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Review and Response

Mali says:

Hey, this is a pretty good 'fic! ... *fans herself, suddenly kinda shifty*... you're doing a great IC portrayal of Mihoshi... but I wouldn't mind... being under raddiz... *fans her suddenly pink self a heck of a lot harder*... ANYway, keep up the

good work!

Dear Mali,

Thank you so much ^-^ I'm glad that to hear that I've been keeping Mihoshi in character. I'm trying to do that with her and with Raditz. And I agree with you about being under Raditz -_^ not exactly a bad thing! LoL Hope you enjoy this chapter, since there's a nude scene! (finally! lol)

Dark-Sephy says:

Lol, this was a bit of a funny chapter ^_^ liked it too. Especially on Rad's 'trick' and the part when her (so-called) boyfriend called. Anyway, was also very nice written, certainly keep up the good work!

Dear Dark-Sephy,

Yeah Raditz's trick was a good one huh? *Lecherous laugh* Thanks for reviewing this story, I really like to hear comments from the people who read this story chapter by chapter. By the way, thanks for putting me as one of your favorite authors. Only one other person has me on their list of favorite authors, so yeah, I'm happy. Hope you enjoy chapter 3 too!

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Chapter Three: Truce?

Three hours passed since Mihoshi's boyfriend reviled that he had another when Raditz's stomach growled loudly for the sixth time. He could still hear Mihoshi sobbing loudly from wherever her bedroom was, so the hope of her getting him something was out of the question. Having nothing better to do, he tried to set himself free of the cursed handcuffs. To his satisfaction, he broke the short chain in two, and he was free of his bondage! "Finally!" he sighed, "Now I can scratch this itch on my nose!" he then scratched the tip of his nose. With a satisfied smile he quickly broke the two cuffs off of his wrists and went to explore the ship to find Mihoshi's kitchen to raid. It didn't take him long to find it, he went strait to the refrigerator and opened the door on the top. There was a carton of a food called "Ice cream" sitting in there with some other cartons, all had different colors and names. But only one caught his interest, which was the one labeled, "Chocolate". In Frieza's army, to have chocolate was a rare and special treat that coststed quite a lot to get, since it have to be shipped from far away planets. "Well, at least this woman's got good taste," he said as he took the chocolate ice cream carton and searched for a spoon. Once he found one, he sat at the table and started digging into the partially eaten carton. Raditz ate fast since he was starving and needed to gain back his full strength, he was unaware that what he was doing was going to bite him in the butt...err brain to be more precise.

Suddenly, a loud yell that was coming from the kitchen caused Mihoshi to cease her crying. "Oh my gosh!" she thought aloud as she ran out of her room to where she heard the yell. "I left him alone!!!" When she came into the kitchen, she saw the grimace on Raditz's face, and the carton of ice cream in front of him. She might have been a ditz once in awhile, but she knew that Raditz had brain freeze. She began to laugh at his misfortune.

"This isn't funny woman!" he growled at her as his hands were on his head, trying to stop the freezing pain in his brain.

Mihoshi then realized that his hands where not behind his back, "Y-you broke the handcuffs!" Oh no! Now nothing could stop him from doing whatever he wanted! Including taking her life!

Once the pain left, Raditz turned his attention to the frightened G.P., officer. "Heh, heh." he chuckled, "Oh my, looks like I did snap them in two." He then stood up and began walking toward her. Mihoshi was about to turn and run to get her blaster gun, knowing that he wanted vengeance for the tail episode. He caught her by her shoulders and crushed her in his body; her back was slammed into his chest roughly. "And where were you about to run off to?" he questioned softly in her ear, causing her hair to stand on end. "You ambush me, pull my tail, and then give my hopes up by promising me food." She gulped as he paused, "But the question is, what do I do to you?" Desperate, she tried to grab his tail again, but he only took her hand into his with a vice grip; but she noticed it was not tight enough to hurt her like when he grabbed her wrist on Planet Yarh. "I wouldn't try doing that," he warned, still using his soft dangerous tone as he wisely grabbed her other hand. Mihoshi shut her eyes, wishing that he would just kill her already. "Don't worry Mihoshi," he assured her while raising one of her hands to his mouth and kissed it softly, "I'm not going to take you against your will."

"Well, that comforting to know!" she replied, still not fully trusting him as he continued to kiss her hand. If he was not evil, she probably would have enjoyed it, but he was evil, so she didn't like it.

Raditz let go of her hands, but blocked her exit. "You don't trust me do you?" She wouldn't answer him. He raised a brow, but understood why she wouldn't; after all, she was the one who arrested him! "Got a shower on this ship Woman?" he finally asked, "I really need to clean myself, your floors isn't exactly the cleanest place in the universe."

She sighed, "It's a few doors down to the left of the lounge."

"Thanks," he replied before he left to find it.

Warm water came pouring down on Raditz's face and dripped down his naked body. He let out a sigh of relief, there was nothing that he could think of that was better than a hot shower after this whole ordeal he had to go through. Well, he could think of something else, but we wont go into that! He hadn't bothered asking Mihoshi where her washcloths were since he could just rub the soap in his hands and clean himself that way. After his body was cleaned, he washed his hair and tail; this didn't take as long as most people would think. Once he was done, he stepped out of the tub, and then realized that he hadn't asked where her towels were either! He decided that he had better find her and ask, so he opened the door and left the bathroom, not caring that he completely naked AND was soaked from head to toe.

