A/N: This chapter is gonna be far shorter than the others, ah well.
A/N: Just re-watched Bardock Special and something occurred to me. I've really screwed Bardock up sigh I've been using the personality of Bardock from my other two stories, and that doesn't work. I gotta use the one from Bardock Special as a basis, because that's the actual age of Bardock. So, you MAY notice a slight change in his personality, if you do, you'll know why.
A/N: As for the guesses on Sapphire… I just realized it's so open that it's not even funny. I wrote that little bit as I wrote the part of the chapter so I knew where it linked to, but none of you do. The few guesses I did get were so far off the mark (although interesting in and of themselves) that it was kinda funny. Since it's not going to be very obvious for several chapters I'm keeping it open up until the time I come out and say it in the chapter itself (and you're allowed 1 guess per chapter update, and it is not cumulative so it's in your interest to guess each chapter, if you care for the information anyways). Please, send the guesses by e-mail, not in the reviews. Don't want you to give others ideas now do you?
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Response to Reviews:
Dany le fou – Well… I gotta say you're wrong about the Sapphire stuff but you're right when you say she hasn't had much screen time which is why I'm keeping it open for awhile longer. As for Bardock, ya, that's a mistake on my part. It's fixed, but don't bother re-reading it (unless you want to) because it's only 2 or 3 word change. As for Karreth, yup, that's from Naruto. I'm not just suddenly going to whip out all the ninjutsu's and crap from that series but there are a few cool ones that I will introduce. And for the last comment… well… there may be an embarrassing walk into the bathroom while the guy is showering type deal but nothing on the battlefield. Can you really see any mortal reducing those two of their clothing? Maybe in the next universe but not this one.
SSJ3MysticGohan – About Solar, she's just a very powerful female who happened to have telekinetic capabilities with looks to die for.
Young yayo – well the reason you waited a month is that I have a life. I was going to university and ask anyone who goes to one; the work is not something to be taken lightly. If I was being paid to write this story, you'd see a chapter every week, or perhaps 2 a week, but I just work on it as I have time.
SSGohanStrife – Yes, Sapphire is young… but than again she's not. She's about 150 years old, but she's an elf and they usually live about 7 times longer than humans. So divide her age by 7 and that's the equivalent human age she'd be.
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Chapter 14: New Friends
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"You guys did well this past week." Gohan said from his position on the couch.
The group was in a private lounge just off a dining area. Here they could eat while relaxing in comfort. The room was painted a soft beige color with a varnished hardwood floor. Covering the majority of the floor was a soft beige carpet with intricate multi-colored patterns outlining the edges of it. A large chandelier hung from the ceiling bathing the room in a soft glow that seemed to soften the edge of everything in the room. Large paintings were spaced evenly throughout the room adding certain homeliness to the room. Couches and chairs were spaced out evenly through the room, each one cushioned with a leg rest in front of it. Beside each chair was a small side table made from iron oak trees with a glass top embedded in it while the couches each had two, one on either side. Overall the room was large enough to house a dozen people comfortably meaning it provided more than enough space for the current occupants.
"Still can't believe we all got beaten." Vegeta grumbled from his place in one of the chairs. He was on the far side of the room enjoying the feel of the cushions.
"It's not entirely unexpected." Bardock pointed out. "We were told that the beings in this universe were, on average, far stronger than those of ours. And when the vegetation contains enough energy to rival the average saiyan you have to suspect that the inhabitants will be insanely strong as well."
"I personally don't mind losing. It was an… eye opener to say the least and my power has grown substantially since coming here." She said with a smile. They had retreated to their rooms before coming here. Karreth was now clothed in a new set of saiyan battle armor and Trunks was now once again wearing his vest.
"Of course you don't mind. You lost to the former champion, a girl like you. If it had been a guy I bet you'd have been upset!" Vegeta commented.
Karreth glared at him for a moment before dismissing the comment and glancing beside her. "Anyways I bet I'll be able to match you soon Gohan."
Gohan laughed, "You wish. If I have to I can go super saiyan you know." Gohan replied. Confusion rippled through the room. "What? You didn't know? I got here because I tried to go super; I ripped a hole in space and time because the power output was so great. I can go super saiyan, but the power increase would rip the planet I'm on apart unless protective measures are put in place."
Trunks shook his head slowly, "I don't even want to think about how strong you'd become after you ascend." He said. He was sitting on a couch across from Gohan with Bardock sitting beside him.
Gohan shrugged, "Well, so far there hasn't been any reason for me to, and hopefully it'll remain that way." He replied.
