a fair amount of habits and things that differ a lot from my Gohan. While my Gohan had this 'down to earth-confident' vibe, this Gohan had a much more easygoing and fun way, not that my Gohan was boring, he wasn't… It's just the one with me now seemed somehow more relaxed, happy. He sure laughed a lot more than mine. Of course he did, he didn't have his friends and family ripped out of his life and it was completely understandable. But I used to like that trace of my Gohan, I've always wanted to fix that void of his but this Gohan… He didn't any void to be filled.

Each day we got closer and closer together, it was a similar relationship with my Gohan, except for the love section of it. I grew to like him very much and I felt he did it too. Apart from that, every time I brought my Gohan up in a conversation he'd change his mood, very lightly but still. Until that one day, the last day of that month:

"Come on, Gohan!"

"I'm… Trying…" He raised his ki even more

"You're NOT doing enough! You don't get it, everyone you love will be killed, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM"

It was working, he had improved a lot more than I'd expected, although his anger was barely enough he was getting the feel of the situation and that itself was a miracle to be done in just a month, he was as talented as my previous master…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH-" He raised his ki in about 20% and fell on the ground "Trunks!" He called

I ran towards him

"That was great! I could sens-" He interrupted me

"My chest… It h-. It hurts" His right hand landed on his chest and squeezed

I immediately knew what that was about. I had gone through the same thing that day…

"Do you think I've got my dad's disease?" He worried

"No…" I smiled, proudly of his progress and began explaining what had just happened "Turning super saiyan is a lot of stress to your body, try to imagine that, when you transform your muscles demand a greater amount of blood from your heart in order to be strengthen and for that your heart hurts" He nodded, I crouched near him and went on "Also, it is a lot of stress for your mind as well, the stress you go through to achieve that transformation requires a lot of anger and that psychological stress aggravates your heart's pain. It's about as similar as a human heart-attack induced by stress… But much more intense, however because we're stronger than humans we can endure it experiencing just the pain you're feeling right now"

The explanation had a marvelous effect; he got up more motivated than ever:

"Does that mean I got closer to do it?"

I smiled

"It certainly does, Gohan" I stared at him "You are a fast learner… Much more than I was"

"Thanks… I'm having a great tutor" He laughed

"Indeed you are" I joked and we both laughed "I am awesome"

We paused after laughing a bit

"But I'm just awesome because he taught me…"

"What?"

We had already gotten up and were standing quite close to each other

"I mean, My Gohan did it" He gazed at me at the very end of the phrase "Everything" I looked down "He was a greater master than I'll ever be"

"I think you're doing pretty well… I doubt he was better than you…"

"Oh, he was, I assure you" It wasn't even debatable

"I don't know… I can't picture me tutoring anyone so it's hard for me picturing… Well... Another me doing it" He affirmed, it was like he was underestimating my Gohan, making fun of him

"HE DID IT!"I shouted. I don't know why exactly or how it happened but I had gotten very angry for him not believing how good my Gohan was

He stared at me, scared, trying to understand what just had occurred

"I'm sorry" I said "I… It's just I miss-"

"You liked him a lot" He interrupted me with a serious face

The silence took over

"It's hard you know… For me, being compared to your Gohan, it just feels weird" He looked down "But I understand… I do know you liked him… A lot… I can tell"

I was surprised, what did he mean? Of course I did, he was my happiness humanized!

"Of course I did" I looked at him "I still do"

"I'm sure he liked you too" He said awkwardly "A lot, as well"

"Why do you say that?" I asked him

"Well" He closed his eyes and smiled "I like you a lot so he probably did too"

I just stood there, blushing the hell out me. That was when I realized it wasn't fair to him if I kept on mentioning my Gohan, that was when I realized I had to let him go, once and for all.