Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z, it belongs to Akira Toriyama. I also don't own any of the Beatles' songs. They belong to Apple Records… I think.

Warning: Some things in this chapter and most of this story are exaggerated for amusement purposes. Soap won't really make you burp bubbles, so please don't eat it.

Chapter Two: Bubbles and Beatles

Gohan had ducked, dodged, and shoved away the two boys while making his was to the T.V. The double team attack was really wearing him down. It made him consider adding more training to his schedule. Finally, after fifteen minutes of struggling, Gohan managed to turn off the T.V.

Goten and Trunks froze in mid-action. Trunks was in flight, halfway to colliding with Gohan's head. Goten was attached to Gohan's leg, attempting to eat it.

"Eh? Oniichan? What happened? Why am I eating your leg?" Goten queried.

Gohan sighed and said, "Don't worry about it, otodo(1)."

"Gohan-san, can you get me a glass of water? I'm thirsty," Trunks said.

Gohan nodded and went into the kitchen. He grabbed a glass then filled it. When he returned to the living room, Goten and Trunks were nowhere in sight. Baffled by their disappearance, Gohan set the glass down on a table then commenced his search for the half-pint, demi-saiya-jins.

They weren't under the couch, nor the table, or the chair. They weren't in the closet, either. That cleared off the living room from the list of places where the kids could be. He made his was to the stairs to continue his search in the upper levels of his house.

Not in the hallway closet, Gohan thought.

He went into his room and checked under his bed and in the closet. Not a trace of the boys was found. That only left four other rooms on the upper floor. Gohan checked in his parents' room; not in there either. The search of Goten's room also proved fruitless. That only left the upstairs bathroom.

Almost as if they knew he had found them, a tell-tale giggle reached his ears. Stealthily, so as not to be heard by the little kids, Gohan made his way to the bathroom. Another giggle broke the silence and turned in to full blown laughter. As he got closer, Gohan heard noises that sounded oddly like burping. He opened the door.

Goten was perched on the edge of the bath tub, belching out bubbles. Trunks was seated upon the toilet laughing madly at him. Bubbles floated through the air, popping occasionally when they made contact with something.

"Boys, what the heck are you doing?" Gohan asked through clenched teeth. A vein was visible throbbing on his temple.

"We're making bubbles, Gohan-san," Trunks answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Why is Goten burping bubbles?" The vein was growing larger by the second.

"I ate a bar of soap, 'niichan," said Goten. Every time he spoke a bubble came out with each word, making it difficult for Goten to talk.

"YOU ATE A BAR OF SOAP!" Gohan shouted.

"Yep, it didn't taste half bad," Goten responded. He was beaming up at his older brother.

"Both of you get downstairs and sit on the couch. DO NOT MOVE!" Gohan ordered. "I have to make an important phone call."

The boys were marched down the stairs and seated on the couch before Gohan grabbed the phone and called poison control. The phone rang three times before it was answered. "Moshi moshi(2), this is Yoko speaking, how can I help you?"

"Moshi moshi, ano… My little brother ate a bar of soap and he's burping out bubbles. I'm wondering if that's going to be toxic to him in any way."

"Ah, well, don't worry. Aside from a little indigestion, he should be fine."

"Ah… Domo arigato! Sayonara!(3)" Gohan turned of the phone then faced his little brother and Vegeta's son. Both boys were sitting docilely on the couch, looking at him with wide, innocent eyes. Every now and then, Goten would burp out a bubble. Gohan shook his head and said to them, "I won't punish you for eating the soap, Goten, but could you drink some water? It might help with the bubbles."

Goten nodded obediently and picked up the glass that was previously for Trunks. Speaking of Trunks, he was sitting on the couch next to Goten, squirming around. Gohan didn't notice this until Trunks was practically jumping up and down.

"Trunks, daijoubu desu ka(4)?" Gohan asked.

"Iie(5)! I gotta go potty!" Trunks exclaimed.

"Why aren't you going then?"

"You told us not to move."

