Goku's Sin
Thou shalt not deceive thine own daughter, except when thou has such forbidden intentions for thine daughter.
Chapter Two: Goku has some explaining to do
The wind had started blowing hard when Goku decided that it was time to teach the kids how to keep their stability when levitating in turbulence. Goku didn't even notice Li Li and Vegeta approaching him. When Vegeta greeted Goku in his usual Saiyan Prince manner (that's the equivalent of a simple hello), Goku nearly jumped out of his skin. "Don't startle me like that!" He responded in a high-pitched voice, "You could have given me a heart attack!" Li Li and Vegeta looked at Goku in utter shock. Normally, Goku would never have said anything like that at all. He would usually brush it off, or make a fairly stupid comeback. But not this time, and it concerned both Li Li and Vegeta. "Kakarot, are you feeling okay?" Vegeta asked in a very concerned tone of voice. Vegeta knew that something had to be wrong.
He knew that Goku could never be startled so easily. Something was definitely amiss; he and Li Li could sense it. "Dad, there's something I need to ask you and I want you to tell me the truth," Li Li explained calmly, "Did you write this note?" Li Li held the note out in front of her where Goku could see the writing on it. Goku eyed the small piece of paper in front of him suspiciously. "That all depends on what you're trying to accuse me of doing," Goku answered hollowly, "I don't like being suspected of doing anything; wrong or otherwise." Goku's dark eyes glinted at Li Li as he stared at her. To Li Li, it felt like he was burning a hole through her with his not so Goku-like gaze. It was beginning to frighten Li Li a bit, but Vegeta stepped between them. "Answer her question, Kakarot," He demanded in his princely tone. Goku's strange gaze then fell upon Vegeta's evil-looking scowl. The air around them began to crackle as their ki started to rise. After what seemed like an eternity for Li Li, Goku finally dropped his ki and answered her question. "Yes, I wrote it," He replied smirking, "I wrote it because I knew it would get your attention." Li Li looked questioningly at her father's expression as he spoke the last sentence.
"What did he mean: 'get your attention'?" Li Li thought none too happy about the whole situation, "Is he trying to get me angry? This isn't like Dad at all. Something is totally wrong with him, and I've gotta find out what it is." Li Li saw Trunks and his younger siblings watching the whole scene from a distance. She then looked over at her father and Vegeta. They were still staring at each other; trying to intimidate the other Saiyan before them. Li Li quickly but carefully moved away from the two men and went over to Trunks who was carrying Velika on his broad shoulders. "Trunks, I think things might get a little physical out here," She informed him in a shaky voice, "Take your sister and brothers into the house. I don't want them getting hurt if anything happens out here." Trunks nodded in acknowledgment. Trunks hurriedly gathered his siblings and took the four of them into the house. Trunks and the younger children crowded into the living room to watch the display out the window as it unfolded in the yard. Chi Chi had just finished washing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen when she walked into the living room and saw Trunks and his four younger siblings standing by the window in the living room.
"What's going on, Trunks?" Chi Chi asked clueless. Trunks turned to Chi Chi with a concerned look coming over his facial features. "My dad and Goku are facing each other in the yard right now, but I don't know why," He explained, "I felt their ki rise a little while ago, before Li Li told me to bring the little ones in here. She told me that things looked like they were about to get physical between Goku and my dad." Chi Chi gasped quietly and joined the others by the window. "I hope you don't do anything stupid, Goku," Chi Chi prayed in her mind. Li Li kept her distance from the two Saiyans as they exchanged frightening glances to one another. The sight of her father and her lover standing only three feet from each other made Li Li feel very uncomfortable as a chill ran down her spine. She listened very carefully as the two began to talk. Vegeta was the one who started talking first. He wanted to get his point across rather quickly. "I don't know what the hell is wrong with you, Kakarot," He said threateningly, "But you had better not try to harm Li Li, or I'll rip you limb from limb." "Are you telling me stay away from my own daughter?" Goku questioned giving Vegeta a wicked smile, "I wouldn't dream of doing anything to her, so don't worry." Vegeta noticed that Goku had emphasized the word 'anything', but ignored the fact. Goku walked past Vegeta; heading towards the house. Goku stopped for a minute when he noticed Li Li out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head slightly and flashed her a smile. He continued into the house; shutting the door behind him. Li Li stood motionless for a bit; trying to sort out what had just happened there. She was trying to find an answer for her father's behavior, but didn't find one. And that smile he gave her scared her. Only one person had ever smiled at her that way, and that person was the one that was now approaching her. "That was certainly very strange, wasn't it?" Vegeta said placing his arm around Li Li's slumped shoulders, "I've never seen Kakarot act quite like that before in all the time that he and I have been friends and sparring partners." Li Li lowered her head and started to cry softly.
