Vegeta was angry. It was one thing for an opponent to insult him, it was another thing entirely for that same opponent to do something to hurt his family.
And by abducting Trunks, that was exactly what Hadeon had done. The Saiyan Prince clutched his hands into fists, he fought the urge to take his frustrations out of this Elidan character, even though he had the perfect right to do so, considering how he had assaulted Gotenks earlier.
So Vegeta settled for the next best thing.
Vegeta walked over to the red and black winged mystery man.
"You. It was your fault that Trunks was taken away. I hope your proud of yourself." Vegeta said, pointing an accusing finger at the masked man.
"Believe it or not, but I take no amusement in the fact your son was taken. Perhaps if you had listened to me..and allowed me to fight Hadeon alone your son would not be missing now." Elidan said, his red hands in the pockets of his black leather jacket.
"Is that supposed to comfort me?" Vegeta said.
"I could care less what you take from my words." Elidan said coldly.
Vegeta couldn't take it anymore. Suddenly and without warning he slammed Elidan in his mask with an uppercut. Elidan, more out of surprise than actual pain, staggered backwards a short distance.
"I told you earlier revenge only harms you and those around you. Well guess what? Someone was harmed because of you. And you couldn't care less." Vegeta said, his blue Super Saiyan Five aura flaring outwards in tune with his rage.
"Aren't you being a hypocrite? You lecture me about revenge, yet all your doing now is punishing me because of what I did." Elidan said, casting his red gaze on Vegeta, who returned it.
"The two are not the same." Vegeta said, crossing his arms.
"Is that so? Regardless, if it is your son you are worried about..I sense he will be returning soon. Just stay out of my way..Hadeon is mine." Elidan said coldly.
Sure enough all the Z-Fighters could sense Trunks flying back towards them, Hadeon a short distance behind him.
Bardock crossed his arms over his green armored chest.
"Is it just me, or does Trunks energy feel different somehow?" Bardock asked.
"Your right. It feels..dark and full of hate and rage." Gohan said.
"Oh no." Vegeta said.
"What is it?" Goten asked
"Remember when Trunks was consumed with anger and used you to attack the other Trunks as Gotenks?" Vegeta asked.
"Yes, how could I forget? Oh..you don't mean?" Goten asked with dread.
"Yes, there can be no doubt, somehow Hadeon has brought back the part of Trunks that calls himself Tolan." Vegeta said.
Sure enough, Trunks landed nearby. His hair was black and long. Black fur covered his arms and exposed legs. Trunks' eyes were glowing red.
"Hello." Trunks said with a voice dripping with malice.
Elidan looked on and couldn't help but remember his own dark past.
He had grown up and lived the early part of his life on a small blue planet. The world was called Terra, and it had one moon.
His people had a long and eventful history. Great empires had risen and fallen during the time of civilization on Terra. In Elidan's time there existed four great kingdoms and many smaller states. Elidan lived in a small village in the western continent of Terra.
It was a simple place. The various homes were built of brick, and most of the men of the village were farmers. Elidan though, was a knight, a warrior sworn to a code of honor. It was his honor that caused the love of his life to fall for him. The two were madly in love within days of meeting each other.
In those happy times Elidan wore a white cloth shirt and white cloth pants while not on duty. His face was young, but was not the face of a youth or child. He had long blonde hair then.
Elidan remembered with pride as his son was born. The child had the combined features of both his parents. He had his mother's face and his father's eyes and hair.
As his son, whom he named Zikal grew, he came to idolize his father. He wanted to grow up and be a knight, just as his father had done. Elidan could not have been prouder of his son.
When bandits and other forces threatened his community or his family Elidan used his skills as a swordsman and skill in the spiritual arts to subdue them. In time, Elidan felt he had no equal as a warrior.
Then the demonic hordes of Hadeon invaded his world.
His village and the castle town nearby were all in flames.
Elidan ran threw the hordes of demons, ignoring the smoke as best he could and impaling any demon foolish enough to try and attack him with his silver broadsword.
A taller, thin demon with grey skin grinned at him from atop a nearby roof.
"Your honor will not win this battle paladin. In the end it is the strong that are the victors..not who is most good." The demon spat.
"You are wrong fel creature. The power of righteousness will always overcome any darkness in the end." Elidan said
The creature responded by flying at him. Elidan sliced the demon in two with his sword. His white clothing was stained red from the blood of those he had slain.
