Chapter Summaries

Turles returned to the Sixth Branch with Trunks and Son Goten, introducing the boys as his new disciples. Amond and Daiz challenged them to a fight, and Turles agreed, asking them to bring Kakarot and the others to watch.

• Turles arrived at the landing pad with Trunks and Son Goten, and the soldiers saluted him.
• Trunks and Son Goten marveled at the lively, powerful army base, which contrasted with the ruined world they knew.
• Turles introduced Trunks and Son Goten to Amond and Daiz as his new disciples.
• Amond and Daiz doubted the boys could defeat them and offered to test their strength.
• Trunks and Son Goten eagerly accepted the fight, and Turles told Amond and Daiz to bring Kakarot and the others over.

Turles brought Trunks and Son Goten to the arena as masked newcomers and warned them to control their reactions around the fighters, especially their fathers. After introducing them as his Saiyan disciples Number One and Number Two, he watched as Amond and Daiz prepared to test them in a practical combat lesson.

• Turles warned Trunks and Son Goten that Son Goku would be among the fighters, while Trunks asked about his father.
• Trunks followed Turles's gaze and met eyes with Vegeta, who felt an inexplicable familiarity with the boy.
• Amond and Daiz led Son Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu into the arena, where Son Goten stared at Son Goku before nervously hiding from his touch.
• Amond boasted that he and Daiz would give the newcomers their first practical combat lesson, while Piccolo studied the masked boys suspiciously.
• Turles introduced the boys as his new Saiyan disciples, Number One and Number Two, and warned everyone not to treat them like ordinary children.
• Amond and Daiz dismissed Turles's warning and prepared to fight the two boys.

Trunks and Son Goten faced Amond and Daiz in a two-on-two sparring match, stunning the onlookers with their speed and strength. The match left Amond and Daiz shaken after the children overwhelmed them in the opening exchange.

• Turles started the sparring match, and Amond and Daiz confidently took their places opposite Trunks and Son Goten.
• Trunks and Son Goten agreed to surprise their fathers and Krillin, while Tien Shinhan noted that the children already possessed formidable power.
• The children took their opening stances, with Trunks's posture drawing Vegeta's attention and Son Goten's bow reminding Son Goku of the Turtle School.
• Son Goten punched Amond hard enough to send him sliding backward, while Trunks dodged Daiz's grab and countered with a swift elbow strike.
• Amond and Daiz lost their confidence, Krillin reacted in disbelief, and Son Goku praised the children's surprising power.

Trunks and Son Goten increased their power and decisively defeated Amond and Daiz in the arena. After Amond and Daiz surrendered, the two boys asked to fight Son Goku and Piccolo next, and Turles agreed to let them become the challengers.

• Amond and Daiz powered up and pressed Trunks and Son Goten back, but the boys agreed over their helmets to use more strength.
• Trunks and Son Goten rapidly overpowered their opponents, with Son Goten catching Amond's full-force punch and throwing him.
• Trunks caught Daiz as he tried to retreat and sent him flying with a kick.
• Amond and Daiz got back up and surrendered, and Turles praised their efforts while warning them not to become complacent.
• Trunks and Son Goten challenged Son Goku and Piccolo, and Turles agreed to let them fight next.

Trunks and Son Goten challenged Son Goku and Piccolo, but Turles chose Son Goku to face them. The boys began their fight by charging him together, and Son Goku stopped both of their punches without moving.

• Piccolo stepped forward to fight Trunks and Son Goten, but Son Goku protested that he wanted a turn too.
• Turles decided Son Goku would face the boys and said he wanted them to feel the difference between Saiyans.
• Son Goku introduced himself, and Trunks and Son Goten awkwardly bowed to the hero they had grown up hearing about.
• Trunks and Son Goten powered up and charged Son Goku from opposite sides.
• Son Goku caught both boys' fists in his palms and remained completely still.

