Chapter 24

"Vegeta! Drop the sword!!" Elvor shouted, after having laid Haelles on the ground.

When Vegeta turned, his eyes had become a blazing red, and they shone with an untamed fury.

"No," he said simply. "Why should I? Just because you say so?"

His tone of voice was chilling, even more than that of Haelles had been when he was mad. Kari sniffed the air, whimpered softly, and took a step back.

"V-V-Vegeta no smell same! Ve-Vegeta smell… evil!!"

"Oh no!!" Asoret said. "That HAS to be the Masamune dad told me about!! It centers a person's hate and aims it at practically everybody who tries to help!!"

"No shit Sherlock!!" Elvor growled. "Vegeta!! You leave us no choice!! Either you drop that sword, or we'll make you drop it!!"

Vegeta chuckled evilly.

"If that's what you want."

Now both of Vegeta's hands gripped the hilt, and a deadly smirk graced his face, which looked cold, pale, and ready to murder.

Bulma didn't want to do this, but she had no choice, like Elvor had pointed out. Dark black and red energy spiraled around him, making him look scary, something Bulma had never thought of Vegeta.

Goku growled and focussed his energy, making yellow sparks surround him.

"ELECTROBOLT!!!" he screamed, and crackling electricity centered above Vegeta, before hitting the boy, electrocuting him.

Vegeta was up rather quick though, and he seemed to be a little ticked. Red sparks surrounded Vegeta.

"MAGMABURST!!"

Goku gasped, but wasn't fast enough, and a large blast of molten rocks pushed him onto the ground, missing the wall by inches.

Ancha winced inwardly, almost as if she'd been that. Then she scowled and glared at Vegeta. Grabbing a handful of pins from her pouch, she tossed them at him at once, but they were blocked by the Masamune. Ancha growled angrily, and yellow sparks rose up from around her.

"UPHEAVAL!!" she cried out.

Large spikes shot out from underneath Vegeta, sending him flying. Vegeta was up rather fast, and he wasn't looking too pleased. Blue sparks this time.

"ICEBLAST!!!!"

Ancha cried out in pain as she was locked up in a cage of ice momentarily, which then shattered.

Kari looked at Ancha, and noticed that she wasn't moving, but she still stood up! The young cavegirl snarled and turned to Vegeta. She let out a large war cry as red sparks shot up around her. Within a second, she ran at Vegeta, but with such speed, that she was nothing but a mere blur. Vegeta groaned as Kari's foot got implanted into his stomach with a very strong force. It was a miracle he wasn't losing his dinner. She suddenly vanished again, and another kick was implanted on his spine. Kari vanished again, and the last kick was done with both feet, sending him into the ground rather hard.

The girl easily jumped away, a wicked grin on her face. Asoret looked at her in admiration for a moment, before he noticed Vegeta getting up. Before Vegeta had a chance to cast an Element though, Asoret beat him to it. Green sparks arose from around him, and the half-moon shaped weapon he battled with glowed a bright green hue. The energy of his attack centered on it, making something like a discus from the weapon. Asoret screamed and hurled the discus away. It banged against the wall, and bounced off against another. Within the walls of the cave, the discus slammed into various walls, before hitting its destined target. The discus' sharp edges hit Vegeta more than once, and ripped part of his clothes to shreds. After one last hit, the weapon flew back into Asoret's hand, and lost its energy.

Bulma knew that she had to fight, or they'd be goners. She gulped nervously, looking at the badly injured Vegeta. She hadn't counted on this, but she had to. Finally, her eyes narrowed and her brows furrowed, and she ran at Vegeta, holding her dagger tightly in her hand. Vegeta noticed her approach, and his anger suddenly seemed to grow. He grasped the broadsword with both hands and easily blocked Bulma's blows, who tried her best not to stop slashing at him. However, Vegeta managed to hit Bulma's dagger, making it fly from her hand.

The hilt then connected with her face, sending her back. She shook her head to clear the cobwebs, when she saw the Masamune flying at her face. Bulma rolled out of the way, just in time. The blade struck the ground, but Vegeta aimed the sword at her again, not seeming to care. That's when she heard it. An almost desperate voice, ringing through her thoughts as she grabbed her dagger from where it had fallen to the ground.

