Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ TOSOV (BOOK 2) ❯ MORAL DELIMMA ( Chapter 14 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

YAOI ALERT! Strong yoai warning and the entire lemon. G/V pairing.

CHAPTER XVI

MORAL DELIMMA

A month had passed since Sunrissa's arrival and Lissa's near fatal accident. The lights on the isolation tank had turned from red to blue and Vegeta felt confident enough to remove his mate from its confines then he took her to her chamber to continue her recovery. However, the minute he disconnected her from the life support systems, she took in a deep breath.

"Lissa!" Vegeta gasped as he held her in his arms in preparation to take her to her chamber.

"My prince! H-how long have I been out?" she asked in a weary voice.

"It's been a month, mi amour. Come, you are still not yet fully recovered from the incident. I want you to rest at least another three days before you get back into the swing of things. I know you're gonna argue with me about our people healing faster than any race in the universe, but I want to be sure. Now, c'mon," Vegeta smiled as he wrapped his chosen one in a blanket and took her to her bedchamber.

"Mi amour, stop fussing over me. I'm all right. You have to get our warriors prepared for battle," Lissa said after the prince had laid her in her bed and had begun to tend to her.

"How? The only other way to prepare them for this battle would be to engage them in minor skirmishes," Vegeta sighed as he heeded his princess' wish to not fuss over her. Then he sat on the side of her bed in thought.

There were several planets that he had not yet attempted to liberate from Frieza's stronghold and those he had conquered for freeze face would not recognize him after so long. A smirk appeared on his face as he decided.

"What are you about, amore mi?" Lissa asked as she got up, knelt behind her prince and began to play in his mass of hair.

"Hey, you didn't want me fussing over you...!" he began when she took possession of his lips.

"I'm not fussing. So, what was that smirk for?" she purred as she curled
herself around his frame and caressed his cheek.

Vegeta' s heart was in his throat at what his princess was doing to him. She made it very difficult for him to concentrate on anything other than being one with such beauty. "I'll tell you if you promise to stop trying to start a fire and rest like I told you," Vegeta said in a firm tone, gently took her shoulders and laid her back into bed. After she was settled, he smiled. "I smirked, mi amour, because I have decided to take the warriors off planet to liberate planets that freeze face had our people conquer for him. I'll take a few at a time but I won't take the females until I feel comfortable with your recovery. So, while I'm gone, you rest for a few more days then begin training. You have your choice of sparring partners including Kakarrot's and my own mother. Make your mate proud and heed my request. I'll keep the scouter on and be in constant contact. Rest easy and I'll see you when I return," Vegeta knelt by his mate's bedside, raised his hand to caress the side of her face then leaned up to kiss her.

Lissa threw her arms around her prince and practically devoured him and Vegeta had to literally pry himself from her grasp. "Mi amour, I have to go. I love you. Now take care. I'll leave word with Brocolia and Turnipa to look in on you. I'm sure Cilvi will be your sleeping companion. Bye," Vegeta bade his tone formal and business like. He teleported from his lady then went to inform the other females of the household that the princess needed to recover and to keep watch on her.

Then Vegeta called the warriors together and gathered the weaker ones first. These were the warriors who had not yet fully attained SSJ-1, so if he took them to a planet like Ispan-12 and engaged King Tyrus in battle, maybe their confidence would rise and they could make the flip successfully.

"You intend to purposefully engage them in war? Half of them have a power level equal to Hercule's. It'll be suicide!" Kakarrot cautioned.

"If you have a better idea, commander, I'm all ears, until then, my decision stands. You know you're coming with me, don't you? I need my elite commander at all times along with twenty elite warriors. I'll give you all two hours to prepare and say good-bye to your mates, and then we're off! Meet me in the desert where her majesty and the others had touched down a month ago. Kakarrot!" Vegeta called to his commander then the two mighty Saiyans entered the palace.

Kakarrot went to inform his mate about her brother's decision to take the weaker warriors off planet to engage in a war.

"As Commander of the army, you must go with Ichison. Vegeta knows what he is doing. It is the Saiyan way. He wants a mighty army when freeze face attacks, I know him. Hasn't he ever told you about the Saiyan gene that makes us stronger after every battle?" Kayla asked her mate as she twined his tail through her fingers.

"Huh, yeah, he's told me. Wish us luck, mate of mine," Kakarrot sighed as he kissed Kayla.

"You don't need it. You and Ichison are the two highest powers in the tribe... No worries here, mate of mine and I'll see you when you all return. I love you," the prince's sister kissed her mate then assisted him in preparing to leave.

Two hours later, the chosen warriors had gathered in the desert-Vegeta had requested the use of Vegeta Ou's craft-along with Zarbon, Jeice and the weaker warriors of each of their races. The number of warriors who left the planet was two hundred-there were fifty Saiyans and seventy-five each of the other two races. The warriors boarded the crafts then lifted off for Ispan-12. The trip was slated to take two Earth weeks-one each way-and if Vegeta remembered from an encounter he had once had with the aliens of that world, they were as weak as space slug mucus. Half way into the trip, the hailing signals on Prince Vegeta's ship sounded.

"Your highness, we're being hailed, shall I respond?" Letouse, one of Vegeta's warriors, asked.

"What do you think? Of course, we respond, you nit!" Vegeta shot back and the navigator opened the hailing port. "Who hails Vegeta no Ouji, Prince of all Saiya-jin?"

"Well, well, long time no hear from, monkey boy. What d'ya mean by coming up here and invading my planet, youngster? You tried once before and nearly got your softer side beat right outta ya," a voice snarled over the speaker.

"Well, Prince Tyrus, nice to hear from you. If I remember the last battle, it was you who ran back to your weak kneed daddy in tears because a warrior half your height beat the snot outta your nose. This is a social call. You have something of mine and I want it back," Vegeta smirked.

"And what, pray tell, could that be, monkey man?"

"You and Frieza love that term, don't you? Very well, I'll have to show you exactly what a monkey can do, but the item I seek has golden hair and built like a Greek goddess," Vegeta stated.

A wicked laugh emitted over the speaker. "Bwahahaha! What, the woman who was given to me as a peace offering to keep me away Minerva? You must be joking! I'm taking that planet as mine as soon as we have your little party and I wipe you out of the Universe!" the voice threatened.

Vegeta snickered. 'Dream on, buddy.' "You'd better have your army ready and waiting, because this time I'll show you no mercy! Vegeta no Ouji out! Letouse, land this thing so we can kick that pig and his over sized ego," the prince remarked, forgetting that he himself had a massive ego.

The ships landed on Ispan-12 and were immediately surrounded by a great army.

