Author's Note: Before I begin, it has been a very long time since I saw the DBZ episodes when Goku was on the Grand Kai's planet, so I'm sorry if the details are wrong.

Part Two

Chi-Chi opened her eyes and found she was standing in a line leading up to a giant temple with a large "Welcome" sign on it. Yellow clouds surrounded everything in sight.

For a moment, she didn't know where she was or how she got there. Then she remembered: she had died. She must be in Other World. Of course, this wasn't her first time there; after all, Majin Buu had killed her a long time ago, but she had only been dead for a short period of time. This time she wouldn't be coming back to life.

It didn't seem so bad to her. In fact, she felt better than she had felt in a long time --- both emotionally and physically. She didn't feel old or tired anymore; instead she felt light, free, and energetic like she had been as a young girl.

She looked at the people standing in front of her in the line. To her surprise, they weren't people at all; they looked like little white puffs of smoke.

They're spirits, Chi-Chi remembered. They look so strange! Oh well, not everyone gets to keep their body like Goku did. I probably look just like them…

At that thought, she looked down at herself, expecting to see another puff of smoke. She gasped in shock. "I still have my body!"

Only it wasn't the same body that she had died in. She ran her hands over her arms wonder. The skin was no longer loose or dry, but smooth and toned. All the wrinkles had vanished. She lifted the skirt of her dress slightly to see her legs, which were in the same youthful condition. Her body hadn't been in this good shape since she had gotten pregnant with Gohan.

She touched her face and only felt unblemished skin. She grabbed several strands of her long hair, which were no longer gray but black. She looked up and saw a halo hovering over her head, just like Goku had when he had been dead.

"Unbelievable!" she muttered aloud. "This is so strange… I'm young again! But how?" She didn't keep her body the first time she had died. Then again, she had been turned into an egg and crushed to death. Maybe she hadn't been able to keep her body because they couldn't restore it in Other World…

Oh well. It didn't matter to her. If she had been an old woman or just a spirit, it would have made her plans to be with Goku a little difficult.

Chi-Chi grinned. "I'm young again!" she exclaimed, twirling around happily. "Wait till Goku sees me!"

"Hey, lady, move it!" a tiny voice yelled rudely. One of the spirits was floating behind her. "You're holding up the line!"

Chi-Chi glanced in the direction of the temple. The line was moving fast. She went red with embarrassment. "Oops, sorry!" she said, and quickly moved up to her place in line.

Nearly ten minutes later, she found herself in front of a huge desk occupied by an even larger man. This, she knew, was King Yemma.

King Yemma peered down on her. "Son Chi-Chi?"

Chi-Chi nodded.

He looked at the book he had in front of them. "You're the wife of Son Goku, the mother of two sons," he read. "Well, according to this, you've been a good person during your life. That means you can keep your body. Since you can't age once you're dead, you've been rejuvenated. I thought you'd like that, since your husband never ages anyway," he added.

King Yemma looked up from his book. "Since your record is clean, you can stay on the planet where good people stay. You're officially checked in. Welcome to Other World!"

"Thank you," Chi-Chi replied. She turned to leave, but then stopped. "Wait --- one more thing --- can you tell me where Goku is?"

King Yemma paged through his book. "Son Goku… Son Goku… He's died so many times he ought to be a medical miracle!" he muttered. "Ah, here he is. Died twenty-five years ago…"

"Of what?" Chi-Chi wanted to know. "We all felt him die, only we never really found out how."

King Yemma frowned. "I'm not really sure," he said quietly. "There's no illnesses or cause of death listed under his name…" He thought hard. "Come to think of it, I remember when he arrived. He didn't even know how he died."

"What?" Chi-Chi asked, perplexed.

"It was all very strange," King Yemma said slowly. "It was so sudden… it was almost as though he just --- stopped living."

Chi-Chi shook her head. "That can't be right."

"Well, whatever happened to him, he didn't make a big fuss about it," King Yemma said shortly. "He wasn't planning on dying again, but he just accepted it and went on."

"That's sounds about right," Chi-Chi sighed. He never lets anything bother him, she thought privately.

"Now if you don't mind, there are other spirits in line," King Yemma said, very businesslike.

"Oh, of course… but can you tell me where he is?" she asked eagerly.

"He's probably on the Grand Kai's planet," King Yemma replied impatiently. "That's where he was heading."

Chi-Chi thanked him again and left. How could he not know how Goku died? she wondered. How could he have died at all? He wasn't in a fight, he wasn't old, and he was in perfect health! People don't just drop dead like that. Something had to have happened --- but what?

She calmed down. Figuring out why he died wasn't important at the moment. Right now, the only thing she wanted to do was find Goku…

Halfway from the temple, she stopped dead in her tracks. King Yemma had told her that she was supposed to stay at the good people's planet from now on. But Goku wasn't staying there; he was at the Grand Kai's planet!

This made her angry. It wasn't fair! She had waited her entire life to see him again --- only to find out that she wasn't going to stay in the same place he was!

