AC: Here's the next chapter. Enjoy.

It was Monday afternoon and class was over. The students returned home. Kuguru and Cat Sith walked a part of her way home with her friends.

"I see you put the gift Azi Dahara gave you on the deck card," Baku noticed the red devilish eye on it.

Drum had his arm crossed and grumbled, "That eye gave me the creeps. I also can't believe you accept to put it on the deck case. It was originally mine remember?"

Gao nodded and replied, "I know, but you can't say no to a gift when it could hurt the one who took time to make it you know."

"But-" Drum looked away and grumbled, "I heard Azi isn't the type to do something for nothing you know."

Tenbu nodded and replied, "Either way, you should calm down Drum. I still need to show you other tricks to remain calm," His eyes turned into hearts as he looked to his right, "Like looking at those beautiful ladies over here."

Drum rolled his eyes.

Kuguru stopped and said, "I'm almost home. See you tomorrow."

"Bye everyone," Cat Sith said with a smile.

"Bye," the other replied while Tenbu continued moving forward until he hit a light pole, too busy looking at pretty ladies.

Kuguru and Cat Sith returned home. Her buddy sat on a large couch and watched television while Kuguru walked in her chamber and put her stuff near her study desk. She heard something walking behind her. She turned around and gasped surprised when she recognised him.

"Surprise to see me?" the blue dragon asked with a large smile.

"Ironchain. You're back," Kuguru smiled back. She lightly tilted her head when she noticed something, "You changed in one year."

Ironchain was still wearing the same armor. What was different about him was his scales covered with red, orange and yellow tattoos with different form and some kind of dragonic symbol on it, "Yes. You do not know what I did while I was absent," before sitting on her bed.

Chapter 46: The Return Of Ironchain

Kuguru sat by his side and turned toward the tattooed dragon, "It's been a year since I last saw you, but I didn't stop waiting for you to come back."

Ironchain smiled and replied, "Yes. I also wanted to come back for a while, but it took longer to think what happened between me and Halberd," his smile remained on his face, meaning that he sorted it his emotions.

"What happened in Dragon world?" Kuguru curiously asked.

"So many things. The first thing was that dad was furious against me that I helped Jackknife. I was punished for my mistake. I don't want to explain how it worked, but let's say that sitting wasn't possible for a while. I also learned something interesting when I was absent."

"What happened?" Kuguru asked.

"I never told you about my family, but I have an older brother called Silverchain. We were often together and fighting about anything, no matter how silly it was. We once fought over a rock, just a simple rock."

"I thought you were shy when you were younger," Kuguru noticed.

Ironchain chuckled loudly and replied, "Yes. But it was during adolescence. I lost my shy attitude and become what I am today. We were around the same age and we have a normal competitive relationship. We both tried to be superior to one each other's in anything. That's how I decided to train and become a soldier. At that time, Halberd was older of course and was already under Jackknife command. It was an opportunity to be together in the future. I trained under the art of the chains and learned my fighting skills and often fought against my brother. I never beat him," the blue dragon crossed his arms and let the nostalgia of his youth surrounding him. He eventually said, "I learned he became a Thunder Knight. He learned from their art while I was absent and became one of them. I'm proud of him."

"That's good for your brother," Kuguru commented.

Ironchain nodded, "That also means that I am the one who will receive the complete training. That's why I take a longer time before returning here. I managed to come in piece with what Halberd did after two months, but I wanted to finish my training and become stronger."

"About Halberd, are you going to forgive him for his actions or not?" Kuguru asked.

Ironchain smile remained on his face, "Yes. Now that my rage is gone, I think I understand why he hides it from me. No, I should have been able to figure it out. It's Halberd we are talking about. If he hides something from me, it's because he wants to protect me because he cares. He would do the same thing for anyone else too. He hides it, so I won't be in trouble like him. He lost pretty much everything and-" Ironchain smile disappeared and spoke slower, "And I could also lost everything. My family loves, my friends and... this gift."

Ironchain showed his chains, they were different than the black he had before. The chains were blue and covered with hand draw on it, "My father gave it to me. The chains are given when the training is over. Each part of the chain is written the name of those who held it and used it for each generation. My name is at the end. Back to Halberd... It's not going to be easy to say those words. Would I remain calm when I am with him? That's the question."

"I'm sure you will be able to speak with him when you face him," Kuguru chuckled.

"What?" Ironchain asked.

"Nothing important. So... The training was around the tattoos right?" Kuguru asked.

"Yes. The tattooed art is an art our family used. I trained the best I could to come here as fast as I could, it took a year, but I don't regret it. Now I'll be strong enough to fight anything dangerous and to protect you as your buddy," Ironchain said as he raised his chest with pride.

Kuguru remembered Cat Sith and said, "About that."

"Who's there?" Cat Sith asked with his rapier drawn.

