(It seems as though some of you may be a little confused about why Usagi's tail was not seen. Sorry about that. Ok, the janitor guy didn't see Usagi's tail because she had already rolled it up under her skirt. K! The rest will be explained later. Ok, on with the story. ^_~)
Usagi didn't even bother changing out of her school uniform before she began flying to Capsule Corp. She didn't care. The important thing was her going to see if her father was ok. She didn't even care about what she had just done either. She flew as fast as she could but it still wasn't fast enough. She wished that she could do her father's teleportation technique. Then she could be there right now, by her father's side. She wanted to know what was wrong with him, and if she could catch it too.
~*~*~
She arrived at her destination about ten minutes after she left her school. She landed by Vejita's gravity chamber. The red light wasn't on so she decided to go in. She had no idea where she was supposed to go and thought that maybe Vejita would be in there so he could tell her. When she opened the door it was dark inside. "Vejita?" There was no answer. "Vejita? Are you in here?" She walked in. The door slamming loudly behind her startled her. She looked around as she slowly walked forward. 'Where could he be?' She walked around behind the control panel. "I guess he's not in here." She started back to the door. "I wonder where he is. Maybe he is with Mamma, Bulma, and daddy." She opened the door and left Vejita's gravity chamber. She walked across the courtyard and into the house. The door from the gravity chamber to the house was always unlocked.
The house was freezing when she entered. She held onto her arms trying to produce warmth for them with her hands. "Bur…why is it so cold in here?" She shivered as she walked down the hall. "Where could they be?" She decided to walk down to the living room. She thought that Vejita might be there, or maybe even in the kitchen getting something to eat.
There was no one in the living room either. It was just as cold there as it was in the hallway. "Was it always this cold before?" She proceeded to look in the kitchen. There was no sign that anyone had been there in a while either. She sat down at the table. "Where is everyone. All I want is to see daddy."
"Usagi? Is that you I hear in there?" Videl walked into the kitchen and saw Usagi sitting at the table. She looked upset. "Oh, it was you."
Usagi looked up and smiled at what she saw. "Videl!" She jumped down from the table and hugged her sister-in-law. She looked up at her. "What are you doing here? And why is it so cold?"
Videl's mood seemed to change in a split second. " The patients were hot that's why it's cold and the reason why I am here is because your brother, Gohan, has gotten sick. Just like your father." Videl could see the horror in Usagi's face. She knelt down and put her hands on her shoulders. "Usagi, it's ok. Bulma is testing them as we speak. But you must know…" Videl didn't want to tell her any more bad news, but she knew she had to. Usagi would have found out sooner or later anyways. "Well, it seems as though Vejita has gotten sick too."
That did it for Usagi. She couldn't take it anymore. She began to cry. "No, no, no, NOOO! It can't be!"
Videl felt horrible. She hadn't wanted to be the one to break the news to her. She pulled her in and held her tightly. "Shhhh…It's alright Usagi. Bulma is smart. She will find out a way to make your daddy and Gohan better." 'I just hope Pan isn't affected by this.'
Usagi wrapped her arms around Videl's back. "What if something really bad happens to them? What if…What if…What if…" Usagi was too upset to even finish her sentence. She couldn't believe it. She wouldn't believe it. Her father would pull through. He just had to.
Videl continued to hold Usagi. It brought back memories of when Pan was young like Usagi. She softly smiled to herself. 'So innocent.' "Don't worry little one." She whispered into Usagi's ear. She stood up and held her hand out to Usagi. "Come, let's go see your father."
Usagi looked up and wiped her tears away with her arm. She smiled. "Ok." She grabbed the hand that Videl extended out to her. Usagi walked out of the kitchen with Videl. She stopped when she got into the living room. Something was still really bothering her. She pulled her hand away from Videl's.
Videl stopped and looked down at Usagi. "What's the matter? Everyone is waiting for us in the lab." She saw sadness in Usagi's eyes.
Usagi walked over to a rocking chair and sat down. She looked up at Videl. "Did you ever do something really, really bad when you were a kid?"
Videl was taken by surprise by her sister-in-law's question. She walked to the sofa that was by the chair that Usagi was in and sat down. "Why?"
Usagi didn't want to tell her why quite yet. First she wanted to see if Videl had done anything. "No reason. Just wondering."
Videl knew that Usagi had done SOMETHING. She could sense it. "Well, there was the time that I snuck out of the house when I was twelve years old to meet a boy."
Usagi wasn't sure that that was the same as what she had done. Usagi risked getting long-term suspension for what she had done. "What did your daddy do?"
"Well you know my father. He is supposedly the best martial artist in the world. He told me that he couldn't have his daughter sneaking around. So he grounded me for about a month. I wasn't allowed to date again until I was fourteen." Videl tried to forget about that little mishap. "Usagi…I know you did something. Why don't you tell me what you did."
Usagi sighed. She would get a worse punishment from her parents. Her mother would yell at the top of her lungs and her father would be disappointed. That was worse then anything else he could do. "Well, I sort of stood up to my teacher. I talked back to him in front of the class. I was out of line but, at the time, I didn't care then. Now I do. I feel horrible."
Videl knew why she had done it. Usagi was normally the sweetest girl until she was upset. Then it was all down hill from there. "You were upset about your father weren't you?"
Usagi nodded. "I'm really worried about him. And then Mr. Koch started telling us how stupid we are."
Videl had never heard of a teacher calling his class stupid. "He called you guys stupid?" Videl could still see tears forming in Usagi's eyes.
Usagi shook her head. "Not in those words. But that's how everyone takes it. Yesterday, he gave daddy a letter telling him how stupid I was. Then he called me stupid to daddy and he got mad." Usagi wished that she hadn't talked back to him. Now she would have to deal with her mother. She would also have to deal with it the next day at school.
