"Gohan, Gohan!" Videl cried again and again, Gohan had passed out.
"I'm back, what's going on?" The doctor returned, it had been half an hour.
"It's Gohan. He's worse I think. He started screaming again but it was weird, his voice shot and he lost it. His mouth was open in screaming but no sound came out until finally he just blacked out." Videl tried to explain between her sobs.
"Oh my, that sounds bad." The doctor began to think. He looked at Gohan. "Hello, what's this?" He went over and lifted up Gohan's chin. "Goodness!" He gasped, there were swelling lumps all over his neck where his throat was. "This is very bad."
"Wait, what about his appendix?" Videl reminded.
"That's right." The doctor lifted up Gohan's wrinkled, tattered shirt. "That's very odd!" The doctor gasped and Videl stood up. "He's, he's fine, it's almost as if it never happened." The doctor replied and Videl smiled. "Well, one less problem to fret about."
"But his throat, I don't think that's a very good sign." Videl pointed out.
"True, I'd better examine him again." The doctor agreed and took his temperature. "Well, it's still at about 108, no improvement I'm afraid." He replied and Videl sighed. "Gohan, wake up." The doctor shook his shoulder but got no reply.
"Gohan?" Videl was afraid, her heart skipped a beat and her chest tensed.
"Don't worry, he's not dead." The doctor saw she was afraid.
"How can you be sure?" Videl's voice choked. The doctor pointed to the monitors next to the bed that had all of Gohan's vital sighs on it. His heart rate was still going. "Oh right, that." Videl blushed, she felt better now. The doctor grinned. "But why won't he-"
"I'm afraid he's starting to slip into a coma." The doctor sighed. "His fever is too high and his body is taking to much damage, he's too sick, in too much pain."
"Oh no." Videl slumped down into her chair. "Oh, what about the others?"
"I don't think we should break the news to them yet, especially since his father is not here." The doctor replied. "We still might have a chance to save him." He left.
"No!" Goku cried and ran over to pull the sword out. He was able to. "Oh no."
"Goku you fool, don't you know it's already too late?" Captain Ginu laughed. "Oh you may have defeated Buu, Freeza and Cell and stopped the other viruses, but my task has been fully completed." He grinned and Goku looked confused. "Gohan now has every infection available to his throat in the book!" He laughed and Goku gasped.
"You vial betrayer!" Vegeta cried.
"Hey, look whose talking Vegeta." Ginu smirked at him.
"No!" Goku yelled and powered up, he'd become a super saiyan.
"Oh I'm scared." Ginu teased and taunted.
"Spare me your dribbling." Vegeta growled and became saiyan too.
"Don't even try Vegeta, it won't work." Ginu snickered.
"You won't get away for what you have done. I will make you pay, I will make you regret ever living, I'll make you sorry for doing this!" Goku yelled. "Ah!" He began to glow again. Ginu just smiled to himself, but Vegeta was staring, his jaw dropped.
"Kakerot!" Vegeta gasped in shock.
"What the?" Ginu turned around and gasped, wide eyed.
"That's right Ginu." Goku glowed majestically. "I'm a super saiyan three."
"But how can you possible reach a level so high?" Ginu stuttered.
"Scared now?" Goku growled, his expression unchanged.
"No, but you should be." Ginu tried to talk tough. "You've just made a big mistake. When I give Gohan scarlet fever he'll be in a coma forever!" He laughed.
"Ah!" Goku yelled and Ginu cowered at the high level of his strength. Vegeta was still in shock, he even turned back out of saiyan and just watched. Goku's mussels began to flex and his body was surrounded by electricity.
"Careful Goku, you'll agitate your son's throat." Ginu tried to stall him.
"Ah!" Goku yelled louder, his power level rising. He tightened his fists, glowing with the energy of the preparing attack. Ginu prepared to attack back.
"Uh, I wouldn't do that if I were you." Vegeta said and Ginu hesitated.
"Ah!" Goku continued to yell, his attack power had reached its maximum. The glow exploded and Goku's eyes fixed coldly onto Ginu. "Now you'll pay." He growled deeply and Ginu tensed, too afraid to move. Goku pointed his hands forward and opened them, shooing out a full powered ball.
