Finding One Another
I have no idea where this story came from. It just popped into my head one night. It's my first yoi story so please be gentle. If you don't like this type of story, then don't read.
My Strength of Family Chapter 3 is at a stand still at the moment. Not sure if I want Goku and Vegeta have a brief intense moment or not. So that's an update on that.
Hope you like this. And like I said, please be gentle and review!
Pairings: Vegeta/Gohan, Goten/Trunks
Summery: For years now, Gohan has been in love with Vegeta and Goten has been in love with Trunks. Both afraid that the other won't love them back. But can a serve storm bring them together or will they go on being lonely?
Notes: Goku is dead. After the Cell games, Gohan took over Goku's job as Earth's protector. He trains so he can protect his family and friends. Buu happens but Goku doesn't come back. Gohan kills Buu (it's just like the anime but instead of Goku, it's Gohan). Videl isn't in this. But if you're a Videl fan, then I suggest you don't read a small part. Can we say Videl Bashing?
Disclaimer: I don't know DBZ! I wish I did.
So enjoy and don't forget to review!
Chapter 1
That's me standing on the cliff. The one wearing the orange and blue gi. The protector of Earth. A job I inherited from my dad. Who I killed. You heard right. If I had killed that monster when I had the chance, then dad would still be here.
Standing beside me is my little brother, Goten. We didn't know about him until a month after dad's death. We were never sure if dad left Goten on purposes or if it was an accident. Goten never got to meet dad. Between mom, me and all our friends, he is always being told about him. Hell, all he has to do is look in the mirror. He's a spiting image of him.
Goten, along with Trunks, Piccolo and Vegeta, fight along side me to protect this planet. After the games, it was learned that a group of elite fighters protects the planet. A group being called Earth's Special Forces. Or the Z Fighters as we call it.
Oh, yeah. I forgot to introduce myself. The names Gohan Son. The son of Goku.
After dad died, I promised I wouldn't do that again. When I have the chance to kill the enemy, I will. I won't let someone else sacrifice themselves because of me. So I started training more. Mom understood. She knew this was something I had to do. It made her worry though. The only thing she wanted was for me to study too. Vegeta and Piccolo worked with me. Together, the three of us trained. They wanted to keep me stronger. Vegeta tell me that I'm acting more like a Saiyan everyday. They were my senses. The School of Hell as I use to call it. The two became like fathers to me. But Vegeta became more to me. Much more.
When I was eleven, I discovered something about myself. I didn't like girls. I like boys. At first, it freaked me out. But I got use to it. The only people who knew were Piccolo and Vegeta. Bulma figured it out somehow. She's good at that. Anyway, I had my eye on someone. And still do. The Saiyan prince. That's right. I had fallen in love with Vegeta. I kept it to myself. I didn't think and still does, that he will ever return those feelings. He only sees me as an equal. Not a lover. Why would the prince of Saiyans love me? Sure I'm stronger than him. Younger than him. He's old enough to be me father. And I'm a half-breed. He will never love me. So why do I love him? Maybe it has something to do with the fact I see the real Vegeta. Not the arrogant, cocky, son-of-bitch façade he has. I see the caring, soft, loving, gentle Vegeta. He only smiles for me. A real smile. Not his half smiles or his smirks. But the warm, gently, caring smile. He only sees me as a son. I will never be anything more to him. Maybe I shouldn't be anything more.
I've been thinking since dad died, that I will get married and do to my family that dad did to us. Keep going off to fight. Being gone for months, even years. Leaving my wife or husband alone to raise to two children. That is something I will not do. So maybe I should finally give up on Vegeta and be happy with my lonely life.
I'm not the only one who's in love with a Saiyan. Goten has been in love with Trunks ever since they were twelve. He never told anyone. Except me. And Goten knows that I love Vegeta. So we have something in common. I love the father and he loves the son. Strange but, hell it's normal for us.
