I don't own Dragon Ball Z. The only thing I do own is an over-active imagination. This is a heavily yaoi story please remember that; if you don't like guy x guy stuff… don't read it.
Sorry for taking such a long to update this story. I will try and keep it up as best I can around school. Please enjoy and review!
Vegeta: By the end of the week I will be driven mad. Why are you torturing me?
Weibie: Because, strong guys like you need a break too, and that's what I am giving you; the chance to express your inner self!
Goku: When I need a break, I just disappear for a while or I die, till someone brings me back to life.
Vegeta: Humph… that's really helpful; you just want to get away from the Harpy is all. I would wish for death too if I were in your boots. [cringes]
Piccolo: [smiling] That's why I'm here; so, you don't have to be so strong all the time. Besides, people like seeing the cute sweet side of you too, Little Prince.
Vegeta: [turns deep red and mumbles] … not cute…
Weibie: I say you are and so shall you be… on with my story!
Vacation
Chapter 8
In The Garden
Vegeta peeled his eyes open. He really didn't want to; he had no choice. Brats wanted breakfast, his friend was probably waiting on him, his oldest needed some guidance now, and he had promised Bulma he would do some needed garden work while she was gone. It felt like the world was crushing him right now. 'Why does the world have to fall apart when I'm alone?' he thought still not stirring. He threw a pillow over his head thinking, 'I can do this; I can and I will. After all I am the Prince of all Saiyans.' He groaned and mumbled to himself "I don't want to get up."
He stretched his arm out to his mate and sat up right when he felt him gone. "Piccolo?" he called to him. Maybe he was in the shower? No, the water wasn't running. Panic struck. Frantically he threw clothes on thinking wild thoughts, 'No, Kami no. Please don't tell me he's left me because of all the shit that has happened.'
Piccolo, who was wearing an apron and finishing up making a large breakfast along with Goku and Mirai, stopped what he was doing. "You two finish up here, he's awake and panicking." He threw the apron off not even bothering to listen for a reply before he literally ran up the stairs to his frantic mate.
Piccolo threw the door open and found Vegeta pulling a navy blue tank over his head. Vegeta froze and just stared at him unable to speak; then he sank to his knees, head in hands. "I thought you had left me Green Man. I thought all of this shit was too much for you and you didn't want to deal with it anymore." He looked up at the tall green warrior, as he knelt down beside him, on the verge of tears. "Piccolo, I don't know how much more I can take."
Piccolo wrapped his arms around him. 'He's so small and so fragile in so many ways under the rock hard surface he allows everyone to see.' He spoke in whispers "Hey, it's okay Little Prince. I am never going to abandon you. Don't fear that. I am going to stay by your side through this thing and we'll get through it together, Baby." He ran his fingers through his love's silky hair.
"I'm sorry. You must think me a weak fool. I've destroyed worlds, not that I am proud of that now, and here I am falling apart at just the business of living. I am weak and unworthy." Vegeta whispered to him.
"Baby, there isn't a person alive who would dare call you weak." Piccolo whispered back still petting his soft hair. He smiled down at him and kissed his forehead, "Now, why don't you come down to breakfast with everyone?"
Vegeta looked up at him. "You made breakfast?"
The tall warrior chuckled at his smaller mate, "No, your son, Goku, and I made breakfast for everyone." He ran his fingertip over his lips.
His eyes brightened, "Is it going to be edible?"
It made Piccolo laugh, "Kami, I so love you."
Vegeta hugged him before standing, he pulled on his white boots and they both went down stairs hand in hand. He was surprised to find everyone sitting down waiting for them and such a large breakfast that had been made. He genuinely smiled as he sat down at the table. "You guys made all of this and the house didn't get blown up or burned down and no one was injured doing it?"
Trunks laughed, "We can do stuff too, dad. Goten and I set the table."
"Grand boy. You both did a good job." He smiled at everything feeling better about the day. "Well let's eat, I am starving."
He didn't have to say more than that, everyone piled their plates high with food; they knew they all had a hard day's work ahead of them. The only one who had almost nothing on his plate was Piccolo, who really didn't need anything other than water anyway. He'd finally found a middle ground somewhere between being amused and disgusted at the way the Saiyans ate.
