Where's Gohan!? The Harsh Training On Kaioushin Kai

Son Goku follows Uranai Baba over the yellow clouds of the Other World. "Hm?" He looks down at the choked roads full of spirits. "That's an amazing amount of dead!" He looks around. "Hm?" Suddenly, not realizing Uranai Baba has stopped, he runs straight into her crystal ball and hits his head. He rubs his head as Uranai Baba simply sits in silence. Finally, she asks him, "Do you really feel okay about leaving the fate of the Earth in the hands of those children?" Goku, "Yeah, they'll be fine. If they perfect the fusion technique, they'll be able to beat Majin Buu." She looks back over her shoulder at him. "That's right. Those who live on the Earth should protect it." Goku nods. "Yeah." After a short pause, she finally turns and continues on. They dive down through the clouds and Goku moves up from following her to flying alongside her. As they break through the clouds, Enma's check-in station comes into view. They stop when they reach it. "Okay, Goku, you should be able to go the rest of the way yourself." Goku waves. "Thank you, Baachan." She starts to fly away, but then turns around. "See you, Goku." Goku, "Come and see me sometime, Baachan. Bye!"

The roads into the check-in station are absolutely packed. A blue demon with a clipboard yells through a megaphone, "Hey, you! No cutting in line! Everyone stay in your places!" He lowers the megaphone and sighs. "What's going on down there!?" Suddenly, Goku appears behind him. He turns around. "Oh, it's you..." Goku runs off. "Sorry, excuse me." Demon, "Huh?"

Enma sits at his desk with a book. Demon, "Next." The spirit at the front of the line runs off toward the bottom left of the screen and everyone else advances. Enma sighs. Goku, "Enma-san!" Enma flips through his book, apparently not hearing him. "Enma-san!!" Enma, "Hm?" Goku runs up to him. "Oh, it's you, Son Goku. You're back fast." Goku, "Enma-san, can I ask you a question?" Enma, "What's going on down there on Earth?" He spins around in his chair and picks up a huge pile of books, setting them on his desk. "Look at all the dead people! And I haven't even started with all of them!" Goku looks back at the seemingly endless ligh. "I'm really busy and I don't think I'll ever catch up!" Goku, "A lot's going on down there. Everyone on Earth will probably be here soon." Enma angrily yells, "What!?" The pile of books topples. Goku and the first few spirits have to jump out of the way. When they've all landed, Goku looks back up at Enma. "But right before all these people started to die, did someone named Son Gohan come through here? He's my son." Enma looks through one of his books. "Son Gohan?" He sets down the book, picks up another, and flips through a few pages, then starts looking. "Son... Son..." Goku rises into the air. "Son Gohan...? He hasn't been here, and I think I'd recognize your son and remember him." Goku, "He hasn't been here... That means...he's not dead! Really!" He hops up and down, then lands. Enma, "A real tough guy just came through here. He was the King of the demon universe, Dabura." Goku, "Huh? Dabura?" Enma remembers as Dabura approaches him to be judged. "I can't believe he'd ever die. Since he was so evil, he was slated to go to Hell." He chuckles. "But Hell is a lot like the demon universe." Dabura fights off the demons who surround him and try to keep him under control. "Since he'd probably love to go to Hell, I sent him to Heaven instead." Goku, "That's a good idea. Thank you, Enma-san!"

He leaves and flies into the air, celebrating Gohan's being alive. "Yahoo! Gohan's still alive somewhere!" He flies between two sets of clouds, dragging his arms through them. "It's just like Videl said!" He slides around on the Serpent Path. "So going after Majin Buu didn't turn out completely bad after all! Gohan's still alive! What a guy!" Goku rubs his chin. "So how come none of us were able to sense his presence?" He stops. "Hm?" He looks off into the distance. "Is that Gohan!? It is! That's Gohan's ki! So why is he here?" Goku suddenly starts looking around. "Huh? Where is he? It's not here or Kaiou Kai. What the heck...?" He raises his fingers to his forehead. "Alright!" He disappears.

Son Gohan raises the Zetto Sword above his head. Kaioushin smiles and Kibit is just in shock as they watch him train. Off-screen, we hear the sounds of Gohan screaming and swinging the sword. The 'camera' pulls back and shows all three people from a few yards away. Gohan swings the sword like a baseball bat, then pulls it back and slices downward, then pulls it back up over his other shoulder and again swings it like a bat. He stumbles back after that one, but keeps right on going. He plants his foot in the dirt, gets into a stance as if he's about to swing a baseball bat, and pauses to catch his breath a moment. He swings again and suddenly, Goku appears right in front of him, getting some of his hair cut off. He cries out in surprise. Kibit's jaw practically hits the floor and Kaioushin is more than a little surprised too. Goku sits on the ground, clutching his head. "D-Dad!" Goku, "Whew! That was close!" He looks up at Gohan. "Hm? Why are you dressed like that?" Gohan now stands straight up with the sword pointed down, its tip in the ground. "Well, you see..." Goku climbs to his feet. "Huh? Kaioushin-sama! And that old man I thought was dead." Kaioushin waves. Kibit, "I don't believe this! There's another human on this holy planet!" Goku, "So what are you all doing here?" He looks around. Gohan, "I was going to ask you that, Dad. What are you doing here? Your twenty-four hours shouldn't be up yet." Goku looks back over his shoulder at Gohan. "Well, it's like this."

