Chapter 11: Demonic Dragon Warrior Versus Dark Mage
It was time for us to see who's the stronger of the two. "I hope you are prepared to face me, Schezo. This maybe for fun, but that doesn't mean I'll hold back." I said "Neither will I, Dave… neither will I…" Schezo said. "Go and win, Dave!" Draco hollered. The other girls, as well as Lemres, were there too. I engaged my dragon armor for combat. "Wh-what is that, Dave?" He asked me. "Oh this armor, it was gifted to me and I am now know as the new Demonic Dragon Warrior." I said to him. "Ha! This should be interesting then, I've heard legends of one from long ago. The powers of a Demonic Dragon Warrior are supposed to be incredibly potent. I'm going to enjoy this… En garde, Dave!" And so, this night-time battle commenced. Schezo lunged in for an attack with his sword, it was too swift for me to dodge. I instead opted to catch the sword with my armor-covered hands. "Hrrrrr… Come on, you can't stop my attack…!" He tried to get it out of my grip with little to no luck. I then went for a kick when I had discovered an opening. "Oof!" He went and slid on the ground for a second. "Looks like I just did, is that the best you can do?" I taunted him. "Wh-why you…! Thunderstorm!" Schezo shot lightning out from his sword, I had to act immediately. "...! Cryogenic Bomb!" I had managed to just barely intercept his spell, but he then attacked me from the newly formed mist. "Uogh!" Punching me in the face, I soon hit the ground on my back.
I stood back up and charged at Schezo. "Claw of Shadows!" "Time for me to use my own shadowy spell, Shadow Edge!" My claw and his sword clash closely. "Rrrr…! When there are shadows… there is light to brighten the path of the future… Heavenly Flare!" I flashed the spell in front of him. "Oh God, my eyes! Aaaaaah! You little shit!" He recovers as I moved away to prepare defensive maneuvers. We kept fighting on equal ground for a little while, but I felt that my power was starting give up on me. My friends were all cheering for me to win, but I didn't know for sure if I could pull through here. "Time for me to whip out a signature spell of mine against you, Dave. Star Strike!" He creates a wave of energy to home in on me. I tried to block it, but it was too powerful. "OOF!" My armor was very much damaged by that attack. I hit the ground again, only much harder this time. "Ow…" Schezo planned on punching me again. "Hwoooooogh!" I rolled away before my face would be beaten in. I decided to return the favor, he punched me, now it was my turn. I put every ounce of strength I had left into it, I wasn't exactly in the best shape to go harder in. "Rrrrrrraaaaaaaaah!" "Ouch! Ugh…" He stood back up several seconds later. "Is this seriously the extent of your power, Dave? How did you defeat Dioge like this? I'm not even wearing armor and I've taken considerably less damage from you, compared to what I did to you." Schezo taunted me. He moved toward me, lightning-fast, bashing my gut with his knee. "Ough…!" "If anything, you are annoying more than you hurt… Alright, no more games, it's time for me to end this, Shockwa-!" Schezo is stopped by something, or rather, someone. "That's quite enough…" It was Accord, she ended our spar that was about to go wrong. "M-Ms. Accord…!" I acknowledged. "Tch. Figures she would protect you…" Schezo mumbles.
The others come to my aid as I laid there somewhat bruised and battered. "Oh my God guys, just look at this poor guy…" Arle said. They all look at me with concern in their eyes. "I-it's fine, I'll recover by the time morning comes around, same with my armor." I stood up. "Even then, I can still walk normally. So, I'm still up for some fun tonight, is there something we can do before turning in?" I asked. Suddenly Schezo came back, with an idea of his that I was at first, very hesitant with. " I know, I just heard about this from some of the resort staff. Apparently, they were talking about a strip club for females to get down and do naughty things." I looked at him as though he was crazy. "Y-you're serious, right? Even if this resort has a place like that, the only person from our group that would ever go there is you. After all, there no way I would do something that pervy. The girls would all hate me for it, forcing me to cry in a corner all day long." Draco speaks up to tell me something that she wishes for me to do. "Dave, I actually want you to go over there, I'll be around to you know… be sexy." She said. "What?! No way, even if you want me to come, the other girls would never forgive me for defiling myself. Besides, aren't we all under-aged besides Ms. Accord? They are not just going to let us minors go into something like that... because, we are below the age of twenty-one." That's when Accord decided to tell me another thing to know, even if it was embarrassing. "Oh that reminds me, you all have a special benefit while staying here. You have the option to be in some of the more "adult" sections of the resort. We figured that you kiddies were mature enough, especially you, Dave…" She said, winking at me. I blushed deep red after hearing that. "WH-WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!" I might have overreacted a little from that remark. "*giggle* Oh, you know what I mean…" She moseyed herself away, probably back to her room. "Yay, now you don't have an excuse not to go, C'mon!" Draco pleaded as she pulled my arm. "H-hey! Look, I know that you're grateful for me and all, but isn't this going a little bit overboard?" I asked. "Dave, just go with her, better to be a gentleman rather than turning her down." Schezo said. "*sigh* Very well then, I'll come along Draco…" Me, Schezo and Draco started to leave the others when I heard a voice. "Hold up, let me go with you guys, someone calm, cool, and collected has to look after you… Heh, c'mon Feli, we're goin' with them." It was Lemres speaking. "Alright, the more the merrier… I guess…" So us five left the others to do whatever they wanted after waving goodbye.
