Ok so for this chapter I'm going to change my writing style just a bit. Instead of doing it in POV all the time I'm just gonna tell the story myself. I know it's how just about all of the stories are told but I really just want to tell the story…besides I'm in college in class right now as I'm writing the first part and I really can't pay attention and be in Trunks or even Goten's head at the moment so please bare with me!
Also if the writing style suddenly changes back to my usual POV style than I'm no longer in class. Lol did you get all of that?
Trunk's head jerked to the side as he looked at Goten, seeing a pale face of shock that matched his own. Both had said the name at the same time.
How does he know about Darien? Russell wondered inside Goten's mind. Goten only mentally shook his head signaling to Russell that he had no idea.
'How does Goten know about Darien? Where could he have met someone from my own past? My own…horrible past…' Trunks thought shock still lining his face.
Trunks had no time to think further on the subject for at that time the person standing in front of them spoke.
"There is not much time" He said looking directly at Goten. Trunks began to wonder exactly what was going on. "Kane has been running low."
Trunks saw Goten shudder and take a step back as if he wanted to turn around and run, fear and near panic suddenly appeared in his eyes as his imagination mixed with memories began to run wild. Trunks saw all of this and began to wonder…
"He is coming for you Goten."
"No…" Goten said Trunks had to look twice at Goten…was he shaking?
"He can't be coming…he's dead, remember?" Goten said knowing that it wasn't true but wishing it were.
"Wait just a sec" Trunks said unwilling to be left out of the conversation. "Just who exactly is this…Kane?"
Trunks had to resist the urge to step back as two pairs of eyes shot in his direction. One pair belonging to Goten a look of pure fear and near panic was set in those eyes. It was as if he were about to go into a nervous breakdown.
The other pair of eyes belonged to Darien. Piercing eyes that Trunks knew all too well. Those eyes held a fierce hatred, not necessarily for Trunks or Goten individually, but for those who would wish to hurt them.
In the past, Darien had been the protector. He had thought that he could handle protecting two innocent half saijins from those who would hurt them, yet he had failed. Failed the two young boys whom now stood before him as grown men, one of which still showed obvious signs of both physical and emotional damage. The other showing signs of mental damage.
Yes Darien had failed both of them and hoped to one day make up for the mistakes that he had made…and for the consequences that the two young saijins had had to suffer because of those mistakes.
"That information is irrelevant to you" Darien said still looking at Trunks. "It is Goten who needs to worry. Though if he comes and finds you two together…he may just take the both of you."
Darien's head suddenly jerked to the side as if a loud explosion had erupted not to far away. With a slight bow Darien suddenly jumped into the air and was gone. Leaving a stunned Trunks and Goten behind.
Trunks glanced at Goten, only to see the other smirk at him.
What the..?
"You go on home Trunks. I'll take care of this." It was Russell.
'Goten must have withdrawn into himself again…' Trunks thought shaking his head. "I don't think…" That was all Trunks had time to say for at that moment he suddenly went flying through the air landing face first on the cement. His body lifted upward causing him to skid a few feet on his back before he finally smashed through a few trash cans and into a brick walled building.
Everything went dark.
When Trunks finally came to his senses he could hear fighting. Grunts of pain and plenty of yelling, the area in front of his eyes was dark. Lifting his left hand, Trunks hastily pushed aside the trash back and gingerly stood up. Still a bit disoriented Trunks carefully looked around, quickly he covered his eyes as a brightness suddenly blinded him.
The sound of a small explosion reached his ears and Trunks forced himself to look in the direction that it had come.
As the smoke cleared Trunks saw Goten laying on the cement unconscious. His clothing looked slightly charred as if he had been burned. No Trunks knew that Goten had not been burned by fire but by energy.
There wasn't much time. Pulling his arms to his sides Trunks bent them at the elbow and allowed the energy to come. Drawing the energy out of his body to his hands Trunks suddenly shot his arms forward much like a whip, energy shooting from his fingertips straight at his target.
Kane didn't know what hit him.
One minute he was walking towards his prey and the next thing he knew two energy blasts had hit him knocking him off balance. Yet he didn't even have time to catch his balance for at the next moment a shin slammed into his arm sending him flying.
Kane was quick to recover. Jerking his body in the air he managed to land on his feet skidding a few feet down the street. Looking around he finally caught a glimpse of his attacker…just before a fist smashed into his face.
