Ok...this is pretty dang short....but...I at least answer the
question....I blame my muse however for the length...*whaps muse with
newspaper again* Lazy thing.

Gogeta muse: *Holds up sign* Will work for lemons.

*snorts* You're supposed to be inspiring lemons you!

Gogeta muse: *Grunts and crosses his arms*

Fine be that way...anyways...hope this is at least vaguely amusing.

Ran


Gohan looked nervously between the two men standing in front of him.
Goku and Vegeta were standing...not saying anything....but were
definitely studying him intently. He had no idea what was going on,
the only thing he knew was that his dad had been acting really odd
all day and had snuck him off from his studying and taken him to
Capsule Corp where they had been greeted by a usually irate looking
Vegeta who's only spoken words so far had been, "This is so pathetic
Kakarott" to which his dad had merely grinned sheepishly and shrugged.

They had led him to the gravity room where he had been instructed to
sit and listen. His nervousness was slowly increasing as he looked
between the 2. Finally Vegeta spoke, "What do you know about
producing children?" Gohan's eyes immediately widened in surprise at
the question. His brows furrowed momentarily as he struggled to
recall the details of the one "Birds and the Bees" talk he had had
with Chi-Chi which had been more of a 20 minute session of trying to
figure out just what the hell she had been talking about.  "Umm....I
guess....the basics....Vegeta-sama" he said, flushing slightly at
having to deal with this subject with this man.

"What do you know about mating?" Vegeta asked, his eyes narrowing
slightly.

"Mating?" Gohan asked looking genuinely confused.

This response immediately earned his father a harsh glare, causing
the big man to offer up another sheepish Son grin, "Ahm....I haven't
ah....really found a um.....good time..." he mumbled causing Vegeta
to snort derisively.

"Mating is what one does with whoever they wish to spend the rest of
their lives with....and share their souls with." Vegeta began. He
paused to see if Gohan was understanding what he was saying then
continued, "When one finally does manage to find someone to mate
with, their are a few things that must be done...a ritual of sorts.
One of the things is for the 2 to agree on a dominant and submissive
partner. This basically ensures that a mating won't be ripped apart
from a power struggle. Both partners are equal, however their
personalities usually dictate their level of aggression or
submission. The second is basically a sharing, but it is much more
profound than that. The 2 basically link themselves together, your
emotions, your heart, your very souls are eternally bound together.
The last thing is now more for show than actually having a purpose
since the extinction of our race. It's marking. Basically the 2 bite
into the neck of the other leaving a permanent scar. At one point
this was strictly to make sure that Saiyans wouldn't bring harm upon
themselves by trying to have sex with another's mate during the full
moon, when blood lusts ran much higher."

By the end of said speech Gohan was staring at the older man, trying
to register everything he had been told.


Finally he nervously came up with one question...



"Ano.....Vegeta-sama? You bite them where?"

Vegeta rolled his eyes and yanked down the spandex collar on his
training suit and pointed to the half moon scar at the base of his
neck. It would take Gohan several more years to finally piece
together why his dad had looked so freaked out when Vegeta had shown
that scar....and why neither his mother nor Bulma had a scar like
that of his own.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flash forward in
time~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

"And that would be the first time I got the full version of the
Saiyan Birds and the Bees" Gohan said staring up at the sky, his tail
curling and uncurling slowly.

Trunks stared upwards as well digesting what he had just been
told. "So....my father in this timeline and your dad..." he started.

"Had been mates for a very long time. Apparently Saiyajin nature
demands a mating even if at the time one is forced to mark their
rival. My dad didn't really seem to mind however, especially after
mom died. That was when he and Vegeta actually moved in together and
actually acted like mates." Gohan said reflecting on past memories.

Trunks could only think of one question. "Ne.....Gohan?"

"Hmm?"

"Who was the dominant one?"

*sweatdrop*


~The End~