Chapter twelve
3 Years Later
Josh had bought Myori from the lord who had bought her from the bandits. Now they lived for now at a nearby village to his castle; he didn't feel like going home to his castle and dealing with all his servants.
Myori kept her distant from him, Shadow followed her everywhere they had been Josh's orders.
"Hey, it's your choice for dinner tonight. What would you like to eat?" Josh asked as he went over to her.
She looked away and shrugged. "It doesn't matter. I honestly don't care."
He sighed and shook his head. "Never mind then." he walked away and went back into the hut. With her being stubborn he could not ful fill his wish of making her happy; now that he had rescued her from Shiro, he couldn't stand seeing her so distant from him.
That night Josh handed Myori her favorite dish and went into his room and just plopped down on his bed and passed out.
Myori stared at the food and ate. She liked his food, for such a cold minded dragon he was actually a pretty good cook.
Shadow went over to her and nuzzled her. "You know Lord Josh is only trying to help. He's worried about you."
"Yeah, sure he is . . . the only thing he cares about is himself."
"No, he loves you." he said and walked away.
Myori watched him leave a blank expression on her face. Josh didn't love her, he loved torturing her and making her feel like someone could actually loved and cared for her. But then again when they were pups he cared for her. Still josh loving her was one chance out of a thousand.
James and Mylin smiled as their four year old son tried to eat ice cream; but instead of him eating it without making a mess turned out to be a bigger mess then James and Mylin had thought.
"Why didn't you tell me you used to be an assassin?" Mylin asked.
James looked at her shocked that she found out. "I. . ." he sighed "How did you find out?"
"Jesse."
"Jesse told you?"
Mylin nodded and hugged him. "I don't hate you any more than I love you. If you would have told me earlier you would be able to sleep in the bed for the next three months."
He chuckled and nodded to her terms. "I'm counting."
She giggled and put their son to bed and went to bed herself. She left the ice cream mess to James.
Alex wandered around the Defender's Realm; she was having doubts that Jesse even loved her. She had once again spoken her mind about Jesse and him not attending the council meetings and he once again had snapped at her for it.
Jesse snuck up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and nuzzled her neck. "Sorry love . . . I didn't mean to go off on you like that." he said as he held her close his face hidden on the side of her neck.
She leaned back against him and looked up at him from the corner of her eye. "You owe me Jess, I wasn't trying to be your mother. . .but when you once again chose a griffon pup over your responsibilities that only shows how much you don't care what the fuck happens around you."
He pouted and his grip tightened
"And why do you refuse to put me with pup?"
He sighed and let her go. "It's not because I don't love you. . .so if you were thinking that you were wrong. . .it's my fault I won't put you with pup. . .see my first mate Amber was pregnant with our first pup with the start of this war began. Jung-woo got a hold of her and he killed her while she was two months into her pregnancy . . . I never forgave myself for betraying her like that."
"How did you betray her?"
"I couldn't protect her like I promised."
"Your mate would want you to move on and create another pup with another you have fallen in love with." Alex said as she sat down on a bench near the pond.
Jesse chuckled and sat down beside her. "You want to be the first to bear the pup of the mighty western lord."
She blushed and nodded.
He smirked and nodded. "Alright the week that the war is over I will put you with pup."
"How about we put me with pup now. . ."
Jesse blinked and looked at her. "Now?"
She smiled at him and nodded. "Now."
"Well then let's go make the pup." he picked her up bridal style and took her back to their room and shut and locked the door.
Josh couldn't sleep so he went to Myori's room to make sure she was still there. He blinked when he didn't see her in her bed and decided to go looking for her. "Myori?!" he called as he searched throughout the entire hut.
Myori turned and looked at him as he came over to her; there was a small garden near the hut. "What do you want?"
"I just wanted to know where you where."
She glared at him then looked back up at the sky.
"So, how have you been?"
"Why do you care . . . Josh will you just leave me alone . . .?" She asked as he sat next to her.
He growled. "Woman you owe me! I fucking saved your ass when you were practically on the brink of death and this is how you are repaying me back?!"
Tears formed in her eyes as he continued to yell and snap at her for her stupidity."I'm sorry!" she cried as she fell to her knees. "I'm sorry. . ."
