Heart of a Dragon

By Karasuhato, the "Raven Dove"

(karasuhato@ecmail.i-p.com)

and

Ultima Mayu

(mayu_roxx@hotmail.com)

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The "Metroid" series is copyright of Nintendo co. ltd.

"Rudra no Hihou" (Rudra's Secret Treasure) is copyright of Squaresoft and Graphical Corporations CROWD inc.

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Karasuhato's Key/Legend to story elementals:

= A character's thoughts

italics=character's point of view

CAPITAL LETTERS= character talking loudly

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Getting Acquainted

It was the year 4002, according to the new lunar calendar of Planet Dai-Chi , It was at least eight years since the last mission on the late Planet Zebes. Usually, Samus Aran, the mightiest bounty hunter of space, would usually be celebrating during the successful mission on Zebes, but something was missing from her life. The bounty hunter seemed to be rather close to what was assumed to be the last Metroid alive, only to see it sacrifice it's life for her, so she could finally destroy the Mother Brain. After that, there was a time bomb set up to destroy the planet, but not without rescuing the creatures she befriended and grew up with. However, that was not enough to heal Samus' mental scars.

"Hmm...it's just not the same....." Samus somberly said to herself, trying to get some sleep, but just couldn't. She brushed her auburn hair out of her face, trying to look around her dark room, but nothing in site, except her clock that said 4:00 AM. She was never this lonely in her life.

"Oh well. I just might as well go back and get some rest for once!" Samus thought to herself as she started to slowly shut her eyes and try to get some rest that she yearned for. She started to have a strange vision go through her head.

Was it a dream or was it not?!

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Samus started to find out her armor has changed since the Metroid young gave her it's powers. Now, the armor was blue and yellow, only the helmet remained red. On her left arm, while her right arm had her arm gun, there were strange spikes on it, so she could scratch up her enemies as well. She has now taken a new, much more improved Space vessel out into space. The flight went smoothly and all was well, however, a new planet was in sight of the experienced bounty hunter, looking similar to Planet Hatikva, the new home for the Chozo that survived on Zebes and were led by Samus to find this new world. But on the other hand, Samus has never seen this planet before and decided to investigate for a while.

The Planet was different from anything she has even seen before. Mostly everything was on the surface, save for a few caves here and there and there was sunlight shining on the surface, a sight that Samus has never seen in a long time. The planet was also eerily quiet as well, but Samus still suspected something was hiding on this planet. So she turned on the radar scope and search out for new life on this planet and well enough, there was a sign of life on the planet. This indeed make Samus feel very suspicious of the life on the new planet.

"Aw shit, I have a terrible feeling about this!" Samus thought to herself in great discomfort, getting her gun and supplies ready in case of a surprise attack. Not knowing it, Samus was being stalked by a gigantic bird of prey, looking rather hungry for small creatures, flying over Samus and her spaceship. The shadow of the behemoth bird started to get closer and closer to the ground, stalking it's prey. Samus started to notice the shadow, hopped onto the roof of her spaceship and got ready to battle the great monstrosity. The claws started to grab the spaceship, trying to shake the bounty hunter off the roof and hoping it would get injured, but no such luck. Samus just sprang up and charged up her great Plasma weapon.

"Come to me and your are DEAD!" Samus shouted in great rage as the bright plasma lasers started to badly burn the behemoth bird on the chest, scorching off it's black feathers and causing a nasty wound. The bird then lifted Samus into the air with it's talons, clawing and groping her all over, trying to break the armor and eat what was inside. Only easier thought of than done, since Samus was not making it easy for the bird, squirming and tossing.

"DIE BASTARD DIE!" Samus shouted as she transformed into a sphere and started to bounce all over the creature, planting the infamous power bombs all over the creature. After one and another power bomb blasted, the behemoth bird fell to the ground with mangled wings, busted claws and no eye sight, leaving only bleeding, pus filled eye sockets. Samus was freed at last and strangely, without a scratch on the new armor. However, the monster was not to give up. Even though mortally wounded, the bird tried hard to search harder and harder for it's prey. With it's wounded wings, it tried to cause great winds, slightly Samus into the air. Samus filled her arm gun with the all powerful Super Missiles, frantically aiming for the great beast.

