Kay: Hi every body. "Rejoice, rejoice, and be excedingly glad," (Jesus, Godspell) for I have updated.
Jay: Yup. and we have finally gotten a new chapter up. And by new, we mean new. This wasn hardly even written when Kay posted the last chapter.
Jordon: You are awear that you sounded like a salesman for a second there, right?
Jy: Shut up.
Jordon: Touchy, touchy.
Jay: Yeah! Well you wold be too, if you didn't have a present for your girl friend the day before Vanentines!
Kay: Yes, for those of you who haven't heard, Jason and Taylor don't have gifts. Suggestions for presents may serve to inspire me to write a little Valentines Day fic.
Chapter 4
Calm Before the Storm
"Lord Driger!" Raymond called. Then, the sounds reached him. Familiar sounds. The familiar sounds of two people making out. "Lord Driger, I need to speak to you," Raymond called, a little louder this time.
The sounds stopped, and soon two people came out of one of the tunnels in the cave. The first one was a tall man with a white tiger tail, and ears, green eyes and waist length white hair tied back in a pony tail. He was garbed in a white robe, lined in green, and he had three gold earrings in each ear. Behind him was another man, slightly shorter than the first with short, messy purple hair that stuck strait up and aqua eyes.
Raymond couldn't help but blush when he noticed that Lord Draciel's hair was messier than usual, and that the green, deer hide band that usually wrapped around the Sacred Beast's forehead, keeping his hair in place, was absent. Continuing with his inspection, Raymond also noticed that the green rob, lined with purple, that Lord Draciel was wearing was still slipping off his shoulders slightly.
"Oh, uh, Lord Draciel, hello." Raymond said, acknowledging the turtle-turned-human. The Water Lord blinked twice, followed his gaze, and blushed, tidying up his appearance.
"What is it you came to speak with me of, child?" Lord Driger asked, his voice a deep purr. Raymond looked down, and sighed.
"It's about Tyson. You are aware that he disappeared right after Kaile's betrayal?" Lord Driger frowned.
"Yes. You wish to search for him?"
"Yes," Raymond said, bowing. "What do you think, my dear? Should we?" Lord Driger asked turning to his lover, who nodded. "Very well. I'll go see if Dranzer is up to it. Being with Dragoon again might cheer him up, some."
"Thank you, Lord Driger," Raymond said, before jumping off the ledge to return to his own lover.
"So," Dracile said, turning to Driger. "Should we go speak to Dranzer?" Driger smirked.
"I'm afraid that will have to wait a few hours, my dear. We never got to finish our business. Besides, I don't think I'm ready to face that hot head yet." With that, the two Sacred Beasts returned back down the passage from which they had come, and the sounds started again.
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"Maxwell?" Raymond's voice echoed through the cave. He sighed and walked over to the heap in the corner. Maxwell had cried himself to sleep again. He had beendoing soever since Kaile's betrayal. He remembered that day all too well.
Kaile had disappeared weeks before, and Tyson had been in hysterics. When he finally came back, though, something about him had changed. His eyes glowed with an evil power, and Raymond could see that he wasn't himself. Then, he unleashed that, that thing on them. And he had laughed. Laughed at their pain and confusion. The next day, Tyson had disappeared.
Raymond was worried about his friend. Tyson had always been fiercely loyal to Kaile; as a friend; as a lover. What was to keep him from joining him? His loyalty to his friends? To Lord Dragoon? Was it strong enough? As he pulled a sleeping Maxwell into his arms and curled up for some much needed sleep, Raymond hoped against hope that it was.
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The four Sacred Beasts Dranzer, Driger, Dragoon, and Draciel lived in a large cave together. Conveniently, the mouth of the cave was large, and at the back were four large tunnels. At the end of each tunnel was a large cavern with a lake, whic was adjoined to the others and fed by a vast underground river. Each Sacred Beast clamed a cavern for their own, and the four friends lived happily together.
"Dranzer?" Driger called, cautiously entering the Fire Lords chambers. It wasn't fare. Usually Dragoon would go to talk to that birdbrain about stuff like this. Then, Dranzer was as docile as a lamb. To be more accurate, Dragoon was the lamb, and Dranzer was the kindly shepherd boy. Possessive, but kindly. But Dragoon wasn't here, right now, and Dranzer didn't really like having others in his chambers.
'But Dragoon's special. He's Dranzer's lover,' Driger thought as he tried again. "Dranzer, it's Driger. May we speak?" A low grunt served as his answer. Taking it as a yes, Driger ventured further into the cave.
In the corner, sat a man garbed in red robes lined with gold anda single gold earing in his left ear.He had red hair, withbangsthat fell past hiseyes.
"What do you want?"Dranzer asked, his piercing blue eyes visible despite the darkness.
"Raymond came, asking if we could assist in a search for Dragoon and Tyson. I was wondering if you would care to join us," Driger said gently, not caring to anger his friend. Though he couldn't see them at the moment, for they were folded, Driger knew that Dranzer had vast wings; red, and tipped with gold. When angered, Dranzer would spread his wings and lunge at the offender in on swift movement, killing them before they even knew that they had done something wrong.
He tensed as Dranzer stood up and spread out his wings to their fullest, and then mentally sighed in relief as Dranzer folded them back up, apparently just stretching, which caused Driger to wonder how long his friend had been sitting there.
"Do I intimidate you with my wings, friend?" Dranzer asked, half smirking. Driger grew flustered as he realized that he had sighed out loud.
"Don't be silly. I could tear those wings to shreds with these claws of mine, if I wanted to," Driger said as they began walking side by side down the passage toward the mouth of the cave.
Dranzer laughed for the first time since the betrayal. "Hah! I'd like to see you try. And Driger, if you have such great power, then why are your cheeks the same color as my wings, hair and rob?" Dranzer burst into a fresh bout of laughter as Driger sputtered, trying to think of an answer.
Kay: HAH! I didn't even finesh the event from the last chapter! I'm so mean. Fret not, though. I will continue with that in the next chapter.
Jay: You'd beter, or your readers may kill you.
Kay: Aw, they wouldn't really hurt cute, lil' ol' me, right guys? Guys?
Readers: ((glare at Kay))
Kay: I'll be running now. R and R, people!
