Night of the Babysitters X



"This is it? That doesn't look like the one Trunks used." Krillin stared at the huge, bulky machine in the corner of the room. "Thats because I've decided to make it better!" Bulma answered proudly, "This one can take up to 8 people at a time!" "Are you sure it works?" Gohan wondered, facaniated. "Well, thats why you guys are here." "What? You mean we're going to test this thing, woman???" Vegeta demanded. "Don't get all fussy, it'll work. When do you want to go?" Android #18 humphed. Android #17 stared at the machine doubtfully. Chi Chi blinked. Goku stared out the window and invisioned meatloaf. (Videl's home sick)

"Here we go!" Bulma flipped a series of switches and dials. Krillin, Seventeen, Eighteen, Gohan, Chi Chi, Goku, and Vegeta sat in the curious looking structure. A rush of cold air surrounded them. A wide spectrum of colors came into view, then rushed pass them at amazing speed. Then suddenly, all went black.

"Where'd everyone go?" Goten wondered. "I think they all went down to the basement to see my mom's new invention." Trunks answered. "Didn't they say they were going out tonight?" Bra asked. Marron nodded. "Lets go see if they're gonna leave soon." Pan suggested. "Okey." The bunch headed down the basement steps.

"Do you see anyone?" the basement lab appeared deserted, except for the piles of papers laid out on tables and the bulky machine in the corner. "Is that your mom's invention?" Pan asked. Bra nodded. "What is that thing?" Goten stepped closer. The machine was silvery blue and extremely smooth. "Its supposed to be a time machine." A sudden flash of blue-green light blinded the five for a few seconds.

When the light went away, Trunks heard voices, unfamiliar voices. The demi-saiyan opened his fierce blue eyes. There in front of him, crawling out of the Time Machine were eight strangers. Or were they strangers? "Watch were you step, inncolent fool!" a black-haired child jumped from the machine, and landed a few feet from Goten, who had just opened his eyes. "Shut up, Vegeta!" a blue-haired girl, looked identicle to Bra climbed out after the first. Trunks blinked furiously.

A blonde emerged next, followed by another black-haired child with a red scarf. A kid that was Goten's splitting image hopped out afterward, a stern-looking girl came afterward. A bald, short kid and another black-haired kid got out last. The group fell silent having spotted Trunks and the others. The two groups stared at each other.

"Dad?" Goten blinked, starred at the child that was identical to himself, but perhaps a bit younger. "Huh?" the kid seemed genuinely confused, "I'm not your dad, my name is Goku." Goten blinked again, and back away slowly. Bra's eyes were glued to Vegeta. "What are you staring at girl!?" the hot-tempered kid demanded. Bra squealed and hid behind Trunks, who was still in shock. Marron went up to the other blonde child in the room; ".....mommy...?" "What are you talking about!? How could I be your mom? Your older than me!" Android #18 exclaimed. Tears welled up in Marron's eyes, she turned to #17; "Uncle Seventeen?" she whimpered. The red-scarf kid stepped back surprised; "How did you know my name? ...number?"

"I demand to know what is going on here!" young Prince Vegeta demanded. Bra peeked from behind Trunks and stared. Bra's twin rolled her eyes. The bald kid cringed. Trunks blinked, and snapped out of it. "Thats exactly what I'd like to know! Why are you kids!?" Vegeta glared at the demi-saiyan; "Who are you calling a kid, peasent!" "Peasent!? I'm a prince!" Trunks snarled. "Who are you kidding? I'm the only prince in this room!" Vegeta growled back. "I'ma princess." Bra whimpered, glanced at Vegeta, then shut up.

"I am too a prince! You're my father, so that makes me a prince too!" Trunks puffed. Goten nodded, then looked quickly at Vegeta. "What?! Are you insane!? I'm not your father!!!" the saiyan screamed. "Of course you are!!" Trunks screamed back. Goku blinked, "Where are we?" he asked, finally noticing his surroundings. "We're in mom's basement lab." Bra answered quietly. Gohan glanced around; "Where?" Android #17 and #18 walked towards the door; "We're so outta here, weirdos."

