Just a Nightmare: Distant Dreams

During the course of the night, they'd done it at least five-and-a-half more times. It was "half" because Goku fell asleep on top of Vegeta before obtaining sexual gratification. Secretly, his mate was happy because he was so worn out that his asshole was numb. Well, he did tell Goku before that they were going to fuck until the sun came up or they passed out from exhaustion. It was a toss-up to determine which had come first.

Around noon, the rumbling of a large stomach woke the prince. He groaned as the bright sunlight hit his eyes and immediately buried his face in Goku's neck. That caused many of his stiff muscles to protest.

"I will never, ever have sex all night then sleep for several hours on the ground again," he swore.

"But you really seemed to enjoy it," Goku muttered sleepily. "Especially when my mouth found your-"

Vegeta covered his mouth and blushed. "Just don't tell anyone about that, okay?"

The younger Saiya-jin only grinned.

He slowly sat up, assessing the damage he'd done to his body. His neck, shoulders, and legs were stiff, his lower back ached, and his ass was almost completely numb, but it was nothing a little massage wouldn't take care of. "Kakarotto, can you-?"

"Wowie! What performances!" The angel enthused as he appeared before Vegeta's face. In all honesty, the ouji had forgotten that he'd seen everything from last night. "Overall, I give you a nine-point-five, Vegeta. You lost points in the eroticism category. If only you had begged him or screamed just a little louder..."

"Can you please leave me alone today?"

"Why, Veggie? It's so fun!"

Goku raised his head to gaze at the spectacle he saw before his face. Who would have thought that all those times the ouji burst out into sudden annoyance or anger had been the cause of a chibi angel Vegeta? He would have never believed it if he didn't live the life he did. "So you're the reason Vegeta tends to act a little insane sometimes."

Both Vegeta and his little chibi counterpart's eyes opened wide when his voice invaded both of their minds. "The psychic bond must be the reason you can see me now," the angel mused. The he grinned. "SUGOI!"

Big Vegeta was just as happy. "I'm not crazy!"

Then the chibi devil decided to make an appearance. "I'm so disappointed with you, Vegeta. You weren't supposed to bond with that baka, you were supposed to kill him!" Having not heard the previous conversation, he had no idea that Goku could hear every single word he said.

"Why was he supposed to kill me?"

The devil yelped and quickly flew backward away from the large Saiya-jin. "You can hear me?! That shouldn't be possible!"

"Well, it is. Now answer the question."

"Um..." The devil was embarrassed and that always made him angry. He shook his tiny fist in Goku's direction, but it was pretty hard to look menacing when you were six inches tall. "YOU ARE A THIRD-CLASS BAKA, UNFIT EVEN TO LICK THE SAIYA-JIN NO OUJI'S BOOT!"

Vegeta blinked. "I think I may have said that already... But I didn't mean it!" He hastily added when he saw Goku's hurt look. The ouji glared at the little devil. "I've told you before that you'll never get what you want from me. Leave me the hell alone!"

Goku felt the distress coming from his mate in waves. Vegeta was worried that he would eventually give in to the devil's wishes and go around causing random destruction and mayhem. Goku knew, deep within his heart, that his ouji would never do evil things again, but Vegeta still harbored a tiny kernel of doubt.

"He isn't like than anymore," Goku told the dark chibi firmly, "and never will be again."

"You can't be sure of that; no one can." He turned towards Vegeta and his lips twisted up into a smirk. "You know you want to let go. Stop pretending to be something that you're not. Once evil, always evil."

Vegeta hesitated in his answer. What if he was right? What if he'd never really changed? Just as the uncertainty threatened to overwhelm him, he felt Goku's strong presence come to the fore of his mind. No doubt came from the younger Saiya-jin; there was only absolute certainty of his goodness.

"I worked hard to become a good person for the sake of my children, my mate, and myself. No one will ever persuade me to return to my old ways. You being here is just a waste of time, devil."

"I will never give up!" the chibi vowed before he disappeared.

"As long as I have you by my side, I will always have the willpower to resist temptation," Vegeta told Goku. Tears immediately sprang to the larger man's eyes and he crushed his mate to him in a hug. The ouji gasped and his eyes bulged outward at the pressure. "Kakarotto! Air!"

"Gomen nasai, 'geta!" Goku exclaimed as he released him. "Guess I don't know my own strength sometimes."

"I'm going to take off just in case you guys want to get around to reaching six." The angel waved. "Ja ne!" He vanished in a small puff of white smoke.

"Reach six?" Vegeta asked aloud. The two of them stared at each other for a moment before shaking their heads and saying in unison, "Not today!"