"No!" Ginu cried as the attack landed full force on him. Vegeta shielded his eyes from the brightly colored blast and the smoke. Finally as it began to disappear, he saw Goku standing tall and unchanged from his expression. Vegeta gasped, Ginu was gone.
"You did it Kakerot, we won!" Vegeta cheered and carefully walked over. Goku began to lower his power level until he was finally back to normal. "You ok?"
"Yes, I'm fine." Goku replied, still staring at the spot where Ginu stood.
"Then what's wrong?" Vegeta smiled, happy that it was all finally over.
"Vegeta." Goku turned to him, Vegeta looked back over. "We may have won the battle, but Gohan is still fighting a long, hard war."
"We can't do anything else, I'm sorry." Vegeta replied and Goku sighed sadly. "But hey, Gohan's a tough kid. If anyone can get over this, I know it's him."
"Thanks for everything Vegeta." Goku looked up with a smile and Vegeta couldn't help smiling back. "I'm sorry I dragged you into this."
"Bah, it was fun." Vegeta shrugged with a laugh. Goku grinned.
"Well, we should leave now, our job's done." Goku jumped up and Vegeta flew after him. "Oh wait!" Goku stopped in his tracks. "Vegeta, how do we get out?"
"The same way we got in." Vegeta replied and led Goku out of Gohan's throat.
"Will this work?" Videl asked the doctor.
"I don't know." The doctor said and stuck the shot in Gohan's arm. He stepped back and turned to Videl as they waited. Suddenly a beeping and buzzing cut them off.
"What is it?" Videl asked as the doctor turned to the monitors.
"That's strange, the medication didn't do that!" The doctor studied the readings. "His heart rate and blood pressure are going way above normal."
"Gohan, no!" Videl cried and the doctor held her back. She closed her eyes as the doctor's grip tightened. Finally the sounds went back to normal. "Hu?" Videl opened her eyes as the doctor's grip loosened until he let go. "What, what happened?"
"He's stabilized." The doctor said, putting the thermometer back in Gohan's mouth. "I think we may have broken the fever, look!" The doctor pointed. "It's 107, and going down." He smiled and Videl hugged the doctor.
"Oh Gohan, you did it!" Videl smiled. "So is the world safe now?"
"It should be, but we shouldn't jinx it and jump to conclusions." The doctor said and Videl went back to watching Gohan again. The temperature kept going down, now it was about 106. The doctor looked at Gohan's neck and smiled, the swells had gone too.
"Uh, Vegeta, how do we get out if Gohan's mouth is closed?" Goku asked.
"Wait until he says ah or opens his mouth." Vegeta said.
"Oh yea." Goku blushed, so they waited. About an hour passed and they were still stuck in Gohan's mouth. Outside though, the doctor and Videl were getting happier.
"It's gone from 105 to 104 to 103 and now it's at 102, I think we've done it." The doctor said to the nurse. "As soon as the fever breaks he should be out of the coma."
"And if we're lucky it'll just be to him a minor concussion." The nurse replied.
"Videl, get everyone in here, quick!" The doctor cried, noticing Gohan moving.
"Ok!" Videl nodded, seeing the fever go under 102. She ran into the waiting room. "Everyone come quick, it's Gohan!" She cried. Everyone began to move again.
"Gohan!" Chi-Chi looked up from where she had cried herself to sleep next to Bulma. They all followed Videl to Gohan's room. "Gohan?" Chi-Chi ran in.
"It's alright now, he's on his way to recovery." The doctor stepped aside.
"Gohan!" Videl and the others cried, he was awake now, his eyes were open.
"Are you ok?" Chi-Chi hugged him tightly.
"I will be mom." Gohan struggled to say, his voice still on the edge.
"I'm so glad you're ok." Videl hugged him.
"Gohan!" Bulma walked over. "How are you feeling?"
"Well, thankfully, only my throat hurts." Gohan smiled meekly.
