Ethereal-Goten
Ah, I finally updated after oh let's say 8 months! I'm really sorry about that guys, school is well...I'd rather not say. Anyways. Just so you guys know, I originally finished this chapter in September; so...don't hurt me too much at least! Good thing that summer is right around the corner so I'll probably be back writing normally and everything will be boring again. And also on a side note, the reason why you see a hyphen between the ages is because this chapter is going to start skipping years a bit, not too much though.
Disclaimer: Does high school mean anything to you? If it doesn't, it means poor, or flat-out broke.
Goten: 25-28 Trunks: 27-30 Uub: 26-28 Bra: 24-27 Pan: 21-24 And all the other characters are suggested as older people, unless otherwise noted.
(Technically, Goten's body is still 25, but his spirit is 28 I'm just going to stick with 25.)
Just so you know. "blahblahblah"=talking (blahblahblah) =thinking ((blahblahblah))=conscience is talking
Chapter 8:
Deep Depressions
Three years later.........
Everybody stood close to Shenron as he was using his powers to bring back Goten. Finally after three years of waiting, they could resurrect Goten back. Everybody was there, waiting for his arrival and then with a flash of light, Goten appeared right in front of them.
Goten was welcomed with cheers and congratulations and took all of it, but there was only one person he wanted to see. (Bra, where are you?) Goten thought. He couldn't see her through the crowd of family and friends. He finally saw Trunks waving at him through the crowd and decided to go talk to him. "Hey Trunks, long time no see." Goten said. "Yeah, long time no see. So, how are ya, man? Trunks replied
"I'm pretty much fine, I'm just a little bit tired." Goten replied. "Do you know where Bra and Uub are? I couldn't find them here." Asked Goten. Trunks frowned a little, but put back on a smile. "Both of them were really busy and they said they couldn't make it, but they told me to say hello for them." Trunks said half slow, half fast.
"Anyways, you can see them tomorrow." Trunks said cheerfully. "Just go home and get some rest, ok?" "Yeah, sure Trunks." Goten replied. "I'll see you tomorrow then." Trunks gave a wave and walked back to his car and drove off.
After the party for Goten's welcome back, Goku, Chi Chi, and Goten drove back to their house. As they entered the house, Goten quickly said good night to his parents and walked into the security of his own room. He plopped down on his bed and made a long sigh. All of the training he got on King Kai's planet and the Otherworld Tournaments had really worn him down to almost nothing.
All Goten needed was a full night's rest, and then he would be recharged to take on the day. Goten wondered about Trunks' frown, but shook it off as he went to sleep.
Not surprisingly, Goten woke up later than he usually did, but Uub was usually the one to wake him up early. It seemed like always, the bright sunlight illuminating the whole room, the birds chirping outside, it seemed like the start to a perfect day.
Goten rubbed his eyes and walked into the bathroom, or the wall that leads into the bathroom. Goten's own reflexes couldn't save him as he dropped to the floor in a loud thump. He was too tired to yell his surprise, so Goten just stayed there on the floor unable to move.
(Oh no,) Goten thought. (My muscles have frozen up. I guess all that training over the years without much sleep has finally taken its toll.) "Dad, mom? Are you here?" Goten yelled. No answer came. (Now what am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the house with nobody here. Can't anybody hear me? Well I guess I can make myself comfortable until someone comes home.) Goten sighed and closed his eyes.
Goten woke up again. (Aw jeez, I must have dozed off; well at least I feel my muscles now.) Goten got up and walked into the bathroom to brush his teeth and take a shower. After his shower, he noticed that it wasn't morning anymore, but almost late afternoon. Goten put on something that seemed like a black muscle shirt, but actually it was a shirt that he wore when he was little.
Goten was surprised he could still fit into it, but it was the only shirt he could find. Goten managed to find a pair of white khaki pants which kind of matched he guessed, and set out to wander a little out of the house. Knowing fully that his mom had probably gone to wash clothes and his dad to train, Goten walked slowly, almost deliberately, but he had some things on his mind.
After a while, Goten eventually got to the city. He sighed and walked around, taking in the sights and sounds of the city, yet he noticed all the girls were staring at him. In some ways it made Goten nervous, but he wasn't the one to openly show it. Then, the giggling and pointing started coming. Now Goten was really nervous, he wasn't sure if they thought he was cute, or he was just in some way funny. Goten didn't like either of the choices.
He knew his heart truly belonged with Bra and that was all it took to keep him calm. Goten silently walked through a park on his own, and he turned a corner to see Bra with a bag of groceries. "Hi," was all that Goten could say. Even though he knew three years had passed, Bra didn't look a day older.
Every day after he had died, Goten had cursed himself for not seeing Bra. Now here she was, the only thing Goten could think of now was feeling her soft skin, her hair, her lips. "Hi." Bra said. She couldn't have thought of a worse time to see him. Things had changed, probably for the worse.
Goten ran to hug her tightly, and when he did, Bra pushed him away. "No Goten, it's not like that anymore, it's just not like that anymore." Bra said softly. She ran away past him, head hanging down. Goten stood there, still in his shocked expression.
(Why did she push me away? Why did she say it's not like that anymore?) Goten thought. When he turned around to she if she was there, all he saw was the emptiness of the street. Goten didn't even bother chasing after her, after all, this turn of events made him confused about life.
He continued his walk through the city and in the end, winded up back home. It was a bright, starry night that felt as if it was an ending to a perfect day. Goten didn't even notice it. He saw his parents start to say something as he entered, but quickly changed their minds when they saw his face.
Goten walked into his room, feeling angry, sad, and depressed, which was something he hoped that he would never feel all at the same time. He felt like his heart was broken, and to that extent, his whole world had collapsed.
Goten woke up earlier than usual, about 5:30 a.m. to blow off some steam from yesterday night. He carried a small pouch of senzu beans and figured that somewhere in this universe, there had to be somewhere to fight. Instead of fighting with people on the Earth, he instant transmissioned himself to a ring of five planets that were notoriously known for warlord hideouts.
He found fights to be fought everywhere, and that was what he needed. Something in his mind was bothering him; even though he was fighting, he just couldn't shake away the fact of what Bra said. It was a constant reminder to him and made him feel even angrier when he fought.
It was all too easy. The highest he had to transform was to ssj2, but even then, it wasn't a high energy level of it. Goten fought with ease and finesse, all he did was avoid and bring the final punch. His strongest opponent made him think a little, however even all of his attacks seemed predictable.
In fact, at one point he took on fifty to a hundred of them all at one time, but still managed to beat them all up. In his time with King Kai, he had learned to not depend so much on his ability to transform, but to work on lower levels to increase his strength without having to go to the next level.
That changed Goten profoundly. In that time he learned how to punch, kick, and avoid on his normal level to a point where it had matched his ssj years ago. With that, he also learned how to control his ssj6 form and master it to the point that not only could he hold it for a long time, he could use it to his advantage and be arguably the most powerful person in the universe. Yet there were still some side effects to the unbelievable power.
Goten was bored now, he had fought everyone he could find, and still he wasn't tired. He ate another senzu bean and instant-transmissioned back home. Goten took a hot shower and went down to eat breakfast. Strangely enough, nobody was there. Goten didn't mind it and started off with the refrigerator for breakfast.
After his meal, Goten felt bored and decided to call Trunks at home. When the other receiver picked up, it was Bulma. "Hi Bulma, this is Goten, is Trunks there?" Goten asked. " Hey Goten, congrats for coming back! Trunks is at work though, I'll give you his work number in the city." Bulma replied.
Goten wrote down the number Bulma gave him and called it the second right after he hung up the phone. Goten waited impatiently and the phone beeped again and again. Finally Trunks answered. "Trunks Briefs speaking," he said. "Hey Trunks, it's Goten." Goten exclaimed. "Hey man, it's been really boring today, I have absolutely nothing to do." Trunks said with a sigh.
"Job, huh? Where do you work at?" Goten asked teasingly. "I work at Capsule Corp. in West City, and I'm president, for your information." Trunks sneered. "Impressive, but anyways, do you want to go and hang out a bit?" Goten asked. "Anything but this, that's all I can say." Trunks said.
"Ok, I'll meet you outside the building I guess, in ten minutes?" Goten asked. "Sure, I'll see you there then," Trunks replied. Goten hung up first, fully knowing that he had no idea where the building was in the city.
Running as fast as he could, Goten made it into the city in minutes. He noticed a building sky high the said, "Capsule Corp.," in big red letters. When he got there Trunks waved his hands to him.
"So, where do you want to go?" Goten asked. "We could just go back to my house. Nobody's there for one reason or another." Trunks suggested. "Sure, but only if you race me there." Goten said. Both of them sped off at incredible speeds, the human eye would only think was a blur.
When they stopped their shoes were literally burning from all the friction of running and stopping, which left the road slightly damaged with two skid marks. After jumping around and stomping their shoes from burning up, Trunks ordered something called a "capsule platter," and it arrived fairly soon.
"It costed two hundred dollars for a capsule?" Goten said with amazement. "There is a reason why the call it a capsule platter" Trunks smiled. They sat at the back of the house with table and everything. "One of our favorite restaurants were amazed by how much of their food we could order, so they made up a giant order of food and put it into a capsule that would turn into something like a refrigerator.
Trunks simply set the capsule on the table and let it do its work. Out of the capsule popped food galore, everything they could imagine of was in there in obscenely large amounts. Interestingly enough, it only took Goten and Trunks a half an hour to eat it all.
After that, conversation began. "So," Trunks said. "I hear you went to ssj6 on Namek, great accomplishment that is." "Yes, it is." Goten began. " During the three years I trained with King Kai I learned how to control it pretty well. But I'll tell you a secret, when we were racing, I was only matching your speed; in all actuality, I could've gone much faster.
Goten was expecting to see Trunks a little mad, but instead a small grin took his face. "I knew that you were hiding something Goten, you always do, just like Goku. But in retrospect, I should've gone a lot faster too." Trunks sighed. "So you've gained something too since I was away." Goten said with an equal smile.
