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Ease my Pain chapter 23

At the hospital goku and bulma were waiting in the waiting room for the doctor to come out and tell them about gohan. Goku was sitting and worrying about gohan hoping, nothing wasn't seriously wrong and thinking of how, he was going to explain this to chichi.

Bulma touched his shoulder. "Are you ok, goku?" "I don't know bulma! I wish I didn't leave for four years! It, was such a stupid mistake!" said goku feeling awful and blaming himself.

"Goku, you can't be there to protect gohan everywhere he goes! He brought this on himself that's probably why he's sick!" "Bulma, I knew gohan was messing with marijuana but I'm not for sure what else he's been taking!"

"I remember you mentioning that but, what else was gohan doing?" said bulma.

"Actually, I don't know he told me he had a glass of champagne last night at some party he went to but that was it! I just sense theirs something in his body that's just not right and it's causing him to have pain!"

"Do you think he did something to himself?" said bulma.

"I don't know if he did it to himself or someone else did something to him!" "You don't think gohan would want to commit suicide, do you?" said bulma worried.

"Me and gohan may not have a good relationship but gohan never showed any signs of wanting to kill himself!" said goku. "Well I hope your right!" said bulma. "I should have said something more to gohan instead of just let this ride!" said goku stressing.

"Goku, listen, you can't be everywhere with gohan. This is just a lesson that he's going to have to learn!"

The doctor came in the waiting room and asked if they both come in his office. Goku had a bad feeling about what the doctor was going to say but he knew he had to be strong. They went in the office and sat down. The doctor looked at them. "Before I go into telling you about gohans condition. Does your son have any suicide problems or drug problems?" said the doctor.

"Only thing I know is my son was smoking marijuana and he didn't show any signs of suicide. Did he say he wanted to kill himself?" said goku.

"Actually I haven't asked him anything cause he's still in a lot of pain. It was hard to examine him cause he was in a lot of pain but we did manage to examine him and get blood from him."

"What sort of drugs did you find in his blood?" said bulma. "We found some traces of marijuana, crystal, but it was just small traces of it. But there is a drug that really stood out the most it's called MP9-7. This kind of drug is poisonous by it's self. It comes from a plant that doesn't even grow in this country only doctors are supposed to be allowed to have this type of poison cause we use to mix it with other drugs for it to work like a pain killer for people who are terminally ill. We don't use the MP9-7 anymore cause we have something else we use cause it's a very dangerous drug.

I don't know how your son got a hold of it. Either he knew someone he could get it from or some one gave it to him with out him knowing. The reason why your son is in pain cause he has an infection in his stomach cause of that drug!" said the doctor.

"What! You mean to tell me my son has poison in his blood and an infection!" said goku surprised. "Yes he does and the drug that's in him was not mixed with anything else and from the looks of it he seems to have taken a lot of it and what's so surprising is he's still alive!" said the doctor. Sighs. "I need to talk to gohan and find out what has he been doing!?" said goku shaking his head with worry.

"Is their some sort of cure or treatment for gohan to take? said bulma.

"It can be treated but it's going to take some time cause from the looks of it he has consumed a lot and his condition right now is awful! Your son has a fever that's at 103, he's in a lot of pain and if he keeps consuming that drug he's going to go into a coma and more likely not live." said the doctor.

Bulma and goku gasp at what the doctor said.

"Is it ok to see him I really like to talk with him." Said goku.

"Sure." said doctor. Bulma and goku left out the office and went down the hall to see gohan. Goku couldn't believe what the doctor told him. "Are you ok goku?" said bulma.

"No I'm not! I can't believe it bulma?! My son has poisoned himself!" "Goku, why don't you ask gohan if he took that drug!"

"I don't know bulma cause gohan hasn't been telling me the truth lately!"

They walked in the room and gohan looked pale and the nurse was wiping his head with a small washcloth. The nurse took the washcloth and left out the room. Goku felt like he was going to fall to pieces seeing his son lay in the bed in pain with a high fever. Gohans bed was in an up position.

Goku pulled up a chair and sat next to his bed. "Gohan can you hear me?" said goku. "Yeah...dad." Said gohan in pain. "Gohan has the doctor told you what was wrong?" Gohan opened his eyes. "No.... he hasn't..... said anything.

"Well the doctor said that you have poison in your body. That's why your having all that pain." Gohan looked at his dad weird like what in the world is he talking about. "POISON! HOW??!" Gohan felt more pain in his stomach when he raised his voice.

"Calm down gohan!" said bulma. "Please son don't get upset!" said goku.

"I don't know... which hurts worse.... my stomach or hearing.... you tell me that..... I have poison..... in my blood!" said gohan holding his stomach.

