THE LEGEND OF THE JET BLACK DRAGON-CHAPTER 10-THE CHESTNUT AND THE RAVEN
Not much to say for this chapter's [A/N] except to tell you how exited I am to put my big plans for this story in motion. However that won't happen until I get to cover the story between seasons' two and three. But the good thing is that in season two Xander would finally venture out for Urien and stray off cannon a little bit to add something fresh to this story. That said I humbly ask you to give me as many reviews and PM's as possible and I hope you enjoy my story, and without further ado, let's get on with it.
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{Hwoarang}
[Ddraig]
"Normal talk"
'Thoughts'
Xander had finally finished adjusting to the priest uniform he was given as a disguise, along with Koneko, Issei, Kiba and Saji who all wore the standard black cloaks with Orange and Golden buttons and accents going down the middle.
Irina and Xenovia were wearing their usual white cloaks that contrasted those worn by the boys and Koneko. They were about to set out for the mission until Xenovia said something directed at Xander and Issei.
"Oh, before we go I must warn you two, as thanks for taking care of us I shall let you know" she paused before looking between Xander and Issei and continuing "that the White Dragon Emperor has awakened". She said in a serious tone as Xander and Issei let that sink in.
'I have a feeling that I'll be getting a lot busier than usual because of this white dragon dude' Xander thought to himself before nodding to Irina and Xenovia in conformation that he was ready to begin the mission.
"Okay that said, we need to split up, Irina and I will cover the west part of town while you guys head east" she recapped and so the group proceeded to fan out into two groups.
As the group of boys and Koneko were walking down a street an idea made its way to Kiba's mind. He suddenly stopped signalling for the group to come to a halt.
"Guys, I have an idea where we could look for them" he stated with a tiny hint of excitement in his voice, it could easily be told that the desire for vengeance was strong in him just by a glance.
Ten Minutes Later
The group was now standing in the abandoned building where Xander saved the stray for the first time, Kiba didn't know why but something about that place just screamed 'danger' to him.
"Okay, this is the place" Kiba said as he pointed to a marble structure of circular shape with pillars supporting it. There were three circular stories in total which got smaller and smaller in diameter as you went up.
Kiba and Koneko approached the entrance and felt a sudden tug at their abdomens; something was telling them that something wasn't right. Of course Kiba expected this but it came as more of a surprise for Koneko who didn't know why Kiba thought they would find something there.
"Something's wrong Kiba" Koneko said in a monotone voice that only revealed the slightest feeling of uncertainty as she gently tugged on Kiba's robe.
"YOOOHOOO, GREETINGS DEVIL SCUM!" Came a voice from the top of the building, the voice belonged to non-other than Freed Sellzen.
Suddenly freed launched himself at Kiba with speed far bypassing the limits of the untrained eye and soon felt his sword connect with a sword Kiba pulled out from a magic circle.
Sellzen jumped back up onto the building looking intently at the group before looking at the sword he was carrying.
"With this sword, I SHALL SLAY YOU ALL, AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Freed laughed maniacally as he licked his blade.
'Damn that guy is a Psycho' Xander though summoning his sacred gear. Meanwhile Koneko took a few steps back and got her phone out to dial for backup.
'That aura, it must be a Holy sword, worse, an Excalibur' though Kiba as he prepared his next attack. Kiba and freed started slashing left and right with their swords producing deafening clanks and bangs before Freed stopped, looking between Koneko, Xander and Issei, ignoring Saji.
"Aww feeling left out, down worry I'll be done with him shortly" he said with his psychotic grin.
Koneko turned to Issei and said "Issei, I've contacted Xenovia and Irina for backup, they should be on their way here right now, meet them halfway and fill them in before they arrive" Requested Koneko to the brown haired boy who obeyed and made a dash in the direction from where Irina and Xenovia would be expected to arrive from.
'One minute give or take, that's all I need to gain enough power to have a shot against that guy' Xander thought to himself before addressing Kiba.
"Hey Kiba, keep him busy for another minute or so, by then I should have powered up enough to kick weed salesman's ass or whatever his name was." Xander shouted.
Kiba chuckled before replying "Got it" as he slashed diagonally at Freed.
"ITS FREED SELLZEN YOU FOOL!" shouted an enraged Freed.
"Hold on, you're that brat that I tried to kill two months ago, that sacred gear of yours is really pissing me off" Hissed Freed as he lunged towards Xander only to be intercepted by Kiba.
