Disclaimers: I don't own Breath of Fire IV and its characters. I only own Nilam, Ah-Lur and the plot of this fic.
Chapter III: The Return of The First Emperor
Fou-Lu, Mami and Nilam took four days to reach Chedo, the capital of Fou Empire. For a moment, Fou-Lu hesitated to enter the capital since the capital had changed a lot. Suddenly, a young man greeted him.
'Hey, you! Are you okay? You looked so hard.' he said.
'Tell me….Is this Chedo?' asked Fou-Lu.
'Yes..' answered the young man.
Fou-Lu continued his journey after he got the answer. Fou-Lu, Mami and Nilam got a lot of attention when they walked in the city. However, no one dared to disturb them since Fou-Lu gave them an icy glare. When they arrived at the gate of the castle, they were intercepted.
'Who are you?' said a guard.
'Where the hell are you thinking you are going?' said another guard.
To this, Fou-Lu said nothing but he gathered his power in his right hand and exploded it. The power of the explosion made the two guards flung away. Fou-Lu shook his head as he opened the gate.
'R..Ryong…' said Mami.
'Mami…Nilam…stay here. Don't come in before I call you!' he said as he walked into the castle. The two women said nothing but they nodded.
Fou-Lu walked inside the castle. The interior of the castle was blurred. There were only four lanterns enlightening the interior of the castle. Their light was so weak that he had to narrow his eyes so he could see some objects clearly. When Fou-Lu wanted to go to the most inner part of the castle, he was intercepted by a huge white dog (or maybe a lion??).
'Who are you? How dare you enter the empire!' said the dog. Its voice (or maybe I should write 'it' as 'he' up to now) echoed in the room. Fou-Lu didn't say anything but he looked at the dog sternly.
'You! M….My majesty. You're back!' said the dog as he diminished his body.
'Yes…I finally returned to this old empire, my friend. I came back here to end all of these silly mortals. I'm tired of the world. I'm tired of those silly human. A-Tur…I want you to go to the capital and destroy the city!'
'Yes, Sir!' said A-Tur as he disappeared.
'Ryong…' said Mami.
'My majesty….May we come in?' asked Nilam.
(Mami…Nilam…Did they see A-Tur? No! Their voices are far away from here. They are probably three meters from here) 'Come in. It's safe.' said Fou-Lu.
The two women came in.
'My majesty…May your triumph is always yours' said Nilam as she knelt.
Mami, who had been observing the emperor and his new very-polite-follower (or perhaps a new servant??) since they were in the forest of Soma, frowned. The simple farmer still didn't understand what's going on. Mami seemed surprised and worried when
she saw the interior of the castle.
'What a scary place! I've never seen such a luxurious and scary place like this!' she said.
'Scary? It's only the beginning. You'll be accustomed with this atmosphere if you stay here for a long time. Now, Come! I'll take you to a very comfortable place' said Fou-Lu dryly.
Fou-Lu guided the women to the most inner part of the castle. There was no one inside the castle. The floor and the wall were made of very-high-quality woods. However, the floor that was in the middle of the room was covered by green marbles. Fou-Lu stepped on the green floor but he jumped backward when he saw a very bright light shone in front of him. When the light disappeared, there was somebody stood in front of him. The man was Yohm. When he turned his back, he cried in disbelief.
'M…Majesty?! You…you're still alive??'
Looking at the man, Mami and Nilam stood back. There were terrors in their faces.
Fou-Lu standing in front of them didn't react. His face showed no emotion.
'Majesty…You've returned to your castle .but I won't let you to go any further!' said Yohm as he summoned an owl-faced monster.
Fou-Lu who was standing in front of Yohm shook his head but he answered Yohm's challenge. He meditated himself and turned his human body to Tyrant, his powerful dragon form. Looking at an unpleasant situation, Nilam pulled Mami's arm as she told her to get out from the battlefield.
'Nilam…That general is still alive. What's Ryong going to do? Does he really want to fight?'
'Well….I've no idea. But…If I see the situation now, I think he'll fight him.'
Mami and Nilam looked at Fou-Lu. They were afraid and hoped that the dragon emperor wouldn't get any troubles.
'Oh…Nilam, I'm really afraid of him. I don't want to see him suffer anymore.' said Mami as she bit her lower lip. Her brown eyes glistened with tears.
Nilam said nothing but she looked at the fight intently. The emperor seemed very calm. There was no emotion in his face. He warded the general's blows many times.
'The game is over! DARK WEAVES!!'
'AAAAh!!' said the general.
Yohm was defeated. He knelt in front of the god emperor who had turned his dragon form to his human body. When Fou-Lu came closer to Yohm, the general jumped backward.
'Forgive me….Majesty. I won't hinder you anymore. I have known that I won't be able to defeat a God. It was the 13th emperor's idea. He thinks that…'
'Thinking that he could slay a God, Humph?!' said Fou-Lu grumpily.
