In the blood.
It was a cold and stormy night. Thunder and lightening lit up the cloudy sky. Rain was pouring down outside the window. A little, seven year old boy was snug in his bed, his head turning side to side, trying to go to sleep. Suddenly, there was a big flash of lightening. He jumped out of bed and onto the floor. Before he hit the floor, there was another flash of lightening. He hit the floor with a thud. A couple of minutes later, the door opened and a flashlight lit his face up
"Goten, are you alright?" I asked, concerned.
"Yeah, I think so." Goten answered.
"Come on, back to bed." I said as i turned off the flashlight. Goten climbed up off the floor and jumped into bed. As soon as he laid down, another flash of lightening lit up the room. Goten sat bolt upright and turned to face the window. He turned and looked at me, tears in his eyes.
"Danny, I'm scared." he blubbered.
"It's only thunder and lightening. It won't hurt you 'cos you're inside." I said.
"I'm still scared! Can I stay with you tonight?"
"No, it's gonna end soon." Just at that point, another flash of lightening lit the room and the sky. Goten started to cry louder.
"I wanna stay with you! I'm scared!"
"OK, Goten, you can stay with me!" I said. goten climbed out of bed and walked to my room. He was still crying, but you could see in his eyes that he was frightened. I made a bed on the floor and he climbed in between the bed covers. As soon as he laid down, he fell asleep. I climbed into my bed, feeling tired as hell, and fell asleep shortly afterwards.
The next day was a bit cloudy, but a lot warmer. We got woke up by the phone. Chi-Chi answered it. I stayed in bed, hoping that I could go back to sleep, but that was not possible because I got woke up again.
"Danny, come here, quickly!" Chi-Chi shouted. I got out of bed and walked downstairs towards the kitchen, still in my PJ's.
"That was Bulma on the phone. Trunks has gone missing. He stormed out last night and hasn't been back since." Chi-Chi said to me.
"I'll get my clothes on and find him. Did you tell Bulma that I will find him?"
"No, I'll call her back and tell her."
I ran upstairs and got my clothes from out of my bedroom. I also grabbed the flashlight from my bedside table. I kept it there because of the storm that happened.
"Where are you going?" Goten asked.
"Trunks has gone missing. I'm going out to find him." I answered.
"Can I go too?" Goten asked.
"If you are ready in five minutes!" I said. With that, Goten jumped out of his temporary bed and ran towards his room. I quickly changed and ran down to the car. Goten was already in the car. I put the flashlight in my pocket.
"That was quick!" I said.
Two hours later, I was still trying to find Trunks. While i was waiting at traffic lights, I looked over to an abandoned house. Wood was nailed over the windows, but strangely not over the door. I decided to investigate. I parked the car nearby and walked to the house, Goten following close behind. I busted down the door and walked inside.
Everything was dark and dusty. The contents of the house looked old. Everything except a piece of shining metal on the floor. When I walked closer, I found it was a kitchen knife, covered in fresh blood. Worrying thoughts were going through my mind. Suddenly, there was a creak. It came from a nearby room. I creeped into the room. There was a shadow in a corner.
"Who's there?" the shadow said in a familiar voice. I shone the flashlight onto the shadow. It was Trunks!
"Trunks, is that you?" I asked.
"Danny! I'm sure glad to see you!" Trunks answered. He was soaking wet and shaking like a leaf.
"Why are you all wet?" Goten asked.
"I was out last night trying to find a place to stay." He answered. I took my jacket off and wrapped it around him.
"Well you could've stayed with me!" I said.
"No, I didn't want to wake you lot up."
"Anyway, why did you run away?" Goten asked, confused.
"My dad was getting angry 'cos I wasn't training as hard as he wanted me to. He kept shouting at me, I was getting angry, so I shouted at him and stormed out."
"You should count yourself lucky he didn't blast you to kingdom come! Your dad's real mean when he's angry." Goten said.
"I've never seen your dad, Trunks. What's he like?" I asked.
"You've seen our fusion, haven't you? Well quadruple his meanness and viciousness. That is what Trunks' dad is like." Goten said.
"He also hates Goten's dad." Trunks added.
"So, another words, he's really mean and ruthless?" I asked, " He's also got a grudge on Goku?"
"That's right. He thinks that 'cos I have royal blood flowing through my veins, I have to turn out just like him." Trunks said.
"Do you want to be like your dad?" I asked.
"Of course not! My dad used to be evil. i never wanna be evil!"
"That's good to hear!" I said, "Anyway, what do you mean by royal blood?"
"My dad is the prince of every single Saiyan alive!" Trunks said.
"That's your kind, right? Well add important to the ever growing list. Let's get you home." I said. Trunks started to pace backwards.
"No way! I'm not going back there until my dad apologizes!"
"It's OK, you can stay with me and Goten until your dad calms down." I said.
"Well, OK." Trunks said. We headed back to the car. On the way, I picked up the knife and wrapped it in an old tissue I had in my pocket. I replaced the wrapped up knife in my pocket. As soon as we got to the car, it started to rain heavily. On the way home, I speeded up a bit because the rain was lashing down outside.