By the Light of the Silvery Moon
By StarbearerTM aka Trynia Merin aka Polymer
Disclaimer: I don’t own DBZ, Toriyama does. I only own Cabernet and Atomique, 
and other fan characters you don't recognize from the anime series. KISS and 
references to its members and fictional superhero powers are property of Marvel, 
Dark Horse, and themselves. I don't get paid for this, and it means no harm.
This chapter rated R for adult content such as language, nudity, and references 
to sex.


Tucked into his lap, she dozed with her head against his broad shoulder. He 
perched with his toes curling over the branch wit his tail loosely wrapped 
around another to steady her in his lap. She straddled his haunches; legs locked 
around his waist while her tail lightly threshed back and forth. The thick musk 
of lovemaking hung like a scent cloud just around them. Other life forms seemed 
to pay them no mind, leaving them well alone. The few predatory wild cats gave 
them a wide birth, instantly recognizing a predator far more dangerous then Man 
even. 
"Radditzu?" she asked.
"Yes, love?" he purred.
"Saiyans are predators. Is there some… ritual of having to… prove myself by 
making some kill?" she asked.
"Interesting you should ask that. You guess correctly. As warriors we must prove 
ourselves by vanquishing an enemy or completing a hunt… some of us from a young 
age," he nodded.
"Like lions… and other predators on Earth… I'd assume the same…"
"Any hunting society, love," he nodded. "You are no stranger to the need to 
kill. Perhaps that is why the Prince did not object to our match… What was your 
first kill?"
"Sentient or animal?" she asked.
"Sentient. As in an enemy…" he clarified.
"I almost killed Leader. But it was before that… when I killed a scientist who 
was trying to kill me… and attack my friends," she said quietly. "I knowingly 
used my powers to transmute them into something inorganic…"
"Did you enjoy it?"
"Yes… and no…" she whispered. "I for a moment enjoying making them suffer as 
much as I once did, then I felt sick…"
"That doesn't make you weak, love," he said quietly. "But have you killed for 
the sport of it?"
"Not sentient beings. Animals to hunt and live. But never just to kill period. I 
want a purpose for it."
"I killed with purpose. Because our employers wanted it to be so. I did my job,' 
Radditzu said. "Nappa likes to kill because he finds it sporting."
"Do all Saiyans find it sporting to kill sentient beings?" she asked. "When you 
weren't purging planets?"
"Not without a purpose," Radditzu said. "I killed sentient beings that 
'infested' a world. I didn't think it was anything… unacceptable if they were 
weaker than I was. But if they offered me sport, I would give them a chance to 
show their strength. There is no sport in slaughtering just to pile bodies. Not 
even Nappa is that foolish. But Frieza, he killed just because it was 'fun' and 
he loved the sight of wholesale destruction."
"You killed for profit, then. To survive?" she asked, wriggling in his grasp.
"Yes woman," he nodded. "As all hunters do. As you did. To survive and make 
yourself strong. But when all you do is purge, you forget other things…"
"Like mating?" she asked. Radditzu nodded.
"You don't realize how powerful it makes you feel to destroy, when those 
breathing down your necks could kill you… it gives you…"
"Some measure of control, because you're not completely powerless?" she asked. 
"I know Radditzu. But it seems like most people would still think you were 
bullies."
"Perhaps. But it's how I learned to live," he shrugged quietly. "Now, I know 
there are other ways to fight to survive. It's not profitable and it's a waste 
of time to sell worlds when there are so few of us left… my brother told me the 
whole story of how… I met my demise… the version that lived in this universe… 
and I am much like that in some ways. Yet the difference comes because this time 
I first saw Earth, one of the first creatures I met was female, and was equal to 
my raw battle power…"
"You're joking," she said.
