Valentine's Day
Chapter 3 ________________________________________________________________________
"Gohan," that was all Vegeta said and Goku was gone. Vegeta whirled around. He hadn't noticed Goku searching for any Ki that was altered or gone. 'He found out before me, dammit. Why did he always seem one step ahead of me?'
"Vegeta, is Gohan okay, and where did my dad go?" Goten asked standing next to Trunks. Vegeta forced a smile. 'How can I tell a 9-year-old that his older brother is dead or dying?'
"I don't know." 'You have Kakkarot tell him, that's how; damn wife of his is gonna go crazy when she finds out.' He knew Goku went to Gohan's house; 'Kakkarot might need my help I had better go.' He looked back at the boys, Trunks was looking at the box on the ground. "Trunks, Kakka- Goten, go inside with that annoying woman and stay there don't come out until Kakkarot or I show up."
They both stood straight and put their hands to their forehead in a solute. "Yes Sir" Vegeta growled and they ran into the house. He flew into the sky and headed to Gohan's house.
~ ~ ~
Goku reappeared on the driveway of Gohan's home. He hurried to the door, 'please don't be dead, please don't be dead.' His mind repeated over again. He slowly opened the front door and peeked in. The aroma of roses reached him. He smiled slightly, 'roses always did remind me of Chichi especially the first time we- enough about that, I'm supposed to be worrying about Gohan.' He stepped on pink rose pedals each one digging into the blue carpet. 'These flowers were probably for when Videl came home today. She went to the store; Gohan is just like me so is Goten. Well, Gohan must be okay; I certainly wouldn't want to walk in on him doing anything. that would be gross. His lips stuck together; 'Jeez I'm thirsty.' Goku headed to the kitchen, no blood on the white tile. He took a cup out of the cabinet above the sink, humming to himself. He turned on the water and an over whelming stench flooded his senses, he knew that smell. He looked at the cup and yelped dropping the glass into the sink, blood, the cup was half full of blood.
Gohan.
"Gohan!" He yelled tripping up the stairs, panic rising in his throat; the rose petals fluttering around his legs. He stood outside Gohan and Videl's bedroom. He gained his breath, wiping his eyes then knocked on the door. "Hey Gohan, open the door it's dad."
Silence.
He banged his fist on the door, but not hard enough to break the wood. "GOHAN!"
Still nothing.
Goku turned the metal doorknob. He pushed the door open immediately the smell of blood crashed into his nose, he staggered back, and out of the room, the door shut without him holding it open. The window must be open. Goku held in his breakfast, lunch, and his tears. His son dead, murdered, no one was even trying to blow up the world, 'why was Gohan dead and not me, I got the letters I should be dead not Gohan, my son.' He felt a warm tear fall down his perfectly chiseled face, an angel must have made him; he was perfect, an angel. 'Poor Chichi, she's going to go berserk when she finds out. She'll-' feet touched down behind him. He spun; in fighting stance, legs bent at the knees. The heart pounding in his chest it calmed as black eyes met his.
"Is he." Vegeta began. Goku nodded; a warm hand was on his shoulder, he looked down at Vegeta, a forced smile on his face. "Don't worry Kakkarot, you can wish him back with the dragonballs." His hand gave a tight squeeze. Leaving Goku completely confused. 'Since when was Vegeta not a jerk? Ha! I knew it. He can change!'
"I know" Goku mumbled, the annoying sounds of police sirens echoed in the silence.
"FUCK! Someone must have called the police, come on Kakkarot we need to get the hell outta here!" Vegeta yelled, ready to take off.
"Vegeta, we have to stay here to tell the cops what happened. If we don't they'll do science stuff and see that we were here and then they'll handcuff us like in the movies." Vegeta sighed, 'he was right.' There was a knock on the front door only seconds after the siren ended. Goku grabbed Vegeta's arm.
"Wha-" they both disappeared, then reappeared by the front door. "-Ut do you think your do-"
"Vegeta, shh be quite, the cops, remember?" Goku whispered. Vegeta growled at him showing his teeth. Goku ignored him and opened the front door. . A woman stood in front of them, a girl cop. The women smiled at Goku warmly. Her brown hair curled under at the ends her pale green eyes met his.
She spoke softly "Is there a problem here? We got a call reporting loud noises coming from this house." The cop looked behind Goku seeing Vegeta.
"Um yeah there is, my- my son is dead," sadness spread across the woman's face.
"Are you sure?" Goku nodded.
