After a few hours of trying to convince the man who I need be train to control my powers, he officially accepted me. I realize that a young warrior by the name of Chase Young was here? Or perhaps that was before he became evil as Hannibal lectured me before I left here.
Chapter 2:
I did know that this little adventure in to this past did create a rift that could perhaps change the future before we all knew it. There has something there was triggering this feeling of nostalgia, which I couldn't put my finger on what has created it. I shook the feeling off and turn my attention on to the other members of this temple.
The past is somewhat beautiful, being in the past has shown me a different side about China, in person is way better than the books and movies. I did notice that the others has done different ways of training, and they are great with, which I irritation about by, for some odd fascination I did try to hug a tree every day, as in trying to uproot a tree. I also have done stance training and stretching. There has been way more than those I have seen, but that is defiantly a different day as told. As I learned that there has been seventy-two precious arts, but I didn't want to say anything if there has been. I, myself, is not for sure at all.
As I read in a book, when I was in the future: "The strength spreads on the four extremities and the hundred joints and articulations, now a fighter is in command of unlimited power and he can move off one thousand jins. Your arm weighing only ten jins can move a thing weighing ten thousand jins with a stroke. Your arms are a head, your legs are a tail. Everything is permeated with a single movement, the body moves like a dragon." - ~~~Jin Jing Zhong, "Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin. Tanjon, 1934.
The man did have a point, though its more ironic that I AM A DRAGON, a silver one. I always adored dragons and now I am one, how utterly cute. During my intense training, as I requested one-on-one training with much manipulation and pitiful crying I created, I did succeed. Though I still have a hinting suspicion that they, the monks whom run the temple and train us and the others, see through my fat lies and decide to go along with it. Could it be the way my icy blue eyes have really small incisions in the pupils signifying that I am a dragon? Or could it be that I speech and act differently? According to my inner side that it could be all the above.
"Qiuyue, what has made you come out at this hour?" I turn to 'my fellow' monk. How this mortal has made me cringe in total disgust. This midnight hour always makes the inner beast roar in excitement. I reply casually, the emotions flowing out coldly. "I do not are, CHASE, I happen to detest the daylight some days. Tonight, the full moon, has made me restless. Why have you decided to bug me? To question why I am here?" I grumble, not intentionally wanting him to hear me. "It's not like you or anybody cares what I do and not do"
From the corner of my eyes, he, the quiet boy has shook his head. "What is wrong with you?!" I smile widely and continue to stare at the stump that I have punched for the last few hours. I chuckle and turn my head towards him, "I have nothing wrong, I happen to enjoy my peace and solitude" I didn't want to make friends, though Hannibal the disgusting bean has warned me before I left to here was that I come Chase's ally before he turns in to what he is today and I trend careful here. The paradox is a deadly thing as I heard.
"Is that so" he murmurs, slowly turning around and look up at the moon. Despite his oddness, I have grown quite attach to him and a few others, it will surely suck to return to the past . I'mto not being remembered and I surely won't count on it at all. Maybe I should
"What are you two doing out here?" I turn to notice that Dojo, surprisingly the little miniature dragon slithering towards Chase and I. Of course the little obnoxious yet cute Dojo Kanojo Cho has been up as well and caught us...well he bugging me at his ungodly hour. Dojo knew upon seeing me earlier of what I actually am, but being myself I did made a lovely deal with him about not exposing my secret. It took a lot of convincing and black mailing including giving him some delicious treats I had in my traveling bag when I came to this era. One thing I did not make a mistake about was taking wrappers and items that told my timeline-foreign looking belongings that...you get what I am getting at, right?
I cross my arms and turn to him, "Dojo, clearly I am suffering through another restless night!" I feel my right arm twitch and then again. The unnerving want to punch a tree and let my rage out, it's quite unbearable. I know I have rage issues, it's just hard to control it lately when I am around idiotic morons. Apparently I have met my ancestors, they were in a village not so far from here. I had to protect them, otherwise my existence would be no more. Well if my theories are right, but I wouldn't take the chance to see if it is or not correct.
"You should go to bed. You might get ate up by a bear or something" Dojo glances around. My best guess is that he's nervous. I smirk at him, "How about no? I need to stay awake tonight" I hissed out, the anger boiling in my veins. If I don't control my anger, I do not want to end up killing more innocent lives. Since I am very influenced with the lunar moon cycles, my anger or emotions depend on it since my true nature is awake.
