Achoo!
The sound of glass shattering resounded through the Son house following Gohan's latest sneeze. Thankfully, his cold had been somewhat better for a day or so. As it was, he was only breaking the glass in whatever room he sneezed in. Which, judging from where the sound came from, was the bathroom.
Achoo!
The sound of the bathroom mirror breaking echoed throughout the house.
'I hope Bulma gets here soon,' Chi-chi thought to herself. When Bulma had heard about Gohan's cold, she'd been sympathetic. When Vegeta had rudely insisted that Saiyans, even half-human hybrids, didn't get 'weakling diseases', Bulma had asked him to come with her to see Gohan.
Just then, someone knocked on the door. Chi-chi stood up from the couch and opened the door.
"Hi Chi-chi. How's Gohan doing?" Bulma asked.
Achoo!
A powerful wind blew by Bulma and Vegeta, knocking the ponytail from the formers hair. At least her question was answered. Vegeta glared at Gohan.
"Hi," Gohan said weakly.
"Hi Gohan. How are you feeling?" Bulma asked politely.
"Not to good. But better than I did a few days ago," Gohan responded.
"That's good. Maybe you'll be better soon," Bulma said. Without warning, Vegeta warped directly behind Gohan.
Achoo!
The sneeze passed where Vegeta had been standing and hit the door. It swung open violently, twisting on the hinges but, thankfully, not coming completely off of them.
"You've got the Saiyan version of what your planet refers to as a 'cold'" Vegeta stated. Everybody looked at him.
"I thought you said he didn't have a cold," Bulma said.
"He doesn't have that weak infection your people refer to as a cold. But the Saiyan equivalent. As far as I know, it doesn't have an actual name," Vegeta stated. "All it means is this brat can't control his energy."
"What do you mean 'can't control his energy'?" Chi-chi asked.
"When a Saiyan gains to much strength to fast, their immune system breaks down and common diseases like this take a foothold inside the Saiyan's body."
Everybody was silent for a moment before Chi-chi spoke up.
"So, he's been training too much?" she asked.
"No. It means he hasn't been training as much as he should," Vegeta stated rather harshly. Bulma looked at him quizzically. Vegeta sighed and muttered something that sounded like 'Idiots' before explaining.
"When a Saiyan increases his power through some means other than physical training, such as meditation, and he doesn't train his body to handle the new-found power, his immune system tries to contain the energy so it doesn't threaten the persons life. Doing so causes it to fail to protect the person from other diseases because it becomes too pre-occupied with not dying."
"The only way for him to fully eradicate the disease is to train himself to the point of exhaustion for the next few days. Otherwise, he'll just keep blowing stuff up every time he sneezes."
"But he's been doing better today that the past few days," Chi-chi said uncertainly.
"That's because the human side of his immune system has been working to suppress the disease. But it's not strong enough to allow full recovery. He's not going to feel much better than he does now until he begins training again."
Vegeta let that sink in before opening his mouth again.
"Now, I've got training to do. Have a good day," he said as harshly as he could. He stepped over the door and had almost made it to through the threshhold when
ACHOO!
Bulma and Chi-chi turned to look at Gohan, but he shrugged his shoulders and said "Wasn't me."
ACHOO!
A massive earthquake shook the house and knocked every loose object on the floor. Vegeta looked outside and quickly walked out. The others followed suit.
When Vegeta stopped abruptly, everyone else nearly ran into him. The all followed his line of sight to the ground. Less than a meter in front of them was a Goku shaped hole in the ground. The hole was so deep that the bottom wasn't visible.
Vegeta began laughing loudly.
"Kakarott's got a cold!" he said between bouts of laughter. Chi-chi's head dropped as she contemplated her immediate future. After a few seconds, an idea struck Vegeta.
"Hey Kakarott! I'm going to go get you some medicine and a NEEDLE!" he yelled down the hole. Almost immediately, a gold streak emerged from the ground 10 meters away from the hole.
"NO! I HATE NEEDLES!" they heard Super Saiyan Goku yell as he flew away at top speed. Vegeta continued laughing while Chi-chi silently groaned. A sick half-Saiyan was bad enough. She didn't want to see what destruction a sick Super Saiyan was capable of.
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A/N: I know the ending was kind of weak. But I hope you enjoy it anyway.
If anyone wants to try and continue the story where I've left off, message me first and get my approval.