Gorno's reason

Else where Gogeta was watching the news and had turned the television off. Vegito remained at his side worriedly. " Gogeta, we're safe here right? He doesn't know where we are." Vegito tried to reassure him.

Gogeta shook his head and smiled grimly. " He'll find us, he always does." He said to himself. Vegito opened his mouth to speak but at that moment the phone went off. Gogeta flinched despite himself and looked toward the phone. " Who would be calling at this time?" He wondered.

Vegito stood. "You want me to get it?" He asked curiously.

Gogeta shook his head. " No I got it." He waved his hand. He rose and went for the phone, picking it up deftly and bringing it to his ear. " Hello?" He said politely. There was no sound on the otherline and he grew impatient.

" Hello?" He demanded more briskly.

" Gogeta." The voice whispered. Gogeta froze and gripped the phone painfully.

" W-what do you want?" He whispered. " I have your little friend with me." Gorno said again.

Gogeta stiffened. " What did you do to him!" He demanded.

" Nothing yet, but he is very pretty, not as pretty as you but I think he will do for now." Gorno chuckled. " If you want to save him you know where I'll be."

The phone went dead in Gogeta's ear and he weakly fell to his knees.

" Hakkai, please be safe."He cried.

Vegito looks up at his brother and lover. " Gogeta what's going on? Who was that on the phone? Was it him... Gorno Cho...?" Vegito didn't wanna see his brother like this. " Or was it Hakkai? Kami tell me he's alright."

Gogeta was trembling violently. " It was him, it was Gorno." He sobbed. "He has Hakkai with him." He said fearfully. " I don't want anyone to die." Gogeta continued brokenly

" Do you think that Gorno... hurt Hakkai do you? Why is Gorno doing this anyway? What does he have to gain by hurting Hakkai... he never did anything to anyone."

Gogeta shook his head. "It's not Hakkai that he wants. He wants me, Hakkai is just the bait to get me where he wants." He growled at the unfairness of the situation.

Vegito starts crying. " It isn't fair... Hakkai doesn't deserve this. I wish i could help you take him down."

" No." Gogeta said firmly. " I won't have anyone else hurt because of me, especially you Vegito." He said.

Vegito deflated. " But I can't just let you go out there alone." He said sadly. " I don't want you to get hurt either."

" Gorno and I have to settle the score. It can happen no other way! I must go alone... so Vegito... listen, no matter what pain you might feel from my suffering, don't come... got that! You stay away from Gorno."

Vegito bit his lip and nodded as tears rose to his eyes. " I promise."He whispered. "Just promise me you won't leave me, I don't want to be alone."

Gogeta smiled softly. " I promise I won't die Vegito, I don't want to leave you alone either." He said gently.

Gogeta picks up his jacket. He kisses Vegito goodbye and then he walks out the door headed for Gorno's house ' Gorno! I swear you will pay for this.' Gogeta clenched his fists and stalked to the familiar surroundings of his nightmarish childhood.

Gorno left Hakkai up in his room, tied to the for posts of the bed. ' He won't be going anywhere. Time to finally get back at Gogeta for what he did to me.' Gorno goes down the stairs and he see Gogeta standing there with a look of fury on his face.

" GORNO! You will pay for what you have done to Hakkai! I smell the blood on you. You have hurt him haven't you?"

" I was only protecting myself from your little friend. So fragile he is, but not good enough. I missed having it out with you Gogeta, you were mine. You have no idea what you did to me!"

" What I did to you! I didn't do a damn thing. You were the one who did something to ME!"

" Gogeta… please, just hear me out."

" Why should i. You don't deserve my attention after what crimes you have committed."

" Gogeta… your not the only victim in this."

" Well you sure as hell aren't one! Your are the one who is doing all this!"

" Gogeta… its different! I'm not truly like this."

" What do you mean?"

" My parents made me as I am now. My parents were the ones who warped my mind and made me like to torture others like yourself. They tied me down in front of the television every day and they showed me every single thing that happened, but to the extreme. They forced my eyes to stay open and fixed on the screen. I so wanted to look away. But as time went on, the torture began to get worse and worse. And the things I saw became more gruesome. My heart began to fill of hate. After my parents were certain that I had seen everything and they had succeed in warping my mind, they let me go. The worst mistake of their lives, as a result I killed them. But that wasn't all…. I still had so much hate I didn't know where to divert it… so I focused my hate on the only thing left…. Young boys."

Gogeta was in complete shock. ' How, how did I not realize this sooner? I had no idea that Gorno had been through that. If I had… I wouldn't have….' Gogeta looked back at his friend. " Gorno, I'm so sorry! I had no idea….. please, don't do this anymore. I wanna help you! Please let me help you Gorno. We can find a way to return you to the way you were before."

Gogeta reached out pleadingly. " Come with me please." He said calmly. Gorno looked hesitantly at the hand outstretched before him. He wanted to take it, he wanted to be safe but he couldn't trust anyone these days. Everyone was after him and all he knew was that it wasn't his fault.

" I want to, I really do." He eyed the hand. " But I can't trust you now, you betrayed me like they all did." He backed away from the limb in something akin to fear.

Gogeta's eyes widened as he sensed the tension in the air. "Gorno, don't run, whatever you do don't run." He pleaded.

Gorno chuckled darkly. "Are you going to come after me again Gogeta?" He spread his arms before him.

Gogeta bit his lip. " I don't want to have to hurt you but you are a danger to my family and I won't let you escape." He said silently.

Gorno nodded yet continued to back away. " I don't want it anymore Gogeta, I want it to be over." He whispered.

