The Dark Hybrid

A/N = Sorry that it took so long! I kinda got lazy but oh well, at least a new chapter is out. Btw, thx for all the great feedback, It helped me improve the story...

I edited the prologue so the conversations between all the characters are understood better.

Before the main part of the chapter, I am going to point some things out.

1. The reason I made the dragon male and the wolf female was because I wanted Tatsumi to get closer to his mother rather than his father. Also because I planned on killing the mother first to start Tatsumi's rage and having to suddenly kill off the unkillable dragon would have made no sense.

2. Sekrit has killed many danger beasts before, he is the leader of the Five Demon Deity's and has faced many opponents so it wouldn't be that hard for him to make the decision of killing his own son.

3. Sekrit knew that Tatsumi was in a state of rage but in any anime or manga, some part of the character still remains inside them, this applies to Tatsumi too. Since Sekrit was going to die, he can at least tell his son everything rather than saying nothing and dying a pointless death.

"Chocolate pudding" = speech
'marshmallows' = thoughts

"Candy floss" = Danger Beasts talking

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Akame Ga Kill characters, those rights belong to the creators. I do own the OC's and my own weapons.


Chapter 1: The Icy Beginning

Five centuries have passed since that fateful day...

This world had evolved. Had grown. Had changed.

Tatsumi still lay in that same place, encased in dark crystals.

But... It will not remain that way for long...

A dark crystallized cocoon lay in a forest, surrounded by endless waves of white snow. You could see a form inside it, that of a dragon. This cocoon had lay here for centuries, dormant. * Crack * It began to break, cracks appearing before shattering completely enveloping the whole area with a bright purple flash. The form of the dragon fell on the rough ground, dust clouds appearing from the impact.

Everything was silent. Only the weak breathing of the creature was heard. In an instant, it's eyes opened. Scarlet, like the colour of fresh blood. The dragons head turned from side to side, surveying the area. With a sigh and a push of its hind legs it leapt up into the air, it's wings unravelling and beginning to flap. Within a few seconds it was gone, gone into the night sky leaving only the broken parts of the crystallized cocoon to say that it was there.

== Few days later ==

A sole black dragon could be seen treading through the thick snow. There were icicles that hung from it's tail and wings but the creature itself looked unfazed by this. 'It has been 5 centuries since I last was walking and breathing. It feels so nice~ But. A lot has happened since then...That damned Emperor. He literally made this world a living hell. If I remember correctly from what I learnt in that cocoon cage is that he made 48 Imperial Arms or teigu but almost half of them got lost in the civil war. Well that's a good thing anyway. I better get to the village soon. Learn more about what is happening. The Beast Village, the birthplace of mother. Might as well learn more about my origins while I'm there too. But it's all the way in the damned South... that means that I have to go through the east which is The Empire. Ugh, great.'

Tatsumi had been trudging through thick snow for hours, everywhere he looked it was always snow, snow, snow and even more snow! Of course he didn't feel the cold as he was a dragon but still, he hated the colour white so seeing all of this snow pissed him off with each step.

Tatsumi was beginning to get bored when he spotted something unusual, in the snow up ahead he saw something interesting. A bear danger beast.'Most likely the Snow Ogre', a rare species of bear Danger Beast' he thought. It was attacking something but Tatsumi couldn't see what that 'something' was. "It's probably some unlucky deer or bird" Tatsumi ignored the bear and kept walking, he kept moving closer and closer towards the bear. Until his eyes caught a glimmer of blue hair. He stopped and looked.

It was a girl, with beautiful long blue hair and eyes to match it. She wore dark blue shorts and a light brown t-shirt along with a black bandanna that was on her head. She was in a battle stance, holding a broken dagger. She had a massive cut on her arm and torso, that was obviously the reason why her stance was allowing so many openings for the bear. Tatsumi kept observing, not wanting to involve himself with someone who's about to die. The bear kept attacking and the girl blocked every swipe of its paws, she was definitely trained quite well. 'This is indeed interesting' Tatsumi thought, he had never seen a human fight so hard for it's life before, then again the only humans he saw were the ones that tried to kill him and his family yet still, somehow the girl was intriguing.

