A/N: Hello everyone, I hope you enjoy the next few chapters I have prepared, I decided a break was in order from all the violence and serious situations and decided to just make a few fun stories until things heat back up again. Please do not hesitate to leave your comments, corrections and opinions, whatever you feel like saying. If you're here after recieving a detailed review from me, I'd appreciate if you could do the same.

"Eeep!" The blonde-haired Launch gasped, as Raditz gathered her up in his arms as she pushed off, in mid air.

"Hang on tighter girl, or else I will drop you and you can learn how to fly like I did!" He said with irritation, struggling as Launch flailed her legs and squirmed.

"I-I'm scared of heights!" She whimpered, causing Raditz to go off kilter as she scrabbled to hang on, clinging to his shirt with her nails and kicking.

"Damn it, do you want me to carry you like a child?!" He yelled, picking her up and prying her hands off of his shirt.

She narrowed her shoulders and whined, her blonde hair whipping across her face. He exhaled sharply and pulled her body parallel to his, wrapping his tail around her firmly.

"There, now you can't see the ground, is that better?" He said, placing his hands on her back.

"Y-Yeah..." She mumbled into his chest, wrapping her arms around him hesitantly. Launch gulped, squeezing her eyes shut as they flew.

"You'll have to learn how to fly, little Launch already knew how just after her primal blood was awakened, you should be able to do the same."

"If my damn bike didn't get smashed, Raditz, I wouldn't have to take the hairy monkey express!" She growled into his chest, feeling the wiry hairs through his black tank top.

"You're a half-breed, you don't need a vehicle any longer. My hair is an attractive feature, any Saiyan female would be highly aroused by my ability to grow my hair longer than most males." He said, with an offended huff.

"Ha! Not me! You need a haircut. Tien's body was completely shaven, so smooth like velvet... mmm..." She said, rubbing her cheek on him, then spitting out a chest hair and sputtering. Raditz grumbled, she looked up and saw him frowning.

"To cut my hair would be shaming my breed, to be born with a full mane like mine is a great honor! Smooth skin is a sign of a whelp, any fully matured saiyan male has the ability to grow hair, some more pure-blooded whelps are hairless like a pre-pubescent

child!" He snarled, gripping her back tighter and bristling.

"Whoa, calm down boy, I don't care if you're a hairy monkey, I'm just sayin' some women prefer the clean-shaven look. Which you've got, there." She said, patting his cheek. He subsided his rage and nuzzled into her hand, his cheek was soft and completely hairless but for his sideburns. Launch blushed and pulled her hand away.

"Look, we're here." Raditz said, and turned his body around so that Launch was flying on top of him. She sat up and gasped at the scene before them; a lush green forest. He folded his arms behind his head and hovered in place, as Launch straddled him and looked around in amazement.

"How pretty..." She gasped, her tail wound out from her back and curled, twitching with curiosity.

"You aren't frightened anymore?" He asked gently, and she hesitated to answer.

"I don't know, it's still a long way to go..."

"I'll catch you. Like before, remember?" He said softly, Launch smiled and thought of the fond time they had spent nearly the entire day swimming and playing together, and she hadn't been scared once because she knew he would catch her.

"You're ready?"

She nodded, with a shiver.

"Ok. Let go." Raditz turned around quickly, and she dropped, screaming as her body rocketed down to the earth, flailing her legs and flapping her arms uselessly.

"Radiiiiitz!!!!" She screamed, angrily, feeling her anger pulse out and surround her as she at last found her ki. He landed just below her in the event that it didn't kick in, but was pleasantly surprised as she floated in mid air, turning around carefully and marveling at her newfound ability.

"I... I did it! Raditz, I did it!" Launch said happily, and shot up until the air like a bullet.

"Whoo hoo! This is freaking awesome!" She yelled excitedly, and he followed her quickly with another hard burst that crackled through the atmosphere.

"Yeah! Haha! I'm flyin'!" Launch screamed, until she came above the clouds and hung in mid air, looking around excitedly. Raditz came up slowly through the clouds and looked at her with a smile.

"Alright, that's enough now. " He said, and began reaching to gather her in his arms.

"No! I don't wanna ride with you! I can fly now!" She said, and whipped around and shot off above the clouds.

"Launch!" Raditz followed, growling.

"Get back here, now, before you--"

Suddenly, the sky rocketing past her was a blur, and Launch slowly became dizzy as she lost her balance and fell. She was caught swiftly not a moment later, as Raditz found her and cradled her in his arms and descended down to the Earth at a careful speed. Launch blinked wearily, feeling her stomach turning as she looked down at the ground.

"You must be more careful with your speed, letting out a large burst of ki like that is only utilized during battle. The altitude in which you were flying is too much for one who isn't used to the thinning air...Launch?" He asked, prodding her cheek with a finger.

