(REMINDER: This is an unrelated drabble. These were written in responses to specific challenges on fanfic group I belong to. This challenge was: Innocence)
Warning: Angst
Lost
The difference between a boy and a man is a moment in time. It is a single truth made of blood and dust and learned through tears of grief and loss.
Life is fragile and people die.
Gohan didn't remember his father's death, but Piccolo's would be forever engraved on his soul. He held his teacher's hand as the unthinkable happened and Piccolo moved to the next dimension. Although he cried because of Piccolo's death, his soul mourned the loss of his own innocence.
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.
Five years old is too young to grow up...
