Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ KALERAGETSUSEI : BK 4 OF TOSOV ❯ THE RESCUE ( Chapter 51 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

WARNING! MUCHO OOCNESS! KARASU FINDS A NEW OBSESSION. YAOI! SHOUNEN AI! MULTIPLE X-OVERS! USUAL CHARACTER BASHING!


CHAPTER LIII

THE RESCUE

The group had materialized in a lab unnoticed.

"Professor Maple, Professor Dogwood!" Vegeta called as he sat Pikachu down for the kits and chimps to chase him.

Two heads peered above enclosed cubicles and a smile lit the faces of two middle-aged females in white lab coats. The females both had black hair that reached their shoulders and stood shorter than the Saiyan prince once they neared the group.

"Oh, Vegeta, my word, what brings you here? We are so thankful for what you did for the PokeMon and for the funds to further our research. It's been ages, you gorgeous hunk of male flesh! Oh, I'm sorry, we didn't know you brought company with you. Hello-"

"Not, now, Phoebe, we have a crisis going. Pikachu, there, came to aid in the rescue of a man-fox being held captive, against his will by a blue biped. The beast is a known child molester, rapist and sadist who'll think nothing of removing a developing cub from his captive so that he could implant the victim with his own seed," Vegeta explained in rush.

"WHAT?" Hiei exploded. "Remove my baby from my mate? The hell he will!" the little fire youkai's arms began to smolder and Vegeta quickly reacted.

"Hiei, no, not with Kurama incapacitated! How far along in your breeding are the pair of you?" the prince asked.

"Three months but we wont show until month five, why?" the little youkai asked as he calmed down slightly.

"That's good. The drug he might use only works if it is administered during the first month. The blue lagoon doesn't know that, though. He tried to remove Rageta from me when he had found that Raditz and I had been together. We were four months along with the twins by the time that demented duo found out and there was ill they could do of it. Time is our factor and best friend. He can try all he wants. The minds that invented that drug will never let it to be full strength. I have the only vial in existence and it's locked in my most guarded vault. Valeria won't let any being get one sniff of the drug. Your cub's safe. He can do it no harm. Right, then, all, gather round!" the prince said.

All who had accompanied Vegeta to Cinnabar Island gathered around the prince. The prince called to his little yellow lightning friend and asked him what he knew of the compound. Pikachu, via a series of Pika-chirps and Pikachus, told the crowd that whoever was in the compound was using power meant to sustain the island and that the blue beast had captured a few dozen electric-element PokeMon to use as backup in case of power failure.

"That doesn't sound good. How're we gonna save electric type PokeMon, Kurama, and kill Zarbon?" Kakarrot asked as he listened.

"Well, first, we need to sneak into the compound. Sonic, take your friends, Pikachu and any chimp who just wants to have fun. Blast everything electronic. Once that's been carried out, Sonic let me know when the shields are down. Pika, find Pixie and Nine T then go rescue the captive electrics. Knowing this numbskull the way that I do, he's not very creative, so, he'll have Kurama locked in the same hole he had me locked in," Vegeta said.

"If that's the case, love, we can just IT to the location. Remember, I can read trace chi, no matter how old it is," Kakarrot replied.

"Keep that thought. I said he wasn't creative as to where he held his captives, I didn't say that he was stupid. He's an expert in booby traps and lays them well. Once inside, we'll have to be very aware. Kakarrot, I want you to take Hiei, Inari, Kalissa, Kuronue, Sasshoumeru, Cyclops and Storm with you and locate the fox. Being Hiei's lifemate, the two share the same kind of bond any destined pair has with one another. Frankly speaking, I'm surprised little one's still standing. Trageta, Goten, you two go as well, and take this," Vegeta said as he pulled his capsule wallet from his bodysuit.