Vegeta just looked at her; not understanding why she was crying. After a few minutes, Vegeta finally spoke. "What did you see when he looked at you?" He asked putting two of his fingers under Li Li's chin and lifting her face up to meet his. Li Li gasped when she saw that same smile adorning Vegeta's lips. "That smile! That's the same smile my dad gave me!" Li Li exclaimed panicked. Vegeta frowned at her surprised reaction. What could he have been thinking? Vegeta needed to know. Why would Goku torture his own daughter? Nothing about Goku's behavior was making sense to him. Of course, nothing Goku ever did made sense to Vegeta. He walked Li Li back to the house with a heavy feeling in his heart. Why would Goku smile at Li Li that way? What could he have been thinking? Then it dawned on Vegeta. Li Li said that he had the same smile that her father had given her. The only time Vegeta ever smiled at Li Li in that manner was when he wanted something from Li Li.
No! It couldn't be! He couldn't have. What could Goku have been thinking?! Was he...was he making a pass at his daughter?! He couldn't have been, could he...? Vegeta realized that Li Li must have seen it in her father's smile, and that was why she had broken down and started crying. "What is the matter with that low-level bastard," Vegeta thought trying to dismiss the images that began to materialize at the thought of Goku's unnatural intentions. Not even on planet Vegeta had they done anything like that. The current situation repulsed Vegeta. Obviously, Goku wasn't in his right mind. How could a very naive man like Goku suddenly want to take advantage of his only half-Saiyan daughter? The thoughts made Vegeta's head spin. On planet Vegeta, a father would never even consider taking his own daughter. It wasn't normal that Goku wanted Li Li. Vegeta was brought out of his thoughts by Li Li's soft and worried voice. "Vegeta?" She inquired softly, "Have you thought of why my dad is acting this way toward me?" Vegeta looked at her and shook his head. Li Li saw the troubled look on Vegeta's face, and instinctively ran her small fingers through his stock of spiky jet-black hair. Vegeta's expression lightened a bit, but he was still concerned about Li Li. "Are you going to be all right staying here with that...that man in there?" He asked choosing his words carefully, "You know, there's always room for you at Capsule Corp. You and the children could stay there until Kakarot returns to normal, or as normal as he can get."
Li Li laughed a bit at the seriousness in Vegeta's voice. She wrapped her arms around his waist and sighed. "That okay. If me and the children ever decided to move in with you at Capsule Corp, there would have to be a good reason for us to leave Mt. Paos. You know the children absolutely love their uncles and their grandparents. We couldn't just up and leave because of my father's strange behavior." Vegeta smiled at Li Li; nodding his head as he acknowledged Li Li's explanation. "If you ever decide to leave," He whispered, "You know Bulma and I always have room for you. I just hope this is a simple...phase that Kakarot is in. Try to find out what it is with his behavior and take note of anything he does that is abnormal, and be careful while you do it." Vegeta kissed Li Li lightly on the lips and took off into the sky. Li Li waved goodbye to Vegeta. She then trotted into the house. Unbeknownst to Vegeta and Li Li, Goku was watching them from his bedroom window. He growled under his breath. "How dare he try and take Li Li away from me! It's not his place to suggest anything to her!" Goku thought as his ki began to flicker, "Vegeta has no right to try and take her, my Li Li, away from me! Vegeta will pay dearly for this! The first thing on my list is Li Li though. I have some things planned for the two of us. I'll give her a taste of something she's never had before: the taste of a true Saiyan male's power!" Goku smiled wickedly to himself. He suddenly began to feel a strange twinge in his mind telling him not to do the deed that he was about to do. "Stupid fucking conscience!" He muttered angrily to himself, "Why does the damn thing have to bother me now?! I don't care if she is my daughter! I'm going to take her and make her my own, and nothing is going to stop me. I give thanks to that entity that gave me the ability, and the need, to seduce the strongest female to ever grace the earth with her beauty. Yes, that entity also gave me the desire to mate with her and create a new Legendary Super Saiyan." Not far from the Son's home, a tall man with a white cape sat with his legs crossed Indian-style hovering in the air next to a waterfall. "What could he be thinking?!" The tall man thought in disgust. the sunset began to illuminate the man's green skin. The turban on his head, along with his pointed ears, cast a very intimidating shadow on the ground before him.