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Anyway, terribly sorry for not updating *sniff*. Dun worry, I'm sad too :-
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Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me. Zip, nothing, nada! All the Dragon Knights characters and possibly the plot belong to Mineko Ohkami. ^_^;; hehe...*secretly grabs Rath* fly like the wind!!! *runs off, still hanging onto Rath* *runs into the wall* ow...X_X...ok...nvm...I won't run off with Rath again *hands him back to Mineko*
In The Dark
Chapter 4
The door slowly creaked open and a pair of fiery red eyes appeared.
"Rath," The Dragon Lord Lykouleon started. "Is there something you want?"
Rath nodded. "Can I speak to you privately?" he asked.
Lykouleon gave him a nod and turned to Tetheus, who had been giving him a report on the water faeries. "Thank you Tetheus. Leave the report on your chair and I'll read the rest when I have time."
Tetheus pursed his lips in a disapproving way, but he didn't argue. "Yes my Lord." And with that he put down a pile of papers onto his chair and walked out of the room, shutting the door with a soft 'Thud!'
Once Tetheus' footsteps had disappeared down the hall the Dragon Lord turned to Rath with a curious look on his face. "What is it that you want to talk to me with Rath?"
Rath hesitated for a moment. It had only been three days ever since the incident with the yokai from Nadil's Army, but Afleegi was still as pissed as he was three days ago. 'He seriously needs to take a chill pill.' Rath thought to himself.
"Rath?" the Dragon Lord pressed when Rath didn't say anything for five minutes. "Is something wrong?"
"Huh?" Rath jerked himself out of his little happy world with fluffy pink little bunnies. "What?"
Lykouleon frowned. "You know, maybe I should send you to your doctor to get a checkup. I swear, you're spacing out more and more these days."
Rath paled a great deal. "My _DOCTOR_?! No freaking _WAY_!!!" he shouted.
The Dragon Lord backed up a little. "Okay, no need to overreact. So...spill it. What do you want to talk to me about?"
Rath opened his mouth to speak...and promptly closed it again.
"Well..." The Dragon Lord waited.
"I forgot." The proud Rath announced.
Lykouleon facefaulted and with difficulty climbed back onto his chair. "H- how could you _forget_?" he asked in an exasperated voice.
"Dunno." Rath shrugged. "Like this." to emphasize his point, Rath snapped his fingers and gave the Dragon Lord a huge innocent grin.
Lykouleon sweatdropped and with a nervous chuckle he said, "Okay.I'm sure that you'll remember. Once you do, just tell me." And with that, he picked up the report that Tetheus had left on the chair and started reading it.
Rath frowned. What did he forget? It was fresh on his mind only two seconds ago! "Hmm..." Rath wondered out loud.
The Dragon Lord looked up. "Something wrong?" he mildly asked.
"Of course!" Rath exclaimed as if he didn't notice the Dragon Lord at all.
"Of course what?" Lykouleon looked confused.
"Er," Rath looked at Lykouleon. "Can you do me a favor?" he asked in a sweet little boy's voice with the cute little boy look on his face. (A/N: awwww!!! *squeals* go Rathy-kun!!! *jumps up and down and does the little 'go Rath' routine* w00t!! ^_^ er...sorry you had to see that ^_^;;)
"Uh...I guess...as long as I agree..." the Dragon Lord hesitated. Suddenly a horrible thought entered his mind. What if Rath wanted him to dress up in drag?! O_O the Dragon Lord's heart panicked and raced, praying that what Rath had to say wasn't what he thought Rath was going to say.
Rath grinned and Lord Lykouleon felt his blood run cold. That was so not a smile that he liked. "Okay Rath, what do you want?"
Now that smile had just completely disappeared. "Well you see..." he started. "I want a lot of things but those things aren't worth mentioning right now." (A/N: Hey! I stole that line from my friend ^_^...well I didn't steal it, really, I'm just borrowing it for now...but like to thank my friend goldentwilight for letting me use it from her HP ficlet.)
The Dragon Lord raised his eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing." Rath quickly answered. "Right now, I want to go find Cesia."
