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A/N2: This chapter is dedicated to whatever muse it was that gave me the inspiration at 1AM to write the 'laughing scene'. Oh, you'll know it when you see it. You will. O.o
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"This should work," Bulma smiled handing Kage a little white pill, "We won't know of any side effects until you try them. If they don't work it's back to the drawing board."
Kage nodded popping the pill in his mouth and swallowed it dry. It didn't take long for the drowsiness to start; he leaned against the table and slipped off falling to the floor.
"Kage?" Bulma startled dropping to her knees next to him.
His head swam and the voices he had been hearing earlier became louder, screaming his name, screaming for him to listen. He pressed his hands to his ears in a futile attempt at stopping the voices.
"No! Leave me alone!" He shouted squeezing his eyes shut.
Bulma crumpled the paper in her hand and shoved it in her pocket before rubbing Kage's back soothingly.
"Shh," She whispered over Kage's sobs, "We'll fix this, it'll be over soon."
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Kage sighed warily sitting on the table in the examination room. It had been weeks of trail and error with the pills, the last ones had made the voices quieter and the hallucinations were nonexistent. The only side effect was the sever itching it caused. Kage scowled staring at his arms trying his hardest not to scratch, he had broken the skin on them earlier from his lack of self control. Bulma walked in with bandages and shook her head as she set to work cleaning and wrapping his arms.
"I should put gloves on your hands or something. That's what we had to do to Trunks when he got the Chicken Pocks," She laughed lightly at the memory that popped into her mind and straightened her self, "There." She smiled admiring her work then looked up at Kage's scrutinizing glare on his hands, "I think I got what was making you itch out of the formula."
Kage scratched the bridge of his nose and smiled lightly, "You think?"
"I know." Bulma reassured him disappearing into the backroom.
Kage sighed bowing his head when Ganjo walked in with a girl loosely holding his hand. She had short black hair like Ganjo's and large piercing green eyes. The girl giggled softly her attention focused on Ganjo. She was very pretty, or so Kage thought absently as Ganjo walked closer smiling at him coolly.
"Hey Kage," He greeted letting go of the girl's hand, "How're you feeling?"
Kage smirked back, something he had been practicing to disturb Dende with later, "I'm good. A little itchy…" He snorted rubbing his arms in an attempt at soothing them, "Whose that?" He nodded to the girl.
She blushed lightly then smiled handing her hand out for Kage to shake, "I'm Andy."
Kage accepted her handshake and smiled fully, "Kage."
"I met Andy last week," Ganjo filled in, "In the city at the coffee shop."
Andy looked up at Ganjo, "You tripped over my table." She grinned impishly.
"It was an accident!" Ganjo held his hands up in defense his cheeks darkening slightly, "I am legally blind after all." He laughed lightly as Andy playfully punched his arm.
"Right…" She laughed.
Kage rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to say something when Bulma walked in cutting him off.
"Oh hello Ganjo, who's your girlfriend?" She grinned mischievously at the two enjoying how Ganjo squirmed a little when she said 'girlfriend'.
"Oh, this is Andy." He said resting his hand on Andy's shoulder.
Andy held her hand out for Bulma to shake, "Nice to meet you Ms. Briefs."
"You too Andy," Bulma shook her hand then turned to Kage, "This should work Kage."
Kage accepted the tiny orange pill hesitantly, "That's what you said last time." He said eyeing the pill before putting it in his mouth and swallowing.
"Sorry I haven't stopped by lately." Ganjo apologized, his arm slipping around Andy's waist.
Kage shrugged nonchalantly, "With all that's been going on, I'm really glad you hadn't." He smirked, "What with throwing up one day, seizures the next, and now itching…" He smiled fully noticing that Bulma had ducked out of the room, "It's okay really. And I see that you've been busy as well."
Ganjo blushed again, "Well I haven't-"
The door swung open and Piccolo walked in casually dressed in blue jeans and a black t-shirt. The sight caught Ganjo off guard, since all he had ever seen Piccolo wear was his purple gi, turban, and cape. He gaped at the Namekian for a moment then blinked, the infamous Son smile washing over his face.
"What's the occasion Piccolo?"
A grunt was the Namekian's response, he moved over to Kage raising an eyebrow at his bandaged arms. Kage smiled sheepishly, "They itched…" He mumbled, his cheeks darkening in embarrassment.
Piccolo rolled his eyes, "I hope the woman has your medication correct this time." He growled.