"He's up stairs", he motioned her to follow him, and Vegeta was behind her. He didn't want to say anything because he'd probably be arrested for a stupid reason. 'The law enforcement here arrested you for trying to kill someone. Not only would they be humiliated because they didn't kill the person; then they'd have to go to jail. Hymf, stupid planet.' They continued up the stairs until they got to the hall. Goku looked down the right- no left maybe it was right hall and went down it.
The cop ended the silence. "Were these flower pedals here already?"
"Yeah they were here when I showed up" Goku stopped at the door. "This is where he is" he stepped away from the door letting the woman go by. The smell didn't seem to bother her; she went to the bedside, gasping when she saw Gohan on the bed his eyes staring at the ceiling. She put two fingers to his icy neck; there were no thumps under her slim fingers. Her head shook sadly; she went back to Vegeta and Goku's side. She took a radio from her belt and pushed in the talk button.
"This is Officer Reily, we need a cornier over here immediately. His name is. um" she turned to Goku.
"Son- Son Gohan". She nodded.
"It's Son Gohan, the names familiar so I'm pretty sure it's already in the database."
A voice said back half muffled by static. "We have it, we'll be there in 'bout 15 minutes." The static ended and she put the radio back onto her belt.
"I'm going to have to ask you two some questions, all right" They went back down stairs and Officer Reily motioned for them to sit on the blue couch. She turned to Goku and forced a smile. "I'm very sorry about your loss, but I need to know your name and your relationship to Gohan."
"Uh, okay, my name is Son Goku and I'm his father." She wrote it down on a pad of paper she had taken out without them noticing. She looked to Vegeta.
He crossed his arms "I am the Prince of all Sayians-" Goku cleared his throat. "Never mind that, I am Vegeta Briefs, I have no relationship with that pathetic excuse for a warrior, I just know Kakkarot here." Officer Reily tilted her head in confusion. That was something he saw Goku do a lot.
"So you're Mr. Son's friend."
Vegeta growled under his breath, "No, I am not friends with that clown!" Vegeta stood up.
"Here we go again" Goku muttered resting his chin on his hand.
"I will never be friends with an idiot like him with no PRIDE!" Vegeta yelled.
"Mr. Briefs, please calm down, I get the point". Vegeta's bottom lip twitched, 'I hate that woman, I'm gonna rip her to pieces, well I would but then I'd probably get chased by cops then they'll shot me. Then I'll end up blowing up this pathetic planet and-'
"Did he have any family living here?"
"Yeah Videl, poor Videl, she- she doesn't even know yet." his eyebrows drew together.
"Is Videl his wife or-" she began and Goku finished.
"No fiancée, they were going to get mar-married soon" his voice cracked as he buried his face in his hands. 'That little baby, I can't believe he's crying, I'd probably cry if Trunks died but I certainly wouldn't cry in front of a woman and I certainly would never cry in front of Kakkarot, no pride or dignity. Dammit what a weakling.' Goku wiped his tears away.
"I'm sorry, I- no one in my family has ever been murdered." He wiped his nose like a child does when they cry. She put a hand on his shoulder and looked into his big eyes.
"It's alright to cry, losing a loved one is a terrible thing" she seemed to be staring at him; Goku shifted uncomfortably as he heard the sirens. They halted and four men came in with a stretcher. Officer Reily told them to up the stairs and that the room was at the end of the left hall. 'Dang it, I thought it was left.' Goku mentally slapped himself. The men hurried up the stairs. Officer Reily turned back to Goku "by the way you can call me Sam, Sam Reily." A huge grin came across Goku's face.
"Nice to meet you Sam, you can call me Goku and don't call Vegeta 'Geta', he hates it" Vegeta rolled his eyes at Goku.
A voice echoed from up stairs "Officer Reily, you might want to come look at this." They all ran up stairs and into the bedroom. The man turned to them "Is there a Goku here?" Vegeta and Sam eyes turned to Goku.
"Yeah"
"This was in his hand." He handed Goku a pink rose it had a piece of paper attached to it with ribbons. Goku open the piece of paper there was a faint smell of blood radiating from it. He read the writing aloud.
"Goku, roses are pink, did you really think this was ink. Your- you're so naive, but soon you will see how much you mean to me. Blue is the color of the sea, the sky and the water that rises. My love for you is red and so is the blood of your friends. It pours down; no machines can help save their life after they have met my knife. All dressed up going no where. I really don't think it's fair, you not, not being there to witness their fall of a close. friend, and now their life will come to an end. Find them soon or you'll loose but when you do don't forget your shoes. You will soon find out who's next on my list and soon it will be you, my lovely Goku. that, that-"
"BASTARD!" Vegeta yelled for Goku.
"We have to find out who it is before they get killed." Goku turned to Vegeta. Vegeta jerked the paper from his hand reading it again.
"Oh no."
