Goku X Vegeta Oneshots

Madness

They said it was a sickness. A disease that was covering the Earth with fear and carnage. It was unstoppable, and there was no immunity. It was a chemical reaction that literally drove the victim mad. And it was spreading like wildfire.

Goku ran his fingers through Vegeta's hair as his mate leaned listlessly against him. They both knew that Vegeta was ill, that it was only a matter of time before the symptoms set in...

The screaming. The cries.

But worst of all was the awful laughter. The psychosis that seemed to distort every part of reality. The deep paranoia that quickly spiraled into murderous rage.

Goku saw the anxiety in Vegeta's eyes. He knew that fear only made it worse. Dende had tried multiple times to quiet the growing storm in Vegeta's mind, but it was a vain effort.

Goku felt a twinge in the back of his head. Some small distress signal from their link. He shivered and held Vegeta tighter.

"Goku," Dende called softly, "could you come here, please?"

Goku kissed Vegeta's cheek. "I'll be right back," he said, but Vegeta didn't seem to hear him. The Saiyan went to the Kami and stood beside him. "Is something wrong?"

"It's time," whispered Dende, tears standing in his eyes. "Vegeta is losing his grip on reality. You can see it in his eyes. He hasn't slept in two days, he hasn't spoken in that long either. You're going to get infected too. It's almost guaranteed. Goku, what are we going to-?"

A soft hiss caught their attention. It was so quiet that only a non-human could have heard it. They turned swiftly to look at Vegeta. His head was in his hands and he made weak clawing motions at his face. A muffled sob escaped him.

"Vegeta!?"

"M-M-Make it stop," Vegeta whimpered. "Kakarrot, make it stop..."

Goku was at his side in an instant. "Hey, hey, it's ok. Vegeta, you gotta hang on for me. You gotta keep thinking, don't stop thinking."

"I don't- Kakarrot- Not- This-!" Vegeta began to claw at his face again, but Goku gently caught his hands.

"Hey, you're ok-"

"Kill me-" Vegeta said, gripping Goku's hands tightly enough to hurt. "N-Not... like... this..." Every word was forced, ground out.

"No, Vegeta, you- you've got this, you just gotta hang on."

"Do it!" Vegeta rasped in an unnatural voice.

"I can't!" Goku cried, tears slipping down his face. "If I lose you, I'll die too!"

Vegeta clenched his hands even harder, making Goku grit his teeth. "Make it stop..." Vegeta whispered.

"I can't. I can't." Goku could feel a strangeness in the link, as if Vegeta was somehow disconnected. But still there.

Vegeta released a strange whine, trying to curl up. Goku was so baffled. None of the other victims acted like this. It was quick. Not drawn out. None of them kept their senses long enough to even realize that they were sick.

But Vegeta had hung on for quite a while. Too long.

Vegeta released his hands and clawed his face again. "It hurts," Vegeta whined. "Kakarrot, please."

Goku looked frantically at Dende. "Dende..."

The Namek threw his hands in the air. "Goku, there's nothing I can do!"

Vegeta threw himself back again, crying out. Goku felt something peculiar happen to his ki. It just...

Shattered.

Vegeta screamed bloody murder. He lashed out at Goku, who barely moved in time, and tried to fly away. His ki did not respond. He crashed down and writhed on the ground.

Goku had no clue what to do. Keep Vegeta from hurting himself, he supposed. He lunged forward and caught hold of the maddened Prince. Vegeta screeched and viciously bit his arm. Goku made a sound of alarm, but didn't let go.

Dende just watched, clueless as to what Goku was trying to accomplish.

Goku cried out when their link re-established. Nasty, garbled static blared in his head, and with it maniacal laughter and screams. He thrashed, trying to shut it out. "Vegeta, stop! Stop it!" he roared in Vegeta's ear.

To his surprise, Vegeta did shut off the sounds, and stopped struggling. He continued to twitch violently and whimper now and then, but he remained relatively still.

"Yeah," Goku whispered, stroking Vegeta's hair. "That's it. Breathe. You ok?"

Vegeta didn't reply.

Goku slowly got up, bringing Vegeta with him. "Shh. Shh. Yeah. Nice and calm." Vegeta trembled intermittently. He clawed gently at Goku's arm. Unexpectedly he rested his forehead into Goku's shoulder.

Goku waited to be bitten again. It never happened. He looked down and saw Vegeta staring up at him. The body was his anyway. The person in his eyes was someone else entirely.

"Vegeta?" he asked carefully. Vegeta shook his head, igniting a spark of fear in Goku's heart. "Ok. Ok. Uh. What? Do you want me to call you something else? Will that be ok?"

Vegeta glanced sideways. He shook his head again. Goku nodded. "Ok." He glanced at Dende, confused. Dende looked fearful.

Vegeta flinched, rubbing his head. "Aah... Grr."

"Something in him is fighting," Dende whispered, hope lighting his eyes. "I can sense it."

Vegeta pulled out of Goku's arms, looking confused and vaguely offended. He muttered something indistinctly, shaking his head jerkily.

Goku snagged the back of his shirt. "Stop it," he said firmly.

Vegeta looked down meekly. "K," he snarled.

Goku raised his eyebrows. "Eh?"

"Leave m-me alone," Vegeta said, and tried to pull back again.

"No. Stop it."

Again, Vegeta was tamed.

"What the hell?" Goku whispered to Dende.

"You're his seme," Dende grinned. "Instinct demands that he submits to you. As long as you're here, Vegeta can be controlled!"

"This has got to be the weirdest thing ever," said Goku, staring down at his sick mate.

*I'm sorry that this was shorter. Should I continue this or no? You guys decide. Carry on!*