Another chapter! I don't own dbz or the characters.

Ease My Pain chapter 21

As the thunder and lightening flashed outside and the rain was pounding on the windows videl, was in a different room but it was next door to erasa. Videl couldn't really sleep cause of the noise from the storm.

So she got up and went upstairs to see gohan. She could tell from the look on his face earlier that something was wrong cause he looked like that before when he spent the night at her house cause Angela spiked his drink. She peeked in some of the rooms upstairs and didn't see him until she came to the room that had a little light in it.

She knocked on the bedroom door and came in and saw gohan sitting up in the middle of the bed with his knees to his chest and his head on his knees. He didn't even realize videl came in the room until she sat on the bed. "Hey gohan are you ok? Can you sleep?" said videl looking at him.

Gohan lifted his head in surprise and looked tired. " Oh hi videl! No, I really can't sleep."

"Are you ok? You seem tired." said videl.

"Don't worry videl I'll be fine. The pain usually goes away."

"Pain? What pain? Did you eat the wrong thing?" said videl concerned.

"No I just have a headache and a stomachache that's been bugging ME for the past week." said gohan irritated. "Did you tell your mom?" asked videl. "No I really don't like telling her that, I'm sick cause sometimes she goes overboard with worry!"

"Gohan, what if something's wrong? You shouldn't wait until much later to say something. Then your going to have everyone worried." Said videl.

"All I just need is to take a couple aspirin and it will be ok!" said gohan like it was no big deal.

"Well, haven't you taken a couple of aspirin?"

"Actually I took some earlier this week and it worked but the next day it comes back! So actually I've been taking them everyday but, I haven't taken anything today." said gohan putting his head back on his knees again cause he started feeling pain in his stomach.

Videl could tell he was in pain and she started to worry. She didn't know if she should get Brandon or bray. Videl put her hand on his shoulders to offer him comfort cause gohan started to groan a little grabbing his stomach.

"Gohan why don't you lay down and I'll go get you something!"

"Videl, I don't know if I can lay down cause it hurts too much."

Touching his shoulder. "Come on let's try it anyway. You might feel more better."

She layed gohan down on the bed. Sighs. "Videl, could you....not say...anything? I'll be ok." said gohan in pain.

"Listen I'll get you something and your not ok. The power is still out and it's still raining outside." A flash lit up the room with a hard thunder. "Ah!!" yelled videl cause it scared her. "Are you ok, videl?" said gohan sounding tired laying on the pillow."

"Yeah I'm fine. Just stay there and don't get up unless you need to!" said videl sternly. "Don't worry... I won't." said gohan.

Videl went downstairs and got brays flashlight. Videl went in the bathroom medicine cabinet and saw some aspirin then, she went to the kitchen to see if bray had any herbal tea. She found some and she microwave some water in a cup and put the tea bag in it and went back upstairs and went in the room closing the door.

Videl sat on the side of the bed and she told gohan to sit up and take it slow. Gohan sat up slowly holding his stomach. "Are you feeling ok, gohan?" said videl looking at him.

Gohan shook his head no, cause he was still in pain and he couldn't say anything at that moment. She never saw gohan in so much pain. Videl was hoping it was nothing serious. "Well listen I brought you some aspirin and some warm herbal tea to drink. I hope this makes you feel better." Said videl worried.

He took the aspirin and drinked the herbal tea. Videl told gohan to lay down and don't say anything. Videl didn't know if she should stay in the room or go back downstairs so she decided to stay in the room just in case he needed her.

"Gohan, I'm going to stay up here in the room." Gohan looked at her while he was laying on the pillow. "You don't have to videl." "Gohan I really don't want to leave you by yourself you need someone to stay with you."

"I think I'll be ok." "Are you sure?" said videl looking at him worried.

Gohan started feeling a lot of pain radiating through his head and stomach. He grabbed his stomach cause it hurted the most. Gohan sat up with his knees bent with his head again on his knees groaning.

Videl touched his shoulder to comfort him then she thought to herself what if it's his appendix? "Gohan could you look at me for a moment? I know your in a lot of pain but do you think it could be your appendix?" Gohan lifted his head looking at videl taking a deep breath cause of the pain. "I don't...think so."

