As they followed Davide, Drum gave a few worried glances at his buddy, not sure what he should say to his friend to convince him that it was a bad idea. He gazed at Jackknife, quietly asking him to back him up, but saw on the green dragon face the strong desire and determination to save his buddy. Despite that, Jackknife showed on his eyes that he was a little hesitant to make Gao and Drum risk it in this duel.

"Gao. We should forget about it. This isn't something we should do," Drum whispered.

"I cannot back down Drum. We have to win. For Jackknife and Tasuku sake," the boy replied.

Drum took a deep breath and said, "Then promise me we won't lose."

"As the Mighty Sun Fighter. We won't lose Drum," Gao promised.

"Don't forget about it," the red dragon whispered.

Chapter 121: Aggressive Behavior Part 2

They continued until they were on the ceiling of a nearby building, close to the mall. The wind blew lightly as the two boys faced each other's.

"You better keep your words Davide. Because we are going to win this fight," Drum said.

"How do you want to fight?" Gao asked as he cracked his wrist.

"Not ourselves of course Gao. I don't want to have the upper hand to easily on you," Davide chuckled.

"If you say so," Gao whispered. He knew he could beat Davide just as he beat a few high school students who bullied elementary and middle school students once, he might be underestimate me, he guessed, but still remained cautious just in case he could be wrong.

"You want a buddyfight match then?" Drum asked. He looked around and said, "Then were is your buddy?"

Davide smirked, "My buddy isn't far away. I just have to call him here and we can begin the match, but I want one special rule for this fight."

Jackknife frowned, "What is that rule?"

The boy smirk turned into a grin as he replied slowly, "We won't use any spellcards."

The three didn't like the grin, wondering if there was more to it than that.

"I'll call my buddy fight now. This is going to be fun to destroy Drum and bring you to Azi Dahaka," Davide said as he took out his spellcard.

"That won't happen!" Drum grunted as he took a step forward.

"I would have like to fight Jackknife once again, but beating you is much funnier Drum," Davide then summoned his buddy, "I invoke, Death Dragon, Deathgaze Dragon!"

It was a darkness dragon with a bronze body, a red eye on the middle of his forehead, two wings, two arms ending with sharp blade and a long tail without legs.

"Looks like we have found new victims," Deathgaze chuckled as he looked at Gao and the two other dragons.

Drum saw the darkness dragon and grew quickly nervous when he met his gaze. The dragon looked and felt more like any usual dragons compare to Troubadour or even Demios. He was the kind of being he despised a lot. His muscles grew a little tense as he knew he couldn't lower his guard against this dragon.

"What is it? You want to back down like cowards?" Davide asked at the red dragon with a grin on his face, looking down on the dragon.

Drum frowned and replied, "No way!" if I back down or let fear conquer me, I won't be in any way useful in stopping Azi Dahaka plan.

Gao looked at Davide and said, "Remember to not use any spellcards Davide," he glared in the eyes of the older boy and said, "If you are trying to cheat, we are victorious."

Davide frowned, realising that the boy clearly meant that he was carefully watching him or maybe Jackknife, it is more difficult to try anything under the gaze of a dragon, he took his deck case and put it on the ground, "There."

Gao did the same. He looked at his buddy and asked, "You're ready Drum?"

"I am Gao, even if I'm not really agreeing with your plan. I will not lose you to anyone, especially not that guy," he replied.

"Not after what he did to Jackknife," Gao added, and maybe anything he did against Tasuku.

"Are you ready?" Davide asked.

"I'm ready to cause some pain… Lots of pain," Deathgaze said with a grin.

"For you," Drum replied as he readied his drill and pointed it at Deathgaze.

The two dragons were ready to fight. After a few seconds, the battle began.

Drum didn't lose a second as cut the distance and activated his drill. He was in a few seconds near Deathgaze who flew in the air to evade the drill. It then started a short chase with the red dragon close behind the darkness dragon.

"Careful Drum!" Gao yelled, wondering if there was an ambush.

Davide checked on the two and lightly grinned when he noticed that the fight got most of their attention. Even Jackknife wasn't really giving much attention to him.

Drum stopped chasing Deathgaze when he suspected an ambush, I was sure he would have been much more aggressive against me. He frowned and decided to change his tactic as he flew away from Deathgaze.

The darkness dragon grunted when he noticed that the red dragon wasn't behind him anymore and turned around. He saw Drum maintaining a safe distance from him and charged.

Deathgaze charged at the red dragon, his blade was ready to cut his target in pieces. He closed the distance towards his target and was ready to cut him in pieces.

Drum lightly grinned as the darkness dragon closed in. He changed direction and passed under Deathgaze, before turning around and hitting the chest of the darkness dragon. It wasn't a deep wound on the dragon, but enough to make him bleed. He grinned as he glazed at the red dragon.

"Prepare to suffer Drum! This will be my joy!" Deathgaze closed the distance and tried to slash the red dragon, but Drum blocked it with his drill. He gave everything in his assault, but Drum could easily block it. Deathgaze glared at the red dragon with frustration as he continued his assault.

