SS-Looks like this idea is off the ground.
Tym-Does that mean SSM will be put off again?
SS-No, I'm working on it. I want to get it out in the beginning of November.
Tym-Why?
SS-You'll see. Oh, and I think I know on FF.net the prologue counts as the first chapter, but I don't really want to acknowledge that so this is chapter two even if the site will say it's number three. Anyway, thanks everyone who reviewed! And thanks to the people who read it but didn't review (I do that sometimes ^^;;), maybe you can this time.
Thanks Miki sparrow, cat, I luv kai, and devilburns!
*Keisan: Yea I like Rei/Kai (obviously), glad you like it so far. I racked my brains for something a little original. I know there are some stories like this, hopefully not in the BeyBlade section though.
*Porticulis: I'm working on my writing, hopefully this chapter's structured better and spread out a little more. Enjoy!
~notes~
[stuffy] – Rei talking to animals (Yea, it's one of his gifts)
{more stuffy} – Animals talking back
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Loving Legends
Chapter 2 – The charm of mythical creatures
Disclaimer: We don't own BB or it's characters, we're just borrowing them for our ficcy.
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"It was him." Rei pointed to the bluenette across from him. "This whole thing is his fault." Kai stepped forward.
"You can't blame it all on me! If you hadn't scratched me and run away I wouldn't have chased you and therefore, wouldn't have smoked the lake!"
"Oh come on! If you never pulled me aside and tried to take me away none of this would have happened!"
"Yea?!"
"YEA!" Before the two could reach each other, Kenny stood between them and spoke up.
"Um guys…I don't think we need to fight…"
"Yea. We didn't mean to intrude. We just wanted to get to know you guys better. I mean you are pretty amazing." Max looked at both of them and smiled.
"Thanks. I agree we don't need to fight each other. Let's…just talk this out. What do you say Rei?" The raven-haired boy was silent, his eyes narrowing. "Fighting him won't solve anything you know." The raven-haired boy's gaze never left Kai's.
"But maybe if I tear him up enough he won't remember us." Kai scoffed at the remark.
"It'll take more than a few scratches to make me forget this, not like you could ever lay a finger on me." Rei lunged at him, only to be stopped by Max.
"Rei stop!"
"I'm just calling his bluff!" Beating his wings, the blond took him up into the sky, hoping to calm him down.
"I think you're really starting to act like Robert."
"What?"
"You're being a hypocrite."
"How?"
"You always told me not to fight, and that there's another answer. Remember that?" Rei ceased his struggling and sighed knowing that if he tried to argue that he wouldn't win.
"Never thought that a cliché would come back to bite me in the butt…" The blonde smiled.
"So are you going to try talking now?" Rei crossed his arms.
"I'm not promising anything." Against his better judgment the angel Rei go, the neko-jin landing gracefully on the ground.
"Now…can we try this again?" Tyson let go of Kai's arm and nodded. Apparently he had been holding him to prevent the bluenette from taking off, a frequent habit of his.
"I think so. But it doesn't look like these two are going to come shake and make up anytime soon." Tyson's eyes darted from his roommate to the annoyed tiger.
"If we start, then they might." Max walked up to the boy, but Rei grabbed his shoulder.
"Don't Max."
"Come on Rei, we said we'd talk this one out. Besides, it doesn't look like they're going to leave without knowing something about us."
"No they don't, but we can force them to with Grypholyi-"
"And risk him telling Robert? No way." Ignoring Rei's warnings, the blonde made his way to Tyson and held out his hand. "I'm Max, and that's Rei." He grinned and shook his hand.
"My name's Tyson. That's Kenny," He motioned to the shorter boy behind him. "and that's Kai." He nudged the older boy's elbow.
"Nice to meet you guys. And um…sorry about carrying you over the mountain, but I couldn't have you blow it up." Tyson quickly tucked the stick of dynamite poking out of his pocket away, laughing nervously. (1)
"Uh yea…sorry about that too."
"It's ok, just keep that stuff away from our home. We may have grown up here but that doesn't mean we don't know what explosives like that can do."
"Uh huh." Kenny took the opportunity to ask something that had been on his mind.
"So Max, you've always lived here right?" Max turned towards him and nodded.
"Yup."
"Are there others like you here too?" He shook his head.
"Unfortunately, no. Robert, Rei and I are the only ones of our kind to live on this side of the Umber Woods, at least…that's what Robert told us."
