Krillin and Juuhachigou
Chapter five
Time: Check...Place: Check
The Wedding is on!
"Darn it! Those darn beetles are eating up my plants again!!" Mr. Popo exclaimed. The genie like caretaker of Dende's lookout was kneeling beside a bed of herbs in the lookout's massive garden. The plants were looking sickly and full of holes. Mr. Popo frowned at them. Beside him, Dende, the earth's young guardian, Dende smiled warmly.
"The beetles are just trying to survive. If you were a beetle, you would think eating these herbs were a healthy thing, because to you it was helping you survive. But since your not a beetle, it seems like they're just hurting the plants and being pests." Mr. Popo glanced up at the young namek.
"...I'm sorry Dende, but I just don't get what your saying." Dende laughed softly and looked around. Finding what he was looking for, he picked the blossom of one of the nearby flowers.
"Its all a matter of perspective. Take this flower for instance. If you smell it, it can help heal you. But if you eat it, it'll kill you. Depending on which way you look at it, it can be medicine or poison. I've found that most living things are the same way. Like the humans on earth. Your viewpoint on someone can change depending on the way you look at them. Two sides to every coin." Mr. Popo straightened up and smiled a wide smile.
"I think I get it Dende. By the way, where did Piccolo go?"
"I think he went to train with Gohan. But we should have some company soon. Krillin is almost to the lookout," Dende said. He and Mr. Popo looked in the direction of Krillin's power signal. A minute later, the human landed on the lookout's floor, out of breath and sweating. He'd obviously come in a hurry. He ran up to Dende.
"Hi Mr. Popo. Dende, I need to talk to you in private now!! Its really important! I came here as fast as I could. I had to think of someone and the someone I thought of was you so I hope you can help me!!!!" Krillin waved his hands around gesturing first to himself then to Dende and then back to himself again. Dende took his friend by the shoulders to calm him down.
"Whoa Krillin, calm down! I can barely understand you. Mr. Popo, could you leave us alone for a while?" Dende asked.
"Sure Dende." The stout gardener picked up his watering can and walked to the other side of the garden to finish his rounds. Dende turned back to Krillin.
"So what's going on that has you so worked up?"
"Can you perform marriages?" Krillin burst out at once.
"Marriages? I...guess I could, seeing as I'm gaurdian of the earth and all. Why?"
"Because I need you to perform one for me. Me and a girl, the girl I love."
"The girl you love.....not Marron? You didn't-"
"No not Marron!" Krillin exclaimed getting annoyed that she kept coming up. "This woman I just met! She's everything I could ever hope for and more!! I've only known her for a while.....but I still love her more than life itself!" Dende gawked at him.
"Good God, Krillin! Just yesterday you were heartbroken about Marron and now, out of the blue you want to marry some girl you just met? I'm sorry to say this, Krillin, but I think you might be more in love with the idea of love than this girl herself." With that, Dende began to walk back to his throne chamber. Krillin ran after him.
"Please Dende, I'm not being hasty!"
"I didn't say you were."
"Please, please, please, please,please,please, please !!!!!! Don't you even want to know who she is?'"
"No." Dende replied, still walking into the throne room.
"Her name is Juuhachigou, but I don't call her that. We met last night at Dr. Gero's party. We talked for hours; I only just left her house! Please Dende, you gotta do this for me!!" At the mention of Ju's name, Dende had stopped walking and turned around.
"Juuhachigou? Krillin, your enemy? Don't you know that she is supposed to kill you and all your friends?!"
"No Dende, she wouldn't. Trust me, I know. She's human like me, but she's been manipulated by Gero. We can help her and maybe even her brother that she was talking about if we just trust her. But the first step is you marrying us!!" Dende was quiet for a while. He clutched his staff and looked at the ground. Krillin watched him anxiously.
"Okay," Dende said finally. "But only because I think it will finally end the feud between your friends and the androids." Krillin face broke into a huge smile. He laughed and hugged Dende, spinning him around. As Krillin set him back down, Dende laughed nervously.
"I'm glad you're happy..."
"Sorry. But oh man!! I can't thank you enough!! Oh, I've got to go meet her messenger soon. I'll tell her to meet us up here at 1:00. Gosh Dende....Thank you so much!!" He flew off back towards earth. Dende laughed to himself.
"No problem, my friend. It's better for this feud to end here than in a
tomb......."
