Jaeger Lowemon: Sorry for the long wait for chapter 7, but I've been
swamped lately. Well, two new allies, secrets, strife, and indecision.
You've got to love romance for this kind of stuff. So hey, on with the
tale... Oh and if anyone's wondering yet; Izumi is 16, so is Takuya, so is
Dramori and Fiorana is 15
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The girls had awoken somewhere around dawn, running into one another outside their tents, and leaving the campsite for a talk.
Fiorana stood, with an icy glare covering her face, while Izumi leaned against a tall birch tree.
"Did we come out here to talk or for you to bash my head in" Izumi said, eyeing the mace warily.
"If I wanted to kill you I could have done so many times before this" Fiorana replied very matter-of-factly in a scathing tone.
"All I want to say is just don't break my brother's heart" She said, turning and starting to head back to the camp.
"Wait a minute, what exactly do you mean by that!" Izumi yelled after her.
But whether Fiorana heard her, heard her and ignored her, or wasn't listening, she did not answer. Izumi followed a short time later.
The guys had woken up; some time in the early afternoon, as they were subject to do as defined by their normal routine, the group wound their way back to the path and resumed their original destinations.
"Dramori, what exactly is this Great Dracogirius?" Takuya inquired.
"Well it is a giant, dragon-like creature, the only monster capable of commanding the Rygonne Crystal. No doubt you've heard the legends of the Rygonne, friend?"
"Yes I have"
"Well there is one legend, so obscured that very few have heard it. It tells that the Rygonne Crystal is enclosed within the heart of the Great Dracogirius, and that is how he controls it"
"Wow... That's amazing..."
"But the downside is if you kill the Dracogirius, the Crystal is rendered useless"
"That's a damper"
"Sure if you were looking to control the Crystal. But another legend says that anyone who tries to control the crystal will be corrupted by its evil powers"
"It has evil powers?"
"Yes. The Rygonne is composed entirely of dark, evil matter, which is why anyone attempting control of the monster of the Crystal which it contains, will be instantly corrupted. Also, the power is so evil, that anyone corrupted by in will instantaneously be destroyed on the spot."
"That's some crystal"
"Well we're here"
"Huh? Where is here?"
"Mount Dragorrius"
They been walking throughout the entire conversation and had arrived at the foot of Dragorrius without Takuya noticing.
"This is it... The home of the Great Dracogirius" said Izumi, completely awed.
Suddenly, a giant shadow enveloped them.
"The Dracogirius!" Fiorana exclaimed, hurriedly beginning to ascend the slope. Izumi, Dramori, and Takuya followed barely matching her pace; her zeal outweighing theirs by a wagonload.
Finally they achieved the summit, finding their target fully alert and watching them, its feral, yellow eyes scanning them one by one.
After what seemed like hours but was, in reality, only a matter of seconds they went on the attack.
Fiorana charged in, whirling her mace, but her target took to the air, sporting one crookedly flapping wing, as a result of Fiorana's mace.
Making use of this time, Takuya sped up, using his shield to fend off its flailing claws, and taking his opportunity to slice off the Dracogirius' good wing. With this subtraction, the Dracogirius barely hovered, its altitude decreased drastically.
Dramori took his chance, using his axe to chop off its remaining wing, permanently grounding the beast.
Though all this Izumi watched, and now loaded a bolt into her cross bow, and firing it into the brute's eye, and it entered at such an angle as to exit through the other eye, blinding it completely.
Now there was only the kill. Dramori and Takuya swung their Battleaxe and sword, correspondingly with all their force, removing the monster's head. They were all covered in black-green blood, but were laughing hysterically, giddy over their victory.
Behind them the monsters head was slowing growing back.
A roar from behind them alerted them to this fact.
"We didn't cut off the tail!!!!" Fiorana yelled "The tail is the source of its power!"
Takuya lifted his sword, slicing off the tail, and almost a second after, Dramori swung his axe, for the final blow, removing the head for a second time.
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The girls had awoken somewhere around dawn, running into one another outside their tents, and leaving the campsite for a talk.
Fiorana stood, with an icy glare covering her face, while Izumi leaned against a tall birch tree.
"Did we come out here to talk or for you to bash my head in" Izumi said, eyeing the mace warily.
"If I wanted to kill you I could have done so many times before this" Fiorana replied very matter-of-factly in a scathing tone.
"All I want to say is just don't break my brother's heart" She said, turning and starting to head back to the camp.
"Wait a minute, what exactly do you mean by that!" Izumi yelled after her.
But whether Fiorana heard her, heard her and ignored her, or wasn't listening, she did not answer. Izumi followed a short time later.
The guys had woken up; some time in the early afternoon, as they were subject to do as defined by their normal routine, the group wound their way back to the path and resumed their original destinations.
"Dramori, what exactly is this Great Dracogirius?" Takuya inquired.
"Well it is a giant, dragon-like creature, the only monster capable of commanding the Rygonne Crystal. No doubt you've heard the legends of the Rygonne, friend?"
"Yes I have"
"Well there is one legend, so obscured that very few have heard it. It tells that the Rygonne Crystal is enclosed within the heart of the Great Dracogirius, and that is how he controls it"
"Wow... That's amazing..."
"But the downside is if you kill the Dracogirius, the Crystal is rendered useless"
"That's a damper"
"Sure if you were looking to control the Crystal. But another legend says that anyone who tries to control the crystal will be corrupted by its evil powers"
"It has evil powers?"
"Yes. The Rygonne is composed entirely of dark, evil matter, which is why anyone attempting control of the monster of the Crystal which it contains, will be instantly corrupted. Also, the power is so evil, that anyone corrupted by in will instantaneously be destroyed on the spot."
"That's some crystal"
"Well we're here"
"Huh? Where is here?"
"Mount Dragorrius"
They been walking throughout the entire conversation and had arrived at the foot of Dragorrius without Takuya noticing.
"This is it... The home of the Great Dracogirius" said Izumi, completely awed.
Suddenly, a giant shadow enveloped them.
"The Dracogirius!" Fiorana exclaimed, hurriedly beginning to ascend the slope. Izumi, Dramori, and Takuya followed barely matching her pace; her zeal outweighing theirs by a wagonload.
Finally they achieved the summit, finding their target fully alert and watching them, its feral, yellow eyes scanning them one by one.
After what seemed like hours but was, in reality, only a matter of seconds they went on the attack.
Fiorana charged in, whirling her mace, but her target took to the air, sporting one crookedly flapping wing, as a result of Fiorana's mace.
Making use of this time, Takuya sped up, using his shield to fend off its flailing claws, and taking his opportunity to slice off the Dracogirius' good wing. With this subtraction, the Dracogirius barely hovered, its altitude decreased drastically.
Dramori took his chance, using his axe to chop off its remaining wing, permanently grounding the beast.
Though all this Izumi watched, and now loaded a bolt into her cross bow, and firing it into the brute's eye, and it entered at such an angle as to exit through the other eye, blinding it completely.
Now there was only the kill. Dramori and Takuya swung their Battleaxe and sword, correspondingly with all their force, removing the monster's head. They were all covered in black-green blood, but were laughing hysterically, giddy over their victory.
Behind them the monsters head was slowing growing back.
A roar from behind them alerted them to this fact.
"We didn't cut off the tail!!!!" Fiorana yelled "The tail is the source of its power!"
Takuya lifted his sword, slicing off the tail, and almost a second after, Dramori swung his axe, for the final blow, removing the head for a second time.