Chapter 3
Summary: Modern AU! The Big Four...Guardians of the World. They say that they protect they protect the world from Darkness. So where were they when it took over? Without them, we were the last line of defense if they disappeared, but even we weren't enough and we were forced into hiding. But now that time is over. It's time to fight. For our hopes. For our dreams. AND FOR OUR DRAGONS!
(A/N: Rated T for death, swearing and teenagers)
(Story Begins)
Randal was sitting in his brown arm chair within the secret room. He was wearing reading glasses and was currently reading a book, with his dragon R resting close by.
'I still can't believe that the Big Four haven't reappeared yet' he thought as he turned a page, 'what are they waiting for'
He was brought out of his thoughts by R's growling. It wasn't the usual growling in pain, it was a growl when someone trespass!
Randal sprung to his feet quickly and closed his eyes. He sensed multiple dark presences heading towards his front door. All with the intention to hurt him. Possibly to kill him.
He chuckled to himself, "Well I can't greet them looking like this" he puts a hand on the wall, causing a secret compartment to open it up. Inside was a silver vest with a hood that reaches down to his knees, a blood red shirt, baggy black pants, finger less gloves and black boots.
This was his old GMAD uniform! He smiled, "Let's see if can still fit." But before he could, he saw a familiar scarf and realization struck him.
"I could die today" he said, "and Shawn won't know who he is, or where he came from." He then remembered that GMAD members had the ability to see into the past and the future! He quickly put on the clothes and ran into the back of the room.
(Line Break)
(Insert Red Like Roses Pt. 2)
The guards knocked on the door and waited for somebody to answer. In the meantime, they inspected their weapons. There was a total of 24 armed soldiers. Five men were armed with axes, another five were armed with swords, four were armed with maces. Three were armed with bows and arrows and the remaining seven were armed with spears.
They knocked on the door again. No answer. Annoyed by this, a captain raised his axe and hacked at the door! When he finished, he and his comrades walked into the house, "Be on guard. We are about to confront a guardian, who knows how powerful this one is"
"I thought a guardian is powerful when one believes in him/her" one guard with a spear said as he inspected a picture of a younger Randal holding a three year old Shawn.
"From what I heard, he's the guardian of fire and randomness" another said as he walked down the hallway. What he didn't notice was someone behind him. But he did feel a presence behind him. His grip on his sword tightened as he turned around quickly with his sword raised!
Only to find no one there. He sighed in relief and turned around. Only to be met with a flaming fist to the face! With grunt he was sent flying down the hallway into a wall!
The guards look at there unconscious comrade in shock. The captain looked at two guards with spears and nudged his heasd for them to go check it out. The guards walked down the hallway, on guard.
(A/N: No pun intended)
They heard giggling behind them, causing taround turn around and dropped there weapons and jaw woman! Half naked at that! The girl had long red hair and luscious red eyes. She wore a thin red bikini to show off her figure.
She waved her finger towards them, becoming them to come over. The guards nodded their heads vigorously and quickly walked over. Once they were close, girl gently places a hand on their faces. The girl then smirks and fades away revealing a smirking Randal!
The guards blinked in shock and disgust, "WHAT THE-"
"SURPRISE MOTHER- *WHAM*" he bashed their heads together, knocking them out!
He chuckles quietly, "And they said a Sexy Jutsu couldn't be done." His dragon, who saw and heard this on a camera rolled his eyes.
Randal realize that he was speaking loudly. He slowly turned to see three guards with spears in their hands. He chuckled nervously, "H-hello there"
The three gave out a war call and charged! Until they were tripped by R's tail! Randal sighed in relief and looked at his dragon, "Thanks bud"
The dragon snorts and crawls back into the room. The old sorcerer follows after him and closes the stone door.
But before it could close all the way, a spear was thrown into the side, causing it to half open!
Randal blinked in shock as the guards try to push it down! He quickly pulled R into the other room and closed the door.
"R, climb to the ceiling and hang on to the support beams" he told the dragon as he hoped on. The dragon groans in pain.
Randal sighed and patted the dragon's head softly, "I know it hurts buddy, trust me. But let me ask you this; would you wanna spend the rest of your days lying here in pain or go down swinging. Cause I'm with you till the end"
The hybrid stayed silent for a moment before standing up in full height and spreads his wings and flaps!