"Yeah, I gained the ability to go ssj5 while you were gone!" Trunks beamed. "There is no doubt I am much stronger than I ever was before." Trunks added. "Well then, we'll have to test our powers against each other sometime then." Goten grinned.
After that, that talked a little more, some about sports, families and friends. "Did Dende ever tell anyone why it took so long for me to get back?" Goten asked. "Now that I think of it, I thought everybody just forgot about reviving you back." Trunks said thoughtfully.
"Well the truth is, Dende wanted to change the dragonballs' dormancy period from one year to three so evil wouldn't be able to get it as easily. I believe a Namek came here secretly to change it and Dende just never told anyone about it." Goten finished.
There was a bit of an awkward silence, they were about to say something to each other but each of them couldn't wrestle out what they were going to say. "Look Trunks, it's time to cut the small talk." Goten announced. "I want to know what happened during these three years that made Bra somehow lose her love for me." He said with a frown on his face.
Trunks was shocked by Goten's forwardness. In all the years Trunks had known him, it was never Goten's style to be so forward when it came to something personal whether it was about him or somebody else. He usually just beat around the bushes and some time later you might find out what he was trying to say.
"Look Goten, you have to understand, things change...people change." Trunks said. Trunks looked sad and started saying, "When she found out you died, she locked herself in her room and cried day and night for about a year. Most nights I could hear her crying in her sleep, sometimes whispering your name. She did everything in her room, she never came out to eat or anything. We just sent her food up to her every time. When Bulma and I convinced her to come out that following, she looked horrible, bags under her eyes, her cheeks were heavily stained from tears, she was a mess.
You're lucky to have Uub as a friend." Trunks began. "He...was always there to comfort her whenever someone mentioned or at least try to mention your name. At the very thought of you, her eyes welled up with tears and she ran away. She told him everything about your life together; it was like she was reminiscing it, almost wishing for that time again.
Goten sighed. He knew his days without Bra were hard enough, dreaming about her every night and illusions were only the tip of the iceberg of what happened. Everyday he cursed himself for being a coward, running away making that sacrifice instead of standing up to Cell like he should have. Maybe he could have stood up to him and showed him what being a saiyan was really all about, but no, it was only a could have.
Trunks continued talking. "Look, I'm just going to get to the point. The truth is going to hurt, but you have to know." Trunks sighed deeply. "Bra and Uub are dating, they might even marry." Goten's hand clenched tightly. "After awhile, Bra started to go out of the house again and we were all happy for her. Uub took her to see places and didn't mean anything by it, but eventually it became something more than just protecting your friend's love interest.
"Uub did get scared, Goten. He talked to me about how since he and Bra went to see places to get her mind off of you, she drifted to him and they got extremely close. They were and still are happy together Goten. You have to realize that even at this stage you can't go claim what is a lost memory to her. I'm truly sorry for you Goten, I'm truly sorry."
(Trunks is right,) Goten thought. (I'm too late. She's gone now.) Goten fought back his tears. His hand had been clenched up so tight that now it was starting to draw blood. Goten punched the wall next to him and it almost crumbled under the force. "Are you all right, Goten? Trunks was concerned. "Yeah, um...I've got to go home, I-I'll see you later." Goten said. He walked off without a sound. Trunks was worried about him, especially now that he knew the truth, he would have a hole in his heart to live with for the rest of his life.
When he was out of Trunks' line of sight, Goten's eyes filled up with tears. (I've lost her. What am I going to do? It feels as if life has no meaning, I feel...empty inside.) The sun was setting as Goten walked the mountain path back to his home. (It's so beautiful, out here in the quiet mountains. The sunset is captivating, I could just stand and look at it for hours and hours and...)
Goten saw a reflection of Bra on the sunset, her hair flowing gently in the wind, matching the colors of the sun. Goten immediately shut his eyes closed and opened them again. Goten sighed and continued to walk back. Goten's life had changed, now, he didn't know what he was going to do...............
Two years later............
Goten made a mad dash for his car, quickly putting his car into gear and driving off like he was some crazy maniac. (Oh man, I'm going to be late for work, this is bad, very bad.) Goten thought.
In 5 minutes he had driven all the way to the Capsule Corp. building, and was rushing in, thanking his secretary, and running in to his office. (Whew," Goten said. "And with two minutes to spare! I guess I should celebrate.) Goten thought.
Goten went to his mini-fridge (which is the size of a normal refrigerator in the real world.) And got out a nice, cold......... "There's nothing in here, hm...I swear I stocked up on everything I needed yesterday." Goten said.
"Oh well, I'll just fax my secretary a list." Goten shrugged. Goten got out his usual list of stuff to get, three pages of various foods, candies, and drinks all in neatly typed 12 font. While he faxed the list Goten sat in his chair, looking out the window, into the city.
(Things really have changed.) Goten thought. (I was job-hunting for a while after I thought maybe I should get a job and move out of the house. I didn't fit in the bed quite as well and I could stand up and touch the ceiling with my head. Well actually I've been able to do that ever since I came back from that seventeen year training, but it was starting to bother me.)
(Finally, Trunks offered me a job and as a surprise, it was a job as vice- president of the company! I was so amazed at the offer and I quickly accepted. I found out that being a vice-president did a lot of accepting, rejecting and signing, but it paid a lot, $300,000 a year. I could only imagine what Trunks was making. Eventually, I did move out of my parent's house and bought a new one, just a few miles out of the city.)
(Well, the house is kind of big, two-stories and three acres of land around it. Trunks insisted on getting a bigger house and a bigger tract of land, but I decided on this when I really only needed an apartment.)
(I moved some of my old stuff and some sentimental pieces to my new home, but it seemed very empty. Again at the insistence of Trunks, Pan came over and interior-decorated the whole house, making me stay in a hotel for three months, just to keep it a secret.)
(Anyways, it's beautiful now. It's the only kind of house that could come out of my wildest dreams; it truly is a piece of artwork by itself. Yet, it feels lonely coming inside the house, dark and empty.)
Goten did realize that most women were attracted to him, but even that was an understatement. He found women throwing themselves at him, and sometimes literally to get his attention. Goten did take some of them out, to eat lunch or dinner, but his heart really wasn't in to it.
(So many times I've found co-workers attracted to me, but as flattering as it is, I've always felt that I had no interest in them.) Goten thought. He was quickly interrupted when a stack of paperwork came in to be signed and whatnot.
An hour past of just signing papers, Goten's hand started to hurt when Trunks called. "Hey man, a few of the guys and me are going to the bar, want to come?" Trunks asked. "Well maybe not this time, I got a lot of work to do." Goten replied.
"Come on Goten, you've been saying that ever since you got the job. Loosen up, you'll feel better." Trunks said. "Ah, well I'll just go out to get some fresh air, but I'm not going to go in with you since I still have work to do." Goten responded. "Yeah, sure, just meet me at the main entrance in five minutes." Trunks replied.
As all the other guys walked down the street to their favorite bar joking along the way, Goten buried his hands into his pockets, hoping not to be seen. Yet, he saw Bra walking with some other people across the street. Deep down, he felt hurt just at the sight of her, he only wished that could've been the way it used to be.
Goten did slightly heal over the loss of Bra, but it was only a small part of what his heart ached. The only way Goten covered it was by getting this job, to take him away from everything that had hurt him, now he just wanted to be alone.
At the same time Bra glanced over and saw the familiar face of Goten walking in the other direction with some guys. She sighed and kept walking. She never thought of Goten now, and when the subject of him came up in a conversation with Pan, it was only minor things. Bra did see him occasionally, usually at business parties, but never really talked to him.
Sure, they talk a little now and then, usually at business parties, but Goten had a coldness in his voice that she couldn't shake off and his emotions were blank and full of emptiness. Bra simply ignored her thoughts at walked off with her friends to a nearby mall.
Goten waved bye to Trunks and the other guys and walked off into the night. As he walked on the outskirts of town, he could see the pale moonlight reflecting on the ocean waves. It made him force up memories of when Bra and him were in the resort, they used to look up at the moon and stars at night, holding each other close......... It was getting late, and Goten felt that he should be getting home to sleep. Goten left the sandy shores, trying to forget.
Goten entered his office and got his jacket, but the lights of the city kept him in his place. It's nice to see the city so peaceful for once, it usually so loud. Goten left his trance and headed out the door when he was suddenly toppled over by a woman.
"What's going on?" Asked a dazed Goten. "Oh at last Goten, you're mine. I've waited for this moment forever. Kiss me." Goten's vision finally focused and he saw Lise, one of his business advisors right on top of him, leaning down to kiss him.
Goten quickly maneuvered himself out of her grasp. "Lise, what are you doing here so late? The office closed ten minutes ago." Goten desperately said. "Goten, do you understand how I feel about you? I want for us to be together for the rest of out lives." Lise said. Goten wanted to hear those word so much, but it was coming from the wrong person. "Look Lise, I like you, but only as a co-worker. You're exceptionally beautiful, but I'm not the one you should be saying these words to."
"I've been heartbroken once already, Lise. I don't think I'm the right one for you." Goten said bitterly. He didn't even bother taking his jacket from where it was. As he walked out of the room to the staircase Goten looked back and whispered, "I'm sorry" under his breath. Goten sighed, he was miserable for telling Lise the way he had, yet he held no lies from what he said.
Lise was exceptionally beautiful; maybe that was an understatement. She was another example of what a perfect woman would be, smart, beautiful, she had something that could attract any man, but there was one exception.
She could have any man she wanted, but she had her sights set on someone who just couldn't bear to be in love again. In a way, Goten was still in love with her, but only in his memories. He wanted so much for Bra to return to him, to have her in his arms, nevertheless he dwelled on past memories more than he'd liked.
Goten drove faster than usual, nearly crashing into other cars and narrowly saving his own life. Goten walked to the front door of his house and opened it. It was dark, typical for him since he was the only one who lived in it.
Goten went straight for the shower, almost forgetting to take off his clothes before getting in. He had too much on his mind to even have a second thought, thankfully, it was Friday night. Goten laid on his bed, too tired to even think straight. (I guess I'll just have a nice sleep and forget everything about today.) Goten thought.
