"Hey Reiji, do you have any idea where we are?" Rokkaku asked Reiji.
"Uh……………No!" Reiji answered.
"What the hell, Reiji! Can't you even focus your damn mind for once, Miss Maiko is kidnapped, and Rikyu is now a dark and dangerous place, and you can't even remember were we are!" Daisuke fumed at him.
"You're just yelling at me because you just miss Maiko!" Reiji fumed back.
"Oh! I miss Maiko and that is the reason why I'm yelling at you? Well you're wrong, I'm yelling at you because you're a…"
"Will you two shut your pie holes for one second!" Rokkaku said to the two bickering friends. Reiji and Daisuke stopped arguing, but they still looked at each other with contempt.
"Now Reiji," Rokkaku continued. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"
"I'm just confused; I really don't know were Maiko was taken to."
"Why don't you ask for directions then, numb nuts?" Daisuke asked Reiji.
"Yeah maybe you should ask, Reiji we have been flying for weeks and thunderbolt looks like he needs some rest." Rokkaku now clamed down told Reiji.
"Ok then. Next town we see, we will rest at." Reiji announced to his companions.
They stopped at a small town in the middle of nowhere. They looked at the ruined buildings and at the people begging in the streets. Everyone, except for one adult, looked to be around eight and fourteen, they all hid with their dragon companions, all except a few. Reiji looked at the few brave children who haven't fled like the others. They looked like they haven't eaten well in months. The sound of crying could be heard around the entire village. Reiji walked up to the nearest child. It was a girl around the age of eleven, her dragon companion then growled out of concern for its life partner. Reiji then asked,
"Do you know were we can find an inn around here?"
The little girl then pointed to a fairly large building, the windows of the inn were boarded up and the door was hanging off of a single hinge. The girl then ran and hid behind the only adult. He was a man looked to be in his mid twenties, and unlike everyone in the gloomy village he didn't have a dragon.
"You can stay as long as you won't harm any of the children." He said. Then the man turned and walked towards one of the buildings, the little followed closely behind. A teenage boy walked up to Reiji and said,
"Don't mind him, he's been like that ever since everyone's parents and his dragon turned to stone. By the way my name is Dennis." Dennis told him.
"Why did everyone except for the children and that man turn to stone?" Reiji asked.
"A few days ago a black dragon flew over our village, he was carrying a girl in his claws, anyway when he landed in the forest a castle grew from the ground and after that a scary voice said that every adult will have their life force taken from them, and then these little balls of light flew toward the castle. When we checked on our parents they were turned to stone. Now when a person in this village hits adulthood a ball of light flies towards the castle and the person is now nothing but stone." Dennis answered.
As soon as the teenage boy finished this story, a cry rang out from the very house the man and the little girl lived. Reiji, and his Friends ran inside the house. They found the little girl crying beside the man, who was no turned to stone. A little ball of light left the man and flew towards a large castle. With tears in his eyes Reiji ran out of the house.
"YOU BASTERED! YOU DAMN BASTERED, FIRST YOU ATTACK ME AND KIDNAP MY BEST FRIEND DESTROY AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD, AND NOW YOU STEAL PEOPLES LIVES AND CAUSE GREIF AND MISERY FOR EVERY DAMN PERSON IN RIKYU. YOU WILL PAY YOU HEAR ME, PAY!" Reiji yelled.
"Uh…. Reiji you're starting to freak me out a bit." Daisuke said to Reiji.
Chibi then turned into his attack form. Reiji took his place on his dragons head. He held on while Chibi rushed towards the castle.
"Shouldn't we stop him?" Daisuke asked Rokkaku.
"No! Something tells me that Reiji and Chibi should fight this battle alone." Rokkaku answered Daisuke.
"Let's just pray that he will win." Rokkaku finished.
They watched their friend fly off to the castle, and then they walked into the inn and slept.
To be continued in Chapter three.