Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Deep Circle ❯ 24 ( Chapter 24 )

Hello, NewFan! Well, this is more of that suspense ^_~ . But finally it will be cleared what happened on the Earth in Goku's dimension in reality. Yeah, and you will know what Goku has doing after he left Vegeta. Well, hope you will like it.

 

Hello, LadyKATT! Glad to see you again ^_~ Didn't get the notice? Oh, it seems that mediaminer is doing strange things.

Well, Goku didn't want anything bad. He just needed some time to gather his marbles. Ah, and only one chapter left until the grand finale!

 

Hello, Wild Melody! Oh yeah, 22 chapters without a lemon…hahaha Took me long enough. You will get to know everything about those memories in this and the next chapters. Goku was gone because he was shocked after he remembered everything, and he simply needed time to arrange his thoughts.

 

 

Deep Circle by chayron (lttomb@yahoo.com) (beta-read by achillona)

 

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ. I'm not making any money.

Warnings: Yaoi (male x male). Goku/Vegeta.

 

Part 24

 

Goku knocked at Radditz's door. He impatiently shifted his weight from one foot to other. “Hi,” he quickly greeted Raaven when that opened the door. “Can I talk to Radditz?”

 

Goku was just left gaping at the door when Raaven slammed the door shut into his face. But first Raaven had given such a hateful glare that his all body chilled.

 

“Radditz,” Goku knocked at the door again. He hoped that with his brother he would find common language. Raaven probably was in one of those pregnancy mood swings Radditz had told him about. “Hi,” Goku nodded at Radditz who showed up from behind the door. “I wanted to…” He had been so stunned that he didn't even avoid the oncoming punch. Though the hit didn't hurt Goku, Radditz's weight was enough to throw him off his feet and toss him several meters back from the door.

 

“And you have the guts to come here?!” Radditz hissed down at Goku who wasn't even attempting to get up in his shock. “Don't ever come near us!” Radditz spat on the ground next to Goku. He motioned Raaven back into the house then snarled at Goku once more and followed his mate.

 

Goku slowly gathered himself from the ground. He gazed at the door for some time then took off into the sky not having the nerve to knock again. He was confused and couldn't understand why his brother and his mate would meet him like that. They seemed to really hate him. He felt really hurt - not only that Radditz hit him, but also his brother didn't even explain the reason for it.

 

Goku walked past the gates into the castle. The warriors guarding the gates saluted him on his way. Goku decided to clear the situation with his brother and Raaven later, now he had other matters to attend to.

 

“Hi,” Goku entered the Vegeta's room. He quickly cast a glance over the room, but there was only Kamala in it. “Have you seen Vegeta?”

 

Kamala calmly folded the newspaper, put it on the table then stood up from his chair. “Yes,” he nodded. Kamala's hand unnoticeably slid down behind his back to enclose the heavy golden bird statue that was standing on the windowsill. “He's in the training hall.” Kamala moved closer to Goku.

 

Goku nodded, thanking and turned back to the door. He didn't find it odd that for some reason Kamala was following him into the corridor until something heavy hit his head. Goku just managed to think something about madness then everything went black.

 

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He was cold. While unconscious he had instinctively curled up into a ball, it helped but little. He was very cold, weak and sick.

 

Goku blinked his eyes open. After they adjusted he saw that he was in a small room that actually reminded one of a prison cell: it was dark and there were iron bars instead of walls. There was some dirty rag on the floor and a lavatory.

 

He shifted his numb body, trying to get up from the floor, but he had some difficulty with that. He felt even number when he saw what was hindering his getting up - he was shackled. His hands and feet wee cuffed with some sort of metallic ki-cuffs. Now he knew why he felt so weak.

 

But why?!

 

Goku groaned, sitting up on the floor. His head was throbbing painfully. He reached out to rub the painful place. When he brought his hands back he saw curdled blood on them. Did Kamala hit him? He hadn't felt anyone else around him, except Kamala then. But why?! Why'd Kamala do that?! Why was everyone beating him?!

