Chapter 28


"Whew! It's about time!" Asoret mumbled as he anchored his boat with Kari's help.

Vegeta and Elvor anchored theirs, and afterward, Elvor wiped his brow.

"Man! Where's this sudden heat coming from?!" he asked.

Indeed, it was strangely hot outside, yet the water remained as cool as ever for some unknown reason. They didn't ponder on it too much, and headed up the large stairs to see Sky.

Sky was already waiting for them, this time in human-form. He was looking over the sea, before turning around to face them.

"Same told me you have the relics," he said, and walked closer. "Show me."

They did.

"Alright, I won't talk too much. It's your call! Bring it on!!"


Sky didn't grab a weapon, so they all decided to leave theirs out of this battle as well. Kari released a howl, and ran at Sky, whom took on a battlepose. Kari swung her fist at Sky's head, who blocked and jumped aside to avoid the kick aimed for his stomach. With a quick twist, Kari hit the Dragon, rather hard, and he was hurled aside. Sky shook his head and got back to his feet. Kari growled and ran at him again, but the Dragon stepped aside, and kneed Kari in her abdomen.

Sky stepped aside, and avoided a punch to his face from Goku. Sky swung a punch to Goku's face, whom blocked, but Sky suddenly brought his leg up, hitting the Dragoon where it hurts. The Dragon knocked Goku aside, and blocked a blow to his mid-section from Bulma. Bulma growled angrily, and aimed a punch at Sky's jaw, but it missed. Bulma sent punches and kicks at the Dragon, whom either dodged or blocked. It was starting to grow frustrating.

Vegeta finally decided to join in, and easily kicked Sky against his spine, away from Bulma.

"Thanks Vegeta!" Bulma said.

"No sweat."

Sky jumped back to his feet, and easily avoided the punches and kicks hurled at him. Strangely enough, Sky waited for them to attack, and hardly attacked himself. For he either blocked or dodged. After some time, Kari was starting to grow a little tired, and it showed as her movements began to get slower and slower.

And what made it worse, was that that had been what Sky'd been aiming for. Sky's brows furrowed, and he vanished within a second, only to appear behind Kari. Kari turned around, but was too late. A kick to her head sent her flying away. Sky vanished again, and reappeared a little before Kari. When Kari soared past him, he kneed her easily in her stomach. Sky then linked his fists above his head and banged them hard on Kari's spine, making the cavegirl hit the ground, hard.

Sky's ear perked and he just managed to jump away to avoid a kick to his spine from Asoret. Asoret growled angrily and jumped after the Dragon. Sky simply blocked the boy's punches and kicks, still not making a move to attack on his own. This became rather frustrating for Asoret. When he threw a punch at the Dragon's face, Sky managed to grab a hold of his wrist. Asoret tried to hit him with his other hand, but Sky grabbed that one as well. Asoret growled angrily, when he suddenly smirked.

He kicked himself off from the ground, and planted his feet against Sky's face, who received a lot of trouble through that. Asoret put a lot of power on Sky's face, and when Sky finally released him, he kicked the Dragon away and flipped back, landing nicely on his feet in a crouch. Sky got up from the ground and shook his head.

He rubbed his jaw, slightly wincing, then looked up. He didn't seem to be mad in the least. They stood there, waiting, until Sky smirked.

"Not bad, for humans," he said. "But you won't beat me that easily!"

Vegeta was about to retort, when a punch to his stomach shut him up. Sky swatted Vegeta's feet away, and easily kicked him in his face, sending him flying. Sky's ear perked, and he just managed to jump up and backflip to right behind Elvor, who had tried to hit him.

"Nice try buster, but you're going to have to pick it up a little to defeat me!" Sky said with a smirk, before he kicked Elvor's spine.

Bulma screamed and ran at the Dragon, but a small white border surrounded Sky, and he raced at her as well. Just as they were about to hit however, Sky evaporated. Bulma nearly fell over, and looked around for the Sky Dragon, but she couldn't find him.

"Where'd he go??" Bulma asked herself, when a sudden sound behind her sounded.

"Right here!!" Sky's voice said, and Bulma felt his fist hit her spine, hard!

Bulma whirled around, only to receive his other fist to her chin. Sky jumped up and kicked Bulma in her stomach with both his feet, before he landed on the ground. Bulma was sent toward the edge of the isle, and she thought she'd fall, but she stopped right near the ledge.

When she was sure she wouldn't fall, she opened one eye. She didn't see Sky anywhere. She gave a sigh, when she heard the sound of battle. Her head moved up to look.


