Ryo ran the square only
to see it in flames. "Where is everyone? With the village in
flames, you'd think they'd meet somewhere." Kon found Ryo and
ran up to him. "The others were looking for you and Yuko. Where
the hell have you been?" Kon notice the smerk on Ryo's face. "Oh
no. No playing hero! we gotta get outta here!" Ryo smiled. "For
old times sake. we need to get everyone to safety before i can put
these flames out. care to help?" Kon thought for a moment and
grabbed his arm. "Im not going to lose you again, You hear me,
You fucking ass lick?
Now stop acting tough and come on!"
Ryo tried not to laugh. He didnt know Kon cared so much. At the lake,
everyone was relieved to see that Ryo was safe. "If you're gonna
play hero, don't forget backup." Kon punched Ryo in the
stomoch. "You remember when our parents died? You just had to go
after the killer, didnt you? You had so many bruses and cuts on you,
I thought you were gonna die. You flatlined twice during the
procedure. TWICE! if you flatlined again I.. I.." Ryo hugged
him. "That's enough, bro. I know i was an idiot. And at times, i
still am." Kon teared up and had a few tears flow down his
cheeks. "What would you have done? You know if you used too much
magic, it would kill you." Azahara stood up. "He's right,
ya know. We know the limit of your powers. and to use it like you do,
it hurts Kon worse than the rest of us. we're your friends. Let us
help you!" Ryo had a serious look on his face. Kon looked up at
him. he knew what that look meant. "I cant do that. i cant put
you all in danger." Akane and Yuko looked at each other. "
Uh guys, we have no home. what are we gonna do?" Azahara smiled.
"You see Kon? he's the best survivalist we know. If anyone can
survive out here its him." Ryo still had a serious look on his
face. he turned to look at the village. What could have caused the
village to burn down? He looked at the tribal burn on his hand.
someone out there should know what it ment.
A few miles from the city, a troop of soldiers set up camp with an arsenal of crimson dragon riders. The general, Simon Riddick, was known as the Crimson Flame because of his fire power. "Have you got anything to report?" "Yes. the village was destroyed as ordered. there's nothing left. " Simon smiled. "Good. if there's somthing the king lacks, its strategy. we eliminated the problem, and with half the day to munch." The soldier had more news, but didnt know how to say it. "Uh, there have been rumors of a strong group of children fleeing the village. should we dispose of them?" Simon smiled. "They're just kids. What kind of trouble could they cause an army?" He kind of felt relived by Simon's answer.
After a few miles of wandering the forest, Kon found an old tree house in a clearing. "Hey! we can stay here!" Akane stared at the size of the tree house. the ramp wrapped around the huge tree trunk, complete with oak railings. The tree house itself looked like it could hold seven people. Kon took quick reaction and ran off to the tree house to make sure it was as sturdy as it looked. He ran off and hopped around all over the place. Looked like as if the thing was experiening and inner earthquake and then stopped shortly after. "IT'S GOOD!" was all that was heard before a flopping sound and some snoring. Azahara sat quietly in her room staring at her egg. and she noticed two holes where she staired. "guys....My egg.." Ryo ran over to see what was going on. Ryo just laughed. Azahara looked scared, because she thought she hurt it in some way. then she noticed white smoke comming from the holes. Yuko looked puzzled. "is that normal?" she asked. "very. you have aproximately 5 days untill your egg hatches." Akane smiled. "You're gonna be a mommy soon." Kon walked over with a black dragon on his shoulder. complete with a long whip like tail and medium bat wings. "Check out this bad boy. I love this fucker..." Kon petted his new pet dragon. "Fuck you guys, im playin with my pet.. " Ryo shook his head as he walked off to check on the others. On the way to Akane, Ryo spotted somthing in the forest. It was small and black and wasn't too far from from the tree house. Akane was right in front of it as if she was practicing with it. Ryo got a bad feeling about it.
