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...hold up, that's not what I meant. Uh, let's just start the story.
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"Hello! My name is Son Goten, a normal high school student from Orange Star
High School. I was stopping an ex-friend of mine from messing with Trunks'
special science project when something went horribly wrong! Now I've suddenly
been transported to a mysterious world called El-Hazard. What's gonna to happen
to me in such an unpredictable place?"
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Ghostface211 presents
Yet Another Dragon Ball/ El-Hazzard Crossover
Nights over Roshtaria
Night 2: Exploring the Kingdom of Mystery.
The Princess and the Saiyan.
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Goten groaned as he slowly regained consciousness, "Oh man... what happened?" he mumbled. The last thing he remembered was Trunks' machine going haywire and Jinnai's crazy laughter filling his ears as that white light bathed him. He put a hand to his face and rubbed his eyes, "Mmmn... Stupid Jinnai... could've sent us all to meet old man Yamma." He groaned again as his sight started readjusting to the light, "Heck for all I know he di-"
He stopped suddenly as his vision corrected and he was able to take in his surroundings. A strange place with a vibrant and lush jungle, ripe with vegetation and flora greeted his eyes. He stood dumbfounded at the sight, "W-where the heck am I? Did that malfunction do this?" He frowned as he heard rustling from a nearby thicket. "Huh? Who's there?"
"Damn! Where th' hell am I?!"
Goten blinked, "Sensei?!"
Fujisawa emerged from the thicket, one hand running through his hair and picking out twigs and grass that had gotten tangled in it, and another holding a cup of instant ramen, "Gahhh… What time is it? Ohh... that new sake really hits you in the stomach."
Goten grinned and ran up to his teacher, "Hey Sensei! What're you doing here?"
Fujisawa turned to his student, eyebrow rose in surprise. "Oh, hey Goten. I don't know. One minute, I was eating..." He tossed away his cup of ramen and looked around their surroundings, jeering a thumb back at the shrub he emerged from. "... and suddenly, I was wrestling with a shrub."
Goten hummed, "So where do you think we are, sensei?"
His teacher shrugged in response, "I dunno, but I've really gotta get back to school. I'm working nights, can't keep the campus open."
"But Sensei… we might not even be on Earth anymore! We're definitely nowhere near Satan City, much less Orange Star High School."
Fujisawa eyed Goten warily, "...Uh huh... been hanging out with Penzil of the sci-fi club? I gotta hit the road."
The young saiyan rose an eyebrow at that, "Ok...and just exactly what road will you be traveling, sir?"
His teacher snorted, "You think I don't know? That's easy..." He pointed to his right. Looking back to his student, Goten shook his head in the negative. Fujisawa let off a small frown and pointed to his left. Goten shook his head in the negative once more. "...Fine then. Maybe I don't know. Then we'll just ask the next person that comes along."
They both turn as they hear a loud rummaging from a bush. Goten blinked as a weird animal popped out from the bush and bounced straight past them, singing as it goes. The creature that looked something like a strange mix of a platypus and a dog with a pinch of a cat then dove into another bush.
The young half-saiyan rose an eyebrow and turned to his teacher. He was doing his best to see how far his jaw could go before it could touch the ground, "Uh... sensei...You didn't ask him."
Fujisawa snapped out of his shock and began to clumsily fumble around for his cigarettes, "Oh thank god, you saw it too! I thought I was commin' down with a case of the DT's!" Fujisawa took a few deep breaths to calm himself as he pulled out his cigarettes, "Just chill... relax... keep your cool Fujisawa..."
Goten frowned, "Oh man, sensei. You're smokin' again?"
Fujisawa turned to Goten, "Now's not the time, Goten! Go ahead and berate me AFTER I've calmed down, ok?!" Goten made a warding gesture with his hands as his teacher let out a cloud of tobacco smoke from his nostrils, "That's it! A drink! That'll calm my nerves."
"Somehow I doubt it," Goten mumbled.
Fujisawa didn't hear him as he patted himself down, "Where is it? Where is it? Where's that sweet nectar?" He smiled as he felt a familiar lump in his track pants, "Ah, there's that medicine!" His smile widened as he pulled the bottle out of his pants...
... Only to find it empty. Fujisawa gasped and staggered about, "Ah! No! No drink! I needs a drink! I can't live without it! I nee-eed a drink!"
Goten groaned again as his teacher sobbed, "Sensei..."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Oh shit! Someone else is out of alcohol!" Fujisawa cried.
Goten looked up in the direction he heard the scream. "Forget the booze, sensei!" Goten replied as he turned and ran in the scream's direction, "Someone needs help! Sounds like trouble!"
"Wait, Goten! Hold on!" His teacher cried as he followed his student.
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The two men ran until they entered a clearing with a high cliff. Looking up, they saw two figures covered in shawls running from a group of...
"Are those bug people?" Fujisawa asked.
Goten frowned at the scene, "Whoever they are… whatever they are… They're obviously the bad guys."
"Help... us!" One of the figures cried out as they jumped off the cliff.
Goten blinked and jumped to catch one of the cloaked figures. "Head's up sensei!"
"Huh?" Was all Goten's homeroom teacher was able to get out as the other figure very roughly collided with him, sending the two of them tumbling away from Goten and into another thicket.
Goten laughed slightly as he landed with the person he rescued. "Geez..."