"Eat Super Missiles!" Samus yelled as she pummeled the creature with the Super Missiles, causing pieces of flesh and blood to fly out of the creature. For the grand finale, Samus super charged herself and started to shoot out a powerful rainbow laser, making the behemoth bird explode all over. Even though it was quite the gory mess, Samus herself felt rather relieved.

"It was about time!" Samus sighed as she was wading through the dead remains of the behemoth bird of prey, heading back to her ship. "I think I need to rest up!"

But there was still more to come. Just before Samus reached the ship's entrance, some Draconian creatures started to surround her, being led by none other than..........

"RIDLEY!!!!!" Samus shouted in anger. "I thought you were dead!"

"That is what I wanted you to think." Ridley said smugly with a big grin on his draconian face. Out from behind Ridley, a young humanoid woman came out, trying to separate him and Samus. This made Samus even more astounded.

"So Ridley, capturing young ladies from other planets now?" Samus asked. "Let her go!"

"NO, YOU DON'T GET IT!" The young woman shouted. "We are here to warn you of a great danger heading to both of our solar systems!" The young woman cried out in sadness and great concern. "Please, something has to get done!"

"You better listen to her Samus." said another draconian. Samus started to point her gun at some of the space dragons.

"Leave me alone all of you or you will all bite the dust!" Samus shouted as she took off her helmet, wiped the sweat from her forehead and got ready to aim the gun at some of the draconians. This only got the young woman more upset and started to slap Samus over the head with her sword's sheath.

"LISTEN!" The young woman cried out, tears built up in her eyes. "We are all in great danger. There is a nothingness from beyond the voids of outer space planning to swallow our planets, the planet of the bird people and your GALACTIC FEDERATION! If you don't, we will all be sent into the oblivion and we don't know what lies beneath this new universe. Could be life or death, but we must banish it and not risk it, NO MATTER WHAT!" Samus nodded her head and took the young woman's words of advice.

"Very well then....." Samus said, sounding a little bit pleased. "......I'll do it for your people young lady, but I don't know about these draconian people, ESPECIALLY RIDLEY!"

"Very well Samus." Ridley said blankly. "However, if this nothingness comes soon, it is your funeral! Let that be a lesson to you Samus!"

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Afterwards, Samus Aran awoke in cold sweat and started to breathe heavy, thinking about this strange dream of hers. Then, Samus slightly grinned sheepishly and shrugged her shoulders.

"Eh, it was just a dream. It did not hurt me." Samus said to herself. Then, out of the darkness, a great figure appeared from behind her and set it's hand on her shoulder. Samus jumped up and turned around nervously. "You! What is it?" As the creature backed off, it was revealed to be rather draconian looking and silver hued, but Samus was still ready to attack.

"I mean no harm lady!" the creature yelled. "I am not the one you call Ridley. I am Azrael, and I came to help you!" Samus slightly calmed down, but was still astounded.

"But you are the same creature as Ridley, a Zebesian dragon!" Samus said nervously. Azrael shook his head and put his arms by the side.

"No no, Ridley was never from Zebes, there was never a Zebesian dragon." Azrael responded. "We and Ridley are really from Planet Aeon. Ridley however, was raised by the people of Zebes and lived a life of crime and disorder. I, however, have came to help."

"Really...." Samus said smugly. "How shall you help the Galactic Federation?"

"Let me explain here Samus." Azrael briefly stop to clear his throat. "I am a part of the Aeonese dragon crew, made to keep a watch out on Ridley to make sure he won't cause anymore crime or piracy. So far, we have all went to a very strange planet called 'Dai-Chi' and Ridley appeared to have 'captured' a humanoid girl from that planet, so the crew really has to keep a watch out now!" Samus dropped her jaw in shock and placed hands on her face.

