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Dany le fou – Oh no, you don't understand, THIS planet is going to be wrapped up in 1 or 2 chapters, NOT the universe. There's still another planet and another hero to meet up with Gohan and the others before they finish with this story, whoops, gave something away, oh well hehe :). Oh, and btw, if you had noticed, Sai and Elena were in a TECHNOLOGICAL place, not a magical one. They aren't in the third universe. The eyes, character development (hoping to flesh out Sapphire more), and 1 of I think 3 (at the very least 2 and some minor fights) apocalyptic battles are in this chapter. The BIG one at the end of this universe will be on the next planet and I'm thinking it'll be an entire 8-10k word chapter. I figure I'll be done this universe by chapter 20. I hope anyways, probably end up being like 22 or 23 or something like that.

Lq – Solar wants love. She's been so obsessed with power that she completely neglected something that surpasses even that. She realized that while fighting Bardock. She's off to find someone to love and care for. And to start a family. And as for Gohan vs God? No. There's no reason, they know who he is, and who he's working for. The god's are staying neutral in the matter. They're engaging neither side. Giving a couple tips and hints yes just to spruce things up but no direct conflicts.

WiseImmortal – I take it you like my story then :).

Cash – Regardless of whether other people mind or not, I do. I want to be able to finish this. I'm not gonna just drop it, but if I drag it out too long I might just end up doing that so things MAY be a bit rushed, but at least the story will get completed.

MysticSuperSaiyanGohan – Ummm… If I have a mystic saiyan later, I'll have one. As for base power-up… That table is so wrong, wow. No offense but… no, that increase is far too large for my liking. If he goes mystic ssj it'll be about half again as much an increase as it is for, say, Trunks to power up to SSJ. And Bojack is never going to be freed as Cell will die before he becomes a threat meaning King Kai's planet will never blow and Bojack will forever remain imprisoned. Brolly has already been taken care of and since there won't be any androids, or alternate time lines… The classic DBZ bad guys will not be making an appearance in this story, not beyond what they already have made. But ya, I do agree on the LSSJ transformation being mutation. I bet most people don't realize though, that evolution is created through mutation. Brolly is the next level of saiyan evolution.

reader – nice review :P.

Legend – Oh I see, I guess there isn't much to comment on about my story eh? That's what I want people to review about, comments on different aspects. What was good, what was bad, what was alright. I won't improve if I don't know what I do right or wrong. Dany le fou is quite good at giving reviews because he points out plot holes, mistakes, while at the same time identifying things I do right, in his own little way at least.

Jeff C – There will be genocide, many people seem to think that THIS world is the only world they're gonna be on in this universe, it's so not the only one. Now do you see why I wish to hurry up? Both the second and third universes will have multiple events on multiple planets. Those dragons may not even be what they are supposed to genocide. They were just manipulated by the enemy of the two.

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Chapter 17: A New Enemy

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The sound of wood striking wood resounded through the courtyard accompanied by the sounds of crackling and small sonic booms. Sapphire and Gahlanthas circled one another as they swung their staves at each other, twisting, dodging and twirling around each other. Unlike most weapons staffs have two ends to it so when one twirled away from the opponent they still had the capability of striking a meaningful blow with the opposite end of the staff. Such was the reason why such simple weapons were still effective weapons. That and it was also the perfect medium for concentrated spells. It was quite easy to use a staff; it was incredibly hard to master it, more so than most weapons. A staff, wielded by a master, could take on any number of other opponents at the same time, as long as their stamina held out at least. Gahlanthas, despite his age, was far stronger and spryer than many would give him credit for.

It was nearly a month since the tournament had ended and everyone received their gifts. Kaitlyn had invited them all back to her place, and by place she was referring to a rather large, elegant castle that looked like it could withstand a siege lasting several hundred years. With five walls separating the outskirts of the city and the inner palace, each one LARGER than the previous and with an additional battlement each time, it was no wonder people often bypassed this fortress when they had plans of conquest. Kai'Honar was a fortress city. Every aspect of it was laid out to maximize defensibility. Even the way the streets and houses were laid out and constructed it allowed for easy movement and defense for the defenders at virtually every point in the city. To make matters worse the inner palace itself was nestled between two mountains in a long mountain range, making coming from behind virtually impossible. Especially since the third ruler decided to employ a mage to make the valley nestled behind the palace ringed by an endless rift. Adding a small wall at the inner edge and it was virtually impossible to scale. A child could hold off an army there with relative ease.

Kaitlyn, much to the surprise of Gohan and his friends, had been quite serious when she said she'd stake her father's head on a pole. In fact it was still there, albeit not much more than a skull now due to ravens picking it clean. She was now the current ruler of Kai'Honar and her first decree upon taking her fathers seat was to order Blight to marry her, not that she really needed to order him, he was more than willing. Blight had spent much of the time back catching up with his old friends and, keeping Kaitlyn company in various ways. His friends had all been surprised at how strong he had become, and many of them jealous of his current relationship with Kaitlyn. But Blight didn't mind since those that he cared about the most, like Uyth and a few others didn't seem to mind much.

Kaitlyn, when she wasn't doing Blight, err… doing things with Blight, or taking care of the mounds of paper work, the main reason why she laments killing her father, she disliked the paper work, she was seen talking to Karreth. The two had hit off immediately being of similar status, of the same gender, and of like mind in many aspects. This, of course, made Gohan quite nervous. He knew Karreth still wanted him, and after the first week he had taken to sleeping in a place OTHER than his quarters. Kaitlyn had shown Karreth some secret passages that led specifically to his room and it was quite a surprise the first few nights when he awoke to find a naked Karreth nestled against him, pressing her special places against him.

Karreth, Vegeta, and Bardock were often seen sparring with each other. They had two levels to reach, the level of Trunks, and the level of Gohan, and none would be satisfied until the reached those levels. They had taken to sparring in the small valley behind the palace and often times an earthquake would wrack Kai'Honar when an especially powerful blast erupted. Each night however the valley would restore itself, a special enchantment that the fifth ruler had placed upon it saw to it that it could never be destroyed, not for any length of time anyways. Bardock sometimes took control of the sparring matches to teach the others about strategy and how to use ones mind, as well as their brawn, in battle.

