CHAPTER 14- Explanations
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Kami was slowly pacing back and forth across the tiles of his look out. It was rare for him to lose his composure over anything, that was why he was so suited to his position as guardian, but right now Popo could clearly see beads of sweat forming on his skin and dripping down onto the tiles as he paced. Krillin sat on the steps of the temple, unable to relax
'Whatever has him so stressed out must be pretty serious… I wonder if the world's going to end? That must be it! Oh Kami no DON'T LET THE WORLD BE ENDING!' Krillin found himself continuously moving to the verge of absolute panic and then back to waiting on Kami's inevitable explanation.
Yajarobe also watched with one quizzical eyebrow raised. For him, it seemed that the world was about to end every other day, but invariably some other poor sucker would come and save it, and he wouldn't be expected to lift a finger. For this reason it was only out of mild curiosity, and a lack of anything else to do, that he watched.
Goku meanwhile didn't seem to have noticed a thing, as he still hadn't finished lunch.
Finally, Kami stopped pacing and sighed, all four of the other occupants of the lookout watched him carefully
"What is it Kami?" Goku said after swallowing a mouthful the size of a normal person's fist and finally realizing that there was some tension in the air around him.
"Things in the realm of the dead… aren't going to plan" Kami replied
'What does that mean?' thought Krillin, unsatisfied by the guardian's vague explanation
"In other words…" Kami continued, as if sensing Krillin's dissatisfaction "eight months have passed, we are running out of time and…" he trailed off, uncertain of how to explain
"They still aren't together?" cried Goku in an unusually perceptive moment which caused his companions to turn and stare, before turning back to Kami
Kami nodded, everyone sighed except for Goku
"I wouldn't worry about it" he grinned cheerfully, causing another round of astonished stares to be aimed at him. "I mean…" he sensed an explanation was in order "Bulma is really stubborn, and if this Vegeta guy is as stubborn as you said, then they could have feelings for each other but be too stubborn to do anything about it, plus Bulma probably knows she's being watched…"
Kami almost blushed,
"Yes, well, they aren't being watched ALL the time, but it is necessary to check up on their progress occasionally…" he stammered
Goku blinked and continued
"Any way, I think if they really are soul mates, they'll find their own way to one another, and besides, if they just have feelings for each other that might be enough for Vegeta to come to earth to be with her, and to save the world of course…" he trailed off as he realized everyone was still staring "what is it you guys? Have I got food on my face?"
"No, there's no food on your face Goku, its just that what you said made a lot of sense" replied Krillin
Goku grinned happily
"Thanks Krillin!"
"No problem, buddy" he giggled
"Humph" said Yajarobe; "you see something new every day around here"
Kami smiled, Goku was right, there may still be hope for the plan, the only problem he had to face now was what was to be done about telling Bulma and Vegeta that there might be a slight wait before they can come back after their year was up. According to the plan, after the year was up, they would have to wait for the team to get to namek, and then for them to find the dragon balls before they could come back. Kami hadn't told them yet; he had been putting it off since he came up with the plan for fear of Bulma's inevitable wrath.
There were now 123 days to go, Bulma sighed and watched a scene unfolding outside the window, where Vegeta argued with an administrative ogre. All of a sudden she saw the ogres turn sharply get into his car and drive away back to the office, causing Vegeta to follow in rage, until he realized that he wasn't allowed at Yama's office anymore.
He screamed in frustration and then stormed up the garden path. Bulma ran over to the couch and sat down casually in an attempt to look as if she hadn't seen the whole thing.
Vegeta slammed the living room door and briefly marveled at the fact that now, when he was angry, somehow he would always find himself coming to talk to the woman.
Bulma looked up slowly
"Whats up Vegeta? You look tense." She smiled innocently
"Tense?" Vegeta screeched, "tense??? That's putting it mildly woman! Have you any idea what kind of news I just received??" he questioned
"Vegeta, I didn't know that you'd received any news, never mind what kind it was!" Bulma replied
"Ha! Don't play innocent with me woman, I was fully aware that you were watching my little exchange with that pathetic ogre!" he smirked, half forgetting his news
Bulma flushed slightly
"Yeah, well…" she searched for a reply but found none "just tell me what went on Vegeta!"
"After our year is up" he began, "you won't be going back straight away, we'll both have to wait indefinitely"
"WHAT?!?!" Bulma roared "why? Why do we have to wait?"
"the little wimp wouldn't say, he was under orders to keep it a secret and he wouldn't squeal" Vegeta growled
Bulma paused for a second and then leaped off the couch screaming at the ceiling
"KAMI!!! If you can hear me now you'd better come straight here and give me an explanation! Do you hear me???" she paused for breath
Vegeta raised an eyebrow and wondered if she'd lost her mind again until a green man materialized next to where she stood with her hands on her hips and a dangerous look in her eye.
"I think you owe me an explanation Kami" she said, dangerously calm
"well, yes…" he began
"Who in blazes is this guy??" Vegeta pointed an accusing finger at Kami
"that's the guardian of my home planet, Vegeta, he created the dragon balls which I'm going to use to wish you back, so you'd better be quiet if you don't want to spend eternity in limbo."
"humph" said Vegeta as he sat down on the couch
"any way…" continued Kami "basically, we're using the earth's dragon balls to wish for a space ship to fly Goku, Krillin and Yajarobe to namek, where they will gather another set of dragon balls with which you can make three wishes, two of which will be used to bring you two back to life at the same time." Kami took a breath "is that clear?"
Bulma blinked
"Yajarobe??"
Kami shrugged
"it was Goku's decision" Bulma rolled her eyes,
"figures" she sighed "so you're doing all this so Vegeta doesn't have to wait another year after I come back to be revived? That's a little odd if you don't mind me saying" she narrowed her eyes suspiciously
"well…" Kami searched for a reply "King Yama wants him out of here as soon as possible"
"that reminds me" Vegeta chipped in "I still haven't been told why I was moved out of hell in the first place" both Bulma and Vegeta now stared at Kami with identical narrow eyed glares
"all will be revealed when you are revived" he replied eerily as he disappeared as quickly as he had appeared, leaving Bulma and Vegeta to stare at each other in utter confusion.