Goku, Gohan, Trunks and Vegeta slowly lowered themselves to the ground, lowering their power levels to those of regular Saiya-jins as they did so.

"Vegeta!"  Bulma cried, throwing her arms around Vegeta as soon as the Saiya-jins landed.  "You beat him, and you didn't even get killed!"

"Alright, alright!"  Vegeta said irritably, pulling Bulma away from him quickly.  Everybody noticed the pink tinge in his cheeks.  "It's not that big a deal."

"It was a big deal."  Bulma said proudly, looking at Vegeta and Trunks.  "You actually managed to fight with Goku without worrying about who's stronger.  And, you did what he told you."  Vegeta scowled at her.

"Gohan!"  Everybody spun around to see Sakura running towards them.  "Gohan!  You did it!  You actually beat Akumasenka."

"We all did it." Gohan corrected her happily, "We all beat him."

"So," Sakura said sadly, looking tearfully up at Gohan, "Are you guys going back to Earth now?"

Gohan looked around at his friends.  "Yeah," He told her, "But don't worry.  Give us about a day, and we'll have you back down there with us again."

"Really?"  Sakura asked, smiling at Gohan.  "What about Keiichi?  And What about your Dad?"  Gohan looked sadly at Goku.

"We can bring Keiichi back no problem."  He told her.  "But Dad's a different story.  We can't bring him back to life at all."

"What?"  Sakura cried, "Why not?"

"Because he didn't want to be brought back."  Gohan said, his eyes beginning to sting.  "When he first died we tried to bring him back, but he told us he didn't want to.  He said that nearly all of the evil that comes to Earth comes looking for him, so he was endangering the Earth more than he was protecting it.  Anyway, even if he changed his mind and decided he wanted to come back he couldn't."

"Why not?"  Sakura asked, getting slightly angry at all the rules that existed in the universe.  "Why couldn't he come back if he wanted to?"

"Because it's been too long."  Goku said, stepping into the conversation.  "You can only be brought back to life up to one year after your death.  I've been dead for just over two years now."

"It's sad" Gohan said to Sakura.  "Dad and Goten have never met.  Mom shows Goten pictures of him all the time, and he really likes them.  He likes to touch his face.  It's sad that they've never met before."

"Who's Goten?"  Goku asked again, looking at Gohan and Sakura.

"Gohan."  Piccolo shouted, standing next to Bulma's plane.  "We've got to go.  We need to find the Dragonballs to bring Sakura and Keiichi back to life.  Let's get going."

Gohan looked back at Goku.  "Goodbye Dad."  He said sadly, hugging Goku at last.  "It's been really great seeing you again.  I'm gonna miss you."  Goku smiled.

"I'm going to miss you too, Gohan."  Goku said, smiling down at his eldest son, the only son he knew he had.  "Tell your mother how much I miss her.  I love you both."

Gohan wiped his eyes, unable to stop the tears from splashing down his face.  "Bye Dad."  He said through his tears.  "We love you too."  With that, he ran over to the plane, ready to leave the HFIL and Otherworld at last.

Goku and Sakura waved energetically as the bright yellow plane took off.  Goku smiled as he watched his son and his friends out of sight.  Sakura looked at Goku and bit her lip sympathetically.  Goku had not met Goten.  On that plane that had just left, was Goten, the son Goku had still never known.