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Give a Dragon Slayer a Rose: Chapter 4
Thorns and more Roses
"Hello?" a tall girl walked in she smiled at the people standing around. "So the parties still going? Good." she smiled and walked in. her black hair flowed around her, deep dreamy chocolate brown eyes surveyed the room. The girl tapped the tall man with messy brown hair on the shoulder. "Excuse me sir, but is Dilandau around?" the guy turned a bright smile on her.
"Hey! Yeah the war lord is just over there, he should still be at his throne I think." The guy's companion peered up at the tall girl. She was a short cat-girl with soft brown ears.
"Who are you?" she grinned. "It's my job to ask ya know, Skully's not here so I gotta. She's compiling a list ya know!" the new girl blinked.
"Uh.. eh heh heh… my name is Angel. I just came here to see Dilandau."
"Rightio!" she scribbled something down. "Thata way!" T'chebbi pointed. Angel meandered into the crowds until she saw the great warrior himself. Instead of looking all-powerful and destructive as she thought he might he looked bored. Another cat girl was lying on the steps to his throne. She looked exhausted. Angel summoned up her courage and walked up to the lord. He regarded her cautiously.
"Yes?"
"Dilandau-sama, I brought you a rose." She proceeded up the steps and handed it to him. Her heart beating faster as she touched his outstretched fingers. She blushed and looked down. He took the blue rose she offered and said,
"Are you afraid of me?"
"Well… not really afraid."
"Then why do you not look at me?" she looked up slowly. His magenta eyes looked deeply into her dreamy chocolate ones. He laughed softly. "You look so innocent." She blushed again. She turned and stepped down from his throne mingling into the crowd. Dilandau watched her go. So many interesting young women were drawn to give him roses. He didn't quite understand.
Another young woman entered she was followed by another dressed in blue clothing. The first girl had brown hair highlighted with blonde streaks. Dark brown eyes searched out Dilandau, rose in hand. The girl behind her gave her an odd look. This girl had brown hair cut to her chin and brown eyes. She carried a sword at her side. The first girl walked in and more than a few people stared at her, after all she had big white wings.
"Hello! I'm T'Chebbi! Nice to meet you! And welcome to the Dragon Slayer unofficial party! That-" she pointed to a napping author. "Is your sleeping host. I am here to take over! Well sorta… Draven is around here somewhere…" the girl was backing off and the little cat girl leapt forward again. "Wait! Wait! What's your name! And yours too miss with the sword! Oohh a sword…"
"My name is Lina. Can I go now?" the girl with wings disappeared off anyway. T'Chebbi inspected the other girl's sword.
"May I?" she reached for the hilt.
"uhh… sure." The cat girl lifted it and went through a couple passes. It was obvious to the trained eye that this girl was gifted in swordplay. T'Chebbi handed it back to the girl in blue.
"What's your name?"
"My name is D.S. an unofficial Dragon Slayer."
"ahh… I see enjoy the party."
"I hope too! Is Refina around I wanted to talk to her about Sword play."
"Hey I do Kendo! And I know martial arts too!" the two soon became immersed in conversation.
Meanwhile Lina shuffled through the crowd to Dilandau. The dragon slayers rolled their eyes knowing what was coming, the new girl looked confused.
"Vaaaaaaannn!!!" the music died out as another song started. Just by fluke it happened to be 'Dance of Curse'. There was the sound of a blade being drawn and laughing. Dilandau leapt down at the girl laughing. She turned to face him with surprise in her dark brown eyes. "What?!?! You! Another one of you! Why are you winged people showing up now!" he snarled showing his irritation at the lack of a kill.
"Lord Dilandau must you-" Skully scamper up behind him.
"Silence!" she hushed and he sighed, sheathing his sword. The girl Lina turned to look at him. She folded her wings and reached out to him, offering a rose. He stepped forward not taking his eyes off her until the rose was in his hand. Then he looked at it. A purple rose with pink tips. "How beautiful…" he breathed.
