Ok, it's too damned long to be a one-shot. AnaFrost, my uber wonderful awesome as hell beta, THIS is for YOU.

For all you others, you know the drill! Review if you like it! I'll try and type up and post the second half on Monday when I'm off work and my oldest turd starts school… which will be WONDERFUL! THANK YOU FOR SCHOOL!

Oh… ahem. WARNING: This fic contains mild (what I consider mild, and it probably is) smutty smut smut and lots of filthy language. So if you don't like that stuff, or you're under 16… don't go away mad. Just go away. Love you, all of my faithful readers!

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Damn him to the bowels of Hell.

Rei rolled over onto her back and stared at the ceiling in the dark, wide awake and totally unable to even so much as doze off. At least she'd get some rest if she could do that. She shifted a little, readjusting against the pillows, and bit down on her bottom lip when the sheets whispered against her nipples, instantly hardening them.

Damn him to the bowels of Hell!

This was all his fault, and what was worse, was he didn't even know what he'd done, so she couldn't scream at him for it as usual! "I'm going to kill him," she muttered to the ceiling. "I'm horny, and he's going to die for it. Simple as that."

Rei sighed, and against her better judgment, she let her hand trail down between her legs. She'd been resisting the urge to make it all better for the last three hours, but at this point she wasn't going to get any sleep if she didn't get some relief.

She ground her teeth as she found herself thinking about him again, fantasizing about those sweat-covered muscles, his bare chest and back… and then she moaned softly as her imagination took over, and that gorgeous broad chest was hovering above her.

It was no longer her soft, small fingers stroking her heat. They were his fingers. She'd felt his hand in hers once, when she'd slipped and fallen out in the courtyard, and he'd offered it and pulled her up. His hand was large, and warm, and rough with callouses. Sweet Ares, what would it feel like if he actually touched her bare body with those hands?

Rei moaned again at that thought, and bit down on her lip. She needed to be quiet, damn it. His hearing was good, and his room was only right next to hers. And with those thin rice paper doors, he was going to hear her if she wasn't careful.

She froze when she heard something from the other room. It sounded like he'd woken up. Fuck! She raged in her head. I just want to get off and go to sleep, already!

Several minutes of dead silence passed before she dared to move her hand again, and she let her eyes slip shut and her imagination take over once more.

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Goten mentally groaned when she froze. Shit, she'd heard him move. He'd jumped back a little when he'd looked through the cracked door. After all, it was pretty surprising to find Rei awake at such an hour. And what he'd found her doing… Kami, he was rock hard just from looking at her for a few moments! And she slept naked!? This was Goten's best wet dream come true!

He thanked every god that was listening that he'd been gifted with Saiyan night vision, because he could clearly see her in the dark, her head tipping back slowly, her mouth opening as she softly panted, her hand slowly moving beneath the sheet. He clutched the doorframe when the sheet slipped down and bared her breasts, and her free hand crept up to rub one of her nipples.

Kami, this was totally going in the spank bank. Fuck that, it was the entire spank bank from this day forward!

He went rigid when he heard her suddenly whisper his name in ecstasy. Holy shit! At first, he'd been terrified that she'd seen him, or heard him breathing at the door like some perverted window licker, but when she only continued, it dawned on him. She was fantasizing about him!?

It took him several moments to pick his jaw up off the floor at such a discovery, and he found himself wiping a bit of drool off of his lower lip. Trunks had been right! God, he totally fucking owed him, now! Everything that little royal bastard had told him to do had actually worked, and now Hino Rei had the serious hots for him!

God, he had to call Trunks, the time of night be damned! Not yet, though. He wanted to watch her come, first. He'd only been thinking about what she would look like in the throes of passion for months, and he was finally going to get to see it.

Then it happened, and Goten was in awe at the sight. Rei's body arched, and she was moaning softly, her head thrown back, her free hand clutching the sheet beneath her. "Yes, Goten, yes," she whispered, her voice bordering on a whimper. "You feel so good."

He nearly sank to his knees and yelled praises to the heavens at those words; she really was imagining that it was him getting her off! Goten waited until she'd relaxed, staring up at the ceiling with a frown on her face. "I'm going to kill him in the morning," she grumbled, before rolling over and shutting her eyes. "But at least now I can get some damned sleep."

Goten nearly laughed at that first statement. Now that sounded like the Rei he knew and loved. Using his ki to keep him afloat so she wouldn't hear him walking around, he shrugged some pants on over his huge erection and scooped up his phone before flying out his window to the other side of the shrine.

He immediately dialed his best friend.

"What, Goten?" The fact that he'd woken Trunks up was undeniable: ever since he'd been mated to Usagi, he was always up early to train with her, and they went to bed as soon as their newborn son, Vegeta, fell asleep.

"Dude, you won't believe what just happened!"

