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Chico: heh, better watch him. Use the FPOD on him and if it blows up then it's the Bebi problem

Rejhan: yes, pan is super! Both Pan and Bra should have reached super in the series just like the boys did and now I'm halfway there…

Trugeta: I've made changes before this but Pan is one of the biggest, just not the first…

Chapter 7: the void

Pan groaned as her eyes fluttered open. She could remember the fight vividly but she didn't understand why she was now so cold. At least she didn't until she noticed she was on a snowdrift with Hercule sitting next to her.

"Hey, you feeling better now Pan?" he asked, his old face showing lines of worry all over. Pan sat up and frowned, having to grab her head.

"Yea, but how'd I get here?" she asked. Hercule smiled slightly then nodded towards Buu who was looking off into the distance.

"Buu flew us up here. Should be safe until Uub sorts everything out. If he can…" Hercule said and sighed. Pan stared at him then looked down. She couldn't sense Goku.

"What happened?" she asked in a panic. Hercule sighed again and explained from the beginning. He told her that Buu had briefly been controlled by Bebi and had found out about him and that Uub had saved them and then he told her about what happened in the fight with Goku. Pan couldn't believe it.

"No! Grandpa Goku wouldn't be beaten!" she yelled. Hercule rested a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

"I'm sorry Pan but we saw it. We hung back and saw the whole thing. Then Buu took us up here." He said. Pan brushed his hand off and jumped to her feet.

"Then we can't just hide up here! We have to do something! Uub might need are help or…something!" she yelled, practically in tears. Hercule rested both hands on her shoulders and stared her straight into the eyes.

"I'm sorry Pan but there's nothing we can do. Uub is the strongest and our greatest hope. We can't risk getting in the way," he told her but she pushed him off and fumed. She was about to yell at her grandfather when the sky began to go unusually black, the horizon being the only place where light still seemed to exist.

"What the hell is going on?" Hercule asked the question that was on all three's mind.

Bebi Vegeta smirked up at the dragon. The power he had gained from all of his followers had made his appearance change greatly. Now his eyes were the same glassy blue as Bebi's own. He also now wore the same outfit Bebi had in his own form and his hair curled forward to mimic his horn. Now whenever he spoke it was in Bebi's deep voice.

The dragon now looked down at Bebi Vegeta and his five bodyguards expectantly. He was waiting for the wish.

"I wish for a planet to be created that is exactly like planet Plant before it was destroyed." Bebi yelled at the dragon. The mighty red dragon's eyes glowed and then far above earth a rocky planet with several empty cities materialised.

"Your wish has been granted. Farewell." The dragon boomed in it's deep, thunder like voice. It then glowed yellow and disappeared. The Dragonballs floated off of the ground then shot into the air but before they could get too far they stopped then floated down to Zara, circling her.

"What you do that for?" Trunks asked her. She folded her arms across her chest and closed her eyes.

"We don't know how powerful the explosion will be when this planet blows. Planet plant could be effected by it." She said simply. Bebi Vegeta stared at her then nodded.

"Good thinking." He said then looked to Dende who was standing further away from them. The Dragonballs floated into the discarded bag and that then floated to the young guardian.

"Take them back to the lookout. I have to check that everything is in order for the big move." Bebi Vegeta said and then all of them took off.

Pan stared at the sky. She was angry and upset and now she couldn't take her eyes off of the newly risen planet.

"But that means they were used…the planet will explode again…" she muttered then growled.

"That's it! I refuse to sit here! We are going to find out what Bebi is planning and then make our move!" she declared. Hercule panicked.

"No Pan! Uub can handle it! You can't take on Bebi! He beat a level three super!" he yelled at her. Pan just frowned at him with a determined look on her face. Hercule knew that arguing was futile when she used that look. So soon they were flying towards West city.

Goku clenched his fist, wincing in pain after the bruises Bebi had given him. He was surprised to find that the ground was hard like a tiled surface.

Guess I'm on the road to Yemma's he thought and slowly opened his eyes. The sight that greeted him was not the ogre king's gigantic desk.

His surroundings were endless. There were no signs of life in any direction. Not a hint of an ogre, tree or even a sky. Everywhere he looked there was nothing but a thick, grey fog. It reminded him of the hyperbolic time chamber only instead of white this place was a murky grey colour.

"This isn't the check in station." He decided then looked up. There was no halo on his head. That meant he was alive.

