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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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Together they crossed the yard to the small house. She unlocked the front door with a small key, and opened the creaky wooden doors. Raditz ran a hand over the markings on the diamond logo, asking, "What is this writing say?"

"That's Chinese character for 'Son'," she said, showing him in. "It's actually quite cozy. And there's a real authentic bathhouse in the rear�"

"Interesting," Raditz said. He dumped his armor on the table, then walked into the small one room space.

A large box bed dominated one wall, while a small futon was directly across. In the center stood a two-person table. Various storage cabinets lined all four walls. A small door led to the only other room in the house, which was presumably the WC and bath area. The Saiyan warrior smelled her indecision regarding returning to the main house, or staying here with him. While she moved back towards the front door, Raditz stopped her with a hand on her arm.

"I will not disturb you if you wish to remain here," he said, wanting to reassure her she was safe in his presence.

"My boys might need me," she said quickly, shifting weight from one foot to another.

"I wish to speak with you woman, if you'll allow me to share your company," he said, catching hold of her hand.

"Raditz, I'm really tired� if you don't mind�"

"Then we can sleep here," he said.

"You can sleep here," she said quietly.

"You've never denied me before," Raditz said with a look of surprise on his face. "Why do you sleep there when here is perfectly suitable? Unless you prefer the luxuries of that more modern dwelling�"

"You don't get it do you? I like being surrounded with people. Maybe on your planet they like to fight and kick each other� but my children NEED me! What if they wake up at night?"

"You don't know my culture, woman," said Raditz sharply. "Don't presume to know me before you�ve had the chance to�"

He stopped at the angered look in her dark eyes. Then he zipped out to appear before her, stopping her from rushing out the door. Grunting, she collided with his chest. He said, "Forgive me, I spoke in haste�"

"Raditz, my children need me. If they wake up in the middle of the night and I'm here what am I supposed to�"

"My brother is looking out for them," said Raditz quietly. "And if they seek you out, I'm a light sleeper and I'll rouse you�"

"You're not USED to children, are you?" she asked, backing away from him.

"No, but I�m willing to learn," Raditz said quietly. " I'm not accustomed to being around people as you said. This� takes getting used to. Stay� and I'll watch over you should you require anything� here as well as at capsule� and especially with regard to your whelps�"

"Your society is used to shooting them into space as I recall," she said annoyed.

"Perhaps, but that doesn�t' meat we don't have SOME clue of the care of them. And I won't keep you from your duty regarding them. But since we are in my brother's house, it's inappropriate for an unmated female to sleep under my brother' roof, especially since his MATE is not here�"

"Raditz, knock it off!" she growled. "What's your DEAL?"

"You shouldn't have to ASK me that," he said with a huff of anger. "I am aware that my brother is separated from his mate, but eventually she WILL return. And I will NOT have him wooing you in a manner unworthy of a�"

"Now WAIT a damn MINUTE buster, who the HELL are you to have any say in what I�" she yelled at him, whirling on him.

"I suppose you don't comprehend," Raditz said quietly.

"Comprehend WHAT? That you're being a possessive JERK?" she snarled at him.

"Did you or did you NOT agree to being available to me whenever I wished? I won't deny your duty with your whelps, but I won't allow you to dishonor yourself and my brother by letting him court you in your need! He is separated from his mate, and yours is deceased! It's not seemly for a mated Saiyan to consort with an unmated female when she is�"

"Wait a minute, you think that Goku is interested in ME? Are you NUTS?" Atomique laughed, shaking her head. "You're CRAZY! He's no more interested in me than� Krillen is!"

"That had BETTER be the case," Raditz said with a low growl. "Because I told you that I'm a jealous male, and I won't allow ANYONE to come near you�"

"Holy smokes," Atomique whispered, swallowing hard. She fingered the metallic bracelet adorning her upper left arm. "I guess� it IS inappropriate by human standards to be in the house with your brother, who's still married� even though Chichi's not come back� but�"

"But nothing� you and I are� lovers are we not?" Raditz asked quietly. "and as such, it is appropriate to share the bed here�"

"Why are you being so nice?" she asked with a small smile.

"Because you are a guest of my brother. And why should I not be polite? Or did you expect me to be a bloodthirsty pain in the ass like Nappa?" he asked quietly.

"Actually I expected you to be more like the Prince," she whispered. Raditz widened his eyes, not sure of what she meant, but she was wise not to qualify it further because he sensed that she meant it as an insult.

"I shall not bother you further," he said quietly. "I suggest we should get some rest. And if your whelps should require you, I shall be the first to hear them. And doubtless my brother will hear them first� and call for your assistance and I'll wake you�"

"Okay fair enough�I'm going to turn in," she said, reaching her hand out to his. . He extended his hand, and then she put hers in it to lead him towards the box bed. He watched as she tossed down a pair of flannel pajama bottoms, and shed her clothes to change into a silk nightgown.

When they had both changed, she slid between the sheets of the bed, and turned with her back facing Raditz. He carefully tugged aside the covers and then climbed gingerly into the Chinese box bed. Muttering to himself he turned so he was conformable in the bed that was considerably larger. Soon he was fast asleep.

