Kuririn, unable to talk to Chichi and the Ox King about Gohan and Goku, returns to the Kame House where the Turtle Hermit and Bulma are waiting for him. Yajirobe then shows up with a message from Karin: assemble the remaining Z Fighters at the top of Karin Tower, as Kami-sama has decided to train them. The Ox King and Chichi are hot on Kuririn's trail, in search of her husband and child. Chichi couldn't care less about Goku, but faints when told about how the monster Piccolo abducted her baby.

     That evening, a starving Gohan, who is still atop the rock formation, goes to sleep hungry — but the green demon, in a rare display of tenderness, brings him some apples (sour, of course). When Gohan wakes and has to pee, he unexpectedly transforms into a giant ape! Piccolo realizes that the full moon is the cause of Gohan's metamorphosis, and destroys it with a single blast. He then removes Gohan's tail after he reverts to normal, and magically creates a sword and a new outfit with Piccolo's own "demon" glyph for the unconscious boy.