"Your fight is with me" Kiba snarled as he slashed Freed's weight away making the Stray Priest fall back a little.
"Damn you blonde shit" Freed snarled back at Kiba as he once again lunged at him attempting to break through his defences and attack Xander.
"Hey Xander how much more time do you need, I 'm getting a little overwhelmed here" Kiba managed to say in between grunts.
"Just a little more Kiba, Just two more Surges and I'll be good"
'OK I'm on my fourth surge, just two more, hang in there Kiba' Xander prayed as he looked at the sight of Freed overwhelming Kiba.
{Surge!} Boomed Xander's gauntlet, just one more surge and he'd be a match for Freed, at least in terms of power that is.
"Come on Hwoarang legs go, we need the power!" Xander exclaimed at the gem on his gauntlet-donning arm.
{Just four more seconds partner} Hwoarang informed Xander who was getting more nervous by the second as he was seeing Kiba slowly losing ground to Freed until finally Freed slashed Kiba's sword away and kicking him to the ground. By now Xander could hear fast paced footsteps behind him and smirked at the sound of Issei, Irina and Xenovia panting.
Seeing as how Kiba was tired out, Freed decided to finally go for Xander. He charged at him noticing the gem on his gauntlet emitting a brief glow to the surrounding area.
{Surge!} Boomed Hwoarang from the gem once again.
"Finally" Xander said with relief but not getting into a fighting stance as he saw Freed charging towards him. This didn't go unnoticed by Freed who stopped in his tracks and thought of what he should do.
'What is he planning' Freed though as he saw Xander smirking at him. Freed charged out of rage yelling "YOU LITTLE PUNK I'LL TEACH YOU TO SMIRK AT ME!" as he ran up to Xander before briefly disappearing from sight leaving Xander just standing there with a bored look on his face completely unfazed.
Suddenly, Freed re-appeared right behind hit and readied his sword for a swing that could slit a large boulder clean in half.
"XANDER LOOK OUT!" cried out a worried Irina as the trio ran towards them.
Sellzen wasn't keen on waiting however and so executed the hardest downward slash he could aiming it at the middle of the top of Xander's head.
CLANG
It was a split second before Freed felt his sword connect with something, it was metallic and hard, something that his sword wouldn't cut through for some reason. Then the sight of it hit him, right in front of him he could see Xander, holding up his gauntlet- donning hand up with Freed's sword firmly gripped in it. Xander had his back to Freed making Freed even madder, if such a feat was possible.
"AAAAARRGGHH YOU LITTLE SHI-WHOOOOAAA" was what Freed got out before Xander pulled the sword gripped in his gauntlet down bringing Freed's entire body slamming down on his back in front of Xander. It looked like Xander had just effortless floored Freed.
Xander raised his right foot to finish the job via stomping but as he brought his foot down Freed managed to roll out of the way in the nick of time. Xander's foot connected with the ground and caused some dust to fly around. After the dust cleared it was evident that Xander had created a crater at least two metres in diameter.
'Damn, almost got him!' Xander exclaimed in his mind but was suddenly broken out of his thoughts by a sweeping kick that Freed had delivered to his leg sending Xander down on the ground. Freed put his sword up again and wasted no time in bringing it down on Xander.
CLANG!
Was all that was heard and Xander looked up from the position he was in to see Irina and Xenovia crossing their swords as a means to block Freed's attack.
"Great timing" Xander said in a cheerful tone to Irina and Xenovia.
"It's okay now Xander, you can rest now, me and Xenovia will take it from here" Irina said with a smile looking back at her childhood friend.
Xander accepted and jumped to where Kiba, Koneko and Issei were to Join Koneko and Issei in helping Kiba recuperate in order to rid himself of the fatigue caused by buying Xander time.
As Irina and Xenovia were battling Freed, the group failed to notice that an old man was walking outside of the building. The man wore a white priest's robe with a golden cross on the front. He also had a white dome shaped hat covering most of his grey hair. The man's kind face disguising his evil intent. He also had a pair of glasses with golden frames and circular lenses. He also had a sharp grey moustache.
"Sword Birth is it?" Said the man, Freed and the teens looked at him as he approached.
"It's old man Valper." Freed said acknowledging his partners arrival. Kiba's eyes widened at that.
"VALPER GALILEI!" he screamed in rage at the man.
"The one and only" the man returned with a smirk.
