Hello! Hope you liked the prologue. It might've been sorta messed up.
^_^;;
Anyway, I edited and reposted the prologue, so it's all better, without all
the A/Ns! ^_^
And please enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: They all belong to Mineko Ohkami. Never ever will belong to me...*sob*...*starts running after Rath*....
In The Dark
Chapter 1
Rath's eyes snapped open. Confused, he walked to the window. "What time is it?" he asked to himself in disbelief, looking up to the bright sun.
Shaking his head, he glanced at his clock before turning to his closet. Finally, the time seem sink into his head.
"NOON?!" Rath's droopy eyes snapped open. "How the hell did I wake up at noon?!" He frantically grabbed his clothes and ran into the nearest bathroom.
Rath came out of the bathroom much more composed. "Maybe the nights with only two hours of sleep are finally taking effect." He said thoughtfully.
As Rath walked back to his room, something popped into his head. "Is Rune up yet?" he wondered aloud, glancing at Rune's door. It's not like him to still be sleeping, he thought to himself. At this point, he would be yelling at Thatz to wake up.
"Damn, this is going to be painful." Rath muttered under his breath before lightly pushing open Rune's door.
He peered around the slightly open door. "Rune?" he whispered. He squinted his eyes, awaiting a chair to meet his head. But nothing came, but teeny tiny little snores in the background.
Rune snores? Rath thought to himself in amazement. "Wow." He whispered. A funny look came over his face. He tried to stifle his laugh but ended up on the ground, rolling around and clutching his sides, laughing silently with tears running down his face.
"Tintlet!" Rune suddenly cried.
Rath automatically froze. "Rune?" he called again. No answer. Uh-oh. He thought. He's dreaming again. This can't be good. Rath looked around and grabbed the first thing that came within grabbing range, a porcelain vase.
"Rune!" Rath yelled. "Wake up!" Being the overenthusiastic person he was, Rath held the vase over Rune's head; ready to drop it onto Rune's head in case he didn't wake up [1].
"Hmm?" Rune twitched and turned his head. Rath did not take that as a good sign and promptly dropped the vase onto Rune's face, where it shattered into millions of pieces.
"Huh? What the @#$&?!" Rune sat up and saw Rath standing over him. "Rath, what are you doing?" he asked in that disapproving voice of his.
Rath sweatdropped and twisted his hands while saying, "Uh, nothing." Rune glared at him with a menacing look on his face, so Rath quickly added, "Nothing other waking you up! Hehe."
Rune was shaking his head at Rath when he felt that throbbing pain in his head. Then he noticed that he was surrounded by shards of something, something that suspiciously resembled porcelain. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Rath backing away slowly. Little by little, Rune pieced the things together, the pain in his head, that shards surrounding him, Rath backing away and the missing vase...the missing VASE?!?!
"Rath?" Rune asked in a low voice, glaring at the poor boy.
"I didn't do anything! I swear! It was an accident!" with that, Rath tore out of the room.
With a start at Rath's sudden movement, Rune started running after Rath but immediately stung himself to death with the shards.
Damn you Rath, Rune thought, clenching and unclenching his fists. I'll get you later.
***COS***
"Hey." Everybody's head at the table snapped up at the sound of Rath's voice. "What's for breakfast? I'm starving." He said, plopping down into a random seat, which so happened to be the Dragon Lord's seat.
"Umm, Rath," Dragon Queen Raseleane said hesitantly, very hesitantly from beside him. "It's already lunchtime."
Rath stared at her for a minute. "Ok."
Suddenly Afleegi appeared with the Dragon Lord at his side. "Rath," Afleegi started sternly. "What are you doing in the Lord's chair?"
In return, Rath wordlessly stood up and gave the chair to Lykouleon.
The Dragon Lord sweatdropped and said, "It's ok Rath. You can sit there if you want to. I can just sit somewhere else."
But Rath quietly shook his head and sat in the next seat. Then he was silent for the rest of lunch. Even though he wasn't as hungry as Thatz, he always ate a fair amount of food, but today, he barely picked at his fook.
"Rath, aren't you hungry?" Cernozura glared at him reproachfully as she gathered everyone's plates.
Rath sweatdropped and mumbled, "Not really."
Cernozura glowered at Rath some more before walking away with his still full plate.
