Chapter 18 – Moon

The blast hits Vegeta hard and singes away most of his clothes.

'You always loved to undress me during fights, remember Vegeta? There usually wasn't much left when we finally called it a day.'

'Kakarot… I know I've been in denial… What do you want me to do? I'll make it up to you.'

'All I want is to see you suffer.'

The cold reply unnerves Vegeta. What the hell happened to the loving and caring Goku? This isn't the Kakarot I used to know, he realizes. This is his Saiyan nature resurfacing. I'm in for a bumpy ride…

'Do with me what you wish, Kakarot. I won't resist.'

Kakarot's eyes grow wide. "Say WHAT?"

"You heard me."

"That's impossible. You always fight."

"You want to see me suffer? Go ahead, Kakarot. I don't give a damn. This body has been ravaged so many times… Maybe they'll finally decide to let me stay dead." Vegeta hangs his head in defeat.

"This isn't you," Kakarot whispers. "This isn't the proud Vegeta I've always known…"

"Feh! Proud, you say? I have no pride! You've seen with your own eyes what they did to me! Your own body experienced it! They broke me, Kakarot, whether you like it or not. I'm done fighting. If you want me to suffer, I might as well send you some more memories from my time on planet Frieza. Some entertainment while you turn me into a bloody pulp again!" Vegeta clenches his fists and closes his eyes when he summons his entire memory from his days on planet Frieza.

Kakarot's body contracts as if he's been hit by thunder when Vegeta's memories take over his conscience and flood him like an unholy river.

Vegeta soon feels the ki rings weaken and is able to free himself from them.

He looks at Kakarot, crawling in the dust and holding his head. Behind him, the sun sets in a blazing panorama.

It's starting to get dark, and Kakarot's still trying to fight off Vegeta's memories. Vegeta sits on a nearby tree trunk, rubbing his temples. Like a mantra he keeps repeating: "I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry…"

It feels like waking up from a nightmare. Like escaping from a stampede right on your heels. Like surfacing right before you suffocate.

Goku's eyes snap open. He feels… older. Vegeta's memories still flash before his eyes, but there are less intense now.

"Vegeta?"

"… sorry. I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I'm sorry…" It starts as a whisper, but in the end it thunders inside Goku's mind.

SORRY? Vegeta's SORRY? This is the strangest thing he's ever witnessed.

He carefully puts his hand on Vegeta's shoulder. Vegeta looks up, his eyes empty.

"You may kill me for what I did, Kakarot. I'm sorry."

"What do you mean?"

"I pulled the dirtiest trick on you I could come up with. I had to. I didn't want to fight you and kill you or get killed again."

"Don't be sorry," Goku whispers. "I understand you now… Everything you ever said, all you ever did… It falls into place now. I know why you did it."

"I don't even understand myself, Kakarot. How could you?"

"I want more, Vegeta. Please give me more."

"More of what? More pain, more suffering? You changed for me, Kakarot. I can never give that back to you. This isn't fair."

"I don't care about fair. I care about you."

"Are you sure you want this, Kakarot? I'm a mess and always will be."

"As long as you my mess, I don't care. You do look like a mess, by the way." Kakarot walks around him and towers over him. "A delicious mess."

Suddenly Vegeta jolts up. A cloud has moved and the moon shines onto him, its rays intoxicating him.

'Kami damn it… Full moon… Kakarot! Get your ass out of here!'

"I'm staying Vegeta," Goku states calmly. "I want to become yours. I know what's coming."

Vegeta falls onto his hands and knees as he feels the change take place. His eyes start to glow red. His fingers claw into the ground as he screams his mate's name.

"KAKAROT!"

Kakarot takes off his shirt and slides into a battle stance. Radditz warned him for the violence of the ritual. Still, he feels no fear. Only… relief that it's finally happening.

Vegeta lunges at him, snarling ferally. Goku tries to block, but finds out that Vegeta's much faster than he is in this state. He has no choice but to run… so that the Hunt can begin.

Branches with thorns cling to his pants, as if they want to stop him. Leaves slap his face continually as he runs as fast as he can. In his mind, he can see Vegeta's red eyes. They're scaring him, but it feels good. No, it feels great to be hunted. He knows Vegeta will show him no mercy. He trips and falls, hitting his head on a tree trunk. Blood trickles down from his eyebrow. He gets up and runs on.

Vegeta catches the smell of blood and smirks. He takes another path to cut Kakarot off at the clearing. He knows there's a clearing nearby, even though he's never been in this forest before. His senses are so heightened that he can even see the forest from above, like a map. Kakarot is a red dot and all he needs to do is follow the dot. Plain and simple.

Kakarot rests right before he steps into the clearing. The moonlight is ridiculously bright here, it almost blinds him with its silver glow. He gasps as he is jumped from behind.

"Gotcha," Vegeta's hot breath blows into his ear.

