Author: FireCracker KLee624820@aol.com
        Pairing Goku/Vegeta/Radditz/Nappa

        A/U -Goku learns what it really means to be Saiyan.

        Monkey Moon Part 10

        ****

        Goku landed in the vicinity of the keep, wild air filling his nostrils. He stood in silence,
        briefly taking in the scents and sounds of jungle wildlife. Peeps, whistles and roars
        filled his ears in the distance.

        Three saiyans awaited anxiously, their forms shaded against the night. Tails twitched
        in anticipation as sculpted bodies gleamed like polished bronze in dense foilage.

        "He comes" Vegeta purred roughly, squatting in tall bamboo. "The trail is well
        marked?"

        Nappa peered through thick growth. "Hai, prince...soon will he know!"

        Raditz blended into the bush, his mane having the appearance of a small tree.
        "Closer, ai...I can smell him!"

        Like shadows they melted into deep forest.

        ****

        Goku cautiously walked with measured steps, feeling a strange fire heat his bones.
        Gentle breezes blew across a meadow he approached. Familiar, potent scent assailed
        his nostrils.

        I know that...but how?

        Growling softly, he investigated further. The trail was stronger still along tree trunks
        and through heavy foilage. He wrinkled his nose in delight, unaware of the instinctual
        reaction. Further along he wound, approaching an enclosed waterfall against jungle
        backdrop.

        They were waiting. Three pairs of red eyes watched him in silence, eerie against the
        dark.

        "What the hell?" Goku whispered under his breath, seeing their nudity up close. The
        saiyans sat clustered on wet boulders, water streaming around them on all sides. The
        scene was eerily reminiscent of his dream. Dark spiky mops were overgrown and
        shaggy, spiking to bizarre porportions. Even Nappa had grown long shocks from the
        back of his head, although he was still bald up top.

        Vegeta spoke first. "Eventide, Kakarot...we are pleased you join us this night."

        Goku stared at their strange appearance. "What's wrong with all of you?"

        Raditz shook his great mane and laughed. "Have you no other word, brother? 'Tis
        meet that you came to us now."

        "Mostly out of curiosity" Goku managed, looking them over. He felt strangely turned
        on.

        Vegeta lowered glowing eyes in seduction. "I've been described as most comely. Do
        you find me attractive, Kakarot?" a soft purr.

        Goku could only stare at bronzed perfection. "I...I'm thinking many things."

        Vegeta waved his tail at him. "And do you trust us now?"

        "I don't know. Something compelled me to be here."

        "Understandable" Nappa chimed in. "The trail was strong...you had no choice."

        "Trail?" Goku frowned, turning the memory of scent over in his mind. He glanced at
        Raditz briefly. "That was your doing, as well?"

        The maned saiyan grinned. "Hai, you've a good nose. But enough of this, come join
        us on the rocks."

        "I'll keep my distance for now. This night is wild and strange, and fire burns my body. I
        want answers!"

        Vegeta leaned against Nappa as he received a massage. "All your answers are
        here...along with your heart's desire."

        "What do you know of my desires?"

        "This is jungle run, Kakarot. Lies die and masks fall away. You would burn and yet
        keep your distance?"

        "That's right. I don't fear being saiyan, but I won't be used either."

        "Hn. Even pride must yield to pleasure for our kind."

        Goku walked the edge of the waterfall cautiously. "We'll see about that. Why are you
        out here in the jungle?"

        In response the saiyans reared their heads back and roared. White fangs sparkled in
        near darkness.

        Goku dropped down to sit on a nearby boulder. "That isn't an answer!"

        Radtiz pointed smugly. "Kakarot, you're hilarious...have you learned nothing from
        your dreams?"

        Goku stared at them all, shaking his head. "Hai, enough to know you look like
        lunatics."

        "Lunatics, are we?" Nappa chortled. "Have you seen yourself recently?"

        "What?!"

        Vegeta smirked. "No more illusions, Kakarot" he pointed at a clear pool of water.
        Goku stalked over to stare at the smooth surface. Dark eyes went wide in shock.

        "Shit!"

        The others laughed, a strange chattering sound. Goku stood transfixed by his own
        image. A memory surfaced once again...

         Goku stared at his reflection in dark waters, not recognizing himself.

        "Hn, I see another crazy saiyan" his mother taunted. "Your hair grows long."

        It was true. He was red eyed and shaggy like the others...

        "It's just like that strange dream I had" he murmured in disbelief. The others came up
        behind him, forming a semicircle. Goku had a notion they resembled a cluster of
        demons roaming the night. He stared at his hands, seeing clawlike nails for the first
        time.

        "Is this some kind of trick?"

        A finger traced down his bare back, trailing fire. Goku jolted, spinning around.

        "Sensitive, are we?" Vegeta teased, red eyes flashing weirdly. "It's no trick, Kakarot.
        You can't deny your blood or the feelings that come with it."

