Goku tossed and turned as he slept. He was sweating like mad. Chi-Chi lay awake next to her husband. She had never seen him so restless. She sat up and looked down at him. She could tell that he was getting sick, but she didn't know why. He had never gotten sick a day in his life. Well, he did come down with that heart virus, but that was an exception. From what Chi-Chi could tell, Goku was just coming down with a cold. She was beginning to get worried. 'Goku shouldn't be getting sick like this. Why is he getting sick? He's a Saiyan. Saiyans don't get sick.' She watched as he slept. He didn't look very peaceful. She put her hand on his forehead. He didn't feel like he had a fever. That was a good sign. At least he wasn't coming down with the flu. At least, she hoped that he wasn't.
Goku opened his eyes. He found that he had to breathe with his mouth open. His nose was totally stuffed up. "Chi-Chi?" He sat up. He immediately felt an enormous pressure in his temples and eyes. He grabbed his head with his hand. "Ahhh!" Goku had never felt a pain like this before. It was more then he had ever imagined it would be.
"Goku!" Chi-Chi grabbed him into her. She let him rest his head on her. She ran her fingers through his hair. "What's the matter Goku? What are you feeling?" It was unbelievable. Chi-Chi never imagined that she would have to do this with Goku.
Goku grabbed his hair with his hand and pulled on it. He couldn't stand it. The pain was too great. "Pressure…in eyes. Pulsating beating…in my temples." Goku winced as a sharp pain shot through his head. He wanted it to go away. He made a fist and punched the wall. "Why won't it just go away?!"
Chi-Chi didn't know what to do. She had never had to care for someone who was sick before. "Be quiet Goku. You will wake Usagi." Chi-Chi understood his pain. He had a migraine, something else Saiyans are lucky enough not to experience.
At that moment, Goku didn't care if he woke up the entire city. He just wanted the pain to go away. There was something wrong with him. That had to be it. There was just simply something wrong with him. He was getting ill for the first time. "What's wrong with me? I shouldn't be getting sick." Goku picked his head up off of Chi-Chi when he heard the door squeak.
"Mamma, daddy, what's wrong?" Usagi stood in the doorway with a blanket wrapped around her. She HAD been awaken by her father's voice after a loud pound. She looked at her father. He had beads of sweat running down his face and body. She gasped. "Daddy!" She ran to the bed.
"Usagi, everything is fine. Daddy is just fine." Goku winced again when a sharp pain ran up the right side up his body. He leaned into his wife again.
Usagi climbed onto the bed and looked at her father closer. She put her hand on his arm. "Daddy…" She could feel tears forming in her eyes. He was getting sick. She knew the only way for him to get sick was if it was a REALLY horrible virus.
Chi-Chi looked down to her daughter. "Usagi, your father is going to be ok. He's just got a little cold right now." She put her hand on her face. "Your father is strong. Nothing can keep him down. He will be better in about a week. Just give it time." She could feel her husband taking fast heavy and breaths. 'You better be ok Goku, if not for me, then for your daughter.' She stared down at her husband.
Usagi looked back at her father. She could tell by his small whimpers that he was in a lot of pain. "Isn't there anything you can do mamma?" Usagi didn't take her attention off of her father. She was really worried about him. Usagi finally looked over at her mother when she hadn't responded to her question. Her mother looked horrible. Like she too was about to cry. "Mamma!"
Chi-Chi looked to her daughter. "I think so. I will try to give him some aspirin. Hopefully that will make the pain settle down a bit. I will bring in some cold pills too. It will help him sleep." Chi-Chi lifted her husband up off of her and crawled out from underneath him. She gently laid him down where she had been sitting. "Don't bother your father Usagi." Chi-Chi left the bedside and walked out of the room.
Usagi watched as her mother left. She looked back down at her father. He lay on his side with his eyes closed. His arms thrown out in front of him while his body looked like that of a dead carcass in the wild. She listened to his heavy breathing as she sat on her knees. She didn't know what to think. This was all too much for her to take in at once. She crawled forward and placed her hand on his arm. His skin was clammy, not a good sign. Usagi was afraid that something was going to happen to him. She pulled her hand off of his arm and lay down by him.
Goku opened his eyes. He saw his daughter lying in front of him. He knew she was scared. He was too. He had never felt this way in his entire life. This wasn't normal. He shouldn't be getting sick like this. He felt better when he was lying down, though. He extended his arm and wrapped it around Usagi. He pulled her close to him. "It's ok Usagi. There is no need to worry." Goku wasn't sure if he could believe himself on that one. He just didn't want Usagi to be scared. He hated doing this to her. What he didn't want to happen in her life, had. He may have to leave her like he didn't want to. He knew this would happen. It was as if he wasn't supposed to live a happy life with his children. Or worse, his children weren't supposed to live a happy life. Both Gohan and Goten hadn't lived great lives. They were ok, but not fantastic. Goku wasn't there for seven years of the boys' lives, and when he was, they were usually fighting or training for a fight. By the time the attacks on earth had stopped, Gohan was already grown, and Goten was at the age where he was becoming rebellious. He looked up just as Chi-Chi was walking into the room. She was carrying a glass of water in one hand, and a small box and a small round container in the other.
"Here you go Goku." She turned on the light. She noticed her daughter lying with her husband. "Usagi, I told you not to bother your father. I know you're worried but…"
Goku pulled his arm back and slowly sat up. His eyes were still trying to adjust to the newly formed light. He grabbed his head as the pain increased when he sat up and leaned against the headrest. "It's alright Chi-Chi. She wasn't bothering me. She was just comforting me." Goku grabbed Usagi and pulled her into his lap.
Chi-Chi sat the medicine and water on the table by Goku's side of the bed. She opened a small white bottle. "I just wanted to make sure she wasn't annoying you." She pulled out two small white pills from the bottle and re-closed it. She picked up the glass of water and handed it to her husband, along with the pills. "Take these, they should make the headache go away, or at least take the edge off a bit."