The streets were quite deserted, as were the city. Goten walked slowly but he didn't know why. He thought he should be panicking at the absence of people, but his body was perfectly calm. Then for some reason he could control his body again and he ran towards the outskirts of town to his house. And then, he just suddenly stopped.
Goten could not believe his eyes; miles and miles of graves, all neatly set in a straight order. Yet it smelled of spring, no horrible stench, just the smell of spring. Goten felt disgusted, and ran for what seemed hours to get away from it and then his house finally came into view.
He saw Bra ringing his doorbell, probably wanting to talk to him and then out of nowhere, Uub appeared. He put his right arm around her shoulder as if to comfort her, yet his other hand went to her back and............Goten stood rigid, shocked at what Uub did.
The energy blast was noticeable and to see Bra's horror-struck face as the energy went right through her body was enough to make Goten's face drain of any color. body slumped face-forward onto what was left of the door.
"Uub!" Goten reappeared right behind him. "You couldn't stop them from dying, you couldn't even stop her from dying." Uub said in a deep, dark voice that wasn't his. "How could I let you protect her if you couldn't even save her." "NO!" Goten yelled. "You killed her! She meant everything to me! How.........could.........you.........do.........this?!" Goten felt all of his fury, all of his hate for Uub consumed him, and he felt that Uub's death would only be justice for what he'd caused.
"That's right Goten, release your anger on me!" Uub said again in that same dark voice. "Go to level six and embrace every hate, every piece of wrath you have for me!" Uub said with a maniacal laugh. It was already too late, Goten had gone ssj6 and before Uub could say another word, Goten fired a giant energy blast point blank at Uub's face and everything was blinded.
Goten's eyes slammed open.
Goten felt his body erupt with more and more energy; he couldn't control it. (Wait a minute,) Goten thought. (If all this energy is coming out then that must mean...) Goten touched his hair; without a doubt it was changed. He had gone through a couple of levels of transformations during this nightmare of his, not to mention his bed and most of his room was in pieces. Goten touched his face, there was a stream with tears.
In the morning Goten ordered a new bed, hired a carpenter to fix the broken wood in the room, and ordered new furniture. If only one memory was clear from last night it was his nightmare. It felt too real and he wondered what that nightmare meant.
Instead of going to the office and signing papers like he usually did on weekends, Goten went out to train in the gravity room. Seven hundred times the earth's gravity made a good warm-up as he worked himself into the thousands. He worked himself harder than before, not wasting any time on resting.
After several hours of training, Goten nearly collapsed to the floor as he dragged himself to the controls. Goten smiled a bit, (That'll teach me to put it on two thousand for three hours; my whole body feels like stone. Once he turned the power off felt all of the weight and pressure going off his body.
Goten flew back to his house, showered and then relaxed in his favorite chair just as the day hit late afternoon. His own life seemed so inconsequential now that the fate of the universe didn't lie in his hands. It looked like that if he jumped off a cliff and died, the world wouldn't change, though even if he did jump off a cliff, he probably would still survive.
If anything, Goten was a workaholic, though not entirely since his personality wouldn't let him. Most nights he would stay up doing various work for the company, researching and looking into other companies and how they did.
The only real competition to Capsule Corp. was the company started by Uub and Bra called Neo Capsules, which did fairly well, but they were asking for a merger with Capsule Corp. since their company was starting to go down now. It was an endless cycle of work to Goten, but he thanked himself for taking a day off.
The daylight started to draw to a close and a sunset was coming into full bloom, and Goten decided to go to his favorite place, a place where he could just forget everything and stare at the majestic sky for hours on end. Goten slowly walked towards his secret little hiding place, a small hill with an old oak tree overlooking the sea. Goten chuckled to himself. His little hiding place, it sounded quite childish. Granted, there wasn't much to hide from, but that's what it was, a place to get away.
Goten plopped down on the firm grass only to notice that the sunset was gone, yet was replaced by night filled with a full moon and the endless glimmering of stars. I'm back here to think again, I guess. Goten said aloud as he rested his head against the base of the tree. (But there's nothing to think of except...you, Bra.)
His restless mind brought back old memories that he played over and over again in his thoughts. Goten then smiled and chuckled to himself again. (I'm glad that I remembered today, because this is a special day to me.) He inadvertently brought out a two glasses and a chilled bottle of champagne and filled both glasses up, even though he only needed one.
Goten sipped his champagne and watched as the waves roll gently into the sand. (Today...today is an anniversary for the day when we confessed our love to each other. I haven't forgotten it, and I hope you haven't too. So now I think I'll make a resolution to myself. From now on, I shall never love anyone else, just because of the selfish reason that they're not you.)
(As long as you're happy Bra, I think I can deal with life as it is now.) Goten held a sad face as he put his glass to face the moon. (So wherever you are now Bra, cheers.) Goten back his tears as he walked back to his in the darkness.
Weeks passed by just as fast as they came, Goten resumed his normal work and saw Lise regularly, and she acted as if nothing had happened. Goten didn't mind it, but he felt awkward around her. Capsule Corp. had accepted the merger with Neo Capsules so now, Uub was going to work with Trunks and Bra was going to work with Goten.
Goten was quite surprised when Trunks told him. (Now what am I doing to do?) Goten thought. (Whenever I talk to Bra I get this tone that isn't me. According to the job description, I'm going to be talking to her a lot, not to mention I'll be sharing my office with her.) Goten's office was big, enough to fit at least 5 people with large desks and computers, not to mention the great view from one side of the room.
Uub and Bra were coming to Capsule Corp. to work like another president and vice-president, though all of decisions would ultimately be decided by Trunks and Goten. Goten felt encouraged that life had given him an opportunity to be in better standings with Bra, but he didn't know how it would work out.
The day of reckoning had come. Movers carried stuff into what was just Goten's office, now know as Goten and Bra's office. Goten could only watch outside the room as Bra directed the movers to set everything in a specific place, and move his stuff into a corner. "Well Bra, it been a long time hasn't it?" Goten frowned slightly. "Yes, it has been quite awhile Goten, I trust that everything will be professional?" Bra asked.
"As always Bra." Goten stated coldly. Goten absolutely hated these conversations, they were so formal and unemotional. As much as Goten disliked the idea of Bra helping him on business matters, he did like having Bra around him; it gave him that sense of being whole again. When Goten entered the room, he was surrounded by the scent of Bra. It was intoxicating; it nearly drove him wild the second he entered, yet his pain held him back.
Goten got back to his business of arranging his stuff back to the way it was before the movers came in, only to be interrupted by the last person he had wanted to see today. "Hey Goten, it's good to see you again." Uub said. "Likewise." Goten said with his back turned to Uub. Uub could feel Goten's energy rise as he said those words, and he probably knew why.
"Goten I know what you're thinking, you have to get over it..." Uub started. Goten immediately shot Uub a death glare as his energy skyrocketed. Uub quietly backed out of the room. Luckily, Bra wasn't paying enough attention to feel his unexpected rise of energy, so he quickly powered down and returned to his work. (Well that didn't turn out as I'd expected.) Goten thought. (Unfortunately, I let my anger get the best of me and now look what happens. I guess I need to control my anger better.)
The rest of the day worked out pretty well since Bra hadn't officially moved in yet, so Goten had the rest of the day to himself. (I just hope things will get better.) Goten thought to himself as he stared into the flaming red sunset
A month later............
Goten woke up early, but he didn't know why. He guessed that it was because of Bra and their ever-growing friendship. In a month, Goten found that the more he worked with Bra the more his heart mended, and Bra was becoming more and more friendly. Sometimes he caught himself making jokes to her during their work on boring projects, making her laugh. Today he was going to take her to lunch. Goten felt great, better than he'd felt in months.
Goten drove around the city to the Capsule Corp. building, wondering what would await him inside. He walked into their office, fully breathing in Bra's scent. "Well Goten, clearing up the sinuses are we now?" Bra asked as she walked by him. "Yeah, you could say that." Goten put on a grin. "You know Goten, if you think about that lunch too hard your brain will explode. Besides it's only 7:30 a.m., you've got a long way to go." Bra said.
Goten sat at his desk and began to think about Capsule Corp.'s new inventions. Goten and Bra had to approve two before the deadline, and timing was pretty strict. "What do you think is better Bra, a capsule that can hold a house, or a capsule that turns into a 10-course meal? Goten asked.
"Hm...well, I think both." Bra answered. "There, all the work today is done." Goten said as he wrote furiously on the paper. "Not quite." Bra responded. She gave Goten several stacks of paperwork about 7 inches thick. Goten slouched back in his chair, ready to give up his position.
Goten wrote in a frenzy until a mental clock alarm went off in Goten's head. ((It's twelve o'clock, remember what's supposed to happen? Because if you don't I will smack you upside your head.)) Goten suddenly swung his head up from the desk, reactivating his senses dulled by paperwork. Goten took a minute to look at Bra across the room, sitting at her desk, studying the company's results.
Even though her brows were furrowed, she was the epitome of what beauty was and is. No female could even be comparable to her in Goten's eyes. Her personality accentuated who she was and made her far better than the rest.
Goten could only think what life had had kept him away from. He had everything, he could get what he wanted in a moment's notice, and yet, there was this certain gap in everything he did. There was no one to share with what he had.
He would rather be poor and be with Bra than rich and not have her. That was his one and only selfish desire, to have her for himself. He hated this desire; in the way that he wanted get her at almost any cost. Nevertheless, that was what kept him living. It was the only thing that maintained his sanity and his life.
Goten noticed that he was staring into her deeply and quickly stopped, almost falling out of his chair at the same time. "Lunch time!" Goten yelled excitedly. Goten's outburst startled Bra, as she collected herself from the floor. "Um, yes it's lunch time. Let me call Uub first and then we can go." Bra said. Those words stabbed pain through his heart, but it wasn't like the pain that came up next.
As Goten and Bra walked through the hall, Goten saw Bra rush up to Uub to plant a light kiss on his lips as they embraced. Goten's anger rose up madly, and his was trying contain his anger for Bra's sake. He could feel another piece of his heart break and sadness finally overcame him. When Uub walked off she returned to his side and they walked to the newly renovated elevators.
