Chapter 20

The light shining into the cave was blocked, and it caused them all to stir, but they didn't wake. They'd been on the island for almost a week, and with every day, they knew Laze was getting weaker, but they wouldn't leave until the Green Dragon was found and beaten. Kari had been informed on Laze's situation, and they were now all searching the isle, fighting the monsters on the isle as they went. However, right now, all monsters had been killed, and still no Dragon.

A slender figure wormed herself into the cave, folding her wings carefully behind her back. She watched all humans, and softly walked over to Bulma and Vegeta, whom were sleeping together. They looked absolutely adorable together, Bulma with her face hidden in Vegeta's chest, and Vegeta's chin resting on her scalp, their arms wrapped around each other to keep warm. She smiled, and nudged Vegeta lightly.

He groaned, and held on to Bulma more tightly. She blinked, then nudged Bulma. Bulma slapped her hand, and turned away. She frowned, then snapped her fingers with a smile on her face. She sneaked out of the cave, and stood at the opening. Softly, she cleared her throat… and released a roar of fury!!

Everyone inside the cave shot up at the sudden sound, and she covered her mouth to stop laughing. She unfolded her wings and flew a bit into the sky, landing just atop the cave. The six warriors came out, looking around to try and find her. She giggled, and placed two fingers in her mouth. She whistled loudly, and everyone looked up at her.

"Good morning!!" she shouted, waving down at them.

Bulma blinked.

"What's the Green Dragon doing here??" Elvor asked.

"You guys want the relics!! Right?!" the Green Dragon asked.

The five fighters nodded, and Kari did too, only slightly later. She had no clue to what was going on.

"Alright!! Name's Flora! I'm the Green Dragon!! The six of you against me, and you'll get the relic!! HYAA!!"

She jumped down, and the fight had started.

Flora wore some long pants with a skirt attached to it, and had the bottom of her shirt pulled through the top to make it look like a tank-top. She was completely dressed in different shades of green, and her hair was light aquamarine, like her eyes, and she was one of the few Dragons with a tail, though it wasn't so long. On her forearms, were two sheaths, from which she had gotten two daggers. She looked quite menacing when she was ready to fight.

She ran at Bulma, and lashed out wildly at the blue haired girl, whom tried to defend, which became rather hard. When Vegeta ran over, Flora kicked Bulma aside and blocked Vegeta's axe easily. Kari ran over, and threw her blade at Flora's side, but she was blocked with one dagger, while Flora was keeping Vegeta at bay with the other. She knocked them both aside, and jumped into the air, using her wings to keep afloat.

Green sparks surrounded her, and she screamed: "NATURE'S FURY!!!"

Green energy seemed to be seeping out of every plant-life around, and merged into Flora.

With a loud cry, she crashed down, straight against Kari, who cried out and landed on the ground in a mess. She shook her head however, and rubbed her head. Kari growled and raced at Flora, katana in hand. Weapons clashed, but Kari was hurled away easily.

"QUICK SNATCH!!" Flora suddenly heard, and when she turned, she was whirled around, and when she could stop, she found her plate missing.

She huffed, and green sparks surrounded her.

"AEROBLASTER!!" she screamed, and aimed it at Bulma, who shrieked in surprise.

The force sent her way was enough to send her back.

"ELECTROBOLT!!!" Vegeta suddenly screamed as yellow sparks surrounded him.

Electric energy gathered above Flora's head, and she looked up in shock. The bolt of lightning struck her hard, and sent her to the ground temporarily. Flora shot up into the sky, before landing softly on her feet. Green sparks arose from around her, and centered on her daggers.

"POISON VINES!!!" she screamed, and aimed her daggers at Bulma.

Vines shot forth from the Dragon's weapons, and wrapped around each of Bulma's limbs, immobilizing her.

The attack sucked away her strength, and poisoned her as well. This however, was a common poison, and could be easily cured with the use of an antidote, which were sold in any regular store. And luckily, Vegeta always carried some of those with him.