I'm glade Vegeta and Bulma never got together. If they would have, I don't know how I would have handled it. They just weren't made for each other. What they had was a fling. A passion moment. It was during the full moon and Vegeta had gone into heat. And the only available woman around was Bulma. The next morning, Vegeta explained everything to her and she understood. She cared for him. But it was never love. But when they learned that Bulma was pregnant, Vegeta didn't want anything to do the kid. That was how he was then. But he warmed up to the idea of having a son. So he tried to help her as much as possible. Wonder how I know all this? Vegeta told me one night while we were camping.
I will never forget that camping trip. That was the night Vegeta told me about Saiyan culture and that how men have the ability to produce children. Only a certain breed of Saiyan had this ability. The breeders as they were called. Because there were hardly any women around, the breeders were used to produce more children. And that I happen to be one of those breeds. My whole family was one. From my grandfather to Goten. Vegeta wasn't sure if it goes further back in the family or not. All he was able to learn was that my grandfather had given birth to dad. That was hard to believe. But it was true. Vegeta showed me the records.
Of course, mom freaked out when she learned this. It slipped out during dinner one night while Bulma, Vegeta and Trunks was over. She took it very well. Of course that night was when it slipped that I was gay. She took it very well. Surprisingly well. She didn't care. All she cared about was that I was happy. And no matter what, she'll get a grandchild from me. I just hope she doesn't learn about my love for Vegeta.
I'm getting off track. Anyway, back to Goten. At the age of sixteen, Goten was already a level 2 Super Saiyan. Three years ago, he advanced to the next level. Of course, this pissed Trunks off. He had yet to reach that level. But that was taken care of three months later when Trunks reach level 2.
He's a straight A student in school. Which makes mom happy. It made her happy when we brought home good grades. She loosen up on the studying for me. She knew I needed to train to keep stronger. But that didn't stop her sometimes. It thrilled her to learn that I wanted to go to school and be around kids my age. All she could think about was grandkids. And Vegeta was thinking what a waste of precise training time. I made a lot of friends.
One girl who I did meet was Videl Satan. The daughter of Hercule, the Hero of Earth. The man who killed Cell. What a fucking asshole. Videl loved the spotlight and all the money. And she was a Class-A Bitch. She was always after me. Trying to learn my secretes. I didn't want anything to do with her. She kept trying to get me to go out with her. Later I learned the reason why was because of dad. It seemed that dad was a legend Marital Artist. And all she saw was dollar signs. The daughter of Hercule married to the son of the legend marital Artist. She didn't care about love. Just fame. And besides, I was already in love.
But Videl blackmailed me into dating her. She learned that I was the one who defeated Cell, not her dad. She threatened to release it to the media if I didn't go out with her. At first I thought he would only hurt her. But she would still make out in the end. She would be dating the boy who defeated Cell. Either way, she would get her money. She even forced me to have sex with her. Mom, Goten, Bulma and especially Vegeta didn't like. He wanted to blaster the moment he saw her. When Vegeta learned about the sex, he nearly Final Flash her. One day, Videl pissed mom so bad that she throw her out the window and then chased her off the land. After that, I haven't seen or heard anything about her. The way Videl was, she probably got herself knocked up and dear old daddy disowned her so she wouldn't ruin his image and rep.
Goten only went out with girls to over up the fact that he was in love with Trunks. And every night, after a date, which was ended early, he would stop by my house and we would talk for hours. Mom has never learned this. She always thought he was out with a girl for hours instead of one or two hours. He was miserable. You can see it in his eyes. He loves Trunks so much that it hurts sometimes.
I wish I knew if Vegeta felt the same way about me. Why is this so frustrating?
(out of POV)
"We should be getting back. Mom's probably wondering where we're at." Goten spoke up.
"Yeah. I wish I can stand here forever and just listen to the peace." Gohan said, not moving.
"I know. It's been peaceful now for eight years. Buu did one hell of job of causing trouble." the younger man stated.
"Hell yeah. I wasn't sure if we would make it through. But we survived. That's all that counts."
A loud grumbling sound filled the air around them. Goten gave the famous Son grin while putting a hand behind his head. A much louder grumble sound. This time, it was Gohan who was grinning.