Gogeta's eyes teared up and he shook his head. " Don't do it." He pleaded.

Gorno grinned and shrugged. " Too late." He laughed and turned to run.

He rushes past Gogeta and starts running down the street crying. " It will all end tonight... I will put an end to my evil tonight. I will pay for everything i destroyed over the years."

He shook his head. " This should have never happened. I just had to see him once more before it ended."

His swerving running led him to the park and he rushed through the shadowed trees. Their branches reached out and pinched at his arms and face, scratches appeared as he continued his desperate running. They were coming for him, he knew it, and he could feel it. The shadows were closing in on him and for once in his life he was afraid. He stumbled through the dew covered grass, panting heavily for the air denied his burning lungs. He glanced up and grinned evilly as he found himself at the foot of a large bridge.

Gogeta caught up with him. " Gorno! Please, don't do this... ending your life now, won't solve anything. Just come back with me. I'll help you." Gogeta and Gorno heard foot steps.

Uniformed people stood there with guns aimed at Gorno. " Put your hands in the air and step away from the bridge!" An officer called. Gogeta's eyes widened in fear and he slowly stepped away from Gorno and the high ledge.

Gorno looked from Gogeta and the police that had come to get him.

" Gogeta, you're going to leave me again aren't you?" He asked softly.

Gogeta bit his lip in distress. " You've done too much wrong Gorno, and I already have someone I love." He tried to explain.

Gorno nodded sadly. "That's all I needed to know." He said softly. His head snapped up, a crazy glint to his eyes. He glanced at Gogeta and then ran toward the edge of the bridge.

" Gorno no!" Gogeta screamed. His hand shot out but it was useless to stop the boy's plummet.

The police panicked, not having been warned of this danger of the prisoner committing suicide. Gogeta shot forward, pushing past the shocked police officers. He quickly glanced over the edge but saw nothing. With one last glance over his shoulder he leaped over the side. The wind whipped at his hair and clothes. He was forced to squint his eyes as the air thinned and stung his sight. The river was at the bottom of the bridge, and from this height there was no way for Gorno to survive. "Damn Gorno, why did you do this?" He sobbed. He raised his ki and slowly stopped his fall, looking around brokenly.

He froze as he spied a slight movement at the edge of his vision and he looked up hurriedly. " Gorno?" He whispered. He hurriedly flew toward the wavering form and gasped in shock. Gorno was dangling by the hood of his jacket, the material had been caught on a slight snag of rock jutting from the wall. The clothing was slowly choking him as his weight forced his body lower to the ground. " Gorno!" Gogeta cried again. Without hesitation he released the choking hold the jacket held over the man and ripped away the clothing. Regretfully he knew that he was still bound to the police and slowly flew back to where they had fallen. The police officers backed away hesitantly from his floating form. " I won't hurt you, just make sure he gets help." He said softly as he released the limp body on the ground.

The police were slightly confused by all this. The leader looked at Gogeta.

" Why did you help him? If you knew he was a criminal?" A second man picked Gorno up and held him in his arms.

Gogeta smiled softly. "We all deserve second chances." He replied. He smiled once more at the police officers and simply turned and walked away from his once enemy and friend.

He glanced over his shoulder at the youth watching him blurrily and waved sadly. "Goodbye Gorno." With that he continued walking home, his past was finally behind him for the time being. Now he had to take care of the future.

Gogeta suddenly remembered Hakkai. " I better go retrieve Hakkai from Gorno's house." Gogeta walked all the way there and he arrived in the bedroom where this all started. He untied Hakkai who had finally woken up.

He looked up at his friend. " Gogeta? What happened? Where's Gorno?"

Gogeta bowed his head. " He's taken care of, I made sure the police had him." He glanced at Hakkai's condition. " What about you though?" He asked worriedly.

Hakkai fingered his injuries with gently fingers. " I'm fine if you're safe." He replied.

Gogeta shook his head, the tears finally pouring out. "This is my fault Hakkai, you almost died because of me!" He buried his face in Hakkai's damp shirt.

Hakkai gently brushed his hair. "I don't blame you, all my actions were of my free will."He said.

" I know but maybe if-" Gogeta sobbed.

Hakkai covered his mouth firmly. " Stop Gogeta, you can't lay the blame on yourself." He said.

Gogeta sagged into Hakkai's arms and proceeded to sob his eyes out.

" Hakkai, I love you so much!" He wailed. "Why did you let me go? Why did you allow me to love Vegito?" He wondered brokenly.

" Simply because I love you." Hakkai smiled sadly. He lifted Gogeta's chin with a gently finger and kissed him lightly on his flushed lips.

Gogeta pulled away and looked up with fear and lust. "Hakkai, am I doing the right thing by taking Vegito?" He whispered.

Hakkai pressed his hand to his chest. " Follow your heart Gogeta." He said simply.

" I will..." Gogeta looked down at Hakkai's legs. " Will you be able to get home on your own? If you can't i would be glad to take you there."

Hakkai smiled. " I would like that very much." He replied politely. Gogeta grinned and struggled to heft Hakkai onto his back. Once that deed was done Hakkai rested comfortably on Gogeta's back, arms draped around his shoulders.

" Let's go home Hakkai." Gogeta said to his friend. Hakkai nodded and laid his head on Gogeta's shoulder.

" Let's go home." He replied.

Hey everyone. How was that? I decided to cut down on the evil on this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. This chapter was co written by Kitsuneakai13. You are really a great help! Thanks again. Please review.

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