Hello, everyone! It has been ages, i know, sorry about that. I've been busy, and blah blah blah, but...I am back now. So, the story continues... Enjoy. And PLEASE, review. ) Make me happy, haha.
Stranger In Your Eyes:
Chapter Five
Goten's eyes were drooping. He was trying to do his math homework, but it was already 9 o'clock and he had been going to sleep early all week. Nowadays, at 13 years old, his schedule pretty much consisted of training, going to school, doing his homework ("Good boy, just like my Gohan always did!" a beaming Chichi always said) and then a little more training with his dad before bed.
Unfortunately, the motivation just wasn't there anymore. Something had changed inside him the day that his friendship with Trunks ended. Like a part of him was missing.
"I'm home!" Goku shouted happily, walking into the room. "How's my boy?"
Goten turned, grinning. "Hey, dad!" He rushed into his arms. His dad was always there for him. Not like Trunks.
Goku seemed surprised, but he laughed and tousled Goten's hair. "Glad you're feeling better! Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I'm going on a short trip to Skye to train, maybe for a coupla weeks or so...Sound all right? You can come, too."
Happy pride filled Goten, quickly replaced by a deep sadness. "At least my dad loved me enough to stay around my whole life!" Trunks' voice echoed in his mind, but he pushed it aside. Suddenly, something burned inside of him, and he felt the need to punch something...anything. He inwardly gasped. What was wrong with him? And... what was Trunks doing right now?
"Yeah...I wanna come, dad."
Goku grinned. "All right! You'd better wait outside, I have to tell Chi and she's not likely to be very happy about you leaving your homework...But hey, there are more important things!"
Goten smiled back. That's right. There were more important things. Like friendship.
But Trunks didn't seem to know that...And now, it seemed like he was forever lost to Goten. He was a bully now...he tormented everyone at the middle school, except for Goten. He pretty much ignored Goten completely. Goten's heart always thumped when Trunks and his eyes met, but...then Trunks would move on, a cold, fierce look in his eyes.
"Stop hoping. It's over." Goten told himself. "It's... over." He sighed, and looked out the window at the sky. It had been cloudy, but now a piece of golden sun shone through. Goten smiled, and went downstairs.
Two weeks passed. Two wonderful, hilarious weeks with his dad, in which they trained for hours on end at the cold Skye Mountain Range, and then fished, ate, and played. They talked well into the night, sleeping underneath the brilliant stars. The view was fantastic, and Goten felt closer with his father then he ever had, and slept well for the first time since his friendship with Trunks had ended.
One night, as they lay beside each other and a cool mist covered them, Goku changed the light, playful conversation to a more serious matter. "Goten...is there anything you need to talk about? I know I haven't always been...a good father, but...I want to change that."
A cricket nearby chirped.
Goten turned slightly to look his father in the eye. Goku looked very sincere, and serious, which was unlike him. Goten wondered what Goku knew about Trunks, or suspected.
"I...I'm fine, dad. I just..." His voice trailed off.
"Son," Goku said gently. "I want you to be happy, and you...are not. Will you talk to me about it?"
Goten's lip quivered, and suddenly, somehow, he was crying. "I...I miss...Trunks!" He sobbed. "Why...?" Why did he have to go? Was it because of me? "I shouldn't have yelled at him... I should have...understood..." I should have understood. He was just busy training. No big deal. "No big...deal..." He whispered.
Goku's eyes watered too, slightly. He pulled Goten in for a hug, and Goten clung to him, tears falling down his face, but silent now. "Goten... It's not the end. It's just, a bump in the road, y'know? Things will get better. Just...go over to his house and talk to him."
"No...! I can't! He hates me! He hates everyone now! He's a...bully!"
"A...bully?" Goku asked, surprised. Trunks, a bully?...Well, that would make sense, Vegeta had been one for years, and he had also said that Trunks was becoming power-hungry. Hm.'"Goten...I talked to Vegeta the other day." Goten looked up at him, listening. "He said...Trunks was changing, was becoming power-hungry. It...Well, Vegeta was like that, y'know. Before."
"Majin Buu..." Goten whispered, remembering that awful time. Vegeta had pruposely let himself be taken in to gain power. To beat Goku, once and for all. Only..he hadn't counted on the "super saiyan level 3", and then Majin Buu had turned into a great evil, and he had to work with Goku to try and defeat it. By the end of it, Vegeta had changed. As arrogant and clever as ever, but no longer the same, somehow.
Goten thought about all this, and then of Trunks. He missed him, and the things they had done together. They always had fun, no matter what they did. All the adventures they had.
And he sat up, gazing upward. "Dad? I...I don't want it to end like this. I want Trunks back. And... I'm going to stop crying now." He smiled at Goku.
Goku grinned back, giving him the thumbs-up. "Go get him back, son!"
And with a burst of energy, Goten was up, up...and away. To Capsule Corporation. With a huge grin on his face and a mind filled with thoughts of his buddy, his best pal.
His Trunks.
Okay, i realize it got a bit corny there, at the end. But...there's a reason for it! I have a few more ideas left for this story...It's not going to be all fluff. (Of course not, i always torture my characters, don't i?)
PLEASE review! I want to know if i should continue
Lady-Indis