Raditz found her still in the kitchen, eating ice cream. She had finished the carton of chocolate and was now half way done with the chocolate chip cookie dough. "Hey, I forgot to ask where you keep your towels." He announced, standing in the doorframe.

Mihoshi hiccupped once, she had been crying while she was eating ice cream. "They..." she sniffed, "they are in a cupboard above the toilet..." her reply was in a cracked voice. When she tuned around, about to get them for him, she took notice of his naked body. 'My gosh he's huge!' she thought when she saw how well muscled his upper body really was, and when her eyes lowered, she gasped in shock as she blushed a bright red. 'In more ways than one!' she added.

The naked Saiyan before her blinked a few times, wondering why she was blushing, "What's with you?" he asked. He was not ashamed of his body, so he wasn't embarrassed to be naked before her; he didn't know it would affect her this way.

"Well," she squeaked, "you're naked!"

This won a laugh from him, "Oh my! Don't tell me you've never seen a naked body before!"

Mihoshi's blush grew as she answered, "Perhaps in a painting or a statue, but not in my kitchen!"

He continued to chuckle before he turned around and called out over his shoulder, "Thanks for telling me where to find the towels!" After saying that, he continued laughing all the way back to the bathroom.

After he left, Mihoshi was grateful that his hair was long enough to cover his backside. 'This can't be happening!' she thought to herself as her blush began to fade. 'What's he going to do next? Walk in on me changing or something?'

Twenty minutes after that, Raditz came back out, back in his spandex briefs and armor. His hair was almost dry, and he was still starving! So of course, he came back into the kitchen and saw that Mihoshi was now finished with her last carton and was now on one called, "lime sherbet". He raised his brows up as high as they would go, "Damn, I donno who's got the bigger appetite, you or me?"

Mihoshi sniffed, her eyes were red and still teary from crying. Even now a few tears streamed down her copper toned cheeks. "Just leave me alone..." she begged, setting down the spoon next to the carton and buried her face in her hands.

"Why are you still crying?" he asked, disgusted, "That guy had a stupid name, he was ugly, and if you two had a child he probably would have wanted to call it something like, 'Rice Cake' or 'Rice Pudding'!"

Suddenly, she began to giggle in her hands. Her giggles were a lot more pleasant to his ears than her sobbing was. Mihoshi took her hands away and reviled her beautiful smile, one that seemed to make Raditz smile as well. "You're probably right about that." She told him, as she put the lid back on the lime sherbet, and then put it back in the freezer. She then realized how close and vulnerable she was and she wondered why he hadn't done anything to her. "Um, Raditz, how come you are not trying to kill me?"

This question caught him off guard, why wasn't he trying to kill her? He had enough reason to, didn't he? Some ideas of why he wasn't came to him, "Simple, for one, if I started attacking you, you'd fire your gun and I would use energy attacks. This could cause one of us to miss and make a hole in this ship of yours, and that wouldn't be good now would it?" The blonde shook her head as the thought of that happening. "Perhaps we should start considering a temporary truce?" he added.

"I donno," she said thoughtfully, "I don't think I can trust you..."

"Okay, I'll make you a deal," he said, "If I betray your trust, you can pull on my tail until I pass out."

"And what if I betray your trust?" she wondered.

"I'll let you decide your fate if you dare to betray me..." he responded in a dangerous tone.

Mihoshi thought for a minute, "I guess I'll let you do to me whatever you wanted."

A devilish grin came over his face as he chuckled in his throat, "You may not like what I'd have in mind..."

Her eyes widened a bit as she thought about all the things this could entitle him to do to her. Weather it was to torture her, kill her, or worse... "I am willing to take that chance. Besides, I don't intend to do anything, like you would!"

"Well, then," he replied as he extended his hand for her to shake, "on my Saiyan honor, I promise I won't try to hurt you or else you can pull my tail until I am unconscious. Truce?"

Mihoshi placed her hand in his and gripped it and shook it. "Truce! And as first class detective, Mihoshi Kuramitsu, I promise not to betray your trust, or else I shall leave my fate in your hands."

"Good." He said as they let go of each other, he then added, "And, just to let you know, if you decide on trying to stab me in the back, don't worry." He then put his hand on her cheek almost lovingly, "I'll be gentle..."

She blushed at his statement, 'Oh man, he's serious...' she thought as his eyes held a hint of lust as he grinned. Her body shook a bit when his hand left her cheek and he turned to find himself some more food that was not ice cream.

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Captain Ginyu: Hey readers, bet your wondering why I am here

Raditz: yeah...

Captain Ginyu: Anyways...the rest of the Ginyu force will be in the next chapter

Raditz: WHAT?!?

Captain Ginyu: Aw shut up Raditz! Don't turn your briefs into a thong! We're only in your dream!

Raditz: Sounds like a nightmare...

Mihoshi: ...I'm confused, why are you here?

Captain Ginyu: So if you are still interested in this story, the next chapter is called, "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and yes, the title is taken from a song. So please read and review!

Mihoshi: Your head looks like a purple brain with horns coming out from the sides.

Captain Ginyu: *Angry* Shut up!