Okay... I haven't been working on this story for a while, hehe... anyway; I wanna do something different compared to other LOD stories so, I won't say anymore! Here we go with the next chapter!

Chapter 4: Curse of the Dragon

"Dart, are you alright?" Shana hastily asked.

Dart looked to Shana. "Of course I'm alright!" he looked to the other woman clad in black, "umm... what's your name?"

"Rose..." she replied dryly.

Shana walked over to Rose and slapped her hard. "Why did you do that to Dart! He could've died!" she shouted at Rose.

"I simply saved him a 2nd time. I saved him from the Dragon, and now from Kongol," she said not fazed by the slap.

Dart, Naomi, and Lavitz stared at the two women bickering.

Lavitz whispered to Dart. "Are women always like this?"

Dart nodded.

Shana blew up. "DART! LAVITZ! You're so mean!" she screamed hitting them both on the head.

"Oww!" Dart whined. "That hurt Shana!"

Lavitz just stood there, and looked at a particular someone with a worried glance. "Anya..." he whispered silently.

Naomi saw the look the man Lavitz gave her sister, so she went over to him. "So, you love her huh?" she asked coming up beside him.

Lavitz nodded slowly, but then shook his head. "WHAT! I-I just... well, uh..." he looked down to the floor blushing.

Naomi smiled inwardly. "Awww! Someone actually likes my sis... without wanting to do an experiment, heh!" she patted him on the back in a friendly way saying 'I won't tell.'

Lavitz looked at her and silently nodding. "Thanks..." he whispered.

Dart stared at the two in conversation completely ignoring Rose's speech. "How are they already buddies?" he thought.

"Lavitz... who is that girl? I've been meaning to ask," Dart asked Lavitz.

Lavitz looked to the girl standing beside him. "Oh, this is Naomi, she's used to be on Sandora's side when we were fighting them earlier in the night."

"WHAT!!" Grab your weapons!" Dart yelled taking up his sword.

"NO! Leave her alone!" a voice rang out, jumping in front of Naomi. "Leave Naomi alone Dart!" Anya shouted.

"Anya! Get out the way!" Dart commanded.

Lavitz walked up beside Anya. "Dart, calm down. We can explain why she's here," he told him calmly.

Dart stood there astonished. "Lavitz, she's still on Sandora's side. Once a Sandora, always a Sandora!" he yelled.

"Dart! You haven't even given her a chance!" Lavitz argued, defending Naomi.

"Lavitz..." Naomi whispered from behind him.

"Huh?" he turned around.

Aya looked to Dart. "I'm sorry, this is all my fault... Dart is mad, I should leave..." she cried running out the door.

"Naomi! Come back!" Anya yelled running out after her.

Lavitz started for the door, but Dart grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back.

"Just leave them! They'll only cause you trouble," he told Lavitz.

THWACK!

Dart landed on the floor with a bleeding lip. "What did you do that for!" he shouted.

He stared at Dart on floor. "Don't ever try to stop me Dart..." she stated going out the door.

"Dart? You okay?" Shana asked going to his side.

"Yeah..." he said wiping the blood from his mouth. "Lavitz... you had better come back!" he thought.

: ELSEWHERE:

Naomi ran though the marshland as fast as she could. She reached the fort where a battle had been, and fell.

"Ahh!" she cried as she tripped.

Anya was close behind her, and saw the fallen Naomi. "Naomi! Are you okay?" she asked picking the girl up off the ground.

"Oww... Anya? Why were they so mean to me?" the younger girl asked, tears falling from her face.

Anya hugged her little sister close. "It's okay... we don't have to go back, we can just go to Lohan..." she told her.

Naomi looked up with teary eyes. "We?"

Anya nodded and smiled brightly. "Of course we! I won't leave you to travel alone!" she said tickling her.

"If you go, I go!" a voice said from behind them. The girls turned around to face Lavitz, standing there.

"Lavitz! I thought you were still in Hoax! Why did you follow us?" Anya asked.

Lavitz held up two weapons; a fuujin and a spear.

They blushed red. "Oh... hehe, thanks. Any other reasons?" Naomi asked this time.

"Don't you want me to come... yeah there is another reason. Two girls shouldn't go to Lohan alone, you could get captured... or worse. So, I'm coming with you." He shrugged.

