The Great Saiyaman and the Two Legions of Terror

The Great Saiyaman Movie and the Two Legions of Terror
by KC

Disclaimers:
Counting out haiku
syllables of how I don\'t
own Dragonball Z.

Pairings: Gk/V, Gt/T, Gh/P

Warnings: Sexual themes and adult language. If you can\'t deal, ditch.

Other Info: This final installment of the Saiyaman trilogy is brought to you by the letters B, D, S and M, and by the numbers 6 and 9. This installment also made possible by a grant of answers from Cyntiger.

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Wrapped in a towel and wearing bath sandals, Goku followed his mate through the hall and up the stairs. Since everyone else was asleep, Vegeta walked naked with his arms crossed. His hair, still wet from their shower, showed signs of standing straight again, although the ends still curled downwards. He kept his eyes shut, as if ignoring Goku would make him shut up.

\"No.\"

\"But Vegeta--\"

\"No.\"

\"It\'ll be fun--\"

\"No.\"

\"I promise--\"

\"You said that the last time!\" Vegeta spun around, nearly sending Goku down the stairs, and landed a punch in the center of his chest that smacked him against the wall. \"You said the carnival would be fun, the finale would be fun, the spaghitto would be fun...is this going to be as much fun as those?\"

\"Spaghetti,\" Goku said as he stood. He readjusted the towel around his waist before it could slide off his hips.

\"Whatever the hell it is! It sticks to everything.\" Vegeta turned and walked back up the stairs. \"We\'ll be cleaning that shit out for days. Don\'t you dare ask for anything.\"

\"But Vegeta--\" Goku transmitted in front of him, grabbing his wrists when he tried to punch again. \"It\'s free, it\'s in an amusement park, we\'ll get lots of free food, and I promise there\'ll be no Cell re-enactments.\"

\"And what the hell is an amusement park?\" Vegeta struggled in Goku\'s grip, finally settling for planting a double kick on his lover\'s chest that sent them both stumbling into their room. \"Sounds infinitely boring.\"

Goku shut the door with his foot and tossed Vegeta onto their bed. \"It\'s not boring. There\'s rides and games and shops and lots of things to do.\"

\"Sounds like that stupid carnival.\"

\"Well, a little,\" Goku said. A small lamp stood on the nightstand beside the bed, and he turned it on. The room filled with a warm glow. \"But it\'s bigger and better.\" He sat down next to Vegeta and waited to see if the prince would attack or relent.

The smaller Saiyan flopped back on the pillows and shut his eyes. \"Is that screeching harpy going?\"

\"No.\"

\"Humans?\"

\"Just a few with invitations. Yamcha and Bulma. I think Mr. Satan\'s still in the hospital, but maybe Videl...\"

The mattress tilted a few inches as Goku leaned back and slipped off the towel. When he lay down he put his arm around his mate, and he grinned when Vegeta didn\'t smack him or growl or curse. \"Goten and Trunks\'ll be coming.\"

\"Good, keeps the brats out of my way.\"

\"Please, Vegeta...\" He began kissing his way from his mate\'s shoulder to his throat, scraping his teeth across the claim mark that stood out like a half-necklace on Vegeta\'s skin. \"I wanna go...and there\'s fun things to do there...and then we can sit in the back of the theater...\"

\"Your eldest brat and the Namek will probably beat us to it,\" Vegeta said. Goku\'s hands felt warm holding his own. He closed his eyes and focused on his mate\'s mouth, now placing a kiss in his palm.

\"So will you come? Bulma says we wouldn\'t even have to dress up.\"

Silence for a moment, and then the prince cracked his eyes open a bit and glanced at Goku. \"It\'ll turn out like the last time.\"

Goku stretched out and lay his head on the pillow, tugging his prince closer so that Vegeta could nestle in the crook of his arm. For awhile he lay still, only running his fingers through his mate\'s still damp hair. He sighed and looked out the window at the stars. Vegeta\'s chest rumbled softly. Goku smiled. His mate rarely purred, and whenever he did, it was silent, only discernible by that quiet vibration. He stroked his mate\'s hair a little slower.

\"It won\'t be. None of them\'ll show up, and even if they do, I promise--\"

\"What? That you\'ll let them insult you and your mate and your brats--\"

Goku\'s fingers pressed against his lips, quieting him.

