Chapter 4: Pups

The next morning, I awoke to the scent of Vegeta covering the bed. I rolled over, into the said Saiyan's chest.

"Ugg, Vegeta, will ya move?" I pushed against the muscle mass that was clogging my vision. "Get up."

His only response was to wrap his arm around my waist and pull me closer to him. I groaned.

Vegeta nuzzled my neck. "Mine." I groaned again, and tried to push him off of me. "Let go, Vegeta."

A chuckle sounded from the shadows. I looked around and saw Kadeta leaning against the wall near my feet. She glanced at me and smirked. "Can you say 'Veggie go bye bye'?"

I laughed, startling Vegeta awake. He rubbed his eyes with his free hand. "It's too early, Night. Go back to sleep."

"Hey, Veggie-man. Let go of the girl and no one gets hurt." Kadeta's smirk widened when Vegeta jumped out of the bed, revealing his plaid boxers.

I slipped out of the bed, yawing and stretching. Kadeta smiled at me. "Come on, let's go wake up everyone else. I've been assigned wake up duty."

I quickly dressed, then started out the door, Kadeta behind me. Vegeta growled and followed.

I looked around, awed. This was the first time I'd seen the inside of the ship. It was huge!

Kadeta and Vegeta looked at me oddly. Then Kadeta said, "How about a grand tour of the ship?" I nodded. "Sure."

Kadeta pointed to the room to the left of mine and Vegeta's. "That's Goku's room. Gohan and Goten are across the hall from me, on the other side of your room. And if you come this way–"

The tour only took fifteen minutes. Kadeta showed me all the Saiyan's sleeping quarters. (Bardock and Radditz shared a room in between Turles' and Nappa's rooms) Sometime after that, Vegeta left to train.

The last stop was the cafeteria. Goku sat in the corner, shoveling down an assortment of food.

The sight of food reminded me how hungry I was. "Food." I muttered.

Kadeta laughed. "Yes, food. Why don't you go eat with Goku or something? I'll be in the GR if you need me, okay?"

"Okay, just don't kill Vegeta. See ya later." I walked over to where Goku was sitting. "Hey Goku. What's up?"

"Not much. Sit down." Goku gestured to the chair beside him.

I obeyed, reaching over to grab a fry from the pile of food in front of the Saiyan.

Goku grabbed my wrist and pulled me closer to him. "I don't think Vegeta would like you eating off my plate. His face was so close to me face, I could feel his steady breathing on my cheek.

"He'll get over it." I pulled my wrist out of his grasp and again reached for a fry.

The Saiyan shook his head. "You and Kai are like sisters."

I laughed. "But if we were, you'd be my brother. I'm not a Saiyan. And Vegeta would have a fit."

He nodded. "True." A muscled arm found its way around my shoulder. "You can be my adopted sister, then."

I lay my head on Goku's shoulder and inhaled his musky odor, unaware at the time that his musk meant he was searching for a mate. "I like that idea."

"Goku!" Gohan ran in, shortly followed by Goten. Vegeta wants all the Saiyans to meet him in the upper level meeting room. And he told me to tell you, Nightcall, that he wants you back in your guys' room."

I groaned. "Okay. See you guys later. I walked out of the room, my tail limp as a rag in disappointment.

I walked back to my room. Once inside, I sat on the edge of the bed and sulked.

After about 15 minutes of that, Vegeta strode through the door, looking very pleased with himself, but very pissed at the same time.

"Did you happen to bring along two wolf kids?" His eyes flared as he said this.

My head shot up. "Wolf kids? What do they look like?"

"One's black and the other is a blood red, almost black. A male and a female."

My eyes lit up. "Where are they?" I asked, trying not to let my eagerness leak into my words.

"Next door, in Kadeta's room. But–" He didn't finish, but followed me into Kai's room.

As I entered, all three heads, Kadeta's and the pup's, looked up at me. I gasped, recognizing the pups instantly. "Night Hunter! Blood Moon!" I ran over to them, hugging them tight. "Mommy?" Night Hunter asked.

I nodded. You've grown so much." I ruffled his hair. It was black as night, just like mine.

Vegeta gapped. "You have kids?" I nodded. "You never told me."

I shuddered at his tone. "I know. That's because they were sent away from me shortly after they were born. I never thought I'd see them again." I bowed my head. "Please, don't be mad."

Blood Moon, being the brave one that she was, stepped up to Vegeta. "Hi, I'm Moon. That's my brother Furball, 'cause he's a poofy ball of fur when he's in his wolf form. My daddy died when we were little and Mommy couldn't keep us. The lady that we lived with," she pointed at Kadeta, "said it was 'cause she was too young. I don't know. Oh, and that's my mommy, so be nice to her." Moon's eyes, which were as pale as the full moon, brightened. "Who are you?"

Vegeta just stared at my daughter, amazement showing in his eyes. "I'm Vegeta, your step-father, if you will."

Furball walked up to stand beside his sister. "What do you mean, mister?"

"I mean I'm mated to your mother. I'm not your blood father, but I've taken you in as my children."

They looked at him with questioning glances before smiling brightly and rushing forward to hug his legs. Vegeta looked down at them, his gaze almost fatherly.

Moon let go and nudged Furball. "Let's go find Kakarott."