When they were finally full, Gohan and Mirai cleaned up the dishes and they all headed out to the back garden. It really did look a mess; they had their work cut out for them. "Trunks, you and Goten mow the grass. That will make it easier for us to do what we need to do."
"Okay dad!" Trunks turned to Goten, "Come on, let's go get the lawn mower. This is gonna be fun!" They both ran off toward the garage where lawn equipment was stored.
Goku blinked, "Wow, I've never seen kids get excited when you ask them to mow the lawn."
Vegeta laughed, "You just need a remote controlled lawn mower, Kakarot."
"Ha! I guess I do, maybe then Chi-Chi wouldn't have to screech when it's time to mow." Goku laughed as he imagined having mow the grass races with the kids.
Vegeta pointed at Mirai and Gohan, "You two, go set up the grape arbor and bench swing. Since you two acted irresponsible last night you two get the worst chore out here."
"Dad, please don't start in again." Mirai said rolling his eyes.
Vegeta ignored them. "It's all there in Bunni's cottage garden. Just go put the stuff together and don't argue over it."
Mirai sighed but it was Gohan who spoke, "Okay, Vegeta, we'll do it." He smiled at the Prince and took Mirai by the arm and dragged him away in the direction of Bunni's personal garden. The arbor and swing was supposed to be a surprise for Mirai and Trunks' aging grandmother who was away along with their grandfather and would not be home for another three weeks.
Mirai looked at the pile of stuff and sighed, "How are we supposed to put this thing together?"
Gohan smiled, "Well it should be pretty easy. All we have to do is build the swing and hang it in her grape arbor."
"Well I guess we better get started on it." Mirai picked up the wood and began to lay it out in the order it was supposed to be constructed in.
Meanwhile, Trunks and Goten pulled the lawn mower out of storage and were playing with it before they actually mowed the grass. "I bet we could have a lot of fun with this, Trunks." Goten said with a huge smile.
"Yeah! I have an idea; we can mow the grass and have fun doing it." His eyes sparkled with mischief. They raced the lawn mower across the garden laughing and chasing each other. "Let's play tag; you run and I'll chase you with the mower!"
"Alright!" Goten shouted as he ran away from his best pal. He ran a zig zag pattern across the lawn and under the table across the outdoor rug and around the flag pole laughing the whole way.
"Okay Vegeta, what are we gonna be doing?" Goku asked
"We need to dig out the drainage ditch on the far side of the property. Water doesn't want to drain out very well anymore; it's like a swamp when it rains." The Prince answered.
Goku picked up the shovels, "Well, what are we waiting for?" he walked off toward the back of the property.
Vegeta walked slower next to Piccolo as they went. Maybe today would turn out to be a good one after all. "I feel better already Green Man." He looked up at him, "Maybe what everyone needs is just some hard work to shake the sloth off."
Piccolo was happy feeling that his mate was starting to get in a better mood. "I'm glad you feel better, Baby. I bet we can get everything finished today."
"Hnn. I hope so. This place needs it. Besides, then Bulma will stop yelling at me and nagging about everything that has to be done out here." Vegeta rolled his eyes thinking about it. Still, on her worst day Bulma was nowhere near as bad as Chi-Chi. Just the thought of her made him cringe.
They each picked up a tile spade and began to dig out all of the soil that had slowly washed into the ditch clogging it up. Vegeta smiled. It was nice and warm out here today; he basked in the light of Earth's sun as they worked their way down the edge of the property. The kids were doing their chores, and his best friend and his mate were right next to him, helping him out. 'Life is good.' He thought. And just as he thought it he looked up; his jaw may as well have dropped to the ground.
He was in such a state of shock that all he could do was stutter quietly. Piccolo looked up at him feeling the shock and slight confusion through their bond. He looked in the direction Vegeta was staring, "Oh Kami!" he shouted "Hey you kids stop where you are right now!" His voice boomed in the way that only Piccolo's voice could do.
Vegeta looked at all the plants and flowers they'd mowed over the top of as they played their game of chase with the mower. "I don't believe it." He mumbled.
Trunks and Goten stopped instantly where they were. Trunks whispered, "Uh-oh, Goten. Dad doesn't look too happy and Piccolo looks even less happy."
