Chapter 5
Gohan's journey part 2
Gohan opened the door and entered.
In front of him was swirling blackness, and behind him the door had vanished. Encased in a dark mist, he floated through his life. He remembered how he had fought with Frieza in the hope that the planet would blow up with him. He remembered the battle with the Ginyu force, and being forced to fight Captain Ginyu disguised as his father. He remembered how Piccolo had sacrificed himself for him, and his father. He remembered his life before Radditz, happy and peaceful and inordinately dull! He searched for his most distant memory… the first daddy-son fishing day, a day of supreme happiness.
Then, his mind went blank, and a wash of cold swept over him. In the distance, he heard voices "…you think he can do it? He has no memory of any sort of magical art, and his youth may be a hindrance…"
"…But it may not, and his fighting body has an advantage!" a new, silvery voice said.
Gohan cracked open an eye. Bending over him was an old man with long white hair down to his waist, wearing a red robe embroidered with gold stars, and a black belt with gold trimming. He had a red headband around his head, and looked rather peculiar. The owner of the silvery voice was a young woman, very tall with long red hair to her waist. She was wearing a shimmery blue-green robe embroidered with silver stars, with a silver sash and a silver circlet encircling her head. Gohan blinked up into blue eyes, and suddenly looked down, shyly. The young woman extended a slender hand, and Gohan stood up, awkwardly.
Seeing that he was too shy to say anything, the old man spoke.
"Child, do not be shy. I am he who you were searching for. I am Lord Valteridongiyisalagrashaduz."
"Who? I am searching for Lord Myst…"
"I am he. Lord Valteridongiyisalagrashaduz is my correct name, but since none of the imbeciles in the Other World know how to pronounce it, they call me Lord Mystic Vaduz. It pains me, for I always believe that one's name is the most sacred of all things. So you shall always address me by my proper name if I am to train you. Tanti here," he indicated the red-haired woman "will prepare you for my tutelage. You have one day."
Tanti smiled and beckoned, and Gohan followed her.
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In a different room, Gohan gazed in awe at the mass of colour before him. He had thought that choosing a robe would be simple, but apparently the kind of robe he chose would affect the eventual training he received. Eventually, with the help of Tanti, he chose a white robe with gold edging. He spent the rest of the day talking to Tanti, and finding out about her life before she had come to the Other World to live.
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Sorry it's such a short chapter!!!! I am going away for the weekend on a long hike thing with 4 of my friends, so there is no chance of me making it longer, so I decided just to update it as it was. If anyone else wants to be in the next chapter (Tanti is in it automatically, as I haven't finished with her!!!) then please email me with the answer to this question. The last challenge thing was just way too difficult; no one actually managed to get it. Um… think of a question… not too controversial…
What is the name of Android 18's brother?? Soz thts the best qu. I can think of atm.