Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Dragon Ball Z or any of the characters used in this story.
Author's Note: Told from Goten's point of view unless noted other wise.
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Part one
My dad has been back for a month now. Who knows where he has been and who cares? I don't. Since he got back all he has done is spend time with Mom. That is okay, but I would like it if he would say more than "Hey Son, wassup?" or "Do what your mother says." or even "Do your chores and study hard Son." Hey to say this Dad, but I am not Gohan. All he has done is say a few short sentences to me and constantly compare me to Gohan. I don't blame Gohan. He moved out a while ago to live with his wife Videl. My neice Pan just turned five. Everyone last week celebrated it. Tomorrow is my birthday. I wonder what everyone is going to do for it. My birthday is the best day of the year. I get to sleep in till whenever I want, eat cake for breakfast, go out for dinner and see a movie, then we all come home and open gifts. That has been the tradition in the family. I can't wait! Finally I get to sleep past six am.
~Morning~
"Goten Get UP!" My mom is banging on the door. It is 6:15. That is strange.
"I wanna sleep in though."
"Get up now!" I get up to please her. Well atleast I get to eat my cake fro breakfast. I get dressed in my usual jeans and T-shirt and bounce down the stairs. At my seat is a cold bowl of cereal. Is this some kinda joke because it is not funny! My dad comes down stairs and my mom greats him with a good morning and a kiss. Hey that isn't fair. I get up to go watch tv not finishing my cereal. Usually I eat five bowls. Today I had about half of one. "Goten are you okay?" My mom wants to know if I am okay.
"I guess no one really does care."
"Goten don't talk back to your mother." My dad who has barely spent any time with me during my 15 years of life is telling me what to do. Isn't there something wrong with that? I walk out totally ignoring them. I need someone to talk to. Vegeta or Trunks would do. But first I am going to a café or something for some cake.
I fly to Capsule Corp. I snese my dad already there. I don't care. All I need is some one to talk to. I land at the door and Bulma answers it. "Hello Goten. I am sorry, but you just missed Trunks. Would like me to tell him that you were here?"
"Actually is Vegeta here?"
"He is talkingto your father right now. You can go see them. They should be in the gravity room."
"Thanks." I walk out back. Vegeta and Dad are coming out of the machine. They both have spotted me. I nod to my dad and walk up to Vegeta. "I need to talk to you."
"What is with your family kid?"
"Please?"
"Get in there?" He points to the gravity room. He then walks up to my dad. I can't make out what he said, but my dad walked into Capsule Corp. "What is it?"
"They forgot. They hate me and they never spare a moment of their thoughts towards me unless I do something wrong."
"Who?"
"My parents!"
"What did they forget?"
"My birthday!"
"That seems possible with your dad, but your mom never forgets anything."
"Well, what time is it?"
"9:00 am."
"If they had remembered I would still be asleep and Mom would be making my cake for me to eat at breakfast! Ever since Dad came back she has only thought about him. No one in the house even talks to me. They just order me around like I am their slave or something."
"My parents never spent any time with me. Cherish what they did share with you. You are fifteen and you shouldn't be worrying about what your parents think...."
"It is more than that. Trunks is lucky because he had you, but I basically had no one. Now my father has come back to me and he hasn't even spent an hour with me! IT ISN'T FAIR!" I let out a sigh. When will I ever get a father?
"Just tell them."
"I am not ready."
"Okay. See ya later, oh yeah and if you tell anybody....."
"I know the deal. See ya."
"Good. See ya."
End part 1
Chapter 2
Vegeta is like the father I never had. He always helps me out. Only thing is I am not aloud to tell that to anybody. Who cares as long as I have him to talk to. I am heading home now. I don't plan to talk to my dad just yet. Maybe spending all day on the internet locked away in my room will make me feel better? Ah whatever. I am just not doing any chores today. Hey! Maybe they are waiting for me at home to surprise me?!
I was wrong. "Goten chop some wood." "Goten clean the house while me and your dad go out." "Goten clean your room." Yeah right! You think I actually listen to that. As far as I am concerned I won't be doing any chores for them. Like they actually care about me. I could probably run away and they wouldn't even notice. Forget them. What the? "Why did ya blow down my door for Dad?"
"Do everything your mother asked you to do and you can build a new one." I stand there in shock. How dare he! I can't help myself. I punch him in the face as hard as I can. "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Why did you do that? I think you broke my nose." My father stands there holding his bloody and broken nose. I pick up a container of capsules and fly out the window breaking that too. I am so not spending another minute in this house. I can find my own home. I have a capsule house in here. Some where where they will never find me would be good. Oh man, my dad can just snese my Ki. Figures. Oh well. I will still move out. Let's see. Near a fresh water source. Ah that mountian that Piccolo and Gohan train on would be good. Yeah. Perfect. I take off and fly as fast as I can there.
