~Risen~By~Dragons~
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~Discovered By Strangers~
Sasuri sat on the ground with her back leaning against the black scales of an enormous dragon, who was currently resting with it's head in her lap and his long tail encircling her waist. The great beast opened one golden eye and looked up at her. Running her hand over the dragon's neck, she sighed and looked up at the midnight sky.
"What are we going to do, Diablo? Those jerks from that village are cutting through our forests like their life depends on it, and soon will reach our cove." She said to the dragon in a strange language that was probably taught to her by the dragons she lived with. She had almost completely forgotten how to speak the english language since she never needed to use it anymore as they hadn't met anyone besides the creatures of the forest for 6 years. Dilablo, as she called him, lifted his head and let out a low rumble from deep in his throat which sounded like a purr. Sasuri smirked and laughed slightly. "As much as I appreaciate your faith in me, my magic is no match for their equipment." she said, rubbing his neck again. He snapped his jaws angrily and nudged her hand. "Yes I know you can take most of them out easily, but I don't want to risk it." The dragon let out a rough sound that seemed to be a defeated sigh, and layed his head back down. Sasuri's mind started wandering and she found herself thinking about her family. *I wonder what they would say if they found out their daughter was
raised by dragons for years after she ran away from the brothel house they ditched her in.* Sasuri Airshan, silver eyes and midnight black hair, had grown up around magic all her life and was able to conjure up many spells. After having her hometown destroyed by a war, her family left her at a brothel house and left, promising to return one day. But they had been killed just a few days after, and when Sasuri found out, she ran away into a dense forset to come upon a large dragon. She sighed again and remembered when she had first made friends with Diablo. ~After a few terrifying moments of staring the gaint reptile in the eye, she started to back away. Being 16, she knew enough not to move quickly. The dragon watched her carefully, eyeing her as she slowly backed out of his way. Suddenly, a large
wildcat burst out of the woods. It looked like a normal day tiger, except it was black with grey stripes. Her breath caught in her throat and Sasuri froze. The wildcat stared at her then turned and ran
at the dragon. The dragon struck him in the side with his tail and knocked him away, but the wildcat recovered and lunged at him again. Sasuri turned and ran off for a ways, then stopped and looked back at him. The dragon snarled at him and swung again, but missed and the wildcat landed on his back, then instantly dug into his side, causing the dragon to start thrashing around in pain. Sasuri bit her lip, then shook her head with a sigh and ran back to the fight. Stopping a few feet away, she held her hands closely together and concentrated. When she felt heat form in between her hands, she closed her eyes, then opened them again to reveal glittering silver eyes. Soon, a large flame formed in between her hands and she pulled away one of her hands to hold the fire in one hand. Sasuri whistled shrilly to get the animals attention, and the tiger turned to look at her, then jumped down and ran at her. She took a deep breath and released the flame. It hit the wildcat in the side, causing him to stop for a moment, but her magic was still slightly weak, so it didn't do much except burn some of his fur. The wildcat looked at her, fire in his eyes and charged at her again. "D*mn it!" She snapped. Pulling a dagger out of her pant leg she threw it, hitting the wildcat directly between his eyes and penitrating his skull, killing him quickly. Sighing, she looked up at the dragon, who was staring at her. Sasuri sighed again with with relief and started towards the edge of the forest, but stopped when she heard almost thunder-like footsteps. Slowly turning around, she found herself staring into glowing gold eyes. Swallowing hard, she watched as the dragon stared at her, then fought every instinct not to jump as the dragon lowered his head and rubbed it against her arm. Smiling with surprise and greatfulness, she ran her hands along the dragon's back.~
Closing her eyes, she sighed and found herself dropping off into a light sleep. She sat up slightly when she felt movement beneath her and saw that Diablo had gotten up and was looking around as if
he sensed something. She stood and looked around to see if she could see anything. Noticing movement in the bushed to her left, she got her magic ready and started towards the bush. A loud roar startled her and she turned to see Diablo laying on the ground, panting in pain. Sasuri ran over, kneeling beside him. "Diablo! Diablo, what's wrong?!" He looked at her and let out a low growl, but Sasuri shook her head. "No, I'm not leaving. Now what's wrong?" Hearing the bushes rustle, She stood and looked around for the intruder. Then she noticed the poison dart in Diablo's side. "Oh God. Show yourself now!" Sasuri snapped in the same dragon language. She then felt something hit her in the back of her head and collapsed against Diablo.