Atomique lay in the bed, curled up under the silk covers as she did every night. How ironic she thought? I'm living, as close to what seemed a normal life with a man she wasn't even married to. Living more like a wife than she ever had with Star Child.

Turning over she faced the wall, with her back to Raditz. Strangely his presence was the only thing that prevented their recurrence. Raditz heard her soft whimpers and turned over to watch her as she slept. Curled under the sheets she seemed so small and vulnerable. A selfish thought rushed through his mind and he wondered if she might enjoy the feel of his body. While he smelled some presence Son Goku on her person, he was relieved to see his bite mark on her neck.

"Relax, Tomique-chan, it's Raditz, remember me?" Raditz whispered, his voice choking with unfamiliar softness.

Instinctively she turned over, curling close to the male body sliding beside hers. Raditz smelled her sweet uncomplicated scent and swallowed hard. His body tingled, longing for the touch this female. Her dark hair was straighter and softer to the touch of his extended fingers that brushed it back. Yet she had the coloring of a Saiyan female, pleasing to the eye. Her body was large busted and wide hipped, adequate for the bearing of children.

Although some Saiyans were born in labs, his father and mother had given birth to him and Kakkarot naturally. Ten males to one female was the ratio, so it had been close to impossible to find him a mate before he was pressed into service with Freiza. In actuality, Radditz was close to Bejita's age. His memories of his world were much clearer, however because Bejita had spent most of his time in the palace and on Frieza's ship. When the planet had been destroyed he'd been away on a purging mission with Nappa. Only a child himself, he had done his job adequately for a third class.

"No, please Paul, don't leave me alone..." she sniffled. Her whimper snapped him out of his reminiscence. She shifted, her eyes flickering beneath her dark lashed lids. Extending his arms, Raditz wrapped her closely in them, and turned her so her head rested against his bare chest, crisscrossed with scars.

Sighing, she lay her cheek to his, and reached out to stroke her fingers in his hair. He pressed his nose into her hair, feeling the soft locks with a sigh of delight. Her body felt good against his, and he wrapped his tail lightly around her waist possessively to keep her from rolling away in her sleep.

Lately the limited contact she shared with Dragon Womyn consisted of predominately verbal arrows and sarcastic jabs. Instead of telling Son Goku why she had stopped visiting, she chalked it up to spending more time with her sons. Already she had become Goten's personal tutor because he was already behind in his home schooling. He flourished well under her instruction, while teaching her to read and write Mandarin Chinese in exchange.

***

Across the property, in the master bedroom, Son Goku was tossing and turning. His mind sensed the activity of his charge only a few hundred meters away. Something caused her ki to flare, but he knew it would be foolish to leave the safety of his bed with a house filled with people. Though his instincts told him to leave his home and climb into her bed, his mind and heart told him to stop. She wasn't his to own. He was still mated to Chichi, bound in a bond that stretched back to childhood.

Frowning Son Goku sensed her scarlet chikara surging. He could sense another's presence near her, and blinked in surprise when he realized it was Radditz. A wave of anger flashed over him, then he checked himself. Perhaps the two of them fancied one another. So far all Radditz was doing from the sense of his ki was laying still. There was no sound of anything other than two sleeping bodies across the compound.

She curled on the mattress, feeling the ebb and flow of his energies surging through her. How one male could have such dominion over her, she wondered. Part of her begged for Paul's sweet memories while the rest cursed him. Tears burned down her eyes, and Atomique hugged her knees.

At Goku's house she was tormented by sweet visions of unreleased sexual tension, only to have Jeannie steal her dreams. Nightly hammering at the walls till Goku's arrival in her mind at times would signal the end.

"Don't you want my help?" he would always say.

"Please don't," she sniffled.

"I don't want to go where I�m not wanted," he echoed. "I can fix the wall�"

"Do so, if you will," she whispered, almost not caring if Jeannie did tear her barriers to shreds. Slowly he patched up the wall, carefully putting back the bricks torn out. With his powers he mixed mortar, cementing those pieces of her shattered psyche so she could exist another day.

She refused Son Goku's presence sleeping by her lately, which puzzled him, and relieved Gohan.

On either side of her, Bohr and Fermi often rested, having crawled into the large Chinese box bed at night. Once in a while she fell asleep next to them, hearing one of Goku's stories. But Goku would always carry her to bed in his Grandpa's house. Always she would wake up alone. It broke her heart. But tonight they were sleeping with Trunks and Goten in the main house.

***

All these fragments of memory spun in her head. So when she turned in the bed, tears running down her eyes she feared that there would be nobody. A warm breathing chest fell and rose against her back. Although there were no invasions of Jeannie, she sensed the presence of Paul's thoughts reaching across space and time, only to be shut out at the last minute. Every bit of her body tingled, and she forgot where she was.

"Paul� Please don't go," she whispered.

"Hmmm� rhessphyttee� rrghhhahn�." Came an answer out of nowhere.

