Chapter Twelve: Marks of a New Beginning

"Well, that showed them!" said Vegeta, as they arrived outside their new home. "That was so brilliant when you kissed me! They were so shocked!"

"Well, I did promise you a kiss."

Yeah, you did. What's that writing over the door mean?"

"It's in Saiya-go, our noble language. I'm the last speaker of it. It's read from right to left, and it says 'Kakarot and Vegeta, now and forever, protected by the Aoi Tenshi."

"Aoi Tenshi?"

"The Blue Angel. It's the saiyan guardian of the home. It's the best blessing one can bestow on a house."

"It's wonderful Geta." He hugged him from behind, as they looked at the weird characters above the door. It looks similar to Japanese, but chunkier. They both detected two ki's coming towards them, they turned around, and waved. "Hey, it's Goten and Trunks!"

"Did mom really say that?! What a cheek!" They were in Vegeta and Goku's lounge, drinking coke and eating Oreo's. "You should have seen the look on Bulma's face when I kissed Kakarot! It was so priceless!" they all laughed, and Goku almost snorted his coke.

"All that matters now is that we're together and we're happy. What do you guys think of your tails?" asked Goku, wiping coke from his mouth.

"They're awesome! But I don't know how great it'll be for my modelling career." said Trunks as he waved his purple tail.

"Oh, for crying out loud Trunks, you're a sports model, not an underwear model! Besides, I'm going to enter the mini tournament next month. They hold it on the tenth of every month at the stadium. First prize is one million zenie, then second prize is 750 000 zenie. It'll be an easy source of income for Kakarot and I. Our only costs will be food anyway." Goku hugged himself.

" A Chichi free life! This is so exciting!"

Almost three weeks later, Vegeta was waiting for Kakarot in their kitchen. Goku finally woke up, and stomped into the kitchen, hair more untidy than usual and eyes still half closed. "Morning Kaka, hurry up! We're gonna be late for our appointment!"

"what appointment?" Goku rubbed his eyes and blinked at Vegeta.

"we were going to get our tattoo's today, remember?"

"Oh, right!" he was suddenly awake, as he sprinted upstairs. He was searching for a clean T-shirt when Vegeta joined him in the bedroom. "I think we need to do some washing, I can't find a clean shirt anywhere!"

"You can wear one of my baggy ones, just hurry up!" Vegeta started piling all the dirty laundry into a silver box. When it was full, he pressed a button on the side, and it folded up into a capsule. After finding a fairly clean shirt for Kakarot, they blasted over the ocean to  Satan City. They arrived there in five minutes, just in time. They landed at Alice's Tattoo Parlour,  and went inside. They were right on time, and were taken to the back room. They were told to take off their shirts and lie down. They had already chosen the tattoos earlier that week. Both were going to get the same dragon tattoo, but in each others fighting colours. Vegeta's dragon would be orange, Goku's was going to be blue. "Vegeta, the needles…"

"If you don't want to do this, I'll understand."

"I want to, but you know how I feel about needles."

"Close your eyes, and we'll telepath each other. I won't leave you in pain by yourself." He squeezed Kakarot's hand and smiled.

Six hours later, they were finally done. They got up slowly, wincing slightly. They stood in front of the mirrors, and fell in love with their new tattoos. Each had the other's name across the tops of their backs, in Chinese sort of writing. Vegeta flexed his back muscles, and made the dragon ripple. He especially liked the way Kakarot's name stretched out all along his shoulders. They paid for the tattoos, and walked out into the bright sunshine.

"They're beautiful Geta, now I'll have you all over me, no matter where I go."

"Me too. But we'd better go get some laundry done at the Laundromat, before our clothes start growing some funky fungus." With their tails intertwined, they walked down the road, happy to be together, the unbeatable partnership of Kakarot and Vegeta. If you looked closely, if you got the chance, you would see the proof of their love; a crescent shaped white scar, the saiyan bite mark.  From rival, to friend, to mate, two souls merged into one, love now and forever.

An- thank you to all my reviewers, unfortunately, my time at the moment is so limited, I can't thank you individually. You know who you are, and thank you for reading.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Zogeta