Thank you to Tanti for spotting the error in chapter 4!!!  Now, I also made an error in chapter 3, and as nobody has as yet noticed it I will give the person who emails me the error and the correct word a chance to influence the ending, or write the next chapter, or appear in it, or something like that.  If no one figures it out then I'll have to put myself in *grin*.    If more than 1 person sees it then I'll decide by the no. of reviews you give me.  If that is equal (you can give me a review a chapter ya know!!!) then I'll put all of you in!!  Be warned; it's fairly subtle, and it's more the non-existence of a word than a spelling error.  Good luck, and happy finding!!! :)  The fic is now called ' A Dark Rose' at the excellent suggestion of Tanti. 

I am really pissed off.  I can NEVER EVER watch DBZ or any sort of anime again until I am grown up and can afford to buy my own telly with a Cable connection.   Stupid old ITV Digital has gone bust so I can't watch Cartoon Network again, and my dad refuses to get Sky (says I'm obsessed).  Anyway, it went properly bust last night.  So I need lots of nice reviews to cheer me up.  Please???

Chapter 5

Gohan's journey- stage 1.

Gohan opened his eyes.  *Hey, what's happening? * he thought.  *I'm… dead, aren't I?  So how am I… alive? *

A voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Gohan!"

Gohan grimaced and turned to Kame.  "What is happening Kame?  I thought… I thought…"

"I know, and you are."

Gohan started in surprise, and then remembered that Kame could hear people's thoughts.

"Now, listen, Gohan," Kame whispered, "I'm putting through an appeal to King Yemma (A/N: is that the name of the big red guy who sits at the gate place???) and I hope that since you are a child and you are needed by your planet, he will shorten your time of death so it appears as a millisecond in normal time."

"You can do that?"

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"Very well.  Kame has told me of your conditions, and so I have decided to let you by just this once.  According to the rule book though, if you die you must spend some time in the after-life."

"Didn't… you write the rule-book, sir?  Can't you bend the…"

"Certainly not!!!  I would be disobeying myself if I did that and I would not like to fire myself!!"

"Not too clever, is he?" murmured Gohan.

"Ssh!!!" whispered Kame.

"You shall spend 1 year in the after world and then come back to earth.  The time lag will delay you by 5 minutes, so it will be as if you return 5 minutes later.  Hopefully Lord Mystic Vaduz (A/N: totally random name!!!) will teach you some new tricks."

"Lord… Mystic… what???"

"Lord Mystic Vaduz," said King Yemma patiently.  "He is gifted in the magical arts."

"…Oh…"

"He's very good!"  Kame enthused.  "You should learn a great deal from him!"

"Right… well, bye Kame.  Bye, sir,"

"Nice boy, that," remarked King Yemma after Gohan had left.

Gohan popped his head back in again.

"Um… excuse me, sir, but where do I go?"

"Ask that attendant over there, Gohan," chuckled Kame, knowing something about the attendant that Gohan didn't.

"Thanks.  Well, bye!"

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Gohan approached the green spotted attendant.  He wondered why Kame had been laughing, but supposed that the high altitudes had caused a slight light-headedness.

He spoke to the attendant.

"Excuse, me, attendant sir, but could you tell me where I can find Lord Mystic Vaduz?"

"Follow the yellow brick road!!!  Follow the yellow brick road!!!" sang the attendant.

"I'm… sorry?"

"High ho, high ho, it's off to work we go…."

"O…K…" said Gohan, edging away.  This man was seriously freaking him out. 

"Aaaaand it's a long wayyyy to Tipparareeeee… it's a long wayyyy westward ho… It's a long wayyyy to Tipp…"

Suddenly Gohan lost his patience.

"Kisama!!!  Can't you just shut up???"

The man stood to attention.

"Yes sir right sir!!!  What do you want to know sir?"

"WHERE THE HELL IS LORD MYSTIC VADUZ???  I'M SICK OF ASKIN'!!!"

"Lord Mystic Vaduz is found by taking the nearest plane to the Netherlandsic Torque Island of Mystery and going to Freaky airport.  Next to the airport is a castle called 'Castle lost in the mists of Time owned by a mysterious Wizard named Lord Mystic Vaduz'.  You go into the castle then you pull out the teeth of the Draculonmystic hanging on the wall in front of you.  Inside the teeth is a tiny button labelled 'Totally secret Gateway which I cannot disclose where it goes which goes to the secret hideout of Lord Mystic Vaduz'.  If you press the button then a trapdoor will open beneath you and you will fall down, down, down, and arrive at his secret hideout.  Then you…"

"Wait a minute!" interrupted Gohan.  "I have to do all of that???"

"Ummm…" the man blushed.  "Actually you go through that door and then you…"

Gohan looked at him threateningly.

"OK, OK!!!  You go through the door behind me."

Gohan growled at the man, feinted a punch at him and pushed him aside.  Behind him was a door saying 'The Castle of Lord Mystic Vaduz'.  Gohan opened the door and entered.

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Love,

~*SM*~