Chapter 6

"Why are all the windows shut?" Ayame huffed. "It's an unseasonably warm autum evening and all of the windows are shut, the curtains, the blinds, even the shutters are closed! What's he trying to do, suffocate us? He should know that growing children need fresh air. What is wrong with that man?"

Vegeta and Tarble sat at the kitchen table, doing their homework. After years of experience of tuning out their stepmother's constant tirades, they just ignored her as usual.

"Uh, Ayame", Tarble started. "Dad said we should be sure to leave the windows covered tonight, no matter what".

"How ridiculous", Ayame scoffed. "Is he afraid of a little fresh air getting in here?"

"We just know there's certain times we're told to stay away from the windows when they're closed", Vegeta said. "And to keep them closed".

"Oh look at that, the harvest moon's out!" Ayame exclaimed as she opened the window. "And to think we almost missed it. It so beautiful".

Vegeta and Tarble turned around to see what their stepmother was gushing over. The two Saiyan teenagers were instantly transfixed by the moon.

"Goodness, you'd think they never saw a full moon before", Ayame said, shaking her head before walking out.

Meanwhile, King Vegeta was running frantically through the house, covering every last window.

"What are you doing?" Ayame demanded. "I just got done opening the windows!"

"Woman, I had all of the windows covered for a reason!" King Vegeta replied.

"I know I'm gonna regret this, but why did you cover the windows in the first place?" Ayame sighed in exasperation.

"Do you have any idea what's going to happen if Vegeta and Tarble see the moon?" King Vegeta snarled.

"Like that would be a bad thing", Ayame shot back. "What are they gonna do? Turn into little werewolves?"

"No", the Saiyan king said gravelly. "Worse. Way worse".

Suddenly, the two heard a low growl.

"Oh kuso", King Vegeta cursed.

"W-what was that?" Ayame asked timidly.

"Woman, you'd better take a good look at your living room because in a few minutes, it won't look the same", the Saiyan king replied.

"What?" Ayame squealed.

King Vegeta grabbed Ayame's arm and the two hurried back into the kitchen.

Vegeta and Tarble sat at the table, stilll gazing at the full moon. But the two teenage Saiyans no longer looked like themselves. Their onyx black eyes had now turned a bright red, fangs protruded from their mouths, and fur was starting to sprout.

"Oh this is just perfect!" Ayame screamed, half-hysterical. "Your children are possessed!"

"My children?"

"Why couldn't I have had a normal family?"

"For starters, you're a control-freak".

"Oh, will you shut up?"

"You did not just go there!"

The two were pulled out of their arguement by a loud snarl.

They turned to see two giant Oozaru.

On Vegeta-sei, Vegeta and Tarble would have had the proper training and would have been able to control their Oozaru forms. But since Vegeta-sei no longer existed and they now lived on Earth...

"Don't just stand there, stop them!" Ayame screeched at her husband.

"Woman, no one can stop that", King Vegeta replied.

"Well, there has to be something that-AAAAAHH!" Ayame never got to finish her sentence, because at that moment, Vegeta snatched her up, held her up, and sniffed the terrified human woman.

"Put me down, you big ape!" Ayame screamed at the top of her lungs.

Both Oozaru covered their ears and Vegeta dropped Ayame.

"They can't control it", King Vegeta explained.

"And whose fault is that?" Ayame snapped.

"Well, if you had just left the windows covered, we wouldn't be in this mess!" King Vegeta shot back.

"Don't you try to pin this all on me!" Ayame screeched.

"Well, I told you I had the windows covered for a reason, but you went right ahead and uncovered them!" her husband retorted.

The arguing escalated to such an intense level, that the Oozaru halted their destruction to watch the two feuding adults.

"Well, we wouldn't be in this mess if you didn't have freaky monkey genetics!" Ayame shouted.

"I know you did not just go there, Woman!" King Vegeta snarled.

Then the two Oozaru scratched their heads, shrugged their shoulders and returned to their rampage.

...Two hours later...

Vegeta and Tarble lay in the rubble that had once been their house. Meanwhile, Ayame and King Vegeta were continuing their heated arguement. No one noticed a girl with blue hair coming down the street to where the house had been only hours before.

"What happened here?" Bulma gasped.