"We better get going. I'm starving."
"Lead the way, big brother."
The two brothers took off into the air. Flying through the air, they watched as the ground pasted them by. Through the treetops of the forest, they could just make out animals moving around. The forest was quite and peaceful. Moments like that Gohan loves. Peaceful times.
Checking his watch, Goten noticed the time. They were late. Chichi was having Vegeta, Bulma and Trunks over for dinner. Before leaving that afternoon for one of Gohan's patrols, she told them to be back by five. It was going on five-thirty. And they knew how she hates it when they're late. Going Super Saiyan, they put on a burst of speed. Not even were landing on the front lawn. Bulma's plane rested in the driveway. They were going to get it.
Gohan was so glade at times like these that he lived far away. That way he doesn't get yelled at very much. Of course, that doesn't stop Chichi from calling him and yelling at him over the phone. Or inviting him over and then yelling at him. Don't get him wrong. He loves his mother. After twenty-one years of yelling and frying pan beatings, enough was enough.
After graduating from high school, Gohan went to college. He didn't become a scholar like Chichi had wanted. He went into science. Bulma had offered him a job as her personal assistant. He then still could train with Vegeta but also work at the same time. Shortly after started working for her, Gohan found a nice clearing in the middle of a forest and built a house. Not too far away was a lake. There were no neighbors for at least fifty miles. It was the perfect place to live and to train.
"It's about time you two showed up." The two brothers heard when they walked into the house.
Standing in the middle of the living room, arms crossed, Chichi stared angrily at her sons. "Where were you?" she asked.
"Sorry, mom. Ran into trouble in South Bay. A bunch of terrorist were holding the major hostage." Gohan explained.
"Okay. Here I was starting to think you two were lazing around doing nothing." Chichi said heading into the kitchen.
"You're lucky that she believed you." Trunks said in a low voice. "We saw it on the news."
Sitting on the couch was Bulma and Trunks. And sitting in one of the armchairs was Vegeta. Seeing the two princes, the Son boys hearts skipped a beat. Whenever they saw them, it makes them realize why they love them.
Gohan was still glade that Bulma and Vegeta never got together. And Trunks was okay with it. He knew his parents didn't love each other. He liked having them that way. Plus if he had too, he could play one off the other. He had know since he was young that they didn't love each other and that they were just friends. Bulma allowed Vegeta to stay so he could be closer to Trunks.
The Saiyan prince knew of Trunks' feelings for Goten. He was okay with it. In fact, he thought it was funny. Trunks loved Goten and he loved Gohan. When Trunks learned that, he was shocked. As he thought about it, the young prince liked the idea of having Gohan as a father.
"I brought those designs for the invention we were talking about." Bulma stated as she walked over to Gohan. She gave him "you know what I mean" look.
Several weeks ago, Gohan came up with a new Gravity Room. He wanted to give it to Vegeta for his birthday. They've been trying to keep it a secrete. It was getting harder and harder to keep it a secrete from the Saiyan prince. Trunks, Chichi, Goten and Piccolo knew of the new GR. They couldn't wait to see Vegeta's face when the first time he sees it.
"Great. I'll take a look at them after dinner." Gohan answered. "So, when's dinner? I'm starving."
"In a couple of minutes. Go wash up for dinner." Bulma told the two Sons.
Nodding, Goten and Gohan headed up stairs to wash up. Bulma when into the kitchen to see if she could give Chichi a hand with dinner. That only left Vegeta and Trunks alone in the living room. Making sure that they were alone, Vegeta motioned Trunks over to the front living room window.
"When are you going to tell him?" Vegeta asked.
"I don't know. What if he doesn't love me back? And hates me?" Trunks said in a whisper. "When are you going to tell Gohan? It's been over fourteen years, dad. I don't know how you can stand there for so long without telling him."
"Don't turn this back on me. Between Gohan and I is different." Vegeta stated.
