Oh and thank you to all of you that reviewed and yes I saw that I left a sentence half done. I am really sorry for that! It was really cool, I was happy that I had like four reviews for my first chapter but when I checked this new one it had shot up to TEN! It made me SO happy that I jumped around and ate an apple. And another thing I'm really sorry that it took SO long to update. But don't worry I'm here now. Whether or not that is a good thing has yet to be discussed.

Okay now a bit about this chapter, I am sorry, but I am going to go a bit off subject but I am going to introduce a few new characters. So Ryu isn't going to be in this one that much. I'm still thinking about the next chapter too... So anyway I hope that you like this.

I don't own Breath of Fire or Ryu, but someday! squeaks and runs away as men in black suits come after her Well on with the story!

"Blah"... indicates normal speech

'Blah'... indicates thoughts

"Blah"... indicates other creatures speaking

"Blah"... indicates Ryu speaking in his 'god' voice, other dragons who are in their dragon form will be shown like this. (.:note:. This won't be used till later maybe chapter five or such.)

Chapter 2

Deis, the queen of the lesser continent was sitting on her throne listening to the endless complaints and praises, wondering why in the world did she take the throne. Her great-grandfather had been the first ruler of the lesser continent, and at first merely took the land as a barony from the emperor, but then many people started to leave the empire to move to an area that was more spacious and there was little tax.

It was this influx of people in the region that made the emperor think that he had to create a lesser kingdom. So the job was given to her grandfather, and then her father, and strait to her. It did not matter wether you were a boy or a girl the throne went to the next child or cousin or nephew or even grandchild that was the best candidate for the throne. The reasoning still made Deis want to puke.

"Okay, that is enough. I will take my leave and the rest of you will come back tomorrow. Thank you." Deis then lifted herself from her throne and walked off leaving the palace guard and other stewards to deal with the rest of the people.

Deis retired into her chamber and immediately took off the overbearing dress that she had to wear and put on a dress with two slits on the sides and a tight shirt that showed off the curves that she was gifted with. She pulled out her hair that had been pulled to tight and let the deep purple hair cascade down her back. The last thing that the queen pulled on was a pair of boats that supported a raised heel. The one thing that Deis did make sure of, was that she always looked good but also dress with sensibility. (1)

The young woman had been trained in the art of swordsmanship from a very young age. She also was one of the few who was able to get a hold of a hand held pistol that had been made in the Empire. The pistol was made of a dragon scale so that it could withstand the shock of igniting the chrysm core that powered the gun. So rare where these guns that the emperor and the Head Priestess of the shrine to Ryu the Divine Dragon were fabled to be the only two have one. Dragons rarely bestowed their scales to anyone.

So she was bestowed with great power. But she did not like the responsibility that came in the two for one deal. Too many people that needed her to grant them favor and too many that wanted her life so that they may have her power. Political games sometimes were just to much to deal with.

But as it was, Deis decided to take the rest of the day off and she wanted to enjoy her day. Deis called the stable boy to saddle her horse for her. As soon as the horse was ready Deis jumped on and left the palace grounds, leaving all of her guards. She was known for doing that; always being stubborn and always followed her own rules.(2)

The day was a nice one, for the lesser continent at least. The lesser continent was plagued by random freak rain storms that could last a minute or several hours. While she was out it had only rained for a few minutes, but the rest of the day was sunny and relatively warm. Deis loved it when she was able to be out with no one to nag her to do something to meet someone important.

Deis rode without worry into the forest. Her advisors knew that when she got in this mood, they would have to give her some time before they sent soldiers out to find her. "Milord chamberlain! She has left without anyone, should we pursue her immediately? She could get hurt." A soldier asked.

The lord chamberlain Teska said, "No we won't do anything right now. You must remember her wrath the last time that we tried to bring her back to soon. We will wait a few hours then we will set out for her. By that time she should be on her way back."

"As you wish." Th soldier said before he walked away.