"If you don't mind gohan I could check? I'll try not to hurt you." said videl looking at him. Sighs. "Okay I'll just lay down." Said gohan. Gohan layed down and videl put her hand under gohans shirt on his right side. "I'm just going to press down a little bit. I'll be careful."

Gohan didn't say anything when videl touched him. "That didn't hurt, did it?" said videl. "No. I guess it... must not be." Said gohan in pain. Videl took her hand and move it over to the middle of his stomach.

"Gohan let me check right here." When she did it was so fast gohan sat up with his knees bent yelling a big ow! No one in the house heard him cause everyone was sound asleep. "Uhh!! Videl, please that hurts!" "Gohan, I wasn't trying to hurt you I was wondering is that where your pain is!"

Gohan had both of his hands under his shirt on his stomach cause of the pain. "Gohan I think you just have a real bad stomachache. I'm not a doctor but I think you just need to lay down and let that aspirin work and I'm going to stay in here so don't tell me your ok when your not!" Said videl.

Gohan lifted his head off his knees. "I don't know what it is but I hope it goes away cause, it's been like this off and on all week." Said gohan putting his head down on his knees closing his eyes cause of the pain that started to rise back up.

Videl looked at gohan and the way he took breaths. Videl touched his shoulder cause she could tell he was in more pain. "I hope this.... aspirin..... works soon!" said gohan with his head on his knees.

Videl looked at him. "Why don't you lay down?" Said videl. "I would if...this pain....goes away." said gohan breathing out a sigh. Videl manage to comfort gohan the best way she could and finally after fifteen minutes he layed down and finally went to sleep thirty minutes later and it was now two in the morning and videl got in the other bed that was in the room she wanted to make sure gohan was ok it took almost and hour before the pain stopped and he finally went to sleep. Videl layed back and went to sleep herself.

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The next day goku was up early doing a kamahameha wave on the water. He was feeling better and didn't try and worry about his family. Krillen walked out on the sand. "Hey goku your up pretty early it's not even six-thirty yet!"

"You know me krillen the earlier the better!"

"Well me and 18 and maron are going to be gone for a couple of days to spend some time together."

"Ok I'll see you later! Have a good time!" said goku. "Ok, remember goku, please rest and not over do it!" said krillen. "I won't plus I'll be spending some time with gohan today." Said goku. "Ok goku see you later!" said krillen leaving. Goku went back to his training.

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Out at bray's house in the woods drena came upstairs to go see gohan and she happen to see videl come out of the room telling gohan to go to sleep. Drena hid so she couldn't be seen by videl. Videl went to the bathroom and drena went downstairs.

Bray was down stairs fixing breakfast and Brandon helped a little. When breakfast was done erasa and drena sat at the table with Brandon and bray eating breakfast. "Hey where's videl and gohan?" asked Brandon. "I don't know I think she's still in the room." said erasa.

"Yeah somebody else's room!" said drena sarcastically.

"What is that suppose to mean?!" said erasa bothered. "Hey speaking of videl here she comes!" said Brandon. "Where have you been?" said bray curious.

Videl sat down at the breakfast table smiling. "Just upstairs!" said videl grabbing some bacon and toast.

"Upstairs? Doing what?" said Brandon. "Probably making out with gohan!" said drena looking at videl. "I wasn't making OUT with gohan!" said videl. "Then why were you coming from his room?!" said drena.

Videl was looking at everyone at the table and everyone was waiting for her to answer. "Actually I really can't say!" "See, erasa her and gohan have something going on and they waited until everyone went to bed so they could make out and no TELLING what else they did!" Erasa looked at videl. "Videl why you can't say?" said erasa.

Gohan came walking downstairs with his hair just a little messy. "Good morning!" said gohan trying to act like his normal self. "Hey gohan why don't you come over here and sit next to me?!" said drena smiling and pulling him in the chair next to her.

Gohan looked at everyone. "What's going on?" said gohan. "We were just waiting for videl to tell us WHAT she was doing coming from your room this morning!" Said drena smirking.

Sighs. "Since everyone want's to know so desperately what videl was doing in the room with me she was trying to comfort me cause I had a real bad stomachache last night I wasn't trying to get romantic with her!"

