"What the hell do you mean it's beyond your power!?" An irate Piccolo yelled to the looming dragon summoned above Kami's lookout.
After the conclusion of the battle with Cell, the Z-Fighters had gathered together at the long winding tower above in order to reverse all of the damage Cell caused, and it had been mostly achieved. While they intended to revive their dead friends, Goku was unable to come back due to previously being revived with the Earth's Dragon Balls once before. However, what was most shocking to everyone was how it was revealed that Gohan wasn't dead. When they attempted to bring Gohan back to them, Shenron was unable to locate Gohan's current whereabouts.
"It is well beyond my power as I have previously said. I cannot locate the one named Son Gohan." Shenron replied in his deep, gravelly voice, much to the disbelief of others.
"It… can't be…" Krillin barely gasped out.
"Gohan…" The newly revived Trunks sadly stammered at the loss of his master. Was this the fate of his master in every single timeline? To be swept away from his home without ever coming home?
While some were saddened over the news of the lost half-saiyan, others were pissed off.
"What the hell do you mean you can't locate my baby!? You're the eternal dragon so get off your ass and find my baby!" A pissed off and emotional Chichi yelled as tears streamed down her eyes. Today was not her day. First she lost her husband again and now her baby was lost with no way to return home.
Meanwhile in other world, Goku looked down in shame as tears came to his eyes. It had all been his fault. His plan for his son to defeat Cell nearly failed and nearly cost not only the life of his son but the planet as a whole. If only he had been more responsible.
"Damn it!" Goku growled as he punched a random cloud below.
"If only I was strong enough to defeat Cell… Damn it..." Goku growled as his anger was lost while his anger was replaced with grief.
"Gohan… son… I failed you… I'm so sorry…." Goku rasped out as tears fell through the clouds under the snake way while King Kai watched his beloved student with sorrow in his eyes.
"Poor Goku… there has to be a way…." King Kai pondered before an idea came to his head.
"That's it!" King Kai exclaimed, getting the attention of the saddened Saiyan.
"What's it, King Kai?" Goku asked as he wiped his eyes.
"Maybe he's just stranded in a different part of the universe." King Kai explained as Goku raised an eyebrow.
"Oh yeah?" Goku curiously asked.
"It looked to be some sort of distortion in time and space that happened in that Kamehameha clash. Although I don't want to… I'd have to converse with the other Kais…" King Kai finished, albeit a little reluctant at the end as he imagined the reactions of the other Kais when they found out about his accidental death.
"R-really? You think this'll work?" Goku asked, his hope slowly returning.
"I'll try my best Goku." King Kai smiled, happy that his favorite student was getting his inner flame back.
"Thank you so much King Kai." Goku smiled a smile akin to how things were before today.
"Of course, Goku." King Kai replied as Goku decided to make his presence known to the Z-Fighters.
"Hey guys! You should all probably ask Shenron to teleport you guys to New Namek so you can bring me back! After Gohan, I'm the strongest person on Earth so I can't just leave the earth unprotected!" Goku announced to his friends as they all nodded in understanding.
"Right. Shenron, please take us all to New Namek!" The young Namek, Dende, exclaimed.
"It shall be done…." The eternal dragon communicated before everyone on the lookout was transported to the beautiful, green world of New Namek.
"Oh, it's you all!" Elder Moori smiled in recognition of the Z-Fighters but tensed at the site of Vegeta. Vegeta responded by rolling his eyes and crossing his arms.
"Haha, uh it's okay Elder Moori, Vegeta's on our side now!" Bulma tried to explain with a sheepish look on her face as he looked at her uncertainly.
"… Is this true?" Moori asked the Saiyan who scoffed.
"Yeah sure, whatever." Vegeta rolled his eyes as Moori sighed.
"Fine. Now what brings all of you here?" The Namek asked the earthlings who explained the results of the Cell Games.
"I see….Well after everything Goku did for us, we'll happily use our Dragon Balls to revive him back to life." Moori smiled.
"Thank you!" Krillin thanked before the New Namekians gathered the Namekian set of Dragon Balls. Dende then summoned the Namekian Dragon, Porunga.
"You have awoken me from my slumber… Speak your wish…." Porunga ordered.
As Dende communicated the wish to bring Goku back to life it was approved as Goku's Halo was gone before he appeared on New Namek where he greeted his friends with his goofy, trademark smile.
