The Unknown Dragon Slayer 3
I looked at the clothes, then at the guy who gave them to me. Then I turned and looked at Dilandau.
"I don't get it," I said in confusion. "Why do you think I'd become a Dragon Slayer?"
"By holding the clothes you accept the responsibility," Dilandau explained. I stared at him. There was no reason to put them down, as far as he was concerned I was a dragon slayer now. Besides, I could use a change of clothes.
"OKay, so now what?" I asked.
"Follow me," the guy who gave me the clothes said.
"What's happening next?" I asked.
"You're getting cleaned up. There's no reason for you to change into clean clothes if you're not clean yourself." HE said as we walked down a hallway. He stopped in front of a door and said, "Go in there and wash up. There will be people waiting outside this door to take you to your room when your done." And he walked away. I opened the door and saw a shower. I smiled. It would be nice to feel clean again.
With the water running through my dusty hair it felt like heaven. Finally I was out of my dirty clothes and getting cleaned. When I was done I looked at the clothes the guy had given me. A skirt made of black leather, not tight, But if I spun around it would twirl out. It had Blue lining on the waist and going across the bottom. And it went to my knees. I looked at the shirt. It was long sleeves and had blue along the collar and the cuffs on the sleeves. I also got a cool new sword. I put it on and put my dirty clothes it a bin labeled : Dirty Clothes Here!
I went outside and was escorted to my room by a boy, about 15 same as Gatti, Chesta and Dilandau. He had Brown, shoulder length hair, and was dressed the same way Gatti and Chesta were.
"In there," He pointed to a room and walked away. The guys sure weren't bein to nice. I opened the door and looked around. It had a canopy bed, a lamp a desk and a small table for whatever I'd use it for. Meals maybe. I don't know. And it had a fireplace and a vanity, with a brush. 'Ah, how kind,' I thought. And I saw there was another door and went to inspect. It turned out to be a bathroom. Shower and all. 'Isn't that sweat,' I thought, and walked over to the vanity and started to brush my hair. When I was done I paced over to the bed and fell onto it. It was soft and warm, and felt really good compared to the hard floor I'd been sleeping on before.
WEll, I ended up falling asleep and woke to find Dilandau looking around my room.
"Hey!" I yelled when I saw him in my room.
"You can't yell at me that way anymore," He said, suddenly strict.
"And why it that?" I asked.
"Because I'm your commanding officer, the captain. Get used to it."
"Yes Sir," I said. I ment it as a joke, but I realized that was what he wanted to hear. I also realized he was dead serious. One good thing that came out of it was that relationships between Officers and there solders was illegal. So no more kisses from him.
"And when I come in here you address me properly. You don't just sit there. Not unless it's resting time. And even then You have to notice my arrival.
"Yes sir," I said, standing up off the bed.
"And If you're going to say my name you must say Dilandau-sama."
"Right," I said. "Dilandau-sama," I added.
"Your schedule is on the desk, now come on, it's time for dinner," He said and started to walk out the door. I walked after him and stayed be him him. I figured it would be offensive to him if I walked side by side with him, He always had to be ahead. Something I learned from old war movies I'd seen.
When I got to the table, It was kinda like Allens. All guys, only this time I was here alone, no Hitomi or cat girl. Dilandau... sama pointed to where I should sit. Next to Gatti and the boy who led me to my room.
"Boys, this is Tora, She's the newest Dragon slayer in our grope."
"Dilandau-sama, she's a girl, don't you think she's a little weak?" A boy asked. I recognized him as Chesta.
"That's why I kicked your ass when we first met right?" I asked obviously pissed off some one would even have the nerve to call me weak. He glared at me and I smiled inwardly. Dilandau-sama smiled and said, "That's why I think she'll do fine in the Dragon Slayers." Nobody really tried to insult me after that for the rest of dinner.
