"FOB Main this is 3rd Recon, we're less than two minutes out from return, over."
"Roger that 3rd recon, welcome back."
Itami looked behind him at the sleeping refugees on board. As hell as a sleeping corporal Hicks. "Hey pops wake them up, we're approaching base." Kuwahara nodded as he shook the ranger. "WHA-WHAT!?" Hicks got into a defensive position as he looked around, realizing he was in the Humvee.
"Alright Kurata, park us at the motor pool."
"Yes sir."
The lead Humvee slowly rolled inside and was followed by the other Humvee and the Stryker that needed maintenance on it's gun.
The vehicles stopped and the refugees looked about their surroundings. Lelie was astonished by the structures. "This is, their fortress?"
"WHAT!? WHO THE HELL TOLD YOU TO BRING THEM HERE!?" The American officer slammed his face on the desk in frustration as Itami flinched. "So I guess bringing them here was a bad idea?"
"Do we even have anywhere to keep them dummy?"
"So what do we do?"
"I'm supposed TO BE ASKING THAT! EEAHHHHH! I'll put it in the report."
"Sir the recon teams have all reported back." A Korean officer told General Hazama. "Excellent, and…?"
"There appears to be no form of a language barrier, as almost all of the inhabitants speak this language similar to English. However, almost all the villages that have been encountered have been ransacked by the dominant power here. The Broddring Empire, our enemy."
Hazama nodded. "Anything else?"
"The current leader of this empire is a tyrant dictator by the name of Galbatorix. Kinda ironic since we just defeated one about three months ago. Also, most of the population seems to be human, mostly on agriculture and livestock. The 3rd Recon was able to acquire a map and was able to identify this land being known as Alagaësia to the locals."
"Well that's some good progress so far." Hazama commented. "But, there's two issues sir."
"While they speak English, their writing is completely different and unfamiliar. We can't understand it."
Hazama nodded. "That could be an issue. Maybe we could convince some locals to help us translate them for us for future uses."
"Also sir, the 3rd Recon brought in some refugees from a village."
"Refugees? Well ain't that convenient."
"So for now Itami, we'll accept the refugees. And Lieutenant you're in charge of their well being."
"Ahh…you mean I'm supposed to be responsible for them?"
The officer just sighed. "That's right. You brought 'em here dummy SO YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM!"
Later…
"Kuribayashi and Kurokawa we need rations from the quartermaster. Kurata and Hicks we need some tents and go get the paperwork started."
"Roger!"
Itami sighed in annoyance as he now had a lot more responsibility on his shoulder.
"Hey Itami!" Itami looked over to see that US marine from the Korean Demilitarization Zone. "Lieutenant Daniels?"
The marine nodded. "You have a minute?"
"Alright don't be playing dumb?"
"What do you mean?"
"Seriously, after all your service and during the Second Korean War, you haven't missed a single call from command and all the sudden you go dark after fighting those urgals."
"Well it must be the atmosphere here to interfering with the comms and all. New world right?" Itami lied. But Daniels wasn't letting up. "You absolute idiot of an otaku. You thought we would tell you to abandon the refugees if you told us."
"Well what was I supposed to do, abandon them and let them die?"
Daniels just shook his head and grinned. "Honestly however, I would have done the same as you."
"Oh uh, really?" Daniels nodded. "But that's not what I want to talk about."
Kurata and Hicks fully set up the second tent to shelter the refugees as Kuribayashi opened a small metal container showing steaming hot chicken and rice.
The refugees awed at the meal as Kurokawa set down another crate of rations.
"So this new land ha sto filled with a huge supply of natural resources right?" The marine asked the JSDF officer. "Yeah so…?" Itami questioned as he didn't know where this was leading up.
"It's pretty much a gold mine for us. Which also brings the problem of attracting other powers into this. Especially those we don't want like China and Russia."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying whether it may be worth having to go into another war over."
"You don't think that do you?" Daniels shook his head. "I hope not. But all it takes is one dumbass to take office, and the whole thing is just a ticking bomb. Let's just hope it won't go to that anytime soon over a piece of land."
Itami nodded. "I hope so too the last war and now this one is enough for me, now if you excuse me, I have some paperwork to fill out." He then took his leave.
Hicks crashed on top of his bed as he was exhausted from yesterday. Even the small nap on the way back wasn't enough to satisfy him as he slowly dozed off.
