(A/N) Hiya, peeps! I was bored so I decided to write more to this. Plus I just felt like writing something. And also, thankies to Jade, Miriam b., Saiyangirl*dbz*dbgt, Omega, and thankies again to hippiechick and Elvin Flame. And Jade; thanks a bunch for your advice ^_^ I wouldn't give up writing in any case, whether they reviewed or not. I think I said that in another story...I just like to have some sort of motivation. And people who want to read it is a pretty good motivation. And I'm very, very glad that you guys seemed to like it, that makes me happy!(I at least hope that Jade enjoyed it despite her first doubts... oh well, even if she didn't, I don't know her personally anyway, so...*shrugs*) I decided to write this after reading Omega's second review where she said that Goten has a hard burden now... Then the gears in my head started whirring and then this was created. Hope those of you who reviewed before decide to read this chappie too!!! Oh well I'll shut up now so you can read this chapter of Tears of Pain. I hope you enjoy! Oh and also, this is an AU (in case you didn't guess...) The Babidi/Buu sagas never happened. Goku did come back to life, and participated in the tournament, but Spopovitch and that other guy never showed up, Babidi never landed his ship on Earth, da da da da da.... etc... whatever. And I changed all the ages ^.^ just letting you know. Pan is only three years younger than Goten. Goten is eighteen, Trunks is nineteen, Chichi is about 40 some, Bulma is about 50 some, and Videl is about 28 I guess. Anyways, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I wish I owned DBZ...I'd have a lot more money than I do now. But don't sue me, all you'd get are some notebooks full of random junk, a lot of books, some statues of random animals or things, but no matter what, I wouldn't give up my computer!!! MY COMPUTER!!!!
It had been exactly five years since Gohan had died. Goten sat outside, staring at the starry sky. Why did he have to die anyway? Why did this all have to happen? Why did his life have to get so screwed up anyway?
Goten was now eighteen years old, and a senior in high school. He'd been called out of school several times over the last few years by his mother, who had been having panic attacks and was being scared and lonely. Ever since Gohan's death, she just wasn't the same anymore. She jumped at small things, which never would have bothered her before, and she cried almost all the time, when she wasn't yelling at whoever had made her angry, or when she wasn't screaming or panicking about something really stupid.
Videl wasn't quite as bad, but was still pretty bad. She spaced out a lot, and cried whenever she thought she was alone. Sometimes, she'd get so depressed, she'd lock herself in her room for days at a time. Whenever that happened, Goten would take Pan to his house and watch her until Videl recovered her senses. But the majority of the time, she seemed almost normal, although she was a lot quicker to anger since then.
Goten felt sorry for Pan. She hardly remembered her dad, she was so naive when he died, and only 10 years old. It was sad, she had so few real memories of her dad. Whenever she was hanging out with her uncle, she always asked him what her father was like. Goten always told her stories about him, how he had been the Great Saiyaman, how he'd defeated Cell, and fought Buu, how he'd met Videl at his school and taught her to fly, and how he'd eventually married her. Pan always listened intently, not wanting to miss a word of it. And Goten was always more than happy to tell her all about his older brother, her father.
Some people, total bakas that they were, thought that Goten and Pan were much closer than was appropriate. Gohan being Videl's husband,their family had recieved a lot of publicity. And they all thought their "relationship" was unappropriate. Goten thought this was just plain dumb. Couldn't anyone just talk to their niece without them being sickos? It was so unprobable, it wasn't even funny.
"Goten?"
Goten jumped at the sound of her voice. "Panny! I didn't even hear you come up."
Pan sat down beside him. "What were you thinking about that was so fascinating?"
Goten sat there for a moment, not answering. Just as Pan began to wonder if he was going to answer, he said, "I was thinking about Gohan."
"Oh..." Pan looked away. She could still remember that day. Her father had looked so happy, so peaceful...how could someone be so calm when they were dying? She didn't understand.
Goten glanced at her. "What's wrong with you?" he asked.
Pan replied, "Not much. Just...how can I remember it so well? It was so long ago."
