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A Woman is Like A teabag Part 1
Long ago when the kingdom of Symphonia was formed, the king split the land up into different states. He then placed families that he was sure he could trust to watch over their own state for him.
One state that stood out from the others was Makai. If any other noble family were given this state to control, they would believe they got the short end of the stick. Makai was a very mountainous region. The ground was hard and it was a challenge to grow anything for food. The mountains were at such a high altitude that very few people could stand to live there. Most would say it was horrible property, but when the Atagis family was dubbed the Grand Barren for this region, he thanked the king heartily and said the land was just perfect for his people.
There are only a few villages in the entire state of Makai and its inhabitants are all dragon race, people who could transform into dragons at will. Their powerful claws were perfect for digging up the hard ground much quicker than any other creature, and they could adapt well to the high altitudes and fly easily over the mountain peaks. The mountainous state seemed to suit their kind perfectly, like a round peg to a round hole.
It was though this dangerous land that Haru and company needed to go through if they wanted to get to New Elie. Skipping around this state would waste too much time that they couldn't spare. Luckily they had Julia with them, who was born and raised in this state. She would surely know the easiest way to pass through.
"Alright everybody listen up. I hope all of you got a good nap today because starting today we will be traveling at night and resting during daylight hours, and we won't be changing this routine until we get out of this state!" Julia yelled to her friends as if she was a general leading an army. They were literally only a few meters away from the border into Makai, and the sun was setting gracefully in the background. It matched perfectly with the gorgeous sunrise that they had woken up for.
Unfortunately nobody else was as enthusiastic as her. I was pretty late at night and they each looked quite tired. It was clear that they were not so ready to change their normal sleep habits.
"Yawn~ Why do we have to travel at night, Julia?" Let asked sleepily. Like the others, he did not get a good nap that afternoon. He hadn't taken a nap in years and he wasn't used to it.
"Because I told you to!" She snapped at him, not wanting to explain her true reasons. "Now look alive! The quickest way to go is to fly, and you and I are going to carry everyone, so keep your eyes open so you don't fly into a mountain."
For a moment Let believed that he was just so tired that he had heard her wrong so he decided to ask her what she meant by that. "Mind saying that again?"
"You heard me. You and I are the dragon races here, so get into your dragon form so you'll be big enough to carry the others!" Julia demanded.
Ever since the night they had first met her, she had been convinced that Let was a dragon race like her, although he gave her no prove of that and in no way encouraged her, she refused to believe otherwise, saying that her nose was always correct and that it told her what Let truly was.
"Ugh. Julia, I-"
"You know what you guys? You all can go take another nap or something, because it's clear that we're not going anywhere until Let finds his wings." She called back to the other people in the group as she pushed Let away to speak with him privately. Before she even finished saying anything, Ruby and Belnika were on the ground snoring, and even Haru was making himself comfortable.
Julia kept pushing Let until they were a little ways away from the rest of their friends. Let had been shoved all the way to the edge of a steep cliff. He tried to take at least a few steps back, but Julia just kept pushing him back to the edge every time he attempted it.
It wasn't as if Let was afraid of heights but anyone would be nervous that close to a mountainside cliff. Julia showed no fear however. She stared out proudly at what she saw lay out before her. "Let, take your eyes off of the ground (or lack of) and look directly ahead of you!"
Carefully, Let tore his eyes off the cliff side so he could see forward. He gasped in shock. It was such a beautiful sight that he momentarily forgot to breath. A vast region of mountains seemed to go on forever before his presence. The sun was almost completely set, just hiding behind one of the enormous peaks, outlining them so perfectly, as if to make the magnificent land glowing. So many colors splattered the sky and reflected off of the mountains so it was difficult to decipher where the earth ended and where the sky began. At that exact moment, Let truly felt as if he was on top of the world.
"This my friend is the border into Makai, our homeland as dragon races."
"What makes you so sure that I'm a dragon race?" Let asked turning away from the beautiful scenery so that he could look at the beautiful woman.
"Think about it! You were born with dark silver hair and yellow eyes. From what you guy have told me, that's not natural in Outer world. Well it is here. Not to mention the fact that you smell just like one. Come on! Haven't you ever been able to do anything that was above normal human standards, like be able to smell better, or run faster, or see farther? That's dragon race stuff!"
