Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Trials Of Techorin ❯ Bulma's Crush and Kathi's Trials of Pain pt two ( Chapter 7 )

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ and, although I wished I did, I couldn't even begin to grasp at the subtle threads of meaning required to start my own cartoon. Sigh…such a shame really…I'm very good at drawing anime. I do own the wolf gods and anyone is welcome to use them if they ask for my permission before doing so. I'm very attached to Frostfur so please be gentle with them.

Author's Note: I wasn't really thinking when I wrote the title for the last chapter because I ended it too soon…mostly for the sake of my sanity. Ooooohhhh…but I did learn that listening to music while writing does help me out when I'm having problems with certain parts of the chapters. And…if anyone really liked Becky…I'm very sorry I killed her off.



Chapter seven: Bulma's crush and Kathi's trials of pain part two…



"Come on girl, you can't help her now…" Gripping Kathi's shoulder tightly, Canta attempted to comfort her about her loss then sighed and moved his hand when she bowed her head in defeat and started crying. "Don't blame yourself for her death, she wouldn't want that."

Shaking her head, she turned her tearful gaze towards the strange saiya-jin with a hateful snarl. "What do you know about what she wanted? Did you grow up with her and tell her all of your secrets? Was she one of your best friends?"

"No…I know nothing of what she wanted, but I really doubt she wants you to cry over her and leave yourself open for an attack."

Looking around wildly, she realized that they had appeared in another area with arid terrain and a few scraggly trees dotting the landscape. "What…"

"I don't know how we got here but…this place disturbs me…more so than the last."

Shivering, Bulma hugged herself then moved closer to the other two for whatever protection they could offer. "This place gives me the creeps."

Nodding imperceptively, he straightened and studied the desolate place then frowned when he sensed another's ki somewhere nearby. "We aren't alone though."

Lifting her eyebrows in surprise, she stood and looked in the same direction he was looking in before glancing at her blue haired friend when the taller girl grabbed a hold of her arm for comfort. "Who else could be here though?"

"She is not scared to die…bad things in life drive her to cry. I'd like to take you down and show you deep inside my life and inner workings…"

Falling to the ground with a grunt of pain, Vegeta snarled before lunging upwards and meeting the giant minatour with a strong left hook, causing the creature to take a few steps back, its hooves scrabbling wildly for purchase on the rocky terrain. Wiping blood from his cheek, he sneered then circled the creature warily watching for a weakness. Sensing another power level approaching rapidly, he lifted his gaze for a second, giving the monster a chance to knock him back down to the ground with a roar of triumph.

Landing a short distance away from the two combatants, Canta let his passengers down on their feet and studied the giant minatour curiously before looking at the shorter of the girls when she cupped her hands to her mouth and mooed at the creature. "What in the hell are you doing?"

Smiling, she shrugged then mooed again, causing the, now enraged, minatour to swing his shaggy head towards them and glare at her. Waving at him, she took two steps forward and stomped her foot aggressively, causing puffs of dust to rise up in the air. "Come on beef."

Now all three of the other people were staring at her in shock.

Snorting loudly and pawing the ground with one cloven hoof, the minatour clenched his hands into passable fists then lowered his head so that his foot long horns were pointed at her chest. Roaring his challenge, he whipped his tail back and forth then rushed towards her, intent on killing the offensive little creature.

Standing still, she watched the minatour close the distance between them then jumped to one side before rolling back onto her feet again, leaving the minatour to crash into the pile of rocks that had been right behind her. "Wow…and I thought their stupidity was only a rumor." Studying the comatose monster, she kicked his shaggy side a couple of times before shrugging and turning back to her teammate and two very shocked saiya-jins. "What?"

Sighing, Bulma ran her fingers through her hair then turned her, now angry, gaze on her friend. "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING? YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THAT CREATURE, DOESN'T THAT EVEN BOTHER YOU?"

Wincing, she debated on trying to clear the ringing from her ears then decided not to before answering. "Well…Vegeta didn't seem to be doing so well against it and they are easy to anger so…I made it angry."

"Oh…is that all?"

"Yes…are you going to yell anymore? I don't think enough monsters heard you the last time."

"Oh shut up." Sniffing, Bulma walked away from the other girl.

Dusting off his pants, Vegeta passed the blue-haired girl before stopping in front of his teammate. "Do I need to ask where you have been or did you just happen to run into these two by mistake?"

"Well…"

"I wouldn't recommend lying, it doesn't help your health any."

Sighing with defeat, Canta dropped his arms from where they were crossed in front of him then wrapped his tail back around his waist, finally aware that it had uncurled when the minatour rushed them. "I decided to find out why she was so interesting that she distracted you from your training."

"Who?" Lifting a brow in surprise, he glanced at Kathi, who shrugged with confusion, then glared at the taller saiya-jin. "You think I was distracted by some woman because I found her interesting?"

"Why not?"

"Are you out of your freaking mind?"

"No."

Looking around in curiosity, the two girls ignored their strange conversation then grinned when a young man on the back of a rather large black horse, galloped up and dropped to the ground with a quick grin in their direction. They watched him as he walked over to the arguing saiya- jins then watched as the other guys stopped arguing and looked off into the distance. Lifting their gaze from the three young men, they stared at a doorway that had appeared about two hundred yards away before whooping with joy and running towards it. They made it through the exit quickly, just barely squeaking past the guys in time.

Sighing happily, Bulma sank further in her bath then glanced at Kathi from the corner of her eye. "So…I was wondering something about you."

"Hmm?"

"Do you have a boyfriend who tells you not to come to these trials?"

Not even bothering to look up from her sketching, she shook her head then switched to a new sheet of paper. "I gave up on my last boyfriend when I was seventeen. He had a strange attraction to a saiya-jin girl who kept beating the crap out of him."

"That is just sick."

"I know…but I really think it was because he kept spying on her while she tried to bathe…he saw her body, liked it, spied on her some more, got caught, and got the crap beat out of him by her because she didn't appreciate having her privacy taken away."

"Oh…well that makes more sense."

"I'm sure. Why did you ask?"

"Well…I was going to ask you what you thought of that new saiya- jin…what was his name?"

"Canta…I think I remember Vegeta mentioning it when we came out of the infirmary."

"Yeah…what do you think of Canta?"

"He appears to be a typical saiya-jin man…why?"

"I think he's so cute."

"So…you have a crush on him?"

"No…he's just cute."

"Right, and I'm dating an elf right now."

"You are?"

"No…I don't particularly care for elves."

"Oh…why not?"

"They don't like my choice of protector."

"Dare I ask?"

"The wolf-gods Frostfur and Nightfyre."

"Ok then…I don't want to know."

"No, I wouldn't recommend it."

"Well…I'll just get ready for bed then."

"Uh huh, don't talk about Canta all night in your sleep, I don't think I can bear another night of listening to a sleep-talker."

"I won't."

"Hmm." Looking up from her sketches, she watched the other girl leave the room then shook her head and smiled before turning off the light. She could have fun teasing the other girl about her crush on the new saiya- jin. Walking out onto the large balcony they had been provided, she sighed and stared up at the stars before settling back against the wall and staring off into the distance. This hadn't been the first time she lost a good friend in the trials…but the pain this time was…feeling tears well up in her eyes, she let them free and cried away her pain.