"James..." Rouge whispered. She began to inch towards him.
"Yeah, Rouge?" he asked.
"I-I'm...I'm scared..." she told him.
"Hmm...don't be..." he said, "You don't ever have to be scared...as long as
we're together..."
"James...I want to...touch you...one last time..." Rouge cried.
They both began to inch towards each other. Little by little, they used the
last of their strength so that they're hands could meet. Their fingers
interlocked with one another.
Rouge smiled once she could feel James' hand. "James...I...I...I love you...."
she spoke her last words. She closed her eyes as her body began to fade away.
"I love you too...Rouge..." he replied his last breath.
Both together, they faded away into sparkling stars. The sparkling stars then
flew up towards the sky and towards the heavens above.
"Two of my precious friends are now gone...What am I to do now that they're not
here with me anymore...? Rouge...James...goodbye..."
The Legend of Dragoon
Generation
"Now, the lights of the Violet-Thunder and Golden-Eye Dragoons have been
extinguished," the hooded man spoke in his evil manner, "Those are now two of
you that have been defeated. Now you all have witnessed the fate that shall
befall upon you."
Julie wiped the tears from her face and turned to face the hooded man. There
was so much fury in her eyes. "How could you...?!!" she screamed.
"It was very simple," he replied to her, "With this, it is very much possible."
From within his cloak, he pulled out the Dragon Buster he had used earlier to
defeat Rouge and James.
Julie, David, and Bryant gasped.
"H-How can this be...?!" Bryant asked.
"Is that...?" Julie began.
"A Dragon Buster?" David finished for her.
"That is correct," the hooded man smirked, "The only weapon forged that can
completely annihilate the Legendary Dragoons."
"But...how can you have one?! The only person who had one was Rose and
she's...!" Bryant tried to explain.
"There is so much you don't know," the hooded man told him.
Sakura dropped to her knees. She continued to hug the Violet-Thunder and
Golden-Eye Dragoon Spirits close to her heart. She stared up into the sky.
"Rouge..." she sobbed, the tears continuing to fall.
An image of Rouge gently smiling at her appeared in her mind as Rouge's voice
echoed throughout, "Sakura!"
"James..." Sakura cried.
An image of James' boastful smile emerged as he said her name, "Sakura..."
"Why?! Why?!" Sakura continued to weep. She just couldn't understand why this
was happening. She couldn't believe they were actually gone.
"Do you still cry for your friends?" the hooded man asked ever so smugly, "Very
well then. I'll do you a favor and show you what they told me in their last
moments of life..."
Sakura looked over to him.
A round mirror appeared in front of him displaying images of Rouge and James on
the ground as the hooded man approached them both.
"You might...have killed us...but..." James spoke weakly, "S-She...will destroy
you..."
"Y-Yes...She has...the power...to defeat you and your...evil ambitions..." Rouge
added.
"Why is it you all have so much confidence even when you are about to be
destroyed?" the hooded man asked them. He stood over them both, his shadow
casting over them.
"B-Because...we believe in her..." James answered.
"You'd never...understand..." Rouge told him.
"I won't need to..." the hooded man replied. He held up his Dragon Buster and
swiftly struck down.
The mirror vanished soon after.
Sakura was now on her feet. She began to step back in disbelief. "No..." she
cried softly. The tears returned to her eyes. "Rouge...James...!!!" she wept.
She buried her face in her hands, along with the two spirits.
"Sakura..." Julie cried.
"And she is supposed to be your strongest warrior?" the hooded man laughed, "Ha
ha ha!!! You all are pathetic!!! I'll put her out of her misery!!"
Sakura continued to sob into her hands, "Rouge and James...are dead...No...it
can't be true..."
The hooded man pointed the palm of his hand at Sakura.
"Sakura!!!" Bryant shouted.
He and the other Dragoons leaped in front of her. Bryant wrapped his arms
around her and held her closely.
The bolts of darkness were released from the hooded man's hand and fired towards
the Dragoons.
Bryant, holding Sakura, leaped backwards and away from the attack. Julie and
David followed in order to protect them both. The attack crashed into the
pavement where they had stood. The impact from the attack blew the Dragoons
even farther than they had expected. They all landed and turned to their enemy.
"Sakura, you stay here," Bryant told her.
"W-What?!" Sakura gasped, "No! I'm fighting with you!!"
"No! We need to protect you!" Julie shouted.
"You're our only hope Sakura," David said, "That's why Rouge and James believed
in you. They left you their hope."
"David..." Sakura sighed.
"Let's go!" Bryant ordered.
From Death There Is Rebirth
The Eternal Divine Spirit
The Red-Eye, Sea Wave, and Jade Dragoons stepped forward to face their opponent.
They stared at the hooded man with the utmost intensity and determination.
"Everyone, please!" Sakura cried, "I don't want you to!"
"So, these Dragoons really do have quite a bit of backbone," the hooded man said
smugly, "Show me what you can do."
Their Dragoon wings spread out as they swiftly flew off into the sky. The three
of them spread out, surrounding the hooded man in a triangle formation.
Julie decided she would begin first. She lifted her arm into the air as a
magical stream of sparkling blue water spiraled up to her hand to form an
enchanted ring. "Aqua Ring!" she threw the ring at the hooded man as the ring
wrapped around and contains him.
"Now, honestly, is this the best you can do?" the hooded man asked, giving his
nonchalant smirk. He simply thrust his arms to the side, crushing and breaking
through Julie's contain spell.
"Ah!" she gasped.
"We can't be defensive on this one," David stated. He already had his Dragonian
computer out and scanning the hooded man. "His readings are off the charts.
His defense is extremely high, as is his strength," he explained. His computer
disappeared when he finished. "We have to attack," he suggested.
"All right then," Bryant nodded in agreement. He gathered up all of his
elemental fire energy and then released it all at once.