Crack!
His eyes shot opened as he thought he just heard something. He rode up and looked around but saw nothing. "Sigh, I'm just imagining things. I need some sleep." He said to himself as he laid back down and began to doze off.
Crack! Crack!
His eyes shot open again, this time he knew he heard something. Getting off the bed he listened around for the source as it happened again. Coming from his backpack.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Reaching for his holster, he pulled out his Desert Eagle and flicked the safety off and slowly approached his bag. He poked it with the muzzle of his gun as he heard more cracking.
Opening the zipper, he looked inside. Everything seemed normal except, the black gem had spiderweb cracks on its surface. "What the?" Reaching for it, he picked it up and placed it on the floor. Do so caused some squeaking noises to come from it. Soon the cracks all met and a small chuck fell apart, showing that the gem was hollow. Or was it even a gem? Soon, a head triangle shaped head poked through and pushed more pieces loose. Then it's reptilian body crawled out and wobbled onto the concrete floor. Hicks gasped as it then spread two small but majestic wings. He was looking at a dragon.
The small reptile shook itself as it stumbled around before steadying itself. No longer than his forearm, it was covered in a multitude of stone gray scales that reflected the light from inside the barracks. Small spikes ran from it's head base, to tail tip. Thin pieces of bone ran through its wing membranes, forming bat like wings.
"Wow." Hicks muttered to himself and the dragon snapped it's head towards him. He was met with a pair of light amber eyes, full of intelligence and curiosity. Slowly, the winged lizard waddled over and laid on its belly, looking up at him.
Seeing no threat, Hicks flipped their safety on and holstered his pistol, as he did what every human being would do in this situation. Touch it. He reached out with his left hand and touched it's neck.
Pain surged through his hand and spread to through his body as if flowing through the blood in his veins. He fell onto his back as he screamed in pain. It felt like he was being frozen, and burnt at the same time. He struggled to move as he was paralyzed, in agony for what seemed like hours before he went numb. Warmth then returned to him as he felt warmth spread through his body once again.
His left hand stung like a wasp sting as he grabbed it with his other. It was then that he noticed a strange silver oval on his palm. It itched as he tried to scrape it off with his nails, but it showed no change.
He looked back at the dragon that was now curled up and resting on his lap. Looking at him with those eyes.
He reached out and slowly poked it's flank with a finger tip and retracted. Not getting the same occurrence from before he did it again, and again, receiving no pain.
Something brushed against a section in mind he never felt before, or knew of. It brushed again as he then felt a feeling of curiosity. But not of his own. It then changed to hunger as the dragon wailed out with it's mouth open. Like begging for food. Hicks looked about before reaching into his backpack, pulling out a package of beef jerky. Pulling out a strip, he broke a small piece off and handed it towards the dragon. Only for it to flutter it's wings and jump onto his chest, snatching the bigger piece out of his hand.
Surprise over took him as he reeled back and it returned to his lap, munching on the piece of meat. Looking at the smaller piece he offered before, he shrugged and popped it into his mouth.
He looked back at the small stone that turned out to be an egg. Wait an egg? Then that means the white is with- "Kurata." He mumbled as he picked the dragon up from its sides and off his lap. It made a protesting squeak as it clung to the piece of jerky in it's paws.
Setting it down, he got up and began rushing out the barracks. He felt a tendril for confusion touch him as he looked at the dragon. "Stay put!" He told it, not caring if it understood or not, and rushed out to find the Japanese Sergeant.
Meanwhile…
Kurata was leaning against the base of his own bed as he drank from a bottle of bubblegum Japanese soda he brought with him. In his other hand was the latest copy of Mei-Com he bought from the Doujinshi Convention. His face turned a bright red as he saw something he liked.
Crack!
His eyes wandered from the book to his surroundings. "Hmm?" He saw no one around and returned to his fantasy tale of obsessions.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
He put the book down and set the drink aside as he looked around more. "Who's there?" He asked as he didn't see anyone.
Crack! Crack!
He heard the noise as it seemed to be coming from his backpack. The gem! His mind screamed as he stumbled off his bed and onto the concrete floor. He didn't mind the pain as he quickly opened his pack and grabbed the white gem. Several cracks covered it's smooth surface as he thought he heard movement inside.
