Argh... seems no one knows the name of the 13 Royal Knights. What a pain... now this chapter will be fit with false information.

So, these are the ones I could find... names are in Japanese

Magnamon
Omegamon
UlforceVeedramon
LordKnightmon
Dynasmon
Alphamon
Dukemon
Craniumon
Sleipmon
(KingEtemon) because there is still no evidence of it.

I recently received the English Script for Romeo and Juliet... having read through a few lines... guess how I talk these days. I saw it once in Swedish, but like we say here, reading English Original beats everything. You cannot read translated books in Swedish without (as my Latin teacher would put it) vomit. And that stands for books, films and dubbed series... YUCK...

The chapter took a while, I have loads these days. Sigh... my teachers hardly leave any of us some time alone. I've been thrown into heaps of homework, exams and the rest...

By the way... news going on... Currently I've taken a liking for making my own AMV, posted on AnimeMusicVideos. And not too long ago, running through Japanese Legends on wikipedia, I stumbled upon the legend of Susanoo... aka the inspiration for Susanoomon of Frontier. If there is anyone interested just search upon "Japanese Myth"

Oh, I will have so much fun in this chapter... you just wait and see. Takes out a chainsaw, knife, gun and whip. Beware Takuya, this author has gotten plans for you!

Oh, and if anyone thinks I am writing too much fluff, warn me. Yet, writing fluff is fun, I just hope I am not overdoing things.

Chapter 11

An Unwanted Confrontation

To be reborn, what joy it would be and how it must feel
A master to awaken, to the clock at the end
Brother to his enemy, he must seek
The golden spirit, and take
Sacrifices and life
Love and Trust
Heart and Soul
Make a hell
Of the One
Who can
Kill
He

As well as there exists a Good prophecy, this is the counterpart. It tells of the rebirth of the One demon that everyone fears will be reborn one day. It is slightly more unknown, as the only copy of it was destroyed during the Great Demon War. It has only been told from mouth to mouth, by the ones great enough to rule this world. The thirteen Royal Knights.

However... pain as it may be to tell, no one knows how to decode this. It is a question we cannot answer. 13 knights tried, and 13 knights failed.

So, what is a Royal Knight?

That is another easy question. A Royal Knight is a creature that due to the services of Nemorisa has reached a strength almost nothing would be able to destroy. They are immortal as immortality possibly could be. Nothing could kill them, except for the destruction of the world, caused by evil auras. They are the strongest living creatures of Nemorisa, it is just...

The cannot leave the dimension they are trapped in.

You can enter that dimension, vampires do all the time when they are ready to bond with another. But due to chains that binds their souls, the knights cannot leave. They have tried countless times, but as soon as they are close to the borders of Nemorisa, something drags them back against their will. You would think that such powerful creatures would be able to resist. But not much can resist the laws of nature.

Many councils are held here, with all the creatures. Councils of Peace, of War and of Loyalty. Some councils are created of Love, others of hate... the list goes on. But why are the 13 strongest creatures trapped in this prison?

Once, long ago the knights fought in this area, almost being destroyed. A demon is the only thing that can threaten them, and cause them pain. If a demon would be able to slave one, then it is all over. Knowing this they stay away, and bonded to this place. Demons cannot enter, this is to pure for their touch. Sometimes the knights want to leave, yet to be reminded of what can happen to them if they do, they don't. Don't think they are lazy because they do this to protect the world from an even worse danger... themselves.

You don't want to meet a Dark Knight... ever.

So... this brings up the last and final question. What does the Knights think will save the World, when they obviously can't. A Royal Knight is a very formal personality and like dragons they believe in Legends. So, when they know that darkness will grow more powerful then ever before, the six remaining warriors will rise and save them.

Takuya scratched his back furiously. Somehow, for the last couple of days his whole body had gone nuts. It was itching like hell. Something was happening to him, whether he liked it or not. He was having weird dreams at nights, thinking how you now could know it was night at this dark gloomy place.

Kouji was growing concerned about these matters, yet the vampire also had gotten stuck in other problems. News travelled from the Dark Faeries that one of the evil guys was chasing them. The Widow... or the Spider. The very same... Mortog!

Kouichi was the one who kept his eyes upon the the brunette for a while, as Kouji was obviously concentrating upon planning strategies to evade the attack. And if that would fail, they all needed a plan. They needed to be prepared.

