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14 year old Goten stood there in the mountains looking at his old home. Here all of his childhood memories were made.
"Home." Goten whispered to himself.
Looking over at a large tree he remembered when Gohan had built him a swing under it.
*Flashback:*
"Is swing done, big bro?" asked a little Goten.
"Almost little guy. Just need to make sure it's tight and there! It's finished!" Gohan said proud of his work.
"Yey!" Goten said as he jumped on the swing. "Push push!" Goten excitedly told his big brother.
Gohan gave his brother a big push. Though Goten didn't realize it at the time, his older brother still held deep scars over the death of their dad during the Cell Games. Yet whenever Gohan heard his baby brother's laughter it always cheered him up, it was one of the few things that truly made Gohan happy.
Gohan was so lost in thought he wasn't paying attention to how hard he was pushing Goten. The next thing he heard was crying. Gohan looked over at his baby brother and saw him on the ground with a scrapped knee crying.
"Goten! I'm so sorry! Please don't hate me." Gohan said panicked.
Seeing his baby brother, who looked so much like their father, crying on the ground because he hurt him reminded Gohan that he was the one responsible for killing their dad before Goten ever had a chance to know him.
"I never hate you GoGo!" Goten said, calling Gohan by his nickname.
Gohan smiled, but he knew if Goten ever knew it was his fault for killing their dad, Goten would probably hate Gohan forever.
Gohan took Goten to the kitchen and bandaged his knee. The small child hugged his big brother.
"Thank you for always looking out for me." Goten whispered bringing a few tears to Gohan's eyes.
*End of Flashback*
It wouldn't be for another 3 years after the swing incident that Gohan would tell him the truth about their father's death. When Goten finally learned the truth, he didn't hate Gohan or hold it against him because he never felt like it was Gohan's fault.
"And I still feel that way. You were never at fault, brother." Goten said with sincerity.
"It was dad who chose to stay dead and leave us behind." Now Goten said this with a flinch of resentment in his voice.
As he slowly opened the door and stared into the empty hall of his childhood home, he thought back to the sounds and smells he once heard when he walked into his home as a child. The sound of his mother cooking in the kitchen and the smell of her soups and dishes. He could also recall her scent. Being a saiyan, Goten has a strong sense of smell, and he recalled the smell of his mother's perfume to be calming and relaxing. Though he wished he could remember her singing as she cooked, that would be a lie. Goten could only remember the gentle moans of her crying. Though he was only a child, Goten knew his mother was crying over his father.
"Mom…he hurt you didn't he?" Goten mumbled.
As he passed the now empty living room, he recalled where each piece of furniture was. He remembered how he used to color with his coloring books as he watched cartoons in front of the TV. He also remembered Gohan coming home and passing out on the couch until dinner was ready.
Back then Gohan was tired a lot. When their dad died, Gohan had to start working many jobs to keep his family stable. This led to Gohan becoming exhausted and sleeping during the afternoons. Because of this Gohan's life consisted of work, sleep, taking his family where they needed to be, training, and studying. It was almost like Gohan's chance to be a kid and enjoying his childhood was taken from him. He was suddenly forced to be an adult.
"If you would have stayed then Gohan wouldn't have frowned so much. If you would have stayed then Gohan could have been a kid." Goten said referring to his father yet again.
As Goten stepped upstairs he recalled all the times he gave his mother a hard time taking a bath. When she would try to wash his tail he would have a fit. He regretted doing that to his mother. He wouldn't have been so unruly if he had understood the pain his mother was feeling back then.
As Goten approached his mother's room where her bed once was, he thought back to one night when he was only 3 years old.
*Flashback:*
Goten awoke to hear his mother's crying. He looked over to see Gohan was not in their bed which they shared. Stepping out of bed and into the hallway Goten peaked into his mother's room to see Gohan holding their mother close as she cried, mourning over their dad.
"I'm so sorry mom. I'll try to take care of you and Goten as best I can. I love you." Goten could hear Gohan say to Chi Chi as she kept crying.
Their dad choosing to leave them made their mommy cry. His dad had broke his mommy's heart. Was all that little Goten could think about as he watched Gohan trying to comfort their mom.
*End of Flashback*
"You hurt my mother. That is something I will never forgive you for." Goten said as he gripped his fist in anger.
Just then Goten's cell phone rang. He answered it. It was one the people who worked for the Royal Son Family. He told Goten that his father, King Goku was requesting him to come back to the castle for something important. Goten informed the servant that he would be there in 30 minutes and then hang up.
Goten walked outside and turned back to catch one more look at his home. Oh how the teenager missed the nice, simple, and peaceful life he lived here. Sure it hurt him to see his brother and mother mourning his father. But at least back then Goten felt like his family was a real family.
Now that they were royalty and lived in a castle, family life seemed so stage. Thrown into this new life, Goten felt like he lost his father. Though the pain his father had left in him by choosing not to come back to life remained with him even when his dad returned after the battle with Buu. Goten tried to build a relationship with his dad. But when his father was made king, it felt like his dad was leaving him again and so the pain that was created during the first 7 years of his life was only cut deeper now.
It was because of all this that Goten never really felt like he had a father. He never felt like his father loved him. He never has known really what it's like to have a dad. Goten also thought he was the only one who felt this way. He thought he was the only one who had a father like this. Little did Goten know, he couldn't have been more wrong. On the other side of the world, there is another who understands the same hurt that Goten has experienced.