Trunks and Son Goten fought Son Goku with increasing power, but he continued to outmatch them. After Son Goten instinctively copied one of Goku’s moves, the boys decided to use their strongest technique, leaving Vegeta to fear what they were about to unleash.

• Trunks and Son Goten raised their power and launched a coordinated assault that Son Goku calmly countered.
• Krillin and Tien Shinhan watched the fight, while Amond and Daiz realized the boys had barely tried against them earlier.
• Son Goten nearly revealed something over the helmets’ communications channel, was struck by Goku, and was caught by Trunks.
• Trunks and Son Goten powered up again, and Son Goten instinctively copied Goku’s defense to block a strike and counterattack.
• Unable to overcome Goku, Trunks and Son Goten agreed to use their strongest move as their auras turned golden.
• Vegeta watched from a distant building and grew worried as the boys’ power surged.

Trunks and Son Goten transformed into Super Saiyans and fought Son Goku in the arena, astonishing the onlookers and Vegeta. Watching them, Vegeta questioned what enabled the transformation and flew to Bulma, convinced he was close to becoming a Super Saiyan.

• Trunks and Son Goten revealed their Super Saiyan forms after defeating Amond and Daiz, shocking Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Piccolo, and Vegeta.
• Son Goku transformed and invited the two boys to attack him with everything they had.
• Trunks and Son Goten coordinated attacks against Son Goku, but he evaded their moves and flung them away.
• Vegeta observed that the boys' Super Saiyan power was far below that of Turles or Kakarot and questioned whether Power Level was necessary for transforming.
• Vegeta recalled Kakarot's mercy and his own shame, then flew toward Bulma, believing he was close to becoming a Super Saiyan.

Son Goku defeated Trunks and Son Goten in training, then encouraged them to keep growing stronger. Days later, Turles and his companions arrived on Planet Yardrat to train, while Babidi and Dabura considered making Frieza their subordinate before learning that someone had breached their communications channel.

• Son Goku swiftly ended the children's attack, forced Trunks and Son Goten out of their Super Saiyan forms, and defeated them.
• Turles and Son Goku encouraged the exhausted boys, restoring their confidence and inspiring them to grow stronger.
• Turles led Son Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Amond, Daiz, Trunks, and Son Goten to Planet Yardrat, where cheering natives welcomed them.
• Grand Elder Pybara welcomed Turles and agreed to help him train on Planet Yardrat.
• Babidi and Dabura watched footage of Frieza and discussed making him their subordinate, while worrying that approaching him might attract Supreme Kai's attention.
• A communicator warned Babidi that someone had accessed their communications channel without authorization.

Babidi heard from a mysterious caller who offered to help him achieve his goal by revealing an ancient legend about a terrifying Majin. At Lord Zuno’s residence, a hooded old man and Gokua arrived seeking answers, but learned that appointments were booked three years ahead, and the old man said he could not wait.

• A mysterious caller contacted Babidi and offered to help him achieve his goal in exchange for a small favor.
• Babidi listened as the caller began telling him about an ancient legend of a terrifying Majin, then told Dabura he wanted to investigate the stranger’s claims about the Frieza Force.
• A hooded old man and Gokua arrived at Lord Zuno’s residence, where countless aliens waited in a long queue.
• Gokua asked about the wait and learned that appointments were booked three years in advance.
• The hooded old man said three years was too long and that he could not wait.

On Planet Yardrat, Turles trained Trunks and Son Goten while considering the limits of Saiyan bodies and the growth of his power. On Planet Turles, Bulma emerged from her laboratory with findings about Super Saiyans, but stopped Vegeta to demand recognition for her work.

• Goku practiced Instant Transmission under Grand Elder Pybara's guidance while Piccolo and the others pursued their own Yardrat training.
• Turles trained Trunks and Son Goten in Ki control and reflected on applying power, strengthening his normal state, and the possible limits of his body's cells.
• Turles sensed that his Saiyan tail had begun to sway unconsciously as he floated in meditation.
• Vegeta waited outside Bulma's laboratory on Planet Turles, hoping she could uncover secrets about Super Saiyans.
• Bulma came out with a few findings from her research and complained about the trouble she had taken before Vegeta could ask his question.

