Gohan washes up on a beach, where he is nearly taken for dead by two local children. Two years earlier, a giant tsunami destroyed the town, and now seven parentless kids are living together, resisting the attempts of the orphanage to institutionalize them.

     Gohan recuperates under their care and becomes good friends with the children, when the head of the orphanage and the police arrive and try to round up everyone there! Everyone bands together under Piegerro, the oldest of the bunch, and drive off the intruders. Gohan participates in a group food-heist, stealing fruit from the new town nearby, and makes a quick getaway.

     The next day Gohan reveals that he still has his mother, and was on his way to see her when he got caught by the storm. Piegerro says that Mt. Paozu is nearby, and is about to take him there when the police raid them again! Everyone struggles valiantly, but they are all captured — except for Gohan, who breaks the handcuffs off Piegerro with his sword. Considering the future of his new siblings, Piegerro escapes with Gohan in a stolen hovercraft, to the betrayal of the other orphans. Dropping him off on the slopes of Mt. Paozu, Piegerro runs away to start a new life.

     Gohan is finally within viewing distance of his home, but thinking about the orphans, who continue to be brave even without their parents, decides not to see his mother. Withdrawing into the forest, he discovers Piccolo, who sternly reminds him of his mission, and takes the boy back to the island.