"I don't... I don't feel so good..." She murmured, and turned, retching into the empty air. Raditz held her out and sighed, having expected it, he waited until she was done.

"Let's get you on solid ground." He said, and carried her until they reached soil at last and he set her down in the grass by a river. The sky spun around her as she laid on her side whimpering, moving limply as Raditz knelt beside her and poured water over her mouth from a cupped hand. She drank and rested her eyes as he wiped her cheek gently.

"You did very well, Launch. I'm proud of you, not all saiyans even learn to fly, let alone a half-breed. You must have been the child of a powerful saiyan."

She opened her eyes and sat up gingerly, wiping her mouth with the back of her arm. She looked down at the ground, and for the first time he noticed that she seemed sad.

"I didn't even know I was... I've never met my parents..." She said softly, and looked up to him with a gleam of a tear in her eye. Raditz's expression softened and he stroked her shoulder.

"I'm sorry to have be the one to tell you this, but both our races are long gone... My home Planet, Vegeta was destroyed 25 years ago... The Planets Neptune and Mars, where your Gemini parent would have originated from; were brought to extinction 23 years ago... I am so sorry, Launch." He said, and pulled her into an embrace. She rested her chin on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"That's ok... I never had a family, I didn't hope that I would now. I don't care." She said and pulled back, folding her arms across her body and lowering her head. Raditz reached and touched her arm, stroking it with his thumb. He felt his throat almost closing with some unreleased emotion as he watched her, he swallowed.

"Neither did I. That is the way we have to shield ourselves from weakness. To not care, is to... not feel pain." He said, and almost choked on his words. Launch lifted her eyes to him and her lip quivered, feeling her heart thrashing in her chest with the opened wound.

"You understand, then; how it feels to be abandoned...?" She asked, her voice shaking. He nodded subtly, his dark eyes glistening. Launch fell into his arms and sobbed, and he wrapped them around her and lowered his face to kiss her head as she sobbed, grieving for her loss until her cries were hoarse and heart wrenching. He waited until they subsided to speak, then cleared his throat nervously as he looked down into her shimmering emerald eyes.

"Launch... I don't want you to be alone any longer... Please, I'll no longer ask you to be my mate; not after you have lost your own so recently. But do not run from me anymore. I just want to protect you, and her from those that would harm you..." He said softly, stroking his hand down her back and running her small tail through his fingers, feeling the soft fur gliding across his calloused hand. The small tail curled and wrapped tightly around his fist as her tears quelled, and she nodded into his chest.

"Ok... I won't go anywhere, Raditz. I just wanna be here with you." She whispered, and he smiled as he pulled her back to him. "That is how I feel as well, Launch. I no longer wish to see the stars, nor scour the planets for a despicable lord... I've found my home here. My desire for life at last. " He said softly as he cradled her cheeks in his hands, then pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead and closed his eyes as tears of his long awaited release fell down his cheeks.

"...and that's how you ended up in the care of Vegeta, he insisted on taking you out of the medical wing, Bulma. He then stood guard over you all night, even though he was injured."

Dr. Briefs finished, watching as his daughter's large eyes brimmed with tears. He had told her absolutely everything, besides the solemn oath of secrecy between him and Vegeta to help cure her of her hemophobia.

"Really...? That's why I was in his room?" She lowered her eyes and let her tears drop, Bunny handed her a tissue and she blotted her eyes.

"It's his code of honor, Bulma. Vegeta really does intend to protect you; for whatever reason he has chosen you as his ward. You understand then, that it's best to keep away from Yamcha." He said gently, petting Scratch's back. Bulma nodded, swallowing down her cries. Her father stood, brushing off his lab coat.

"Now, I hate to leave on such a sour note, but I really must be going next door to the laboratory for the day."

"That's ok, daddy. I'll see you when you get home. Thank you for everything..." Bulma said with a soft smile, wiping her cheek.

"Perhaps you should save a little of that gratitude for Vegeta, I have a feeling his introverted personality is in direct response to a lifetime of being emotionally repressed. Some kindness could do the boy a world of good." With that, he gave Bunny a kiss on the cheek and took his to-go cup of cappuccino with him, off to the Capsule Corporations laboratory for the day.

Bunny waved him off, smiling. Bulma sat still a moment longer, staring down at the table and biting her lip.

"Do you really think what daddy said is true? Did Yamcha really...rape me?" Bulma's lip quivered, and her mother's azure eyes opened to look into hers sadly.

"I'm sorry, dear... I'm not sure that was his intention, but I saw it for myself, he took advantage of you at your weakest time... my poor, sweet baby!" She said, her voice cracking.

Bulma rested her head on her mother's shoulder and they both began to sob, talking between gasps of breath.

"I just... don't know what happened to Yamcha... he wasn't like this at all when I met him! He was so shy, so kind! He could barely even speak to a girl, let alone--" She cut off her own words with a shaking sob.

