Sorry for this taking so long. Been busy at work and it fried my brain.
Just finished this part. Hope you like it.
Directions & Delays
Krillen and Yamcha circled the training yard trading blows while 18 spared with Picon. Piccolo had decided to stop by to see the Kais and get a match with Picon. He landed and watched the others' morning workout. Something pulled at the corner of his senses as he surveyed his friends; turning his attention to it he became aware of a familiar ki. "Vegeta?" he thought as the others made their way to his location.
"Hey Piccolo; it's been awhile. How's guarding the gates of northern hell been treating you?" Yamcha greeted the Nemek.
He regarded the desert fighter then flatly spoke. "The same."
Krillen smirked. "Bet you can't guess who's here?"
"Vegeta." The caped warrior responded without missing a beat.
Eighteen smiled and nodded, adding. "Well, it's not like his ki is hard to spot when he's not masking it."
"Yeah, 18's got a point there." Krillen spoke as he rubbed the back of his head, a little embarrassed.
The four friends smiled at one another. Piccolo couldn't help but wonder. "So how long will he be staying?"
The others looked at him sadly. Krillen answered, "He and Bulma are going to leave soon, maybe this morning."
"Then he'll be going to find his father." The Namekian stoically replied.
"How did you know he was going to do that?" 18 couldn't help her curiosity.
Piccolo looked at her with minor surprise. 18 and Krillen had been good friends with Bulma and Vegeta. He found it strange that they didn't know about the prince's promise. "Because he told me he gave his word to his father that he would find him again someday. You know Vegeta always keeps his word when he gives it."
They were as surprised by Piccolo's acquaintance of the promise as he was with there lack of knowledge. He continued, "I assume it wasn't something that came up in your conversations."
Relaxing they moved toward a tree and turned their attention to the approaching sayian and his mate. As Vegeta and Bulma landed and moved to their friends they were greeted with miffed glares. Krillen and 18 looked Vegeta over as if trying to determine a riddle, as he stood and looked directly back at them. His face was smooth, his body powerful as ever, and he wore dark blue training clothes with his typical white gloves and boots, but something seemed off. As they inspected his face they saw his eyelids looked dark and tired and the orbs within them shone less brightly. It was clear that the man was not well.
The prince regarded his friends. "Well, what's eating at you? I haven't got all day."
"We're sorry Vegeta. It's obvious what you said about this Mishrat yesterday is true, but Piccolo mentioned that you promised your father." 18 was cut off.
".that I would find him again. Yes, I would have kept my word regardless of this. The situation requires that I find him sooner." Vegeta finished. "Having said that; we need to get our directions from the Kais."
Bulma tilted her head, "Why don't you go on ahead. We'll catch up in a minute."
"Hn." Vegeta cocked his head back as he gave his wordless response and then left them.
Bulma's expression dimmed as she was left alone with her friends. They could tell she was worried, and it didn't take much to realize what, or who, as at the center of it. She sighed and looked up at Piccolo as if he held some hope. He placed his hand on her shoulder. "He'll be fine. He's a survivor."
"I wish I could be so sure. He puts up a good front, but he can't hind the pain when he's sleeping, and this is really starting to make him weak." She softly replied shaking her head. "I tried to get him to let the supreme Kai use his instant transmission to take us to his father, but he was afraid it would startle them. They've kept to themselves for a long time."
Krillen looked down, "Then what does he plan on doing?"
"Well, I convinced him to let us be "instant-transmissioned" half a day from the border of where the Sayians are located and then make our way to the main area from there." The blue haired scientist explained.
"Then you know where the Sayians are?" Piccolo interjected.
"Yes." 18 returned. "The Kais are narrowing things down for Vegeta. They'll have things mapped it out this morning. That's were he went off to in such a hurry."
"Well, it looks like things are going better than they could be. We should go and see what the Kais have to say." Piccolo turned and began making his way to the Grand Kai's palace. They other followed.
The group turned the corner of the palace to find four bickering kais and one very impatient prince working hard to wait and not knock their heads in. Before they could take another step the small man lost it. "Enough, you bakas are driving me crazy!!"
