A boy with silver hair walked with a spear in his hand. He held a piece of paper with the picture of Jackknife on it. He looked below, the ground was far away and the cars rolling on the street were small.

He was on the roof with a non-human being coming from another world. He turned his head to the left and then to the right and said, "We haven't found our target yet."

The non-human replied, "That is annoying. We cannot get the reward as long as we don't capture him. His head is worth a lot boy."

The boy smirked and replied, "I know. Remember that once we get Findar the 100th, you owe me a debt."

The non-human chuckled and replied, "We know boy. He won't appear tonight. We should find another way than watching it. We cannot let another bounty hunter get his head first."

The boy turned his head at the non-human and grinned, "We need to be more brutal."

Chapter 12: Dangerous Bounty Hunter: Gao's first fight

Axia, in his full size form turned his staff over his head and pointed it toward Gao. Lightning came out of his staff. Gao took out a card and casted the Green Dragon shield just in time. Axia lowered his staff and nodded with a smile.

Drum, Baku and Kuguru were watching the training at the side of the dojo. Drum was trying to sat on his legs like Baku and Kuguru, but couldn't, so he saw the way he usually did.

"So...How was I?" Gao asked as he put the card back into the deck.

"Much better than the first time. You were a smoking boy," Axia said before giggling. He then added seriously, "You improved a lot with your skills. You can pick the right spell card at the right time now. Just remember that you need to draw them faster. One second could determine the fate of a battle."

"Thanks," Gao replied.

"That was really good Gao," Baku said with a small smile.

"You sure showed him how good you were in a battle," Kuguru replied.

"Thanks. But you gave me a few tips and-" Gao saw the clock and shouted, "School is about to begin!"

Baku and Kuguru turned around and saw it was almost time for school.

"He's right! We have to go now!" Baku shouted.

"I've never been late for school before! I cannot be late once!" Kuguru shouted.

The three dashed outside and left the two dragons alone.

"Drum-kins. We are now alone together. I was thinking it was huggy time!"

Drum gulped. He looked at the opened door and dashed, "I'll keep Gao in my sight! See ya later Axia!"

"Wait Drum-kins!" Axia said raising his hand. He dropped it and sighted, "You forgot your pudding. Well...I'll be an evil dragon if let this pudding waste on the ground," he opened his mouth and ate it, "So good," he said as stars shined on his face. Once he finished eating, he looked at the crystal and sighted, "They sure took their time to prepare my gear. There is so many things I need to do. Asmodai better hurry up."

It was lunch time and Gao was eating on the roof with his friends Baku and Kuguru, but also Tasuku.

"So you are Gao's new friend," Baku said with a smile.

Tasuku nodded with a small smile and replied, "Yes. We met during lunch time and we talked together since then."

"I saw you often during your basketball matches. You are also one of the best students of our academy. You have many fans you know," Kuguru added.

"I supposed you are one of them?" Tasuku asked before chuckling a little nervously.

"Yeah," Kuguru replied. She then started eating her lunch.

Tasuku was glad she wasn't a fan that could want to do some questionable thing.

Baku started eating when he saw a boy coming toward then, "What is he doing here?"

The three other's turned around and a boy with lightly dark peach skin short spiky silver hair walked at their direction. He looked at them with his silver eyes. He wore a silver suit with periwinkle accents.

"I don't know," Gao said.

"It's Rouga Aragami," Tasuku said as he recognized him.

"He never comes here," Kuguru commented just as the boy was close to them, "Why is he here this time?"

Rouga looked at them before walking closer to Tasuku. The two boys started at each other's before Rouga suddenly grabbed Tasuku jacket and lifted him in the air, "Where is he?"

"Hey!" Tasuku said grabbing the wrist of the older boy and tried to free himself.

"Let him go!" Baku shouted.

Gao stood up and walked closer of Rouga.

"Don't play dump! Where is Jackknife boy?!" Rouga shouted.

Gao eyes were wide-open when he heard

Tasuku gasped before saying, "Y-" he stopped and decided to reply something different, "Who's that?"

Rouga clenched his other hand into a fist and was about to punch Tasuku face when a hand grabbed the fist midway.

"That's enough," Gao grunted. He grabbed the other hand of the older boy and squished it until he let Tasuku go. He turned toward Tasuku and said, "Go."

"But-" Tasuku tried to protest.

Gao remembered that he couldn't tell anyone, sadly, he couldn't tell Tasuku either, "I don't know what he's talking about, but I won't let him hurt anyone."

Baku put his hand on Tasuku shoulder and said, "We should go. He's the Sun Fighter and he's better when he knows we are away from the fight."

"Come with us," Kuguru said.

"Looks like I got the wrong boy again," Rouga grunted with a smirk.

