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Disclaimer: I OWN FRUITS BASKET AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS CHAPTER! Psyche.
Warning: There will be extreme stupidness, violence, and other stuff.
When the Knight met his Squire
Frodo and Legolas walked up to the gang to of course get yelled at by Kyo.
"Took you guys long enough damn it! We don't have the time for dilly dallying!"
Frodo replied, "...woah...chill..." while Legolas was laughing and saying, "DILLY DALLYING?! BWAH HA HA HA! WHO SAYS THAT ANYMORE?!"
Everyone else laughed too until Kyo shouted at them to shut up. Kyo then ordered everyone to stand in a line, side by side, and he would at least try to give them a serious talk. "Now before I start, make sure you all raise your hands if you want to speak...GOT THAT?!"
Everyone nodded.
"Okay, well we're on a rescue and save people mission...so this must be taken seriously! Now, we're fighting dragons...has anyone fought one before?"
Everyone blinked, Manabe scratched his head, and Momiji started licking a lollypop that came out of nowhere. Kyo sighed; suddenly Legolas raised his hand and began to speak.
"Well, I've uhh...chased one away."
Kyo was glad to hear this; it made him feel like there was a slight chance this could work.
"Good! What did...Frodo...why are you laughing?" Kyo asked when he noticed the troll DYING laughing.
"Sir Kyo! You don't know the whole story to it! The dragon was asleep near our village so Legolas spit in the dragon's eye and woke him up. Then he grabbed doo-doo from a plate he brought with him and started flinging it! It was hilarious! The dragon flew away, gagging!"
Again, everyone laughed at this except for Kyo. He chose to ignore the laughing and spoke over it, quieting everyone else down.
"Now I'm not an expert at defeating dragons, that's for sure, but I killed one that was inside the castle. This book in my hand says how to kill a dragon. It says you must remove the head, or destroy the brain. I didn't kill it that way because I suppose it was a heat of the moment kind of thing but...I think if we work together, we can defeat the bastards!" Kyo now had his fists up in the air with a look of determination in his eyes.
He then continued, "To kill a dragon you cannot be afraid of them, they'll know if you are. Also, I have armor and random weapons to fight with...REAL WEAPONS...as in, don't play around cause you'll poke an eye out!" Kyo started passing the armor out. He let each person come up and choose the weapon they wanted.
Manabe took a sword, Pip took bow and arrows, Frodo and Legolas both took maises, Momiji already had his own sword as did Kyo, Steve took a pair of boots with spikes covering them, and Charlie the Unicorn unfortunately wasn't able to get a weapon considering he has no hands.
"This won't stop me from kicking those fricken dragons' butts!" Charlie yelled to no one in particular.
Kyo started to speak again, "Now remember we all must help each other or else we'll be dragon food."
And with that said, the trip toward the Dragon's Castle had begun.
' The annoying trip...' Kyo thought as he looked back at the group of people and trolls. He looked back forward and sighed; yes it was going to be annoying but it would be worth it once they arrived at the castle. Stanley the Horse walked beside Charlie the Unicorn, which meant he wouldn't stop talking to Kyo.
" How are we going to fight those fricken dragons anyways?!"
Kyo sighed; this was the fifth time the unicorn asked this.
" I don't know. However you think you can defeat them."
"You mean I can stab them with my horn?"
"If it helps to kill them..."
The conversation with the unicorn ended but Kyo was sure that it would soon ask another question related to "those fricken dragons". Now that Kyo wasn't being bothered by anyone he could finally think about things. He could think about all the people who had been betrayed by that damn Akito. He could think about how hard this really was going to be...saving all those people. And speaking of people to think about,
He could think about Tohru. He could think about saving her. He could think about the fact she's in danger. He could think about the fact that Tohru is certainly not a girl who likes to fight, or could even put up a fight. Actually, Kyo decided to stop thinking about Tohru...he would just get even more pissed and worried. Instead,
He stopped thinking about anything because the more he thought about what he was going to face soon the more he got scared. The rest of the journey Kyo barely spoke.
Hours had went by and it was early morning. The group had only stopped once in the night to rest a little; well, everyone except for Kyo. He certainly wasn't going to sleep until he defeated those dragons and saved Tohru.
Once everyone awoke the group continued heading toward the castle full of dragons. Of course the walk was quite entertaining for everyone. I mean, Manabe couldn't stop talking, singing, and dancing; he did anything to make his buddies laugh.
Momiji cheered as Manabe started singing a song that had just popped into his head,
" Throw it away! Forget yesterday! We'll make the great escape! We won't hear a word they say, they don't know us anyway! Watch it burn, let it die, cause we are finally free, tonight!"
"Where do you think of such crazy songs, Manabe?!" Momiji asked while clapping.
Manabe just smiled as Frodo and Legolas kept asking him to sing songs about themselves. Steve, who had barely spoke the whole time said,
" Manabe...sing a song about shoes."
And so he did.
"Shoes.
Shoes.
Shoes.
Omg, Shoes.
Lets get some shoes.
Lets get some shoes.
Lets get some shoes.