"Thank you for catching me, young sir. Is your friend all right?"
Goten laughed again, "Most definitely. It'll take more than-" The rest of his reassurance died on his lips as he finally caught a look under the shall of the person he rescued.
The hood had fallen back to allow Goten to see that the person was female. Her hair was long and flowing, a light brown color. On her head rested an odd ornament with three rubies upon it. She looked to be at least his age, if not a year younger. She had a fair complexion, With a slim figure and high nose that made her an eye catching beauty, but what took Goten's breath away was her eyes. Her eyes were the purest shade of blue he had ever seen.
"Beautiful..." he whispered.
The girl blushed slightly, "Did you not hear what I said sir?"
What Goten wanted to say was, "No mystery lady. I was just too stunned looking at your sky blue eyes to notice anything else."
What came out was, "Durh?"
"I said I'm sorry for getting you and your friend in even deeper trouble now."
Goten forced himself to look away from her eyes to see that the bug-like creatures had
surrounded them. He frowned, "What are these things?"
The girl blinked in surprise, "You've never heard of the Bugrom?"
"Let's just say I'm not from around here and leave it at that," He looked around him, wondering how much of his strength he could get away with showing without freaking the beautiful girl out. "Is Sensei out of it?" he mumbled.
He turned and blushed as he found the other person's shall had fallen off enough to reveal that the person was female as well.
Goten could also see that Fujisawa had managed to land with his head in the girl's crotch.
He blushed lightly, even as he warily eyed the Bugrom that continued to surround them, "Hey Sensei! Get up! We got trouble!"
His teacher groaned, "Huh? Goten what're you..." He paused as his eyes opened and he caught sight of where his head had landed. He grew a head to toe blush, and removed his head from the girl's private area as if it was on fire, "GYAAAHH! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!
I DIDN'T MEAN TO!"
Goten sighed as he disengaged from the girl he rescued and took a protective stance in
front of her, "Not now Sensei!" The Bugrom clearly agreed with that sentiment, as they rushed the lot of them at that statement. The girl screamed, and Goten's eyes narrowed in determination. 'Here we go.'
THOOM!
Goten blinked as he heard a heard of Bugrom flying off from behind him. He and the girl he rescued turned to find the creatures backing off warily from Fujisawa as he stared at his hands in surprise. "Huh? What the...? Did I just do that?"
The bugs where apparently not content to let he teacher stew over this as they charged as the teacher gagged at their assault. "Ahh, oh... whoa oh!" He cried as he swatted the bugs as if they were nothing more than an annoyance. He looked down at his hands and grinned, "Hahah! All right! Who wants some?!"
Goten looked as his teacher continued to battle the creatures. "...Man, how did he get so strong?"
The girl blinked and looked up at Goten, "Your friend is amazing!"
He grinned in response, "He is isn't he?" He then looked down at his hands as he realized that his teacher had given him the go ahead to go wild if he wished. He looked at the Bugrom that surrounded them and smirked, "Ok... who's feeling lucky today?!"
One bug obviously was feeling lucky, as he punched Goten defiantly. The girl looked on in shock as the bug pulled back his fist and clenched it in pain. Goten simply shook his head, "Heh, guess we found out who's feelin' it today. Wrong answer by the way."
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The following scene of violence is not entirely suitable for your viewing eyes, so we'll just cut to the aftermath.
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Goten frowned as the Bugrom picked up their comrades and ran off. "Feh… they're leaving."
Fujisawa simply cracked his knuckles, "Damn and I was just warming up too."
His student simply shrugged in response, "At least they won't be back anytime soon." He then turned to the girl he saved and smiled gently, "Are you all right?"
"I'm-I'm fine, thank you", the young girl said, utterly shocked at the mayhem she witnessed.
"I dunno what happened", Fujisawa said as he straightened out his collar, "but it looks like what happened to me happened to you too kid."
"Uh, yeah, yeah sensei", Goten answered somewhat reluctantly, scratching the back of his neck. Fujisawa completely missed his student's unease.
A groan from behind the trio reminded them that they weren't alone. "Oh no! Fatora!" the girl cried.
Goten blinked at that, "Oh yeah. Forgot about that catch you made sensei."
Fujisawa blushed at the reminder as he and Goten followed the girl, "Wish I could."
Goten just laughed at that as the young girl held Fatora in her arms, "Fatora, wake up! Speak to me, sister!"
Goten's eyebrow rose, "Sister huh?" He looked down and whistled at the sight. Save for the girl's darker brown hair, Fatora was a dead ringer for her concerned sister. "Twins?"
The darker haired sister finally got her bearings and managed to stand, steadied by her elder twin. Taking a look around she stretched and moaned in pain before leveling a glare in their direction. "Could you try to be any worse when coming to the rescue of two princesses?!" she shrieked. "We could have been killed! Why didn't you get here sooner! Two princess's in Roshtaria and we nearly get killed by our own rescuers!"
Goten gave the girl a flat look, "What."
Fujisawa simply rose an eyebrow.
Fatora's glare deepened at Goten's look, "Unbelievable. You didn't even have the slightest idea who your rulers are by looking at us?! Inexcusable what they teach the common folk these days."
Goten palmed his face, "...You can't be serious. We save your lives and you're complaining?!"
The young girl glared slightly at her sister, "Fatora, be nice! These warriors did save our lives!"
