Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ To Begin Again ❯ A Trip To The Beach & Other Stuff ( Chapter 4 )

To Begin Again, Part 4: A Trip to The Beach & Other Stuff

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*What to Do?*

Trunks and Goten were indecisive of where to spend the rest of the day. Since both their fathers didn't have anything to do; they decided to ask the elders to join them.

"Hey, dad? Want to join us since you don't have plans?" Goten asked his father.

"You too, father. We can't decide where to go." Trunks intoned.

"Yeah. Either the beach or the park. What sounds good to you guys?" Goten continued for his lover.

"You both know I don't like the amusement park. Just a waste of money to go on coaster rides that we can do ourselves. I pick the beach." Vegeta agreed to come along.

"The beach sounds good. It's still warm enough for a swim today. I pick the beach, too." Goku didn't feel like hearing all that loud carnival noise.

"Sorry, Trunks. Looks like you're out voted three to one." Goten grinned at his best friend and lover.

"Oh well. Another time then." Trunks smiled. Then a thought came to him. "I guess we all need to get some swim clothes and towels."

Goku made an offer, "I can I.T. us around until we all have what we need."

"Good idea, Kakarot. Saves time. So, where do we go first?" Vegeta stated.

"How 'bout C.C.? Dad and I can get ours first. Then we go to Goten's then to Goku's." Trunks suggested a new plan.

Goten remembered, "I think I might have some swim trunks at Cap Corp. From when your mom had that pool party back in June."

"Oh, yeah. I think they might be in my dresser." Trunks confirmed Goten's statement. At his father's raised eyebrow he reassured, "don't worry. Grandma washed them."

A relieved nod; then Vegeta stated the plan. "We'll go to C.C. first then head to Kakarot's."

Goku smiled at the prospect of spending time with not only the chibis, but Vegeta also. "Ok! Let's go!" He extended his left arm; so the others could grab hold. He placed his right index and

middle fingers to his forehead. Then concentrated on C.C.'s coordinates and then they fazed out of sight.

Beach gear was quickly gathered at each stop. Swim shorts, towels, sunglasses, sun block and reading material where stuffed into varying bags. Trunks used a small travel bag for his. Goten used a tote bag. Vegeta used a mesh bag environmental activists used for grocery shopping. Goku used a backpack for his things. He put in one of Gohan's old books. It was 'Moby Dick*'. They all used a plastic shopping bag for any wet clothes.

*The Beach*

Soon they were at the beach's men's changing area after having rented lockers. They dressed into their swim shorts. Then placed their clothes in the plastic bags and into the lockers. After they were done, they headed down to the soft sandy beach. They soon found a good spot at the center of the sand. There were some other people there getting some last warm solar rays of the day. After spreading a large quilt that Trunks thought to bring along and setting their stuff on top, they raced down to the salty water.

Goku got a good run and jumped high into the air. He came down with a large splash as he did a cannonball. It ended up getting Vegeta completely soaked. His hair was plastered to his body all over. Some went down his back while most over his face. Goku thought the ornery prince never looked so cute. 'Well, maybe the pink shirt was cuter.'

Trunks couldn't help but laugh at his father. Goten chuckled and splashed his lover. It caused Trunks to get a mouth full of salt water. He began to cough out the liquid. When he got some fresh air into his lungs, he lunged at Goten. They started to play tag and tickle each other.

"Chibis." Vegeta was annoyed at their display of childishness. A large hand was shoving him under the water before he knew it . He came up sputtering and mad. Finding Kakarot with a big playful grin aimed at him, he felt like joining in the fun. "Want to play, Kakarot?" A nod answered him. "Then take this!" Vegeta used his ki to aim a deluge of water at the tall Saiyajin.

Goku screamed as the torrent crashed upon him. When the wave had subsided, he noticed Vegeta had swum almost twenty yards away. The prince was laughing. Not at him, just . . . laughing. "Agh! Vegeta! Why did you do that for?"

"Why did you push me under the water?" Vegeta countered.

"To get you to play along." Goku pouted. Maybe he shouldn't have done that.

"Well, now I'm playing." Vegeta gave him a rare and precious gift. A genuine smile.