Let thought about it hard. Last week he would have thought all of this was just nonsense. Now after all that he had been through and heard, it was hard to understand what was impossible anymore.
Let 's mother never told him where she had come from. He inherited his eyes and hair color from her. He knew lots of things about his father, after his mother's death they spoke to each other more often and learned more about each other. There was no way he was a creature from another dimension, but his mother was such a mystery when to came to her past.
"Even so, I was born in Outer world. I've never been in dragon form before." Let was starting to consider the possibility that he could be an Inner worlder, but he wasn't quite there yet.
"That doesn't mean that you can't learn how to do it. Even if all you have is a single drop of watered down dragon race blood from some distant relative you're still dragon race and you can still fly." Julia insisted.
She came up from behind him and whispered. "Just find the little piece of you deep inside that can fly."
He closed his eyes and tried to block out any other sensation that surrounded him and attempted to seep into his thoughts. Find the piece. Find the piece. Find the piece, he concentrated. He searched every nook and cranny of his own soul to find that little part of him that Julia described, the dragon within.
After a few minutes frustration settled in and hope whore away. This was stupid. He'd never find anything like that inside of him! He opened his eyes and turned back to Julia.
"Let's forget about this!" He spat, a little nastier sounding than he originally meant to let out but he was also a little more frustrated than usual. He shouldn't have gotten his hopes up with such a fantasy idea. Just because all of this other stuff was going on in his life, didn't mean that, THAT was possible. Him? Part dragon? That's just ridiculous.
Julia smiled at the guy, in hopes of easing his frustration just a little. She wasn't at all affected by his rudeness. "Okay, I've got another idea. Let, when you're parents were teaching you how to swim, what did they do?"
Let's eyes went wide when he realized what she meant but before he could say or do anything, the woman swiftly launched both of her hands forward, pushing him off the ledge.
"They threw you in the deep end. Now find that piece quick or else!"
It took Let only a second to realize the gravity of the situation. His eyes watered as they went wide in fear. He forgot to breath as he felt the air whirl around him in a mess of chaos. The ground was coming up fast. He was going to die!
This was it for him! It was strange though. People said that when you die your life flashes before your eyes. Instead, Let thought of all that wouldn't happen to him. He'd never have a career, or finish high school, or start a family. It wasn't fair. It was like his past was gone. All that was left was his inhabitations and stretched out moment.
No! This couldn't be happening! He had to take control of this situation somehow. He had to take control of himself! He didn't care if it defied reasoning or logic, which was very rare for him because he lived through reasoning and logic. He wouldn't let this happen! He'd take control! TAKE CONTROL!
Let opened his mouth wide to let out a scream, but instead something else was unleashed from the back of his throat. A sound that he didn't think he had inside of him. It was a beastly, inhuman, roar.
Julia looked down at her handiwork for a second until it finally donned on her. She just pushed Let off a cliff! He could really die and it would be all her fault! Each second that nothing happened the guilt inside of her sunk down another mile. She couldn't take it anymore! She had to do something and fast!
Doing what she had originally intended to make Let do, Julia jumped down after him head first with every intention of saving him. Within a matter of seconds, scales replaced her smooth skin, her curvy form grew large, and her back sprouted the wings necessary to save herself and her friend from certain death.
She zoomed as fast as she could to the bottom of this deep, seemingly endless cliff, keeping her eyes wide open for the one she was looking for, silently praying she wasn't too late. She was so focused on who she was looking for, she was completely taken by surprise by what she just heard, an ear splitting dragon's roar.
The female dragon's head snapped in the direction of the sound's source, and she found who she was looking for. He did not look like himself however. Let's pale skin, had now become a dark green, his eyes glowed red and a long spiky, blond, main, grow from his head. His body grew large, even larger, than Julia's dragon form was, but only by slightly and his feet and hands sprouted long talons.
They were falling for less than a minute, but to them it was an eternity. Now they could see the bottom of this cliff, and they were reaching it very quickly. Finally, the very thing that could save Let's life sprouted from his body at last. Right before the unforgiving, ground could claim him, large wings outstretched from his figure and rescued Let from the harsh fall. He could not fly with them for multiple reasons, including he did not know how, but they slowed down his decent enough so that he only hit the ground with a gentle, yet clumsy thud.