It dawned on her that she had mistakenly thought she was at Capsule. Instead she realized she was at the Son's house. Especially clear was this reality when next to her, a male figure moved and threw his arm over her. Roughly a voice spoke in a foreign language, guttural and harsh. She had heard Vegeta and Nappa converse in it, when she had been down the hall from them, or heard Nappa and Raditz when they came out of the GR chamber. Lightly a furry object flickered over her bare leg, and then latched around her waist to tickle her ribs.

"I've nothing to be guilty about, because Paul would do the same," she thought. Hadn't he slept with Jeannie when her own mate died? Moving to his best friend's daughter in a moment of weakness? Far worse than she by moving to a warrior who gave of his body. Although her religion forbade having sex out of wedlock, her husband was dead.

"Arrgepart� norrheeggg ah� Kakarotto� myarrgh nah�Zhaiyajinn," he grumbled, then turned over in his sleep.

"Please why can't I feel you anymore in my mind? You've never denied me before Paul� why do you no longer sing in my mind� have you forgotten me?" whispered Atomique, feeling shaky and shivered.

"Won't� deny� you� ever�" her companion mumbled. "Bond is forever� not broken�"

Feeling his female retreating, the Saiyan threw a muscular arm to wrap her tightly to his body. Binding her fast in his arms, he thrust his hips against her bare bottom, mumbling into her ear. Sobbing silently she raised her hands to grasp his huge ones, squeezing tightly and hugging that arm to her breast. She rubbed her cheek against it, letting her tears wet against his skin. Smelling the chemicals of her emotion, Raditz blinked in confusion. She turned over, and then faced him.

"This moisture again?" he grunted, raising muscular fingers to brush away the gleaming drops.

Dark eyes opened in the gloom, while his huge hand found the curve of her face. Placing hands around his neck, she buried her face in his neck, hugging onto him tightly. For a full minute she shook, not caring if the alien saw her in a moment of weakness. Let him think she was just being a typical earth woman giving way to emotions that were for an inferior race.

"I need something� I feel empty," she murmured, giving voice to the ache that the growing absence of four years left.

"Empty eh? You wish to mate then?" he whispered.

"Yes," she murmured. "Please� I need you Radz-chan�"

"You've but to ask, silly female," he laughed. Purring against her neck, Raditz rolled her over. He parted her legs with his knee, looming over her. It was his assumption she wished to mate, and she relented, hoping it would eliminate the emptiness inside. As sharp canines tore open the skin on her shoulder, she relaxed. His fingers worked her to readiness, and then he thrust deeply into her awaiting body. Finally after their numerous encounters she could accommodate him more readily. Atomique shoved away all thoughts of Paul and loneliness, drowning herself in the exquisite sensations of raw need pouring over her. Lately it seemed impossible to get enough of his rough ministrations. Did his blood contain some aphrodisiac that synched them, she wondered? Although he had not formally mated with her, she wondered if she was providing him with the same need.

"Why has she not realized what I've offered? She's highly intelligent for a human, as brilliant as my late father was�" he thought.

Raditz felt a wave of temporary guilt. Already he had marked her in the means that most Saiyan males did with their mates. Vegeta didn't know that he had let the female drink his blood, something that sealed them already together. What was not present was the mental bonding. Many Saiyans didn't bother with that, only relying on the physical satiation to bind them. Often times the mental bond developed of its own volition, or when both requested it after the royal sealing of the pledge. Some went for years without formalizing it. Yet it was expected eventually, when the female marked the male on the corresponding jugular, and drank his blood from there, then accepted pieces of one another's memories to bind their souls together.

Raditz had opted for the safety of a physical bond. The one extended to widows, binding them by desire. If the female wished to reciprocate she did so, by taking her mates blood and biting his shoulder. Informal rutting wasn't unknown of, considering most youths did so by bites on the shoulder. But a lifetime mating was expected in middle age, when one wanted children. IN such a male dominated society the male bit the female's neck, and she his shoulder. Only when the male was happy with his female did he let her bite him in the equivalent spot. If she rejected him before then, he was within his rights to kill her, or give her to another male.

"Taste me Tomique-chan� drink my desire, know it well," he whispered.

Lightly she ran her tongue over his shoulder, at the ball of it. He growled, pushing her face towards it, consenting that it was what he wished. Her teeth seemed weak in comparison to his, but tore open the scab to let his blood flow into her lips. Gasping she drank, while they worked one another to a climax. Finally the blood clotted, forming a new scab and she released his shoulder as she had many times before.

"I don't give myself to just anyone, Paul," she thought with tears in her eyes. Nevertheless this stability felt far more real than the haven Paul had provided. It alone seemed real, and it terrified her.

"Hmmm," Raditz purred into her neck, twining his muscular legs with hers, and setting her cheek to rest against his massive chest. Comfortably she draped herself over him in the fashion he enjoyed, warming one another's bodies.

"This feels too damn good," she said aloud.

"Agreed, Tomique-chan," Raditz mumbled sleepily. Hearing such an endearment from his gruff voice tore at her heartstrings.