Goku reached over the head of his daughter and grabbed the pills and water. He put both pills in his mouth and washed them down with a big gulp of the water. He waited for a moment and looked to Chi-Chi as if something was wrong. "They aren't working."
Chi-Chi laughed. "You have to wait for them to kick in. Don't worry, it shouldn't be too long. Here, now take these. They should allow you to sleep more soundly." Chi-Chi pulled out a silver holder from a blue box. She punched out two yellow pills from it and handed them to her husband.
Goku grabbed the pills. He swallowed those too. "I hope these work. I feel horrible." Goku scooted down into the bed a little bit more, taking Usagi with him. He closed his eyes. "Chi-Chi, I don't know how you do it. I don't know how you live through illnesses like this."
Chi-Chi sat down on the bed and shrugged. "Eh, I get around. It's not fun, but you do learn to live with it after a while." She grabbed Usagi off of her father. She held her in her arms and looked down at her. "Hopefully, you won't ever have to go through this." She looked back to Goku who was now resting his eyes. The medicine seemed to be starting to work. "I'll call Bulma in the morning. I want her to run some tests on you. You know, to see what's wrong with you."
Usagi looked up at her mother. "Can I go too?" She wanted to find out what was wrong with her father as soon as possible.
Chi-Chi shook her head. "No, you have school. You can't just take off a day."
Usagi had a pretty good feeling that her mother would say that. "Please mamma, its only one day." Usagi really wanted to go. It wasn't fair. He was, after all, her father. She should be there with him.
"No, don't ask me again. If I let you take off every day that you wanted to, you would be in school maybe once a week. I can't do that. You have yourself to worry about. Let me and your father worry about this." She put Usagi on the ground and stood up. "Now let's get you off to bed. You have to wake up early in the morning." She grabbed her daughter's hand and began walking to the door. "I'll be back Goku."
Usagi turned her head as she walked. "Goodnight daddy."
Goku lifted his head just in time to watch Usagi walk out of the room with his daughter. "Goodnight sweetie." He lay his head back down on the pillow beneath his head. The pressure in his head was beginning to dissipate and thanks to those cold pills he could breathe again. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to fall into a peaceful sleep.
~*~*~
Chi-Chi covered her daughter with her blankets. She rubbed her hand in her hair and smiled down to her. "Please try not to worry about your father Usagi. We will get to the bottom of this." 'I hope.'
Usagi faked a smile for her mother. She wouldn't believe anything that she said until she saw results. She wanted them to go down to Bulma's now and test him, but she knew that that was entirely impossible. "But daddy isn't supposed to get sick. Something is wrong, I just know it." She could feel it. It was a horrible feeling. Something seemed out of place.
Chi-Chi was now worried about her daughter too. If something were to happen to Goku, she was afraid that Usagi wouldn't know what to do with herself. She was too attached to her father for her own good. Just like Gohan had been. Gohan had suffered so much when his father had died. "Usagi, please. Don't think about it right now. The important thing is for you to get some sleep now. We can talk about it tomorrow after school. I want you to come to Bulma's. We will be waiting for you there. Now go to sleep little one." She bent over and kissed her daughter on her forehead. When she came back up she could see the fear in her eyes.
~*~*~
Usagi woke up at 6:30 when her alarm was set to go off. She sat up and held her head in her hands. She groaned as she remembered what had taken place only a few hours ago. 'I don't want to go to school. This isn't fair.'
She jumped out of her bed and walked to her door. She stopped when she got in front of her desk. On it sat her Dragon Ball. The same Dragon Ball that had started everything. She smiled when she thought of the day that she had taken it back from Michiru. She could still see the expression on her face clearly in her mind. She would never forget that day. She quickly got herself away from her thinking and walked into the living room. She saw her father sitting on the sofa with his head bent backwards so it could rest on the back. "Daddy, are you feeling any better yet?" She hoped he did.
Goku picked his head up and looked at Usagi. She was still in her bed cloths and hadn't done her hair yet so it still hung down past her shoulder blades. He smiled. "Hey there Usagi. I'm feeling a little better this morning. Your mom's pills seemed to work pretty well. I just feel a little bit nauseous that's all. Did you sleep very well." Usagi shook her head. "I guess last night was pretty rough on all of us." He looked at the clock on the wall. "I guess you should get ready."
"Are you still going with me to school?" Usagi didn't think that he would, but it was worth a try to ask.
Goku wanted to, but he couldn't. "No, it's not safe for me to do anything that consumes too much energy. You are going to have to go on your own. I'm sorry sweetie."
Usagi understood. She didn't want to put her father in anymore danger than he was already in. "That's ok daddy." She looked behind her at the bathroom door. "I guess I should go now. I don't want to be late." She turned around and walked into the bathroom so she could take her bath.
~*~*~
Usagi was listening to her mother on the phone while she was eating her breakfast. She listened to what she was telling Bulma, who was on the other line.
"So then last night, Goku woke up and was in some major pain. I had to give him some aspirin and cold pills to calm him down. I don't know what to do Bulma. He has never gotten sick like this. Not like a cold or flu anyways. Usagi is really worried about him. I had to lie to her and tell her that everything will be all right. Goku seems to be fine right now, but I want to know why he is getting sick."
Bulma couldn't understand what would make him so sick either. "And you say it all started with a sneeze?" This interested Bulma.
"Yes. What do you think it could be? Is there a new virus going around or something?" Chi-Chi wrapped the phone cord around her wrist.
"I don't know, you see, the reason why I asked about the sneezing thing is because Vejita has been sneezing too. We were wondering about that too. But now that this thing with Goku has come up, I'm completely baffled about the whole thing. I think it WOULD be a good idea for the two of you to come down today. I want to do some tests on both Goku and Vejita so we can see if we can match anything up." Bulma wasn't sure if she would like what she would find but it had to be done. They had to find out what was wrong with their husbands. "I'll watch Vejita closely too."
