Before the Vallian regiment commenced, Kana and Kelto began their training at a nearby park to hone their skills for the regiment. Kana swung a practice sword at Kelto, but Kelto instinctively blocked it with his practice sword. But in doing so, Kana punched Keldo right into the stomach. With his guard lowered, Kana grabbed his face and flung him across the park. All the while Engar spectated the kids mach battle in amazement. "*whistles* That's quite an arm ya got there kid!" said Engar. "Thanks!" said Kana. Kelto got up out of the bushes that caught his landing. "Geez Kana! What'd you have for breakfast?" asked an amazed Kelto "Cause I want in!" "Eh. Nothing much really." replied Kana "Just two apples, an orange, something called a protein shake and some dried goat meat." "Dried goat meat? That's a first." said Engar. "It's pretty easy to buy if you're looking for food." replied Kana, blocking Kelto's sneak attack. "Oh come on! How did you see that coming?!" said Kelto. Kana sweeped Kelto's legs making him topple over and then kicked him in the stomach again, sending him flying... again. Kelto emerged from the bushes again, this time covering his stomach. "Can you please stop aiming for my stomach?!" said Kelto "I'm just lucky I had a light breakfast this morning." "I could forge you some armor, if you want." offered Kana. "I think this might b' enough fir today."
said Engar. "But it's only been five minutes." said Kana. "Felt like an hour to me!" spoke Kelto. Kana sighed, knowing that everyone needs a break. "Alright, we'll take a break."
said Kana.
As Kana and Kelto took their break at the park, Tohru and Kanna were passing by until Kanna noticed Kana. "Kana!" said Kanna, getting Kana's attention. Kana gave Kanna a friendly wave. Kanna rushed over to Kana and hugged her. "Sooooooo... umm... are introductions in order?" asked Kelto. "Oh that's right! You haven't met her before." said Kana "Kelto, this is Kanna. Kanna, this is Kelto." Kanna looked at Kelto and vice versa. "Never expected there to be two Kanas." said Kelto, sheepishly. Kanna looked at his person. "How old are you?" asked Kanna. "Same could be asked of you." replied Kelto. "Young." said Kanna. "Same." said Kelto. "If ya two done b'ing awkward, I'll take m' turn." said Engar. Tohru turned her attention towards Engar. "Who are you?" asked Tohru. "That's Engar. He's helping us with the Vallian regiment." said Kana. Tohru started to look confused. "Long story short, it's basically a team of people that do the police job better." said Engar. "Aah... That makes more sense." said Tohru. "Yup! Kelto and I are training to be strong leaders for the regiment." said Kana. "Can we help too?" asked Kanna. "Sure! But we'll need an open area to do some intense training." said Kana. "Well I know a great place for the three of us to train." said Tohru. "Hold up! The THREE of us? What about Kelto and Engar?" asked Kana. Tohru looked at Kelto and then at Engar. "Will they keep a secret?" whispered Tohru to Kana. "'ey, I can keep a secret better than anyone." said Engar. "Same here!" pitched in Kelto.
"Well..." said Tohru "Might as well." With only her index finger, Tohru opened a portal to a grass land that has been visited a couple of times. "This way, if you would." said Tohru. She and Kanna walked into the portal and appeared on the other side. "Hey, wait up!" said Kana. She ran into the portal as well. "Pff! Normal's overrated anyways!"
said Kelto. He ran into the portal like the others. Engar sighed heavily. {Worse case scenarios are either th' two ladies are reptile aliens or I'm in a matrix within a matrix.}
thought Engar {Red or blue... Red or blue...} Engar took a swig of his soda before making his choice. "DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE I GO, THEN!" said Engar, bracing for impact. He ran while screaming with his eyes closed into the portal. He then tripped on something and assumed the worst. "I KNEW IT! REPTILE ALIENS HAVE COME T' EARTH AND ARE RUNNING THE POLITICS! THIS IS TH' END!" shouted Engar. "Dude. Calm down, your fine." said Kelto. Engar opened his eyes to see that he's ok. "Oh... MATRIX! THIS IS ALL A MATRIX! CAKES ARE LIES AND THIS IS A TRIAL! I'M DOO-" Engar was interuppted by Kelto slapping him. "Thanks kid. Needed that." said Engar.
Tohru and Kanna got into fighting positions and vice versa with Kana and Kelto. Engar, on the other hand, is spectating. "Human or dragon forms?" asked Tohru. Kelto looked confused. "Wait. 'Human' or 'dragon' forms? What does tha-" Kana interuppted Kelto. "Dragons!" said Kana, eagarly. Tohru, Kanna and Kana transformed into dragons. Tohru's dragon form was that of a 50 ft. green dragon with chinese dragon horns. Kanna's dragon form was that of a 30 ft. white fluffy dragon with intricate horns. Kana's dragon form was that of a 10 ft. armored dragon with staggering horns. Kelto's dragon form... wait a minute, Kelto's not half dragon! Who wrote this?! ...Oh wait. "U-uhh..." mumbled Kelto, astonished. "I thought he's going to spectate." said Tohru, in dragon form. "No way! Kelto can hold his own in battle!" said Kana, in dragon form "Right?" "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhh... M-maybe?" responded Kelto, in dra- *facepalms*. "See? He's toats ready!" said Kana. "Alright... If he's ready," said Tohru "then who's to judge?"
