Egyptian Curses And Fate - Chapter 7
Disclaimer: Dragonball Z was created by Akira Toriyama. Akira Toriyama made all Characters in this story. (c) Akira Toriyama, Bird Studio, Toei Animation. Used without permission, please don't sue me; all you'll get is... nothing! :P
*.....* = thoughts
"....." = speaking
Welp, this very well may be the last chapter of this fic because I'm really having my doubts on it. So, there may be another chapter in a week or so; there may not. But for now, here's chapter 7! Also, 17 and 18 are humans, not androids.
"So, 17, you live here alone?", Bulma asked, batting her lashes. Vegeta glanced between them, practically glowing with jealousy.
*What's he got that I don't? Besides hair.. and eyes.. well, a tongue, too.. skin.. DAMN! I'll have them back soon enough.*
He poked at the sticks to keep the fire going with a separate stick. "No. My twin sister, 18, lives with me.", he answered in his monotone voice. She nodded, not really caring.
"AHAHA! YOU SUCKER! I win, I win!", Hannah announced happily, jumping up and down on Yamucha's chest. He coughed and tried desperately to push her off of him before she stepped on his face and broke his nose.
"Hannah! Shh!", Bulma snapped before scooting closer to 17. Hannah's lip puckered out as she stopped mid-jump. She hung her head and got off of Yamucha.
"Little woman!", Vegeta whispered. Hannah looked up at who called her. He motioned her over with a flick of his finger. She trudged over and sat down next to him with a questioning look.
"See that basta...man.. over there next to the woman?", he pointed towards 17. She nodded, listening carefully. He told her what he wanted her to do and she giggled, covering her mouth. She stood up and tiptoed quietly over to Bulma and 17. She made sure they weren't looking and reached up towards a corner which held a very, large spider. Hannah, being a lover of nature, was not afraid of the spider in the least.
She made an "umph" noise as she tried to grasp the spider. Pleading with her eyes to Vegeta, he caught her drift and pointed his finger up. The Bulma look-a-like slowly began to levitate off of the ground. She looked below her as she felt her feet touch air. Her eyes widened and she gasped. Vegeta glanced over at Bulma and 17; they were still too tied up in each other to notice anything. Yamucha, on the other hand...
"HANN-" Vegeta took away his voice with a smirk. Yamucha moved his mouth, discovering he couldn't be heard. He glared and marched over to Bulma. Vegeta noticed he was going to tattle and stopped him in his tracks with another picture-perfect smirk.
Yamucha simply crossed his arms and pouted.
Meanwhile, Hannah grabbed the spider gently and floated back to the ground. She tiptoed over to 17, trying her best to stay out of Bulma's line of vision. She was, however, noticed as she began to put Vegeta's plan into action.
"Hannah, what are you doing?", Bulma asked suspiciously. There was no answer. Hannah tugged back 17's scarf and dropped the spider down his shirt. His eyes bulged out of their sockets as he began pouncing around the room scratching at his back.
"Get it OUT!", he screeched. Vegeta and Hannah were rolling on the floor laughing. Yamucha was laughing as well, although no one could hear him. 17 screamed, very much resembling a girl and Vegeta instantly quit laughing. He desperately searched his memories.
~Flashback~
The black-haired man carefully sparred with his prince. The little prince was already very powerful for his age.
"Good, my prince! You are looking well!", he told the young boy.
"Of course! I AM royalty, you know.", Vegeta stated arrogantly as he sucker-punched his sparring instructor square across the jaw, earning a very girly scream from the instructor.
He stumbled back and rubbed his cheek. He chuckled and motioned for the prince to follow him to get something to eat.
~End Flashback~
"Juuanna!", Vegeta exclaimed. 17 stopped trying to scratch his back and looked at Vegeta oddly. The spider seemed to vanish as the itching stopped on 17's back.
"Juuanna!!!", Vegeta repeated as he ran up to 17. (Ok, people... I know juuanna and 17 are the same only in Japanese/English, but in this story, they do not mean the same thing.)