Lo and behold, we arrived at the strip club. "I dunno guys… is this even right? I…" Draco went on talking to me. "Hey, a guy's gotta let loose every once in a while… especially if they're stressed. This may not be up your alley yet, but try it out, it could be fun." She smiles to cheer me up. The rest of the night can be summed up like this, it was certainly unique… Draco went into the stripper changing room to get her "sexy clothes" on. I didn't know what they would look like before she came back. As she did, I couldn't believe my eyes. The clothes in question, it was more of a latex catsuit for the most part. There was a part that slightly showed off her cleavage. "Oh My God, that's hot!" Schezo pointed out. "*sigh* This is gonna be long night…" I groaned. Outside of the cleavage, I wasn't turned on by the catsuit that Draco was wearing. "I'll take Schezo to another part of the club, can ya take care of Feli for me, Dave?" Lemres asked me. "Sure man, anything to have me be more at ease." The two left and it was just me with with the girls. "I have to prepare a couple of things, I'll be back, Dave!" Draco said. "Alright…" I replied in an unenthusiastic tone. Me and Feli sat down at a nearby bench. Uncharacteristically of her, she started a conversation with me. "So um… for a year or so now I was always head over heels for Lemres. However, he has always been oblivious of my love for him. Specifically now that is, around the time you showed up actually. We're still good friends, but he never sees us being anything past that, and it annoyed me…" She pouts with slight resentment.
I tried to ease her conflict out by saying some words of advice. "Maybe you can tell him about how you really feel about him. Maybe visual tells aren't enough for him to see." She paused for one moment, looking at Lemres, then turning back over to me. "No, my love for him has dropped since you came. Not that it's your fault, of course. It isn't… but he only gets personal with other guys. I only like him as a friend now…" She ended. "I see, I feel sorry for you then, I know how it feels not having someone to love. I never had a relationship before because I remained as a friend-zoned person. I was only ever seen as just a nice person that cared for others. To some people that may seem fine, but I was seeking out for love back in my world before I just gave up. What's the point in trying when every girl that I love is either taken by another guy or they just turn me down? And so, I became a shut-in, staying mostly alone throughout my days. It certainly wasn't happy, but it did avoid unnecessary heartbreak." Feli's eyes widened. "You were alone by yourself too?" "Yes Feli, it sucked to put it in perspective…" My words stopped. "How about we fix both our lives? I was curious about you for a while… You were certainly charming and understanding of others. You stopped a big-time criminal that was powerful… Let's just say that I was... captivated by that display and I kinda fell in love with you, Dave… more than I did for Lemres. You were like a hero. No… you ARE my hero." She was tearing up a little bit, although not sobbing… these were tears of joy. Outside of that fact, I didn't know what to do. I already had another girl that confessed her love for me, but I couldn't tell that to anyone. And clearly, Feli would be upset at this time if I were to break the moment. I had to roll with things for now and accept the love that she has for me. "Feli…" I held her hands with my own and her face blushed. She jumped onto my lap and went into kiss me, being more clingy than I thought. This kiss wasn't just an average one, she was passionately kissing me, tongue and all. It lasted for a little over ten seconds but it felt like it went on forever.
