CHAPTER 17- All Goes To Plan (for a change)
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Yajarobe waddled as quickly as he could through the halls of Kami's airborne palace. He was heading for the main courtyard area, but couldn't seem to find the way out. He normally wouldn't bother to hurry for a meeting like this, but he had a feeling that this might finally be the day when Kami gave up on this hair brained scheme to save the planet, and once again Yajarobe would be off the hook. Popo had said the meeting was important, and then disappeared down a corridor, Yajarobe had guessed he was supposed to follow him, but Popo was pretty stealthy and now he was left wandering alone in the dark recesses of this building.
As he huffed and puffed his way up another flight of stairs he spoke out loud to himself
"That Popo is one weird guy, disappearing like that, creepy" he shuddered "what is it with this place any way? It never looked this big from the outside!"
"Yajarobe?" came a voice suddenly behind him
"Wha..???" Yajarobe whirred around, terrified of what he might find. He quickly relaxed as he came face to face with a confused looking Goku. "Jeez Goku why d'ya wanna go and scare me like that huh?"
"Huh? Oh sorry, I have to stop sneaking up on people like that!" Goku scratched the back of his head and grinned widely and warmly, Yajarobe sighed.
"Whatever, do you know the way out of this maze?"
"Yeah, sure, it's just through here!" replied Goku, pointing to a door, which Yajarobe hadn't previously noticed in the dimly lit corridor. As Goku stepped to open it brilliant sunlight, 'the type you only get this high up' thought Yajarobe, burned his eyes.
They marched through the door and over to the others, who had been waiting for them to arrive.
Popo looked up as they reached the group
"Ah Yajarobe, I'm so glad you found your way!" he said with concern evident in his voice
"Yeah, no thanks to you!" he replied sulkily
"Yajarobe, don't be rude to Popo if you want to eat tonight" Kami said calmly, having learned to deal with his behavior over the last six months.
Yajarobe crossed his arms awkwardly and sulked. Krillin decided to pipe up before any further delays to the important news could arise
"So what did you want to say to us Kami?"
"Well," Kami cleared his throat and began to grin as everyone else present waited in great suspense
'We're not going to namek, we're not going to namek, we're not going to namek…' Yajarobe chanted in his head and crossed his fingers for luck
'Please don't be bad news, please don't be bad news, please don't be bad news…" Krillin chanted similarly.
Goku merely looked on determinedly, he was ready to go to namek, he had been for months. He had advanced as far as he was going to in his training without turning super saiya jin and now he was ready for an adventure.
" I have good news!" Kami finally started "Bulma appears to have discovered her soul mate and the plan is once again flowing smoothly! Everything is falling into place and, as long as the namek expedition goes well, then I think it's safe to say that earth will be saved!"
Goku and Krillin cheered at this while Yajarobe sank to the floor and slumped on his knees
"Just my rotten luck" he remarked to himself, knowing the others would be too busy celebrating to notice his cowardly frame of mind.
Finally the cheering stopped and Yajarobe's ears pricked up as he actually heard Kami the slave driver say
"I think you deserve a week off to take some rest. Goku, go home to your family! Krillin, go sunbathe at Kame House and Yajarobe, go… do whatever it is you do for fun!"
And with that Goku took off to pay a surprise visit to Chi chi and Gohan, wondering all the way how much Gohan could've grown in the last few months, and whether Chi chi would be really mad at him or just pleased that he had come home.
Krillin nearly gave Master Roshi a heart attack when he walked through the front door, it seems with Bulma dead and Goku and himself in training, the so-called hermit had been actually living a hermit's life style for a change.
Yajarobe, meanwhile, went back to sulking and slacking off at Korin's tower, much to Korin's displeasure.
On Mt. Paozu a young boy looked up from his maths homework and stared dreamily out of the window, yesterday was his fifth birthday and he began to wonder whether the wish he had made over his birthday candles had come true
'It really should do' he thought to himself 'I closed my eyes and blew them all out in one go, and I wouldn't tell what I wished, not even when mommy asked!' but these thoughts turned less hopeful as the day wore on and the sun began to set. But then, just as he was about to lose all hope he saw a small speck of light in the distant dusk sky, it grew larger and larger until he saw what was at the center of it. He gasped and dashed to the kitchen
"Mommy! Mommy!!" he shouted as he tugged fiercely on his mother's apron
"What is it Gohan? I'm very busy right now, your grandfather wants his dinner and I still have so much washing to do…"
"But mommy! My birthday wish came true!"
Chi chi's face softened as she remembered her child's birthday party, she had tried so hard to make it seem like any other birthday, but without Goku there was undeniably a gaping hole in all their lives.
"What was that sweety?" she smiled
"Come see! Its outside!" he jumped up and down happily
Chi chi looked skeptical but followed her child to the yard any way.
Once outside she looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary, Gohan noticed her confused look and smiled
"Look up in the sky mommy!" chi chi obeyed and nearly fell over as she saw what could only be Goku headed straight for them, waving with a huge grin on his face. Her eyes grew wide and she looked at her son to confirm that he saw it to and she wasn't just hallucinating. But it was real and soon he was stood right before her, grinning like it had only been a week since his departure.
"Hiya chi chi!" he beamed
She opened her mouth to say hi back, but all she could say was
"Where have you been? How dare you leave me here to raise our child single handedly! I wouldn't be surprised if Gohan turned out to be a complete hooligan with the example that you've set for him!"
"Sorry chi chi!" was all Goku could reply as she stormed back inside the house and he turned to his son
"Gosh, you've grown big Gohan!" he smiled
"You too daddy!" giggled Gohan in return.
Et voila, chapter 17! Ca ce bon, non? Merci beaucoup pour les e-mail, vous etes trop generous!
Ok, I can't speak French to save my life, I admit it and now I'm ready to move on ^_^;;