Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Friends, Bonds, and Family ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

A/N: I'm going to explain the whole Videl/Gohan/Piccolo thing, so here it is. The whole story is actually part of the prequel I have planned for this, but here is what it's about. Gohan decided that he loved Videl, but he also had feelings for Piccolo and he thought that it wouldn't be fair to string either of them along so he introduced the two. Neither Videl nor Piccolo wanted to give him up so they decided to get to know each other better. Eventually they developed mutual admiration for each other and they made a deal that they could share Gohan.

They didn't tell Chi-chi about their living arrangement because she still doesn't care much for Piccolo, but the three of them live together in a house in a forest on the outskirts of the city where Gohan and Videl attend college. I hope that clears things up, but if you have any more questions ask me by review or e-mail. Also, I'll explain the whole mates thing later in the story when I explain about Sam's origins.

Sam tossed and turned, becoming entangled in the sheets covering her form. Beads of sweat lingered on her brow as her mind brought forth terrible visions into her subconscious. Nightmares plagued her sleep and caused her to jerk awake in fright. She would have yelled out, but her conditioned mind would not allow her to commit such an atrocity.

Sam shook with fear at the images that had yet to leave her thoughts. She wiped her forehead with the sheets and threw them off of her. Rising from the bed, she made her way to the bathroom for a cool glass of water. She didn't want to return to that lonely room all by herself, but she couldn't bother Vegeta or Goku with just some silly nightmare.

Fear getting the best of her, she made her way to the door leading to the Saiyan couple's room. Opening the door as quietly as she could, she saw Vegeta's form first. Curled against his side was Goku. She really hoped that they were both wearing at least a pair of boxers. She walked closer to the bed; hoping one of them would wake up before she got there, but no such luck.

Sam reached out carefully and tapped Vegeta on the shoulder; nothing happened. She was a little nervous, but she softly whispered, "Vegeta." He didn't even budge.

Goku was sleeping lightly tonight and heard something on the fringes of his dreams that drew him into the waking world. He blinked open one eye and saw that Sam was standing over the bed.

"Sam," he whispered startling her into looking into his eyes. "What're you doing here?"

"I-I had a bad dream," she started, suddenly ashamed of acting like such a child. She looked down at the floor, suddenly finding it very interesting, and said, "I'm sorry."

Goku sat up on his elbow and said, "It's all right. You didn't want to be alone, right?"

"Yeah," she said so low that he almost didn't hear her.

Goku motioned her to the other side of the bed, closer to him, and she willingly obliged. He then lifted the blanket and allowed her to crawl under the sheets and curl up to his side. "Thank you Goku," she whispered her voice softer than before.

"Good night," he said. He remembered when Gohan used to do the same thing and he could only imagine what Sam was going through. She was in a new place with a new life, and she had a terrible past; who wouldn't have nightmares.

Goku fell asleep soon after, his arm wrapped around Sam's shoulder in a protective gesture while his other arm was entwined within Vegeta's grasp.

The next morning, Vegeta felt the sunlight upon his face and it brought him slowly to consciousness. He could feel his burly mate wrapped in his arms and he smiled at the sight that would greet him once he got the strength to open his eyes.

Unfortunately, it wasn't quite what he expected, for when he opened his eyes he was greeted with a head of golden hair. At first, he thought that Kakarrot had turned Super Saiyan in his sleep, but the hair he was looking at was flatter than his mates'. His head was lying on Kakarrot's shoulder and it appeared that sometime during the night, Sam had decided to join them.

Vegeta raised up a little to regard the woman curiously as he saw that she was curled up against his mate's side. He should have felt jealous, but for some reason, it felt right for the three of them to be lying there together. He laid his head back down on Kakarrot's chest and closed his eyes for a few more peaceful moments before he had to get up.

His stomach soon made it clear that he had to get up, and he knew that when his mate rose from his slumber, he too would want food. As quietly as he could, Vegeta got out of the bed and made his way to the kitchen to begin on breakfast, still wearing nothing but his boxers.

A few minutes later, Goku began to awaken. He couldn't sense his mate beside him, but he could still feel that someone was there. As he opened his eyes, he was greeted with the sight of a golden head of hair. He recognized Sam and suddenly the memories of the night before came flooding back to him and he smiled.

Goku liked Sam, and he believed her to be a very nice person. She was a little weird at times, but that just added to her charms. He could feel her stir next to him and watched as she soon opened her eyes.