"Radz-kun I�" she started, and then choked off the rest, immersing her face in his mane of shaggy hair. Without even trying she had this creature�s unwitting loyalty and devotion. Despite his claims of superiority or male domination, Atomique sensed he would do anything to protect her.

"Kami I don�t' want this� I don�t' want to fall in love again� please don't make it so�" she pleaded.

"You're mine," he mumbled sleepily, telling her it was far too late.

"If this damns me, so be it," she thought. Yet till he said aloud what both wanted, she could not accept it as mutual. Not till she found a way of letting go.

***

As Videl blinked awake, she shivered in fear, shaking the person next to her. Both of them lay curled up in Gohan's bed, wearing little else.

"Wake up� wake up!" she hissed.

"Uh oh," he gasped, blinking up at her scared face. "It's morning already?"

"Shimatta� my dad's gonna KILL me� I said I'd be comin' home today� and if he discovers I'm HERE�" she panicked, biting her nails. "What if your dad�"

"Calm down, just calm down," Son Gohan said, rubbing her shoulder. He leaned over and gave her a gentle kiss.

"Calm DOWN? We're not MARRIED and we just�"

"It's okay� I know he'll think of something to tell your dad�" Gohan reassured her.

"How can you be so calm when he could� walk in on us!" Videl squealed.

"Um� because the other day, he was telling us just WHY he didn't mind us slipping into Grandpa Gohan's little house�" Gohan blushed profusely, pushing a lock of her hair out of her face.

"What are you saying, buster?" she snorted, narrowing her blue eyes at him as her pixie face scrunched in an accusatory frown.

"Well, Dad kinda expected you and me to� um� you know� do what we just did?" he lifted a brow. "And I don't think he'd be MAD exactly if he put two and two together�"

"What?" Videl squealed. "You mean we've been sneaking around and your own dad doesn't care if you and I shack up?"

"Nope�" Gohan admitted, steeling himself as she punched his arm hard.

"You baka!" she shrieked, jumping on him and attacking his ribs. They wrestled together, play hitting and punching till Videl twisted his arm behind his back and started sitting on him hard.

"Hey� oww! Not THERE!" he gasped, as she landed on the spot where his tail had once been. Aloud growl escaped his lips, and she blinked hard.

"What was THAT?" she gasped, rolling off him.

"Um� that's a sensitive spot� I mean� you might not like the results if you� um�" he trailed off as she blinked at him.

"What is it with you people?" she shook her head. "I know you're not QUITE from this planet�but you're not some kind of wear wolf are you?"

"Remember that story that Dad always tells about the Great Ape and the moon?" he blinked. "Well� it really IS true�"

"Kuso� I thought it was some joke!" she groaned. "I mean I heard this whole thing about Saiyans and I figured you guys were just some super strong aliens like� some outer space� and now I find out if I touch your back�"

"That's where my tail used to be," he said sheepishly. "That's why I um� was kinda�leery about�"

"Why you wanted the lights off?" she said with a sly grin. "What EXACTLY happens if I touch you� there?"

Gohan swallowed hard as her hand ran up his thigh. In his throat he growled as she reached around and brushed her hand over the place she'd touched before. Gasping deeply, he flipped her over and pinned her under him.

"Oh� THAT's what happens� I think this could be FUN!" Videl trailed off before Gohan threw the covers over both of them, and she found another reason to suppress her sounds.

***

Another night had come and gone, leaving Atomique one day more distant from the horrors of her own world. She blinked once more, wanting to remain in the arms of the male who now held her possessively. That ever-present lump in her throat eased slightly at the body warmth. Shifting only slightly, she felt him move in response, and then heard the chiming of the alarm. Immediately the hand binding her to his chest reached out, sending a small sphere of energy into the clock radio. Instantly it obliterated the annoying electronic buzz in a cloud of smoke and charred plastic.

"What I'd do for a damn vapor bath instead of this idiocy," he answered.

"I'm glad that wasn't me�" she shuddered.

"You're infinitely more pleasant to wake up to," he answered, nipping her ear before he released her. Raditz straightened up in the bed.

"Thank you," she nodded.

"Why should I for something so damn obvious," he grunted.

"Hello to you too, Mr. Happy," she retorted, smacking him across his bare arm and chest. Glancing down at her body she saw the fresh crop of bruises Raditz left, and sighed.

"Shower, now, with me unless you want to waste more time," he said gruffly, scooping her up and half carrying her out of the bed.

"Hey, wait a minute Tarzan, I can walk thank you!"

"Not after last night," he laughed, swinging her effortlessly around his head.

"Knock it OFF you moronic monkey man!" she yelped, more for effect as she whacked his chest, then dealt him a swift kick in the back. Having seen the way in which Bulma interacted with Vegeta, she guessed it was customary for Saiyans to exchange verbal pot shots with their mate. Seeing the gleam in Raditz coal black eyes she was correct.

"So, does Kakkarot expect us to bathe in that ludicrous bathing facility beside the house?" he asked her.

"Yes, unless you want to stand in line for the shower," she said as he grabbed a robe, and a pile of towels. Kicking the door open, he walked out into the chilly morning.

