Makoto: Gosh it's been so long since I've updated my stories! Now that summer vacation starts, I'll have a lot of free time on my hand to update! MooCat...
MooCat: Thank you Raen, Crystal Lily, Renee' Releford and fallen pheniox for reviewing!
Any words in () is me explaining, translating and so on!
Any words in ** means it's exaggerated.
Any words in ~ ~ means that it is a thought.
Check out my other stories if you have the time!
High School Days (CCS Fic)
BadBoyZ (Dbz Fic)
Days of War (DBZ Fic)
Adrenaline Rush (DBZ fic)
Dimension Shifters (DBZ fic)
The Hidden Secrets of Tomoyo Daidouji (CCS Fic)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any part of Dragonball Z!
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The Age of Magic - Chapter 9
"Wake up Bulma! Wake up!" A voice echoed in Bulma's empty dreams.
"Ne?" Bulma squinted as the sun from the windows gleamed into her eyes.
"Time to wake up! C'mon!" Chi Chi shook the elf.
"ok ok! I'm up!" Bulma yelped as she rubbed her eyes.
"Boy! Aren't you the sleepy one today! What's a matter with you?" Chi Chi raised an eyebrow.
Bulma winced as she recalled what happened last night.
"Uh, i guess I slept late last night..." Bulma mumbled as she stepped into the baths.
"Well, the rest of us are going to pack up! We have to continue our journey so meet us at the gate of the garden, ok?" Chi Chi yelled from behind the door.
"Yaaaahhhh!" Bulma roared.
Chi Chi giggled as she picked up her stuff and left the room.
Bulma grudgily (Pardon moi spelling) slipped into the tubs and washed herself down.
~What the hell am I gonna do now?~ Bulma groaned as she quickly put some soaps and oils into her hair and rinsed it. ~Not like I'm gonna have a lover anytime soon...~
Irritated and quite grouchy, Bulma dried herself and quickly put on her original elfin clothes. She met everyone down at the gates of Aphrodite's gardens as their horses and Chi Chi's snow leopard look brand new and groomed.
"Ready to go Bulma?" Goku chirped, obviously well rested.
Bulma sighed, knowing that if she kept up this attitude they will never be able to survive this journey, "Yep Goku! Let's go!" Bulma put on a bright cheery face.
Vegeta looked at Bulma sadly, as he mounted on to his horse...
"Please wait..." A voice called out.
Tenchi rushed over to them as Bulma cringed in nights pain, so quickly mounted Ninjin with her back turned towards Tenchi.
"What is it Tenchi-sama?" Chi Chi asked.
"You forgot this!" Tenchi smiled, revealing a golden apple! "I talked to Aphrodite, she said it will be ok to give you one of her precious apples!"
"Great! One down, two to go!" Goku grinned as he accepted the apple and put it in his pouch of prized pocessions.
"Thank you for your hospitality Tenchi..." Vegeta nodded in honour.
Tenchi just smiled as he waved the warriors off.
Bulma was silent for a few minutes but then returned to he own, loudmouth self.
"What's the next item on the list Veggie?" Bulma casually stated.
Vegeta growled at his nickname but just ignored her, "The Amulet of Life..."
"Um...where is this Amulet?" Chi Chi asked.
"At the Dark Dwarf Catacombs, baldboy knows the way so there is no need to be nervous.."
"hey!" Krillen yelped.
The group laughed as they followed Krillen into a dark, dead forest.
"K-krillen...are you sure we have to go through...(gulp) here?" Chi Chi, obviously a little intimidated by the skeletons hung on the long branches of trees.
Krillen let a laugh out, "don't worry Chi Chi! These skeletons are just the foes of the dwarves! When it comes to the Dark Dwarf Catacombs, NOTHING is to get by!"
Chi Chi squealed, "HOW ABOUT US YOU BAKA?!"
The dwarf took a few seconds to regain his hearing, "I'm the prince of the dwarves, of COURSE they'll let me in!"
