A/N: Alright, another chapter up… I know, it is still going slow, but this is the back story… please review and let me know what you think
Last Time:
'Why would he? He's only four years old,' Gohan thought to himself. With a slight nod of his head, Gohan motioned to his brother that he could go. Goten understood this motion. Gohan would do it almost every week when they came out to the gravestones. They both would just stand there, Gohan deep in thought, Goten just because his brother liked him to be there. Goten ran off looking for his "other brother" Trunks.
Gohan thought back over these last four years. So many things had changed…
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4 Years Earlier
Gohan opened his eyes. The events of last night were the first thing to come his mind. He got there at 1:30amlast night. He looked at the clock on the nightstand. It read 6:00am in bright red. How could he have fallen asleep after what had happened? He should have stayed up to take care of is mother. After a mental scolding of himself, he looked at the clock again: 6:15am
'I wonder if anyone else is awake yet,' he thought. He walked to the door and turned the handle while trying to sense everyone's energies. He shook his head. He could not seem to concentrate enough to sense them, his mind was still to cloudy from grief and sleep, well, more appropriately the lack of sleep. He hadn't been sleeping well since dad died. Every night he would sneak out and train. He had wanted to become a warrior, not just a fighter. He didn't want anyone else to loose their life because of him.
He didn't know that his mother knew about him leaving at night. He knew she wouldn't approve of his late night training sessions. She wanted him to study, not train. He didn't realize it was adding to her stress, that it would have been better to tell her
Walking down the hall he saw Vegeta in the kitchen, stuffing his face. The Prince didn't seem to notice the boy walk past, or at least if he did notice, he didn't acknowledge his presence. He continued walking, not sure where he was going, just following his feet, too deep in thought to care.
"Hey kiddo, are you feeling any better?" Bulma asked snapping him from his thoughts. He nodded his head in answer to her question. He felt worse, he was just trying to push it deep down. He didn't want people to try comforting him right now.
He finally looked up from the floor and noticed he was in the "hospital" of Capsule Corp. It was basically where anyone who was injured during their experiments while working was taken. Looking around he saw a large tank in the far right corner of the room. 'I never knew this place had such a big hospital room' he thought.
"That's a rejuvenation tank," Bulma said, noticing Gohan staring questioningly at the large tank. "I built it for when Vegeta get a little to into his training."
Gohan just sighed and continued his scanning. A few counters, a fridge, some cabinets. On the left side of the room were a couple of tables. There was a person on one, but he couldn't see who because the head was blocked by Bulma and the body was covered by a sheet. Gohan could sense two energies, but one wasn't coming for the person on the table. Bulma had returned to her work on the person and walked away from the body on the table. Gohan watched her walk to one of the cabinets, open it, pull out a box and walk back. He finally noticed where the other energy was. There was a man on the other side of the table from where Bulma stood. He and Bulma seemed to be examining the body. Gohan took a few steps closer and finally saw the face of the body. It was his mother.
'What are they doing to her?' he screamed in his mind. 'She is already dead, they can't help her!'
"What are you doing?" Gohan surprised himself with how hostile his voice sounded.
Bulma had almost forgotten Gohan was there, and was also taken back by his tone. "Don't worry; Dr Ryo and I were trying to figure out what happened to her."
Dr Ryo looked up from the body. He was a fairly short man, somewhere around five feet, but he was extremely lean, and Gohan thought he looked funny. He had fairly long black hair brought together in a tight ponytail high on the back of his head. Gohan figured him to be around 25, and wondered how he and Bulma knew each other. He finally spoke.
"I believe the cause of death was a ruptured heart," Dr Ryo seemed to say to himself, until Gohan noticed the small microphone in his hand. Gohan also was surprised by how deep his voice was for such a small man. Ms Briefs informed me the patient had a very troubling and stressful last few months. I believe that the loss of he husband combined with her son entering a deep state od depression and distancing himself from life and the child that was growing inside of her, caused great amounts of stress on her heart. This stress caused it to strain and rupture during the birth of her second son…"
Dr Ryo continued on, but Gohan wasn't listening any more. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. Not only did he kill his father, but nine months later he killed his mother too.
Suddenly his back hit the wall. He didn't even realize he was walking backwards. His back slid down the wall until he was sitting on the ground, clutching his knees to his chest and burying his head in his arms. Bulma noticed this and walked towards him. When she was a few steps from him, he shot up startling her.
"Where's Goten?" he shouted. Bulma was surprised. Where had this come from? "Where is he!" he shouted again.
Dr Ryo looked up from his work and stopped dictating into the microphone. "This woman's youngest son is with Ms Briefs' mother. We still need to test him to make sure he will be alright."
"Is he… doing okay?" Gohan meekly responded, obviously relieved that his brother was still alive.
"I believe he should be fine, but I'd like to keep him here for observation for the next few days." Dr Ryo responded.
"Okay…" Gohan sighed as he tried to sense his little brother. Dr Ryo went back to his recording and Bulma to helping him.
Gohan sensed Bulma's mom and took off running towards where she was. Down a hall; a right turn; down a second hall; a left turn. He could feel himself getting closer. Another left turn. He was so close. He had to see his brother, his only remaining family. He could feel them through a door on the left. He stopped his running outside the door. He gently knocked. A small voice inside the door quietly answered the knock with a "come in."
Gently opening the door, Gohan entered to see Goten in the arms of Mrs. Briefs. Gohan released a sigh he didn't even know he was holding in when he saw his brother sleeping peacefully and sucking on his thumb. This baby was all he had left. He walked over and placed his hand on his little brother's head and renewed his promise. 'I promise to you I will never leave you, Goten, and I will never let anyone hurt you.'