((Sorry 'bout the cliffhanger! ^~ ON WITH THE STORY!!))

**magical writing powers**

Viator landed with a soft 'thump' in the middle of a clearing. She stood quietly, glancing at her surroundings. The moon was already beginning to rise, casting odd shadows through the trees.

"Creepy.." was all Viator muttered, as she shivered from the cold. "Dur..I'm a fire dragoon!" She lightly smacked her face.

Turning in concentration, she flicked a small fireball into her hand. She held it up, and smiled happily as it warmed her.

Suddenly, she heard soft giggling coming from the trees encircling her. Neither the moon, nor fireball cast enough light to see in them, and all Viator could do, was turn in the direction she thought was right.

"Who's there?!" she shouted into the trees, raising the fireball into the air.

Slowly, the laughter increased, and Viator spun slowly to view all the trees.

She began to become afraid, and started towards the nearest side of the clearing.

When she approached the tree, a dark figure fell down, sending Viator reeling in fear.

"There you are!" giggled the shadow, grinning broadly at Viator.

She got up, and angrily flung the fireball forward in her hands, lighting up the dark figure. She frowned at the starry shoyru that hung loosely from a branch in the tree.

"Who are YOU!?" shouted Viator, gritting her teeth in anger.

The shoyru merely smiled, and flipped casually out of the tree. Grinning dumbly, it landed infront of Viator.

"Well?" She frowned, raising her eyebrow.

"My naaaame isss.Radicalus Serephimius Telgar Popula Starry eyed Gazer. But, RadicalStargazer for short, and Rad for short short.!" Grinned the shoyru, leaning forward to grin at Viator.

"Ugh.." Viator took a step back, and stared at the starry shoyru. She was shorter then Viator, and her yellow eyes flashed with a hidden motive. The only thing she wore, was a small laptop computer strapped to her shoulder.

((Yes! All you Cowboy Bebop fans! Guess who Rad was based on! MWAHAHAHA!))

Viator frowned down at the young shoyru. "Are you the one who invited me here??"

"Yes, Rad invited you here Vi-vi!" laughed Rad, speaking in an obvious third person.

"Excuse me?!" demanded Viator.

"Rad knows alllllllll about you Vi-vi! She knows that you're the fire Dragoon to Ignus, the Great Fire Dragon. Rad also knows about the other dragoons and dragons! Ethine, and Murikaze, and Dethonis!" With that, Rad burst into giggles again, still grinning dumbly up at Viator's astonished look.

"H-how do you know THAT?!" demanded Viator, stomping her foot in the dirt.

Rad merely grinned again, and tapped her computer. "I know lots.."

"I made sure of that.." said a voice in the darkness.

Viator turned, holding her head in her hands.

"WHY not?! Let's make sure this party gets more and more aggravating! Why not add a sneaky demon to the mix??"

With that, Mythril_Javelin appeared in a sudden flash of purple light. As usual, his eyes were closed, and he was grinning.

"Did you create her??" demanded Viator, grabbing the desert shoyru's shoulders, and shaking him violently.

"Actually, no. I just guided her to you!" grinned Mythril, opening a flashing purple eye.

"It's true!" cried Rad, grabbing Viator's tail.

"Like I'm gonna trust either of you!" yelled Viator, lifting Mythril into the air by his shoulders.

Mythril merely grinned again, and disappeared in another flash of light. Unbeknownst to Rad or Viator, he reappeared in the branch of a nearby tree.

"Stupid namagomi.." sighed Viator, flopping to the ground.

"Vi-vi.." said Rad, tugging on Viator's tail.

"Go awaay.." moaned Viator, closing her eyes to ignore her.

"Okay Vi-vi. Whatever you say!" grinned Rad, stepping aside.

"Eh??" frowned Viator, turning her head to look at the starry shoyru. Again, to her surprise, she stared eye to eye with a large gray lupe.