Gohan sweat-dropped, he took a mental note to be careful around little kids, especially Trunks and Goten. They take things literally. He waved his hand dismissively. "It's okay now, you can go."

Trunks sprang up and ran to the bath room. A few minutes later he came back, normal and fidget-less.

"Gohan-san, may we watch T.V.?" Trunks asked.

"Hai, but no PBS!" Gohan ordered. He picked up his school books and started working again. The quiet was only broken by the murmur of the T.V. in the background until…

In the town where I was born/ Lived a man who sailed the sea/ And he told us of his life/ In the land of submarines/ So we sailed on to the sun/ Till we found the sea of green/ And we lived beneath the waves/ In our yellow submarine/ Yellow submarine, yellow submarine/ We all live in a yellow submarine/ Yellow submarine, yellow submarine…

Gohan flinched. That was one of the most annoying songs in existence. "Boys, what are you watching?"

"Some really hairy guys singing," Trunks answered. "It was in the DVD player, so Goten-kun and I decided to watch it. It's really weird."

The songs changed to another. This one went:

Oh, komm doch/ Komm zu mir/ Du nimmst ver den Verstand/ Oh, komm doch/ Komm zu mir/ Komm gid mir deine Hand/ Komm gib mir deine Hand/ Komm gib mir deine Hand…

The four and five year old heard the catchy tune and began to sing along, regardless of the fact they have no singing ability and didn't know the words or what they were saying. Gohan, on the other hand, recognized the song as the German version of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". Why would his mom have a DVD of Beatles' songs? It hit him. His mom was a Beatles fan and now, he was going to have to listen to a duo of midget kids sing every song on the stupid thing. After all, he couldn't just turn it off. Last time he tried turning off something with Goten singing, it resulted in very high-pitched crying until it was back on.

Song after song, Gohan endured. Every high note or 'oohhhh' was badly out of tune, but the only thing he could do was flinch and grit his teeth.

(this is Gohan's thoughts for the moment)

C'mon, Gohan, he thought. You've endured worse. Let's see, the fight on Namek, the Room of Spirit and Time, training in the wilderness with Piccolo-san, and what else… Oh! Cell games! Yes, the Cell games.

Singing really bad… Want to destroy ears!

NO! No self harm. You can do this. Just think about fighting! Yeah, let's see… Think about you and your dad training!

Squirts singing off-key, ears hurt!

(end of Gohan's thoughts)

"Hey boys," Gohan shouted over the music. "Would you guys like some candy?"

The DVD was turned off and Gohan was knocked from his seat by the two pint-sized whirl winds. Goten and Trunks nodded eagerly and started jumping up and down shouting, "Candy! Candy! Candy! I want candy!"

They followed Gohan into the kitchen and sat down at the table while Gohan flew up to the top most shelf of the pantry. There was a bag of leftover Halloween candy and Gohan grabbed it. It was full of Reeses, Smarties, SweetTarts, and Gobstoppers. He dumped the bag on the kitchen table and let them serve themselves. Gohan then went back to his studies, not knowing what a terrible mistake he had just made.

TBC-

My funny muse ran away from me! Sorry if this isn't as good as the last chapter! Like I said, muse ran away. Oh, and sorry it took so long to update, I was working on two other fics.

Japanese:

1. otodo little brother

2. moshi moshi That's what they say as a greeting on the phone.

3. sayonara good bye

4. daijoubu desu ka are you alright?

5. iie no

Reviews:

LordAlucard'sbride: Thank you! Well, Goku's sorta dead at this time and well, you know Vegeta.

Applescruffs: Domo! I didn't really watch the show to get the lyrics. I looked them up online. I've had to brave through many Barney episodes due to younger siblings but I could never understand the lyrics. I'm glad you thought it was funny!

Fredjoe: Look above to a response for how I know the song.

Ace Ryn Knight: I'm glad you liked it. I've reawakened someone's love for DBZ! You don't know how happy that makes me! Thank you, thank you! Yes Barney is very evil.

Miroku-has-darkness: Thank you! I hope I'll update faster next time than I did with this one.