"Where is he?"
A griffin laid stretched out over a huge rock, staring into the faraway sky with sombre green eyes. He rested his paws on top of each other, their sharp talons brushing.
He heard the footsteps before he heard the mocking voice, "Hey, Yuuki!"
"Go away." He said, not even bothering to turn.
"Still waiting?" The other griffin snickered, eyes sharp and beady, "How long more are you going to wait? Five years? Ten? A century?"
Yeah! And who do you think you are, giving yourself a name?" His companion griffin cried out indignantly, "We're the kings of the sky and the earth! We don't need names!"
"We make our own names!"
"I'll say it one more time," the outcast said, standing up and turning around, "I don't want to be bothered."
The bigger griffin of the two cried out angrily and went for a strike, reaching out sharp, deadly talons. Yuuki's eyes narrowed and he flew back with a sharp cry, baring his talons as he opened his mouth and breathed out hot, scorching flames.
His opponent cried out in pain as the flames collided with him and he fell onto the ground, his feathery neck burnt as Yuuki spat, smoke coming out of his beak, "I told you not to bother me, didn't I?!"
"H-He can breathe fire!?" The other griffin stuttered.
The scorched griffin gave a groan, heaving himself up to his feet, "You should stop waiting!" He yelled, "Don't you see the power you have? You could rule the skies and the earth!"
"Whoever he is, he'll never come for you!"
"He will!" Yuuki shouted down, green eyes flashing, beak sharp and dangerous, "And his name is Taichi!"
Without waiting for a reply, the powerful king of the sky and earth flew away into the distance. He clenched his beak.
"You'll come, won't you…Taichi?"
"Look at him!"
The blue dragon ignored the other dragons pointing their claws at him, from where he was perched on top of a mountain. He stared wordlessly into the darkening sky.
"He's so weird! I mean, what kind of dragon can't breathe fire?"
The blue dragon ignored them.
"Hey, I'm talking to you!" The red dragon flew up to the sky at the top of the mountain, sneering, "You may be bigger than me, but you're so weak! You can't even breathe fire- you can't be considered a dragon!"
"I'm an ice dragon." The blue dragon replied tersely.
"There's no such thing as an ice dragon! They're only a legend!"
The ice dragon smirked, "Really?" He said, "Thanks for the compliment."
Before the other dragon could reply, he gave a roar, opening his mouth and letting out a stream of ice, freezing the red dragon before he could cry out.
The blue dragon smiled and watched as the block of ice fell to the ground. He leaned his head over, speaking casually to the green dragon who was staring in pure shock at his companion frozen in solid ice, "Good luck getting him out of that."
"And remember, I'm Yuujou, the ice dragon." He smirked at the one in the ice, "A legend."
With those words, Yuujou raised himself up, flapped his powerful wings and took off. He glided away into the sky, as thunder rumbled in the distance. He looked back only once, before turning his red eyes to the front. "I have no friends at all."
"But, I know I have a friend, out there," the majestic winged beast raised his ruby gaze to the dark clouds in the sky, "Somewhere."
"And, I'm still waiting for him…"
The ice dragon closed his ruby eyes, letting out a soft murmur.
"Yamato…where are you?"
"Hey, we're going hunting! Are you coming with us?"
A bird of fire shook her head, as the others of her species scoffed, "Forget it! Why did we even bother to ask? She never wants to come!"
"She says she's waiting – waiting for what, I don't know!"
The flaming bird let out a shrill burst of laughter, "Waiting to die, maybe!"
The isolated bird of fire remained silent, and true to her prediction, the others left, leaving her alone.
She sighed as she laid alone in the cave, her flaming feathers illuminating the darkness. "Why hasn't she come?" She murmured, "She loves me, doesn't she?"
"I haven't even met her, and yet…somehow, I miss her." The bird of fire sighed, "She's not like them. She's different. She's kind."
"I just…know it."
A tear slipped from the fire bird's blue eye, as she rested her beak on the floor of the dark cave.
"I love you, Sora…"
"Go away!"
A dark, imposing, gigantic winged creature shrunk back as the others of his kind sneered at him, "We don't have time to play with you!"
"I don't want to play!" The dark creature cried out indignantly, "I just wanted some company!"
"Company? Who wants to be your companion?" The other winged beast barked in laughter, "You're too laidback! While we want to fight for our territory, you want to make jokes and play around!"
"Don't you get it?" The creature beside him guffawed, "You're not of our kind!"
"You must have been born in the wrong body! Why don't you go become a creature of the land instead? Or the sea? Then you can play around all day!"
"We're the kings of the mountains!" The other roared, "We conquer territory! We battle to the death! It's in our nature!"
"Fine!" The one who did not belong yelled, "I don't need you guys! I'll go off on my own!"
He lifted his spiked wings and with a cry, took off into the sky. He soared along, knowing his destination, knowing where he had to go.