If Videl were Usagi's mother, she wouldn't discipline her. She would have done the same thing if she were in the same place. Usagi had every right to do what she did. "Usagi, your mother will be upset. But, your father will understand where you are coming from."
Usagi looked at Videl and hoped that she was right. She would hate to have both of her parents mad at her. "Thanks Videl."
Videl stood up. "So when are you going to tell them?"
Usagi stood up and once again grabbed Videl's hand. "Tonight when we get home. I hope. I don't want them to hear it from my teacher. They would be madder at me then they already will be." She and Videl started walking down one of the many hallways of the house.
"That's true. Pan tried that once. She got it good from Gohan when the school called. After that, she always told us straight up when she had down something bad." She stopped in front of a blue door. "This is it. Are you ready to see your family?" Usagi nodded. "Ok, here we go." She put her hand on the door handle and turned it while pushing with her other.
Videl walked into the room while Usagi peered in before she advanced and went in. She saw her brother and father lying on chairs that resembled that of chairs from a dentist's office. "Daddy." She whispered. Seeing her father made Usagi want to enter the room. She closed the door behind her.
"Usagi! My baby!" Chi-Chi ran and grabbed her daughter. She hugged her tightly. "I'm so glad that you are ok. I'm so glad that you aren't sick." She pulled back away from Usagi and looked her in the eyes. "You aren't sick are you?" Usagi shook her head. "I'm so happy." She hugged her again.
Usagi wasn't really paying attention to her mother. She had her attention set on the three Saiyan's that lay in the chairs in front of her. Her eyes scanned the room and all of the equipment in it. "Is daddy and Gohan ok?"
Chi-Chi let go of her daughter and stood up. "We haven't gotten the test results back yet. They should be ready in about ten minutes or so." She put her hand on Usagi's head. "Don't worry. So far, none of them have a fever and their blood is normal." Chi-Chi was grateful for that.
Usagi walked up to her father. That was good news to her. But that still didn't explain why they had gotten sick. Usagi put her hands on her father's arm and she stood on her toes to look at his face. His eyes were closed. She figured that he was asleep. She smiled. 'He looks happy now.'
Videl watched Usagi. She was so gentle. She couldn't imagine her yelling at her teacher. It was just not something that she could picture. Usagi was never one to talk back to those who were older then her. She watched as Usagi looked over her father. 'She really does love him.'
Goku felt the hands on him. They were small and warm on his skin. He smiled. "Is that you Usagi?" He opened his eyes and turned his head and saw his daughter looking down at him. He could tell that had been crying. He sat up. "Hi sweetie. How are things with you?"
Usagi looked up at her father and smiled. "Not too good. What about you?"
Goku stretched his arms. "I've been better, yet I've been worse. I guess you could say I'm about normal?"
Usagi didn't understand. "What are you talking about daddy? You are sick. You aren't normal." If this was his idea of a joke it wasn't working. He shouldn't be toying with her like this.
"Actually, I feel a little better. Why aren't you ok?" His expression changed from carefree to worried. "You aren't sick are you?" He didn't know what he would do if she got sick. He didn't want her to go through what he was going through. He put his hand on her face and rubbed her chin with his thumb.
Usagi shook her head. "No. Don't worry about me daddy. I'm fine." He looked horrible. Most of the color in his skin had disappeared. He was sniffling a lot too.
Goku relaxed. He was happy to hear that she was ok. He hated to put her through this. He knew that she was worried about him. "I'm glad to hear that. Just promise me that you won't get sick."
Chi-Chi walked up to the duo. She seemed to be more worried all of a sudden. "Goku, maybe Usagi shouldn't be around you for a while."
Usagi turned her head to look at her mother. What was she saying? What was she trying to get at? She couldn't just make Usagi stop being around her father. "Mamma…"
Chi-Chi looked down at her daughter. "Usagi, I don't want you to get sick too." She noticed Bulma walk out from her office with a pile of papers. "Bulma. What's wrong with them?"
Gohan was awakened by his mother's voice. "Huh?" He sat up and looked around. His head was still throbbing with pain. "What's going on?" He looked over to Bulma who looked quite confused. "What? What is it Bulma? You can tell us."
Usagi walked out to the end of her father's chair so she could see Bulma better. Goku turned his attention to the blue haired woman. "Bulma…"
Bulma studied her papers carefully. "I don't believe it. How can this be?" She didn't understand. The papers had to be wrong.
Videl walked over to her and looked over her shoulder so she too could look at the papers. "Oh my god…what does this mean?"
Usagi walked up to Bulma and tugged on her pant leg. "Bulma…tell us. We need to know."
Bulma looked down to the worried little girl and then back up to the crowd. "Let me wake up Vejita first." She walked over to her husband and hit him in the stomach. "Wake up Vejita."
Vejita shot up. "What? What the hell is going on?" He looked around the room and then up at his wife. "What do you want woman. This had better be good. I was in the middle of a good dream. I was kicking Kakkorotto's ass in a bloddy fight. He was about to beg for mercy." He looked over to Goku and smirked.
Goku frowned. "Watch your language. Little ears are listening." He turned over and looked at Usagi.
Vejita snorted. "You send the child to public school right?" Goku nodded. "Then she has heard the words. That's where my brats learned it from."
Bulma hit Vejita upside the head with the papers that she held in her hands. "No. They learned it from your vulgar mouth. Now let's not argue about this. This isn't the time nor the place. We have more important matters to discuss at this time. Now I hold here in my hand the results of your tests. And believe my when I tell you this. They aren't pretty."
Usagi could feel her stomach turn inside her as she waited for Bulma to continue. She looked over to her brother. He looked worried. Her father didn't really have an expression on his face. She looked back up to Bulma.
"It says here that there is nothing wrong with you. That you are completely normal. You guys shouldn't even be sick according to these results."