Rath sat silently for a moment, obviously thinking about something important. "Where's Cesia?" he suddenly asked.
Automatic silence. Lykouleon and his secretaries glanced at each other before looking back at Rath. Rath glared at them and held out his hands toward them as if asking, 'Well?'
Finally the Dragon Lord spoke up, "Cesia is busy with a project right now so she can't join us at the moment."
Rath glanced at each person for a moment before abruptly turning and walking away.
"Rath!" Afleegi called, totally admonished.
"It's ok Afleegi." The Dragon Lord said calmly. "It's better than seeing the reaction he's gonna give us when he finds out that Cesia is truly gone."
"You're right, my Lord." Afleegi said grudgingly, still gazing after Rath.
*******
"WHERE THE HELL IS CESIA?!"
For the second time that day, everybody's head at the dinner table snapped up.
"Rath?" The Dragon Lord called.
Rath suddenly burst theough the door. "Where is she?!" he asked, his face wild.
"Rath." Lykouleon started before being cut off by Rath.
"No! Don't talk to me that way anymore!" Rath shouted furiously. "Just give me the truth: where is Cesia?" his voice lowering to a dangerous low voice.
The Dragon Lord looked at Rath directly in the eyes. He then sighed in resignation and revealed the truth to Rath, "Rath, she left yesterday night to search for her parents."
Rath stared at everybody at the table. "She WHAT?!" He slammed his hands onto the table. "You let her?!" He opened his mouth to say more, then suddenly his eyes and facial expressions went dreamy and blank at he collapsed onto the ground. Raseleane stood behind him; her hands help up, glowing.
"My Lord," she said, her eyes frightened. "I didn't mean to, it was to calm him down."
Lykouleon just looked at the lifeless body [2] on the floor before turning back to Raseleane. "It's ok Raseleane." He reassured the Dragon Queen. "At least it stopped him from killing everyone." He smiled despite the worried look on his face. "It'll be a while before he does get around killing us."
Everybody looked at each other, worried.
*******
"Huh?" Thatz looked down the hall in confusion. "Yo Rune! What's going on?"
Rune, who was walking beside him back to their rooms, had a look of total confusion on his face. He shook his head in bewilderment and said, "I don't know. Looks like something big has happened."
"Dragon Knight Rune! Dragon Knight Thatz!" A Dragon Officer called them. "There you are!" He ran over, huffing and puffing.
"Hello Feldon[3]." Rune greeted the poor officer. "Would you please tell us what is going on?" he inquired.
Feldon huffed and puffed some more before talking again. "It's Rath." He gasped. "Something must've happened because we..." he stopped again, catching his breath, "We had to lock him in his room and guard him from the outside." He finished.
Rune frowned, thinking. Then he asked, "Where is he now?"
Feldon pointed to Rath's door. "In there." He announced, his finger shaking a bit.
Rune frowned some more before walking up to the door and opening it. Frowning even more, he walked into the room.
The Dragon Officer's jaw automatically dropped down to the floor. "I c- could've sworn it was locked." He stuttered out.
Thatz casually leaned on the doorframe as he asked, "Rune, is he in there?"
Rune's voice sounded muffled as he answered. "No. Where is he Feldon?"
Feldon sweatdropped and desperately stalled for time. "Uh.um..."
Thatz looked suspiciously around the door into the room. "Hey Rune! What are you doing in there? He's most likely not there."
There was a pause before Rune responded in a strange voice, "I never knew Rath was a crossdresser."
"WHAT?!" Thatz and Feldon ran into the room to see this huge hole in the wall that was connecting his room to the bathroom that Rath and another random Dragon Officer shared and all these skirts and dressed scattered around the floor. This was a little too much for Feldon, who promptly fainted and crumpled to the clothe-strewn floor.
After staring at the hole in the wall and the clothes on the floor, a light bulb went Ding! in Rune's head and the connection began to form. "I got it!" he cried.
"Huh?" Thatz looked at Rune worried. Shouldn't he be thinking about Rath's safety of mind?
*******
The Dragon Lord was walking toward his office when he felt the fast moving aura. He turned sharply and calmly asked, "Rath, where are you going?"