Goten shrugged. "I'm not as smart as he was, but I can guess it's because it was such a horrible time. Besides, it wasn't all that long ago."
Pan sighed and sprawled out on her back. "Tell me about Grandpa."
Goten was surprised. This was a first; Pan had never asked about her grandfather before. "Well, what about him?"
Pan thought about this, then said, "Tell me about the World Tournament he was in."
Goten smiled, remembering it. "Heh, that. That was funny. He was allowed to come back for just one day..."
(A/N This is a flashback... So don't get confused, k?)
Goku faced Vegeta, both of them flying about 10 feet above the arena. Vegeta smirked at his longtime rival, and Goku's expression almost mirrored his. "You know I'm going to defeat you right?" Vegeta commented.
Goku grinned. "Well I guess that luck could be on your side."
Vegeta smirked. "I think that luck has nothing to do with it. It's skill, and strength, and I have enough to beat you now! I haven't been slacking off the past seven years!"
"Believe what you want to believe, Vegeta. But I do think that we should get started now, I don't think that anyone wants to hear your boasting any more."
"Heh. So eager for defeat. Alright then, prepare to be defeated!" With that, Vegeta rushed at Goku, who readied himself for Vegeta's attack.
The audience gasped as they saw them meet with a flurry of punches and kicks. They weren't worried anymore about hiding their Super Saiyan powers, since Goten and Trunks had already blown that. Vegeta powered up to Super Saiyan and attacked Goku again.
Suddenly, a bright flash filled the arena, and the audience all covered their eyes, except for the Z warriors, who could see that Goku had used the Solar Flare to blind Vegeta. Vegeta blinked, now seeing spots, and Goku moved in to attack. Vegeta smirked and blasted where Goku's ki was. Goku, thinking that he had Vegeta where he wanted him, was taken by surprise and was flung backwards. When he realized what was happening, he tried to stop himself, but didn't make it in time before he hit the stands facefirst.
The crowd was screaming and running away from where Goku had hit. Goku was still, with his face in an indentation that he had created in the stands. Medics rushed over to try to help him.
Suddenly, Goku popped up, his face red from hitting the stands so hard. The medics shrieked in fear and ran off, tripping over eachother in a desperate attempt to get away from him. Normally, an attack like that would've killed a normal human. Fortunately for Goku, he wasn't normal and he wasn't a human.
"Hey Vegeta, that was a good shot!" Goku cried.
"The winner of this match is Vegeta!" the announcer cried, making Goku sweatdrop.
Goku yelled, "Hey! We weren't finished!"
"Hmph," Vegeta grunted with a smirk. "Face it, Kakarott. You just don't stand a chance against me."
Goku glared at him. "That's not true, and you know it. If you hadn't pulled that cheap shot, then I'd have won..."
The announcer sweatdropped. "Sorry Goku, but the rules are the rules. You were....forced out of the ring and therefore you lose the match."
"Even if that hadn't happened, you still would've lost," Vegeta smirked. "I am the Saiyan Prince after all, and you're a lowly 3rd-class baka."
Goku glared at him. "Let's settle this then, Vegeta. Let's fight again, this time no rules except that we can't kill the other fighter, okay?"
Vegeta nodded, getting in a fighting stance. "Fine then, Kakarott. I'll beat you up again."
The announcer sweatdropped again and cried, "Whoa whoa whoa fellas! You can't fight here, we have other matches to go through!!!"
Goku glanced at him. Vegeta sighed. "Fine then, we'll go somewhere else." Then the two Saiyans flew off to fight again somewhere else.
(A/N End flashback ^_^ didja like it?)
Pan grinned. "Who won that time?"
Goten replied, "Who knows? They wouldn't say. Maybe they ended it in a tie. Or maybe they just agreed to not tell the results. I have no clue. It just happened."
"Okay then..." Pan said thoughtfully. "Who was stronger?"
Goten shrugged. "They both can suppress their ki so...either one might have been stronger."
Suddenly, off in the far distance, a high ki force blinked on and off, as if someone had been suppressing it and suddenly lost control for a split second. But for Pan and Goten, that split second was all they needed to notice it.
