Chapter 26

When everyone looked up, they received the shock of their lives. Same had transformed into a Dragon, and by the Gods! What a Dragon she was!! She was the most threatening Dragon they'd ever seen so far.

Large horns protruded from her brows, her wings were larger than those of the other Dragons and of a dark black leather, while the back was covered with scales, her hands and feet had made place for large, black scaled claws, a long, black scaled tail waved about behind her, and her muscles and body had extended to almost thrice their previous size. And that wasn't all. Her hair was now a dark purple, close to black, her eyes were a flaming red, the markings on her body had darkened visibly, and when she opened her mouth, you'd see her razor-sharp teeth instantly. And then there was what she wore. What she wore, was a black armor that was littered with Elements. They covered her arms, legs, part of her abdomen, as well as the shield she was holding. Actually, almost everything was covered in Elements.

The shield she held carried a blood-red fire-breathing Dragon on it, while on her chest plate, the Dragon Emblem was poised. The Dragon Emblem was in color this time however, and in a certain order, as well as with Elements.

"You humans saw the beauty-side of me! Now, you can finally see the BEAST!!!!"

One whopper of a scythe was slung over the Dragon's right shoulder while her other hand was placed on her hip, and she looked a little more than pissed. All fighters held onto their weapons, as if they were nothing without them. Well, compared to Same, that was relatively true. Ancha gulped, but grabbed a handful of pins, and tossed them at Same. Same's free claw moved so fast, they hardly noticed, but when it stopped, everyone gasped when they saw she was holding all the pins Ancha had thrown.

Same's fingers uncurled, and the pins dropped onto the ground. With a large clap of her wings, she shot forth, and a slash across Ancha's chest sent the young girl to her knees almost instantly. Same had become too fast to notice, making the battle harder than it already had been. Bulma looked absolutely horrified, and hurriedly used a Revive Element on Ancha.

Then she turned to Same, and shouted: "You BITCH!!!"

As fast as she could, Bulma ran at Same, but Same was too fast for her, and Bulma couldn't get the chance to hit her.

The Dragon's wings clapped loudly, and Same was launched into the air, out of harm's way. She whipped a loose strand of hair from her eyes, and black sparks shot up from around her.

"Think Luminaire was tough?! TRY THIS ONE!!! DARK MATTER!!!!!"

A triangular rip appeared in the air, displaying the stars and shadows of deep space moving at an incredible speed, with a sliver of white light dancing wildly in the middle. Pure, unchecked shadow energy poured out through it for several moments that seemed like an eternity, and then the entire assemblage detonated in a blinding flash.

Elvor was knocked back by the blow, and hurled into a wall into unconsciousness. His body fell on the ground with a loud thud. The battle continued on however.

Everyone cast as many White Elements as they could, but Same dodged most of them, and countered them with Elements that were of the attacker's alternate Innate. For example, if Vegeta used a Phontonray Element, Same would dodge, and counter with an Electrobolt6 Element. Strangely enough, Same only had "" Elements, as people like to call them.

"PHOTONBEAM!!!" Goku hollered, and the beam was shot at Same easily.

Same simply shot into the sky however, vanished, reappeared behind Goku, knocked him aside, and then cast a Magmaburst5 Element. Kari screamed out in anger, and ran at Same, holding her katana tightly in her hand. Same turned to Kari, and easily blocked with her scythe. However, Bulma ran into the picture as well, seeing that last time, the two of them had almost outsmarted Same. Not this time though.

Same easily grabbed her own katana from the sheath on her back, and blocked Bulma's blows with that. Same didn't seem to like this, and she whirled around, making her tail slam into Bulma, whom got slammed into Kari, and the two of them landed hard on the ground. Bulma shook her head angrily, and used one of her personal Elements.

"ELECTRICSWORD!!!" Bulma hollered as she grasped her now electrified 'sword', and ran at Same.

However, Same blocked with her scythe, and knocked Bulma away.

Already, green sparks surrounded the Dragon. Bulma gasped and as a last resort, reached inside her pouch, searching for anything that could help. That's when her hand touched something large and scaled.

"AEROBLASTER7!!!!" Same hollered, and Bulma shrieked, pulling the object from her pouch, hiding her face behind it.

The blast headed Bulma's way ---- and got absorbed!!! Same gasped in horror. Bulma blinked at her, before she looked at herself. Her clothes were fixed, and there were no visible wounds on her body. Bulma then looked at what she was holding.

The Green Plate.

A wicked smirk got plastered on Bulma's face, and Same growled angrily. Bulma hurriedly placed the plate around her arm, and got the other plates she'd snatched so far out.

