Chapter 11
"Moi t'ought you were dead!" Ancha said, glad that one of the Dragoons had survived, yet angry for not telling them that he had.
Goku sighed, and said: "Yeah, I thought I was dead too, but when I woke up, I found myself here. I didn't know that you survived, or I would've gone back and searched for you."
Bulma looked utterly shocked that her best friend was a Dragoon from El Nido. She had never expected that.
"I want to make up for the years I missed with you guys. I'm going along as well," Goku said, with a voice that demanded no argument.
Vegeta didn't seem to bother.
"Don't see why not," he said. "You're back in the team, Kakarot."
After school, they all stopped in front of a cave, and Goku honked a few times, not really knowing why though, Vegeta just told him to. A loud roar emerged from the cave, and Goku flinched, as Bulma hid behind Vegeta. Elvor, Ancha and Vegeta were rather calm though. A little later, a very familiar face walked out.
"Haelles!!" Bulma and Goku said at the same time.
Haelles indeed stood there, just wearing some pants, and scars marred every inch of his body. He studied them carefully.
"The medicine stopped working, didn't it?" he asked as he looked at Vegeta.
Vegeta nodded.
"The medicine won't stop the poison anymore. So we're going home," Elvor said.
"Home…" Haelles mused.
Vegeta gave Haelles the time, after which they left him to himself. He didn't bother.
"Home…" he repeated again.
He gazed at the sky. In his mind's eye, he still saw the face of the woman he loved, but he shook the thought away. He had to get ready, for he was finally going home…
The sun hadn't even risen yet, but Bulma was already up. Carefully, she sneaked out of her own house, and ran to Goku's house. When she came there, Goku was already waiting for her. They took the car toward the eastern docks, where Vegeta, Haelles, Elvor, Ancha, and Laze were waiting. Laze looked horrible. She was sitting on a chair on the boat they were going to use, staring at nothing, with a deathly pale skin; all in all, she looked like she was already dead.
They still wore their own outfits, only different coloring. Vegeta's clothes were white, the flames were still red, but there were smaller green flames in them now. Elvor's bandana was red with yellow markings and the Bermudas he wore were blue. Ancha's clothes hadn't changed, and she was rocking back and forth on her feet, hands behind her back. The two remaining travelers came out of the car, and Bulma nodded at them. No words were to be spoken until they reached El Nido.
Goku donned shining armor of red over a leather tunic of dark brown. His weapon was a sword on a belt buckled round his waist and his defense, and he had a shield on his left arm. They climbed aboard the boat, and Goku and Elvor pushed off the boat, before jumping on themselves.
Laze looked up at the sound, but her eyes were glazed over, making people think she wasn't seeing anything. Haelles placed a hand on the girl's shoulder and she looked up. He nodded down at her, and she softly nodded back. Vegeta and Bulma each grabbed an oar, and began to guide the boat away from the docks. The boat was rather old fashion, but it would easily make it through.
Bulma had painted the white stripes on her own face and forearms, because she felt that it belonged with her out-fit. She watched Laze for a few times, but noticed that the girl was no longer moving, or even responding to anything.
After an hour of rowing, the two pulled the oars back aboard, and raised the sail. Silence ruled over the boat, and they were planning to keep it that way. Elvor was sitting at the rudder, while Bulma sat at the bow of the ship, watching the water.
The Dragon Riders didn't speak, they refused to, to anybody. The teachers had asked them where Vegeta, Elvor, Haelles and Ancha were, but no one would answer. Ancle, Kaichi, and Zachana kept casting worried glances at each other. They knew, but weren't about to tell.
Chichi looked around, wondering where Goku could be.
"You don't think he overslept, do you?" Krillin asked.
Juu shrugged.
"It's a possibility, but I'm not saying it's the truth."
No one dared to ask the Dragon Riders though, due to the fact that it could be dangerous. They hoped Goku and those others would hurry up and get to school.
No one knew how far away they already were.
Bulma looked up from the water, and suddenly noticed a large isle to the right, and Bulma looked closely. She finally pulled out a map, and looked at it. It waved about in the wind, but she could still read it. She looked at the isle again, and then noticed even more islands. Elvor walked up behind her, and smirked at the islands.
"Well, there it is," he said.
"El Nido…" Bulma finished, in awe by the sight before her.
Goku looked up, and noticed the isles too.
"It's been so long…" he said.
Ancha climbed in the mast, and peered into the horizon.
"Moi can zee Marbule already!!" she said, pointing. "Very zmall of courze!" she said, and everyone laughed about that.
Even Laze managed a small giggle. However, their laughing stopped when they saw the city of Termina. The age-old flags of Termina had gone, and now, there hung red flags with a black griffin on them.
Porre.
Laze also saw the flags, and it seemed that tears were coming to her eyes. Haelles placed a hand on her shoulder, and Laze placed her own on his.
"What has happened here?" Goku asked.
Ancha's eyes were wide in shock, until they burned with rage.
"OOH!! When moi get mon hands on zem!! Je suis going to make sure zey wish zey were never born!!"
Elvor clenched his fists in anger.
"They better not have hurt my parents, or they're in so much trouble!!!"
Haelles was silent, and Laze had silent tears crawling down her cheeks.
"Sky," he suddenly said, and everyone turned to him. "He might know what happened. We should go ask him."
Bulma didn't know what Haelles was talking about at first, until she remembered that the White Dragon, was also called 'Sky Dragon'.
