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CB:
Hey everyone! Thankies to all the reviewers so far! Here is the next
installment of R.O.T.M! I hope you enjoy it! Since break is comin' up, I hope I
can update more often but anywayz, some parts of this chappie is from Gohan's
P.O.V. and can be very angsty! (I hope you can tell which parts) Our dear Gohan
gets some pretty DARK thoughts. On to the fic...
The emotionally and physically drained teenager hopped off of his trusty nimbus
down in the front yard. Today he came home late; it was already dark just like
his personality lately. Everything seemed to be going down hill every since
that morning about a week ago. The voices continued to liter his mind with
disturbing images of gore, involving his family, friends and...Videl. His dear
Videl. Thoughts where distracted as Goten came into the doorway just as Gohan
opened it.
"Gohan, come on. You're late for dinner." Goten chirped, glad that
his brother was finally home.
"So?"
"So?......"
Gohan pushed past the confused seven year old and decided just to crash for
tonight. That ideal didn't get very far as he was stopped by his father's
cheery voice.
"Hey Gohan, where have you been?" Goku asked innocently looking up
from his plate.
"Out."
"Out...? Ok." was all Goku said before he hit the food again.
"Well it's not 'Ok' with me." said a very pissed
Chichi. "Young man, you have a curfew around this house and I expect it to
be followed."
"But I'm only..." he paused to look at the clock. "...two hours
late."
"ONLY two hours!" Chichi
snorted angrily. "That could have been your time for studying!"
"What's the point of even studying?" Gohan countered sharply.
"I'm the smartest in my class anyway and I don't see YOU hovering
over Goten like some education addicted bitch!"
CLANG!!!!, was the sound that radiated though the dining room as Chichi's
Frying-Pan-Of- Doom connected with her son's skull. Goku and Goten stared with
open mouths of food at one; Gohan's language, and two, that they didn't even
know Chichi had her pan.
Chichi rested a fist on her hip and said, "I didn't believe it when your
guidance counselor called and said you've been having out bursts in school,
talking back to teachers, even trying to kill the teacher and a student, but
now...*sigh* Dammit Gohan, what the hell's going on with you?"
"Nothing." his voice strangely quite.
"Don't give me that. Does this have something to do with that Videl? She's
a nice, rich girl but I don't want her to have any influence on you!"
"Mom no, OK? Videl has nothing to do with this!"
"Then why this big change!?"
"I said it was nothing, shit!"
CLANG!!!!!
"WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!"
"Fine." Gohan said lowly, his fists itching with the urge to strike
something. "But don't hit me again."
He lifted his head slowly with a dangerous look in his eyes. Goku caught the
look and prepared himself. Something was dark about his ki and he was ready to
snap or was about to do something he was going to regret to Chichi.
Chichi huffed and snapped, "Don't you tell me..."
"Hey Gohan, why don't you just go to your room?" Goku said with a hit
of fake laugher, giving that 'Don't try
it look' in secret to his momentarily rebellious son.
"Goku..."
Goku gave his wife that warning look, that this was not the time. Chichi humped
and said, "Yes. Go straight to your room and no dinner for you!"
"Now Chichi, that's a bit harsh." Goku said, converting back to his
naïve state.
"No, it's ok. I wasn't hungry anyway." Gohan lied and headed to his
shared room.
"Good and Gohan, we have a parent/teacher conference tomorrow before
school." Chichi informed with a scolding tone as she took her seat.
Gohan didn't bother to answer; he just slammed his door, which shook the house.
The rest of the Sons sat it silence for a moment until Goten broke it.
"Mom, why is Gohan acting bad?"
Chichi chewed hard on her diner before breaking out into tears. "I don't
know! I try! I try! Dammit!"
"Hey Chichi," Goku said with a soothing tone, "It's not your
fault. I think Gohan's just having some of those "Raging homos"...? Yeah that's it."
Gohan listened from his room as he laid back in his bed in the pitch black
room. 'She acts like she so goddamn
emotional.' The thoughts of angry quickly subsided as his old self
resurfaced.
'Hey, when didn't I get so
cold? I shouldn't have cursed at mom. I mean she was there when dad was dead.
Man, I've fucked up now. I want to apologize but I can't. *sigh* What the hell
kind of son am I? I made my own mother cry and disrespected her right in front
of my little brother just because I couldn't get my ass in the house by curfew.
No! Why the hell should I have a curfew!?! I'm 17 years old, dammit and I'll
stay out as long as I want! Yeah, that'll show her. I should have bashed her
fuckin' head in for that damn pan of hers. But no, my stupid father had to get
into the mix. Nobody asked his ass a damn thing! He's back for a few damn
months and he acts like he's running the show. I'm the one that handled
everything for the past seven years, I wish he was dead! Again! Hmmm.. Maybe I
can make that happen. No! Am I crazy!?! I'm talking about my own father here. I
can just go around thinking about killing innocent people. But it would be
entertaining... Arggg! Just think, would my mother or father do anything to
betray me or hurt me? Hell no. Besides my dad is the strongest in the universe,
I couldn't beat him if I tried, let alone kill him.'
