Hello, everyone ^.^ So, as I'm sure you've noticed this is my first fanfiction. Right now I'm just trying to get
the hang out of it all. So, my chapters will be random in length for now. Wherever my ideas lead me with it,
but, I do plan on continuing and completing this story, so no worries. Thank you all whose reading.
^^ Reviews are welcome.
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Chapter Two: It Begins
The escorts left, exactly as Sasuke ordered. If he was going to do this, he definitely didn't need to be babysitting children during. No matter how much faith the King held in them.
Now, all they were needed for was to assure his Highness that he had arrived at the castle. Sasuke would take care of the rest, and be home soon enough to present the proof of his accomplished quest himself.
With a flick of his heels, the man urged his steed, Hebi, on towards their destination. Further passed the broad gates and deeper into the beast's lair.
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It was clear the castle was abandoned. Home only to one now.
A deep, ominous sound rumbled down and echoed off the walls of the empty corridors. Sending Hebi into a few spurs and kicks before settling once again.
Well, home to two.
The walls, aged and already beginning to crumble, were all blackened with soot. A reminder of whose castle this was now, who ruled. And the scorched, scattered pieces of armor that laid astray on the granite floors, served to illustrate what happened when that rule was challenged.
Sasuke had heard all of the horror tales. Stories of man after man, warriors, hunters, knights, and princes alike, all meeting their end at the dragon's claws. Burned by either the heat of it's breath, or the fire in it's gaze. Some even went as far to say it was hell's flames themselves that danced in it's orbs.
But, Sasuke Uchiha, had his own cursed eyes.
And as he grew closer to the maleficent presence that all but hung like poison in the air, his eyes missed nothing. Piles of ash that still glowed with hot embers, cracked tiles beneath his horse's hooves, from where a much greater weight had stood. Yes, he was definitely drawing near to the creature.
As another roar sounded, much louder than the first, Sasuke dismounted. With one hand already perched at his hip, fingers itching to unsheathe his blade, the man ran a comforting stroke down Hebi's snout with the other, before turning to continue his mission on foot.
His skin grew damp beneath his armor, a blistering heat growing in degree the further he ventured on. With smoke heavy in the air, he pulled the collar to his chain-mail high, over his mouth, but kept his gaze unwavering as the long corridor began to open out into what looked to have once been a grand ballroom. But, now. Flames licked against the walls, painted across the wide range in scattered fires, illuminating the room with a dim glow and bringing into sight the bright, reptilian eyes that observed the man from the shadows.