Nothing much to say, tired...why is this chapter so long...but to answer a question, this story will differ in POV, right now it's just Taichi's 'cause we haven't seen the rest. When everyone is together it'll mostly be from 3rd person omniscient POV. Probably. But I'll be using Taichi's POV too.

It was morning, and the sunlight shone through the window, soft golden rays illuminating the tanned face of a brunet peacefully sleeping on his back, his mouth slightly open. He blinked open brown eyes, then yawned and went back to sleep, hugging his pillow to his chest.

The door slammed open, "Yagami Taichi!"

Taichi jumped up at the loud sound, eyes shooting open. He yelped as he lost his balance and fell off the bed onto the floor, the pain waking him up, "Fuck ow that hurt!"

The brown haired boy looked up at his mother, who placed her hands on her hips, "Language, young man!" She said, raising an eyebrow, "Why are you on the floor?"

"Owwww…" Taichi grimaced as he got to his feet, rubbing the back of his neck. "Well Mum, you surprised me!" He grumbled, "Couldn't I have had five more minutes of sleep? It's my last day here!"

"You always say that, but you end up waking up an hour later!" His mother said in exasperation, but she was smiling, "Get up! Your adventure starts today!"

"I bet the other Chosen Ones have already set off! While you," she looked at her disgruntled son in a mixture of amusement and exasperation, "You haven't changed!" She shook her head, "What am I going to do with you?"

Taichi grumbled, "I bet they're still sleeping peacefully," he muttered, shielding his face from the sun, "Lucky bastards…"

"Taichi, that's no way to talk about your teammates!" His mother crossed her arms, sighing, "Hurry up and go and change! Oh and comb your hair!" She said, her hand on the doorknob and a frown on her face, "It's a mess! A bird could make its nest in your hair!"

"Hey, I resent that! My hair's always like this-" Taichi stared as his mother slammed the door closed.

The brown haired boy sighed, then reluctantly trudged off to the bathroom, brushing his hair away from his eyes.

He definitely wasn't going to get anymore sleep.

"Dad!"

Susumu smiled, turning his head, "Morning, son."

Taichi grinned at him. He was wearing long black pants and a blue collared, button up shirt with yellow stars on the sleeves over a black tank top. He looked down, smiling widely at the black warrior boots on his feet, "Did you get me these?!"

His father blinked, and his mother smiled as she placed the plate of bread on the table, "Oh, you found those?" She said, "They're magically enhanced to increase your strength!"

Taichi's mouth fell open, "Mum?! You mean, you got me these?"

His mother grinned at him, "Do you like them?"

"Like them? I love them!" Taichi exclaimed as he looked down at his warrior boots, grinning widely, "They're too cool!"

The dark boots on his feet were definitely suited for a warrior. They were just the right size for his feet, and had thick silver chains connecting the sides, with gleaming silver spikes on the toes. But what was best for Taichi was the symbol of a fire that looked so real it seemed as if it had been burnt into the side of the boots. Taichi grinned; now he really was a fire warrior!

"Happy Belated Birthday, Taichi," his mother said, smiling with gladness in her eyes, "Now, come and eat your breakfast!"

"Thanks Mum!" Taichi grinned in delight and rushed down the staircase to the table, picking up his bread and shoving it into his mouth. He looked around, "Hey, where's Hikari?"

"Oh she's with Yuuki." His father said nonchalantly from where he was reading the newspaper. He blinked, then slipped his hand into his pocket and handing the item in his hand to Taichi with a smile, "Taichi, this is for you."

Taichi's eyes widened as he received the gift from his father, "Dad, this is…"

"A mini telescope," Taichi opened his mouth to speak but his father held up his hand with a wry smile, "And it's not a normal telescope. It's a magic telescope."

The brown haired boy was still staring at his present in awe, "You remembered…" he said, "That was years ago!"

His father smiled and nodded, "See those knobs, Taichi?" He pointed to the black knobs on the silver telescope. "They're for zooming in on what you want to see."

