A/N's: Ok then. Everyone I'm going to work really hard on this one for now because evil plot bunnies are invading my brain…
Lloyd: Plot bunnies?
Colette: Are the bunnies cute?
Me: … Well's let's just say that they are a little sad.
Colette: Oh no! Is there anything that we can do to make them happy again?
Me: Trust me Colette, when I say that they were never happy to being with…
Lloyd: Uh hey, I'm sorry but Yuan ate the cheer I wrote him.
Me: (turns red with anger) HE WHAT?
Yuan: (still eating the paper) Phaw? Phoo Shepesh ee to reshite shis? (What? You expect me to recite this?)
Kratos: (sighs) You're all acting like children.
Me: But he ate Lloyd's work!
Colette: Oh Poor Lloyd…
Lloyd: Nah, don't worry about it.
Me: Alright. Yuie lives because Lloyd says it's ok.
Yuan: (swallows) That depends on whether or not that paper kills me.
Kratos: Yuan, by swallowing paper you cannot die…
Yuan: I knew that…
Me: Ya right. Here we go…!
Genis: Lloyd-forever does not own TOS
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Chapter 10: The Dragon Fang
… and she knew that she would never see the world again…
The dragons landed near Gnome's seal just as a large explosion rocked the continent.
"Nikila…" Mikel whispered faintly. Venforfte growled.
"So now I understand. She said that she'd take care of it by blowing herself up."
"What a pathetic way to die," Treeforte whispered as he walked towards his cavern.
"Where are you going?" Sheena asked him as he snorted and continued on his way.
"Let him be. He's tired of seeing death to the power of dragons," Fonirto explained.
"We should move on to the next seal. I do believe that we should go visit Heelix," Venforfte said as Fonirto nodded.
"Fine, but afterwards if you go to visit Entity, I'm going home."
"But why, Ms. Fonirto?" Colette asked sweetly.
"I apologize dear but we don't get along. That and the fact that we'd be at a stalemate anyway. He's from the other side of things. Anyway, summon me if you wish. Good day to you all," Fonirto told them before spreading her wings flying away. Venforfte sighed and decided to lie down.
"You guys go ahead. I'm tired so I'll rest here for awhile. Summon me if need be," he told them before falling into a deep sleep. The others shrugged and hopped on their Rheairds.
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Presea stopped as the others walked on towards the cave that was the entrance to the seal of darkness. Regal turned to look at her.
"Presea?"
"Something is very wrong…" she whispered as she and the tall blue haired man rushed to catch back up with the group.
"Ha ha ha… you're all too late…" they all heard as a large magic circle appeared beneath them. Everything suddenly became very cold. Lloyd shivered and looked around to see that everyone but him, Kratos and Mikel were frozen… solid.
"What…? No!" Lloyd shouted as he ran up to Colette. He stopped when someone jumped in front of him and held a blade to his throat. Caught off guard, Lloyd froze. Kratos and Mikel tensed behind him as someone else jumped behind Mikel and held an axe at her back.
"No one moves or Lloyd Irving Aurion dies," the one in front of Lloyd said.
"What do you want?" Kratos asked calmly although his very soul was shivering in fear.
"We want your scales. All of them!" The one behind Mikel exclaimed as Lloyd quickly unsheathed his own blades faster than the person in front of him could slit his throat. He knocked away the sword and thrust his own towards the person but he dodged and Lloyd quickly stopped himself before he hit Colette.
"Who are you two?" Lloyd shouted. The one who attacked him replied first.
"My name is Kyle of the Dragon Fang, one of the Itsumokans. My brother over there is called Mark. Mark, eveirter ruoy exa." The one called Mark held his axe for a moment before moving it away from Mikel's back. Mikel relaxed for a moment.
"What do you want?" Kratos repeated.
"Only the chance to speak of ourselves since you are currently too powerful for us to take on ourselves," Kyle replied. "You need not worry about your friends. They will be fine. What you need to do is listen to me." Lloyd sheathed his blade slowly and nodded. Kratos did the same.
"Nac ew ekat het selacs won?" Mark asked Kyle in exasperation as Kyle shook his head.
"Ll'ew nommus Heelix dan Xylophonix dan tpmetta erofeb ew evael, Mark," Kyle replied.
"What language are you speaking in?" Lloyd asked.
"Drakine…" Mikel answered instead as Kyle nodded.