Elidan could not help but feel like some of that blood represented his own sins.
After fighting threw what seemed like thousands of demons, Elidan looked up into the sky to see a red haze covering the normally blue sky of Terra. Was that haze the blood of all the innocents that had died in the weeks following Hadeon's invasion?
A male youth's cry for help could be heard. Elidan looked in the direction he heard the sound. There was his son Zikal, clad in similar armor to his father.
"Dad let me handle this." Zikal said with a smile on his youthful face.
"No your not ready for this kind of battle my son. Flee somewhere safe!" Elidan yelled.
"I will not let you fight alone father." Zikal said.
Elidan realized arguing was pointless. His son was as stubborn has he was. Together the two cut a bloody path all the way to Hadeon himself, who sat on the throne of the land's king.
Elidan remembered how he fired a white energy blast from his sword at a demon that attempted to attack him the moment he entered the room. His son had done the same.
"Ah so you must be the knight that my legions speak so highly about." Hadeon said, standing to his full height.
"That would be me. I am Sir Elidan of the Flamewind Clan. I give you this chance. Flee and leave this land." Elidan said.
Hadeon erupted in laughter at his words.
"You are strong..for a mortal..but that kind of strength is nothing compared to someone like me." Hadeon said.
"Your all talk and no action. I can take him father." Zikal said
"No Zikal..this is my fight. Run and flee somewhere safe." Hadeon said.
"I won't allow you to die alone." Zikal turned his face and looked at his father.
Zikal's eyes had love in them..love and the same honor that burned within his father's own heart.
"You knew didn't you?" Elidan asked.
"Yes. These hordes are without end. There will be no Terra to return to, even if we defeated all the demons in the world." Zikal said.
"Then so be it. One last charge..for our kingdom and for our clan!" Elidan said, holding his sword in a combat stance.
Hadeon was silent as Elidan and his son charged the demon lord. Hadeon suddenly grabbed Zikal with his right hand, tightly holding onto the blonde haired youth.
"Let my son go!" Elidan demanded
"Your strength has impressed me mortal. You may be the first to stand before me. My empire has uses for people like you. As for your son, that is another story." Hadeon said as his eyes began to glow red.
"No..no please..don't! Not my son!" Elidan yelled, getting on his knees and begging.
"Ending Effect!" Hadeon yelled.
"Father..no matter what happens..I will always love you fight with honor fight for our..." Zikal said seconds before the red light of Hadeon's ending effect reduced his body to nothingness.
"ZIKAL!" Elidan yelled in anguish and rage.
Elidan then tried to attack Hadeon out of revenge..only to be knocked unconscious by one punch from the demon lord..
When Elidan had regained consciousness, he found himself dressed only in brown rags, chained to a dungeon wall.
Days past without food or water, his only companion his growing anger and hate. He was very tempted to believe the words of that demon, that honor was worthless, but his memory of his son would not allow him to. Even if he died a meaningless death..he would die in honor.
Eventually several soldiers wearing golden armor in a style Elidan did not recognize came and removed him from the cell. He was then taken from a run-down looking primative village and into a vast and sandy desert. The harsh sunlight and his thirst nearly killed him in that journey.
When things seemed like they would never end..they had arrived. It was a large black pyramid. An eerie green glow surrounded the structure.
The soldiers let him go inside alone. From there, he walked for what seemed like hours down the halls of the pyramid until he arrived in a central chamber.
Sitting on a golden throne was a grey-skined man adorned with golden bracelets, a vest and numerious other objects that reminded Elidan of some ancient primitive culture.
The man on the throne called himself "Sakhen". He was a powerful sorcerer. Sakhen offered Elidan a deal. If he agreed to one thousand years of servitude, he would be granted his freedom, which included the possibility of seeing his family again. Elidan, seeing little alternative, agreed.
Dark magic warped his body. His skin became red, and his hair wild and black. He knew that if he was to see those he loved again..they probably would run in fear from his mere pressence, not recognizing him.
His shame and the faint amount of hope still in his heart prevented him from straying from the pact he made with Sakhen.
One thousand years of destruction and evil followed. In time Elidan no longer recognized who he was anymore. Once free, he adorned himself with black clothing and a mask. He would not touch a sword..feeling that such a weapon reminded him of his past, something painful Elidan wanted to avoid.
