Goku X Vegeta Oneshots

Vegeta's Reply

*Part 2 of Lullaby for a Prince!*

Vegeta shivered in the dark, sighing when the mournful notes of Goku's song reached him even in this dead void. It was certainly Begeta's doing, and he was more grateful than he could say.

You see? He does love you, my son. But I do think you were right in your actions. You know now that you were not alone in your pining.

"Some good it does me now," Vegeta muttered bitterly. "I'll never see him again."

Is that so...?

The voice of his goddess fell quiet, leaving Vegeta to his thoughts. It would be wrong to leave such a beautiful lullaby without a reply, so Vegeta sang out softly into the darkness.

"Fate has been cruel, and order unkind. How can I have hurt you this way? I sit here and gaze in stillness, alone. The darkness and silence pervade... But into this stillness, you brought me your song; with your voice, my company kept. I plead that you know, just as long ago, my heart still remains in your debt...

"Once was a Saiyan who's power and might awed even the highest on high. Dejected, he cried, surely there is no one who could love me or listen to my lonely cry! So great was his pain, he rose in rebellion against those who he felt didn't care. A jealousy, burning, came over his soul, and darkened the madness no one knew was there."

Vegeta knew the deity was listening, likely just out of range of what senses he was left with. "Lullay, my dearest, find peace here tonight. Rest now in moonlight's embrace. May this cool lullaby find you in dreams, and ease you in passing of days. May my apologies find you this night, and also my sorrow in kind. Süßer, I love you much more than you know. I wish I was with you tonight..."

Begeta remained silent, but Vegeta realized that he was being broadcasted, likely to a sleeping Goku. "The beams of another shone brightly on others, whose love and affection it drew. So there the moon Prince waited, shunned by the world, as both adoration and malignance grew. Yet such is the weight of my love and affection, these feelings to great to uphold. I pray you forgive me this foolishness mine, and live on with no burden upon your soul.

"Lullay, my dearest, find peace here tonight. Rest now in moonlight's embrace. May this cool lullaby find you in dreams, and in you in passing of days. May my apologies find you this night, and also my sorrow in kind. Süßer, I love you much more than you know. May troubles be far from your mind... And I wish I was with you tonight..."

Endless miles away, Goku awoke to the moon shining in his eyes. It was nearly dawn. How he had slept at all that night was beyond him, but somehow he felt calm, almost peaceful.

Vegeta could see and feel it. "These years now before us, fearful and unknown. I never imagined I'd face them on my own. May this purgatory swiftly pass, I pray. I love you, I miss you, more than I can say... May all your dreams be sweet tonight. May you always find peace in the night. And know not of sadness, pain, or care. And when you dream, I'll break away and meet you there... Sleep... Sleep... Sleep..."

Vegeta allowed himself to drift in the silence. "Thank you," he whispered to the deity watching over him. "Did he hear me?"

He did. And I will see to it that your pleas are met.

Vegeta felt a soft kiss on his cheek before Begeta's voice faded into the darkness. He sighed and thought over the words of his beloved, smiling softly. He did love him, and both knew it now. Perhaps in another life, they could carry out their heart's desires instead of now singing to each other over the bridge of life and death itself.