Josh looked down at her coldly then sighed as he picked her up and hugged her. He held her close as she clung onto his kimono crying.
"I'm sorry . . . Please forgive me Lord Josh. . ."
He nodded
Shadow watched from within the hut a smile on his lips. He knew that Josh and Myori would be together for a while he was just waiting for Myori to slip.
He watched them for a few more minutes then went to bed.
Josh took Myori inside and put her to bed after she had fallen asleep leaned up against him.
Jung-woo had been away from his mate and daughter too long. For now while he was resting he would spend as much time with them as he possibly could. While he worked in his study Rika sat in his lap and watched him work. He smirked and wrapped his arms around her waist and nuzzled her neck.
She giggled and leaned back against him. "What is that head of yours scheming?"
He smirked against her skin and took her to their room.
Mary-ann and Dark had left again to go on a walk and both were stunned when Heero came flying past them.
The eight year old dragon boy snarled and looked back at his attacker. It was a good seventy foot tall ogre demon.
"Do you need any help?" Mary-ann asked as she went over to him as he transformed into his black dragon form with Halloween colored eyes.
He pushed her away as the demon lunged its claws at Heero; digging his claws into the ground.
Mary-ann squeaked and hid behind a tree
He looked down at her and glared icily at her before attacking the demon. "Pathetic demon female."
She watched as he decapitated the demon then sliced it into pieces. "Whoa . . . that's good, he killed it without even trying." she said as Dark and she continued to watch him.
Heero went over to Mary-ann and put his sword up to her throat. "What are you doing here pup?"
"Last I checked you're a pup as well, how old are you? Six? Seven?" Mary-ann backfired.'
He growled at her and flicked her nose. "Leave . . . you're in my territory."
She snorted. "Yeah right."
He smirks devilishly and points to a sign behind her. She looked at the sign and read it; it read: HALLOWEEN's FOREST
"Who's Halloween?" she asked as she continued to read the words.
He appeared behind her and whispered in her ear. "Me, I am theHalloween dragon."
Heero had jet black hair with dark blue tipped bangs and orange colored eyes. Mary-ann tensed and whirled around and blinked when he wasn't there anymore.
"Where is he? Dark did you see where he went?"
Dark shook his head. "I didn't even see him vanish."
Mary-ann just looked off into the distance and they both headed back home.
Heero smirked and went off to patrol his territory.
". . .They call him the Halloween dragon, he may be a young pup still but he acts like he's nineteen. . .the forest is forbidden, no one ever dares to enter the forest anymore now that Halloween has claimed it as his territory."
The other male villagers nodded in agreement.
Mary-ann sighed. "Why did you give him the name of Halloween?"
"Because he only comes out at night. He stalks the night like . . . he owns the darkness. But there is only one demon who owns the darkness."
"Who's that?"
The men in the bar exchange glances. "Kuroi-Ryu owns the darkness. He is the Kingdom of Shadows."
"But isn't the Kingdom of Shadows a kingdom? Not a demon?" she questioned.
The man chuckled. "You ask a lot of questions for a five year old."
"That's because I like knowing what the hell is going on around me. So are you going to answer my question?"
The man laughed and nodded. "Pup, sometimes the things that you hear are not as always as they seem. See the Kingdom of Shadows lives inside a demon named Joseph and he is extremely dangerous."
"But why is he so dangerous?"
He sighed and continued to explain things for her. ". . . Do you understand now? Kuroi-Ryu can never appear again or the real Kingdom of Shadows will appear then we would all be in danger."
"Can't we do something to stop the transformation?" she asked as she picked dirt from underneath her claws.
"Yes . . . but it would mean going to find the Stone Black of Internal Chaos."
"My father had one of his men go off and find that stone . . . I think he found it too."
The man nearly choked on his sake at her words. "What did you say pup?"
She just smiled and ran off before he could grab her and make her talk.
He growled and just continued to drink his sake.
Mary-ann went into her father's study and locked the door and began reading books on the stone of Black Internal Chaos. She had found out that he deceased grandfather created it for Joseph and it would contain Kuroi-Ryu for the next thousand years. (Rizu had created the stone before he died; at least a good month before) she was stunned that Joseph was her uncle, she was told stories about him but never met him personally. She continued to research about the stone. The more she read the more she was amazed.
