SHONEN ALLIANCE
OVA
ADVENTURE 1
VINE, IMCA, AND IKKAKU
ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING PART 1
Opening Theme: Opening Theme from DragonBall Z Ultimate Tenkaichi (American Audio)
"Now I've got you!" Ikkaku shouted as he swung down with Hozukimaru.
"Not likely baldy!" Vine replied as he swung up with his sword and parried Hozukimaru.
"My head is shaved, I'm not bald!" Ikkaku shouted angrily, which is exactly what Vine had planned for as he took advantage of Ikkaku's distraction to nail the Soul Reaper with a powerful kick to the stomach.
"Phew, that's 5 to 4, my favor," Vine declared, "you wanna go one more or are we done for the day."
"Your done for the day," Imca declared as she stood up and grabbed her massive weapon, Var, "it's my turn to spar."
"Oh no," Vine replied, "last time we sparred, you shot me. The only way I'm sparring with you again is if you unload every bullet, rocket, and pain causing device in that weapon except the blade."
"I shot you in the foot and for the last time it was an accident," Imca declared defensively.
"Is it still going to be an accident when you accidentally fire a rocket into my head?" Vine replied, "you unload your weapon and I'll consider sparring with you."
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to load and unload this thing? I…" Imca protested.
"Hey! I didn't come out here to listen to a lovers' quarrel," Ikkaku shouted, "so what do you two say to a little three-man free-for-all training?"
"This isn't a lovers' quarrel, but I'll be glad to kick your butt along with Vine's baldy!" Imca shouted angrily.
"I'm not bald, my head is shaved!" Ikkaku shouted angrily as the two both began to stare each other down.
"Oh brother," Vine sighed. Just then, the sound of a crying child caught their attention.
"I think that's coming from the courtyard," Imca declared.
"Guess we oughta have a look," Vine declared as the Soul Reaper and the two Darcsens headed for the source of the crying. They found it to be a small child, weeping uncontrollably in the castle courtyard. She was wearing a white shawl over a light blue dress and had short, dark blue colored hair.
"Hey, that shawl look familiar to anyone other than me?" Ikkaku asked.
"It's probably just your imagination," Imca declared as she knelt next to the child, "excuse me sweetie, what's wrong?" she asked kindly as the child looked up at her with dark blue eyes.
"Does she look like a Darcsen to anyone but me?" Ikkaku asked.
"Quiet," Vine ordered.
"I don't know where I am!" the child cried in response to Imca's question.
"Ahh, the poor thing's lost," Imca said looking up at Vine.
"Yeah, I heard," Vine sighed, "uh, why don't we take her inside and talk to the princesses. I bet they can help us."
"Good idea," Imca replied, "don't worry sweetie, I'm sure Princess Teresa will know how to help you, why don't you come with me?" She offered the child her hand which the child hesitantly but gratefully took.
"Thank you so much, Miss," the girl said happily as Imca stood up and led the girl along, followed by Vine and Ikkaku.
"So what's your name kid?" Vine asked as they walked. The child looked back at him and smiled.
"My name is Isara," she declared happily. Vine and Ikkaku both froze midstep while Imca walked a bit furher before coming to a stop herself.
"Did she just say…" Imca began to ask.
"What was that kid?" Ikkaku demanded.
"My name is Isara," the child replied again, obviously confused by the grown-ups reaction.
"That's weird, we know an Isara, and she happens to have the same hair style and color as you," Ikkaku declared.
"And the same eye color," Vine declared.
"And the same shawl," Imca continued.
"And wasn't she wearing the same color of dress today too?" Ikkaku asked.
"My, certainly a lot of coincidences," Imca declared laughing a little awkwardly, "but… Isara is almost 20 years old… there's no way this little kid is her, right? Right?" she opened her eyes and looked at Vine and Ikkaku as though pleading them to reassure her it wasn't possible. They, however, were both looking at each other.
"What do you think?" Ikkaku asked.