"Odd." He thought aloud then decided to explore. If he was going to find away to defeat Bebi then he would need to get out of this place.

He trudged through the smog for what seemed like hours and soon he felt like he was going in circles. The only problem was that there were no distinguishable features to tell him if he was indeed going in circles.

He was about to give up on walking when he stepped on something soft that squealed.

"Hey! Watch it! I'm lying here!" a small green creature yelled at him. Goku thought it looked like across between a beaver and a frog. It had shiny green skin, a black and flat tail and it wore a type of armour on his chest. He had a cute, beaver like face with whiskers that was now glaring at Goku.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't see you there." Goku said in surprise as he stared at the little creature. It was almost as tall as he was.

The creature sighed and sat down.

"Well…be more careful next time. You never know what might be hiding in this fog. You could have stepped on a harpy and then you would have been in for it." The green guy told him. Goku worked out its gender from its voice. The creature now continued.

"The name's Sugaro by the way." he told the saiyan.

"Err, I'm Goku." Goku said, unsure and decided to sit down opposite Sugaro. A second creature that looked just like Sugaro sat up next to him.

"This is my son, Shusagoro. So, how'd you get here?" Sugaro asked, staring at Goku intently. Goku squirmed under the gaze.

"Um…actually I have no idea."

In the centre of the universe was the planet of the kais. It was a peaceful sanctuary that had been slowly recovering after the events of 20 years ago.

The elder kai sat with his legs crossed, reading some manga he had no doubt materialised when the tall figure of Kibito Kai appeared falling into a pond. A massive splash rose out of the pond and drenched the elder, ruining his dirty little manga. The elder fumed then glared at the figure of Kibito climbing to his feet.

"Do you mind?" he asked. Kibito ignored him and panicked.

"Oh kami, I can't believe that happened." Kibito said, staring franticly at his hands.

"What?" the elder asked with a heavy sigh, throwing his manga behind him.

"I had been checking on earth when a crisis became known to me. A creature known as Bebi was taking over the whole planet. He was fighting Goku and had thrown the final blow when I decided to interfere…" the younger ki confessed, looking now nervously at the floor. The elder frowned.

"How many times have I told you not to interfere with the affairs of mortals?" the elder snapped. Kibito kai winced.

"But honourable elder, this creature could branch out and become a threat to the entire mortal realm if he wanted to! Besides, that isn't the worst of it…I grabbed Goku and transmitted myself here but the shockwave from Bebi's attack made me…drop Goku on the border of the living dimension and the dimension of the dead." He said. The elder's eye twitched.

"You mean not only is the universe under a potential threat but the only one able to stop it is stuck in the void?" he asked in a yell. Kibito Kai gave a shaky nod and the elder slapped his face.

"Oh boy…"

"The Void," Sugaro began, "is a dimension between that of the living and that of the dead. Escape is near impossible. This place feeds on your energy so the use of Ki attacks is also impossible. This place is so large that you may never run into another person for the rest of your life, although I think it's impossible to die here, so you were pretty lucky to find us kid."

Goku had asked about the foggy place and Sugaro had given an explanation. Now everything looked hopeless.

"Guess I am." Goku said with a sigh and glanced around his surroundings. Then he remembered something Sugaro had said.

"You said near impossible. That means that there is a way out, right?" Goku asked eagerly. Sugaro nodded.

"Well there is away…you see every 1000 years a stair way opens that will lead out of this place. The only problem is that you have to past a test to get past. And if you fail then you…get eaten." The green, beaver man said. Goku grinned.

"Great! How long ago was it since that last happened?" he asked eagerly. The father and son duo exchanged glances and Shusagoro was the one that answered.

"Um, bout 999 years, 364 days and 23 and a half hours ago." The little creature squeaked.

"That means we have half an hour until we have to find the place." Sugaro said. Goku smiled. That had to have been sheer luck.

"Ok, so what's the test?"

"You have to answer three riddles correctly in a row." Sugaro told him. Goku's face dropped. He was very bad at riddles.

"Oh goodie…"

Pan snuck round the outer wall of Capsule Corp's home base, keeping her power level down as low as humanly (or as saiyanly) as possible. Buu was behind her doing the same thing but not being as sneaky as her. She was pressed against the wall as he just trudged normally after her.

