The Good Father

It was a warm, summer day. The sky was bright and shining, birds were chirping, and the gentle wind breezed through the trees like a soft song you could fall asleep to.

Outside of the Son family residence, Chi-Chi revved up the Messerschmitt KR and said to Goku and Goten who were outside of the vehicle, "Hey, promise me you won't do anything reckless while I'm gone."

Goku simply laughed which was the incorrect response to give so his wife got into his face and repeated, "PROMISE ME! The last time you two knuckleheads were left alone the roof was destroyed!"

Both now terrified, Goku and Goten nodded their heads in agreement.

"Good," Chi-Chi said in a happy manner. "I'll see you two later." The vehicle soon jet off with Chi-Chi in the distance saying, "LOVE YOU!"

"Love you too, Mom!" Goten yelled back.

"Bye, Chi-Chi!" a waving Goku exclaimed.

With Chi-Chi gone for her get-together with Bulma and Gohan away doing something with Videl, Goku and Goten were alone together once again.

"Sheesh, she didn't have to get into my face like that," Goku said still looking off in Chi-Chi's direction.

"Well, we did do a lot of damage to the house which cost us like—like a lot of money," Goten replied.

Goku looked back at his son while briefly scratching his head. "I guess you're right." The father and son walked together toward the open, rural land that was their backyard. Goku tried thinking of an activity he and Goten could have a bucket-load of fun with; something different. But alas, Goku fell back on the same ol' schtick.

"Hey!" Goku suddenly conjured, "why don't we train together? It'll be so much fun."

"Again Dad?" Goten asked with just enough fatigue in his voice. "The last time we did that we destroyed part of the house."

"We'll just fly away from the house so it can't get hit," Goku replied quite aptly. He didn't pick up his son's hint, however.

"Training is boring," Goten nearly grunted.

"Boring!? I thought it was your dream to become as strong of a fighter as your brother and I. I'm not going to be here forever. Don't you want to be able to take on the next Majin Buu or worse?"

"Yeah, of course I do! But I don't want to train every single day. It gets boring after awhile."

Outside of the aspect of protecting the people that he loves, Goten really did not see the appeal of constant day-to-day training like his father did. Weekly training sounded much better. Goten was already much stronger than Frieza was at his best. Cell too—well, maybe not at Perfect Cell's level but definitely close. The half-Saiyan reasoned that rigorous training was not necessary at all. If he needed a giant power-boost, then there's always Gotenks.

And just like that, Goten felt a sharp hit right on his cheek. It took a second for the pain to set in and then he realized that the training session had begun. Goten waited for another strike to come his way and he was able to block another attempt on his face. However, Goku was able to land another hit a split-second later.

"Sense where the Ki is coming from and focus on it, Goten," Goku intermittently said as he traveled around the young warrior at light speed. "Then and only then will you be able to track my movements consistently."

Goten tried following the advice and was somewhat successful in doing so. He blocked about 55% of the attacks launched at him but the other 45% were a different story. While the hits were painful, they weren't damaging. Nonetheless, they were very annoying and Goten eventually got fed up with it and transformed into a Super Saiyan; taking Goku by surprise.