The bear once again swiped at her, this time getting past her defence and successfully knocking her over, as she fell her grip on the broken dagger became weak until it fell out of her hand. The bear got down on all fours and trapped the girl between the ground and it's body, it's snarling face inching closer to her neck. Tatsumi had an odd feeling in his chest, was this guilt? He didn't know why but he felt really awful not doing anything it was as if his body was screaming GO! Tatsumi couldn't take it any more and decided to follow his instinct.

Within a matter of seconds Tatsumi pushed the bear off of the girl, standing over her to protect her.

"WHAT THE HELL YOU OVERGROWN LIZARD!? CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I WAS ABOUT TO KILL MY MEAL!?" The bear roared, his eyes flaring with uncontrolled anger.

"Ummm. Yeah I did see that but you know, my body just screamed to stop you so I kinda did what it told me" Replied Tatsumi in a low growl. "Also... don't call me an overgrown lizard! Do you wanna die!?" Roared Tatsumi.

"Okay smart ass. You are pissing me off. You may be bigger than me but no one and I mean NO ONE! Interrupts my meals." Growled the bear and with that it stood up on it's hind legs standing tall at 9'8 foot. Tatsumi himself was 10 foot.

Tatsumi inhaled and quickly exhaled, sending out a gush of fire roasting the bear. "Damned pipsqueak. Who does he think he's talking to." The bears corpse devoid of any fur now fell to the ground in a smoking mess. Tatsumi now turned towards the bleeding girl on the ground to see that she had passed out. 'Ugh. She better repay me for this later' Tatsumi grabbed the girl by her clothes and looked round, he spotted a cave and proceeded to walk towards it.

== 6 Hours Later ==

A groan was heard and Tatsumi turned his head towards it's source. The girl was waking up. Tatsumi had placed her on the smooth part of the cave, she leaned against her left arm and pushed herself into a sitting position, she rubbed her eyes with her right hand trying to adjust to the dark. A few minutes of silence followed afterwards. Tatsumi didn't utter a word.

"I know you're there. I can sense your presence." The girl spoke, a confident voice echoing off of the walls. It had no fear behind it and sounded almost eager to do something.

"I wasn't trying to hide my presence" Tatsumi replied in a prideful tone. The girl turned towards the origin of the voice and noticed two large crimson reptilian eyes staring at her, she shuffled a bit under the gaze.

"Okay... then what are your intentions" the girl asked, carefully picking her words.

"I've got no intentions. It's quite rude accusing someone who just saved your life" replied Tatsumi in a scolding tone.

"Saved my life? You did? Don't be ridiculous, I didn't need saving. I was fine on my own" The girl stated, irritated by the creatures last reply. "Also, isn't it rude talking to someone when they can't see you?"

"That is true, forgive my insolence." With a puff Tatsumi released a breath of fire, lighting up some of the wood that he had earlier collected. "Better?" Tatsumi mused. The girl now being able to see perfectly witnessed a magnificent sight. A dragon. With beautiful black scales was in front of her lying down on all fours, the fire the only thing separating the two

"Yes. It's... better I guess." She said.

"Oooh, afraid are we? Don't worry, I don't bite. Much." amused Tatsumi smiled showing off his white teeth. "Now then, won't you tell me your name Miss 'I don't need saving'"

"Why should I tell you... you're just a stranger... a dragon... which can talk..." The girl replied slowly.

Tatsumi shrugged. "Oh well, cant force you. For your information my name is Tatsumi"

"Uhuh, that's nice. Now if you don't mind me... I'm going to leave" The girl stood up and began walking towards the exit. Tatsumi's tail suddenly blocked her path, the girl looked back and asked "What."

"You're not going anywhere. I just wasted some of my energy saving your life. The least you could do is thank me." Tatsumi stated with authority.

"Oh thank you great dragon." The girl replied sarcastically. Tatsumi's eye twitched. He leaned forward bringing his head close to the girl.

"Now listen here little girl. I do not like ungrateful, immature kids. You are really starting to annoy me" He said, venom lacing his voice.