"Vegeta, I think you may want to take a look at these blokes," Jeice suggested and Vegeta looked out of the cockpit window of his own ship.
As far as anyone could see were huge machines with arms and legs and guns mounted on the shoulders.

"Oh, how cute, they put their party clothes on just for us. C'mon, let's make scrap metal outta that rubble," Vegeta ordered and the warriors exited the crafts, however, the moment the doors had slid open, guns sprang from the suits and fired upon the warriors. There was no time to power up and the warriors found themselves completely overwhelmed.

"Vegeta, what have you gotten us into? You egotistical, selfish piece of cow dung, I'm losing warriors left and right! You said this was a weak planet!" Zarbon hissed as he tried to protect those of his army that had not been injured in any way by the hail of gun fire and laser blasts.

Vegeta hissed to himself then spoke. " Letouse, the minute I get off the ship, you power up and leave. You, too, Zarbon, Jeice. I got us into this, I'll get out. You all just go!" the Saiyan prince ordered and left the confines of his Outusan's ship, powered up to the newest SSJ level he had just achieved and began firing chi blasts into key areas of the armor.

"Vegeta, you'll get yourself killed, my prince!" Kakarrot said to himself then teleported from the ship to join the prince in battle. 'I love you and I can't lose you,' the large Saiyan told himself in a mental voice.

Following the commander were the twenty elite warriors that Vegeta had brought with him and with such high power levels fighting at once, the battle was proving to favor the Saiya-jin.

"Cease fire!" a voice yelled and all gun play and energy blasts halted as a being as tall as Tien entered the battle area. By his side was a beautiful female with long golden hair. "I order you to return to your planet of origin. Ariadne is my princess, now, Vegeta, and there is nothing you can do about it," the being spoke.

"I had claimed her first, Tyrus, but her idiot sire never let me have her because I had neither people nor a planet to rule. The fact that Aegar let you bully him gave you my prize," Vegeta replied then turned to the princess. "Are you happy, golden one?" he asked but he could sense her fear and felt her trembling. With his eyes being keener than those of other races, he could see bruises and festering wounds on the girl's once perfect body. She was gaunt and thin from lack of food but she was still attractive. "What have you done to her?" the Saiyan prince snarled, his anger increasing his power.

"My God, Vegeta's power is enormous! I hope he doesn't short out," Kakarrot trembled as he watched his prince fight for control.

'Kakarrot, IT behind Ariadne, and when you see me attack, take her back to the ship. I'll catch up,' Vegeta told his commander via telepathy and Kakarrot did as requested.

Vegeta clenched his fist then opened it and threw out the chi ball that had formed in his palm. "ROLLING LIGHTNING ATTACK!" Vegeta yelled. The ball rolled along the ground as if it were a bowling ball and headed straight for Prince Tyrus.

'Now, Kakarrot!' the prince said and the commander grabbed the princess and returned to the ship.

Vegeta went to follow when... "Oh, no you don't! You're not getting away that easily, monkey man! I'll teach you to defy Tyrus and the army of Ispan-12!" Something had grabbed the prince from behind and had him pinned by all his limbs.

"W-what is this Tyrus? Let me go immediately or this planet'll be history!" Vegeta snarled as he struggled to get free.

"No, I don't think so. I was actually hoping to get you here and gaining the Minervan princess was the only way I could think of. You see my dear Saiyan; those bands that I've fastened you with are draining your chi every time you struggle. So, my advice to you is stop struggling," Tyrus smirked then sauntered over to where Vegeta hang and lifted his hand to the Saiyan prince's face. "My brother was right, you are tasty looking morsel. I'll make a trade. You for Ariadne, sounds fair," Tyrus whispered as he caressed Vegeta's cheek and licked his lips in anticipation.

It did not take a rocket scientist to figure out what was going on. Vegeta's heart was in his mouth as he put two and two together. The prince caught a look in Tyrus' eyes that he had seen on one other being in his life. "No. No. No! Not again! I will not let you subject me and humiliate me like you did after you took me from my people and my home! I hate you, Frieza!"

"So, you guessed my little secret, but I'm not Frieza. I'm his second elder brother, Glacier. I claimed this planet and now the natives follow my every wish! I will conquer where Frieza failed. I learned that he was defeated by one of you monkey boys on the Planet Namek and then he had been sliced to pieces by a Super Saiyan boy on the Planet Earth and sent to the other dimension. I will rid the universe of your foul stench once and for all," Glacier threw back his head and laughed then he put his hand around Vegeta's head and leaned to kiss him.

The action never happened, however as Glacier suddenly seized then fell to the ground. "C'mon, my prince, let's get outta here!" a voice said and chi blasts disintegrated the wall that held the suppressing bands to that the prince could be freed from the draining prison. The next thing Vegeta knew was that he was lying on his cot in his chamber on board his Outusan's ship. Slowly, he sat up.

"Hey, you're all right! Great! I thought you had brought the farm there for a second," it was Kakarrot's voice.

"Nearly," Vegeta said and went to get off the bed but reeled off balance and Kakarrot grabbed his arm to steady him. "Let go. Thanks. An Icejin! A stinking bloody Icejin! Kakarrot!" Vegeta fell onto his commander's neck and the larger Saiyan put his arms around his prince to comfort him. Then the prince teleported out of Goku's hold and materialized outside of the ship. Concentrating his energy into a single bean, Vegeta let the beam fly from his first two fingers and it headed for the planet.

The beam pierced the planet and suddenly the rock exploded. Vegeta returned to his ship and went to take the captain's chair, however, he reeled off balance and screamed, "Kakarrot, help me!"

Kakarrot, who had been walking down a corridor that led to the control room, picked up a scream for help. He closed his eyes and located the source and then ITed to the spot in time to catch Vegeta as he fell to the ground.

"Don't worry, your highness, I've got you. Let's get you back to your chamber," Kakarrot said and headed back towards the king's chamber where the two had been next to just minutes before.

"This isn't mine, Kakarrot. The next one," the prince rasped then passed out.

"Vegeta. Vegeta, wake up!" The commander concentrated and felt for any sign of energy. "Oh, no. Vegeta, your energy's near danger, my prince. Senzu bean!" Goku laid the prince down, stood up and felt his gi for a senzu bean but he came up empty. Goku then stripped off one of Vegeta's gloves and shook it out as long ago the commander began putting one inside for emergencies. 'No luck.'

Goku left the chamber and pressed a button on his scouter. "Angelair, can you hear me?"

"Yes, commander, what is it?" the elite warrior asked.

"D'you have any cherry berries on you? I don't any more senzu beans and Vegeta's energy's near rock bottom," Goku said hiding his panic.