Just my luck, Chi-Chi thought bitterly. I can't even be with Goku when I'm dead! Don't I have the right to be with my own husband?

Suddenly, she got an idea. King Yemma never said I couldn't go to Grand Kai's planet. Who says I can't go there? I was a fighter for a while… I only quit because I had Gohan. And I trained Goten when he was old enough to fight until Goku came back. That should count for something.

Why not? she thought determinedly. I don't care where King Yemma told me told me to go. I'm going to Grand Kai's planet! Goku won't mind having me there. I don't have to worry about taking care of Gohan and Goten anymore and I'm young again; I'm more than able to train. And as long as I'm with Goku, I'll be happy.

***

Chi-Chi was surprised how much Other World was like Earth. It was almost like a city in the clouds; it reminded her so much of Earth that she nearly felt like she had never died at all.

She boarded a plane that was headed for the Grand Kai's planet. She settled back in her seat as the plane took off in the sea of yellow clouds.

Excitement and anxiety filled her heart. After twenty-five years, she was finally going to see Goku again! He probably hadn't changed at all since the last time she had seen him…

I wonder if he's thought of me as much as I've thought of him, she mused, gazing out the window. It's been so long…maybe he won't even recognize me. Oh, don't be silly, Chi-Chi. Just because you look different than the last time he saw you, doesn't mean he won't recognize you.

These weren't unfamiliar thoughts. Chi-Chi had them on the way to the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, in the hopes that he'd fulfill his promise to marry her. It had upset her that after all that anticipation, he hadn't even recognized her. Then again, he hadn't seen her since she was a little girl, so it was understandable.

She also had thought all this on the way to the Tournament eighteen years later, when Goku came back to life for a day. That time, he had recognized her and greeted her warmly, telling her that he missed her… then he met Goten for the very first time…

She wondered what she was going to say to Goku once she met him on Grand Kai's planet. It was strange; every time she was preparing to see Goku again, so many possible things to say kept popping up in her mind that she never knew what to say first.

Yet when she came face to face with him again, she somehow found the right things to say at that moment, and the same went for Goku.

They would have so much to talk about… Chi-Chi knew that things hadn't been perfect between the two of them before they died. She hadn't really told him entirely how she felt about him going off to train Uub. By the time Goku had first visited his family, a few weeks after his departure, the hurt and anger she had felt had lessened, and she acted like nothing was wrong. She had gradually come to some sort of understanding about why he had done it…

Yet she was a little distant with him. She thought that Goku might have noticed this, in spite of his naiveté and might have been hurt by it, but she couldn't help it. The closer they were on each visit, the harder it was for her to let him go.

Well, that was all in the past now. If everything went right, she was sure that she would never have to be separated from him again. Once she saw him again, she would welcome him with open, loving arms.

She was sure that Goku would want to know how everyone was doing and how strong Goten, Uub, and Pan were getting.

I hope he's been okay, she thought, staring at the window. Oh, of course he has; he can take care of himself… but if he can take care of himself, then how could he have just died?

Upon that thought, her mind returned to the subject of his death. King Yemma had told her that even Goku didn't know how he had died. How could that be so? Only two things ever caused him to die: some new enemy and that heart virus from the mirai timeline.

Goku was the strongest fighter in the world; he wouldn't have gone down without a fight. If it had been a huge battle, Gohan, Goten, and Vegeta would have surely sensed it. Yet they didn't sense anything except his death.

It doesn't matter now, Chi-Chi told herself firmly. He shouldn't have died like that, but there's nothing you can do to change it. He's in Other World now, and soon I'll be with him again. We can figure this out later…

Some time later, the plane arrived at the Grand Kai's planet. Chi-Chi got off the plane and looked around in wonder. The planet was beautiful… very similar to the good people's planet she had been on before. There had numerous mountains, lakes, and all sorts of things she would have normally seen on Earth… except the sky was pink.

After walking a little ways, she saw a large castle in front of her. She automatically knew it had to be the Grand Kai's place. She heard voices coming from the backyard.

Everybody must be back there, Chi-Chi thought excitedly. Goku's just right around that corner!

"All right," she murmured, taking a deep breath. "This is it. I hope he's happy to see me…"

She hurried to the backyard. Millions of warriors were gathered there. Some of them appeared to be human, but Chi-Chi knew from experience that there were aliens that could look humans. Some were sparring with each other, while others were chatting off to the side.

Goku must love it here, she thought in awe.

She wandered through the crowd, searching for a familiar spiky, black-haired head. It didn't take long for her excitement to turn into confusion.

Goku was nowhere to be found.

Maybe he's inside, she thought, glancing at the big castle. If he isn't training, he's usually stuffing his face. But that makes no sense; there's a buffet table right here…

She approached a particular fighter with green skin and turban. His strange appearance strongly reminded her of Piccolo --- except he didn't have a nose and pointy ears.

