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Ease My Pain Chapter 41

Brandon was sitting in his room thinking about what Bray had been saying to him about Gohan. He wished Bray would come clean about Gohan and tell him why it happen and who was behind it. "Knock, knock," said Bray coming in his room. Brandon was sitting at his desk. "Hey Bray, what's up?!"

"Nothing, just hanging out here in my room. My mom doesn't really want me going out." "So did your mom freak after she saw some of the cuts and bruises?" "Yeah, she got really worried when she saw me. My mom took me to the hospital to make sure everything was ok."

"What did they say?" asked Bray.

"They said it wasn't nothing serious but I got some more stitches in my head and a major headache to follow." "Sounds like mom really took good care of you."

Brandon frowned. "Please Bray I don't like hospitals I wished my mom wouldn't have taken me, it seem like I was ok when the paramedics checked me out at school." "Oh, stop complaining, my parents were upset about what happen and had me checked out by the doctor too. So don't feel bad cause my mom wasn't going to let me out the house until I really convinced her that I didn't feel bad." Said Bray.

"Well at least your mom is letting you out the house." Whined Brandon.

"That's cause your mom can be very overprotective." Smirked Bray.

"Don't remind me." said Brandon.

Bray pulled up a chair next to Brandon. "So how's Gohan?" asked Bray.

"I'm surprised you ask that."

"Why?"

"Cause you usually don't ask about Gohan." Said Brandon.

"Well I did hang out with Gohan."

"It seem you started hanging out with him cause you had to do Mace's dirty work." "Brandon I know that but, when I really did get to know Gohan he's a really nice guy, what I don't get is... how come Mace wanted me to poison him?"

"Why don't you tell Gohan about what Mace made you do?"

"Please Brandon do we need to go down this road again."

"Did it ever occur to you that sooner or later it's going to come out?"

"Well... it just might." Said Bray feeling bad. "Do you think Mace isn't going to be nice about this?! He might just blame the whole thing on you."

"Brandon I don't think Mace is nice about anything and I did think about him leaving me to hold the bag. Thank goodness I'm still alive." "Yeah that's true, but thank goodness Gohan is still alive! Bray you can't keep this up forever sooner or later he's going to find out!"

Sighs. "Do I have to be reminded of what I did? Do you think I'm happy about it?!"

"Listen Bray I'm not trying to rub this in your face but, how can you sit around him after you poisoned him! Yesterday he went home sick! I was in the bathroom with him listening to him vomit! Reality check Bray! Mace caused him a lot of harm by poisoning him and if you come clean.........

Bray interrupted Brandon. "Listen, I didn't want to do this and I didn't enjoy it! Do you realize the stress I've been under? I felt like I was going to lose my mind! I started taking my mom antidepressants because of this!"

"Bray all I want is for you to come clean with your story instead of waiting."

"Brandon you know how Mace is when he wants something! Remember when you were selling drugs for him!"

"Quiet Bray! My mom might hear you!"

"Brandon do you THINK I would do that on purpose?!"

"I didn't think you had it in you but I was shock to hear you tell me that you did this!"

Bray got in Brandon's face. "Brandon my parents were going to be killed if I didn't do what he said! I didn't mean to do this!"

Sighs. "Bray..... what are you going to do?"

Bray looked clueless. "I don't know.... just keep my mouth shut."

"That's pretty hard for ME to do if your friends with someone that did it!"

"Brandon, I told you don't say a word!"

"Bray I have a conscious it's hard for me!"

"You better keep your word or your going to get it from me!" "What are you going to do? Beat me up!" said Brandon looking at Bray.

Bray got up and folded his arms and put his back against the wall. "Brandon, this is not about fighting! It's about keeping secrets. I know we can't keep this up but we have to until I think of something." Said Bray.

"Well we could take revenge and get Mace for what he did." smirked Brandon.

Bray looked at Brandon like he was crazy. "Your asking to die aren't you?!"

"Look, I don't know what else to do but when you come up with something let me know." said Brandon.

"Well I'm glad you're joining with me and not against me!" said Bray sighing.

Brandon didn't want to say anything else to Bray about Gohan but he didn't agree to the way Bray was handling things.

Brandon got up and got in his bed. "You know Bray I'm going to lay down.... this headache is driving me up the wall." Brandon didn't want to talk anymore about the conversation of Gohan.

Bray had made up his mind about not saying anything. But he knew he wasn't going to be able to keep it up for long.

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At the hospital Gohan was all dressed and ready to go home which he was happy about. He had enough of being in the hospital even though it was only for one night. Goku and Chichi walked in to get Gohan after signing the release papers.