Chi-Chi's mood just got worse. Something WAS definitely wrong. It wasn't just Goku, but Vejita also. "Thank you Bulma. We will probably be down in a couple of hours. I have to make sure Usagi leaves in time and then we will be on our way."
Usagi listened to her mother. 'She lied about daddy being all right?' Usagi all of a sudden didn't feel like eating anymore. She was too nervous now. Her stomach did flip flops inside her as she got up and put her plate on the counter. She turned around and saw her mother walk into the room.
Chi-Chi looked at her daughter and then up to her half-eaten meal. "Usagi, you really should eat. You need the energy."
Usagi stared at her mother. 'Why did you lie to me mamma?' "I'm not hungry. I can't eat anymore." She began to walk to the door. She wanted to leave. She was angry with her mother. She shouldn't have lied to her like she had.
Chi-Chi walked to the counter and grabbed Usagi's lunch bag off of it. "Usagi, don't forget your lunch." She followed her daughter out into the living room. Usagi was putting her book bag on her back. Chi-Chi took her opportunity to open the bag on Usagi's back and stick her lunch in it. "I want you to at least try to eat something today. I don't want you to starve yourself."
Usagi turned around to look at her mother. She decided not to make matters more complicated then they already were. "Ok mamma. I will." She tried to smile, but it's kind of hard to smile when your father has gotten sick for the first time and you don't know why.
Chi-Chi understood what Usagi was going through for she, herself, was going through the same thing. She had been through it before. She knew a little bit about handling this kind of situation, but Usagi did not. It was totally new to her. "We will be waiting for you at Bulma's today. And please, come alone. Don't bring your friends toady."
Usagi nodded as she walked to the door. "I better get going. I don't want to be late. Tell daddy I said good bye." With that she walked out the door. She looked up at the sky. The sun had risen and the birds were singing. She sighed as she jumped in the air and began to fly to her school.
~*~*~
Everyday, Makoto would walk to school. She only lived about a mile away and it didn't take her that long to walk it since she had been training with Usagi and her father. She enjoyed the time to herself. She was able to walk along the roads by herself with barely anyone else around. It gave her time to think without any distractions.
A cool breeze blew against her as se walked. It felt good against her skin. She had been cooped up inside a hot house for the past 6 hours and a nice breeze felt wonderful. It was rather refreshing.
~*~*~
Two men followed Makoto very closely. They were undetected by her. She could not see them nor could she hear them. The taller being stopped. "Okori, check your computer. I don't think that this girl is Saiyan."
The being named Okori pulled out a small red computer from his pocket. He began punching in buttons on it. A red screen with black words. The computer 'bleeped' at Okori. "Tarupa, this girl is species two-two-nine-one-zero-six."
The being named Tarupa clenched his fists. "No good. She is clearly human. But that man, the Saiyan, he has a daughter."
Okori stepped forward as he watched Makoto walk forward. "Maybe they adopted. I don't even see a tail on her. I didn't see a tail on the other two girls either. I guess we should move on with the process. We don't want the prophecy to come true again."
~*~*~
Usagi arrived at school later then usual. She walked into her classroom with five minutes to spare. Mr. Koch just glared at her. On a normal day, he would have yelled at her for coming in so late. He always liked to take role early and hated it when students walked in that late. But today wasn't a normal day. He was afraid of what would happen if he messes with her again. After what her father had done to him the day before, he knew better then to harass her anymore.
Usagi sat in her chair. Minako and Makoto had already been seated and were showing each other current issues of their favorite anime magazines. Sorry, I had to put that it Usagi slumped down into her chair with a rather loud thud. She crossed her arms on the table and buried her face in them.
Minako and Makoto stopped what they were doing and looked to their friend, who seemed upset about something. Minako, being the sweet and loving person she is, wanted to help her if she could. "Usagi, what's the matter? I don't think I've seen you this upset since Mr. Koch sent you to the principal's office for supposedly talking back to him." Minako always worried about her friends. She didn't like to see them upset. Usagi mumbled something into her arm. Minako looked at Makoto. They were both confused. "Usagi, we couldn't understand that. Could you please repeat that for us?"
Usagi lifted her head. "Daddy is sick. Really, REALLY sick. I heard mamma talking to Bulma. She said she had to lie to me about daddy being ok." Usagi didn't want to be at school that day.
Makoto sympathetically looked at her friend. "Usagi, I thought your dad couldn't get sick." She could tell that that was the wrong thing to say to her. Right after she said that, Usagi's skin color in her face became pale.
"I know that Makoto. That's why it's really bad that he's sick. He said that he felt better this morning, but he shouldn't be sick at all." She looked up at her friends. "I'm scared you guys. What if something really bad happens to him? What if he…" Usagi's eyes widened. "Dies?" She could feel her gut turning inside her. That was not something that she wanted to think about. She couldn't imagine her life without her father. Neither could I .
Minako placed her hand on Usagi's shoulder. "Don't worry Usagi. Your dad isn't going to die. From what I hear, he's really strong." Minako couldn't understand how he had gotten so sick in such a small amount of time. He was fine when she was there. He was fine when they played their little game with him.
Usagi thought about it for a little while. "Maybe he won't die. Maybe I'm just being silly about this whole thing. Maybe daddy is right, that he is ok. I hope he is."
~*~*~
Chi-Chi drove as fast as she could to Bulma's. Goku was in the back of the car, lying across the back seat. Right before they had left the house she had given him some more medication to keep the pain from rising up again. She could hear him whining behind her as she drove. "We will be there soon Goku just hand in there. Maybe Bulma can concoct something for you. Something that will work with Saiyans."
Goku grabbed his head. "It's not the sickness. It's your driving. You're making me dizzy back here. You really should be more gentle when you drive."