During the first week after Trunks had received his newly enchanted sword, he spent the majority of the time testing out its new capabilities. His sword had gained everything he asked for, a permanent edge, increased durability and the rest. But also its length was increased by several inches and all sorts of neat features had been added to it, like being able to empower it with different types of elements or even combining them all into an omni-element. After the first week it was the library that occupied much of Trunks' time as well as Bardock's, when he wasn't sparring or eating or sleeping. Trunks searched read through the books learning about the different ways science had taken to this world. He was truly disappointed in many categories but there were a few areas where he was pleasantly surprised, like building architecture and land agricultural practices. In addition to these he also read up on war strategies and combat strategies for both martial arts and weapons. Since he was going to be using his sword more often he might as well read up on how it handles against various types of weapons. Bardock, like Trunks, also read up on war and combat strategies, hoping to add to his already vast repertoire.

Vegeta, oddly enough, spent quite a bit of time just sitting on the upper battlements staring up into the sky and thinking. He wouldn't say what it was, or why he was doing it when asked. He just simply, in his usual tone and temperament, tells them to mind their own business.

Sapphire and Gahlanthas spent the vast majority of their time with one another. There wasn't anything going on between them, Sapphire still pinned after Gohan, it was just that there was so much for her to learn and she had that feeling that there wasn't a whole lot of time to learn it in. Half of the time was devoted to using the staff as a basic bludgeon weapon while the other half was dedicated to showing her what the special abilities of the staff were, how to use them, their capabilities, and when and were they should or shouldn't be used. Like using the genocide spell was not one that should be used on the fly. That spell, among several others like tectonic shift and volcanic eruption and cataclysmic impact, were the reasons it had been locked up in the first place. The staff of destruction was just that, a staff especially enchanted to use spells of mass destruction. Spells that couldn't be cast by a living object due to the repercussions placed upon the spells themselves. That didn't mean that ALL spells placed within the staff were cataclysmic, just the vast majority of them.

Solar had declined the invitation, saying there were things she had to do. The sad look in her eyes and voice gave indication as to just what those things were. She had realized that, sure, power is nice, but unless there is a reason to have it, it's useless, and unlike everyone else she didn't have anyone or anything to care for and protect. She had mumbled something about going back to her roots to start over.

Emerald had simply disappeared and no one knew where she had gone off to. She hadn't even been there when the offer was made. Right after Sapphire had made the request for the staff she had disappeared and had yet to be heard from since.

And Gohan, well he was everywhere. At times he'd join in on the spars with Vegeta, Karreth and Bardock, asking the three of them to go full out on him. He'd sit in on Sapphire's practice, encouraging her when she did something wrong and praising her when she did something exceptionally well. Other times he could be found in the library with Trunks and/or Bardock or, like Vegeta, just sit at the obscure location high up and stare into the sky thinking about big things that no one could figure out. About every fourth day he and Trunks would go some distance away from the fortress city and have an all out brawl between the two of them. The shockwaves, flashes of light, and earthquakes caused were all visible and/or felt by the residents of Kai'Honar but were far enough away to be little more than mere annoyances. Trunks always returned, carried by Gohan, beaten to within an inch of his life and Gohan unscathed but the whole point was that after their latest spar Gohan was actually a little winded when he returned. There wasn't much for him to do, not in his mind at least. He was beginning to get impatient. He felt as if something was coming, and he wanted to make sure everyone was ok when it arrived.

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"Let's take a break Sapphire." Gahlanthas said as he lowered his staff. His stave, much like the staff of destruction, was incredibly powerful. Only his wasn't filled with spells of mass destruction. Like the name implied it was filled with spells used to bend, break and/or completely dominate the wills of others. It was powerful enough to turn a child, still growing inside its mother's womb, against the mother tearing her apart from the inside. As a result it was, by far, the most dangerous of the five staves which is why Gahlanthas has personally been keeping an eye on it.

Gahlanthas and Sapphire were both wearing plain white pants and white short sleeved shirts. Robes just weren't the kind of clothing one should be training in, especially if they're high quality.

"Alright." Sapphire said as she lowered her staff as well. She wiped the sweat from her brow and plopped down on the grass right there.

"You're doing awesome Sapphire." Gohan said as he sat down beside her. He had been watching her for most of the morning.

"Thank you." She said as she beamed a smile at him.

"Not only that but you're building muscle and definition as well. Swinging that staff around for six hours every day for the past month is starting to really show." He said with a grin as he squeezed her bicep.

Sapphire blushed, "Thanks… I think." She said. It was true what Gohan had said. She'd been training to be a mage her entire life, and very little of a mage's training involved any sort of physical exertion. As a result she had a highly developed and powerful mind, but a relatively weak body. She had a perfect figure, but none of the tone or muscle that most others had. However that had all changed. Sapphire lifted her shirt up to mid chest and stared at her abs. "I guess you're right." She had never really looked at her figure, not thinking much about it. She was one of those people that completely disregarded personal appearance and focused almost entirely upon the person themselves.

Gohan rubbed and poked her abs and for a moment Sapphire had the urge to grab his hands and push them further down but the urge was quick to transform into a raging blush. "I'd say that's an improvement." Gohan said with a smile.

"A healthy body is a sign of a healthy mind." Gahlanthas quoted an age old saying. "What most mages don't realize is that a strong mind is all well and good but if your body is unable to handle the strain of channelling the amount of ether your mind is capable of, that mental capability just goes to waste." Gahlanthas said, enlightening the two. Gahlanthas removed his shirt and there stood a body that would have made most body builders jealous. "I'm as powerful as I am because I am capable of using everything I have. Most mages are only capable of using a fifth, maybe a tenth at most, of their power due to weak bodies. The same was much with you Sapphire." Gahlanthas donned his shirt.

"What do you mean…?"

"You possess almost god like mental strength, but you're barely able to tap into it. I'd say 8 of it at most. That is because your body can't handle the strain of channelling more. You'll find that you'll be able to do far more with a stronger body." Gahlanthas informed.

Sapphire became nervous. Sure she wasn't upset with having a little muscle but she didn't want to look like those muscle bound freaks like Karreth and Solar. "But-."

Gahlanthas laughed, "I know what's bothering you. Don't worry; females are normally much more adept at channelling ether through their bodies, something about woman naturally being more dextrous and agile than men. You won't have to become muscular to channel your maximum. Remember, it's a strong body that matters, and that doesn't mean strength, it means durability."

"So there you go Sapphire, no worries alright?" Gohan said with a smile as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

Sapphire smiled and leaned her head against him. "Mmhmm, you smell nice Gohan."

Gohan blushed, "Ah… I don't…"

Gahlanthas roared with laughter. "Keep pushing Sapphire, you'll beat Karreth to him." Gahlanthas said, his eyes were sharp and perceptive. He had known after only being around the group for a couple days just how the relationships between each of them worked: Sapphire and Karreth vying for Gohan, the strange brother/sister relationship between Vegeta and Karreth, the unbreakable bond of friendship between Trunks and Gohan and many more. He had also realized, from the moment he laid eyes upon Blight just who, and what, he was.