The girl stepped forward until she was standing in front of him. Skully watched as the young woman leaned towards him and brushed his lips with her own. The cat girl blinked back tears of… jealously? Regret? Awe? She didn't know. She ducked her head and made it back over to her post by the throne. Dilandau shook his head as if to clear thoughts, then smiling returned to his throne. The Angelic girl went over to talk to Folken.
"Shakaku?" Chesta stepped into the hallway were the girl stood. Her back was too him. Her golden brown hair caught the dim light in an odd gentle way. "Shakaku?" he said again stepping closer. The blonde's blue eyes were empathetic. She turned to look at him and he saw tear tracks on her face and her dark blue eyes were sad.
"Do you like Sakuli better Chesta?" she asked quietly. He reached out and drew to girl into an embrace. Then pulled her back to look her in the eye.
"I cannot chose a better person Shakaku, you both sing beautifully, and I cannot even compare you because you are both so different." He hugged her again and kissed her forehead. "Come back now. Enjoy the party and sing." She smiled weakly at him. Chesta lead her back to the throne room. Sakuli and Shakaku sang a duet. Everyone loved it and applauded. Draven showered them in roses. (Who knows where she keeps getting them!)
Someone zoomed into the room. She spun stopping in front of Gatti and Sabby. The girl had shoulder length blonde hair and mako blue eyes with fair skin. She wore a black shit and baggy pants with a silver choker. This girl had a long thin purple diamond shape on her forehead and triangles on her cheeks. She flipped up her skateboard and tucked it into her backpack. Then she promptly glomped Gatti shoving a silver rimmed purple rose in his mouth and whispering to him.
"Hi, my name's Kiliki." She jumped back and kissed his cheek. The dragon slayer blinked with surprise then laughed. He twirled to rose in his fingers and Sabby glared. A moment later Naria and Eriya dashed into the room. They halted when they saw how many people were there.
"Drat another one got by us…" Eriya the gold twin muttered. Dilandau gripped the sides of his throne in anticipation. Kiliki stuck out her tongue at them.
"Naria, Eriya that's enough. It's Valentine's day, enjoy the party." They blinked turning to see Folken and Aiko.
"Yes lord Folken." They chorused. The two cat sisters just stood there. They didn't seem to know what to do next. It was then that Draven popped up as if from no where.
"Come on girls lets go have some fun!!!" she smiled, linking elbows with the two taller girls then leading them off. Dilandau sighed, after a pause a grin broke out on his face. Soon he was laughing maliciously and more than a few people were staring at him. Gatti leaned towards Kiliki and whispered,
"He gets like that sometimes. Come on dance with me." To Sabby he said. "I'm just going to have a dance with this young lady then I will dance with you again, I promise." he flashed her a charming smile and disappeared into the crowd with Kiliki.
While everyone was busy staring at this new girl and talking another girl snuck in. she looked around shyly. Her long dark hair fell over her shoulders and she searched the crowd with ice blue eyes. The piercing blue somehow looked soft on her. The girl skirted around the crowd looking for someone. She remained in the shadows so not to be seen.
She was leaning against the wall when someone tapped her on the shoulder. The girl spun around her dark hair spinning after her. A boy was standing there, he looked a little surprised at how quickly she turned. He had brown hair too, dark like hers with thick bangs and tendrils of hair down beside his ears.
"S-sorry miss if I surprised you." He stuttered. "You looked lost and kinda lonely."
The girl blinked. She smiled shyly.
"I was actually looking for you Viole. I wanted to give you uh, a rose. If you don't mind that is." She felt herself blush. "Umm here." she handed him a blue rose. He looked at it intently.
"Thank you. Thank you very much that was so kind of you!" he smiled. Then leaned against the wall beside her. He reached out and held her hand. She smiled and shyly laid her head on his shoulder watching the people dance.