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"Ugh… Where am I?" Gohan asked himself. He was in a dull pink room with two entrances. Outside one, Gohan could see a long blue snake body. Outside the other was a metallic, silver-coloured plane.
An unexpected voice answered, "You are at Chikyuu's check-in station. What is your name?" The voice came from a giant, about ten times larger than the Ox King, yet still looking much like him.
"Son Gohan," Gohan answered. "Hey! You're King Yemma! My dad used to talk about you! But, that means I am dead."
"Gohan!? Goku and Chichi's son!? But you aren't supposed to die for several years! Oh wait, I see what happened. You should report to the Grand Kai soon," said King Yemma.
"Where would I find Him?" asked Gohan.
"Just take that plane. It should leave in about a minute."
"Thank you." Gohan raced towards the door of the plane, the wind from his speed sending King Yemma flying backwards, and entered.
A blue demon/office executive thing was in the plane. "Wow, another Earthling who has kept his or her body. And that is just today. Hey, the plane is leaving now."
"What do you mean by 'another'? Who was the other person?" asked the demi-saiya-jin.
"Oh, there was another person that came before you. Her name was Son Chichi."
"But, that's my mom! She wasn't a warrior, and only warriors are supposed to keep their bodies!" Gohan yelled.
"Quiet," the blue office executive said. "It's actually warriors and relatives of warriors that keep their bodies. The plane should be arriving now." Sure enough, he was right.
Right after the doors opened, Gohan headed straight for the energy that he knew was his mother's. Passing by hundreds of bizarre faces, Gohan finally ran into his mom, who was standing by a reasonably stout blue man with sunglasses, antennae, and a halo, a giant bug, and a monkey. "Hi Mom, hi other people who I'm guessing are King Kai, Bubbles, and Gregory."
"Gohan!" Chichi exclaimed. "How did you get here? Oh my God, you died!"
"Chichi, no he didn't. If you'll look closely, you'll see that he doesn't have a halo. I wonder what is going on," King Kai stated.
"So I'm not dead. Well, King Yemma told me to go see a Grand Kai guy," Gohan told the watcher of the Northern universe.
King Kai spat, "Show respect to the Grand Kai! He is not a 'guy' (^_^), he is the single greatest person in existence!"
"Okay, you didn't have to yell. Could you please bring me to the Grans Kai? Also, where is my father?" asked Gohan.
"Your father is in hell (I hate the term HFIL) with another fighter, keeping the Ginyu Force, Frieza, Cell, King Kold, and Cooler under control. They should be back soon. I'll take you to Grand Kai now," said King Kai.
The two were then stopped by an old guy with a lot of white hair, sunglasses, a guitar, and elfish ears. "Did I just hear my name? Oh, hey North Kai. Whatcha up to?"
"Nothing much, Grand Kai." Gohan's and Chichi's eyes widened at that. "Just my strongest fighter's child is somehow here when he's not even dead," said King Kai, bowing.
"Oh, I think I know why. He is probably just having an Out-Of-Body experience or a Near-Death experience. It happens when you use so much of your energy in one activity that you bring yourself to about an inch from death," said Grand Kai. "He should return to the living world in about twenty-four hours."
"Oh, okay. Thank you very much for your information," said Gohan.
"You are very welcome. Well, I must be off now." Grand Kai walked away.
"Hey King Kai!" yelled an unexpected voice. It was Goku. "I'm back! When does that tournament thing start?"
"Goku! Don't you even care about your dead wife and your near-dead child!?" yelled King Kai.
"Huh? Chichi? Gohan? How did you two get here?" pondered Goku naively, despite already being told the answer.
King Kai said, "Chichi died from cancer, and Gohan is having an Near-Death experience."
"Oh. I have no idea what that is. When does the tournament start?" asked Goku.
King Kai shook his head in disapproval. "The tournament starts in two minutes. Gohan, would you like to join it to? You might as well do something while you're here."
"Sure," Gohan replied. "Do you think you could make me a gi with that weird ability to make clothes?"
"Okay Gohan. What kind would you like?"
"How about a black gi with a black belt?" asked Gohan.
"Consider it done. Actually it is done. You're wearing it right now," said King Kai.
"Thank you."
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I'll end it here for now. My computer broke down a couple of days ago. Well, good news. I basically figured out what I'm going to do with this story and how to make the pairing work. I hope you liked the chapter!