Gohan just sat there spluttering helplessly while Sapphire blushed madly. "I don't want to push him." Sapphire said as she sat up straight. "He's my friend, I'm happy with that. If something grows from that, then I'll be happier, but I'm not going to be greedy. If he finds someone special, be it Karreth or someone else, I will cheer for him all the way. I feel that everyone has a special someone in life, someone they connect with the moment they see them. I know I connect with Gohan but… I'm unsure if it's exactly in that fashion. I don't know enough about life, or people, to really…"

Gahlanthas nodded, "Don't worry, I understand exactly. I have someone like that. The instant we met we fell in love and have been together since."

Gohan frowned, "Since…? You don't…" Gohan's eyes widened and then he laughed. "You lucky dog, bedding a goddess." Gohan fell backwards laughing uproariously.

Gahlanthas sniffed indignantly, "You don't think I live this long simply because I am a 'chosen' did you? She was lonely until she met me. I was able to fill the hole in her heart, and she filled the hole in mine. She just simply doesn't want to feel that loneliness ever again, and I'm not one to complain." Gahlanthas replied.

Gohan grinned and turned to Sapphire, "See, you just need to wait. You'll live a long life, you're still young. You have at least several hundred years to find someone so there isn't anything to worry about." He said.

Sapphire smiled down at him. "Thanks Gohan, and with great friends like you and everyone else I'm sure I'll be fine along the way."

"Ah, Gahlanthas, long time no see." A voice said.

Gahlanthas sighed and turned to the speaker. "Yes, it has been, Emerald."

"Mother?" Sapphire asked as she stood up. It wasn't much of a question but the meaning was conveyed well enough.

"I'm glad you are well my daughter." Emerald said, smiling at her.

Gahlanthas frowned, "She's your daughter?" Gahlanthas asked, none to happy at this.

Emerald smiled at him. "Of course my dear, old friend. Unlike some people there are those that can appreciate me for what I am."

"Don't start up with this. You know why I turned you down." Gahlanthas replied.

Emerald's face turned into an angry snarl. "Because that bitch stole you from me! That's why!" Emerald yelled.

Gahlanthas frowned. "No, I turned to her when I realized the only thing you cared about was the power I wielded and she didn't come into my life until long after I had ceased to consider you." Gahlanthas stated calmly.

Emerald calmed down and smirked at him. "Well, that's old news now. I have a way of killing both you and your whore of a goddess." Emerald said maliciously.

Gohan looked back and forth, scratching his head and thinking, what the fuck! This was probably the most random and out of the blue encounter he's ever had the pleasure of observing.

"Mother! What are you saying?" Sapphire demanded. The one Sapphire feared the most, was her mother. Not because of her power, but because she had complete control over her. Her mother had tried to erase the memories from her mind but her special ability had made that impossible. In the past her mother had exuded complete dominance over her, how she wasn't sure but she knew that her mother was capable of such a thing.

"Sapphire, kill Gahlanthas." Emerald ordered.

"WHAT! No!" Sapphire shouted.

Emerald's eyes glowed a brilliant green as she glared at her daughter. "You WILL obey me! Use your power, and your staff, and kill Gahlanthas. You are the only one capable of nullifying the power of his staff!"

Sapphire stiffed as her eyes glazed over. Sapphire could, indeed, absorb any external attacks. But if it was bred into her very gene's she had no defence against it. "Yes. Mother." Sapphire said monotonously as she raised her staff.

"And once I finish with you, Gahlanthas, I'll kill that bitch of a goddess using these." She said as she raised a jar containing two round balls.

"Gohan!" Another voice said, momentarily drawing everyone's attention.

"Bardock!" Gohan asked curiously as he stared at him. He frowned, Bardock's face was completely expressionless but his eyes held a depth and wisdom to them that defied even immortal comprehension, "No, not Bardock. It's you, what is it?" He asked. "We kind of have a problem here."

"Nothing compared to the one that will be here tomorrow. End this, now, using ANY means possible. You don't have time to waste with the petty concerns of these… mortals." Bardock declared as his face turned into a slight snarl.

"What's wrong… you've never been so agitated before." Gohan asked. He was extremely worried.

"There is a third party involved now, I know not their intentions, but it does not coincide with mine or my sisters and it's greatly affecting both of our plans. Your journey now has two goals, much like hers. Finish this, now. Kill them all if you must, but you and the others have to be ready for tomorrow. If you do not take care of it within one hour's time, I will see to it personally." Bardock growled, and disappeared leaving three very shocked individuals in the courtyard.

"Sorry Emerald, wasn't about to get involved, after all this doesn't have anything to really do with me but, orders are orders, you are dead." Gohan said as he turned to face Emerald.

"T-That…" She gaped out. Both Gahlanthas and Emerald were clueless to just who exactly that was, but there were two things they did know: its power surpassed even Gohan's, and it ranked above even the greatest of gods.

"Sapphire!" Emerald shouted, "UNLEASH THE STAFF!"

Sapphire raised her hand only to find it empty. A moment later she slumped to the ground. Gohan had moved faster than thought and quickly removed the staff from Sapphire's possession and knocked her unconscious. He didn't want to kill her; she was after all a friend. Sapphire was powerful, but she had nothing on Gohan. One couldn't hit what one couldn't see.

Gohan sighed as he began to walk towards Emerald. "Emerald… I thank you for the kindness you showed me earlier but kindness can only be taken so far. I don't care for your ambition and goals, this isn't my world, it's not my place and it's not my people but since it involves dominating and harming my friends… I'm afraid I can not allow this to continue. Even if 'he' hadn't said anything I still would have stepped in and stopped you. That only makes it more urgent. I'm sorry but I'll make this as quick and painless as possible." Gohan said as he captured Emerald's eyes with his steady gaze.

"NO! STAY AWAY! I WILL NOT BE STOPPED! NOT AFTER COMING SO CLOSE!" Emerald shouted as she called upon all of her protective spells.

Gohan shot forward and ripped through them like they weren't even there. He grabbed her arm and tossed her into the air; she screamed the entire way up. He lazily raised a hand and sighed. A massive wave of energy erupted from his outstretched palm and rocketed upwards where it met Emerald and kept on going. Emerald, even with most of her protective auras and spells in place, hadn't even warranted enough of an obstacle to cause the energy wave to explode. Several seconds later the energy wave detonated far out in space leaving nothing left of Emerald. Not a single molecule.

When Gohan drew his attention back to the ground he noticed Gahlanthas bending over Sapphire.

