I sighed and looked around at the other four people sitting calmly on the brown leather sofas, "listen, I don't know what's wrong with the black dragon, Onyx, but there is something you should know, his real identity is Ken Itchijouji!" I spat abruptly. They all gasped excluding a bright eyed someone who was sitting next to Kari, arm placed calmly over her shoulders. Tai seemed shocked, but Yoley was the most conmotioned one at the discovery, "Ken?" she spat paler than a natural yogurt. Tai stood up abruptly, his arms gesticulating wildly while his eyes shone bright with fury, "Ok, Ken is a dragon, but so are you Izzy, that doesn't explain why he's trying to kill you!" he explained coherently. I nodded, it was true, yet for once I was at loss for words, "he was the digimon emperor, all right, but we all believe he had changed, he was the crest of kindness!" Yoley explained while squeezing my hand slightly. A collective mumble seemed to float within the room, agreement reflected in the discussing faces.

Matt sighed, he had been thoughtful throughtout the conversation, and his face seemed to light with realization, with the dawn of deduction falling upon him. He cleared his voice and stared around, and for once I realized we were all silent and expectant, "well…" Matt started. My thirst for knowledge urged him to continue with a simple, fulminating gaze. Matt smiled knowingly and nodded, "try to imagine, a pack of wolves, what's their reaction during mating season?" he inquired crossing his arms over his chet, awating for an answer. Kari looked at him, a proud grin spread across the beautiful, fleshy lips, "females are receptive, they act differently, more seductive, try to get the males' interest, etc" she explained calmly, a stray hand grabbing Matt's hand in a calm, passive way. Matt's eyes directed torwards the woman, inquiring and somewhat surprised, yet seeing her absent face seemed to make him consider the reality of her actions. Tai, however, was fulminating Matt with a glare as fiery as one of my attacks, so hot I could nearly feel the temperature rising into a boiling tension. The handosme boy ignored his best friend, yet a stray glance made me realize he had noticed the warning glare coming from the boy, "well" he continued with another sigh, "and males?" he inquired interestedly.

Tai grinned and crossed his arms, "males will fight for the females, sometimes reaching a battle to death!" he finished proudly. Matt nodded worriedly and stared at me intensely, his sparkling eyes telling me all I had to know about his hypothesis. I gasped, now I understood, "you mean it's mating season!" I exclaimed shocked, my knowledge over my own biological processes reaching oblivion to my capacity of learning. Matt nodded, no words were to be spoken for his worry was very clear to me. However, Yoley seemed to disagree with the hypothesis, "if it's mating season and Izzy is a dragon, why hasn't he become more violent? Or fought for a female?" she inquired, her chest inflating in a swelling pride at her own deduction. Matt's lips curved once again, his eyes glinted with knowledge and his whole features were passive at the time of considering the ideas taunting his brain, "he's got a mate" he concluded eyeing Yoley intently. I caught the message inmediatly, yet a troubled gasp escaped from Yoley's lips, a reaction of obvious shock. I did not want to consider her reaction torwards me, yet I was conscious of her human thoughts, a human being an animal's mate? I just hoped she understood I was not simply an animal, but a creature of intelligence and a being of feelings, and that my care and friendly love, as well as the like I had for her were totally sincere.

My thoughts were currently focused on the thought of being pursued by a male dragon in need of a little pleasure, and the solutions that could be done to avoid hurting anyone and making Onyx realize the hopeless points of the situation. Yet I knew well only one thing was to be done, and as much as I hated taking part of it, it was all that could be done against a hormone crazed dragon, I needed to survive, and I was a dragon too. I stood up so abruptly I nearly threw Yoley off the chair's arm, where she was seated, my black eyes gazing nervously at the group, "I've just got one thing to do, and that is fight!" I snapped clenching my fists in such a tight grip my knuckles turned white, and my voice floated with a tone of forced fury. Tai grinned in a funny way as obvious thoughts floated in front of his face, "ever since when have you become so brave Izzy?" he snapped. I sighed shaking my head, "I knew it" I muttered silently as my hand made it's way to slap my forehead. My eyes blazed as they stared at the taller boy, "perhaps I should explain the fact that I've been a dragon ever since I was bornt, I am simply a natural pacifist, not a weakling" I snarled in a vicious hiss. Perhaps I should consider into keeping my contained fury still inside my body before I decided to torch someone into barbecue annoyance. Yoley slapped my arm and eyed me in a warning way, and that was really enough to make me relax, she had that effect on me. Kari stood up as well, perhaps feeling short in her seated position next to Matt, yet I observed that the boy was eyeing her with a desiring gaze, "Izzy, isn't there another way?" she inquired in a desperate tone. I smiled lightly, mostly in simpathy than anything else, "it's the law on the jungle, eat or be eatten Kari" I explained shrugging, and looking hopelessly lost and tired.

