Goku crawled over to the marble chest that Broly had been guarding. He felt like he had broken every bone in his body. As if Broly's wrath hadn't been enough, he was now experiencing the fatigue that came after going Super Saiyan 3, and that Kamehameha had drained what was left of his energy. Somehow he managed to make it to the chest and opened it.

"Sen…zu… bean…"

Moments after Goku swallowed the bean he felt his strength return to him and he jumped to his feet.

"We really need to learn how to grow these beans, Broly almost killed me." he laughed "Well at least the nightmare is over."

Goku scooped up the three star Dragon Ball and the key and went back to the door.

"Dad! That was so awesome! Can you teach me that?" asked Goten.

"Maybe when you're a little older."

"Nice to see you still have your head attached." said Vegeta "But where the hell did you get the strength to finish Broly?"

"It's amazing what you can do in a do or die situation." replied Goku "I just remembered how we beat him the first time and hoped he still had that weakness. I'm glad he did, otherwise I'd probably be in the Other World right now… again."

"Well at least it's all behind us." said Gohan.

"Let's just summon Shenron and send Kattalnuva back to wherever it is he came from so we can get out of here." said 18 "I don't know about the rest of you, but I've had enough of this dump."

"Uh guys… I think we have a problem." said Trunks.

"What? We all beat our opponents, and we all got our Dragon Balls." said Yamcha.

"I know but… I think that's only six."

"Did you just say… We're missing a Dragon Ball?" asked Videl.

"Kattalnuva divided us all into groups. Dad and Goku both went alone, you went with Gohan and Piccolo, Goten was paired with me, Krillin and 18 went together, and finally Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu were grouped together. That's only six Dragon Balls."

Everyone pulled out the Dragon Balls they had won, sure enough there was one missing.

"Where is the one star ball?" exclaimed Tien.

"Through the door! Now!" said Piccolo.

Everyone ran through the stone door in the room that had only one star on it. It was the only door in the center of the maze that none of the Z Fighters had come out of. For about ten minutes they all charged through a dark and narrow tunnel.

"Keep going! I see light ahead!"

When they came out of the tunnel they found themselves in a room with transparent walls. The Z Fighters realized they were in outer space, but that wasn't what scared them.

"Looking for this?"

Kattalnuva was sitting on his throne on the other side of the room holding the one star Dragon Ball in his hand.

"Damn…"

"Well, I guess it was nice knowing you guys." said Chiaotzu.

"Did you really think it was going to be that easy?" asked Kattalnuva as he stood up "After everything I ran away from, after all the trouble it took for me to get here, with everything I have gained from this, did you really think I was going to let you win, let you send me back?"

"Alright Mr. Kattalnuva, let's talk like civilized human beings." said Videl "What is the problem here?"

"I'll tell you what the problem is… INJUSTICE!"

"Could you be more specific?"

"I've already told you that in my own universe I'm just an average man, in truth I have a lot of things I should be thankful for… but I'm only human, and I always wanted more… Unfortunately I'm not one of those people who have everything handed to them from birth. I have to work for the things I want, and I hate it."

"So… You love sausage, but you hate to see it getting made." said Krillin.

"I want to make my money doing what I love, and that is to write fictional stories, but for some unknown reason that I will never understand, my parents majored me in computer security, now I'm forced to take classes I hate that make me feel dumber every single class. But that's not the worst part…"

"Then what is?"

"The only thing that keeps me going is divine intervention. I should have never graduated from high school, I shouldn't have passed any of the college courses I've taken so far, and I shouldn't be getting any good grades in the ones I've been taking, and any certification exams my parents want me to take have gotten scarier every single day. It's only by the intervention of God almighty that I have made it this far… But that's just it… he's only gotten me through… I've begged and pleaded time and time again for one thing that would make it all worth it… But that prayer has gone unanswered for years."

"What prayer? What the hell do you want?" asked Piccolo.

Piccolo was the only one who could hear it… It sounded like Kattalnuva was about to cry.

"By my age… my father had financial independence and not only met my mother, he was engaged to her! I have about two hundred dollars at home that I'm saving for video games coming out this fall, and a bank account with only a little over a thousand dollars in it, and I haven't even been on a single lousy date!"

"What!"

"My older sister has a boyfriend, my younger brother has a girlfriend… Tsukune Aono, Jaden Yuki, Peter Parker, and even you Gohan, all met the love of your life in high school. Harry Potter, Anakin Skywalker, and you Goku, all met your future wives when you were just kids! Hell, David Lister lost his virginity when he was only twelve years old! What about me? When is going to be Kattalnuva's turn!"

"Twelve!" exclaimed Gohan "I didn't even know what that meant when I was twelve years old."