*But everyone has their Achilles heel.*
'Oh no not you again...'
*Heehee, my dear boy you could never get rid of me.*
'Who are you?'
*You of course.*
'Liar, I wouldn't never think of anything
like this!'
*Oh really? I am only that little bit of jealousy in you.*
'Jealously? Ha! Of what?'
*Oh you know all the little things over the years. Like of your father,
everyone always praised him for your efforts and him getting to leave Earth
while you handled everything like saving the world from Cell or even Majin Buu
for that matter. That was mighty selfish of him.*
'No! He's sacrificed himself for the sake
of the world.'
*Did he or did he just do it to get out of raising a crybaby like you? He
doesn't pamper Goten in training like that now does he? And how did it feel
when your younger brother with no training become a super saiyan before you at
his age?*
'...Shut up! I don't want to hear
anymore!'
*Yes you do, that's why you hesitated.*
'You're wrong, you're not me and you
don't know what the hell you're talking about! Get out of my head!'
*You know you like the feeling of a fresh kill that's why you keep dreaming
about it. You know one of these days you'll murder everyone you loved and
you'll enjoy it!*
'NO! I'll show you!'
*How? You can't stop me unless you stop yourself and you know what that means.*
'Damn he's right, I can feel the darkness
in me but I can't allow myself to hurt anyone.' Gohan thought solemnly,
sitting up in his bed as he gathered a beam at the tip of his fingers. 'I'm sorry mom, dad, Goten; you'll be fine
without me.'
Just as he brought the beam up to his heart, a ki appeared in the window sill.
"Gohan!"
"V-Videl? What are you doing here?"
"No the question is what are YOU doing? I sneak over here and I
find you going Kami knows what!"
"Shhhhh. Be quit. You're not supposed to be here."
"Gohan, you weren't about to... where you?"
Gohan winced and looked away as the light clicked on.
"You were..." Videl said with a sorrow filled voice.
"Gohan-chan, why?"
"I'm sorry Videl, if I don't I might hurt somebody."
"Hurt somebody? Who?"
"I don't know. My family... you..."
"Oh Gohan." Videl said as she hugged him around his slim waist.
"Why didn't you tell me? What ever is going on, we can get through it
together. Don't ever even think about 'this' again. Come to me first,
please?"
"Videl... I'm sorry. You're right; I don't know what I was thinking. It's
just these voices."
"Voices?"
The two where disrupted when a two ki's headed toward the room.
"I'd better go. We'll talk about this tomorrow, okay?"
"Yeah, tomorrow then." Gohan agree as they both wiped the tears from
their eyes. "Wait, I love you and I would never do anything to hurt
you."
"I know, I love you too Gohan." Videl smiled followed by a quick but
passionate kiss from her boyfriend.
With that, Videl flew off from the window as the bedroom door swung open with
Goku carrying a sleeping Goten on his shoulders.
"Hey dad." Gohan said trying to play innocent.
"Don't try that with me, son, I could sense her ki as she left." Goku
said cheerfully as he changed Goten into his pajamas.
"Oh, don't tell mom. I know she's mad at me."
"Don't worry about it." he answered as he tucked Goten in. "But
if there is anything going on you can tell me, you know that."
"Yeah, I know."
"You two aren't havin' sex, are you?" Goku asked plainly with a
smirk.
"DAD!"
"Hey, it's my job to ask." Goku laughed and ruffed Gohan's hair.
"But you should be getting some rest now. I bet you've got a long day
tomorrow."
"Right. G'night dad." Gohan said not even bothering to change his
clothes.
"Night Gohan."
The light clicked off as Gohan sunk into a slow sleep. 'Man, I can't believe I was going to kill myself. Why would I want to
go? I've got people right here who cares.'
~*~*~
"Ahh! No no no! This
isn't working father! He's not getting more spiteful, it's just the
opposite!"
"Will you calm down, I wanted this to happen. You see the stronger the
bond is to his loved ones, the stronger the damage done if it's broken."
"Oh I see. But how are we going to break the bond?"
"By breaking his trust."
CB: DUN DUN DUN! What are
Bibidi and Babidi up to now!?! I see DARKNESS ahead! And poor Gohan, good thing
Videl snuck over to his house when she did! I'll update again whenever I can, I
promise! You all will have to be patient with the whole Majin thing. When Gohan
does become Majin, it'll take long to uproot the evil because it's being slowly
embedded now, so there. Don't forget to R/R. Huggles
and kisses, ja ne! ^-^