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Goku's Point of View
When did Goten get so strong. Geez that hurt. What made him so mad. Surely he isn't mad over something like the door, or is he? Here comes Chichi. "Goku, what happened to you?!"
"Goten."
"Where is that boy. He will be grounded for life!"
"He ran off with a box of Capsules."
"He did what?! He is even more trouble now!"
"I think he is mad. I am going to go ask Vegeta what he does about this kinda thing. Gohan never rebeled like that before." I walk out and head straight to Capsule Corp. Trunks and Goten are best friends so Trunks could tell me what was eating at Goten. I am greeted by a mad Vegeta. "Hey Vegeta. What do you do when your son runs away?"
"Go away Kakorrot. I don't have time for this."
"Please. It is important."
"I chase him down and give him a beating for being insolent. Are we done?!"
"Ummm. Yeah okay." Vegeta slammes the door in my face. I don't think that will make things better.
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Goten's Point of View
Piccolo's mountian was a bad idea. Not only is it cold up there, but Piccolo is always meditating. If you ask me it looks like he is talking to himself. He is always talking to Nail and Kami. It was too wierd for me. I feel like training or sparing with someone. Trunks or Vegeta will do. Surprisingly Vegeta is standing out there waiting for something. "Hey Vegeta. Is Trunks here?" He points to the gravity chamber. I step in. Trunks is training with the robots. He stops the program when he sees me.
"Hey Man. Wassup?"
"Do ya wanna spar?"
"Sure. I will just have to kick your butt again." We take our fighting stances. He makes the first move. I quickly block it and hit him in the face. He grabs onto his nose. "Geez Goten! I think you broke my nose!"
"Sorry."
"It is okay but don't do it again. If you really want to spar like that I'll go get my dad for you."
"That would be great."
"Your death wish." He steps outside and brings Vegeta in. Vegeta is smirking as usual.
"The boy tells me you want a fight." I nod. He takes a swing at me. Trunks is down on the ground cheering for me. His dad had beat him earlier and he wanted to get back at him. I smile at him and continue to block an annoyed Vegeta's moves. This fight is proving to be unchallenging. Prehapes I should go to Piccolo and fight him. Let's end this first. I hit Vegeta in the face the way I hit Trunks. "Why did you do that?! I think you broke my nose! I'm gonna kill you." Okay. That is the time to leave. I fly away as fast as my Ki will take me. Down on the ground are a father and son. The son is happy that I broke his fathers nose. The father is gonna kill me. Both have bloody noses. I smile and wave to them and continue onto Piccolo's mountain.
As usual Piccolo is meditating. I land next to him. "Back again so soon."
"Do ya wanna spar?!"
"I am meditating. It is peaceful."
"Fine, meditate then. I guess you figured it out that I am better than you and I will just kick your butt."
"IS THAT A CHALLENGE?! WELL IF IT IS A FIGHT YOU WANT THEN BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I was totally expecting that response. Piccolo is so blinded by rage that his punches are sloppy. I hit him in the face much the same as I did to Dad, Vegeta and Trunks. He stops and holds his nose. "I think you broke my nose! I am so gonna kill you!" Time to go. I think I will go home and go on the internet. I need to check my email any way. Who cares if my parents are there.
Here I am checking my email. My parents are down stairs. Niether has noticed that I am home. From where I am I can hear them. "I don't know what is wrong with the boy."
"He is making life difficult for us. He was never like this before." That's right! I was always doing things for you. All you did was forget about me. I hate this house. I am outta here. I deserve my dinner out and a movie. Then I am going to the mall to buy myself a gift. I am going to invite Trunks. It will be like a mini party.
The End of Part 2
Chapter 3
The only thing I had ever wanted was a father. I always tried to behave whenever he was around, which was like never. I never told him how I felt. I didn't want to put any guilt on his shoulders. He had enough to deal with. Now it is hitting me hard. I want a father who I can trust. I want one who will be there for me. It has been a week since my birthday. I haven't told them yet. I don't think I ever will. I don't care about it anymore. All that matters now is the future. I promise that when I have a family I will not be like my father.