"No! You have to stay here! We have to get you back to normal!" Trunks bolted towards the door. "Get outta my way, purple-haired freak!" Android #18 snapped. Goten came to back up his friend, "Yeah stay here! We hafta get you all normal!" "Normal!? We're perfectly fine! You're the ones who are insane!" young Chi Chi yelled. Goku sweatdropped; "There's no need to get all angry!" "Dadddddddddyyy!!!" Pan cried, speaking for the first time, and jumped on to Gohan, knocking him down.

"AHHHHHHH!!! Git off meeeee!!!" Gohan rolled over and ran off into a corner. Pan blinked and started crying. Bra and Marron joined her. "Silence!" Vegeta screamed, powering up. "Why won't you listen to mee?!?!!?" Trunks shrieked, challenging Vegeta's volume. Goten backed away. Vegeta and Trunks glared at each other, eyes blazing, fists clenched, power-levels shooting. But of course, Trunks's was much higher, Vegeta was only 5 years old...

Goku, Gohan, Chi Chi, Seventeen, Eighteen, Krillin, Bulma, Goten, Bra, Pan, and Marron unconsciously formed a circle around the two furious fighters. Sparks flew between father and son. "You are evidently insane, boy!" Vegeta sneered. "Me? Your the one who's like 30 years younger than your supposed to be! What happened!?" Trunks cried. "What is this nonsense you keep speaking?! I am not your father!!!" the saiyan prince yelled. "Yes you are!" Bra sniffed; "You're his daddy and you're my daddy too!!!" she screamed through tears.

Goten glanced at Goku and Chi Chi, still wondering if they were really his parents. And Gohan? Had his brother really been a cowering, whimpering, wimp when he was younger? The 7-year old demi-saiyan was as confused as ever. Vegeta shot a killer look at Bra; "Shut up girl!" Bra stared wide-eyed at her 5-year old father. "You're mean! You're not my daddy!!!" and started crying again. "Vegeta, don't be so mean!" Bulma griped. "Don't tell me what to do woman!" Trunks looked over at his mother for the first time; "Mom, what happened?!"

Bulma blinked; "What? I'm sorry kid, but you really are insane; how can I be your mom?" Trunks cried out; "Whats going on here!?!?!?!?!?!? Why are you all kids now?! You all came down here like 10 minutes ago to see Mom's time machine, and we came down to see too, and, and, WHY ARE YOU ALL KIDS?!!?!??" "What are you talking about? We're kids, so what? Its not like you're an old man!" Eighteen said annoyed, "I don't know about you, but I'm leaving." "Agreed." Seventeen replied. The chibi twin androids headed towards the door once again.

Trunks headed them off again; "You're not going anywhere. I'm the oldest here since all you people got turned into kids again. So you all hafta listen to ME!" Pan stopped crying and blinked. "Why the hell should we listen to you?" Vegeta demanded. "Because I SAID SO!!!" the demi-saiyan shrieked. "Uh-huh..." Vegeta smirked, and flew out the door before Trunks had a chance to respond. The androids bolted after him."Goten! Get them back here! Pan, Bra, Marron, stop your snivelling and help me, or they'll never get back to normal!"

"I'm hungry." Goku annouced. Gohan agreed. So did Bra and Pan. Trunks realized that he was too. And a hungry saiyan was not a happy saiyan. Bulma and Chi Chi were sitting at a table drawing on some of Bulma's important notes. Krillin was doing push-ups. "Arrrggg....Bra, Pan, can you make dinner? Marron, make sure my mom, your dad, and Goten's mom don't go anywhere. The girls nodded, still teary-eyed. Trunks zoomed out the door.

Vegeta faced Goten in the backyard, the androids were no where to be seen. "You have to get back in da house!" Goten commanded. "And what makes you think I'll listen to you?!" Goten thought; "Ummm...." The saiyan prince laughed; "Exactly. Now I think I'll leave before Frieza returns from where ever he's gone." Goten blinked again; "Mr.Vegeta....Frieza's dead." Vegeta whirled; "What are you talking about, fool?!" "Future Trunks killeded him." Goten replied evenly. 5-year old Vegeta was dumbstruck.