"Fascinating-wait a minute. Are you referring to the same Robert that works in the University?" Max brought a hand up to his mouth.
"Oh man…you can't let him know about this! He'll kill us if he knew we let people in here." Tyson eased his fears.
"Don't worry, we won't tell him. Kenny and I never talk to him anyway." Max let out his breath.
"Good. Oh, and you can't tell anyone about-" Again, the bluenette waved away his suspicions.
"It's ok Maxie. We won't tell anyone, and we're not stupid enough to let it slip."
"Most of us aren't anyway…" Tyson turned to Kai and glared at him.
"Hey!" Before another argument broke out, the blonde intervened.
"Thanks Tyson, that means a lot. It's good to know that there are still a few people out there that we can trust." His anger disappearing, the bluenette faced him again and smiled.
"Yea well, that's the kind of understanding guy I am." In a quiet tone Kai retaliated.
"Sure you are…" Though it was barely above a whisper, Tyson heard it.
"All right Kai that's it!" Grabbing the boy's hand he dragged him over to Rei.
"Tyson what do you think you're doing?!" He let go of his wrist and stood next to him.
"You two are going to make up right now." Rei looked at him quizzically.
"Why?" Max walked up to his best friend.
"Because, it'll make things a lot easier if you two got along. Or could at least stand each other's presence." He tiptoed up to his ear and whispered, "Not to mention if we don't get their minds off squabbling, they'll tear this place apart." Rei shook his head and turned away.
"What makes you think we won't fight? And I am still here aren't I?"
"Yea but it's obvious you want nothing to do with Kai."
"That's fine, I don't want anything to do with him." Kai responded. 'The only thing I want is to get those two to Tala.'
"Come on Kai, we're not going until you two make nice." Max elbowed him lightly.
"You heard Tyson, if you want them to leave, you'll have to stop ignoring them." The raven-haired boy glanced at him.
"I don't have a problem with Tyson or Kenny." His gaze moved to the bluenette. "It's Mr. Sunshine over there that I have a problem with." Red met gold again.
"I couldn't have said it better myself Catwoman." Rei hissed at him.
"Watch it Sharky." Catching the reference to the blue markings on his cheeks Kai glared at him.
"Don't push me kitty cat."
"If I push hard enough will you fall off a cliff, Ice boy?" This time Kai advanced on him.
"Kai don't!" Rei only smirked, crossed his arms and whistled three times. Before the bluenette could reach him a large white tiger blocked his path, growling and pawing the ground beneath him. He backed up.
"I hope you don't think I'm scarred of that pussy cat." Rei didn't answer. "Two can play this game." He whistled too, calling on his faithful phoenix. Sure enough, despite the distance, the magnificent bird came to her master, hovering in front of the tiger.
"A phoenix. Please, do you honestly think that little canary can stand up to Driger?"
"I'll be surprised if that over grown runt can scratch Dranzer."
"Then why don't you put your money where your mouth is, big shot?"
"I'm afraid that my Dranzer killing your little pet may cause your morale to suffer." Rei's golden eyes slitted.
"You'll be lucky if Driger doesn't stuff that turkey." Kai stepped forward.
"What did you say?!"
"You heard me Mr. Congeniality!"
"That's it! Dranzer attack that mangy cat with your Flame Saber!" (2)
"Go Driger! Slash that pigeon to pieces!" As both creatures made a beeline for each other Max shouted to Draciel.
"Draciel! Stop them!" The giant turtle rose from the water and brought its body down upon it, creating another gigantic tidal wave. It swallowed the tiger and the phoenix, and stopped their attacks.
"Driger!"
"Dranzer!" The wave soon disappeared, revealing both animals. The tiger was all right, having endured many of the turtle's assaults before; however, being of the fire element, the bluenette's phoenix wasn't fairing as well. Kai's eyes widened as his loyal companion struggled to stand, it's plumage soaked from head to toe. He quickly ran over to her and kneeled beside the bird. "…Dranzer." Not wanting to worry her master, she screeched an ok, obviously not convincing him. "I should have seen that coming." He brushed her feathers, cringing when he felt the mighty bird lean against him.
Rei was a little shocked; he didn't think Kai was capable of showing any emotion besides anger. Feeling Driger nudge him he looked into his eyes, seeing the bit of worry he sighed and spoke to him in a low growl.
[You don't want me to do what I think you want me to do, do you?]
