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The New Empire Ch 7: Faceless( Invisible Kid)
Goten walked like a zombie through the groups of people at the market place. He didn't care that he bumped into people. He didn't care that he was being yelled at. The yelling stopped once they saw his armor. He wanted to take the armor off, then bring his power all the way down, so he WOULD get his ass kicked or killed. It didn't matter to him. Rani.
That bitch.
Goten's face twisted into a monster of anger and pure hatred. How could the girl he cared so much about not even like him in the least, but only stayed around because of who he was, socially? That got him. Bad.
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Planet Vegeta
Goten
Flashback
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Goten walked into Rani's house after he had followed her to give her back her scouter. She had dropped it when she was taking off. It was lucky that he saw it. She would have to wait six years for a new scouter.
Goten had let himself in. It was the custom of royal saiyans to do so. Goten was no exception. And now, being in Rani's house, he felt excited. This was his chance to see how she lived.
Goten's attention was diverted when he heard voices from the room ahead of him. He walked closer to the door quietly, so as to not interrupt the conversation. Besides, he was a little curious of what Rani talked about when she wasn't around him. Perfect chance….
"So, Rani, what were you doing out so late? You're past your curfew."
There was a sound like a glass slamming down on the table, "Not that it is any of your business, mother, but I was with the King's brother. It seems that he has a thing for me."
There was two sets of laughter, followed by who seemed to be the mother, "So, do you like him?"
"Hell no," came Rani's voice, "You know me better than that. I'm going to use him to get the fame and the money that I deserve. Plus, the boy is such an idiot that he doesn't even seem to notice that every time that he tries to touch me, that I trip all of a sudden."
More laughter.
Gohan couldn't take it anymore. He snarled and crushed the scouter into dust with his hand. He turned around and stormed out of the house, leaving behind what remained of Rani's scouter. He didn't want to kill her, for he still liked her. However, that would pass and Rani would die. Along with her mother. They laughed at him. They made a fool out of him! Were they that crazy! Didn't they know? Didn't they know how much that he didn't like being fooled with? Are they asking for death? Seemed so..
Goten locked his feelings. He didn't want to destroy all of the saiyans because of one bitch. No, Rani wouldn't die. That would be too light of a punishment for them. Goten knew much worse ways of dealing with trash that thought they could use him. He would NOT be played with like that.
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Planet Vegeta
Marketplace
Goten
End Flashback
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Goten was still bumping into people. He still didn't care. He wished for death. He knew it was stupid. All of this recklessness for one damn girl. He was taught better than this. There would be more women like Rani, and Goten would not be swayed again. One thing Goku had taught him. Never make the same mistake twice. Next time, he would know if it was real love, instead of this.
Goten saw someone approach him, but he paid them no mind. He couldn't even care to identify who this person was. It wasn't until Goten bumped into that person did he notice who it was. The person was from the Saiyan Angels. The vigilante. The one with the occasional idea or problem. Actually, the guy seemed pretty nice. MOST of the time…
Mumbling an apology, he got up and continued his way through the people. Around forty paces farther, Goten noticed that he was being followed by the advisor. But he wasn't followed for very long. The vigilante stopped and touched a button on his intercom. Goten knew that the guy was talking to Gohan, probably worried as he made the call.
Fools. Didn't they know? Silence is golden. Space was essential, or else he would lose it and destroy the closest person. Goten quickly made his was t the palace. He was going to lose it, he knew. All he had to do was find Gohan. If it was Gohan, then no one would die by his hands. If he was set off on Gohan, then Gohan would be strong enough to survive, unlike anyone or anything else.
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Marching into the throne room, Goten spotted Gohan, and Gohan spotted Goten. Gohan stood, his eyebrows knitted together in calculating stares. Good, Gohan knew that he was going to need to blow his steam.
With prenatural speed, Goten appeared in front of Gohan and punched him in the face. Gohan head spun to one side, but Gohan straitened, showing that he was unharmed. Goten's fury grew, giving him the ability to land five punches to Gohan's gut. None of them did the slightest harm, only making Goten angrier.
The lightning fast punches and the concrete kicks slowed and weakened into Goten pounding onto Gohan's chest with both arms, all the while two large streams of tears flowed down his face. Gohan looked down at Goten and couldn't help but blame himself. It was his mistake to let Goten out in the first place. He should have just kept Goten in the palace. He knew it, because he knew what was wrong. There was only one other time he had seen this. And it was himself when he found out that his first girlfriend was cheating on him. There was no chest to beat on for him, though. It was a small island not that far from Master Roshi's that he had taken his anguish out on. It WAS an island. Not after that day though.
Gohan let Goten pound his fists into his chest without hesitation. Gohan didn't make a sound. They only sounds came from Goten's cries and screams.