"Goten, make it quick. Usa and I have to be up at four. We're training with Father in…" He rolled over and looked at his bedside clock. "Two hours. So just spill it."

"I woke up a little while ago, because I thought I'd heard something in Rei's room, and when I went to check, she was getting herself off!"

"And while I'm sure that's plenty hot, why are you so damned excited?" Trunks grumbled. He looked to his mate to make sure she was still asleep; thank Kami that Usa slept like a fucking rock.

"Dude, she was moaning my name." When Trunks was simply silent on the other end, Goten grinned. Apparently that had made an impression! "Dude, I shit you not. She really was. I did everything you told me to do yesterday. I worked out half-naked, I came out of the shower in only a towel afterwards, and I took every opportunity to make sure she saw me without my shirt on."

"And you doubted that it would work?" Trunks snorted.

"Yeah, I did!" Goten admitted. "But it worked! So what in the hell do I do now?" Goten asked, shaking his head in wonder.

"What you should have done was went in there and gotten her off yourself, the moment you knew it was you she was thinking about."

"Oh, hell no. Dude, she'd flash fry my ass in a heartbeat."

"No, if she was really fantasizing about you, she would have let you, man. Just do what I told you to. Be smooth, don't be so damned goofy and awkward all the time. You're a great guy, and she knows it. Now you have to seduce her a little, and you have to be fucking smooth for that."

"Alright, alright. Smooth. Got it." Damn it, Goten wished he had a pad and pencil so he could take notes! "What else?"

"Keep doing the same thing, man. Keep parading around without your shirt on, keep doing those one-armed pushups and chin-ups when she's around, and offer to do her chores at every chance. She will eat that shit up, dude. Now, I am going the fuck back to sleep, ok? I'll call you when Father lets us take a break to eat."

"Sweet, dude. Thank you so much!" Goten hung up then, and flew back to his room, silently sliding back into his bed. Judging by Rei's deep and even breathing in the other room, she'd finally dozed off as well. She'd better enjoy that sleep while she could, because Goten was hell-bent on giving her an eyeful tomorrow, in hopes of a replay of what had just happened.

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Goten grinned when his phone rang, and halted his morning warmup to answer it. "Yeah, buddy, so what's the next step?"

"You doing everything I told you to?"

"Yup. She's already walked in on me doing pushups; she turned a little red and went right back out of the room."

"Good, that's good. Alright, did you do some of her chores?"

Goten opened his mouth to answer in the affirmative, but he heard a commotion on the other end of the line, a few shouts from Trunks, Usagi's infectious laughter, and then another, lower voice spoke to him. "Brat, you're a grown damned man. Don't you dare be that girl's bitch."

"V—Vegeta!?" Goten choked out. When the Saiyan prince merely grunted, Goten shook his head. "Oh hell no, Vegeta, I don't need any advice on women from you. Put Trunks back on the line. This isn't any of your damned business, anyway."

"Boy! Who do you think has been telling Trunks what to tell you!? So far you're doing everything I did to get Bulma in the bed, and no surprise, it's working! I'm a fucking master tactician and battle strategist; I know what I'm doing!"

"Vegeta, I hate to inform you, but this isn't a battle," Goten grumbled, a little taken aback by the fact that he'd actually been following Vegeta's advice, and not what he'd thought of as Trunks'.

"Oh, but it is," he replied evilly. "And the rights to that girl's vagina are the spoils of war, boy."

"Dear Kami," Goten whimpered to himself. "I can't believe I'm asking you this, but what should I do next?"

"I knew you'd see the light, brat. Trunks informed me of what happened last night. The next time it happens—and it will happen again, I assure you—you're going to waltz in there and take over."

"But Vegeta, she'll kill me!"

"Boy, are you a Saiyan warrior, or a fucking pussy!" Vegeta snapped. "I know damned well that Kakarot didn't raise a sissy girl! Even your older brother's gotten himself some snatch, I'm sure an idiot like you can manage it!"

"Ok, fine, then," Goten growled. "What do I do if she tries to kill me?"

"Trunks' mother tried to kill me a few times," Vegeta chuckled. "I just pinned her down and did what needed to be done. That girl of yours in a fiery one, she just needs to be dominated a little; taken in hand. No pun intended," he said with another chuckle.

Goten groaned and rolled his eyes. "Ok, so dominate her a little if she tries to set my hair on fire. Got it. What else?"

"Listen carefully, brat, because this is very fucking important." Vegeta waited a moment before speaking again, once he was sure he had Goten's full attention. "You're going to go in there, but not right away. Wait for her to heat things up a bit on her own."

"Ok," Goten said reluctantly. Kami, if he actually went in there, he was going to die. Slowly.

"Then go in there, don't say anything, and just take over for her. I'm sure I don't have to explain that, right?" He asked with a snort of contempt.