During their ride down to the first floor Bra noticed that Goten hadn't said a word ever since they left their office, not to mention his sullen face. "What's wrong Goten?" Bra asked, concerned. "It's nothing." Goten replied and turned his head away. Bra was about to say something, but she decided against it and didn't say a word until they got out of the building.
"Ah, today is a good day." Bra said as she felt the sun warm her up. Goten lightened up a little. "Yeah, today is a good day." Goten agreed. "So, where for lunch?" Bra asked. "Well, how about that café on that hill? I hear it's pretty good." Goten replied.
"Sure. Why don't we get a table outside, the weather is so nice and the sky is so clear." Bra suggested. "Well, yeah, ok. I'll get the waiter to bring up the menus and you can pick out the table." Goten said cheerfully. Bra chose one of the best tables outside; it had a comfortable amount of shade with a great view of the surrounding city.
When they ordered the food, Bra noticed that Goten ordered a lot less than a saiyan male should. Unlike their female counterparts, the males had to have a larger and constant supply of food, otherwise all of their energy would deplete, resulting in a quite uncomfortable death. "Are you sure about eating that much less?" Bra worriedly asked. "It's not too much is it?" Goten inquired.
"No, no, no. I just thought that you would order the whole menu." Bra responded. "Oh yeah, I trained my body to withstand the continuous need for food, and it got me to eat somewhere near human portions. Being half- human does get some nice benefits." Goten grinned. "That's pretty good, Goten; at least you're better than Trunks, he pigs out every time he eats." Bra said.
"Well, I haven't totally gone normal; I still pig out every once in a while, sometimes erratically, but if Trunks is eating with me, well let's just say the meal will be finished in three minutes flat." Goten's grin got bigger. Conversation after that wasn't much, since the food arrived and Goten was starving.
As soon as Goten got back from lunch with Bra, he got a phone call from Trunks. "Goten, do you want to go catch-up on old times or something? Work is starting to bore me more than it should." Trunks asked hurriedly. "Well, yeah sure, meet at your place? Goten asked. "Yeah, that's fine, I'll meet you there in an hour." Trunks said.
Goten rushed out of the building, picking up speed as he ran down the street. Cars parked behind him started ringing their alarms because of the surge of speed. Goten made it to Capsule Corp. with seconds to spare. As Goten went into the backyard, he found himself looking at Trunks and Pan share a kiss that looked rather...unrestrained.
Goten tried to back out, but he tripped over a tree root sticking out of the ground with a loud thump sound. Trunks and Pan immediately stopped and Trunks went out to check what made the sound while muttering "Never any time together." Trunks checked behind the tree and found Goten in an awkward position while still dazed.
"I didn't think you'd get here this early Goten. I thought Pan and I would have some time to ourselves before you came." Trunks said. "Yeah I kind of figured that out." Goten said while rubbing his head. "So, how are you and Pan doing?" Goten asked.
"It's been okay." Trunks said flatly. "Something wrong?" Goten asked. "Well, it's just that every time Pan and I are alone, someone or something pops up so that we can't be together. Usually it's Vegeta that bothers us or I get a phone call from the office."
"Well, do you still love her?" Goten asked. "Yes, I do love her. Not a day goes by when I don't think about her. That's why I've got something for her." Trunks pulled a small black box from his pocket and when he opened it, out came a diamond ring.
"Whoa Trunks, you're going to propose to her?" Goten said amazed. "Not so loud Goten, she'll hear." Trunks said in a whisper. "I've been trying to find a place to do it, but I've had no luck." Trunks said with his head down.
"I know just the place you're looking for Trunks." Goten said. "Really? Where is it?" Trunks asked frantically. "It's new so not a lot of people know about it right now, but it's the best place to propose to Pan. I have to warn though you it's very expensive and formal I might add." Goten said. "Money is no object; I just need to know where the place is." Trunks said excitedly.
"Well, it about seven blocks east from the office building, and remember to make reservations otherwise you won't even have a chance of getting in" Goten said. "Thanks Goten. I've got o get back to Pan otherwise she might get worried. " Trunks smiled. "Good luck to you Trunks." Goten replied as he saw Trunks run back to Pan.
"If I only had the same luck..." Goten sighed as he walked off. Goten decided to go and train in the gravity room so as soon as he got home he put on his training gi and flew back to the Capsule Corp. grounds. When Goten got to the usual place where the gravity room was, it was replaced by a bigger building, at least twenty times the size of the old one. Goten shrugged off what it was and just went inside.
Goten was thoroughly amazed one he got inside. His perception didn't take in all of the building and the sheer amount of space that it had. The room looked big enough to be a football stadium! Goten saw Uub training on one side of the room so Goten started on the other.
After a while, Uub felt that he had enough of training by himself and wanted to ask Goten if he wanted to have a battle. "Hey Goten," Uub shouted across the room. "You want to practice in a little battle?" Uub asked. Goten just stayed silent as he worked on his fighting. "Goten say something, you've haven't said anything ever since you got here. You just have to show me ssj6 again." Uub pleaded.
"Look." Goten said. "I just don't think that this is a good time to show you ssj6." Other than that, ssj6 had some serious mind problems. The reason Goten had ever bothered to train with ssj6 was that if he had to use it, he might be able to control the tendency to go into a berserk rage. The amount of strain and energy ssj6 put on the mind was sometimes overwhelming and caused Goten to fight blindly from his anger and without conscious knowledge of what he was doing.
The only good news was that Goten trained enough to where it was rare when it happened, and when it did, he would have a slight knowledge of what was happening. Yet, Goten knew that if he went ssj6 his anger would most likely trigger and make Uub his personal enemy because of Bra.
"I know I'm going to regret this, but yeah I'll have a match with you." Goten sighed deeply as he closed his eyes. "All right! Uub cheered. "Just to let you know." Uub said. "This new gravity room will be able to measure you power level every time you get higher and higher and get this."
Uub went down to the main controls on the side of the room and pressed a few buttons and the scenery started to change. No longer was it a white ceiling and floors that surrounded them, but a grassy field, complete with a gentle breeze and sun.
"Wow, I'm impressed." Goten said. "Not only that, but it has a lot more places to simulate and it also has a complex data system which tracks you, your movements and the moves you do." Uub said with a grin. "Now to the fun part I guess." Goten said.
With that, Uub rushed at Goten with a flurry of punches that was easy to block for Goten and as Uub launched another punch Goten easily counter- attacked and sent Uub flying across the room. "Your attack pattern really hasn't changed has it?" Goten asked with a smirk. "Maybe not, but I am a lot more powerful than I used to be." Uub said.
Uub powered up and took Goten completely off guard with a kick to the chest and made him smash into a wall. "Just so you know, we moved the new gravity room here this morning, since it was built somewhere else, but mostly Bra and I worked on it together here." Uub said. When Goten got up as he heard the word "together" his anger started to awaken and he turned ssj. "No more words." Goten said angrily and he and Uub commenced fighting again.
Goten threw a substantial amount of energy blasts at Uub, but to no avail and only had to rely on physical attacks to damage Uub. By the end of two minutes, the whole room was cratered and darkened, both fighters exhausted for breath, but that wouldn't stop themselves.
The fight got more and more even as every time each one powered up to a new level, the other did the same. It came to a point of decision when Uub went to his maximum amount and Goten even at ssj5, couldn't compare. (I won't lose.) Goten thought. (Not now, I will not lose!) Through his thoughts Goten could hear Uub say something about himself and Bra again and that's when Goten's last hold on his humanity broke off.
"Fine!" Goten yelled. "You really want to see me at ssj6 again?" "I have to warn you that I might not mentally in control once I reach it, because the strain might get to me first." Goten said in a low voice. "I understand Goten, do whatever it takes to win." Uub smiled.
Goten released his energy at once, it covered the whole room and Uub was blinded by the light, but he could hear Goten's yell and his power rising faster than ever. The end result was the same; ssj3 hair with a red tint and red eyes, yet now Goten looked more evil than ever.
"This is the end, Uub." Goten said in a dark voice. "I suggest you prepare yourself to defend your life after how much pain you've caused me." Uub could only think, (what?) In a moments notice Goten had Uub pinned down on the ground, punching him in the gut as fast as he could. Uub countered a punch and elbowed Goten's jaw. Goten staggered back a bit, rubbing his jaw and Uub back flipped to the other side.
Goten slammed the ground with his hand and a shockwave with his energy caused the floor to crack and split apart. Uub anticipated it and jump kicked Goten in the chest, but Goten flipped around Uub a second after impact and gave him a punch face forward into the wall again. It left Uub totally breathless as Goten kicked him across to the other side of the floor and picked him up.
Goten showed no mercy as he threw Uub up in the air and proceeded to assault Uub on both sides, making sure that he never touched the floor. As Uub fell lifelessly to the floor Goten shot energy blasts at him, leaving his body in a cloud of smoke.
Goten looked at the Uub, beaten, bruised and hanging between the verge of life and death. "I'm almost finished Uub, just one last thing. Goten raised his arm, aiming at Uub's body at energy ball about the size of a basketball, while Uub breathed shallow breaths. "Have a nice time at King Kai's, Uub" Goten smirked and said Uub's name with emphasis.
"Stop!" Bra yelled at the entrance. "What?!" Goten yelled, turning back to look. "Don't kill him Goten, please, don't you have any compassion in your heart?" Bra pleaded, making her way to Uub. Goten immediately powered down to normal, now he'd gained back control of his body.
(What have I done?) Goten thought, looking at his hands. They were stained with the blood from the fight. (This wasn't supposed to happen, I wasn't supposed to lose control.) (Now I've almost killed one my best friend and lost all trust in Bra.) Goten clenched his hand tightly into a fist.
Goten turned to look back at Bra; she was caressing Uub's hair, whispering him soft words. Goten softly said, "All I can say is, I'm sorry." Bra didn't even turn back to look at him, but Goten understood, and he powered up and flew out of the gravity room.
A/N note: All's well that ends well, so this is still a b/g fic and always will be.
A/N note: A bit over 8,000 words! You've got be kidding me. I'm going to faint if I write anymore than this!
A/N note: Review!