Androids #17 and #18 were lost in the forest. "Come on Seventeen, lets just fly out of here!!!" #18 said. "That just ruins the fun! Where's your sense of adventure?" the other android asked. "Turned off with my location sensors." his sister growled. The two artifical humans marched off into the woods.

Trunks blasted outside and spotted Goten and Vegeta. Vegeta looked dumbstruck. "Goten, where's Marron's mom and her brother?" the purple-haired demi-saiyan demanded. "I don't know, I didn't see them." Goten replied. "Find them, I'll take care of my dad." Goten nodded and went off. Vegeta snapped out of it; "I am not your father, you purple-haired freak!" he snapped. "Yeah whatever." Trunks said, figuring it be easier just to let it drop. "We're going to have dinner soon, so do you want to come in or fly around all night?"

Vegeta paused, he was in fact, very hungry, he glared, then said; "Fine." Trunks grinned and turned back to the house. Vegeta sulked beside him, the 5-year old saiyan glanced up at the sky, this is definately not planet Vegeta, he thought. His eyes locked onto the figure of the moon. Bright, yellow, glowy....full. No-one had noticed that Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta had their tails back....

Trunks reached the backdoor of the house, he turned back to see if Vegeta was still with him. Vegeta was a few meters back, his face was half covered in fur, his clothes was tearing, his tail swished wildly behind him. "Dad! Oh no, this must be that transformation he told me saiyans could go through!" Trunks tried not to panic, his father as a 5-year old wasn't very strong, but what if he was a raging monkey giant?

Goten flew high above the forest behind Capsule Corp. He was hungry, but he understood that they needed everyone to stay at CC, ...sorta. A saw a flash of yellow. Android #18, and #17 was in front of her. "Yay, now I can go eat!" the black-haired kid dived. "You hafta come back to da house now." he told them. "And why should we listen to you?" #17 demanded. "Cuz if you don't, I have permission to blow you up." The androids blinked, then laughed. "And how do we know your stronger than a mouse?" #18 prodded. Goten thought, then blew up a row of trees. The androids decided they could break away another time, and followed Goten.

Vegeta's arms were gaining fur rapidly, his face was already covered. The saiyan prince's eyes were bright red, suddenly, he shot a few feet into the air, and kept raising. His nose shot forward, his ears grew pointed. Within moments, Vegeta in the saiyan's Oozaru form. Trunks staggered backwards. What were his options...his father had told him how to change someone back once they had transformed, but he had only been 4 years old when told, and didn't remember.

Vegeta roared, a beam shot from his mouth and started a fire in the forest. Trunks spotted Goten, #17, and #18 coming out of the forest. "Trunks! Whats going on! Whats that!?" Goten asked. The androids stared. "Um, thats my dad." Trunks gulped. Goten blinked; "Really?" Bra and Pan came out of the house; "What was that noise, Twunks!?" "AHHHHH!!!" Bra screamed. Vegeta turned his attention to the cluster of kids on the back porch, and roared again.

Trunks picked up Bra and flew off, Goten, Pan, #17, and #18 all took to the air as well. They all dodged the beam-breath narrowly. "How do we stop him, Trunks?" Goten cried, over the sound of flames. "I forgot!" the demi-saiyan answered, and dodged another blast. Goku, Gohan, and Marron came out of the house; "Whats going --AHHHHHHHHH!!" Marron fainted. Goku and and Gohan recognized the problem immediately; "We have to cut off his..." Goku was caught in mid-sentense as his gaze drifted to the full moon. Gohan tried to resist, but the moon was so bright..so yellow...so hypnotizing...

Two more Oozarus resulted. "Cut off his what?!" Trunks yelled out. Vegeta fired another blast at the porch, Goten zoomed down and saved Marron. "My mom, your mom and Marron's dad are still in the basement, Trunks, what are we going to do???" Goten demanded. "I remember! Twunks! Cut off thair tails!" Pan grinned. Bra calmed down and hung in the air by herself, allowing Trunks to dive down at the three rampaging Oozarus. Gohan was the least destructive of the three, perhaps because he was only half saiyan, but whatever it was, Trunks dodged his blows the easiest. And soon Gohan was normal again, and laying unconscious in a bush.