"I know, sweetie... But people change, sometimes people grow apart is all... a beautiful, smart girl like you deserves only the best!" Bunny said, and held Bulma as she cried, not noticing the dark figure in the background hanging his head as he heard their cries, his face in a hardened mask of concealed pain.

Vegeta turned away briskly and went back outside to continue doing his katas, before he couldn't take the sounds of their sobs anymore. He stormed out, punching the tree he had been taking his anger out on so hard that the bark shattered and a round chunk of wood blew out, settling back onto itself in a clean cut.

He was tempted to find the bastard that hurt her himself and rip his heart out of his chest with his bare hands, but he knew somehow that Bulma would disapprove; although in his mind, it was the most logical thing to do. His primal blood whispered to him to present his potential mate with the severed heart of her former lover in order to gain her affections.

There was a tiny grumble as he felt a wet nose nudging him, then Gohan woke with a start as he felt long teeth sliding over his midsection.

"What's going on...?" He mumbled, rubbing his eyes as sunlight hit his face. He felt a strange shaking sensation as the ground began to fly past him, and yelled out in fear. r"Whoa! Hey!"

The Sabertooth tiger carried him in her jaws as she ran, bounding over large rocks and landing heavily on the ground, Gohan struggled to get free, squirming around in her loose jaws that cradled him carefully.

"Where are you taking me?! I can walk, miss tiger!" He yelled frantically, grabbing around her snout and unknowingly covering her eyes. The tiger growled in question; losing its vision and running head first into a tree. They hit with a jarring slam, making the tree vibrate with the sheer force that hit into it.

Gohan whimpered as he pulled at her jaws and kicked, as the tiger had fallen unconscious.

"Help! Somebody, help!" He cried out, breathing in and out frantically.

Suddenly, there was a flash of green and a bright beam of light. Gohan fell from the tiger's jaws easily, covered in blood. He looked around himself fearfully, at the blood dripping off his tattered clothes, then at the severed jaw of the tiger. There was another blast as a thin beam shot through the base of her skull and put her down quickly. Piccolo lowered his finger and picked up the boy, shaking him roughly.

"You weakling! You would allow yourself to be eaten?!" He growled, showing Gohan his long jagged teeth.

"Mr. Piccolo! You k-killed her!" Gohan cried out, and slapped and kicked him in the face in anger. Piccolo slapped the small boy and stunned him, and Gohan's cheek slowly became red and swollen.

"Of course I killed it, just as you should have!! Are you completely inept, boy?!" He roared, showing Gohan the purple interior of his mouth lined with sharp teeth. Gohan flinched back and started to cry, in fear of him.

"Y-You're just a big m-meanie! You killed my daddy and Uncle Raditz!" Gohan bawled, flailing around angrily and trying to release himself from the large man's grip.

"I did what I had to! If I did not do what your father wished, your "Uncle" likely would have killed your father and myself, and taken you away to be bartered for on an alien planet! Would you enjoy that, boy? A life of slavery?!" He bellowed back, shaking Gohan by his bloody yellow gi that was in tatters.

"N-No! But that didn't mean you had to kill the nice mommy tiger! What about her kittens! They'll starve now!" He cried, large wet tears rained down his face, snot came out in a giant bubble and nearly popped on Piccolo's face. He tossed him to the ground and scoffed, wiping his cheek with disgust.

"They're just beasts, they'll turn on you, you know. Just as that one did, I'm sure she was ready to eat you at any moment." Piccolo sneered, crossing his pink muscles over one another.

"She wouldn't! She fed me, and her teeth didn't even hurt me when she picked me up! Why do you have to be so evil!" He yelled back, standing and balling up his little fists.

"I was born evil, child. My full intent after I ready you for battle is to destroy this pathetic planet!" He roared back, tearing off his white cloak and allowing his ki to rise to the surface, showing his power to prove his superiority to the child to make him back down and learn his place.

"I can't let you do that, Mr. Piccolo! My daddy didn't die so that a bad person like you could destroy our home!" Gohan screamed, and Piccolo's eyes widened as the little boy growled, and his own ki burst out around him; his entire body shaking.

"I'll make you regret what you did, you're a bad person!" He screamed, and plowed headfirst into Piccolo's stomach, sending him unexpectedly onto his back, coughing as the child's hard head knocked the wind out of him.

Piccolo growled and started to get up, now fully enraged and ready to attack, but was met with a flurry of wild blows that were unrefined; yet powerful, blasting him with little fists in his face and chest until Piccolo's head hit the ground. He got his feet up under him in preparation to pounce up and attack, but was completely caught off guard when Gohan grabbed both antennae in his fists and pulled.

Piccolo screamed in pain, grabbing the little boy's body around the waist and squeezing him desperately to try and stop him from pulling his sensitive antennae right off. He bellowed in agony, tears forming in the corners of his eyes.

