AN: A DBZ Halloween fic (Just don't expect it all to be written by Halloween. ;
The Truly Crappy Summery: While vacationing abroad with some friends, young College freshman Son Goku takes a wrong turn down a deserted Transylvanian road, and stumbles on a centuries old secret that will ultimately cause everything he ever thought he knew about himself to change...Forever.
Disclaimer: Don't own anything but the plot... and even then just barely.
WARNINGS: THIS IS YAOI MALEXMALE So all you poor delicate children who can't deal (Or all you poor boys I'm traumatizing, gomen. ;) Please go elsewhere. The rest enjoy! Thank you!
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VEJICULA
By Nikikeya
CH.1: A Wrong Turn...
"Are you sure Goku? We could come meet you." asked the worried voice of the boy's best friend from the other end of the line.
"No that's alright Kuri, I'm fine, but thanks. It was just a small detour, the map says there's a turn off just up ahead I can use to get back out onto the main road again." replied the ebony haired boy, as he squinted trying to see out his windshield as it was pelted with what seemed to be never ending buckets of rain, the wind howled past so hard that the whole car shuddered,"I just wish it wasn't raining so hard."
Long grey branches scrapped over the car's roof, Goku shuddered he didn't like the looks of this place at all, he was on a dirt road lined on either side by a dense Forrest of old dead trees, he'd been driving through the wood since late afternoon.
"Really? Its raining? Where the heck are you?? Bulma, Yamcha, Chichi and I are sitting out in front of the Hotel watching the stars!" said Kuririn incredulously.
"Well its raining buckets here!" Goku said snappishly.
He was a little put out that his friends were having fun watching the stars, safe warm and dry, while he was all alone on a dark scary road miles from anywhere freezing since the heater in his old wreck of a car was broken, and water leaked in from around the driver's side window, soaking him.
The car bumped along over the uneven ground. His cell phone connection becoming stat-icy. thunder banged over head like an explosion, it was all Goku could do not to whimper, he had always hated storms, a fact that all his friends knew.
"We could come get you, that old junk car you're driving's useless in a storm, Yamcha's SUV is better." said Kuririn, his voice becoming heavy with worry once more.
Goku, now feeling terribly guilty for snapping earlier, declined, "No you guys relax, I'll just pull over till it clears up some, then get going again."
The buzz over the line got worse. Lightening flashed again in waves lighting the whole sky, Goku shivered involuntarily at the sight. No way was he stopping anytime soon, he wanted to get out of this place, and quick!
"You really sure? R-"
"Yeah I'm sure. Thanks. Bye." said Goku hanging up before the smaller teen could offer again. His friends where too good to him, he didn't deserve it.
Looking back out the dirt road came out from under the line of dead twisted trees he'd been in into and open moore, small rolling hills speckled with...!!!?
"Graves!!??" gulped the teen, looking out at the massive cemetery which seemed to stretch on forever in every direction.
"Why me?" whimpered Goku, hunching lower over the wheel and speeding up, he hated cemeteries, even worse than he hated storms, but put the two together, both being so overwhelming, the poor boy was feeling feint, he wished for the first time that he had taken Kuririn up on his offer, foolish pride be damned, he was scared!
The thunder crashed again and lightning flared filling the sky and turning everything hot white, more water pored in through the wind along with wind that again rocked the car, Goku sped up more, then forced himself to slow down, he couldn't panic. He needed to stay calm, the last thing he wanted was to crash and be stranded here.
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The rain continued to pour as the small beat up car drove along the road bumping up and down.
They watched in silence.
It had been soo long since they had, had a visitor.
Too long since they had, had: Fresh Blood...
As the car speed forward, a hand, rotted and grey clawed its way up from under the cold earth at the center of the road, reaching up it snaked its long boney grey fingers around the gas line on the underside of the car, the arm was wrenched free from the ground, long withered tendons dangling from the end, it kept its perches on the gas line, and with a quick devastating twist it riped the rubber hose in half, half falling with it back to the road below.
Upon landing the severed arm flipped itself over palm down and digging its fingers in to the ground drug itself back to the hole. crawling inside the earth closed up over it.
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Inside the car Goku hadn't noticed any thing till he saw the hand on the lighted gas barometer drop from over half full to empty in mere seconds, yelping the boy could do nothing as the car choked and coughed to a hault in the middle of the road.
Stunned, the teen just sat there for the next few minutes, foot pushing down on the gas peddle repeatedly, trying desperately to get the car to move forward, even though he knew it couldn't without gas, for a minute Goku just pressed his for head against the steering wheel, this couldn't be happening, he needed go go check maybe something was was just tangled around the hose, the boy shudder, shivering so bad he practically convulsed. He didn't want to get out of the car. Not here. Not in the dark.
Screwing up all his courage, the boy opened his door, he had to press his full weight against it to get it to open the wind was blowing so hard. Almost as if telling him not to get out.
Trembling terribly the boy reached back in and got a flashlight from the glove compartment, closing it again by sticking the duct tape back in place.
He then crawled back out and bent down, crawling onto his belly, to look under the car.
The flashlight beam fell on the problem immediately, part of the torn hose was dangling out from underneath, the last few precious drops of fuel dripping down into the black mud.
His heart clenched painful, he was trapped. stranded here, shoving himself back up he wrenched open the door and fumbled for his Cell phone, turning it on. the screen read "No Service".
Goku sank down to his knees trembling, the cold wind whipping at his fly away hair, stinging his wet cheeks.
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He'd sat there for a good while crying before his senses returned to him.
