A/N: Couldn't leave you guys hanging in good conscience, so here you go.
Chapter 43
"They took her Sensei. The hunters took her and he said something about eggs." The familiar voice sounded extremely distressed.
The Sensei sighed. "Wait until he wakes up and we'll get the whole story. We can't do anything until we know who took her and where. I want to get Lory in on this and Kanae and Rick need to be here too. Just stay calm. If she..." He paused. "If she has eggs, and they could tell, it means that it won't be long until she nests." He explained.
"How could they have known something like that? Did they follow her around and give her a test or something?" He asked irritably.
"Her scales. The ones on her belly probably hardened to protect them until it's time." He told him calmly.
Sho heard a the strange noise of a portal opening near him (not that he knew it was that), then the voices of others in the room.
"MO! Stop pretending you're asleep jackass! Where's my best friend?!" The angry ravenette demanded as the tall dark-haired male held her closely.
"Kitten, be patient. It's a lot to take in at first." She calmed immediately at Rick's words.
Sho groaned. "S-Sorry."
"I don't want to hear your apologies for all the shit you put her through. I want to know what you know about Kyoko! Where is she?!" Kanae demanded from Rick's embrace.
Lory walked forward and for the first time in his life, Sho was witness to something just as unbelievable as being carried to some unknown location by a huge dragon. "Relax and just think of what you witnessed." Lory told him in a calming voice and placed furry finger-tips on his temple.
Sho closed his eyes as he felt a caressing warmth flow through his mind and revisualized the events.
"W-What was that? What d-did you do?" Sho asked nervously.
Lory smiled softly. "Just took a little peek." He turned to Kanae. "Can you do a tracking spell?"
Kanae nodded. "I'm pretty sure I can. I just need something that has a lot of her emotion in it. Her essence." She gently wiped the tears that were now flowing. "I've never done it, but I think I can do it."
Rick gently rubbed her back. "Kitten, if you can bring me back, you can certainly find Goldie for us. I know you can."
Kuon removed the gold dragon necklace that she had given him for the first time since she had given it to him. "Will this work. She made it herself. You can see her fingerprints in the metal."
Kanae gave him a small jerky nod. "It'll work." She told him as he carefully took it from him, as if it would break.
"Don't worry, it's pretty sturdy. It has been through a few transformations." He told her.
She looked at the man that everyone called Sensei. "Do I need to do something about him?"
Lory held up his hand. "You worry about that tracking spell." He turned to the Sensei. "Your Resplendence, I will help with Fuwa-san."
The tall man with the golden eyes like Kyoko's nodded. "Thank you, we may need others to come with us. A time like this needs family, regardless of our differences." It wouldn't matter if they weren't Golden Dragons, her brother's and her mother would be directly effected by these hunters if they were able to experiment on her. They would discover their weaknesses and habits. They could jeopardize the next generation. It finally hit him, he was going to be a grandfather and his babies were in danger.
Deep in the basement of a tall building behind a sealed metal door lay a large room encased by several layers of thick cement, steel girders, and rebar. Within this room, that had been sealed shut by a heat of solar intensity, lay three small eggs of about 38 cm long and weighing about 3 kg each, securely wrapped within their mother's embrace and warmth where they had been for the past three days. It had been four days since she had been abducted. Three days since she took her natural form, laid her eggs, sealed the room and incinerated the staff that attempted to take them from her. Three days since her primal instinct took over and she nourished herself with their charred remains. One would think that it would have bothered her, but these people were no longer human to her. They had taken her away from her life and tried to take her children. Over this, she had gone feral. She would protect them with her life if she needed to.
A distant sound came from the direction of the door and she emitted a low growl and hiss. Her slitted draconic eyes narrowed and her great golden body curled more protectively around the nest she had created from the brittle bone remains of the 15 hunters that tried to kill her and take her children.
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"Open the door." He demanded in a hiss, his green eyes gleaming with malice. "I may not kill you, but you will wish that I had." He told the only human left in the building that had not been put to sleep by Reino and Kyoko's other brothers.
"I-I c-can't... S-She sealed it." He stammered out in fear.
Kuon looked at Reino and nodded as he walked to the door and his hands glowed with heat.
Reino looked at the man with a wolfish grin. "He may not kill you, but I have no problem with it, if you and your kind have harmed her."
"N-No one c-could get c-close enough." He whined.
Reino smirked. "So you did try to kill my sister. Well then, I think it's time for you to sleep. When you and the others awaken from your little nap, you should be sure to clean up your mess." He whispered with a wink to him and the man's blood ran cold just before falling into darkness.
"Reino... Kuon said no casualties." Miroku reminded him.
Reino smiled maliciously. "And I merely made a suggestion. What he does with it is entirely up to him." He chuckled as they watched the large metal door melt into a puddle before Kuon.
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He heard the low feral growl that came from her as she curled her body tighter into the macabre nest she had created. "Kyoko?" He said softly. Another growl emitted from her golden body. "Kyoko, it's me. We've come to get you out of here." He told her as he approached, noticing the high heat that a normal human could never withstand.
She lifted her head and he could see at that moment that she had no recognition of who he was. Her mind was focused on protecting their children. She snapped her great maw at him in warning. He stumbled back. He looked around to judge if the room was large enough. He then took on his own form and approached. She relaxed.
"Kuon?" She finally recognized his beautiful golden aura and it pulled her back. "Is that you?"
He wrapped himself around her and snuggled against her. "You're safe now. You're all safe. I've come to take you home."
She sighed in relief and began crying. "I was so alone. I was so afraid I wouldn't see you again."
He nuzzled her neck. "I know Sweetheart."
She uncoiled a little to show him the treasure she was protecting.
He smiled a little. "Is that..."
She purred. "They've been talking to me, Kuon. We have three little girls." They both smiled softly.
"I'm a daddy?" He beamed. "When do they hatch?"
She gave her head a soft shake. "I'm not sure. They just want to be warm."
"We need to get all of you out of this dungeon and back home." He told her as he moved away and regained his human form. "I'll let Lory know."
She whimpered in distress. "I can't change yet and they need me."
"It's okay, we have a plan." He called to Reino and Kyoko's brothers. He then called Lory.
"We found her, but there's a problem. She's in no condition to change. Can you help?" He told the talented Kitsune over the phone.
A large portal opened before him and Lory stepped through while ending his call. "That's what I'm here for." He looked at the large 12 meter female and rubbed his hands together as his ears flattened and his tails billowed out behind him. "Kyoko, I need you to prepare to leave. I'm going to open the portal to your lair." He turned to Kuon and the others. "I need you boys to take those three eggs, guard them with your lives and keep them the same temperature that she has them at." Reino, Miroku and Kuon nodded. He looked at Reino. "No shenanigans."
Reino scoffed and rolled his eyes. "I'm bound, thank you very much. Besides, Father would hunt me down if I screwed this up and Mother would give him my location and help." Miroku nodded in agreement. "Hatchlings are not something to trifle with."
So, the three males with the eggs nestled safely in their arms, lined up, keeping them warm and prepared to enter the enormous portal with Kyoko following close behind, stumbling as she went. Lory then looked around the room, opened another smaller portal and sent the ash, soot, charred remains and broken equipment where none would find it. All traces of the female had been erased in the room and thanks to Reino, the hunters and scientists would take care of the digital information and each other less than an hour later.