"Apologize! Right now, Mr. Piccolo! Say you're sorry for killing her!" Gohan screamed, pulling harder.

"Never! I'll never apologize for saving your life, fool!" He bellowed back, grabbing Gohan around the waist with one hand and wrapping his tail around his fist with the other, and pulling. Gohan winced in pain but was unrelenting in his anger.

"Say you're sorry, or I'll RIP these right off!" Gohan yelled, as the thin green antennae were stretched nearly to tearing.

"I could do the same to this tail, boy! Let go or else!" Piccolo growled, tears spilling down his cheeks as the pulling sensation spread to the very cortex of his brain, where the signals from the antennae were sent.

"SAY SORRY!" Gohan screamed, so high pitched it made Piccolo's ears ring.

"Fine! I was wrong for killing the damn thing! Now, LET. GO!!!"

At last Gohan loosed his hands, and the antennas drooped, crinkled and tender. Piccolo let him go and felt his antennas carefully, making sure that they were still attached.

"Foolish child! Never touch my antennae again, they aren't just for decoration!" He snapped, sitting up and pushing Gohan off of himself.

Gohan scrambled away, turning and reaching around to his rear.

"Where's my-my-my tail!!!" He cried out, running in a circle then falling down; knocked off balance by the loss of the furry appendage. Piccolo gulped and looked down at his lap where a brown, furry tail was curled up, the end bloody.

"Uhhh..."

"Is that... is that it!? Piccolo! You ripped my tail off! Waaahhhh!!!" Gohan cried out, picking up the tail and attempting to reattach it to his back, with no luck.

"Now what am I going to do!?" He whimpered, looking at the tail and cradling it to his chest.

"Drop that filthy thing, boy. You don't need it. It's too late now." Piccolo grunted, spitting a small wad of purple blood onto the ground.

"No! I'll never forgive you for this! How could you, Piccolo!" Gohan cried, and to Piccolo's disgust actually put the filthy disembodied appendage into his mouth and sucked on it.

He tore it away, throwing it to the ground and stepping on it with one orange boot.

"Hey!" Gohan scrambled, trying to pull it free.

"That's enough, brat! You can live just fine without a tail, your father got by just fine!" He snarled, towering over him.

"B-But Uncle Raditz has a tail! He said it's a Saiyan's power! He's going to be mad at you for what you did!" Gohan said snottily, crossing his arms and huffing.

"Oh, please! Your precious Uncle was rendered entirely to a puddle of tears when Goku pulled on his tail! Do you wish to succumb to that same weakness, boy?!" He growled, crossing his own arms over his lightly bruised chest.

Gohan looked at the ground and kicked at the dirt, sniffling.

"I s'pose not... It's just, I liked having a tail." He said softly, wiping one eye.

"Well, perhaps it will grow back. Stranger things have happened. Now, help me dig a hole." Piccolo said and began walking away.

"Why are we digging a hole, Mr. Piccolo?" Gohan asked curiously, blinking the tears from his eyes and following.

"You don't want your friend to be eaten by buzzards, correct?" He asked sharply, motioning to the large birds circling over overhead.

"N-No..." Gohan responded, sadly.

"Alright then, get busy." Piccolo said flatly, and began to dig in the soil with his long nails.

"Um...o-okay... I guess that would be a nice thing to do for her, huh?" Gohan said as he began to dig as well.

Piccolo only grunted in response, tossing dirt out of the hole.

"Thank you for doing this for my kitty friend..." Gohan said, cautiously.

"It's better for the environment that the maggots don't fester here and cause a rancid odor." Piccolo said simply with a grimace, and Gohan frowned, gulping.

They finished digging the hole and carefully dragged the tiger into her burial spot, covering her with dirt and concealing the remaining blood with dirt so that the buzzards wouldn't be attracted. They stood over the grave a moment, Gohan sniffled and patted the dirt.

"Thank you for being such a nice kitty, and a good mommy. Don't worry, we'll take good care of your babies." He said, and tugged on Piccolo's purple pantleg. Piccolo looked down and scowled.

"Say something nice! You killed her, after all." Gohan pouted. Piccolo furrowed his hairless brows together, "Something nice...?" He muttered.

"Yes. You have to!" Gohan frowned.

"Okay, uhhh... Thank you for not eating Gohan. You were a powerful animal. That was unfortunately killed by a misunderstanding." He said quickly, and turned around.

"Wait! What about my tail?!" Gohan yanked on his pantleg harder, incessantly tugging. Piccolo rolled his eyes. They had buried the tail as well.

"You're kidding, right?" He said flatly, looking down at Gohan with one brow ridge raised. Gohan shook his head stubbornly.

"Fine... I'm sorry for accidentally pulling you off... Gohan's tail." He said, spitting on the ground after saying such ridiculous words.