We reached Yoley's garden and I transformed into my dragon form in a transformation as quick as a flash. I oppened my eyes to feel myself towering over my friends, their awed gazes plastered on my bright, scaly figure, mouth's oppened and jaws hanging in a shocked way. Kari approached me and a hesitant hand made it torwards my leg, yet it never reached it. I lowered my head and observed her, the closest to a smile was plastered over my dark lips, and my eyes stared at her warmly. A gentle rumble echoed in my throat and urged her to approach me, to caress me as was her desire. She smiled gleefully as a timid hand reached my muzzle and passed a silky touch across the copper scales, "it feels like velvet!" she exclaimed with the joy of a child who has got a new pet. I emmited another tender rumble, smiling with joy at her happiness, yet my lips could not curve, and baring my fangs could do as much as scare her, and have Tai fuming over me like a rabid dog.

I raised my enormous head and stared around at the group, their awe had vanished to reveal worry, love, care, everything mixed into a furious mixture of feelings that irradiated from the bodies in a darkenned aura of somber fear and sadness. I looked at Yoley, who had been fuming at Kari's interest in feeling the touch of dragon scales, and who was now looking down, almost as if the world had fallen over her. My head lowered to nuzzle her side, gaze lost to the ground looked up briefly to focus teary eyes on ebony ones, "I'll be fine, I promise!" I rumbled gently in a kind roar I knew she would not understand, yet she would feel. A voice raised from the group, "he said he'll be fine, he promises!" translated a voice, yet my eyes never turned around to see who was the person from whom it had come. Yoley didn't lighten any bit, nor did she seemed interested in the origin of the voice either, she had her intense gaze locked with mine, "let me go with you!" she snapped, her eyes glittering like sparkling stars, her hands gripping my large face, and her whole features positioned in a pleading way. I looked down sadly, "it's too dangerous, Yoley, I could never forgive myself if something were to happen to you!" I grwoled gently, yet more firmly. After the translation, a fury seemed to bloom from the girl, "I don't care! Wether you want it or not, I'm coming!" she barked like a rabid dog, her eyes fulminating me, I was concious that she would never let me contradict her decition.

I looked down at my friend, Yoley was situated on my back a firm grip over the bright red man that ran across my elongated neck, "good luck and be careful guys, we'll be right behind you!" Matt reassured waving at both of us with as much vigor as he could push out in his state of trembling worry. Nodding at them I emmited no sound, my wings expanded to it's full wingspan, and my legs contracted under my body, "hold on tight!" I growled knowing Yoley could not understand, yet the urgency of my tone was enough to make her know she needed to keep a firm grip of my body. My muscles tensed like a spring in unision with my wings, which flapped down creating a powerful gust of wing that almost threw my friends off their feet. My body rose into the air and once again I could feel the pleasure of the fresh wind licking my face, and caressing my leathery wings, as well as sailing across my back and stomach, and flowing past my tail. Yoley's eyes widdened at the vision past her eyes, the mixture of colours blurring as she focused on something too close, and the feeling of freedom that was gliding over the crests of the skies, running over the smoothness of cottony clouds, and racing the noble hawks. She raised a hand and punched the sky, "THIS IS GREAT!" I heard her voice trying to outpower the constant hissing of the wind into my ears. I sighed dreamily, seeing her happy was all to me, and knowing that she might not be happy after this was over was painful to my heart.

