Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Chibi Potion ❯ Cakewalk ( Chapter 7 )

Chibi-Gohan: I know! I know! It's been over a month. Sorry, Mom found the homework I hid and made me do it and about 50 other book assignments.

Chichi: And there'll be more next time I i find them again

Chibi-Gohan: And for that reason, I haven't had time to update. I'm sorry though! And here's a chapter to make up for it.(I just have to find a better hiding place)

#7 Cake-Walk

"Please, please, please?" the two boys pleaded as Goku glanced into the playpen at the smiling Gohan and looked toward where Vegeta was, sensing he was getting impatient.

"I don't see any problem in it," he said as he plucked Gohan out of the pen and handed him to Goten.

"If he starts to get out of hand, of if a problem occurs, come and get me okay?"

"Okay." Goten and Trunks said together, as Goku and Piccolo took off to where Vegeta was waiting.

Chibi Trunks smiled a Gohan, then looked over at Goten.

"So, now what do we do?"

"I don't know," said Goten, "what do you wanna do?"

"I'm not sure, but we can't do much with you holding him all the time. Doesn't he know how to walk?"

Goten looked at Gohan, "I don't know, I haven't seen him walk yet."

"That's because he's always being picked up." stated Chibi Trunks, crossing his arms.

"Well we could always see if he can walk." Goten told him.

"Yeah, I guess its something at least." mumbled Chibi Trunks

"Come on, if he don't know, we can teach him." Goten said excitedly.

"Alright, then let him go, Goten."

"Okay."

Goten set Gohan on his feet and stood him up.

"Well, he can stand okay." Goten said happily as Gohan gave a big smile and stamped his feet on the ground. Chibi Trunks looked at Goten and shook his head.

"No you dummy! Your supposed to let go of Gohan!" he practically shouted.

"Huh? Oh!" Goten blinked as he let go of Gohan's hands and watched him fall on his butt.

"I don't think that's gonna work Trunks." Goten said as he held his hands out to Gohan, who grabbed them again, and pulled himself up.

"Yeah I had a feeling it wouldn't work." Chibi Trunks mumbled.

"It worked at making me hungry," Goten complained as his stomach growled.

Chibi Trunks sweat dropped, "Uh Goten, we just got done eating awhile ago."

"I know but it was only a little snack." he whined, which made Chibi Trunks's sweat drop grow.

"Oh alright, lets take Gohan into the indoor garden, I'm sure my Grandma's got some cookies baking somewhere." he said as Goten scooped Gohan into his arms and followed him into the building.

"Oh why hello Trunks! Hello Goten! Oh who's that lil cutie pie with you?" asked Mrs. Briefs when she saw her grandson and his friend. "This? This is Gohan" said Goten, "he shrunk this morning when I woke up." "Oh, well isn't that nice?" Mrs. Briefs cooed at Gohan, "Are you boys hungry? I've got some cookies in the oven that are just about done, and I just got a package of cakes delivered here this morning."

"Yes, please?" both boys drooled out. Even though Chibi Trunks had finished eating too, he couldn't help but drool at the sound of all those goodies.

"Okay, you three just make yourselves comfortable and I'll be back with some tea and cakes."

Goten set Gohan on the floor, where he pounded on the ground and babbled at a curious cat. Soon more of the animals became nosy about the babbling stranger and each took a turn to sniff, or be petted by him.

Soon Mrs. Briefs came back with a tray of goodies , and 2 glasses of tea, and a bottle. She saw all the animals around Gohan and shooed them away.

"How, bout some ice cream to go with those cakes?" she asked as she set Gohan into a high chair.

"Okay!" Goten and Chibi Trunks said with a mouth full of cake.

Mrs. Briefs smiled at the boys and came back with a cart of ice cream.

"Here you go, now I need to go run some errands, but your Mom should be home soon, Trunks."

"'K, bye Grandma!" Chibi Trunks called out and went back to eating.

Gohan saw all the good food in front of Goten and Trunks, but couldn't get near it, and started to get a little cranky. Goten noticed Gohan getting cranky and gave him half of his cake while he and Chibi Trunks started on the ice cream. After a while, a pile of empty ice cream tubs lay on the ground and the chibis were once again trying to get Gohan to walk.

"Keep dragging him like that, Goten," Chibi Trunks encouraged. "He'll catch on soon."

Goten dragged his brother about five feet and decided to let go, to his surprise, as well as Trunks's, Gohan began taking bigger and bigger steps, increasing in speed with each step.

"We did it! We did it!" the boys cheered as they grabbed each others arms and started dancing, until they saw what Gohan was running to.

"We forgot about the rest of the ice cream!" Trunks yelled to Goten. They both ran over there as Gohan was stuffing his face with ice cream.

"I don't think its gonna hurt him Trunks, he seems to like it." said Goten as Gohan let out a content burp, and reached for another carton.

"Yeah, but look at him, he's all slimy!" Chibi Trunks exclaimed. "I don't wanna touch a goopy kid."

"What goopy kid?" asked a voice from behind, startling Chibi Trunks and Goten.

