A/N: Woohoo. Thanks go out to all of you who reviewed, specially BADMOOD cuz he's the first one who isn't one of my friends

who reviewed ^__^ And Silvace Atronach, well, I guess I deserved most of what he said, but anyways... I wasn't actually

planning on waiting for reviews anymore, in fact, I finished this chapter and the next, and in the A/N for the next one, it

said just that, but I'm going to edit it out before I upload it. Thanks Mystrana for backing me up, and Mike for I guess

defending me. Oh ya, I almost forgot. I know Dart lost his Red-eye dragoon spirit, but Mishi had another one, so that means

that there are more than one, so he found a new one... kinda crappy explanation, but oh well ^_^;;; Anyways, onwards!!!

Chapter 6: Pain

Tom wasn't exactly sure what had just happened. His wings were gone, but he could still fly. His armor had changed

color, and Dart's had completely gone away. On top of it all, both of his parents had just been killed. He felt the tears

slide easily down his cheeks. He was going to kill that dragon with his bare hands. He couldn't let it get away with this.

He looked down at his mother.

"I swear mom, I'll get revenge for yours and father's deaths." Tom said, painfully. He landed, and felt his kneews

go weak. But he wouldn't, couldn't let himself show any more weakness. He pulled out his sword, The second he held it in

front of him, it became shrouded in deep red flames. He launched himself into the air, and charged at the dragon, who flung

around, and knocked Tom out of the sky. He crashed into a house and came to a stop. Recovering, he launched himself out the

window, again at the dragon. This time, he was going to test out his new magic.

"DARK FIREBALL!" Tom shouted as he stuck one of his hands out in front of him. A purple ball, encased in fire

appeared in front of him. It grew bigger and bigger, and Tom kept feeding it more and more of his energy. When the ball had

become twice the size of Tom, he released it and it flew straight towards it's mark. The dragon turned to face Tom, and with

a long, ear-splitting roar launched it's own firebreath at the flaming ball of death. It changed directions, and soon Tom's

attack was heading full speed straight for him.

Tom sat there, mid-air, and quickly considered his options. If he got out of the way, the ball would hit the village,

and more than likely kill atleast one person. The option he chose, was to try and reflect the fireball away from the village.

He braced himself, putting his hands in front of him, palms out. The ball impacted, and both him and the ball started moving

towards the ground. Dart, Shana, Zeig, and Mishi sat there, watching. They knew that even if they did start running, if Tom

couldn't stop it, the explosion would kill them.

As Tom neared the ground, he started to slow. When he felt his feet touch down, he pushed as hard as he could, with

all his strength and all his weight against the ball. It flew up, and after a little while, disappeared from sight. Trying

to save the town, Tom hadn't noticed the dragon making it's retreat. It flew off, into the north, where it could wait until

it had the strength to destroy the world...

*****

Later that day, Dart and Shana went out to look for survivors while Tom buried his parents. He sat there, for hours,

not fully believing they were gone. When Mishi walked up behind him, Tom was too imersed in his painful thoughts, and didn't

notice her. She walked up next to him and put a hand gently on his shoulder. Up until this point, Tom had been on the brink

of crying, feeling the hand on his should, her turned to see Mishi staring warmly at him. He choked back the tears.

"It's ok Tom" she whispered softly. She bent down and gave him a deep hug. His flood gates broke. The tears ran

freely down his face once more. Mishi knew that this wan't fair. From the brief encounter with Tom's mother, she could tell

she was a really good person. Tom didn't deserve this. Feeling all this, accompanied by Tom's tears, Mishi too broke out

crying.

*****

Tom awoke and found himself with Mishi sleeping on his shoulder. He took this time to reflect on what had happened

earlier that day.

'Ok. I now have 3 different dragoon spirits combined into one dragoon spirit. Why didn't it take Mishi's?' Tom let

his mind wander a little. 'How did we end up like this, I can't remember anything for atleast a couple hours.' He looked up

at the hill above them, and saw the two gravestones that stood there. He felt himself give in to another wave of emotion,

but was adamant about not crying for them anymore, they wouldn't want him to be sad. He felt Mishi shiver, it was getting

rather cold out. He slowly got up, with Mishi in his arms, and walked back into town.

When they arrived at Dart's house, Dart and Shana were waiting in the kitchen. Mishi was still fast asleep. Tom saw

Dart give him a smile, and blushed brightly when he said, "Tom! You dog!"

Tom didn't know exactly how to respond to that. He just stood there, before saying, "we didn't do anything like that,

just fell asleep at the foot of the hill, where my parents are." The last part was hard for him, but he was able to not let

his emotions show. Dart nodded, and gestured for him to take Mishi upstairs.

Tom put Mishi on her bed, covered her up, and was about to leave when he heard her voice call him.

"Tom," she said "please don't leave me right now, I don't want to be alone." He nodded, and pulled up a chair to sit

next to her bed. He reached over and brushed hair off of her face. She smiled at him, grabbed and held his hand, and dozed

off.

*****

Tom had waited for Mishi to fall asleep, then walked down the stairs, into the kitchen. Dart and Shana were talking

lightly to themselves. When he came in, they stopped and looked at him, eyes full of compassion. "I'm going to sleep now,"

Tom said warily. He walked slowly into the living room, plopped down on the couch, and fell asleep.

He dreamed about Mishi. About what had happened on the hill. He saw himself crying on her shoulder, then he saw her

also break down into tears. They had walked down the hill slightly, before Mishi turned to him, and planted a kiss on his

lips. 'Did that really happen?' Tom asked himself, unable to remember. They dropped to the ground, and continued to make out,

it slowly became more than making out, and eventually what happened made Tom blush. 'Man, I wish I remembered doing that!'

he couldn't help but think. Next thing he knew, he was awake, and sitting upright, dazzled at what he had just seen.

"Did that stuff actually happen?" Tom asked to the empty room in front of him. 'How stupid am I? Did I actually

think I was going to get a response from an empty room?' Tom lay back down, and let himself drift off to sleep, thinking

'Well, if she acts different towards me, that will be my answer'. And his world faded to black as he fell into a deep sleep.

A/N: Well, I don't think that what I put goes beyone PG13, but if it does, oh well. I mean, I wasn't graphic, and I don't

plan on ever making this into a lemon. Well until next time....