"EAKK!" A spider web shaped crack popped under one of his hands and he dropped it by accident. Several small pieces popped loose showing it was hollow as a loud squeak emitted from the thing. Slowly reaching for it, more pieces came loose as a small head poked out. Frozen in a mixed emotions, Kurata watched as a scaled creature soon made its way out of what turned out to be an egg.
Soon, the creature was free as it spread two massive wings for its size. A dragon. A freakin' dragon was standing before him.
It wobbled around for a bit on four stubby little legs with well spaced bone white talons. It's scales were a remarkable pearl white as it looked around a bit before facing him with two dark blue eyes that almost seemed to glow. A thin line of spikes ran across its neck to tail. It began to trot over to him as Kurata was filled with amazement and excitement.
He was hoping he would see dragons in this world. But a baby dragon was a much bigger accomplishment in his book. "Hey there little guy." He cooed as it fluttered it's wings a bit before laying on it's side. He got an idea as he reached for it's exposed belly with his right hand to tickle it.
The back side of his hand made contact and recoiled as pain flooded through his knuckles and into his body. It was like one of his mangas as if a which used an ice spell and a fire spell on him at the same time. He wanted to scream but he couldn't even think straight enough for that. His limbs refused to move as if he was frozen solid. Then, it all faded. His senses began to return to him as did the pain, leaving behind a chilling sensation. His mind began running wild trying to decipher what he just went through.
The sound of pages turning brought his attention as he looked at the dragon now sitting on his bed, eating a piece of the paper from one of pages of his manga.
His mental red alert went off as he rushed over. "HEY! DON'T EAT THAT!" He snatched the book away as the dragon then chomped on his forearm. He winced as it then hung from his limb in it's maw. He felt something brush against his mind in a strange way as he felt emotions of anger and hunger for some reason. He looked at the dragon as it gave him a hungry expression.
"Next time, don't eat my stuff." He said as he dug through his bag for some provisions he brough, the dragon was still chewing on his arm. It was then that he noticed a silver oval like shape just above his wrist. Pain reminded him of his goal. "Yeah yeah." He grumbled as he pulled out a package of sushi.
The dragon sniffed the air and released the JSDF's arm as Kurata held out a piece of raw sushi. In the blink of an eye, the dragon's head shot forward like a snapping turtle and it snatched the sushi out of Kurata hands. The young sergeant recoiled in alarm as he almost thought it would bite his finger off. None of the little limbs were lost luckily.
He looked over at the now empty white egg as he remembered the black one…with Hicks. He jumped to his feat as he rushed out the door. The small dragon wandered over to the package and snatched up the other piece of sushi before following the human's trail.
Later…
"Excuse me! Coming through!" Hicks rounded another corner as he passed by two Korean personnel. A squeaking noise caught them as they watched a little baby grey dragon with beef jerky run by as well before moving on.
Wait. A baby dragon?
The two snapped their heads back as the creature rounded a corner. The two began running in pursuit.
"Sorry! Pardon me!" Kurata squeezed passed two US army men who looked his way with a confused look. Something smacked between their inner legs and knocked them on the hard cold floor. They looked up with fury at the perpetrator only to be confused by a baby dragon running down the hall.
Then two things collided. "OOF!" "GAH!" Both Kurata and Hicks slammed into one another and onto their backs, looking up.
"Kurata!"
"Hick!"
"I need you to listen to me!"
"I need you to listen to me!"
"No you listen to me first!"
"No you listen to me first!"
"Alright you go first!"
"Alright you go first!"
"Wait what!"
"Wait what!"
"Huh!?"
"Huh!?"
"Ha!?"
"Ha!?"
"What!?"
"What!?"
A loud chewing brought them out of their mimicking as The grey dragon was looking at them, still eating it's beef jerky. More chewing brought them to the white dragon eating the other role of sushi.
"Guess that's what you were trying to tell me?"
"Guess that's what you were trying to tell me?"
The two smacked their foreheads at the same time and sighed. It was the sound of a stack of paper falling that they then noticed the US officer in charge of the reconnaissance effort staring at them with a blank stare. Hazama's eyes moved from the two soldiers to the two dragons. Two Korean and US personnel caught up as well.
"Well this is awkward."
"Well this is awkward."