Sam awoke to the smiling face of Goku and she couldn't help but smile back. "Thank you for letting me stay last night," she said, voicing what her eyes already told him.

"You're welcome," he said in a kind tone, "Did you sleep all right?"

"I slept great with you guys by me. No more nightmares."

Goku sniffed the air and smiled brighter, "'Geta's cooking breakfast."

"I'm gonna go get dressed," she said, moving to rise out of the bed. "I'll see you both down there." With that, she left the room and returned to her own.

Goku rose from the bed soon after and put on a pair of his gi pants on over his boxers before making his way downstairs. He saw Vegeta standing at the stove and decided to try and sneak up on his unsuspecting mate. As he crept closer Vegeta said, "Morning Kakarrot."

"Awe, how'd you know I was there?" Goku asked, wrapping his arms around Vegeta's waist from behind.

"Baka, I would know you're smell anywhere," he said, trying to ignore the butterfly kisses that Kakarrot insisted on delivering to his neck and shoulder.

Kakarrot took a good whiff of Vegeta before saying, "And you smell absolutely delicious. I don't think I need breakfast." He then began suckling on the stretch of skin between the neck and shoulder, where his bonding mark to his mate appeared.

Vegeta moaned a bit, still trying to keep his mind on the breakfast he was trying to cook despite the distraction that stood behind him.

"As much as I would love a show, I would like to eat something first. Preferable not burned please," Sam said. She had just walked into the kitchen, not surprised in the least at the sight that greeted her. She smirked in amusement at the two as Goku pulled away, putting a hand behind his head and chuckling in embarrassment.

Vegeta was mumbling curses at himself and his mate as well as the now burning meal in the frying pan. "Good morning 'Geta," Sam said before taking a seat at the breakfast table.

"Morning," he replied distractedly as he tried to salvage what he could of the breakfast he was attempting to cook.

After several minutes, Vegeta had managed to finish cooking a fairly decent, and quite large, breakfast for the three of them. As he set the meal out, he hit Goku's hand away from reaching out towards the food. Goku pouted and looked up at him with sad eyes that clearly read, 'But I'm hungry.'

"You have to wait until Sam gets hers first. She wouldn't want to lose a finger attempting to get food away from you," he said, causing Sam to chuckle at that as she gathered what she wanted to eat.

"You're right," he said, and sat back, his eyes never leaving the food for a moment. If she waited any longer, Sam was sure that Goku would start drooling.

"I've got mine," she said after a few more seconds. She had forgotten how Saiyan's ate and stared for a moment before hunger got the best of her and she began to eat.

Surprisingly, they all finished their meal at around the same time. The two Saiyan's sat back in their chairs, their bellies distended and Goku sighed in contentment saying, "That was delicious."

"Hn," Vegeta responded and soon got up to begin carrying the dishes to the sink. Sam decided to help but was shooed away by Vegeta as soon as she began.

Once the dishes were cleared, Sam asked, "Where are we going first?"

Vegeta groaned in remembrance that today, they were going shopping. Sam looked at him sadly, "Don't worry 'Geta, it won't be that bad."

"Yeah, right," he mumbled as he made his way upstairs to get dressed.

"We'll be right out," Goku said, following closely behind Vegeta.

Shortly after, the two of them came out and were put under Sam's scrutiny. Vegeta was wearing a pair of black slacks that curved to show off his muscular legs and cute, tight little bottom. He wore a black button up silk shirt with long sleeves and finally, a pair of black sneakers over his feet. The whole outfit seemed to compliment his dark demeanor and features. Goku, on the other hand, wore a pair of black jeans that were tight enough to look like a second skin. He wore a plain white undershirt, over which he had on a red button up shirt, unbuttoned.

"Wow, you guys are lookin' good," Sam complimented, making Goku blush and Vegeta just glare, then she added, "This is going to be so much fun," she squealed. "People are going to be so jealous of me," she said in a mockingly haughty tone as she opened the front door and walked out.

Goku followed after, a confused look on his face, while Vegeta just shook his head at her before making his way out after grabbing his wallet from a nearby table. He checked to make sure he had a certain card, and took off, followed closely by the other two, towards the mall.

Vegeta looked back at Sam and asked, "What were you doing sleeping in my bed this morning?"

Sam blushed a little before saying, "I had a bad dream last night and didn't want to be alone. Goku said it was ok," she quickly added.

