Chapter 6

:Dealing with the results

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Dragon Ball Z. All rights are owned by their respective owners,Toei, Toriyama, etc. This is purely a fanfictional work done by a simple fan done for fun. I do no get profit from this in any way.

It had been about two hours since Bulma had finished treating Gohan and he still hadn't woken up. They'd moved him from the infirmary to his room so that he could rest better in his own bed. Everyone but Vegeta had gathered to his bedside waiting for him to wake up. His mother Chi-Chi was still in her room reflecting on all the things she'd done for Gohan in his life. Suddenly Gohan opened his eyes and saw the smiling faces of his friends and family. "Dad? Bulma, Trunks, Videl? You're all here?" Gohan groggily asked. "Gohan? Boy, are we glad to see you again. We were so worried about you." said Goku. "Where am I? What happened? *Gasp* The Nameks, did we find them?" Gohan frantically asked as he tried to get up but the pain in his sides forced him back down. "Rest easy son, don't try to strain yourself. You were hurt very badly by an energy blast while trying to save Videl. I'm afraid we had to go back in order to take care of you and we had to abandon the search. We felt the Namekian's energy signature leave the planet a while ago so I'm afraid that whoever they were who kidnapped the Namekians, they're gone now." Goku disappointedly explained. Gohan gave a depressive look and turned his gaze away since he couldn't look his father in the eyes. "I'm sorry dad. This is all my fault, if I hadn't gotten injured then you guys wouldn't have had to pull back to take care of me and we would've caught them." Gohan said, sounding depressed and guilt-ridden. Videl however, couldn't stand to hear Gohan blame himself over something that he couldn't control. "NO Gohan! Don't blame yourself, I can't stand to hear you blaming yourself. It was my fault, if I hadn't been so weak *sob* then you wouldn't have had to get hurt, saving me.*sob*" Videl said with tears dripping down her face. Gohan was speechless, he couldn't believe that Videl felt that way. Gohan moved to hold Videl's hand to comfort her but he was quickly interrupted by his father Goku.

"Come on now, it's not your faults, neither of you. Videl, you're not weak, if you hadn't transformed into a Super Saiyan and driven off your attacker then we wouldn't have saved Gohan. It's because of you that he's even still here with us. I would never call someone like that weak." Goku praised in his usual cheerful way. The praise from Goku made Videl feel much better about herself and she stopped crying. "Videl! You transformed into a Super Saiyan?" exclaimed a now very surprised Gohan. "Well, after I saw you down on the ground, I thought that you might've been dead and I got really upset over it. I guess I sorta transformed after that and when he stood on ledge above from me I hit him with the Masenko Blast like you taught me with everything I got and it was enough to make whoever it was go away." Videl sheepishly admitted with a small blush. "Woah, I guess this means that you finally found your trigger. There's nothing quite like seeing the death of a close friend in order to make you transform for the first time." Gohan joked, apparently returning to his more light hearted nature by finding the humour (albeit it sick humour) in the circumstances in which they gain their Super Saiyan powers.

"You mean to tell me that that was her first time transforming?" comically exclaimed Goku. "Yes, it was. We tried to make her transform while training on the way here but she just couldn't find the right trigger. I guess seeing me 'dead' was enough to get her to transform." Gohan explained, smiling jovially at the 'dead' part. "But that time it only happened spontaneously. I still have yet to learn how to do it at will. And with you out of action for who knows how long, how am I supposed to learn?" asked a very worried sounding Videl. "Don't you worry about it, as soon as we're done here, we'll go outside and I'll start to teach you how to control it." announced Goku. "Really? Thank you Goku! It really means a lot to me to be trained by you." said Videl thankfully. "No problem." Goku waved nonchalantly. "Alright, I think that's enough for one session. Why don't you say we leave Gohan to his rest now?" suggested Bulma. The gang reluctantly agreed and so they left and Gohan reluctantly went back to sleep.

Goku and Videl made their way to the ship's exit hatch to go outside so they could work on Videl's Super Saiyan control training when they found an unexpected sight at the base of the ship's exit ramp. The Nameks had gathered outside the ship in their own little vigil for Gohan and they were still waiting for any news since the Earthlings had been too busy with their own concerns to tell them anything. "Please tell us, how is Gohan? Is he alright?" asked a very worried sounding Moori at the head of the Nameks. "Don't worry, it's okay. Gohan was badly hurt by an ambush from our opponents. Things were shaky for a few minutes but Gohan is out of danger now and he's recovering. It may take him a while, but he'll be as good as new in a few weeks." announced Goku. The Nameks all look relieved as they heard this news and Moori then walked up to Goku. "That is good news to hear. If there's anything at all that we can do to help just let us know." said Moori as he then guided his people back to their village. Goku and Videl then set off for a place to train while Vegeta discreetly followed them so that he could observe them for his own reasons.