Vejita grabbed the papers from Bulma. "Let me see these. You women always screw everything up." He held the papers in front of his eyes so he could read them. "My god, you're right. What the…"
"Heck." Goku finished Vejita's sentence for him. Vejita turned and glared at Goku. Goku didn't care if he had just made Vejiat mad. He didn't want Usagi to pick up bad language.
Gohan looked to his wife then back at Bulma. "Then why are we sick?"
Bulma shrugged. "I have not idea. It's strange. According to the results you're as healthy as ever. I don't get it." Bulma grabbed the papers back and put them on a counter. "You guys are free to go home if you would like."
Vejita jumped down off of his chair. "Good, I'm going to bed." He walked to the door and turned around. "If anyone wakes me up, there will be hell to pay." He opened the door and walked out of the room.
Gohan hopped down out of his chair and stared at the door. "Vejita sure has some problems."
Goku swung his legs over the edge of the chair and slowly slid down. "Yeah, but that's Vejita for you." He looked over to Chi-Chi. "Are you ready to go? I am. All this testing really wears a person down." He put his hand on his daughter's back.
Chi-Chi looked to her son. "Are you going to be ok Gohan?" She didn't want to leave him but she knew she had to. It killed her that she couldn't stay with him and make sure he got healthy.
Gohan nodded. "I'll be fine mom. I just need some rest."
Bulma looked at her papers again. She stared in disbelief. "I just don't get it. What could be causing you to be sick when there is nothing in your body?" She put the papers back down and looked at the Son family. "I want you guys to watch yourselves very closely. Keep an eye on Usagi, Goku."
Goku nodded and looked back to Gohan. "I'll see you later son. Stay safe alright?"
Gohan nodded and smiled. "You to father." He knelt down in front of Usagi. "Make sure you keep yourself healthy alright? I don't want to find out that you have gotten sick."
Usagi smiled. Gohan always seemed to be like a second father to her, always looking out for her and making sure she stayed safe when her father hadn't been able to. "I promise." She leaned forward and hugged him. "Good bye Gohan."
"Good bye little sis." He pulled away and stood up. He still felt somewhat lightheaded but the pain was subsiding a bit. He then hugged his mother. "Bye mom."
Chi-Chi wrapped her arms around her son. "Good bye Gohan. I'll call you tomorrow." She looked back to Videl. "Take care of my baby."
Gohan rolled his eyes. 'Always treating me as if I were a child. I guess that's a mother's job though.'
Usagi watched as everyone said their good-byes. There was only one thing that was really standing in her way now. She would have to tell her parents what she had done. She would wait until later that night though. She didn't want to go through the rest of the day with them angry with her.
She watched as her father talked with Videl. She thought about the test results. She wanted to know how they came out the way they did. They were obviously sick, yet the papers that Bulma had said otherwise.
~*~*~
By the time Usagi got home with her parents, she was worn out. It had taken them a couple of hours to drive home. When they left Capsule Corp. it was already about 4:00, it was now going on 6:00 . Usagi would have two hours before she had to go to bed. In those two hours, she would have to tell her parents. She dreaded it, but it would have to be done. She did the crime, now she would have to pay. She would accept this, but not enjoy it.
Goku went straight to bed. It was probably one of the only times in his life that he did not desire food when he got home. He needed sleep, or at least rest. He hadn't rested very well on the way back. The road was bumpy and he could not properly relax. He quickly changed into the shorts that he wore to bed and crawled under the covers.
Usagi walked into the kitchen where she found her mother cutting up some vegetables. She walked up to her and watched her for a few minutes before speaking. Chi-Chi cut the vegetables very fast without over cutting her fingers."What are you doing mamma?"
Chi-Chi didn't take her eye off of what she was doing. One false move could be the end or her hand, or at least a couple fingers. "I'm making your father dinner."
Usagi eyed the food before her. She had gotten quite hungry on the way home. "Didn't daddy go to bed though?" Usagi wanted to reach out and grab the food.
Chi-Chi pushed aside the lettuce that she had just cut up and placed two carrots in front of her. She began to splice one of them into equal slices. "I don't care. He needs to eat. And he will only eat healthy until he gets better again." She put her knife down and looked at her daughter. "Are you hungry?"
Usagi was starving. "Do you even have to ask? It's been since 12:30 since I ate something. Then after I ate, me, Makoto, and Minako ran around the track." She wasn't about to tell her that they had gotten into a small spar.
Chi-Chi walked to the freezer and pulled out a box. "I know I don't normally let you eat these, but I don't have time to make two dinners." She pulled out a small paper plate from the box and put it in the oven after setting it on. "You can have a frozen dinner tonight. Don't think I'm going to let this become a habit for you." Chi-Chi didn't approve of Usagi eating frozen dinners. She didn't believe that they were nourishing enough for a growing child. Especially if that child is half Saiyan and in training.
Usagi didn't mind. She liked frozen dinners. "Cool." She turned around and skipped out of the kitchen. She went to her room so she could figure out just exactly how she would break the news to her parents. She knew that she was definitely going to wait until after she and her father had eaten.
~*~*~
Usagi sat in with wet hair. She was already ready for bed. All she needed to do now was tell her parents and then she could rest up for the night. She sat on her bed and looked at the clock. She had a half-hour before she was to be in bed. She sighed as she stood up. 'Guess I better break the news. I hope they don't get too mad at me.' She walked to her door and left her room.
She expected to see her mother sitting in the living room watching TV or working on some project, but she wasn't. She walked across the room to her parents' room. It was closed. She knocked on the door. She always knocked before she entered. Her parents told her that if she didn't that she would get in some serious trouble. She walked in a couple months ago and her parents yelled at her. They seemed to be trying to hide something. She didn't know what, but ever since then, she knocked to let them know that she was there. "Mamma, daddy, can I come in?"
