Everyone loves the snow, and the two boys of the Son family are no
different. Their dad, Goku, had just defeated the evil Buu not too long ago
and earlier that year they had all gone together to Capsule Corp. for a BBQ
but Goku ended up egg sitting. It's wintertime now and something rare and
beautiful has happened in the mountains, it's snowed.
"Come on Gohan, let's go out and play!" Goten begged.
"Well, ok." Gohan smiled and went outside to play with his little brother of seven. Gohan was actually eagerly awaiting Videl, they were going on a trip to the snow mountain ski range with some friends for the weekend. "Wow, it sure is nice, isn't it Goten?"
"Yea, it's cool!" Goten giggled, the first time he'd ever seen snow.
"Oh there's Videl." Gohan saw her car pull over to his house.
"Gohan come on." Videl called, their two other friends were already in the backseat.
"Goten, why don't you go play with Trunks, I gotta go." Gohan got in the car.
"Ok, by Gohan, have fun!" Goten waved as the car drove out of sight. Goten went back to playing in the cold, white snow. About half an hour later Trunks flew down from out of the sky.
"Hey Goten, you're a regular snow man." He laughed, Goten was covered in snow.
"Yea isn't it cool? Come on." Goten threw a snowball at Trunks.
"Ow." It hit him but he smirked back. "Oh you're asking for it now!" The two giggled and let out cries of joy as they threw globs of snow back and foward in a snowball fight. They spent hours playing in the snow until Chi- Chi called them inside to take a break.
"You can play in the snow later, you should eat something for now." She said.
"Aw. Ok." The two boys went inside, disappointed.
"Oh don't be so down, it's not like the snow's gonna be gone when you go back out." She laughed. They ate their snacks quickly and were soon back out in the snow. They played late into the afternoon, Trunks was spending the night that day.
"Hey Goten, do you think we should go inside, it's getting late and I'm cold and tired."
"I wanna still play."
"I'm gonna be inside, your mom makes the best hot chocolate."
"Ok." Goten continued to play as Trunks went inside. He made a snowman and a snow angle and was working on a fort when Trunks came back outside.
"Hey, your mom is making dinner and said you should come inside."
"I'm coming." Goten ran inside.
"Hey, nice work."
"Thanks Trunks." They closed the door behind them.
After dinner they went to bed, eager to return to the snowy outside. Trunks got up early and was already hard at work continuing Goten's fort when somebody flew over, it was Dende.
"Hey Trunks, nice fort you got there."
"Hi, thanks Dende." Trunks smiled and watched him go inside. He shrugged and went back to work. Finally Goten ran outside to help in on the construction.
"Hey Trunks."
"Hey Goten."
Goten threw a snowball at Trunks, he laughed and threw one back. They began to fight in the snow and giggle. Trunks buried Goten's head in the snow as he struggled to get out. Trunks finally pulled Goten's frosted face back out. Goten gasped, it was freezing cold.
"Wow, that was cold!" He shivered and breathed quickly.
"Goten, are you ok?" Trunks asked between laughs.
"Yea."
"Goten, come back inside now." Chi-Chi opened the door.
"Aw, mom!" Goten shuffled over through the snow.
"Dende wants to see you now."
"Ok."
Trunks watched, confused, as Chi-Chi took Goten inside and closed the door. He went over to go open the door but before he could, Goku came outside.
"Oh, hey Trunks. You can't go inside right now." "Hu, how come?"
"Dende needs to be with Goten right now."
"Why?"
"He got kinda sick yesterday from being in the snow so long."
"Sick? Is he ok!"
"Don't worry, just stay outside for now." Goku went back inside.
Trunks was confused, Goten seemed fine to him. He went over to the window and watched the four of them go into Goten's room. He ran to the other side of the house and climbed onto a bush to be able to look inside the window. Trunks noticed Goten was still coughing from the snow as he brushed the ice off his face and out of his hair. He smiled but noticed Dende talking to Goku and Chi-Chi. Goten sat down on his bed and Dende put a thermometer in his mouth and listened to his heart. Goten frowned, he wanted to play outside. Dende finished and took it out, Goten began to cough again and Trunks frowned, realizing that Goten was in pain. Dende rubbed Goten's neck and told him something, probably to lie down because Goten got under his bed covers. The three adults left the room and went back to the door. Trunks ran over to meet them.
"I'll send somebody over tomorrow ok?" Dende was saying as he opened the door.
"Dende, can Goten play now?" Trunks asked.
"No I'm afraid not." Dende walked past him and flew off. Trunks looked up at Goku.
"Sorry Trunks." Goku took him back inside and closed the door.
"Goten doesn't seem sick to me, I wanna play." Trunks complained.
"Trunks don't worry, Gohan will be back tomorrow night." Chi-Chi replied.