{Why not? It's the right thing to do. After all, Draciel was the one that attacked her.}
[I didn't order him to unleash that tidal wave.]
{Please Rei she's of the Umber Woods. If not for that blue haired boy, then for the phoenix, it wasn't her fault.} Rei shook his head and mentally kicked himself for being soft.
"Ok. Go get me some of those red berries by Trygle's nest." Driger nodded enthusiastically and took off while Rei stood up and walked over to Dranzer. Sensing the boy approaching, Kai let go of his friend and put himself in front of her.
"It was a cheap shot calling for help and using a tidal wave against Dranzer." Rei crossed his arms.
"First of all, I didn't ask for help. I didn't need Draciel's help to beat her. Second of all, I didn't mean for that to happen." He tried to get closer to the bird but was stopped by Kai's grip.
"You must be crazy if you think I'm going to let you get near her."
"And you must be crazy if you think I'm going to hurt her." Kai stared into his eyes. "I live among phoenixes, do you really think that just because this one has a master that I'm going to harm it?" He didn't trust him, but seeing as Dranzer was in pain he let go of his arm. Rei walk over to her, she was barely standing, and completely defenseless in this state. As he reached to check her pulse she screeched and started beating her wings, effectively knocking him to the ground. Tyson volunteered advice as Kai snickered.
"Rei I don't think you should do that. I mean, I've known Dranzer for a few years and she still doesn't pass up the chance to bite my hand off." Max held up his hand.
"Don't worry Tyson, Rei…has a way with animals from the Umber Woods."
"Huh?" He turned to watch what the neko-jin was going to do. It was clear that Kai wasn't going to do anything, so how was Rei supposed to help her? Coughing a few times, Rei whistled rather loudly, to the point where the other boys had to cover their ears. This caught the phoenix's attention.
[Dranzer?]
{What? You actually speak?}
[Obviously.]
{Well what do you want.} From her tone, she wasn't happy to be speaking to Rei of all people.
[To see if you're ok.]
{I would be if that turtle hadn't unleashed his torrential tidal attack on me. I've been trained to handle water, but not a flood!}
[I'm sorry about that, he was only trying to stop the battle.]
{Congratulations to him, he did.}
[Look, I already told Kai I was sorry. Max and his Draciel weren't supposed to interfere.]
{Hmph.}
'Like master like pet I guess.' [Listen, I'm going to help you whether you like it or not, but it'd be in your best interest to cooperate.] She stared at him intently, gazing directly into his amber eyes, searching. Rei knew not to blink, having grown up around phoenixes he knew that to at least gain a fraction of their trust you had do this. After a few seconds she blinked and looked back to Kai, purposely spreading her wings as far as she could without feeling pain. Rei smiled and placed his hands gently around her neck and the area where her wings met her body.
[Thank you.]
{Since you don't seem to have any hidden motives, I see no reason why I should turn down your help.} He massaged the base of her left wing, which she landed on.
[Too bad your master doesn't think like you do.]
{Master Kai doesn't need help.}
[It doesn't seem like he wants anything to do with anyone.]
{And what is wrong with that? He is a private person.}
[You can't live your entire life in solitude.]
{The other boy, Tyson, he lives with Master Kai.}
[They don't seem close.]
{On some level they are, and that proves that Master Kai does not live alone.}
[That's not the same thing.] Feeling soft fur brush against his bare arm, Rei turned to Driger and took the branches of berries in his mouth. "Thanks Drig." Twisting a few off he held them out to Dranzer. [These will help you.] She didn't even hesitate to eat them from his hand, picking off each one.
"What did you just feed her?" It was more of a command than a question, but Rei didn't mind. If Kai gave something to Driger he'd be worried too.
"Don't worry, they're just some special berries that should help her." He twisted off a few more and put them on the floor so that the phoenix could have more. Then he stood and handed the branch to the bluenette. "It's not poison or anything."
"For your sake it had better not be." Rei sighed, snapped one off and tossed it into his mouth.
"It's not." He swallowed and ate another. "You can try one if you think that I'm immune." Kai didn't take up his offer, but Tyson did.
"I'll take one!"
"Um Tyson, I don't think you should…"
"Why not? You said it wasn't poison or anything."
"Yea, but there's something you should know about them first-"
"Down the hatch." He threw it up and caught it in his mouth, the fiery juice flowing down his throat in seconds. "Huh…H-H-H-HOT!!!!!!" He ran around them like crazy until Kai pushed him into the lake. He surfaced in seconds, breathing out a sigh of relief. "That's one spicy meatball." Rei shook his head.