"Yes, come on in." Chi-Chi was flipping through channels on the TV that sat in front of their bed. The TV wasn't normally used but on this particular night, Chi-Chi wanted to be in the same room as her husband. She looked over to the door when she saw it moving. She smiled. "Hi Usagi. What can we do for you?"
'We?' Usagi looked over to her father. He looked like he was asleep. "Is daddy awake?" She walked up to his side of the bed. He opened his eyes and looked over at her. She wasn't expecting him to look over and was startled. She jumped back.
Goku laughed. For someone who was under his training, she sure was skittish. "I'm awake." He looked over at his clock. "What brings you in here at this later hour?" He was beginning to feel a little bit better. Chi-Chi had given him some Allerest for his nose. He could finally breathe again. She had given him Aleve for his body pain and headache.
Usagi was a little reluctant to say what was on her mind. "I need to talk to you guys." She crawled up onto the bed and sat between her parents. Chi-Chi and Goku looked at each other. They knew that by her tone, Usagi had something bad to tell them. They didn't reply. They just looked down at their daughter and waited for her to continue.
Usagi took a deep breath. This was it. She would have to confess right then and there. "I…" She couldn't say it. She couldn't find the words to say it. She tried again. "Today I…"
Goku closed his eyes and sighed. He wished she would just spit it out. He knew it probably had something to do with her teacher again. He probably harassed her again. He reopened his eyes and looked down to his daughter. "Yes? You did what Usagi?"
Usagi looked up and took another deep breath she closed her eyes. "TodayItalkedbacktomyteacherandgotkickedoutofcalssandgotinmajortroublebecauseofit. Nowihaveareferal." She reopened her eyes and looked to her parents. It wasn't as bad as she thought it would be.
Goku and Chi-Chi exchanged expressions. They had barely been able to make a single word that Usagi had just spit out of her mouth. Chi-Chi had made out a few though. "Usagi, please say that again. Only slower so we can actually understand you. Ok?"
Usagi groaned. She didn't want to say it so they could understand it. "Today, I talked back to my teacher and got kicked out of class and got in major trouble because of it. Now I have a referral." She looked to her mother first. She knew she would get the most yelling from her.
Chi-Chi was surprisingly calm. She held her hands in her lap. "Usagi, please explain to my why you felt the need to talk back to your teacher."
Usagi hadn't expected her mother to react quite like that. She expected her to yell and scream. "He's always so mean to me. And he was being mean. And I was already upset with daddy and everything. I couldn't help it. Mommy, please don't be mad. I'm sorry and I won't do it again."
Chi-Chi opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by Goku. "Chi-Chi, Usagi's teacher can be a bit overwhelming. He called her stupid to my face. Remember, I just told you this yesterday." He turned away and covered his mouth to cough.
Chi-Chi knew that already. She wasn't even really that angry. "Usagi, I know you were upset about your father. I know your teacher can be rude in calling you guys stupid, but that does not give you an excuse to talk back to your teachers. What punishment did you get?"
"I have a meeting with the counselor tomorrow. Other then that I don't know."
Chi-Chi crossed her arms. "Well, what ever you get, I'm going to stand by with the school. You have no right to talk back to a teacher. I don't care if your teacher was Vejita. You still can't do that kind of stuff." Chi-Chi looked at Usagi. She had an expressionless face. "Now say goodnight to your father. It's time for bed." She stood up and walked to the door.
Usagi looked at the clock. "But it's only 7:45. I still have fifteen minutes."
"Not tonight you don't. This is your punishment. Now let's go." She turned around and walked out of the room.
Goku watched in amazement as she walked out. "What was that? She was so calm. You barely got a punishment at all."
Usagi smiled. He plan had worked. Get your mother when she's worried about other things, and nothing happens when you do something bad. She had expected a little more though. She looked at her father. "You aren't mad are you?"
Goku turned around. "Nope. I think he deserved it. Of course I don't want you to think you can go around and do that all the time. If you do it again I may get mad. But after what he did yesterday, naw, I'm not mad." He grabbed Usagi and pulled her close to him. He hugged her tightly. "Good night, Usagi. I'll see you in the morning."
Usagi wrapped her arms around her father. "Night daddy. Thanks for understanding. I hope you feel better in the morning."
"USAGI HURRY UP!"
Usagi turned her head to the door. "Mamma wants me to go to bed now." She pulled out of her father's arms and jumped off of the bed.
Goku watched as his daughter ran to the door. "I love you Usagi. Sleep well." He smiled as she walked out. 'Such a strange kid.' He didn't understand how such a sweet child could be so strong. He was lucky to have her though. He leaned his head back onto his pillow and closed his eyes.
~*~*~
Usagi lay in her bed in the dark and replayed the day's activities in her head. So much had happened. She went from having her normal life to chaos. Life was funny that way. One day everything is going great, and the next everything has gone to pot. She thought about her father, brother, and Vejita. What had been making them sick? Nothing was in their bodies. That was so confusing Usagi. She turned over on her side and stared at he Dragon Ball. The red light from her clock hit it just right, making it give off and orange red glare on her wall. She smiled. She could feel herself getting drowsy as she looked at it. Her eyes began to get very heavy so she closed them and let herself drift off into a deep sleep.
~*~*~
Usagi flinched in her sleep. She was having a rather strange dream.
~~Usagi's dream world~~
Usagi stood in front a large fire. A girl whom she didn't even know sat closer yet to the fire. She wore a red Kimono and was kneeling in font of the fire with her hands put together as if she was praying to it. Usagi watched as the girl chanted words unknown to her. The fire grew larger and larger as the girl continued to chant, getting louder and faster as she went on. It became more fierce as it gained more power. All of a sudden the fire became too big to control and the girl turned around. Usagi tried to make out to face of the girl.
~~Back to Reality~~
Usagi opened her eyes and looked up to the ceiling of her room. She put her hand on her head. She was sweating. "What just happened?"
