Chapter twelve
Ryu woke that morning to the sound of a loud roar. He graved his sword and ran out of the building just as the other's were waking up. He dashed through the bushes to the dragon and watched as he bit the head off of a black creature, he was surrounded by four others. One stayed behind and the other three ran off into the swamp.
"Damn demons. Every day they try to come and take a bite out of me... well, I got a thing or two out of them. Hah!" the dragon said as he slap another one with his tail, sending it flying across the swamp. "Morning!" He said as he saw the group walking up to him. His body wasn't covered in blood and scars, but he was healed. Only marks of where a scar was was all that was left. "Sorry I looked the way I did last night. I had just gotten done with a battle, when you guys arrived."
"A battle? With what?" Nina asked.
"Demons. Those bloody damn things get so annoying!" the dragon made a face of disgust.
"Ryu bateson, how come these demon's aren't... in... hell?" Nina hated swearing. She never really did like it.
"Oh, come on now. You don't really expect them to stay in hell do you? There are planty of other ways for a demon to come into the living." he answered. He moved awkwardly as if trying to get comfortable. His wings flapped a couple of times and his shoulders moved around a bit. The dragon snorted a little as he flicked a mouse into the water. The huge mystical beast looked back at them.
"Ryu, have you come to a decision?" he asked suddenly piercing through Ryu's thoughts.
"Yes. I have decided not to use the full power of Infinity. I have my friends to fight with and their power is all I need." he answered. His friends looked at him in shock and concern.
"But Ryu-" Nina stopped whenever Ryu graved her in his arms. His arms were warm, probably from sleeping. he started to whisper in her ear,
"It's all right. I believe in you're guy's powers. I know we can defeat him without the full power of Infinity." he hugged her tighter before letting her go. She half wished his grip remained but she knew what had to be done.
The dragon nodded in understatement. "Very well. I wish you luck and be careful." the dragon moved to the side revealing a door. The door stood tall and huge with veins covering it. But they were all dead like the life was sucked right out of them. "I don't have much time left to live. I have only one regret. I didn't spend my life with the woman I loved. Don't make that same mistake Ryu, of the Brood." the dragon told him as the heroes ventured into the way to hell.
Ryu and his friends walked closely together as they approached a tower with another door in it. Next to the door was a small box with a red and a blue button on it. Ryu pushed the red button and the door slid open exposing another room. The room was small like an elevator. So, the heroes walked into the room and the door closed, taking them deeper into the ground.
"I wonder why there haven't been any demons around? There should've been at least a battle or two..." Momo sounded as if she was almost depressed about not fighting any of the demons.
"Perhaps Deathevn is using them as a source of life... kind of like food." Garr responded.
"You mean, he's using his own people as a food?" Rei said as he gestured at the thought of eating demons.
"Could be..."
"Hey guys. I think we've stopped." The three heard Ryu say. They looked out and saw Ryu and Nina standing outside of the elevator. they sweat dropped and walk out of the machine. The group stared into a ruined place with only three torn up buildings and a dragon statue.
"What is this place?" Nina said as she walked up to one of the 'old' buildings. She could see inside and noticed that this building use to be a living room or something. Ryu walked up to the dragon statue and placed his hand on it's stony belly. The dragon was missing a left paw and had several of it's spikes missing down his back. His wings were almost broken done and his stony face was almost hard to make out what expression it had. He turned around to see a ladder leading deeper down.
"This is the old town of the ancient dragon clan, Drogen." A voice said from behind. Nina looked behind her and saw an old man standing there. He had pale skin and grey hair that was tied back. His old, torn, red cloak hanged to the ground and his beard went down to his stomach. Others came to the group and was old as well. Three older women was there. All of them had grey hair that was pulled back into a tight bun. There was also three other men. They too looked old and tired.
"You have finally come, dragon prince." Said the man in the red cloak.
"What happened here?" Momo asked.
"Demons. This is and old place and because of Deathevn growing stronger, demons are coming back." Answered a woman in a purple dress.
"We have waited for a very long long time when Deathevn would finally be defeated for good and we will be able to rest. Thank you for coming." a man in a violet robe said. He smiled half heartedly.
"Exactly, what are you people doing here?" Garr asked. He seemed a little confused.
"Ah Guardian Garr, we too have waited for you. We need to talk but now isn't the time. Young Ryu of the Brood. Come here." the man in the red called for him. Ryu walked to him and stood still for a moment before he was pulled down by the old man and was whispered something, "We have waited for 500 years when the dragon prince of our family dragons would rise. We knew that one day he would come to us and kill that beast that rest deep within the planet. " he let go of Ryu's shirt and Ryu stood back up straight. "Come with me. We shall take you to the next level." He called and started for the ladder that the dragon prince had found earlier.
