Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Dragon Ball Z/Super characters in this story. All are are owned by Akira Toriyama, except for my own character.

A/N: Not sure why I started this story, but I recently re-watched the beginning episodes of DBZ and thought, "Raditz's character is so mysterious, and underrated. Did he have a tough exterior, but also a soft side that we didn't get to see, like his father?" I wish Toriyama would have had him come back in later episodes to develop his character some more. As that is unlikely at this point, I decided to write up a story starring him and my OC. Yeah, sorry guys. I like romances. Let me know what you all think! R&R

Angels, Demons, and Saiyans

In The Beginning

She had always thought she was stronger than all of the other average sized females of her age, but after a full day shift of cleaning and prepping the tournament grounds, the muscles in her arms were beginning to shake. She stopped and rested her chin on the tip of the mop handle in her hand, and sighed, "Finally finished."

Her heavy lidded eyes gazed down upon her small canine companion, who was hopping up and down with excitement; its tongue flapping through its smiling teeth. She knelt down to its level and took its face in her hands, "you just look so exhausted!" She sarcastically told the little white dog, who replied with several licks to her face. She giggled. "Come on! Let's go home, Shot!" The girl said before turning around and unknowingly dunking her right foot into the bucket she had been using to mop with. "Ugh…" She tried shaking her foot free, but her balance was thrown off as her foot didn't release from the bucket as easily as she had hoped, causing the bucket of soapy water to spill out onto the arena floor, and her to fall flat on her face.

The young woman hurt her ego more than herself, but then again, this kind of luck was typical for her. The little white dog licked her master's face and whined in sympathy.

She felt a bit red-faced, but was just glad that nobody witnessed her misfortune. She stood up and dusted herself off and that's when she heard the terrier next to her begin to growl.

The young woman was suddenly face to face with a short, very round man with a bushy mustache and a balding head, "Bailey Scot!" when he screamed bits of spit flew in every direction, some of it hitting her cheek.

The girl swore her soul had jumped from her body from the male's sudden appearance and shrill voice in front of her. She grabbed her chest to try and settle her now thundering heart. "Oh…" she started nervously, "Uncle Heirloom. It's just you." The overweight man pointed a rigid finger firmly in front of her nose.

"Boss Heirloom!" He snapped.

"Right," she mentally giggled at the ridiculous name he proclaimed for himself.

"It's 6:30 in the evening!" He motioned his hand over at the clock hanging over the arena.

Bailey squinted across the distance at the clock, and then looked closely at her watch before giving it a few shakes to make sure it was working, "Ah, so it is!"

"How many times do I have to tell you?! I don't pay over time!"

Bailey was momentarily distracted by the many grease stains her uncle had on the front of his shirt before finally replying. "But you wanted it all finished tonight before the inspections in the morning!"

"Well, then you should have gotten it done sooner." He taunted. "For breaking the rules, you're going to stand in as water boy during the tournament this weekend, as well as performing your normal duties!"

"What?! But I have things to…"

"Things to do? Like what? Watch marathons of your favorite show with your dog?!" He taunted.

Bailey clenched her fists at her sides, before swallowing down her frustration. "Alright. I mean, yes sir. I'll be there…"

"Bright and early!"

She nodded, but the man was already storming off, the rolls of his middle seeming to bounce with every step. When the middle aged man was out of sight, Bailey finally began to relax a little. "Oh! That man disgusts me! I can't believe we're even related! Someday I'll show him! And I do other things besides watching movies with my dog!" She yelled in his direction, though she couldn't think of anything to support her claim. She slumped over in defeat. "Come on, Shot. Let's go home." She prompted the dog, her right shoe making squishing noises with every step.

Somewhere in Hell…

The dark cave they were training in the past few years was quiet, and still. All that could be heard was the slight dripping of water echoing deep within the cavern. A tall, broad figure floated in the middle of the cave waiting for his attacker. He closed his eyes, and steadied his breath. He had to concentrate to gauge his opponent's next move. He ignored the cold bead of sweat trickling down the side of his neck.

"There you are." The large man smirked. After a few moments he had found the attacker's dark ki energy. Even a person well trained in the art of ki manipulation would have missed it. The ki he was trained to sense was not of this world.

The blackened cave suddenly lit up with a brilliant green light. The man wasn't surprised though, he spun around just in time to knock the huge blast of energy away. The long black spikes of his hair waved wildly behind him from the impact of the blast hitting the cave rocks."You think that was going to surprise me?!" He exclaimed with a cocky attitude.

