Dragon Chronicles
Chronicle 1
Another Blackhole Rising substory. I may write more stories Chronicling the tales of Team DraakFeuer, so I may as well say this:I don't own Kachie, John or Alex. I can't remember who madethem but it wasn't me. The main Blackhole Rising plot is credited to Blackhole CO.Anyone from Advanced Wars belongs to Nintendo. THe only things that belong to me are Ryu and his Zoid.
To Ryu, there was nothing like a nice, hot cup o' noodles to go with a cool, cloudless desert night. To Ryu, these moments of solitude, silence and calm were more precious then any other time. These moments, though were rare. One didn't get much alone time when one was in the army. Whenever he could get them though, Ryu took advantage of them. With a prolonged slurp, he finished the cup ramen and tossed the empty cup in a plastic bag he'd brought with him. Laying back on his tarp, Ryu stared up at the starry sky. 'Wonder how long this'll last.' He whispered to the dying fire. It was, at the moment, his only company aside from his shadow. Sometimes it was nice to be alone. Between Alex and John, not to mention the numberless other soldiers in their unit, there was no real silence to be had. Chuckling at the thought of the two other pilots whom he more or less referred to as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum (Which was which had yet to decide) Ryu sat up and got another cup o' noodles out of the plastic bag. 'Probably not very long now that I think about it. We are in a war. Oh well.' He took the pot of boiling water off the fire, poured it into the cup and stirred it for a few moments. 'Mind if I join you?' The sudden break in silence almost made Ryu drop his noodles in shock. He stopped the cups descent with his left hand while his right went to his Colt .45 and aimed it at the intruder. When he turned and saw the intruder, Ryu found himself looking at Kachie. Kachie had something of a blank look on her face from the shock of having a gun suddenly in her face. 'Errr……..Is this a bad time?' She asked. The Colt .45 disappeared and Ryu let out a nervous breath. 'Sorry about that. Sometimes I can be a little jumpy when I'm off on my own.' He said, shoveling some noodles into his mouth. Kachie chuckled and sat down. 'I noticed. So what are you doing out here?' She asked as Ryu took another slurp of noodles. 'Enjoying the little peace and quiet military life gives. Hungry?'
He tossed her a cup o' noodles and gave her a smile. 'If you don't want those I also have cup udon and cup soba. I also have cup sushi, but it expired a few weeks ago.' He said. Kachie grinned and shook her head. 'I don't see how you can always eat instant food.' She said, opening the noodles and pouring some water in. 'I don't see how you can always eat army food. It taste's bad.' Ryu retorted playfully, quirking an eyebrow at her. Kachie smiled, and he two fell into a silence that was only broken by the occasional slurping of noodles. 'The other day….' Kachie spoke up, breaking the silence. 'Hmmm?' Ryu said through a mouthful of noodles. 'The other day. What is it you were typing?' Ryu stopped chewing as soon as these words made themselves known, and silence returned. The silence this time, though was uncomfortable. 'It was…..a letter.' He said, swallowing his mouthful of noodles. 'To who? Family? Friends? A love interest?' Ryu frowned. Kachie was taking too great an interest, but he decided to answer. He had nothing to hide. 'Nobody. It was to nobody.' He said. Kachie raised an eyebrow. 'Nobody? Come on Ryu you can tell me who it's to.' She said with a smile. Ryu smiled as well, though his was sad. 'Well in that case, I suppose it would be to you, Alex or John. I don't have anyone else.' This reply took Kachie by surprise, and it showed on her face. 'You're kidding…..right?' She asked. Ryu shook his head. 'No. I really wish I was.' He said. Another uncomfortable silence followed. 'Can I read it then?' Kachie asked. At this, Ryu got a mischievous smile. 'One condition. You've got to promise me a date.' This made Kachie blink from surprise. 'What?' Ryu's grin got bigger. 'If you want to read this' A wave of the hand and the floppy disk with the letter made it's presence known 'then you have to promise you'll go out with me.' Another quick movement and the disk vanished as fast as it appeared. The sleight of hand tricks made Kachie giggle. 'Are you being serious or not?' She asked. If possible, Ryu's grin would've gotten bigger. 'We'll flip for it.' He said, a coin showing up between his right index and middle finger. 'If it's heads I'll tell the truth.' He flipped the coin up but had no time to see the result.
Ryu's alertness, which had gone down since Kachie got there, kicked in just in time for him to dodge a knife thrust. Leaping sideways away from the thrust, Ryu pulled out his Colt .45 and fired a shot at his attacker. The attacker dodged the bullet and threw something that glinted silver before it struck Ryu in the arm. Grunting where one with a lesser pain threshold would scream, Ryu pulled the object out. 'A throwing knife.' Ryu muttered. A blur caught his attention, and Ryu looked up just in time to see the attacker coming at him, another knife in hand. One thought ran through Ryu's head. 'He won't take me down without a fight!'Ryu's Colt was aimed and fired just as the attacker reached him. The last few seconds before the darkness took him, Ryu felt himsaelf fall backwards. He saw a knife in his stomach, his attacker dead, and Kachie running towards. Then everything went black.
'He's very far gone. We'll have to work quickly if he's to survive.'
'He's lost a lot of blood. We need a transfusion!'
'Blood pressure is increasing! We need to do something about it!'
'We're losing him! We're losing him! Hold on soldier!' Don't follow the light!
'We've done what we can. All that's left to do is pray.'
The first thing that occured to Ryu was that things were bright. Far too bright. He took in a breath and regretted it immediately. He broke out in wrenching coughs that caused pain to break out all over his stomach and arm. He finally stopped and managed to take a light breath, only to have it driven out of him by something or someone. 'You're alive!' From what Ryu could gather, at least one person was in the room. That one person was hugging him, and Ryu recognized the voice as Kachie's. 'Welcome back to the land of the living Ryu.' That was John's voice. 'You came real close to biting the big one. I would've brought you some of your instant ramen but they wouldn't allow it.' That was Alex, and his comment made Ryu grin. 'I've heard hospital food is worse then army food, so I doubt I'll be eating good until I get out.' He muttered. 'You jerk! Here I was worried and you're thinking about your stomach!" Kachie said as she stopped huigging Ryu. By the smile on her face though, Ryu knew she didn't mean it. At this point, John put Alex in a headlock and began dragging him out. 'Well, now that we know you're fine, us two will be going. Got to report the good news to the unit!' He said. Alex, who was no doubt confused by John's actions, tried his best to escape the lock as he was dragged out. Kachie looked extremely confused, but Ryu silently thanked John. Letting out a tired sigh, Ryu smiled and laid his head back. 'You know Kachie, this wasn't the kind of date I had in mind.' He muttered as he fell asleep again. He didn't see it, but Kachie had a surprised look on her face as well as a slight blush. It all faded though.Smiling, Kachie kissed her hand then put it to Ryu's forehead. 'That's the closest you're going to get while you're in that bed. Mabye once you get out.' SHe said, sitting down and taking a book out. Ryu didn't hear though. He had fallen asleep.