Suddenly Rath stood before him. It took all of Lykouleon's self-control to stop himself from jumping off the nearest cliff. Then he burst out laughing. "Rath.What the...*gasp...what happened?" The Dragon Lord chocked out, unable to stop laughing at the horrible, yet hilarious scene before him.
Suddenly Afleegi came up behind Lykouleon. "My Lord, what is so funny?" he asked disapprovingly, not noticing Rath yet. Finally he too saw the horrible vision. His hand automatically flew to his heart. "Omigod," he said in horror. "Is that you Rath?" he asked, waiting for the dreaded answer.
Before Rath could answer, two voices started calling his name. "Rath! Yo Rath!" Rune and Thatz stopped beside him. Then they too started laughing at him as Afleegi shook his head, saying, "What a shame."
Rath scowled. Now everyone saw the disheveled wig on his head, the frilly pink dress he wore with all the lacy stuff on it, the 5-inch heels that he kept stumbling over and his sense of putting on make-up.
Before Rath could answer, Rune jumped in.
"Lemme guess, you stole the queen's old dress and her high heel shoes."
"Uh-huh." Rath answered, annoyed.
"Lemme guess again, you secretly took the queen's old worn-out make-up from the trash."
"Uh-huh."
"And obviously since Cesia is gone, you've decided to go after her."
"Uh-huh."
"So you used your sword to blow a hole in the wall."
"Uh-huh."
"And you disguised yourself as a girl, hoping no one would recognize you."
"Uh-huh."
"And you left through the bathroom that connected your room to the next room."
"Uh-huh."
"Then you tried to sneak out."
"Uh-huh."
"But the Dragon Lord caught you."
"Uh-huh."
"Cuz you love Cesia."
"Uh-huuuh? What?" Rath stared at Rune. "What kind of guess is that?" he shouted furiously.
"Oh! So you do love her!" Thatz said triumphantly.
Rath's mouth opened and closed a couple of times as he stared at everyone, speechless. "How was I suppose to know Rune was gonna say that?" he shouted. "I was just randomly saying 'Uh-huh'!"
Finally the Dragon Lord spoke up, a smile still on his face, "Rune, Thatz, leave him a lone now. I'm sure he's going to feel even worse in a minute." Then he turned back to Rath. He took a deep breath and announced, "Sorry Rath, but no demon hunting for you for the next two months."
Rath automatically opened his mouth to protest but the Dragon Lord's eyebrow was up and he warned, "Remember what I said before."
Rath's mouth closed and he glared at Lykouleon for a few moments before turning away from everyone.
The Dragon Lord smiled again. He turned to Afleegi. "Afleegi, please ask Cernozura to clean up...*pause*...Rath [4] here."
Afleegi nodded and walked away, still shaking his head.
Once Afleegi was out of hearing-range, Rath's head snapped up. "Can I go hunt demons?"
The Dragon Lord automatically responded, "No."
"Can I go hunt demons?"
"No."
"Can I go hunt demons?"
"No."
"Can I go hunt demons?"
"No."
And that's how it went for the next few minutes until Rath was dragged away for a bath.
***2 hours later***
The door to the Dragon Lord's office opened. Lykouleon slowly looked up from his papers and...
"Can I hunt for demons?"
"No."
"Can I hunt for demons?"
"No."
"Can I hunt for demons?"
"No."
"Can I not hunt for demons?"
"Yes."
"Dammit."
~*~*~*~*~
Author Notes: Hmmm, this took a bit longer than I thought. When I first planned it, it was suppose to be a lot longer, but I guess I'll just cut it into a couple of parts (Thanks, Mizura Volphen). ^_^ For the A/Ns, I guess I'm gonna keep putting little numbers all over the fic. There aren't as many in this chapter so you can sigh in relief.
By the way, there might be a lot of OOCness in this chapter, but please just read it and everything, you know you love Rath and everyone else ^__^ *holds up poster and is wearing an oversized t-shirt that say 'GO RATH! WE LUV YOU VERY MUCH!'*!!!!!
I'd like to also say sorry if I spazzed a little too much in this chapter (you know, at the parts where Rath goes 'Uh-huh' and when he keeps asking Lykouleon if he can go hunting for demons). It's suppose to add to the humor!!!!! By the way, if I said anything about this fic being angsty, I'm sorry!!! It doesn't seem to be turning out very dark or depressing ^_^;; ...maybe I should change the title...hey! If you have any ideas for a title please tell me!!! I don't really have a big imagination so I need some help.
