I feel much better now. It's been hectic at school lately and I have so much homework it's ridiculous. Anyway, read on.
"Welcome shadow wielders to Desert-Moon village." Xavier said and they kneeled before him.
"We're honored to be here your majesty." Zola said.
"Please stand. All of you are my friends and comrades so no need for so much formality." They all stood up. Rikaru was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.
"This is a very nice village you have here your majesty but why did you decide to live out here, considering the harsh conditions outside?" Kluke asked.
"Well, I'm not sure if you know this but werewolves aren't exactly well liked in the Mainland. There are many different werewolf hating villages and some have formed large groups specifically to hunt us."
"What are they maro?"
"One group is called the Silver Blades and the other is called the Krimson Knights. Though granted, the Krimson Knights don't only hunt us but they mostly come after us. They're more organized and much more of a threat to us than the Silver Blades. Their leader is a vampire named Kai who's slaughtered many werewolf villages himself but that's all we know about him." Rikaru growled at the vampire's name.
"What about the Silver Blades?" Jiro asked.
"They own weapons made of pure silver but they're not so well organized. They're sadistic and pretty much attack anyone on the spot because they're so paranoid that they believe anyone who runs into them is a werewolf. Most of them barely even know how to use a weapon and only a select few of them are actual warriors." Rikaru snorted and Xavier chuckled. "There was one more group that consisted of warrior priests and priestesses but they've been wiped out a hundred years ago."
"Who were they?" Bouquet asked.
"They called themselves the Followers of Light. Their leader was a very foolish old man who was obsessed with seeking immortality and more power. In order to make an even bigger name for themselves, he also searched for the very rare light energy. He wanted to harness the energy's power to destroy all darkness in the world."
"Except, doing so will destroy the balance and plunge the world into eternal chaos. Light can't exist without darkness and vise versa but he foolishly believed that it could and the old man died trying to search for a power that hasn't been seen for hundreds of years." Rikaru said and Xavier nodded in confirmation.
"You make it sound like you were there." Jiro said.
"That's because he was." Xavier said and everyone looked at Rikaru shocked.
"Werewolves are immortal just like vampires." Everyone except Rikaru looked at Xavier and he smiled. "Not the type of immortality that you're thinking about."
"There's a difference maro?" Xavier nodded.
"There are many different types of immortality. The type you're thinking about is complete immortality but werewolves and vampires are half-regenerative, biological and, unfortunately, vampiric immortals."
"Biological...half-regenerative...and vampiric immortals?" Kluke asked.
"He means that vampires and werewolves can't age, can regenerate some mortal wounds very quickly and they need to feed off the life forces of others." Zola said and Xavier nodded.
"The different types are complete, biological which means ageless, parasitic, resurrective, legacy, projected, external, regenerative, vampiric and incomplete." Rikaru said.
"I've never heard of most of those." Shu said with a slight interest and everyone looked at him.
"Then allow me to explain." Xavier said and he snapped his fingers. Several guards walked in with chairs and the shadow wielders sat down when the guards left. "I'm sure you all are familiar with complete, legacy and ageless correct?"
"Yes." Kluke answered for the group and Xavier cleared his throat.
"Regenerative is the ability to regenerate mortal wounds quickly like a broken neck or a lost limb. The only things that can kill a werewolf are silver weapons to the heart and head, another werewolf, or a vampire. Anything else won't kill a werewolf and if they have enough stamina or feed off a living creature then they can regenerate almost any wound. A regular bullet or weapon to the heart or head won't kill us and our muscles will push the object out so we can regenerate. Vampires are mostly the same as well. A regular weapon won't kill them and the only thing that can are white ash stakes, another vampire, or a werewolf. Newly turned vampires can be killed by sunlight but someone who is born a vampire will only be reduced in strength by it and unless you can figure out a way to put UV light into bullets or blades then your best bet would be to have a white ash stake handy or have a werewolf or another vampire on your side. I don't know why that's the case though."
"Resurrective is straightforward. Everytime you kill someone they'll just come back to life so the only way to kill them is to let them die of old age. There may be some who die and resurrect into an infant which is very annoying." Rikaru said and Xavier laughed.
"Yes Rikaru here has met someone like that." Xavier said and Rikaru growled in annoyance.
"Projected is basically like a shadow of a person. You can think of it as killing a clone of that person and they'll just keep making another until you kill the original. Incomplete are basically zombies, ghosts, skeletons, revenants, constructs and parasitic, blah blah blah." Rikaru said and the group smiled. Then a loud crash was heard and the everyone looked outside. There were a couple large Gran Kingdom ships that broke through the steel walls and several groups of soldiers poured out into the village.
"It's Gran Kingdom!" Bouquet shouted and Xavier narrowed his eyes. His and Rikaru's werewolf ears appeared and they heard several gun shots. Everyone raced outside and saw many transformed werewolves dead on the ground. Rikaru walked over to one and saw a bullet wound in its chest. He gritted his fangs and turned to the others.
