As the dust cleared her eyes realized the image in front of her. The setting sun showered over the copper scales, lighting them like a collection of tiny, flaming coals. The enormous dragon had attempted to land, yet his weakness had reflected on the powerful legs, when they gave in and buckled under the great weight of the animal. Yoley's skin paled at the vision, "Izzy!" she called after him and leapt out of her window. Landing like a cat on the ground, she sprinted into a race torwards the animal and kneeled before him. The copper dragon trashed about, roaring in a painful yet desperate way, attempting to stand on two weak legs, and being unable to move due to the blood loss. Yoley was careful while approaching the ferocious mouth of the beast, knowing well that in a situation of danger animals, even intelligent ones like this, tended to be very unpredictable, "Izzy!" she called once again. Yoley kneeled by the head of the creature and caressed the soft, velvet like, smooth scales of his face, "you're Izzy right? Damn Izzy relax!" she yelled trying to make herself be heard over Blaze's deep roaring.
The dragon's mouth silenced and his black eyes stared at her, understanding seemed to dawn into the ebony orbs as the tense body relaxed. He seemed to smile at her, weakly, and Yoley's eyes teared, "how can I help you?" she inquired knowing well the dragon would not answer her question. She liked the dragon, yet she loved the boy as a brother and best friend, he had always been there for her and that was the important thing. She cared little if he was a dragon, or a prince become a toad, he was still her best friend and someone she cared about deeply. Blaze stirred and his head dropped, he had fallen finally unconcious, and if something wasn't done quickly he was soon to loose his life. Yoley gasped, "how am I going to cure a dragon in my garden? Without the neightbourgs noticing?" she inquired to nobody in general.
As if her inquiry was answered, Blaze stirred once again, his body convulsed lightly and seemed to shrink into a less reptilian form, his length shortening until it was no larger than a size over 175 cm in length. The creature became a human boy, yet not any human boy, but her own best friend, Izzy, easily recognizable in his face down position by the mass of messy hair the colour of bright red that was situated on his head. How had that happened she ignored but with that shape he could be carried with less trouble than in dragon form. She turned him arround, careful with his wounds, and dragged him inside, breathing heavily since even in human form he was larger and heavier than she was.
Bright blue eyes observed the scene ocurrin in front of him, "looks like Izzy will be fine" the large canine thought while wagging his tail in a rather please way. His gaze turned torwards the vast, reddish sky of the Japanese afternoons, games of violet and blue, an even the tones of the flaming fire seemed to sparkle in the heavens like an Aurora Borealis, almost as if the sky itself was burning with a calid fire. The wolf sniffed the air, his face serious, his eyes piercing the horizon with determination, "I have to find that black dragon and see what he's up to, why pursue Izzy? He's done nothing wrong" the wolf concluded in a rather annoyed yelp.
His agile and padded feet carried him through the forest surounding the area where Yoley lived, a very rich zone with numerous manors and large houses, individual homes that brought the envy of the less fortunate economically ones. The wolf trotted across the area until his eyes spotted an enormous dark shadow. Onyx was quick but the werewolf was even more, a full gallop could even defy the phoenix itself at it's graceful flight. Wolf ran across the silent and even deserted streets in pursue of the animal, the few passerbys would point at him with wonder before realizing his objective, a flying shadow greater than a plane.
Onyx decreased his speed and his height lowered considerably. Wolf saw his destination, one of the enormous houses around the area where Yoley lived, a too perilous area considering Izzy was hiding only a couple of streets from there. His eyes payed attention to the dragon as he landed in front of the house, his form quickly morphing into a smaller, human one. Wolf's eyes widdened in realization of Onyx's identity, "Ken!" he hissed silently, his voice sounding more like a quiet whimper. Ken stopped abruptly before oppening the door, and Wolf knew inmediatly that the dragon boy had caught his scent, or perhaps his whimper with acute senses belonging to such creatures. He trembled lightly as Ken's icy blue eyes locked with his brilliant, sapphire gaze, "you think yourself very smart hu? Watch this!" Ken hissed in a draconish rumble, very understandable to magical creatures like himself and the werewolf. Ken's hand oppened the door abruptly, the metal hit the tought stone echoing like the crashing of a car as the hard, rusty metal slammed hard against the mineralious granite.
