Chapter Two: The Family Photo Albums!


"Now what can we do?" Krillin asked, a quirked eyebrow.

"I have NO idea." Eighteen said with a slight smirk.

"*I* have an idea." Vegeta said, grinning at Bulma.

"Get away from me." Bulma said quickly. Vegeta frowned, looking very offended.

"Hey, I've got it!" Chi-chi exclaimed. "Bulma, didn't you bring your family photo album?" Bulma nodded.

"Yeah, and I packed yours, too!"

"I brought mine too!" Eighteen said. She pulled it out of no where and held it up. Everyone without a photo album at hand gasped. Bulma opened hers.

"Look!" Bulma exclaimed, pointing at a photo. "There's Vegeta blowing up his first bush!"

Everyone but Vegeta rushed to see the photo. A very young Vegeta stood there with outstretched arms, shooting a bush with a Ki. His mouth was open like he was yelling, revealing ONE tooth. "Ohhhhhhhh!" Everyone said.

"He's so CUTE!" Bulma squeaked. Vegeta crossed his arms and started tapping his foot. "Look, look! Here's TRUNKS blowing up his first bush! He is JUST like his father." Eighteen nodded.

"Ahahaha!" Goten laughed. "You look so stupid!"

"Gr……" Trunks growled and crossed his arms. "Yeah? Well you don't look any better now!"

Goten sniffed. "Mommy…!" Goten started crying and Chi-Chi ruffled his hair.

"Let's change the subject," Chi-Chi said. Goku picked Goten up and walked out of the room bouncing him like a baby. "We'll go on to my photos and come back to yours later!"

"Alright." Bulma closed her book.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Gohan yelled. "NOT THE NAKED BABY PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (Gohan: _) Gohan covered his eyes.

"Hey!" Chi-Chi yelled. "Your father took all of the naked ones, *I* was the decent one!"

"Da-ad!" Gohan complained as Goku walked back into the room.

"But! I-" Goku stuttered. "I- I!" Goku looked around the room for an excuse.

"Relax, kid," Vegeta said, putting a hand on Gohan's shoulder. "Bulma made him take them."

Gohan sighed with relief, and everyone giggled a little. The only problem was that Bulma was not relieved OR amused. "Vegeta!"

"I needed REVEEENGE." Vegeta said, crossing his arms.

"That's it!" Bulma yelled. "I'm taking a fourth away from the fourth of your normal food!"

"Ugh!" Vegeta stared. No matter how he tried, he could NEVER think of a comeback. He crossed his arms and stared ahead: "Baka onna!"

"Let's see, now," Chi-Chi said. "A picture of somebody clothed…" Chi-Chi started flipping through the photo album. "Darn it, Goku!!! The first three fourths of the photo album are naked baby pictures!"

"Whoo-hoops?" Goku scratched the back of his head and laughed nervously. Chi-Chi shook her head and sighed. She looked back down at the album and flipped the page.

"HERE we go!" Chi-Chi exclaimed. "Here's Goten riding Nimbus!"

"Man, I miss that cloud." Goku said.

"Okay, Daddy, I feel better now." Goten said. He jumped down from Goku's arms and crossed his arms on the back of the couch. He lifted himself up with his arms and looked down at the photo album in his mother's lap.

"And here's Goten and Trunks' FIRST encounter!" Chi-Chi pointed at the photo.

"Cool!" Trunks held out his hand. Goten lifted up his hand to give Trunks a high-five, when he fell off the back of the couch. "Huh?"

Trunks blinked and looked down at him. "And there's Gohan helping me with breakfast!"

"Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!" All of the women squeaked at the young Gohan wearing a pink apron and a chef hat that was too big for him.

"You're so cute!" Videl declared, causing Gohan's cheeks to flare.

"Ugh! Ugh!" Goten was hanging onto the back of the couch, his legs slipping on the side of the couch, desperate to make it up. (A/n: kick those little legs, Goten!!!) Goku noticed and gave Goten a boost. Goten finally made it up and sat on the back of the couch next to Trunks.

"Alright!" Trunks said, holding out his hand.

"Yeah!" Goten gave him a high-five. Goku smiled and chuckled.

"Now how come we can't be like that, Vegeta?"

"Shut up, Kakarott!" Goku stared.

"Mm…fine, then!" Goku crossed his arms.

"Look! Look!" Goten exclaimed, pointing at a photo. "There's me! There's me!"

