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Pairings:GxV
Disclaimer: Song "Up!" Belongs to Shania Twain. DBZ isn't mine either, I'm just playing with them.
Warnings: Fuzzy Saiyans, Revenge as only Vegeta can do, Rampaging Namek.
Notes: Yea, another one. What can I say, I read the lyrics and poof.
It's
'bout as bad as it could be
Seems everybody's buggin' me
Like nothing wants to go my way -
yeah, it just ain't been my day
Nothin's commin' easily
Goku was sick, worse he was sick of being sick. He shouldn't have listened to Vegeta's bullshit when he said that saiyan immunity was better than human's. Smashing a fist into his pillow, he rolled over onto his side and tried not to itch.
It had all started at Pan's birthday party. Goku had gone because Chichi had used his guilty conscious on him. She had said that he never saw Pan now that she was past the age of training to be a fighter. Goku knew she was wrong, but he had gone anyway.
Once there he had found out that little girls can be worse hell raisers than boys. Almost the whole time Goku had played 'airplane', three of the little angels would climb on his back at Pan's urging and then he would be ordered to 'fly' them to where they wanted to go. The fact that he could actually fly them around the roof of the house a few times then land and drop them off had helped make him more of a hit ride than the pony Videl had rented. His ears still rang from the screams of the girls and later, Videl, when she found out what was going on.
Gohan, his perfect son who did no wrong, stood there laughing his ass off. Even when his little sweetheart had declared that they would paint his face, the demi-saiyan had gone along. When they finished, both males had ended up looking like a drag queens. It had been Goku's turn to howl with laughter when they found out the stuff wouldn't come off. The girls had used real paint, not make-up. Gohan had ended up having to teach night school looking like his wife. Goku had left before Pan could think up anything else to humiliate him with.
The next day, Videl had called him up and told him the bad news. One of the girls had been infected with chicken pox and the whole lot of them were quarantined. Goku had firmly refused her demand that he go back to hell central, as he now thought of Gohan's home, and let her take care of him.
Even my skin is
acting weird
I wish that I could grow a beard
Then I could cover up my spots -
not play connect the dots
I just wanna disappear
Now he was laying in his own bed, sicker than he could ever remember being, and the only one who would take care of him was Vegeta. It didn't help that he still had the remains of the paint on his face, had forgotten to get gas for the car, and had a place on his tail that he just couldn't scratch because the sadistic prince had chained him up with ki restraints. He could roll onto his back, or side, but nothing else. Even his tail was tied to the bed frame so he couldn't scratch with it.
"Hey Dad, how you feeling?" Goten's voice came from the door.
"About how you would expect with my skin trying to crawl off my bones. Other than that, nothing a little hacksaw and a knife wouldn't cure. What are you doing here?" Goku growled.
"When nobody answered the phone when I called to see if you guys needed anything, Trunks sent me over. Where did Vegeta get to?"
"Most likely took the car to get gas."
"Leaving you here alone like that?"
"Now aren't you a smart boy. Figured that out all by yourself, huh?"
Goten grinned. Grumpy Goku could really be funny, even though he was being sarcastic with him. He figured he shouldn't stay around too long. If Vegeta knew he was here, he would be in for a spar and he wasn't sure he would live through it.
"I better get going. See you later Dad." Goten said before he left.
"Wait! Let me up! I have to use the bathroom! Come on Goten, I didn't mean it!" Goku wailed, but he was talking to air.
With a growl, Goku pulled on the chain to the restraints. He might not be able to break the damn things, but the bed was another matter. With a loud crack, the post the chain was wrapped around broke. Goku laughed manically. Freedom was won!
Quickly he untied his tail, and dashed into the bathroom. With a sigh he leaned against the cool wall and finished his business.
Up - up - up -
Can only go up from here
Up - up - up - Up
where the clouds gonna clear
Up - up - up -
There's no way but up from here
Vegeta walked into the house he now shared with Goku. He felt twitchy and a little guilty over what had happened to his large mate. After going through a bout with chicken pox when Trunks was little, he had thought to stave off Goku's worry by telling him saiyans couldn't get them. Unfortunately, while he had hopped the man would be immune, Goku had started showing signs of spots by the end of the week.
He had tried to help, putting the old ki restraints he had on Goku and tying him to the bed to keep him from scratching. He even cooked, but had growled about it. Vegeta had lost his temper earlier when he found out the one thing he had asked Goku to do before he had gotten sick, hadn't been done. No gas in the car meant he had to fly to the store and could only bring home what he could carry. He couldn't use plastic bags either because they shredded.