Ah, I finally updated after oh let's say 8 months! I'm really sorry about that guys, school is well...I'd rather not say. Anyways. Just so you guys know, I originally finished this chapter in September; so...don't hurt me too much at least! Good thing that summer is right around the corner so I'll probably be back writing normally and everything will be boring again. And also on a side note, the reason why you see a hyphen between the ages is because this chapter is going to start skipping years a bit, not too much though.
Disclaimer: Does high school mean anything to you? If it doesn't, it means poor, or flat-out broke.
Goten: 25-28 Trunks: 27-30 Uub: 26-28 Bra: 24-27 Pan: 21-24 And all the other characters are suggested as older people, unless otherwise noted.
(Technically, Goten's body is still 25, but his spirit is 28 I'm just going to stick with 25.)
Just so you know. "blahblahblah"=talking (blahblahblah) =thinking ((blahblahblah))=conscience is talking
Chapter 8:
Deep Depressions
Three years later.........
Everybody stood close to Shenron as he was using his powers to bring back Goten. Finally after three years of waiting, they could resurrect Goten back. Everybody was there, waiting for his arrival and then with a flash of light, Goten appeared right in front of them.
Goten was welcomed with cheers and congratulations and took all of it, but there was only one person he wanted to see. (Bra, where are you?) Goten thought. He couldn't see her through the crowd of family and friends. He finally saw Trunks waving at him through the crowd and decided to go talk to him. "Hey Trunks, long time no see." Goten said. "Yeah, long time no see. So, how are ya, man? Trunks replied
"I'm pretty much fine, I'm just a little bit tired." Goten replied. "Do you know where Bra and Uub are? I couldn't find them here." Asked Goten. Trunks frowned a little, but put back on a smile. "Both of them were really busy and they said they couldn't make it, but they told me to say hello for them." Trunks said half slow, half fast.
"Anyways, you can see them tomorrow." Trunks said cheerfully. "Just go home and get some rest, ok?" "Yeah, sure Trunks." Goten replied. "I'll see you tomorrow then." Trunks gave a wave and walked back to his car and drove off.
After the party for Goten's welcome back, Goku, Chi Chi, and Goten drove back to their house. As they entered the house, Goten quickly said good night to his parents and walked into the security of his own room. He plopped down on his bed and made a long sigh. All of the training he got on King Kai's planet and the Otherworld Tournaments had really worn him down to almost nothing.
All Goten needed was a full night's rest, and then he would be recharged to take on the day. Goten wondered about Trunks' frown, but shook it off as he went to sleep.
Not surprisingly, Goten woke up later than he usually did, but Uub was usually the one to wake him up early. It seemed like always, the bright sunlight illuminating the whole room, the birds chirping outside, it seemed like the start to a perfect day.
Goten rubbed his eyes and walked into the bathroom, or the wall that leads into the bathroom. Goten's own reflexes couldn't save him as he dropped to the floor in a loud thump. He was too tired to yell his surprise, so Goten just stayed there on the floor unable to move.
(Oh no,) Goten thought. (My muscles have frozen up. I guess all that training over the years without much sleep has finally taken its toll.) "Dad, mom? Are you here?" Goten yelled. No answer came. (Now what am I supposed to do? I'm stuck in the house with nobody here. Can't anybody hear me? Well I guess I can make myself comfortable until someone comes home.) Goten sighed and closed his eyes.
Goten woke up again. (Aw jeez, I must have dozed off; well at least I feel my muscles now.) Goten got up and walked into the bathroom to brush his teeth and take a shower. After his shower, he noticed that it wasn't morning anymore, but almost late afternoon. Goten put on something that seemed like a black muscle shirt, but actually it was a shirt that he wore when he was little.
Goten was surprised he could still fit into it, but it was the only shirt he could find. Goten managed to find a pair of white khaki pants which kind of matched he guessed, and set out to wander a little out of the house. Knowing fully that his mom had probably gone to wash clothes and his dad to train, Goten walked slowly, almost deliberately, but he had some things on his mind.
After a while, Goten eventually got to the city. He sighed and walked around, taking in the sights and sounds of the city, yet he noticed all the girls were staring at him. In some ways it made Goten nervous, but he wasn't the one to openly show it. Then, the giggling and pointing started coming. Now Goten was really nervous, he wasn't sure if they thought he was cute, or he was just in some way funny. Goten didn't like either of the choices.
He knew his heart truly belonged with Bra and that was all it took to keep him calm. Goten silently walked through a park on his own, and he turned a corner to see Bra with a bag of groceries. "Hi," was all that Goten could say. Even though he knew three years had passed, Bra didn't look a day older.
Every day after he had died, Goten had cursed himself for not seeing Bra. Now here she was, the only thing Goten could think of now was feeling her soft skin, her hair, her lips. "Hi." Bra said. She couldn't have thought of a worse time to see him. Things had changed, probably for the worse.
Goten ran to hug her tightly, and when he did, Bra pushed him away. "No Goten, it's not like that anymore, it's just not like that anymore." Bra said softly. She ran away past him, head hanging down. Goten stood there, still in his shocked expression.
(Why did she push me away? Why did she say it's not like that anymore?) Goten thought. When he turned around to she if she was there, all he saw was the emptiness of the street. Goten didn't even bother chasing after her, after all, this turn of events made him confused about life.
He continued his walk through the city and in the end, winded up back home. It was a bright, starry night that felt as if it was an ending to a perfect day. Goten didn't even notice it. He saw his parents start to say something as he entered, but quickly changed their minds when they saw his face.
Goten walked into his room, feeling angry, sad, and depressed, which was something he hoped that he would never feel all at the same time. He felt like his heart was broken, and to that extent, his whole world had collapsed.
Goten woke up earlier than usual, about 5:30 a.m. to blow off some steam from yesterday night. He carried a small pouch of senzu beans and figured that somewhere in this universe, there had to be somewhere to fight. Instead of fighting with people on the Earth, he instant transmissioned himself to a ring of five planets that were notoriously known for warlord hideouts.
He found fights to be fought everywhere, and that was what he needed. Something in his mind was bothering him; even though he was fighting, he just couldn't shake away the fact of what Bra said. It was a constant reminder to him and made him feel even angrier when he fought.
It was all too easy. The highest he had to transform was to ssj2, but even then, it wasn't a high energy level of it. Goten fought with ease and finesse, all he did was avoid and bring the final punch. His strongest opponent made him think a little, however even all of his attacks seemed predictable.
In fact, at one point he took on fifty to a hundred of them all at one time, but still managed to beat them all up. In his time with King Kai, he had learned to not depend so much on his ability to transform, but to work on lower levels to increase his strength without having to go to the next level.
That changed Goten profoundly. In that time he learned how to punch, kick, and avoid on his normal level to a point where it had matched his ssj years ago. With that, he also learned how to control his ssj6 form and master it to the point that not only could he hold it for a long time, he could use it to his advantage and be arguably the most powerful person in the universe. Yet there were still some side effects to the unbelievable power.
Goten was bored now, he had fought everyone he could find, and still he wasn't tired. He ate another senzu bean and instant-transmissioned back home. Goten took a hot shower and went down to eat breakfast. Strangely enough, nobody was there. Goten didn't mind it and started off with the refrigerator for breakfast.
After his meal, Goten felt bored and decided to call Trunks at home. When the other receiver picked up, it was Bulma. "Hi Bulma, this is Goten, is Trunks there?" Goten asked. " Hey Goten, congrats for coming back! Trunks is at work though, I'll give you his work number in the city." Bulma replied.
Goten wrote down the number Bulma gave him and called it the second right after he hung up the phone. Goten waited impatiently and the phone beeped again and again. Finally Trunks answered. "Trunks Briefs speaking," he said. "Hey Trunks, it's Goten." Goten exclaimed. "Hey man, it's been really boring today, I have absolutely nothing to do." Trunks said with a sigh.
"Job, huh? Where do you work at?" Goten asked teasingly. "I work at Capsule Corp. in West City, and I'm president, for your information." Trunks sneered. "Impressive, but anyways, do you want to go and hang out a bit?" Goten asked. "Anything but this, that's all I can say." Trunks said.
"Ok, I'll meet you outside the building I guess, in ten minutes?" Goten asked. "Sure, I'll see you there then," Trunks replied. Goten hung up first, fully knowing that he had no idea where the building was in the city.
Running as fast as he could, Goten made it into the city in minutes. He noticed a building sky high the said, "Capsule Corp.," in big red letters. When he got there Trunks waved his hands to him.
"So, where do you want to go?" Goten asked. "We could just go back to my house. Nobody's there for one reason or another." Trunks suggested. "Sure, but only if you race me there." Goten said. Both of them sped off at incredible speeds, the human eye would only think was a blur.
When they stopped their shoes were literally burning from all the friction of running and stopping, which left the road slightly damaged with two skid marks. After jumping around and stomping their shoes from burning up, Trunks ordered something called a "capsule platter," and it arrived fairly soon.
"It costed two hundred dollars for a capsule?" Goten said with amazement. "There is a reason why the call it a capsule platter" Trunks smiled. They sat at the back of the house with table and everything. "One of our favorite restaurants were amazed by how much of their food we could order, so they made up a giant order of food and put it into a capsule that would turn into something like a refrigerator.
Trunks simply set the capsule on the table and let it do its work. Out of the capsule popped food galore, everything they could imagine of was in there in obscenely large amounts. Interestingly enough, it only took Goten and Trunks a half an hour to eat it all.
After that, conversation began. "So," Trunks said. "I hear you went to ssj6 on Namek, great accomplishment that is." "Yes, it is." Goten began. " During the three years I trained with King Kai I learned how to control it pretty well. But I'll tell you a secret, when we were racing, I was only matching your speed; in all actuality, I could've gone much faster.
Goten was expecting to see Trunks a little mad, but instead a small grin took his face. "I knew that you were hiding something Goten, you always do, just like Goku. But in retrospect, I should've gone a lot faster too." Trunks sighed. "So you've gained something too since I was away." Goten said with an equal smile.
