It was the dead of night and Ryu was standing at the window looking out onto the city of Wyndia. Ryu hadn't been sleeping well for a while now, he kept having nightmares that he couldn't quite remember but the feeling associated with them was similar to the feeling he had before when his dragons eye showed him a glimpse of what may come. Then he realised it couldn't be that he lost his godhood after defeating Fou-Lu and when all the other dragon gods left this world. His dragon eye that he wore around his neck was no more than a jewel now so he dismissed his train of thought to old habits, but still something nagged at the back of his mind and then his attention was diverted to the sweet voice from his bed.
"Ryu, are you awake?"
"I'm over here, Sorry did I wake you Nina?"
"Well it's partially your fault."
She said it with a cheeky grin which let Ryu know that she was only playing to be serious and knew what would follow suit.
"Oh why is that love?"
"Because you're not in bed, so obviously I'm going to wake up if you're not there."
"I'm sorry love, I was just finding it hard to sleep and I didn't want to disturb you."
He said it with such sincerity that Nina got of the bed wearing her night gown and walked over to the man she loved and took him in her arms.
"You silly man, come back to bed and I'll make sure that you sleep."
Rya automatically knew this was going to happen the moment he saw cheeky grin of hers, he knew what she had in mind. So he obedientally went back to the bed holding Nina's hand; once they were in the bed Nina went instantaly to work on Ryu's neck but then something was wrong. Ryu could feel a heat building up inside of him and then he started to hear voices one at a time, he recognised the voices but he couldn't believe it was them.
"Yorae Dragon, we need your help once again."
Ryu was trying to dismiss the voices in his head asking him for assistance, he just wanted to concentrate on the one he loved; the angel that had helped him so much and now was lieing beside him kissing his neck. Once again the voices tried to ask for his help and once again he tried to dismiss but this time all the dragon gods made a unison on his mind.
"PLEASE HELP US!"
Ryu had to shout his reply of.
"FINE I'LL SPEAK WITH YOU ALL!"
Nina instantly jumped back from him and had a worried expression on her face, Ryu could clearly see that he had not just shocked her but scared her; his shouting wasn't that loud was it?
"Nina are you all right?"
Nina looked at the man she loved in complete astonishment he hadn't just shouted but also let out a roar. Again Ryu asked his question.
"Nina are you all right?"
"I'm fine Ryu, but I think I should be asking are you all right?"
Ryu looked at her confused by what she meant, so he asked her.
"Nina what do you mean? I only shouted and that wasn't your fault."
She looked at him, obviously he didn't realise that he roared so she decided to tell him that he wasn't just shouting.
"Ryu you didn't just shout, you let out a roar and if I'm correct it sounded like Kaiser's roar."
Ryu shrank back at what he had been told, it couldn't be true his draconic half had been lost after the dragon gods left. He put his hand on his dragon eye as if it were a lucky charm and then he felt himself being taken somewhere, when the feeling stopped he looked around and saw that he was in the realm of the gods; his previous home. He saw the seven dragon gods all sitting around in a semi-circle shape but there was one seat empty, P'ung Ryong walked towards Ryu and then took his hand and started to speak.
"O' brother of thine we welcome you to our court and may you take your seat."
Ryu slowly walked towards the empty seat and then noticed on the floor before the seat laid the mark that identified the Yorae dragon, so Ryu took his seat and then watched the other gods. P'ung Ryong once again stood up and spoke to the assembled gods.
"O' brothers of thine, we have all felt a great evil stirring. Except you dear brother who hath given up his immortal life but I hath found the name of this great evil and its name is Asmodeus."
This time Hae Ryong stood up to speak.
"Dear brother, surely thou are mistaken. Asmodeus is a king of demons and hath forever been banished to the depths of hell. For we here were the ones who sent him to his banishment."
"Nay brother, Asmodeus hath learnt that we no longer in habit the mortal world so he hath trying to find away to invade it and take it as his own."
Hae Ryong then looked at his brother of the winds and said.
"Then we must not let it pass, we must return and protect the mortal world."
All the dragon gods bar Ryu and P'ung Ryong shook their heads in agreement to their brother's statement.
"I know how you feel brother, but we left that world and may never return. We chose to live in this paradise, only one of us still remains in the mortal world and he is no longer one of us."
"Then what can we do?"
P'ung Ryong looked around at his brothers and then straight at Ryu.
"We can help our brother fight this evil by granting him the gifts he has lost and those we bestowed upon him once."
This time Ryu stood up and all the dragons looked to him.
"Wait a second; you want me to become an immortal once more to become a dragon? So that I might fight this demon king and save the world and what happens if I say no?"
The wind dragon looked at him and could see the concern in Ryu's eyes.
"No brother you will not be an immortal, you shall stay mortal but yes I'm asking if you shall accept the power you lost and if not then the world shall fall into darkness."
Ryu grumbled something under his breath and then looked at them and sighed.
"You've got me pinned in a corner; on the one hand I say no see what happens and possibly guarantee the worlds destruction. While on the other if I say yes I have this destructive power but I stay mortal and the world then depends on me once again."
Ryu made it look like he was thinking about the decision even though it was already made, he couldn't let everyone die; he'd be just as bad as Fou-Lu.
"Fine I'll do it, but once I've done this I want nothing to do with the gods again. Do we understand each other?"
The dragons looked around and then shook their heads one at a time in acknowledgement of Ryu's request. P'ung Ryong beckoned Ryu into the middle of the dragons and so Ryu walked into the centre, and then all the dragons started to glow and then burst of energy shot from each of them into Ryu. Ryu felt like something that had been locked away inside of him had been opened and he could feel it, he could feel his draconic half's presence within him; Ryu let out not just a scream but also a mighty roar and then the dragon gods stopped. Ryu fell to his knees and looked up at the dragons; they all stood in front of him with smiles on their faces. P'ung stepped forward and helped his brother up and spoke to him once more.
"Brother you have now the ability to change into the dragons that you once found and also your own power, we also grant unto you our own power; summon us when you need help."
Ryu looked into each of his brother's faces and smiled, and then turned around to walk away. Once again Ryu felt that sensation of being pulled and when it finally stopped he found himself in his bedroom once more with Nina shaking and screaming at him.
"Love if you keep screaming like that then I'm going to go deaf."
Nina had a moment of shook when Ryu spoke and then she slapped him across the face leaving a nice red mark on his cheek. Ryu hand instantly went to his pained cheek and then he saw Nina on the floor crying, he went to her and held her in his arms and gently whispered.
"I'm sorry for making you worry love but I was called to a family reunion."
Nina looked at him with a dumbstruck look and then she saw it Ryu's dragon eye was a little brighter and it clicked in her head.
"Oh no Ryu what's happened?"
Ryu looked at Nina and decided it best to tell her in the morning so he stood up with Nina and said.
"I think it's best if I tell you after we've had good nights sleep."
So Ryu took Nina to bed and could tell she was exhausted from her hysteria of worry and she went straight to sleep, Ryu looked up at the ceiling and thought to himself.
'Why me?'
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