Lets Party."
Steve smiled while everyone else blankly stared. So basically, everyone was enjoying each other's company, even Charlie the Unicorn joined the group instead of walking side by side with Kyo's horse.
The only person who seemed to notice that Kyo wasn't acting like Kyo was Pip. The normal Kyo would tell Manabe and Momiji and basically everyone else to shut up and yell but this whole time Kyo had been walking ahead and not saying a word.
As Kyo continued riding along the path toward his destination he felt someone pull on his leg and looked down to see Pip on his donkey, trying to get Kyo's attention.
"What do you want?"
Pip waited a minute before replying, " Sir Kyo, it looks like the sun is going to rise soon...it's been hours since the attack on the castle...do you think we be too late? Aye' am truly sorry to say such a thing but... we won't be there for a while still, right? "
Kyo waited a minute before saying anything. He looked behind him and saw that everyone else was talking so they wouldn't be listening to his conversation. He replied, "I hope we're not too late..."
Pip asked, " So does that mean we're not close?"
Kyo sighed, "Actually...we're almost there but..." He paused, not sure if he wanted to tell Pip what he wanted to say; in the end he decided to go for it,
" I don't think those guys are going to be able to fight any dragons. I mean this whole time they've been goofing off...and that guy Manabe...how the hell has he been having such a good damn time when he knew all of this shit was going to happen in the first place?!" Kyo started to get angry.
It was true, it had to be; Manabe had to have known all of this was going to happen. He had to have known because he could have escaped before it all happened...but he didn't.
Kyo stopped himself from getting more angry though because as much as Manabe screwed up...he also was going to help fight.
Pip answered, " Sir Kyo, I hope ye have some faith in us all. And Manabe, heh, the lad may seem a little coo-koo but...he can fight. Eye witnessed him before...some theif or somethin...tried to steal and Manabe certainly stopped the fool!"
Kyo said nothing.
Pip knew something was bothering him and he had a feeling he knew what it was. "Sir Kyo...those dragons have ye woman friend, don't they?"
"Yes..." Kyo quickly replied in frustration. Pip looked down; he didn't have anything else to say. To Pip's surprise Kyo began to speak again,
" If I don't get there and we don't stop those dragons... the best thing that ever happened to me could be..." He stopped and continued after a minute, "As much as I hate to say it I hope that damn Yuki didn't get fried because I'm sure he would help Tohru if he found her..."
Of course Kyo felt useless at the moment and it was something he hated to feel. He felt like shit; the fact he let Tohru go and the fact she was in the trouble all bothered him. And now he had a bunch a people (and trolls...and a unicorn) that seemed loyal to helping him but in reality, never really fought.
'Just hold on till I get there Tohru...' Kyo kept saying to himself as he grew closer to the castle.
It was early morning when Tohru awoke to the smell of blood the sound of screams. She opened her eyes to a huge room that looked like a type of dungeon. She looked around; some people were screaming about something, others were calming them down, and others were ignoring everything around them and apparently trying to get some rest.
No one was tied or chained up but by the looks of it, they were locked in the room. Tohru looked down at the ground trying to remember what happened the night before, 'The dragon that took me put me here! I must be at their castle!' Just the thought of being in a castle filled with dragons made Tohru feel dizzy.
"Hey, Tohru! You finally woke up! Oh I'm so glad to see you're alive!"
Tohru heard this while someone grabbed and hugged her as tight as they could; she realized who it was and became relieved.
"Uo! I'm so glad to see you!" Tohru replied as tears were falling down her cheeks.
"Me too!" Uo replied, also letting tears fall down her face. She continued, "I thought I would never see you again! I thought I'd never see anyone again once that dragon got me!" The two stopped hugging and began to look each other up and down.
Tohru looked at Uo's arms, they had scratches on it which meant she obviously put up a fight. She also had a head injury apparently because the red blood in the back of her head was easily spotted in her golden blonde hair. To Tohru, for once, Uo didn't look like the tough, bad, and confident Uo that she had always looked like. She looked as terrified as everyone else in the room did.
Uo smiled at Tohru and said, "I'm glad that they didn't hurt you at all Tohru."
At this, Tohru looked down to see that her beautiful dress was dirty and a little torn and her arms and legs were fine. Apparently, the dragon that took Tohru was a little nicer than the one that took Uo. (Or not.)
Tohru looked down at her finger and realized she was still wearing the ring Kyo gave her! She was so relieved! She held her hand to her face and a smile formed on her face. Uo noticed the ring,
"Jeez Tohru! Where did you get that?!"
Tohru was still smiling and gave her hand to Uo so she could inspect the ring,
"Kyo."
Uo looked up after hearing this and smiled again; her little Tohru was in love.
The moment of happiness was killed as soon as the ground started to shake and all the screaming grew louder. Uo quickly grabbed Tohru and pulled her into a corner away from the huge door across the room. Everyone was trying to get away from the door because once it opened a dragon would come in to find its next victim.
And that it did.
The person closest to it was immediately bitten in the stomach area; this made a crunching noise and again, blood was splattered on the floor. The dragon walked away with the body in its mouth. It's tail hit people when it turned around to leave the room.