To be continued.
Chapter 3 ________________________________________________________________________
"Gohan," that was all Vegeta said and Goku was gone. Vegeta whirled around. He hadn't noticed Goku searching for any Ki that was altered or gone. 'He found out before me, dammit. Why did he always seem one step ahead of me?'
"Vegeta, is Gohan okay, and where did my dad go?" Goten asked standing next to Trunks. Vegeta forced a smile. 'How can I tell a 9-year-old that his older brother is dead or dying?'
"I don't know." 'You have Kakkarot tell him, that's how; damn wife of his is gonna go crazy when she finds out.' He knew Goku went to Gohan's house; 'Kakkarot might need my help I had better go.' He looked back at the boys, Trunks was looking at the box on the ground. "Trunks, Kakka- Goten, go inside with that annoying woman and stay there don't come out until Kakkarot or I show up."
They both stood straight and put their hands to their forehead in a solute. "Yes Sir" Vegeta growled and they ran into the house. He flew into the sky and headed to Gohan's house.
~ ~ ~
Goku reappeared on the driveway of Gohan's home. He hurried to the door, 'please don't be dead, please don't be dead.' His mind repeated over again. He slowly opened the front door and peeked in. The aroma of roses reached him. He smiled slightly, 'roses always did remind me of Chichi especially the first time we- enough about that, I'm supposed to be worrying about Gohan.' He stepped on pink rose pedals each one digging into the blue carpet. 'These flowers were probably for when Videl came home today. She went to the store; Gohan is just like me so is Goten. Well, Gohan must be okay; I certainly wouldn't want to walk in on him doing anything. that would be gross. His lips stuck together; 'Jeez I'm thirsty.' Goku headed to the kitchen, no blood on the white tile. He took a cup out of the cabinet above the sink, humming to himself. He turned on the water and an over whelming stench flooded his senses, he knew that smell. He looked at the cup and yelped dropping the glass into the sink, blood, the cup was half full of blood.
Gohan.
"Gohan!" He yelled tripping up the stairs, panic rising in his throat; the rose petals fluttering around his legs. He stood outside Gohan and Videl's bedroom. He gained his breath, wiping his eyes then knocked on the door. "Hey Gohan, open the door it's dad."
Silence.
He banged his fist on the door, but not hard enough to break the wood. "GOHAN!"
Still nothing.
Goku turned the metal doorknob. He pushed the door open immediately the smell of blood crashed into his nose, he staggered back, and out of the room, the door shut without him holding it open. The window must be open. Goku held in his breakfast, lunch, and his tears. His son dead, murdered, no one was even trying to blow up the world, 'why was Gohan dead and not me, I got the letters I should be dead not Gohan, my son.' He felt a warm tear fall down his perfectly chiseled face, an angel must have made him; he was perfect, an angel. 'Poor Chichi, she's going to go berserk when she finds out. She'll-' feet touched down behind him. He spun; in fighting stance, legs bent at the knees. The heart pounding in his chest it calmed as black eyes met his.
"Is he." Vegeta began. Goku nodded; a warm hand was on his shoulder, he looked down at Vegeta, a forced smile on his face. "Don't worry Kakkarot, you can wish him back with the dragonballs." His hand gave a tight squeeze. Leaving Goku completely confused. 'Since when was Vegeta not a jerk? Ha! I knew it. He can change!'
"I know" Goku mumbled, the annoying sounds of police sirens echoed in the silence.
"FUCK! Someone must have called the police, come on Kakkarot we need to get the hell outta here!" Vegeta yelled, ready to take off.
"Vegeta, we have to stay here to tell the cops what happened. If we don't they'll do science stuff and see that we were here and then they'll handcuff us like in the movies." Vegeta sighed, 'he was right.' There was a knock on the front door only seconds after the siren ended. Goku grabbed Vegeta's arm.
"Wha-" they both disappeared, then reappeared by the front door. "-Ut do you think your do-"
"Vegeta, shh be quite, the cops, remember?" Goku whispered. Vegeta growled at him showing his teeth. Goku ignored him and opened the front door. . A woman stood in front of them, a girl cop. The women smiled at Goku warmly. Her brown hair curled under at the ends her pale green eyes met his.
She spoke softly "Is there a problem here? We got a call reporting loud noises coming from this house." The cop looked behind Goku seeing Vegeta.
"Um yeah there is, my- my son is dead," sadness spread across the woman's face.
"Are you sure?" Goku nodded.
"He's up stairs", he motioned her to follow him, and Vegeta was behind her. He didn't want to say anything because he'd probably be arrested for a stupid reason. 'The law enforcement here arrested you for trying to kill someone. Not only would they be humiliated because they didn't kill the person; then they'd have to go to jail. Hymf, stupid planet.' They continued up the stairs until they got to the hall. Goku looked down the right- no left maybe it was right hall and went down it.