"No, it's not. You're afraid he won't return your feelings, also. Fourteen years is a long time. There for a while, you two were inseparable. I'm sure Gohan has some feelings for you." the son said. "Tell him tonight."
"If I tell Gohan, then you have to tell Goten. Tonight." Vegeta smirked as he crossed his arms.
Trunks really wasn't sure about that. But his dad did have a point. "Fine. I'll tell him."
"Tell who what?" a voice sounded.
The two princes turned to see Gohan and Goten walking down the stairs. Gohan had changed into more comfortable clothes. Instead of the orange and blue gi, he wore a simple gray long sleeve t-shirt, gray sweat pants and bare feet. Vegeta couldn't help but gasp at the young man. Whenever he saw Earth's hero in anything beside the orange and blue gi, he can't take his eyes off of him. No matter what he wore, Gohan always looked handsome. The outfit he wore now, even made him look like he was eighteen again. The Siayan prince really did Gohan. But was always afraid the younger man wouldn't love him back.
Tell him tonight. Trunks' words echoed in his mind. He knew Gohan really didn't want to be alone for the rest of his life. He knew how the man wanted a family of his own. Vegeta kept telling himself that maybe he could be the one to give Gohan that family. He'll already have a son too. Trunks. At night, Vegeta would dream what it would be like to be mated to Gohan. Trunks and Goten would be, whatever they do. Little Vegetas and Gohans running around the house, causing trouble. Chichi and Bulma spoiling the children. Gohan in his arms, being hold by him while their hands rested upon the swollen belly of his mates, where their child waited to be born. Deep down, Vegeta had the feeling that the dream will never come true.
No. The dream will come true. I'll tell him tonight, after dinner. I'll take him to our spot and I'll tell him. But how do I tell him? Do I make small talk? So, Gohan, how was your day? Feel up to spar? Naw. That's not me. He would know something was up then. I'll just come out and tell him. But how? Gohan, I love you. Gohan, there's something I need to tell you. I've been in love with you ever since you defeated Cell. Mate with me. No. What if he did love me but doesn't want to be mated? Then what? I don't want to push him into something he doesn't want. Why can't this be so simple? Why can't it be like, Gohan, I love you so much. I loved you ever since you defeated Cell. My life is empty without you in it. Watching you grow up over the years, you made me very proud and made me realize how much I love you. There isn't nothing in this world that would make me even more happier then to call you my mate. Yeah. That sounds great. It's settled. Tonight, after dinner, at our spot and I'll finally tell him. Vegeta thought.
"Nothing." Trunks quickly answered.
Goten didn't believe him for some reason. He's been having this feeling that his best friend has been hiding something from him. What he didn't know. He knew Trunks will tell him sooner or later.
Gohan noticed the way Vegeta was staring at him. It was like he couldn't keep his eyes off him. Lately, he has been noticed that the Siayan prince has been doing that a lot. Could Vegeta have feelings for me? Gohan has started to wonder. Deep in his heart, he hoped so.
"Dinner's ready!" Chichi yelled from the kitchen.
The four men hurried into the kitchen. The smell of food brought drool to their mouths. The two mothers were busy setting the food on the table. Once everyone was sitting down, the Saiyans started shoveling the food into their mouths. Chichi and Bulma had a small conversation going on about something. They had learned long ago that you couldn't get a word out of a Saiyan while they were eating.
Everything was going peacefully. A strange feeling suddenly came over Gohan. He had felt it before. But where? It was getting stronger with every heartbeat. The clatter of a fork hitting the plate and Gohan's sudden movement, alerted everyone. They stared at Gohan, who was staring towards the front door. Worry was starting to seep into their bodies.
"Gohan, what is it?" Vegeta was the first to speak.
Not answering, Gohan got up out of his chair and when to the living room. Everyone followed him, wanting to know what was going on. Gohan opened the front door and stared up into the now darkening sky. The rest watching. Ever since Cell, Gohan trained himself, with the help from Piccolo, to read the weather and the atmosphere to detect any sudden changes. That way if some new enemy was attacking the planet through the weather or attacking the atmosphere, he would know. The weather was changing drastically. That was the sudden feeling he had. The last time this happened was five years ago when a huge snowstorm hit the countryside.