Freed decided to end his brawl with the female duo from the church by jumping next to the now named Valper. Valper quickly assessed his surroundings and turned to Freed to conclude their next move.
"You're done" said Valper in a satisfied tone watching some of the teens panting. Freed looked at him in disappointment.
"What?" he asked in a slightly annoyed manner.
"We did what we came here to do, now let's go" Valper ended with tone of authority.
Freed reluctantly sighed in disappointment before pulling out a green pill shaped object and throwing it down on the ground at full force causing a blinding white light to spread across the area.
Irina and Xenovia nodded at each other and took off after Freed and Valper; Kiba took off as well although something told Xander that Kiba wasn't running to but rather from something. Xander's suspicions were confirmed when he saw two magic circles appear next two each other, one crimson and one white.
From the magic circles the two heiresses and their respective queens emerged. Xander sighed knowing that it was over he looked at Issei and Saji who were cowering in fear.
Five minutes later (inside the circular building)
After a somewhat brief explanation of the events that transpired the respective kings had their pawns kneeling on the floor before them while Koneko was standing next to Issei. Sona walked towards Saji as he got lower and lower with each of her steps, her fiery aura just made Saji pray for his life, bringing him even more pain because he was a devil.
"I'm very disappointed in you Saji, to think that you would act so reckless" she said which prompted the blonde boy to scream and beg for her forgiveness before the punishment had even started. Xander was standing in the corner watching the whole scene unfold with a mix of amusement, pity and a little anger that Saji was being treated that way for something that wasn't his fault. Suddenly Sona summoned a miniature magic circle in her hand and raised it to Saji prompting Xander to step in to rescue his fellow black dragon sacred gear wielder.
"Sona wait!" said Xander turning everyone's heads in his direction. Sona just looked at him in a stoic manner.
"Look, I appreciate your concern for my servant but this is a matter between us, it doesn't concern you" she said. Xander just looked at Rias and then back at Sona, wearing a sly smile on his face.
"You're completely right Sona, it's just that I have something to say that I think you'll find very interesting". He said as his smirk got wider. Sona lowered her hand in intrigue.
"Oh and what might that be?" She asked genuinely curious. Xander walked up to her and began speaking.
"Saji's involvement in this whole scandal wasn't his fault; he was forced into it against his will, he originally declined involvement in any way and was about to walk out on us but Koneko grabbed him by his shirt and wouldn't let him go." He finished with a satisfied smile seeing Sona's reaction.
"Koneko, is this true?" Asked Rias with a slightly disappointed voice of her own to which Koneko just nodded. Issei was about to say something to Xander for snitching but was interrupted by Sona who was now scolding Rias.
"Rias, how are you going to explain that one of YOUR servants forced one of MY dear pawns into this, what if Saji hat gotten injured or worse? You should know better than to leave your servants undisciplined!" Sona said in an irritated manner, emphasising the words 'your and my' as Rias sighed in defeat.
"I'm truly sorry Sona, I'll make sure they won't do that again when we get back but for now I'm tired and I'm sure that they are as well" she said opening up a magic circle and gesturing for her servants to walk through it, except Issei who had to walk the way back.
Sona sighed and made her magic circle disappear, gesturing for Saji to get up.
"I'm grateful for the information Xander" Said Sona in her iconic stoic voice and summoned a portal of her own from which she and Tsubaki walked through leaving the three dragons behind. Saji looked at Xander but he didn't see his fellow dragon, he saw his saviour. Saji had comical tears of joy as he bowed profusely at the raven haired teen as Issei looked at Xander in disapproval.
"Thanks man" said Saji as he started walking beside his fellow black dragon sacred gear wielder. Xander smiled kindly and said-
"Anything for a fellow dragon"
Saji's eyes widened in surprise at Xander's words.
"How did you know?" asked Saji in confusion. He never said that he had a dragon sacred gear even once to Xander.
"Your give off the aura of a dragon, at least that's what Hwoarang said." Replied the raven haired boy while slinging his arm around Saji's shoulders, Issei was still looking at Xander in disapproval before speaking up.
"Hey Xander, how could you just rat Koneko out like that? Do you know what Rias is going to do to her?" he finally spat out while Xander gave him a reassuring look.