"Uhh... if you missed it, my name is 17. Not Janana or whatever.", he said skeptically.
Yamucha trudged up to Vegeta and tapped him on the shoulder. Once he had the pharaoh's unwilling attention, he pointed at his lips. Vegeta rolled his eyes and waved him off with his hand. Yamucha rubbed his throat and sighed in relief as his voice came back to him.
Bulma tapped Vegeta on the shoulder next. "Hey, why are you calling 17 'Juuanna'?"
"Too much to explain...", Vegeta mumbled and rubbed his chin. He drew in an intake of breath as if to speak, but decided against it. Instead, he placed both hands in front of 17's face and moved them outwards slowly, in a sun-shaped motion. After a few moments of patience, 17 looked up and immediately kneeled in front of Vegeta.
"My Lord, it is nice to see you.", he greeted in perfect Egyptian. Vegeta smirked and crossed his arms.
"You may rise."
"What the hell?!", Bulma shouted, interrupting the two. "Vegeta! What the fuck have you done to 17?!"
He rolled his eyes. "This "17", as you call him, was my sparring instructor, Juuanna, when I was a child."
Bulma mumbled an incoherent response as she gazed at Juuanna, amazed. Before their reunion could continue, a beautiful blonde with ice, blue eyes walked into the cave. Everyone turned to stare at her. She glared back, "Who the hell are you guys? 17, who are these people?"
Vegeta strode up to the blonde and moved his hands in front of her face in the same manner as he had Juuanna. She beamed and bowed low to her pharaoh.
"Juuhachi.", he acknowledged her.
"I pray to Amun-Re that you have learned History since when I taught you!", she chuckled. She turned to Juuanna and smiled, "Juu-chan!" She ran up to him and tackled him to the ground, showering him in kisses. (Ok, before any of you freak: 17 and 18/Juuanna and Juuhachi are brother and sister in the present time. However, in ancient Egypt, they were lovers, married, etc. So, now that their memories of their past are restored, they don't know that they're brother and sister in the present time. They just remember their past.)
"You just saw me three hours ago!", he exclaimed.
"More like three THOUSAND years ago, Juuanna.", Vegeta corrected. Before they could ask him what he meant, he cut them off, "Speak Japanese. Times have passed for our language of Egyptian. It is ancient now." They nodded in response, slowly beginning to catch on.
"My Lord, you are but a mummy. Why is this, if I may ask?", Juuhachi asked curiously, circling her King. "What year is this?"
Bulma and Yamucha slowly stared at each other dumbfounded. "Damn!", Bulma whispered sarcastically. "And I thought his hat and clothes covered his being a mummy good!"
"Bul-chan?", Hannah tugged at Bulma's sleeve until Bulma noticed her. "What is wrong with 17? And who is that girl?"
Bulma sighed. "I guess 17 is now Juuanna and the girl is Juuhachi. They are his servants. No more questions for now, kay?"
Hannah nodded and stared at the three egyptians conversing about something she couldn't hear. She looked up as she saw her cousin pass her and approach Vegeta.
Bulma placed a hand on his shoulder. "Vegeta? Can I talk to you for a second?" Her eyes gave off a pleading, urgent look. He glanced to Juuanna and Juuhachi, but they were already tied up in each other. Bulma followed his gaze to them. She was happy for them; it was nice that they found their love from so long ago again.
Bulma laughed shortly, "I wonder who I was in the past..." She shook her head and pulled Vegeta out of hearing range of everyone in the room.
"What is it, woman?", he demanded more than asked.
She ignored his tone and pulled out her dragon radar. "Well, if you look here, Juuanna and Juuhachi not only have one dragonball, they have two! After we get both of them, which I'm sure they'll give them to you since they worship you or something, we'd only have two left to get."