"Traveling with this group, stranger things have happened," Vine replied looking down at the child, "let's take her inside and find our Isara before we start jumping to conclusions though."
"Yeah… good plan," Imca replied, staring down at the child who was obviously becoming more and more confused.
….
Vine reached the castle doors and quickly stepped inside. "Hey, Teresa, is Isara…" he was interrupted by a sudden high pitch moink as Hans, ran under his feet, tripping him and knocking him flat onto his face. "Ow, what the…" he began to shout, but was interrupted as someone suddenly jumped on the back of his head, chasing the pig.
"Come back, meat!" he heard Luffy's voice shout as the boy continued his pursuit.
"Luffy! What've I told you about trying… to… eat… Hans?" Vine stuttered as he sat up and looked back at the boy. He was wearing Luffy's straw hat and a smaller version of Luffy's clothes, but the boy could have only been 8 or 9 years old that stood where he'd expected to see the young Pirate King to be. "Uhhhhhhhh…." He stuttered as he continued to stare at the young boy who stood in front of him, unaware of another small figure running up behind him, until the boy accidentally hit Vine in the back of the head with his fist while running past.
"Luffy! Don't tell me you let that meat escape again!" the boy, who had spiky blonde hair shouted angrily, "how're we supposed to make Barbeque Pork Ramen without the Pork!?"
"I'm doing the best I can, Naruto!" Luffy shouted back, "stop yelling and help me!"
"You guys… are seeing this too, right?" Vine asked as Imca and Ikkaku stared in wide eyed disbelief as Hans ran back to Vine and jumped into the alchemist's arms.
"Huh!? Hey look, that old guy caught the meat!" Luffy shouted happily.
"Alright, BBQ Pork, here I come!" Naruto shouted happily.
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING AN OLD MAN YOU SNOT NOSED BRATS!?" Vine shouted angrily at the two boys, "now leave the pig alone. No one's allowed to threaten to make him into a meal but me, got that!?"
"Hey, that's not fair! Is he your pig!?" Naruto shouted angrily.
"Yeah! We saw him first, so he's our meat you old man!" Luffy shouted.
"Heh, not so much fun now, is it?" Ikkaku declared laughing cheekily.
"Huh? What're you laughing about you old, bald guy?" Luffy shouted angrily.
"I'm not old, and my head is shaved!" Ikkaku shouted angrily.
"What happened to them?" Imca asked as she looked between Isara, Naruto, and Luffy.
"I don't know," Vine replied, "let's find the princesses, fast."
"Teresa, give it back!?" a loud, whiny voice shouted causing the 3 heroes to look back. They were astonished to see a young 8 or 9 year old girl with silver hair, holding a small doll which she was keeping away from a desperate and teary eyed younger girl with short red head.
"Come and get it, Renee," Teresa said tauntingly as she continued to tease Renee with the doll.
"Uhhhhh…" Vine stuttered as he watched what was happening. Imca and Ikkaku were both stunned speechless.
"Come on, Teresa! Give it back!" another voice ordered as a boy who looked like Goten ran up and joined Renee who was beginning to cry quite loudly.
"Goten, what's going on?" Vine asked the young boy.
"Huh? Goten? Who's Goten? My name is Goku," the boy replied.
"WHAT!?" Imca and Ikkaku both shouted as they fell over. Only Vine remained standing, but barely.
"Why don't you come and take it from me, Goku?" Teresa taunted, tossing the doll from one hand to the other.
"Fine, but you asked for it," Goku replied as he assumed a fighting stance and prepared to attack Teresa.
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa!" Vine shouted desperately as he stepped between the two saiyans, "Goku, what would your grandfather say if he saw you about to hit a girl?"
"She started it! She won't give Renee back her doll!" Goku shouted angrily.
"Don't talk back to me, young man. I asked you a question, now give me an answer," Vine ordered.
"He'd tell me not too," Goku sighed in reply.
"And you, you oughta be ashamed of yourself, reducing your little sister to tears like that! What do you say?" Vine scolded Teresa as he held out his hand for the doll.