 

Goku was hungry. He didn't know how long he'd been in this cell, but he supposed very long - his side felt trampled, he must have been lying on it for quite some time.

 

It must be some misunderstanding. He couldn't explain that in any other way. Where was Vegeta? Did he know what Kamala was doing?

 

He waited long. Then even longer. Nobody came to him. At some point he fell asleep on that stinky rag, stretched on the cold floor. And, after he woke up, nothing changed much, only that his wrists and ankles now were burning badly from these bruising shackles, and he felt starved. Then he really began to doubt if Vegeta knew about this - his mate really wouldn't let him be kept like some caged animal.

 

Goku's head snapped to the side where he heard some noises coming from. Soon he heard some more noise then he saw the door into the big cellar opening, and Kamala entered the cellar. Kamala walked over to the cell, unlocked it and stepped inside.

 

Kamala looked at Goku then sighed in regret. “Hell, I hoped you croaked already… Tenacious bastard…”

 

Goku stared at other Saiyan in shock. “Ka…”

 

“Shush,” Kamala put finger to his lips. “Be quiet, there's no need to talk.”

 

“Where is Vegeta?” Goku ignored the sign. “I want to talk with him!”

 

“Yes, you will,” Kamala smiled. “As soon as he is available, I'll tell him. I'm sure he'll be very glad to see you. He has so many things to say to you…” Kamala again smiled at Goku.

 

Goku felt himself shiver at that smile. “Stop that! I want to see Vegeta!” he demanded. Goku restrained a choked fearful gasp when there suddenly a knife was pressed to his neck.

 

“Now, listen, you, pervert,” Kamala hissed, applying some more pressure to Goku's neck with the blade. “You keep silent or I won't even wait until Vegeta is back. That would be such a pity…” he chuckled, his eyes burning holes into Goku's scared ones. “I can assure you that he will find much more interesting ways to make death fun for you…” Kamala playfully disheveled Goku's hair with his other hand. “Actually I just wanted to ask one question,” his hand left Goku's hair and Kamala cocked his head to the side. “Why Vegeta? How did you come up with the whole idea?” Kamala's knife cut Goku's skin, leaving a bleeding streak. “Or were you simply fascinated by the challenge?”

 

“Challenge…?” Goku whispered in confusion, careful not to exercise his throat too much so as not to cut his throat deeper.

 

Kamala impatiently growled. “Drop it, I have other things to do than sit here with you.”

 

“But I don't…” Goku yelped when Kamala dealt a blow to his face, throwing him back on the hard floor.

 

“Alright,” Kamala stood up, leaving dazed Goku on the ground. “Maybe after you starve we will find something common to talk about.”

 

After several seconds the dizziness passed, but it was too late - Kamala was gone. Goku sat down on the cold floor to nurse his bleeding nose. Without his ki he hardly could protect himself, and Kamala's assaults might become deadly and dangerous for him.

 

Goku felt like crying in frustration. He couldn't understand why he was treated like that. Kamala used to be his friend, now Kamala was threatening his life. Kamala said he wouldn't get any food til he would start talking. What he was supposed to tell? Something about Vegeta, why he chose Vegeta? Was this about that? Was Kamala angry that he mated Vegeta? But then why did Kamala say that Vegeta was angry with him too? Vegeta didn't want to be mated to him? Well, he didn't ask Vegeta if he wanted to be mated, that was true, but Vegeta accepted the bond, anyway, so why would Vegeta be SO angry with him?

 

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He didn't have a watch but assumed that about two days had passed. He wasn't very sure though, he had blacked out a few times. He cried several times, for various reasons. He couldn't feel Vegeta anymore. That odd but warm feeling in the back of his head was completely gone. That had never happened before, and he was scared. That could only mean that either Vegeta died or refused him. Both options made his stomach churn in fear. He couldn't go through that hell again, it was not to his power.

 

Goku raised his head from the floor at the sound of footsteps echoing in the cellar. He saw Kamala squat next to the bars from the other side.

 

“So?” Kamala asked.

