Chapter 4

:Wishing Goku Back

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([ ]) King Kai's telepathy

Gohan and the others forwarded their plan for wishing Goku back first to the Nameks and they agreed with it. They then gathered the Dragonballs from around the village and prepared to summon the Eternal Dragon. Gohan, Chi-Chi, the rest of their group and the Namekians gathered around near the Dragonballs. Since Moori was elected to make the summoning since he was the Namekian elder and leader, he began calling out the dragon in his native language. The balls began to glow and the normally green sky turned pitch black. Yellow lightning surged from the balls and began to snake its way straight up into the sky. The light dissipated and the humongous form of Porunga, the Namekian Eternal Dragon emerged. "You have summoned me. Now I will grant you three wishes." spoke the dragon in its grand, boisterous voice.

Meanwhile, somewhere on a planet in Otherworld, Goku was training hard while King Kai was watching the developments happening on New Namek. "Goku! Looks like your friends and family have gone to New Namek to wish you back." King Kai worriedly said. "What? I thought I told them not to wish me back. Why are they doing this now?" asked Goku as he stopped what he was doing and came over to King Kai. "Why don't you ask them yourself. Just touch me on my shoulder." suggested King Kai as he motioned for his back to Goku.

"Ready for the wish?" asked Moori. He got the affirmative nod from his friends from Earth and then he lifted his arms into the air and was about to say the wish when a voice stopped him. ([Hold on a minute! Don't I get a say in this?]) said Goku's voice over their heads. "Goku? Is that you?" asked Moori as he swiveled his head around looking at the sky while everyone copied him. ([Yes, it's me, I'm speaking to ou with the help of King Kai. Hey listen, didn't I tell you guys not to wish me back? Why are you doing it anyway?]) asked Goku. "We're sorry Goku, but we just can't let you stay dead. There have been... unforeseen complications." said Bulma. ([Unforeseen complications? What do you mean?" asked Goku, confused as to their meaning. "I don't think it's my place to tell you. Chi-Chi, I think you should tell him!" said Bulma, turning to Chi-Chi. "Looks like you're up mom!" said Gohan as he then lightly pushed his mother forward as she felt a little too nervous to move herself. She then nervously moved forward and looked up at the sky. "Hello, Goku?" nervously said Chi-Chi. ([Chi-Chi? What's going on? Is there something wrong?]) asked the now worried and confused Goku. "No! Nothing's wrong. It's just that I... we ..." Chi-Chi stammered out, somehow not being able to get the words out. ([What? What is it? Spit it out!]) exclaimed Goku. "GOKU I'M PREGNANT!" Chi-Chi finally managed to yell out.

Goku was speechless, of all the reasons to wish him back he'd never thought it would be this one. While silence reigned and Goku was still trying to wrap his head around what had been said, Gohan came over to comfort his crumpled mother. "Dad, did you here that? You have another child on the way. Do you want for that child to grow up without ever meeting their father? Listen, I know you want to protect the Earth by staying dead and that you think that you don't have to teach me because I've gotten stronger than you. But bad guys will always threaten the Earth wether you're here or not and just because I've gotten stronger doesn't mean there's not a lot of things I could still learn from you. It's far better for us and the Earth if you would just come back." Gohan said passionately to the sky. They waited for a long time before something happened. ([Well? What are you waiting for? Wish me back!]) They suddenly heard Goku's voice enthusiastically say.

"Right!" was the responce Goku got from everyone involved and Moori then nodded and made the wish for Goku to be revived in namekian. "Very well, I will bring back to one named Goku back to life." said the boisterous voice of the dragon. Its eyes glowed red and nothing seemed to happen. "Quick! Now for the second wish! Bring my father right here on this spot on New Namek" exclaimed Gohan, not wanting to make the mistake they made the first time with Piccolo. Moori once again spoke out the wish in Namekian. "Yes, I shall bring the one called Goku to this spot on the planet." spoke the dragon and once again his eyes glowed red.

Suddenly, Goku appeared directly in front of the Dragonballs while facing directly at his friends and family with Gohan and Chi-Chi at the forefront. "Hi guys, it's great to see you again." Goku cheerfully said and that was all he needed to say. All his friends were so overcome with emotions that most of them had tears in their eyes, most especially Gohan and Chi-Chi. "Oh... Goku!" Chi-Chi lovingly said with longing and affection as she jumped up and hugged her husband. They stayed that way for several seconds. "I missed you Chi-Chi." said Goku. "I missed you even more." Chi-Chi responded. Finally they pared ways and Goku made a walk towards Gohan who had been standing there behind them the whole time. Goku kneeled down to Gohan's level and looked him sttaight in the eye with a look that looked to be a mixture of happiness and guilt which was rare for Goku. "I'm sorry I went away Gohan. It was a mistake. One that I'll never make again. I now know that evil will always threaten the Earth and that my leaving won't change that. I know you must hate me for my decision, but I hope you'll be able to someday forgive me." Goku said with honest guilt. Gohan just stared at him for several seconds with a face that was indiscernible with the multitude of emotions flow through him. Finally, Gohan chose on a feeling and went with it. Gohan hugged his father with tears in his eyes. "I could never stay mad at you father." Gohan said with heartfelt love and Goku hugged back with equal affection. The whole scene left everyone watching but Vegeta in tears as it tugged at their hearts.

