Chapter five
Pesky dragons
Pesky problems
Walking down the street in city zeta 1 dragon and 1 evolved wyvern walked into a bar.
And they asked at the same time. Hey whats to drink?
Thinking dryly of what i just thought. I began on wondering at just how. i got here.
Or how i managed, to let the dragons who attacked me, follow me.. from home.
THE CITY OF KAIYA.
were both the living and the dead exist in harmony. Or so they say on the on blazing net of webs.
Anyways the way to city z is no easy path these days. For war is on the horizon and they, just, lost.
Causing this city to change hands, from its original owners.. again.
And the best part? Their hero is dead, so theirs—
I saw a flickering light catch my eye, and I glanced at it. It was a floating hologram, i nearly leaped backwards. What is that?
"What never seen a hologram before?"
I scowled at thw dragon behind me without looking. As to not give the satisfaction of seeing me scowl.
Well back to that— i slammed into a! A. I fazed right through a digital wall.
What the, only to here snickers in the background. Then a kid turned off the hologram and scattered away from my glaring. Eyes.
All the while...
as if they could pretend they didn't. They didn't follow me after attacking me as a test of worthiness.
Memories of two dragons chasing me as I tried to beat them back.. rang like the bells for the dead at home.
Scowling i answered my own question. And for what? All for some dumb prophecy?
All this sounded like the start of a bad. novel.
Annoyingly so.
Yea maybe i could sick some raijins on them. the raijins,Lighting cats to whichever you prefer. Often state that they stay within storms constantly eating lighting dancing and bouncing above and in the clouds
And with that I paused,looking carfully so as not to be noticed.
Maybe if i got a good look at WHAT they were id know—
To my right.
I glance back at the two trailing me. The girl noticing smirked.
A smug beaming look on her face.
Bad move .
She walked closer behind me as though this was the most exciting part of her day.
One that says, this bit of fun was at my expense. She began the skip as if to give me a better look at her. My head tracked her keeping a close eye on this wyvern of a dragon.
My mouth gapped as she– she did something ridiculous.
She twisted in one smooth motion and "began.. me hand pointed at her those around me, watching with.. curiosity "to skip backwards." Thats..
How does one even do that?
Memories of my sister's athleticism popped up from that
The city of kaiya...
I shook me head.
Anyways upon closer inspection she was a pale skinned women.wearing a hot pink. Seemingly painted, leather jacket.
Why would anyone were a hot pink, leather jacket? Worst yet she was still skipping farther and farther away. Her jacket flapping with the wind as she periodically. Stopped and went again to skipping, backwards.
I dont know, how! I got into this situation!
And right under her jacket she wore a white tank top with pink painted jeans below.
giving her a toned silhouette of a.. like that of a fighter who happensto fly.
A flick of the eyes showed her legs having a tight muscled look. like a lot.
Weirdest part about her, wasn't the hair nor eyes. It was the whistling earrings she had, constantly humming with the wind.
Giving her, a— it reminded me of the two temples at home. One of the goddess of speed. And the god of dragons.
Whatever im not there any more now...
Shaking my head i continued my analysis of her character. Along with her bouncing lustrous hair, flowing with the wind as if floating. Add that with which seemed to be shinning glowing pink with power. Then dimmed as I looked at it, a flicker of pink shrunk and I looked at her shoulder. Only for her to cover herself with her arms in mock shyness. Smiling all the way Her pink eyes sharpened with amusement.
As though, she was hunting me..
"what,think im cute or somthin?"
scowling i saw her laugh a freeing kind of laugh.
One that seemed to dance with the wind,
as she begone to slow down her skipping to let me catch up. Once again, I heard. a growl, from behind me one that promised death. Sheesh
"No need to get the magma up your pants"
I said behind me
Then I whispered "smog breather"
Though secretly it sounded like a hot mud bath, bubbling.
Though that aside.
I begun to wonder why, she seemed to always have her hands, in her pockets.
And as if noticing my side tracking thoughts lights and holographic displays began showing. Ones of war propaganda of the recent victory, others of the recent new.. "hot items" for sale
This time I simply walked through the—
I was hit by hard, light. My white face beginning to to feel hot, right i almost forgot. Hard light is hot to the touch, for normal people at least.
And this women? She just fazed right through the hard light smiling at the warmth of it all. It honestly surprised me, how— I touched what she fazed through only to be burned. I zipped my hand backwards and walked around it. Turning around briefly only to see the male dragon walk through it as well.
