Meanwhile not far from Muwick Kaoru and Riegel were flying toward their destination with four green dragons behind them. Kaoru had been training non-stop with his partner in order to become stronger just encase he ran into Timothy and his dragon again. The leaders of the Hidden Foresworn decide to send the pair out in order to retrieve the Eldunari of a dragon in order to get them to take a break from training for a bit. Though he refused at first he later decided to take the mission to get out a bit and calm himself.
However no matter how much he tried to not to think about it he just couldn't get the images of how easily Timothy an his dragon had defeated his partners. Not only that, but another wave of pure terror washed over him as he remember that he didn't even hesitate when he ripped his partner arm off. The guy and his dragon after being attack by Exci had lost to much blood to make it back to the village so he was left with no other choice, but to put him down. He did the same to his dragon partner, but not before the dragon disgorged it heart so that the Hidden Dragon couldn't get a hold of it.
Never the less it was just something about Timothy that he felt was just unnatural and just plan out terrified him. Riegel looked back at his partner and was still worried at how shaken up he had become after his run in with Timothy. He had never seen him so out of it and so afraid of somebody to him that didn't look like much. He then thought that it might have something with his ego as a Dova and maybe Kaoru sensed something that he had missed.
"Kaoru are you sure that your ok?" asked Riegel in a deep tone voice.
"Yea...i just can't shake the feeling about that guy." replied Kaoru
"I really didn't see what was so bad about him. I mean that other Dova that was with him looked more of a problem than he did." noted Riegel
"I don't think so...it was something that wasn't right about him. He was brutal and just seemed to feral." replied Kaoru
"Well Dova are feral like that...maybe he's Dovakin." suggested Riegel
"Maybe, but I don't think so...we've fought a many Dovakin and Dova, but I don't think I've ever had the feeling that I got from him. He was born of something not of this world." said Kaoru
"I don't know...you might be reading into this guy to much." remarked Riegel
Kaoru took a deep breath, before looking up into the sky and thinking that Riegel might be right. He might actually be thinking that some guy who looked like a weakling was actually more dangerous than he was. It was true that he was strong as no ordinary person can rip of another persons arm off as easy as he did, but he could just be a wonders shinobi or something. He took another deep breath and held his hand out to his side as he tried to calm himself and just enjoy his flight.
Riegel smiled as he could Kaoru trying to regain his composure as he let the wind blow though his long black hair.
"Hay Kaoru...Muwick city is just ahead." announced Riegel
"Alright...let's go get the Eldunari and then head back." nodded Kaoru
Kaoru decided to just forget about Timothy and his feeling to that he could focus on retrieving the Eldunari an then return home. Just then he felt two presence's near them which suddenly hit the barriers of his mind with the force of a two ton weight.
"Hay Riegel did you feel that?" asked Kaoru as he regained his composure.
"How couldn't I, but where did it come from?" wondered Riegel
They looked around to find the origin of the presence's which felt to them felt like it as coming at them from all directions. Just then Kaoru and Riegel heard on of there squad members shout and when they turned around they say that they all were looking up. Riegel began hovering into the air before looking up and noticing a figure high in sky though they couldn't tell what it was because it was hovering in front of the sun. Kaoru continued to stare up as the figure suddenly started to dive toward them and Kaoru began to have a bad feeling.
Riegel and the other dragons quickly darted out of the way and figure dashed past them and stopped several feet away. They noticed a pink colored dragon hovering and staring at them as though it was waiting to make a move. Kaoru and Riegel quickly recognized the dragon as the one that was with Timothy when they first saw him.
"Hay that's the same Dova that was with that Timothy guy. What's she doing her?" wondered Riegel
"I don't know." shrugged Kaoru
"Well Kaoru and Riegel was it...looks like we met again." said Timothy
They were both suddenly shocked to see Timothy sitting on Exci's back when she turned sideways.
"What Timothy...what are you doing here?" asked Kaoru
"Apparently we're here after the same thing." smiled Timothy
"But your on a dragon." noted Kaoru
"Yea her name is Exci." nodded Timothy
"But how can somebody like you be a rider...there's no way!" shouted Timothy
"Well then if not I guess I'll formally introduce ourselves to you one time. My name is Timothy and my partners name is Exci. We're both a Dragon Rider pair from the Hidden Dragon Village." smiled Timothy as Exci suddenly let out a roar.
