I do not own Legend of Dragoon. I also don't own Kyle Malcallum or Kelvis Draken or my friends. They own themselves. I own Kiako Ornitier.

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Please enjoy and thanks for reading!

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Chapter 2: DON'T PH3R TEH GINGERBREAD MAN.

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"Hurry up ok? We'll keep watch for the guards." Lavitz said and Dart nodded unlocking the cell door and ran inside.

"Man, this is gonna take a while." Kyle said leaning against the wall.

"How so?" Lavitz asked curiously. Kiako was too busy fiddling with the items in her backpack to listen.

"Dart and Shana haven't seen eachother in almost five years. Of course they're gonna talk for a while." Kyle said, "Not to mention-- Kiako what the hell are you doing?"

"Booby traps!" she said with glee holding up her piece of chalk. Kyle's eyes almost bulged out of his head at the amount of transmutation circles all over the walls. Neat and sloppy, big and small. On the ceiling, on the walls. Kyle stopped himself.

Why the unholy F--- did that he just make that all sound like some kind of nursery ryhme?

Kiako gasped as one of the circles began to glow.

"Someone's coming now!" she warned and clapped her hands together. The shadows of the wardens appeared and as the got closer Lavitz drew his spear.

"Dart! Hurry up! The guards are coming!" he shouted down the dungeon, "Dammit boy... You were right, he was going to take his time."

"There they are!" the wardens shouted and Kiako slammed both her hands against the wall. From the circles giant pillars of stone protruded from the wall barring the path for the wardens. Kiako pushed off from that wall clapping her hands again and slapped them onto the opposite wall. The same pillar effect only this time it was behind the wardens trapping them in a cage.

"I figured out this place was circular like our school, so I thought the bunch of transmutation circles would be handy." Kiako said, "Plus they're fun to draw!"

"Looks like you didn't get all the guards." Lavitz said and heard foot steps behind him, "About time you got here!"

"Sorry about that," Dart apologized drawing his sword, "Shana, stay behind me!" Dart charged at the guards and slashed at them.

"Double slash!"

"Harpoon!"

"HYAA!" Kyle shouted slapping his spear so the warden fell to the ground and using his spear tip to stab into the warden's legs.

"ARG!"

"Let's see you get up and chase us now." Kyle spat.

"Y-You'll pay for this!" a warden cried and ran off with his fallen comrades. Shana picked up a bow and took aim.

"I'll fight too Dart, I'm 18 years old now after all." she said. They went back down to the entrance an saw none other than...

"Ew! That's the ugliest ginger bread man I've ever seen!" Kiako cried, appaled by the appearance of the head warden.

"Hey watch it!" Fruegel pet his club, "So, you're the red one playing Prince."

"He's not playing Prince!" Kiako protested, "He's on a never ending quest to save his girl friend!" Everyone fell over anime style and straightened themselves.

"Girl friend is it?" Lavitz said quietly with a slight grin.

"Why'd you kidnap Shana!" Dart demanded obviously trying to ignore the comment. Shana was blsuhing as she looked away.

"The girl was our primary purpose. I just thought I'd jazz it up by letting them torch that village too!" Fruegel laughed.

"Whoa, This guy took down a whole village?" Kiako asked.

"Yeah, he ordered the guys to burn Seles and kidnap Shana." Kyle explained, "Apparently he thinks it's fun."

"He's so bad, he's feared by his own people in his country." Lavitz said. Kiako felt a chill run down her spine as will-O-wisps floated behind her in the background. The only thought in her head was-

Man, this is one bad ass fat man.

"That's right, so that makes you guys dead!" Fruegel laughed and two wardens came in.

Shana drew back her bow and let fly an arrow that flew towards Fruegel. The lard ball knocked it away with his club and chortled. Kyle jumped back from a warden's beating stick and he bumped into another barrel filled with spears.

"That's more like it!" he grinned and picked up one in each hand. He ran forward and spun them in the air at the wardens.

Shana squeaked and ran out of the way as a head rolled past her. Fruegel stomped forward grabbing Lavtiz by the collar of his shirt and slamming him back down onto the ground. While Lavitz was still stunned, Fruegel raised his club.

"See you in Hell!" he roared swinging his club down. He laughed until his club started to lift back up.

"Bastard, that really hurt..." Kiako muttered forcing the club back up with her arms and with a growl yanked it out of Fruegels hands and tossed it back into his face.

"What...What the hell are you!" Fruegel shouted as a giant bloody lump formed on his head.

Kiako grinned swiping her thumb across her nose, "I'm a half demon, so technically I'm physically stronger then any of you here!"

"Hey you ok?" Kyle asked. Kiako rubbed the slowly forming bump on her head.