Chi-Chi frowned. "Here I am, trying to do something nice for you, and all you do is make fun of me. Honestly Goku, even when you are in the worst situation you still make foolish jokes."
Goku laughed as she drove on. He loved to do that to her. She was so easily pissed off. "You know I can't resist a good joke." Chi-Chi picked up a map from the seat beside her and threw it at her husband.
~*~*~
Usagi sat and tried to listen to Mr. Koch's lecture about the class' last math test. He was going on about how poorly everyone did. "You guys never ask questions so I guess that you understand. If you don't understand something, you need to ask me questions." He looked around to the class. Most of the kids didn't even look like they were paying attention. He laid his eyes on Usagi who had her head down on her portion of the table. She was being the rudest of all. She had fallen asleep in his class. "Miss Son." No answer. "Miss Son! Answer me now!"
Usagi slowly lifted her head. She knew that she deserved that but she was in no mood to listen to him go on about responsibility. She glared at him? With a sharp tone in her voice she replied to her teacher. "What!?"
The whole class gasped. Usagi normally stayed quiet and took his crap from him. This was a first from Usagi. Actually, this was a first for anyone in the class. Not one single person in that room had ever talked back to a teacher like that before. Some of the kids laughed while others listened for more sass from their classmate. Makoto and Minako were especially shocked at Usagi's behavior. Normally, she respected authority. She must have really been upset to do THAT.
Mr. Koch stared at Usagi. He knew that he had a REAL reason to discipline her now. "You know young lady, you have been very rude to me all day and this just tops it off." He looked around to the faces of his students again. They were all paying attention now. They wanted to see what happened next. He frowned. "I don't know why all of you have to be so rude."
Now Usagi frowned. She was tired of him always trying to throw his weight around. Just because he was a teacher didn't excuse the fact that he was down right rude. She stood up. "Maybe because we are tired of you always yelling at us. Maybe because you're a jerk. All you do is talk. You are way boring and no one likes you." Usagi angrily waved her tail behind her. She couldn't believe what she had just done but she also didn't care. She wanted to get kicked out of class. She wanted to be in piece and quiet with no one else around. She needed time to calm herself down.
Mr. Koch could hear the laughter of his students pouring in on him. His face turned red. If she was his daughter, he would have turned her over and let her have it real good for that. He pointed at the door. "Out in the hall, NOW!" He watched as Usagi threw her chair out from behind her and walked to the door. "Go back." Usagi turned around. The whole class was starring at her. "Go back and push in your chair." Usagi ignored him. She wanted to spite him, so she turned around and walked out the door, kicking it shut with her foot. Mr. Koch grabbed a ruler off of the chalkboard ledge and broke it in half. He turned to his class. "Behave while I am gone. I need to deal with her."
Minako couldn't sit by and watch her friend get yelled at on top of her being upset. She stood up. "Please Mr. Koch, she is going through a rough time. Don't push her."
Mr. Koch looked over at Minako. "Do you want to get kicked out too Miss Aino?" Minako couldn't believe it. He didn't care. She shook her head. "Then I suggest you sit down and shut up before you do."
Minako sat down as she was told. She watched her teacher walk out of the room and then turned to Makoto. "I hope Usagi gives it to him good."
Makoto nodded in agreeance. "Yeah, and in the mood she's in, there is no doubt that she will. I would do the same thing."
A boy with short spiky hair stood up. "Well I think Usagi is cool for what she did. She is the only one who had the guts enough to say that to him. We all know it's true."
~*~*~
Usagi saw Mr. Koch standing by her out of the corner of her eyes as she sat in the hallway against the wall starring at the wall in front of her. "What do you want?"
Mr. Koch crossed his arms. "You seem to be forgetting that I am the teacher and you need to respect me."
Usagi snorted. "Respect?" She stood up and faced her teacher. "Why don't you start respecting us, and then we will start respecting you. You are the meanest teacher I have ever met." Usagi was now as close to Mr. Koch as she could get. She could feel her heart racing inside her. She knew that she was going to get into some major trouble and her parents would be notified. She wouldn't fight it either. She knew the consequences of what she was doing. She would accept her punishment and live with it.
Mr. Koch had never in his life had a child speak to him like this before. He was shocked at her behavior. "Young lady, I suggest you shut your mouth before something happens." He stuck his index finger in her fact.
Usagi smirked as she crossed her arms. She just wanted to be left alone. "Make me." That did it. By school rules he was allowed to take action now and her parents knew the rules so they couldn't get mad at him. He raised his hand and slapped her in the face. He expected her to start crying but she didn't. Instead, she just grabbed her face as she looked up at him. She seemed calm. "I deserved that."
Mr. Koch was shocked. He definitely did not expect that response from her. "Yes you did."
Usagi frowned. "You weren't supposed to agree with me."
"You weren't supposed to talk back to me."
"You weren't supposed to be an idiot like you were." She turned around so she didn't have to look at him anymore. "Why don't you just leave me alone? I don't want to deal with you right now."
Mr. Koch didn't want to deal with her right then either. "Why don't you come back into the room. You will sit in the back of the room at the time out table for the rest of the day. I don't want to hear another word from you or else I will send you down to the principal's office and request a harsh punishment. After school, we will talk about your behavior and fill out a referral form. It will be sent in the mail to your home."
Usagi rolled her eyes. 'So what. This guy needs to stop running his mouth. I'll tell mamma and daddy about it today. If I tell them now, they won't care. They will be too caught up in what's wrong with daddy.' Usagi began thinking about her father again. She hoped that he was ok.
~*~*~
Chi-Chi and Goku arrived at Bulma's around 10:30 in the morning. Chi-Chi looked into the back of the car. Her husband was sound asleep. "Goku, wake up, we are here."
Goku opened his eyes. His wife was hovering her face over him. "Hi sleepy head. We're here. Let's go see what's wrong with you."