"Relax Issei, that's why I chose to say that Koneko did it, I really doubt Rias would give her any physical punishment, she would most likely let her off with a scolding; if I wasn't sure of that, I would've kept my mouth shut. I was only looking out for Saji, and if you're not convinced in what I said then tomorrow I'll ask for Rias to give me the same punishment that she gave to Koneko but tenfold if it was physical" he finished with a smile. Issei's mood was drastically changed for the better now, most concern for Koneko's wellbeing turning into history.
Issei finally returned his smile and began walking beside his fellow dragons.
"You think of everything don't you?" Issei asked cheered up from his bad mood.
"Yup" Xander replied, glad that Issei was relaxed now. The three came to a stop twenty five minutes later as they now had to go their separate ways.
"Well, see you guys at school tomorrow" Xander said waving his friends off.
"Seeya man" Issei said.
"Later" Saji said.
Seeing as how he was now alone, Xander looked at the direction of the woods.
'It isn't over yet' he though as he ran through the woods in search of the female church duo or their enemies. After running around seven kilometres into the woods he heard what sounded like screams and shrieks of terror, but not just any screams.
'IRINA!' Xander though as he rushed to the location where the sound was coming from. He finally reached his destination and looked on to see something that enraged him. Irina was pinned to a tree by her neck by Freed who was just laughing maniacally.
"LET HER GO YOU BASTAAAAAARRD" Xander screamed as he charged at Freed, deploying his sacred gear and pulling his arm back to attack Freed. However Freed narrowly dodged Xander's attack and jumped back to expand the distance between them, he began to plan his next move but that wasn't necessary as he heard the voice of his boss.
"Leave them, they'll be more useful to us alive than dead" Said a deep voice coming from above them. Xander looked up to see a tall man flying in the air with what looked like black Angel wings on his back, ten in total.
"A Fallen angel" Irina muttered just loud enough for Xander to hear, he got into a fighting stance.
"Are you that eager to fight boy? You and I are quite alike; however I ask of you to wait until tomorrow, the real fight begins then." Said the man that floated above them, the man had Pale skin, pointed ears and glowing red eyes except for his green irises and long black hair that reached down to his shoulders.
"My name is Kokabiel by the way, and I look forward to our next encounter, Black Dragon Emperor" he said before opening a magic portal on the ground for Freed to walk into and then one in the air for himself.
Xander then rushed to Irina who was sitting down and resting her back against a tree.
"Are you okay, I'm sorry I couldn't have arrived sooner, where's Xenovia?" he asked with worry as he kneeled down beside her.
Irina gave him a reassuring smile before saying "Don't worry I'm fine, as for Xenovia, she and I got separated somehow looking for Freed and Valper Galilei".
"But you're not fine your injured, I mean look at your leg and your neck" he said pointing to the two spots where Irina had been injured by Freed. Xander also took notice of Irina's battle suit; it was a complete mess with cuts everywhere.
"And not to mention your cloth-" Xander never got to finish that as realisation donned upon him, Freed had cut through the part of Irina's battle suit that covered her chest area, leaving her flesh pillows and cherries exposed.
"DON'T LOOOOOOK" she shrieked as Xander got up and immediately turned away albeit making sure to save th image into his brain's gentlemen's folder.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I didn't mean to look" Xander in an extremely apologetic tone. Irina just used one of her hands to cover herself up before speaking.
"You saw them didn't you" she said in a frustrated tone before adding.
"I g-guess it's okay one time if it's you" she said blushing madly at her own words which Xander wasn't sure he heard correctly.
"Wait wha-"
"NOTHING" Screamed Irina with the hopes that Xander didn't hear what she had just said. Xander seemed to drop his question much to her relief.
"Here" Xander said as he took off his school shirt and handed it to Irina who took it with slight hesitation seeing as Xander was shirtless now, exposing his toned physique to her. She couldn't help but blush at the sigh as she took his shirt and put it on.
The shirt was a little sweaty but she didn't mind one bit because there was something about Xander's scent that made her feel … safe and protected.
"You can't walk can you?" Xander said examining her leg; Irina just shook her head in response. Xander though about what do to for a few seconds before coming to a conclusion?
"Okay then, I'll just carry you home, then we can tell the others about what happened in the morning" he said as Irina's eyes widened a little.
'I doubt Rias would want to sleep in my room tonight after what I said back in that building so I guess this would be fine' Xander thought to himself and then heard Irina speak
"Are you sure you want to?" she asked blushing again. Xander just gave her his trademark smile before nodding.