"I don't have to be grateful to you. Also I'm not a little girl. I am 15 years old. You stupid lizard" The girl said back with the same amount of venom lacing her every words.

Tatsumi began to lose his patience. He had a pissed off look on his face and he seriously wanted to kill this girl, right here, right now. But something in his mind told him otherwise. "Fine, go. See if I care." With that, he removed his tail from the girls path and let her pass. She walked out not giving him a second glance. A few minutes passed until his sensitive ears caught the sound of a thud. He sighed and got up, he walked outside and noticed a bit further away a lump of blue. "This damn kid"

Tatsumi arrived at the lump and picked it up gently with his tail, he looked at the girl and saw that the whole of her face was red and that the bandages which were made from that bears skin were falling off of the girl. He sighed once more and picked her up then made his way back to the cave. When he arrived at the cave, he lay her down on the smooth stones once more and made his way back out again. After a few minutes he came back with a rare Snow Evil Bird. He put it on the ground and blew fire over it, just enough to cook it. He then went back to his previous spot and lay down.

2 hours later the girl once again woke up, in the same spot she woke up the first time. "Did you have fun outside?" Tatsumi asked sarcastically. She just glared at him in response. "Hmmm, I guess you didn't. Now then, stop being arrogant and childish, you have serious injuries and opening them up again will lead to a lot of blood loss. You can leave this cave once you have healed, in the mean time... have some cooked evil bird!" Tatsumi said, grinning like an idiot.

The girl stared at the evil bird in front of her and her stomach growled, you could see a faint blush beginning to appear on her face. "Fine. I'll stay BUT only until my wounds are healed." She reached out and ripped off the leg of the evil bird and began to chomp it down.

"Is it nice? Miss 'I don't need saving'" Tatsumi asked with a chuckle at the end.

The evil bird leg was now nothing more than just a clean bone, not a scrap of meat left. The girl looked at the bone and then at the dragon in front of her. "Esdeath" she said.

"What?" Tatsumi stupidly asked, being caught off guard with the sudden word.

"It's my name. Esdeath" She repeated. She stared right into the dragon's eyes before lying down on the ground. "I'm going to sleep. Night. And just a heads up, if you try anything I won't hesitate in attacking you, I may have not done anything because of the hospitality you've shown me and because I'm injured but if you move. I'll rip your eyes out." And with that she went quiet.

"Yes yes, whatever you say princess." Tatsumi sarcastically stated. With one final look at Esdeath he lay his head down and went off into a deep slumber.

== The Next Morning ==

Tatsumi woke up quite early in the morning, the sun had yet to come out. So with that in mind he got up and left the cave returning shortly with a bunch of sticks. Over the night, the fire had dissipated so he needed to get it going again. He put the sticks down and spat out one fire ball, instantly the campfire came back to life, bigger than ever.

Tatsumi turned to the left and looked at the sleeping figure of Esdeath. His curiosity got the better of him and he silently walked over, his head peering over to the other side of her body. The expression she wore on her face was peaceful, she almost looked cute, ALMOST. Tatsumi decided to lean in closer and observe her more, she smelled like vanilla and fresh ice. An unusual scent to say the least. But it was pleasant and very... comforting.

He leaned in closer but stopped an inch away from her face. Her eyes were open. Staring at him. Tatsumi quickly backed away with a surprised face.

"What were you doing." Asked Esdeath. She was glaring at him with a frown.

"I just got curious. So I decided to observe you" Tatsumi replied calmly, like he hadn't done anything wrong.

"And that is a reason to invade my personal space." She stated.

"Jeez, calm down. I didn't do anything, so you don't have to be so rude" Tatsumi said, he was obviously annoyed. "Eat the rest of the evil bird as your breakfast, I'm going out for a while"

Esdeath stared at Tatsumi for a bit before nodding, she then asked "Why? Where are you going?"

Tatsumi sighed before replying "I am a 10 foot dragon, I need food too. Also, I need to survey the area, just to see if any dangers are near" Esdeath yet again nodded, she then stood up and made her way over to the evil bird. Tatsumi went to the exit "Don't leave the cave" he took one last look at Esdeath before unveiling his wings and taking off.

