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"And another bites the dust. Oh why can I not conquer love?" - Elastic Heart (Sia)
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"Do you remember this?" A voice came from behind me. I turned, staring at the muscular form of Kasai with blank eyes.
"I don't." Was my answer.
A scene played out in front of me. Fire, burning a village down and a beautiful white-scaled dragon roared over the place. It's eyes were closed, but snapped open to meet my gaze. Green… emerald green… Why was I so afraid to move?
"It's just a vision, Kaida, you will not be harmed." Kasai reassured me. I swallowed roughly, but turned slowly to face him.
"..W-What… is this?" I whispered.
Kasai frowned, looking towards the village with those distant eyes of his.
"Seikatsu destroyed everyone who opposed him. Mankind and dragon alike. This was the point where he needed to be destroyed. We had not yet bonded with the humans yet."
Another scene faded into my view, the village disappeared from my sight.
This time, all of the dragons were present except for the green eyed one. Each dragon was a different color, with different color eyes, and different forms.
A white-ish blue dragon, with a long, dark blue mane and sky blue eyes with black around the edges. It had no pupils, and seemed to have an eerie atmosphere around it. It was the longest out of the group, probably around sixty yards long.
Next to it was a white-ish brown one with no mane and two golden horns on its head. It had dark brown eyes, with a black line in the middle of both of them. He was the shortest out of the group.
Then came the dragon I knew to be Kasai. He was white-ish red with those crimson eyes of his burning like fire. His mane was white, like his hair, and two, long, whispy things came from his snout.
A dragon of pure white was next to him, with no mane and a more, cloudlike form.
Then was a dragon that looked to be made of lightning. It sparked, its form always wavering. Its eyes were bright yellow and sparked as well, like they were made of lightning too.
Finally, there was a dragon made of black smoke, with a whispy black mane and pitch black eyes. Around it was an atmosphere of death that made me shiver.
[- This has to stop. Seikatsu has taken this too far by bringing it to the human world. -] The blue one spoke. It's voice was calm, soothing, feminine.
/-Indeed, but he is the one that controls life. He can use most of our abilities, except for Shi's.-/ Another one spoke, the brown one. He seemed huskier than Kasai, yet calming like the blue one.
)-We are not powerful enough to defeat him, but we have the majority against him. Six vs. One.-( The white one spoke. He was also, very calm.
"We should attack now, send waves of forces towards him so he has no time to recover." The dragon Kasai said, his voice more aggressive than the Kasai I know.
|-Foolish-| The black one scowled. I believe that one was called, Shi.
=I like that idea.= The lightning one sparked.
[- You are foolish, Raitonin.-] The blue one sighed.
=HEY! Mizu-chan, I don't see YOU throwing out ideas!=
I smiled, the lightning one reminded me of Naruto.
)- We could… do the Kekkonshiki..-(
All the dragons tensed at the word.
"...It is too risky to bring the humans into a dragon war." Kasai said.
)-They are already in this war, Kasai. Seikatsu has made them a prominent part now.-( The white one frowned towards Kasai.
"Tch… Kuki, you have barely been a part of this war. You barely know about the humans. I don't expect you to understand." Kasai snarled.
Kuki frowned. )-I meant no disrespect. I was just pointing something out.-(
[-It will give us an advantage. Seikatsu would never think of humans and dragons teaming up against him. We will be able to live foreve-]
"At what cost?! We will be spirits! We will be like caged animals for the humans to use!" Kasai snapped.
|-It's settled.-| Shi interrupted. |-We have no choice-|
Kasai bristled. He scowled, turned and flew off into the air from where they were.
The vision faded out, and I was left in a blank space with the human form of Kasai.
"..What… was that?" I whispered.
Kasai's eyes never left that vision. "...That is how it all started. That was the last time all of the dragons had seen each other alive."
Finally, he looked at me. "We bonded with a human clan. I, the Kuroba clan, Mizu, the Ishitara clan, Raitonin, the Oshitawa clan, Kuki, the Shirota clan, Chikyu, the Nimawa clan, Shi, the Aoi clan. Yet… we didn't expect Seikatsu to do the same."