Julia came down only a few meters behind him. She landed gracefully on all fours. Her eyes bore deep into Let's figure. He was a dragon. She smiled at the thought. She knew it. He was dragon race the whole time.
"Well looks who's scaly now, huh? Way to slum it with the dragon people." She jeered as she walked closer.
Let was at a loss for words. What could he say? He was a dragon! A whole other species of living being than he thought he was when he woke up that morning!
"C-cool! Is this cool?" He exclaimed, fumbling over his own words. It was just too amazing!
"If anything should be considered cool, this should be it." Julia answered, large grin still evident on her toothy, dragon, face.
She shook her head to snap herself out of it. Remember they had important work to do. They needed to get past Makai and Let needed some proper training. "Alright, you're a dragon! Now what do you want, a cookie for a job well done? You've got the right stuff, but do you know how to use it?"
The female dragon flapped her large wings a few times until her feet ceased to reach the ground. Before Let could say anything, she was off like a rocket, back up the cliff.
The new dragon male knew she wanted him to follow her, but he had never flown before. Heck, this was the first time ever had wings!
He tried taking a running start and flapping his wings at the same time. Soon his steps were fewer and farther in between. It wasn't long until he was gliding above the ground by a few feet. He was a little nervous, trying to keep his wings out for balance. It was a lot harder than it looked. He flapped his new wings, once, twice, with each flap he got a little bit higher.
The dragon boy felt like he was king of the world as he looked down at the world below him, getting further and further away from him. This is what people dream about, and he was truly doing it. He lifted his head up, only for his grin to be completely wiped off his face. He was so preoccupied with how good flying felt, he failed to notice the side of a mountain wall coming up really fast.
Crap! He didn't know how to turn! He was going to crash! As he was about to brace himself for impact, he felt something strong grab his right claws. He looked to his right to find Julia's dragon form right beside him. She was holding his claws with her own. Almost like a couple holding hands. Holding his hand tight, she gently guided him away from the mountainside and they both narrowly escaped crashing.
She held on to his claws for a few more minutes guiding him around through the air. It was like teaching a person how to ride a bike. She held on to him tight, giving him support, and not letting go until he said he was ready.
Let studied how she moved. Whenever she turned she would lower the left wing down and right one up so that she could go left. She lowered the right wing down and the left wing up to turn right. To go up she would point her head up, and to go down she pointed her head down. Let watched her with fascination until he gave her the signal to let go. He felt he was ready to fly on his own.
As the female dragon slowly let him go, Let tried to regain his balance. He was a little shaky at first, but after a while he smiled at the results he was producing.
"You're doing it!" Julia exclaimed, feeling proud for him.
"WHOO HOO!" Let had never felt anything so exhilarating before in his entire 18 years of living.
The two dragons practiced flying threw that mountainous area for another 40 minutes, completely losing track of time. Soon the full moon and the bright stars were the only light for them to see by. They looped around, played tag, and just fly in random circles so that Let could get the feel for flying. He was practically a natural. He was keeping up with Julia so well.
After a while, they decided to go back to where they had left their other friends. They were gone much longer than expected and they were probably worried about them.
"Race ya!" Julia called out to Let as she breezed right by him.
"You are on!" The male dragon called back.
The two of them zigzagged through the mountainous area like two excited little children. Julia was fast but Let was hot on her tail. Just as it looked like Let was about to catch up with her, the female dragon poured on the speed until she was out of Let's reach and his sight.
The male dragon was still determined though. He also poured on the speed as fast as his wings would let him. He was too late however. By the time he finally caught a glimpse of his racing partner, her large dragon form was already standing on the cliff they were racing for. As Let came to a shaky and clumsy landing on the cliff he panted. He still needed more practice.
"Okay… Huff… You win this round…Huff… but when I become better at this…Huff… You'll be eating my dust…Huff..." He panted heavily.
Julia did not respond, nor did she look at him. Her ears were matted down in apprehension, her body stood extremely tense, and her eyes were wide as she stared unwaveringly forward. She shivered slightly. Let had never seen her like this. She seemed absolutely terrified.
Let followed her gaze to see for himself what she was so afraid of and his own eyes went wide with shock.