He placed his newspaper on the table and got up from his chair, walking over and picking the mini telescope out of Taichi's hand. Susumu smiled, turning it over in his hand and pointing to a silver button. "But what's magic 'bout it is that, if you press this button, you see through things, like walls, bushes- stuff like that." He leaned down, and placed the mini telescope back in his gaping son's hand.

"You can use it to see girls' underwear." His father whispered in his ear and Taichi blushed.

"I heard that!" Taichi's mother yelled and whacked her husband on the head, causing him to yelp as she glared, "Don't go teaching your son to do such indecent things! Taichi is a good boy!"

"Geez, I was joking! Chill!"

His wife glared, and Taichi winced as she turned her glare to him, "Taichi, don't listen to your father!"

"R-Right!" Taichi held up his hands, face warming, "I wasn't planning to!"

The door opened, "Onii-chan!"

Taichi whirled around, smiling, "Hikari!"

Hikari smiled at him, Yuuki behind her. She was holding a sheath in one hand and a sword in another- wait, Taichi blinked. That was his sword!

"Where did you get that?!" The brown haired boy shouted with wide eyes as he placed the mini telescope in his hand onto the table and shot off his chair to the door, "That's my sword!"

Hikari flushed slightly, "Um, Yuuki told me where it is," she said sheepishly, "But don't blame him!" She said quickly as Taichi glowered at his partner, who lowered his head bashfully, "I just needed it, to get the right sheath!"

"S-Sheath?"

"Yup!"

Taichi stared at his sword in his sister's hand, "Isn't it heavy?"

"It was, but I made it lighter!"

"M-Made it lighter?"

"Just a spell I learnt!" Hikari said cheerfully. She lifted the sword and swung it, to the right, then to the left, "See, it's much lighter now!"

"Hikari!" Taichi and his mother shouted at the same time, their eyes wide.

Hikari giggled. She lowered the sword and smiled, "Sorry, I got carried away! It's my first time holding a sword! You have a cool weapon, Onii-chan!"

Taichi gaped, as his mother looked on in disbelief, "Oh please don't let my daughter become a warrior!"

"…Yuuki!"

"Onii-chan, don't look at Yuuki like that!" Hikari frowned at him and Taichi blanched, "He was only trying to help!"

Yuuki raised his head, "That's right, Taichi!"

Taichi frowned unhappily. "But, Hikari!" He tried to prevent himself from whining, "You shouldn't handle such a dangerous weapon! What if you were hurt?!"

Hikari sighed, looking at him in exasperation, "I'm fourteen, Onii-chan! I can take care of myself!"

Taichi shrank back at his sister's glare, "Right…" he mumbled, pouting. "Fine…just give me back my sword, okay?"

Hikari brightened, "Okay!" She said, holding out his sword to him.

Taichi sighed and took his sword back from his sister. It was a scimitar, and he had sneaked to a town with Yuuki's help to buy it, and he had gotten an earful from his mother when he came back.

The hilt of his scimitar was golden and embedded with jewels and the bronze handle was curved, as was its sharp, dangerous, glimmering silver blade which curved to the left. He'd wanted to start with a normal sword, a broadsword maybe, but hadn't been able to find one. His weapon had cost him a bomb, but it had been worth it.

Taichi winced. He couldn't believe such a dangerous weapon for a warrior had been in his innocent little sister's hands!

But Hikari beamed at him, and Taichi couldn't help but smile as she said, "Look at the blade, Onii-chan!" She said excitedly, "I did some magic!"

Taichi blinked and looked at the silver blade. His brown eyes grew wide at the insignia of a glimmering, golden griffin that looked very familiar, inscribed into the part of the scimitar before it curved. He grinned.

"Geez, Hikari! First you put Yuuki on my birthday cake and now you put him on my sword!" The brunet's grin widened, and he resisted the urge to hug his little sister for he had a weapon in his hand, "You're the best!"

Hikari smiled happily, "Don't forget your sheath, Onii-chan!" She said, holding out the sheath for the scimitar to him, "Mum gave me the money to buy this for you!"