"Vegeta! Catch!!" Bulma shouted, tossing the Yellow Plate at Vegeta.

Vegeta caught it, and Bulma hurriedly tossed the others one too. Same growled in absolute anger, until she smirked wickedly, chuckling as she did so.

"So, you figured out what the plates were for. Congrats, though it won't help!"

Dark black sparks shot up to surround the Dragon, and centered on the pendant that still hung around her neck. A large black gem appeared on her forehead, and shone a dark black, while the pendant shone bright red. Strange words began rolling off her tongue, and it sounded like a snake, lizard and slightly human. They could make out a few words, though they couldn't understand them. Suddenly, Bulma heard two words she did recognize, although she'd only heard them once before.

"Corena Terosa…" Same hissed, and then released a howl of fury, tossing her head back.

The lights that shone on the gem on her forehead, and the one on her pendant, created two large beams that shot up toward the ceiling, connected just below it, and shot back down at the Black Dragon. It hit the Dragon, and the ground beneath her feet began to crack loudly. Her wings began to clap hard, and finally, the Dragon hovered a few feet above the ground, and the ground cracked open beneath her.

Dark green, blood red, and ultra black energy burst forth from the giant crater now resting beneath her feet, and circled Same with high speeds. Flames shot up around her, seeming to boil up, when they froze into icy flames, shattering within seconds. Same's legs hung limply, and she held her arms in front of her now, making a part of the energy form a large boll at the palms of her hands.

Then, she brought her hands high above her head, and even over it, where all energy centered, and the light danced around the room, before Same hurled her hands forward, sending it flying straight at the gang, hollering: "ULTIMATE DARKNESS!!!!"

The energy exploded in a large mass when it hit the ground before them, and threatened to suffocate them. Bulma tried to avoid the blast, but the energy seemed to have a mind of its own, and strangled her fragile little neck, making her gasp out at the lack of air. Vegeta saw this, and tried to run over, but the energy was grasping his foot, and slowly began to squeeze the life out of his arms and legs. Bulma tried to stop the energy, but it was no use. Her arms lost their strength slowly, and her eyes began to dull.

"FLYING ARROW!!!" a familiar voice suddenly screamed, and when Same turned around, pain shot across her chest as the White Element slashed straight through her armor.

The sound of breaking glass was heard as the gem in her pendant broke and the energy that was nearly killing the rest of the gang dissipated, and Same gasped in horror, as she stared at the red haired fighter.

Vegeta was free of the confines of the strange energy, and ran toward Bulma's limp body. She was coughing violently, trying to get the air back in her lungs.

"It's alright," Vegeta soothed, holding her in her arms, before he looked back up to see what Elvor was going to do.

"You won't be needing this anymore!" Elvor hissed and ripped something from behind Same's shield.

The Black Plate.

"It's OVER!!!" Elvor hollered, and a sudden blast from his hands shot the Dragon away, into a wall.

Elvor's rapier dropped to the ground, and the warrior raced at Same, whom was trying to get back to her feet. Same groaned as Elvor buried his fist in her stomach, and began punching her over and over again, making the wall behind her crack by the force of it. Same growled angrily, as her tail grasped Elvor's foot and hurled him away.

Elvor grabbed the Dragon's tail when she released him however, and Same cried out as Elvor banged her into the ground, rather hard. Same jumped up however to avoid a kick to her spine, and kicked Elvor instead, whom turned around and grabbed one of Same's feet. Before she knew it, she was back on the ground, having her leg twisted painfully. She was gritting her teeth to stop herself from screaming. With a growl, she whirled around, and grabbed the boy's head between her large fingers.

With the slightest of ease, she knocked him into several walls, before tossing him aside. Elvor shook his head, and suddenly noticed his bandana laying beside his hand. Hurriedly, he picked it up and jumped away, just before a blood red blast hit the spot he'd been before. With a quick move, he tied the bandana around his head, and landed gracefully on his feet, after which he shot at Same, whom shot at him as well.

The duo fought long and hard, their punches and kicks hitting either the opponent, or some other part in the cave, though they hardly seemed to care. All the others could do, was watch.

"Kari no like this! Elvor be strong, but Same be stronger!" Kari whimpered, taking a few steps back.

"No! Elvor'll win! I know he will!!" Goku said, having faith in his friend.

Bulma, who was leaning on both Ancha and Vegeta, watched in admiration as the Dragon and human battled, as if their lives depended on this fight.

"You think Elvor's going to win?" Bulma asked.

"Oui!" Ancha said with a resolute nod.

