Ryu Gravity
by Strata
~-*-Beginning Author notes:
Okay, I've just sworn off typing a giant bunch of author notes this time. And.. I considered putting a disclaimer in here but then I didn't see the point since technically I never claimed to own the characters and this is fanfiction.net. But I suppose I'll just say I don't own the characters of either Dragon Knights or Gravitation to clear things up. That goes for this chapter, the previous one, and all chapters to follow. Plus, I'm basing this off the Gravitation anime – I haven't read the manga enough to base it off that.
...I feel
I haven't accomplished what I just swore off.
~-*- Chapter One Recap
Right as Tohma opened his mouth to get an explanation out of them Alfeegi decided to finally appear; as agitated and annoyed as ever.
Tohma paused and looked to the blue-green ponytail-haired person (this crazy bunch just keeps growing and growing). He had a feeling this was not going to be his day.
~-*-Ryu Gravity:: Chapter Two: And in Came the Dragon
Alfeegi stood in front of the rather large group with a great fist and steam coming in fairly large puffs from his ears. Apparently he was so enraged that he could not form words; Alfeegi had not said a thing since he entered the place. Silence occupied the room for an interval of about five minutes before anyone got up the nerve to speak to the intimidating newcomer.
"Oh... hey Alfeegi... fancy meeting you here," Ruwalk muttered with a laugh. The laugh was more in panic than anything else.
"So you're the Alfeegi we were running from!" Ryuichi pointed at him accusingly and held up his pink plush bunny, "Kumagoro almost tripped!"
Lykouleon, Ruwalk, Kai-stern, and Alfeegi fell over (Tetheus was too dignified to possibly lose his footing, and everyone else was already used to this kind of thing). However, with the fall Alfeegi abruptly regained his voice.
"YOU FOUR!" he barked as he regained his footing, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FAR BEHIND OUR SCHEDULE THIS PUTS US? WE HAVEN'T EVEN--" At this point most of them were blocking him out.
Tohma, who still hadn't received any explanation as to what was going on here, turned to the yelling man and stated in a firm yet quiet voice as Alfeegi paused for breath, "Sir, quiet down. People are doing business in this building, believe it or not."
As Alfeegi turned to Tohma's voice, his eyes widened in immediate recognition, instantly narrowing as he jumped back. "YOU!" he yelled, pointing his right index finger at Tohma.
Tohma just raised an eyebrow. "...Yes?"
Alfeegi frowned and then looked to a small pocketbook he pulled out from his coat pocket. "Guess we aren't behind schedule after all... we were going to come here to speak to you about the 'Super Supreme Ultimate Grand Music Tournament Extravaganza!'" (I wonder who named it that... ) "competition. That is, before everyone deserted the studio." Alfeegi sent an accusing glance at the four. Lykouleon and Ruwalk grinned sheepishly while Kai-stern simply shrugged and Tetheus (as usual) kept a blank expression. The group figured this was as good a time as any for introductions.
"I'm Lykouleon. The one that looks like... uh... Hiro? Was it?" Lykouleon received a round of nods. "Well, he's Ruwalk."
Lykouleon looked over to Kai-stern who was writing furiously. "The one with the notepad..." Lykouleon paused. "Kai-stern! You're not supposed to be taking notes here!" Kai-stern let out a low hmm and flipped the memo pad closed. "Yeah, that's Kai-stern."
Lykouleon jerked his thumb to the figure leaning against the wall. "Master of Silence over there is Tetheus." Tetheus nodded to them.
"And last but not least, our producer and manager, Alfeegi." Alfeegi took his cue and bowed respectfully.
"And we're the Dragonic Nights." At this point everyone expected some kind of pose or lightning or strike or some fantastical signature by which they'd remember the band. Nothing happened.
"That's odd..." Ruwalk spoke quietly, "I wonder where Fire went."
~-*-*-*-~
Shhhhhhhhiiip-CLUNK.
'Fourth time this week...' novelist Yuki Eiri thought as he ceased typing up his latest manuscript and stood up from his chair. He had recently gotten new blinds for his study's windows, and they absolutely refused to stay up. Yuki approached the fallen mass and stretched it out to put it back where it belonged. As he replaced the menace, a bizarre red creature crashed through his window. In turn it tangled itself in the blinds and proceeded to slam into Yuki.
The knotted red thing immediately held a sign up proclaiming one thing.
-That hurt. -
"...The Hell?" Yuki muttered. "Now I'll have to get another set of blinds..."
-Excuse me...- The tangled thing's sign said.
–I'll get new ones...-
Scribble scribble.
-for you if you'd like.-
Scribble scribble.
-I just have to...-
Scribble scribble.
-find NG Studios.-
Scribble scribble scribble.
-Do you know where that is?-
...
Yuki stared at the signs for a moment and thought, 'Damn... I've been living with Shuichi for too long.'
As Yuki reassessed his mental status, the little red mess worked to unravel itself. With a lot of effort, it manage to free most of its limbs – except for the two upon its back.
-Hey! Spaced out man!- the little red thing continued with its signs, -A little help here?-
After a few moments and no response received, the creature got irritated and continued to disentangle itself (though with a lot more trouble than before). Completely untied, it took its pen and furiously scribbled a new sign. Once finished, the red being turned to Yuki.
And flew in Yuki's face.
-HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN A DRAGON BEFORE?!-
~-*-*-*-~
"How did I get talked into this again?" Yuki asked disdainfully as he drove down the crowded streets with a resting dragon to his side. The scarlet dragon's eyes briefly flicked to Yuki before it lifted its head and jotted a small comment.
-It was your idea.-
"That makes it even worse," Yuki mumbled as he caught sight of the note.
After the dragon's sudden appearance in his face, Yuki had snapped out of his thoughts and decided that if he was hallucinating this much he might as well play along. Even though the dragon had only asked for directions, Yuki thought it would be better to take this figment of imagination to NG Studios himself. He could just imagine the clamor that would arouse if this... thing flew into some other person's house. It was the least he could do for them. Kind of.
'Except now I have to deal with this... dragon longer,' he thought irritably.
"What do you plan to do at NG Studios anyway?" the blonde man looked at the dragon from the corner of his eye as it started to write.
-Friends of mine are there. Or should be.- it held up the sign.
"And what do you plan to do if they aren't there?" Yuki inquired.
The dragon looked sheepish as he held this sign up. -You don't mind if I request room and board, do you?-
"Oh Hell no."
-"No" as in you don't mind or "No" as in you do?- the dragon continued.
"No as in you are absolutely not staying in my house." Yuki would've glared at the dragon if he wasn't driving.
-Aww, come on. You're not going to throw a cute dragon like me out on the street are you?- It looked at him with innocent wide eyes.
"I can and I will."
The dragon made a low growling noise, but knowing how far he could go, he stood up and pressed his face against the window.
Yuki kept his eyes on the road. 'I wonder what would happen if I opened that window...'
A sign flashed from the corner of his eye.
-Don't try it buddy.-
Yuki
sighed. Why did have he have a bad feeling about this?
to be continued...
~-*-Ending Author notes:
Wow.. o.o My writing style almost completely changed from the first chapter.. *coughs*
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