Part I: The Wish

When Gatoris returned, he passed by Junon. The incident with Pikachu was fresh in his mind. He had time to think every detail over, and had regretted one: killing Goku Tonberry. Even thought Gatoris thought he had killed Aerith, there was no need to end Goku’s life. Gatoris returned to the giant Pokéball where he had left the fallen person. He looked at Goku’s body. "Man, I wish I had the Dragonballs right now..." he mumbled. "You have them..." a voice replied. "They are within you..." Gatoris was confused. "Alma? How’d you know I’d be here?" his friend smiled. "I knew you didn’t want to kill him. You are the most peaceful man I know, Charon..." Gatoris looked at her. "Enough with that. Please call me Gatoris or Garrett..." Almathea bowed her head. "I guess you don’t understand why I call you that..." "...later, Amlathea. Now tell me about my Dragonballs..." She surprisingly removed his shirt and grabbed a few mirrors. "See that dragon?" she said, pointing to the reflection from his back. It looked like he had a tattoo of the Shen-Long on his back. "That is there because you have the Dragonballs within you. You can make a wish if needed." Gatoris began to understand. He lugged Goku outside.

Gatoris placed Goku’s body on the ground outside. "Now arise, dragon and grant my wish!" he yelled into the air. He felt a surge of power as it grew dark. Shortly thereafter, the great Shen-Long appeared. "What is your wish, Gatoris?" the dragon asked in a booming voice. "Shen-Long, I wish for Goku Tonberry to live again!" The dragon gave Gatoris an odd look. "You sure? This baka? The one who almost killed you and your wife?" Gatoris was getting impatient. "Don’t question my judgment! I want you to revive Goku Tonberry!" "All right! Don’t get pushy..." The dragon was slightly offended. He granted the wish, and Goku began to move. "Unngh... Am I dead yet?" were his first words. He looked at his abdominal area. There was no hole where Gatoris had grabbed his heart. "No, you’re alive again..." Gatoris said. "Your wish is granted, Gatoris..." the Shen-Long said before he disappeared. Goku looked at Gatoris. "YOU wished me back? After what I did to Aer..." Gatoris hushed him. "Yes, I did. I felt even a misguided baka such as you deserved a chance to live. Don’t forget that." Goku looked at him, and then scurried off to Nibelheim. "That was a nice thank you" Almathea said sarcastically. "That’s fine..." Gatoris said in rebuttal. "He’ll thank me later. But first, I’m going to make him feel better.

Goku got back to the Shinra Mansion, which he called home. Since Vincent moved out, it would be all his. He got a phone call not five minutes of getting home. It was Gatoris. He told him he was sending a maid to help him out. Goku didn’t argue at his generosity. He waited for the maid to arrive.

When she got there, Goku was confused. "You have got to be kidding me..." he said after giving her one look. There was a fourteen-year-old girl at his doorstep dressed as a maid. "You sure Gatoris sent you here, miss..." "Call me Rebecca." she said in a sweet and innocent voice. She then handed a note to Goku proving Gatoris sent her.

Goku,

This girl isn’t lying. I sent her. She may be young, but she can cook and clean like no one’s business. Take her in.

Gatoris.

"Oh well..." Goku began. "Gatoris wants me to be happy, so come in, Rebecca." Rebecca smiled and hopped into the house. "I’m going to the bar. Watch the house for me, please..." Goku told her as he left. Rebecca looked at the house and saw she would have her work cut out for her.

Part II: Feast

Goku walked into a building in Nibelheim. It stood out from the older houses. He noticed something odd about a lot of the patrons: they had fangs. "So, you’re the one who moved into Vinny’s house..." one said. Goku feigned a smile. Great, he thought. Vampires... He sat down and ordered a beer. (In case you’re wondering, the legal drinking age in this dimension is 18.) He looked around the patrons of this bar, and began to think. Perhaps being a vampire has it advantages... "Hello there..." One of the female customers had caught a glimpse of Goku. "Hi..." he said hesitantly. He felt comfortable here for some reason. Was it something Hojo had done? "Haven’t seen you here before..." the vamipress said. "I just moved in." Goku replied. He felt strangely at home with these vampires. Had Hojo intended him to be a vampire? "I could tell. I’ve been in the area for ages, and haven’t seen you before." "So, tell me. What’s it like?" Goku asked suddenly. "Being a vampire? It’s just fine. The only thing is watching out for the sun. Good thing for sunblock..." she answered. "...I want to be one..." Goku said, again unexpectedly. The woman looked at him. "You sure about this?" "Just bite me, for God’s sake!" he yelled. "Now Darla," the barkeep said. "Don’t do something he’ll regret later..." "I want to be a vampire, dammit!" Goku screamed again. "Your funeral..." were the last words he heard Darla say before she bit him.

