A/N: hope you guys are enjoying the story so far, i promise to introduce some of the anime characters very soon Chapter 2: Training
I couldn't believe what was happening. I had so many questions I wanted answered, but the king neither spoke nor looked at me as I followed him to the training grounds. Only one word continuously echoed through my mind. Dragons.
As we walked down a narrow passage I imagined what it would be like to see something we humans have only dreamed about. As we got closer to the end of the passage, I began to sense a lot of power coming from up ahead. The sheer force of what I was feeling made me tremble with fear. The king marched on as though he felt nothing.
At the end of the passage we came face to face with a golden door. What puzzled me was that the golden door had no doorknob. The king simply pressed his hand against the door and it melted away. He walked through and stepped aside to let me through. What I saw was no mere training grounds. The part that surprised me most was that I couldn't see the end of it. On one part of the wide field was a huge sword fighting arena that looked as if it was picked from ancient Rome and brought here. Next to that was what looked like an archery range but this was no ordinary range; not only were there bows and arrows but also warriors waving what seemed to be wands. The blasted the training dummies with ease but the training dummies just kept regenerating. In one corner I could also see the ninjas the king described earlier. In another corner I could see sword fighting but this was on a whole other level, the swords themselves had transformed and seemed to have different abilities. In the background of all these warriors training was a scene that made me tremble with fear mixed with excitement. Those were dragons.
"What do you think?" asked the king. I looked at him and said "impressive". My face remained expressionless as it always did, I learnt throughout my life that emotions are a weakness, it is unnecessary. We started walking towards the sword fighting arena where I noticed a familiar face. It was Ryuzaki, with his left hand in his pocket and in his right hand he held a pure white sword. He looked bored. He stared at the 3 opponents he was facing who for some reason seemed afraid. The one in the middle lunged at Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki moved with the speed and elegance of an extremely gifted sword-fighter, before I could even register what happened, the man was on the floor clutching his right arm which was bleeding, his sword lay on the ground alongside him. The other two men moved at the same time and within seconds Ryuzaki was behind them. The two men seemed paralysed; I didn't understand what happened until I saw their arms. Their clothes were shredded and their arms were full of gashes where blood slowly oozed out from. Ryuzaki sheathed his sword and the two men fell to their knees.
Ryuzaki walked towards us and after formally greeting the king he looked away. The king looked at him and said "Ryuzaki, please start the training for Luhar over here, he needs to be ready as soon as possible for when they…" he caught himself just in time before he said anything he shouldn't. I looked at him with curiosity, was there a secret they were hiding from me? Ryuzaki nodded and told me to follow him.
"Where should I start" Ryuzaki said to himself. "Our source of magical power, the very strength we draw upon comes directly from our souls" said Ryuzaki. "The stronger your soul, the stronger your magical power. There is an easy way to decide the strength of ones soul as well as whether that person is good or evil. When a person begins using their magical power there is a certain colour their magic will become, whether it is flames, ice or poison, they will be that colour. There are very few exceptions to this. The colour of the magic will also tell you the strength of that magic. The most basic and weakest forms of magic assume the colour green, both good and evil have this as a starting colour. The next level that one occupies takes the colour gold if you are good but will take the colour purple if you are evil, there are a few people who have this level of power, but most people do not make it past green. The next level of power takes the colour white for good and black for evil. It is very rare that you will find someone of this power" he paused for a moment. I looked at him as I remembered how he saved me from that thing that attacked me, "your magic is on that level isn't it?" I asked. "The king and I are the only ones here that have that level of power. But there is one level above us, a level no one has achieved yet. This magic takes the colour blue and, for its opposite, red. There are only two people rumoured to have the skill to reach that level" he looked at me with a slightly cold expression, "the evil that we are trying to rid this land of is one of the two and the other… is standing in front of me"
"Me?" I asked in a whispered tone. "Yes, you" he said with a slightly bitter tone. "Let's go" he said. He began walking towards the place that I know would be the most exciting place I've ever been to. The dragons.
We reached the spot where the dragons were. They were huge; they towered over us as if we were their pets. There were all sorts of dragons, some spat fire, some spat poison, and I swear I saw one turn invisible. "So how does this work?" I asked Ryuzaki. "Do I choose or do you just assign me a dragon?" Ryuzaki laughed "you don't get to choose, the dragon does". I looked around at the different dragons until a loud voice echoed throughout my head "I have seen your true soul human" said the deep fierce voice. It growled menacingly. "You are a strange one; I cannot see why you are the chosen one destined to drive out evil. You seem to bring more evil than you can remove" the voice laughed deeply. "I will fly with you human, only because I can see that it is in your nature to be on the dark side, you will betray these fools. For that reason, I will lend you my power.
I opened my eyes and saw the massive dragon standing before me. His scales were blood-red and his claws dug deep into the ground. For the first time Ryuzaki looked disturbed, "what do you want Igneel?" said Ryuzaki in a slightly weak voice. Again he heard the dragon speak in his head but he knew the words were directed at Ryuzaki. "How dare you talk to the king of the flame dragons like that you brat" Ryuzaki took a step back. "Luhar, I choose you to be my rider" said Igneel. Ryuzaki looked at him in shock, unable to move. He eventually regained his composure and said "very well, come Luhar, we must give you your equipment"
As I walked away from Igneel I knew that the things he had said were true, I was never meant to be the good guy. Ryuzaki cast me a worried look "Be careful with that dragon Luhar, he's not to be taken lightly". "I know" I said. We arrived at what seemed to be a weapon and armour storage. There were all sorts of swords, hammers, clubs, bows and arrows lying everywhere. "Pick one" said Ryuzaki. I looked around for about half an hour until something caught my eye. It was lying underneath a table in what seemed to be a very old hat. It had a ruby hilt and I could sense that this sword was different. He gripped the hilt and pulled out the sword, it shined as if it were just made. On the sword it was inscribed 'Godric Gryffindor'. I could feel magic ebbing from the sword so I decided to take it.
