In the Eyes of a Child

Chapter Seven - Tonsillitis, Appendicitis, and Sugaritis

"I love you, you love me, we're one happy family," Videl sang out loud and the two boys who were holding her captive covered their ears in fright. She noticed that she was actually driving them insane, so she continued to sing to get back at them for what they've done to her earlier. "With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you! Won't you say you love me tooooooooooo?"

"STOP IT! AAAAAAH! STOP IT!" Trunks wailed as Goten just covered his ears even tighter. However, to the kids' dismay, Videl merely repeated the song, until Trunks made up his mind that it was time to reverse the situation and torture Videl like what they did earlier. He slowly inched towards the television, took out his father's favorite tape, put in the one they were playing earlier, and held the remote control. Baka, Goten! It's all his fault! Now Goku and Gohan know we're behind this prank... if only he did not stick in this Barney tape and just stuck with our first weapon, we wouldn't have gotten in trouble!

"Trunks, I'm sorry!" Goten cried out as if he heard every word his best friend said. "I was just going to rewind it---"

"I love you, you love me..."

"VIDEL SHUT UP!" they chorused, and Goten continued. "And I thought that it would torture her as much as the first tape did. I just tried to make things hard for her! I'm just not... as good as you are with these pranks!" he exclaimed, ending it with a sniffle.

"Nevermind, Goten," Trunks told his best friend assuringly. "You'll learn in time. They said that experience is the best teacher. And you learn from your mistakes. So next time, we know well enough that Videl is immune to Barney, and my dad isn't. But we don't have much time. Let's get on and make use of the time we have left!"

With a smirk, Trunks pressed Play, and the opening credits rolled. Videl could only stare at the TV screen in horror, and she started to go berserk, shaking and trying to break free before the show would actually start. She only had a few seconds more, and there wasn't much time. She had to get away. If there was anything worse than Barney, it was this one.

Vegeta was in a deep shade of red as his rival burst out laughing as well. At first, it was Kakkarot's brat, now it was Kakkarot himself. He was shaking his fist in fury as he thought of the two blasted demi-saiyajins that screwed up all their plans. Their plans were flawless. That was what they thought so. As the Master Prankster thought of what just happened, he was sure that it was Kakkarot's clone who screwed up. After all, like father, like son --- and Kakkarot was a total idiot --- and he was now very positive that the kid was the one behind the mess. My brat needs to teach that clone of Kakkarot the right way to play a prank... or we'll never get any of our plans right!

However, his attention was interrupted as Goku --- who was still in a laughing fit --- exclaimed, "So Trunks was right all along! You are a sissy!"

Anger filled the Saiyajin no Ouji then and there. His own brat... called him... a sissy?! Now, he was redder than ever. His aura was flaring up, his rage was about to break lose. In fact, he told himself that if he would hear another insult from the third class baka who was rolling in laughter in front of him with his son, the rage he would have at that time would be enough to make him turn Super Saiyajin 3. Or even something more.

He gritted his teeth as he forced himself to look at Goku, and exclaimed in a very furious voice, "I am not!"

"Yes you are!"

"I AM NOT!"

Son Goku bolted up to face the wrath of the prince, and with a sheepish grin, he continued to force his way through his insult. "Yes you're a sissy! You really are!"

"NO I'M NOT!" Vegeta growled.

"You are, YES YOU ARE!" Goku snapped back, his voice slowly rising in pitch, it was alarming. Although Gohan could tell that his father was enjoying what he was doing, and that Vegeta would pounce on him anytime now.

"AM NOT!"

"YOU ARE!"

"AM NOT!"

"YOU ARE!"

"AM NOT!"

"YOU ARE!"

"AM NOT!"

"YOU ARE!"

"AM NOT!"

"YOU ARE!"

"AM NOT!"

"YOU ARE!"

"You're a baka."

"I am?" Goku asked as Vegeta spat out his counter-insult coldly. He looked at his opponent with disbelief on his face. A... baka? An... idiot? Vegeta considered him as that? A stupid third class warrior? Goku could not believe it, he did not want to believe it. He stiffened and said, "Prove it!"

The other folded his arms in front of his chest arrogantly and snorted. "Well, then, Kakkarot. What is 1 + 1?"

"1 + 1...?" he asked in confusion, and then he began to pace back and forth as he thought of the answer. "Ummm... five minus two is zero... zero plus two is one... so one plus one is..."

Gohan could not contain his laughter at what was going on, but when Vegeta resumed picking on his father for not being able to answer his question, he decided to lend his father a hand. "Well, what is 1 + 1?"