Then it happened; the attacker suddenly appeared from behind to attempt to knock his opponent in the back of the skull. "Not so fast!" The large man caught the foot of his opponent to spin him off course and tumbling to the craggy rocks below, but before the monster-like creature hit, he righted himself. The winged creature flew down to stand upon a stalagmite, and looked up at the levitating man whose long hair brushed gently against the backs of his calves.

The demon like creature smirked back; "I think it's time to test your real capabilities!" He crouched down and clenched his fists hard, pulling out vast amounts of the dark ki he had from within. The ki formed into different energy bubbles into the shapes of snake like creatures. "I hope you're ready for this one! Hydra Death!" The man above him powered up further as well, but this time his jet black hair burst with the bright intensity of gold; his eyes burning a laser green.

The bubble forms quickly dispersed from the demon to separate in all different directions to surround the man with the wild hair. Then as soon as the bubbles got close enough they burst into hundreds of different pinpoint ki blasts to attack him at once. The man hit and kicked left and right to avoid being hit by all of the laser-like bullets, but even he wasn't quite quick enough. His shoulder and the top of his thigh took hits, and the impacts had stung like a hot needle to his flesh. His eyes widened as the pain just angered him more and compelled him to overcome the obstacle.

"I will not lose! I am not weak!" He powered up again, even though his muscles ached from his body being battered and trained vigorously over the past two years. He screamed with every breath from within, and let out anger he had kept dormant for so long. Even he was surprised by the sudden release of energy from within. The blast emanating from all around him was so great that it knocked the laser ki blasts away like a repelling magnet.

After he was safe from the attack, the tall man hovered for a moment reveling in the new found power he had just attained. Even the demon below was impressed. "You've had lots of emotions waiting to explode from within you for some time, it seems." The powerful man gazed in awe at the glow emanating from his skin, and looked behind him to see his golden hair had grown even longer. He hovered in the air for a moment more before suddenly dropping down from the sky and landing softly on a flat rocky surface nearby. The demon powered back down to normal, and flew to the flat surface his opponent stood upon. "You're ready now, Raditz. My son." He put a hand on his student's shoulder.

The tall muscular man was swelling with pride, and smirked back at his mentor. Finally, he too powered back down to normal; his hair and eyes reverting back to their normal onyx color. "I'm ready, Master Abyss."

"You will get your revenge, and I will get to conquer the earth and heavens." The demon named Abyss said with certainty releasing his hand from his student's shoulder.

"What must I do?" Raditz asked impatiently.

The demon laughed at his eager student. "Close your eyes, and calm your mind." Raditz did as he was told. "This may be a bit uncomfortable for a moment." Raditz opened his eyes back up for a moment wondering what his mentor meant by that, but without hesitation the demon grabbed Raditz by the face with a huge clawed hand. The burly saiyan was taken aback by the sudden intrusiveness, and tried to tear the monster's grasp from his face, but Raditz was no match for the demon's lightening quick speed as he was now forcefully entering through of the saiyan's nose and mouth via vaporization.

After fully entering the saiyan's body and mind, the wild haired man fell to the ground writhing in agony; his body's natural defenses trying desperately to get rid of the viral entity. "Accept it, my son! If you do not, the pain will only linger!" Raditz howled from the sheer amount of torture he felt his body going through.

"Calm down and accept it, Raditz!"

The muscular man rolled over to face the dusty ground. He clenched his fists, and squeezed his eyelids hard. He opened his mouth wide causing dust to fly as he exhaled hard and groaned. His abs contracted intensely as he tried desperately to keep himself from vomiting. Sweat poured from his forehead and onto to dirt below him. He managed to get up on his shaky knees, but the pain still tortured his body within. The pain was so unbearable that he instinctively began pounding the rocky surface beneath him causing it to crack and crumble. At last the ground gave out and his limp body fell hitting against the jagged rocky walls, and onto the cave floor, nearly hitting a few stalagmites around him.

Raditz's bloodied and bruised body laid spread out on the dusty ground unmoving and quiet until finally his eyes sprang open and he started gasping for air. As he lay there still unmoving, and breathing hard he attempted to adjust to the newcomer within, but his surroundings spun immensely, his heart thudded against his ribs.

"Don't worry. You'll get used to me soon. I'll be able to add power to your body and mind, but I cannot control everything. You still have control over your inner most desires, wants, and needs. You're still you, but with a great advantage." Raditz still lay there unmoving, his breathing finally slowed down. His dark circled eyes stared blankly at nothing, seemingly almost dead. The only strength he had left in him was enough to move the few muscles that controlled the corner of his lip to form into an overconfident smirk.