\"--that I won\'t let them hurt you again,\" Goku said. \"I love you, and if it means cutting off ties with my friends...then I guess they weren\'t my friends after all.\"

Vegeta\'s eyes lit up and he rose up on one arm, staring down at his mate. \"And you\'ll stop acting like a human?\"

\"Mmm...\" Goku grabbed Vegeta\'s shoulders, flipped him back onto the mattress and leaned over him, holding him still with his weight. \"You sure that\'s what you want? Kakarrot likes to bite.\"

A smirk spread on the prince\'s face and he let his eyes half-close. \"Kakarrot talks too much.\"

Goku turned off the lamp.

*

The city lights came on as the sky turned purple and the stars slowly appeared, sparkling in the rising heat waves. The city sprawled beneath them, stretching out for miles in all directions, busy with people on their way home or out for the evening entertainment. A violet glow spread over the horizon, and the full moon crested bright and silver over Dream Land\'s glass dome.

Two Saiyans and two demiSaiyans rode the escalator that spiraled from the ground to the dome. Trunks and Goten edged as close as they could to the glass, staring at the landscape far in the distance.

\"We\'re so high up,\" Goten said, looking down. \"They all look like bugs.\"

Arms crossed, Vegeta followed their looks. \"What\'s so damn interesting? You\'ve flown higher.\"

\"But it\'s neat riding up here,\" Trunks said. \"I didn\'t think this escalator went so high. It\'s weird that we never came to Dreamland when we live so close.\"

\"It\'s ridiculous, that\'s why.\"

Goku put his arm around Vegeta\'s shoulders, careful not to squeeze. \"Why do you mind amusement parks so much? And it can\'t be just that it\'s full of humans.\"

His usual reply cut off, Vegeta looked away and stared at the city below. \"Going with you to anything involving carnivals, circuses or amusement parks is simply asking for trouble.\"

\"Circuses?\" Goku asked. \"We\'ve never gone to the circus.\"

\"Um, we have,\" Trunks said. \"Mom got Papa to take me and Goten to the circus when we were smaller.\"

\"Oh yeah.\" A smile spread over Goten\'s face. \"I remember that day. I got to pet the tigers.\"

\"And we chased the clowns all over the tent, zapping them,\" Trunks said. \"And we ate all their cotton candy and popcorn.\"

\"And tipped over their port-a-potties,\" Goten said.

\"And flew circles around the acrobats,\" Vegeta said. \"And baited the cops, and started a food fight, and blew the main tent into the sky. They made the local news. Little brats nearly got me kicked out of the house for a week.\"

\"That reminds me,\" Trunks said, grinning at his father. \"The circus is back in town finally and--\"

Vegeta lowered his eyes and glared at him. \"No.\"

\"Aww...\"

The tunnel\'s sides turned dark and began to flash different colors, turning their skin blue and green and red. Goten and Trunks opened their eyes wide and held their hands up, watching them turn purple and yellow, but the light show caught Vegeta off guard and he pressed close against Goku.

\"Relax,\" Goku said. \"You\'re jumpy tonight.\"

A blush spread over Vegeta\'s cheeks, and he was glad the colored lights hid it. \"Why don\'t we just skip this?\"

\"Skip the new Saiyaman movie?\" Goten asked. \"Are you crazy?\"

Goku leaned down to Vegeta\'s ear. \"Don\'t answer that.\"

\"We have to go,\" Trunks said. \"Do you know how many people would kill for our tickets?\"

\"As many as I want to right now?\" Vegeta shrugged his mate\'s hand off his shoulder, but he didn\'t move away. \"What\'s so damn interesting about a mov"
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\"It\'s a Saiyaman movie,\" Trunks said.

\"So?\"

\"So,\" Goten said, \"they\'re all like those movies they always show at the tournaments. Rubber heads, lousy effects, guys in suits stomping on miniature cities, and this time, the Great Saiyaman is actually gonna show up at a premiere.\"

Trunks snickered. \"With the Great Green Bean.\"

\"Then why would you want to see it?\" Vegeta asked.

\"It\'s kinda like staring at a train wreck,\" Trunks said.