Kakarot throws him right over his shoulder and into a tree.

"Not yet," he teases. Vegeta gets up and approaches him slowly. They circle around each other, their tails waving behind their backs.

Vegeta takes the initiative for the first round. He jumps onto Kakarot and they roll over the ground, wrestling for the upper hand.

Surprisingly, Kakarot gets Vegeta down first. He pins his arms over his head and kisses him with fire. He feels how Vegeta's tail trails over his groin and moans loudly.

'And you thought you won this round? You have so much left to learn, Kakarot.' He rolls over and pins Kakarot underneath him. He charges the tip of his tail with ki and drags it over Kakarot's cheek and neck.

Kakarot's head falls back and his body tenses with need. His groin tightens as Vegeta's tail assaults his upper body mercilessly.

'Enough?'

'No,' comes Kakarot's fierce answer as he breaks free and grabs Vegeta's tail.

'We've only just begun, my Prince.' He starts to stroke Vegeta's tail, ruffling the fur on it. A deep purr erupts from the Prince.

'If you keep this up, Kakarot, there'll be no second round.'

'And we care because?'

'You should enjoy this, Kakarot, not rush it. It'll only be like this one time.' Vegeta grabs Kakarot's tail and brings it to his mouth. He smiles seductively.

'Try to learn, Kakarot. And feel.'

Kakarot almost jumps at the sensation of Vegeta slowly sucking the tip of his tail. His whole body starts to tingle. His fingers bury themselves into the ground.

"Vegetaaahh," he groans. Vegeta's hands lower towards the base of his tail and start to massage it. Kakarot's hips buck up to Vegeta's, trying to get some friction on his aching arousal, but Vegeta withdraws.

"Giving in so easily, Kakarot?"

"I can't… help it… I want you… NOW!" Kakarot launches himself at Vegeta and grabs his throat.

'No more games, Vegeta. I need you.' Kakarot's other hand and his tail work their way over Vegeta's body, tearing off his clothes in the process. Vegeta shivers when the cold night air teases his body in the places where Kakarot's tongue has just been.

Then it's his turn to jolt up in pleasure. Kakarot's stroking his tail with ki-charged hands, it causes mind-blowing pleasure shooting through Vegeta's body.

Even Vegeta's thoughts become incoherent as he asks Kakarot: 'By Kami, who… taught you that?'

'I've been having a lot of dreams about you lately, Vegeta. You're truly an inspiration.'

A chuckle is heard inside Kakarot's mind when Vegeta pushes him over and tears off his pants.

'I'll give you some more stuff to dream about then.'

Vegeta starts to work his way down on Kakarot's arousal; first his tongue, then adding his hands to the base, and then closing his mouth around it.

'Vegetaahhh… O… Onegai…'

Vegeta charges his hands with ki and strokes everything he can reach for, still deep throating Kakarot's arousal.

'I can't… hold on… Please…'

Then it stops. Kakarot looks up, disappointed and almost crying. Then he feels how two slick fingers enter him, preparing him for fulfilment.

Vegeta removes his fingers and positions himself before the opening. He slowly pushes in and out, first with the tip, then deeper and deeper until he's completely buried inside of Kakarot. He waits so Kakarot can adjust.

Kakarot opens his eyes again and looks at him. Vegeta senses no pain from him, only lust. He retreats and plunges back in immediately, causing his mate to howl his name into the forest.

Vegeta grabs his mate's arousal, pumping it firmly while he ravages Kakarot's body.

It doesn't take long before they both scream their completion to the moonlight sky. Vegeta collapses onto Kakarot, burying his fangs into his shoulder.

Kakarot stiffens under him, and then returns the bite, sucking the royal blood eagerly.

'Leave some for me, will you?'

Kakarot pulls back his head immediately. 'I'm sorry.'

"I'm not a big baka like you," Vegeta says affectively. "If you want more, wait a couple of days."

"I feel…" Kakarot sighs. "There's not enough strong words to describe it."

"I know."

"Did we do it right?"

"Not exactly, but that doesn't matter. It's just a ritual."

"What did we change?"

"I should have taken you by force the first time. I thought this would be more fun."

"It was…"

"Took a lot of my energy though… The moon on Chikyuu is strong! I wasn't in full control the whole time…"

"Neither was I. Felt great. And Vegeta?"

"What?"

"Next time, just lose control. I don't give a damn."

"This might sound very stupid after everything I've done to you, but I don't want to hurt you."

"Not even if I ask you to?"

Vegeta looks at Goku in surprise.

"You mean…"

"I always win, Vegeta. I'm getting tired of it. Losing to you sounds so gooood…"

Goku snuggles up to Vegeta, cradling him in his arms.

"I'm yours, Vegeta."

"Hmmm." Vegeta's already half asleep.

'Aishiteru, Kakarot.'

'Aishiteru, Vegeta.'