"He'll make it," Vegeta said.

Elvor suddenly flipped back to avoid Same's claws, and landed against a wall. He used the wall to thrust himself skyward, quickly summoning enough power for the strongest tech he possessed. A gigantic mass of white sparks encircled Elvor, whom had his eyes closed. His rapier that was still lying on the ground 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. 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, but the energy stayed connected in a large half circle above his head.

He pulled his arms back and threw them forward, aimed at Same, as he screamed: "ETERNAL LIGHT!!!"

The attack hit the Black Dragon head-on, whom cried out in pain, which soon turned into a roar.

Soon however, it became a strange gurgling sound, which changed into a high-pitched screech, as a large portion of the cave collapsed on top of her.

Vision

The planet's surface, seen from far above. The Labs were clean highways, the Domes were sparkling clear. Everything looked fine. Then, the sky darkened. A minute crack appeared in the surface, shining a fiery golden light. The crack grew bigger, bigger, then finally, broke open into a pit going straight into the planet's core. Slowly, out of the molten goo, rose a creature not of this earth. Gigantic and bulky, the THING was covered completely with millions of metallic spines. The head was a three-part, beak-like thing, with but one eye, located inside of the beak-like thing. Instantly, he somehow knew that this was the most evil life form that he would ever encounter. With an evil roar, the spines glowed the same golden light as the core, and then shot beams of energy into the air. All over the planet, destruction rained from the heavens, killing anything it touched. Forests burned, domes disintegrated, lakes evaporated.

The thing made no sound after that.

It just destroyed.

End Vision

Elvor calmly landed on the ground, but he was sweating heavily, and the vision was still fresh in his mind. The others ran over to him, Kari still watching the pile of rocks, under which laid the Black Dragon.

"Iz zhe… dead?" Ancha asked timidly.

Elvor simply shook his head once. Almost as if on cue, a large explosion blasted the rocks away.

Same straightened herself up, and fixed her hair with closed eyes. Her armor had vanished, and she had turned back to her human-form, though she'd kept her tail this time, which was a little shorter than before. She looked at them with those indescribable eyes, a strange look hidden beneath those two orbs.

"Maybe…" she mused. "Yeah. Maybe ye humans are strong 'nough ta beat Her. Ya might jus' be able ta win."

"Win from who??" Bulma asked.

Same shook her head.

"Can't say. All I can say, is tha Sky's not the las' Dragon ye'll face. Once ya reach the Sea Of Eden, there'll be one more Dragon waitin' for ye," Same said.

She reached behind her back with one hand, and when she showed it to them, she was holding a silver, cylinder-shaped object, engraved with strange curls, with a black boll in the center of it, bigger than the width of the cylinder.

The Black Relic.

"Here, take it," she said, and held it out to them.

Vegeta took the relic, and placed it inside his pouch.

"Ye humans are strong. I've never seen humans with such a strong power before. I think ye earned sometin' else too," Same suddenly said, and walked away for a moment, heading deeper into the cave.

She returned a moment later, holding both her arms behind her back.

"Here," she said, showing them what she'd been holding.

Elvor blinked, before he realized that she was aiming it at him. Carefully, he gripped it, and Same released it. It was a katana, engraved with the strangest symbols, with a large black stone for a pommelstone, and an ultra black blade. Kari was about to ask Same what it was, but she shut up instantly. Same had left.

Elvor however, only had eyes for the blade, and the words inscribed in it.

Murasame

Alright! Next up in line: SKY!!! And then, it's off to the Sea Of Eden for the final Dragon!!

Reviews:

Ciria: Same. Same sends her thoughts to Elvor, making him the only one who can hear them. Kari was too confused about Same to understand Same's gaze, and Elvor just wasn't that scared. I think that by now, you already know what he saw. Yeah, it'll take some time.

cat421: No, it won't stop there.

Zuzu: Maybe, maybe not. Who knows? Maybe they're both just born on Zenan, because on Zenan, a lot of people talk with an accent like theirs.

trunks babe: That's just the way she is.

Bulma BriefsYue Lover: Because they die in the year 1005 AD in the war against Porre, and in the end, Ma… I mean, Janus, is the only survivor, because Lucca is killed. Damn, just when her and Janus were becoming such good 'friends'. Probably, yes. Hey Yue, I'm writing a novelization of Chrono Trigger, only with some of my own characters. And guess which CT couple I like best!

Dragon battle schedule:

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. Sky Dragon Isle - Sky, the Sky Dragon

8. Sea Of Eden - ????????

Who's the last Dragon? Only time will tell.