Reading of dispair
Chapter six: Ace of cups
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Gohan was almost finished with his kemo treatment, but the wasn't looking forward to that any more. He was wanting to talk to that girl. But for some odd reason, he wanted to sniff her too. This threw Gohan for a loop.
"Sniff her? Where the hell did that come from?" he thought.
Suddenly he began to feel movement at the bottom of his chair. He looked down seeing his tail had an opinion of it's own about her. The tip of it was moving back and forth rappidly like a rattle snakes. The funny thing was he could't get it to stop. The girl had turned her head to look his way.
"Hi, are you new? I haven't seen you around." She aked innocently.
"Y..yeah. This is my first treatment." He answered.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. It's tough finding out you have cancer. I've had it sense I was ten. I'm eleven now. So, where are you from?"
Gohan felt nervous,"I came from four thirty nine mountain district. That's not here in Anchor town. I came to see a family friend and I collapsed at her front door yesterday and well...here I am."
"My parents just brought me in for my treatment. I have to get them twice a week. I'm greatful I'm lycian because kemo makes human's hair fall out. I know I don't do much with it, I just can't picture myself bald." She laughed trying to lighten his mood.
"I'm half saiyan so I don't know the rules as far as kemotherapy goes yet. But I heard from Aunt Jaz that saiyan and lycian physiology is close to identical."
Realiztion had hit the girl,"Wait, you mean Jasmine Redback? The one kids call Aunt Jaz?" she asked superized.
"Yeah, that's the one. She's known me sense I was a newborn." Gohan confirment.
"Anyway, I forgot to ask you. What's your name? I'm Sky."
"I'm Gohan." He blushed feeling more and more nervous.
"Gohan your tail, why's it moving like that?" She asked pointing at it.
He held it up looking at it qustionably,"I don't know. It's never happened before."
They continued to talk as the nurse came in to unhook Gohan from his IV, completeing his kemotherapy. He walked over to the chair to sit across from Sky and contniued his conversation with her untill her parents came to pick her up. He met her parents and from what he saw they seemed like good folks. Her mother was happy to see that Sky had made a friend. Sky didn't have many friends, she was an outcast in school. But her father was nervous, and had the overly protective monster worm it's way into his heart for she was still his little princess and her new friend just happened to be a boy. Sky gave him her phone number, and bid him fare well the nurse came back in to take him back to room twenty two. But little did Gohan know Krillin, Piccolo, and Jasmine were evsdropping on their conversation.
Chichi caught the last bit of it and all the while chanting "Grand babies" in her head. Once Gohan was in his room he laid on his bed with a big smile on his face. A one he hasn't had in a while. Just then he heard chanting at the door as Krillin, Piccolo, Jasmine, Chichi, Bulma, and Vegeta walked in.
"Hehe, Gohan has a crush! Gohan has a crush. You dog." Krillin chanted.
Gohan's cheeks flushed in annoyment and embarrassment. By now he already knew they seen everything.
"That's not funny!" Gohan huffed.
"Oh yes it is. Pay backs a bitch isn't it?" Krillin replied giggling.
"Oh, hush it Krillin. I know you're short like a child but that doesn't mean you have to act like one." Jasmine shot back.
"Hey! I'm not short I'm fun size!"
"Apparently not the kinda "fun" we're thinking of." Jasmine replied.
The others laughed as everyone sat down. Chichi had finished the meeting with Doctor Reich earlier when they came in about Gohan's kemo treatments. However Vegeta and Jasmine noticed an odd odor in the air coming from Gohan upon entering his room earlier.
"You're in rut brat!" Vegeta announched.
Gohan was confussed,"I'm in what?"
"Rut. That may explain why your tail grew back. You've just hit the saiyan change of adolesentce." He explained.
"What does it mean though? I don't smell anything." Gohan asked sniffing his armpit.
"Uhagh, I swear your idiot father didn't give you the talk did he?"
"No I guess not. Wait, are you talking about the "sex" talk about puberty? Cause if so then no." Gohan stated.
"Figures, I told the oaf he should before the Cell games. Young saiyan boys your age go through rut. it's where your tail releases a type of pharamone to attract females. Your furtile right now, which means that you could get a woman pregnant if you mated with one. Saiyan reproduction is different than humans. With us a saiyan woman could only concive if her mate is furtile rather she's ovulating or not. During this time saiyan boys get aggressive and feral. And the full moon just makes it worse. During a full moon we transform if we have our tails, but if we're in rut we don't. We just get the strong urge to mate." he explained.