"What are you doing?" He asked, "She's just unconscious."

"I know, but no one should have that kind of spell placed within them. I'm going to remove it. I can't do it while she's conscious, her body would just absorb my spells." Gahlanthas replied.

"Alright, I need to go. I have to let the others know that we'll be having some… surprise guests tomorrow." Gohan replied.

Gahlanthas nodded but didn't say anything. He merely moved a hand over Sapphire's prone body and began to work. Gohan wasn't sure but he could have sworn that there was a second image imposed on Gahlanthas as he left.

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An hour later…

"So there's a mysterious force coming and it's going to arrive tomorrow?" Kaitlyn asked. They were all gathered in her private study.

"Yes, pretty much." Gohan said. "We should probably prepare for it. If it can agitate him, then it's something major."

"Who is this him?" Kaitlyn asked. "I'm sorry but I really can't do anything on just your word."

"Well…"

"It's a being that ranks supreme. If he commands, even the gods will obey." Gahlanthas said as he stepped forward.

Kaitlyn blinked a couple times. "Huh? Aren't the gods absolute?"

Gohan scratched the back of his head and grinned, "Well… it's kind of complicated." Gohan replied.

"I believe them love." Blight said as he stepped up beside Kaitlyn. "Remember the dream I told you about…"

Kaitlyn opened her mouth and then closed it. She sighed and looked up. "You believe that this force is the same one your mother warned you about in your dream?" She asked quietly.

"I don't know but it would make sense." Blight said.

Kaitlyn grumbled under her breath. She gave Gohan a hard look, "And just what exactly is this force? Do you have any clue? Might be nice if we knew what we were dealing with."

Gohan glanced over at Bardock and he took that as his cue. "Hmph, from what he told me we can expect several thousand dragons and one unknown being about the same level of power as Trunks." Bardock reported.

Kaitlyn nodded thoughtfully, "Alright, several thous… and… WHAT!" She screeched. "SEVERAL THOUSAND DRAGONS?"

"Yup."

Kaitlyn's jaw dropped to the floor. "How are we supposed to defend against that! This is probably one of the greatest fortresses in the world but it wasn't built to stand up against several thousand mythical creatures that are said to be capable of levelling entire armies unaided!"

"Don't worry Kaitlyn." Gohan said as he stepped forward, a wicked grin on his face. "I'm capable of levelling solar systems myself. You've have here some of the strongest beings on this planet, each worth several armies themselves."

"I… I…" Kaitlyn became flustered. "Why are they coming?"

Blight looked guilty, "Probably to erase the last of my mother's brood: me. And I'm afraid maybe our child as well." Blight said sadly.

Kaitlyn sighed, "Well, so much for just handing them what they want. If they want you or my child… It'll be over my dead body." Kaitlyn said fiercely to her husband. "You guys leave, I need to talk to the commanders of my army. Might as well have a welcoming comity for these winged bastards."

Vegeta looked up at Karreth, "You know, she would have made a good saiyan don't you think?"

"Oh yes, I agree. Why do you think we get along so well?" Karreth said in return. "Saiyan in all aspects except blood."

"One last thing." Gahlanthas said as he stepped forward. "You may want these back Ashlay." He said as he placed the jar of eyeballs on the desk. Emerald had dropped them when Gohan had thrown her into the air.

"Th-Those are…" Blight said as he stared at the jar. He couldn't see just what exactly they were but he had a pretty good feeling just what laid within that jar.

"Yes, Emerald was going to use them to kill my goddess. A goddess is immortal, and can't be killed by normal means. However these eyes, the eyes of a dragon belonging to the most noble of draconic blood lines, are required for a spell called 'Divine Fall'. Basically it strips an Immortal of their immortality, although it's only temporary but with access to a person as strong as Sapphire, Emerald could have quite easily killed my goddess had she become mortal for even a few minutes." Gahlanthas said, revealing the true importance behind Blight eyes. "Other components could have been used, like the heart of a demon emperor or the blood of a god but they are just as hard, if not more so, to attain than these eyes."

"Ash…" Kaitlyn said softly as she gently picked up the jar. "I'll send for the clerics right away."

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Afternoon the next day…

Kai'Honar was up and bustling early but not in the usual manner. Where citizens and foreigners would be filter from store to shop instead waves of soldiers were seen marching. Instead of shops opening up for the next day instead barriers and fortifications were hastily being raised. The alarm had been raised just as the work day ended and everyone not a part of the military had been escorted to shelters deep within the surrounding mountains. The mountains wouldn't provide complete protection but they'd offer more than any other place.

The walls were lined with archers and crossbow men. Even those who normally don't wield such weapons were holding them. Any extra arrow or bolt in the sky when the attack came was one more bolt that could possibly inflect a lucky wound on the dragons. Modified ballistae's could be seen in various places throughout the city. They'd been re-designed to fire upwards as opposed to horizontally.

"You ready Gohan?" Trunks asked as the two floated just slightly above the fifth battlement of the innermost wall. Vegeta and Karreth were positioned down out at the outer wall while Bardock was near the third.

"Almost." Gohan said as he reached behind him and ripped his tail off. It was painful, but he didn't want a repeat of planet Vegeta. He was not going to chase Karreth down for his clothes again.

"Ah, I see." Trunks said.

"Their clothing can handle the transformation. Mine cannot. Besides, as long as the base isn't scorched it will grow back within a month's time." Gohan replied.

Trunks grinned, "Won't they be surprised."

"Oh yes, it's not often one gets to see gigantic ape like creatures with god like powers." Gohan replied.

The plan was to create an artificial moon. It's not that Vegeta, Bardock and Karreth couldn't hold their own in their regular forms. It was more to draw the attention towards them so that the human casualties would be kept to a minimum. It was too much to hope for the city to come out unscathed but it gave a better chance that at least some portions of it would survive. Warnings had been sent out to the neighbouring areas, just in case the invasion couldn't be contained.

"When are they going to be here! This waiting is annoying!" Kaitlyn yelled drawing the two saiyans attention down to the battlement. Kaitlyn was standing there, fully armed and armoured in her family's armor. Beside her stood Blight wearing his usual attire, only this time the bandana was around his forehead as opposed to his eyes. After his eyes were restored he thought that he might as well keep the piece of cloth so that he may never forget the blessings of sight. Sapphire stood behind them. Gahlanthas had left, saying that it wasn't his place to fight here. The dragons were coming for a specific reason, not for planetary dominance and as such, since the planet and its races weren't at stake here, he felt it wasn't his place to step in as it would draw in his goddess as well.

