A/N:: Alright, since people seem to like the story, and want to know what happened to Dragoon, might as well continue with the story. Last we left off....Rei, Kai, and Driger fell through the hole in the rocky lands, near the area where the tiger god lay asleep, and Rei and Driger broke the seal, but the Rei was trapped in a dream where he had to choose either to go with the tiger god, or Kai. You'd be stuck with something like that too. And now, someone (you probably know who) has kidnapped Dragoon. Well, let's go on, shall we?

"Days of Storms and Fire"

Chapter 7

A figure began to walk along the hallways of a place that seemed similar to Gaia and Dranzer's home, as two piercing black orbs began to dully shine in the sunshine the white sun was giving off. He seemed to have this pissed off look that didn't seem to fade at all, as if nothing was going to make him happy. He began to growl, since he had sent his servent, Emil, or Aeriol to find the guardian of the dragon, and it had been five days since he sent him. What was taking him so long? And if he came back without the boy, he would kill him for his foolishness. He stopped, and looked out the window, letting his lavender hair blow in the harsh wind around his palace. His loose robes were revealing his shoulders, and he almost seemed like a young twenty year old. He simply looked out into the air, as if waiting for someone.

A soft thud went off behind the lavender haired man, as he turned around to meet a hard pair of amber orange eyed. The man's light grayish blue hair swayed in his face, as the harsh wind blew around them. His robes were tighter than the lavender haired young man, but his eyes seemed a lot harder than then other's black. This would happen to be Emil, one of the young man's trusted servents, but he was starting the doubt that after what he had done a long time ago. The two seemed to stare at each other, until Emil removed one of his arms to reveal the unconsious figure in his arms. It was Dragoon, and his breaths were coming in sharply as he continued to breathe the air around him, though it seemed to make him sick.

"It's about time, Aeriol..." The young man hissed, not calling him by his real name, "Was Rumil hard to capture, or were you just trying to piss me off?"

"Capturing the boy was no problem to me, Master Cereberus, capturing him without being seen by the three other guardians and the four children was the hard part." Aeriol knelt before the lavender haired teenager, his head facing the floor.

"I'm surprised it took you so long, after all, this is your son, you should know a lot about him to your advantage." Cereberus hissed.

Aeriol cringed at the insult that was just spit out at him. It was true, Dragoon, or Rumil was his son, but he had abandoned him when he was barely 8 years old, leaving him with his sick little brother and mother, and after the both of them had died, it was said he was allowed to live in the palace with the leader of Spirit Ward, Gaia, and his son, Dranzer. He was amazed that the boy survived as long as he did in the leader's palace, since Gaia knew about Rumil's past, and he knew about him. His head was bowed lower, as the coal eyed boy glared at him in disgust.

"I have a special purpose for young Dragoon, so don't worry, I won't kill him yet. The other guardians won't be able to revive the dragon god unless both the child and the guardian are together, so they won't be in my hair very long. Unless all four gods are together, they won't be powerful enough to stop me. You keep your place around here, Aeriol, and make sure no one disturbes me, especially your partner, Gabriel."

"...Yes, Master Cereberus..."

With that, the lavender haired teen torn the sea blue haired boy out of Emil's arms, and headed down the halls, leaving the older man to have the dust covered wind blow into his hair. The gray blue haired man hissed in spite, and headed down the opposite direction of the halls. He passed by a few shadow warriors that were just as still as statues unless their master commanded them to do something. His amber orange eyes drifted off, as a silver haired boy was sitting on the rails by the area he was starting to come by. He looked no older than 17, and his hair was spilling all the way down to his waist, which almost rivaled with Rei's ebony. His bronze eyes were softer than Aeriol's but they were still pretty hard. He hopped from the railing, and walked over to the older man.

"Hey, Emil, it's about time you got back, did you find Dragoon?"

"...Yes, Gabriel, but I want to be alone for a while..." The older man growled, walking past.

"What's his deal?" Gabriel raised an eyebrow, then headed down the hall to go to his room.