"What are you DOING?" she yelped as he wandered towards the enormous tub that he'd seen outside. He levitated up, carrying her, then dropped the towels to one side. Soap and shampoo were set on a ledge, and he glanced down to see that there was already water partly in the large tub.

Still clutching her around the waist at his hip, he lowered his feet into the water, and promptly snarled, Drek! Great Father Oorzu what the HELL�"

"And you say I�m backward?" she yelped in the cold. "This is rainwater from last night!!!":

"Damn it.. I won't waste time with a primitive heating system," Raditz said with disgust "Use those transmutation powers of yours and fill this tub the rest of the way if you don't mind�"

"Humph, you're such a slave driver!" she snorted.

Raditz held her in his lap, and slowly extended his hands. Ki surged from his body, seeping through hers into the water around them. Within minutes the water steamed and bubbled, heated by the radiant ki from the Saiyan's figure. Soon she soaked in the extreme comfort of surging hot water while cold mountain air shivered her bare back and sides.

"Says the tailless wonder," he crowed. "Show me what an alchemist can do� making water from hydrogen and oxygen should be CHILD's play to one of your chikara� to fill this the REST of the way�"

"Fine, have it YOUR Way," she snorted, extending her hands. With but a thought she reached out to draw the water vapor from the atmosphere, and rapidly condensed it to water. It literally rained and seeped out of the heavy mountain mists like water from a sponge.

"Impressive," he said. Grabbing her, he leapt into the cold water, causing her to scream.

"YIKES!" she shrieked, drenched in icy cold water.

"That wasn't so bad, now was it, little one?" Raditz laughed, nudging her out of his lap. "I need help washing my hair�"

"Oh joy� talk about wasting time," she rolled her eyes.

"Lather and wash first. Your turn, then I do you," he grunted. Griping, she inundated his hair with shampoo, glancing at the Mane and Tail formula she had purchased wisely. Nothing else seemed to do the trick with a massive head of hair like his.

"You keep these guys in business, I swear. Tilt your head back� I can't freaking REACH you� or better yet� get down on your knees�"

"Only for you in the bath, and for the Prince, but if you tell anyone," he growled, flashing a pair of sharp fangs in a mock show of aggression.

"Simmer down, Cheetah, and let me work my magic�" she laughed, rubbing her fingers through it. He rolled his head from side to side, vibrations rumbling through his entire body at the frequency of a cat's purring though much louder.

"Now the tail. But VERY carefully�" he said quietly.

"I thought you said I shouldn't touch it� I mean him�" she mumbled.

"Be careful I said� did I stutter," he mumbled.

"Pain in the ass," she grumbled, reaching down with the shampoo to gingerly run her fingers over the surface. Bracing it across her hand she drew the suds over it, feeling the warm and the flickering wet fur that was chocolate brown in color.

"Weird how it's not the same color as your hair," she mumbled, glancing at it. Easily the diameter of her wrist it flickered soap across her bare body, then swirled around to latch on her wrist playfully. Uncoiling, his tail then traced over her body in her attempt to soap it, suddenly snaring her hips and jerking her forwards. Simultaneously Raditz turned, yanking her to his hips with his tail alone.

"Mmm, I told you to be careful," he growled.

"Sorry�"

"Don't be," he growled, lifting her up so she was level with his face.

"That's one HELL of an appendage," she gasped. "I'm no lightweight�"

"Saiyans can support their own weight with these things. Not to mention knocking idiots into walls with them�" he purred.

"I'm not getting out of here anytime soon am I?" she asked, running her hands up and down his wet slick skin. The soap dropped from her hand, landing by his feet while hers dangled at least a foot and a half in the air above the tile shower floor.

Pressed to a hard muscular chest in a grip of steel, she knew she dared not argue. Not that she wanted to get free, but it was daunting how his cock pressed urgently against her hip. Atomique pressed the flats of her hands to his pectorals then fingered his prominent scars. In particular the massive star shaped one above his heart caught her attention. "Where did you get THAT one," she mumbled.

"Pyhorheas," he whispered. "I took a direct hit for the Prince� and in turn he made certain I was in the nearest regeneration tank�"

"I guess service has its rewards�" she said, leaning down to kiss it. All over the scars she kissed or licked, prompting him to nod. Bringing up her legs she wrapped them around his waist, and then let him settle his cock between her moistening folds. Both hands gripped his broad shoulders, digging her nails in as he thrust deeply into her.

"Sore?" he asked.

"Not so bad� this time�" she gasped.

"Practice makes perfect�" he chuffed. Around his fingers crackled golden ki, sending it into her body to balance their disparate energies. Atomique closed her eyes, suddenly sending her own purple ki into his body. Raditz eyes opened a bit in interest, absorbing what she fed back into him.

"Impressive, you have something to share with me this time?" he laughed.

"You're not the only one anymore," she gasped. Sending energies she was on the verge of transmutation, when he stopped her with a hard thrust up.

"Ah ah, no transmutations, they take too much energy. Save them for a special occasion," Raditz scolded her.

"Damn it!" she cursed, hips rocking. "Ohhh� damn� mmm�. Mmm� oh damn�"

"Tomique� yes� mmm�." He trailed off, disintegrating into unintelligible growls.