"How strong are you Gohan?" Sapphire asked curiously. She was sitting on Gohan's other side, effectively sandwiching the saiyan between her and Karreth. Sapphire's mother was sitting in a chair just off to the left of her daughter.
"However strong he needs to be." Trunks said with a smirk on his face. "Gohan has the same knack as his father. He has tremendous power normally, but whenever he needs more he simply gets pissed off and 'poof' a new level of super saiyan or whatever appears and his power goes through the roof. It actually gets kind of exasperating after awhile. It takes all the danger out of fighting."
"I wouldn't say that Trunks." Gohan replied. "If you recall every time I went 'poof' and hit a new level of super saiyan it usually involved my friends being pummelled to within an inch of their lives. The trigger for my rage is the death or near death of my friends or family. If it bothers you that much I can simply not fight until everyone has been defeated."
"Ah no, that's quite alright Gohan." Trunks responded as he put his hands behind his neck. "I have no intention of dieing again. Once is quite enough for me."
"WHAT!?" Sapphire shot forward, her eyes wide in surprise. "You died?! B-But…"
Trunks blinked in surprise. "What? I was brought back to life… what's so wrong about that?"
"It goes against the laws of nature! That's what's wrong! If you die, you die; you're not supposed to come back because it'll ruin the order of life!" Sapphire exclaimed.
Gohan sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder drawing her attention to him. "It doesn't really matter Sapphire..."
"Why not?!" Sapphire shot back. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. The ability to raise the dead and bring them back to life was possible, but it was a forbidden spell because it seriously disrupted the flow of ether and life.
Gohan sighed as he looked up at the chandelier, "Because…" Gohan trailed off as he looked for the right words. When he brought his gaze down they were filled with a deep sadness. "The system of life and death works differently here than where we come from…"
"No it doesn't!" Sapphire interrupted. "It's the same throughout the entire universe. The god's make sure of that. Just because you're from a different planet doesn't make your world, and your people, an exception to this."
"Sapphire…" Emerald said as she reached over and laid a hand on her daughter's shoulder in an attempt to settle her down a little.
"No mother." She spat out. "I can't believe this. They use forbidden spells to raise their dead!" Sapphire hissed out and glared at Trunks and Gohan. "Do you do this to everyone on your planet? The moment they die you bring them back to life?!"
"Well..." Gohan paused. They did, and had often, brought the people of his planet back to life. But he didn't really see what was wrong with it, after all what's wrong with preventing genocide?
"I can't believe you!" She said with her eyes wide with horror and disgust. "Those poor people… how could you do that to them. I thought you were above that! Denying them the peace of death once their time had come."
"No wait, you don't…" Gohan tried to get a word in but Sapphire just kept on riding over him.
"I don't understand why the gods allowed you here! Have you been brought back from the dead as well? Are every last one of you like that abomination over there?" Sapphire hissed as she waved her hand at Trunks causing him to narrow his eyes. He could understand her being upset at people raising the dead, after all perhaps it did upset the balance here but to call him an abomination was taking it a little far. "You people are all mons…"
"SHUT UP!" Gohan roared at her. Sapphire shrank back but held her defiant look. "What the hell do you know about me!?" Gohan snarled. "NOTHING! Don't you DARE try to presume anything! Yes, I have been brought back to life, yes so has Trunks, and the same with the people of my world." Gohan snapped. "But what the hell is wrong with preventing genocide?!"
Sapphires eye's widened in surprise. "W-What? Genocide?"
"Yes! Genocide! You know what that means, the complete and utter annihilation of a race. My people, my world, have been brought to the edge of extinction COUNTLESS times. It's even been destroyed, killing every last man woman and child, BEFORE THEIR TIME!" Gohan yelled at a now scared Sapphire. "Now tell me what is wrong with bringing back billions of innocent people that were all annihilated in an instant because of an insane childish piece of regenerating chewed bubble gum that thought eating people was entertainment?!" Had Trunks not known what Gohan was speaking about he might have cracked a smile and started laughing, but that was an accurate description of Buu and his behaviour. Sapphire couldn't get any words out. She had merely assumed that when someone had died naturally they were brought back, but this was entirely different. "I don't know what this balance of life and ether is, but none of that EXISTS where Trunks and I come from. We don't bring back people that die naturally; we bring back people that are killed by space tyrants, evil regenerating ass fucks that absorb other sentient creatures for food and power, and androids whose sole purpose was to have as much fun as possible, at the expense of the lives of everything around them."