Later…
"WHAT WERE YOU TWO NUMBNUTS THINKING! THIS ISN'T SOME PET SHOP NOW IS IT!"
Hicks and Kurata slumped into their seats as the two dragons sat on their laps. They were supposed to be put in cages, but instead a good dozen US, Korean, and Japanese soldiers got covered in bites and claw marks from the two dragons, so they just gave up on the task.
"With all do respect sir." Hicks spoke up. "We didn't know we brought two dragons eggs with us. We thought they were some kind of gem."
"And why wasn't it in the report?"
Hicks didn't know how to answer. Kurata just remained silent for the whole time.
"Sigh, I guess I'll report it to Hazama then."
"What? We have two dragons in the base?"
"Two baby dragons sir." The Korean corrected.
Hazama sighed as he was at a loss on what to do. "Who brought them?"
"Um US ranger Corporal Hicks, and JSDF Sergeant Kurata."
The two soldiers felt a bead of sweet slip from their foreheads. Afraid they would be forced to set the two hatchlings back into the wild. The dragons seemed to somehow understand their fear and reached out with a mental tendril of mixed emotions.
"Well, it seems General Hazama is being soft on you two. You can keep the dragons, just make sure they won't be causing us any problems, put a leash on them if you have to." The two soldiers relaxed as their worries disappeared.
"But mark my words, of those things start causing us any problems I'll chuck them out of here myself."
Later…
The 3rd Recon observes the two dragons as they play fighted with each other, tackling or biting one another. "They're kinda like King Ghidorah. Just smaller and with one head." Kuwahara said as referenced Godzilla. "Your so old school man." Itami notes as he looked at the two soldiers before him.
"Think of a name?"
Kurata and Hicks both shook their heads. "Yeah maybe a bit too early for that now." Itami rubbed the back of his head. "Alright, let's go sort out the refugees." He said as he held a note pad and pen.
Later…
"I am Lelei La Lalena, and I am what you would call a magician." The blue haired girl said as Itami finished the last name. Some of the refugees' attention was on the two dragons as they watched in amazement and wonder. Guess dragons are that famous out here.
"Alright everybody! House! We will build you house!"
"Yeah uh sir, I think they can understand you clearly."
"Shut up!"
Lelei watched as massive beasts began to big the ground up with their heads on a long neck. Eating up the dirt and soil then spitting it back out somewhere else. Just what kind of world did these creatures come from?
"Hey ma'am excuse me! I like to ask you to leave, it's not safe here!" A US personnel called out to her as she watched the huge creatures in work.
A grey triangled snout snapped a small chunk of meat mid air as Hicks tossed them in the air. If he was to get a pet on duty, he would expect it to be like one of those stray dogs from the Middle East in his world. Not some mythical scaled flying lizard from a fairy tail.
He was now wearing a pair of Oakley gloves more often to try and cover up that mark on his palm. He noticed Kurata doing the same as well. Last thing he needed was some sort of medical operation that would ground him from the field, or becoming a guinea pig for experiments.
Sometimes, a scientist with a lab coat and tools would approach and try to get a good look at the dragon. For some reason however, whenever they would get close.
Hicks would immediately step up and threaten them if they got closer. He didn't know why but he felt some sort of strong connection with the dragon that prompted him to do so. "What am I going to do with you?" He said out loud as the dragon turned it's head on him, before heading to his bed and getting lost under the covers.
Several days later…
"General Hazama, we just received something big!" The JSDF general nodded. "Speak up then."
"Sir, one of our predator drones came across this from a distance." The officer handed a folder that contained a picture of a sapphire blue dragon. The image wasn't the best of high definition quality but the general could make out what looked to be a saddle, and a person sitting on it.
"So they encountered some sort of dragon rider?"
"There's more. The operative decided to follow behind and see where it was going. He came across this." He showed another picture. This had a large mass of soldiers and more of those winged creatures sighted at the first contact in Seoul.
"And, is this important to us?"
"Absolutely sir. This is our enemy, and now we have an opportunity to gain an ally in this world."
"How so?"
"Well sir, if our intel is correct, and the translations done by the blue haired female, it would appear they are attacking the kingdom of Surda. A separate empire against the Broddring Empire."
Hazama rubbed his chin. "So you think if we just show up and say hi, they make allies with us?" The officer chuckled. "No it's gonna take more than that sir. We're gonna need to assist them while showing our capabilities in battle. I mean we have the technological advantage."
