A/N: Hey! A new story from me! Sorry I haven't updated my other one. I know, I know, I started another story without finishing/updating the other. I'm so bad, I know. But that one will be updated soon! I promise I won't abandon it. For now, please read this and I hope you enjoy it! This is almost A/U like. And Goku is Kakarrot in this one because he hasn't been sent to Earth and hit his head as a baby. So he's still a Saiyan with Saiyan-like qualities! If you're confused, I would love to straighten it out for you so feel free to message me or leave a comment. Which reminds me! Everyone who reads, please comment and review! I won't know what you think of it if you don't review!

The national anthem was playing and everyone was singing along to it. The pre-tournament festivities had begun. While singing along, Bulma was admiring all the decorations around. Sure they were over the top, but that's what a real festival was and she finally got to be in one! Bulma was standing in the huge town square. There were tons of other people from all parts of the world there as well. She knew the tournament and the festival were international things but she didn't know how big a deal this was. And now she knew. The mayor of South City was here as well to initiate the ceremonies. There were so many festivities to take part in! Bulma just couldn't decide which to be a part of first. She decided to ask her best friend who was there with her. Bulma looked to her side and then her other side when she couldn't find her friend. She turned around. Her eyes searched the crowd but it wasn't that hard to spot her. She took one look at her friend and laughed.

"Chi Chi!" she called out. Bulma walked over to Chi Chi. Chi Chi had her back to her. She was getting weird stares from the people surrounding her but Chi Chi didn't know. She was standing upright with her hand over her heart and a serene smile on her face.

"The flag isn't even there, Chi Chi! You're saluting in the wrong direction!" Bulma skipped over to her friend and spun her around so she was facing the right way.

Chi Chi looked confused for a second and then laughed at herself. "You think I'd get used to being blind for half my life. But apparently not!"

Chi Chi was in devastating car accident, 10 years ago, when she was 7 years old. The accident left her with a serious blow to the head that thankfully did not cause brain damage but unfortunately brutally injured the occipital lobe of her brain resulting in her total blindness. Chi Chi didn't care that the accident left her blind. She could've died for all she cared as long as her mother had survived. Her mother did not survive the accident and that was Chi Chi's remorse. If only she could have her mother, alive and healthy, again.

"It's ok Chi Chi! I'm always here to watch out for you!" Bulma told her.

"Thanks, Bulma. I'd be even more helpless without you," Chi Chi replied.

"Ok, now shhhhhhh! Let the national anthem finish!" Bulma shushed Chi Chi.

The girls stood in their spot and finished singing along. When they were done, Bulma turned to Chi Chi. "Ok, so what do you wanna do now? There's so much to do but so little time! You wanna go get henna tattoos? No, that'll take too ling. How about bumper cars? We can get the other girls to join us!"

"Wow, Bulma. This festival must really be amazing. It sounds like there are a million awesome things to pick from," Chi Chi supposed.

"That's because it IS amazing and there ARE a million awesome things to pick from!" Bulma replied with excitement. "It's like being a little kid again! I'm sooo glad that Madame Rose decided to bring us 2 weeks before the tournament started!"

"Yeah," agreed Chi Chi. "Can you believe that a festival can actually last 2 weeks?" she asked incredulously/ "It must be so jam-packed and lively! I can barely hear you or myself over this crowd! Oh, I can only imagine how colorful the whole thing looks!"

"Oh YEAH. It is REALLY crowded!" Bulma exclaimed, taken aback when they entered the main bazaar. "Chi Chi, stay close, I don't want to lose you in this mob! Besides, Madame Rose would KILL me if I lost her best fighter!" she told Chi Chi.

Bulma and Chi Chi were taking part in the World Martial Arts Tournament, the Budokai Tenkaichi, with their martial arts class that was headed by Madame Rose. Madame Rose's dojo took only the strongest and the smartest. Competition to get in was really tough and extremely selective. All in all, there were 6 girls in the class. Of the 6 girls, Chi Chi and Bulma had made the cut. The girls were all a tightly knit group of friends since they saw each other every day and had known each other for awhile. They bonded and looked out for each other as well. Especially Chi Chi and Bulma; they had known each other since birth. But Chi Chi was also here for another reason. Her dad had heard that South City had advanced ophthalmologists and wanted Chi Chi to have them check her eyes. It had been a whole 10 years since she lost her eyesight and chances were getting slim that she would ever get it back. Maybe they would give them some hope that her eyesight would be back to normal. Chi Chi promised her dad that she would get consulted while she was there.