"I-I-I…" Sapphire started.
"You didn't know?" Gohan finished for her. "Of course you didn't! You never bothered asking; you just made a bunch of assumptions and didn't bother trying to understand anything!"
Gohan stood up and walked to the door, he had to get some air before he said things he really didn't mean.
"Where are you going?" Karreth asked as she started to get up to follow.
Gohan opened the door and turned back. "I need to be alone to collect myself." He said and turned to Sapphire. "And just for the record, we're not FROM this universe." And with a loud crash the door slammed shut and he was gone.
"I-I don't understand what's going on." Sapphire said as tears began to collect in her eyes.
Trunks sighed before he responded. "You probably couldn't get much out of that explosion of his. I know I wouldn't have, had I not experienced some of the hell he went through." Trunks said sadly. "Gohan… He's been fighting to protect his planet since he was three."
Sapphire's eyes widened in surprise. "What… But how could someone make him do such a thing?"
Trunks sighed again. "No one made him. He was simply in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and had the power to do what needed to be done. His childhood ended that day, the day he sealed a being called Garlic Jr. into the dead zone. A place filled with nothing but darkness, death, and emptiness. Gohan's been fighting to protect his friends, his family, and his world ever since. It wasn't constant mind you, but when the battles did occur, he, and the people he fought with were always overmatched. At the age of three he beat Garlic Jr., at five he fought his uncle Raditz and almost died. He lost his father that day when he killed his brother to save the people of the planet. A year later he fought Vegeta and his body guard Nappa and was almost killed in the process." Noticing Sapphire's look Trunks shook his head, "No, not him, a different Vegeta. A note to point out, his father was brought back from the dead that day, and had he not the entire world would have been purged. Only a month later he's back in battle, where he is beaten to within an inch of his life, saved once more by his father. Later that day he participates in a fight against the universe' greatest tyrant, Frieza. Four years after that he faces those maniacal androids and that regenerating creature absorber where he once again loses his father. It's in that fight that I died. I was brought back to life, along with over 80 of the world's population. Seven years after that he faces the chewed up piece of bubble gum. An abomination that killed the gods of our universe. He lost his life to that creature, and the entirety of the planet was destroyed because of it, along with several other solar systems. A month later… he lost everyone and everything he had ever known and cared about… permanently." Trunks said sadly. "I'm the only part of his past that still exists. I'm much like him, but I had it worse. I had no way of bringing back my lost friends and family. I had to suffer as maniacal androids ravaged my planet while I was helpless to do anything. And when I finally managed to beat them, it was all destroyed by the chewed bubble gum and then erased from existence."
Sapphire's eyes were downcast now. She had no idea that all this had happened to Trunks and Gohan, it was like their lives had been like an incredibly long horror story. There were some things that didn't coincide quite right but, everything held that ring of truth that made it virtually impossible to dismiss. She lifted her eyes to meet Trunks' "What am I going to do… Gohan probably hates me now." Sapphire said sadly.
"More than likely, with the way you treated him." Karreth said sharply. The words felt like a blow to Sapphire.
"I don't think you really know Gohan all that well than Karreth." Trunks said and turned to Sapphire. "Don't worry, once Gohan collects himself, just go and apologize. If you're sincere he'll understand. He probably realizes that what you said was out of ignorance more than anything else."
A knock resounded from the door slightly startling the occupants of the room. Bardock, who was closet to the door, got up to answer the door. To his great surprise a couple of familiar faces greeted him on the other side.
"Blight! Solar! What are you two doing here?" Bardock asked, obviously startled to see them. He honestly never expected to see them again.
"Oh? We're not allowed to visit?" Solar asked quizzically.
"It's not that. I just thought you would be out celebrating your victory." Bardock replied.
"There's time enough for that later, after the awards ceremony." Solar replied as she pushed passed Bardock. "Quite the crowd you have here." She said as she gazed around the room.
Bardock shrugged as he sat back down beside Trunks, "Just a gathering of friends." Bardock replied.
Blight raised an eye at Bardock, "Powerful friends. There is more energy floating around this room then there is in the other." He said as he waved a hand in the direction of the door.
Bardock merely shrugged as a small smile creased his face. "You're free to join us. Just take a seat anywhere that's open."
Blight sat in the chair nearest the door, beside Emerald, while Solar moved to sit directly across from him. The two of them were still wearing the clothes they had battled in that day, although they had been cleaned up a little and, in Solar's case, repaired.
