Today was the day again, the day her child went missing, Chi-Chi hid herself away in her room. Cradling an old picture of her child, they were dressed in a training gi that Goku had brought them. She remembered fighting with him as soon as they were out of earshot, complaining that they did not need a gi.
"They have no need for a gi, what they need to do is study."
Goku whined, "Come on Chi-Chi, you know they like training too. Besides the kid can do both!"
"I will not hear it Goku, no training!"
"But you saw their face light up when I handed it to them."
Chi-Chi's heart ached, it had been six long years since her child had vanished from the midst of the forest. She had tried contacting Goku but he was long gone, off training somewhere she could not reach. Chi-Chi sat on the edge of her bed, her hands folded in her lap. She stared at the wall, unseeing. Her heart ached, and she felt like she was going to cry. It had been six long years since her child had vanished from the midst of the forest. She had tried contacting Goku, but he was long gone, off training somewhere she could not reach.
She had been so worried when they had first disappeared. She had searched the forest for days, Gohan strapped to her back, but she had been unable to find them. She had eventually given up and returned home, but she had never stopped thinking about her lost child. She had hoped that they would come back to her, but as the years passed, she began to lose hope.
Chi-Chi tried to keep herself busy, but it was difficult to focus on anything else. She would often find herself daydreaming about her child, wondering where they were and what they were doing. She would often wake up in the middle of the night, her heart pounding, her mind racing with fear. Chi-Chi would cling to her remaining child like a lifeline, he was the only thing keeping her tethered to reality.
She knew that she needed to be strong for her other child, but it was hard. She felt like she was constantly teetering on the edge of a breakdown. She wanted to scream and cry and throw things. She wanted to find someone to blame for her child's disappearance. But there was no one else to blame but herself.
Closing her eyes, she held the picture closer to her chest; she wished she could hold her child in her arms once again. She wished she could have protected them from the world that stole them away from her. She wished her last words spoken to her child had not been shouts of anger.
How she wished. But her wishes never came true.
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Separated From One Another
FanfictionYou are the adopted child of Son Goku and Chi-Chi, at twelve years old while taking a moment away from the suffocation of home, your whole life is turned on end.