The group were a little uneasy when they reached further into the forest during nightfall, as Krillen said it is better to not sleep in the Dark Forests, for it holds creatures that are even more horrifying then the human imagination can describe. They knew that Krillen would be in trouble because he was on foot so Chi Chi let him ride with Yume and she went with Goku and his horse, Ame.
"There is nothing to be afraid of Chi Chi! It's just mostly myths and tales!" Bulma laughed, as they were approaching the entrance of the catacombs.
"Actually Bulma, there have been sightings of bizarre creatures around here, but the most terrifying would have to be the Dragons..." Krillen thought.
"(gulp) Dragons?" Chi Chi started to shake with fear.
"Aww c'mon Chi Chi! You have us to protect you! Don't worry!" Goku let out a laugh.
Chi Chi looked at the heroic Goku and smiled, "Yah! You're right! If anyone tries to mess with me, i'll just turn them into a blob or something!"
The finally reached the entrance, which was at the bottom of Dark Forest Mountain and was obviously untouched for quite a while. A marsh was between the Fellowship and the entrance, so they took an old boat that laid hidden by the docks. As Vegeta and Goku slowly but steadily rowed the boat towards the entrance, Krillen and Bulma were lookout and Chi Chi made sure they were an eye view away from the entrance. Chi Chi looked down at the murky water and suddenly, she saw bubbles!
"EEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!" Chi Chi's scream echoed.
"WHAT IS IT HARPY?!" Vegeta yelped, drawing out his sword.
"I-I just s-saw something...bubble...or something..." Chi Chi shook with fear.
Bulma walked over and took a closer look at the lake, but nothing happened.
"Calm down Chi Chi! If you get even more scared, you'll start hallucinating!" Bulma patted the back of her friend and continued lookout.
Chi Chi looked back at the lake and finally started to calm herself down.
They reached the stony dock of the catacombs and walked up the steps.
"Hmmm...it looks like the Catacombs buffed up the protection of these walls!" Krillen scratched his chin as he started to read the code of Dwarf on the huge stony wall.
Chi Chi stood behind them as she felt something wrap around her ankle!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Chi Chi cried as she was immediately lifted into the air!
"WHAT THE?!" Goku turned around and they saw a huge octopus like creature whipping his tentacles towards the group!
"CHI CHI!" Bulma screamed as she shot three arrows, which cut off the octopus' tentacle which held the poor sorceress. She dropped down on the hard rocks and quickly rushed over to the security of her teammates.
Vegeta, Goku and Bulma immediately moved forward to guard their fellow teammates.
"CHi Chi! I need your help!" Krillen cried.
Chi Chi scrambled over away from the new challenge her teammates faced.
"What is it Krillen?"
"I can't read this Dwarf code! Someone's altered this totally so that basically NO ONE can read this! can you try to translate it?"
Chi Chi examined the ancient writing, and with a swing of her wrist she magically appeared a book. She flipped through the pages and ran her fingers down the writing.
"Can you speed it up sorceress?" Vegeta demanded, having a little bit of a hard time slicing off the tentacles, as they regenerated back.
"Shut your mouth! I need to concentrate!" Chi Chi yelped as a cold sweat trailed down her cheek.
Just then, a surprisingly metallic like tentacle with spikes all over flew towards Goku!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Goku cried as the tentacles latched onto his wrists, no chance of escape!
Vegeta leaped, trying to cut off the tentacles on Goku's wrists but unexpectedly was grabbed by the ankles, swung a little towards the creature and slightly cut by the metal tentacle as it charged towards poor Goku.
"GOKU!!!!! VEGETA!!!!!" Bulma cried, much to busy with her own problems.
Just then, a flash of purple appeared behind them! They saw Chi Chi glowing a purple aura!
"Don't...touch my FRIEEEEEENNNNNDSSSSS!!!" Chi Chi screamed, pointed the creature with her staff as a purple blast shot from the powerful staff and right into the creature!
As the fogged lifted, they saw the monster turned into pure stone!
"CHI CHI!! WAY TO GO!!!!" Bulma cheered, hugging her collapsed friend!
"Whew...that took a lot out of me!" Chi Chi faintly smiled.