Oh yea, the A/Ns...I forgot...well, here they are!
[1] Hmmm, there's a lot of OOC in Rath's character at this scene, sorta like Thatz's personality. Well, a bit sorry for that! ^_^;;
[2] You know that when I said lifeless, I didn't mean he was dead right? Cuz I only used it to describe him at that scene. I can't kill him off already, just at the beginning of the fic!!!
[3] I have to give credit to my friend Mizura Volphen for giving me the name Feldon for the Dragon Officer!!! If it weren't for her, I would have to use the name...wait, what name? I hadn't even thought up of a name to use *sweatdrop*...I would probably have to use Hugh, but there is no Dragon Officer named Hugh, just go read Dragon Knights #2!
[4] You know what? Rath's new name should be Rathina! J/K! LOL! Well, he is supposed to look like a girl right now, a really weird girl! *laughs hysterically* Sorry, but this somehow cracks me up. Anyway, about Rathina *giggle*, sorry, but don't get any ideas from it. It was just a joke I made up.
That's about it for the A/Ns. Hmmm, did I forget anything? I don't think so...now be good little boys and girls and run off and review the fic! You know you love it *wink, wink*!
Mizura Volphen: Thanks for all the help! Really appreciate it! Hmmm, by the way, got a tiny bit of inspiration for the AU IY fic that I'm sorta working on. But I've run out of ideas! Help!
VoicesOfInsanity: Thanks too! Hope you're happy with all the Rath scenes in this chapter. Don't be disappointed, he really isn't a crossdresser, he only did it to get out of the castle.
Jasmine and Angela (You both know who you are): My dear hacker friends. Thanks to you too! And Jasmine, are you sure this fic is that great? I really dunno, I just thought it up some really random time, I can't remember. By the way, work on For All of Eternity! I wanna see what happens! (Read her fic, her pen name is goldentwilight, and it's really good)
I guess that's it for now, just one question, anyone know what color Bierrez's eyes are suppose to be?
Anyway, please R & R! You know you love reviewing!
Ciao!
Disclaimer: They all belong to Mineko Ohkami. Never ever will belong to me...*sob*...*starts running after Rath*....
In The Dark
Chapter 1
Rath's eyes snapped open. Confused, he walked to the window. "What time is it?" he asked to himself in disbelief, looking up to the bright sun.
Shaking his head, he glanced at his clock before turning to his closet. Finally, the time seem sink into his head.
"NOON?!" Rath's droopy eyes snapped open. "How the hell did I wake up at noon?!" He frantically grabbed his clothes and ran into the nearest bathroom.
Rath came out of the bathroom much more composed. "Maybe the nights with only two hours of sleep are finally taking effect." He said thoughtfully.
As Rath walked back to his room, something popped into his head. "Is Rune up yet?" he wondered aloud, glancing at Rune's door. It's not like him to still be sleeping, he thought to himself. At this point, he would be yelling at Thatz to wake up.
"Damn, this is going to be painful." Rath muttered under his breath before lightly pushing open Rune's door.
He peered around the slightly open door. "Rune?" he whispered. He squinted his eyes, awaiting a chair to meet his head. But nothing came, but teeny tiny little snores in the background.
Rune snores? Rath thought to himself in amazement. "Wow." He whispered. A funny look came over his face. He tried to stifle his laugh but ended up on the ground, rolling around and clutching his sides, laughing silently with tears running down his face.
"Tintlet!" Rune suddenly cried.
Rath automatically froze. "Rune?" he called again. No answer. Uh-oh. He thought. He's dreaming again. This can't be good. Rath looked around and grabbed the first thing that came within grabbing range, a porcelain vase.
"Rune!" Rath yelled. "Wake up!" Being the overenthusiastic person he was, Rath held the vase over Rune's head; ready to drop it onto Rune's head in case he didn't wake up [1].
"Hmm?" Rune twitched and turned his head. Rath did not take that as a good sign and promptly dropped the vase onto Rune's face, where it shattered into millions of pieces.
