Chapter 30: blizzard

Zara didn't know what she was thinking. Here she was flying over a blazing hot desert as if it were no more then a mild summers day and finding it hard to focus on anything other then a certain lavender haired prince.

Over the years she had grown attached to him, as any pair of best friends would. They had spent most of their time together until they both filled each other's free time, whether it meant sparring, messing around or simply staying up and talking for hours. They had gotten so close that eventually Zara had wondered about going further, she just had never been sure about how he felt.

Then came the tournament and she had been certain about what he was trying to tell her. It was just that Goten and Marron kept getting in the way. Zara knew perfectly well that Trunks had an issue about talking about certain things in front of other people so she had decided that she'd wait until they were alone to ask about it. The only problem was that her body decided to betray her at that point and she was forced to stay away for a week and the idea of furthering her relationship with Trunks was put on hold and pushed back.

But then what happened in the GR had hurt her more then anything else ever had. She had been humiliated and hurt and it was all because of him. She had been so sure… but he pushed her away and she still had no idea what he had meant by 'I can't' either. It didn't make any sense and it was doing her head in just by thinking about it.

"ZARA! Answer me already! " Bulma's voice interrupted her thoughts and Zara had to move the head set away from her ears just to stop the ringing.

"What is it Bulma?"

"I've been trying to catch your attention for the past five minutes! That's what! You've gone right past the dragon! Where's your head?" the older woman snapped and Zara's eyes widened in surprise momentarily.

"I did? When? Where is it?" she asked and turned around. Her eyes went flat at what she saw and she could feel a large droplet of sweat running down the side of her head.

"Oh. Typical." She muttered.

"What? What's wrong?" Bulma asked, worried now.

"I think I found the dragon." she replied and quickly told Bulma what she saw.

She could see very clearly a large city in the distance but the odd thing was that the whole place was completely covered in ice and snow with a few feet of snow surrounding it.

Bulma hesitated before answering.

"Zara, I want you to trade dragons with Goku. I can call him up right now and have him instant translocate over-"

"What? Why?" Zara asked in surprise.

"You know as well as I do that you are built for hot climates. Your Kalroo half was built to survive in a desert, not the artic! Your body doesn't hold onto heat as well as everyone else's. Swap with Goku, please." Bulma explained and Zara lowered her head.

"I can handle a little cold." She mumbled.

"An ice city is more then a little cold. Think about it, you'll be out of your element and the dragon would have a large advantage over you. And you know Trunks would kill me if I let anything bad happen to you." Bulma insisted, managing to say the exact wrong thing. Zara growled and raised her power level a little.

"I can handle it. See you later." She replied coldly and took off the headset. She stared down at it before crushing it in her hand and teleporting into the depths of the city.

"This really isn't the best idea I've ever had…"

Zara sighed as she walked through the icy city, keeping her jacket wrapped firmly around her as she kept her aura up for added warmth. The dragon would surely know she was coming now so she'd lost the element of surprise but it was better to keep warm then to freeze to death before she'd even found the dragon, let alone fought it.

"Of all the warriors I've been sensing lately, they send a weak little girl that can't even handle a little chill to defeat me?" a voice mocked from behind her and Zara quickly whirled round and sunk into her stance.

"Jumpy today, aren't we?" The voice asked slyly.

"Wouldn't you be if some ugly old dragon was hiding nearby?" she asked innocently, sweeping her eyes over everything around her to try and catch site of the dragon.

"Maybe…" the voice started and Zara could hear footsteps behind her. She moved her head ever so slightly to glance over her shoulder.

"…But there aren't many out there that can keep up with me." He replied. Zara frowned as she caught sight of him.

He had a well-toned figure with a light blue complexion and a pair of wings on his back. He had cold blue eyes and he could send a chill down someone's spine just by looking at them.

"I bet. And they say the dragons are arrogant." Zara replied and then phased out of sight. She reappeared in front of him and swung her leg round in a spin kick but the dragon caught it with ease.

"It's a fact. Most of the evil dragons are nothing more then bad jokes. Only my brother, Syn and myself are worthy of the title dragon. And if you keep testing me then you'll soon see why." He explained before letting go and allowing Zara to float back down to her feet.

"So I see. And what exactly do I call this 'true dragon'?" she asked. The dragon smirked.

"Eis Shenron." He replied.

"Ok then, Eis, you mind if we hurry this up? I really need that Dragonball." She said and Eis nodded.

"But of course." He replied and thrust his fist forward in a movement too fast to track.

Zara was sent flying backwards but she quickly flipped over and skidded to a halt on her feet. Eis appeared right in front of her as she stopped and quickly thrust his fist up to punch her up into the building behind her. She slammed into the wall and faded away.

