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Ch.31: Chaos Strikes



Shana slashed away at the spawn of evil with Nimbulo at her side. The monsters wouldn't back off. Blood was everywhere and Shana was dressed in it. When at least twenty had been killed the scene looked like a massacre. All was going well and the two were advancing in the forest.

'Oh no, the trick.' Shana remembered 'Just have to forget about it for now.'

She slashed an oncoming monster and the dead corpse landed on her. She shook it off in disgust.

Nimbulo frantically fought off the beasts. He had been stabbed in the back twice and the pain was beginning to cause some damage (oh yeah, they aren't in Dragoon form cause of the magical power of the forest remember?).

"This would be a lot easier if we could turn Dragoon!" Nimbulo called out

"True, but I have a plan!" Shana called back

Suddenly, Shana bolted for the edge of the forest, using the trick so the forest wouldn't change on her. Nimbulo soon followed and went as fast as he could in his blood stained robes. Soon they were out of the forest and had turned Dragoon as soon as possible.

"Now, freeze the sea" Shana told him

"ICE BEAM!" Nimbulo yelled

His spear shot out a beam of ice that touched the Forbidden Sea and turned it to ice. Lavitz got out of the way and his sea serpents were frozen in seconds. He flew down and slashed them with his spear, the two giant serpents falling upon impact.

"Now we can stand on the sea" Shana smiled

"Simple but practical" Lavitz realized

All three Dragoons landed softly on the ice carefully not to break it (do you see where the plot is going?).

"Wait a second! Where is Omega?" Lavitz asked, "It was just here!"

"Is it here?" Nimbulo asked

"No"

"Then don't worry about it"

Suddenly the horde of monsters stampeded themselves onto the ice. Lavitz and Nimbulo went for them but Shana went up instead of forward. Her blades started to emit the blue glow again. "STAR SLASH!"

Her weapons were suddenly engulfed in a huge blue flame. She looked down at the two guys and struck down at the ice. Her one blade cut right through while the other she kept out. With the one out of the water, dozens of stars were shot right out of the metal. The stars hit the monsters, clearing her way. Then she flew forward, her blade still in the ice. The blade cut through along with her movements. The guys saw what she was doing and flew back. The ice was cut into two parts. The monsters were still on the ice. They all fell into the water.

"Problem solved" she said satisfied

"No kidding" Nimbulo smiled

His smile quickly faded as the Dark Realm opened in front of them. What scared them the most was that it was not Dragoness and Dart coming out; it was Omega and ten other shapes. The shapes showed themselves to be Syuveil, Damia, Kanzas, Rose, Zeig, Neen, Nimbulo's father Stradus, Shirley, Belzac, and Haschel.

"Father?!" Nimbulo called

"And the seven warriors of the Dragon Campaign." Lavitz pointed out

All at once, every Dragoon except Shana, Lavitz, and Nimbulo's eyes glowed red. The three at once knew they were evil versions. Hope soon came as four other shapes appeared flying to the Black Tower. Lavitz made them out to be Bejong, Jade, Kongol, and Meru (Jake is obviously dead).

Dart and Dragoness woke up to find themselves in a small hut. There was a man in red robes and a man in green robes next to them enjoying their dinner. Dart soon realized that they were tied and lying on the ground. The one in red robes looked at the open eyes of the two and threw his dinner down.

"What business do you have in OUR forest?" the man asked

"The White Tower, I must get there or the fate of Orth shall be decided and we will all die" Dart explained

"Right, and I suppose YOU are a thunder mage?" the one in green asked

"Actually yes, I am" Dragoness replied "And I would appreciate it if you gave me my staff, my friend his weapon, us untied, and let us be on our way to the White Tower"

"Too bad" the red one snickered

Dragoness was fed up with his remarks and kicked upwards so he was standing up. The two other Mages jumped back in surprise. He reached out his hand as far as possible from the rope.

"Come" he shouted

His staff that used to lie on the wall was soon in his hand. He then summoned up some strength from the staff and a blot of electricity cut him and Dart loose. Dart made a dash for his sword and when it was in his hands, confidence filled his body. "Now who's on the attacking side?" Dragoness asked sarcastically

"Let's take this outside" the green one told the red

"Allow us to be your executioners. My name is Cald and his is Arderial" the red guy introduced

"We are Mages as you can see and we are the protectors of the White Tower" Arderial told

Suddenly Dragoness' head fell down.

"Dart, we should not be here, there is greater evil to the south. Also known as the Forbidden Land" Dragoness whispered

"Then transport us to there!" Dart whispered back

"Fine. Open the Dark Realm"

Dart again went through the process of opening the Dark Realm. The two other Mages were stunned and speechless at the sight of the portal.

"Bye guys" Dart snickered

The portal opened and the two stepped in. Dart immediately turned Dragoon and Dragoness started running for his life. Dart was amazed at Dragoness' running speed compared to his flying speed.

"Are you alright?" Dart called

"Hell yeah! We have to keep going though!" Dragoness replied

Dart laughed and quickly squinted his eyes back towards the endless darkness. Suddenly he caught a glimpse of Dragoness stopping. After a few moments he also stopped and flew back towards him.

"Here; open it up" Dragoness ordered

Dart opened up the link to the living world of Orth to the Dark Realm of death. But he didn't step out like always. The sight in front of him made both of the men aghast. Dart saw all the Dragoons of legend and Haschel. Haschel was obviously dead. But the sight that scared him the most was the savageness in all of their eyes. The blood red color made them look more evil than ever. And Omega just standing there controlling them with its mind. On the other side he saw all of his friends: Meru, Kongol, Lavitz, Shana, Nimbulo, Bejong, and Jade. His eyes glanced back toward the other Dragoons. He saw his father stick out with his red armor with Rose by his side. Anger flushed through him knowing he had to fight both of them, at the same time.

