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The first chapter of the sequel to Dead Planet.

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Many of the beings that were once dead stood on their planet in utter confusion.

"I didn't die here. I died on Earth." Raditz growled in frustration. Just then two beams of what looked to be light appeared and then materialized into actual beings.

"Prince Vegeta and…Kakarot?" Nappa said astonished. Turles strode over, anger and revenge still on his mind.

"Well Kakarot, long time no see, what with you killing me and all. I still have a score to settle with you." He snarled.

"Later Turles, Vegeta and I are here for business." Goku said, glaring down Turles.

"Back down now Turles. Father, how have you been?" Vegeta asked.

"Son, I am confused. We died." He stated confused.

"All will be explained as soon as mine and Kakarot's mates get here, along with the brats." Vegeta said. Nappa and Raditz did a double take.

"You have acquired a mate Vegeta? And a brat?" Nappa asked.

"Yes." Vegeta said smirking. Bardock walked up to his youngest son.

"You defeated Frieza didn't you?" He asked.

"Yes father. But believe me, it wasn't easy." Goku said.

"You have a mate?" he asked curiously.

"Yes. She's human, from earth, but she has the fire of a Saiyan and she's bore me two sons, so…" Goku said casually.

"Two sons, my she is a strong female." Bardock chuckled.

"You have no idea father. By the way, where is my mother?" Goku asked.

"I'm right here." A female voice called out.

"Nila, guess who?" Bardock said humorously.

"Is that little Kakarot?" Nila said in awe.

"Yes mother." Goku chuckled.

Goku, this is Dende. The Saiyans have a few hours – yes I extended the time of choice – to choose if they want to age up or not. I'm giving them ten minutes after Chichi, Bulma, Trunks, Goten, Gohan and Videl arrive. Let Vegeta know.

Thanks Dende, will do. Goku replied mentally before filling Vegeta in, who simply nodded. On the ship, something peculiar was taking place, but they would be there within two hours.

"So, while we wait, mind explaining how we are alive?" The king asked his son.

"Of course. On the planet where I was staying, earth, there were these magical orbs known as dragon balls. Now originally, these orbs had the ability to grant only one wish only once and within a certain time limit. But, since that was the way of the old guardian of the earth, our new guardian reconstructed the orbs to be more like the ones from his, and the former guardians, home planet Namek. Yes, the guardian of earth is a Namekian. He made them to have three wishes and grant back the life or lives of people at least five times. Kakarot's eldest son, Gohan, when he was a young brat, once saved this Namekian from Frieza, and therefore he owned his life to Gohan. So, using Gohan, we bartered with the young guardian to alter the orbs just this one time to allow us to bring back our home planet and all its inhabitants, with a few exceptions." Vegeta finished.

"We should've made a few more." Goku said, his gaze flicking to Turles and back.

"I agree, but don't worry; all the mistakes will be dealt with sooner or later." Vegeta said smiling. After an hour of some catching up with the other Saiyans, Goku grew bored.

"I'm going to call Chichi and see how far off they are." Goku said.

"Alright." Vegeta said bored. Goku dialed the number into his cell phone, which caught the interest of practically every Saiyan, and waited.

"Hi, you've reach Chichi Son, if I'm not answering, chances I'm busy. Please leave your name and number at the tone." The answering machine said. Goku hung up and called Gohan.

"Hello?" Gohan replied, sounding as though he had just woken up.

"Hello Gohan. I tried calling your mother, but she didn't answer." Goku said. On the other end Gohan froze, but relaxed.

"She and Bulma decided to take a nap for the long flight." Gohan said, hoping his father would buy into this one little white lie.

"Understandable. Anyway, how far away are you guys?" Goku asked.

"About an hour, hour and a half." Gohan replied.

"Ok, see you guys then." Goku said.

"Yup. Bye dad. Love you." Gohan said.

"Love you too son." Goku said before hanging up. Gohan sighed in relief, he didn't even want to try and begin explaining the whole situation. Videl walked into the main area of the ship.

"Hey Gohan, I have a question." Videl said.

"Ask away." Gohan said, waiting for her to sit so he could pull her onto his lap.

"Well, I know earth has a new guardian, and a new set of dragon balls, which have been modified from the previous version Dende originally designed. You told me though that when your father died in the Cell Games that he could not be revived because the dragon had already granted that wish, so how, pray tell, is your father alive now?" Videl asked.

"Alright, you see, when Dende originally designed the new balls, he didn't clean out the 'cache' or 'memory' of Shen Long. Hence, my father could not be revived because said wish was granted. It took Dende quite some time to get accustomed to his new job before he began to work on the new dragon balls and dragon, so we were stuck with the old Shen Long. He increased their size and power, giving the dragon a power boost, but still not what he wanted. Eventually he figured out how to erase all the old wishes of the original balls from the dragons 'cache' without reversing them. He figured this all out five years after the Cell Games, but decided to keep the balls inactive for another year to build up power. Once he told us of the news, the moment the balls came back on the radar, we searched for them and eventually wished back my father back to life, wished him back to earth and then to my home, since we had three wishes to kill. My father finally got to meet his second son Goten shortly before Goten's sixth birthday." Gohan said.

"Wow. That's quite a story." Videl said happily. They sat there waiting to come upon the once dead and forgotten planet. Goten and Trunks walked into the room, stretching their arms.

"When will we be there?" Goten whined.

"In about an hour." Gohan replied calmly. He knew his brother was getting bored, and he was too. He looked out the window into the deep void of space. Back on planet Vegeta, Goku looked to the stars, searching for them, he found them shortly, but something odd was happening to Chichi and Bulma.

"You feel that Vegeta?" Goku asked. Vegeta looked to be focusing, while the other Saiyans remained confused by what they were talking about. Vegeta scowled.

"I feel it, but I don't understand it. Any ideas Kakarot?" Vegeta asked.

"No, but for some strange reason, I get the feeling Bulma and Chichi are behind this." Goku said.

"We'll find out when they arrive." Vegeta said, waiting as patiently as he could.

And now I have explained as to why the dragon balls have three wishes and how Goku came back. I don't think I'll have the whole Buu thing going on. It's not that I don't like him, it just doesn't fit into my story. Hope you all enjoy and understand. R&R.