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~2~hours~later~
Sasuri sat up slowly, groaning, and looked around to see her surrondings. She was in a cage in some sort of aircraft, which was airborn, and then noticed an even larger cage nearby. Sasuri almost fainted with horror when she saw Diablo in the cage, barely breathing. Sasuri heard footsteps echoing down the hall and they were heading towards the room they were in. She trained her eyes on the door, waiting to see who had them caged like animals. They soon came into the room, there were 8 of them and they were all male. She glared at them and watched as they walked over to Dilablo, who was panting in pain while giving the men the evil eye. Sasuri stood and walked over to the wall of her cage, gripping the bars as she watched them enter his cage and didn't notice the one man that had hung back from the
rest. He had short, black hair a few shade lighter then hers, and ice blue eyes. A sword hung around his
waist and he seemed to be twenty-five or less.. He looked over at her, studying her for a moment, then walked over to her cage. She then noticed and backed away from the cage bars, glancing from him to Diablo and back. He stood by the bars, gripping one in his left hand, and just stared at her. She stared back for a moment, then walked over to the opposite side he was on and sat down with her back
leaning against the bars, and watched the men probing Diablo with odd tools.
"That your dragon?" He asked quietly. She looked at him with fire in her eyes, but didn't say anything. "How long have you lived with him? Are you going to talk to me?" She still didn't respond to him. Sighing with exasperation, he unlocked the door and walked in; she instantly backed into a corner. Walking over to her, he kneeled in front of her, waiting for her to relax. "You DO know how to speak English, don't you?" She stared at him, obviously confused. He sighed and reached out to brush some hair out of her face, but she jerked away quickly. He watched as she calmed down ever so slightly and started towards her again, but she hissed loudly and struck him across the face, digging her
longer-then-normal nails into his face and leaving deep scratches in his face. She got up quickly and
ran to the door, slamming it open and running over to Diablo. Pushing past the startled men and running over to him, she wrapped her arms around his neck, holding his head gently.
"Diablo, please, tell me you're okay. Look at me, please, open your eyes!" The dragon managed to open one eye and look up at her. Tears formed in her eyes and she layed her head on his. "Oh, Diablo, please, don't leave me now. You're all I have left. I need you with me. I'll find a cure for the poison these jerks put in you, just don't leave me." Diablo respoded with a low growl, and her breath caught in her throat. "No, you're not going to die, I won't allow you." She pulled out her dagger and cut her wrist, then held it to his mouth. At first, he refused, but she kept insisting, and finally, he swallowed the blood that was flowing into his jaws. After a moment, she pulled away and wrapped her arm with a cloth she stole from a traveller a few days ago and looked at him. "Are you okay, Diablo?" The dragon must have let her know that he was fine because she wrapped her arms around his neck and held him in a greatful embrace. The rest of the men stared at each other in shock, then back at Sasuri. *What in the world
was this girl rambling on about? And in what language?* They wondered. The man she had attacked watched all of this with a look of amazement on his face. *Her blood heals.* He realized with surprise. The other men grabbed her by the arms and started to pull her away, but she fought them, struggling and yelling at them in the dragon's language.
"Leave her alone. She can stay in his cage if she wishes." The men paused, then let go of her and she stumbled, then fell beside Diablo. After closing and locking the door, they left her and the dragon for the night.
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The next morning, to her shock, she woke up tied to a wall. Looking to her left, she saw the cage she had spent the night in, and was griefstricked with worry when she saw Diablo was gone. "Diablo! Where are you? Where am I? Diablo!!"
"There she goes again with the strange language." A bitter voice said from someone that was out
of sight. She looked around and saw a man that seemed to be in his mid twenties stood with his back against the wall and his arms crossed. His silver hair was to his chin and his bangs draped over his left eye, leaving one amber colored eye showing.
"I told you, Murdoc. She doesn't seem to know any English, so that's the only language she can say." The man who had confronted her said with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"I know what you said, Ryu, and I realize it's the only language she knows, but it's still as annoying as h*ll." Ryu smirked.
"What did the boss do with the dragon?"
"I don't know. I saw some other men drug him and take him somewhere, but that's all I saw." He muttered, watching as Sasuri struggled in her bonds and yelling at them, probably telling them to let her go. Murdoc walked up to her, quickly getting more irritated. She started snapping at him, and his eye twitched for a moment, then he struck her across her right cheek. She didn't move for a moment, stunned, then slowly lifted her head and looked up at him, shock written all over her face, and her cheek was white and slowly turning red. "Shut. Up." Murdoc hissed at her. Ryu narrowed his eyes, but didn't say anything to him. Ryu was called away for a moment to the bridge, and once he was sure that Ryu was out of earshot, Murdoc lifted her chin and stared at her with annoyance in his eyes. She glared at him, obviously full of just as much dispise for him. "I don't see why Ryu is insisting on keeping you alive." He moved his hand up to her cheek and skimmed his fingers down the trembling flesh. "But that dragon could be of use." He saw the confusion and suspicion flicker through her eyes and smirked, knowing he was pressing the right buttons. "Heaven knows, he could fetch us quite a few decent meals easily." The frost in her eyes instantly turned to fire and she twisted in her bonds, trying to get loose while slinging insults at him. She didn't know what he was saying, but she knew he was insulting Diablo. "If you don't knock it off with the language, I won't be responsible for my actions." She stopped yelling at him, but not before spiting in his face. Instantly jerking out of her reach, he ran his hand over his right cheek and felt the anger inside him cause his body to start to tremble as it rose to the surface. Murdoc grabbed her by the throat and shoved her back against the wall, almost completely blocking off her airway. She gasped in pain and coughed slightly, causing him to press harder. "You think you're all that just 'cause you were raised by dragons, but you are in for a big shock. There are many peole on board who could easily skin you alive if they were told to, and I'm one of them. Push me too far, and I won't need to be instructed to do so."