Goku sat up. His nose was becoming stuffed up again. "Good, I need something to blow my nose in. I can't breathe."
Chi-Chi looked at Goku like he was a baby. He was so cute and he sounded cute with his plugged nose. That didn't excuse the fact that he was sick though. "Ok, well, I guess we should get in there then."
(Ok, that's it for this part. What do you think? Good or bad? Please review, thank you ^_~)
Goku opened his eyes. He found that he had to breathe with his mouth open. His nose was totally stuffed up. "Chi-Chi?" He sat up. He immediately felt an enormous pressure in his temples and eyes. He grabbed his head with his hand. "Ahhh!" Goku had never felt a pain like this before. It was more then he had ever imagined it would be.
"Goku!" Chi-Chi grabbed him into her. She let him rest his head on her. She ran her fingers through his hair. "What's the matter Goku? What are you feeling?" It was unbelievable. Chi-Chi never imagined that she would have to do this with Goku.
Goku grabbed his hair with his hand and pulled on it. He couldn't stand it. The pain was too great. "Pressure…in eyes. Pulsating beating…in my temples." Goku winced as a sharp pain shot through his head. He wanted it to go away. He made a fist and punched the wall. "Why won't it just go away?!"
Chi-Chi didn't know what to do. She had never had to care for someone who was sick before. "Be quiet Goku. You will wake Usagi." Chi-Chi understood his pain. He had a migraine, something else Saiyans are lucky enough not to experience.
At that moment, Goku didn't care if he woke up the entire city. He just wanted the pain to go away. There was something wrong with him. That had to be it. There was just simply something wrong with him. He was getting ill for the first time. "What's wrong with me? I shouldn't be getting sick." Goku picked his head up off of Chi-Chi when he heard the door squeak.
"Mamma, daddy, what's wrong?" Usagi stood in the doorway with a blanket wrapped around her. She HAD been awaken by her father's voice after a loud pound. She looked at her father. He had beads of sweat running down his face and body. She gasped. "Daddy!" She ran to the bed.
"Usagi, everything is fine. Daddy is just fine." Goku winced again when a sharp pain ran up the right side up his body. He leaned into his wife again.
Usagi climbed onto the bed and looked at her father closer. She put her hand on his arm. "Daddy…" She could feel tears forming in her eyes. He was getting sick. She knew the only way for him to get sick was if it was a REALLY horrible virus.
Chi-Chi looked down to her daughter. "Usagi, your father is going to be ok. He's just got a little cold right now." She put her hand on her face. "Your father is strong. Nothing can keep him down. He will be better in about a week. Just give it time." She could feel her husband taking fast heavy and breaths. 'You better be ok Goku, if not for me, then for your daughter.' She stared down at her husband.
Usagi looked back at her father. She could tell by his small whimpers that he was in a lot of pain. "Isn't there anything you can do mamma?" Usagi didn't take her attention off of her father. She was really worried about him. Usagi finally looked over at her mother when she hadn't responded to her question. Her mother looked horrible. Like she too was about to cry. "Mamma!"
Chi-Chi looked to her daughter. "I think so. I will try to give him some aspirin. Hopefully that will make the pain settle down a bit. I will bring in some cold pills too. It will help him sleep." Chi-Chi lifted her husband up off of her and crawled out from underneath him. She gently laid him down where she had been sitting. "Don't bother your father Usagi." Chi-Chi left the bedside and walked out of the room.
Usagi watched as her mother left. She looked back down at her father. He lay on his side with his eyes closed. His arms thrown out in front of him while his body looked like that of a dead carcass in the wild. She listened to his heavy breathing as she sat on her knees. She didn't know what to think. This was all too much for her to take in at once. She crawled forward and placed her hand on his arm. His skin was clammy, not a good sign. Usagi was afraid that something was going to happen to him. She pulled her hand off of his arm and lay down by him.
Goku opened his eyes. He saw his daughter lying in front of him. He knew she was scared. He was too. He had never felt this way in his entire life. This wasn't normal. He shouldn't be getting sick like this. He felt better when he was lying down, though. He extended his arm and wrapped it around Usagi. He pulled her close to him. "It's ok Usagi. There is no need to worry." Goku wasn't sure if he could believe himself on that one. He just didn't want Usagi to be scared. He hated doing this to her. What he didn't want to happen in her life, had. He may have to leave her like he didn't want to. He knew this would happen. It was as if he wasn't supposed to live a happy life with his children. Or worse, his children weren't supposed to live a happy life. Both Gohan and Goten hadn't lived great lives. They were ok, but not fantastic. Goku wasn't there for seven years of the boys' lives, and when he was, they were usually fighting or training for a fight. By the time the attacks on earth had stopped, Gohan was already grown, and Goten was at the age where he was becoming rebellious. He looked up just as Chi-Chi was walking into the room. She was carrying a glass of water in one hand, and a small box and a small round container in the other.
"Here you go Goku." She turned on the light. She noticed her daughter lying with her husband. "Usagi, I told you not to bother your father. I know you're worried but…"
Goku pulled his arm back and slowly sat up. His eyes were still trying to adjust to the newly formed light. He grabbed his head as the pain increased when he sat up and leaned against the headrest. "It's alright Chi-Chi. She wasn't bothering me. She was just comforting me." Goku grabbed Usagi and pulled her into his lap.
Chi-Chi sat the medicine and water on the table by Goku's side of the bed. She opened a small white bottle. "I just wanted to make sure she wasn't annoying you." She pulled out two small white pills from the bottle and re-closed it. She picked up the glass of water and handed it to her husband, along with the pills. "Take these, they should make the headache go away, or at least take the edge off a bit."
Goku reached over the head of his daughter and grabbed the pills and water. He put both pills in his mouth and washed them down with a big gulp of the water. He waited for a moment and looked to Chi-Chi as if something was wrong. "They aren't working."