* * *
Went I woke up then next morning it was because someone put an alarm clock to the speaker, sending the noise all through the Zibach empire. I woke up, brushed my hair, got on the uniform and checked the schedule. Breakfast. Good, I was hungry anyway. I stepped outside and Saw Dilandau-sama coming to get me.
"Morning Dilandau-sama," I said, and followed him to the eating room. everyone was in the same seats, so I took the same chair I was in before. We ate breakfast and Everyone started walking to a room, so I followed. I could hear people complaining about how I would be training with them too. 'Better stop complaining, because I might accidentally drive my sword through your head,' I thought. OKay, so I wouldn't actually kill them. But with the way they were acting they deserved it. OKay, I was probably being too aggressive but I've always been aggressive, and I need that now.
Dilandau-sama trained them... us a little and then explained what we were going to do. It was some kinda game, Dilandau-sama would pick someone to start, then he'd pick someone to fight. then who ever won that would pick someone else to fight, and so on, like that. Well, Dilandau-sama picked the boy who took me to my room and I found his name was Dalet.
Well, Dalet picked Gatti, and they fought, and as they fought I watched. The best way I learn is visual. I watched there form, how aggressive they were, and soaked up all the info I could on how they fought. Gatti won and he chose CHesta. I watched all the fights and got as much information I could. But here's the thing. once some has been chosen, they can't be picked again. So sooner or later I was going to have to be picked. Well, the last guy to be picked was Miguel. Then it was just me.
"Dilandau-sama, do I have to fight a girl? Why don't I just fight Gatti?" He asked.
"No, fight her, I want to see how good she is," Dilandau-sama said. They talked like I wasn't even there.
"Fine, I pick Tora," Miguel said in a disappointed tone. By then I was pretty mad and ready to hurt someone. I stepped up and got out my sword. He attacked and I blocked. When you first watched it looked like Miguel was going to win. But they hadn't seen me watching. Probably thought I was making sure my nails were perfect or some other girly thing like that.
But anyway, I used moves I had seen some people doing. The first second of the fight, it looked like Miguel was going to win. First Minute it looked pretty even. Then in the first 5 Minutes the fight was over and I was standing over the fallen Miguel. Smiling of course. everyone looked pretty shocked. Even Dilandau-sama.
"That was fun," I said. "Anyone else wanna see if they can win?" I challenged. A boy stepped forward and we fought too. Of course, the ending was the same. I'd seen the moves everyone had used and could tell which way the sword was going. Pretty soon I had fought everyone accept Dilandau-sama.
"You boys are weak," Dilandau-sama said, and stepped forward. That made me rather nervous. I had fought him twice, as you read, and lost, that's why I was here. But I had warmed up and I wasn't going to let him win without a fight. "Ready Tora?" He asked with a sly grin on his face.
"Anytime you are Dilandau-sama," I said, taking my stance. I knew it would be hard. He charged, I jumped out of the way, spun around and blocked an attack from behind. I attacked diagonally and he blocked. He attacked I blocked and he attacked again, I jumped out of the way but his sword caught my skirt and made a slit. Which was actually more helpful, now I could move a little easier. Some how our swords locked and he shoved me up against the wall.
"I knew you'd be a good Dragon Slayer," He whispered.
"How did you come to that?" I asked Shoving him away, only a few inches but still enough for me to be able to get away.
"You're attitude," He said. Then Sent a blow to my hand and my sword went flying. The fight was over. He smiled and helped me up.
"That, is what a Dragon Slayer should fight like," he said. I walked over and retrieved my sword. "You boys are pathetic, a woman fights better then you," He said. "Hit the showers."
I could hear people thinking up excuses like, "I was just tired" or "I didn't want to be too rough on her" Of course that just made me mad.
"Dilandau-sama," I said. He turned and looked at me. " I don't think I'm fitting in to well," I said.
"This is the army, everything's harder then it was when you were at home," he said.
"That's not the problem," I said.
"Then what is?" He asked.
"The problem is that I beat them, and they still treat me like a baby. I have no respect from them, yet they respect the others so I know it's not because I'm not in a higher position."
