Lol, hiya peeps!! I told you I wouldn't discontinue any of my stories! Or did I say that on Raising Wolf? I dunno, the fact is I won't discontinue them. They are here to stay! And no, I don't have any idea what I'm going on about. Recap: Sukai has been taken into care after Ramses attacked her and the rest of the dragons, and now Yugi is defending Yami after discovering that Ramses was taken over. If you have got no idea what I'm on about, you obviously have not read the previous chapters. GO BACK AND READ THEM IF YOU HAVE NOT!!!! I want to thank all the people that have been reading and reviewing this story since chapter one, and helping this story grow. Right, congrats to the person who owns the first set of dragon earth riders that people were able to vote on the last chapter, they are the new earth heads. Rhavis, I think it was.... can't remember. Enjoy the chap. R&R!
EgyptianShadowWolf xXx
Yugi spotted Sukai in the distance. She was laying beneath the shade of the earth trees, looking absent minded around her.
Yugi was overjoyed. He shouted her name and ran toward her. Surprisingly, Sukai didn't turn around. Yugi didn't care. He was just glad that she was okay. He continued to run toward her.
The sun was warm on his back as he approached her. Sukai turned her head slightly and saw him. Her face seemed to hold no recognition. She looked confusedly at the boy running toward her. She stood up, and confronted him head on.
Yugi stopped a few paces in front of her and looked up at her, smiling.
"Sukai" he breathed.
"I knew you would be okay. You're tough. No one can stop you"
He moved forward another step, but to his surprise, Sukai growled and moved back a step, in sync with him. Yugi was hurt at first, but then he contemplated with himself.
'She's just confused that's all' he told himself. 'She's been through a terrible time, and needs to get her bearings back'
So he brushed it off, thinking it was nothing to worry about. Sukai was still watching him suspiciously.
A movement caught the corner of his eye to the right. He turned his head to see a black and red dragon appear from the trees. It was proud standing, its head lifted high. It had sparkling black scales that shimmered in the sun. Yugi couldn't tell what element it belonged to.
'Beautiful....' Yugi thought, as he looked at this breath taking dragon.
It turned to him and started to growl. Yugi was surprised. What had he done? Had he offended an unknown dragon rule?
The red and black dragon stalked over to Sukai keeping an eye on Yugi. When he was next to Sukai, he raised his head and looked at Sukai. She twisted her head to one side and walked backward a few steps, still growling at Yugi. Almost as if the red and black dragon was the master and Sukai was the servant.
The mysterious dragon looked at him one final time, before taking off and taking off and hovering above Sukai. She glanced at him and then everything seemed to happen slow motion. She lunged at Yugi, snapping and roaring.
Terrified, Yugi ran.
He avoided the ice beams that she shot at him, only managing to stay ahead of Sukai as she continued to run at him. He climbed a large bank made of rock, and huddled into a ledge, terrified and exhausted. He breathed heavily and took a small look round the corner. Sukai was there, casting her head about, trying to find his scent.
A growl brought her head around, and the green dragon emerged from the trees once again. He growled at her once more and with a nod of his head, they both took off, flying in the opposite direction. He watched her go. Although she had attacked him, he didn't want her to go.
He climbed out of the ledge and started running in the direction the two dragons went in. As he was running, the scenery changed. He was now near a cliff face, running along near the edge. He stopped and looked down. He was at a dizzying height. He looked ahead of him to see a very injured black dragon cowering near the edge.
Ramses.
Yami was lying on Ramses back, blood rushing from a giant wound in his stomach. He was on Ramses back, lying face down. He was breathing heavily and looking at the two advancing dragons that kept attacking and driving both him and Ramses near the edge of the cliff face. Ramses wings were torn and covered in blood and Yugi knew that if they fell, Ramses would not be able to fly them to safety.
Yugi looked at the dragons attacking them. His heart dropped. It was Sukai and the mysterious non-element dragon. They were flying forward, attacking Ramses and flying back a distance again, waiting for another attack. They were getting nearer and nearer the edge of the cliff. Yugi tried to shout but he couldn't. His throat had closed up and refused to make a noise.
Yugi then watched in horror as one final attack from Sukai finally threw them off the edge, sending them plummeting down into nothingness.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Yugi tried to scream, but he cut off choking.
Yami and Ramses were dead. All thanks to his dragon.....