Tasuku nodded and they walked away. The boy had one though, another one after my friend. I don't think he really knows Jackknife is my friend. Wait...That means that Fang Slade survives, because Zanya know I'm friend with Jackknife. He turned around and knew Gao was in trouble. Please be safe Gao.

Gao and Rouga looked in the eyes of each other's.

"How dare you attack my friend?" Gao asked.

Rouga smirked and replied, "He has blue hairs. He could be Jackknife friend. That means is in the way of the bounty."

Gao frowned and replied, "You think that gives you the right to attack anyone with blue hairs?"

"Of course. It's important to be efficient," Rouga replied. He glared at Gao and said, "You are in my way."

He punched Gao, but he missed his target. He blocked the boy's kick before he grabbed the leg of the boy. He threw him on the ground, but Gao rolled on it and jumped back on his feet. He charged and tried to punch Gao. Gao grabbed the arm of Rouga and threw him on the ground. He took the opportunity to kick the side chest of Rouga when he stood up.

"I lost enough time already," Rouga grunted as he stood up.

"True," a voice replied.

Gao saw silver fur coming at him and jumped backward. He looked at the one who attacked him and was lightly surprised that a monster was there.

It was a mini silver wolf with three head and yellow eyes. The head to the right had green goggles; the one to the left had a green eye patch while the center didn't have anything covering his eyes.

"We need to get rid of him and continued interrogating the blue hair boy. His scent changed when he heard the name Findar," the head at the center spoke.

"Right," Rouga said as he drew one card. He noticed Gao didn't react at the appearance of his partner, but didn't mind it. The card shined and a black spear appeared in his hand. The end of the spear looked a little like a drill.

Gao gasped when Rouga walked closer toward him, but he moved his hand at the direction of his waist to grab a card. He couldn't get it when the mini wolf jumped toward him with his three mouth opened, showing sharp teeth. Gao raised his arms and was ready to be bitten.

"No you won't!" a voice shouted.

The mini wolf was kicked at the face by Drum who came to rescue his partner at the perfect time. The mini wolf spun on the ground and returned on his feet beside Rouga.

Smoke came out of the tube of Drum's helmet before he yelled furiously, "You are low to attack someone who's alone you two!"

"You got a partner too," Rouga commented, dismissing Drum's word.

Drum grunted furiously when he was ignored.

Gao took out a spell card and it covered his hand with a metallic gauntlet around his right hand.

"He won't listen to us Drum," Gao told him.

Drum nodded and turned into his real form, "Then they will hear my drill!"

The mini wolf turned into his bigger form. He was much bigger than before, but nothing really changed except his fur was thinker. His body know was lightly armored and had three drills and one pincher attached around his belly.

Drum drew his drill and started spinning it. He looked at the wolf and said, "Prepare to be destroyed."

"A little dragon like you cannot beat us," the wolf replied.

"Eliminate the vermin Armorknight Cerberus," Rouga said. He looked at Gao, "I'll take care of him."

Rouga charged at Gao while Cerberus targeted Drum.

Gao used his gauntlet to block the spear of Rouga before spinning around it and tried to punch Rouga with his other hand. Rouga dodged the punch and tried to kick him. Gao blocked it with his gauntlet and Rouga hit the solid metal.

Rouga grumbled painfully as he hit it. Not wearing the right gear. He tried to pierce the chest of Gao, but the Sun Fighter ducked before kicking the spear. Rouga didn't let it go and took some distance from Gao before they continued their fight.

Drum dodged the fang of Cerberus and tried to attack with his drill. Cerberus jumped in the air and let out a powerful bark. Drum grunted in pain when the loud sound entered in his ears. He raised his head and saw the pincher coming at him. Drum tried to dodge it, but the pincher grabbed his tail and threw him against the ground.

Cerberus used his three drills and aimed the chest of the dragon. He was blocked when Drum used his drill to protect himself. Cerberus was pushed away and slid on the ground.

Drum took a glimpse at his partner and saw Gao handling his fight well, "Got to end this now."

"We agree with you dragon," Cerberus shouted.

Drum opened his cape and flew in the air. He activated the thrusters of his drill and charged toward the giant wolf. He hit the left head and threw him away. Cracked appear on the roof where Cerberus was.

Cerberus stood up and the left head was unconscious and some blood felt on his fur and turned it red.

The middle head glared furiously at Drum and shouted, "Prepare to die!"

He charged toward Drum and jumped in the air. The two heads bit the right arm and the right leg and dragged him toward the ground. Drum grunted painfully as he kicked the head with his left leg, but only caused the bites to dig deeper in his scales.

Think Drum...I know! Drum used his other hand and used his two claws right on the eyes of the center head.

