Dragon of the Winds By: Rika Kisuktai

Chapter 9!

Rai's POV

I own Airia,Rika, Leon, and Alluktai

I do not own Xiaolin Showdown

YAY!

Chapter 10: Draconic Angel

The pheonix turned toward me, eyes blazing.

It screeched and a huge stream of flames erupted from it's beak.

I dropped to the floor and covered my head with my arms.

My eyes were shut tight.

Raimundo, what are you doing?

I heard laughing, and peeked out from underneath my arms.

The pheonix was pointing at me and laughing!

I sat up slowly.

"Wow kid, THAT was funny! Hahahahahaha!" Leon was rolling around and laughing.

Airia? What just happened?

Well, Alluktai made an illusion that looked like fire coming right at you.

So I just made a fool of myself?

Yes. At least they are the only two who saw you.

That doesn't make me feel any better.

I stood up and brushed myself off like nothing happened.

"Go on outside. Rika wants to talk to you." Leon said, still laughing. He walked off.

I opened the glass door and stepped outside.

The pheonix ruffled it's feathers.

"Rika?" I asked.

"It took you long enough to wake up. You've been asleep for three weeks."

My jaw dropped about two feet.

"Three weeks?!?!?!"

"Yep. I went to your funeral. It was very nice."

"Funeral?"

"You can't take a spear through the heart and live, Raimundo. It doesn't work that way."

"So how did I live?"

"Hades." She answered simply.

Oh yeah. I forgot.

"Have you met my brother?"

"Leon? Yep. Can he read minds?"

"Yes. He was brought back to life, and he can revert back and forth from ghost form and lion form."

I felt uneasy for some reason. Uneasy and anxious.

I think it's your instincts.

Then my back started to hurt worse.

"I'm just going to lay down. My chest still hurts." I said quickly.

"Alright."

I ran back inside, and ran to the bathroom.

I took the shirt off, and saw my back.

The knots underneath my skin were moving!

Oh god, brace yourself!

What?

Then I knewwhy she said brace yourself.

The pain in my back became excruciating.

It was nothing like dying. Dying, I didn't feel anything.

This was…too much for words.

I fell to the floor, frozen in pain.

Dear lord, the pain was awful.

There were waves of pain, until finally it was continual.

I felt a pushing sensation from over my right shoulder blade.

The pain was getting worse.

Then my skin ripped, blood splattering across the floor, the wall, and part of my face.

I screamed.

The pain ebbed, and I started to pant.

What…the flip…was that?!

That would be your right wing.

Wing?

I turned my head slowly, and saw what looked like a thawed chicken wing.

Aren't wings supposed to have feathers?

The feathers have to grow.

I was about to say more, but pain exploded over my left shoulder blade.

The pain was much more intense than before.

I ended up passing out.

Leon sat in the living room with (a now human) Rika.

"How long do you think it will take? I don't like standing by when people are in pain." Leon asked his younger sister.

She simply shrugged, and closed her eyes, listening to the faint music comeing from her stereo.

When I woke up, I had two large bare wings folded up on my back, and my face was itching like crazy.

Is it over?

No. That was the worst. There is more to come.

Great.

I screamed as my entire spine felt like it caught fire. I could feel it lenghening, my muscles burning as they streatched along with it. My rib cage cracked and deepened, ripping another scream from me.

My spine kept on growing, until it broke through the skin and formed a tail, a bloody tail made of only bone and muscle.

Tears were pouring down my face.

I heard cracking bone and my face started to push itself outwards, forming a snout. My gums started to itch and then bleed as my teeth grew and became fangs.

Then, there was silence.

No pain, nothing but faint music playing in another room.

Is that it? Is it over?

…Yes. The transformation is complete.

Thank god.

Chapter 10 done!

Sorry it took so long to update.

Next chapter, Raimundo learns to walk!