Trunks Was Stunned

King Cold clutched his stomach with both hands, staring at Son Gohan in terror.

It had only been one punch, but the pain it caused him was unbearable.

Son Gohan gave a cold snort, then swung his right fist at King Cold, sending him flying into the air.

Immediately afterward, he brought his hands together behind him and shouted,

"Ka~me~ha~me~ha!"

A deep blue energy wave gathered between Son Gohan's hands and shot toward King Cold.

"No!"

King Cold let out a loud roar, deeply regretting coming to Earth.

Boom!!

The Kamehameha struck King Cold and exploded in the sky.

A massive storm erupted, tearing King Cold's body to shreds in an instant.

After a while, the explosion faded, and black ashes drifted down from the sky. But as soon as a gust of wind blew through, the ashes vanished without a trace.

"W-was he... eliminated?"

Krillin stared blankly at the sky.

King Cold's energy had been so powerful, yet Son Gohan had killed him in one blow—and hadn't even transformed into a Super Saiyan.

"Yeah!"

Son Goku nodded.

Vegeta, standing beside Son Goku, clenched his teeth.

The stronger Son Gohan became, the harder it would be for him to catch up.

At that thought, Vegeta immediately flew into the sky.

He couldn't waste any more time here. He had to get back to training and become stronger than everyone else.

Krillin watched him go, stunned.

"What's with Vegeta? Why'd he leave without saying a word?"

"I think Gohan's success got to him," Yamcha said.

"I see! Come to think of it, Vegeta's a Saiyan too. Do you think he'll become as strong as Goku and the others someday?"

"He will," Son Goku said firmly.

Just then, Son Gohan flew down from the sky and landed in front of Piccolo and the others.

"Gohan, you're really amazing now! You took out such a powerful guy in one blow!" Krillin praised him happily.

"Yeah!"

Son Gohan nodded.

After chatting with Krillin for a while, Son Goku and the others each returned to their training grounds.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On King Kai's Planet,

North Kai was lounging in a chair, leisurely sipping freshly brewed tea.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of him, startling him so badly that he spat out the tea he had just swallowed.

The newcomer was none other than Son Goku.

"King Kai, are you all right?"

"Cough, cough!"

North Kai coughed a few times, his throat irritated by the tea.

"Goku, why did you suddenly appear on my planet?"

Son Goku smiled.

"King Kai, I came here to train!"

"Train?"

"Yeah! Your planet is much better suited for training, King Kai!"

"..."

North Kai was speechless.

"Goku, my planet isn't your personal gym!"

"I know, King Kai. I'll only train here for a while!"

"All right, then!"

In the end, North Kai's soft heart won out, and he agreed.

"By the way, Goku, was that Instant Transmission just now?"

"Yeah!"

Son Goku nodded.

"Did Gohan teach it to you?"

"Yeah! It took me almost a year to learn it!"

"Does Gohan know you came here to train?"

"He does. He told me to go home every day after I finished training!"

"I see!"

"Yeah!"

Time flew by, and four months passed in the blink of an eye.

Everything remained peaceful during those four months.

Son Goku's family bought a house in West City and moved in.

Now that they had money, Chi-Chi spent her days doing laundry and cooking for Son Gohan and the others. When she had free time, she would go shopping with Bulma.

On a mountain outside West City, a yellow machine shaped like a rocket suddenly appeared.

It was the Time Machine from the Dragon Ball world.

After appearing, the Time Machine quickly descended from the sky.

A purple-haired young man with a long sword strapped to his back emerged from it.

He was Trunks from the Future Timeline.

After stepping out, Trunks quickly put the Time Machine into a Hoi-Poi Capsule, then flew off.

A short while later, Trunks arrived at the place where King Cold's spaceship had landed four months earlier.

But the area was deserted. There was nothing there.

Trunks looked around, a hint of confusion rising in his heart.

"This is strange. According to what Mom said, Frieza and the others should have already arrived on Earth. So why can't I see them?

"Could traveling back in time have changed the past? Or is this not actually twenty years ago? Forget it. I'll wait and see!"

As he spoke, Trunks found a large rock and sat down.

After waiting ten minutes without seeing Frieza or the others arrive, Trunks stood up and headed for West City.

West City, at Bulma's house.

Bulma was lying in a chair in the backyard with a white face mask on.

Just then, a figure suddenly flew down from the sky and landed on the lawn.

It was Trunks.

Seeing him appear out of nowhere, Bulma instinctively stood up from her chair.

"Um... hello. I'm not a bad person. I'm from the future, and I'm here to find Mr. Son Goku!"

"Goku?"

Bulma's guard eased a little at that.

"Yeah! Um, could I ask what year and day it is?"

"What year? What day?"

Bulma looked confused, but still told Trunks the date.

She didn't think the young man in front of her was a bad person.

"Today is August 3, 764!"

"August 3?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Nothing!"

Trunks shook his head and rubbed his chin with his right hand, lost in thought.

"Looks like I really did return to twenty years ago, but history here seems different from the history I know!"

Just then, Bulma took the face mask off.

"Um, who are you? Why are you wearing clothes with the Capsule Corporation logo on them?"

"Well... I can't tell you yet. The only thing I can tell you is that I'm from the future. I came here because there's something very important I need to tell Mr. Son Goku!"

"The future!"

Bulma was shocked.

"Yeah! I hope you'll keep this a secret."

"All right, but what do you need to tell Goku?"

"I'm really sorry, but I can only tell Mr. Goku."

"I see!"

"Um... I'd like to ask you something!"

"What is it?"

"Do you know Frieza?"

"Of course. Why?"

"Has he come to Earth?"

"Earth? Didn't Gohan eliminate him on Namek?"

"H-he was eliminated by Gohan!"

Trunks was stunned.

"Wasn't Frieza eliminated by Mr. Goku?"

"No, Gohan eliminated him!"

"W-what's going on? This is completely different from the history I know!"

"Different?"

"Yeah!"

Trunks nodded.