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Gohan fired the kamehameha wave sending Cell out in space and blowing him to pieces. He was gone. Gohan fell to his hands and knees dropping out of his super saiyan two form and panting hard. It took all of his willpower not to lose consciousness.

"You did it son" Goku said. "You defeated Cell".

Gohan got up and smiled at his father. He was still breathing hard, and as the adrenalin slowly left his body he began to feel the pain from all his injuries. He started to walk over to the other Z fighters. All he wanted now was to go to the lookout and get healed and then go home and get a good night sleep in his warm soft bed.

Suddenly he felt an enormous ki approaching fast. He turned around just to get hit in the face by a ki blast. Gohan could feel that the ki blast had burned his face severely, and he instantly knew that it was Cell who had thrown the blast. He ignored the pain from his wounded face and transformed back into super saiyan two. He summoned all the power he could and threw the strongest blast he had thrown in his life at Cell hoping that it would be enough to finish Cell of for good.

Gohan finished his attack and fell to the ground again. He tried to sense Cell's ki, but it was gone. Gohan sighted in relief, but then he realized that his vision was getting blurry, and it was getting more and more difficult for him to see. He blinked a few times, but it did not help. Slowly his eyesight got weaker and weaker. He lifted his hands up to his face so he could rub his eyes, but he removed them quickly because he felt an agonizing pain when he touched the burned skin.

By now Gohan's vision was completely gone. He looked around in panic, but no matter where he looked the only thing he saw was darkness. The other Z fighters had realized that something was wrong with Gohan, and they hurried down to him.

"What is wrong with my eyes" Gohan thought. "Why can't I see? Am I blind? No that can't be, or can it?"

Gohan snapped out of his thoughts when he felt something on his shoulder. At first he was choked, but then he recognized his father's and the other Z fighters ki, and he clamed himself down.

"Gohan what is wrong, are you okay" Goku asked his son.

Gohan shook his head slowly from side to side.

"Dad" Gohan said in a low voice. "I can't see"

As he said so hot tears started to collect in his eyes, but he forced them back. He did not want to cry in front of everyone. The other fighters were stunned by the information and they all looked at each other before they looked back at the young boy who was sitting on the ground. They did not know what to say. In the end it was Goku who spoke.

"We have to go to the look out, so Gohan can be healed"

With those words Goku picked Gohan up, and they all took of towards the look out.

They landed at the look out a little later. Gohan had fallen asleep during the flight, and Goku carefully placed him on the ground. Dende and Mr. Popo came out of the building. When Dende saw Gohan lay on the ground he started running towards him.

"Hello Dende" Goku said. "Can you heal Gohan?"

Dende nodded and started to heal Gohan. It took longer time than usually, and no matter how hard he tried he could not do anything to heal Gohan's eyes. Dende looked up on Goku and said:

"I have healed him as much as I can, but his eyes just won't heal."

"It is okay Dende. You did what you could" Goku said. "We will just ask the dragon to heal him."

Everyone's attention was turned towards Gohan as he was waking up. Gohan was relived that the pain had disappeared, but he still couldn't see anything. He tried to stand up but it was not easy. It was the first time since he was blinded that he tried, and his balance had been affected by his missing eyesight. The other Z fighters was gathering around him asking him if he was, okay but Gohan didn't really listen to them, so he just nodded. Goku told him that they were going to summon the dragon, and ask for his vision to return. At the same time Mr. Popo came back with the dragon balls and placed them on the ground. Goku stepped forward towards the glowing dragon balls and said:

"Arise Shenron"

The sky began to turn dark, and lightings struck everywhere. Then the dragon appeared and told them to make their first wish. It was Goku who spoke.

"We wish for Gohan's eyesight to return"

"Your wish cannot be granted"

"WHAT!" they all shouted at the same time.

"Your wish cannot be granted" the dragon said again. "Now tell me your wish, or send me back to my slumber."

Gohan was in complete chock when he heard that his lost vision could not be restored. He felt dizzy, so he decided to sit down before he fell. He didn't know how long he sat there, nor did he know what the other wished for. He just sat on the ground trying to convince him self that everything was going to be alright, but he could feel the panic and hopelessness start to rise inside him. Hot tears started to run down his chicks, and he sobbed quietly. Still it was loud enough for the other Z fighters to turn their attention back to him. With the speed of light Goku was beside his son hugging him tightly trying to comfort him. Gohan continued to cry for about ten minutes before he regained control and stopped.

"I'm going to take Gohan home now" Goku said, and then he used instant transmission to get himself and Gohan home.

At home Chichi was waiting for them to return, and when they did she ran over to them shouting at Goku for letting her baby fight Cell. She grabbed Gohan and started to examine him for any injuries. Then she noticed his eyes. They were milky white, empty and they didn't seem to focus on anything.

"Your blind" she screamed in chock before she fainted.

"Mom" Gohan said. "Are you alright."

"Yes she is alright Gohan. She just fainted" Goku said. "I'm going to put her in bed"

"Okay dad I'll go to bed now as well."

"Do you need any help getting to bed?"

Gohan took a moment to think about it, but then decided he could do it on his own and shook his head.

"No dad. I think I'll be fine. Good night"

"Good night son"

Gohan felt his father's ki moving towards the other side of the house. Gohan swallowed hard and took his first step while being blind. Then he took another. His hands were waving in front of him to prevent him from walking into something while he slowly moved forwards in the direction he thought the stairs were. Gohan constantly had the feeling that he was walking into something. He found the wall and decided to follow it until he reached the stairs. It took him longer time than he had expected, so he figured that his sense of direction had been slightly off. He grabbed the banisters tightly and started to climb the stairs very slowly taking one step at a time. Finally he reached the top of the stairs, and he followed the wall until he found the door that lead into his room. He opened it and stepped inside.

Once inside his room he easily found his way towards the bed. He was glad that his mother had thought him to keep his room neat and tidy at all times. If his room had been messy now it would have been much harder for him to find his way around the room without tripping over something. Gohan took off his gi or what was left of it and crawled into his bed.

While he lay there he began to think about how his life was going to be now where he couldn't see. He would not be able to study or train the way he used to, so he wondered what he could do instead. It was not easy since studying and training had been his life for as long as he could remember, so being unable to do those two things was driving him insane. He decided that instead of thinking of all the things he could no longer do he would try and think about things he could still do.

"Well I can still move and walk" he thought. "That's a big plus. I can also hear and smell and talk. Isn't there something about your other senses gets stronger when you lose one? And being blind is probably not the worst thing there could happen. It is not like it is the end of the world. I just have to find new ways of doing all the things I want to. First of all I have to find a way to navigate, so I can move around more confidently."

With those thoughts on his mind Gohan fell in to a deep dreamless sleep.