Black Smoke Shenron

Remote Mount Paozu.

This tranquil place surrounded by mountains had always been home to Goku's family.

Krillin had given Goku a great deal of money and had even arranged for Master Roshi to live in a luxurious villa in West City, but Chi-Chi still felt most at ease living in the mountains.

Clothes hung drying in front of the two-story house.

Wearing his orange-red Gi, Gohan stood in the yard, adjusting his leg wraps.

He had not gotten his fill of fighting in the Demon Realm, so he planned to stretch his muscles in the wilderness and test some Kamehameha techniques he had recently grasped.

Before he could even step out through the gate, the house door was pushed open.

Chi-Chi, still wearing an apron and holding a spatula, charged out fiercely.

"Gohan! Where are you going?" Chi-Chi's voice rose several octaves, her face full of displeasure.

Gohan stopped and turned around, scratching his head.

"Mom, I'm just going out to get some exercise. I'll be back soon."

"Exercise? You're going to fight again, aren't you?" Chi-Chi walked up to Gohan and pointed the spatula at his nose.

Her eyes began to redden, and her voice took on a tearful tremble.

"You father and son are exactly alike! All you know how to do all day is fight, train, and save the world!"

"You were in that Demon Realm for so long, and now that you've finally come back, you haven't even had a bite to eat before running off again!"

"Do you even still have a mother in your eyes? You're just like your father!"

As she spoke, Chi-Chi's tears began to fall.

She threw the spatula to the ground, covered her face with her apron, and began to sob softly.

Gohan feared nothing more than seeing his mother