The escalator stopped and a girl dressed in a blue uniform smiled and held her hand out. \"Welcome to DreamLand. Do you have your invitations?\"

\"We\'re on the list,\" Trunks said. \"Vegeta and Trunks Briefs, Son Goku and Son Goten.\"

She checked her list and checked off four places, then backed away so they could go through the entrance. \"Thank you for coming. The movie won\'t start for a few hours, so please enjoy yourselves at all of our rides and games.\"

\"Cool,\" Goten said as he went in, his eyes growing wide as he looked from ride to ride. \"A theme park all to ourselves.\"

\"Almost,\" Trunks said. \"Let\'s do the Curling Caterpillar first.\" He grabbed Goten\'s hand and led him towards the roller coaster.

Vegeta shook his head once and started towards the dome\'s edge, but Goku had already found the nearest food venue.

\"Ooh, ice cream!\" Goku took a few steps, then turned. \"I\'ll be right back, \'Geta. Don\'t leave, okay?\"

Without looking at him, Vegeta shrugged once. While the three ran off, he walked to the edge of the dome and looked out. The skyline reminded him of a planet he\'d long forgotten the name of, if he ever knew it, but something seemed off. The mountains in the distance were the same shape, the city the same shimmer of tiny lights, but the sky...he shook his head. No wonder. The other sky had been a pale orange.

A few of the stars glowed bright enough to be seen through the city\'s glare, and he put his hand on the glass. He\'d stared at space like this in Frieza\'s ship, a few inches of clear plastic between him and the vacuum. A small ki burst could have shattered any window in the ship and sent him to where Frieza could never hurt him again.

\"I would\'ve done it,\" he whispered. He let his hand fall and looked at the cars passing by below. \"But you would\'ve survived.\"

Screams shot up into the air behind him, but he only glanced over his shoulder. Screams no longer startled him. A few humans waved their hands over their heads as they rode in a steel caterpillar on a track that ran in loops and corkscrews. In the front seat Goten clung to Trunks\' body and yelled as the caterpillar dropped fifty feet and spun around. Trunks couldn\'t yell, simply trying to breathe as Goten tightened his grip. They zoomed out of sight and Vegeta glanced at the clock inside the coaster operator\'s little shack. Another hour before the Saiyaman movie premiere. He sighed and fidgeted in his black jeans and sneakers.

\"At least the woman didn\'t choose these,\" he said, looking down at himself. His mate had picked their clothes for this trip. \"But why was Kakarott drooling over them?\"

\"Geta!\" Goku walked closer, a huge ice cream in each hand. \"Here, I got you one, too.\"

\"What is it?\" Vegeta asked, and held the cone as gingerly as he could. It felt like it might crumble and fall apart.

\"Ice cream,\" Goku said as he took a lick.

\"I know that. But what\'s it on?\"

\"Oh, that. It\'s a cone. You eat it. I know you like chocolate, so it\'s four scoops of that.\"

\"Ah.\" He nibbled the cone, found it not unpleasing, and continued. \"What time is it?\"

\"Seven. The movie doesn\'t start \'till nine.\" Goku looked out the glass at the sky. \"What were you looking at?\"

\"Nothing. Just remembering.\" Vegeta whirled and started walking away. \"Why are we here if it doesn\'t start for another two hours?\"

\"To have fun,\" Goku said. \"It\'s been a long time since I\'ve been here. Careful, don\'t let the ice cream drip.\"

While they walked Vegeta glanced at his mate. Like him, Goku wore human clothes, a white shirt and jeans so tight Vegeta wondered if he could fight in them, but Goku also wore a long coat that hung past his calves. He shook his head. He\'d be swallowed up in the coat that barely covered his mate\'s shoulders.

Green and orange lights flickered over them and they looked up. A fifteen foot green and orange Saiyaman sign blinked and flashed twenty feet above the dome. His white gloved hand waved back and forth as he grinned. Every few seconds, the lights rimming his sunglasses lit and flickered in circles.

\"A pity the Great Green Bean isn\'t up there too,\" Vegeta said.

\"I think he\'s gonna be in the next one. Poor Piccolo.\" Goku felt a pressure on his side and looked down. Vegeta had leaned against him, fitting perfectly against his shoulder, and Goku put his arm around his mate. Vegeta\'s skin seemed cooler than usual and he hugged him closer, trying to warm him up. He watched him finish the ice cream in seconds and smiled. If he plied Vegeta with chocolate, the prince would let Goku hold him throughout the night, and that was worth the pissed mood he\'d have come the next morning.

