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Minako tried to be careful as she wrapped a bandage around Goten's shoulder. He gave a small yelp as she put on rubbing alcohol. When they had finally gotten home about an hour ago, Gohan took his brother into his bedroom and fully explained his Sayian heritage.
Goten stared into space with a stone face. Minako finished bandaging him, and tied a final knot on the gauze. She looked at him nervously.
Mistress 9.....I can't believe that she's back....and that Goten got away......
"Why don't you go on to bed Goten, you've had a hard day."
Goten gave a quick nod of his head and scooted into his bedroom, not saying a word, his face like he had seen a ghost. Minako sighed as she went off to her own room. She thought if she slept on things her worries would go away....everything would go away....life would go away....
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Gohan was walking through the hallway to his own room, the floorboards creaking with each step. He had a lot on his mind, mostly about her. He needed a good nights sleep. He was about to open the door to his bedroom when out of the corner of his eye, he saw something quite out of the ordinary.
"Usa....reading...?"
The door to her bedroom was partially open, enough for him to see in. He always thought of her as kind of pampered and rude, and not exactly the brightest crayon in the box; but there she was, with her nose in a book. However, that wasn't the strangest thing that was going on in her room.
He watched as a small music box, with a rabbit ballerina, was lifted into the air by some unseen force. Then he looked to her face and saw her eyebrows knit together as the music box was gently set back down. He looked on again as the same routine was done for about half the objects in the room.
She has telekinesis.....
Tonight, right after Gohan had told his brother of their past, Minako revealed a few secrets of her own. She told him and Goten about the Sailor Senshi, the warriors with the souls of the Solar System. About how they fought on the side of their princess, fighting on the side of "good." And then she had told of how Mistress 9 used to be one of them, but how a manifestation of evil had invaded her body and corrupted her. She told of her revenge on the ones she had once loved, the only survivors being she and Chibiusa. Gohan guessed that this power she possessed had something with this Ginzushou thing that Minako had mentioned....
He pushed the door open a little bit more, and the porcelain doll that was currently suspended in the air came crashing to the floor, startling her.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just wanted to say goodnight-"
She shrugged her shoulders. "It's okay, you can come in."
She scooted over on her bed to make room for him to sit down. He hesitated, but did so.
"How long have you been able to do....that?"
She glared at him with an unsatisfied smirk. "None of your damn business."
His expression dropped. "Sorry."
She frowned at him. "Stop it."
"Stop what?"
"Acting so shy, and cold. Loosen up, I as just kidding. You've been here almost a month and I haven't really seen you smile or laugh once."
He looked down. "I don't have anything to smile about."
"Sure you do, you have a lot to be thankful for. You're better off than most people." She smiled at him. "I want to get to know you better."
He saw a small mischievous twinkle in her eyes, one he really hadn't seen before. Kind of what he saw when she was healing him the day they first met. He forced a rare, real smile on his face, for her.
"I want to get to know you better too."
She felt his fingertips brush up against her hand. They both leaned in a little, their noses almost inches apart. And just as they were both about to lean in for the kill, they heard a sudden crash coming from another room....Goten's room....
*****
Goten sat on his bed rocking back and forth, tears streaming down his face. He had his dream again.
*Blood was everywhere, soaking the ground and the grass. She was there, bleeding to death.
His mother.
His brother was there too, he was much younger then. He was cradling her head in his lap, sobbing and screaming obscenities at himself and her, and saying "I'm sorry" over and over. And as the life slowly faded from her, his thirteen year old brother picked him up and started running, as long and as far as he could. He also noticed there was something wrong with Gohan. He was bleeding, badly. It looked like someone had stabbed him in the back. He remembered being sat down on Capsule Corporation's doorstep, and his brother kissing his forehead, as if to say he wasn't coming back, and then took off into the night.
He was two years old.
His mother was dead.
He was left alone.*
Goten felt a soft hand on his back, snapping him back to reality.
"Sshh Goten, it's okay."
He looked up to see that the voice was coming from Usagi. He looked over to the left where his brother stood, his arms folded across his chest, a look of concern across his face.
Goten sobbed into Usagi's chest. "Mistress 9....she....she killed my momma...."
Usagi gently rocked him back and forth, trying to calm him down. "It's okay....everything's alright..."
Gohan watched Usagi cradle him into a tearful sleep. He gritted his teeth. Thoughts of guilt ran through his mind as he sat next to his brother on the bed.
Mistress 9 may have killed millions of people....but she didn't kill Momma....even I know who did that....
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To Be Continued......
(A/N: Yes, I know, this was way too short, but I guess it was more or less a filler chapter....or somethin' .....Anyhoo, the next one will be longer....I think..... -_-;; R&R ~Flirtatious Flamingo~)