A castle somewhere in Authorland. Taz is in hiding, Dragon Empress is banging her head repeatedly on the table trying to think of ways to get rid of Vegeta and 101 ways to kill her muse.

ME: Stupid (Thump) muse, (Thump) I'm gonna (Thump) kill (Thump) him!

VEGETA: Just get on with the fic already. Your readers are waiting!

ME: SHUT UP! (Turns to the readers.) Here's chapter four, I hope you like it!

I DON'T OWN DRAGONBALL Z. IF I DID, I WOULD BE VERY RICH, AND BE ABLE TO GET RID OF VEGETA.

ME: Now, ON WITH THE CHAPTER!

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OOC warning.

Back on planet Earth.

Gohan had a headache. His ears were pounding and his temples were throbbing. When he finally arrived at his parent's house, Chi-chi went berserk. She had been yelling at him for ten minutes straight now, her words occasionally backed up with a blow from the deadly frying pan. 'Why doesn't she stop? I said I'm sorry.' He thought, wincing in pain as his mother's sharp tongue cut into his brain. 'If this is what I've come back to, I think I'd rather just have stayed dead!' He put his head down and tried to shut out the sound of his mother's non-stop ranting about "disobedience" and "I raised you better than this Son Gohan!"

"And another thing young man, how come you're still single? You're twenty- two years old now, you should have a girlfriend of be married at least! I'm never gonna get any grandchildren at this rate!" 'Here she goes, the old grandchildren rant again.' Gohan thought. 'I'm getting sick of this.' He stood up and went to walk out, but Goku stopped him. His face uncharacteristically (*Wow, big word.*) serious. "I felt your ki disappear for a while yesterday Gohan." He said. "Where did you go?" His son sighed, whenever his dad got like this, it meant answers, pronto.

"I went to," He paused, trying to thing of ways best to phrase it. "I went to Otherworld."

"What?"

"Did I stutter? I said Otherworld. I died." He wasn't in the mood to explain everything all over again to his parents and Goten, who was sitting quietly in the corner. Chi-chi's anger at her eldest son was almost immediately replaced with motherly concern. "You died? But, how did that happen?" Gohan looked at his mother. It was amazing how wildly her moods varied. One minute she's screaming and yelling at you, the next she's treating you like an invalid.

"It was an accident." He replied. "I crashed the car you gave me, and fell off a cliff a little harder than I intended to." Goku looked at him. "You can't have died, you're here and I don't see a halo." He looked above Gohan's head, as if he expected to see a shining gold ring hanging above it. Gohan turned around so he was facing the door. "I found a way out." He said. "The forbidden door, I think it was called." Goku put his hand on his son's shoulder. "Tell us what happened." The younger man sighed. "Alright. Sit down, it may take a while." He explained yesterday's events for the second time that day. When he had finished, his family's mouths were hanging open. Goku was the first to recover. "A door that brings people back to life?" He asked.

"Yes, dad." He was feeling a little pissed off, having already gone over the story once before that day, he didn't feel like asking any more questions. But Goku wasn't satisfied. "Why didn't you just stay in Otherworld, Gohan? We could have wished you back with the dragonballs." He frowned. "The Kai's will not be pleased, they'll probably send you to HFIL." Gohan glared at his usually naïve father. "They won't send me there, dad. I'd have to go back to Otherworld first." He looked sharply at his Father, what was that he could see in his eyes? Was it anger? Fear?

"You have to go back Gohan." Goku said. "I don't want you to get in any more trouble than you're already in. I'll take you back." He put two fingers to his head, and reached out to grab Gohan's arm. Gohan stepped back.

"Come on Gohan. You have to do the right thing." He forced a painful smile onto his face and said. "Being dead isn't bad, it's fun! You get to fight everyday."

"I'm not going back, Goku."

"Gohan, don't talk to your father like that!" Gohan's head snapped round to face his mother. "I'm not going back." He pointed at Goku. "And he can't make me." Without another word, he walked out of the house. Chi-chi walked up to her husband. "Will he be alright?"

"I don't know, Chi-chi. He doesn't realise what he's getting himself into." He looked out the door, Gohan was already gone. 'Gohan, my son. Please be careful.'

1 Kami house

"Answer the door Krillen!" Master Roshi's voice came from up the stairs. "It might be a girl!"

"ROSHI! I told you already, no more, ahem, 'lady visitors' when Marron is here. Don't make me burn all your Victoria's secret catalogues again!" He yelled back, walking towards the door. He opened it, and blinked. It WAS a girl, a very pretty, young girl at that.

"Can I help you?"

"Yes." She had a pretty voice, but her tone was deadly serious. "I'm looking for a young man named Son Gohan, I believe you are a friend of his." She looked at him coldly, her eyes were so empty and icy it sent a chill down the short man's spine.

"He's not here." Eighteen stood beside her husband. She didn't like this girl, something about her voice told her that she was trouble.

"Do you know where he lives?" Her glare shifted from Eighteen to Krillen again. "It's important I speak with him." It was clear she wasn't leaving without answers, so Krillen spoke up. "He lives in West city." He said. "And he works in one of the city's top laboratories, you might find him there."

"Thank you." The strange girl turned and walked to the edge of the beach. She took the air, in the direction of West city. Krillen and Eighteen just stood there and watched her disappear. Then Krillen turned to his wife and said. "Did you notice that girl had a ….."

"Halo?"

"Yeah, what's up with that?" He crossed his arms over his chest. "I wonder what she wanted with Gohan."

"Who cares? Let's go inside and check up on Marron, Roshi might be telling her a bedtime story again." Eighteen replied. Krillen shuddered. Master Roshi's 'bedtime' stories were a little too explicit to tell children. He sighed and followed his wife inside.

The girl, who was obviously Videl, flew down low so she could skim the water with her hand. It had been a long time since she had been outside, and even though she wasn't here for fun, she was enjoying every minute of it. 'Maybe if I bring this Gohan guy back to Otherworld soon, the Kais will let me stay here for a while.' Her eyes narrowed, and the smile faded from her face. 'Watch out Son Gohan, I'm coming to get you.' She powered up, and blasted off as fast as she could carry herself. 'I will never go back to the core.'

2 Next morning, at Gohan's house

It was six am and Gohan was getting ready for work. Being the terrible cook that he was, he decided to get a McDonalds on his way to work. (*Mmmm, Mcmuffins.*) While he was fumbling about looking for his briefcase and trying to sort his tie, someone landed in his garden. They walked slowly towards his door. Gohan was all set leave when the doorbell rang. He used the instant translocation technique his father had taught him to get to the door quickly. He pulled open the door and his face was a picture of surprise and shock when he was who it was.

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ME: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Evil cliffhanger!

VEGETA: I hate cliffhangers.

ME: (Hits head off the table again.) Go away, Vegeta! (Looks at the readers.) For all you who are confused to why Vegeta is with me, Taz brought him here. (Mumbles under breath.) He's gonna pay dearly for this!

GOKU: He brought me too!

ME: Waaaah! My castle is filling up with Zfighters!

Thanks to all my reviewers for reviewing the last chapter, you are all very nice people! Remember to review this chapter too!