"No, sorry, sir. I gave the last two to Squashero and Ariadne," Angelair
responded.

'Great, now what can I do? There's no tank on board. Maybe... Yeah, like Piccolo did with me, but would he accept it? Oh, well, can't hurt,' Goku thought to himself and returned to the chamber.

The minute Goku entered the chamber, he found Vegeta was shivering. The prince was deathly pale and Goku knew that he would have to act fast. The commander knelt in front of the prince and placed a hand on his shoulder then transferred some of his energy to the failing prince.

'K-Kakarrot, strip me and put me in bed then get in behind me. I need your body heat,' was mentally conveyed to Goku who obey.

Holding Vegeta up, Goku removed the prince's gi, his one other glove and his boots, and then he lay the smaller Saiyan beneath the covers. After he had accomplished that, Goku stripped himself and got in behind the prince and covered the two with a heavy blanket. The bed was double size but their bodies touched, so instinctively, Goku took his prince in his arms, as he would do Kayla, his mate.

This was the first time in several months that he and the prince had been this close, well, sparring didn't count. Goku allowed himself the fantasy that he kept in the back of his mind and he closed his eyes and unconsciously began to trace his fingers over the prince's chest. Hey, he'd never get another opportunity to be this close to the object of his night fantasies when he was alone and once they returned to Earth, so he would take full advantage. Just then, a scent caught Goku's olfactory organs and it reminded him of Kayla just before the two became one. Kakarrot inhaled deeply as it had been far too long since he had experienced his prince during season. Goku shivered and continued to trace the prince's body with his fingers, then his lips took over. He couldn't resist the desire to want a sample of someone whose scent was causing strange things to go on in his body. As his hands massaged Vegeta's body-the prince was unconscious-his lips kissed lower and lower until Goku hit Vegeta's tail. The scent began to grow stronger in that area, which drove the commander onward and lower.

Goku's tongue ejected itself from between his teeth and began to lap at an area he had felt Kayla kiss on himself. Here the scent was its strongest and drove his senses to the brink of insanity. Being so much larger in stature than the prince, it was no difficulty for Goku to turn Vegeta over from lying on his stomach to lie on his back. Then Goku found that which made the prince his gender and took it into his oral cavity and began to caress and tease it with gentle pecks and nips. As Goku's hand massaged the member, he felt something out of place. Stopping what he was doing, Goku parted the thick covering of hair and he gasped when his eyes saw a small opening in the rear of Vegeta's member between the sacs and the smaller rear hole.

Taking a finger, Goku poked at the opening and found that it was hollow like the one Kayla possessed. As the opening swallowed his finger, Goku began an action that sent his female mate in orbit as his mouth reclaimed the prince's member. A gasp sounded from above the commander's head and he froze.

"No. No. Stop! Zarbon, Dodoria, Frieza!" Vegeta gasped.

Goku looked up and found that tears streamed from Vegeta's eyes. "Vegeta, they're not here. Don't worry, my prince, I won't hurt you like they did," Goku spoke as he raised himself up to caress Vegeta's hair.

Slowly the prince's eyes opened and he found himself looking at his commander. "K-Kakarrot? W-"

"I'm sorry, Vegeta. I-I couldn't help it. You..." Goku lost his train of thought and turned away from his prince.

Vegeta lifted a hand that felt as if it had ten-ton weights tied to it and placed it on his commander's hip but it slipped to another part of the larger Saiyan. "Y-you're in heat, commander. Can't wait to return to my sister, hey? Very well, you may have me but under no circumstance is anyone to know you shared your energy with me in that manner, understand?" Vegeta spoke in harsh tones but his voice lacked the venom it would have had if he had not been drained of energy. "Besides, a month is much too long to go without having even a sniff of you, my Saiyan horse," the prince purred in his groggy state.

Vegeta's fingers began to massage Goku's member and the bigger Saiyan rolled over and took the prince in his arms. Vegeta held onto Goku's member and guided it to a spot on himself then he pushed himself forward and the opening Goku had discovered accepted Goku's member, which brought gasps from both the prince and the commander.

"V-Vegeta! Y-You... What is this thing?" Goku asked as he adjusted himself to the feeling of being one with a member of his own gender...

"All male Saiyans develop that opening during their teen years. Once the male is out of his teens, the hole closes up. Mine never did because during my teen years I was freeze face's slave. That's why I have it. I haven't produced since I had our daughter, so, I doubt there'll be any evidence of our doing what we're about to. C'mon, big boy, show me what you've got!" Vegeta invited. 'Besides, love, I'm carrying a little parcel for you as you are for me. Five more months will tell,' the prince thought to himself.

Goku began to thrust within the opening and Vegeta grasped the sides of the cot. Yes, this was what their sons had done when they were younger teens. The feeling being called forth was nothing short of mind blowing! He had forgotten just how mind blowing and exciting the act was and with his commander, the act was fulfilling and was as natural as if either were mating with their females. How he had missed this. The last time they coupled was much too hurried and neither really enjoyed the event. Suddenly, Vegeta let out a powerful scream and his body burst into SSJ and Goku followed suit to keep from getting badly hurt.

"Vegeta! Oh, God, Vegeta, this is incredible! I don't even get this with Kayla!"

"How can you compare the exquisiteness of the female Saiyan to me? This is just another way to share our energy but you're right, it is incredible!" Vegeta replied then his body tightened and he lifted himself to Kakarrot's shoulder where the prince bit the flesh in that area. Kakarrot did the same both being careful not to bit too deeply, as they knew their females meant more than gold to them. "K-K Kakarrot!" Vegeta screamed then out of the lungs of both participants, a space shattering roar escaped, as their act neared its completion and the prince erupted like a volcano as the commander shot his part into the smaller Saiyan's cavern.

Goku fell in a heap over the prince's body and Vegeta found his arms going around his commander's waist. Goku rolled over and enfolded the prince in his arms as he would Kayla. The two were still joined, as Goku had no intention of letting his prize go so soon. Vegeta, for the, moment belonged only to him. The prince was his mate, once again, and he loved him. Yes, Goku had long since admitted that what he had been feeling for Vegeta ran deeper than mere friendship. He loved this male as much as he loved the same male's sister, although, the commander knew his sentiment and affections would never be returned. 'NBD. I still love you.' "Good-night, Vegeta." Goku said.

"Thank you, commander. Now I know why our sons would sneak off together and return with huge grins on their faces. Rest up, my friend, my love" the prince whispered and ran his hand over Goku's strong chest. "And Kakarrot, no kissing above the waist, understand?" the prince slurred as consciousness slipped from his body.