"You are far stronger then you let on. Even as a ningen your raw power topped 
1000, which is perhaps respectable for a Saiyan third class that has just 
reached adulthood. Yet the powers I sense from my Prince and my brother are 
magnitudes of order above that. I've tasted the power that you bestowed upon me, 
and realized that the Legendary was attainable by all… but since then the Prince 
mentions that there are new levels my brother has reached while others have 
not…"
"Do you miss… purging planets?" she asked, untangling herself from him. Radditzu 
pulled her close, crushing her gently in his embrace.
"I would be lying if I said no. I don't miss the humiliation of the fools we 
worked for, but I miss the thrill of the hunt, and the quest to survive. Yet I 
do not regret giving that up for having met my mate…" he said quietly. "This 
part disgusts you? You fear that I would enjoy killing just to do it?"
"I don't know…"
"Perhaps some Saiyans would claim that is our way. But not to me, or my mother 
or father. We remember the old ways. Killing has a purpose, to eat, to prove 
your strength. But killing defenseless creatures and torturing them is for those 
who are truly helpless. Nappa had descended to that level. I only killed because 
it was my duty. To clear a world as you'd clear vermin. It didn't always occur 
to me to question that what I considered 'vermin' was worth my notice… but when 
the job was done, I would like nothing better than to eat and sleep…"
"So if you thought of humans like cockroaches, then it is justified in killing?"
"Yes. Simply killing. But not needlessly maiming. That is what separates us from 
Freiza's kind. But some of us forgot that. To be Saiyan is to be a hunter, and 
is many things. But not a wastrel. Even the lives that were destroyed in 
purging… the bodies and life force were not thrown away… Anything can be twisted 
to serve a purpose as you well know. But if the killing for sport makes you a 
stronger warrior… there is no waste. Not like Frieza simply blowing up a planet 
because he was bored…"
"I see," she whispered, then turned to look at him. Swallowing hard she asked, 
"Would you have killed me?" she asked.
"No woman. From the first moment I lay eyes on you I figured you would be a 
pleasant diversion. To have fun with and hand over to the enemy. But I would not 
have raped you. Perhaps taken you into my protection to serve me…" he coughed. 
Both of them were stripped naked to the core of their vulnerable souls, pitted 
and ugly with the hurt they'd caused and witnessed.
"He's killed thousands so that he and his kind can live…. And I have brought two 
children into this world only to let them fall into enemy hands because I wasn't 
strong enough. Such things are not equivalent exchange. Those Ishballans I 
killed... because the Iron Blood Alchemist told me it was me or the father of 
two children. Because I knew if I didn't, I'd die. Perhaps I thought myself a 
coward to reach forward and transmute the man to carbon dust... but I did. My 
children would have been without a mother... The Iron Blood alchemist stood over 
me and held his hand to my head if I didn't…"
"You comprehend woman, and you are correct about me," Radditzu said softly, 
kissing her lips. "That was how it started with me. My father taught me killing 
was necessary to survive. But killing for sport… was twisted into a purpose to 
serve Frieza. Preservation of my own kind above other species was turned into a 
reason to kill. And it is a reality I've lived my whole life…"
"And I still love you," she choked hard, crying for them both.
"I thought myself incapable of this… emotion. But I find that I have it 
consuming my whole body. Dominating my thoughts and twining with the mating. You 
think love is something you separate from mating, but it isn't. The urge to 
protect, to bond in continuing the species is considered the ultimate aim of the 
Saiyan…"
"The biological urge of all species is your code of conduct," she nodded. "The 
strongest survive… but the best suited aren't always the most physically 
strong…"
"Those more fortunate then others. Why would I be spared while my family was 
destroyed. All that killing…"
"Was to try and square what happened to your people. I guess you flipped that 
switch when you saw how senselessly your planet perished…" she whispered. "But 
what changed you?"
"You… and the Prince," he said quietly. "We stopped purging to find our prince. 
