Dragoons Revealed

Legend of Dragoon II:

The Chains of Fate

Chapter 1: Dragoons Revealed

Adrienne
"Are you sure you want to do this, Rienne?" The most ancient of Winglies, Charle, asked the young girl. "You are going to have
to cross several of the dragoon's territories. It will be dangerous."


"I know, Charle, but I have to go see my parents. I've been gone for so long. They must think I'm dead." Rienne replied, sadly.


"Well, just remember, my dear, you will always have a home here. I look upon you like a daughter." She said softly as she 
kissed her on the forehead. "The portal to the Gigantos home should be open. From there you should be able to go to Donau
and board a boat to Furni. You should be able to find your way home from there. Try to keep a low profile and come back to
us."


 "I will."


Adrienne, the Dark Dragoon, made her way back to Dennigrad. She had several close calls, not all of them were with 
Dragoons. She managed to buy passage on a ship heading to Furni, the Water City, and home of Kosuke, the Dragoon of the
Blue Sea Dragon.

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Archer

Archer rode his dark horse into his hometown of Neet, where there were many old but strong buildings of wood. He jumped
off his horse, and walked into a small bar, with 3-5 people drinking a beer of some sort. The men glanced at him, but ignored
his presence, and his long cloak followed his path. He sat at the bar and ordered a drink, and drank he did. About five beers,
and then he turned to another man who sat down. It was a large Gigantos, about 7 feet in height. He grumbled something, and 
sat down next to Archer. Archer took out a brown handheld sack of metal and placed it on the bar. The Gigantos looked
down, and opened it, revealing a rewarding amount of gold. "My information?" He asked. 


 The Gigantos nodded with a grin, and reported, "There is rumor that a special person is passing through the Dragoons
territory."


 Archer looked up and him and sighed. "Idiot..." He turned and walked out the door. Arch rode on as the Red Dragoon, and
decided to take a horse ride around...


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Aori


 


Quietly a young lady, who seems of prominent stature, sits on the throne. Her legs swing back and forth seemingly unable
to touch the ground. She watches the party, it was actually a party dedicated her... Queen 
Aori, this was one of the few times you would actually catch her in a dress. Unfortunately, 
the whole reason for this party was to put her in the dress. She glances over at her advisors
who seem to be enjoying the party rather well, occasionally glancing over at her with a pleased
disposition on their faces. She sighed again and yawned from boredom, although she looked lady
like, she definitely wasn't. A plan began to formulate in her mind, she needed to get out of 
here before they drove her nuts. Quickly seeing the advisors distracted, she quietly slid out
of her seat and proceeded to the nearest exit.



"And where do you think your going QUEEN Aori?" A familiar voice 

resounded behind her.



"Ehehehe... hey Macky..." She turned around to meet the gaze of an elderly man with a wide, 
round, and wrinkled face. Normally his disposition was nice, but right now he seemed quite 
upset.



"Aori!! What did I tell you about calling me that!! It's Mackaliah!!" 



"Ahh Macky don't have a hissy fit."



"Besides that... just where do you think your going?" He crosses his arms over his chest as he
begins to tap his foot.



"I have to go to the bathroom! Jeez can't a girl even be aloud to use the toilet??" She 
begins to hop up and down on each foot and rather quick paced.



"Oh. Well... I uh... go ahead..." He quickly turned around walking back into the crowd.



"Whew, that was close... haha, the sucker!" She began to scamper down the hallway a grin on 
her face as she whipped off her dress, wearing her traveling clothes. She quickly undoes her 
hair and wipes off the make-up and heads for the window she planned to use as an exit.



"Hehe, finally! I need to get out of here... but... maybe I should stay instead of adventuring.
I mean I do have a castle to run... but all my ancestors went exploring and adventuring! 
Sooooo, I should carry out that duty and let the adventuring live on... OOO is Macky gonna be 
mad when he finds out I'm gone..." Quickly she grabs her trusty glaive and a month worth of 
provisions and money she hid in the wall and sets out the window.