Videl felt warmth in her heart at the scene between father and son that had unfolded. But however, the scene also made her heart feel lonesome as she was reminded of the relationship she had had with her mother and how much she wanted that again. But as Gohan hugged his father he was suddenly reminded of the bond between parent and offspring and that reminded him of Videl's dilemma. He turned his head towards where Videl was standing and then immediately broke off the hug. "What is it son?" asked Goku. "Oh my gosh! I almost forgot about Videl! Quick Moori, The third wish!" Gohan exclaimed as he turned to Moori. The old namekian immediately understood what he meant and gave the affirmative nod. Once again he spoke out in Namekian at the dragon. "Yes, I shall grant you this wish." said the dragon. His eyes glowed red for a third and final time. "Wait! Don't tell me that..." Videl exclaimed in tears of hope as she knew what was happening. "There, it is gone! Farewell, until the next summoning." said the dragon as he then vanished in a blaze of blinding light and the Dragonballs spun into the air and then scattered.

Videl looked around to see where she'd hoped that her mother had appeared but for some reason she wasn't there. "W-Where is she? Didn't the wish work? Then why isn't she here?" Videl questioned as her tears stopped being those of hope and started being those of sadness. Gohan came over to her to try to comfort her. "She isn't here Videl, because she couldn't be wished back to life and wished to this planet at the same time. When people get revived they appear on the planet where they were killed. In our case, your mother and my father were killed on Earth and so they appeared there. That was why it took two wishes to bring my father here. Your mother's still alive, it's just that she's back on Earth right now. You'll see her when we get back, don't worry." Gohan explained, trying to reassure her. It worked and Videl stopped crying and embraced Gohan in tears of joy muttering thank you.

"Could somebody explain to me what that was all about?" asked Goku, who was absolutely clueless. "We'll explain it to you later." Chi-Chi whispered in his ear. "Dad! I'd like you to meet someone. This Videl Satan, my new best friend. Videl, this my father Goku Son." Gohan said as he dragged Videl by the hand and formally introduced them. "It's nice to meet you." Goku greeted with a handshake and his ever present smile. Videl looked like she was about to faint, she couldn't believe she was shaking hands with the legendary hero, Goku himself. "A-And it's a real honor meeting you Mr. Goku! I've heard alot about you and you're adventures. I've never been so thrilled meeting somebody before." Videl nervously said as she continued to shake his hand with both of hers.

Suddenly, something about Videl caught his eye. "You seem familiar? Have I seen you somewhere before." Goku questioned with an eyebrow raised inquisitively. Videl felt extra nervous as Goku lowered himself to get a better look. "She was at the Cell Games dad. Remember that girl he grabbed to make me angry?" Gohan explained. Goku may have been too busy getting his ass kicked by one of the Cell Juniors to notice the girl being grabbed by Cell, but he did remember a girl nearby Gohan and Cell as Gohan powered up. "So that was you?" Goku asked, having remembered where he'd seen her. "Yeah, that was me. I sorta snuck on to the stadium against my father's knowledge and I saw the whole thing." Videl embarrassingly explained. "Your father?" Goku asked with his finger on his chin thoughtfully. "She's the daughter of that Mr. Satan guy." Gohan explained, though this time a little annoyed at his father. "Wow! She's his daughter!? Man, who would've thought that guy could've had such a nice daughter." Goku exclaimed. Although Videl appreciated the compliment from Goku, she couldn't help but feel a little bit insulted, but she just shrugged it off as she also sometimes felt how odd it was that that man was her father and so she kept smiling. "There's still a bit more to the story but I think we'll save it for later." said Gohan, which confused Goku a bit, but he felt it was alright. "Well, now that the introductions have been made, I think it maybe time for us to discuss more important matters. Like what's happening to the nameks?" Bulma suggested, which reminded everyone of what they had ahead.

"So that's what's been happening here huh?" Goku questioned after having been explained the whole situation by the others. "Yeah, and it's our job to save them." said Gohan. "Well Kakarot? Are you in or are you out?" asked Vegeta with a smirk on his face since he already knew the answer. "Whoever these guys are, they deserve to be taught a lesson. Count me in!" Goku declared. "Great, now that that's settled, how do you propose we go about this?" questioned Bulma. "Why don't I just use Instant Transmission to get us there?" asked Goku. "Sorry dad, but it isn't exactly the most accurate way of transportation. We could end up right in the middle of the enemy camp and in the resulting confusion one of the nameks could get hurt." Gohan explained, unfortunately shooting down the idea. "That leaves us only one option. We'll have to search the old fashioned way." stated Vegeta.

"I'm sorry guys, but I didn't get the chance to get the exact position from the air and now that we're landed I can't get a good reading do to the axis of the planet. All I can say for sure is that they're camping somewhere on the other side of the planet." Bulma explained, apologetically. "Then I guess all that's left to do is to split up and search for it." Goku declared. "I'll take Trunks with me and search in that direction." said Vegeta, pointing to the southeast of their position. "Me and Videl will search that way." Gohan said while pointing to the northeast. "Well, I guess that leaves me to search up the middle alone." Goku said as he pointed to the east. "Remember, raising your power level is the signal to the others that you've found it. But don't raise it too much, otherwise you'll give away your location and we'll be discovered if we haven't been already." explained Gohan. "I don't see why we have to be so discreet about this. If we find them why can't we just go in and annihilate them?" arrogantly questioned Vegeta, not liking having to sneak around what he thought was going to be an inferior enemy. Everybody eyed Vegeta seriously. "Our main concern is the safety of lives and if we just go storming in without a precise plan it could cost lives. We need to find the camp first and then plan our attack once everyone is gathered. Understand Vegeta?" Gohan explained in a much more assertive tone than he usually uses which was used to put Vegeta in his place. Since Gohan was still stronger than him, Vegeta piped down. "Alright then, let's go." Goku enthusiatically declared as they all powered up their auras and jetted off into the skies. They all went in their three own seperate directions in search of their imprisonned Namekian friends.

Author's Final Thoughts: So Goku's back now, what a touching scene. And now they're off in search of the bad guys that have been taking away the Nameks. Keep on reading to find out more.