Disclaimer: I am just a regular girl with a love for writing, like many of you out there. Do YOU own DBZ? I didn't think so and I rest my case…

A/N: Ok, I am sooo relieved you guys didn't get confused. That would have totally messed up everything because in the middle of the story…wait a second, you where trying to make me tell part of the plot, weren't you??? Why I oughta…

Remember… "The nine sections include: 1. Water 2, Earth 3. Ice 4. Fire 5. Air 6. Knowledge 7. Voice 8. Ground and the hardest of them all 9. Fear."

Ok, and a huge big fat special thank you to Deer Eyes. By pointing out one of my mistakes, she gave me a whole nother idea for a story. I oughta give you a cookie…lol. No, really though. I am serious. Because of my mistake, I am going to have a sequel to this probably, and it's gonna be sooo good. Thanks sooo much! *mumble* I would have figured it out sooner or later…

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Chapter Four

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Water

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Bulma quickly opened the door and stepped in. It shut with a loud clap behind her and everything was black. But as she looked ahead, blue light began to appear. She swallowed deeply and watched as the whole room was light with a blue light. The light wasn't actually blue, it was just under the water.

She walked over to the long, narrow strip of water and studied it. "So all I have to do it swim across?" she thought aloud. Bulma shrugged. It didn't seem too hard…She jumped in, screamed a little, and was immediately pushed back into the wall. The current was one of a huge river and was almost freezing. She took a few deep breaths and put her head under water, holding the ball with one arm.

Bulma's senses where engulfed with quiet and stillness. The further she went under water, the less the current was. But the water was still freezing. She came up again and was pushed back into the wall.

"I have to swim as far as I can underwater, then take a really fast breath so I won't be pushed back. Ok, I hope this works…" She filled her lungs with air and pushed off the wall.

After a half a minute, she came up for air a few feet away. She took a very quick, deep breath and only got pushed back a foot. She kept this up but about half way, she began to get tired.

Come on, Bulma! You can do this! Just do it, don't think about it. Swim, come up, back down. Swim, come up, back down. I know you can!

She kicked as hard as she could with her legs, and got an idea. She began to beat her wings, and she went a little bit faster. Kicking, fluttering, and stroking got her much farther then just the two. She began to see the end but was loosing endurance quickly.

An image filled her head. It was her mom, smiling and waving goodbye when she had left. Think about how disapointed she would be if I didn't make it! She paid hundreds for this, and I can't blow it now! Another image shot through her mind. The smirking face of Vegeta. Ah! I can't let him have the satisfaction of me giving up! I'll show him… With a determined look set upon her face, she pressed on.

Kicking with all her might, she almost lost the ball. When the ball slipped she grabbed it again but gasped in the process. Her lungs seemed to have forgotten they where in water and she came up, coughing and sputtering. She was able to see the door clearly now but was pushed back another five feet. She quickly went under and at last, reached the end.

There was a set of stairs, and she climbed it hastily. Her clothes where wet and soppy, dripping with freezing water. She stumbled to the door shaking. She pushed it open and flung the ball to Goku, who looked at her with wide eyes and caught the ball unwarily. A twinge of red crept into her cheeks but nothing more because it was…Goku. She was wearing a white shirt and she knew him well enough to know…he wasn't like that.

"Bulma, was it hard?" She only nodded as she fell to the ground and pointed his door. "Oh, ok…"

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Earth

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Goku closed the door behind him and stared out into his section. All of a sudden, he felt much heavier then normal. A knee sunk to the ground and he had to fight to keep his head up.

"Woah! What is up with this place?" He stood with some difficulty and looked ahead of him. There where rocks everywhere. "So I get to climb rocks to the other side? Easy! I'll just fly." He tried to, but some how, it didn't work. The blue ball he was carrying became a magnet and if it was raised five feet above the ground it would stop. Goku let out a quick breath and began to trudge forward.

The first hundred yards where quite easy. The rocks where small and blunt, and he only fell once, because he had raised the ball, or tried to, over his head. But he soon reached rocks that were much taller and jagged. He sat down to rest.

"Man, this is hard! The gravity in this room is like 100 times normal! No human could do this…" He smiled to himself. "But then again, I'm not a human, am I?" And he stood again.

He plodded along for a while but his limbs began to feel like lead. He was sweating and his arms ached from carrying the heavy ball. Goku wearily looked ahead. He could see the door. It was just a black speck in all brown.

Hi Goku! He stopped and looked around, but then he realized the voice was inside his own head. It was Chichi's. Man, that girl was hot! All of a sudden, he had the urge to see her. And the sooner he got out of here, the quicker he would!

Goku began to run, and his stomach began to grumble.