"WHAT?" Samus screamed. "RIDLEY WAS SEEN AT THAT PLANET?" Azrael nodded his head. "AZRAEL, please show me the way to this planet."

"Yes Ma'am. But before we go, turn on the lights and take a look at your armor." Samus took his words for it, turned on the lights in her room and opened the closet where she stored her armor. To Samus' surprise, her armor has greatly changed ever since the Metroid larva handed down it's powers to her before being killed by the Mother Brain. The armor was more sleek looking and was cobalt with a crimson helmet, jade Arm Gun and hints of yellow in the armor, as well as spikes on the left arm. Samus was amazed to see that her dream armor was no longer a dream, now it is a reality!

"How amazing! This is what I have dreamed about!" cried Samus. "First, however, we need to go to the contact base of the Galactic Federation to tell them about Ridley's whereabouts. They are interested to hear about this as well!"

"Very well then. Many other of my kind are also finding work with your Galactic Federation as well, so we might just be in luck."

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As Samus and Azrael were going to the base of the Galactic Federation to tell them about a new planet and new civilization, Ridley, Arvis and Kary were helping Riza on getting acquainted with their mother ship.

"This ship is amazing!" Riza giggled as she headed to the center of a big room and spun around, her skirt cascading with her spinning movements. Ridley got rather captivated by the young woman and could not take his eyes off of her,

"That is the gathering place for the Aeonese." Arvis said to the young woman of the Holy Jade. "This place is also a great entertainment center for the people of Planet Aeon." The Aeonese then led Riza around some more, now to a room with many tables and barstools.

"Let me guess, this is the place to eat and drink." Riza said, smiling. "We have these on our planet as well. They are known as restaurants, pubs, cafes and lounges."

"Wow Riza, you are quite a smart one indeed." Kary replied. "Just to let you know, if you are hungry, come in here. Are you hungry?"

"Naw, not yet." Riza responded. "I got done eating back on my planet hours ago. I'll come here in case I am hungry again. Thank you!"

"Anytime Riza." Kary laughed. Riza started to suddenly started to feel itchy and dry.

"Uhhhhh......" Riza stuttered. ".....are there any places to bathe around here?" Ridley signaled Riza to follow him down a few halls and to a room that resembled the Ryokan of Planet Dai-Chi (Ryokan is a Japanese-styled bathing place), complete with showers, sauna tubs and some old-styled urinals where more than one could go at once and flush when they are done relieving themselves. It looked different from her own home world, but trying new things won't hurt for a while.

"This is the room to ones to relieve themselves." Ridley explained, not taking his eyes off of Riza. This seemed rather odd to Ridley, since he has not seen any others females, whether it was of his race or not, so lovely. "Enjoy yourself Riza."

"Thank you Ridley!" Riza un-packed her things, got out her kimono and fresh under garments. Riza started to detach her armor from her body and took off her white dress from underneath her armor, putting it in a bin to clean things and keep them in tact. She turned on the warm shower head and slipped her sleek, nude body into the shower. Riza was amazed at how big the shower room was, but then again, her kind were dwarves compared to the Aeonese Dragon Clan. It was quite a refreshing change of pace to what she was used to on her own planet. There, it seemed like the Ryokan bath houses seemed cramped and tight, but on Aeon, they seem more wide and roomy.

After Riza gotten herself cleaned up in the showers, she slipped into her shimmering kimono that flowed like liquid metal and was silky soft against her flesh. As she came out of the restroom, Ridley came to greet the young woman and held her small, lithe hand.

"Come to where you shall stay." Ridley calmly said as he led Riza, hand to hand, to the room where Riza shall rest her exhausted body. Ridley pointed out quite a wide room with a huge, wide window looking out into space, complete with blinds in case of privacy needs from the other ships that fly by. The walls and ceiling were silvery blue and were yet warm instead of cold and a huge round bed complete with pillows and a collection of thin blankets, for Ridley did not need blankets, since he was of the fire element, but he only used the blankets to warm him up whenever it got cool in the ship.