With a swing of his spear, he cut off the stone tentacles that held Vegeta and Goku.
Goku quickly rushed over and hugged Chi Chi, lifting her from the ground, "Thank you thank you thank you! If it wasn't for you I would be dead!"
Chi Chi turned a little red by hugged Goku back.
"Hmph! Stupid emotions..." Vegeta mumbled, not noticing Bulma sneaking up to him.
She leaped on him, sitting on his shoulder and giving him a noogie at the same time, "Ahh c'mon Veggie head! Emotions are great!"
"GET OFF MY HEAD YOU BAKA ONNA!" Vegeta yelped, running all over the place trying to get the elf off his shoulder.
The group laughed for a few minutes as finally Bulma left Vegeta's shoulders and tried to break the code.
"Chi Chi, have you figured it out already?" Bulma asked.
Chi Chi gave a disappointed sigh, "I just don't understand! It's like someone made a brand new language that no one knows about!"
"Don't worry Chi! You'll figure it out!" Goku yawned, as he leaned on a brick with his hand, and suddenly it was pushed in!
"AHHHH!!!" Goku jumped back as suddenly, all the words were scrambling and were in a new position!
Krillen took a look at the symbols and laughed, "Goku! You are a genius! You found the descrambler key!"
Everyone fell and leaped back up.
Krillen easily translated and answered the code as they entered the dark catacombs with ease. They travelled dark halls, giant rooms and stairs as they continued to search for the Amulet of life.
They started walking down a staircase with a giant pit right next to it if you fall off.
Just then, Vegeta started getting tired, slagging a bit on his walking. Bulma noticed, "Are you ok Vegeta?"
"I'm fine baka elf-" Just then Vegeta collapsed.
"What's wrong Vegeta?" Goku leaped towards him.
"I'm fine...baka..just..a little..tired..." Vegeta panted, his pulse racing like crazy.
Bulma looked over him and found the small cut from the fight with the creature! She took a closer look as she touched an oozing silver liquid which leaked from squeezing the wound. Suspiciously, she sniffed the liquid and gasped, "Vegeta! Why didn't you tell us earlier about your wound?"
"Why...should I...bo..bother with..that?" Vegeta was having trouble calming himself down, feeling slightly dizzy.
"This is Octopus Poison! Very rare indeed but pretty potent!" Bulma wiped it off on her clothes. "It'll rush through your blood, overheating you! In about twenty four hours, you'll die!"
The group gasped as Vegeta just groaned.
"Chi Chi, can you make a cure? A spell? ANYTHING?!" Krillen panicked.
Chi Chi shook her head sadly, "Sorceresses don't do cures, or spells that would help the sick...we believe that if someone is about to die, it's their destiny..."
Bulma stepped up with a determined look on her face, "I know a town of elves that could help...but it's pretty far away from the end of the catacombs! We have to hurry!"
Bulma ripped a piece of clothing from her clothes and soaked it in water from her jug, then tied it around the half unconscious Vegeta's forehead.
"As long as we keep him cold, we might be lucky to have a couple more hours!" Bulma rushed, as Goku carried Vegeta.
The fellowship started to run, hoping they could save Vegeta's life.
After the flight of stairs, they ran into a stone room with statues of many dragons and dwarves on their back. They saw a giant dragon, with an amulent around it's neck...the Amulet of Life!
"There it is!" Bulma gladly pointed as they rushed to take it, but suddenly something slammed down causing a dust cloud!
"What the?" Bulma blared as the cloud settled, and they saw a tall, gigantic black dragon with hot flames breathing out of his mouth. They saw a human, female human wearing black armour and hid her face with a black helmet (AN: Kind of like Xena the warrior princess' armour but with a Roman Helmet).
"No one shall take the Amulet of Life away from the Dark Dwarf Catacombs!" The woman yelled.
"oh no...." Bulma swallowed...
TO BE CONTINUED!!
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Makoto: Hee hee hee! Cliffy! I love these things, but not when I'm the reader!
