Bardock and Gine: Parents of Goku

"This is it huh…?" The heroic Saiyan spoke as he was consumed by the burning energy of the evil tyrant Frieza.

Laughing was truly all that could be heard in truth but they fell silent to the Saiyan Bardock's ears. All he could hear was sound of his own chuckling as images of his son began to manifest into his consciousness.

"So…it'll be you who will destroy Frieza. Yes, it's all very clear to me now. Kakarot…" He said as his final thoughts emerged following his reaction.

"I'm proud…son. I'm sorry I couldn't have been there to see you before I died… and Gine. Oh Gine… the thought of you dying like this breaks my heart. I'm sorry I was never as loving as I should have been for you. We'll see each other soon enough, Gine." His final thoughts were put to rest as he spiraled into the burning chaos that was formerly Planet Vegeta.

"Kakarot!" He let out as his world became blackened.

It was then nothing but an empty and dark void. He was without clothing. He was lost in the middle of the darkness itself.

"This isn't Hell. This has gotta be some sort of limbo. Gine, if you were only here." The man said as he reverted to the fetal position, deep in thought as hr floated off aimlessly into the abyss.

Soon the passage of time faded and it felt as if time and space were no longer a constant. Everything felt frozen in place. As months felt like they passed he began to grow enclosed to this never-ending nightmare.

That is until he heard a voice.

"Bardock. Bardock." The voice called over to him.

"Huh?!" He said turning his head, as he was suddenly on Namek, in his normal Saiyan attire as Goku stood before him.

"K-Kakarot…! It's you but…how?!" He asked himself as well as Goku, whose former Saiyan name was Kakarot.

"Yes, it's me. You did the right thing Bardock. You tried to save those who some would deem not even worth saving." He said as he gave off a proud smile with his serious demeanor.

"But I died and so did the planet. I failed in the end and now I am paying the ultimate price for my sins." Bardock said as he turned to accept his fate in the abyss.

"Well sure, you died. But if you don't die protecting what means the most to you, then you may as well consider yourself in limbo the moment you gave up. But you didn't and that's what matters." Goku said as Bardock widened his eyes, his son's words reaching his black heart, well once black.

"Yes. Thank you my son. You gave me the courage to stand up to Frieza." He said as he looked back, smirking before returning to the void.

Then soon after he saw a figure standing in the void as well, sobbing slightly but holding it back.

"Bardock…. Bardock save me. Save me please… I want to see y child once more. Please!" The voice said in a distraught tone.

"I'm all alone…" The voice said again as Bardock approached the nude woman.

Upon finding her, Bardock saw it was none other than his wife Gine.

"Gine…!" He said to himself as he saw her suffering from loneliness.

Bardock ran over to her as he stopped, smiling softly.

"Still a crybaby as always. When will you ever learn?" Bardock said from behind, taunting his lover.

Turning around she saw her man and widened her eyes as tear ran down her cheeks, hugging him frantically.

"Ohh my God! Bardock! I..I thought I was all alone!" Gine said, nuzzling up against him as she let all of her pain out.

"Yeah, same. At least we aren't alone anymore…" Bardock said as Gine gasped.

"Huh? What is it?" Bardock asked, tilting his head.

"Kakarot! Did he…did he make it?!" Gine said, concerned for her child.

"Even better. He's going to grow up safely to destroy the person who destroyed Vegeta, Frieza." Bardock spoke; happy to know they'd be avenged.

"Frieza? Good, that guy was an asshole." She spoke profanely as she had a comedic grin.

Soon enough a light began to glow around their bodies, shining through a hole in the ceiling of the pocket dimension.

"Shenron, we have a request!" Voices sounding just like Goku's yelled out.

"T-That's Kakarot!" Bardock said as he trembled, Gine holding on to him in fear.

"I never got to meet my actual parents so, I beg of you one wish. I want you to bring back my true parents so I can meet them!" Goku's voice shouted happily.

"If that's our son, he sounds very happy!" She said in a happy tone herself.

"I'll say, a little too mellow if you ask me." He made fun of Goku's happy-go-lucky attitude.

"It cannot be done." Shenron spoke to Goku and his friends.

"Aww really? But why?" Goku said blinking in surprise.

"Their souls are not binded to the Earth, therefore I cannot reach them…unless one thing is done." Shenron explained.

"Well? What is it?" Krillin asked Shenron about the conditions, surious to know what they were.

"You must use the first wish to search the void outside of the otherworld, where lost souls fade away. It is a never ending purgatory that my power cannot reach unless I am made to do so." Shenron explained.

"Well then do that and if you can make my second wish to bring both my parents back!" Goku said, as he looked excited.

"It shall be done!" Shenron's voiced echoed through the sky, sending a beam of light down.

Bardock and Gine were being compressed into energy of light as they held each other's hands in fear of losing each other.

"Bardock!" She cried out for him.

"It's ok, we'll be fine! I love you Gine!" He shouted back to her as they embraced, forming out of the void as the light energy flung itself through the wormhole.

As the light began to shine on Kami's lookout, two figures formed into physical beings right before their eyes.

"It has been done." Shenron concluded, sealing himself back into the Dragon Balls as they split apart.

Soon the light faded as Goku and his friends and family witnessed the revival of Goku's parents, Gine and Bardock.