AN: New fanfic!! Lets just pray that she’ll actually finish this one.

~ Anyway, this one is called Cats and Dogs. I was thinkin about it while I was at my best friend’s house. I started up a conversation about how I was more of a dog person and she was a cat person. I sorta transported that idea to how Vegeta and Goku would relate to it. Well, enough of my babbling. On with the story....sorta....

 

Warnings: Not a lot...its a safe story. OOCness maybe and a bit of silliness. This IS a yaoi though. So Vegeta and Goku are gay along with Goten and Trunks. But TxG won’t be seen a lot in this story.

 

Disclaimer- I don’t own DBZ, don’t sue me!

 

Goku drummed his fingers idly on the arm rest of the over-stuffed leather sofa and sighed exaggeratedly. Vegeta, who sat next to his mate, glanced briefly in his direction but turned his gazed back to the brightly animated television screen in front of them.

 

Goku needed to get his koi’s attention so he sighed louder and cleared his throat signaling that he wanted to start a conversation; Vegeta gritted his teeth and continued to subconsciously ignore the wild-haired Saiyan. Goku groaned in frustration and decided to do the unthinkable...

 

“Vegeta?”

 

“What?!” the raven -haired Saiyan snapped back. Goku jumped at the harsh and sudden response.

 

Goku quickly regained  his composure and decided on how to start the approach of his request. “Well, Veggie-chan,” he added playfully, “ya know...its so quiet around here and all--”

 

“I can drag you upstairs and change all of that if that’s what you’re asking for.” Vegeta growled as he grabbed the other man’s right arm and nibbled on his index finger.

 

Goku blushed and snatched his arm away from Vegeta’s hold as a fear of being side tracked.  Chuckling nervously Goku continued on with his explanation. “Well, ya see Vegeta, what I meant was that...well...um... I was thinkin its so lonely here now that Trunks and Goten moved out and--”

 

“You want a pet, don’t you Kakarroto?” Vegeta raised an eyebrow in an old-fashioned tone.  Looking down at his feet  Goku stuttered and mumbled what sounded like a ‘yeah.’ In that moment, Vegeta flew into a total rant. “Kakarroto, you know we can’t have a pet! They’re filthy, disgusting, useless and they mess up good carpets!” he shouted in a blind fury.

 

Goku held up a finger in protest. “But they make great company and statistics show that they help lower blood pressure in people and make them live longer.”

 

Vegeta’s left eyebrow began to twitch. “I don’t care what statistics say. There is absolutely NO way we are getting a pet. The answer is no and that’s final.”

 

Ten minutes later, Vegeta and Goku stood in the middle of the local pet shop searching for the “perfect pet” as Goku called it. Vegeta rolled his eyes as his over-grown two-year old of a mate ran through the store squealing at all the adorable animals.

 

“Oh Vegeta! Look at the bunnies! Aren’t they cute?!” Goku poked lightly at a pair of gray and brown rabbits in the processing of creating more like them. Vegeta cocked an eyebrow and pulled Goku away from the glass cage by the shoulders.

 

“Let’s look for something...less...reproductive in thought, Kakarroto.” Vegeta suggested and Goku nodded happily. The two soon found themselves staring at a tank of rambunctious, wild spirited and crazy ferrets.  The Saiyan prince’s eyes bulged as he tried to watch one, but each and everyone of the silly weasel-like creatures were raced and un-paced as they dashed about tumbling and wrestling with each other, running through the brightly colored plastic rodent mazes .

 

A tall, thin, blond woman strolled up to the pair of Saiyans. “May I help you two gentlemen?” she asked in a polite and sweet tone that made Vegeta cringe. 

 

“Sure! We’re lookin for the ‘perfect pet’,” Goku grinned his best son grin. The woman chuckled lightly and held out a displaying hand towards the ferrets.

 

Clearing her throat she began. “These are ferrets. Ferrets are very active and love to move around. Relatives of the weasel, ferrets have been known to make excellent house pets.”

 

“For what kind of house, a nut house?” Vegeta jested.  He laughed heartily at the corny joke.

 

Laughing sarcastically, the woman continued on. “Anyway!” Vegeta clenched his teeth and glared daggers at the store clerk. “Ferrets basically are for the active and energetic. Lets move along to the next selection of animals, shall we?” 