MooCat: Whatever, we have to keep this quick and simple! Send reviews but no flamers!
~Chow for Now~
MooCat: Thank you Raen, Crystal Lily, Renee' Releford and fallen pheniox for reviewing!
Any words in () is me explaining, translating and so on!
Any words in ** means it's exaggerated.
Any words in ~ ~ means that it is a thought.
Check out my other stories if you have the time!
High School Days (CCS Fic)
BadBoyZ (Dbz Fic)
Days of War (DBZ Fic)
Adrenaline Rush (DBZ fic)
Dimension Shifters (DBZ fic)
The Hidden Secrets of Tomoyo Daidouji (CCS Fic)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any part of Dragonball Z!
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The Age of Magic - Chapter 9
"Wake up Bulma! Wake up!" A voice echoed in Bulma's empty dreams.
"Ne?" Bulma squinted as the sun from the windows gleamed into her eyes.
"Time to wake up! C'mon!" Chi Chi shook the elf.
"ok ok! I'm up!" Bulma yelped as she rubbed her eyes.
"Boy! Aren't you the sleepy one today! What's a matter with you?" Chi Chi raised an eyebrow.
Bulma winced as she recalled what happened last night.
"Uh, i guess I slept late last night..." Bulma mumbled as she stepped into the baths.
"Well, the rest of us are going to pack up! We have to continue our journey so meet us at the gate of the garden, ok?" Chi Chi yelled from behind the door.
"Yaaaahhhh!" Bulma roared.
Chi Chi giggled as she picked up her stuff and left the room.
Bulma grudgily (Pardon moi spelling) slipped into the tubs and washed herself down.
~What the hell am I gonna do now?~ Bulma groaned as she quickly put some soaps and oils into her hair and rinsed it. ~Not like I'm gonna have a lover anytime soon...~
Irritated and quite grouchy, Bulma dried herself and quickly put on her original elfin clothes. She met everyone down at the gates of Aphrodite's gardens as their horses and Chi Chi's snow leopard look brand new and groomed.
"Ready to go Bulma?" Goku chirped, obviously well rested.
Bulma sighed, knowing that if she kept up this attitude they will never be able to survive this journey, "Yep Goku! Let's go!" Bulma put on a bright cheery face.
Vegeta looked at Bulma sadly, as he mounted on to his horse...
"Please wait..." A voice called out.
Tenchi rushed over to them as Bulma cringed in nights pain, so quickly mounted Ninjin with her back turned towards Tenchi.
"What is it Tenchi-sama?" Chi Chi asked.
"You forgot this!" Tenchi smiled, revealing a golden apple! "I talked to Aphrodite, she said it will be ok to give you one of her precious apples!"
"Great! One down, two to go!" Goku grinned as he accepted the apple and put it in his pouch of prized pocessions.
"Thank you for your hospitality Tenchi..." Vegeta nodded in honour.
Tenchi just smiled as he waved the warriors off.
Bulma was silent for a few minutes but then returned to he own, loudmouth self.
"What's the next item on the list Veggie?" Bulma casually stated.
Vegeta growled at his nickname but just ignored her, "The Amulet of Life..."
"Um...where is this Amulet?" Chi Chi asked.
"At the Dark Dwarf Catacombs, baldboy knows the way so there is no need to be nervous.."
"hey!" Krillen yelped.
The group laughed as they followed Krillen into a dark, dead forest.
"K-krillen...are you sure we have to go through...(gulp) here?" Chi Chi, obviously a little intimidated by the skeletons hung on the long branches of trees.
Krillen let a laugh out, "don't worry Chi Chi! These skeletons are just the foes of the dwarves! When it comes to the Dark Dwarf Catacombs, NOTHING is to get by!"
Chi Chi squealed, "HOW ABOUT US YOU BAKA?!"
The dwarf took a few seconds to regain his hearing, "I'm the prince of the dwarves, of COURSE they'll let me in!"
The group were a little uneasy when they reached further into the forest during nightfall, as Krillen said it is better to not sleep in the Dark Forests, for it holds creatures that are even more horrifying then the human imagination can describe. They knew that Krillen would be in trouble because he was on foot so Chi Chi let him ride with Yume and she went with Goku and his horse, Ame.