"After image?" Eis muttered as he turned his head to receive a knee to the face.

"That one was." she replied and then removed her knee so she could flip round and kick his jaw, sending him into the air. Eis spread out his wings to stop himself and he quickly pointed his hand at Zara and fired multiple ki blasts down at her. Zara quickly set to work dodging them and where ever the blasts landed became frozen solid.

Zara swerved to the side then flipped backwards to avoid the blasts that followed her, but Eis materialised beside her and fired one right into her side, instantly freezing her solid. Eis floated back to admire his handy work, smirking evilly.

The ice around her slowly began to melt and a moment later it burst to pieces, sending shards flying everywhere. After they all had landed, Eis was left with a small cut on the side of his face, whilst he faced a very angry Zara.

"So, do you freeze everyone you meet?" she asked coldly, making Eis smirk.

"What do you think?" he asked, glancing round the frozen city quickly. Zara frowned.

"Fine then, stupid question. But I have to admit that you are pretty strong. I might have to go full power." She said.

"Don't let me stop you." he replied, still smirking. Zara frowned at him and a moment later she was powering up with her fierce aura blazing and melting all of the ice and snow around her. She finished with a scream and was left standing there with a power level that would have made Goten nervous. Eis wasn't impressed.

"That's it? They really didn't think when they sent you here, did they?" he asked and began to power up himself. His aura pulsed and his skin began to glow before breaking away like a shell. He was left with lighter skin that was clear and almost white, like the ice around him. The very air around him seemed to drop to a temperature far below zero and his power level had increased exponentially so that he could probably have given Goku a hard time.

"Oh great." Zara commented flatly and Eis smirked at her.

"What's the matter? Does it chill you?" he asked.

"Are you trying to be funny?" she asked in return and he chuckled.

"Being the dragon of ice doesn't mean that I'm not allowed a sense of humour." He replied and then materialised in front of her. Zara stepped back in surprise, then regained her wits and threw her fist forward to punch him across the jaw. Only problem was that his speed had increased and he was able to get a firm grasp of her arm. She could feel her skin freezing in his hand.

"Do you really expect that to work? My power is so much greater then yours." He pointed out. Zara growled and then shifted her gaze from her arm to his face, a smirk growing on it.

"Well I could always use a challenge." She replied and then shot her leg up to meet his crotch. Eis yelped in pain and Zara managed to free her arm before sending energy to her leg and performing her mega kick. She hit Eis in the jaw and then spun round to hit him with a second mega kick in the chest, sending him flying backwards where she followed and hit him with a third kick to the chest that sent him into the ground. She fired several blasts at him from there then followed down. They exploded on impact with his body and she quickly set to work on attacking his chest, gut and jaw with a succession of blows designed to give him no time to think.

Eis began to laugh through her attacks and then grabbed her in coming fist. Zara gasped before she received an open palm to the chest that flung her backwards. Eis appeared above her and watched her with a sinister smirk spread across his face. Zara growled and quickly thrust her knee up but Eis pushed it aside and grabbed her throat, her hands immediately clamping down on his arm in a lame attempt to try and pull him off.

"Poor little girl, is the big bad dragon too much for you?" he mocked.

"The big bad dragon is kinda stupid…" she managed to choke out before her hands began to glow. Eis winced as pain shot through his arm thanks to the ki. He glared at Zara and then slammed her into a wall and let go. Zara winced and then disappeared, materialising next to the dragon with her hands pointed forward. Her aura pulsed and then she fired a large beam of pure energy into the dragon's side. It hit Eis dead on and exploded on impact but when Eis turned to face Zara, he wore a smug look.

"That kind of tickled." He commented and widened his mouth into a grin. Zara hesitated before returning to her stance.

"So you want more, huh? I'll see what I can do." He mocked and then rushed forward in a movement too fast for Zara to track. He shoulder barged her and sent her flying through a nearby building and half way through the second where she hit a wall hard and slid down it. She moaned as she got back to her feet but she didn't have much time to catch her breath as she had to quickly dive aside as one of Eis Shenron's blasts collided with the spot she had landed in, coating it with ice.

Zara flew through a window to reach the outside world again and quickly tried to pin point Eis. She frowned and quickly moved aside as a blast sped by but she didn't have enough time to dodge the second as it hit her legs, freezing them solid in thick ice. Eis then appeared above her with his fists laced together and used them both to ram her into the icy pavement below.

Zara groaned as she sat up and then gasped when she saw that she was frozen up to just below the waist.

"Doesn't look like you'll last much longer, does it?" Eis asked as he stepped up to her. Zara glared at him.