Bulma! Kill me! Please!

Bulma recognized that voice. It was Vegeta. He kept asking her to kill him, but she couldn't.

I can't, Vegeta.

Why not?

Bulma hurriedly blocked Vegeta's blow to her side, and jumped away for a moment.

Because I love you.

It wasn't direct, but at least he knew. She'd figured out she loved him since their first day on Gaea's Navel, when they'd met Kari and slept under 'a huge rock', as Kari had said. Now she also knew that her feelings for him had started; the second she saw him at school. Every day she spent at that school, her feelings for the flame-haired boy seemed to grow more intense, until she could no longer sustain it, which was now. Laze had noticed it before anyone else did, and by what Bulma had seen, she had tried to hook them up.

During the battle with Mura, when everyone had thought Vegeta had been killed, she'd been so mad, that she had abandoned all rational thinking and just created her own Elemental Tech Skill. Vegeta had once said that something like that could take months, but it worked for her within a day.

What?!

I love you.

Vegeta's eyes suddenly became such a burning red color, that Bulma's eyes began to hurt. With a scream, Vegeta ran at Bulma, and she began having serious troubles with keeping him at bay. Apparently, all care he received, just increased the Masamune's hatred. Had this sword really belonged to a Hero? That just didn't seem right. This sword was so full of hatred, that it was a miracle it hadn't destroyed itself.

A blow to Vegeta's shoulder made him stop though, and Bulma instantly saw the pin embedded in his flesh. Vegeta was distracted, and Bulma punched him in his face, sending him back, before running to the others.

"Bulma! Are you alright?" Ancha asked, worried.

Bulma nodded, and turned back to Vegeta, but decided to keep her distance, for now. She just made this fight worse.

Kari ran at Vegeta, and wildly lashed out at the flame-haired boy, who blocked her blade with the Masamune. Kari swung sideways at Vegeta, but a sudden slash from Vegeta threw her blade from her hand, and the force of the blow sent her back. Her katana spiraled up, and finally got stuck in the ceiling. Before Kari hit the ground however, Asoret caught her, and set her back down on the ground.

Elvor screamed and ran at him, his rapier changing into a broadsword as well. Their weapons clashed with a loud ring, and Elvor and Vegeta battled with all their worth. The gang watched them battle, until Bulma's Innate Guide suddenly began bleeping. She held it up, and noticed a green circle, which was starting to turn black. A loud crash sounded, as well as the sound of a sword breaking, and when she looked up, she noticed that Elvor's sword had broken.

The blow at Elvor's face couldn't be avoided, and he screamed out as the bloodstained sword cut open the left part of his face.

"ELVOR!!!" everyone shouted, as the spiked redhead grasped his face with his gloved hands, blood seeping through his fingers.

He removed his hands, and the blood was dripping down his face from a large wound running from above his left eye to just above his chin. He was growling angrily with his teeth exposed, and his fangs seemed to grow sharper and longer.

"BASTARD!!!" Elvor screamed. "ALRIGHT!!! I'VE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH OF THIS!!!"

Blazing red energy shot up to surround him, but it wasn't Elemental energy. Elvor held his hands beside his body and large bolls of red energy were created at them. The energy expanded, and Elvor's eyes became a piercing red and his hair flew up to form some kind of flame. The heat of the energy surrounding him dried the blood on his face, and he looked royally pissed off. Even more so than Vegeta. His muscles grew to twice their normal size, and he roared in fury.

"HERE!! EAT THIS!!! FIRE OF THE UNIVERSE!!!!!!" he hollered with a loud roaring voice, bringing his hands with the energy in front of him, merging the energy together, melting into a beam that was hurled at Vegeta with high speed and force.

Vegeta hardly had time to blink, as the attack hit him head-on.

Bulma, Ancha, Goku, Asoret and Kari covered their eyes hurriedly to avoid getting blind, before they were lifted from the ground and were sent spiraling through the cave, before their whole world went black.

