Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Clouded Eyes ❯ Discoveries and Secrets ( Chapter 5 )

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Clouded Eyes 
Chapter 5 
Discoveries and Secrets 
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.oOo. 
Hybrid said goodbye to Capsule Corps that morning. Hybrid flew through the sky, he was deep 
in thought. That had been the only thing besides training he was doing lately. He wondered if 
Vegeta was right or not. He wanted to come clean about his past, but he was just so ashamed. He 
barely liked to face the guilt he felt inside, bringing others and their judgmental stares would be 
too much for him right now.  
The Son family and their friends knew he was strong, but he wondered if they would change 
their tune if they knew why he had gotten so powerful. He could envision the look of disgust on 
Chichi’s face and the disappointment in Goku’s eyes. Not to mention Dende, he knew he had 
betrayed their friendship for not confiding in him after all this time.  
Hybrid sighed, he arrived at the Son family house in no time. He smiled as he landed. He loved 
the smell of the woodland area, and the clean river. Hybrid looked towards the house. It was 
about 10:30 and he wondered if Dende, Piccolo and Goku were already off training. 
Hybrid made his way to the door and knocked. Chichi answered only minutes later. “Welcome 
back, Hybrid.†Chichi smiled at the boy. 
“Thank you Chichi, I hope you all did not miss me too much.†Hybrid grinned. 
Chichi smiled, “We missed you plenty. The guys are already training, would you like to help me 
with some boxes before you leave to join them?†Chichi asked. 
Hybrid nodded and followed Chichi. She led him into the kitchen where there was a ton of stuff 
scattered across the table. She smiled and turned to him. 
“I have a couple more boxes to pack in the room. If you would wait here I would appreciate it!†
Chichi turned to leave the kitchen. 
Hybrid sat down at the table. He was not snooping through anything, he thought it was rude to 
try to search through others things but that all changed when he glanced at something that stood 
out on the table. 
It was a picture. 

Throughout the time that he had spent in the Son house, he had never seen a photo of Chichi and 
Goku’s son. He was now staring at a picture that overwhelmed him with many emotions. There 
was a younger Chichi in the photo, she had her hair mostly up with some hair hanging down 
around her face and Goku right next to her, who did not look like he aged a bit. In the middle of 
them was a young toddler who smiled like he had never seen a day of pain in his short life. Black 
hair and black eyes, he wore a yellow and green long shirt with green pants and a boots. He had a 
red hat with a small orange ball with four stars on it. The boy had kind eyes and a brown furry 
tail, he looked so innocent and so happy. 
Hybrid gasped and began to shake uncontrollably. The little boy in the picture, he was certain of 
it, it was him. He worse the same clothes when he first came to Frieza’s ship, and Yui ended up 
keeping the items safe for him. She always said she wanted him to remember what he wore, in 
case it may help him find his birth family. She knew that he did not have many leads when it 
came to finding them. She always said a picture was worth a thousand words, Hybrid had never 
understood that saying until now. 
Hybrid grabbed the photo to take a closer look and stared down at it, his jaw was slightly 
dropped and he stopped breathing for a minute. He fe lt his eyes start to burn and his heart 
pounding against his chest. He refused to believe it. He continued to study the small boys face. 
The same face he remembered looking at in the mirror all those years ago. 
 He turned his head towards a mirror near the kitchen door. He looked into his own eyes and 
studied his face. He pushed his hair back and finally he saw the resemblance.  
He had no idea why this idea of finally finding his family frightened him so badly. He couldn’t 
help it, something just unleashed inside of him and pushed out memories of pain and destruction. 
He felt dizzy all of a sudden and he was unable to swallow because his throat tightened up. 
There was no doubt in his mind- he did have a real name. He was the son of an almighty saiyan 
warrior father, and a martial arts loving mother. His home was the planet Earth. He was Gohan, 
the lost child of the Son family.  
He set the picture down, his eyes stung as he tried to push back the tears that were trying to seize 
their way through. He got up quickly. He stood up straight and tried to stop his hands from 
shaking. He couldn’t. They just wouldn’t stop. His breath quickened and he felt a sudden sting of 
pure panic. Even though his body shook and his mind raced with many questions he couldn’t 
answer alone he straightened his posture. He needed an escape. 
So he ran. 
He ran out of the house and away from the Son family. He kept his head down, as tear streamed 
down cheeks. He did not want them to come, he tried to make them stop. Nothing worked, they 
just rushed down making him feel weak inside and out. 

