Hey guys! I'm sorry it took a while to upload this. I've just been really busy. Bye the way, I've made some minor changes to the fight scene in chapter 3 that you should probably read. Review, follow, favourite, and enjoy! Bye the way, thanks to Forest Dragon Slayer for reviewing!

I sat down in the stands, depressed. I had blown my chances of befriending Gray on the first day. What chance did I stand about finding about her? I sighed. At least I would be distracted by the battle part. I closed my eyes, exhausted after Hidden and Sky Labyrinth and thought back to a few years ago as the battle part started…

X788

I trudged through the thick snow, hands in my pockets. The snow was getting really annoying, even if I was an Ice Dragon Slayer. I checked my map. I should be just about there. I looked around, but only saw whiteness. Great. I would have to make camp for the night, because I wasn't going anywhere in this weather. I started to prepare to use Ice-Make when I spotted something out of the corner of my eye. Was that…a human being? Glae and I ran over to the person. He was a man, tall, with grey hair and piercing eyes, accompanied by a woman who looked the same, except she had long hair. The woman crouched down to me as I approached. She had a worried look on her face.

"What are you doing out here in the snow, child?" I inwardly sighed. I am eleven, and I am not a child!

"I'm looking for Yotooska. Do you know where it is?" I replied.

"It's over that hill." She answered.

"Thank you!" I ran off and over the hill before she could ask who I was. The town wasn't very large, with a few shops and maybe a couple of dozen houses. Glae and I walked down the main street until we found an inn. I paid the innkeeper twenty jewel and he gave me and Glae a room where he said there would be some food. I wasn't that hungry because of how cold it was, but Glae wolfed down both bowls of soup like a starving child.

She turned and said "Oh…were you going to…"

I waved my hand. "I'm good. Besides, that snow was delicious."

Glae sighed. "You're crazy." "

No, I'm an Ice Dragon Slayer."

I patted her head. "Are you sure this is the right place?" she asked me.

"Certain. This is the only town in Fiore close to where Isuma raised me." I looked at the clock.

"We should probably get some sleep. Big day tomorrow." Glae nodded and we fell asleep immediately.

When we woke up, the blizzard had subsided and people were wondering around. We got breakfast and started looking for the nearest hospital for birth recors. Isuma had once said he hadn't taken me too far away from where he found me in case I ever wanted to find my parents, so this place was my best bet. I just needed to find the hospital and see if they had any records on me.

"Kyodo." Glae said. I looked down at her.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"People are staring." I looked around. Sure enough, we were getting quite a few odd glances and the odd stare. Well, we did stick out of a crowd. It was very cold and while most people were wearing thick coats, while I was only wearing Aisuma's jacket and a dark blue coat because my body is immune to cold. Glae on the other hand was wearing thick clothing, but had a small gun attached to a strap she wore (this is because Glae can use Aera and Guns Magic, I wanted to be original). Thankfully, we had arrived at the hospital. It was the tallest building in the village at six storeys tall. I was about to head in when I noticed the plaque next to the doors.

"Oh no." I said. Glae looked at the plaque and noticed it too.

Welcome to Yotooska hospital. We hope you enjoy your stay.

Opened: October 7th X771

Well, there was all our work down the drain. Isuma said that he was pretty sure I was born on October 7th X769, as he had found me that day. Wait a minute. I looked at the date again. The hospital was opened two yeard exactly after I was born. Coincidence? Probably. But since I had nothing better to do, I decided to look around.

"Can I help you?" I jumped about a foot then turned round. It was the old man from yesterday. He was wearing a badge that said: Dr Hatzsche Imanko. That was why his eyes gave me the creeps; they were used to carefully examining someone.

"Um, how long has there been a hospital in this village?" I asked. He looked a bit baffled.

"50 years." He replied. Now it was my turn to be baffled.

"But the sign says that…." I started.

"Ah, that's because there was another hospital here."

"What happened to it?" I asked, curious. Just then Dr Imanko suddenly looked nervous.

"It would be best if we talked somewhere else."

