-Frieza-

Frieza was not at all pleased. He had gotten up at his normal time, had a lovely romp with one of his little whores before getting ready for the day. Dodoria, his personal guard and servant had informed him that the prince disappeared earlier that morning and no one knows where he ran off to. He instantly went to the king, who was speaking with one of the Lizard Nobles. He knew the man, Zarbon's father, yes his pretty little assassin's daddy was glaring openly at him, but made no move to get back at him.

"Vegeto, where has our darling Prince Vegeta run off to?"

"He had training this morning and went to inspect the new guards before he took off. Where he went I am pretty sure his intended is with him. Courting can be a bit of trail and error." Vegeto said vaguely.

Zarbon's father, bit his lip to keep from laughing at the hidden insult and taunting in that answer.

"Really? Surely he was only jesting."

"Him, jest?" Zarbon's father asked. "Lord Frieza have you slept well?"

"I am perfectly fine, Zaron!" Frieza snapped, irritated by the Lizard. "Well if there is nothing to do here then I am going to tour Vegetasei."

Vegeto nodded his head and the alien left the room, fuming.

'The arrogance of some of these lesser beings! Mocking their overlord! When I find that little monkey prince I'll be sure to remind them that I can easily end all their miserable existence in a heart beat!' he thought angrily as he got back to his villa and climbed into a strange pod like carrier and left with Dodoria and a few lesser guards with him.

"Lord Frieza, where would you like to go?" Dodoria asked, looking around at the Saiyans that were littered about the yard, seemingly lazing about, but really keeping an eye out from hidden dangers.

"I wish to shop to decorate a new room on the ship. I found another gem that needs to be harvested and well cared for." Frieza said with a chilling laugh.

Dodoria nodded and they took off for the castle town. The town was as lively as ever, the lesser classes of Saiyans ignored them, caring more for their errands or jobs to care about the tyrant that has tried and failed many times to conquer them. Frieza snorted at the arrogance of these... monkeys. But he had better things to do, such as preparing for another little whore to join the ranks of many others and to woo said little whore.

As he traveled around the vast market place he couldn't help but enjoy the rich culture of these stupid beasts. He had to admit their art and music was lovely, stunning even and even their clothes were tasteful, but they themselves were a bit... hard to swallow. He looked at filthy children playing in the streets, laughing and yelling as parents watched carefully from the sides or from the window of their homes and shops.

He looked in the windows of a few shops and stopped to pick out clothes that his person seamstresses could make clothes for his little whore. He remembered the boy's pale skin, pale Saiyans were almost impossible to come by since the Saiyan sun was so bright and bore down on the planet pretty intensely. So everyone was tanned or dark skinned. He left the airy cloths as he looked at the colors, rich blues, greens and reds seemed best for the boy.

"Yes, I'm sure he'll look lovely in these... get me spools of silver, gold and ivory ribbons, lace and thread. Two bags of clothing gems and leather for the soles of shoes." He told the seamstress in-charge of the shop.

She nodded and began pulling out what he needed and set them up in a big woven basket before she rang up the price and bowed deeply to him. He scared her something fierce as he counted out the money and placed it on the counter before ordering two off his goons to take the basket back to the ship. When they left, the woman fell to her knees shaking as she tried to breathe, a being so small had a frightening power that one could feel like the heat of the sun.

'That monster... I feel terrible for whoever caught his eye... Father Brolly protect them from that monster, please...' she prayed while still shaking in fear...

Frieza looked about lazily, wondering what else he could do, he had selected decorations suitable his tastes, his whore could get use to them, he also picked up a few books. One of cloth designs, a cook book and even picked up a couple of interesting novels on this so-called Legendary Saiyan King, Brolly. As he left the jewelry store he spotted Vegeta walking out of a sweets shop and on his arm was the Saiyan with that sweet ambrosia smell.

'Damn that monkey!' Frieza thought, watching as the two walked down the other side of the street, stopping at booth where a man was making glass figurines.

He watched them, the boy looked stunning smiling and his laughter was light and carried in the din like the delicate chime of glass bells. Vegeta looked to be enjoying himself as they left the man's booth and joined a crowd that had gathered around a gypsy like dancer as he moved about with grace and elegance, but also fluid and sensual.

"Lord Frieza?"

"We're going back. I am done for today." he said and they soon left.

'That bastard... he's going to pay! That little whore will be mine!' Frieza thought darkly as they flew back to the palace...

-Gohan and Vegeta-

Gohan smiled and clapped with the music, like a few others and laughing as some children ran to dance around the pretty young man as he spun and danced to the exotic rhythm of the music. Vegeta held the box of sweets in one hand while his other and tail held Gohan's waist, Gohan's tail had shyly curled over his own tail, a light blush gracing his face. The dancer spotted them in the crowd and made his way over and rubbed up against Vegeta, making the small smile turn into a scowl almost instantly as Gohan's smile dimmed and slowly fell away.