"No, I think I know what I'm doing," Goten huffed.

"Now, this is the most important part. You're going to get her off, hopefully give her the best orgasm of her life… and then you're going to get up and walk away."

"WHAT!?"

Vegeta's laughter was all Goten heard on the other end for a full minute, while the younger Saiyan simply sputtered and ranted into the phone.

Finally, Vegeta calmed down enough to speak again. "Just do it. Trust me, boy. It will work. You're going to go back to bed, and act like nothing happened at all. And if she's anything like my mate, she won't follow you, either. She'll be too dumbstruck for a minute to do it, and then that pride and stubbornness of hers is going to take over."

"But what's the point!? That pride and stubbornness of hers will still be there the next day, Vegeta, and she'll avoid the hell out of me if she doesn't try to beat me into next week!"

"She'll avoid you, yeah, that's true. But that's fine, that's what you want to happen. She'll start wondering what in the hell happened, and why you didn't want to finish the job, and then she'll come to you. And when she does that, it'll be her idea, and she won't be able to fault you for it."

Goten was silent for a moment, his eyes wide at that last statement. "You are fucking brilliant."

"I know," Vegeta answered smugly, leaning back in his chair. "She won't be able to say you took advantage of her if she's the one requesting actual sex. Got it?"

"Oh, I got it," Goten said eagerly. "But… for the sake of argument… what if she doesn't?"

"She will, don't worry. You make that first move, and even if it takes her a little while, she'll come running right to you. Oh, and if you hear her getting herself off again after that first time, don't do anything. Just trust me on that. Stay put and don't go to her. You're in charge, Goten. Not her."

"Anything else?" He asked curiously. God, Vegeta was the fucking man!

"Yeah, make sure you get off before you go in there. You don't want those Saiyan hormones of yours running too wild, or you'll wind up mating with the girl before it's time."

Goten blushed a little, but Vegeta was absolutely right. "Yeah, you're right about that."

"And get some damned shorts to work out in, not those hideous orange pants. The more skin you show, the better. And the tighter they are, the better."

He snorted at that and tried not to laugh. "Like your shorts?"

"Shut up, brat. Call Trunks when it happens. But don't wake up my grandbrat, or I'll pound on you harder than I do your father."

Goten grinned at that; Vegeta was quite the doting grandfather, much to the surprise of all, except for Usagi. Vegeta had a tendency to dote on her a little bit, too, since she was the warrior daughter he'd never had. And a princess, too. Vegeta's eyes had nearly popped out of his head when she'd informed him of that little tidbit.

And when baby Vegeta had been born, it had been Usagi's decision to name him after his grandfather, whether Trunks liked it or not. Vegeta's son had been hesitant about it during the pregnancy, but when that newborn boy had come out with hair identical to Vegeta's and a tail, he'd even admitted that Vegeta was the only name that they could possibly pick. The only thing different from the older Saiyan was the fact that he had blue eyes, just like his parents'.

Goten shoved his phone in his pocket and immediately went to his room to change clothes. It was a hot day, after all, so no one would question his change into shorts. He had a few pair like those that Vegeta wore, but he mainly wore those in the gravity room when it was blistering hot outside. There was no air conditioning in that damned thing, so it was always twenty degrees hotter inside.

He quickly changed clothes, and knowing that Rei was likely sweeping the courtyard since he'd already cleaned the kitchen for her, he headed that way to continue his workout. Goten basically ignored her when he entered the courtyard and began his routine of katas, but he did catch her reddening face out of the corner of his eye.

That was all he needed to see before he continued with his morning warmups, before going to one-armed pushups, alternating which arm he was using. He could sense her ki standing in the same spot the entire hour; that one step was probably really clean by now! He finished up when he was covered in a fine sheen of sweat, and slung a towel he'd brought with him over his neck after wiping his forehead.

As he passed her on his way back towards the shower, he gave her a little smile. "You want some coffee, Rei? I was going to grab a cup."

"Um—uh—sure." Rei's cheeks brightened, and the step she was sweeping suddenly required her full attention.

"I'll bring you some." And with that, Goten exited before he started grinning ear to ear like a total idiot. He made Rei a cup of coffee before getting one for himself, and carried hers back to the courtyard. She'd finally moved on to a different step, he saw, and tried not to chuckle at the fact that the steps should have been totally clean by then. But she'd only begun. Good, that meant that her attention had been glued to him the entire work out. "Here you go."

Goten made a point of just barely brushing his fingertips against hers when she took the cup and thanked him, and watched her blush once more. "I was up early and finished all my chores. You need anything done before I go shower?"

"Um, no, thanks. And thank you for doing the dishes," she added quickly, still not meeting his gaze.

"Eh, no prob. I know you hate doing them, and I don't mind," he said with an easy shrug, before taking off for his room.

Phase one was complete.