"Hey guys!" Goku cheerfully greeted before he was glomped by most of his friends save for Tien, Piccolo and Vegeta while they looked to the side happily. Well Tien and Piccolo while Vegeta did his best to act disinterested.
"Happy to have you back man!" Yamcha grinned.
"Heh, I'm happy to be back!" Goku retorted as Porunga decided to end the happy reunion.
"You all have used two sets of wishes… Speak your last wish while my mood still stands!" Porunga bellowed as Goku laughed.
"Haha sorry about that! Can you tell Porunga to take us back to Earth, Dende?" Goku asked the young Namekian.
"Yeah of course!" Dende replied before communicating the wish to the dragon and before anyone knew it, Goku and the others were right back on Kami's Lookout. Despite their joy at having their beloved hero back, the feeling was rather bittersweet.
"I can't believe it… Gohan can't be found…." Tien muttered sadly as everyone looked down in shame as they could only ponder about Gohan's fate and whether he was alive or not.
Chichi openly wailed for the loss of her child as Goku went to his wife and embraced her comfortably.
"Chichi… It'll be fine… After all, King Kai told me he'd attempt to look into things and see whether he could find Gohan or not. Don't lose hope, Chi. Everyone…" Goku said in an attempt to cheer everyone up as it seemed to work.
"Yeah…bI'd love to wait around and see Gohan again! But…." Trunks trailed off as Bulma turned her head towards her future son.
"You still have to defeat the androids in your past." Bulma finished as Trunks nodded in confirmation.
"That's right. My world needs me. And then afterwards I can rebuild my timeline and with Goku giving me the coordinates for New Namek, hopefully I can revive the warriors of my time so that way my world can be as prosperous as this one." Trunks explained as everyone smiled for Trunks now that he gained the power necessary to defend his world, especially Vegeta, who learned to appreciate his son after he received a "friendly" wake up call from Cell earlier.
"Good for you, Trunks! I'm certain you'll be able to defeat the androids of your time! Now as for me, I'd like to achieve the next level of Super Saiyan just like Gohan did. Which is why I'm gonna use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber." Goku announced to everyone.
"But I thought you said it could only be used twice in a lifetime?" Yamcha asked as Mr. Popo came from behind.
"Actually thanks to Dende modifying the room, one can use it as many times as they want to." The genie explained as Goku nodded.
"Right. And you all can even train with me too. I'll even teach you all the Kaioken!" Goku suggested as the other Z-Fighters looked at him in excitement, save for Vegeta.
"Oh that's right! King Kai was gonna teach us but we were all busy with the Frieza situation." Piccolo replied as memories of being shot with Frieza's death beam made him slightly cringe.
"And with the time limit of the room, I'm sure after a day you can all learn it." Goku explained as Vegeta growled.
"I don't need your damn charity, Kakarot. I can get strong all on my own!" Vegeta growled as Trunks, Bulma and Goku laughed.
"Haha, I knew you'd say that. Still the offer stands." Goku reminded the Saiyan Prince as Vegeta scowled while crossing his arms on his chest.
"Same old dad…" Trunks thought.
"Well I'm anxious and eager to learn it, Goku." Yamcha grinned.
"Yeah when do we start?" Tien asked.
"Tomorrow because…" Goku seriously began, getting the attention of everyone.
"Because?" Everyone asked.
"I'm starving!" Goku yelled as his stomach growled, leading nearly everyone to face-fault, save for Vegeta who rolled his eyes.
"Dumbass…" Vegeta drawled.
"… Sounds… fair…" Piccolo replied in an irritated voice.
"Alright, it's a plan then!" Goku cheered as Chichi walked up behind him.
"Uh honey, while that's good to hear you want to get stronger, I should tell you some news I've been trying to tell you for a while." Chichi began as Goku turned around and raised an eyebrow.
"What is it?" Goku asked as Chichi grinned.
"I'm pregnant!" Chichi announced as everyone, even Vegeta, went wide-eyed at the revelation.
"WHAT!?" Everyone announced, except for a certain Namekian and Saiyan Prince, announced.
"I wonder if it'll be a boy or a girl…" Chichi giggled as everyone, save for Piccolo and Vegeta, gave the Ox Princess their congratulations.
"Thank you, thank you, everyone." Chichi gratefully thanked as Goku was as still as a statue before a loud thump was heard on the lookout.
"Goku!?" Everyone yelled as Vegeta smirked at the embarrassing state of his rival.
"I'm not picking him up." Vegeta bluntly stated ignoring the looks he received.