Legend of the Chezamon
Chapter 7- Chaotic flight
"KAZEHANA! PUT ME DOWN!"
Kazehana smirked when the red-furred human's screams reached his ears; really, he wasn't used to flying at such great heights. Kaz gripped fearfully to the winged Chezamon's feathers, fearing to slip off and fall into the forest below them. He had always had Acrophobia, but he didn't even remember why in the first place. All he knew was that he was having roasted Chezamon for dinner!
Kazehana, meanwhile, felt great amounts of fear emanating from Kaz. Really, he was less daring than the rest of the human Pack. Tom and Sarah had enjoyed every second; they had even extended their arms in the air, not minding to get a hold of his feathers. Peyton had been very uneasy at first, but eventually, he had come to love the sky as well. Kazdan, however, had insisted on taking his turn before Luna, in case it was 'too dangerous' for her. Apparently, Kaz was starting to regret it.
Far below them, Tom, Luna, Kaz and Peyton were siting at the edge of the mountain cliff, attempting to spot Kazehana and Kaz, but Kazehana's silver feathers were a great camouflage- especially in cloudy days like this- and they were having a hard time finding the Chezamon. Rocket and Shaoran were resting a few steps away from them, trying to spot Kazehana as well. However, due to their more developed vision, they had no problem at all.
"Man, I wonder how Kazzy is doing up there," Peyton snickered as he took a bar of chocolate from his pocket and gave it a bite.
"What do you think? He is at least 100 meters above us; he must be terrified! Besides, remember he doesn't like heights!" Luna replied, rolling her eyes.
Sarah smirked, "Too bad my turn is over,"
"At least we have a scan of Kazehana," Tom commented, "I can't wait to ride the skies just like him!"
"I wonder what kind of attacks he uses,"
Peyton was startled when he felt hot air on the back of his neck, and he twirled around to see Rocket's face uncomfortably too close to him.
"uh, Rockie… No offense, but your breath is melting my chocolate,"
Rocket perked his ears up in curiosity, "Chocotate?"
"ChocoLate!" Tom corrected
Luna turned to look at the blue-furred beast, "don't you know what chocolate is?"
"Luna, if we DID know what chocolate is, we wouldn't be asking," Shaoran rolled his eyes; apparently humans had not a sharp intuition.
"Chocolate is the sweetest, coolest, most delicious candy ever made in the history of sweets!" Peyton proclaimed, his voice obviously filled with pride, "here, try some,"
Rocket stepped back when Peyton cut a piece from his chocolate and extended it to him. He sniffed the food curiously before taking it into his mouth... and swallowed. Suddenly, everything about him became a blur, and Rocket felt as if he had tasted Paradise itself. A smile drew on his face as his pupils dilated and his ears drooped. He didn't notice Peyton trying to make him react.
"Hello? Anyone in there? Rockie?"
"It seems that he entered some sort of trance," Shaoran pointed out as he passed his paws in front of his fellow Hunter's eyes swiftly, with no response.
"Well, Chocolate kills dogs in Earth," Tom commented before Sarah covered his mouth in horror
Shaoran's eyes went open wide, "WHAT? YOU POISONED HIM?"
"No, no, no! I mean, you are not dogs, so I don't think chocolate can kill you!"
"But it sure can drug you like my uncle Mario when he overdrinks," Peyton commented as he started pecking Rocket's nose, again with no response.
A loud cry called everyone's attention as Kazehana started to descend from the sky and landed on the cliff, a few steps away from Tom and his friends. Kaz was completely frozen in terror, his fingers dug into Kazehana's feathers and a terrified look on his face. After a while, he rolled off
Kazehana's back into the cold rock floor, met by a sharp pain in his back, which immediately brought him back from his frozen state.
"OUCH!" Kaz yelped as he sat down and rubbed his back, "thanks for crouching, Kazehana!"
"Sorry, but I didn't expect you just to paralyze like that,"
Luna walked closer, "it's my turn!
"Oh, no! It's too dangerous up there!" Kaz almost immediately stood up, "I don't think you should go up there, and less with HIM!"
"Don't be like that, he went easy on you!" Rocket added
"EASY ON ME? How can you say that when he almost made me fall twice?"
"At least he didn't make his acrobatics with you on his back," Shaoran muttered under his breath, "THAT would have been funny to watch,"
Kazehana pretended that Kaz's comment had offended him, "oh, come on! I'd never terrify your little sister like I terrified you! She's a pup!"
Luna ignored her brother's warning and climbed into Kazehana's back – in her case, Kazehana had to crouch, since she was too short to climb into his back while on his feet – and gripped on his feathers, getting ready for what was to come. Kazehana turned back to see if she was comfortable.
"Are you ready for this?"
Luna grinned, "You can bet,"
"Hold on tight! I can get a little rough without noticing!"
Out of sudden, Kazehana dashed towards the sky, almost making the four grounded humans fall backwards due to the breeze of his wings, Shaoran had to stand behind Kaz since he had the feeling that scrawny human would get blown by the wind. Indeed, Kaz almost went flying backwards and Shaoran's large body prevented him from falling. After recovering from the blow, Kaz looked up to see Kazehana just as a tiny spot, high above them.
Meanwhile, Luna was absolutely sure this was the best moment of her life. After watching so many movies about people who flew on dragons, brooms and other things, she finally knew how it felt. The wind in her face, the landscapes that lied far below, the absolute feeling of freedom… she wished she could grow wings, like Kazehana, to soar above everyone, everything else, even above the clouds. Kazehana felt excitement and joy emanating strongly in her aura, as if she was the one flying and not him. He had not expected this reaction from her, at all; he had half-expected her to be screaming in terror, but she was laughing instead. He decided that this human was either very courageous, or she simply didn't mind about the height.
