For Rachie, as an apology for leaving her to face a pants day of school
alone and for being my best friend whom I can be anime obsessed with.
Christmas
I know it's March but I don't care
It was Christmas and Goten was so excited he was bouncing off the walls, literally. "Goten! Will you get down here! You'll bang into the ceiling and make a huge hole if your not careful!"
"Sorry Daddy." Goten slowly descended and landed at Piccolo's feet "Go and get ready son, were going to Bulma's soon"
"Ok!"
As the chibi disappeared Piccolo gathered the things that they needed to take to Bulma's. They hadn't really seen anyone but the Sons since he became Goten's father. Piccolo wondered if any of the others actually knew. After getting all of the presents together and the toys that Goten wanted to take to show Trunks, Piccolo was ready. Goten bounced out of his room wearing a mini tux. He looked so cute that Piccolo almost laughed. The dinner party wasn't really formal but as Piccolo was wearing something other than his purple gi Goten thought that it was important. His father was wearing dark denim jeans, a light blue shirt and black leather jacket. Goten hoped that when he grew big enough that Piccolo was going to let him borrow that jacket. After Goten trying and failing to get the Namek to let him bring more toys, they left for Capsule Corp.
"Hi Piccolo! Hi Goten!"
"Hi Bulma! Is Trunks here?"
"He's just in the other room Goten. Oh, Thank you Piccolo!" Piccolo passed over the presents for the Briefs family as Goten zoomed into the other room to find his partner in crime. "So Bulma, how's the party going?"
"Fine. Chi-Chi, Goku and Gohan got here about half an hour ago. They told us what happened. How are you coping being a dad?"
"It's great. Goten's a good kid. Is Chi-Chi still not talking to us?"
"By the sounds of it, yes. She's saying things like you brainwashed her son against her family and that Goten was a mistake."
Piccolo's face darkened "She's still that made after 4 months? Man, I thought she would have worked over it by now. Maybe I shouldn't be here."
"Don't be stupid Piccolo. We all want you here, if Chi-Chi doesn't like it then that's her problem. If she doesn't want you and Goten here then she can leave."
Piccolo smiled and joined the party. He didn't bump into Chi-Chi until it was nearly time for dinner. He tried to be as polite as he could but she pretended that he wasn't even there. In the end he gave up and joined Vegeta in leaning against the wall while waiting for the food to be served.
After dinner Bulma told everyone that they could open their presents. Piccolo was surprised to see that he had gotten any. He thought that Chi- Chi wouldn't have let Gohan get him one but by the look on her face he guessed that Gohan had hidden it until now. Goten was slightly upset that his own mother was paying no attention to him, even when he went up to her to say Merry Christmas she ignored him. He was about to cry when he remembered something that Piccolo had told him while they were flying here "Don't let your mother upset you Goten. She might still be a little mad but even if she's really mean you must be nice to her understand?" Goten had said that he understood and that he promised not to get upset. He wasn't going to break his promise so he went to go and play with Trunks to cheer himself up.
He found his best friend in their playroom. Trunks seemed to have been waiting for Goten as he was sitting there doing nothing. "Hey Goten!"
"Hey Trunks! What do you want to play?"
"Actually Goten. I want to talk"
"Huh? Talk? Trunks! You did go and grow up without me did you!"
"No! I just want to know what's happened. All I know is from what I've heard your Mum yell about"
"What do you want to know about?"
"Did you really run away and get brainwashed by Piccolo?"
"No"
"Get kidnapped by him?"
"No!"
"Go insane and currently are plotting to take over the world together?"
"NO!"
"What then?"
"Where did you get all those dumb ideas from Trunks?"
"That's what your Mum's been yelling about all night"
"Oh." Trunks saw that he'd touched a nerve and as his father wasn't nearby he put his arm around Goten "What really happened Goten?"
"I wanted Piccolo to be my Daddy so they said that I had to choose who to live with, them or Piccolo. I chose Piccolo and now I'm living with him. He's my Daddy now, he even made me a rocket bed"
"A rocket bed! Wow! My dad would never do that for me! You're so lucky Goten!"
"Yeah, but now Mum hates me and she wont talk to me or Daddy"
"Why wouldn't she talk to Go-...Oh! You mean Piccolo!"