Standing before them were two very large dragon males. One was very tall and red scales and a white main flowing down his back. The other was a very stout blue dragon with a short and spiky white main. They both looked to be about six feet tall and over 15 feet long. They wore mean, cocky grins on their toothy faces.
What was truly scary about them was not there looks but what they had done. Behind the two new male dragons were Haru, Ruby and Belnika, tied up tight with rope. They were taken prisoner.
"Hey, who're you?" The red dragon snapped at Let and Julia.
"Who are we?" Let shouted. "Who are you? And what do you think you're doing to them?" Let was furious at the sight of his friends being treated so shamefully. It didn't matter what was going on, they had no right to just tie them up.
They didn't look hurt. Haru was only slightly banged up but no worse for ware, it was clear he tried to fight them and lost. The duo just looked scared from how much they were shaking. From the looks of their less than bruised body, it seemed as though they were smart enough to stay away from a fight.
"We found these guys trying to sneak into our state without us knowing. When we demanded that they leave, they silver haired one tried to get by us so we had to teach him a lesson." The blue dragon scoffed. "Now you tell us, what regiment are you from? I don't recognize you from commander Runner's ranks!"
"What are you talking about?" Let demanded.
The red dragon snapped back. "Listen pal. I don't know what regiment you're from, but you've got no reason to use that tone with us when we found you out here smoozing your female, when you should be-"
It was then that the red dragon finally realized he did know one of these guys from somewhere. Not the dark green scaled one, but the black scaled female.
"Hey." he inquired the unusually silent Julia. "Aren't you Jeagan's girl? That female whose been missing for these weeks?"
That question was all Julia needed to take action. They knew who she was, and there was no way they'd let her leave now. Especially if they were from Commander Runner's ranks, the same one as Jeagan. She charged at the red dragon at full speed flight, only to stop a few feet away and kick out her tail in a surprise attack to his face. The red dragon was sent flying backwards and the blue one was left in shock at seeing a female pull off such a maneuver.
As quickly as she could, Julia scooped her tied up friends in her clawed arms and turned back to Let. "Come on! We have to go now!" She yelled to him as she zoomed right past him, friends clutched gently in her strong grip.
It took Let a second to process what was going on, but as soon as he figured out she wanted him to follow after her and far away from these guys, he took off in a flash. He'd ask her for an explanation as soon as they were safe.
The red dragon stumbled back to his feet. He held his hand to his face, trying to get his nose to stop bleeding. He glared at the direction Let and Julia flew off in. Meanwhile the blue dragon just laughed at his companion. "Ha Ha! Oh my God. You just got beat by a female!'
"Shut up!" The red one yelled. "You've got to go back to village and get Commander Runner. He's gonna want to know that his daughter's been located!"
"What in the world was that about?" Shouted Let to the female dragon as they both soared away from the border and further into Makai at a breakneck speed.
"I'll tell you latter! Just keep your scaly ass moving!"
"Um. Guys I'd hate to interrupt but I think we've got company!" Belnika shouted from Julia's arms.
The two dragons looked back over their shoulders to see what exactly the purple haired sorceress was so afraid of. Their eyes went wide when they saw that red dragon coming up from behind them very quickly. He looked mad.
The red dragon opened his mouth wide and from the back of his throat came an enormous ball of fire headed strait in their direction.
"Watch out!" Julia roared at Let. At the last second she head butted her friend out of the flame's path. It narrowly missed both of them. Neither one was the least bit singed by the attack, but they could easily feel the heat of the flames on their flesh just from the close call.
The red dragon did not let up. He charged directly at Julia with every intention of going for the beings in her arms, but his time it was Let who struck the blow. In one foul swoop he punched the red dragon right in his long neck with all of his force.
It knocked all of the wind out of him, causing him to waver slightly in the air, but it did not bring the red dragon down, only fuel his anger.
He flew towards let, fury evident in his eyes. The red dragon had forgotten all about Julia and the rest of Let's friends, and made the decision to focus all of this violence on the dark green dragon alone. His rage blinded the red dragon. Time and time again he would breath fire, punch, kick, and snap at Let with his razor sharp teeth, and each time Let was able to narrowly dodge it. He had remembered everything that Julia had ever taught him about fighting.
