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A young pup darted stealthily through the underbrush, silver samurai tail streaming out behind him in a glittering banner as he hunted down his prey.
The brown haired dragonling had come to a halt at the side of the river and was eyeing it cautiously, not paying enough attention to his pursuer. Touga's young face curved into a victorious smirk as he coiled his muscles in preparation to pounce.
Twirling gracefully through the air, Touga leapt onto Ryuukotsusei's back and knocked the dragon into the river. They floundered together for a moment before resurfacing with a relieved gasp.
Ryuukotsusei glowered at his friend. "That was cruel, Touga-kun! I hate water," he whimpered.
Touga, who was floating lazily, made a noncommittal noise.
"And I think we're really far away from home," Ryuukotsusei fretted, nervously darting glances at the riverbank.
Touga laughed. "You worry too much!"
The ground rumbling footsteps growing ever nearer soon shook Touga from his relaxed state and he and Ryuukotsusei braced themselves.
What they were not expecting, however, was for that biggest oni they'd ever seen to burst its way through the treetops.
It drooled down at them and chuckled monstrously. "Snacks."
Touga glowered at the insinuation that he would ever submit to becoming dinner for a small fry such as this one. Ryuukotsusei, on the other hand, crashed to the ground in terror.
Touga gritted his teeth. I have to protect Ryuukotsusei!
Ryuukotsusei's jaw dropped in awe as his friend, barely a tenth of the oni's height, rendered the oni's head asunder from its body.
Touga grinned, chest heaving in exertion, and turned back to Ryuukotsusei. "Easy," he bragged fearlessly.
Turning back to his kill a second later, Touga missed it. The flickering of resentment in Ryuukotsusei's eyes.
Envy curled around the dragonling's heart, cold and cruel.
A/N: This was originally written for iy_unsung_heros prompt Home and was first posted on November 21st 2010. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this enough to offer a review!