Izumi was chirping and happy. Tomoki had reminded them about her birthday and with that everyone had given her something. Tomoki gave her a mirror that was made of ice, that could show you not only your reflection but to everywhere you wanted. Izumi had spent hours looking in it, looking back to her home and her mother. Tears travelled down her cheeks thinking about her mother. She really missed her.

Junpei had given her a necklace, which happened to be a Raiki speciality, believe it or not. Raiki's were known for being good smiths and had a taste for beauty even though they were big and rock-like. Kouichi had given her a bunch of black flowers. The Aquila looked a bit sceptical at first wondering why they did not have any colour. Kouichi answered telling her how heartbroken he felt when he had been making them himself. Izumi apologised and took the flowers, now having her hair braided in them. The ghost also had said he had some difficulties upon carrying money especially since they would end up falling to the ground sooner or later.

Kouji had given her a longbow with arrows. It was a beautiful artwork made of elves. The female obviously had loved it and asked if she could give Kouji a thank-you-so-much kiss. Kouji obviously refused standing close to Takuya after that. Izumi was a great companion, but it would be pain for the vampire to kiss her.

Takuya didn't have much to offer, having seen all the gifts everyone else came with. He didn't even know exactly what his gift was until he showed it to the girl. Izumi was stunned by it, everyone was wondering where Takuya had gotten it. It was a purple stone, with something like a red heart deep inside it. Kouichi explained to the brunette that this was called a Beryl, a rare elfstone with outstanding magic. Without asking Izumi had pecked him on the cheek, thanking him a hundred times over. It was worth more treasures then you can imagine, for there are just a few left and mainly those exist with elves or very rich families.

Izumi carried the stone around her neck. It had wonderful healing powers and would increase her powers. Takuya had received it from one of the Elder witches back then.

"Kouichi... do you have any idea what this is all about?" the brunette asked as they stopped for a quick rest. The brunette had removed the shirt he was wearing, trying to cool of his scratches. His back was red, on a few places blood trickled down. Two darker pats on each side of his spine showed something was going on, yet he could not figure out.

"This is getting serious. Maybe we should ask Izumi about this. Those bruises or whatever they are, I don't know but they look serious."

"Yeah, sure." Takuya said bringing his hand back to continue scratching.

The ghost floated away to get the female. Meanwhile Takuya looked around, shivering to the cold. Tomoki was playing with some Dark Faeries that seemed to be significant to this place. Kouji sat bent over a map, trying to plan out his strategies. Junpei stood over the vampire, helping out.

Suddenly he felt a warm back on his hand. He looked back to see Izumi smiling at him. The winged creature drew a finger through his spine, making him shiver.

"I don't think you need to be so worried, Kouichi. Takuya is growing wings."

Everyone looked up, even Kouji. "Wings?" they all said bewildered.

"How can you tell?" Kouichi asked scratching his head.

"Aquilas aren't born with wings, we get them around the age of two. Having been a babysitter before I have seen the same kind of pattern on everyone. Two spots by your spine turns dark, a few days later something grows from it."

"WHAT!" Takuya said.

"Must be his dragon-blood. Nothing else can explain that. He is part dragon in his blood, perhaps it is growing stronger. After all, Nemorisa affects every creature that comes here, which means that the few drops of the dragon within him is growing. This means his powers inherited by Aguni will increase as well."

"That sounds weird!" Junpei said sitting down. The Raiki was scratching his head, shaking it.

"We will need to make changes on his shirts from now on. It will be quite uncomfortable for the wings to be trapped underneath those." Izumi said. The girl straight went to find a needle to make holes for the wings everyone expected to grow.

Takuya sweatdropped. Izumi had said that the wings would appear in 2-4 days. The brunette couldn't believe this was happening to him. But Takuya now received nightmares as his imagination took over, and he saw himself with some kind of monster crawling from his back.

Before they all turned to sleep, except for Tomoki who helped Kouichi with the guard duties, Kouji took Takuya aside for a short while. The vampire didn't look scared that Takuya was turning more and more like a dragon, indeed his fears for fire had slowly ebbed away. Instead the vampire attacked Takuya with a kiss and the two of them choose to sleep together, alone as far from the fire as their guards would allow them to.