Julia rested on another cliff far from the fighting dragon's view, but not so far that she could not witness the battle herself. Her eyes kept flickering over to the fight as she attempted to untie her friends. The distraction caused her to accidentally scratch Belnika with her claws while untying her, but she wasn't badly hurt, and Julia was too focused on the battle to notice anyway.
She knew that her fighting lessons were paying off as she watched to two male dragons go at it, but she still couldn't help but be a little worried for him. Just then Julia felt something wiz right by her and heading strait for the battle. When she saw what it was, her worry increased ten fold. The female dragon flew up to the fight leaving her other friends behind on that cliff. Let was defiantly going to need her help with this one!
For the past five minutes the two male dragons battled it out fiercely. Blow for blow, hit for hit, they began to slowly ware each other down. The red dragon was getting sloppy from his unfocused rage and overuse of his power. Most of his strongest attack didn't even connect, and now he was slowing down.
Let took this as a perfect advantage. Julia had always taught him that it is better to use a fraction of your strength and just aim for his weak points than to waste all of your power in one single strike that may or may not hit. This was why he was not nearly as exhausted as his adversary.
Now while the red dragon was busy trying to catch his breath, Let went in and head butted him so hard, it sent him flying into a mountainside. He was much too dazed to get up from a blow like that.
Let let out a large sigh, grateful that the fight was finally over. Any more of that and he would probably be eating mountain too.
He was just about to relax when a force so strong collided with him and knocked all the wind out of him. The next thing he knew, Let was being slammed into a mountainside so hard, the earth shook slightly with the impact. The teenage dragon male opened his clenched eyes to get a look at what exactly hit him when he felt something else slam into him, this time it didn't get off. Let focused his eyesight until he discovered he was face to face with another dragon he had never seen before.
This dragon was black, and much bigger than any of the others. It was probably about 8 feet tall and 20 feet long. Both his fierce gaze and sharp claws bore into Let, causing him to loose all of his nerve.
The large beast shouted angrily, "I'LL TEACH YOU TO ATTACK MY MEN!"
A fireball could be seen forming in his mouth aimed toward Let. The young dragon's eyes went wide with fear. There was no way of escaping it.
"DADDY!"
The large dragon ceased his attack right before it could do any harm. His eyes went wide as he turned his head to the direction of new voice only to find Julia hovering above them in her dragon form.
Let was completely forgotten about with the sight of the female dragon. The large beast swiftly got off of him and flew towards her. Let released a breath that he desperately needed to let out. That was too close.
"Julie!" The large black male dragon exclaimed as he embraced the female in a tight hug. They both had to lower themselves to solid earth because the hug caused them to loose balance in the air.
"Where have you been? I've had my men looking all over for you!"
All of Julia's friends, including the one's who could barely see from the cliff's angle that they were standing on, had their mouth's hanging open in amazement. That giant beast was Julia's father?
"Oh, daddy I'm so happy to see you! I got lost while flying and these nice people helped me back here! But…But then your big mean subordinates came and attacked us! I was so frightened!" Julia cried out in explanation. Everyone's mouths hung open even wider at the sound of her outburst. That was so out character for her!
"Oh, my poor little girl." Her father cooed.
The enormous beast turned his head in the direction of the red dragon that Let had defeated. He was just now starting to get up, but at the sight of his commander's hard glare, he was about to wish he had just played dead.
"PRIVET, YOU KNOW THE LAW THAT VIOLENCE IN FRONT OF A WOMAN IS STRICTLY PROHIBBITTED! THE POOR DAINTY CREATURES CAN'T TAKE IT. NOW TELL ME WHY YOU WOULD DO THAT IN FRONT OF MY DAUGHTER OF ALL PEOPLE?"
The red dragon shrank back under his commander's harsh tone and evil gaze. He fumbled with his words trying to come up with any answer. "I-I, well, uh, Sir I was just…"
"YOU ARE A DISGRACE!"
Julia snickered at the sight of that jerk getting yelled at by her father. All she had to do was play the 'sweet, helpless girl in front of her dad, and he'd always take her side, well almost always.
When Julia's father was finished giving his cadet such an earful that the poor guy almost whimpered, he flew back to the place where had left Let. At first Let was a little petrified at the sight of him coming closer. After hearing him just scream that other guy's head off, and almost being killed by him, he wasn't exactly happy to see him coming back his way.