"I guess you could say that…" she muttered before she teleported to right in front of the dragon and swung her frozen legs round to hit his jaw hard and send him staggering backwards. He rubbed his jaw in surprise but she wasn't done. She followed and spun round twice more to hit him twice across the chest before she flipped over to have the chunk of ice collide with his jaw. She charged towards him again but he threw a blast at her that made her swerve aside at the last moment, just before he kicked her in the gut and tossed a blast after her for good measure as she was flung across the floor.

Zara groaned again as she tried to get up but she couldn't. Her eyes widened and she looked down at her body to she it completely frozen over with only her head and right arm free.

"What's the matter? Can't you get up? Did you use up too much energy trying to defeat what can't be beaten? Real shame. Then again I don't really care; you were getting boring. Watching you freeze to death might be a little more entertaining." Eis commented as he stepped into view. Zara glared at him and then tried to break free, only to have Eis strengthen the ice.

"You're done." He told her coldly, just to have her growl back.

"Not if I can help it." She returned. Eis stared down at her in confusion.

"What are you jabbering on-" he stopped half way through and stared down at his body in shock. It wasn't doing what he wanted it to. He was paralysed from the neck down.

"Didn't I mention I was telekinetic? Shame." Zara commented, smirking as she struggled to keep her mental hold on him. Eis growled deeply.

"You can't hold me! I'm too strong!" he shot at her as he tried his best to move. Zara narrowed her eyes.

"What makes you so sure it'll be that easy?" she asked before using her mind to fling him through a nearby building. He slammed through wall after wall just to come out of the building and then go back in, creating a second hole. He was then sent up through all 20 of the concrete floors and out of the roof before he was tossed to the next building and pulled through all of the floors until he reached the ground floor and was sent through more walls and two other building.

Zara continued to concentrate on Eis as she lifted her free arm and pointed her palm up.

"Time to end this." She muttered as she created a ki blast that rapidly grew to an apocalyptic size. Eis was sent up several floors in his building before he was thrown through a wall so that he was outside again. Zara released the blast as soon as he came out and then released her hold on him when he was mere seconds away from being hit by the blast. Eis had no time to bring up a defence and the blast ploughed right through him, incinerating him as it went so that all that was left was a Dragonball that quickly turned from blue to orange, its three stars clearly turning red in it's centre.

Zara let out a deep and long sigh as she watched the Dragonball fall into a snowdrift before she allowed her head to fall back down.

"I did it. I had to cheat but I did it." She muttered and then attempted to move but the ice was still enabling her to do so.

"Now how do I get out of this ice cube with no energy left?" she wondered. It was going to take a while having taken most of her energy just to keep Eis still and blast him apart. She sighed again and then concentrated to try and punch a hole through the ice mentally.

Chunks of ice flew off of the ice pinning her to the ground but it wasn't enough. The ice was too thick and with no more energy left to battle the cold, it was becoming increasingly difficult to simply stay awake, let alone dig her way out.

She gave one last weak attempt at breaking the ice before her head fell back into the snow and her eyes fell shut, the last of her energy escaping with it.

A/N: bet you weren't expecting that, although next time might not be so hard to figure out now. I have sort of a long chapter planned for 31 and you'll probably be able to guess what happens if you really want to try.

I haven't really got any comments on this chapter, as this episode in GT didn't happen. Eis just has a longer appearance.
And I didn't use my cold shoulder pun; you've been spared!

Reviews (150, yay!):

Son Oliver: thanks. Really thought the serpent look would be cool, I couldn't really find any pictures of Oceanus's true form anyway so that's what I came up with. And it fits with the water element too. And Eis Shenron's opponent may not have been a surprise and Nuova Shenron's definitely isn't now since Goku is the only z fighter left. See you when you get back, and if you're lucky you might get 2 chapters to read instead of just this one.

Erica: heh, thanks. Well here's Eis.

Chi: aw, thanks Chi. and you don't really need GT from here on anyway. The Syn/Omega Shenron fight is going to be a lot different as well as everything else. I'm hoping the Nuova fight will be different too but we'll see about that. Thanks again.

Trugeta: thanks Tru, I like to think that Oceanus was a little better here then in the series.

Psy: I'm a Vegeta nut, that's all you need know. –Looks around- and that music needs to get fixed sometime…-shrugs- here's the update anyway, enjoy!

Darksupersaiyan: Thanks, will do.

Well it looks like nuova's next and I left a nice cliffy for you as well. You can't escape the cliffhangers for long! Mwhahaha! –Coughs-

Anyway, hope you all had a good Christmas and I'll see you guys later in the week. Ja'ne