"Wait a minute…. All this is because you couldn't find a girlfriend?" asked 18.

"Not just a girlfriend, a sweetie… a life path partner… someone who is so beautiful you know that all your suffering is worth it! A wife who's there for her husband and knows how to satisfy him!"

"Okay… I think that's a little too much information there." said Krillin.

"Sounds like someone's in it just for you know what." said Yamcha.

"I'm more than aware that marriage isn't just about pleasure you washed up has been!" said Kattalnuva "Sure that's part of it, but it's not the whole thing."

"What are you guys talking about?" asked Goten.

"Look, if you want a girlfriend so badly… Why don't you just go out and find one?" asked Goku.

"I don't think he wants a girlfriend… I think he just wants to get laid." said Krillin.

"There's much you fail to understand Krillin… I was raised a Roman Catholic, and I went to a Catholic school from kindergarten to my senior year in high school, and if there's one thing Catholic schools drill in your head that public schools don't, it's no ding ding without the wedding ring, not just on the grounds of morality, but also the health risks. I couldn't break that rule if I wanted to… God dammit I can't…"

"Seriously, what are you guys talking about?" asked Goten.

"I'll tell you when you're older." said Goku.

"And to answer your question Goku, you can't just go out and buy a girlfriend at the store! Then again you wouldn't know how it feels. You just met a girl one day, made a promise you didn't know what it meant, and married her when you grew up because you felt it was the right thing to do!"

"Sure you can't buy a girlfriend, but I'll bet there are plenty of girls in… wherever you came from."

"I'm don't want just any girl! Do you know why divorce rates are higher than ever? It's because people's standards are lower than ever! I'm not just some high school jockstrap who bangs the first cheerleader that says she wants it! I know what I want and I won't settle for anything less… But I've been trapped in the Hoosier state my whole life… and I haven't seen a single girl that fits my standards."

"Why don't you go on one of those dating websites?"

"Call me old fashioned, but I don't talk to people on the internet like that… Talking to people on the internet isn't the same as talking to them in person. Not to mention anyone on the internet can say they're just the kind of girl I'm looking for… but here's the tricky part… How do we sort out the liars?"

"He's right.." said Yamcha "I met this girl on the internet who said she was a model, turned out she was a former model who weighed two hundred and eighty pounds."

"And even if I could find the girl of my dreams, how could I get her to fall for me? Girls want three things in a guy; money, a hot bod, and a great personality. And I know I don't have two of those things… I mean… I'm not unattractive, but I'm not Zac Efron either."

"Who?"

"Kattalnuva, trust me… You don't find love by looking for it, one day it just hits you." said Gohan.

"That's easy for you to say! Not only are you one of the strongest fighters in the universe, but you could take all the certification exams my parents want me to take, ace them, and give me the answers in backwards Latin! All I have is an imagination the size of Texas, and right now I can't even use it to make money because I don't know how!"

"So why are you taking computer classes when you want to be a writer? Why not just talk to your parents about it?"

"You think I haven't tried that? It's like talking to a brick wall! I didn't get into a fancy university like my sister, nor could my parents afford it! I'm forced to go to a community college that hasn't taught me anything I want to know! I've had to rely on self taught skills just to write a bunch of fan fictions that I can never have published! But that doesn't matter anymore. In my own world I was just another wave in the ocean, but here in your universe I reign supreme! I don't need to wait for love anymore, women will gather from all across the universe to see me, and they will worship me as though I were a god!"

"I've heard enough!" said Vegeta already going Super Saiyan 3 "You don't deserve a woman, you're just a spineless coward!"

"Coward?"

"You claim to be all powerful, but you've just been hiding behind our resurrected enemies, you're just bunch of talk."

Suddenly Kattalnuva was right there in Vegeta's face.

"Let me ask you something Vegeta… Would a coward do this?"

All Kattalnuva did was slap Vegeta in the face, and the Prince of Saiyans fell face first to the ground.

"Oh you got bitch slapped!" said Yamcha "I saw it and everyone's a witness, bitch slapped!"

Kattalnuva started walking back to his throne singing to himself.

"Bitch slap… baby, bitch slap… bitch slap… I don't take crap… bitch slap… shut your big trap…"

Suddenly Vegeta was back on his feet.

"I'm going to kill you!"

Vegeta flew at full speed at Kattalnuva, but then he was so close he could have spit on him, he froze in midair.

"Oh hello."

Kattalnuva turned around and stared into Vegeta's eyes.

"And goodbye."

With just a flick to the nose Vegeta was sent crashing into the wall. Everyone looked on in horror as he reverted back to normal and fell to the floor.

"Okay…" said Kattalnuva cracking his knuckles "So who's next?"

(To be continued)