Chi-Chi laughed. "You have to wait for them to kick in. Don't worry, it shouldn't be too long. Here, now take these. They should allow you to sleep more soundly." Chi-Chi pulled out a silver holder from a blue box. She punched out two yellow pills from it and handed them to her husband.
Goku grabbed the pills. He swallowed those too. "I hope these work. I feel horrible." Goku scooted down into the bed a little bit more, taking Usagi with him. He closed his eyes. "Chi-Chi, I don't know how you do it. I don't know how you live through illnesses like this."
Chi-Chi sat down on the bed and shrugged. "Eh, I get around. It's not fun, but you do learn to live with it after a while." She grabbed Usagi off of her father. She held her in her arms and looked down at her. "Hopefully, you won't ever have to go through this." She looked back to Goku who was now resting his eyes. The medicine seemed to be starting to work. "I'll call Bulma in the morning. I want her to run some tests on you. You know, to see what's wrong with you."
Usagi looked up at her mother. "Can I go too?" She wanted to find out what was wrong with her father as soon as possible.
Chi-Chi shook her head. "No, you have school. You can't just take off a day."
Usagi had a pretty good feeling that her mother would say that. "Please mamma, its only one day." Usagi really wanted to go. It wasn't fair. He was, after all, her father. She should be there with him.
"No, don't ask me again. If I let you take off every day that you wanted to, you would be in school maybe once a week. I can't do that. You have yourself to worry about. Let me and your father worry about this." She put Usagi on the ground and stood up. "Now let's get you off to bed. You have to wake up early in the morning." She grabbed her daughter's hand and began walking to the door. "I'll be back Goku."
Usagi turned her head as she walked. "Goodnight daddy."
Goku lifted his head just in time to watch Usagi walk out of the room with his daughter. "Goodnight sweetie." He lay his head back down on the pillow beneath his head. The pressure in his head was beginning to dissipate and thanks to those cold pills he could breathe again. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to fall into a peaceful sleep.
~*~*~
Chi-Chi covered her daughter with her blankets. She rubbed her hand in her hair and smiled down to her. "Please try not to worry about your father Usagi. We will get to the bottom of this." 'I hope.'
Usagi faked a smile for her mother. She wouldn't believe anything that she said until she saw results. She wanted them to go down to Bulma's now and test him, but she knew that that was entirely impossible. "But daddy isn't supposed to get sick. Something is wrong, I just know it." She could feel it. It was a horrible feeling. Something seemed out of place.
Chi-Chi was now worried about her daughter too. If something were to happen to Goku, she was afraid that Usagi wouldn't know what to do with herself. She was too attached to her father for her own good. Just like Gohan had been. Gohan had suffered so much when his father had died. "Usagi, please. Don't think about it right now. The important thing is for you to get some sleep now. We can talk about it tomorrow after school. I want you to come to Bulma's. We will be waiting for you there. Now go to sleep little one." She bent over and kissed her daughter on her forehead. When she came back up she could see the fear in her eyes.
~*~*~
Usagi woke up at 6:30 when her alarm was set to go off. She sat up and held her head in her hands. She groaned as she remembered what had taken place only a few hours ago. 'I don't want to go to school. This isn't fair.'
She jumped out of her bed and walked to her door. She stopped when she got in front of her desk. On it sat her Dragon Ball. The same Dragon Ball that had started everything. She smiled when she thought of the day that she had taken it back from Michiru. She could still see the expression on her face clearly in her mind. She would never forget that day. She quickly got herself away from her thinking and walked into the living room. She saw her father sitting on the sofa with his head bent backwards so it could rest on the back. "Daddy, are you feeling any better yet?" She hoped he did.
Goku picked his head up and looked at Usagi. She was still in her bed cloths and hadn't done her hair yet so it still hung down past her shoulder blades. He smiled. "Hey there Usagi. I'm feeling a little better this morning. Your mom's pills seemed to work pretty well. I just feel a little bit nauseous that's all. Did you sleep very well." Usagi shook her head. "I guess last night was pretty rough on all of us." He looked at the clock on the wall. "I guess you should get ready."
"Are you still going with me to school?" Usagi didn't think that he would, but it was worth a try to ask.
Goku wanted to, but he couldn't. "No, it's not safe for me to do anything that consumes too much energy. You are going to have to go on your own. I'm sorry sweetie."
Usagi understood. She didn't want to put her father in anymore danger than he was already in. "That's ok daddy." She looked behind her at the bathroom door. "I guess I should go now. I don't want to be late." She turned around and walked into the bathroom so she could take her bath.
~*~*~
Usagi was listening to her mother on the phone while she was eating her breakfast. She listened to what she was telling Bulma, who was on the other line.
"So then last night, Goku woke up and was in some major pain. I had to give him some aspirin and cold pills to calm him down. I don't know what to do Bulma. He has never gotten sick like this. Not like a cold or flu anyways. Usagi is really worried about him. I had to lie to her and tell her that everything will be all right. Goku seems to be fine right now, but I want to know why he is getting sick."
Bulma couldn't understand what would make him so sick either. "And you say it all started with a sneeze?" This interested Bulma.
"Yes. What do you think it could be? Is there a new virus going around or something?" Chi-Chi wrapped the phone cord around her wrist.
"I don't know, you see, the reason why I asked about the sneezing thing is because Vejita has been sneezing too. We were wondering about that too. But now that this thing with Goku has come up, I'm completely baffled about the whole thing. I think it WOULD be a good idea for the two of you to come down today. I want to do some tests on both Goku and Vejita so we can see if we can match anything up." Bulma wasn't sure if she would like what she would find but it had to be done. They had to find out what was wrong with their husbands. "I'll watch Vejita closely too."
Chi-Chi's mood just got worse. Something WAS definitely wrong. It wasn't just Goku, but Vejita also. "Thank you Bulma. We will probably be down in a couple of hours. I have to make sure Usagi leaves in time and then we will be on our way."