Ironchain eyes turned into small black dots as he looked at Kuguru and then back at Cat Sith. He noticed that the deck case wasn't from Dragon world. It took a few seconds, just after Kuguru presented him, to understand what happened. He pointed his claw at the cat being and yelled, "You cheated me with another buddy! I can't believe you did that! Did-"

"Wait! Let me explain," Kuguru said.

Cat Sith tilted his head and wondered what was going on.

"You couldn't wait me for that long so you replace me with a shrimp!" Ironchain yelled dramatically.

"Who are you calling a shrimp?" Cat Sith yelled at the blue dragon.

"You!" Ironchain yelled.

Kuguru sighed and let them argue. She stopped listening when it was clear they were out of insult and just said random things. After a while, they were out of breath.

"Okay. Now that's over, can I explain everything?" Kuguru asked.

Ironchain turned toward her and nodded. When Kuguru wasn't looking at him, he stuck his tongue out toward Cat Sith who did the same. When the girl turned around, they were both looking at her.

"So... How did you meet... him?" Ironchain asked.

"It was when we were buying stuff for the party with those who have buddies, which happened yesterday," Kuguru explained.

"I missed a party? What happened there?" Ironchain asked furiously.

"I'll continue with Cat Sith first," Kuguru replied. The blue dragon nodded, "We crossed him and he was cute. I really love cats you know."

"Dragons are the best," Ironchain replied.

"I'm strong too you know!" Cat Sith replied.

"I'll continue this now," Kuguru said, ending another pointless argument and insult war.

"Okay," they replied.

Kuguru finished resuming what happened when she met with Cat Sith and everything around that. Ironchain listened carefully and crossed his arms.

"That is kind of you Kuguru," Ironchain. He then asked, "What happened during the party?"

"First thing was that everyone had to wear a tuxedo," Kuguru started.

"Tuxedo?" Ironchain asked.

Cat Sith showed what it looks like.

"Good thing I wasn't here. I would look like a clown in a suit like that," Ironchain commented.

"During the party, we met lots of people who had a buddy with them. There were more than I expected. I think we were around two hundreds. We me Azi Dahara and he presented himself to everyone-"

"Hold on. Azi Dahara? The ruler of the Darkness Dragon world is here!" Ironchain yelled.

"Yes. I met him and he's scary just as I heard, even in his miniform," Cat Sith commented.

"Why does everyone feels like Azi is about to do something wrong?" Kuguru asked.

"Because Azi never does anything if it doesn't give something to him. There's always something selfish in any of his actions or something behind his mind," Ironchain explained.

"He wasn't that bad when I met him. He was kinda nice," Kuguru replied.

Cat Sith wasn't really agreeing with Kuguru, but said nothing.

Ironchain grumbled about her remark before admitting, "Honestly, he's less bad than the previous ruler of the Darkness Dragon world. Although, he's more powerful, cunning and dangerous."

"During the party, we were attacked by pirates from Pirate world," Kuguru continued.

"W-What?" Ironchain yelled.

Kuguru resumed the even during the pirate assault and the blue dragon listened carefully.

"I am glad you came out alright with everyone else. The good news for you, it's that I'm going to be here and protect you as your buddy," Ironchain said as he smiled.

Cat Sith heard it too well and yelled, "Wait now! I am her buddy you know. You cannot take my place here as her buddy!"

"Hum. Guys-" Kuguru tried to say something, but...

Ironchain stood up and glared at her with a smirk, "I am a dragon, therefore, more appropriate to protect her from any possible enemies. I have specially trained in battle for that compare to you."

Cat Sith fur rose and grunted. He then jumped on the bed and pointed his paw toward him, "I am also strong in battle and the fact that you are a dragon doesn't mean that your kind is the strongest!"

"You don't have-" she couldn't finish her sentence.

The dragon chuckled and replied, "Maybe we should duel and figure this out. If I win, you are out and if I lose-"

"Stop it you two!" Kuguru yelled. She got their attentions. She sighed and said, "Listen. Nothing in the laws forbidden anyone to have more than one buddy you know. I checked and I can have two, after Baku spoke about it."

The dragon and the cat looked at each other's before looking at other directions.

"I like both of you. I do not think I can part apart for any of you. You are both my friends and maybe you'll be a strong team when you fight together too," Kuguru added with a smile.

Ironchain and Cat Sith looked at each other's again and replied, "Yeah. Right. We're not from the same world," they both pointed at each other's and yelled, "I'll show you I'm the best!"

Before they entered in an argument and Kuguru sighed, stopping listening to them until they agreed to be together without tearing each other's apart.

In the HQ of the Buddy Police station, the Commander was watching the computer screen in front of him and read the report. He lightly before saying, "Looks like we have a new Buddy Police officer on duty now. Once he's ready, he can join the force at full time."

AC: This is the end of chapter 46. The ending is short, but announces a new Buddy Police Officer with a buddy.

Chapter 47: The First Adult Buddy Police Officer

There will also be a list of One-shot appearing soon. It will describe how some of the 100 demons became demons.