"The weather is changing. A storm is coming. A very bad one." Gohan said, still staring up at the sky.
Just as he said that, the news program on the television was announcing a server thunderstorm was going to be rolling into the area. Because of the strength of the storm, officials were telling people not to go out into the storm until it was over.
"Why don't you guys stay here tonight? By the way it's looking, I don't think you'll make it home in time." Chichi suggested. "Gohan, can you tell how soon the storm will reach us?"
"Not long. My guess, fifteen, twenty minutes at the max." the oldest Son boy said as he closed the door. "It's moving fast. You won't make it out of the mountain area before it hits. From what I'm feeling, it'll get worse then better before morning."
Fuck! Both Vegeta and Trunks thought.
Vegeta was hoping to tell Gohan at their spot. Trunks was thinking of taking Goten to the waterfall they found as little kids, on a deserted island. It looks like their romantic way of tell them was a wash. They were already thinking of other ways of tell them.
"Thanks, Chichi." Bulma said.
"Well, there's nothing we can do now. I saw we go back to eating." Trunks suggested.
The group went back to the table to finish their meal. Gohan and Goten helped clear the table as Chichi brought out the desert. While eating their desert, they talked about anything.
"Guess who I saw the other day at the mall?" Bulma announced.
"Who?"
"Videl."
Everyone was quite as the name sunk in. They haven't seen Videl for eight years now. And they really didn't care what she was doing.
"So." Gohan said, as he really didn't care to hear about it.
"So. She wasn't looking all to good. She really let herself go. She saw me and came over to speak. I could have ignored her but, anyway. She asked how everyone was doing. Especially you, Gohan. She felt bad about only wanting you because of Goku."
"What did you tell her?" the oldest demi-Saiyan asked.
"I told her you work for me and you're happily in love. And we should be expecting a proposal any day now." the blue hair genius said, smiling.
"Bulma! I can't believe you told her that. That's not true!" Gohan yelled.
"That? You wanted me to tell her that you're still single? Refuse to fine someone to love and settle down? And how you're pig headed fool to know that you have someone who loves you…"
"Bulma, shut up!" Chichi yelled as she covered her friend's mouth, silencing her before she said too much.
That's old. Why would Bulma say that? "Someone who loves me what, Bulma?" The new Earth hero was confused.
"Someone who loves you out there somewhere." Chichi finished, putting on a fake smile.
From past experiences, that whenever his mom put on that fake smile, something was up. She was planning something. Usually it involves his love life. After learning he was gay, she tried to fix him up with a nice, handsome man she knew. He was the son of an old friend of hers. He was studying to be a baby doctor. They hit it off great. But Gohan couldn't bring himself to be anything more than just friends. Sure, Gohan would admit he was attractive. They even had sex several times. It didn't last very long. Maybe two months the max. The man knew Gohan's heart belong to someone else. He understood and felt the same way. He had fallen in love with a classmate of his. The two decided to become friends. They talked now and then. He was even invited to his friend's wedding. The last he heard from him was that they were waiting to hear if they could adopt a baby.
This isn't going to be good. Gohan thought as he watched his mom.
"What has the bitch been up too?" Vegeta, like the rest, could care less about the spawn of the devil.
"Hercule kicked her out a year after you broke up with her, Gohan." Bulma went on saying.
"He kicked her out? Why?" Goten asked.
"From what she told me, she got herself pregnant by her boyfriend at the time. They were only dated a few weeks. They were in Los Angelas when she learned this. Hercule had some important things in LA and he made her go with him. He hated her boyfriend and didn't want to leave her here with him alone. Once he found out about the baby, he left her there."
"Wait. The asspuppet left her there?" Vegeta asked confused.
"With nothing." his son's mother added.
"Nothing? You mean she had no clothes?" Goten was puzzled. There were times that he acted just like his father. Clueless.
