Chapter 8
By Scott Douglas Davidson
Warnings: Shounen-ai (male-male situations), swearing, violence, rape, clinical insanity.
Disclaimers: No one here, nor the location, is mine. This pencil is mine though. Try and take it at your own peril.
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Sunlight streamed in through the window, slowly, creeping across the floor to the edge of a bed on the far side of the room. A large man lay in the bed, sleeping soundly, snoring.
The beam of light made its way slowly up to stop this loud, offensive noise. It crept up the side of the bed, slowly making its way up the man�s face, until it reached an eyelid and shone down onto it.
"Mrgle..." Goku mumbled, prying his eyes open and glancing around the room.
The room was pretty much the same as when he�d woken up the night before, only this time it had one less occupant.
Vegeta was leaning, asleep, against the far wall. Goku wondered how Bulma had nagged the prince into watching him for the night.
...Hm? Kakarotto sounded as if he, too, had just woken up What�s this? Our ouji stayed watch, like after a battle.
"After a battle?" Goku questioned.
You really don�t know a thing, do you? Kakarotto seemed to sigh mentally If a Saiyajin who is part of a crew is hurt in battle, the highest ranking uninjured Saiyajin of the crew would stand watch to make sure that if any enemies remained alive, they couldn�t kill the injured. I feel honored that the prince would consider me a member of his crew.
"Wow. I never knew Saiyajin would protect each other like that." Goku looked over at Vegeta with new respect.
Of course they would, baka. It�s a matter of honor, and the prince was raised to be the most honorable among us. Saiyajin honor is just vastly different then your silly human concepts of honor. Kakarotto snatched control long enough to let out a disdainful snort.
"You�re awake." Vegeta commented, not even opening an eye.
"Yeah �Gita." Goku grinned at the diminutive prince, who opened his eyes to glare.
"Hrmph. Goku. I was expecting Kakarotto." Vegeta turned and yelled out the door; "ONNA! THE BAKA IS AWAKE!"
Let me out! I want to talk with my prince! Kakarotto tried to force control, but Goku fought him back, almost amazed at how easy it was, compared to how hard it had been trying to get control the night before.
"Ouch, did you have to shout like that Vegeta?" Goku rubbed an ear as Kakarotto huffed in the back of his head.
"Yes baka, I had to shout like that. Now I�m hungry, and the onna wouldn�t let me eat until you were awake, so we are going downstairs. And NO blabbering at me!" Vegeta snapped and marched out the door.
Goku successfully translated this as �Bulma won�t feed me until you�re awake, I�m hungry, please follow me quietly so I can go eat� and quickly scuttled after the prince.
Baka. Kakarotto commented.
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"Mm! This is good! Thanks Bulma!" Goku grinned and stuffed several pancakes into his mouth at once.
This, this is unbelievable! Kakarotto�s voice rang in shock as Goku and Vegeta ate, This is vastly more than a normal Saiyajin eats! How?!
"I s�pose it has to do with our power levels." Goku explained around another forkful of breakfast "We use a lot of energy fighting, so we need to keep our reserves up." Goku then proceeded to demonstrate by managing to fit fifteen sausages in his mouth at once.
It�s unsettling. And you could at least have some manners! You�re shaming yourself in front of the prince! Kakarotto turned Goku�s head for a look at the man in question, who was eating only slightly slower than Goku, but much less sloppily.
"Eh? Oh, I suppose..." Goku mumbled, just wanting to get Kakarotto to stop talking, the mental fuzzing was really annoying when one had sharp objects (like the fork he was using) getting awfully close to his person.
Bulma and Trunks, who had been watching the exchange warily, despite that they could only hear one side of it, were quite shocked when Goku started slowing down and eating more carefully, though still as much as he�d been eating before.
"Kakarotto?" Vegeta raised an eyebrow.
"He told me to." Goku said defensively, and continued his more polite mauling of the breakfast table.
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This is boring! Kakarotto whined as Goku sat on the riverbank with his fishing pole If you want a fish just jump in and grab the damned thing!
"I do sometimes. I just wanted to use the pole today." Goku leaned back in the grass, holding the pole between his toes and looking at the small group watching him "I�m not gonna explode or decide humans are good eating if you let me be for a bit you know."
"Can you be sure of that? What if Kakarotto gains control again?" Bulma gave him a sharp look, he sighed.
"Then he�ll go train Gohan until we�re all about to pass out. I�ve done that myself before. Vegeta did tell him not to blow up the planet, you know." Goku looked over at where the prince was leaning against a tree, pretending to ignore the conversation "He really listens to Vegeta."
Stop talking like I�m not here! Kakarotto snapped I�ll show your son training!
Goku yawned, then his stomach rumbled.
"Huh, guess I�m hungrier than I thought, I�d better just jump on in." Goku quickly shed his clothes, causing Bulma to turn away and blush, then leapt into the river with a happy whoop.
This is completely embarrassing. Kakarotto groaned.
"But it�s fun!" Goku responded before diving under the water in search of lunch.
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