At her fingertips crackled purple energies, when she temporarily released him. "Radz� chan� I� Ohhhhhh!"

"Give it to me� don't be shy now," Raditz grunted. "Put your hands on my shoulders�"

"You want it�"

"Mmmm, I command it," he purred, raising his fingers to interlace them with hers. She yelped with the crackling tingle of his gold ki arching over her skin. Simultaneously she pushed back with her own ki, struggling to match the frequency. Both of them hissed, their hair standing on end with the combined aura of their respective kis.

Within her hips she felt the charge building up. Raditz snarled, thrusting up harder with each stroke. In his groin and the base of his spine where tail met backside the energies built, then merged along his spinal column. Other energy centers surged and sparked, till the potential energy could no longer be held back. In a burst of power it exploded upwards, sending sparks over his body and hers. Simultaneously Atomique's purple glow surged overtop of him. Throwing his head back Raditz snarled, baring his fangs. At the same moment Atomique screamed, voicing the exuberance of something inside herself coming to a wave of sensation that threatened to drown her.

***

Raditz bellowed, followed by a loud scream that could be heard in the house Videl's head shot out from under the covers. "Was that you dad?" she gasped, sitting up atop Gohan.

"I told you it wasn't a big deal," he laughed, reaching up to pull her down again.

"But I heard someone screaming�"

"What?" he asked, then shivered.

"Who was it?"

"It's not my dad� it's my� 'uncle'," he chuckled, blinking. "Probably ticked off that there's no food yet�"

"What about your dad?" joked Videl, then shivered. A loud alto voice cursed in Chinese, and she shivered, glancing at Gohan. Both were panicking.

"Oh no� it's impossible," Gohan groaned, sitting up and nearly knocking her off balance. He shot out his arm and steadied her, giving her the sheet to wrap around herself. He swung his legs over and stood up, grabbing a pair of boxer shorts from the drawer of his dresser.

"What are you talking about?" she asked, trying to tuck the sheet around her, and stand on wobbly legs. She stumbled, and Gohan steadied her against himself.

"He's calling for me� Easy� here, let me get you a t-shirt or something� I think I have one� let's not freak out�" he muttered under his breath. She exchanged the loose T-shirt, which was a 2 x Capsule Corps thing, and caught the sweat pants he threw her from her gym bag. Inhaling the scent of him from the shirt she found she liked having a bit of her man with her in this way. He shimmied into a pair of blue jeans, and a white T-shirt, before picking up his sneakers. Videl finished by dragging a brush through her hair, and looking at him in a panic because he seemed on edge. She flopped onto the bed, still unable to walk because she hurt like hell in some places, while she tingled with satisfaction in others.

"We'd better wash those sheets," she said, helping him pull them off and throw them into the hamper. They heard footsteps echoing as Goku shouted his name.

"Coming dad� hold on!" he groaned. Turning to Videl he kissed her sweetly and briefly.

"I'll stay here," she said.

"Wait, I know� the twins should be waking up now� and since Goten had Trunks sleepover, they can fend for themselves. But if you know them they'll be screaming for breakfast soon� and that's the perfect opportunity to slip out�"

"Okay, but you'd better not run on me buster�" she mumbled.

"Well, I hear my 'uncle' asking for breakfast," said Gohan with a smile. "He may be a pain in the ass, but he's just saved you and me a lot of trouble�"

***

"Exquisite," Raditz panted his voice hoarse and deep. Slowly he held her against him, massive arms holding her to his body. Suddenly he dropped to his knees with a grunt with Tomique latched around his hips.

"I never thought I'd feel that again�" she laughed, then sobbed into his shoulder.

"You've done this before haven't you?" he murmured. "Nobody but Saiyans could do this� what sort of world are you from?"

"My� husband only did t his� once or twice with me," she murmured. "Shit� I'm sorry I shouldn't have mentioned it�"

"It's something Saiyans often do� I'm surprised a human is capable of such�"

"Ohh, Raditz please don't let me go," she pleaded.

"I don't intend to� Tomique-chan," he purred, hoping that she had finally deduced his true intentions. "In fact, I don�t' wish to ever�"

"I think I�m getting wrinkled�" she suddenly joked.

Something brushed past her leg as she lay there against him in the tub. "What the�" she trailed off, feeling like it was moist and wet, but not the shape of a hand. He blinked down at her, wrinkling his nose in concern.

"I could swear I felt you trying to get my attention� but not in THAT way�" she said, leaning her head against his chest and peering up at him upside down.

"I was, because I had hoped you had understood the significance of what I had just said," he murmured.

"Raditz, maybe we should talk about this� after some� breakfast?" she asked.

"Indeed. I'm ravenous� and as much as I'd like to stay here with you, I shall die of starvation if we don't get something to eat� I mean how I can keep taking care of you if we don't� and there are some things I have to explain to you unless�" he trailed off.

