House of Vegeta

A/U

HOUSE OF VEGETA pt.25 Royal Brand

Prince Vegeta no Ouji yawned sleepily. It was the night of _hanare,_
when familiy members shared meals and company before sleeping
together. He rolled to his side, enjoying the feel of thick fur
against his skin.

_Hn, we saiyans are hard core._

Licking his lips hungrily, he smelled his mate's hot flesh nearby.
Filling his nose with rich fragrance, he sidled alongside Kakarot.

_Sleeping beauty. I'll get a taste._

An impatient hand pulled fur sheets away, revealing bronzed
perfection glistening in dim candlelight. The sculpted physique was a
perfect blend of bulk and refinement. Vegeta sniffed, running his
nose along the planed back before planting it in a forest of black
hair.

_Good stink._

Reaching for a bottle of wine he poured it over that same back.
Kakarot stirred briefly, grinning before flopping over in sleep once
more. Vegeta lapped small puddles from rippling muscle, moving his
tongue slowly down the bridge of Kakarot's spine. Slick flesh tasted
a rivulet of wine that ran into the crack of a perfect ass.

_Delectable._

Vegeta kept tasting, pressing into a very tight space. Hot tongue
coiled the base of his mate's tail, teasing the scent buds there. He
licked along the thick length of fur for more flavor.

It was too much. With a howl of pleasure Kakarot jerked up, wide
awake.

"Vegeta!!"

The ouji licked his lips erotically. "Hai, koi. I was hungry, and you
were a meal."

Kakarot grinned dangerously. "Hn, I'll repay the favor soon enough-"

A nearby growl suspended their love play. Raditz blinked to sleepy
awareness, annoyed.

"Ai, the two of you stink. You woke me up with smell!"

Vegeta snorted, rolling to a sitting position on the soft bed. "So
plug your nose and turn over."

Raditz waved a dismissal. "I don't think so. Go bathe, both of you!"

Kakarot snuffed. "You're a little ripe yourself."

"Ai, but not from being horny. And I don't need a floor show!"

"Huhh!"

The maned saiyan looked about. "Hn, this bed has more room all of a
sudden. Where are the chibis?"

Vegeta glanced around as well. "They're gone...probably with our
desci (parents)."

Kakarot peered alertly down the alcove. "Odd...they went that way.
But in the middle of the night?"

Raditz stood, putting on a robe. "Ponder it if you want to. I plan to
solve the mystery!"

****

Moments later the three brothers padded silently through ornate
halls. Rough looking guards nodded as they moved along. Vegeta
decided to question one.

"You there...Odegg. Where have the Ou and Regent Bardock gone?"

The thick saiyan bowed, his body armor gleaming. "They retired to the
baths awhile ago."

"Alone?" Kakarot asked.

"Nay, ouijan. They had the little ones in tow."

Raditz grinned. "The cubs probably awakened again."

Vegeta nodded as they pressed on. "True...and a bath is the perfect
tonic for sleep!"

****

They entered the royal baths. Purple marble columns and platforms
formed a central ampitheatre. Ornate waterfalls dotted the aisles
along with huge floor plants. Live vines hung from vaulted ceilings.
White marble benches encircled the giant bathing pool. Carved
recesses held soft velveteen towels and robes. Golden trays contained
perfumed soaps of every shade. Servants played soft music on hand
instruments. Candle sconces lined carved walls, giving an erotic glow
of primitive fire light. Animal skins covered polished floors of red
stone. Corded velvet curtains were the finishing touch to an overall
feeling of decadence.

Kakarot purred as they entered, flexing his toes against silky floor
skins. Clawed nails sparkled in rich candlelight.

"Feels good. Smells good. Sounds good!"

Raditz stretched, his tail puffing hugely. "Hentai." he growled in
satisfaction at the surroundings.

Vegeta yawned, inhaling heavy incense. "Look who's talking. Now where
is our family!"

Kakarot moved down concave steps to the central pool. "Ah..."