Gohan sets the sword against a boulder and sits atop it beside Goku. "I see. Has Majin Buu really destroyed that much of the Earth?" Kaioushin glowers and yells, "Damn that Majin Buu!" Kibit is just as unhappy, but says nothing. Gohan angrily clenches his fist around some of the cloth of his pants. Goku stands. "Can I see that sword? That's the Zetto Sword, right?" Gohan looks up at him, surprised. "Yes." Goku walks over to him and Gohan holds it out. "Watch out. It's heavy." Goku grabs it and as soon as Gohan takes his hand off, Goku falls forward, crying out in surprise. "Wow! This is heavy!" Kaioushin smiles, then both he and Kibit are shocked when Goku begins swinging the sword around. Goku simply swings it back and forth like a baseball bat. "Doesn't this sword give you incredible power or something? Wow!" Kibit, "I don't believe it! He's swinging the Zetto Sword around like it's nothing! What kind of race is the Saiya-jin!?" Goku swings it a few more times and steps back, struggling against its weight. "Say, Kaioushin-sama, can I stay here until Gohan's ready to fight Majin Buu?" Kaioushin comes out of his stupor and smiles. "Uh, yeah. That's fine." Goku hands the sword back to Gohan. "Excuse me, do you have anything to eat? I'm starving!" Kaioushin, "Well then, do you want to take a break, Gohan-san?" Gohan, "Alright!" Kaioushin turns around. "I'll show you the way. Follow me." He lifts into the air and Goku and Gohan follow.

Goku and Gohan fly a few yards behind Kaioushin and Kibit. Gohan, "So, it sounds like your Super Saiya-jin 3 is really cool." Goku, "Yeah, it's great! After we eat, I'll show it to you."

--COMMERCIAL--

A full day has passed.

At God's Palace, the kids are asleep. Piccolo slowly walks into the room, an angry expression on his face. He clenches his teeth, then opens his mouth, takes a deep breath, and yells at them, "Get up!! How long are you going to sleep!?" The kids roll out of bed and smack foreheads. They both yelp in pain and grab their heads. "After you wash up and get something to eat, we'll start training again. Understood!?" In unison, both kids, "Yes..." Trunks scratches his head and both kids are barely even awake. Piccolo turns and begins to walk out, but stops. "You only have a single day to master the fusion technique! You're going to have to work as hard as you can!" Both kids yawn and go back to bed. "BOTH...OF...YOU...GET...OUT...UP!" We hear the yelling from outside, and also hear two smacks. Back inside, both kids, now wide awake, are rubbing their cheeks. Trunks, "You didn't have to hit us!" Piccolo, "I don't have time to be nice to you at a time like this!" Bulma, Gyuu Maou, Kuririn, Yamucha, and Puar watch from afar. "You're the only ones who can save the Earth! Work hard and train!" Kuririn laughs. "Piccolo's really getting into this!" Piccolo crosses his arms. "Alright. Let's start training again." Trunks, "Hey!" He raises his hand. Piccolo, "What do you want?" Trunks, "Training's fine, but show us the fusion pose again." Piccolo chokes. Trunks continues, We've only seen it done right once!" Goten, "He's right! If we never see how it's done, how are we supposed to learn how to do it?" Piccolo growls in disgust. They both ask simultaneously, "Please?" PIccolo clences his teeth, then looks off to the group at the side. "Kuririn, help me." Kuririn, "Huh? Me?" He points to himself. Piccolo, "You watched us all day yesterday. I'm sure you know the pose." Kuririn, "You're right, but why me!? Everyone else here knows the pose too!" He looks around and realizes everyone else is gone. "Huh!? That's a dirty trick! Where did everyone go!?" Piccolo, "Kuririn!" Kuririn, "I got it, I'll do it, I'll do it..." Both kids look at each other, laughing.