Anya and Naomi both jumped up and hugged Lavitz, making him fall down laughing.

The three of them laughed like crazy, Lavitz still on the ground. "Thanks so much Lavitz!" Naomi said getting off to let him get up.

"Your such a sweetheart!" Anya said kissing him on the cheek.

Lavitz bolted upright, face going red. He just sat there dazed and then he fell down again.

"What did I do to him!" Anya said freaking out.

"You kissed him on the cheek, and he fainted because the girl of his dreams kissed him!" Naomi giggled.

Anya sat there silent. "Girl of his dreams? He likes me...?" she finally asked, staring at Naomi.

She nodded her head. 'Yeah... he asked me not to tell anyone, I for one, think you should tell each other how you feel!" Naomi beamed standing up.

"Alright! But later, like in Lohan. Now, we'll just wait till he wakes up!" Anya said sitting on a tree trunk.

"Uhhh... what the...?" Lavitz sat up dazed and confused. "Where's Naomi and Anya?" he thought.

"Good morning, sleeping beauty!" Naomi grinned giggling.

He looked at her puzzled, then looked at his surroundings. A carriage.

"Where are we?" he asked.

Anya spoke, "We're going to Lohan, and we're in a carriage! We hitched a ride!"

The two girls nodded to Lavitz answer his question.

Naomi looked outside and stared at the passing trees. To others they were just trees, but to her they were spirits. They seemed to be calm, but Naomi sensed a great power approaching.

She looked back to her now travelling companions. "I think something is following us..." she said with a slight tremble in her voice.

"What!" Anya and Lavitz said at the same time.

Naomi nodded and pointed to the trees. "It's in there!" she cried.

Anya crawled to where Naomi sat, and listened. A large tree fell down on the road behind them, revealing a LARGE Dragon.

The two girls screamed, "AHH!" and moved backwards, right into Lavitz.

He gave them a puzzled look. "Uh? What's wrong?' he asked. Naomi pointed to the dragon chasing them. "Oh my god... we have to stop it!" he leaped out of the carriage, lance in hand.

"Lavitz! Wait for us!" Anya yelled jumping out with her fuujin in hand, as well as Naomi beside her with her spear.

Thus the battle took place.

: DRAGON BATTLE:

The dragon roared with pain as Lavitz stuck it with his lance. "ROD TYPHOON!" he yelled.

Naomi came beside him striking as well. "WOLF LASH!" she yelled doing a 5 hit combo.

Anya ran up and threw her fuujin aiming for its head. "HA!" she cried tossing it.

The Dragon shrieked as the fuujin stabbed deadcenter in its forehead. It turned to Anya, who's fuujin was stuck deep in its head, and spat a liquid at her.

Anya gasped as something threw her to the ground, covering her. She looked to the Dragon, which fell to the ground.

"You... saved me..." she whispered.

"Are you okay?" Lavitz asked flinching slightly. "Lavitz... you didn't have to... I'm fine."

He smiled a forced smile and flinching. "Ugh... damn, that was some kind of poison!" he said in a pained voice sitting up.

Naomi took out a bucket and ran tot he lake beside them and lifted water out of it. "Here!" she said pulling his armor and shirt off, and pouring the water slowly over the burns.

"AGH! Naomi, that's stings!" she wincing and also cussing a bit.

She gave him a 'sorry' look.

The Dragon's head moved and talked. "My mark, is now emblazoned on you! My curse will raise and you shall fall, you pathetic human!" it died and starting disintegrating.

Anya and Lavitz stared in shock as a crystal shape landed in Naomi's palm. "A dragoon spirit? Why?" Naomi asked.

Lavitz looked at it and winced as he held it. It fell back into Naomi's hand. "Dragon's Curse? I for one, thinks it chose you because it hates me..." he said grabbing his shirt.

Naomi stared at the burn, it was the form of a Serpent Dragon, twisting itself around his back.

"No... this scar will grow each encounter will a dragon or dragoon!" she thought.



The Dragons' Curse was meant for Anya, but was placed on Lavitz when her protected her. So? What is Dragon's Curse anyway? And what does this new dragoon spirit have to do with it? Please Review or E-mail me to find out, because I might not say anything in the next chapter! Thanks!