nyc-pwyncess: OI!! I am so so so so soooooooo sorry for not updating sooner!! I seriously need to get some time managing skills!! That's why it's good that I don't own DBZ...
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"What Goku??", asked King Kai, caught a bit off guard due to Goku's request.
"I want to tell them I'm coming home.", Goku said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Well, okay then Goku. Just hold onto my shoulder, and I'll open the connection..."
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Chi-Chi was in the kitchen, busy making lunch for the boys and the rest of the Z-Fighters that had stopped over on account of Goten's birthday. As she was closing the oven door, she heard a distant "Chi-Chi." She dropped the pan she had been holding, and Eighten and Bulma looked at their friend who had a glazed look on her face.
"Chi-Chi, are you alright??", asked Bulma worriedly as Eighteen waved a hand in front of Chi-Chi's stupefied face.
"Is that you, Goku??", Chi-Chi asked to no one.
"Yes, Chi-Chi, it's me.", said Goku, mentally so that only Chi-Chi heard him.
Bulma looked at her friend calling out to her dead husband, and did what she could. Call for back-up. "VEGETA!! TRUNKS!! GOHAN!! KRILLIN!! ANYBODY!! I COULD USE SOME HELP!!"
"Chi-Chi," continued Goku mentally, "I had to say I love you."
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He called her on the road
From a lonely cold hotel room
Just to hear her say
I love you one more time
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As the Z-Fighters ran into the room, Chi-Chi continued talking to her husband unseen. "Momma??", asked Goten, tugging at the hem of his mother's skirt, "Momma, are you okay??"
"Is that Goten??", asked Goku.
"Yes, Goku. It's Goten, your son.", Chi-Chi said, beaming with happiness.
"Lean down and tell him to put his hand on your shoulder, I want to talk to him.", Goku asked.
"Of course.", said Chi-Chi, as she knelt down, "Goten, put your hand on Mommy's shoulder, Daddy wants to talk to you."
And like any child, he listened to his mother. "Daddy??", he asked aloud.
"Yes, Goten. It's me.", Goku answered.
"It really is Daddy!! He's talking in my head!! It's a mind-lind, err, link with King Bai, ummm...Kai!!", Goten shouted out excitedly. There were collective sighs of relief across the room, knowing that Chi-Chi was mentally stable, and not delusional. "Daddy, when you coming home??", Goten innocently asked."
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And when he heard the sound
Of the kids laughing in the background
He had to wipe away a tear from his eye
A little voice came on the phone
And said "Daddy when you coming home"
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(AN: These are the words used in dialogue and the song. They're in bold and italics. That is all.)
He said the first thing that came to his mind
I'm already there
Take a look around
I'm the sunshine in your hair
I'm the shadow on the ground
I'm the whisper in the wind
I'm your imaginary friend
And I know I'm in your prayers
Oh I'm already there
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Goten let go of his mother's shoulder and rushed to tell Trunks and Gohan all of what his Daddy had told him. Chi-Chi began to talk animatedly to Goku again, telling him how much she had missed him throughout the years, not caring who was listening.
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She got back on the phone
Said I really miss you darling
Don't worry about the kids they'll be alright
Wish I was in your arms
Lying right there beside you
But I know that I'll be in your dreams tonight
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Goku felt a twang of guilt course through his body at hearing his wife assure him of how it was okay. It wasn't okay, he had left them behind for seven years, and he had to make it up. He longed to be with Chi-Chi. Not in lust, but love. The woman who he had poured his heart and soul out to when he felt down. The woman who had raised two sons on her own. The woman that loved him.
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And I'll gently kiss your lips
Touch you with my fingertips
So turn out the light and close your eyes
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I'm already there
Don't make a sound
I'm the beat in your heart
I'm the moonlight shining down
I'm the whisper in the wind
And I'll be there until the end
Can you feel the love that we share
Oh I'm already there
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Tears welled up in Chi-Chi's eyes as her husband professed his feelings for her once more. She truly loved him, and no matter what the distance, always would. Be that distance in miles or dimensions, she didn't care. And she made sure he knew that.
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We may be a thousand miles apart
But I'll be with you wherever you are
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"Chi, tell the others to join together, as if they were doing an Instant Teleportation, I want to talk to them.", Goku said.
"All of you,", Chi-Chi shouted, in a calm tone nonetheless, "Come together, like we're about to be teleported, Goku wants to talk to you."
The group did so, even if some *cough*Vegeta*cough*Piccolo*cough*, were a bit reluctant to do so.
"Hey Goku.", said a happy Krillin.
"Hi Dad", said a beaming Goten.
"Dad.", stated a respectful Gohan.
"Goku, I'm so glad!!", squealed an excited Bulma.
"Kakkarot.", muttered Vegeta.
"Mr. Son.", said a curious Trunks.
"Hey, Goku.", said a still-perverted Roshi. And so the greeting went on, until the whole group had become once again acquainted.
"I just wanted you all to know, I'm coming home.", Goku said, grinning from ear-to-ear.
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I'm already there
Take a look around
I'm the sunshine in your hair
I'm the shadow on the ground
I'm the whisper in the wind
And I'll be there until the end
Can you feel the love that we share
Oh I'm already there
Oh I'm already
There
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"But Daddy,", said Goten, "You said you were always here. But I still can't wait to see you."
"Yea, I kind of was always there."
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