The Promises We Keep - Torn
The Sequel to A Disturbed Savior.
For those who have not read A Disturbed Savior, to understand this Story even in the least, you must read A Disturbed Savior first. If not, then w/e, have fun understanding your out of the usual Gohan and Videl
I can't and won't promise anything this time around.
It's DBZ, I obviously don't own shit.
My blood is cold as Ice, or so I have been told. Show no emotion and it can destroy your soul - Disturbed
"Come ON Videl! Come out and show me already!" From the other side of the door Erasa could hear her friend mumbling something about it showing off too much skin or something like that. "It's supposed to. Now come on out and let me see how it looks. I'm sure it looks wonderful."
"Ugh. Fine!" With a click of the lock the raven haired beauty pushed the door open revealing herself wearing a skin tight, cotton candy blue dress with a matching skirt that tugged at all the right places showing off her every bountiful curve. Not only was Erasa in shock about how amazing it looked, but for the first time in the blond's life, she was left speechless with her jaw agape. A for sure sign of the Apocalypse.
"Well?" Videl shook her head and raised her palms up.
"Wh-what can I say? Besides, HOT! Just one more thing o-ver here." Erasa reached over to the back of Videl's head and undid the bands holding together her hair to her symmetrical pig-tails. In a style fit for only a kids movie, Videl flushed her head to the side just enough that her hair waved side to side in the most perfect fashion it should be illegal.
"Now your set." She gave the OK and winked to her slightly taller friend.
"You sure? Because I-"
"Yes! I'm sure. You look beautiful. And better yet Gohan is going to love it. When he sees you in this he won't be able to resist ripping it right off your sexy body."
"Are you kidding me Erasa? Is that your sick little plan? You think I'm going to this dinner just to seduce Gohan?" A short whistle and a turn of her head was all the answer Videl needed. "You're such a pervert."
"So what? Perv and proud." She stated with her chin up with a cheeky grin on her face.
"So...Do you think it'll work?" An embarrassed Videl questioned.
"HELLS YEAH!"
"Dude! How much longer do we have to wait for them? We've been sitting here for like 30 minutes already."
"Just hold on to your jock strap a little longer. If they don't show in the next 5 minutes we'll ditch and tell them we got held up because of traffic." Gohan explained to his friend who was just itching for some more company.
"Oh yeah, let me tell ya. They'll definitely believe that." Sharpner rolled his eyes. Sarcasm was just rolling off the tongue these days.
"And what makes you think they wouldn't believe something like that?"
"Pfft. I'm with you. Why would we have any reason to be late? If anything came up you could just fly us out of wherever it is we were stuck at."
"Oh yeah? And what makes you think I would carry and fly you wherever?" Crossing his arms he felt he had this argument won.
"Dude. Seriously? Bros before Hoes. Come on. You're saying you seriously wouldn't help me out in a desperate situation? That's cold Gohan, even for you."
"Really now? Well I'm a cold guy. Thought you knew that already. Man Sharpner, I've given you too much credit up until now haven't I?" Sharpner was getting nowhere and fast. He needed to get back on the winning side or else face the shame of losing to Gohan again.
"Well, who cares. Whatever. But I bet Erasa'll blow Videl out of the water with her looks tonight. I bet you Erasa comes in with a light glistening upon her beautiful locks of hair that angels will sing from the heavens just for her entrance."
"Yeah yeah whatever. Erasa plays dress up every time we go out. What do you think would make tonight any different?" By this point in time Gohan was leaning back in his chair far enough that he was able to see behind himself with his head bent so far down.
From Sharpner's point of view all he saw was Gohan being Gohan. Avoiding eye contact with others and ignoring all others near him. Yup, seemed like something Gohan would do. Then he heard a scoff of some sort from the other end of the table. What was that about?
"Say Sharpner, what was that you were saying about Erasa and Videl again?" The Saiyan proceeded to hoist himself back up into his chair with the most devious of grin's plastered upon his features.
