"Kill me, Goten! Go ahead, do it! Go on and hate me for something I've never done!" Bura yelled, tears streaming down her face. Her eyes had become so red that they looked like two large splotches on her face.

Goten ground his teeth sharply, sending a shaft of pain up in his jaw. He was shaking uncontrollably. He couldn't do it. She was wrong.

"Shut up!" He snarled.

Bura froze, gasping and crying at the same time. She sniffled a lot and her hair was messy. Goten looked at her, she was so unattractive with those tear stained eyes and her unruly hair.

"I will kill you, bitch! Just shut up!" He continued to rebuke out of anger even though she had kept silent.

He couldn't help it anymore. He began crying and screaming at her, telling her to shut up and more threats.

He let go of the knife and collapsed on the ground, his head in his hands. Bura was free. But she couldn't help noticing his venerability and began to pity him.

Goten rocked his body slowly.

"Mommy, oh mommy, daddy, daddy......" He was groaning through his tears. His voice cracked his tears choked him.

He now wasn't the youthful boy everyone knew, no, he was a little boy again. A little boy who had lost everybody that meant something----no, everything to him.

Bura scrambled to a more relaxing position and put her hand on his shaking shoulder cautiously.

"Goten...."

Goten shook her hand off violently. She was startled. She dried off her own tears and reached out to him again.

"You need a hug?" She offered quietly.

Goten nodded like a little boy and let her hold him. A gust of sweet spring air swirled around them as they both wept.

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Titus was surprised. The Princess was embracing, feeling for someone who was out to kill her. Why? He questioned over and over again as his hand slowly pointed the gun away from Goten.

He looked over to Silas. He was oblivious, but the expression on Titus' face was more than enough to make him take his position beside him.

Silas shook his head slowly and there was almost a ghost of a smile on his face.

"Lover's game." He whispered.

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Goten's mind snapped back to the present as he tried to stop his crying. He pushed himself out of Bura's arms and picked up the dagger again. Bura was confused. What was he going to do now? She thought rationally as she backed quickly into the stone. Goten shook his head sadly as he came closer and closer to her.

"It's my job, princess. For my family." He said huskily, his eyes drying up.

Titus saw this.

He pulled out his weapon swiftly and jumped at him.

He knocked Goten on the ground, hard. The attack came fast and Goten was unaware, despite the training he had received.

Goten quickly changed his target and jabbed the blade at Titus. He dodged it easily and grabbed Goten's arm. Goten's eyes flashed angrily and switched the knife into the other hand. He stabbed the air again and fell down as Titus got on top of him.

Bura was shaking in fear as she watched them struggle. Silas ran over and picked her up. He carried her away from the two and set her down on a bench.

"Don't worry princess, we'll be back." He assured her as he ran back to the fight.

Goten kicked Titus in the groin and got up. Titus lay on the ground, rolled in a ball and groaning. Goten stood over him, grinning smugly.

He raised his arm, knife in the air.

Titus' eyes flashed in pain as he felt a shaft an angry blade in his arm. Goten kept the blade in and pushed it in further. The handle was embossed in blood and Goten was grinning and grimacing as he saw the look on Titus' face and the leaking red liquid.

Silas ran over, jumped over a tombstone and in midair, took out his gun. He aimed carefully and quickly. He pulled the trigger slowly.

Goten froze in his position of standing over Titus and his eyes widened.
Time stopped.

He fell slowly, his body first bending, doubling and then, fell. He fell with a dull thud, and his body twitched a few times before he finally stopped moving.

Titus groaned and pulled the knife out of his arm painfully. He got up and examined Goten. Silas was panting as he ran over. He had tears in his eyes. Titus looked away, not to embarrass him.

"Damn, damn, damn!" Silas cursed as he broke down crying. He shook Goten's body and heard his shallow breathing. He turned him over.

"Where did I hit him, Titus?" He said quickly through his tears as he opened Goten's jacket and checked for a wound.

Titus felt Goten's chest and saw a small, red hole near his heart.

"You got him, Silas. You got him." He said quietly.

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Bura saw it all. But it came all so fast. She shivered and looked up. The storm clouds were moving in slowly and she could feel the sweet smell of rain.

She got up slowly and walked to the spot where her guards and Goten were.

She saw Titus look up sadly and she fell beside Goten. Gentle rain fell onto her cheeks, mingled with her tears as she embraced him. Her shirt was stained slightly by his blood and her sobbing breaths melodized with his shallow breathing.
Goten looked up slowly and gasped for air. The rain stun his ebony eyes as he focussed them on her.

"Oh, Goten...." Bura sobbed as she rubbed her face into his rain and sweat soaked hair. He raised one arm and held her weakly.

"For my family.....for you..." He whispered quietly, his voice cracking.

Bura held his face gently and he smiled weakly. She kissed him gently; her lips against his cold rain touched ones.

"I....I love you..." He gasped out. He closed his eyes slowly and dropped his arm.

Bura cried harder as she cradled him against her body. She kissed his hair and shook him gently.

"Goten..no....Goten, please..."

Titus grasped his arm in pain as the rain wetted his hair and soaked through his jacket. He looked up at the gray clouds that had begun to darken.

"It's a good day to die." He murmured.

Silas stopped crying. The two watched Bura and Goten. In the blanket of rain.

Two lost lovers.

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Author's Note:

Should this be the end? Tell me! AND PITY ME! I WANT MORE REVIEWS!!