"Yes, it is as she says. But for now just listen. We may not be tied when it comes to dragons but if you don't hurry then we will be. Mark and I have already defeated Heelix and Xylophonix. The dragons left are Entity, Oakino, Lorgirdian and Nephrateetie. The dragons that have been defeated are Venforfte, Fonirto, Helious and Treeforte. There are four dragons left and once those four have been defeated then we will come after you for the scales of luck and curses. Any questions?"
"Who are you people?" Lloyd asked.
"We are the Dragon Fang. There used to be 12 of us, one for each dragon half of us were killed when an epidemic illness broke out. Two of us just recently died. So that leaves four us left. Three of us are on this continent right now."
"What do you hope to accomplish by freeing Hellk and allowing him to wreak his revenge?" Kratos asked this time.
"This is a battle about power, Kratos Aurion. Not, as you so called it, revenge."
"Then you are a fool."
"Call me what you will. It doesn't bother me. But listen to me well for I shall only say this once. If you do not surrender your scales you will die a very painful death."
"Whatever, Kyle. We'd never hand over the scales to you!" Lloyd exclaimed as Kyle laughed. "What's so funny?"
"What's funny is that we can move to the other dragons much faster than those other failures could." Mikel stiffened. "So basically, we'll get the scales from whether you're dead or alive! Are those all the questions?"
"Wait! Why is everyone else frozen but not the three of us?" Lloyd asked.
"Because the three of you have dragon scales," Kyle simply replied as Lloyd and Kratos looked towards Mikel.
"But Mikel-"
"Silence!" Kyle suddenly roared and unsheathed his blade again. "Now is the time that you die! Mark, ti si emit ot kcatta!" He launched himself at Lloyd who had unsheathed the Material Blades. Kratos had unsheathed his sword and pointed it at Mark who had suddenly vanished. Kratos stood there unmoving when he felt the scale of curses grow cold and heard the familiar words of chanting but in a different language.
"Raeh ym sdrow, het nogard ohw sevres het Ydal fo gnitsalreve eci, Xylophonix, I nommus eeht!" Kratos heard as the ground began to shake and a large, dark blue dragon came down from the sky. It whipped its tail towards Kratos who dodged but then it flew straight towards Mikel who didn't even time to blink. She was tossed out of the field of ice and into the forest leaving Kratos to fight the beast without worries. He heard another chant behind him and wasn't happy when he realized that it was Kyle.
"Hear my words, the dragon who thrives in the dark abyss, Heelix, come to me!" Kyle shouted as a pure black dragon came down from the sky. Kratos took the blue scale he had and held it tightly as he blocked another one of the dragon's attacks.
"The one bonded to Undine, the one who powers all of this world's water, Fonirto, I summon thee!" Kratos chanted and Lloyd felt the scale of luck become warm when a thought suddenly came to mind. He ran off out of sight of the black dragon and took out the red scale he had gained for Venforfte.
"The one bonded to Efreet, the one who reigns with his Hell fires, Venforfte, I summon thee!" Lloyd chanted as he heard a roar and the ground shook. He ran out to support his dragon friend in the battle against the other.
Fonirto clawed Xylophonix's face and connected as the ice dragon roared into the sky. Fonirto and Kratos heard a similar roar from Heelix in his fight with Venforfte and Lloyd.
"Dammit! Mark, taerter!" Kyle yelled as Mark nodded and boarded the ice dragon who dodged a water bubble and flew into the sky. Heelix did the same except he was dodging a spew of fire. Lloyd and Kratos could only watch as the two flew from sight and the ice around them suddenly defrosted.
"Holy crap! What the hell happened here?" Zelos shouted as he noticed the two dragons. Sheena held the same expression as he did. Mikel walked out of the bushes with a few scratches. Colette shivered.
"Why do I feel so cold?" she said as Genis nodded wondering the same thing.
"Relax, we'll explain on the way. What we need to do is get to the Temple of Lightning and hopefully beat the boys to Entity. Fonirto, if you would be so kind as to at least consider some transport?" Venforfte asked as Fonirto sighed.
"Just don't expect me to fight," she replied.
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Me: Alright… finally.
Lloyd: I have this sudden feeling that there are only a few chapters left in this story.
Me: Wow, can you see the future? It's true!
Lloyd: Really?
Me: (shrugs) I dunno.
Colette: But is it ending soon?
Me: Maybe.
Yuan: Why not just blow up the planet and be done with it?
Kratos: Because that would be particularly unsatisfying.
Lloyd: What?
Me: It would be lame, Lloyd.
Lloyd: Oh…
Genis: Honestly Lloyd! (sighs) Review please.
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Preview: Chapter 11: Racing against time
"If you live to defeat me I'll transport all of you to one place one time."