Goten smiled as he turned to the girl, "Well at least SOMEONE here knows to be grateful to their rescuers."
She smiled at Goten, and the young saiyan blushed, "Brave warrior, we are forever in your debt for saving these lifes of ours. From what kingdom do you hail?"
"Uhh... ahehehe... kingdom?"
Fujisawa scratched his head, "Pardon my student, miss. But we're just lost and happen to come across your situation. Perhaps you can tell us who you are and where we are?"
The one called Fatora looked at them incredulously. "Are you stupid? Do you really
not know to whom you are talking to?"
Goten's blush faded as he turned to Fatora and frowned, "Not to you, princess," he said mockingly.
"Fatora!" The young girl said sharply. Fatora simply humphed and turned away. "I'm so sorry for her."
Goten smiled at her, "It's all right I guess. We haven't even introduced ourselves yet. I'm Son Goten and this," he pointed to his teacher, "Is my teacher Mr. Fujisawa."
The girl smiled, "And I am..."
"Your majesty! Princess Fatora! Are you all right?!"
Goten blinked and groaned, how many people were gonna interrupt this thing anyway.
Fatora smiled, "It's Londs. Oh praise heaven, someone with some common sense has come!"
The young saiyan sighed as an older man with a dark complexion and goatee approached. He was dressed in royal looking garbs and had a scimitar resting on his hip. "So who are you, their dad?"
Fatora coughed so hard she started to wheeze while her sister looked at him in wonderment. The man known as Londs blinked before turning to the girls, "I have no idea you would wander so far... please forgive me!"
He then turned to Goten and Fujisawa, arms open wide. "You must be great warriors from beyond. You deserve royal honor!"
Goten grinned and turned to Fujisawa, "Hear that sensei? Royal honor. Wish he would've taught Fatora there how to properly thank folks."
His teacher shrugged and smiled at Londs, "Well I do teach to help those in need, right?" he asked Goten.
His student nodded, "Yeah, you do."
Fatora looked on in shock, "...You can't be serious."
Londs turned to the guards who had followed him, "Escort the royal guests to the ship!"
Goten smirked at Fatora, "Sounds like he is, princess."
Fatora's eyes sparked of anger but before she could unleash into him her sister stepped in-between them once more. "Fatora," she admonished again.
Fatora looked at her sister for a moment, then sighed and nodded. "...Fine. I'll drop it." she glared at Goten, "For now."
Goten shrugged as the other girl nodded at Fatora and smiled at the two men before her, "Once more I thank you for your understanding. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the royal ruler of El-Hazard, Princess Rune Venus."
Goten blinked before letting out a breath, "Pleasure to meet you your highness," He sighed as he looked upward, 'Definitely not in Satan City anymore.' he thought.
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Goten blinked, "We're in El-Hazard?"
Rune nodded, "That's right. It is our holy soil and has been such from ancient times. Enough of us, but tell me, this land from whence you came, I have no knowledge of it and I'm deeply curious to learn more about your country." She turned to Fujisawa, "Ah, I see you enjoy our wine."
Goten frowned deeply as his teacher put away another jug of the wine, "A little too much, sensei."
Fujisawa hiccupped and gave Rune a drunken grin, "Yeah, th's 's great stuff."
Goten sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Sensei... it's not even noon yet." he bemoaned.
"So?"
Goten sighed again, "Forget it." He turned to Rune and smiled, "So you're royalty, huh?"
Rune smiled and nodded, "Yes. I lead the many tribes of El-Hazard."
"Must be tough, you're the same age I am."
Rune hummed, "In some ways I suppose... but I was born into this position and I must do what I can to ensure my home peace and prosperity."
Goten raised an eyebrow and nodded approvingly, "Spoken like a true ruler..."
Fatora cleared her throat and Goten frowned as he turned to her, "Yeah... you got something to say?"
She shook her head, "No... I was just curious about your world as well. C'mon tell us about it."
Goten blinked. Maybe she was just to shaken up about the attack to be grateful? He shrugged and smiled at the princesses, "Ok then. Well like I said, me and sensei come from Earth. A place called Satan City. I don't live there, just go to school there."
Rune leaned in closer as she gave Goten her rapt attention, "What else?"
Goten fought the urge to blush at the girls attention as he continued, "Well... the city's really big and busy. Don't know how technology compares to yours yet since I just got here and all. But where I live, Mt. Paozu..." He smiled wistfully as he turned and looked out of the carriage at the forest, "It's a lot like this forest."
"What about the people?" Rune asked.
Goten shrugged, "Same I guess... like I said I just got here. Need to see your city to see how much is similar. I can say this... from what I've seen so far, this is a beautiful world."
"Sounds like an unbelievably dull peasant's life so far." Fatora snorted.
Goten turned to the princess and frowned, "It may be dull, but it's better than what it faced seventeen years ago."
"Oh, really", Fatora replied, bored.
Fujisawa blinked and turned to Goten, "Oh... y'mean Cell?"
Goten nodded, knowing that Fujisawa wouldn't remember Boo destroying Earth ten years ago and the peace his family and Trunks' family fought for. "Yeah, sensei. Cell… a being of immense power that almost destroyed our world."
Fujisawa nodded, "Yeah... th'nk goo'ness fer Mr. Satan." He poured another glass
full of wine and rose it in a toast, "Th'is fer ya Satan!"
