A/N: It occurs to me now that I'm rereading through this chapter that King
Kai might not ever get a new planet in GT (I haven't seen more than just a
few random episodes cause I don't have cable or the money to buy the
videos). So, for the purposes of my story, King Kai is now in possession
of a nice new planet that coincidentally looks just like his old one and is
located in the same spot.
A/N: Some of this chapter sounds a bit like Goku's first trip to King Kai's planet in DBZ. Anytime you think it sounds familiar, give credit to show as that is probably where it came from.
A/N: Oh and before I forget, I'd like to apologize in advance for the corniness of the jokes that Akira tells. I'm not a big joke kind of guy so it was tough thinking of anything. Anyway, before I give away the rest of the chapter, why don't you just go ahead and read it?
Chapter 24
"Man, does this thing ever end?" Akira said as he flew along the twisting and turning Snake Way. His internal clock told him he'd only been at it for a little more than two days, but it was hard to be sure. He knew that he could fly faster, a lot faster actually, but he didn't have any food or water with him and didn't want to use up his energy unnecessarily. And so he flew on, stopping to rest from time to time, but always moving forward.
About half way through the third day, he saw the path begin to narrow, coming to a tail-shaped point a mile later. Akira dropped to the ground and walked to the tip of the road, looking around.
~Well, here I am,~ he thought, ~King Yemen said I'd know it when I saw it, but I don't see anything. There's nothing here but a bunch of clouds.~ Akira scanned the clouds until he came a cross a small...something. He stared at whatever it was for a while, then shrugged and headed for it. What he found amazed him, the 'whatever' was actually a tiny planet, probably not much more than a mile in circumference. For some random reason it had a small road circling it with a shiny red convertible parked next to a domed house. Akira couldn't think of a reason why anyone would need a car on such a small planet, but he figured it probably didn't really matter. Nothing else in the after life had made much sense, why should this? He landed next to the car and began to look around.
Akira was wandering around the house when he heard a noise; he turned and found a short, aqua-colored man with two antennae sticking out of his head. He was dressed in a black robe and had his hands tucked into the sleeves.
"Well, you made it, and in record time no less," the little man said.
"Uh, yeah, I guess...Um, just so I'm clear on everything, you are King Kai, right?"
"Correct." The man was smiling happily at Akira.
"And you're going to train me?"
"Assuming that you manage to pass the test."
Akira looked confused, he hadn't realized there was going to be a test. "What kind of test is it?" he asked.
"Nothing big, you just have to make me laugh."
Akira fell over in surprise. "Make you laugh? That's the test?" he said from the ground. He climbed to his feet trying to think of a good joke. "Um, okay, why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side?" King Kai smiled, but Akira thought it was probably just to be nice; after all, it was a lame joke.
He thought hard and then said, "What's black and white and red all over?" King Kai shrugged, "A penguin with a sun burn!" Akira was pleased to see King Kai put his hands over his mouth to stifle a giggle. He tried again, "What's black and white, black and white, black and white?" The martial arts trainer shrugged again. "A nun falling down the stairs!" King Kai was now snorting as he tried to hold in the laughter.
"Knock, knock." Akira said, trying to finish him off.
"Who's there?"
"Interrupting cow."
"Interrupting co—"
"MOO!"
King Kai was now rolling on the ground laughing uncontrollably. Akira smiled in triumph, the jokes were some of the dumbest he'd heard during his short stay at Orange Star High School, but they'd done the trick. After a few minutes, King Kai stopped laughing and stood up.
"Very well then, I've got a lot to teach you, and most of it is hard to learn, so let's get started."
Akira's stomach let out a large growl; the boy looked down sheepishly and asked, "Before we start, do you mind if I have a bite to eat? I'm starving."
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"I hadn't really thought about it Vegeta, but you're right, the dragon balls of Namek could be used to bring Akira back." Bulma said as she sipped her morning coffee, her husband was seated across from her, hungrily devouring the stack of pancakes she had made for him.
He swallowed an oversized mouthful, and then asked, "Is there a space ship ready?"
Bulma shook her head, "No, there really hasn't been a huge need for them so we haven't built anything since Goku, Trunks, and Pan went looking for the black star Dragon Balls. But I think I could have one ready in about a month."
"Would the ship be able to make it to Namek and back in enough time?" he asked, thoughtfully biting into another huge forkful of pancake.
"Well, we don't know exactly when Ammit will be arriving, but it shouldn't take more than a month or two to get to Namek, then another two to get back... plus whatever time it takes to round up the dragon balls."
Vegeta nodded, it should be plenty of time, "Get it ready then, and remember to include a gravity machine, whoever goes will need to train as they travel."
