Tied by Fate

Vegeta's secret

Goku woke up the next day, feeling much more refreshed than before. He realized that the bed was exactly like what he wanted, soft and slightly cold yet soothing to the touch. He snuggled further in the bed before he realized that he wasn't in his home, jumping out and yelping.

MUI was leaning on the wall waiting for him to wake up and chuckled when he saw Goku jump out of bed from surprise. "Get up, you lazy ass. We've got ground to cover. Get changed, and meet me outside so we can train." MUI instructed him.

Goku woke up, got changed after running himself in water for a while, and showering himself with the natural plant soaps MUI gave him. Before long, Goku went outside where MUI was, and asked him, "What are we doing for training today?"

MUI finished up a spell to create a barrier, to prevent them from being seen or sensed with ki, before telling him, "Before we do anything, I need to check with you on the levels you are. So come at me with your best shot."

Goku then rubbed his neck sheepishly, and asked, "But uh... Can I change my gi? Like from orange to red?"

MUI rolled his eyes before facepalming and told him, "There's a fucking closet where clothes would choose to your taste of color and clothes choice, and it will do its thing. But I'll change the color for you. Since you're an idiot when it comes to this." MUI summoned a crimson orb and split it into two, before sending both into the orange areas of Goku's gi with the wind he generated.

The gi changed color, and Goku was still surprised by how fast it took. "There's a few other ways, of course. Once we access your levels, I'll teach you when you're ready." MUI told him.

Goku nodded, and took a stance, ready to punch MUI. MUI did the same before they both rushed to each other at faster light speed.

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Back with the Z fighters, with Goku's disappearance during the night with another abnormal ki, in the morning, his ki and the other being's ki disappeared suddenly, and couldn't be found no matter how hard they tracked.

Piccolo was the first to find out. During the night, he sensed that an unknown being's ki as powerful as Goku's Ultra Instinct appeared. Still, he couldn't do anything, so he simply stayed put and sensed the situation as he continued to meditate.

Later on in the day, he noticed that Goku's ki and the abnormally large ki had disappeared abruptly. Feeling alarmed that something might have happened during the night, he flew off from the lookout and alerted everyone else.

Vegeta, too found out around the same time Piccolo did while he was in his bedroom, doing his usual thinking during the night. Each night, he sensed Goku's ki, to know that Goku was safe, and to bring his anxiety down.

His anxiety is mostly caused by his past with Frieza, as he continuously raped as a teenager, and he was immensely scared whenever anyone dared to approach him. The only exception he allowed to contact him was, of course, the idiot clown Kakarrot.

Vegeta sighed. He started thinking Goku more and more during the past few months, and today was no exception. Laying back, he placed his hands behind his head, looking up at the ceiling he painted of Vegetasei's sky.

It wasn't a surprise, no one noticed. No one bothered anyway, and what was the point of being noticed anyway. Vegeta preferred the time he spent alone and discovered a lot of multiple hobbies he liked doing, and he liked that no one saw them, so no one could try criticizing it.