Ken's lips spread into a tight, bright and malevolous smile, "go Garra!" he comanded throwing his hand and pointing a signaling finger at the golden silver wolf, who was crouched behind a few, bright yellow pastures. An enormous creature dashed out from the house, a black blurr large like a bear, the bulk of a lion and the speed of a fox. The enormous terranova didn't hesitate before pouncing over the shocked wolf, fangs showing in a menancing way, tounge lolling out in a murderous manner. The gigantic dog threw Wolf to the floor, his eyes were bright with fury, flames seemed to sparkle into them with a rabid lust for blood. Wolf yelped as he felt the cold fangs tearing his delicate flesh and ripping his muscle with cruelty. His instinct of survival blocked the humanity in him like it had done with Izzy a while before, his head shot up and his fangs sank into the dog's neck, oppening a small wound yet not enough to injure the animal to death, the thick blanket of fur acting like a protective shield. It was enough however to pull a yelp out of the dog, to make his jaws split open and free the captured paw. Wolf stood up quickly and leapt his body far away from the terranova's murderous jaws, his humanity returning to him in the fair time. The werewolf let his body roll down the hill like road to get away from the animal, knowing his speed would be neutralized by the wounded paw, the right paw. Garra made an attempt to pursue Wolf, but a rought command from his owner stopped him, "wait, we marked the werewolf, we just have to seek for him" Ken said with a knowing grin spreading across his lips.
Yoley heard a call on her door, and a gasp echoed in her throat at the vision of a familiar figure kneeling weakly before her door, his legs and arms were bruised and cut, but the worst was a bleeding bite on his right arm. Yoley urged him in, "what happened to you?" she inquired worriedly. A pained voice answered back, "I pursued Onyx, got bitten by that big terranova dog he has…" the male gasped not explaining his situation as licanthrope. Yoley gasped even louder, "oh my, come on, let me heal that wound!" she snapped urging him in.
My eyes fluttered open, the conversation I had just heard numbly floating across my mind, Onyx? He's Ken! But why had he decided to attack me? Why me? What had I done to him? I wondered if he knew of my identity, yeah, most likely, or else he wouldn't have decided to attack me while in human form. The door oppened abruptly and the suddeness of the sound made me focus my numb senses torwards the source. Yoley entered the room, her silky hair swaying behind her with the gentelness of each step taken, a curtain of the finest silk, or the cottony weightless clouds could not compete with the fine hair with silver glitters.
She stared at me, shock seemed to be written on her face, almost hesitation at the time of getting closer, "hi Izzy, how are you feeling?" she inquired kindly, a hesitant hand caressing my arm. I winced in pain and attempted to stand to a sitting position. A sharp current of pain stabbed my neck and all my muscles were very sore, a few scratches, almost as if I had decided to sledge past a path of thick sand with my body seemed to cover every single inch of skin. I groaned and closed my eyes as I waited for the pain to subside, "what happened?" I inquired in a troubled gasp, I was feelign so weak. I felt Yoley's eyes fixed on my body with a rather troubled, curious or perhaps worried look glinting in their deepness, "don't you remember?" she inquired in a concerned voice, and I could even sense a hint of fear floating with each note. I oppened my eyes and stared at her with curiosity, remember what? "er…yeah, Kari told me she liked me and stuff" I started breaking my gaze from her amazing eyes. Yoley recoiled slightly, jealowsy was written all over her face, "obviously I said no!" I rushed to say before she decided to slap my already bruised cheek into a flaming handprint. Smiling slightly at the relief I saw reflecting over the cooling orbs I continued, "then Tai came and we got into a fight because I had refused her proposal…a non existent one because all she did was tell me she liked me" I finished chuckling slightly at the overprotectiveness of the boy.
Yoley smiled lightly at my explanation, but somehow in her spirit I could sense she wasn't pleased by some area, something was amiss yet, although I myself admitted something was out of place I couldn't put my finger into it. Yoley's fine features suddenly became passive, expressionless, a somber shadow spread across her iluminating beauty eating away all trace of love and friendliness, and revealing a film of hesitating doubt, and pain, "it wasn't Tai you fought with, well perhaps at first but Tai couldn't have bitten your neck the way that thing did" the teenager explained calmly, coldly, somewhat trying to make me see something very obvious.
I squinted my eyes slightly, as if by observing her in a blurry, darker way would make me see whatever she was trying to show me. A flash of continuous images seemed to reflect on the wall behind her, almost as if a film was being played into the room I was situated in, her room. I gasped loudly and broke my gaze away from the girl, my eyes widdening, "Izzy?" Yoley inquired fearfully. I saw it, everything, the fall off my floor's corridor, Onyx, and…Yoley! "I…Tai punched me and I fell off…I knew there was just one way of saving myself but it would reveal my true identity…I flew but hit the wall and fell…then he attacked me, the black dragon…" I started in an emotionless way, almost as if suddenly I was simply some sort of machinery programmed to explain the knowledge required. Yoley stared at me with interest, "go on" she urged me, the dark veil lifting from her face, revealing her brilliance once again, "I flew…but I was bleeding, and weak, I needed help, and knew only one person could" I went one, but upon reaching that point of my explanation my eyes stared into hers, the message being send with the intensity of my gaze. She understood and a smile broke the somber look, finally illuminating her face with it's total raddiance. I could see she was pleased to know the person in whom I trusted the most was her. My lips almost curved into a weak smile, yet the duration was brief as I had to finish telling my story, and seek answers on ho I ended in her bed, "but I was weak, and when I tried to land I lost all energy and crashed…I remember you, risking your life to reach me, my name…hearing my namein the darkness…, and I remember you tried to calm me…gazing into your bright eyes…and wanting to become human, then I blacked out!" I finished with a sigh.
