Dende and Popo stood before the group, "Well it's certainly nice to see everyone together again", said Dende with a smile. Just as Piccolo walked out from the shadows, "Ah Piccolo you made it wonderful", he said greeting the elder Namekian. "Hey Piccolo so they let you out that's nice", said Goku rubbing the back of his head and smiling. "Yeah King Yema wasn't to happy about it but it was over his head and he couldn't do anything about it", said Piccolo looking over at Gohan, Videl, and Pan. He blinked a bit had he really been gone that long, yeah she wasn't a little girl when he was sent to the Home Of Infinite Loosers; but now she was obviously all grown up. He had always thought of Pan like a granddaughter but now she was a beautiful young woman and he could sense her tremendously higher power level. Then he turned to Vegeta and his family, Vageta being saiyan hadn't changed much but Bulma was beginning to show her age. Trunks had filled out and was finally looking like and adult it seemed like he had taken forever, and Bra she had obviously taken to training with her father because she now had a decent power level. Piccolo continued to stay in the background and observe the others.
"Well now that Piccolos back so are the dragon balls", said Bulma with that twinkle in her eyes that always happened when she reminisced about searching for them with Goku. But she realized she was getting to old to go be-bopping around Earth searching for them, "Well yes Bulma the dragon balls have returned; but that is only part of the problem; it is the reason they have returned that is the problem", said Dende. He sighed why was it Earth that always, attracted the most powerful foes, "Piccolo is not the only one that had been asked to return to the world of the living; but we'll talk about them more when they arrive", said Dende as he looked over at Piccolo who nodded in understanding. "The point of all this is that the Earth and the universe is once again in danger of being destroyed; and as much as you have worked and trained for the past five years it will not be enough to defeat this foe".
Vegeta gave an awkward look, "What do you mean we are not strong enough, what is the point of all this crap about getting to the point of protecting the planet ourselves instead of relying on the dragon balls", he said. Dende gave a nervous laugh, “Well Vegeta, the eternal dragon determined he might have done this prematurely”, said Dende. “Prematurely... PREMATURELY!”, yelled Vegeta , then Bulma smacked him on the shoulder, “Vegeta enough!”, the saiyin prince growled but backed down. Bulma is the only being in existence that could get him to back down. “So who is this new foe?”, asked Goku, Dende sighed again, “Unfortunately you are all familiar with this beings family all to well, his name is Frost and he is the last remaining member of the Kold empire; he is more powerful than any of the others you have ever fought including the shadow dragons”.
The thought of someone being more powerful than the shadow dragons made Pan swallow hard. She looked over at Trunks she hadn't seen him in a few months cause he had been busy at work. He looked to be as concerned as she when Dende mentioned this fact. “How are we going to defeat a being that is more powerful that the dragons?”, she said with concern. It always seemed like they got stuck with dealing with the most powerful being in the universe. Not that Pan minded to much life had been getting kind of boring recently. “Well I have not been informed on the actual arrival of Frost but I have been informed by the Kai's to work and train as much as we possibly can, and to collect the dragon balls”, he said smiling at Pan and then at Trunks. “I think the younger ones should search for the dragon balls, it's an experience they haven't had yet; well except for Trunks and Pan”, said Bulma with a smile. “Yeah maybe Goten and Bra should go too!”, said Goku, agreeing. “What about Marron?”, asked Krillen, Pan didn't know about that Marron really didn't train that much, and didn't like being to far from a Mall. “I can train Marron”, said 18 towering over her husband, “But I don't think she's ready to go on an adventure like the others. I love my daughter I wouldn't want her to get in trouble out there, when Pan went with Trunks and Goku at least she could defend herself to a certain extent. And now Bra can fight, but Marron...”, 18 turned to her daughter, “I think you need to train, but it's up to you I'm not going to force you into it”. Pan was excited this was just what she needed, “How about we make it a bit harder on ourselves and take a vehicle and do it, just take the dragon radar and go come on it'll be fun”.