That path led us to the destroyers. Then I saw you, and couldn't get you out of 
my mind. Then our Prince told us the truth of our accidental death. That the one 
that we served destroyed our world. And that made my whole life clear…. That I 
could be as he was, or make my own fate as my prince had done…"
"No longer a slave to senseless empty taking of life… but one to preserve it," 
she added. "But Radditzu, you've created life. You and me. Maybe it's not an 
equivalent exchange, but it's a way to put order to chaos…"
"As my Prince has done. To fight in other ways," Radditzu nodded.
"I love you, Radditzu," she whispered.
"And I you, Tomique-chan," he whispered. "Now that I know what that is."


A silvery light brushed gently through the cave mouth. She blinked once, 
wondering what it was. A fear crept through her making her skin crawl. Radditzu 
murmured and shifted her in his grasp, purring in her ear. Both of them lay in a 
small cavern Radditzu had discovered earlier, and they had made use of it to 
continue their lovemaking. 
"Why are you nervous my love?" he asked. "None can harm you here…"
"Radditzu, do you realize what… day it is?" she asked nervously.
"Mmm, I had been caught up in other matters…" he snickered, lazily flicking his 
tail over her bared breast.
"Radditzu, don't turn around," she whispered. Tears poured down her face.
"What's the matter love? Are you afraid of something?" he asked candidly. She 
blinked up to see something gleaming through the cave mouth, sober and white 
that cut through the valley she could see in the distance. It called to her with 
its strange luminescence. An eerie shiver spread through her at a deadly 
revelation.
"The moon's risen," she whispered.
"Your world has such a lovely large moon. It's perfect. One of the better 
features," Radditzu said, wrapping her more protectively in his grasp.
"It's… it's a full moon…" she whispered, shivering in fear. It danced just 
between the hills. She moved to block Radditzu's view of it through he cave 
opening.
"Even better," he purred, dragging her back down with him.
"And I… just looked at it… only briefly… does that mean…"
"Did you now?" he asked quietly, loosening his grip only slightly.
"Yes…" she said, pressing her eyes tightly shut.
"Tomique, don't be afraid," Radditzu growled softly.
"Am I going…. To change? I'm frightened… Radditzu… am I going to become some 
giant King Kong… and go crazy?"
"Don't be. I'm here with you," he said quietly.
"You're so damn calm… you don't even look surprised! You purposely knew?" she 
asked.
"Yes Tomique. That's why Nappa and Cabernet also left the compound. And I didn't 
forget the day. I well know that the moon's risen, and it's in its fullest 
phase. And doubtless you know why. Because you'll have to learn…"
"Radditzu you jerk!" she cried, thumping his chest. He rose to his feet, and 
took her hand, walking to the mouth of the cave.
"Let's go look at it together, Tomique-chan. You shouldn't be scared of it…" 
Radditzu said with a seductive purr. His hand clamped around hers, dragging her 
lightly but insistently.
"You mean you WANT to transform?" she asked.
"But of course! It's been ages since I have had the chance to do so. Don't you 
feel it calling to you? Begging you to unleash your true power?" Radditzu asked, 
his shaggy mane gleaming silver as the moon's light shot across the valley.
"Wait, how much do you have to LOOK at the moon for you to change?"
"It takes more then just one glance. And the light must be all around you so you 
can feel it working. It catalyzes the change. My father perhaps understood it 
best. Waves of energy from a lunar surface at its proximity act as a catalyst to 
the glands in a Saiyan's tail. It channels the transformation process. Of course 
it can be duplicated by artificial means… but during mating…"
"Good God… so you welcome the change?"
"It's something that makes us who we are woman. You don't have to be afraid…" 
Radditzu said. "I won't harm you. Especially if you join me…"
"Radditzu… I'm terrified… what if I don't… come back to myself… when I change 
will I become an animal… mindless?"
"No. Open your eyes Tomique chan. Look at the moon. I promise you'll not come to 
harm… why else do you think we're out in the middle of nowhere?" he reassured 
her. "You've got to control your form. The only way is to change with another 
present… we don't harm our own kind… without provocation…"
"I don't want to lose control! Don't want to smash things… I…" she gasped, 
feeling something crawling on her skin. Radditzu clearly had his eyes open 
because he had turned her around to face the silvery light. He tugged her by the 
hand out onto the cliff side. A huge silvery disc dominated the night sky, but 
she had her eyes squeezed shut. Radditzu stood with his back to the moon, 
lifting her cheeks in his hands.