The hooded man covered his face from the flames.
Because of his release of energy, Bryant's Dragoon wings changed into wings of
burning fire. He took his sword and grabbed it with both hands. Bryant pointed
it in front of him as a semi-sphere covered the front of him. "Final Burst!" he
yelled as he shot outward towards the hooded man. He slashed him with an
extreme fire sword blast.
The fire from his attack covered the hooded man. It seemed at that point that
the attack worked.
Bryant turned around to see and was pleased, "Yes! It worked!"
"Foolish boy," the hooded man spoke from within the flames. The fire rapidly
ceased by some sort of magic. The hooded man was unharmed.
"No way!" Bryant shouted in disbelief, "That should have worked!"
"And I thought you'd be stronger," the hooded man said.
"Let's try together Julie!!" David shouted.
"I'm with you!" she agreed.
David clenched both of his fists. Large streams of immense green wind formed
out of them. He brought his fists at his sides, pointing upward, and called out
the spell, "Emerald Typhoon!!" He then thrusted one fist after the other,
releasing the devastating wind-elemental attack.
With this spell, Julie summoned the power of the legendary Dragon whom she
acquired her Dragoon Spirit from. She lifted her arm into the air as she
incanted the spell, "Sea Wave Dragon!!" Made of massive water, the Sea Wave
Dragoon appeared behind her. She threw down her arm releasing the dragon. The
water dragon created an immense attack, soaring towards the hooded man.
The two elemental magic attacks flew across the sky, side by side.
The hooded man didn't seem threaten at all. He simply levitated there, waiting
for the two attacks to finally arrive. When he saw they were approaching even
closer, he decided to counterattack. Without even flinching, two massive
spheres of black magic materialized at his sides. They immediately were
released, aiming for the two oncoming spells.
The two black magic spheres struck straight through the Sea Wave Dragon spell
and the hurling green typhoon and continued on through until they hit both Julie
and David in the chest.
"Agh!!!" Julie screamed as she was hit by the dark spell. She was blown
backwards, falling towards the street below. She crashed right into the
pavement, creating a large crater surrounding her.
"Ahh!!!" David yelled in pain as he was also hit by the hooded man. He began to
fall towards one of the nearby stores. He was blown straight into the store's
window and into the actual vicinity of the store.
"Julie!! David!!" Sakura shouted. She was so unbelievably worried. She saw
how strong this man was. No, not man, but Wingly. This really was the true
power of a Wingly. No other being could be this powerful.
"That is two down, and two more to go," the hooded man stated.
"You're not getting anywhere near Sakura!" Bryant yelled, holding his sword. He
was prepared to battle to the bitter end.
"You Dragoons are noble. I'll give you that much," the hooded man commented,
"But, honor and pride will get you nowhere without strength."
"I'll show you what honor and pride can do!!!" Bryant shouted as he zoomed
across the gap between them. He began to slash and swipe at the hooded man.
However, the hooded man was too swift for him. Every time Bryant would strike
at him, the hooded man would disappear and then reappear.
Bryant was frustrated, tired, scared. He didn't know what he could do. Was
there anything he could do?
"I suggest we end this," the hooded said, "I'm quite bored of your futile
attempts."
Bryant was breathing heavily, trying to regain his composure. He wanted to try
and think of something, but he was too tired to even think.
The hooded man reached into his dark cloak, pulling out the infamous and deadly
Dragon Buster.
"No!!! This will stop!!!" Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs.
Before the hooded man knew it, Sakura quickly flew straight in front of him and
then immediately fired her 'Moon Light' spell at his chest. It pushed him back
and actually hurt him a little.
"I won't have any other lives lost because of me!!" Sakura cried, "I don't want
anyone to have to suffer any longer!! We...We were so happy..." The tears
formed in her eyes, gently running down her cheek. "I...I won't let you take
that away!" she yelled.
"What exactly do you plan to do about it?" the hooded man asked her.
"There is but only one thing that I can do," Sakura replied.
The hooded man was wondering what it was she was planning to do.
She pulled out from her armor the Violet Thunder and Golden Eye Dragoon Spirits.
They floated next to her and began to shine, as did her own spirit.
Bryant's also began to shine.
Julie and David's spirits did the same as they awakened to rejoin their friends.
"W-What...?!" the hooded man gasped.
She took her golden brace from her hair and let it float up into the air above
her. "Come together as you have before, Dragoon Spirits! Please, lend me you
power!" she shouted.
The Red-Eye, Sea Wave, Jade, and White Silver Dragoon Spirits left their owners'
bodies, relieving them of their armor. They floated up towards the magical
golden brace, along with the other two spirits.
Sakura closed her eyes as her body began to shimmer a white, holy light. Her
angel wings that had appeared before emerged once again, allowing her to float
since her armor was now gone.
The Dragoon Spirits transformed into energy, entering the golden brace.
"Divine Dragoon Power!!" Sakura shouted the spell.
The golden brace also began to shine a brilliant white light and emitting
immense power.
The power was so immense, it took the hooded man's cloak off his body, revealing
his face. He had his eyes covered for the moment, for he was being blinded by
the white light.
All seemed well at first, until the golden brace's light ceased.
"What?!!" her friends, who below on the street, gasped.
"No...what happened?" Sakura asked worriedly.
The Dragoon Spirits returned to their masters, except for the two that belonged
to Rouge and James. Those returned to Sakura along with her own.
"She couldn't transform into the Divine Dragoon!!" David shouted in shock.
"Ha ha ha!!!" the now unhooded man laughed. He had short, platinum colored hair
and his eyes were like wildfire. Their color was similar to that of the Dragon
Buster.
"Why didn't it work?" Sakura asked herself as she still floated above in the
sky.
"It all was for nothing, now wasn't it?" the man asked her, "You will still die
in the end."
