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Videl carefully eased the small green chair out of its spot at the table where Goten was sitting.
"Hi Goten," she broke the silence softly. The other children were all outside with Ms. Carpenter and Goten was, once again, coloring.
"Hi Miss Videl!" Goten smiled back at her, once again seeming unsurprised by her presence, even though she had come upon him quietly and from the back, "I'm glad you're staying here with me. I don't like being alone."
Videl nodded and chose her words carefully, trying her hardest not to blurt out all of the wild questions floating around in her mind, demanding to be answered, "So Goten, how did you get so strong?"
"Oh I'm not very strong, Miss Videl. Gohan's much stronger."
Videl was now even more confused. If Goten though that he was not strong, and his brother, Gohan, was, than how strong was Gohan? She could not even imagine. Videl decided to take a different approach, "So how did you get as strong as you are now?"
"Gohan trains me." "In martial arts?"
"Yep."
"How long have you been training?"
"Forever!" Goten smiled up at her again, before picking up his green crayon and continuing.
"Wow. That's a long time. Has your dad ever trained you?"
"No," Goten stopped coloring and looked up at her, "my Daddy died before I was born."
"Oh I'm so sorry Goten!" A violent spark of dread lit inside Videl and she asked another question, almost whispering in fright of what the answer would be, "What about your mom?"
"She died too."
Videl gasped. Goten was an orphan. Cute, innocent, little Goten was an orphan. Perfect child Goten had grown up without a mother or a father. She knew what it was like growing up without a mother, growing up without a father would be horrible, "Goten I'm so sorry. It must be horrible."
"No, it's okay Miss Videl," Goten smiled, "I have Gohan."
Silence reigned for a few minutes as Videl turned the things said over in her mind. She looked down at Goten's nearly complete drawing and asked, "Who's that Goten?"
He had drawn a tall man, completely ordinary, except that he was wearing a turban and a large cloak- and, he was green.
"Oh! That's Mr. Piccilo! He and Dende watch me when Gohan's busy."
Dende? Did Goten know someone whose name happened to be the same Earth's god?
"Is Dende green too?"
"Yup," Goten smiled, "He and Piccilo are Nameks, and they're all green." "How do you know?"
"Gohan told me."
Of course. Gohan. The center of all being in Goten's life.
Videl peered out the window at the students who were flowing out of the school building and into cars where their parents awaited them. She spotted a black splotch exit the building and knew at once that it was Goten. No other children in the school had hair like his. She doubted sometimes that any other children had hair like his. He quickly got free of the crowd of students around the door and stood for just a moment before racing off. Evidently he had seen Gohan's car. But instead of running to a car, he ran into the arms of a tall man. Gohan Son. Goten was picked up and swung around before placed back on the ground by the stranger whom she assumed was her student's elder brother. Videl was anxious to meet Gohan. She smirked evilly. She would not have to wait long. Open House was this Friday and Gohan would surely be there. . . .
Gohan plopped the large buckets of cold water that he had brought in from the stream down on the kitchen counter and walked over to Goten, who was sitting at the kitchen table, finishing the little amount of homework that he hand.
"You about done Squirt?"
Goten smiled up at him and handed Gohan a lime green piece of paper, "All I need you to do is sign this Gohan! Then we can spar!"
Gohan studied the paper. It was a information sheet requesting him to go to the meal/open house at the school on Friday night. Gohan did not want to interact with anyone anymore than he had to, but this could be important for Goten's education. He would go. Sighing, Gohan signed his name on the appropriate line and gathered his brother up to go train outside until supper-time.
There you go! I hope you liked the chapter. Kinda a cliffhanger what with the Open house and all. . . . So Gohan's going to meet Videl next chapter. . . Aren't you excited? If you are, you should really review me to encourage me to update soon :-D And, by the way, I do have plans for Gohan reuniting with Bulma and co. in the near future. . . I'm not out of ideas for this yet! Please review and thank you all for reading! -Petra Delling
Videl carefully eased the small green chair out of its spot at the table where Goten was sitting.