Dr Imanko took me to his house and led me inside. His wife showed up and offered me hot chocolate, which was really nice of her, but I had already had hot soup today, and hot things do exactly agree with Ice Dragon Slayers. She looked a bit offended.

"Sorry it's just that I…" I didn't know what to say, so I used Freeze on the table, covering it with ice.

"Sorry…" The elderly couple exchange a nervous glance. Dr Imanko sat down.

"Listen…,"

"Kyodo."

"Listen Kyodo, you wouldn't be an Ice Dragon Slayer by any chance?" I was surprised.

"How did you know?" I asked, curious.

"There's something you should know." He replied.

"18 years ago, I found a very ,very pregnant woman crying hysterically in the snow, sobbing about how bad a parent she was and she didn't want it to happen again. She wouldn't respond to me she was so distraught, so we took her to the hospital, and then she went into labour and had a baby boy." He paused.

"This was on the 7th of October, X769. One year later, on the 7th of October, X770, she brought the baby in for a check-up. Then, hours later, we saw two flying objects approaching us. They were dragons. One was a Fire Dragon, calling itself Otarasu, and an Ice Dragon, calling itself Aisuma." I was about to say Aisuma had raised me, but Dr Imanko raised his hand.

"The two dragons fought and destroyed most of the town, including the hospital." I felt a lump in my throat. Isuma would never kill anyone, would he?

"Although I was under the impression the Ice Dragon was trying to defend the town."

"How many died?" I asked, terrified of the power of dragons and the power which may well rest within me. Dr Imanko expression lightened slightly.

"No one died, but most people of the village became terrified of dragons. They did their best to forget the event, not writing anything down or building a monument. But the fear is still there, and ever since no one dares speak of dragons, or dragon slayers, for that matter."

I looked at him. "Then why are you telling me this?" I asked. Dr Imanko sighed.

"Because my wife and I believe dragons are benevolent creatures. Isuma saved our lives during that awful day, and we have been grateful ever since." Well, at least Isuma had tried to stop the destruction. For the first time, Mrs Imanko spoke up.

"Kyodo." I looked at her. "Now that you've heard this, you probably want to forget every good thing about dragons. You probably want to forget that you're a Dragon Slayer. Don't. Although we may never see them again, we believe that dragons are benevolent creatures. True, some want to kill, eat or rule over us. But that doesn't mean all of them do. You were raised by a dragon. Did he ever harm you?" I thought it over. True, Isuma had pushed me to my limits, putting me though huge amounts of pain. But he had had a kind heart. And the night before he vanished, he had told me how proud he was to have raised me.

I smiled. "I guess you're right."

Dr Imanko smiled back. "That's good. But there is more to the story. When the battle was over and the dragon was gone, we didn't come back into town for a few days. We had to evacuate the hospital in a hurry, and the woman's baby was left behind. When we came back…the baby was gone." He looked me in the eyes.

"That was you, wasn't it? The babies name was Kyodo, but I couldn't remember it's last name." I nodded. Dr Imanko frowned.

"But you're only eleven, and that was eighteen years ago…" I looked at the table, my face going red. Glae spoke up.

"There was a…mishap a few years ago, and Kyodo doesn't like to talk about it. He finds it embarrassing." Dr Imanko glanced at me quickly.

"Ah well, we all make mistakes." He stood up.

"You should probably go. If people find out a Dragon Slayer is here, they will be furious. They have hated dragons ever since that day. If they find out the stolen baby became a Dragon Slayer…it wouldn't be good." I stood up as well.

"Thank you for your hospitality." Glae and I walked toward the door when I remembered something.

"What was her name?" I asked. "The woman, I mean."

Dr Imanko smiled. "She never told us her last name. But she told us her first name. Now that I think of it, it makes sense her son would grow up to learn Ice Magic. She was the legendary Ice Mage, Ur."

Now I know if you work out the dates, Kyodo should be twenty one. I will tell you how that works out in another chapter. This was an experimental chapter, as I need Kyodo to be doing something while his other team mates compete in The Grand Magic Games. So reviews would be really appreciated for this chapter.

Thanks for reading!