"Sakura, get out of there!!" Bryant yelled.
"You might as well know my name before you die. It is...Lloyd," the man named
Lloyd said as he flew towards Sakura with his blade.
"Sakura!!" Julie cried.
Right when Lloyd was about to strike her, a bright light shined through the dark
skies above. Out of it, hundreds of white, shimmering arrows fired downward on
Lloyd.
Lloyd was hit quite a few times, but then escaped when he disappeared. He
reappeared in the distance. "Who was that?!" he asked.
In front of Sakura, an angel warrior appeared. It was none other than Kai.
"Kai!!" Sakura shouted happily, "Thank you!!"
"Are you all right?" he asked her, still in his serious and deep tone.
She nodded, "Yes, I'm all right. But, I couldn't transform into the Divine
Dragoon!!! And now...Rouge and James...they're..."
"They are all right," Kai told her.
"What?" she asked.
"I helped them enter the kingdom," he reassured her, "They are fine."
"Thank you," she smiled. She was happy to know they were safe.
"Ah, so this is the infamous Judge, Kai..." Lloyd said, "I never thought I'd see
you here."
"Lloyd, what are you doing here?!" Kai yelled sternly, "You...You perished
during the Dragon Campaign War!"
"Things change," he smirked.
"Kai, what can I do?" Sakura asked, "He's too powerful!!"
"That is why I am here," Kai replied, "I came to help you."
"But, how?" she asked.
"Hand me your Dragoon Spirit and your golden brace," he said.
She did as she was told.
The two objects floated in front of him and glowed. "Objects of light, Objects
of Soa...Merge together now and give her your strength," Kai said.
The two objects came together and morphed into a new Dragoon Spirit.
The Dragoon Spirit itself was still an orb. However, now with golden brace, it
was more enhanced. On the sides of the orb now are golden wings on each side.
It shined even more brilliantly. And, in the middle of the spirit was a golden
symbol:
(Japanese symbol for Heaven"
"This is the Eternal Dragoon Spirit. With this, you can draw your powers from
both your White Silver Dragoon Spirit and your Divine Dragoon Spirit," Kai
explained, "Use it now."
Eternal Dragoon Power!
Sakura held the newly evolved Dragoon Spirit into the air. Rays of brilliant
white light emerged and spiraled out of the magic gem as she called out the
enchanted words. The magical symbol inside the Dragoon Spirit began to spin and
twirl around. It emerged from within its power, transitioning into her new
transformation sequence.
Sakura, now in a holy white silhouette, spread out her arms and her white angel
wings. The Eternal Dragoon Spirit was placed on her chest, still glowing
brightly. The background around her was of different shades of white and light
gray, moving and transitioning around as she transformed. Glistening silver
ribbons appeared out of nowhere and wrapped around her chest. They morphed into
sparkling white feathers, revealing her armor chest plate and her skirt.
The armor was very similar to that of her old one, as was the skirt. However,
the color was a shiny, holy white with golden linings and trimmings throughout.
She twirled around once as she lifted her arms into the air. More platinum
ribbons emerged and gently wrapped around them, again morphing into feathers
afterwards revealing her gloves and armlets. These were also of the same color
and golden lined and trimmed. The ribbons then proceeded to drape around her
legs, transforming into her boots.
She spun around once again. The wings covered her for a moment and then
returned. She was now out of silhouette form. The wings also changed. Instead
of having artificial Dragoon wings as before, she wore artificial angel wings on
her back. Closing in on her face, the golden heavenly symbol appeared on her
forehead. Two feather-shaped hairpins also appeared on both sides of her heads.
In front of her, her new weapon came into sight. It was still a bow, but was
now in the shape of two wings at each end. The ends were lined with gold. She
stood in her original stance, having transformed.
Sakura floated in front of Lloyd, shining ever so brightly.
Bryant, Julie, and David stared at her from below in awe and astonishment.
"I would like you all to meet..." Kai began to introduce, "The Eternal Dragoon."
"Eternal Dragoon?" Lloyd asked, "It is no different than before."
"Show him, Sakura," Kai told her.
Sakura began to use her new spell.
She grabbed her new bow and held in the air. Her golden symbol began to shine
upon her forehead, drawing strength. The area around them changed into what
could've been a planetarium. It was like they were levitating in the outer
reaches of space.
Sakura took the bow and pointed it at Lloyd. She raised her other arm into the
air. The stars around her began to gather and come together, forming massive
energy, into her palm. She clenched down upon it, creating a large arrow made
completely of light. She placed it upon the bow and pulled back.
"Celestial...!!" she began to shout, as she pulled back. Even more power from
the universe came together, but now upon the point of her arrow. "...Arrow!!"
she finished, letting the arrow fire on.
The arrow soared across the gap like a comet in space.
Lloyd was quick to disappear, causing the spell to hit a nearby building. He
reappeared nearby. "You think you've won?!" he asked them in a cynical tone,
"You're nowhere near it! I already told you, Divine Dragoon... I will hurt you
all in the worst way you can imagine."
Those words haunted Sakura.
"We'll see if you can stop me from severing the chains of fate!!" Lloyd laughed,
"Ha ha ha!!!!" He immediately vanished into the darkness.
"Lloyd..." Kai said to himself, "What are you...?"
"Sakura!!" Bryant cried from below.
Sakura and Kai proceeded to land near their friends.
As soon as Sakura landed, she felt weak and faint. Her armor morphed into
sparkling feathers that flew off of her body, causing the armor to vanish. She
slowly closed her eyes and began to fall towards the ground weakly.
"Sakura!!" Bryant shouted once again. He rushed to her aide and caught her
before she fell.
"Sakura! Oh, my..." Julie worried.
"Will she be all right?" David asked.
Kai nodded, "Yes, she will. She draws from three sources of power now. That of
the White Silver Dragoon, the Divine Dragoon, and...her own. She will begin to
feel weak at first until her body adapts to its new changes."