"Look at me Tomique, you'll be all right. Don't be afraid of the moonlight…" he 
urged. She blinked up to see it peeking from behind his head and then she could 
not look away, for she was lost.
"Beautiful…" she gasped, freezing in terror and sudden exhilaration. Another 
line was forever crossed, because the sight of him backlit by magical silver 
froze forever in her mind. Deep down something unfurled, reaching towards her 
with its siren call.
"Let it happen. Let it change you, transform you. Just focus on how beautiful it 
is how it awakens something deeply inside you. And remember your mate's right 
here by your side… focus on who you are… if you do, you won't lose your 
rationality as Oorzu…" he said. His tail uncurled from his waist, while his hand 
extended. She reached out to touch him, and then shivered. Already he turned his 
face towards the moon's gleaming light, tossing his head back with his arms 
extended.
Stark naked she held out her arms, and released her fear. Through a strange 
reddening haze she saw his skin bursting with fur, and the ground shrinking. 
Every inch of her own skin blistered, crawling with a million pinpricks. Great 
power pounded with each quickening heartbeat. Silver threads of moonbeams 
sizzled on her bare skin, soaking, and penetrating to each nucleus. A chain 
reaction buzzed, and she sensed something akin to alchemy. A low snarling echoed 
from his throat as his mouth and nose lengthened, and his form rose like a 
parade balloon to dwarf the trees. Sight and sound merged to something dreamlike 
as the red haze came over.
"Rrraddittzuuu!" she screamed.
"Tomiqueearrrrrggghh!" he snarled, throwing back his head and baring enormous 
fangs. Glowing red coals fixed on her, and she felt reality spiraling away.


"Tomique… hear me!" a monster snarled. Through a red miasma she heard the 
snarling stamping growls, massive paws seizing her and shaking her. 
All her throat could do was howl and roar in protest. Yet the focus of the 
gleaming red before her, and the massive squeezing hands or paws rather drew her 
into alertness. Under the gleaming silver orb she struggled and gnashed horrible 
teeth, surging against a gaping hunger. Like a drunk she staggered and crashed 
into things that seemed inconsequential.
Blasts of red energy surged from her hot throat. Yet his body blocked hers, 
wrestling for control and shoving his scent into her awareness. Like a drug it 
caught her, making her blood boil with its familiarity. From a snarling stamping 
rage she shifted into query of the new sensations overloading her dazzled brain.
A similar vibration resounded from not so far away. Two other shapes moved into 
view, coming from behind the mountains. Both massive with bright glowing eyes 
fixated through the ruby haze tinting her vision. Loud snarls and shouts called 
in a cry that seemed ageless, and she saw two more Great Apes enter the 
clearing. Hands beat on chests while muzzles turned up to shout up at the moon.
"Tomique…" snarled the form that was previously Radditzu and still him, a long 
mane of shaggy fur crowning the enormous head with pointed ears. Huge paws 
closed on her body, the eyes meeting hers with a controlled blaze.
"Rrraggh… rrhhhh…" she snarled, unable to try and break free.
"Remember who you are… remember… you can control it… you're invincible. Accept 
it! Master it…" Radditzu's low roar echoed on the mountains and in her ear. 
Glancing past him she saw the other two Oorzu, who must be Nappa and Cabernet 
leaping and trampling trees and rocks underfoot. Fortunately there was no 
habitation for miles. Only the vast stretches of forest and rolling hills.
Along the way she saw the glimmer of the distant sea. The massive bulk of Nappa 
trampled and pushed his way over the hills towards it, and the moon's distant 
pull. Close behind him the smaller shape of Cabernet in her form followed, 
leaving them alone. She staggered after them, side by side with Radditzu.
