Prologue.

Warnings ; Violence, Language, Death.

A/N ; Fun fact! I keep writing this whenever i feel like actual shit ( ^3^ )

'Word' - Thoughts

'Word' - Mind talking?(I don't know the word for it)

I do not own nor do I claim to own dragon ball, dragon ball z, dragon ball super, dragon ball z kai and dragon ball gt, all rights belong to Akira Toriyama, because if i did then i would make Gohan go through so much more trauma.

A sigh echoed throughout the wrecked landscape and woods that were constantly burning now. A young adult was seen standing there and just listening, listening to what was left of the birds that flew over the almost completely destroyed city that he still holds dear to him.

"Gohan, there you are!" A young teen boy with light purple hair landed next to his mentor, Older brother figure in reality, with a happy grin which Gohan was really happy to see since with everything going on so he's glad his, technical, little brother was actually happy about something for once but that also confused him a bit since he didn't know why the boy would be so happy.

"What did you need Trunks, everything okay with you and Bulma?" He got a very happy nod in return but not a verbal response which only added to the confusion and he couldn't help but feel a bit worried and he honestly wanted to ask again just to make sure but he learned the hard way not to push because the last time he did, it was after he had just lost his arm and Trunks was very upset about it and lashed out when Gohan himself tried to check in on him.

But that was a long while ago by now. Trunks' grin was happy but also had a hint of something that he couldn't tell and he knew that was his own fault since he was the one who taught Trunks how to do that, how to hide his emotions from being on his face and body, but Trunks was still getting the hang of it.

"Well actually, me and mom have something to show you!" Maybe Bulma just made a new invention and Trunks wanted to show him just like usual and he couldn't help but wonder what Bulma made that got Trunks this excited and that excitement usually got them into trouble, whether it was dealing with Bulma or dealing with the androids but only one of those options made Trunks happy.

"Okay, lead the way then Trunks" He laughed when Trunks shot off into the sky with one of the most happiest grins ever and Gohan knew that meant mischief which meant Trunks was going to show him something he probably wasn't supposed too and that also meant trouble with Bulma if she found out.

But he should have some faith in Trunks since he didn't always get in trouble or at least didn't try too so maybe he should trust him on this for once and it may go well and they won't get in to trouble!

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As they entered CC, Trunks, still holding his grin, led Gohan into Bulma's lab where they saw her finishing something on a very big machine, which made Gohan a little nervous to see but he was nervous a lot lately because of the androids and all so he just figured it was about that.

"Hey kiddos, glad to see you made it straight here!" Bulma grinned happily at the two. Suddenly Gohan just got a bit more nervous but people always get a bit nervous in front of Bulma so he's fine! At least he hopes so.

"Of course mom, you did tell me to bring Gohan straight here!" Trunks' grin was infectious so Gohan wore a grin with him, Bulma chuckled a bit before she wore an excited smirk and grabbed them both by the hands and led them into apart of the lab that Gohan didn't really remember being there but he figured that Bulma just didn't want the androids to find it and that was reasonable to him.

"Okay, now to show you what I made Gohan! You'll really love it!"

The cheery tone in her voice made Gohan even more happy since it was often anymore that anyone was this normal and happy, it made Gohan glad that the androids weren't here right now to mess that up but as his mentor always taught him, never be off your guard and trust your gut and stay focused because if you freeze in a fight then consider yourself dead, sure it wasn't a good thing to tell a 14 year old while you are openly bleeding out but hey, if it keeps said 14 year old away from the ongoing and open battlefield then so be it.

That didn't really work out in his mentor's favor since he fought in said battlefield despite the warning but what could stop his bitter rage at the time, his father? Nah, he died and a long while ago at that.

Gohan shook his head to rid the thoughts of his father but they still lingered. Instead he focused on Bulma and Trunks' happy faces but he could see a hint of hesitation in Trunks' eyes, he dismissed this because he just thought trunks was nervous.

"You ready kiddo?" He could hear and see the excitement on Bulma so Gohan knew that she must've made something big that'll be a help to them but Gohan still couldn't shake that nagging feeling in his gut but for the sake of their excitement, he'll ignore it and maybe he shouldn't. He nodded with a clear happy grin on his face.

Bulma and Trunks counted down from ten so they could probably surprise him more but he said or did nothing of it as it only made him laugh a bit, he knew that he probably wasn't actually ready for the surprise but what could be worse than androids that wrecked your home and basically everything you once and still hold dear?(Oh boy- understatement of his life dude-)

The moment they reached one Gohan's heart froze, his eyes widened and his mind began racing at what he saw, at what Bulma made, at what could change their future as they know it. He was too caught up in his own mind to realize that they were staring at him with slight distressed looks, he shook his head fast to rid the ongoing thoughts and just stared at the machine.