"Kai, who was that guy?" Bryant asked him.
"Lloyd..." he answered.
"Lloyd?" Julie asked.
"I'll explain more about him later," Kai replied, "For now, we should return to
your home and let milady rest."
"I agree," David stated.
Bryant picked up Sakura's unconscious body and put her on his back. He and the
rest of his friends began to walk out into the city.
Kai stopped for a moment and turned towards the sky. He seemed worried and
cautious. He was the only being who knew of Lloyd's history and what he was
capable of. There was only little that he didn't know about.
"Lloyd...What are you plotting?" he asked himself, "Only time will tell..."
Sakura opened her eyes as she lied down on the sofa in her dorm living room.
All of her friends surrounded her, watching over her.
"Sakura," David said, "You're awake."
"How do you feel?" Bryant asked her. He helped her up into a sitting position.
"F-Fine..." she said softly, "A little tired."
"We were so worried about you," Julie told her.
"But, there's no need for you to worry, Sakura. Everyone's right here with
you," Drake reassured her, "Even Kai."
Kai stood next to the screen door, looking out into the cloudy sky.
Sakura noticed that the awful weather continued outside. "Then...it wasn't a
dream..." she began to sob. The tears just would not stop. "Rouge and James
aren't here anymore...!" she cried.
Bryant held her close in comfort, "Sakura..." He tried to stay strong for her.
"Kai, I've been meaning to ask you," David began, "Who was that man?"
Sakura wiped the tears from her face. She wanted to know who the man, that
killed her friends, was.
Kai turned to them all and began to explain, "His name is Lloyd. He is a Wingly
warrior...from the Dragon Campaign War."
"What?!" Bryant gasped.
"The Dragon Campaign War?!" Julie asked, "But...that was thousands of years
ago!"
"Did you say 'Lloyd'?" Drake asked, beginning to recall something, "Ah, yes! I
have heard of that name!"
"You have professor?" David wondered.
"When I read the ancient scrolls...it mentioned a high-ranked general of the
Wingly Empire..." he tried to remember, "His name was Lloyd. He led the war
against the entire world."
"If this man is from the war...then how can he be here?" Sakura inquired.
"That I don't know," Kai replied, "Somehow time has been changed or altered,
allowing him to exist in this time."
"He also had a Dragon Buster," Julie added.
"It's proof that he is from that time," Drake stated.
"He's after Sakura, that's all I know," Bryant said.
"Yes, he did seem to hold some kind of grudge against you," David told her.
"He said he was going to hurt me in the worst way imaginable," Sakura said,
"What does he mean by that?"
"We'll find out when he shows himself again," Bryant said.
"Kai, why couldn't I transform into the Divine Dragoon?" Sakura asked, "It
should have worked!"
"You need all of the Dragoon Spirits in order to perform that task," Kai
explained.
"But, we did have them all!" Julie shouted.
"All, but one..." David realized, "The Dark Dragoon Spirit is no more,
remember?"
"Which means you are unable to transform yourself, milady..." Kai told her.
"But, now that she can transform into the Eternal Dragoon, we'll be okay,
right?" David thought.
"If it were only that simple," Drake pondered.
Suddenly, Kai was receiving a message from "up above". He looked towards the
window.
"Kai, what is it?" Bryant asked.
"Lloyd...He has returned to the time of the Dragon Campaign War," Kai answered
in a shocked tone.
"What?!" Julie gasped, "Why would he go back?!"
"There's only one thing he could want..." Drake said.
"He wants to alter time!!" David recognized.
"Alter time?!" Bryant asked.
"If he goes back into the past and makes sure that the first Dragoons do not
succeed..." Kai explained, "Then none of you would have ever become Dragoons,
meaning..."
"We would have never met," Julie finished.
"And I would never have been created," Sakura added.
"No! I won't let this be!" Bryant shouted, "I won't let him do this!"
"There's got to be something we can do," Drake tried to think.
Sakura knew what she must do. She gathered her courage and spoke up, "There is
a way."
"Sakura?" Bryant asked.
"We follow him back and make sure he doesn't cause any more harm!" Sakura told
her friends, "I've already lost two friends! I don't want a world where I never
met any of you! I won't let this happen! Never!"
"Sakura's right!" Julie agreed, "We've fought so hard for our future!"
"We won't let anyone take it away from us!" David added.
"We fight together until the end," Bryant smiled.
The four Dragoons looked to one another and nodded in agreement. It was
settled. They were to go back into the past, during the Dragon Campaign War.
"If you all are so determined...I shall make it so," Kai told them, "I will use
my power to send you back. But, you must understand. So many dangerous and
perilous things await you there. It is a different world from the one you know
now."
"We understand," Sakura replied.
"All right then. Stand side by side," Kai told them.
They did as they were told.
"Soa, almighty God...Lend to me your enormous strength of time to send these
warriors to the time when Dragons and Winglies roamed the earth...The time of
the Dragon Campaign War..." Kai spoke the incantation.
The Dragoons glowed the colors of their Dragoon Spirits.
"Everyone, be careful! Come back to me safely!" Drake told them.
Without another word, the four Dragoons were transformed into four spheres of
light that shot into the sky and into the far reaches of time.
Kai was very weak after having used such a powerful spell. He felt slightly
faint and fell into Drake's arms.
"Kai! Are you all right?!" Drake asked him worriedly.
"I-I'm fine..." he replied, "But...milady and her warriors..."
"They're gone now," Drake reminded him, "Will they be all right?"
"I don't know...I can only hope..." Kai said in an ominous tone. He really
didn't know. They're fate was out of his hands.
The four Dragoons, Julie, David, Bryant, and Sakura, were sent to the time of
the Dragon Campaign War. They're new adventure had only just begun.
