Last time on The Hard life
"Goku, we need you." Bulma said while crying and holding her son.
Ch2: Over the years
It had been only 1 year since the Son children had departed the earth.
And Goten had grown a lot over that year. Gohan had taken many Hunt orders with their friend Damion. And Gea had smoothly transitioned to life on Planet Ortiz.
"Gea, WERE HOME!" Gohan shouted from the door so Gea could here from the study at the back the large apartment they had. A little body then wobbled over to Gohan hugging his leg.
"Hey, squirt, how's it going?" Gohan said picking up the child
"Dada, da da." Goten said excitedly as Gea came from the back of the apartment.
"So, you got him I see." Gea stated with a tired look on her
"Go lie Down, I have Goten now." Gohan said with concern for his best friend and sister
"I have bills to pay, a baby to feed, and the man that is most of the time out." Gea said with an agitated voice.
"Well, I can take care of the baby feeding while you tell me of your week" Gohan said, trying to get Gea to relax for once.
"No, Gohan, I have to take care of the food supply now that your home." Gea irately said as she picked up her keys and wallet.
"Gea, relax, I already did on the way home, and went to the bank, instead of you." Gohan said with irritation. But he liked the results of his statement; Because Gea went rigid and turned around, Put her coat, money, and keys on the entrants table and went to the couch and flopped on it with a tired stance.
"MAMA" Goten said as he stumbled over to his mother and shook her.
"Moms just tired, why don't we go to the park, where we can play" Gohan said wanting to give his sister a break.
So the Demi-Sayian duo went to the apartment park for a day of fun
It had been only 4 years since the Son children had departed the earth.
That day was Gotens 4th birthday and Damion, Gohan, and Gea were celebrating the chibi's birth and the time they had stayed there.
"Mommy, I smell cake, what is the occasion?" Goten said hoping that it was his birthday because His Uncle and Daddy were home. He knew that his parents were his big brother and sister. But he still considered them his parents. And they still accepted him saying that.
"Well sweetie, this for your Uncle Damion so that he can eat, you know he has not had success lately." Gea said with little conviction, But the child dropped the train of thought as two plates of homemade eggrolls, sausages, and sweet chicken, with milk as a drink were placed in front oh him . Just as Goten started eating the door their large apartment opened to admit Goten's Daddy and uncle.
"Uncle Damion, Daddy!" Goten squealed as he ran to his uncle and Daddy and hugged them.
"Glad you are back, now sit and eat then, Goten, we have a surprise." Gea said dishing up every one and siting to eat
After the unlikely family ate it was time for the surprise. Gea had made Goten's favorite type of cake, Chocolate cake with Chocolate icing.
"Happy Birthday, Goten." Gea said with a huge smile on her face.
"Yea, I love cake." Goten said then the party polished off the cake.
"Now its time for presents, my nephew" Damion said with a mischief in his eyes.
Goten opened his presents to find GI's that his mom had made, several new toys, and from his uncle, he got pictures of strange people.
"Mom, Dad, who are these people?" Goten said looking at the framed pictures in frount of him
Gohan, and Gea both had their suspicions as to who the pictures contained. Their suspicions were only partly confirmed when all they saw was the pictures that had been taken during the rest for the cell games.
"Oh, well you see Goten these are our actual parents, Goku, and ChiChi."said Gohan sadly. Those pictures took him back to the only time he remembered being a family with their mother and father.
"Oh, I see, thanks daddy, can I keep them" Goten said with innocence.
Both parents nodded and Goten went to his room to put them up.
"Why?" Gohan and Gea said when Goten was out of the room
"You need to tell Goten about his real parents."
It had been only 7 years since the Son children had departed the earth.
All this while on earth trunks had grown weary of his parents fighting over the smallest of things. But it never included him, but another boy and girl by the names of Gohan, and Gea. They had different options of them and what happened in the past, and Trunks was sick of it.
After one fight a voice
"Please don't fight Vegeta, not with Bulma. It gives me a headache." An all too familiar voice said
"Goku, is that you?" Bulma said with a disbelieving note in her voice
"Hi, Bulma yes, it's me. We heard about the tournament and, Chi and I are coming back for one day. Tell the others and our children"
'If I can?'bulma thought as she thought about the night Goten was born. Only a handful of people knew about that third child of Goku's.
" Blast it kakerott, their the reason you are dead."
"we will discuss this later Vegeta, But know that if I don't see my children hale and harty. And is not then you and the others will pay for their pain." Goku said in a growl as the line disconnected
Back on Planet Ortiz
Gohan, Gea, Damion were 18 and on hunts while taking care of Goten at age 7. Gohan had grown to look a lot like Radiz over the years and even had his looks with a scar across his face that resembles a cross that was at his mouth. Gea had taken a liking to braiding her long hair and bound it as a rule. And Damion was like a black (No insult intended if so I am sorrrry) man of earth with a Mohawk and crystal blue eyes. And Goten no longer looked like their father, but had grown his hair so it looked a lot like an younger Gohan.
Gohan and Gea were looking into going for a day of leisure, and to scare their old friends. Plus they had never had the chance to visit their parents' graves. Not since they had visited their fathers before they had left the planet with Goten. It was a crime really that Goten never got to meet his real parents. So the twin Demi-s planed a trip to earth.
"Goten, me and your mom were talking the other night and we, plus your Uncle decided to return to earth for a day. And then return home here. So what do you say, Goten." Gohan said carefully
"Daddy, what do you mean return to earth?" Goten questioned
"Well, sweetie, dad and I want to return to see our parent's graves in our old home. And we could go to the fair and get you some new toys, and we could get reacquainted with some old friends" Gea said with a nudging her brother.
"Yea, you will also see, nephew, why your brother and sister had to leave." Damion said with a smile
"Mommy, Daddy, why did you leave home, would we not be happy there as we are here?" Goten spoke this with an innocence that astounded the trio to teens who had raised this child from infancy to now it was astounding to see how much he acted like his father before him in his cluelessness.
"Well, squirt; it's a long story starting when I and your mom were 4 and living on a planet called earth. We lived with our real mom and dad; their names are Goku and Chichi. They were the most wonderful parents in the world. Even though our dad wasn't their all the time, life was good. Until an event called the cell games, a terrible thing happened that day. Our father died and when it came time to wish him back. He didn't want to, because all the monsters that we had faced in the past had fought and went after him. So he reasoned that if he stayed dead then people would leave his family and friends alone. So then in the 9 months before your birth, we were being hunted and almost beaten to death. We had only 3 friends that didn't blame us for our father's death, Bulma, a scientist that lived with Vegeta, one of the people who blamed us for dad's death. Then you have the former and current guardian of the earth. They also helped us escape with you. But you were just a baby when we left. Because our mother died giving birth to you, we had to come here, where we met your Godfather and uncle. So now we have decided to go back to the tournament to have some fun." Gohan said this all with a serious face, trying to make the child understand their plight.
"Ok, let's go and scare your former friends. Plus I want to see the graves myself." Goten said with uncertainty