Disclaimer and notes: Well, as we speak, I am being forced at gunpoint to update this story…don't panic! I'll be okay…as long as I keep typing…well, erm…I own nothing in this story except for Hebidoshi and her kingdom. Bwaaaaaahhh! Uh, yeah…well… glances to gun at head DON'T SHOOT ME! Read on.

"Alright, soldiers. We will begin training with dragons this morning, and I hope no one has a fear of flying."

"Um…sir, what if…we do…?" asked one soldier meekly.

Hiei gave the rather scrawny soldier a very, very blunt look. "If you do, then you'd better get rid of it fast. Is everyone ready to begin?" The scrawny soldier opened his mouth to object. "Good! We'll bring in the dragons, then."

At his word, a few rather large and, to Hiei, familiar-looking guards led in a whole herd of dragons. Two of them held his dragon, the mighty Kokuryu, and approached him, smirking knowingly. Hiei tried his hardest not to turn red (if you're wondering why the hell he'd turn red in the first place, these two guards were the two who captured Hiei the first day he came to the Dragon Realm). He didn't even look at them as he took the reins of his dragon. Shortly after, each soldier was assigned a dragon of their own. Looking about to the crowds of sparks and smoke, Hiei made sure everyone had a dragon and cleared his throat.

"The first thing you must do is mount the dragon. If you don't know how to do that then you are going to learn." Hiei looked specifically at the skinny soldier from before. "To be able to mount, you need to pull your dragon down to a proper level." He tugged on the black dragon's reins and it bent low obediently. "Like so." He then swiftly swung one leg over the dragon's back and in moments was fully mounted. "Everyone, mount!"

Each soldier tried to copy what Hiei had done, first pulling down their dragon by the reins. There were…some issues.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHH…!" was the cry of the tiny, meek soldier as he was tossed into the air by his dragon, which appeared to be a little too big for him. Hiei shook his head, then tried to ignore the little dude and paid attention to the rest of the soldiers. They weren't doing too badly, though some had only gotten their dragons down by overbalancing the poor scaly creatures and scaring them half to death in the process, but they got them down nonetheless. Sooner or later, they all mounted, even the scrawny soldier, who had been given a much smaller dragon.

"Alright, now we'll begin fl—" He looked at the small soldier. "Didn't you just mount?"

"Uh, yeah, but…I fell off…"

Hiei tried not to draw his sword to kill this complete moron…tried. So he walked right up to the little guy and got right in his face, "What is your name?"

"Um…my name…? Well…uh…my name is…"

"Not important anymore," Hiei interrupted. "Your new name is Kibbles."

"K-kibbles? Why!"

"Because that is a brand of dragon food," Hiei replied shortly, and then returning to once again mount his dragon. "Okay, now we will being—"

"Hold it! Hold everything!" Hebidoshi came running in brandishing several pieces of paper. "I have a brand new battle plan! We need to test it out, now!" Hiei flopped his head over his dragon's neck and repeatedly hit it on that exact spot. "They don't…even…know…how…to fly…yet…" he muttered through clenched teeth.

"So? You didn't even know how to turn!" the queen stated. All burst out laughing. Hiei slunk off of Kokuryu's back and walked dejectedly back into the palace.

"If anyone needs me, I will be drowning in my frustration and misery," he said. He paused a moment. "Oh, yes, Hebidoshi…don't be surprised if some new cushions are ripped to shreds when you get back in there."

"I'll remember that," Hebidoshi replied, not really listening. She began to direct the soldiers on battle plans. It wasn't long before Kibbles had fallen off his dragon again and again, and tripped right into the door just as it was closed.

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A cat tail poked curiously out from behind the door, followed shortly by its owner. She peered in to find that Hiei had, indeed, shredded a lot of cushions. She said nothing, but let out a long whistle.

"Yeah, you did some damage," she said thoughtfully. "Hmm…I'm gonna have to order new cushions." She walked over to Hiei, who was now sheathing his sword and surrounded in a cloud of feathers. He turned to her, didn't move for a moment, and then promptly spat out a few of said feathers.

"Pillows do not taste good."

Hebidoshi shook her head. "I can't imagine. Rough day?"

"Kibbles has taken a demon form now…" he replied.

"You mean that stuff I feed to Dremia and Kokuryu?" Hebidoshi looked very confused. Then she laughed. "Oh…that little guy. Yeah, he's not quite cut out to be a soldier…so I made him my head servant instead!"

"You're letting him carry around food and things that can quite easily be destroyed once it hits the floor?"

"Uh, no…he's supervising."

Hiei sighed. "I'm sorry. I didn't meant to get so frustrated…" He glanced around at the torn pillows, "I'll uh…get you some new pillows…"

Hebidoshi shrugged it off. "No need." She stepped daintily over the strewn cushions and opened her bedroom closet. A mountain of feathers and bits of cloth fell out of it. "You think I don't get frustrated sometimes? Besides, I've already had Kibbles order more."

"You sure are resourceful."

The queen just smiled. "I know."

Tada…! That's all I can think of…but it's an update, right! looks to gun at head Heheh…right, Sam? Right? Sam twitches uncontrollably Okay…um…I'll just assume that's enough…well, plz review!