"It's really sucks that Gahlanthas had to go." Gohan said.

Everyone agreed, having such a powerful mage would greatly ease the hearts of the defenders. The defenders themselves weren't quite sure what to feel. Sure, they were about to face a flight of dragons, but they had on their sides perhaps the strongest group of beings to have ever exist.

Suddenly Gohan stiffed and jerked his head upwards. He could feel them coming, and at break neck speed. They were obviously using some reality warping type of transportation to get here.

"EVERYONE GET READY! HERE THEY COME!" Gohan roared as his aura blazed into being around him.

Five shouts filled the air as Gohan and the others began to power up. Four bright flashes brightened the sky as Trunks and the other three hit the first super saiyan level. Soon Vegeta, Bardock and Karreth finished powering up but both Trunks and Gohan were still going. A second flash of light brightened the sky as Turnks hit the second level and soon he topped off but Gohan kept on going.

Blight's eyes widened in surprised as he stared at Gohan. He hadn't lost his specialized way of seeing the world, and Gohan was now shining more brightly than the sun itself. The entire world began to shake as Gohan kept screaming, his body slowly arching back as his power shot to godlike proportions and beyond. Just as reality began to warp Gohan stopped his power-up and breathed in deeply.

"Let's kick us some draconic ass." Gohan said in a dark voice. Gohan was walking a razor's edge right now. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Gohan's pure heart was the only thing saving him from the dark lure of power.

And suddenly it happened, a deafening roar as thousands of dragons uttered their battle cries. Thousands of black dots appeared in the sky above Kai'Honar, dots that quickly grew larger with arms, legs and long, sharp teeth.

"TRUNKS!" Gohan roared as he hunched down, "NOW! IT'S TIME FOR THE SAIYANS TO BE UNLEASHED!" And so started the greatest war the planet had ever seen. It didn't involve the most people, nor did it last the longest but in terms of sheer power and the amount of it thrown around, it easily surpassed all others.

A small ball of energy rose into the sky, one that expanded into a bright, artificial moon. Gohan and Trunks blasted up towards the on coming dragons just as three titanic roars shook the fortress city. The defenders trembled a little in fear as they watched Bardock and the other two transform in gigantic golden Oozaru right before their eyes. The only thing that prevented them from gibbering insanely as they fled from the walls was the fact that the saiyans were supposedly on their side.

As Gohan and Trunks neared the dragons they were finally able to get a good look at them. Their scales were of various shades of black, from a dusky black to a deep onyx and each and every one of them were huge, the smallest being longer than a hundred feet from nose to tail while some exceeded three hundred. The wingspan of each dragon was easily twice its length and every inch of the body was powerfully muscled. The teeth and talons look sharp enough to rend through the strongest alloy like it was nothing more than paper. Unfortunately for them Gohan and Trunks were both much tougher than any alloy. What's more was that each and every one of them looked completely insane, driven to accomplish a single goal, ignoring all else, including Gohan and Trunks.

"DIE!" Gohan roared as he shot a massive energy wave before him. It exploded upon the first dragon and exploded into a massive ball of energy that engulfed its neighbours. When the energy subsided there wasn't even ash left.

That drew their attention towards Gohan.

"BURNING ATTACK!" Trunks shouted as a massive stream of fire rippled over another batch of dragons. Now, fire normally doesn't affect dragons, but this wasn't regular fire. This fire easily matched the surface of the sun temperature wise, and that was something that DID affect dragons. Needless to say it rained ash when the fire cooled.

Now the dragons had turned their attention towards Trunks.

A dozen bolts of ether slammed into a dozen dragons causing them to explode into bloody chunks of flesh and bone.

Their attention was now diverted towards the city, and a certain elven woman who had unleashed the attack.

Just in time to witness three massive beams of yellow energy fired from three massive apes rip through their ranks.

Now the dragons were just pissed.

They had just arrived and already nearly a hundred of their kind had just been effortlessly killed. Their previous orders completely forgotten they began to focus on the beings that actually posed a threat to them.

Breath weapons rained down from the sky as the dragons spat death at their foes, unfortunately for them their foes were too powerful to be harmed by such attacks, unfortunately for the defenders of the city, they were not. Many portions of the city were destroyed as streams of fire, storms of lightning, cones of cold and balls of acid rained down upon the city from above.

One of the draconic creatures exploded with energy as its power shot through the roof. Gohan and Trunks braced themselves and took a break from making fried dragon steaks to watch the ball of energy whip towards them.

As it appeared they were able to see that it was much smaller than the other creatures, smaller as in a tenth the size of the smallest dragon. It was quite obvious a draconic creature but it was unlike any of the others that were currently here.

"What do you make of this Gohan?" Trunks asked.

"A dragon midget?" Gohan provided as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Ccche ccche ccche, funny humanssss." It said as it stared at the saiyans.

Gohan shrugged, "I try."

"You humanssss, you are too powerful. I ssshall dealsss with you myssself." It hissed.

Gohan yawned. "Trunks, he's yours. I have better things to do than play with a draconic midget." Gohan said as he blasted off to barbeque some more dragon steaks.

The creature was about to blast after Gohan until Trunks made it think otherwise by smashing a back hand into its face. "Hey, I'm still here shorty. You're not going anywhere, well you might, but it'll be in multiple pieces."

"I ssshall make you pay for that insssult." It hissed at him.

Trunks sighed, "You know… If I was given a dollar for every time I heard that…" Trunks shook his head. "No matter, it's dicing time!" He shouted as he whipped his sword out.

"DRACONIC WRATH!" The creature roared. A massive blast erupted from the mini-dragon's mouth, a blast that combined all the breath weapons of the assorted dragons.

Trunks dodged to the side letting the wave of elements roar past him as he whipped his sword down in front of him. "SLASHING MOON BEAM!" Trunks shouted as a wave of energy cut through the air towards the dragon.

The creature held his hand up and caught the attack before crushing it in his hands. A smirk crossed his face as it stared at Trunks.

Trunks just shrugged and disappeared. The creature's eyes widened as he whipped his head around desperately trying to locate Trunks. Then the creature realized just where he had gone, but it was too late. An elbow slammed into the back of his head rocking it forward. A scream was torn from his mouth as Trunks threw him across the sky.

"BIG BANG!" Trunks shouted as he held his left hand forward. A ball of blue energy shot from his hands and slammed into the creature carrying it around and in front of it's own attack before detonating. The explosion lit the entire sky.

Gohan was having the time of his life as he ripped through one dragon and into the next.