"I was so afraid Trunks." Goten said. "I thought he could die."
"Well, if he did, I could've been your new big brother." Trunks replied quietly.
"Aw you're the best friend ever." Goten hugged him and Trunks smiled.
"Hey Piccolo." Gohan looked up from all the attention as Piccolo walked in.
"Hey." He said with no emotion, keeping a strait face.
"Aw, look at him, he's so happy he's lost for words." Gohan smirked.
"Oh shut up." Piccolo turned away, trying not blush. Everyone laughed.
"Ok everyone, I'm sorry to be a party pooper, but I have to back to examining him." The doctor replied and everyone began to simmer down.
"Wait, Videl, where is Goku?" Chi-Chi asked.
"Yea, and Vegeta too." Bulma put her hands on her hips.
"Looking for me?" Goku and Vegeta asked, they turned to the doorway.
"There you are!" Chi-Chi and Bulma went over. "Where were you?"
"Around." They smiled at each other, while Gohan had been talking they were able to sneak out of his mouth, fly around the corner into the hall and return to normal size without anyone noticing.
"Well, Gohan is all better now." Videl replied.
"I'm proud of you son." Goku walked over.
"Videl, can you take everyone back to the waiting room?" The doctor asked.
"Sure." Videl nodded and everyone left.
"Good job kid." Vegeta walked over to Gohan, he smirked.
"How do you feel, better?" Goku asked, sitting in the chair.
"Yea, my throat is still really bad though." Gohan coughed. Vegeta and Goku looked at each other with a secret expression.
"But you'll be able to leave the hospital very soon." The doctor smiled to himself. "You have no high fever and have no serious pain to keep you in here any longer."
"Yea, I always get sore throats too so its no big worry." Gohan replied hoarsely.
"Oh, by the way Goku, here." The doctor took a paper from the nurse. Goku's eyes widened and his jaw dropped at what he saw. "It's the hospital bill." The doctor said, it read $2,000. Goku passed out. The two looked down at him. "I'm afraid now it's $2, 500." He turned to Vegeta who shrugged with a smile and shook his head to himself.
"I'm back, what's going on?" The doctor returned, it had been half an hour.
"It's Gohan. He's worse I think. He started screaming again but it was weird, his voice shot and he lost it. His mouth was open in screaming but no sound came out until finally he just blacked out." Videl tried to explain between her sobs.
"Oh my, that sounds bad." The doctor began to think. He looked at Gohan. "Hello, what's this?" He went over and lifted up Gohan's chin. "Goodness!" He gasped, there were swelling lumps all over his neck where his throat was. "This is very bad."
"Wait, what about his appendix?" Videl reminded.
"That's right." The doctor lifted up Gohan's wrinkled, tattered shirt. "That's very odd!" The doctor gasped and Videl stood up. "He's, he's fine, it's almost as if it never happened." The doctor replied and Videl smiled. "Well, one less problem to fret about."
"But his throat, I don't think that's a very good sign." Videl pointed out.
"True, I'd better examine him again." The doctor agreed and took his temperature. "Well, it's still at about 108, no improvement I'm afraid." He replied and Videl sighed. "Gohan, wake up." The doctor shook his shoulder but got no reply.
"Gohan?" Videl was afraid, her heart skipped a beat and her chest tensed.
"Don't worry, he's not dead." The doctor saw she was afraid.
"How can you be sure?" Videl's voice choked. The doctor pointed to the monitors next to the bed that had all of Gohan's vital sighs on it. His heart rate was still going. "Oh right, that." Videl blushed, she felt better now. The doctor grinned. "But why won't he-"
"I'm afraid he's starting to slip into a coma." The doctor sighed. "His fever is too high and his body is taking to much damage, he's too sick, in too much pain."
"Oh no." Videl slumped down into her chair. "Oh, what about the others?"
"I don't think we should break the news to them yet, especially since his father is not here." The doctor replied. "We still might have a chance to save him." He left.
"No!" Goku cried and ran over to pull the sword out. He was able to. "Oh no."