"Listen son just stay calm. The doctor said it was some drug name MP9-7." "MP9-7?! That drug....sounds familiar.....I know someone.....that has access to that!" said gohan.

"You KNOW someone?!" said goku looking at gohan strange. The nurse came in with a long needle and goku freaked. "Ahh!"

"GOKU??! Your going to scare gohan." said bulma-smacking goku in the back of the head. "Ow! Bulma!" said goku rubbing the back of his head.

"Are you...going to stick me.... with that?!" said gohan in pain and scared.

"No, I'm putting this medicine in the I.V. It's a antibiotic and pain killer. It's just something to help take away the pain so you can sleep. So don't worry I'm not going to stick you with it." said the nurse injecting the I. V.

"Whew, that's good to know!" said goku breathing a sigh of relief.

"Will you GROW UP GOKU and take this SERIOUSLY!" said bulma getting angry. The nurse laughed and left out the room. "Bulma I am taking this seriously! I just got scared for a moment!" said goku.

"Well anyway are you ok gohan?" said bulma.

Sigh. "As soon as this....medicine works, I hope!" "Gohan I want to know something, how do you know about this MP9-7?" said goku.

Gohan should of known that his father would want to know. Gohan wished he was in a better mood to tell his father but he already talked too much. "Dad it's a long story that.... I really don't won't to tell you right now."

"Gohan listen to me its not time to hold back and not say anything! Obvious, you know the person that has it but you just don't want to say! Gohan do you realize you have an infection in your stomach and your fever is a 103!" said goku.

"A fever.... and infection! No wonder....I feel lousy." Said gohan.

"Well whoever this person is that you know he must be the one poisoning you! Gohan, I'm going to leave now so you can rest and go talk to your mom about this! I hope you know she's going to be upset."

"Dad....please, don't remind me!"

Bulma and goku kissed gohan on his head and they left out the room going down the hall and going outside getting into bulmas copter. Goku was silent while bulma was driving. "Are you ok goku?"

"I don't know bulma! I would like to know what was gohan involved in and with who?!"

"It sounds pretty dangerous goku since theirs poison in his blood!" "I believe gohan is in some sort of danger cause he really got upset when I told him about having poison in his blood." said goku. "Well that tells us that he didn't do this to himself." Said bulma.

Goku and bulma had been gone for a while and gohan was lying in the bed getting a little sleepy and the pain was going away. The nurse came in and checked his fever and it was down to 102. She left out the room and gohan was thinking about mace and what he said about taking revenge for betraying him. Gohan was thinking of how it was so strange that he didn't see mace around for him to get poisoned.

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Chichi was sitting on the couch looking at the news then she got up and turned it off. Then there was knock on the door. "I hope this isn't ethan I told him NOT to come by!" She opened the door. "Oh goku. Hey?! I thought I told you to call before you show up?!!" said chichi getting upset.

Goku grabbed chi chi's hand and came in and closed the door.

Chichi pulled away from goku. "What is the MEANING of THIS goku?! You just can't come BARGING in like THAT!" said chichi.

"Chichi would you STOP THIS!" said goku.

"Stop what?!!" said chichi.

"I'm NOT some stranger!" said goku.

"Goku what is it that you want?!! I really don't.....!

Interrupting her. "Chichi, its gohan!" Chichi paused for a moment and looked at goku like what's going on. She could tell that the look on his face was serious. "What's wrong with gohan?! You didn't hurt him during training, did you?!"

"No chichi it has nothing to do with training! He's in the hospital." Said goku calmly.

"WHAT!! In the HOSPITAL??!" Chi chi started to get more upset. "GOKU, WHAT IS GOING ON?!!"

"Listen chichi gohan was poisoned!" "POISONED??!! My poor baby!!"

Chichi sat down on the couch with her face in her hands. "How?!! He hasn't done anything to anyone all he does is study and sometimes go to parties and hang with friends!"

Goku sat down on the couch. "Me and bulma took him to the hospital cause he was in a lot of pain. Chichi, gohan told me he has been with a headache and stomachache for over a week and he didn't want to worry you." said goku.

Chichi couldn't believe what she was hearing. "I didn't notice! He acted like everything was ok! I can't believe he hid that!" said chichi.

Goku went on and explain everything to chichi. She was in tears. "Please chichi calm down gohan's going to pull through!" said goku holding chichi in his arms. Chichi wiped her eyes. "Well let's not sit HERE! I want to SEE our son!" said chichi worried.

"Ok chichi but please try and control your temper!" "I'm going to lose my temper with YOU if we don't hurry and get there!" said chichi looking at goku.