Bulma scowled, she hated being bossed around. But before she could give the egotistical pig a piece of her mind, he was out the door and heading for Gohan's house.
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Vegeta walked right through Gohan's front door, not bothering to knock, Gohan would have felt him coming anyway. He looked around the house and headed to the kitchen where Gohan and Videl were eating breakfast and reading the paper, while Pan was glumly pushing some strips of bacon around her plate, ignoring everyone.
"Hey Vegeta," Gohan said, looking up from the paper, "What's up?"
Vegeta explained his plan to them, noting that Pan was suddenly paying attention. He finished and watched their faces as the idea sunk in.
"You actually don't need to worry about the return trip," Gohan said after thinking for a moment. "Whoever goes can just wish themselves back to earth."
Vegeta nodded, he hadn't even considered that. With three wishes Akira could be returned to life, brought to earth, and there still would be one wish left to return the traveler to earth.
~It's too bad Kakorrot didn't bother to teach anyone the instant transmission, with that we probably could have already gotten to Namek and wished the kid back.~
"I want to be the one to go," Pan said. Everyone turned and stared at her.
"Pan, honey, you—"Videl started to say.
Gohan gently interrupted her, "No, she's right, she should go." Pan looked at her father in surprise. "Akira died saving Pan, if she wants to be the one that brings him back, I think she should be allowed to."
The discussion carried on for several more hours, but in the end, Pan was going.
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King Kai watched quietly as Akira did his morning exercises; the boy was quite amazing. He worked almost tirelessly at any task he was given, never complaining, never questioning. He'd arrived less than two weeks ago and had already picked up several advanced techniques after only seeing them preformed a couple of times. Even the Spirit Bomb had almost came second nature to him, as if his body already knew how to do it and was just waiting for his mind to catch up.
The martial arts master smiled to himself, it was time to teach his young pupil a new trick.
"That's good enough Akira, why don't you come over here." The young man stopped what he was doing and jogged over. "Okay, you and I are going to have a little race."
"Um, a race? Okay, where are we racing to?" Akira was clearly confused; it was well established that he was much faster than King Kai was.
"How about to Bubbles?" the short man said with a smile. Akira nodded, then prepared to run. "Ready, Set, Go!" King Kai said.
The words had barely left King Kai's mouth and Akira was already an inch away from the small monkey. But to his great shock, King Kai had beaten him.
The young man couldn't believe it. ~Where has he been hiding that kind of speed?~ Akira asked himself.
"Well, from the look on your face I'd say you're probably a little surprised to lose," King Kai smiled playfully. "Now, let me tell you how I won, it wasn't with speed, but with the Instant Transmission technique. By focussing on another beings ki signature, I can instantly materialize wherever that person happens to be. Today you are going to learn this technique."
Akira listened carefully as the basics to the move were taught to him, it seemed a little complicated, but he didn't doubt that he could do it. After it had been explained to him and then demonstrated a few times, he walked to the other side of the planet, closed his eyes and focused on King Kai, then he brought his hand to the front of his face, pointing to the sky and willed himself to go.
He opened his eyes, no King Kai. He looked around in confusion, he was sure he'd done it right. Suddenly there was a groan and the ground underneath his feet moved. Akira looked down, and found that he was not standing on the ground, he was standing on King Kai.
"Good job Akira, now please, GET OFF OF ME!" The young man jumped down and helped the famed instructor up, apologizing profusely. King Kai dusted himself off and laughed, "I'd say you've got it, but let's work on your aim a little. Now, go practice with Bubbles or Gregory."
The monkey and insect looked at King Kai in horror and then ran for their lives. Akira smiled and used the instant transmission to appear right next to them. The three of them played hide-and-go-seek for the next few hours as Akira mastered the move.
While they were playing, King Kai's antennae began to twitch, he listened for a moment then looked up and smiled. "Akira, I think its time for us to take a little field trip." Akira grabbed Gregory and Bubbles and all three instantly appeared in front King Kai.
"Where are we going?" Akira asked, setting his two little friends down.
"We need to take a trip to HFIL"
"Um, are you sure you don't mean 'Hell'?"
King Kai looked around as if fearing that some network censor might have heard what Akira said, "Of course not, I mean HFIL. It's kind of like you not being 'killed.'"
"I wasn't?"
"No, you were simply sent to the 'next dimension.' HFIL is the Home for Infinite Losers. A place where evil people go to be punished."
Akira laughed, "Okay, whatever you say."
