Goku looked down at the unconscious Videl in confusion. "Who's that?" he asked.

"Her name is Videl Satan," Gohan said. "She's with me."

"Is she your girlfriend?" Goku asked.

"Dad!" Gohan said, scandalized. "How could you even ask something like that?"

Goku shrugged. "Your mother and I were both thirteen when we first met. I thought maybe you..."

"She's not my girlfriend," Gohan said. "I don't think so, anyway. She kissed me, but—"

Goku shook his head. Our large-haired hero doesn't care too much for romantic discussion, so he decided to change topics to something more interesting. "That doesn't matter," he said. "What's important is, can she fight?"

"Yes," Gohan said. "She came in second place to me, during the last World Martial Arts Tournament."

"Great!" Goku said enthusiastically. "Let's bring her along! I'm sure she'll want to meet everyone!"

Vegeta stepped out of the space pod and looked around at the planet Kazria. It seemed completely unremarkable. The Saiyan Prince couldn't see anything, besides dark red dirt which stretched out in all directions.

"Hmph," Vegeta said. "No natives in sight."

Vegeta flew off, in search of the closest energy signal. One of the creatures on this planet had requested a meeting with him. Since this was the fourth of the six planets he had to visit, Vegeta was hoping to get through things quickly, so he could return to Earth.

It didn't take long for Vegeta to find a city, made of dark red buildings. The creatures on this planet looked almost exactly like humans, except shorter. For once, Vegeta was one of the tallest people around. The Kazrians were able to lead him to his destination: the house of someone named Chiulma.

Vegeta knocked on the front door. It was answered almost immediately, by a Kazrian woman.

"Hello?" she said.

"Augh!" Vegeta said, stepping backwards. The woman looked exactly like Chi-Chi, except she had light blue hair, the same shade as Bulma's. It was like someone put Chi-Chi and Bulma in a blender.

"Are you...Chiulma?" Vegeta asked.

"Yes," Chiulma said. "Who are you?"

"I am Prince Vegeta, the last Saiyan in existence," Vegeta said.

Technically, this wasn't true. The first planet Vegeta visited on this trip was revealed to be the home planet of a previously-unknown Saiyan named Hakarott. Hakarott had given up fighting, in order to become a guitarist. Vegeta and Hakarott got into a huge argument about his Saiyan duties, and Vegeta decided it would be better to pretend Hakarott didn't exist.

"You," Chiulma said. "You're Vegeta, huh? What did you do to my baby?"

"Your...what?"

"My baby girl, Erasa!" Chiulma said. "Turles told me that you sent her off to an unknown planet!"

"Turles is dead," Vegeta said.

"I know that!" Chiulma said. "We just found out about that! That's why I asked to meet you."

It took eight years for that information to reach here? Vegeta thought. What method of communication do they use on this planet?

"You are going to tell me everything you know about Turles' death," Chiulma ordered. "And then, you are going to help me find Erasa."

"Erasa who?" Vegeta asked.

"My daughter!" Chiulma said. "The one I had with Turles!"

"I see," Vegeta said. He thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered. That was right, Turles did have a child with some alien species, over ten years ago. Vegeta himself sent the child to...

"That information should still be in my ship's computer," Vegeta said. "Getting it will be easy enough."

Sure, he told Turles that Erasa was sent to an unknown planet, but of course he kept the data on his computer. After, the child was half-Saiyan. Vegeta wasn't going to banish her to the far corners of the galaxy without a way to get in contact with her again.

Videl's eyes opened slowly.

"Oh, you're awake, are you?" a voice asked.

Her vision came into focus, and she saw some kind of hideous blue...thing fill her line of sight. It was a horrible creature, with a stringy mouth where its eyes should be.

"Back off!" Videl said. "You don't—oh, ow!"

Videl realized she was seeing the creature the wrong way, because she was lying down. She slowly sat up and took another look at the creature.

Looking at the creature correctly didn't improve the view much. It was some kind of blue catfish monster, with sunglasses. And it had the body of a small, fat man.