Usagi listened to her mother. 'She lied about daddy being all right?' Usagi all of a sudden didn't feel like eating anymore. She was too nervous now. Her stomach did flip flops inside her as she got up and put her plate on the counter. She turned around and saw her mother walk into the room.
Chi-Chi looked at her daughter and then up to her half-eaten meal. "Usagi, you really should eat. You need the energy."
Usagi stared at her mother. 'Why did you lie to me mamma?' "I'm not hungry. I can't eat anymore." She began to walk to the door. She wanted to leave. She was angry with her mother. She shouldn't have lied to her like she had.
Chi-Chi walked to the counter and grabbed Usagi's lunch bag off of it. "Usagi, don't forget your lunch." She followed her daughter out into the living room. Usagi was putting her book bag on her back. Chi-Chi took her opportunity to open the bag on Usagi's back and stick her lunch in it. "I want you to at least try to eat something today. I don't want you to starve yourself."
Usagi turned around to look at her mother. She decided not to make matters more complicated then they already were. "Ok mamma. I will." She tried to smile, but it's kind of hard to smile when your father has gotten sick for the first time and you don't know why.
Chi-Chi understood what Usagi was going through for she, herself, was going through the same thing. She had been through it before. She knew a little bit about handling this kind of situation, but Usagi did not. It was totally new to her. "We will be waiting for you at Bulma's today. And please, come alone. Don't bring your friends toady."
Usagi nodded as she walked to the door. "I better get going. I don't want to be late. Tell daddy I said good bye." With that she walked out the door. She looked up at the sky. The sun had risen and the birds were singing. She sighed as she jumped in the air and began to fly to her school.
~*~*~
Everyday, Makoto would walk to school. She only lived about a mile away and it didn't take her that long to walk it since she had been training with Usagi and her father. She enjoyed the time to herself. She was able to walk along the roads by herself with barely anyone else around. It gave her time to think without any distractions.
A cool breeze blew against her as se walked. It felt good against her skin. She had been cooped up inside a hot house for the past 6 hours and a nice breeze felt wonderful. It was rather refreshing.
~*~*~
Two men followed Makoto very closely. They were undetected by her. She could not see them nor could she hear them. The taller being stopped. "Okori, check your computer. I don't think that this girl is Saiyan."
The being named Okori pulled out a small red computer from his pocket. He began punching in buttons on it. A red screen with black words. The computer 'bleeped' at Okori. "Tarupa, this girl is species two-two-nine-one-zero-six."
The being named Tarupa clenched his fists. "No good. She is clearly human. But that man, the Saiyan, he has a daughter."
Okori stepped forward as he watched Makoto walk forward. "Maybe they adopted. I don't even see a tail on her. I didn't see a tail on the other two girls either. I guess we should move on with the process. We don't want the prophecy to come true again."
~*~*~
Usagi arrived at school later then usual. She walked into her classroom with five minutes to spare. Mr. Koch just glared at her. On a normal day, he would have yelled at her for coming in so late. He always liked to take role early and hated it when students walked in that late. But today wasn't a normal day. He was afraid of what would happen if he messes with her again. After what her father had done to him the day before, he knew better then to harass her anymore.
Usagi sat in her chair. Minako and Makoto had already been seated and were showing each other current issues of their favorite anime magazines. Sorry, I had to put that it Usagi slumped down into her chair with a rather loud thud. She crossed her arms on the table and buried her face in them.
Minako and Makoto stopped what they were doing and looked to their friend, who seemed upset about something. Minako, being the sweet and loving person she is, wanted to help her if she could. "Usagi, what's the matter? I don't think I've seen you this upset since Mr. Koch sent you to the principal's office for supposedly talking back to him." Minako always worried about her friends. She didn't like to see them upset. Usagi mumbled something into her arm. Minako looked at Makoto. They were both confused. "Usagi, we couldn't understand that. Could you please repeat that for us?"
Usagi lifted her head. "Daddy is sick. Really, REALLY sick. I heard mamma talking to Bulma. She said she had to lie to me about daddy being ok." Usagi didn't want to be at school that day.
Makoto sympathetically looked at her friend. "Usagi, I thought your dad couldn't get sick." She could tell that that was the wrong thing to say to her. Right after she said that, Usagi's skin color in her face became pale.
"I know that Makoto. That's why it's really bad that he's sick. He said that he felt better this morning, but he shouldn't be sick at all." She looked up at her friends. "I'm scared you guys. What if something really bad happens to him? What if he…" Usagi's eyes widened. "Dies?" She could feel her gut turning inside her. That was not something that she wanted to think about. She couldn't imagine her life without her father. Neither could I .
Minako placed her hand on Usagi's shoulder. "Don't worry Usagi. Your dad isn't going to die. From what I hear, he's really strong." Minako couldn't understand how he had gotten so sick in such a small amount of time. He was fine when she was there. He was fine when they played their little game with him.
Usagi thought about it for a little while. "Maybe he won't die. Maybe I'm just being silly about this whole thing. Maybe daddy is right, that he is ok. I hope he is."
~*~*~
Chi-Chi drove as fast as she could to Bulma's. Goku was in the back of the car, lying across the back seat. Right before they had left the house she had given him some more medication to keep the pain from rising up again. She could hear him whining behind her as she drove. "We will be there soon Goku just hand in there. Maybe Bulma can concoct something for you. Something that will work with Saiyans."
Goku grabbed his head. "It's not the sickness. It's your driving. You're making me dizzy back here. You really should be more gentle when you drive."
Chi-Chi frowned. "Here I am, trying to do something nice for you, and all you do is make fun of me. Honestly Goku, even when you are in the worst situation you still make foolish jokes."
Goku laughed as she drove on. He loved to do that to her. She was so easily pissed off. "You know I can't resist a good joke." Chi-Chi picked up a map from the seat beside her and threw it at her husband.