"Breakfast first and then you can tell me the rest. But one thing� I don't want to get out of this water�"

"Leave that to me�" he laughed, lifting her out bodily as he flared his energies to keep them both warm. Water evaporated and she laughed at the sensation of his fingers holding her bare sides. They brushed over her ribs, tickling her in a sensitive spot.

"Hey!" she gasped. "I thought you didn't want to ATTRACT attention!"

"Got to be quiet then," he murmured, giving her a kiss as he strode into the small pagoda house with her struggling for balance. She squealed against his lips as she felt something wraparound her calf and then her thigh.

"Holy crap�" she gasped. "I'm going nuts� there aren't any pest problems� like rats or rodents or�"

"Don't think so�" he panted, setting her down on the bed as he rushed off and hunted for something for them both to put on clothes wise. She saw something out of the corner of her eye before a set of purple silk pants and a top hit her in the face. Turning them over she saw they were covered in small flecks of blue and gold Chinese motif. AS she tried to get a shot of his bare back she froze when she saw something moving covered in brown fur.

"Good lord," she yelped, and spun around, chasing what she'd seen out of the corner of his vision.

"It's my tail, you silly female," Raditz laughed, swinging his hips. "Did you forget? Is my body not pleasing to you?"

"I can think� of some rather� naughty things you could do with that�" she panted.

"Can you? Tell me, little one," Raditz purred as he reached out his hand and swept her up.

Momentarily she passed her hands over the bands of metal on her upper arm and thigh. They were latched tightly, conforming to her skin. With frustration she realized she couldn't remove them.

"Damn it� how do you get these off?" she asked. Raditz wore the corresponding ones on his left upper arm and shoulder constantly. Never once did she recall him removing them.

"You don't," Raditz said quietly. "Don't you like them?"

"Yes� but�"

"Why should you wish to remove them�?"

"Never mind, stupid question," she laughed nervously. "I'm just curious about the alloy. They're the same color as part of your armor, yet the luster and ductility is like gold, and the durability is like titanium�"

"They are composed of a rare alloy, semi precious and found only in Bejitasei ores. The process of smelting is unique to my civilization," Raditz said, wrapping a robe around her. "Third classes wear them mainly as bangles�"

"Only on the upper arm and leg on one side�"

"Unmated pairs," he said, hoping she really would get it.

"Is that� so," she asked levelly. "Then why� the bite?"

"A bite is universal as a claim among all classes�"

Tomique's mind flashed back to seeing Bulma wearing swimsuits. A faded mark on her neck was something that she rarely saw, except on such occasions. Yet never a bite on the shoulder where Raditz had bitten her. But there were the two bites that made no sense.

Never did the dreams haunt her when she came to Capsule, and surrendered to the inevitable pull. Was it the blissful silence of sleepless dreams in Raditz's arms she craved, or the mere mind blowing rough sex? Through it she could voice all the aggressions and unrequited desires building up for the past four years. Savagely she could scratch and bite, marking him all over with her tooth marks and bruises, giving him what he wanted.

Only his sweet blood gave her any opiate against the emptiness. Their secret encounters grew more frequent, till she wished she could stay at Capsule full time. Although they gave no name to their relationship, they kept it discrete according to one another's wishes. Only Nappa and Vegeta seemed to know, whereas Videl swore herself to secrecy.

"If it is what I think it is�" she swallowed hard.

"Tomique," he said quietly, rubbing her bare arms. "You have doubtless noticed the bands on my arms as well as yours� and they are not meant to come off for a good reason�"

She swallowed hard, her chin wobbling as she glanced up at him with tears in her eyes. Slowly she said, "I think� perhaps� you should explain first, when you want me to� bite you in the same place on your neck that you did me�"

"Tomique-chan,' he said, seizing her arms. "Does this mean that�"

"I need to know about your customs, all of them," she said quietly. "Before I go any further� you owe me that much� I need to know what I'm getting into � because� I like being with you� and I don't� want to be with anyone else�"

"Fair enough," Raditz said with a serious nod. "You won't regret this. There is much for you to learn, and much I wish to teach you� if you understand the significance of.."

"Raditz, you don't want me�" she whispered. "You said that Saiyans don't fall in love�"

"You misunderstand, you silly female," he snorted with impatience. "What I meant was we don't fall in love like you ningen do. I need to ask you how deeply the bond is that you share with your deceased husband� is it a mind bond or a soul bond?"

"Why do you want to know?" she asked.

"Is it a mind bond or a soul bond?"

"A mind bond," she said. "I thought it was a soul bond� but lately� he.. he�"

"He what?" Raditz asked softly, cupping her face.

"He has shut his mind off from me. I can't see his thoughts in my mind� he's�" she sniffled. Raditz saw her face crumple and she hugged herself tightly.

"He has denied you?" Raditz asked quietly, reaching out his hands to bracket her shoulders. Atomique nodded, her chin wobbling. Silently she stepped into the arms that were outstretched, and let the Saiyan enfold her awkwardly.

"Yes� he� he's shut his soul off from me," she whispered, then buried her face in his chest.

"then� he never bonded with your soul?" Raditz whispered, rocking her slowly. His great fingers rubbed her back clumsily with almost crushing force, but she bore up against it.

