Like her counterpart, Bulma ended up trying to get on Whis' good side in the hopes that he could get Beerus to spare the family in case he ever decided to destroy the Earth. But she also had another motive that was born from the decades of near constant threats, and her knowledge of the kind of power the Saiyans of the alternate timeline held. It took months upon months of dropping hints and several promises of tasty treats, but Bulma was eventually able to convince Whis train to Trunks and Ranch.

When they heard the news they were torn. On the one hand it was extremely tempting to get trained up by the one that trained Beerus. But on the other, though, they were parents. Going away for an unspecified amount of time to train wasn't something that two people trying to raise kids should be doing. Still, Bulma kept on pressing onto them how important it was to be as ready as possible for the next threat. The power gap of their enemies from the cyborgs all the way to Zamasu was immense; there was no telling how strong the next one would be.

So came the day that Trunks and Ranch felt like the worst parents in the world. They said goodbye to Gohan and Bulla, both of whom were extremely upset—but for slightly different reasons. Bulla was dismayed mostly because she'd miss them, while Gohan wanted to go with them to train too. They then took turns hugging the twins, switched, and then bade farewell to their mothers and aunt. Bulma handed them a capsule case filled with emergency appeasement treats, and Trunks and Ranch teleported away with Whis….

By the end of their first day away, Ranch angrily complained to Trunks, "If I wanted to do frickin chores, then I'd have stayed home and changed diapers!"

Months passed. The Dragon Balls reactivated a year after having been used, and the Pilaf Gang began their search anew—although they didn't go unnoticed.

"Gohan! Hey, Gohan!" Bulla cried as she ran through the halls of Capsule Corp, where they were staying with the twins, their grandmothers, and Aunt Chi-Chi. "Look what I found!"

When she caught up to her brother, he took a look at what she was holding: the radar thing used to find the Dragon Balls. "Bulla, you know you're not supposed to be snooping through grandma's lab, right?" he said to her accusingly.

"I know, but look at this!" She pressed the button on the radar, and it began beeping, displaying a bunch of blinking lights.

Now intrigued, Gohan took the radar to get a closer look. Six blinking lights were together with a seventh not too far away. Suddenly, the six lights moved a bit closer to the seventh. Despite the fact that he never used the radar before, it was obvious that someone had already gathered six Dragon Balls and were on their way to the last one. He grinned at his sister. "Up for a little trip?"

Over fifteen years ago Sorbet, the de facto leader of the remnants of the Frieza Force, made a decision. Despite the danger that going to Earth posed, they were in need of the planet's Dragon Balls so that they could bring back Frieza. But when they got in orbit and did a scan of the planet there were no Dragon Balls to be found. Not only that, but it seemed some sort of calamity was befalling Earth, so in the end they didn't land to investigate further. And so every few years they would return to Earth to run another scan, and each time they came up empty.

Then, finally, during their most recent scan they caught an immense break. Six Dragon Balls were already gathered, and they weren't too far away from the seventh. Sorbet immediately formed a landing party and went down to the surface with Tagoma.

Pilaf, Mai, and Shu basked in the glory of their accomplishment. Finally, after their trials and tribulations they had finally managed to collect all seven Dragon Balls…again. Last time they had been thwarted by the two strangers that came along and stole their wishes after their wish for youth had gone wrong. Not this time, though. At last, he would use the power of the dragon to become ruler of the world! The final Dragon Ball was in a tree stump, so Pilaf reached in and pulled it out.

"Very good," a voice said behind them. "We'll be taking those now."

The three turned around in surprise to see two strange beings standing before them.

Clutching the Dragon Ball, Pilaf demanded, "Who are you?"

Shu drew his sword. "Say that again!"

Mai pulled out her gun. "Don't underestimate us!" They weren't about to let their wishes get stolen again!