Begin phase two.

Goten took his time before getting into the shower, since he knew Rei's routine like the back of his hand. By timing everything just right, Rei would be walking past the bathroom that they shared right as he was leaving it, wrapped only in a towel that barely covered his naughty bits.

He went a step further to perfect the timing by monitoring her ki while he washed up, and grinned when she was coming down the hallway just as he'd finished drying off. Towel in place, he exited the bathroom, and gave her a nonchalant greeting as he passed her.

She didn't even acknowledge it; those violet eyes were simply too focused on the towel, and what she knew lied behind it.

Goten grinned once he was past her, he felt her ki stop moving, and knew for a fact that she'd turned around to get a good look at his ass. He burst out into quiet, giddy laughter once he was in the safety of his own room with the door closed.

Oh, God, this was actually working!

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"Well, brat, how's the seduction going?"

Goten laughed at that and ran his fingers through his hair nervously. "Great, actually. She hasn't been able to keep her eyes off of me all day, so far. She even swept a single step for a whole hour while she watched me do my work out," he added with a grin.

"Goten, you're so bad!" Usagi snickered. "Poor Rei, if she ever finds out that you boys planned all of this, don't expect me to get in her way when she comes hunting."

"Feh. You won't say a word, girl."

"I won't, Tousan. But if she does find out, I'm serious. I'm running and hiding… ok, not exactly. More likely, I'll make some popcorn and sell tickets to the ass-kicking fiesta. All three of you are going to be bald when she's through setting your heads on fire."

"And what's she going to say when she finds out you kept your mouth shut, girl?" Vegeta chuckled. "That pretty blonde hair is going to be ash."

"The fuck it is. I'm pleading ignorance like a total coward, Tousan," Usagi replied with a grin. "And Goten? There's nothing wrong with doing a few little chores. Don't let Tousan turn you into a fucking turd like him."

"I—girl, did you just call me a turd!?" Vegeta asked in sheer surprise.

"Shit, Tousan, I've called you worse than that in the heat of sparring." A cry sounded just then, and Usagi groaned a little. "Time to go serve yet another demanding Saiyan prince. I swear, you boys and your fixation with tits…"

"He knew you were bitching at me, girl," Vegeta said with a grin. "That's what you get. That's my boy, and he's got my back!"

"Oh, go blow a goat, Tousan."

"I hope he bites down while he's eating."

"And if he does, I'm punching you in the dick the next time we spar."

"Good luck with that," Vegeta grunted in reply, snickering as she exited. His new daughter was always fun to verbally spar with, but even more so when he got her especially riled. Sometimes, the shit that flew out of that girl's mouth was so pithy and creative that it left even him speechless, and her mate laughing so hard that he was nearly pissing himself.

"So, brat, what's next on your agenda?"

Goten shrugged. "Not much, really. I already did all the temple chores before my warn-ups, and the dishes, since Rei hates those." He rolled his eyes when Vegeta scowled. "Rei has enough on her plate, what with Grandpa's health and all. Doing the dishes does not emasculate me."

"The hell it doesn't, but if you want to be some house slave to a woman, that's your choice. So… she was staring?"

"And blushing. A lot. Especially when she saw me in shorts. And I know she was checking out my ass when I passed her in the hall in nothing but a towel."

Vegeta grunted and nodded. "That's good. If she really was staring as much as you say, it'll happen tonight." He pointed to the door. "Time for the next part of your battle strategy, boy."

"Huh?"

The Saiyan prince grinned, and it was the grin he gave that once put the fear of God into his enemies. It meant trouble. "You and I are going to spar, boy."

"Huh?" Goten asked again.

"You heard me, boy. Get outside and power up to your highest level." Vegeta followed him out, and both of them went to Super Saiyan three with minimal effort, though Vegeta was still the stronger of the two.

"Why are we sparring?" Goten asked suspiciously.

"You'll see," he chuckled malevolently. Vegeta flew at him then, a flurry of kicks and punches, and Goten was immediately on the defensive. He was blocking the majority of them, but a few made it through, and after ten minutes of intense fighting and a few ki waves, Vegeta called the match.

Goten wiped a little blood from his mouth and spat on the ground. "Good match, but what was that for?" He smirked, even though it hurt his split lip, when Vegeta wiped some blood from his jaw. At least he'd gotten a couple good hits in of his own.

"You've got a split lip, eyebrow, and a bruised jaw. Now she'll fawn over you a little when you return. It's nothing that won't heal by tonight, though."

"Vegeta…" Goten shook his head in wonder. "You are a fucking genius."

"I know," he replied, with a dismissive wave of his hand. "Now get back to that shrine quickly, before you start to heal up."

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Rei looked up from her tea, deep in thought about her grandfather, when Goten walked in. Damn it, now she wouldn't be able to think about anything but that perfect body of his. Last night should have taken care of that problem, at least for a couple of days, but she was just as aroused as she had been the day before.