Vegeta formed a response but was unable to give it as he cried out and collapsed to the ground. Bulma's hand flew to her mouth and she quickly kneeled beside him to feel for a pulse. She felt none and began to panic. *Oh, geez, Bulma. He's DEAD, remember? He won't have a damn pulse!*
"Vegeta? Vegeta-cha.. I mean... argh, Juuanna! Juuhachi!", she called over to them while cursing at herself mentally. *Vegeta-chan? What the hell, Bulma?!*
The narrow-eyed pair looked over and their eyes suddenly weren't so narrow. They rushed over and began panicking over their ruler from a long ago nation. Hannah set Velvet, who she'd recently taken out of it's bag, down on the ground and ran over to them, alongside Yamucha.
They all hushed when Vegeta made a croaking noise and slowly sat up. Bulma helped him up and put his 'arm' around her shoulder. "Are you okay?", she asked urgently.
"We only have a day and a half left. We must hurry."
"Juuanna, give us the two orange spheres you have.", Bulma ordered, falling into leader-mode. He tilted his head confusedly.
"Orange.. spheres? I do not understand?", he hesitated, trying to comprehend what she was talking about.
"Oh, goodie. He doesn't remember.", she murmured to herself. She told the others, "Keep an eye on him while I look for the two dragonballs somewhere in here."
"Dragonballs?", Juuhachi asked. Yamucha sighed, "Let me explain..."
**********
"If I were a shiny, orange ball, where would I hide?", Bulma asked herself, trying to put a little humor into the situation. She turned over rock after rock and still no sign. She looked down at her radar again for what must have been the ten-thousandeth time. "It says they're here somewhere!"
A glimmer on the far corner of the room caught her eye. She jogged over to it and bent down. She clapped her hands and jumped up and down gleefully. "Hey, what am I going to wish for?", she asked herself, momentarily forgetting about the two dragonballs below her.
"Oh well, I'll figure some wish out.", she told herself as her concentration came back into focus. She knelt down and clawed at the dirt like a dog trying to get out of a fence. After a few minutes of dirtying her hands, she came across the two balls which were buried underground. *Not a bad place to hide them. But why would they want to hide them anyway? Oh well, they wouldn't remember even if I asked.*
She tucked one under each of her arms and strode back towards the entrance of the cave where the others were.
Hmm.. I actually didn't expect this chapter to turn out like that, but oh well. Ja ne.
Disclaimer: Dragonball Z was created by Akira Toriyama. Akira Toriyama made all Characters in this story. (c) Akira Toriyama, Bird Studio, Toei Animation. Used without permission, please don't sue me; all you'll get is... nothing! :P
*.....* = thoughts
"....." = speaking
Welp, this very well may be the last chapter of this fic because I'm really having my doubts on it. So, there may be another chapter in a week or so; there may not. But for now, here's chapter 7! Also, 17 and 18 are humans, not androids.
"So, 17, you live here alone?", Bulma asked, batting her lashes. Vegeta glanced between them, practically glowing with jealousy.
*What's he got that I don't? Besides hair.. and eyes.. well, a tongue, too.. skin.. DAMN! I'll have them back soon enough.*
He poked at the sticks to keep the fire going with a separate stick. "No. My twin sister, 18, lives with me.", he answered in his monotone voice. She nodded, not really caring.
"AHAHA! YOU SUCKER! I win, I win!", Hannah announced happily, jumping up and down on Yamucha's chest. He coughed and tried desperately to push her off of him before she stepped on his face and broke his nose.
"Hannah! Shh!", Bulma snapped before scooting closer to 17. Hannah's lip puckered out as she stopped mid-jump. She hung her head and got off of Yamucha.
"Little woman!", Vegeta whispered. Hannah looked up at who called her. He motioned her over with a flick of his finger. She trudged over and sat down next to him with a questioning look.
"See that basta...man.. over there next to the woman?", he pointed towards 17. She nodded, listening carefully. He told her what he wanted her to do and she giggled, covering her mouth. She stood up and tiptoed quietly over to Bulma and 17. She made sure they weren't looking and reached up towards a corner which held a very, large spider. Hannah, being a lover of nature, was not afraid of the spider in the least.
She made an "umph" noise as she tried to grasp the spider. Pleading with her eyes to Vegeta, he caught her drift and pointed his finger up. The Bulma look-a-like slowly began to levitate off of the ground. She looked below her as she felt her feet touch air. Her eyes widened and she gasped. Vegeta glanced over at Bulma and 17; they were still too tied up in each other to notice anything. Yamucha, on the other hand...