"See! See! You can be nice! It's not that hard!" Gohan said joyfully, and Piccolo grunted back at him, shrugging his hand off his pantleg. Piccolo put his white cloak and turban back on, then stared at the flat plane of the wasteland, not speaking for a long moment.

"Umm... what do we do now, Mr. Piccolo?" Gohan asked.

"What direction did you come from?" He asked, looking at him from over his shoulder.

"Errr... I think that way!" He said, pointing. Piccolo nodded.

"What do... Sabertooth cubs eat?"

"Oh! Raw meat! I think deer." Gohan answered enthusiastically.

Piccolo nodded, then began to run. Gohan stood still a moment, hesitantly, then started to follow, keeping in time with Piccolo's swift movements.

"Wh-wh-why are we running?" Gohan asked, breathlessly.

"To catch a deer." Piccolo growled, and jumped away.

"Oh! Okay!" Gohan responded happily, getting on all fours and running even faster.

Goku licked his lips excitedly as his eyes roved over the beautiful sight before him, drool ran down his chin as he inhaled the sweet scent, reaching his groping hands out in preparation for the delightfully sinful act he was about to commit.

"And you're saying, this is all mine? I get to have it all!?" He asked, his eyes bulging as he gulped excitedly.

"Yess.. It's all for you, Goku, my sweet man...take what you desire." Princess Snake said, softly hissing.

"Ok, well, don't mind if I do!" He said, and immediately began tearing into his food, not caring what it was or what it looked like, he was starving!

"Uh-- er, that was the egg of a nearly extinct bird you just ate-- that there is the liver of a deadly nether dragon-- oh, my..." Princess Snake put one hand to her mouth and had to divert her eyes as he devoured the carefully prepared, expensive feast that hours of hard work had gone into in just a few minutes, and very messily, at that.

Ugh, he could certainly use some lessons in proper table manners... Oh well, that won't matter after tonight, once that Spanish Fly kicks in...

Princess Snake giggled aloud, crossing her legs to hold back her excited arousal at just the idea of finally having Goku all to herself. He gulped loudly, licking the last plate before him clean.

"Um, I'm still hungry... Are you going to eat that?" He asked, pointing to the roasted boar's head before her.

"Oh, go ahead. Make some more food for Goku would you...? With extra of that... 'special seasoning'?" She ordered to the servant girls, and they ran out of the room excitedly. Princess Snake eyed Goku carefully as he finished off the boar's head, setting down the skull with a large burp. She covered her nose and flinched back, disgusted.

"Excuse me. Hehe! That was good!" He exclaimed, licking his lips and holding his fork at the ready in his fist.

"I'm glad you liked it, Goku... how do you feel? Any different?" She said in a lusty voice, winking at him. He paused and seemed to be deep in thought.

"Hmm... I feel pretty much the same." He said with a shrug. "Still hungry though!" He said, with a chuckle.

"Don't worry, more food is on the way..." She sighed, putting her chin in her hands and staring at him with lustful eyes.

"Are you ok, Miss Snake? You won't try anything bad again, right?" He said warily, recognizing her expression.

She shook her head and pouted, then looked hopefully as more food was brought in. "Oh great! Here's the second course!" She exclaimed, getting up and grabbing a dish of food, she ran over and started enthusiastically scooping it into his mouth, giggling. Goku gulped down the food with no complaints, although it was sort of odd to be fed, and he could feed himself much faster than she could. She sat on his lap as she fed him, wriggling around as he finished off the bowl of rice.

"Um-- I can feed myself, Miss--" He stuttered, before a large chunk of food was shoved in his mouth.

"The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, isn't that what they say?" She giggled, wriggling more on his lap as she stuffed his cheeks with steak. Goku chewed with a puzzled expression, tasting something slightly odd in the food. She shoved huge spoonfuls of potatoes in his mouth, now sitting on his lap with her legs around his waist as he ate, not caring even as potatoes fell onto her naked teal green chest.

"Oopsie, I made a little mess on my chest.." She said with a suggestive tone, and moved it closer to his face. Goku moved his face away, grimacing.

"Err... I'm not supposed to eat things after they fall, last time I did that I got a mouthful of dirt." He said with a nervous chuckle.

"Nonsense, my chest isn't dirty!" She huffed, putting her hands on her hips.

"Well, actually it is. That's why they call them dirty pillows. The only ones I put my mouth on are Chi-Chi's, and that was because there was milk coming out and I was hungry..." He said, licking his lips.

She growled, "Chi-Chi this, Chi-Chi that! Look, I can do the same damn thing!" She exclaimed, and used her magic to make milk come out and wet her dress. Goku frowned, then picked her up and dropped her on the floor unceremoniously.

"I'm sorry, I just don't think that's a good idea either. Milk is only meant for babies, I got in trouble last time for drinking Gohan's milk " He said with a shrug, and returned to eating the feast, happy he could now eat faster without her in the way. Princess Snake growled aloud, wiping mashed potatoes and milk off herself angrily.

