Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Diamond Heart ❯ Fire Beneath ( Chapter 4 )

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"Diamond Heart"

Chapter 5: Fire Beneath

"My name is Bulma."

* Bulma. * the dragon seemed to taste her name, even though he was speaking in her mind.

"Well, what's yours?"

The dragon tilted his head to the side.

* Vegeta. *

The dragon continued to stare at her with his head cocked to the side, which was becoming very annoying to Bulma. Finally the dragon turned his immense body around and left the cave, presumably to get food and water.

With Vegeta gone, Bulma was able to fully explore her new surroundings. The light from the torch reflected off with the mounds of gold illuminating the cave.

Bulma ran her fingers over gold coins, caressing their wealth. If she hadn't been kidnapped, Bulma would be in heaven.

She rummaged through several of the mounds of treasure and found a couple of torch sheathes. Of course they were encrusted with diamonds and every other item of wealth possible, but she wasn't complaining. Setting her light in one of them she was able to use both her hands in her treasure hunt.

Bulma was lost in her exploring for an hour or so, because the dragon had returned with a crisp sheep and a basin of water.

* Bulma. *

She glanced up from the gold and gazed at the dragon that appeared to be offering her something.

* I even cooked it for you. * the dragon seemed to chuckle.

He nudged the crisp sheep over to Bulma.

"Aw, how sweet." Bulma grabbed a golden goblet and silver utensils she had found in her search and began to carve the creature.

* I do not believe it is sweet, dragon-woman. In fact the others, to me, tasted quite sinewy. *

Bulma glanced at the dragon in an amused fashion. "Vegeta, I meant the action was caring and I was being sarcastic."

* Sarcastic? *

"You haven't been around many human before, have you?"

* No. Never, I do not allow those parasites in my presence. *

"I'm human."

* No, you are more. You are dragon-heart. Someday you will be just dragon. Now tell me of this sarcastic word. *

"I was being cynical. When I said it was a caring action I really didn't think it was. I was being sarcastic."

* Ah. Why would you tell a falsehood? *

Bulma buried her face in her hands. This was not going to be fun.

"I tell you what, Vegeta. Let's get on a new subject: why do you feel so cold?"

* That is the way dragons are. *

"Yea, but you spit fire. Fire as in HOT!"

* The fire has nothing to do with it. You do not spit fire, but yet you are warm. *

"You're avoiding my question!"

* You will know when you are dragon! *

" I want to know now. I won't become one until I have all the facts, now spit it out!"

* Interesting choice of words, dragon-woman. Dragons are a species older than all others; we have already passed the tests of evolution. The world embraced our success and let us commune with her. She gave us a gift from each element: from water she gave us the life-span of the oceans so we may always rejoice, from earth she gave us ancient knowledge so we may always prosper, from sky she gave us flight so we may always look upon our bounty, and from fire she ignited us.

* We held power over every creature of the elements, we ruled. Until humans came, the elementless. How could we defeat creatures that did not rest in one element? They destroyed earth with their "progress," they polluted water with their filth, they hoarded our bounty so we could no longer gaze upon it, and they misused fire. Parasites! *

"Are you glad to get that off your chest?"

* Hmm? My chest? Yes, some of the tension is released. Your human phrases, bah! *

" I think they're quite nice."

* You have asked a question, now I wish to ask one. *

"Sure."

* Who were those humans traveling with you? *

"Oh, my family and a friend: Goku, my husband, Gohan and Trunks, my sons, and Fellard, a friend."

* Husband? *

"You know… married… ? Mate?"

* Ah, mate! And those small humans were your younglings. I understand now. *

"Good, then you understand that I would never leave them and become a dragon so you're going to return me RIGHT NOW to them."

* No. *

"Damn you!"

The dragon chuckled and laid his head on the floor so that he could be on eye level with Bulma.

* Tell me more of what you were. *

"Umm… I was Herbal Mistress in our town."

