Sorrow
By IsNotSane
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��Dad, ..I�m so sorry�I��


                                       
�Shhh. Its okay, son. Don�t worry��


�I�I tried, I tried to stop�him�I couldn�t, I��


                                        
�Its okay, Gohan. Its not your fault. Please, calm down, don�t waste your energy, �everything
                                           will be fine, okay? Shhhhh.�



�Dad�I�m so sorry.�


                                       
�Shhhh, Gohan. Its okay�Its okay��


��Dad��


                                       
�Shhh. Gohan, I�m proud of you son. You tried your best. Now just relax, you�ll be alright. Every
                                          thing will be fine��


                                                                                 
�Is he asleep?�


                                        
�Yeah�Gohan�What are we going to do? I mean, what happens when he wakes up? Will he be 
                                           scared, or depressed, or�will he�hate me?�


                                                                                 
�I�d say he would most likely be confused. And feeling dirty and  
                                                                                    disgraceful and ashamed.�


                                          �*Sigh* This is all my fault. I should have known not to let him go up against that thing by
                                           himself.�



                                                                                   
�He�ll probably feel really low and vulnerable and wont look anybody
                                                                                      in the eye for a month or more��


                                         
�Oh Gohan�I�m so sorry.�


                                                                                   
�And Guilty. He�ll feel guilty.�


                                         
�Guilty? Why Guilty?�


                                                                                   
�Because he couldn�t defeat that thing like you said you trusted he 
                                                                                      could. And because of that, he got rapped, and your leg got servierly
                                                                                      injured. He�ll naturally think its his fault.�


                                        
�Oh no! Gohan� This is all my fault.. what have I done? I should have come sooner�!�


                                                                                   
�And naturally, because you said you trusted Gohan to defeat that  
                                                                                     thing, but instead, Gohan got rapped by him; and because Gohan 
                                                                                     feels he is responsible and thinks he got you injured, will ultimately
                                                                                     make you feel guilty as well.�



                                         
�But I AM guilty, Vegeta!�


                                                                              
�That�s what the situation would propose for you to think. If everyone
                                                                                 thought that way, then everyone would be guilty. But I guess that�s
                                                                                  how you �nice� guy�s brains� work. You would always find some way
                                                                                  to blame your selves.�


                                       
�*Sigh* Well, whoever�s fault it was, it doesn�t change what�s happened, and how on earth we�re
                                           going to get through this. How am I going to tell his mother and brother?!�


                                                                                 
�You are still blaming yourself, aren�t you Kakarot? Well, I guess
                                                                                     that�s how your �nice� guy brain works. Does it ever occur to any
                                                                                     of you �nice� guys to blame the monster who is actually did it? That
                                                                                     would seem the logical explanation on who to balme.�


                                      
  �This could change absolutely everything! What if he never trusts any one ever again? Not you, not
                                           me, not any one of his family or friends�?�


                                                                                  
�That could happen.�


                                         
�Or what if he never wants to go outside or train any more?�


                                                                                  
�Could also happen.�


                                        
�I have no idea what�s going to happen, or what to do about it.�


                                                                                    
�Well, I know what�s going to happen *now* if you don�t get the
                                                                                      kid home and give him a senzu bean pretty soon. That could change
                                                                                      �absolutely everything� even more if he doesn�t even survive to get
                                                                                      through it.�



                                          
�Oh, Vegeta! Your right! �C�mon Gohan, I�m going to take you home now, Just hold on. �I�m
                                            so sorry.�


                                                                                  
�Don�t be,� Vegeta whispered, unheard to anyone else as he watched Goku pick up his half-naked, unconscious eldest son carefully in his arms, then limped a bit before he rose into the sky and with a quick, but gentle speed, flew to the direction of their home.

                                                                                   
�Because it�s my fault. I should have come sooner.� Vegeta said to no one in particular, watching the distressed father and son disappear into the distance.


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