I took a shaky step forward, my eyes never leaving his. The usual flame seemed to be dying down. "...He killed Kuki and Chikyu in a couple days. They were the closest to him and the weakest. It was easy for him to surprise them."
My breath hitched. "We realized that he knew the clans we were assigned. We panicked and decided on bonding with only one clan instead of all of them."
"Wait, does this mean you can unbond with your host?" I asked. He shook his head.
"Not entirely. In order to rebond, the entire clan had to be wiped out.. Then the spirit would be free."
I felt my heart stop, my body began to shake from the degree of his words.
He looked at me, guilt etched in his features. "...It had to be done. We decided on the Kuroba clan to be the one to carry the burden of all of us, due to their small clan and kekke genkai."
"What kekke genkai?" I whispered. Kasai shook his head. "You shall find out later."
"We bonded with the Kuroba clan, in one person. Together, we managed to defeat Seikatsu and seal him away in a distant world. One where he could do no harm."
Kasai looked down and took my hand. His was cold.
"We attempted to bond with others after our original host died. They never lasted. Until you came. A young girl who survived the process. A girl… who came from the world we had banished Seikatsu to." He said, dangerously.
I flinched.
"...He's trying to come back. To kill everyone and everything. But we have you now. We can kill him for good this time."
My mouth felt dry. "...Why didn't you kill him before?"
Kasai leaned forwards, a small smile playing on his lips. How could he smile?
"He was inside your mother's mother. She was pregnant with your mother at that time and all of the dragons could sense it. In an act of mercy, they forced Seikatsu's spirit to leave the woman and pushed him into another world. But at a price."
"We lost half of our power." Kasai admitted.
I didn't realize my body was shaking until he put a hand on my shoulder.
"...Now… You know the full truth, Kaida. Do you still wish to bare this burden?"
How could he say something like that?
I bit my lip, my eyes scanning the guilt, pain, and tiredness of his. I could see it all. All the emotions he's ever felt.
I leaned forwards, wrapping my arms around his body and embracing him.
"I will." I said. "I will carry your burdens and whatever else comes to pass…"
He flinched, almost as if he was unsure of how to react. I smiled softly. "Come on, don't leave me unhugged."
A faint chuckle escaped his mouth. He wrapped his arms around me, hugging me in a tight embrace.
"Thank you… Alaina."
A shiver ran down my back when he said my name. My real name.
The embrace was short. He pulled away, his hands still resting on my waist. I smiled, patting his shoulder in a friendly manner.
But he didn't let go.
"Uh… Kasai?" I said questionably. He scanned my face with those red eyes of his.
"... Oi, anyone in there?" I teased.
"Shut up." He breathed out before leaning forwards and pressing his lips against mine.
WOAH.
WOAH
WOAH
WOAH
WHAT?!
I froze, my whole body just froze up completely. Kasai pulled me closer to him, kissing me tenderly. It wasn't rough or aggressive. It was… warm and slow.
In all my years of living, I had only been kissed twice. I never really thought about it. It was just pressing lips together. It didn't FEEL like anything.
Neither did this one. I felt nothing.
When he pulled away, he rested his forehead against mine. "My dearest keeper… Consider this a seal of our partnership."
I gaped at him, my cheeks burning up and my hands becoming sweaty.
"Y-You… you just… you…" I stuttered out.
Kasai smirked, leaning up and kissing my forehead. CURSE MY BODY FOR BEING SO SHORT.
"Do not worry, I know it meant nothing to you. But I have to admit, You have captured my heart, Kaida. I cannot help it, but to want to touch you."
I snapped out of my panic mode. "You nastyyyyy."
He chuckled, leaning forwards as if he was about to kiss me.
I blushed, shutting my eyes and hiding my face so he doesn't see me like this.
His warm lips pressed against my forehead.
"Time to wake up, Kaida-chan."
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Chapter End.
AN: I felt like this should have been a chapter of its own. Go updating powers!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GAARA (Which is why I cry every night)
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