Two boys walked a dirty rock path past the horrid odor of animal manure. As much as they tried to avoid it they could feel the waste skwish between their toes. It wasn't a pleasant feeling, but one they learned to ignore. What was there to do? As many holes were in their shoes they might as well walk barefoot. The bugs were the worst part. The eldest boy slapped himself so much so his arms had almost more bruises then bites. Though, not all of the bruises were of self infliction. Scores of them were from others, scars from his life he could not escape. The younger boy, called Hisashi, wiped his nose before turning to his Brother.

"Goku where are we?" The little one asked. Goku merely held out his hand for his brother to hold.

"Hopefully somewhere safe, a town should be up ahead." Although Hisashi smiled with relief, Goku wasn't given any reassurance. They lived in a time of war, and were on the wrong side in the wrong country.

Hisashi looked up curiously, like he just thought of a cure for the common cold.

"Will Mommy and Daddy be here?" Goku didn't make a sound,

"No." He thought to himself. "They won't be in any town no matter how far we travel. You can't travel beyond the grave, not in this realm."

But he couldn't tell this to his brother who was the age of four, not yet.

"Maybe..." He mumbled. Who knows? Maybe they are alive. Somewhere out there, yes, keep saying that. Perhaps the pain could go away, just for a second.

"Im hungry..." The young one said, rubbing his stomach. Goku looked around quickly and found a frog hopping on the edge of the field. He swiftly dived at it and managed to get his hands around its body, crushing it in his fist. He then took out a rusty pocket knife and cut its head off. Here! Eat this!" Goku said, taking a bite himself. It tasted horrible, it was like chewing on thick paste. But it was food, and that's all that Goku cared. Hisashi covered his nose and the slight of the bleeding frog, it couldn't smell worse than the animal dropping that cluttered the ground.

"Come on Hisashi!" Goku begged. The little one shook his head.

"I'm not eating that!"

Goku rolled his eyes and tried shoving it into his brother's mouth.

"Please you got to eat!" Goku merely coated his brother's face in blood and slime.

"Eww!" Hisashi said, retreating from the dead frog.

The older brother admitted defeat as he threw the frog into the nearby field.

"Let's just get to town, we will get food there."

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After some time, the sounds of carts and people could be heard. The village was up ahead, and there were many farmers that hulled their crop to the market to sell. Among the common rice, there were many fruits and vegetables.

Goku looked carefully at one of the carts, it had a trunk full of watermelons. "Watermelons have a lot of liquid in them." He thought to himself. He was very thirsty from the long walk and needed substance.

"How bad would it be if I just took one?"

Goku warily looked around before telling his brother to stay put.

"You're not going to steal one are you?" His younger brother asked with the most innocent face.

"Don't you remember what these people did to us?"

'"They're in here! Those foreign spies are in here!" A man called out cocking a gun. A family of four stood in the back room in a state of frenzy.

"Mom! What's happening?" A young boy called to his mother.

The woman grabbed her son tightly. "Goku, listening very close to what I'm about to say! You and your brother need to leave."

"But Mo-"

His mother raised her finger to shush him. "You are to take your brother, and head to Boru village. From there use what I gave you to take a train to the border of the country. Once there, head to the city in the direction of the large tower and find a children's home. Do you understand Goku? They will take care of you until we meet again?"

"So we will see you?" The boy asked desperately.

The woman smiled, "Yes, we will. Until then, promise me one thing..."

A tear fell from her eye,"Take care of your brother, never leave his side. Can you promise me this?"

The boy nodded."Yes Mommy..."

"Mia!" The man yelled. The two boys back away quickly as the door was busted down. "FOREIGN SCUM!" Screams echoed the building, the boys made a run for it. *BANG *BANG *BANG'

The memory haunted Goku, but he couldn't worry about it now. The food from these horrid people that took his family was a need. Goku sprinted from his position and grabbed a watermelon from the back of the truck.

"STOP! THIEF!" The farmer cried out. Without even lifting his head Goku dashed as fast as he could in the opposite direction while signaling for his brother. The two ran as fast as they could down the street, but Hisashi tripped and fell. *Clank*

"Hisashi!" Goku yelled. He dropped the melon and ran for his brother, but two men grabbed at his arms.

"Little thief, and he's foreign too." A mass of people began to gather as the two men began beating Goku's face into the ground.

"You going to eat stuff from our land? Then you can taste the land it grows from."

Goku felt the rocks digging into his skin,and he tasted a mixture of dirt and blood.

After a time, Goku felt the grips from his arms loosen. He dropped face down into the dirt barely able to breath. "H-hisashi..." He mumbled faintly as he slowly lifted his head.

"I-Im s-sorry I couldn't g-get you to the c-city..."

His eyes lay fixed on an old beat up oil tin, from it laid the contents of a white powder and pieces of bone... it had fallen from his pocket.

'*BANG *BANG *BANG "Hisashi!" Goku carried the body of his brother out of the house. This couldn't happen! He promised his Mom they would both make it to the city! "No, I told Mom. We will both make it there... together."'

Goku laid there in the dirt, the people slowly started to scatter and he felt his breath getting shorter and shorter.

"Goku?"

Goku's head gently lifted up and he watched as a young boy approached him. The boy smiled as he reached his hand out towards him.

"Cmon! Mom and Dad are waiting!"

Goku turned his head to see two silhouettes of a man and woman in front of a large bright light. They too, reached out for him. The pain from Goku's face slowly dissipated as he walked down a beautiful countryside road with his family. It wasn't like the ones before. It was a magnificent golden path surrounded by elegant flowers of every color. Even colors that Goku wasn't aware existed.

"I told you we would meet again, I just wish it wasn't so soon..."