Gao walked with his younger sister at the direction of school and was in deep thought. After the news on TV, he thought the people would panic or school would have been call out, but none of this happened. He looked to his left and right and saw everyone talking about it.
"Did you saw what happened on the news?" an adult woman talked to another one.
"Yeah. That's a strange way to make some publicity for a movie," the other one replied.
"I think it's not a publicity, but I think it's real. No way would it have been a costume," the other one replied. Gao saw a smile and knew she wasn't serious about it.
"Stop joking around," the other one replied.
"Gao?" Hanako asked. Gao looked at her and waited for her question: "What's going to happen now? There's a bad dragon in here and they are going to search for him."
"Do not worry. Drum will also search for this Jackknife. There's nothing to worry about. Also-" he stopped talking when they were close to other students as they reached their school. They walked on the electric stairs.
"Gao!" a voice shouted behind them.
Gao and Hanako turned around and saw his two friends joining him. "Baku. Kuguru," Gao said.
Baku Omori is a boy of Gao's age and his best friend. He had peach skin with blue eyes and brown hair. He wore a blue pants with a blue and orange shirt. He wore a white bandana around his head with a blue U mark on it.
His other friend was Kuguru Uki. She had purple hair tied in two small pigtails that stick out of the circular lamps on her head, a light green hairclip that held a part of her bangs that curl to the right of her face. She wore glasses with circular lenses and a red frame, a white long-sleeve shirt with a fuchsia ribbon and teal accents that extended down to her legs to also act as a skirt.
The four greeted at each other's as they wave their hands. Baku and Kuguru climbed the stairs until they joined Gao and Hanako.
"What's up Gao, you aren't happy to see us?" Baku asked looking at his friend.
"You saw the news too right?" Kuguru asked.
"What news?" Baku asked looking at her.
"There was a talking lizard that asked question to the news reporter. He said he was searching for a dragon named Findar the 100th," Kuguru replied.
Baku put his hand on his forehead as he chuckled: "That's the most stupid way to make some publicity for a new anime or a movie. You use the news that way and-"
Kuguru interrupted him: "But the news reporter was scared of it and didn't speak after the encounter. It can't be that."
Gao knew Kuguru. She was a good observer and could analyse a situation easily just like she did. She noticed details that no everyone would saw first. As Baku heard that, his smile disappeared and lowered his head. He turned to Gao and said: "Do you think it's real?"
Gao looked at his friends and couldn't reply when he thought what Drum said to him before he went to school: Don't tell anyone anything about this. Gao replied: "I don't know."
Kuguru looked at his sister and was about to ask something else when the bell rang.
"We have to hurry!" Gao shouted.
Gao and his sister climbed the stairs and left the two behind.
"Gao and Hanako are weird today," Baku commented as he looked at Kuguru.
"They know something," she replied.
Chapter 6: Uneasiness At School
When it was lunch time, Gao decided not to eat on the roof as he usually did. He didn't want to cross the path of his friends after what happened the morning. He knew Kuguru well and she will ask him questions about the strange events. He walked with his lunch box and reached the entrance of the school. He looked around and saw that most of the bench were occupied except one. He walked at a bench and sat on it and started eating. He listened around and heard the students talking about one thing.
"Why was there a blue lizardmen on the news this morning?"
"Is a company preparing a movie or something?"
"He looks awesome with his chains."
"He was looking serious about searching another dragon. I don't understand what it is around."
"I don't know either. It is a nice publicity."
Gao stopped listening to them after he heard them and everyone else talking about it. The boy was trap in his thought when he heard: "Excuse me. Mind if I sit with you?"
Gao looked at the one asking permission and saw a boy with blue hair looking at him with a smile. Gao replied: "No problem," the boy with blue hair sat by his side and Gao recognised the boy: "Tasuku...right?"
"That's right," the boy with blue hair replied as he sat by the side of the boy.
They both ate their lunch silently.
"How do you know my name?" Tasuku asked after a moment, more surprise that he wasn't sure about his name.
"I heard about. You are out ace basketball player of our school and one of the smartest," Gao replied: "You are well known."
"I'm not that good. May I ask your name?" Tasuku asked.
"I'm Gao Mikado."
"You are the mighty Sun Fighter?" Tasuku shouted surprised.
"That's me," Gao said before lightly chucking.
The two boys chuckled before they stopped talking.
"You saw the news on TV too right?" Tasuku asked.
"What makes you think I saw it?" Gao asked curiously looking beside Tasuku.
"You are a little nervous about it and you try to block out what everyone is saying about it, just like me. You are also not looking at me anymore."