Maybe she should do something about it. Rei mentally shook her head and cringed at the idea. Hell no! That baka, while nice as hell to look at, was one of the most annoying pains in the asses she had ever encountered!

All those thoughts fled, however, when she saw his face. "Sweet Ares, Goten! What happened!?"

Goten tried to smirk when she rushed over, but it only made him wince from his split lip. "It's alright," he said quickly, but he didn't stop her when he felt her fingertips brush over his bleeding eyebrow.

Suddenly, she was angry. "Who did this?" She hissed. "Tell me who did it, and I'll set their fucking head on fire, Goten."

Surprised by her sudden protectiveness, and a little touched, he managed a smile. "Nah, I was just sparring with Vegeta. You know how he gets sometimes."

Rei shook her head at that and huffed. So much for setting his head on fire, Vegeta would pound her six ways from Sunday if she even tried. She knew how he got during sparring, he was the one that had helped Trunks and Usagi train her after the princess had started dating Vegeta's son. If it weren't for Usagi's healing powers, Rei would be littered in scars. "The high and mighty prince needs to learn not to treat his sparring partners like punching bags," she snapped. She pointed to a seat at the kitchen table. "Sit down, I'll get the first aid kit."

"No, Rei, really I'm fine," Goten protested, trying to act as normal as possible. It was so difficult to keep a triumphant grin from his face when everything was so perfectly falling right into place!

Rei turned her head and glared at him. It was that glare that told him she'd beat the shit out of him if he didn't do as he was told. "Sit," she ordered firmly.

"Yes, ma'am," Goten replied, chuckling at her protective streak. She was going to be a great mother to his children one day soon. He promptly sat when she shot him another furious glare, since he didn't want that fury focused on him. Thank Kami that Vegeta could more than handle himself; he even felt a tiny pang of sympathy for the man. Once Rei got ahold of him... at least Usagi would have an excuse to make popcorn and sell tickets.

The kind and concerned Rei was back when she returned and pulled up a chair directly across from him to tend to his wounds. Goten made sure to wince a little when she cleaned the cuts, even though it really didn't hurt, while assuring her that he was just fine.

Rei smiled a little at his tough-guy façade whenever he'd flinch, only to assure her that he wasn't hurt every time she'd apologize for making his cuts sting. He really was cute, like a little boy trying to stay fierce so as not to be embarrassed. She found herself paying special attention to the split lip, and fighting the urge to lean forward and kiss it.

God, what was she thinking! This was Goten, damn it!

As if reading her thoughts, Goten smirked a little. "Want to kiss it and make it better, beautiful?"

"Ugh, you are such a pervert," Rei snorted, punching him lightly in the chest. She scowled when he flinched. She hadn't hit him that hard, had she? Had she hurt his feelings? Wait a minute, had he been serious? Had he really wanted to kiss her?

Oh, fuck.

The last damned thing she needed right then was a puppy-love stricken Goten. Sure, he was sexy as all hell, and a great warrior, but he was goofy and annoying, just like his father. At least his father had some age on his side to temper that goofy personality when things got serious. Goten was just too much like Usagi, always laughing shit off when it wasn't the least bit funny.

But then again, Usagi was her best friend in the entire world, closer to her than any of the other Senshi. Maybe that's why she continued to allow Goten to live and work at the shrine; he balanced her out in a way.

Damn it, she liked him. Rei mentally shook her head at that realization as she began to bandage the cut on his eyebrow. Ok, she liked him an awful lot. But it didn't mean she was going to do anything rash like jump him in the kitchen. When she got to his jaw, she couldn't keep herself from brushing the tips of her fingers alongside the cut.

Goten closed his eyes and shivered, willing himself not to moan and kiss her until she couldn't think straight for a month. Tonight. Go with Vegeta's plan, and wait for tonight. The Saiyan prince had been right; this was a battle, and if he had enough discipline to fight the battles he'd fought before, he had enough to do it now and not get impatient.

"Sorry, did that hurt?" Rei asked. Her voice held a hint of nerves as she gently inspected the cut with her hand before dressing it.

"No, you're fine," he said softly. It took every ounce of willpower he had not to kiss her finger when it stroked the cut on his lip. Damn it, did this woman even know what she was doing to him!? Judging by her blush, it was doing something to her as well.

"I can't really do anything for the split lip, Goten. Just keep it clean and dry."

"It'll heal fast," he assured her. Goten grasped her hand in his own and brushed his mouth over her knuckles. "Thanks, Rei. I appreciate you doctoring me up. I'll go start in on the afternoon chores, now."

With that, he got up and left before he jumped the gun. Kami, how was he supposed to get up and walk away later that night if he was having such a hard time doing it right now!?

