Goten Runs away! Prologue
Goten looked around sadly. Lying on his back in his bedroll, he looked at the ceiling, deep in thought. Goten frowned, listening to his brothers soft snoring. Goten lately had been ignored. With his mother always worrying about Pan and Gohan's problems with Videl, he felt left out. Not to mention with his absent father, Gohan was skipping out in his training lessons with Goten, he had nothing to do but sit around and wait to be called on to do something or another. Trunks was lately too busy with Bra to bother much with Goten. Lately, during the days when his mother, brother, and now with his younger niece ignoring him, he faded into the shadows, only coming out once in a while when someone needed him to do something or another. Even Vegeta was to busy to train with Goten, looking after Bulma while she was traveling around talking to different schools about her career.
Goten thought this over for a few seconds, and his anger began to rise slowly. Picking up a small, thin earring, he rolled it around his fingers. It was the same color of his skin, meant to conceal him, and not meant to be noticed. It would be hard to spot in less you looked really hard at it or knew exactly what you were looking for. He knew this because he had built the earring himself.
Yes, Son Goten had built something actually useful, to him anyway. It was something that Briefs Bulma had not thought of quiet yet, it was a Ki Damper. It emitted a kind of force field that would make it almost impossible to find. Of course Bulma could always build something to look for the metal in the ring, but she doesn't know about the metal, which he had taken from Buu's space ship years after the battle had been raged. He made sure to destroy what he didn't take with him. It was the ultimate way for a spy to get anywhere at anything, or for a young boy who wished not to be found to runaway from home. It had taken him almost three years to build, to gain the knowledge to build the small scrap of metal. He had even tested it, much to his brothers annoyance. No one would be able to find him and that's how he wanted it. Goten sighed, but he didn't really want to runaway, not yet, not while he still had a chance to get noticed.
Goten really wanted to train, but he couldn't really train all by himself, it wouldn't make much of a difference because there was no way he could gain much power by working by himself, could he? Goten anger rose, and when his anger rose, so did his Ki, he forced his anger away, as not to wake up half the Z-gang with his spiking Ki. Goten sighed again, releasing the last of his anger.
Goten growled and sat up, he would get no sleep tonight thinking like this. He wouldn't get much attention even if he was a walking zombie from hell or badly injured. But Goten didn't care. He just wanted to train for once! Suddenly, Goten got an idea, he would ask the other z-senshi if they wanted to train in the morning. With that though, he packed a small bag full of Gi's and a few capsules of food he had managed to get off Gohan without his knowing. They would do it, he just knew it! He looked at Gohan's beside clock and knew it was only a few more minuets before dawn broke, so he got cleaned up and went down stairs. At the age of thirteen, he knew how to cook and clean. So he made breakfast, making sure when he was done to wrap everything up and leave a note. He flew off toward Master Roshi's Island. By the time he arrived, he was hungry and it was lunch time.
"Hey Goten, how's it hanging?" Krillen asked.
"Hey Krillen, I came to see if you or 18 wanted to train today"
"Sorry Goten, pretty much everyone is going over to help Launch move in with Tien. Were busy today. Hey I thought you were suppose to be watching Pan today?"
Goten gulped, he had totally forgotten about that.
"See ya!" He cried, flying off. He was angry again, his Ki spiked dangerously up, then down, then up again, turning him into a Super Saiya- jin. Krillen, who was watching Goten fly away, knew something was up with the spiking Ki, but decided to ignore it.
The day had been a waist, and when he finally reached home, his bad mood increased ten fold when Chi-chi rounded on him. "SON GOTEN WHERE ON THIS EARTH HAVE YOU BEEN!" Goten was shocked that his mother would yell at him with such a cold voice,
"What? I left a note saying I was going to Krillen's to spar."
"You were supposed to watch Pan today so Gohan and I could go to Bulma's! You said you had nothing better to do today and would gladly watch Pan!" Chi-chi shouted, making Goten want to hold his ears.
"I'm sorry mom, I just kinda forgot, it won't happen again."
"You bet it won't! Go to your room and don't come out until I say so!"
