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Chapter 54
Things returned back to normal, both on the Zenan Mainland, and on the El Nido Archipelago. The Guardia and Viper bloodlines were restored, and everyone continued with his or her life like nothing ever happened. The eastern continent had been completely torn apart, and millions of people had died there.
However, Ultragon had given them all some background info that no one had known. The entire eastern continent was made by FATE, and almost everyone there had been robots. They had been searching for the Arbiter, but Haelles had thrown a shield over them all, protecting them all. Only Bulma, Chichi, Goku and the Dragon Riders had been made out of flesh and blood. They hadn't all been human, but that didn't matter.
Bulma and Vegeta married two years after the defeat of FATE, and settled down. Kari began to live with Asoret, whom taught her how to speak at least a little like other people. Goku and Chichi were allowed to live at Viper Manor when it was rebuilt. Grobyc had been returned to Porre, where Anja had taken it upon herself to fix him. Ancha had retired and was living peacefully on Marbule, where she'd met up a few of her old friends from the isle, including Mura and Same. Hope had gone back to Guldove, to run the village once again. Elvor had gone back to Arni, where Eneii had already been waiting. And, unlike Vegeta had predicted, they got together indeed. As for Laze and Haelles…
No one knew. There hadn't been word from either one of them for years. However, Anja had already told them that the two would be busy with a lot of stuff, though no one understood why.
The Dragons were doing fine. They were all going into a slumber, one they had all earned. However, what surprised everyone, was that they staid. They had waited years to be able to go back home, and when they had the chance, they decided to stay.
They were glad that the Dragons had made them beat FATE, or nothing would've changed. And they were glad they had decided to stay. A lot of young children, all fairies, everyone in Guldove and Marbule, looked up to the Dragons. The Dragons were like guardians to El Nido. And they would go into slumber for quite some time.
"Bulma! Vegeta!!" Kari shouted, and hugged her old friends when they came down to greet them.
Asoret smiled, and shook hands with Vegeta. Bulma wore the clothes she'd worn as Ciria, and Vegeta wore his father's clothes, surprisingly.
"You're first!" Vegeta said.
"Oh? The others aren't here yet?" Asoret asked.
"They'll be here! You'll see!" Kari said, her once fractured English completely fixed up.
"Yeah," Bulma said. "Come on, let's go to the library!"
The four friends headed toward the stairs, and toward the library. Bulma left them for awhile and headed straight ahead instead of left, with the others. Once inside the library, Kari bolted up the next set of stairs, and went in search of a good book.
"She's been hooked on reading ever since I taught her how to read," Asoret explained to Vegeta's astonished look.
Kari got out a book, and instantly began reading, hanging upside-down from one of the ladders, a smile on her face. Asoret rubbed the back of his head with a sly grin.
"Some habits just don't die, I guess," he mumbled, and Vegeta chuckled.
"I guess they don't," Bulma said, walking in, holding a small sleeping child with silver hair and eyes in her arms.
Asoret noticed the child first and smiled.
"Yo Kari!"
Kari looked up [A/N: Remember! She's hanging upside-down!] at Asoret.
"Get down here!"
"Why's tha--AAH!!!" Kari cried out and tumbled down from the ladder.
"Kari!!" Asoret gasped, and ran up to her. "You okay?"
Bulma and Vegeta had run over as well, and were bending down, looking at Kari. Kari sat up and shook her head.
"Yeah, I'm fine as soon as the world stops spinning," she said, holding a hand to her head.
"Ha, ha, ha, very amusin' indeed," a highly familiar voice said.
Everyone whirled around, and smiled.
"Hope!!" Bulma said, standing up.
"Sorry I'm late. I had some business ta take care off," Hope said with a smile as she ascended the stairs.
"No problem," Bulma said, adjusting the sleeping child in her arms.
Once the others were also back to their feet, Hope smiled.
"So, wha's the child's name anyways?"
Vegeta chuckled, his golden eyes sparkling mysteriously.
"Three guesses," Bulma said with a smile.
Hope quirked an eyebrow at her.
"Ciria," she finally said.
Bulma nodded and said: "Quite obvious huh?"
When someone cleared his throat, everyone looked up. Goku was standing in the doorway, and he looked quite serious. The wounds on his cheek had become two scars, but he didn't really bother about it.
"What's wrong, Kakarot?" Vegeta asked.
"Laze and Haelles are here. But it was a little hard to recognize Laze," Goku said.
Hope smiled.
"Whoo! Looks like the royal couple's here!" she said, much to everyone's surprise.
When everyone came to the entry-hall, Laze looked up from studying a few statues, and smirked at them. Haelles simply scoffed and turned to them.
"Hey you two!" Bulma said, walking up to them.
"Likewise," Laze said.
Bulma instantly understood why it had been hard to recognize Laze. Laze was wearing some loose lime-green pants, loose sandals, a strapless lime green tank-top, and her hair was done in a tight ponytail atop her head. Also, she had a strange pendant hanging around her neck, and the markings over her body were missing. And, Laze was holding a child of her own in her arms. Only hers seemed to be at least, three years old. The kid had dark black hair, with blood red streaks through it, but the eyes were a mystery for now, seeing as the kid was asleep.
"Hey, Princess!" Hope shouted from the top of the stairs, causing Laze to glare up at her. "Nice outfit!"
"Aw shut yer trap!" Laze shouted right back.
"'Princess'??" Vegeta mumbled.
Laze rolled her eyes.
"Yeah. Princess Of Guardia," she said.
