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Chapter Two

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'Speaking in Dragon'

"Speaking in English"

Thoughts

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'All Hybrids, Dragon-Riders and Dragon-Soldiers from level 3 and up in their training must find armour, weapons and their Dragons. All women and children must remain indoors!' Takashi shouted.

Akara stood on her doorstep and hugged Seto. Tears were trickling down her face, Mokuba had latched onto Seto's leg and was refusing to let him go 'Please, don't go!' he begged, his grey eyes looked pained.

Seto turned as he felt someone tap his shoulder indicating that he had to go 'Sorry Mokuba' the brunette said softly 'I have to go, but I promise I'll come back' he said softly before pulling out of the boy's grip and tightening his belt around a sword and two daggers.

Akara put her arm around Mokuba's shoulder as Seto walked away 'I don't understand, why does Seto gotta go and fight?' the boy asked, his voice was a pitch higher from crying 'He doesn't even ride a Pure-Dragon' he added and that was true, Seto didn't ride a Pure-Dragon, but he wasn't just a normal Dragon either, he was Hybrid, which meant that he could take on a semi-dragon form, or appear to be Human.

'We have been waiting for this for a long time Mokuba, but none of us thought it would come this soon. For years we have been hearing things about a huge army of Men lead by an immortal who goes by the name of Marik. Every Dragon village they have attacked has become nothing but ruins overnight. There are not enough of us to hold them off' she answered softly 'Come on, inside the house Mokuba'

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Seto looked at all the frightened faces, he couldn't say that he wasn't scared either because that would be a lie and he couldn't blame the other teens for looking so terrified, there was a good chance that they wouldn't make it out alive.

A Dragon-Soldier started checking them and stopped when he got to Seto 'Where is your armour?' he questioned eyeing the leather and Seto's bare arms.

'I don't have any' the brunette answered whilst looking at his shoes.

The man frowned 'You are a high level 5 yet you have no armour'

'I don't need it' Seto replied sulkily, he didn't want to be here, he wanted to be back at home with Mokuba and Akara.

The man looked doubtful but he didn't pester him further. Seto took a spear with a point that was curved over a little instead of a straight one from a soldier who was dressed in thick, dented armour and walked over to the line of Pure-Dragons who were waiting for their bonded partners to show up, his sharp blue eyes scanning the other teens who all looked petrified.

And so they should be he thought gravely Most of them haven't even seen a real battle, let alone fought one his eyes narrowed as he continued to look around They are inexperienced. I am inexperienced, and yet here we are, expected to defend our family and our home having only received warning half an hour ago. It is madness. And stupidity

He spotted his friend Otoji clumsily mount a brownish yellow Pure-Dragon, in the process he dropped his sword which was just a standard straight blade and a spear which was normal, not curved over. Seto picked up the weapons, passing them up to Otoji who was having a hard time getting used to the armour he was wearing.

The black haired teen grinned sheepishly 'Thanks' he offered 'Say, are you nervous?' he asked.

'What gave you that idea?' Seto questioned.

'Your eyes' Otoji replied 'You can tell me y'know, I'm not going to laugh 'cause I'm terrified'

Seto looked at his shoes for a moment 'I don't really know how I feel right now' he lied.

Otoji shook his head 'Stop trying to portray yourself as the tough guy Seto, you are allowed to be afraid y'know'

' . . . I suppose I do feel a little scared' Seto admitted.

His friend grinned 'You don't have to worry though, I know your going to come back and see that kid brother of yours'

'What makes you say that?' the brunette asked, everyone knew Mokuba was not his blood brother, but the two were so close that everyone referred to them as being brothers anyway.

'Because your twice as good as any of the fighters here and they've been doing this sort of thing for years' Otoji replied.

'I'm not'

'Gee, your ego has taken a dramatic plummet recently' said Otoji

Seto smiled a little 'Let's just say I feel differently now I'm actually in their shoes' he said.

'Yeah, guess your right, I mean being around all these pros is bound to dent anyone's ego'

'I didn't mean it like that' Seto replied.

Otoji forced a grin 'Yeah I know, just promise me one thing'

'What?'

'If I'm killed you'll kill the bastard that did it' Otoji replied.

'Er . . . okay, but what makes you think that your gonna get killed?' Seto asked.

Another loud rumble sounded from the mountains meaning that Otoji didn't get chance to reply, the brunette wanted to reassure his friend but there was no time. He left his friend and lightly ran towards the cliff edge where he would get a better view.

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Akara looked on, her emerald eyes looked frightened as she saw many Dragons rise into the air all heading for the mountains, it would be lying to say that she wasn't worried because she was, not just for her life and the village but for Seto. Mokuba was crying loudly, his grey eyes were mournful and scared.

'I want Seto to come back!' he wailed.

Akara held him close 'I know hun, I know but he has to fight' she said soothingly 'I promise he will return' she added.

Mokuba cried harder and buried his face into his mother's dress 'I wanna go help him!'

'No Mokuba, you can't' she replied.

There was a tremendous blast from the mountains, the sound of rocks crashing echoed all around, Humans had finally breached the natural shield that the Valley had.

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Seto squinted through the dust and spotted men climbing over the rubble into the Valley. He watched as Dragon-Soldiers tried to hold them back, there were several gunshots and each one fell down dead with a small hole in either their head or chest.

Silently he got to his feet and gripped the spear then locked onto his target. A lone man who had foolishly stood right beneath the ledge he was perched on with very little armour to protect himself. It all happened in a flash of steel and blood as the point of the spear was driven through the side of his unprotected skull in one smooth swing.

Seto lightly dropped beside him, the man was rather muscular, his face was dirty and bore long, ugly scars. The brunette knelt when the black metal of a gun caught his eye and in doing so failed to notice someone behind him. The next thing he knew there was a searing pain down his back, he turned sharply and came face to face with another man who seemed surprised that the teen was still alive.

In one swift movement the man's head was sliced from his body, blood coated Seto's blade an angry red. He staggered away from the two bodies as dizziness swept over him, he may have been a Dragon but he was still affected by blood loss. Tired and disorientated he sat stiffly behind some large rocks and slowly drifted into unconsciousness.

TBC

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Jaffacake11579: Sorry it's taken so long to update but I've had loads of problems with my computer, plus exams at school. A new character will be coming into it soon but I'll leave it up to you guys to guess just who it is, I'll give you a hint though, it ain't Yugi or Yami.

I would like to say thank you Jenna aka kitty for reviewing.

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