Meanwhile, back on the ship, Gohan was just starting to go back to sleep when he heard somebody enter his room. It was his mother Chi-Chi and she soon sat down next to him on the bed. Gohan opened his eyes, looked at his mother and saw that she had reddened eyes as if she had been crying a lot. "Mom? What are you doing here? Why weren't you here with the others earlier? Why are you here now?" groggily asked a slightly confused Gohan. "I needed some time to think. To think about myself and about some of the decisions I've made in my life. I come to you now because I need you to hear this and you need to give me an answer for it." explained Chi-Chi in a low depressive tone that Gohan had never heard from his mother. Gohan was shocked to hear his mother talk like that but his expression quickly changed to a neutral look as he knew that whatever it was that his mother wanted to talk about, it was serious. "Go ahead, I'm all ears." responded Gohan.

"Ever since you were born I've wanted you to be a great scholar and lead a normal happy life. But now I see that choosing what your life would become before you could ever make the decision was wrong. You see, when I married your father, I knew what he was about and I loved him for facing the dangers he did, but I was also afraid for him. I had seen your father suffer many great pains doing what he does and I didn't want our child to go through the same suffering. One hero in the family was enough for me and I didn't want to have to worry about another. And so I decided that you were going to lead the perfect life of an adult where I could forever protect you and you would never have to face danger. But now that I see you now I realise that you were always destined to be your father's son and that you have a choice as to what you want to become. Just know that whatever you decide I'll accept and support it." explained Chi-Chi. Gohan stared away from his mother as he slowly digested what his mother had told him. A few minutes ticked away in silence as Gohan carefully contemplated his answer. Then finally, he spoke. "All my life all I've wanted to do was please you. When I was little I thought that I wanted to be a scholar because that was what you told me I was to become and I wanted to make my mother happy. At first I thought I enjoyed studying but the more I grew up the more I started to dislike studying. I now know that even back then, from the very start I looked up to my father because of how carefree and free spirited he was. I thought in my head that my dream was to become a scholar like you wanted me to, but in my heart I now realise that I secretly wanted to grow up just like him. My head told me I was scholar and my heart told me I was a fighter. I guess fate intervened when Raditz came to Earth and I became a fighter after all. I forgive you for all the endless hours of studying you made me do and I understand that you did it because you loved me. But for right now the world needs me to be a fighter and so do I. I hope that you can accept that one day." said Gohan, speaking from his heart. Chi-Chi was teary eyed by this point from Gohan's heartfelt confession, she nodded in acceptance and then she hugged her son with tears streaming down his neck and shoulder. "I don't deserve a son like you." Chi-Chi muttered in between her sobs and Gohan hugged her back in a loving embrace.

Meanwhile, out in a clearing somewhere, Goku had been trying to train Videl into controlling her new Super Saiyan powers while Vegeta watched from the sidelines. "No, no, no, no, No! That's not how it works. You don't just raise your anger levels, you must control it with your will." instructed Goku as Videl continued to fail at trying to summon her innate powers. "Easy for you to say *grunt* this is harder than it looks you know." replied an exhausted Videl as she continued to pour her efforts into her attempts. "Yeah, I know it's though but you seem to be having more trouble with it I than thought you would be. Maybe because you're a girl saiyan it makes it harder for you. Hey Vegeta! Do female Super Saiyans have more trouble controlling their powers then men?" Goku asked, looking off in Vegeta's direction. "Hmph! I don't know. The legend is very vague and there is never any mention of any female Super Saiyans. In fact I didn't think that females could become Super Saiyans until I saw the brat here transform." explained Vegeta in his usual none caring self. Videl gave a look of anger and resentment at what she felt was Vegeta's arrogantly macho and sexist statement. "Just because they aren't mentioned doesn't mean they didn't exist." Goku pointed out to Vegeta and his statement also calmed down Videl a bit. "Grrrrr... Alright! So you've got a point Kakarot, that still doesn't mean that this weakling won't take several months of training before she gets it right." Vegeta arrogantly said, clearly showing his superiority complex in regards to Videl.