Piccolo flew over to where they were followed by Vegeta and Goku. "What were you two thinking? You mowed over your mother's garden flowers!" He said looking right at Trunks, who felt really bad now that he looked back on their path of destruction.
"Gosh, I'm sorry Dad. I didn't think about where the mower was going, we were just playing chase." Trunks looked at his dad knowing his dad would probably yell at them.
Vegeta just sighed. "Boy, if you are not going to help, then please just go find something to do and stay out of trouble. We don't need any extra work for us today." He looked around and frowned deeply. They had mowed over Bulma's beloved Irises and her special rare herbs. 'I can hear Bulma ranting already' he thought to himself.
"I really sorry dad." Trunks looked at the ground.
Goten looked up at the prince, "I'm sorry, Vegeta, it's my fault too. If I'd have paid attention to where I was flying Trunks wouldn't have mowed everything down."
Goku smiled glad that his youngest stood up and owned up to his part in it all and didn't just let Trunks take all of the blame. "Well, now we have to replace all of these ruined plants. The next time, maybe you both should think about what you are going to do before just running blind." There was no point in scolding further, they both knew they'd done wrong and they both understood what they did and the outcome of their actions. "Just go play now and stay out of trouble, okay."
Goten looked up at his dad, "Yes sir." He said as he and Trunks headed toward the playground in Trunks' children's garden.
Gohan and Mirai stood back and looked at their creation. It was a nice looking arbor and they'd planted four Muscadine grapes beside it, two on each side. All that was left was to test out the swing. Mirai looked up and saw Trunks and Goten walking across the garden dragging their feet and looking a little sad.
"Hey you guys, you wanna help us test out Grandma's swing?" he called to them.
Trunks looked up and smiled at his older brother happy that at least someone wasn't upset with them. "Sure! You guys got your chore done fast." He kicked at a rock next to his foot, "We got in trouble doing ours."
"Well you can help us finish ours if you want to." Gohan said rubbing his little brother's head. Goten really was a simple child.
"Oh boy! What do you want us to do Gohan?" Goten brightened.
Gohan chuckled, "Just sit with us on the swing and test it out." He sat down on it along with the two younger boys and smiled up at Mirai who stood watching his mate and the kids.
Gohan gave a light kick making it swing slightly and gently. Suddenly there was a loud pop as the chain on the end Gohan was sitting at broke sending all of them tumbling down on top of him. Gohan blinked looking up at Mirai who was frantically trying to pick up his mate worried he'd been hurt. Gohan burst with laughter and the young boys laughed so hard they held their sides.
Goten looked at his brother, "That was fun! Let's do it again!"
Trunks looked up at Mirai still laughing and asked, "Was Grandma's swing supposed to break?"
Mirai laughed, "No, it wasn't supposed to break goofy." He helped his mate to his feet and said "Well, back to the drawing board." He looked at his little brother, "You guys might as well go play for a while, it might take a while to fix this thing, but we'll call you when we're ready to test it again."
"Okay, Mirai." Trunks looked at Goten and grabbed his arm running off, "Come on let's go play!"
Mirai watched them run off, "Wow, they don't know how lucky they are, I didn't get to play outside like they get to do, it was too dangerous."
"Yeah, and when I was a kid I had to help save the world from your dad." Gohan blinked looking at Mirai and they both burst with laughter as they turned to fix the broken swing.
When they'd finally finished digging the ditch Vegeta, Piccolo, and Goku sat down under the big tree in the shade to take a break and cool down. Vegeta shook his head looking at everything the boys had mowed down. He wasn't really angry at them, after all they were Saiyan children, and they were rough and tuff kids. 'Sure they are going to tear stuff up, I expect them to, but Kami, why does it always have to be so much at once?' he thought then he spoke, "I think I'm just going to call a landscaper for all of this other stuff. I don't know anything about the planting needs of the things that are ruined."
"Are you sure, Baby? We can do all of the work if you want to try it." Piccolo looked at him with worry in his eyes.
"It's okay Green Man. I'll go and call when we have lunch and then we'll take the rest of the day off. I don't think the garden could survive being worked on much more."