"Goku you fool, don't you know it's already too late?" Captain Ginu laughed. "Oh you may have defeated Buu, Freeza and Cell and stopped the other viruses, but my task has been fully completed." He grinned and Goku looked confused. "Gohan now has every infection available to his throat in the book!" He laughed and Goku gasped.
"You vial betrayer!" Vegeta cried.
"Hey, look whose talking Vegeta." Ginu smirked at him.
"No!" Goku yelled and powered up, he'd become a super saiyan.
"Oh I'm scared." Ginu teased and taunted.
"Spare me your dribbling." Vegeta growled and became saiyan too.
"Don't even try Vegeta, it won't work." Ginu snickered.
"You won't get away for what you have done. I will make you pay, I will make you regret ever living, I'll make you sorry for doing this!" Goku yelled. "Ah!" He began to glow again. Ginu just smiled to himself, but Vegeta was staring, his jaw dropped.
"Kakerot!" Vegeta gasped in shock.
"What the?" Ginu turned around and gasped, wide eyed.
"That's right Ginu." Goku glowed majestically. "I'm a super saiyan three."
"But how can you possible reach a level so high?" Ginu stuttered.
"Scared now?" Goku growled, his expression unchanged.
"No, but you should be." Ginu tried to talk tough. "You've just made a big mistake. When I give Gohan scarlet fever he'll be in a coma forever!" He laughed.
"Ah!" Goku yelled and Ginu cowered at the high level of his strength. Vegeta was still in shock, he even turned back out of saiyan and just watched. Goku's mussels began to flex and his body was surrounded by electricity.
"Careful Goku, you'll agitate your son's throat." Ginu tried to stall him.
"Ah!" Goku yelled louder, his power level rising. He tightened his fists, glowing with the energy of the preparing attack. Ginu prepared to attack back.
"Uh, I wouldn't do that if I were you." Vegeta said and Ginu hesitated.
"Ah!" Goku continued to yell, his attack power had reached its maximum. The glow exploded and Goku's eyes fixed coldly onto Ginu. "Now you'll pay." He growled deeply and Ginu tensed, too afraid to move. Goku pointed his hands forward and opened them, shooing out a full powered ball.
"No!" Ginu cried as the attack landed full force on him. Vegeta shielded his eyes from the brightly colored blast and the smoke. Finally as it began to disappear, he saw Goku standing tall and unchanged from his expression. Vegeta gasped, Ginu was gone.
"You did it Kakerot, we won!" Vegeta cheered and carefully walked over. Goku began to lower his power level until he was finally back to normal. "You ok?"
"Yes, I'm fine." Goku replied, still staring at the spot where Ginu stood.
"Then what's wrong?" Vegeta smiled, happy that it was all finally over.
"Vegeta." Goku turned to him, Vegeta looked back over. "We may have won the battle, but Gohan is still fighting a long, hard war."
"We can't do anything else, I'm sorry." Vegeta replied and Goku sighed sadly. "But hey, Gohan's a tough kid. If anyone can get over this, I know it's him."
"Thanks for everything Vegeta." Goku looked up with a smile and Vegeta couldn't help smiling back. "I'm sorry I dragged you into this."
"Bah, it was fun." Vegeta shrugged with a laugh. Goku grinned.
"Well, we should leave now, our job's done." Goku jumped up and Vegeta flew after him. "Oh wait!" Goku stopped in his tracks. "Vegeta, how do we get out?"
"The same way we got in." Vegeta replied and led Goku out of Gohan's throat.
"Will this work?" Videl asked the doctor.
"I don't know." The doctor said and stuck the shot in Gohan's arm. He stepped back and turned to Videl as they waited. Suddenly a beeping and buzzing cut them off.
"What is it?" Videl asked as the doctor turned to the monitors.
"That's strange, the medication didn't do that!" The doctor studied the readings. "His heart rate and blood pressure are going way above normal."
"Gohan, no!" Videl cried and the doctor held her back. She closed her eyes as the doctor's grip tightened. Finally the sounds went back to normal. "Hu?" Videl opened her eyes as the doctor's grip loosened until he let go. "What, what happened?"