A crowd of well-dressed premiere goers, all sipping champagne or drinking wine or retouching their makeup, came closer down the path. They all smelled of alcohol and sex. Vegeta pressed a little harder against Goku. The crowd passed by and he tensed, turning his face towards Goku\'s shirt and closing his eyes. His mate\'s fingers curled around his cheek and gently brushed his knuckles across his skin. When he couldn\'t hear them anymore, he looked back up and found Goku looking at him. taretared back at the ground, waiting for his mate to ask questions, root out painful memories, drag him through another humiliating conversation--

Goku hugged him and kept walking. After a quiet minute, Vegeta smiled and kept his eyes on the cobblestones.

\"Look, it\'s a Tunnel of Love.\"

\"What?\" He looked up and found a pink heart shaped gazebo and swan boats bobbing in a stream that led into a dark tunnel. \"Oh no.\"

\"C\'mon, it\'ll be neat,\" Goku said and pulled him forward. \"It\'ll be quiet and dark and no one can see us...\"

Swans bumped each other in line as a couple stepped into one boat and floated into the tunnel, and the two Saiyans stared at the empty gazebo for a moment. Vegeta made a noise like a short moan and shook his head. Goku whispered to his mate, \"should I bribe you with more chocolate tonight?\"

\"Hm. It might help.\" He leaned against him again. Goku whispered in his ear, and Vegeta smiled. \"Impossible.\"

\"Have I ever lied about chocolate ice cream?\"

\"Mm. No.\" Vegeta allowed Goku to tug him through the pink gazebo. \"I really hate this color.\"

\"But I love my little bad man--ow!\" Goku jumped as his mate punched his arm.

\"Don\'t you dare call me little.\"

\"Sorry, sorry,\" he said, rubbing the sore spot. \"Ow. I think that\'s gonna bruise.\"

\"Quite whining, baby. I didn\'t hit you hard at all.\"

The Saiyans walked up to the edge of the artificial stream and waited a few seconds for the next swan to come. Set on automatic, the swans floated down into the tunnel on a regular pace. The white fiberglass thunked on the concrete side and paused, water sloshing around the edges. Goku stepped inside first, but the tip of his boot caught on the swan\'s edge and he tumbled face first onto the seat.

\"Kakarrot...honestly.\" Vegeta grabbed the scruff of Goku\'s shirt and hauled him back up. \"Earth\'s champion defeated by a swan.\"

\"Ow...\" Goku rubbed his nose and sat down on the bench seat. \"That hurt.\"

\"Maybe we should enter it in the next tournament.\" Vegeta stepped down into the swan and noticed that his side of the bench was wet, but before he could drag Goku off again the swan started to float away from the gazebo. \"Hell.\"

Goku looked up at his mate. \"What\'s the matter--whoa!\" He leaned back as Vegeta plopped himself down in his lap and leaned against him. \"You okay, \'Geta?\"

\"Fine. I just don\'t wanna get wet is all.\" He closed his eyes and lay his head on Goku\'s shoulder, smiling as he caught his mate\'s scent. \"Warm.\"

The artificial breeze picked up as they went into the tunnel, and Goku noticed that his lover\'s skin felt even cooler than before. He put his arms around Vegeta and let the edge of his coat slip over his mate\'s legs.

\"You get cold so quick,\" Goku whispered.

\"Do not. You\'re just so damn big.\"

\"And I wore something warmer than a leather jacket.\"

\"S\'warm enough. \'Sides, you picked it out.\" He yawned and cracked one eye open. \"Why\'s it so dark?\"

\"\'Cause it\'s a tunnel?\"

\"Idiot.\" He looked over his shoulder but couldn\'t see anything except a slight shimmer on the water. \"Is the whole thing so dark?\"

A spark and a whiff of powder were their only warnings as flames spurted up beside the boat and lit a set of gaping jaws and fangs that came towards them with a screech like metal scraping metal. Before the flames could die down, Vegeta yelped and tightened his grip on his mate so much that Goku\'s eyes bugged. The jaws disappeared and Goku hugged Vegeta back. A moment later he gently nudged him.