"Yeah, I gained the ability to go ssj5 while you were gone!" Trunks beamed. "There is no doubt I am much stronger than I ever was before." Trunks added. "Well then, we'll have to test our powers against each other sometime then." Goten grinned.
After that, that talked a little more, some about sports, families and friends. "Did Dende ever tell anyone why it took so long for me to get back?" Goten asked. "Now that I think of it, I thought everybody just forgot about reviving you back." Trunks said thoughtfully.
"Well the truth is, Dende wanted to change the dragonballs' dormancy period from one year to three so evil wouldn't be able to get it as easily. I believe a Namek came here secretly to change it and Dende just never told anyone about it." Goten finished.
There was a bit of an awkward silence, they were about to say something to each other but each of them couldn't wrestle out what they were going to say. "Look Trunks, it's time to cut the small talk." Goten announced. "I want to know what happened during these three years that made Bra somehow lose her love for me." He said with a frown on his face.
Trunks was shocked by Goten's forwardness. In all the years Trunks had known him, it was never Goten's style to be so forward when it came to something personal whether it was about him or somebody else. He usually just beat around the bushes and some time later you might find out what he was trying to say.
"Look Goten, you have to understand, things change...people change." Trunks said. Trunks looked sad and started saying, "When she found out you died, she locked herself in her room and cried day and night for about a year. Most nights I could hear her crying in her sleep, sometimes whispering your name. She did everything in her room, she never came out to eat or anything. We just sent her food up to her every time. When Bulma and I convinced her to come out that following, she looked horrible, bags under her eyes, her cheeks were heavily stained from tears, she was a mess.
You're lucky to have Uub as a friend." Trunks began. "He...was always there to comfort her whenever someone mentioned or at least try to mention your name. At the very thought of you, her eyes welled up with tears and she ran away. She told him everything about your life together; it was like she was reminiscing it, almost wishing for that time again.
Goten sighed. He knew his days without Bra were hard enough, dreaming about her every night and illusions were only the tip of the iceberg of what happened. Everyday he cursed himself for being a coward, running away making that sacrifice instead of standing up to Cell like he should have. Maybe he could have stood up to him and showed him what being a saiyan was really all about, but no, it was only a could have.
Trunks continued talking. "Look, I'm just going to get to the point. The truth is going to hurt, but you have to know." Trunks sighed deeply. "Bra and Uub are dating, they might even marry." Goten's hand clenched tightly. "After awhile, Bra started to go out of the house again and we were all happy for her. Uub took her to see places and didn't mean anything by it, but eventually it became something more than just protecting your friend's love interest.
"Uub did get scared, Goten. He talked to me about how since he and Bra went to see places to get her mind off of you, she drifted to him and they got extremely close. They were and still are happy together Goten. You have to realize that even at this stage you can't go claim what is a lost memory to her. I'm truly sorry for you Goten, I'm truly sorry."
(Trunks is right,) Goten thought. (I'm too late. She's gone now.) Goten fought back his tears. His hand had been clenched up so tight that now it was starting to draw blood. Goten punched the wall next to him and it almost crumbled under the force. "Are you all right, Goten? Trunks was concerned. "Yeah, um...I've got to go home, I-I'll see you later." Goten said. He walked off without a sound. Trunks was worried about him, especially now that he knew the truth, he would have a hole in his heart to live with for the rest of his life.
When he was out of Trunks' line of sight, Goten's eyes filled up with tears. (I've lost her. What am I going to do? It feels as if life has no meaning, I feel...empty inside.) The sun was setting as Goten walked the mountain path back to his home. (It's so beautiful, out here in the quiet mountains. The sunset is captivating, I could just stand and look at it for hours and hours and...)
Goten saw a reflection of Bra on the sunset, her hair flowing gently in the wind, matching the colors of the sun. Goten immediately shut his eyes closed and opened them again. Goten sighed and continued to walk back. Goten's life had changed, now, he didn't know what he was going to do...............
Two years later............
Goten made a mad dash for his car, quickly putting his car into gear and driving off like he was some crazy maniac. (Oh man, I'm going to be late for work, this is bad, very bad.) Goten thought.
In 5 minutes he had driven all the way to the Capsule Corp. building, and was rushing in, thanking his secretary, and running in to his office. (Whew," Goten said. "And with two minutes to spare! I guess I should celebrate.) Goten thought.
Goten went to his mini-fridge (which is the size of a normal refrigerator in the real world.) And got out a nice, cold......... "There's nothing in here, hm...I swear I stocked up on everything I needed yesterday." Goten said.
"Oh well, I'll just fax my secretary a list." Goten shrugged. Goten got out his usual list of stuff to get, three pages of various foods, candies, and drinks all in neatly typed 12 font. While he faxed the list Goten sat in his chair, looking out the window, into the city.
(Things really have changed.) Goten thought. (I was job-hunting for a while after I thought maybe I should get a job and move out of the house. I didn't fit in the bed quite as well and I could stand up and touch the ceiling with my head. Well actually I've been able to do that ever since I came back from that seventeen year training, but it was starting to bother me.)
(Finally, Trunks offered me a job and as a surprise, it was a job as vice- president of the company! I was so amazed at the offer and I quickly accepted. I found out that being a vice-president did a lot of accepting, rejecting and signing, but it paid a lot, $300,000 a year. I could only imagine what Trunks was making. Eventually, I did move out of my parent's house and bought a new one, just a few miles out of the city.)
(Well, the house is kind of big, two-stories and three acres of land around it. Trunks insisted on getting a bigger house and a bigger tract of land, but I decided on this when I really only needed an apartment.)
(I moved some of my old stuff and some sentimental pieces to my new home, but it seemed very empty. Again at the insistence of Trunks, Pan came over and interior-decorated the whole house, making me stay in a hotel for three months, just to keep it a secret.)
(Anyways, it's beautiful now. It's the only kind of house that could come out of my wildest dreams; it truly is a piece of artwork by itself. Yet, it feels lonely coming inside the house, dark and empty.)
Goten did realize that most women were attracted to him, but even that was an understatement. He found women throwing themselves at him, and sometimes literally to get his attention. Goten did take some of them out, to eat lunch or dinner, but his heart really wasn't in to it.
(So many times I've found co-workers attracted to me, but as flattering as it is, I've always felt that I had no interest in them.) Goten thought. He was quickly interrupted when a stack of paperwork came in to be signed and whatnot.
An hour past of just signing papers, Goten's hand started to hurt when Trunks called. "Hey man, a few of the guys and me are going to the bar, want to come?" Trunks asked. "Well maybe not this time, I got a lot of work to do." Goten replied.
"Come on Goten, you've been saying that ever since you got the job. Loosen up, you'll feel better." Trunks said. "Ah, well I'll just go out to get some fresh air, but I'm not going to go in with you since I still have work to do." Goten responded. "Yeah, sure, just meet me at the main entrance in five minutes." Trunks replied.
As all the other guys walked down the street to their favorite bar joking along the way, Goten buried his hands into his pockets, hoping not to be seen. Yet, he saw Bra walking with some other people across the street. Deep down, he felt hurt just at the sight of her, he only wished that could've been the way it used to be.
Goten did slightly heal over the loss of Bra, but it was only a small part of what his heart ached. The only way Goten covered it was by getting this job, to take him away from everything that had hurt him, now he just wanted to be alone.
At the same time Bra glanced over and saw the familiar face of Goten walking in the other direction with some guys. She sighed and kept walking. She never thought of Goten now, and when the subject of him came up in a conversation with Pan, it was only minor things. Bra did see him occasionally, usually at business parties, but never really talked to him.
Sure, they talk a little now and then, usually at business parties, but Goten had a coldness in his voice that she couldn't shake off and his emotions were blank and full of emptiness. Bra simply ignored her thoughts at walked off with her friends to a nearby mall.
Goten waved bye to Trunks and the other guys and walked off into the night. As he walked on the outskirts of town, he could see the pale moonlight reflecting on the ocean waves. It made him force up memories of when Bra and him were in the resort, they used to look up at the moon and stars at night, holding each other close......... It was getting late, and Goten felt that he should be getting home to sleep. Goten left the sandy shores, trying to forget.
Goten entered his office and got his jacket, but the lights of the city kept him in his place. It's nice to see the city so peaceful for once, it usually so loud. Goten left his trance and headed out the door when he was suddenly toppled over by a woman.
"What's going on?" Asked a dazed Goten. "Oh at last Goten, you're mine. I've waited for this moment forever. Kiss me." Goten's vision finally focused and he saw Lise, one of his business advisors right on top of him, leaning down to kiss him.
Goten quickly maneuvered himself out of her grasp. "Lise, what are you doing here so late? The office closed ten minutes ago." Goten desperately said. "Goten, do you understand how I feel about you? I want for us to be together for the rest of out lives." Lise said. Goten wanted to hear those word so much, but it was coming from the wrong person. "Look Lise, I like you, but only as a co-worker. You're exceptionally beautiful, but I'm not the one you should be saying these words to."
"I've been heartbroken once already, Lise. I don't think I'm the right one for you." Goten said bitterly. He didn't even bother taking his jacket from where it was. As he walked out of the room to the staircase Goten looked back and whispered, "I'm sorry" under his breath. Goten sighed, he was miserable for telling Lise the way he had, yet he held no lies from what he said.
Lise was exceptionally beautiful; maybe that was an understatement. She was another example of what a perfect woman would be, smart, beautiful, she had something that could attract any man, but there was one exception.
She could have any man she wanted, but she had her sights set on someone who just couldn't bear to be in love again. In a way, Goten was still in love with her, but only in his memories. He wanted so much for Bra to return to him, to have her in his arms, nevertheless he dwelled on past memories more than he'd liked.
Goten drove faster than usual, nearly crashing into other cars and narrowly saving his own life. Goten walked to the front door of his house and opened it. It was dark, typical for him since he was the only one who lived in it.
Goten went straight for the shower, almost forgetting to take off his clothes before getting in. He had too much on his mind to even have a second thought, thankfully, it was Friday night. Goten laid on his bed, too tired to even think straight. (I guess I'll just have a nice sleep and forget everything about today.) Goten thought.