"Damn you! Damn you, Rani!"
Another hit. The dirt from the unclean floor rose in a large dust tornado, making Zasha and some of the other members of the Saiyan Angels cover their face, not wanting to see the hits and not wanting dirt in their eyes and mouth.
"I loved you, Dammit!"
Another hit. A sharp sound. Only Gohan heard it.
"Why! Why did it have to be like that!"
Another hit. The last hit. The dirt tornado slowly decreased into nothing. Zasha and the members lowered their hands and watched the two brothers.
Goten fell to his knees, and Gohan followed him down to the ground. Gohan grabbed Goten on both sides of his head and made him look up at him, "Goten, I know. It hurts, doesn't it?"
"Y-yes," Goten choked between sobs, "Dammit, Gohan. I loved her! I had only known her for a day, but I know that I loved her. She didn't love me. She wanted the money and the fame that we now have."
Gohan smacked himself mentally, "Goten, I know how bad it hurts. But don't give up, little brother. See, you just found the wrong kind of woman. The very worst. That was an honest mistake. You'll find a good one."
Goten nodded, though his sobs grew louder. Gohan held him in a tight embrace, "Do you need to hit me a little more? I'll take all that you want."
Goten shook his head, and slowed his tears, "Did I hurt you, brother? I'm sorry if I did. You were just the only one who could take the hits and live. I'm so sorry."
Gohan smiled and started to get up, "No, Goten. I'm just fine. Don't you worry about me. Now, run up to your room. I want you to get a shower and some nice clothes on, okay?"
Goten nodded and started to walk to his room. Gohan stayed where he was until Goten left. Then, seeing that he was gone, Gohan ordered the rest of the members out as he prepared to leave. No one was supposed to be in the throne room when the king wasn't there, with exception for all those with royal blood.
Zasha frowned at Gohan, "Are you really okay?"
Gohan smiled slightly, "Yeah, I'm fine. Well, I'll be going now. No point of staying around here. And, Zasha? Could you please have some of the servants come clean this floor? It's pretty dusty."
Zasha eyed Gohan carefully, only giving up when Gohan laughed, "Sure, Gohan. I'll do that now. Go to your room and get some rest. We all know that Goten's pretty strong. It must have hurt."
Gohan had already started heading in the direction of his room, "It really didn't hurt that much."
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Planet Vegeta
Gohan
Gohan's Chambers
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Gohan lifted the saiyan armor off of himself and pulled down his black spandex down to his waist. Then, turning towards the mirror, he gave a small chuckle that turned into a groan, "Boy, does that kid have a hard punch."
Gohan studied his chest more carefully. There were large, dark bruises everywhere. Some of them were bleeding. One had completely broke the skin and was slowly oozing out blood. Gohan ran his fingers over his right side and found what he was looking for. The sound he heard when Goten was punching him. He had three broken ribs. That was what hurt the most when he breathed. Gohan started to make his way back to the door to lock it, so he could start putting on bandages, when everything started spinning. Gohan tried to steady himself, but ended up falling on his back. He tried to get up, but before he could, he felt a soothing darkness spread over him until he could see no more.
NO, Gohan thought to himself, Don't fall unconscious.
Gohan thought to himselfThat was one order that was not followed
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Invisible kid
Never see what he did
Got stuck where he hid
Fallen through the grid
Invisible kid
Got a place of his own
Where he'll never be known
Inward he's grown
Invisible kid
Locked away in his brain
From the shame and the pain
World down the drain
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Planet Vegeta
Zasha
5 Minutes Later
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Zasha knocked on Gohan door lightly. Once he didn't answer, she pounded on the door loudly. No answer. Giving in to her fear, she opened the door, and saw Gohan on the floor with a puddle of blood around him. She also could see all the bruises and cuts that he had. It was too much to take.
She screamed.
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Invisible kid
Suspicious of your touch
Don't want no crutch
But it's all too much
I hide inside
I hurt inside
I hide inside, bull I'll show you...
I'm ok, just go away
Into distance let me fade
I'm ok, just go away
I'm ok, but please don't stray too far
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Planet Vegeta
Body Regeneration Med Bay
15 Hours later
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The door to the Regeneration Tank hissed open as Gohan's eyes began to flutter open. Once they did open, he noticed that there were twenty-two other people in the room. All the members of the Saiyan Angels that were not off-planet were sitting there, looking at their king. Naked. Sigh…..
Gohan rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Could someone please hand me a towel?"