The soldier left the main hall and walked into one of the servant halls. At this time of the day the servants were busy with their chores so the hall was empty. The soldier then stole into an unoccupied room, where he went through an amazing transformation. His armor melted into his body and his presence back merely a black shadow. The shadow then reached deep within itself before it pulled out a small glowing purple crystal. The crystal then started to glow brightly and the colors started to change. Among the wall at series of colors were projected and some sort of message came from the crystal. The shadow creature stood there looking at the wall watching the rhythm of the colors as they came from the crystal nodding slightly at the message. The shadow creature then abruptly put the crystal away and then assumed a figure of an obscure servant.

The creature servant left the room and quickly walked out of the palace, scaring several children and animals on the way. They were able to tell the difference in the creature. The shadow quickly left the palace grounds and transformed itself into a crow, before it took off to find the wayward queen.

Deis was still riding when she saw that the sky was starting to change colors. "I guess that I should be getting back. They probably have already sent out the soldiers to come look for me." Deis told herself.

The young queen turned her horse around and started to head back toward the palace.

The shadow creature had been circling for some time trying to find the queen. The light was fading and the creature knew that its time was running out. The shadow creature was starting to get frantic when he finally spotted the queen. It swooped down and hit and knocked Deis off her horse. One moment Deis knew that she was one her horse and the next she was laying on her back on the ground. 'What the hell?'

"Queen Deisss! I have come to dispossse of you in the name of the Crysssston! Now you will die!" The creature announced before it jumped toward the queen.

Deis sat there still stunned from the fall and the fact that some strange creature was now about to kill her. The seconds seemed to stretch on as Deis sat there with a lock of horror on her face. The creature was about to reach the young queen when a blast of light pink light captured the creature. The shadow creature could be heard giving off a high pitched scream as it was destroyed.

Deis's mind was reeling at what was happening. From the light a beautiful woman walked out. "Deis, queen of this realm that this one watches over, you are uninjured." The woman said more as a statement rather than genuine concern.

Deis's mind was befuddled, was still in shock from what happened and now this appearance of this other celestial being was starting to give her a headache. Deis sat their for a minute trying to think just who was this savior, that is when it hit her, "Uh... wait are you the Guardian? Mikasha!"

"Yes thy statement is correct. This one has come to you because this one must convey a message to thee. The Great Dragon is amoung men now and you must tell him that this one is waiting for him. This one does not know if The Great Dragon is aware of this one's presence in the world. This one would like to greet The Great Dragon and help him in his journey. Please when you meet him give him this message. " Mikasha said as she started to fade out.

"Wait how will I know him? I have never even heard of this Divine Dragon!"

"His aura will tell you. This one hopes that you do not fail, for remember that the Great Dragon's wrath has saved this world once and has the power to destroy the world also."

"Mikasha!" Deis tried to call but the dragon was gone. Deis slumped to the ground, in awe and surprise. Never before did she think that she would meet the dragon guardian herself, and now she was doing something for the dragon. "Wait, since when did I become a damn messenger!" Deis said in a brief anger.

Deis looked up and saw the light was fading and Deis knew that she had better get back. The young queen lifted herself off of the ground and collected her the things that she had dropped. "Damn that horse. He got spooked, and ran off. I am not going to go and walk the rest of the way back."

Deis made one more sweep of the area, when her eyes fell upon a small crystal that was lying in the place were the shadow creature had been destroyed. "What is this?" Deis went and picked up the crystal. She looked over the amethyst crystal with a keen eye of one that is used to jewels. The crystal was in perfect proportions; she had never seen a crystal with no blemish or flaw, if it were no such an ordinary crystal the crystal would be worth a great deal.

Deis put the crystal in her pocket and then went to fetch her wandering horse.

The sun had just set when Deis's guard found her. The guard was a bit worried and asked her about it when they saw that her clothes were dirty and that her long hair was messed up. She just snapped at them and told them to hurry because she wanted to get home and take a nice long shower.

