The Four Gods: Dragon Heir
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Ryuk: 'twitching on the ground in a heap'
YYA4: I think that's enough 'evil grin' for now.
Ryuk: F-for n-ow?
YYA4: Yeah. Today is my birthday after all. Now you must obey me.
Ryuk: Crap!
YYA4: you know what I want and you know who to get. 'Pulls out giant inflatable hammer' So get!
Ryuk: AAAAAHHHHHHHH! NOT THE HAMMER! 'Flys away at mock 5'
French
We were at the lake were we raise the seahorses.
Really it was an artificial pool, but it was very big so we classify it as a lake.
I walked down the wooden dock with my messenger bag on my right shoulder with a dry change of clothes.
I had changed my clothes into a dark blue one piece, light blue swim trunks and blue flip flops.
"Nay! Nay!"
Hazumi called to the Seashores, so they will know who is coming to visit them.
"Gaw!"
"Nu!"
"Wa!"
"Fu!"
Were some of the noises I heard come from the first few that came up the surface to greet us, as all three thousand of them came up to the surface.
I had to laugh as Hazumi dived in to the mass of her relatives in the water.
"It's good to see all of you to."
I told them as I sat on the steps on the end of the dock, setting my flip-flops and messenger bag aside before slipping my feet in the water up to my ankles.
Almost right away, the little dragons crowed around my feet.
I wiggled my toes as some playfully nipped at them.
"Ha gah! Ha ha ha ha! Stop it. Ha ha ha that ha ha tickles!"
Some moved away as I moved into the water, now at my waist. Some came closer and Hazumi's head popped out of the water and swam towards me.
I petted some gently as they made little dragon noises as they were being petted.
Since I am the Ryuujin heir, no, since I was born, they have always been happy to see me.
They were my only friends before I meet Hazumi and my cousins.
Well I think I will tell you about my cousins first.
Ichigo Fenikkusu, of the Fenikkusu clan, the oldest heir at age 23. She's an actress that has stared in 3 major motion pictures. She likes to make an entrance, loves being in the spotlight and dressing up.
I thought she was a snob when I first met her, but once I got to know her she took me to parties and introduced me to some stars.
She has bad taste in men, dating them for 3 weeks before dumping them. Her current boyfriend is the heir to a yakuza family; she might have dumped him already.
Then there was Metaru Toratentei, of the Toratentei clan, the youngest and only male heir among us. He's only 12 and has a twin sister, Kusa Toratentei. They are never really apart form each other or their tigers Kuro and Shiro.
Metaru is a bit hotheaded and loves martial arts. He tries to ambush me because I am the best fighter of the Ryuujin clan.
He was just a new born when I met him. He was so cute back then!
Lastly is Zetsumei Kamegami, or Zetsu for short, of the Kamegami clan, age 20. She is the Kamegami clan's jewelry expert. She can tell apart the real diamonds form the good fakes at glance and the same goes for precious metals.
For the most part Zetsu loves shiny things and will act a bit creepy when someone gives her or when she sees something shiny. She is very quite and rarely talks.
She gives jewelry to every one on every gift giving holiday.
Hazumi nudged me with her nose, asking me to come in.
I pushed off the stairs and into the water up to my chin. I was a great swimmer and the seashores wouldn't let me drown.
They disbursed and let me have time with Hazumi, only a few followed us to the deeper waters.
Hazumi as an odd dragon, because a Ryuujin had to find their dragon partners on their own threw out their lives until they found them. Hazumi found me.
Flashback
I was only 4, going on 5 in a few days.
My father and mother were taking me to meet the others.
I was being carried my mother, a woman with long blond hair and blue eyes, she wore a light blue and purple kimonos, she always smelled of Puramu and Sakura blossoms.
She was a French woman who had come to study the culture in Japan. She met my father when she was attending college. He was her mentor for the class and at first it was friendship, but it grew into love.
He had stayed with her after she heard news that her parents had been killed in a fire.
I told you Akatsuki didn't like strangers right? Well he was nearly killed by hunters as they tried to sell him and tame him for a circus. My father had set him free, but he has mistrust in people not from our family or people he doesn't know.
When she came over to talk to my father she was attacked by Akatsuki. He would have killed her if it wasn't for my father restraining him. Let me tell you, it's not easy to restrain a dragon with 40 men, let alone by yourself.
My father looked after her and explained the whole thing to her. A few months after going with her to her parents' funeral, he proposed to her and they got married. It took me being in her belly for Akatuski to trust her. He wouldn't leave her side the whole time she was with me.
So we were going to meet the clan heads and heirs as well as this being my first time meeting Suzaku-sama and Orochi-sama.
I clung to my mother as she walked besides my father, Akatsuki flying not to far from us, I was a little scared but my mother's sent made me feel safe.
I was scared when she put me down to walk on my own as we entered the central place were the elders resided.
I clung to my mother timidly. She looked down and gave me a smile.
"It's ok précieux. Maman and Pere are here. Akatsuki wouldn't let anything harm you either."
She told me, as we walked threw the halls.
I saw other clan members and others from the other three clans looking at us as we passed.
They looked at me and my mother with distrust and hostility.
I didn't know why back then, but it was because my mother was not from one of the clans. I was considered a mutt and a freak in the Ryuujin clan because I did not have a birthmark.