"Why did Gohan storm out?" Solar asked curiously. "I though he was going to explode and kill someone from his expression."
Sapphire flinched a little and Karreth turned to glare at her. "This… bitch had the nerve to accuse Gohan of something before she had gotten the facts straight. Needless to say it hurt Gohan, a lot." Karreth spat out causing Sapphire to flinch once more as if hit by a physical blow.
"Karreth, shut up." Trunks said.
"Don't tell me to shut up you half-breed mongrel. She had no right to say what she did to him!" Karreth demanded as she stared at Trunks.
Trunks eyes hardened as he stood up and glared down at her. "Just like you have no right to spew that shit at her." Trunks growled in a low tone. "It wasn't her accusation that hit Gohan hard, it was the memories those accusations brought to the surface. The pain that follows the surfacing of those memories is what set him off. Usually those memories only surface when he faces an opponent of overwhelming power, but this time there was no opponent, simply an ignorant fool who opened her mouth before she knew the truth."
"So-"
"So what?" Trunks interrupted, not letting Karreth get a word in. "Shut up, I for one can't understand why Sapphire is still here. Had I been her I'd have already followed Gohan to try and apologize."
Trunks had barely finished speaking before the door was slammed shut again. Trunks sat back and smirked. Sometimes, people just needed a little push in the right direction.
There was another knock on the door, only moments after it slamming shut due to Sapphire's hasty departure. Bardock got up once again with a sigh.
"What the hell is with all the people knocking on our door?" Bardock grumbled. "I can understand Solar and Blight but there isn't anyone else… If it's Titan I'm going to rearrange his anatomy."
There were several murmurs of agreement from various people around the room as Bardock approached the door. With a slight sigh he opened it and blinked in surprise.
"Umm… H-hello…" The woman stammered shyly as Bardock appeared.
"Is there something I can help you with?" Bardock asked.
"I-I… W-well…" She tried to get out.
"Come on, just–ugh." Bardock grunted as he was knocked to the side by a rather energetic Blight.
"Kaitlyn!" Blight said ecstatically. "I'm so happy to see you here. But how?"
"I just asked around for you. That's all." She replied with a huge smile on her face, her previous shyness completely gone in the presence of Blight. "You're famous now, with coming in second in the martial arts tournament and all."
"How about you bring her inside Blight." Trunks called from inside.
"Oh right, sorry." He said as he stepped back and allowed Kaitlyn inside the room. By this time Bardock had seated himself, grumbling all the while about the indignity he had just suffered.
"Kaitlyn, you know of Bardock and Solar, they were the two I fought in the finals." He said as he introduced the grizzled saiyan warrior and the telekinetic. "The others… well… I don't know anything about them only just meeting them a few minutes ago." Blight said apologetically.
"I'm Trunks." Trunks introduced himself, "You can consider me Gohan's closet friend, although he's currently out at the moment."
"Karreth." She said simply, not venturing any more information.
"Hello Kaitlyn, I'm Emerald, the mother of the child you must have seen rush out the door like hell was chasing her." She said with an amused smile on her face.
"Humph." Was all Vegeta said.
"Hello everyone!" Kaitlyn said enthusiastically. "I'm Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn Mythril, as you all know by now. I'm Ash's future wife!" She said as she wrapped her arms around Blight.
Several smirks and smiles grew throughout the room. Solar's jaw just dropped, yet another suitable man already taken. This just wasn't her day. But of all of them Blight was the most surprised.
"W-What?! M-my wife?" He stuttered, his linguistic capability temporarily shot.
"Is there something wrong with that?" She asked curiously, and a little worried.
"B-b-but… you and… he… what…" Now both his mental capability and his linguistics were temporarily disabled.
"Oh…" Kaitlyn said softly as she looked at the ground. "So is that why you left and fought here at the tournament?"
Blight nodded, not trusting himself to speak.
She sighed softly and hugged him tight. "Then I'm sorry." She said.
"What?"
"I never meant to drive you away…" She whispered. "But that God… what did he mean earlier during the tournament… About your sight…"
Blight sighed, "I'll never be able to see again, at least not like you and everyone else. I can no longer see textures." He replied softly.
"So when you look at me all you see is…"
"… the energy that flows through your body, nothing else." He replied sadly as he unwound the bandana from around his eyes to reveal them to the first time.
Kaitlyn gasped softly as she stared into pools of green energy. Where once there had been eyeballs, now all that existed was pure life force. "You're eyes…" She whispered as she leaned her head against his chest, her voice nearly breaking.