"Yeah. What abo-" Gohan smirked playfully. Game. Set. And Match. Sharpner was given a first hand view of the two blazing hot beauties making their way towards the guys. And by God, if his body allowed he probably would have bled to death going by the pace his nose was leaking the red stuff. Like, he always knew Erasa and Videl were good looking in their own ways, but tonight. Tonight they were goddesses among mortals.
Erasa was strapped in a short, yellow, one piece with a low cut skirt with matching heels. There was another thing different about her appearance tonight though. Her hair. She was wearing a wig for sure, but it only complimented her natural beauty. The long, blond locks were curled up and flowing freely in a way that made this outgoing and abrasive personality look like a fragile and innocent soul. Needless to say Sharpner was in bliss.
"Yo Gohan I totally win."
"Oh? Judging already? You only took a look at contestant number one." with a light blush Erasa stepped a bit to the side from the awkwardness of being gawked at by just about every guy in the restaurant that had eyes. That gave way for contestant number two.
Coming into view was none other the one and only person in the universe for Son Gohan. He did in fact help meld the body he was now ogling and practically salivating over. Those legs, they went on for days, and such tone to them. They were perfect. If nothing else than but for show they complimented her other features well. Like that perfectly shaped waist that was being tugged together by that baby blue, skin tight one piece that held together everything so perfectly, showing just enough to skin to give the world a little show while leaving more than enough to the imagination. It was practically lingerie done in a casual sort of way so that it was wearable in public. It showed off just enough skin,
If the girls could only see Gohan's face now. Behind that hand, he was hiding a bright flush of red was a never ending river of red. But it wasn't just Gohan who was ashamed of his hopelessness. Sharpner had to shy away from Videl so he could at least keep some dignity and not go gaga over another woman. He WAS still in front of his own girlfriend.
"S-say Gohan. We'll call it a tie all right?"
"Y-yeah, a tie." Gohan just nodded his head as he continued wiping his nose clean. The two lovely young ladies sat down next to their dates and giggled to themselves. Whomever said girls didn't have their own bro-ship rules was very wrong. This was most definitely an attack from both sides. The guys were helpless to their onslaught of heavy artillery.
It was a very quiet few moments as the bunch waited for a waiter or waitress to show up and take their orders. But even when he came to do so the guys had their noses buried in their menus as to hide their shamelessness. The girls giggled to themselves and properly pounded their fists as they ordered drinks for the table.
"You guys can quit hiding your handsome faces from the world ya know?" Erasa joked as she took a sip of water.
"N-no thank you, we're all right where we are." They pleaded together. Videl nodded her head and rolled her eyes as she ripped the menus away from their faces.
"Ya see, that wasn't so hard now, was it?" They each took glances at their respective other, and in this case, better halves. Both began to feel a bit lightheaded once again as they felt the blood rush to the bridge of their noses. They both pinched at it to try and halt the mini nose bleed from happening again. It was just too much, their girls were just heating up the place like they were on fire.
"Are you guys going to say anything? It took us hours to get like this ya know? It took a lot of effort. A simple compliment would be nice." Erasa was not amused at their acting like children watching their first adult film.
Sharpner was having quite the hard time resisting Erasa as she was. It was her bubbly and outgoing personality that he fell in love with. She always spoke her mind, and her looks almost always complimented that well. She always wore bright colors that no other would dare wear out in public. But right now, he was speechless. That long, golden hair. It was the most beautiful thing he'd ever laid eyes on.
"E-Erasa?"
"Yes Sharpy?" That innocent face. Oh how she knew how to push all the right buttons. She was irresistible.
He had to relieve himself in some way shape or form. Thankfully this place was classy but at the same time a party magnet. And the right music was playing at the moment. As quickly as he could he grabbed her hand and dragged her along to the dance floor leaving Videl and Gohan all alone at the table. But she wasn't going to be outdone, she grabbed Gohan by the arm and dragged him along the dance floor for some fun.