I stepped out the storage and saw Ryuzaki waiting for me with his sword drawn. "Do your best" he shouted. I swung the sword as hard as I could at his left arm that was in his pocket, within an instant he disappeared and reappeared behind me with his sword at my throat. "You don't have much faith Luhar" he said. I was more puzzled than ever "what do you mean?" he gave me a long look and said "You do have powers beyond mine, but you don't believe you do yet and until you realise you are the stronger one, you will never access your power. You will always be…. weak". His words infuriated me to breaking point; I could feel warm energy flowing throughout my body, like a river of energy waiting to be used. I could see a blue light forming on my fingertips and I knew I could kill him in an instant, but before I could even lift my sword the king appeared between us
"I have terrible news" he said gravely "the elves have been brought to the side of evil, most of them are headed this way, we must secure the castle!" with these words the entire training grounds turned into a frenzy, I didn't understand what I needed to do. The king grabbed me by the arm and said "you must leave this place now Luhar, the elves are after you, we must not let them get you" after these words the king vanished. I ran to the only thing I knew could get me to safety. "Igneel" I called with my mind. In an instant there was a loud crash and Igneel had landed in front of me. I climbed onto his back and he took off. I watched as the people running about screamed and ran for weapons, in the distance I could see the elves army marching towards the castle; it seemed they had dragons of their own.
We flew in the opposite direction not communicating the entire journey. Dragons, it seemed, could only communicate telepathically. After an hour of flying Igneel spoke "I cannot fly any longer, we must land". We landed in the middle of a forest, Igneel uprooted trees as he landed. As soon as I jumped off Igneel rose into the air again and took off. I tried calling him back with my mind but he wouldn't listen. I couldn't understand why he had left. I looked around for some food supplies and wondered all the time about how Ryuzaki and the king were holding out back at the castle. I kept thinking about what Ryuzaki had told me when we were fighting, that I was more powerful only if I believed it. I sat down and was quite for some time until I heard some twigs snap. My first thought was that Igneel was back but then I realised that a dragon would make a larger sound. It must be forest animals I thought to myself, it would have been a comforting thought but I remembered that this was not earth and that the animals here aren't the same. The ground shook; I turned around slowly and came face to face with a gigantic one-eyed giant, a Cyclopes I thought. It carried a huge club in one hand which was probably four times my size. He wasted no time in taking a swing at me.
I dodged his attack and drew my sword. Great I thought, now he can use my sword as a toothpick after he eats me. I rushed at his ankles with a determined look. The creature was too fast for me; he jumped over me sending a tremor through the ground when he landed knocking me off-balance. I thought back to what Ryuzaki said earlier. I concentrated on my body and searched for that same flow of magical energy I felt earlier. The Cyclopes started running at me; I stood rooted to the ground trying to draw out any magical power. Just before the creature hit me I felt the tug of the flow of energy and summoned it to the palms of my hand, the energy was gold this time, and I put my arms in front of me and hoped for the best. The Cyclopes collided with me and with the force of an explosion, I felt him fly off. As the dust cleared I saw the creature lying on its back motionless. I felt weak beyond compare, that small blast I created was all I could muster, I was about to pass out when I felt it…..
More tremors, this time it felt like more than one monster. I looked around and my heart filled with fear at what I saw, five more Cyclopes had appeared. I didn't know what to do, my sword lay useless at my side, and I knew there was no chance of another explosive blast. I fell to my knees looking around at the one-eyed monsters. Without warning, one of the creatures made a loud roar and fell to the ground, a spear sticking out the back of his neck. The others looked around for the source of the attack. In the distance I heard it; someone on a horse was getting closer. I immediately looked to my right just in time to see a pure black horse with red eyes burst into the clearing. On his back sat a man in a cloak, his face hidden. One of the remaining four Cyclopes swung his club at the man; the man simply caught the club with his bare hands and shattered it. He reached into his cloak and drew a black sword. The Cyclopes were instantly stricken with fear, they began to step back and one tried to flee. The man disappeared into black smoke and the Cyclopes that was escaping fell, and didn't get up again. The man reappeared again and threw knives directly at another monster, not one missed. The two remaining Cyclopes tried to run but were not fast enough. He caught up to one of them and with a single motion, beheaded the Cyclopes. The man looked towards the last Cyclopes who looked well out of reach; he pointed his sword directly at it and muttered some words I could not here. All I saw was pure darkness and when I could see again, I saw no remains of the Cyclopes, all that was there were some smoke and a slightly burning tree.
I got up and simply stared at the newcomer. His hood had fallen back so his face was now visible. He had dark spiked hair and looked to be around the same age as me. He would have passed for a normal person if it were not for his left eye. It was unlike I've ever seen, it was red with three dot like structures on the inside. "Who are you" he asked, his voice was smooth and refined. "Luhar" I replied. He smirked, "you're the kid that's supposed to save all of us from the evil but you can barely save you from these weaklings". I pretended I did not hear him, how should I know how to fully use my power I only got it today. "What do you want here" I asked while looking him straight in the eye. He stared straight back and said "I was sent by someone to protect you and to help you win this war". "I don't need help" I said coldly. His face was impassive "I wasn't asking" he said. This guy was beginning to annoy me, "what's your name?" I asked. "Zee Darksider" he replied, Son of the Demon king.
A/N: for those Naruto fans out there, be sure to watch out for my next chapter. i may be adding a certain Uchiha to the team for a little while