It had been a long search, but finally they had started to catch up. A group of werewolves and some animagus. It was night, and the werewolves could finally pick up the scents again. Not only the scent of a human, but also the scent from various creatures. Not just the human, but also the scent of a Raiki, an Aquila and a MistHimi. This had been unexpected beyond unexpected.

"Like a wrapped gift!" the leader of the werewolves said.

"Are you really sure we should just grab them and go?" the leader of the Animagus asked?

"I am not sure, I am positive! Darkness doesn't belong in a world like this!"

The itching grew worse and Takuya was furious. Thankfully he got to borrow Izumi's elfstone which seemed to milder the constant itching. Izumi didn't mind, the news about the Spider had ebbed off and they could all breath, so there would be no critical need for it, for a while.

Or so, they thought.

Indeed as the days continued, with no real adventure except for walking, one day, Takuya woke up feeling something was very different. The brunette went to a river that flowed by their camping only to see...

Wings, he really had wings. Bright blazing red wings in the same soft fur-like appearance as Daisuke. He also felt a bit strange, like more energetic than ever. To his amazement many things changed over one night. His hair was longer and lighter, his eyes shifted between chocolate brown to blue.

The brunette had woken up early so no one had seen his change. So when Tomoki woke up, the little boy flinched seeing a dragon sitting b the fire. It took him a while to figure out who it was.

"Takuya... you are dragon now?" he asked.

"Yeah, so it seems!" the brunette answered.

Kouichi floated from the trees, the ghost had been tricked by a few Dark Faeries to follow them and gone wrong. When he returned he too smiled. 'I guess Izumi was right.' he thought floating over to join.

Next Junpei and Izumi entered. Junpei was a bit stiff and rocky like always, while Izumi was gracious and beautiful. Junpei's jaws fell seeing the change, while Izumi giggled softly. Well, when it says that a Raiki's jaw falls to the floor, it does so. The Raiki apologised picking it up from the ground, rubbing the dirt away.

Last up was Kouji, who still seemed to be tired waking up. The vampire was slightly pissed of as he had awoken to find that Takuya was gone. And...

It is one of those moments when the heart stops and you can't breath. For Kouji, it was like falling in love for a second time. His brain didn't even register that everyone else was watching. Instead he ran over to the dragon, kissing him hard. Izumi giggled and Tomoki simply shrugged not fully understand grown ups. Kouichi smiled broadly. Junpei knocked on the others shoulders saying they should go somewhere else, until the lovers were finished.

Today they did not continue their journey, nor the day after. Instead the five friends to the newborn dragon decided it was time to teach Takuya the real manners of this world. Kouichi taught him the History of Nemorisa, Junpei fighting in both combat and swords, Tomoki differences between races, as well as likenesses, Izumi flying and Kouji the rest. The brunette got a tough time ahead trying to remember differences between the Ghost and Phantom, the story about the Kitsune War (which in the end made every single creature getting involved in the fighting, wiping out half of the existing species or the behaviour you should put up meeting a Three headed Dog.

Takuya was exhausted when he pulled his cloak over his shoulder, his cloak served more like a blanket these days then what it did to protect him from the wind. If it started to blow he preferred stretching his wings flying upwards. Many times Izumi and Kouji joined him in this. Tomoki, Junpei and Kouichi followed their actions from below. Kouichi could have joined, but to be honest, heights made him nervous and he preferred to stay a few inches over the ground.

For once things seemed peaceful, but not for long.

They were about to continue, packing what they needed and leaving the rest. Tomoki was once more playing with Faeries when suddenly...

The MistHimi suddenly stopped dead in his tracks, starting to look around. Then he hurried, diving to pick up a fur package he had, the package that was the famous Yeti fur. In the human world, and to scare away their enemies, MistHimi wore white fur over their bodies. It made them look like monsters, unknown monsters.

Tomoki made a noise that made everyone shiver. This horrid tune continued for ages. Even Kouichi looked pale, and had taken residence to hide behind his brother, fighting Takuya for space.

"It is the MistHimi warning signal. Something is here!" Kouji said. The black wings grew from his back and he flew upwards. The sight shocked him, for what he saw was...

"Shit... the werewolves have found us." he said hurrying down. A rain of arrows appeared before them.