"HANN-" Vegeta took away his voice with a smirk. Yamucha moved his mouth, discovering he couldn't be heard. He glared and marched over to Bulma. Vegeta noticed he was going to tattle and stopped him in his tracks with another picture-perfect smirk.
Yamucha simply crossed his arms and pouted.
Meanwhile, Hannah grabbed the spider gently and floated back to the ground. She tiptoed over to 17, trying her best to stay out of Bulma's line of vision. She was, however, noticed as she began to put Vegeta's plan into action.
"Hannah, what are you doing?", Bulma asked suspiciously. There was no answer. Hannah tugged back 17's scarf and dropped the spider down his shirt. His eyes bulged out of their sockets as he began pouncing around the room scratching at his back.
"Get it OUT!", he screeched. Vegeta and Hannah were rolling on the floor laughing. Yamucha was laughing as well, although no one could hear him. 17 screamed, very much resembling a girl and Vegeta instantly quit laughing. He desperately searched his memories.
~Flashback~
The black-haired man carefully sparred with his prince. The little prince was already very powerful for his age.
"Good, my prince! You are looking well!", he told the young boy.
"Of course! I AM royalty, you know.", Vegeta stated arrogantly as he sucker-punched his sparring instructor square across the jaw, earning a very girly scream from the instructor.
He stumbled back and rubbed his cheek. He chuckled and motioned for the prince to follow him to get something to eat.
~End Flashback~
"Juuanna!", Vegeta exclaimed. 17 stopped trying to scratch his back and looked at Vegeta oddly. The spider seemed to vanish as the itching stopped on 17's back.
"Juuanna!!!", Vegeta repeated as he ran up to 17. (Ok, people... I know juuanna and 17 are the same only in Japanese/English, but in this story, they do not mean the same thing.)
"Uhh... if you missed it, my name is 17. Not Janana or whatever.", he said skeptically.
Yamucha trudged up to Vegeta and tapped him on the shoulder. Once he had the pharaoh's unwilling attention, he pointed at his lips. Vegeta rolled his eyes and waved him off with his hand. Yamucha rubbed his throat and sighed in relief as his voice came back to him.
Bulma tapped Vegeta on the shoulder next. "Hey, why are you calling 17 'Juuanna'?"
"Too much to explain...", Vegeta mumbled and rubbed his chin. He drew in an intake of breath as if to speak, but decided against it. Instead, he placed both hands in front of 17's face and moved them outwards slowly, in a sun-shaped motion. After a few moments of patience, 17 looked up and immediately kneeled in front of Vegeta.
"My Lord, it is nice to see you.", he greeted in perfect Egyptian. Vegeta smirked and crossed his arms.
"You may rise."
"What the hell?!", Bulma shouted, interrupting the two. "Vegeta! What the fuck have you done to 17?!"
He rolled his eyes. "This "17", as you call him, was my sparring instructor, Juuanna, when I was a child."
Bulma mumbled an incoherent response as she gazed at Juuanna, amazed. Before their reunion could continue, a beautiful blonde with ice, blue eyes walked into the cave. Everyone turned to stare at her. She glared back, "Who the hell are you guys? 17, who are these people?"
Vegeta strode up to the blonde and moved his hands in front of her face in the same manner as he had Juuanna. She beamed and bowed low to her pharaoh.
"Juuhachi.", he acknowledged her.
"I pray to Amun-Re that you have learned History since when I taught you!", she chuckled. She turned to Juuanna and smiled, "Juu-chan!" She ran up to him and tackled him to the ground, showering him in kisses. (Ok, before any of you freak: 17 and 18/Juuanna and Juuhachi are brother and sister in the present time. However, in ancient Egypt, they were lovers, married, etc. So, now that their memories of their past are restored, they don't know that they're brother and sister in the present time. They just remember their past.)
"You just saw me three hours ago!", he exclaimed.
