Title: Little Boys Blue
Author: AstroKender
Pairings: None.
Rating: Action, Angst
Warnings: Mush and sap, I'm afraid
Spoilers: None.
Notes: Ugh, I didn't mean for this last part to be so short, or so sugery sweet, but I needed some closure to this fic and this was all that would come out. Thanks to everyone who has read and enjoyed this!
Feedback: Welcome. Please review.
Disclaimers: DBZ belongs to Akira Toriyama and Funimation. This fic is for entertainment purposes and is not in any way meant for profit. Don't sue me.
Part 6: End
Goku watched as a herd of doctors and nurses zigzagged through the hallway on their own little missions. Sighing heavily, he turned his gaze to stare at the door in front of him. He had insisted on staying with Gohan while they treated him, but the doctor said he would only get in the way. Goku scuffed his feet and sighed again.
"Goku. I am glad I found you."
Goku straightened and gazed down the hall in confusion. His brow quickly smoothed and he jumped to his feet. "Korin!"
"Mm-hmm..." The white cat nodded. Reaching behind him, his paw came back with a small brown sack.
"The sensu bean?" The Saiyan asked hopefully.
"Yes." But he drew the bag away as Goku reached for it.
"I don't understand. Why won't you give it to me, Korin?"
"I will." Korin said. "But first I want you to listen. Sensu beans do not magically appear. It takes a lot of energy to grow them. And, with the coming battle, we'll need all the beans we can get. Try to think things through a little more the next time you want to beat each other to a pulp."
"It wasn't like that-" Goku started. Korin sighed.
"I know, probably better than anybody save Kami himself. We are facing an enemy stronger than ever before, and for the first time you are beginning to doubt your ability to beat them."
"What if Trunks' future becomes ours? What if I die of some stupid virus and Gohan has to watch as the androids take over the world, until the day they finally kill him?" Goku's fists clenched.
"I'm afraid I can't answer that. All I can say is your fight last night brought some good. You've found a key, now haven't you? A secret weapon." Goku looked at him in shock and Korin smirked. Tossing the bag to the tall Saiyan, he began walking back down the hall. "Just be sure you don't treat him like a weapon," He called back.
Goku nodded, his face dark. He turned as the doctor emerged from the room.
"I have done all I can. His injuries were serious but he will live, although I'm afraid he will be incapacitated for quiet awhile. You may go in and see him now, but try not to tire him out."
"Thanks Doc," He clapped the man on the back. "I know everything's going to be fine."
Goku stepped into his son's room and blinked to adjust his eyes to the darkness. His eyes spied Gohan looking impossibly small and frail in the hospital bed and he frowned. An IV ran fluid from a clear bag into his son's arm. His face was partially obscured by an oxygen mask and dark circles rested heavily under his eyelids.
"Gohan..." Goku murmured sadly.
The half-Saiyan shifted and moaned, before finally opening his eyes. "Daddy?"
Goku quickly crossed the room. "I'm here, son." He said, grabbing Gohan's hand gently.
"I'm sorry...for what I said and...for what I did." Gohan whispered weakly.
"Shh...you can talk after you've taken this," Goku held the sensu bean to his son's lips and smiled when Gohan ate it. Gohan's eyes widened and his hand came up to pull off the oxygen mask and tug out his IV.
"Father...." His head bowed.
"Hey!" Goku grabbed his chin. "Cheer up! It's not everyday that you manage to knock some sense into your idiot father," He grinned. Gohan smiled tremulously and Goku sighed. "I am so sorry, Gohan, for everything I have unintentionally put you through. I can't promise I will always be around but," He wrapped his enormous arms around Gohan. "I can promise that I will always love you. You are the most important thing in my life, kiddo, even if I don't always show it."
Gohan hugged his father back, hard. "I love you too, dad! And I promise I won't get mad at you anymore if you have to go away!"
"Great," Goku grinned. "Now lets get out of here before ChiChi tans our hides!"
"Right!" Gohan's eyes widened and he scrambled to get dressed. Goku walked over and opened the window. "Come on, slowpoke! I'll race you home!" he jumped out the window and took off into the air.
"No fair! You got a head start!" Gohan laughed, jumping out the window himself and racing after his dad.
Below the hospital window, nestled between the branches of and ancient tree, Piccolo watched the two disappear in the distance and smiled. Ignoring the shouts of surprise from Gohan's hospital room, the Namek rose into the air and took off, heading the opposite way that the to Saiyan's had gone.
***
Goku walked into his son's room later that night and watched Gohan tenderly as he slept. Bending over, he tucked the covers more firmly around the young boy and smiled.
"Whatever happens, we'll face it together, Gohan."
As if in answer, Gohan smiled in his sleep. Straightening, Goku crept carefully out of the room, shutting off a small lamp as he walked.
"Goodnight, my son."
***
Far away, another Saiyan father echoed those words as he watched his son's lavender hair by the light of their campfire as it shifted with the night wind. Turning his head up to look at the stars, Vegeta mused on how lives and people tend to change so drastically with time. A shooting star arced across the sky and he smiled, faintly, before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.