"R what are yo-!" He was cut off when his dragon flapped his wings and flew to the ceiling! The old man laughs in excitement as they flew around the room for a minute before landing on the support beams.
They looked down to see that the guards had lowered the door low enough for them to enter. Eighteen guards remained. Randal held up a quiet sighs to the dragon as he walked along the beams.
He noticed the guards were all over the place and smirked, "This ought to be fun"
He held his hand out in front of him. His scythe below began to twitch, gaining the guards attention. Suddenly the scythe was sent flying around the room!
The guards watched confusedly as the scythe slashed at the lights darkening the room. All they could see was the blade of the scythe rotating, two reptilian slit red eyes, and two flaming eyes!
'The emergency lights will kick in, in about 15 minutes, that means I'll have 13 minutes of fun'
The archers aimed their arrows at the eyes. Randal swung his scythe diagonally, slicing the arrows. He jumped to ground, his scythe above his head, smirking.
He slashed diagonally at two guards causing blood to spill. He twirled his scythe above his head, slamming the blunt side into another's head, knocking him out.
He slammed the but side of his scythe and spun around, kicking a guard in the gut, knocking him into two other guards.
A guard with a sword raised his blade to strike, but was blocked by the handle of the scythe. The old scythe wielder sent a flaming kick to his gut sending him flying.
He failed to notice a guard with a mace behind as he was knocked to the side! He cried out in pain as he was slammed into the wall!
He coughed up blood and clutched his side. He felt two ribs cracked and winced, 'That's it, two ribs?! The Berkians can break more than that'
His eyes widened as a guard was about to smash him with his mace! He looked to his right to see a shield nearby. He grabbed it and quickly blocked the swing!
He then pushed the shield up, making the mace slam back into the guards face, knocking him out! Randal groaned in pain and sat up clutching his side.
He saw two guards with swords charging at him and sighed, 'I can never catch a break, can I'
But before they could even reach him, his dragon, R shot a fireball at them! The fire didn't hit them, but it landed in front of them, knocking them
He looked up to see the dragon wearing a smug look on his face. Randal rolled his eyes and start of up, "I saw them coming, I just wanted to make sure you were paying attention"
The dragon rolls it's eyes grumbling. He chuckled slightly before he a glint of silver caught his eye. He looked to see an archer notch three arrows aimed for R!
He wrapped his flames around his feet and jumped high into the air! As soon as the arrows launched, the old man was there to catch two of the in his hands and the last one in his mouth!
He looked at the dragon with a smug look. It was the dragon's turn to say it's own version of what Randal said.
The old sorcerer rolled his eyes and grumbled. They then felt vibration on the beams. The flaming duo looked to see two guards with swords standing on the beams! Though they both struggled to maintain balance.
The two nodded at each other, knowing what to do. The dragon stuck it's tail inbetween the legs of the guard and spreader the flaps. The guards, including Randal winced as the guard hit his groin on the beam and plummet to the ground!
Randal threw one arrow into the guard shoulder, making him fall off the support beam. He took the arrow in his mouth out and looked at the dragon.
The dragon gave a 'what' look at his rider. Randal scoffed, "Bud, I know that there bad guys, but that was a bit harsh"
The dragon rolled his eyes. But his eyes widened and roared in pain as an arrow pierce his leg!
"R" he shouted in concern as his dragon was about to fall off. He called forth his scythe and grabbed the dragon by its tail. When the scythe reached his hands, he hooked the blade on the support beam, making them hang there!
Randal saw three archers knotch their arrows, prepping to fire! An idea popped into Randal's head, "R, Wing Slash!"
The dragon roared and gathered flames into its wings and flapped them, sending a wave of flames towards the archers! The guards screamed as they screamed in pain as they were given second degree burns. The flames caused the sprinklers to rain from the roof.
The old sorcerer let the dragon float to the ground and followed after him. He check the dragons leg and quickly pulled the arrow out causing the dragon grunted in pain.
"Relax, bud" he said with a smile, "it's not poisoned. But you can go ahead and rest"
He rose to his feet and turned towards the last three guards. The captain twisted the handle of his axe, causing lightning to cackle across the blade. The other two guards carrying spears charged forward.
