"Close But No Cigar"

I'm trying to get these out as soon as possible, really I am. Some of you may be weirded out cuz Goten went Super Saiyan for the first time, but bare with me please. Pleaz R&R!

Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, but I do own Awki, so you can't have her, so there! *sticks out her tongue*

Chapter 13: Acceptance

Trunks gasped as his the man beside him stood up and faced Awki and the unsuspecting cronies. They were about to die without any warning. Trunks realized that Goten must have been pretty serious about Awki if he wouldn't even give them a chance before demolishing them. He also knew that whatever Goten was going to do to them, however gruesome, the deserved much more.

Goten approached one of the men and grabbed him by the throat. Goten wasted no time squeezing the life out of this helpless human and proceeded on the other. He was more violent with him; he had been the one to practically kill Awki with a ki blast. He reached for his head and decapitated him on the spot. Goten could feel the blood of the man he had just killed pour down over his hand that was still clutching the head of the crony.

Goten was quickly snapped back to reality as Awki made a low gurgling sound as she coughed up blood. The look of pure anguish in Goten's eyes was too much for Trunks to take as he picked up the limp body of Awki and carefully walked over to Trunks gesturing for their departure. Trunks followed the silent silhouette of Goten walking down one of the many passages in the ship. Even his back seemed to be sad, as funny as it sounded.

There was a low rumble and Vegeta emerged out of breath through a wall that he had disintegrated in order to get to his destination. He took one look at Awki and began spewing accusations. This usually bothered Goten, but this time Goten took the verbal abuse without retorting to any of the comments that Vegeta verbally inflicted. Trunks was the first to speak on Goten's behalf.

"Dad, Goten was the one who saved Awki! He wouldn't dream of hurting her!" Trunks said now struggling to keep his father from throttling Goten.

Awki began to stir in Goten's arms and managed to speak a few words.

"Goten, I love you." Awki managed to breathe as she fell unconscious.

Vegeta heard it and decided that he didn't want to listen to it. He wouldn't let his daughter fall in love with Kakkarot's brat, he wouldn't. He refused to believe that his beloved daughter would waste her last few breaths of air on telling Goten that she loved him. Vegeta, in his anger and fury passed out unexpectedly into his son's arms. Trunks sighed as he held his father for a bit trying to shake the consciousness back into his limp body. When he didn't wake, Trunks was forced to sling him over his shoulder and he and Goten went on their way trying to find a way out of the maze of corridors.

When they failed to find their way out, Goten and Trunks began blasting their way out. They probably would've spent more time looking for a way out rather than using destruction, but since the situation was so serious, they needed to get out as soon as possible. They encountered many guards and because Goten wouldn't power down until Awki was safe in a hospital bed, they were no more of a bother than mere mesquites. When they were finally out of the ship, Vegeta began to stir, and eventually was completely awake. Trunks gave a little 'Good Morning!' to lighten the mood a bit, and in return got a cold look from his father and a blank stare from Goten.

"Give her to me." Vegeta commanded to Goten.

"She's fine in my arms." Goten said coldly.

"She's my daughter, give her to me." Vegeta said his patience growing thin.

Goten gave Vegeta a very cold and angry stare and slowly held Awki out in front of him. Vegeta roughly took her into his own arms and began stroking her hair as though to reassure himself that she was the real thing. They were half way to the nearest hospital. When Trunks pointed this out, he was surprised to hear that they were not going to the hospital, but instead to Goku's house.

"Why there, dad?" Trunks said as he looked down and saw the hospital being passed up beneath them.

"Because of Kakkarot's wife, she can heal people. Besides, Kakkarot might have one of those sensu beans of something." Vegeta grunted.

"Dad, I think you have Chi Chi and Dende mixed up. Dende's the one with the healing powers, not Chi Chi." Trunks said stopping in mid air.

"I meant she can nurse them back to health, you idiot." Vegeta barked.

"Mom can do that though." Trunks said.

"Shut up, I know she can, I have my reasons for going to Kakkarot's house, all right?" Vegeta snarled turning around to face his son who seemed he'd rather play twenty questions then save his half sister.

"All right, all right." Trunks said backing up slowly.

Goten just watched their fight as he grew impatient. If Vegeta really did care for Awki, then he wouldn't have stopped just to satisfy Trunks' constant flow of questions. Before Vegeta realized what was going on, Goten had snatched Awki out of his arms and bolted off towards his house.

Goten roughly landed in his front yard and ran to the door. He burst through it and ran up the stairs towards his room. Goten gently laid Awki down on the bed and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. He ran to his parents' bedroom where he could here voices. One male and one female.

Goten flung open the door without asking if his parents were decent and decided at first glimpse that that was a very big mistake. Chi Chi was sprawled on top of Goku and Goten quickly realized that he had interrupted their 'alone time' and quickly closed the door with a loud snap.

"GOTEN! WHAT DO YOU WANT?" Chi Chi screamed through the door.

"Mom, Awki's hurt real bad. You have to help her. Please." Goten pleaded through the door. Goten could here some shuffling inside his parent's bedroom and Chi Chi emerged in a blue robe.

"Lead the way." Chi Chi said gesturing towards Goten's room.

*fin

Does long chapter make up for long absence? Please forgive me, please! *puppy dog eyes* Please R&R!

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~S saiyan Vegeta4013