 

“What happened to Vegeta?” Goku pleadingly asked. “Is he alright?”

 

Kamala just sighed then stood up. “Stubborn bastard…” he chuckled, going away.

 

He broke down then, just couldn't help anymore. Sobbed into that old rag till his head felt like bursting.

 

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Goku didn't get any food but he was getting some water. One of Kamala's bodyguards would bring it and push the dish into the cell.

 

After several hours after Kamala left, the bodyguard came again, carrying a jug of water.

 

Only a real idiot or one who had never watched Hollywood movies could have fallen for the oldest trick in the world. But after the bodyguard cautiously entered the cell and, when the guard poked him into the side with his booted foot to see if he was really dead, he knew it was his chance.

 

Goku was weak and sick, but not so weak and sick that he couldn't manage to defeat some common bodyguard. With Kamala he didn't stand a chance, but this one went down.

 

After the guard finally sank to the ground, Goku checked his pockets and was immensely delighted to find a chocolate bar. While munching the chocolate and drinking the water he thought what he should do now. The guard didn't have the keys for his ki-cuffs. If he was stronger, he might simply fuse them with his power, but he needed food first. Kamala probably was the one who had the keys, but he had no chance of getting to Kamala unnoticed. He even had no idea where he had been kept these past days, all he knew was that he was in this dark cellar.

 

After some wandering through corridors Goku finally found the stairs that led somewhere upstairs. And he couldn't believe his luck when, after opening the door, he entered a small room that probably was used by that bodyguard as a post to watch over Goku: there was TV set, sofa and the most important thing - fridge. After opening it, Goku grinned widely, his stomach agreeing loudly with that grin.

 

It took him a whole day untill he regained his strength, but it took him only a second to fuse the shackles. As soon as he did that he went to look for Vegeta. He couldn't feel his mate's ki anywhere, but presumed that he must be somewhere near.

 

It appeared that he didn't need to travel long - Kamala had imprisoned him in the castle's cellar. There were two guards at the doorway, but it seemed that they didn't know what was going on - despite his stinky and ragged clothes the guards saluted him as usual and let him pass. It seemed that Kamala had kept him imprisoned without informing anyone.

 

Goku was glad to see Vedeno and his bodyguard strolling down one of the corridors. He expected that the kid surely would know where his brother is. Goku was very confused again when, after seeing him, Vedeno startled and stopped.

 

Vedeno warily stepped back, his mind reeling. “Kill him,” he ordered his bodyguard. He perfectly knew that his poor bodyguard didn't have a chance against Goku, but neither did he. He had to find his misuu.

 

Goku watched stupefied Vedeno run through the door, leaving his bodyguard. The bodyguard was advancing to Goku, ready to fight.

 

He found his misuu in his brother's room. His heart was beating so madly that he couldn't say a word at first. He could see that his misuu was scared. He was scared too. Together his brother, his misuu and his father might have stopped Goku, but now, when his brother was gone…

 

“Go to your father,” Kamala ordered. “Now!” he shouted at his hesitating son.

 

And Vedeno ran. And he almost collided with Goku in that fearful state he was in.

 

“Vedeno, wait,” Goku reached out for the boy. His hand stopped seeing terror in the boy's eyes. Not daring to touch the kid, Goku let Vedeno shoot past him.

 

“Kamala,” Goku entered Vegeta's room. “Now you are going to explain what the fuck was that about.”

 

Goku didn't expect anything else as Kamala attacked him. He had no time and no wish to play this time: he straightly advanced to Super Saiyan Two and pinned Kamala to the ground. That didn't seem to work: Kamala was struggling and growling loudly not even showing any intention to explain anything.

 

“Kamala, please,” Goku exhaled loudly in frustration. “Why are you all so angry with me? I didn't do anything wrong.”

 

“Explain that to Vegeta, you, sick bastard!” Kamala erupted, boiling in rage. “You know, I had been considering to do the same for you, but somehow the thought about fucking such scum didn't seem very appealing! I was afraid you'd enjoy it!”