"I'll live..." she said touching it tenderly and wincing, "What about you Lavtiz? Still concious?" Lavitz got to his feet rubbing his head.

"Yes. I'm fine." the knight replied, "Shall we finish this battle?"

Kiakoglanced at Fruegel and wreched covering her mouth with her hand.

"Arg yes, this guy's starting to disgust me beyond belief..." she groaned.

"What the hell does that mean!" Fruegel shouted. Dart and Kyle both nodded to each other and dashed at Fruegel slashing their weapons and jumping to the opposite sides of Fruegel slashing him as they jumped past. When they cleared Shana drew back her bow and fired striking Fruegel in the hand.

"Alright! X-strike!" Kyle said triumphantly pumping his fist into the air.

"Gr..." Fruegel slowly got up.

"Is he immortal? Yeesh!" Dart sighed with exasperation. Kiako was already drawing another circle on the ground and gently tapped it with her foot.

"W, What're you doing?" Fruegel asked as the circle started to glow blue.

"Did I mention I'm also an alchemist?" Kiako smiled sweetly before slamming her fist down into the circle creating a giant wave the carried away the giant dough ball. Lavitz bounded to the horses nearby.

"We'll take these out!" he said jumping onto the horse. Dart dragged Shana onto one with him and started to ride out.

"Hurry guys, the warden's are coming!" Shana said as they rode off.

"Ride with Lavitz, you're lighter then I am!" Kiako said.

"What? I'm not gonna ride with that fruit!" Kyle said pointing. Lavitz raised his eyebrow.

"Fruit?"

"You'll go faster!"

"F--- that I'll run!" Kyle said and already started to run off. Kiako shook her head and as she ran past him picked him up with unhuman strength and plopped him on the horse behind Lavitz.

"Go go!" she shouted and seeing Lavitz look back quickly added, "I'll run it, I'll be able to keep up as a half demon!"

Dart and Shana's horse was already across the bridge when it was starting to be raised.

"Lavitz, Kyle!" Dart shouted.

Kiako, running behind the horse groaned. Man this thing was going slow! Giving the horse a firm kick in the rump caused it to jump the bridge at the top and she jumped after it. She reached up to grab it's tail but started to slowly fall.

"Shit!" she swore automatically and halted in mid air.

"Watch your language! Only I'm allowed to swear like that!" Kyle said pulling Kiako up onto the horse. She thanked him for the catch and sighed.

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"Lavitz can you keep going?" Dart asked.

Lavitz straightened himself, "Yeah!" Kiako looked over her shoulder again.

"Gack! RUN!" she cried as an arrow struck the ground. Another arrow struck Lavitz in the leg.

"Arg!" More arrows rained and were quickly deflected by Kyle's fancy spear twirling.

"Well don't just sit there mind boggled, find shelter!" he barked.

"It's just a scratch." Lavitz winced.

"But we still have to cover the wound..." Shana said. Kiako glanced over the tall grass again.

"I can heal his leg, but I need time." she said, "Lavitz, think you can last until we find a safe spot?"

"I'm a Knight of Basil, of course I can."

Kyle jumped back to where they were and blocked another arrow.

"Go ahead, if you keep moving there's a fork in the road, take the left one and there'll be a shed." he said. Kiako started to argue and Kyle kicked her in the head again, "I know this place like the back of my hand, I'll meet up with you guys ok?"

"O-Ok..." Kiako helped Lavitz to his feet, "Be careful."

"Don't die." Kyle grinned. Kiako smiled back and ran off with the others. When they reached the fork Kiako's nose was filled with the scent of iron.

"Lavitz...?" the knight already was kneeling on the ground trying to prevent his leg from bleeding. Hearing voices Kiako looked behind a tree.

"We gotta hide." Dart said, "Go Shana."

"Stop treating me like a kid! I'm staying too!"

"Shh!" Dart ushered them behind the tree and watched the two wardens conversing. There was a loud snap and everyone looked at Lavitz, who had just crushed a flimsy twig. Dart felt like burning the tell tale twig along with the skinny tree to cinders.

"Um, Where's Kiako...?" Shana whispered.

"Shh..."

"Is that the fugitive?"

"Squeak squeak!"

"Are you an idiot? They probably went that way!" the warden said.

"Don't have to be such an ass..."

"WHAT WAS THAT?"

"Uh... Nice... ass?"

WHACK!

"Oww!"

The trio hiding behind the bushes had giant sweat drops over their head as a squirrel hopped beside them. In a puff of smoke the squirrel turned into Kiako.

"Old ninja trick I learned." she said as she saw the shocked faces of the others. They looked about ready to accuse her as a weird witch, "What? It's a transformation technique! Henge no jutsu! BA-ZING!"

"Er... right." Dart said, "We better get out of here, or at least head to that shed that Kyle mentioned."

