Chapter 3
Goku: So how were you able to talk to me in there anyways?
Vegeta: Of all the things to ask, THAT's your concern?!
Supreme Kai: Communication across time and space is just one of the many powers I have as Supreme Kai of Time. I just let Trunks do the talking because he seemed to know more about that Spirit Comb thing.
Trunks: THAT DOESN'T EVEN SOUND THE SAME!
Vegeta: Nice. Now they're right back to yelling over each other. You might as well have just asked how tall she is.
Supreme Kai: I HEARD THAT!
Goku: Hey, her attention's on us now, keep going!
Before Goku or Vegeta can get another word in, the group hears the sound of a door opening, followed by footsteps. Everyone turns to face the noise, unsure what to expect.
Goku: Well, that was short lived. Think it's another one of those anomalies?
Vegeta: If it was, why on Earth would it just calmly open the door and walk in?
Goku: Duh! Dramatic effect! It's working, right?
Black-Clothed Warrior: See! This guy gets it!
Another Saiyan wearing black walks into the room, with a similar frame to Trunks and a Power Pole strapped to his back. With his arrival, the conversation cuts to complete silence as everyone locks their eyes on him.
Black-Clothed Warrior: Was it something I said? Oh, wait, I get it! It's what I didn't say. Hiya! I'm Goten, and I'm with the Time Patrol!
Supreme Kai: When did I tell you to speak? What took you so long? Where were you?
Goten: Woah, woah, easy with the questions! These kids are already dumbfounded, and you and Trunks clearly aren't helping that, so let me take care of the exposition, okay? You might wanna take a seat for this one, kids.
Trunks: Exposition? You just got here, what do you know that we don't?
Goten: Well, for one, the people of this time period are really weak (no offense kids), so we should be able to mess around here without causing too much trouble.
Trunks: How do you know that? And please don't tell me you went around beating up random people again.
Goten: Nah, I entered the Tenkaichi Budokai!
Supreme Kai: You WHAT? You really have no idea how dangerous a butterfly effect can be, do you? Imagine if you had gone and won a Tenkaichi Budokai when Hercule was champion!
Goten: Hercule? You mean Mr. Satan?
Supreme Kai: What? No, you can't just-
Goku: Yeah, Mr. Satan sounds way cooler.
Vegeta: I think it'd be "cool" if SOMEONE TOLD US WHAT WAS GOING ON!
Goten: Sheesh, no need to get your tail in a…wait, A TAIL? You're not supposed to have that!
Trunks: You really don't know what's happening, do you? The time machine must have made their tails grow back.
Vegeta: Time machine? You mean we didn't get sucked into a video game?
Supreme Kai: Nope, your genius mom's little proof of concept ripped a hole in spacetime for anomalies to travel through. Geez, Trunks, how does your family always manage to make a time machine?
Vegeta: Family? You mean-
Goten: Haha, you really slipped up now, Chronoa! Guess the cat's out of the bag, huh? You can think of us as your cool uncles!
Trunks: Goten, I think we're a few generations too far back to be their uncles.
Goku: So if Pan's my grandma, and Goku's her grandpa…gah, my head hurts!
Goten: Maybe we should take a break and exercise some muscles besides our brains.
Trunks: You don't actually think that gravity chamber can handle that, do you? There's a hole in it for crying out loud!
Goten: No problem, we can just take 'em back to the Time Nest! But for the record, I wasn't planning on going full power against little kids, you know.
Vegeta: Hmph. Why bother fighting at all if you're not going to go all out?
Goku: No offense Vegeta, but these guys could probably slam dunk you if they wanted to. Let's just play along for now, okay?
Vegeta: Everything's a game to you, isn't it?
Goku: You're the one who thought we got sucked into a video game!
Sick of listening, the Supreme Kai of Time snaps her fingers, and Goku, Vegeta, Goten and Trunks all disappear.
Supreme Kai: There, game over. Now I'm taking an aspirin and a nap.
