Author's Note: I apologize for taking
so long to post this, but I've been busy redoing my website since I've neglected
it for almost a year. To self-promote myself a little... :ahem: For those of you
who didn't know, I'm the webmaster of The
Dragon Ball Fanfiction Library. I like to think of my site as the largest
Dragon Ball-related archive on the 'net, but I'm probably wrong so let's just
forget I ever said that, okay? Anyway, I just went to a database system which
means that I'm allowing people to sign up (which you have to do in order
to submit fanfics and leave reviews) so consider this an open invitation. Now,
on with the review responses...
-Macha: You've got it, there will be
Gohan-caused angst ahead. Actually, I usually have him as the main opposing
force in every Goku/Vegeta fic I write, mostly because Vegeta's kicked his butt
a few times in the past. Interesting idea with the hidden cameras; it made me
smile.
-kit-kit: Well, I can tell you right
now that there are more uke-Goku scenes ahead, but just how many? Who knows.
-Bluerossiette: The quote idea
actually came from someone else's Dragon Ball fanfic on Fanfiction.net, but I
don't remember whose since it's been a while since I've read it. Thanks for the
compliment; I try my best.
-Anon: Well, characterization's not my
strong suit, as you can probably tell. Neither is description, really. Have you
ever read Pixel Goddess' "Quest" and "Maintaining"? Now
there's a good story for Vegeta-angst when it comes to mating with Goku, let me
tell you. In the next part (Resurrection), I'll see about going more in-depth
with my characters since I can't really do it now because the first part's
already written. Oh, about the Japanese... I'm so used to doing that in all my
fanfics that it's a hard habit to break. I believe that later chapters have
fewer Japanese words, but I'm not sure.
And thanks to Schwarzwald for
reviewing.
Chapter 5: A Saiya-jin Thing
"...your otousan has always been an odd duck." - Bura to Pan
Eventually, Pan was able to get the entire story out of Bura at lunch time and
she almost dropped her chopsticks in absolute shock. "Will that happen to
you?" She knew that most of the things that full and half Saiya-jin were
gifted with (not that the Changes were a gift, mind you) she would not receive
because she was only a quarter Saiya-jin. Things like a tail, or the ability to
transform into Super Saiya-jin.
Bura shrugged. "I don't know. It seems like Trunks will escape the First
Change, but he still has a few more months to go before he's out of range."
"I hope you do, too," her friend said sincerely. "You would be
miserable and I don't want you to feel that way."
She smiled, thinking that her friend could be so sweet sometimes. "Thanks,
Pan-chan."
"Konnichi-wa, ladies," Takanori said as he leaned against the window
next to the large desk they shared in homeroom. Both girls glared at him in
annoyance, but the boy didn't seem to notice, or he just didn't care enough to
acknowledge it.
"Why are you here?" Pan asked without preamble.
He grinned and wrapped his arms around their shoulders. "Can't I stop by to
say hello to my favorite girls in the school?"
"Iie," they said in unison, pushing him away. Bura grabbed her bag and
her lunch. "Come on, Pan, let's go."
"Okay."
Behind them, Takanori was growing angry. His friends across the room, who had
been watching him from the moment he walked over to Bura and Pan, were laughing
at another failed attempt to charm them. He glared at the girls' backs and
shouted at them. "Everyone knows that you're both a couple of perverts! You
should be grateful that I'm even bothering with you!"
Pan froze, her free hand involuntarily clenching into a fist. Bura cast a
worried look at her and took her hand. "He's not worth it, Pan-chan. Do you
want to be suspended again for fighting?"
"But he called you a pervert, Bura-chan!" she whispered. "I can't
excuse that."
"Hai, you can. We know that he's nothing but slime. Hell, every girl
knows it. He's just angry that he's not worth giving the time of day to."
She said the last loud enough for everyone to hear. A small group of girls in
the back of the room began to giggle.
Slowly, Pan calmed down and no longer had the urge to wipe Takanori from the
face of the planet. She did, however, wish that she could at least kick him in
the nuts. The image of him curled into the fetal position, whimpering like a
baby, made her smile. "Let's go."
They went to the courtyard where several other students were taking advantage of
the nice day. They sat on the bench they'd claimed as their own and placed their
half-eaten meals on the smooth wood between them.