Tomoki stopped howling. The little guy started to glow white. "Frozen Arrowhead!" he shouted, the fur on him formed to spikes that shot from it, breaking the attack.

The fight was over them like a pack of hungry wolves, and indeed many of these were wolves. Kouji, Izumi and Takuya all flew up to avoid the worst damage, only to be attacked by rotting animagus. The werewolves attacking Kouichi didn't get much to attack as their moves went through him. Tomoki had frozen his opponents blowing cold ice from his mouth, keeping them away not wanting to turn into a werewolf himself. Junpei didn't have to worry about bites with skin as his, so he simply punched his opponents away. Not that many came attacking him knowing how hard it was attacking Raikis.

"Pyro Darts!"

"Lupine Laser!"

"Shadow Meteor!"

"Hurricane Gale!"

"Ultimate Thunder!"

"Frozen Tundra!"

The werewolves and animagus soon realised they were not fighting normal creatures. The attacks kept knocking them away, and the longer the fight continued they all started to worry and wonder. For the scent of human had been switched to the scent of a dragon. And they did not understand a thing.

"Kouji, stay behind me!" Takuya warned. The vampire knew better then to object and wisely hid behind the dragon. Takuya raised his hands before him.

"Wildfire Tsunami!"

A shower of fire rained down. The remaining warriors knew better then to stay and hurried away. Wolves howled in pain as the fire caught them. Everyone couldn't believe their eyes.

"Scram!" Takuya yelled over the screams. "The human you are searching for is dead since long. I am Kanbara Takuya, the Dragon Lord that claims to be of the prophecy of the Warriors. Now leave this place, or be swallowed by flames of eternity."

The five remaining warriors all blinked not understanding a thing. The werewolves fled, well almost all. The animagus retreated and stopped their attacks. But the leader of werewolves would not back away.

"You claim yourself as warriors, then be one and fight me down here!" he said.

"As you say, but don't blame me for your wounds once this is over!" Takuya answered flying down to meet his opponent.

"Takuya, don't!" Kouji called. The vampire tried to follow, but to his surprise one of the animagus grabbed him from behind. The creature flew backwards with him, landed and changed back to himself, from some sort of big ladybug.

"There is no point stopping them. Takeru can't be stopped until he has either lost or won.

"And who are you?" Kouji snarled reconsidering sucking the life of this thing.

"I am Koushiro. The general of Animagi... and you are Kouji, right? The vampire who helped a human to enter this realm. Why did you, and where is he?"

Kouji snorted. "What I did is none of your damn business. As for the human, take a look." he said pointing at Takuya, who was struggling with Takeru in a true fist fight.

"I see, so the dragon community will have to answer for this. At least we have the answer now, thank you!"

(A/N: Fighting scene, will get rough so for those who can't read bloody fighting, then drop down. Everyone else, I thought it was about time to hand out some real combat. Enjoy!)

Takuya could feel his own blood boiling. For the first time ever since he had arrived at this place, he felt he could do something to help everyone else. The brunette smiled blocking every move the werewolf pulled on him. Takeru fought with rage while he fought with courage. That was the difference.

Twice the werewolf had tried to bite him, and each time it was a close call. Say what you want, werewolves can be quite nimble when they are hunting, and Takeru saw red. At least, everyone else would be alright, no matter what happened here.

Suddenly the dragon felt an immense pain in his arm, and saw Takeru's claws digging into it. The dragon-boy hissed in pain. Takeru smiled pulling his clawed fingers out. Blood sipped down from his wounds.

Takuya had never felt such an intense scent before, and for the first time he could try to understand Kouji's blood obsession, apart from that his boyfriend happened to be a vampire. Blood gave a fresh scent to his nostrils, for the change of his blood had given him great abilities...

As well as great weakness...

For dragons had one weakness and that was...

Takuya had heard Daisuke talk about this once, but hadn't had time to get used to it. Takeru had slain dragons in his way before, and to the brunette's surprise and fear the werewolf raised his claws, slashing him over the eyes. Takuya howled in pain, for he was blinded. If a dragon's eyes are damaged, then they turn blind. And then, who knows how they can win.

Takeru smiled seeing the dragon crawling in pain before him. The claws of the werewolf clattered against each other in anticipation. He could kill the dragon and then continue to find this horrid human and be back home before he would know it.

