Oh Second A/N: Hey, do you guys want to see a bit of what I've been working on? I haven't linked it to anything else yet but I have uploaded a fanpic I made of Bulma that goes with this fic. ~_~ I've never airbrushed anything in my life before this pic so be gentle with me ok? I still have issues with the fact that it doesn't look like the other pics that I've seen other people do but... yeah anyways, here. http://www.dejabelen.bravepages.com/bqw.html
Like any of you care, lol. Well check it out if want... and do drop me a line if you know how to improve it. I need all the help I can get.
Chapter 27- The Wait
"You cannot go to her. Her body isss there but her mind isss not. Going in there will accomplisssh nothing and disssturbing her body while her mind isss occupied could dissstract her at a dangerousss time," Draca informed him without moving out of the way.
"What can I do?! I can't leave my mate in danger!" he growled, his frustration making his words sharp.
"Go to sssleep," she responded simply.
"What?" he demanded, off guard.
"Wear the ring when you do ssso. It will help…" he sensed something beneath her words and tried to feel them out, to decipher what she was getting at.
"Is there anything I can take to help me sleep? I don't think I'll be able to in my present state," he pointed out respectfully, carefully watching her to see if this is what she wanted of him, knowing all the while that Bulma's life could be on the line.
"Yesss. I will make you a sssleeping brew. It will be in your room by the time you arrive there, Warlord Prince."
"I thank you for advising me in this Lady Draca," he spoke, formally taking his leave with a bow befitting of the Prince of all Saiyans. He quickly made his way through the winding corridors, not even taking in the small statues and sculptures and pieces of art scattered along the dark walls.
He finally came to his bedroom and looked around, spotting a cup filled with the promised brew. Slowly grabbing the cup he sat on the bed. He raised it to his lips when he realized that something wasn't right. He pushed himself off of the bed and through the door, leading to his woman's bedroom were he locked all of the doors, cut off all of the lights. Yes, this is what was wrong. Her psychic scent was weak in my room. Her dark scent rose to embrace him and he sat down on her bed, placing the brew on the bedside table that his keen eyesight just allowed him to make out. He reached down and removed his boots, before yanking off his gloves and finally his training outfit.
After all of that he called in the ring and once more slid it around his finger. It felt right. With that he took the cup and taking a deep breath drained the cup. It slammed into him like an avalanche, with the heat of a volcano. The cup fell from his hand and he lurched to the side as the world spun sickeningly before stretching out on the bed more by chance than design. The world ceased to exist.
"Ixtarn, you can't do that!" he shouted, chasing after the other boy.
"And just what are you going to do about it?!" his gold eyes gleamed feverishly as he stared triumphantly down at the younger Shen.
"You have to give it back! Please," he pleaded softly.
"No. It's mine! It says it wants to be with me! Once we have the other jewel no one can stop us! Not you, and not Lorn! Together we'll punish them. We'll make them see the error of their ways… we'll make everything the way it was truly meant to be."
"You okay?" A hand landed on his shoulder, ripping him from his thoughts. He looked up to see a wine glass being thrust at him. He gratefully took the wine and sipped it, tasting the herbs that added to the wine's flavor.
"Fine, just… thinking." "Ah. Well I'm turning in for the night. I'm a bit old to be sleeping on stone, which is where I'll end up if I try to stand guard with the living," Geoffrey's sensual red lips curved up at the corners in a faint smile.
"Where's Saetan at?" he asked glancing around.
"He's trying to keep the boyos in line. After that last siege one of them remembered what Prince Vegeta said and flew off the handle, which naturally set the rest of them off. Half of them are planning on beating sense into him while the other half is going to take on all comers who try to interfere with him while he's trying to help his mate. He should about have them all settled down by now. To be young again…ell I'll take my leave Supreme Kai."
"Thanks Geoffrey."
"Don't mention it Shen." The ancient guardian stood and strolled inside after dusting off his pants. Shen looked back toward the sky, wondering when the next wave would hit and thinking about what Vegeta said earlier. There was silence in the Abyss, not the glorious howling that signified Witch's presence, but an empty frozen silence that felt as if it could shatter at any second. He spoke to the empty night. "We have to stop him somehow."
*It isss no longer in our handsss. He attacked while ssshe wasss there. If we plunge into the Abyssss trying to save her then we risssk giving him exactly what he wantsss. *
*I know that Lorn, but I can't stand waiting here! Isn't there something we can do?! *
*We wait… for now. *
Ok, that's a reaaallly short chapter... but I'll make it up to you because I have something good planned for the next chapter! Hopefully it'll be long enough... At any rate, while I was getting stuff organized for my site I found a short, and sadly true, short story that I wrote about an actual event that happened to my friends and I (that was really redundant wasn't it?). It's called Much Ado ABout Nail Polish and it'll give a faint idea about Dark Fools, so you might check it out... and then go check out Dark Fools under Grimsister too just 'cause! Oh yeah, I still have my choose your own adventure fic up called When Did That Happen?!?! It's 63 chapters, and lots of weird stuff can happen. How can you, as hard core Veggie fans pass up an opportunity to grab his tushy?! (or get killed by him, or hook up with Goku, or... *ahem* I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHAT ALL CAN HAPPEN!!!!) Only 6 wonderful reviews,how discouraging. I think I'm going to cry! *heartfelt weeping* Ok I'm finished now...
Raksha: Not a problem, glad you reviewed. The actual running to the rescue bit won't come in till next chapter, have fun in PA! The Darkness embrace you dark sister. Oh yeah, sorry I didn't get chapter 3 of The Contract up as soon as I said, but it's up now if you want to check it out. It's very random...
Ifonly: I'm relieved you were bored. Were the first couple of chapters really that bad? O_O Oh well, thanks for the review!
Empress Sarah-sama:Um, it's a good thing you don't have access to my computer, you might chunk something through it while reading about Ixtarn, lol. Sorry, this chapter isn't much but I do plan on making it up to you all. Thanks for your ever enthusiastic reviews ^.^
Silverstar: What can Vegeta do by busting in there? Simply put, not a DARN thing!^_^ But then he's not thinking very clearly at the moment... lol. Thanks for the suggestion, it rather made this chapter longer than it was since the original was kind of just Veggie crashing out ~_~ And it'll give me something extra to play with later whenever I need filler or want to drop some hints about my bad guy type! It wasn't a tiff, just a flashback thing. But, graci anyways and thanks for the reviews!
Grimsister:No, I'm saying you should lay off the caffeine. What? It's not enough my readers have to look at my plugs, but we're adding in yours as well? Lol, I don't care as long as no one else does. Lol, anyways, thanks for the review, and I know the whole Ixtarn name thing is kind of obscure and the kind of thing only I would think of. *smacks the table* Sorry, I saw some symbolism floating around... ^.~
