As he tossed and turned during the night, Goten seemed to be mumbling words in his sleep. He would roll around a little while, followed by a couple of punches. When he finally awoke, his sheets were all over the room, his pillow torn in half.
"What
the…" Goten mumbled to himself as he sat up "How did I manage
to do all this?"
He slowly stood up and walked up his bedroom.
He opened the door across from his room and walked inside, closing
the door behind himself. He slowly walked up to the mirror over the
sink and turned the tap on.
'I wonder what I was dreaming about to make such a mess of my bed?' he thought to himself as he splashed some water on his face. He slowly let out a sigh then turned the cold water off. As he dried his hands and face off he felt a shudder go down his spine.
"Uh! What on earth?" he said, looking out the window.
He noticed what seemed like two silhouettes nosing about from outside. He quickly ran out the bathroom and grabs some trousers on the way down the stairs. He put them on as he stumbled out the front door, wearing nothing but the dirty, ripped jeans.
"Who are you two?" he said, looking at the men.
They both turned round and looked at Goten, the stockier of the two smirking.
"We are your worst nightmare!" he said, rather smugly
The second stood silent and tall, not making a comment.
Goten slowly frowned as the first man took a step forward "What a second, I know you!"
The man slowly smirked "Oh, do forgive me if I do not ask how your friend is doing."
Goten slowly got into a crouching stance, clenching his fists "Shut up.."
The man just laughed at Goten, angering him very much.
He clenched his fists again "I said shut it!" Goten slowly frowned, his eyes flickering a green colour, his hair flickering gold and sparks hitting the ground killing areas of grass in an instant.
"I'm going to finish what you started!" he shouted in rage as the sparks exploded, ripping up patches of the ground and threw them into the air. Goten slowly stood upright, his hair glowing gold, trees shaking in the distance. As his aura started to increase in size, Goten took a step forward "C'mon!"
The man slowly let off a sigh "Is that all you have?" he said in a mocking tone "I thought that your hatred would release hidden powers."
The second man stayed silent, still not moving a muscle in his brick house of a body.
A young boy slowly opened his eyes from meditating on the lookout. He slowly looked around, and then stood up. He was of about 5 foot 8 and he had long dark green hair down his back. He slowly moved some stray hairs from is face and walked inside of the main building.
"Master Dende." he said in a quiet voice "Wake up, sir.. I felt something while I was meditating."
Dende's
eyes slowly opened and he looked at the person "What is it, Hiro?
Is something the matter?"
The young Hiro slowly nodded "Yes,
Dende-sir. I sensed a powerful, yet evil, energy down below. I
request permission to examine it, if that is alright with you."
Dende
slowly sat up in his bed and looked at Hiro in the eyes "Of course,
but if it is anything that you cannot handle alone call King Kai
immediately. He is far more capable of awaking Goku than I would be.
For, if something happens, Goku is the only one we can truly rely
on."
Hiro slowly nodded "Yes sir, thank you."
The green haired boy quickly turned round and jumped off the Kami tower, disappearing as his body plummeted through some clouds. His body reappeared on a smaller cloud, flying toward the evil presence.
"Hmm.. I see you might just have enough power to be of some fun, after all!" said the man with a grin.
Goten frowned "Your name, what is it?"
He slowly laughed "I guess it matters not if you know, because it won't be for long. My name is Long."
Goten slowly clenched his fists tighter "Long, this is your final hour!" he slowly pointed at him "I will destroy you!"
Long slowly cracked a smirk "You, destroy me?" he started to chuckle at the idea of it "Don't make me laugh, you're pathetic!"
Goten's aura flickered, like a flame in the wind, only to burst into a raging fire of gold. He slowly pulled back his hands and cupped them together.
"Ka… Meh…" a ball started to grow in his hands, glowing rather brightly "Ha… Meh…"
Long slowly smirked and disappeared from before Goten.
The golden flames of Goten's aura spiralled wildly as his feet started to crush the ground beneath him. "H…"
Long reappeared behind Goten and hit him over the back of the neck, making him stumble forward and blast the ground beneath himself. The force from his own blast sent Goten into the air; he quickly flipped in the air and regained his balance.
"Come on! Don't think I'll go down that easily!" he shouted at Long from above
Long slowly ran his hand through his hair "Have it your way…" he quietly said as a reply before pounding his knuckles into Goten's stomach.
His eyes narrowed; shocked that he could miss Long's movements so easily. His eyes began to focus again, and it was then he realised that his rage was making him prone to easy hits. He had to try and suppress his anger for Long while he fought, but was not sure how.
Long quickly appeared behind Goten and took another swing with his fist. Goten's eyes snapped to him and he caught the fist, gripping it tightly.
"Ah, so you can fight, then!" Long said to mock the young Saiyan.
Goten frowned "I can do more than fight." he said as he pressed his knee into Long's stomach. Long slowly grinned, feeling the first pain of the battle.
Goten quickly span round and threw Long into the ground. Long slowly stood up from the rubble-filled crater that was formed, looking at the Saiyan.