Goten chucked as his teacher downed another shot of wine in one gulp. "Yeah... thank goodness."
"Was it a demon god"?
Goten blinked and turned to Rune, "A what?"
"Beings of immense destructive power, like you described, existed in El Hazard's ancient past", Rune answered.
Goten shrugged, "I dunno... could they destroy mountains and buildings without a single thought? Kill hundreds and thousands of people and not bat an eye?"
"It was said that they could, that entire kingdoms vanished overnight."
Goten hummed, "Well I dunno what he was exactly... My big brother and Mr. Satan would know more. It happened before I was born."
Fujisawa turned to Goten, "Ya know Mr. Satan?"
Goten raised an eyebrow at his teacher. "I thought you knew his daughter was my sister-in-law. They both attended Orange Star High."
Fujisawa held a hand up to Goten, resting the other on his temple. "Wait-wait-wait kid. Your sister-in-law? And you still travel to school? With her connections you'd easily be able to live in the city and not have to deal with all that travel, or so Nanami and Trunks have said."
Goten laughed uncomfortably at that, "Yeah well... no one cooks like my ma. 'Sides, I do stay there every now and then."
Fujisawa nodded before a grin began to break out on his face, "Goten... c'n ya do me a favor?"
Goten blinked before he let out a sigh, "Yes, sensei?"
Faster than anyone save Goten could see, Fujisawa had crawled up to Goten and grabbed his shoulders, "When we get back..."
Goten grimaced as the smell of alcohol crept out of his teacher's mouth, "Yes?"
"YA GOTTA GET ME MR. SATAN'S AUTOGRAPH!"
Goten sighed again as he nodded. Fujisawa always asked this of Goten whenever he was stone cold drunk, forgetting that Videl and Gohan had already gotten that signature for him, "...Sure. Now can you please back off for a sec? Your breath is killin' me."
Both princesses looked on in confusion. "Autograph?" Fatora asked, looking at her sister. Rune shook her head in bafflement.
Fujisawa nodded as he let go of his student's shoulders, "'Member... 's a promise between men!"
Goten chuckled and nodded, "Yes sir."
His teacher then turned to the front of the ship, "Uh? Whaz that?"
Rune turned and smiled as she noticed what Fujisawa was looking at, "Do not be alarmed, we have reached the end of the forest. We approach Floristica, the royal city of Roshtaria."
As soon as she said that, the forest ended and Goten and Fujisawa's eyes widened in amazement at the sight before them. Roshtaria was a large bustling city, clearly Arabian in motif. The most prominent thing about the city, though, was it palace. The towers looked to be made of the finest materials available, and it shone brightly in the light. The domes atop of them looked to be made of the purest gold. And as lush greenery surrounded the floor of the area, it looked to be the purest marriage of art, technology, and nature.
"Wow..." Goten whispered.
Fujisawa just whistled.
Rune smile brightened as she took in the wanderers amazement, "Welcome, gentlemen to Floristica. The crown jewel of Roshtaria. Her capital city!"
"Definitely not in Satan City anymore," Goten whispered.
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"This way, please."
Goten and Fujisawa complied as they followed Londs to their guest room. Goten whistled as he looked around their current location, "Really nice. I've never been in something so posh."
Fujisawa looked at his student. "Not even at your sister-in-law's place"?
Goten shrugged, "You get used to it."
Londs stopped in front of a large door, prompting his companions to do the same. He turned and gestured to the door, "I beg you, good sirs. Please stay here and rest 'till I return."
Goten smiled and gave his teacher a knowing elbow, "As long as you insist, right?"
Fujisawa grinned at his student as Londs opened the doors to their guest room. The two entered, missing Londs serious look as he closed the door behind them. He gestured with his head to three palace guards, who ran up to him and saluted. He eyed them approvingly, "You two, stand watch until he returns."
"Sir!"
He then turned to his third guard, "And I need you to summon the director of the Royal Academy, Dr. Schtalubaugh. Immediately!"
He saluted Londs, "Yes Sir!" He barked off before running off to complete his orders.
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Inside the room, Goten and Fujisawa continued to marvel at the meticulous designs and artistry of their guest room. Goten grinned as he flopped down on his mattress, "Man this place is awesome!"
His teacher smiled at Goten, "Having fun, kid?"
He blinked and grinned sheepishly at his teacher, "A bit much?"
He shrugged, "A bit. Still..." He frowned softly, "Never heard of El-Hazard. Hmm... or Roshtaria. They don't exist!"
Goten nodded, "As far as we know anyway."
Fujisawa pulled out his carton of smokes, ignoring Goten's slight frown, "I wonder how we even got here in the first place?"
"Uh...I don't know," Goten answered uncomfortably. "Hopefully we'll get home soon."
Fujisawa let out a long drag of smoke, "I hope we get back before I run out of smokes."
The door opened and the two turned to find an unfamiliar elder man standing in front of the door. His hair was ashen white and went past his back. He also had a beard almost as long as his hair and was dressed in scholarly robes. Goten blinked and pointed at the man, "Are you the king here?"
Fujisawa laughed nervously, "Excuse my student for speaking out of turn."
The man smiled as he approached them, "Mm-mmm, not king. I am merely Dr. Schtalubaugh, scientific advisor to the royal court. Words tell that you have come from far beyond our royal lands."
Goten nodded, "Yep, that's about right."