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Tyson sat by the fire of the camp, his knees clutched up to his chest. His eyes glanced up to see the blue moon shining above his head. He was forced to look back down, cause it reminded him too much of Dragoon's hair. They had been looking for the dragon guardian all afternoon, and now Kai had demanded to make camp, since Rei still hadn't woken up yet. Driger and Draciel were off by themselves again, doing hell knows what. Max and Dranzer were in their tent, talking about what was going to happen tomorrow. Kai and Rei were in their tent as well, as the slate haired boy awaited for his koi to awaken again, but when the navy haired boy would go and check on the two, all he would hear was Kai whispering softly, and the black haired boy whimpering and crying in his sleep.

'Dragoon...where are you...? I...I need you here...'

Suddenly, the sound of a tent door being opened filled the boy's ears, as he turned to see a firmilar pair of scarlet eyes looking into his storm. Tyson lightly waved over to the older boy, but all he got was a 'hn' from him. He didn't seem in the mood to talk, after all, he was still in worry that his neko-jin might not wake up. The slate haired boy walked over by the fire, and sat down, letting the warmth wash over his slightly cold body. The half smile disappeared from the navy haired boy's lips, as he turned back to the fire, but then he simply closed his eyes, seeing the flames reminded him of the dragon guardian's eyes. Kai looked over at the troubled boy, and tapped his shoulder, making the younger boy look up at him.

"Your worrying about Dragoon, aren't you?" He stated, as if it was obvious.

"...Yes...it's not like I can help but worry about him...even you know that I love him..."

"Yeah...I know, Tyson..." Kai replied, glancing over at the tent, "I can't get anything out of what Rei keeps saying, I just hope he wakes up, I don't enjoy seeing him in the state he's in now."

"Kai?"

"What?"

"The tests seem to get harder as we began to release the two gods, what do you think will happen to you when you have to help release the phoenix god?" Tyson couldn't help but ask.

"...I don't know...I have no idea what happened to Max, and I barely can even imagine what happened to Rei...so it's all a mystery what will probably happen to me." The slate haired boy looked over to face the two storm eyes, "Why are you even worrying about what could happen to me? Shouldn't you be worried about what could be happening to Dragoon right now?"

"...I was just asking...and I am worried about him, Kai..."

After that small conversation was over, the two remained silent, as the navy haired boy closed his eyes, and the scarlet eyed boy simply stared into the fire sitting in front of them. The older boy was too concerned about his neko-jin to even think about what was going to happen to him if he released the phoenix from his seal. He laid his cheek into the palm on his hand, letting the fire reflect into his red eyes. Suddenly, a fit of moans and a loud scream caught everyone in the area's attention, and Kai shot to his feet, when he recognized it. It was Rei. He ran back over to his tent, and tossed the door open to see the black haired boy tossing and turning in his sleep, whimpering, and softly saying his name. The slate haired boy made his way over, and laid his hand over the red gloved hand on his koi, and gently began to stroke it, causing the whimpers to slow down.

"Rei...please wake up...your worrying me more than usual..." Kai whispered.

"No...can't choose...Kai...Kai...I...I can't do it....I can't choose...Kai, help me..." Rei continued to whimper.

The slate haired boy lifted the slightly younger neko-jin into his arms, and began to stroke his hair, "I'm right here, Rei...I'm not going anywhere..."

More soft whimpers came out of the boy's mouth, as his fist made it's way around Kai's shirt, clutching it tightly. The slate haired boy laid his hand on the boy's cheek, and leaned his head down, gently brushing his lips against his, just as something hot covered his body. He lifted his lips off, and opened his eyes to see his body was surrounded by a light aura of blood red, that was also surrounding his beloved neko-jin as well. He hugged the ebony haired boy closer to him, laying his head on top of his messy hair. A small groan came out of the gold eyed boy, as his eyes fluttered open, showing his soft eyes. Rei looked up to see the scarlet eyed boy holding him in his arms.

The boy's voice was soft and slightly broken, "...Kai...?"

"Rei...your awake. How are you feeling?"

"...I'm alright, I guess...I just really don't want to do that again..."

"You and me both..." Kai held the boy tighter.

As the neko-jin rested in the arms of his beloved, the door of their tent was starting to open. The two of them looked out to see Dranzer standing there, looking at the two with slightly narrowed eyes. He didn't seem to care about the sight laid before him, after all, he had the same kind of relationship with Max, but he seemed pretty serious about the whole 'Dragoon has been kidnapped' scenario.