"I'll show you, Goku! Once you're done eating, come out back to the hot springs!" She said, and stormed off.

He raised one eyebrow and nodded, before shoving more food in his mouth.

What's her deal? Ugh, I better finish this food, I don't want to be rude but it tastes kinda bad. It'll be nice to take a quick soak, but then I'm off. I've spent way too much time here.

There was a high pitched yelp as Launch felt a nibble on the tip of her tail, as her and Raditz dipped their tails into the water. She pulled her tail out quickly, cheering happily as a small fish flapped around at the end.

"Yeah! I got one! See that, I got a fish before you even did, Raditz!" She bragged, waggling the fish in front of his face. He snorted, standing and lifting his tail with a grunt. A gigantic fish came out of the water, thrashing around on his tail. He turned and punched it, killing it on impact. He tossed the fish over his shoulder and smirked at her.

"Now, do you think you can catch one this size or do we have to share?" He asked, walking over and plopping it on the ground.

"Why would we need two? I'll probably only be able to eat this little guy." She said, holding up her little guppy proudly. Raditz raised one brow and shrugged.

"Sure.. If you say so. Next task is building the fire, unless you don't mind raw meat." He said, crossing his arms.

"Yuck! No way! It's gotta be cooked!" She spat, then wagged her tail in wait of the next task.

"Ok, then. Gather up some small sticks with your tail." He said, and she nodded, trotting off into the woods. Raditz knelt and began gutting and skinning the fish, smiling as he did.

Awhile later, Launch came back with a small bundle of sticks and plopped them down.

"There! That was easy." She bragged. "Hmm. Need a lot more than that. Bigger ones too. Here, let me help." He said, and patted on her rear, making her jump ahead of him.

Raditz took a fallen log and wrapped his tail around it, breaking it into segments as he did. Launch looked on, gaping with surprise. "Go on, you try breaking a twig." He chuckled, curling his tail to his back.

Launch looked down and moved her tail around clumsily, finding a twig and snapping it with the tip of her tail.

"Yeah! I did it!" She said, and jumped up and down. Raditz diverted his eyes as her breasts bounced around in her pink tank top, clearing his throat.

"Uh, ok. Let's try a bigger one now."

Launch bent down in her cut-off denim shorts, and he had to look away again, growling to himself with frustration.

"How's this one?" She said, holding up a good sized stick.

"That's good. You keep gathering and breaking sticks, I should go back and keep an eye on the fish." He said, picking up two more logs under his arms and walking away. Launch tilted her head and wondered for a moment what had made him act like he was bothered, but shrugged it off, snapping the sticks quickly then bundling them under her tail.

She came back to where he was putting together a large spit, skillfully splitting the logs with a chop of his hand then arranging them in a teepee shape beneath where the fish was already hung up. She came over and dropped her twigs, turning and brushing the dirt off her tail and shuddering.

"Why does my tail feel funny sometimes?" She asked, lowering it and twitching it curiously. Raditz was silent a moment, she watched as his moved around just barely, curling up in a ball at the end.

"Hmm... It's a very...sensitive thing." He simply said, and picked up the little sticks and placed them in the gaps. Launch frowned at his veiled answer, walking over and wrapping her hands around his tail. He paused mid movement, with a soft grunt. Launch moved her hands down the bristly fur that was slightly dirty, combing out the dirt by raking her fingernails through the fur. His entire tail shivered and he made a shaky sigh.

"Launch, I wouldn't..."

"Or else what?" She asked, teasing. She felt incredibly naughty as she took both hands and wrapped them around it, then stroked the fur back and forth. She blushed when she realized what that motion reminded her of.

He turned around quickly and removed his tail from her grip, his face was red as he wrapped it around his waist.

"Do not do that, ever again, girl." He spat out quickly, then looked away and pointed one finger at the pile of sticks and lit it ablaze, the sparks flew up almost too enthusiastically as if he accidentally put too much power in the blast. Launch tilted her head and frowned, feeling her tail going between her legs. She followed behind him as he stormed away, reaching and tugging on his hair gently, making him turn back around quickly. He glared at her from under his brow, his cheeks still slightly reddened.

"You're mad at me...? Why?" She asked, feeling incredibly upset by his expression, she lowered her head. He exhaled, making an annoyed whine like he sometimes did.

"You can't do that to a man, not unless you intend on continuing to... nevermind." He said, shaking his head. Launch examined his frustrated expression and how his arms tensed stiffly at his sides with his fists clenched, his tail lashing and hitting the ground.

"I'm sorry, I was just curious... but why can't you tell me the truth? If I'm a Saiyan now, I should know what it means!" She said, stepping forward and gently touching his arm. Raditz exhaled through his nostrils again and looked at her from his peripheral.

"If you can't figure out what you were doing to me, than you're lying to yourself. You know exactly what a motion like that does to a man, Launch! Don't mess around like that. We're here for tail training." He said, and walked briskly away, going to turn the spit.