"Anyway," King Kai continued, "It seems that some trouble makers have gotten out, again, and are harassing everyone down there. The Grand Kai asked if we could help clean the mess up. We'll use Instant Transmission to visit a friend that will help us when we get there." King Kai telepathically pointed Akira in the right direction and then the two of them were gone.
A/N: Some of this chapter sounds a bit like Goku's first trip to King Kai's planet in DBZ. Anytime you think it sounds familiar, give credit to show as that is probably where it came from.
A/N: Oh and before I forget, I'd like to apologize in advance for the corniness of the jokes that Akira tells. I'm not a big joke kind of guy so it was tough thinking of anything. Anyway, before I give away the rest of the chapter, why don't you just go ahead and read it?
Chapter 24
"Man, does this thing ever end?" Akira said as he flew along the twisting and turning Snake Way. His internal clock told him he'd only been at it for a little more than two days, but it was hard to be sure. He knew that he could fly faster, a lot faster actually, but he didn't have any food or water with him and didn't want to use up his energy unnecessarily. And so he flew on, stopping to rest from time to time, but always moving forward.
About half way through the third day, he saw the path begin to narrow, coming to a tail-shaped point a mile later. Akira dropped to the ground and walked to the tip of the road, looking around.
~Well, here I am,~ he thought, ~King Yemen said I'd know it when I saw it, but I don't see anything. There's nothing here but a bunch of clouds.~ Akira scanned the clouds until he came a cross a small...something. He stared at whatever it was for a while, then shrugged and headed for it. What he found amazed him, the 'whatever' was actually a tiny planet, probably not much more than a mile in circumference. For some random reason it had a small road circling it with a shiny red convertible parked next to a domed house. Akira couldn't think of a reason why anyone would need a car on such a small planet, but he figured it probably didn't really matter. Nothing else in the after life had made much sense, why should this? He landed next to the car and began to look around.
Akira was wandering around the house when he heard a noise; he turned and found a short, aqua-colored man with two antennae sticking out of his head. He was dressed in a black robe and had his hands tucked into the sleeves.
"Well, you made it, and in record time no less," the little man said.
"Uh, yeah, I guess...Um, just so I'm clear on everything, you are King Kai, right?"
"Correct." The man was smiling happily at Akira.
"And you're going to train me?"
"Assuming that you manage to pass the test."
Akira looked confused, he hadn't realized there was going to be a test. "What kind of test is it?" he asked.
"Nothing big, you just have to make me laugh."
Akira fell over in surprise. "Make you laugh? That's the test?" he said from the ground. He climbed to his feet trying to think of a good joke. "Um, okay, why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side?" King Kai smiled, but Akira thought it was probably just to be nice; after all, it was a lame joke.
He thought hard and then said, "What's black and white and red all over?" King Kai shrugged, "A penguin with a sun burn!" Akira was pleased to see King Kai put his hands over his mouth to stifle a giggle. He tried again, "What's black and white, black and white, black and white?" The martial arts trainer shrugged again. "A nun falling down the stairs!" King Kai was now snorting as he tried to hold in the laughter.
"Knock, knock." Akira said, trying to finish him off.
"Who's there?"
"Interrupting cow."
"Interrupting co—"
"MOO!"
King Kai was now rolling on the ground laughing uncontrollably. Akira smiled in triumph, the jokes were some of the dumbest he'd heard during his short stay at Orange Star High School, but they'd done the trick. After a few minutes, King Kai stopped laughing and stood up.
"Very well then, I've got a lot to teach you, and most of it is hard to learn, so let's get started."
Akira's stomach let out a large growl; the boy looked down sheepishly and asked, "Before we start, do you mind if I have a bite to eat? I'm starving."
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"I hadn't really thought about it Vegeta, but you're right, the dragon balls of Namek could be used to bring Akira back." Bulma said as she sipped her morning coffee, her husband was seated across from her, hungrily devouring the stack of pancakes she had made for him.
He swallowed an oversized mouthful, and then asked, "Is there a space ship ready?"
Bulma shook her head, "No, there really hasn't been a huge need for them so we haven't built anything since Goku, Trunks, and Pan went looking for the black star Dragon Balls. But I think I could have one ready in about a month."
"Would the ship be able to make it to Namek and back in enough time?" he asked, thoughtfully biting into another huge forkful of pancake.
"Well, we don't know exactly when Ammit will be arriving, but it shouldn't take more than a month or two to get to Namek, then another two to get back... plus whatever time it takes to round up the dragon balls."
Vegeta nodded, it should be plenty of time, "Get it ready then, and remember to include a gravity machine, whoever goes will need to train as they travel."
Bulma scowled, she hated being bossed around. But before she could give the egotistical pig a piece of her mind, he was out the door and heading for Gohan's house.