"Really? Thanks Mum!" Taichi's mother smiled and nodded at him and he smiled widely, taking the sheath from his sister, "Seriously, you guys are awesome- giving me all these useful things; it really feels as if I'm going on an adventure!" He said as he attached the black sheath to his waist, smiling as he looked down, laughing, "And you put Yuuki there too!" He said in awe as he looked at the unbelievably accurate image of his griffin, reared up on his hind legs this time – white eagle neck, orange-yellowish body and curled lion tail, brownish-orange wings that looked majestic even in small size, and shimmering green eye.

The real Yuuki let out a cry of delight, "Hikari's awesome, isn't she, Taichi?!"

"Yeah, she is!" Taichi agreed heartily with a big grin, moving his gaze to his sister as he sheathed his sword, which fitted neatly into its sheath, "Thanks, Hikari!"

"Taichi! Taichi turned and caught the mini telescope his father threw to him, "Don't forget this!"

"And don't forget your breakfast either!" Yuuko smiled.

"Yeah!" Taichi smiled and slipped the mini telescope into his pocket, running back to the table and seating himself down, eating his bread and jam with a contented smile on his face.

A blue dragon with a blonde riding on it flew swiftly through the sky. The blonde was looking down, as the dragon spoke, "Yamato, are you sure this is alright?"

"Yeah."

"But you didn't even tell Sora."

"Sora would worry. Besides, I left a note, didn't I?" Yamato gave a wry smile, "My father's gone on one of his trips again, so there's nothing much for me there."

"But, just leaving like that…"

"It's fine," Yamato said, looking off into the sky with blue eyes, "We're supposed to go on this...adventure, right? To find the other Chosen Ones. That's what the voice said."

"And…" the blond looked down, as lightning crackled in the palm of a pale hand.

"I'm interested in the fate of our world."

"Hey Taichi, where are we going?"

Taichi blinked from where he was seated on top of the flying griffin's back, "I have no idea." He said. "We're supposed to find the other Chosen Ones, right?"

"Yeah, but how do we find them?"

"Well…" Taichi thought for a bit, "Firstly, they should have a partner. I think they should have a symbol, and since you could talk after you gained the symbol, their partner should be able to talk too."

"Really?" Yuuki sounded excited, "What do you think they'll be like?"

"Definitely not as talkative as you," Taichi joked, smiling, "Well, I don't know! I haven't met them! It's exciting though," he rested his hands on the back of his head, smiling as he looked down at the blurring greenery, "Going on an adventure and meeting new people and friends!"

Yuuki hummed in agreement, "Hey Taichi, should we stop at a town?" He asked, "We might be able to find them there!"

"Alright, but we should land in a forest first," Taichi said, smiling wryly, "Griffins like you are rare, so you'll have to wait for me while I go and search or people will be looking at you."

"If you say so, Taichi!" Yuuki smiled and looked down. "That's a town, and there's a forest! We'll be landing there, okay?"

"Sure!"

The brown haired warrior held on as his griffin descended through the air to the ground. A flash of blue caught his eye and he shifted his gaze, "Yuuki!"

"What, Taichi?"

"Did you see something zoom past?"

Yuuki shifted his emerald gaze, eyes widening, "T-Taichi!" He said in surprise, "That's a dragon!"

"A Dragon?!" Taichi exclaimed.

"Yeah! I mean, I'm pretty sure it was a dragon!" Yuuki said, "And I think I saw someone on it!"

"Someone- a dragon tamer?" Taichi said contemplatively, "Or…"

"It might be a Chosen One!"

"Yeah!" Taichi said. They were nearing the forest, but he turned his gaze, "Follow that dragon, Yuuki!"

Yuuki nodded and swerved to the right, chasing after the blue speck, "We're gonna lose him!" He shouted into the wind, "I'm increasing speed! Hang on tight, Taichi!"

"Yeah!"

The griffin adjusted his wings, increasing his speed and pursuing the blue dragon streaking through the air. Suddenly it seemed to slow down and change its direction, flying towards the ground, "I think it's going to land!"

Taichi's head snapped up, "It's going to land in that forest! We'll watch from the air!"

"Got it!"

The dragon had disappeared from sight. Yuuki narrowed his eyes and headed down to the forest. He stopped when he caught sight of the dragon landing on the ground. He and Taichi watched as a blonde figure got off its back.