Luckily, Let did not get the treatment he was expecting. Instead he was shocked to see the giant black dragon outstretch his hand to help him off the ground. He gave Let a friendly but toothy smile. "The name's commander Runner, vassal to the Baron of Makai, pleased to meet you, son. Thank you very much for looking after my daughter while she was missing. We could use a couple more guys like you in the barracks"
Let stared at the clawed hand in shock before speechlessly accepting it. "M-my name is Let, sir."
Well now I can't just have you leave without showing you some hospitality and apologizing for my INCOMPITANT cadets actions. Why don't you come back to the village and I'll treat you to a nice meal."
Let could see Julia shaking her head 'no' franticly behind her father, signaling that he should definitely refuse.
"Well, sir I'm not so sure-"
"Well I am. My wife's a great cook and your other friends can come too."
"YES, POYO! FREE FOOD, POYO!" yelled Ruby from where he was. Julia shot him a nasty glare, but the penguin didn't seem to notice it.
"Then it's settled. You can take a load off, meet the family, tour our village, oh and you can meet Julie's fiancé too. He's been looking everywhere for her."
Let and Julia froze in place and their eyes went huge at that word, like a record was unexpectedly pulled off of the player. Julia's face went red with embarrassment and Let, twitched a little.
"Um…Did I just hear you say f-fiancé?..." He asked hoping he had heard wrong.
"Yup. My little girl's getting married pretty soon, and to the best soldier in my ranks, his name's Jegan."
"Ohhhh! My poor baby! You must have been so frightened!" Julia's mom cried out on her family's front door step as she wrapped her arms around her daughter so tight, it looked like the girl would loose consciousness. Every dragon race there was currently in human form.
"Yeah. I'm fine mom." She squeaked out.
Julia's mom was almost the splitting image of her daughter. The only differences were that she was older than Julia by about 25 years, and that Julia had actually grown taller than her mother. The woman wore her long blond hair into a tight bun with only a few wisps of bangs falling out, and a bright orange kimono, that she was currently getting wet from her tears of joy.
"Oh my goodness! Julie, what are you wearing, sweet heart?" Her mother pulled back slightly and looked down at her daughter's Capri pants. "Pants are boys clothes! Come inside so you can change into a dress before some one notices and you get embarrassed!"
As her mother dragged her into her house, Julia turned her head back to her snickering friends and gave them a glare that clearly signaled that she didn't want them to say anything.
Julia's house was quite the quaint little home. It had just the right amount of rooms. Exactly two bedrooms for her and her parents, a living room, a kitchen, a small dining area, one and a half bathrooms, and a few closets scattered around the place. It was not too big, and not too small. Everything was so neat and tidy and the décor was so homey, it wasn't hard for anybody to feel comfortable. Next to the house was a sweet little vegetable garden. It was the nicest place for a family of three to live, which made it even harder to imagine why the female dragon race ran away.
"Now everybody sit, make yourselves comfortable. We'll eat as soon as Jegan gets here." Julia's smiley-faced mother cooed.
Let couldn't help but cringe inwardly at the thought of Julia about to get married. She just didn't seem like the type of person to settle down at this early of an age. She just seemed too ambitious; like there were so many things that she wanted to do first. Let was a little anxious to meet this Jegan jerk, I mean guy. He must be quite the man to get someone like Julia to agree to marry him.
Mrs. Runner prepared tea for everyone to enjoy as a pre-meal treat. She did everything she could to come off like a perfect hostess.
"So Julia, what is Jegan like?" Haru asked casually.
The female dragon race let out an exasperated sigh. "Heck if I know. I've never really gotten to chance to talk with him before.
A thousand alarms went off in Let's head when he heard that statement. He spit out his tea in shock all over poor Belnika, who sat next to him. The hot tea burned.
"YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED TO A PERSON YOUV'E NEVER TALKED TO BEFORE, POYO!" Ruby screeched.
"Oh don't worry." Commander Runner said as he put his hand on his daughter's shoulder. "I wouldn't just let anybody who asked me for my little girl's hand to take her away. Jegan is the strongest fighter working in my regiment. I couldn't have picked a better man to take care of her."
Julia stayed silent at her father's proud remark.