Goku ran his hand over Vegeta's shoulder and wanted to kiss the prince, but that would have sent the smaller Saiyan into a rage, so he contended himself with just holding him and stroking his tail, which immediately sent the prince onto another planet. It was not soon after Goku heard Vegeta purring in slumber that he leaned and kissed his affection then closed his eyes to sleep.

Sometime late in the time zone, Goku jumped to alertness and yelled, "Vegeta!" The commander searched the room beginning with the bed but there was no trace of his highness but his blue gi had been left behind, which meant that Vegeta had found a change of clothing somewhere.

The commander got out of bed, put on his own gi and felt for the prince's chi. 'Where are you, Vegeta?' the commander asked to himself as he searched the hallway, then his quick eyes picked up a flash in the dark corridor and Goku followed as another flash blinked in the dark. Goku located the place from which the flashes had emitted and peered into a window and found that he was looking into some sort of training chamber. He gasped.

Within the chamber, Vegeta was fully dressed in a deep purple gi and was jumping, flipping and hurling disk-like chi blasts like Frisbees, diving under and catching them on one finger. Vegeta tossed the disk from his finger then kicked it and the thing exploded as a blast of chi left the prince's right foot. He was so built and glowing like a forest fire. He moved with the fluidity of molten lava, his movements were poetry in motion and Goku stood mesmerized as he watched such an artistic display.

"Wow, I never knew Vegeta had such moves! Those would come in very handy in the battle against Frieza," Goku remarked to himself.

The prince had powered down from his exercise and draped a towel over his shoulder then headed for the door. Goku ducked back in the shadows when he heard the door slide open. A smirk formed on Vegeta's lips as he picked up a familiar chi.

"I know you're there, Kakarrot, no use in hiding," the prince spoke and Goku walked into the light.

"What is this place, Vegeta?" Goku asked in a near whisper.

"No need to whisper we're the only two awake. The others are in their chambers. That chamber is a gravity trainer much like the one on Earth. Outusan and I spent many times in there when we were on purge missions together," Vegeta sighed.

"Oh. Ok. G'night, then," Goku said and slowly turned to leave.

"You wanna spar with me?" Vegeta asked as he kept his eyes averted from the commander.

Goku's eyes lit like stars with excitement. He would have thought that the prince would have wanted to kill him after what the two of them had participated in. "Y-you're not mad or anything?" the naïve warrior asked.

Vegeta had to snicker and shook his head. "Kakarrot, you're so brainless. What we did is a form of male bonding, all right? You've always wanted a bond with me, now you have it. I needed the energy and it was the only way I could think of. I felt your panic when you couldn't find any senzu and Angelair had no cherry berries. You and I are the highest level Saiya-jin... I had no choice, but don't let it become a habit the way it has with our boys," the prince remarked as he leaned against the gravity chamber with his arms folded.

Goku hung his head, turned and slowly left the area. "Good night, Vegeta," he said.

Vegeta's mouth hung open. "Kakarrot, no. I can't! I am the Saiy-jin prince. The epitome of our race and I have a duty to mate with Lissa and produce an heir to throne. K, my affections for you are very deep but those who knew Bardock would never forget that he was just a third class and so are you. It cannot happen. What we have is special and sacred among our people, but with the females about, we cannot engage in ourselves. I know our sons feel very deeply for one another as well and the day Cornelia and her family joined the tribe and she became enamored of Trunks, your youngest was in tears. He told me that a girl was taking his best friend away from him. I drop kicked that boy into next week and told him that no Saiya-jin male ever engaged in that. It's only to be used as a last ditch effort to regain one's strength by taking it from one of equal or stronger power. I can't make you nor the boys understand that. I know they're still seeing one another while their mates are breeding and that's why I pushed you away. Plus, I'm afraid of it. Frieza made it humiliating to us," the prince sank to the floor.

"Is that why you cried when I -

"Yes. When I was the equal of an Earth aged thirteen year old, I noticed it but I paid it no mind until Nappa told me I was entering my stage and to stay away from the two of them for the next seven years. Little did we know we were being listened to and after Nappa had left my chamber, Frieza summoned me to his chamber and Zarbon was there. Before that and before the destruction of our people, I saw freeze face molest my Outusan in that manner. It was the worst thing I'd ever seen in my life. I was just a Saiyan two-year-old, an Earth four-year-old! " Vegeta's voice broke and he could not contain the flood that left his onyx eyes.

The prince drew his legs to his chest and wrapped his arms around them then lowered his head and cried. Goku stood away from the suffering prince. He hadn't seen Vegeta in this state since that Christmas Bulma had thrown him out. The Saiyan commander eased himself onto the floor far enough away from his own commander, tears falling from his own eyes. He wanted to comfort his prince, his friend but he knew that he couldn't. The pain was much too deep. Goku was all too aware of the nightmare that was Frieza and what he had done to the Saiya-jin race.

"Vegeta, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I promised not to hurt you and here I've destroyed you. I'm not worthy to be part of this plane," Goku sobbed.

A blood-curdling scream came from behind the large Saiyan just before he found the floor meet his nose. "You baka brain, you did not hurt me! You could never hurt me. Frieza did this to me and took away something we held as a sacred act between two very good friends!" Vegeta cried as he beat on Goku's back.

"Vegeta, please!"

Vegeta got off Goku's back. "You wanna know what it feels like don't you? Goku, you don't have the area, I can't do it to you, unless you want to explain to Kayla why you suddenly increased in girth. If I enter you in the rear, it'll be certain you'll birth me a chimp in six months," Vegeta shook his head.

"Forget it, Vegeta. I should want nothing out of you that you're not willing to give. I-I-"

"Don't say that, Kakarrot. I am very willing to give it to you but you know how the Saiya-jin sense of smell is? I don't know if you've noticed but our mothers have been watching the pair of us very closely. I haven't told you this, but my mother is not overly fond of Lissa and if it would be acceptable would rather have me mate with you," Vegeta smirked. 'I know I'll regret this,' he sighed to himself and walked over to Goku and took hold of that Saiyan's tail, untwined it from his waist and began to play with it.

Goku began to tremble. "Vegeta-"

"Hush. In the gravity trainer," the prince pushed his commander towards the training chamber.

Vegeta closed the door to the trainer to confine any unnatural noises to the chamber, then he took hold of the sash on Goku's gi, gave it a yank and it fell away.

"What you did was as a request and I was unconscious through the most part. You realize that I am fully conscious and functioning and am doing this willingly. Since you initiated the bonding, I must complete it as mandated by the rules of the act, which my great-great-grand Outusan had set forth," the prince said as he stood in front of his commander.

"Y-your great-great-grand Outusan set the rules? Is this a game, then?" Goku asked as he began to tremble again.

