Wow! An update after just one day, I do impress myself sometimes. I must thank everyone for reading and for reviewing so fast, you people really know how to inspire me to write faster, so keep it up!

animeprincess1452 -Thanks for the continued support, I appreciate it so much. Yeah, when those boys play, you just gotta love it! Hopefully you won't have to wait long for the next chapter too.

Quoth Aurora -Yep! Next chapter is here, and…OH BOY here's another chapter! I can see you are really enjoying this story, I will keep posting chapters as soon as I write them.

Munku-JGSPTV -Oooohhh, sweet irony! I was just looking at your profile today and wondering if you had read any of my stories. Well, I can see that you are and it's okay, you don't have to hit yourself because you are reading it now. Oh yeah, and about them doing things when they are seven, it's very possible you know! Well, I don't need to go any more into that… As for the Lion King parallel, I loved that movie when I was a kid and I watched it loads of times so I felt it was appropriate. Thanks for the review.

GOTEN2003UK -What have I to say? You keep reviewing this story and I keep loving it, so keep doing that! !!! I will thank you better later…grins…

Candy the Duck -That's good that you think this is good. And don't worry about them trying it a different way, there are plenty of different things for them to do, I am not out of ideas just yet!

Whoo! Next chapter is just a line away!

Chapter 5: Saiya-jin Connections Explained

It was around midday, the sound of the bustling city was clear to the ears of all within its limits, but Trunks and Goten were not there. Deep in the forested area close to the Son household, they were very busy training for the upcoming Budokai, which was in only a couple of short weeks. Goten had been training recently with his big brother, but he was still having a lot of trouble keeping up with Trunks. A large explosion shook the area as Goten shot a small Ki blast which demolished several trees but failed to hit the intended target, who phased behind him and kicked him to the ground. Before the younger boy could recover and clear his vision, Trunks had landed near him and had him pinned to the ground. "Ha, ha!" he said, grinning. "I guess ya got me again Trunks-kun!" Trunks wasn't really smiling though, "Com'on Goten, you gotta try harder if ya wanna have a chance against any of the adults." Goten looked hurt and said: "Yeah, but we don't have a chance against 'Tousan or Niichan or your dad either. They will beat us easily!" Trunks got off of him and sat down, saying: "Yeah, but you wanna make them work hard don't you?" The younger boy agreed and stood up, dropping back down into his fighting stance as Trunks did the same. Trunks closed his eyes and scanned for the Kis of all the Z-Senshi, finding none of them within several hundred miles, he figured their secret would be well hidden if they stayed here. Well, thought the older boy, one of our secrets anyway! "Hey Trunks-kun, you wanna try again as super Saiya-jins?" Trunks smiled and said: "Yeah, I was just thinking of the same thing!" He clenched his fists and concentrated and in less than a second his lilac hair rose and bleached gold and his blue eyes went turquoise. The ground cracked and a few trees fell as his aura expanded outward, sending dust and small rocks flying everywhere. Goten smiled and thought of how strong his friend was getting before transforming as well with a small shout, causing even more destruction about them. They both fell back a little ways before charging forward, fighting at a level that would shock any of the adults who still thought that the boys were way too old to be able to ascend. After a short but intense fight, they paused and sat down, letting their auras fade but retaining the SSJ form. "Your getting really strong ya know," Trunks said, slightly out of breath. "I think you might give Gohan a good fight if you went Super when you guys train!" Goten leaned back a little, using his hands to hold himself up, and looked at the clouds passing overhead. "Yeah, we might have a chance ya know!" Trunks' smile grew as he thought of how nice it would be to impress his dad by going SSJ, and was sure Goten wouldn't mind if he let his dad know, just so long as he kept it from everyone else until the tournament started. Deciding in unison that they had trained enough for the day, they both powered down and rested. Goten scooted closer to Trunks and the older boy automatically wrapped his arm around his middle as Goten lay his head comfortably on Trunks' shoulder. For a time, the two close friends sat there alone, resting against each other and listening to the sounds of nature about them. Trunks sure missed moments like these and wished he could come out here more often, besides, Goten lived out here. The spiky haired boy sat up a little straighter and sighed, saying: "Umm, you think we can go back to your place? I wanna go swimming again." Trunks laughed and pointed to his right where there was a stream running by and said: "Why don'tcha just go there?" Goten looked confused, "No, I wanna go swimming in a pool and you got the best one!" Trunks stood up, reaching down a hand which Goten took, and hoisted him up to his feet. "Okay, we can do that 'cause I wanna go swimmin' too." He floated up in the air and started to fly toward his home, but stopped as he realized that Goten wasn't following him. "Trunks-kun!" he yelled at him, "get your butt back down here!" Trunks sweatdropped and landed back down next to his friend. "Sowwy Goten, I forgot that you don't know how to fly yet," he said. The younger boy folded his arms and frowned at Trunks, looking a bit mad. "Don't rub it in," he whined. "I said I was sorry, don't be like that!" Goten frowned harder, but softened when Trunks walked up and hugged him. "Hey, hey, hey," Trunks said soothingly, stroking Goten's hair, "you'll learn how ta do it sometime." Goten's frown disappeared, and was replaced with a slight smile, "Thanks Trunks-kun," he said. Before he could do anything about it, the older boy picked Goten up off the ground and took off into the air. Goten squirmed around a little but then fell still, feeling very comfortable in Trunks' arms and safe as well.