"Well, that's a short trip." The north kai quipped gleefully.
Before Vegeta could move Bulma had her hand on his shoulder. She looked at him sternly and shook her head. He gazed into her eyes and slowly calmed down. She turned to the 4 kais of the heaven. "So guys, what's up?"
"Oh, nothing my dear; just that we can't seem to figure out just where the Sayians are exactly." The East Kai remarked.
"But, I thought you knew the section they were sent." Krillen stated in confusion.
The North Kai turned his attention to them. "Well yes, but we can't figure out which level they would be on. You see other world has many more layers then just above and below snake way. There are many different planes depending on the residents varying circumstances. It all depends on the weight of the actions of the individual during their lifetime and ...'
"Oh, Great Karasus does he ever shut up!" Vegeta screamed as he clenched his hair; effectively ending the Kai interminable dissertation. "How could you possibly not know where they are? You had a perfect layout of their configuration last night."
"Even though we have been able to sense them, we have had some difficulty in telling just what depth or height they are from Snake Way." The South Kai explained.
"Well, we know they most likely won't be above snake way; that should at least narrow things down a little.'' The old Supreme Kai hoarsely commented waking from his nap.
The East Kai nodded to the ancient. "That seems sensible. Come on boys lets see if we can't do a little better than this."
The old kai turned his attention to the large board the kais where gathered about. "Hm, I know that area. Isn't that were the Ashkarishact ('esh ke ri schakt') Warriors mill about?"
"Yes, that's the general area." The Supreme Kai answered with his usual calm. Ever observant he couldn't help but notice the prince's reaction to the word Ashkarishact. "Best to ask on that later." He mused as the others began to continue their debate with the additional information. "Perhaps if we cannot come to some conclusion on this Vegeta could find them and get their assistance. They seem to know most of the area below Snake Way in that location."
Vegeta continued his seeming uninvolved stance, but kept careful attention of the old and new Supreme Kais as they continued. Bulma had caught their conversation and decided to make inquiries. "So, who exactly are these mystery warriors?"
"Mystery is a very good way of putting it. Very little is really known about them. What we do know is second hand information." The Supreme Kai responded. "Whenever there's trouble they seem to appear quickly, deal with it, and then vanish. From what we've gathered they seem to be large in number, but they're only seen a handful at a time."
The young kai paused for a moment and watched the 4 lower kais bicker quietly. "They seem to be relatively good beings in spite of their current location. That particular area of the underworld was pretty chaotic before they appeared. Now, things are relatively stable."
"And what do they look like?" Bulma queried.
The elder kai glanced up and shrugged. "Don't know really. What descriptions we've gotten don't make sense." Bulma furrowed her brow. Vegeta snorted and moved away to the large map. "Some say their extremely large furry creatures, some that their about our size and quick as lightning, and other that they're nothing more than fast moving light."
The North, South, East, and West Kais continued chattering as the prince approached. The king of the north turned as the warrior stood beside him. The prince eyed him, "Tell me Kai, is there and area with a shiny fog or vapor; like illuminated crystal dust?"
The round kai's eyes shot up. "Yes, seven levels down from Snake Way there's a huge cloud of dust from Azurite, Beryl, Diamond, and various other types of gems and crystals. How could you possibly have known something like that?!?"
"Hn" The small man shrugged and began walking away. "Just a guess."
All 4 kais sweatdrop as the Grand Kai emerged from his palace while his sayian guest returning to his place against the wall. As he checked on the progress of his 4 underlings the others milled about in their respective groups. Once finished he moved toward the Shin, Bulma, and the Old Kai were standing. "Bulma, I was hoping that you and Vegeta would join as for lunch; in spite of Sayian manners." He requested nodding his head to where the prince lounged. "There's something I'd Like to discuss with Vegeta before you two leave."
The diminutive royal leaned up from the wall and began to open his mouth when his stomach interrupted him. "Ahk, well I suppose I will dispense with formality." He stated flatly and moved to join them as they moved to the palace.