Goten quickly frowned and dived at the injured man, grabbing him by the stomach. They both collided with the ground hard, making the crater deeper. The sides became unstable from the hasty increase in depth, causing the walls to collapse in on themselves and on the pair.
A green haired, 16 year old, Hiro landed near the crater, just in time to watch it collapse. His eyes quickly snapped to the other man, who was standing still, not sure what was going on.
"Hey,
who are you?" he questioned "What's going on here!"
The
man continued to stand silent and still. Hiro quickly lost interest
and looked back to the crater, seeing rubble moving at the bottom. He
jumped into it, sliding down the side. He could sense two weak
energies, not knowing what was going on.
As he reached the bottom, a body flew past him, followed by another. He quickly looked up, noticing Goten and Long fighting intensively.
"You think you're so mighty don't you!" said Goten in an angered tone
Long just
smirked, as usual "Actually, I don't. It is you who thinks that
of himself."
Goten pulled back his fist, and put it to his side
"You make no damned sense! Explain yourself!"
Long floated to the ground, standing next to his partner "Everyone has some evil in their heart, some more than others. That father of the one in hospital has much, but the ones asleep in you're house have little. It's like it is out here, the one in the crater has very little, but you have much within yourself."
Goten slowly frowned and transported behind Long, taking a swing for his head. Long simply ducked the attack and jumped into the air.
"I will be back, when the night is once again upon us!" he said as he floated off, closely followed by the second man.
Goten slumped on the ground "What the hell was that about? It makes no sense!"
Hiro eventually got out the crater and walked toward Goten "What was going on here?"
Goten slowly looked up at the blue haired Hiro and sighed "I… Don't know, Hiro…"
Hiro
slowly blinked then laughed "Well, no worries! If he comes back
again we can finish him off together, hm?"
Goten slowly stood up
again and walked toward his house "No, I fight alone! I don't
need help from you or you're kind!"
Hiro stood silent as Goten walked inside, it was the first time someone had been racist to him, and he was not sure how to react to the comment. He simply just let off a sigh and turned to walk off.
As Hiro took his long relaxing walk toward the lookout area, he started to think to himself. About why Goten would be racist toward him and why, that when he arrived, the evil energy he sensed had vanished. He could only come to one conclusion, but threw it aside almost instantaneously.
"Ah.. I guess I'll go back.. But how did Goku sleep through all that happened? Could he really be as hard to wake up as Master Dende said?"
As the sun rose, Hiro got back home, to the lookout. But, at the very same time, Tai awoke in his bed, looking around his cluttered room. He slowly stretched and rolled out of bed, to his feet.
He put on some clothes and walked out his room, hearing some sounds downstairs. It sounded like someone punching very vigorously, so he easily assumed it was Vegeta training again. He walked past his father's training room and into the kitchen, he was the only one up besides his father, but Vegeta often trained all through the night.
Tai opened the fridge door and got a small bottle out of it, opening it up and walking back out. As he passed the training room again, he heard his father panting. He slowly opened the door and looked inside.
"Good morning, Dad!" he said in a cheery voice "How was the training?"
Vegeta slowly looked at his son and replied bluntly "I was training, so what do you think?"
Tai blinked and held out his drink "Here, dad, you sound like you could do with this more than me!"
Vegeta snapped it from Tai's hand and opened it quickly; he slowly walked past him as he downed the bottle in one gulp. "Hmph, thanks."
Tai smiled happily "Any time, dad!"
Vegeta slowly looked at Tai then thought to himself "Tai?"
Tai slowly looked at his father and smiled again "Yes, dad?"
Vegeta sighed, knowing that what he was about to say went against all his principles, and quietly came out with "What do you say to having a training session with you're old man…"
Tai's eyes light up as soon as he heard it, he had long awaited the day his father allowed him to train with him like Trunks did. He quickly nodded in repliance "Yes, dad! I'd love to! Thank you, thank you!"
Vegeta slowly sighed again "Calm down.. We'll get some breakfast together and then we can start."
Tai quickly nodded and ran into the kitchen, his blood rushing from excitement, knowing his first training with his dad would soon begin.
Vegeta slowly followed Tai, thinking to himself 'Tai, my son.. You need to become stronger. Last night I sensed a terribly powerful energy fighting Goten. You need to become stronger, strong enough to be a Super Saiyan and defend yourself from harm."
Tai slowly
opened the kitchen door and looked out "What do you want for
breakfast, dad?"
Vegeta slowly looked at his son "Just get me
some cereals.."
He then walked toward the kitchen, knowing his first training session to make sure Tai could defend himself was only moments away.
Author's Note: Yeah, I know I haven't done any yet. I hope this fic is to reading standards, I've had no reviews yet, so I don't know if you all want me to continue or not. I apologise, Kenshin-readers, but my rurouni inspiration has run dry. This fic seems to have caught my fancy and I'll continue to write this one. I will try to update at least once a week from now on.. And I will eventually get back round to the RK fic, just dunno when, though. Keep yah fingers crossed, eh? I promise I'll get some ideas!