"Um, Pan," Bura said nervously, fidgeting with her chopsticks.
"About what happened in there..."
"I'm sorry," she interrupted miserably. "I'm sorry you get such a
bad reputation just by being around me. I know that if I would just dress and
act like a girl no one would pick on us, but I can't. I just don't feel very
girly inside."
"Pan-" But she was cut off again.
"And you can't get a boyfriend because no boy will come near you when I'm
around, but you're my only friend, Bura. You're the only one who doesn't think
I'm weird."
"Pan-"
"But I can do it," she said with determination. "I can stop
tagging along behind you so that you can have a happy life. I would do anything
to make you happy."
"Would you shut up for a damn minute and listen to me?!" She started
both herself, Pan, and a few people nearby with her outburst. "Arigatou.
Look, Pan-chan, I don't want you to go away. You're my best friend and I love
you."
"I love you, too," she smiled. "But I still can't help feeling
guilty."
The blue-haired teenager leaned closer. "What if I told you that I didn't
mind what everyone else assumes about us? That I can't see myself being anywhere
else but by your side?"
"You- What- Really?" she squeaked.
"Pan, close your mouth." Bura laughed. "Yes, really." She
suddenly grew shy again. "Do you mind if we... dated a little? Just to see
what it's like?"
She shook her head quickly. "Uh, iie, of course not." A large grin
spread across her face. "I mean, not if you want to."
"I want to very much."
"Great." Pan couldn't stop smiling. "Great."
***
Goku's home was still full of ChiChi's things. He just couldn't bear to give
them away or throw them out so they remained exactly in the places they'd been
when she was still alive. Vegeta thought it was more than a little eerie to live
in a house so full of ChiChi's presense, but he didn't want to say anything lest
it prompted their first argument. Following Goku, he dropped off the box he
carried in the bedroom and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"So..." he said.
"So?"
"You wanna spar?"
Goku grinned in excitement. "I thought you'd never ask!"
They went to their usual place, an empty field about a mile away from Goku's
house. They assumed thier usual positions and sized each other up, each noting
that their opponent seemed to be at their best. They shared a look; this fight
would be an exceptionally good one.
They traded blows without pause, each scoring a few hits before Vegeta led them
both into Super Saiya-jin. The small Saiya-jin was reluctant to use ki attacks,
knowing that seriously hurting Goku was the last thing he wanted to do. He felt
that purely physical attacks would be more than enough and, besides, it took
more skill to win that way. Watching his mate's body move with a grace and a
speed you would never expect from someone so large was seriously turning him on
and it reached a point when the throbbing was the only thing he was focused on.
Deciding to turn the energy of battle into something entirely different (but no
less passionate), he tackled Goku to the ground and they began to wrestle,
grinding their erections into each other's bodies at every available
opportunity.
Vegeta took the flesh of Goku's neck into his mouth and began to suck in
earnest, figuring out fairly quickly that it was an erogenous zone for the
larger man. Goku nearly threw him off as he writhed on the ground, his large
hands sliding down Vegeta's back to cup his ass. Body heating at the thought of
what was to come, Vegeta desperately tugged at his clothing to get it off.
"Damn it!" he cursed in frustration. It was going to be, he decided,
the last time he wore a one-piece training suit. As quickly as he could, Vegeta
tugged his arms free of the clingy black material and pushed it down to his
ankles. The damn boots were in the way and he glared at them severely. Since
they would not oblige him and remove themselves, he yanked them, and the
bodysuit, off in two quick movements.
When he turned back to his mate, he was already deliciously naked. Vegeta
unconsciously licked his lips in anticipation and positioned himself over the
straining erection, no preparation whatsoever. Oh, in some distant, sane part of
his lust-crazed mind he knew that what he was about to do was going to hurt like
hell, but he just didn't care at the moment. Goku opened his mouth to say
something, anything, to make him reconsider his action, when Vegeta lowered
himself down onto his erection in one fell swoop.
"HOLY FUCK!" Vegeta screamed, not sure if the burning, blinding pain
in his rectum turned him off or turned him on even more. If his still-raging
erection was any indication, it certainly wasn't the former. Bracing himself on
Goku's chest, he began to ride him, observing distantly that it grew easier with
every movement. It was probably the blood spilled by the rough coupling.
