They watched in silence as the red dragon met with the much larger blue dragon. Unnoticed Kai and her friend circled above completely camouflaged in the cloudy sky. The riders met in battle on a platform as their dragons ripped at each other. It was great and horrible at the same time, a huge battled waged around them and the air was thick with magic. Kai couldn't remember the last time she'd witnessed something so grand.

"Are we supposed to do something?" Kai asked. The silence felt like it was consuming them. She felt they had been circling for an eternity.

What would we be able to do? The white dragon asked her back in a mystified distracted voice.

"I'm not exactly sure; I don't even know who to side with…" Kai said as the white dragon she rode continued to make large slow circles below the clouds.

That's the Varden and the empire at war. The male voice drifted through her head. They have finally started a full out war, no more sneaking behind the peoples backs, this is a future decisive battle we watch. He said in a trance like voice. The dragon knew more of the war then Kai had originally thought.

"Have you chosen a side?" Kai asked softly as she witnessed the mass battle in the field and the fight between the two dragons and riders near by. She thought she could smell the blood, but they were too high.

Silko had decided to find and join the Varden; I intend to fulfill his wishes. His deep voice solemnly answered her.

"I'm not so sure now is the best time." Kai said observing the men slaughtering each other. Kai found she felt nothing for them, she had done the same thing for so many years she doubted she had all of the emotions she used to. Emotions drifted away when your life filled with such things like death and war.

Is it not? Is not now the perfect time? I join their fight purely to help. What would they think if they knew I had drifted about above them while their war waged, they would find me suspicious that's what…. He told her knowingly.He had thought of the war way more then she had thought.

"And when a foreign beast white as snow swoops in on the war, they have never seen this dragon, they don't know what to expect from him, what if they attack you….. I'll admit, you've grown on me." Kai said grudgingly. "I'd rather not see you get hurt."

Then you may join me… if it will help I've just now broken through the shield protesting the Varden leaders mind. He went silent for a few moments and Kai searched below, with her sharp eye sight she surveyed a dark woman falter in her fighting and guessed from her clothing and the ring of Varden around her that she was their leader. She believes me an intruder of her mind trying to trick her, but is relaying the message to warn her people, even if I did intrude she says a dragons help would be nice. He said with a chuckle like growl escaping his jaws.

"Then we're joining?" Kai asked watching the riders leave their saddles atop the dragons and fight each other as the beasts continued to snap at one another.

With a jolt the dragon dived straight for the ground in the middle of the battle waging over the field. Kai was crouched low near his white spikes as his wings snapped out and he glided quickly over the battle creating a cry of surprise and fear from the men below.

Skillfully the white beast created a long line of boiling white flame twist and turn through the men fighting below, he easily avoided any Varden, and the empires men were easy to locate as they all were dressed in red.

I wish to see you unharmed at the end of this battle Kai thought as the men's cries were too loud to be heard over. She then hopped up on his back and ran crouched low down the dragons back over the spikes and leapt off his pointed tail into the fight; after she left his form he shot up and began to take groups of the empires men in his jaws. Suoh was determined to make it clear who he fought for.

Kai landed next to a group of stunned men and quickly whipped her sword free of its sheath and ran it through a red clad soldier's leg cleanly removing it from his body, his shriek of pain and agony woke the other men of their stupor and they began fighting again. Kai noticed many stand weary of her, the Varden didn't know if she was on their side or not, and the empires soldiers didn't want to meat her sword. They would know soon enough.

Kai was in battle mode, she was swift accurate and pumped full of adrenalin. Kai was to be feared. Her movements were blurred to the surrounding men, in seconds she had moved through at least twenty red clothed men making it clear who she fought for.

Kai growled, she felt the magic around her, it pushed on her mind, but something held it back, it kept her safe from their threats. The feeling felt familiar, but she continued to focus on the fight, not investigating.

She didn't know how long she had been in the throng of men, the metallic sent of blood filled her nose and her limps were numb, but she never faltered, she was used to the strain, that's how she had survived as long as she had. Kai had fought through life.

Something new came to her in the battle, all through life she had fought for herself, but in the battle she found herself stretching to the right to clip a soldier aiming for a Varden soldier, pushing a little harder to save a man she had never met, and probably never would.

As quickly as she had joined the fight, it was ending; they were pushing back the empires soldiers...

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-BS