In Takuya's head several thoughts ran through mind, yet he was far from giving up. Okay, I cannot see him, but that doesn't stop me from hearing him. The dragon stood still, not moving an inch simply listening.

Takeru made an attempt to kill him, to finish him for good. Yet that made a small swish in the wind.

Takuya moved out of the way, stunning the werewolf who slashed nothing but air. Takuya kept his concentration on listening.

"Damn you! Can't you stay still!" the werewolf snarled trying again.

Takuya didn't reply. Fire started to appear around him. He may only have one chance, he had a fairly open guess on where Takeru was standing.

"Pyro Punch!"

Only, he did not hit anything.

Then he felt claws dig into him, tearing him apart. He had guessed wrong. He could hear his own blood pounding for dear life.

"Pyro Punch!"

This time he surely hit, right in the stomach. Takeru hissed falling back. It had been a powerful hit, which sent the werewolf flying.

'Unbelievable' the werewolf thought before he hit the ground, panting loudly. 'He really is a Warrior'

Takuya smiled in victory, still blind. Then he could feel his life energy flow from him, and with a sigh, he fell to the ground.

(A/N: The rough scene is over, the story goes on and I am not stopping yet. I still have some more in store.)

Kouji couldn't believe it seeing Takuya fall to the ground. The vampire broke out from Koushiro's arms running over to his fallen koi. He didn't notice everyone else doing the same, wondering if he was still alive, or if he really was...

Surprisingly enough the first to arrive was Kouichi, followed closely by his brother. Life still seemed to lie deep within the dragon, even though it was faint. This calmed the two of them, yet they had to hurry.

Izumi arrived two seconds after the twins. The Aquila took out the elfstone she had received earlier. It would be able to clear out the cuts, if they were lucky most of the wounds. Takuya's eyes hopefully would heal within two weeks with constant care. The dragon was pretty weakened.

Tomoki lay the huge fur over his friend, hoping it would keep him a little warmer. Takuya's wings were quickly treated. Junpei stood guard keeping the werewolves and animagus away. The Raiki did not trust them, even though his guard duties wouldn't be needed since all werewolves and animagus had moved away from them. They only watched them, watched how they took care of their injured friend. As well, the werewolves had to take care of their captain's injuries, even though they were not as severe. Takeru was back moving, as Takuya still hadn't woken up and did not respond to any of them. The only evidence that he was still awake came from his breathing and regular heartbeat.

Kouji did not leave his side no matter how long it would take. Te vampire seemed to slowly die, that even his brother couldn't persuade him to hunt and eat. His life seemed to have ended. This night, on the last night of Tisteria. The Month of the Wind was slowly fading away. It was growing much colder, only Tomoki did not complain about it.

As the days had continued they had also started to talk more with the werewolves that still stayed close to them. Kouji even met Takeru, who apologised deeply for his actions. Whether or not Kouji accepted the apology, who knew since he turned away, things started to grow more peaceful.

It seemed that the the chase after the human was now closed. Instead the werewolves and animagus tried their best to make up for the chase they had pulled on them.

Kouji was close to give up soon. Takuya stayed asleep for weeks to come. His body was fully healed, even his eyes would be back to normal function again. It was just, he was still out cold. Kouji couldn't take much more of this. He missed him so much.

The vampire sat by the side of the brunette, stroking his hand softly.

"I wish you could return to me, you have no idea how much this dark heart desires you. Our kisses, our love, our freedom. Please Takuya, come back to me..."

The vampire bent over and touched Takuya's lips with his. But even that wouldn't help. Kouji was put into the shadows, if this continued then the brunette could stay like this for ever.

The vampire walked out from the tent they had built for the brunette. Snow started to fall over him, which was rare in Nemorisa. Kouji hadn't seen the snow fall in Nemorisa for fifteen years before he turned up at Earth. It was really an extraordinary sight. Snow in Nemorisa isn't just white, it comes in all colour.

"Takuya, if you only could see this!" the vampire said, a tear trickling down his cheek. The tear fell to the ground, melting the snow it landed on. Snow crunched as he walked on it. Magical colours displayed before his eyes. Could this be death, finally taking him?

And then he saw it...

"Takuya?"

TBC