What happens when you mix saiyans and humans? A mess. This is an AU fic where Vegetasei was never destroyed by Frieza, Goku remained on his homeworld, and Chichi is a saiyan. That makes Gohan a full blood instead of a demi. Bulma and Videl are still humans. Sorry to Goten fans but for a while he won't be in the fic. I'll try to insert him later. Also, I am altering the story. This is fanfiction after all. Can't have it all based on fact, so I'm throwing in some ideas from a RP session me and a friend do. :)

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As an extra sidenote to the story, since Goten isn't in the story yet, The Demon Duo won't be Goten and Trunks. Instead it will be Gohan and Trunks since the two of them are close in age in this particular fanfic. Also, I will be implementing an idea of mine of an independence test for the children once they hit the age of 7. At the age of 7, they are asked to go into the wilderness to learn how to fend for themselves until at least the age of 21. This will also apply to our dear little Prince. :) That will come up in a couple chapters. Also, for those that wonder what kind of games newborns can play together, think along the lines of "lets see who can hit the bald guy in the head with the food first"

The Early Years

Seven years was all they had. Seven years to enjoy the company of their children before they were to be sent out on the independence test. To the average person, seven years was nothing. It was mearly a drop of water in a large pool. To a parent with a limited amount of time, it was too quick a time. Within three years, they could be admitted into the training academy to learn the skills they would need for survival in the wilderness. Most of the teachers in that academy were among the ones who barely survived their time out there. For them to teach others how to survive, it would be a miracle if the students survived.

Bulma and Vegeta were spending as much time with Torankusu as they could. They knew time flew by too quickly and didn't want to waste any of it. For the first 6 months of their son's life, Bulma kept him with her most of the time in the labs where she was working on the gravity chambers for the soldiers to train with. She had 200 of them done within that first 6 months with the help of about 10 of the palace technicians. They not only were helping build the chambers, they were learning new technology at the same time and able to implement the technology into other creations. Several regeneration tanks were altered and improved on and lowered regeneration time from 2 hours to less than 20 minutes. This would help dramatically for soldiers out on missions who needed to heal in a hurry and didn't have 2 hours to waste.

Trunks didn't really prefer the technologies like originally thought. He was drawn to the gravity chambers, but only because of what a person could do in them. The attack droids, the internal lasers, and the gravity enhancements were all self-explanatory to him. He was only 7 months old, but already was eager to start learning how to fight. He watched his dad and Kakkarot train on a daily basis and didn't seem to be bothered by the injuries that were obviously part of the training sessions. The most training he got was trying to crawl away from his mother. He never got very far though before being stopped by a hand on his tail. His tail was the same color as his hair and surprisingly soft. Alot of the people in the palace and outside were all amazed at the color but thought of him as a rarity. Some of the local girls would look at him and giggle at the color but think he was so cute looking and were mentally kicking themselves for not being remotely close to his age range. Of course Bulma and Vegeta found this situation totally funny but were grateful to know that their son would likely have little trouble finding a mate when he was old enough.

Gohan was in much the same situation. His mother was insistent on him learning alot of stuff, but considering he was an infant, he just gave her weird looks when she tried explaining things to him. His main attention seemed to be drawn to the fighting arena where Super Saiyans were more of a common occurance as of lately than they normally would have been. He did enjoy math and often times would play with the number blocks he had in his room. Some of the patterns he put them in almost seemed like equations but nothing complex. He was only 6 months old and was already trying to avoid his mother and her books of torture. He never got very far on that either. She would catch him before he managed to get three feet away from her.

Within the second half of the first year, Gohan and Trunks were sent to a pre-school type place to learn various things that even an infant should know. It was easy enough to learn, and they even learned how to walk while in those classes. The same day they learned how to walk, their parents showed up and were able to witness their first steps. Seeing an open opportunity, Gohan and Trunks took off for the outside door trying to lose their parents on the other side of the room. One step outside and they suddenly found themselves airborn and face to face with their fathers who had amused looks on their faces. Vegeta was the most amused. "Just learning how to walk, and they're trying to run from their mothers. That's almost too funny, but should be interesting later on when it's training time." Kakkarot agreed to that one and helped get the boys out of there and back towards home. Bulma and Chichi however were not amused and shake their heads. They had their hands full now, more so than usual. They would be wishing within the next year that the boys had never learned how to walk, because Saiyan children tend to start causing trouble the moment they learn to walk and get into things. It was time for the terror fest to begin.

For the next year, the local people went from liking the two boys to being very wary of them. This was the case only when the two boys were together and not with the parents. It happened all too often for their own comfort and already one lady had made the mistake of taking a nap outdoors. The "demon duo" as people were calling them, had decided to play a joke on the lady and dyed her hair a florescent green that practically glowed in the dark. There was still a strip of it running down the side of the ladies head which was never gotten totally out. The boys had been grounded for 3 weeks for that little stunt. Vegeta and Kakkarot had busted up laughing seeing the poor lady with the green hair, but Chichi and Bulma looked shocked and then furious. Grounding a Saiyan child to their room wasn't the way to handle them. To punish a Saiyan child, the most effective way to punish them was to withhold food or snacks. Threatening to toss them into the gravity chamber with their fathers was also an effective deterant, but so far it had not gotten to that extreme. The boys couldn't handle the gravity rooms yet because of their age, but it wouldn't be too much longer before that form of punishment came into practice. Most Saiyan children started being trained between 2 and 3 years of age, so time was drawing near for the two boys to begin their training sessions. The academy had already contacted Chichi and Bulma about upcoming classes for the survival courses, so the two boys were enrolled and ready to go when they hit the right age.

When the two boys hit 2 years old, their training with their fathers began. The academy also started taking them in the mornings for a couple hours each day for some survival study. Things would be this way for the next couple years, and this was only the beginning. The academy knew of the two boys and what they liked to do, but accepted them in anyways. All too soon, they would learn what a huge mistake that is.

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New chapter. Sorry it took so long. Enjoy!! :)