"Four hundred and five." He said happily as he ripped through the torso of a gigantic dragon and leaving behind a small gift in the form of a fatal energy blast. "Four hundred and six." He said as his next punch ripped the head off another dragon. He raised both hands and two energy beams shot off in opposite directions. Huge explosions lit the sky as more dragons were slaughtered. "Four hundred and twenty nine." Gohan said with a smile as he shot towards his next target.

The vast majority of the dragons had homed in on Bardock and the other two Oozarus. It wasn't because they were the greatest threat, but because they equal the dragons in size, and they didn't like that very much. They very much enjoyed being one of the largest creatures in the known universe and didn't like having rivals.

Of course Bardock and the others didn't mind very much. In Oozaru form their power was logarithmically increased, meaning they were currently more powerful than Gohan. Not by much, but they were. So much to the dragon's chagrin they couldn't really do much as the huge fists and massive breath weapons tore through them like they were nothing more than play-do.

Vegeta was currently laughing as he used two especially large dragons as weapons and was literally laying the smack down on the other dragons. Unlike saiyans the tails of dragons were actually quite strong and could withstand being used as nun chucks for quite some time before they were ripped off. And the benefit of using dragons was that there were plenty of replacements available.

Karreth was less ruthless. She just went in for the kill. She saw. They ran. Dragon body parts rained down upon the ground.

Bardock was the most efficient of them all. Never killing single dragons, he made use of strategy and tactics to catch multiple dragons with each attack. Rarely using his fists and instead resorting to energy blasts and waves powerful enough to reduce moons to dust.

Sapphire was killing them with equal ease. Trunks had been right in his earlier assessment of her power. Her spells weren't piercing, but they didn't need to be. She knew that elemental attacks would have little affect on draconic creatures since they seemed to be blasting them out of their mouths all over the place so she kept her attacks purely non-elemental. This seemed to work nicely as they had little defence against those types of spells. Dragon after dragon fell to her hands, and proceeded to bounce off her shield and land in the city below. She was in charge of protecting the very inner most section of the fortress city from above attacks and as a result it was completely untouched.

However, the rest of the city was another matter.

The entire first two sections of the city were completely levelled as dragons roamed, almost, freely through those portions. The walls guarding them had been smashed apart in many places and the defenders had been reduced to melee combat. It wasn't a total loss, there were numerous draconic corpses in those sections of the city, but for every dragon they killed, a hundred of human defenders were torn apart taking it down.

The next two sections faired a little better, their walls were still intact and although dragons were roaming in those sections, they always seemed to have about two dozen soldiers hanging from various parts of their bodies stabbing whatever they could through the cracks between scales. Only the inner most section had any ranged capabilities left to it. All the emplacements in the other four had been destroyed and many of the archers eaten by various dragons. Although there was the odd case where one or two people were saved when the defenders killed the dragon quickly afterwards and gutted it pulling a partially digested soldier from the depths of the dragon.

Blight turned to Kaitlyn and touched her shoulder catching her attention. "Love I'm going to transform and join Gohan and the others. If this goes on for much longer Kai'Honar may be erased from the map, despite us winning the battle." Blight said softly. "They came for me, perhaps if I appear they'll focus on me."

Kaitlyn's eyes widened and she gripped Blight tightly. "No, I don't want you to. If I lost you…" She whispered as she laid her head on his chest.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. Besides, if I don't do anything I will be haunted by it for the rest of my life. I have the chance to do something to fix this situation." Blight said.

"But…" She started.

Blight shook his head and stepped out of the embrace. "Thanks for the concern but I have to do this." He said.

"Then take me with you!" Kaitlyn said.

"I'm sorry, but I can't." He said as he jumped into the air and hovered just outside her reach. "I must do this, and I don't want either you or our child endangered. Sapphire will see to it that you two will stay safe."

"You better return Ash!" Kaitlyn shouted.

Blight smiled and nodded as he soared upwards and through the shield. "YOU WANT ME! THEN COME AT ME!" Blight roared as he activated the transformation his mother had gifted him with.

Blight's shout turned into a roar as his body began to grow and elongate. Bright silver and gold scales began appearing all over Blight's body as his face elongated like his body. His hair shifted color to silver and began to grow longer as his neck grew and grew and grew. Massive wings sprouted from his back as he completed his transformation into a dragon, but his body kept growing and getting bigger. A dragon's size is defined by two things, power and age. Since a dragon naturally grows stronger as they grow older a larger dragon means an older dragon. But power also plays a big role. Size wasn't the only thing that defined age, how bright the scales were also helped to define age: The duller, the older. Blight's scales were bright, very bright. He was, after all, only twenty one years old and since dragons can live in excess of ten thousand years he was considered a whelp, a baby.

Blight, however, was no normal baby. He had been in human form his entire life, and humans gain power at an accelerated rate. They also mature far more quickly due to their, usually, short life spans. As such it was obvious to any dragon that he'd just been hatched due to the brightness of his scales. However, the body itself suggested that of an ancient dragon. As his length exceeded two hundred feet the other dragons began to get curious. When it surpassed three hundred they grew worried. When it reached five hundred they began to feel fear. Only the greatest of the elder wyrms ever exceeded five hundred feet, and their power was something that commanded respect. However, Blight's body wasn't finished growing, in fact it didn't stop until it reached six hundred and fifty feet in length. He was over double the size of the greatest dragon there.

With a roar of triumph Blight shot through the skies and began ripping through the other dragons like they were nothing. With one snap of his powerful jaws he tore apart the necks of dragons, mighty swipes of his claws tore huge rents through wings and torsos and his breath weapon, the greatest of them all and why his lineage had been supreme for many draconic generations, a bolt of pure ether ripped through even the largest dragons like they were paper.

Now when one is insane they normally don't worry about many things. However, even when one is insane there is some sort of twisted logic that rules them. And regardless of logic being twisted or not staring down a dragon of such size and heritage was simply suicidal. So it was about this time that many dragons began to have thoughts of leaving.

Insanity could only do so much after all.

Especially when there was a strange human ripping through their forces, ticking off numbers, and cackling insanely, another human beating down their leader, three gigantic apes, one using them as nun chucks, another playing soccer with their body parts while the third methodically reduced their forces to nothing, an elven female with god like magical powers, and a dragon with powers on par with the greatest of dragons to ever exist all tearing through their forces. It was about this time that many of the dragons decided that now would be a good time to initiate a 'tactical retreat.' In other words: beat it out of there as fast as their wings could carry them.

"Damnsss dragonsss!" The creature hissed as he saw his forces turn tail and run. "No goodsss for any thingsss!" He was covered in bloody rents from sword slashes and charred marks from energy blasts.