"It's not my fault she's such a wimp," Teresa replied, pulling the doll away from Vine who lightly tapped the princess on the head.
"Wrong answer."
"Fine, let the girl be a wimp," Teresa sighed as she gave Vine the doll, "see if I care." She turned and began to walk away.
"Ahem," Vine coughed irately which stopped the second oldest princess in her tracks.
"Fine, I'm sorry Renee," Teresa shouted back as Vine handed Renee back the doll.
"Wow, not bad, Superdad," Imca teased.
"We're gonna have to start calling you the Raging Dad Alchemist," Ikkaku continued the joke.
"Huh? What're you two going on about?" Vine asked in reply, "great, so whatever's going on has affected the princesses as well. Well this is just great, what the heck are we supposed to do now!?"
"Isabella, Rinoa, bring that back! I can't… yahhh!" a familiar woman's voice shouted from the throne room as a loud crash from the same room.
"Was that who I think it was?" Ikkaku asked.
"I think I just figured out what happened here," Imca sighed as the three of them headed towards the throne room.
"Hey! Bring back our meat!" Luffy shouted angrily as he and Naruto gave chase since Vine was still carrying Hans.
"Huh, wait, I…" Isara began to cry as she followed them.
"Hey, come on, you should come play with us!" Renee shouted happily as she grabbed Isara's hand and the two children followed as well.
"Huh, hey Teresa, are you coming?" Goku asked looking back at where Teresa had gone.
"Yeah, I'm coming," Teresa replied as she walked back over and she and Goku joined the others.
….
Inside the throne room Vine, Imca, and Ikkaku found the source of the scream to be Valeria, who was her regular age and trapped under a large suit of armor with an 8 year old Isabella and an 8 year old Rinoa on either side of her.
"Oh brother," Vine sighed as he and Ikkaku walked over to the downed princess and lifted the suit of armor off of her. The now eldest princess of the Full Moon shot to her feet, looking at Vine, Imca, and Ikkaku with a mixture of surprise and fear. "What happened?"
'Hold on, you can't think this is my fault," Valeria protested.
"Oh yeah, well weird things like this only happen when you're doing one of your crazy experiments, so why can't we think it was your fault?" Ikkaku replied. Valeria sighed in defeat to that response.
"Okay, you've got me, but it was an accident, I swear!" Valeria protested.
"That, I don't have any trouble believing," Imca sighed.
"What were you doing?" Vine demanded.
"I was… trying to find a way to make myself look a few years younger and…" Valeria began to reply.
"You're what, 20 years old and you're trying to make yourself look younger?" Vine sighed, "Man, I'm starting to think I got off easy with my princess."
"You know, there's no guarantee I'm going to age as gracefully as Shantella has. What if in another 10 years or so, I look like a wrinkled old hag?" Valeria demanded in reply.
"Okay, are you sure you're not Silphia disguised as Valeria? You're supposed to be the science geek, not the beauty queen," Ikkaku declared.
"Ooooo, just because I'm a scientist doesn't mean I can't still look pretty!" Valeria shouted angrily at him.
"I really don't care," Vine replied, "you realized you're probably going to look the same in 10 years as you do now since Saiyans age extremely slowly, right? Anyway, back on the topic at hand, whatever you did, I'd have to say it worked… a little too well."
"Uhhh… yeah, I think I may have made a slight miscalculation," Valeria sighed, laughing awkwardly.
"YOU THINK!?" Vine and Ikkaku both shouted simultaneously.
"Look, it's not as bad as it looks," Valeria declared, "I'll have this fixed in one, two days tops!" Valeria declared.
"And what're we supposed to do with the Toddler Alliance until then!?" Vine demanded.
"Just keep them entertained until I'm done," Valeria replied, "you're three of the Alliance's elite soldiers. Taking care of a bunch of kids can't be any harder than fighting the forces of Corruption or the Fallen One."
"They're not even close to the same thing!?" Vine shouted, "I don't do well with kids!"