"Excuse me," she said politely, "but could you tell where Goku is?"

"Son Goku?" The fighter frowned. "He isn't here."

Chi-Chi's heart slipped several notches down her stomach. "What do you mean he's not here?" she asked incredulously. "Of course he's here!"

"I'm sorry, but he isn't," the fighter replied. "He was here, but he was brought back to life thirty-five years ago."

"Yes, he was, but he died again!" Chi-Chi insisted, beginning to get frustrated.

The fighter shook his head. "You must be mistaking him for someone else."

"No, I'm not!" Chi-Chi shouted furiously. "I'm Goku's wife! My sons and I felt him die years ago! Where is he?"

"What's all the shouting about?" a nearby voice asked. Chi-Chi turned around to see a short, blue creature with sunglasses walk towards them. "Who are you talking to, Pikkon?" it asked the green fighter.

"She says that she's Goku's wife," Pikkon said, indicating Chi-Chi.

The blue creature gaped at her. "Hold on --- are you Chi-Chi?"

"Yes, I am," Chi-Chi replied, staring back at him. Looking at his antennas and round sunglasses, she realized who he was. "Are you King Kai?"

"Sure am," King Kai replied. "So you're Goku's wife… I always wondered what kind of woman he got married to."

Chi-Chi beamed. "Yes, Goku told me so much about you. He said you tell the worst jokes…"

King Kai glared. "Humph! Well that certainly sounds like Goku," he said sullenly. "How is the Saiyan Trash Disposal, by the way?"

"That's just what I came here to find out!" Chi-Chi said in exasperation. "I just died, and I came here to see Goku. Now can you please tell me where he is?"

"Wait a minute!" King Kai interrupted, looking shocked. "Goku's dead? Again?"

"Of course he is!" Chi-Chi snapped. "Why would he be here if he wasn't dead?"

Her anger vanished as she realized that King Kai wasn't playing some stupid joke on her. He really didn't know where Goku was. "I don't understand… didn't you know that he was dead?" she asked faintly.

King Kai shook his head. "This is all news to me. It's been a while since I've checked in on Earth. Things have been so peaceful there… and I try and keep busy by training new fighters since Goku isn't around anymore…"

"But I checked with King Yemma just before I got here!" Chi-Chi said pleadingly. "He said that Goku checked in a long time ago; he was heading here!"

"Well, if King Yemma said that he died, then it must be true," King Kai said slowly. "But if he is dead, he certainly hasn't come here."

Chi-Chi couldn't believe what she was hearing. She paced back and forth. "I-I don't understand!" she cried. "If Goku isn't here, then where is he?"

To be continued…

Sadako-Tokuemei-Kibou: The Son family is going to be okay. Chi-Chi died a very peaceful death. It's her afterlife that's going to be the ordeal.

Desta: Thank you!

K001runnings: There will be a few OCs in the fic. That's all I will say

Lady Athena X: Yes, Goku is dead. Chi-Chi got to keep her body, as you can see from this chapter. Why not? She deserves it; she's been a good person. I agree with you completely on GT. My little brother likes the show, but I don't. I hate the fact that they made Goku a little kid again (even though he is a cute little kid). I hate the fact that they have a robot that keeps repeating his name like a Pokemon. *shudders* I hate the fact that they made Goten a ladies man, which is why I made him go back to fighting in my fic. *breathes* Sorry, I got carried away. Don't worry about ranting, I rant too :)

Kinosei: I respect your opinions about GT. I just don't like the show, that's all. Sorry, this isn't a Finding Nemo parody (although I will include a few references to that oh-so-wonderful movie). I didn't say that Goku just dropped dead instant; the others just felt his ki vanish. Besides, he was very far away, they wouldn't have been able to tell that his ki was vanishing slowly. Anyway, you're right: Goku wouldn't have gone down without a fight. So what happened to him? Only I know, and I'm not telling. Just have some patience, you will find out soon.

Carrie: Thank you!

Winner!: The others will be just fine. It's Chi-Chi and Goku I'd be worried about if I were you. *cackles*

Sara: Glad to know a lot of the people who reviewed "A Simple Wish" are reading this fic. I hope it will be just as good, if not better :)

Lady Thundera: I couldn't think of anyone I wanted to end up with Goten yet. Besides, he's been busy training. Maybe he'd end up with somebody later… Don't worry, you're supposed to be confused. Nobody is supposed to know what happened to Goku for a few chapters. You're probably even more confused now that Goku isn't on Grand Kai's planet. All I can say is trust me. There's a method to my madness. All revealed in time…

Sakura123: What does Goku need to explain? If it's about going to train Uub, Chi-Chi had already established an understanding in the last chapter. If it's about how he died, King Yemma said that he didn't know how he died in this chapter. Neither does anyone at the moment… Strange? Yep. Evil? Yep. Am I enjoying torturing the characters and readers? You bet I am! ;)

Jessica C: I update every Thursday. I'm not really sure how long it's going to be yet.