It had been 7 days since Gohan lost his arm and began his training with Trunks; both had made progress in their training. Gohan had learned to fight with one arm at the same level he had been with both arms and Trunks had become quite good at fighting and even came close to becoming super saiyan on several occasions. In his own estimation Gohan had put Trunks' power at around the same as his father's in his normal form years ago.

"Hey Trunks let's take a break, ok?" Gohan asked/stated

"What", Exclaimed Trunks, "No way Gohan I'm just getting warmed up!"

Gohan couldn't help but laugh at that, Trunks looked very tired as he said it that it was both comical and made Gohan's heart swell at the determination in Trunk's gaze.

"All the same let's get some rest." Gohan said.

Before either Gohan or Trunks could make a move to sit down, a large explosion rocked the sky in the direction Capsule Corp. Without thinking both Trunks and Gohan took off at full speed in the direct of Capsule Corp to check on Bulma. When Trunks and Gohan got to Capsule Corp they saw that the city was completely destroyed, but what caught their attention more was android 18's hand squeezing the life from Bulma's body. Upon seeing this, Trunks became frozen in place unable to process the situation however; Gohan knew what would happen the moment he saw Trunks face bunch up in anger and tears flow down his face.

What are you doing?!" A voice shouted in Trunks' mind, a voice that was familiar to him but he just couldn't place.

"Are you just going to let your mother die?" The voice asked

Trunks did not know what to do or say all he could do was fall until he felt a hand grab him by the front of his shirt and shake him sharply. When Trunks looked in front of him he saw a short, muscled man with hair that stood on end and a sharp widow peak.

"You're." Trunks began

"Never mind who I am!" The man shouted "You need to use your anger to save your mother!"

"B-but I don't know how!" Trunks shouted at what seemed to be a hallucination of his father.

"You do," The man stated, "You're a saiyan, with the blood of royalty, your anger is the key to unlocking the power of the greatest warrior in the universe. Let your anger and, your desire to protect the human race push you to the next level!"

Before Trunks could respond he came back to himself with a sharp slap to his cheek from Gohan and the sight of a yellow flash wiz past him as he saw Gohan send android 18 flying with a surprise kick. After a minute of happiness at the sight of his mother being unhanded Trunks heart broke and his anger rushed through him once more as he saw his mother's body fall lifeless into Gohan's arms. Trunks took off after android 18 as he felt a rush of energy through his body and his muscle's tensed up, but before he could get halfway there he felt a sharp smack to the back of his neck before darkness swept through his mind.

Gohan felt bad about knocking out his friend and young apprentice but he also knew that the way they were now they wouldn't be able to handle the androids. As android 17 took a step in Gohan's direction Gohan fired off a large Ki blast at the ground to make a smokescreen as he grabbed Trunk's unconscious body and Bulma's lifeless body and ran at full speed with his Ki suppressed. Gohan ran, ran and just for a change of pace ran some more, Gohan ran until he couldn't run no more and he collapsed in the middle of the woods and finally let loose the tears that had been building up over the past 13 years. Gohan cried over his own uselessness, he cried at the fact that he let many more people die, and he cried because he wasn't able to fill the empty shoes his father had left. When all the tears had finally dried up Gohan gave into his drowsiness and fell into a deep sleep for the first time since all his friends died.

Trunks woke up in an unfamiliar setting; it was a spot full of trees and grass with a lake to the right of where he lay. After a whiff of fried fish passed by his nostrils Trunks felt the uncomfortable feeling on an empty stomach. Trunks decided to get up and assess the situation; the last the he remembered was the death of his mother and talking to the hallucination of his father. Everything after that was a blank. Trunks went to the log his friend and mentor Gohan was sitting on and reached over to pick up a part of the giant fish so he could begin to saté his hunger. Gohan was eerily quiet until he and Trunks finished eating the fish.

"Your mom is buried in the same place as the others." Gohan said with a quiet voice

"Okay." Trunks said with fresh tears beginning to form.

"We need to train Trunks," Gohan said, "For a while know I've been bugged by the fact that the super saiyan form your father said was the strongest hasn't been able to do anything to the androids. I think… there is a level beyond super saiyan."

"A level beyond super saiyan!" Trunks exclaimed

"Yup, and you and I are going to rise to obtain it," Gohan stated, "For 3 months we will train and no matter how many people we feel die… we will not stop our training. Understood, Trunks?"

"Understood" Trunks said.

Trunks was filled with hope, hope that he could surpass the power Gohan had. Hope that he could gain power to defeat the androids and avenge everyone who had died. He knew the training wouldn't be fun, he knew the training would be dangerous and painful, but, he also knew the training would be worth it.

"Let's go trunks," Gohan said over his shoulder, "we're going to start by running until we're tired as a warm up, then we'll do some mental training for a month before refining our fighting and Ki techniques."

"Alright, let's go." Trunks said with more determination than he had ever had before.

Trunks and Gohan took off at full speed with nothing but defeating the androids in mind.