Instead he trained in the use of guns. He became a feared bounty hunter and mercenary. He thought such a life was all he would know..until a portal opened to the demon world on a backwater planet much like his old homeworld.
Now Hadeon would feel his wrath. He would pay for killing his people and taking the life of his wife and only son.
Hadeon gazed at the youth that had been Trunks. He reminded him so much of himself, after he was corrupted and forced to fight for the very things that were against everything he had stood for.
"What has Hadeon done to you?" Goten asked, still in his strongest form, that of the Super saiyan Four.
Trunks seemed to ignore Goten, it was like his mind wasn't entirely there.
"Trunks I asked you a question." Goten said.
"Don't bother trying to reason with him. He is under the influence of a very dark power." Nouva said, his golden gaze on Trunks.
Trunks pointed at Goten, who was sitting cross-legged nearby.
"You want to fight me?" Goten asked, to which Trunks responded by nodding his head silently.
Goten stood up and assumed a fighting position.
"Be careful, I sense some kind of conspiracy." Nouva said.
"Azrael..what is it your planning?" Bardock asked quietly to himself as he leaned against a nearby tree.
Goten waited for Trunks to make a move. Instead a dark energy emerged out of Trunks and flew towards Goten, who narrowly managed to block the attack.
"Why are you doing this Trunks?" Goten asked, his red and gold Super Saiyan 4 aura clashing with Trunks' black aura.
Trunks did not respond, instead he swung his left leg around and attempted to strike Goten.
At that moment a strong and dark pressence could be felt nearby.
Elidan could never forget that pressence.
"Hadeon.." Elidan said, drawing both his weapons from his leather jacket.
"You wanted me Elidan? Here I am. Ending Effect!" Hadeon yelled, firing twin red beams of destruction in Elidan's direction.
Elidan simply fired two shots from his guns, canceling out Hadeon's attack when they struck true.
"I've been training for over a thousand years to defeat that attack. You destroyed my son's life with that move." Elidan said, both his black guns trained on Hadeon's large form.
"Many have fallen to my Ending Effect..your son was just another victim to my power." Hadeon said.
"Just as you killed my only son..so to will I kill you. No more waiting, the time is now!" Ellidan yelled, then opened fire on Hadeon, firing a volley of red laser blasts at the dark overlord of the fifth demon world.
Meanwhile, Trunks fired his Buster Cannon attack at Goten. Goten managed to avoid the energy blast.
"I don't want to hurt you." Goten said as he charged white energy into both his hands.
Trunks ignored Goten's words and launched a flying right kick his way. Goten fired his attack, the Twin Kamehameha, at Trunks, who was struck by both energy beams.
Trunks nearly fell over, his body smoking from Goten's assault. But some strange power caused him to quickly recover. Trunks had a sudden twisted smile on his face before he leapt like a rabid animal towards Goten, who easily dodged the clumsy attack by taking to the air.
"Its like Trunks body is there..but nobody is home." Goten said as Trunks slowly flew into the sky after him.
Nearby Vegeta, Majuub, Bardock, Nouva, Gohan and Goku watched the battles. The group stood side-by side, all eyes watching either the conflict between Elidan and Hadeon, or Trunks and Goten.
"What do you think happened to Trunks?" Majuub asked. Majuub sat cross-legged on the grass.
"Azrael has something to do with it..I can smell it." Bardock said, he stood against a tree with his arms crossed over his black and green saiyan armor.
"I can sense my son's power, but there is none of his soul in it. If they did anything to him I swear I'll." Vegeta said with his right fist clutched tightly.
"Trunks soul is surrounded by a very dark power. It is that power which is controlling his body now, not Trunks himself." Nouva said.
"Is there anything we can do to help him?" Gohan asked.
"I think only its defeat will draw out whatever dark force is controlling Trunks." Nouva said, his hands on his golden hips.
As Goten blocked a series of punches from Trunks, he spotted Tapion's sword a short distance away. It was lying on the ground, just the place Trunks had left it before Hadeon had arrived hours earlier.
Meanwhile..
Elidan summoned twin red blades out of his guns and dived down from the air towards Hadeon, who flew towards him surrounded by a dark red aura.
When the two combatants collided the energy and force of the collision caused a large shockwave which formed a huge crater where once had been grass and trees.