Opening the case, Vegeta pointed out the various capsules and what each contained. "Ok, the red capsule with the white cross contains a jar of senzu beans. The green cap with the yellow cross contains a vial of Vincentian venom cross-mixed with cherry-berry juice as well as a syringe to administer it. The blue cap contains Araknian webbing, the mauve one, Slugarthian fur and the orange cap contains a jar of cherry-berries. Don't worry about over using the restoratives, until we get back to LV, those will sustain our fox kit and his charge," Vegeta nodded.

"What are you gonna do, koi?" Kakarrot asked as he moved to embrace his princely mate.

"Taking care of Zarbon. Karasu, you and Toguro can assist me there. I witnessed your little touch thing during the last tourney and I was very impressed. Zarbon thinks he's beauty personified. Let's give him a reason to sweat. Toguro, I want you to have your way with him at full strength while Karasu dares him to call out for help. The second he screams, start wounding him but leave enough for the rest of us to take care of on Sunday. <A/N: The group arrived on Earth on Wednesday to begin the preparations for the tourney. > Everyone clear on what to do? Good, lets IT to just outside the compound," the prince instructed.

The group disappeared from the research lab, warping the air and space around them until no trace of them was left. The rescuers materialized just outside to compound.

"I personally know there are no cameras or detectors on this side of the building. We can IT just inside so that Sonic and the kids can begin their destruction," Vegeta noted then the group did just that. "Hide your chiis as low as possible. I don't want to feel anything until those computers go off like cherry bombs on New Years Eve. Go. Pika, go find Pix and Nine T and rescue the electrics. Everyone else wait until the lights go out before making your moves. Head 'em up!" Vegeta began.

"Move 'em out!" Kakarrot completed the statement, and the teams dispersed, holding their energies to avoid detection.

Sonic and his group sneaked into the main computer room and with a nod, began to smash and trash the main frame that had been sucking the energy from the island. Pikachu had found a few electric PokeMon that were not being held captive, quickly related the sitch, then moved to rescue those that were being held against their wills. Having several Saiyan chimps with him, Sonic gave Cilvanti the 'OK' to alert the prince of their success. Vegeta then told the other groups to move out and lead his crew to search for the master of this disaster, himself, while Hiei and Kakarrot followed their links with the fox and led their group to find the captive.

It had been no small problem to reach Kurama, as his captor had set heavy guards throughout the wing in which he was being held. Vegeta and his group also encountered their share of resistance in moving to reach the master, himself. Both groups had to slice through gelatinous beings that were set to try and intimidate the heroes but found themselves burnt, hacked into little pieces that found their way into the mouths of the bottomless pit Saiya-jin chimps and the not too fussy youko kits.

"Man, we haven't met this much resistance and such heavy protection since Hiei, Kurama and I had sliced through a bunch of cultivated humans Suzaku's pet bird had sent out to stop us as we moved to stop him!" Kuwabara snarled as he slashed at his umpteenth gooey guardsman.

"Remind me to strongly whoop somebody's ass on Friday! I swear that blue thing's gonna make me crack a cube pack open on his carcass! He's gonna know what it's like in the belly of a hungry dragon. He'll pay for royally pissing me off!" Hiei growled with enough venom to make the entire planet Vincente proud.

Each member of Hiei's rescue party took turns in vanquishing the guards that had been set to guard Zarbon's new prize. However, once the wing had been cleared of weaklings the group charged to the fox's area of confinement only to be captured themselves just ten feet from their goal. Unbeknownst to the team, a net had been set but it was no ordinary net because, Zarbon's net was coated with a special metal that drained chi at a frightening rate.

"Damn, this dumb ass has thought of everything!" Yusuke hissed.

"Stop fidgeting or we'll end up like those guards! Whatever we're caught in is draining our chi!" Hiei pointed out.

"Hang on, kids, help is on the way!" a voice exclaimed in the darkened corridor.

"No, Cyclops, don't! You'll kill them, Kurama and all of us! The corridor's too narrow for even the smallest blast. This piece of puke shit's not only crafty but his cleverness could rival Kurama's, Genkai's, Hiei's and my own. Leave it to me," a deeper voice than the first spoke into the darkness. "Voltorb, flash!" the voice, which belonged to Ouji Vegeta ordered and suddenly the corridor was lit.

