Title: Dragon Trainers Chapter 3
Author: Alta Lemur!!! (Love the Latin)
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: J/S eventually
Spoilers: none!
Disclaimer: Technically I Do own a copy of the book "Dragon Companion," but
not the rights to it. Oh, I don't own YuGiOh either, but I like to think I
own the rights to Seto's psyche and Blue Eyes' personality.
Summary: AU shounen ai. Night falls and the sun rises. Watch the rising and
falling of love in a world of magic and dragons. (probably not going to be
as sappy as the summary)
Seto took another sip of his drink, enjoying the semi-quiet of midmorning. Both he and Blue Eyes had indeed found an outdoor restaurant with tables sturdy enough to feed a dragon plus room for a human. After finishing his plate, Seto was content to watch his dragon companion attempt to skin her fish without them slipping away. She was getting the hang of it, and he supposed that she enjoyed the new activity as much as he enjoyed watching her attempts.
Seto saw that Blue Eyes would soon be done and looked around for someone who worked there. He caught the eye of one girl refreshing drinks. A smile spread across her face and she walked over to Seto's table.
"Hey, did you need something?" she said pleasantly as she balanced her tray with the pitcher on one hip.
Since she seemed to be acting so nice to Seto, he figured he could return the gesture. His lips formed into what could be interpreted as a half smile or a smirk. "I would like to know if you could tell me if any master dragon trainers are in this city and where might I find one."
The waitress took a quick glance at his dragon, as if noticing her for the first time, and then took another consuming look at Seto. "Oh, you must be a traveling dragon trainer! How exciting!" She seemed to sway a bit closer to him as she assumed a thoughtful look. "Oh yeah, you go down that road, take the first right, and head toward the bay. It has a big sign with a dragon silhouette crossing a gold triangle. You can't miss it."
The journeyman looked down the road she indicated and memorized the directions. He nodded slightly and turned back to the waitress. "Thank you. That's all." He turned back to finishing the rest of his drink.
The waitress looked a bit disappointed but quickly shrugged it off. She smirked to herself and settled with brushing slightly against him as she walked past the dragon trainer to get to the next table. She stopped dead in her tracks when she heard a low rumbling sound. Turning, she saw that the dragon once preoccupied with eating was now growling at her with a slightly curled lip. The dragon's eyes seemed to pin her to the spot and pierce her soul searching for foul intent.
Fortunately for her, the dragon trainer also quickly noticed the growling.
"Blue Eyes stop!"
The menacing white dragon stopped growling. She gave Seto a hurt and confused look, but then quickly trained her icy gaze back on the offender. Seto stood up and ushered the still frazzled waitress away from the reach of Blue Eyes. Upon returning to the table, the journeyman dragon trainer gave his dragon companion a displeased look.
Blue Eyes squirmed a bit but looked defiantly at him. 'She hit against you. How do I know she wasn't trying to hurt you?'
Seto rolled his eyes somewhat at the dragon. 'People accidentally hit each other sometimes, especially in crowded places. She was probably off-balance by her serving tray.' Blue Eyes looked somewhat reproved but still disbelieving. With a sigh, Seto added, 'just don't worry about people in this city. Seeing a huge dragon like would scare them away anyways.'
Blue Eyes was a thoughtful as she took this in. Then she gave her human companion a mild glare. 'I am not huge.' With a dignified snort, she ignored the chuckle from Seto and went about to cleaning the traces of her meal from her claws.
Seto left the money for the meal on the table plus a tip for the ruffled waitress and left restaurant. Blue Eyes bounded from her seat and took up stride behind Seto, the image of a protective shadow.
****
How did the front steps ever become so dirty? Yugi pondered idly as he swept before the door of his grandfather's dragon training grounds. So far, no visitors, or even messengers with "urgent" letters, had come to the Trigold Training Grounds for over two week, and the young mage was finding it difficult to release all his nervous energy. This was mainly because during those two weeks, his grandfather had gone off to help a colleague of his. The entire situation sounded odd to Yugi. The elder Motou hadn't said anything other than he would be gone for a week or two up north.
Yugi struck the stone steps with a bit more viciousness than his normal cheeriness allotted. Really, all this was ridiculous. His grandfather went off on some errand and he was eating his insides up with worry like. an old hen. With the new analogy thought up, Yugi looked down at himself and blushed. A broom in one hand, a white apron covering his shirt and pants, and a cloth around his hair to keep dust off of the unruly spikes made Yugi resemble a domestic figure.
Yugi sighed to himself and put the broom against the doorframe, taking the cloth off his head. He sat down on the front steps and held his head in his hands. Well, worrying wasn't getting him anything except maybe a few wrinkles on his forehead. He glanced at the abused broom, and some broken bristles, thought Yugi. He looked down at the swept steps. Moping wasn't doing him anything either. He sighed and decided to go inside and study, or at least stare into space with a book open in front of him.
