Chi-Chi had been in the house for quiet some time now, the Z fighters were still standing outside, waiting. She had called the doctor and he'd given her instructions. Inside, Chi-Chi was boiling a pot of water when Goku went into the house to help her.

"Alright, I have the water heating up." Chi-Chi was saying to herself.

"Hi, honey." Goku said slowly as he walked in.

"Oh Goku, this is just so great!"

"Is he ok yet?"

"No silly, I haven't even given him the medicine yet."

"Well why not?"

"I have to carefully and exactly follow the instructions the doctor gave me."

"What do you have to do?"

"I first need to put a pot of water on boil, I'm warming it up right now."

"What's the next step, can I help?"

"Sure Goku, you can do it. You have to see how much of the medicine is in this bottle." Chi-Chi handed him a measuring glass, Goku looked it over. "I'll go get a washcloth."

Goku poured in the bottle into the glass and held it up to inspect it, there was half a glass of the potion in each bottle. "Hey Chi-Chi!" She returned to the room. "There's half a glass in each bottle, how much does Goten need to take?"

"He needs to take one cup on the first day."

"Wow, that's a lot of medicine. But what about the water?"

"We need to mix it with a cup of hot water that's been boiled in order to be fully purified."

"Wow." Goku was confused by the large amount of big words.

"Ah, the water is boiled." Chi-Chi noticed the masses of steam rising.

"Now what?"

"Hand me that big glass." Goku handed it to her, she mixed the boiled water and the two jars of medicine. "Now we have to get Goten to take it."

"But it's too hot."

"We'll let it cool down first." Chi-Chi rolled her eyes but couldn't help but smile. "Here." She handed him the washcloth she'd wet. "Go give that go Goten and check on him, I'll be in there in a few minutes once the water cools down enough so he can drink it."

"Ok."

Goku nodded and walked out of the kitchen with the damp washcloth. He walked down the hall and into Goten's room. It was dark and stuffy inside, Goku didn't like the way it felt. Goten was asleep, his raspy, uneasy snoring gave away the fact that he was in another one of his fever dreams. As Goku walked slowly over towards his son's bed, Goten tossed and turned with a jolt, causing Goku to stop in his tracks. He carefully watched his son's face, it tensed and his eyes squinted, then they opened.

"Dad?"

"Hey Goten." Goku smiled and sat down on the chair Chi-Chi kept vigil on.

"Hi daddy." Goten tried to sit up but got dizzy and couldn't support himself.

"Take it easy little guy." Goku helped to prop Goten up on his pillow. "How are you?"

"I dunno."

"Well, how do you feel?"

"The same I guess." Goten began to cough, a dry, congested cough. Goku winced slightly but smiled. "What's so funny?"

"You're gonna be ok."

"Hu? I am?"

"That's right." Chi-Chi came into the room. Goku smiled and looked up at her.

"Mom?"

"Here you go." Chi-Chi gave him the big glass. Goten stared at it.

"What is it?"

"The medicine."

"So I'm not gonna die?" Goten cried.

"That's right." Chi-Chi smiled.

"Yay, Gohan did it!" Goten cheered and drank it quickly, wiping his mouth. "So now I'm all better?"

"No, but you're on your way."

"So I have to take more of that stuff?"

"I'm afraid so."

"Aw, mom!"

"Now listen to your mother, son."

"Yes daddy."

Back outside, everyone was still standing around, waiting and fidgeting uneasily.

"I really hope we got here in time." Gohan wore a decimated look on his face.

"Don't worry kid, he'll be fine." Yamcha assured.

"But what if he's not?" Trunks asked.

"It's not any fault of our own." Tien replied. Chaitzou frowned as he let out a sigh. The sound of the door opening caused them all to look up. Goku came outside. "Goku." Goku didn't respond.

"Dad?" Gohan could feel the lump rise and grow in his throat. But Goku smiled, everyone tensed.

"He's gonna be ok." Goku smiled.

"Yea!" Everyone cheered. Gohan let out a long sigh of relief.

"We did it Gohan!" Trunks ran over and hugged him.

"Yea, we did." Gohan laughed slightly as he hugged back.

"Gohan, you can go see him now." Goku said.

"Great." Gohan smiled. Trunks let go and everyone watched Gohan go inside. He made his way into his little brother's room. "Ahem?" Gohan cleared his throat to make his presence known.

"Gohan?" Goten rubbed his eyes and looked up.

"Hey." Gohan was lost for words, he was so overjoyed, he sat down on Goten's bed.

"Thanks Gohan." He wrapped his arms around his big brother. "I'd be gone without you." Gohan looked down at Goten, he smiled up and Gohan smiled back.

"Hey Gohan?" Chi-Chi's voice made them turn to the door. She smiled at them. Gohan got up and went over to hug her. "Oh thank you." She whispered in her son's ear.

"Don't thank me mom, I was glad to do it. He's my little brother, it's up to me to take care of him."

"Wow, you've won this new sense for responsibility."

"No it was always there, I just had to find it." Gohan smiled as he and Chi- Chi walked back outside where everyone was waiting.

"Is he ok?" Trunks asked.

"He's doing just great." Gohan smiled.

Everyone cheered again, they were thrilled to have Goten on the road to recovery on account of their success. Gohan jumped around with joy along side Trunks. Goku walked over to Chi-Chi and put his arm around her. They looked at each other and smiled, then turned back to watch Gohan celebrate with the Z fighters.

"That's great, Gohan saved the day." Chaitzou was saying to Tien.

"Yea, he's pretty good alright." Yamcha agreed.

"Hey Gohan, whatever did happen to you back in Alaska?" Tien brought up the question.

"Yea, what took ya so long to get there?" Yamcha chimed in.

"Well guys," Gohan smiled. "If you're ever getting tired of watching the news and start flipping through some channels, don't be surprised if you see my face on any of the new season sitcoms."

"Gohan's so cool, I wanna grow up to be just like him." Trunks replied eagerly.

"Guys, don't give me all the credit, we all worked together." Gohan said solemnly.

"Hey wait, what about Vegeta?" Tien's question came out of the blue.

"Oh you shouldn't worry about that, guys." Goku walked over and smiled. "You leave that little matter to me." He pounded a fist into his hand. Everyone laughed, Vegeta was in for it now!