== The Evening ==

Tatsumi had been gone for most of the day leaving Esdeath all by herself inside a large cave. The cooked evil bird carcass was nowhere to be found, only a pile of bones was left in it's stead. Esdeath was beyond bored, she did absolutely nothing all day and just like Tatsumi ordered: did not venture out of the cave.

"This is annoying. Why the hell am I being civil with a DRAGON of all things. Me, Esdeath, the second best hunter within my clan. Ugh, if only I wasn't injured. I'd kill him. Show him who's stronger." Esdeath muttered under her breath, while staring at the wall opposite her.

"Oh? Why don't you fight me then if you're so confident." Tatsumi's voice just suddenly came out of nowhere surprising the girl, she fell off the rock she was sitting on. She hadn't felt his presence at all.

"Do you think I'm stupid? Fight you. A 10 foot dragon. While I myself am only 5'6. I don't want to injure myself any more, thank you very much" Esdeath scowled at the dragon, then turned her head the other way in a 'hmph'.

"True... but you are quite tall for a girl your age and very tough too. Being able to survive out in this cold is an impressive feat. That reminds me, why are you out here in the first place?" Tatsumi's head leaned in, expecting an answer.

"... That is non of your concern, dragon." Esdeath rudely replied.

"Oh come on~ I saved your life, patched you up and fed you. The least you could do is tell me more about yourself, please?" Begged Tatsumi.

"I never knew... dragons could beg. Aren't you supposed to be overly prideful of yourself?" Esdeath inquired.

"Hmm... I of course, am prideful. But not that much actually. Pride could easily get you killed in a battle." Tatsumi casually replied back. "Anyway, you're changing the subject missy"

"Ugh, fine. I am actually from the Partas Clan, we were a special clan of hunters who hunted the many Danger Beasts in this region. My dad was the chief. The best hunter in the whole clan, while I was the second." Tatsumi lied down comfortably, listening more to the story. "But... my whole clan was killed off by the Northern Tribes... even my father. I am the sole survivor. This happened a year ago... since then, I have been hunting many Danger Beasts in this region to make myself more powerful. I need the power. I need to survive. I will become the strongest, because in this world. The strong live while the weak die." Esdeath had a far away look in her eyes, Tatsumi noticed and allowed a little bit of sympathy into his facial features.

'This girl... forced to undergo something like that at such a young age... she's the same as me.' Tatsumi tilted his head to look outside the cave. The moon was up and it was pitch black. "Must have been horrible to lose everything like that. Don't you want revenge?"

"Revenge? No. Revenge would be pointless. It's stupid too, I get my revenge and then what? My clan won't come back to life magically" Esdeath scoffed. She then brought her knees up to her chest and rested her chin on them. "What about you Tatsumi... why are you all alone?"

"Is it not normal for dragons to be alone?" Tatsumi joked, giving her a massive toothy grin.

"Normally it is... but you have this atmosphere around you... it's comforting and soothing. Also, you're too friendly and nice for a normal dragon." She stated. Tatsumi did a nervous laugh which just got Esdeath more curious.

"Well... It's kinda hard to explain. Not to mention long. I'll probably bore you." Tatsumi turned his head away from the girl and began staring at some rocks. "Why do you want to know anyway? You don't trust a dragon right? You hate me right? You want to kill me don't you?"

"True. But I've always wondered what life would be like for a Danger Beast. So tell me" Esdeath shuffled a few centimetres closer, to show him that she was interested.

"...Fine. But I must warn you it's not a pleasant story" Esdeath rolled her eyes.

"I'm fine with that. Pleasant is boring"

"Well... umm. I'll start with the basic knowledge about dragons then, just to make it more understandable. Dragons actually age the same way humans do, however they mature quicker mentally and live longer. So by the age of three I was able to speak any language fluently, had great grammar and was able to breathe fire. Anyhoo, I'm not actually a full blown dragon."

