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Chapter 2
It had grown dark in the part of the Makai (demon world) the group was in. The only light came from the barely seen moon and the fire the group had burning. They all sat around it either chatting or listening to each other.
"Era," Kurama started, "Tell us about your goddess."
The water maiden thought for a moment, "'ell, her name is Eralasea. Um- she is smart, strong an' –um- butiful."
The group chuckled. "Beautiful," Touya corrected.
Era blushed and softly said, "Sorry."
"There is no need for apologizes Era," Kurama told her, "In all respects you are doing rather well for someone who's only been speaking our language for a month."
With a nod Era said, "Thank you."
A question popped into Yusuke's mind so he decided to ask it, "What is Eralasea capable of?" When she looked at him in confusion he rephrased what he had said, "What can she do?"
"She's best controller of water," she responded hoping her friends understood her.
"A master of water eh," Jin said, his ears twitching, "'ou're a master too Era."
Era shook her head, "No."
Yusuke laughed, "You can say what you want Era, but you're a master."
"You do have great knowledge and control over your element," Hiei told her, "That is what a master is."
Era said nothing and soon enough, much to her relief, the spot light was taken off her as they started talking amongst themselves. The conversations had little relevance to do with their quest, but it did lighten their spirits.
Soon enough an hour and a half had passed them by and the chatter had decreased greatly. Yusuke was talking quietly to Jin, Kurama and Hiei were listening to them, Kuwabara was poking the fire with a stick, Touya was lost in his own thoughts and Era was fast asleep with her arms acting as a pillow and her legs partly bent.
Kuwabara looked up from the fire and saw Era's sleeping form. With a smile he got up and walked over to side, where he took off his coat and placed it over her. "She's so innocent like," he said to himself.
"The innocent are usually the ones who turn out to be great heroes." Kuwabara turned his head and found that it was Touya speaking. "They sacrifice their innocence to save the lives of others. Era seems to be that kind of hero."
Kuwabara nodded, "Ya. I bet Era doesn't want to fight."
Touya nodded his head, "I don't think she wants to fight at all."
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Morning rolled around and the group awoke. The night had been rather surprising since they had not been attacked in the wide open space of the plains.
"Probably to busy running from Van-Gareth to worry about us," Kurama said.
"We should get moving," Hiei said after they had eaten a quick breakfast.
Kuwabara, with his trench coat back on, packed back up his bag and shoved it over his shoulder. Touya put out the fire completely and Jin blew away all traces of the fire's existence and with the help of Kurama the plants in the area where the fire had been grew back. It would be impossible for anyone to track them now.
Yusuke walked up to Era, "You sure we're going the right way?"
Era nodded, "I feel," was all she said in response. What she felt was unknown to everyone, but to her it was familiar; almost like her home, except the trace was not very clear.
As the group walked on towards their destination Yusuke turned to Kurama and asked, "Do you know what's ahead of us, terrain wise?"
The kitsune (fox demon) thought for a moment, "I vaguely remember it. I think there is a city called Ensuren (n-sue-ren) just beyond the mountains."
"Ensuren?" Kuwabara questioned, "What kind of name is that?"
Kurama shrugged, "I don't know why it was named as it was."
Era, who was some distance ahead of them, yelped and fell backwards onto her behind. When the group ran over to see what was wrong they found a small blue-gray colored creature in her lap. Era looked at the creature with confusion. It was no bigger than an average sized human infant, had wings, blue eyes and a tail.
Hiei took out his sword, "It's a dragon."
"That thing has an odd color for a dragon," Kuwabara said, "It's blue-gray and had silver stripes."
"It's a silver wyrmling Kuwabara and it's not too uncommon, they just don't show themselves often," Kurama corrected, "This baby is rather small for a wyrmling of its color."
"Wyrmling?" Yusuke asked.
"It's the correct term to use for a baby dragon," Kurama said
"Hn. It'd be more of a problem if it was its normal size of three feet," Hiei said as he watched the wyrmling carefully.
