My flesh my blood

Ninth Chapter

Not able to listen to the insane man’s threats anymore, Gohan leapt forward, aiming a powerful punch at his father’s jaw. blowblow connected, only making Goku’s head turn to the side. Before he could draw his arm away, the demi-Saiyan’s wrist was seized. Piccolo and Vegeta lunged to help him but were suddenly struck down by a blow way too fast for them to avoid.

Gohan pulled at his arm uselessly, trying to get away. Goku turned his face to him and smirked as he painfully tightened his grip on his son’s wrist. Gohan hissed and kicked the other, but it did nothing.

Vegeta was the first to get back up and charge again, only to be sent back down by another fast blow. Piccolo tried again and also found the ground back quickly.

“How are you doing this?!” Gohan yelled at his father with frustration.

“It’s only speed.” Goku chuckled.

Gohan shifted his gaze to Piccolo and Vegeta, who were just getting back up again.

“Stop attacking him that way! It’s useless!” He shouto tto them.

~ Take the opportunity while he’s got me and go stop Goten and Trunks. ~ Gohan mentally pleaded Piccolo.

Piccolo took a step back to fly away but was stopped before he could leave ground.

“If either of you leave... I kill you on the spot.” Goku growled, looking suddenly angered.

The Super Saiyan three then focused all his attention on his son, whose wrist he still held tightly in a hand. The mad expression left his face and was replaced by his mocking smirk. With his free hand he took hold of Gohan’s upper arm and twisted it, earning a pained yelp along with a snap. Gohan stumbled backward, his broken arm limping at his side, but he didn’t get far before Goku appeared behind him and twisted his still valid arm.

Piccolo attacked then, failing miserably as his opponent turned to him and hit him so hard in the stomach he was knocked down onto his back. Goku swiftly turned back to his son and pushed him downward. Gohan yelled in pain as his sensitive tail was grabbed.

Vegeta charged Goku then, hitting him on the head with a kick. The blow did nothing yet again and the older Saiyan was hurled to the ground some yards away.

Goku turned his attention back to the tail he had in hand and tightened his grip, listening with a satisfied grin as the sensitive bones snapped and as Gohan hollered out at the intense pain.

Goku stepped away, laughing at his now shortly paralysed son. He then looked up at the sky, fixing two minuscule spots there. Vegeta followed the other Saiyan’s gaze anrsedrsed inwardly. His eyes turned back to look at Goku, but the other one wasn’t where he had stood anymore. He didn’t have to wait long before he was unceremoniously lifted of the ground by two strong arms and held in a tight grip.

Piccolo hurried to Gohan’s side and helped him to sit against a tree trunk. He started to check Gohan’s arms as Gohan finally found his voice.

“Don’t bother Piccolo, he broke them, there’s nothing to do. ... I’m sorry, my tail’s broken, .. I can’t seem to move a thing.”

In the whilst, Vegeta kicked and thrashed the more he could against his assailant, only making the hold tighten with each passing moment. Goku laughed softly and lowered his head to the crook of the Saiyan prince’s neck.

“Vegeta... I have a little deal for you.” He almost purred out.

“The only thing I’d deal with you is your death!”

“Listen to me first, your son will be here in a minute or two now, along with mine... You wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to Trunks, now would you?”

“Let him al”
”

Goku smiled knowingly and pressed his lips to the other Saiyan’s ear, making Vegeta growl.

“Listen carefully... if you give yourself to me, inglingly, I’ll spare Trunks.”

Vegeta stopped his struggling at that, trying to think of an answer fast.

“What about Goten?” He asked with uncertainty.

“The deal is for Trunks. You decide, you take his place, or I have my fun with him.”

Vegeta starp atp at Gohan and Piccolo, who wat watching him worriedly. They hadn’t heard the proposal, since Goku had whispered it so only Vegeta would hear. The Saiyan prince looked guiltily at them and nodded.

Goku sneered loudly and dramatically tightened the hold he had on Vegeta, instantly breaking the man’s arm bones and some ribs. A pained yell escaped the older Saiyan as he was dropped to the ground.

Just then, Super Saiyan Trunks and Goten landed to Goku’s far right. Piccolo shot to a standing position and yelled to the boys.