As Yugi got up and was collecting his broom, he noticed the figures that had been approaching the dragon training grounds. His excitement rose briefly before he took in all of the figures. No, he definitely wasn't his grandfather. A glance at the human's tunic proved that it didn't hold the crest of a messenger either. Well, wasn't that disappointing? Then Yugi fully took in the dragon a pace behind the human. Was that a white dragon? Didn't they come from the north?
As the dragon and human pair came closer, Yugi squelched down whatever disappointment he had as well as the rising curiosity. Whatever they were there for, they were probably going to be guests for at least a few hours. That meant that Yugi, as the grounds supervisor while his grandfather was gone, would need to be hospitable to them. Not that welcoming would be laborious for Yugi, but containing his natural curiosity until both his guests were comfortable and rested might be.
Finally the two were in front of the training grounds. The stranger looked up at the sign dangling above Yugi's head, confirming the gold triangle and dragon silhouette. When the blue eyes finally rested on the boy, Yugi smiled warmly at him.
"Hi, welcome to the Trigold Training Grounds. Come on in."
Before the other youth could give an awkward thanks, Yugi turned around to open the door wide enough for a juvenile dragon to pass through. Turning again towards the visitors, Yugi was given a somewhat weary look but the stranger passed through the doorway at any case. Yugi looked towards the dragon who was giving the training grounds a look over, whether in awed curiosity or in dubious scrutiny Yugi couldn't tell. Finally she trained her gaze on the boy. Yugi couldn't tell what it was she saw, or was looking for, but apparently she found it. The dragon turned back to her retreating human companion and followed him through the doorway.
Standing in the wide entryway, Seto couldn't think of what to do but to stare at the decorations on the walls. His former master's training grounds had been much more open, with most of it being outside. Seto wasn't sure if it was the weather of this region, or if it was the inclination of city life that made people retreat everything inside stone walls. Oddly enough, Blue Eyes' bulk upon coming up behind him decreased his claustrophobia. He would have leaned against his dragon to ensure that she was there, but soon the other boy was also behind him.
Yugi was already walking past him, but looked over his shoulder at his guest. "Oh, follow me this way and you'll be able to unburden your dragon, put your packs into a room, and get cozy before introducing yourself and your business." With that and another of his sunny smiles, Yugi turned and was on his way toward the guest rooms with Seto and Blue Eyes trailing his steps.
A/N: Sorry this chappie is so short. I had to cut it off here to make the next one more coherent. Well, as always, read and review.
Seto took another sip of his drink, enjoying the semi-quiet of midmorning. Both he and Blue Eyes had indeed found an outdoor restaurant with tables sturdy enough to feed a dragon plus room for a human. After finishing his plate, Seto was content to watch his dragon companion attempt to skin her fish without them slipping away. She was getting the hang of it, and he supposed that she enjoyed the new activity as much as he enjoyed watching her attempts.
Seto saw that Blue Eyes would soon be done and looked around for someone who worked there. He caught the eye of one girl refreshing drinks. A smile spread across her face and she walked over to Seto's table.
"Hey, did you need something?" she said pleasantly as she balanced her tray with the pitcher on one hip.
Since she seemed to be acting so nice to Seto, he figured he could return the gesture. His lips formed into what could be interpreted as a half smile or a smirk. "I would like to know if you could tell me if any master dragon trainers are in this city and where might I find one."
The waitress took a quick glance at his dragon, as if noticing her for the first time, and then took another consuming look at Seto. "Oh, you must be a traveling dragon trainer! How exciting!" She seemed to sway a bit closer to him as she assumed a thoughtful look. "Oh yeah, you go down that road, take the first right, and head toward the bay. It has a big sign with a dragon silhouette crossing a gold triangle. You can't miss it."
The journeyman looked down the road she indicated and memorized the directions. He nodded slightly and turned back to the waitress. "Thank you. That's all." He turned back to finishing the rest of his drink.
The waitress looked a bit disappointed but quickly shrugged it off. She smirked to herself and settled with brushing slightly against him as she walked past the dragon trainer to get to the next table. She stopped dead in her tracks when she heard a low rumbling sound. Turning, she saw that the dragon once preoccupied with eating was now growling at her with a slightly curled lip. The dragon's eyes seemed to pin her to the spot and pierce her soul searching for foul intent.
Fortunately for her, the dragon trainer also quickly noticed the growling.
"Blue Eyes stop!"
The menacing white dragon stopped growling. She gave Seto a hurt and confused look, but then quickly trained her icy gaze back on the offender. Seto stood up and ushered the still frazzled waitress away from the reach of Blue Eyes. Upon returning to the table, the journeyman dragon trainer gave his dragon companion a displeased look.