"I'm really sorry mom!" Goten said, before running down the hall to his room, where he met up with Gohan, who was talking angrily into the phone to Videl. "I can't believe that Goten would just take off like that, its not like him at all. I mean what's wrong with him? Why can't he just act like normal teenagers and go to the mall with Trunks.I won't ever get too see the alignment of all the other planets for another five thousand years!"
Goten happened to looked around and spot Goten stricken face. Goten's guilt deepened. I'm sorry Gohan."
"I don't want to hear it Goten, not one word! Just go to sleep and leave me alone right now!" Gohan stalked out of the room, mumbling into the phone. Goten flicked the lights off and cried silently for a while into the dark. Soon his guilt turned to anger. He couldn't stand it anymore. With a growl, he jumped up, grabbing the small ring and his book bag already packed from that morning. He threw a few more training Gi's in it and tip toed to the front of the house, past Chi-Chi who was talking to Gohan. He didn't stay to listen to more ridicule and just crept past, slipping through the open window. The door had squeaked when you opened it, so he avoided it.
Then he ran, and while he ran, his anger built along with his Ki. Thunder cracked loudly in the sky as his power went up into Super Saiya-jin. It wasn't his fault he forgot! They should have reminding him the night before he went to bed. He's just a KID! He shouldn't have to be bothered with that yet for at least another year or so! His Ki rose dramatically and he shot into the air just as the heavy rain started. With a roar his eyes flashed an even deeper aqua green and his golden hair grew a bit longer. He went into SSJ2 so fast that it would have shocked Vegeta. With another roar he pulled his hands back and blasted a near by mountain. Then his senses returned to him, and he shoved on the earring on, piercing his ear, and took off before anyone could stop him.
Gohan dropped his tea as Videl raced down stairs. They looked at each other, nodded at each other. They had both felt the powerful, familiar Ki rise quickly then disappear all together. "Goten's missing." Videl said. "What!" Chi-chi shouted. Gohan and Videl shot into the sky. They soon met up with the Z-senshi in mid air. They all nodded to each other, knowing it was Goten who had disappeared. But the only clue they found to his whereabouts was the mud on the ground that had been a mountain just that morning.
Goten looked around sadly. Lying on his back in his bedroll, he looked at the ceiling, deep in thought. Goten frowned, listening to his brothers soft snoring. Goten lately had been ignored. With his mother always worrying about Pan and Gohan's problems with Videl, he felt left out. Not to mention with his absent father, Gohan was skipping out in his training lessons with Goten, he had nothing to do but sit around and wait to be called on to do something or another. Trunks was lately too busy with Bra to bother much with Goten. Lately, during the days when his mother, brother, and now with his younger niece ignoring him, he faded into the shadows, only coming out once in a while when someone needed him to do something or another. Even Vegeta was to busy to train with Goten, looking after Bulma while she was traveling around talking to different schools about her career.
Goten thought this over for a few seconds, and his anger began to rise slowly. Picking up a small, thin earring, he rolled it around his fingers. It was the same color of his skin, meant to conceal him, and not meant to be noticed. It would be hard to spot in less you looked really hard at it or knew exactly what you were looking for. He knew this because he had built the earring himself.
Yes, Son Goten had built something actually useful, to him anyway. It was something that Briefs Bulma had not thought of quiet yet, it was a Ki Damper. It emitted a kind of force field that would make it almost impossible to find. Of course Bulma could always build something to look for the metal in the ring, but she doesn't know about the metal, which he had taken from Buu's space ship years after the battle had been raged. He made sure to destroy what he didn't take with him. It was the ultimate way for a spy to get anywhere at anything, or for a young boy who wished not to be found to runaway from home. It had taken him almost three years to build, to gain the knowledge to build the small scrap of metal. He had even tested it, much to his brothers annoyance. No one would be able to find him and that's how he wanted it. Goten sighed, but he didn't really want to runaway, not yet, not while he still had a chance to get noticed.
Goten really wanted to train, but he couldn't really train all by himself, it wouldn't make much of a difference because there was no way he could gain much power by working by himself, could he? Goten anger rose, and when his anger rose, so did his Ki, he forced his anger away, as not to wake up half the Z-gang with his spiking Ki. Goten sighed again, releasing the last of his anger.
