Chapter 7 Life 7 Celebrity

Aika arrived a few minutes after we landed and she started walking towards the woods, finally she saw us and came towards us. Mika was standing in the open and I was crouched behind a tree, in case someone else followed her. "Here's your clothes Ise." she said. I stood up and reached for the bag in her hands. "They're my dad's so he might want them back. "

I nodded and reached for the clothes and started to get dressed."You could carry clothes with you next time you decide to go flying, you know, to make a quick get away when you transform." I nodded in agreement. "Truthfully, we only meant to fly around before the sun rose and then get back to the house while it was still dark."

Aika laughed and after I was dressed, we walked back to Miki's house. after she unlocked the door, Miki ushered us inside. "Would you like to have a late breakfast with us Kiryuu?" Miki asked.

"Sure, that would be nice, Mrs Hyoudou," Aika said cheerfully, "I will never turn down a good meal."

Miki said, "Why don't you two make yourselves comfortable while I cook?"

We both agreed and then Aika said, "Oh, we should watch the news Ise, you are a celebrity now, well, at least the Dragon is."

I turned on the TV and switched it to the 24 hour news channel and just as Aika said, a reporter was showing a video of me fighting Rodan. "Rodan was finally defeated this morning by what everyone describes as a giant red Dragon." The video showed the scene of me punching Rodan in the face and then it switched to a long range picture of me grabbing him by the wings and flying up into the sky with him. we almost disappeared from view as we were too high in the sky and then the sudden flame followed by my flying away. "We can only assume that this red Dragon is friendly because we have another report of him coming to the aid of Air Force Pilot Hiro Anabuki who was trying to shoot him down. " The scene changed to a hospital room where the pilot was being interviewed. "Yes he saved me." Anabuki said. He was wearing a hospital gown and sitting up in the bed. There were bandages covering his burns and cuts and he had a a neck brace on. "I was as good as dead." he said, "My missile exploded on the rail and tore the wing off of my jet." He then paused and said." I remember trying to punch out and when my ejection seat didn't work, I guess I passed out. I woke up in the emergency room and the doctor told me that I was saved by a giant Dragon that left me in the hospital parking lot. It was the very dragon that my squadron was trying to shoot down." He started to tear up a little bit and said, "We were trying to kill him and he saved my life." Then the reporter was interviewing the Emergency Room Doctor. "It was the most shocking thing that has ever happened in my life. we felt what we thought was a small earthquake and before we could react we heard the loudest voice I have ever heard, 'This man needs Medical attention." Then a peramedic was interviewed, " I was just leaving the Hospital when I saw this giant red, no, it was a crimson colored Dragon. He landed in the parking lot and sat down Leutenant Anabuki, still strapped in his ejection seat and roared, "This man needs medical attention, before flying away"

The video ended and then the News anchor said, "This Crimson Dragon not only destroyed a Kaiju, he even stopped to save the life of a pilot who was trying to kill him. This dragon can apparently change size as he was last seen carrying of a woman who was hugging on to him." Then there was a short video taken from the news helicopter showing me swoop down to pick up Miki, Fortunately it was taken from far enough away that her face was unrecognizable. and then we dissappeared into the trees. "This Dragon is real, he has been seen by hundreds of eyewitnesses and he is intelligent and compassionate, All of Japan is indebted to this national hero Dragon ."

the news then switched to the weather and I stood up and turned off the TV. Aika pointed at me and said, Well it is going to be a lot harder for you to hide your identity Ise. You are going to have to be more careful when and where you transform. Everyone is going to be looking out for you now."

Aika and I turned and looked at each other. "Well..." I started to speak, but I was interupted mid-thought by the doorbell. Miki called from the kitchen, "Could you answer the door Ise? "

"Sure Miki." I answered and went to open the door. Standing in the doorway was Irina Shidou. I almost hugged her in greeting but I quickly remembered that in this world, we didn't know each other.

Irina bowed formally and said , "Good morning Crimson Dragon."

"Huh?" I stammared.

"Don't try to deny it Gremory Issei, I saw you this morning."

"What?"

Yes Gremory, I saw you walk out into the backyard this morning totally naked, followed shortly by Mrs Hyoudou. Then you turned into the dragon on all of the news channels and picked Mrs Hyoudou up and flew away." Then Irina saw Aika standing behind me and said, "And what do you have to do with this? You have been acting weird since this guy showed up on Sunday."

Kiryuu looked at Irina, then she closed her eyes and concentrated for a few seconds and then pointing at Irina she said one word, "Forget."

Irina laughed and replied, "Sorry Ai chan, your mind tricks don't work on me, remember?"

Akia sighed and apologized, "Sorry Irina, I panicked. Please forgive me"

Irina turned and closed the door behind her and said, "I will if you tell me the whole story. You summoned him, didn't you Aika?

I was still standing there with my mouth open and Aika said, "Yes Irina, I have been searching for someone to protect us from the Kaiju as soon as I found out about my power. I found him in an alternate dimension. Irina, meet the Sekiryuutei"

"Red Dragon Emperor huh, that's quite a title, but after you killed Rodan..." Irina paused, "You certainly deserve it." Then she looked at me and finally said, "Can you defeat Godzilla and Gidorah?"

"I don't know Irina," I replied, "I have a feeling that they are much more powerful than Rodan."

"Yes they are." Aika said. "Rodan's abilities were only his great size and his speed that could destroy buildings just by the pressure wave generated by his hypersonic speed. Gidorah can fire lightning out of all three of his mouths and he can also fly. Godzilla has Atomic breath that may be as powerful as your Dragon fire and he can fire Lasers from the spines on his back, and he can also breath under water to escape if necessary." Then Aika glanced at her watch and said, "We are now an hour late for school. We should finish this conversation later."

I nodded and headed upstairs to change into my school uniform and both Aika and Irina turned to leave.

"What about breakfast?" Miki said joining our conversation. "I cooked all this food and you are all going to eat it first"

Irina smiled and said,"Well, we are already late, what difference will another half hour make?"

After a hurried breakfast Irina and Aika left and I hurriedly dressed and headed to school. When I arrived, I discovered the school was closed and when I turned arround to leave I saw Motohama and Matsuda walking by. Neither of them were in uniform. Motohama laughed and said, "Didn't get memo huh? Today is a national holiday."

"What?"

"Wow Gremory, have you been under a rock this morning? The Emperor declared today to be Crimson Dragon Day because our National Hero, the Crimson Dragon defeated Rodan!" Matsuda and Motohama walked away and I heared Motohama say, "That guy sure is stupid." and then Matsuda responded, "I agree, what an idiot. God I hate him!"

"Me too! He makes my skin crawl!" Motohama said and pretended to shiver. They both laughed and continued to walk away. I realized that they didn't know me and that we were strangers in this world but I didn't expect outright hatred from them, They knew that I heared every word but they didn't care. They were deliberately being rude because they despised me. Well, Aika did tell me that I intimidated every male and attracted every female. I guess they compensated for their fear of me with hatred. Understanding the reason didn't make me feel any better and I walked back home feeling dejected.

On the way I intercepted Irina and Aika walking to school together."No school today" I said, "I'm a national hero."