"That was about the biggest lie I've ever heard," Imca replied.
"DON'T TAKE HER SIDE!" Vine and Ikkaku both shouted angrily.
"Look, I'm sorry, but I can't work on reversing the process if I have to be running around babysitting all day," Valeria declared, "I need some peace and quiet to work and you three are the only ones who are above double digit years old right now."
"Oh man, I hate it when she's right," Vine sighed.
"I got a question though," Imca said, "if the older people became young, what happened to the younger ones?" She quickly regretted the question when a miniature version of Shantella walked in, carrying a baby Flora in her arms.
"Flora's stinky!" she shouted loudly.
"Valeria…" Vine began to say.
"Well, I'd better get to work, good luck guys," Valeria replied as she bolted towards her lab.
"Oh come on! No way, I don't do diapers!" Vine shouted, "Imca!"
"Don't look at me," Imca ordered, "Ikkaku!"
"Oh no, I'm not getting anywhere near a stinky child," Ikkaku declared, "changing diapers isn't in my job description! Vine!"
"I… I… I hate my life," Vine finally sighed.
….
Vine emerged about 15 minutes later, clad in what appeared to be a hazmat suit and carrying a smiling Flora in one arm and holding a diaper as far as he could from himself as he could in the other.
"Where's Natsu? I need an incinerator," Vine demanded.
"Hey!" Luffy shouted angrily, "what's for dinner!? I'm hungry!?"
"What else is new!?" Vine shouted back.
"I'm hungry too," Goku revealed.
"Still not a surprise," Ikkaku sighed.
"I'm hungry!" Naruto shouted.
"When's dinner?" Renee whined.
"What's for dinner?" Shantella asked.
"Alright, I get the point!" Imca shouted angrily. She then sighed. "Who votes for ordering pizza?"
"Hey, just out of curiosity, where were all the others today?" Vine asked.
"Don't ask questions!" Ikkaku shouted, "the fewer kids the better!" Just then, a loud crash from the throne room caught their attention. It was followed by several more loud crashes.
"I'm gonna regret this, aren't I," Vine sighed as he and Ikkaku turned and headed towards the throne room. They were both horrified when they arrived in the room to discover that it was filled with miniature versions of almost every other member of the alliance!
"Man, I'm starving," the little Natsu declared glaring up at a lit torch on the wall. Leaping up at it, he devoured the fire and landed again on the ground, patting his stomach, "ahh, that hit the spot!"
"Wow, is that really good?" a young Alicia asked as she and a young Selvaria ran over to Natsu, "cause I'm hungry too."
"Hey, come on, I want someone to duel me!" a young Jaden pleaded.
"Forget it, you don't play fair!" a child Ichigo whined.
"Wow, Carrot-top wasn't any better at card games when he was a kid apparently," Vine sighed, chuckling.
"Owwie! Teresa, let go of my hair!" Renee cried as Teresa pulled on her red hair.
"You're such a wimp Renee, you need to toughen up," Teresa declared.
"I'm starting to see where the sibling rivalry developed from," Ikkaku sighed, "so Renee was a crybaby and Teresa was a little brat. Who would've thought?"
"Excuse me, Mister," Shantella said pulling on Vine's pant leg.
"Huh? Uhh, just Vine," Vine replied.
"Oh, okay, Just Vine," Shantella replied, "are you the babysitter, cause if so, everyone's really hungry so I think you should make something for dinner."
"Imca," Vine sighed.
"72 all meat, 9 cheese, and two all veggies, I know the drill," Imca sighed as she started to walk away.
"Hey, I can figure out who most of these brats are, but who's this kid?" Ikkaku asked, pointing at a little girl with long brown hair.
"Huh? Uhh, I don't recognize her either," Vine replied as a little girl with long silver hair suddenly nailed Ikkaku in the shin with a powerful kick, causing the Soul Reaper to jump back, yelping with pain as he clutched his shin, "her I know though."
"Hey, were you pestering Clare!?" Moka shouted angrily at Ikkaku.