He stopped running after twenty minutes of full on saiyan sprinting. He was not sure where he 
was at, but at the same time he did not care. He did not want anyone seeing him this weak 
anyways. He was not even sure if he wanted to go back at all. 
He Star down in the shade under a tree. He was panting, not from the run, but from pure 
exhaustion for his panic attack. He looked down at his hands to see how bad the damage was. He 
became irritated when he realized that he was shaking just as bad as he was before. 
He closed his eyes, and tried to breathe calmly. All he could see what the picture perfect family 
in that photo, his family. â€˜Like I can ever live up to their little boy.’ He felt the tears roll down 
his cheeks again. 
He scowled and opened his eyes, roughly wiping them away. No matter how much he wiped 
them, they just kept coming.  
He yelled out to the sky, realizing that he was not going to make them stop- none of it. He 
couldn’t stop crying and he couldn’t forget the new information he discovered by accident.  
Hybrid leaned on the tree behind him, he looked into the sky. He looked at the clouds for several 
minutes, until his tears subsided.  
“They said my father was dead… how did I get taken if my father was not murdered?†Hybrid 
thought out loud. He shook his head.  
“Why did it have to be them?†Hybrid asked the sky. He was not angry, he was not disappointed 
with who his parents were, he was merely upset. 
“Chichi&nb sp;wanted her son to be a scholar… not a murderer. Goku wanted his shy son to train with 
him, not kill the innocent. They don’t deserve a son like me, it would have been better if their 
son was dead…†Hybrid touched his fore head, â€œIf I were  dead…†Hybrid’s&nbs p;hands slid into his 
hair and he grabbed handfuls in each hand and just held the hair there.  
“How am I supposed to tell them?†Hybrid asked himself. After a few minutes he opened his 
eyes and sat up. His eyes were narrow and cold. â€œI won’t. I would much rather tell them about 
my past with Frieza than to tell them that their son is a monster… The least I can do is save them 
from the disgust.†Hybrid rationalized. 
“If they find out about my past with Frieza, they will not find out about me.†Hybrid said. 
He then sighed as he looked around, there was no one in sight or hearing distance, he was talking 
to himself.  
“I must be crazy …†Hybrid shook his head and smiled grimly to himself.  
.oOo. 

Chichi had returned from her bedroom and realized that Hybrid was gone, she sighed. â€œBoys get 
so distracted when it comes to training.†Chichi smiled. She saw a photo on the table. She had 
put it there after all, it looked a little off but she couldn’t put a finger on why it did.  
She gently grabbed the photo and smiled. She rubbed her finger on Gohan’s face and she smiled, 
“One day, he will be home- waiting for me to make dinner and sparing with Goku in the woods.†
Chichi’s eyes shined. 
 Ever since Hybrid and Dende came to live with them she had felt a spark of life ignite within her 
that she thought had burned out. They made the house feel a little more whole. She knew what 
the spark was, it was hope. She hoped one day she would be reunited with her lost son. 
“And when that day comes you will have to share with one of the two boys.†Chichi smiled.  
.oOo. 
Goku, Dende, Piccolo and Krillin walked over to Goku’s house. Goku looked around and tried to 
sense Hybrid. His energy level was being completely hidden. Goku half suspected a surprise spar 
attack because he had not shown up to train with them. 
Dende was doing the same thing. â€œI thought Hybrid should have been back by now. I know 
Bulma’s is huge but I expected Vegeta to scare him off.†Dende admitted. That was always made 
him feel uneasy. He had killed a lot of his people after all. 
“He is probably training him longer than he anticipated. All that man does is train.†Krillin said. 
“Both Hybrid and Vegeta like to stick by the schedule, I am not sure if he would stay longer than 
originally planned.†Piccolo said. 
Chichi came out of the house and smiled at everyone. That is, until she noticed the group was 
smaller than it should be. Chichi frowned. 
“Where is Hybrid, I thought he was with you.†Chichi asked. 
Goku shook his head, â€œNo, he is not with us. He might still be at Bulma’s.†Goku said. 
Chichi raised an eye brow, â€œNo, he was here.†Chichi said, â€œHe left without telling me. I thought 
that he couldn’t wait to find you guys.†
The group was obviously confused. â€œHeâ€& trade;s gone?†Dende asked. 
They  all looked at the little namek. â€œHe never does this unless something is terribly wrong.†He 
looked around at the group. 
Goku’s face turned grim. â€œWhat the hell did Vegeta do to him?†Goku asked feeling enraged.  