"What do you think of me, brat? Dumb? Brainless? An idiot, like Kakkarot? Of course not! How dare you insult me, you son of the baka Kakkarot, a third class warrior who's a pathetic excuse for a man! I am Vegeta, the prince of the Saiyajins! How dare you underestimate me! Even a two-year old can answer that question!" Vegeta exclaimed arrogantly, and then he lifted his chin in the same arrogant manner. "It's three, baka!"

The screen went pitch black as the show was about to start, and Videl could not help suppressing her grin. Trunks, on the other hand, began to panic, until he saw Goten sprawling on the floor. The black-haired chibi had tripped on the wire, and it made the television go off. Trunks sent a glare to his best friend, who hurriedly plugged it back on.

And the show began.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!! STOP IT!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Gohan was immediately alerted when he heard the scream, which grew louder and louder every second. He clamped his right hand into a fist in fury, and finally, not taking it any longer, he blasted the wall and rushed inside to help his love out. The first person he saw was Trunks and Goten. The two troublemakers, and obviously, Vegeta's allies. "YOU! I should've known... it was you two all along!"

"Oniichan! It wasn't my fault!" Goten exclaimed trying to wash his hands from what was obvious. "It was Trunks' idea! He wanted to get revenge on Videl, as Vegeta-san wanted to get revenge on daddy! They just dragged me along!"

The older saiyajin did not bother to listen to his brother's plea as he shot daggers at them. Without moving his eyes, he hissed, "Let her go. Now."

It's time for Teletubbies! Time for Teletubbies!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

His jaw dropped. "Tele... tubbies...?"

Tinky Winky!
Dipsy!
Lala!
Po!
Teletubbies! Teletubbies!
Say "hello"!

Gohan could not believe what he was hearing. "Tele... tubbies...?" he once again asked in a weak voice, and as his mentally unstable girlfriend continued to shriek in agony, the two troublemakers were rolling on the floor with laughter.

"GOHAN-KUN, MAKE IT STOP!" Videl pleaded, and without warning, Gohan blasted the television and what everything that was in close range.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Trunks yelled as he dove towards the blast just to grab one of the tapes --- his father's favorite, Barney. He got it in time, but a second after, the blast knocked him off, and it sent him slamming against the wall. Almost instantly, in some sort of reflex action, Goten rushed towards his injured best friend, while Gohan pulled out the ki-rings that kept Videl pinned to the wall and set her free. To his shock, she planted a kiss on his cheek, a sign of her gratitude, and it made the teenager blush furiously.

However, their joy was cut short. From the smoke, a small yet furious voice hissed, "You... will... pay." They turned to look at what was going on, and they saw Trunks struggling to get up as he was being supported by Goten. Vegeta's brat then told Goten to give the tape back to his father, and while the younger of the trouble duo was out doing that errand, he began with his I'm going to make you pay speech. "How dare you, Gohan! You blasted my television! And my VHS player! How dare you! This was the perfect prank we ever came up with, and you just had to ruin it all! You will pay for this greatly, Gohan! We're going to make sure that you're going to pay!"

The other slowly pushed Videl behind him. "Stay behind me. I'll take care of you. He stands no chance."

"Do not underestimate your foe, saiyajin! Don't you know who you're facing?! You're going to be fighting the two greatest fighters in this world, the ferocious and fearless saiyajin duo that will soon take over the world! Yes, you heard me right! We will take over the world! We will take all the candy there is, and eat them all up until our tonsils get sore and we'll get tonsillitis! We will take all the cake and food and eat them up until our appendix gets sore and we'll have appendicitis! And... we will... ummm... we will..." Trunks began to stammer as he forgot the rest of his speech. He looked at his best friend, who was at a distance and was currently being yelled at by the Saiyajin no Ouji, and realized that he would have to say the rest of the speech while waiting for Goten. "Err... we will... we will... ah! We will take all the sugar and eat them until our... ummm... until we get... sugaritis!"

"Diabetes," Gohan corrected knowingly.

"Uh... yeah! Diabetes!" Trunks exclaimed with a grin as Goten came speeding towards his position. "And that will begin once we complete the ritual that will make us the most powerful warriors in the universe!"

Goten stood on one corner, both his arms raised sideways, parallel to the floor, adjacent to his chest and both hands pointed to the left. Trunks stood on the opposite direction, his arms in the same position only that they were both pointing to the right.

"Uh-oh..." Gohan muttered as he knew what was coming. "Uh... Videl... I think you should get out of here."

"FUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!"

"SIOOOOONNN!!!!!!"

"HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"