"Yeah"
Suddenly they heard a crash and some shouting coming from downstairs. The two boys rushed to see what was wrong. When they got to the living room where the grown-ups were having some drinks they found Piccolo on the floor with a gash in his head and Chi-Chi standing over him with a broken wine bottle in her hand. Goku and Yamcha were restraining her from doing anymore damage but they couldn't stop her from yelling "That's less than what you deserve you child stealer!" Piccolo got up from the floor. He felt dizzy; he put his hand to his head and found that Chi-Chi had cut quite deep. He brushed broken glass from his shoulders and stood up uncertain that he would stay vertical. Everyone thought that Chi-Chi was calming down again. She relaxed so Goku and Yamcha loosened their grip. Something that they would later regret.
All of a sudden Chi-Chi dashed forward with the bottle in her hand. Goten screamed as he watched what happened helplessly. As if time had slowed down the poor chibi felt like those few seconds lasted hours. He slowly watched his mother drive forward, Goku and Yamcha trying to contain her again. Piccolo turned around but before he could react he froze. He took a sharp breath and started to fall backwards but before hitting the floor the Namek whispered something only Goten and Trunks could hear "son"
Thud
Then it was as if someone had pressed the fast forward button. Everyone was rushing. Bulma called an ambulance; all the men grabbed Chi-Chi before she could finish Piccolo off while he was loosing consciousness. A pool of blood started to appear around him, all Goten could do was kneel by his side and sob. Then the paramedics came and the next clear memory Goten had was sitting outside of a hospital room while men inside it were trying to save his father's life. He caught snippets of conversation "Stabbed with a broken bottle" "Shard stuck in his heart" "Losing too much blood" "Unknown blood type" "Impossible to find a donor" the more Goten heard the more numb he became. Vegeta had the idea of seeing if Dende had the right blood type but he didn't. He also told them that Namekians have over a thousand blood types and Piccolo was from the Dragon family so his blood was very rare. Goten could do nothing but sit and stare at the door, mentally begging someone to come through it and tell him that his father would be all right.
Ooh! Cliffhanger! I would have carried on but my hands are going numb from typing so much and I need food. Will write more very soon, especially if you review, so review!
Christmas
I know it's March but I don't care
It was Christmas and Goten was so excited he was bouncing off the walls, literally. "Goten! Will you get down here! You'll bang into the ceiling and make a huge hole if your not careful!"
"Sorry Daddy." Goten slowly descended and landed at Piccolo's feet "Go and get ready son, were going to Bulma's soon"
"Ok!"
As the chibi disappeared Piccolo gathered the things that they needed to take to Bulma's. They hadn't really seen anyone but the Sons since he became Goten's father. Piccolo wondered if any of the others actually knew. After getting all of the presents together and the toys that Goten wanted to take to show Trunks, Piccolo was ready. Goten bounced out of his room wearing a mini tux. He looked so cute that Piccolo almost laughed. The dinner party wasn't really formal but as Piccolo was wearing something other than his purple gi Goten thought that it was important. His father was wearing dark denim jeans, a light blue shirt and black leather jacket. Goten hoped that when he grew big enough that Piccolo was going to let him borrow that jacket. After Goten trying and failing to get the Namek to let him bring more toys, they left for Capsule Corp.
"Hi Piccolo! Hi Goten!"
"Hi Bulma! Is Trunks here?"
"He's just in the other room Goten. Oh, Thank you Piccolo!" Piccolo passed over the presents for the Briefs family as Goten zoomed into the other room to find his partner in crime. "So Bulma, how's the party going?"
"Fine. Chi-Chi, Goku and Gohan got here about half an hour ago. They told us what happened. How are you coping being a dad?"
"It's great. Goten's a good kid. Is Chi-Chi still not talking to us?"
"By the sounds of it, yes. She's saying things like you brainwashed her son against her family and that Goten was a mistake."
Piccolo's face darkened "She's still that made after 4 months? Man, I thought she would have worked over it by now. Maybe I shouldn't be here."
"Don't be stupid Piccolo. We all want you here, if Chi-Chi doesn't like it then that's her problem. If she doesn't want you and Goten here then she can leave."