The prince's party had caught up with Hiei's team after they had located the master of this disaster. Two of the prince's team were closeted with their 'host' in his private suite intent on teaching that piece of space filth a lesson in extreme pain. Vegeta had told the younger larger Toguro Brother and Karasu to take care of the wart but not to kill him. "We want to leave something for Hiei's dragon to munch on, don't we? Just let him know we will not tolerate such callousness," the prince had told the two before he took the others to search for Hiei's team.

"So, how do you rescue us if you can't use chi blasts?" Kakarrot asked.

"Ice Man, you and Touya fly up to the net suspensions and freeze the joints. The bolts holding it will break and the net will fall. Thing, Machamp, catch the net when it falls then rip the net open," Vegeta instructed.

With a nod from the team, the two ice controlling males moved to freeze the bolts holding the net. The bolts cracked then fell and the Thing and Machamp caught the net then ripped it open to free Hiei and his team. Following their own rescue, Hiei and his team along with the prince's team all ran up the corridor but a wall of ice stopped them.

"What now?" Hiei hissed.

"Look closely. There are security lasers like the ones in fine museums and such," Kakarrot warned.

"Oh? Really? How appropriate. Pikachu, lightning flash," Vegeta smirked.

Vegeta began to gather energy as if he were preparing to fire his 'FINAL FLASH' attack. Pikachu jumped onto his head and began to charge up himself.

"CLOSE YOUR EYES, PIKACHU, NOW! LIGHTNING FLASH!" Vegeta released his energy and Pikachu jumped into the middle of it, releasing his energy at the same time.

Anything within the corridor to Kurama's prison was blackened and destroyed, thus the group ran to the door behind which was their beloved fox.


Kurama had been flitting in and out of consciousness and felt a jolt when his energy returned to him and the chi draining chains had loosened their hold. Kurama's happiest moment was when the cub he was carrying jumped with life.

"Inari-sama, thank you, deity. When I get free, whatever you ask of me, I shall do," Kurama breathed in a silent prayer.

"Don't make promises you can't keep, my son. I know you want to live out your life as Shuichi. Hiei and your mother and I want you back in Makai," a light feminine voice spoke out loud.

Kurama slowly opened his eyes and lifted his head. Although he could not register his elation because of his still broken jaw, his golden eyes lit with undisguised relief.

"Fox, hold on. The Calvary's here!" Hiei yelled as Kakarrot and Kuronue stood behind Kurama to steady the fox.

"We've gotcha. Cyclops and Wolverine are gonna slice the cuffs off," Kakarrot nodded to the X-Men who were positioned to strike.

After slicing the chains, Trageta and Goten rushed to their fallen friend and administered cherry-berry juice to the broken kit by slowly pouring it down his throat. Goten had suggested putting a senzu bean on Kurama's tongue then washing it down with the juice as the fox's jaw had been broken.

Two pair of strong arms lowered the still weakened kit to sit in a cross-legged position. However, not soon after he had been lowered, did the senzu/cherry-berry concoction mix with Kurama's own healing abilities and began the repair on his battered body, but not completely. Kurama was not able to summon the power he needed to return to his human redhead aspect, and thus had to remain in his fox body.

Feeling a bit stronger, Kurama shrugged off the hands that had been aiding him and looked around at the gathered crowd in search of one being in particular. A brilliant smile lit his handsome face and stars danced in his golden eyes when his eyes locked onto those of...

"HIEI! Thank you, my one," the silver kitsune sighed and opened his arms to hug his little half Koorime, whom he had to look up to. Kurama drew back from the hug. "Chibi, is it me or have you gotten a might taller?"

"Don't jest, fox and don't thank me, well, not only me. Thank that little lightning tailed mouse on Vegeta's shoulder for telling us where you were and thank Vegeta for orchestrating the entire thing. Everybody else assisted. Oh, how's the cub?" Hiei placed a hand over his mate's stomach.