"Yeah you can't walk with that leg and you did save my life along with Xenovia against Freed, I owe you one" he said with a sheepish smile.
"Well okay then, just this once I suppose" she said while raising her arms and Xander slowly went down and picked her up bridal style. Irina nuzzled his peck with her cheek and got comfortable.
'So this is how it feels like to be carried like a princess' she though as she blushed a deep red but smiled nonetheless.
One long walk home later
Xander and Irina had finally arrived at Xander's door and Xander put Irina down on one foot while she had an arm around Xander's shoulders for support. Xander opened the door and was greeted with the sight of his parents.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Dimov, I hope you're doing fine" Irina greeted trying to make the encounter as least awkward as possible, she had come with Xander, wearing HIS school shirt while HE himself was shirtless.
"Mom, Dad there was a flood at Irina's hotel so she needs to crash here for tonight you don't mind do you?" Xander said. His mother addressed him and opened her mouth to speak.
"We-" Xander's mother was about to reply
"OKAY THANKS!" Xander cut her off as he picked Irina up again and made a beeline for the stairs. They were about three quarters of the way up before Xander's mother decided to utter the words that every male teenager wished never to hear when they brought a girl over.
"USE PROTECTION KIDS!" Xander's mother shouted up the stairs making both Xander and Irina blush redder than a stop sign.
"P-p-p-protection?" Irina muttered with all kinds of crazy thoughts going through her head.
"DAMMIT MOM WE'RE NOT LIKE THAT!" Xander shouted back as they finally reached his room and so they got comfortable sitting beside each other on his bed.
"Sorry about that, you know how she is" Xander said apologetically.
"Not to worry, she's just looking out for us" Irina said with a smile of her own.
It was a long day and they both knew that before they did anything else, they wanted to rest, and so Xander made his bed and pulled out a sleeping bag onto the floor and lied down on it, gesturing for Irina to lie down on his unoccupied bed.
"Thank you" she said with a small blush as she lied down on it taking in the scent that she had come to feel safe in. a few minutes past in Xander's unlit room and Irina couldn't sleep.
"Hey Xander, you awake?" Irina asked with a voice that was almost a whisper.
"Yeah, why" he asked waiting for Irina's response.
"I was just thinking, do you think we can really take on the stray exorcists and the fallen angel, they were pretty tough. Irina said with slight worry evident in her voice.
Xander pondered on it for a few seconds before replying "Of course we can, I still need to pay that Weed Salesman guy back for what he did to you" said Xander earning a giggle from the chestnut haired girl.
"Weed Salesman?" she repeated as she giggled.
"Yeah that's the guy's name right? If you ask me he's a total Psycho" Xander said with a smile.
"It's Freed Sellzen" she corrected with another giggle.
"Yeah yeah whatever, he's still a psycho" Xander added. Irina also had another thing on her mind, something a lot more personal to Xander, she was pondering about whether she should ask about it or not until finally deciding to do it.
"Are you going to tell your parents that you know the truth?" she asked again, referring to the massacre of his real family, although this time in a tone that was a lot softer than the one she used before.
Xander once again pondered on an answerer before finally replying with-
"I don't know how to tell them yet" he said with a sad smile, much to Irina's confusion.
"What do you mean? She asked confused at his reply a second ago.
"Well what am I supposed to say if they asked me how I found out? The dragon that lives in my left arm told me?" Xander said in a sarcastic tone eliciting a giggle once again from the chestnut haired girl.
"I'm sure you'll find a way" she said with happily as if they were discussing a light topic. That was one of Xander's main talents; he could make people laugh even while talking about a sad event.
"Well, that's not important right now, what do you say we get some sleep?" Xander asked the girl lying on his bed who sighed.
"You're right, sorry for bringing it up, good night" she said closing her eyes.
"No need to apologize, good night" Xander said. And with that they both fell asleep to the calming silence of the room.
Okay that's another chapter done for you guys, hope you enjoyed it! Also I would like to say that if you think that Xander's and Irina's relationship is proceeding too fast into romance then remember that they were childhood friends, so writing about them experiencing things as friends again would be pretty pointless since they've already been through similar situations. With that said I hope you guys PM me and review this chapter because I really love hearing suggestions that you guys have and also what you liked and disliked about the story. This will probably be the last chapter that I post post before the 20th of June because that's around the time when my exams end.
Thank you for reading and once again I hope you enjoyed! See you next time!