Forest Green

Chapter Two: Wolves

"Daddy!" She screamed out, still moving her small, four year old legs as fast as they could go. And considering what she was a mix of, that was quite fast.

"Hmm?" The tall saiyan questioned as he blinked and looked around. He could have sworn he knew that voice, but couldn't quite put his finger on it. He walked towards the rustling in the dark forest where the noise had come from. He looked behind a few bushes, when suddenly, a small figure jumped out and into his arms.

"Reno?" He exclaimed, quite confused, as she curled herself into his chest crying loudly. He plopped down onto the ground, pulling her close to him. He cradled her into his arms, rocking her back and forth slowly. "Shh, honey, shh…" He whispered softly into her neko ears, rubbing her back gently. "Shh… What are you doing here? What's going on?" She just curled closer to him, not saying a word as she slowly started to calm. He continued to calm her, knowing not to rush the young half-breed.

"Dad?" The teen asked as he wondered out towards the base of the deep forest. He blinked as he noticed the small figure in his father's arms. He stopped a ways away, not knowing whom it was.

Reno looked up and squeaked, her eyes widening as she jumped behind her father. She peaked out a bit and looked to the young teen, never before seeing him…

"Goten?" He asked as he brought Reno back around into his arms, whispering. "It's okay… It's just Goten… He won't hurt you." His eyes wondered back to the teen.

"Dad?" He questioned again. "What's going on? Who's that?"

He continued to reassure the neko-saiyan as he sighed. "Your sister, Goten. This is Reno."

Goten's eyes grew wide as they looked back and froth between his father and half-sister. He knew the story of what had happened between his mother and father… To a point. There were still many things he didn't know. But another was why Reno would choose now to come to see there father. She had just been with him but two days ago. His mother would only allow him limited time with the girl. But all he really wanted at this point was to know why she was actually here…

He just continued his stare at his younger sibling. He had never actually met, or even seen her, in his whole life. His mother, Chichi, would not permit it. The questions slowly started to form in his mind again. All of them fighting to come out of his mouth at once. The most obvious one had apparently won the battle.

"Wh-what's she doing here?" He asked, a bit hesitantly.

The tall figure sighed once more and shook his head. "I'm not sure…" He lifted Reno's chin up with his finger gently so she looked up at him. He smiled softly and wiped a few tears from her eyes with his thumb. She whimpered slightly as she looked up at his strong, yet gentle face. She gulped knowing what he wanted, but wasn't sure if she could get the thoughts in her head to form into words.

It was all so traumatic. The blood. The screaming. The howls…

Death…

It was all so real and familiar to her. Not even an hour ago had it happened. Her eyes watered again, her lip quivering still looking at his strong face. He rubbed the side of her face softly. "It's okay, Reno. It's okay… Just tell me what happened." He tried, hoping it would give her what she needed to form the words. Reno took a few deep breaths, calming herself a bit. She gulped once more and opened her mouth, but did not even get to start.

"Goku!?" Came a voice from behind them. Every one turned to see Chichi there, looking extremely irritated. Goku's eyes widened as his minded raced, then whispered silently to him self. "Oh shit…"

"What the hell is that doing here?" Chichi questioned quite annoyed, as she pointed at Reno. Goku gulped once again and pulled Reno closer to him. "I'm not sure, Chichi. She was about to say when you came out." Chichi just continued to glare at the young half-breed as she seethed, her teeth clenched. "Well get her to say it, then."

Goten blinked as his eyes wondered back to the two on the ground, then back to his mother. He gulped gently and walked towards her. "M-mum… Maybe we should go back inside…?"

"What!?" She screamed. "No! I absolutely refuse to leave until I get and answer!" Goten sighed as he picked up his mother and put her over his shoulder. She pounded continuously on his back, screeching. "Goten, you put me down right now! I'm warning you!"

"Ow… Fuck… Mom, cut it out!" He protested going back into the house. The young neko-saiyan and her father cringed as the loud 'cling' of a frying pan hitting skull was heard through out the forest. Reno curled even closer to him at this. She sniffled a bit as she rubbed into his chest. Goku smiled and rubbed her back. "It's fine, Reno. She's gone now. It's okay… Now, what's going on? What are you doing here?" She looked up at him sadly. His smile faded as he saw this. "Reno?" He asked, the concern spilling from his words. "Tell me what happened."

She whimpered and whispered softly. "She's gone, papa…"

He blinked "Who is?"

"Mother…" She stated as she looked back up to him, the tears running down her cheeks silently. "She's dead… They killed her…"

His eyes widened at this, as he grew almost cold at the thought. "Who?" He asked, as calm as he could.

She whimpered again and whispered. "The wolves…"