The Second Son

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Goten arrived at his mother's house. "I'm home," he said. "Goten," said Chi-Chi. "Look at the TV!" A news anchor was sitting on a desk in front of the camera."This Saturday," he said. "The son of Bulma, Trunks, will be taking over her role as president of Capsule Corp."Goten felt shocked.


"Isn't it wonderful," said his mother. "Your friend is going to run a big busisness!"He did not feel the same. His childhood friend was going away. "Well, um, I've got to go," Goten said. His mother looked at him. "So quickly? You haven't even eaten yet."He started panicking. "It's uh, umm, for a job interview." Goten rushed out the door and went flying away from the house. "Hmm," said Chi-Chi. "Something's off."


Goten flew over the mountains he lived. He was hyperventilating. "C'mon, where is it?"After a few seconds of searching, Goten finally found the spot he was looking for. He landed near a hill with a lone blossom tree. Goten fell down and started to cry.


"Why are you leaving me here, Trunks?" Goten slammed his fist on the ground. He sobbed until he fell asleep on under the shining stars.


Goten went to the city the next day. He looked inside a building. "Aah, Mr. Son," said a man in a business suit. "Come in." He sat in an office for a while as the man read his job application. "So?"The man looked at him. "I'm sorry, but we'll have to refuse you a job here." Goten looked at the man. "W-w-why?" The man looked at him. "We can't accept you because you have no prior working experience. Also, it seems you have had no education beyond college." Goten stood up. "I understand." He left the building.


He walked through the streets. He saw a young man with lavender hair. "Trunks!" He ran towards him."Oh, Goten," he said. "Glad to see you." "Congratulations! Your taking over your mom's company in a three days. Do you want to grab something to eat?""I wish, but I've got a meeting in few minutes." Trunks ran to the corner of the street. "We can talk some other time."He flew other in another direction. Goten was alone. Trunks was going on to bigger and better things while he was just some loser without a job. He went to the nearest bar to drink his woes away.


Goten had drank too much. He didn't remember how long he had been there. All he knew is it still didn't drown out the feeling of being a failure. There was no doubt about it. He had no job, girlfriend, and his best friend was leaving him for better things.


He looked back to when he was young and reminisced about his childhood. Oh, what a time it was. Him running through the woods with Trunks. How he would train with Gohan laughing and smiling. He would remember his mother saying, "If you train enough, you can be more powerful than your father."


Now he knew she had lied to him. He could never be as powerful as Goku. Or as smart as Gohan. He was just not as good as them. Goten heard his cell phone ring. He looked at its bright screen. His mother was callling him. He went out the bar to answer it.


"Hello?" he asked"Goten, come quick. It's about Buu's dog, Bee."


He arrived at the house as the staff greeted him inside. He was suprised to see his mother, Gohan, and his family. He saw them accompanying Mr. Satan and Buu.


"Goten," said Mr. Satan. "You know a bit about animals, right?""Wild ones, but domesticated ones I'm unsure." He looked closely at Bee and studied its condition. It looked so sad laying there."I'm sorry. It seems like Bee will only live for couple more days."

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