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Protection the Raditz Way	By : Polymer Category: Dragon Ball Z > Het - Male/Female Views: 3557 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
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Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, Toriyama
and Funimation do. I don't own KISS, or their Elder
concepts of KISS being superheroes, owned by Dark Horse and Marvel either. I
don't get paid for this. Atomique, Bohr, Fermi, Dragon Womyn, and Black Widow
are my fan characters and Black Widow is Bulma the Babe's. Thanks BUNCHES and
Kudos to my first reviewer!! Hugs to you! Here's another chappie
or two for your reading pleasure!

Rating: R for language and violent content. Pairings Raditz/Original
Character, G/CC, Videl/Gohan

A year had passed since Son Goku had reunited Atomique with
her friends. About six months after that
since Raditz and Nappa took up residence in this dimension with their Prince.
Meetings between the Z fighters and the two Saiyans had been all but
nonexistent. Vegeta minimized fireworks between the Earth's Special Forces and
his warriors by keeping them exclusively on Capsule Property. During the time, Raditz
and Nappa were extensively rehabilitated with Vegeta's
recent revelations. In their mind Vegeta did rule most of the planet through
his mate's corporation. Each of the Z warriors agreed to let the Prince deal
with his warriors, as long as Vegeta took full responsibility for them getting
out of hand.

Goku however was developing a relationship with Raditz. Both
met under controlled conditions at Capsule, and showed favorable progress in
getting along. While Goku kept the story of Raditz's
presence and death a secret from this doppelganger, he emphasized the good
points of wanting a brother instead. As expected, Gohan wanted nothing at all
to do with Raditz. Some of the times that Goku invited Raditz to come, but
Gohan always had a reason for not attending. While he knew Goku could easily
defeat his brother should he get out of hand, there was too much bad memory
with Gohan to even want to see Raditz face to face.

Irregardless of this, Goku was thrilled to have a second
chance with the doppelganger Raditz. Another interesting development came with
the attention Raditz paid to Atomique. Nappa and Christine easily noticed how
intently Raditz watched her whenever she came over to use Bulma's labs for her
alchemy research. Son Goku would care for and train her sons while she was over
at Capsule. Vegeta insisted that Christine or Raditz accompany her as a body
guard, because Jeannie was becoming increasingly hostile towards her former
friend.

Son Goku often sat by Atomique's bed at night to hold her
hand when the nightmares of her husband's death got out of control. Often times
her children slept with her in the large bed in Grandpa Gohan's house if she
screamed. All members of the Son family rallied around their guest to try and
get her over her terrors. Although she rarely wished to discuss it, Goku knew
the nature of the dreams. He alone was the one she trusted with their
descriptions. And it angered him greatly. Strangely enough, the few nights a
week that she stayed over at Capsule with Raditz she had no nightmares.

More and more, Jeannie had appeared in the dreams, taunting
Atomique. In the past two weeks it grew worse till she would holler nightly.
Son Goku would instant transmit to her room and sit next to her on the bed,
talking to her to calm her down so she could rest. Videl would then hug her and
pat her back while Son Goku spoke reassuring words. Gohan would quiet her
children with Goten's help.

Goku and Gohan had gone to talk to Vegeta about the question
of Raditz and the other Saiyans. Also,
paramount on Goku�s mind was the continued problems between Jeannie and
Atomique. While most of the Z fighters
were grudgingly accepting the situation of Nappa and Raditz, Gohan was still
worried.

After Vegeta explained the situation to Gohan, he slowly
accepted the Prince�s word that there was no danger. Especially when Goku promised to take full
responsibility for what was happening.
Yet Gohan was worried about something else as they stood there on the
front lawn of capsule.

�It�s not my affair Kakkarot. I promise to keep Nappa and Raditz from
blowing up this planet, what more do you want?� Vegeta snarled.

�I�m just worried about Atomique and Jeannie. Every time she�s over here there�s nothing
but trouble,� said Goku resentfully.

�Raditz is guarding her whenever she�s here�� said Vegeta annoyed. �Do you doubt your own brother�s ability to
watch over her?�

�No� but Jeannie�s my problem not Raditz!�

�Why Raditz?� asked Gohan.

