A Hurt Soul, Chapter #09
Summary: Cell’s Revenge on Gohan after he defeats him has catastrophic effects on Gohans mind. Can anyone save him?
Author’s Notes: This was based off a dream I had. Will be A Truhan don’t worry about that though it might take a long time. (I don’t really have that much time to be writing this, especially when you consider the other three fics I’m writing). I apologize now that I don’t update often.
Chapter Title: A Chat and a Shower
Gohan went to school the next morning still wearing the collar. He had tried to make it look like a necklace but he really couldn’t do much about it. And Bulma had to drive him because he couldn’t fly there.
All in all the day sucked. Gohan had to deal with people staring at him, and the collar, all day. And more than a few people had tried to hit on him. For instance, the idiot bothering him now,
“Hello. Son, right? You like being collared or something? Cause I got cuffs in my car…”
Gohan had almost punched him. Instead he replied,
“No, it was a bet. You really have handcuffs? Did the cops give them to you after they arrested you?” The idiot left in a huff.
The only good thing that happened that day was that the sex-ed class had been canceled due to a lack of teacher.
Upon returning to Capsule Corps (Bulma picked him up) Gohan once again had Vegeta trying to remove the collar. Vegeta had Gohan sit down on one of the kitchen chairs while he tried to manipulate the collar without actually touching it. The thing was seamless and there didn’t seem to be a way to get it off. Eventually even Vegeta had to admit there was nothing he could do.
Gohan just shrugged it off. He was alive, he hadn’t been hurt, and while he didn’t want to be helpless, now was a great time to work on his technique and strength, without his ki. Not that that made it any better but it gave him some hope.
The day ended after he and Piccolo finished a couple hours of spar time, and dinner. Since the Son’s were still averse to returning home with Gohan in this condition, they stayed at Capsule Corps for another night.
Gohan headed off to his room after dinner finished. Once there he removed his clothing and got into the shower. While he was in there Mirai had come to say goodnight. Unfortunately this was just as Gohan was leaving the shower. Gohan walked out of the shower stall wrapped a towel around his waist and stepped out into his room. Were Mirai was waiting for him.
“Eek!” Gohan exclaimed as he saw Mirai standing there and absentmindedly dropped the towel. Mirai looked away as Gohan picked up the towel, blushing, and rewrapped it. That was not a sight that was likely to ever leave Mirai’s memory anytime soon. Matter of fact he was lodging it away for future use. Not that Gohan knew that. However, Mirai left the room to let Gohan change.
“I am dressed now.” Gohan called out to the hallway were Mirai stood against the wall. Mirai walked in. Gohan sat on the edge of his bed with a brush and the towel, trying to get some of the water out of his sponge like hair. “What did you want?” Gohan asked as Mirai walked through the door.
“Oh, I wanted to say goodnight. And ask how you were doing, we really didn’t get much of a chance to talk yesterday.” Gohan motioned for him to sit down on the chair beside Gohan’s desk, so he did so.
“Ah, I see. Well I am ok. School is definitely not one of my mother’s brightest ideas but…”
“Don’t like it much” Mirai asked leaning toward Gohan a little.
“Yeah, no one likes me cause I am much younger than every one else, and I am smarter than most of the teachers. Nevermind this collar thing that now has everyone teasing me.”
“That would be rather irritating…But there has to be someone you can talk to there. I mean seriously everyone here is much older than you and they can’t always be very good conversation.”
‘Well they are ok, but they still see me as a little kid and as such treat me that way, though Piccolo really isn’t that much older than me, but he still thinks I am the little kid he trained before Vegeta got here. I don’t think he is older than more that five or six years…
I talk to him a lot though, ‘cause he listens to me.”
“I see. Well at least Piccolo is around then” Mirai paused. “You know you can always talk to me too right?” Gohan looked up from his hair and blinked at him.
“Of course I do.” The Gohan that Mirai had left after the Cell Games would have smiled at him here, but that Gohan had changed and become this one. One who never really smiled anymore. However he did nod.
“Good” Mirai smiled. “So I met Goten earlier today.”
“Goten is way too energetic for his own good.” Gohan looked back down at his hair again. “I need a new towel.” As Gohan got up to toss the drenched towel into the wastebasket and get a replacement Mirai thought, I remember a time when you were too energetic for your own good too. What happened to you Gohan? Mirai wanted to ask, but he wasn’t sure Gohan would say, so he waited, hoping that he would find out eventually.
By fuji-masaki, June 16, 2009 @ 5:41 am
Yay an update ^^. oooh Trunks you naughty boy. ahhh poor Gohan. i can’t wait for the next chapter XD Keep up with the good work