The cop ended the silence. "Were these flower pedals here already?"
"Yeah they were here when I showed up" Goku stopped at the door. "This is where he is" he stepped away from the door letting the woman go by. The smell didn't seem to bother her; she went to the bedside, gasping when she saw Gohan on the bed his eyes staring at the ceiling. She put two fingers to his icy neck; there were no thumps under her slim fingers. Her head shook sadly; she went back to Vegeta and Goku's side. She took a radio from her belt and pushed in the talk button.
"This is Officer Reily, we need a cornier over here immediately. His name is. um" she turned to Goku.
"Son- Son Gohan". She nodded.
"It's Son Gohan, the names familiar so I'm pretty sure it's already in the database."
A voice said back half muffled by static. "We have it, we'll be there in 'bout 15 minutes." The static ended and she put the radio back onto her belt.
"I'm going to have to ask you two some questions, all right" They went back down stairs and Officer Reily motioned for them to sit on the blue couch. She turned to Goku and forced a smile. "I'm very sorry about your loss, but I need to know your name and your relationship to Gohan."
"Uh, okay, my name is Son Goku and I'm his father." She wrote it down on a pad of paper she had taken out without them noticing. She looked to Vegeta.
He crossed his arms "I am the Prince of all Sayians-" Goku cleared his throat. "Never mind that, I am Vegeta Briefs, I have no relationship with that pathetic excuse for a warrior, I just know Kakkarot here." Officer Reily tilted her head in confusion. That was something he saw Goku do a lot.
"So you're Mr. Son's friend."
Vegeta growled under his breath, "No, I am not friends with that clown!" Vegeta stood up.
"Here we go again" Goku muttered resting his chin on his hand.
"I will never be friends with an idiot like him with no PRIDE!" Vegeta yelled.
"Mr. Briefs, please calm down, I get the point". Vegeta's bottom lip twitched, 'I hate that woman, I'm gonna rip her to pieces, well I would but then I'd probably get chased by cops then they'll shot me. Then I'll end up blowing up this pathetic planet and-'
"Did he have any family living here?"
"Yeah Videl, poor Videl, she- she doesn't even know yet." his eyebrows drew together.
"Is Videl his wife or-" she began and Goku finished.
"No fiancée, they were going to get mar-married soon" his voice cracked as he buried his face in his hands. 'That little baby, I can't believe he's crying, I'd probably cry if Trunks died but I certainly wouldn't cry in front of a woman and I certainly would never cry in front of Kakkarot, no pride or dignity. Dammit what a weakling.' Goku wiped his tears away.
"I'm sorry, I- no one in my family has ever been murdered." He wiped his nose like a child does when they cry. She put a hand on his shoulder and looked into his big eyes.
"It's alright to cry, losing a loved one is a terrible thing" she seemed to be staring at him; Goku shifted uncomfortably as he heard the sirens. They halted and four men came in with a stretcher. Officer Reily told them to up the stairs and that the room was at the end of the left hall. 'Dang it, I thought it was left.' Goku mentally slapped himself. The men hurried up the stairs. Officer Reily turned back to Goku "by the way you can call me Sam, Sam Reily." A huge grin came across Goku's face.
"Nice to meet you Sam, you can call me Goku and don't call Vegeta 'Geta', he hates it" Vegeta rolled his eyes at Goku.
A voice echoed from up stairs "Officer Reily, you might want to come look at this." They all ran up stairs and into the bedroom. The man turned to them "Is there a Goku here?" Vegeta and Sam eyes turned to Goku.
"Yeah"
"This was in his hand." He handed Goku a pink rose it had a piece of paper attached to it with ribbons. Goku open the piece of paper there was a faint smell of blood radiating from it. He read the writing aloud.
"Goku, roses are pink, did you really think this was ink. Your- you're so naive, but soon you will see how much you mean to me. Blue is the color of the sea, the sky and the water that rises. My love for you is red and so is the blood of your friends. It pours down; no machines can help save their life after they have met my knife. All dressed up going no where. I really don't think it's fair, you not, not being there to witness their fall of a close. friend, and now their life will come to an end. Find them soon or you'll loose but when you do don't forget your shoes. You will soon find out who's next on my list and soon it will be you, my lovely Goku. that, that-"
"BASTARD!" Vegeta yelled for Goku.
"We have to find out who it is before they get killed." Goku turned to Vegeta. Vegeta jerked the paper from his hand reading it again.
"Oh no."
To be continued.