"Somehow Gran Kingdom got a hold of some silver bullets and knowing the nature of a werewolf, I already know how this will turn out." Rikaru said.
"Rikaru, find any injured and pups in the village and lead them to safety. Get your sister and two of my guards to help you." Xavier said and Rikaru nodded.
"We'll help stop Gran Kingdom." Zola said.
"You have my gratitude." Xavier said and while Zola and her group left to fight Gran Kingdom, Xavier walked over to Rikaru. "Nene tracked you here didn't he?"
"I don't know. I never sent any indication that I was here." Xavier's eyes narrowed.
"He still tracked you here regardless. Your allegiance to him has put this village and your sister in grave danger, I can only hope that you see the light and repent for all the trouble you've caused." Rikaru was silent and Xavier left. He looked at the shadow wielders fighting except Shu didn't even bother. Rikaru clenched his fists and walked over to him.
"Pathetic." Rikaru said and Shu looked up at him. "Homeron gave his life to give you the information you needed to stop Nene and this is how you repay him?"
"But-" Rikaru let out a loud werewolf snarl and Shu shut up.
"Enough with your pathetic attempt to make an excuse! If you don't relight that flame, the determination to stop Gran Kingdom, in your heart then Homeron's death would be for nothing!" Rikaru said and Shu clenched his fists. He tightly shut his eyes and reopened them, the same fire in his eyes blazing back to life.
"Y-You're right Rikaru. I won't let Gran Kingdom get away with this!" Shu shouted and with a strong yell, he summoned Blue Dragon with a burst of power. Rikaru smirked and raced off. He stripped off his clothes and transformed into his werewolf form. He let out a howl and a few minutes later, Kristina raced over to him in her werewolf form. Her werewolf form was almost six feet tall with chestnut brown fur. Unlike Rikaru, Kristina had a large patch of fur on her chest. They exchanged a couple barks and growls and started rounding up the injured werewolves and children with two of Xavier's guards. Rikaru gently placed a human child into the safe house and left the two guards inside to protect them. He looked around at the dead human and werewolf bodies and growled. It was as if something clicked in his mind and he let out a roar loud enough for almost the whole village to hear. Xavier listened and smiled before leading his werewolf and human warriors back into battle. Rikaru raced past Zola and the others and proceeded to attack every Gran Kingdom soldier there. Zola ran over to him and knocked a gun out of a soldier's hand from behind the black werewolf. Rikaru looked behind him and saw Zola smirking at him. His ears drooped a little and he stared gently at her. Zola noticed his softened gaze at her and looked at him questionably. Rikaru shook his head and jumped back into the fight.
'It can't be like his majesty said...can it?' Rikaru thought as he clawed a soldier in half. A soldier aimed his gun at Zola and Rikaru jumped in the way. A loud bang sounded and Rikaru held his stomach in pain. Zola turned around and they saw more soldiers surround him and Zola.
"Rikaru, are you alright?" Zola asked as Killer Bat sent an eyebeam blast at another group of soldiers. Then the same soldier shot five more silver bullets at Rikaru. One hit his left shoulder, the second one hit the middle of his chest, the third one hit his right bicep, the fourth one hit his stomach again and the last one hit his left thigh. Rikaru let out a roar of pain and dropped to his knees. Sizzling sounds could be heard coming from his wounds and Zola rushed over. "Don't try to move."
"Excuse me miss Zola but he'll be fine." Xavier said and he grabbed the soldier who shot Rikaru by his neck. He tossed the soldier to Rikaru and the black werewolf bared his large fangs at him. Saliva slid down his pearly white fangs and Rikaru, with a loud snarl, bit into the man's shoulder. The soldier screamed in pain as Rikaru tore off a large chunk of flesh and ate it. Zola looked away in disgust as Rikaru continued feeding. Now the man was dead and Rikaru growled as his muscles started pushing out all five silver bullets. Once the bullets dropped to the ground, the wounds started healing rapidly. The Gran Kingdom soldiers retreated and the remaining Desert-Moon village warriors cheered.
Later...
"Now that Gran Kingdom knows where we reside this village is no longer safe." Xavier said and Rikaru and Kristina were back in their human forms.
"It's still safer than most of the villages in the Mainland." Kristina said and Xavier chuckled.
"Well thanks for letting us stay here but we need to leave." Zola said.
"Anytime. You all are always welcome here." Xavier said.
"Later bro." Kristina said. "Sorry I can't join you guys right now but I still have to complete an investigation."
"No problem." Rikaru said and the group left.
"Glad to see you're back to normal Shu." Marumaro said.
"Yeah it was horrible with you not being yourself." Kluke said.
"Yeah, thanks to Rikaru." Rikaru smiled as they boarded their ship and took off.
God I'm tired! Nothing says out of shape more than being physically tired from typing up a chapter. Anyway Read and Review while I head to the gym!