One week after Deis's fateful meeting with the Guardian, the great festival was taking place. The festival had started out of respect for their Guardian who was the one who actually made it possible for humans to live on the lesser continent. The festival was once just a ceremony that was held but then more and more of the inhabitants wanted to come and see it so the ceremony grew into a full fledged festival. Now people brought their best wares and acrobats and singers and bards and musicians and pretty much everyone else came to the festival. In recent years a Tournament to the strongest had started up. Deis always was there to watch some of the tournament and she was one of the main persons in the festival, aside from the priestess that come from the main land to recite the prayers and such. Much of the ceremony left Deis tired and very bored, but it was just another part of her job that she had to deal with.

The Tournament had become rather famous because of the great prize payout that was given and many of the best fighters in the area came. Before the small sea had become so wild many fighters had come from the empire

It was a week before Deis felt anything of what the Guardian was talking about. Deis was in the middle of her meeting with the leading food producers of the lesser continent. They were complaining of the thing that plagued the area, the freak storms. The farmers could not predict what to do and thus some of the crops were given too much water while others were damaged from hail and sleet. "Here why don't you try to grow you plants inside and then regulate the amount of water that each of the crops will get. Then the storms won't ravage the crops and you can continue to produce crops. How does that sound." Deis suggested and almost surprised herself by the ingenuity of her plan.

"But your highness, we do not have the means to build these large crop homes. We are not that prosperous." One farmer said as the others nodded their heads.

"Okay the kingdom will pay for the construction, but you then will lower the prices of the crops that you will grow. I am then going to up the tax on the rest of the people to pay for this. There the pro-...!" Deis stopped as something registered in her mind. He was there! Deis could feel that the Divine dragon had indeed come! The feeling that she was getting was so powerful that is was almost overloading her senses. "I'm sorry I must leave you now, but I will have the agreement written up so we can try that plan. Now you are welcomed to stay, just talk to my advisors. But I am sorry that I must leave you now." Deis then stood up and walked out of the room leaving a few dumbfounded farmers.

Deis was trying to get back to her room so that she could change so she could go and find the Divine Dragon but since it was the feast to the Guardian she was stopped every step that she took for people who want to praise her and send her good tidings for hopes of having high favor with the kingship for the coming year. It wasn't until she called her guard to walk with her that she was able to get away from everyone. 'I really hate being queen.'

Deis quickly fetched and donned her clothing before she headed back to the city. Her guard asked her, "Would you like use to accompany you?"

Deis was about to say no when she thought of their usefulness. "Yes I would like your company. But hurry there is someone that I must meet!"

Deis walked out of the palace unobstructed now with her guard and they walked into the city.

Ryu, Mu, Risho walked into the city, with their horse behind them. "Wow this city is large." Ryu commented, truly surprised that a city so large was made on the continent that he had deemed rather unliveable. Ryu had once seen the land and scouted it out to make sure that he didn't have to spread out the dragon's territory but when he last checked this place was like a torrent of weather and misfortune. That is why he didn't have anyone there, he had thought that surely humans would not want to live there. Apparently he had been wrong. 'Humans are rather amazing creatures.' Ryu thought to himself.

"Well let's get going." Risho said to the two as they plunged strait into the Great festival to the Guardian.

Number notes:

(1) Think of Deis in number four when they are in the dream realm. And for those who don't remember or know, I strongly suggest that you get all the games because they are really good.

(2) Okay remember that this is really AU and Deis is going to be very tomboyish so, yeah.

Okay I know that this chapter is really short, but I kinda needed it to be so that I can get back to Ryu and their part. I think that I have one more person that I need to introduce before I can get back to the main story. But don't worry I will get back to Ryu and company! Well I hope that you like this and please Read and Review. Oh I also need to know who do you want to be brought in next? I was thinking Rei and yes I know that I am sorta splicing them but it's my story. But I was willing to bring Nina in. It is up to you, so now you have to Review if you want to have a say. So remember I like reviews and they help me get motivated and this is sorta like a corporation. Also does anyone out there who is reading this know how to play the harmonica? Because if you can then I need HELP! But I am getting better. Aaah... well anyway laters.

P.S.- I think that I might have the next chapter up with in a week or two or longer depends or my writer's block. Sorry about the slowness, I'm like a turtle that way.

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