That Bastard Son
Ch.2- Help Comes In Twos...
He awoke in the woods with a ringing headache and a battered body. He started to stand up but fresh pain was brought every time he tried to move. Great...it looked like he landed from about 50 feet in the air after he came out of the portal. He gritted his teeth and forced himself to walk. Where was he? "...Ah screw it...I guess I can fly somewhere?" He changed direction to head for a break in the trees when suddenly a chi blast came flying through. He barely had the chance to moved his head as the blast flew off and destroyed a nearby cliff. He then heard voices. "You know, you could kill someone when you casually throw a chi blast off like that." He heard someone say. "Yeah, but there's no one out and around, is there?" Someone else asked. He stood still as he heard that familiar voice. The pain momentarily numbed as he tried to understand what was clearly impossible, but what had to be fact.
"No..it can't be." He whispered to himself as he saw two dark-haired men sparring in a cleared area. "Still, someone could be around." The taller one said. "Nah, if there was, we'd sense it, tousan." The younger one chuckled. Suddenly, he stopped chuckling, concentrating intensely. "...Wait... I can feel someone's watching us." Goten said. Goku concentrated on a bit of ki coming from the right direction. "You're right." He faced the trees. "Who's there! Come on out! We won't hurt you!" Goku called. He stared through the leaves, his teeth clenched tightly. 'My ass.' He thought. The one called Goku kept calling, and eventually he grew tired of standing in the same spot. He came out of the trees.
"Konnichi wa." He said. Goten and Goku whirled around and blinked. They registered a boy around 16 years old clutching an arm and wincing slightly. He was dressed in a black shirt, black baggy jeans, and black boots. His hair was dark purple, and spiked up in a manner similar to Goten's, except he had long bangs instead. His had six piercings in each ear, plus two more for each eyebrow. His black eyeliner fit his stoic personality very well, giving the gothic boy a sense of rebellious nature. A scar ran lightly down his left cheek. Goku was about to greet him when he noticed the hurt arm. "Oh geez! Are you hurt! Are you a camper who got lost? How long have you been out there?"
The teenage boy's lips quirked upward at the thought of being lost in the woods like an idiot. "I'm not a camper, and no, I am not lost. And I only been out here for a few hours." He said plainly. 'Looks like I came to the right place. I can sense this guy's saiyajin all right.' Goku blinked, then put on a great big smile. "Great! For a second there, I thought you were far away from home or something like that." He said cheerily. The boy lifted an eyebrow. 'This guy talks too much.' He thought. Goku turned to Goten. "Hey, son...bring him home and fix him up. I'll be home in a while with dinner." Goten nodded and he slung an arm around the teenager. The purple-haired teen didn't recognize these people. Naively optimistic and trustful of a complete stranger. He pulled away.
"I'll be fine...don't bother." He said. Goku looked surprised. "But, aren't you hungry? I could hear your stomach growling a mile away." He said. "My wife can cook some good food." He offered. "Will you come home with us? We can't leave you here you know." The boy was amazed. Who had been that guileless, ready to help others except Himari? 'None really...because they didn't give a fuck about me.' He thought almost sadly. "...All right...but I haven't caught your names yet." he said quietly. Goku pointed at himself. "I'm Goku, and this is my son, Goten." Goten managed to shift his arm and wave with the other. "What's yours?" "...You can just call me Son." the stranger said shortly. "Son? That's our name!" Goten exclaimed. "...So?" "What's your other name?" The ebony-haired man asked. "That's none of your damn business." Son said shortly.
Goten looked at Goku, who just shrugged. "...Sorry...I shouldn't have been rude...I've had a hard life and I'm not used to anyone being nice to me at all." Son mumbled. "What happened?" Goku asked. Son sighed and stared distantly out somewhere, past the trees. "Let's just say when I was a kid, I was neglected past the point where most kids' lives would be fucked up."