"Hi Goten," she broke the silence softly. The other children were all outside with Ms. Carpenter and Goten was, once again, coloring.
"Hi Miss Videl!" Goten smiled back at her, once again seeming unsurprised by her presence, even though she had come upon him quietly and from the back, "I'm glad you're staying here with me. I don't like being alone."
Videl nodded and chose her words carefully, trying her hardest not to blurt out all of the wild questions floating around in her mind, demanding to be answered, "So Goten, how did you get so strong?"
"Oh I'm not very strong, Miss Videl. Gohan's much stronger."
Videl was now even more confused. If Goten though that he was not strong, and his brother, Gohan, was, than how strong was Gohan? She could not even imagine. Videl decided to take a different approach, "So how did you get as strong as you are now?"
"Gohan trains me." "In martial arts?"
"Yep."
"How long have you been training?"
"Forever!" Goten smiled up at her again, before picking up his green crayon and continuing.
"Wow. That's a long time. Has your dad ever trained you?"
"No," Goten stopped coloring and looked up at her, "my Daddy died before I was born."
"Oh I'm so sorry Goten!" A violent spark of dread lit inside Videl and she asked another question, almost whispering in fright of what the answer would be, "What about your mom?"
"She died too."
Videl gasped. Goten was an orphan. Cute, innocent, little Goten was an orphan. Perfect child Goten had grown up without a mother or a father. She knew what it was like growing up without a mother, growing up without a father would be horrible, "Goten I'm so sorry. It must be horrible."
"No, it's okay Miss Videl," Goten smiled, "I have Gohan."
Silence reigned for a few minutes as Videl turned the things said over in her mind. She looked down at Goten's nearly complete drawing and asked, "Who's that Goten?"
He had drawn a tall man, completely ordinary, except that he was wearing a turban and a large cloak- and, he was green.
"Oh! That's Mr. Piccilo! He and Dende watch me when Gohan's busy."
Dende? Did Goten know someone whose name happened to be the same Earth's god?
"Is Dende green too?"
"Yup," Goten smiled, "He and Piccilo are Nameks, and they're all green." "How do you know?"
"Gohan told me."
Of course. Gohan. The center of all being in Goten's life.
Videl peered out the window at the students who were flowing out of the school building and into cars where their parents awaited them. She spotted a black splotch exit the building and knew at once that it was Goten. No other children in the school had hair like his. She doubted sometimes that any other children had hair like his. He quickly got free of the crowd of students around the door and stood for just a moment before racing off. Evidently he had seen Gohan's car. But instead of running to a car, he ran into the arms of a tall man. Gohan Son. Goten was picked up and swung around before placed back on the ground by the stranger whom she assumed was her student's elder brother. Videl was anxious to meet Gohan. She smirked evilly. She would not have to wait long. Open House was this Friday and Gohan would surely be there. . . .
Gohan plopped the large buckets of cold water that he had brought in from the stream down on the kitchen counter and walked over to Goten, who was sitting at the kitchen table, finishing the little amount of homework that he hand.
"You about done Squirt?"
Goten smiled up at him and handed Gohan a lime green piece of paper, "All I need you to do is sign this Gohan! Then we can spar!"
Gohan studied the paper. It was a information sheet requesting him to go to the meal/open house at the school on Friday night. Gohan did not want to interact with anyone anymore than he had to, but this could be important for Goten's education. He would go. Sighing, Gohan signed his name on the appropriate line and gathered his brother up to go train outside until supper-time.
There you go! I hope you liked the chapter. Kinda a cliffhanger what with the Open house and all. . . . So Gohan's going to meet Videl next chapter. . . Aren't you excited? If you are, you should really review me to encourage me to update soon :-D And, by the way, I do have plans for Gohan reuniting with Bulma and co. in the near future. . . I'm not out of ideas for this yet! Please review and thank you all for reading! -Petra Delling