When Bulma opened her eyes, first thing she noticed, was that she heard water. She sat up in a hurry, but her head hurt too much, so she laid back down for a moment. Then she sat up, slowly. Bulma was confused. Where was she? She looked around, and noticed that all the others were also there, only unconscious. And I mean all the others.

"Vegeta!" Bulma whispered, and crawled over to him.

He was closest in range, thank God!

She lightly nudged him, hoping he was back to normal. Vegeta groaned, before opening his eyes and looking up at her. Bulma smiled when she saw his eyes; ebony black.

"You're alright!" she whispered, tears forming in her eyes, but they weren't tears of sadness, but of happiness.

Vegeta sat up carefully, and rubbed his head.

"Oh man… what kind of attack was that?" he mumbled.

Bulma smiled, and suddenly hugged him. Vegeta was totally caught of guard by this, but then he remembered what Bulma had told him telepathically.

He placed his arms around her, and allowed her to cry into his shoulder, not bothering with it at all. When he heard something move, he looked over, and noticed Elvor shaking his head, leaning on his arms. Elvor looked at them, a large scar now situated where Vegeta had cut his face open, and smiled upon seeing Bulma in Vegeta's arms. Vegeta smiled back, and Elvor nodded, before slowly standing up, so as not to make a sound. Then, he turned to the water, and placed his hands in his pockets, watching the gentle waves.

Vegeta and Bulma remained the way they were for a long time, until the others also began to awaken. They realized, that the place they were at right now, looked almost identical to Cape Howl, only it was facing the setting sun, for at Cape Howl, the sun always set to the right hand of the cliffs. This was a good place as any, and they began digging, and that took some time. Kari found a rock that could serve as a tombstone, and with a sharp rock and a reasonable sized stone, she began carving the words in it that Ancha told her to carve.

After hours of hard work, the sun was almost gone, and partially lit up just a part of the place they were standing on, watching the grave of their friend, which they had made for him.

Asoret carefully placed the tombstone at the end of the grave, and then joined his new friends to watch the grave. Bulma gave a soft sigh, as they all silently prayed for their dead friend. The Masamune had been forgotten, for now, as was Elvor's strange technique, but later, once they would leave the isle, they'd ask Elvor what he had done. For now, they just stood there, praying silently.

At that moment, a large reddish-green portal opened behind them. They understood what it meant, and that was where their silence stopped.

"Well, let's go," Elvor said.

Ancha nodded, and walked into the portal, vanishing from sight. Kari and Asoret were next. Goku and Elvor stepped through after them, leaving only Vegeta and Bulma.

Vegeta turned to Bulma, and said: "Ladies first."

Bulma smiled.

"Thank you," she said, and kissed him on his cheek, before walking through the portal.

Vegeta stood there for a moment, before walking through as well.

The portal closed, and the golden haired woman came from her hiding-place. Her violet colored eyes focussed on the tombstone, and she smirked a little.

"Bloody fools those humans," she mumbled, placing her right hand on her hip.

Her other hand would've followed to her other hip, hadn't it been holding a certain blade.

She was holding the Masamune in her hand.

Now, who knows who's holding the Masamune at the end?

Reviews:

Hope: Yes.

trunks babe: You crazy?! The sword makes him ready to massacre even his best friends! And the more love he receives, the stronger the Masamune makes his hatred!

Ciria: Yep. The Masamune was from Chrono Trigger, and that's what made him evil. In Chrono Cross, the Masamune was an evil blade, though I'm still trying to figure out HOW THE BLOODY HELL THAT HAPPENED!!!! Sorry, it's just that I can get a little frustrated from Chrono Cross if I don't get it. Uh, nope. It's a different 'she'. Well, Elvor slightly recognized Same's voice, and how he knew Isle Of The Damned, that'll be explained later on. All they saw was Vegeta pulling the sword from the ground, for they couldn't see his face, and dark black and red smoky spirals circled around him.

SnowEyes: I can't help it. I just have an overactive imagination, and writing is the only thing besides playing games that I find fun.

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

5. Marbule - Mura, Eldest Black Dragon

6. Marbule - Same, Youngest Black Dragon

7. ????????

8. ????????