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Krillen and Yamcha circled the training yard trading blows while 18 spared with Picon. Piccolo had decided to stop by to see the Kais and get a match with Picon. He landed and watched the others' morning workout. Something pulled at the corner of his senses as he surveyed his friends; turning his attention to it he became aware of a familiar ki. "Vegeta?" he thought as the others made their way to his location.
"Hey Piccolo; it's been awhile. How's guarding the gates of northern hell been treating you?" Yamcha greeted the Nemek.
He regarded the desert fighter then flatly spoke. "The same."
Krillen smirked. "Bet you can't guess who's here?"
"Vegeta." The caped warrior responded without missing a beat.
Eighteen smiled and nodded, adding. "Well, it's not like his ki is hard to spot when he's not masking it."
"Yeah, 18's got a point there." Krillen spoke as he rubbed the back of his head, a little embarrassed.
The four friends smiled at one another. Piccolo couldn't help but wonder. "So how long will he be staying?"
The others looked at him sadly. Krillen answered, "He and Bulma are going to leave soon, maybe this morning."
"Then he'll be going to find his father." The Namekian stoically replied.
"How did you know he was going to do that?" 18 couldn't help her curiosity.
Piccolo looked at her with minor surprise. 18 and Krillen had been good friends with Bulma and Vegeta. He found it strange that they didn't know about the prince's promise. "Because he told me he gave his word to his father that he would find him again someday. You know Vegeta always keeps his word when he gives it."
They were as surprised by Piccolo's acquaintance of the promise as he was with there lack of knowledge. He continued, "I assume it wasn't something that came up in your conversations."
Relaxing they moved toward a tree and turned their attention to the approaching sayian and his mate. As Vegeta and Bulma landed and moved to their friends they were greeted with miffed glares. Krillen and 18 looked Vegeta over as if trying to determine a riddle, as he stood and looked directly back at them. His face was smooth, his body powerful as ever, and he wore dark blue training clothes with his typical white gloves and boots, but something seemed off. As they inspected his face they saw his eyelids looked dark and tired and the orbs within them shone less brightly. It was clear that the man was not well.
The prince regarded his friends. "Well, what's eating at you? I haven't got all day."
"We're sorry Vegeta. It's obvious what you said about this Mishrat yesterday is true, but Piccolo mentioned that you promised your father." 18 was cut off.
".that I would find him again. Yes, I would have kept my word regardless of this. The situation requires that I find him sooner." Vegeta finished. "Having said that; we need to get our directions from the Kais."
Bulma tilted her head, "Why don't you go on ahead. We'll catch up in a minute."
"Hn." Vegeta cocked his head back as he gave his wordless response and then left them.
Bulma's expression dimmed as she was left alone with her friends. They could tell she was worried, and it didn't take much to realize what, or who, as at the center of it. She sighed and looked up at Piccolo as if he held some hope. He placed his hand on her shoulder. "He'll be fine. He's a survivor."
"I wish I could be so sure. He puts up a good front, but he can't hind the pain when he's sleeping, and this is really starting to make him weak." She softly replied shaking her head. "I tried to get him to let the supreme Kai use his instant transmission to take us to his father, but he was afraid it would startle them. They've kept to themselves for a long time."
Krillen looked down, "Then what does he plan on doing?"
"Well, I convinced him to let us be "instant-transmissioned" half a day from the border of where the Sayians are located and then make our way to the main area from there." The blue haired scientist explained.
"Then you know where the Sayians are?" Piccolo interjected.
"Yes." 18 returned. "The Kais are narrowing things down for Vegeta. They'll have things mapped it out this morning. That's were he went off to in such a hurry."
"Well, it looks like things are going better than they could be. We should go and see what the Kais have to say." Piccolo turned and began making his way to the Grand Kai's palace. They other followed.
The group turned the corner of the palace to find four bickering kais and one very impatient prince working hard to wait and not knock their heads in. Before they could take another step the small man lost it. "Enough, you bakas are driving me crazy!!"