Rei just stared in surprise at his sudden exit after such a sweet gesture. He'd kissed her hand like a total gentleman, but the look in his eyes had been completely at odds with the action. That look had been so serious, and she could have sworn she'd seen desire in it. But it wasn't that playful, puppy-love look that Goten usually gave her. It had been raw, lustful, and a little scary.

It reminded her of the way Trunks looked at Usagi sometimes, of how he'd looked at Usagi all the time when they'd first started dating, before things had gotten really serious between them. Maybe… maybe there was more to him than she'd thought during the last few months.

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Goten sighed and sagged against the wall in the shower, finally relieved of the raging need he'd felt in the kitchen. It hadn't taken him long, considering that his spank bank was full from the night before. "Discipline, damn it. Discipline. If someone with Vegeta's lack of self-control can do this, so can I."

He sensed Rei's ki coming up the steps, and quickly stepped out of the shower. In a stroke of genius that would have made Vegeta proud, Goten didn't dry off with his ki as usual. Rather, he toweled off just enough to avoid dripping in the hall, leaving his hair alone so some water would run down his neck, chest and back.

He felt her gaze on him the moment he exited the bathroom; those violet eyes were practically burning into his back. "Hey, Rei," he said pleasantly, as he made his way to his room. "Just washing the dirt off from the fight. I'll get on those chores in a minute."

The priestess simply nodded, unable to keep her eyes off of the water dripping down his chest. She was fighting the sudden urge to lean forward and lick those droplets from his skin. "Just hurry up," she managed, annoyed at the effect that he was having on her. Damn it, she needed to get off, and right now! But she had too many chores to complete. Maybe later, after she'd gone to bed.

"Sure thing," he replied cheerfully, giving her his usual goofy grin. It was easier to slip back into his normal personality, now that he'd gotten some release. He knew the Saiyan in him had been itching to come out. Another thing Vegeta had anticipated and been correct about, no surprise. Goten knew he'd have to make sure he was mostly satisfied later if this plan was actually going to work.

He dried off with his ki once he was in his room, and shrugged on his normal orange gi before returning to the heavier chores for the day. He cleaned the temple and swept and mopped the public areas that required it, restocked the incense, and replaced the guttered candles. He winked at Rei's grandfather when the old man came hobbling in on his cane. "Good to see you out and about, Grandpa!"

"Thanks, Goten. The last few days, I've started to feel a little better. Maybe I'll live to see my great grandchildren after all!" The old man replied with a grin.

Goten laughed and shook his head. "Stick around for another year, Grandpa. I'm sure that's all it'll take."

"Huh?" He asked in surprise. "Has something finally happened between you and Rei!?" He asked hopefully.

"Nah, not yet. But I have a hunch that it will soon," the Saiyan chuckled in reply.

"Well, make it really soon, boy! I'm not getting any younger!"

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Finally, bedtime! Goten flopped onto his bed and sighed heavily with mixed relief and anticipation. Hopefully Rei wouldn't lay there until two in the morning before she finally gave into her urges; Goten didn't think he could take much more of this.

He'd been his usually annoying self at supper, lightly flirting, trading verbal jabs with Rei. She'd seemed more like her normal self, too, and Goten prayed that she hadn't given herself some relief in the shower, just as he'd done twice.

God, that made three showers for him today! At least he'd be clean when he went in there later, he mused. Goten rose from his bed when he heard Rei enter her room, and he stripped down to the skin before putting on a pair of those tight shorts. He normally slept naked, but he knew all too well that he would wind up losing control if he went through with the plan in the nude. It would just be too easy to nudge her knees apart and—

No. No, no, no, don't think about that stuff! Goten groaned softly as he felt himself growing hard yet again. But I just got off! He whined to himself. Ugh. Back to the showers. He'd take care of it in the privacy of his own room, but since Rei washed his sheets and all his clothes, he was always extra careful not to make a mess. He didn't want Rei finding a stiff sheet and screaming at him for days about how he was a hopeless pervert.

Goten hurried into the bathroom, thankful that Rei was done with it for the night, and hopped in the shower. Imagining her in the state she'd been in the night before, he came quickly with a soft moan. "Much better," he sighed. He mind went back to the upcoming plan, and he growled in frustration when he instantly grew hard again. "Damn thing, I'm always pitching a tent when I don't want to, and can't get it up when I do."

Yet again, he found his release quickly, and found it a third time for good measure before drying off with his ki, dressing in his shorts, and going back to his room. It was full dark now, so he spared a glance into Rei's room. She was still up, dressed in her red silk robe, reading something.

Goten climbed into bed, trusting his instincts to wake him if she started touching herself. The smell of her arousal had been what woke him last night, not her moan, and he was sure his sensitive Saiyan nose would wake him up again when the time came.