 

Goku blinked at Kamala's eyes blazing with frenzy. Now he was completely confused. “The same for me?”

 

“Wait till Vegeta gets his hands on you!” Kamala madly thrashed in Goku's grip. “All the perverted thoughts will flee your head! We'll see who will be the winner of your sick game! I'll fucking let my dog bite you that you would enjoy your bond! And then…”

 

Goku stopped listening as he couldn't get Kamala talk and Kamala began to sink deeper into his ravings. But now Goku knew why it all happened. Finally it dawned him, and he couldn't understand how he didn't see it coming: HE FUCKING LEFT VEGETA FOR WHOLE THREE DAYS AFTER MATING! He was an idiot! His stupid brain didn't even consider Vegeta misunderstanding him. Vegeta removed the bond. That's why he couldn't feel Vegeta anymore, Vegeta refused him.

 

“Where is Vegeta?” Goku tried to interrupt between Kamala's curses and threats.

 

“You, son of a bitch! You fucking…”

 

Goku rubbed his burning forehead in frustration. He felt sick even at the thought what Vegeta must have been going through. If Kamala raved like that, what would Vegeta do after he saw him? “Kamala, shut up,” Goku pressed his palm over younger Saiyan's mouth. He yelped and immediately let go as Kamala bit him. “Stop that!” he shook the other Saiyan. Goku was getting angry. He couldn't believe it was all happening, and he couldn't believe that all of this was his own fault, all of this.

 

“Let go of me!” Kamala unsuccessfully tried to throw Goku off him. “Or are you going to rape me too?! Come back for more?!”

 

He slapped Kamala on his face. Not punched, but slapped. He did that instinctively somehow; disgusted by the acts Kamala was accusing him of. He didn't know why, but it worked - Kamala did shut up. Kamala's eyes were radiating with hatred and revulsion, but he kept silent. “I mated Vegeta,” Goku softly said. He saw Kamala bare his canines at him. “I didn't want to humiliate him, I wanted to mate him,” Goku spilled. “I left because I remembered everything. I needed time to get a hold of it.”

 

“And what part did you remember?” Kamala chuckled wryly at Goku. “How to fuck?”

 

Anger and blush flashed over his face and he growled at Kamala. It was no use; Kamala won't believe him. “Kamala, I love Vegeta. He's my mate, and you are making a big mistake by hindering me finding him!”

 

“Your mate?” Kamala laughed, amused and angered by Goku's dare. “You dare call yourself his mate? After everything you have done to him? Are you so stupid thinking that I'd believe that? You think I'd tell you where he is? You can forget that!”

 

“I just want to talk with him. Kamala, why'd I lie that I mated Vegeta?” Goku groaned in frustration.

 

“Who the hell knows, why you're lying all the time!” Kamala spat into Goku's face. “I can bet you thought he would break down and kill himself or something. Well, I have some news for you - it's you who is going to die!”

 

Goku wiped saliva off his face. He lifted Kamala then flung him onto the bed, letting go of him. Goku knew where Vegeta was, he knew.

 

He had to get to Earth! And fast! If Vegeta got to the Dragon Balls, he was dead. If Vegeta only got his one wish fulfilled, he was dead.

 

Goku shot through the door, leaving Kamala forgotten on the bed. Goku felt and saw the guards rushing from one side of the corridor. He turned to the other, but stopped as the door swung open and there plenty of guards spilled into the corridor through it. Goku blasted the nearest wall and shot into the sky, heading to the airdrome at his top speed.

 

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Space-pod wasn't exactly his favorite way of space traveling. But he had no time to be choosy then; he had to get the hell out of there before Kamala or the king could have ordered to bring him and whole spaceship down before he even learned how to start the engines. Goku knew how space-pods functioned: one needed only climb in, set the coordinates and the pod is already flying. And actually space-pods were faster than average spaceship. If Vegeta left Vegetasei in the spaceship, Goku had a chance of winning some time.