"Go nearer, Yuuki."

Yuuki nodded his eagle head and lowered his body towards the ground. But the dragon seemed to sense his presence, for as it turned its head, Yuuki quickly flew away, out of its sight.

"I can't. It'll see us, Taichi."

"The sky is usually a Dragon's territory, so they're sensitive to anything in it," Taichi said, narrowing his brown eyes as the griffin stayed suspended high in the air.

"Damn. Well, we'll have to land."

When Taichi peeked through the hedge with his mini telescope, he expected to get a better glimpse of the blonde figure who had descended from the dragon. He didn't expect his mouth to fall open at the sight of the blonde beauty.

"God damn, she's gorgeous!"

Taichi gaped at the sight of the beauty in front of him. She had golden hair which caught the sunlight streaming in through the trees, forming a soft golden halo over her head, making her seem like an angel descended from heaven, with the most brilliant blue eyes, shining like sapphires from the deepest parts of the ocean in the sunlight. She was tall and her body was slender, and clothed in a white button up, collared silk shirt with a breast pocket, which shone with a heavenly glow in the light, with fairly long sleeves which covered her pale skin and strangely enough, long grey pants. He couldn't see her shoes clearly, but he could see they were black.

To Taichi, this stranger was the ideal beauty, the- his ideal girl. He knew one other girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, but this stranger's blue eyes were so blue and beautifully icy and deep that he felt he could drown in them, just staring. Nevermind the fact that he had zoomed in with his telescope so he could see them clearer, until he could see the curl of pretty eyelashes over those beautiful sapphire eyes.

He was snapped out of his daze by a soft roar and he zoomed out to see the blue dragon lowering his head and drinking from the lake in front of them. He felt his heart skip a beat as the beautiful stranger smiled, then knelt down, bringing her pale hands forward and scooping water from the lake shimmering in the sunlight, bringing the water to her lips.

And here he thought he couldn't be any further entranced; Taichi thought dazedly. The girl with golden hair which reached her neck drank the water gracefully, reminding him of the image of the mystical and beautiful unicorn. He blinked.

He watched as she finished drinking, and gracefully leant back, pulling her knees up to her chest and staring forward, looking deep in thought as her golden hair cascaded down her neck. The dragon withdrew, and gave a pleased sounding roar.

Taichi zoomed in to the dragon, and almost started. He was huge. He was around twelve to fifteen feet tall, about the same height as Yuuki, but his body was long. Taichi paled. How big was that thing? He looked like he was about thirty or forty feet long! Taichi would bet on the latter.

The dragon was a light sapphire blue. His blue wings were thin but wide, about ten feet or more, and had curved, dangerous looking blue spikes. His body was blue but his scales were pure white, like the color of the fur of a white artic wolf, though Taichi was sure they were as hard as, well, a dragon's scales should be. His horns and claws were a gleaming silver and dashes of what he could see as purple, and deadly sharp, there were silver and blue spikes on his long blue sharp tail and his slender (well, when compared to other dragons) but muscled neck, and he had narrowed ruby eyes. He had a yellow horn with weird black marks/patterns on his snout, but what caught Taichi's attention were the icicles on his neck and head- the icy glaciers which somehow managed to not melt in the sun. Had it been another time, Taichi would have been staring in awe and amazement at the sight. But what had him staring at the moment was not the beauty of the shimmering glaciers, but their sharpness.

Seeing a dragon in a book was so much easier than seeing it in real life. And so much less scarier. Taichi whimpered. "Kami-sama! Why does he have so many spikes?! And icicles too!?"

Scratch that- they looked like stalactites- sharp, deadly spikes found on ceilings of caves; icy caves, possibly even sharper than icicles. Only this time, they were not on ceilings of caves- nope, the deadly spikes were on a dragon, one of the most feared creatures around, and one of those feared creatures was right in front of his eyes.

The golden haired beauty turned and smiled at the dragon, who smiled back, exposing rows of sharp teeth. She reached out and placed a hand on the dragon's long neck, in between two sets of dangerous icy glaciers, and he made a pleased growl and moved in close.