Nearby Goten had just reached Tapion's Sword when the shockwaves hit the area. Goten was sent high into the sky, but managed to block a punch from Trunks just in time with the hilt of Tapion's Sword.
Trunks roared in rage, then fired a series of black energy blasts at Goten, who managed to block them all with some quick flying.
Testing his hypothosis, Goten drew the sword and slashed Trunks across the chest with it. Trunks fell to the ground and screamed in pain.
Nearby Hadeon aimed a punch with one of his large fists in Elidan's direction. Elidan flew backwards quickly and unloaded another round of firepower from his two guns into Hadeon's chest.
Hadeon roared in pain and anger, his aura flaring outward.
Trunks meanwhile, was on the ground.
Vegeta ran over to be at his son's side.
Vegeta grabbed Goten by the neck.
"You didn't have to kill him." Vegeta said darkly.
"Killing him was never my intention Vegeta, please believe me." Goten said as best he could with a fist on his neck.
Vegeta was about to retort, when Tapion's sword flew out of Goten's hands and flew directly into Trunks' body, which then was enveloped in blindingly bright light.
"What is going on?" Gohan asked from nearby as he shielded his eyes from the sudden brightness.
"I think I have a good idea." Goku said with a smile, seemingly unaffected by the light.
As the light dimmed, a new, but familiar Trunks emerged. Trunks black shirt, blue scarf and brown shorts were replaced by golden armor which covered his chest and the sides of his legs. The armor was similiar to Saiyan armor. As Trunks stood up and opened his eyes, everyone present could feel the strength of the individual before them.
"Thankyou Goten, I owe you one." Trunks said, giving his friend a thumbs up
"What is going on?" Goten asked.
"The sword contained what was left of both Time Guardian Trunks and the one you call Future Trunks. When Goten stabbed me with the weapon, the soul of all three once again fused to recreate me. And not a moment too soon I might add." Perfect Trunks said, pointing in Hadeon and Elidan's direction.
Elidan had dropped his weapons and he and Hadeon were engaged in a test of strength, both combatant's hands clutching the other.
"I will make you feel the pain of all the innocents you have killed Hadeon..you hear me!" Elidan yelled as red lightning ripped apart the ground beneath them and small bits of earth lifted off from the ground.
"That I doubt highly." Hadeon said calmly as his eyes began to glow a bright red.
"Oh no you don't!" Elidan said, releasing Hadeon from his grasp and flying into the air.
"Ending Effect!" Hadeon yelled, firing his signature attack once again.
Elidan held both his hands in front of him, his hands glowed with orange energy.
"Counter Effect!" Elidan yelled seconds before Hadeon's attack struck him.
To Hadeon's surprise his attack turned back towards him.
"What sorcery is this?" Hadeon said in alarm as his own attack came flying down towards him.
Hadeon's surprise was short-lived however.
"Impressive, but my powers know who the true master is." Hadeon said as he clutched his right hand into a fist.
The incoming beams dissapeared.
Elidan flew down and landed on the ground below.
"I trained for centuries to defeat this bastard..and this is all I'm capable of? I will not accept this!" Hadeon thought to himself.
"You were amusing for a time, but now you have become a bit of a pest. Any last words before I kill you just like I killed your son?" Hadeon said, his dark gaze on Elidan.
Elidan smiled beneath his helmut. Both his guns flew into his right and left hands.
"The only last words will be yours." Elidan said before unleashing a volley of red energy blasts Hadeon's way.
The blasts pushed Hadeon backwards, but they seemed to be doing no real damage to the dark king.
"Hand of the Underworld!" Hadeon yelled, firing a giant grey fist made of spectral energies in Elidan's direction.
The attack was about to strike the vengeful one, when Trunks appeared and using his sword, destroyed the hand of the underworld before it could harm anyone.
"No..get out of here. This is my fight!" Elidan said angrily.
"A fight your not capable of finishing alone." Perfect Trunks said, a golden aura surrounding him.
"Your even weaker than I am. Stand aside and let me finish him." Elidan said angrily.
Trunks landed on the ground, then yelled as he summoned the full extent of his power.
Perfect Trunks' arms grew red fur, his muscle mass increased slightly. Trunks' lavender hair grew down to his shoulders and except for the middle, turned black in coloration. Trunks closed his eyes as a red ring appeared around each eye just as a red tail appeared.