 

Before setting to sleep he was able to think only about Vegeta. He couldn't believe how stupid he was to leave Vegeta. True, it had felt then like a whole world had crashed on his head, but still…he shouldn't have left Vegeta or at least should have come back earlier. He had no idea Vegeta would misunderstand that claim-mark. After he didn't come back Vegeta assumed the worst. Vegeta always assumed the worst. But didn't Vegeta feel the bond between them? He had been able to feel Vegeta all the time until the very end. Maybe Vegeta didn't know what it was? Vegeta had never been mated before, maybe he had been just too confused and later too shaken to see the difference between a one-sided and normal bond?

 

Vegeta thought that he wanted just to laugh at him, only to humiliate him. Vegeta completely misunderstood his intentions. He loved Vegeta. He loved him back there and he loved him now. He didn't want this all to end like that - in some terrible misunderstanding. If only he had a chance to talk with Vegeta…

 

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Wow. Vegeta observed the green dragon. It reminded him kind of rasi, only without fur; the size was another essential difference.

 

“What's your wish, mortal?” Shenlong thundered.

 

Vegeta scratched his chin while looking at the huge dragon. And then someone hit Vegeta, no slammed into him. The blow knocked him off his feet and threw about twenty meters aside from the green dragon.

 

Goku's back shattered a rock when Vegeta hit him, sending the taller Saiyan away. After Vegeta saw who the attacker was he straightly advanced to Super Saiyan Two and pounced on Goku.

 

Goku didn't want to cause pain to Vegeta, but Vegeta was causing pain to him, both, physical and emotional. If he though that he was suffering while thinking about what Vegeta was presuming about him, he had been wrong: to see Vegeta's eyes filled with hatred, fear and panic was much worse. Vegeta was fighting him to win back his life, his pride and sanity.

 

Goku talked to Vegeta, said all those things he said to Kamala: that he loved Vegeta, that it was just a huge misunderstanding. Vegeta didn't listen to him. Vegeta didn't believe him. Vegeta probably even didn't hear him, didn't want to hear.

 

That was killing him. Vegeta's punches and kicks hurt less than Vegeta's eyes. Vegeta was making his mind and heart bleed. He loved Vegeta so much; probably the same passion Vegeta hated him with now.

 

Because of all hatred and fear now Vegeta felt against him he even forgot his wish and the dragon, he was concentrated only on killing. How he had been naïve to think that he would find Vegeta and everything will be all right. Vegeta would rather die than listen to him. Vegeta was only getting more furious at his words, explanations and pleas.

 

When he pressed Vegeta to the ground on his stomach, the prince's hands twisted behind his back, he could feel Vegeta panic. He himself panicked after realizing what Vegeta was expecting now. He didn't move then, he just held Vegeta pressed to the ground, softly shushing him and hoping that in the end Vegeta would relent enough to listen to him. But when Vegeta couldn't do anything physically, he opened his mouth: a stream of curses, threats and hatred fell into his heart, overfilling it, making it spasm with each heavy word. Maybe he was the strongest in the universe, but not at this level. He couldn't cope with the hate Vegeta felt for him, he couldn't live a moment with the knowledge that Vegeta was afraid of him.

 

It lasted for two agonizing hours. He just held Vegeta pressed to the ground. They both were tired: Vegeta was only in Super Saiyan mode and he was in Super Saiyan Two. Vegeta stopped his cursing long time ago, now he was only emitting a low, threatening non-stop growl. That was almost making him cry in frustration. And, after he tried to explain again, and after Vegeta shouted him to fuck off, he did cry. Simply put his head on Vegeta's back and started to cry, then to sob, choking on stinging tears. He frantically and desperately began to kiss Vegeta's back, pleading with Vegeta to listen him again, to believe him. A hurt sob left him when Vegeta wiggled, trying to throw him off. He had lost Vegeta once, he couldn't afford to lose him second time, he just couldn't… he had never experienced such pain as he did back there, on the Earth, but now he was nearing it again.

 

Goku snuffled. Goku raised his head from Vegeta's back, not sure how to react to suddenly unmoving and silent body under him.

 

“Why did you leave?”