He rose an eyebrow as the advisor began feeling one of his biceps, "They also tell that you hold great powers of strength and you vanquished our worst enemies."
Fujisawa shrugged, "I guess so."
Schtalubaugh then felt the teacher's bicep and rose an eyebrow at what he felt, "Hmmm... the boy possess the build for such feats to be believable... Yet, you appear to be of a man of ordinary build. It's unusual to think of a man like you could accomplish such feats."
Fujisawa rubbed the back of his head, "Well... I do some climbing on my time off."
The elder man raised an eyebrow at that, "Is that so?"
Before Fujisawa could elaborate any further, the sound of a stick banging upon the floor brought all three men's attention back to the door once more as the two guards assigned to their room entered, "All now shall kneel! The royal ruler of El-Hazard now enters!"
Schtalubaugh complied immediately. Goten and Fujisawa looked at each other and shrugged before complying.
Rune simply smiled as she entered, "You may rise."
The trio did as the princess commanded. Goten smiled, "Hey, princess. To what do we owe the honor of your presence?"
"I've merely come by to see how you like your quarters. Is it to your liking?"
"This is more than enough, princess", Fujisawa supplied. "Anything more would be a bit excessive, and we're grateful for your hospitality."
"This is the least I can do. After all, you both saved my life and the life of my sister as well."
Goten shrugged, "Well, we're thankful all the same." A long, deep growl echoed through the room. Goten blushed and laughed, "But I'd be a lot more grateful if I could get some food."
Rune lifted a hand to her mouth and giggled. "But of course."
Goten smiled, "Great! As much as you can, please!"
Fujisawa gave his student a slight smirk, "Must be starved, huh kid?"
"You don't know the half of it," he whispered back.
"Well then if you'll just wait a while, I shall send up the finest cuisine El-Hazard has to offer." She bowed to the displaced men, who returned it and left the room.
The guards banged the floor once more as she vanished, "Rune Venus has spoken, ruler of all El-Hazard!"
Goten frowned, "Do they have to do that?"
Fujisawa shrugged, "It's just a different culture, Goten. You'll get used to it."
Goten sighed in response, "As long as I don't get a headache."
Schtalubaugh chucked, "You're still young, boy. You'll manage." He walked towards the door, "Well then, while I do still have some questions for you they can wait until after your meal."
Goten blinked, "Oh, ok then. See ya later sir."
The doors opened and closed on Schalubaugh, and Goten grinned in anticipation of the upcoming meal. "Boy, I hope this food's as good as this place looks!"
Outside the room, the two guards saluted their superior before them, "We shall be aware of everything you said your highness!"
The other Guard nodded in agreement, "Yes princess, these two men shall not leave this room until further notice!"
Fatora simply smiled, "Excellent, gentlemen. You shall bring great honor to your country." Inside, she smirked darkly. This'll teach that peasant country bumpkin how to properly respect a princess, she thought.
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Fujisawa frowned a bit as he looked over the spread of food before him. Not one bit of it looked familiar to him, much less appetizing. He sniffed and picked up what looked like a drumstick, "Are these the hors d'oeuvre or the entree? Bunch of crazy, foreign food! How the heck am I supposed to eat this stuff?!"
He turned to his student and was slightly taken back as he looked to be drooling over the spread, "Hey, if you don't want it sensei just let me know." Before Fujisawa could respond, Goten took his own drumstick-like item and gulped it down in one bite. He eyed his student oddly as he spat out the bone and smiled, "It looks unusual, but it tastes good! Try it! I mean, we could've wound up foraging for food all night outside in that forest."
Fujisawa grimaced before grabbing another 'stick. "Yeah, can't argue with that logic I suppose." Taking a bite his eyes opened as he pulled the bone out. "Wow, kid, you were right. This ain't half bad!"
Goten nodded as he slurped down some soup. Finishing that, he looked to be going for the vegetables next, "Told ya! Hope they got more..."
Fujisawa grumbled a bit more as he continued to eat, "It's good... but it's too dry. You'd think a place like this would at least have a bottle of wine go with your meal."
Goten paused from his meal again and frowned at his teacher, "I think you've had enough wine for the day, sensei."
"Nonsense! With food this dry, you gotta have some wine! Maybe they got a wine steward! Yes, that's it! They just forgot!"
Goten shook his head after swallowing some dinner rolls, "It's not that dry, sensei. You're just lookin' to get drunk again."
"I'm telling you Goten I'm just thirsty and need a drink to wash this down", Fujisawa replied, standing up and heading to the door.
"Where're you goin' sensei?"
"I'll just tell them I'd like some wine."
Goten rose an eyebrow at his teacher, picking up another drumstick, "But, what if it isn't polite?"
Fujisawa just chuckled in response, "Nah... People drink in every dimension. Mm-hmm! That's a fact! I'll just order you a juice or something."
Goten just rolled his eyes as he tore into his drumstick. Fujisawa then blinked in surprise as he pulled at the knob, but the door wouldn't open. "Huh... that's weird." He tried to pull on the knob again and was surprised to find the door refused to open again. He knocked on the door, "Hey guys... Hey, these doors aren't working! We're thirsty in here. Maybe your bartender can't get inside either."
"Try and knock a little harder, sensei." Goten suggested as he finished his seventh drumstick. Fujisawa shrugged and did as his student suggested.
CRASH!
"Oops." Fujisawa muttered.