"Clare?" Vine repeated, obviously surprised by the revelation.
"Ow, you little brat!" Ikkaku shouted angrily, "I wasn't pestering anyone! I was just asking a question!"
"Heh, this day just keeps getting more and more entertaining," Vine declared laughing.
"Selvaria, give me a boost," he suddenly heard Alicia order as he turned to see Alicia standing on Riela's shoulder trying to reach one of the torches in the room.
"What? Whaaa! No no no no, no boost, no boost! Only Natsu is allowed to eat fire!" Vine shouted running and grabbing the three miniature Valkyria and pulling them back, "you know, I'd expect something like this from Luffy or Naruto. Maybe Jaden, but Alicia? Give me a break!"
"I'm never having kids," Ikkaku declared.
….
"Yeah! This stuff is great!" Luffy shouted enthusiastically as he continued to shove slice after slice of pizza into his mouth.
"Well, his appetite hasn't changed much over the years apparently," Vine sighed, "I was beginning to wonder if the usual order was necessary, but I guess it was a good thing we did."
"I think some of these guys are eating even more now that they're kids," Imca sighed.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" a loud and maniacal laugh suddenly made several of the child alliance members shriek with fear.
"Alright, Who was that?" Vine demanded. His question was answered as a small green man suddenly jumped on the table.
"I'm the Demon King Piccolo! You should all bow down to me! I'm going to destroy you all and end your miserable… owowowowowow!" Piccolo shouted as Vine grabbed one of his ears and started pulling, "let go of my ear! Please, let go of my ear!"
"Take a slice of pizza and go sit in the corner," Vine ordered irately as he released Piccolo's ear. A moment later, Piccolo was sitting in the corner, fuming as he ate.
"Hey, Just Vine," Shantella shouted, "we need more water!"
"What? There's no just, just Vine," Vine replied.
"I said Just Vine," Shantella replied.
"No, my name is…"
"Oh brother," Imca sighed, "I'll go get water. Let's see, Moka, come help me."
"Fine," Moka replied as she rose from her seat, followed closely by Clare and the three girls left the room.
"Wow, those two are attached at the hip, aren't they," Ikkaku declared.
"Hey, did Imca just ask the Vampire to handle water?" Vine asked.
"This isn't going to end well, is it?" Ikkaku asked.
"Probably… not," Vine replied. Sure enough, it wasn't another minute before the heard Moka scream. "I got it," Vine sighed as he stood up and left.
….
In the palace kitchen, Moka was kneeling on the floor, surrounded by broken glasses and a pool of water, screaming with pain as an electrical current seemed to course through her body while Clare hovered over her looking frightened. Imca and Vine both arrived at the same time.
"Oh brother," Vine sighed running forward, "Imca, grab me a dry towel!"
"Guess I should have thought that through a little bit better, huh," Imca replied as she found Vine a towel while the Raging Blast Alchemist lifted the tiny Vampire out of the water.
"Papa Vine, is Moka going to be okay?" Clare asked pulling on Vine's cloak.
"She'll be fine… what did you call me?" Vine asked as he caught the towel Imca tossed him and began to dry Moka off.
"Hehehe," Imca laughed, "well would you look at you. Haven't even been with the kids for an hour yet, and you've already got one of 'em calling you Papa Vine."
"I'm sorry, Mama Imca," Clare apologized, "it's my fault Moka got hurt."
"What did you just call me!?" Imca shouted angrily.
"Heh, what was that Imca?" Vine asked tauntingly.
"Shut up, I don't want to hear it from you!" Imca shouted angrily which caused Vine to laugh.
"Just Vine!" Shantella shouted frantically.
"Eh, better then Papa Vine I guess," Vine sighed, "in here Squirt, what's up!?" His eyes widened with dismay when she carried in Flora.
"Flora's stinky again!" Shantella shouted as Vine, who had been sitting on the floor to tend to Moka, fell flat on his back into the water.
Closing Theme: Yeah Break Care Break (Dragon Ball Z Kai)