"What was that?" Goten cried. "That was awfully high for a ki that I've never sensed before!"
Pan took to the air, not even waiting for her uncle to catch up. "I don't know who it is, but I will find out! Come on, Uncle Goten!"
Without a word, Goten took off after his neice, and they both went to find the owner of that ki.
A/N Chavi: Hey! How'd you like it? Gomen, but I don't think this chapter's that good. But I promise, that was just because I had some slight writer's block! I swear that the next chappy will be both longer and better!!! Well have fun! Review!
Jenna: Next time you'll find out who the owner of that ki is ^_^
Chavi: Yeppers! ^_^ so review and remember that more reviews=more motivation=more updates!!! So review right away and try my other fics!!! Bye bye now! Ja ne! ^_^
Disclaimer: I wish I owned DBZ...I'd have a lot more money than I do now. But don't sue me, all you'd get are some notebooks full of random junk, a lot of books, some statues of random animals or things, but no matter what, I wouldn't give up my computer!!! MY COMPUTER!!!!
It had been exactly five years since Gohan had died. Goten sat outside, staring at the starry sky. Why did he have to die anyway? Why did this all have to happen? Why did his life have to get so screwed up anyway?
Goten was now eighteen years old, and a senior in high school. He'd been called out of school several times over the last few years by his mother, who had been having panic attacks and was being scared and lonely. Ever since Gohan's death, she just wasn't the same anymore. She jumped at small things, which never would have bothered her before, and she cried almost all the time, when she wasn't yelling at whoever had made her angry, or when she wasn't screaming or panicking about something really stupid.
Videl wasn't quite as bad, but was still pretty bad. She spaced out a lot, and cried whenever she thought she was alone. Sometimes, she'd get so depressed, she'd lock herself in her room for days at a time. Whenever that happened, Goten would take Pan to his house and watch her until Videl recovered her senses. But the majority of the time, she seemed almost normal, although she was a lot quicker to anger since then.
Goten felt sorry for Pan. She hardly remembered her dad, she was so naive when he died, and only 10 years old. It was sad, she had so few real memories of her dad. Whenever she was hanging out with her uncle, she always asked him what her father was like. Goten always told her stories about him, how he had been the Great Saiyaman, how he'd defeated Cell, and fought Buu, how he'd met Videl at his school and taught her to fly, and how he'd eventually married her. Pan always listened intently, not wanting to miss a word of it. And Goten was always more than happy to tell her all about his older brother, her father.
Some people, total bakas that they were, thought that Goten and Pan were much closer than was appropriate. Gohan being Videl's husband,their family had recieved a lot of publicity. And they all thought their "relationship" was unappropriate. Goten thought this was just plain dumb. Couldn't anyone just talk to their niece without them being sickos? It was so unprobable, it wasn't even funny.
"Goten?"
Goten jumped at the sound of her voice. "Panny! I didn't even hear you come up."
Pan sat down beside him. "What were you thinking about that was so fascinating?"
Goten sat there for a moment, not answering. Just as Pan began to wonder if he was going to answer, he said, "I was thinking about Gohan."
"Oh..." Pan looked away. She could still remember that day. Her father had looked so happy, so peaceful...how could someone be so calm when they were dying? She didn't understand.
Goten glanced at her. "What's wrong with you?" he asked.
Pan replied, "Not much. Just...how can I remember it so well? It was so long ago."
Goten shrugged. "I'm not as smart as he was, but I can guess it's because it was such a horrible time. Besides, it wasn't all that long ago."
Pan sighed and sprawled out on her back. "Tell me about Grandpa."
Goten was surprised. This was a first; Pan had never asked about her grandfather before. "Well, what about him?"
Pan thought about this, then said, "Tell me about the World Tournament he was in."
Goten smiled, remembering it. "Heh, that. That was funny. He was allowed to come back for just one day..."
(A/N This is a flashback... So don't get confused, k?)
Goku faced Vegeta, both of them flying about 10 feet above the arena. Vegeta smirked at his longtime rival, and Goku's expression almost mirrored his. "You know I'm going to defeat you right?" Vegeta commented.
Goku grinned. "Well I guess that luck could be on your side."