Launch sat down on a rock, putting her chin in her hands and watching as he kept turning the spit slowly, feeling embarrassed. She'd never seen Raditz act that way before, normally he was very open about his desires. She twitched her tail around and looked down at it again, stroking the fur like she had done many times that day. She wrapped her hand around her tail and did the same type of motion, then felt confused when it didn't have the same effect on her tail.

She let go of her tail and looked back at him and sighed, watching absentmindedly as his large arms flexed smoothly as they twirled around the spit, a thin sheen of perspiration building on his skin. She sighed and let her eyes rest on his face, as he knelt and poked at the fire with a stick and the light of the fire lit his eyes up with a grayish hue. She hadn't realized his eyes were dark gray, normally they always looked cold and black. His profile was sharp angled, his nose was arched and pointed down sharply, his lips were thin yet full, his jawline was sharp as well but his face was so soft... She froze in place as his eyes darted to look at her, and he smirked, sensing that she had been staring at him for a moment too long. Launch turned away, gulping.

Her tail quivered nervously, so she wrapped it around her waist like he had shown her to hide its movements. She didn't want him to be able to read her mind like that so easily, a tail was pretty much an open book of emotions.

She saw him stand up and brush one hand back from his brow, wiping away the perspiration then combing through his hair with one hand. He then moved the other hand and began grooming himself, licking his hand and wiping it across his brow. She giggled as he did so, finding the motion incredibly feline.

He turned and narrowed his eyes at her, pausing his grooming. He snorted, then crossed his arms over his chest, watching her from the corner of his eye as she returned to playing with her tail. She frowned as she fiddled with it, twisting her mouth around in confusion. Raditz sighed, then walked over and knelt before her. She jumped, quivering at his sudden proximity.

He took her small tail between his fingers carefully and coiled it into a circle. He held it there and looked up at her with an uncertain expression. He moved his tail foreward and her heart raced as he touched her tail with his, pushing his through the circular coil then wrapping it around and shifting it just slightly. Launch gasped as she felt the sensation, once he saw she understood, he pulled his out quickly and wrapped it around his waist.

"T-There." He cleared his throat, and looked away from her quickly.

"Now you have your answer. Don't ask again." He said sharply, and retreated back to the spit and took the fish off, setting it aside and squatting to remove a chunk of flesh.

Launch took a moment to regain her breath, and stood shakily, her legs feeling like rubber. Now, she understood. I won't do that to him again for sure, now that I know how good it feels, just like... She gulped, shaking her head. They're just tails, they're not... for sex, are they?!

Launch squeezed her eyes shut and blushed, feeling like a total idiot.

"Aren't you going to eat?" He asked, offering her a piece of white, flaky flesh.

"Yeah.." She said, taking the fish. She darted her eyes away and bit into the fish, finding it was good, she ate it more quickly than she normally did.

"Um...I hope I haven't overstepped my bounds, Launch..." Raditz said, looking away and blushing as he tore another piece of fish off.

"I-It's ok, I should have known better, I guess. I'm sorry." She frowned, lowering her food. Raditz's cheeks paled and he gave her a small, familiar smirk.

"You learned your lesson, didn't you?"

She snorted at that, and playfully slapped his arm.

"I always hafta' learn the hard way, I'm just stubborn like that!" She said with a self-deprecating laugh. Raditz chuckled, handing her another piece of fish.

"Don't feel bad, you're not the only one. I can't tell you how many hard lessons I had to learn as a child, with Nappa always yanking my tail." He chuckled, "If I wasn't nearly getting eaten, eviscerated, or killed, I was going right into the the belly of the beast at all times, I suppose my curiosity got the best of me many a time. But that's ok, sometimes that's the only way we learn." He said softly, and Launch smiled, feeling relieved.

"I can't tell ya how many times I nearly got shot when I was just a young street rat, pickin' pockets and stealing food, I got thrown into jail overnight more than once by the sheriff where I was from. I eventually had'ta leave town when they got too wise to me. I hitchhiked and rode the trains until I made it out this way, holding up banks and robbin' trains for a livin'. I was a wanted bandit before I met Goku and Krillin. They saved me from a life in prison."

Raditz nodded, chewing thoughtfully as he peeled away pieces of flesh.

"You were a criminal?"

"I suppose you could say that." She laughed, feeling slightly ashamed.

"That's fitting. You're a bad girl." He rumbled, and she shivered at his words, feeling her cheeks grow hot. His eyes met hers and glared straight through her.

"D-Don't say that, ya' c-caveman!" She sputtered, scooting back on the log as he scooted closer to her. He sat beside her and picked her up, stroking his hands down her back and grinning.