Pan came to the corner and looked round it. There was a huge crowd gathered by the entrance chanting Bebi's name. It almost reminded her of when her grandpa Hercule would meet with the public…

Bebi floated above the crowd, holding on to a smirking Bulma. Around him floated Gohan, Goten, Bra and Trunks. Bebi looked over all of his people then spoke,

"My people! As you all know, I have wished for a copy of planet plant, the Tsfuru-jin home world, to be created. Now we have the great planet of my origins and we shall all live there, that becoming our centre of command. Now thanks to Bulma's and Capsule Corp's work over the past week we have a way to get everybody up to Plant!" he announced and cheers erupted. Pan frowned from her place.

"Sounds like they're all going to Plant. We have to get up there!" Pan whispered. Hercule, who had been behind Buu, went wide-eyed and pulled his granddaughter round to look at him.

"Are you crazy? We won't be able to get there with out any body seeing! Bebi is going to have everybody looking out for us! We won't be able to leave the planet! And even if we did, then what? We can't take Bebi!" Hercule whispered franticly at her, straining not to yell. But Pan had an answer for everything.

"We'll think of something when we get there. Besides, Buu can use his magic to make us ship." She told Hercule then started walking away from the site where Bebi Vegeta had unveiled the large ship that Bulma had been working on.

Hercule and Buu ran after her as she walked and then flew to an area outside of town. There were several boulders lying in a field and Pan pointed at them.

"If Buu can use his magic to turn them into a space ship then we'll be set!" she said when Buu caught up with her carrying Hercule.

"What makes you think Buu will be able to turn a couple of rocks into a working space ship?" Hercule asked sceptically.

"Well, he'll just have to make it in to a three person ship-shaped thing that's airtight then we'll use our ki to get it off the ground. Shouldn't be too hard." Pan said, sweat dropping. Hercule panicked and began to think it'll be a better idea to simply sneak onto the big ship even if they probably would get spotted. Buu seemed to think it would work though.

"Buu try." The pink blob said and pointed his head tentacle at the ship. A beam of pink light shot out of it and hit the biggest rock and then a three-seater space pod stood in its place but with no visible signs of a propulsion system.

Pan and Hercule stared at it as a door lifted up with a 'whoosh' sound.

"Will it keep in enough air for the trip?" Pan asked. Buu nodded.

"Buu sure." He said. It was good enough for Pan and she jumped into the pilot seat. Buu sat in the seat behind her and then all three looked to Hercule.

"Come on grandpa, get in!" she called. Hercule glanced nervously at the ship then scrambled inside. After all, he didn't want to be left alone or to lose sight of Pan.

The door closed with another 'whoosh' and Pan frowned out of the view screen.

"Ok Buu, I'm gonna need your help in this. It should be just like flying only we're pushing our ki under the ship as well…" she said, unsure. Buu just nodded and the two concentrated on getting the ship off the ground.

The ship shook as it slowly began to rise. Hercule grinned as he watched through the view screen.

"It's working!" he cried. Pan smiled and then she and Buu focused on getting it to move. It moved forward slowly at first but soon it shot upwards and picked up speed as it left the atmosphere, threatening to break up. It didn't take them long to break through and turn towards plant. They would easily make it in a few minutes.

Goku, Sugaro and his son began to approach what looked like a giant staircase with a statue on either side of it. Each statue was of a person, the one on the right was a man and the one on the left was a woman. Each had eagle like wings wrapped round them and a cloak over them. Then their legs looked like the hind legs of a lion. Each wore a hood that covered their hair and each had a beak like nose and sharp eyes. It was almost like those stone statues were watching their every move.

The three stopped to stare at the two statues then decided to move on, not sure where the thing that was supposed to test them was. As soon as they came to the bottom step, the two statues came to life and were no longer stone but flesh and blood.

"No one may pass unless they can answer these riddles three." The two statues said in unison. The trio all stepped back.

The two sphinx like creatures wasted no time in starting.

"We shall start with an easy one. A man at a fair ground said to a boy 'if I cannot write your exact weight on a piece of paper then I will give you 100 zeni. However, if I can then you must give me 100 zeni.' The young boy decided to take this challenge, as he could see no scales or measuring equipment. The boy ended up having to pay the man. How did the man win?" the man statue asked. The three glanced at each other and Sugaro was the one to venture a guess,

"The man wrote the words 'your exact weight' on a piece of paper?" he said, unsure. The male statue nodded his head.

"Next question, and this will be harder! I soar without wings, I see without eyes. I've travelled the universe to and fro. I've conquered the world, yet I've never been anywhere but home. Who am I?" the female asked and this one required more thought.

