Foreword: Ooooh~ Getting close to a big event~ Plus a little something at the end.
Months pass since training began for the Namekian duo and the Z fighters to rise to the challenge of the coming Saiyan attack, with the efforts to grow stronger becoming more frantic as time went on (at least for the humans) before the first bit of bad news arrived.
"WHAT! THE SAIYANS ARE GONNA ARRIVE SOONER THAN A YEAR?!" Krillin quailed, looking a distinctly paler at the news, the other humans on the Lookout also gaining an apprehensive air to them.
Kami nodded grimly
"A mere 3 days in fact" Kami confirmed earning more concerned looks as the fighters worried they won't be ready in time. Krillin suddenly looked hopeful.
"Wait! isn't Goku coming back soon?" Krillin asked, a spark of hope spreading to the other fighters before the answer snuffed it out.
"Due to a miscalculation and the earlier than expected arrival of the Saiyans, Goku is going to be late, likely too late to be the main defender of the planet..." Kami explained, looking more grim than ever before looking thoughtful.
"I do however have an idea to help him arrive sooner, but I am unsure if this will work." Kami continued getting confused but optimistic stares from the Z fighters.
"Bansuri, can you hear me?" Kami questioned, getting shocked looks from the attending humans and a pause with a raised eyebrow during a spar.
"I am able to hear you Kami, although I am curious as to why that is" Bansuri spoke back, getting Piccolo to pause the punch that was about to slam into Bansuri's jaw.
"Yeah Kami, why're you talking to my kid?" Piccolo gave the heavens a glare as he questioned Kami.
"I require Bansuri's help, I understand he has learned how to travel to the Afterlife by Fortuneteller Baba?" Kami asked getting an affirmative from both father and son in stereo.
"Yeah?" Both Piccolo and Bansuri were a bit off-put by the question.
"I need someone who is quick and capable of travel between realms to pick up Goku. The Saiyans are going to arrive sooner than expected and due to a miscalculation, Goku has spent the time he was supposed to be coming back training and has only started the return trip down Snake Way" Kami explained, earning a facepalm from Kami and a thoughtful look from Bansuri.
"Snake Way starts on the backend of the Divine Check-in for souls right? Fortuneteller Baba and I didn't establish a travel link their due to some bad blood between Baba and Yemma. Baba wouldn't elaborate and I don't care to find out." Bansuri questioned and clarified, earning sweat drops from Piccolo and Kami.
"R-right, I have the link to the Check-in and all I need is someone quick enough to meet Goku mid way and able to return him to the living world. Are you able to help me?" Kami asked politely.
Piccolo and Bansuri looked at each other for a moment before coming to a mutual decision with a tandem nod.
"Alright, I'll be their shortly" Bansuri answered, earning a smile from Kami.
"Thank you for your help" Kami thanked Bansuri.
"A bit hard to live on a planet if it's blown up" Bansuri piped up, getting a nod from Piccolo and a sweat drop from Kami.
"Indeed..." Kami uttered before ending the telepathic communication. While the kid lacked malice, he certainly didn't lack a sharp wit.
"Soooo, the idea work?" Yamcha asked, Krilling had his eyes closed and his fingers crossed and Tien and Chiaotzu looking curious.
"...Yes the idea worked, Bansuri will be here soon to pick up Goku" Kami enlightened the humans, Krillin cheering and the rest looking reassured.
"I'd suggest you lot prepare yourselves for the coming fight and possibly get your affairs in order" Kami stated, getting looks from the Z fighters.
"Uh, why's that?" Yamcha asked before getting a dry look from Kami.
"I think you know why" Kami said in a sardonic tone, getting sweat drops from the humans and Popo.
Mere minutes later (after the humans left to make peace with what could be their last day), Bansuri arrived on the Lookout and gave it a long discerning look before moving his attention to his father's other half and the genie. He gave a polite nod to the 2 which was returned as Kami stepped forward.
"Are you ready?" Kami questioned.
"Yup, the sooner this is done, the sooner I can get to the battlefield" Bansuri said, getting a "Fair enough" from Kami before he was transported and found himself in front of King Yemma who took a few moments to notice Bansuri due to the paperwork he was doing.
"Hm? Here to pick up Goku already Kami?...Wait, you're not Kami" Yemma looked down confused at this new face.
"I'm Bansuri, Kami asked me to pick up Goku from training. I'm supposed to meet him half way and transport us back to the land of the living to avoid disrupting your workplace too terribly. Apologies for interrupting your paperwork, please excuse me." Bansuri said politely bowing before leaving to pick up Goku.
"...Huh, nice guy. Kinda looks like a young Kami" Yemma noted before shrugging and getting back to work, paperwork wont fill itself out or file itself. No matter how much he wished it did.
Bansuri flew down Snake Way, absently noting that while the path was on a very well sculpted statue of a snake, there were no safety rails. Bansuri shrugged and kept flying, health and safety wasn't his business and figured since everyone here was typically already dead it was kind of a moot point.
"...I hope Goku didn't fall off. It would be a pain to find him if he did" Bansuri muttered to himself as he flew over Snake Way.
Will Bansuri bring back Goku in time? Will the training done by the Z fighters and the Namekians be enough to handle their new enemies? Find out next chapter of Some Help!
BONUS SCENE!
Gohan looked at himself in the mirror wearing his father's gi from when he was a kid, seeing that it fit him pretty well and that he had gotten some muscle from the nightly training he was doing when his mother wasn't looking. He even found the Power pole and started figuring out how to use it, getting to a point he could use it a naturally as his own arms or legs.
"This time, I won't just sit and cry" Gohan said to himself, the kidnapping setting a fire under him and realizing he can't stay weak. Gohan turned out his light before climbing out his window with the Power pole on his back to go out for more night time training. He could tell something was going on and he was gonna help out.