"Oh my GOD that was awesome!" Exclaimed the out of breath blond in the short cut skirt as she sat down in her chair.
"Damn right it was! God that was exhilarating!" Sharpner agreed as he chugged a glass of water. "Oh shit we haven't even ordered our food yet. Yo anyone know what time it is?" He looked around the table. The girls didn't have their phones on them due to the constraints in their attire. Gohan rolled his eyes and looked down at his watch.
"Late enough where we should order before they close." Came his witty reply.
"Close? Ha! This place is jammin up until the early hours of the morning."
"Yeah well, maybe some of us are just hungry as hell cause they haven't eaten since lunch."
"Whatever monkey-boy. I guess we'll eat now and enjoy the rest of the night after."
The couples had soon after eaten and went their separate ways after noticing the time. Sharpner couldn't wait to get Erasa home and let his imagination run wild with the amount of illegal things he'd be doing to her tonight. Gohan on the other hand wasn't going to wait as he was already groping his better half as he flew them through the clouds under the bright moonlight sky,
Gohan was in the middle of having his way with her mouth while undoing the back of her dress before she started complaining. She separated their mouths from one another so she could breathe.
"Hold on."
"What is it now!"
"I like this dress."
"So? What do you want me to do about it whilst flying over sixty thousand feet in the air?" Mentioning exactly how high they were probably wasn't the smartest thing he had done on this night. For instance, when Videl did look down to double check how high they were her body started shaking and she got goose bumps everywhere.
"Getusdownnowplease!" The words couldn't come any faster. He rolled his eyes and relented. This was definitely the biggest mood killer ever. He had to get it back someway, somehow! He looked over his shoulder and saw a nice, snow topped mountain. Slowly he started descending from the sky with her in his arms.
Their eyes locked, her heart thumped, his tongue did circles around his mouth. In a matter of seconds the mood was back as they danced the tango in the other's mouth.
Slowly, they made their way to the nearest visible point of land. When on the ground they didn't stop.
'Hey! Don't rip the dress you moron!' She screamed in her head which she knew he heard loud and clear.
He rolled his eyes with and carefully unzipped her dress relieving her of the tugging feeling and revealing her perfectly sculpted body. He stopped for a moment to stare as she posed with her arms crossed under her breasts. It only added to her beauty. He couldn't hold it in any longer. The starving Saiyan jumped at his mate and grappled his arms around her as they began rolling along the ground.
"You've only got one Earth month left Goku."
"Yeah, I know. But I don't even know what I'm doing right now. There's just a lot on my mind, ya know?" The short blue God scratched his chin as he thought about the predicament his good friend was in.
"Hmm yes I see, well. There's not much you can do right now besides think, and hope for the best."
"I know King Kai, but still. This waiting is going to be the death of me." As soon as it registered in his head, the Kai of the North Quadrant cupped his hands to his mouth as he stifled a laugh.
"Buwahaha, the death of me. Hahaha. You've come a long way Goku. Buwahahaha." Goku was just confused. He didn't know what was so funny. this predicament was really frustrating.
He didn't know what to do. One one hand he was always the optimistic leader who never once let a negative thought encompass his entire being. But on the other, he was told he wasn't going to know whether or not he was going to get a day on Earth until that day came. And if he did get that day on Earth, he had quite the day ahead of him. But above all else that was supposed and still might happen, seeing Gohan would be top priority. And how he handled that would be the judge on how the day would go. But first he w-"
"He-llo? Are you in there Goku? Oo oo ah ah. Monkey man? Hello?"
"Huh? Oh, sorry King Kai. I was just thinking."
"About?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"What were you thinking about? Jeez. Is that monkey brain of yours on inside that skull?"
"Oh nothing, sorry King Kai." He really just wanted to be alone right now. Training just felt wrong for the 3rd class Saiyan. He really didn't want to hear that 30 days from now he wouldn't be allowed to see his two sons and wife. No, he needed to keep a level head and stay positive. He put on the fakest smile he could muster and scratched the back of his head for good measure. There just had to be a way to get back onto the living realm and see his friends and family. He had to know everything he could do to make it happen.