Elvor dodged another blow to his head, and threw another punch at the Dragon, the same time that Vegeta did. Sky caught both hands and slammed the two boys against each other. Sky ducked to avoid Kari's punch to the back of his head, and grabbed her arm with both his hands. He hauled her over him, stood up, and slammed her straight into Ancha, who had also tried to sneak up on him. Sky tossed his head back to get rid of some hairs that were bothering him, and headbutted Asoret in his stomach, which sent him straight into Goku.

Bulma growled and finally jumped back into the battle. Sky had already seen her, and whirled around to block a blow to his waist by lifting his knee. Bulma snarled, and tried to punch him again and again, but he was too fast. No one noticed the eyes that were watching them all.


"Bloody Hell," a golden haired woman with violet colored eyes said as she and her brother watched the fight. "They're good."

"Sky's better," the golden haired man said, wiping a stray lock of hair away from his violet eyes.

She looked at him, and asked: "Wha'll happen if they lose?"

"What do you think?! The child will die, as well as our only chance of killing Her! And with that chance, dies the world!!" he hissed.

The woman was silent, looking at him with a blank look.

"Ya don't have ta be so… blunt 'bout it," she finally said as she stared at her brother, whom was focussed on the battle.

"It doesn't matter whether I'm blunt about it or not! It doesn't change the fact that all is lost! OUCH!!!"

The woman had hit him on his head with the hilt of her katana.

"What are you?! A fortuneteller?! Don't you remember what mom and dad said?! 'The past is written, the future is a blank page, waiting to be written'!! So unless you know deadly sure that we can't beat Her without their help, I suggest you keep your fucking mouth shut!!!"

Her brother was lightly shaking. Sometimes, she nearly scared him to death, and he knew she enjoyed to smell fear.


Sky flipped away from the gang, and smirked demonically at them. They were close to exhaustion, and Sky hadn't even broken a sweat.

"Finished?" he taunted.

Vegeta growled as he balled his fists.

"Not a chance!" he hissed.

"What do we do now?" Bulma whispered.

Elvor shook his head to show that he didn't know. However, Vegeta was carefully planning things, and calculating a few things.

"Guys," he finally whispered. "Distract him for a moment will you? I need some time for this."

The others nodded, and Kari pretended to roll up her sleeves, if she'd have any.

"Kari no more fight with fists! Kari fight with weapon now!!"

And with that, Kari grabbed her katana from its 'sheath'. Asoret nodded and grabbed his own weapon from a sheath around his waist and quickly slid the blades out. Bulma grabbed her dagger, Elvor grabbed his rapier, Ancha grabbed a handful of pins, and Goku grabbed his sword.

Sky scoffed.

"If that's what you want," he mumbled, and reached behind his back.

A green string quickly appeared on Asoret's weapon, and Asoret fired an arrow powered by Green Elemental Energy at the Sky Dragon. Sky's eyes narrowed. The sound of metal being unsheathed sounded loudly, and with a quick move, the arrow was cut in half, and vanished without a trace. Sky was holding a large blade in his hand, but with the twirl of his hand, it became a swallow. He smirked upon seeing their bewildered faces.

"There are more people who use a SC-Rapier for your information!" he said.

Bulma growled again, and ran at the Dragon, holding her dagger tightly in her hand. Sky snickered, and blocked the dagger with his swallow, after which he lashed out at Bulma, who ducked hurriedly. The slash changed from sideways to downward, making the blue haired girl roll out of the way. Sky's swallow was changed into a katana as Kari raced at him and slashed downward at him, which he blocked with one hand on the hilt and the other on the blade.

Sky moved the blade so fast, hardly anyone noticed. The blade whooshed down and then sideways, hitting the cavegirl's waist, and slashing through the flesh. Kari cried out in pain, as she threw one arm around her waist to try and stop the bleeding. The blood was flowing too fast though, and Sky kicked her away. Asoret managed to catch her before she fell, and he sort of had the feeling of déjà vu. While the others continued to battle Sky, Asoret checked Kari's wounds. He placed her down on the ground, and hurriedly cast a HealPlus Element, which not only healed the wound, but also restored all her health. Kari shook her head as she awoke, and looked up at Asoret. Asoret smiled, but then frowned as he looked up.

Goku swung his sword at Sky, only to have it blocked and twisted down to the ground. A kick to his chin sent him away, straight into Bulma. Ancha tossed twelve pins at the same time at Sky, but they were all blocked by his sword. Elvor growled and aimed his swallow at Sky, whom whirled around and blocked the blade with ease.