"This is where you should stay Riza. It is also my room as well, but you may have it for tonight." Riza slightly blushed, but accepted the offer, since the Aeonese Dragon seemed to be rather polite towards her.

"Thank you Ridley." Riza said as she bowed to Ridley, showing her mannerisms. "But what about you? Where will you stay?"

"Don't worry Riza, I will be fine for now. Besides, I am not really that tired yet."

"Okay then, thank you!"

Riza then, slightly turned her back, slipping off the robes in front of the Aeonese dragon. She felt a little sheepish doing so, but she felt more used to sleeping without anything on her. Her body was quite slender, yet correctly proportioned. Ridley's eyes started to widen at the sight of this.

"Just wondering......" Riza calmly said, slightly blushing nervously. "......Is nudity a taboo in your society?" Ridley closed his eyes and shook his head.

"No, certainly not!" Ridley started to get more curious as he observed the young woman. "Ehh....Riza, could you please turn around, so I could get a better glimpse of you?"

"Uhhhh, sure!" Riza's face was now a bright red. No male, whether humanoid or not, did not seem to fell this way with Riza, not even Garlyle, the rebel leader of Babel that had a crush on her. Therefore, she seemed to be rather modest for a long time, until now. So Riza slowly turned around, taking her arms off of her well rounded, fully endowed bosom. Ridley got rather astounded at the sight of her well-endowed mammaries, the things that only Mammals or mammalian-like creatures could have. Her waist was slim and had quite some nice thighs. Ridley just could not take his eyes off of Riza, it was like being face to face with a god being of his wildest dreams.

"Heh, heh heh.....quite nice indeed!" stuttered Ridley, feeling rather flustered. Riza stood there, caressing the dragon's chest area.

"It is okay, I know what it is like when a creature from a foreign world examines the anatomy of an unknown being, such as I am to you." Riza started to feel her weariness touch her." Well.....good night Ridley!" As the young woman sealed her eyes shut, Ridley smiled back at her and slowly shut the door and pulled down the blinds. The Aeonese Dragon started to feel quite restless, many thoughts on his mind, plaguing him for days and nights. He just could not help, but to think of Riza and the various racial groups of Dai-Chi, a place he found quite fascinating.

"Dai-Chi is not like anywhere else I have been to!" Ridley thought to himself. "It was like I stepped into the promised land or something...." As Ridley headed out of the room, he witnessed the computers acting rather dysfunctional and wires moving around like restless earthworms. Suddenly, from the monitors, eerie whistling noises emitted out and echoed from the hallways. "Ugh, this is not a good sign!" First the Galactic Federation, now THIS!"

Ridley started to violently attack the whistling monitors and wrestle with the strange wires. Something started to strike Ridley's mind, could these computers be POSSESSED? As Ridley kept attacking with both firepower and muscle power, he was all of the sudden blasted with a big surge of light.

"YAAAAAOUCH!" Ridley shouted in pain, covering his eyes. "What is the meaning of this?" As Ridley struggled to open his amber eyes, he saw a translucent figure appear in front of his face, coming out of the monitor like a frog leaping out of a pond. The figure resembled a woman in a flowing gold gown , with a gem crest on the chest area. Her face looked sorrowful and gentle at the same time through her long, wispy light green hair that flowed like kelp in the oceans and seas. Her arms appeared to have golden, gem crested wings attached to them and she had talons like a bird, instead of humanoid feet.

"Well, RIDLEY, have you been up to anything recently?" The woman said sternly as her crystal aqua eyes opened up to face the great dragon. Ridley looked stunned at the woman.

"HOW DID YOU KNOW WHO I WAS?" Ridley shouted in shock, having the feeling of fainting. "WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF ME WOMAN?" As Ridley tried to breathe out a wave of magma, she reflected it right back at him, only healing him more, since Ridley was born of fire.

