The Four Gods: The Dragon Heir

Japanese

Chapter 17

"Are you two ready?"

I asked, Ichigo and Zestu, never taking my eyes off of the orange light inside the valley, fire. They sat behind me as I stood on Hazumi's head, decked out in my armor.

It was a black body suit, with light blue metal covering my stomach, back, hips, thighs, and shins snugly as a golden sash was tied around my waist with a blue embodied dragon on it. Black sandals on my feet and a metal plate with the symbol for dragon engraved on it, tied to my forehead with a blue cloth. My blond hair tied in a careful ponytail with a blue hair tie. Lastly, was the Ryuujin sword, my sword, which was made centuries ago by a long forgotten sword maker and made from the Dragon King's fang.

"Yeah."

Zetsu responded as she no longer had her piercings on her face, but a black mask coved her mouth. The rest of her body was also covered in skin tight black body suit, with a dark blue vest with many pockets, and two dark blue pouches, one at the small of her back and the other on her right thy, with her poison needles. The symbol for Turtle etched on the metal of her dark blue head band.

"Let's hurry. We have to make our grand entrance soon."

Ichigo said as she opened her battle fan. She was dressed much differently than Zestu and I, in a red Chinese stile dress that was out lined in sliver with at sliver and white Phoenix embodied on it, in went down to her knees and a slit was up her waist, exposing her sliverish white under armor. Her platinum blond hair flowing behind her like a cape.

Zetsu was fit for close range fights and would get off and save our relatives on the verge of being killed by those demons with her seemingly endless supply of needles and daggers. Ichigo was a long range fighter and would ride her Phoenix, Forks and use her fan to deflect the flames from our families and at the demons. I was a midrange fighter, so with my dragon sword my part was to cut down as many demons as possible.

On The Battlefield

The warriors on the ground fought fiercely agents the demons, who's forms were that of a 4 legged creatures with dark skin that was darker then coal, with burning red eyes with a vertical slit. Their hind legs being longer then their front legs as they jumped at the noble warriors who fought them, their claws slashing threw armor and their teeth sinking into the unfortunate warrior's torso. Letting the blood seep down its thought as its powerful jaws made a sickening crunch as they broke bone.

Many Warrior's cringed as the fought, not only from the horrid, rotting flesh odor that these demons gave off but from the horrors of seeing their family slowing dwindling.

"THEY'RE HERE!"

One shouted as he looked to the sky, up at the sliverish blue dragon flying low over head, they saw two forms drop from the dragon's back. The demons flinched and scattered as the Dragon and the only form that remained on top it's back stood, attacked, giving their comrades time to recover before attacking themselves.

"In the name of the Kami..." Azure spoke loud and clear as other demons wearily eyed the new comers to the battle field as she drew her sword.

"We will punish you..." Ichigo yelled as she was now perched on top a large white and sliver bird that appeared in white flames, Ichigo's Phoenix partner, Forks.

"For we are..." Zetsu raised her voice but held a shape icy tone; making some of the demons even some of her comrades, start to unconsciously retreat.

"THE LOTUS TRINITY!"

All three of them yelled in union as their allies mentally and physically cheered, as some of the weaker and cowardly demons fled.

Unknown Location

"Orochi, do you really think that we should do this?" Suzaku asked her husband as he looked over the battle field. Three of their granddaughters arriving just in the nick of time to push back the demons from invading the forest just outside the city, A smirk was on Orochi's lips as he saw his grandchildren make quick work of the demons.

They were called The Lotus Trinity for a reason.

"Those three together are the third most feared by the demons." He said, looking at his worried wife, but she wasn't looking at the battle field that was projected on to the floor in the elder's council room. The other elders were engrossed in the battles of the three heiresses to notice their conversation. A slight smile came to her face before melting back into worry.

"The first would be you and then our children." She spoke sadly, but her tone implied that it wasn't what she meant.

"What are you talking about Suzaku?" He asked, concerned for his wife.

"The Godaime Kami."

Was all she needed to say, as she led back a choked sob. Orochi clenched his fists on his thighs, clenched his teeth and narrowed his eyes as he watched Azure quickly and cleanly, sever two demons heads off in one swing.

'Grandpa. Y-ou... you need to... d-die.'

They could both hear those words echoing in their memories. Azure had informed them at the last time they had met of her latest vision. She was deeply distressed but told them of the vision her dragon partner Hitomi had shown her.

Orochi reached over to his wife, who was sitting beside him, grasped her hand in his, engulfing it in his warmth.

Suzaku looked at her husband of nearly 65 years with her eyes already flooding with tears. She leaned over to press agents his side, to better feel the warmth come from his body, to feel and hear the life blood flowing threw him. He wrapped an arm around his wife and let her head rest near his chest, where she could hear his soft heart beat.

Sohma Estate

Hatori Sohma looked around the garden that was right outside Akito's room.

'Something's not right here.'

The doctor thought as he listened to nothing but deafening silence. No wind, no Birds, no cicadas and most worryingly no Akito.

However, Hatori could clearly see that his Kami was just sitting calmly outside his dark and dreary room. He was just sitting on the floor with his back to the sliding doors that led to his room, looking out at the healthy green trees, colorful flowers, and the still pond that could be used as a mirror.

Casting a glance inside Akito's room, Hatori was not surprised to see the nearly untouched plate that was Akito's lunch, and upon closer inspection, so were Akito's medicines.

"Akito, you need to eat and take your medicines."

The doctor coolly stated as Akito didn't respond to him, only giving him a short glare from under his dark lashes and plum colored hair before looking up at the sky with a glare also.

"They're all gone."

Was all Akito said as Hatori understood that he meant the birds that occasionally perched in the trees in the garden.

Hatori knew that animals could sense danger, being connected to a seahorse gave him no exemption, not did the others like him. They couldn't sense danger well in their human forms, but occasionally when they transform, they could feel great danger. Hatori could even remember times when the members of the Zodaic, and the cat, just... transform.

It was not due to hugging someone of the opposite sex nor weakness of their bodies, it just... happened.

The only clue was the sense of danger that came along with being suddenly transformed that gave them any hint as to why they transformed but they never knew what the danger was. It never happened before with the previous Zodaic, nor did they know if it affected the other previous generations as the identities were only known by memory alone.

No written records were ever recorded of who could transform into a Zodiac animal nor which animal they transformed into, not even the cat or Kami.

I think this chapter is a little wordy. Good news for those who read my D. N. Angel Story Girl version. I will have the next chapter up on Vlantime's day! Nearing the end of a nearly 5 year story!

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Godaime Kami- Fifth God