At the edge of the beach Nappa waded into the salty depths, till he was nearly a 
half-mile out. Still the water lapped only at his knees. Cabernet waded towards 
him, dipping her head down to let the salty brine spill all over her massive 
furred body. Dropping to the beech she pushed her massive paw down into the sand 
and let it fly like that in a sandbox. Everything was so puny it seemed the 
world was a playground.
Red flashes of light erupted from Nappa's throat as he aimed them towards small 
bits of shoreline. "Don't go crazy you fool!" growled Cabernet's voice, in a 
deep base parody of its former self.
"So hard… to think…" Atomique grated.
"You are still… my mate. Revel in your power. Hold onto that… and you'll always 
be in control,' Radditzu snarled. Nappa and Cabernet approached and began to 
wrestled and roll in the tumbling surf. With each impact of their bodies the 
giant Apes sent reverberating thumps like earthquakes. They frolicked and played 
like chimpanzee babies, biting at one another with long sharp teeth.
Radditzu's massive paw dragged her down by the shoulder. Soon his gargantuan 
Oorzu muzzle leaned down to bite her furry shoulder with deep fangs. She rolled 
him over and over in the strip of beach, coating him with sand. Four Oorzu 
played with one another and wrestled all the night long under the silvery moon, 
away from prying eyes.


Salty brine lay thick on her tongue. She rolled over feeling something wet 
lapping her toes. A strong arm pulled her close to a warm body. Under her she 
felt a gritty surface that yielded gently, and a hard fleshy surface heaving in 
and out with breath. 
She blinked up into golden light that seared her eyes. Overhead the sun blazed 
with full intensity, alerting her to her present condition. Next to her the 
hulking shape of Radditzu stretched, binding her to his body with his tail 
wrapped around her thigh. Her own was latched around his calf, twitching 
spasmodically while her entire body ached.
"What the hell," she murmured, then blushed. Not a stitch of clothing covered 
her body, or her mate's. Huge depressions in the sand and countryside bore 
witness to a sudden geological upheaval. Not a house or building was around for 
mile thankfully, so no human or animal had suffered any harm from the frolic the 
night before.
A massive shape emerged from the pounding surf, as naked as she and her 
companion were. Nearby, further up, a female aimed her hand towards some wood, 
causing it to catch fire with a ki blast. Light gleamed off his bald head as 
Nappa threw down a huge great white shark from his hand, and a sizable giant 
squid from his other near the fire.
"Good grief," she mumbled. How far had he waded out to find a giant squid? They 
only came out in certain conditions.
"Should I wake the third classes?" asked Cabernet, speaking gruffly in words 
that didn't sound quite like a language she knew to be English.
"Let 'em sleep. They've fucked themselves silly. They'll just have to deal with 
leftovers…" he snorted.
"Didn't think the boy had it in him, but he's almost worn out by her," said 
Cabernet's laugh. The sounds of something being torn off something else 
indicated they were tearing into their food.
"Tomique-chan," Radditzu grumbled, grabbing her and pulling her towards him as 
he turned her over on her front. She gasped and shivered with delight to feel 
his full front pressed to hers. Although sand scraped between them, she felt he 
was already for another round.
"Where the hell are… our clothes?" she gasped.
"Where we last left them, no doubt," he laughed, leaning down to kiss her. She 
roped her arms around his neck, eagerly accepting his kiss as his body lay atop 
hers. An anterior motive occurred because he was covering her nudity with his.
"Haven't you two had enough fucking around? If you want anything to EAT you'd 
better save it for later, whelps," Cabernet called.
"I'm going to die of embarrassment," she murmured against his lips.
"Why? We're all friends here. And he won't dare look at you with her there," 
said Radditzu, lifting himself off her.
"Some of us don't have nice long hair to cover our asses," she mumbled, running 
her fingers through his long spiky mane. In comparison, hers was only to mid 
shoulder, fluffy and curly in a strange parody of what her Star Child's mane had 
been.
