The next morning, Supreme Kai hadn't come back. Goku wasn't mentioning it for fear of upsetting Vegeta, and Old Kai wasn't mentioning it because he wanted to see sparks fly when Goku mentioned it.

"Well, hurry up and say it." Vegeta muttered.

"Huh?"

"You know you want to, so say it- where's Supreme Kai?"

"Oh, that." Goku flushed and tried to sound uninterested. "He'll come back when he feels like it." He said, shrugging.

"Not if he's been killed!" said Old Kai. Goku rolled his eyes.

"He hasn't been killed. I would know."

"Is it like a Saiyan bond?" Old Kai continued, "Where if one of you dies, the other dies, or just goes insane?"

"How would I know?" Goku asked, losing his patience. "One, I don't know anything about Saiyan bonds, and two, since Supreme Kai hasn't died yet, I don't know what would happen if he did! All I know is he isn't dead right now, alright?!"

"Okay, okay!" Old Kai said, grinning. Vegeta just sighed.

"Why don't you go look for him?" he asked. Goku frowned.

" 'Cause you wouldn't like it."

"I don't mind." Vegeta lied. However, Goku took it for the truth and stood up.

"Thanks 'Geta, you're the best!" and he left, translocating himself to Supreme Kai's ki sign.

Supreme Kai was in a secluded spot in a huge park, sitting on the bank of a deep sparkling river, looking out across it, deep in thought. He heard a rustling of leaves behind him, but paid no attention- that is until he was pushed into the river. He swam back up to the surface and gasped for air, looking wildly around for the person who pushed him in. his eyes came to rest on Goku, who was in fits of hysteric laughter.

"You should have seen your face, it was priceless!" he said, still laughing. Supreme Kai scowled.

"Well, I'm not used to being ambushed am I? Get here and help me out!" he snapped. Goku stopped laughing and went over to the lakeside, hand outstretched. Supreme Kai took it, and pulled him in. Goku yelped as he fell and hit the water with a huge splash. Supreme Kai smirked and got back out. "That'll teach ya." He muttered, still smirking. After a few minutes, Goku still hadn't come up.

"Goku?" Kai called. Nothing.

{Goku? Are you okay?} Still nothing. He hovered over the water, looking for any sign of him.

Goku was resting right at the bottom of the lake, waiting for the right moment. He felt Supreme Kai's ki flare slightly, indicating he was flying. Now! Goku used instant translocation to end up directly over Supreme Kai, and he pushed him as hard as he could down into the water. Kai recovered quickly this time and glared up at him.

"You idiot, I was worried about you!"

"You shouldn't!" Goku said between laughs, "I can survive for hours under water!" Supreme Kai scowled again. "That's two-one to me!" he said cheerily. Kai rolled his eyes and floated up out of the water.

"What do you want anyway?" he asked.

"I was just looking for you. And when I saw you so close to the edge of a lake I just couldn't resist!" he said, finishing laughing and sighing happily. "You coming back now?" Supreme Kai stared down at the lake.

"I don't think I can face Vegeta."

"Don't worry, he understands it wasn't our fault." 

"Are you sure?" Goku nodded. "Well… then get me back to your house! I need a shower thanks to you!"

"But you just got wet!"

"Yeah, but I don't think that water's all that sterile." Goku snorted and translocated them both to his house.

He landed inches away from Vegeta, who felt his heart go through the roof.

"Kakarott!"

"Sorry!" Goku said quickly. Vegeta frowned.

"Why are you all wet?"

"Well, I pushed Kai in a lake, then he pulled me in and got out, then I stayed down for a while, he thought I was dead or something and looked over the surface of the water so I translocated and pushed him back in." Supreme Kai found it amazing that Goku could tell a story in a nutshell and still make it sound long.

Vegeta scowled.

"Well I hope you had fun!" he snapped, before getting up to leave. They heard the door slam upstairs and Goku cringed.

"I think he's mad."

"You don't say." Muttered Kai, falling into a chair and sighing. "Why am I always in the middle?"

"You're not." Goku said, sitting down opposite him, "you're the cause of this, which means you're the root of the problem, not just in the middle."

"Well thanks." Kai muttered sarcastically.

"No problem." Kai rolled his eyes.

"Is it safe for me to go upstairs?" he asked.

"Why?"

"I need a shower."

"Yeah, so do I."

"Maybe you should have a shower together." A voice from behind the door suggested and Old Kai poked his head around it, grinning. Goku had the strongest urge to punch him in the face and tell him to fuck off. He was the root of the problem, not Supreme Kai. However, Goku managed to keep his cool, and just smiled faintly.

"I don't think that would go down too well with Supreme Kai do you?" Old Kai's grin faltered and Supreme Kai was shocked.

{Why the hell are you implying that the only reason you wont have a shower with me is because I don't want to? It makes it sound as if you want to!}

[I know. It's supposed to. Heh, I really stumped Old Kai there! Look at the expression on his face!]

{Goku…}

[Don't worry. Remember what I said when we were fused? 'We know it's not true and nothing else matters?']

{Yes…}

[Well there you go! Stop worrying so much. Now, who's having a shower first?]

{Well since you pushed me in first, I think I should.}

Goku grinned at him as Supreme Kai walked past him out of the room. Old Kai was still thunderstruck.

"What the… what?" he left the room again. Goku grinned wider and settled down for the night. He didn't think Vegeta would be talking to him right now, so it was better if he stayed down here. He turned on the TV and waited.

After an hour, Goku got up, tired of waiting for Supreme Kai and went upstairs. He knocked on the bathroom door and shouted,

"When are you going to be done?!" there was a hurried scrambling around inside and Supreme Kai hurried out, looking very hot and flustered.