Dojo stares at me intently, he slithers up to me and latches on to me. He whispers on my ear, "I know your power, little star. Since you talked with me, I won't let you" I shut my eyes "Leave me alone!" I snarl out, the roar of my voice deep, gut wrenching, ear-piercing horror sound that anybody listening to it will receive chills that run down your spine and across your skin like a disease. I slowly start to back up and ran straight in the temple and in to my small living quarters.
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As I woke the next morning, my skin a white pale with a tint of silver, if you look close enough there is a few unnoticeable scales on it. I sat up from my red blankets with gold patterns on it, since the hot temperatures here I had to find the best fabrics around for the warm weather. The past weather is nicer than the future. It's clean enough to breath in and not sneeze every once a while and the beautiful baby blue sky. Overall, I prefer this time a little better do to what I said.
Standing up from the hard floor, my back aches and my bones pops. I had the craving for substance and I want to feel this devouring hole as a stomach. Thinking about food makes me mouth water, though, despite my training I had for some time, I did not want to let it control me and cause me to become savage. Though under the watchful eye of that foolish bean, I had to become a savage for food. Though my inner side wants me to tear him to shreds and cause the world the pain I have felt from the years of abuse I have went through. Though another part of me wants to cause happiness and create peace.
I'm between the hurry past the other monks and straight for the food that is prepared for us. After eating the rice, salmon, and a few other selections and tea I had in the garden. I had trained throughout the day until well into night where I happen to climb into bed and fall asleep, only rudely awoke to one of the elders.
"Young dragon, we have summoned you, come" I slid out of my warm bed and throw on my robe over my tunic and leggings, I follow the older bald man in robes. There had been another earthquake, my eyes rose in shock and look around frantically.
I look around the room, noting everybody is there, all the other monks-in-training like me. Though I happen to not be one, I am more of a warrior. Perhaps that would be the better term for the others and me? I stand next to Chase and stand straight up, my eyes not leaving the wall in front of me. I didn't wish to stare in the eyes of the others and have them stare deep and long enough to notice the slits in my eyes.
"Young monks, we have brought you here because of a rising threat that has arrived in our temple" The eldest monk says. I didn't care to name the others whom are the elders nor the ones who trained us. I didn't care at all. "They have brought darkness into our sanctuary," the man says in a calm façade. "We have requested the other temples to help us, the strongest warriors will help us"
Bullshit. I can see through his lies. He's scared like everyone else? Why should I bother with his fear?Oh, right. I still have a heart. I have no knight in shining armor, no best friend from a rich family, a powerful woman who seemed to flirt with me all the time or others, nor some potential love interest that happen to catch my eyes and my other side. "And what will we do?Sit here and possibly die?!" Another monks snaps. We turn her heads towards the timid monk. "No, I will not tolerate that!" He shouts.
I fold my hands behind my back and look up at the ceiling, "What should we do then?" I ask, waiting for the elders to answer my questions. Possibly. "You all will remain down here until it's safe"
I felt a growl that is slowly climbing from the back of my throat. I swallow it and shook the feeling off. There is no way I will expose myself to anybody here. It was all safe and sound until the intruders broke into the underground vault that seems all stone and some magical qualities.
"Ahhh! Defend the young monks!" One of the elders scream. Dust of clouds and purple mist seeps down the stairs and three shadows start to walk towards us. I back up slowly and glance around the area wildly. I bump into someone and look over my shoulder, seeing that another has frozen in fear.
"Foolish little monks, always trying to run away in fear. Always clinging to the good side. What did you guys do? Just meditate all the time?" A feminine voice scolds. Out of the mist had the three shadows, revealing two men and one female.
The female has long thigh length black hair, golden eyes and light skin. She wears battle gear that seems out of time, its black and red with metal armor around her midriff and chest as well as her forearms. The other two men looks to be twins and have matching black hair, silver eyes and tan skin, they of course had similar attire to the girl except it's all black. They look related, so they could be siblings.