No fire could have warmed Goku more. He could feel heat pooling near his groin. Goku slowly concentrated on the coolness of the water to ease the tension before his shorts got noticeably tight. 'Vegeta would probably kill me if he knew about my feelings for him. So curb your hentai thoughts. You're not Master Roshi.' He then swam out to the other full blooded Saiyajin.

They did some laps side-by-side. Then floated as they stared at the cloudless sky. Their hair spread around them like halos. Neither one needed to talk. The other's presence was enough for each. They quietly enjoyed the last hours of the day.

Goten and Trunks were having fun. Playing water tag and getting in teasing caresses. Whenever they would submerge, they would share a kiss. They both wouldn't mind if the others at the beach saw them. But since Goten's father was there and didn't know about their relationship; they hid their groping.

They resurfaced from another kiss. Goten had been thinking about how they had misjudged Vegeta earlier while his dad was getting his beach gear. "Trunks-chan?"

"Yeah, koi?" Trunks was covertly rubbing his love's rear.

"Stop that! I want to talk about something serious." He couldn't let Trunks distract him from his deliberations.

"What is it, Goten?" It had to be serious if Goten said no to some butt rubbing.

"Before with your dad. I think we've disrespected Vegeta." Goten nibbled at his lower lip.

"What do you mean? I don't think we did anything bad. Maybe laughed about him not knowing what 'stick up your butt' means." Trunks was confused about what Goten meant.

"Not that. In the store. And for the past ten years. We didn't think enough of him to be ok with our relationship."

"I was worried he would be mad that I was in love with you. You know. 'Kakarot brat 2'. His animosity toward your dad isn't any secret." Trunks reasoned with his lover.

"Yeah, I know that. But, I mean," Goten sighed, "your dad has always taught us to be proud of whom we are. Where we come from. To have pride in ourselves and our accomplishments. To not let anyone make us feel bad for being different. That the differences were what made us special. And not just because we're Saiyajins, Trunks. But, because of ourselves. My mom was always yelling at my dad for not being whom she had wanted him to be. And when I'd go over to C.C., your dad would know why. Somehow, he'd know. He would train us for hours and every time we made a mistake he'd show us how to do it right. And everything we did right, he'd show us to do it better. He's been a father to me as much as he was to you. How could we have thought he would have been angry. God, Trunks! He knew! All these years he knew." Goten started to sniffle a bit. "He was the only one to say that I should be proud at being the youngest SSJ ever. Nobody else did. Not even my dad or brother."

Trunks hugged his lover close to his chest. He didn't care now if anyone knew. He wanted to let the whole world know. "Do you want to tell your dad?"

Gotten nodded against his neck. His tears were mingling with the sea water on the perfect pectoral muscle beneath his head.

"Goten? If you want to tell all the others before the wedding, we will. You're right. My dad did deserve better respect from us. What about your mom, though? Think she'll have a fit?" With the last question Trunks tickled the delicious sides of his lover.

Chuckling, Goten didn't know how his mom would react. Miracles happen every day. Why not that?

*Uh Oh*

They looked around for their fathers. They found them being bugged by two college aged girls on the beach. While they were playing, the elder Saiyajins must have left the water and walked up to the quilt. Goku was reading a book while Vegeta was fending off the brown haired girls.

One was tall and shapely while the other was short and evenly proportioned to her size. The tall one wore a string bikini and looked almost like Pamela Anderson** in a Playboy centerfold shoot. The shorter one was in a stomach cutout one-piece.

Vegeta was clearly annoyed. They left the water to save what was left of the relaxing day. As they got closer the voice of the tall one could be heard. Her voice was a scratchy high pitch. It hurt the ears even from where they were. Vegeta and Goku's must be near to bleeding. The short one sounded more like Minnie Mouse. It wasn't better. They had their arms draped around each other in a suggestive manner.

"Me and Bethany wanted to ask if you felt like getting a drink later?" Trunks could see the vein on his father's forehead appear.

"Yeah. Ginger and I knows this great place. The drinks are cheap." Bethany placed her hand on Ginger's rear and rubbed her thumb along the hip bone.