"Stay still, naughty girl. I'm not doing anything wrong... just examining you..." He chuckled, "I can't do anything too foul with you, you'll punish me if I do something wrong, won't you?" He said, and his eyes glittered down at her playfully. She nodded, "Yeah, you better not! Little Launch is watchin', I bet she'd give you a whipping for that!" She teased, and elicited a growl from him. His eyes lit up at her words and he tilted his head, lowering his face to just barely run his nose across her collarbone.

"Hmm." He mused, sniffed again.

"That's interesting." Launch pushed his head away, giving him a weird look.

"Don't sniff me, weirdo! What am I, an air freshener?" She said accusingly, then her curiously got to her. She leaned foreward and carefully sniffed his chest, pausing when she caught an odd smell.

"Whew! What is that, a cologne you have on? It's strong!" She said, backing away. Raditz didn't answer, he pulled her closer and sniffed her throat, then sighed.

"Mmm... that's...good." He said, and panted, his hot breath on her neck.

"So, y-you think I smell good, right?" She asked, pulling his head back and feeling odd for asking the question of him.

"Yes." He responded, licking his lips.

"Why do you smell like... like booze or something? Have you been drinking?"

He chuckled, leaning back and resting on his hands on the grass.

"Booze? You mean alcohol?"

She nodded. "You smell like my favorite kind of rum! Cinnamon Twist. That's good stuff, Whew-whee! Is it strong, though. Hehe!" She said, shrugging. He seemed pleased with her answer, and laid down until she fell onto him, giggling. He smelled her hair, chuckling into her golden locks.

"You smell like, oh what do they call it? French Toast! My favorite! With the maple syrup too." He said, and Launch sat up and swatted at his chest playfully.

"You're crazy, I don't smell like that, goofball!" She blushed, feeling embarrassed. He shook his head, closing his eyes as he sighed.

"You do, I could spend the rest of my life smelling that and never get tired of it." He turned his head and opened his eyes, and Launch leaned over and stroked his hair back from his brow, combing her fingers through it.

"I guess I don't mind yours either, it's better than B.O., that's for sure. How is it you don't stink?" She teased, tugging on a small chunk of hair. His eyebrows quirked up and he cleared his throat.

"Well, I probably do. I forgot to put on that deodorant stuff, or whatever you call it. Maybe you just can't smell it because you're a s-saiyan female." He said, blushing.

"That doesn't make sense! You're crazy. I bet if I sniff your armpit right now, I'll barf it smells so bad!" She said, and pulled on his arm. He held his arm down, chuckling nervously.

"Please, don't do that! I'm sure it smells really bad, Launch!" He said, pulling back. She managed to get his arm up and lifted it, gulping. He flinched and squeezed his eyes shut. She knelt over and sniffed carefully. Then sniffed again.

"Odd." She said, licking her lips. He looked at her, flustered. Launch turned her eyes on him and her green eyes darkened just slightly.

"You smell even better there..." She said huskily, and he gave her a shocked look of disbelief; skidding on his rear in the grass as she eyed him hungrily.

"That's ridiculous! You must be mad!" He said, crossing his arms tightly and looking adorably bashful. Launch crawled back to him, then gripped him by the hair. She leaned in and bit his neck gently, then licked the spot. He shivered, pulling her away from him in mid air.

"Bad girl! That's very, very bad, Launch!" He said, and she giggled at the way his voice cracked. She softened in his grip and slinked out, standing and curling her tail around in the air, until it looped around his throat.

"Exactly, that was my intent, cutie." She said slyly, gently tightening it.

Raditz panted; his eyes becoming glazed over with lust.

"You're a wild little female, if I ever did meet one." He gulped. She pulled him forward with her tail and rose her arm, curiously. "Tell me, what do you smell?" She said, and pulled his face into her arm. He groaned, pulling back.

"It smells... very good. That's enough now, Launch. Before you get yourself in trouble. " He said, then turned his face and quickly nipped her tail. She yelped as it fluffed up, effectively shocking her system. Launch shook her head, feeling silly all the sudden. Raditz got to his feet and brushed the dirt off his pants, breathing heavily.

"L-Let's find some other things to do.." He said, and Launch nodded quickly, darting her eyes away.

Jeez, that was a close one...what the hell got into me all the sudden!? She thought, blinking in disbelief at what she had done and said.

Did I really... sniff his armpit!? This bein' a saiyan stuff is just too freaking weird!

A/N: Yes... yes, you read that correctly. Launch has an armpit kink. Lmao. Not my original intent, but hilarious XD or at least, I think so. Oh, and I have lots more written, I'm perhaps going to upload 2 more chapters tomorrow, that is if people ask nicely ;) Please Please Please leave reviews pretty please! *bats eyelashes*By the way, I have taken the liberty of tying Raditz up in my basement and I am currently tying his luxurious mane up in pigtails. He's sobbing and begging for mercy. Is that what it's going to take?! Do you want me to put ribbons and bows on Raditz!? I'll do it, I swear !