* Herbal Mistress, I understand what that is. But I also understand that they do not leave their towns unless of a dire emergency. Where were you going? *

"Toward Ithio, the capital of Denain."

* Why? *

"Uh… my husband's business."

* Which would be? *

"Why do you want to know?"

* Why are you trying to avoid the subject, dragon-woman? I answered your question fully, now you answer mine! *

"No, Vegeta."

* Why?*

"Because you won't like the answer."

* Tell me.*

"Fine! You stubborn mule! We were headed toward Ithio because a dragon was spotted near there."

* Why would you head toward a dragon, I felt you fear earlier and I feel it now. This is a new fear a few minutes ago it did not exist. Now tell me, dragon-heart, why?! *

"My husband is a dragon-slayer." Bulma cringed when she said this, afraid of Vegeta.

The dragon's head lifted up suddenly and the cave felt very small.

* You are mated with a murderer! You, dragon-heart, have my peoples blood on your hands. How could you! You… were going to kill me! *

"Yes." She said meekly trying to scoot as far away from him as she could.

The dragon's eyes bored into hers with such intensity that she thought she might pee her pants at any moment.

* And do you, dragon-woman, help your mate kill my people? *

"Yes." She stuttered. " I mix a poison and coat his spears with it."

* Why were your younglings there? *

"They are training to follow in our foot steps."

The dragon seemed to have calm down quite a bit and Bulma couldn't help but tell him the absolute truth.

* Tell me why you murder mine? *

"So you do not murder mine."

* We do not murder, we avenge. Nothing more. *

"But!"

* Never in history has a dragon murdered, we did not know this word until humans taught it to us. We have no need of it. We do avenge, which is what I was there for. *

"Why?"

* I am the last. My people need vengeance. *

"But now you're not. I mean, I'm a dragon too, right?"

* Almost. *

"Okay." Bulma gave the dragon a smile, albeit a weak one.

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"Fellard." Goku spoke softly. His voice was strong somehow, considering he had just lost his wife. "Fellard, ride as fast as you can to Ithio. Tell the king I need his help. Tell him what has happened. I'm going to get her back, one way or another."

"How could you possibly hope to retrieve her Goku? She's gone. God only knows where she is!"

"Shut up! I WILL find her! I will tear this earth apart to find her!"

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"Diamond Heart"

Chapter 6: What there is

"My King," beseeched the distraught Goku. "Please, I have always been faithful! Aid me in this!"

The ruler sat on his throne, deep in thought. "General. I would help, but I can spare no man. Akros is marching on Denain as we speak. Fellard told me of your promise of service. I have heard your tale and I believe Bulma is in no immediate danger."

"But she is in danger nonetheless!"

"A dragon with motive is to be feared, yes. But Denain is in need of your help Goku. Should you defeat Akros, I will send an entire army to search for Bulma. I will spare no expense."

"I cannot. Majesty, I must look for her now."

"I thought you would say that. General, if you leave now it is an act of treason. I will be forced to kill you along with your sons."

"King! That is monstrous!"

"It is law, General. Stay. Fight. And I will give you an army to search for your beloved. What will it be, General?"

Goku hung his head in defeat. "I will crush Akros."

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The days tuned into months and the months into a year.

The War never ceased, always was General Goku in battle. Both his children were now enlisted; Gohan was training to become a warrior and Trunks worked in the medical ward.

While Goku worried about the safety of his family and nation, little did he know that Bulma thought less and less of him each day.

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"Dragon, tell me another tale." Bulma asked lazily lying on a plush couch, most likely from the Freeza Dynasty.

* Dragon-heart, I tire of recounting numerous ballads for you. Tell me one of your land. Tell me one of dragons.*

"Alright… Let me think. Well, a long time ago the most beautiful princess in the land was captured by a nasty dragon. As all people know dragons like pretty things and will steal these things so that only he may posses them; dragons are very selfish creatures. So being as the Princess was most beautiful of any other thing, beast, or human, the dragon Morag had to have her to himself. Morag swept down in the castle courtyard a plu