Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Captive Souls ❯ A Soldier's Betrayal ( Chapter 7 )

Captive Souls   Chapter 7   “Lord Raizen!” a soldier interrupted. “The dragon balls have been stolen!”   “What? Who did it?” Raizen questioned, forced to tear his sight away from Chi-chi. At that moment, she had her eyes clenched shut in horrid anticipation of the knife that was yet to dig into her skin. Thankfully, the leader had not harmed the woman as of yet.   “I… I do not know sir…” The soldier stuttered before the Daza-jin leader. Clearly, he feared for his life and almost dreaded the idea of him doing him away for giving such lacking details in his report.   At that moment, Chi-chi to open her eyes; wondering if he would still go through the evil surgical procedure or not. She prayed that he would leave than stay and do what he said he would do. If he left, then perhaps she would have enough time to attempt to escape.   “I suppose this operation must wait.” Raizen growled before turning back to face Chi-chi still chained to the wall. In a rather crude fashion, he kissed her cheek affectionately. If she were able to, she could have slapped him after such an insult; however, she was still at Raizen’s mercy and felt helpless in his minute grasp.   “Please feel free to hang around just a bit longer.” He added with a suave voice that was clearly lacking much in politeness and more towards dark humor. With those words said, Raizen turned on heel and left the chambers with the soldier that brought the news.   ‘I can’t believe this is happening…’ Chi-chi thought quietly while struggling with the restraints. ‘Sometimes, I wonder if the kais are doing this on purpose…’   O-O   Not very far from the ship, six dragon balls laid upon the ground with the shadow cast upon them. The one who managed to swipe the dragon balls out of Raizen’s grasp was not Dusk surprisingly enough, rather…   “Arise o’ mighty dragon god and make me the ruler of the universe!”   …a now considered insane human known as Milton. During his beseeching of Shenron, a figure appeared behind the ill-minded man. Clearing his throat, Milton turned around.   “Ah! Dusk! What are you doing here?” Milton questioned in pure shock and utter surprise. Had Raizen sent Dusk to get him and the dragon balls?   “I would ask the same with the master’s balls,” Dusk countered. It seemed that both were in some sort of stalemate with words after the last words left Dusk’s mouth. It was Dusk that inclined further. “What do you plan to do with them?”   “Well, I’m planning to revolt against our leader for taking over this world.” Milton grinned darkly. It seemed that he was attempting to jip the Daza-jin warlord without him knowing.   “You know it’s not going to work with six dragon balls right?” Dusk retorted. Something inside of him knew this; however, he didn’t know how he would know this. For an odd reason, it sounded right.   “Well, doesn’t each dragon ball grant one wish?” Milton asked.   “No you idiot. If that were the case, why did our master seek seven of them out?” Dusk muttered in an irritated and angry fashion. Oddly, he seemed very tired of this lowly and weak human. At this moment, Dusk did not care whether or not Raizen would allow the Nightingale Hunter to kill Milton or not.   “Ooo! You think you’re so smart and so high up because of your fighting skills!” Milton countered. “I bet if I was as powerful like you are, I could easily take down Raizen and have the universe at my fingertips!”   “It’ll never happen and that is why your usefulness has finally expired.” Dusk pitied Milton before summoning enough energy in his hand to create a blast in mere moments. In all honesty, Dusk had grown tired of the traitor’s comments and the way he was acting. Hell, anyone would have probably killed him for not only betraying the Earthlings, but the one that hired him to do it. “Have any last words before I send you to King Yemma?”   “W-wait! Don’t do it!” Milton begged before the blast destroyed the betrayer completely. If there were any ashes left, then those ashes joined the rest of the dust and remains of the decaying world that Dusk, Chi-chi and the Daza-jin Empire stood on.   Without any effort, Dusk picked up the dragon balls slowly; examining the flawless surface with the stars shining beneath the orange-hued glass. “Hm. What a waste of potential that guy…” Dusk started to mutter before felt pain fill his head again. He saw faint visions of the dragon in his mind’s eye. His breathing labored before he found the strength to push away the pain that came with the visions. He could not afford to pass out now. Time was of the essence and he did not have a moment to lose. “Damn head aches…”   O-O   Chi-chi managed to jerk one of her wrists free from the restraints on the wall and began working on the other one when a figure appeared. She was caught by surprise when the shackles she had worked on had been blasted open. In moments, she was free and she looked up at him in confusion. What was his plan now?   “Dusk? What’s going on? How did you…” Chi-chi’s mini rant of questions ended when a palm covered her mouth. She stared at him in question on why he did that in the first place before he uncovered her mouth slowly.   ‘Can you speak to me like this for a bit?’ Dusk telepathically questioned to her. She nodded her head. ‘Grab the last dragon ball and come with me. We don’t have much time.’   ‘Time? What do you mean?’ Chi-chi answered back in the same manner while tracking down where the dragon ball was.   ‘Because of Milton, they’re looking for the dragon balls. We must make a wish before he finds out that we have them.’ Dusk commanded.   ‘I understand.’ Chi-chi picked up the dragon ball and then found the ring. Before she could reach it, Dusk grabbed her hand. ‘Wait!’ It was too late. By the time she uttered this, they had already appeared in an alien landscape. Out loud, she blurted: “We have to go back! You have no idea how much that means to me!”   “Whatever sentimental value that thing was, we cannot go back for it now.” Dusk spoke out loud. Chi-chi had tears in her eyes. Right then, she found the strength to smack Dusk across the mask he wore on his face. The mask remained firmly attached to the face and absorbed the direct hit. Dusk turned his face back to Chi-chi and hissed at her in an irritated tone. Would he do away with Chi-chi the same way that he did away with Milton?   “You are such a heartless bastard! I hate you!” Chi-chi yelled at Dusk angrily.   “This yelling isn’t going to help matters any.” Dusk snapped; equally enraged like the female before him. “So if you wish to continue yelling at me while the entire universe is at stake, then you might as well save Raizen the trouble of killing you.”   “I’d rather die than live another day knowing that he’s hunting me for some stupid ‘partner’ ceremony or something like that…” Chi-chi retorted. These words managed to catch Dusk’s attention rather quickly.   “Did you say ‘partner’ ceremony?” Dusk questioned. He growled angrily at those words she confirmed with a headshake. “That asshole…”   “What’s wrong?” Chi-chi asked.   “He wants to do more than just make you one of his concubines.” Dusk started. “He wants to take away your free will.”   “No…” Chi-chi muttered in fear. “What can I do to keep it from happening?”   “How committed were you to Son Goku?” Dusk questioned. “Was this ‘partner’ of yours the one you treasured and loved deeply?”   Chi-chi was caught off-guard by these questions. Was this some sort of test? “I do. He means the world to me and I always feel sad and alone when he leaves me to defend Earth or hang out with his friends. I always feel lost without him.”   “Does he return these feelings?” Dusk asked Chi-chi; wanting to know more from this female.   “I… I’m not sure…” Chi-chi admitted; looking away from him. “There are times he doesn’t care about me and runs off. I wish he didn’t.”   “Perhaps if you asked him, you’d get the answers you’ll seek.” Dusk cryptically spoke.   “But that’s impossible, he’s dead and the only other person here’s you.” Chi-chi snapped.   “For now, yes. Would you care to summon the dragon?” Dusk asked.   Chi-chi realized that they did not have much time and nodded. He set the mystical orbs to the ground. Chi-chi mentally prepared herself for not once had she summoned the eternal dragon in her lifetime to have him grant any wishes. Now, the fate of the universe rested on her shoulders and if she remained idle long enough, that chance would slip out of her fingertips.   “By your name, I call you now, Shenron!” Chi-chi yelled.   O-O   Halfway across the planet, Raizen jerked his head up when he noticed the skies darkened unnaturally. Angrily, he realized that the dragon was being summoned. Lifting off into the skies, he grabbed the communicator at his belt.   “Dusk, can you hear me over?” Raizen yelled into the communicator. Moments passed and he had not received an answer from the masked fighter. A growl of hatred left his throat; knowing full well that Dusk was no longer loyal to him. This irritated the Daza-jin warlord greatly. “Damn that traitor… I knew that he couldn’t be trusted! You’ll pay you bastard! YOU’LL PAY!”   Crushing the communicator in his left hand, he picked up momentum and flew on towards the source of the tempest that was Shenron. If he got there in time, perhaps he could wish for immortality for himself and for the woman that he assumed was still on the ship. He could easily brainwash her later once he killed Dusk for his crimes against the Daza-jin Empire.   O-O   The skies that held the heavens quickly clouded over and darkened while cobalt lightning tore at the clouds. A pillar of mystical and ethereal light emerged from the Dragon Balls. Twisting and twining within the darkest skies into a definable shape, the mighty dragon known as Shenron emerged and his somewhat spooky gaze fell upon Chi-chi and Dusk instantly.   “YOU WHO HAVE SUMMONED ME, I SHALL GRANT TWO WISHES,” Shenron’s voice boomed though it were the thunderstorms gathered around them at that moment. “TELL ME WHAT YOU DESIRE AND I WILL GRANT IT IF IT IS WITHIN MY POWER.”   “I don’t know what to wish for…” Chi-chi replied to Dusk.   “Wish for those you love back.” Dusk answered; however, Chi-chi shook her head. “Why won’t you do it?”   “They’ve already been resurrected once back when Majin Buu was defeated. I doubt he can do it again.” Chi-chi looked down in shame. “I’m sorry.”   “Shit!” Dusk cursed in frustration. “Then that means that no matter what we wish, it won’t work.”   “I’M WAITING…” Shenron spoke impatiently. For one who is normally summoned during tragedy, he always seemed to have little to no patience with mortals. Perhaps it is due to the fact that they weren’t meant to be used very often to fix things and restore lives. It utterly defied the natural order and its no wonder that it affects the eternal dragon greatly.   “Shenron, can you revive my memories?” Dusk asked the dragon god.   “IT IS WITHIN MY POWER, BUT YOU MUST NOT RESIST.” Shenron warned the warrior.   “Then do it.” Dusk commanded. Moments passed before Dusk doubled over and hissed in pain. Chi-chi looked at him worriedly during this and wondered what possessed him to ask such a wish.   “WHAT IS YOUR NEXT WISH?” Shenron asked. Chi-chi felt Raizen approaching and it would not be good if he arrived while Shenron still had one wish to grant.   “I… I wish for Dusk to have the power and strength needed to defeat Raizen.” Chi-chi blurted out quickly before thinking about what she had just said.   “YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED.” In the midst of the chaos of regaining his memories, Dusk felt his power shift slightly and heard the sound of fabric ripping. Chi‑chi wondered what was happening. “I NOW BID…”   The speech was abruptly cut off and Chi-chi shrieked when a blast struck and destroyed both Shenron and the dragon balls. Pieces showered to the ground and Chi-chi’s eyes watered from the destruction before whirling around towards the source. Standing behind them, Raizen looked utterly pissed off at Chi-chi and Dusk. It seemed that the Daza-jin blamed the Nightingale Hunter and the Mysterious Nightingale for the theft of the dragon balls.   Now, all hell was about to break loose.   To Be Continued…