Drum reached the park and searched where he met Gao. He picked the bloody jacket and sniffed it. The smell of the boy entered in his memory and followed the sent. He only needed to find the starting point, after this, he won't have any trouble following it when he found it. It took a while to find it, but once he found it. He flew in the air and tracked the smell down until he reached his destination. He reached a two floor house connected with a traditional dojo. He smelt the stench at the entrance of Gao's house and of three other peoples: His family is living here. Drum concluded. He raised his hand and knocked at the door, or the object that resembled the most to a door. He waited for someone to open it.

Chapter 4: Drum meets Gao's family

Takashi Mikado was Gao's father. He has peach skin, brown eyes whore small glasses for his eyesight and his hairs were gray. He wore a white jacket with a red tie and gray pants. He looked at his son who was clearly tired from his training/punishment and ate with appetite.

"Who was school today Gao?" Gao's little sister asked. She was the second smallest person eating. She had paler peach skin compare to her father, brown long hair and eyes of the same color than her father. She wore a dark gray short with a pale orange shirt. Her name was Hanako Mikado.

By her side, her grandmother was the smallest of the family. She had pale peach skin, long gray hair curved into a ball and her eyes often seemed close. She wore a white shirt and gray pants. By the side of her chair was her cane. Her name was Hanae Juumonji.

Gao looked at his younger sister and replied: "It was the usual," he thought for a second if he should explain what happened at the part, but chose against it. No one would believe him if he told them that he helped an injured dragon.

The family ate when they heard someone knocking at the door. They raised their head while Takashi stood up and walked at the door saying: "Who could knock at the door at this hour?" before putting the hand on the handle of the door and turned it. He opened the door and at the other side, he saw an orange dragon in armor with a jacket covered with blood and a drill on his shoulder, bigger than him looking into his eyes. He didn't have any reaction; the message didn't reach his mind.

"Hello," his voice said. The dragon received a scream from the man as a response and that dragged the attention of the entire family.

Gao reached the entrance after his mother and recognised Drum. His sister saw the dragon and remained silent, but her eyes grew in excitement. Gao didn't have time to say anything when his mother spoke first: "Who are you?!" she said as she walked in front of her husband, looking in the eyes of the dragon, ready to react to anything.

"I'm Drum," the dragon replied, his mouth moving. He was about to say more details when Gao's mother said.

"I don't know why anyone would come in a house, disguised as you are, but this is not funny at all. I suggest you go away before I beat you," she warned him. Drum didn't reply and lightly smiled: "I'm serious about it," she said furiously when she saw his smile.

Gao was about to warn Drum about his mother, but the dragon spoke faster.

"I'm sorry female of this world, but you cannot beat-" he gasped surprised when she took his arm. "What are-AAHH!" he screamed when she threw the dragon on the ground and crashed, head first, on against the floor. He was confused and couldn't say anything else for a few seconds, but when he recovered, he saw her putting her feet on his chest plate and looked at him.

"I was serious. Now get out of here," she said.

Drum grunted and used his tail to push her away from him. That got her by surprised and backed away. The dragon stood up and glared at her. She showed him that she was ready to strike again and Drum stopped any insult to come out of his mouth. I'm not here to antagonize anyone. I need to speak with- "Gao!" Drum shouted when he saw him.

Gao's mother looked at her son and said: "How does he know your name?"

"Mom...It's not really a long story, but..." he didn't look at her when he saw her glaring when he confirmed that they know each other's. "I can explain it!"

"You can explain it after that man walks away," she replied.

"Suzumi," her husband replied when he recovered from his surprise.

"What?" she asked.

"He's really...not human. Just look at his tail," Takashi told her.

Suzumi looked at the tail and saw it moving naturally as if it was lizard tail. It didn't feel like it was artificial, showing her that it was a real tail as she also remembered he pushed her away with it. She turned around and said to Gao in a menacing tone: "What is going on Gao?"