"Incredible, do you feel Trunks' new power?" Goten asked, turning his head towards his father.
"Yes. It is amazing, but he is still severely outclassed by Hadeon." Goku said thoughtfully.
"Before we write him off..lets give my son a chance shall we?" Vegeta asked with his trademark smirk.
Perfect Trunks gripped his sword tightly, then flew into the air, his sword glowing with the same red and gold as the aura which enveloped his body.
"Amusing, but pointless." Hadeon said as he crossed his massive arms over his armored chest.
Just as everyone expected Trunks to fly at Hadeon, he instead aimed his sword directly for the ground below.
"Triple Helix!" Trunks yelled as his sword caused energies to form and float upwards in the form of a triple-helix of fire and yellow energy.
The attack circled Hadeon and trapped him inside a globe of golden fire.
"That attack won't finish him. I'd know." Elidan said as he flew down and landed near Trunks.
"Your right, but that attack is just part of a larger plan." Trunks said, then flew into the air, his entire body becoming a comet of fire and light energy.
Trunks pierced the fiery globe containing Hadeon and emerged the other side, returning to his normal physical Super Saiyan Four form.
Hadeon yelled out in pain and rage from the injury in his chest, then plummeted to the ground below and landed with a thud.
Trunks looked down at his fallen opponent.
Elidan was not happy. He had trained over a millenium to fight this creature..and now some twenty-something comes out of nowhere and takes that pleasure away from him.
"What have you done!" Elidan said, aiming both his weapons in Trunk's direction.
"I just did something you weren't capable of doing." Trunks said.
Nearby...
"How is it Trunks is so much stronger now?" Goten asked.
"I'm guessing when both Time Guardian Trunks and Future Trunks faded away that counted as dying somehow, so that when they returned and merged with our Trunks, it was as though he had gone threw three zenkais all at once." Bardock said thoughtfully.
"I hate to cut the party short. But our friend Hadeon isn't dead yet." Vegeta said, pointing his white gloved finger towards the ground where Hadeon lay.
Hadeon suddenly floated upwards until he was standing normally on the green grass-covered ground below.
"Did you really think I'd die so easily mortal?" Hadeon asked while gazing at Perfect Trunks.
"See..I told you only I could defeat him. Hadeon prepare to by my hand!" Elidan yelled, then unloaded thousands of rounds from his two energy pistols.
A smoke cloud was created from all the unleashed firepower.
Trunks narrowed his eyes. He knew that attack could not destroy Hadeon.
Sure enough, a black gauntleted hand emerged from the smoke and grabbed Elidan by the neck. Hadeon wasted no time in relentlessly crushing the man's neck.
"Is this how it ends? My love my son..I have failed you both. All I ever wanted to be was a man of honor a knight that protected the weak and the helpless. Now I can't even protect myself. Maybe it is because I allowed myself to be corrupted as I have. I gave in. I took the lives of others for money..all for my ultimate goal of vengence. That man was right..vengence has only led me to my own destruction. I just wish..that I could have died honorably." Elidan thought as his life flashed before his eyes.
"Let him go!" Trunks yelled, flying at Hadeon in a rage. Hadeon slapped Trunks to the ground easily with his free hand.
"Everyone..I'm...sorry." Elidan said weakly before his body went limp.
Trunks was outraged. This was a man who only wanted to protect the things dear to him. And he met such a hollow death.
"All you ever were was trash." Hadeon said coldly as he tossed Elidan's still body to the ground.
"You...killed him!" Perfect Trunks said with barely controled rage.
"Why are you so surprised? He was a fool to think he could stand against me. A man of honor and virtue? Those are just pretty words. Look where his honor got him." Hadeon said cruelly as his dark gaze fell upon Trunks.
"Honor and virtue are not just words. They are everything. A man with honor and virtue is great, while a man without either is nothing. Remember my son, that without honor a man is not a man..but a beast worthy of nothing."
A memory floated into Trunks mind.
"Elidan was just like me. He was a knight. A warrior bound by honor, duty and love to uphold that which was good and true. Beneath that grim appearence..you must have been suffering for a very long time. Fear not..for I shall avenge you." Trunks thought just as the grey sky above began to rain.
"Honor and virtue are much more than just words Hadeon. Without them one is nothing..with them..one is great." Trunks said as his aura began to glow a brilliant gold.