Vegeta smirked. "I think that luck has nothing to do with it. It's skill, and strength, and I have enough to beat you now! I haven't been slacking off the past seven years!"
"Believe what you want to believe, Vegeta. But I do think that we should get started now, I don't think that anyone wants to hear your boasting any more."
"Heh. So eager for defeat. Alright then, prepare to be defeated!" With that, Vegeta rushed at Goku, who readied himself for Vegeta's attack.
The audience gasped as they saw them meet with a flurry of punches and kicks. They weren't worried anymore about hiding their Super Saiyan powers, since Goten and Trunks had already blown that. Vegeta powered up to Super Saiyan and attacked Goku again.
Suddenly, a bright flash filled the arena, and the audience all covered their eyes, except for the Z warriors, who could see that Goku had used the Solar Flare to blind Vegeta. Vegeta blinked, now seeing spots, and Goku moved in to attack. Vegeta smirked and blasted where Goku's ki was. Goku, thinking that he had Vegeta where he wanted him, was taken by surprise and was flung backwards. When he realized what was happening, he tried to stop himself, but didn't make it in time before he hit the stands facefirst.
The crowd was screaming and running away from where Goku had hit. Goku was still, with his face in an indentation that he had created in the stands. Medics rushed over to try to help him.
Suddenly, Goku popped up, his face red from hitting the stands so hard. The medics shrieked in fear and ran off, tripping over eachother in a desperate attempt to get away from him. Normally, an attack like that would've killed a normal human. Fortunately for Goku, he wasn't normal and he wasn't a human.
"Hey Vegeta, that was a good shot!" Goku cried.
"The winner of this match is Vegeta!" the announcer cried, making Goku sweatdrop.
Goku yelled, "Hey! We weren't finished!"
"Hmph," Vegeta grunted with a smirk. "Face it, Kakarott. You just don't stand a chance against me."
Goku glared at him. "That's not true, and you know it. If you hadn't pulled that cheap shot, then I'd have won..."
The announcer sweatdropped. "Sorry Goku, but the rules are the rules. You were....forced out of the ring and therefore you lose the match."
"Even if that hadn't happened, you still would've lost," Vegeta smirked. "I am the Saiyan Prince after all, and you're a lowly 3rd-class baka."
Goku glared at him. "Let's settle this then, Vegeta. Let's fight again, this time no rules except that we can't kill the other fighter, okay?"
Vegeta nodded, getting in a fighting stance. "Fine then, Kakarott. I'll beat you up again."
The announcer sweatdropped again and cried, "Whoa whoa whoa fellas! You can't fight here, we have other matches to go through!!!"
Goku glanced at him. Vegeta sighed. "Fine then, we'll go somewhere else." Then the two Saiyans flew off to fight again somewhere else.
(A/N End flashback ^_^ didja like it?)
Pan grinned. "Who won that time?"
Goten replied, "Who knows? They wouldn't say. Maybe they ended it in a tie. Or maybe they just agreed to not tell the results. I have no clue. It just happened."
"Okay then..." Pan said thoughtfully. "Who was stronger?"
Goten shrugged. "They both can suppress their ki so...either one might have been stronger."
Suddenly, off in the far distance, a high ki force blinked on and off, as if someone had been suppressing it and suddenly lost control for a split second. But for Pan and Goten, that split second was all they needed to notice it.
"What was that?" Goten cried. "That was awfully high for a ki that I've never sensed before!"
Pan took to the air, not even waiting for her uncle to catch up. "I don't know who it is, but I will find out! Come on, Uncle Goten!"
Without a word, Goten took off after his neice, and they both went to find the owner of that ki.
A/N Chavi: Hey! How'd you like it? Gomen, but I don't think this chapter's that good. But I promise, that was just because I had some slight writer's block! I swear that the next chappy will be both longer and better!!! Well have fun! Review!
Jenna: Next time you'll find out who the owner of that ki is ^_^
Chavi: Yeppers! ^_^ so review and remember that more reviews=more motivation=more updates!!! So review right away and try my other fics!!! Bye bye now! Ja ne! ^_^