And why was everybody staring at him?
"I said..." he tried again. His voice still sounded strange. Like a little kid's voice. That's it. He looked down at himself. He was a little kid again, wearing the kiddie-sized Saiyajin costume, complete with cape, armor and scouter. Vegeta was dumbfounded for a while. Then he got mad.
"What is your third wish?" Shenlong asked again.
Pilaf was still staring at Vegeta, who had turned into a little kid, and Goku who was still an adult. "No..." He grumbled. "That's not what I wished for. I wish..."
"You!" Vegeta yelled at Pilaf. "Turn me back to an adult this instant, or else." His ki started to rise. Eventhough he's a kid again, his power level wasn't affected.
"Vegeta, wait!" Bulma screamed, but it was too late.
"Granted!" Shenlong's voice boomed. "Your three wishes have been granted. Goodbye." And with that the magical dragon disappeared, the dragon balls scattered all over the earth, and the sky was bright again.
Vegeta was now in his adult form again. Everything was as it was before, except for one thing. "How dare you ruin my wishes." Pilaf said angrily. "Guards! Arrest these people!" he commanded to his two bodyguards. Of course, with just a flick of Vegeta's finger, both guards were down, unconscious.
"No..." Pilaf moaned, starting to feel really scared of Vegeta now. "You can't do this. I'm your emperor. I wished it and the dragon granted my wish. You have to obey me..." he whimpered.
"I told you," Vegeta said dangerously. "I am Prince Vegeta of the Planet Vegetasei and nobody is my emperor." And with that, he picked Pilaf by the cuffs around his neck and tossed him into oblivion. Vegeta dusted his hands and faced the others.
"Great. Now we have to wait another year to make the wish," Bulma said. "But you were a cute little boy, Vegeta," she smiled at her husband, who just grunted.
"By the way, what were you going to wish for?" Goku asked.
Gohan sighed. "Pan, Bra, Marron, Goten, Trunks and #17 are missing. They were accidentally transported to another timeline by my experimental time travel device. We were going to wish them back using the dragon balls," he explained to his father. This is all my fault, he thought again guiltily.
"Really?" Goku asked.
"Yes. Really." Vegeta answered, annoyed. "Try to detect their ki. It's nowhere on the planet."
Goku found that Vegeta was right. There was no trace of their ki whatsoever. It was as if they had vanished from the face of the earth.
"What do we do now?" Videl asked weakly.
"I'll get them back, even if it will take everything I have," Gohan swore. After all, this was all his fault, and he felt responsible.
"I'll help you," said Bulma. "Don't worry Videl. Goten, Trunks and #17 will take care of the girls. I'm sure they'll be fine wherever they are." She hoped she was right.