\"\'Geta...c\'n\'t...br\'th...\"

\"Hmph.\" Vegeta let him go and sat straight again. \"Why the hell do they call this a tunnel of love if things like that jump out at you?\"

Glad that the darkness hid his grin, Goku hugged his mate and found one of the prince\'s hands, and he held it against his chest. \"Because they startle some people and make them jump into their mate\'s arms. And they\'re so dark no one else can see them.\"

\"Mm. First good idea they\'ve had on this planet.\" Vegeta\'s uncaptured hand slid down Goku\'s thigh and into the hem of his pants. \"How long will we be in here?\"

\"Umm...\" They only heard the swooshing waves, the edge of the boat as it knocked the tunnel edges. \"Maybe five minutes?\"

\"Five? I\'ve never seen how fast I can do this...\" He yanked Goku\'s pants down. Without any light to help him, he ran his hand down Goku\'s thighs, feeling his way down, then up. His mate whimpered and bucked once, nearly throwing him off. \"Settle down, Kakarrot. Or do you want me to stop?\"

No movement. Vegeta smiled and began, kissing the only man who\'d ever trusted him to be so close.

*

The Caterpillar came to a rest with a hydraulic hiss and the safety bars settled back into place. Goten jumped out of the car and stretched. Behind him, Trunks stepped out and wobbled sideways.

\"That was awesome,\" Goten said. \"The way it went upside down and corkscrewed and went straight down. Did you--Trunks?\"

Ignoring his friend for the moment, Trunks leaned against the railing on the exit ramp and put his hands over his eyes. He groaned, and the people walking off the ride walked on the other side of the ramp in case he was sick.

\"Are you okay?\" Goten asked. He put his hands on Trunks\' shoulders. \"Are you gonna throw up?\"

\"No, just a headache.\" He leaned against Goten\'s side and let him guide them down the ramp towards a bench.

\"Headache? Trunks, we\'ve flown loop de loops harder than that.\"

As they sat down, Trunks leaned back and looked up at the dome\'s ceiling. He took a deep breath. \"Yes, but you weren\'t squeezing all the oxygen out of me then.\"

\"Oh, oh geez, I\'m sorry, I didn\'t think I was hugging you that hard,\" Goten said and hugged Trunks again.

Trunks\' eyes bugged and he managed a strangled groan. Goten gasped and let go again.

\"Ah, I\'m sorry!\"

\"S\'awright,\" Trunks said. \"I\'ll be okay.\" He lay one hand on his mate\'s thigh and squeezed. \"You can make it up to me later.\"

Goten opened his mouth to speak, but he was drowned out by a crackle of thunder and a flash of golden light from inside the Tunnel of Love. They both turned in time to see smoke wisp out from the opening. A minute later out floated a blackened swan, its head gone and the wings melted like candle wax on the boat\'s side. Goku straightened his shirt while Vegeta leaned back next to him, smirking as usual, running one hand through his hair.

\"I was right,\" Vegeta said to Goku, although his voice was loud enough for anyone to hear.

\"About what?\"

\"Even you cannot defeat the hooded swan.\" 1

While Goku furrowed his brow, Vegeta stepped out of the swan and started towards the food court.

Goten and Trunks glanced at each other and started to chuckle. \"Ewww!\"

*

Up in the sky, beside the birds and below the altitude of planes, Gohan and Piccolo sat on top of the DreamLand dome and gazed out over the darkening landscape. A cold breeze rushed over them and Gohan pressed against Piccolo. The Namek spread his cape around Gohan\'s shoulder and hugged him.

\"I don\'t understand why they want to make movies about me,\" Gohan said. \"It\'s kinda stupid.\"

\"As stupid as going to the premiere?\" Piccolo asked.

\"Better than staying home and getting mom\'s phone calls all day.\" He hung his head and sighed. \"I have to do something about her, but I don\'t know what.\"

Piccolo laughed. \"Threaten to stop studying.\"

\"Piccolo"
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\"I know, I know. Still, you\'re gonna have to do something, even if it means disowning her.\"

\"No way, that\'d be even worse.\" He looked at the Saiyaman sign, smiling and waving above them, and thought about blasting off its head. \"Things were a lot simpler before.\"

\"No they weren\'t, you just remember them that way. Or would you rather be back in high school?\"

\"Sweet Kami, no,\" Gohan said. He started to laugh. \"That\'s true. No matter what happens, at least I\'m not in high school anymore.\"

They fell silent for several minutes, watching the city move beneath them. Made up of lines of light in darkness, the city seemed to breathe on its own, like a living creature they could barely sense.

\"It\'s cold up here,\" Gohan said. \"We might as well drop in until the movie starts.\"

\"We don\'t have tickets. Unless you wanna go in our costumes--\"

\"No problem, watch.\" He flared his ki a few times and waited.

