The World Ends With You

Prologue

Son Chi-chi placed her baby boy in the crib before walking outside to get the laundry hanging on the clothes line. For the past two years, she had been grateful for the peace Earth was under and for her marriage to her husband to come to pass. Since the defeat of Piccolo Junior, the son of King Piccolo, both of them had taken the time to get married and start a family.

Looking up into the sky, Chi-chi breathed a sigh of relief before hearing footsteps echoing against the ground behind her. Assuming her husband had returned from gathering firewood, she turned around, a wonderful joy in her heart for the man she couldn't imagine living without.

"I'm glad you're back, Goku. I…" Chi-chi spoke in such a sincere and warm voice before her eyes widened; the shirt she held falling to the ground in mute horror. The figure lunged and knocked Chi-chi unconscious before she could protest or scream. Picking up her slack body, the mysterious figure vanished; leaving no evidence of a struggle or telltale signs of the woman's abduction.

Inside of the home, the infant had awakened, almost though he had heard the struggle and began to cry in desperation; hoping that it would bring his father home.

"Chi-chi?" Goku called out when he returned home with firewood in his arms. "Where are you?" A baby's crying had interrupted Goku's calls to his wife as he walked to Gohan's room, noticing that she was not there either. 'Where did she go? Did she disappear?'

Gohan's cries interrupted his thoughts. His son was currently motherless and he was without his wife; the one who taught him how to love. Was she gone for good? If so, how could he survive without her? He may have survived easier if he was alone, but here, he had a son to handle and no one else to help him in his time of need.

'I swear I won't leave you Gohan… I promise this as long as I live…' Goku buried his face into the crying infant's hair; his hard loss of his beloved was something he couldn't bear to lose with his son. He was the only reason he did not leave the cottage for the rest of the day.

To Be Continued…