The dark winged creature soon spotted a body of water. He glanced down, adjusted his wings to obtain maximum velocity and swooped down at lightning speed, crashing straight into the lake.
The feeling was relieving. After being stuck in the mountains for so long, it felt so good to be in water, on land. He sighed and submerged himself in the lake, raising his gaze to the sky.
"I waited for you…" he mumbled, "I've been waiting for you since forever!"
The dark creature opened his mouth, revealing rows of sharp, dangerous teeth which contrasted with the sorrow in his light green eyes.
"Why the hell haven't you come, Jyou?!"
"What are you, a unicorn?!"
The white horse shook her head, "I like the land!"
"Then what are those wings for? They're to fly, aren't they?!"
"Well, the one I'm waiting for is on the land!" The winged horse cried out, "She's not in the sky!"
"Huh? Waiting? We don't wait for anyone!" The others laughed, gazing at her mockingly, "We're queens! We're one of the rarest creatures around! Others wait for us, not the other way around!"
"I don't care! I will find her!" The winged horse made to leap into the sky, but stumbled, causing the others to laugh.
"You can't fly? You might as well go and become a unicorn!"
Tears slipped out of dark green eyes, causing a round of mocking, horse laughter, "Oh look, she's crying! She must be so embarrassed!"
"Shut up!" She yelled, and galloped away.
"Clumsy!"
"Must be because she's so big!"
"You're so ungraceful, not like us!"
"You don't deserve those wings!"
"I can fly! I just prefer the ground!" The galloping, winged horse yelled into the wind.
"Show us then!"
The big winged horse who didn't like flying ignored the others, not wanting to give them the satisfaction. She squeezed her dark green eyes shut, tears brushing against her eyelids.
"Mimi would never treat me like this!"
A large creature of metal made his way heavily through the forest, large green eyes staring stoically forward.
Woodland creatures scattered out of his path and birds flew from trees in panic. He continued on his path, undeterred, thoughts running through his intelligent mind.
"Hey!"
The creature turned his gaze to the metal creature in the sky, "You're still not giving up? Whoever you're waiting for doesn't exist!"
"He does." The metal creature on the ground replied. "I know he exists. I know his name."
"What is it?"
"It's none of your business." He said and turned away.
"Hey!" The one in the sky shouted down, "Why don't you come back? You know there are few of our kind!"
"We're special!"
"Sorry, but I don't belong with you guys," the large metal creature on the forest ground said as he walked along, "I belong with someone else."
There was a loud scoff, "Suit yourself! We don't need you!"
The metal creature flew off into the distance and the one who had sought the forest gave a tired, weary sigh. His metal feet stopped, as he stared blankly at lush greenery.
"Why aren't you here, Koushiro-han…?
As the skies darkened, and thunder rumbled behind dark clouds, the six lost and lonely mystical creatures looked up from the earth, sky and sea.
"It's time." A voice echoed.
Yuuki the griffin blinked from where he stood on the ground, "What?" He said, wondering if he had imagined the voice.
"It's time." The masculine voice said again, and his eyes widened as he realized it was in his mind, "To meet the one you've been waiting for."
"Where?" Yuujou demanded as he raced through the rumbling sky, flashing sharp teeth, "Where can I find him?!"
"You'll know soon." The voice replied mysteriously in his mind and his red eyes widened. "But now, you must go."
"Go where!?" Yuuki lifted his eagle head to the sky, his lion tail swishing anxiously. "Where is Taichi!?"
"He can't come here." The voice said, "You must go to him."
"Take me to him!" Yuujou bared his teeth, red eyes narrowed, "Take me to Yamato!"
There was silence, before the voice said, "Very well."
The sky opened up in six different places, on top of the six different creatures from six different corners of the world. A light with swirling colors descended from the sky, capturing the chosen creatures in its light. They gasped in surprise as they were lifted from the ground, sea and air to the top of the skies, as northern and southern lights took over the sky, causing creatures all around the world to gasp in awe.
"What's that!?" A group of griffins gazed from on top of a mountain.
"It's an aurora!" A flock of firebirds cried as they swept theif flaming wings across the lighted sky.
"I've never seen an aurora before, I thought they were a legend!" A red dragon said to his companion, shaking bits of ice off his wings.
"Well they aren't, but they are extremely rare!" The green dragon said in awe.
"It's too bright!" The dark kings of the mountains yelled, shielding their dark eyes with their wings.
"It's so beautiful!" The rare winged horses tossed their manes as they glided across the colorful lights.
"What a rare phenomenon!" The metal creatures raised their heads, looking up into the sky.
Each creature engulfed in the colorful, shimmering light raised their surprised gaze to the swirling vortex at the end of the aurora as they were absorbed into the open vortex.
Darkness surrounded them, blocking out all light, as the voice sounded in their confused minds, "Go to them, and protect them. Protect them with the power you have been given, and help protect their world." The voice said, "Give them power, and let them give you their strength."
The darkness opened up under the six mythical creatures, and then they were falling through darkness into the unknown.