"You have nothing to be ashamed of," he said as he leaned down to nip her 
shoulder. "If it makes you uncomfortable we can go elsewhere…"
"Is this another…"
"Only reason we wear any sort of clothes is to keep from damaging more sensitive 
parts, and to keep prying eyes away from one another's mates. Besides, most of 
us know better not to look at anyone's mate longer than our own…" Radditzu said.
"So in other words, you can look, but you can't touch," Cabernet called.
"Eye candy, your friend would say," Nappa said. "Now get your tails over here, 
or hunt your own damn prey…"
"Jackass," she mumbled, letting Radditzu pull her to her feet. She staggered in 
the sand towards the fire, and then lowered herself to sit in the sand. Radditzu 
brushed off a bit of driftwood and lowered himself to sit. He tugged her into 
the circle of his legs to sit more comfortably in his lap.
Oddly enough, looking at their companions' nude forms didn’t seem quite as 
shameful as she thought. In fact it was no worse then looking at a nude beach. 
Cabernet's body was crisscrossed with many scars. A jagged one ran around her 
body, like bite marks, and a huge triple scar across her thigh and mid back were 
more noticeable then her own curves.
Nappa's back had multiple lateral scars. A jagged rip ran across the back of one 
thigh, continuing over his buttocks to where his tail flickered. Radditzu's own 
flesh was crisscrossed with his own scars, but the one on his mid chest was a 
more prominent x shape that indicated near mortal wounding. "You actually like 
the scarring," she mumbled.
"It makes one's mate more attractive," said Nappa. "You've got your own…"
She looked down at the burn marks on her thigh, and on parts of her skin. Still 
the burns from her fight with Leader were apparent. A fresh scar at her throat 
indicated her mating bond, and she saw the telltale scars on Nappa's shoulder, 
and on Cabernet's. Other bite marks dotted her arms and hips, indicating the 
mating from before. Those would fade, she realized. Yet the others might not. 
Other acid burns were still apparent on her back from an accident in college. 
Radditzu traced his tongue down them. Gold sunlight bathed her bare flesh, 
baking in a nice tan already. Both Nappa and Cabernet's skin was already golden 
brown from exposure since sunrise.
"So when's recess over?" asked Atomique, biting into several tendrils of giant 
squid eagerly. Another fifty-foot specimen lay on the beach, almost in shreds 
from the night before.
"His Majesty will let us know," said Nappa. "By the way, nice squid…"
"I caught THAT?" she asked.
"Last night," Cabernet said, licking her lips. "You sure as hell waded out 
pretty damn deep."
"I can't remember half of it…"
"You will as you learn more control,' said Nappa.
"Did I make an ass of myself?" she asked shyly, sitting in Radditzu's lap.
"You did well for your first time. You actually didn't destroy anything…" he 
said quietly.
"Your aim sucks," said Nappa. "But you beat the shit out of that cliff side 
there…"
She saw the burn marks that pockmarked a cliff further up the beach. She 
shivered, realizing she had done that massive act of destruction. A strange 
sobering peace lay over her, and she bit eagerly into the bits of shark left 
over from their meal.
"We didn’t have this chance every month. It was only once every eight years at 
home," Cabernet said, patting her bare and full stomach. She and Nappa lay on 
the beach, a distance up from them, letting seawater lap at their bare legs. He 
had his head pillowed against her breasts as she flicked her tail lightly 
against his chest and he dozed.
Around her back Radditzu curled, warming her with his body. His arms locked over 
her breasts, while his thigh draped over her body to conceal other parts of her. 
She turned over to face him, letting Nappa see her curved back, and buried her 
face in his hair.
"I don't want to go back," she whispered.
"We still have a few hours yet love. Let's not waste them," he whispered, 
leaning to kiss her.
"Here?" she asked.
"They're too busy to notice," he purred, intimating the other couple starting to 
fall into each other. She lay back, letting him mold himself to her, and sighing 
as he joined himself to her.