He looks even scarier than Majin Buu! Videl thought. I hope it's a peaceful animal...

"Are you okay?" the creature asked. "It's unusual for people to sleep here in Other World."

"Oh great, it can talk," Videl muttered.

"What's that?" the talking catfish asked.

"Nothing," Videl said, standing up. "It's just...where am I? What's going on?"

Videl looked around. The area here was mostly green, with a few trees in the distance. It was like she was on the world's largest soccer field. No one else was around, and Videl brief felt a pang of loneliness.

"I am King Kai," the catfish proclaimed. "You are the first human to come here in thousands of years."

Videl blinked. "Seriously?"

"Yes," King Kai said. "You are very unique, Young Videl. Your potential is great."

"No, seriously?" Videl asked. "This isn't...I dunno, the weirdest practical joke ever?"

"I love jokes!" King Kai said. "But no, this is not a joke. You really are the first human to be found worthy of visiting this part of Other World since Olibu. This means—"

"Wait, wait, wait, let me guess," Videl said. "Now I have to meet up with the Cowardly Lion and the Tin Woodman, because we're The Chosen Ones who will kill the Wicked Witch of the West. Then we visit the Emerald City so the Wizard of Oz can send me back home."

King Kai's jaw dropped, as he tried to process what she just said.

Why do all the Earthlings I meet have to be complete weirdos? King Kai wondered. First Goku, then Piccolo, now this girl.

"No, but seriously, how do I get back home?" Videl asked. "I'm sure it's very nice here on the talking catfish planet, but I want to leave and meet up with my friends."

"You can't leave Other World!" King Kai said. "It's against the rules!"

"Well, too bad for you, but I'm a rule breaker," Videl said. She waved her hand. "See you later, King Catfish."

"It's King KAI!" King Kai yelled, as Videl walked away.

Gohan, where are you, and what's going on? Videl wondered.

"Give it a second," Vegeta said, typing into his computer. "It won't take long for the machine to locate your daughter."

"This better not be a trick," Chiulma warned. "I haven't seen my daughter since I gave birth to her, thirteen years ago."

"Here we go," Vegeta said. "She was sent to...Earth. Earth?"

"You know that planet?" Chiulma asked.

"I'm...familiar with it," Vegeta said.

"Well, then, I'm visiting Earth as soon as possible," Chiulma said. "Can you take me there?"

"I am not a taxi service!" Vegeta snapped. "Besides, I'm not going to that planet, anyway."

"Darn," Chiulma said. "I guess I'll have to fly there myself. Hopefully it won't be too expensive."

Sadly, the price for a round trip from Kazria to Earth was about three times more than Chiulma's annual wages for five years, minus expenses. That was partly because Kazria was an isolated planet, and partly because Earth isn't part of the Interplanetary Trade System. Chiulma never did visit Earth to meet her daughter Erasa, which didn't bother anyone, because Chiulma isn't that interesting of a character, anyway.

Vegeta, however, was glad to learn the information.

So, there's another half-Saiyan on my home planet... Vegeta thought. I'll have to find her.

As you would expect, one of the first things Goku did was insist on fighting with Gohan. He wanted to see how strong his son had gotten over the past two years. Naturally, the two of them fought in an isolated location, so no innocent bystanders would be hurt.

King Kai marched up to their fighting area, with an angry look on his face.

"Gohan! I'm kicking your girlfriend out of Other World!" King Kai said.

"Huh?" Gohan asked.

Goku took advantage of the distraction to smash Gohan in the side of the face.

"Ow, Dad, stop!" Gohan said. He landed on the ground, next to King Kai. "What did you say?"

"That Videl girl!" King Kai said. "She is rude, disrespectful, and weird! She called me a talking catfish!"

"Well, you kind of do look like a catfish..." Gohan said.

"Mmmm, catfish is delicious," Goku said. "When's dinner, King Kai?"

"We're not eating right now, Goku!" King Kai shouted.