"Taichi?" Yuuki murmured.

Taichi whimpered again, and Yuuki blinked, "What's wrong, Taichi?" He said in concern.

"Oh god. She's so beautiful, but she has a dragon with her!" Taichi freaked out, "What should I do?!"

Yuuki blinked, "Approach her?" He suggested.

"I would, but look at that dragon!" Taichi exclaimed as softly as he could, pointing a finger accusingly at the majestic beast, who had one huge, spiked wing curled carefully around the blonde, "He looks like he'll kill anyone who even get nears her!"

"But you're a warrior!"

Taichi flushed, "Well, it's not like she's a damsel in distress!" He countered quickly. "She doesn't look like she needs rescuing!"

Yuuki blinked. "Are you afraid, Taichi?"

"No! I mean, well, yes- but dragons are known to be really fierce!" Taichi said frantically, "They kill humans! They eat humans! I don't want to die so young! I just turned seventeen!"

"Well, I'll protect you, Taichi!"

Taichi blinked, "Really, Yuuki?"

"Yeah!" Yuuki nodded his eagle head with a grin, "I'm big, remember? That means I'm strong! I can take on that dragon anytime!"

"A-Ah…" Taichi said. He bit his lip, turning his gaze, "But we shouldn't attack that dragon. I mean, he seems close to her, and what if she's a Chosen One? We can't attack our ally!"

"Then what should we do?" Yuuki tilted his eagle head as he laid down, "We should approach her, right?"

Taichi hesitated, "I really want to, but…" he said, "Let's just watch from afar first."

"Alright, Taichi."

"Besides, I'll probably be stuttering like an idiot if I approach her," Taichi flushed. "And I don't want to make a bad first impression! So I'll just watch, for now…"

The brown haired boy nodded. He raised his telescope to his eye and peered through the hedge.

He found himself observing the ripples in the blonde's white silk shirt. Taichi swallowed, wondering if the pale skin was as smooth as it looked under the flimsy material. He inhaled, and moved the telescope away. He hesitated, before pressing the silver button.

"It's just…once," Taichi thought to himself, gulping, "It's just once! And it's not as if I'm seeing her naked skin! Just her underwear-I mean I'm just doing an experiment- yeah, an experiment!"

"Taichi?" Yuuki blinked as Taichi leaned further forward, "What are you doing?"

"Shhh! Be quiet, Yuuki!"

Yuuki stared, but Taichi ignored him. Slowly, but surely, he moved the telescope's vision down- he was just curious if it worked, that was all! Yup, it was just curiosity, it wasn't as if he were a pervert or anything-

"Sorry Mum!"

"Right, I'm close. Just an inch more…"

The blonde beauty chose that moment to abruptly stand up, and Taichi almost fell over from leaning too much. "DAMN! I was so CLOSE!"

"Taichi," Yuuki whispered, "I didn't know you were such a pervert!"

The beautiful blonde was turning and Taichi winced, withdrawing and crouching down and placing his hands on his griffin's beak, hissing in his mind, "I told you to be quiet! Now she knows we're here!"

"Yamato?" The dragon asked, retracting his wing, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Yamato murmured, staring curiously at the hedge, "I thought I heard something…"

"Yamato- sweet, I got her name; wait did that dragon just speak?!"

"That dragon spoke, Taichi!"

"I know!" Taichi replied to his griffin, his brown eyes wide, "Could she be…?"

The blonde girl was turning back around. Once he was sure they were safe, Taichi removed his hands from Yuuki's beak and knelt down, raising his upper body and leaning through the hedge until he had a good view with the mini telescope but couldn't be seen.

"I don't see any mark on her body…" he was seeing the pale, smooth hand, and he moved his vision along the blonde's arm, up her sleeve, blinking, "Wow, it really works!"

"Maybe the mark's on her arm…yeah," the brown haired boy thought as he moved along. He moved past blue and gave a start, moving back, "There it is!"

He zoomed in to the unusual symbol, examining the blue tattoo in awe, when it disappeared from his vision and he blinked. "Eh?"

"Taichi!"

"What-WOAH!"