"You could call it that. It's known as 'brother bonding.' A Saiyan monarch indebted to one of his comrades would form a bond with him. The comrade could ask the bond to be in any form, the deepest form of the bond being the form we have with our females. The other form is purely physical and without emotion. After we have committed the act, I will continue to treat you as I always have and you will continue to treat me as you always have. Am I making you nervous, Kakarrot, my friend? If it concerns you that you won't desire Kayla after this, have no fear. You're still Saiyan scum in my eyes and I loathe the very ground you walk on," Vegeta's words, although harsh and hurtful were said in a near whisper. The prince stepped closer to his commander but stopped. "You smell like yesterday's garbage. Follow me this way, commander. If I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna demand the same from you as I do from my female. C'mon strip and get in," the prince stood by a door.

Goku peered into the room and found it to be a wash room. He entered and stripped as he did so. Vegeta shut the door then returned to his training. There would be no fear of the gravity interfering with the shower, as the two rooms were completely independent of one another. The prince set the gravity to 1000x earth's gravity and began his routine. The prince lost himself in unconscious movements his body could perform even in sleep. After a half-hour, he returned the gravity to 100x as he had felt the commander near the end of his wash. Vegeta inhaled and cringed. He'd better go have a wash himself after training in 1000x. Vegeta stripped off his deep purple tank shirt then sat on a bench to strip his pants and boots. He closed his eyes to briefly meditate when he picked up the only other chi around. He kept his own hidden until he felt Goku leave the area then he went to engage in his own wash.

Following his wash, the prince wrapped a towel around his midsection and returned to his own chamber then he decided he'd go grab a bite to eat as he had not eaten before they had landed on Ispan-12. After he redressed in another set of training clothes, Vegeta left his chamber and headed for the galley, his route taking him passed Goten's chamber. The door must not have closed completely as Vegeta picked up a pair of chiis as familiar to him as his own. Logic told him to just walk passed but curiosity overcame him and he leaned closer fearing what he would hear.

"Son, how did you and Trunks get together when you were younger teens?" it was Kakarrot's voice.

"No girl wanted to date us after she'd seen our first transformation to SSJ. Everyone started calling us freaks and told us that we weren't welcome. The other kids in school stayed away from us. The school board put us in a separate place for other 'freaks' the teachers were too afraid to instruct. I mean, he and I grew up together and, well, you were in the other dimension and Vegeta, well, he was around only when it suited him and the questions we had, we were afraid to even think about asking him. Our moms could only do so much. My mom's a lot more macho than Bulma and Gohan helped some, but without a real pure blood Saiyan, the two of us didn't know what was happening to us especially when we discovered an opening behind the part that makes us males. I asked Trunks if he had one and he told me that he did then he asked if I wanted go to a movie. We were the size of Earth age seventeen-year-olds but we were only fourteen and fifteen at the time but we got into an adult movie. We sat in the very back row.

"The couple on the screen, a guy and a girl, began kissing one another and Trunks asked me if I had ever been kissed like that and I told him the girl had been seeing wouldn't so much as let me touch her to hold her hand. When I asked him, he told me he had tried but the girl had slapped him. Well, you know what happens when an Earth-jin slaps our faces. The girl's hand broke and she broke things off with Trunks. He asked me if I wanted to try and I told him, sure," it was Goten's voice.

"Where was Vegeta when this was going on?" Goku asked.

"He had gone on a planet destruction mission. It was just after Bulma had come home from the hospital after three months and could care for Cilvanti. I'd go to Capsule Corp to do my homework and stuff as Trunks had to help baby sit. Anyway, at the movie house, we looked around to see if anyone was watching but they were too caught up in the movie to pay us any attention. Plus, Trunks' hair was lavender at the time so it made him look like a girl. He's also built like Vegeta, small framed and all. Anyway, he asked me to lean closer to him and he leaned closer to me. I felt him put his hand to the side of my face and electricity ran all through me, then our mouths met. The rest you can pretty much guess at, but dad I liked it. I was happy when he'd invite me to stay over at CC. Then one night..." Goten stopped and a sniff escaped his nose.

"You don't have to tell me any more, but you might have to tell someone else, but answer me this. Are you two still involved even though you've mated and bonded with females?"

A cry escaped the young half-Saiyan. "Oh, dad, I wish we could stop and I know it's wrong but I love Trunks. He makes me feel things Cilantra never could. She knows because she's told me that I've returned with his scent all over me. Vegeta's gonna kill me when he finds out. Dad..." the young man wailed.

He knew he shouldn't have stopped to listen and now he had to go confront his own son. Vegeta didn't know whether to be ballistic with rage or consumed with hurt because his boy feared him so much that he couldn't ask about one of the most crucial stages during a Saiyan male's development. Slowly, the prince moved away and ran to the chamber located beside his own. He entered the lock code and the door slid open. He was surprised to find his own son awake.

The younger prince started when he saw his dad enter. "Outusan, w-what's the matter?" the young man asked.

The prince stood at the foot of his son's bed and just looked straight at him, his black eyes unreadable. "Why?" was the only word that had come from his lips.

"Why what, Outusan?" Trunks asked as he sat up.

"Why did you never tell me when you discovered that place on your body? Why didn't you ask me about it? I would have told you! Was I that cruel and heartless that I drove my son away and didn't even know it?" the last question more to himself than his offspring. Vegeta couldn't hold the tears that rolled down his cheeks.

"Bulma always said that you wanted nothing to do with us and that's why you were always away but I knew she was wrong. I wanted to ask you about it, but the time never seemed right to approach you with such a matter. I still don't know what it's for," the young prince shook his head and shed tears of his own.

The elder prince slowly moved from his spot, sat on the bed by his son and put his arm around the boy. This was gonna be difficult but it had to be done so that they all could rest easy with how they functioned. Vegeta began to stroke his son's newly re-grown lavender tail in effort to calm the young prince down

"I-It's a developmental thing that all Saiyan males receive during their teen years and appears when our bodies begin to grow hair in that region and our voices change. It serves no purpose that I know of other than for pleasure. My great-great grand Outusan's Outusan wanted it to have a meaning for the warriors, so he used it as a way for two warriors to share energy and as a way to bond," the elder prince began.

"Bond? How? Two males can't bond, can they?" the young prince asked after he had calmed down but he leaned against his Outusan's shoulder.

"Yes, we can. That hole usually closes when we exit our teens but if it gets tampered with during any stage of that development, it remains open. But tell me, how did you and Goten get interested in one another?" Vegeta asked as Trageta sat up and the elder prince removed his boots to lie down. The younger prince did the same.