Kaoru couldn't believe that they were actually a Dragon Rider pair, but if so why couldn't he sense their link that proved this. Though he couldn't feel it he also noticed something else was different about this being as the killer instinct that he sensed from Timothy before was gone. Though he still had the bad feeling either he just wasn't as scared of him as he had thought or maybe it was something else.
"So I guess your going to try and take the Eldunari from us?" asked Timothy
"I was sent here to retrieve the Eldunari and that's exactly what we're going to do." replied Kaoru
"Well let's see you all try." smiled Timothy
Kaoru and Riegel watched as Exci roared, before dashing toward them, but quickly bypassing them and heading toward his other teammates.
"She fast." noted Kaoru
They turned around and watched as Exci headed toward them as she quickly passed them. They noticed however just as she was about to pass one of the dragons she wrapped her tail around the hind leg of the dragon and began dragging it through the air. The dragon struggled to get free as it was suddenly tossed into the forest below where it crashed into the ground hard snapping several tree's as it slide to a stop.
"That's once down" said Exci
All of a sudden a stream of fire flew passed them causing Timothy to look behind them and he saw the other three green dragons chasing them.
"Looks like we've got company.." noted Timothy
"So how should we take care of them?" asked Exci
"Let's try something new." smiled Timothy
Timothy suddenly activated his Ryu no me causing the black flame patterns around his eye's to appear, before transforming it into his Shin no doragon'aizu. Just then Exci quickly turned around and headed back toward the three dragons that continued to head toward them. The three dragons suddenly fired streams of fire which combined into a much large stream as it headed toward Exci and Timothy. Timothy and Exci both spat out streams of fire which swirl together, before suddenly colliding with the other attack in a massive explosion.
The three dragon's and their riders stopped and hovered in front of the large cloud of smoke searching for any sign of Timothy and Exci. All of a sudden Timothy burst through the cloud of smoke and headed for the rider of the middle green dragon. Timothy hit the dragon with his knee causing him to fly off of the saddle, before kicking him in the gut an sending him flying down toward the ground. Timothy turned around as the dragon roared apparently in pain because of the strike he had delivered to its rider and just as the dragon was about to attack him he pointed to the cloud of smoke behind the dragon.
Exci roared as she suddenly burst through the cloud of smoke causing the dragon to turn around only to get rammed into the chest by her. The force delivered sent the dragon flying toward the ground where it crashed hard. The other dragons fired a cloud of green mist, but Exci quickly darted out of the way and toward Timothy who caught onto the saddle. Exci dodged streams of fire as the dragons and their riders both fired streams of fire toward her before suddenly stopping and flying up into the air.
Timothy turned around and looked back seeing that both the dragons were a good distance behind because of Exci's speed.
"Looks like they can keep up with your speed." noted Timothy
"Who could." gloated Exci
"Alright let's drop back to finish this." smiled Timothy
"Right!" roared Exci
Exci slowed her assent before turning over on her back and heading back down toward the dragons and their riders.
"Alright Exci...Dragon Style: Draco Meteor." said Timothy
Exci suddenly fired a large blue fire ball from her mouth which suddenly exploded into three much smaller fireballs. One of the dragon managed to dodged the attack, but the second was hit back all three of the attack in a huge explosion completely annihilating both the dragon and its rider.
"Last one." noted Timothy
He jumped from Exci's back and headed toward the first dragon before punching the rider and knocking him out of the saddle. Exci neared the dragon and hit it with her claw which sent them both flying toward the ground. Both Timothy and Exci caught up with the rider and dragon before grabbing them from behind Timothy wrapping his arms around the rider and Exci grabbing onto the dragon with her legs.
"You ready Exci?" asked Timothy
"Yea." replied Exci
Both Timothy and Exci with their capture in hand an claw began to furiously spin like a drill.
"Spiraling Meteor Slam" shouted Timothy and Exci simultaneously.
All of a sudden both Timothy and Exci slammed into the ground causing a huge explosion which sent up a large cloud of dust. Riegel and Kaoru flew over to the large cloud of dust and they looked at where Timothy and Exci both had landed searching for any sign of them. The wind sudden blew across the forest clearing out the dust cloud and revealed both Timothy and Exci staring up at them both.
"Their better than I thought...I've never seen a Dova do what we just saw." noted Riegel
"And look at Timothy..he's even got the Shin no doragon'aizu dojutsu." noted Kaoru
"Well even if that may be we won't be beat by them." roared Riegel
"Yea." nodded Kaoru
They both watched as Timothy got back on Exci's back and she took to the air once more and stopped several feet in front of them.