�Let�s not start THAT again!� Goku sighed at Gohan. �He�s not going to hurt her! IF he wanted her hurt, it would be HIM I�m
complaining to Vegeta bout! Jeannie�s
the real threat!�

�Indeed,� said Vegeta with a smirk. �Your son has misguided concerns. Why should Saiyans be the first to be
blamed? After all, you know the score
with us. Jeannie is the unknown��

Goku sat there in resentment, gritting his teeth. "Why
doesn't she just mind her own damn business?" he snapped.

"Dad, relax she's just one of Atomique-sama's friends.
She's probably just plain bitchy training with Vegeta all the time�
right?" his son asked.

"You call that a friend?" asked Son Goku.
"She was playing for keeps."

"But Atomique won, right? And you and Vegeta would have
stopped it before it got out of hand� maybe she's gotten it out of her system.
I heard that Dragon Womyn has taken off on a trip somewhere," said Gohan
cheerfully.

"There's something really getting to both of them to
blow up like that. I figured it would come to a head, but I had hoped it would
just be what you described, two opponents sharing their powers in a sparring
match. But that wasn't a sparring match. They were out for blood�" said
Goku with a sigh.

�Indeed it was most entertaining,� Vegeta said with a slight
smile. �But it was especially amusing
when Nappa convinced my student otherwise.
And if it wasn�t for HIM, your precious Atomique would be space dust��

�I get the point,� said Gohan angrily.

�Well she did stand up to Jeannie didn�t she? I mean I HAVE been teaching her how to fight�
and so has Videl�� said Goku.

�Your training has been focused on her sons primarily. I�ve assigned Raditz to protect her. And that includes self defense as well��

�WHAT?� Gohan gasped.

�I didn�t know that�� Goku said quietly. �No wonder she was able to almost blow 18
away� you mean to tell me Raditz taught her that?�

�He�s learned much since you last encountered him and so has
Nappa� I don�t let MY warriors lose their edge,� said Vegeta.

�That�s my point Dad.
If they get too powerful�� said Gohan.

�That same argument spelled doom to the Saiyan race, brat,�
Vegeta snarled at Gohan.

�Gohan, enough� look Vegeta, I appreciate your wanting to
help her, but Gohan and I can teach her what she needs to know�� Goku said
quietly. �Then she won�t be in danger
here��

Vegeta coughed and said, �Kakkarot, my point is that she
needs to learn to defend herself, and she has the desire to learn! Does it
matter who she learns from?�

�She's my responsibility, not theirs," Goku said
suddenly. At this Vegeta raised an
eyebrow, seeing the expression crossing Goku�s face that resembled something
more possessive and Saiyan like then before.

"What's going on Dad�? I know you're upset, but you're
really freaking me out�" Gohan said.

"Dragon Womyn's words are meant to hurt. She
deliberately provoked a fight, but she wasn't expecting Atomique to defend
herself. Looks like she's learning more than just martial arts from Vegeta�
she's picked up his sour attitude as well. And she's turned Atomique-san into
her number one reason to exist� sound familiar?" asked Son Goku.

"No way, Dad� I refuse to accept that her own friend's
turned her into her worst rival!" he shook his head.

�You do have a fertile imagination,� said Vegeta.

"Jealousy makes women and men do crazy things�" he
said in a low voice. "Vegeta had his reasons to hate me� although they
make no sense to me, nor did I ask for his hatred� the fact I exist is enough
for him to be permanently ticked off�"

�I have my reasons, dolt,� Vegeta snorted. �And the jury is STILL out on that, Kakkarot.
Make NO mistake��

�Exactly, you�re his number one mad on� I already know that,
Dad," Gohan nodded.

�Don�t you forget it brat,� said Vegeta.

Goku rubbed the back of his scalp, fingering the mark that
changed his destiny from that of a planetary pirate, to that of a warrior of
peace. He grinned and said, �Geez
Vegeta, all you seem to talk about still is
beating me� but isn�t it kind of funny how you have a kid and a wife,
and our two sons play together?�

Impatiently Gohan sighed, rolling his eyes. He asked,
"Where are you going with this Dad?"

