A/N: Another chapter for those of you who are actually reading this. ^__^

Chapter 3: Dark Spirit

When Tom asked Mishi to please leave his room so he could get dressed, she got up and left his room, quietly shutting the

door behind her. She stood and waited for him to come out, and when he did, she perked up and smiled at him. This time, Tom

took quite a bit more notice of the deadly blade slung across her back, cleverly hidding by her haversack, which was highly

overstuffed. 'Just like a girl, to never travel light' he thought. She was that he was staring at the hilt of her mostly

concealed long sword, and she averted his gaze.

"You don't have to worry about my sword this time. I'm really sorry about before by the way. Oh! I just realized

that I haven't introduced myself! My name is Mishi, and I am a fighter from the town of Lendo to the south." She finished

this with a smile also. 'I really hope that he isn't hurt, that fire was really big. And didn't Mr. Dart say something

about only another dragoon being the only other people who wouldn't be 'cleansed' by the fire of my transformation?' Mishi

thought. "Let's go see Mr. Dart, he said he wanted to talk with you." And they both left Tom's house, waving goodbye to his

mother on the way out. "Oh, my young Tom has grown up so fast" she said right after they had closed the door behind them.

Tom hated when his mother treated him like that, he was 16!

They walked over to Dart and Shana's house. When they walked in, they were greeted by a pair of smiling faces. Dart

and Shana were both sitting there, waiting for them. Dart stood up.

"You don't happen to have a special stone, do you Tom?" Dart asked suspiciously. This is what Tom had been afraid of,

they had found out about his stone, and they wanted it for themselves.

"No" Tom spat out faster than could have been normal. Dart having noticed this, cracked a large smile.

"Don't worry Tom," Dart said assuringly "I don't want it. But it could be a dragoon spirit." Tom thought about what

had just been said to him. He had seen Dart as a dragoon before, in fact, Dart patrolled every day in order to flush out

crime. Figuring that it was safe, he nodded and reached into the pocket of his pants. Inside his pocket, his hand grasped

the jewel. He slowly pulled it out. He held out his hand, palm up, and opened it to reveal his amethyst. It glowed very

brightly, more so than he had ever seen it before. All Dart did was smile even bigger. Dart held out his wrist, Tom thought

he was going to snatch it, but he didn't even open his hand.

"AWAKEN, DRAGOON OF THE DARK DRAGON!" Dart shouted. A red light shot out from Dart's wrist, into the jewel in Tom's

hand. The next thing he knew, there were strands of dark light circling around him, and a black ball of energy was forming

in his stomach. The black ball got bigger and threatened to engulf his whole body, but for some reason, it felt right. All

he could think about during this whole thing was Mishi. 'What if I die and never get to see her again?' was the first thought

that came to his mind. 'Dart wouldn't do anything to hurt me' he finally figured, and went with the flow. By now, the black

ball had reached his chin. He felt himself lift off the ground. The ball finished its task and his whole body was now

inside the black ball. He couldn't see anything. It was all dark. He looked down, and saw neon lights etched across his

body. The lights spilled out past them, until they met in the middle. His body was covered in beautiful light. In an

instant, the lights had vanished, to be replaced with a deep purple armor. He felt his back tingle, so he turned his head to

see what was happening. He saw two lights coming off of the back of his armor. As he watched, they branched off into more

strands of light. The light spread, and they formed a beautiful green substance. Then at the top, the lights were replaced

with more of the purple armor. His head was thrust from ball, and he emerged back into Dart's house, bewildered. As the

ball diminished, he was set back on the ground. He didn't know what to think of it. It was all going so fast. And for the

second time in that day, he passed out.

*****

She saw his knees buckle. So she rushed over to catch him. His armor disappeared when he started falling. She

wasn't able to stop him, and they both fell to the floor. She quickly shoved him off of her. If he was just faking it,

she didn't want him getting any ideas.

Dart came over and lifted him up. He walked into another room and beckoned for them to come with. She followed him.

While walking dart started talking. "So this time around the Dark Dragoon is a guy huh. Well, it's only fair, I mean, you

are the Red-Eye Dragoon Mishi." Dart spoke quietly as to not wake Tom. He had other things in store for the newest Dark

Dragoon.

Dart put Tom down on a couch in one of the other rooms, and went into the kitchen. He came back into the room with a

pitcher of water, Mishi could only assume that it was either really cold or really hot, but she figured on the cold because

it would take to long to heat up the water. Dart walked over to Tom and poured the water on his groin (;__;) Tom shot off the

bench.

"HOLY SHIT!!!" he screamed as he jumped around trying to thaw his balls. Mishi was giggling uncontrollably. Tom

transformed, willing it to go faster, so he could kick the shit out of Dart. In a flash of purple light, there he stood, and

his balls no longer felt like they were going to fall off. He looked at Dart. "Oh man dude, you're gonna get it."

A/N: ;__; cold water to the nuts is more than i would ever want to experience. sorry to all the dudes that i scarred out

there *shudders* (that is if anyone is reading) R&R!!!!