Weak as I am

Chapter 10 –
Blood

Vegeta’s outside
meditating, trying to clear his mind. Needless to say, he does not succeed. He
can’t believe he actually told Kakarot that he’s attracted to him, it’s
ridiculous. His mind drifts back to their first fight on Chikyuu; he can still
remember his intentions with that insolent low class Saiyan…

“It seems I have a
job opening for you, Kakarot. How do you feel about joining me? We’d be masters
of the universe, no one could touch us.”

“Are you kidding
me? I have seen what you did to Nappa! That’s not what I call job security. And
by the way, I have all I’ve ever wanted here on Chikyuu. All I need is my
family.”

“Have it your way,
Kakarot. I’ll send them a message to make preparations for your funeral!”

Vegeta stared at
Goku coldly and dared him to attack. Goku, surprised at himself, fell for it
and lunged at Vegeta.

‘I understand now
why he rejected me,’ Vegeta thinks. ‘A submissive Saiyan would have followed
me… All Kakarot ever wanted was to fight me and beat me. He couldn’t do it
alone though, he needed help from that bald baka and his son. And I still want
to kill that coward Yajirobe for cutting off my tail! But right after they
defeated me… he let me go. He spared my life… Any other Saiyan, especially a
dominant one, would have killed me to save his honor. What about Kakarot’s
honor? He sure has his pride, but he’s not the cold-hearted killer I expected
him to be.’

Vegeta sighs.
‘Still I wish he had joined me so we could have defeated Frieza side by side.’
With the warmth of the sun on his chest, Vegeta dozes off to sleep.

In the middle of
his sleep, Vegeta suddenly hears a voice telling him to wake up. He opens his
eyes and sees Kakarot standing in front of him. Alarm bells start to go off
inside his head as he notices the sun has set long ago. The sky has turned dark
and the full moon shines with silver light.

“Kuso!” Vegeta
curses and jumps into a fighting stance, expecting Goku to attack any second.

“Tell me… Vegeta…”
Kakarot’s voice sounds strained, as if he’s carrying the whole planet on his
shoulders. “… that you… never wanted… me…”

Vegeta gasps for
breath as the dark form of Goku approaches him. His heart pounds inside his
chest and he shivers with fear.

“Then… I’ll leave
you… alone…” Goku steps out of the shadows, revealing himself with torn clothes
and bloodshot eyes. Vegeta can tell he’s still trying to fight off the call of
his instincts.

“You know the
answer to that, Kakarot,” Vegeta whispers, scared half to death. “I gave myself
away yesterday when I told you how I feel about you.”

“I can’t… hold on…
much longer, Vegeta… I want you to know… this will cause me… as much pain… as
it will cause you… Therefore… I can’t kill you… without putting… my own life…
at stake…”

Vegeta feels Goku’s
presence inside his mind as their souls connect. He’s got no way out of this.

Don’t fight it
Vegeta, he hears Goku say
inside his head. Trust me.

Tears run down
Vegeta’s face as he whispers: “I can’t… trust you… Kakarot… You’re no different
than any of them! All you want… is to master me… to break me…”

That’s a lie,style='mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> Goku states calmly. I want to protect
you, Vegeta, and the only way to do that is to get through this so we can
finally be together.

“I will not submit
to you, Kakarot! My nature forbids it!”

That, my Prince,
is of no relevance to the matter. Goku steps forward and grabs Vegeta by the throat, crushing their lips
together.

In that case,
Kakarot, prepare yourself to fight. Vegeta powers up and frees himself of Goku’s iron grip. I will die
before I let this happen again.

You can’t beat
me, Vegeta and you know it.
Goku starts powering up as well.

Guess I’m finally fighting for the right reason then.

They fly towards
each other. Lightning strikes when the two warriors collide.

The sun rises over
a blood soaked field. Goku slowly opens his eyes, grimacing at the pain he
feels. He can barely move…Then he notices the blood. It’s everywhere, just like
in a bad horror movie. He can smell that a lot of it is his own, but the other
part definitely belongs to Vegeta.

“Vegeta…” he croaks
groggily. Then it hits him like a hammer. He remembers what happened here last
night. Tears well up in his eyes as he sits up and looks around for the Saiyan
Prince.

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
The mountains crumble at Goku’s heart-broken scream of agony as he sees what is
left of Vegeta. He can barely recognize him anymore… He scoops up Vegeta’s limp
body and cries.

“Kill you? Why?”

Goku stands before
Frieza in Hell, the blood of Vegeta still on his body.

“Because I tell you
to, you moron,” Goku growls. “Can’t you see? You’ve won, even though you’re
dead.”

“Whatever, monkey.”
Frieza charges an energy blast and fires it at Goku. It hits him straight in
the chest. Goku falls to the ground and his body fades away.

“About time you
killed him, Frieza,” a dark form chuckles from the shadows.

“Shut up! I know he
killed me, do you have to keep rubbing it in?”

“I can’t help it,
you’re so much fun when you get pissed off like that… otousan.”