(Ok, that's it for this part? What do ya think? Is it good or bad? Please review and tell me. It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. ^_^)
Usagi didn't even bother changing out of her school uniform before she began flying to Capsule Corp. She didn't care. The important thing was her going to see if her father was ok. She didn't even care about what she had just done either. She flew as fast as she could but it still wasn't fast enough. She wished that she could do her father's teleportation technique. Then she could be there right now, by her father's side. She wanted to know what was wrong with him, and if she could catch it too.
~*~*~
She arrived at her destination about ten minutes after she left her school. She landed by Vejita's gravity chamber. The red light wasn't on so she decided to go in. She had no idea where she was supposed to go and thought that maybe Vejita would be in there so he could tell her. When she opened the door it was dark inside. "Vejita?" There was no answer. "Vejita? Are you in here?" She walked in. The door slamming loudly behind her startled her. She looked around as she slowly walked forward. 'Where could he be?' She walked around behind the control panel. "I guess he's not in here." She started back to the door. "I wonder where he is. Maybe he is with Mamma, Bulma, and daddy." She opened the door and left Vejita's gravity chamber. She walked across the courtyard and into the house. The door from the gravity chamber to the house was always unlocked.
The house was freezing when she entered. She held onto her arms trying to produce warmth for them with her hands. "Bur…why is it so cold in here?" She shivered as she walked down the hall. "Where could they be?" She decided to walk down to the living room. She thought that Vejita might be there, or maybe even in the kitchen getting something to eat.
There was no one in the living room either. It was just as cold there as it was in the hallway. "Was it always this cold before?" She proceeded to look in the kitchen. There was no sign that anyone had been there in a while either. She sat down at the table. "Where is everyone. All I want is to see daddy."
"Usagi? Is that you I hear in there?" Videl walked into the kitchen and saw Usagi sitting at the table. She looked upset. "Oh, it was you."
Usagi looked up and smiled at what she saw. "Videl!" She jumped down from the table and hugged her sister-in-law. She looked up at her. "What are you doing here? And why is it so cold?"
Videl's mood seemed to change in a split second. " The patients were hot that's why it's cold and the reason why I am here is because your brother, Gohan, has gotten sick. Just like your father." Videl could see the horror in Usagi's face. She knelt down and put her hands on her shoulders. "Usagi, it's ok. Bulma is testing them as we speak. But you must know…" Videl didn't want to tell her any more bad news, but she knew she had to. Usagi would have found out sooner or later anyways. "Well, it seems as though Vejita has gotten sick too."
That did it for Usagi. She couldn't take it anymore. She began to cry. "No, no, no, NOOO! It can't be!"
Videl felt horrible. She hadn't wanted to be the one to break the news to her. She pulled her in and held her tightly. "Shhhh…It's alright Usagi. Bulma is smart. She will find out a way to make your daddy and Gohan better." 'I just hope Pan isn't affected by this.'
Usagi wrapped her arms around Videl's back. "What if something really bad happens to them? What if…What if…What if…" Usagi was too upset to even finish her sentence. She couldn't believe it. She wouldn't believe it. Her father would pull through. He just had to.
Videl continued to hold Usagi. It brought back memories of when Pan was young like Usagi. She softly smiled to herself. 'So innocent.' "Don't worry little one." She whispered into Usagi's ear. She stood up and held her hand out to Usagi. "Come, let's go see your father."
Usagi looked up and wiped her tears away with her arm. She smiled. "Ok." She grabbed the hand that Videl extended out to her. Usagi walked out of the kitchen with Videl. She stopped when she got into the living room. Something was still really bothering her. She pulled her hand away from Videl's.
Videl stopped and looked down at Usagi. "What's the matter? Everyone is waiting for us in the lab." She saw sadness in Usagi's eyes.
Usagi walked over to a rocking chair and sat down. She looked up at Videl. "Did you ever do something really, really bad when you were a kid?"
Videl was taken by surprise by her sister-in-law's question. She walked to the sofa that was by the chair that Usagi was in and sat down. "Why?"
Usagi didn't want to tell her why quite yet. First she wanted to see if Videl had done anything. "No reason. Just wondering."
Videl knew that Usagi had done SOMETHING. She could sense it. "Well, there was the time that I snuck out of the house when I was twelve years old to meet a boy."
Usagi wasn't sure that that was the same as what she had done. Usagi risked getting long-term suspension for what she had done. "What did your daddy do?"
"Well you know my father. He is supposedly the best martial artist in the world. He told me that he couldn't have his daughter sneaking around. So he grounded me for about a month. I wasn't allowed to date again until I was fourteen." Videl tried to forget about that little mishap. "Usagi…I know you did something. Why don't you tell me what you did."
Usagi sighed. She would get a worse punishment from her parents. Her mother would yell at the top of her lungs and her father would be disappointed. That was worse then anything else he could do. "Well, I sort of stood up to my teacher. I talked back to him in front of the class. I was out of line but, at the time, I didn't care then. Now I do. I feel horrible."
Videl knew why she had done it. Usagi was normally the sweetest girl until she was upset. Then it was all down hill from there. "You were upset about your father weren't you?"
Usagi nodded. "I'm really worried about him. And then Mr. Koch started telling us how stupid we are."
Videl had never heard of a teacher calling his class stupid. "He called you guys stupid?" Videl could still see tears forming in Usagi's eyes.
Usagi shook her head. "Not in those words. But that's how everyone takes it. Yesterday, he gave daddy a letter telling him how stupid I was. Then he called me stupid to daddy and he got mad." Usagi wished that she hadn't talked back to him. Now she would have to deal with her mother. She would also have to deal with it the next day at school.
If Videl were Usagi's mother, she wouldn't discipline her. She would have done the same thing if she were in the same place. Usagi had every right to do what she did. "Usagi, your mother will be upset. But, your father will understand where you are coming from."