"So, where is Videl?" Gohan asked. "Is she awake yet? I want to talk to her!"

"I don't know where she is," King Kai said. "I was trying to welcome her to the Fighters' Planet, but she just walked away!"

"That doesn't sound like her," Gohan said. "She's usually very nice. Kind of."

"It's like she has no idea who I am or where we are!" King Kai said. "I don't know how she got past King Yemma without—"

"Who's King Yemma?" Gohan asked.

"Didn't you meet with King Yemma?" King Kai asked.

Goku chuckled. "Well, uh, King Kai, I kinda brought them here with Instant Transmission, so we didn't really have time to meet with King Yemma—"

"Goku, you're fired!" King Kai said. "Gohan, you're my new Earthling assistant!"

"You can't fire me!" Goku said. "That's—wait, I didn't know I was working for you! I was working for you?"

"Not anymore," King Kai said. "I have a new, stronger assistant now. And Gohan, your first job is to find Videl and bring her into line!"

"Um, okay," Gohan said. "Sure thing."

He wasn't sure about this job business, and he still didn't know who King Yemma was, but Gohan wanted to find Videl and talk to her, anyway.

"I'll be right back," Gohan said, taking to the sky. "See you soon, Dad! King Kai."

"Nice kid," King Kai said. "I should teach him the Kaioken someday."

"No, but seriously, King Kai!" Goku said. "When's dinner? I'm starved!"

"Okay, Videl, think," Videl said to herself. "You're in a strange place with talking snakes and fish and other animals, and you have no idea where you are or how to get home. What do you do now?"

Videl thought very hard, but this was not the kind of situation that high school had prepared her for.

Videl sighed. "I guess I just keep going until I find someone useful."

Videl walked for another five minutes, but she didn't find anyone useful. Instead, she found our hero Gohan. Well, actually, Gohan found her, by chasing after her energy signal.

"Videl!" Gohan called, as he landed on the ground near her. "There you are!"

"Gohan!" Videl said. "Where have you been for the past half hour? You abandoned me here in...wherever we are!"

"I'm sorry," Gohan said. "I got distracted with meeting my father again. I haven't seen him since he died two years ago."

"Oh," Videl said. She fiddled around with her halo. "So I guess you're saying that we really did get killed by Majin Buu. Now we're in Heaven."

"No, Dad says we're not in Heaven," Gohan said. "We're in the in place that's between Heaven and Hell."

"Purgatory?"

"No, it's...it's like a special heaven, just for people who know martial arts," Gohan said. "Heaven Proper is somewhere else."

"A special heaven, just for martial artists," Videl repeated. "Do you know how crazy that sounds?"

Gohan shrugged. "Hey, I didn't come up with it," he said. "That's what my dad said."

"Yes, well, I'll make sure to talk to your dead father before we leave the Kung Fu Heaven," Videl said. "So what do we do now?"

"Now, we...well, King Kai wanted to talk to you," Gohan said. "We should go see him."

"Who's King Kai?" Videl asked.

"He's the person in charge of this place, I guess," Gohan said. "You met him earlier. He said you called him a catfish."

"Wait, King Catfish is in charge of Kung Fu Heaven?" Videl asked.

"Yes?" Gohan said.

Videl sighed. "You know, before I met you, my life was somewhat normal," she said. "Now things just keep getting weirder and weirder."

"...I'm sorry," Gohan said.

Videl was slightly taken aback by Gohan's serious tone. "It's okay," she said. "I'm used to weirdness, thanks to my dad. It makes life interesting, you know?"

"No, it's my fault you died today," Gohan said. "If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have been anywhere near Majin Buu."

"You can't blame yourself for that," Videl said. "I mean, if he killed you, then there's no way I would have stood a chance at beating him."

"I shouldn't have let him fight you!" Gohan said. "I should have stepped in! In fact, I shouldn't have let you and Erasa come at all! It was too dangerous for you!"

"Woah," Videl said. "This is coming out of nowhere. Why are you so upset about this?"