On Planet Yardrat, Trunks and Son Goten passed Turles’s training challenge by forcing him to move a hand. Turles then assigned them an independent mission to destroy pirate strongholds while remaining Super Saiyans, leaving them to prepare for a demanding test.

• Trunks and Son Goten attacked Turles together, using the Ki-control techniques they had practiced over the past month.
• Turles deflected their attacks without moving his feet, then blocked Son Goten’s combined assault with two fingers and counted the challenge as passed.
• Trunks and Son Goten celebrated their success and dropped out of their Super Saiyan forms.
• Turles announced that they would face an independent mission on lawless planets outside the bounds of order.
• Turles told Trunks and Son Goten to destroy each planet’s largest space pirate stronghold and bring back the pirate leader’s communicator within one month, while remaining Super Saiyans.

Trunks and Son Goten raided the largest pirate hideout on Planet Darfa, defeated its crew, and freed the captives. As they announced that the Frieza Force would take the prisoners home, a stern-faced man in a corner cell opened his eyes and gripped his sword.

• Trunks and Son Goten regulated their Super Saiyan auras before flying toward the pirates' base.
• The boys smashed through the base's defenses and defeated the pirates, leaving the underground hideout silent.
• Trunks and Son Goten knocked out the boar-headed pirate leader and took his communicator.
• Trunks tore open the prison door, revealing more than a hundred frightened captives.
• Trunks told the captives they were from the Frieza Force and that a fleet would take them home, while a stern-faced man opened his eyes and gripped his longsword.

Trunks and Son Goten discovered that the red-haired prisoner was Tapion, who confronted Gokua aboveground. The boys hid nearby as the two swordsmen began fighting.

• Trunks and Son Goten tried to lead the prisoners out, but Tapion stopped the crowd and warned them not to go outside.
• The base shook as a dangerous Ki appeared, so Trunks ordered the prisoners to stay underground and sealed the cell entrance.
• Trunks and Son Goten flew to the surface and found Tapion facing Gokua among the ruins.
• Gokua accused Tapion of avoiding the people who had used the Dragon Balls to save him, and Tapion drew his sword.
• Tapion and Gokua clashed swords while Trunks and Son Goten watched from hiding, and Tapion taunted Gokua as his attacks failed to overwhelm him.

Tapion nearly defeated Gokua before a dark force incapacitated him, allowing Gokua to strike him down. Trunks and Son Goten escaped in their spaceship, but its engine was damaged; Turles learned of their danger and sent their coordinates to Planet Turles for a rescue.

• Tapion broke Gokua’s sword-energy attack and wounded him with a rapid series of slashes.
• A monstrous aura overwhelmed Tapion as he prepared to finish Gokua, and Gokua slashed him across the chest.
• Son Goten blinded Gokua with a Solar Flare and attacked with a Kamehameha Wave while Trunks escaped with Tapion in their spaceship.
• Gokua’s sword energy damaged the spaceship’s propulsion engine, and Trunks told Son Goten to contact Master.
• Turles received the distress signal, sent the ship’s coordinates to Planet Turles, and Dr. Gero stopped his experiment after hearing the general’s signal.

Vegeta emerged from his gravity training with a dramatic increase in power, but found the base’s warriors gone. He learned that Android 17 and Android 18 were rushing into space to rescue Turles’s disciple, and watched their ships depart.

• Vegeta’s gravity chamber exploded as he unleashed his new power, destroying nearby buildings in the process.
• Vegeta cleaned up, changed into a Frieza Force battle suit, and searched the base for Kakarot, Piccolo, Krillin, and the others.
• Vegeta sensed a military mobilization in the hangar and saw Android 18 ask Android 17 what mission they were undertaking.
• Android 17 told Android 18 that Turles’s disciple was in danger somewhere in space and that they had to hurry to the rescue.
• Android 17 and Android 18 launched in separate spacecraft toward the target, while Vegeta watched them disappear into space.

