As Vegeta's space pod streaks away, Kuririn carries the unconscious Gohan over to Goku. Bulma's airship arrives, and upon landing, Chichi bursts out and snatches up her son. The Turtle Hermit and Bulma attend to Goku, as Karin-sama tells him how proud he is of their efforts. Kuririn gives his condolences to Bulma over Yamucha's death. Now that Piccolo and Kami-sama are gone, the Dragonballs won't work any longer. Bulma becomes distraught and breaks down crying. She verbally attacks Yajirobe, wishing he were dead instead of Piccolo. Karin breaks up the argument, and reminds them that they need to get the wounded heroes some medical attention.

     As night falls, the Turtle Hermit and Yajirobe carry Goku up into the airship. Vegeta's artificial moon burns itself out, and they take off. Kuririn guides them back to where the bodies of their fallen comrades lay. He tells Bulma not to cry, that there may be a very slim chance of resurrecting their friends. Before he can elaborate, they arrive at the first battleground. The bodies of Yamucha, Tenshinhan and Piccolo are loaded into refrigerated coffins — there isn't enough of Chaozu's body left to preserve.

     Everyone grieves over the loss of their friends. Bulma's thoughts are on the happy times she spent with Yamucha. Kuririn reflects on how the other three lost their lives. Gohan eventually awakens in his crying mother's arms, and everyone else congratulates him on his efforts. Now that Gohan is taken care of, Yajirobe suggests Chichi might take some concern for Goku. She refuses, blaming her husband for everything bad that has happened to Gohan.

    Bulma prods Kuririn to explain what he was saying earlier. He tells how the Saiyans first learned of the Dragonballs on Earth through Raditz's Scouter, and after wiping out the planet, they would seek to have their own wishes granted with them. When they arrived on Earth and saw Piccolo, they recognized him as being from the planet Namek. Kuririn relates how during the battle, Vegeta said that if they went to the planet Namek, there would be more powerful Dragonballs there. Gohan remembers them having said that Namekians have the power to fabricate some kind of mysterious balls. If someone can somehow get to Planet Namek, they can use those Dragonballs to wish everyone back to life. Everyone jumps at this news, except for Bulma. She points out that they don't even know where this planet is supposed to be.

     Thinking fast, Goku telepathically contacts Kaio-sama to learn the whereabouts of Namek. Kaio congratulates them on their victory and converts Namek's coordinates to Earth's units. As Bulma pulls out her calculator, Kaio also tells of a climatic disaster the planet suffered some time ago, killing off most of the its inhabitants. Karin-sama realizes that the late Kami/Piccolo was sent to Earth so long ago in order to escape this tragedy. In an uncharacteristically sagacious moment, Yajirobe asks why the Namekians didn't just use their Dragonballs to wish the climate back to normal. The Turtle Hermit answers that Sheng Long can only grant wishes that are within the power of its creator.

     Kaio-sama interrupts, saying he found the planet Namek, and there are about a hundred Namekians still alive! He says that the Namekians are peaceful by nature, much like Kami-sama, and that Piccolo was the exception. However, after Bulma finishes her calculations, they discover that Namek will take over 4339 years to reach with a conventional spaceship. Fortunately, Kuririn happened across the remote control pad for Nappa's space pod as they retrieved everyone's bodies. After some analysis by Bulma, the Saiyans' technology could be used to take one of them to Namek and back! Having found a means of possibly bringing their friends back to life, everyone takes heart.