Gohan felt a stab of jealousy in his gut, but didn't fight or lash out, instead he pulled from Vegeta's hold and pulled off his sandal and socks, he set his shoes near the prince and loosened his yukata before he to a step into eh dancer's bubble, narrowly hitting his toes with his own. The gypsy glared at him and he smirked back, a challenge in his eyes as the dance pushed off of Vegeta and tried to step on Gohan's tail or make him fall with a well placed trip or tug of the tail, but Gohan was proving to be nimbler than the dancer, making the crowd cheer and shout as Vegeta looked rather stunned.

Many of the dominants were whistling and shouting out to the young males cheering them on. The gypsy growled and stomped hard on the floor, swinging his arms and scarf into Gohan's face, but the earth raised Saiyan, caught the scarf and with three quick spins and a quick as lightning, smooth as water movements of the hands, he tied the gypsy up in his own scarf and smiled as he sat on his haunches while the male glared back at him.

"You know, it's not wise to rub up on someone's boyfriend." Gohan told him.

"You think he's serious! He's the prince! He can have anyone he wants! Why would he want a third class piece of tail like you?"

"Because unlike you, I don't stoop as low as to acting like a wanton harlot to get a man to bed me." Gohan snapped back, his Ki spiking to the point a gray aura surrounded him.

That made the gypsy shut up and sigh. Gohan nodded and untied him before moving back to Vegeta's said and putting his socks and sandals back on. His feet had gotten cold even if the day was hot. Vegeta smirked and kissed Gohan's neck, growling happily in his ear.

"That was impressive, Gohan... did you feel jealous?"

"... yes..." Gohan admitted, blushing softly.

"That's nice to hear, but you needn't worry I'll only look at you and you alone..." Vegeta promised him before leading him away from the slowly dissipating crowd. They walked around some more and found a lovely restaurant to eat lunch at.

They were given a private room with the view of the distant farmlands as their servers worked quickly and silently to get them comfy and make sure they were satisfied with their meal. Gohan wasn't use to all this attention, but he figured if he stayed with Vegeta, he'd have to get use to it. They ate in calm, talking about their childhoods, or as much of it as Vegeta wanted to tell him. Gohan nodded his understanding and told the prince that he didn't have to tell him anything he felt was too personal.

Vegeta enjoyed this date a lot better than he thought he would. He figured he'd see Gohan's true colors when he offered to pay for everything, but was shocked when the boy didn't take advantage. Gohan stayed sweet and shy, sometimes getting a bit freaked out when he offered to by him something expensive. So far the only expensive things he's paid for was the box of sweets and their lunch. Gohan was more content on window shopping and thinking of getting gifts for his family rather than himself.

He liked hearing about Gohan's childhood and he loved the many expressions that graced his face as he spoke fondly of his home on Earth. He told him it was similar to Vegetasei, though not as rich in culture and their beliefs were very different. He also told Vegeta that he'd like to go visit it sometime and the prince secretly filed that away for another time.

There was really nothing about the boy he didn't like! He was smart, funny, beautiful! And he was playful, a bit naïve, but innocent and so cute! He was just so perfect! Vegeta sighed when he noticed the sun was setting and new they had to be back at the Son's house before 8. He picked up the boy once more, and took off into the air, the flight back was silent and peaceful. Vegeta looked to see Gohan playing with the chain his mother gave him.

"She was murdered... her and my little brother, Turles... Frieza was the one who did it." he finally said, shocking Gohan. "This necklace... she gave it to me for my fifth birthday telling me to give it to my mate one day. Back then I didn't want a mate, I didn't need one. All I waned, all I NEEDED was her and Turles and father..."

"I'm so sorry..."

"There's no need to be."

"But you were lonely weren't you? Not having your mother to go to when you needed her advice or to have hold you without asking why... I never had a brother or sister, but I bet you felt so proud to have him there so you could show him how to be a good guy when he got bigger... I bet you were looking forward to having someone to look after to protect and watch your back... You must've felt so sad and so scared when it happened."

"You have no idea... that's why I want you safe and sound. I don't want to lose you... I can't or I'll go mad for sure... the only saving grace I had back then was my mother's words to grow up strong and to find a mate she would be proud to call her child. If she was alive now, I'm sure she'd be very much in love with the idea of you being my mate. You are so much like it it's almost frightening." Vegeta laughed a bit before he clear his throat an blinked his eyes.

Gohan smiled and carefully wiped away the silent tears that had fallen on his suitors face.

"And I wasn't really lonely. I had your Uncle and Aunt there with me, through thick and thin, watching my back as I watched theirs, I also had Burdock. He may not have been my mother, but he did care for me to the best of his abilities. Father also benefited from him always being here, so it didn't surprise me when they got mated a few years after my mother's death. But sadly, Burdock can't get pregnant, so they couldn't have a baby together, but still they are happy never the less and I am glad. Father needed him more than I did."

"Everyone needs someone to be there even if it's someone you don't expect... I know I didn't expect you to be there for me, but you always were. You were there ready to catch me when I fell."