"Wha the Bloody Hell is this??"

"I don't know… but we shouldn't---LOOK OUT!!!"

"Wha is---YAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"


The duo's eyes widened, and, as if burnt, they jumped away from each other. Sky didn't seem to bother much though, seeing as he continued to battle after that encounter. Elvor however, was having a major headache. It was like his head was going to pop any second. There were so many things being jammed into his head, he couldn't keep up!!


"Why? You didn't have to?"

"……That's ……… that's what friends are for…"

"…………Laze……"


Elvor finally shook his head violently, refusing to hear anything more. With a scream, he ran at the Sky Dragon again.


"Done," Vegeta said softly as he straightened up.

There was a different air around him this time. Something that wasn't human.

"Sky!!!" he screamed, and Sky jumped aside so he could stop fighting for a moment to listen what Vegeta had to say. "It's over!"

Sky cocked his head to the side, one eyebrow raised.

"Over?? I'm just warming up!!" Sky said, pretending to be hurt.

"So am I!! But now I'll show you what I can really do!!!" Vegeta hollered, then screamed out as a strange aura surrounded him.

Sky didn't move, not even when a chill wind arose, waving his hair about. The rest of the gang had to shield their faces from the dust and the bright light now surrounding Vegeta. Sky watched with a neutral look on his face, while on the inside, he was asking himself if he was really seeing what he thought he was seeing. Vegeta's scream changed into a strange roar, one that only a certain race could make.

Dragonians.


When the dust cleared, Vegeta straightened up, his eyebrows touching the bridge of his nose. He wasn't the same anymore though. From his back, sprouted two large Dragon wings, a pure gold in color, from his head protruded two large horns, his hands and feet had become sharp, golden scaled claws, and his eyes had changed from pitch-black to a stunning gold, and a long golden tail waved silently behind him. He wore a golden armor, stunning his body perfectly. On the chest plate, the insignia of Termina had been painted; a fire-breathing Dragon. He was holding a shield in one hand, and held a large double-edged battle-axe in his other. The shield was also embossed with Termina's insignia. Vegeta had also grown a few inches, making him look older than he probably was. Also, he carried a pendant around his necklace, on which a strange, sun-like emblem was painted.

"So, you're not human at all," Sky mumbled.

"That I'm not. Not anymore at least," Vegeta answered with a deeper voice than he'd had before.

Bulma was stumped, and was staring at Vegeta with an open mouth. A finger touched her jaw and closed her mouth.

"You're not a fish, Bulma," Elvor mumbled.

"H-h-h-he's a Dragon!?!" Bulma stuttered.

"Dragonian actually," Ancha said. "It waz somet'ing we had to hide from ze humanz, though. Zey would kill uz all if zey knew."

Bulma decided to leave the questioning for later. Right now, there were more important matters at hand.

Namely winning that White Relic!!


A little predictable, don't you think? In the beginning, I already had questions about the Dragon Riders. If they were Dragons or not. Well, here's your answer! Oh and uh HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!

Reviews:

Ciria: Who? Reena or Chichi?? The girl's parents will stay anonymous for now, but both parents aren't human, I'll tell you that. Same was talking about the Final Boss in this story. She'll be introduced once they enter the Sea Of Eden. You'll see why they're heading to the shaman later on.

Bulma BriefsYue Lover: Right. And that's not all! Think about it! Try comparing Bulma with Lucca and Vegeta with Magus and see how much they have in common!!

RusinIndeed: I'm working I'm working!

Zuzu: I don't get that question often. And the gang needed a reason to go to Isle Of The Damned, and killing Haelles was the only thing I could think off back then.

trunks babe: Thanks!

cat421: Thanks for the compliment!

Dragon battle schedule:

1. Earth Dragon Isle - Terra, the Earth Dragon

2. Water Dragon Isle - Douse, the Water Dragon

3. Mt. Pyre - Pyro, the Fire Dragon

4. Gaea's Navel - Flora, the Green Dragon

5. Marbule - Mura, Eldest Black Dragon

6. Marbule - Same, Youngest Black Dragon

7. Sky Dragon Isle - Sky, the Sky Dragon

8. Sea Of Eden - ????????

[hums Lucca's tune] I DID IT!!! I BEAT FATE AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE MASTERMUNE!!!! WHOOOOOOOOHOOHOOHOOHOOOOO!!!