Hi guys! It's been a really, really long time. But alas, here I am with a new story by request of course. Thank you to Charismatic Beauty for getting me back into the swing of things. As you can tell from the summary, I am dealing with my all time favorite family in the history of anime/manga: the Son Family. This story is centered around Goten, obviously. I plan to update regularly, every Wednesday and Saturday for the next few weeks. I've gotten new software that I'm very much ready to use and test out. But enough of my useless blabber and on to the fic.
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Summary: After Goku took off with Uub for several years, Goten began holding resentment for his father. Now that Goku has returned, the young adult is none too happy to see him. Will Goten be able to forgive his father's mistakes?
Prologue: 10 Years Ago
I remember it like it was yesterday. It had seemed like the perfect day, at least it started that way except for the fact that I had to cancel on my date. Why you might ask, well I'll tell you. It was the day of the twenty eighth martial arts tournament. Let me paint you a picture.
The crowd was staring in awe at the scene before them. They were amazed at the fight unfolding. Every seat in the arena was filled. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people, either sitting in the arena or watching at home gaped with eyes wide open. With good reason too, my father was an amazing fighter and apparently so was this Uub character my dad was so obsessed with meeting.
I silently spectated along with my long time, lavender-haired, best friend, Trunks. Neither of us were surprised as we both know just how strong my father is. In fact you would think that the earthlings would be used to sights like this, especially with all the action that Earth gets. And it's not like they haven't seen a fight like this before. After all, this isn't my father's first tournament. He's fought in several before this. What I was most concerned about is this Uub character that I've never seen nor heard of before the tournament.
Uub was a great fighter, especially for a human. He had potential and my father saw it. Then suddenly they stopped fighting and began to chat. I saw Trunks begin to frown as he tried to pick up on what they were saying in the ring. I spotted my little niece who had also competed out of the corner of my eye. She too, wanted to know what was going on.
"What is gramps doing?" She had asked in that little innocent voice of hers.
"I'm not sure Panny," I stated honestly.
My father flew up to where Gohan and the others were. All of the sudden I heard my big brother begin to yell towards my father.
"But we don't understand! You're leaving for good?"
"Not again!" My mother yelled. She sounded upset.
He then flew down towards Trunks, Pan and I. Our family and friends still called out to him. Desperate pleas resounded in our direction. About what, I had no idea. From the tone of their yells, I could tell that it wasn't good news. And yet, my father kept smiling. Then, it dawned on me.
"You're leaving?" I asked. He just smiled at me.
"Gosh Goku, It's kind of sudden," Trunks stated.
Pan ran into his arms, crying her eyes out and begging my dad to stay. He tried his best to comfort him. She was hoping that it wasn't true. And to be honest so was I, but I didn't say anything. Pan began to flail her arms, screaming about how unfair this whole thing was. It was a strange sight to see. Pan was stubborn like her mom and it took a lot to make her cry. Then my dad promised that he would come and visit now and then and Pan eventually calmed down. I decided that was fair. He would never break a promise to Pan or so I thought. He then addressed me and Trunks.
"Please try to stay focused and train. I see a bright future in Uub but you guys are going to be the ones he looks to for leadership," Dad said.
"Right," Trunks and I said in unison. I put up a fake smile as he turned to go.
After a brief confrontation with Vegeta, dad levitated off the ground with Uub and flew out of the ring. The crowd was stunned. My family and friends appeared to be in shock, understandingly so.
The tournament ended up being cancelled, meaning Mr. Satan kept his title as champ. We each went our separate ways. Trunks left with Vegeta, Bulma, and Bra. Gohan took Videl and Pan home. And I left with my mother.
We landed outside our little home and mom immediately darted into the house and into her room. It didn't take a genius to figure out why. She tried to be secretive about it. My saiyan hearing allowed me to hear her sobs behind closed doors. It angered me to no end. You know why? My dad had done it again. He abandoned her. Not once, but twice, at least in my lifetime.
That was ten years ago.
Ten more years of crying herself to sleep.
Ten more years of loneliness.
Ten more years of mom's life.
Ten more years of Gohan's life.
Ten years of Pan's life.
Ten more years of my life.
Now, here I am. Ten years later. Once I got over the initial shock of my dad's abandonment, that's when the resentment began. I couldn't believe he had done this. The amount of hurt and pain that he caused in my mom's life and brother's life already was infuriating. And now, poor Panny. She would get to feel the pain caused by my father's absence. I felt so bad for her. She was only three. She didn't deserve that. Just thinking about the man makes my blood boil. The mention of his name makes me want to put my fist through the nearest wall. I hate him. I hate him. Year after year, more and more resentment began to build. No one knows the depth of my utter disgust for him. The worst part…
He's back.
I'm going to end it right there. I apologize for the shortness. Next chapter will be longer. Don't forget to read and review.
~Happy Readings