Age 1000
Scene: Hyperbolic Time Chamber
Vegeta: And that's why your shoes raggedy!
Goten: Guys, guys, calm down! What happened to all that synergy you had in the time rift?
Vegeta: Combat requires synergy, that's all.
Goku: That doesn't mean they have to be mutually exclusive!
Trunks: Speaking of mutually exclusive things, I'd like to see if you two can hold your own individually. Of course, our goal is to never leave a fellow Time Patroller behind, but you never know when an enemy could separate you from your team.
Vegeta: Would that Supreme Kai count as enemy or team?
Trunks: That's a delicate-
Goten: Yes.
Trunks: A-anyways, I'll be fighting Vegeta. Goten will fight Goku.
Vegeta: Shame. I'm starting to like Goten better.
Goten: And that means you wanted to fight me? Your family's weird, Trunks.
Trunks: They're your in-laws…
An impatient Vegeta flies past Goten and interrupts Trunks with a kick to the gut. Goku follows suit with an attempted punch to Goten, but gets blocked and countered. As Goku gets sent flying he launches a blast at Goten, the recoil only sending him back further until he bumps into Vegeta, who was charging a blast of his own. Vegeta's blast gets knocked into the atmosphere and splits into smaller blasts, which then come falling down. Goku tries to summon a ki barrier, but can't manifest it in time and takes several hits. Before he can take anymore, Vegeta flies up and knocks him away, Goku colliding with Goten.
Goten: Trunks, I'm starting to dislike your extended family.
Trunks: You know those aren't my genes!
Vegeta: Hey, this is a fight, not marriage counseling! You can take it outside, or you can take this!
Vegeta throws a ball of energy at Trunks, who manages to catch it, but struggles to push it back. Cornered, Trunks suddenly bursts into Super Saiyan, crushing the energy ball into pieces.
Goku: Woah, you guys can do that too?
Goten: HAH! Sure can!
Goku: Okay, let's calm down, no need for us to go that far-
Vegeta: Finally, you stop holding back. Let me show you my full power!
Vegeta charges at Trunks, who effortlessly grabs him and stops him in place, before throwing through the door of the chamber.
Trunks: If that's your so-called "full power," you'll be mincemeat out there.
Goten: Give him a rest, Trunks, he's just a kid. He's not gonna get anywhere without experience.
Supreme Kai; How about you give ME a rest instead? You're lucky I'm not affected by the slowdown of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, because you do NOT want to meet the Supreme Kai of Caffeine. Now go look for another anomaly or something while I clean this up.
Trunks: With the kids? What are we, babysitters? What about their parents?
Supreme Kai: Don't worry about it, I sorted it all out with them after Vegeta's mom caught me passed out on the couch. Granted, they think it's just some game I'm playing with them, but hey, whatever works.
Trunks: Even we never made you pass out! Maybe I'm not ready to handle kids.
Goten: Then we'll just do what all responsible guardians do and sit them down in front of a screen completely unattended!
Goku: But how are we supposed to get back?
Supreme Kai: You can get back any time with a Time Scroll, but I went ahead and brought the machine here anyways.
Vegeta: Great, she ransacked the place.
Goku: That place is like, four times as big as a normal house, Vegeta. You'll be fine.
Vegeta: Says the guy who goes all the way to the house on Mount Paozu! That thing's barely a room!
Goten: Can you guys please just get to the part where you stop bickering and start beating people up?
Goku: Right, sorry. We just put those cards we got earlier right here, right?
Goku and Vegeta once again place down their Hero Avatar cards, and are once again pulled through spacetime in a blinding flash.
Trunks: Gah, I'm never gonna get used to that!
Goten: It's not so bad.
Trunks: Where did you even get those sunglasses?
Narrator: Out of nowhere, Goku and Vegeta find themselves among the ranks of the suspicious Time Patrol! Where will this new journey take them? Figuratively, nobody knows, but find out literally next time on Neo Dragon Ball Heroes!