Left holding the baby

'Bulma, I'm here' cried Goten as he peaked around the door of the huge Capsule Corp remembering he has to call her by her first name not Mrs Briefs as it made her feel old.

'Hi Goten, I'm sorry I have to go over to south city to get parts for the new dragon radar you need it for tomorrow and I've ran out it'll take all day. Vegeta is in the front room just go in and keep an eye on him, if he argues tell him I left you in charge' Bulma smiled as she ran out the door.

Goten puts down the red staff his father had gave him, he wasn't exactly sure why but his father seemed very fond of that staff and said it had been passed down from his grandfather so it was very special.

'Hey Mr Vegeta!' yelled Goten as he burst through the door smiling to see Vegeta dressing for training.

'Goten I'm glad you came this early it will give us a chance to train before Trunks gets home' smirked Vegeta.

'Oh…no thank you Mr Vegeta, I don't think it would be such a good idea' confessed Goten knowing that he was no match for the crowned prince of the Sayains because even in training Vegeta fights to win, Goten like his father loved to fight but he wasn't completely stupid just naive.

'Ding Dong'rang a huge bell through out the mansion obviously the front door.

'Fine get that then would you runt' growled Vegeta a little upset he didn't get to beat up Goku's son.

'Okay, Oh one thing why are you just the prince of Sayains when there aren't any others?' asked Goten asking a question no one had ever put to Vegeta.

'I was never coroneted and its even more to respect for my father' Vegeta sighed for a second thinking of his father before realising and quickly snapping back to his outer exterior 'Now get the door child!'

Goten quickly made his way to the door opening it to reveal a young woman who looked very much like Trunk's Grandmother.

'Hello little boy, I'm Bulma's cousin, is she in? never mind she said she might be out but Vegeta would be in, is he?' the woman fired the words off so rapidly it took Goten a little while to understand.

'Yes, he is here ma'am' smiled Goten.

'Well that's okay then I suppose, anyway this is Sarah, here's here toys, bottles, nappies, talc, teething ring, baby bouncer and anything else you should need is in here now I'm sorry I have to go I'll be back this evening tell Vegeta.' With that the woman jumped back into the cab which drove away leaving Goten standing at the door holding a lot of baby things and baby Sarah.

'Hello' said Goten to the little girl who stuck out her tongue playfully and hit Goten over the head with a rattle before laughing. Goten picked the baby up and walked into the lounge where Vegeta had been just before. On the table was a note

Goten

I have gone to train since you don't want to, I like to train from when Trunks goes out till 8pm. The rules while I'm gone:-

Don't break anything

Don't make a mess

Don't disturb me

If any of these rules are broken I will not hesitate to kill you.

Have fun

Vegeta

Goten didn't know it but that last comment was drenched in sarcasm.

'We'll looks like it's just me and you Sarah' said Goten smiling. Sarah looked up at her carer Goten just as her lip began to quiver and she launched into a fit of crying.

2 hours later….

Goten ran into the kitchen carrying Sarah in his arms who is still crying. Goten sits her down on the counter and opens the Refrigerator and starts to look for food.

'Are you hungry?' asks Goten as he holds a half eaten sandwich towards the child which doesn't stop her crying. 'Ok, what about a drink?' asks Goten as he remembers the bottle Sarah's mother gave him as he dashes off returning a split second later. Sarah happily grabs the bottle and stops crying and starts to drink.

'That was all you wanted? Why didn't you just ask?' asked Goten quite miffed with the baby. 'Its warm in here don't you think' said Goten as he flew up opening the window behind Sarah. 'Now I'm hungry to' confessed Goten as he opened the door to the fridge again. Goten rummaged around looking for something to eat a minute later he emerged carrying a twenty three layer sandwich. 'This should be okay for a snack' laughed Goten at his Sayain appetite to Sarah. Goten turned coming face to face with absolutely no one…Sarah was gone. Goten looked out of the window to see a giant pterodactyl carrying the little girl in its claws.

Goten flew through the sky looking for Sarah, he thought of telling Vegeta but then thought maybe he shouldn't Vegeta was known as a man of his word. Goten knew where the dinosaur lived or at least sort of new, he knew the area but not the exact location and the fact that there were hundreds of nests didn't help. Goten searched for hours with no luck till he saw the blonde hair of a little girl peeking over the edge of a huge nest. Goten landed in the nest picking up Sarah.