Goku did his instant transmission and appeared outside gohans room. They went in the room and closed the door. Chichi came and sat in a chair next to gohans bed immediately looking at him and touching his face. All she could think about was her poor son and was he ok. She shed some tears looking at gohan. He was sleep. She cleared her face cause she didn't want to upset her son incase he awakened.

Goku pulled up another chair and sat next to chichi. "I was hoping he be awake?" said chichi. "The nurse came in earlier and gave him some pain medicine and antibiotics through the I.V. earlier so he can sleep."

"When can we talk to the doctor?" said chichi. "Well I talk to the doctor earlier and will probably see him tomorrow cause they want to keep an eye on him cause of the fever and infection."

The nurse walked in. "Hi goku!" said the nurse. "Hi! This is chichi gohan's mother." Said goku. "Nice meeting you. I was just coming in to check gohan to see if his fever went down." Said the nurse. The nurse checked his fever and chi chi was looking at her son hoping that he'll be ok. "Well this is good; he's down to 100." said the nurse.

Gohan started to wake up and he opened his eyes slowly looking tired. "H-Hi mom." Chichi smiled. "Hi son How are you feeling?"

"Just strange."

"Your not in any pain, are you?" asked chichi. "No not right now."

"That's good for the doctor to hear when he comes here tomorrow. I'll talk later and remember visiting hours will be over soon so gohan can get his rest." said the nurse leaving out the room.

Chi chi looked at gohan. "Son I wish you would have said something about being sick. You scared both of us." Said chichi. "I'm sorry mom I didn't mean to scare you both." said gohan. "Well chichi we better go and leave gohan so he can sleep. He's had a rough day." said goku.

"Your father's right we better be going. I love you." said chichi kissing gohan on the head and goku did also as well. They both left out the door.

Gohan relaxed in bed wondering why his mom didn't ask questions about other stuff cause his dad said he was going to tell his mom. Goku instant transmission back inside their house. "I'm glad chichi you didn't say anything about the drugs." Said goku.

"Well I will later it's just I didn't want to say anything right now until he gets better." Chichi sat down on the couch taking a deep sigh cause she was worried and hurt about her son and goku came and sat next to her. "Are you alright chi chi?" She started to cry. "No I'm not! Goku, why didn't you say that gohan was doing drugs!"

"Chichi I didn't want to tell you cause I thought you would blame me. I should have said something!!" said goku feeling bad. Chi chi got up and got some Kleenex to wipe her face. "Chi chi how come you didn't see what was going on with gohan?!" "I don't know! I guess, I was to busy thinking that gohan was too smart to do anything like that! Goku, we have to find out who poisoned our son?!" said chi chi worried.

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The next day it was almost nine in the morning and videl was finishing up the last of her homework early. She was sort of worried about gohan and was wondering was he ok. Sighs. "I think I'm just over doing it. He was ok when I last saw him. Oh well, I'll just give him a call."

Videl picked up her phone and called gohan's house and chichi answered.

"Hello?"

"Hi! Is gohan there?" said videl.

Chi chi was wondering who is this girl. "No he's NOT! Who is THIS!" said chichi being rude.

"My name is videl I'm sorry if I disturbed you!" Videl was thinking about hanging up the phone. Sighs. "Look, I'm just frustrated right now!" said chichi.

"Well I'll talk to gohan tomorrow in school so, tell him I said hi I have to go, bye!" Videl was about to hang up until chi chi said something. "Hey wait, before you go gohan won't be coming to school tomorrow."

"Oh he won't." said videl wondering why.

"No....he's in the hospital." Said chichi feeling bad. Videl was blown away about what she heard. "The hospital! What's wrong?!" said videl worried.

"The doctor said he's been poisoned. So he's running a fever and has an infection in his stomach so he just needs to rest I'm getting ready to leave and go see how's he's doing."

"Is he going to be ok?!"

"The doctor said he should be but I would like to know who did this to him my poor son!" said chichi shedding some tears. Wiping her tears she got highly upset. "IF I FIND OUT WHO DID THIS TO MY SON THEIR GOING GET IT!! DO YOU HEAR ME?!!"

Videl had pulled her ear away from the phone so she can keep her hearing. "O-k I think I better let you go so you can see gohan." said videl thinking that she lost her mind.

"Ok bye!" said chichi.

"Bye!" said videl hanging up breathing a sigh. "Wow poor gohan no wonder he was in a lot of pain and who in the world would want to poison him?!"

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Well another cliffy again. Everyone knows that bray poisoned gohan but do you know what he did and how he did it? So when you review tell me and I'll let you know if your right in the next chapter.