"Wait what? How so? You look like a dragon to me." Esdeath said, surprised by this new information.

"I'm actually a hybrid, a werewolf and a dragon. Although that is genetically impossible, my parents were somehow able to do it. Weird, right? My father was the dragon, his name was Sekrit and he was the most annoying father ever... but he cared for me. My mother was the werewolf and her name was Alore, she was kind and sweet. Everything a mother should be." Tatsumi talked fondly of his family, as if he was remembering some good memories.

"Let me get this straight. You're a werewolf. And a dragon... how... how on earth..." It was unbelievable for Esdeath. Here, in front of her, a dragon was saying that he was also a werewolf.

"You don't believe me? How about this then." Suddenly dark flames began to surround Tatsumi, blinding Esdeath for a few seconds. When the light finally died down. In front of her, there was no longer a 10 foot black dragon. But now a 4 foot, jet black wolf with red highlight in his fur. His gem eyes were staring straight at her face. Esdeath was surprised, her mouth hung open.

She pointed a finger at Tatsumi and said "Yo-you're a-a-a wolf..." She suddenly shook her head and her once surprised expression was replaced with a neutral one.

"Well now, let's carry on with the story. One day while I was at the cave with my family, some human soldiers entered our territory. My father flew off to deal with them and me and my mother stayed behind to hide. My father must have killed most of them but some snuck past... my mother was killed... right before my eyes. Two gunshots. One through her chest and the other through the left side of her head, she was protecting me. To be honest I don't remember much after that... ahaha... but when I came to my senses my father was dead. I was left alone. But this happened a long time ago, five centuries I think?" Tatsumi put a paw to his chin, in deep thought... he was trying to mask his pain and sorrow.

Esdeath noticed this and something inside her changed. She felt sympathy for the dragon wolf. An emotion she would normally not have. This was indeed strange. She then suddenly realised something "Wait. Five centuries? So you're 503 years old? And this small?" It sounded like her voice was lazed with mock but Tatsumi ignored it.

"Technically yes. But I'm actually 12 years old." Tatsumi simply stated.

"Wait. How!?" Esdeath exclaimed. 'He must be lying. I bet he's just dwarf dragon.. midget.' She thought to herself.

"Oh, that... well before my father died he used the last of his powers to encase me in this crystal cocoon of sorts. And well, it slowed down my aging greatly. So now I'm 12 years old." Tatsumi was skipping out on some bits but he thought that she doesn't need to know the full truth.

"Huh... we're quite similar aren't we? All alone in this world, with no family or a place to call home." Esdeath was looking at her own feet as she spoke. "Wait a second..." She looked back up and into his eyes. "You're a werewolf right? So can't you... you know. Shape shift into a human?"

Tatsumi's eyes widened. "That's true but.."

"But?" Esdeath leaned in.

"My father said that there was a 50/50 chance of me either becoming a human... or a demon. I haven't tried it obviously. I only got out of that cocoon a couple of days ago." Tatsumi's expression became uneasy as he was in deep thought. 'I don't want to try. What's the point of being a human... also I don't really want to be a demon.'

"Why don't you try it now then? You may see no point in it but it might help you in the future"

"And why do you care about my future? Honestly, why are you being nice to me. You hated me a few hours ago." Tatsumi stated, his eyes showing distrust within them.

"We shared our life stories with each other. Got to know each other better and spent some time together. Not to mention you... saved my life. Also, you look less intimidating in your wolf form and you're easy to talk to. Am I not allowed to be nice?" Esdeath looked at him, tilting her head to the side.

'C-cute! Wait. Nononono. Nope. Tatsumi no. Don't think that. I'm not gonna get all buddy buddy with this human' Tatsumi shook his head to get rid of all the unnecessary thoughts, then looked back at Esdeath. "Whatever. I honestly don't care... I'll try it. But if I become a demon by any chance. Don't freak out"

"I won't. Nothing scares me" She simply stated.