"Huh? What the @#$&?!" Rune sat up and saw Rath standing over him. "Rath, what are you doing?" he asked in that disapproving voice of his.
Rath sweatdropped and twisted his hands while saying, "Uh, nothing." Rune glared at him with a menacing look on his face, so Rath quickly added, "Nothing other waking you up! Hehe."
Rune was shaking his head at Rath when he felt that throbbing pain in his head. Then he noticed that he was surrounded by shards of something, something that suspiciously resembled porcelain. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Rath backing away slowly. Little by little, Rune pieced the things together, the pain in his head, that shards surrounding him, Rath backing away and the missing vase...the missing VASE?!?!
"Rath?" Rune asked in a low voice, glaring at the poor boy.
"I didn't do anything! I swear! It was an accident!" with that, Rath tore out of the room.
With a start at Rath's sudden movement, Rune started running after Rath but immediately stung himself to death with the shards.
Damn you Rath, Rune thought, clenching and unclenching his fists. I'll get you later.
***COS***
"Hey." Everybody's head at the table snapped up at the sound of Rath's voice. "What's for breakfast? I'm starving." He said, plopping down into a random seat, which so happened to be the Dragon Lord's seat.
"Umm, Rath," Dragon Queen Raseleane said hesitantly, very hesitantly from beside him. "It's already lunchtime."
Rath stared at her for a minute. "Ok."
Suddenly Afleegi appeared with the Dragon Lord at his side. "Rath," Afleegi started sternly. "What are you doing in the Lord's chair?"
In return, Rath wordlessly stood up and gave the chair to Lykouleon.
The Dragon Lord sweatdropped and said, "It's ok Rath. You can sit there if you want to. I can just sit somewhere else."
But Rath quietly shook his head and sat in the next seat. Then he was silent for the rest of lunch. Even though he wasn't as hungry as Thatz, he always ate a fair amount of food, but today, he barely picked at his fook.
"Rath, aren't you hungry?" Cernozura glared at him reproachfully as she gathered everyone's plates.
Rath sweatdropped and mumbled, "Not really."
Cernozura glowered at Rath some more before walking away with his still full plate.
Rath sat silently for a moment, obviously thinking about something important. "Where's Cesia?" he suddenly asked.
Automatic silence. Lykouleon and his secretaries glanced at each other before looking back at Rath. Rath glared at them and held out his hands toward them as if asking, 'Well?'
Finally the Dragon Lord spoke up, "Cesia is busy with a project right now so she can't join us at the moment."
Rath glanced at each person for a moment before abruptly turning and walking away.
"Rath!" Afleegi called, totally admonished.
"It's ok Afleegi." The Dragon Lord said calmly. "It's better than seeing the reaction he's gonna give us when he finds out that Cesia is truly gone."
"You're right, my Lord." Afleegi said grudgingly, still gazing after Rath.
*******
"WHERE THE HELL IS CESIA?!"
For the second time that day, everybody's head at the dinner table snapped up.
"Rath?" The Dragon Lord called.
Rath suddenly burst theough the door. "Where is she?!" he asked, his face wild.
"Rath." Lykouleon started before being cut off by Rath.
"No! Don't talk to me that way anymore!" Rath shouted furiously. "Just give me the truth: where is Cesia?" his voice lowering to a dangerous low voice.
The Dragon Lord looked at Rath directly in the eyes. He then sighed in resignation and revealed the truth to Rath, "Rath, she left yesterday night to search for her parents."
Rath stared at everybody at the table. "She WHAT?!" He slammed his hands onto the table. "You let her?!" He opened his mouth to say more, then suddenly his eyes and facial expressions went dreamy and blank at he collapsed onto the ground. Raseleane stood behind him; her hands help up, glowing.
"My Lord," she said, her eyes frightened. "I didn't mean to, it was to calm him down."
Lykouleon just looked at the lifeless body [2] on the floor before turning back to Raseleane. "It's ok Raseleane." He reassured the Dragon Queen. "At least it stopped him from killing everyone." He smiled despite the worried look on his face. "It'll be a while before he does get around killing us."
Everybody looked at each other, worried.
*******
"Huh?" Thatz looked down the hall in confusion. "Yo Rune! What's going on?"
Rune, who was walking beside him back to their rooms, had a look of total confusion on his face. He shook his head in bewilderment and said, "I don't know. Looks like something big has happened."