"You have to prove yourself. Just because you won at sword fighting doesn't mean they're going to respect you. It's the Army. People have to deal with it," He said, and walked out.
"I know, but it's not fair," I said after he left. " This is the army," I repeated. "And I have to deal with it." I walked to my room and took a quick shower. I didn't want to have sweat all over me all day.
I came out of the shower drying my hair. And when I brought the towel down I was glad I had gotten dressed in the bathroom.
"Folkin-sama!" I said surprise. What was he doing in my room? "Can I help you sir?" I asked.
"How are you adjusting to army life?" He asked.
"Fine sir," I said.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yes," I said.
"Don't lie," He respond. I guess I looked a little shocked. "Surveillance cameras," He said.
"Oh, I see," I said.
"You don't have to lie, it was hard for everyone when they first came to Zibach."
"Yes Sir, Bu-" I cut myself off. One thing you learn is that you never talk back to your officers.
"But what?" He asked.
"But They all came at the same time. And there all boys. I'm the only girl here and I don't have anyone to talk to, they did, they could talk to each other and I can't, I explained. Folkin-sama nodded and walked up to me.
"We can make them treat you with respect," he said.
"No thank you sir, I want to earn it," I said. He nodded. "Is there anything else?" I asked. He didn't say anything. And because my eyes were on the ground I didn't know what he was doing until it happened. I thought he was leaving but I knew other wise when I felt his hand under my chin. 'oh no,' I thought as he kissed me. 'If it's not one it's the other,' I thought. I pushed him away.
"Folkin-sama! I'm sorry but relationships between an officer and a solder are illegal!" I said.
He smiled, cocked an eyebrow and said," Do you think I really care?" My eyes went wide and I tried to back away, but ended up running into the wall. He walked up to me and held my shoulders there with his mettle are and his real arm. I couldn't push him away with my arms pinned down.
"Folkin-sama!" I said desperately. "You're 27!" I said. He stopped and looked at me in wonder.
"How did you know how old I was. Not even Dilandau knows that," he said.
"Ten years ago you went to fight a dragon as a serimony for something, and you lost your arm protecting a little 4 year old girl," I said. He had moved back a little and was looking directly into my crystal blue eyes. Searching for some way to figure out how I knew this.
"How..." He said.
"I was that little girl," I said. OKay, I know that's like something you see out of a movie or something dramatic like that. But what else was I supposed to say? I just pulled it from your memory? Maybe that would have made him back off, or just have him want me to prove it.
"So we already know each other then," He said and kissed me for a long time. I tried moving but every time I did he just tightened his grip on my arms. When he finally did let go he looked at me and smiled.
"Folkin-sama... why are you doing this?" I asked. Okay, yes that's out a movie too I don't know which one, but My head was kinda spiny then. And they didn't know what movies were. Closest they came to was the surveillance cameras.
"Take a wild guess," He said. His Mettle hand let go of my arm and went to my back, pulling me closer to him. and His normal hand went to the back of my neck, forcing me to kiss him.
I had to do something, I couldn't just sit there, he was taking my breath away. Not that way, I couldn't get enough air breathing through my nose. I stopped on his foot and pushed him away.
"That's why I like you," He said, moving in again. I bolted, I ran right to the door and lit on outa there like there was no tomorrow. I ran right down the corridor and turned the corner only to smash into Dilandau-sama.
"Dilandau-sama!" I said, getting up off him.
"Why where you running?" He asked.
"Uh, just getting some exercise," I said.
"Tora?" He asked. He looked strait in to my eyes and I guess he saw I was scared of something. "What's wrong?" He asked.
Okay, this one's just kinda like if thing. ArnethiaLanius? I need a nick name for you, but anywayz If you think it's good I'll keep it on this track. If not I'll just have Tora spill to Dilandau. But that's a good stopping point because now I can change the way the story's going if I have to. But anywaz what do ya think?