Kurama smiled. "He's doing well. When my energy returned, I felt him jump with life," the kit smiled then looked around. His eyes narrowed at the one beside Kakarrot. "K-Kuronue? I-I thought you were dead. I saw you get speared in the bamboo forest," the silver one fretted as he looked over the gathered crowd and locked eyes with his first love and best friend next to Hiei.

"A miracle happened. Chymia, the mother deity of the chimera, rescued me. Scythes had come slicing from everywhere and hacked away at my prison. It took nearly a century for me to recover. Mother deity had to practically remake me. Well, Hiei, I haven't seen you since your aunts first brought you into our camp. How've you been, li- I guess that's a moot point, now? Look at you?" Kuronue asked when he noticed Hiei standing guard over the fox.

Hiei growled. "He's mine, now, chimera, and it took ages for that to happen," Hiei hissed.

"Hey, calm down, fire brat, I'm no claim jumper. I see your mark and feel you in him. He and I had our time. Besides, I knew the two of you were destined, anyway. I could see it during the time we had formed our little band after I rescued you two from the slaver. Besides, I caught a look at Prince Vegeta's son, Vetorro and... I think its mutual. Plus, I have the kits he and I share," the winged chimera smiled at his former partner/lover.

"Hey, I hate to ruin such a touching moment, but we'd best get fox-boy, here into a tank as well as see to the kit. You're not 100 % as yet. Everyone, grab hold," Trageta ordered and the entire group grabbed hold of one another.

The crowd bade their Poke assistants farewell then left the compound. Vegeta took his adopted fox son to the underground manor, so that the Itonian medics could look him over.

"Well, lord, an hour in the tank should restore you to full strength. Those senzu beans and cherry-berries are a wonder of creation. Oh, we'll inject the Makai herb you gave to us to speed your healing process," Itashia, one of the bird-headed medics nodded to the fox.

The medic and Vegeta then placed Kurama, who was still in kitsune form, in the healing tank, set the controls for the fox's being. Vegeta had modified the tank controls to encompass the DNA of their youkai acquaintances as well as their Poke friends, and then he left the healing area. Hiei and several others sat with the kitsune while he recovered.

"So, you're the male responsible for Hina producing me, huh? Why didn't you try to find me?" Hiei asked Caliento, who was present.

"My first mistress got in the way. I tried to kill that bitch then I was gonna return to the floating island, claim Hina before you were born and take her so we could live and raise our children. Murkuro killed me because she was jealous and I told her where to stick her kingdom. Purgasus didn't deem me worthy of his power and blessing so I could never summon the Darkness Flame. But I heard from King Raizen that you can not only summon the Darkness but you have some control over it as well, and that you have become one with him! You are truly your sire's chibi, my lord; I am your humble servant. Command me in what you will," Caliento stood and knelt before Hiei.

"Wait, what are you talking about, 'Tousan? I can't even beat that bionic bitch, Murkuro! I'm not even an S-class," Hiei shook his head.

"Murkuro is afraid of you so she keeps your true power hidden even from you. Your grandsire, Vulcanus, was the only fire youkai to master Purgasus before his elevation to Titanic level. It is a legend among our kind that the one who melds with our dragon deity, Purgasus, is chosen to rein over the Makai. This is your legacy, Hiei-chibi, to become king of Makai," Caliento smiled.

"The Makai is divided into three kingdoms: Yomi's kingdom, Raizen's kingdom, which is now Yusuke's, and Murkuro's. I must say how high when she tells me to jump. The only reason I haven't gone back to her, this time is because the team and I are recovering from a very grueling battle with the Koorime/Ice-jin bi-gendered one," Hiei explained. "I wish I could quit but she made me sign with my blood."

"She's good for that. She's got my contact, too, chibi-Hi and even though she killed me, she will not let me go," Caliento sighed.