Tatsumi closed his eyes and began to concentrate. He visualised a human in his head, one that would represent his personality completely. Esdeath stared at him, he had been sitting there with his eyes closed for almost 5 minutes. She sighed and began to get bored. But, abruptly dark flames began to cover his form once more, emitting a bright light. They died down instantly, revealing a 12 year old human boy with a lean form , black bushy hair that contained red highlights and heterochromatic eyes, the left gem yellow while the right ruby red.

Tatsumi opened his eyes and looked at his new body. "It... it actually worked!" He exclaimed happily. "Esdeath, look! It worked! I'm in a human form!" The young boy looked at the girl to find her blushing, his face grew confused as he asked her "What's wrong?"

Esdeath's face was as red as the morning sun. She looked down, then back up and finally after some time, spoke. "Umm... I know that dragons have scales to cover their skin... and wolves have fur... but... umm... humans don't have any of that stuff so... y-you're basically naked."

Tatsumi looked down at his body and found out that she was right. When he was a dragon he had his scales, when a wolf he had his fur. But now... he had nothing. A large blush appeared on the boy's cheeks and he instantly covered his private parts. "I'm sorry!" He yelled. Immediately black mist began to cover his body, once it dispersed, Tatsumi now worse clothes: A red t-shirt with black shorts and boots.

Esdeath looked at Tatsumi once more to see him fully dressed. "How... where did you get those?"

"Oh that? My dark matter made them. I inherited the power to control the darkness from my father" He stated simply, as if nothing was wrong.

"What? You just keep getting more and more weird..." Esdeath brought her head back on her knees as if contemplating something.

"That's fine by me" Tatsumi gave her a grin, showing off his white teeth. Esdeath looked at him for a few seconds then resumed her previous position. A small blush forming it's way onto her face. "Now then, I guess that we should get some sleep. It's already dark outside. I'll go survey the area quickly. You, rest."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." Esdeath replied. Tatsumi then quickly turned into his wolf form and ran out of the cave, into the dead of night. A couple of minutes went by and Esdeath decided to go over to her spot. Her nice, smooth. Stone. Spot. How lovely. Esdeath lied down, and began to think 'What's wrong with me? Why did I blush? No... do I find him attractive!? That DRAGON?! Esdeath no. . NO. Remember what father told you. The strong live and the weak die. But wait a second... didn't I say that his presence was soothing... OH FUCK! That's basically admitting that I'm weak! I can't find him soothing, hell no. I don't need comfort... but he's been so nice to me. And his human form IS cute... Stupid dragon... wolf... thing. Look what you made me do... I can't get you out of my mind now...' While Esdeath was in the middle of her crisis. Tatsumi had come back already, he was sat down on the opposite side of the campfire once again.

"You know, if you think so hard you'll become old quicker." Esdeath's eyes opened and glared at him. She then proceeded to turn on her side, away from the wolf. Tatsumi just rolled his eyes and put his head down on his paws. They both fell asleep within seconds.

Both Tatsumi and Esdeath had been asleep for a few hours. The fire had died down leaving only splinters. On this particular night, the north decided to act up a bit, starting a snow storm.

Esdeath may have lived here all of her life, adapting to the constant changes. But somehow, being further down north meant that the temperature would be colder. She began to feel it seep into her skin and unconsciously started shivering.

Tatsumi awoke to the sudden temperature drop, but it didn't faze him. After all he was part dragon and had fur all over his body. His attention got drawn to the blue haired girl, shivering in her so proclaimed 'spot'.

Tatsumi sighed, and got up. He walked over the now died out fire, and was a few inches away from the sleeping girl. 'Ughhhh, why am I doing this to myself. Curse her. She's annoying, and horrible, and stubborn... yet she makes my heart go crazy. It's already hard enough trying to hide the blush! I just thank the five demons that I have my cool and calm personality. Otherwise I'd be a wreck. I don't even know what this feeling is... mother never told me much about such emotions. But, I do know that she makes me... kinda happy and that I feel sorry for her. I'm a failure as a Danger Beast.'

Tatsumi inhaled a shaky breath, then went closer to Esdeath. He lied down right next to her, enveloping her with his body. He put his head above hers on the ground and wrapped his tail around her sleeping form, his tail was like a huge blanket. Covering most of her up.