I looked at the clothes, then at the guy who gave them to me. Then I turned and looked at Dilandau.
"I don't get it," I said in confusion. "Why do you think I'd become a Dragon Slayer?"
"By holding the clothes you accept the responsibility," Dilandau explained. I stared at him. There was no reason to put them down, as far as he was concerned I was a dragon slayer now. Besides, I could use a change of clothes.
"OKay, so now what?" I asked.
"Follow me," the guy who gave me the clothes said.
"What's happening next?" I asked.
"You're getting cleaned up. There's no reason for you to change into clean clothes if you're not clean yourself." HE said as we walked down a hallway. He stopped in front of a door and said, "Go in there and wash up. There will be people waiting outside this door to take you to your room when your done." And he walked away. I opened the door and saw a shower. I smiled. It would be nice to feel clean again.
With the water running through my dusty hair it felt like heaven. Finally I was out of my dirty clothes and getting cleaned. When I was done I looked at the clothes the guy had given me. A skirt made of black leather, not tight, But if I spun around it would twirl out. It had Blue lining on the waist and going across the bottom. And it went to my knees. I looked at the shirt. It was long sleeves and had blue along the collar and the cuffs on the sleeves. I also got a cool new sword. I put it on and put my dirty clothes it a bin labeled : Dirty Clothes Here!
I went outside and was escorted to my room by a boy, about 15 same as Gatti, Chesta and Dilandau. He had Brown, shoulder length hair, and was dressed the same way Gatti and Chesta were.
"In there," He pointed to a room and walked away. The guys sure weren't bein to nice. I opened the door and looked around. It had a canopy bed, a lamp a desk and a small table for whatever I'd use it for. Meals maybe. I don't know. And it had a fireplace and a vanity, with a brush. 'Ah, how kind,' I thought. And I saw there was another door and went to inspect. It turned out to be a bathroom. Shower and all. 'Isn't that sweat,' I thought, and walked over to the vanity and started to brush my hair. When I was done I paced over to the bed and fell onto it. It was soft and warm, and felt really good compared to the hard floor I'd been sleeping on before.
WEll, I ended up falling asleep and woke to find Dilandau looking around my room.
"Hey!" I yelled when I saw him in my room.
"You can't yell at me that way anymore," He said, suddenly strict.
"And why it that?" I asked.
"Because I'm your commanding officer, the captain. Get used to it."
"Yes Sir," I said. I ment it as a joke, but I realized that was what he wanted to hear. I also realized he was dead serious. One good thing that came out of it was that relationships between Officers and there solders was illegal. So no more kisses from him.
"And when I come in here you address me properly. You don't just sit there. Not unless it's resting time. And even then You have to notice my arrival.
"Yes sir," I said, standing up off the bed.
"And If you're going to say my name you must say Dilandau-sama."
"Right," I said. "Dilandau-sama," I added.
"Your schedule is on the desk, now come on, it's time for dinner," He said and started to walk out the door. I walked after him and stayed be him him. I figured it would be offensive to him if I walked side by side with him, He always had to be ahead. Something I learned from old war movies I'd seen.
When I got to the table, It was kinda like Allens. All guys, only this time I was here alone, no Hitomi or cat girl. Dilandau... sama pointed to where I should sit. Next to Gatti and the boy who led me to my room.
"Boys, this is Tora, She's the newest Dragon slayer in our grope."
"Dilandau-sama, she's a girl, don't you think she's a little weak?" A boy asked. I recognized him as Chesta.
"That's why I kicked your ass when we first met right?" I asked obviously pissed off some one would even have the nerve to call me weak. He glared at me and I smiled inwardly. Dilandau-sama smiled and said, "That's why I think she'll do fine in the Dragon Slayers." Nobody really tried to insult me after that for the rest of dinner.