Luna looked down from Kazehana's back, and could see all of Mist Forest- and perhaps the entire Forest of Life, or maybe even all of Perim if they were higher- far, far below them; even the silver Cliffs looked tiny. Out of nowhere, a feeling of adrenaline rushed through her veins, and her mind closed to the voice of reason. Without thinking it twice… Luna jumped from Kazehana's back into the forest below. She didn't care if she crashed into a rock or something; a smile drew on her face as laughs came from her mouth.
Kazehana was alarmed when he no longer felt Luna's weight on his back, and when he turned, his confusion turned into horror as he no longer saw Luna on his back. He looked down frantically, and saw Luna falling down into the abyss.
"LUNA!" he cried in horror as he dived right after her, wrapping his wings around his body to go faster., fearing for the human's life.
Luna closed her eyes, feeling the wind in her face, she felt like an eagle diving down to snatch up her prey… but soon she felt more like the prey than the eagle. Kazehana dived below her and she landed right on his back, then the Sky Guard extended his wings and the force of the air lifted him once again. One sure the human was safe, Kazehana turned to look at her in shock.
"Luna, are you alright? What in the name of the Pack were you thinking?"
Luna came back from her trance, and found Kazehana's toxic green eyes staring sternly into her amber eyes. She gulped nervously, not knowing what to say, "I don't… know. Suddenly, I lost all touch with reality and I felt like I wanted… to fly,"
"Anyway, I'd better take you town," the winged Chezamon looked up," I hope no one saw that,"
Kazehana swooped down to meet with the rest of the humans, but as soon as he put a paw on the cliffs, Kaz ran next to him and started questioning Luna.
"LUNA, WHAT WAS THAT? WHY DID YOU DO THAT? YOU COULD HAVE DIED! I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE LET YOU GO UP THERE IN THER FIRST PLACE-!"
Before Kaz could continue with his hysteria, however, Shaoran quietly but clearly annoyed walked next to the human and picked him up by the collar of his shirt before taking him away.
"Shaoran, what are you doing? Put me down!" Kaz was crying out, but it fell on deaf ears.
Peyton scratched his head, "What's Shaory doing?"
"When he's assigned to look after the pups, he separates bickering pups like that, " Rocket explained, amused at Kaz's attempts to get free of Shaoran's fangs.
"Oh, no! I just remembered I have a match against Stinger right now!" Sarah suddenly jerked out and smacked her forehead.
"Who's stinger?" Kazehana inquired as he rested to let Luna climb off his back-
"A Danian player in Chaotic,"
"What's Chaotic?"
"Kaze, we'd gladly explain you what Chaotic is, but it would take hours," Tom replied while taking out his scanner, "see you later, then,"
Kazehana was baffled when the pack of humans –Kaz included, much to Shaoran's dismay- suddenly disappeared in what seemed to be some kind of energy.
"What… was… that…?" the winged-Chezamon asked out loud quietly as he stared the spots the humans were standing a few seconds ago
"Those humans can disappear by using their devices… I mean, Scanners," Rocket corrected himself, blushing slightly.
"You know, I think we should tell Hukaro about that detail," Shaoran suggested, just to receive a growl in reply
"Are you nuts? If Hukaro finds out we're friends with them, let alone we brought them here, he'll have our heads!
"Don't remind me!"
Kazehana shook his head in annoyance and headed for the cave he had chosen as his nest; after all, carrying five humans on your back was very tiring. Meanwhile, Rocket looked down form the cliff, and quickly realized something.
"Hey, Shaoran… how are we going down?"
XOXOXOXO
Tom, Kaz, Peyton and Luna sat in their usual table, watching as Sarah and Stinger were choosing the Creatures they would use in the match.
"Do you think Sarah will use Kazehana in this match?" Tom inquired
Kaz nodded, "Stinger might use Vollash, so I think she should be wary and put Kazehana in her deck,"
"Guys, I think we shouldn't use the Chezamon scans so often," Luna spoke, "The rest of the players might try to go to Mist Forest to try and scan Chezamon for themselves,"
"I'm with Luna on that one, dude," Peyton added, taking a sip from his soda.
Meanwhile, Sarah was as the others expected: she was wondering if she should use Kazehana in her deck.
"If I use Kazehana, the rest of the players will come after me, begging me to trade Kazehana," Sarah thought, doubtful, "But I have the feeling Stinger might use Vollash, I can't beat that flying Mandiblor with a ground Danian. Besides, as everyone says, you have to fight flight with flight,"
Sarah smirked as she put Kazehana's scan on her deck, right next to Wamma. Suddenly, the voice of the Codemaster spoke up.
"Players, lock your decks,"
Stinger and Sarah locked their decks, and their Creatures were revealed to the other:
Chaotikween.
Front row:
Jerome, Wamma, Faash.
Middle row:
Kazehana, Skartalas
Rear Row:
Lore
Stinger
Front row:
Ekuud, Odu-Bathax, Junda
Middle row:
Vollash, Mallash
Rear row:
As Sarah expected, Stinger would use his Vollash, although the player seemed to notice her new scan.
"hey, I've never seen one of those… I'm surprised you finally get a non-Danian scan,"
Sarah huffed, offended, "it' Kazehana, that's all I will tell you,"
"Whatever, or whoever, he is, he'll turn into a roasted chicken after I'm done!"
Stinger spun the location randomizer, and after a few seconds, it stopped on a location which was very familiar to both Danian players.
"the first location: Oipoint's lookout,"
Stinger thought for a moment, thinking if he should attack Chaotikween's new Creature; after all, it seemed to be very strong if it was the first time he ever saw someone had managed to scan it. What was it's name again?... it seemed to be a flying Creature, so he decided to do it the old way…
"Vollash attacks Kazehana!"