Not even a smile graced his face. I looked at my sizzling hand it nearly turning red then i squashed it. My dragon scales covering the near be wound, quickly i turned back around my vision almost blurred.
Dam human eyes, so easily overwhelmed without enhancement.
And with horror I saw her eyes, laying on my finger which now burned.. once more at an attempt to hid my dragon powers, she.. seemed to think otherwise at my terrible attempt
I looked at her own hands to distract her, only to remember.
She had her hands enclosed in her pockets.
As though nothing could touch her,does she think she owns the sky and the ground?
How confident of her.
But somehow it does't feel like a bluff.
Then i began to notice how off the city felt.
Watching passively i noticed how the streets ahead of us, began to glow blue. light and faint like that of a beaches coming waves.
A signal of something.. rising.
Curious.
Now shops began to close their doors,
waving people away.
With that alone a prickle of foreboding struck my neck.
A wave of gridded blue waves crashed over the 3 section. street building 2 blocks ahead of us. And as though ignoring the laws of physics wasn't enough.
it began to bounce of the building like water would of a hard surface. But there was no hard surface. Only an open window now closing.
I peered my eyes ahead to see.. a thin line before the closing window disappear withing the building. As the constant splashing of waves bouncing of walls stopped. At the new thin line of hard, light?
I stepped over the waves as it rocked towards us.the wave growing smaller and smaller as it passed through us..
But it folded over my body like water naturally would. But... it just, fazed through the women ahead of me. The wyvern causlily grinned then continued her passive pass. Stopping and starting as she did before.
decoloring from blue to green struggling to stay alive. Then the waves crashed over her higher this time. Over her waist she reacted faintly to the grid as tho it were foreign, and yet..
understood.
its nature. Then it passed me the feeling of energy. i believe its called washed around my legs once more.
It felt as though i was walking through a shallow sea of energy. If the sea could flow through your being. While also keeping track of physics.
Pondering about this foreign energy.i could feel the flow of ambient mana. One that we didn't have at the old city of Kaiya.
With that, i remembered modern cities well. its that their stupid protective barrior
Yea.. someone's fighting.
Glancing once again this time without bothering to hide it.
I saw that he looked bored behind me. as though this was the slowest day in the world.
Completely diffrent from when he fought me.
He looked alive then, almost..
Brazenly so.
I began to notice how He had brown skin. Diffrent from his dragon counter part, to which was black as coal. with red and orange veins between his scales.
his left eyebrow lifted, As if to say you like me too? Though i couldn't tell if he was serious or not.
The girl not so quietly said "2 timer"
I heard a puff right after.
With an annoyed growl
I noticed how he had layered black and orange strands of hair.
Looking like dried magma.
It was layered in a messy bun kinda way. With a few loose strands up front looking like wet seaweed.
He wore a black blazer rimmed with gold trimmings. Light shoulder pads glimmering gold and orange. I looked between his blazer to see a simple white t shirt strange considering whats over it.
black slacks seemingly, trimmed with silver instead of a simple white cotton.
At this point he began to growl a low one at me. A finale warning to stop starring so I mad my analysis quick.
he walked with a royal like air about him coal black eyes reinfoced with glowing orange. refocused on whats ahead of him.
along with that. He had a black belled earring with a dragon sigil on it.
A magma filled, roaring dragon seemingly.. making an island rise from the ocean. And i could've sworn i saw, he blew smog from out his nose. Blocking any further investigations with black smog. His eyes glowing like magma, I backed off
Cool. He touchy about his jewelery.
This time,
People began to run passed into the building way behind us.
Glancing back i noticed a shelter sign painted in bright red.
With a sigh i asked "What even are your names" with a pause they begin to glance at each other as if this didn't.. even, occur to them.
With a sigh i stated "first you attack me to test me.--" I heard a snicker.
"Then you—" i knocked striaght into a pole. My head knocked backwards.
Mana roiling throughout my body. The metal pole pierced my ears like a needle.
I paused.
That was more painful than it should've been
Then a felt the burning.. the burning feeling of sudden hard light. This woman! I looked around to see a switch for the hard light pole. To appear, in case of an emergency I imagined. And she just—
I cut myself off and speculated what just happend to me.
After some thought I came to one conclusion.
Must of been my mana fluctuating.
I heard? No felt the heated glare of the mans eyes behind me. Id glance back.. if it wasn't directed at the back of my skull.
After all Id like to keep my eyes intact.
