The Lost Soul of a Warrior

by Dark Nights Bring Darker Days

Goku sacrificed himself four years against Cell and Gohan is suffering still. Can Goku became the father his son needs, or will his choice cost him his son? Revising in progress.

1. Four Years Later

Chapter 1: Four Years Later

A young boy sat on the cold hard ground of what was once the arena of the Cell games. The games in which his father gave his life for the people of Earth, his friends but most of all, his father gave his life for him, his son. Now four years later, he still couldn't forgive himself for not finishing off Cell which caused his father to have to sacrifice himself. But more than anything, he couldn't forgive his father for not coming back, for not being there for his brother or mother, for not being there for him.

"Why Dad? Why?" The half Saiyan yelled slamming his fist into the ground as tears of pain, anger and hatred flowed from his eyes. "Mom needs you, Goten needs you and I need you!"

Meanwhile in the distance he swore he could hear his mother calling his name, but he couldn't go home not like this, not such a mess. Mentally the young fifteen year old boy was struggling; he had been struggling forever now since the place he once called home was covered in photos of the man who hurt him the most, the man who was suppose to protect him, his father. His mind overflowing with thoughts, Gohan pulled himself off the ground and headed for the one place he knew he was safe, the woods.

-DBZ-

"Where could Gohan be?" Chi-Chi wondered as she paced the outside of her house, holding her four year old son in her arms who had spent nearly the last hour crying because he wanted Gohan to play with him and Gohan wasn't home. "Come on Goten, let's go find Gohan." Chi-Chi called, setting her son down and taking his hand. Goten nodded, before wiping his face with his free hand.

-DBZ-

Now alone in the darkness of the woods, Gohan let all his tears flow freely as he sunk to the ground, no longer afraid of getting caught as the pain became too much for the poor kid to bare. Remembering why he had came here, the boy who was growing into a man put his hand over his sash where the little blade was that he always kept with him. It had been a present from his grandfather for his eleventh birthday, one that his mother had greatly disapproved of but after the Ox King explained his reason for giving his grandson such a present, Chi-Chi allowed her son to keep it. Though Ox King reasons were all but the reasons Gohan used it, unknown to Ox King and Chi-Chi. No instead Gohan used it for something much worse.