Miga had exploded. Was vanished. Defeated. Dead. Gone.

Goten was crying in his brother’s arms, of shame and relief, guilt and happiness. Marron had ran to Pan, suddenly remembering the precarious situation of her friend, and they were now waiting for Gohan to come to them, slowly realising the world was saved.

Finally, Goten wiped his tears and smiled gladly, a little boy’s love for an older brother shining in his dark eyes. Gohan smiled back.

- You did great, bro.
- Thanks…

Pan was crying as well when her father, smiling and worry, kneeled down beside her.

- That looks pretty bad, he commented, examining her cut legs.
- It doesn’t matter! You’re back!

She threw her arms around his powerful neck, hugged him tightly as if she was a little girl again. She was a kid and her dad had come in time to save her, as always... He was the strongest, the best dad ever...

He carefully took her in his arms and, followed closely by Marron and Goten, started to fly toward the familiar kis he felt.

- Where were you?! asked the younger half Saiyan, curious.
- I’ll tell everything later, instead of repeating it thirty times, ok?
- Ok!

The mountain was soon in view and Goten thought it wouldn’t be their home for a long time now. Miga gone, they could build new buildings…

Suddenly he realised something.

The kis. In the mountain. In the cave. They all were normal.

~~~

Bulma’s eyes jumped out of their orbits as Vegeta changed from his feline form to his usual Saiyan one and found himself sitting oddly on his wife’s lap. Trunks, Bra, Piccolo, Videl and Goku appeared on the table, which cracked and broke under them. Muten Roshi turned back to human as well, still in his corner and looking confused.

C-18 and Yamcha blinked a few times, surprised, while Bulma was happily hugging and kissing her embarrassed husband.

Goku grinned.

- Can I have normal food now?!
- What does it mean? asked Videl, sweat dropping at her father-in-law.
- I’m hungry.
- I mean, how come we’re humans again?
- Something might have happened to Miga, suggested the Saiyan, already feeding himself.
- Moron, grumbled Piccolo and Vegeta in the same time.

At that moment, Goten and Marron ran into the room, looking exhausted, dirty, but extremely happy.

- DAD!! shouted the young man, jumping onto his father. You too!!
- Hm? Hi boy, want some?
- Sure!

Under the discouraged looks of everyone, they started to eat together as if everything was normal. The general attention quickly turned to Gohan carrying a severely injured Pan. Videl fainted, torn by the happiness and shock of seeing her husband again, and by the horrible and bloody wounds of her daughter.


An hour later, Pan was deeply asleep, her thighs neatly bandaged. Bulma had done her best to ease the pain and stop the infection, but she didn’t have the proper medical material. But for the moment, the young woman seemed to do fine.

Everyone else was sitting around the table, except for Piccolo who was leaning against the wall and pretending to be meditating. Goku, Gohan, Goten, Vegeta and Trunks were still eating as if they’d been starving for the last three years.

- But where were you? asked Videl for the hundredth time, poking her husband’s head.
- Erff hmmllb, gmm skrrnn…
- Ok, ok, eat first…

Gohan grinned, swallowed and planted a kiss on her cheek.

- I’m sorry, but the food out there was not…

Suddenly his eyes widened.

- Wait a minute!! There was no food!! I don’t remember having eaten anything!! I’ve been tricked again!

Frustrated, he shoved another piece of meat into his mouth. Goku and Goten showed the same horrified face at the mention of no food and, as if to show their support to Gohan, started to eat even more. Bulma shuddered with disgust and patted Vegeta and Trunks on the head proudly.

- Much more clean then those pigs!

Vegeta growled but had his mouth full and couldn't reply. Bra giggled and hugged him again, relieved that everything was over at last.

Finally, Gohan declared to be full and patted his stomach with content. Piccolo opened his eyes, knowing they would finally know what had happened.

- Well there was that fight, began the hero, and it seemed like we were to lose. And I felt like if we'd lose, well it’d be the end of the Earth. I was very angry and desperate and I wished there was a way I could be stronger… Because…

He scratched the back of his head, trying to find the proper words.

- I didn’t feel like this planet could give me proper training conditions for the power I wanted to get.

Vegeta nodded in approval, Bulma frowned. Of course, the gravity room had been destroyed but…

- So I wished real real hard that a miracle could happen and it happened! resumed Gohan with a childish smile. I was sorta transferred to another dimension, very weird and evil. There was no food and I never realised it!! All I did was training, training and training. I never felt tired or hungry or scared. I only focused on becoming stronger…

Goku and Vegeta’s jaws dropped. Such a place existed?! Gohan patted his muscles gently.

- Sounds like it worked! he concluded.
- My hero! shouted Videl, wrapping her arms around his neck.
- Eeh… Hey! Where are mom and Krilin?

The smiles faded. Marron looked down, her eyes dark.

- Chichi died some times ago, said Bulma slowly. She… She was so worry and… Old… And then you disappeared...
- Well she had a good life, she must be happy in Heaven now! And Krilin?
- He died protecting me, quickly hispered Marron.
- Well… We could try resuscitating him, no?
- Dende is dead, said Piccolo.

The younger Namek’s dead had affected Piccolo more than he showed. He always had felt like the mentor of the new God and Miga had killed him… Right before his eyes… He hadn't been able to do anything...

Piccolo closed his eyes.

- Can’t dad go on Namek-sei and ask Porunga to bring them all back or something? asked Gohan casually.

Once again, must of the eyes widened. It was so simple!

- You’re a genius! exclaimed Videl, tightening her hug until he couldn’t breathe. You saved the Earth and now we can bring it to what it was before!!
- It’s only what I’m meant for… Being a warrior and a scholar…

He smiled, suddenly tired. He’d saved the Earth once again… People would be resuscitated, buildings re-built… Except for his mother’s death, everything would be as if Miga had never existed… They’d be happy and have good time until another enemy would arrive… There was always a new enemy…


We always fight and we always win somehow. We change yet remain the same. That’s how we are, protectors of the Earth…


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