"She had nothing. No money. No way home. No place to stay. The only things she had was the stuff she brought with her. Hercule disowned her. He wanted nothing to do with her or the child. He felt that if the public learned of this, his image would be ruined. As far as he was concerned, he had no daughter and didn't care what happened to her," the older woman exclaimed.
"So, what happened?" the other woman asked.
"She lived on the streets for a few weeks until some holier than thal religious person found her and took her to a shelter. The shelter learned that she was pregnant and helped her contact her boyfriend to tell him where she was. When the boyfriend learned that she was pregnant, he hanged up on her. He didn't want anything to do with her or the child. He didn't even love her. He just used her for sex and to see if he could get any money off the asspuppet." Bulma continued to explain.
"Looks like her plan backfired on her. She was used just like me. Can't say I feel sorry for her." Gohan stated as he took a sip of his drink.
"What happened then?" the youngest Saiyan asked.
"The shelter helped her get a job so she could support herself and the baby. She worked as a waitress at a dinner. The baby was born at the shelter because the place where she was living kicked her out. The landlord didn't know she was pregnant when she moved in and he didn't want children living there. And because she couldn't work for a while, she was fired. So she and the baby lived at the shelter."
"How did she get back here then?" Trunks asked.
Bulma just smirked. She knew the answer would throw them into a fit of laughter. "Gohan said it before about her."
What did he say about her? He called her bitch a lot. But what else did he call her? He searched his memories and found it. She's not saying… "A fucking whore?"
Chichi didn't like it when her boys swore. But some things she'll let pass. Like this. If he had meant it a different way, she would have yelled at him and beat him over the head with the frying pan.
"You got it. She had to sell herself to save enough money to come back."
There was silence. Then all of a sudden, the house erupted into laughter. None of them could believe it. Videl went from being the center of attention to being a tramp with a child outside of wedlock. Her life had gone down hill after Gohan broke up with her. The group agreed that she got what was coming to her. Videl had thought she would always be in the spotlight with her dad and that she'll always have the money and nothing can touch her. Boy, was she wrong.
"I can't believe it. She got what she deserves." said Gohan.
"She told me all this over lunch. I know. I know. I felt bad and took her to lunch. They had just arrived back two weeks before. What money she had left, she was able to rent an apartment and was trying to fine a job. But no one will hire her. She asked if I had any openings. She didn't care what kind of job. I told her I would have to check into it."
"Mom, are you really going to give her a job?" Trunks asked his mother.
"I don't know. I kinda feel sorry for her. Well, mostly for her daughter. Her daughter was with her at the mall. Her daughter looks just like her. I think Videl said her name was Pan. And I think she said she was six years old." Bulma said. "Oh, I have to tell you this. Before I told her about you, Gohan, she asked if you were married or seeing anyone. I asked her why. And get this. She was wondering if there was a small possibility that maybe you would give her a second chance and she could prove herself that she could love you for just you."
Gohan just stared at his friend. He couldn't believe Videl would ask that. What would poses her to think that he would give her a second chance? She knew he hated her and called her bitch right to her face. He wondered what she had up her sleeve.
"WHAT! That bitch wants to get back with m-Gohan?" Vegeta yelled. He almost let it slip. He almost said "my Gohan". But he was able to catch himself.
"Well, that's not going to happen. Let me guess, she was heart broken when she learned that I was seeing someone?" the oldest demi asked.
"Yep. She said that she figured you would have someone and was a little surprised that you haven't settled down yet." Came the answer.
"Oh well."
A loud crack of thunder ripped through the air. The sound of raindrops hitting the dome shaped house was heard next. The storm has started. Goten had gone to get all the candles and flashlights incase the electricity when out. The wind was starting to pick up. It was going to be a long night.
To be continued…….
What do you think?
Will Vegeta and Trunks get up the nerve to tell Gohan and Goten how they feel? And what did Bulma mean by "you're pig headed fool to know that you have someone who loves you…"? And why did Chichi stop her for? I guess you'll have to wait to fine out.
Until next time…..
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