He was stranded on an abandoned road, in a cemetery at night, in a storm. Soaking, cold, hungry, with no food, or heat, and very little money since his friends knew better then to trust him with too much. And no one was going to come looking for him tonight or probably even tomorrow cause he'd told Kuririn that he was going to wait the storm out. It could be days before they came looking for him, and he'd never even told them what road he was on. He needed a plan... first he needed to get his stuff out of the trunk, he needed to get into some dry clothes...
Standing up he was about to grab the keys when a light feel on him, it wasn't lightning, it was from a lantern, and holding the lantern, Goku couldn't make the stranger out as the light from the lantern didn't seemed to touch any part of it, a voice sounded.
"Who are you? What are you doing here, this is privet property!" growled the voice.
Goku shrank back, "I-I'm sorry, I didn't know! I g-got lost and my car b-broke down and-" he started coughing. shivering and suddenly feeling oddly warm.
The stranger seemed to pause and look him over more carefully, lifting his lantern so that the light shone onto Goku's face, it was too bright, it hurt. Goku raised an arm to shield his eyes, the stranger caught him by the wrist.
"Come, you need to get inside." said the figure, pulling him along.
"B-but my things?!" protested the teen, looking back at the car.
"I'll send someone for them later." replied the voice in a curt way that said the conversation was over.
Goku trailed behind, he was starting to feel hot and dizzy, stumbling along quickly in the dark, his wrist still trapped within the stranger's strong grasp.
Lightening struck and for the first time Goku was able to make out some details, the stranger was about half ahead shorter then him with broad shoulders and a very straight posture, he was shrouded in a simple hooded cape, made of a sturdy black clothe, it didn't look very warm though, not Goku thought that it was very cold now, he was practically burning it was so hot, strange that he wasn't sweating even as he was feeling more and more out of breathe.
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Of all the things Goku had expected, a castle wasn't one of them, it was tall and dark and ancient, with some deeply unsettling air about it, it made him shiver and feel cold again, deathly cold. It had loomed up in the distance from nowhere it seemed just moments after he started following the man.
(Goku had concluded that it could only be a man due to the shoulders and the firm grip, he'd never met a woman with such a strong grip. Not even Chichi, ((Who was the strongest girl he knew.)) could drag him like this guy could.)
The rational part of Goku's mind puzzled over this since it seemed like he should have been able to see it from the car, 'I wasn't paying attention, I was panicking then.' He said to himself, still he shivered again.
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The sky was filling with the grey light that always proceeds the dawn, by the time they reached the castle.
The man suddenly let go of Goku's wrist, and hurried forward to push open one of the enormous wooden doors, like it was nothing, and then motioned for Goku to go in.
"Well hurry up! It'll be sun rise before we get in if you keep stalling!"
Goku blushed, and hurried in past him, embarrassed at being scolded. The man followed quickly, closing the doors behind him tightly.
Inside the castle was very dark, the man grabbed ahold of Goku's wrist again and begun dragging him once more.
As they went on, down several halls and up three flights of stairs Goku realized something that struck him as being very strange: There were no windows. Not a single one in the whole castle so far. He was beginning to feel really weak and wobbly with fatigue by the point they got to the next landing.
The man lead him over to a door.
"Stay here." the man commanded and went in side closing the door tightly behind him, Goku shivered and coughed abit, oh how he wished he could sit down, his legs were sore and numb, and his back and stomach were hurting.
The man came back out a few minuets later and pulled Goku inside.
There was a large pool in the center of the room full of warm water the room was illuminated with several burning torches.
"Bathe, I'll return in a few moments... well go ahead!" said the man as he left.
Blinking Goku gently took of his water logged clothes and rather unsure of himself, he stumbled forward and sat on the side of the pool, dipping his legs in the water, it was heavenly! Just the right temperature, sliding forward he slipped into the pool, gasping in surprise as the water came all the way up to his nose and then well over his head before his feet touched the bottom, he realized he was at the deep end and swam down to a more shallow location.
As for bathing there was several pieces of pumas to scrub with in a small indentation in the stone wall beside the pool, and some bottles filled with inscents as well.
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Goku was just finishing up when the black robed man returned carrying several articles of clothing.
"Your finished. Good. Now get these on and I'll lead you to the room you'll be staying in, then I suggest you get some rest."
Goku did as he was told, though he was painfully awear of the man's eyes on him, trailing almost hungrily up and down his slender frame. It was unnerving but he bared it.
The clothing or night gown as it turned out to be was plain white U neck with a V slit down the chest that could be laced up. there was also cloth slippers.
After getting into the odd ensemble on, the man lead him down two more halls and into a large room with a fire already blazing in the hearth.
"Now sleep, I'll awaken you later to eat." said the man, still standing it the shadows.
"Thank you." said Goku climbing up the small steps to crawl onto the enormous bed, he snuggled in under the covers and had just closed his eyes when the man spoke again suddenly.
"I don't believe I ever caught you're name friend."
"I'm Goku. Son Goku..." said the teen sleepily, "What's your's?"
There was no reply, setting up Goku looked around, the man was already gone.
'I'll just ask him later.' decided the boy, his mind drowsy, and so wriggling back down under the soft heavy covers the boy drifted off to sleep.
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In a dark chamber down in the bowels of the castle the black robed man stepped up an lowered himself to on knee before his lord: The man sat on a throne his dark red hair swept back into a wild flame.
"Sire, he has returned, Kakarot is back."
A smirk slipped on to pale lips that pulled back to reveal long sharp fangs, "Excellent, well done Seventeen."
His Kakarot had finally returned him, after six millennia he was home.
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Okay end Ch.1
Chapter 2: A New, Familiar Place.