I shut my eyes tightly and sighed deeply, she knew, I had crashed in her garden as a dragon and now she knew what I was. I felt a warmth move across my cheek, tickle my flesh and leave a humid sensation across it, "I can explain it Yoley" I said in a broken, weak voice. Crying! I was crying for my best friend! I was crying in fear of rejection! Would that show her that I was not a murderous being? Contradictory thoughts seemed to float across my mind as I reached the knowledge that she had not called the federals to retire the body or anything, she had attemted to cure me, she had cured me. A humid feeling and a warm pressure was placed over my lips in the tenderness of a gentle kiss. My eyes snapped open in time to see Yoley's face against mine, her lips pressed against my human ones. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the painful tenderness, a wound ran across the side of my lower lip, and the touch of hers against mine ached to a point where it was pleasant. Yoley pulled away, yet the sudden rush of cold that washed over me at her departure made me open my eyes in curiosity. She was smiling down at me in a gentle and loving way, "Izzy, no matter what you are, you'll always be my friend, because the true person is in the soul, not in the flesh" she explained smiling down at me, her hand showing her digidevice. I understood what she meant, we all had secrets to keep, she was a digidestined, the same as I was a dragon. My lips curled in a cheerful smile as I realized I had true friends, the best friends I could have ever wanted, and I also knew I liked Yoley a lot.
The mild and interested chattering that was taking place between a few members of the Digidestined group was quickly silenced at my sudden appereance into the living room. A long nap of nearly a whole day had been enough to revitalize my still aching muscles and heal the wound, as well as regenerate the lost blood by the use of fluids and cell division. Eyes were fixed on me, chocolate and bright blue ones gazed at me with curiosity, almost expectant, "I'm fine guys!" I explained gesticulating, and trying to smile brightly in a reassuring way. Matt and Tai stared at each other, and Kari's eyes remained fixed into me, not filled with love but more with simpathy and understanding. I realized what they were expecting from me in a fraction of a second, just by staring into eager and curious eyes, not worried but more like excited. I sighed, my head dropped and my arms fell in submission, "I give up!" I muttered between teeth, nearly like not wanting them to listen to my words. My ebony eyes looked up once again, suddenly the room seemed so large as I was going to reassure the secret I had kept for 17 years to my friends, who, by the looks in their faces, already had been informed about it. I shrugged throwing all my hesitation aside, my throat was dry and I clicked my tounge to humidify my vocal cords, "ok you win, I am Blaze, the copper dragon!" I snapped with some anger, or should I say frustration acumulated.
I looked down as my cheeks flushed a bright red, embarrased, I was embarrased for being able to kill them all with a single claw, "Sun Dragon" I heard a voice chime from the group. I looked up in search of the origin of such declaration, the reality ignored by my knowledge if that was a truth, not just an invention. All eyes had left my figure, all eyes except a pair of light caramel ones that still stared at me, a glint of knowledge sparkled in them like a star captured in a pair of glass orbs. The person who was the point of attention stood up and walked torwards me, steps light as if the creature was walking over cotton. I recoiled a step back, not frightened but hesitant at the closeness of our bodies, "how are you so sure?" I inquired regaining my composture as much as I could. A cheerful giggle echoed in my acute ears, "you have the mark" a delicate finger touched a paler patch of skin, a scar to human eyes, a small mark the shape of a sun with eight triangles forming the rays of bright, golden light. My eyebrows raised, inquiring, suspicious, my eyes moving away for a few second to focus on a large patch of crimson fluid situated on the right sleeve of a white sweater, "how do you know?" I inquired. A second giggle was heard in the room, "I see it in my dreams, 17 dragons Izzy, 9 Elemental, 8 Sinister, the 17 species of Becenykan!" the response was more than startling, how could one human know so much about some world, I, a dragon, ignored? Perhaps it was no human we were speaking about, the scent was deffinitely not human to my dragon senses.
To Be Continued…
AN: Aha, caught your interest there hu? More shocking surprises are to come, I've gotta admit the developing of the story is going fine, I didn't imagine a single idea could bloom into such a complex plot in such little time. Well, I'm glad you are enjoying the story. Please RR and checky my other stories, and stay around, everything will be cleared in the end ;).