"He's stabilized." The doctor said, putting the thermometer back in Gohan's mouth. "I think we may have broken the fever, look!" The doctor pointed. "It's 107, and going down." He smiled and Videl hugged the doctor.
"Oh Gohan, you did it!" Videl smiled. "So is the world safe now?"
"It should be, but we shouldn't jinx it and jump to conclusions." The doctor said and Videl went back to watching Gohan again. The temperature kept going down, now it was about 106. The doctor looked at Gohan's neck and smiled, the swells had gone too.
"Uh, Vegeta, how do we get out if Gohan's mouth is closed?" Goku asked.
"Wait until he says ah or opens his mouth." Vegeta said.
"Oh yea." Goku blushed, so they waited. About an hour passed and they were still stuck in Gohan's mouth. Outside though, the doctor and Videl were getting happier.
"It's gone from 105 to 104 to 103 and now it's at 102, I think we've done it." The doctor said to the nurse. "As soon as the fever breaks he should be out of the coma."
"And if we're lucky it'll just be to him a minor concussion." The nurse replied.
"Videl, get everyone in here, quick!" The doctor cried, noticing Gohan moving.
"Ok!" Videl nodded, seeing the fever go under 102. She ran into the waiting room. "Everyone come quick, it's Gohan!" She cried. Everyone began to move again.
"Gohan!" Chi-Chi looked up from where she had cried herself to sleep next to Bulma. They all followed Videl to Gohan's room. "Gohan?" Chi-Chi ran in.
"It's alright now, he's on his way to recovery." The doctor stepped aside.
"Gohan!" Videl and the others cried, he was awake now, his eyes were open.
"Are you ok?" Chi-Chi hugged him tightly.
"I will be mom." Gohan struggled to say, his voice still on the edge.
"I'm so glad you're ok." Videl hugged him.
"Gohan!" Bulma walked over. "How are you feeling?"
"Well, thankfully, only my throat hurts." Gohan smiled meekly.
"I was so afraid Trunks." Goten said. "I thought he could die."
"Well, if he did, I could've been your new big brother." Trunks replied quietly.
"Aw you're the best friend ever." Goten hugged him and Trunks smiled.
"Hey Piccolo." Gohan looked up from all the attention as Piccolo walked in.
"Hey." He said with no emotion, keeping a strait face.
"Aw, look at him, he's so happy he's lost for words." Gohan smirked.
"Oh shut up." Piccolo turned away, trying not blush. Everyone laughed.
"Ok everyone, I'm sorry to be a party pooper, but I have to back to examining him." The doctor replied and everyone began to simmer down.
"Wait, Videl, where is Goku?" Chi-Chi asked.
"Yea, and Vegeta too." Bulma put her hands on her hips.
"Looking for me?" Goku and Vegeta asked, they turned to the doorway.
"There you are!" Chi-Chi and Bulma went over. "Where were you?"
"Around." They smiled at each other, while Gohan had been talking they were able to sneak out of his mouth, fly around the corner into the hall and return to normal size without anyone noticing.
"Well, Gohan is all better now." Videl replied.
"I'm proud of you son." Goku walked over.
"Videl, can you take everyone back to the waiting room?" The doctor asked.
"Sure." Videl nodded and everyone left.
"Good job kid." Vegeta walked over to Gohan, he smirked.
"How do you feel, better?" Goku asked, sitting in the chair.
"Yea, my throat is still really bad though." Gohan coughed. Vegeta and Goku looked at each other with a secret expression.
"But you'll be able to leave the hospital very soon." The doctor smiled to himself. "You have no high fever and have no serious pain to keep you in here any longer."
"Yea, I always get sore throats too so its no big worry." Gohan replied hoarsely.
"Oh, by the way Goku, here." The doctor took a paper from the nurse. Goku's eyes widened and his jaw dropped at what he saw. "It's the hospital bill." The doctor said, it read $2,000. Goku passed out. The two looked down at him. "I'm afraid now it's $2, 500." He turned to Vegeta who shrugged with a smile and shook his head to himself.