Recruitment Saga: Part 1

He had done it. There would be no more running away, searching for a way out to prevent being discovered and murdered. No more innocent people would be taken away by those savages. It was finally over. Trunks had destroyed Androids 17 and 18 along with the monstrous and recently created Cell.

As he powered down and took a breath of relief, he looked up towards the stars and thanked all that had helped him get this far. His own father, Vegeta, who he never got to know in his timeline. Gohan, the younger variation of his mentor who became even more powerful than his adult future counterpart and the one and only Goku who could keep everyone happy even in dark times.

Trunks decided to return to his ruined home of Capsule Corporation and give his mother, who was bound to worrying now, the good news.

As he flew down towards the collapsed building's entrance, his mother rushed out and beckoned him for answers, "Who was that?! Are you okay?!" The mother of Trunks yelled out.

The hybrid Saiyan gave his mother a smile, reassuring all was fine, "There is nothing to worry about, mother. That was the Cell from this timeline, but he is now dealt with."

"Oh, that's a relief! I'd hate if there was another android on the loose." Bulma ecstatically said. The aging woman couldn't control her excitement. Her only son had returned to her and annihilated the two sources of everyone's nightmares; from now on there would only be peaceful dreams.

Trunks sighed and looked to the floor, "There won't be another android on the loose, but there might be another android." He said, catching his mother's attention.

Bulma looked at her son with a confused expression, "What do you mean, Trunks?"

"There's been something that's been on my mind ever since I returned to the future, mother." Trunks began, leaving Bulma in suspense for a few seconds before continuing. "I want to create the next generation of Z Fighters. I doubt we can bring back those that have died to those cold-hearted androids, but I am certain there are people with hidden talents all over the planet. I can't protect this planet all on my own; I will need help."

"I... I see." Bulma replied to her son's words. "But Trunks, you have to remember one thing. Even if you do find a handful of fighters that are strong, they will be nothing compared to you."

"I am aware of that, but I can train them. I know how strong full-blooded humans can get, mom. Goku told me that the Tien of the past managed to hold off a half completed Cell for a few minutes and that required some extreme power to pull off." Trunks added.

Bulma nodded before remembering something her son had said a minute ago that she never got an answer for, "Very well then, but what about that android thing you mentioned just a moment ago?"

"In a few days I will journey to Dr Gero's Lab to hopefully reawaken a new friend, that is all you need to know for now at least. Before I do that though, I believe we should tell the world that the nightmare is finally over."

Bulma nodded once more and decided to disregard her son's strange decision to go to Dr Gero's lab; she knew better to question his motives since he knew a lot more about the androids than herself, "Let me take care of that, I shall organize a press conference that will take place at 5 this evening."

"Thank you. Now, there's one small task I'd like to take care of before I take some time to relax." Trunks replied, turning around and preparing to take off into the freed sky.

Bulma hesitated for a moment, wondering what her son was getting at, "What do you mean? Are you going to the lab now or something?"

"I said I'll do that in a few days, but before I begin recruiting new fighters, I want to see if there is any point in finding new warriors at all." Trunks responded. Before his mother could bombard him with questions, he took off into the morning sky.

Trunks flew for a few minutes before landing in the countryside where he would not be distracted. He relaxed his energy and closed his eyes before allowing his mind to take over, "King Kai, do you hear me?"

"Excellent work, son! Your training is going great!" Goku yelled out cheerfully.

Gohan analysed a slight bruise on his knee before laughing, "Yeah. That was a great spar."

King Kai, who had watched the beginning few minutes of the fight seemed to be focusing on something different entirely. After Goku and Gohan had finished their spar, it didn't take them long to notice King Kai was acting strangely.

"Hey King Kai, what's up?" Goku asked as he walked up to his teacher with Gohan following close behind.

"It's... It's... Trunks..." He said quietly but with enough volume for the father and son to hear.

Gohan began to shake indicating he was panicking, "Oh no! He's fighting the androids again, isn't he?"

"Yes, but..." King Kai began. "He's winning. He just destroyed Android 18 like it was nothing. His power... it's incredible..."

"Okay King Kai, this isn't the time to be joking around. Tell me, I can take it. Trunks is dying, right?" Gohan questioned the kai anxiously.

King Kai looked up at Gohan and shook his head, "Trust me, he's winning. Place your hand on my back and you can see everything."

Goku and Gohan didn't need to be told twice and they did as they were told. The sight that came before them astonished them both greatly.

They both saw Trunks as a Super Saiyan right after he had destroyed Android 18. Android 17 could only shake uncontrollably at what he was seeing, but quickly regained his confident attitude, "It... It can't be! You killed her!" 17 got into a fighting stance and growled. "Kid, that was one mistake you won't live to regret!"

Trunks looked at the monster angrily, "You think this life is all about you, don't you? What about the others? The ones that you two killed!"

Trunks quickly dashed forward and kicked 17 with incredible force, sending him flying to the ground. Trunks somersaulted into the air and began harnessing power for a energy blast. He wasn't planning on giving Android 17 time to react, so he quickly fired it. The android's destruction was hidden by the cataclysmic attack.

Gohan fell to his knees before screaming with joy with his arms waving in the air. He didn't care how pathetic he was looking, not now. He had done finally it. Trunks had finally rid the world of the nightmare! However, his yell of joy was heard by the other inhabitants of King Kai's Planet, who began moving towards the source of the yell out of curiosity.

Familar faces such as Vegeta, Krillin, Tien, Piccolo and Yamcha approached the three and questioned what on Earth was going on.