"More like three THOUSAND years ago, Juuanna.", Vegeta corrected. Before they could ask him what he meant, he cut them off, "Speak Japanese. Times have passed for our language of Egyptian. It is ancient now." They nodded in response, slowly beginning to catch on.
"My Lord, you are but a mummy. Why is this, if I may ask?", Juuhachi asked curiously, circling her King. "What year is this?"
Bulma and Yamucha slowly stared at each other dumbfounded. "Damn!", Bulma whispered sarcastically. "And I thought his hat and clothes covered his being a mummy good!"
"Bul-chan?", Hannah tugged at Bulma's sleeve until Bulma noticed her. "What is wrong with 17? And who is that girl?"
Bulma sighed. "I guess 17 is now Juuanna and the girl is Juuhachi. They are his servants. No more questions for now, kay?"
Hannah nodded and stared at the three egyptians conversing about something she couldn't hear. She looked up as she saw her cousin pass her and approach Vegeta.
Bulma placed a hand on his shoulder. "Vegeta? Can I talk to you for a second?" Her eyes gave off a pleading, urgent look. He glanced to Juuanna and Juuhachi, but they were already tied up in each other. Bulma followed his gaze to them. She was happy for them; it was nice that they found their love from so long ago again.
Bulma laughed shortly, "I wonder who I was in the past..." She shook her head and pulled Vegeta out of hearing range of everyone in the room.
"What is it, woman?", he demanded more than asked.
She ignored his tone and pulled out her dragon radar. "Well, if you look here, Juuanna and Juuhachi not only have one dragonball, they have two! After we get both of them, which I'm sure they'll give them to you since they worship you or something, we'd only have two left to get."
Vegeta formed a response but was unable to give it as he cried out and collapsed to the ground. Bulma's hand flew to her mouth and she quickly kneeled beside him to feel for a pulse. She felt none and began to panic. *Oh, geez, Bulma. He's DEAD, remember? He won't have a damn pulse!*
"Vegeta? Vegeta-cha.. I mean... argh, Juuanna! Juuhachi!", she called over to them while cursing at herself mentally. *Vegeta-chan? What the hell, Bulma?!*
The narrow-eyed pair looked over and their eyes suddenly weren't so narrow. They rushed over and began panicking over their ruler from a long ago nation. Hannah set Velvet, who she'd recently taken out of it's bag, down on the ground and ran over to them, alongside Yamucha.
They all hushed when Vegeta made a croaking noise and slowly sat up. Bulma helped him up and put his 'arm' around her shoulder. "Are you okay?", she asked urgently.
"We only have a day and a half left. We must hurry."
"Juuanna, give us the two orange spheres you have.", Bulma ordered, falling into leader-mode. He tilted his head confusedly.
"Orange.. spheres? I do not understand?", he hesitated, trying to comprehend what she was talking about.
"Oh, goodie. He doesn't remember.", she murmured to herself. She told the others, "Keep an eye on him while I look for the two dragonballs somewhere in here."
"Dragonballs?", Juuhachi asked. Yamucha sighed, "Let me explain..."
**********
"If I were a shiny, orange ball, where would I hide?", Bulma asked herself, trying to put a little humor into the situation. She turned over rock after rock and still no sign. She looked down at her radar again for what must have been the ten-thousandeth time. "It says they're here somewhere!"
A glimmer on the far corner of the room caught her eye. She jogged over to it and bent down. She clapped her hands and jumped up and down gleefully. "Hey, what am I going to wish for?", she asked herself, momentarily forgetting about the two dragonballs below her.
"Oh well, I'll figure some wish out.", she told herself as her concentration came back into focus. She knelt down and clawed at the dirt like a dog trying to get out of a fence. After a few minutes of dirtying her hands, she came across the two balls which were buried underground. *Not a bad place to hide them. But why would they want to hide them anyway? Oh well, they wouldn't remember even if I asked.*
She tucked one under each of her arms and strode back towards the entrance of the cave where the others were.
Hmm.. I actually didn't expect this chapter to turn out like that, but oh well. Ja ne.