Gohan's face flushed even more. He was only eleven and going through this. A thought crossed his mind.
"Great now I'm gonna get the urge to start humping everything I see." Gohan groaned mentally.
Krillin giggled,"Yeah may explain why Gohan here has a "woody". He declaired as he pointed at his lap.
Gohan looked down, and he was indeed hard. He didn't even notice. He quickly grabbed a pillow a stuck it on his lap with a fresh wave of embarrassment.
"Shut up and stop mortifiying him jackass!" Jasmine shouted.
"Jeez, Ya didn't have to yell ya know." Krillin remarked.
"Oh, my little boy is growing up. I hope I get those grand babies soon." Chichi announced with a wide smile on her face.
everyone in the room just fell to the ground including Gohan.
"Mom, I'm only eleven!" Gohan whined.
"Yeah my sentaments exactly!" Jasmine declaired a little irratated.
"I think we're forgetting something you guys. Gohan has cancer and a baby would just complicate things." Piccolo stated.
"Exactly. I wouldn't have the strenght to take proper care of it." Gohan replied.
Just then the coco clock in the room went off. Vegeta once again blasted the bird that came out.
"Not again Vegeta!" Bulma yelled.
"Don't start woman!"
"Thank you Vegeta! I can never sleep with that thing going off all the time. Gets on my last nerve." Gohan thanked crankily.
"Wow Gohan, you seem pretty grouchy. You're turning into vegeta." Krillin humorously remarked.
"Well, Doctor Reich told me that mood swings and aggitation were side effects to the kemo." Chichi continued on,"I wish Goku was here. I'm pregnant and stressed out to no end!" She yelled as she begain to cry.
Jasmine brought her into a comforting embrace," It's okay Chichi we're doing the best we can."
Gohan just laid in bed in shock. He couldn't believe it. His mother was pregnant and here he was with cancer while she was stressing out. He snapped.
"Before or after his funeral?" Gohan asked in an aggervated tone of voice.
"What are you saying Gohan?" Chichi was shocked.
"What am I saying?" Gohan repeated angerly.
"Oh, fuck I knew this was coming!" Jasmine declaired.
"You still shouldn't talk that way about your father Gohan." Krillin chastized.
Everyone was shocked. They never expected Gohan of all people to be disrespectful. Let alone to his own father. But what scared them the most was the deranged laughter that poured from his lips.
"Are you kidding me Krillin? What kind of man, a married man for that matter leaves over a threat that doesn't even exist yet. And you all know that if there is an up coming threat we would've handled it. Second of all he left the responsibility of the planet to an eleven year old child his no less and took off. Leaving a pregnant wife and a child who has cancer behind. Don't you think he's needed for that? Mom could use his help right now especially sense I have cancer now. What kind of father or husband does that? And even if he didn't know about this, he still should've came back because this planet isn't the only responsibility he has. What in the hell is wrong with parents these days? That is something Aunt Jaz quoted and I agree with her. I think my father done lost his mind!" Gohan ranted.
"Calm down kid, this isn't helping your condition any." Piccolo sated.
"I know Piccolo but I have to say this." Gohan replied.
"Gohan you know you father loves us. Why are you being so hateful towards him?" Chichi asked heartbroken.
"I'll tell you why mom. He's not even around when we need him for something like this, but if we need his help for a battle he's right there. There's more to it than that. You desurve better. He's always gone! And when he is home he walks all over you. The last time I checked you're a human being not the welcome mat on our front door step I wipe my feet on before I come into the house. The least he could do is come home after the Cell games and help you out around the house sense your pregnant and all. He could also help you out with dealing with this cancer business too." Gohan ranted as a sudden pang of pain hit his chest full force.
He slammed down onto his bed and clasped his chest.
"I think I over did it a little." He moaned in pain.
Everyone rushed to his side checking him to make sure he was alright.
He lifted himself off his bed with a shaky reply," I'm okay. Just an occational pain. Doctor said I'll have thoses."
But then he passed out. Jasmine pressed the call nurse button as the nurse came in and examined him. Luckily there was nothing wrong with him just a pain episode. She informed he would be okay after some rest and he would be able to go home tomarrow. As she left the room everyone was lost in thought as they lie awake to this starling new revealation.
Thank you to my reviewers hope this fixes you up.
The Ace of cups means new love.
Untill next time.