Will they be able to stop the chains of fate from being broken?
"Yeah, Rouge?" he asked.
"I-I'm...I'm scared..." she told him.
"Hmm...don't be..." he said, "You don't ever have to be scared...as long as
we're together..."
"James...I want to...touch you...one last time..." Rouge cried.
They both began to inch towards each other. Little by little, they used the
last of their strength so that they're hands could meet. Their fingers
interlocked with one another.
Rouge smiled once she could feel James' hand. "James...I...I...I love you...."
she spoke her last words. She closed her eyes as her body began to fade away.
"I love you too...Rouge..." he replied his last breath.
Both together, they faded away into sparkling stars. The sparkling stars then
flew up towards the sky and towards the heavens above.
"Two of my precious friends are now gone...What am I to do now that they're not
here with me anymore...? Rouge...James...goodbye..."
The Legend of Dragoon
Generation
"Now, the lights of the Violet-Thunder and Golden-Eye Dragoons have been
extinguished," the hooded man spoke in his evil manner, "Those are now two of
you that have been defeated. Now you all have witnessed the fate that shall
befall upon you."
Julie wiped the tears from her face and turned to face the hooded man. There
was so much fury in her eyes. "How could you...?!!" she screamed.
"It was very simple," he replied to her, "With this, it is very much possible."
From within his cloak, he pulled out the Dragon Buster he had used earlier to
defeat Rouge and James.
Julie, David, and Bryant gasped.
"H-How can this be...?!" Bryant asked.
"Is that...?" Julie began.
"A Dragon Buster?" David finished for her.
"That is correct," the hooded man smirked, "The only weapon forged that can
completely annihilate the Legendary Dragoons."
"But...how can you have one?! The only person who had one was Rose and
she's...!" Bryant tried to explain.
"There is so much you don't know," the hooded man told him.
Sakura dropped to her knees. She continued to hug the Violet-Thunder and
Golden-Eye Dragoon Spirits close to her heart. She stared up into the sky.
"Rouge..." she sobbed, the tears continuing to fall.
An image of Rouge gently smiling at her appeared in her mind as Rouge's voice
echoed throughout, "Sakura!"
"James..." Sakura cried.
An image of James' boastful smile emerged as he said her name, "Sakura..."
"Why?! Why?!" Sakura continued to weep. She just couldn't understand why this
was happening. She couldn't believe they were actually gone.
"Do you still cry for your friends?" the hooded man asked ever so smugly, "Very
well then. I'll do you a favor and show you what they told me in their last
moments of life..."
Sakura looked over to him.
A round mirror appeared in front of him displaying images of Rouge and James on
the ground as the hooded man approached them both.
"You might...have killed us...but..." James spoke weakly, "S-She...will destroy
you..."
"Y-Yes...She has...the power...to defeat you and your...evil ambitions..." Rouge
added.
"Why is it you all have so much confidence even when you are about to be
destroyed?" the hooded man asked them. He stood over them both, his shadow
casting over them.
"B-Because...we believe in her..." James answered.
"You'd never...understand..." Rouge told him.
"I won't need to..." the hooded man replied. He held up his Dragon Buster and
swiftly struck down.
The mirror vanished soon after.
Sakura was now on her feet. She began to step back in disbelief. "No..." she
cried softly. The tears returned to her eyes. "Rouge...James...!!!" she wept.
She buried her face in her hands, along with the two spirits.
"Sakura..." Julie cried.
"And she is supposed to be your strongest warrior?" the hooded man laughed, "Ha
ha ha!!! You all are pathetic!!! I'll put her out of her misery!!"
Sakura continued to sob into her hands, "Rouge and James...are dead...No...it
can't be true..."
The hooded man pointed the palm of his hand at Sakura.
"Sakura!!!" Bryant shouted.
He and the other Dragoons leaped in front of her. Bryant wrapped his arms
around her and held her closely.
The bolts of darkness were released from the hooded man's hand and fired towards
the Dragoons.
Bryant, holding Sakura, leaped backwards and away from the attack. Julie and
David followed in order to protect them both. The attack crashed into the
pavement where they had stood. The impact from the attack blew the Dragoons
even farther than they had expected. They all landed and turned to their enemy.
"Sakura, you stay here," Bryant told her.
"W-What?!" Sakura gasped, "No! I'm fighting with you!!"
"No! We need to protect you!" Julie shouted.
"You're our only hope Sakura," David said, "That's why Rouge and James believed
in you. They left you their hope."
"David..." Sakura sighed.
"Let's go!" Bryant ordered.
From Death There Is Rebirth
The Eternal Divine Spirit
The Red-Eye, Sea Wave, and Jade Dragoons stepped forward to face their opponent.
They stared at the hooded man with the utmost intensity and determination.
"Everyone, please!" Sakura cried, "I don't want you to!"
"So, these Dragoons really do have quite a bit of backbone," the hooded man said
smugly, "Show me what you can do."
Their Dragoon wings spread out as they swiftly flew off into the sky. The three
of them spread out, surrounding the hooded man in a triangle formation.
Julie decided she would begin first. She lifted her arm into the air as a
magical stream of sparkling blue water spiraled up to her hand to form an
enchanted ring. "Aqua Ring!" she threw the ring at the hooded man as the ring
wrapped around and contains him.
"Now, honestly, is this the best you can do?" the hooded man asked, giving his
nonchalant smirk. He simply thrust his arms to the side, crushing and breaking
through Julie's contain spell.
"Ah!" she gasped.
"We can't be defensive on this one," David stated. He already had his Dragonian
computer out and scanning the hooded man. "His readings are off the charts.
His defense is extremely high, as is his strength," he explained. His computer
disappeared when he finished. "We have to attack," he suggested.
"All right then," Bryant nodded in agreement. He gathered up all of his
elemental fire energy and then released it all at once.
The hooded man covered his face from the flames.
