Chapter 21: "Er… What just happened?"
We arrived in the North in less then an hour. I looked around and saw a wasteland, or that's what I saw at first. When I looked closer I saw that there were different parts of it. A forested part off in the distance is what caught my attention. I saw it and thought of the forest that I lived in for the first year I lived in the Ningenkai.
I tried to see it all but I couldn't. If I had my Jagan eye…. I sighed and continued flying. I flew over a volcano, it's warmth welcoming. I closed my eyes only for a moment before I heard a roar.
Instincts took control and I flew lower to the ground, trying to blend in with the dark landscape. It might have worked if it wasn't for all the crimson red that colored me as well as the black.
/Hey! Fresh meat/ The new dragon didn't seem too welcoming.I looked down and realized that the ground was covered in dragons.
/Damn it! This is your fault/ I scolded Matt. /We're going to die and it's your fault/ I started looking quickly for escapes.
"Oh, sure! Blame it on me. You were the one who wanted to learn how to fight!"
/I do! But you're the one who said to go to the North/ I sighed. I wasn't afraid to die or anything but I really, really, REALLY didn't want to die. /Do I have to learn everything like I did back in Makai? Is that just how I learn or is that how everything's taught/ I thought to myself.
Matt heard the dragon roar again. "I'm gonna keep quiet now."
/If we get out of this alive, I'm never, EVER listening to you again/ I got quiet for a moment. I wasn't going to die. Not today and not for a few hundred thousand million millenniums.
….. But I couldn't escape either.
The dragon flew above me and forced me to the ground. I landed in the middle of what I first counted out to be around fifteen dragons. A dragon that was bigger then me… actually he was bigger then Dlexus now that I think of it… flew down and landed in front of me.
/Hey, kid./ I twitched and flared my wings out a little, letting them know I wasn't going to be pushed around. I only let one person call me 'kid' and this idiot wasn't him. /Where ya headed? Hang around with us for a while./
/No thanks./ I sat straight. /I'm in a hurry./
/Why? Just relax and hang around with us for a few./
I felt annoyed now. /I said no./
The maroon colored dragon bared it's fangs in a grin. /Oh, come on. At least let us see what's in your chamber./ Dlexus's words quickly came back to me.
/No./
/We can do this the hard way or the easy way, kid. You can pick. Just let us see and we'll let you go./
I growled softly. /One) don't call me 'kid'. Two) I. Said. No./ I flared my wings to take flight but he stepped on one. I growled.
/Come on. Just show us./
"Hiei, what's going on?"
/Quiet! … they want me to show you to them…/
"I wanna see. Let me out."
I hesitated then opened my mouth and let Matt come out. To this day I wonder why in Makai's name I listened to her after I said I wouldn't.
The dragon picked Matt up with his tail and studied her for a moment and I caught scent of a strangely familiar smell.
I knew it so why couldn't I name it…? I saw Matt shaking and remembered the familiar scent of fear!
I crouched, intending to grab Matt but two other dragons pounced on me. I struggled and then helplessly watched as the maroon dragon tossed Matt into his mouth and swallowed her.
/DAMN YOU/ I roared. /I'm going to make sure you die for that! I'll kill you and rip her from your stomach, I swear I will/ I struggled to get away but the other dragons held on. My tail whipped around and pulled both dragons from me. I threw myself at the other dragon.
We both went rolling. I held on, digging fangs into his shoulder and holding on by digging claws in his wing and neck.
He snarled in pain and rage. I saw his tail come at me and readied to move at the last second. I went to move then realized I wasn't as fast as I would normally be. I saw a flash of white as his tail slammed against the side of my head.
I flew a few feet and landed hard on my side. I started to get up but four other dragons held me down.
/You bastard! Just because of that I'll make sure that your little fuzzy friend dies/
/N-no…/ I tried to say but my mind still didn't want to work from the blow. I watched as the dragon walked over to some water and drank a big mouthful. I struggled again, trying to whip my tail around again but they held that too.
/Throw him in the cage and we'll take care of him later. I'm taking a nap. Food makes me sleepy./
The maroon dragon flew away and I started struggling violently. I tried to summon the Makai flame, the Ningenkai flame, anything! I couldn't summon fire.
/Where the hell are my powers when needed/ I wasn't a fire demon… I was a Dragon of Darkness and I couldn't summon the damn Darkness Flame. /Get. Off. Of. ME/I glanced back as the dragons snarled and their weight lifted. Dark shadowy stuff was pulling the dragons off and making them disappear. I stared for a moment then quickly took flight.
I had a promise to keep.
I spotted the maroon dragon laying on a cliff on a volcano. I had one chance at this… otherwise it would be a hell of a lot harder to beat him.
I flared my wings so I hovered a few hundred feet above him…. Then I folded my wings and started falling. I waited until the last second, watching as the maroon dragon turned to look at me. It was too late before he reacted. I felt my right hand touch the top of his head and I held on as I threw all my weight on top of landing on his head. I threw my left hand on the ground then spun so my right hand wouldn't be on his head. My feet touched the ground last. I crouched, wings flared slightly out to my sides as I readied for a fight. The dragon lifted his head and shook off. I was slightly surprised that he survived that but was also expecting it.
Before he had time to react I jumped on him and bit down on his neck then slammed his head again. /Spit her out/
/W-why don't you make me…/
/I can keep that promise I made to you. You know… the one about killing you--/
/Fine! I'll spit her out/ He spit Matt out and she coughed and gasped for air.
I sighed. /Matt/ I said, using her name for the first time in a while.
"Hiei?" she coughed again. "Er… what just happened?"
/I saved you./
"If you could of given me a minute more I could of taken care of it."
/Tch. Fine, you're welcome./ I started walking. I glanced back in time to see my tail slam down on the maroon dragon's head, knocking him out. /Hn./
I grabbed Matt by her scruff, tossed my head back and swallowed her. /You're not coming out again until we're out of here. You understand/
"Alright," Matt said then fell asleep.