 

Several quick hiccups left Goku's mouth as he heard Vegeta talk. Goku tried to still these hiccups, but after so much crying it was impossible. “Vegeta, please…” Goku begged.

 

“Why?”

 

Goku put his head back on Vegeta's back, his body still shaking with hiccups. “I remembered everything. I didn't know that I forgot something, but I did.” Goku closed his eyes, inhaling deeper then exhaled, trying to get rid of the annoying hiccups. Vegeta didn't say anything, but he was listening. Goku felt his hopes rise. “Remember I told you about that fight with Buu? I thought that I appeared in this dimension a year after it. But it wasn't like that. I came here four years after that fight. There were three years missing in my memory. When I came round in this world I didn't remember anything from those years.” Goku waited for Vegeta to say something but, when the prince was silent, he quickly continued. Goku was afraid that his luck might change. “In those three years…” Goku trailed off. “I told you that I and that other you were sort of friends. But I told you too that he seemed to insult or ignore me most of the time.

 

“In those three years changed many things…we became lovers. I never expected that to happen, as I never expected here that happen between us. I… We mated after a year. I was happy. I know he was happy too - he began to smile a lot.

 

“He got pregnant later,” Goku sadly smiled into Vegeta's back. “He was so afraid to tell me, he cried even. I just couldn't believe that…I was so happy to hear that and he was crying!

 

“I couldn't have been more happier then: he was eight months pregnant, a bit grouchy but happy too.” Goku closed his eyes and silent tears began to flow down his face. “And then I lost everything: my mate, my love, my unborn child. Vegeta had many enemies and one of them came to the Earth looking for him, some alien. He would have been no match for Vegeta, but Vegeta was pregnant,” Goku pressed his cheek to Vegeta's back tighter. “I was late. I…I…I just…when I saw him…there lying…” Goku stifled a sob. “I couldn't believe that, I almost went blind with pain. I don't remember much after that…I think I just snapped.

 

“My son found me several days later straying in the forest. I don't remember how I found that alien or how I killed him, but Gohan told me that I did.

 

“Several months passed until the loss of my mate and the bond retreated a bit, and I was able to function on my own.

 

“I gathered Dragon Balls. I was almost insane with pain when I made those two wishes. I wished to forget the pain, to forget what happened. And I said that I wanted to see him again. All I knew was that I wanted to be with him again and forget the horror I experienced.

 

“And I forgot. I forgot everything. When I met you, I didn't remember a thing,” Goku finished.

 

Vegeta was silent for some time. “Why didn't you revive him?” he softly asked later.

 

“I couldn't. It would have been the first thing I would have done, but I couldn't. He already had been revived several times, that wish has a limit,” Goku exhaled heavily. He hiccupped. “And I couldn't revive the baby…you understand…”

 

Vegeta nodded. The baby was too undeveloped to survive on his own.

 

“Please…” Goku sobbed again. “I just…”

 

Vegeta sighed, closing his eyes. “I didn't manage to completely remove the bond. It isn't one-sided, as I have thought, I feel the pain you feel. I believe you.”

 

Goku's breath caught in his throat and he hiccupped several times loudly. He was afraid that Vegeta was trying to deceive him. He wanted to believe Vegeta so badly…

 

Goku slowly released Vegeta's hands. He retreated farther from Vegeta.

 

Rubbing his wrists, but not looking at Goku, Vegeta sat up on the ground. He turned back to the green dragon. “Tell him something, he seems to be fuming a little…” Vegeta said to Goku, his back still turned to the taller Saiyan.

 

Goku raised his watery eyes at Shenlong. And then Goku laughed as he realized: Vegeta wasn't able to get his wish fulfilled, Vegeta wasn't even able to tell Shenlong what he wanted - Vegeta didn't speak Terran. He began to roar with laughter somehow finding it very funny.

 

He knew he was being hysterical and still he couldn't help laughing, and after Vegeta folded him into his arms and pressed his head to his chest, he burst into tears again.

 

He cried for a long time, Vegeta soothingly stroking his back and hair and shushing him softly.

 

TBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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