"It just kinda happened. I urged it. I mean, hey, I'm a year older than that dweeb, anyway. I had invited him out to a movie as the girl he'd been seeing had dumped him a few days prior and he was feeling rather depressed. The girl I had been going with dumped me before we went on Christmas holiday. I couldn't care less but Goten took rejection very hard. We went to the movies, I forgot what the title was, but that's beside the point. It was an adult movie and we sat in a very dark corner. The girl and guy on screen began to kiss and parts of me began to tingle. I teasingly asked Goten if he'd ever been kissed like they were doing on the screen but he told me the prude he'd been dating wouldn't even let him hold her hand. My hair was still lavender at the time and my physique wasn't the most masculine thing ever to be seen," Trunks blushed.

"How well I know that! I had a time when I returned from Minerva, after seeing the other three, whipping you into anything that remotely resemble a male warrior," Outusan Vegeta smirked.

"Yeah. Anyway, I asked Goten to lean close to me, I leaned close to him and the rest is self-explanatory. After that, I'd ask him to come to CC to do his homework with me and help me when I would baby sit the little warrior. One night I asked him to stay over. It was after his sixteenth birthday and I told him I wanted to give him a special present. I could have brought him anything his heart desired but I wanted to give him something really special. That night, I gave him me. We've been going at it ever since and we're still going at it. Our mates know and have no problem with it. In fact, the four of us have invented our own boding game. Goten and I go at it and Corey and Cilan use their tails on one another," Trunks snickered in a dry manner.

Outusan Vegeta sat up and regarded his son as if he had just dropped out of a tree. "The four of you do this thing?"

"Yeah, especially when we feel like our bodies are about to explode and not from the power of SSJ," Trunks continued. "Any reason you're asking me these things?"

Vegeta hung his head. "I over heard Kakarrot and Goten talking and I had to also hear it from you and..." Outusan stopped. "Never mind, have a good night. We'll be landing in a week or so. Good-night, boy," the elder prince left his son's chamber and headed up the right hand side of the corridor to the galley.

At the same time, Goku had left Goten's chamber and headed down the left side of the corridor. Both Outusan's had been immersed in their own thoughts when the inevitable happened. They crashed into one another, however, instead of falling down, they assumed battle stances.

"Kakarrot!"

"Vegeta! S-sorry, my prince. I...was...just on my way to the galley for a bite to eat. I guess I was going the wrong way," the commander relaxed his stance.

"Oh, commander. Carry on," Vegeta said and moved aside but neither left the area.

"Ok, well. I'm gonna chow. Later," Goku said and resumed his progress to the galley.

Vegeta fell in step beside him. "Come to think of it, I haven't had anything for awhile," the prince remarked and the two continued in silence.

After a few minutes of walking, Goku said, " I had a talk with Goten about his relationship with his younger highness."

Vegeta glanced up at the commander. "Oh? I had a talk with Trunks about his relationship with your brat. He didn't deny it and told me their mates had found away to also enjoy one another! He admitted to initiating the whole affair as a birthday gift to your boy from himself. I blame myself for this fiasco. If I had been a more attentive and caring Outusan when the boy really needed me instead of out playing among the stars as an excuse to get away from that loud mouth shrew of a woman, this never would have happened!" The prince clenched his fist, grit his teeth and his hair flashed gold then he shook himself. "Kakarrot, what kind of Outusan would rather train 24/7, 52/12, neglect his family and fail to see the signs when his male offspring enters the most crucial time in his development? The time when he should be locked away from other males and exposed to females? Kakarrot, I've failed, I've failed miserably! I've let my people down, I've let my family down and I've let my son down. When he needed me most I wasn't around, only when it suited me. I should have been there, Kakarrot, for both our boys, to give them the information they needed. I let you down, too," Vegeta's voice dropped to a near whisper from its near hysteria.

"I let my family, friends and planet down as well. I had come back when my son was seven, trained with you more often than not then that tournament came about and I met Uubu. I left for five years to train him then returned and nothing was the same, except you. How could you let me down? You were the one, who hated me, Earth and everything it represented. I won't even start on the emotion thing. You were always around when the team was in trouble and came through in the end when it counted. You have always been my constant and the one I could depend on being around without being around," Goku replied.

Vegeta shook his head. "Don't praise me! I only ever acted the hero whenever there was something I could gain out of doing it. On Namek, I saved Krillin and Gohan because...

"Because why, Vegeta? You didn't want to see them get hurt? Or was it because you needed to hide behind their strength? Or was because you really did care about the things that belonged to the only to other full-blooded Saiyan in existence at that time? I always knew you cared, Vegeta, even when you pretended not to. But that's not what's really plaguing you is it? It's the fact that my son and yours have bonded on an intimate basis," Goku said.

"Not only that, I-I wanna complete what I asked you to start but I don't know how," the prince said and teleported from his commander and in front of the door to the chamber he had wanted to enter when he fought the queen.

Vegeta entered the lock code and entered. The room was just as he remembered it from his boyhood, strewn with toys and holographic battle games. He entered the room, picked up a stuffed toy that resembles the mythical flying horse, Pegasus, sat in a pile of others and hugged the toy as tightly as he could.

'Outusan, I know you can't hear me, but I'm sorry. I have failed you most of all, my king. You were training me to be like you and take over the rule of the Saiya-jin. I tried, 'Tusan, I really tried hard, but I just couldn't live up to what you wanted. I am a weakling and I have emotions! I can't keep them buried any more and I can't keep hiding from the other truth. Kakarrot. How could our boys do it and I'm having the hardest time even contemplating such a thing. I hate the very ground you walk on but I also love every movement you make upon that ground. I hate the very air you breath, yet I could watch the inhalations you take and become mesmerized with the rise and fall of your massive chest,' the prince's mind thought about such things.

Vegeta scanned the room and caught sight of a pad. Putting the stuffed Pegasus toy aside, the prince reached for the pad and flipped to a blank page. He'd found a pen with the pad and began to write. After he'd written, he took a deep breath, got up and took one last look around the room. He shook his long mane. 'No, no more, Outusan. I refuse to try and live up to your expectations of me. You are in another dimension. I am the ruler of this tribe of new Saiya-jin and I set the standard. I am not weak, but stronger because I can cry and I can feel! I love the son of Bardock and I will somehow declare it to the entire universe!' he said the left the room and went to the galley.

In the galley, Kakarrot sat at a table laden with food and stuffed himself. Vegeta entered and slowly made his way to the table. Goku looked up and a smile burst onto his face and the warrior was heedless of the eighty miles of pasta that hang from his mouth. Vegeta cringed.

"Hey, Vegeta, pull up a chair," Goku said as he tried to talk around his food.

