A/N: Thank you Dreamlight, XZanayu, Piccolosdragon, demi-legend, and miroku-has-darkness for the reviews! And as a side note, for the sake of this story Namek's age quickly in the first few days of their life until they are roughly where a 3 or 4 year old human would be. Meaning, Kage is only a couple of days old but looks like he's four.
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Meditating in the center of the near empty room, Piccolo was struggling to make sense of the onslaught of memories coursing threw his brain. Something about revenge and a little boy stuck out the most, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it meant. He opened his eyes and listened to the approaching footsteps and then a soft knock.
"Piccolo?" A semi deep voice called out as the door creaked open.
He unfolded his legs standing up, "Gohan." He grunted as a name was placed with the voice and he turned finding the teen standing in the doorway. Gohan shifted obviously concealing something from Piccolo's view, whether it was intentional or not, Piccolo couldn't tell. He resisted the urge to rub his temples to try and ease the pain of the splitting headache he had had since his awakening.
Gohan moved further into the room, "Dende said you have amnesia." He said softly scratching at his arm, a nervous habit he had had since he was a boy.
Piccolo frowned turning his side to Gohan, "Meh, he doesn't know what he's talking about."
Gohan lightened up a little, "Good, then you can tell me why you didn't tell me you had a son." There was a soft gasp from behind him and a little head poked out from behind his leg.
"Father," Kage smiled moving away from Gohan to see his father.
Piccolo's expression remained neutral, "He's not mine." He said watching Kage's face drop.
"What do you mean he's not yours?" Gohan took a step forward suddenly feeling defensive for little Kage, "I found him in your cave. Don't you remember having him?"
"No," Piccolo scowled, "I don't, why would I have had him? It doesn't make sense!"
Kage moved back his eyes watering, "Don't you remember me father?" He sniffled not understanding the situation at hand.
Piccolo stared down at him as if to say, 'No son of mine would be crying', he looked up to Gohan his expression softening slightly, "I-" He glanced down at Kage as memories of coughing up an egg flittered past his mind's eye, "do." He rubbed the back of his neck in pain trying to ignore the confused look on Gohan's face.
Gohan studied Piccolo for a moment, "I could take him with me to my house so you can rest," He said slowly, Kage looked up at him curiously, "My mom is watching Ganjo for me and Videl while Videl works and-"
"Ganjo?" Piccolo cut him off knowing that he didn't remember any 'Ganjo' person.
Gohan winced slightly, "Well… that's why I was looking for you earlier. It's a long story that I'll tell you later, but for now," He hesitated for a second, "Ganjo's my son."
"What?" Piccolo's eyes bugged and if it were any other time Gohan might of found it funny, instead his cheeks burned in embarrassment and he hung his head sheepishly.
Piccolo shook his head turning his back to Gohan and Kage, who was looking between the two in confusion, "I can't believe you'd-"
"Can we talk about this some other time?" Gohan pleaded, "I can take Kage to my house to play with Ganjo and Goten for awhile so you can rest. Have a little more time to get the rest of your memory back."
Piccolo gave Gohan a scathing look then relaxed turning back around, "Alright. I'll come by and pick him up tonight."
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"Ganjo! Goten! Lunch time!" Chichi shouted to the two boys running around in the back yard.
Goten froze turning his head in the direction his mother had called from, "Coming mo-ack!" In his moment of distraction Ganjo tackled him to the ground.
"Got ya!" He laughed then squealed when Goten flipped him over and tickled him under the arms, "I give, I give!"
Goten grinned lifting the younger boy up, "Come on, it's lunch time!" He said running towards the house, he stopped noticing Gohan coming flying towards them, "Gohan!"
"Daddy!" Ganjo grinned running up to Gohan as he landed.
"Hey squirt." Gohan smiled setting Kage down.
Goten approached the three, "Who's that?" He asked noticing Ganjo's wide eyed innocent look towards the little green boy.
Gohan gently pushed Kage forward, "This is Kage, Kage this is Ganjo and Goten," He gestured to each boy at their name, "Goten's my little brother and Ganjo's my son. Kage's going to play with you guys today until Piccolo picks him up tonight."
"Hi Kage," Goten smiled, "We're going to go eat lunch, want something to eat?"
Kage shook his head nervously trying to ignore the curious look from Ganjo, "No, I don't eat." He said softly turning his attention to his shoes.
Ganjo chewed on his lip, "Why are you green?" He asked blatantly.
"He's a Namek," Gohan answered simply, "Come on let's go inside." He said leading the three boys into the house.
"What's a Namek?" Ganjo continued his questioning while he tried to get a good look at Kage as Gohan pushed him into the house.
Goten caught that question, "It's an alien from outer space! Piccolo's one too, he's really tall!" He grinned hopping into his seat at the table.
Chichi, who had her back to the door, frowned, "Why are you talking about-" She turned around and nearly dropped her tray of sandwiches at the sight of Kage, "Gohan, who's?"
"This is Kage, Piccolo's son," Gohan answered quickly, "He's only going to be here for the day, until Piccolo picks him up tonight."
Kage flushed purple at all the attention he had been receiving and turned away to hide his face. Chichi composed herself and sat down the sandwiches on the table, "Piccolo has a kid?" She said startlingly calm.
Gohan nodded, "Yea, it's sort of a long story... " He trailed off with a shrug, "I don't even know it all myself."
"Oh." Chichi nodded slowly, "Well are you going to eat or not?" She asked returning back to her old self.
"Yea, I'm starving!" Gohan grinned watching his brother and son scarf down a sandwich, "Oh! Kage, would you like some water?" He asked turning to Kage and knelt down.
Kage nodded shyly keeping his back to the room.
"Okay," Gohan stood up, "You can sit here," He pulled out a chair at the table then went and grabbed a cup filling it with water from the sink. When he turned around he found Kage still standing in the same place he had left him. Chichi frowned moving back into the kitchen to make more sandwiches, "Doesn't Piccolo teach manners?" She hissed under her breath to Gohan.
"I think he's only a couple of days old mom, that and Piccolo hasn't exactly been himself for most of those days. So I've been told."
Chichi turned to Gohan in surprise, "A couple of days old?" she gasped looking at Kage who tensed, the tips of his ears turning purple.
:"Yes," Gohan stressed frowning at his mother, "Namek's age differently than humans." He walked over to the table where Goten and Ganjo were eating ignoring the conversation between Gohan and Chichi.
"Hey," Gohan said softly as he set the cup down on the table then moved over to Kage and squatted, "I didn't realize this would be your first time meeting this many people." He said as the thought dawned on him.
Kage nodded easing open his eyes to look at Gohan.
"And you're a little shy? You don't have to be, you'll like everyone here."
Kage's eyes darted over to the table then back to Gohan, "Alright." He said softly then moved over to the chair Gohan had pulled out for him and climbed up on it. He took his cup and gazed into it for a moment before cautiously taking a sip from it. Gohan nodded moving over to his own chair as his mother brought over another plate of sandwiches.
"Hey Kage," Ganjo said swallowing a bite of his sandwich, "Wanna spar with us after lunch?"
Kage looked over at Ganjo and smiled, "Okay."
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