visiting friends

Goku, Chichi and Gohan sat in the car. They were driving towards Capsule Corporation because Chichi wanted to ask Bulma if she could invent something to help Gohan with his studies. Gohan looked forward to start on his studies again. He was tied of doing nothing all day.

They arrived at Capsule Corporation a few minutes later. Bulma came out of the building to greet them.

"Hello everyone." Bulma said "It is so nice to see you all again. So what brings you here?"

"Gohan was blinded by Cell." Chichi said.

"I heard that he was blind. I feel so sorry for him. It must be so terribly scary not to be able to see and he is so young."

"We wanted to know if you could make something to help him"

"Well I'm sure that I can make something. Let's go inside and talk about it"

Then they walked inside. Chichi was holding Gohan's hand tightly to make sure he wouldn't walk into something or get lost in the giant house. They walked for a while and even though Gohan knew the house well he lost track of where he was after a few turns. They entered a room and Gohan was placed in a couch. Bulma started to talk again.

"So what exactly does Gohan need help with?"

"It would be his studies that would be most important and then of cause being able to move around on his own without bombing into things" Chichi said.

"Well he would be able to move around easily if he got a cane."

"No way" Gohan said. "I don't want a cane. How am I supposed to fight if I need a plastic stick to move around?"

"You are not going to fight again so forget about it" Chichi said shocked that Gohan would even consider fighting in his condition.

"But why not?" Gohan whined

"Because you have to focus on your studies."

"I can do both"

"No way. The fighting will just distract you."

At this point Goku decided to interfere.

"Come on Chichi. A few hours of training a day will not hurt him."

"I said no." Chichi shouted. "He is not going to fight and that's final."

An awkward silence filled the room. No one knew what to say so they just kept quiet. Gohan was disappointed that his mother wouldn't let him fight at all. He wanted to continue the discussion but he also knew that his mother wasn't going to bend when she was in that mood. He just had to be patient and maybe some day he would be able to convince her to let him fight. It was Bulma who broke the silent after a few minuets.

"Well we were talking about things that can help Gohan. If he is going to study he should learn how to read Braille. If you want me to I can get some books for him."

"That would be great" Chichi said.

"And Gohan are you sure you don't want a cane?" Bulma asked.

"Yes I am" Gohan answered.

"Then how are you going to move around without walking into things?"

"Well right now I'm getting around by following peoples' ki or walk alongside a wall."

"But sensing ki will only help you locate living things. What about objects? And what do you do when there is no wall to follow?"

"I'll rather walk into things than have to rely on a cane."

At that point Mrs. Brief entered the room with a tray full of cookies. They all ate the cookies while they talked. Vegeta decided to join them while he was taking a break from his training. They sat there for a while. At some point Bulma went upstairs to wake Trunks from his nap and bring him downstairs. Later Goku and Vegeta went to the gravity room to have a spar and the women started to talk about girly stuff.

Gohan was getting bored again and each time that happened he would feel awfully. Everything seemed so hopeless to him. He was trapped in darkness and there was no way to escape. Gohan realized that he was getting these dark and depressive thoughts again and got angry at him self. Why did this happen to him all the time when he had decided to be strong and deal with the situation. He forced himself to think positive thoughts but it got harder and harder to snap out of his depression. He got to figure something out soon or he might lose himself in the dark. He decided to walk over to Trunks who was playing on the floor beside the couch. He stood up and walked slowly the few steps over to Trunks and sad down on the floor.

Trunks crawled over to Gohan and placed an object in front of him. Gohan let his hand move over the object to try and figure out what it was. He noticed a button and pushed it. The object made a sound which made Trunks giggle and clap his small hands. Gohan smiled and pushed another button with the same result. Trunks began to smash all the buttons making a lot of noise. Gohan found Vegeta's and his father's ki and started to analyze the fight. They were both super saiyans but they didn't seem to be fighting with that much when Gohan compared them with his own strength. He still found it hard to believe that he was the strongest on the planet. He had always thought that his father and Vegeta were much stronger than him and now he knew they weren't. All of a sudden Vegeta jumped out of his transformation and the fight was over.

They all ate dinner together that evening and afterwards Goku, Chichi and Gohan drove home. By the time they got home it was late and they all went to bed right away. Gohan found his way to his room by himself and lay down on his bed. Gohan began to think of the day. He looked forward to learn how to read Braille so he could study again. Bulma had said that it would take a few days before she would get the books. She had also said that she was planning on making other things that might help him get a more normal life. Gohan had also refused to get a cane. There just got to be another way to get around. Living things could easily be located with ki sensing but he had no way to tell where an object was. Gohan send hours thinking about it unable to sleep and it was in the middle of the night before he finally got some rest.