"You see them?" Raditz peered over.

Speechless, Kakarot pointed at the far side of the pool, nearly a
hundred feet away. Bardock was lying half in, half out of the water,
snoring on his back. Xenna was sitting on his head, smothering his
face completely. The little princess had a small entrail hanging from
her mouth. Their Ou was asleep across the marble steps, face down.
Nuru and Tezar lay over his rump like a mattress, eyes sparkling in
the dim light. Two small tails coiled around a much larger one.

The brothers laughed themselves senseless at the crazy sight. Vegeta
wiped tears from his eyes.

"Kami, I haven't seen anything so ridiculous in years!!"

Kakarot could barely stifle his own laughter. "You'd think the
servants would put them back to bed or something!"

Raditz rubbed his sore sides. "I almost wish I had a digital
imager...there'd be a fortune in blackmail!"

Bardock jerked suddenly, his voice snuffled under Xenna. "Ahoweu
ffukittt?"

Kakarot howled in hysteria. "Speak up, father. We can't hear you!!"

Hands picked up the princess, lifting her away. Bardock blinked in
stupefied confusion. "What happened?"

The brothers approached. "We wondered about that ourselves." Vegeta
was still grinning. "Why did you come here with the cubs?"

Bardock cradled Xenna in an arm, rubbing his head with his free
hand. "Hn, the little snappers woke up again. We figured a warm bath
would settle them."

Raditz chuckled. "Looks like you two were the ones settled...the
chibis were awake when we came in!"

Xenna clucked excitedly. Just then the Ou coughed, also blinking
himself awake.

"What in kami...who put heating pads on my ass!"

Vegeta hooted. "Turn over, father. Those heating pads are your
chikki!"

"Eh?" the Ou rolled to his side, perplexed. Nuru and Tezar clung to
his backside like glue, tongues clicking.

A deep laugh. "This must look pretty outrageous." he unhooked the
little tails from his own. "I have no idea how they got like that."

The ouji smirked. "Fortunately for you we didn't take pictures...I
don't think you'd keep credibility with our people. They might wonder
at a king with his sunny side up!"

The Ou sniffed indignantly. "Insolent cub. At least the chibis know
when to keep quiet."

Kakarot cocked his head aside in curiosity. "I didn't know you had
that birthmark, saba."

Vegeta Ou cradled both grandsons. "Oh, you refer to the one on my
shoulder?"

"Hai, it's shaped like a star."

"Indeed. You pay attention to the strangest things, Kakarot."

Dark eyes glimmered oddly. "Maybe. It just reminds me of father's
funky tatoo."

"Kakarot." Bardock growled. "Who cares? We should all retire to bed
now."

Raditz blinked, a strange expression on his face. "The one on his
ankle? But-"

The chibis shrieked, not to be ignored. Their elders bounced them to
quiet.

"It's time these little ones settled again." the Ou tried to change
the subject.

The ouji peered along Bardock's leg. "I can't make it out in the dim
light."

"Why are you looking at my feet, fool? You're worse than Kakarot!"

"I was just curious."

The Ou stood, annoyed. "Since when is a mole a tatoo? You children
have the silliest flights of fancy."

"Ai, enough of this." Bardock agreed, setting their chikki down. He
slipped on a robe.

"And now if you're finished examining me, we can return."

The wild one watched him closely. "No offense, father. You just smell
different sometimes."

"Different than what!"

Kakarot thought a moment. "I don't know."

The Ou finished tying his robe also. "The only thing _I_ know is that
it's late. We're all tired."

"You change the subject, saba." Raditz pointed out.

"There's no subject to change." the Ou turned him around. "That way."

"But-"

The Ou shoved Xenna into his arms. "Radittszu, take your daughter and
return to the royal chambers. We'll join you shortly."

The Ouji lifted an eyebrow. "A sudden need for a private
conversation, father?"

In response the king grabbed Tezar and handed him over. "The same
goes for you, Vegeta. Take your cub!"