'Seems they never learned proper grammar.' Vegeta wanted to blast both smelly bitches to hell. "And I suppose so is the company." The dumb looks he got let him know they both were stupid and easy girls. Roshi might even be nauseated. The smell of several men and the other was all over them.

"Huh? What did you mean by that?" Ginger squeaked.

A cringe flashed across the royal's face. The vein started to throb. "Look, I'm not interested. I've got better taste than the likes of you two. So get lost!"

"Hmf! Let's go Ginger. He's probably a fag anyway," with that both girls walked away.

'Hypocrites' Goku and Vegeta both thought at the same time. Trunks and Goten were impressed that Vegeta didn't kill the girls. It wouldn't have been a great loss anyway.

The young couple joined the older two on the quilt. Trunks could tell that his father was still irate. He got up to go get them something to drink from the concession stand. When Trunks came back with the sodas he noted that his father had calmed.

"Here, dad." He handed his father a can of Cherry Coke™. He passed around the remaining cans to the others and kept one for himself. Goku chose orange. Goten wanted the diet lemon/lime infusion. The young prince decided on grape.

A few minutes passed in silence as they sipped their drinks. The fathers and sons were enjoying the warm rays when Goten nudged Trunks. He was going to have to open up the conversation they needed to have with their sires.

"Um... dad? Goten and I wanted to say that we are sorry for before." It wasn't very often he had to apologize to his father.

The statement got the attention of the older men. Goku put down his book as he looked on curiously. He had no idea what it was about. Vegeta lowered his can of soda to stare at his son. He was just as confused as Kakarot.

"What are you talking about, boy?" Vegeta grumbled.

"About earlier, dad. At the store. Our talk." Trunks tried his best to explain without saying too much in front of Goku.

"Why are you sorry about that. You didn't do anything wrong." Vegeta still hadn't a clue.

Now Goku's interest was really peeked. 'What could they possibly be talking about?'

"What I mean, dad, is that we misjudged you. Goten and I were so wrong in thinking that you would be so close-minded about... stuff. Especially when you taught us to always be proud in ourselves and to not let anyone else's views control our lives." Trunks looked to Goten. He got a nod in encouragement. "We're both really sorry. We should have known you would be ok about it."

To say Vegeta was speechless would be an understatement. He was completely floored. He had to clear his throat a few times before he could say, "It's alright. Growing up on Earth and it's backwards rules would be confusing for anyone. So how could you know anyway since I never told you some of Vegeta-sei's history."

"What are you guys talking about? Vegeta?" Goku had to know. His childhood inquisitiveness was resurfacing.

Goten took a deep breath. He was about to tell his father about him and Trunks. "Dad, it's about Trunks and me. We are involved." 'There. Finally told him.'

"Involved in what?" Goku inquired. 'Are they in trouble?'

"With each other, dad. Trunks and I are in love." Goten blushed at his father's simple-minded-ness. 'Ok, I'm not that dense sometimes.'

Goku didn't know what to say. He knew they spent a lot of time together. They practically grew up in each others houses. That they were best friends; but this? He gulped what soda was left in his can before he began, "Together? I thought you two where just best friends. I thought you guys acted more like brothers. They way Krillin and I are. I didn't realize it was a different relationship."

Goten was scared. If his dad felt that way; how would his mother? "Are you angry about it?"

"I'm just a little surprised at first. You kind of threw me for a loop here." He chuckled nervously.

*Revelations*

Trunks put his arm around his lover's shoulders when he saw a dismayed look on his koi's face. Sad ebon eyes stared into his. Goten rested his head on Trunks' broad shoulder. He was trying so hard not to cry. His dad was upset. He had hoped he would be fine with it. Happy for them even. Vegeta hadn't reacted like this. In fact, he understood. Soon the youngest male demi-Saiyajin was sobbing.

Goku looked up at the sound. He had been staring into the sand remembering all the times he saw the two together. The way they looked out for each other. Finished the other's sentences as if they read the other's mind. A thousand other pieces of the puzzle were starting to fit together until a full sized picture of the two was created.