Cerberus grunted painfully and opened his mouth. Drum escaped and landed on the ground. He suddenly felt weak and his right leg stopped supporting his weight. He looked at Cerberus coming toward him.

"We shall finish you now," Cerberus said.

Drum forced himself to ignore the pain. He felt when he lost his balance again. Dammit. I'm going to lose again...Just like against Findar, but... Drum took another glance at Gao. This time...If I lose, Gao will die. I can't lose. I promise I'll protect him. And a dragon never breaks a promise. He bit his tongue and forced himself to stand up. He overcome the pain and his weakness and pointed his drill toward Cerberus.

Gao was pushed away and saw Rouga charging toward him with his spear. He raised his gauntlet, preparing to block it.

A loud metallic noise resonated. Gao gasped, surprised to see a boy with blue hair in front of him stopping the spear with his katana.

The same thing happened for Drum, but it was a ninja blocking the drills of Drum.

"Nun," the ninja said.

"Zanya?" Gao asked surprised.

"This is enough. You are both being too loud and you are going to attract attention. If the SDF1 comes in...You don't want to know what will happen," Zanya said.

"I don't care about it," Rouga replied.

"Do your thing Tsukikage."

Cerberus was about to attack Tsukikage when he took out of his other hand something. Cerberus stopped and looked at it confused.

"Nun!" he shouted as he threw it before taking out his scroll marked, "Go get it."

Gao saw it was simply a wood stick.

"A wood stick? That's rid-" Rouga was cut.

Cerberus eyes shined as he shouted, "I want it! I want it! I want it!" before running after the stick.

Drum's mouth was wide-open when he saw Cerberus running after the stick.

Gao sweat dropped as he said, "Is he a dog?"

"Hum...I am surprised it worked that much," Zanya commented.

Cerberus jumped in the air and his right head got it. The center head shouted, "Got it!" He looked down and gasped when he saw he was about to fall from the. He was about to crashed before whining some last words, "We hate gravity," before falling until he crashed on the ground, "We're still alive."

"Even more surprised now," Zanya added.

Rouga sighted and his spear disappeared, "Guess I'll let you go today. You won't be saved next time by a stupid wood stick Gao," he said before walking away

Zanya katana disappeared and corrected his glasses.

Gao scratched the back of his head before saying, "Thank you."

"I did it to avoid a worst case scenario. If the SDF came in, maybe the USA will too and you know how bad things turn when USA butt in uninvited. Tsukikage, it's time for you to disappear," Zanya said.

Tsukikage nodded and turned into his chibi form before throwing a smoke ball and disappeared.

"Guess I should do the same," Drum said turning into his mini form, "But I don't have that smoky thing."

"I have to go now," Zanya said walking away. He stopped before lightly turning his head, "Gao. Me and Tsukikage are also after Findar. I consider you a potential ally and Rouga an enemy. Findar has to be arrested for his crime, but hurting innocent is something I won't tolerate."

Gao nodded, knowing that Zanya would become an enemy if he went off the track.

Zanya walked away and left Gao and Drum alone.

"Who are they?" Drum asked.

"Zanya is a student of our school. As for Tsukikage...I don't know. Probably from another world where there's ninja," Gao replied. He turned toward the mini dragon. He remembered he was bitten and walked closer, "Are you alright?"

Drum looked at his arm and leg and replied, "Compare to the first time we met. I'm fine," before smiling lightly.

Gao took out a spell card and healed the wound of his partner, "I don't really believe you."

"For my kind. This is just a flesh wound. I'm more resilient then you think, but I'm still glad you heal me," Drum replied.

"I have to check on the other's. You should-"

Grrrrrr.

Gao said nothing and looked at Drum.

The mini dragon grabbed his stomach and chuckled nervously before saying, "I'm hungry. I didn't eat since you were gone and-" he gasped when something clicked in his mind, "NO!" he felt on his knee and raised his fist, "I forgot to eat my pudding! My sweet pudding! NOOOOOOOO!"

Gao chuckled loudly.

Drum glared at the boy and shouted, "It's not funny!"

"Sorry. You're just overdramatizing. I have to check on my friends now," Gao said as he left the dragon alone.

Drum smelt something and grunted, "Findar partner was there..." he sniffed, but frowned, "I can't tell when he was there. Smell is too dispersing because of the fight. I have to be around school every day now. We might have a lead."

AC: This is the end of chapter 12. I hope you like the fight. Tell me what you think about it. I also hope you like who they got rid of Cerberus.

1: SDF is the Japan Self-Defense Force. It's the military force Japan possess.

Next chapter: Jackknife ally.

Someone sided with Jackknife. Find out who it is in chapter 13.

I will warn you that Kiri won't appear during the first Arc, but he'll come in the story at the second Arc, which will take some element of the first season of the show with difference in it.