"Hey, King Kai?"
"Yes Goku?"
"You don't happen to know the last time someone like me was granted a free day, would do?" He clenched his fists tight as he could. He only hoped for the best. King Kai was all knowing, so he might know the key to this very aggravating situation.
"Hmm? Well that's about the last question I thought you would ask."
"So do you?" He was getting anxious. This plan had to start before it could work.
"And what if I doooooowahhhhhh! Goku! Just what do you think you're doing? Put me down this instant!" His pleas were ignored as the tall and proud Saiyan held up his friend from his collar.
"I need to know King Kai. I'm desperate here. I need to know who he is and how he did it. Please! Tell me! I need to get to Earth even it's for 5 minutes."
And for the first time since they knew each other the Inventor of the Kaio-Ken and the Genki Dama saw something in the Earth raised Saiyan's eyes that he had never seen before. It was so foreign that he couldn't describe it. What was this? Who was this person holding him with a grip that would kill any normal and alive human being.
The valiant ruler of the North Quadrant couldn't muster up even a single word for his friend. He knew what Goku wanted to hear. That he of course knew who it was, and how he did it. But he couldn't. There were just some things that couldn't be said. But there were still those eyes.
"I, I can't tell you."
"WHAT!" Rage now replaced whatever indescribable emotion it was that was in those dark eyes. Rage, the one and only emotion that kept a person like Goku fighting past his limit. It was a sea of red that lead to a path of corpses. This was often the scene the Kai was usually standing in front of when he gave this answer.
Goku shook his friend in a violent fashion. "ANSWER ME! Please King Kai! Why can't you tell me! Please! You have to!" His grip tightened as his anger rose to the point where he had lost all control.
The sea of blood was now gone from existence with the rebirth of a new Super Saiyan. Terror. Fright. The only thing that cold describe what Frieza had felt all those years ago on Namek. And now King Kai had the unfortunate opportunity to face the harsh reality of staring into that green hell. He couldn't stare at them. He knew there wasn't any sincerity to that anger. It was misplaced frustration, that's all it was. He had to tell himself that. He couldn't actually believe that Goku would come at him like this. He turned his head away in shame and loosened up. He wasn't going to let this happen.
"Goku." He placed his hand on one the taller man's wrists. "I'm sorry. But I cannot tell about that person."
There was nothing Goku could do from that point on. His hair that stood so tall dropped like a brick back into it's normal black.
"I'm sor-"
"No. I'm sorry King Kai. I shouldn't have gone that far. I understand now. I won't ask about it anymore." His grip had been lifted from the blue man's tunic. He turned and began walking away with a cold aura about him as he drifted further and further away.
This wasn't right. This wasn't the same man that once marched forward with no fear when he was outclassed in a battle for the Universe. This wasn't the same man who without a thought gave his own life for the sake of his loved ones, twice. This was a broken down regular old guy who made a mistake and dearly missed his family. There had to be something to do to help his friend out, the Kai couldn't just leave him like that. He was a friend first, thinker second.
"Goku! Wait up! Hold up one second!"He hustled to catch up to the savior of Earth. When he finally did catch up he was out of breathe and gripping his knees with sweating beading down his face.
"Umm hey King Kai. Something wrong?"
"Ju-just give me a minute. Huff. I-I have to tell you something."
"What about?"
"It's, it's about your question Goku. I, I can't tell you who it was. But I can tell you how." The look in Goku's eyes was worth breaking a few rules. He was already dead, there couldn't that much worse a punishment for someone of his status anyways.
"GOKU! ARE YOU CRAZY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!"
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm seeing the person you told me could help with this problem I'm having."
"I didn't mean this instant Goku! Are you crazy? This is the Grand Kai we're talking about here. You can't just barge into his castle whenever you want. You have to have an appo-"
"Yeah Yeah. Whatever. Now where is he now?" Left and right Goku looked into each door he passed in the large kingdom but there was no hippie Kai to be found.