"Oh your real live gohan getting videl to play nurse while you pretended you had a tummy ache! Give me a break!" said Brandon laughing.

"LOOK, I wasn't playing NURSE with gohan you guys don't understand he was in a lot pain last night!" said videl getting angry. "Ok videl calm down I was only kidding!" said Brandon. "Well I wasn't! I could of taken care of gohan last night!" said drena smiling at gohan. Gohan put his head down and shook his head cause he felt a little embarrassed.

"I'm glad he wasn't with you drena cause you probably would of made him more SICKER!" said erasa. "Your just jealous cause videl got a chance to take care of gohan and you didn't!" said drena.

Erasa stood up. "I'm not JEALOUS! You're the one that's jealous!" said erasa angry. "Would you guys STOP THIS! It's getting on my NERVES!" said gohan.

"Hey chill out girls!" said bray. "Would you stop making up stuff drena?!" said videl.

"I'm not making up anything it seems awfully funny you coming out of his room this morning!" said drena.

Videl was getting mad and was going to approach drena. "You know what's coming, my foot going up your....! "VIDEL!!" shouted gohan.

"Drena, I think it's time for you to leave!" said bray looking at her seriously.

Drena got up and headed for the door and she turned around. "You guys just don't like the TRUTH!" said drena leaving out the door.

"Sighs. "I'm glad she's gone." Said gohan breathing out a sigh. "Well if she wasn't going to leave soon I would of knocked her out for saying things that wasn't true!" said videl.

"I'm sorry videl I didn't mean to yell at you I didn't want you to start fighting cause I remember what happen last time and I didn't want you guys to fight and hit me also!" said gohan.

"So gohan are you feeling better?" said Brandon. "Yeah I do feel better than last night! I just don't feel like eating breakfast." "Well guys we better get ready to go back to the house I'm pretty sure you guys must be wanting to get home." Said bray.

Everyone got all their stuff out the rooms and loaded up in the caravan. When they got back to brays house everyone thanked bray and left. Videl asked gohan and erasa to ride with her.

They got in the copter and left. Videl was looking at gohan. "Are you feeling better gohan?" "Yeah, I do but little strange but, I'm ok." Said gohan drinking some orange juice. "Well I'm glad your ok!" said erasa.

They stopped at videls house and gohan said he leave from their cause he wasn't that far from home. "Are you sure you don't want a ride home?" said videl. "I'm fine videl I'll see you guys later!"

Gohan left and went down the street and took off in the air with no one seeing him. "Wow videl drena almost had me convinced about you and gohan." said erasa.

"Erasa, gohan was in a lot of pain last night the reason why I went upstairs was cause I didn't like the way he looked when he went upstairs it reminded me when angela spiked his drink! I had to comfort him. He didn't want me to say anything to anyone cause he didn't want to alarm everyone." "I shouldn't be feeling jealous cause I'm not going out with gohan." "Well don't worry about it let's just go in cause I'm tired." Said videl.

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About three hours later gohan landed at master roshi's house. He felt better cause he had went home and taken a shower and layed down for a while but he still didn't feel right sort of so he just ignored it. He was going to knock on the door when he saw his dad coming from the side of the house.

Him and goku still wasn't on good speaking terms but it's been a while since he seen his dad and he felt he should say something to him even though in his heart was still angry with him. "Hey gohan what's up!" said goku approaching him. Trying to smile. "Oh nothing much!" said gohan.

Then all of a sudden goku sense something weird coming from gohan and it went through him like a flash. Gohan looked at goku. "Is their something wrong dad?"

Goku didn't want to alarm gohan that he knew something wasn't right. "No I'm fine it's nothing. So are you ready to train for a while?" said goku.

"I don't know dad if I really feel like training but I'll try." They went over to the next island and started training. Goku could tell gohan was out of practice and something that was still not right. It was forty-five minutes and gohan stopped cause he was in pain again he fell to his knees bending over.

Goku came over to him immediately worried. "Gohan what's wrong??" "I...don't...know!" Then he passed out.

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Yeah it's another cliffy again. But will find out what happens.