Jung-woo tried to open his door and blinked when he couldn't open his study door.
Mary-ann gasped and quickly put the books away and snuck out the window before her father could unlock the door.
He chuckled as he smelled his own daughters scent and was amazed at how fast she was able to get out without him catching her. He just shook his head and began working on the paperwork he needed to catch up on.
A week later Alex was happy now that Jesse had put her with pup; she was due in three months and she couldn't wait, nor could Jesse.
Kisa sighed and sat in her room a little annoyed that she was going to have a younger sibling. But then again she couldn't complain she was not Jesse's real daughter.
Jesse goes into her room and sits beside her, "Hey, are you okay?" he asked a little worried.
"Yeah,"
He rolled his eyes. "You're just like your father, neither one of you can hide a lie."
She smiled slightly. "Well I guess I'm a little jealous that I'm not your biological daughter and now that Alex is having a pup. . ."
Jesse hugged her. "You will always be my daughter; after all I was given permission to adopt you. So there."
She giggled and hugged him back. "So, I can always be your little girl?"
Jesse nodded
Mary-ann went back to Heero's forest and sat on a rock and waited for him. She wasn't going to let any demon come up behind her like he had done.
Heero appeared in front of her. "What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to stay away?" he asked an icy glare at her.
"You don't own me so I could careless of what you say."
He growled his black dragon wings twitched in annoyance. "Woman you need to leave or you're going to deeply regret it."
"Oh really?"
Joseph sighed as he and Shadow Blade continued to wander through the forest. The Friesian stallion whickered and bobbed his head.
"What is it?" Joseph asked looking down at his horse. He looked up and smirked, just ahead was a cliff and the gap between the two ledges was a good fifteen feet. "So, you want to jump that?"
Shadow Blade stopped and pawed at the ground.
Joseph laughed and pulled hard back on the reigns and the stallion went back.
When they were a good twenty feet away Shadow Blade took off at full speed. His long mane and tail flowing out behind him.
Kavon stopped them before they could even reach the cliff.
Joseph pulled back on the reins and Shadow Blade reared high his hoofs thrashing out in front of him.
"Fuck Kavon what the hell are you doing?!" Joseph snarled trying to get a hold of his stallion.
"I have come to retrieve the Kingdom of Shadows." he said holding up the Stone Black Internal ChaosThe stone was a jet black color and inside was a swirling black energy that could only draw out the Kingdom of Shadows.
"How did you get a hold of that?!" he gasped.
Kavon just smirked and threw it at Joseph while saying the spell to draw out the Kingdom of Shadows.
Josh blinked and looked out his window as a huge black aura shot into the sky. "What the fuck?" he gasped his eyes wide. "Shit! Joseph!"
Joseph cried out in pain as his claws grew a good half an inch longer, his fangs grew to a sharper point and they grew a few centimeters longer, his hair grew all the way down to his knees and was tied at the bottom in a knot with some bandages.
Kavon watched the transformation his eyes wide in fear now finding out that maybe awakening the black warlord was a VERY bad idea.
Joseph fell to his knees holding his head. "N-no . . ., not again I will not let you take over!" he said his voice going between dark and evil to soft and pleading.
"Give up Joseph; you can not stop the Kingdom of Shadows!"
Joseph cried out as the Kingdom of Shadows began to take over, his evil cackle sending chills up Kavon's spine.
Now Kavon was beginning to understand that there were two demons living inside Joseph. The first was Kuroi-Ryu who was a black evil that Joseph still had no control over then there was the Kingdom of Shadows who was known as history. But as history continued to take full control over Joseph Kavon back his horse away and ran for cover. Now he understood why he was called the Kingdom of Shadows.
Jung-woo froze on his way back to is room after working in his study non stop. He looked out the window and saw the energy that was all the way in Japan. He cursed and got on his outer kimono and raced outside and over to the barn where he kept his most treasured horse that was a breeding stallion for his speed and evil temperament. He quickly saddled his stallion and got on and raced out of the barn with amazing speed that from a distance all you could see was a black blur.
He reached the beach and pulled back on the reins causing his stallion to halt"Damn you Kavon." he growled in annoyance. "He's awakened the Kingdom of Shadows."