Taichi yelped, just barely dodging the icicle that pierced through the hedge at him, grimacing as he fell on his ass, legs parted as he stared incredulously at the icicle in the ground that would have gotten him in between his legs had he not fallen back. "What the hell?! That was too fucking close!"

"I knew it wasn't my imagination." Yamato said, hearing the yelp that came from the bushes, "Yuujou."

The ice dragon gave another roar and released another huge icicle from his mouth, which headed towards the hedge, towards Taichi and Yuuki.

"Taichi, look out!" Yuuki shouted in the brunet's mind.

"Yuuki!" Taichi said in surprise as the griffin stood up. "What are you doing?!"

"I don't care who she is, no one attacks Taichi and gets away with it!"

"Yuuki…"

Yamato's eyes widened as fire erupted from the hedge. "What the hell?" He said.

A huge part of the hedge was gone now, revealing a surprised Taichi and an angry Yuuki. "Hey, you guys!" Yuuki shouted, lifting a paw and pointing his sharp talons accusingly at Yamato and Yuujou, "What's the meaning of this?!"

"Yuuki!" Taichi said, brown eyes wide in surprise.

"A talking Griffin?!" Yuujou thought, red eyes widening, "Yamato!"

Yamato stared, before blue eyes narrowed. "What?" He replied coolly. "You were the ones spying on us."

"That's right!" Yuujou roared in agreement, glaring.

"We weren't spying!" Yuuki countered, his bright green eyes narrowing, "We were just observing! You didn't have to attack us!" He stomped forward, "You want to fight?!"

"Bring it on!" Yuujou growled, spreading his huge wings.

"Hey, Yuuki!" Taichi said. He turned to Yamato, attempting a sheepish smile. "Ahahaha. I guess we got caught, huh? Sorry, I was just wondering…"

"Yuujou." Yamato said, holding out a hand, and Taichi noticed her voice was low, and not just because his had gone up by about an octave. She turned her icy gaze. "Wondering?"

"About that mark on your arm…"

Yamato blinked. "How did you know?"

"Uh…" Taichi felt sweat slide down his neck and he discreetly slid his magic item into his pocket, smiling nervously as he met Yamato's beautiful blue eyes. "Yamato…where have you been all my life?" He thought, but said, "Oh, you mean it's on your arm? W-Wow, what a lucky guess!"

Yamato looked at him strangely and he resisted the urge to hit his head against something hard- maybe the ground or Yuuki's beak, "Ahahaha! I mean I guessed you had a mark but I didn't know it was on your arm!" Yamato stared at him and he smiled, "Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce myself! I'm Taichi! I also have a mark, though it's different from yours!" He babbled.

"Really?"

"Yeah!" Taichi held out his hand and Yamato's eyes widened, "See?"

Yamato rolled back his sleeve. He looked at the symbol on his arm, then turned back to Taichi, "How did you know…Taichi?"

"Because I saw through your clothes." Taichi thought somewhat guiltily but said, blinking, at those enchanting blue eyes, his mouth opening, "…Because your dragon can speak?"

"...I see." Yamato said. He was looking at Yuuki. "You have a winged beast who can speak too."

Taichi blinked. Then his eyes narrowed. "Hey. He's not a winged beast, he's my partner!" He said.

Yamato blinked. "Oh I know that." He said. "I was just using it as a term, with what that voice told me." He smiled at Yuujou, "He's my partner too."

Taichi blinked again, this time in surprise and confusion, but was drawn in by blue eyes that were even more beautiful up close.

"…Oh." Taichi gave a sheepish smile, "Sorry. Guess I misunderstood!"

Yamato's lips quirked. "It's fine." He said. He stepped forward, holding out his arm, "So, about this…"

All of a sudden, the symbols began to glow. Taichi and Yamato looked at their glowing orange and blue symbols in surprise, "W-What?" Taichi said, staring, "What's happening?!"

Yamato started, "I have no idea-"

"Wait!" Yuuki said and the blond blinked. Everyone looked at him as his ears pricked, and he raised his emerald gaze as a huge shadow with wings formed on the ground.

"Looks like we have company."