* * *
Went I woke up then next morning it was because someone put an alarm clock to the speaker, sending the noise all through the Zibach empire. I woke up, brushed my hair, got on the uniform and checked the schedule. Breakfast. Good, I was hungry anyway. I stepped outside and Saw Dilandau-sama coming to get me.
"Morning Dilandau-sama," I said, and followed him to the eating room. everyone was in the same seats, so I took the same chair I was in before. We ate breakfast and Everyone started walking to a room, so I followed. I could hear people complaining about how I would be training with them too. 'Better stop complaining, because I might accidentally drive my sword through your head,' I thought. OKay, so I wouldn't actually kill them. But with the way they were acting they deserved it. OKay, I was probably being too aggressive but I've always been aggressive, and I need that now.
Dilandau-sama trained them... us a little and then explained what we were going to do. It was some kinda game, Dilandau-sama would pick someone to start, then he'd pick someone to fight. then who ever won that would pick someone else to fight, and so on, like that. Well, Dilandau-sama picked the boy who took me to my room and I found his name was Dalet.
Well, Dalet picked Gatti, and they fought, and as they fought I watched. The best way I learn is visual. I watched there form, how aggressive they were, and soaked up all the info I could on how they fought. Gatti won and he chose CHesta. I watched all the fights and got as much information I could. But here's the thing. once some has been chosen, they can't be picked again. So sooner or later I was going to have to be picked. Well, the last guy to be picked was Miguel. Then it was just me.
"Dilandau-sama, do I have to fight a girl? Why don't I just fight Gatti?" He asked.
"No, fight her, I want to see how good she is," Dilandau-sama said. They talked like I wasn't even there.
"Fine, I pick Tora," Miguel said in a disappointed tone. By then I was pretty mad and ready to hurt someone. I stepped up and got out my sword. He attacked and I blocked. When you first watched it looked like Miguel was going to win. But they hadn't seen me watching. Probably thought I was making sure my nails were perfect or some other girly thing like that.
But anyway, I used moves I had seen some people doing. The first second of the fight, it looked like Miguel was going to win. First Minute it looked pretty even. Then in the first 5 Minutes the fight was over and I was standing over the fallen Miguel. Smiling of course. everyone looked pretty shocked. Even Dilandau-sama.
"That was fun," I said. "Anyone else wanna see if they can win?" I challenged. A boy stepped forward and we fought too. Of course, the ending was the same. I'd seen the moves everyone had used and could tell which way the sword was going. Pretty soon I had fought everyone accept Dilandau-sama.
"You boys are weak," Dilandau-sama said, and stepped forward. That made me rather nervous. I had fought him twice, as you read, and lost, that's why I was here. But I had warmed up and I wasn't going to let him win without a fight. "Ready Tora?" He asked with a sly grin on his face.
"Anytime you are Dilandau-sama," I said, taking my stance. I knew it would be hard. He charged, I jumped out of the way, spun around and blocked an attack from behind. I attacked diagonally and he blocked. He attacked I blocked and he attacked again, I jumped out of the way but his sword caught my skirt and made a slit. Which was actually more helpful, now I could move a little easier. Some how our swords locked and he shoved me up against the wall.
"I knew you'd be a good Dragon Slayer," He whispered.
"How did you come to that?" I asked Shoving him away, only a few inches but still enough for me to be able to get away.
"You're attitude," He said. Then Sent a blow to my hand and my sword went flying. The fight was over. He smiled and helped me up.
"That, is what a Dragon Slayer should fight like," he said. I walked over and retrieved my sword. "You boys are pathetic, a woman fights better then you," He said. "Hit the showers."
I could hear people thinking up excuses like, "I was just tired" or "I didn't want to be too rough on her" Of course that just made me mad.
"Dilandau-sama," I said. He turned and looked at me. " I don't think I'm fitting in to well," I said.
"This is the army, everything's harder then it was when you were at home," he said.
"That's not the problem," I said.
"Then what is?" He asked.
"The problem is that I beat them, and they still treat me like a baby. I have no respect from them, yet they respect the others so I know it's not because I'm not in a higher position."