"I tried to warn you." Picking another berry off the branch he held it in front of him. "There's a reason why they're so small and so red. These fruits aren't for the weak of heart, or tongue rather. As you already know, the juice is extremely spicy. That's what the red is for. As for the size, it's kind of like a safety precaution. So that when someone tries one, they'll be happy to know that it was only a small dose." Tyson climbed out of the lake and slumped next to Kenny, who was finding all of this quite interesting.
"Well then how come you can eat them like candy?" Rei blinked and tossed it into his mouth.
"Guess I just got used to them." He was about to eat another but Dranzer snuck up behind him and snatched it for herself.
"And Dranzer?" Kenny answered that for him.
"Think about it Tyson, Dranzer is a phoenix, if she can use fire attacks like her Flame Saber, do you really think that eating a few of those berries will be anything special?"
"Then what about Kai? Were you trying to trick him into burning his mouth?"
"No. Actually I didn't even think of that. I just thought that he'd be able to take the heat if he trains a phoenix." Kai stroked Dranzer's plumage; she still looked a little weak to him.
"How long until she'll be back to full health?"
"Um…it shouldn't be too long. Maybe if you left her here overnight-"
"What?!" Rei didn't flinch from his sudden tone.
"She can't fly back with you that's for sure. If you hadn't noticed, our mountain is pretty high and she wasn't hit by any ordinary wave. Draciel has power over water, making that attack fairly strong. It'd be better if she stayed here, where she grew up. The woods would do her some good."
"And how the hell would you know?!" Rei walked right up to him and tapped his forehead.
"Hello? Haven't you noticed that I know a thing or two about animals from the Umber Woods? Believe me, just being around other phoenixes will make her better than any medication will. Whenever Driger is tired I send him to the other tigers for a few hours and when he comes back he's better than ever." Kai slapped his hand away and grabbed the collar of his shirt.
"Dranzer isn't like your pussy cat. Just because spending time with its litter makes him a kitty again doesn't mean it will be the same for her." He stood up to meet his gaze.
"Well if you think being around your fiery attitude and hot air will bring her fire back you are sadly mistaken." They were inches from each other, glaring with a fierce anger and stubbornness. A roar from Driger caused them both to break the contest though.
"Tell your pet to stay out of this." He roared again, the sounds coming with short intervals in between.
"What?" Max got suspicious.
"Rei…what is he saying?" Rei listened carefully, and then looked up to the mountaintop.
"What do you mean saying? They're actually talking?" Rei shushed Tyson's questions.
"Rei?" One more roar and a familiar sound confirmed it.
"It's Robert." Kai looked at him.
"What?" The raven-haired boy quickly broke from his grasp and pushed him towards the lake. "What are you doing?!"
"Robert's coming back! You guys have to go now!"
"Not without Dranzer." He struggled to return to his phoenix, only to find that Rei was a lot stronger than he thought.
"I told you, she'll be fine! I'll send her back tomorrow!" With another shove he was in the water, soon followed by Tyson and Kenny. "Go under the waterfall and straight through the forest, hurry!"
"But I thought we'd have more time to talk-" Max motioned Draciel to help them through.
"No time! Hurry Draciel, make sure they get through!" Grabbing the cloak he had dropped earlier the blonde took off, disappearing in the brush.
"But-whoa!" The giant turtle didn't listen to them, using his strength he pushed the boys through, and then closed off the entrance, knowing that they could make it from there.
"Come on Dranzer, we have to get you to the tree!" Rei carefully lifted the weakened phoenix onto Driger's back.
"Let's go Rei!" He shook his head and went back to the lake.
"No, go on! I'll cover for you!" With a nod, Max and the tiger took off, leaving Rei behind. He tossed his coat to Max as he left and made sure any sign of the boys were gone as a shadow flew above him. It landed a few feet from him and walked over to the boy in two or three strides. The raven-haired boy quickly sat down and tried to act natural.
"What are you doing here Rei?" Shrugging his shoulders innocently Rei shook his head.
"Just…just enjoying the waterfall." Emphasizing his story he dipped his feet into the water and playfully splashed around. "It's such a nice day I figure I should make the best of it."
"Um hm…and what about Max? Shouldn't he be enjoying the day too?"