Goten growled and sat up, he would get no sleep tonight thinking like this. He wouldn't get much attention even if he was a walking zombie from hell or badly injured. But Goten didn't care. He just wanted to train for once! Suddenly, Goten got an idea, he would ask the other z-senshi if they wanted to train in the morning. With that though, he packed a small bag full of Gi's and a few capsules of food he had managed to get off Gohan without his knowing. They would do it, he just knew it! He looked at Gohan's beside clock and knew it was only a few more minuets before dawn broke, so he got cleaned up and went down stairs. At the age of thirteen, he knew how to cook and clean. So he made breakfast, making sure when he was done to wrap everything up and leave a note. He flew off toward Master Roshi's Island. By the time he arrived, he was hungry and it was lunch time.
"Hey Goten, how's it hanging?" Krillen asked.
"Hey Krillen, I came to see if you or 18 wanted to train today"
"Sorry Goten, pretty much everyone is going over to help Launch move in with Tien. Were busy today. Hey I thought you were suppose to be watching Pan today?"
Goten gulped, he had totally forgotten about that.
"See ya!" He cried, flying off. He was angry again, his Ki spiked dangerously up, then down, then up again, turning him into a Super Saiya- jin. Krillen, who was watching Goten fly away, knew something was up with the spiking Ki, but decided to ignore it.
The day had been a waist, and when he finally reached home, his bad mood increased ten fold when Chi-chi rounded on him. "SON GOTEN WHERE ON THIS EARTH HAVE YOU BEEN!" Goten was shocked that his mother would yell at him with such a cold voice,
"What? I left a note saying I was going to Krillen's to spar."
"You were supposed to watch Pan today so Gohan and I could go to Bulma's! You said you had nothing better to do today and would gladly watch Pan!" Chi-chi shouted, making Goten want to hold his ears.
"I'm sorry mom, I just kinda forgot, it won't happen again."
"You bet it won't! Go to your room and don't come out until I say so!"
"I'm really sorry mom!" Goten said, before running down the hall to his room, where he met up with Gohan, who was talking angrily into the phone to Videl. "I can't believe that Goten would just take off like that, its not like him at all. I mean what's wrong with him? Why can't he just act like normal teenagers and go to the mall with Trunks.I won't ever get too see the alignment of all the other planets for another five thousand years!"
Goten happened to looked around and spot Goten stricken face. Goten's guilt deepened. I'm sorry Gohan."
"I don't want to hear it Goten, not one word! Just go to sleep and leave me alone right now!" Gohan stalked out of the room, mumbling into the phone. Goten flicked the lights off and cried silently for a while into the dark. Soon his guilt turned to anger. He couldn't stand it anymore. With a growl, he jumped up, grabbing the small ring and his book bag already packed from that morning. He threw a few more training Gi's in it and tip toed to the front of the house, past Chi-Chi who was talking to Gohan. He didn't stay to listen to more ridicule and just crept past, slipping through the open window. The door had squeaked when you opened it, so he avoided it.
Then he ran, and while he ran, his anger built along with his Ki. Thunder cracked loudly in the sky as his power went up into Super Saiya-jin. It wasn't his fault he forgot! They should have reminding him the night before he went to bed. He's just a KID! He shouldn't have to be bothered with that yet for at least another year or so! His Ki rose dramatically and he shot into the air just as the heavy rain started. With a roar his eyes flashed an even deeper aqua green and his golden hair grew a bit longer. He went into SSJ2 so fast that it would have shocked Vegeta. With another roar he pulled his hands back and blasted a near by mountain. Then his senses returned to him, and he shoved on the earring on, piercing his ear, and took off before anyone could stop him.
Gohan dropped his tea as Videl raced down stairs. They looked at each other, nodded at each other. They had both felt the powerful, familiar Ki rise quickly then disappear all together. "Goten's missing." Videl said. "What!" Chi-chi shouted. Gohan and Videl shot into the sky. They soon met up with the Z-senshi in mid air. They all nodded to each other, knowing it was Goten who had disappeared. But the only clue they found to his whereabouts was the mud on the ground that had been a mountain just that morning.