Lykouleon stared at Rath for a moment. "Why would you want to go look for Cesia?"
Rath was slightly confused. Then his face darkened. "What do you mean why would I want to look for Cesia?! Wouldn't you?!" he shouted, taking the Dragon Lord's question the wroooong way.
"Er," Lykouleon sweatdropped. "I didn't mean it _that_ way Rath. Don't get mad. I have my own reasons to ask my questions."
Rath glowered at the Dragon Lord for a moment before he went on. "When was the last time you received mail from Cesia?" he demanded.
The Dragon Lord sweatdropped again. "Sorry Rath." He apologized. "I don't get Cesia's mail. Raseleane does, and she rarely shows me what Cesia has written."
"Why not?" Rath once again wanted to know.
"Why Rath," the Dragon Lord started. "I don't know why!" he said exasperated with as these ridiculous questions that Rath was asking. "I have to respect Raseleane and Cesia's privacy. If they want to tell me something then they tell me. If they don't then they don't tell me. It's not like I would pry or anything." He explained.
Rath frowned even harder than before. Suddenly he stormed out of the room in search of Raseleane.
The Dragon Lord watched Rath run out of the room. Then he shrugged and shook his head. "Well, that's Rath for you."
*******
Raseleane was rereading Cesia's last letter for the millionth time. It was especially short, barely a page. Something was wrong. Why hadn't Cesia responded to her last letter?
All of a sudden the door blew open. Raseleane automatically pulled out her sword and pointed it straight into the person's chest, right at the heart. (A/N: Stick 'em up!! Err, just kidding ^_^;;.).
"Augh!!!" Rath yelped in surprise. "Your majesty, no need to kill _me_!!"
"Oh it's just you Rath." Raseleane gave a huge sigh, thanking the gods above that it wasn't a yokai that had come to kill her. She sheathed her sword as Rath nervously fidgeted. "So, why are you here Rath?" she curiously inquired as he kept on fidgeting.
Slightly startled that the queen wasn't mad at him, Rath looked up and suspiciously looked at Raseleane. "Are you _sure_ you aren't mad at me?" he warily asked.
Giving him a gentle smile, Raseleane told, " Yes I am _sure_ Rath, so don't worry about getting your head chopped off." She joked.
Rath nervously laughed, noticing that the queen was holding a piece of paper in her hands. "What's that?" he asked, pointing to the piece of paper.
Raseleane facefaulted at Rath's bluntness before she responded. "It's Cesia's last letter."
Rath stared at it, almost slowly reaching for it.
Raseleane went on, not noticing Rath's sudden silence. "I am so worried about her. She hasn't written in so long! This was her last letter, which came like half a year ago. I hope nothing bad happened to her. There must be a reasonable explanation as to why she isn't responding. It better not be because she hates us or something. *sniff* It would be very sad if it was. Huh? Rath?" Raseleane looked around. Rath was nowhere in sight. Then she shrugged. Rath probably just left or something, like always. Raseleane seated herself in front of her desk and started rereading Cesia's letter for the million and first time.
*******
BAM!
The Dragon Lord looked up again. "Back so soon Rath?"
Rath's furious crimson eyes stared down at the Dragon Lord's clear blue ones (A/N: I'm only guessing on what color the Dragon Lord's eyes are. If you know what color they are, because I'm colorblind and I somehow missed it on maybe a cover, please tell me and I'll fix it). "It's been half a year ever since Cesia has sent her last letter." Rath said in a quiet voice.
The Dragon Lord was surprised. "Really?" he asked in amazement.
Rath nodded. "Yes." His voice started rising. "How could you not know?" Rath fought to control his temper, but like always his temper got the better of him...again.
"Rath calm down!!" Lykouleon backed away. Whenever Rath lost his temper, you did _not_ want to be near him when it happened. "I've tried asking Raseleane about it all the time but she refused to tell me anything!!"
Rath for once stopped to think about what the Dragon Lord said. "Does that mean I can go look for her then?" he asked after a moment of standing deep in thought.
