Goku X Vegeta Oneshots

Too Quiet

I've been reading waaay to much crap lately. I basically read medical encyclopedias for fun. Mental health books litter my shelves. Tiger and I are deep in this shit haha.

He couldn't breathe. The harsh gasps of air he managed to suck frantically in did nothing. He was suffocating on fear. Even with Goku's powerful, sheltering arms nearly crushing him in a trembling grasp didn't calm him. He tried to struggle, to fight, to escape, but Goku held him still.

He could distantly hear Goku yelling, "Vegeta, you've gotta calm down! Vegeta! Please just breathe. You've gotta breathe, Vegeta; you're gonna pass out."

It was fake. It was all fake. It wasn't really Goku, was it!? It was- It had to be some kind of Android! It was telling him to breathe. Fuck that! The air was poisoned! It had to be!

Goku was literally crying as Vegeta's panic grew. The Prince couldn't seem to breathe at all. "Goten, get Bulma!" he barked. "Gohan, I need ya to find Piccolo or Dende; doesn't matter which! Trunks, help me!" Goku's biological children rushed away while Trunks dropped to his knees beside his fathers.

"Dad, it's ok, it's ok."

There was even one pretending to be his own son! Vegeta thrashed helplessly, his lungs burning. He'd have to breathe the poisoned air or pass out. These things were too powerful for even him to get away from. His vision was tunneling. He heard the imposter call his name one last time before blacking out.

"Dad! Dad!" Trunks looked fearfully at Goku. "What the hell is wrong with him!? What happened!?"

"He's never done this before," Goku managed to choke out, clinging to Vegeta's limp body. "Trunks, I'm terrified. I knew I should have taken him to see someone! I don't know what's wrong, I can't fix him..." He broke down, but snapped to attention when Vegeta grunted softly and began to come around.

"What happened?" Vegeta slurred, trying to sit up. "Kakarrot?"

"It's ok, I'm here," Goku soothed as he ran his fingers through Vegeta's hair. "We were talking and ya panicked all of a sudden. I tried to get ya to calm down, but ya passed out. Ya ok?"

Goku saw the blank look in Vegeta's eyes and assumed that he didn't remember the episode. "I sent the boys to get help. What's the last thing ya remember?"

Vegeta felt a flicker of memory. Kami, it even sounds like him. Where the fuck am I? "I..."

Goku saw paranoia. That's all he saw. Vegeta, although obviously trying to conceal it, looked terrified and suspicious. "Baby, what's wrong? Are ya ok? Why are ya looking at me like that?"

Fuck! Vegeta snarled savagely and shot away. He slammed right into the returning "Gohan"; a fake Piccolo stood behind him. Gohan caught his arms. "Vegeta, hey-"

"No! No, no, no!" Vegeta yanked away from Gohan and again tried to find another escape. He collided with "Goku", who he certainly could not get away from. "No! Get off me! Get away from me!"

Goku clung to Vegeta who was spiraling further into panic and rage. Practically frothing at the mouth, the older Saiyan bit and kicked him. Piccolo swiftly approached and set two fingers against Vegeta's temple. The next instant, Vegeta fell limp in Goku's arms.

"Damn," Piccolo said. "It's even worse than you said, Gohan."

"Well he wasn't exactly trying to kill anybody when I left," Gohan replied snappishly.

Piccolo flinched at his tone and gently rubbed his hair in apology. "So what set him off, Goku? Has this happened before?"

Goku shook his head. "N- No. I've seen him triggered, and this wasn't the same. Ya usually see it coming; he just went haywire." Goku bit his lip. "When he woke up, he was acting all weird, then he attacked us. Our link's all messed up, has been for days."