"Ridley, will you PLEASE LISTEN?" The woman shouted in rage. Ridley faced the woman nervously and calmly agreed with her, since this looked like a creature that should not be messed with. "Well Ridley....I am the observer of the living beings and the deceased souls of the Netherworld. My name is MEIFA!"

"MEIFA? I did not know you were dead all ready, what is the meaning of all this?" Ridley screeched in fear. Meifa shut her eyes and laughed.

"Don't be shocked Ridley. Don't forget that even deities die, only to rise from the ashes in a new form." Meifa explained to calm Ridley down. "I gave my life force to Riza, leaving my soul for the Netherworld, to tend the souls of the dead. Riza is an heir of mine and she promised to carry out the deeds of the Neo-Rudra, the newborn supreme beings."

"What the hell.....I did not know Riza was your heir!" Meifa nodded her head at the stunned being.

"Indeed. Well, since I have heard of your criminal pirate behavior of the past, this woman will help you change your ways for the better." Meifa started to look more rigid and determined. " DON'T YOU DARE HURT HER OR YOU ARE DEAD MEAT!"

"WHAT?" Ridley gasped. "I would never hurt such a being! What makes you think that?"

"Well, you were a leader of a gang of Pirates from Planet Zebes, right?" Meifa warily asked.

"Right, I used to be."

"You would kill or steal for the Mother Brain, wouldn't you?"

"Yes.......however, I have lost everyone on Zebes to a wicked vortex that swallows up everything in it's path, so what is the point?"

"Well, so far, I have noticed you have slightly changed your ways so far. Riza has helped you, however, think of the other beings in the galaxy, such as a space warrior you battled over and over again! Please don't fail me nor Riza!" After those words, Meifa de-materialized.

"Aw shit. I really got to watch my back NOW!" Ridley mumbled as he headed back to his room, thinking of Riza. As he headed back, he noticed Riza huddled up underneath some blankets The Aeonese dragon quietly slipped under the covers with the young woman. As he did so, her calm brown eyes softly opened up.

"Thank you for coming back." Riza whispered as if she was actually waiting for him to come back. Ridley just could not get the words of Meifa out of his head and decided to stick to them.


"Riza, who really is Meifa?"

"Meifa? Oh, she was one of the divine god heroes that smite the vortex that was hereby called "Nothingness of Beyond". She was also the creator of life of my planet. In fact, the humanoids, such as myself, are in reality the same race as Meifa and the divine heroes." Ridley's Amber eyes widened up in utter surprise.

"Amazing! I did not even know that your race on that planet were really demi-gods."

"Now you do.... Hee hee hee hee!" Riza chuckled as she climbed on top of the Aeonese dragon, wrapping her arms around his waist, softly embracing him as the two bodies became even with each other.

"Errr....Riza...." Ridley wondered as the nude woman leaned on top of him, smiling. "Why do you feel this way about me? I thought you were afraid of me, especially when I told you my back-story!"

"Oh, no not me. You just need more love in your life." Riza crooned softly. "Besides, for a long time, I bet you do not know what it is......."

"No, I haven't for the longest time." Ridley responded. "But I have always yearned for it." No Female being, not even one of Ridley's species of Aeon, have ever felt this way about him. It was indeed what he has yearned for many years, and finally, his dream was full filled. However, he started to feel concern for Riza as well.

"Riza, aren't you afraid to bare off-springs live?" Riza shook her head.

"No......since I am a carrier of the sacred Jades, I could control my own fertility. That what distinguishes the Jade holders from normal life on Dai-Chi, or even of other planets. Anyone whom carries the Jades knows it for sure."

"Just wondering, is childbirth live painful." Ridley warily asked.

"Oh yes it does!" Riza sighed. "Three out of five of the races give live birth, the Danan Mystics, the Kyojin Giants and the Humanoids. The other two races, the Reptilian Hahchu-Rui and the aquatic dwellers of the wetlands, the Mizushu-Sai, lay eggs. Me, however, decided not to give birth at all."