"You're the Princess Of Guardia?!" Asoret asked.
"'Queen Of Guardia', would be more like it," Haelles mumbled.
Laze rolled her eyes again.
"Laze," Bulma asked after a short silence. "Did you really kick a guard through a wall when you were a kid?"
Laze gave her a look that said: "Are you crazy!?"
"Let me tell ya somethin', Bulma!" Laze said, stepping up close to Bulma and pointing a finger very close to Bulma's nose. "I, certainly, did, NOT, kick, a guard, through, a wall!" she said, punctuating every word with a tap on Bulma's nose.
"Those were rumors, Laze," Vegeta said as Bulma stepped away from Laze, rubbing her nose.
Laze looked at them with a look of amusement on her face.
"I kicked 'em through at least four."
Everyone burst out laughing right then and there.
Terra turned off the sand-boil that would lead to her, and walked back inside, closing the cave behind her as well. She walked toward a large pool of sand, which spread out when she stepped in, revealing a large pod that could easily fit her. It opened, and she laid down inside. After putting the gas mask on, the pod closed, and the sand covered her up, right before she closed her eyes and went into coma.
Pyro petted her pet salamander, and stepped into the pod lying near its head. She rolled over into a more comfortable position, and pulled the mask over her face, after which the pod closed. Her pet picked up the pod with its mouth, and placed it inside a cavern not that far away. Then it banged its own head against the wall, creating a rockslide. The last Pyro heard before going into coma, was the sound of falling rocks.
Flora stepped through the bushes, which made way for her when she passed, and closed behind her, blocking entrance to anyone but herself. Finally, she reached the pod, and smiled sadly. With a soft hiss, the pod opened, and she crawled inside, enjoying the feel of the silk of the cushions. She placed the gas mask on her face, and watched the hatch close, and the thorns surround her, before falling into coma.
Douse said her final good-byes to the fairies, and closed up the cave. She headed down, toward her own cave. Near a lake, she made the water push out a pod, and it opened once it came above the surface. She gave a sigh and stepped in. The pod closed once the gas mask was placed on her face. Once she lost consciousness, the pod sank into the deeps of the water.
Mura closed the cave completely after Sky had left, and headed toward his 'room'. He stalked over to the pod, and slammed his fist on it, making it open up immediately. He calmly stepped inside, after folding his wings around himself. He placed the gas mask on his face, and the shadows seemed to swallow up the pod, before he went into coma.
Same placed the book on the shelf after Sky had left and left the study-room, which closed up completely behind her. Her brother was already in his pod, and she decided to do the same. She undid her hair, and let it flow down her back, before stepping into the pod. Her wings folded up around her, the mask was placed over her face, she went into coma, and the shadows seemed to swallow her up.
Sky landed in a cave on the back of Sky Dragon Isle, which closed up after he got inside. There was a pod the size of Sky standing there. He climbed in, pulled a gas mask over his face, and allowed the pod to close. The sleeping gas flowed into his nostrils, into his lungs, and his eyes began to slowly droop shut, until he lost consciousness and went into coma.
He gave a sigh as he felt the last Dragon slip into comatose. He knew it was almost time, so he walked away from his 'home', and stepped into the final pod. However, he didn't put on the mask right away. He waited for a moment, thinking, before finally placing the mask over his face, and allowing himself to enter a dreamless sleep of eighteen years.
Eighteen years… that's how long they went into coma. But 9 years after FATE's defeat, something horrible shot through their heads, making them cry out during their coma, along with another living creature. Through their heads, sounded the breaking of glass, and an invisible force stabbed them, hard.
They did not die, but Same was sent out to see what had happened. Same returned a few years later, and returned to coma. She would tell what had happened later on… but not now. She was too tired to do anything of the kind.
But history was already made. And a power once thought gone, was restored. It began to consume them, slowly. They were the only ones affected, and no one realized the danger they were in if the Dragons ever got their hands on this new source of power.
Safe for one person.
What was the start of all this?
When did the cogs of fate begin to turn?
Perhaps it is impossible to grasp that answer now,
from deep within the flow of time…
But, for a certainty, back then,
we loved so many, yet hated so much,
we hurt others and were hurt ourselves…
Yet even then, we ran like the wind,
whilst our laughter echoed
under cerulean skies…
Abstraction from Chrono Cross - begin lines
[nods at story] Alright, let's see here. Last chapter, epilogue, and quiz… all at the same time, hmmm… one, two more weeks. And then…it's over (for this story). So make the last reviews I'll answer count. [salutes reviewers and leaves the room]
Zeal: [enters actors' lounge room] ALRIGHT! THAT'S A WRAP!!
Laze: WHOOOOO!!! 'Bout time!!
Elvor: Thank God.
Zeal: Alright people, let's bail out of here! [thinks for a moment, then smiles] Who's in for ice-cream?
Ancha: Ice-cream!! WHOOOO!!!
Hope: I'M IN!!!
Asoret: So am I!!
Kari: ME TOO ME TOO ME TOO!!!
Vegeta: Well, what are we waiting for!!?
Bulma: YEAH!! Let's go!!
Zeal: Last one there's a dung beetle!! [runs off with the others on her heels]
Reviews:
ketsui-8: Ah.
SaiyanGal: [blushes] [laughs nervously] Uh… thanks… I guess…
The Mad Orange: Well, if you read what I wrote at samicat's review the previous chapter, you might know. And besides, most people already know. Anyway, you're close with your thought. -
samicat: Well, I hope.
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