End
Author: AstroKender
Pairings: None.
Rating: Action, Angst
Warnings: Mush and sap, I'm afraid
Spoilers: None.
Notes: Ugh, I didn't mean for this last part to be so short, or so sugery sweet, but I needed some closure to this fic and this was all that would come out. Thanks to everyone who has read and enjoyed this!
Feedback: Welcome. Please review.
Disclaimers: DBZ belongs to Akira Toriyama and Funimation. This fic is for entertainment purposes and is not in any way meant for profit. Don't sue me.
Part 6: End
Goku watched as a herd of doctors and nurses zigzagged through the hallway on their own little missions. Sighing heavily, he turned his gaze to stare at the door in front of him. He had insisted on staying with Gohan while they treated him, but the doctor said he would only get in the way. Goku scuffed his feet and sighed again.
"Goku. I am glad I found you."
Goku straightened and gazed down the hall in confusion. His brow quickly smoothed and he jumped to his feet. "Korin!"
"Mm-hmm..." The white cat nodded. Reaching behind him, his paw came back with a small brown sack.
"The sensu bean?" The Saiyan asked hopefully.
"Yes." But he drew the bag away as Goku reached for it.
"I don't understand. Why won't you give it to me, Korin?"
"I will." Korin said. "But first I want you to listen. Sensu beans do not magically appear. It takes a lot of energy to grow them. And, with the coming battle, we'll need all the beans we can get. Try to think things through a little more the next time you want to beat each other to a pulp."
"It wasn't like that-" Goku started. Korin sighed.
"I know, probably better than anybody save Kami himself. We are facing an enemy stronger than ever before, and for the first time you are beginning to doubt your ability to beat them."
"What if Trunks' future becomes ours? What if I die of some stupid virus and Gohan has to watch as the androids take over the world, until the day they finally kill him?" Goku's fists clenched.
"I'm afraid I can't answer that. All I can say is your fight last night brought some good. You've found a key, now haven't you? A secret weapon." Goku looked at him in shock and Korin smirked. Tossing the bag to the tall Saiyan, he began walking back down the hall. "Just be sure you don't treat him like a weapon," He called back.
Goku nodded, his face dark. He turned as the doctor emerged from the room.
"I have done all I can. His injuries were serious but he will live, although I'm afraid he will be incapacitated for quiet awhile. You may go in and see him now, but try not to tire him out."
"Thanks Doc," He clapped the man on the back. "I know everything's going to be fine."
Goku stepped into his son's room and blinked to adjust his eyes to the darkness. His eyes spied Gohan looking impossibly small and frail in the hospital bed and he frowned. An IV ran fluid from a clear bag into his son's arm. His face was partially obscured by an oxygen mask and dark circles rested heavily under his eyelids.
"Gohan..." Goku murmured sadly.
The half-Saiyan shifted and moaned, before finally opening his eyes. "Daddy?"
Goku quickly crossed the room. "I'm here, son." He said, grabbing Gohan's hand gently.
"I'm sorry...for what I said and...for what I did." Gohan whispered weakly.
"Shh...you can talk after you've taken this," Goku held the sensu bean to his son's lips and smiled when Gohan ate it. Gohan's eyes widened and his hand came up to pull off the oxygen mask and tug out his IV.
"Father...." His head bowed.
"Hey!" Goku grabbed his chin. "Cheer up! It's not everyday that you manage to knock some sense into your idiot father," He grinned. Gohan smiled tremulously and Goku sighed. "I am so sorry, Gohan, for everything I have unintentionally put you through. I can't promise I will always be around but," He wrapped his enormous arms around Gohan. "I can promise that I will always love you. You are the most important thing in my life, kiddo, even if I don't always show it."
Gohan hugged his father back, hard. "I love you too, dad! And I promise I won't get mad at you anymore if you have to go away!"
"Great," Goku grinned. "Now lets get out of here before ChiChi tans our hides!"
"Right!" Gohan's eyes widened and he scrambled to get dressed. Goku walked over and opened the window. "Come on, slowpoke! I'll race you home!" he jumped out the window and took off into the air.
"No fair! You got a head start!" Gohan laughed, jumping out the window himself and racing after his dad.
Below the hospital window, nestled between the branches of and ancient tree, Piccolo watched the two disappear in the distance and smiled. Ignoring the shouts of surprise from Gohan's hospital room, the Namek rose into the air and took off, heading the opposite way that the to Saiyan's had gone.
***
Goku walked into his son's room later that night and watched Gohan tenderly as he slept. Bending over, he tucked the covers more firmly around the young boy and smiled.
"Whatever happens, we'll face it together, Gohan."
As if in answer, Gohan smiled in his sleep. Straightening, Goku crept carefully out of the room, shutting off a small lamp as he walked.
"Goodnight, my son."
***
Far away, another Saiyan father echoed those words as he watched his son's lavender hair by the light of their campfire as it shifted with the night wind. Turning his head up to look at the stars, Vegeta mused on how lives and people tend to change so drastically with time. A shooting star arced across the sky and he smiled, faintly, before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.
End