"There is nothing to be afraid of Chi Chi! It's just mostly myths and tales!" Bulma laughed, as they were approaching the entrance of the catacombs.
"Actually Bulma, there have been sightings of bizarre creatures around here, but the most terrifying would have to be the Dragons..." Krillen thought.
"(gulp) Dragons?" Chi Chi started to shake with fear.
"Aww c'mon Chi Chi! You have us to protect you! Don't worry!" Goku let out a laugh.
Chi Chi looked at the heroic Goku and smiled, "Yah! You're right! If anyone tries to mess with me, i'll just turn them into a blob or something!"
The finally reached the entrance, which was at the bottom of Dark Forest Mountain and was obviously untouched for quite a while. A marsh was between the Fellowship and the entrance, so they took an old boat that laid hidden by the docks. As Vegeta and Goku slowly but steadily rowed the boat towards the entrance, Krillen and Bulma were lookout and Chi Chi made sure they were an eye view away from the entrance. Chi Chi looked down at the murky water and suddenly, she saw bubbles!
"EEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!" Chi Chi's scream echoed.
"WHAT IS IT HARPY?!" Vegeta yelped, drawing out his sword.
"I-I just s-saw something...bubble...or something..." Chi Chi shook with fear.
Bulma walked over and took a closer look at the lake, but nothing happened.
"Calm down Chi Chi! If you get even more scared, you'll start hallucinating!" Bulma patted the back of her friend and continued lookout.
Chi Chi looked back at the lake and finally started to calm herself down.
They reached the stony dock of the catacombs and walked up the steps.
"Hmmm...it looks like the Catacombs buffed up the protection of these walls!" Krillen scratched his chin as he started to read the code of Dwarf on the huge stony wall.
Chi Chi stood behind them as she felt something wrap around her ankle!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Chi Chi cried as she was immediately lifted into the air!
"WHAT THE?!" Goku turned around and they saw a huge octopus like creature whipping his tentacles towards the group!
"CHI CHI!" Bulma screamed as she shot three arrows, which cut off the octopus' tentacle which held the poor sorceress. She dropped down on the hard rocks and quickly rushed over to the security of her teammates.
Vegeta, Goku and Bulma immediately moved forward to guard their fellow teammates.
"CHi Chi! I need your help!" Krillen cried.
Chi Chi scrambled over away from the new challenge her teammates faced.
"What is it Krillen?"
"I can't read this Dwarf code! Someone's altered this totally so that basically NO ONE can read this! can you try to translate it?"
Chi Chi examined the ancient writing, and with a swing of her wrist she magically appeared a book. She flipped through the pages and ran her fingers down the writing.
"Can you speed it up sorceress?" Vegeta demanded, having a little bit of a hard time slicing off the tentacles, as they regenerated back.
"Shut your mouth! I need to concentrate!" Chi Chi yelped as a cold sweat trailed down her cheek.
Just then, a surprisingly metallic like tentacle with spikes all over flew towards Goku!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Goku cried as the tentacles latched onto his wrists, no chance of escape!
Vegeta leaped, trying to cut off the tentacles on Goku's wrists but unexpectedly was grabbed by the ankles, swung a little towards the creature and slightly cut by the metal tentacle as it charged towards poor Goku.
"GOKU!!!!! VEGETA!!!!!" Bulma cried, much to busy with her own problems.
Just then, a flash of purple appeared behind them! They saw Chi Chi glowing a purple aura!
"Don't...touch my FRIEEEEEENNNNNDSSSSS!!!" Chi Chi screamed, pointed the creature with her staff as a purple blast shot from the powerful staff and right into the creature!
As the fogged lifted, they saw the monster turned into pure stone!
"CHI CHI!! WAY TO GO!!!!" Bulma cheered, hugging her collapsed friend!
"Whew...that took a lot out of me!" Chi Chi faintly smiled.