"Pity huh?" Trunks said with a yawn. "I must admit, you're good, but I think this is where you die now." As much as he didn't want to admit it the two of them were actually even. He was covered in cuts and wounds that were inflicted by the other.

"Ssssss, it'sss time you died humansss." He hissed at Trunks and attacked.

Trunks smirked and dodged to the left as he slashed the dragon creature's side open. The creature grimaced in pain but managed to smirk afterwards. "You fell for it humansss." He laughed as quickly grabbed the hand holding the sword.

Trunks cursed as he tried to back away but the creature was strong, as strong as he was. Escape was possible but he didn't feel like leaving his weapon behind. "Get the fuck off me you smelly piece of shit." Trunks cursed, his normal courteous manners gone.

"Ssssure humansss. But I thinksss I wantsss a… parting gift." He cackled and Trunks screamed in agony. There was a sickening sound as Trunks' left arm was ripped from its socket as the draconic creature used its powerful muscles and sharp talons to rip the limb from Trunks' body.

Trunks jerked away, finally free of the monster, but at a costly price.

The creature laughed at Trunks as at ate the arm before Trunks' very eyes. "You fucking bastard!" Trunks roared in anger and pain. Now he was a serious disadvantage.

Suddenly a wave of energy slammed into the draconic creature and carried it several hundred feet away before it exploded in a fiery ball of death. "Oops, missed that dragon." Gohan said as he innocently shot by Trunks and towards the creature.

Said creature prepared himself for the impact only to be surprised when Gohan shot right by him and began to chase after the retreating dragons, obviously not satisfied with his kill count. Who would be? He was at nine hundred and ninety eight, only two more to a thousand. No self respecting saiyan would stop at such a count.

Unfortunately for the dragon creature the distraction Gohan provided was fatal as it found out first hand when he turned around just in time to be on the receiving end of a very pointy stick as Trunks rammed his sword up to its hilt straight between the eyes.

"Fucking prick." Trunks snarled as he ripped his sword back out and proceeded to cut it up into hundreds of tiny pieces. "Fucking ironic that I received the very wound I caused my mentor Gohan because of my selfish pride when I was younger." He muttered as he swiped his sword through the air before sheathing it in one smooth motion. Memories of his Gohan came back to him. Had Gohan not lost the arm protecting him, he might have survived the battle against the androids. In Turnks' mind, he was the one that caused Gohan to die. "I hate karma."

Trunks conjured up a ball of energy and pressed it to his wounded arm, cauterizing the wound to stop the bleeding.

"Well, there goes the last of the dragons." Gohan said soberly as he floated down beside Trunks. He eyed Trunks missing arm. "Sorry, had I noticed even a few seconds earlier…"

Trunks shook his head quickly. "Don't worry about it. It was my own negligence that cost me my arm. Next time I won't make the same mistake. I at I least have you to thank that at least there will be a next time." He replied, waving his hand before his face. Trunks looked down at his wound and sighed, "In an odd way, I kind of deserved it." He replied as he dropped out of super saiyan and back down to his normal form.

"What are you talking about?" Gohan asked, he couldn't figure out why anyone would deserve to be disarmed in such a manner.

"It's nothing Gohan, nothing." Trunks said as he looked at the ball of energy in the sky and blasted it apart. It was quite remarkable that the dragons hadn't attack it, but then, they didn't know what it was actually doing and since it hadn't been directly hurting them they had left it alone. "Let's return, it's over now."

Gohan stared silently at his friend as they descended to the battlements where the others were gathering. Gohan said nothing but he knew Trunks was hurting from more than just physical pain. Obviously the wound had some sort of significant meaning to him.

"Trunks! What happened to your arm?" Karreth said in shock as she stared at his ruined body.

"Oh you know, it just kind of fell of…" Trunks said slowly. "What the FUCK do you think happened?" He snapped as he dropped to the ground far below and strode into the palace.

"What crawled up his butt and died?" Vegeta asked.

"Leave him alone guys." Gohan said as he stopped on the battlements beside them. "He's dealing with more than just physical pain. He needs some space." Gohan frowned as he looked around at everyone. "Where's Sapphire?" He inquired.

Kaitlyn pointed to the palace. "She went inside about a minute ago. She looked like she was crying." Kaitlyn said, "I have no idea why…"

Gohan sighed. "I know why, guys, I'll be back later." He said as he dropped to the ground and left to find Sapphire.

"Well… we won." Karreth said.

Kaitlyn looked out over the city and sighed. "Did we? They may have retreated but, there isn't very much left of the city."

Karreth sniffed. "Who cares, the buildings can be replaced. What matters is that, sure many people died, but at least there's a place for everyone else to come back to." She said.

Kaitlyn grinned at Karreth, "Yes, you're right. Plus, we kicked some pretty good dragon ass didn't we?" She said with a laugh.

Karreth grinned back, "Damn straight. Taught those winged freaks whose boss." She glanced over at Blight, "Heh, sorry."

Blight shrugged and smiled, "I don't mind, I tore a few of them apart myself. I'm just curious as to how everyone else will view me now that they know what I am." Blight said softly.

"Judging by the looks you're receiving from the soldiers…" Bardock said as he looked around. Noticing the looks of adoration, respect, and admiration from most, if not all, of the soldiers still living. "I'd say pretty damn well."

"I don't care what they think, I'm just glad you came back alright." She said as she hugged Blight tightly. "I wasn't looking forward to raising our child alone." She kissed Blight passionately.

Vegeta gagged, "I'm going elsewhere. I can't stand it when people make out in public." He grumbled as he walked away.

Karreth grinned in spite of herself. Vegeta may think that now, but once he found that someone special like she had, he would have second thoughts.

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Gohan pressed his ear against the door. Faintly he heard the sounds of sobbing coming from the room beyond. He sighed as he rubbed a hand through his hair. Everyone took their first kill harshly. And she hadn't simply killed one creature she had killed a couple hundred. That was a bitch much to take in all at once. It was nothing like the tournament. There one knew that death was only temporary, in fact it wasn't really death, just a way of determining if someone won or lost.

Gohan slowly opened the door and entered the room, there on her bed, laid Sapphire with her head buried into her pillow.

He closed the door behind him as he softly made his way across the room. He gently sat down on the edge of the bed. Sapphire turned her head, "G-Gohan." She sobbed as she latched onto the front of his shirt and began to sob into his chest.

Gohan gently wrapped his arms around her and began to rub her back. "It's alright Sapphire." He said softly into her ears.

"I-I…" She couldn't go on.

"I know, we all know." He said. "We have all been there." Gohan kissed the top of her head, "It always hurts the first time, but the pain eases at time goes by and… unfortunately, as you do it more often."