Goten handed Marron to Pan and Bra. The androids were trying to get at Vegeta's tail, but the saiyan prince's aimed blasts were not easy for the 4-year old androids to evade. Goten joined his best friend in attempting to cut off Goku's tail. The raging beast swung his arms around wildly, but missed the two demi-saiyans every time. Goten zanzokened and placed his hands near the base of his father's tail, then fired.

4-year old Goku lay unconscious under a tree. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!" Vegeta's next blast was aimed for the center of the house, Trunks had to block it with himself. Angry, the purple-haired demi-saiyan charged forward, into Vegeta's face, zanzokened, and sliced off Vegeta's tail, which fell to the ground twitching as the saiyan shrank in size and lost fur.

Trunks dragged the tree bodies to his room and dressed them in his clothes, all of them were too big for his de-aged grown-ups. Bra and Pan finished making dinner. But they were sure it wasn't enough to feed them all, espiecally with 2 saiyans and 5 demi-saiyans in the house. Luckily the twin andriods didn't eat. Bulma, Chi Chi, and Krillin had been in the basement the whole time and were totally oblivious to the Oozaru Incident.

Vegeta, Goku, and Gohan had also woken up with no memory of it, which was a good thing. They didn't even notice their change into oversized clothing. Dinner, 2912 hotdogs, were gone in mere minutes. Krillin, Chi Chi, Bulma, and Marron all watched as the meal disappeared between the saiyan decendents.

After dinner however......"I don't WANT to stay here!" Vegeta roared. "Me either!" #18 snarled. "Me either!!!" Chi Chi chimed in. "Lets git outta here, I don't even know who you guys are!" Krillin said. Marron sniffed. "Don't make me knock you all out." Trunks mumbled under his breath. "Why don't we play games..?" Goten suggested. Trunks grinned; the first intelligent thing his friend had said all evening.

Vegeta and Goku were soon fighting furiously on the Gamecube, killing each other on Super Smash Bros. Melee. Krillin, #18, #17 and Gohan were racing on the N64. Chi Chi, Bulma, Bra, Marron, and Pan were upstairs in Bra's Room doing who-knows-what. Goten had been appointed to the job of 'guard'. He was supposed to watch over Vegeta and the others while Trunks stayed in the lab, trying to figure out how to make their parents normal.

Piles of paper crowded Bulma's workdesk, many of which Chi Chi and Bulma doodled on earlier...Trunks studied the machine's controlls. It was obvious that his mother's Time Machine had failed and changed them all into children instead, but how to change them back? A dial was pointed to 40. And all of the grown-ups seemed to be 40 years younger. But there was a digital screen that also said 40, with arrows under it pointing in different directions...which one was the 'years' control?

Trunks searched the papers, he found the one that was a blueprint of the control panel. But doodling was all over it and he couldn't read the original print on it. Fusterated, Trunks grabbed the dial and twisted it back to zero, hoping that this would fix up his parents. "Goten, I think I fixed it, can you get them all to come down here?" Trunks called over his walky-talky.
"Ummm, Trunks...we hava problem..." was the reply.

The living room was in ruins. Goku and Vegeta were facing each other, hoved above the center of the room. Android #17 had a bag of popcorn. "You listen to me, Kakarotto, I called to be Samus first, so YOU have to be someone else!" Vegeta shouted. "Nooooo! You had picked Kirby first! I want to be Samus!!! And you CAN'T COPY ME!" Goku complained. "Liar! Why would I want to be that ridculous PINK blob?"

Trunks stepped into the room. "I need ya'll to come downstairs and ride in my...um...spaceship." he said. Goku was about to say something back to Vegeta, but instead blurted out; "Spaceship?" Vegeta landed immediatly. "Where? That means I can get off this planet, and go back home." Trunks led the group to the basement and sent Goten to get Bra and the others.