"I call Kana!" said Kanna, in dragon form. Kanna charged at Kana at a high velocity while Tohru raised her claw and tries not to hit Kelto, knowing he's human. Kelto jumped out of the way, but like the terrain, was sent flying skywards. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" screamed Kelto. "AAH! Hold on Kelto!" said Tohru, flying upwards to catch Kelto.
While Tohru makes sure that Kelto doesn't fall 80 ft. from the ground, Kanna and Kana are putting on quite the light show. Bolts of lightning and radiant blue flames clash into each other in incredible enigmancy. Engar was dazed by Kanna and Kana's attacks. "Woah..." said Engar. Kanna was in the air, out of Kana's reach melee wise. "Hey, no fair!" said Kana to Kanna. "Anything is fair game, Kana." said Kanna.
After rescuing Kelto, Tohru reverted to her human form and picked up Kana's sword. "It's a bit difficult for you to take me on in my dragon form" said Tohru "So let's see you do well in my human form." Tohru tosses the blade towards the ground for Kelto to pick up. "Are you sure?" said Kelto. Tohru nods and says "It's been too long since I've experienced the thrill of danger. So come at me!" Kelto gulps and picks up Kana's sword. His hands are shaking as he points the sword at Tohru. His mind is all over the place.
{W-what do I do? I can't do this! She's ok with it, but I'm not! Why couldn't it be a practice blade? I-I-I-I-I-I-I-} Kelto snapped out of it as Tohru's fist connected with his face.
He was taken a back by this suddenty. "Come on! Fight!" roared Tohru "I won't back down and neither should you!" Kelto got up and charged at Tohru, blade in hand. He swung the blade cautiously, fighting Tohru carefully. Tohru was ok with this at first, seeing Kelto fighting her. "Good... Now faster!" yelled Tohru "Drop your relent and aim for my tail!" "Bu-" Kelto was interuppted by Tohru's fire attack. He dodged it, of course, but he knew he has to fight harder to defeat her. {Just aim for the tail.} Kelto thought to himself {That's all you have to do.} He ran up to Tohru, this time fist first. Tohru saw Kelto using his fist rather than the blade, so she tried to dodge his fist. She did, but the tie on her attire was cut off as Kelto used the sword as well. {Woah! I didn't that coming!} thought Tohru. She then heard something fall to the ground behind her. "Huh?" said Tohru. She turned around to see, what else, her tail lying on the ground. "*huffs* Aimed for the tail." said an exhausted Kelto. Tohru gave Kelto an impressed smirk.
"Hey guys!" yelled Tohru "Come over here!" Kana and Kanna ceased their bout and headed Tohru's way. As they got closer, Kanna's heart sank seeing Tohru's tail not connected to Tohru's person. Kana and Kanna reverted back to their human forms to get a closer look. "WOAH! Isn't this is your tail Tohru?" asked Kana. "Yup! Kelto cut it off during our training!" said Tohru "Now we can enjoy some tasty tail meat!" "Never had tail meat before." said Kana. "Me either. First time for everything, ya know." said Kelto. Kanna, with tears on her face, walks up to Kelto and punches him. "Kanna! Why'd you do-" Kana was interuppted by Kanna. "How dare you do that!" yelled Kanna to Kelto. Kanna turned into a dragon and flew off. "KANNA WAIT!" cried Tohru. Kanna soared as fast as she could to get away from Kelto. Tohru sighed and ate her tail, which after eating said tail grew a new tail on Tohru's person. "Wait here guys. I'll be back." said Tohru to the others. Tohru turned into a dragon and went after Kanna. Engar walked over to Kana and Kelto asking them what happened. "Kanna's upset about something, so Tohru's going after her." answered Kana. "Wait a minute, where were you Engar?"
asked Kelto. "Slept through th' fireworks." replied Engar "It's too energetic fir my tastes."
Tohru followed Kanna, with the use of perception blocking, to see where she's going to land so she can clear things up. Kanna landed on an isolated island and reverted to human form. Tohru landed on the island, reverted to human form and removed the perception blocking. She walked up to a saddend Kanna. "Hey... Are you ok?" asked Tohru. Kanna remained silent. "You don't have to talk if you don't want to." said Tohru. She sat with Kanna, looking up at the sunset. "Nice looking sunset, huh?" said Tohru. Kanna was still silent, but nodded in agreement. "We must've been training for quite a while." said Tohru. "I was worried..." said Kanna "Worried you were... and Kelto... *siffle*" Tohru hugged Kanna gently, drying her tears. "I'm sorry for making you worry." apologized Tohru "I was caught up in the moment." Kanna began to feel a bit better. "Wanna head back?" asked Tohru "Kana and the others DO need to get home somehow. Kana's only half dragon, so she can't fly yet." Kanna nodded. Tohru turned into a dragon along with Kanna and they flew back to the island where Kana and the others are at.
After getting to the island and getting everyone back to Hitamaka, Kanna walked up to Kelto. "K-Kanna I'm-" Kanna interuppted Kelto "Stop." spoke Kanna "Just... leave me be." Kanna walked past him and headed home with Tohru. "Give 'er time kid." said Engar to Kelto "Lettin' bygones b' bygones takes a while. She'll come around soon."
"Yeah..." said Kelto.
...to be continued in the next chapter...