�Yes, do refrain from stating the obvious before you piss me
off, idiot!� Vegeta snorted. �My time
isn�t something to WASTE you know��

"Jeannie was once lovers with Atomique-sama's husband�
before they were married," Goku explained.

"WHAT?" Gohan gasped, picking his jaw up off the
floor.

�Humph, now that is truly fascinating,� said Vegeta.

"Jeannie is supposedly lovers with Star child�s son.
You see they don't age� like you and me. Go figure it's weird and strange� but
for some reason, her lover Elliot died. So she got lonely, and since at the
time Star Child had no mate, he got together with her. But that made his best
friend angry, and they fought bitterly. He used his special powers to make her
forget. But for some reason, she's remembering� and that's not a good
thing�"

�Human mating is so overrated,� Vegeta smirked. �So let me get this straight Kakkarot� you
claim that every time she sees Atomique-sama she becomes insanely jealous,
because she married the man that Jeannie once loved�.�

�Kuso! And because
those twins are a permanent reminder� how majorly messed up!" Gohan
snorted in disgust.

Goku nodded with his stern stare straight-ahead at West
Central city. He grunted in affirmation, then said, "Women are strange�
but what matters the most here is that Jeannie's turned her into a reason to
train hard. Making her a target for hatred is all that's keeping her
going. Does that sound familiar,
Vegeta?"

�Shut up Kakkarot before you make me pound you!� Vegeta
growled. �If you have a point to make I
suggest you do so NOW!�

Starting, Gohan suddenly remembered, "Wait a minute!
Jeannie said she had a mate� Elliot� but he's dead?"

Still looking at a point beyond the grass on the lawn, his
father confirmed this fact; "Elliot somehow got brought back. I though
it'd logically be Dragon balls, but they don't have them in her dimension��

�If that�s the case, Kakkarot, there must be some other way.
It sounds to me that her world's pretty much a write off� conquered by those
Destroyers�" said Vegeta. �But
perhaps that can be rectified��

"She mentioned that a scientist named Space Ace
activated a dimensional transport and scattered them across space time� I guess
that's why he isn't here with her?" asked Gohan, sitting down next to his
father on the front steps of Capsule.

Son Goku nodded, "Yep, I think that's it. And now this
whole thing is getting ugly.�

�I am aware, idiot.
She wouldn�t stop till I gave the order.
So that means that the only way that Jeannie will refrain from annoying
or provoking that woman is to make certain the playing field is level,� Vegeta
said with a smirk of triumph.

�You see Gohan, It's honor, and until she can fight for
herself, Jeannie ain't gonna leave her alone�." Said Goku quietly.

"Dad, do you realize that she used all the techniques
that Vegeta taught her! You saw it was a stalemate because she used what you
taught her� that last push alone was eerily familiar� just like when you and Vegeta
first fought! Doesn't that creep you out?"

A smile cracked the serious expression on his father's face.
He chuckled as he said, "She's getting pretty good. You should have seen
the look of shock on Vegeta's face� it was side
splitting�"

�Kakkarot, you�re THIS close to making me shove my boot up
your ASS!� Vegeta snarled at him.

"Dad, this is crazy! She's not one of us! She's not a
fighter� she's a scientist�" Gohan protested. He shoved his glasses higher
on his nose, glaring at his father with frustration.

�Is that so? Or are you talking about yourself, brat?�
Vegeta asked.

�Vegeta, please! That was UNCALLED FOR!� Gohan yelped.

�I�m not the one chasing females and going on DATES, am I? Neither
is TRUNKS,� said Vegeta pointedly.

Son Goku shook his head in the negative. He cracked that
infuriating smile of his that Son Gohan remembered so well. "I don't think
so. She's a fighter because what mother wouldn't fight so hard for her
children? She learned to use her powers offensively and defensively. I think
she can get to like it�"

"Are you sure that's the only reason, Dad?" asked
Gohan, glancing directly into his dad's eyes.

"I made a promise, son," said Son Goku seriously.
"To take care of her and her sons. Nothing more, nothing less. Your
namesake if he was still here would insist on letting them stay�"

"But she's a scientist dad� an alchemist. What if she
wants to work? Taking care of a house while you go train isn't what she does!
She told me she wanted to find a job at the university I was applying to!"
he snapped.