"Sorry!" he said quickly and sped off downstairs. Goku frowned and walked into the bathroom, which Supreme Kai had managed to make into a sauna. There was condensation on all the walls and the shower was still going. Goku rolled his eyes and sighed.

[What did you do?]

{I couldn't get the shower to stop!}

He grinned and turned it off easily, deciding to have a shower later when it wasn't so… steamy. He got outside and jolted, seeing Vegeta standing right infront of him. He looked round Goku and glowered.

"What did you do?" he asked dangerously.

"Me? That was Supreme Kai!"  Vegeta turned on his heel, and without saying another thing, he went back into his room.

Goku went back down stairs feeling confused and worried to find Supreme Kai looking just as confused and worried as he felt.

"Sorry about that." He said. Then, the full force of how ridiculous it was that a Kai couldn't turn a shower off hit Goku and he doubled over laughing.

Upstairs, Vegeta could faintly hear Goku laughing, and a single tear fell down his cheek.

Once Goku had recovered, he looked up at Supreme Kai, who was staring confusedly at him.

"S'ok." He muttered, falling back into a chair.

Old Kai poked his head back around the door and Goku inwardly groaned. What now? 

"Hey you two, how are you down here by yourselves?" he asked mischievously. "Only, Vegeta's crying over you!" he said. Goku frowned.

"Why would he do that?"

"Because he heard you laughing, I've been watching him for some time now, but I'd advise you not to go up, because he's throwing ki blasts around. Oh, and by the way Kai, just because you stopped me brining my old crystal ball, doesn't mean I can't just make another one." He added before leaving again.

That night, Goku decided to leave Vegeta on his own, thinking that he might feel better after a good cry. Supreme Kai went up to bed and within minutes they were all asleep.

~Dream~

Goku walked through a wooded area. He faintly remembered Vegeta mentioning this was where he always found the skull. He walked through a path in the dense trees and came to a stop, staring up at a huge skull.

"Hello Goku." It said.

"Hi there." He said, his voice was somehow deeper than usual and he looked down at himself and saw he was Kaiku.

"The Supreme Kai is with you." the skull said.

"Oh. Right then." Goku, or rather, Kaiku stood still for a while, glancing around in all directions. "So um… this is the same dream as Vegeta's huh?"

"Yes. Maybe we should get him here too. Yes, he's sleeping." A faint rustling was heard to the left of Kaiku and Vegeta came through the trees also.

"Hey Vegeta! Are you real?"

"Of course I am." He snapped, turning back to the skull. "What is the meaning of this? You never brought him here before."

"That is because a certain aspect of your lives has changed dramatically lately. The relationship between two Saiyans is intertwined with that of a Kai, and whilst this poses no threat to the fight against the monster creator, if it persists, it will become a very bad thing in the fight with the true enemy. The two who are bonded would be wise to stay away from skulls, however, if they seek knowledge, I stress that they do so after the monster creator is vanquished. The same has to be said for the lone Saiyan prince with tall grass."

Kaiku was now puzzled beyond belief, so was Vegeta by the look on his face.

"Whatever." Vegeta said gruffly, before turning to go. "I will ask you not to call me here again, if you can talk to Kakarott now."

"You will forever be alone, even when you are surrounded by loved ones, for you carry the burden of the universes grief on your shoulders, or, to be more precise, in engraving upon your arm." Vegeta shot round.

"What?" but the blinding light came all around the three of them…

~End Dream~

… And they all woke up. Goku was sweating profusely and, for some strange reason, Supreme Kai was curled up by him. Vegeta awoke immediately and hurried down stairs.

 "Did you have the dream?" he asked.

"Yes. Wow." Vegeta then looked down at Supreme Kai, who was resting peacefully with Goku's right arm around him. Goku hastily removed his arm from around him and Kai woke with a start. He took in his surroundings and frowned.

"What happened? How did I get down here?" he asked.

"You were in the dream when we were Kaiku weren't you?" Goku asked.

"Yeah…"

"Right then." Vegeta interrupted. "What do you make of it?" Goku, for some reason, had all the answers in his head, as if he had been thinking about it for weeks. Though he was just thinking with the processing rate of a Kai.

"Well, because of me and Kai being bonded, it upset something and so the skull could contact us. It doesn't matter in the fight with Babbidy's apprentice, but in the fight with this 'true enemy,' it will. We have to wait until we kill Babbidy's apprentice, then we can go seeking answers about the true enemy in tall grass and with skulls. And also, that thing with you always being a loner… it's all to do with that scar you've got on your arm Vegeta. The skull said it caries the grief of the universe in it. But why whoever gave it to you did so, I don't know. It happened just before you came to me with no memory didn't it?" Vegeta was shocked beyond words. For one, Goku was actually being smart and two, the whole grief of the universe thing was too much for him to handle. He turned to look at Supreme Kai, and was angered to find him looking pityingly at him.

"I say, it's time to find out when Babbidy's apprentice is, so we can find the true enemy and be done with it all." Vegeta said, ignoring the look Kai was giving him. Goku nodded.

"But how?" 

"Don't ask me. Come on Kakarott, your brain was just in hyper-drive. You figure it out!" Vegeta snapped. He got up and stalked out of the room. "I'm going to bed." He muttered.

"But it's morning!" Goku called after him. Vegeta stopped and glared at him.

"Yes, but that wasn't exactly a restful sleep, and finding you two cuddled up together on the floor isn't exactly a good way to stat the day!" he snapped, before continuing upstairs.

"What now?" Supreme Kai asked.

For that question, Goku did not know the answer.

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End chapter three! Hope you liked it! Well, review please, and I'll update sooner, coz I've already done the next chapter!