Chapter 4: Ice cream and cleansing planets

Raditz was slurping down his ice cream. Carisca sat there watching, her arms crossed. She was trying hard not to laugh at the boy. He was eating the ice cream so fast that it was getting all over his face. Carisca wondered to herself how a Saiyan child could find time to actually act like any other child. "Thank you for the ice cream, Carisca." Raditz said burping. Carisca had given him some ice cream as a reward for his victory on Veritgo. Raditz loved ice cream, and to him it was the greatest reward ever. She caught the boy and wiped off his face with a napkin. "Did you eat any of that ice cream or get in all over your face?" Carisca asked.

Nappa came walking in with Vegeta. "Move it Raditz!" Vegeta snapped and pushed Raditz down. For some reason Vegeta felt the need to always pick on the younger, weaker Saiyan. Raditz glared but did not say anything. Carisca's scouter began to beep. She noticed Nappa's scouter was beeping as well. She pushed the button on the side. "Carisca, Nappa, your to go to planet Raineric." Zarbon said. "Frieza wants them brought to his side. Carisca smiled, another chance to increase her power level, how wonderful!

On planet Raineric:

Carisca lay back on the hard ground, her head resting on Nappa's lap. All around them, the dead bodies of aliens lay scattered across the plain. It hadn't been as good of an experience as Carisca had hoped. The inhabitants hadn't been that strong. The events of the night before still were foggy in her mind. There had been a full moon, thus she had transformed. All she could remember was the inhabitants scared faces as she stomped on them. "That was too easy." Nappa groaned. "When is Frieza going to give us an assignment worthwhile?" Carisca didn't say anything, but wondered the same thing. Why hadn't Frieza given them a hard assignment yet? Did he think they couldn't handle it? Nappa stroked Carisca's long black hair. It was a tender moment, completely different from the heat of battle. "You look funny as a giant ape." Carisca joked.

"Well you don't look so great yourself as an ape, all hairy like that." Nappa laughed. Carisca lay there a moment, just thinking. Finally she sat up. "We'd better get going back and tell Lord Frieza the good news." Carisca said.

"I wonder what he'll reward us with." Nappa said.

"Probably nothing." Carisca said frowning. "It really wasn't that big of a job after all."

Carisca was right. Frieza said nothing as they kneeled before him. The only acknowledgment they got was "You're dismissed." Nappa was grumbling some cuss words under his breath as the two of them made their way through the corridors. Carisca's mind was on other things and wasn't really concerned with what Frieza thought. Nappa put his arm around Carisca's waist. "Aren't you upset?" He asked. Carisca shrugged. "What do you expect from him?" She asked. "Someday we won't have to take orders from him anymore."

Nappa smiled. "That's what Prince Vegeta says all the time." He said.

"He might be able to challenge Frieza one day." Carisca said. "But it won't be for a long time yet."

"We'll just have to wait then." Nappa said as he kissed the top of her head.

"Ah, don't they two monkey's look cute together?" A voice sneered. The voice belonged to a green skinned soldier. "Hey you!" Nappa yelled. He slammed the soldier into the wall. "Watch who your calling monkey!" The soldier looked stunned for a moment, then scurried off. Nappa and Carisca continued walking. Nappa stopped in front of a door and pushed in some buttons on the keypad. The door slid open. He motioned with his hand. "Ladies first." He said smiling. The door slid shut behind them.

"Where's Nappa?" Vegeta demanded. He was bored and felt like bossing the adult Saiyan around. It wasn't fun to boss around Raditz anymore. "He spends all his time with that woman!"

Raditz was sitting in a chair twiddling his thumbs. "You could train some more if your bored." Raditz said.

"Shut up. I'll do what I want, I don't need you telling me what to do." Vegeta snapped. He began making his way to the corridor. "I'm going to see what Nappa is doing. Are you coming with me?"

Raditz hoped off the chair and followed.

Vegeta came to the door to Nappa's room and knocked loudly. "Go away, I'm busy!" Nappa growled.

"Busy doing what?" Vegeta demanded.

"None of your business, now get going!" Nappa ordered.

"Don't speak to me like that Nappa!" Vegeta shouted banging on the door some more. "Open the door!"

"Maybe we should just go." Raditz suggested.

"Shut up!" Vegeta spat. He stood there arms crossed, waiting for the door to open. He could hear some rustling around in the room. Finally the door slid open. "What is it Prince Vegeta?" He asked. Vegeta glared.

"What were you doing in there?" He asked suspiciously. "How come it took you so long to do what I asked?"

"I'm sorry Prince, but as I said before I was busy." Nappa said.

"You were with that woman again, weren't you?" Vegeta said. "You spend too much time with her. You should be training me." There was a hint of jealously in the Prince's voice. He couldn't understand what Nappa found so fascinating about the woman. As Nappa followed him down the corridor, he gave a wide smirk. It was fun bossing around the big Saiyan.

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