'There you are' he said almost crying with relief.

'Squawk' came a noise from behind Goten, he turned and came face to face with three big baby Pterodactyls.

'Hi' said Goten as he and Sarah patted one of the babies 'I know some pterodactyls you know they're really friendly too.' Goten didn't realise the trouble he was in till a giant shadow swept over him, he looked up to see the mother of the chicks flying right at him screaming with her teeth glinting in the sun.

'I'm sorry I'll just be leaving!' shouted Goten as he dodged her teeth only to get knocked back by the mothers tail sending him and Sarah backwards. The mother grabbed Sarah and put her on the floor with her Chicks.

'Aww you were looking after her' Goten realised 'Thank you but we do have to go.'

The mother screamed again as Goten reached for Sarah making Goten back off, he looked around and realised there were three babies and hatched eggs. 'Oh, you lost your baby, wait here' Goten said this as he flew from the nest into the rocky valley below looking for any signs of the child. Goten found them about an hour later when he heard crying he followed towards the sound and there found the baby with a broken wing. 'Oh poor thing, wait here' Goten flew off as fast as he could in the direction of Korin tower. Goten made the round trip back to the baby in about an hour and gave him a Senzu bean, almost instantaneously the chick was healed and chirping happily. Goten loaded the baby onto his back and flew away landing not long after at the babies nest.

'Here's your baby back lady' said Goten smiling before picking up the sleeping Sarah 'nice to meet you but I really do have to go now sorry.' Goten flew off waving goodbye to the pterodactyl family.

………

Goten sat down in the lounge of Capsule Corp and exhaled heavily, as he set Sarah down the door swung open and Trunks burst through shouting.

'Mom, Dad, I'm home, where are you? Is Goten here?' Trunks opened his eyes to see Goten sitting quietly on the Sofa smiling with Sarah laying down next to him.

'Why is Sarah here? Where's my Mom and Dad?' asked Trunks slightly worried.

'Your Mom went to get something as soon as I got here and your Dad is training, some lady dropped Sarah off this morning.' Said Goten as he kicked his feet.

'Dad left you to look after Sarah, Mom is going to kill him' laughed Trunks.

'Oh no, he doesn't know he went training before I could tell him' confessed Goten.

'You've been looking after her all day, that's difficult. Oh one more thing whats that smell?' asked Trunks.

Goten and Trunks stood on chairs as they couldn't reach the top of the table where Sarah lay.

'Don't worry I've seen my Mom do it before it can't be that hard' grinned Trunks smugly as he pulled Sarah's diaper off. Goten and Trunks recoiled at the smell 'Whoa that's worse then my Moms cooking' laughed Trunks.

The boys tried but couldn't change Sarah.

'Just stick the tabs down' informed Trunks.

'I can't she's squirming too much!' shouted Goten.

Ten minutes later Vegeta walked through the door having finished training early to try and get Goten and Trunks to come spar with him.

'Tell me what is going on!' demanded Vegeta as he looked at the chaos, Sarah was crying being held over Trunks shoulder Gotens black hair had been died white by Talc which covered both boys and the majority of the room, a dirty nappy lay on the floor and Goten had a clean one resting on his head. The two boys had recounted the story of what happened as Vegeta tried unsuccessfully to calm Sarah after all he isn't the warmest and most caring person.

'You two take her and get yourselves cleaned up, I'll take care of this and if neither of you tell Bulma I promise I will forget all of this mess ever happened' ordered Vegeta.

Trunks pushed Goten upstairs knowing this was as generous as his father got.

….

Hours later the boys sat playing with Sarah as Vegeta made the evening meal before Bulma got home, he did it mainly for himself because as Trunks said Bulma can't cook.

'I'm home' yelled Bulma as she walked through the door. 'Oh I forgot Sarah was coming thank you Vegeta for looking after her and not complaining.'

'It was no problem at all Bulma' smirked Vegeta at the two boys who just scowled at him.

'Well I'll think of some way to make it up to you' said Bulma as she kissed Vegeta.

Goten and Trunks looked at each other and started to laugh when they realised Bulma had just spotted the giant piece of Pterodactyl shell that was sticking out the back of Sarah's little pink dungarees. Bulma puts two and two together and begins to shout.

'Vegeta!......'