"Well…our imagination sees without eyes and flies without wings, it makes it's own universes as well and visits them but it never leaves are head…" Shusagoro muttered aloud then clapped his hand to his mouth when he realised what he had done. The woman statue peered down at him then nodded to say he was correct.

"This is your last riddle. Answer it correctly and you will be free to pass. Give the wrong answer and face the consequences," both statutes said perfectly in sync with each other," Then all thy feculent majesty recalls, The nauseous mustiness of forsaken bowers, The leprous nudity of deserted halls -- The positive nastiness of sullied flowers. And I mark the colours, yellow and black, that fresco thy lithe, dictatorial thighs."

Each person wore a mask of thoughtfulness as they pondered the answer. This one was the hardest.

"It sounds like and insect or something not well liked…but what?" Sugaro asked himself. Goku looked at him and thought.

An insect? Well there is only one I know that's yellow and black…the saiyan thought then found his voice. He was certain.

"Is it a bee?" he asked.

Instead of receiving a nod and being allowed to pass, the two statues donned matching smirks. Their wings burst open, making the cloaks come flying off, revealing their black hair. Both had long hair that looked almost like a lion's main, only the woman's was longer.

"It appears we dine." They said in sync with each other still. Both Sugaro and his son gained panicked looks while Goku gained his serious game face.

"Not if I can help it." He muttered and drew his hands back.

"Ka…me…ha…me…HA!" he yelled and thrust his hands forward. Instead of a powerful beam only a puff of smoke came from his hands.

"Oh yea…I forgot about that!" Goku said with a nervous Son grin and a quick scratch of the back of his head. This made the other two face-vault before jumping up and dragging him away.

"Ok, next time you be quiet." Sugaro yelled as he ran, pulling his son and Goku after him. The two ex-statues swooped down to try and grab them but just missed. They flew back up and then dove at the three, this time grabbing the back of Goku's blue gi-top. Goku let out a startled cry as he was forced out of sugaro's grasp. The male had grabbed him and flew back into the air. Goku looked up at him and growled.

Goku twisted himself round to be able to kick the sphinx man sharply in the gut, surprising him and winding him so that he let go of Goku. Goku fell and grabbed hold of the mans paw and swung so that he was thrown away. Both the man and woman glared at Goku and charged up blasts. It appeared that they were able to use their energy there while others couldn't.

They both fired beams of energy at Goku who just managed to escape unscathed. He continued to fall as the two blasts blew. The resulting explosion was huge and since the two sphinxes were relatively close to each other when they fired, they were caught in it and were ripped apart.

The resulting effect was catastrophic. The whole dimension seemed to twist and bend. The staircase collapsed into itself and a type of black hole took its place. It was a vacuum and it was pulling everyone and everything into it.

Goku, Sugaro and Shusagoro had nothing to grab onto but fog and were quickly pulled into it and thrown out into darkness. It was completely black but they could see stars everywhere. It would have been amazing if there was any air but they soon found themselves having to hold their breaths.

Goku looked for any possible way to save not only himself, but also the father and son duo, but there was nothing. Goku could feel his lungs burning for oxygen but there was none. He continued to look franticly around when he noticed a meteor heading straight for them. He could have tried to blast it away but that would have used up his last breath. This was it…

The meteor hurtled towards them and it felt like they were going in slow motion. The meteor was right in front of them when a beautifully familiar face appeared in front of them and grabbed hold of all three. The next thing the trio new, they were on green grass under a purple sky filled with moons and plenty of air to breath.

Goku sucked in as much air as he could and sighed in relief.

"Thanks Kibito kai…" he muttered and then collapsed, completely drained from his stay in the void.

......

Yes! Death to Sogorouku's space and enter the void! I've wanted to write this for ages! Well here it is, one of the big changes to the plot. The void is hopefully far better then that weird and somewhat confusing Sogorouku's space.

Now let me explain why I didn't have Pan sneak aboard the ship like she did in GT. Krillen is not stupid. That's why. All the human Z gang are guarding the ship to make sure no one gets on who is not supposed to or causes any trouble, there for if Buu sneaked on then they would recognise his energy signature and clothes. They are not stupid. If you saw a big pink blob in a nappy, and cape with a head tentacle/antenna on his head then you'd think it was Buu too…

Well that's about it. Be sure to tell me what you think, I've been thinking of this as well as other things for ages so hopefully it was ok. Ja'ne!