The streets were quite deserted, as were the city. Goten walked slowly but he didn't know why. He thought he should be panicking at the absence of people, but his body was perfectly calm. Then for some reason he could control his body again and he ran towards the outskirts of town to his house. And then, he just suddenly stopped.
Goten could not believe his eyes; miles and miles of graves, all neatly set in a straight order. Yet it smelled of spring, no horrible stench, just the smell of spring. Goten felt disgusted, and ran for what seemed hours to get away from it and then his house finally came into view.
He saw Bra ringing his doorbell, probably wanting to talk to him and then out of nowhere, Uub appeared. He put his right arm around her shoulder as if to comfort her, yet his other hand went to her back and............Goten stood rigid, shocked at what Uub did.
The energy blast was noticeable and to see Bra's horror-struck face as the energy went right through her body was enough to make Goten's face drain of any color. body slumped face-forward onto what was left of the door.
"Uub!" Goten reappeared right behind him. "You couldn't stop them from dying, you couldn't even stop her from dying." Uub said in a deep, dark voice that wasn't his. "How could I let you protect her if you couldn't even save her." "NO!" Goten yelled. "You killed her! She meant everything to me! How.........could.........you.........do.........this?!" Goten felt all of his fury, all of his hate for Uub consumed him, and he felt that Uub's death would only be justice for what he'd caused.
"That's right Goten, release your anger on me!" Uub said again in that same dark voice. "Go to level six and embrace every hate, every piece of wrath you have for me!" Uub said with a maniacal laugh. It was already too late, Goten had gone ssj6 and before Uub could say another word, Goten fired a giant energy blast point blank at Uub's face and everything was blinded.
Goten's eyes slammed open.
Goten felt his body erupt with more and more energy; he couldn't control it. (Wait a minute,) Goten thought. (If all this energy is coming out then that must mean...) Goten touched his hair; without a doubt it was changed. He had gone through a couple of levels of transformations during this nightmare of his, not to mention his bed and most of his room was in pieces. Goten touched his face, there was a stream with tears.
In the morning Goten ordered a new bed, hired a carpenter to fix the broken wood in the room, and ordered new furniture. If only one memory was clear from last night it was his nightmare. It felt too real and he wondered what that nightmare meant.
Instead of going to the office and signing papers like he usually did on weekends, Goten went out to train in the gravity room. Seven hundred times the earth's gravity made a good warm-up as he worked himself into the thousands. He worked himself harder than before, not wasting any time on resting.
After several hours of training, Goten nearly collapsed to the floor as he dragged himself to the controls. Goten smiled a bit, (That'll teach me to put it on two thousand for three hours; my whole body feels like stone. Once he turned the power off felt all of the weight and pressure going off his body.
Goten flew back to his house, showered and then relaxed in his favorite chair just as the day hit late afternoon. His own life seemed so inconsequential now that the fate of the universe didn't lie in his hands. It looked like that if he jumped off a cliff and died, the world wouldn't change, though even if he did jump off a cliff, he probably would still survive.
If anything, Goten was a workaholic, though not entirely since his personality wouldn't let him. Most nights he would stay up doing various work for the company, researching and looking into other companies and how they did.
The only real competition to Capsule Corp. was the company started by Uub and Bra called Neo Capsules, which did fairly well, but they were asking for a merger with Capsule Corp. since their company was starting to go down now. It was an endless cycle of work to Goten, but he thanked himself for taking a day off.
The daylight started to draw to a close and a sunset was coming into full bloom, and Goten decided to go to his favorite place, a place where he could just forget everything and stare at the majestic sky for hours on end. Goten slowly walked towards his secret little hiding place, a small hill with an old oak tree overlooking the sea. Goten chuckled to himself. His little hiding place, it sounded quite childish. Granted, there wasn't much to hide from, but that's what it was, a place to get away.
Goten plopped down on the firm grass only to notice that the sunset was gone, yet was replaced by night filled with a full moon and the endless glimmering of stars. I'm back here to think again, I guess. Goten said aloud as he rested his head against the base of the tree. (But there's nothing to think of except...you, Bra.)
His restless mind brought back old memories that he played over and over again in his thoughts. Goten then smiled and chuckled to himself again. (I'm glad that I remembered today, because this is a special day to me.) He inadvertently brought out a two glasses and a chilled bottle of champagne and filled both glasses up, even though he only needed one.
Goten sipped his champagne and watched as the waves roll gently into the sand. (Today...today is an anniversary for the day when we confessed our love to each other. I haven't forgotten it, and I hope you haven't too. So now I think I'll make a resolution to myself. From now on, I shall never love anyone else, just because of the selfish reason that they're not you.)
(As long as you're happy Bra, I think I can deal with life as it is now.) Goten held a sad face as he put his glass to face the moon. (So wherever you are now Bra, cheers.) Goten back his tears as he walked back to his in the darkness.
Weeks passed by just as fast as they came, Goten resumed his normal work and saw Lise regularly, and she acted as if nothing had happened. Goten didn't mind it, but he felt awkward around her. Capsule Corp. had accepted the merger with Neo Capsules so now, Uub was going to work with Trunks and Bra was going to work with Goten.
Goten was quite surprised when Trunks told him. (Now what am I doing to do?) Goten thought. (Whenever I talk to Bra I get this tone that isn't me. According to the job description, I'm going to be talking to her a lot, not to mention I'll be sharing my office with her.) Goten's office was big, enough to fit at least 5 people with large desks and computers, not to mention the great view from one side of the room.
Uub and Bra were coming to Capsule Corp. to work like another president and vice-president, though all of decisions would ultimately be decided by Trunks and Goten. Goten felt encouraged that life had given him an opportunity to be in better standings with Bra, but he didn't know how it would work out.
The day of reckoning had come. Movers carried stuff into what was just Goten's office, now know as Goten and Bra's office. Goten could only watch outside the room as Bra directed the movers to set everything in a specific place, and move his stuff into a corner. "Well Bra, it been a long time hasn't it?" Goten frowned slightly. "Yes, it has been quite awhile Goten, I trust that everything will be professional?" Bra asked.
"As always Bra." Goten stated coldly. Goten absolutely hated these conversations, they were so formal and unemotional. As much as Goten disliked the idea of Bra helping him on business matters, he did like having Bra around him; it gave him that sense of being whole again. When Goten entered the room, he was surrounded by the scent of Bra. It was intoxicating; it nearly drove him wild the second he entered, yet his pain held him back.
Goten got back to his business of arranging his stuff back to the way it was before the movers came in, only to be interrupted by the last person he had wanted to see today. "Hey Goten, it's good to see you again." Uub said. "Likewise." Goten said with his back turned to Uub. Uub could feel Goten's energy rise as he said those words, and he probably knew why.
"Goten I know what you're thinking, you have to get over it..." Uub started. Goten immediately shot Uub a death glare as his energy skyrocketed. Uub quietly backed out of the room. Luckily, Bra wasn't paying enough attention to feel his unexpected rise of energy, so he quickly powered down and returned to his work. (Well that didn't turn out as I'd expected.) Goten thought. (Unfortunately, I let my anger get the best of me and now look what happens. I guess I need to control my anger better.)
The rest of the day worked out pretty well since Bra hadn't officially moved in yet, so Goten had the rest of the day to himself. (I just hope things will get better.) Goten thought to himself as he stared into the flaming red sunset
A month later............
Goten woke up early, but he didn't know why. He guessed that it was because of Bra and their ever-growing friendship. In a month, Goten found that the more he worked with Bra the more his heart mended, and Bra was becoming more and more friendly. Sometimes he caught himself making jokes to her during their work on boring projects, making her laugh. Today he was going to take her to lunch. Goten felt great, better than he'd felt in months.
Goten drove around the city to the Capsule Corp. building, wondering what would await him inside. He walked into their office, fully breathing in Bra's scent. "Well Goten, clearing up the sinuses are we now?" Bra asked as she walked by him. "Yeah, you could say that." Goten put on a grin. "You know Goten, if you think about that lunch too hard your brain will explode. Besides it's only 7:30 a.m., you've got a long way to go." Bra said.
Goten sat at his desk and began to think about Capsule Corp.'s new inventions. Goten and Bra had to approve two before the deadline, and timing was pretty strict. "What do you think is better Bra, a capsule that can hold a house, or a capsule that turns into a 10-course meal? Goten asked.
"Hm...well, I think both." Bra answered. "There, all the work today is done." Goten said as he wrote furiously on the paper. "Not quite." Bra responded. She gave Goten several stacks of paperwork about 7 inches thick. Goten slouched back in his chair, ready to give up his position.
Goten wrote in a frenzy until a mental clock alarm went off in Goten's head. ((It's twelve o'clock, remember what's supposed to happen? Because if you don't I will smack you upside your head.)) Goten suddenly swung his head up from the desk, reactivating his senses dulled by paperwork. Goten took a minute to look at Bra across the room, sitting at her desk, studying the company's results.
Even though her brows were furrowed, she was the epitome of what beauty was and is. No female could even be comparable to her in Goten's eyes. Her personality accentuated who she was and made her far better than the rest.
Goten could only think what life had had kept him away from. He had everything, he could get what he wanted in a moment's notice, and yet, there was this certain gap in everything he did. There was no one to share with what he had.
He would rather be poor and be with Bra than rich and not have her. That was his one and only selfish desire, to have her for himself. He hated this desire; in the way that he wanted get her at almost any cost. Nevertheless, that was what kept him living. It was the only thing that maintained his sanity and his life.
Goten noticed that he was staring into her deeply and quickly stopped, almost falling out of his chair at the same time. "Lunch time!" Goten yelled excitedly. Goten's outburst startled Bra, as she collected herself from the floor. "Um, yes it's lunch time. Let me call Uub first and then we can go." Bra said. Those words stabbed pain through his heart, but it wasn't like the pain that came up next.
As Goten and Bra walked through the hall, Goten saw Bra rush up to Uub to plant a light kiss on his lips as they embraced. Goten's anger rose up madly, and his was trying contain his anger for Bra's sake. He could feel another piece of his heart break and sadness finally overcame him. When Uub walked off she returned to his side and they walked to the newly renovated elevators.
