The next day, in the hallway outside of Tenpou's Office
Poor little Goku was sitting down, back against the wall, knees held up to his chest, tears in his golden eyes. Tenpou, who had been ready to go down to Kenren's office for a break, noticed the depressed little saru and kneeled down beside him.
"Is there something wrong, Goku?" Tenpou asked, his voice full of worry.
Goku looked up at him with the saddest look Tenpou had ever seen, which made him feel guilty. "Tenpii…Konzen didn't like the pets I hid in Boyou's closet."
"He didn't? Oh…Well, you see, Goku, most animals are not supposed to be kept inside."
"But they looked like they needed a home!"
"I'm sure they did, but I'm also sure Konzen told you this; just because they LOOK like they need a home, doesn't mean they DO."
Goku stared at his feet and sighed. Everyone was against him this week. He wondered why. Then, his eyes lit up and he smiled. Since Konzen was so grumpy all the time, maybe…Maybe he could plan a surprise for him! In his office, Konzen sneezed.
"Ah, Tenpii, I need to go find Kennii-chan for help!" Goku said, jumping to his feet.
"Is that so? Well, I hope you get the information you need." Tenpou smiled, afraid of what Goku's plan might be.
"Bye-bye, Tenpii!" Goku shouted as he hurried to Kenren's office. Problem was, Kenren wasn't in his office… (A/N: Heehee…)
"OOF!" Kenren had been on his way to Tenpou's office to see what was up, when everyone's favorite saru (AN: Even the monks'! XD) came out of nowhere, knocking them both to the ground.
"What the hell!" Kenren spat as he sat up, to find Goku sprawled out on top of him.
"Oh! Kennii-chan! I was looking for you," Goku smiled.
"Well, you found me…" The general growled. "What do you want?"
"Well…I was wondering, could you help me prepare a surprise for Konzen?"
"Surprise? What kind of surprise?"
"I don't know. Anything!"
"Hmm…Well…How about this…" Kenren leaned forward and whispered something in Goku's ear; pulling back, grinning.
"Okay! Wait…What does that mean?"
"It means…" He leaned forward again, whispered something, and pulled back.
"Ohh…Okay! Thanks, Kennii-chan!"
"Anytime, kiddo. Now, get off me so I can go see Tenpou."
"Kay! See ya!" Goku rose from lying on the floor with Kenren and raced back to his Sun's office.
"Sheesh…Little brat…" Kenren chuckled, getting off the floor himself; this time almost bumping into Tenpou.
"Whoa! Where did you come from!" Kenren yelled, taking a step back.
"Why, just around the corner, I believe." Tenpou stated, pushing up his glasses.
Kenren rolled his eyes. He hated it when Tenpou was like that.
"Well, Mr. Point-out-the-obvious-a lot, what did you want?"
"I just wanted to hang out. I finished my paperwork," Tenpou sighed.
"'Hang out'?" Kenren snorted. "That sound so funny coming from you!" He burst out laughing. Tenpou's cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and he pushed a laughing Kenren into his office, following, and closing the door behind him.
In Kenren's Office
Kenren was still chuckling when he sat down. Tenpou sighed in exasperation, and sat down as well.
"What did Goku want to talk to you about?" Tenpou asked as if nothing happened to make Kenren laugh that hard.
"The little squirt wanted to surprise Konzen," Kenren grinned after regaining his composure.
"A surprise?"
"Yeah. Something to make Goldilocks less grumpy or something," Kenren explained.
"What did you tell him?" Tenpou eyed the general suspiciously.
"Oh…You'll find out." Kenren said, "It's part of my plan to stop Goku's antics and keep both of them busy."
Once again, Tenpou found himself staring at Kenren in wonder.