The screaming didn't stop; people were panicking. Uo then started to explain to Tohru that dragons were constantly coming in and taking people. She also said that she had arrived after Tohru was already in the dungeon (people were dropped off at all different times) and a dragon was currently in the room when Uo arrived.
" You must've went un-conscience when you were taken here or something because when I came you were still knocked out. I was so scared because you would expect the dragon to pick up a sleeping person instead of one running from it, right? Well the dragon didn't bother with you; it looked at you for a minute and then went after someone else. It's as if they don't want to get you specifically Tohru...and I'm happy if that's the case. It makes me think one of my friends will make it out of this..."
Uo finished and then looked down, tears coming out of her eyes. Everyone started spreading out in the room while Tohru and Uo sat down in the corner of the room. Tohru had a bad feeling about Uo's comment.
"Uo...what do you mean?"
"Hana is dead. One of them got her... When we were escaping... one picked me up. Of course I put up a fight but Hana... she let it take her but another one was trying to take her too; the bastards starting fighting by playing Tug O' War. Hana...was eaten after being ripped in half..."
Uo and Tohru started crying in each other's arms.
Once Tohru and Uo calmed down the two sat against the wall while Tohru kept asking Uo questions; questions she couldn't really answer. There was only one question Uo was able to anwser.
"Uo are there any knights here? Is there anyone in this castle that is trying to help us?" Tohru asked, hoping there was a chance to get out of here alive.
"Um... Yes actually. There were people in here saying that they saw that guy Yuki in here. He was trying to fight off dragons but apparently they all started ganging up on him and took him prisoner as well."
Tohru looked down and Uo asked, "What about Kyo? How did he let you get caught?!"
"I...it was my fault...I left him. I ran away with a friend because we thought it would be best...but I was wrong. And now as much as I want to believe everything is going to be okay, it's not going to be okay. And Uo, I'm probably never going to see him again!"
Tohru finished speaking and began to cry; everyone started running toward the farthest wall because the stomping had started coming near the dungeon again. The door opened and not only a dragon waled in, but Akito as well.
Everyone's eyes widened; some were happy and some were scared. Some knew Akito was bad others thought Akito was going to save them.
Tohru and Uo were hidden behind many people but they could hear Akito speak in a cold manner from across the room; once they heard him Tohru became more frightened.
"I've been informed Tohru Honda is in here." Akito said and started walking up toward the group of people who were cowering at the end of the room. "Step aside" He said, and everyone did. Akito spotted her; Tohru was sitting in the corner with some servant. Akito smiled,
"Hello Miss Honda." He walked up to her, "Get up, Now."
Tohru gasped and Uo suddenly stood up, trying to defend her friend.
"Tohru is staying with me!"
When Uo said this Tohru immediately stood up and protested,
"Uo please don't say that!"
Uo wouldn't hear it and Akito only smiled while Uo made her hands into fists. Uo didn't want anything to happen to Tohru even if it meant death. To her, since she had no family, her friend meant the world to her; she was worth dying for if that was the case.
Akito walked up to the girl and before anyone could even react, Akito took Uo's head and began smashing it against the wall. Her face was being smashed into the wall and she was hurt badly. Tohru immediately said,
"Please, don't hurt her anymore! I will go with you just please...don't kill her!"
Tohru was crying.
Akito stopped and threw the girl to the ground; she was unconscious. Akito started smiling again,
"Good."
With that said he grabbed Tohru by her hand and dragged her out of the room; Tohru turned her head around quickly and said, "I'm so sorry Uo."
She walked out of the dungeon while hiding her other hand that had her ring on it.
Once the door closed the screams started again. The dragon stayed in the room and began feasting on everyone.
"Well Miss Honda, I'm glad those stupid dragons didn't mistake you for someone else and eat you. That would ruin all my fun but unfortunately I'm going to have to wait before I really start having fun with you. For now I'm going to let you stay in the dungeon with my cousin...I'm sure you two are friends or whatever anyways." Akito said before pushing Tohru in the room to see a VERY badly injured Yuki chained to a wall.
"He's only asleep. Tell him what happened when he wakes up Miss Honda. Also let him know that he will certainly not become the next king after me...let him know Kureno has the job. Also, if he ever, EVER, tries to attack me again I will kill him. Make sure to tell him that Miss Honda." With that said Akito shut the door to the room.
And that's where I leave off at.
I stayed up till 2 in the morning to make sure I got this done. I mean, I've had it on hold since...well, whenever I last updated.
Anyways,
I hope you like this chapter. For once it was kinda long.
The two songs I had in here were, "The Great Escape" From Boys Like Girls and "Shoes" By "Kelly" also known as Lliam Sullivan.
Oh, and the whole, "To Kill a Dragon you must destroy the brain or remove the head" yeah...I actually got that from Zombies. Cuz you know...thats how you kill a zombie.
I honestly started getting sad writing this chapter...which is weird.
Anyways, Read and Review please and...um.
Till chapter 23,
Sarah.