"Hey!" Bulma shouted from the other room, Piccolo and Kage winced at the shrill sound, "I don't have to be making these medications for Kage! So be nice!"
Piccolo rolled his eyes again and Kage snickered softly standing up off the examination table.
Andy squeezed Ganjo's hand gently and leaned up to his ear, "I have to go to the bathroom." Kage heard her whisper and pretended that he didn't when she blushed.
Ganjo looked down at her, "It's down the hallway on your right. It's labeled so you can't miss it." He offered her a smile and she grinned back disappearing out the door.
Kage cleared his throat noisily, "She doesn't know that you're really blind?" Piccolo gave him a confused look then turned to Ganjo trying not to look curious.
"Well," Ganjo's eyes ticked up to the ceiling, "She doesn't exactly… believe me." He admitted sheepishly.
Kage looked at him incredulously while Piccolo continued with the blank look, "How could she not?" Kage grinned, "You tripped over a table!" He stressed the last word and broke into laughter. Ganjo winced blushing; he seemed to be doing it a lot lately.
"I don't know, I told her and she thought it was joke. So I just… went with it." He rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment. Piccolo allowed himself a small smirk which broke Kage up even more.
Andy walked back in on the scene, she smiled, "What's so funny?"
A strangled gasp escaped Ganjo's throat, "Kage don't." He hissed knowing full well that the Namekian was going to tell the girl exactly what was so funny.
"Don't what?" Andy's eyebrows drew together in confusion, "Ganjo, what's wrong? You look pale."
Kage snorted loudly, the sound so startling to even himself that he stopped laughing and stared at Ganjo in shock. Ganjo blinked a few times and opened his mouth when Piccolo said, "Did you just snort?" His emotionlessly monotone voice making Andy giggled softly into her hand.
Ganjo gritted his teeth together to keep himself for laughing, "No way," His voice wavered slightly, "You just-" He couldn't hold back anymore and leaned against the wall as he laughed.
Kage turned purple in embarrassment, his eyes growing wide as even his father joined in with the laughter. He blinked gaping at his father, the sound of the man's laughter so foreign to him that it was scary.
"Well, well," He stuttered unable to tear his eyes from Piccolo struggling to stop himself from laughing, "Ganjo's actually blind!"
"Really?" Andy hiccupped, and Ganjo nodded the two breaking down into hysterics.
Kage covered his mouth feeling like he just outted Ganjo on something like being gay, "I can't believe I said that." He gasped starting to laugh.
The whole situation was so absurd that Kage found himself trying to hold himself up with the aid of the examination table. Bulma walked into the room with wide eyes, checked the laughing gas tanks and then stood gaping at the group. It was times like this you wish you had a camera.
Ganjo coughed into his hand trying to calm himself back down. Piccolo, he noted, was already back to his sober self pretending as if nothing had happened.
"That was really weird," Bulma said once the group had calmed down, "Don't ever do that again." She said retreating back into her back room.
Kage shakily saluted her still a bit tipsy from all the laughing.
He eyed his father, "Hey," He said grinning, "I have an excuse for my outbreak, but you don't." Piccolo snorted folding his arms over his chest; his cheeks still a little purple from laughing.
Ganjo grinned at the two, "Oh!" He shook his head bringing his hand up to smack his forehead, "I almost forgot to tell you! Goten and Marron's wedding is in two weeks, they would like you to come."
Kage nodded wiping his eyes, "I'll try, not sure about my father here though." He looked up at Piccolo who snorted softly.
"I'll come." He grunted.
Ganjo nodded knowing that if it were anyone else's family Piccolo would have said 'no' without a second's hesitation.
"Thanks, it'll mean a lot to Goten."
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He felt… normal. It was an exhilarating feeling to actually be able to think. Finally the medication was working free of side effects.
"How're you feeling?" Piccolo's voice reverberated around the small clearing of the waterfall.
Kage breathed in slowly through his nose and smiled, "I feel good." He opened his eyes finding his father giving him a worried look.
"I think that woman put something in your medication." There was a hint of a smile in his voice, his lips even twitched up a bit as he spoke.
"Yea," Kage nodded, "It's called medication." His smile got wider as his father snorted and rolled his eyes.
There was a long silence as the two stood in the clearing enjoying the serenity of the waterfall. After a moment Kage glanced over at his father, his eyebrows raising, "Yea… Why are you dressed up today?"
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A/N: I must torture you with that as an ending. Sorry. :-P
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