"I guess..." Lord Lykouleon answered slowly, very slowly. "I don't see anything wrong with it."
"Yes!" Rath cheered under his breath.
"But," the Dragon Lord started. "You must go with Thatz and Rune."
Rath stared at the Dragon Lord. "But why?" he asked, horrified.
Lykouleon merely just raised his slender eyebrows at Rath, as if to ask him 'why not?'
Rath scowled. "Fine." He grouched.
"Good." The Dragon Lord smiled. "Now be a good boy and run over to Ruwalk and ask him to help you get ready to leave tomorrow morning."
Rath scowled even deeper. "Whatever." He rolled his eyes and walked out of the room.
The Dragon Lord just smiled as Rath slammed the door...again...
*******
"Hurry up Ruwalk." Rath begged as he paced back and forth.
"I'm hurrying ok?" Ruwalk grumbled. "What's the hurry? You're leaving tomorrow _morning_, not tonight. And what's up with all this food?"
Rath ignored Ruwalk as he walked up to the poor old guy and smacked him over the head. "Shh..." he cautioned as Ruwalk screamed in fury, well he tried to caution Ruwalk to be quiet before Ruwalk started chasing him down the hall.
"Auuugh!!!!" Rath screamed as he ran from the crazed Ruwalk. "Lunatic on the loose!! Run for your life!!!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
Author's Notes: Aww, poor Rathy-kun!!! *glomps Rath* don't worry Rath, you're safe here with me ^_^. *spots Ruwalk running towards Rath* uh-oh!! Run Rath!! Run for your life!!!
Anyway, sorry if this chapter is a big too short!! It's just that I actually for inspiration!!! Well, for a Hellsing fic. So I'm trying to work on that and my songfic/one-shot Spirited Away fic that I'm trying to do and post up by Thanksgiving but bad me cuz I haven't even finished half of it. I'm also working on an original novel with a friend...well, we are _trying_ to work on it...but I'll definitely work a lot harder on the next chapter. Sorry about the OOCness in this chapter. Any questions, email me.
R & R please! Ciao!
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me. Zip, nothing, nada! All the Dragon Knights characters and possibly the plot belong to Mineko Ohkami. ^_^;; hehe...*secretly grabs Rath* fly like the wind!!! *runs off, still hanging onto Rath* *runs into the wall* ow...X_X...ok...nvm...I won't run off with Rath again *hands him back to Mineko*
In The Dark
Chapter 4
The door slowly creaked open and a pair of fiery red eyes appeared.
"Rath," The Dragon Lord Lykouleon started. "Is there something you want?"
Rath nodded. "Can I speak to you privately?" he asked.
Lykouleon gave him a nod and turned to Tetheus, who had been giving him a report on the water faeries. "Thank you Tetheus. Leave the report on your chair and I'll read the rest when I have time."
Tetheus pursed his lips in a disapproving way, but he didn't argue. "Yes my Lord." And with that he put down a pile of papers onto his chair and walked out of the room, shutting the door with a soft 'Thud!'
Once Tetheus' footsteps had disappeared down the hall the Dragon Lord turned to Rath with a curious look on his face. "What is it that you want to talk to me with Rath?"
Rath hesitated for a moment. It had only been three days ever since the incident with the yokai from Nadil's Army, but Afleegi was still as pissed as he was three days ago. 'He seriously needs to take a chill pill.' Rath thought to himself.
"Rath?" the Dragon Lord pressed when Rath didn't say anything for five minutes. "Is something wrong?"
"Huh?" Rath jerked himself out of his little happy world with fluffy pink little bunnies. "What?"
Lykouleon frowned. "You know, maybe I should send you to your doctor to get a checkup. I swear, you're spacing out more and more these days."
Rath paled a great deal. "My _DOCTOR_?! No freaking _WAY_!!!" he shouted.
The Dragon Lord backed up a little. "Okay, no need to overreact. So...spill it. What do you want to talk to me about?"
Rath opened his mouth to speak...and promptly closed it again.
"Well..." The Dragon Lord waited.