"This does NOT look like a spaceship." Vegeta grumbled, but he stepped in anyway. Goku, Gohan, Chi Chi, Bulma, Krillin, and the androids followed. Trunks told Gohan to press the green button that said; "Start." Suddenly, the machine began to flash and rumble. Bulma and Krillin looked paniced. Goten 'oooooed' and 'ahhhhhed'. Trunks told him to shut up. Bra was hypnotized. Pan blinked repeatedly. And Marron whimpered.

There was a blindly flash, then all the noise and strange colors faded away. There in place of their chibized parents were 8 dogs. "Ahhhhhh! Trunks what did you do!?" The dogs started climbing out of the machine, barking and yipping. Two of them, a pure black dobermen and a golden retriever started to fight. Trunks guessed they were Vegeta and Goku. A blue poodle jumped out and started barking really high-pitched yips. Soon the whole room was filled with barks. Trunks covered his ears and went into the machine, switched the dial back to 40 and made the digital screen's number go to zero.

"Just a stupid mistake, get them back in and we'll try again." Trunks told them, so Goten, Bra, Pan, and Marron gathered the dogs and shoved them into the machine. It wasn't easy, they struggled and bite. The black dobermen, Vegeta, escaped in the confusion.

They had 7 dogs tied to their seats inside the machine. Trunks looked around the room; "We're missing one...my dad!" Trunks's eyes darted around the room, the dog was nowhere to be seen. "Arrgggg, you keep them here, make sure they don't change the buttons and stuff, I'll be right back!" the demi-saiyan bolted out of the room.

The black dobermen was almost invisable against the night sky. And Trunks found it hard to detect the energy of a mutt. The 8-year old ran through the forest, looking for the dog. Without warning, Vegeta lept onto Trunks, teeth bared. "AHH! Get off me!" Trunks slammed his father into a tree. But Vegeta the dog was just as stubborn as Vegeta the saiyan, and lept again. Trunks closed his hands around the dobermen's muzzle and took to the air.

The dogs in the machine were struggling wildly, but were unable to break loose of the straps. Goten hoved in the air cross-legged, watching them. "I think that one's Gohan." he said pointing to a white labordor. "That one's mommy!" Bra smiled, pointing to the blue poodle. "That one's my mommy!" Marron said, pointing at a yorkshire terrior. Goten cocked his head, "How can you tell? It could be my mom." And so they went, trying to figure out who was who.

Halfway back, Vegeta broke loose and sank his teeth into Trunks's arm. Blood oozed. Too angry with how wrong the night had been Trunks ignored it and kept going. By the time he made it back to the basement, his arm was drenched in blood, and felt extremely weak. Trunks shoved his father into the machine, strapped him down extra tight and made sure the controlls were exactly as he ahd left them.

"How are we gonna press the button, Twunks?" Pan asked. "Like this." Trunks plucked a small device from a drawer. He placed it right next to the start button and pressed a few buttons on the device. Then he stepped back and waited. His audience blinked. A few seconds later, a small delicate hand came out of the device and gentally pressed the start button and the machine began to rumble again.

When all the noise and flashing lights stopped, the five kids' parents were normal again, and still tied to their chairs. "What in the world happened?" Bulma wondered. Vegeta ripped the straps off of himself, "I have no don't know, and I don't want to know." he growled, then he got out of the machine and left the room. "Your machine apparently did not work." Android #18 said as she broke her straps and picked up Marron, who was crying happily.

Everyone got out of the machine, confused and dazed. "Mom, you're machine is screwed." Trunks said. "Why, what happened?" Bulma asked. Trunks explained.

Everyone stared. "It's true!" Goten insisted. Pan nodded. Bra did as well. Bulma laughed; "So how did you like being the babysitter for a change?" Trunks glared, muttered something under his breath and left the room. Gohan laughed as well, picked up Pan, and left. Everyone else did the same.

Bulma picked up Bra, "In anycase, you'll still get a babysitter next time we go out. Maybe now you'll stop those tricks." she smiled, "But I'm probably wrong aren't I?" Bra grinned; "Yup."

Upstairs, Trunks was glaring out the window. His arm was still bleeding. The wind seemed to laugh. The demi-saiyan stuck his head out; "WHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" he screamed into the darkness of the night, lit only by the glow of the full moon.

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© Kiriska