"Really? Well that did not seem to be the case with your now dead friend here. You chivalrous types and your desire to avenge..I will never understand you." Hadeon said as he turned his body to face Trunks.
"Then perhaps the time of talking has past. Come at me with everything you have." Trunks said
"Very well, it is as they say, your funeral." Hadeon said as his red aura began to flare outward like a growing flame, just as Hadeon began to yell as he summoned the great reserves of power he was holding back until now.
In moments Hadeon was a changed being. He was much sleeker and thinner than in his previous bulker form. His new appearence made him look like a golden suit of armor. On Hadeon's new helmut were remnants of his previous appearence in the form of small ram-like horns. Swaying in the wind behind Hadeon was a red cape.
Hadeon summoned a golden sword with demonic writing on it into his right hand.
"If honor and virtue are so great..than show me." Hadeon said, his dark gaze upon Trunks, who gripped his own sword.
"Very well..I shall." Trunks said as the fur on his arms and the hair on his head began to grey even as his golden aura changed to a platinum white.
As his transformation occurred memories and voices flooded Trunks mind.
"Your about to fight a real Super Saiyan..and I'm not talking about Goku"
"All mortals must die once, but death is not absolute for the righteous"
Perfect Trunks, his very existence a miracle, called upon every bit of power he could muster from within himself. The timeline of Future Trunks, the warrior that had liberated his world from evil androids, had vanished, yet part of his existence lived on inside the sword. The existence of the time guardian Trunks, a being who previously was recreated from the Trunks of this timeline and that of the Future Trunks' timeline, also had a shred of his existence inside the sword.
When those two shards of existence merged with Trunks' own, he became a being that was not entirely a fusion, nor was he entirely the same Trunks from before. Instead he was a more complete, stronger representation of everything Trunks was.
And that existence so full of miracles was about to show Hadeon just what honor truly was.
After one final scream of effort Trunks was revealed as a changed being. His body was still lean and thin, but his muscle mass and height had increased slightly. He had silver fur on his legs and arms, and his hair had changed to a platinum silver coloration. Trunks eyes resembled red flames, and a calm, steady white glowing aura surrounded Trunks entire form.
"So you attained Super Saiyan Five just like your father and friends. So what. I will show you that my sword has no equal!" Hadeon yelled, then flew towards Trunks, who simply looked up towards his opponent and without fear, assumed a combat stance.
It all happened in an instant. As Hadeon swung his golden blade down upon Trunks, Trunks fly around and dodged the blade while delivering a swift uppercut to the chest of Hadeon.
Hadeon was knocked high into the air. Trunks then seemingly vanished and appeared above Hadeon.
"How is this possible?" Hadeon yelled in anger and confusion.
"Honor and Virtue." Trunks answered flatly before slamming Hadeon in the chest with both his fists, an act which sent Hadeon plummeting to the ground at great speeds.
Moments before Hadeon struck the ground Trunks held out his right hand towards the ground and yelled "Final Buster!"
A brilliant beam of shimmering white energy emerged from Trunks' hand and slammed full force into Hadeon, who yelled in pain from the sear force of the attack.
Trunks landed near the fallen form of Elidan just as he watched Hadeon's golden form disintegrate into nothingness.
"I have avenged you." Trunks said.
Trunks felt his strength drastically go down suddenly. His form reverted to his normal form, and he felt the pressences of Future and Time Guardian Trunks no longer inside him.
Trunks, now in his normal form and clothing, began to walk away from the sight of the battle when he felt a very strong, and very powerful presence nearby.
Trunks(and all the Z-Fighters nearby) gasped with awe as a six-winged angelic being clad totally in white armor radiating holy light descended and hovered above the fallen body of Elidan.
A man also clad in white emerged from the corpse of Elidan. He was handsome and had blonde hair and a beard. Besides him were a beautiful woman and a teenage boy who greatly resembled the man.
The angelic being looked with compassion on all present.
"The Lord of Heaven never forsakes his champions." The being said.
Before anything else happened the being and the three souls with him floated into the sky and vanished.
Silently the other Z-Fighters stood behind Trunks just as the door to the next demon world appeared.
"Elidan...no matter how dark the shadows became..in the end the part of you which was true and noble remained. I hope I can be just as honorable as you." Trunks said quietly just as he felt a strong hand on his shoulder.
"You already are my son. You already are." Vegeta said with a warm smile on his face.