Sure enough, Goten opened his eyes in his pitch black room a while later, and sniffed the air. A sigh came from Rei's room, and he floated out of his bed to peek through the cracked door. Awesome, and it seemed like she was just getting started!

He glanced back at his clock and found that it was only midnight. Good, apparently all of his efforts had been too much for her to resist holding out until two in the morning. Hopefully she just wouldn't resist him when he went into her room.

But what if she did? Goten inwardly groaned at the thought. Vegeta had said to take charge, to be the one in control. Ok, fine.

What would Vegeta do? He could just ask himself that if he got stuck, and go with whatever he thought the Saiyan prince would do in the same situation. That should be easy enough.

While Goten went with his emotions most of the time, like his father and brother, Vegeta lived hand-in-hand with his Saiyan nature. Trunks did too, but the younger of the two princes had seemed to have found the balance between his darker and lighter halves.

Vegeta was more like three-quarters dark and one quarter light, and almost always reacted as a Saiyan to any situation. He looked at everything around him as a challenge, as a battle to be fought and won. Goten focused on what he was about to do while letting his Saiyan nature take over just a little. It became easier to think, to calculate what his first move would be, and his darker side was telling him to just wait, to be patient.

He went with that gut instinct, knowing that it was right. It seemed like he waited forever, when in actuality it was only two or three minutes, before he heard her whimper his name with desire. Kami, that does it, I can't wait anymore. If I'm doing this, it has to be now. Thankfully, the Saiyan in him agreed.

Goten slid the door open just enough so he could slip through, and noiselessly floated through the air to her bedside. Her eyes were still closed as her hand moved beneath the sheet, and he knew he needed to act fast before those violet orbs cracked open and some serious shit hit the fan.

In a flash, he moved, pinning her wrists behind her head with one hand while he knelt at her side and slid his fingers between her legs.

Rei's eyes snapped open and her jaw dropped as she took in his massive form, hovering above her, just as she'd been fantasizing about. She was totally, completely speechless in her shock at the sight of him. Then it dawned on her. He had heard her moan his name, and had taken it as an invitation! Her face turned bright red as he looked down at her with unadulterated lust, and she fought to breathe when she felt him lightly brush his fingertips against her.

All of this passed in a matter of several frantic heartbeats, and she began to struggle once what he was about to do hit her. "No, Goten—it's not what you think—"

"Shut up," he whispered, and bent his head to nip at her lower lip as he slid his fingers inside of her.

"Goten," she cried weakly, unable to keep her hips from lifting in an invitation to continue. His hands—God, his hands felt even better than she'd ever imagined, and when he began to kiss her neck, working his way down to her breasts, she lost all will to fight him and what he was doing to her.

He released her wrists the moment he felt her surrender, and used his newly freed hand to tease the breast that wasn't in his mouth, while he continued to slowly withdraw and thrust his fingers into her. He switched to her other breast, and growled with approval when she moaned his name helplessly once more while her hands tangled in his hair. "Come for me, Rei," he whispered hoarsely, trailing his lips back up to finally capture hers in a searing kiss.

Rei's hips bucked when his thumb began to brush over her nub just as slowly as he was moving his other fingers, and she clung to him in desperation as the sensation began to drive her into oblivion. She kissed him back passionately, her tongue exploring his mouth as her breathing grew heavier and her heart began to race from her impending climax.

Goten drank in her moans as he continued to touch her and kiss her, and moaned right along with her when she tightened, her walls gripping his hand as she came undone. He eased back on the intensity of the kiss as she came down from her high, withdrew his fingers, and gave her a satisfied smirk as he licked them clean. The taste of her nearly made him pin her down and claim her, but he was determined to stick with the plan. "Better?" He whispered.

Rei could only nod and stare at him in wonder. What had they just done? And why wasn't he climbing on top of her to slake the lust that was practically pouring off of him? She opened her mouth to speak, but Goten silenced her with one more toe-curling kiss before standing and waltzing back into his own room without a word.

What. The. Fuck. Had. Just. Happened.

Rei shot up in the bed, clutching her sheet to her chest, still panting from what was hands-down the best orgasm she'd ever had in her life. Even the two lovers she'd taken to bed in the past had never made her come that hard.

She blinked as she heard him climb into his own bed and snuggle under the covers, and simply stared at his door, still in shock of what had just happened. Rei only started to come out of it when she heard him snore lightly. Good God, how long had she been staring at his door!?

Rei blinked again and wondered what she should do. Had he seriously just gotten her off, only to go right back to bed without asking for some sort of reciprocation? Not that he would have had to ask, he could have simply taken it without a single protest from her. Sweet Ares, if just the foreplay had been that intense, what would sex with Goten be like?

Hot damn, she might not survive it.