�Correction, she�s working for Bulma,� said Vegeta. �Are you THAT dim?�

�Yes but we�re overlooking something,� Goku said
abashedly. �I wasn�t supposed to TELL
anyone this� but I forgot till now� what was it?�

�Great Galaxy what the hell now?� Vegeta snorted.

�Give him a moment.
What was it dad?� asked Gohan.

Goku sighed, "Lately when she's been dreamin' about her
husband Paul, she's had these fears that he's turned his back on her. Last
night� she told me that she saw Jeannie and Paul together� and they laughed at
her�"

Lifting his glasses to his forehead, Gohan asked, "Dad�
are you serious?"

�You mean to tell me that my student is appearing in that
woman�s DREAMS? Do you realize what you�re
SAYING?� Vegeta demanded. �If she IS��

"I am. I'm not making this up. Something's going
terribly wrong. The Star Child I knew wanted me to care for her if he couldn't
make it back� I was thinking of using the Dragon Balls to wish him back to
life� but I can't because he's been dead for more than a year�"

"The Namekian ones�" nodded Gohan.

"Yeah� but should I?" Son Goku asked.

"You should ask her what she wants. Regardless of what
Jeannie thinks� and you can't take the place of him�" said Gohan. He
whipped off his glasses, polishing them on his shirttail.

"I'm not tryin' to, Gohan," he insisted.

"Are you trying to convince me or yourself, Dad?"
he asked.

"Huh?" he asked.

"I'm not a baka, and neither are you. Are you in love
with her?" he asked with a small smile.

Goku leapt nearly a foot in the air off the steps. Whirling
on his son he yelped, "In love, are you crazy?"

Struggling not to laugh with his father's demeanor, he
asked, "Are you, or aren't you? Be honest with me dad� we could always
talk before�"

Son Goku was speechless for a moment, then regained his wits
to formulate an answer, "What I feel isn't the same as for Chichi if
that's what you mean�" he trailed off. "I like Tomique-chan her as a
very good friend, that I want to protect and care for� that I don't want to see
hurt�"

"But you invited her to live with us. Most people who
do that end up being lovers, Dad� except you're not that kind of man, are
you?" Gohan teased.

"Um� what exactly do you mean?" he blushed.

"Dad?" Gohan asked, leaning right in his face.
"C'mon now� I know you aren't that na�ve cause you taught ME about the
birds and the bees! Don't play stupid with me! I know you're smart in your own
way!"

"She loves her husband, not me in that way," Son
Goku said quickly. "I'm taking care of her like I promised him�"

"Even though you're honorable Dad, you're a man like I
am. And you're gonna be lonely. Don't tell me that you don't want to� you know
go all the way with� like I want to around Videl�" said Gohan with a
slight look of innuendo.

"Well the only reason you haven't is because you're
afraid her father's going to make a public spectacle outta you, right?"
Goku teased him. "Why else do you think I let you an' her stay in Grandpa
Gohan's place? It's not just to study is it?"

"Dad this isn't about ME, its about you! Don't change
the subject!" Gohan yelped, hiding his face in his hands.

"Well if YOU don't want to do something else either
then study, then why should I? I mean what kind of person do you think I
am?" Goku glared at him.

"You have to let her go live somewhere else, or at
least have her live separately if you're..." Gohan groaned.

"I'm not going to BED with her!" said Goku.

"Of course that's what he suspects, you clown!" Vegeta
snorted. Both men whirled around to see the Saiyan no Ouji standing on the
steps of Capsule, glaring at them both with his usual disdain.

"Uh, Vegeta� I didn�t realize you were still
here?" Gohan gasped.

"Unlike you, I still have my full Saiyan senses!" Vegeta
snorted. "Kakkarot, you're a complete and utter imbecile!"

"Why?" Son Goku challenged him, with thinly veiled
disgust.

"Vegeta, get lost! This is NONE of your business!"
Gohan shouted. "With all due RESPECT your Majesty� this isn't public
knowledge!"

"Gohan, lemmie talk to him alone� I'll catch up with
you later� please?" Son Goku said.

"Okay, but I don't care for any of this� Vegeta� you've
got no�" Gohan fumed.