        "I don't know what I feel. This is too bizarre."

        The prince stood before him, magnificent in his nudity. "Jungle run is tonight, and you
        are here. Nothing else matters."

        "It does to me" Goku backed away uncomfortably, forcing his eyes up.

        "You find me attractive" Vegeta purred again. "Good. There is much between us this
        night-"

        "Vegeta...I won't deny that at times it seems as if there's an energy between us. I've
        never been able to tell if we're friends or enemies..."

        "We are less...and more. It has ever been so" a furry coil brushed his hip. Goku lifted
        it away gently, noting a sweet spicy fragrance.

        "I should leave" his body felt strange, prickly hot. Raditz moved behind him.

        "A lovely night, brother" the maned saiyan looked to the sky. "Have you seen the
        moon?"

        "Yes, all the way down here!!" Goku snapped, edging away again. Blood pounded in
        his ears making it difficult to concentrate.

        "There is a small cloud cover. We but await it to clear, and then-"

        "Why tell me?" Goku grew increasingly agitated. Their scent was strengthening,
        grating his nerves.

        "Hn" Nappa pulled his chin, looking Goku over slowly. Wild red eyes fell to the bulky
        sash at his waist. "Join us in a swim, Kakarot" he leered, licking his lips.

        "No..."

        "I grow impatient with your reluctance, Kakarot" Vegeta growled, snapping his tail.
        "You aren't here out of curiosity or answers. The call of the pack has been answered,
        and you will participate!!"

        Goku balled his fists, attempting to go super saiyan. "Go to hell...no one orders me
        around!"

        They growled at him with toothy smiles. Goku strained to change, a suffused golden
        glow rolling around his form...

        Nothing happened. The glow dissipated rapidly to nothingness.

        He stared at himself. "What the fug???"

        "Look at yourself, Kakarot" Vegeta laughed wildly. "You're shifted into oozaru...under
        the moon there is no super saiyan!"

        "What do you mean?!"

        "Remember the dream? You can't be in both states at once!"

        "But I'm not oozaru, dammit! This should have worked-"

        Another eerie round of laughter from the saiyans. "Brother, you're priceless" Raditz
        grinned. "Try as you will, oozaru will dominate here...you will change, soon enough."

        "Bull!!" Goku flared again, straining to maximum power. A misty golden aura
        expanded before imploding once again. He collapsed on the ground, spent for his
        efforts.

        Sculpted bodies encircled him. Vegeta looked up quickly at clearing skies.
        "Kakarot...are you trying to deceive us? I do sense another change in you."

        Goku pulled himself up to a knee. "Change? What are you babbling about, Vegeta?"

        The prince gave a slow smile as comprehension dawned. "Hn, I can smell it..." he
        nodded at Nappa and Raditz.

        Nappa tugged at Goku's sash. "This is pretty big...I wonder why?" a savage grin lit his
        features.

        Goku slapped his hand away. "Go paw someone else."

        "Hn, and after all we shared together..."

        Raditz likewise glanced down. "Hai, most interesting. Take off those pants and join us
        in a swim!" he grabbed Goku at the waist from behind.

        "Get the hell off of me, Raditz!" Goku snarled, wild hair sticking everywhere. A free
        hand slinked down his bare belly before pausing.

        "Why Kakarot...are you trying to hide something from us?" Raditz purred sweetly,
        stroking across the sash.

        Goku twitched, jerked. "Don't...ahhh...do that!!"

        "Like that, hn? Oh, what's this...a surprise!" he touched black fur through folds of
        cloth.

        Goku sought leverage against the armlock. "Stop-"

        "Game over, brother!" Raditz tore the sash away, revealing a thick tail that tumbled
        free. The black coil had an impressive length, lashing wildly about.

        Nappa tasted his lips hungrily. "My touch did that!" he shouted in triumph.

        "A touch well made, Nappa" Vegeta commented. "Your prince will show his gratitude."

        Goku elbowed Raditz in the gut, who held on stubbornly. "And now it begins!" he
        shouted, yanking Goku's head back.

        "Look to the skies, Kakarot!!"

        Goku stiffened, staring upward. Thin clouds wafted away, revealing a bright moon
        against sparkling stars. As Raditz said, game over.

        Handsome features slackened once more, slipping into a trancelike state. Unblinking
        eyes blazed flaming red. With a gutteral roar, Goku burst free and turned oozaru,
        shifting to monstrous size and towering over dense jungle forest. Similiar cries
        erupted around him as the others transformed also, their roars rocking the jungle for
        miles around.

        Whether it was meant to happen or not, Goku couldn't say. He only knew he felt
        great...

        ****

        The explosion of ki didn't go unnoticed. The emergency session Chi Chi pleaded for
        was in full blown discussion at the Son house. Krillen, Yamcha, Tien and Piccolo argued
        heatedly about a course of action regarding Goku.

