When Earth Arises

Disclaimer: All characters from Circle of Magic, The Circle Opens, The Immortals, The Lioness Quartet, etc. belong to Tamora Pierce. I do not own them. Or characters from Dragonballz, which belong to Mr. Toriyama...anyway

I know this is a weird combination, cross-over, whatever, but then, I'm a weird person. O_^

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A/N- Hey, Lexi, thanks for the capsule idea…I was kinda thinking about it, but I wasn't sure…hehehe, don't be surprised if Trunks ends up having some to use for pranks…

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"Her name is Skysong," Daine told them, "But everyone calls her Kitten." Trunks looked at the dragon and frowned.

"She doesn't look like Shenlong," he stated. Gohan studied her also. "You're right, Trunks. Or Porunga, for that matter. But there are similarities." Numair interrupted them.

"Who is Shenlong and Porunga," he asked with interest. The three demi-Saiyans exchanged looks. How were they going to explain this one?

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Chapter Four:

Before they had time to think up a way to explain, Briar cut in.

"That is a dragon." The others looked at him, with "duh!" expressions on their faces. He met their gaze steadily with his own jade-green eyes, and crossed his arms, while Evvy peeked around him to stare wide-eyed at Kitten.

"Dragons are not real. They exist only in stories." Trunks rolled his eyes. "Puh-lease!" he said scathingly. "Don't be so stupid. If they only existed in stories, would there be one sitting in front of you?" Gohan glared at the young boy, who snapped him mouth shut angrily. Daine smiled kindly at Briar and Evvy.

"Don't feel bad," she told him. "I didn't really believe they were real before I saw one either. They usually don't live in this realm." Gohan frowned in remembrance. "Speaking of realms, we never got that whole realm of the gods issue settled," he reminded Numair. The man looked startled for a moment, then nodded, remembering.

"That's right, you said you only had one god." Goten frowned. "We don't only have one," he said defensively. "Just one that we know and actually ask thing for and stuff." A look of frustrated anger contorted his features. "Although most of time he is either making my life miserable, or begging for me to spare his life." Numair, Daine, and even Briar and Evvy's eyes bugged out.

"Your god begs for his life? How is it possible for you to even threaten him?" Gohan blinked at them then sighed. "It's complicated." Numair nodded uncertainly.

"Uh-huh…anyway, the realm of the gods is where all the gods dwell. It is possible for them to breach the barrier, although the lesser gods can only do so on holidays, and the greater ones generally have no desire to."

Suddenly, Skysong's sharp whistle pierced the air. The three demi-Saiyans winced at the ear-splitting sound. Daine looked at her for a moment, then nodded, turning back to the group.

"So what is this…'Porunga' and 'Shenlong?'" she asked. Gohan sighed yet again. He had been hoping they would forget that little detail. And the one Briar brought up. "And how can your father have died, and yet come back to life?" Gohan rubbed the back of his head uncertainly. Before he could speak, Trunks cut in.

"Porunga and Shenlong are dragons, Shenlong of our planet, and Porunga of the planet Namek where Piccolo is from. There are seven dragon balls on each planet for its respective dragon and they carry a portion of the dragon's spirit within. When the balls are gathered in one spot, you can summon the dragon and have a wish. With Shenlong, it is two wishes, but if you summon Porunga, you get three." Everyone blinked, surprised at the fairly intelligent and civil speech that had emitted from the young Prince's mouth. He noticed and glared. "What are you looking at?" he growled threateningly. Numair exchanged glances with Daine, and back at the three.

"Right," he declared after a moment. "Well, let's get on with why I asked you to come on up. I wish to test each of you with the Gift, and do some other experiments."

None of them had a clue what he was talking about.

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A/N- Sorry, I know this is really short, but that is all I had time for…I've been kinda busy lately, with my mom gone and all for a month, and with four little sibs to take care of, but anyway, enough about my personal life: - ) heehee

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