Sorbet merely smirked, raised his wrist, and with his blaster he shot the tree behind them, obliterating it and sending splinters everywhere. The three immediately panicked and bunched together upon seeing what they were capable of, losing all resolve to resist in the process. "You're going to help us now," Sorbet declared.

It was with a heavy heart as he saw the pained expressions of Mai and Shu that Pilaf placed the balls on the ground. With Sorbet watching, Pilaf called, "Come forth, Shenron! Grant our wish!" The skies darkened, the balls glowed, and a beam of light shot up into the sky, forming the dragon. Gohan and Bulla, as they got closer to the where the radar was leading them, were in awe at the sudden change in the weather.

"State your wish and I shall grant them," said Shenron as the large dragon loomed over them.

"There, so please spare us," asked Pilaf as Sorbet looked up at the dragon.

Looking back at the three, Sorbet said, "You might still be of use to me."

"Sorbet, we should hurry," Tagoma advised. "We don't know whose attention we might have caught."

"Right," said Sorbet, going back to the dragon. "I wish for Lord Frieza to be brought back to life."

Shenron's eyes glowed, and announced, "Your wish has been granted." Then from the sky what at first appeared to be a hunk of meat appeared and crashed on the ground before them. Upon closer inspection it turned out that it was actually a torso with no left arm and part of its head missing.

"What's this?" demanded Sorbet indignantly.

"This was the condition that this one was in when he was killed," Shenron informed him. "But since he's capable of living in such a state I saw no problem with granting the wish." As proof of what Shenron had said, Frieza began to cough and wheeze, just barely conscious. Sorbet and Tagomi quickly went up to him. "Now, state your two remaining wishes."

"We get two more?" asked Sorbet.

"That's right," Shenon confirmed.

In thought, Sorbet said, "Maybe we should wish back King Cold, too."

"Maybe," Tagoma told him.

Shu immediately jumped at the chance. "I want one million Zeni!"

Mai joined in. "I want the world's tastiest ice cream!"

Sorbet looked angrily back at them just as a stack of cash fell on top of Shu, and a tub of ice cream in a cooler plopped down in front of Mai. "Consider the dry ice a freebie," said Shenon. "Your wishes have been granted. Farewell."

The dragon disappeared into the balls, which shot up into the sky and dispersed. Sorbet looked up at the balls in distress for a second as the skies cleared, and then looked back at the gang. "You damned brat!" he shouted angrily, advancing on them. "And here I was going to let you live to collect the Dragon Balls for us again."

The three cowered in fear, when Tagoma heaved up Frieza, saying, "Sorbet, we should get going. If the Saiyans are around they might get here any second!"

Glowering one last time at the Pilaf Gang, Sorbet went back to the spaceship with Tagoma. They had advanced rejuvenation technology back at their base, so healing Frieza shouldn't be a problem.

Gohan and Bulla had arrived on the scene not long after the dragon had retreated and the balls scattered. As they flew they saw from their vantage point a ship rise up and take off into space. "Ah man, I guess we'll have to wait another year to see this dragon and make some kind of wish," lamented Gohan.

Bulla nodded, and then spotted something on the ground. "Hey, what's that?" She pointed down at three small figures that were running through landscape. "Did they make the wishes?"

"Let's ask," said Gohan, flying down at them.

The Pilaf Gang was still putting distance between themselves and the spot they had run from the aliens. Just when they thought they must be home free, Gohan and Bulla suddenly landed in front of them, shocking them. The siblings took one look at them and immediately became confused.

"Hey," Gohan said in an undertone to his sister, "do these guys look like…?"

"Yeah," agreed Bulla, keeping her voice down. "They look like the friends that past mommy and daddy had."

"That's what I thought, too." Gohan then shrugged. "I guess they must be relatives or something." Looking back at the three wary kids, Gohan raised a hand and greeted, "Uh, hi there."

"Hello," said Bulla with a smile.

Pilaf finally yelped, "Who are you? What do you want?"

"I'm Bulla," she said.