"Someone felt they needed to uncover all of the windows", King Vegeta answered, casting a angry glance at his wife.

"You are unbelievable!" Ayame screamed.

"I'm not the one who caused this!" King Vegeta fired at her.

"You could've at least opened the windows if you were going to cover them!" Ayame snapped.

"You just want to find something to argue about, don't you?" King Vegeta shouted.

Tarble yawned and sat up.

"What...happened?" the fifteen-year-old Saiyan asked sleepily. He looked down and saw that he wasn't wearing anything. "AAH! Vegeta! Did you take my clothes again?" he screamed.

Vegeta got up to see what his younger brother was going on about, only to realize that he wasn't wearing anything either.

"I told you to stop doing that!" Tarble yelled.

"I didn't take your clothes, you baka!" Vegeta snapped.

"Don't argue", King Vegeta said to his two sons before turning back to continue his argument with his wife.

"Hi, Bulma", Tarble said when he spotted the blue-haired heiress.

"Uh, Tarble, why are you and Vegeta wearing curtains?" Bulma asked.

"We lost our clothes", Tarble answered. "I don't even remember what happened".

"The two of you went ape, literally!" Ayame shouted at him.

"Thanks to you", King Vegeta told her.

"You know, you two should consider marriage counciling", Tarble said.

"Why?" his father asked. "Just so they can tell me that this marriage is a hopeless failure? I knew that all ready".

"No, that's actually a good idea", Ayame said.

"See? The first step to working out your problems is healthy communication with one another", Tarble explained.

"Tarble takes psychology for one semester and he thinks he's Dr. Phil", Vegeta groaned.

"Well, actually", Tarble started, "Dr. Phil did teach a workshop at my school once".

"Shut up, Tarble!" Vegeta snapped.

"Psychology? That actually sounds kind of interesting", Bulma put in.

"Thank you, it's nice to be appreciated", Tarble told her.

"She said it was interesting, she didn't say she appreciated you", Vegeta smirked.

"Okay, that's just rude, Vegeta", Tarble grumbled.

"What can I say, I'm brutal but honest", Vegeta laughed.

"Brutal I can live with, but it's the honesty that I have trouble accepting", Tarble said.

"Well, that's your problem", Vegeta replied.

"You two are worse than Raditz and Goku", Bulma sighed.

"And?" Vegeta questioned.

"Never mind", Bulma answered.

"You see what I have to live with?" Tarble asked her.

Bulma nodded.

"Uh, speaking of living, what are you guys gonna do now that your house is destroyed?" she asked.

"I'm sure Bardock and Fasha wouldn't mind if we stayed at their place for a little while", Tarble said.

"At least they would understand the full moon concept", King Vegeta said. "Then maybe your brilliant stepmother would learn to keep the windows covered during the full moon".

"Do not start with me again", Ayame warned.

"Who said I was finished?" King Vegeta asked.

"Well, let's head over", Bulma said.

...

"Sure, we don't mind you guys staying here for a while", Bardock said.

"Thanks", Tarble said.

"Finally, I'm stuck all alone with Raditz!" Goku grinned.

"You should feel privileged to have such a stud muffin for a brother", Raditz said, sticking his chest out.

"Quit talking about muffins, you're making me hungry", Goku replied.

"You can have Raditz's bed, he's sleeping on the floor tonight anyway", Goku said to Vegeta.

"Hey, you know I need my beauty sleep!" Raditz protested.

"You sleep half the day, but it doesn't help at all", Goku replied.

"Hey!" Raditz exclaimed.

"Don't feel bad, Raditz", Vegeta said. "Tarble's sleeping on the floor too".

"No fair!" Tarble grumbled.

"Life's not fair, get over it", Vegeta shot back.

Downstairs, Bardock and King Vegeta were talking.

"I told you marrying that woman was a mistake", Bardock said.

"Don't rub it in", King Vegeta replied.

"Well, at least we can spar more often now", Bardock said.

"That's true", the Saiyan king agreed.

"By the way, your wife said the two of you are going to marriage counciling tomorrow", Bardock added. "Good luck with that".

"That woman is relentless", King Vegeta sighed angrily.

"Sucks to be you", Bardock chortled.

"Shut up", King Vegeta snapped.

...

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