At that moment a knocking could be heard from the front door. "Oh that must be him!" Mrs. Runner got up and strolled to the front door. Before opening it she turned back to her daughter and whispered out loud, as if the one on the other side of the door would hear her. "Julie, go change now. You wouldn't want him to see you wearing that."
The young woman did her best to contain an aggravated groan as she got up and went to her bedroom to change into something that was deemed more appropriate in this state. Let silently watched her leave.
Mrs. Runner happily opened the door revealing a man only a year or two older than Julia. He had blond hair that fell evenly to his shoulders. His cold brown eyes were void of any true emotion, and he was wearing a brown, Chinese martial arts uniform. Maybe it was because Let was bias, but he thought that this man looked like the scum of the earth.
"Hello. Welcome to our humble home." Mrs. Runner greeted as she bowed slightly to the man and allowed him to come in.
"Everyone, this is privet Jegan Jeid, the man who is going to make my daughter so happy. Jegan, these are the people who brought your bride home safely."
Everyone muttered an individual greeting to Jegan as they looked to him. The man just scoffed at them. "Have none of you any manners? You should stand to greet someone for the first time."
The boys were a little taken back by Jegan's cold tone of voice, except Belnika. She stood up and out stretched her hand for the male dragon race to shake. "Oh I'm sorry, you're right. Where are my manners? My name is-"
"Were you given permission to speak, woman?" Jegan snapped.
Ruby and the outer worlders stared at him with a face that clearly stated that they were both shocked and offended by Jegan's rude disposition. Julia's parents seemed to take no notice by it.
"Where is my bride?" He asked with no intention of apologizing or even recognizing his offensiveness.
"My daughter is currently getting ready for dinner." Commander Runner replied. "You will have to forgive her. She just wishes for a few more minutes to look perfect."
"I see. When we are wed, I will have to teach her how to be more punctual."
Let couldn't believe what he was hearing. Did Mr. Runner block out half of the things that this ass said? How is he allowing his daughter to marry him, Let practically screamed inside his own head.
At that moment soft footsteps could be heard slowly entering the room. Standing in front of the entrance to the living room was Julia. She wore a very sliming pink kimono with a blue flower pattern. She stared directly at her fiancé, showing no emotion and then she bowed slightly as she said in a monotone voice, "Hello, it is nice to finally meet you face to face good sir. I am Julia and I will do my best to your ideal wife."
None of her friends could believe what they were seeing. This dainty little flower of a girl was nothing like the bossy, loud, and brute of a fighter they had come to know.
Jegan looked to his fiancé and without taking his eyes off of her, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a crystal ring. "I have carved this engagement ring myself using my bare claws. I wish for you to wear it always as a symbol of our bond together. It shall be used as prove that you will from this point forward be my mate."
Jegan reached over and grabbed her hand. He slipped the ring on her left ring finger gently. It was a beautiful crystal that almost resembled a smooth diamond. Adorning the ring were four different symbols.
Julia brought her left hand up to her face and stared outwardly emotionless at the piece of jewelry. It was truly beautiful. It wasn't hard to see that he worked hard on it, but as she looked at the item on her finger all she could see was the end of everything she ever dreamed for.
Longest chapter I've ever written! Almost 7000 words!
First thing I want to say is that you probably won't see Elie or Musica in this story arc. Don't worry they'll come back next arc, but this one specifically revolves around Let and Julia. Some arcs will do that in the future, center around one or two character's specifically. I know it's called 'Grand Duchess Valentine', but even the rave master shared the spotlight with his friends in the original series.
For now Elie's just hanging out with the silver rhythm gang, learning the ropes of being a gangbanger in the mean time. You'll see how that's going for her in the next arc.
Now for this arcs's title, 'a woman is like a tea bag." That's actually part of a famous quote, and it ties into the feminist theme that we will be going into in this story arc. It's one of my favorite quotes and I happen to admire the person who said it. It doesn't make much sense now but at the end of this arc I'll tell you the rest of it and who said it. For those of you who know or have already heard this one, please don't spoil it.
Don't forget to review. A new story arc means that for now the story is going into a new direction, so that means I'm going to need some feedback, especially since this one is going to be pretty different from the other one's. So I really need you to tell me if you like what's going on so far, or whether you want me to just hurry up and get on with the next one. I'm not quite sure about this arc.
Thank you!