"He's the Saiyan Prince, and knows more about this than
either of us," Goku shrugged, holding out his hands.

Vegeta smirked, leveling his onyx gaze at Gohan with a
superior gleam present, "You have your lucid moments of sense Kakkarot.
Bugger off, brat� this is man's talk�"

"I know when I'm not wanted�" Gohan shrugged, and
marched off, to find Videl.

"So Vegeta, what's up? You got something to say to
me?" Son Goku asked, watching as the Prince of Saiyans walked down the
stairs to stand opposite him.

"Yes, you fool, as always I have to hammer the facts of
Saiyan biology into your thick skull� though why I bother�" Vegeta
snorted.

"Because no matter how much you deny it, the fact I'm a
Saiyan too is too much of a temptation for you to try and prove you're
right," Son Goku quipped.

"How true. Kakkarot, you've grown up as a ningen. And
your mate has left you. This woman's mate is dead� the answer seems simple
enough even for YOU�You're acting like a lovesick fool Kakkarot. Don't think I
don't notice how you fawn over that female�"

"Vegeta� mind your own business�" snorted Goku.

"Fine, see if I care! It was a waste of time talking to
you as usual! Go ahead and play house with that female� most people think
you're screwing her anyway!" Vegeta said.

"Excuse me?" Goku asked, glaring at him.

"You'll end up screwing her if you're not careful. You
can't have it both ways, Kakkarot. Either you'll drive yourself mad because you
are missing that loud mouthed harpy of yours, or you'll drag this woman into
your bed. You cannot deny your urge for sex. It's a drive that we all
share!"

"What would you have me do? I can't throw her out! She
needs me!" Goku yelled.

"She needs a male that isn't pining over his lost mate.
Don't you have the balls to stand up and demand that your woman Chichi return
home? Didn't she put you to this test in the first place to see if you'd be man
enough to fight for her?"

"Vegeta, you're wrong!" Goku growled.

Vegeta snorted in Saiyan tongue, then continued,
"Little wonder you're such a fool. You're struggling with a half bond� not
a true one. And an uncompleted bond leads to madness�"

"Excuse me, Vegeta, you forget that I have two
children? Doesn't that bond me to Chichi forever�"

"If that's the case then fight for Chichi. Make her
mark you and form the bond completely! If you're so blasted lonely, go get that
mate of yours, and make her come home! Spoil her rotten, just don't be stupid
and take another female unless you're willing to go to bed with her and
disregard your former mate! Make up your damn mind!"

Son Goku turned his back to the Saiyan no Ouji, and shoved
his hands into the pockets of his training outfit. He walked slowly away, and
then levitated into the air to fly home.

"Whatever you say, Vegeta�" Son Goku answered.
"I gotta go. Bye for now�"

Vegeta watched him streak off at a great speed towards West
Province 439. Still he smirked knowingly, having smelled the telltale male
pheromones in full blistering bloom. In that short period of time, Kakkarot
looked more like his brother Raditz then a mere ningen. Sooner or later,
Kakkarot would admit that he'd been right, and then he'd enjoy shoving it in
the third class's face.

Which was why he wasn't surprised when he sensed the brother
in question behind him. Not looking he asked, "What do you want, Raditz?"

"Sire, I apologize for my brother's stupidity,� Raditz
said.

"Enough," said Vegeta. "How much did you
hear?"

"All of it, begging your pardon. And if I might be so
bold, I might have a solution?"

"Oh" asked Vegeta.

"Let me speak to him. I have gained his trust. Perhaps
I can convince him to abandon this fool quest of courting that female without
intent to mate her. He's dishonoring his heritage. I might be able to reason
with him, since he's attempting to forge a brotherly bond between us. Already
he's invited me to stay with him when I wish it�"

�Hmm, I had wondered what you were waiting for, you idiot,�
Vegeta mumbled. "You're permitted
to go stay with Kakkarot. Do what you can to make sure that he doesn't continue
this folly. Take any measures necessary. I won't have this third class making a
mockery of his Saiyan blood."

"Any measures?" asked Raditz, raising a brow.

"Do I have to spell it out for you?" Vegeta
snorted. "Do try and keep up with me! You're still bedding that woman
aren't you? Well go ahead and go the next step you fool!"

