Dawn broke out, indicating that the next day was beginning. Kuzuku got up early and took care of his daily routine wearily. As he got out of the bathroom and made his way into the kitchen, he noticed two people he didn't recognize on his couch. He looked over and remember that he did promise to let Hudo and Zugo stay with him for a while. It was a good thing that school was gonna be out for six days so he had time to train some more. The Saiyan went outside to collect some fire wood as it was pretty cold out. When he got back he saw the sight of Hudo pretty much raiding his fridge.
"About time you woke up." Kuzuku said closing the door behind him.
"Sorry I have the tendency to sleep in a lot." Hudo laughed
"Well you are not alone on that department. So when do you think blue mutt over there is gonna wake up?"
"I don't know. Considering the amount of energy he spent up during your fight , maybe two more days."
"Sigh* Then lets wake him up now and get this over with.". Kuzuku took out a senzu bean and forcefully made the sleeping Astack chew on it. Seconds past when Zugo shot up with completely awaken eyes. He looked around, noticing a house that was completely unfamiliar to him. He then felt a presence looking at him and turned his head to face Kuzuku.
"Hello sleepy dog. Had a nice nap?" Kuzuku teased
"What am I doing here monkey! You better have not tried anything!" Zugo yelled
"Calm down there puppy, I simply took you back with me since you didn't have a place to stay."
"Awww that's nice. Its too bad I didn't ask!" Zugo said sarcastically.
"Zugo no need to be rude, he was only trying to help." Hudo claimed. Zugo turned his head to Hudo in a shock expression. The air suddenly got thicker and uncomfortable. Kuzuku then quickly made up a excuse.
"Well it seems you two need some time alone. I'm going to go train so make sure you don't destroy my house okay. Peace.". With that Kuzuku was instantly out of the door with his training gear. This left the two alone in a awkward silence. Eventually Hudo decided to give in first.
"Zugo ummm...". He was stopped dead in his tracks by Zugo
"Don't Hudo, it not your fault that things ended this way. It my responsibility so you can just leave me alone and go on about your business."
"Its not about that! I just want us to be friends like we used to be back home."
"Hudo...you know that I can't go back to those times. I made my choice the moment I left the planet." Zugo gloomily explained
"But why?" Hudo muttered.
"Because I don't think that I deserve any kind of relationship. Think about it, I was the cause of my dad's death. I was suppose to protect the Etterix from being stolen and guess what happened? I failed miserably. Then after all these years I thought i've gotten stronger, strong enough to make amends for what happened that day but I was completely wrong. I did not simply lose to Kuzuku. I was completely outclassed by him! It frustrates me to the point that I am still incapable of taking back the Etterix on my own!". Zugo was letting out his true feelings. Each and every word seemed to hurt as he exposed his weakness to his former best friend.
"Zugo it is true that you haven't change much over the years. You are still as blind as ever." Hudo said. Zugo looked up with shocked curiosity.
"Listen, I get that you want to do things yourself and that you want make up for what happened but you shouldn't push away the people that you care about. You can rely on us all the way. We don't blame you for what had happened since as Astackians, we are entitled to protecting the Etterix as well am I right?". Zugo thought for a moment and nodded.
"Then you aren't alone on this. We got the support from everyone and even Kuzuku and his friends offered their assistants so you don't have to take all the burden yourself okay?".
"Hudo... even if that is true, I put you through so much. You followed me all over, leaving our home planet and endured so much hardships. How can you still be friends with someone like me. Someone who didn't even give you a thought as I tried to push you away." Zugo said
"Well isn't it simple? I am just your best friend and that is what best friends do right?" Hudo smiled. Zugo mouth was agape but eventually turned into a smile.
"You know, you can be a doofus sometimes?" Zugo laughed
"I know but aye, isn't that why we are best friends." Hudo grinned. The two reunited friends talked for about what they've encountered over the years. Hudo explained what had happened while he was knocked out.