"Where are Madame Rose and the other girls?" Chi Chi asked Bulma as they walked past a hot dog stand. Chi Chi was blind but the rest of her senses were very high and at top level. She smelled the hot dogs and exclaimed, "Never mind! Let's have hot dogs first! I've only heard great things about these tournament hot dogs!"

"Agreed!" concurred Bulma. "First things first!" Just as they finished up their hot dogs, Bulma's phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and said, "It's 18." 18 was another girl in their group.

"Hey 18, what's up?" Bulma answered her phone.

"Where are you two?" 18 asked. "Don't hog Chi Chi to yourself! Let's have some fun together!"

Bulma laughed and replied, "Well, we were trying to find you guys but we just had to stop at the hot dog stand! Meet us at the bumper cars, we're headed over there."

"Ok," answered 18, "See you there!"

"Bye!" Bulma ended the call. She turned to Chi Chi and asked, "Ready?"

"Yeah, of course, let's go!" replied Chi Chi.

When they reached the bumper cars, Madame Rose and the girls were already there. "Hey Madame Rose!" greeted Bulma.

"Hello, girls," Madame Rose said smiling. "What have you girls been up to?"

"Nothing much, just walking around, taking in the scene," answered Bulma.

"Hey, Madame Rose, do you wanna get into a bumper car with us?" asked Chi Chi happily.

"Oh no, dear! You girls go on ahead."

The 6 girls waited for 3 cars to empty and 2 by 2 they got in. The girls were having too much fun but there was a huge line forming with people waiting their turn. They decided that they should get out and explore the rest of the festival. When they stepped out, none of the girls could spot Madame Rose.

"Hey, where did she go!" exclaimed Launch, another girl in their group.

"I don't know you guys," replied Chi Chi. "I can't sense her energy nearby. She must've gotten tired of waiting for us probably and went to look around at other things. Let's just go on."

The other girls agreed. "Lemme text her. Just in case," said Taiko as she whipped out her phone.

"Does she even know what texting is?" questioned Suki. The girls laughed.

"How about I just call her then?" Taiyo dialed Madame Rose's number. Three things and the Madame picked up.

"Hello?" Madame Rose answered.

"Hey, where are you?" Taiko asked her.

"Oh, sorry, dear. You girls were taking too long so I decided to have a look around in the meantime."

"That's ok. You have fun, we're gonna hand around here for a bit, alright?"

"Hang on a second, Taiko!" I want you girls to meet up with me. Come to the tournament stage. I'm in the stands. There are some people I'd like you to meet, ok?"

"Alright then, Madame Rose, we'll meet you soon assuming we don't get lost on the way over. Bye!" Taiko hung up and told her friends what Madame Rose said.

"Oh, ok. I wonder who she wants us to meet," speculated Bulma.

"Maybe she found fighters for us to spar with. You know, train until the big day." Chi Chi pondered out loud.

"Ugggggggghhhhhhhh! I mean, I love fighting, pushing limits and all that but can't we just relax until the tournament starts? I just want to wander around this beautiful city and be a tourist, you know?" 18 expressed to the other girls.

"Wow, 18, how soulful!" laughed Suki, "But yeah I agree. And meeting hot guys was also at the top of my list."

"Mine too," chuckled 18.

"Yeah, we already told her that we'd train every day before the preliminaries on our own," said Bulma. "Maybe if we just talk to her, she'll listen," she suggested. "Anyways, we shouldn't keep Madame Rose waiting. We should go."

"Bulma's right," said Chi Chi. "We should go and talk to Madame Rose. And who knows, maybe we're wrong by assuming she found us sparring partners.

The girls agreed and headed to the tournament stage. It took them longer than intended since they ended up lost a couple times even with directions. It was a maze out there! They also couldn't help but stop at some jewelry and shoe shops in the bazaar. The things in the bazaar were the prettiest things they've seen, and they were at a good price too! They couldn't let an opportunity (or 10) like that get out of hand. Soon enough, they reached the entrance to the tournament stage.

"Crap! Madame Rose is gonna be pissed! We are so late!" shouted 18. The girls ran inside and out onto the stage. There were other people in the stands there as well, just hanging out. Chi Chi was of course being dragged along by Bulma carefully. They spotted Madame Rose and went into the stands. As careful as Bulma was with Chi Chi, Chi Chi still managed to trip over a couple steps. However, this was normal in their relationship and they didn't make a big deal out of it.

"Sorry we're late Madame Rose. We got lost big time," 18 said, out of breath.