"Swallow your food, commander," the prince ordered as he sat beside one of the strongest warriors in the universe. The prince wouldn't look at the warrior when he ate, but he did survey how muscled the warrior's arms and chest were.

The ruler's dark eyes traversed the length of Goku's arm, up his broad shoulder and thick neck to study the wild spikes of his hair. Vegeta reached out a gloved hand toward his commander but changed the direction at the last moment and grabbed a turkey leg upon which he snacked.

"Hey, Vegeta, I was thinking, we don't have to do that thing. It's freaking you out way too much. I thank you for allowing me to share my energy with you earlier in that way. I don't want you to feel you have to reciprocate in any fashion," Goku shrugged as he continued to stuff his face.

The prince ate in silence, his mind on what Goku had just said. "I-I do want to. Kakarrot, I need to stop running from the creature that I am and it's taken our boys engaging in the bonding act to remind me of that truth," Vegeta started. "Besides, if we were anywhere other than Earth, it would not be shunned upon. I never told you, but it was perfectly acceptable on the home planet. I can't be sure, but I think our sires had a thing for one another and had a child together," Vegeta nodded as he picked from a bunch of grapes.

"Goten said that he liked it when the two of them kissed and that he loved the young prince," Goku explained and cast a shy eye to the prince. "How do you know our sires had a child?"

"Don't look at me like that, you've got a mountain of food in front of you! How else would you explain why Raditz looked like a fusion of the two of us?" Vegeta smirked and turned his back on the commander. God, this was so hard. A male was not supposed to feel this way about another of his gender, although he had just remembered it was acceptable on their home world. Grr, this was... No, he couldn't use that as an excuse, the boys had never met freeze face, but then again, the boys were Earthlings who had more Saiya-jin instincts than the prince had at this point. 'Stop hiding, Vegeta. You know the truth of what you are and some of the race's males as well. You and Raditz had engaged and produced two very handsome sons. Kakarrot had given you a beautiful daughter and...' the prince put his hand to his abdomen. No, surely not. There was no way! Hadn't he been told that he couldn't breed? Well, a few more months would reveal the answer.

"Vegeta, you ok, guy?"

"No, commander, I'm not ok. My youngest son swings between both genders and prefers his own to the lovely female he's mated to and I approved her," Vegeta sighed. If he was gonna do this thing, he'd may as well get it over with. What was it gonna cost him, his pride? That was a joke, he had none left. After the bonding act, he would not be fit to even be called a male.

The two warriors sat silently and cleared the table of its contents. Goku stood and moved to stand behind the prince and he began to massage the smaller Saiyan's shoulders. Vegeta's head fell back and came in contact with Goku's stomach. He inhaled and caught a scent reticent of one released by a ready female.

"Kakarrot, didn't we eat everything?" the prince asked as he lifted his head and looked around to see if anything remained of their feast.

"Yeah, Vege, we did, why?" the commander asked as his fingers found their way into Vegeta's hair.

"I-I thought I was supposed to be the aggressor?" the prince asked as he got up, moved around his seat and took over what Goku had started.

Vegeta was only as tall as Goku's chest but the five-inch peak of his hair made him almost equal height to the commander. Vegeta took hold of Goku's sash once again and untied it so that he could slip his hand between the garment and the commander's skin. At that moment, a spark of electricity emitted the second he put his hand near Goku's flesh. Vegeta drew his hand back after the electric shock. He looked at his hand in surprise. He felt the shock wave to the peak of his hair.

"W-what was that?" the prince asked and looked at the spot on the commander's chest. The prince shook his head.

"What was what, Vegeta?" Goku asked in his clueless manner.

"W-you shocked me, that's what! I could kick you from one end of this vessel to the other. In fact, I think I'll do just that! Gravity chamber, now!" the prince snarled and teleported to the gravity chamber and waited for his commander.

The second Goku materialized, Vegeta kicked the larger Saiyan in the face, which sent him flying into a far wall.

"Vegeta, what's your beef?" Goku asked but received a kick in the back of his head as a reply. "All right, Vegeta, I don't know what I've done to piss you off this time, but I'm not gonna just let you beat me up!" the commander replied and countered Vegeta's next move.

"Huh, as if I ever could! The only way I could ever beat the snot from your nose would be if I discovered an ever higher more powerful SSJ level than where I am currently!" the prince retorted and sweep kicked Goku in the ribs but the move was effortlessly blocked.

The two then broke into an all out, blood drawing brawl and one would have probably killed the other had Goku not powered up and fired off a low level kamehameha that both caught Vegeta off guard and sent the prince to the ground out of breath and seeing stars. The prince hit the floor with a thud so hard that the hard foam padding cracked.

"K-Kakarrot," was all Vegeta could rasp before he completely lost consciousness.

"Stupid ape, I told you I wouldn't hold you to anything. You're making such a big deal out of the thing, that I don't want you anymore. You're no fun, Vegeta," Goku left the chamber and went to his own chamber to prepare for sleep.

Five hours later consciousness slowly returned to the prince's battered body. He tried to focus but he knew his eyes had swollen shut. He tried to concentrate so that he could teleport to his chamber. He'd left his scouter in his chamber so he couldn't even call anyone.

'Kakarrot, why? I wasn't gonna hurt you, my friend. I could never do that on purpose, anyway,' the prince's mind said. He tried to get up but pain shot through his entire being and tears shot from his eyes but he was in so much pain from Goku's energy blast that even breathing was an effort and his eyes felt as if he had sand between the lids and the orbs.

Goku lay staring up at a point in the ceiling, tears streaming down into his hair. He was so wrapped in his own emotional storm that he didn't hear the door to his chamber.

"Dad, what's wrong?" it was Goten and Goku jumped at the sound of his son's voice.

"Whoa! Oh. Oh, hey son. Haven't you gone to bed yet?" Goku asked as he dried his eyes.

Goten moved to sit by his dad and put his arms around him. "It's okay, dad. If it's about what I told you, I'm sorry but I can't help it. I've tried to break it off and so has he. I thought it was over when Cornelia joined the camp and paired up with him, but it wasn't," the younger man cried himself.

"Huh? No, it's not that. You are what you are. Vegeta... Vegeta said it happens when male Saiya-jin enter their teens but only lasts, I guess, from thirteen to twenty," Goku sniffed and had choked when he said the prince's name.

"I-I know. Trunks just left my room. He's not the same with black hair and eyes," Goten gave a dry laugh.

At that minute, Goten's scouter sounded. "Goten, have you seen my dad? He's not in his chamber! I've tried feeling for his energy, but I can't find it! I hope he didn't jettison from the craft. What would I tell the chimp and Mommarissa?" Trunks' voice was near panic level.