Ok, that was it, she was going in there and waking his ass up with the best blowjob of his life. And then she was getting up and walking right back out of his room. Two could play that game. She froze halfway across the room and shook her head. No, she wasn't going to go in there and make it look like she was crawling to him, fawning over him like some stupid schoolgirl.

That was it, wasn't it? He wanted her to beg for it? But… that was so unlike Goten that it was obscene. Rei sat back down on her bed and folded her arms over her chest in thought. Goten, while highly annoying seventy percent of the time, was kind and giving. Just like Usagi. The man wouldn't hurt a flea… ok, he would, she'd seen him fight. But he would certainly never harm his friends or family. And definitely not her. That man had been chasing her skirt for months, and she knew it.

God, if she'd known about this other side of Goten, though, he wouldn't have had to chase her for so long. And she'd shunned him, too. She felt a wave of guilt at that thought. Rei had called him every name under the sun, had hurt his feelings on more than one occasion—even though he hid it pretty well when she did—and yet… was he truly in love with her? This wasn't just some sort of teenage crush, was it?

"Damn it, Goten," she whispered in frustration. Rei hastily threw on her robe, grabbed her cell phone, and flew out into the night sky, just as Goten and Vegeta had taught her to when they'd all revealed themselves to one another: the girls as the Sailor Senshi, and the boys as Earth's Special Forces.

"Whhhaaaaa?" Came a familiar whine from the other end. Funny, Rei was almost happy to hear that sound, it reminded her of old times.

"Usa, I'm going to tell you something, and I want your advice, but you can't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you, alright?"

Rei's quiet urgency had Usagi wide awake in an instant. "What's wrong?" She asked, sliding out of bed to find her locket. "You need me to transform?"

"No, no. But thank you, Usa," Rei replied warmly. "Look, just promise me… you won't breathe a word."

"Um, sure. What's up?" She asked in confusion. Usagi flew outside to avoid waking her mate, who was already shifting around in the bed from the sound of her voice.

"Goten… this is going to sound so bizarre. Beyond bizarre, and it's embarrassing as hell, to be frank."

"Rei-chan, you should know by now that you can tell me anything," Usagi replied, grinning ear to ear. Now that she was awake, and Rei had mentioned Goten's name, she knew exactly what was coming.

Rei and the other girls had a full disclosure rule about lovers, so it wasn't so bad recounting the recent events to her best friend, but it still made her turn the color of her uniform. "And then he just walked out!" Rei cried in disbelief. "Can you fucking believe that!? What in the hell is he trying to do!?"

Trying not to laugh at her best friend's obvious confusion, Usagi shook her head on the other end of the line. "Maybe… maybe he just wants you to know that he's available?"

"Available!? Duh, I know he's available, Usa! I knew that beforehand, when he was chasing me around, underfoot like some kind of lovesick puppy!"

Usagi sighed and chuckled. "Rei-chan… Goten is in love with you, and he's been trying to show you that for nearly a year. Maybe he just decided to show it in another way. Catch you with your pants down… pun completely intended."

"Not even remotely funny, Usa," Rei grumbled.

"Yeah, it was. But I'm telling you, that Saiyan goofball is head over heels for you. Most likely, that darker Saiyan nature is starting to get impatient, and is coming out. Was he his usual annoying self?"

"God, no. He was… intense. Intense, demanding, and… a little overbearing, to be honest. Everything he did say, I've already told you."

"Damn, Goten not talking. That is pretty serious."

"I know, right? He never shuts up. But I have to admit, Usagi. He was so damned hot I thought I was going to burn up from it. Imagine that, right? I'm supposed to be the Senshi of fire and passion."

"Hm, sounds like a fun way to go. Why don't you go wake him up with some nookie? I do it to Trunks all the time, and he's never complained."

"No!" Rei said quickly, blushing at the idea. "No, he's come to my room once, I'm sure he'll do it again. I can't just go in there, it'd be too degrading."

"As degrading as it might have been for him to come to you?" Usagi asked carefully. "As bad as your pride is smarting from the idea, imagine how much his is hurting from actually following through. You have to give him a lot of credit, Rei. What he did took balls. Like, giant, hairy, great ape balls. You could have set him on fire, but he went in there and showed you how much he cares for you. I think that's what he was trying to do. And by not having sex with you, he's given you nothing to possibly regret tomorrow morning. Just a very nice memory. He's left the choice up to you, Rei. I don't think he'll make another move. He'll take your inaction as rejection, and knowing Goten, if he's anything like his father, he'll simply accept that until you make the next move."

Rei just stared across the city, completely floored by Usagi's little speech. She'd sounded so much like Princess Serenity that it was a little scary. "I hate it when you're right," she mumbled. "And where do you come up with this wise man Yoda shit, huh?"

"Feh. Sometimes it just comes to me. I've been spending a lot of time with Tousan, you know. If you simply sit around and don't make a lot of noise, he'll tell you some of the most mind-blowing shit."