Madame Rose eyed the bags of purchases the girls were holding and said, "Hmmmm, I see... Anyways! Girls, I would like you to meet some people. People that you'll need for the next 2 weeks!"

18 groaned. "Madame Rose, I know you want us to be at our strongest for this tournament but can we NOT spend the entire time training? We promised you we'd do it on our time and we just want to explore the city and this festival!"

Madame Rose just gave 18 a blank stare and then blinked. "Well, thanks for your insight, 18 but I already have the situation handled."

"Aww, man, that was pointless," 18 whispered to the other girls.

"I have gotten tour guides for us so we can travel around, see the sights this city has to offer, and discover in this metropolis what beauty really is!" Madame Rose exclaimed breathlessly.

The girls, who were expecting disappointment, picked their heads up when they heard the news and started screaming and jumping up and down in excitement.

"OMG MADAME ROSE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!" screamed 18.

Madame Rose tried to pacify them. "Girls! Girls! Calm down, you are giving me a headache!"

The girls quieted. "Did you really think I'd make you train 24/7 before the tournament?" Madame Rose asked in amazement. "Give me some credit, girls, I wouldn't want to overwork you!"

"Thank you so much, Madame Rose!" the girls expressed their gratitude.

"Alright girls, now follow me. The tour guides are waiting for us for awhile now." Madame Rose got up and started walking and then abruptly stopped. "Oh, yes, I forgot to mention something as well. These tour guides are being shared by another set of people. The group is also participating in the tournament. They are in a group like us and are headed by Master Roshi. I'm sure you girls are familiar with the Turtle Hermit."

The girls nodded their head. Of course they knew about Master Roshi. Madame Rose always bitched about him. She didn't like him much because of his lecherous personality. She was also kinda of competing with him in regards to her students. Her students had to be stronger than his!

"The only reason I agreed to this settlement was because this way we get the best price. Master Roshi and I had a mutual agreement to stay friendly for the sake of our students. Plus, these tour guides were the only ones available. So many tourists around this time, you see," Madame Rose continued. "And feel free to spar with them. They may or may not be as strong as you girls. Are you girls fine with this arrangement?"

The girls nodded vigorously. They didn't care. It wasn't they that had a problem with Master Roshi and their students. They just wanted to have fun. Madame Rose turned around and continued walking. The girls followed.

"Well, that was an unforeseen turn of events," Bulma whispered to Chi Chi. Chi Chi giggled. This was going to be awkward for Madame Rose.

"Oh, well," replied Chi Chi. "It'll be fun for us!"

"How right you are!" Bulma said. Not only was it going to be fun watching Madame Rose try to get along with Master Roshi but Bulma knew of one of the students, a guy that she had her eyes on for awhile. She first saw him when Madame Rose sent her over to Master Roshi's to drop something off and ever since then she made sure to "bump" into him in the city.

"Chi Chi, you'll finally get to see—uhhh, I mean, sense, this guy that I've been telling you about!" Bulma was excited.

"Yeah. And maybe, you'll finally get his name," laughed Chi Chi.

"Oh, I plan on getting more than his name," smirked Bulma.

Chi Chi just laughed.

"Chi Chi, I hope there's romance in this for you too!" squealed Bulma.

"Please, Bulma. I doubt it. There no chance of there being romance for me anywhere." Chi Chi replied.

"Oh, c'mon! Don't be like that! Besides, I already have one picked out for you! He's just as hot as mine! Then we can go out on double dates!"

Chi Chi just brushed it off. "Bulma you're getting way ahead of yourself."

"FINE! We'll see!" Bulma replied. She was determined to make it work.

"Girls! Here we are!" Madame Rose shouted from up ahead. Bulma looked up. Sure enough, there was Master Roshi, who, she had to learn the hard way, was a pervert. He wobbled over to meet Madame Rose.

"Ahhh, Madame Rose. Nice of you and your pretty girls to join us at last," he remarked.

"Yes, sorry about that delay," she replied. "Is everything ready? Can we start on this sightseeing now?"

"Sure, sure, but aren't you going to introduce to me to your pupils?" he looked the girls over. Chi Chi couldn't see but even she felt disgusted under his gaze. Yuck, she thought. "Of course, I already know this one. Bulma, right?" Master Roshi asked.

"Ew and yes, I'm Bulma," she answered with distaste.