"I forgot." The proud Rath announced.
Lykouleon facefaulted and with difficulty climbed back onto his chair. "H- how could you _forget_?" he asked in an exasperated voice.
"Dunno." Rath shrugged. "Like this." to emphasize his point, Rath snapped his fingers and gave the Dragon Lord a huge innocent grin.
Lykouleon sweatdropped and with a nervous chuckle he said, "Okay.I'm sure that you'll remember. Once you do, just tell me." And with that, he picked up the report that Tetheus had left on the chair and started reading it.
Rath frowned. What did he forget? It was fresh on his mind only two seconds ago! "Hmm..." Rath wondered out loud.
The Dragon Lord looked up. "Something wrong?" he mildly asked.
"Of course!" Rath exclaimed as if he didn't notice the Dragon Lord at all.
"Of course what?" Lykouleon looked confused.
"Er," Rath looked at Lykouleon. "Can you do me a favor?" he asked in a sweet little boy's voice with the cute little boy look on his face. (A/N: awwww!!! *squeals* go Rathy-kun!!! *jumps up and down and does the little 'go Rath' routine* w00t!! ^_^ er...sorry you had to see that ^_^;;)
"Uh...I guess...as long as I agree..." the Dragon Lord hesitated. Suddenly a horrible thought entered his mind. What if Rath wanted him to dress up in drag?! O_O the Dragon Lord's heart panicked and raced, praying that what Rath had to say wasn't what he thought Rath was going to say.
Rath grinned and Lord Lykouleon felt his blood run cold. That was so not a smile that he liked. "Okay Rath, what do you want?"
Now that smile had just completely disappeared. "Well you see..." he started. "I want a lot of things but those things aren't worth mentioning right now." (A/N: Hey! I stole that line from my friend ^_^...well I didn't steal it, really, I'm just borrowing it for now...but like to thank my friend goldentwilight for letting me use it from her HP ficlet.)
The Dragon Lord raised his eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing." Rath quickly answered. "Right now, I want to go find Cesia."
Lykouleon stared at Rath for a moment. "Why would you want to go look for Cesia?"
Rath was slightly confused. Then his face darkened. "What do you mean why would I want to look for Cesia?! Wouldn't you?!" he shouted, taking the Dragon Lord's question the wroooong way.
"Er," Lykouleon sweatdropped. "I didn't mean it _that_ way Rath. Don't get mad. I have my own reasons to ask my questions."
Rath glowered at the Dragon Lord for a moment before he went on. "When was the last time you received mail from Cesia?" he demanded.
The Dragon Lord sweatdropped again. "Sorry Rath." He apologized. "I don't get Cesia's mail. Raseleane does, and she rarely shows me what Cesia has written."
"Why not?" Rath once again wanted to know.
"Why Rath," the Dragon Lord started. "I don't know why!" he said exasperated with as these ridiculous questions that Rath was asking. "I have to respect Raseleane and Cesia's privacy. If they want to tell me something then they tell me. If they don't then they don't tell me. It's not like I would pry or anything." He explained.
Rath frowned even harder than before. Suddenly he stormed out of the room in search of Raseleane.
The Dragon Lord watched Rath run out of the room. Then he shrugged and shook his head. "Well, that's Rath for you."
*******
Raseleane was rereading Cesia's last letter for the millionth time. It was especially short, barely a page. Something was wrong. Why hadn't Cesia responded to her last letter?
All of a sudden the door blew open. Raseleane automatically pulled out her sword and pointed it straight into the person's chest, right at the heart. (A/N: Stick 'em up!! Err, just kidding ^_^;;.).
"Augh!!!" Rath yelped in surprise. "Your majesty, no need to kill _me_!!"
"Oh it's just you Rath." Raseleane gave a huge sigh, thanking the gods above that it wasn't a yokai that had come to kill her. She sheathed her sword as Rath nervously fidgeted. "So, why are you here Rath?" she curiously inquired as he kept on fidgeting.
