Father and Son Picnic
Author: Burned Vamp - PG - English

A battle so great, it killed me to think about it. With my own father. If I defeated him, I would have his respect, but I would lose any chance of love as he would curse me from his place in hell. To him, love didn't matter any how. It was all about respect. He hated Goku. But he respected him. They had a relationship better than we did.

"Father," I started, stepping into the gravity room.

"What, brat?"

"I've come to fight." I think he thought I meant spar, because he went easy on me. No energy blasts, just kicks and punches. He dodged my numerous and rapid attacks as though I were flinging snowballs instead of jabs that would kill a lesser man. He soon took me more seriously as my intentions became quite clear.

While he was toying with me, smirking at the thought of me being able to touch him, I kicked his leg out from under him and he landed on his back.

"Short trip?" I sneered and blasted the floor where he lay. A kick was sent to my back and I landed in the empty hole I just created.

"What are you trying to do!?!?"

"You'll see..." I got up quickly and attacked him again. I moved faster and after about the fifth hit I got in, he decided he'd had enough. He landed one punch on my face, and I went flying through the wall. Mom was gonna be pissed.

I decided to stop playing as well. My hair turned gold, my power turned greater. I pulled back a fist and threw it hard at him. He grabbed my hand and held it, him in the same state as I. His teal eyes flashed with anger as he tried to knee me in the gut, but I blocked it easily. I pushed him away from me and he flipped over onto his feet, with perfect balance.

Things got interesting from then on.

I awoke to his angered face.

"The stupid fool is conscious," he told another in the room, not taking his eyes off me. Then he railed into me. "Do you have any idea what an idiotic asshole you are?" he began. I knew he was far from finished. "You are so goddamn lucky I decided NOT to kill you! I thought you had at least some brains but I find out you had none at all! You NEVER, NEVER openly attack someone stronger than you when you know you can't win! Have you learned NOTHING of what I've taught you??? I've never been more ashamed of anyone in my life!"

So there it was... I had no chance for respect or love.

"If I had been someone else, you would be dead... do you honestly have no idea what it would've done to me to lose you?" He left the room then.

There it was. It hung invisible in the air, and I questioned its existence. Did he just say...?

"He loves you, ya know. But he's right. You are a stupid idiot." The comforting words of my mother. I laughed. And then I passed out.