Trunks sighed and folded his arms. The next day as Trunks was sitting on the porch, kicking at the snow, bored, a car drove up and a man came out. He didn't even look at or talk to Trunks, he just walked into the house. Trunks was confused, he went to the window and watched Goku and Chi-Chi lead the stranger into Goten's room where he slept. Trunks tried to get back on the bush to get a look, but it broke under his weight. He sighed but a sound caught his attention, he turned around to see a car. Gohan was early.
"Later Gohan." The girl in the back waved.
"Nice trip." The guy laughed, remarking on when Gohan did trick snow boarding.
"I'll call you Gohan." Videl started the car.
"By guys." Gohan watched the car drive off and then turned around. "Whoa, oh, hey Trunks." Gohan hadn't seen him and almost ran into him.
"Gohan, something's wrong with Goten."
"What?" Gohan was confused. Trunks lead him to the window. Gohan helped Trunks look in. The man was looking at Goten, Gohan watched nervously with an angry face.
"What are they saying Gohan?" Trunks noticed Gohan's worried expressions.
"I don't know." Gohan said quietly and turned to him. "But we can find out." He began to nudge his hand under the door and pushed it open a hairline crack, they could hear.
"Wow, nice trick Gohan." Trunks smiled, Gohan grinned back but became serious when he heard them talking. They turned their attention to back inside.
"I'm cold." Goten was saying.
"I'll get you a quilt." Chi-Chi went to the closet. The man walked toward the window with Goku to talk to him in private. Gohan and Trunks hid but the two didn't see them.
"He's exousted, and his fever is getting worse." The man was saying to Goku.
"Should we keep giving him the aspirin?" Goku asked.
"Yes, but that won't be enough." The man began to think. "This is the first case on the planet in the past 13 years." He sighed. "I'm afraid no medicine is currently available."
"First case in 13 years? What's wrong with him?" Goku panicked.
"I'm afraid he's got diphtheria." The man's words shocked Goku.
"He's got what?" Trunks whispered to Gohan, but he didn't reply, he didn't know what it was either but from what the man was saying it sounded bad. Trunks noticed Gohan's eyes, he was scared for his little brother and was almost crying. "Hey, are you ok?"
"Yea, fine." Gohan muttered quietly and made his eyes stop welling up. The three adults left Goten's room. Gohan led Trunks to the door but they didn't open it and go inside. "I'm sorry you had to see that, Trunks." Gohan muttered as they stood there.
"No, it's ok, I'm glad I did." Trunks sighed. The man opened the door, went to his car and left. Gohan and Trunks looked up, Goku and Chi-Chi were standing in the doorway. The four of them stared off into the distance, they knew this was not good.
"Come on Gohan, let's go out and play!" Goten begged.
"Well, ok." Gohan smiled and went outside to play with his little brother of seven. Gohan was actually eagerly awaiting Videl, they were going on a trip to the snow mountain ski range with some friends for the weekend. "Wow, it sure is nice, isn't it Goten?"
"Yea, it's cool!" Goten giggled, the first time he'd ever seen snow.
"Oh there's Videl." Gohan saw her car pull over to his house.
"Gohan come on." Videl called, their two other friends were already in the backseat.
"Goten, why don't you go play with Trunks, I gotta go." Gohan got in the car.
"Ok, by Gohan, have fun!" Goten waved as the car drove out of sight. Goten went back to playing in the cold, white snow. About half an hour later Trunks flew down from out of the sky.
"Hey Goten, you're a regular snow man." He laughed, Goten was covered in snow.
"Yea isn't it cool? Come on." Goten threw a snowball at Trunks.
"Ow." It hit him but he smirked back. "Oh you're asking for it now!" The two giggled and let out cries of joy as they threw globs of snow back and foward in a snowball fight. They spent hours playing in the snow until Chi- Chi called them inside to take a break.
"You can play in the snow later, you should eat something for now." She said.
"Aw. Ok." The two boys went inside, disappointed.
"Oh don't be so down, it's not like the snow's gonna be gone when you go back out." She laughed. They ate their snacks quickly and were soon back out in the snow. They played late into the afternoon, Trunks was spending the night that day.
"Hey Goten, do you think we should go inside, it's getting late and I'm cold and tired."
"I wanna still play."
"I'm gonna be inside, your mom makes the best hot chocolate."
"Ok." Goten continued to play as Trunks went inside. He made a snowman and a snow angle and was working on a fort when Trunks came back outside.
"Hey, your mom is making dinner and said you should come inside."
"I'm coming." Goten ran inside.
"Hey, nice work."
"Thanks Trunks." They closed the door behind them.
After dinner they went to bed, eager to return to the snowy outside. Trunks got up early and was already hard at work continuing Goten's fort when somebody flew over, it was Dende.
"Hey Trunks, nice fort you got there."
"Hi, thanks Dende." Trunks smiled and watched him go inside. He shrugged and went back to work. Finally Goten ran outside to help in on the construction.