Yugi woke sweating. He sat upright in his bed, shivering at his dream. He climbed off his bed and walked to the window, opening it and letting all the cold air get in, cooling himself down. He breathed deep, calming himself, as he noticed he was shaking.
He rubbed the back of his neck. He had had that dream five times now. It was obvious it was a premonition of some type, but he didn't know how it fit in. Sukai was still in the care of the dragon healers. She wasn't going to be better any time soon.
He back down on his bed. He didn't know what to do. Should he tell someone? He thought better of it. People at the moment thought he had gone crazy because he was without a dragon. Yugi thought for a moment. Maybe he was going crazy. Maybe it was true that dragon riders lost their minds when they did not have a dragon?
Would his dragon really kill Ramses? Would she fly off with an unknown dragon that he had never even seen before? Would she? Yugi's head was spinning. There were too many questions, few little answers. He needed a walk. Yugi pulled on some trousers and a shirt and walked out his room. He glanced at the clock in his living room as he put his shoes on. It was 1 AM. God, he was going to feel this later on, when he probably wouldn't be able to stay awake for classes.
He walked out his front door and the fresh air hit him like he had just run into a wall (I run into walls quite a lot..... lol).
He walked through the silenced streets, glancing about every so often to make sure that no one was stalking him, or anything ridiculous.
As he walked, he listened to the sounds of the street that he never normally would pay attention to. A cat screeched in an alley way, and a clash of dustbins sounded. He could hear cars on a nearby road, just a sound that was always in the air. He heard the sound of an ambulance weaving its way through the traffic, trying to get to its destination.
All this, he paid attention to and took note. He breathed in the cool air once again, filling his lungs. A faint swoop flew through the air, and Yugi looked up to see two air dragons gliding through the air, on night patrol. Soon, they were just black silhouettes against the dark blue sky. Yugi sighed.
Yugi sat on a kerb, his head in his hands. He wished for Sukai to be back. He wished that none of this had ever occurred. He wished he would stop having these dreams, that he was a normal dragon rider, that he was once again one of the weaker ones so that he wouldn't ever have to be depended upon, only for him to fail. He wished and wished, knowing that these things would never come true. He never asked for any of this. Not at all.
Yugi lifted his head, his eyes full of tears.
Why him? Why?
A loud crashing sound made him jump. At first he thought it was a cat. But then came a loud growling noise, coming from down a narrow alley way. Yugi got up and walked slowly to where the sound was coming from. He slowly got to the alleyway and peered round the corner. The alley way was too dark to see down, but he could just make out the outline of a dragon. But where was its rider?
At a first fleeting moment, he thought it was Ramses, as he was often seen without Yami. Yugi was still worried about whether Ramses and Yami would get kicked out. He had gone to see the Mage about what had happened, but after he had explained, the Mage still looked unconvinced.
"I'll give him a trial. If he is proven guilty, he will go. Not guilty and he will stay" the Mage had said. And there was no changing his mind. Yugi had sighed and left, all his hopes that the Mage, of anyone, would understand.
Yugi cast his mind back to the present. He was still watching the dragon. But it couldn't have been Ramses. He was slightly bigger than this dragon, and had a bulkier body than this dragon. The shadow turned its head and seemed to see Yugi. It came toward him and as the light of the street lamps hit the dragons face, Yugi gasped.
It was just like the dragon from Yugi's dream! It's features where exactly the same, right down to the black and red scales that covered its body. It's ruby red eyes pierced his. Its throat then gave a growl and it bared its teeth at him, letting out a louder growl. It stepped forward, and Yugi instantly stepped back, in sync with the dragon. He was terrified.
The red and black dragon threw back its head and roared into the night sky, almost as if mocking him. It turned its attention back to him and growled again, before lunging forward and attacking. It caught Yugi's shoulder and the force sent him flying. He managed to get back onto his feet, clutching his injured shoulder. The dragon recoiled, preparing for another attack. It lunged forward again, prepared to take Yugi out, when with whoosh, a black shadow fell upon the red and black dragon, pinning it to the floor.
The surprised dragon let out a cry, only just managing to throw the new rival off. Yugi saw the new dragon pause for a second and Yugi instantly knew who it was.
Ramses.
Ramses and the other dragon wrestled with each other, fighting each other off. Ramses managed to look at Yugi and roar. Yugi didn't need to be Ramses rider to know what that meant.
Run.
Yugi looked gratefully at Ramses before turning and running, only looking back once, watching the two dragons launch attacks at each other, dancing in the early morning sky....