"This way leads to the lower part of the town. You will find another elevator that will lead you to him. Good luck. Oh, take this with you." The elder said as he handed Ryu a shiny, white stone. "You'll figure out what it is later. Now go." Ryu nodded and started down the ladder, followed closely by his friends. They reach the bottom which looks similar to the place above but the tower in the center has yet another elevator. They walk up to it and Ryu once again pushes the button. The group walk into the room and start to go further down.
When the door finally opened, four black creatures stood before the warriors. Shocked and a little nervous, Ryu and Rei quickly closed the door. "what the hell were those?!" Momo yelled.
"I believe those are the demon's you were looking for!" Rei answered.
"Well gee! Thanks for pointing that out, dear!"
"You're welcome, sweetheart!"
"Shudda up! We have to do something before they burst open the door!" Garr screamed as the demons started to bump into the door to open it.
"I have an idea!" Nina said. She told them her plan and they quickly took action.
The demons finally came through the door and looked into the room to see it empty. Just when they're about to look up, they hear a whistle. "Psst! I'm over here!" Rei said from behind them. They turned around to see the male worren standing there with the biggest grin, waving his hand at them. the monsters roared angrily and started to chase Rei down the halls. He jolted down them like lightning.
Little did they know, Nina, Ryu, and Momo was on the ceiling hanging up there while Garr tried his best to follow whatever movement he could without getting seen. Ryu hopped down to catch Momo as Nina hovered down. They start to laugh.
"Now let's help Rei!" Ryu said as they too started running down the halls. The four finally catch up to them. Rei is fighting off the demons as he is backed into a corner. He slashed one in half with his left hand twin dagger and stabbed the other one with his right hand dagger. He finished the other two by stabbing one and kicking the other followed by a quick slash to the gut.
"Here's your bacon, honey!" he yells manfully as he holds up a burnt piece of meat.
"Thank you love. Now let's get going!" momo says happily as they continue down the confusing halls.
A/N: Ahh... going back and correcting your stories is... well embarrasing. ^^;; I noticed what I had the most trouble on with this chapter. I was more present tense then past tense. I was writing this whole stopry in past tense, not present. :P So there we go. Fixed that mess.
Ryu woke that morning to the sound of a loud roar. He graved his sword and ran out of the building just as the other's were waking up. He dashed through the bushes to the dragon and watched as he bit the head off of a black creature, he was surrounded by four others. One stayed behind and the other three ran off into the swamp.
"Damn demons. Every day they try to come and take a bite out of me... well, I got a thing or two out of them. Hah!" the dragon said as he slap another one with his tail, sending it flying across the swamp. "Morning!" He said as he saw the group walking up to him. His body wasn't covered in blood and scars, but he was healed. Only marks of where a scar was was all that was left. "Sorry I looked the way I did last night. I had just gotten done with a battle, when you guys arrived."
"A battle? With what?" Nina asked.
"Demons. Those bloody damn things get so annoying!" the dragon made a face of disgust.
"Ryu bateson, how come these demon's aren't... in... hell?" Nina hated swearing. She never really did like it.
"Oh, come on now. You don't really expect them to stay in hell do you? There are planty of other ways for a demon to come into the living." he answered. He moved awkwardly as if trying to get comfortable. His wings flapped a couple of times and his shoulders moved around a bit. The dragon snorted a little as he flicked a mouse into the water. The huge mystical beast looked back at them.
"Ryu, have you come to a decision?" he asked suddenly piercing through Ryu's thoughts.
"Yes. I have decided not to use the full power of Infinity. I have my friends to fight with and their power is all I need." he answered. His friends looked at him in shock and concern.
"But Ryu-" Nina stopped whenever Ryu graved her in his arms. His arms were warm, probably from sleeping. he started to whisper in her ear,
"It's all right. I believe in you're guy's powers. I know we can defeat him without the full power of Infinity." he hugged her tighter before letting her go. She half wished his grip remained but she knew what had to be done.
The dragon nodded in understatement. "Very well. I wish you luck and be careful." the dragon moved to the side revealing a door. The door stood tall and huge with veins covering it. But they were all dead like the life was sucked right out of them. "I don't have much time left to live. I have only one regret. I didn't spend my life with the woman I loved. Don't make that same mistake Ryu, of the Brood." the dragon told him as the heroes ventured into the way to hell.
Ryu and his friends walked closely together as they approached a tower with another door in it. Next to the door was a small box with a red and a blue button on it. Ryu pushed the red button and the door slid open exposing another room. The room was small like an elevator. So, the heroes walked into the room and the door closed, taking them deeper into the ground.
