Protection the Raditz Way

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, Toriyama does. I do own Tomique and Jeannie, while Chirstine is owned by Bulma the Babe. I don't get paid for this.

Story notes: In this chapter, Radditzu has taken Tomique to his quarters again, after Jeannie attempted to kill her. Thanks to Nappa, Jeannie's temporarily out of comission, but Radditzu uses a Saiyan first aid kit and a whole lot of good ki and sex to try and heal her his way...

Recovery Radditzu Style

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Tomique blinked up as she saw someone huddled over her. Hands glowed as they smeared a paste over her body. She wheezed when she breathed in, gasping for air. "What the hell… I can't…"

"Shut up and lay still female," Radditzu gruffly ordered.

"I'm the biggest… cough… idiot… letting her… fight me like that…"

"You are. Somehow you gave her a good fight, but I had to intercede before she almost killed you. I still can't believe she took you down so easily because she's a sloppy fighter who's hardly worthy to wear Saiyan armor. She's a disgrace," Radditzu snorted.

"You… fought her, and WON?" she asked, blinking up at him.

"Of course. Because I wasn't squeamish, and I would not hesitate to use my full power. She was just toying with you, and holding back because you'd disoriented her with some gas. Lucky for you whatever you nailed her with slowed her down enough…" Radditzu mumbled, covering her with a space blanket.

"Where are we?"

"My quarters. I would have taken you to the med bay, but I don't trust leaving you there alone. You stupid female," he ranted.

"Thanks for caring," she mumbled. "But she was going on and on about how she was so powerful, and that I was so lame because I let myself get beaten by a third class? It's funny how you just kicked her ass… if I'm still alive…"

"She doesn't know what real fighting is," Radditzu snorted, sitting down on the bed next to her. "She can kill and maim, but she's not ruthless enough to cause any damage. She was looking for a clean way to kill you, but she had no idea of what destruction she can cause with the right use of her powers… A True Saiyan warrior doesn't let the enemy recover when they find a weakness to exploit. Since she was already blinded, I didn't give her a chance to get her equilibrium back. She couldn't sense where I was coming from, and she had wasted much energy trying to fight gravity…"

"So you took her down…"

"Long enough to get your ass away," Radditzu snorted. "You have three broken ribs, and nasty bruises… you could have had your neck broken…"

"Lucky me," she mumbled.

"This compound is ki activated. I'm trying to get your body's system to repair itself. It's not enough to warrant a regeneration tank…" Radditzu grunted. "Lie still… it won't be instantaneous… but the compound should form a protective cast to brace your ribs while my ki pushes your bones to knit…"

"I thought you were my shadow for a while there…" she gasped.

"I was, but I wasn't letting that idiot see me. I was hunting her as she hunted you," Radditzu answered. "But trying to get to you when you two were fighting was difficult. Unfortunately the only time I could act is if she knocked you down, and in that second I could slip in and hit her fast and hard."

"She's invulnerable…"

"No warrior is truly unstoppable. She wasn't wearing her armor, and she wasn't anticipating me," Radditzu grunted. His rough hands were tickling her skin, pulling away the fabric so he could rub more of the healing salve, then channel more ki into her body.

"Don't you need your energy?"

"Please don't mock me, fool," he grumbled. Cool air wafted against bare skin, causing Tomique to shiver convulsively. Only the warmth of Radditzu's ki kept her warm. Glancing down she saw that he had removed her top and pants, leaving her in her underthings. In turn he had removed his armor, only wearing the shorts and bottom half of his armor so he was bare chested in the dim light. Scars covered his massive chest and back, bearing witness to many battles.

Her hand and arm tingled with their own heat. Glancing down, she gasped to see the blisters on her upper thigh and hand. "What the hell… how did this…"

"She burned you, idiot," said Radditzu, carefully smearing some of the ointment onto her hand and thigh as well. "It must have happened while you two fought.

"I don't remember her burning me…" she blinked up at him.

"I don't know how you stopped the flames. But you've got nasty second-degree burns. They're already starting to heal…" Radditzu said gruffly.

