The Lookout.
Gomah looked at Shenron with a surge of excitement. So this is the Eternal Dragon? He immediately shouted his demand.
"Shenron! Turn everyone who fought against Majin Buu, along with all their companions, into children!"
Even Mr. Popo was stunned. He hadn't expected someone like Gomah to make such a bizarre wish.
However, Shenron didn't react immediately.
Gomah blinked. "What? Is it not possible??"
Shenron slowly lowered his massive head, looking down at Gomah. "Children? Exactly what age do you mean?"
Gomah rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Ah, I see. Then make them first graders!"
"And what if they are already children?"
"Then turn them into infants!"
Shenron nodded slowly. "Very well. I understand."
Capsule Corp.
In an instant, Goku, Vegeta, Krillin, Bulma, Future Bulma, and the others all shrank into children. However, when the mystical power attempted to take effect on Turles, it simply washed over him without any result. After all, in terms of Miracle Power, Turles was now far above the Earth's Shenron!
Turles frowned as he looked around, a sense of déjà vu hitting him. Wait a minute... isn't this the plot of the Daima Arc? It actually exists in this world too?
Up at the Lookout, Shenron's eyes flashed with a brilliant red light. "It is done. Your wish has been granted. I shall take my leave now!"
"Wait! Hold on!" Gomah shouted. "Aren't you supposed to grant three wishes?"
"Three wishes?" Shenron sneered with clear disdain. "That's only for my regular customers. For an unknown intruder like you, I wouldn't have granted a single wish if it weren't for the rules of my existence. Three? You're dreaming!"
Gomah stood there, paralyzed with disbelief. What?? Is this dragon seriously discriminating against outsiders? Can I file a complaint for this?!
As the Dragon Balls scattered and vanished, Gomah felt a wave of immense regret. If I could only have one wish, you should have said so earlier! Why didn't you say anything?! If I had known, I wouldn't have wasted it on this!
Capsule Corp.
The newly shrunken group slowly picked themselves up.
"Ah, it's light out again. It really was Shenron... but weren't the Dragon Balls supposed to be stones? And who on earth would make such a pointless wish?" Vegeta grumbled as he looked down at his tiny body.
"Huh?? Turles, why didn't you change?" Goku asked, looking at him in surprise.
"Maybe Shenron just couldn't change me. Who knows?" Turles replied with a shrug.
"Whatever. Though, it really brings back memories, being this size again."
"Agh! My hair!!" Krillin wailed, falling to his knees in agony. The hair he had worked so hard to grow out was completely gone.
Nearby, Bulla, Trunks, and Goten—now in their infant forms—lay flat on their bellies. They stared at each other, their eyes filled with utter confusion.
"So, everyone except Turles turned into a kid??"
"No, the service staff are fine!"
Vegeta looked at a young, dark-skinned man nearby with suspicion. "Who are you??"
the young man blinked and replied, "Me? I'm Satan!"
Bulma, meanwhile, picked up Baby Bulla. "Oh my, I've gotten a few years younger again. But this is a bit too young. And honey, why didn't you change at all?"
Turles looked at Bulma and gave her a flat look. "Did you forget I have Miracle Power too? The Earth's Shenron doesn't have the juice to mess with me."
Having spent so much time hopping through various timelines and meeting different dragons, Turles' accumulated Miracle Power was now second only to the Super Dragon Balls. In short, his "cheat" was simply that unreasonable.
Future Bulma blinked. "Oh, right. I completely forgot. But what exactly happened??"
The Supreme Kai suddenly spoke up. "Something must have happened at the Lookout. I felt something strange coming from that direction just a moment ago."
"Is that so? I'm on it."
Goku immediately began to float, intending to fly to the Lookout to investigate. However, because his body had suddenly become small and his center of gravity had shifted, he couldn't maintain his balance. He plummeted straight out of the sky.
On the ground, Vegeta's pupils shrank. "Kakarot, look out!"
A split second later, Goku slammed hard into Vegeta. In a twist of fate that bordered on the absurd, their lips locked perfectly upon impact.
The world seemed to freeze. Everyone stared at the scene in absolute, stunned silence.
Vegeta's face turned a violent shade of crimson. He shoved Goku away with a roar. "Kakarot! I'm going to kill you!!"
Goku scrambled away, shouting as he ran, "Vegeta, you can't blame me! I just turned small, I couldn't control my balance! Besides, it was just a kiss!"
"Kakarot! Shut your mouth!!"
"Goku is right," a new voice joined in. "You all should focus on getting used to your bodies and mastering your balance first."
Goku paused, looking at the speaker. "Who are you?"
"I'm Master Roshi!"
Goku looked at the turtle shell on the boy's back and beamed. "Oh, it's Master Roshi! You're a kid too!"
Master Roshi struck a pose. "How about it? You can't even tell, right? From now on, you can just call me Big Brother Roshi!" As he spoke, he didn't forget to wink at a nearby beautiful waitress.
The Supreme Kai spoke up again. "Kibito can take me to the Lookout. Goku, you and the others should come with us."
"Right. Let's go then."
As Turles watched Goku and the others depart with the Supreme Kai, Future Bulma looked at him curiously.
"Honey, aren't you going to turn them back? You should be able to, right?"
Turles chuckled. "Don't you think this is more interesting?"
The women shook their heads. "You really have a wicked sense of humor... but little Bulla is quite cute like this..."
The Lookout.
Gomah looked at Neva expectantly. "Hey, Neva, are the Dragon Balls in the Demon Realm this easy to collect?"
Neva chuckled. "Of course... as long as you can defeat the Tamagami guarding them!"
"Then what do we do? Do we have to start over??"
Neva shook his head. "Impossible. Even I can't do it again so soon."
Gomah's mental state nearly crumbled. "I..."
"King Gomah," Degesu interjected, "I'd say this is still a win. Those people have lost most of their power now."
Gomah began to smile again. "True. That is indeed good news. But if we take this guy with us, won't that make it impossible for them to use the Dragon Balls to change back??"
Dende, now a baby, opened his eyes, but he could only let out infant cries. He was completely defenseless.
Gomah looked at the baby Dende, feeling a slight hesitation about harming him. "To be safe, Degesu, take this one with us too! If anything happens, he'll make a perfect hostage!"
"Yes, King Gomah!"
Degesu promptly snatched Dende from Mr. Popo's arms. The group then boarded their aircraft and departed from Earth.
Mr. Popo watched their departing silhouette and sighed. "To think someone from the Grand Demon Realm would actually show up... It seems a storm is brewing..."