The two guards stared at the teacher and pointed their spears at him, looking at him in abject fear. Fujisawa just laughed sheepishly, "I... need a drink?"
Goten whistled as he stood up and surveyed his teacher's damage, "Little much, don't 'cha think sensei?"
The guards looked at the shattered remains of the door and gazed upon the two with growing fear.
"Is-is this what Princess Fatora wanted us to guard?"
The other stuttered, "To-to keep them in before, before…"
Goten's eyes narrowed, "Fatora said?"
Fujisawa just smiled sheepishly at the guards, "I'm sorry, friend. I'm just thirsty, that's all."
"Thirsty?! For our... for our…" the guard's face paled as his imagination began to run away with images of what these two powerful people would do to him. The other guard turned and began to scream for others.
Goten eyed the retreating guard, "Oh that can't be good." He turned to his teacher and palmed his face as his teacher was shaking the other guard for information on more booze, "...Sensei."
"Where the heck is the bar, you idiot?!"
"Sensei!"
Fujisawa blinked and turned to his student, "Huh?"
"Two things. First," Goten pointed to the guard, "You might want to put him down."
Fujisawa blinked again and looked down to find the guard in his hands was blissfully unconscious, "Oops. Heh, sorry." He let go of the guard and turned to his student, "What's the other thing?"
"I think we better go have a talk with Rune... let her know what her sister tried to pull."
His teacher nodded, "Let's go then."
"STOP RIGHT THERE, MONSTERS!"
Goten and Fujisawa turned to the voice to find a small army in front of them, armed with spears and eyeing the wanderers warily. Fujisawa frowned, "Well, this doesn't look good."
Goten nodded, "I don't think I like that Fatora. So what do we do sensei?"
"Hmmm... don't wanna hurt'em soo..." he turned the opposite direction and made a beeline for the empty hall, "Run for it kid!"
Goten blinked and followed his teacher, "Hey wait sensei!"
The guards followed, "After them, men! Protect her highness!"
And the chase was on.
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"Bolt the doors!"
"Capture them at once, they've escaped!"
"You cannot escape!"
"Be careful, men! They might suck your blood!"
Goten grumbled as he and his teacher ran throughout the courtyard in their attempts to get away from the guards. "No sir, I don't like that Fatora one bit," he grumbled.
"I... think...that's the... least of our problems," Fujisawa called back. "We're lost and I don't wanna hurt these guys!"
"Me either," Goten agreed. "We gotta find someplace where they won't bug us and we can figure out how to tell the princess about this mess."
"What about up there?" Fujisawa mentioned, looking up high at a tower.
Goten smirked and grabbed his sensei's back, "Perfect. Hold on!"
"Hey kid, wha-!" Fujisawa got out before he felt his feet suddenly leave the ground and the tower's window coming closer and closer.
Guess he got the better deal with our powers, he thought as he and Goten went through the window. He smiled as his feet touched the floor. "Wow kid. How'd you know we make it in when you jumped?"
Goten chuckled slightly, "Uh, lucky guess?"
"Well next time you wanna give me a heart attack, give me the head's up sooner." Fujisawa said, patting his student on the back heartily. He looked around the room, frowning softly. "I wonder where we are?"
"Back in jail."
The displace travelers blinked and looked to the door to find a guard looking at them in disbelief, "I can't believe you escaped just to throw yourself back in jail!"
Goten groaned and looked to his teacher, "Sensei... we're in jail? We did all that running for nothing?" Fujisawa just looked shell shocked at the revelation. Goten sighed and sat down on the ground, cupping his head in his hand. "...Great. Just freakin' peachy."
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[Elsewhere...]
"Wait, come again?"
"I, I don't know how, your highness, but they ended up re-jailing themselves," the stupefied guard stammered.
"So you're telling me, they escaped, led you all on some ridiculous chase, and ended up in one of the real jail cells?"
The guard fidgeted. "Y-yes, ma'am, that's about what happened. Your...your highness?" the guard asked concerned as Princess Fatora's arms began to shake, but then calmed as she burst out laughing.
"Oh gods", she breathed, trying to catch their breath. "They really are stupid men," she got out before she collapsed in giggles once again.
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Rune stood out on the balcony, looking at the moon and deep in thought as her thoughts traversed to the two men she had met today. People... from another world. How is that even possible?
It was just another mystery to add onto the growing worries for the crown princess. In addition to this was the fact that Bugrom forces had grown confident enough to invade Rostarian lands and try to kidnap her and Fatora. The situation was growing more and more out of hand, and the Alliance members were growing more desperate by the day. It wouldn't surprise the young monarch if they tried to do something desperate at the next meeting in a few days.
She sighed, "When it rains, it pours huh?" A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts, "Yes, who is it?"
"Your majesty. It is Londs. You summoned me?"
"Yes, you may enter."
The doors opened and Londs entered, "I have arrived as you requested your highness. Whatever is the matter?"
Rune turned to Londs, "I worry for the strangers. Good Dr. Schtalubaugh can return them back to their own world, can't he?"
Londs frowned softly, "I beg your majesty would not worry herself with such matters as these. Besides, are we to believe that they are from another world only by their claim to it?"
She simply blinked in surprise, "You don't believe them?"
Londs nodded, looking up at his princess, "The land of Roshtaria has many enemies. Trust their fantastical story, or believe they may be spies? My most humble apologies if this offends you but your safety and the safety of Princess Fatora is my top priority."