"If this will pick up the pace, then let me introduce to the strongest girls in the world," Madame Rose started. "This is, of course as you know, Bulma, and these girls are Launch, 18, Taiko, Suki, and Chi Chi. There. Happy now? Let's go. "

"Yup. Happy now," Master Roshi said. "Let's get a move on. Oh wait. Where are MY students? These knucklehead boys are more trouble than they're worth!" Master Roshi exclaimed as he searched for them.

"OH, would you hurry up!" Madame Rose rushed, "It'll be nightfall by the time we get to it!"

"Excuse me, but you're the one that turned up late to begin with! We were ready! These boys probably just got tired of waiting for you and went off for a little bit." Master Roshi retorted.

"Please," huffed Madame Rose, "your boys are delinquents to begin with! It's not my fault that they're off being nuisances someplace else!"

"If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself!" Master Roshi replied angrily.

The girls just watched the drama unfold in front of them until Suki took notice of a group heading toward them. "Uhhhhhh...Master Roshi, is that them?" she pointed behind him.

Master Roshi turned to look around and exclaimed, "Yes! That's them Hey, morons! Over here!" Master Roshi called them over. There were 6 of them, just like their own group.

"This is perfect!" Bulma thought. "One for each of us! Mwa hahahaha! My plan might work after all!"

"Well, Madame Rose," started Master Roshi, "It's only fair that I introduce you to my students since you introduced me to yours."

"Ok, fine! Let's just get it over with!" Madame Rose said exasperated.

The 6 figures came into full view as they came to a standstill near Master Roshi. The girls could all see them perfectly now, which was why they all let out a huge gasp. All except Chi Chi, who of course couldn't see.

"Hey, Bulma, what happened? Why did you guys gasp?" Chi Chi asked.

Bulma couldn't find her voice. She was too busy staring at the man she was talking about earlier in awe. She hadn't seen him this closely before but oh, my god, was it a sight to see.

Taiko was the first to find her voice. "Chi Chi," she managed to whisper, "These guys are really hot!"

"Oh," Chi Chi replied. "That's it? Alright." Chi Chi was visually impaired so she couldn't relish in the sight that her friends were viewing. She couldn't care less even if she could see.

"Well, I see that your girls are interested in knowing these boys, huh?" Master Roshi remarked, noticing the look on the girls' faces. "I'll introduce them."

"These are my pupils. This is Tien, Krillin, Raditz, Turles, Vegeta, and Kakarrot." Master Roshi pointed to each guy individually as he introduced him.

Madame Rose and Master Roshi found the tour guides are started discussing what places to go and what to see.

Bulma snapped out of her gaze and found her voice. "Chi Chi! His name is Vegeta!" she whispered excitedly. "Vegeta, you're mine!" she whispered only loud enough so that Chi Chi could hear.

"That's great Bulma. Step 1: Learn his name, Step 2: Throw yourself onto him. That's your usual routine, right? Well, you're on a good course!" Chi Chi chuckled.

"And omg, Chi Chi, there's one checking you out! OMG OMG OMG!" Bulma whisper went up an octave and she squealed. "It's the other one I told you about! His name is Kakarrot. He's so hot!"

"Bulma, stop it! I don't care and he won't want me anyways once he knows I'm blind." Chi Chi stated. There was silence and then Chi Chi added, "How hot is he, though?"

Bulma squealed again. She knew her friend was hoping for romance too! "SOOOO HOT," Bulma told her elatedly. "Chi Chi, his eyes are still on you!"

Chi Chi blushed. She didn't know what to do. Should she talk to him or ignore him? If he wanted to talk to her, then he would acknowledge her first, Chi Chi decided. And if she didn't like him or if he didn't like her then it could still be fun and games. Teasing guys was always a hobby. Chi Chi knew how to be playful.

"Alright, kids! Hop on into the tour bus!" Master Roshi announced. "We're off!"

The other girls already started socializing with the guys. "Hey! These girls are already flirting! Let me go tell them that I called dibs on that Vegeta!" Bulma realized.

Chi Chi was left standing alone. The tour guides started to pack up all the belongings and put them on the bus. Chi Chi heard partial conversations of the girls as well as instructions Madame Rose was giving to the tour guides. Chi Chi felt so happy because all she could feel around her was positive energy. She couldn't wait to start exploring the city! Even though she wouldn't be able to see any of it, at least she was with her friends who, as she could sense, were more than blissful and elated, and for Chi Chi, that was all that mattered.

A/N: So what did you think? Review please! And yes Chi Chi is blind! Sorry lol but it has a lot to do with the major plot line! Leave a comment! Thank you!