 

Looking at the zany beasts for a few seconds longer, Goku and Vegeta shifted their attention to the next animal they walked to. Vegeta froze as his dark pupils met those of bright yellow. It couldn’t be. His greatest fear on Chikyuu lay there... smiling at him in the face, Vegeta gulped and sweat trickled down the prince’s forehead. It was...a...

 

“Hey, cool! Check out the snake Vegeta!” Goku practically shouted. Shivers ran through Vegeta’s body and his heart skipped a beat at the sound of the word.

 

The clerk mentally grinned at the shock Vegeta displayed over the harmless creatures. “Ahem,” she picked up one of the scaly reptiles out of the glass cage and walked over to Goku and Vegeta.  Goku lit up like a Christmas tree as the saleswoman grew closer and closer with the long slithering creature wrapped around her wrists and arms.

 

“As you can see, this is a snake.” she said.

 

“No thank you! We don’t want one!” Vegeta shot out instantly.

 

“But snakes are known to make one of the best pets in the world. In fact, they rank 7th of the top ten best pets to have. They only need to be fed once or twice a week, their cheap and affordable, keep pests such as rats and insects out of the home and they’re slow and quiet.” the woman explained. Vegeta crossed his arms and shook his head firmly. No amount of information would change this prince’s mind.

 

“Aw, c’mon Veggie.  Snakes aren’t s’bad. I remember Gohan always wanted one as a pet but Chichi didn’t like them.” Goku stated.

 

“I don’t care! I refuse to have one of those nasty, slimy, disgusting, icky serpents lurking through my house!” Vegeta began to back away from the woman holding the snake in her arms.

 

Goku looked at the snake, and then at Vegeta, and then back at the snake and grinned. “Heh, catch me if I’m wrong...but you wouldn’t happen to be afraid of snakes now would you Veggie-cha?” Goku poked Vegeta’s shoulder.

 

Vegeta straightened up instantly,  “Now hold on!  I never said I was afraid of snakes.”

 

“Then why don’t you take one home sir?” the clerk suggested with as much ice and acid in her tone as possible. Vegeta was now on the verge of punching the store woman into next week with a few of her teeth missing.

 

“Like I said...MA’AM. I simply don’t want one.”  Goku picked a snake of his own out of the coiled pile and brought it over to his frantic mate.

 

“Look Vegeta, they’re harmless, and they are soo~o cute!” He held the slithering animal directly in the prince’s face. The snake looked at Vegeta curiously and flickered its tongue playfully under his nose causing Vegeta to weaken in the knees and all but faint.

 

Backing up a step or two Vegeta shook his head. “Iie Kakarroto. It’s bad enough I’m allowing you to have an animal to keep, but I refuse the animal to be a snake.” The prince’s hair nearly stood on end as his irises dilated. 

 

Goku hung his head in defeat and put the snake back with the others. “Sorry lil fella. I don’t think we’ll be taking you home.” The snake whimpered softly and frowned as Goku walked further and further away from him.

 

“Fish,” the clerk stated as they came to a gigantic aqua tank of multi-colored fish swimming to and fro all around, “are popular pets in the house hold. They only need to be fed three times a day and require little to no special attention whatsoever. Mainly fish are for lazy, run-down people like yourself sir.” she said bluntly facing Vegeta.

 

Vegeta’s eyes went red and smoke billowed out of his ears. “Why I outta...” Goku grabbed Vegeta and held his arms behind his back.

 

“No, no Veggie. Stay calm. She was only joking.” Vegeta exhaled and stood still for a moment.

 

“Miserable human.” He grumbled.

 

The young woman led the two men over to a tall, wooden post  with a few brightly colored birds nibbling at their toes every now-and-then. Picking one off of the post, the woman held the animal up for both men to see.  

 

“Now parrots are all the rage among people today. They love to mock other sounds and perch on various high places. Be careful, though. Leave a window or door open and they just might fly away.” She chuckled as the bird took off as if on cue and perched itself atop Goku’s head.

 

Goku chuckled and spoke to the feathery animal. “Hiya there lil guy.”

 

“Awark! Hiya there lil guy!”  the parrot mocked back. Goku laughed at the creature’s cleverness and held its finger out so the bird would find a new place to sit. It did, and the parrot then fluttered down to take its position on Goku’s finger. Vegeta raised an eyebrow at the unusual display.

 

“Heh, I like him Veggie. He’s cute too.”

