A/N: Thank you everyone for the reviews! I would say more but I might give something away, so read on!
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"He was made of the evil in my soul!" Piccolo growled ducking his head as his eyes started to water against his will.
Gohan and Dende exchanged glances, "What do you mean?" Gohan asked his muscles relaxing.
Piccolo shook his head, "I was created from the evil that was my father, when I merged with Kami and nail the evil in me conflicted with their spirits. I managed to keep them apart for as long as I could but the evil surfaced colliding with the good and," His eyes slid over to Kage, "Kage was born when my body thought it was dying."
"That's why you had amnesia. All that mental stress…" Dende concluded turning his head to look down at the Namekian child they had took as innocent. Piccolo nodded numbly.
"Maybe he can fight it like you did." Gohan said softly, he couldn't let Piccolo kill the child based on the belief he'd grow into a killer, "We don't know if he will be evil when he gets older. Look at you, you're not evil."
Dende nodded his agreement and Piccolo looked between the two emotionlessly. Then his eyes landed on his son. His son, his flesh and blood, he couldn't let anything hurt him.
Not even himself.
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"You're getting slow old man!" Kage grinned dodging Piccolo's ki blasts.
Ten years had passed since the accident, since Gohan and Dende stood guard over Kage's bedside while his fate was decided unbeknownst to himself. A jagged pink scar clashed brightly against the skin on his right cheek, a reminder of that day. He never told anyone but Ganjo how he had acquired the scar, whenever anybody else asked him about it he'd clam up and soon no talked about the touchy subject.
"You're getting too cocky." Piccolo growled powering up and attacked Kage head on.
"Hey," Kage dodged Piccolo's fists, "I learned from the be-" His jaw dropped as the air exploded from his lungs.
Piccolo removed his knee from Kage's stomach and slammed his fists in the center of his back sending him crashing into the forest floor. The ground shuddered like spasming skin, like the annoying twitch in your eyelids. Kage groaned pulling himself up onto his knees and peered up at his father floating in front of the sun, his black outline the only thing Kage could see. Sweat dripped from his brow not quite making it to the ground before it evaporated. Kage stood wiping blood from the corner of his lips and sweat from his own brow. His father floated down away from the sun, his eyes followed him as his lips twitched up.
"I got a little careless, huh?" He asked sliding into the fighting stance he had learned from the man before him.
"We're done." Piccolo grunted landing on the leafy ground and retrieved his cape and turban.
Kage blinked, "What?"
Piccolo looked at him angrily, in the past years Kage had grown to roughly the same height as himself, maybe one or two inches shorter was all the difference.
"You're not being serious." Piccolo said putting his cape and turban on.
Kage frowned, "I am too! Come on I was just getting warmed up!" He stretched a bit then moved back into his fighting stance. Piccolo shook his head, he would not give this time, Kage had to learn to be more serious.
"Father!" Kage all but whined and Piccolo scowled at him floating into the air.
"When you grow up then I will consider training with you." He said then flew off leaving Kage behind to sulk.
Kage stomped his foot childishly and looked around the forest, "He says 'grow up' pshh," He muttered to himself punching at the air, "Maybe Ganjo's home from school."
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Ganjo raced into the house dropping his backpack by the front door and continued into the kitchen grabbing himself a bottle of water and an apple from the counter.
"Hey mom!" He greeted Videl kissing her on the cheek before he continued on up the stairs to his room.
Videl rolled her eyes, "Ganjo!" She called as she moved to the bottom of the stairs.
The teen opened his door and poked his head out, "Yes?" He smiled innocently.
"Come here." Videl said mimicking her son's smile.
Ganjo slinked out of his room to the top of the stairs. He looked so much like his father that it was uncanny. His short black hair was naturally spiky sticking out in random directions and no matter how much hair gel was put in it, it could not be tamed. He was already in his blue gi tightening the orange belt around his mid drift, "Yea?"
Videl looked him over deciding that she'd rather see him in the fighting gi than the gothic look he had picked up over a year ago. Something about spiky jewelry and black clothes didn't agree with her, and what the heck was that collar about? She pointed to her neck and Ganjo reached up touching the red collar on his neck. He smiled sheepishly as he removed it and tucked it away in his pocket.
"Do you have any homework?" Videl sighed, why couldn't her son be more… normal?
Ganjo shook his head, "Nope, I finished it all before I came home, that's why I'm a little late." He sat down on the steps to tie his boots, the ones that used to be his grandfather's before he died.
Videl nodded in approval, "Is Kage coming over?"
Before Ganjo could answer the front door opened and Kage walked in looking as though he had been rolling around in the dirt.
"Stay right there!" Videl shouted before Kage could walk off the floor mat and ruin her freshly cleaned floors, "You're a mess!"
Kage laughed softly, "Sorry Videl, I was sparring with the old man. Can you believe that he said," He cleared his throat and said in a voice that closely resembled Piccolo's, "'When you grow up then I will consider training with you.' I mean come on!" He shook his head loosing the voice and Ganjo snickered lightly, "I am the most grownup person around here!"
That got a snort and then a full blown laugh from Ganjo, "You grownup?" He laughed.
Kage pouted, "What?"
Videl smiled shaking her head, "Your father just doesn't have the sense of humor you do Kage. Now that I think about it, not many people have your sense of humor."
Ganjo grinned climbing to his feet and jumped down the stairs.
"Hey what can I say?" Kage shrugged, "I'm one of a kind." He smirked as Ganjo playfully punched his arm.
"You got that right." Ganjo laughed as he was pulled into a headlock.
Videl opened the door and gently shoved the boys out, "Go on you two, get out of here. Oh and Ganjo," Ganjo turned to her smiling, "Please do not track mud into my house again when you get home tonight."
"But that wasn't-" She closed the door, "Me." He finished lamely.
Kage grinned ruffling his hair, "Yea, uh huh sure. Your dad doesn't spar that much anymore."
"He did that night." Ganjo rolled his eyes jumping into the air, "Where too?"
Flying along side of him, Kage floated on his back and pretended to do the backstroke, "I need a change in scenery, I'm tired of training in that forest. How about we train in the desert or something?"
Ganjo barrel rolled, "It's too hot, how about the lake or ocean or somewhere with water?"
"Uh," Kage shook his head vigorously, "I don't swim."
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