Goku chuckled, "Alright Vegeta. Besides, you look like you could use a break. Maybe I could take the boys home to my place tonight and they can have a sleep over there?"
Piccolo looked at Goku with a smile. "You think you could manage them alone without Chi-Chi to help?"
"Sure, Gohan, Goten and I go out on hunting trips alone together, and this is only for a night, right? So it shouldn't be any trouble at all." Goku smiled at Piccolo then patted Vegeta on the back.
"Thanks Kakarot, I could really use the peace and quiet." Vegeta looked up at his friend.
"Wait, I have an even better idea, Baby." Piccolo said sitting down next to him pulling him close, "Since Goku is going to take the boys for the night, why don't you come spend the night with me at the Lookout?"
"What about Mirai and Gohan? Not that they could possibly do anything more than they have already done." Vegeta said rolling his eyes thinking about the events of the night before.
"Well they can both come out to the house with me if they want to." Goku said trying to reassure his friend. "If not, they can stay here at Capsule. At least we know they won't blow the place up if left alone for one night."
Vegeta smiled, "Sounds great to me." He looked back at the Namekian warrior, "What do you think, Green Man?"
"Sure Baby, I'd love to give you a break from all of this stress." He leaned down and kissed his forehead.
Trunks sat on the edge of one of his Grandma's raised beds with his chin propped in one hand and poked a stick at the ground with the other. He was bored since his dad had taken the lawn mower away from him and Goten and since Mirai and Gohan had to refix the swing it didn't seem like there was very much to do.
"I'm bored Goten. We aren't allowed to go inside and play and now there's nothing to do out here." Trunks said looking up at his partner in crime.
"Yeah." Goten replied with a sigh. "I wonder if they would let us go play inside if we asked them now?"
"I don't know. Dad gets kinda mad if you ask him things too many times." Trunks said. Then he looked up smiling as he suddenly realized something that was obvious. "Wait a minute; I know what we can do! There is like this big ol' pile of junk and stuff that Grandpa and mom throw out of the lab in back of the big storage dome! I bet we can have a lot of fun looking through all the junk back there. Come on Goten, let's go." He ran off toward the back of what essentially was a large dome barn and the waiting pile of possible treasures.
The two flew around the back side of the dome barn and stopped in their tracks. "Whoa. Look at all the stuff. This is gonna be great!" Goten exclaimed
"Let's build a castle out of it, like on dad's planet!" Trunk's eyes shined like polished metal. "It'll be Castle Corp," he announced " 'an I'm gonna be King of the Saiyans like Grandpa Vegeta!"
"If you are gonna be the King can I be the prince then, Trunks?" Goten asked with a big smile.
"You can't be a Prince because my dad is the Prince not yours." Trunks looked at his friend thinking of a role Goten could play.
"Who do I get to be then?" He looked a little disappointed.
Trunks smiled really big. "I know! You can be my personal guard; like how your dad does for my dad. Your grandpa Bardock was guardian of planet Vegeta before it blew up too."
"You really mean it Trunks?" Goten said levitating off the ground.
"Yeah! Come on, let's build the biggest strongest castle ever!" Trunks said picking up a big piece of sheet metal.
Mirai looked at Gohan. "Well, it's done again," he looked back at the swing.
"You wanna go get Goten and your brother to test it out with us first?" Gohan asked looking at his incredibly handsome mate.
"Nah, let's test it ourselves before we tell them it's done." He smiled at Gohan and sat down on the swing patting the seat next to him. "Besides, now we can be alone for a little while".
Gohan smiled softly at him and sat down snuggling against him. Mirai's body felt almost hot next to his, hotter than usual, and for some reason all that heat felt really good. In fact it made him want to get closer to him, if that was even possible. Without even realizing it he was almost on top of Mirai purring and breathing in his slightly musky scent. Mirai just sat there with a sort of glassy expression. Whatever the hell Gohan was doing, it was punching all the right buttons.
'wow… he's purring. Do I really make him purr? If he does this for much longer I'm not gonna be able to control myself out here.' Mirai blinked. 'I have to stop this. Everyone is upset at us enough; if we want them to accept us then we have to show them we can handle it' He turned to his mate. "Gohan, as much as I would love to take you right here and now, we can't do it. Not if we want every one's respect or at least what we have left of it."
