Oookay…
Well, here I am again. Time for more mayhem! What horrors shall I inflict upon the unsuspecting readers this time, hmm? I know: Adventures in Babysitting! No, not the movie. Though, if you wanna talk horror… Anyway, let's see what happens when two men are expected to watch three small children, shall we?
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Alone with Vegeta. That wasn't exactly Krillin's idea of paradise. But here he was, nonetheless, alone in Bulma's house with an angry Saiyan. To top it all off, the two of them were watching Trunks, Marron, AND Goten, who for some reason just HAD to show up today of all days!
As it was for the moment, the kids were playing in the living room while the two adults sat in the kitchen in a rather awkward silence. Finally, Krillin broke the silence. "So… how'd you get suckered into this?" he asked.
Vegeta looked at him, a scowl plastered onto his face. "Stupid Gravity Room is busted and the woman refused to fix it unless I watched the children. I swear, she's always looking for new ways to humiliate me. Why, what did you do to be here?"
Not exactly wanting to tell Vegeta he'd been asked to help because the girls didn't exactly trust Vegeta to watch them by himself, he decided half the truth was the best way to go. "If I do this, 18 said I get my own private fashion show."
Vegeta snorted. "You subjugated yourself to this just to see your woman traipse around in pieces of clothing? You're more pathetic than I thought. I was offered the same thing, I just wasn't dumb enough to take it."
A small smile spread across Krillin's face. "You seem to have forgotten where they're shopping, haven't you?"
Vegeta's eyes hung his head as he suddenly realized where they'd gone and what he had refused. "Good Lord, I'm an idiot!"
Suddenly a large, hairy object found its way onto the table in front of Vegeta and his eyes flew wide. There, sitting in front of him, was the most evil, ugly creature in the universe. "S-s-spider!" He found himself wracked with fear as he gabbed the little man sitting next to him and pulled him close, just as the unmistakable flash of a camera went off behind them.
Vegeta quickly let go of Krillin and whirled to see Trunks holding his mother's camera and a stick with a fake spider tied onto the end, a large grin plastered onto his face. "Oh, man that was sweet! This is SO going on the Net!" He then ran out of the room toward the upstairs, his father hot on his heels. As they headed up the stairs, Krillin could hear Vegeta's screams and threats echo through the house.
Krillin sat back down at the table, a stunned look on his face. He didn't know Vegeta had a phobia of spiders. That was certainly news. 'Well,' he thought, 'at least I know I can handle these two. Marron's a good girl and Goten's relatively well behaved when he's not with Trunks-' He was pulled from his thoughts by a black-haired streak running into the room, knocking several things over in the process. It didn't take him long to figure out who it was that was now running laps on the walls. It took even less time to figure out the cause, as Goten's cries of "CANDYCANDYCANDY!!!" were clearly discernable. And there was only one place he could've gotten it.
Krillin stood up and walked over to the wall, carefully timing the next time Goten would pass, and reached out and caught him by the seat of his pants, lifting his feet off the ground. Tucking the boy under his arm, he walked into the living room to find Marron watching the T.V., an empty bag of candy laying next to her.
"Marron, did you give Goten some of your candy?"
"Yes," she answered, not bothering to look away from the screen.
Krillin placed his head in his free hand and sighed. "Why? You know his mom said no sugar."
Marron tore her eyes away from the screen and an annoyed look reminiscent of her mother's appeared on her face. "Well, it's HIS fault. He kept bugging me and bugging me, so I finally just gave him some." Her face quickly changed to the puppy dog eyes that he always fell for. "I'm really sorry, Papa. Please don't be mad at me."
Krillin openly cringed at the sight; it was impossible to stay mad at her when she mad that face. No doubt she'd learned that little trick from the many times he and her mother had used it on one another. "I'm not mad, just upset. Next time, listen to me when I tell you not to do something, okay?"
Marron threw her arms around her daddy's legs in a tight hug. "Okay, Daddy."
Krillin then turned his attention to the boy currently squirming under his arm. "Now, what do I do with you?"
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Vegeta was pounding on Trunks' bedroom door. "I mean it, boy! Either you open this door, or I'll bust it down! Don't think I won't!"
Much to his surprise, the door slowly creaked open. Instead of seeing his son standing in the doorway, however, Vegeta was greeted by a large stream of water pummeling him in the face, causing him to cough and sputter in surprise. Seizing the opportunity, Trunks grabbed the camera and bolted from his room into his parents' room, his father hot on his heels.
Upon entering the room, Vegeta was surprised to find it seemingly empty… suddenly, he was pounced on from above and behind as Trunks wrapped his arms around his neck and began to shout for all he was worth right into Vegeta's ear. As a result, he stumbled backwards into the adjoining bathroom, tripping over the clothes hamper and spilling its contents on both of them.
Vegeta decided he'd had enough and reached behind him, grabbing his son's shoulder and applying just the right amount of pressure, causing the boy to go limp. Picking up both Trunks and the camera, he placed the boy on his bed and left the room, heading for the stairs.
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Krillin's attention was diverted by a loud clatter from the stairway as Vegeta stumbled down the stairs, his chest heaving as he spoke. "I… g-got the… camera." Krillin also noted that he looked to be a wreck: a pair of underwear was resting on his head and various other articles of clothing were scattered across his frame. "Wow. What happened?"
Vegeta shot him a glare. 'Tell you what, Shorty; you don't ask, I don't kill. Deal?"
Krillin swallowed hard before emitting a nervous laugh. "Uh, deal."
Vegeta snorted. "I swear, that kid only gets that bad when he's had sugar. If I find out how that happened…"
At those words, Marron discreetly hid the candy wrapper under the T.V.
Krillin then noticed a pair of dirty socks hanging on Vegeta's shoulder and an idea began to form in his mind. Reaching out, he took the socks and quickly stuck them under the struggling Goten's nose. The boy struggled a bit more before finally falling limp. "Well, that's taken care of. Now if we can-"
Unfortunately, the women chose that particular moment to return from their shopping trip and were greeted by a Vegeta covered in dirty clothes, an unconscious Goten, and Trunks nowhere in sight.
Bulma walked up to Vegeta and began tapping her foot, waiting for an explanation. "Well? What happened?"
Vegeta just sighed and rolled his eyes. "Woman, you wouldn't believe me if I told you."
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There it is! Enjoy! Please review!