She smiled, "I am not offended Londs. I know I can trust you to keep me and my sister safe. Still... I do not believe that those men are lying. I can feel it."
"So you say your highness. But I would be on my guard, just in case. Was there anything else you wanted to ask me?"
Rune shook her head negatively, "That is all for now, Londs. You are-"
"Lord Chamberlain!"
Londs turned to find one of his guardsmen panting and near the verge of collapse, "What is the meaning of this?"
"I beg your highness forgiveness, but I bring urgent news! The strangers have attempted an escape!"
Rune blinked, "Attempted? You mean they have been captured?"
"Yes... it is just as Princess Fatora feared! The men used their fantastic strength to overpower us! We were fortunate that they landed in one of the prisons."
Rune then frowned softly, "Just as Fatora feared?"
The guard blinked, looking at his princess with a small hint of confusion. "Um... yes your highness."
"Take me to their cell."
The guard blinked, "Princess?"
"Didn't you hear your Leader?! Take her to the prisoner's cell!" Londs shouted.
The guard snapped to attention, "YES SIR! This way, your majesty!"
Rune just sighed as Londs and the guard walked with her, "Fatora... what has she done now?"
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Goten groaned audibly, "This is insane."
"Actually it's pretty funny!"
"Yeah! Y'know, you're not like o'her princ'ples. Y'know how ta have a good time!"
Goten turned to the men with him in the cell, "You do realize that A, we're in a jail cell because we didn't bow and cower before a spoiled princess. B, You're stone cold drunk, sensei. And C, Why are you even in here, professor? In fact, why did you even give Fujisawa-sensei alcohol?"
Schtalubaugh laughed, a bit tipsy himself, "Well, I came here to see if her highness' claims were as true as she said. But you don't really seem like spies to me!" He turned to Fujisawa and poured the teacher a drink, "If you want a drink next time, come to me, don't destroy the place!"
"Not a problem prin'shiple ::chug:: Ash long ash it's closh t' th' good schtuff, it'sh all good ::burp::"
Goten let off another groan, "That's great. You're getting drunk and we're in a dungeon. The perfect end to the perfect day."
A hard knock came at the door. "All rise for the coming presence of Her Highness!" a guard shouted.
"Oh no," Goten muttered. Fatora had to have heard about this and was no doubt coming to gloat. And that was the last thing Goten needed. More salt rubbed into his wounds. The door to the prison opened, and through it came Princess Rune. Several guards stayed and held position outside the cell.
Goten smiled and almost let out a sigh of relief at the sight. "Oh good. The real princess," he let out under his breath
Rune looked around the cell, "What is the meaning of this?"
"Hey! Iz za princess! Come 'n join us fer drinks!" Fujisawa motioned drunkenly.
Goten frowned as he turned to his sensei, "Not now sensei." He turned back to Rune, "Are you gonna let us out?"
"In a moment," She turned to one of the guards, "Well? Explain why these men are here in the first place?"
The guard stiffened but bit out, "Your Highness, the two in the cells managed to escape the location they were in. Her Highness the Princess Fatora had orders that they nor no one leave their cell. When they managed to break out all remaining guardsman sought to recapture them per The Princess Fatora's orders."
"And what reason did Fatora give for imprisoning them in the first place?"
The guard gulped. "N-no reason was given but her word, Your Highness."
"Then take my word for it. These men are trustworthy and I command them to be released."
"Your Highness?" the guard questioned.
She frowned at the guard, "Do I need to repeat myself?"
"N-n-no, Your Majesty," Quickly he nodded to one of the guardsman near the door, who then opened the door fully for anyone who wanted to enter or leave.
Goten smiled at Rune gratefully, "Thank you your highness."
Fujisawa nodded, "Yea, thanks... now wherz da bar?"
Goten laughed nervously, "Sensei... why don't you just lie down here for the night?"
"Yer jokin' right? I'm goin' to da bar! I'm Superman now! I leap tall buildings and then fall down and if giant bugs give me trouble..." He grabbed the professor and lifted him over his head, "I grab him like THIS, see?" The group then gasped in surprise as Fujisawa groaned and collapsed to the ground, Schtalubaugh falling on top of him.
Goten blinked in surprise ,"S-s-sensei?! Sensei…" Goten repeated after a few seconds of silence. Approaching the two he sighed as both his teacher and the Professor were out like a light, both beginning to snore. Goten smiled in relief, "Well at least that's over!"
Rune and Londs then walked behind him, "But what happened to his strength?" Londs questioned.
Goten shrugged, "Maybe when he drinks like that, he loses all his power?"
"Perhaps," Rune agreed before turning to Goten and bowing slightly, "I'm so sorry Fatora has done this terrible thing! Will you ever be able to forgive me?"
Goten felt the heat rise to his cheeks and fought to keep it down. "No, no, you don't need to apologize for anything, Princess". He then scratched the back of his head. "It was all Fatora's doing anyways so..."
"Her behavior falls on me. And her failings are my failings. So... can you forgive me?"
Goten found himself struggling to not take the Princess's hands in his or more. "Yes Princess," he breathed. "I - we forgive you."
She smiled brightly as she stood straight up again, "I thank you, Lord Goten. Now come, I don't believe you need to stay here any longer."
Goten began to follow but then stopped and turned to his sleeping teacher. "What about Sensei?"