“Go away from here right now!”

His warning was ignored as already Goten was at Gohan’s side while Trunks glared to a smiling Goku. Vegeta looked up at his son and opened his mouth to tell him to go away, but it was a scream that tore through his throat. Goku had just fired a powerful ki blast at one of Vegeta’s legs, crushing the bone there.

“Father!” Trunks yelled as he ran for him.

Piccolo moved fast and stopped Trunks’ run, blocking hie wae way, while facing Goku.

“Step back Trunks!”

Goten, on his side, looked around with fear. Trunks’ father had gone back to his normal state, as had Gohan, they were both unable to move. Piccolo was stronger than himself and Trunks... but it seemed nothing compare to the power emanating from the man he had met earlier. He was brought out of his thoughts by his dad’s voice.

“Goten, you and Trunks must go away... please listen to me, get away from here.” Gohan beggim. im.

“I won’t leave you alone!”

Suddenly Piccolo’s body came crashing down hard next to them. Goku appeared next to the fallen body and looked down at it.

“Pathetic Namek... I must have hit too hard, he’s unconscious.”

He turned his back to Goten and Gohan, ignoring their hating glare.

Trunks was at his father’s side, trying to help him, but to no avail.

“Damn it Trunks, GO AWAY!” Vegeta yelled angrily.

“But dad—” Trunks began, but he was violently shoved away.

Goku hold the boy up by a shoulder, hard enough to numb the area, while Trunks tried to make the hold loosen.

“Kakarott! Let him go!” Vegeta ordered from his spot on the ground.

Goku ignored him and turned in time to block a kick from Goten, taking the opportunity to grab him by an ankle.

“Now... which one....” The man talked to himself.

A second didn’t pass before Goku rose into the air and lifted the hand holding Goten up, making the little boy face him upside-down.

“Later, boy.”

And without warning he rushed downward to the forest floor and violently threw down Goten’s body head-first to the ground. The seven years old boy’s skull hit harshly and he passed out from the force of the hit.

“Goten!” Both Gohan and Trunks yelled simultaneously.

“Oh, sorry... he’s out.” Goku mocked them.

“You bastard!!! Who the Hell are you anyway?!” Trunks exclaimed angrily as he thrashed the best he could to get free.

Goku brought the little Super Saiyan to his chest and wrapped his arms around him, pinning the boy’s arms to his side.

“Kakarott!” Vegeta yelled at him.

“Sorry my dear Prince... Forget our little deal, I think it’ll hurt you more this way.” Goku said as he kept a hungry stare on the child in his arms.

“I don’t think you know who I am.” He addressed to Trunks. “My name’s Goku, and I’m Gohan’s father... oh, and Goten’s father also.”

Trunks looked up at him, utterly confused.

“What? .. . How—”

“I’ll show you how.” Goku replied automatically with a wicked grin.

“No, stop!” Gohan shouted.

“Hear me clearly now, Vegeta, Gohan... If I hear, just one word, of one of you; the boy dies.” The Super Saiyan 3 said in a low tone, not bothering to look at either of them.

Vegeta’s heart sank in his chest as Trunks looked at him with eyes that begged for help.

“Trunks, drop the Super Saiyan level, now.” Goku ordered in a growl.

Trunks only glared at him.

“Why should I obey you?!”

Goku grunted and pulled the kid away from his chest, kneeling down and forcefully laying Trunks onto his back on the ground. Trunks tried to move away but Goku held him down firmly with a hand on his small chest. With his free hand, he took hold of Trunks’ wrists and brought them up above his head.

“What are you doing?!”

Goku lowered himself onto the small body under his, pinning Trunks down with his weight. His mouth inched only a centimetre away from the little boy’s hear, his breath making Trunks shiver.

“Obey me or I’ll kill your father. Trust me, I won’t hesitate a second before crushing his skull with my bare hand.”

The child didn’t think it over twice and powered down until his hair turned back from golden blonde to light purple.

“Beautiful...” Goku purred as he also powered down, letting his hair and eyes go black again.

The man’s dark eyes shot a glance to Gohan, then Vegeta, who were both shaking with wrath.

“Sweet memories.” Goku addressed them.

To be continued …