"His name's Goku. How many times do I have to tell you that?" Furball released Vegeta's leg and ran out the door.

"It's Kakarott! That's the name he was born with!" Moon raced after her brother.

Kadeta stood up and started after the pups. "I'll get them. You guys talk this out."

"Kakarott knew about your kids, but I didn't?" Vegeta growled and slammed his fist into the wall, leaving a huge dent.

"I don't know how he would. The only ones who knew were my pack and Kadeta."

Vegeta looked at me. "Kadeta knew?"

I nodded. "She's their godmother. She was just outside the den when I gave birth to them."

Vegeta looked away from me before saying, "Who's the father?"

I gulped. "He's dead. You can't go and kill him."

"I don't care. Who is it?"

"His name is Kouga. It was an arranged mating. You see, I was born as a low level wolf. The Emperor Alpha, Kouga's father, saw me hunting one day. He declared that his son would mate me, because I was one of the only full blood wolf demons left. Anyway, I was eighteen then. It's been over five years since then. Let it go."

Vegeta huffed, but knelt down and hugged me, his touch alone telling me how he felt.

Just then, Kiwi burst through the door. "Hey Night. And Vegeta." She bowed to Vegeta for a moment, then began searching for something under her bed.

After a few seconds, Kiwi held up two leashes. "Found 'em!"

"What are those for?" I asked.

Kiwi didn't answer, as she was searching under the bed again. "Here you are you little devils!" Out from under the bed came two puppy sized collars.

And what are those for?" Vegeta asked.

"Uh, well, yeah. I have to go." Kiwi dodged around Vegeta and ran out the door.

"Well, she seems kinda suspicious. Don't you think?" I said, standing and heading for the door.

Vegeta nodded, following me out. He bumped into me in the doorway. "What's with?"

I pointed. From down the hall, two wolf pups, one black, the other blood red, ran towards us on leashes. Kiwi and Kadeta were on the other ends.

"Hey guys! This is way easier than hauling the kids around." Kiwi said.

Vegeta shook his head. "Just make sure they stay out of my way." He brushed past me, heading toward the control room at the other end of the ship.

After he'd left, Goku appeared. "He's mad at me." He said, looking after Vegeta.

"Why?" The three of us looked at him. "I got too close to Night, I guess. Anyway, these the kids?"

"Yeah. Hey would you mind taking the collars off? They really want to talk to you."

"Sure." Goku knelt down and began fiddling with the small clasps on the collars.

Once the were off, the kids changed back into there demon forms. "Kakarott!" Moon exclaimed, crawling up onto Goku's back.

"It's Goku! Stop calling him Kakarott!" Furball followed his sister onto Goku's back.

Everyone laughed as they continued to argue about Goku's name. Goku himself stood up, the kids still on his back. "Hey, are any of you guys hungry?"

"Oh yeah!" The kids shouted in unison. "Alright, let's go then." Our group started in the direction of the cafeteria.

When we go there, we found the other Saiyans eating their fill.

Moon pointed out Bardock to Furball. "Look, it's another Kakarott!" They jumped off of Goku and ran over to Bardock. "Hi, Kakarott No. 2."

Bardock looked down at the little pups. "The name's Bardock. I'm Kakarott's father."

"Huh? So you're Kakarott's evil side?" The twins looked at Bardock weirdly. "I'm confused."

I came to their rescue. "He's Goku's dad. Just like Kouga was your daddy."

"Oh, okay. Hi Bardock!" Moon ran up and hugged Bardock's leg.

He looked up at me. "Get her off of me, Nightcall."

"You had better watch how you speak to her." A husky voice said from behind me.

I turned, expecting to see Vegeta, but instead saw Goku, his fists balled at his side, his eyes dark and menacing.

Both of the pups grew frightened, and fled to hide behind me. Bardock's eyes grew wide, but he returned to his food. "Don't throw a fit. She's not even your mate."

Goku growled. "No, she's not. But she's my friend and I'll protect her for Vegeta if I must."

"Kakarott, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Vegeta walked in, arms crossed over his chest.

Goku pointed at Bardock. "He was talking to Night like she was nothing but dirt!"

When Vegeta heard this, his eyes widened in shock. "You did what?" his voice was low, the anger behind it evident, no in his tone, but by the way he held himself.

"Daddy, don't get mad at him. Please." Furball squeaked from behind my legs.

Vegeta paused a moment before turning and looking down at Furball. "He – he called me 'Daddy'!"

Everyone laughed, including the other Saiyans who had stopped eating to watch our dispute. They quickly returned to their food as Vegeta glared at them one by one.

I walked up to my mate, placing my head on his chest. "I guess you are his daddy. In his eyes, anyway."

Vegeta's arms wrapped around me and a kiss was planted on my forehead. A soft 'awww' met my ears. I grinned.

"Uh guys? Can't this wait? I'm hungry." Goku said, tapping my shoulder.

Vegeta automatically slapped his hand away, with the words, "Kakarott, keep your hands off of Nightcall. If you don't then I will have to kill you."

Nappa and Raditz looked up from their food. "Prince Vegeta, sir." Nappa began. "He's not worth your killing him, sir. Maybe one of us could – "

"None of you could even dent Kakarott, much less kill him." Vegeta interrupted gruffly. "Come, let's eat."