"Why don't I hurt… wait I bet you did something to…"

"Blocked the pain. Or else you'd be screaming right now," Radditzu shushed her. "Now lay back and rest. It's taking a lot of my ki to push your body to at least try and heal itself…"

"The regen tanks?"

"I don't know how to operate them," Radditzu flushed quietly. "But this salve is made from the same chemical compounds that is in a nutrient bath. It serves the same purpose for local injuries."

"Shit, what time is it?"

"Nine PM by this world's time," Radditzu answered.

"Kuso, I can't lay here… Goku and the others…"

"I've called my brother to tell you that you were injured and that you're being cared for. He'll come and get you, but I don't want him to move you till you're healed enough. I also asked that he remain with your brats…"

"But Jeannie…"

"Nappa's taking care of her," said Radditzu.

"NAPPA?" she gasped. "Oh shit!"

"He saw us fighting and didn't comprehend what was going on. Doubtless when he heard I was being attacked and overwhelmed he stepped in. Your friend's in a world of hurt right now in a regen tank… and I doubt she's going to want to explain herself.

"Shit… why… I thought he wanted to hurt me…"

"I'm Saiyan, and he was saving my ass. We might not care for each other, but since he thinks…"

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A fist hammered on the door, and she yelped. "Hey, whelp, you and the bed slave okay in there?" came Nappa's voice.

"We're fine. Leave us be," said Radditzu.

"I brought some med supplies and food. Can't have you dying on me, or the Prince will nail my ass to the wall. Though why he bothers is fucking beyond me," came his voice.

"Fine, come in, but don't stay too long," Radditzu growled. She pulled the sheets around her, yelping in protest as the hulking great warrior strode through.

"Am I interrupting anything?" he grinned. She grasped Radditzu's bare arm, and the sheet dropped.

"What are you staring at!" she yelled up at him. Radditzu blocked Nappa's view of her body and he snickered.

"You're one lucky bitch. Amazing you're still alive. Smells like something cooking in here… like seared flesh… no wonder you wanted the extra medkit…" Nappa said, throwing a box towards him.

"Thank you, now get out," Radditzu grumbled.

"Brought you some food. Can't have you running out of energy while you're tending to your bed slave, can we? And you, don't go dying on him before he's had his fun…"

"Knock it off, and get lost… but before you go, tell me… what of the female?"

"Oh her? She's floating in a regen tank in the Med bay," Nappa said. "I kinda wanted to have a bit of fun with my prey, but the Prince wouldn't allow it…"

"Uh oh, I’m afraid to ask," shivered Tomique.

"She won't be bothering you for a while. I think after that fist to her head, she's going to be lucky to remember her own name," Nappa laughed as he sat in one of the reinforced chairs. Radditzu opened up the second kit, and started pulling out various bottles and containers to arrange them on the bed next to him.

"Does Vegeta know… I mean does his Majesty know?" she asked, correcting herself when Radditzu glared at her.

"Oh, he knows. That she got out of hand and attacked one of us without provocation," Nappa said. "Naturally I was just defending your ass and mine…"

"How badly was she hurt?" asked Tomique.

"Why do you care?" Nappa shrugged.

"Morbid curiosity… to see how powerful you are?" asked Tomique.

"She's strong, but she's no match for a Saiyan elite," Nappa sniffed. "She's an amateur. Even Radditzu could beat her ass if he had enough time… got all that battle power and she can't use it."

"She relies on her invulnerability…"

"That's all she's got going for her. Sure she's fast, and savagely strong. But she can't generate the energy blasts that an Elite like I can," Nappa laughed deeply, smirking at his superiority.

"You didn’t disintegrate her did you?" asked Radditzu.

"Tried, but her body's far tougher then that. It merely knocked her for a loop and I just acquainted my fist with her hard head. I actually fractured her skull, but it's as hard as a Saiyan's," Nappa said.

"I see…" Tomique murmured. "Thank you… for saving my butt… and Radditzu's…"

"No thanks necessary, female. Just show Radditzu a good time for me, and we'll call it even…"

"GET lost Nappa…" Radditzu snorted.

"You're welcome, whelp," he grunted, and gave a suggestive glance at Tomique, who was flushing red. The door slid shut after he exited.

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