Gao gasped and looked at his father. He said nothing and waited for an answer while his younger sister looked at Drum with curiosity and amazement that there was a real dragon in the house. Gao eventually replied nervously: "Well..." he sighted and resumed the event: "I was at the park when I returned home when I heard a loud sound. I decided to check if anyone was injured and...Drum here was injured. I helped him and when you called, I returned home."

"Why is he here?" She asked.

"I don't know." Gao replied before looking at Drum and saying: "I didn't tell you where I live."

"That is simple. I used your clothing and I followed the sent until I was here. It's not that hard for a dragon nose like mine," Drum replied pointing his nose. "Also, here's your clothe back."

He gave it to Gao who took it where it wasn't covered with dry blood. There was a silence in the room before Gao asked: "Why did you come here?"

Drum nodded before he replied: "I came here because I know nothing of this world and-"

"What are you talking about?" Hanako asked curiously at the dragon. She added: "What do you mean by other world?"

"There is no time for that and-" Suzimi was cut when Drum sniffed loudly.

"Do I smell food?" Drum asked just before his stomach grunted loudly. Drum chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his head as he said: "I didn't eat for the entire day. Can I eat something?"

"No way!" Suzumi replied furiously.

"I cannot return to my world and I don't want to end up stealing anything from anyone. That's why I came here to ask for help. Gao's the only one I know in this world," Drum replied, lightly backing away at Suzumi outburst.

Takashi sighted and put a hand on the shoulder of his wife: "Alright."

"What do you mean alright?!" she shouted at her husband.

"Listen, if he wanted to steal it, he would have use his...weapon, but he asked. Also, it is better that he don't destroy thing in town," Takashi briefly explained.

Suzumi took a deep breath before saying: "Fine. But if you cause any trouble." She stopped there, knowing it was useless to finish her threat.

Drum chuckled nervously before replying: "Maybe I have a solution. I am big and threatening, but I can take another form."

"What do you mean?" Gao asked.

Drum was suddenly surrounded by fire that didn't burn anything around him. After a few seconds, they saw in front of them a chibi version of himself, smaller than Gao's little sister and a little bigger than his grandmother: "That. In this form, I am less of a threat. It's a form we took because we sealed most of our power and because creatures of different worlds don't have the same size," he explained before adding quickly: "It's also because this house is small."

"This is better," Suzumi agreed.

"Can I eat something please?" Drum asked looking at them.

Because he was smaller, Suzumi was less reluctant and he was cuter in his chibi form, giving him some appealing bonus to his demand.

"Mom. You told us that we should help people in need. Remember?" Gao asked.

Her mother remembered that she said that good people helped those in need, since it was the purpose of martial art. I didn't specify it was only for humans. She responded by: "We should finish eating before it's cold."

Drum took the hint, smiled and replied: "Hurray!"

Takashi closed the door and they walked to the kitchen, Suzumi watched the dragon and made sure he didn't try anything.

As they sat on the table Takashi served Drum some of the food prepared: "We won't have leftovers today," he said before sighting.

"Smells good," Drum commented a smile while licking his teeth. He took a bit with his hand and put it in his mouth, The moment food touched his tongue and the taste reached his mind, his eyes shined like stars and screamed: "SOOOO GOOD!" before eating the rest. The other's watched him with their mouth opened, surprised that a mini dragon ate everything in a minute. He licked his fingers and finished by saying: "If food in this world tastes like that, it's the best place to eat."

Gao was wondering something and asked the dragon: "Why are you here? When I saw you, you were gravely injured and bleed to death. What happened in the park?"

Drum looked at the family and knew he had to answer, they deserved it: "I am after a dangerous dragon who betrayed the world I came from. Since you let me here, I should explain everything. You deserve to know what is going on."

AC: This is the end of chapter 4. Chapter are still short, but the next chapter is the last one to introduce the story, after this the plot will move on.

Chapter 5: Jackknife crimes.