"More!" She cried, she didn't want to think about killing anyone anymore.

Gohan sighed and hugged her tightly. "Yes, think of it this way. The pain just means you feel. If you can feel sorrow over the deaths of your enemies, it is a good thing. It means you didn't take their lives lightly." Gohan said as he gently pushed her back a little but still held on to her. "It was either them, or everyone else. Did you want to see Kaitlyn and Blight die? Or Vegeta and Bardock? Even Trunks and I would have been hard pressed to survive had you not done your bit. I know I was growing tired by the end there."

"N-No." She said through her sobs, "I-I d-don't ever want t-to see you g-get hurt." She said as she buried her face into his chest once more.

"Then it's alright." Gohan said as he started to rub her back and stroke her hair. "You weren't killing for the pleasure of it. You were killing to defend those you care about, to defend your world. To protect the thousands of innocent civilians that are hiding within the mountains." Gohan said softly. Sapphire's sobs had eased off somewhat. "You weren't fighting for the fun of it, nor were you fighting to hurt others. You were fighting for your life, the lives of others, and their ideals. You were fighting to protect. And regardless of what you had to do, that in and of itself is a noble deed." Gohan said.

"S-So you don't t-think any less of me? T-that I-I'm not a murderer?" She asked, her eyes were large and vulnerable.

Gohan chuckled and hugged her tightly. "Of course not, how can I think any less of you for doing something I myself have done countless times? You did what you had to protect those you care about. That is all that matters to me. It's not the how, it's they why, the intention behind one's actions that matter to me. And when I look upon what you did. I see nothing but a lonely elven woman doing her best to hold on to and protect that which she cares about." He said with a smile.

Tears filled her eyes again, but this time they were of a different sort. With a cry she pressed herself into Gohan as tightly as possible. "I was so worried that…"

"Hush now, it's over." Gohan said gently while still holding on to her. "Let's just put it behind us for now."

Sapphire nodded and held onto Gohan until she fell asleep. It had been a long and tiring day for her. Gohan removed her dress and blushed when he noticed she was wearing nothing aside from a pair of panties. He quickly drew the covers back and laid her down before covering her again and tucked her in. He was blushing when he left the room hoping she wouldn't be angry at him the next morning. It was just that it looked extremely uncomfortable sleeping in a dress such as that.

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Later that night…

Everyone, minus Sapphire, was gathered back in Kaitlyn's study talking about the days events and plans for the future.

"How's Sapphire?" Kaitlyn asked Gohan as he entered the room.

"She's sleeping now." Gohan said as he fought to keep the blush down. "This was the first time she'd ever killed anyone. And it wasn't just a single being, it was hundreds. It hit her pretty hard."

Karreth lowered her eyes. She had had made some rather unflattering comments about Sapphire's capabilities to her little brother and Bardock. She hadn't realized just what the problem was. She remembered her first time as well, everyone did. No one ever went through that experienced unscarred.

"So what now?" Trunks asked as he sipped on a drink with his one arm. The mages weren't able to restore the arm. It wasn't from lack of ability or will. There just seemed to be something blocking their attempts, almost as if the arm doesn't want to be restored.

"I'm not sure. We need advice." Gohan said as he eyed Bardock.

Bardock's eyes glazed over, "You know what you need. You've already fought those you need to fight, you merely need to finish them off, and there is one among you that knows how to get to them. You can't expect me to do everything for you Gohan. You and Trunks are both genius', it's time you two started using your minds." Bardock said monotonously.

"Those dragons then…" Gohan said as he stared at Bardock but he merely shrugged, the presence was gone. "Hmm… So that's the race we need to destroy this time." Gohan said thoughtfully.

"Destroy?" Kaitlyn asked.

"Genocide." Trunks replied with a shrug. "Wouldn't be the first time we've done something like this."

"WHAT!" Kaitlyn yelled.

"I can take you there." Blight said.

Kaitlyn's jaw dropped. "What's going on here!" Kaitlyn demanded.

Gohan sighed, "It's complicated, and it doesn't really involve you, not anymore at least. Once Blight gets us to where we need to be, the likeliness of us seeing each other will be practically zero." Gohan said.

"But if it involves my husband…" She started but stopped as Blight shook his head.

"I'll take them there, but I'm not going to help them. I'm staying here. My place is with you. I was raised here, I grew up here, this place is my home, and I have a wife and child to think about now." He said as he stared deeply into Kaitlyn's eyes.

"So what am I supposed to tell everyone?" Kaitlyn demanded.

Gohan grinned, "Whatever you want. No one knows the reason they're here. Make one up, place yourselves in the best light possible." Gohan said. "I'm thinking something along the lines of 'The dragons came here to conquer our lands and to herd us like sheep to their breeding pens.'"

Kaitlyn pondered that for a moment, "You know, that may very well just work."

"When do you think you can take us there?" Gohan asked.

"Early tomorrow morning would be the earliest. I'll need to borrow Sapphire as well. I know the location, but I don't have the power or abilities to open the gate.

Gohan nodded. "Alright, well I'm not sure about the rest of you." Gohan said as he let out a huge yawn. "But I'm beat, I'm heading to bed. I'll see you all in the morning." He stood and quietly left the room.

To be continued…

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A/N: So, how was the chapter? Comment on the good parts, remark about the bad. I know the emerald part was rushed, but it needed to be if I wanted to finish it. Not sure when the next chapter will be out, school... shakes his head I'm spending 10+ hours a day on school work. Hard to find time to write when I'm in that kind of situation.

A/N: I kind of ended the whole Emerald and the eyes thing rather fast, but that's the whole point. It's a minor subplot, merely there to add more depth and realism to my story. There's never just 1 conflict going on yet that's the way most stories have it. In actuality there are many conflicts going on between many different people and they cross over each others paths quite often, although generally not in all that meaningful ways. The subplots and side characters are just there to help move the main plot along and to help develop the main characters, although I try to add some depth and believability to the side characters as well so they evolve from mere tools to actual characters in a story. Believe it or not Kaitlyn and Blight are just secondary characters, and people like Gahlanthas and Emerald are tertiary. The further a character gets from the main characters the less detail I put into them. But that's typical with most stories. Expect more sub plots like the Emerald one in the future, but also expect them to either not end, or end more gracefully. And what I mean by not end is that it doesn't TRULY involve Gohan and the others, it just touches on their lives for a bit before it moves on to completion in later years or whatever.

A/N: The fight was rather short… but… the big fight will take place on the next planet. And I did say I was going to start speeding things up.