Dragon Knights
"My Quest for You"

By: Drago Guardian Light

Disclaimer: (puts cheek in palm) You know it's no fun to do the disclaimer when you have to ruin it for me.
Shuri: Ruining things is my job. So go ahead. Start the disclaimer so I can ruin it for you.
DGL: Shuri doesn't own Dragon Knights!

Shuri: Damn straight I don't! ………Wait a minute…Hey!
DGL: lol

A/N: Sorry the last chapter was so short. I just figured that that would be a good place to leave you guys for now. If I had gone on any further, then you probably would've whined it was too long. : );;;; But lets go on now. I have reviewers to thank!

Blackcat686. Thanks! Here's your update, hopes you enjoy it. : )

Famin. I stand by what I said...I thought that was a pretty good place to leave off. : ) Yeah, they're my favorite couple too. And I'm half trying to stick with the original story line. In which Rath relates to Cesia because she is also part yokai. She's alright, but she's not my favorite character. Half the time she annoys me somehow…But to answer your question, Rath doesn't want Cesia dead because…shoot, I forgot my original answer. Maybe this one'll do…Because she enhances his power when she is near him as well as the strength of the other Dragon Knights. Is that good?

Misty. (bows) Thank you. (in a joke voice) Well what'd ya know? Here's your update!

X3

" A Surprise Visitor"

Rath turned around and saw the sign Fire held up in his sleep that said "Don't look at me master". He sighed. "I think I just got dissed by the only person I care about," he whispered.

Fire held up another sign. "Glad I'm not Cupid." "And why's that?" Rath asked, even though he wondered why the hell he was even talking to Fire considering he was asleep. The duel dragon held up another sign. "Because you two are way too stubborn."

Rath raised an eyebrow. "This coming from the guy that holds up signs in his sleep?"

"I just go with the flow," Fire told him. He put that sign down and lifted another one that said, "And the flow is telling me to…" And one more card that said, "ZZzzzzzZZzz…" Another bubble blew its way out of Fire's nose.

Rath shook his head looking back at the door. He didn't want the elf to be mad at him. It made him feel uncomfortably cold inside. And that was a feeling he really didn't like. "Should I die because I'm of faerie and elf blood?" He couldn't shake Rune's question. How could he ask him that? When he said demons deserve to die, he was really just talking about himself. He didn't want Rune anywhere near that statement! He sighed. Well, he might as well do what he never thought he'd have to do…Apologize. It'd be well worth keeping Rune near him. Hopefully, apologizing wasn't as hard as Thatz once told him.

Flashback

"Rath, listen." Thatz demanded pulling Rath toward him by the shoulder. He put his lips close to his ear and whispered. "Never apologize to anyone!"

"Huh? How come?" Rath asked genuinely confused. He thought apologizing was a good thing, but here Thatz was telling him never to do it.

Thatz looked around to make sure no one was listening in on them. "Because it makes you look seriously weak. Of course, if you wanna look that way, go ahead and apologize all you want."

"I don't wanna look weak," Rath told him. "But I still don't understand how apologizing makes you look that way."

"Have you ever seen the Dragon Lord apologize?" Thatz asked. Rath momentarily averted his gaze, thinking of all the times he'd seen the Dragon Lord. "Not really," he admitted.

"Exactly!" Thatz exclaimed patting his shoulder. "He knows not to apologize to anyone cuz he knows it makes him look weak." "I thought he never apologized because he never had anything to apologize for?" Rath asked. Thatz looked at him blinking every few seconds. "That's not the point," he finally told him. "The point is…never apologize, it just makes the argument bigger."

"Thatz! Get back here you creep!" shouted Kitchel, Thatz's thief friend. She came running up the hall toward them and once Thatz heard her voice, he moved his legs as fast as he could, leaving Rath in the dust he kicked up. Rath coughed. "Cough, cough…You'd think with as many maid we have around here these halls wouldn't be so dirty," he said aloud before wandering off to do whatever. And by whatever… "Now where did Rune go?" he whispered to himself.

End Flashback

Heading downstairs Rath looked inside almost every room he came upon looking for Rune. A burning sensation crept up his chest, but he was sure it was just because of his running so much. It would go away once he stopped for a while. After checking one of the downstairs rooms he finally decided to just head for the dinning room. He may not have been everywhere else, but maybe Rune simply went to breakfast. Besides that, he was hungry.