Vegeta looked at Goku who, as usual, had an innocent look on his face. "Hn," he said in the direction of his smiling mate before turning back to his flight.

They landed quite soon in front of a large building with the words, "West City Mall" scrawled across the front. "Wow!" Sam exclaimed as she hurried into the building and proceeded to look around with wide eyes. "This place is huge. Where are we going first?" She asked Vegeta.

"I don't care," he said, when in reality, he didn't really know where to go. As he had said before, he hated shopping and on the rare occasions he did shop, he had to be practically dragged forcefully by his mate.

"There's a clothing store over there," Goku said, pointing towards a brightly clad store front.

"That looks great," Sam said and the three headed in that direction. She noticed that several women and a few guys were looking their way and she smirked in satisfaction as she wriggled her way between the two guys and looped their arms with hers. She leaned closely to Vegeta and pulled Goku closer as she said, "Those people are jealous that I have two such hot guys on my arms."

Goku blushed and Vegeta puffed out his chest a bit until he noticed that some of those stares were directed at his mate and Sam. He growled and scowled at the people causing them to scamper off, disappearing into stores.

Sam just rolled her eyes and dragged the guys into the store. She walked through the racks of clothes, every once in a while picking something up and handing it to one of the guys. Vegeta glared the first time, but after the fifth time, he just gave up and allowed her to use him and Kakarrot as clothing racks.

When they got to the back of the store, Sam took the clothes and entered a changing room, motioning the two of them to sit in the chairs nearby.

"This is all you're fault," Vegeta muttered to his mate as he plopped down in one of the stuffed chairs.

"What?" Goku whined, "She needs clothes Vegeta. Would you rather she just went around naked?" Vegeta smirked, causing Goku to frown saying, "She can't do that 'Geta."

Vegeta frowned in annoyance, "It wouldn't be so bad if these people would quit staring at us," he huffed.

"They've just never seen such cute guy before," Goku said, leaning towards Vegeta, his hot breath tickling the smaller Saiyan's ear.

"I'm not cute," Vegeta said, and then smirked, "I'm hot."

"That is very true," Goku said and leaned in further for a kiss. This caused several of the spectators to either turn away in disgust or lean closer to get a better look as tongue's were being exchanged.

When Vegeta pulled back, he asked, "When is the next full moon?"

The moon had been wished back around the time they had gotten together and it caused all those with Saiyan blood to re-grow their tails. Gohan, Goten, and Trunks, as well as the two full-blooded Saiyan's, now had their tails. With the growth, Vegeta had to teach them how not to transform at the sight of the glowing orb that now cast its light across the planet every thirty days. This also caused their Saiyan instincts to emerge and those with mates went on a sort of hunt during the night under the watchful eye of the moon.

"Not for another two days," Goku answered, "But I'm sure we can find something to do until then," he then smirked devilishly, a side effect of being around Vegeta so much.

Sam came hopping out of the dressing room, wearing one of the new outfits that she had decided to try on. "How does this look?" She said quite loudly, gaining the wavering attention of the two men.

Vegeta scowled, "You are not wearing that in public!"

"I think it looks nice 'Geta," Goku complimented.

"Thank you Goku," she said, pointedly ignoring Vegeta's outburst. She then bounded back into the dressing room.

Vegeta turned to his mate, glaring daggers, and said, "That outfit barely covered anything."

"You're acting like her father 'Geta. If you remember, she was wearing less when we met her."

Vegeta scowled again and huffed, crossing his arms across his chest. He was sulking, though he would not admit it for anything, but he didn't think he was acting in the least bit unreasonable.

After several more hours, numerous outfit changes, a couple of shoe stores, and a few other stores, both Goku and Vegeta were loaded down with bags, while Sam carried two, one in each hand. "We can go now," she said as she led them outside, "I think I got everything."

"You better have because I refuse to ever go shopping with you again," Vegeta said as he lifted into the air and slowly took off, hoping he didn't lose anything on the way. "At least I don't have to worry about paying for any of this stuff. I used the Capsule Corps credit card the woman gave me," he smirked at that. He knew that when Bulma got the bill, she would be absolutely pissed.

Sam pouted as she and Goku took off soon after, "But I had fun 'Geta, didn't you?"

He snorted and remained quiet.

"Oh well," she said, completely over Vegeta's attitude.