"So that's basically the whole story." Hudo finished. Zugo clutched his chin as he was practically thrown into a state of deep processing. The front door suddenly flew open and sounds of chatter could be heard.
"Yeah I just got back from training. I will see you tomorrow at twelve. Good see you then, love you" Kuzuku said as he hanged up the phone. He looked up to see the two roommates staring at the saiyan.
"Uhh am I intruding on anything?" Kuzuku asked.
"No nothing at all." Hudo responded.
"Good and I take that you guys finally made up?". Zugo was about to answer but was cut off.
"Yup! Everything's settled now."
"Well that's great. Now lets lay down some ground rules. For starters you are not to use your powers in public. I don't want any attention drawn to me got it. Second you are not to threaten the planet in anyway. My friends have worked way too hard on protecting the Earth so anyone who dares to try and destroy it would have to deal with me. Lastly no one and I mean NO ONE, touches the stash of bacon left in the fridge."
"Wait why can't we touch that bacon? I mean it's just food." Zugo asked
"You see I personally wouldn't mind if it were mine. The stash of bacon in the fridge is actually Goku's since his wife Chi Chi banned bacon from ever entering her household. She did so since she feared Goku might die of heart failure. Goku then pretty much used my fridge to hide his bacon from his wife." Kuzuku explained
"Okay...but that still doesn't explain why we can't touch it?" Zugo replied
"The last time I ate Goku's bacon because I ran out of my stash, Goku found out and lets just say that things didn't end well for me." Kuzuku nervously smiled. Zugo finally getting the memo, understood where he may be coming from.
"Alright so we will accept your terms then" Zugo said
"Good then we will have no more problems" Kuzuku smiled
"Yeah so Kuzuku, who were you talking with? I don't see anyone with you." Hudo asked
"Oh I was talking to 21 through my phone. It allows us to communicate with each other from a distance." Kuzuku explained
"Oh so that explains it. But who is 21?"
"Uh well she's my girlfriend. You saw her when we were leaving." Kuzuku blushed.
"Girlfriend? You mean like a mate?" Zugo questioned. Kuzuku turned bright red at that.
"Uh yes...I mean no...maybe...ARGHHH I DON'T KNOW! She is someone I love deeply so lets leave it at that." Kuzuku exasperated leaving the other two confused. The day was pretty much spent teaching Hudo and Zugo how life on Earth worked and I must say in Kuzuku's defense, teaching two foreign people that come from a native culture of life can only be described as. challenging. Kuzuku considered the possibility of enrolling them in high school with him but then second guessed that based on Zugo's personality. If someone would even look at him the wrong way then things might turn out ugly. As of right now, Kuzuku was reading one of his books while Hudo and Zugo explore the mystical wonders that we call the Internet. They were amazed by the fact that so much information could be contained in one place and decided to explore it all. Of course Kuzuku put on safe search since he didn't want any "inappropriate" content in his browsing history.
"Man, you guys are sure loving the Internet a bit too much." Kuzuku sweated
"How can we not? The mere fact that we can go onto such a thing is beyond our wildest dreams!" Hudo replied
"Well it's getting late so I'm going to go to sleep. Just make sure you don't stay up too long alright." Kuzuku yawned.
"Okay then have a nice sleep.". With that Kuzuku went to bed as he prepares for what awaits him tomorrow.
Meanwhile Elsewhere
"How much longer do we have until we land on Earth uncle?" a female voice called out.
"Not much longer, but I don't know if he may be there sweaty." the male voice responded
"Well if he's not then we have to keep looking."
"Come on is this really that important to you? You know we could forget all about him." the male argued
"Yes it's important uncle! I never even knew he existed until you told me!" the female shouted
"Sigh* I can't tell how your personality turned out like this." the male groaned. He was a old man that had almost lost his hair completely. He wore a plain brown shirt with a handkerchief with brown shorts and boots. He was of orange skin as his species would portray. The female was resemble almost identical to a human being. She wore black button down shirt with a skirt to match. Long boots and long shaggy black spiky hair. But one thing that distinguishes her from other human was a...monkey tail?