Pan asks Trunks if the Dragon Balls will ever come back.
Goten and Gohan try to comfort Chi-Chi by telling her that Goku always comes back for dinner. Gohan, Videl and Chi-Chi return to their homes. Bulma begins to remember her first time meeting Goku when she was only sixteen years old while she was searching for the Dragon Balls and says that she is going to miss him. Chi-Chi tells Goku to be home in time for dinner, but Goku and Shenron fly off. Goku and Shenron go flying, and the Dragon Balls begin circulating around Goku.
Before going, Goku tells Vegeta that he is now Earth's protector, and tells him that the planet's safety is in his hands now. A moment later, Vegeta realizes that Goku is going to train with Shenron and help fulfill this wish. After Goku climbs on, a recovering Vegeta runs over and asks Goku where he is going. Shenron asks Goku if he will come along and Goku climbs on Shenron's back. Everyone begins to worry that Goku is leaving them again. He asks Shenron if he can bring everyone killed by Super 17 and the Shadow Dragons back to life. Shenron then heals Goku, and informs him and the other Z-Fighters that he will not be able to grant any wishes for a long time due to everything that has happened involving the Earth Dragon Balls and their negative energy, but Goku asks him if he will grant just one "for old times' sake". The rest of the Z-Fighters come running to find Goku unconscious on the ground, when all of a sudden, the original Shenron appears without being summoned, something that has never happened before. Goku uses energy from all around the universe and kills Omega Shenron with the Super Ultra Spirit Bomb.