"ACK!" Shouted Viator, leaping to her feet. The lupe jumped back in readiness, drool dripping from it's large fangs.

"You'll make a perfect gift to my pack!" Snarled the lupe, licking it's lips at Viator. "Don't try to fight.I'm alpha male to my pack for a reason!"

"You expect a dragoon not to fight?" spat Viator, reaching into subspace to grab her attack fork.

"Peh! More fun for me!" grinned the Lupe, extending it's large claws.

Viator could tell this fight would be no walk in the park. She hadn't her Sages around to create her armor, nor had she been prepared for this battle. And it was true, this lupe was a leader for a reason.

As she was scanning his strengths, the lupe lunged forward to attack.

"Argh!" Yelled Viator, thrusting her attack fork into the air, causing the lupe's gaping jaw to wrap around the long handle.

Backflipping, Viator flung her arms forward, sending a large fireball at the lupe, who was still struggling to get his fangs unstuck from the attack fork.

Hearing the loud yowl from the lupe, Viator zipped forward, grabbing up her fork from the ground, she rolled to the side to avoid a swift claw.

"You'll regret that!" howled the lupe, brushing his burnt fur. Viator was about to reply with a witty remark, but was sidetracked by another lupe paw slashing her shoulder.

She whirled quickly, to catch a glimpse of dozens of glowing lupe eyes staring back at her. As she blinked at them, another claw lashed out at her. Though she lunged back, a second claw caught her wing, scraping it badly.

"Coward! You're letting your pack fight me too!!" snarled Viator, rushing towards the pack leader. He merely dodged out the way of her clumsily executed attack.

"We needed something to keep us entertained!" laughed the gray lupe, leaping forward.

"Argh!" was all Viator could get out. She had dodged the large claw of a stone lupe, and landed in the middle of the Gray lupe's attack. He struck her hard enough to send her flying backwards into a tree.

She smashed into it with great force, sliding to the bottem, Viator looked up to see the lupe pack assemble, and begin advancing on her.

"Vi-vi!" yelled a voice next to her. Turning her aching head, Viator spotted Rad appearing from beside the tree.

Viator blinked at the shoyru, about to protest. She was caught off guard at Rad's flashing eyes.

Closing her eyes, Viator clenched her fists and allowed all her power to gather around her.

Seeing the pure red energy form around the fire shoyru, the gray lupe backed away slightly, unsure of what was going to happen.

"OUTBREAK!" yelled Viator and Rad at the same time.

((Note the FFX influence here people..))

Viator's eyes snapped open, as she felt the great burst of energy. "Dragoon lancer!!!" she shouted, standing up. She spun her attack fork wildly in the air, and tossed it upwards.

As the lupes were gawking at this odd display, Viator used her energy to burst forward through them. As she emerged on the other end of the pack, she lifted her arm and caught the attack fork.

The lupes all turned, to attack, but they were too slow. In another blur of firey energy, Viator dashed through the group, slashing and flipping here and there.

She reached the tree again, and kneeled as the power wore off. As it was fading away, Viator turned to look at the stunned lupes, who had turned to gawk at her.

Like dominos, the pack began to topple over in pain. When it got to the gray lupe, he groaned loudly as he fell to the ground and reeled in pain.

"No..way.." moaned the Lupe, struggling to get up. The rest of the pack rose, and darted into the woods, tails between their legs. The gray lupe, snarled at Viator one last time, before taking off after.

"Pushover.." grinned Viator, spinning her attack fork once more, before it disappeared into subspace. She kneeled to catch her breath, as she heard Rad shout.

"YOU WERE GREAT VI-VI!" and the starry shoyru ran over to the tried fire shoyru.

Viator merely smirked at Rad, and sat on the cold ground.

"You have a lot of explaining to do.." she sighed.

"Allow me.." came the the voice of Mythril, as he jumped from an above branch.

"As long as someone explains.." sighed Viator, resting her head in her hands. Blinking up at the desert shoyru standing above her, and the starry shoyru beside her.