Goku X Vegeta Oneshots

One: The Secret of Strength

Vegeta found himself struggling to power up. It was only his fourth time transforming to Super Saiyan. The ki crackled loudly around him, and shots of gold intermittently streaked through his hair. He grunted, searching deeper in himself for more ki. Instead of rocketing up to the higher level, he felt his ki begin to drain. "No, goddamnit! No!"

He dropped to his knees, panting harshly. The gravity suddenly seemed so much heavier. He saw stars and the floor beneath him started sliding backwards. Realizing that he was about to pass out, Vegeta reeled to his feet and tried to capture his bearings.

That was a bad idea.

The moment he did, darkness clouded his vision and he dropped to the ground.

"Vegeta! Vegeta! Hey, can you hear me?"

Vegeta growled and pried his eyes open. His rival was leaning over him, looking extremely worried. "Vegeta, your power levels were off the charts! What were you thinking, training at that level of gravity? You could have gotten hurt, or worse!"

"I don't need you lecturing me!" Vegeta snarled viciously, shoving the younger Saiyan away. He staggered to his feet, still a little unstable.

Goku remained close, just in case. "Vegeta, you're pushing yourself too much too quickly. You tire yourself out, and then try to turn Super Saiyan? Even I'm not that stupid!"

Vegeta roared and threw a punch at the unsuspecting Goku. "Shut the hell up, Kakarrot!!! You think you can tell me what to do!?" He smashed his fists into Goku's chest. "Oh, since you're so strong and powerful, you, a third-class nothing, can tell me, the Saiyan Prince, what to do!?"

"Vegeta-!!!"

"No!" Vegeta screamed, his eyes turning blue and his hair gold. "I've fucking had enough! You are nothing compared to me!"

Goku tried desperately to block the raging Prince's attacks. "N-No, you don't understand! Vegeta, if you would just listen for a second, I need to tell you something-!"

Vegeta stopped abruptly and fell to his knees again. His hair became black again, and Goku could sense that his energy was dangerously low. "What am I doing wrong?" he heard Vegeta whisper brokenly. "I'm the Prince. This was my destiny..."

Goku brought himself to Vegeta's level. Vegeta glanced up at Goku, suppressed tears glittering in his eyes. "Kakarrot," he whispered, "what's the secret? Why are you stronger than me?"

Goku smiled slightly. "I love. I fight for something other than myself. I'm close to my friends and family. You... You don't have anyone. You keep to yourself and train yourself to death. Take a break, rest. Get out a little and breathe some fresh air! You can hardly breathe in here. There's no secret, Vegeta. If you want my honest opinion, you're being irresponsible with your body. That's why you can't function at your full potential. Or your full power."

Vegeta ducked his head. "Shut the gravity off for me."

"You ok?"

Vegeta cringed in shame. "I can't get up," he snapped quietly.

"Oh! Yeah, yeah, sure!" Goku hopped up and went to the control panel, dialing down the gravity.

Too quickly.

Goku's body couldn't react quickly enough to keep his balance. "Yeek!" He fell and stayed there, dazed by the change in atmosphere. He remembered Vegeta and looked back.

Vegeta was down again. He looked barely conscious. Goku crawled over, not trusting himself to stand. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, Vegeta! Oh man. Phew. Oh, my head..."

Vegeta didn't even bother with his customary comeback of "idiot". He slowly pushed himself up. "Come on," he said. "We're going to spar."

"No," Goku replied firmly but gently. "You need to rest and eat. No more training for now."

Vegeta was about to snap at him, but Goku saw the anger and resistance fade. He sighed and nodded.

An hour later, Goku and Vegeta were sitting on the couch silently. Until Vegeta murmured, "In the grav room, you said you had something to tell me... What was it?"

Goku blushed, and Vegeta thought it was cute. He wasn't sure why he was so attracted to him, but he was. He was strong, gentle, a little dumb, but gorgeous as fuck. The naivety, in comparison to his own abundance of knowledge about life, drew him in like a moth to fire.

Goku giggled nervously. "It- uh- it was nothing! Just a s-stupid thought!"

"Can't be any more stupid than anything else you've said in your time," Vegeta said with surprising gentleness. He bumped Goku's shoulder with his own.

"Can you promise to not kill me?"

Vegeta rolled his eyes. "Sure. I promise."

Goku inhaled deeply. "I think I-... What I m-mean is... Ever since I met you- I, uhh...!"

Vegeta grabbed Goku by the shoulders and yanked him on top of him, kissing him deeply. A Saiyan's gut feeling is hardly ever wrong. Vegeta just prayed that his instincts hadn't failed him.

After only a few seconds, Goku was kissing him just as fiercely. He pulled up for air. Vegeta panted under him. "You- You feel like this too?" Goku gasped.

Vegeta nodded. "The minute I met you, you had me. I may be with Bulma- kinda- but I feel safe to tell you now that I'm not exactly straight."

Goku grinned. "Well isn't today my lucky day!" He gave him another little kiss. Then he frowned a little. Such an expression didn't belong on a face like that.

"Hey." Vegeta brushed Goku's hair away from his eyes. "What's wrong?"

"Chichi," Goku replied in a strange voice.

"Oh. Yeah..." Vegeta then smiled softly up at Goku. "Let's just forget about her for now. I know you have Gohan to think about, but I can help you with that. Just... not now."

"Ok." Goku's radiant smile returned and he cuddled up against Vegeta.

"So will I get stronger now?" Vegeta asked a few minutes later.

"Oh my gosh..."