It was of a barbeque Bulma had about six years ago. He had visited his friends for a few days before he went back to training Uub. He was coming out of a downstairs bathroom at C.C. when he heard a soft moan from a nearby room. The door was open and when he looked in there was Trunks and Goten standing really close together. They were looking at each other in a strange way. And for some reason Goten's lips were all swollen red.

What he thought was a bit lip and a moan of pain became clear. They had been kissing. He might have walked in on them doing it, too. 'All this time? My son was in love with Trunks, his best friend, and I didn't see it. Vegeta knew. It sounded like he was ok about it. I'm a terrible father. My own feelings had clouded me to my own child's life. Oh, Goten. I'm sorry.'

Then a crying sob brought him back to the present. Goku looked up to see his youngest child weeping in his lover's arms. Trunks was giving him a cold hard glare. Vegeta wasn't looking too happy, either.

"Goten?" His son snuggled even closer to the young man holding him. Goku's heart was breaking at seeing what he knew he caused. "Goten, please look at me?" His son shook his head no. Goku looked to Vegeta for help.

The prince himself was upset at Kakarot's silence. It appeared that the man wouldn't except his own son's relationship. 'If this is how he's reacting about Trunks and Goten; how would he act if he knew about my feelings?' He resolved himself even more not to say anything.

Vegeta was about to yell at Kakarot for being a damn Earth fool. When the man looked at him pleadingly; he saw an insecure visage. He realized then that Kakarot wasn't upset about their sons, but something else. He wanted to find out what it was. To do that he would have to help him.

"Goten, I think you're father has something important to say. You should listen." Vegeta ordered the crying man.

"Dad, I don't think Goku is going to say anything that will help the situation. He might make it worse." Trunks was very protective of his beloved.

Goku tried again, "Goten, please look at me," another shake of the head, "I'm not angry with you. Nor am I disappointed."

A sniffle, "Really, dad?" Goten peeked at his father.

Goku gave his son a loving grin, "Really. I love you, son. I want you to be happy. I was just thinking about all the times you and Trunks were together doing stuff. Playing, fighting, sparring, school and then working together. As I was thinking it all over it started to make sense. I'm not mad at you. I'm just mad at me for not seeing it sooner."

"You mean it, dad? You're weren't looking down because you were ashamed of me?" Goten asked after a few more sniffles.

"Of course not! How could you think such a thing. You're my son. I love you. And you've made me so proud countless times. I could never be ashamed of you." Goku vehemently avowed.

Like so many years ago, when Goten and Goku first saw each other, they embraced after a cry of "Daddy!"

Trunks felt so relieved. Seeing them embrace got him hoping for his father to hug him. He looked over to Vegeta and asked, "Dad?"

"Oh, no. Not until I get a grandson from you two. Then we can negotiate a hug." Trunks started to laugh at his father's sense of humor.

"Grandson? Vegeta, men can't have babies. Wait... can't they?" Goku quirked his head almost like a puppy.

"Dad, Vegeta said some Saiyajin men can have children. Isn't that cool? Imagine me pregnant?" Goten started to giggled at the mental picture of himself with a round belly. 'All I'd need would be a beard, white hair, a red suit, black boots, reindeer and a sleigh and I'd be Santa Claus. Oops! Can't forget the sack of toys!' He then started to laugh louder.

The other three looked at him oddly. "Oh, it's nothing. Just a thought I had." He smiled the patented Son grin. (Some restrictions apply)

"Anyways, yes it's true. But them being half human might be a hindrance." Vegeta had to shake his head at the Kakarot genes. 'If they did have a child; would it be an air head, too? I shudder to think it.'

"How? Human men don't have babies. How can Saiyajin men?" Goku was very interested in this new information.

"Do you want me to go into graphic detail, Kakarot? Yes, human men can't have children. Mostly their bodies and temperaments are too weak to handle childbearing. That's why the females of the species go through childbirth. But our kind does have the temperament and our bodies aren't weak in order to have children. They just need to have their tails back, a full moon and to go through with the mating rites." Vegeta was getting a bit annoyed at having to tell the baka some of what he already explained to the boys.

"If my son is capable of having a baby, I want to know how!" Goku wanted the details. Spending so much of his childhood around Bulma made him curios at how things in the world worked. He would constantly ask her questions on such things.