Even
something as simple as
Forgettin' to fill up on gas
There ain't no explanation why -
things like that can make you cry
Just gotta learn to have a laugh
Setting the bags on the table, Vegeta thought he heard something from upstairs. He wasn't sure what it was, but he needed to check it out. There were some people who would enjoy seeing Goku tied down and now wasn't a good time to give them the chance.
Thinking he would just see Goku in bed and swearing, he wasn't ready for the chaos that greeted him. Vegeta looked at the ruined bed frame, the mettle bent into hearts and the wooden posts carved with saiyan love words. Goku was nowhere to be seen, but one of the windows was open.
Up - up - up -
Can only go up from here
Up - up - up - Up
where the clouds gonna clear
Up - up - up -
There's no way but up from here
Goku flew in loops, enjoying the air against his skin. He'd made his escape and nobody would catch him now, or so he thought.
Piccolo watched a very nude Goku in make-up flying around and followed. He was used to strange behavior from the tall saiyan, but even this was too much. He was going to yell at him for doing such a stupid stunt when he noticed the spots. He remembered Gohan had said something about Pan being sick and that Goku had caught it, right before he got close enough to him to touch.
"Goku!" Piccolo shouted.
Goku stopped flying and turned to look at his friend. "What?"
"Nice fashion statement. Want to tell me what you are doing?" Piccolo asked, crossing his arms.
"I'm not going back. Vegeta will just tie me up again."
Piccolo arched a brow. "I thought you two were happy together."
Goku tried to fly off, but Piccolo headed him off. "Get out of my way, Piccolo." Goku growled.
"I'm not going to let you go infect anybody else. Go home to Vegeta."
Goku grinned, which should have warned Piccolo. With a flash, Goku vanished, only to appear behind the namek.
"Wonder what spots you'll break out in?" Goku said, right before he rubbed against Piccolo's bare neck.
"Son of a bitch!" Piccolo said, breaking free and rubbing at his exposed skin.
Goku laughed and flew away, Piccolo hot on his trail.
Oh
yeah, yeah, yeah...
When everything is goin' wrong
Don't worry, it won't last for long
Yeah, it's all gonna come around
Don't go let it get you down
You gotta keep on holding on
Vegeta flew around looking for his mate. He expected him to be in the area, but so far Vegeta hadn't found him. With a growl, he turned and looked around again. Two flashes passed by him, leaving Vegeta to tumble in the air.
Goku thought he would be able to get away from Piccolo if he went home. Now he wasn't sure. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to try and infect the namek. When a blast hit him, he knew it wasn't. The heat made him shiver as most of his itches were burned up, along with the top layer of skin.
Vegeta watched as Piccolo blasted Goku, who made no move to block it. If this kept up, somebody was going to be seriously damaged. Flying after the two, Vegeta got in front of the namek and stopped.
Piccolo pulled up before he ran into Vegeta. "Why did you stop me? Goku's getting away."
"Right. A whole mile from home. Forgot to look where you were flying, didn't you?" Vegeta smirked at the look of chagrin that passed over Piccolo's face.
"But he..." Piccolo started to say.
"Let me guess. He tried to infect you? How long have you been on Earth?"
"You know how long."
"And you've been around Gohan, Goten and Trunks before?"
"What are you getting at."
"If he did manage to give you chicken pox, then use it to your advantage. Make Gohan wait on you for a while."
Piccolo thought it over. All the times he had taken care of Gohan and hadn't gotten much of a thank you for it flashed through his head.
"You may have something there." Piccolo smirked back at Vegeta.
Vegeta almost laughed as Piccolo flew off to Gohan's house. He hadn't told him about the twenty grumpy, itchy screaming girls that were there dealing with their own chicken pox. Let the namek find out the hard way, that was what he got for trying to fry his mate.
It's
'bout as bad as it could be
Seems everybody's buggin' me
Like nothing wants to go my way -
yeah, it just ain't been my day
Nothin's commin' easily
Goku floated in the cool water of a mountain lake. He had felt his hair and tail on fire and thought it was a good place to put them out.
Vegeta landed by the water and watched as Goku played. "You going to come out any time soon?" He asked.
"Not if you are just going to put those restraints back on me."
"All right, no restraints."
"No tying my tail to the bed?"
"What bed? You trashed it, remember?"
"I forgot about that. Sorry."
"There are other beds in the house we can use until I can get another one. I liked the hearts. Nice touch on the bed posts, by the way."
Goku moved closer to the bank, but stopped.
"Come on. I even got something to help the itch. I'll put it on for you." Vegeta coaxed.
Goku jumped out of the water and let Vegeta take him home. Maybe if he felt better later his mate would see to something else he hadn't been able to do since he had gotten sick.
Up - up - up -
Can only go up from here
Up - up - up - Up
where the clouds gonna clear
Up - up - up -
There's no way but up from here
Oh - I'm going
up
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah...
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