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Vegeta's Point of View
I stand in one corner of the gravity room. My son, Piccolo and Kakorrot are with me. Kakorrot stands there quiet. "Does anybody know what is wrong with my son?" All three of us nod. Trunks had told Piccolo a few days ago when he came over with a broken nose. Funny. The boy is breaking everyone's noses. I mean if it was me I would break there arm or something important like that. Kakorrot interups my thoughts. "Well could you tell me? Chichi and I are very worried about him. Gohan never rebeled like this before. Sure he would disobey his mother every once and a while, but not like this."
"You deserve it," Trunks mutters under his breath. I raise an eyebrow. In a way he is challenging Kakorrot.
"Why do you say that?"
"No reason. Hahahahaha." He begins to laugh nervously and puts his hand behind his head. I shake my head. The boy speaks brave, but when it comes to fighting Kakorrot he loses his nerve. As long as he can defeat anyone else it is okay though. It is up to me to beat Kakorrot.
"Well you must have a reason for saying that. What did I do?" Trunks stands there trembling in fear. Baka! Kakorrot is not intending to hurt you! I let him stand there. Kakorrot is obvously confused over what Trunks had said and why Trunks is shaking. Fine. Seeing him in discomfort is entertaining. A ha ha ha ha ha haa! That Piccolo is starting to worry me. He has been standing there the whole time talking to himself. Until he gets it together I don't think he will be coming back into my gravity room for a while. He is freakin me out. I should add into this little argument.
"So Kakorrot, what has Goten told you?"
"Nothing. He broke my nose and took off. Since then he has been at home sparingly. Most of the time it is just to eat and go on his computer. I am afraid to make him angrier."
"Just go home and confront him already. We are not aloud to tell you anything according to him. Talk to him. Now get out of here!" Kakorrot teleports out of here wearing that stupid grin. I can't stand that grin more than anything.
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Goten's Point of View:
I am being called (dragged) down for a family meeting. If there is one thing I don't want to do is spend the afternoon with my family. My parents both look some what worried. Hate to tell ya all this but it is a little too late for that. "What?" I cross my arms. We are all seated at the kitchen table.
"Goten, your father and I are very worried about you." I continue to sit there quiet. It is obviously making them uncomfterable. "We would love to help you, but we can't if you don't tell us what is wrong with you." I don't want your help. What I want is a Pepsi and to get back to what I was doing on my computer.
"Goten. You need to tell us what is wrong. Is something going on at school?" School?!!! I swear they are the worst parents sometimes. I continue to sit here quiet. I really don't want to talk to them. What I could do though is tell them they forgot my birthday and teleport out of here. Nah, that is weak. "Goten, answer me!" They can't make me talk. "Fine. We will sit here till you talk." Okay. I think I will plan out a new fan fiction, a little meditation and a plan to get out of this. Teleportation. I will wait until they have fallen asleep or something. Let's start with meditation.
It has been four hours. My mom is dying of boredom. Dad is starting to get annoyed. I am still sitting here with a smile on my face. I have just completed my meditation. This time was perfect and now I am thinking more clearly. Their discomfort is totally making up for all those years. I am trying not to be evil or selfish. It is just that they were so caught up in their own little world that they didn't realize how much they hurt me. His fingers start to tap on the table. My grin gets bigger.
It has been eight hours since we started. I meditated again so I am still not hungry. Mom has fallen asleep. Dad is on the verge of sleep. Okay with me. Sooner you fall asleep sooner I can get back on to the computer. Dad picks his head up. I grin at him. He scowls and continues to fight sleep. He yawns and puts his head down on the table. A half an hour later he begins to snore. Finally! Now to get back on the computer.
~Next Morning~
I wake up to the sound of singing birds. I got done everything I needed to get done and got in some sleep. Thank Dende that it is a Saturday though. I don't know how I would have woken up for school. Now to get some food. I open my newly made door and walk down the stairs as quietly as possible. My parents are still sleeping at the table. Hmm. It must have been really hard for them. Hardly challenging for me though! A ha ha ha ha ha ha! I AM MASTER OF MEDITATION! I sit down at the table and start eating a lot of cereal. I have to make up a meal and eat one. This should be plenty. They wake up just as I am finishing. Darn! If only they could sleep a little longer. "Goten, sit back down. We aren't done yet. Oh my Dende! It is morning!"
"Yawn.....What's...wrong Goku?"
"Chichi! It is morning! What did you do last night while we were asleep Goten?"
"Who me? I slept in a bed." I grin and teleport out of the house to Piccolo's mountian to exersise. Ha! I won that battle. Now they will be more presistent. But I don't care. They can keep on asking questions. I will tell them tomorrow. I will tell them everything, just to see their faces of course.
The End of Part 3
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