"Yes, that IS you, honey." Chi-Chi ruffled his hair and Goten giggled. "This is Goten taking his FIRST bath!"

"He's so cute!" All of the women started getting squeaky again.

"Mom, he's naked." Gohan said, almost glaring. (A/n: that's so sweet! Gohan is lookin out for his lil bro!)

"I don't mind!" Goten exclaimed.

"Yes," Chi-Chi said. "And it's not like everyone here hasn't seen him running around naked, anyway!"

"Or the rest of the boys, for that matter." Eighteen said. Bulma shuddered.

"DON'T remind me!"

"What was so horrifying about that?" Yamcha asked.

"Yamcha!" Bulma slapped him teasingly and Yamcha just laughed. Chi-Chi shook her head and flipped the page. Her eyes went wide.

"Who took THAT one!?"

"What is it?" Videl asked. Chi-Chi quickly flipped the page.

"We'll just be SKIPPING that one!"

"What?" Gohan asked. "More naked baby pictures?"

"Um….well…." Chi-Chi glanced at the ceiling like it was all it's fault. "You're…HALF right…"

"Huh…?" Everyone looked confused.

"Hell-O-OH!!!!!!!!???" Chi-Chi yelled. This seemed to make everyone get it.

"Oh!"

"Wait, wait!" Goten exclaimed. "I don't get it!"

"Goten, honey, you don't need to." Chi-Chi said.

"But I wanna SEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" Goten snatched the book from his mother and ran off down the hall.

"Goten!" The room was filled with silence as they all waited anxiously. A loud gasp came from the other room. The group turned to look at Chi-Chi. In response, she threw up her arms.

"WHAT!?" Goten came running back in with the photo album.

"I didn't know you took showers with Daddy!" Goku started choking on his doughnut. Vegeta snickered. Gohan went wide-eyed and everyone else either snickered, giggled, or laughed.

"That's…VERY nice, Goten!" Chi-Chi snatched the photo album from him.

"Next time, can I join you!?" Goten asked. Vegeta cracked up laughing and had to hang onto the counter for support.

"Um….MAYBE, Goten!" Chi-Chi laughed nervously. Vegeta started banging on the counter with his fist:

"GREAT *GALAXIES*, IT'S HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Now I want to know who took the photo!" Chi-Chi yelled. "Gohan?"

"Um…" Gohan glanced from left to right. He held up his hand. "It wasn't ME, Mother…"

Videl noticed that his other hand was behind his back, all of his fingers crossed. "Goten?" Goten looked at the ceiling.

"Um…………….could you repeat the question?"

"Never mind, Goten." Chi-Chi said. "Now WHO did it?" Everyone shook their head.

"Nope!" Krillin said.

"Not me." Bulma said.

"You think I'm THAT perverted?" Yamcha asked. Chi-Chi opened the photo album and pulled out the photo. She stared at something for a bit, then Chi-Chi took in a big breathe and looked at her son:

"Gohan?" Gohan went pale.

"Yes…Mother?"

"Did YOU take the picture?" Chi-Chi asked.

"I already told you, Mother, no." Gohan said. Videl stifled her laugh. His fingers were still crossed.

"Then how do you explain THIS?" Chi-Chi held out the photo album. Where the picture used to be there was crude crayon writing: "GOHAN FOUND MOMMYS CAMRA".

"Oooooooooooh!!!!" Everyone turned to Gohan.

"WELL, Gohan?" Chi-Chi asked, one hand holding out the photo album, the other on her hip. Gohan swallowed. "WELL?"

He had to think fast! He needed an excuse! His eyes darted back and forth across the room. He pointed at someone. "VEGETA MADE ME DO IT!!!!!!!!!!"

Vegeta gasped and everyone turned to him. "*WHAT*!?"

"He said something about blackmail if I didn't do it!" Gohan exclaimed, still pointing at Vegeta.

"Of COURSE!" Chi-Chi exclaimed. "Vegeta OBVIOUSLY told him to do it because my boy wouldn't have misspelled CAMERA. I'm sure he wrote it himSELF!"

Vegeta gasped. "How dare you think that!!!!!!!!??? I'm not THAT evil!"

"Liar! He's lying!!" Gohan exclaimed.

"I may be a liar, and maybe everything else was true-" Goku gasped.

"Then it WAS you that ate my jelly-filled doughnuts!"