With a swing of his spear, he cut off the stone tentacles that held Vegeta and Goku.
Goku quickly rushed over and hugged Chi Chi, lifting her from the ground, "Thank you thank you thank you! If it wasn't for you I would be dead!"
Chi Chi turned a little red by hugged Goku back.
"Hmph! Stupid emotions..." Vegeta mumbled, not noticing Bulma sneaking up to him.
She leaped on him, sitting on his shoulder and giving him a noogie at the same time, "Ahh c'mon Veggie head! Emotions are great!"
"GET OFF MY HEAD YOU BAKA ONNA!" Vegeta yelped, running all over the place trying to get the elf off his shoulder.
The group laughed for a few minutes as finally Bulma left Vegeta's shoulders and tried to break the code.
"Chi Chi, have you figured it out already?" Bulma asked.
Chi Chi gave a disappointed sigh, "I just don't understand! It's like someone made a brand new language that no one knows about!"
"Don't worry Chi! You'll figure it out!" Goku yawned, as he leaned on a brick with his hand, and suddenly it was pushed in!
"AHHHH!!!" Goku jumped back as suddenly, all the words were scrambling and were in a new position!
Krillen took a look at the symbols and laughed, "Goku! You are a genius! You found the descrambler key!"
Everyone fell and leaped back up.
Krillen easily translated and answered the code as they entered the dark catacombs with ease. They travelled dark halls, giant rooms and stairs as they continued to search for the Amulet of life.
They started walking down a staircase with a giant pit right next to it if you fall off.
Just then, Vegeta started getting tired, slagging a bit on his walking. Bulma noticed, "Are you ok Vegeta?"
"I'm fine baka elf-" Just then Vegeta collapsed.
"What's wrong Vegeta?" Goku leaped towards him.
"I'm fine...baka..just..a little..tired..." Vegeta panted, his pulse racing like crazy.
Bulma looked over him and found the small cut from the fight with the creature! She took a closer look as she touched an oozing silver liquid which leaked from squeezing the wound. Suspiciously, she sniffed the liquid and gasped, "Vegeta! Why didn't you tell us earlier about your wound?"
"Why...should I...bo..bother with..that?" Vegeta was having trouble calming himself down, feeling slightly dizzy.
"This is Octopus Poison! Very rare indeed but pretty potent!" Bulma wiped it off on her clothes. "It'll rush through your blood, overheating you! In about twenty four hours, you'll die!"
The group gasped as Vegeta just groaned.
"Chi Chi, can you make a cure? A spell? ANYTHING?!" Krillen panicked.
Chi Chi shook her head sadly, "Sorceresses don't do cures, or spells that would help the sick...we believe that if someone is about to die, it's their destiny..."
Bulma stepped up with a determined look on her face, "I know a town of elves that could help...but it's pretty far away from the end of the catacombs! We have to hurry!"
Bulma ripped a piece of clothing from her clothes and soaked it in water from her jug, then tied it around the half unconscious Vegeta's forehead.
"As long as we keep him cold, we might be lucky to have a couple more hours!" Bulma rushed, as Goku carried Vegeta.
The fellowship started to run, hoping they could save Vegeta's life.
After the flight of stairs, they ran into a stone room with statues of many dragons and dwarves on their back. They saw a giant dragon, with an amulent around it's neck...the Amulet of Life!
"There it is!" Bulma gladly pointed as they rushed to take it, but suddenly something slammed down causing a dust cloud!
"What the?" Bulma blared as the cloud settled, and they saw a tall, gigantic black dragon with hot flames breathing out of his mouth. They saw a human, female human wearing black armour and hid her face with a black helmet (AN: Kind of like Xena the warrior princess' armour but with a Roman Helmet).
"No one shall take the Amulet of Life away from the Dark Dwarf Catacombs!" The woman yelled.
"oh no...." Bulma swallowed...
TO BE CONTINUED!!
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Makoto: Hee hee hee! Cliffy! I love these things, but not when I'm the reader!
MooCat: Whatever, we have to keep this quick and simple! Send reviews but no flamers!
~Chow for Now~