"Uh, he is! In fact, he was just here! But he left to go lie by our tree with Driger." Robert crossed his arms.
"Really."
"Yup! Really." His voice was too sweet, his tone too cute…but what could he be hiding? He decided to ask Grypholyion later when he reached his cliff.
"All right. Don't stay out too long, don't want to be burned."
"Ok." He stayed there until Robert flew away, and then he laid back and sighed. "That was a little too close for comfort." Hearing that, Max poked his head out from the safety of the trees and jogged over to him.
"Next time we should be more careful." Rei opened his eyes and was met by Max's blue ones.
"What do you mean next time? And what are you doing here? What if Robert goes to check the tree?" The blond sat next to him.
"He won't. I saw him fly off to his cliff. And I meant the next time those guys come here." Rei bolted up.
"They are not coming back." He said simply. The blonde pouted.
"Why not?"
"It's too dangerous. Next time Robert might catch us." Max trailed his finger through the grass.
"But…but they have to come back to get Dranzer."
"No, I told Kai that I'd send Dranzer back tomorrow. They won't have to come."
"But they're our friends." Rei stared at him. "Ok…Tyson and Kenny are our friends." He shook his head, got up and walked back into the forest, with Max in toe.
"No Max."
"Please?"
"No." He hung his head.
"It's not fair. Just because you don't like Kai doesn't mean that the other two can't come back." Rei sighed.
"It's not that, though I do not like Kai. Letting them come here is too dangerous. It was already bad enough that they know about us, but knowing about our home?" Max placed his hands behind his back and sighed.
"They won't tell anyone."
"I'm not worried about the two of them, it's the third Musketeer that I don't trust."
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"So, we're going to go back, right?" Kai didn't answer, and kept walking. "We have to get Dranzer after all."
"Didn't Rei say that he was going to send her back tomorrow?"
"Oh Chief, you know that Kai doesn't trust him. Oh, is that why we aren't going back? Is it because of Rei?" Again he stayed silent. "If you stopped arguing with him for a minute you'd see that he's not a bad guy. He's nice, like Max."
'I already know he's nice. His fighting side isn't bad either…neither is his body-argh…no. Focus. Ok, I found them. That's what's important. I found both of them. Now I just have to lure them away from their home so that I can give them to Tala. I guess that means I have to stop arguing with Rei. And I have to figure out a way to get back in there so that I can get on good ground with him.'
"Hello? Kai are you in there?" Tyson stood in front of him, waving his hands like mad.
"What?"
"At least we know you're alive. I asked you when we were going to go back." Kai brushed past him.
"I don't know."
"But we are going back, right?"
"Obviously."
"Then when?"
"I said I don't know yet." He said in a dangerously low tone, stating that he was getting quite annoyed. No one talked as they made their way out of the forest and into the streets, which were still full of people. 'Ugh, I forgot. The festival isn't over yet.'
"Hey, the festival isn't over yet! Cool! Come on, let's go!" He grabbed Kenny's hand and ran to the stands. "Aren't you coming Kai? Uh…Kai?" He turned to find that the bluenette was already gone. "Where'd he go?"
"Tyson! Kenny! There you are!" Before the boys could see who it was two girls tackled them.
"We were so worried about you!"
"Yea, where did you guys go?" It was Mariah and Emily.
"You were worried?" Mariah put her hands on her hip.
"Of course we were Tyson! One minute we were following you two into the forest, the next you disappear into thin air! What happened?!"
"You wouldn't believe it! We were-mrph." Kenny quickly covered his mouth.
"Tyson! We promised, remember?!" He let go of him when the boy nodded.
"Oh yea! Thanks Chief." Emily pointed at them accusingly.
"Wait, what were you saying?! Spit it out Tyson we know you two know something." Kenny and Tyson back away, grinning sheepishly.
"We know nothing! Honest!"
"Yea, we just…ran off! Heh heh…" Mariah and Emily exchanged glances and then turned to them again.
"Cut the act! What happened?!" With a few more steps the boys dashed off, trying to lose the girls in the sea of people.
"You can't get away that easily Kenny! I know where you live!" They chased after them, determined to find out what they were hiding.
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Kai closed the door firmly behind him, locking it encase Tyson came home early. He always locked the door to his room, privacy being very important to him. He then walked over to the balcony, snatching the phone on his way. He dialed the familiar number and brought it up to his ear, waiting for the red head to pick up.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Tala."