The ouji snuffled as his burbling chibi clambered over him. "Father,
what's going on!"

"Ai, this is crazy!" Kakarot chimed in before Bardock jammed Nuru
into his arms as well.

"Relax and enjoy the night, Kakarot." Bardock said. "Now go...the
servants will have plenty of fresh food and drink prepared."

The Ouji headed out first. "If I didn't know better, I'd swear you
were trying to get rid of us."

Bardock abruptly grabbed his surprised Ou. "Maybe we just want to be
alone."

Raditz snorted. "I've heard of sudden impulses, but don't you think
that's a stretch?"

"Not in this case." he waved them off.

"Weird!" Kakarot made a face as he glided out last.

****

Bardock sighed. The Ou tapped his foot impatiently.

"Why did you do that. Now they'll be suspicious again!"

"They have no reason to be!" Bardock protested.

"They will because you keep making issues out of nothing!!"

Bardock paced. "Sorry, koi. But when Kakarot mentioned your
birthmark, I panicked."

"Fantastic. Stop coming apart on me!"

"I'm not-"

The servants suddenly started playing romantic music nearby. The Ou
waved them to silence.

"That will be all...you may return to your chambers!"

They bowed, putting their instruments away before retreating. Vegeta
Ou turned back to his mate.

"Still jittery and jumpy as ever, Bardock. Your Fabraeni blood is
showing!"

"I don't want to hear it. You're the one who couldn't stay inside
that jungle moon night!"

The Ou grinned seductively. "Hn, you were hot enough to follow...I
know where Kakarot gets his wildness!"

Bardock sniffed, tilting his chin up as he strutted past. "I deny
nothing. Our cubs wait." haughty swish of tail.

The Ou watched in satisfaction. "Well said. Still third class, eh?"

Bardock glowered at the entranceway. "I never was, though raised that
way."

"Indeed. Instinct speaks true when lies die."

A pause. "We've lies of our own, Vegeta. "

The Ou moved alongside him. "You worry too much, Bardock."

"Gone is the crown when a mob smells blood."

"You quote me third class mantras now?"

Bardock snickered, sharp teeth flashing. "What the hell? I'm a royal
with an edge."

The Ou grabbed him in a kiss. "No wonder I love you so!"

****

Meanwhile, their brood had questions of their own. The brothers
returned to the private chambers, settling in once more. Saiyan
metabolism demanded they eat again, despite it being the middle of
the night. Stretched across the huge bed they feasted in typical
manner, tossing bones on the floor.

Vegeta tore into a roasted boar leg. "What was all that about back
there?"

Kakarot fed Xenna a fish eye. "Beats me...they got jumpy as volts
when I mentioned saba's birthmark."

The ouji shrugged. "I knew about it already, of course."

"Odd, though." Raditz gave Nuru a fried atz foot. The chibi cracked
on it greedily.

"Father got mighty excited when we mentioned his tatoo...I wonder
why?"

Kakarot fed Tezar blood pudding. "They act nervous about the
strangest things. If I didn't know better, I'd think they were afraid
of something."

"Afraid of what?" Vegeta stopped chomping momentarily. "That's
ridiculous."

"Is it?"

"Kakarot's got a point, Vegeta." Raditz agreed. "The moment those
marks were mentioned, their whole attitude changed. It's as if..." he
paused in thought.

"What are you thinking?"

"He senses it too!" Kakarot nearly shouted.

"Stop bellowing, koi, we aren't deaf. You think there's another
secret involved?"

Raditz snorted. "Let's face it, with their history it wouldn't be the
first time."

"Ai, but what secret's to be found in marks? Besides, only saba has a
birthmark." Kakarot concluded.

Raditz lifted an eyebrow. "Oh? Are you certain, little brother? I've
often wondered."

Eye roll. "Not again."

"They run in families."

The ouji shrugged at that. "True, but I have no birthmark, nor do
either of you. They don't necessarily appear every generation."

Raditz tapped his chin in thought. "Father always _said_ it was a
tatoo..."

