Time of Saving
Koga's P.O.V
The morning was cold and quite. Shina's Dragon hung limply from mine and Maharana's. Gen had not wanted to leave Ryuu without revenge but truth be told that if he did get his revenge that he would be just like the man who almost killed Shina. Now it's a race against time to get her to the Reaper of Death, the only one who can save Shina in this state of pain, agony, and near death. "Koga stop making those faces, you're making me think that you are going to kill yourself." Maharana said coolly. "Easy for you to say but I don't have that kind of manner, just to sit there and be the calm one of the group as Shina sits there and dies on her dragon, so leave me the hell alone before I kick your ass of your dragon!" I snarled at my brother. "I'm being calm for the sake of Gen because you weren't the only one who lost Shina last night so I'm not the only one who needs to calm down." Maharana growled with sleep. "You sound a bit tired Maharana, are you sure you don't wont to stop and rest?" Rose called from the lead of dragons. "We are not stopping until we reach Hell Gates, is that understood?" Gen snarled at us. "Gen you are tired as well and you know that we need to rest so stop being a ass, so we can land the dragons." I yelled at my old friend. "Fine we will stop to rest for five hours and that is all." He moved the reins to tilt his dragon forward. "Fine by me. I just want to stop and rest for at least a little bit before take off again." Maharana yelled as his dragon dive bombed towards the ground.
Gen's P.O.V
I watched as Koga and Maharana carefully lowered Shina and Night Slicer to the ground. That's when I fell apart. 'She really is this close to death isn't she?' I tried to contain my tears but it was to late to stop, so I turned around and ran into the woods. I ran like I have never ran before. My vision blurred with tears and images of running through the woods with Shina, hunting until dusk, mother giving Shina her dragon gem necklace and then giving me mine. How long ago was it since we went to her grave. She was everything to me and Shina and when she died, it became my duty of protecting Shina from the dangers of the world, but I can't even do that without her getting hurt. I smacked into the truck of a Red Dogwood. I looked up at the beautiful tree and stared. The past came flooding back, Shina being born, the moon blazing with such a light that it was blinding to look at, and...and Yoru sitting there by our mom's side and saying words in Demon sealing rituals, and the huge black and silver beast that was sealed into Shina. But why were we chosen as the holders of the Sun and Moon demons, as our teacher had put it. Just then...BOOM! I turned on my heels to look back towards camp to see the smoke rising and the fire spreading across the treetops. "This can't be, not now. By the Angel, someone is going to pay if any of them died." I roared. I started back towards camp, and then I heard Shina's battle howl. She howled just like a wolf, yet more melodic. I raced through the forest towards our encampment. Just as I reached camp, I saw the unbelievable. Shina was up and fighting back chimeras. "Get the hell away from my dragon or I will kill you where you stand." Shina roared at a chimera.
Shina's P.O.V
I don't believe that it was luck that has me fighting right now but lets hope that I can stay fighting long enough that the dragons can get air born and they did. As the dragons circled over head, I saw Gen join the fight out of the corner of my eye. That was the worst mistake I have made in a long time. As I spun back around, a chimera toke it upon himself to latch onto my leg. I let out a painful scream that got Koga's attention. He ran over and brought his Wolf Claw katana down on its head and then broke the jaws off of my leg. "You just had to make it even more painful then it already was couldn't you?" I growled painfully. "Be lucky that I was able to get to you in time, so stop the complaining already." He said as he toke on most of my weight from my right leg. Just then the earth started to shack so violently that me and Koga together were almost knocked of balance. Then out of the mountain the King of Chimeras came forth from the rock. "Enough and leave those humans alone, we already have something to feed upon." The chimera leader said with a rueful toothed smile. Their leader held up his hand to show Rose dangling from one of his claws. "Let her go you bustard!" I roared in pure fury and pain. "Shina don't" Koga whispered into my ear. "Who do you think you are little girl." The leader growled. "I'm your worst nightmare come to life." I launched myself from Koga's arms and slammed into the chimera's hand. He didn't let go of Rose but he looked shocked that I had even tried to attack him. "Now I will say it one more time let go of Rose or I will kill you where you stand!" I screamed as I landed on the back of my dragon. "Enough of this," The chimera began. "You are in no position to fight me." I swung Night Slicer into a huge left bank and brought him in front of the leader and had him hover before the massive creature who held Rose, the girl who was like a little sister to me, and the one who would stand up for me and Gen the days that we were taunted. "I will fight until my last breath of life to protect my friends, family, and the ones who I love so dearly, so either I get Rose back safe and sound or I can kill you." I yelled with pure anger. The chimeras laughed as their leader flung Rose up into the air and lashed out his tail. The barbs just missed Rose's head, her body dangled limply in the curled up tail or the chimera. "Put her the fuck down, right now!" I roared. The chimera toke off through the mountains. 'Damn it to all hell get out.' I thought with a snarl. "Night Slicer," My voice was ridge with pain. "Lets fly my old friend." Night Slicer lunched forward into Dead Hunt speed and we were gone, leaving the others to fight off the chimeras as we chased the leader to get Rose back.