Randal dashed forward, leaving a trail of flames in his path! He slashed across the guards chest splitting there spears in half and causing blood to spill. He skidded to a hault with his hair covering his eyes and his scythe resting on his shoulders as blood spreads across the water.
The boss swung his axe downwards, but the old timer raised his scythe in time to block it. Unfortunately, his scythe and his body was drenched in water! Electricity coursed through his weapon, making him grunt as he felt his body grow numb!
R saw this and shot a column of flames at not the boss, but his rider! The boss was confused on what's going on, but then he remembered, 'Guardian of Flames'
The flames danced across the old guardian's body and his strength returned! He let loose a shock wave of power, pushing the captain through a wall!
The captain groaned in pain and struggled to rise to his feet. He looked at the sorcerer in shock and awe as the flames took the form of his dragon! He took a deep breath, causing the flames to swirl around and get sucked into his mouth!
Randal's eyes narrowed and spoke out, "Roar of the Flames!"
He shot a torrent of flames shot out his mouth, torwards the captain! The flames began to morph into the form of his dragon once again and lunges!
'Beautiful' the captain thought as he was engulfed in flames, causing a massive explosion!
(Song Ended)
The dust cleared, revealing all the guards knocked out, burned or dead. Randal let out a laugh in victory and raised his fist in victory! Only to crack his back. He groaned in pain as his dragon laughed at his rider's misfortune.
He then heard foot steps heading in his direction, and formed a fireball in his hand. He got ready to throw as he saw a shadow. The shadow turned out to be...his grandson, Shawn Kaijira!
He let out a sigh of relief and snuffed out the flames, "Shawn"
"G-grandpa" he stuttered in fear and ran to his grandpa. He quickly embraced him into a hug as he sobbed in his chest, "W-what happened here"
"Don't worry about it, kid" he whispered and he inspected his grandson. He noticed that he was covered in dirt and soot, "What the hell happened to you"
"The school was attacked by a Whispering Death" he said as he dried his eyes, "I-I ran away-"
"It's ok, it's ok" he said, rubbing his head. He then realized something, "Hey bud"
"Y-yeah"
"Who told you about a Whispering Deasth"
Shawn's eyes widened in shock, "W-what are you-"
Randal narrowed his eyes "Either you learned about this in school...or your not my grandson" Shawn's eyes were covered by his bangs, making his expression unreadable.
.
.
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"Hehehe...your smarter then you look" Shawn spoke as an evil smirk plastered on his face, his eyes filled with sadistic look, "RandomFlame14"
*SHANK*
The old guardian's grunts and gasps in pain as his chest was pierced by a blade made of black sand! The dragon roars in shock and anger! The dragon rider looked down in shock to see Shawn's hand on the handle! He fell back as the blade was pull out.
Shawn scoffs as he swiped his blade causing the blood to splatter, "Oh relax, you survived worst things than that. Besides, Pitch wants you alive" R roars in anger and charges, despite the injured leg! He ducks down and lodges his blade into the dragons stomach!
"NO!" the sorcerer screamed as he reached for his dragon. But Shawn stepped on his throat, ceasing his shouting, "Oh relax, he's not dead yet. He only has an hour or two left. Be lucky, I was suppose to kill him immediately"
"Who are you" the dragon rider seethed in rage as his eyes glowed red with rage. Shawn chuckled before he was enveloped in a tornado of black sand, revealing himself to really be...The Asset!
"Y-you" Randal spoke, his eyes returning back to normal, "but your-!" Before he could say anything else, he was rendered unconscious due to exhaustion.
He chuckled as he raised his hand, causing the old man's body to turn into black sand! He to was about to join him but the scythe caught his attention. He grabbed it, causing the handle to turn grey, and the blade turned jet black! He gave it a few swings before nodding to himself.
He began to sink into the shadows, leaving the dying dragon in it's pool of blood. R whimpered mournfully. Not because he was dying, but for of his life long partner's safety. The hybrid remembered what his partner told him to do, in case this happened.
Using all his strength, R crawled to the room Randal was in before the fighting started and wrapped himself around the dragon egg and bag on the floor, protecting it until the real Shawn returns!