"I'm Gohan," said Gohan. "We were just wondering if you were the ones that summoned the dragon."

"Yeah, what of it?" demanded Pilaf. "The wishes are already used up—you snooze you lose."

"Ah really?" Bulla said with a slight pout.

Gohan sighed and scratched his head. "Crud. Well, I knew that was the case when the dragon went away. So, what did you guys wish for?"

"That's none of your business, twerp!"

Gohan frowned. "That's big talk coming from you, half-pint." He took a step towards him, and Mai immediately rushed forward as she pulled her gun out while still holding onto the ice cream. "Hey, calm down," he exclaimed, taken aback when it was pointed right at his face.

"Yeah, you guys aren't being very polite" Bulla said huffily.

"Stay back or else," the girl threatened, brandishing the gun. "Leave us alone."

Gohan just stared at her incredulously. "Do you even know how to use that thing?"

"Just watch," declared Mai, pointing her gun at a nearby tree. She pulled the trigger three times, and each shot hit the same spot effortlessly. Pointing the gun back at Gohan, she shouted, "Want to try me?"

Wide-eyed, Gohan looked from the tree, back to the girl, and stared at her again but now for a different reason. Wow, he realized, suddenly seeing her in a new light, she's really pretty. Taking a step forward, he unsurely began, "Hey, uh…" Mai pulled the trigger again, but Gohan easily caught the bullet in midair.

"Hey!" Bulla said angrily. "What's the big idea?"

But Gohan simply dropped the bullet and shyly continued, "Um…what are your names?"

"What's it to you?" said Mai, trying to sound brave despite the fact that she, Pilaf, and Shu were once again unnerved by what they just witnessed.

"Well….I see that you like ice cream," he said quickly, seeing what she was holding. "If you want you can come over to my place—we've got plenty of ice cream there. And if you like guns and stuff, my granny has a whole arsenal that she'd be glad to show off." Bulla looked at her brother with befuddlement.

Shocked, Mai asked, "R—Really?"

Bulla quickly grabbed her bother, and urgently said, "Gohan, is this a good idea? They seem really weird."

"Says the ones that can fly and catch bullets!" retorted Pilaf.

Bulla stuck her tongue at him. "Say that again. I can pound you into dust!"

Gohan bumped against Bulla to shut her up, and said loudly, "So, that sound like something that you'd want to check out?"

"Um…" Mai said unsurely. The prospect of more ice cream and getting to see all those weapons was definitely tempting. "I'm Mai."

"Hi there, my name's Shu," said Shu, who decided to go along with it.

"You fools!" cried Pilaf. After a few seconds, though, he relented. "And I'm Emperor Pilaf—the leader! And this all better be worth it since we're gracing you with our presence!"

Silence followed for a bit as Gohan tried to recall what the names were of the lookalikes in the past, but he couldn't since it had happened a while ago and he barely even spoke to them. Now that they were all in agreement Gohan got excited, but at the same time a sudden nervousness struck him. Even if she was going with her friends, Gohan had never asked a girl over before. And now that that part was suddenly done he had no idea where to go from there.

"Wait," Bulla piped up, deciding to get something out of this. "First we want to know what you guys wished for!"

"This ice cream," answered Mai, still holding her tub.

"Money," Shu told them, holding up his stack of cash.

Knowing there were three wishes total, Gohan and Bulla looked at Pilaf expectantly. "Oh alright, fine," he said in resignation. "Some aliens came and used them to bring their leader back so I couldn't wish for anything. Happy?"

"So you didn't get one?" said Gohan. "That stinks. So who was this alien?"

"I don't know. 'Fry-za' or something."

Gohan was momentarily distracted from his anxiety about having a girl over, as he thought about the name. Looking down at his sister, he asked, "Does that name sound familiar to you?"

Bulla shook her head. "Not really."

Gohan just shrugged once more and put it out of his mind. It probably wasn't a big deal.