'3 hours later'
I had finally caught up to the massive Chimera that had kidnapped Rose, and if he thinks that there will be peace and good manners, then he is shit out of luck. "Human, will you just listen to me for five minutes?" The leaders voice was like the grumble of thunder during a storm. "You better speak fast if you want me to listen to you at all." I scowled. "I was going to say that you and your friends could stay at the caves with us and have your leg fixed up." He lowered his tail and released Rose into my arms. "Then why did you attack us?" My voice sound tired, exhausted, and pain struck. "Those are not my chimeras." I knew he could see my shock because he leaned down and smiled with teeth as sharp as the dagger that was concealed in my black combat boot. "Those chimeras belong to the ocean clan that lives on the other side of the island." I looked towards the camp." Then why didn't you try to help us?" My voice sounded small in my own ears but to the chimera that was breathing into my face as it turns out he could hear me loud and clear. "I was until you threatened me." He growled. "That's not what it looked like to me and my friends!" I screamed. "What ever," His voice was a grimace of tiredness. "Lets go get your friends before they become food." Night Slicer let out a snarl of protest as I raised the reins. "Well that's going to be hard if I can't get my dragon in the air." I retorted sharply. "Then climb onto my back." He lowered down close to the ground. Being as strong as I am, I launched myself up onto his back, and pulled out the Dragon gem necklace. I lifted the necklace and said, "Return." Night Slicer returned into the necklace contents as the leader toke running towards the fight.
Maharana's P.O.V
"Brother behind you." I called to my younger brother, Koga swung his leg around and broke the neck of a runner. Runners are supposed to make you weaker so that the packers could come and take the prey out but until the packers show up and the runners start to disappear we should be alright, I hope. "Thanks!" He yelled across the raging battle field. Then out of the blue, the ground began to shack violently back and forth, I caught myself on a near by tree, Koga latched himself onto a boulder that protruded from the ground and the Runners scrambled around finding shelters under trees and boulders that cliffed out of the ground like mini ledges. I looked around wildly like a trapped animal just as the outline of the leader chimera came up onto the mountain ledge and on his back sat Shina holding Rose in her arms. "Shina what are you doing up there!?" Gen yelled. He was walking out of the ocean, his short, some what pointed, brown hair drenched and hanging limply in his eyes. His hair was already curling into a matted mess that Shina will be yelling about later. "I'm up here on my own will so calm down." She howled in a low pitch. "I will believe that when pigs fly." Gen retorted, his sarcasm dripping from each word. "You sister tells the truth, I have come only to help against the Ocean chimeras." The leader rumbled. "Well then everyone stop sitting around and lets get to the fighting." I snapped. Shina looked down at me with shock. "Right, you guys heard Maharana, stop sitting around and lets get this party started!" Shina let out heard battle howl.
Everyone toke off in a frenzy of blades, but something felt wrong with the way that the Ocean chimeras were fighting. I looked around for Shina and the leader, but they seemed to be no were in site. Then as I turned back to they fight, from the ocean rouse a massive navy blue creature. His horns were pure smoky black, with a smoky navy blue mane with a hint of black, and the creatures eyes were the color of the ocean on a bright, sunny summer day. The fight seemed to slow as more and more of the Ocean chimeras stooped their fights and bowed down to the creature. "Maharana look out!" Shina yelled. I looked at her and then the huge spiked tail that was heading towards me. The end of the tail was edged with pitch black spikes that looked like they could cut off a head if they hit directly. "Get out of there before you are killed!" Shina and Gen cried out to me. I jumped off to the side right before the tail could hit me. The creature let out a furious snarl and launched itself at me. Then, as if the Angels themselves had sent him, the body of a massive metallic black plowed into the creature. I looked up to see the leader snarling in rage at the navy blue beast. "Shina get the hell out of there before you are killed!" Rose cried in distress. "So, Chi Kage, are these the human scum that you are fighting with?" The creature roared. "What if they are you can't do anything about it Mizu Kage?" Chi roared out. "By the Angel, if the two of you don't stop this fucking bickering among each other I'm gong to kick the shit out of you myself." Shina said sharply. Chi's eyes shone like black disks on this moonlit night. "Mizu I will say this only once, either you stop this fucking fight with us or I will beat the living hell out of you and all of your chimeras, and if you think I'm kidding then you are shit out of luck because I'm tired, injured, and I'm not in the fucking mood anymore to deal with any of this bull shit that's going on between you and Chi." Shina was furious by the end and she looked ready to lunge at Mizu even if the chimera even so much as moved. "Fine you may leave but if I see anyone of you back on our territory again, then we won't think twice about killing you." Mizu retorted, but Shina seemed not to even notice this because she was now talking to the leader. "So, we are able to stay at the caves for the night so long as the dragons are different rooms?" She said in a rough voice. "Yes, and the only reason why I won't allow you guys to do