When the attack ended, Bulma dropped to the ground, just barely hanging on.

"CUREPLUS!!!" Ancha shouted, and blue sparks arose around Bulma, healing her, but the poison remained.

"ANTIDOTE!!" Vegeta shouted, as the healing powers of the antidote started to work.

Flora was a little ticked by the looks of it.

Kari suddenly landed on the Dragon's back and held on, real tight!

"Why you!!" Flora screamed.

Kari simply grinned as red sparks surrounded her. Kari screamed, and jumped up into the sky. She grabbed the Dragon's hand, and whirled her around as they gained height. When they began to lose height however, she pushed Flora beneath her, making the Dragon take the impact of the blow.

The cavegirl jumped out of the crater, and smiled wickedly. However, Flora wasn't so happy. She easily leaped out of the crater, and floated somewhere above the ground. A large mass of green sparks surrounded her.

"GROWTH OF LIFE!!!" she screamed, and all around, the plant life sprang into action, and shot up to shield the sun away from the gang, before they came crashing down upon them.

After some time, Vegeta, Ancha, Elvor and Goku emerged from the thick plant life, but Bulma had been knocked out, so Vegeta had to carry her out. Not that he was complaining though. When they were out, Flora was waiting for them, hands on her hips.

"You people finished?" she asked, sounding bored.

"Not a chance!!" Elvor hissed, as white sparks surrounded him. "REVIVE!!!" he screamed as a stream of light centered on Bulma and rejuvenated her.

She shook her head, feeling her head spin horribly.

"That won't help you," Flora mumbled, and stretched her wings.

She started to clap them, but her feet remained rooted to the ground. The wind caused by this was incredibly strong, and the gang hardly had the time to react.

Kari however, placed her katana away, lowered herself to all fours, and ran, against the wind, and banged straight into Flora's stomach, whom groaned in pain. A strong punch to the Dragon's chin sent her flying.

"Guys!! White Elements!! Now!!!" Elvor shouted as he focussed his energy.

They did, using the same strategy against Flora as they had used against Pyro. Flora shook her head after the barrage of attacks, not knowing what they were planning, until she was too late.

A gigantic mass of white sparks arose from the ground and rose up to high above Elvor, whom had his eyes closed and was facing the sky. His clothes waved in a nonexistent wind heading upward, and a line appeared on his face. However, it wasn't just a line; it was a large battle scar. His rapier seemed to evaporate in white sparks, surging upward rapidly, until they shot down and centered at the center of his chest.

His eyes shot open to reveal two pairs of burning red eyes, no pupils, no way to read them, as his hair shot up to form a flame-like hairdo, much like Vegeta's, only different. Energy seeped from his chest to his hands, where two large bolls of energy gathered, his hair and eyes became a pure white, though his eyes were one shade darker than the natural white of his eyes.

Slowly, his feet rose from the ground as his clothes changed into a pure white for a moment, before he returned to normal, save for his eyes. His hands raised high above his head, and turned to each other, making white electricity sparkle between the bolls of energy. His arms spread, and the energy stayed connected in a large half circle above his head.

"ETERNAL LIGHT!!!!" he bellowed, and the energy shot forth with speeds unimaginable.

It hit the Green Dragon head-on, and she was hurled into a large pond they had been standing near.

Flora got out, panting slightly.

"Whoo!!" she exclaimed.

After she had fully stood up, she wrung some water from her hair.

"Okay, the others weren't kidding. I get the point," she mumbled. "That was a nice battle, and I think this is something you've earned!" Flora said, and suddenly, a strange plant arose from near Vegeta, making them take a cautious step back.

There was a large, closed flower on the plant, but when it opened, it wasn't the flower they were gawking at.

What had caught it, was a green and gold crystalline flower in the center, sparkling with small pollen of an unknown flower.

The Green Relic.

Vegeta carefully reached out, and picked up the relic, studying it for awhile, before placing it into his pouch with the other relics.