Gao nodded before looking back at Tasuku: "I wonder what is going on. It's a very realistic publicity, but I am not sure," he lied.
"It cannot be true. Dragon never existed in our world. They are just legends," Tasuku lied.
They said nothing and finished their lunch.
"It's time to return to class. It was nice chatting with you a little," Gao said standing up. He looked at the blue with blue hair and said: "Maybe we could meet again tomorrow. I'm sure people won't talk about it tomorrow."
Tasuku closed his eyes and chuckled: "I don't mind. I usually eat alone on this bench to think alone. See you next day Gao."
"Bye," Gao said returning to his class.
When class was over, Gao and Hanako tried to return home without crossing the path of his friends, but he had no chance. Baku and Kuguru were waiting for him at the bottom of the electric stairs.
"We knew we'll get you here Gao," Baku said crossing his arms and tapping his elbow with his fingers. He looked right in the eyes of his friend as he frowned at him.
"We know you are hiding something Gao. You didn't eat on the roof with us like every day," Kuguru said.
Gao put his hand behind his head and chuckled nervously: "I'm sorry, but I don't know what you mean by something."
"Don't try this Gao. You know something about this blue lizard right?" Kuguru asked with some hint of accusations in her voice. She sighted and calmed down: "I'm sorry Gao, but you never hide anything from us before and now you are suddenly avoiding us. That's not you. What is going on?"
"We are friends for a long time Gao. You can tell us what you are hiding," Baku said.
"I can't," Gao replied. He looked at his friends before looking at his sister who nodded at him.
Baku and Kuguru grabbed their hands and were now worried for their friend. Baku said: "Is anyone threatening you?"
Gao gasped before waving his hands and nervously said: "N-no! No one is threatening me!"
"Hanako. Can you tell us what is going on please?" Kuguru calmly asked without pressuring her.
"Gao. They are your friends," Hanako said. She knew it couldn't remain a secret.
Gao sighted. He looked at them and knew with one gaze that they would eventually find out. Even if Drum asked him to say nothing, his friends would find out what was going on for his sake. That was what real friends would do: "Alright. I'm going to tell you what is going on. I told someone that I won't say anything, but I know you. Just don't say that to anyone else."
Gao moved his hand forward. Hanako put her hand on his brother and they looked at Baku and Kuguru. They knew it was serious if he did that. They put their hand on the Mikado siblings.
"We swear to say nothing about this secret," they said.
"Let's go somewhere else where we can explain it to you," Gao said.
They walked until they reached the park. They walked to a place where no one would be around and they sat on the grass.
"There's no one here," Baku told them.
Gao took a deep breath and said: "What is going on is that real dragons are coming here."
Baku gave him a skeptical look while Kuguru nodded.
"Just like I thought. It wasn't for a movie," she said.
Baku knew it was real. His eyes were wide open and said: "Then there's real dragon coming here. What are they doing here?"
"They are here to arrest a bad dragon that ran away from their world," Hanako explained.
Baku and Kuguru were lightly confused about what they said.
"Can you explain from the start?" Kuguru asked.
Gao explained everything that happened and about the dragon he met at the park. He explained that he knew this because of Drum explanation and also some of his suppositions.
"So they are like policeman chasing a criminal named Findar the 100th," Baku resumed.
"And this Drum is living in your house. A dragon is living in your house for now," Kuguru said with a smile.
"Yes. He's not going to be happy that I told you this you know," Gao said.
"Drum said that he's searching for the dragons here and find out what's happening and also about a problem they will have," Hanako said.
"Too bad. I would love to meet him," Kuguru said.
"You're happy about it? Those dragons could be extremely dangerous if they are fighting in the city," Baku replied looking at Kuguru surprised.
"I'm sure you also always imagine that dragons were real. I want to meet Drum. It will be awesome to see what a dragon really looks like in person," she said.
"It's better that we know what he looks like," Baku said. He scratched his neck, thinking inside of him that it would be awesome to speak with a real dragon too.
"Let's go to your home," Kuguru said.
"Okay!" Hanako replied before Gao could say anything else.
The two girls walked away, leaving Gao and Baku by themselves.
"We are entering in a big mess," Baku said.
"I know. Especially when I can use spell card," Gao said.
"Yeah and- SPELL CARDS!" Baku screamed.
AC: This is the end of chapter 6. I end it a little sooner for one scene to be as a hole in the next chapter and evading a cheap cliffhanger.
Chapter 7: Dragons Plan.
The next chapter will be about Drum and the other dragons and Tasuku and Jackknife.