Bright blue eyes followed my path, I was amazed at the wolf's speed, and I had never seen a wolf so big. Of course, realization flashed across my brain like a thundering lightning, it was a Werewolf, a noble creature of the night, a gentle animal that had come to my aid. Wolf kept his eyes fixed on my enormous figure, his tounge lolling out, a melodic howl echoed across the woodlands and calm roads that formed the greatness of the wealthy area, a greeting, and an encouragement. I could see he was limping from a leg, the right one had a few strands of cloth floating behind him like the tails of the spirit of ponds and rivers, a collection of ribbons flowing calmly around the noble animal. He made a leap forward after his exhausted voice had faded, "Blaze, I've come in your help, fly over Ken's place and I'll make sure to attract him out!" Wolf barked at me. I smiled and roared in agreement, our moment of peace over the calmness of thes ky had dissipated to reveal the sharp blade of reality, it was time to save not the world but my life and the life of the person I cared the most for.

I did as acorded and flew over the large manor, gliding calmly over the vast surface of the roof and staring attentively at every corner of the living area. Wolf leapt over the gate, which was not higher than two metres, easy task for an animal like him. His wounded leg failed him and he tumbled over for a few seconds before regaining balance and managing to steer his steps. He limped a bit more as I saw him quickly dodge the furious attack of an enormous terranova dog, his legs carrying him quickly torwards the principal door, the terranova in pursue. Wolf galloed right against the door, the enormous body collided against the main door, a white sheet of unpenetrable steel, "Ken! I know you are there and that you can understand me! Get your lazy ass out and confront me!" barked Wolf in a furious growl, his bait was perfect, his light body could leap over bushes and jump long distances without much effort, the only problem his wounded leg. However his evasion was fantastic, even for an injured animal.

Ken came out of the door and rushed out enraged, his feet stomping on the ground as if the poor and innocent weeds of grass were guilty of all the world's misery, "you again! Didn't you have enough?" he growled angrily, a noticeable draconish hiss escaping his lips like the venom of a poisonous basilisk. Wolf grinned and looked up at me, "Blaze now!" he barked abruptly dodging another dangerous aproach of the dark dog. I folded my wings and flew down in a dive, my jaws oppened wide and my throat trembled lightly as I quickly spitted the ignition chemical. A ball of fire formed over my tounge and was quickly expulsed torwards the ground, torwards the evil creature that had attempted to destroy me. I was feeling the fury of battle pumping wthin my veins, I was no longe the coherent human I was generally most of the time, but a dragon in survival, my intelligence and humanity being replaced by the beast sleeping within me.

Ken saw my attempt at destroying him way too soon, and his reptilian agility was proved as he leapt out of the way with apparent agility, evading the well aimed fireball and escaping a certain death. Wolf barked shocked, his eyes widdened upon seeing the attack missing it's target, his whimper could have costed his life, the distraction could have managed to make him loose his life, had it not been for my quick reflexes. I expanded the inmensity of my wings only a few inches above Ken's body, the heat of the exploding fireball heating my paler, golden belly. I steered my flight torwards the wolf, the enormous terranova, intelligent as it was, had decided to take the animal's distraction his advantage, and to get the beast straight on the throat. The dog had leapt over the wolf in a savage way, fangs bared and paws ready to pin down, bloodlust obvious in the dark eyes, glinting with malice. Before any of the prophesized events could ocurr, my claws grabed the werewolf tenderly, and my wings, flapping down, impulsed my body upwards, sending me flying over the sky, with my female passanger and a still shocked Child of the Moon between my claws. Ken stood up and raised a fist, his clothes were dusty and a patch of black grass was still smoking and glinting with a hot, coal like glitter next to him, yet his eyes were full of fury upon obseving me and the two smaller companions. He smirked in a knowing, evil way, "I'll get you…DIGIDESTINED!" he yelled at us.

I ignored the comment, it was obvious, wasn't it? I was a Digidestined, and so was Yoley, yet I felt Wolf wince under my padded touch, a silent gasp floated within his thrat yet never made it out. That made me think as I steered my path away from the boy, torwards the vast extentions of woodlands that expanded over the hills and mountains, was Wolf a digidestined? And if he was, who? Why couldn't he confide in us with his secret? After all, excluding a few, the principal digidestined already knew of my other half!