"You have to prove yourself. Just because you won at sword fighting doesn't mean they're going to respect you. It's the Army. People have to deal with it," He said, and walked out.
"I know, but it's not fair," I said after he left. " This is the army," I repeated. "And I have to deal with it." I walked to my room and took a quick shower. I didn't want to have sweat all over me all day.
I came out of the shower drying my hair. And when I brought the towel down I was glad I had gotten dressed in the bathroom.
"Folkin-sama!" I said surprise. What was he doing in my room? "Can I help you sir?" I asked.
"How are you adjusting to army life?" He asked.
"Fine sir," I said.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yes," I said.
"Don't lie," He respond. I guess I looked a little shocked. "Surveillance cameras," He said.
"Oh, I see," I said.
"You don't have to lie, it was hard for everyone when they first came to Zibach."
"Yes Sir, Bu-" I cut myself off. One thing you learn is that you never talk back to your officers.
"But what?" He asked.
"But They all came at the same time. And there all boys. I'm the only girl here and I don't have anyone to talk to, they did, they could talk to each other and I can't, I explained. Folkin-sama nodded and walked up to me.
"We can make them treat you with respect," he said.
"No thank you sir, I want to earn it," I said. He nodded. "Is there anything else?" I asked. He didn't say anything. And because my eyes were on the ground I didn't know what he was doing until it happened. I thought he was leaving but I knew other wise when I felt his hand under my chin. 'oh no,' I thought as he kissed me. 'If it's not one it's the other,' I thought. I pushed him away.
"Folkin-sama! I'm sorry but relationships between an officer and a solder are illegal!" I said.
He smiled, cocked an eyebrow and said," Do you think I really care?" My eyes went wide and I tried to back away, but ended up running into the wall. He walked up to me and held my shoulders there with his mettle are and his real arm. I couldn't push him away with my arms pinned down.
"Folkin-sama!" I said desperately. "You're 27!" I said. He stopped and looked at me in wonder.
"How did you know how old I was. Not even Dilandau knows that," he said.
"Ten years ago you went to fight a dragon as a serimony for something, and you lost your arm protecting a little 4 year old girl," I said. He had moved back a little and was looking directly into my crystal blue eyes. Searching for some way to figure out how I knew this.
"How..." He said.
"I was that little girl," I said. OKay, I know that's like something you see out of a movie or something dramatic like that. But what else was I supposed to say? I just pulled it from your memory? Maybe that would have made him back off, or just have him want me to prove it.
"So we already know each other then," He said and kissed me for a long time. I tried moving but every time I did he just tightened his grip on my arms. When he finally did let go he looked at me and smiled.
"Folkin-sama... why are you doing this?" I asked. Okay, yes that's out a movie too I don't know which one, but My head was kinda spiny then. And they didn't know what movies were. Closest they came to was the surveillance cameras.
"Take a wild guess," He said. His Mettle hand let go of my arm and went to my back, pulling me closer to him. and His normal hand went to the back of my neck, forcing me to kiss him.
I had to do something, I couldn't just sit there, he was taking my breath away. Not that way, I couldn't get enough air breathing through my nose. I stopped on his foot and pushed him away.
"That's why I like you," He said, moving in again. I bolted, I ran right to the door and lit on outa there like there was no tomorrow. I ran right down the corridor and turned the corner only to smash into Dilandau-sama.
"Dilandau-sama!" I said, getting up off him.
"Why where you running?" He asked.
"Uh, just getting some exercise," I said.
"Tora?" He asked. He looked strait in to my eyes and I guess he saw I was scared of something. "What's wrong?" He asked.
Okay, this one's just kinda like if thing. ArnethiaLanius? I need a nick name for you, but anywayz If you think it's good I'll keep it on this track. If not I'll just have Tora spill to Dilandau. But that's a good stopping point because now I can change the way the story's going if I have to. But anywaz what do ya think?