~*~*~
Usagi sat and tried to listen to Mr. Koch's lecture about the class' last math test. He was going on about how poorly everyone did. "You guys never ask questions so I guess that you understand. If you don't understand something, you need to ask me questions." He looked around to the class. Most of the kids didn't even look like they were paying attention. He laid his eyes on Usagi who had her head down on her portion of the table. She was being the rudest of all. She had fallen asleep in his class. "Miss Son." No answer. "Miss Son! Answer me now!"
Usagi slowly lifted her head. She knew that she deserved that but she was in no mood to listen to him go on about responsibility. She glared at him? With a sharp tone in her voice she replied to her teacher. "What!?"
The whole class gasped. Usagi normally stayed quiet and took his crap from him. This was a first from Usagi. Actually, this was a first for anyone in the class. Not one single person in that room had ever talked back to a teacher like that before. Some of the kids laughed while others listened for more sass from their classmate. Makoto and Minako were especially shocked at Usagi's behavior. Normally, she respected authority. She must have really been upset to do THAT.
Mr. Koch stared at Usagi. He knew that he had a REAL reason to discipline her now. "You know young lady, you have been very rude to me all day and this just tops it off." He looked around to the faces of his students again. They were all paying attention now. They wanted to see what happened next. He frowned. "I don't know why all of you have to be so rude."
Now Usagi frowned. She was tired of him always trying to throw his weight around. Just because he was a teacher didn't excuse the fact that he was down right rude. She stood up. "Maybe because we are tired of you always yelling at us. Maybe because you're a jerk. All you do is talk. You are way boring and no one likes you." Usagi angrily waved her tail behind her. She couldn't believe what she had just done but she also didn't care. She wanted to get kicked out of class. She wanted to be in piece and quiet with no one else around. She needed time to calm herself down.
Mr. Koch could hear the laughter of his students pouring in on him. His face turned red. If she was his daughter, he would have turned her over and let her have it real good for that. He pointed at the door. "Out in the hall, NOW!" He watched as Usagi threw her chair out from behind her and walked to the door. "Go back." Usagi turned around. The whole class was starring at her. "Go back and push in your chair." Usagi ignored him. She wanted to spite him, so she turned around and walked out the door, kicking it shut with her foot. Mr. Koch grabbed a ruler off of the chalkboard ledge and broke it in half. He turned to his class. "Behave while I am gone. I need to deal with her."
Minako couldn't sit by and watch her friend get yelled at on top of her being upset. She stood up. "Please Mr. Koch, she is going through a rough time. Don't push her."
Mr. Koch looked over at Minako. "Do you want to get kicked out too Miss Aino?" Minako couldn't believe it. He didn't care. She shook her head. "Then I suggest you sit down and shut up before you do."
Minako sat down as she was told. She watched her teacher walk out of the room and then turned to Makoto. "I hope Usagi gives it to him good."
Makoto nodded in agreeance. "Yeah, and in the mood she's in, there is no doubt that she will. I would do the same thing."
A boy with short spiky hair stood up. "Well I think Usagi is cool for what she did. She is the only one who had the guts enough to say that to him. We all know it's true."
~*~*~
Usagi saw Mr. Koch standing by her out of the corner of her eyes as she sat in the hallway against the wall starring at the wall in front of her. "What do you want?"
Mr. Koch crossed his arms. "You seem to be forgetting that I am the teacher and you need to respect me."
Usagi snorted. "Respect?" She stood up and faced her teacher. "Why don't you start respecting us, and then we will start respecting you. You are the meanest teacher I have ever met." Usagi was now as close to Mr. Koch as she could get. She could feel her heart racing inside her. She knew that she was going to get into some major trouble and her parents would be notified. She wouldn't fight it either. She knew the consequences of what she was doing. She would accept her punishment and live with it.
Mr. Koch had never in his life had a child speak to him like this before. He was shocked at her behavior. "Young lady, I suggest you shut your mouth before something happens." He stuck his index finger in her fact.
Usagi smirked as she crossed her arms. She just wanted to be left alone. "Make me." That did it. By school rules he was allowed to take action now and her parents knew the rules so they couldn't get mad at him. He raised his hand and slapped her in the face. He expected her to start crying but she didn't. Instead, she just grabbed her face as she looked up at him. She seemed calm. "I deserved that."
Mr. Koch was shocked. He definitely did not expect that response from her. "Yes you did."
Usagi frowned. "You weren't supposed to agree with me."
"You weren't supposed to talk back to me."
"You weren't supposed to be an idiot like you were." She turned around so she didn't have to look at him anymore. "Why don't you just leave me alone? I don't want to deal with you right now."
Mr. Koch didn't want to deal with her right then either. "Why don't you come back into the room. You will sit in the back of the room at the time out table for the rest of the day. I don't want to hear another word from you or else I will send you down to the principal's office and request a harsh punishment. After school, we will talk about your behavior and fill out a referral form. It will be sent in the mail to your home."
Usagi rolled her eyes. 'So what. This guy needs to stop running his mouth. I'll tell mamma and daddy about it today. If I tell them now, they won't care. They will be too caught up in what's wrong with daddy.' Usagi began thinking about her father again. She hoped that he was ok.
~*~*~
Chi-Chi and Goku arrived at Bulma's around 10:30 in the morning. Chi-Chi looked into the back of the car. Her husband was sound asleep. "Goku, wake up, we are here."
Goku opened his eyes. His wife was hovering her face over him. "Hi sleepy head. We're here. Let's go see what's wrong with you."
Goku sat up. His nose was becoming stuffed up again. "Good, I need something to blow my nose in. I can't breathe."
Chi-Chi looked at Goku like he was a baby. He was so cute and he sounded cute with his plugged nose. That didn't excuse the fact that he was sick though. "Ok, well, I guess we should get in there then."
(Ok, that's it for this part. What do you think? Good or bad? Please review, thank you ^_~)