"Vegeta, your son did it! He destroyed the androids!" Goku yelled out happily as he began laughing with excitement.

The Prince of all Saiyans was taken aback. His son avenged him and his comrades? Impossible! "Are you sure?!"

"Yes, he did it!" Gohan yelled, his excitement overwhelming him.

"Wait, there's more." King Kai suddenly said, catching everyone's attention. "He's fighting someone else now!"

Goku's expression turned to that of confusion as he walked up to King Kai and placed his hand on his back, "What the... what is that thing?"

"I... I don't know... but Trunks seems to know who it is."

Goku, who transmitted King Kai's eyes to everyone else saw Trunks fighting a strange bug creature. Surprisingly for the Z Fighters who had just learned of what was going on, Trunks was having no problem defeating it and they all saw the tremendous techniques Trunks was using to battle this monster. As they all focused on the battle, they even managed to barely sense the fight on Earth and all of them were taken by surprise at the extreme power emitting from the son of Vegeta.

"In... Incredible! He's stronger than me, Gohan and Vegeta put together!" Goku cheered, ready to pull Vegeta's nerve.

"Don't exaggerate, Kakarot." Vegeta scowled. "He's strong, but not as strong as his father."

Gohan blinked several times before responding, "That wasn't the reaction I was expecting."

Several hours had passed on King Kai's planet, most of the deceased Z Fighters couldn't get over the fact that they had all been avenged. The feeling was fascinating for all of them. However, the silence was broken by King Kai.

"Um, yes, who is this?" King Kai suddenly said, confusing the vast majority of fighters on his planet.

"Someone contacting you, King Kai?" Goku asked, only to receive a growl from King Kai suggesting to the Saiyan that he didn't want to be interrupted.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Trunks was focusing on contacting King Kai, "This is Trunks." He transmitted his thought to the other world.

"Trunks! What a surprise! I didn't expect for you to contact me! How did you do it?" A strange voice entered his mind, leaving Trunks with a grin as the first phase of his plan was successful; contacting King Kai.

"Don't worry about it, but first, I have a question to ask you." Trunks returned the thought to King Kai's planet.

"Well, what is it? Go ahead!"

Trunks took in a deep breath and smiled, "I want to know if the Namekian Dragon Balls can bring back people who have been dead for over a year."

King Kai remained silent for a few seconds before responding, "I'm not sure. Hang on a second, let me contact Moori."

Trunks at first was uncertain who Moori was, but his mother's words began to surface on his most recent thoughts and he remembered how Bulma once told him that Moori was the elder of the Namekian people.

"I've contacted Moori and asked your question. But... he gave me bad news. The Namekian Dragon Balls can't bring back Gohan and the others, if that was your plan."

Trunks sighed. He honestly had doubts that he could bring those who had been killed when he was a baby, but he was willing to give it a shot. Thankfully, he had a Plan B.

"I... I see. Can you fulfill this last request then?" Trunks asked the kai.

"Of course, go ahead."

"Contact Moori once more and ask if one of the Namekians are willing to become the new Guardian of Earth. This way, they will be able to hopefully reactivate the Dragon Balls and restore some damage that the Androids have done to the Earth." Trunks explained to the interested king who began thinking for a few moments before responding.

"My, that's certainly an interesting plan. I will be able to do it, but how will you get to New Namek to retrieve this potential new guardian?" King Kai asked.

The hybrid laughed at King Kai's response, "I was hoping you could use some kind of Instant Transmission technique to bring me there, after all, you are a kai."

"My services aren't free, I'm afraid." King Kai joked, but unfortunately his statement was said too seriously for Trunks to be humored.

"This isn't time for your games, King Kai. I want to restore the Earth to how it used to be so many years ago. Do you even care?" Trunks said, slightly annoyed.

"Alright, alright! I was just joking around, gee. You sure are Vegeta's son, just more pure, I suppose." He laughed to himself as his antenna moved to contact Moori once again.

"Imbecile kai! If you could perform Instant Transmission, there would have been plenty of opportunities where you could make yourself useful and save us by transporting us to places!" Vegeta yelled, indicating one of his many nerves had been pulled. "Remember on Namek? You could have saved us a whole wish if you just transported everyone back to Earth!

"Hey, Goku taught me the technique only a few years ago which was over ten years since the incident on Namek! I'm not that good at performing the technique anyway... it's kinda draining for me... Now just let me contact New Namek!"

Trunks waited patiently for a few minutes with a lot on his mind. What if there wasn't any Namekian willing to be the guardian? Sure, Dende became the guardian in the past, but now he was certain to be older and might think differently.

"Trunks, great news!" King Kai suddenly transmitted. "A Namekian known as Dende is willing to become the new guardian. I'll have to ask you one thing though. I'll use Instant Transmission to come and pick you up and bring you to my planet, but do you want to spend some time talking to Gohan and some people you've never met before? Gohan certainly misses you and you'll also get to meet your father and Goku. After that, I can bring you to New Namek."

"Of course. I owe you big time, King Kai." Trunks responded, unable to deal with a sudden rush of excitement.

"That is certainly not a problem. You are after all, a hero. Let me just prepare myself and I'll come to Earth to take you back to my home planet."

Power Levels:

Note: Power Levels in the Next Generation work slightly differently. The numbers shown aren't supposed to be incredibly accurate, they're simply a means to show who's more powerful.

Anyway...

Trunks (Suppressed): 15

Trunks (Super Saiyan): 400,000,000

Android 17: 300,000,000

Android 18: 290,000,000

Imperfect Cell: 320,000,000