Rune turned around and smiled, "I do believe you suggested that your teacher sleep off our fine wine for the night, did you not?"
Goten blinked in surprise before smiling back, "Guess I did, didn't I?" He turned to his teacher still on the floor of the cell, "Enjoy a night in the tank, sensei."
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"Lord Goten, would you please tell me more of your world?"
Goten blinked and smiled pleasantly. Turning to face her while leaning on the balcony, "You want to know more about Earth, huh?"
She nodded in the affirmative, clasping her hands together. "Yes! Please tell me of your lands! If it's not too much trouble, that is."
He held up an index finger, "Ok... but on one condition."
The princess blinked, perplexed, "And that is?"
He smirked, "None of this Lord stuff with me, ok? I don't deserve any fancy title like that. Just call me Goten."
She smiled in response, "Not a problem, Goten."
The half-Saiyan grinned back, "Better. As for my world, well from what I've seen so far it's very different and yet very similar. I've traveled all over my world, and I hope I get to do the same here. I'll bet El-Hazard is just as beautiful as Earth is."
Rune sighed and leaned on the balcony near the young half-Saiyan, "Must be nice." She said wistfully.
Goten turned to her, "You mean you haven't been all over El-Hazard?"
She shook her head in the negative, "I've only ventured beyond these gates a handful of times. As their ruler, I'm forbidden ever to wander afar."
Goten looked downcast, "Like a prisoner." He muttered to himself.
Rune leaned off the balcony and walked back into the room, "Perhaps."
An uncomfortable silence filled the air for a while at that. That was until Goten nodded to himself and walked up to Rune. Rune looked up and grew perplexed at the playful look in Goten's eyes. He waggled his eyebrows mischievously, "Hey, Rune."
"Yes?"
"Feel like escapin' for a bit?"
She blinked before smiling softly, "Did you not get enough of 'escaping' tonight?"
He chuckled at that, "Maybe I got the jailbreak bug or somethin'."
"Jailbreak?"
He waived it off, "Earth saying. Don't worry about it." He grabbed her hand and pulled her back to the balcony, "So do you?"
Rune blushed a bit at his forwardness, "But... but how?"
"Just trust me, ok?" He turned back and winked at her, grinning confidently. "Now close your eyes."
She sighed in defeat, "Alright. But don't try anything funny, ok?"
"Wouldn't dream of it, princess," he said in a mirthful tone.
Rune did so, and Goten nodded as he finally got an excuse to use one of his moves to hopefully cheer the young princess up. Figuring out Fujisawa-sensei's reasons behind his superhuman strength gave him a fair excuse in letting out a bit of his strength and not holding back as much. Although, considering what he was about to do...
Well, hope she doesn't freak out over this. He thought to himself as he walked behind her. Slowly, taking careful care not to startle her, Goten's arms wrapped around the young monarch's waist. He fought off a blush as his eyes traversed down to her cleavage for a moment. When he calmed, he closed his eyes and grinned, "Are you ready?" He asked the princess.
"Yes."
"Good. Now don't open your eyes until I say so, ok?"
Rune nodded, and Goten let out a breath as he began to levitate off the ground, slowly.
Rune let out startled yelp as she felt her feet leave the ground, "Goten-?"
"Relax," he whispered. "And trust me alright? Everything's fine."
Rune nodded and soon felt the initial surprise give way to a new sensation. She felt light and weightless. Almost as if she was floating on air. 'What is he doing?' she wondered to herself.
"Y-Y-Y-YOUR HIGHNESS!"
Rune opened her eyes at Londs' startled cry. Doing so she found out the reason for her new sensations.
She was floating about three feet off the ground.
Goten sighed, "Dang, busted."
Rune looked up at the half-Sayan in surprise, "But I thought you and Lord Fujisawa had the same powers!"
Goten shook his head in the negative, "Naw, I've always been strong. I was trained to fight back on Earth. I found out about this power before you freed us," he half-lied.
"That's all well and good," Londs growled. "But do you think you could put her highness down?!"
Goten shrugged and hovered back down to the ground, "Well, so much for that idea."
"What were you trying to do, Goten?" Rune asked.
The young warrior smiled, "Just let you see your city at night. I thought it might cheer you up."
"And what if you dropped her highness?" Londs questioned.
Goten smirked, "Never would've happened. I got too much control for that."
"Even so..." Londs pointed to Goten's hands, "You do not need to hold her majesty so close to you!"
Goten blinked before unclasping his hands from Rune's waist. He blushed a bit as his hand landed on a globe behind him, "Ah... heh... sorry."
Rune's face was as red as a tomato as she turned back to Goten, her head lowered. "It... It's alright. I-" What Rune was about to say died upon her lips as she stared at the globe that Goten's hand laid on was glowing softly.
Goten blinked, Hmm? What is it, princess?"
Londs pointed behind Goten, "T-T-The Holy Orb of the Kings!"
Goten blinked again and looked behind him to find the large orb giving off a golden glow and playing a soft melody, "Oh, this? What's the big deal?"
"It is the Holy Orb of the Kings!" Rune elaborated, "Never has anyone been able to activate it before, although many have tried!"
"Did I do something wrong again?" Goten wondered to himself.
As Londs and Rune stared at the Orb, none could answer him. Nor would any answers come to him anytime soon.
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END CH. 2