Because of his release of energy, Bryant's Dragoon wings changed into wings of
burning fire. He took his sword and grabbed it with both hands. Bryant pointed
it in front of him as a semi-sphere covered the front of him. "Final Burst!" he
yelled as he shot outward towards the hooded man. He slashed him with an
extreme fire sword blast.
The fire from his attack covered the hooded man. It seemed at that point that
the attack worked.
Bryant turned around to see and was pleased, "Yes! It worked!"
"Foolish boy," the hooded man spoke from within the flames. The fire rapidly
ceased by some sort of magic. The hooded man was unharmed.
"No way!" Bryant shouted in disbelief, "That should have worked!"
"And I thought you'd be stronger," the hooded man said.
"Let's try together Julie!!" David shouted.
"I'm with you!" she agreed.
David clenched both of his fists. Large streams of immense green wind formed
out of them. He brought his fists at his sides, pointing upward, and called out
the spell, "Emerald Typhoon!!" He then thrusted one fist after the other,
releasing the devastating wind-elemental attack.
With this spell, Julie summoned the power of the legendary Dragon whom she
acquired her Dragoon Spirit from. She lifted her arm into the air as she
incanted the spell, "Sea Wave Dragon!!" Made of massive water, the Sea Wave
Dragoon appeared behind her. She threw down her arm releasing the dragon. The
water dragon created an immense attack, soaring towards the hooded man.
The two elemental magic attacks flew across the sky, side by side.
The hooded man didn't seem threaten at all. He simply levitated there, waiting
for the two attacks to finally arrive. When he saw they were approaching even
closer, he decided to counterattack. Without even flinching, two massive
spheres of black magic materialized at his sides. They immediately were
released, aiming for the two oncoming spells.
The two black magic spheres struck straight through the Sea Wave Dragon spell
and the hurling green typhoon and continued on through until they hit both Julie
and David in the chest.
"Agh!!!" Julie screamed as she was hit by the dark spell. She was blown
backwards, falling towards the street below. She crashed right into the
pavement, creating a large crater surrounding her.
"Ahh!!!" David yelled in pain as he was also hit by the hooded man. He began to
fall towards one of the nearby stores. He was blown straight into the store's
window and into the actual vicinity of the store.
"Julie!! David!!" Sakura shouted. She was so unbelievably worried. She saw
how strong this man was. No, not man, but Wingly. This really was the true
power of a Wingly. No other being could be this powerful.
"That is two down, and two more to go," the hooded man stated.
"You're not getting anywhere near Sakura!" Bryant yelled, holding his sword. He
was prepared to battle to the bitter end.
"You Dragoons are noble. I'll give you that much," the hooded man commented,
"But, honor and pride will get you nowhere without strength."
"I'll show you what honor and pride can do!!!" Bryant shouted as he zoomed
across the gap between them. He began to slash and swipe at the hooded man.
However, the hooded man was too swift for him. Every time Bryant would strike
at him, the hooded man would disappear and then reappear.
Bryant was frustrated, tired, scared. He didn't know what he could do. Was
there anything he could do?
"I suggest we end this," the hooded said, "I'm quite bored of your futile
attempts."
Bryant was breathing heavily, trying to regain his composure. He wanted to try
and think of something, but he was too tired to even think.
The hooded man reached into his dark cloak, pulling out the infamous and deadly
Dragon Buster.
"No!!! This will stop!!!" Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs.
Before the hooded man knew it, Sakura quickly flew straight in front of him and
then immediately fired her 'Moon Light' spell at his chest. It pushed him back
and actually hurt him a little.
"I won't have any other lives lost because of me!!" Sakura cried, "I don't want
anyone to have to suffer any longer!! We...We were so happy..." The tears
formed in her eyes, gently running down her cheek. "I...I won't let you take
that away!" she yelled.
"What exactly do you plan to do about it?" the hooded man asked her.
"There is but only one thing that I can do," Sakura replied.
The hooded man was wondering what it was she was planning to do.
She pulled out from her armor the Violet Thunder and Golden Eye Dragoon Spirits.
They floated next to her and began to shine, as did her own spirit.
Bryant's also began to shine.
Julie and David's spirits did the same as they awakened to rejoin their friends.
"W-What...?!" the hooded man gasped.
She took her golden brace from her hair and let it float up into the air above
her. "Come together as you have before, Dragoon Spirits! Please, lend me you
power!" she shouted.
The Red-Eye, Sea Wave, Jade, and White Silver Dragoon Spirits left their owners'
bodies, relieving them of their armor. They floated up towards the magical
golden brace, along with the other two spirits.
Sakura closed her eyes as her body began to shimmer a white, holy light. Her
angel wings that had appeared before emerged once again, allowing her to float
since her armor was now gone.
The Dragoon Spirits transformed into energy, entering the golden brace.
"Divine Dragoon Power!!" Sakura shouted the spell.
The golden brace also began to shine a brilliant white light and emitting
immense power.
The power was so immense, it took the hooded man's cloak off his body, revealing
his face. He had his eyes covered for the moment, for he was being blinded by
the white light.
All seemed well at first, until the golden brace's light ceased.
"What?!!" her friends, who below on the street, gasped.
"No...what happened?" Sakura asked worriedly.
The Dragoon Spirits returned to their masters, except for the two that belonged
to Rouge and James. Those returned to Sakura along with her own.
"She couldn't transform into the Divine Dragoon!!" David shouted in shock.
"Ha ha ha!!!" the now unhooded man laughed. He had short, platinum colored hair
and his eyes were like wildfire. Their color was similar to that of the Dragon
Buster.
"Why didn't it work?" Sakura asked herself as she still floated above in the
sky.
"It all was for nothing, now wasn't it?" the man asked her, "You will still die
in the end."
"Sakura, get out of there!!" Bryant yelled.