"Dragon Knight Rune! Dragon Knight Thatz!" A Dragon Officer called them. "There you are!" He ran over, huffing and puffing.
"Hello Feldon[3]." Rune greeted the poor officer. "Would you please tell us what is going on?" he inquired.
Feldon huffed and puffed some more before talking again. "It's Rath." He gasped. "Something must've happened because we..." he stopped again, catching his breath, "We had to lock him in his room and guard him from the outside." He finished.
Rune frowned, thinking. Then he asked, "Where is he now?"
Feldon pointed to Rath's door. "In there." He announced, his finger shaking a bit.
Rune frowned some more before walking up to the door and opening it. Frowning even more, he walked into the room.
The Dragon Officer's jaw automatically dropped down to the floor. "I c- could've sworn it was locked." He stuttered out.
Thatz casually leaned on the doorframe as he asked, "Rune, is he in there?"
Rune's voice sounded muffled as he answered. "No. Where is he Feldon?"
Feldon sweatdropped and desperately stalled for time. "Uh.um..."
Thatz looked suspiciously around the door into the room. "Hey Rune! What are you doing in there? He's most likely not there."
There was a pause before Rune responded in a strange voice, "I never knew Rath was a crossdresser."
"WHAT?!" Thatz and Feldon ran into the room to see this huge hole in the wall that was connecting his room to the bathroom that Rath and another random Dragon Officer shared and all these skirts and dressed scattered around the floor. This was a little too much for Feldon, who promptly fainted and crumpled to the clothe-strewn floor.
After staring at the hole in the wall and the clothes on the floor, a light bulb went Ding! in Rune's head and the connection began to form. "I got it!" he cried.
"Huh?" Thatz looked at Rune worried. Shouldn't he be thinking about Rath's safety of mind?
*******
The Dragon Lord was walking toward his office when he felt the fast moving aura. He turned sharply and calmly asked, "Rath, where are you going?"
Suddenly Rath stood before him. It took all of Lykouleon's self-control to stop himself from jumping off the nearest cliff. Then he burst out laughing. "Rath.What the...*gasp...what happened?" The Dragon Lord chocked out, unable to stop laughing at the horrible, yet hilarious scene before him.
Suddenly Afleegi came up behind Lykouleon. "My Lord, what is so funny?" he asked disapprovingly, not noticing Rath yet. Finally he too saw the horrible vision. His hand automatically flew to his heart. "Omigod," he said in horror. "Is that you Rath?" he asked, waiting for the dreaded answer.
Before Rath could answer, two voices started calling his name. "Rath! Yo Rath!" Rune and Thatz stopped beside him. Then they too started laughing at him as Afleegi shook his head, saying, "What a shame."
Rath scowled. Now everyone saw the disheveled wig on his head, the frilly pink dress he wore with all the lacy stuff on it, the 5-inch heels that he kept stumbling over and his sense of putting on make-up.
Before Rath could answer, Rune jumped in.
"Lemme guess, you stole the queen's old dress and her high heel shoes."
"Uh-huh." Rath answered, annoyed.
"Lemme guess again, you secretly took the queen's old worn-out make-up from the trash."
"Uh-huh."
"And obviously since Cesia is gone, you've decided to go after her."
"Uh-huh."
"So you used your sword to blow a hole in the wall."
"Uh-huh."
"And you disguised yourself as a girl, hoping no one would recognize you."
"Uh-huh."
"And you left through the bathroom that connected your room to the next room."
"Uh-huh."
"Then you tried to sneak out."
"Uh-huh."
"But the Dragon Lord caught you."
"Uh-huh."
"Cuz you love Cesia."
"Uh-huuuh? What?" Rath stared at Rune. "What kind of guess is that?" he shouted furiously.
"Oh! So you do love her!" Thatz said triumphantly.
Rath's mouth opened and closed a couple of times as he stared at everyone, speechless. "How was I suppose to know Rune was gonna say that?" he shouted. "I was just randomly saying 'Uh-huh'!"
Finally the Dragon Lord spoke up, a smile still on his face, "Rune, Thatz, leave him a lone now. I'm sure he's going to feel even worse in a minute." Then he turned back to Rath. He took a deep breath and announced, "Sorry Rath, but no demon hunting for you for the next two months."