Drum dodged and parried the assault of the darkness dragon while searching for an opening. It wasn't long before he saw an opening and used his chance to strike. He deviated the claws of the darkness dragon and hit the chest of the darkness dragon before activating his drill and doing a lot of damage. The drill lacerated the chest of the darkness dragon, but not long enough to greatly wounding the darkness dragon who took a safe distance and glared at the red dragon.

"Keep it up Drum. You are doing good!" Gao yelled at his buddy.

Jackknife watched the battle and wasn't sure if everything was doing great. He checked on Davide and the boy was grinning, as if there was nothing to worry about while his hands were in his pockets. The green dragon wondered what it was before gazing back at the fight.

Drum was taking the advantage and managed to wound the darkness dragon even more, "It's over Deathgaze. You should surrender now or it might be worse," he ordered.

Deathgaze body was covered with many wounds, especially on his chest, but the bleeding wasn't intense.

"This isn't a deep wound," the darkness dragon replied before chuckling. He yelled with a smile on his face, "I am only starting! I'll get serious now. It is time to give you pain and more pain. You're suffering will be my delight!"

He charged at the red dragon with everything he got. Drum was about to dodge it when he felt the world slowly down a little. Deathgaze was still far away, but he suddenly painfully grunted when his face was lacerated, How? He asked when he saw the darkness dragon still far away. He blinked and Deathgaze was just over him, "W-what?" he managed to say just before his snout was violently whipped by the tail of his enemy.

Drum managed to recover before crashing on the roof of a building next to the one Gao, Davide and Jackknife were on. He used his drill to quickly return in the air and flew back towards Deathgaze. The red dragon felt once again that everything slowed down from his eyes, but suddenly felt the pain when someone hit his face before his chest was slashed.

"Yes. More pain. Show me more pain!" Deathgaze said in delight.

Gao and Jackknife watched the battle and were confused by what was going on. They wondered why Drum didn't react when Deathgaze came to him and seemed to react slower than usual.

Jackknife grew suspicious as he turned towards Davide and wondered if he was cheating. He frowned when he realised that he shouldn't question if, but how. He looked at the boy and couldn't say anything. Davide had his hands in his pockets and couldn't see anything inside the pockets. He could only guess it was there, I have no proof of how. I cannot just say that he did it with what he had in his pockets, he could hide them elsewhere.

The green dragon gazed in the sky and saw Drum falling on the ground, just in front of them. He was painfully panting with his many wounds on his body. Drum tried to stand up, but it felt like he needed to use a lot of his strength.

Jackknife wondered if he could help as he was lightly panicking, Gao is going to join them if I don't try something. They put their buddy partnership in danger for me, but how? He looked at the dragon and- Hum? Jackknife asked in his mind when he saw a serpentine dragon behind Davide.

The dragon was Tenbu who took something from the pocket of Davide and said, "What does a boy like you is doing here?"

"Hey!" Davide yelled when he tried to get the thing back.

"A spellcard that affected the senses of a buddy monster or a human hum?" Tenbu asked.

Davide gasped as he lost his cool and grunted, "Curse you old dragon!"

Gao crossed his arms and said, "We won."

Davide turned back at Gao and said, "This isn't-"

"You cheater! So you lose the fight!" Jackknife grunted loudly.

Drum was slowly standing up while Deathgaze charged at the red dragon, "The fun only begins!"

Jackknife took his real form and intercepted the darkness dragon, stabbing on his shoulder and pushing him far away.

Deathgaze stood up and flew in the air and was about to charge again when Gao picked his deckcase and said, "It's three dragons against you Deathgaze. You have lost already."

The darkness dragon frowned and flew besides Davide.

Drum won the match Davide! Tell us where is Tasuku!" Jackknife ordered as he took a step towards the boy.

Davide frowned as he grasped his hands, Dammit! I would have won if that stupid old dragon didn't bust me out. Where did he come from anyway? Guess I'll do the usual, "Fine. I'll tell one thing. Jackknife, Tasuku left you for another buddy and joined us. He will never come back to you. After all, you were just a hindrance for him," He grabbed his deck case and grabbed a spellcard in it, "I got to go now!"

There was suddenly a fog of darkness obscuring their vision.

"That lying bastard! Where is he?" Jackknife furiously yelled as he looked around for Davide and Deathgaze. When the fog dissipated, they were gone.

"Dammit! That guy was surely lying!" Drum yelled while his wounds closed thanks to the healing spellcard of Gao.

"He isn't the type of boy who will be honest," Tenbu said as he flew near them.

"I know. Are you okay Jackknife?" Drum asked.

They checked on Jackknife who said nothing. The green dragon looked at the ground and whispered, "It can't be true."

"Of course, it's not true. You know Tasuku," Gao said.

Jackknife nodded quietly, but he wondered if it was the true or not. He hated himself for having doubts about Tasuku, but their arguments before Tasuku was gone and what Davide said made him grew suspicious of what was really going on now.

AC: This is the end of chapter 121.

Next chapter: Friends Goes And Comes.