Kakarot stared at him keenly. "So? Why would he lie about it?"

"I'm not sure, unless he thought it would connect him to something."

A suspicious eyebrow lifted. "Like saba? Say what you mean, brother!"

The maned saiyan was silent a moment, sipping wine. "Let me think on
it awhile."

Kakarot fluffed pillows underneath him. "You do that. Meanwhile, I'll
eat."

The ouji was momentarily quiet. "Everyone, listen...examine
yourselves closely. Are there any marks, no matter how small you can
think of?"

Kakarot laughed. "What would we see now we haven't seen before?"

Vegeta observed Raditz' mane of hair. "Sometimes you find things in
the unlikeliest of places."

The chibis meanwhile kept themselves occupied, tumbling across the
bed and biting fur sheets. Tezar crawled over to the bowl of fish
eyes.

Raditz snapped his fingers. "Vegeta's right...we all like to think we
know our bodies, but there are always places you rarely if ever see."

Kakarot frowned. "Maybe...what do you suggest?"

"Come here. We'll examine each other."

The ouji crawled closer. "Ai, a perfect idea...together we might
discover something."

Kakarot snickered. "Seems kind of kinky...the cubs are here with us."

"Idiot!"

Xenna and Nuru likewise stared at the bowl of fish eyes. Bright
little faces poked their noses into the large urn.

Their parents in the meantime examined each other. Feet, elbows.
Hairlines, tails. Backsides, hands. In silence they probed, giving
every appearance of starting an orgy.

"What's this?" Kakarot lifted Vegeta's left foot, spacing his toes.
The ticklish ouji squirmed and giggled.

"For kami's sake, Vegeta..."

"You know I'm ticklish. Stop messing with my feet!"

"There's a mole here, on the bottom of your big toe."

"Fascinating...I never knew that?"

"Hai, it's red."

Vegeta edged up. "Your turn..."

The wild one sighed. "Well, all right. I still don't know where we're
going with this!"

"Worry about that later." Raditz supplied, pulling his tail and
examining the base.

"Easy, Raditz!"

"Hn, getting hot already eh?" the burly saiyan pulled again. Kakarot
jerked, his tail fluffing to twice it's normal size.

"I think I see something." Vegeta peered around his mate's backside.

"All I see is a fat ass." Raditz stared intently.

The ouji stroked Kakarot's tail gently, eliciting shivers. "Vegeta,
knock it off!"

A grin. "Sorry, koi. It seems as though I've discovered your mark,
too."

"Where?"

A jab at the base of his spine. "Here, just above your tail...a red
mole."

Kakarot blinked in surprise. "Why didn't you tell me before?"

Vegeta shrugged. "I didn't know of any significance then. It's
pretty, though."

The wild one flipped over. "Now it's your turn, Raditz."

"Ai, I know." the eldest brother grumbled. "Get on with it."

Vegeta and Kakarot poked Raditz for several minutes without much
success.

"Maybe you don't have one, brother." Vegeta concluded.

Raditz huffed indignantly. "It wouldn't surprise me. I'm the only one
who isn't a super saiyan, anyway."

"Saba isn't either, Raditz. Stop whining, being a super elite is
hardly second rate!"

The prince pulled at his older brother's ear. "Hold. Turn your head!"

"This way?"

"Ai, it's hard to see around all this hair." Vegeta pulled a large
shock away from a corded neck.

"Hn, I see a red mole...behind your ear!"

Raditz lifted an eyebrow. "Interesting...we all have the same mark in
different locations."

Vegeta paused, thinking. "Super saiyan..."

"What?"

"Memory runs through my mind...and once again I think of something I
learned long ago."

Raditz looked over his shoulder. "Care to share it, or do you plan to
have secrets now too?"

A smirk. "Hardly. It's a theory of mine rooted in circumstancial
evidence."

A pause. "What do you suspect?"

The ouji probed Raditz in a sensitive area. "There is...the
probability of super saiyans every five millenia is three million to
one."