"The price of power I guess." He said. "I was willing to do anything to get you to recognize me. You always paid more attention to him, and he was always the strongest in our group. Since I couldn't get you to notice me I asked your father how, and he said he would only allow the strongest to be with her daughter so I…"
"My father?!" She shouted as she jerked her head up. Blight nodded. "That… that… GAH!" Kaitlyn screamed in rage. "That bastard! Because of him you left?" He nodded again. "I'm going to kill him when I get home." She growled. There was so much venom in her voice that it made one wonder if she would actually go ahead and do it. "Because of him… I'll never be able to stare into your beautiful eyes ever again…" She said softly, tears streaming down her cheeks as her anger left her in a huge rush. "That perfect mixture of gold and silver…" She whispered. Emerald stiffed for a moment.
"It's alright Kaitlyn. What's done is done. All one can do is move on." Blight said as he fondly rubbed her back.
"No… it's not alright, it won't be alright until I have your child in me, a ring on my finger, and my father's head hanging from a flag pole on the battlements of Kai'Honar." She growled fiercely. Blight swallowed hard, not quite sure what to make of that. Solar's and Emerald's eyes widened at the mention of Kai'Honar. "That bastard has lived long enough." She whispered as she smiled up at Blight. "When the awards ceremony is over we're going home together, alright?"
"But what about everyone else, what will they think of the two of us. Weren't you and Uyth close?" Blight asked.
She sighed and looked away for a moment. "I thought so too, at first. But when you left… I realized that the only times I was truly happy… were the ones spent with you. It just happened that every time I was with you, he was there as well. The two of you were best of friends and did everything together. I never noticed you were the reason until you were gone. I've been waiting for word of you ever since you left." She said. "When I heard that someone that looked like you would be participating in the tournament I had to come and see for myself."
"We have a lot of lost time to make up on, do we not?" Blight asked, although it was more a statement than question.
"Don't worry. We'll make it up sure enough." She assured. She gazed up at him thoughtfully for a moment. "You've matured a lot. You don't act, sound or look like someone who's only twenty three." She said.
"A lot happened to me." Blight replied. "And most of it wasn't very pleasant. It was either grow up, or die." He replied.
"Well you don't have to worry about that anymore. I'll make sure the rest of your life is filled with happiness." She said as she squeezed her arms around him.
Blight smiled down at her as the emptiness inside him was filled with the love of the woman he held in his arms. "Thank you."
She said nothing and just held him tightly.
"So… your name is, Ash?" Bardock inquired a few moments later.
A boot slammed into his head a second later causing the older man to rock sideways and over the side of the couch to land roughly on his neck and head. "Bardock, shut up! You ruined the moment!" Karreth yelled at him, severely upset at the ruining of such a moment. She was female after all.
Blight coughed lightly. "Ah, yes, that's my real name, well the short form. I took an assumed one when I joined the tournament. Ashlay just didn't seem… right." He explained.
"Ashlay?" Emerald inquired, "Your surname isn't Tiamat by any chance is it?"
Blight's eyes widened in surprise for a moment before he was able to catch himself but it was too late. The people in the room were too perceptive for that to go by unnoticed.
"Ash… You have a surname?" She asked. "Only nobles and royalty have surnames."
Emerald nodded as she stood up. "Yes, you are quite right Kaitlyn." Emerald said, "But, then again, that's a custom held only by bipedal creatures. Most other higher order creatures have surnames, sometimes more than one. I'm sorry but I must take my leave, there are some things I need to take care of." She said as she pointed one hand up, and one hand down. Several unknown words flowed through the room as a whirlwind of blue energy whipped up around Emerald. A moment later a soundless shockwave rippled through the room as she disappeared.
"What the fuck?" Karreth said as she stared at the spot Emerald once occupied. Those three words summed up the thoughts of everyone in the room. Almost.
"Ash?" Kaitlyn asked. "What did she mean by all that?"
Blight looked away and sighed. "I… later, I'll tell you later." He said.
"But…" She stopped when she saw the look in his eyes. "Alright, later, I'll hold you to that."
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Elsewhere…
There he was, sitting by the edge of the pond. As expected of a structure of this size that held so many other luxuries it also held several parks of various sizes. Gohan had found the most secluded one to calm down in. The pond was crystal clear as it was constantly fed by pure spring water. The grass around the edges was lush and green. The pond was inside a semi-circle formed of tall, beautiful trees.
