Child of Darkness, Story of Light

Chapter 5:  Oneesan?

[Goten’s POV]

     I ran out the door and took off into the sky.  The wind rushed around me and ruffled my raven hair.  I had to get home.  Didn’t want Mother to get angry with me for coming home late again.

     “Bye Trunks!!  See you tomorrow!!” I yelled.

     “See ya Goten!!” Trunks called after me from where he was standing at the front door of Capsule Corp.

     Sleeping over at Trunks’s is the best!  Playing video games all night…  Though Vegeta-sama got pretty irritated when Trunks and I started up a spar in the middle of Trunks’s bedroom because I was angry over losing every time to my best friend in Dead or Alive 3.  Oh well…  Vegeta-sama gets irritated with us a lot, and I don’t have much to worry about since my dad can beat Vegeta’s butt.  Same with my mother and Bulma.

     I smiled to myself at that thought as the city ended and farms and plains stretched out before me, meeting the mountains in the distance.  Too bad I wasn’t as strong as my father…  I desperately wanted to be as strong as him.  Also living up to be as cool as my older brother.  He was the best!  Flying around, protecting the city, wearing that cool outfit.  And his girlfriend, Videl, was strong…  I had never seen a girl as tough or as strong as her.  Though I was about to meet another…

     “Daddy?!  Gohan?!”  I yelled as I ran up to the door of my house.  I heard some talking.  I opened the door and listened.

     “No way, son…  Heidi…  There are things needed to be thought about for the future…” I heard my father say.

     “What do you mean by that?  She’s got someplace to stay, doesn’t she?” Gohan said and I heard a coke can open.

     “No Gohan.  She doesn’t have any place to go to.  No one.  No parents either.” My father said sadly.

      I think I heard Gohan spit some of the drink out and coughed a bit.  “What??  That’s…  Not true is it?  I mean, she seemed—”

     “No, it’s true.” My father cut my brother off.  “She’s going to stay here for the time being.  Maybe if she has some relatives that actually cared about her, though I doubt it, we should send her there.  Otherwise, she’ll be staying here with us.”

     I walked into the house and closed the door behind me.  I walked into the kitchen to see my father sitting at the table and my older brother standing there with some coke dripping from his face.

     “Does this mean I have a big sister now?” I said embarrassedly.

     My father and brother then stared at me.  After a few minutes of staring, my father finally spoke up.

     “Maybe Goten.  I don’t know yet.  It’s up to Heidi to decide if she’s going to stay or not.  She’s…  Different…  But we can’t decide for her.  We’ll only be violating what she came this far to gain.” My father said.

     “Dad, since when did you get so smart?” Gohan said.

     My father made that goofy grin of his that could match my own.  He put a hand behind his head.  “Dunno…  That just sounded like I’ve heard it somewhere before or something…”

     Gohan shrugged and then turned.  “I’m going back to studying.  Tell me when dinner’s ready.”

     Gohan left the kitchen, walking past me to his room.  He ruffled up my hair and as soon as I heard his bedroom door close, I jumped into my father’s lap and tossed my arms around his neck.

     “So, where’s my oneesan?” I said cheerfully.

     My father hesitated in answering me.  “Well…  She needs her rest.  Gohan found her on the street and brought her here.”

      “I see….” I said a bit sadly.

     “I guess you could go see her though…”

     My face lit up as I looked up at my father.  “Really, tousan??”

     “Yeah, but you might wanna be quiet somewhat…” my father said and carried me to his room.

     He set me down in the doorway.  I saw my oneesan lying there in the bed, under the blankets.  I saw her tousled raven hair.  I saw her breathing.  I walked over and got on the bed and looked down at her.  She was pretty…  She reminded of my big brother’s girlfriend, Videl.  But… I saw something different in her.  I couldn’t put my finger on what it was.

     I felt the girl stir and she looked up at me with her dark eyes.  Her eyes scared me.  They were so dark and sad…  The Darkness…  It scared me so much… and she was part of it…

     “Goku?” the girl said blinking at me.

     I shook my head.  “No, I’m Goten.  Goku’s my tousan.”

     Then, I saw her eyes soften.  Why?  Was it because I was a little kid?  I could tell by my first look at her that she had a cold heart…  But why was she softening up to me?

     I felt the girl reach a hand up to my face a gently brushed away several locks of my spiky hair.  “I’m Heidi, Goten-kun…”

     She… was actually being nice to me?  Yes… she was.  I leaned my face into her hand and smiled at her.  I could see tears welling up in her eyes as she smiled back at me.  My presence was changing her somehow…

     “Heidi?  Have you ever had a younger brother?” I whispered, hoping not to hurt her feelings.

     She looked hurt for a second, though I don’t know why.  She shook her head.  “No…  I… had… only an… older brother…”

     I smiled and threw my arms around her neck and hugged her.  “Then I’ll be your little brother and Gohan will be your other big brother!!”

     Heidi was surprised at first from my hug, but then wrapped her arms around me.  “Okay Goten-kun…  I’ll be the best big sister to you then…  Just like Gohan is a big brother to you…”

     My smile grew wider as I held Heidi tightly.  Having a big sister was going to be different, but I knew I would like it.  Past her dark outside and coldness… she was a kind and loving person…  Someone just had to bring it out.  And I knew that someone was probably going to be me, if not my father…

     I felt a hand on my shoulder.  I released my hold on Heidi and looked up to see my father.  “Come on… she needs her rest… go out and play…”

     I saw something different in my tousan’s eyes… something… darker…  I still did not understand.  I would start understanding though when the Darkness started plaguing my family days from now…  But I didn’t know that.  For now, all I thought was that my dad had different feelings.

     Finally, I shrugged it off and ran out of the room and outside to begin a nice run through the woods.  Maybe Heidi would like to meet my father’s pet dragon, Rawcliffe…  I knew she’d like that…  So off I went in search of the little bronze dragon…

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