Hey folks, sorry I haven't updated in a LONG while (hides behind sofa to avoid rotten fruit & veg) I've just been really busy with school work and revision and stuff, ya know, tough things especially with exams and stuff and lectures groan anyway, back by popular demand I have updated this! Shock Horror!

(Will this get you off my back Gohan is MINE not yours?)


As the dark cloud came into view Gohan realised it wasn't a cloud at all but people or something of that sort, hundreds of them. They all looked like some weird kind of giant bugs carrying huge sword-like weapons, although one at the front was carrying a banner in one hand and a giant bazooka in the other.

Gohan blinked, unsure whether he should attack the weird bugs or t wait for them to come closer. As they continued to charge towards him with no intention of stopping Gohan could hear them shouting "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Uh-oh thought Gohan, completely blocked off by the barrier


"C'mon Bulma! P-l-e-a-s-e!" whined Goku

"Nope. I'm not heading back until you tell Chi-Chi -exactly- what happened" said Bulma firmly, folding her arms and blocking off the control room to prove her point.

"P-l-e-a-s-e!" whined Goku again

"NO!" said Bulma just as firmly as before

"P-l-e-a-s-e!"

Vegeta was leaning against the doorway with his arms folded, meditating or something like that.

"P-l-e-a-s-e!"

"NO!"

"P-l-e-a-s-e!"

"NO!"

Vegeta suddenly broke his meditation and turned to Goku and Bulma "Will you two shut up! Goku just go and tell your wife so we can go otherwise I'll turn this ship around by myself if I have to!"

"But Vegeta! Only –I- know the controls!"

"I don't care!" shouted Vegeta, storming over to the controls of the ship and beginning to press a variety of buttons, "Either way we're going back to earth alright!"

The ship gave an almightily lurch and a nasty creak before a moment of silence.

"Vegeta?" asked Goku, "What did you do?"

"I uh…" said Vegeta stepping away from the controls slightly

Suddenly the ship began spinning around and around and around like a merry-go-round at hyperspeed so that everyone was slammed against the walls of the ship.

Piccolo fell through the doorway shouting and hollering "What the hell did you do!"

"I didn't do anything!" shouted Vegeta back

"You did!" shouted Bulma

"Didn't!"

"Did!"


The bugs came closer and closer and Gohan backed himself against the barrier as if trying to make himself as flat as possible once he noticed that the bugs seemed to show no sign of stopping.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" cried the bugs

"STOP!" shouted Gohan

Suddenly the bug at the front (the one holding the bazooka) skidded to a halt, causing a massive pile up behind him.

"What!" squeaked the bug

Gohan blinked and looked down, from far away the bugs looked huge but now they weren't even the size of his little finger, "Uh…who are you?"

"We are the Bad Bug Boy's! We're the ones hired by the guardian of Limbo to make sure no one gets to the end!"

Gohan scratched his head, "So, you know how to get through this barrier?"

"Of course," nodded the leader bug, "After all we are…"

"The Bad Bug Boy's!" cried the crowd of bugs

"Uh-huh…" said Gohan, not at all impressed, "So, you also know about the other obstacles?"

"Yep!" nodded the leader bug, "We know everything because…"

"We are the Bad Bug Boy's!"

"R-i-g-h-t. So," said Gohan, kneeling down to see the bug more closely, "are you gonna tell me how to get through the barrier and the other obstacles?"

"Nope, because we are…"

"The Bad Bug Boy's…" muttered Gohan annoyedly, "I get it. Come on, just give me a hint"

"No" said the leader bug

"Fine." Said Gohan simply he then cupped his hands together and placed them to the side of his hip, grinning at the bugs, "Cower before me otherwise I shall blow you to Kingdom Kong!" he shouted. (Obviously he wasn't going to hurt the bugs, but they didn't know that ;) )

"Ah! No! Don't blow us away! We'll tell you!"

Geez…how dumb are these bugs? I didn't even tell them –how- I was going to blow them away.

"Well?" said Gohan, tapping his foot, "I'm waiting"

"It's pretty simple actually" said the leader bug, buzzing his way over to the barrier, "You simply knock and say your name" he proved this by tapping the barrier and gurgling something out in insect language and a bright blue light shone out in a line from where the barrier opened.

"Wow! Thanks!" smiled Gohan now one more thing what are the other obstacles?"

The leader bug sighed and rolled his eyes, "There's a ten foot drop that is one hundred leagues wide in width and length, you can't fly over it but if you drop something into the hole a nimbus will fly up and take you across. Then there's a mine field that's pretty easy to work your way across and if you see a skeleton with a guitar, don't pay it anything."

Gohan smiled and attempted to shake the bug's hand but quickly gave up after almost pulling it off, "Thanks see ya!" he said, flying through the barrier.

Geez…how dumb is this kid? I didn't even tell him what to do at the end of the bridge.

Gohan flew along and soon came upon the giant hole that the bug warned him of. He did exactly as he was told, he got the nimbus, he figured out the minefield and of course he ignored the weird hippy skeleton that seemed to be high.

Finally the end of the bridge was in site. Halleluiah! Finally! Don't worry Dad, Piccolo I'm almost back! He thought happily as he passed four giant stone statues that guarded the final leg of the bridge.