"You want the details?" Vegeta wasn't sure Kakarot would be able to handle them.

"Yes!"

"I want to know too, Vegeta. If I'm having the baby; I want details." Goten seconded his father.

"Me too, dad. I want to know how I get to be a dad with Goten." Trunks knew he wouldn't like it; but he needed to understand the concept.

"Oh, Kami, Dende, Shin, Yemma and King Kai. You're all getting a laugh out of this! I know it!" Vegeta was right!

They sat around in a circle as Vegeta began to explain in great detail. The sun began to set as Vegeta was finishing the hours long lecture. Needless to say the other three were now traumatized. Vegeta wasn't doing much better himself.

"You mean I'd get a vagina for a whole night and then it would reopen for the birth?" Goten was aghast.

Vegeta just nodded. "Well, more like the birth canal. You may already have it, but it is small from lack of use. You will only be able to notice it when the crease unknits."

"So the tails have glands that produce several different chemicals that all depend on the situation?" Trunks was just floored. It would take him weeks to fully assimilate the information.

"Well, a vagina sounds better than giving birth out the butt." All four grimaced at Goku's uncouth statement.

"I'm scared, Trunks. Hold me." Goten wasn't taking it well. The thought of possibly having the birth canal already there and under the skin between his testicles and anus was creeping him out. He knew he was acting like a frightened girl, but he couldn't help it. Goten hated the way he was feeling right now. He hoped it was the shock of the information Vegeta had just them. He had a feeling there was more that Vegeta wasn't saying. If it was worse than what the Saiyajin Prince had told them, he didn't want to know.

"It'll be alright, koi. I'll be there. We'll do it together." Trunks tried to sooth. But he ended up saying the stupidest thing men can say.

"'We'll do it together?' Oh... So you're going to be pregnant too, huh?" Goten was already going through a mood swing. He just couldn't get over this fear that hit him. Something was telling Goten deep down that he would be the one to have his and Trunks' children. He couldn't explain it, he just knew.

"I meant about raising the baby. If you beat me in the dominancy fight then I would be having the baby." Trunks reasoned.

"Oh, yeah. That's one of the mating rites." Goten was slightly relieved about that.

"I can't believe they used their tails like that." Goku pondered.

"It has to be used that way, Kakarot. Or else the ovaries won't release the eggs." Vegeta was thinking about skipping dinner tonight. The discussion was making him lose his appetite.

"I bet mom will want to know all about this. She loves learning new stuff. This will really shock her." Trunks was staring to chuckle. You know, the laugh we do after we escape certain death or any kind of trauma.

"My mom just might faint. And Gohan, well who knows what he'd do." Goten was hiccuping very badly.

"We are planning on telling them after mom and Piccolo's wedding. Maybe we should wait for this part." Trunks was concerned about the reactions of the mothers.

"You're telling them after the wedding?" Vegeta asked. 'This might turn out to be fun after all.'

"At the reception." Goten confirmed.

A slow evil grin spread across Vegeta's face. "I don't see what would be so bad about telling them this. If they want to be grandmothers they should hear it. In fact. They all should." His old evil villain laughter rang across the empty beach.

The other three shared a look, then simultaneously they said, "Uh, oh."

§Author Notes§

*: Moby Dick is a great book. Buy it, check it out from your local library. Just read it. I used it in this story because Vegeta's obsession with destroying Frieza, and then to beat Goku, reminded me of Captain Ahab.

**: It's just the body type that I used as an example; not the person or personality. So, please don't sue.

I'm sure everyone is mad at me for not explaining in detail how Saiyajin males get pregnant. I did give out some clues though. Anybody figure out how they work? It's gonna be nasty when I do write it out. I might wait several more chapters until I do.

Review if you want. Or make any guesses or state ideas. I don't mind if you don't review. It's just cool hearing from people.

10 pages for this one. Thought it was a good place to stop. The next one is gonna be longer.

Oh well. Thanks for reading! And if you do take the time to review; thanks a whole bunch of beets!

With my nasty cold I should be eating some right now. God, I hate being sick. This is the only thing that interest me right now. So, I'm writing a lot of chapters. And fixing the ones I already have. And all for you wonderful people.

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