"It's strange... but... I don't just want to get out of here for adventuring... it feels like 
something's calling me... Oh well... no biggy..."



She began to walk down the road as soon as she was half a mile down the road a loud, 
"AOOOOOORIIII!!!!!!!!" resounded from the castle.



"Uh oh... hehehehe" Aori began to quicken her pace and made it to the cross roads looking about
trying to figure what road she should take.

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Enrai


 


A few days earlier....

"Are you sure you should be leaving? What if another dragoon or something tries to attack 
Rouge?" A young woman complained as she walked hurriedly next to the young man. 


 


Enrai looked down at her and pushed back some of his hair. "You already know who will protect you. Besides, I never said 
the dragoon was going to attack. She or he is merely on the move. I shouldn't be gone for more than a few weeks at most."




"But Sir Enrai...!"






"Oh hush already. I'm leaving now." Enrai walked past the gates of the town he was born in and traveled down 
the road. Where he was going to start was beyond him, but he figured if something was going 

to happen it was going to happen. Enrai rubbed his chin as he walked, "I never thought I would
actually be traveling like in the stories I've heard. I hope the townspeople don't start 
thinking of me as some hero or something..." He scowled a bit after another thought crossed his
mind, "Damn it all if something DOES attack and my brother beats them. Then HE'LL be the hero. 
Aw damn...maybe I should accuse him of being a monster or something and let the guardsmen lock 
him up...hehehehe..."



Present day and time...

Enrai was still walking. Every place he had stopped in previously had no information whatsoever
and this was proving to be a rather boring little 'adventure'. He was coming onto the next set 
of crossroads, one that would lead him to Basil. "Might as well see if anything interesting is 
happening there..." He felt his ears perk up at the sound of a scream, "Eh? I think I'm hearing
things...I swear I hear Ao-something or another..." Enrai was too deep in thought when he felt 
himself ram into a smaller form. He looked down and saw a girl there...a rather small one at 
that. "Eh? Forgive me. I was lost in thought." Enrai looked her up and down, "Um, pardon me for
saying but shouldn't you be with your papa or something? Its not safe for young girls to travel
alone..."

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Archer

Arch was riding on his horse to the next small town. After a couple hours, he reached it. He finds himself lost almost instantly, but finds a man on the ground. He jumps swiftly off the horse, and walks over to the man. "Who did this to you?" He asks calmly.

"The little girl..." he manages to mumble as he points to her.

Arch looks at her, and asks, "Why'd you beat this man up?"

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Aori

"I suppose your assuming I'm a little girl too????" Her eyes flare up and a big funky wave thing crashes behind her. She glares evilly at him. "I beat him up because he called me a YOUNG girl... who needs to be with her PAPA." She stands there her fists clenched glaring at the guy.

"And who the heck are you?!!! Man so many people going to Basil these days." She looks at the guy who had gotten beaten up and looks at him realizing what she's done even though she was called a little girl she runs over to him.

"Oh dear!! Are you ok??? I didn't mean to be that violent...."

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Kosuke

Yet another story of the blue dragon is told by a grandfather to a group of kids. The boat drifts silently through a narrow mist filled channel.

High atop a jagged rock that lines the valley a figure silently keeps a vigil on the passing ships. His keen eyesight observes the boat. "Now the one I'm looking for", he whispers. Still he stands in silence, trident on his back, waiting for something...

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Archer

"Names Archer," He says with a smile. She runs over to the man, asking if he's okay.

"Oh dear!! Are you ok??? I didn't mean to be that violent...."

"He looks like he'll be fine..." Archer manages to say. "Anyway, where are you off to?" He asks.

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Enrai

Enrai wasn't expecting that AT ALL. Go figure...the kid had spunk...He calmly, as if nothing had happened, pushed himself off the ground and stood, dusting off his clothing casually. Enrai looked down at her, an eyebrow raised, "Pretty decent punches you throw there." In his head, he thought, "Good lord...note to self: Never underestimate the little things in life...they CAN and ALMOST did kill you." He double-checked his gear, particularly the claw attached to his belt, and looked to the new man. He took a moment to check him over before speaking, "Hmmm…well, no need for any concern on your part, stranger. It was obviously my fault and this was my punishment." Enrai stretched his arms, hearing them crack, before turning back to the girl, "My apologies. I'll be fine miss." Enrai refrained from saying young or little again.