Needless to say Kane was knocked on his ass once again skidding a few feet.
He hurt. Kane had known pain before but not like this. He had never fought someone who could send him flying with just one punch. He had always been the strongest. Gritting his teeth, Kane stood glaring at Trunks.
Kane staggered backwards at the sight of Trunks. For no longer was Trunks a normal lavender haired saijin. Now he was an angry blue-eyed blond, golden energy waves flowing around his whole body. Fists clenched he said not a word but began to walk slowly towards Kane, the one who had hurt Goten, and caught him off guard.
Kane was not about to give up clenching and unclenching his fist he quickly threw a weak energy blast at Trunks who in turn caught it and threw it back.
Now full of panic Kane turned away and leaped into the air energy waves flowed around him as he shot through the sky away from Trunks…and Goten.
It was so sudden. Trunks was surprised that he was so quick to leave rather than stay and fight. Trunks stood there for a moment still super saijin…before finally he sighed and went back to normal.
Turning around he walked towards Goten. Seeing that his eyes were now open, Trunks rushed over to him. "Goten…" He said as he knelt down beside him.
"Why..?" Trunks could tell just from the look of the eyes that it wasn't Goten.
"Why not?" Was the reply and Russell only shook his head, closing his eyes for a moment, Trunks saw those closed lids squint and the face grimace with pain. As the body started to move there was a sudden intake of breath and Trunks could hear teeth grinding. Before he could move again Trunks placed a hand on one of his shoulders. "Try not to move" he said gently which caused the eyes to snap open and dart around wildly.
"NO!" Goten screamed as he sat up quickly. Trunks quickly grabbed for him trying to calm him down.
"GOTEN! It's just me, it's Trunks remember?" Goten struggled for a moment more before it finally clicked. Breathing hard he allowed himself to relax. Allowed the strong arms that encircled his body to hold him.
"My chest…" Goten whispered as he finally began to feel the pain.
"We can't stay here Goten…" Trunks said his voice full of concern.
"Trunks…take me…gasp…to your place" Goten closed his eyes as pain shot through his body. Carefully he moved his arms and began to hug himself only to quickly remove his arms.
Trunks didn't know what else to do but to obey. Gently he moved one of his arms to Goten's legs sliding it under his knees. The other arm stayed where it was, behind Goten's back. As Trunks began to slowly stand up he heard Goten gasp with pain yet he did not stop knowing that it would only cause Goten more pain if he took longer than necessary.
Once he was standing at full height he felt Goten's arms move. Glancing down Trunks saw those arms move up to his own shoulders and then around his neck. Smiling gently at Goten, Trunks slowly lifted into the air. Higher and higher he went until he was able to fly over the buildings and back to his apartment.
Once there, Trunks carefully lay Goten on the couch. Propping him up with a few pillows for comfort, Trunks was then quick to get Goten something to drink.
"I think you may have bruised a few ribs" Trunks said as he handed Goten the glass of water.
Goten sipped at it carefully not looking at Trunks. Images flashed through his mind. Strange images of Trunks fighting Kane, and Kane taking off into the air full of fear. The most interesting image was of Trunks as a super saijin. Goten had no idea that anybody else could become a super saijin…that is besides himself and Liz.
Trunks could tell that Goten was thinking about something. Yet he wasn't sure if Goten had seen what happened. He kind of hoped that he didn't and that it was only Russell…then again Russell and Goten were one in the same…Trunks did not think that it would help Goten any if he began thinking of them as different people. No that would not be a very good idea.
"Here let me see how much damage was done." Trunks said as he began to carefully lift Goten's shirt.
Setting the now empty glass on the floor Goten slowly lifted his arms up and allowed Trunks to slip the shirt off. Goten made a face as pain shot through him but he didn't make a sound. Once the shirt was off Goten heard Trunks breath out.
Glancing down at his own chest Goten saw the beginnings of large purple bruises. It was not a pretty sight. "Wow…" Goten said as he looked over himself.
"yeah…" was the reply. Both were amazed at the purple/black color that seemed to be painted on Goten's chest. Trunks could see that it was already beginning to swell.
Trunks turned away from Goten and began to walk down the hall. "Where are you going?" Goten asked watching Trunks' back. Trunks paused for a moment but didn't answer, instead he continued on and entered the bathroom.