"You built… a time machine?" His voice had uncertainty in it and his face showed unease. 'Why did she do this? I mean I'm not not happy- just what happened?' Bulma nodded with a downcast look on her face which set Gohan off a bit to quickly reassure her that he did in fact like it and he was just surprised is all.

Trunks rapidly regained his grin after that and began asking his mother how long it would take before they could use it, which made Gohan do a double take because he just got out of the shock of seeing it, Bulma merely gave a small chuckle and told Trunks to calm down after she saw the look on Gohan's face.

"Trunks is right, when will we be able to use it? After all, we don't have too many moments with the androids still around." His tone was somber and it snapped Trunks out of his excited rambling which led him to look at Gohan with a dispirited face, he sighed at Trunks' face but smiled nonetheless since he was happy that Trunks was still acting like the kid he should be and not who he, himself, is.

"Well I was thinking about working on it more and-" A booming explosion cut off Bulma's words and suddenly Gohan could feel that nagging feeling come right back to him as he realized that when he and Trunks took off, they forgot to check to make sure no one was following them, but they weren't in sight and he couldn't sense them 'That's no excuse though!' he argued in his head.

The smoke cleared to reveal the two androids that Gohan had lost most of his family to, android 18 and 17. He was livid but either at himself for letting this happen or at the androids for just being here! Either way, he has a job to do and that was to get rid of them.

"Looks like you were right 18, guess they were planning something." 17 smirked at them while Gohan narrowed his eyes at the past tense that was used. He spared a quick glance to trunks and Bulma, who were both frozen since the explosion happened.

18 gave her brother a funny look "I'm always right, let's hurry up and kill them" her voice gave off a very elated tone and her smirk didn't help with Gohan's worry and anger. 17 rolled his eyes but nodded in agreement with his sister anyway before he gained a vile grin which made Gohan's stomach twist slightly.

17 and 18 both raised their hands towards them, Gohan's eyes widened once again as he saw they were charging a attack and a big one at that- with quick and swift movement Gohan let out a 'Solar flare' which blinded the androids for a moment and with that small time to spare, Gohan nodded at Bulma and she nodded at Trunks.

Before Gohan could attack again Trunks let out a KI blast towards the two and right as he turned his head around, Bulma grabbed his arm and shoved him into the machine and typed in a time which made Gohan panic because what was Bulma doing?! He gave a code to send Trunks back, not him!

She merely nodded to Trunks and took a deep breathe before giving Gohan a somber smile "Look Gohan, Trunks isn't strong enough to go back but you are and i locked the code to the time so you can't stop it" Her words hit Gohan a lot more he thought, Gohan wasn't as ready as Bulma thought because he could barely remember his own father! And what about his mother, would she wonder where he is?

Gohan tried to reply but was cut off by the machine lifting off into the air. Trunks flew up next to it with a sad smile and a look in his eyes that said This is fore your own good Gohan.., a look that he once gave Trunks. He banged on the glass, hoping to break through it but all that did was get a blast sent towards him, it hit the machine dead on and he had hopes that it would crash, unfortunately fate never seemed to work in his favor as before it could plummet to the ground, it took off.

Trunks watched as it disappeared with a new hope burning in him, he looked at the two who caused his fathers death and many others', he knew he and his mother most likely wouldn't make it out of here alive and he for once was okay with that. The feeling that Gohan could make a better future for everyone, if not himself then, was amazing on its own.

He turned towards the androids, they were pissed and Trunks knew that he wouldn't make it out, he looked down at his mother and they nodded to each other, if they were to die then they were taking the androids with them. Days ago he would've been against using all of his KI into one giant blast but now? He was all for it.

With one last look towards the sky as a final goodbye, Trunks charged forward with a rageful scream, it was filled with pain and anger, from losing his father, from his mentor losing his arm and for his mother who he only wanted to protect.

The energy from his surroundings were taken by him for his last fight alive, he was making sure these bastards stayed dead, right alongside him and his mother, like they deserve for making all those innocent people suffer and killing them without so much as a second thought.

Briefly Trunks wonders if Gohan would be mad at him over this but that didn't matter right now since peace was about to be rightfully restored.

He hears the screams of the androids as the blast consumes them and he looks up and smiles, his mother looks up and smiles, she is going to see her husband and friends again, she felt worried about if Gohan was in the afterlife or not but something told he wasn't. The blast consumed them and they couldn't be more calm then they were right now and that was enough.

Fun fact! I had way too many problems while making this the first time and it was a pain!

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