Usagi looked at Videl and hoped that she was right. She would hate to have both of her parents mad at her. "Thanks Videl."
Videl stood up. "So when are you going to tell them?"
Usagi stood up and once again grabbed Videl's hand. "Tonight when we get home. I hope. I don't want them to hear it from my teacher. They would be madder at me then they already will be." She and Videl started walking down one of the many hallways of the house.
"That's true. Pan tried that once. She got it good from Gohan when the school called. After that, she always told us straight up when she had down something bad." She stopped in front of a blue door. "This is it. Are you ready to see your family?" Usagi nodded. "Ok, here we go." She put her hand on the door handle and turned it while pushing with her other.
Videl walked into the room while Usagi peered in before she advanced and went in. She saw her brother and father lying on chairs that resembled that of chairs from a dentist's office. "Daddy." She whispered. Seeing her father made Usagi want to enter the room. She closed the door behind her.
"Usagi! My baby!" Chi-Chi ran and grabbed her daughter. She hugged her tightly. "I'm so glad that you are ok. I'm so glad that you aren't sick." She pulled back away from Usagi and looked her in the eyes. "You aren't sick are you?" Usagi shook her head. "I'm so happy." She hugged her again.
Usagi wasn't really paying attention to her mother. She had her attention set on the three Saiyan's that lay in the chairs in front of her. Her eyes scanned the room and all of the equipment in it. "Is daddy and Gohan ok?"
Chi-Chi let go of her daughter and stood up. "We haven't gotten the test results back yet. They should be ready in about ten minutes or so." She put her hand on Usagi's head. "Don't worry. So far, none of them have a fever and their blood is normal." Chi-Chi was grateful for that.
Usagi walked up to her father. That was good news to her. But that still didn't explain why they had gotten sick. Usagi put her hands on her father's arm and she stood on her toes to look at his face. His eyes were closed. She figured that he was asleep. She smiled. 'He looks happy now.'
Videl watched Usagi. She was so gentle. She couldn't imagine her yelling at her teacher. It was just not something that she could picture. Usagi was never one to talk back to those who were older then her. She watched as Usagi looked over her father. 'She really does love him.'
Goku felt the hands on him. They were small and warm on his skin. He smiled. "Is that you Usagi?" He opened his eyes and turned his head and saw his daughter looking down at him. He could tell that had been crying. He sat up. "Hi sweetie. How are things with you?"
Usagi looked up at her father and smiled. "Not too good. What about you?"
Goku stretched his arms. "I've been better, yet I've been worse. I guess you could say I'm about normal?"
Usagi didn't understand. "What are you talking about daddy? You are sick. You aren't normal." If this was his idea of a joke it wasn't working. He shouldn't be toying with her like this.
"Actually, I feel a little better. Why aren't you ok?" His expression changed from carefree to worried. "You aren't sick are you?" He didn't know what he would do if she got sick. He didn't want her to go through what he was going through. He put his hand on her face and rubbed her chin with his thumb.
Usagi shook her head. "No. Don't worry about me daddy. I'm fine." He looked horrible. Most of the color in his skin had disappeared. He was sniffling a lot too.
Goku relaxed. He was happy to hear that she was ok. He hated to put her through this. He knew that she was worried about him. "I'm glad to hear that. Just promise me that you won't get sick."
Chi-Chi walked up to the duo. She seemed to be more worried all of a sudden. "Goku, maybe Usagi shouldn't be around you for a while."
Usagi turned her head to look at her mother. What was she saying? What was she trying to get at? She couldn't just make Usagi stop being around her father. "Mamma…"
Chi-Chi looked down at her daughter. "Usagi, I don't want you to get sick too." She noticed Bulma walk out from her office with a pile of papers. "Bulma. What's wrong with them?"
Gohan was awakened by his mother's voice. "Huh?" He sat up and looked around. His head was still throbbing with pain. "What's going on?" He looked over to Bulma who looked quite confused. "What? What is it Bulma? You can tell us."
Usagi walked out to the end of her father's chair so she could see Bulma better. Goku turned his attention to the blue haired woman. "Bulma…"
Bulma studied her papers carefully. "I don't believe it. How can this be?" She didn't understand. The papers had to be wrong.
Videl walked over to her and looked over her shoulder so she too could look at the papers. "Oh my god…what does this mean?"
Usagi walked up to Bulma and tugged on her pant leg. "Bulma…tell us. We need to know."
Bulma looked down to the worried little girl and then back up to the crowd. "Let me wake up Vejita first." She walked over to her husband and hit him in the stomach. "Wake up Vejita."
Vejita shot up. "What? What the hell is going on?" He looked around the room and then up at his wife. "What do you want woman. This had better be good. I was in the middle of a good dream. I was kicking Kakkorotto's ass in a bloddy fight. He was about to beg for mercy." He looked over to Goku and smirked.
Goku frowned. "Watch your language. Little ears are listening." He turned over and looked at Usagi.
Vejita snorted. "You send the child to public school right?" Goku nodded. "Then she has heard the words. That's where my brats learned it from."
Bulma hit Vejita upside the head with the papers that she held in her hands. "No. They learned it from your vulgar mouth. Now let's not argue about this. This isn't the time nor the place. We have more important matters to discuss at this time. Now I hold here in my hand the results of your tests. And believe my when I tell you this. They aren't pretty."
Usagi could feel her stomach turn inside her as she waited for Bulma to continue. She looked over to her brother. He looked worried. Her father didn't really have an expression on his face. She looked back up to Bulma.
"It says here that there is nothing wrong with you. That you are completely normal. You guys shouldn't even be sick according to these results."
Vejita grabbed the papers from Bulma. "Let me see these. You women always screw everything up." He held the papers in front of his eyes so he could read them. "My god, you're right. What the…"
"Heck." Goku finished Vejita's sentence for him. Vejita turned and glared at Goku. Goku didn't care if he had just made Vejiat mad. He didn't want Usagi to pick up bad language.