The water cascaded over the side of the pool as Goten splashed at Trunks, laughing wildly as his friend splashed him right back. Trunks phased behind Goten and dunked his head under water until the younger boy grabbed a foam noodle floating nearby and whacked him over the head with it. Trunks let go and they laughed more as they sat down on the steps in the shallow end of the pool to catch their breath. Gohan, sitting nearby and sunning himself, smiled at the boys' antics as Videl looked nervous in her revealing swimsuit. She caught his eye and blushed slightly as he grinned at her. Trunks looked back behind him and noticed they were quite busy, smiling he turned back to Goten and whispered: "Hey, let's go in there," indicating the poolside bathroom. Goten, puzzled, said: "Why? You gotta go to the bathroom?" Trunks' smile grew larger and he said: "Yeah, kinda, but I wanna do something else..." Goten got the idea quickly and turned around to look at Gohan and Videl, "But they are right there! What if they see us go in there together?!" he exclaimed quietly. "Come on," Trunks said, "let's go, hurry up while they are staring at each other!" The two boys quickly zoomed into the bathroom, leaving a wet trail dripping from their swim shorts. Goten closed the door and the lock closed with a quiet 'snick' and he breathed a sigh of relief that Gohan didn't notice. The older Son did indeed notice, and wondered why they always went to the bathroom together, but ignored any possible suspicion in his mind and went back to better things.

Two streams of urine flowed out of the boys as they stood side-by-side and relieved themselves into the single toilet, watching each other carefully. Trunks pulled his shorts back up and Goten did the same, and they walked over to the sink to wash their hands before going to the side of the small room. Trunks was smiling broadly and he pointed suddenly at Goten, "It's your turn this time," he said with a smirk. "What?" Goten said. "Whaddya mean it's my turn, I thought it was yours!" Trunks shook his head and said: "No, I sucked on you first last time, when we were at your house, so that makes it your turn!" Goten frowned, but realized that if he wanted Trunks to do it to him, he had to do it first. The older boy tugged his shorts down to the ground and leaned back against the cool tile on the wall, already erect. Goten got down on his knees and hesitatively grabbed Trunks' legs, taking him in his mouth and sucking softly. Trunks closed his eyes, savoring the sensation, and purred contently as his younger friend kept up the stimulation. After a few minutes, Goten stopped and the boys switched places. He leaned back against the wall, shivering slightly at the cold despite the warmth left by Trunks and smiled as the lilac haired boy took down his shorts and pulled Goten into his warm mouth before he could even get hard. He quickly did, however, as Trunks sucked a little harder than he had, and rubbed the end of Goten's tail with his free hand, just how he liked it. The pleasure coursed through him and he closed his eyes, sliding a few inches down the wall as he bit his lip to prevent and sensual noises from escaping his throat. Trunks stopped what he was doing way to fast for his liking, even though he was at it for longer than Goten had done. He pulled away, stroking Goten's length as an afterthought as he stood up and smiled at his friend. Without the continued feeling, Goten fell soft and he pulled up his shorts with a sigh, hoping they could do this later as it felt so good. By this time, they were both a bit worried that Gohan had noticed they were in there so long and hoped they hadn't made any suspicious noises. Gohan, rather, was deep in his own activities and would not care less even if he had known what they were doing, after all, he would probably just think it was childish experimentation.

