Chapter 40

Everyone arrived at the entry-hall at the same time, and they looked at each other a little oddly. They decided to drop it though, and headed toward the structure in the center, where all seven spirits were gathered. Z-Vor was nowhere to be seen.

"Alright people! Let's do this! This girl needs our help! You ready?!" the spiked redheaded spirit asked.

The twins gave a loud whoop, while the others hollered out their affirmatives.

"ROCKING!!!" the spirit screamed.

The redhead quietly played the notes. The others were silent as the tune gained more and more emotion. His eyes were closed, and his fingers glided over the strings with such grace, it was inhuman. When he stopped for a moment, the ocarinas and flutes began their tune, soon joined by the two drummers. The emotion was literally pouring from the song, and all the more when the boy's guitar joined them once again.

As if on cue, strange energy began pouring from the instruments, but it went unnoticed by them. The relics left the safety of Vegeta's pouch, and each relic found its way to one of the statues. The demi-human held the Yellow Relic, the Vampire held the Red Relic, the Elf held the Blue Relic, the Fairy held the Green Relic, the Dragonians held the Black Relic, and the Phoenix held the White Relic.

The energy poured into the relics, and a mysterious force was created. The music continued on, as the energy gathered above Laze, who was laying remarkably still. The energy floated lower.

The redheaded girl spirit smiled and padded the drum against her thigh, before tapping at it above her head in a steady beat. The auburn haired spirit's fingers tapped on the leather, and jingled it at the same time. The blonde spirit's fingers simply moved up and down, covering some holes in the flute and opening others.

Slowly, the energy formed a strange beam, and wormed its way through the sick child's throat.

The orange haired spirit moved her wooden panpipes past her mouth carefully, blowing softly, causing lovely sounds to come forth. The two ocarina-playing spirits stood back-to-back, the back of their heads touching as their hair waved in an unseen wind. The boy spirit continued to hit the strings on his guitar, his eyes closed lightly.

The beam came back out, formed as a hand, with a piercing green orb between the fingers. Another beam was formed, and moved across her body.

The energy surged through the whole room, filling all who heard it with a sense of calm.

The fingers easily crushed the green orb, and it vanished without a trace.

Terra opened her eyes, and looked up at the sky, before getting up from the sand and to her feet. She had been relaxing on Earth Dragon Isle, enjoying the hot day, when she sensed a familiar aura coming from Chronopolis. An aura that had weakened immensely over the past two months, and then shot through the roof.

"……"

Pyro finished some Catburglars and HotDoggeties, and stood still. She took off her hat, allowing her fire red curls to cascade onto her back. So much power was radiating from Chronopolis, that she couldn't help but notice. It had been so long since she last felt this aura.

"……"

Flora stood up with a bouquet of bellflowers in her arms. They had always been her favorite, but right now, her mind was on other matters. The birds in the trees watched in confusion as Flora continued to stare at the sky, as if it fascinated her, though it was the power she felt that had her attention.

"……"

Douse tossed her wet hair on her back and stood up from washing her hair under a small waterfall in the cavern of Water Dragon Isle. Usually, she wasn't so girlish, but her hair was just incredibly greasy, and she had to wash it. She too felt the aura coming from Chronopolis.

"……"

Mura felt the power better than the other Dragons, seeing as how close Marbule was to Chronopolis. It woke him from his meditation, and shook him from his thoughts. Calmly, he left the sanctuary of his cave, and the demi-humans watched him go as he headed for the shore.

"……"

Same felt the child's aura increase as the seconds continued onward, never stopping. Finally, it stopped, and stayed the way it was. Young and powerful. The way things had always been. But it was never too late to change something.

"……"

Sky listened to the last notes of the song, and opened his eyes to look down on the child. Her aura was strong, and full of energy. But would it really be enough? That was what they were going to find out soon enough. He smiled.

"……"

"Rocking!!" the spiked redhead spirit said.

"I'm beat!" the golden haired girl spirit mumbled.

"Then let's go," her twin said.

The redhead turned to them.

"Thanks you guys! That was fun! See ya!"

And they were gone.

A groan made the gang run over to the statue in the center. The young girl in the center looked like she hadn't been sick at all. The black markings were clear, her hair was a lovely golden color, her skin was a light pink, and the flesh had returned as well.

Laze squeezed her eyes shut, and raked a gloved hand through her hair.

"Bloody Hell… me head smar's," she mumbled under her breath.

"Laze?" Bulma asked cautiously.

Laze's eyes opened to reveal a pair of luscious sapphire blue eyes.

"Oh, hey Bulma, wazup?" she asked, a smirk playing at her lips as she sat up.

Bulma smiled.

"You're alright!!" she exclaimed.

Laze was caught a little off guard when the blue-haired scientist hugged her tightly, before letting go.

She blinked twice, then asked, her face normal again: "So, wha'd I miss?"

"Not much, just a few battles here and there," Goku said with a shrug of his shoulders.

Laze turned to him, and blinked.

"Kakarot??" she questioned in confusion.

"Yep, that'd be me," Goku said with a small salute.

"So, ye be Laze?" Hope said, making her presence known.