"Goku we have to go back now! We're going to get in trouble."
"I can't go back. Not now. I have to find him. I have to do this King Kai." There was no arguing with him anymore. Goku was set on doing what he came to do. So the two walked around the castle for what seemed like the longest 5 minutes whilst they opened countless doors looking for the Grand Kai. They had finally reached the last door.
"He has to be in here, right?" This is the last door in this place. It's either here or the battlegrounds." Goku wrapped his Super Saiyan hands around the golden door knob and began to twist. It creaked loudly as he slowly and carefully opened the-"
"Hey. Yo. What's goin' on out here?"
"Huh? Oh we're just lookin' for the..." What the hell? That wasn't any voice Goku recognized. Slowly the two turned around, terrified of who it might be that had snuck up on them.
"What's goin on?" It was a short man with long white hair, a beard and a matching white mustache to go with his denim jacket and jeans. This guy was most definitely out of his mind. And this was the person Goku was looking for.
"Ya-you're the Grand Kai, right?" Goku asked absent-mindedly. He remembered seeing the guy around a while back, but it was only a brief moment. But now that the guy was in front of him he was able to properly size him up. And he didn't really look like much.
"Yup. That'd be me. Who's asking?"
"My name's G-"
"Goku right? Yeah I've seen you around. You're from the North right?"
"That's right. But Grand Kai sir, there's something I have to ask you. It's really important if you can just hear me out for 2 minutes." Goku explained.
"Hmm? Something important? How important exactly? End of the Universe important or-"
"It's REALLY important sir. Can you please just listen to my request?"
"Goku. What are you doing? You can't be serious about this? This is THE Grand Kai. You ca-"
"I have to." The old man noticed the change in demeanor from the baby of the group. His ears were open. He nodded for Goku too continue.
"Please sir, I've been told that it's under your ruling that a person can be granted a free day back on their home planet. Is that true?"
"That is correct."
"Then you can grant me a free day back on Earth in 30 days?"
"I can." Goku's eye lit up from excitement. He was like a little kid in a candy shop. "But I won't." And then he dropped his candy on the floor.
"B-but. But why not? Why won't you let me go back to Earth? What haven't I done? What is it that I'm not getting here? I've been a good person haven't I? I've done good deed after good deed haven't I! I've saved the Universe on more than one occasion. I'm here in Upper Otherworld to prove it aren't I?" He couldn't believe it. What else was there that he had to do to get this short 24 hours to himself. What else did he have to do to prove he was worthy.
"Yup. That's all true. And as proof you're standing in front of me now."
"Ok then. So why won't you let me go down to Earth?" The Grand Kai let out a playful smirk.
"You're not worthy. You can come back in 30 days and ask me again. Until then, later." The shorter man walked through the last door leaving a shocked and very angry Ascended Super Saiyan behind.
'Come on Goku. Use that anger to fuel your fire. Do what no one else has dared to do. I know you can.'
A/N: Gimmee just a little more time to break out the next chapter. This story just comes so naturally but I'm a huge procrastinator. Sorry for those who want an update on Prince Of Orange Star. But I've also taken a bit of a break from Team Dragon Star due to writer's block. I really can't write anything but this right now and I'm determined to get out the next chapter quickly. But after that it'll be some time before I get the next one. That chapter is going to be a bitch if everything goes as planned next chapter...hmm...or is the chapter after that. Either way, either the chapter after the next one or the one after that is going to be a big one in my opinion. I'll keep you guys up to date on it so don't worry. Also I'll get back into the swing of things in a bit with Prince, there's still a few things that need tweaking and proper planning before I go any further, so just keep waiting patiently and I'll do my best to please everyone. Wow, with all that said. Hope you all enjoyed this Goku filled chapter. I thought it was necessary to show everything Goku is going through and not just Gohan. Well, till next time.