Akane smiled. "that was a good work out. Well that's enough for today." she slammed her scythe on the ground and it burst into green flames. By the time Ryo got there, the scythe and the black thing was gone. "What the hell happened? what the hell was that black thing?" Akane laughed. "Oh that. i have a secret to tell you. i dont want to tell Kon this untill im ready, So dont tell him, ok?" Ryo got curious. "If there's one thing i know about Kon, it takes a lot to surprise him. But I wont tell him. you have my word." Akane laughed. "Ok, Here goes. Im not who you think I am. That black thing was one of my demon minions from my home, The 6th circle of hell, Cynthonia. I was reborn in my host's body because i wanted to live on earth. i got bored being down there. Then i met Kon. I like him. But if he knew im a lot older than him, He might reject me." Ryo laughed. "You dont know Kon. Beleve it or not, he had a crush on you for a very long time. You should tell him how you feel. And about your past life, leave it like that." Akane happily hugged Ryo. "Thanks Ryo. I knew i could trust you." Ryo smiled. "No worries. I better head back. Yuko asked if i could give her a lesson in Ecology.. I hate that subject." Akane hid behind a nearby tree.
Kon stared directly at Ryo. "Kon! i can explain." Kon punched the nearest tree. The force was so strong, The tree split in half. "You knew i liked her. why?" Akane phased through the tree she was hiding behind. She walked up to Kon and smiled. Akane's Gold dragon, Sparky Snuggled with Outai. Akane hugged Kon. "Please, stop this. I just asked him to keep something from you until im ready to tell you myself. But there's one thing i will take Ryo's advice on." Kon got quiet. "what is it?" Akane turned to Ryo. "Thank you for this. Can you give us--" Ryo walked off and stopped right next to Kon. "You, Brother, are lucky. But i'll let her handle this, ok?"
Kon looked at Ryo. somehow he knew somthing was up. Akane watched him walk away and smiled at Kon. " What's this all about? Is there something I need to know?" Akane smiled and hugged Kon again. "All in due time. I have to wait till the right time to tell you." Kon tried not to get angry. "Tell me now." He said sternly. Akane laughed. "You are cute,but that won't work on me. I WILL tell you. just not this second." The look in her sapphire eyes gleamed a dark blue. There was a darkness that even Kon couldn't pierce through. And this is what Kon liked about her. " I'll bite this once, but dont expect me to do it again." To Kon, Akane's smile looked almost fake. "Understood."
Kon stood there, still a bit steamed, as Akane walked away from him and towards the others, from having to see what happened and then being puzzled about what the hell they BOTH were refering to with the whole 'he's so lucky' crap and then there was all these secrets from Akane. "Great, now I'm pissed with the one I have a massive ass crush on. Fuckin a-... Outai, lets go." Outai took flight from where he was and landed on Kon's head resting carefully and rather snug. "Guess we'd best look for something to eat so that they don't complain about food huh Outai?" Outai just gave a squeal of agreement and Kon just nodded. "I swear, these fuckin secrets better be worth my time or I WILL be out and say fuck it all." He picked up speed as he ran deeper into the forest.
As Yuko was admiring the lessons from Ryo, Akane took rest at some point area of the camp and Azahara was just down right being stupid trying to make a fire so that the egg of hers would stay warm without her having to be around to take care of it all the time. As for Kon, he came back from hunting a few tasty morsels of food from the forest. In one hand was a whole buck with its head twisted 5 times over and facing backwards. Within his other hnd were many ducks dangling from rope made from grass. There were a total of 4 ducks that suffered before death and bring carried there. Kon was bathed in blood and stood at the edge of the camp area huffing and breathing for air since the freakin buck took some time to catch and take down in one fell swoop. Everyone just stared a the sight that they've never seen before in their lives. All except Ryo that is. "Guess I got a bit rusty, Bro." Ryo laughed. "Rusty? Im surprised you were so tame with the ducks. but at least we have food." "You dont want to know about the ducks...." Kon tossed em to Ryo to show him they were more destoyed up close then from a distance. "I'm gonna take a bath, you guys do something with the shit i brought...." Yuko snickered. "You usually cook at home, dont you?" Ryo shrugged. "I dont mind. Besides, Im not as bloodthirsty as my brother." Akane looked at him."You are brave, but you just get stupid with it and getting yourself killed in the process." Ryo just smiled. "I know, i cant help that. its my nature to do things the way i do. I'll try to ease up alright?" Azahara laughed. "Ok, we'll hold you to that."