"And I will always catch you when you fall." Vegeta promised him.

They landed in front of the house and Vegeta gave Gohan to adjust himself before they walked into the house. Toma was crawling about on the floor and seeing his bigger cousin he squealed and babbled, waving his arms in the air wanting to be picked up. Gohan did so, cooing and playing with cousin as his mother walked out of the kitchen and smiled.

"Welcome back."

"We're home, mom. We had fun today!"

"Really? What did you do?" Cornelius asked, walking in from the hall with Nappa behind him.

"We talked a lot, got to know each other, we did some window shopping and he even bought me a box of sweets and paid for lunch!" Gohan summed up.

"Don't forget you embarrassed that gypsy boy." Vegeta said, smirking when Gohan's face lit up in a cute blush. "It was rather amusing to see him out dance the young man. I didn't know he could dance."

"Really? Brat what happened!" Radditzu asked, wanting know everything.

Gohan blushed and glared at Vegeta, but with that cute face and that blush it just looked like a pout. Burdock came in and soon the whole Son family was waiting on baited breath to hear how Gohan stated his claim on the prince. Gohan had no choice but to tell them and Vegeta added in his two cents ever now and again before he finished and his family was all in tears from laughing and just all around overjoyed that Gohan showed more of his Saiyan upbringing. Soon dinner was done and they all sat down to a cozy meal.

Burdock shared embarrassing stories of raising Radditzu and Kakarot both with his first mate and on his own. Nappa and Radditzu told Gohan about some of Vegeta's more embarrassing moments, making the prince chase them round the forest surrounding the house. Eventually everyone calmed down and settled down as Burdock played a Saiyan lullaby on an accordion like instrument that sounded like lap harp and a bass guitar.

The song was a legend from olden times and it spoke of a love so strong it beat even death. As they listened to it, Nappa and Radditzu cuddled Toma in their arms as he slowly drifted to sleep, Kakarot was purring contentedly in Cornelius' arms and Vegeta was letting out a deep rumble, a purr of his own as he held his sleeping little Iompróir to his side, loving the serene feel of a complete family that surrounded him...

-The next morning-

Vegeta was sleeping peacefully in the guest bedroom, Burdock had slipped him one of Gohan's pillows so he could sleep with the boy's scent near him so he couldn't sneak into his room during the night. He was dreaming of Gohan fat with his babies as they sat in the floating gardens that hung around their wing. But he was rudely woken up when there was scream followed closely by a blast of Ki and the heavy thud of a body smashing into a wall. He shot up bolt right and rushed out of the room and into the hall.

He ran to Radditzu and Nappa's room and threw the door open get them up and help him fight off the intruder only to see Radditzu riding Nappa's length with wanton screams of his own. He slammed the door shut, his face a brilliant maroon red as he hurried down the hall to Gohan's room. The door opened before he could knock on it and a sleepy Gohan walked out rubbing his eyes cutely as he asked him what was going on.

"Don't know, stay in side and wait until-"

"Relax, this happens every morning. Kakarot just freaked out seeing Cornelius in bed with him... I don't blame him and well I think it's a fitting punishment for the brat... Gohan get ready we're leaving for the palace soon."

"Hai..." He yawned and went back into this room as Vegeta blinked, this family was just too weird. Burdock walked to Kakarot's door and in seconds he was cooing and coddling his youngest child as Cornelius crawled out of the room, and into the bathroom, screaming in pain when the cold water hit the slight burns on his skin.

'Ugh, it's too early to deal with this.' he thought going back to his room to get ready to go home as well...

-Royal Palace-

The son family was gathered along with the other nobles as the men who had raped Kakarot the first time were all escorted in. They still believed that they were being promoted and were completely unaware that they were about to die. Burdock allowed Gohan to skip out on the execution with the excuse that Toma was too young to see something so horrible and asked him to take Toma to the Royal Library to read a bit. Gohan nodded and followed a guard to the library.

Vegeta came back down from his rooms dressed in formal uniform as his father stood in full formal uniform and had his crown placed carefully on his brow. The two royals sat on their thrones, both back straight and an air of icy indifference seemed hang about them as Burdock, Radditzu and Nappa stood in full armor. Cornelius had been stripped of his status when he was arrest so he and Kakarot hid off to the side but still able to see the fireworks.

The other nobles were all fully dressed and looking regal as the two Saiyans by the doors announced the arrivals of the soon to be dead men. They walked in, looking arrogant and pleased, unaware that they were about to die. Kakarot stiffened, Cornelius wrapped his arms over his torso, his tail wrapping over Kakarot's as he whispered soothingly in his ear, trying to calm him down.

"Shh, they can't hurt you anymore, they can't hurt Gohan either. We won't let them and you know that. We won't let them hurt anyone ever again." He told him, glaring hell at the men he beat up when he found Kakarot back then. "I may not be better than them, but promise you I will never let anyone hurt you or our son."

Kakarot nodded, pressing back into him as he watched the men kneel before the king. They would get their just desserts and never bother him and his family again...