In the corner of his eye, Gohan saw a towel fly in his direction. He caught the towel and looked at the person who threw it to him. Goten. He was there, sitting on the floor with one leg laying strait against the floor. The other leg was bent and had his arm resting on it. He did look cleaned up and he had on his new clothes that he had bought. He wore an all-black tai chi uniform jacket, with the end of the sleeves being black silk. It was unbuttoned with a black muscle shirt. The pants were just a normal pair of baggy black pants. The boots looked like Vegeta's but had red at the end and they were all black. On his arms were the spiked wristbands, and around his neck, he wore the necklace with the glowing red jewel. Gohan smiled, thinking of how much Goten looked like him when he was little. Except Gohan never had short, short hair in spikes with two long bangs that were dyed purple at the ends and went down to a little below is chin. Goten was Goth.
Gohan also had noticed that Goten would not look in his direction. He figured that he blamed himself for letting him get hurt, "Goten-- it's not your fault."
Goten smirked and turned towards Gohan, "You're damn right it's not. Why didn't you tell someone that you were hurting? I'm fine, my ass!"
Gohan looked towards Zasha, who seemed kind of shocked. Frozen solid. Gohan groaned. Zasha must have been the one who had found him. Damn him!
Gohan ordered everyone out of the room, but only after thanking them for being there. Goten and Zasha stayed, but a look from Gohan, and Goten had gotten up and left with an understanding nod.
With everyone gone, Gohan pulled Zasha out of the chair. She looked in his direction, but she didn't seem to see him. She was in a daze. Seeing this, Gohan quickly pulled her into a deep embrace.
"I'm sorry," he whispered into her ear. I am so sorry. You weren't supposed to see that. I thought I could fix them myself, but I lost consciousness. Please forgive me, Zasha."
Pulling apart slightly, Gohan planet a quick kiss on her forehead. Zasha's eyes fluttered, and she mover her head in his direction, "Don't let go."
Gohan smiled warmly, "Not for as long as I can help it."
Zasha smiled as well, forgetting those awful moments.
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Open your heart
I'm beating right here
Open your mind
I'm beating right here
Open your heart
I'm beating right here
Open your mind
I'm beating right here
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Faceless
The Mountains
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Faceless sighed. He had had a very long day. Longer than most of the advisors. He had seen more than them. Yes, this place was interesting, but tiring as hell. It was times like this that he wished he could lead a normal life again. One that wasn't this crazy. And he was tired of being alone. He needed someone around. That was it! He knew exactly who to get. Going through his bags, he had finally found what he was looking for and then he stuffed it inside his pocket.
With powers that he hadn't always had, he used his will alone to open the gates into the Otherworld and walked in.
He was now directly in front of King Yemma's desk. He grinned up at the large man and sat down on the floor.
King Yemma, having a pretty good day, had looked down at the person he knew so well. Too well, "Damn it, you have the powers of the angels to help people, not come and go as you damn well please."
Faceless smiled and got up, making King Yemma back up slowly and raise his hands in the air, "Now, King Yemma. I'm not here to cause trouble. You know that I have never hurt anybody here. What are you so afraid of?"
King Yemma snarled, "You know damn well. If I even piss you off in the slightest, you would go into every dimension and kill every thug just to give me more paperwork! I don't need that right now. I like how slow things are going."
Faceless smiled, "Now, King Yemma, I have only done that a couple times. Get over it."
"A Couple! Ha! Try seven!"
Faceless raised his hands, "Well at least you knew that they all go to the same place. They were evil. They all got the H.F.I.L. stamp."
King Yemma mumbled under his breath.
Faceless smirked, "Now, you know you shouldn't mumble. What did you say?"
"I said, but I ran out of ink pads. Do you know how much a twenty-foot inkpad costs?"
Faceless shrugged, "I don't know, but you won't have to worry about that right now. I'm just here to train my new apprentice."
King Yemma frowned, "You have an apprentice? Well, if you want to train them, then they must be damn strong--oh, no! Not her? Please not her!"
Faceless frowned, "Shut up and lead me to her."
King Yemma nodded and pointed to a door down the hall. Faceless looked in that direction and walked to the door and entered.
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Legend's Promise
May the angel of my world help save the others, and keep one in line, but of the showers he is blind, one of might and brain, to bring back the fallen of power to live once again, crazed with power the fallen is, but the angel of my world shall set her mind to rest
(Made by Saiyan Prince1)
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Once inside, faceless smiled. He saw who he was looking for. And she saw him as well. She charged at him with a half- crazed look on her face. Time after time, he dodged the hits easily. Once she had run out of energy, he sat next to her.
"Don't worry," said Faceless, "I will train you to be in control…..Aurora."
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Ooh, what a good boy you are
Out of the way and you're kept to yourself
Ooh, can't you see that he's not here
He doesn't want the attention you give
Ooh, unplugging from it all
Invisible kid floats alone in his room
Ooh, what a quiet boy you are
He looks so calm floating 'round and around himself
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End Chapter
Next Chapter: Bad Seed
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