Goten's Ordeal
Chapter 2
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"I'm sorry..." The doctor said.
Everyone gasped.
"No! It can't be true!" Chi Chi cried.
"Goten is slowly dying and there's nothing we can do, he has poison in his bloodstream and there's too much of it. I think it's best to say goodbye to him while you still can." The doctor explained.
Everyone was shocked and upset, Vegeta even felt bad for Goku! Same with Piccolo!
Chi Chi couldn't help but sob into Goku's chest. Goku hugged her and tried to help comfort her but it didn't work.
"Mom, I wanna go see him now!" Trunks shouted.
Bulma looked down and a tear escaped through her eye.
"Family first Trunks." Bulma told him.
"No! I wanna go see him mom! Please!" Trunks cried.
He hugged his mother's leg and looked up, crying hard.
"Trunks! Stop crying." Vegeta shouted.
Trunks ignored his father and kept on crying into Bulma's leg.
Then...
Gohan ran through the doors and headed straight to Chi Chi.
Videl followed and carried Pan with her.
"Gohan?" Chi Chi said.
She looked around and saw him with a sad expression on his face.
"The rumors aren't true are they?" Gohan whispered to Chi Chi.
She nodded her head and continued to cry.
"Now, if you wanna say your goodbyes... He's through that door right there." The doctor told them.
Chi Chi, Goku, Gohan and Videl all came into the room. Videl was part of the family now.
When they closed the door behind them, they saw a curtain surrounding a bed.
Chi Chi was the first to open it, and it revealed a sleeping Goten in the bed.
Chi Chi tried her best to hold back the tears, but she failed to do so.
Everyone in the room had a sad expression on their faces.
Chi Chi was crying the most. She felt like it was her fault.
"I'm a terrible mother... I let him down." Chi Chi whispered.
Goku felt the same way too.
"There must be something I could've done to save him... I let my own son down, and now he's slipping away from us, and is slowly dying. I failed to be a hero..." Goku said quietly.
"Come on Goten... Hang in there buddy." Gohan thought.
Videl had no words though, she just stood there in silence. She was sad too.
That's when Goten slowly opened his eyes when he heard voices. He coughed and then woke up completely.
Everyone was shocked by the loud coughs coming from him.
"Mommy..." Goten said weakly.
He tried getting up but his mother told him to rest.
"Mommy... Daddy... Brother... Videl too?" Goten said.
"Hey Goten..." They all said quietly.
"What's happening to me? And where am I?" Goten replied.
He looked around and found himself in a hospital bed.
"Goten... You," Chi Chi was gonna explain what happened to him, but Goku cut her off by whispering in her ear saying,
"Don't... If you tell him what happens, he'll panic and then go into shock. We don't want him to know, we can't risk it..."
Chi Chi nodded her head and looked at Goten.
Goten kept coughing, then the pain came back from the poison inside him.
"Ow..." Goten softly said.
He didn't move though, the pain gradually became worse...
He was experiencing pure agony...
Goten started to cry now...
"Mommy... I already know what's going to happen to me... I was poisoned. Am I gonna die?" Goten cried.
Chi Chi didn't respond, instead she kept hearing the same words constantly playing in her mind, like a broken record player.
"Am I gonna die?"
She ignored it and decided to tell him the truth.
Goten didn't freak out though... He looked at Goku next.
"Daddy... There has to be another way right!" Goten exclaimed.
"I'm sorry son... There is no other way." Goku apologized.
Goten then started to cry even more.
"PLEASE DAD! I DON'T WANNA DIE! THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY! THERE HAS TO!" Goten shouted.
Goku didn't respond back...
Neither did Chi Chi, or Gohan, or Videl.
That's when Chi Chi hugged Goten tightly. Goten hugged her back.
"I'm sorry Goten, I'm so sorry... Mommy loves you very much, you know that right? I always will." Chi Chi cried.
Goku joined in and hugged both of them. Gohan joined as well, and Videl too.
All of them were sad, but then Goten opened his eyes and looked to the right when he heard a baby crying.
"Huh?" Goten said.
Videl lifted Pan up and set her next to Goten.
"Hi Goten..." Videl said softly.
"Hi Videl, who's this?" Goten asked, pointing to the small infant.
"That's Pan, she's your niece." Gohan explained.
Goten hugged Pan, and Pan hugged him back.
"Hi Pan..." Goten greeted her.
Everyone smiled at the scene.
"Heh, I'm a young Uncle then." Goten laughed.
He stopped laughing though...
The pain came back and it was terrible. He screamed out in pain. Loud enough for everyone else to hear outside.
The doctors immediately came in and checked his heart rate. The heart rate monitor started beeping loud. And Goten suddenly stopped... And fell back into his bed.
Videl picked up Pan and stepped back a bit, everyone else did the same thing too.
Doctors and nurses tried performing CPR on him, but Goten didn't respond...
Goku, Gohan, Chi Chi, and Videl all left the room quickly because the doctor told them that they had to.
When the door behind them closed, they heard loud shouting and loud noises too.