"Vegeta! I don't want you coming near a ship's controls ever again!" shouted Bulma after throwing up for a third time after finally getting the ship to stop spinning.

"Heheheh!" laughed Goku with a grin spread right across his face, "Busted"

Vegeta growled and clenched his fists in anger, "It was all –your- fault in the first place Kakarot! If you had just told your wife I wouldn't have had to take drastic measures and another thing-!"

He paused his shouting and looked about himself, Goku's smile suddenly disapperead and a serious look overcame his face, Piccolo opened his eyes from meditation and glanced about without moving.

"Huh?" said Bulma, looking at the guys serious faces, "What is it? Do you sense something?"

"I can feel Gohan's presence…its weak, but its there" said Piccolo in his deep voice.

Goku nodded, "Me too but Gohan's not around here, we all saw him…" he couldn't finish the sentence

"You…you mean…it's a GHOST!" screamed Bulma as she began running around like a headless chicken.

All the boy's fell down anime-style.


Gohan continued to fly with enormous speed to the end of the bridge, he was going to make it, and he would be back where he belonged with his friends and family once more.

Suddenly a 'zip' noise and a shot of air whipped past his ear, then another and another, Gohan continued to fly forwards but rolled on his back to see what it was.

The statues he had passed earlier without so much as a second glance were now flying after him, and attacking him!

Two of the statues were carrying bows and were firing arrows at him, that was what the zipping sound was, and now they were beginning to get more and more accurate.

"I'm not going to let you stop me!" he yelled to the statues, "I'm going home!"

The zipping sounds became more and more frequent and one even managed to slice his cheek as it zipped past him.

Still Gohan flew on, determined not to stop, falter, or turn about, he was going to reach the end of the bridge, even if it killed him.

Finally he was so close to the Life end of the bridge he could actually see what there was. There was a giant blue swirling twister situated in the centre of a pond of crystal clear blue water.

That's home! If I can just get in there, I'm home!

Suddenly without warning there came the sound from the arrow rushing past the air, Goahn waved in the air to dodge it, only to find that the other statue had fire another arrow at the same time. Suddenly the arrow hit him in the back, and flew right through him. Gohan screamed and fell to the floor of the bridge, feeling his blood trickle out of him.


A gasp escaped Piccolo's lips, "Gohan!" he said, waking up from his meditation. He glanced about his meditation room, no one was there, Goku, Vegeta and Bulma were still arguing about the ship.

Piccolo placed his head in his hand and breathed deeply, Gohan…where did your energy go? Where!


"Funny isn't it?"

"Er…what is ma'am"

"To be so close to Life, yet to die within reach, it is ironic…"

"Yes ma'am"

The woman smiled and stepped over to Gohan's body, placing her hand on his head, cosing her eyes and saying softly, "Are you going to give up now? When you have come so far? I know you cheated…but in a way that is taking your initiative…are you just going to leave yourself to rot here? What would your family and friends say?"

Gohan suddenly blinked, his glazed, dead eyes awoke and he sat up, a little disorientated but fine none-the-less.

"Are you feeling better Gohan Son?"

Gohan rubbed his head and turned sideways to see the mot beautiful person he ha ever seen. Her hair was a glorious long shimmering piece of silver and her clothes were made of tiny pieces of crystal, each individually woven together.

Gohan blinked in amazement, at her.

The woman smiled and closed her eyes, "Good. I'm glad you're feeling better. You can go home now" she said softly, taking his hand and helping him up, leading him to the swirling blue vortex.

"Now" she said, still smiling happily, "You just walk through the vortex and you'll return back to life…"

"Excuse me ma'am but…where's Ayra?" Gohan asked softly, "I can't go back without her"

The woman blinked for a moment before smiling again, "Don't worry about her…she's fine…but now, you must go" she carefully nudged Gohan towards the vortex before waving softly.

"I'll see you again Gohan Son!" she called as Gohan stepped into the vortex.


Vegeta, Goku and Piccolo were standing quietly and completely absentmindedly in the meeting room, staring at the floor for no apparent reason. (Bulma had ordered everybody out of the control room except herself for the rest of the voyage).

Suddenly there was a giant explosion, blue electric flickers sparked everywhere in the ship and thick white smoke appeared with it, causing everybody to choke.

"What the hell has that woman done now!" shouted Vegeta as he coughed and spluttered from the smoke

"I dunno but I hope it's not serious" said Goku trying to bat away the smoke.

Finally the smoke cleared and the electric sparks faded revealing Gohan standing in te centre of it all, with a slightly cnfused expression on his face.

"Hi everybody!" he smiled happily, "Anyone got anything to eat!"

Everyone fell down anime-style.

"Huh! What was that noise?" cried Bulma as she entered the room, the instant she saw Gohan she screamed and fainted

"Er…heh heh" said Gohan, rubbing the back of his neck a little embarrassedly, "Sorry to keep you guys waiting…"

"Hey everybody!" came a familiar voice, "I brought hot chocolates!" smiled Ayra as she stepped out from the walls of the ship, smiling brightly as she held out a tray with six hot chocolates on.