But someone else knew. Someone else knew exactly what young Trunks and Goten were doing in that small bathroom and had known for a time of their activities. He watched them emerge in tandem from the out-building and looked at the clock on the wall, it had been about 12 minutes since they went in there. As if he needed the time to know, it was so obvious what was with them, they were practically exuding love for each other. And their Ki levels made it even more clear as well. To the dark Saiya-jin Prince, it was like looking into a window at his own childhood, but he pushed the growing feeling away. He decided at once that it was time to confront Trunks, it might be to late to stop what was happening, but Vegeta felt that his eight-year-old son needed to know what was happening to him. And Vegeta was the only one in the universe that knew what that truth was.

Gohan waved bye to Trunks and Goten waved as they took off on Kinto'un and left a trail in the sky toward the mountains. Trunks threw on some training clothes and followed his father with gusto into the gravity room for some training. Less than a few minutes later, Vegeta's jaw was on the floor and Trunks was running around the room in SSJ form. He told Trunks to try and hit him and after he succeeded, he was taken to the park to play for exactly one hour, as per Vegeta's promise. When they got home, they found food on the table and a note from Bulma telling them that she had gone shopping. After they finished their dinner, Trunks was ready to head upstairs and play a little bit of video games before bed, but his father stopped him. "Trunks, we need to talk," he said suddenly as Trunks reached the landing of the stairs. The boy turned, confused, as his dad almost never talked to him. "Uhh, sure dad, what do you wanna talk about?" Vegeta put a hand on his shoulder and brought him to the living room, turning off the TV before sitting Trunks down. "I know what you are doing with Kakarotto's son," he said unexpectedly. The blood in his son's veins turned cold as he realized in horror that his father realized that he was doing things with Goten. Without thinking, he quickly said something: "What do you mean?" Vegeta crossed his arms, saying: "Yes, you know Trunks, you are engaging in sexual behavior with that boy." Trunks tried to hide his fear and flatly denied it, "No I'm not!" he said. Vegeta leaned in closer and said: "I saw you both today in the pool bathroom, stop telling me that you are not when you are." Trunks looked at the floor and figured out with a sigh that he couldn't keep the secret any longer. "Alright, I am," he said. Vegeta's frown deepened and he told Trunks: "Look at me, now!" Trunks looked up to face his father and with a loud 'crack' Vegeta punched him into the wall, breaking a hole in it. He walked up to Trunks and looked down on him as the boy struggled to sit up, a stream of blood escaping his mouth. "That was for lying to me!" Vegeta said with fury in his voice. He unexpectedly reached down a hand and picked Trunks off the ground, patting him on the back and leading him to the couch. "And that was for being enough of a man to tell me the truth," he said in a much softer tone. Trunks pushed down his tears and looked up as his father sat down next to him wondering after that what else could possible be coming.