Once in the dinning room, who should he see but the Earth Dragon Knight, Thatz, stuffing his face with food? Rath sighed. Thatz, wasn't really the person he wanted to see right now. The person he did want to see, was nowhere to be found. "Good morning Rath," greeted Cernozura. Rath looked over at her and waved.

"Bout time you woke up." Thatz said with a mouth full of food. "If you weren't going to wake up soon I would've thought you'd need me to kiss you."

"Thatz, not today okay?" Rath asked. "I don't wanna barf this early in the morning when I have nothing in my stomach to barf up." Thatz starred at him for a moment, frozen in a meaningless pose. "Well that was a lovely picture." With that he went back to eating merely. Rath sweat dropped. Nothing stopped Thatz from eating. What a surprise. Shaking his head Rath turned around. Not realizing how fast he turned he bumped into someone else and both of them landed on the floor. Rath landed hard on his knees and the other guy landed on his butt with a thud. Rath cried out, "Yeowch!"

"I'm sorry Rath, are you okay?" Rath looked up and noticed a pair of gentle ocean blue eyes looking down at him. He could've sworn he lost his breath in that one instant. Rune held out a hand for him. Rath took his hand and stood with his help, but the hit to his knees caused them to wobble. Seriously wobble. "It's okay, I got you." Rune assured him. He took Rath's arm and pulled it over his shoulders so Rath would have something to balance on. Rath cringed and hissed at the sharp pain in his knees. "Maybe they should replace the floor with carpet huh?" he joked.

Rune gave him a small smile as he helped him back upstairs to their room. During their walk to the stairs neither one of them said anything. It wasn't so much an awkward silence as it was a peaceful one. "Rune?" Rath asked once they got to the bottom of the stairs. Rune stopped and turned his head to look at him. "I know what you're going to say and I think it's better if you wait until we get upstairs," he told him.

Rath blinked. "So what question did that answer go with?" he asked. "Weren't you going to ask me to use my healing power here instead of making you go all the way up to our room?" Rune asked.

"Even though that's a good question, no." Rath told him. He paused. "I just wanted to say…I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you mad earlier. I just…" "It's okay." Rune told him. "I can see where you're coming from. But we'll talk about that later. For now, let's just make it upstairs in one peace okay?"

Rath nodded and began to hop onto the stairs. The burning sensation that was in his chest before came back, and at full force. His right hand went straight over his heart as he grunted. "Rath? Are you okay, what's wrong?" Rune asked quickly. When he didn't answer he started to worry. "Rath talk to me! Rath!"

Rath could hear the elf's voice, but he couldn't answer it. He heard the worry, the concern, but seemed powerless to get him to calm down. When he opened his mouth to speak, a grunt spilled out instead. He seemed, immobile somehow. He couldn't move.

Rune starred at Rath, concern showing in his voice when he spoke. Rath wasn't moving, nor was he answering him. He gulped. This was not good. And they were only half way up the stairs. Filled with resolve, Rune bent over, put his left arm behind Rath's knees and his right arm around his shoulders, and lifted him up as if he were his bride. Realizing the position made him flush. He liked, really, liked the feeling of Rath in his arms. He shook his head. Now was not the time to be thinking about how Rath felt in his arms. Instead, he carried him the rest of the way up the stairs; Rath blankly starring at him the whole way.

Once inside the bedroom Rune gently laid him on the bed, making sure his head was on a pillow. Once he was lying down he went down to his knees. Since he had regained his elfin healing powers, he could fix whatever was wrong with his knees. And maybe what the reason was for his sudden stillness. "You're going to be okay Rath," Rune whispered.

"Aw, how sweet," a mocking voice sneered. "The Water Dragon Knight, nursing his Fire Dragon Knight back to health."

Rune quickly turned to look at the window where the voice came from. He gasped. "How did you get past the Lord's protective barrier Shydeman?" he asked with an intake of breath and more bravado then he thought he had at the moment.

Shydeman smirked from where he sat on the windowsill. "I have ways," he told Rune.

A/N: Buwahaha, I'm so evil I leave you guys with this! Isn't this fun? Well, I had to cut short cuz I wanted to update as quickly as I could. Sorry if it seems rushed.