"I wonder why there haven't been any demons around? There should've been at least a battle or two..." Momo sounded as if she was almost depressed about not fighting any of the demons.
"Perhaps Deathevn is using them as a source of life... kind of like food." Garr responded.
"You mean, he's using his own people as a food?" Rei said as he gestured at the thought of eating demons.
"Could be..."
"Hey guys. I think we've stopped." The three heard Ryu say. They looked out and saw Ryu and Nina standing outside of the elevator. they sweat dropped and walk out of the machine. The group stared into a ruined place with only three torn up buildings and a dragon statue.
"What is this place?" Nina said as she walked up to one of the 'old' buildings. She could see inside and noticed that this building use to be a living room or something. Ryu walked up to the dragon statue and placed his hand on it's stony belly. The dragon was missing a left paw and had several of it's spikes missing down his back. His wings were almost broken done and his stony face was almost hard to make out what expression it had. He turned around to see a ladder leading deeper down.
"This is the old town of the ancient dragon clan, Drogen." A voice said from behind. Nina looked behind her and saw an old man standing there. He had pale skin and grey hair that was tied back. His old, torn, red cloak hanged to the ground and his beard went down to his stomach. Others came to the group and was old as well. Three older women was there. All of them had grey hair that was pulled back into a tight bun. There was also three other men. They too looked old and tired.
"You have finally come, dragon prince." Said the man in the red cloak.
"What happened here?" Momo asked.
"Demons. This is and old place and because of Deathevn growing stronger, demons are coming back." Answered a woman in a purple dress.
"We have waited for a very long long time when Deathevn would finally be defeated for good and we will be able to rest. Thank you for coming." a man in a violet robe said. He smiled half heartedly.
"Exactly, what are you people doing here?" Garr asked. He seemed a little confused.
"Ah Guardian Garr, we too have waited for you. We need to talk but now isn't the time. Young Ryu of the Brood. Come here." the man in the red called for him. Ryu walked to him and stood still for a moment before he was pulled down by the old man and was whispered something, "We have waited for 500 years when the dragon prince of our family dragons would rise. We knew that one day he would come to us and kill that beast that rest deep within the planet. " he let go of Ryu's shirt and Ryu stood back up straight. "Come with me. We shall take you to the next level." He called and started for the ladder that the dragon prince had found earlier.
"This way leads to the lower part of the town. You will find another elevator that will lead you to him. Good luck. Oh, take this with you." The elder said as he handed Ryu a shiny, white stone. "You'll figure out what it is later. Now go." Ryu nodded and started down the ladder, followed closely by his friends. They reach the bottom which looks similar to the place above but the tower in the center has yet another elevator. They walk up to it and Ryu once again pushes the button. The group walk into the room and start to go further down.
When the door finally opened, four black creatures stood before the warriors. Shocked and a little nervous, Ryu and Rei quickly closed the door. "what the hell were those?!" Momo yelled.
"I believe those are the demon's you were looking for!" Rei answered.
"Well gee! Thanks for pointing that out, dear!"
"You're welcome, sweetheart!"
"Shudda up! We have to do something before they burst open the door!" Garr screamed as the demons started to bump into the door to open it.
"I have an idea!" Nina said. She told them her plan and they quickly took action.
The demons finally came through the door and looked into the room to see it empty. Just when they're about to look up, they hear a whistle. "Psst! I'm over here!" Rei said from behind them. They turned around to see the male worren standing there with the biggest grin, waving his hand at them. the monsters roared angrily and started to chase Rei down the halls. He jolted down them like lightning.
Little did they know, Nina, Ryu, and Momo was on the ceiling hanging up there while Garr tried his best to follow whatever movement he could without getting seen. Ryu hopped down to catch Momo as Nina hovered down. They start to laugh.
"Now let's help Rei!" Ryu said as they too started running down the halls. The four finally catch up to them. Rei is fighting off the demons as he is backed into a corner. He slashed one in half with his left hand twin dagger and stabbed the other one with his right hand dagger. He finished the other two by stabbing one and kicking the other followed by a quick slash to the gut.
"Here's your bacon, honey!" he yells manfully as he holds up a burnt piece of meat.
"Thank you love. Now let's get going!" momo says happily as they continue down the confusing halls.
A/N: Ahh... going back and correcting your stories is... well embarrasing. ^^;; I noticed what I had the most trouble on with this chapter. I was more present tense then past tense. I was writing this whole stopry in past tense, not present. :P So there we go. Fixed that mess.