Kuririn joins them. Piccolo, "Watch closely." Both kids, now sitting on their knees, reply in unison, "Okay!" Kuririn moves his arms around a little, trying to remember. "It was like this, wasn't it...?" Piccolo, "Let's go, Kuririn." Kuririn, "O-okay..." They go through the motions, yelling simultaneously, "FUUUUUU...SION! HA!" They put their fingers together and freeze for a moment, but of course, nothing happens because of so many different reasons (different power, size, etc.). Trunks, "A-are we doing that ugly thing?" Goten, "That's embarrassing!" Kuririn, "I'm embarrassed too!" Piccolo, "We only did this because you said you wanted to see it again!" He and Kuririn straighten up again. Piccolo, "Enough goofing off. It's time to start training again." The kids stand up. In unison, "Okay..."

On a big TV in some city, a man reports the news. "C-Can you believe it!? Because of Majin Buu, two thirds of the world's population and cities have been destroyed!" As he speaks, the TV screen shows a wrecked city. Hundreds of people watch in silence. "If it continues at this pace, everything on Earth will be destroyed in just one more day!" Suddenly, the news room explodes. Man, "Wh-what's that!?" Buu pops up on screen and makes a face, then the TV explodes. Buu flies on through it and begins blowing up buildings. "Next!" Leaving the city behind him, he flies out over the countryside, smiling. Below, he sees someone walking along a dirt road on a mountainside. "I won't let anyone get away!" He drops down in front of the person, a blind child walking with the aid of a wooden stick. The kid stops, and Buu starts to laugh. Kid, "Hi! Who are you?" Buu, "Huh? Can't you tell by looking at me? I'm..." The kid interrupts. "I'm sorry. I'm blind, I can't see. So, who are you? Are you famous?" Buu stoops down in front of him. "You're stupid. If you opened your eyes, you'd be able to see." Kid, "Even if I open them, I can't see. I'm sick. I've been this way since I was born." Buu stands again. "I see. So that's why you aren't surprised. Okay!" He puts his hand over the kid's eyes. His arm glows and bathes the area in pink light. Kid, "Wh-what did you do?" Buu, "Silly. Open your eyes and see." Kid, "But even if I open my eyes..." Buu, "Just open them!" Kid, "Hm..." He opens his eyes, staring down at the ground, and slowly, Buu's legs come into focus. He drops his stick. "I can see! I can see! I can see! I can see! I can see!!" He looks at each of his hands. "I really can see!" Buu laughs. "Now, look at me!" Kid, "Thank you!" Tears run down his cheeks. Buu, "Huh?" The kid runs up to him. "Thank you, mister!! Really, thank you! I can really see! I can see!" Buu, "You're not scared."

A few butterflies fly lift off from a flower and fly away. The two of them sit on the road with their feet hanging over the edge of a cliff. "You're a foreigner, aren't you?" Buu, "Foreigner?" The kid nods. "Yeah. We don't have anything on our heads like you do." Buu reaches up and feels the little tassel thing on his head. "Hey." Kid, "Huh?" Buu, "Do you think I'm handsome?" The kid looks away. "I don't really know, but I guess so. After all, you used your magic to fix my eyes!" Buu crosses his arms, grinning. "I'm handsome! I'm handsome!" Kid, "I know! I'll give you some money." Buu, "Money?" Kid, "Yeah. I was going to buy some milk, but all the stores are closed." He digs around in his pockets and finally says, "Here it is! Take it." He holds out a coin, smiling. Buu picks it up and looks at it. He bites down on it. "It's bad." He tosses it away and stands up. "Wait here." He jumps into the air and flies away. Kid, "Wow! Amazing! I didn't know foreigners could fly!"

Majin Buu smiles and looks around. He begins descending. He lands behind a man who's unloading boxes from a van. The man looks back and sees him. "Huh?" Buu approaches him, still smiling. The man drops a box. "Majin...Buu...!" Buu, "Become milk!" He shoots a pink beam of light from his little head thing at the fleeing man, and the man becomes a carton of milk that flies into the air and lands right in Buu's hands. Buu laughs.

The little kid sits in the road, staring up at the sky as he awaits Majin Buu's return. A lizard crawls up the side of some rocks and moves into a hole. The kid happily jumps up. "He's back!" Buu lands. "Hey. I don't like money. Milk tastes better." He holds out the carton of milk. Kid, "Uh..." Buu smiles. "Take it." The kid smiles and grabs it. "Thank you!" Majin Buu turns around and flies away as the kid calls after him, "Uh, thank you! Really, thank you very much!"

Buu smiles. "Money is bad. Milk is good. Money is bad. Milk is good. Money is bad. Milk is good." He almost passes by a city nestled in some mountains, but sees it and stops. "Ah!" He flashes an evil grin and begins forming a pink ki ball in between his hands. Suddenly, the city explodes. Buu laughs and turns away from the blast, his hands on his hips. "I'm handsome!"

The Zetto Sword spins around in the air as Gohan reaches up and catches it by the handle, then begins swinging it around with one hand. Goku smiles. Meanwhile, at God's Palace, Piccolo yells at the kids as Trunks and Goten put out their arms and begin the fusion dance once again.