He bowed his head and reflected on his past, on his regrets, pulling each of the horrible situations to the front of his mind, battling it, coming up with ways of doing it better the next time a similar situation occurred, and tucking it back into the recess of his mind.
It was in this position that Sapphire came upon him. She felt kind of bad for using magic to track him down but it would have taken her days otherwise to find him, and she was afraid it would be too late to apologize by then.
"Gohan...?" Sapphire asked as she stopped beside him.
"Yes?" He asked. He had sensed her coming for quite some time. He didn't mind, not really. After all ignorance is an excuse. She had no idea what he had gone through, so there was no way he could fault her for anything she said, because from her point of view, she had been in the right.
"You don't mind if I sit here, do you?" She asked nervously.
"No, go ahead. I'm just thinking anyways." He replied.
She smiled a little. That part went better than she had hoped. She quietly sat next to him and stared out into the pond. The two sat like that for several minutes, neither saying anything.
When Sapphire finally gathered her courage to speak again she asked. "Gohan… you're not…"
He shook his head, "No, I'm not angry at you. You are simply ignorant, and despite what many people think, that's not really a bad thing, although it can sometimes lead to not so good situations." He replied.
She bowed her head sadly, "I know… Trunks told me about your past. I… I had no idea. I thought you were raising people that died from natural causes."
"I figured as much. The thing is, the way our resurrection works is that it returns people to life, but only to the same condition they were the instant before they died, healed of course, so had it been of natural causes… they'd die immediately anyways." Gohan explained.
"Oh. I see. I… I just have to say. I'm sorry Gohan." She said as she brought her knees to her chest and stared at the ground.
"Hey, it's ok." Gohan said as he reached over and placed a hand on her shoulder. "You know better now. Live and learn, right?"
Her face broke into a full fledge smile that put the sun to shame. "Right!" She said happily as she leapt at Gohan and wrapped her arms around him.
Gohan smiled down at her. The last person who had leapt onto him had been Karreth but Sapphire wasn't like her, not at all. For one she wasn't trying to force herself onto Gohan, which was a bonus for her in Gohan's mind. Another bonus was that her body was far shapelier than Karreth's. Although he'd never let THAT be a deciding factor, nope, not him. Another thing was that this was actually kind of pleasant.
She kissed his neck and rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm so glad you came Gohan." Sapphire said.
"I know, you said so earlier. Don't worry, you're important to me, I won't let anyone hurt you." He said.
She pressed her body against him harder rubbing certain places that he wished she didn't. He was about to push her away when he realized she frightened. She wasn't doing this to arouse him; she was doing this to feel safe.
"It's alright, you'll be fine." He said, not sure what more he could say.
She shivered as she looked into his eyes, fear marring their beauty. "You don't understand. The person I fear the most is…"
Gohan's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. "You're kidding!" Gohan exclaimed. She shook her head and he held her tightly. "Like I said, I will protect you from all danger, no matter who it comes from."
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In a dark cavern...
"What do you want?" It growled.
"You have them, I want them, and you will give them to me." She replied.
It snarled at her in anger. "Puny woman, do you have any idea what a treasure these are? I'm not giving them to anyone. I have my plans for them."
"It wasn't a request." She said with a voice so cold it made the deepest arctic night feel warm.
"You should have never come here woman, you'll become my newest toy." It growled as it lunged at the woman.
A couple seconds and one agonizing scream that defied description later the woman walked over the mutilated corpse of her victim.
"Puny demon lord." She said and spat upon the corpse. "Hardly worth my time."
Then she saw them. They were sitting in a jar filled with the purest water. She picked up the jar and stared at them: Two eyes with a perfect mixture of gold and silver coloring to them.
"So, the human was right, they are perfect. Excellent, these shall do just fine." The woman laughed as she turned, emerald eyes flashing brilliantly for a moment before she disappeared from the cavern.
To be continued…
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A/N: I'm beginning to think I'm making Trunks very OOC. But then, he's always been mature for his age.
A/N: For those that know what Tiamat is, you'll know what Blight is, or rather, at least who one of his ancestors is.
A/N: Hmmm… I'll give a hint about the question posed in the previous chapter. Although it could give it away. Karreth has this, as do many others, but Sapphire does not. And neither do I, although everyone else I know does. There ya go. That should help narrow things down quite a bit.
A/N: Uh oh… wtf am I cooking up now? Even I don't know for sure, but one thing I do know, it's gonna be so twisty that it'll put roller coasters to shame!
A/N: There, got it up on the 24th, enjoy it everyone. Consider this my Christmas gift to all of you, heh.