"Mmm… That was incredibly sexy, Dave… that very feeling was so enjoyable." Some saliva dripped from Feli's mouth after that. "I didn't know that you kiss like that Feli, I like it." I said. She smiled and hugged me, I would describe all of this as sweet. But then, shit started to hit the fan quickly. "WHAT THE HELL?! What do you think you're doing with my Dave, you flat-chested bitch?!" It was Draco, she was overly pissed off at this current scene and Feli noticed. I knew that this was bound to turn sour in a moment. "What did you say, you mountain-sloped whore…?!" The two started to argue fiercely. "Gao! Dave was mine first, I invited him to come here. You just HAD to tag along and steal him from me." "Well guess what, slut... I just had my first kiss with him. You now can't claim him as your own love because I told him MY feelings. Have you told him feelings of your own? I doubt it, what kind of reasons do have to love Dave anyway? Just because you think he's hot? That's not good enough to validate a possible romantic relationship!" "N-no! I do have a legit reason, I helped him to help me… I admired him when he became the new Demonic Dragon Warrior. He looked awesome in that armor of his, okay?!" "Still doesn't matter, I beat you to the punch when it came to making advances on him." It was clear that Feli had a stronger argument than Draco, whom at this point struggled to come up with counters. "Men in general should be more fond of bigger breasts. Your chest is nothing compared to this. C'mon Dave, feel mine…" Draco forces my hand to grope her. "Uuuuh, I don't feel comfortable with that right now, Draco…" I said. "Bitch, you did not just…! Feli reacted. She leapt at Draco, fully intent on fighting. "KEEE!" I caught Feli and separated the two girls from one another. "This childish behavior from you two here will not be tolerated. We have adults watching, making you look silly and immature." I scolded them. "It doesn't matter who got to me first, or who has more sex appeal... What matters is me also having my OWN feelings. I'm sorry Draco, as much as I am grateful to you for saving my life… I don't know enough about you personally to get romantically attached to you. That doesn't mean that I'm completely turning your love down… it's just that, we just need more bonding time if you intend on me falling in love with you. Do you understand now, Draco?" I finally get to the point. "Gao… why do you have to be so complicated with shit like this?" She asked rhetorically.
I stayed silent as she sulked, I hated seeing her like this. She was always a cheerful person, albeit a tad sex-driven. I just could not stand her misery unfold before me. She wasn't angry at me, probably because she liked me too much. Some time passes by after that, the girls were no longer at each other throats. However, neither still didn't seem to be apologetic to the other. At another point, Draco just left us without saying a single word."*yawn* What time is it?" I wondered to myself. Checking the time on my cell phone, it revealed to be currently 12:15 A.M. "Shit… it's that late? Hey Feli, it's absurdly late, we need to leave." I said. "*yaaaaawn* 'Kay, where the hell is Lemres… and that dork mage?" She asked. I looked around the immediate vicinity when I saw then "Ah, they're over there." I pointed to show where. They were both sitting down at the bar, nearly passed out it seemed. When I approached them, my nose caught a whiff of something. "Oh Jesus, I can smell alcohol in their breaths..." I said. "Why did Lemres drink? Isn't he still too young to legally drink alcoholic beverages?" Feli asked me. "*sigh* Schezo probably pressured him into drinking…" I guessed. "Either way, we need to take them back with us." She said. "Agreed. Hey, are you two alive?" I pushed on their slumped backs for a second. Schezo got up on his own, but Lemres was knocked out cold. "Oh 'eeeeeeey, is see par-dy over yeeeeeet?" Schezo asked, all drunk. His speech was heavily slurred and screwed up. "Yes Schezo, it is. We are leaving now... Feli, keep him for falling over, I'll carry Lemres as we put these two back in the beds of their room." We left the strip club and successfully brought them back. Using the key that was in Schezo's possession, we unlocked the door and assisted them inside. "Alright man, get some much sleep, you're going to need it." I told the still drunken Schezo. "'Kaaaaaaay..." He trailed off and fell asleep. I put Lemres down onto his bed, locked the door, and placed the room key on the table in between the beds. Me and Feli left the room and closed the door behind us.
"Fuck am I ever tired… Well Feli, this is where we part ways for the night. I'll see in the morning where…" She dashed for me. "Mpph-?" Feli was kissing me again, with the same passion too. "Just remember, Dave... I'll be around to help you whenever you need it…" She said. I smiled at her recent fondness for me. "Thank you, Feli. I don't care that you have a flat chest… you'll still be a girl that I love dearly." My mind was somewhat disagreeing with that statement I just spoke. Mainly because I kissed Ringo first. "Don't mention it, I know that we have such strong chemistry with each other." She stroked her finger across my chest as she said that. "So, let's turn in so we don't appear exhausted tomorrow Feli, see you." I waved goodbye to her as she went inside her room, and I entered mine. Ringo was in deep sleep, likely enjoying whatever dream she had at the time. I smiled to myself from the thought of that. I quietly took a shower, and turned in for the night. Before I fell asleep, I debated on who I should really take in as the love of my life. Should it be Ringo… or Feli? I felt so awkward about possible negative outcomes. What if they both find out that I loved the other girl behind their backs? That's a question that I didn't want coming true, so I decided to forget about it. I wanted myself not to be freaking out over a measly possibility. I relaxed my brain, where I eventually drifted off to dreamland.
Author's Notes: Dave's life just seems to keep complicating itself. Feli confessed her love to him in a similar way to how Ringo did. So now he faces an issue, who should he stick to as his true love? The sweet and kind girl Ringo... or the daring and also just as kind girl Feli? Next chapter, Chapter 12: Love Triangle.