A few seconds later, Goku appeared in front of them. \"Hi Gohan, Piccolo. You coming in now?\"

\"Just a sec.\" Gohan tapped the watch that made his costume disappear, and beside him Piccolo did the same, leaving them in semi-formal wear. \"Okay, we\'re set.\"

\"Great. I don\'t think Vegeta\'ll wait for me long.\"

\"How\'d you get short shit to come?\" Piccolo asked. \"I thought he hated being around humans.\"

Goku grinned. \"I had to promise a lot of ice cream.\" He put his hand on Gohan\'s shoulder and put his fingers to his foreheahe che city disappeared, replaced by a yellow and green tent with a shooting gallery and baby dolls as prizes.

\"Darn, he left,\" Goku said, looking around. \"I guess he got impatient.\"

\"We\'d better find him,\" Piccolo said, \"before he destroys something.\"

\"I\'ll find him. You go have fun,\" Goku said and transmitted out again.

Gohan and Piccolo exchanged glances.

\"Food court?\" Piccolo asked.

\"That\'d be great,\" Gohan said, smiling broadly. \"How\'d you know I was hungry?\"

\"You\'re a Son. You\'re always hungry.\"

*

Arms crossed, Vegeta stood at the edge of the dome again and stared outside. The sparkles of light in the rising heat made the city look like a life form he\'d seen once on a distant plant, something like jellyfish but crystalline. They had been dark blue, not black, but their bioluminescence rippled like ribbons of lights along their bodies. Over a hundred feet long and spread out over the planet\'s oceans in schools that ran for miles, the glowing creatures had looked like a city moving in darkness, one of the most beautiful things he\'d ever seen. And he\'d vaporized them all.

\"Hey \'Geta!\" Goku\'s bit eyes blinked at him.

Even as Vegeta fell backward he cursed himself. He landed on his ass and glared at his mate. \"Kuzo, Kakarrot, nezo kadde o!\"

\"Huh?\" Goku tilted his head. \"You okay? I didn\'t startle you, did I?\"

\"Diiratta ne gezi--\" The Saiyan prince bared tee teeth and raised his hands into a familiar blast technique. \"Big bang--\"

\"No!\" Goku dived on top of Vegeta, squashing his hands down and holding him still until he finally stopped kicking. As his mate growled deep in his throat, he looked into his eyes. \"Y\'know, you\'re starting to make this a bad habit.\"

\"No worse than that damn technique,\" Vegeta said. \"Get the hell off me.\"

\"Promise you won\'t blast anything?\"

\"Yes.\"

Goku relaxed his muscles, then tightened again. \"And you won\'t blast me?\" The last time he\'d forgotten to secure that promise, his mate had pounded him into the side of a cliff.

Vegeta turned his head. \"If you insist.\"

\"Okay then.\" He sat up and rubbed thck ock of his head. \"I\'m sorry I surprised you. I just wanted to come quick and I forgot how you don\'t like instant transmission.\"

\"Brainless third class...\" He closed his eyes and sighed. \"I\'ll never figure out how you survived your childhood.\"

\"Lots of food. Oh yeah, I forgot.\" With a broad grin, Goku looked down the row of rides and game booths to a smoky tent on the other side of the park. \"We\'ve gotta get to the Smoky Chicharone before everyone else gets there.\"

\"Smoke what?\"

\"Smoky Chicharone, it\'s Mexican. C\'mon, get up. No, better yet--\" He put his fingers to his forehead. \"Let\'s go now.\"

\"Kakarrot, no--\"

They appeared sitting on top of a table under the Smoky Chicharone sign, a bright yellow arrow pointing at them and flashing on and off. Goku jumped off of Vegeta and ran to the window, ordering so much food the owner cheered and told his staff they\'d all take vacations after tonight.

Vegeta lay still on the table. He found he had a good view of the stars and the area around him was relatively quiet. None of the stars were familiar, but from this view they looked the same as when he\'d camped with Raditz and Nappa on dozens of dead planets.

A green head popped into view. \"Hey, short shit. You still alive?\"

Vegeta tilted his head. Piccolo had on black sunglasses and a hat covering his ears. \"Why the disguise? There aren\'t many seven foot tall green beans on earth.\"

Beside him, Gohan blinked and looked at Piccolo. \"He has a point.\"

\"I got the food!\" Goku said.

Vegeta slid off the table and into his seat as his mate plopped dozens of burritos, enchiladas, and other variations of meat and cheese in a tortilla. Food began disappearing into Goku\'s mouth, and Vegeta rushed to fill his own stomach before it all disappeared.