Ken's body shapeshifted speedily, his figure became that of Onyx, the black dragon that seemed to have eternal issues against my relation with Yoley. Wait a minute! I knew it now, no, we were wrong, it was not the fact that I had a mate, Ken could have chosen over many other girls to be his mate, after all the possibilities for the handsome genius were endless. I understood it now! He liked her! He had let his dragon fury escape his body because of his crush on the girl, both things, mating season mixed with the impotence of being a frend taking the girl he liked from him. I had to place them on safety, a healthy werewolf had little to do against a dragon as big as Onyx, much less a wounded one, and a human, no matter if she had been Digidestined was deffinitely no match for such furious beast.

I flew high into the sky and speeded across the woodlands, a blurr of green rubbing against my stomach as my acute eyes seeked for a place to land. I knew Onyx could never catch on with me, I was gaining distance yet I had to get rid of Yoley and Wolf, leave them somewhere safe, then confront the rabid beast. I grinned lightly, a gap was oppened in the forest, the mountains descended in a narrow cannon, which's walls were plastered with thick foliage. That was the solution, "hold on tight!" I growled desperately, hoping Yoley would understand my urge for her own safety. She did catch on my message for I felt a slight pain on my neck, neart the wound, her hands gripping my mane so tightly it pulled against it's roots into my scaly flesh. I quickly flipped on the air, and my wings closed, my enormous body falling at full speed torwards the cannon, penetrating the spreading shade of the setting sun.

My wings spread out as collision seemed near, and my bright body broke through the thick wall of branches and leaves, tearing the mentioned tree apendages with my speed and weight, cracks being heard behind my trayectory, rusttles like the hissing of snakes flowing silently next to my wings. I was diminishing my speed yet not enough to land safely for my friends, so a solution lit into my brain, and I put it into practice. I turned lightly to the left and let my body slip across the mossy floor, pleasant humidity moisting my scales with dew. Friction was the phisical law that stopped me as soon as my weight was completely pressed against the floor, threads of moss tying themselves around my limbs and scales, but not my wings since I was careful to keep them high in order not to harm them badly, which would made it unable for me to take off, in case nasty fissures were to break over the leathery surface. I let them on the floor and stood up, my legs were a bit weak from exhaustion yet my strength still remained, which could not be said about Wolf. The animal didn't stand up, his bright blue eyes were wide and unfocused, terror reflected on his canine features, readable like the page of a book.

My gaze ignored the wolf to focus lovingly on Yoley, "I'll be back soon" I growled softly, then my head lowered to gently nudge her side. Yoley's eyes were bright, and I knew tears were about to fall, yet her strength was making her contain the need of crying. Her slender and delicate arms hugged my muzzle tightly, I nearly lacked air, yet my eyes closed and a purr like cound echoed in my throat, "please Izzy, be careful!" she yelled, and her voice broke on the way of her sentence, her body convulsed and I knew she could not hold her sadness much longer. I pulled away and nodded reassuringly, my enormous wings spread and I was soon out into the sky, searching desperately for the black dragon, Yoley and Wolf vanishing into the thick veil of leaves that covered their smaller and weaker bodies.

Yoley and Wolf remained in silence, not like there would be much of a conversation between them anyways, their languages were not compatible, unless Wolf decided to reveal his identity. Yoley smiled simpaethically, "Wolf, you can become human, it's not like I'll say anything, after all I know Izzy is a copper dragon, and I know you are a werewolf!" she explained calmly. Wolf's ears pricked with attention, his bright eyes stared at the woman yet nothing was to be said. His head shook in disagreement, his identity was to remain a secret for now. A rustle was heard in the depths of the woodlands, the gentle sound of human footsteps echoed in the foress. Yoley beamed, "Kari!" she exclaimed guessing the newcomer's identity.

To Be Continued…

AN: chapter 10 is done ^_^, wohooooooooo. It's almost finished I must admit, and I tell you the end is gonna be a damn good one, I can say you're not expecting it ;). I can also say all the facts didn't come out of the blue, this story has had good planification before getting it to work. I hope you are enjoying it. Also please check my other stories, some are worth it. RR k?