Slightly startled that the queen wasn't mad at him, Rath looked up and suspiciously looked at Raseleane. "Are you _sure_ you aren't mad at me?" he warily asked.
Giving him a gentle smile, Raseleane told, " Yes I am _sure_ Rath, so don't worry about getting your head chopped off." She joked.
Rath nervously laughed, noticing that the queen was holding a piece of paper in her hands. "What's that?" he asked, pointing to the piece of paper.
Raseleane facefaulted at Rath's bluntness before she responded. "It's Cesia's last letter."
Rath stared at it, almost slowly reaching for it.
Raseleane went on, not noticing Rath's sudden silence. "I am so worried about her. She hasn't written in so long! This was her last letter, which came like half a year ago. I hope nothing bad happened to her. There must be a reasonable explanation as to why she isn't responding. It better not be because she hates us or something. *sniff* It would be very sad if it was. Huh? Rath?" Raseleane looked around. Rath was nowhere in sight. Then she shrugged. Rath probably just left or something, like always. Raseleane seated herself in front of her desk and started rereading Cesia's letter for the million and first time.
*******
BAM!
The Dragon Lord looked up again. "Back so soon Rath?"
Rath's furious crimson eyes stared down at the Dragon Lord's clear blue ones (A/N: I'm only guessing on what color the Dragon Lord's eyes are. If you know what color they are, because I'm colorblind and I somehow missed it on maybe a cover, please tell me and I'll fix it). "It's been half a year ever since Cesia has sent her last letter." Rath said in a quiet voice.
The Dragon Lord was surprised. "Really?" he asked in amazement.
Rath nodded. "Yes." His voice started rising. "How could you not know?" Rath fought to control his temper, but like always his temper got the better of him...again.
"Rath calm down!!" Lykouleon backed away. Whenever Rath lost his temper, you did _not_ want to be near him when it happened. "I've tried asking Raseleane about it all the time but she refused to tell me anything!!"
Rath for once stopped to think about what the Dragon Lord said. "Does that mean I can go look for her then?" he asked after a moment of standing deep in thought.
"I guess..." Lord Lykouleon answered slowly, very slowly. "I don't see anything wrong with it."
"Yes!" Rath cheered under his breath.
"But," the Dragon Lord started. "You must go with Thatz and Rune."
Rath stared at the Dragon Lord. "But why?" he asked, horrified.
Lykouleon merely just raised his slender eyebrows at Rath, as if to ask him 'why not?'
Rath scowled. "Fine." He grouched.
"Good." The Dragon Lord smiled. "Now be a good boy and run over to Ruwalk and ask him to help you get ready to leave tomorrow morning."
Rath scowled even deeper. "Whatever." He rolled his eyes and walked out of the room.
The Dragon Lord just smiled as Rath slammed the door...again...
*******
"Hurry up Ruwalk." Rath begged as he paced back and forth.
"I'm hurrying ok?" Ruwalk grumbled. "What's the hurry? You're leaving tomorrow _morning_, not tonight. And what's up with all this food?"
Rath ignored Ruwalk as he walked up to the poor old guy and smacked him over the head. "Shh..." he cautioned as Ruwalk screamed in fury, well he tried to caution Ruwalk to be quiet before Ruwalk started chasing him down the hall.
"Auuugh!!!!" Rath screamed as he ran from the crazed Ruwalk. "Lunatic on the loose!! Run for your life!!!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
Author's Notes: Aww, poor Rathy-kun!!! *glomps Rath* don't worry Rath, you're safe here with me ^_^. *spots Ruwalk running towards Rath* uh-oh!! Run Rath!! Run for your life!!!
Anyway, sorry if this chapter is a big too short!! It's just that I actually for inspiration!!! Well, for a Hellsing fic. So I'm trying to work on that and my songfic/one-shot Spirited Away fic that I'm trying to do and post up by Thanksgiving but bad me cuz I haven't even finished half of it. I'm also working on an original novel with a friend...well, we are _trying_ to work on it...but I'll definitely work a lot harder on the next chapter. Sorry about the OOCness in this chapter. Any questions, email me.
R & R please! Ciao!