"But… just a question. How'd you get here? Wingapede only obeys people if you feed them ancient fruits, and those can only be found here. So how did you get them?" Flora asked.

Ancha blinked and said: "We found ze fruitz at Hydra Marshez, we don't know how zey got zere. Zere were no trees around."

Flora looked confused, until a frown suddenly appeared on her face.

She growled, turned to the sky, and screamed: "SAME!!!!"

Loud laughter followed, and a large winged creature flew off with such high speeds, that no one knew what it was.

"That little cheat!!" Flora cursed. "She's always doing that! If things take too long, she helps humans out, while there are strict rules about not helping those who search for the relics!!"

Bulma blinked, and asked: "Who was that?"

"THAT, was Same, the youngest of the Black Dragon Twins, but she's the toughest of almost all of us. The only one stronger than her is Sky!"

When they were all heading toward the place Wingapede had dropped them off, Kari asked: "Vegeta always fight like that?"

"Huh?" Vegeta said, turning to Kari. "Yes, why?"

Kari smiled.

"Kari want join you help friend! Laze seem good girl!! Good STRONG girl!! Kari like strong people, so Kari like Laze!"

Bulma blew the flute again, and Wingapede immediately showed up. Goku handed the bug some more fruit, and the Wingapede brought them back to the Hydra Marshes, while they had already planned their next destination.

Marbule was their next stop.

Kari was watching Laze quietly as the Deva rested aboard the boat heading for Marbule. The sail waved about in the wind, and Bulma stood at the bow, watching the horizon carefully.

"Kari never see person this sick before. No know if cure be ready in time. Laze go backwards fast," Kari mumbled.

Ancha had climbed the mast, and was looking up ahead, her make-up redone, and her hat placed back on her head.

Suddenly, she noticed something. She frowned at the small speck, and then smiled.

"Look!! Zere it iz!! Zat's Marbule!!" she shouted ecstatically, pointing.

Bulma looked at Ancha, and then at the horizon, noticing the island that was getting closer to them. She smiled too, and wondered what Same was like.

Same's a dirty little cheat! Isn't she? Thanks for the reviews everybody!

Reviews:

Ciria: The clothes were from Chrono Trigger yeah. The Wingapede is from Chrono Cross, and Vegeta knew what it was, because he had El Nidoan History when he still lived in Viper Manor. I'm still not sure when Ciria will show up. I can assure you however, that Ciria will show up a few chapters after Laze is cured from the Hydra poison. No, I don't think I'll be showing scenes from Ultragon Highschool for a while.

Bulma BriefsYue Lover: You guessed it!! Hey! In Chrono Cross, there's this little six-year-old girl, with curly blond hair, blue/green eyes, dressed in rags, and she talks in fractured English! Know her Tech Skills? 'Rock Throw', 'Tail Spin' and 'Triple Kick'! Who does she remind you off?

[Anonymous]: I will, thanks!

Yami Shinigami: The secret was hidden somewhere in the dream Bulma had.

Hope: Kari? Oh! That's Yue! Three reviews higher!

Heero Lover: She should be lucky she wasn't instantly killed!

draegonfire: Well, did you read what Flora screamed?

platinum angel [chap. 2]: It's pretty late here though. Past 00:00 AM.

platinum angel [chap. 3]: Thank you.

platinum angel [chap. 4]: If a story's not confusing or you know what's going to happen, a story's not that much fun anymore, now is it? WAAH!!! I shouldn't jab everything into one sentence!!

platinum angel [chap. 6]: You'll find out everything in the end, I'm sure.

platinum angel [chap. 8]: I'm glad.

platinum angel [chap. 10]: You think?

[Anonymous]: Now what gave you that idea?!

Dragon battle schedule [so far]:

1. Earth Dragon Isle - Terra, the Earth Dragon

2. Water Dragon Isle - Douse, the Water Dragon

3. Mt. Pyre - Pyro, the Fire Dragon

4. Gaea's Navel - Flora, the Green Dragon

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