"Calli-san, there is a way both you and chibi-Hi can be exonerated from that half metal monster. The Koorime who sought and killed me for birthing you, chibi-Hi, are all dead. Koorime Island is deserted and it belongs to us who have survived. Tell that hunk of metal you are leaving to claim your birthright and heritage as a Koorime. You can aid us in repopulating the island with a better and less bloodthirsty race of Ice Apparitions. Caliento will join us as the queen's mate, and I claim my right to the crown. There will be no more discord between those of fire and those of ice; we shall live as one. Let it be known that the newest kingdom of the Makai will be called IceFire," Hina declared.

"What of me, mother? My heart is taken by a human and I do love him with everything I have," Yukina spoke in her quiet tone.

"Yes, your human beau is quite smitten, my princess, but you have my blessing to be with him for all of his life," Hina smiled at her young daughter.

"Hiei, I know there might be bad blood between the two of you, but you have a cousin. He was born after my sisters and I left Koorime Island. You are not the only male of our tribe. He is a bit different from the rest of us in that he has ice blue eyes and crystal colored hair. His name is Touya," Yocina smiled and looked over at the master of ice who had been standing in the doorway of the med unit.

"Mother," Touya sighed as he knelt before Hiei's aunt.

Hiei nearly gagged on his tongue and he cast a disbelieving look at his mother but his aunt pressed on.

"Touya is the son of the Ice Master, Coolico, a member of the Shinobi. He knew that I could not raise our son, so he took him, raised and trained him as a Frigillo, the male equivalent of the Koorime. The only difference between the two races is that the males needed females to reproduce," Yocina finished explaining.

"No wonder he knows so much about ice and the art thereof. Huh, imagine that. My cousin got beat by my mate. I've been encountering family I never knew about. I had the Jagan implanted to find Yukina, for the most part but when I found Youko, that was an added bonus. Whatever greater deity than Icina has had its eyes and hands on me, it has now blessed me with that wonderful creature and now the family I've always longed for. Kurama's taught this For-"

"No, Hi-chibi, you are no longer that. You and Touya are the prince's of IceFire, the united kingdoms of both the lords of Fire and Ice. Frigillo and Magmatha now belong to us," Hina nodded.

Hiei pondered his fortune. His mate had a human life to fulfill unless he was released from the obligation. But, could he deal with the gorgeous being in the tank? Hiei smirked. They were soul bonded like the Saiya-jin and could withstand anything. Besides, Kurama, as the human, Minamino Shuichi, would soon have to attend university and as a prime member of team Sakageta, he would have to attend one of the establishments founded by one of the two owners of the team.

"I accept my position. Kurama has opted to live out his human life until its end. Prince Vegeta of the Saiya-jin and the king have already said that we could train with them, I can open a gate between the worlds and I already know IT, so we'll see one another quite often," Hiei nodded.

"He broke his promise, that one. He's always been my problem child. He was just to stay in Ningenkai until his strength recovered. That was to be about ten years of human life. He will be required back in Makai to take his place as Prince of the Youko tribes," a female voice sounded.

All those who were in the room looked up from their discussion to see the Youko deity, Inari. They gave a polite nod.

"Inari-sama, could you elaborate or will I need to wait until sleeping beauty is full recovered?" Hiei asked.

"We all know human males cannot deliver babies. The Youko is carrying Hiei's cub and is due to push it forth in three months. The Youko aspect will overwhelm the human redhead because he will be ready to deliver. A month before that event takes place, Shuichi, the human, will begin to have internal system failure for no apparent reason. Once the kit starts his transition to prepare for birth, Shuichi will have a heart attack and die. I will take them to separate their souls and birth the kit. I will bring the child to you until I can send Kurama to you in his Youko body," the fox deity stated.

Hiei gasped. His redhead love would have to die in order to birth their kit and after all they had been through to get together? All that Shuichi had taught the small youkai about opening to his feelings and all the times the two of them had shared the most intense passion many beings could only dream of? Hiei, the IceFire prince, sat quietly to contemplate the news that the fox deity had just imparted to him regarding the reason his heart kept beating and breath kept filling his lungs.