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Aori

"Well still, sorry, mister..." She turns around to look at Archer and blinks a bit. "Me? Anywhere but here... ehe..." She turns to look at the castle although it could have looked like she looked at the city. She smiles a bit and then turns to the other young man and blinks a bit. In that instance she runs over and hops on his back and looks at him, "If your going to treat me like a little girl or at least assume I am one then I might as well as act like one. Anyways where are you going mister? OH! And what's your name?"

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Enrai

Enrai winced a bit as the girl jumped onto his back. He must have received a few bruises from when she beat the living tar out of him. He looked at her from over his shoulder, "I'm just traveling. Basil
was going to be my next stop...oh, and my name is Enrai." He hefted her up a bit, "I hope you're comfortable there..."

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Aori

"Quite comfortable in fact." She smiled at him from his back and then hacked a bit as he mentioned Basil. "Errmmmm, no need to go there ya know it's just a small kingdom, no one of real importance, besides the rulers are out on a journey and wouldn't appreciate visitors to much... ehhehehhe." She sweat dropped a bit, not wanting to go back there at all. She gulped some. "Oh yeah! My name is Aori, Sir Enrai, that's to you to Mr. Archer."

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Archer

Archer nodded politely then was on his way. He went into a bar and had a beer, overhearing a conversation in particular...

"So, you really say your weapon can destroy everything?"


"Yes... It has the power to destroy whole cities..."

"What if Dragoons get involved in stopping you..."

"They cannot. It's too powerful. I'm on my way now..." The man left.

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Enrai

"Uh huh..." Enrai peered at the girl closely, "I'm sure the kingdom of BASIL is a very small place, with NOTHING in it." He quirked an eyebrow at her, smirking ever so slightly, "And your name is Aori,
correct. Isn't it funny that you have the same name as the ruler of Basil?" He took a step away from the road to Basil, "So...where do YOU suggest we go?"

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Aori

She looked at him with an erked statement on her face. "Well, personally anywhere but Basil... it's just well, not so fun... ehe... and me having the rulers name... well… ehe… that was just a coincidence... so off we go! How bout we head to the ocean? I hear it's really nice there!" She waited for him to walk away since she was on his back ever so comfortably. She looked at him with a shit-eating grin giggling a bit. If he was going to treat her, or assume she was a little girl she might as well as act it. Besides it's hard to believe a little girl that looked maybe 14 or 15 would rule Basil when in fact the stories rumored around was about an 18 year old girl, and she was in fact that chick, but she decided to keep it a secret for now, although from the looks of it the guy was gonna figure out one way or another.

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Enrai

"As you wish your MAJESTY." Enrai spoke in a tone that made it hard to tell if he was joking or serious. Without too much effort, he began walking in the direction the sign said the sea was at. He pretty much figured this girl was running from something, be it royal or not, but Enrai didn't really mind a traveling companion. But, if someone came after him for kidnapping or something, there was going to be hell to pay.

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Kosuke

Alone in the night a dragoon sails over the ocean. He scours the seas looking for something. He passes by several ships, not making his presence known. A wakeful sailor would say he saw something in the mist. He would describe majestic blue wings and distinctly seeing a trident. Could it be the legendary creatures of the seas? Everyone but the people of Furni would hear these rumors and be scared. The citizens of Furni would feed and nourish these rumors. The dragoon known as Kosuke passed these boats, waiting for the one to hold his prey. He disappears into the mist.

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Aori

Aori yawned a bit as the guy kept walking, she nuzzled her head into his back for a short bit trying to get a bit more comfortable. She looked around the surroundings, tall trees lined the walk ways, slowly dissipating as they get closer to their destination.