"Oh Bulma!" Goten shouted, "Thank goodness your here! Gohan shrunk this morning!"

"What?!" Bulma wasn't sure she heard him right, until Chibi Trunks pointed to the baby covered in ice cream, and explained what Goten meant.

"He found Gohan like this when he woke up this morning."

Bulma's eyes bugged out in surprise as she ran to her bathroom, and checked her shampoo bottle. She was devastated to realize that there was a new bottle sitting on the shelf.

"Damn! How did he get into it?" she wondered as she went back to where Goten and Chibi Trunks were. She tried to remind herself to take care of the bottle, but Vegeta let her sleep though her alarm and she was too worried about being late for the meeting that she had forgotten to get rid of the bottle, let alone notice that the bottle was full.

By the time she got back to the garden, Goku had came back with Mirai Trunks, and Vegeta. Goku smiled at Bulma and then went inside the garden to retrieve Gohan, but was in for a surprise when he opened the door.

"Goten! Trunks! What the heck is going on?" Goku asked as the two boys were watching a very slimy Gohan run across the room.

"I think I know," said Mirai Trunks, as he pointed at the empty cartons of ice cream.

"Yeah," said Chibi Trunks, "We taught him how to walk and he dove right into them, he really likes ice cream."

"He ate the yucky flavored ice cream though." added Goten as he watched his dad run after Gohan and catch him.

Trunks read the label on the carton and sweat dropped, he then looked nervously at Goku who was holding on to Gohan. Gohan was laughing like crazy and kicking his little legs excitedly.

"Coffee ice cream," he reported to the others, "they let him eat the coffee ice cream."

"Yeah, so what?" asked Vegeta impatiently, "What's the big deal about coffee ice cream?"

"It has caffeine in it," Bulma said as she stared at Gohan, as he struggled to get free from Goku's grasp. She then decided to find out what had happened.

"Goku, how exactly did Gohan end up like this?"

"We're not sure, he seemed okay yesterday, Goten woke him up this morning and found him like this."

"Uh huh, umm, did anything strange happen to him yesterday, like in the afternoon perhaps?"

"No, uh well he did come back all muddy after checking up on the boys, he was a little upset because the other bathrooms were in use, so Vegeta let him use yours."

Bulma looked at Vegeta, "You let him use our bathroom?"

"Yes, I was in no mood to hear his harpy mother rant about how filthy he was." Vegeta said annoyed.

"What did you tell him?"

"I told him he could use the bathing quarters to wash off the mud, but to not touch my shampoo bottle."

"You had him use mine?"

"Yeah, so? You have tons of bottles of shampoo, what was one little use of it going to hurt?"

Bulma placed her hand to her forehead and grasped a hand full of hair, realizing she shouldn't have kept the formula a secret. Goku looked at Bulma, as Gohan's caffeine was finally dying down and he fell asleep.

"Bulma, what is it?" Goku asked, worried about the condition of his son.

"I had a youth formula in that bottle." she said softly.

"Youth formula?" Vegeta asked, "Why the hell would you want a youth formula?"

"I made it yesterday, before the party. I thought it was a good idea at first, but I never got a chance to test it."

"How did it end up in your bathroom?" Goku asked.

"I put it in there so Trunks wouldn't get into it, I thought it was safe there. After I came back from the salon, I decided to get rid of it later that night, but I forgot about it when I was late for the meeting, and after Goten showed me Gohan, I ran to the bathroom and noticed that the bottle was full. That's when I realized that Gohan must've gotten into it."

"Can't you do something to fix it?" Goku asked.

"I'm not sure, I didn't think that the youth formula would be this strong. I have to recheck all my calculations and get a blood sample from Gohan to determine how powerful the formula was, then I have to find chemicals that will reverse the process and allow Gohan to return to his proper age."

Goku stared at Bulma in confusion, then looked at the others to see if they had any idea on what she had just said.

Several sets of confused eyes looked at Bulma, she sighed and tried to explain it easier.

"It will take me a while to find out how to bring Gohan back to normal."

"Why?" Goten asked.

"Well, if I don't get everything just perfect, then it wouldn't help Gohan any, it could make him older than Master Roshi if I mess up."

"No, I don't want Gohan to be like Master Roshi." said Goten.

"Why not?" asked Chibi Trunks.

"Master Roshi smells funny, and he's got no teeth." Goten answered plainly.

Chibi Trunks walked over to Gohan, and wrinkled his nose.

"Yeah well so does Gohan." he said as he walked away from the sleeping child in Goku's arms.

"Uh Goku, I think you should give Gohan a bath before I examine him."

Chibi-Gohan: Finally! I'm homework free! *hears a tap on the door* Yeah?

Goku: Hi Gohan! Your Mom's stepping out for a while so your coming with me and Piccolo for a spar.

Chibi-Gohan: Yeah! Okay be there in a sec. Well, hope you liked this chapter, I'll get to work on the next one as soon as I can.

Piccolo: Hurry up kid! We don't have all day!

Chibi-Gohan: Well, see ya!