Dragon Adventure
Chapter 1 – A Dragon's Day out
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Author Notes:
^.^ Oh ho ho ho ho! Not only do I just stop updating my fics (with the except of the Theatre one) I have the audacity to start another one in which it, too, will probably stop midway ^.^ BUT OH WELL P I just wanted to do a cute little fic featuring the dragons ^^ (I.E., Fire, Water, Earth, Deus, and maybe even the Wind…) And even some new stuff D So yeah, don't try to relate this to the original manga, it'll probably sway so much it would not fit. But that's the joy of doing a fanfic ^^ So lets see how this goes!
Oh, and there will be dialogue between the dragons xD The signs only come up when they're trying to talk to everyone else. And the dragons refer to themselves with their Japanese names (except Deus), but I'll use their English names for everything else.
Honou = Fire
Kahaku = Water
Riku = Earth
Hayate = Wind
Disclaimer: I DON'T ANYTHING T_T Except some original dragons I'll probably fabricate and this story/plotline xD
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"Take that!" a soft silvery blue dragon yelled as it fired a blast of ice at a small red dragon.
The dragon nimbly dodged the attack. "Hah! You call that an attack?" The dragon grinned and tackled the other dragon to the ground.
"Not fair!" the other yelled as he saw the triumphant look on his opponent, fire gleaming in those dark red eyes.
"And the round goes to…HONOU!" another dragon that seemed to be a rock carving brought to life announced.
"Not faaiiiir!! That shouldn't count!!" the silvery blue dragon whined.
"Oh, give it up, Kahaku," the red dragon said as he got off of the dragon. "Fire will beat water any day."
The dragon of water growled. "Cheater, you didn't even use any fire attacks!"
The dragon of fire winked. "Exaaaaactly."
A large sweat bead formed on the third dragon's head as he watched Water drop a boulder on Fire. "Hey…"
"WHAT, RIKU?!" Water yelled as he gave the earth dragon a deadly glare.
"Ah…nothing, nothing!" Earth said hastily as he backed up. "But…they'll be coming to get us soon.
Fire pushed the boulder off his head and walked around dizzily for a few moments before shaking his head, clearing it. "Ow…man that hurt!"
"Well of course it hurt, it was supposed to!" Water snapped.
Earth sighed. It was like this every time they were out together. And every time the dragon of earth found himself having a big head ache afterwards. He shook his rocky head and flew up to a branch above them. Their Dragon Knights had allowed them to roam free for a bit while they went into town so they were out in one of the royal gardens of the Dragon Palace. More like a castle…well both…a Pastle? Calace? the dragon mused, the voices of his companions muffled slightly by an incoming breeze and the rustling of the leaves. Whatever, the Dragon Lord's Pad, he finally decided and nodded to himself in approval.
He suddenly realized that he no longer heard the other two below him. He also felt some sort of looming danger on each side of him and gulped as he saw Fire and Water on each side of him. "…Uh…finished?" he laughed nervously when he saw the mischievous gleam in both of their eyes. And when you saw it in Water's, you knew you were in trouble.
"ATTACK!" they both yelled as they tackled Earth out of the branch and land onto the ground.
"AH! NO FAIR!!" Earth laughed as he tried to squirm out.
The trio struggled for a few more minutes before falling down on each other laughing.
"Haha…Race you to the fountain!" Fire yelled as he dashed off.
"Hey, no fair!" Water yelled as he flew after the red dragon.
"Ugh, I think we've said "no fair" a good many times now," Earth muttered as he, too, flew after them, the excitement of being free and able to play like children running through his veins.
After being cooped up inside for so long, the dragons were taking advantage of every moment of freedom and when they reached the fountain at the same time, they chased each other around the furniture and trees. It was late afternoon before the trio finally used up all their energy and collapsed onto the grass in the shade beneath a tree. A nice, cool breeze swept over them, and the dragons sighed in content.
"Mmm! That was great!" Fire exclaimed.
"Mhm," Water nodded slightly. "That breeze sure feels good."
"Doesn't it remind you of Hayate?" Earth said wistfully.
"Hayate…" Fire said softly. "Probably would have beaten us all," he laughed.
" Younger than us, too," Water added. "Yet the best of them all…"
"I remember when Deus first told us what we would be doing," Fire said, his eyes shining. "I was so excited to learn that we would still be together."
"No kidding, I was actually dreading that day," Earth laughed. "I wonder what the previous dragons were like…"
"Whatever happened to them?" Water asked curiously.
"I heard that they had gotten too old and went into retirement," Earth said. "Think we'll be like that?"
"We still have a loooong ways to go before that," Water snorted. "These guys are only our third owners." He stopped short and quickly glanced at Fire. But the dragon apparently had not heard him as he continued where Water left off, telling them of how his first Dragon Knight was a big klutz. A small smile formed on Water's reptilian face. I wonder if he has forgotten…
They continued trading stories of the past until they heard the Dragon Knights call them. They jumped off the ground and flew over to where Rath, Thatz, and Rune were waiting for them. Even though they had had previous owners, the three dragons loved them most of all.