"Well, that's a short trip." The north kai quipped gleefully.
Before Vegeta could move Bulma had her hand on his shoulder. She looked at him sternly and shook her head. He gazed into her eyes and slowly calmed down. She turned to the 4 kais of the heaven. "So guys, what's up?"
"Oh, nothing my dear; just that we can't seem to figure out just where the Sayians are exactly." The East Kai remarked.
"But, I thought you knew the section they were sent." Krillen stated in confusion.
The North Kai turned his attention to them. "Well yes, but we can't figure out which level they would be on. You see other world has many more layers then just above and below snake way. There are many different planes depending on the residents varying circumstances. It all depends on the weight of the actions of the individual during their lifetime and ...'
"Oh, Great Karasus does he ever shut up!" Vegeta screamed as he clenched his hair; effectively ending the Kai interminable dissertation. "How could you possibly not know where they are? You had a perfect layout of their configuration last night."
"Even though we have been able to sense them, we have had some difficulty in telling just what depth or height they are from Snake Way." The South Kai explained.
"Well, we know they most likely won't be above snake way; that should at least narrow things down a little.'' The old Supreme Kai hoarsely commented waking from his nap.
The East Kai nodded to the ancient. "That seems sensible. Come on boys lets see if we can't do a little better than this."
The old kai turned his attention to the large board the kais where gathered about. "Hm, I know that area. Isn't that were the Ashkarishact ('esh ke ri schakt') Warriors mill about?"
"Yes, that's the general area." The Supreme Kai answered with his usual calm. Ever observant he couldn't help but notice the prince's reaction to the word Ashkarishact. "Best to ask on that later." He mused as the others began to continue their debate with the additional information. "Perhaps if we cannot come to some conclusion on this Vegeta could find them and get their assistance. They seem to know most of the area below Snake Way in that location."
Vegeta continued his seeming uninvolved stance, but kept careful attention of the old and new Supreme Kais as they continued. Bulma had caught their conversation and decided to make inquiries. "So, who exactly are these mystery warriors?"
"Mystery is a very good way of putting it. Very little is really known about them. What we do know is second hand information." The Supreme Kai responded. "Whenever there's trouble they seem to appear quickly, deal with it, and then vanish. From what we've gathered they seem to be large in number, but they're only seen a handful at a time."
The young kai paused for a moment and watched the 4 lower kais bicker quietly. "They seem to be relatively good beings in spite of their current location. That particular area of the underworld was pretty chaotic before they appeared. Now, things are relatively stable."
"And what do they look like?" Bulma queried.
The elder kai glanced up and shrugged. "Don't know really. What descriptions we've gotten don't make sense." Bulma furrowed her brow. Vegeta snorted and moved away to the large map. "Some say their extremely large furry creatures, some that their about our size and quick as lightning, and other that they're nothing more than fast moving light."
The North, South, East, and West Kais continued chattering as the prince approached. The king of the north turned as the warrior stood beside him. The prince eyed him, "Tell me Kai, is there and area with a shiny fog or vapor; like illuminated crystal dust?"
The round kai's eyes shot up. "Yes, seven levels down from Snake Way there's a huge cloud of dust from Azurite, Beryl, Diamond, and various other types of gems and crystals. How could you possibly have known something like that?!?"
"Hn" The small man shrugged and began walking away. "Just a guess."
All 4 kais sweatdrop as the Grand Kai emerged from his palace while his sayian guest returning to his place against the wall. As he checked on the progress of his 4 underlings the others milled about in their respective groups. Once finished he moved toward the Shin, Bulma, and the Old Kai were standing. "Bulma, I was hoping that you and Vegeta would join as for lunch; in spite of Sayian manners." He requested nodding his head to where the prince lounged. "There's something I'd Like to discuss with Vegeta before you two leave."
The diminutive royal leaned up from the wall and began to open his mouth when his stomach interrupted him. "Ahk, well I suppose I will dispense with formality." He stated flatly and moved to join them as they moved to the palace.