Raditz, Bulma and Krillin had returned to earth after their visit to Namek.
It's been a while since their return and the revived z fighters had come back as well, currently Nappa was sitting in the lawn of capsule corporation with his King.
But Raditz's mind was not on Nappa, he was sitting in a trance pondering over his current situation and Nappa was looking at him with a concerned look.
"King.. We should tell the queen."
Nappa almost begged causing Raditz to look up with an emotionless face.
After flinching slightly under Raditz's gaze Nappa pursed his lips but kept advising anyway, it was a thing of utmost importance.
"King.. maybe the queen can help, it might not be fatal."
Closing his eyes with helplessness Raditz sighed, he isn't sure if going to Bulma can even do something right now, it might be too late.
Putting his hand on his chest, Raditz felt his heartbeat.
It was a slow yet powerful beat but this was also the cause of all his troubles.
"Ack!!"
Flinching out of nowhere, Raditz gripped his chest and collapsed onto his seat with a pained look.
"King!!"
Nappa ran to Raditz and held him up with panic, there it was, it had started again.
Since a week ago Raditz was getting phantom pains in his chest, they didn't pay it much mind at first, some painful parts was normal during training after all.
But as an outside party Nappa could see it much more clearly, his king's condition was getting worse day by day.
"Aaagh!"
Not able to hold his voice any longer Raditz was overwhelmed by the increasing pain.
He involuntarily screamed, this was something he noticed only yesterday night, that his chest pains weren't an after effect of training, it was something different, something very different.
'Did I catch Goku's heart disease or what?! But how! Was it on Namek's water?? Is that the catastrophe which plagued Namek before?? Shit..!'
Clutching his chest with immense pain plaguing his mind Raditz fell down the chair, he wasn't able to think straight.
All he remembered was screaming and being carried somewhere.
His hazy mind only cleared up after what he assumed was a few hours.
"Queen! The King is awake!"
Raditz heard Nappa's voice and begrudgingly opened his eyes, he was seeing in green right now, not because his vision was gone but because he was inside a healing pod.
Letting buoyancy keep him afloat Raditz relaxed his body, the last thing he needed was a premature heart attack.
"Raditz, how are feeling?"
Asked the muffled voice of Bulma, Raditz could see she was standing before the pod and looking at him with concern.
But he didn't want to lie to her, he was feeling like shit and was quite possibly going to die within the next few days.
Huh, his journey was about to reach it's conclusion sooner than he had anticipated.
*No*
Shaking his head Raditz denied feeling any better, which visibly made Bulma tear up just a bit, which she quickly hid and rushed to the computers.
"You'll be fine, I have taken out blood samples and conducted necessary tests, the results will be out any minute now."
Said Bulma, getting into her work mode with full concentration and yet she tried to console both Raditz and her.
Because no matter how much she kids herself, Raditz's heart was beating too hard, his strong body was the only reason he didn't immediately get a heart attack.
All things pointed towards only one result, that was whatever was happening to Raditz was worsening each passing second.
*Beeep*
And just as she anticipated, the scanner gave a beep and printed a report.
Tearing it out of the printer as soon as it was done, Bulma began reading it and soon frowned.
Then she looked at Raditz and told him seriously.
"Don't transform for a few days, it will complicate things more, I'll be back in a bit."
After telling Raditz what not to do Bulma quickly went out, she needed to be fast, she did not want go lose her husband, not when she just found out she was about to be a mom.
*Blub*
Bubbles erupted from Raditz's mouth as he murmered an okay, he then quietly closed his eyes and went to sleep.
He could sense Pie pie just outside the room but Bulma seems to have stopped her from coming in, Raditz assumed it was to give him time to rest.
"I'll be off too king."
Giving a salute Nappa turned away and went out with a resolute face.
Kakarot, Vegeta and Gohan were still not here, currently he was the only capable Saiyan besides his king.
The prince and princess were too young to fight properly, at least not against anything he himself would have trouble against.
So he needed to he in top shape, especially now that his King was in a bad condition.
*Step*
As soon as Nappa stepped out of the room Pie pie swam upto him.
"How's he?? How's Raditz??"
"Awu!"
Both Pie pie and Gine asked Nappa, one with irritation and panic and one was simply copying her mother including the frown.
Nappa let a small smile appear on his face, the little one was surely cute.
"Queen, the King is resting, Queen Bulma is trying to find a cure right now, she hopes he'll make a full recovery soon."
Looking down for a second Pie pie remained silent, then raised her head with an emotionless face.
"Don't sugar coat it Nappa, tell me clearly, is Raditz going to make it?"
Closing his eyes, Nappa slowly gave a defeated sigh.
"Maybe not Queen, the chances look slim unless Queen Bulma does something soon."
Nodding her head without another ounce of emotion on her face Pie pie left quietly, even Gine stopped babbling because she sensed the atmosphere around her mother had changed.
Nappa watched her go and then clenched his teeth.
*Bang!*
Hitting the wall in anger, Nappa scowled.
"Dammit, we just got rid of Freeza and now this!"
"King.. Please, you have to survive."
Leaving the lab Nappa walked towards the gravity chamber, all he could do now was get stronger to protect his king and his legacy.
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