"Did you just..use your mana?," suspicion layering his voice.
the girl thoroughly amused begon laughing pink underskinned wings sprouting. Her pink hair glowing with power, she blew hot and cold air towards me. Her wings flaring three times? No four times her size! as she flew a few feet into the air. Wings flapping to keep herself aloft she began to glide amidst the air herself.
Rubbing my head I could hear the girl laughing up 2 stories high.
Then i said something I knew would agitate her, or anyone for that matter.
"i kick scaly butts and now im both your dragon rider?" I say agitation written all in my voice
The bright pink women chirped from up high "I'm Mizuki akano." Still laughing
"great to meet you pole smacker!" Her hair was flowing high up her mid length hair. flowing with the wind they began to glow even brighter as she breathed. Pure pink and light purple flames! I went into a daze remembering the heat of those flames. then the magma haired man with annoyance in his voice said "Well im kokoro"... i turned around looking confused"thats it? I tilted my head" You dont have anything else to say?" He shrugged, as though not caring. I sighed in exasperation. Putting my hands to my face tilting my head up i wondered how i managed to find these weirdos. Or more importantly how they found me...
Hmm?.
that was wierd. Why were they.. starring at me. I glanced again behind me feeling a literally heated gaze. Then turned back towards the front of me. Towards those pink eyes, sharp.
it seems Now knowing there names an expectant silence followed.
My neck pricking.
Mizuki began flapping down wind bristling me with near cuts.
Staring me down as she then met my gaze at level.
With a begrudging shrug i announced my name "akahoshi"
Then suddenly with only the sound of somthing flying.
A jolt of suprise passed me as police cruiser curved mid 3 section street then went flying towards us.
I blinked wondering what i was seeing was real then—
Breathing in i concentrated on the Soara's breath stlye a type of fluid movement.
with a a flick of my hand, I drew the blade at my hip, a simple katana. to simple for my liking. I see the cruiser my blade whistleing. I cut the cruiser in.
to.
ribbons.
focusing on the center of it all, the car froze as if waiting for permission to break.
With a step,
I thrust forward straight through the center. Cruiser flying.
It shredded apart.
till only shrapnel was left.
Metal flying past my head I froze thoughts of one of them—
Going through it all axels flew by and hit something behind me!
PING sound of metal axel hitting someone behind me.
a yelp occurred.
then another sound of iron turning to slag.
So looks like they handled it well, Mizuki and kokoro those scaly—
Pink and purple flames burst past the side of my head, my neck began to sweat.
I turned around slowly wondering if this was my last day unitil. They both looked at me,Mizuki with indignation said. "hey!do you know hard i worked on this outfit!" her slightly ripped left shoulder and leg glimmered with light pink scales.
With a grunt " no I dont and frankly I dont care"
She then began to berate me for my idocity and lack of forethought.
"You know you could have caught that right!"
My face reddened and I yelled without meaning to. " i skulling cant do it! I cant catch moving crusiers at the spring of the moment! Because I have no mana!.. control...
She no mizuki looked.. concerned and kokoro looked at me with disgust, then..
Almost soft—
Mizuki sprang from her hidding place behind kokoro. When did she get there?
She looked like she was about to pummel me, her steps sparking flames. The gravel sidewalk beginning to superheat. when kokoro pointed out her outfit. Her arms spread eagle suddenly spread even further.
Only to then take a second look at herself and do a 180. smiling with glee at how stylish it is.
For once she pulled her hands out her pockets. then clapped once with approval, head tilting slightly.
While kokoro now satisfied at doing his job of defending me mentioned
"Well dont you have a bit of flare akahoshi"
Though that seemed to have a snarky feel about it.
waiting for my reaction.
I gave him nothing, he moved on to a more reactive target.
"Oh and Mizuki your stlye is terrible, akahoshi did you a favor."
She snarled at him,
He glared back.
So he disapproved of the mess Judgy one that.
Though remembering what mizuki said during the test i realized. a dragon of high decent would definitely test us like this..
Us?
What came after is what realy did me in.
A splash of cold air hitting me.
Ice crystals blooming all over the streets ahead.
"Oh.. so were doing this now a? Gods above?"
Mizuki and kokoro simply stayed silent listening intently.
"Oh right there is no god of fate so.. this is all the fault of the gods!" I heard a slap in the background. I ignored it "Then gods who are of these subjects are at fault!"
I began to audibly ramble as my blade began to glisten with oil
Yes this is it.
Ice crawled across the street floor the green grid crawling with it.
And I saw men in black armored suits flying. The sight of police officers flying in the background of ice. Sprouting like a flower.
This is why I left home.
To face the strong—
Soooo im in trouble now