Blue Eyes squirmed a bit but looked defiantly at him. 'She hit against you. How do I know she wasn't trying to hurt you?'
Seto rolled his eyes somewhat at the dragon. 'People accidentally hit each other sometimes, especially in crowded places. She was probably off-balance by her serving tray.' Blue Eyes looked somewhat reproved but still disbelieving. With a sigh, Seto added, 'just don't worry about people in this city. Seeing a huge dragon like would scare them away anyways.'
Blue Eyes was a thoughtful as she took this in. Then she gave her human companion a mild glare. 'I am not huge.' With a dignified snort, she ignored the chuckle from Seto and went about to cleaning the traces of her meal from her claws.
Seto left the money for the meal on the table plus a tip for the ruffled waitress and left restaurant. Blue Eyes bounded from her seat and took up stride behind Seto, the image of a protective shadow.
****
How did the front steps ever become so dirty? Yugi pondered idly as he swept before the door of his grandfather's dragon training grounds. So far, no visitors, or even messengers with "urgent" letters, had come to the Trigold Training Grounds for over two week, and the young mage was finding it difficult to release all his nervous energy. This was mainly because during those two weeks, his grandfather had gone off to help a colleague of his. The entire situation sounded odd to Yugi. The elder Motou hadn't said anything other than he would be gone for a week or two up north.
Yugi struck the stone steps with a bit more viciousness than his normal cheeriness allotted. Really, all this was ridiculous. His grandfather went off on some errand and he was eating his insides up with worry like. an old hen. With the new analogy thought up, Yugi looked down at himself and blushed. A broom in one hand, a white apron covering his shirt and pants, and a cloth around his hair to keep dust off of the unruly spikes made Yugi resemble a domestic figure.
Yugi sighed to himself and put the broom against the doorframe, taking the cloth off his head. He sat down on the front steps and held his head in his hands. Well, worrying wasn't getting him anything except maybe a few wrinkles on his forehead. He glanced at the abused broom, and some broken bristles, thought Yugi. He looked down at the swept steps. Moping wasn't doing him anything either. He sighed and decided to go inside and study, or at least stare into space with a book open in front of him.
As Yugi got up and was collecting his broom, he noticed the figures that had been approaching the dragon training grounds. His excitement rose briefly before he took in all of the figures. No, he definitely wasn't his grandfather. A glance at the human's tunic proved that it didn't hold the crest of a messenger either. Well, wasn't that disappointing? Then Yugi fully took in the dragon a pace behind the human. Was that a white dragon? Didn't they come from the north?
As the dragon and human pair came closer, Yugi squelched down whatever disappointment he had as well as the rising curiosity. Whatever they were there for, they were probably going to be guests for at least a few hours. That meant that Yugi, as the grounds supervisor while his grandfather was gone, would need to be hospitable to them. Not that welcoming would be laborious for Yugi, but containing his natural curiosity until both his guests were comfortable and rested might be.
Finally the two were in front of the training grounds. The stranger looked up at the sign dangling above Yugi's head, confirming the gold triangle and dragon silhouette. When the blue eyes finally rested on the boy, Yugi smiled warmly at him.
"Hi, welcome to the Trigold Training Grounds. Come on in."
Before the other youth could give an awkward thanks, Yugi turned around to open the door wide enough for a juvenile dragon to pass through. Turning again towards the visitors, Yugi was given a somewhat weary look but the stranger passed through the doorway at any case. Yugi looked towards the dragon who was giving the training grounds a look over, whether in awed curiosity or in dubious scrutiny Yugi couldn't tell. Finally she trained her gaze on the boy. Yugi couldn't tell what it was she saw, or was looking for, but apparently she found it. The dragon turned back to her retreating human companion and followed him through the doorway.
Standing in the wide entryway, Seto couldn't think of what to do but to stare at the decorations on the walls. His former master's training grounds had been much more open, with most of it being outside. Seto wasn't sure if it was the weather of this region, or if it was the inclination of city life that made people retreat everything inside stone walls. Oddly enough, Blue Eyes' bulk upon coming up behind him decreased his claustrophobia. He would have leaned against his dragon to ensure that she was there, but soon the other boy was also behind him.
Yugi was already walking past him, but looked over his shoulder at his guest. "Oh, follow me this way and you'll be able to unburden your dragon, put your packs into a room, and get cozy before introducing yourself and your business." With that and another of his sunny smiles, Yugi turned and was on his way toward the guest rooms with Seto and Blue Eyes trailing his steps.
A/N: Sorry this chappie is so short. I had to cut it off here to make the next one more coherent. Well, as always, read and review.
