Chapter 5

From Angels, Daemons and Dragons

It was already dark in the village of Kusanagi and the life of the small place was still radiant.

The inns and bars, of the village, were full as always and people drank, celebrated and talked merrily with each other.

Why not? After all, this village was brimming with life and good and cheerful emotions kept the Grimm away.

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Dusk's Weapon shop/House

Dusk and Auburn sat together while enjoying a nice drink together. Well normally they would enjoy a drink together as friends would always do, but now the mood was serious. The reason? Mikhail.

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"Well Dusk, what do you say?" Auburn who was sitting on chair, she had been leaning on, finished her glass full of Atlasian Gin, as she looked towards to her friend, who was sitting as well, with crossed legs.

The fox faunus sighed, while twirling her wine in the glass "What do you want me to say?" She took a mouth-full and sighed again "That we found a boy, who hasn't his Aura unlocked and he spit fire and killed a big number of Grimm, without any use Aura and Dust." Again another gulp "That said boy, is probably not mentally fresh, because he calls himself a dragon and asked about a woman called Zero, who is also probably bat-shit insane and a sociopath, too boot, from what we heard and that this woman also raised that….that boy!" Now it was Auburn's turn to swallow the drink in her mouth,

"*GULP*"

…..Really hard, while also pushing herself back on the furniture.

"Even better, he nearly tore my arm off, when I tried to look at his hidden eye and," She hammered the glass on the small table in front of her "When I punched him because of this, I broke my hand, because his damn skin is harder than stone!" She then revealed her bandaged hand to her friend "And then you told me, that he is neither faunus nor human, instead despite his appearance his physiology is even more animalistic than a reptile or a bird faunus!" After she was finished, Dusk started to pant several times.

After some seconds she came back to her senses and stood up. She walked to her own house bar and took a bigger whiskey glass out. Dusk put some ice in it and then filled it with Vale Whiskey.

Suddenly Auburn's soft features turned into a scowl and she snarled "You should know that you hadn't have to punch him," She crossed her legs and admonished her best friend "If I hadn't used my Semblance on him, he would have torn your throat out like a rabid dog." Auburn noticed the uncomfortable shift in Dusk's composure "And for worse, you also noticed it from his personality and how he spoke." She sighed "He is a 10 year old boy in a body of an adolescent male. From what I have seen, this was 100 per cent on you."

Dusk still standing uncomfortable finished her glass "He needs to leave."

The doctor suddenly looked perturbed at her friends sudden suggestion and with every speck of humanity in her she yelled "Are you really saying this, Dusk!?"

The female faunus' fox ears twitched at her best friend's loud voice yet she didn't turn around and still showed her back.

"Do you know that if you threw him out, that he be likely hunted by Grimm and eaten, or worse, he will be probably killed or enslaved by raiders." This was one of the most disgusting thoughts Auburn had, but as a Huntress, she had seen the worst sides of humans and faunus. If Mikhail would survive the Grimm, he would be probably taken in by raiders or slavers. And someone like Mikhail, who has the mind of a child and the body of an extremely attractive male, he would be a tidbit for those sick and degenerated bastards "Or better, he walks into the Kingdom of Atlas and they perform experiments on him, since he is not clearly human nor faunus." Atlas is nothing more than a place that literally shits on Faunus. And if you are not human, you are mostly fucked.

Auburn sighed; she began to rub her eyes "Dusk?" The soft voice of her best friend broke her out from her thoughts and the fox faunus sighed, and rubbed her eyes…as well. It was a really long day for both of them.

"Let's….*sigh*, let's just sleep over it…"

Auburn smiled and her face became soft, she nodded "Good…thanks."

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"Where am I?" This was the question, young Mikhail asked himself, when he was standing on a field full of white flowers. The sky was blue, with some small clouds, like beautiful spring sky.

"Hellllooooo!" Mikhail called out and looked around as well, asking himself again, where he now landed.

'It's alright; beside I wouldn't be me anymore, without my memories…' Suddenly a dragon Mikhail appeared and collapsed in front of the humanoid Mikhail, who gasped.

Then…

'I am sorry, Zero….' A Mikhail in his second stage, with a Flower was lying left to him.

Again….

'I messed up….' Another Mikhail, in his first stage, being half-burned, fell dead right next to him…..

And last…..

'Zero…..are you proud …..of me? Zero I am coming to you…' A large and more mature looking Mikhail was lying on his stomach, slowly dissipating in light…

And then…

'I am sorry Mikhail…' A child, that looked like Zero was stabbed from behind…and the one that killed her….was….One…..

Meanwhile Mikhail didn't even understand what is happening right now….he was on the brink to freak out as…"No, no…no, no, no, no, NO!"

I always thought that those days would never end, that they would keep going.

*Stab*

That I would be together with Zero and the others. That I would be laughing with them, eating with them and even bicker with them.

His eyes widened, as the dragon felt something piercing through his chest.

Mikhail looked down, to see the tip, of a rapier-like weapon, protruding from his body. Warm blood flowed from the wound and he could feel the copper-flavored liquid flowing into his mouth and out of it.

I was wrong, so terribly wrong. I thought I could be strong enough to protect them, to be standing with them, side to side….ahhh….How foolish I was.

Mikhail coughed, spitting blood on the pure-white flowers, surrounding him. He then turned around, only to see a pair of deep-red eyes, glaring at him, furious and with hatred.

I never thought of myself as someone who was strong or having a keen intellect, since I always admired those things on Zero. She was everything I idolized.

As he felt his entire being becoming cold dumb, the dragon noticed, that the entire white flower field, turned red and every one of them began to wilt and rot.

But she is gone now…..and I am alone…I wasn't strong enough to protect her…..to be her sword and shield….I messed up.

The only thing he could hear was a sweet, yet terrifying voice…..

And yet, me who is week, is still alive….I guess this was it…My life was a mistake…everything I am…..is pathetic and it would be, if others would hear my history….as well….

"With this, your innocence died and your ruin begins."

But if, for argument's sake, you were to write a story with me (a dumb fool) in the lead role…..

Mikhail awoke from his 'nightmare', gasping for air.

He grabbed his eye socket were the Flower had been sprouting and then took notice that the dark room, he used to rest, was being illuminated… ….

He then stood up and looked through the window…

The village was under attack….from those black creatures…..called Grimm….

Seeing everything in front of him, Mikhail could only do one thing…smile…as his right eye began to glow as his sclera turned black.

It would be no doubt a tragedy….

Another chapter of, hope you like it guys.

For now, I made a poll for this fanfiction, if Mikhail should go to Beacon or not.

And for those who asked, what it had to do with those visions of him dying, those were all endings from A to E and yes, E, is the ending of the novel, which leads to the events of Drakengard and Drakengard 2.

I am also looking for a brave writer, who is nice enough to make a Reading Story for this, and I really hope someone will take the mantle for this story.

For now, if you have questions, Pm me and please don't write them as reviews.

Khan

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