"Oh man…" He hadn't eaten since lunch…was he hungry. The rocks became easier to climb but not any smaller. He jumped over a few and came crashing down. "Damn ball…" He hurried on.

Soon he reached the last rock. It was 100 feet tall with blade edges. He gulped and began climbing. There was no holds for his feet or hands. After falling a few times from shaky feet, he backed up from the rock, and took a running start at it.

Finally, he made it up. He yanked open the door and flew into the air when he came out. He wasn't used to such a dramatic gravity change. Then again, he had never had a gravity change before.

Smiling, he handed the ball to Krillin. "Goku, man, I don't want to do this."

Goku shrugged then grinned. "Hey, Bulma did it. You don't want to be beaten by a girl, do you?" (~.^; he should feel honored…)

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Ice

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The room was freezing. The cold stung up through Krillin's sandals and nipped at his legs and arms. He looked at the ball and dropped it as it instantly froze.

"Damn, they never told us about the ball doing weird stuff!" The ball slid across the ground and Krillin scrambled to retrieve it. The room was dimly lit and the floor was ice, as well as the wall and the back of the door. All he could see was ice, even on the ceiling. "Ok, I have to get across this room, so…why don't I just fly? This will be simple." As soon as a foot lifted off the ground, it instantly froze. He yelled and dropped back to the ground. Krillin shook his foot vigorously and the pieces eventually flaked off. "Ok, so no flying. So, I'll just walk. What's so hard about that?"

He took a few steps and braced himself. Nothing happened. He shrugged and walked on. But a few feet later, the ground began…to move underneath his feet. Krillin yelled as his legs slipped out from under him and he landed with a hard smack on the ice.

Woah man, what if 18 saw me like this? She would laugh, I know it. I have to make it through here.

"Ow." He was rocked back and forth by the moving ice on the ground, and it was beginning to melt underneath him and getting his shorts wet. He got up after a few tries, and put his hands out to balance him while shuffling along.

He only fell about five times before he could faintly see the door. He walked a few more steps, and smashed into something hard and cold. An ice wall. He put the frozen ball that he had wrapped in his shirt down on the ground, and punched the ice. Cracks were sent shooting through the wall, but it didn't break. He stood back and shot an energy blast at it, and it shattered. Picking up the ball wrapped in his shirt, he shuffled over to the door and with a sigh of relief, put a hand on the handle. He quickly withdrew it and yelped. It was searing hot.

Krillin shrugged, and shot an energy blast through the door and stepped out the hole.

His skin was red and his lips were blue. He welcomed the warm air quickly and sat down on the grass after tossing the ball to 18. She looked at him worriedly, smiled to see he was alright, and walked calmly into her room.

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Fire

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The room's temperature was at least 120 degrees. Her feet burned and she flew up from the ground. 18 could feel her circuits overheating and she knew she had to get out of there, and fast. She squinted ahead, and she could see the door. Fire balls began shooting out from the wall, and she had to dodge them. She flew with skill down the corridor, dodging fire balls.

As she was looking at her watch, one hit her right in the back. She screamed and dropped to the ground. 18 hit the burning floor with a sickening sizzle and screamed again. She flew back into the air with difficulty.

Krillin looked so cold when he came out. I…she couldn't help smiling to herself as she moved out of the way of another fire ball. He's so cute! He's strong and nice and cute and funny and I love his hair and…hmm, I wonder what he's doing now…she floated lazily down the hall, letting her instincts take over as she mindlessly dodged the fire balls, all the while dreaming about Krillin.

She smacked into the wall and it knocked her out of her trance. She looked behind her. There where three fire balls shooting straight towards her. She quickly opened the door and slammed it shut behind her.

"That was close…"

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Alright, next time I'll do the other five. Sorry this took so long to get out!

CHICKENS! I HAVE CHICKENS! (on my pants…) -._-' don't ask…

Ok, last night (I think) I sent out a letter to all those on my mailing list. (and a few who aren't…) if you didn't get a letter but would like to be on my list, tell me in the review! And please, FF member's, don't make me go chasing after your emails. Tell me, so I don't have to look. (I'm lazy, what did you think?) Ok, some of the emails I got didn't work.

Rez's didn't work, and a few others. Sorry, maybe you didn't do your emails right. Who knows?

And finally, thanks so much for all your wonderful reviews! I haven't had a bad comment yet! That makes me happy. People on my mailing list already know this but…I'm not telling. :P. Naw, it's not that important anyway…just a matter of a certain someone's birthday on March 13th…no one special…

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p.s. Disturb the violence by keeping the peace! Oh, and I got lazy on the last few. I'm not going to go into detail about people you don't know, so…yeah. Only Vegeta's will be slightly detailed, but not much, I'm kinda eager to get going with the 'love' stuff. Hehe…