Z Basket
By Pikachu Hunter
Chapter Eight: 'Bubbles' Bath'
Goku, now a helpless chimp, squirmed, tucked tightly under King Kai's fat blue arm. He struggled, but soon decided that any attempt to get away would be nothing more than a futile escape plan. He would have to wait until King Kai put him down, or something.
"I can't believe one little monkey could cause so much trouble!" King Kai exclaimed as he carried the monkey, kicking and screaming, into the house. "You are going to take a bath, Bubbles, and you're going to do it today! All the warriors I've been training lately get sick after they catch you, and I blame it on your lack of self-grooming!" He stated.
"Cheek! Oko oko...?" Goku put an inquisitive monkey finger to his lips. A bath? Well, if he were lucky, then Bubbles was a spoiled pet, and would get a warm bath. Then, King Kai would be able to see his folly. But, if King Kai thought he was Bubbles, where was the real uncatchable monkey? And why did the real Bubbles hate baths so much? He was obviously hiding somewhere...
"That's right!" King Kai nodded at Goku, as if replying to the Saiyan's monkey chatter. "A bath!" He managed to keep the chimp under one arm as he poured water into a tub that looked like an over-sized butter container from the sink, then set it on the ground. "In you go!" The Kai tossed the monkey into the bath.
Goku cried out helplessly. Cold water! Alas! Goku supposed he would have to wait until nightfall, or whenever King Kai wasn't looking to attain some hot water, and revert to his natural form. "Chaka..." He groaned as King Kai scrubbed fiercely at his back, as if he had not been washed in months. And there the monkey sat, moaning, in the tub, for the next half hour.
Gohan paced the floor of the basement, running his fingers through his hair. "What am I going to do! Dad just went poof! Now I'll have to go to another planet to find him! Wait...I can't get there, unless I'm dead...can I?" He tapped his head. "Well, if I were dead, I could always be revived with the Dragonballs...so how do I kill myself to go get dad?"
"Kill yourself!" Goten cried, running down the stairs. "What are you talking about, big brother!"
"King Kai just came here and took Dad away to some planet far away! The only way I can get him back is if I'm dead and I run on that really long path that Dad went on a long time ago!" Gohan explained. "I need to die, so I can go rescue him from the horrors of a common monkey bath...and make sure he stays a monkey, so I don't have to do my homework!"
"Die?" Goten frowned, putting on a heavy pout. "There has to be another way, Gohan!"
"Well, not unless someone else knows how to do instant translocation!" The older brother cried.
Goten threw a finger in the air. An idea had come to the seven-year-old."Wait...I bet Saiyaman could think of something else!" He ran over, and pushed a small button on Gohan's watch. The outfit popped out in an instant, and engulfed Gohan in superhero goodness. "The great Saiyaman is here to save the day!" Goten cried, nodding his head. "Now you can save dad!"
"You're right, Goten! Death is not an option!" Saiyaman threw his fist in the air dramatically, and twirled in a circle, his cape flowing magically after him. "Saiyaman shall rescue Son Goku from the terrors of King Kai's Bubble's bath!"
"Would you like some more tea, Mr. Squirrel?" Marron offered another plastic cup filled with lukewarm water from an old tea kettle to Eighteen. The cyborg, dressed in the ugliest pink dress she had ever seen, let out a low growl, and crossed her rodent arms over her chest. Marron had been giving her this 'tea' all morning, and Eighteen was getting anxious to return to her old self. "Shreeeeer..." The Squirrel sighed, taking the tiny cup from Marron. She ungratefully downed it, having feelings of sympathy towards her lonesome and bored daughter, and slammed the cup down on the table. Marron gave a large, childish smile. "Good boy!"
Eighteen closed her eyes. She might have been able to bear this, if Marron hadn't decided that her squirrel form was a boy.
"Chaka choko!" Goku whined as King Kai threw more soapy water over his head. He was getting tired of this bath, and was beginning to see why Bubbles had fled the scene when the Kai had offered him a bath.
Then, Goku saw him. It was the real Bubbles, clinging to the chandelier above their heads. "Cha! Chip, chip! Cha!" Goku pointed at the ceiling, and waved wildly for Bubbles to come down.
"Okay, okay, Bubbles, you can come out, now..." King Kai grabbed a white towel from behind him, and wrapped it around the soaking Goku as he pulled him from the plastic tub. "Go dry off on the couch, and I'll get us some cards. We'll play Kai Poker." He grinned.
Kai Poker? What was King Kai thinking? Goku pondered if Bubble was often King Kai's form of entertainment. The blue being certainly enjoyed punishing Goku with the freezing bath water, and soap in his eyes. Goku felt hopeless, and slinked away to the couch, thinking of how boring this 'Kai Poker' probably was.
The old man was shoved violently out into the hallway, lucky to have grabbed a towel before he was visciously deported from his own bathroom. Vegeta threw a rubber duck at the inventor on his way out. "And stay out!" The Saiyan order, storming back into the steamy washroom, and slamming the door.
"Temper, temper," Dr. Briefs sighed. "What an angry fellow he is this morning." He wandered down a few corridors, and into a second washroom, as there were many baths in the large house. "I'll just use this one, instead." He stepped into another mysteriously started shower.
Well? How was that for an update? I hope you all liked this brand new installment of Z Basket! I'm happy I've finally returned—check out my bio for a lot of new stuff, and news! There'll be many new updates from me in the near future, I promise! I'm BACK:D
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