"NO! I didn't do that! It was DENDE!" Everyone stared at Vegeta in disbelief. He paused. "Ok, so maybe THAT was a lie, but I swear to you, Chi-Chi, I didn't do it!" Everyone looked at Gohan, who was still pointing at Vegeta. Gohan gasped.

"You mean you would trust HIM over ME?! Your own SON!?" Chi-Chi nodded.

"You're right, I'm sorry Gohan."

"Actually, you SHOULD believe Vegeta over Gohan." Videl said, raising her hand.

"THANK *YOU*!" Vegeta yelled. He went to hug her:

"Stay away from me!" Vegeta crossed his arms.

"Rejected in every corner."

"What do you mean, Videl?" Bulma asked.

"Gohan had his fingers crossed." Videl said. Everyone but the engaged couple gasped.

"Videl!"

"Gohan, it's bad to lie, but to lie to your MOTHER!" Videl put her hands on her hips. "I'm so ashamed! To think you're my future spouse!"

"But she's not your mother…!" Gohan protested.

"Gohan!" Gohan looked at Chi-Chi. "Other room! NOW!"

"Oh, alright…" Gohan trudged off down the hall, his mother close behind.

"Gee, we're sorry for not listening to you, Vegeta." Krillin said.

"Sadly, I believe I am." Piccolo said.

"See? I am SO misunderstood!" Vegeta yelled. He grinned and held up a finger. "But I LIKE it!"

Screams suddenly started coming from the "other room", causing Videl to go pale. "What is she DOING to him!?"

"Well, Videl, let's just put it this way," Goku said. "You never should of told her Gohan was lying."

"Yeah!" Bulma nodded and put a hand on Vegeta's shoulder. "Vegeta would have been glad to have taken the fall for him ANYWAY!"

Vegeta quickly jerked away from his wife. "Speak for yourSELF!" Goten sat down on the counter next to his father.

"Okay, what's the worse she could do to him?" Videl asked, very concerned. Goten and Goku looked at each other with big eyes.

"I'll be right back…" Goku said, sliding off the counter coolly. He walked to the entrance of the hall, then ran off down the hall so fast he hit the door to the "other room" and knocked it down.

"TELL me he was just trying to be funny!" Videl begged. Everyone looked away in different directions and Vegeta grinned.

"Okay, Kakarott was trying to be funny!"

"Vegeta!" Bulma kicked him hard in the stomach.

"Ow!" Vegeta doubled over and Trunks had to stifle a laugh. "Shut up, Trunks!" Vegeta squeaked. Trunks shrugged.

"Whatever."

"Hey, Krillin?" Goten asked.

"What is it, Goten?" Krillin asked.

"Is it lunch time yet?" Krillin looked at Eighteen. Eighteen looked at her watch.

"We've got about fifteen minutes."

"Okay!" Goten sat on the counter quietly, his legs hanging off the side. He started swinging his legs back and forth and everyone turned to the hall, listening for any noise. …silence… "Is it time for lunch yet?"

"It's been thirty seconds," Eighteen said. Goten frowned.

"Is that fifteen minutes?" Eighteen smiled.

"Nowhere CLOSE."

"Oh…!" Goten groaned and stopped swinging his legs. They all stared at the hall. Vegeta crossed his arms and started tapping his foot.

"WELL?" Goten jumped down from the counter and walked over to the couch. They all watched as he sat down and started looking through the Brief's Photo Album. They all turned to look at the hall again, when Goten cracked up laughing.

"Trunks, you're wearing PINK!"

"What the heck are you talking about?" Trunks walked over to the couch, jumped onto it and screamed. "I'M WEARING *PINK*!!!!!!!!!"

Goten giggled and they all turned back to the hall as Chi-Chi came walking out of the room, newspaper in her left hand. She looked at them all. "WHAT?"

"Where's Gohan and Goku?" Yamcha asked. Chi-Chi shook her head.

"Something about 'quality time'!"

"What did you do to Gohan?" Videl asked. Chi-Chi ignored her.

She walked over to the microwave and looked at it's clock. "Hey, Goten, it's five minutes past lunch, you know that?"

"Um……." Chi-Chi blinked.

"What is it, Goten?"

"What's five minutes?" Goten asked. Everyone but Goten laughed.


Now that that's over, we don't have to worry about the ratings going up because of naked baby pictures! And neither will Gohan. In the next chapter, Vegeta takes on a mysterious kindness, and everyone finds out that there is no way to kill Frieza! But don't worry, everyone! Frieza is on the job! ...or is he? Find out next time on FHI: There's No Way To Kill You!?