Dragoness then took him out of the trance "Look behind us. Virages"

"Holy shit, what is Omega planning to do?" Dart questioned

Suddenly, from Omega's side of the lineup, the Dark Realm opened there. Hundreds of Virages came out of the portal and grew to full size. Dart's eyes widened as he saw the odds. They were not very good. Dart stepped out of the portal with Dragoness by his side. All eyes were averted to the two.

"DART?!" Meru yelled

"Yeah Meru, hey Kongol. We have no time for reunions so let's get to this!" Dart shouted

"Dart have new armor. Mixture of two Dragons" Kongol noticed

Omega waved a hand towards the smaller group of Dragoons and the Dragoons of legend flew towards the group with weapons in hand. All elements were matched up. Lavitz took on Syuveil, Kongol took on Belzac, Nimbulo took on his father, Dart took on Zieg and Rose, Meru fought Damia, Jade fought Shirley, Dragoness fought Kanzas and Haschel, Bejong went sword to sword with Neen, and Shana helped out Jade.

(Here's the part where we have our little fight scenes with their matches!)

Dart had the toughest battle next to Dragoness. Rose and Zieg were the oldest and probably most wisest of the bunch. Rose first swept toward him and tried to uppercut but Dart quickly kicked back. Zieg was waiting behind him and slashed Dart in the back. Dart fell but quickly regained his consciousness and flew back up.

Dragoness was hit with two bolts of lightning. Kanzas and Haschel had extraordinary magical power. Dragoness seemed to be no match until he opened his eyes. A vortex of electricity covered the Mage. Nothing got past it.

"Atomic MIND!" Kanzas held out his fist

"Thunder GOD!" Haschel yelled

Both of the attacks gather a ton of electricity and hit Dragoness' vortex but not him. Dragoness' plan was working.

Bejong's sword clashed with Neen's repaired one. The two were right beside each other until Bejong conjured up a little magic in his hand.

"Shadow BLAST!!" he yelled

Bejong stuck his hand right up to Neen's armor and the shadow hit Neen in the torso. Neen flew back but quickly used his speed to blend in with the shadows, taking away Bejong's accuracy. Neen revealed himself and struck Bejong with his fist in the face. Blood spat out of Bejong's mouth as he hit the ground. Neen took his sword and aimed it in front of him. He flew straight towards the vulnerable Bejong.

Nimbulo and his father, Stradus stared each other down. The two Ice Dragoons did not move for a matter of minutes that seemed like hours. Suddenly Stradus opened his eyes and the red glow swirled. A huge pillar of ice emerged from underneath Nimbulo and he fell back. Stradus took the opportunity and launched him and his spear towards Nimbulo's body. Nimbulo jumped up from the ground and attempted to kick his father. Stradus ducked with great speed and threw his spear at Nimbulo who was up in the air.

Kongol and Belzac rushed at each other with axes in hand. Both of the Golden Dragoons hit each other and planted their feet. Each Giganto pushed with all of his might to move the other. This was not working so Kongol flew back, making Belzac fall on his face. Kongol was up in the air by the time Belzac was aware enough of his surroundings.

"METEOR STRIKE!"

Kongol flew up with amazing speed for such a heavy being he was. He sighted his meteor and struck it with his fist. The meteorites fell down to Orth and hit Belzac. Belzac sustained little damage though due to the fact that his element was earth also. Belzac flew up to meet with Kongol again. Kongol saw him and readied for the oncoming blow. He waited for a moment and nothing happened. Belzac had stopped. Belzac grabbed his axe from the 'hilt' (I think that's what you call it. I'm not sure though b/c a sword has a hilt. Oh well, call it that for now). He then threw it up at Kongol. The axe swung through the air.

"GASPLESS!"

Both Jade Dragoons twirled their spears and a huge thermal appeared from the ground. Two small cyclones hit each Dragoon at the same time. Then all the wind was sucked into a sphere and tightened for moments then burst. Both Syuveil and Lavitz fell back at the attack of the other. The odd thing was that both of these Dragoons had fought each other before in the heaven they dreamed of. This was not their first time meeting each other spear to spear.

Meru and Damia had the most vicious battle. The two hammers pounded the ground and left huge craters. Each Sea Dragoon would dodge the other's attack thus, causing the craters. With each swing the Sea Dragoons got angrier. Meru finally ended the physical part of the battle.

"FREEZING RING!" she yelled

A huge ring of ice surrounded Damia. Then, closed in on her, exploding. Damia was taken aback, but little damage was taken. She flew up with her hammer ready to strike Meru. Meru saw the obvious plan but got too cocky. She posed a defensive stance in the air and Damia grinned an evil grin. She gave a wave and disappeared. Meru loosened with a perplexed facial expression.

"What the-"

Suddenly Damia gave a scream and struck Meru on her back, causing the young Dragoon to fall to the ground. Damia followed her attack with some magic.

"Blue.Sea.DRAGON!"

The ground supporting Meru turned to thin ice and Meru lie there unconscious. A Dragon appeared in the depth of the ice and struck Meru from below, throwing her into the air.



DDX-Awww.Poor Meru. Too bad for her. I am recommending my new fiction entitled GTA (Grand Theft Auto): The Good, The Bad, And The Worse. I am also starting a new story in The Metal Gear Solid section. Be sure to keep an eye out for it!