'They not from this time...' my eyes narrow. 'Who could of caused this?!' I shake my head. I notice Chase is watching them from the corner, six Siberian tigers corner him growling. "Chase, what are we going to do?" I shout over at him. He glances at me, "Defend yourself" I blink and look back over at the three. They grin as they notice me, "Oh, I know you" They snicker. I took a sharp breath, "No you don't"
They scoff. "Yes we do, don't deny it; Qiuyue we have searched for you" I felt my skin tingle and I snarl, my anger boiled overboard. I dash for them and the twins dodge easily and the girl grabs my fist and toss my over her shoulder. I land on my feet and turn towards them in shock, "How?"
"Shut up, enough chit-chat. We have a fight to continue" The Siberian tigers wine and then there was thumps heard. I watch from the corner of my eye that Chase has happen to sneak his way from them. I run towards the stairs quickly, I felt a hand grip on my ankle and I fell face first against the stone floor. I let out a groan of pain and one of the twins hold me in the air from my ankle, my head a foot above the ground.
I suck in air and let it out quickly, the air pushes the three against the wall. I run up the stairs and met up with the others. "Guys, we have serious trouble!" I shout. I was about to scream when someone grabs me and pulls me back into the darkness of a corner of the temple wall. The moon and sky full of clouds. The dark is in its favor now.
"Shhh" I notice it was Chase. Why has he decide to help me now? Oh, right he WAS different before drinking the soup and becoming what he is in the future. I nod my head and watch as the three run by slaughtering innocent monks.
"I smell you, come out, come out wherever you are!" the girl sings out loudly, she spins her spear with ease and pure balance upon her palm. One of the twins has a scythe and the other a sword. "What are we going to do, Chase?" I whisper at him. He remains still, "We shall wait till the others come" I groaned quietly, "No! We'll be kiled by them! You never know how long that will be!"
"Chase since-" he places his hand against my mouth quieting me. There's more enemies running by with blood on them. Something latches on to me and pulls me out of the corner and into the view. The three look at me and laugh, 'We found you~~" they cheer.
My anger starts to boils up. "We won't kill you, but we will surely enjoy defeating you hardly. After all, if we killed you then we wouldn't" the girl kicks the twin with the sword, "Shut up Jinhai! We can't tell them anything!" He groans in irritation.
I felt my skin shift, my silver scales returning and my bones snap several times. I let out roars of anger and I shift into my dragon form. "Oh, now she shows herself. Well if that's how you want to play it, then fine" the three shift into dragons and they cover me with a mystic cloud and we found ourselves in the field near the temple.
The other Shaolin monks and remaining elders fighting off the enemies and this where we began our fight. Jinhai brushes his long bangs from his face, "Shen, Meifeng! Silence!" He shouts at them over the loud noise behind us.
I watch in awe as they transform easier than me, they didn't even groan or make a sound from the pain. It appears that they're shifting back and forth between forms easier. Jinhai and Shen are black dragons with spikes that stick against their scales, though Shen is a little smaller than his twin. Meifeng is a red dragon that appears very similar to the Chinese Dragon except she has silver lines going down her temple to jaws.
"Ready?" they said as they fly up in the air as they attack me, I counter and the fight began as we whirlwind up in to the sky. Each swing they threw at me I would counter it or end up getting a little bloody as the same for them. I swipe my claws at them and fly towards them, the siblings head towards me as well. If anybody looks up at the sky they would notice this fight.
I didn't wish to ask them why they are attacking us, I already assume that they felt like it and or they were quest by somebody; Perhaps the latter option. "What time did you come from?!" I snarl out.
They roar in laughter. "We thought you were smart enough in this time, but we guess we were wrong! Mother!" I suck in air and Jinhai landed a blow to my back. The sore pain rushing through me like a wild-fire. It hurts like a bitch. "HOW?! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!"
They smile and said nothing, but only held their hands over a sphere that they began to create. They took their hands back and with a brush of some invisible push sent the spiraling sphere towards me, I dodge to my right. The sphere hits a mountain and causes a crater in it. "Holy sh-"
Another sphere is thrown and I didn't dodge in time, it ended up hitting me and making me shift to my human form and I fell freely to the ground. Jinhai flies down and catches me, gently laying me on the cold ground. "At least we won't let you die, dearest mother. Take care for now" he whispers.
My vision fades to black and all I felt on my skin is rain. Nothing ever made me feel this odd desire to become stronger and be able to numb my pain and protect myself. This is beginning to irritate me even more. When I wake I will have many things to do.