that is because I don't completely trust you enough to let your dragons into the same room without there being a fight in the caves." The leaders voice echoed off into the distance like the echo of thunder after a strike of lightning. "Your not the only one that doesn't have complete trust so you are not alone there." Rose said. I watched as Shina looked down at her like she was looking down at a younger sister. "Are you going to sit up there the whole time, or are you going to come down?" Gen asked sharply. "Well no because I can't walk and we are going to the caves and then staying there for the night so I'm just going to ride on Chi's back." Shina said patting Chi' back. "Staying at the caves, really Shina when did you come up with this crazy plan?" Koga growled. Shina looked at everyone with hurt in her eyes. "It's not crazy until we try it, so lets go." Shina looked at me with happiness plainly showing on her face. "Maharana, have you gone crazy or have you hit your head on something." Gen smirked. "I'm not crazy its just the fact that you three have lost faith in Shina, but every plan she has had in the past has worked just fine." I said, shrugging my shoulders when Koga glared at me. "That's true, but they have also almost gotten us killed." Shina looked down at Rose's harsh words. "That might have happened, yet it did have to happen if you guys had just listened to what I had to say, but no you guys wanted to run around playing hero all the damn time and when the time did come that we needed to be heroes you guys had completely forgotten about the plan and that's the reason why we almost died!" Shina screamed in anger. "I will also agree with that because you three wanted to go along with Shina's plan, but when the time came to act on the plan you failed Shina by going off and acting like idiots by working apart not together like Shina wanted it to be." I snarled. "We aren't the only one to blame Maharana, so guess what you have not right to say anything when you haven't gone along with Shina's plan." Koga snarled back. "If I recall any of the Shina's plans correctly, then there was one that I didn't go with because at first it was suicidal." I roared at Koga. Then out of the corner of my eye I could see Shina flinching away in fear. "That is enough from the both of you." Chi said in a calm voice. We all looked at him as if we hadn't known he was there this whole time we were fighting, but then again how do you not forget that you have a huge chimera leader watching you and your family fight about the past. "Um, where did Shina go?" Rose said to no one in particular. "What do you mean Rose. She should be on Chi's back." Gen looked around, worriedly waiting for Shina to come into view on the chimera's back. At last we heard Shina's dragon roar into the night air. "You to scared Shina off, so she decided to take her dragon and head to the caves without you four." His voice remained calm and yet the was a hint of anger behind the mask. "She did what now?" Gen yelled. "Gen there is no reason to be upset, but the reason we need to worry about is the fact that the chimeras aren't expecting her so we need to leave right away or your sister could be killed." Chi said, his blackish grey head swung down in a heap of fur as we all climbed onto his back. "Don't forget humans, one misplace of your foot steps and you will be killed by the Ocean chimeras." Mizu snarled. "Man, I'm real scared now. Guess what I'm more scared of my sister than you so I would watch who the fuck you are dealing with." Gen retorted sharply. "Lets go before Shina reaches the caves." Rose cried over the roar of the wind, which had suddenly blown in onto the island. "Right we must hurry." Chi said as he launched himself forward.
Shina's P.O.V
Night Slicer was slicing through the wind like it was nothing at all. "Why must they start fighting every time I have an idea." I mumbled to myself. Night Slicer roared again, but this time it wasn't an angry roar, yet more of a defensive roar which only meant that we were coming up upon enemies. As I pulled back Night Slicer's reins a arrow whipped by our heads. We started to dodge rains of arrows as the attacks continued to aim for our weak spots. "Well if you are going to be like that, then you have messed with the wrong person," I gripped the reins tighter. "Night Slicer, DIVE BOMB!" I roared out. My dragon folded in his massive black wings and angled himself towards the heart of the arrow. My white hair whipped back behind my head as I tucked myself close to back of my dragon's back. "Push through now matter what you must be strong at all costs." My mothers words rang in my ears and then we were on the ground, fighting back chimeras that were much bigger then the Ocean chimeras.
I hurled myself into one of the chimeras as another targeted my injured leg and went for it, but before it got the chance Night Slicer grab it by the neck with his massive jaws. My dragons teeth were imbedded deep within the chimeras neck before it stopped yowling in pain and yet me and my dragon were now covered in the blood of the chimera as more and more attack, fled, and surrounded us. "Do you think this is the end Night Slicer?" I asked my black dragon. He roared as one of the chimeras bit into his leg and yet it was to late because the chimera was already dead. "I have gone crazier than I thought I have if I'm sitting here talking to a dragon." I mumbled under my breath as I struck down another chimera. 'This is no use. There are way to many chimeras here for the two of us only. So if this is the end of Shina and Night Slicer, than we are not going down without a fight' I thought to myself and then of my mother who would keep fighting till the end and that's what I'm going to do, fight till my last breath exits my lungs.