Hazama nodded. "But we're gonna need a way for them to know we're on their side if we're gonna send in an attack force." The officer grinned. "I think I know the perfect candidates.
AN:There will be a few alterations and changes to the event of the Battle of The Burning Plains in the next chapter, just to make things a little more interesting. I mean this is a fanfic so yeah. Just a heads up.
Later…
"So what, we're a message delivery service now?" Ji-ju asked the Lieutenant. "Yeah, the main objective is to confirm it first, then offer the Surdans our assistance with the small force we're bringing." Itami looked at the small line of Humvees and fuel trucks, as well as two Type 10s K21s, K9 Thunders, and a single M1A2 SEPv2. "And what if they don't want our help?"
Itami was silent for a moment before answering. "We then leave 'em be. Besides, we can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped."
Kurata and Hicks arrived in full gear, and with two German Shepard sized reptiles behind them. "Seriously, we're bringing those things with us?" Shiro asked as she noticed the two dragons. "Hey it's either they come, or we stay behind, because these things do not leave us alone." Kurata stayed as he remembered always waking to find a dragon sleeping on top of him. Hicks could barely get any sleep sometimes and neither could some of his bunk buddies. They literally started wearing earplugs by how loud the damn thing snores.
Itami looked at the dragons as he hoped they wouldn't be a problem. "Nah, besides what's the worst those two lizards can cause for us." Shiro sighed as she boarded a Humvee. "Load them in the back of ours." Itami told Hicks and Kurata as the two simply boarded the vehicle. The dragons following aboard. They sniffed at the strange machine as they had no idea of its purpose, at least not yet that is. Kurata as always was on the drivers side.
"Can't believe they actually got the internet to work in this place now." Itami said as he checked his phone quickly. "Hey Itami." The Lieutenant turned to Kurata. "Do think there may be some special dieti out here, deciding the future event that happens in this world?"
"Does this have to do with the dragons?"
"Yeah kinda. I'm beginning to wonder if it was an accident or if it's fate."
"Well, only the future may let us know about that. Oh wow! Guess who got another update, MEE! Heehee!"
"And he's gone."
Lelei began to climb aboard one of the Humvees as soldiers from three different nations took up most of the seats. Her job was to be their guide as she was more familiar with this land than any of the well trained soldiers.
"Attention all units, this is Colonel Kilgariff, I'll be your commander for this op." The US colonel said through a unit wide channel. "Your teams have been chosen because I need some of the best and most promising for this job, and you're it."
The vehicles all began to start their engines causing the ground to lowly rumble.
"Now our job is simple. Right now we know next to nothing of this world. However, we now have the golden opportunity in our hands. As of now we believe a kingdom called Surda May be under attack by someone familiar to us. The Broddring Empire. In case you haven't received the latest news these guys are our current enemy."
Several of the Koreans showed signs of anger and hate. Would be coming useful for motivation in a battle.
"We are to establish contact with the Surda government, be it a king or queen, and offer our assistance against the enemy force. If they accept our assistance, we'll call in the rest of the calvary. Enemy has an estimated two days before they reach Surda. I plan to get us there in a full day at most." The lead vehicle being a Humvee drove forward as the rest began following one after another in a line.
"Ladies and Dick-Heads, we are the Coalition that none of this word has witnessed in its history. So let us make history, and show this world the allied superpower that has come knocking. Godspeed everyone."
The refugees watched as the column of vehicles drove past them like a parade. The sheer size brough amazement and intimidation to any watching.
The white dragon stuck it's head between Kurata and Itami as it tried to get the Sergeant's attention. "What, not now." Kurata complained as it began tugging on his sleeve. He then felt a tendril of emotion brush his mind. Concern, confusion, fear. The emotions seemed to come from the dragon, as in like a telepathic manner. Must be the way their species communicates with one another.
Hicks was in the back with the grey one as it sniffed at his M16 rifle. "Weapon." He told it as he pointed at the gun. "It kills." Curious. He felt another tendril reach out and share it's emotions with him. He didn't mind as he jammed a new mag in the slot and loaded the first bullet in the chamber.
The average size force of vehicles cleared the base perimeter as they set out to make this world know of their presence.
For many, relief shall be delivered. For the Empire, the day of reckoning…shall come.