Goku X Vegeta Oneshots

My Shadow pt. 2...

*Upon request, this is a continuation of My Shadow. Please comment and toss more requests my way!*

Vegeta lay in bed with his eyes shut tightly and his hands clutching the covers hard enough to make them cramp. If he couldn't see what was in the dark, what he knew was staring at him with that constant awful smile, then it couldn't get him. No, it could not. His heart pounded. Why couldn't it just leave him alone? He would give anything and everything to have Goku by his side once more, to have him shield the frightened Prince from his delusions, his insanity.

A thud from the end of the bed made him jump. He bit his hand to stifle a whimper. It reacted to fear. It could smell it. And fear was pouring off him in heady waves. The door opened and he saw light flood in from behind closed eyelids. "Vegeta? What on earth are you doing in here?" It was Bulma.

All the tension dropped out of his body and he shuddered in relief. "I was... tired. I thought maybe... I could sleep. Stay?"

Bulma nodded. Wordlessly she climbed into bed with him and settled his head on her chest. A few moments of silence passed before she asked, "Did you take your pills?"

"Yes," Vegeta lied.

"Come on, Vegeta." Bulma ran her fingers through his hair. "It's just until you can learn to..."

"Cope?" Vegeta snarled. "Find myself again? Distinguish fantasy from reality? Oh, I hear you, Bulma; how could you think I wouldn't?" He sat up and glared at her. "I know I'm fucked up. I'd be the first to know. But you don't have to talk about it behind my-"

Geta.

Vegeta's reaction was immediate. He halted his sentence and buried his face in Bulma's shoulder, shivering. She didn't say a word, but a certain feel of "I told you so" seemed to hang in the air. He ignored her comforting strokes and listened.

Geta?

Why? Why, of all people, did it sound like him? 

Can you hear me?

Vegeta sat bolt upright. "Kakarrot!?" He put a hand over Bulma's mouth when she was about to speak. "Is that you? Is it really you?"

Who else would it be? The voice laughed, sending aches all through him. Why have you been hiding from me, Geta? I'm not gonna hurt ya! I just wanna see you again.

"You're the shadow...?" he gasped.

Yeah. You keep running away from me. Hiding from me. I can't really come into the light. Don't you remember the dream you had?

Vegeta bit his tongue fearfully. He didn't like to think about the dream.

~~Flashback of Dream brought to you by Baby Vegeta~~

Vegeta watched Goku and the swollen form of Cell vanish into oblivion. He knew in that instant that Goku was going to die. "Kakarrot!" he cried. Moments later, everything around him began to turn grey, and all time seemed to freeze. Outlines faded, leaving only slates of grey covering his vision. The grey faded into black. He was alone.

At least, he thought he was.

"Vegeta..." a voice he didn't recognize whispered in his ear. He tried to move but could not. Someone moved in front of him. His breath caught in his throat when he saw the spiky hair, the powerful build. It was Goku, but something was off. Everything about him was a stark white. Except for his eyes. His eyes were as black as the spaces between the stars. "I'm sorry, Vegeta."

"Kakarrot, what's wrong?" Vegeta managed to choke out. "Are you alright? Wh-Why is it so dark here? Why are you all white?"

"It's ok, Geta," he purred soothingly. "It's just the dark. You're not scared of the dark, are you?" It looked like Goku, but the voice was not his.

"What?" Vegeta shook his head. "No, I'm not afraid of the dark. That's not important, Kakarrot. Are you ok?"

Goku laughed, and the sound chilled Vegeta to the bone. "No. I'm not ok. Are you?" The darkness spread from his eyes to consume in entire body. In none he was just another piece of the black.

"Kakarrot!" Vegeta cried as the laughter increased and morphed into a scream. "Kakarrot!"

~~End Flashback~~

Vegeta shivered. "Why now? It's been three years, Kakarrot? Why wait so long to show yourself?"

... Time passes differently here. You've suffered for three years, but it has only been a few weeks here. Will you come to me now?

"Hell, yes!" Vegeta dived out of bed, not even noticing his unconscious wife. "Where are you!?"

Shut the lights off. All of them.

Without hesitation he did. The room became very dark. Vegeta waited with baited breath. "Kakarrot, please," he whispered.

An audible breath whooshed directly before him. Thank... goodness. The voice laughed again. An ice cold hand touched his cheek. Vegeta leaned into the touch despite the chill. What's so scary about the dark, hmm?

"Nothing," breathed Vegeta, running his fingers up the icy skin. "Not anymore. I didn't know it was you in the dark, Kakarrot. I really didn't." He felt ice glide along his neck. Frost kissed his skin. He reached through the dark and his hands found tattered clothing. He briefly wondered why his clothes were destroyed, but he was distraction by the sensation of a hand running down his leg. "I... I missed you so much."

I've missed you too, the voice crooned. Stay here with me? Forever?

"All eternity," Vegeta whispered. He fell into the shadow's embrace and ignored the cold seeping deep into his bones.

The next morning, Vegeta was simply gone. There were no clues to where he'd gone. No one could sense his energy. He never came back, nor did Goku. Sometimes, in the dead of night, one can hear static, content purrs, and the laughter of a shadow.

*Don't know why I'm bawling my eyes out,but ok. ;_; ;_; ;_; *