Chichi looked at Goku and shook his shoulder, â€œHe was in a good mood until he got into the 
house, he was in the kitchen while I was in our bedroom when he snuck out.†Chichi explained. 
Goku let out a long exhale. â€œWe need to make sure he is ok.†Everyone nodded. 
“D ende, stay here- if he comes back we need someone to gather us all back quickly.†Goku said. 
Dende went to protest, â€œThis was we all can look for him in the woods we have explored for 
many years. You are newer to this planet, so we need to be careful. This job is just as important 
as finding the boy.†Piccolo explained.  
Dende nodded in agreement, even though he was definitely not happy with the decision.  
The rest of the group split up. Goku decided that he was going to go up into the mountains more, 
that is where he would go if he was upset. 
.oOo. 
Goku had searched for a long time, he had been searching for two hours. He couldn’t sense the 
boy anywhere. He came into a clearing. He thought that maybe they had found him and they lost 
Goku now. Before he went to head back he almost tripped on a body lying under a tree. 
He looked at the boys tear streaked face. Hybrid was asleep. Goku smiled, he was glad to see the 
boy was safe, even though he was obviously not in much joy. 
He sat down next to the boy; he was debating to himself how to wake him up. 
He thought for about five minutes before just setting a hand on his shoulder and grasping gently. 
“Wake up Hybrid. It’s me, Goku!† 
Hybrid slowly breathed in and moved, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at Goku. Goku just 
smiled. 
“I’m not sure what you’re going thro ugh right now, I just want you to know that I am a good 
listener. I may do a lot of talking normally, but I am always willing to lend an ear if you need 
one.†Goku started, â€œThat is of course if you even want to talk about it. If you don’t right now 
that is fine, if you don’t ever that is okay too. Just know I will listen if you ever want me to.†
 Goku said. 
Hybrid nodded silently. He was not going to tell Goku anything about his discoveries that 
morning. He got himself up and smiled at Goku with pain in his eyes.  
“Thank you Goku, but all I want to do right now is go back, eat, shower and go to bed. I don’t 
care how early it is.†Hybrid said bluntly. 

Goku smiled. â€œI think that sounds good to me, how about we take the day off tomorrow and do 
something fun.† 
Hybrid nodded, â€œWhatever you want Goku.†Hybrid smiled. 
“I’ll show&nbs p;you what I like about Earth.†Goku said. â€œNow let’s get back to everyone. They were 
all really worrie d.†Goku said. 
Hybrid nodded, â€œI shouldn’t have run off, I am sorry.†He said without raising his eyes to meet 
Goku’s. 
“It& acirc;€™s ok… I run away too sometimes.& acirc;€ Goku said. Hybrid and Goku got up. 
“G-goku?†Hybrid asked. 
“Yes?†Goku asked back. 
“Have you ever done anything you regretted later on?†Hybrid asked. 
“Yes, of course.†Goku said in a light hearted tone. This confused Hybrid. 
“When I died to save my son, and he still got away. I regret not keeping him more secure and 
safe.&nb sp;I also regret not being strong enough to save him. Dying wouldn’t have been so bad if I 
knew that he was safe.† 
Hybrid looked down. â€œYou said you died. How did you come back to life?†Hybrid asked. 
“Well we have these  ;things on Earth known as the Dragonballs. With those I got wished back to 
life. I will have to tell you some interesting stories about my childhood, I see. Bulma is the one 
who originally had me looking for them.†Goku said. 
“So you were brought back to life from a wish?†Hybrid asked. 
“Yes, it happened I swear, I can even have people vouch for me that it’s all true.†Goku laughed. 
“I swear I am not delusional from the lack of food!†Goku smiled at the boy. 
Hybrid smiled back. As they began to run the smile that had formed on his lips stayed there. â€˜He 
did try to save me, and he was killed. He didn’t just let me get taken.’ Hybrid thought. 
This made it easier for him to think of the day’s events. As he looked up at the sky he had took 
his anger on he couldn’t help but say it in his mind. 
‘Gohan…†™ 
.oOo. 

A/N: This one was shorter than my other chapters but I wanted to focus on one main thing in this 
chapter instead of going off to something else. I had been planning on having Hybrid (Gohan) 
find out first. I hope that his emotions are clear on why he was so upset! As usual thank you to 
KnightLyte for reviewing with such kind words! It won’t get old I promise, it will just motivate 
me more! ;) And thank you to Ky111. To be honest, I completely forgot about Trunks and how 
important Gohan was to him. Well I did not forget, it just slipped my mind when it came to 
forming my plot ideas! Thank you for reminding me before I confuse myself and everyone else 
who reads! I will address that soon, possibly in chapter 6 or 7. Also, I like your idea. I may use < br> it! Also Videl is not going to be a main character just yet. Not until after Cell. Yes, I do plan to 
do Cell, and then at least go all the way until the saiyaman saga! (Depending on how this turns 
out I may go into the Buu Saga!) Anyways, thank you for your reviews! They are really 
appreciated. I  hope to get more feedback on how people like it so please review! Questions, 
comments, ideas or concerns! Let me have it! :) So until next time…