"Funny how he knows these prairies." Lavitz said. The headed down the road and Lavitz collapsed again.

"Nevermind, we can keep going..." he said and tried to stand again.

"You know you knights are stubborn folks." Kiako said and looked around sniffing the air, "I don't smell the guards anymore, so we're safe."

"I, I learned First Aid." Shana offered.

"Shana learning something? That's a surprise." Dart chuckled.

"Heey, don't underestimate the knowledge of a woman! Or, girl. Right." Kiako said and helped Lavitz up, "We better head to that shed, Dart help me out! This guy's heavy!"

"Hey, I'm just big boned!"

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After they sat the green knight down on a stool, Kiako slide her backpack off and sighed in relief.

"Man, this thing is heavy!" the bag landed with a hollow THUMP and she rummaged through it pulling out cotton swabs and a bottle of what looked like disenfectant.

"What the heck are those?" Lavitz asked and he suddenly wished his leg wasn't hurting. Well, that or that Dart would move out of the way of the door so he could run away.

"I see that look in your eyes." Kiako pouted, "Shana, you mind cleaning the wound? I gotta wash my hands first too."

"Ok."

"OW! That stuff stings!"

"Take it like a man Lavitz, come on, Knight of Basil." Dart teased.

"Oh shut up Dart..."

Kiako was disinfecting her hands with sanitizer when a pair of arms grabbed her shoulders and shook her like a stubborn ketchup bottle.

"DON'T DO THAT!" Kiako cried hiding behind Lavitz and shaking her fist at Kyle, who was laughing.

"You need to pay more attention Little sister, if you don'tyou're gonna get killed." Kiako huffed and knelt by Shana.

"I'm done."

"Good! Now excuse me a second." Kiako rolled up her sleeves and took a deep breath and placed her hands over the wound, "Cure!"

Nothing happened.

"Cure! Cure! CURE DAMMIT CURE! Cure? Cure! Cure! CUUUURE!" Kiako was now shaking her hands around violently shaking her fist at Lavitz's leg.

Lavitz: o-o;; (DON'T HIT MY LEG!)

"Um, Kiako, Final Fantasy magic doesn't work here." Kyle said. Kiako stared up at him for a moment.

"Oh. Right-O then." she took a deep breath again, "Ninpo: Chakra heal!"

(Ninpo in jap is a translation. Ninpo: Ninja tech!)

A blue aura glowed from Kiako's hands and reached out to Lavitz leg mending the torn flesh so only a small rawgash was left.

"Well, that's as much as I can heal for now, when I get some rest I'll heal the rest of it so take it easy." Kiako said and tossed Shana a bunch of bandages, "Cover it up ok?"

"Amazing! Is that some kind of magic?" Lavitz asked. Kiako sat back on her heels and rubbed her head.

"It's ninja magic. I use something that's called Chakra to heal wounds." she explained, "Course, it takes away my own life energy in order to heal something so if I use it too much... Well, I'll be 6 feet under."

"Oh. So I guess I can't ask you to heal this paper cut huh?" Kyle said holding up his thumb. Everyone raised their eyebrows at him. "What? Paper cuts hurt! It's one of the BEST ways of torture!"

"So Dart, what have you been doing all these years?" Shana asked. Dart then told how he lived in both Seles and a village called Neet.

"Wow, neat. You have two homes. Hey! Neat, and Neet! I made a pun!" when everyone staredat Kiako she hung her head and her ears angled downwards, "Sorry."

Then Dart told of the Black Monster, and his quest to destroy it for revenge.

"I understand." Shana said, "You didn't need to tell me."

"So, instead of being on a never ending quest to save his girlfriend, he's on a never ending quest to destroy the Black Monster?" Kiako asked, more to herself then Dart.

"Sure."

Lavitz stood up stretching.

"Well, I have to report to King Albert."

"Don't push yourself, you're leg is still injured." Shana cautioned.

"Heh heh, I'll be fine. You'll make a great wife one day along with Kiako."

Shana blushed, "Thanks."

"Say, why don't you all come to Bale with me?" Lavitz invited.

"Really?"

"Of course! I wouldn't have gotten out of Hellena without you guys." Lavitz grinned, "And, maybe Kyle and Kiako will see someone they know there."

"Fine with me." Kyle shrugged.

"I need to go where he goes, or I'll get lost." Kiako said pointing.

"Alright then, we'll rest a bit more and head out." Dart said.

"OK!" Kiako jumped up happily and bashed her head into a shelf she was sitting under.

"A...ACHOO!" Kyle sneezed, "Look what you did, now there's dust everywhere!"

"ITAI! (OWW!) MY HEAD!"

Authors notes: NEXT CHAPTER! Enter Van Kelsing! My dear friend (And big brother) Kelvis Draken makes his appearance!