CHAPTER SIX 
Goku set the last dragonball down. “All right, let’s get the dragon here and get you guys back to grown ups,” he said.
 “You appear to need it,” Bulma added.
 Chibi Goten and Chibi Bra hung their heads. “Sorry,” Chibi Goten mumbled.
 “It wasn’t my wedding,” Bulma told them.
 Chibi Bra nodded. “We already told Niichan and Marron-chan we were sorry,” she told her mother.
 Bulma smiled beatifically. “Well, then, everything appears to be settled.  Goku, why don’t you call that dragon now?”
 Goku grinned and her. “Why don’t I?” he agreed. “Dragon, here my call!” he yelled.
 The ostentatious display of dark clouds and such failed to impress anyone present.
 “What is your wish?” the dragon roared.
 “We wish for these two to be restored to their normal ages,” Goku said.
 “That I cannot do.”
 Chibi Goten and Chibi Bra gasped. “What?” Chibi Bra yelled.
 “This type of magic must only be reversed by the one to cast it,” the dragon rumbled. “What is another wish?”
 “Can you bring the person who did this here so she can undo this?” Bulma asked.
 The dragon nodded.  The woman who Goten and Bra had saved popped in front.  Goku grabbed her arms and held her.
 “Your wish is granted,” the dragon growled and departed. The dragonballs did their little disappearing act and soon it was just the people standing there.
 “We want you to make us adults again,” Chibi Goten told the woman.
 The woman stared at them. “Who are you?” she asked, confused.
 “You were getting beat up by some guys and when we saved you, you got mad at us.  You said you wanted to show us how you felt,” Chibi Bra reminded her.
 The woman’s face cleared. “Oh, of course.  You guys.  Well, I could make you adults again, but I have some conditions.”
 “What are they?” Bulma asked warily.
 “I want you not to bother me ever again.  I want this to be the last you ever hear of me, and I hear of you.  I will make you adults, and go.”
 Bulma considered that.
 “If you’ll answer a question,” Chibi Bra piped up.
 “What?” the woman asked.
 “Why did you get mad at us for saving you?”
 The woman laughed. “I do that on purpose.  I let people beat on me, then, when their energy is at its peak, I take it.  I leave them enough to live, but they have to sleep for about ten hours before they feel normal again.  It makes me a more powerful witch.”
 Chibi Goten stared at her. “Oh,” he said in a small voice.
 “But I will make you grown ups again, if you’ll leave me alone from now on.”
 “We will,” Bulma said firmly.
 “Okay.” The woman touched each on the cheek. “There you go.  Let’s see…five, four, three, two, one.”
 They both felt a strange sensation of growing and looked down.  Bra grinned. “Yes!  I’m grown up again!”
 Bulma was staring at her. “Wait a minute,” she started.  She turned on the witch. “You…”
 “Look, you wanted both adults.  They’re both 18 now, both adults.  You promised to leave me alone, so, adios.” And she disappeared.
 Goten and Bra stared at each other. “I’m younger than Marron!” Goten exclaimed. “Younger than Marron!”
 “I’m two years older than I was!” Bra shrieked at the same time. “Yes, yes!”
 Bulma and Goku were staring at them. “They’re 18?” Bulma whispered.
 “That’s what the woman said,” Goku replied. “Oh, this is so unbelievable.”
 Bra didn’t stop grinning. “18, 18, 18,” she chanted. “I’m 18 now!  This is so cool!  So cool!”
 Bulma took her daughter by the arm. “Well, come on.  We might as well go show your father.”
 Goku nodded at his son. “Your mother won’t believe this,” he said. “You tell her.”
 “I’m 18,” Goten moaned again. “Younger than Marron, for Dende’s sake.  I can’t believe this.  18!”
 “Come on, Goten.  Let’s just get home.  I know your mother is cooking dinner right now,” Goku told him.
 Goten brightened marginally. “Well, at least I can eat away my depression.” He levitated slightly. “And it’s easy to fly again.  Well, let’s just go home.”
 They flew away.
 Bulma and Bra stood there.
 “Well, we better get home, too,” Bulma said.
 “Yes, Kaasan,” Bra agreed and they left for Capsule Corp.
 


 

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