"You are so tight..." Goku moaned, clutching at Vegeta's hips to aid
his movement. With every downward thrust of the small Saiya-jin, he responded
with a sharp upward thrust of his own. Never before had he experienced such
pleasure from sex, but never before had it been as rough and as purely Saiya-jin
as it had been with Vegeta. It was like he was finally allowed to give in to his
baser instincts and let himself go.
The wind caressed their flushed bodies, drying the tiny beads of perspiration
before they really had a chance to collect. The two Saiya-jin copulated
violently until Goku arched his back one last time and something burst deep
inside of him. Vegeta looked down at him and the sight of his mate completely
engulfed in pleasure sent him over the edge as well. Thick, warm seed shot
nearly up to Goku's forehead as he emptied himself. Exhausted, Vegeta allowed
himself to fall atop the wide chest below, not caring that he was lying in
wetness.
"I stand corrected," he said once he'd caught his breath. "This
was the best fuck I've ever had in my life."
When he responded, his words were thick with lethargy. "I concur."
***
Their relationship had morphed into something that was beyond explanation. Pan
had never before been in a relationship more meaningful than friendship
actually, though Bura had had several boyfriends in the past. She honestly
didn't know what to do, what to say, what to think. It was as if she was
on an out-of-control Merry-Go-Round that was threatening to make her sick even
as she screamed in delight.
Nervously, she waited outside of Bura's last class, hoping that her friend
hadn't changed her mind about dating her in the last few hours. When she
appeared in the doorway, Pan couldn't help herself, she grinned. Bura returned
the gesture and they companionably headed, side-by-side, to the exit.
As per usual, they walked to the Capsule Corporation. On the very rare days that
Pan went home directly after school she always flew, but with Bura in a skirt
that wasn't a good idea. The small, dark-haired girl shoved her hands into her
pockets, wanting desperately to bring up their new status, but was afraid to do
so.
"Panny-chan, are you okay?" Bura saw the uncomfortable look on her
friend's face and thought it had something to do with what they'd spoke of at
lunch.
"I should be asking you that question," she murmured. When Bura
replied with, "Nani?" she continued. "You've never dated another
girl before, have you?" Pan was fairly sure that she hadn't, considering
that the two of them spent practically all their time together. But there had
been a brief period when not only were they not in the same grade, they also
didn't attend the same school. Pan had studied as hard as she could for months,
even going as far as to attend cram school on weeknights and weekends, just so
that she could score high enough on a test that would allow her to be elevated
to the seventh grade -- Bura's grade. During that time, she'd hardly seen anyone
that weren't her parents or fellow students and her joy had been palatable when
she was allowed entrance into Junei Junior High for the second term. When Bura
had discovered that she'd done so much just to be around her more often, the
look on her face had made Pan melt inside. Even back then she had been in love
with her.
"Iie."
"Yet you want to date me. Why? I'm nobody special. Just a little quarter
alien tomboy." She kicked despondently at a rock on the sidewalk. "But
you, you're beautiful. You could have anyone that you want."
"What if who I want is you?"
Pan stopped and turned to stare at her in bewilderment. "But why?"
She smiled at her. Bura had always known that Pan had serious self-esteem
issues. No matter how much anyone told her, she continued to believe that she
was inadequate to everyone else. But, this time, Bura hoped that she could
finally get through to her. "You're my best friend, Pan-chan. I feel closer
to you than to anyone else. The fact that you're cute is only an added
bonus." Redness blossomed in the younger girl's cheeks and she abruptly
looked down at her feet.
When they arrived at the Capsule Corp., Trunks and Goten were standing in the
hall, peeking into the living room where Buruma's angry voice could be heard.
She'd made friends with the wives of the Z-Senshi fairly easily after the defeat
of Majin Buu and they'd formed a little club of sorts. ChiChi, Videl, and
Juuhachi-gou had become her confidants and she had become theirs. Well, Videl
hadn't really joined until she was in her mid-twenties, but she had
become somewhat close to ChiChi soon after Pan was born for the sake of family
harmony.
"Niichan, what's going on?" Bura asked.
"Well, from what I've overheard so far, Goku-san hurt Kaasan's feelings.
She thinks that Papa is poisoning his mind."