"Hey Trunks."
"Hey Goten."
Goten threw a snowball at Trunks, he laughed and threw one back. They began to fight in the snow and giggle. Trunks buried Goten's head in the snow as he struggled to get out. Trunks finally pulled Goten's frosted face back out. Goten gasped, it was freezing cold.
"Wow, that was cold!" He shivered and breathed quickly.
"Goten, are you ok?" Trunks asked between laughs.
"Yea."
"Goten, come back inside now." Chi-Chi opened the door.
"Aw, mom!" Goten shuffled over through the snow.
"Dende wants to see you now."
"Ok."
Trunks watched, confused, as Chi-Chi took Goten inside and closed the door. He went over to go open the door but before he could, Goku came outside.
"Oh, hey Trunks. You can't go inside right now." "Hu, how come?"
"Dende needs to be with Goten right now."
"Why?"
"He got kinda sick yesterday from being in the snow so long."
"Sick? Is he ok!"
"Don't worry, just stay outside for now." Goku went back inside.
Trunks was confused, Goten seemed fine to him. He went over to the window and watched the four of them go into Goten's room. He ran to the other side of the house and climbed onto a bush to be able to look inside the window. Trunks noticed Goten was still coughing from the snow as he brushed the ice off his face and out of his hair. He smiled but noticed Dende talking to Goku and Chi-Chi. Goten sat down on his bed and Dende put a thermometer in his mouth and listened to his heart. Goten frowned, he wanted to play outside. Dende finished and took it out, Goten began to cough again and Trunks frowned, realizing that Goten was in pain. Dende rubbed Goten's neck and told him something, probably to lie down because Goten got under his bed covers. The three adults left the room and went back to the door. Trunks ran over to meet them.
"I'll send somebody over tomorrow ok?" Dende was saying as he opened the door.
"Dende, can Goten play now?" Trunks asked.
"No I'm afraid not." Dende walked past him and flew off. Trunks looked up at Goku.
"Sorry Trunks." Goku took him back inside and closed the door.
"Goten doesn't seem sick to me, I wanna play." Trunks complained.
"Trunks don't worry, Gohan will be back tomorrow night." Chi-Chi replied.
Trunks sighed and folded his arms. The next day as Trunks was sitting on the porch, kicking at the snow, bored, a car drove up and a man came out. He didn't even look at or talk to Trunks, he just walked into the house. Trunks was confused, he went to the window and watched Goku and Chi-Chi lead the stranger into Goten's room where he slept. Trunks tried to get back on the bush to get a look, but it broke under his weight. He sighed but a sound caught his attention, he turned around to see a car. Gohan was early.
"Later Gohan." The girl in the back waved.
"Nice trip." The guy laughed, remarking on when Gohan did trick snow boarding.
"I'll call you Gohan." Videl started the car.
"By guys." Gohan watched the car drive off and then turned around. "Whoa, oh, hey Trunks." Gohan hadn't seen him and almost ran into him.
"Gohan, something's wrong with Goten."
"What?" Gohan was confused. Trunks lead him to the window. Gohan helped Trunks look in. The man was looking at Goten, Gohan watched nervously with an angry face.
"What are they saying Gohan?" Trunks noticed Gohan's worried expressions.
"I don't know." Gohan said quietly and turned to him. "But we can find out." He began to nudge his hand under the door and pushed it open a hairline crack, they could hear.
"Wow, nice trick Gohan." Trunks smiled, Gohan grinned back but became serious when he heard them talking. They turned their attention to back inside.
"I'm cold." Goten was saying.
"I'll get you a quilt." Chi-Chi went to the closet. The man walked toward the window with Goku to talk to him in private. Gohan and Trunks hid but the two didn't see them.
"He's exousted, and his fever is getting worse." The man was saying to Goku.
"Should we keep giving him the aspirin?" Goku asked.
"Yes, but that won't be enough." The man began to think. "This is the first case on the planet in the past 13 years." He sighed. "I'm afraid no medicine is currently available."
"First case in 13 years? What's wrong with him?" Goku panicked.
"I'm afraid he's got diphtheria." The man's words shocked Goku.
"He's got what?" Trunks whispered to Gohan, but he didn't reply, he didn't know what it was either but from what the man was saying it sounded bad. Trunks noticed Gohan's eyes, he was scared for his little brother and was almost crying. "Hey, are you ok?"
"Yea, fine." Gohan muttered quietly and made his eyes stop welling up. The three adults left Goten's room. Gohan led Trunks to the door but they didn't open it and go inside. "I'm sorry you had to see that, Trunks." Gohan muttered as they stood there.
"No, it's ok, I'm glad I did." Trunks sighed. The man opened the door, went to his car and left. Gohan and Trunks looked up, Goku and Chi-Chi were standing in the doorway. The four of them stared off into the distance, they knew this was not good.