The last comment made by Vegeta really ticked Videl off and in an effort to try to show him up she tried channeling her new found anger into her power up sequence. However, due to her channeling of her anger she destabilised her power up and caused her energy to explode. Videl was propelled several yards back from the backlash effect and made a short skidding landing on the ground. Goku quickly rushed to her side to check on her while Vegeta simply laughed his ass off. Videl was exhausted and shooken up by the experience but otherwise she wasn't hurt. However, the explosion completely ruined her clothes which were already tattered and torn from the ambush earlier. "Awww man! These were my last pair of clean training clothes." Videl complained as she looked at her ruined outfit. "I guess that's enough training for one day anyway. Why don't you get back to the ship and get changed?" suggested Goku. "*sigh* May as well, but change into what?" Videl rhetorically questioned, but made sure she said it under her breath so the others couldn't hear her. Videl headed back to the ship while Goku and Vegeta stayed put. "Told you so." said Vegeta, smirking arrogantly. "Shut up..." said Goku, sending glares at Vegeta.

Videl arrived at the ship looking despondent. As she made her way down the corridor she saw Chi-Chi coming out of Gohan's room and wiping away tears from her eyes but looking happy. "Videl? What are you doing back here? You look like a mess. What happened to you?" asked Chi-Chi. "I accidentally exploded my energy while trying to go Super Saiyan and I ruined my clothes. Unfortunately this is my last good outfit and I don't have anything else to change into." Videl explained. "I think there might be some of Gohan's old clothes that might fit you." Chi-Chi said while tipping her chin thoughtfully with her finger. Videl wasn't too keen on the idea but before she could protest Chi-Chi grabbed her arm and pulled her along into Gohan's room.

Minutes later, Videl emerged from the bathroom wearing one of Gohan's Piccolo style uniforms with a red belt and white scarf-like attachment at the neck. "I can't believe I'm actually wearing this right now!?" Videl exclaimed, feeling a bit embarrassed that she was wearing a boy's clothes. "Awww come on, don't be like that, you look great. With that haircut of yours looking so similar to Gohan's I'd say you look just like him." Chi-Chi complimented while holding up a tall full body mirror for Videl to look at herself with. Videl blushed when she saw herself in the mirror. "I have to admit it doesn't look half bad. In fact I think I it makes me look pretty courageous. Since these are Gohan's clothes I hope they make me fight like him." Videl said as she did a couple poses and flexed her muscles in front of the mirror. 'I'm really glad Gohan is asleep right now. I'd just die if he saw me doing this!' Videl thought to herself as she looked accross the room at the sleeping form of the boy she admired so much. She then looked at his bandages and her thoughts drifted to how close she'd come to loosing him recently and how she felt she had failed him. Chi-Chi noticed the depressed look in Videl's eyes. "Now come on, Gohan wouldn't want to see you feeling sorry for yourself. I now that tommorrow your going to wear that in training and make Gohan proud of you when you master Super Saiyan." Chi-Chi said, cheering up the spirits of the little half-saiyan girl and making her smile. However, later that night, Videl still went to bed with thoughts of Gohan's 'condition' weighing heavily on her conscience.

Author's Final Thoughts: And so Videl's now training with Goku in order to control her Super Saiyan transformation, but it's still going to take her a while before she's going to get the hang of it and control it enough to transform at will. Remember that she's the first female Super Saiyan that we know of in this universe and that plus with her relatively rookie nature in energy control will make it a hard task for her to learn it. But don't you worry I'll get her to transform in time for the big battle.

And a touching moment between mother and son. Now this is the point where Gohan decides what he's going to do with his life and Chi-Chi's going to support it as much as possible. That's what a parent should be doing, support their children in whatever dream they want. I think that she was just confused as to what Gohan wanted to do and so imposed her own wishes on him. I think that from now on, having been told from the horses mouth on what he wants to do with his life Chi-Chi's going to switch priorities and instead going to start actually helping Gohan with his training in whatever way she could and support him in saving the Earth. I think that this would be the way Chi-Chi would honestly react to the situation if she was confronted like I had her do in my fanfic. She's still going to be the Chi-Chi we all know, just toned down a bit and with a switched attitude. And this is where it happened. And now Videl's going to be training and fighting in Gohan's uniform. How cheeky can I get?