"I'm upset because it's wrong," Gohan said. "I'm tired of seeing other people die because of me!"

"...When?" Videl asked.

"Huh?" Gohan asked.

"When did someone else die because of you?" Videl asked.

"It was my dad," Gohan said. "At the Cell Games. Instead of killing Cell right away, I let him...I gave him the opportunity to cause more damage."

Videl put her hand on Gohan's shoulder. "I didn't know," she said softly.

"It's not your fault," Gohan said.

"And here's something you didn't know," Videl said, starting to sound like a teacher. "When Mom was killed by those thugs, I felt the same way. I thought it was all my fault that she died, because I could have stopped them. And you know what? I was wrong."

"This was different," Gohan said.

"No, it's not," Videl argued. "Cell killed thousands of innocent people, and apparently, Majin Buu did, too! They're responsible for those deaths, not you!"

"I'm responsible, because maybe I could have stopped them earlier!" Gohan said.

"That's maybe!" Videl said. "You don't know for certain!"

"I do know!" Gohan said. "I'm the only person in the world who's stronger than Cell. No one else could have stopped him but me."

"Okay, fine," Videl said. "Forget that for a second. Do you know what would have happened this morning, if you said, 'Videl, I can't let you go fight Majin Buu. It's too dangerous. He's going to kill you.'? Do you know what would have happened if you told me that? I would have gone anyway."

"That doesn't matter because—"

"It does matter!" Videl said. "I made a choice to go fight Majin Buu, even though I knew I could be killed! Our dads did the same thing at the Cell Games! So it's not your fault!"

"Oh, shut up!" Gohan said. "What do you care, anyway? You weren't at the Cell Games!"

"I care about you, you idiot!" Videl said. "I don't want what happened to me to happen to you! When I blamed myself for Mom's death, it was really, really bad!"

"But that's different!" Gohan said. "I mean, it has to be! I have superpowers and you don't! I'm more culpable than you are!"

"I'm sorry; I didn't know you were Batman!" Videl said.

"Who?" Gohan asked.

Videl's face fell. "You've never heard of Batman," she said.

"No," Gohan said. "Is he some kind of half-man, half-bat?"

"Wow, I thought all guys were into that superhero stuff," Videl said. "Okay, as soon as we get home, I'll show you some Batman cartoons."

"No, you don't get it!" Gohan said. "I can't go anywhere with you anymore! Your life is safer without me!"

"I'm going to take that risk," Videl said. "Now shut up, and let's get going."

"Where?" Gohan asked.

"I wanna meet your dad, of course," Videl said. "We'll see who he thinks is responsible for his death."

"No," Gohan said. "Nuh uh. We are not bringing Dad into this. The conversation is over."

"It's not over until you accept what happened and move on," Videl said. "I mean, the Cell Games were two years ago, and you're still this worked up about it? That's not a good sign."

"I'm not...worked up," Gohan said, trying to calm down. "I'm just saying that I feel responsible for your death, that's all."

"And that's really kind and sensitive of you, Gohan, and we all know how much I love kind and sensitive guys," Videl said sarcastically. "But you're being stupid. Majin Buu killed me, not you."

"I could have protected you!" Gohan protested.

"Sorry to bruise your fragile ego, but you kind of suck at protecting people," Videl said. "I mean, Buu killed you in like a minute. You trying protect me wouldn't have made a difference. Now stop being such a guy and just agree with me already."

Videl's attitude strongly reminded Gohan of one of Chi-Chi's lectures, on why he had to stay away from all girls until he was eighteen. Teenage girls are a special breed of crazy, Chi-Chi had said. They always think they're right, and they get mad at almost anything.

Like you? Gohan had asked.

He was sent to bed without any dinner that night.

"I am very sorry for disagreeing with you, because you are right and I am wrong," Gohan said, using an apology that Chi-Chi made him repeat frequently.

"Good," Videl said. "Now kiss my feet and say you'll never disagree with me again."

"Uh...no thanks," Gohan said.

Videl shrugged. It was worth a shot.