        "I still say it's a personal matter between Goku and Chi Chi!" Yamcha insisted.

        Krillen sipped his coffee. "Gee, I don't know, guys...if Goku's changing, maybe he's
        under the influence of Vegeta some way."

        "That's right" Tien chimed. "I contacted some friends in Tibet...they mentioned a
        tremendous power surge unlike anything they'd ever felt."

        "There's something going on in South America" Piccolo stated.

        ****

        Something indeed. Four mighty oozaru wrestled and fought in their own version of
        loveplay. Deafening blows traded with titanic crashes. A punch here. A kick there.
        Monstrous body rolls that broke open hillsides and caved out open terrain. The were
        apes had remarkable agility despite their huge size, leaping and bounding over small
        rivers and tossing huge boulders.

        Communication was a different language altogether. They chirped and chittered,
        clucked and roared at each other. Tails lifted in display as they paired off and coupled
        repeatedly, roars of ecstacy frightening jungle game for miles around. Finally
        exhausted, the monstrous behemoths settled in huge caves, nuzzling in warm
        comfort.

        ****

        The Z fighters were done arguing. The decision was made to investigate Goku's odd
        disappearance. A specially designed light ship by Capsule Corporation made the trip to
        South America unbelievably quick.

        "What can we expect to find? It's almost dawn!" Krillen stared out the panoramic
        view screen at endless jungle terrain. The skies were lightening to deep lavender and
        pinkish orange hues.

        "Good question" Tien stared also. "Anything unusual, I guess. But those ki spikes
        seem awfully familiar somehow...like something we've experienced before."

        "Yeah, I was thinking the same thing" Yamcha said as he piloted the controls. "This is
        getting too weird...guys, you don't think Goku's joined them or something?!"

        Krillen glared. "C'mon, this is Goku we're talking about! Are you crazy?"

        "We can't make assumptions" Piccolo warned. "Goku is changed, as we discussed
        earlier. Remember those are his own kind."

        "But they're evil" Yamcha insisted. "Why would he associate with them?"

        "On some level I understand, Yamcha. I don't pretend to know the saiyan mindset,
        but I can tell you this...it's difficult to turn away from your own, no matter the
        circumstance."

        "Then we'll have to convince him otherwise" Tien supplied. "His home is here!"

        "Is it?" Piccolo wondered aloud.

        ****

        Goku opened his eyes blearily, his face against damp skin. Scents filled his dawning
        awareness. Soil, sweat, musk. Plants, water, semen. All were combined in a primitive
        fragrance he found most...delightful.

        Dark eyes blinked in confusion as he rubbed his head and looked about. He was
        sandwiched in saiyan flesh, a tangle of arms and legs. Soft waterfall pattered outside
        the damp cave rich with moss and lichens.

        Cold shock stabbed his gut to full awareness. What did I do?!

        He glanced down at blissfully sleeping saiyans pressed around him. Vegeta was
        pressed underneath him, a rapturous expression on his face.

        Vegeta...

        Goku realized then how beautiful the prince truly was. Fingers traced soft lips and
        heavy brows.

        I could never say it, Vegeta...but there's always been something there. I wanted you
        but feared acting on my feelings. There was too much at stake.

        He leaned forward for a stolen kiss. The Goku that was wouldn't do this...but I've
        changed. Kakarot is alive in me now!

        "Hn..." liquid eyes opened slowly. "I had a marvelous dream..."

        Goku sat up. "Vegeta?"

        The prince pulled him back down. "Silence, while the others still sleeping."

        "I don't remember what happened last night."

        "Are you certain? Sense your feelings, Kakarot, then tell me."

        Goku stretched over him again, a warm heaviness spreading through his body. He felt
        deliciously weary and sore. A gentle buzz rang in his skull.

        "Kami...it's incredible!"

        A hot lick in his ear. "Feel it, do you? And there is more."

        "I've never...felt this good in my entire life..."

        Vegeta sniffed along his neck. "Hai, hot perfume. This is where you belong, reva. You
        will stay!"

        Goku flopped against Raditz, feeling sticky warmth on his backside. "Did all of us?"

        Vegeta gave a lazy yawn, his tail stroking Goku's thighs. "Hai, love. This is but the
        first night of jungle run."

        Goku blinked. "What did you call me?"

        Vegeta kissed him. "I choose you, Kakarot."

        Goku pulled back reluctantly. "This is madness, Vegeta...I'm married."

        A pointed tongue lapped his shoulder, tasting. "No...you came to us, as blood
        demanded."

        "But that doesn't mean we can be together-"

        "I know your heart, and you know mine. We chose each other, Kakarot."

        Goku's expression was blank as he stared at the cave ceiling. "I don't remember
        what happened!"

        Another kiss. /No? Think back to last night.../

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