As if to prove his point, he pulled out a dagger and placed it against the skin of her throat. Murdoc applied pressure to it causing it to dig into her neck until a line of blood ran down. Just then, Ryu returned.
"Murdoc, please. Not again." He said with exasperation in his voice. Murdoc, whipped around
and looked at him for a moment, then pulled away finally. Sasuri started coughing in pain, her throat aching and the cut didn't help.Too annoyed to stick around without breaking something, he turned
and left Ryu alone with Sasuri. Ryu walked over to her and lifted her head, causing her to flinch in shock and look up at him with her pained features. Biting his lip and an unsaid apology in his eyes,
he lifted her chin slightly so he could get a look at the cut. It seemed shallow, but was bleeding a fair amount. Shaking his head, he pulled the cloth he kept tied around his arm off and gently cleaned away the thick liquid that was running down her neck and just starting to stain the collar of her shirt.
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~5 days later~
Sasuri was finally allowed to walk around, but only with an escort, which she was thoroughly annoyed with, and they still kept her caged like an animal. She was locked in a room with a large bed, ajoined bathroom, and a balcony. Considering they were 80 feet off the ground, they figured that she wouldn't be able to get down without killing herself. Ryu had managed to teach her to understand enough English that she could slightly understand them. Sasuri sat on the balcony railing, absently running her hand over her neck. A sudden loud roar of pain scared her, causing her to fall off. She grabbed hold of the edge of the floor, stopping herself from falling to the lake below them.
"What the h*ll was that?!" She said, glancing around. Hearing footsteps coming into her room, she looked up in time to see Murdoc lean over the edge and rest his arms on the railing, watching her with interest.
"What are you doing down there? That's not a safe place to hang, you know." She let go with one hand to give him a rude gesture, and pulled herself up far enough to rest her elbows on the edge. Shaking his head, he extended his hand to help her, but she slapped it away and pulled herself up the rest of the way, breathing hard. "Look, you stuck up foriegner. I have already warned you about being arrogant and rude to me. Of course, you probably don't know how to act any other way." She was able to understand enough of what he said to get mad, and struck him across his cheek. Slowly, he lifted his hand and placed it against his cheek. He looked at her in shock, then quickly felt anger take over the shock and he started towards her. Her pupils dialated with fear and she ran into her room. Sasuri twisted the handle, then slammed her shoulder against it when she found it locked. After hitting the door with her shoulder 3 times, she started pounding on it with both of her fists until they were sore and aching.
Feeling a hand grabbing her shoulder, she slowly turned to see Murdoc standing behind her. His hand came flying out of nowhere and he struck her across the face, causing her to slam into the door. She winced, her eyes shut tight, then bit her lip and looked up at him, her breath quickening. He grabbed her by the back of the hair and lifted her up, causing her to cry out in pain. Managing to open one eye, she saw a predatory-like look come over him, and a smirk slid across his face. Sasuri felt the knife-edge of fear at the look in his eyes. Murdoc turned her and backed her up until they ran into the bed. He pushed her down and pinned her down to the bed. She twisted in his grip, trying to get loose, but failed. She finally stilled and looked up at him, her eyes showing almost all of her energy was gone. He was pleased to see this. *All I have to do is get her to use the rest of her energy, then she won't be able to fight back, and I'll teach her for defying me.* She closed her eyes, trying to catch her breath, and they flew back open when she felt heat pressed against her neck. Sasuri's heart started racing as she saw Murdoc kissing the side of her throat. She swallowed hard, and Murdoc must have felt her skin rise, because he raised his head, an evil smirk on his face. He seemed to be about to say something, but he stopped, gasping for breath as she slammed her knee into his gut. He was thankful that her aim hadn't been focused slightly farther down. Gritting his teeth and narrowing his eyes, he was about to yell at her when he heard someone clear their throat. Jerking his head up, his face paled slightly when he saw Ryu standing at the foot of the bed, anger in his eyes. Murdoc released her arms and sat up, then quickly backed off the bed, a look of defiance in his eyes. Ryu closed his eyes, then took a deep breath and looked over at Murdoc.
"I am going to say that I didn't see you about to assult Sasuri, but if I see you approach her again in any threatening manner, I will make sure that you regret even looking at her in a wrong way for the rest of your life. Now get out of my sight." Murdoc stared at him from under his bangs,
glanced at Sasuri, who had sat up and was holding a trembling hand to her throat, out of the corner
of his eye, then left.