Gohan seemed to snap out of it when he heard Mirai's voice. He shook his head slightly, "I'm sorry; I did realize what I was doing." He frowned slightly "Maybe we do have some things to learn about being mated. Not that I would admit that to anyone but you." He leaned up to kiss Mirai's nose. "Let's go find Trunks and Goten and tell them the swing is fixed". He hopped up and offered a hand up to his mate.
Mirai laughed, "I just hope they haven't blown anything up!" They trotted off toward the direction of their kai signatures.
When they got to the back of the barn they stopped in their tracks and just stared at what they found. It looked like a big pile of junk loosely formed into some kind of ramshackle fort. Gohan arched his eyebrows. "What the heck is this mess?" he said as both he and Mirai looked it over.
Goten poked his head out of a hole, "It's our Castle Corp! Trunks is King and I am Guardian of it." His head disappeared back inside the make shift window.
Mirai elbowed Gohan and whispered. " Let's have a little bit of fun and play with them."
"Sure, what do you wanna do?" He smiled, he hadn't actually played for a long time.
Mirai shouted in to them "Fee Fie Foe Fum… I smell the blood of a Vegetan" he half laughed waiting to see what the kids would do Gohan was covering his mouth with one hand and holding his sides with the other. Mirai grinned and continued in a mock silky whiny voice, "My name is Frieza, and I have come to destroy your world and enslave your people."
Goten and trunks both burst out of their crooked door puffed up and ready for the fight. "You'll NEVER take my planet again you nasty gross monster!" Trunks shouted waving his fist at his brother.
"Yeah! I am the guardian of Planet Vegeta and Castle Corp! You'll have to go through me first!"
Gohan chuckled at his little brother. "Oh yeah? We'll see about that!"
Mirai laughed "Alright, go get 'em Captain Ginyu!" he gave Gohan a light push. Gohan was shocked with mirth at the role he'd be handed.
"Right!" He stood out in front of "Castle Corp" in a stupid looking pose. "Ginyu force rules, Ginyu Force rules, Ginyu Force rules…"
Mirai fell over with laughter unable to contain it. Gohan looked back at Mirai with a smile, "What are you laughing at?"
Mirai, still laughing, pointed at him and said "You, that is fucking hilarious!"
Gohan beamed, "Hey! I remember them, I was there!".
About that time, a pretty hefty but still small kai blast was shot out the window at both of them hitting the ground and causing dirt and rocks to be blasted out all over the two older boys. When the dust settled, Gohan wiped the dirt out of his eyes and looked back to make sure Mirai was safe. They were now both filthy and a little singed. "Hey! Watch it Goten someone could get hurt!"
"I'm, Guardian of the planet Vegeta and defender of the secrets of Castle Corp! You'll never defeat us, you dumb wishy washy Ginyu guy!" Goten shouted out at his brother.
Gohan blinked, "Okay, then I'll huff and I'll puff and blow your castle all up!" Gohan laughed as he and Mirai hid behind another pile of junk.
"I say we attack them" Mirai said in a hushed voice. "You distract them from the front and I'll go around from behind".
"Sneak attack!" Gohan whispered loudly. He stood up and flew around in front of "Castle Corp" throwing an armful of random small bits of junk at their strong hold. "Take that! Ginyu Force will take you down!" He was trying hard not to laugh.
Inside Trunks narrowed his eyes and whispered to Goten, "We can take him easy! I can do it all by myself without any help!"
"You shouldn't go out there by yourself, you're the King and nothing can happen to you. Besides, I see Ginyu Butt out there, but where's Frieza at? This is a trick to get the king alone and by himself so they can get you somehow. If it's a trick, they want us to be looking at him, and so if both of us are looking at him acting like a stupid head we can only see in that direction, which means" he turned and looked behind them "They're gonna try and sneak up behind us."