Gohan looked to his wife then back at Bulma. "Then why are we sick?"
Bulma shrugged. "I have not idea. It's strange. According to the results you're as healthy as ever. I don't get it." Bulma grabbed the papers back and put them on a counter. "You guys are free to go home if you would like."
Vejita jumped down off of his chair. "Good, I'm going to bed." He walked to the door and turned around. "If anyone wakes me up, there will be hell to pay." He opened the door and walked out of the room.
Gohan hopped down out of his chair and stared at the door. "Vejita sure has some problems."
Goku swung his legs over the edge of the chair and slowly slid down. "Yeah, but that's Vejita for you." He looked over to Chi-Chi. "Are you ready to go? I am. All this testing really wears a person down." He put his hand on his daughter's back.
Chi-Chi looked to her son. "Are you going to be ok Gohan?" She didn't want to leave him but she knew she had to. It killed her that she couldn't stay with him and make sure he got healthy.
Gohan nodded. "I'll be fine mom. I just need some rest."
Bulma looked at her papers again. She stared in disbelief. "I just don't get it. What could be causing you to be sick when there is nothing in your body?" She put the papers back down and looked at the Son family. "I want you guys to watch yourselves very closely. Keep an eye on Usagi, Goku."
Goku nodded and looked back to Gohan. "I'll see you later son. Stay safe alright?"
Gohan nodded and smiled. "You to father." He knelt down in front of Usagi. "Make sure you keep yourself healthy alright? I don't want to find out that you have gotten sick."
Usagi smiled. Gohan always seemed to be like a second father to her, always looking out for her and making sure she stayed safe when her father hadn't been able to. "I promise." She leaned forward and hugged him. "Good bye Gohan."
"Good bye little sis." He pulled away and stood up. He still felt somewhat lightheaded but the pain was subsiding a bit. He then hugged his mother. "Bye mom."
Chi-Chi wrapped her arms around her son. "Good bye Gohan. I'll call you tomorrow." She looked back to Videl. "Take care of my baby."
Gohan rolled his eyes. 'Always treating me as if I were a child. I guess that's a mother's job though.'
Usagi watched as everyone said their good-byes. There was only one thing that was really standing in her way now. She would have to tell her parents what she had done. She would wait until later that night though. She didn't want to go through the rest of the day with them angry with her.
She watched as her father talked with Videl. She thought about the test results. She wanted to know how they came out the way they did. They were obviously sick, yet the papers that Bulma had said otherwise.
~*~*~
By the time Usagi got home with her parents, she was worn out. It had taken them a couple of hours to drive home. When they left Capsule Corp. it was already about 4:00, it was now going on 6:00 . Usagi would have two hours before she had to go to bed. In those two hours, she would have to tell her parents. She dreaded it, but it would have to be done. She did the crime, now she would have to pay. She would accept this, but not enjoy it.
Goku went straight to bed. It was probably one of the only times in his life that he did not desire food when he got home. He needed sleep, or at least rest. He hadn't rested very well on the way back. The road was bumpy and he could not properly relax. He quickly changed into the shorts that he wore to bed and crawled under the covers.
Usagi walked into the kitchen where she found her mother cutting up some vegetables. She walked up to her and watched her for a few minutes before speaking. Chi-Chi cut the vegetables very fast without over cutting her fingers."What are you doing mamma?"
Chi-Chi didn't take her eye off of what she was doing. One false move could be the end or her hand, or at least a couple fingers. "I'm making your father dinner."
Usagi eyed the food before her. She had gotten quite hungry on the way home. "Didn't daddy go to bed though?" Usagi wanted to reach out and grab the food.
Chi-Chi pushed aside the lettuce that she had just cut up and placed two carrots in front of her. She began to splice one of them into equal slices. "I don't care. He needs to eat. And he will only eat healthy until he gets better again." She put her knife down and looked at her daughter. "Are you hungry?"
Usagi was starving. "Do you even have to ask? It's been since 12:30 since I ate something. Then after I ate, me, Makoto, and Minako ran around the track." She wasn't about to tell her that they had gotten into a small spar.
Chi-Chi walked to the freezer and pulled out a box. "I know I don't normally let you eat these, but I don't have time to make two dinners." She pulled out a small paper plate from the box and put it in the oven after setting it on. "You can have a frozen dinner tonight. Don't think I'm going to let this become a habit for you." Chi-Chi didn't approve of Usagi eating frozen dinners. She didn't believe that they were nourishing enough for a growing child. Especially if that child is half Saiyan and in training.
Usagi didn't mind. She liked frozen dinners. "Cool." She turned around and skipped out of the kitchen. She went to her room so she could figure out just exactly how she would break the news to her parents. She knew that she was definitely going to wait until after she and her father had eaten.
~*~*~
Usagi sat in with wet hair. She was already ready for bed. All she needed to do now was tell her parents and then she could rest up for the night. She sat on her bed and looked at the clock. She had a half-hour before she was to be in bed. She sighed as she stood up. 'Guess I better break the news. I hope they don't get too mad at me.' She walked to her door and left her room.
She expected to see her mother sitting in the living room watching TV or working on some project, but she wasn't. She walked across the room to her parents' room. It was closed. She knocked on the door. She always knocked before she entered. Her parents told her that if she didn't that she would get in some serious trouble. She walked in a couple months ago and her parents yelled at her. They seemed to be trying to hide something. She didn't know what, but ever since then, she knocked to let them know that she was there. "Mamma, daddy, can I come in?"
"Yes, come on in." Chi-Chi was flipping through channels on the TV that sat in front of their bed. The TV wasn't normally used but on this particular night, Chi-Chi wanted to be in the same room as her husband. She looked over to the door when she saw it moving. She smiled. "Hi Usagi. What can we do for you?"