"So what did you guys do, Fire?" Rath asked as he scratched the top of the little dragon's head.
The dragon held up a card: - Oh, just stuff -
"Like what?"
- Stuff. -
Rath twitched slightly. "You can be a bit more exact than that…"
Fire just stuck out his tongue. - You're not a dragon -
"FIRE!"
The dragon rolled his eyes. - We just played around and stuff. I beat Water in a fight - He gave the water dragon a smirk.
"I see," Rune smiled and looked down at his dragon. "You'll get him next time." Water just "hmphed" and disappeared in a bright flash of blue light.
Thatz laughed. "Looks like your dragon is a sore loser," he grinned.
Rune crossed his arms in defiance. "He's not a loser, I'm sure Fire cheated in some way."
- Did not -
"Did too."
- Not -
"Too."
- Not -
Rune just blinked then sighed. "Whatever, why am I arguing with a dragon anyway?"
Thatz just laughed again then took a breath as he grinned at Earth. "Well, buddy, wanna get something to eat?"
At Earth's eager nod, the two made their way inside, as Earth had put it, the Dragon Lord's Pad, Rune not too far behind.
Rath lingered a bit before going inside. "You shouldn't be giving Water such a hard time, Fire," he said as he looked at the little red dragon perched on his shoulder. "Rune might take it out on me."
- Pfft. Fire can beat water any day - Fire held up the sign, his eyes gleaming.
The Dragon Knight laughed. "Well…I'm afraid you can't go back in your sword… I kinna found a demon and…well…the sword broke."
The dragon lost his balance and almost fell off of Rath's shoulder but with a few flaps of the wings regained his hold. – It WHAT?! –
"I just wanted to try something new!"
- If that Dragon Officer hears about this, he'll tan your hide -
Rath winced. "I know, I know. But do you mind having to spend some more time outside?"
The little dragon shook his head. Quite the contrary, he was glad that the sword was broken. He hated going into the sword. It was not that it was small or anything of the like, but being there with nothing to do and hearing idle conversations of other dragon spirits sometimes almost drove him insane. Sometimes Water and Earth would find their way to him, but it was hard and they did not visit each other often. Only when he was out of the sword was Fire ever truly happy.
Feeling the Dragon Knight's sudden stop jolted the dragon out of his reverie. When his eyes came to focus he saw that Cesia was now in front of them. He slowly glanced at Rath and saw the flustered on his look. He smirked and flew off of his shoulder.
- I'll leave you two lovebirds alone ^.^ -
"FIRE!" Rath yelled.
Cesia stared up at the dragon. "Fire, it's all right, I just wanted to ask Rath if he had seen Ruwalk. I needed to ask him something…"
The dragon took his chance. – Oh? Cheating on Rath now, eh? D –
"FIRE!!" They both now yelled as he threw signs with the words "HAHA" behind him as he flew off down the corridors.
He loved teasing them about their horribly hidden affections for one another. It's like a soap opera, he thought as he gently coasted high above the heads of milling servants and Dragon Fighters. But seeing them or any couple together brought some sort of mixed emotion to his heart. He flew around the corner up and up several flights of stairs to a high parapet. He landed on the concrete wall and sighed as he stared out to the ground below, the people small rectangular blobs. In the distance he could just see the outline of a mountain range.
"Hayate…" the dragon said softly, his voice carried off into the wind. He shook his head. Why was he thinking that now? He stretched himself out and basked in the late afternoon sun. The others will be here soon, he thought idly.
He stared out into the sky. I wonder what it would like to be just a free roaming dragon… It saddened him slightly that the only dragons existing now were those of the mountains or deep hidden caverns and those tied to the Dragon Tribe. He thought back on the discussion they had earlier. Where did those dragons go, I wonder. Maybe into the mountains? He paused and sat up. "That's it! I'm going to do it!"
"Do what?"
The voice startled the fire dragon so much he almost fell off the rampart. "Ah…nothing, nothing!"
Water and Earth flew over to him and sat next to him, Water looking at Fire disapprovingly. "They won't let you, so give up on that silly dream of yours."
"How do you know?" Fire retorted. "We're at peace now, we're not needed!"
"They won't let you out by yourself," Earth backed Water up.
"Then I'll go with Rath, I know he'll be wanting to get out again to hunt for demons."
"But you won't be able to do anything on your own," Water pointed out.
Fire sighed. "…I know…" His gaze turned to the mountains. "But…what if…"
"It's no good," Earth said firmly. "There is no way you can get out on your own and that's that. And I don't believe in us being in peace, I bet those demons are planning something."
"They're always planning something," Water sighed.
"EXACTLY!" Earth exclaimed.
Water just shook his head and patted Fire's head with his wing. "Just give it up, you'll make yourself miserable if you keep thinking that." He smiled. "Lets watch the sunset together. It's been ages since we last saw one."
Fire gave them a grin. "All right, I'll let it off…for now."
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Tralala odd place to stop but if I keep going I'll be going into the second chapter. Hm, I hope this doesn't turn into some sort of dragon romance…*coughs* Hope you enjoyed! R&R ^^