"I don't know, Trunks. I haven't seen him since we left the planet. He looked really bad like his energy had been drained from him. I'll ask my dad. I'm in his room, now. I'll beep you. Goten out," Goten said and looked at his dad.

"The last time I saw that hot head, he tried to kill me in the gravity chamber. I had to put him down with a kamehameha. All because of that friggin' hole! He needs to have his sewn shut, then he won't make such an issue out of to do it or not to do it," Goku hissed with enough venom to make a rattle snake proud.

Goten stared at his dad, his mouth in his lap. "Say what?! Trunks' dad has one? He's not even a teenager!"

"During his teens he was Frieza's slave. That being had Zarbon and Dodoria, his henchmen, perform humiliating acts on the last three remaining Saiya-jin at the time. That's why Vegeta has one. He's such a prude. I don't see what the big deal is," Goku snarled.

"Did he do something to hurt you, daddy? 'Cause if he did, I'll mop this ship up with him!" Goten flew off the bed, out the room to search for the prince.

"Goten, come back here!" Goku shot out of his room after his youngest son.

The two Son men flew down the corridor the suddenly halted as they saw Trunks carrying the elder prince. The young prince was in tears. Goten gasped but Goku turned away.

"Trunks, what happen to him? He looks like he's been in a battle," Goten remarked.

"How perceptive of you, Dr. Watson. Got a senzu bean on you?" Trageta asked but Goten shook his head. "What good are you?" he snapped and felt his gi for a bean.

"I gave you the only bean I had and you gave yours to me after we left the planet," Goten remembered.

"I don't believe this! My dad's dying and I can't do a thing about it! Grr, if I ever get my hands on whoever did this to him, they're gonna be toast!" the young prince's hair flicked gold.

"You're not strong enough, boy. Just like I wiped him out, it'll be no small thing to squash a maggot like you!" Goku growled.

Goten and Trunks both stared at the usually mild-mannered Saiyan as if he had lost his mind.

"Dad?"

"Kakarrot? How dare you! This is your prince and future king and I thought he was your friend," the young prince lost his emotions, flipped into SSJ-2 and the power engulfed both sire and son.

Vegeta gasped then screamed. "Trunks, stop! Power down, son, please, you're burning me!" the elder prince rasped. His energy level was so low that even his son's SSJ-2 level caused intense pain in his being.

The younger prince looked down and found that his dad had grabbed hold of his grey tank shirt. Instantly, he powered down as the prince had requested. Vegeta fell from the younger one's arms to the floor.

"Come on, dad, I'd better get you to bed," Trunks said and hoisted his dad to a standing position and carried him to his chamber.

When Vegeta passed Goku, he tried to look into that Saiyan's eyes but he could just open his own. "I-I'm s-sorry, K-Kakarrot," the elder prince said and let his son take him to his room.

"Hey, Vegeta dropped something," Goten said, his eyes catching the piece of paper that had slipped from Vegeta's hand and lay by his dad's feet. He picked it up, opened it then glanced over it. He blushed and handed the letter to his dad. "Here, this is for you."

Goku took the letter from his son and read it. He reeled off balance and collapsed onto the floor, the color draining from his face.

"D-dad?"

"G-Goten, read this please so I don't think I'm crazy," Goku handed the letter to his son.

Goten took the letter and read it out loud. It was written in the Saiyago hand.

'Kakarrot, you can't know what this decision means for me. I'm still not comfortable with it but it is part of what we are as an alien race and not only that, since we've been together, I've developed my own bond to you. It scares the life outta me because such a failing was supposed to have been out bread from my genes. I was engineered to be our race's most powerful warrior without emotions and without care for what I did but my mother had been allowed to raise me for the first three months of my existence. She taught me to love and express my emotions. You're always expressing how you feel about me but I always slap it back in your face in one form or another.

'I've never allowed myself to express any such feelings until recently and that earthquake caused the other side of me to surface. I never expected for it to included feelings for you. If anyone wanted the other reason why I stayed away from Bulma, Earth and the kids, it was you. Our sparring matches left me with feelings Bulma could never evoke in me. I would burn like a forest fire was consuming my very being. After our matches and you'd return to Chichi, I wanted to ask you to stay. I wanted to do what Chichi would do but I shut such thoughts out of my mind until the one-day you had me pinned.

'You were above me and our eyes had locked together. I saw a flame inside of them that equaled the one I felt in my midsection. I threw you off me and ordered you to leave. I had to treat you roughly because I didn't want you to know that I actually admired you and had very intense feelings for you. When the hellcat on two legs threw me out and I had gone to the GR to explode, the hair on the back of my neck stood on end the second I felt your energy. I felt you the minute I left out the house. When I entered the trainer, I half hoped and half feared that you would follow me. I wanted you to come in. I didn't expect the kids. That was why I had screamed that night. With them present I couldn't say what I wanted to you and I couldn't react the way my body was dictating.

'I've been aware of my deeper feelings for you since our first battle, but my pride would not allow me to admit such. Then when you contracted that dreaded heart virus, I feared I would lose you then. When you sacrificed yourself with Cell, part of me died that day with you. You, the only adult Saiyan left along with myself, at the time. I couldn't believe I had lost the only one of my race that had managed to implant a chimp into me in that one single selfless act. Yeah, the younger kids were half Saiyan but they couldn't replace the pure blood. Kakarrot, I can't say to you what I could so easily say to a female, her majesty and my kids. Nor can I express my real feelings. That's why I treat you like dirt and try to beat you into the ground at every turn. Kakarrot, I may never say this but you are mi amigo et mi amour. J'tieme. Your prince, Vegeta, no Ouji.'

Goten closed up the letter and handed it back to his dad. Goku took it with trembling fingers. "D-did he say 'mi amour?'" Goku asked against a dry mouth and his son nodded. "Kayla says that to me. She said that it's a term of high endearment on the same level as saying 'I love you' in our Earth language. How can he regard me as such when he does everything he can to hurt me? He doesn't hurt Lissa in anyway!" the commander shook his head.

"Trunks hurts me. I try to hurt him, but he's so much stronger than I am. We bond then go back to being the best of friends. It's weird how it works but I guess the motto is true. That we only hurt the ones we love. What d'ya think, dad?"

"I-I think I owe our prince an apology but he wouldn't stop beating me up, Goten. I had to put him down. He's so much more powerful than when we last fought but he told me that he couldn't beat me unless he discovered a higher level SSJ than where he was at the moment. C'mon, I'd better go see how much damage I did. There are no healing tanks aboard and we won't have any beans or berries until we get back to Earth," Goku pointed out and went to get up with his son's assistance, then the two went in search of the elder prince.