Piccolo smiled and joined the party. He didn't bump into Chi-Chi until it was nearly time for dinner. He tried to be as polite as he could but she pretended that he wasn't even there. In the end he gave up and joined Vegeta in leaning against the wall while waiting for the food to be served.
After dinner Bulma told everyone that they could open their presents. Piccolo was surprised to see that he had gotten any. He thought that Chi- Chi wouldn't have let Gohan get him one but by the look on her face he guessed that Gohan had hidden it until now. Goten was slightly upset that his own mother was paying no attention to him, even when he went up to her to say Merry Christmas she ignored him. He was about to cry when he remembered something that Piccolo had told him while they were flying here "Don't let your mother upset you Goten. She might still be a little mad but even if she's really mean you must be nice to her understand?" Goten had said that he understood and that he promised not to get upset. He wasn't going to break his promise so he went to go and play with Trunks to cheer himself up.
He found his best friend in their playroom. Trunks seemed to have been waiting for Goten as he was sitting there doing nothing. "Hey Goten!"
"Hey Trunks! What do you want to play?"
"Actually Goten. I want to talk"
"Huh? Talk? Trunks! You did go and grow up without me did you!"
"No! I just want to know what's happened. All I know is from what I've heard your Mum yell about"
"What do you want to know about?"
"Did you really run away and get brainwashed by Piccolo?"
"No"
"Get kidnapped by him?"
"No!"
"Go insane and currently are plotting to take over the world together?"
"NO!"
"What then?"
"Where did you get all those dumb ideas from Trunks?"
"That's what your Mum's been yelling about all night"
"Oh." Trunks saw that he'd touched a nerve and as his father wasn't nearby he put his arm around Goten "What really happened Goten?"
"I wanted Piccolo to be my Daddy so they said that I had to choose who to live with, them or Piccolo. I chose Piccolo and now I'm living with him. He's my Daddy now, he even made me a rocket bed"
"A rocket bed! Wow! My dad would never do that for me! You're so lucky Goten!"
"Yeah, but now Mum hates me and she wont talk to me or Daddy"
"Why wouldn't she talk to Go-...Oh! You mean Piccolo!"
"Yeah"
Suddenly they heard a crash and some shouting coming from downstairs. The two boys rushed to see what was wrong. When they got to the living room where the grown-ups were having some drinks they found Piccolo on the floor with a gash in his head and Chi-Chi standing over him with a broken wine bottle in her hand. Goku and Yamcha were restraining her from doing anymore damage but they couldn't stop her from yelling "That's less than what you deserve you child stealer!" Piccolo got up from the floor. He felt dizzy; he put his hand to his head and found that Chi-Chi had cut quite deep. He brushed broken glass from his shoulders and stood up uncertain that he would stay vertical. Everyone thought that Chi-Chi was calming down again. She relaxed so Goku and Yamcha loosened their grip. Something that they would later regret.
All of a sudden Chi-Chi dashed forward with the bottle in her hand. Goten screamed as he watched what happened helplessly. As if time had slowed down the poor chibi felt like those few seconds lasted hours. He slowly watched his mother drive forward, Goku and Yamcha trying to contain her again. Piccolo turned around but before he could react he froze. He took a sharp breath and started to fall backwards but before hitting the floor the Namek whispered something only Goten and Trunks could hear "son"
Thud
Then it was as if someone had pressed the fast forward button. Everyone was rushing. Bulma called an ambulance; all the men grabbed Chi-Chi before she could finish Piccolo off while he was loosing consciousness. A pool of blood started to appear around him, all Goten could do was kneel by his side and sob. Then the paramedics came and the next clear memory Goten had was sitting outside of a hospital room while men inside it were trying to save his father's life. He caught snippets of conversation "Stabbed with a broken bottle" "Shard stuck in his heart" "Losing too much blood" "Unknown blood type" "Impossible to find a donor" the more Goten heard the more numb he became. Vegeta had the idea of seeing if Dende had the right blood type but he didn't. He also told them that Namekians have over a thousand blood types and Piccolo was from the Dragon family so his blood was very rare. Goten could do nothing but sit and stare at the door, mentally begging someone to come through it and tell him that his father would be all right.
Ooh! Cliffhanger! I would have carried on but my hands are going numb from typing so much and I need food. Will write more very soon, especially if you review, so review!