Touya looked around the terrain, "The areas around here don't seem like a normal habitat for silver dragons." He looked up, "There aren't even a lot of clouds."
"Clouds?" Kuwabara asked in confusion.
Touya nodded, "Silver dragons can live on the clouds if they wanted."
"How?" Yusuke asked, just as confused as Kuwabara.
"They are magical creatures Yusuke," Kurama told him, "They can make the tops of the clouds firm, which makes it a good area to lay their eggs."
Jin reached down and tried to take the wyrmling out of Era's lap, but had to retract his hand to prevent it from being bitten. "'e's vicious."
The wyrmling squeaked when Era hit its snout, "No," she told it.
Everyone thought Era's action was on the idiotic side, but the wyrmling did not attempt to harm her. Actually it did the very opposite; it rubbed its small head against her stomach region. Era giggled and picked the creature up and held it in front of her with a smile.
Hiei walked up to her side, "That thing cannot live."
Era looked at him and frowned, "No." She hugged the small dragon, who squeaked happily. An agitated look crossed the fire demon's face.
"I don't think it would be wise to kill it," Touya spoke up.
"Are you saying that just because she likes it?" Yusuke asked.
Touya shook his head, "No. Think about it, the dragon is a silver color."
"The point is?" Kuwabara questioned.
"Idiot," Hiei mumbled.
Kuwabara growled, "What was that shrimp?!"
Kurama shook his head at the two of them, "Touya has a point. The wyrmling's is has great significance."
"Color determines status?" Yusuke asked.
"In a sense," Kurama answered, "Each color represents that particular dragons strength compared to the others. It also represents if they are good or evil. Silver dragons tend to be very powerful, or so I've heard."
"So that thing is a powerful dragon?" Kuwabara questioned.
The kitsune nodded, "It is an infant now, but one day it will be."
"Is silver supposed to be good or evil?" Yusuke asked.
"Good, as are all metallic colored dragons. In fact it is said silver dragons are sacred handmaidens, so to speak, of Bahamut, the god of the good dragons," Kurama told him. "None metallic are generally known as evil."
Era hugged the wyrmling again and giggled happily. The wyrmling seemed content with the water maiden, as it was neither angry nor afraid. When Era released the creature it climbed onto her shoulder and lay there lazily. Era smiled and stood up, facing her friends. "He cute," she cooed.
"Era, a dragon is dangerous no matter what its age or color is," Touya warned.
With a nod of her head Era said, "I know." She gently patted the small creatures head.
"Is that thing going with us?" Yusuke asked.
Era did not say anything, but Kurama did, "It wouldn't be right to leave it here. Even if it is a dragon and has it's instincts it could easily be picked off by predators, especially it's small for its kind."
"But Touya just said it was dangerous," Kuwabara brought up.
"It's teeth and claws are the dangerous part," Touya explained, "Its breath doesn't come in until it's older."
Kuwabara made a face, "Its breath?"
Hiei put his sword away, "Fire, ice, lightning, acid, poison gas. Idiot."
"Quiet shorty!" Kuwabara yelled.
"Make me dimwit," Hiei said with a smirk.
Kuwabara growled, but was stopped when Kurama said, "Stop it you two, we don't need your fighting."
Touya walked up to Era, the wyrmling picked up his head and looked at the ice master cautiously, but seemed to be warning him at the same time. Touya ignored it, "What are you going to call him?"
Era thought a moment, "Zeek."
"What does that mean?" Touya asked curiously.
The water maiden's response was, "Light."
Fwee!! We met Era's pet :) Hello Zeek!! For those of you who think that this is a worthless chapter your... well how should I put it... wrong. Everything has a meaning, just remember that and you'll probably understand everything that is to come. Words, people, animals, events. Everything is important in its own way. I won't say anymore on that matter since what has been said is basic to any story and I don't want to reck the story for you. Hope you liked the chapter. Remember Era's pictures are online, so if you'd like you can go view them.
I'm gone for a bit less than two weeks so an update won't occur for at least that long. I do need reviews to update when I get back though. Where am I disappearing to? I'll tell you next chapter :P