I could hear them talking, they didn't bother to whisper; they wanted me and my mother to hear.
"Is that the woman who married Goh-sama?"
"Yes. Look at her hair."
"Long golden hair can seduce any weak minded man, but I didn't think Goh-sama would be so weak to fall for it."
"And look at their child!"
"A girl? She doesn't even have a birthmark and her hair is the same horrid color as her mother's."
Yes, I was a blond back then until I fixed it with the help of Ichigo.
I grabbed my mother's kimino tighter as they said awful things about me and my mother, some things I didn't understand back then.
Tears started to form in my eyes, making Akatsuki growl at anyone who was insulting me. He snapped at some making them run away. This only made it worse.
My father stopped and opened on of the sliding paper doors. Were two older girls were sitting on their legs drinking tea. They had turned to look at who was entering.
I hid behind my mother before they could see me.
My mother smiled down at me and gently pulled my little fingers from her kimino. Kneeling down to my height
"There is nothing be afraid of précieux. They are your cousine."
"Cousine?"
I asked my mother. Back then I could only speak a little Japanese, English was my first language and French was my second.
They were leaving me here with the two girls who were quite and just looked at us. I didn't move as my parents and Akatsuki were leaving.
I looked over, in a panic I grabed the fur of Akatsuki's tail. He stopped moving, looking back at me he nugged my father to look at me.
"Akatsuki?"
I whined, looking up at my father and the dragon. Akatsuki looked like he wanted to stay with me. All male dragons are protective of their young.
"No sweetie. He had to come with me. Go play with your cousins. "
My father told me, his eyes going a darker shade of blue green. Akatsuki pulled his tail gently from my tiny hand as they left, closing the door behind them.
As soon as the door closed Ichigo had glomped me and started to talk rapidly in Japanese, she squled a few time at something she must have said. It scared me, she tried to talk to me but I didn't understand her.
Zetsu didn't help either because she was just staring blankly at me, she was scary.
Ichigo shook me rapidly, yelling something at me. I couldn't take it. So I burst into tears at being yelled at.
"J' suis peiné! I'm sorry!"
I yelled in English and French, running off into the forest, to get away. The doors were open so I just ran.
I didn't like it there. The people scared me. I didn't understand a whole lot of what was going on. Eventually my legs started to hurt, I sat under a Sakura tree, it wasn't in bloom because it was still winter.
After a while I realized that I didn't know where I was so I was lost in the forest.
I tried to be brave but the tears fell out and I cried once more. I whished someone would find me and take me to my parents.
I head it.
"Nay?"
I stopped for a while to look for what it was that made that noise.
"Nay?"
I looked up and into the eyes of a dragon.
It was in the Sakura Tree, looking at me upside down.
Screaming, I pressed my back to the back of the tree. Afraid of her because of the scar on her nose, she was a darker shade of blue then and smaller. I could see dried blood and dirt on the scales, making me even more afraid.
She opened her mouth and I closed my eyes in fear. I thought she was going to roast me at first because I've seen Akatsuki breathe fire.
Instead of feeling burring flames, I felt a warm forked tongue lick my left cheek. Opening my eyes in surprise, I saw her trying to confect me, licking away my tears.
I could feel a prickle around my neck and were she had licked me. Raising a hand to that place I just felt my own smooth skin.
I looked at the dragon as she moved away from me, now on the ground in front of me.
"Who are you?"
I asked her in English. It was stupid to think that a JAPANESE dragon would understand English.
"Nay?"
She cocked her head in confusion. She didn't under stand what I was saying so I tried again.
"Do you understand French?"
I asked in French this time, also stupid.
"Nay?"
She still didn't understand me. She seemed to be saddened by this as she lowered her head.
"J-ja-japanese?"
I asked shakily.
"Nay!"
She nodded her head happily. Licking my cheek again, making me giggle.
She pushed her for head to mine and a name came to my mind.
I blinked at her in confusion
"Hazumi?"
"Nay!"
"That's your name?"
I asked her in Japanese, she nodded and she bumped her nose to my chest gently
"Oh! My name is Azure Ryuujin."
"Nay! Nay! Nay!"
She yelled as she flew around me happly, making me dizzy as I was lifted a few inches off the ground.
What I didn't know was that the Sakura tree had blossomed and that my tattoo had shown when she had licked away my tears.
She was my dragon, and my first friend
End Flashback
"Ah! Hazumi! Ha ha ha!"
I yelled as Hazumi had lifted me from the water and did a back flip as I tumbled on her back to stay with her up in the air.
It was kind of fun, then she dived for the water and swept away some of the seashores that were to close to the splash.
We were having so much fun!
YYA4: Ok. Since Ryuk is out getting my birthday present I will tell you more about the visions.
Only Hazumi and the Dragon King, has them because only a special dragon who can see the future. The only thing is that they are rare. Azure can share things with Hazumi threw their bond, but the more information they have the closer they have to be. So for Hazumi to show her a vision, she has to get their brains closer together i.e. their foreheads touching.
Also, sorry if the last chapter was lacking at the end, I had accidently deleted the finished one with an incomplete copy. I was hitting myself for that stupid move.
Oh! And for those who don't know, if you stand under a Sakura (Cherry) tree with someone when it blooms, your destinies will be forever intertwined.