"You might as well know my name before you die. It is...Lloyd," the man named
Lloyd said as he flew towards Sakura with his blade.
"Sakura!!" Julie cried.
Right when Lloyd was about to strike her, a bright light shined through the dark
skies above. Out of it, hundreds of white, shimmering arrows fired downward on
Lloyd.
Lloyd was hit quite a few times, but then escaped when he disappeared. He
reappeared in the distance. "Who was that?!" he asked.
In front of Sakura, an angel warrior appeared. It was none other than Kai.
"Kai!!" Sakura shouted happily, "Thank you!!"
"Are you all right?" he asked her, still in his serious and deep tone.
She nodded, "Yes, I'm all right. But, I couldn't transform into the Divine
Dragoon!!! And now...Rouge and James...they're..."
"They are all right," Kai told her.
"What?" she asked.
"I helped them enter the kingdom," he reassured her, "They are fine."
"Thank you," she smiled. She was happy to know they were safe.
"Ah, so this is the infamous Judge, Kai..." Lloyd said, "I never thought I'd see
you here."
"Lloyd, what are you doing here?!" Kai yelled sternly, "You...You perished
during the Dragon Campaign War!"
"Things change," he smirked.
"Kai, what can I do?" Sakura asked, "He's too powerful!!"
"That is why I am here," Kai replied, "I came to help you."
"But, how?" she asked.
"Hand me your Dragoon Spirit and your golden brace," he said.
She did as she was told.
The two objects floated in front of him and glowed. "Objects of light, Objects
of Soa...Merge together now and give her your strength," Kai said.
The two objects came together and morphed into a new Dragoon Spirit.
The Dragoon Spirit itself was still an orb. However, now with golden brace, it
was more enhanced. On the sides of the orb now are golden wings on each side.
It shined even more brilliantly. And, in the middle of the spirit was a golden
symbol:
(Japanese symbol for Heaven"
"This is the Eternal Dragoon Spirit. With this, you can draw your powers from
both your White Silver Dragoon Spirit and your Divine Dragoon Spirit," Kai
explained, "Use it now."
Eternal Dragoon Power!
Sakura held the newly evolved Dragoon Spirit into the air. Rays of brilliant
white light emerged and spiraled out of the magic gem as she called out the
enchanted words. The magical symbol inside the Dragoon Spirit began to spin and
twirl around. It emerged from within its power, transitioning into her new
transformation sequence.
Sakura, now in a holy white silhouette, spread out her arms and her white angel
wings. The Eternal Dragoon Spirit was placed on her chest, still glowing
brightly. The background around her was of different shades of white and light
gray, moving and transitioning around as she transformed. Glistening silver
ribbons appeared out of nowhere and wrapped around her chest. They morphed into
sparkling white feathers, revealing her armor chest plate and her skirt.
The armor was very similar to that of her old one, as was the skirt. However,
the color was a shiny, holy white with golden linings and trimmings throughout.
She twirled around once as she lifted her arms into the air. More platinum
ribbons emerged and gently wrapped around them, again morphing into feathers
afterwards revealing her gloves and armlets. These were also of the same color
and golden lined and trimmed. The ribbons then proceeded to drape around her
legs, transforming into her boots.
She spun around once again. The wings covered her for a moment and then
returned. She was now out of silhouette form. The wings also changed. Instead
of having artificial Dragoon wings as before, she wore artificial angel wings on
her back. Closing in on her face, the golden heavenly symbol appeared on her
forehead. Two feather-shaped hairpins also appeared on both sides of her heads.
In front of her, her new weapon came into sight. It was still a bow, but was
now in the shape of two wings at each end. The ends were lined with gold. She
stood in her original stance, having transformed.
Sakura floated in front of Lloyd, shining ever so brightly.
Bryant, Julie, and David stared at her from below in awe and astonishment.
"I would like you all to meet..." Kai began to introduce, "The Eternal Dragoon."
"Eternal Dragoon?" Lloyd asked, "It is no different than before."
"Show him, Sakura," Kai told her.
Sakura began to use her new spell.
She grabbed her new bow and held in the air. Her golden symbol began to shine
upon her forehead, drawing strength. The area around them changed into what
could've been a planetarium. It was like they were levitating in the outer
reaches of space.
Sakura took the bow and pointed it at Lloyd. She raised her other arm into the
air. The stars around her began to gather and come together, forming massive
energy, into her palm. She clenched down upon it, creating a large arrow made
completely of light. She placed it upon the bow and pulled back.
"Celestial...!!" she began to shout, as she pulled back. Even more power from
the universe came together, but now upon the point of her arrow. "...Arrow!!"
she finished, letting the arrow fire on.
The arrow soared across the gap like a comet in space.
Lloyd was quick to disappear, causing the spell to hit a nearby building. He
reappeared nearby. "You think you've won?!" he asked them in a cynical tone,
"You're nowhere near it! I already told you, Divine Dragoon... I will hurt you
all in the worst way you can imagine."
Those words haunted Sakura.
"We'll see if you can stop me from severing the chains of fate!!" Lloyd laughed,
"Ha ha ha!!!!" He immediately vanished into the darkness.
"Lloyd..." Kai said to himself, "What are you...?"
"Sakura!!" Bryant cried from below.
Sakura and Kai proceeded to land near their friends.
As soon as Sakura landed, she felt weak and faint. Her armor morphed into
sparkling feathers that flew off of her body, causing the armor to vanish. She
slowly closed her eyes and began to fall towards the ground weakly.
"Sakura!!" Bryant shouted once again. He rushed to her aide and caught her
before she fell.
"Sakura! Oh, my..." Julie worried.
"Will she be all right?" David asked.
Kai nodded, "Yes, she will. She draws from three sources of power now. That of
the White Silver Dragoon, the Divine Dragoon, and...her own. She will begin to
feel weak at first until her body adapts to its new changes."
