A/N:What's up,y'll?Since I worked some extra hours...I getting some extra time off along with Christmas Eve and Day off.Pays to be punctual,I guess.Anyways,this story isn't going to be as long as I speculated.But not to worry,I have an excellent ending in mind.So you better stay with me,b/c this was even startling to me when I first thought it up a few days ago.I was orginally planning on something else but I want to I guess you could...re-write history a bit.And b4 I got on giving anything more away,I'll continue on to the ch. 6!This one will be a one-part past BTW.
Continuing onto the world supposably called Malashira...
For all of the events that had lead up to him becoming one of the most grooviest,hippest and not to mention hottest Dragons in China,Lahoshi could not think of anything to combat this small yet determined girl's challenge.And although she seemed to have everything in check,something about her was different from other girls,this he could tell right away.As he stared down into her intrepid yet troubled silvery eyes,
"I...think you have gotten it mixed up,"He began to tell her slowly,both his claws flying up in front of his tough ivory-scaled chest in defense,"I'm the good guy..."his eyes darted to the Dark Dragon but straightaway fell back onto her,"Uh...you're not going to zap me with that,are you?"
But she gaze was set so steadily on him that he could just barely pause,"The good guy,huh?"She finally spoke usuriously,as if it were the most incongruous thing she had ever heard before,"That would be very near to impossible I'm afraid...because although you're tricks have worked before,"her words grew dark,as the glossy ebony wand still directed at Laoshi blitzed a bit at the end,"You won't be so lucky now."
"Look,"Laoshi smiled very uneasily at her,his nerves shot completely on how to approach her anymore if at all,"Can we not just talk about this...?"he inquired her a bit squirmishly,taking a few steps back as he did,"You know,I'm really not sure this is the best way to be introducing..."
His nonsensical rambling was brought to a hault,as the Dark Dragon and his sycophants seemed to start to recover as the clear shield surrounding them entirely was starting to dissolve.But even as that occurred and Laoshi could see it happening with his own to hazel eyes,the fact that Rhea still wasn't backing down as she powered up her wand still made him wonder what he should do.Should he try and stop her before it was too late and the Dark Dragon was once again free or should he try to talk her out of it all together.And his families lifes on the line didn't make it any easier to come to a decision,as he shallowed his pride and as well as some minor masculintiy issues,starting to reproached her honestly and even deeply,
"Listen to me,because this is important,"He told her with near heartache blurring his eye sat the thought that he was coming awfully close to losing it all,"I know you don't trust me,I guess I wouldn't trust someone either if I thought I was teamed up with someone like the Dark Dragon...but,you must hear me out,"her guard seemed to shift and waver slightly as their eyes were locked completely now and he moved towards her warily,"My family is in danger and so is the rest of the world and it's creatures if I don't stop him.I've never had to face anyone as ruthless as the Dark Dragon but I know I can't quit.So...if you finish me off now,then everything is doomed.Everything I fight to try and protect will be gone."
Rhea's silver eyes turned from blazing contemptuion to shimmering sorrow,"How could a thing like you know what I've been through?"she demanded from him roughly but her voice was obviously breaking under the pressure that she was starting to trust him,"How could you know what it feels like to lose you're Mother because of him once invading you're home when you were nothing but a mere child?Or...or know what it feels like to have to move very far away from where you were born after his abrupt dissappreance...and...and..."her knees dropped and she placed her hands to her face to keep him from seeing any trace of tears,"...And to be filled with such hate and anger,that the need for vengeance causes you to work yourself to no wits end and prepare for the next assault with nothing but a wand in you're bare hand and also to know that...that..."
Her breathless words faded into nothing,as she had to grasp herself tightly around the sides to keep from weeping her heart out.But she felt a gentle present hovering just feet above her and the next time she looked up,she saw how sympathiec he was staring at her.Like he was entranced by something completely unreal about her and her own defenses were starting to melt as she could just feel his honesty flow.And for Laoshi,once he saw her eyes lighting up,he could suddenly take her in and realize instantly that they were meant to take down the Dark Dragon as together and maybe even more after things had finally settled down again,
"We need to work together if we want to get him off our tails...err...get rid of him once and for all,"Laoshi began to her more daringly,his words coming out with more fire when he thought of how formidable an alliance between the two would be just enough to defeat the Dark Dragon once and for all,"Just like there are good and bad people,there are good and bad Dragons,"he offered her a claw to help her up,"Do you trust me?"
Rhea threaded her brow with perturbation and she turned her look away from him over to the Dark Dragon,"Suddenly,I'm not so sure I trust myself,"she admitted quietly,shifting her eyes again this time down to examine her wand,"I've never considered partnering with anyone.For you see,I'm more of a solo fighter.Always have been.I can understand you're circumstance of having loved ones in danger and although I seemed rough on you before...well,"her eyes darted up to his,"How can we stop him?"
"How can we not?"Laoshi replied sagaciously,a new form of confidence he didn't even know he had starting to build itself into an unbreakble,unyielding fortress,"I saw just now with my very own eyes what you can do and I know what I can do already,"he still had his claw lowered down to her,"Now then,Rhea.Can we work together for now?"
"Alright,"She finally told him after what seemed like an eternity gazing off into his eyes,her own starting to twinkle with mischief,"You're own,"placing her hand in his lightly,they both grasped tightly and as she pulled her up she said a bit apprehensively,"I don't know if my magic will work on you or not,seeing as how most Dragons are impervous to all sorts that aren't specifically for them to maintain their powers.It doesn't render them helpless but only one type of magic can affect one individual Dragon each.And knowing the Dark Dragon is affected temporarily by time-related spells,I trained to use that type.Only...there are hardly any gurantees that they will work on you and that's what I'm afraid of."
Laoshi kept his eyes glued to Dark Dragon as he was beginning to free himself but his ears were perked as he listened to her assiduously,"I think this was meant to be,"he finally told her solemnly,the change in him near completetion as his eyes turned to her for the last time before they were to do battle with the Dark Dragon,"That are destinines are intertwined with one another...this is how it's suppose to be,Rhea.I know it is.So believe."
She nodded correspondingly up at him,"It's hard,but I believe it too."
The two held gripped one another's claw/hand,as the Dark Dragon and his shadow administered minions broke free of Rhea's time freeze frame.His eyes were bloodshot with fury at having been so easily overcome by a what he had assumed was just some girl he had found after checking back over the land he had visited when she had been but a mere child...but now,staring into her eyes and that of the Chinese Dragon,he knew that he was going to have to give everything he had,as was the two who opposed him.Only time wasn't on their side and was confirmed when Laoshi noticed that the impenetrable portal he had tried not to bother with looking too much as he fought had a Grand Father clock...which harbored the time he was dreading,Six-forty AM.He shallowed hard,they only had twenty minutes to save the world.And time,which was so precious.Was running short in the present as well.
How will things turn out now that Laoshi and the mysterious time-spell casting Asian witch Rhea have joined forces?Will her magic work on him so they can even work together?And what about the ever growing burden of time for them in the past and present?Found out next ch!
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