Gohan paced around Dende's plateau impatiently waiting for Krillen to return with the last Dragonball.  He had to wish Sakura back to this dimension, he just had to.  Hearing his father's voice had upset him, and he wished so much that he could bring Goku back as well, but he could not.  The Dragon had already revived Goku once before, and would not do it again, and Goku did not want to be brought back, even if they used the Namek Dragon, who would revive people as often as he was asked to.

All of the Z Warriors sat on the steps of Dende's home apart from Gohan and Keiichi.  Vegeta and Piccolo were in shock.  They could not believe what Sakura had done.  Vegeta kept saying that she had been stupid, but Bulma told Gohan that, if you translated that from what she called 'Vegeta language', then it meant he respected what she had done in his own way.  Keiichi ran around Gohan's feet, chasing after a ball which he had dropped.  It rolled towards the side, but Keiichi caught it just before it rolled off the edge.  Gohan was about to say something, when a voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"Gohan!", the voice said in a panic.  It was Goku, but it did not sound like him.  He sounded angry, dangerous and almost cruel.  "There's this guy, he"

"Dad!  Gohan cried, interrupting.  "What happened?  Is Sakura there with you?  Can I speak to her?"

"Gohan!", Goku shouted, once again nearly letting who he was slip through his fingers.  "Shut up!  I need to tell you something, and I don't need you babbling in the background."  Gohan was hurt, and Goku could tell.  He regretted all he had just said, and tried even harder to control it.  "Sorry."  He said gently.  "I'm having a little trouble holding on to my own personality.  But, I need to tell you something really important.  I don't think you will be able to revive Sakura."

"Why?"  Gohan cried, staring up into the sky while Keiichi looked on in fear as though he thought Gohan was having some sort of fit.

"There's this guy in the HFIL called Akumasenka."  Goku explained quickly, not wanting to miss a second, he still had to get used to his new form and get Sakura back.  "He's a really powerful - er - magician or something.  He's strong - stronger than a level two Super Saiya-jin.  I fired a blast at him, after my transformation, and he barely stumbled.  He threw something at Sakura though.  It knocked her out and locked  her in this kind of invisible dome.  He said he had 'imprisoned her spirit'.  I'm going to be training for a long time before I can even think about trying to get her out.  Remember, you can't help her."  With those final words, Goku once again left Gohan speechless.

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Krillen landed on Dende's plateau with the lat Dragonball and ran up to Gohan.  "Hey!", he called, sitting down beside him.  "I got it.  Now we can bring her back!"

"We can try."  Gohan said glumly, looking up at Krillen, his eyes once again shining with tears.  "My dad said we might not be able to."  Krillen raised an eyebrow.

"Gohan."  He sighed, looking down at his hands and feeling very sorry for Gohan.  He and #18 had been the only people not there when Goku had spoken to the Z Warriors just after Sakura had died, and he had practically forgotten hearing Goku's voice two years earlier.  "I don't mean to sound insensitive or any thing," he said slowly and hesitantly, "I mean, I know you've been going through a hard time and all, but - well, er - your dad's dead."  Gohan looked up angrily.

"I know that!", he snapped at Krillen.  "My dad sometimes speaks.  Remember, two years ago, we were here and Dad said he didn't want to come back!"  He would have gone on for longer, but Krillen suddenly remembered.  He nodded, and looked down at the Dragonball.

"Let's not waste a wish.  We might need it soon."  Gohan looked up, getting the wrong idea out of what Krillen had said.

"That's it!"  he shouted, jumping to his feet and running up to the rest of the Z Warriors.

"What's it?  What's it?"  Krillen asked as he ran after him.  He had no idea what Gohan was going on about.

Gohan ran up to the step on which the rest of the Z Warriors were sitting.  He sat down next to Trunks and looked up.  "We need a really big gang - and army even."  He blurted out after a couple of seconds.  Trunks looked at Gohan.

"What are you talking about?"  Vegeta spat from the other side of Trunks, his brow furrowed and his fists clenched as though the idea of Gohan suggesting anything made him want to strangle the boy.  He looked as though he would have stood up to knock some sense into Gohan, but luckily he had Chibi Trunks on his knee, so he could not.

"There's this guy holding Sakura's spirit prisoner or something like that.  We need to go and get her back.  Dad said that this guy's stronger than a level two Super Saiya-jin, and Dad could not beat him even after he transformed.  I think he's level two like me, and still can't beat him.  Maybe a whole gang of us can."  The group exchanged nervous glances.

"What about the kids?"  Trunks and Piccolo asked together.  Vegeta looked up.  "We could leave them with Bulma and my mom."  Gohan answered quickly.  "I doubt they'd want to come, so we could leave them at Bulma's place and she and my mom could baby-sit."

"That sounds fine by me."  Trunks said, standing up with Sayoke held in one arm.  "Father, what do you say?"  Vegeta sat for a moment, looking between Trunks and Gohan.

"I say we had better go and speak to Bulma and ChiChi."  He said, standing up.  Everybody smiled, and they all flew down to the Brief house.

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"You want us to WHAT?"  Bulma shrieked, staring at Gohan, Trunks and Vegeta like they were all insane.  We can't look after four small children between the two of us.  Do you know how much trouble they can be."  Gohan, Vegeta and Trunks all nodded.  "OK, so you have and inkling of what they can be like, but four at once."  Vegeta suddenly stepped forward and smiled.

"Please?"  he said simply, keeping strong eye contact with Bulma.  He obviously missed fighting and wanted a good battle to shake the cobwebs.  Bulma stared at his eyes for about two seconds before she snapped.

"OK!"  She cried, letting her arms fall to her sides.  "We'll do it."  Vegeta smiled a satisfied grin as he walked away, while Gohan, Trunks and the rest of the Z Warriors gaped after him.  They were all thinking one thing - How did he do that?  Vegeta turned around.

"Thanks Bulma."  He said quickly, and noticed everybody staring.  "What?"  he asked, as though he had no idea what they were so shocked about.  He had lived with Bulma ages now, he was bound to know how to get to her.

The Z Warriors then set to work, preparing for the upcoming battle.