Goku did his instant transmission and after arriving home, Chichi demanded Gohan to go to bed, which, he didn't like being but he did feel a little weak and the doctor also recommended him to get plenty of rest. "Mom do I have to stay in the bed all day? I just got out of bed." Said Gohan getting in the bed and Chichi pulled the covers over him.

"Gohan your fever is gone down but I want you resting like the doctor said. I don't want you getting another infection." Gohan rolled his eyes. "Mom, I think I got the infection cause I'm taking too long to heal. Usually saiyans don't take this long."

"Well remember you're only half saiyan and the rest of you is human. So don't think that it's going to be that easy healing unless you want to go back to the hospital?!" Said Chichi. "No mom." Said Gohan dreading the idea. Then Chichi became stern. "Then stay in the bed!"

"Yes mom." Gohan said taking his mom seriously. Gohan laid back and folded his arms.

Chichi starred at Gohan. "Is their something wrong mom?" "Why do you have to look so bored laying there?"

"Cause I get bored laying in the bed." "Well you know how I feel about you watching TV. But, here's the remote." Said Chichi taking it off the top of the T.V.

"Mom come on.... television is not that bad."

"Yeah but it takes all your time for studying. Well anyway just enjoy." Chichi left out the room and Gohan turned on the television murmuring under his lips about his mom overdoing it.

Gohan was flipping through the channels. "Theirs nothing on the TV... oh well, I'll just watch the news."

While Gohan was watching the news they reviewed yesterdays news about the shooting at Orange Star High. That got Gohans attention. "What! Those bullets went through the wall into the cafeteria! Oh no! Videl, Erasa, Bray and Brandon. I hope their ok." Said Gohan worried.

Gohan was picking up the phone to call Videl and Chichi walked in. "Gohan what are you doing?" "I'm calling Videl, mom." "Why, when your suppose to be resting."

Goku walks in the room with some juice for Gohan. Gohan puts down the phone. "Mom I just heard on the news that they had a shooting at my school. I wanted to call my friends to see if they were ok."

Chichi and Goku looked at each other. "Gohan we heard about that yesterday on the news." Said Goku.

"You didn't say anything!" Said Gohan upset.

"How were we suppose to say something when you were sick!" said Chichi.

"We felt it wasn't necessary to say anything until you felt better." Said Goku.

"Wait a minute, wasn't that the bullets that were suppose to hit us by that guy?"

"I think they were cause I seen the news after I brought you home from school."

"Oh no! This is all my fault!" said Gohan putting his head down. "Gohan how can you say that? You don't even know if they were in the lunchroom." Said Chichi. "Mom they had to be in the lunchroom! That's where I would have been heading if I didn't get sick!"

Chichi sat on the side of his bed and stroked his black hair. "Son, listen, I'll let you call later but right now I want you to rest. I'm pretty sure there ok." "Yeah, Gohan." Said Goku smiling. "But mom, please, I have to know what happen, they are my friends and I can't sleep or rest if that's on my mind!"

"Gohan you just spent the night in the hospital from losing a lot of fluids! I want you resting not sick again!" "Mom, how am I going to get sick from being on the phone I'm just asking how there doing!" Whined Gohan.

"NO! I said later and I mean it!"

"Honey just give him a minute to say something to his friends it's not like he's going to be on the phone for an hour."

"Goku are you taking our sons condition seriously."

"Chichi what's a couple of minutes and besides he's in bed it's not like he's outside walking around and anyway...." Goku whispered in Chichi ear and she started smiling and laughing.

Gohan looked at both of them like they were crazy.

"Ok son five minutes only!" Goku whispered in her ear again and Chichi started laughing. "Ok son maybe..." said Chichi being interrupted by Goku again. Goku whispered to her and she forgot to say what she was going to say. "Oh, Goku, you have a way of being romantic!"

Gohan looked at both his parents wondering. "Excuse me but what's going on? Are you guys ok?" Goku started kissing Chichi on the neck and Chichi was laughing as Goku was whispering in her ear. Gohan looked at his parent's weird. "You guys are not going to have sex in here right now, are you?"

"That is absolutely none of your business!" Yelled Chichi. Chichi got up and shoved Gohan the phone and left out the room quickly with Goku laughing and closed the door.

"Wow they didn't even say how long I could be on the phone." Gohan smiled and was about to dial until Chichi opened the door and ran back in and looked at him. "Ten minutes Gohan!" Goku came back in and grabbed her by the arm and closed the door cause he really didn't want Chichi to be paranoid about Gohan and also he wanted some quiet time alone with Chichi.

"I had to open my big mouth." Said Gohan muttering.

Gohan called Videls house.

"Hello?"

"Hi Videl?"

Videl was shocked and surprised and worried. "Hey Gohan! Is everything ok? I was worried about you! Trunks said you were in the hospital and...."