After a few seconds of total silence, she stopped shivering and brought her face up to the wolf's neck, nuzzling it. She let out a content sigh and continued dreaming on.

Tatsumi was embarrassed. His heart rate increasing rapidly and a huge blush forming on his face. 'Good thing she's asleep. She won't have to see me like this' Tatsumi glanced at the face of Esdeath, her eyes closed and mouth partly open, a small hue of red dusted her cheeks and nose. She looked absolutely adorable. 'How can someone this mean and cold be so damn cute...' Tatsumi then smiled and closed his eyes. Once again falling deep into his slumber.

== Morning ==

Esdeath woke up feeling unusually warm, she ignored the oddness of it and nuzzled into it. Once she did that, the warmness began to stir then suddenly wrapped itself more around her. 'Okay. When I went to sleep there was nothing around me.' She turned her head upwards by a tiny bit. She froze. Her mouth wide open and hanging low. 'He...he's cuddling me!?'

Esdeath began moving, trying to get out of the wolf's tight and fluffy grip. All the movement caused Tatsumi to wake up, he shook his head a bit and then looked down. "Oh. Good morning Esdeath"

"Don't say that so casually while hogging me!" Tatsumi's face contorted into confusion, he looked around his surroundings and then brought his head back to look at Esdeath's face. The once tired look he had in his eyes vanished and a surprised and shocked one replaced it.

"I'm sorry!" He jumped up and away into the other side of the cave, bumping his head against the back of the wall. "Ow..." He rubbed the sore spot at the back of his head, pouting as he did so.

A few minutes of silence went by before Esdeath decided to break the awkward atmosphere. "So. Mind explaining why I woke up to you hugging me?"

Tatsumi shifted uncomfortably, scratched the side of his head with his paw and then sighed. "You were shivering...so I thought I would warm you up... you know. Because of my fur"

A pink hue dusted Esdeath's cheeks, she then abruptly turned her head to the side. To hide her embarrassment. "Hmmm I see now. Okay. I've decided."

"Decided what?" Esdeath brought her head back and pointed a finger at Tatsumi.

"I'll stay with you until my injuries heal. You're not that bad. But... I have a request"

Tatsumi quirked his eyebrow and asked "Which is?" Esdeath grinned.

"You have to be in your human form until then. You can transform when you need to patrol or get food but otherwise, you have to be human." Tatsumi grew confused. Nodded his head and transformed into his human self.

'I guess I can stay here for a few weeks but afterwards I'll need to leave' He thought to himself. Tatsumi sat down on a nearby rock and proceeded to ask. "Why human by the way?"

"It's much easier to talk to you this way" Esdeath right out bluffed. 'He doesn't need to know that I think he's cute... ugh... I can't believe I just accepted the fact that I may have a crush on a dragon.' And so, Esdeath's and Tatsumi's time together began.

== 4 Weeks Later ==

Tatsumi came back into the cave, dragging two Evil Bird corpses behind him. "Esdeath~ Can you get the fire started?" He yelled, hoping that the other occupant could hear him.

"You're the fire breathing lizard here. But sure" Esdeath got up from the rock she was sitting on and trotted down towards their fire place. Blowing on it a bit before hitting two stones against each other creating sparks.

Over the course of four weeks the two of them grew quite close. They learned to depend on each other more and began to trust one another. Esdeath no longer was suspicious or mean towards Tatsumi. She actually had a massive crush on the hybrid, not like he would ever know though. Esdeath's injuries had completely healed by now and she was as healthy as could be.

After the Danger Beast's were cooked and eaten, both Esdeath and Tatsumi sat side by side in front of the fire, watching the embers bloom to life and then die out.

"You know Esdeath... it was actually quite fun spending time with you. I normally thought that humans were cruel selfish creatures, but I guess that I was mistaken" Tatsumi turned to look at her face and grinned, showing his teeth.

"All humans are selfish but some do a better job of keeping those selfish desires hidden and under control... but it was fun for me too. I never knew dragons were this kind" Esdeath chuckled as she looked on at the fire before her. Tatsumi let out a content sigh then stood up, went behind a boulder and grabbed something covered in a cloth. He came back and set back down next to Esdeath. He poked her and she looked at him, giving him a confused look. "What is it Tatsumi?"