 

Squawking loudly, the parrot mocked Goku again. “Heh, I like him Veggie. He’s cute too.” it spoke as it flapped its wings wildly for a moment.

 

The parrot looked around for a moment and spotted Vegeta glaring coolly at it. Flustering clumsily over to the prince, the parrot came to a firm stand on one of Vegeta’s broad shoulders.  Vegeta raised an eyebrow at the fowl and cleared his throat noticeably. Suddenly, the prince of all Saiyans smirked as a clever idea entered his mind. “Vegeta, the great and mighty ruler of the universe,” he spoke loudly.

 

But, instead of repeating what was said, the parrot let out a loud and harsh “SQUARK!!” into the prince’s ear. Growing enraged at the parrot’s behavior, Vegeta reached up to snatch at the parrot but the bird was too quick and flapped off leaving a splatter of evidence on the angry man’s shoulder.

 

Vegeta’s face darkened in utter frustration. “Confound creature! I hate birds!”  Goku and the store woman chuckled softly. After wiping the droppings from his shoulder huffed and stomped away to pout in a corner, a childish habit the prince had acquired. He folded his arms. “Damn that bird, damn that store woman, damn Kakarrot and damn this whole pet business!” he muttered to himself.

 

Sniffing the air lightly he looked up to see an animal with the most entrancing green eyes; it was something Vegeta had yet to see out of all his years. Whiskers twitched enticingly, a gray tail curled and wavered in the air magically, small triangle ears twitched occasionally. Vegeta fell in love. 

 

Meanwhile, Goku and the store woman sat in an open roomed kennel, Goku cradling an energetic puppy in his arms. “Oh I love him. How much is he?” Goku chuckled as the brown, short-haired puppy licked his face.

 

The clerk smiled happily. “Why you’re just in luck. This one’s stay limit had almost expired. I’m very glad you decided to take this one before we had to send it to the pound. It’s at a low, low price of 120 zenni.” Goku’s grin widened.

 

Running a hand over the puppy’s head Goku laughed. “I think I’ll take this one.” The puppy barked happily knowing that he had found a new master.  They both stood up, acknowledging each other’s friendly smiles and both left the in-room kennel, Goku carrying the young dog.

 

On the other hand, Vegeta came across the store, with a small ball of fur in hand as well. Vegeta and Goku’s eyes met along with a pair of other eyes, which right away, did not take a shine to each other. The second the puppy and the kitten met, all hell broke loose.  Both saiyans struggled to keep the animal they held safely in their arms as both the puppy and the kitten fought to attack the one on the opposite side.

 

“Whoa, whoa there lil fella.” Goku tried to calm the raging pup in his arms who was busy barking and growling, baring white, sharp fangs. 

 

Vegeta also was attempting to soothe the hissing kitten in his arms. “Quiet Kutaro. That mangy mongrel is no match for you.”  Goku and Vegeta exchanged glares.

 

The woman raised an eyebrow. “I see not only a disagreement among the animals....but with the people as well.” The cat and dog continued to growl and now Goku and Vegeta started a heated argument of their own.

 

“It’s simple Kakarrot, you’ll just have to put that dog back. We are obviously taking Kutaro home.” Goku shook his head.

 

“No way Vegeta. I saw this puppy first. We’re taking him home.”

 

“Kakarrot....” Vegeta’s voice and ki level began to rise at the same time.  “Put that flea-bitten ball of fur back. This cat is coming home with us!”

 

 

“No way Vegeta. The dog is coming home with us!” The dispute then changed into a shouting match. Spectators gathered around to see a dog and a cat fight along with both the acclaimed owners. “Dammit Kakarrot, I don’t see why you insist on being so disagreeable!”

 

“Me disagreeable?! I had to drag you down here in the first place. You never want to do anything fun. It’s just food and sex to you! We don’t go anywhere, we don’t do anything! If I had a nickel every time I disagreed with you, I’d have a nickel!” Goku retorted back angrily. The kitten and the puppy on the verge of tearing each other limb from limb. 

 

Suddenly the saleswoman intervened, “Gentleman please...why don’t you get them both?”  They looked at the feeble woman, and then at each other. “I’ll take off half price for both animals if you promise not to start a fight in my store.”

 

“Done!” each saiyan exclaimed. So the animals were paid, caged and sent home with two very argue-mental lovers.

 

To be continued....