'We?' Usagi looked over to her father. He looked like he was asleep. "Is daddy awake?" She walked up to his side of the bed. He opened his eyes and looked over at her. She wasn't expecting him to look over and was startled. She jumped back.
Goku laughed. For someone who was under his training, she sure was skittish. "I'm awake." He looked over at his clock. "What brings you in here at this later hour?" He was beginning to feel a little bit better. Chi-Chi had given him some Allerest for his nose. He could finally breathe again. She had given him Aleve for his body pain and headache.
Usagi was a little reluctant to say what was on her mind. "I need to talk to you guys." She crawled up onto the bed and sat between her parents. Chi-Chi and Goku looked at each other. They knew that by her tone, Usagi had something bad to tell them. They didn't reply. They just looked down at their daughter and waited for her to continue.
Usagi took a deep breath. This was it. She would have to confess right then and there. "I…" She couldn't say it. She couldn't find the words to say it. She tried again. "Today I…"
Goku closed his eyes and sighed. He wished she would just spit it out. He knew it probably had something to do with her teacher again. He probably harassed her again. He reopened his eyes and looked down to his daughter. "Yes? You did what Usagi?"
Usagi looked up and took another deep breath she closed her eyes. "TodayItalkedbacktomyteacherandgotkickedoutofcalssandgotinmajortroublebecauseofit. Nowihaveareferal." She reopened her eyes and looked to her parents. It wasn't as bad as she thought it would be.
Goku and Chi-Chi exchanged expressions. They had barely been able to make a single word that Usagi had just spit out of her mouth. Chi-Chi had made out a few though. "Usagi, please say that again. Only slower so we can actually understand you. Ok?"
Usagi groaned. She didn't want to say it so they could understand it. "Today, I talked back to my teacher and got kicked out of class and got in major trouble because of it. Now I have a referral." She looked to her mother first. She knew she would get the most yelling from her.
Chi-Chi was surprisingly calm. She held her hands in her lap. "Usagi, please explain to my why you felt the need to talk back to your teacher."
Usagi hadn't expected her mother to react quite like that. She expected her to yell and scream. "He's always so mean to me. And he was being mean. And I was already upset with daddy and everything. I couldn't help it. Mommy, please don't be mad. I'm sorry and I won't do it again."
Chi-Chi opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by Goku. "Chi-Chi, Usagi's teacher can be a bit overwhelming. He called her stupid to my face. Remember, I just told you this yesterday." He turned away and covered his mouth to cough.
Chi-Chi knew that already. She wasn't even really that angry. "Usagi, I know you were upset about your father. I know your teacher can be rude in calling you guys stupid, but that does not give you an excuse to talk back to your teachers. What punishment did you get?"
"I have a meeting with the counselor tomorrow. Other then that I don't know."
Chi-Chi crossed her arms. "Well, what ever you get, I'm going to stand by with the school. You have no right to talk back to a teacher. I don't care if your teacher was Vejita. You still can't do that kind of stuff." Chi-Chi looked at Usagi. She had an expressionless face. "Now say goodnight to your father. It's time for bed." She stood up and walked to the door.
Usagi looked at the clock. "But it's only 7:45. I still have fifteen minutes."
"Not tonight you don't. This is your punishment. Now let's go." She turned around and walked out of the room.
Goku watched in amazement as she walked out. "What was that? She was so calm. You barely got a punishment at all."
Usagi smiled. He plan had worked. Get your mother when she's worried about other things, and nothing happens when you do something bad. She had expected a little more though. She looked at her father. "You aren't mad are you?"
Goku turned around. "Nope. I think he deserved it. Of course I don't want you to think you can go around and do that all the time. If you do it again I may get mad. But after what he did yesterday, naw, I'm not mad." He grabbed Usagi and pulled her close to him. He hugged her tightly. "Good night, Usagi. I'll see you in the morning."
Usagi wrapped her arms around her father. "Night daddy. Thanks for understanding. I hope you feel better in the morning."
"USAGI HURRY UP!"
Usagi turned her head to the door. "Mamma wants me to go to bed now." She pulled out of her father's arms and jumped off of the bed.
Goku watched as his daughter ran to the door. "I love you Usagi. Sleep well." He smiled as she walked out. 'Such a strange kid.' He didn't understand how such a sweet child could be so strong. He was lucky to have her though. He leaned his head back onto his pillow and closed his eyes.
~*~*~
Usagi lay in her bed in the dark and replayed the day's activities in her head. So much had happened. She went from having her normal life to chaos. Life was funny that way. One day everything is going great, and the next everything has gone to pot. She thought about her father, brother, and Vejita. What had been making them sick? Nothing was in their bodies. That was so confusing Usagi. She turned over on her side and stared at he Dragon Ball. The red light from her clock hit it just right, making it give off and orange red glare on her wall. She smiled. She could feel herself getting drowsy as she looked at it. Her eyes began to get very heavy so she closed them and let herself drift off into a deep sleep.
~*~*~
Usagi flinched in her sleep. She was having a rather strange dream.
~~Usagi's dream world~~
Usagi stood in front a large fire. A girl whom she didn't even know sat closer yet to the fire. She wore a red Kimono and was kneeling in font of the fire with her hands put together as if she was praying to it. Usagi watched as the girl chanted words unknown to her. The fire grew larger and larger as the girl continued to chant, getting louder and faster as she went on. It became more fierce as it gained more power. All of a sudden the fire became too big to control and the girl turned around. Usagi tried to make out to face of the girl.
~~Back to Reality~~
Usagi opened her eyes and looked up to the ceiling of her room. She put her hand on her head. She was sweating. "What just happened?"
(Ok, that's it for this part? What do ya think? Is it good or bad? Please review and tell me. It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. ^_^)