Goten sat there for a moment curious as to what Trunks was doing. Yet when Trunks returned Goten knew exactly why he had left. In Trunks' hands were a strange lotion-type stuff and some gauze.
At a closer look, Goten saw that the lotion stuff was actually a new type of lotion that was supposed to help sooth bruising. Goten sat there and watched at Trunks lay the items on the floor and knelt down next to the couch.
Looking at Goten, Trunks said in a serious tone, "Goten I need to make sure that you don't have any broken ribs. I don't really think that you do but I need to make sure."
Goten looked at Trunks for a moment, his face neutral. Trunks thought that Goten was going to refuse but then Goten nodded and lay his head back.
Licking his suddenly dry lips, Trunks carefully lay his hands on Goten's chest and gently began to prod. Trunks glanced at Goten's chin as he heard Goten grit his teeth and began taking in short fast breaths.
Trunks went as fast as he dared until he was finally satisfied that the ribs were only bruised and not broken. Trunks sighed with relief finally removing his hands away from Goten. "Well nothings broken…" Trunks said as he reached down for the items that had brought from the bathroom.
Both young saijins then went through the painful process of rubbing the lotion into Goten's skin and then wrapping him tightly with the gauze, and then strips of cloth.
"So…" Goten said when Trunks finally stood "How do you know Darien?" Goten saw Trunks' muscles tense up at the question. He began to wonder if the other half saijin would even answer him.
"I know him from my past. He…helped me out a lot when I was a kid." Trunks said then he turned away and went to the kitchen, washing his hands quickly Trunks then decided to make something to eat.
Goten was quite for some time thinking about what Trunks had said.
"You hungry?" Trunks asked speaking loudly so Goten could hear him.
"I could eat" was the reply.
At that moment Trunks carried out two plates each one holding a grilled cheese sand-witch with a few chips on the side.
They both sat in silence for a moment before Trunks finally spoke. "What about you…how do you know Darien?"
Goten took a bite from his sand-witch chewing slowly and gathering his thoughts. Trunks waited patiently allowing Goten some time. After a few moments he finally spoke. "Much like you, Trunks, I knew Darien from my past…he was like a childhood friend of mine…only he was a friend only because I had nobody else."
Trunks was quite not wanting to push Goten too far yet wanting him to continue on his own. Trunks was not disappointed.
"Kane he…found me when I was young…he is a scientist and when he…found me…he was curious about my tail…so he conducted some…experiments with my blood. That's why he was able to shoot energy blasts…and fly. He always wanted to become stronger but he didn't want to do the physical training that it would require to become as strong as me." Here Goten paused taking another bite from his sand-witch.
It was a few more moments before he continued again. "Every day Kane would have…Darien strap me down and then he would insert needles into my arms…large needles that would pierce my skin…the usual small ones were unable to pierce my skin so he made stronger…bigger needles…"
At this point Trunks was captivated by the story trying to imagine what Goten had gone through and wondering how he could have stood it.
"The needles would be left in for hours on end he would nearly drain all of my blood in one setting and then he would have Darien take me back to my 'room' to rest and regain all the blood that I had lost. He would only give me three days and then he would summon me again…Darien took good care of me…but I could always tell that he hated strapping me down. I fought him every time I was summoned. But he was stronger…"
Goten finished eating and set his plate on the floor. Goten refused to look at Trunks yet Trunks stared at his face unable to remove his gaze.
"Russell…suffered most of the pain…yet he didn't want me to become lost so he forced me to deal with the pain while I was in my room…After the first time with the needles Russell decided to take over…I couldn't handle it…but Russell did…" Goten paused again looking straight ahead as if remembering "It went on like that for six months…Darien finally had enough, when Kane began experimenting on himself Darien was quick to get me out of there. Away from that horrible place. He was the one who introduced me to Liz…" Goten closed his eyes and shifted into a more comfortable position.
Trunks waited for a moment more but then looking at Goten he noticed that the other was sleeping. Smiling gently, Trunks took his blanket and draped it over Goten's form. Pausing for a moment Trunks looked down at Goten.
Without a second though Trunks leaned down and gently kissed Goten's forehead before turning away and walking out the front door closing it gently so as not to disturb Goten.
Russell opened one eye as the door closed sighing he closed the one eye and allowed himself to fall asleep.