Laze finally got off of the pedestal.

"Yep. Tha's me, and ye are?" Laze asked in return.

"I'm Hope, Shaman of Guldove, nice ta meetcha."

"Same here."

That's when Laze noticed a certain cyborg, and she instantly turned her attention to him. Her expression was that of pure shock.

"Oh, yeah, Laze, this is…" Bulma started, but Laze cut her off.

"I know. He's Grobyc, cyborg-assassin prototype, capable o' handlin' almost any weapon tha uses gunpowder, usin' Elements, and burnin' down villages in less than a few seconds," the golden haired girl said, crossing her arms across her chest.

Everyone was staring at her in shock.

"How you know?! No one tell!!" Kari demanded.

Laze closed her eyes and sighed.

"Anja's lived in Porre five years before the war began, and she's a mechanical genius. She'd already been makin' plans fer tha, but I suspect the Porre Army got a hand o' it when she was there," she said.

"Your sister created Grobyc?!!?" Elvor asked, dumbfound.

"Nah, Anja was still plannin' it, but it never worked ou', fer one needed a human-body for tha, and she wasn't plannin' ta use livin' beings, fer nothin'. Tha's jus' the way she is."

Grobyc looked a little confused, but didn't respond.

"So, wha else did I miss?"

"By the Gods," Laze mumbled, sitting on the pedestal, arms crossed, and one leg on her knee with the ankle.

They had just finished telling her what had happened, the things they had discovered about the fort.

"A ruin from the future? How the Bloody Hell did Same do tha?" she asked.

"We don't know. We're going to ask later on, once we see her again," Bulma said.

"Good, but…" Laze turned to Asoret. "Wha's gonna happen ta Guardia? Was there nothin' on tha piece o' paper?!"

Asoret shook his head.

"The entry stopped at 'Gua', and that's it."

Laze cursed silently.

"Guardia's me home! And if anyone even dares ta touch it! Oooooh! May the Gods help 'em!" she threatened, punching one fist into her other hand with enough force to break a rock.

There was a silence for awhile, and the group wondered what they were to do next, for none of them had an idea.

"Hey," Laze suddenly said. "Bulma, ye said ya wen' up with the elevator, righ'?"

Bulma blinked.

"Yeah, why?" she asked.

"Well, did anyone eva think o', instea' o' headin' up, goin' down?" Laze said, pointing to the floor.

"The basement!" Elvor said. "So that's where we have to go!"

The group moved out, going to the elevator, while Laze looked around in slight confusion. It was like she knew this place, but she couldn't quite place it. After some time, they finally came to the elevator.

Bulma pressed the button for the basement floor, but: "Please show your station pass for access to basement."

"Station pass?? What that??" Kari asked, scratching her head in confusion.

"Something like permission to enter," Goku mumbled.

"Looks like we're stuck," Vegeta said with a glare at the elevator.

Laze sighed and turned around, when she gasped.

"Lookin' fer somethin'?" a cold sadistic voice asked.

They turned around, shocked out of their wits. Same and Sky were standing there, and Same had one arm around her waist, while holding up a small plastic card in her free hand. There was a cruel, sadistic smirk plastered on her face.

Vegeta was the first to react.

"Same, give us that," he hissed.

Same chuckled softly.

"I think not. Ye can have it, if," Same said as her smirk widened.

"If wha?!" Laze hissed.

"If you can beat us both!" Sky said, wearing a smirk equal to Same.

Everyone was shocked to hear that! Same and Sky were tough apart, but together!! This wouldn't be easy.

Hope stepped forward, and was about to say something, when Same sent her a glare that could break ice, and the young shaman backed away.

"Look! We don't have the time for this!!" Bulma said, getting highly annoyed. "Just give us the card, and we'll be out of here in no time!"

Same chuckled and placed the card away.

"Wannit?" she said, and the group growled. "Come and ge' it!"

"I've had it up ta here with ya!!" Laze hollered pointing at her head, and then taking a battle pose. "Ye'd be best of sayin' yer prayers! Not tha it'll do ya any good! I'm gonna kick yer sorry arses so hard, ye'll be kissin' the moons!!"

Sky smirked and chuckled evilly.

"Fair enough!"

The two Dragons were surrounded by a strange light, and it soon spread from the center of the room all around.

When they could see again, they were no longer in Chronopolis, but on some kind of endless black void. There was mist spiraling below their feet, but it felt like they were standing on a floor. Same stepped up first.

"Ye're pretty tough, though it all ends here! It's over fer ye!!"

And with that, she grabbed her katana, but it shifted into a pure white colored sword. It was decorated with strange ancient carvings of a civilization long since past. Power was simply radiating from the weapon alone.

Laze looked absolutely horrified.

"Shit!! She's usin' the Einlanzer!!"

Heheh. Looks like Same and Sky are going to give them a handful!

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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 - Chronopolis - Z-Vor, the Eighth Dragon

I already told this, but if people desire for me to write a side-story about all couples [lemon style] please tell and I'll see what I can do. I'm not that good at lemons, but that's my own opinion. Also, if you know another couple you'd like to read a lemon about from this story, do tell. [Dragons are allowed as well.]