A/N: Thank you everyone for the reviews! And thank you Volcanic for allowing me to use one of your poems! (Or part of one :-P) :-D
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I was never taught to feel
Anything but sadness and hate
Born too kill a man, the man
Who stole my fathers' fate
So every day I sat alone
Silently cursing my life
And wishing that one-day there'd be
Someone to understand my strife
Revenge, by Volcanic.
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"How do you know that?" Kage hissed fisting his hands up by his sides.
'He's angry, but not angry enough…' Piccolo towered over Kage, 'This could just work…' His lips pulled back in a smirk, "After all these years of battling my father, you'd think he'd have told you by now."
Kage remained silent, unable to think of anything to say to his father at the moment.
Piccolo nodded folding his arms over his chest, "No? Heh, figures. You see, when Goku killed my father all his evil, everything that made him, went into me. I was destined to kill Son Goku and take over the world, but I changed. That didn't stop my father from struggling to take over my mind, and then suddenly, he was gone." Piccolo paused locking eyes with Kage, "And there you were."
Kage felt like he had just been punched, the air rushed from his lungs and his heart jumped into his throat. Everything was falling into place, everything was-
"You were an accident. A creation from the strain the evil was putting on my body." Piccolo continued watching as the shock slowly turned into anger, "You're not just crazy, you're evil too."
"Shut up!" Kage broke, his eyes glazing over, "Shut up!" His power level shot up in an explosion of ki, and then Piccolo was on the ground.
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Ganjo sighed happily wrapping his arm around Andy's waist. At that moment he was really, truly happy.
"Ganjo, we need to talk."
There went that feeling. Andy pulled back from Ganjo's arm and looked him in the eyes; she studied them for a moment then sighed softly looking away.
"What's wrong Andy?" Ganjo could feel her nervousness, "Are you okay?"
Andy nodded then shook her head, "I'm sorry Ganjo but… I… I only want to be friends with you."
"Friends?"
She nodded, "There's someone else… I like someone else. He doesn't know it but… But I can't stay with you and have these feelings for him."
Ganjo swallowed hard trying to fight off his surprise, "W-who? Do I know him?"
"It's Kage." Andy blurted out blushing lightly.
"You like Kage?" Ganjo's jaw dropped, he blinked a few times in shock then shook his head, "B-But… You can't! You can't like him! He's asexual!"
Andy frowned, "Ganjo, that's not nice, he's your best friend!"
'Yeah, best friend…' Ganjo thought bitterly, "I'm not lying! He's asexual. As in, he throws up eggs instead of having sex because he doesn't have… he doesn't…" He blushed, his hands twitching at his sides. A sound akin to shattering glass echoing inhis head, "You can't like him," He whispered, "'cause I like you."
Andy bit her lip, "I'm sorry Ganjo. Really I am, I just… I need some time." She stood up unable to look back at Ganjo's suddenly pale face and walked away.
"Andy wait!" Ganjo stood up reaching out for her, "Wait I-" He froze finding that she was already gone. Slowly he sank back onto the front step his head falling into his hands.
"I can't believe this is happening." He hissed.
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Piccolo stumbled backwards, the air rushing from his lungs from the sidekick to his ribs. Kage pushed forward following the kick with an uppercut to the jaw knocking Piccolo's head back. Saliva sprayed from Piccolo mouth and drooled down his chin as he tried to compose himself and block the next attack. Kage disappeared only to reappear behind Piccolo with a front kick to the small of his back pushing him forward.
'Much better.' Piccolo grinned inwardly proud of his son's improvement over the past years. He did a front hand spring flipping back to his feet and kicked Kage in the temple. Fell to the ground only to jump back up and lunge at his father punching him in the face. Piccolo fell backwards sliding against the ground, his shirt tearing on the jagged rocks.
"Ha!" Kage shouted firing a ki blast, Piccolo jumped to his feet and had just dodged that ki blast when another came in the direction he was headed. His eyes widened and he prepared himself for the impact.
But it never came.
Slowly he opened his eyes finding Kage only mere inches from his face.
"I'm done." He growled and flew off.
Piccolo released the breath he was unconsciously holding, "What have I done?"
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Innocence.
Kage leaned his back against the tree; his legs sprawled out in the grass. He sat in the shadow of the large oak tree watching the kids play on the playground across the sidewalk, across the grass, across the woodchips. Kids always had such innocence to them, 'Did I?'
Pan was playing on the monkey bars, Gohan keeping a watchful eye on her. Like a father should. Kage sighed deeply, his muscles ached from the fight he had earlier with his father. He had gone home and changed into a pair of blue jeans before heading to the park. He wanted to go somewhere he could clear his head, how he ended up there, he wasn't sure. Maybe he had felt Gohan's ki, maybe he needed someone to talk too, maybe…
Gohan noticed Kage sitting against the tree and quickly turned to Pan and helped her down off the bars. She laughed as he tickled her and then ran off to play on the slide. After making sure he'd still be able to see her, Gohan headed over to where Kage sat and sat down next to him.
"You and Piccolo were really going at it today." Gohan said casually, a small smile playing on his lips as he watched Pan go down the slide and run back up it.
"Yea," Kage agreed turning his eyes up to the sky, "He was… strict today."
Gohan chuckled softly, "When's he not?"
"Told me I was an accident, and that I'm evil."
Gohan's eyes slid over to him, his smile fading at the defeated look on Kage's face, "He didn't-"
"He did." Kage bowed his head dropping his eyes to his hands, "Practically said I was evil reincarnate. If he didn't want me Gohan, then why…"
"Kage," Gohan rested his hand on the younger man's shoulder, "Trust me, your father loves you. He's got a reason for trying to make you angry, he always does."
Kage sighed, "Like, wanting to get the crap kicked out of him?" He asked lightly, a small smile lifting the corners of his lips.
Gohan snickered, "You kicked the crap out of him?"
"Yea." Kage grinned.
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