'Y…Yes, majesty. Then, I'll go out from your way, Majesty' said Yohm as he burned himself.
Fou-Lu shook his head. 'Mortals….They who pass….' said Fou-Lu as he closed his eyes.
'Ryong…'
'You two come here….'said Fou-Lu without looking at the women.
'Let's go, Mami!' said Nilam.
'Y…Yes.'
Less than ten minutes, Fou-Lu and the women arrived to Sanctum.
'Follow me…' he said.
'R…Ryong. Where are we going to go?'
Fou-Lu didn't answer Mami's question. He guided the two women to climb the very long stairs that were behind the Sanctum.
Half hours later, they arrived at a very big hall. There were four doors. Three of them were sealed and there was a green dragon in the middle of the room. It seemed that the dragon was sleeping.
'R..Ryong, what's that?' asked Mami as she pointed at the green dragon.
'That's wind dragon. It is guarding yellow charms used to seal three doors. We had better move quickly before it realized our presence.' said Fou-Lu as he went to an unsealed door and then he opened it.
'Nilam…Mami…I want you to stay here for a moment. There is something important
I have to handle. Stay here and don't go anywhere!' he said as he left them.
Fou-Lu walked in the corridor of the hall. His sharp eyes looked at the sleeping green dragon.
'So…It is still sleeping…' he said. 'I wonder if Ryu can defeat the wind dragon and finds all charms.' said Fou-Lu.
There was a sinister smile in his face when he imagined Ryu's struggles. 'Pathetic…' The dragon emperor climbed the stairs. His mind never stopped thinking his next plan. Yes…a plan…a wonderful plan that could overthrow Soniel, the 13th emperor…a plan that could bring him to get his throne for the second time (or perhaps the last time)….a plan that could bring him to his glory….a plan that could get rid of those silly mortals forever….a plan that could help him to destruct the world.
After walking more than half hour, Fou-Lu finally reached Sanctum. When he entered a yard near his throne room, he was intercepted.
'You must be The God Emperor Fou-Lu. The First Emperor of Fou Empire.' said Yuna.
'Get out of my way! I don't have business with you. My business is with your Master!' said Fou-Lu matter of fact.
'Well…I fear you can't meet the emperor. Your long journey will be ended here. Don't worry…We'll accompany you to your rest place.' said Yuna as he ordered two guards, an evoker, and a mage to beat and caught up Fou-Lu.
Looking at the situation, Fou-Lu shook his head and prepared to fight. Closing his eyes, Fou-Lu concentrated and gathered his power. He only took five-teen minutes to change his human form into Tyrant, his strongest dragon form.
Fou-Lu's opponents tried to attack Fou-Lu but their attack only hurt him very little.
'AURA SMASH!!'
'AAAARRGH!!' cried the evoker as he flung away and fell unconscious.
Not wanting to waste his precious times, the god emperor finally used his strongest attack.
'I don't have many times to play with you. The game is over now! DARK WEAVES!'
'AAAAH!!' said the opponents. They were wiped out. Yuna who had been observing the combat since the beginning stepped backward.
Fou-Lu changed his dragon form to his normal form and looked at Yuna fiercely.
'No violence please! My majesty….Now that your power has completely returned,
I won't hinder you anymore.' said Yuna as he teleported to somewhere. It seemed that the annoying and lunatic scientist was so afraid of the emperor's wrath that he ran away.
Fou-Lu shook his head and entered the throne room. When he had just stepped into the throne room, he felt one of his feet was held.
'So…you're still alive?' said Fou-Lu to one of the guards who was beaten.
'Don't…go…in…'
'I don't have business with you. Don't disturb me!' said Fou-Lu as he gripped the poor guard's neck and threw him in front of Soniel who walked down stairs in the throne room.
'Aaaaaa…'
Looking at Fou-Lu's harsh manner, Soniel, the 13th emperor, stammered but he tried to be calm as possible as he could.
'We….Welcome back, my majesty. We…We have been waiting for your return.' said Soniel.
'Waiting for my return? I don't think that everyone is glad of my return and I think you've forgotten our promise!' said Fou-Lu icily.
'What are you talking about, Majesty? Of course, I don't forget our promise and we are glad to see you return to this empire.' said Soniel. His voice sounded vibrating. His body shivered and his face turned to pale when Fou-Lu was beside him and looked at him sternly.
'I don't need you anymore! Go now!' said Fou-Lu dryly as he left Soniel.
Fou-Lu felt his waist was stabbed when he had walked about two steps from Soniel.
'Ha….Ha….Ha…I killed a god! I killed a god with dragon slayer sword! The promise is old and meaningless. Just like you!' said Soniel.
Fou-Lu looked at his waist and touched it. He saw his blood. Afterwards, he showed a strange smile in his face. Looking at the God Emperor's smirk, Soniel fell in silent and stood back.
'Ha…ha…ha…Foolish mortal…..'said Fou-Lu.
A/N: This is the end of the third chapter. Please R&R but no flames please…..