Vegeta's look did not even falter as he began his explanation to his young son on what he knew to be what was happening to him. "Trunks, before you started 'playing' with Kakarotto's youngest, did you feel something strange in your middle?" Trunks nodded slowly, wiping the blood from his jaw on a shirt sleeve and his tears with the other. "I thought so, then you have bonded with that boy," Vegeta said quickly. Trunks looked very confused, not knowing what he was talking about and Vegeta took it as a cue to go on: "When every Saiya-jin boy reaches a certain age, usually a few years or so before they start the path towards reaching sexual maturity, they go through a phase where they bond with another Saiya-jin boy. The urge to sexually experiment with that other boy is so strong that it cannot be denied and they engage in such activities whenever they can, as well as being close friends." The realization that his father knew exactly what he felt shocked Trunks, and he listened carefully, trying to understand everything that was said. "Although no one on Vegeta-sei knows why this happens," Vegeta continued, "it is a fact that is does happen and everyone goes through it." He turned to face his son and went on: "That means everyone, Trunks, my father went though it, my childhood friends went through it, I went through it. Yes, I bonded with another boy as well when I was close to your age, and we were just as close as you and Kakarotto's child are. We did all the things you have done and possibly many things that you have not, it was only natural and we-" Vegeta abruptly ended, the feeling rising in his chest and his emotions took hold. He decided for that reason, as well as others, to not tell Trunks that the bond abated but went on throughout life. Dammit! Vegeta thought to himself. Why can't I forget you? You have been dead for so many years and I have a mate now, what we did is irrelevant! Looking back, he realized he might have let some feelings out as Trunks was looking at him in a peculiar way, and he spoke again: "But, it does not last and I must make that clear to you, Trunks! After a time we stopped having sex and our friendship lessened as it is unwise to keep loyalties to anyone, even someone as close as that. When Vegeta-sei was destroyed, I no longer had any feelings for him whatsoever. The fact the Kakarotto hit his fool head when he was an infant probably scrambled his Saiya-jin programming so he did not go through this but all normal Saiya-jin do. It must have been the only time he asked me for help...that day I still remember clearly. I was training and he appeared in my gravity room asking me what was wrong with his son. That was the day I learned that even half-breed Saiya-jin went through the same thing, and Gohan had already bonded with a human boy by this time. We did not know why the other child ever went along with it, but it is well known that human boys also experiment among themselves. But that isn't the point, the point is that he was getting in a lot of trouble and I had to explain to Kakarotto the reason why Gohan was doing this." Trunks raised an eyebrow, wondering why in the world his father always referred to Gohan by name and Goten as 'Kakarotto's spawn' or whatever else. But Vegeta didn't notice as he kept speaking. "By the time Cell and those dammed androids arrived, the phase was over and Gohan had forgotten his feelings for the boy. As you can see, he now has taken a mate as per normal; I assure you the same will happen to you." Trunks looked hurt, he would never forget Goten! His father just didn't know how much he loved him! "When you were born, I feared the same would happen to you as indeed it has, except this was before I learned about Kakarotto's other son. As much as I dislike him, he is extremely preferable to a human boy, and I never got to ask Mirai how he coped with the feelings as Kakarotto's second did not exist in that timeline." The confusion on Trunks' face became more clear as he looked up and said: "You mean, you're not mad that I'm doin' that stuff with Goten?" Vegeta frowned deeply, "Yes. As I said I understand you cannot deny these urges and you need to have that bond with another Saiya-jin boy. As Gohan is far too old, there is no other alternative right now so I am more or less forced to accept that you need to do this with him," he said. "Just keep in mind, you will not feel this way about him forever, I can assure you of that fact," Vegeta said sternly. Trunks again told himself that no matter what he would love Goten forever and ignored his father's assertion that it would change. "There you have it," Vegeta concluded simply and he looked back at Trunks. He then stood up and started to walk away, "Oh," he said, "if you have any questions...don't ask your mother. She doesn't know and she probably never will." He left Trunks sitting there, still a little confused and he reached for the phone. He listened as the generator for the gravity room turned on and he dialed a number he had long since committed to heart.

Goten had to know something.

And the plot thickens evermore…please review and tell me what you think.