"Yes�" she sobbed.

"More fool he," Raditz growled.

"I'm alone� and Jeannie has been destroying the bond�"

"You are not alone," Raditz said quietly. "You have me."

"You?" she blinked up at him, pulling away.

"Me you silly female," Raditz chuffed, brushing her tear soaked hair from her eyes. "That male was not worthy of you. Why suffer his memory when you could have a warrior strong and brave such as me to protect you?"

"That's incredibly conceited of you, but� sweet," she said.

"I'm NOT sweet," he snarled, shaking his head violently.

"No, but I won't tell if you don't," she sniffled, wiping away her tears and giving him a watery smile. Slowly she fingered the matching arm ring on her upper arm, then touched his.

"I'm asking you to be my mate," Raditz said quietly.

"You what?" she asked. "Is THAT why you�"

He nodded slowly. "You are a genius, but you are a fool. Little wonder you survived when that fool mate of yours died. Obviously you need ME to protect you, or you're hopeless, so I don't see WHY you should complain� unless it's ningen custom to never mate again�"

"It isn't," she said. "He's dead� and gone�"

"Then do you agree?" he asked quietly. "Because if you are amenable, I must ask the Prince for permission to pursue you� in the traditions of�"

"Wait, this is all so� fast�" she whispered. "What the heck is involved in this anyway?"

"I will tell you, if you wish to know," he said quietly, fingering her cheek.

"I deserve to know what I'm getting into� but what about my children?" she asked quietly.

"It is Saiyan custom for a male to adopt the children of a widowed female, if her mate dies in combat. It's not unheard of� I can teach them much, and after all, they've been fostered by my brother already� so they are acquainted with challenging power�"

"But you know less about children then I do," she laughed.

"I can learn," Raditz said quietly, leaning down to nip her ear.

"You big hairy baboon, what am I going to do with you!" she groaned.

"I can name a few things� but they must wait till after breakfast, and an audience with the Prince," he said, growling and licking his lips.

***

The arrival of Trunks and Goten distracted the two adults entering the house. Both of them were struggling to get breakfast for themselves while trying to decide who got hold of the remote. Raditz glanced in, realizing they were too busy trying to grab all the cereal and pop tarts to take into the living room to notice anyone coming in.

"Is the coast clear?" she asked.

"Yes, but why should you worry about what they think? It's not like they have any say�unless you're worried that my little brother�" said Raditz.

"You need some civilian clothes, other then just a t shirt!" she whispered.

"I'll carry you to the guest room," Raditz nodded. He zipped out, managing to only catch the view of Trunks and Goten wondering who it was. Goku puttered about in the kitchen with Gohan, both of them rushing back and forth to start enough food for three hungry adult male Saiyans.

"Have you seen Radditz?" asked Gohan. "I just heard him come in�"

"He's just probably hunting for some clothes� but I'm more worried about Atomique�"

"I'm sure she's just fine," said Son Gohan, blinking as he saw Radditz rush past carrying a woman in his arms. A sense of surprise and relief crept across him when he realized that ki blast he sensed wasn't his father and the houseguest making out. Perhaps there was hope that his mother might yet come back. Raditz, as intimidating as he was, had just done something that saved them all some problems.

"Hyper speed is great," she whispered. "I think I saw some clothes in the guest room you could use�"

"Humph, good you thought of that�" he groaned, keeping his arm around her waist as he freed his other hand. They were both inside the bedroom that Goku had assigned to them, trying to figure out a way to best exit without four curious boys pestering them with questions.

Because she and Goku often were the first to rise, he'd exit first to start breakfast, soon followed by her. Yet Trunks was a bit sneakier, and with the way Bejita was implying things were going, the last thing he needed was everyone getting embarrassed. "Don't worry, we'll figure something' out� to tell them�" Raditz grinned, grabbing the pair of shorts and a sleeveless T-shirt she threw him. He hated wearing anything on those muscular legs of his, and she knew that she preferred seeing them. Until she could get him into some more normal clothing like very TIGHT jeans.

"I think you're more worried about that other tale, and I don't mean a story�" she pointed to his waist. He quickly grabbed the nearest items of clothing and tried to get dressed while she moved towards the door. "Funny, little one," he gave a mock snarl, catching her around the waist before playfully dumping her on the bed. He pounced, and almost smashed the flimsy frame as he landed atop her. "I'll go out first, and you can come when you've figured out what to do about that� body part�" she giggled, teasing him mercilessly.

"Are you ashamed to be seen with me?" he asked quickly.

"No, Raditz, of course not. But I think that I don't want to draw too much attention. I just want to enjoy a nice breakfast with you next to me, and then just quietly slip off and you can show me more about this mating thing� and plus I want to spoil you a little by making food for you. Didn't you say you needed raw bloody meat?"

"Yes, you remembered. Good, little one. I'll be along soon. But make no mistake, you are mine, regardless of what my little brother thinks or says�"

"And I'm yours but it all depends on what your prince says," she said, walking over to lean down and bite the welt on his shoulder. Radditz growled and did the same, lapping the blood.

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