During their ride down to the first floor Bra noticed that Goten hadn't said a word ever since they left their office, not to mention his sullen face. "What's wrong Goten?" Bra asked, concerned. "It's nothing." Goten replied and turned his head away. Bra was about to say something, but she decided against it and didn't say a word until they got out of the building.
"Ah, today is a good day." Bra said as she felt the sun warm her up. Goten lightened up a little. "Yeah, today is a good day." Goten agreed. "So, where for lunch?" Bra asked. "Well, how about that café on that hill? I hear it's pretty good." Goten replied.
"Sure. Why don't we get a table outside, the weather is so nice and the sky is so clear." Bra suggested. "Well, yeah, ok. I'll get the waiter to bring up the menus and you can pick out the table." Goten said cheerfully. Bra chose one of the best tables outside; it had a comfortable amount of shade with a great view of the surrounding city.
When they ordered the food, Bra noticed that Goten ordered a lot less than a saiyan male should. Unlike their female counterparts, the males had to have a larger and constant supply of food, otherwise all of their energy would deplete, resulting in a quite uncomfortable death. "Are you sure about eating that much less?" Bra worriedly asked. "It's not too much is it?" Goten inquired.
"No, no, no. I just thought that you would order the whole menu." Bra responded. "Oh yeah, I trained my body to withstand the continuous need for food, and it got me to eat somewhere near human portions. Being half- human does get some nice benefits." Goten grinned. "That's pretty good, Goten; at least you're better than Trunks, he pigs out every time he eats." Bra said.
"Well, I haven't totally gone normal; I still pig out every once in a while, sometimes erratically, but if Trunks is eating with me, well let's just say the meal will be finished in three minutes flat." Goten's grin got bigger. Conversation after that wasn't much, since the food arrived and Goten was starving.
As soon as Goten got back from lunch with Bra, he got a phone call from Trunks. "Goten, do you want to go catch-up on old times or something? Work is starting to bore me more than it should." Trunks asked hurriedly. "Well, yeah sure, meet at your place? Goten asked. "Yeah, that's fine, I'll meet you there in an hour." Trunks said.
Goten rushed out of the building, picking up speed as he ran down the street. Cars parked behind him started ringing their alarms because of the surge of speed. Goten made it to Capsule Corp. with seconds to spare. As Goten went into the backyard, he found himself looking at Trunks and Pan share a kiss that looked rather...unrestrained.
Goten tried to back out, but he tripped over a tree root sticking out of the ground with a loud thump sound. Trunks and Pan immediately stopped and Trunks went out to check what made the sound while muttering "Never any time together." Trunks checked behind the tree and found Goten in an awkward position while still dazed.
"I didn't think you'd get here this early Goten. I thought Pan and I would have some time to ourselves before you came." Trunks said. "Yeah I kind of figured that out." Goten said while rubbing his head. "So, how are you and Pan doing?" Goten asked.
"It's been okay." Trunks said flatly. "Something wrong?" Goten asked. "Well, it's just that every time Pan and I are alone, someone or something pops up so that we can't be together. Usually it's Vegeta that bothers us or I get a phone call from the office."
"Well, do you still love her?" Goten asked. "Yes, I do love her. Not a day goes by when I don't think about her. That's why I've got something for her." Trunks pulled a small black box from his pocket and when he opened it, out came a diamond ring.
"Whoa Trunks, you're going to propose to her?" Goten said amazed. "Not so loud Goten, she'll hear." Trunks said in a whisper. "I've been trying to find a place to do it, but I've had no luck." Trunks said with his head down.
"I know just the place you're looking for Trunks." Goten said. "Really? Where is it?" Trunks asked frantically. "It's new so not a lot of people know about it right now, but it's the best place to propose to Pan. I have to warn though you it's very expensive and formal I might add." Goten said. "Money is no object; I just need to know where the place is." Trunks said excitedly.
"Well, it about seven blocks east from the office building, and remember to make reservations otherwise you won't even have a chance of getting in" Goten said. "Thanks Goten. I've got o get back to Pan otherwise she might get worried. " Trunks smiled. "Good luck to you Trunks." Goten replied as he saw Trunks run back to Pan.
"If I only had the same luck..." Goten sighed as he walked off. Goten decided to go and train in the gravity room so as soon as he got home he put on his training gi and flew back to the Capsule Corp. grounds. When Goten got to the usual place where the gravity room was, it was replaced by a bigger building, at least twenty times the size of the old one. Goten shrugged off what it was and just went inside.
Goten was thoroughly amazed one he got inside. His perception didn't take in all of the building and the sheer amount of space that it had. The room looked big enough to be a football stadium! Goten saw Uub training on one side of the room so Goten started on the other.
After a while, Uub felt that he had enough of training by himself and wanted to ask Goten if he wanted to have a battle. "Hey Goten," Uub shouted across the room. "You want to practice in a little battle?" Uub asked. Goten just stayed silent as he worked on his fighting. "Goten say something, you've haven't said anything ever since you got here. You just have to show me ssj6 again." Uub pleaded.
"Look." Goten said. "I just don't think that this is a good time to show you ssj6." Other than that, ssj6 had some serious mind problems. The reason Goten had ever bothered to train with ssj6 was that if he had to use it, he might be able to control the tendency to go into a berserk rage. The amount of strain and energy ssj6 put on the mind was sometimes overwhelming and caused Goten to fight blindly from his anger and without conscious knowledge of what he was doing.
The only good news was that Goten trained enough to where it was rare when it happened, and when it did, he would have a slight knowledge of what was happening. Yet, Goten knew that if he went ssj6 his anger would most likely trigger and make Uub his personal enemy because of Bra.
"I know I'm going to regret this, but yeah I'll have a match with you." Goten sighed deeply as he closed his eyes. "All right! Uub cheered. "Just to let you know." Uub said. "This new gravity room will be able to measure you power level every time you get higher and higher and get this."
Uub went down to the main controls on the side of the room and pressed a few buttons and the scenery started to change. No longer was it a white ceiling and floors that surrounded them, but a grassy field, complete with a gentle breeze and sun.
"Wow, I'm impressed." Goten said. "Not only that, but it has a lot more places to simulate and it also has a complex data system which tracks you, your movements and the moves you do." Uub said with a grin. "Now to the fun part I guess." Goten said.
With that, Uub rushed at Goten with a flurry of punches that was easy to block for Goten and as Uub launched another punch Goten easily counter- attacked and sent Uub flying across the room. "Your attack pattern really hasn't changed has it?" Goten asked with a smirk. "Maybe not, but I am a lot more powerful than I used to be." Uub said.
Uub powered up and took Goten completely off guard with a kick to the chest and made him smash into a wall. "Just so you know, we moved the new gravity room here this morning, since it was built somewhere else, but mostly Bra and I worked on it together here." Uub said. When Goten got up as he heard the word "together" his anger started to awaken and he turned ssj. "No more words." Goten said angrily and he and Uub commenced fighting again.
Goten threw a substantial amount of energy blasts at Uub, but to no avail and only had to rely on physical attacks to damage Uub. By the end of two minutes, the whole room was cratered and darkened, both fighters exhausted for breath, but that wouldn't stop themselves.
The fight got more and more even as every time each one powered up to a new level, the other did the same. It came to a point of decision when Uub went to his maximum amount and Goten even at ssj5, couldn't compare. (I won't lose.) Goten thought. (Not now, I will not lose!) Through his thoughts Goten could hear Uub say something about himself and Bra again and that's when Goten's last hold on his humanity broke off.
"Fine!" Goten yelled. "You really want to see me at ssj6 again?" "I have to warn you that I might not mentally in control once I reach it, because the strain might get to me first." Goten said in a low voice. "I understand Goten, do whatever it takes to win." Uub smiled.
Goten released his energy at once, it covered the whole room and Uub was blinded by the light, but he could hear Goten's yell and his power rising faster than ever. The end result was the same; ssj3 hair with a red tint and red eyes, yet now Goten looked more evil than ever.
"This is the end, Uub." Goten said in a dark voice. "I suggest you prepare yourself to defend your life after how much pain you've caused me." Uub could only think, (what?) In a moments notice Goten had Uub pinned down on the ground, punching him in the gut as fast as he could. Uub countered a punch and elbowed Goten's jaw. Goten staggered back a bit, rubbing his jaw and Uub back flipped to the other side.
Goten slammed the ground with his hand and a shockwave with his energy caused the floor to crack and split apart. Uub anticipated it and jump kicked Goten in the chest, but Goten flipped around Uub a second after impact and gave him a punch face forward into the wall again. It left Uub totally breathless as Goten kicked him across to the other side of the floor and picked him up.
Goten showed no mercy as he threw Uub up in the air and proceeded to assault Uub on both sides, making sure that he never touched the floor. As Uub fell lifelessly to the floor Goten shot energy blasts at him, leaving his body in a cloud of smoke.
Goten looked at the Uub, beaten, bruised and hanging between the verge of life and death. "I'm almost finished Uub, just one last thing. Goten raised his arm, aiming at Uub's body at energy ball about the size of a basketball, while Uub breathed shallow breaths. "Have a nice time at King Kai's, Uub" Goten smirked and said Uub's name with emphasis.
"Stop!" Bra yelled at the entrance. "What?!" Goten yelled, turning back to look. "Don't kill him Goten, please, don't you have any compassion in your heart?" Bra pleaded, making her way to Uub. Goten immediately powered down to normal, now he'd gained back control of his body.
(What have I done?) Goten thought, looking at his hands. They were stained with the blood from the fight. (This wasn't supposed to happen, I wasn't supposed to lose control.) (Now I've almost killed one my best friend and lost all trust in Bra.) Goten clenched his hand tightly into a fist.
Goten turned to look back at Bra; she was caressing Uub's hair, whispering him soft words. Goten softly said, "All I can say is, I'm sorry." Bra didn't even turn back to look at him, but Goten understood, and he powered up and flew out of the gravity room.
A/N note: All's well that ends well, so this is still a b/g fic and always will be.
A/N note: A bit over 8,000 words! You've got be kidding me. I'm going to faint if I write anymore than this!
A/N note: Review!