"Kai. I didn't expect to hear from you for a while."
"I told you I wasn't losing my touch, I just needed a little luck."
"So I presume you found it?"
"Hn."
"Then when should I come over?" Kai smirked and leaned against the railing.
"Not for a week or so like I said earlier."
"Why?"
"Just because I found him doesn't mean I've captured him." On the other end Tala drummed his fingers on the table. "It'll take a while for me to gain his trust, but I assure you Tala, you will get him."
"So it's a he?" Kai walked back inside, sliding the door to a close.
"Evidently."
"Interesting, from the photograph I would have thought it to be female." He sat on his bed and picked up the photo Tala had given him.
"That's why I'm the "hired help" and you're the client." As Bryan walked in the red head motioned him to sit and wait while he wrapped things up with Kai.
"Give me updates."
"Of course." He clicked the off button and placed the phone back in the charger before falling onto his bed. On the other side Tala also turned off the phone and put it aside.
"How's he doing?" He looked over to the other boy.
"He found them. It'll just take a little while for him to get them."
"How long?" Tala crossed his arms and leaned back.
"He said one or two weeks, but knowing Kai, it'll probably be a little longer." Bryan huffed.
"As long as we get them."
"Don't worry, he won't let us down." Bryan shook his head.
"He better not. Otherwise it'll be our heads."
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Max hadn't brought up the subject of letting Tyson or his friends come back the rest of the day. He knew better than to argue with Rei, when his mind was set on something, he was as stubborn as the best of them. He figured he'd try again in the morning, so that night he left the neko-jin with Dranzer. The phoenix had taken quite well to her old home, the warm, familiar atmosphere undoubtedly raising her spirits. After she had flown around the forest, she returned to Rei's side for the remainder of the day, the raven-haired boy didn't know why though. He welcomed her company in any case; the two wandering around until it grew dark and it was time to sleep.
Rei was currently lying in an open field by the boys' tree, staring at the star-filled sky as he prepared to go to sleep. Dranzer was sitting close by him, grooming herself quietly. Deciding to try something, Rei spoke up in his normal voice.
"Dranzer?" The phoenix stopped preening and looked over to him, she gave a chirp. "Do you understand me?" She nodded.
{Your words are a little fuzzy, though I am surprised that I can understand.}
"Well, when I spend a lot of time with a particular animal from the Umber Woods, I'm able to communicate with them without having to speak their language. It'll be a little while longer until things are completely smooth though."
{It would be nice I suppose.} She hopped over to him. {Do you think you can teach Master Kai to understand me as well?} Rei propped himself up with his elbows and turned to face the curious bird.
"Well, it's not something you learn. It's more like something you're born with." She tilted her head.
{Master Kai is a quick study. He can learn if you teach him.}
"First of all, if Kai won't listen to me, he probably won't let me teach him anything. Second, I told you, it's not something you can learn."
{Master Kai isn't like any other human; he is special. I understand some things he says, and at times it's almost as if we can communicate. Please try?} Rei had to give her credit, despite the bluenette's cold personality; she still stayed by his side. Dranzer didn't seem to notice Kai's anti-social attitude, and acted as if he were the most important thing to her. Not it was Rei's turn to not understand. What side of him does she see that he doesn't?
"I don't know Drazner. I don't think we can get along long enough for me to teach him anything." She perched beside him and nudged his cheek.
{If he listens, will you try?} Rei stared at her again, this time meeting her beady eyes. She was truly sincere. He sighed. It was just like before with Driger. There was just something about the creatures from the Umber Woods that struck a cord in his heart. He couldn't say no to him, and now he couldn't say no to her.
"I…I guess-if he listens. There's no guarantee that he'll even speak to me you know." She chirped and nipped his ear in thanks before flapping her wings and taking off, disappearing into the dark emerald trees. Rei fell back onto the grass, feeling the reeds brush slightly against his arms. 'What next? A dragon who wants me to house-train it?' He closed his eyes and curled up into a ball, slowly slipping into a light slumber.
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(1) Kai gave it to him. Even if he's too young to have it, tools like that and the smoke bomb he used in the lake last chapter are given to him by his employers to help his mission along.
(2) Being mythical creatures, they do have powers, mainly over their element.
SS-They sure like arguing don't they?
Tym-Yup! Just like you and me.
SS-Don't worry, they'll make nice sooner or later. ^^ Until next time! Catch ya later!
