A/N: Just in case you were wondering, loosely translated, Ichidou means 'sliver of hope' in Japanese. At least, that's what I got from an online English Japanese translator. I wanted to name his alias a variation of hope, and Ichidou happened to be the best word for the job, in my opinion.

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Gohan landed at home, Vegeta in his arms. Quickly, he pulled a Senzu out of his pocket, and fed it to the saiyan prince. He avoided feeding him a senzu until then for two reasons. The first, of course, was that if he stopped to let Vegeta recover, the androids might find them. The second reason, and the one Vegeta would never be told, was that Gohan didn't want Vegeta to run off after the androids again. He nearly got killed the first time. Now, with them being thousands of miles away, Gohan knew that Vegeta would never be able to find them now.

"Stupid brat!" Vegeta sputtered. "You denied me my victory. Where are we?" He asked.

"We're at my house…" Gohan said. "I brought you here to make you better." Gohan said.

"Ugh…" Vegeta dragged himself to his feet. "I ought to kill you."

"Maybe, but why don't you rest a minute." Gohan said.

"Then what, do you have a plan?" Vegeta asked. "Where's everybody else?" He asked.

"Ichidou and Krillen took off to destroy the rest of Gero's lab, after that, we're to all meet at Master Roshi's house." Gohan said.

"Why would I want to do that?" Vegeta asked, scowling.

"Well…let me figure out how dad's doing, and I'll let you know."

Gohan secretly crawled over to the window, and peeked his head in. Tien and Yamcha were carefully watching over his father.

Tien suddenly noticed that Gohan was outside, and mumbled something about going to get fresh air to Chi-Chi, who then freed him of his duties.

"Hey Gohan…"

"How' my dad?" Gohan asked.

"He's getting better." Tien said.

"Good…" Gohan said. "Ichidou said everybody ought to go to Master Roshi's house."

"Good idea…" Tien said. "We'll get your dad set up, and we'll bring him over." Tien said.

"Alright…" Gohan said.

Ichidou and Krillen landed at Master Roshi's house. The two of them waited for everyone else. Soon, Gohan arrived. Tien and Yamcha soon followed with Goku and Chi-Chi. Goku was still asleep, but recovering.

Soon, Bulma arrived. "I've got bad news…" She said. "Some weird device was found thousands of miles from here…" She said. "It looked just like your time machine."

"What?" Ichidou said.

"How many time machines did the person that built yours build?" Krillen asked.

"Only one, there weren't enough materials for a second one." Ichidou said.

"What will we do about it?" Krillen asked.

"Simple…" Ichidou said. "We find it…"

"Okay, good, let's go…" Bulma said. "Where's Vegeta?" She said.

"He…took off…" Gohan said. "I think he went to go train."

"That idiot!" She said. Gohan, Krillen, and Ichidou hopped into her plane. "See you guys later!" She said.

A few hours later, they found themselves in the wilderness, searching for the time machine. They searched thoroughly, and finally found it.

"Hey, guys…" Krillen said. "I found it…" he said.

"Hmm…" Bulma said. "Are you sure that there was only one?"

"Yes…" Ichidou said. "See, it still has the same painting on it…" he said. He wiped away the dust, and revealed the word 'Hope'.

"Hope…" Bulma said. "Yours has the same thing?" she asked.

"Yes." Ichidou said.

"Alright, now who used it?" Gohan asked.

"No idea, let's check the computer…" Ichidou said, stepping into it. "According to this, whomever took it left from three years after I did…interesting." He thought for a moment. "I have no idea who could have taken it…"

"What's this?" Krillen asked, suddenly picking something up. "It looks like a big shell."

"Here's another one…" Gohan said. They connected the two. "It's not just a shell…" Gohan said.

"It's an egg." Ichidou finished.

"Oh, my…" Bulma said. "Get over here guys!" She said.

"What the?" Gohan said, suddenly arriving.

"I didn't know bugs got this big…" Krillen said.

"They don't…" Ichidou said. "It's not an insect anyway, it's only got four legs…see?" He pointed at the creature.

"I'd rather not…" Bulma said, looking ill.

"Is it dead?" Gohan asked, looking down.

"No, it was never alive…" Ichidou reached down. "Whatever it was, this is its skin…"

"I think I'm gonna be sick." Bulma said. "That's just a skin!"

"Whatever it was." Ichidou said, standing up. "It was smart enough to operate the time machine, so its clearly not a bug of any kind…"

"Are you sure this is a good idea Piccolo?" Kami asked, suspicious.

"It may be the only way…" Piccolo said.

Suddenly, Kami's eyes went wide. He looked at Piccolo. "Something very powerful, has appeared…" Kami looked at Piccolo. "We need to fuse, we need to become one again. It's the only way to beat it, or at least hold it off…"

"What is it?" Piccolo asked.

"You'll find out once we're one person again." Kami said. And with that, Kami and Piccolo, the God and the Demon, became the Namek without a name once more…