"That little show won't be enough to scare us off." said Kaoru
"Alright then...let's see what you got." smiled Timothy
All of a sudden Riegel roared before firing a beam of white light at them, but Exci nimbly dodged the attack. Riegel dashed after her and once behind her he fired another beam of white light, but easily dodged it as well.
"Wind Style: Wind Release Slash" shouted Kaoru
Kaoru waved his left hand as several blades of wind were formed before they quickly headed toward Exci. She easily dodged the attacks as they hit the ground of the forest below he, before suddenly stopping and turning around.
"Alright Exci Wind Style: Deep Breath." said Timothy
Exci took a deep breath, before quickly exhaling a powerful gust of wind which headed toward Riegel and Kaoru. Riegel quickly maneuvered out of the way as the attack flew passed them and his the ground in a large explosion that sent up a cloud of dust. Riegel turned around toward Exci growling before dashing toward her again.
"You may be quick, but your nothing!" roared Riegel
"Come prove it." urged Exci
Riegel continued to fly toward Exci as fast as he could, before ramming her in the chest causing her to slide backwards a bit.
"If that's the best you've got then your threw." said Exci
Riegel looked up as Exci hit him with her claw and sent him flying toward the ground, but he managed to regain his composer and stop himself. He looked back up at her and continued to growl as she and Timothy stared down at them.
"She's unusually strong for a Dova so small." noted Riegel
"Yea I told you...something not right about them." replied Kaoru
"Hay I don't want to kill you both, so it would be easier if you just listened to me." noted Timothy
"And what is it that you've got to say?" asked Kaoru
Exci hovered down to the ground and landed before Timothy jumped off of her back. Kaoru and Riegel both landed on the ground a few minutes later a few feet away from them.
"What's your game?" asked Kaoru as he jumped off of Riegel's back.
"This is all a game to me." smiled Timothy
"What does that mean?' asked Kaoru
"Like I said this is a game to me and Athas is my board. Its like a game of chess and I'm one of the chess masters." said Timothy
"You've got to be kidding me." Kaoru snarled
"Do I sound like I'm kidding." retorted Timothy
"Well if your making this a game then what's your play?" asked Kaoru
"My play is to put an end to this war once and for all." replied Timothy
"But this war has been raging for centuries...there's no way somebody like you could stop it." snarled Riegel
"So they say, but maybe somebody like me is exactly what this war needs." grinned Timothy
"Oh yea...and how do you plan on stopping it?" asked Kaoru
Timothy walked toward Kaoru and Riegel and they both suddenly tensed up unsure of what he was about to do.
"I want you to deliver a message to the leaders of the Hidden Forsworn Village. That the Head Captains of the Dragon Rider of the Hidden Dragon Village will put a stop to this war." smiled Timothy
"Wait Head Captain." said Kaoru
Timothy moved his shirt and revealed his Head Captain Argetlam causing both Kaoru and Riegel to stare in disbelief.
"That Argetlam." Riegel still sounding shocked.
"It the symbol for those who been choosen to be Head Captain." said Timothy
He turned around and walked toward Exci who stood waiting on him, before Kaoru called out his name causing him to stop.
"Why now...there hasn't been a pair chosen to be Head Captains since before the start of the war. Why you and why now?" asked Kaoru
"Who knows for sure why now, but my reasons are of my own." replied Timothy
Timothy jumped on Exci's as she walked towards them both with an expression of disbelief on their faces.
"You two should prepare for the changes that Athas will be going through in the near future." said Exci
"So until next we meet." said Timothy
Kaoru and Riegel watched as Exci took off running before jumping into the air and soon disappeared over the tree's of the forest. Both Kaoru and Riegel couldn't believe that after all this time that Head Captains had been chosen. They had only hears story's and read books about them, but they never thought that they would actually meet one in their time.
"It seems that change is coming." sighed Kaoru
"Yea, but that guy said that this is all a game for him and that he's in it for own gain. Is this change that he specks of going to be for the best or worst?" wondered Riegel
"I don't know, but Exci said the near future." reminded Kaoru
"So changes might be taking place soon, but how soon." said Riegel
"And not only that if he's going to make then why does he want us to tell Alina and Jette?" wondered Kaoru
"Yea that is strange...i wonder what's he really playing at?" wondered Riegel
Both Kaoru and Riegel looked up into the air and off into the direction, both of them wondering what the near future now holds for Athas.
To Be Continued...