"Well, since I'll be leaving soon. I thought that I might give you a parting gift" Tatsumi slowly unwrapped the cloth and showed Esdeath what it held within it. It was a black rapier, with light blue swirls on the hilt and the blade itself. Esdeath was surprised, she sat still staring at the beautiful sword. "Your dagger was broken so I wanted to give you something new instead. I remembered you saying that you preferred rapiers out of all sword types... so... here" Tatsumi passed the sword into Esdeath's hands, she accepted it gladly.

"Tatsumi... thank you" Esdeath clutched the sword and hugged it, acting like it was the most precious thing in the world.

"No worries" Tatsumi smiled while looking at the happiness swirling in Esdeath's eyes. "I just wanted to give you it as a sign of our friendship and so you can protect yourself" Esdeath put the rapier down on the ground next to her.

"No really, thank you for everything. If you don't mind. I'd like to give you something too" She slowly breathed in and then out, preparing herself.

"Sure, what is-" With the speed of light, she pushed her lips against his. Knocking both of them down in the process, with Esdeath being on top. Tatsumi didn't move, being too surprised to do so. But slowly over time, he closed his eyes and began to kiss back. Esdeath noticed This and decided to go further, slipping her tongue into the mixture. Thirty seconds went by but for the two of them, it felt an eternity. Esdeath moved back, a string of saliva still connected to both their lips. "I... umm... Es-esdeath?"

"Yes Tatsumi?" Esdeath cocked her head to the side, making her look undeniably cute.

"Wh-why did you... do that?" Tatsumi's face was beet red, there was smoke coming out of his ears.

'He really does look cute when he's blushing' Esdeath smiled at him, before moving her hand to stroke his cheek. "Because I like you. Was it wrong of me to do that?"

Tatsumi shook his head before looking down, still embarrassed. "But I'm a danger beast..."

Esdeath rolled her eyes. Cupping both of his cheeks with her hands she brought his face closer to hers, she looked into his yellow and red eyes before saying "I could care less that you're a danger beast. I like you. Love you even. So what if you're a dragon wolf, you can turn yourself into a human right? So what's the problem... unless... you don't like me" She glared at him and squished his face harder.

"Nonono, I like you! I like you! I really do... I don't really care that I'm a danger beast either" Tatsumi averted his gaze from her and looked at some pebbles on the ground. 'For some reason... being this close to her is making me feel weird' Tatsumi shook himself out of her grip and stood up. "I like you okay? The feelings are mutual. No need to worry. But I really have to be off now"

Esdeath stood up with him, dusting her clothes off. "I know, I know. Be safe okay? I'll definitely meet you again in the future. So you better stay the same okay?" Tatsumi grinned, he hugged Esdeath which her blush like crazy. 'I still can't control myself when he is the one giving me affection... pathetic aren't I?'

"Ofcourse I'll stay the same. But you, you better get stronger. So I can fight you one day, kay?" Esdeath nodded, he slowly let go of his embrace and turned to leave the cave. "I'll meet you again one day for sure, Esdeath" Purple flames surrounded Tatsumi, what came out was a black dragon. He took off with a flap of his wings, flying towards a village inhabited by danger beasts. A village where he could hopefully train and learn more about this world... and the danger threatening it.

Esdeath watched him fly off into the distance, a hand clutched to her chest she spoke to herself. "And when we meet again... you will be mine..."

Unknown to Tatsumi or Esdeath or any soul inhabiting their world. Many universes away, a bright white cocoon was floating round in outer space. It had been silent for many millenniums, until now. A lone heart beat could be heard, faint and slow. Within it, a demon of pure destruction lay asleep... but not for long.

Gelion was about to awaken.


I hope this long ass chapter made up for the time I hadn't uploaded.

Review and favourite also criticism is welcomed. I always need ways of making the story more enjoyable, if you have any ideas pm me.

Now then, until next time folks!