Raditz and Kakarot snapped to at that. "Go on." they echoed.

The ouji settled comfortably on the huge bed. "The odds of multiple
super saiyans in the same generation increase by twentyfold."

The brothers were very quiet. "And?"

Vegeta took a deep breath. "The chances of them both being blood
multiply again by a factor of nearly eighty five."

"Kami!!" Raditz blurted. "What madness do you speak, Vegeta?"

Kakarot's eyes grew wide with wonder. "Then the fact Vegeta and I
even exist factors into the billions...but you've a reason for saying
this!"

"I do, koi. But for now I won't say, because I suspect other factors
may force the truth in the near future. Besides, I could be wrong."

Hard stare. "What have you smelled?"

"I didn't say-"

"Sometimes I smell things." Kakarot interrupted. "When I'm around
father. Things that are different, and remind me of something else."

Raditz nodded. "Ai, like a space around...I can't define it either.
It isn't revealed, but touches my senses. Does this sound strange?"

The ouji shook his head. "No...our instincts may be-"

A loud splapping sound interrupted their conversation. In shock and
surprise, the adults turned. Tezar slapped the bowl of eyes, tipping
it over. The gelatin orbs rolled everywhere across the bed like
marbles. Nuru and Xenna clutched loose eyes in pudgy little hands,
stuffing them down whole.

"Dugu!! Crazy cubs!" Raditz laughed, lifting the bowl away and
setting it on a crystal tray next to the bed.

Kakarot pulled Tezar by the tail, dragging him into his lap. "Mostri
de' datta, wendeg!" (Monsters! Little troublemakers!)

Vegeta laughed also, picking about the blankets. "Hn, may as well eat
a few since they're all over-"

Meanwhile Xenna and Nuru gummed on eyes, their pudgy jaws crammed
tight. Raditz purred, beaming as he rolled Xenna into his arms.

"A princess shouldn't have her face stuffed, Xenna."

Just then the Ou and Bardock entered the huge chamber. Surprised and
amused, they stared at the comical sight.

The king cracked a grin. "Why is the bed covered with fish eyes?"

The adults all pointed at Tezar, who clucked innocently in Kakarot's
lap.

"Ah, my wayward chikki. It's been a busy night, eh?"

Tezar screeched in greeting. A fish eye fell from his mouth.

Bardock roared with laughter. "I love being a grandfather!!"

****

The elders made their place among the others once again, snuggling
sensuously into thickly furred blankets and satin pillows. All three
chibis squished themselves tightly between their grandsires. Plump
little hands gripped closely.

Raditz huffed indignantly. "Now how do you like that...they don't
want to sleep with us!"

Bardock purred in satisfaction as the cubs tucked up, chirping.
Kakarot shook his head.

"Ai, now they make noise..."

"The chibis have good taste, boy." the Ou told him. "Besides, cubs
always find the warmest spot."

The ouji lay against Kakarot in a cocoon of fur, yawning
lazily. "Speaking of hot spots...we made an interesting discovery
tonight."

"What's that?"

The prince tucked his head down, peeping over fuzzy blankets. "We all
have moles...birthmarks."

Both the Ou and Bardock blinked, stupefied. "What??"

"As if you don't know. Were they recorded on our original records?"

The Ou blubbered. "Does this ever end? What prompted the search for
such marks?"

Kakarot poked his head up now, smug. "Oh, we just wanted to figure
out these secrets you cling to...like why father smells funny at
times."

Bardock had a variety of expressions, none of them good. "I'm going
to sleep." he finally said.

"A good idea, Bardock. I'm about done with this foolishness myself."
the Ou turned on his side.

Raditz started up next, sliding up on an elbow. "Our noses are fine.
Strange how we have such an occurance of super saiyans in one
generation, one family. Why is that?"

The Ou opened an eye. "I would have hoped as eldest you'd have better
sense in this matter, Radittszu."

"I think not, saba. Silence only breeds more questions, and you have
a propensity for secrets."