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Vegeta walked right through Gohan's front door, not bothering to knock, Gohan would have felt him coming anyway. He looked around the house and headed to the kitchen where Gohan and Videl were eating breakfast and reading the paper, while Pan was glumly pushing some strips of bacon around her plate, ignoring everyone.
"Hey Vegeta," Gohan said, looking up from the paper, "What's up?"
Vegeta explained his plan to them, noting that Pan was suddenly paying attention. He finished and watched their faces as the idea sunk in.
"You actually don't need to worry about the return trip," Gohan said after thinking for a moment. "Whoever goes can just wish themselves back to earth."
Vegeta nodded, he hadn't even considered that. With three wishes Akira could be returned to life, brought to earth, and there still would be one wish left to return the traveler to earth.
~It's too bad Kakorrot didn't bother to teach anyone the instant transmission, with that we probably could have already gotten to Namek and wished the kid back.~
"I want to be the one to go," Pan said. Everyone turned and stared at her.
"Pan, honey, you—"Videl started to say.
Gohan gently interrupted her, "No, she's right, she should go." Pan looked at her father in surprise. "Akira died saving Pan, if she wants to be the one that brings him back, I think she should be allowed to."
The discussion carried on for several more hours, but in the end, Pan was going.
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King Kai watched quietly as Akira did his morning exercises; the boy was quite amazing. He worked almost tirelessly at any task he was given, never complaining, never questioning. He'd arrived less than two weeks ago and had already picked up several advanced techniques after only seeing them preformed a couple of times. Even the Spirit Bomb had almost came second nature to him, as if his body already knew how to do it and was just waiting for his mind to catch up.
The martial arts master smiled to himself, it was time to teach his young pupil a new trick.
"That's good enough Akira, why don't you come over here." The young man stopped what he was doing and jogged over. "Okay, you and I are going to have a little race."
"Um, a race? Okay, where are we racing to?" Akira was clearly confused; it was well established that he was much faster than King Kai was.
"How about to Bubbles?" the short man said with a smile. Akira nodded, then prepared to run. "Ready, Set, Go!" King Kai said.
The words had barely left King Kai's mouth and Akira was already an inch away from the small monkey. But to his great shock, King Kai had beaten him.
The young man couldn't believe it. ~Where has he been hiding that kind of speed?~ Akira asked himself.
"Well, from the look on your face I'd say you're probably a little surprised to lose," King Kai smiled playfully. "Now, let me tell you how I won, it wasn't with speed, but with the Instant Transmission technique. By focussing on another beings ki signature, I can instantly materialize wherever that person happens to be. Today you are going to learn this technique."
Akira listened carefully as the basics to the move were taught to him, it seemed a little complicated, but he didn't doubt that he could do it. After it had been explained to him and then demonstrated a few times, he walked to the other side of the planet, closed his eyes and focused on King Kai, then he brought his hand to the front of his face, pointing to the sky and willed himself to go.
He opened his eyes, no King Kai. He looked around in confusion, he was sure he'd done it right. Suddenly there was a groan and the ground underneath his feet moved. Akira looked down, and found that he was not standing on the ground, he was standing on King Kai.
"Good job Akira, now please, GET OFF OF ME!" The young man jumped down and helped the famed instructor up, apologizing profusely. King Kai dusted himself off and laughed, "I'd say you've got it, but let's work on your aim a little. Now, go practice with Bubbles or Gregory."
The monkey and insect looked at King Kai in horror and then ran for their lives. Akira smiled and used the instant transmission to appear right next to them. The three of them played hide-and-go-seek for the next few hours as Akira mastered the move.
While they were playing, King Kai's antennae began to twitch, he listened for a moment then looked up and smiled. "Akira, I think its time for us to take a little field trip." Akira grabbed Gregory and Bubbles and all three instantly appeared in front King Kai.
"Where are we going?" Akira asked, setting his two little friends down.
"We need to take a trip to HFIL"
"Um, are you sure you don't mean 'Hell'?"
King Kai looked around as if fearing that some network censor might have heard what Akira said, "Of course not, I mean HFIL. It's kind of like you not being 'killed.'"
"I wasn't?"
"No, you were simply sent to the 'next dimension.' HFIL is the Home for Infinite Losers. A place where evil people go to be punished."
Akira laughed, "Okay, whatever you say."
"Anyway," King Kai continued, "It seems that some trouble makers have gotten out, again, and are harassing everyone down there. The Grand Kai asked if we could help clean the mess up. We'll use Instant Transmission to visit a friend that will help us when we get there." King Kai telepathically pointed Akira in the right direction and then the two of them were gone.