"You two get some sleep, we will be heading to the volcano tomorrow, and there we will release the phoenix from his prison. After that, we will go looking for Dragoon. I'll get you two up in the morning."

With that being said, the phoenix guardian left the room. The two boys looked at each other for a few seconds, then gave a light shrug, then headed off to the blanket mattress, and laid down, covering up with the blankets around them, and snuggled into the warmth of both the blankets and themselves. Kai held his neko-jin close, as did Rei, laying his face into the slate haired boy's chest, quickly falling asleep, as did his koi.

Dranzer stepped out of the tent to see the navy haired boy had already fallen asleep near the fire, his bangs gently being tossed by the wind. The red haired boy sighed lightly. The child of dragons had been worried so much about the fire eyed boy, that he worried himself to sleep. The emerald eyed boy walked over to the sleeping boy, and lifted him into his arms, and headed over to his and Max's tent, making the blonde look up as he came in.

"Dranzer? What's the matter?"

"Tyson is worrying too much about Dragoon...so I thought it would help him a little if he stayed here for the night."

"Alright." A kittish smile appeared on the blonde's face.

The red haired boy laid the navy haired boy on the other matress of blankets, laying one of them over his body, and then made his way over to his blonde koi. The cerulean eyed boy snuggled against the phoenix guardian, quickly falling asleep.

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A moan came from the mouth of the dragon guardian, as he felt his eyes slowly open to find his hands tied together, his feet were as well, and he was on the floor of a room unfirmiliar to him. He managed to lift his face off the ground, and then struggled to lift his body off of the floor, as he blinked weakily, looking around the room that he had been sealed into. While he was, a sliding door was brought open, making him turn around in shock, as he saw a lavender haired man with deep black eyes staring at him from the opened door. He wore a light silky robe, and laid his hand on the door way, looking at the blue haired boy.

"...Cereberus...?" Dragoon blinked.

"It's good to see you know who I am." He lifted himself from the doorway, and began to make his way into the room, "And that's good, cause I know who you are you, Dragoon. Oh wait, my mistake. It's Rumil."

The orange eyed boy felt his eyes widen, as he had his body pressed against the wall behind him, as the black eyed boy began to approach him. Before he knew it, he found himself back against the cold stone wall, and the lavender haired teen with both arms on each side of him, as he felt his eyes were wide. One slender hand of the older teen began to lay itself on the blue haired boy's cheek, beginning to carass it, which was causing Dragoon to feel very uncomfortable. Cereberus could see the tension in the boy, and smirk, taking a grip of his tied up hands, and threw him towards the bed that was a couple feet away from them, causing the firey eyed boy to fall onto it, his back laid flat against it, his legs barely hanging off the edge. In no time at all, he found the black eyed boy looking over him, a devilish smirk on his face.

"So...tell me, Rumil. Is it true? Are you really in love with the child of dragons?"

"..."

"So it is true," He began to lean closer. "Your too good to be wasted on that pathetic mortal. I'm gonna put you to good use. After I'm done, you won't even think of going back to loving that pathetic child."

Dragoon let out a soft gasp, as Cereberus was closer to his face than before, and any closer, and their lips could almost touch. The young god didn't waste any time, and planted his lips on the orange eyed boy, causing his eyes to widen, as if he was going to be sick. And the worst part was, there was nothing he could do to stop it from happening. The sea blue haired boy closed his eyes, trying to fight back as little as he could, but he couldn't stop the black haired boy from what he was doing. He was litterly screaming in his mind for it to stop.

'Make it stop...please...someone make him stop....'

A scream filled the room as Cereberus' fangs were now letting themselves pierce the boy's neck, causing blood to slowly drip. From the half open door, a silver haired boy was watching the whole thing happening, and he didn't like it. After a while, his soft bronze eyes closed, as he disappeared into the halls, his tied silver hair blowing in the dusty wind.

A/N:: That's it for now. I found the name Rumil while I was reading a few fan fics....though I don't remember which one, but I thought it suited him. I hope you people like, and r/r ^^