\"What are these?\" Piccolo asked, poking a skillet full of still sizzling meat and a pile of tortillas.

\"Fajitas.\" Goku rolled the meat up and inhaled it. \"S\'good.\"

Gohan made one and tried it. \"Not bad.\"

\"Thought you\'d become a vegetarian,\" Vegeta said as he finished off the last one. Everyone stared at the prince.

\"Vegetarian?\" Gohan asked.

Vegeta couldn\'t force the smirk back. \"All you seem to eat now is green beans.\"

Piccolo snarled. \"You little--\"

Gohan wrapped his around Piccolo\'s waist and held him in a grip so tight the Namek\'s face started to turn purple. At the same time, Goku put his hand on Vegeta\'s shoulder and transmitted out just as a ki blast singed the chair.

When they reappeared on the other side of the park, Vegeta couldn\'t stop laughing. He leaned against his mate and snuggled, and Goku looked down on him with wide eyes and a dropped jaw.

\"Vegeta, what is wrong with you?\" He grabbed his mate\'s shoulders and shook him once.

\"Wrong?\" Vegeta laughed louder. \"What makes you think--?\"

\"This!\" Goku said, breathing faster and wondering if his lover had gone insane. \"You never laugh like this. Or get angry as fast as you did, or act like that with Piccolo, at least not that bad. I mean, I know you have mood swings, but never like this.\"

\"It\'s nothing...\"

\"So it is something.\"

\"Oh yes,\" Vegeta whispered. \"A wonderful secret.\"

About to ask another question, Goku stopped as Vegeta dropped his ki so low he could hardly feel it. Only a soft glow in his abdomen--

Freeze.

That\'s not Vegeta.

He knelt and lay his hands on his mate\'s stomach, feeling the tiny glow that was their child. \"You...how long?\"

\"Not long. A few weeks.\"

Fortunately no one else was nearby as Goku, champion of the earth, fell to his knees and felt all his muscles start to shake. \"We\'re gonna have a baby...we\'re gonna have a baby. I\'m gonna be a daddy again. I\'m...wait, but how--?\"

\"Kakarrot, you have three children already. Do I really have to explain the ins and outs?\" Vegeta knelt and put his hands on Goku\'s face, steadying him. \"Quit shaking already. One more isn\'t going to be a problem.\"

\"Won\'t be a problem, that\'s not why I\'m shaking.\" Goku smiled. \"This is wonderful. Our own baby...\"

\"Another brat, yes.\"

As Goku hugged Vegeta again, a thought wormed its way through his happiness. \"Vegeta,\" he asked, \"why didn\'t you tell me?\" Goku asked.

Vegeta half-shrugged and stood. \"I didn\'t think the mood swings would be so bad. Nor those seriously strange cravings for different foods...\" He sighed and shook his head, turning away from Goku. He started to walk away. \"Come on, it\'ll be time for that ceremony to start soon. If you rea--\"

The only reason Goku didn\'t squash him on the ground was that he was afraid it would harm the child inside his mate. Instead he lunged before Vegeta could get far and wrapped his arms around his waist, then yanked his mate backwards. With a yelp, Vegeta stumbled into Goku\'s lap and his tightly wrapped arms.

\"Kakarrot! Have you gone crazy?\" He tried to get up, move his arms at least, but Goku had him pinned. He moved to kick him and Goku pinned Vegeta\'s legs down with his own. The prince turned his head, about to bite his mate\'s cheek, but Goku twisted one of his hands in Vegeta\'s hair, yanking his head back. \"Kakarrot!\"

Before speaking, Goku took a breath and calmed himself down. Growling at his lover would only make him angrier. He brushed his lips against Vegeta\'s ear and nipped. The sting didn\'t draw blood, but it warned Vegeta to stop fighting and he did.

\"Listen, my prince,\" Goku whispered. In his grip, Vegeta shuddered and breathed faster, mouth slightly open and head tilted back on his shoulder. \"You\'re not walking away from this. You should\'ve told me, not left me to guess. Why didn\'t you?\"

\"Kakarrot--\"

\"Yes, Kakarrot, your mate. The one who likes to bite.\"

Vegeta swallowed. His mate\'s teeth were so close to his throat.