"Kai, who was that guy?" Bryant asked him.
"Lloyd..." he answered.
"Lloyd?" Julie asked.
"I'll explain more about him later," Kai replied, "For now, we should return to
your home and let milady rest."
"I agree," David stated.
Bryant picked up Sakura's unconscious body and put her on his back. He and the
rest of his friends began to walk out into the city.
Kai stopped for a moment and turned towards the sky. He seemed worried and
cautious. He was the only being who knew of Lloyd's history and what he was
capable of. There was only little that he didn't know about.
"Lloyd...What are you plotting?" he asked himself, "Only time will tell..."
Sakura opened her eyes as she lied down on the sofa in her dorm living room.
All of her friends surrounded her, watching over her.
"Sakura," David said, "You're awake."
"How do you feel?" Bryant asked her. He helped her up into a sitting position.
"F-Fine..." she said softly, "A little tired."
"We were so worried about you," Julie told her.
"But, there's no need for you to worry, Sakura. Everyone's right here with
you," Drake reassured her, "Even Kai."
Kai stood next to the screen door, looking out into the cloudy sky.
Sakura noticed that the awful weather continued outside. "Then...it wasn't a
dream..." she began to sob. The tears just would not stop. "Rouge and James
aren't here anymore...!" she cried.
Bryant held her close in comfort, "Sakura..." He tried to stay strong for her.
"Kai, I've been meaning to ask you," David began, "Who was that man?"
Sakura wiped the tears from her face. She wanted to know who the man, that
killed her friends, was.
Kai turned to them all and began to explain, "His name is Lloyd. He is a Wingly
warrior...from the Dragon Campaign War."
"What?!" Bryant gasped.
"The Dragon Campaign War?!" Julie asked, "But...that was thousands of years
ago!"
"Did you say 'Lloyd'?" Drake asked, beginning to recall something, "Ah, yes! I
have heard of that name!"
"You have professor?" David wondered.
"When I read the ancient scrolls...it mentioned a high-ranked general of the
Wingly Empire..." he tried to remember, "His name was Lloyd. He led the war
against the entire world."
"If this man is from the war...then how can he be here?" Sakura inquired.
"That I don't know," Kai replied, "Somehow time has been changed or altered,
allowing him to exist in this time."
"He also had a Dragon Buster," Julie added.
"It's proof that he is from that time," Drake stated.
"He's after Sakura, that's all I know," Bryant said.
"Yes, he did seem to hold some kind of grudge against you," David told her.
"He said he was going to hurt me in the worst way imaginable," Sakura said,
"What does he mean by that?"
"We'll find out when he shows himself again," Bryant said.
"Kai, why couldn't I transform into the Divine Dragoon?" Sakura asked, "It
should have worked!"
"You need all of the Dragoon Spirits in order to perform that task," Kai
explained.
"But, we did have them all!" Julie shouted.
"All, but one..." David realized, "The Dark Dragoon Spirit is no more,
remember?"
"Which means you are unable to transform yourself, milady..." Kai told her.
"But, now that she can transform into the Eternal Dragoon, we'll be okay,
right?" David thought.
"If it were only that simple," Drake pondered.
Suddenly, Kai was receiving a message from "up above". He looked towards the
window.
"Kai, what is it?" Bryant asked.
"Lloyd...He has returned to the time of the Dragon Campaign War," Kai answered
in a shocked tone.
"What?!" Julie gasped, "Why would he go back?!"
"There's only one thing he could want..." Drake said.
"He wants to alter time!!" David recognized.
"Alter time?!" Bryant asked.
"If he goes back into the past and makes sure that the first Dragoons do not
succeed..." Kai explained, "Then none of you would have ever become Dragoons,
meaning..."
"We would have never met," Julie finished.
"And I would never have been created," Sakura added.
"No! I won't let this be!" Bryant shouted, "I won't let him do this!"
"There's got to be something we can do," Drake tried to think.
Sakura knew what she must do. She gathered her courage and spoke up, "There is
a way."
"Sakura?" Bryant asked.
"We follow him back and make sure he doesn't cause any more harm!" Sakura told
her friends, "I've already lost two friends! I don't want a world where I never
met any of you! I won't let this happen! Never!"
"Sakura's right!" Julie agreed, "We've fought so hard for our future!"
"We won't let anyone take it away from us!" David added.
"We fight together until the end," Bryant smiled.
The four Dragoons looked to one another and nodded in agreement. It was
settled. They were to go back into the past, during the Dragon Campaign War.
"If you all are so determined...I shall make it so," Kai told them, "I will use
my power to send you back. But, you must understand. So many dangerous and
perilous things await you there. It is a different world from the one you know
now."
"We understand," Sakura replied.
"All right then. Stand side by side," Kai told them.
They did as they were told.
"Soa, almighty God...Lend to me your enormous strength of time to send these
warriors to the time when Dragons and Winglies roamed the earth...The time of
the Dragon Campaign War..." Kai spoke the incantation.
The Dragoons glowed the colors of their Dragoon Spirits.
"Everyone, be careful! Come back to me safely!" Drake told them.
Without another word, the four Dragoons were transformed into four spheres of
light that shot into the sky and into the far reaches of time.
Kai was very weak after having used such a powerful spell. He felt slightly
faint and fell into Drake's arms.
"Kai! Are you all right?!" Drake asked him worriedly.
"I-I'm fine..." he replied, "But...milady and her warriors..."
"They're gone now," Drake reminded him, "Will they be all right?"
"I don't know...I can only hope..." Kai said in an ominous tone. He really
didn't know. They're fate was out of his hands.
The four Dragoons, Julie, David, Bryant, and Sakura, were sent to the time of
the Dragon Campaign War. They're new adventure had only just begun.
Will they be able to stop the chains of fate from being broken?