"We're going to see the Sky Dragon?" she asked.
Vegeta nodded, and he and her used the oars to steer back to sea.
Sky Dragon Isle was a half-moon shaped isle, lush with vegetation, and the locals enjoyed coming here to enjoy the scenery. No one dared to head up the stairs to see Sky. Sky didn't really mind, as people told. The reason nobody came to see him, could also be because of the height he lived on, resulting into a rather high staircase.
"Are we there yet?" Bulma whined.
"Ooh-la-la! Mon feet are zleeping!" Ancha said lifting her heavy and aching feet.
"Hey quit whining you two! Even Laze is trying and you don't hear her complaining!" Vegeta said, looking over his shoulder at the two girls.
Ancha looked up, and noticed that Laze was indeed trying to get up on her own, although Elvor sometimes helped her to prevent her from falling, but that was all he did. Her feet lifted slowly, but she kept on trying anyway, until she threatened to fall forward. Haelles placed a hand on her collarbone, and carefully put her back on her feet. Perspiration was forming on her forehead, but she wiped it away with the back of her hand.
Finally, after some heavy trudging, they reached the top, only to come to a horrible discovery.
"He's not here!!" Bulma exclaimed, gazing around the empty space.
The others did too, rather shocked to find the Sky Dragon missing. Haelles however, simply rolled his eyes, put one finger of each hand in his mouth, and whistled, rather loud.
"Mon dieu!! What waz zat for!?" Ancha asked, rubbing her ears.
Vegeta growled and was about to yell at Haelles too, when someone else beat him to it.
"WOULD YOU HUMANS QUIET DOWN!?!?!?" a loud voice boomed.
A sudden gust of wind, nearly made them topple over, and Laze did fall over, but Elvor managed to catch her.
When they could look again, there was a half-human, half-Dragon glaring at them angrily. He had large white Dragon wings coming from his back, long manes of white hair, and was dressed in nothing but white. There was also a circlet around his head, with smaller Dragon wings on them. He had a cape, some long pants, and a large vest that was held together with a belt. He wore boots that seemed to fit his feet perfectly.
"What is it you want?!" he demanded angrily, curving his fingers, which held razor sharp claws that seemed to cut through anything.
"Hey Sky! Calm down already!!" Haelles said, folding his arms over his chest.
The man/Dragon, whom was obviously the Sky Dragon, looked at him and let his glare slide (partly).
"Haelles, what is it?" Sky asked.
Bulma shivered lightly, then asked: "What happened to Termina? When did Porre take over?"
Sky looked at Bulma, a little odd, before he said: "Years ago, they took over after Viper Manor had been brought down to the ground."
Vegeta didn't even show that he was planning to cry, but he had a hard time controlling his tears.
"What of my father? Did he survive?" he asked.
Sky looked at him.
"General Viper?? I don't know what happened to him. He's been missing for quite some years, even before the manor was destroyed. I'm sorry, I won't be able to help in that," Sky said with a gentle shake of his head.
"There is something else you might be able to help with," Elvor said, pulling Laze to her feet.
Sky looked at the sick child, and instantly sensed the poison in her veins, but also something else.
"I see," Sky said, and calmly walked over.
He lifted the child's chin, and looked down in her face.
"So, this is the child the Black Dragon Twins have been talking about," he said, and looked at them all. "Bring me the other five relics, and I shall help."
"What?!" Bulma asked. "Look!! Laze needs those relics!! Can't you make an exception or something!?"
Sky turned to her with a look of recognition, and said: "You know, you're starting to sound like someone else I've met. But…"
He shook his head.
"Ah, forget it! Just get the relics, and I'll see what I can do."
With clapping wings, he shot off into the sky, head high, and his eyes in a heavy scowl, aimed at the sun, as he vanished without a trace.
Earth Dragon Isle wasn't that beautiful compared to Sky Dragon Isle. Well, it was if you liked looking at large masses of sand and rock. But otherwise, no, no it wasn't really beautiful. Before coming, they had brought Laze to Arni, where she was resting at the Inn if they weren't mistaking. Laze was rather stubborn, and she didn't enjoy leaving everything up to them, but when they pointed out she could hardly move, she had to agree. But, now they were at Earth Dragon Isle, and, currently, searching for the way in.
They stayed clear of the quicksand though, for no one felt like dying early.
Ancha, who was walking on the higher ledges, suddenly shouted: "Moi found somet'ing!!"
It was a sand-boil she found. It was something like a geyser, only it was sand shooting out instead of water. However, after a small test with a rock, it appeared that the sand-boil was too strong.
After quite some time, they were starting to lose hope. The Earth Dragon had to be somewhere on the island, but where?
"Moi find zis annoying!!" Ancha said, kicking a rock into the quicksand-pit.
The rock was gone within a second. No one dared to go there, for it wasn't worth their lives. As night came however, they got company of another person.
Alright! They're back on El Nido!! Okay, there will be 8 battles they'll have with the Dragons, and they'll be in a certain order. First off, will be the Earth Dragon. When they'll fight the Dragons, you'll have their name and Element. For some Dragons, I won't say their Innate Color, and say what I've said before. Well, people, the Dragons are finally here!!
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ryu: I got it from Chrono Cross, which I've told several times before.
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Guitar Daughter of Piccolo: Last chapter was a flashback. Ciria has been dead for years in the present.
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