\"I asked you a question. Why didn\'t you tell me?\"

\"I...\"

\"Yes?\"

Above him, the glass dome shimmered, reflecting all of the inside lights into one glare that blinded him. He closed his eyes, but he could still feel his mate breathing against him. He shook his head as best he could. \"I can\'t--\"

His mate\'s hand tightened his hair, tilting him closer to his teeth. Familiar fangs grazed his skin and he shivered. Goku\'s grip around his body tightened so much he thought his arms might break.

\"Were you just going to wait for me to figure it out?\"

\"Kakarot, dekette maket.\" The words came in a whisper, but so close, they sounded like shouting. \"Dekette maket teyo.\"

Goku paused. He hadn\'t thought he was hurting him, Vegeta had taken a lot more from him than that and come out laughing, but he loosened his grip anyway. \"I\'m not trying to hurt you,\" he said. \"But I want to know why you tried to keep my child a secret. My child, \'Geta. I can\'t let you walk away on this one.\"

Any sounds of the rides and screams under the dome were gone. All they heard was each other\'s breathing.

\"Narokk, ask\'ta narokette.\" Vegeta felt his mate shift underneath him.

\"Angry?\" Goku closed his eyes and tried to fathom how his prince\'s mind worked. It only made him more confused. He let go of his mate but made him turn around. On his knees, Vegeta lowered his head and wouldn\'t meet his eyes.

Goku sighed. \"I\'m not angrou sou should\'ve told me--oh...oh, you thought being pregnant would make me angry with you?\" He put his hands on Vegeta\'s face and made him look up. \"Why would I be angry?\"

Nothing. His prince only shrugged and wouldn\'t look at him.

\"I wish I knew how your mind works sometimes,\" Goku said and smiled. \"It\'s not fair making your idiot try to figure out a prince.\"

Vegeta couldn\'t help a short laugh, and he looked into his mate\'s eyes. Goku brushed his knuckles against Vegeta\'s throat.

\"I\'m not angry,\" he said. \"I love you. And I\'ll love our child.\"

For a moment Vegeta held still, not saying anything. Then he slowly crept forward and pressed himself against Goku\'s body, resting his head on the same shoulder he\'d been held against. He closed his eyes and breathed out as he felt his mate\'s arms fold around him. Goku\'s heart beat just a few inches away and he listened to it, put one hand on Goku\'s chest to feel its faint vibration.

Now that Goku knew about it, the new ki inside his mate glowed strong enough to feel even when Vegeta wasn\'t lowering his own. Goku squeezed Vegeta gently. \"It\'ll be okay,\" he said. \"Don\'t worry. I\'ll always take care of you.\" A sharp nip came at his throat and he yelped.

\"I don\'t need taking care of,\" Vegeta said, licking blood from his teeth.

\"You bit me!\"

\"Kakarrot\'s not the only one that likes to bite.\"

Forgetting where there,ere, Goku put his hands on Vegeta\'s shoulders and pushed him flat onto the ground. He briefly wondered if his prince would tense up again, but Vegeta only smiled and reached his hands around Goku\'s neck. The taller Saiyan grinned. \"Oh, we\'ll see who\'s biting who--\"

\"Goku, geez! Cut it out before someone sees you!\"

Both of them blinked and looked around. When they didn\'t see anyone, they looked up. Gohan and Piccolo, now in their green and orange costumes, hovered near the top of the dome. Piccolo looked down without shame, but even under his mask, Gohan was obviously blushing.

\"Can\'t you two wait \'till you get home?\" Piccolo asked.

Vegeta pushed Goku onto the ground and stood up. \"Look who\'s talking. I\'ll bet you two got a quickie in the chainging room.\"

\"That\'s...um, not true,\" Gohan said. He wondered if they could see his face burning bright pink.
\"Behind the restaurant, then?\" Vegeta smirked.

\"Hey, you stay out of--\" Piccolo started.

\"That\'s it.\" Gohan grabbed his mentor\'s arm and jerked him one way. \"We\'re going, Great Green Bean.\"

\"Huh? But--\"

A green and orange streak was all that was left as Gohan pulled Piccolo towards the DreamLand movie theater. Vegeta laughed and looked down at his mate.

\"Well, come on. You don\'t want to be late, do you?\"

As the prince walked away, Goku rolled onto his stomach and watched him for a few seconds. \"Five months of mood swings,\" he said to himself. \"Kami, I don\'t think I\'m gonna survive.\"

TBC...