"Calm down Videl I went to the hospital cause I was running a high fever and I kept throwing up. So they kept me overnight."

"Are you feeling better?"

"Well yes and no but a lot better than yesterday I'm still a little weak. But I have to stay in bed and take it easy cause I have an infection." "Well I did call Bulmas and she wasn't there so I talked to her son and he said you were in the hospital but, all he told me was that his mom said you were going to be ok."

"Well at least you knew where I was at but I just got home thirty minutes ago and my mom didn't like the fact of me getting on the phone but I want to know are you guys ok?" Gohan asked.

Videl looked confused. "Yeah I'm fine. Why?"

"Cause I saw the news and I heard about what happen at school." "Oh, that almost slipped my mind." Said Videl. "I'm fine. Just some cut's here and there, no big deal."

"Thank goodness. What about Erasa, Brandon and Bray? Are they ok?" "Well we all walked out of the school fine. Brandon and Bray shielded me and Erasa and they ended up with more cuts then we did."

"That's too bad, but as long as you guys are not hurt seriously."

"Well, we were all shaken up by the whole thing and wondered what came through the cafeteria wall. Bray happen to see bullets on the floor in the cafeteria and when I went down to train at the police academy one of the officers looked at the surveillance video of the school, which comes to a question, I have for you."

"Question?" said Gohan.

"Yeah, on the video I had seen you and your dad leaving the premises and shots being fired behind some black car at you and your dad. We didn't get a good picture of the person firing but we notice something weird about you and your dad."

Gohan thought about what happen and he remembered that his father did instant transmission and that was it before he blanked out. "What could be so weird about me and my dad leaving the school?" said Gohan pretending like he didn't know.

"Well me and the other officer saw you guys disappear. We thought are eyes were playing tricks on us but we ran the tape several times and two people don't just disappear like some magic trick. Maybe the schools camera has a glitch or something." Said Videl.

Gohan was smiling. "Well that's probably true. Maybe the school cameras do have a glitch. Theirs no way we could just disappear."

"Well Gohan could you tell me what's going on, cause I know you guys know someone shot at you. Is that Mace guy after you again?" Gohan was cornered by Videls question. "Well Videl I don't know."

"You don't know?! Gohan, what's going on?"

"That's a good question Videl but I haven't even asked my dad about that. I was too sick yesterday to think about anything else."

"Well the police are clueless and I happen to have told them that I knew who you were in the video. Now they want to ask you questions."

Sighs. "Well I can't answer anything right now and I think I better let you go cause I don't feel so good." "Look Gohan I'm sorry for bringing up these questions at a time that's not good, but the police wanted me to ask you."

"I'm sorry Videl but I can't be any help to you right now."

"Are you going to be ok?"

"Yeah I'll be fine it's just.... I'm still weak from yesterday."

Videl started to worry about Gohan. she didn't want to ask him questions especially if he wasn't in any condition to. Gohan didn't want Videl knowing about his hidden power so he had to say something to keep her from asking questions. "I'll talk later Videl."

"Ok Gohan, bye." Videl and Gohan hung up. "I hope I didn't upset him." Said Videl sort of worried.

Gohan put the phone on his dresser and breathe a sigh with a little anger. "I wondered who did shoot at us yesterday? What am I'm saying?! I should know who's behind this! There's no question about that!"

Chichi came in the room with Goku. "Hey did you talk to Videl?" ask Goku. "Yeah she's doing ok and everyone else is to."

"So why the long face? Are feeling ok? I knew you shouldn't have talked on the phone!" said chichi sitting on the bed and touching his head to see if he had a fever.

"Mom that's not it! It's just Videl was asking some questions about the surveillance video on our school campus that caught someone firing shots at me and dad behind a black car. Also it caught when dad did his instant transmission. Now the police want to talk to me about who shot at us! I know Mace is behind this!" "What did you tell Videl?" said Goku. "I told her I didn't know anything right now and I had to talk with you about it."

"Well I will tell you this much. I believe Mace had someone come after us because I paid him a visit."

"Yeah I remember you telling me about going over there, but who is this guy that shot at us?!" said Gohan. "Son listen to me, I don't want you to think about that right now cause I can tell talking with Videl upset you a little. I want you resting, ok?"

"Yes mom."

Chichi looked at Goku and Gohan happen to see Chichi look at Goku strange like if they knew something. "Get some rest Gohan." Said Goku as he and Chichi left out the room. Chichi closed the door and looked at Goku. "Goku sooner or later he's going to find out you were shot and I really don't want him knowing right now. He's going to be really upset." said Chichi. "Don't worry Chichi he won't find out until I tell him."

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