Trunks blinked at his friend. He was just going to go out there and fight with everything he had. Goten was smart about it. Maybe there really was a reason why Goten's family had always ended up protecting his since at least the time of their Grandfathers, maybe even longer. "Wow Goten, that was smart. I'll fight your brother and you fight mine." He smiled and poked his head out the same hole Goten had used earlier. "Come and get us! Ginyu force Drools!" He began throwing small kai blasts at Captain Ginyu Gohan. Gohan dodged them as much as he could while blowing raspberries at him. He hadn't had so much fun in a long time. He'd forgotten what it was like to just cut loose and play for a while.
Mirai snuck around the other side of the barn with an evil mischievous grin, 'gotchya' he thought to himself. About that time, Goten popped his head out of a hole near the top of their castle and shot a kai ball at him. Mirai ducked back behind the barn. 'Man, their better than I would have guessed'. "You can hide in there forever! Mmwahhaha…" He laughed loudly.
"Well, lunch is ready but there's no sign of the kids." Goku said with a puzzled expression. "I wonder where they all went to. They're still on the property at least."
Vegeta came back into the kitchen. "I called the landscapers, they're going to make Capsule a priority and they should be here sometime early this afternoon." He looked around. "Where are the kids?"
Mirai and Gohan were both throwing whatever they happened to pick up close by at their brothers still inside the big hollow pile of junk. They made a sport of teasing them as they angled objects off the makeshift building. "Red rover, red rover, send Goten right over".
"Forget it, you creepy monster!" at just that instant a piece of junk finally made it through the little window hole and hit Trunks square in the forehead.
Any child on Earth would have been badly hurt, Hospitals may have been involved; but since all four of them were part aliens with super dense bones and a fast healing time all that happened was a short yelp out of Trunks' mouth as he stumbled backward a tad bit. As soon as it hit Trunks in the head Goten instinctively went ascended Super Saiyan drawing in an enormous amount of power "Ka Me Ha Me…"
"Oh SHIT!" all Mirai had time to do was grab Gohan and fly straight up as fast as he could.
Piccolo, Vegeta, and Goku dropped everything as Goku instantly took them to where the huge power spike was coming from just as Goten let it go.
"HA!" Goten threw it on instinct alone, his eyes were blood red and he shoved Trunk behind him. "I will protect you with my life Prince!"
The three adults looked at each other in confusion for a split second, then Goku ITd lightning fast and kicked the Kamehameha wave out to sea where it exploded harmlessly over the ocean. Goten, totally drained of energy dropped instantly sleeping.
Vegeta looked at Trunks who was speechless with his mouth hanging open. "Explain", he demanded of his youngest son.
Trunks shook his head his dad's tone of voice said he meant busines. "We were just playing and we built this castle corp then Mirai and Gohan came up and were like, 'I'm Frieza' and Gohan was like Ginyu force drools, and I was King Vegeta and they were attacking us and stuff and I accidently got hit by an old piece of microscope. Goten didn't mean to dad, he was just protecting me cause I was the King and he was Arch Master Guardian!" Everything came out in a rush as he looked at his dad wide eyed.
Goku and Vegeta looked at one another. Vegeta narrowed his eyes, "Where did you hear the term Arch Master Guardian?"
Trunks blinked again, still shaken but regaining his senses,"Huh? I don't know. I just thought of it, it just came out. What does it mean?" he looked at his dad confused.
The boy was telling the truth, Vegeta could see that. "Never mind, no harm was done, next time don't get so wrapped up in play."
Goku scooped Goten up in his arms just as Mirai and Gohan landed again. "Is he okay, dad?" Gohan looked at his little brother, worry etched on his face.
"Yeah, he'll be fine. He just drained all of his energy is all." Goku look from the son in his arms to the one standing in front of him. "You can tell me what happened later. For now, we'll all have some lunch and then Goten and Trunks are coming home with me tonight." Trunks was jumping around with shouts of joy at that news, Goten's house was so much fun.
Vegeta interrupted "Yes, and I am going up to the Lookout for the night" he looked straight at Mirai and Gohan " You two may either go with Goku, or you may stay here at Capsule for the night. Tomorrow afternoon we'll all meet back here again."
Gohan looked at his father, "No offense, Dad, but I think we'd rather just stay here tonight."
Vegeta said again as they all started toward the house, "Fine… just … please try and leave it in one piece." He rubbed his forehead; he was starting to get one of those head aches again.