Everyone's hearts were beating. They hoped for a miracle to happen.
An hour or so had passed, and nobody came to tell them the news.
That's when the doctor came out of the room and went straight to Chi Chi and Goku.
"I'm sorry... He's gone, his heart rate stopped from the large amount of poison in his veins and arteries. All of his organs shut down and killed him instantly. We tried our best to try and revive him, but I'm sorry. I'll give you all sometime to process this." The doctor explained in a sad tone.
The doctor left everyone alone, and they were all shocked from the devastating news.
Goku used instant transmission and carried Goten's lifeless body, as well as everybody else too. They appeared outside in front of the Son's He ouse.
Chi Chi was the first one to scream out and cry. Gohan cried, as well as Videl, and Trunks.
Chi Chi took Goten from Goku and stared at him.
Goten felt cold to Chi Chi. She bent down and sobbed.
"Goten... I'm so sorry baby, I really am! I could've done something to help you! I could've!" Chi Chi told herself.
Then she heard the same words re-appear in her head.
"I don't wanna die!"
Goku put his hand on her back and hugged her. He looked at Goten as well and whispered to himself saying,
"I'm so sorry son, I failed you... I can't even revive you or bring you back to life. Some hero I am, and a terrible father."
Gohan was upset too, he cried a bit. He looked up in the sky and thought to himself,
"If I would've known sooner... I would've helped you bro. I really would!"
Gohan punched the ground with his fist.
"WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE HIM?" Gohan shouted.
Videl ran up to him and hugged him.
"Gohan, I'm sorry..."
Gohan hugged her back and did the same to Pan.
"He would've been a great Uncle to Pan. You should've seen his face when he realized that he was an Uncle to her." Gohan whispered.
Videl felt really bad for Gohan. She kept hugging him, trying to comfort him.
"DAMN! IT'S ALL MY FAULT! I COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING!" Goku yelled.
He looked up towards the sky and sighed.
Vegeta took a few steps until he reached Goku.
"I'm sorry for your son Kakarot." Vegeta told him.
Vegeta patted him on the back.
"Even though I didn't know the kid that very well... I'm sorry that he's gone Goku." Piccolo exclaimed.
Trunks ran up to Goten and looked at him. He couldn't believe that his best and only friend was gone.
"G-Goten, please... Don't leave me yet!" Trunks said.
He tried to hold back the tears, but Vegeta understood him. Trunks let them out eventually, and he cried hard.
"GOTEN! DON'T LEAVE ME! NOT YET! YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND!" Trunks sobbed.
Trunks got up and ran into Bulma. He immediately tackled her to the ground and hugged her tightly.
"MOM! PLEASE! THERE'S GOTTA BE ANOTHER WAY TO SAVE HIM! OR REVIVE HIM! WE CAN USE THE DRAGON BALLS TO WISH HIM BACK RIGHT?" Trunks asked her.
Bulma held Trunks close to her, she hugged him and didn't let go of him.
"Trunks, I'm sorry. Really I am! As much as we all want to do it. We can't revive him. He died of a natural cause."
"NO! I NEVER EVEN GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO HIM!" Trunks replied.
He sobbed into Bulma's chest, and she continued to hug him back... Trying to comfort him.
It was a very sad day for everyone...
Practically all of the Z-Fighters were family. Having a death of a child, made everyone sad...
A couple of days later...
It was morning, it wasn't sunny out. Instead, it was cloudy and it looked like it was about to rain any second now.
All of the Z-Fighters went to the Son's House, And they had a funeral for Goten.
Everyone surrounded a shovel in the back. Everyone took a turn digging the hole in the ground. Nobody enjoyed doing it though, everyone was still upset. Goku and Chi Chi carried Goten out, and gently placed him into the hole. They wrapped him in a blanket, and then everyone else grabbed the shovel and covered up Goten.
Then, Chi Chi went inside the house to get something, and came back to where they buried Goten.
She set down a "t" shaped Cross that said,
"Here lies Goten, a brilliant, happy, great family member anybody could ask for. May his time in afterlife be peaceful and filled with lots of joy."
Chi Chi didn't hold back the tears, she kept sobbing over Goten's grave. Same with the rest of her family.
Trunks looked at the Wristband Goten gave him, and felt heart-broken. He couldn't believe that Goten was really gone, and that he had no other friend to play with, to laugh with, to talk with, or anybody else who could be a great friend like Goten.
It was a very devastating loss, the death of Goten.
Chi Chi heard the same voice in her head again,
"I don't wanna die!"
Then Goku heard it,
"PLEASE DAD! I DON'T WANNA DIE! THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY! THERE HAS TO!"
Goku and Chi Chi held each other's hands.
"It's okay Chi..." Goku started.
Chi Chi looked into his eyes and started to cry.
"We're gonna get through this together." Goku finished.
Everyone looked at Goten's grave. All of them were thinking about how happy he was, and his personality.
R.I.P. Goten, may his time in afterlife... Be peaceful.
Well, I kinda let a tear fall from my eye while writing this, believe it or not!
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