"You know I've marked her... but I fear she does not
wish the same commitment to me," Raditz said angrily.

"Have her drink your blood in turn at the very least,
or else it will drive you BOTH insane! Did your father teach you NOTHING about
mating? Great Super Saiyan I know more about this then you do, and I grew upon
Frieza's ship!"

"I know what was required of me, and I did mark her,
and she HAS drunk my blood,�

" Raditz snorted.

�Well then what in the name of the Legendary Super Saiyan is
STOPPING you, fool?� Vegeta growled.

"I had hoped that in time she would realize the error
of her ways�� said Raditz.

�Then spell it out to her.
Have you formally declared your
intentions?� asked Vegeta.

�No sire��

�Why not?� Vegeta demanded.

"Begging your pardon, sire, but she's human, not
Saiyan. And she follows customs that dictate that only after you've mourned
your husband do you even think of being with someone else. She says that they
share a soul bond. I have no business interfering with that�" said Raditz
sternly.

"So what?" Vegeta grunted. "You don't know
what you're talking about."

"Mind bonding is not the same as soul bonding, is
it?" Raditz asked.

"No. But some mistakenly think so. A mind bond can be
tampered with, but a soul bond forms of its own volition."

"As I said, she mind bonded with Star child... that is
a more intimate connection..." said Raditz.

"You must find out if its her mind or soul he's bonded
with. Perhaps... and you will NOT repeat this to anyone got it... perhaps if
you can see how deep the bond is, you might be able to convince her to break
the mind bond. But if she shares a soul bond..." Vegeta murmured.
"You'll be hard pressed to break that. But my instincts tell me that if
she were truly bound, she wouldn't have slept with you in the first
place..."

"But... how can I tell?"

"What I�m trying to say you bakayarou, is that more
than one sort of bond among Saiyans. The physical connection between mates by
children, the commitment by blood, and the rare soul bonding. It's almost
impossible for a Saiyan to share all three with his chosen mate. But not
unrealistic. If you can get that female away from him, perhaps he can be
convinced to complete the mating bond with that loudmouth woman of his. Then
you try and get her to exchange memories with you, to establish a mind link at
the very least."

"Sire, may I ask you a question?" said Raditz.

"Now what?" asked Vegeta irritably.

"You and your woman, Buruma share all three, don't
you?" Raditz asked wryly. "And this one as well?"

Vegeta held up a gloved hand, examining its seams. He
smirked, "Yes. Unlike your younger brother, who shares a one sided
incomplete physical bond by blood, and a complete one by children. That only
counts as one and a half to my three� and the other... is not to be spoken of,
got it?"

"Triple bonds are more stable then aromatics?" Raditz
asked, glancing at Vegeta.

"Excuse me? What in hell did you just say?"

"I had observed last night, Atomique was talking about
chemical bonding, and what you just said reminded me of that� I mean there are
triple bonds� and then there's what's called an aromatic bond� when two
elements in a chemical share not six but two and a half electrons�"

"Enough about the stupid chemical bonds, you third
class fool! Don't make me think that stupidity runs in your family genetically Raditz!"
Vegeta yelled.

"Sire� do you mean�"

"One of these days I'm going to open that head of
yours� don't make me regret giving you leave to visit your brother�"

"I thought we were talking about relationships, not my
head, sire. What do you suggest?" he mumbled.

"What I MEAN is that you haven't chosen a mate for
yourself in my service, am I correct?" Vegeta grumbled, trying to be
patient with his soldier. "And you've already BEEN with that woman, so you
put the pieces together!"

"No sire, forgive me. I don�t know from personal
experience about Saiyan bonds� due to my lack of a mate��

"Great Galaxy, you're Saiyan, and I�m your Prince and
don't you forget that! And believe me you KNOW it when you see it! And that's
ALL I'll say, dolt!" Vegeta snarled at him. His face was flushed crimson
discussing such a private thing with a third class. Yet sometimes a Prince had
to make sacrifices for the good of his people.

"My apologies sire�" he said.

"Just go now and do what you have to! You're
dismissed!" Vegeta snorted. Bowing to him, Raditz rose into the air. In
the light of the setting sun he streaked off towards the mountain home of his
brother.
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