"Out of necessity, child. You know this."

"Ai, but we still discover new things about ourselves. Only you can
provide the key."

"Too much talking." Bardock grumbled from under blankets. "Go to
sleep!"

"About the birthmarks-" the ouji piped up again.

"What of them?!" the Ou snapped. "You know I have one. Is there a
point to this?"

"All of them are red moles, father. Your birthmark is red-"

"A lovely artistic observation." Bardock interrupted impatiently.

"And your tatoo is red." the ouji added. "Assuming it's a tatoo..."

Bardock glanced over his shoulder at his mate. "Assuming you're my
child. I'm beginning to wonder, Vegeta. Perhaps your saba brought me
the wrong basket!"

Kakarot laughed out loud. The ouji punched his arm. "Shut up!"

The Ou flopped down. "This has been very interesting, but like your
father said it's time to sleep. The night is long, and I don't intend
to spend it babbling about personal stink and marks."

Raditz glanced at his other siblings quickly. "That wasn't exactly
the purpose-"

"You're leading up to something that won't be solved tonight, boy. At
least the cubs know when to sleep!"

Raditz caught it then, a slight sensation across him like ozone. Tiny
scent, and more.

The wild one sat up abruptly. "There it is again!"

The Ou stared. "Loon! Lay back down."

A scruffy ouji elbowed up also. "Hn, he's right, father...there's
something else in this room, an aura." he glanced at Bardock.

Bardock sighed. "I'm about to sleep somewhere else."

"You'll do nothing of the kind, koi." the Ou admonished him. "This is
hanare, and I am still king. You will stay."

Kakarot sniffed. "Ai, what is around you, father? It smells sweet,
almost...fiery."

"You're pissing me off, boy."

"I notice it most when you're angry."

"Disrespectful brat. Are you saying I stink?"

Kakarot glanced around. "No more than usual, but that isn't what I
mean."

The Ou was stern. "Kakarot...if you continue this way I'll have you
tested again."

A blink. "For what? The others sense it too-"

"True enough." Raditz added. "Will the secrets ever end?"

The ouji glared, his dark eyes flashing defiantly. "It hardly
matters. Time is on our side, and circumstance."

Bardock edged up. "Explain that, Vegeta."

"No. Now it's our turn to be silent and keep information."

Kakarot tilted his head up at an odd angle. "The air...feel it?"

Raditz nodded. "Hai, it nearly crackles. Very familiar-"

The Ou suddenly pulled Bardock down. "Goodnight!"

Suspicious eyes narrowed in silence.

****

Everyone settled back, momentarily lost in thought. Kakarot sat up
again slowly.

"I have a question, not related to our current conversation."

The Ou eyed him wearily. "Ask it and be done, luni."

Dark eyes sparked in curiosity. "Something I've wondered about for
some time now. I was conceived under moon, but under what
circumstance?"

Raditz even gawked at that. "Where the hell is this coming from,
Kakarot?"

"Everyone alludes to the situation of my birth. Other than it being a
full moon, what was it?"

"That in itself was more than enough." Bardock grunted.

"I ah...this is awkward. You don't have to answer if you don't want
to..."

"Answer what?!" the Ou was impatient now.

The wild one lowered his voice. "When you had me...were you...oozaru?"

Icy stares were his only reply. Bardock and the Ou promptly dived
under cover, disappearing in piles of fur.

Even the prince coughed. "Kakarot, I can't believe you asked that!!"

"I just needed to know!"

Raditz exhaled, shaking his head. "I'm going to sleep."

****

Under seclusion of darkness, thoughts tangled as Bardock and the Ou
embraced.

/Vegeta, I warned you!/

/Enough! I must think./

/It's too late for that. We've no choice but to tell them./

/They'll find out what they need to know from the archives./

/You still would risk their anger?/

/They'll get over it./

Bardock shifted, opening his eyes against the dim candlelight...

only to see the equally dark eyes of Kakarot on him in silence.

THE END