"They're planning an intervention," Goten added. Pan snorted and
rolled her eyes.
Bura frowned. "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Can't she
see how happy they are? Why does she have to try and ruin things?" She was
set to march into the living room and give her mother and her friends a piece of
her mind when Pan's hand on her arm halted her forward progress.
"Let's wait a little while longer, okay? Maybe make a few plans of our
own."
The women began to comfort Buruma as best they could, but it was obvious that
the ranting wouldn't cease. "What about the party tonight?"
Juuhachi-gou asked in her usual emotionless voice.
The four in the hall exchanged similar surprised glances. Party? Then Bura
smacked her forehead with the open palm of her hand. "I forgot," she
whispered. "Kaasan's dinner party. Everyone is supposedly invited."
"Well, I wasn't," Goten complained. His niece shared his sentiment.
"Forget about that, Goten-niichan, this is bad! Really bad!"
Bura started to pace, a worried from on her face. "Goku-san loves to see
his friends, he never misses a get-together. Papa isn't going to let him out of
his sight -- you all know how overprotective he can be with people he cares
about -- and is going to spend most of his time either glaring or growling at
everyone who even looks at his mate."
"That's why we're going to stop it before it begins," said a different
voice nearby. They jumped guiltily and smiled sheepishly at Buruma.
"Son-kun has to realize that he can not be the lover of Vegeta. Not only is
he a bastard, but he's also a man." Videl nodded in agreement, but
Juuhachi-gou looked annoyed. Both Bura and Trunks took careful note of this,
wondering if they had someone unexpected on their side.
"I don't mean to disrespect, but you're being narrow-minded," Bura
said in a desperate attempt to make her mother see reason. "Goku-san and
Papa are Saiya-jin; you can't hold them to the same rules as the ningen."
Videl was clearly in support Buruma and her crusade to make her friend
"straight" again. "But they live here in Japan therefore they
must obey the societal rules of Japan. Men do not partner themselves with other
men nor do women with women. There should always be male/female dichotomy."
Her daughter sighed sadly, unable to believe her mother was so ignorant. "Okaasan,
how can you think that?" She didn't expect an answer and, so, was
completely unsurprised when she didn't receive one.
Trunks, Goten, Bura, and Pan left the wrathful Buruma and went outside to the
patio. Bura collapsed onto a picnic bench, Pan hurrying to sit beside her. The
two young men conferred quickly and quietly before Goten flew off in the
direction of his home to tell his father and Vegeta the bad news.
"It's probably better if he goes," Trunks said aloud to the girls.
"He's better at remaining calm in crisis situations than the rest of
us."
"What are we going to do, Trunks?" Bura asked. "This is going to
suck so bad." She allowed Pan to pull her into an embrace, the act causing
her brother to raise one lavender eyebrow in query.
"We're girlfriends now," Pan explained with a huge grin.
"I assume that you mean the dating kind." He expelled a quick burst of
air through his nose. "Well, this certainly complicates things even
further. Both Kaasan as well as Videl-san are homophobic. I don't know about
Gohan-san; he might just be against Papa."
"They don't have to know, Trunks," Bura said softly. "At least
not until we're adults and can live on our own."
"And what about you?" Pan smirked. "You and Goten-ojichan should
have become boyfriends years ago."
The girls laughed at the embarrassed expression on Trunks' face. "Uh, well,
I-" He stared down at his hands. "I think Goten's straight."
Pan snorted. "Yeah, and I'm secretly a drag queen. He notices when you
leave a room and when you enter it. Every time you smile you cause him to do the
same. If that's not love then I don't know what is."
"What is it with us?" Bura asked suddenly. "I don't know if it's
a Saiya-jin thing or something else, but don't you find it strange that Papa,
Goku-san, Goten-niichan, me, and you two all can easily find happiness in a
relationship with someone of the same gender?"
"Otousan couldn't," Pan pointed out.
"Well, your otousan has always been an odd duck."
The conversation petered out after Bura's statement and the three of them sat in
calm, albeit slightly tense silence. Ten minutes later they had the life scared
out of them by the impromptu arrival of Goku, Vegeta, and Goten who all wore
expressions of unhappiness.
"Shigata gai nai," Goku shrugged with a weak smile. There was no help
for it.