Goku woke up a few hours later in a back room. He finally felt whole. Hojo had intended this for him. "You okay, Goku?" Darla said as she walked in. Must have lifted my wallet, he thought. "I feel whole. This was my destiny. Thank you, madam." Darla laughed. "You remind me of Gatoris Tonberry..." she giggled. "We were cut from the same cloth, kind of..." Goku explained about Hojo and all that. "Oh..." she gaped. Goku kissed her, and ran home.

Gatoris was sitting on his couch watching the video of his wedding day. It was the first day in his life as Gatoris he was happy. He was interrupted by the phone. The person said their peace, and hung up. "So that’s settled," he uttered. "What was it?" Aerith said as she was hugging her husband. "Well, Goku’s now a vampire. That was the bartender from the vampire hangout in Nibelheim." Aerith sighed. "It was his choice to do it..."

Rebecca was slightly frightened when Goku got back. "Mister Tonberry.... you’re a..." Goku looked at her. "I’m a vampire, and call me by my first name: Goku. I promise not to bite you." he said. He had a headache. Was this a side effect of becoming a vampire, or was he drunk? He only remembered having one beer. But that one beer was a blur in his mind. A few days passed. He sat down, put on his music collection, and listened as Rebecca cleaned the house. Then, suddenly, the Eric Clapton song "Wonderful Tonight" began to play. He gazed at Rebecca, and began to have thoughts... somewhat nasty thoughts. She’d make a good meal... ran through his mind. "Rebecca...." he called. She came in front of him. "Yes, Mister... Goku?" she was confused, but she remembered Gatoris’ orders: make Goku happy. "Care to dance?" he asked with a drunken stutter and stare. Rebecca was still confused, but she danced with him. He placed his head on her shoulder. "This is the first time I’ve ever felt happy or loved..." he said sadly. "Well, you can always consider me a friend..." Rebecca replied. The track switched to "Tears in Heaven" and the two kept dancing. Goku was still making his mind up on whether to bite her or not. Upon the lyrics "Time will bring you down", he made his mind up. He clutched Rebecca tightly and bit her hard. The last words she heard were the last refrains of the song. Both Goku and Rebecca passed out.

Part III: Remorse and Family

When Goku woke up two hours later, he had a horrible headache. He had remembered becoming a vampire, but not much after that. How had he got home? Where was Rebecca? And why the hell was Eric Clapton playing in his house? Goku walked into the living room and gasped. Rebecca was laying there, and she wasn’t moving. She looked as if she was dead. "Gatoris is going to kill me..." he whispered to himself. He picked her up and placed her on the couch. Goku turned to a vase that Aerith had sent, filled with yellow roses (For friendship). He took one out, and made her grasp it. Goku then began to sneak away, until he heard a sweet innocent voice. "Goku, you are going to leave me lie this?" Oh, god... Goku thought. I’ve turned her into a vampire... He grabbed a dagger from his boot. "No. I’m not going to run from my mistakes..." he said with a tear in his eye. He handed Rebecca the dagger and spoke to him. "I know you hate me now, so I’ll let you get this over with..." Goku could not take the guilt. He did not want this to happen... Rebecca threw the dagger away. "I don’t hate you. I know you didn’t want to do this to me. Gatoris warned me before I took this job..." Gatoris had known he’d do this? "... but I took it anyway." Goku looked at her and cried. "...but I cursed you to this for eternity..." "We all make mistakes." she replied. "I’ll manage." Goku looked at this girl. She had spunk. "You know, since you got here, I loved you like a daughter..." he began. "Then why not make her your daughter?" Gatoris had come. "Gatoris, I’m sorry... I got hungry... I didn’t want to..." he began to apologize. "It’s okay. We all screw up once or twice." Gatoris said. "But her parents..." Goku began again. "She was an orphan. I checked her records." Gatoris explained. Goku looked at the girl. "What do you think, Rebecca?" She replied simply "I love you, dad."

Goku had noticed Gatoris had brought a keg with him. "What’s in there? Beer?" Gatoris looked at him. "The rest of your family decided to donate some blood..." Gatoris started. "My... family?" Goku was puzzled. "Especially your brother," Gatoris smirked. "You would relate yourself to a baka like me, especially after I almost killed your wife?" "If you had seen some of my past lives, you would think I was the baka..." Gatoris replied. "That, and I knew you didn’t want to do it. You were following orders. Anyway, you want to stay here, or live in the castle with the rest of the family, Goku?" "...I want to stay here. I have my roots here, and I have some friends to make." Goku looked at him. Rebecca jumped up and gave her Uncle Gatoris a hug. "I’ll catch you later..." Goku said. Gatoris left the keg and went back home. Goku was the happiest he had ever been. He now had a true family. A family which did not consider him an outcast, just because he was a creation of Hojo or a vampire. He looked at his daughter and smiled. Perhaps he should find a wife...