Hoi ordered Gokua to capture Tapion so he could release the phantom demon sealed inside him, while Babidi and Dabura watched Hoi through a crystal ball and chose to wait. Tapion awoke in a cave on a barren planet to find Trunks and Son Goten had rescued him and returned his sword.

• Hoi berated Gokua and demanded that he capture Tapion, whom he believed was badly injured and unable to escape.
• Babidi and Dabura watched Hoi through a crystal ball and discussed the monster Hoi wanted to release from its seal.
• Babidi dismissed Hoi and his plans as unworthy of their attention for now, while Dabura offered to capture Hoi if needed.
• Tapion awoke in a cave with his chest wound bandaged and found Trunks offering him his sword.
• Trunks and Son Goten explained that they had saved Tapion from the blue-skinned monster and offered him food.

Tapion tried to drive Trunks and Son Goten away, but they stayed and cared for his wounds with food and water. After hearing about the Frieza Force and their master, Tapion doubted they could help against Hirudegarn and resolved not to involve them as he rested before his pursuers arrived.

• Tapion tried to leave the cave, but his severe chest wound made him collapse and warn Trunks and Son Goten that they would die if they stayed.
• Trunks and Son Goten refused to abandon Tapion, offered him roast meat, and promised that the Frieza Force would protect him.
• After eating, Tapion asked about the Frieza Force, and Trunks and Son Goten described its work and praised their master as the strongest person.
• Tapion remembered his younger brother and doubted that the children's master could stand against the phantom demon Hirudegarn.
• Tapion decided not to seek help or draw the children into his mission, then rested to recover before his pursuers arrived.

As Gokua attacked the cave, Trunks and Son Goten fought to protect the wounded Tapion until their strength gave out. An unseen attacker struck Gokua and freed the boys, and a golden light began descending from the sky.

• Trunks and Son Goten left the cave to hold off Gokua while Tapion stayed behind, too badly wounded to fight.
• Gokua shattered the boys’ attack and overpowered them, eventually gripping both by the neck.
• An explosion struck Gokua from behind, forcing him to release Trunks and Son Goten.
• Gokua accused Tapion of ambushing him, though Tapion had not attacked, and everyone looked up as a brilliant golden light descended.

Vegeta arrived ahead of Android 17 and Android 18, transforming into a Super Saiyan and confronting Gokua. As Vegeta attacked, Trunks watched the father he had barely met, overwhelmed by fear, excitement, and longing.

• Vegeta reached the target planet before Android 17 and Android 18 and revealed himself to Gokua as a Super Saiyan.
• Gokua recognized the form that had haunted him since Planet Namek, but forced himself to prepare to fight.
• Trunks and Son Goten returned to Tapion, and Trunks watched Vegeta from afar while struggling with his feelings about his father.
• Vegeta vanished and reappeared beside Gokua, then launched a high kick as Gokua's fear left him too stiff to move.

Vegeta defeated Gokua after exploiting his fear of Super Saiyan power, then overcame Gokua’s counterattack and destroyed him with a blast. Exhausted by his newly mastered transformation, Vegeta hid his fatigue from Son Goten and Trunks.

• Vegeta battered Gokua while pretending the fight was effortless, and Son Goten and Trunks watched from a distance.
• Gokua realized Vegeta was not as strong as he had feared, seized his ankle, and hurled him into a mountainside.
• Vegeta fought through Gokua’s sword-energy attacks, struck him with a Dragon Fist, and broke his sword.
• Vegeta obliterated Gokua with a golden energy blast and returned to his normal form.
• Vegeta felt exhausted but straightened up and concealed his fatigue from Son Goten and Trunks.