"So uh... Where are ya from?" She quickly placed her head on his shoulder blinking a bit her gold eye reflecting a bit more then the green eye.

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Enrai

Enrai continued walking, going off into his own little place in his mind where he compiled everything he had on his mind. It took him a moment to realize the Aori had asked him a question, "Huh? Oh, excuse
me. I come from Rouge. Been traveling around to see the world for a bit now." His attention went back to the road as another sign came before them. Stopping to look at it briefly, he turned his head to look at her, "We're almost there. A bit more walking and we'll be right in the city. I don't suppose you're coming on the boat with me well Aori-chan?" He spoke as he walked towards the city looming before them.

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Aori

She leaned her head more on his shoulders like a child would to a bigger brother or perhaps a father figure, and just mumbled a cute little, "mmm hmm... I don't wanna be left alone by myself." The constant walking and the rhythmic pattern of his feet hitting the floor made her a bit sleepy, not to mention the run from the castle to the crossroads, the dancing she had done before that, and all the
annoying people she had to greet. She let him walk, watching, her eyes slowly closing as they enter the city, people looking at them a bit strangely and some going "awww isn't that cute. Look at that, they look so adorable." Another would be like, "You hardly see siblings get along like that now a days... although they don't resemble each other..." Aori just yawned a bit and cuddled into his back and was fast asleep before she knew it.

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Enrai

Enrai just nodded politely to the people as he passed by. He really didn't care what they thought of him and Aori. To his knowledge, Enrai would have to board a boat to investigate something he heard about in one of the other towns. A ghost or specter or something on that ground of the seas. It had wings and a trident type weapon...it sounded strangely familiar. Perhaps there was more to this spirit than met the eye. He looked back at Aori sleeping on his back and sighed. This was possibly going to be more difficult with someone else along, but it couldn't be helped. Without stopping, Enrai made his way to the port and called up to the first boat, "How much for passage?"

"Eh? Don't you want to know where we're going?"

"Don't really care."

"And the girl?"

"Don't think she cares much either."

"Well, come on aboard then lad. You will be paying, of course?"

"Of course." Enrai smirked as he was led on board. They took him to a room and he set Aori down on the bed gently before leaving to go on the deck to watch the ocean. Slowly, the ship began to sail away from the port.

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Archer

Archer rode his horse to a warm-water port city, and rested at the closest inn. He went to his room, and looked out the window out to the ocean, wondering what his life would hold for him. He sat there, not knowing what to do with his life, once his mission was complete.

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Kosuke

Sighing as yet another ship takes to sea, Kosuke makes his rounds. He chooses his spot carefully. With a cloak of fog covering him, he awaits a crisp view of the passengers onboard the ship. Finally
sighting his prey, the boy smiles. At last his wait is over.

The man on the mast of the ship doesn't have much of a chance to say anything. The shift of night watch was boring enough as is to have to pay attention to any kinds of special details. The eerie full moon doesn't help his mood any. He almost nods off in the little bucket awarded to him for his shift.

Eyes half open, he peers up at the moon once again. This time he is forced to rub his eyes, for he cannot believe what he thought he saw. A bird? Out this far. No wait, wings. He panics as he imagines the horror stories of the sea dragon. The creature that stalks the vessels, taking an unwary prey off to his tragic death.

When he looks up at the moon, the vision is gone. The sky is as clear as he always remembered it.

Down below the story is quite different, however. Aqua blue wings fold behind the back of a dragoon as he walks across the deck of the boat. Of the few on deck, no one says a word. As a matter of fact most do not even move. Kosuke walks across the deck, the crew of the
ship parting a path before the dragoon. His trident gleams from his back as he makes his way toward a couple of shaking men. He reaches them and says, "You dare defile my people, then have the nerve to travel on my seas? You will pay dearly for that mistake. Quench the
unending thirst of the seas!"

He says nothing more, scooping up the two men and tossing them overboard.

He makes his way to the edge of the ship as he prepares to fly off into the night.

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