Rath automatically opened his mouth to protest but the Dragon Lord's eyebrow was up and he warned, "Remember what I said before."
Rath's mouth closed and he glared at Lykouleon for a few moments before turning away from everyone.
The Dragon Lord smiled again. He turned to Afleegi. "Afleegi, please ask Cernozura to clean up...*pause*...Rath [4] here."
Afleegi nodded and walked away, still shaking his head.
Once Afleegi was out of hearing-range, Rath's head snapped up. "Can I go hunt demons?"
The Dragon Lord automatically responded, "No."
"Can I go hunt demons?"
"No."
"Can I go hunt demons?"
"No."
"Can I go hunt demons?"
"No."
And that's how it went for the next few minutes until Rath was dragged away for a bath.
***2 hours later***
The door to the Dragon Lord's office opened. Lykouleon slowly looked up from his papers and...
"Can I hunt for demons?"
"No."
"Can I hunt for demons?"
"No."
"Can I hunt for demons?"
"No."
"Can I not hunt for demons?"
"Yes."
"Dammit."
~*~*~*~*~
Author Notes: Hmmm, this took a bit longer than I thought. When I first planned it, it was suppose to be a lot longer, but I guess I'll just cut it into a couple of parts (Thanks, Mizura Volphen). ^_^ For the A/Ns, I guess I'm gonna keep putting little numbers all over the fic. There aren't as many in this chapter so you can sigh in relief.
By the way, there might be a lot of OOCness in this chapter, but please just read it and everything, you know you love Rath and everyone else ^__^ *holds up poster and is wearing an oversized t-shirt that say 'GO RATH! WE LUV YOU VERY MUCH!'*!!!!!
I'd like to also say sorry if I spazzed a little too much in this chapter (you know, at the parts where Rath goes 'Uh-huh' and when he keeps asking Lykouleon if he can go hunting for demons). It's suppose to add to the humor!!!!! By the way, if I said anything about this fic being angsty, I'm sorry!!! It doesn't seem to be turning out very dark or depressing ^_^;; ...maybe I should change the title...hey! If you have any ideas for a title please tell me!!! I don't really have a big imagination so I need some help.
Oh yea, the A/Ns...I forgot...well, here they are!
[1] Hmmm, there's a lot of OOC in Rath's character at this scene, sorta like Thatz's personality. Well, a bit sorry for that! ^_^;;
[2] You know that when I said lifeless, I didn't mean he was dead right? Cuz I only used it to describe him at that scene. I can't kill him off already, just at the beginning of the fic!!!
[3] I have to give credit to my friend Mizura Volphen for giving me the name Feldon for the Dragon Officer!!! If it weren't for her, I would have to use the name...wait, what name? I hadn't even thought up of a name to use *sweatdrop*...I would probably have to use Hugh, but there is no Dragon Officer named Hugh, just go read Dragon Knights #2!
[4] You know what? Rath's new name should be Rathina! J/K! LOL! Well, he is supposed to look like a girl right now, a really weird girl! *laughs hysterically* Sorry, but this somehow cracks me up. Anyway, about Rathina *giggle*, sorry, but don't get any ideas from it. It was just a joke I made up.
That's about it for the A/Ns. Hmmm, did I forget anything? I don't think so...now be good little boys and girls and run off and review the fic! You know you love it *wink, wink*!
Mizura Volphen: Thanks for all the help! Really appreciate it! Hmmm, by the way, got a tiny bit of inspiration for the AU IY fic that I'm sorta working on. But I've run out of ideas! Help!
VoicesOfInsanity: Thanks too! Hope you're happy with all the Rath scenes in this chapter. Don't be disappointed, he really isn't a crossdresser, he only did it to get out of the castle.
Jasmine and Angela (You both know who you are): My dear hacker friends. Thanks to you too! And Jasmine, are you sure this fic is that great? I really dunno, I just thought it up some really random time, I can't remember. By the way, work on For All of Eternity! I wanna see what happens! (Read her fic, her pen name is goldentwilight, and it's really good)
I guess that's it for now, just one question, anyone know what color Bierrez's eyes are suppose to be?
Anyway, please R & R! You know you love reviewing!
Ciao!