"You are one lucky woman." Ridley replied.


"Indeed. Plus, there are some in the worlds whom are displeased with their children once they are born and rid of them. That is why I choose not to breed."

"I agree young woman. That is a good choice." Riza then started to softly embrace the Aeonese dragon more, the embrace getting tighter and tighter around the great being. Suddenly, Riza's flesh started to give off a soft, radiant glow, as if she were thawing out the frozen heart that Ridley had. He thought it was such a wonderful feeling for him, wishing that his mate would warm him up. Riza then started to tickle Ridley's chest with her tongue, reaching every scaly bit. Both of the creatures started to breathe rather heavily, feeling some great pleasure. Riza started to all of the sudden feel a strange feeling through her breasts.

"Oh dear...." Riza whispered as she noticed the weight on her breasts. As she looked down, she noticed that she was lactating divine milk, a liquid that only came from the divine beings' bosom. Ridley started to notice as well and felt rather odd about it.

"Uhhh....Riza....your bosom looks like it is melting!" Ridley whispered, feeling rather alarmed as he observed Riza's mammaries.

"Don't worry, I'm just giving off some milk. All females of godly-hood have the abilities to give off milk to the ones whom need to be fed, especially their young." Riza explained to calm Ridley down. "Since I carry the holy jade, I help out living beings on my planet, both warm and cold blood. I play wet nurse for the malnourished, giving them every nutrient they need in their sickly bodies."

"Interesting indeed." sighed Ridley as tilted his neck, and held Riza up to his head and carefully placed his beak up to Riza's delicate nipples, her soft round breasts, pressed up to his mouth. He softly licked and suckled up the liquid, trying to be careful not to harm Riza's petite body. It seemed to feel so loving and so maternal as well. Even though he was raised by the Mother Brain, she seemed to be rather cold and domineering, while Riza seemed to be easy going and warm.

Riza was also feeling great pleasure as well. Even though she has only done this with the needy of her planet, this was something completely different. This was more of a feeling of the Female expressing her love to the Male, rather than a bond between Mother and Child. After a while, the throbbing urges within both beings started to calm down and the inner-species couple decided to rest side by side, still in each other's arms.

Meanwhile, back on Planet Dai-Chi, some of the remaining Aeonese Dragon colonies and the three remaining divine heroes, Scion, Surlent and Dune started to witness more space ships come down from the heavens, this time, not of Aeonese origin.

"What is the meaning of this!" cried out some of the Aeonese as they got the three heroes attention.

Those are definitely ships of foreign descent!" Surlent observed as Scion and Dune got out their weapons, in case there was a fight to break out.

"Don't just stand there Surlent!" cried Scion. "Get ready to fight these beings!" As the three heroes and the Aeonese got ready in case of a battle, a ship landed, revealing a mysterious person in blue armor, pled to them to drop their weapons.

"Stop the madness!" it said in a feminine voice. "I have not came here to attack!" With those words, everyone dropped their weapons and eyed the armored woman. She took off her helmet, looking rather rigid and determined.

"I am Samus Aran of the Galactic Federation! I need all of your help!" Scion, Surlent, and Dune walked up to Samus, kneeling to her in courtesy.

"What is the trouble?" Dune asked calmly.

"The Galactic Federation is tracking down an unknown vortex and a being that has captured some life from this planet!" Samus explained. The heroes and Aeonese were confused, but decided to come along.

"Okay....." Surlent said, feeling rather curious about the situation. Was Samus probably talking about Riza or the Nothingness of Beyond. The three heroes knew Riza could take care of herself, she was no shrieking violet in need of a handsome prince. As for the Nothingness of Beyond, that was a totally different matter. "Riza was not kidnapped, she came along those beings to help them reform!"

"Oh well, we should help out the bounty hunter called Samus." Dune thought to himself as the three heroes and Aeonese headed out of Planet Dai-Chi and into the deep voids of outer space.