Dragons and Cross-dressers – Chapter twenty nine

Iain had been surprised when Lena unexpectedly appeared and called his name. The smell must have gotten to her because she suddenly collapsed.

Luckily the red head was fast enough to catch her before she hit the ground.

Unluckily, the small Chinese man was also fast enough to finally spring into action with his sword, now that the initial shock of a sudden attack had worn off.

He jumped to the side, carrying Lena bridal style to avoid the sword. Yao just attacked again though. His small body made him swift and agile. His sword's blade was everywhere.

Iain ducked down and hooked his leg behind the dark haired man's knee.

The man flopped backwards as he was tripped up. The sword slid from his hand. The China man laid on the ground, without his sword and defenceless, staring up with obvious fear.

Iain raised a bare, dirty soled foot as in preparation to slam it into the small Asian man's rip cage.

Yao flinched, closing his eyes so he did not see the oncoming impact that could maybe end his life. He felt the foot briefly brush against his chest before it was suddenly gone, instead replaced with warm liquid that splattered on his face.

His eyes flew open to see the blond owner, holding his sword. The blade's tip was crimson. The German holding the sword had a heavily bleeding wound just above his left eye and his body looked painfully bruised from the fall.

He turned to see the red haired man with a bleeding shoulder, holding the brown haired girl gently. The sword had just barely grazed him.

"What is that man? Who is he? Why is he here with the dragons?" Yao demanded as he quickly stood, brushing the dust away, trying to regain his noble appearance. He wiped the specks of blood from his face, not sure who it belonged to.

His weapon was returned to him.

"That 'man' is Ivan's new dragon."

The Chinese man snouted in disbelief. "He cannot be a dragon, aru! He would be a red one! They don't exist because humans can't have red hair! It must be a con or another creature, aru!"

The white haired man reappeared with two weapons, a long sword and a mace, from the toppled cart. They were for emergency purposes like a dragon attacking them suddenly, though neither brother actually expected it.

He spoke this time. "Ja. It's real and it's a feisty one."

He spit pink liquid to the side, obviously a mixture of salvia and blood. "Mein gott! Bastard knocked out one of my awesome teeth." He growled. "You okay, West?"

"Ja, just a couple of scrapes and bruises."

The two owners suddenly turned to face the glaring red head. The albino grinned in excitement, while the stoic blonde's lips pulled up slightly. The brothers were happy for a fight, it appealed to their more violent disposition.

Yao, while not one to look for fights, took a fighting stance beside them.

The trader was still motionless on the ground.

The three dove at the dragon. Iain stepped back, using his superior speed to dodge the deadly, flying weapons. However, no matter how fast he was, he could not dodge all of the weaponry. The swords clipped his arms as he rotated to protect Lena and the mace slammed into his back. There was a low snap from a rip cracking.

He jumped away from the group but they continued after him. Iain growled, seeing that he couldn't win against all theses humans while wearing the magical collar and carrying Lena.

It went against his pride, though not a dragon's reclusive nature, he decided to turn and run. He carried the fainted girl, clearly faster than the humans.

"Damn it! The beast is escaping!"

"Bruder! Go after it! I will see if Ivan is still breathing or if we need to remove his bracelet from his body."

"Right!" The albino ran after the dragon.

"B-Body?..."

"Ja. He might be dead. If he is, we still need his bracelet to regain control over the dragon."

Yao instinctively touched his own bracelet that connected him to Kiku, his own dragon.

The blonde leaned over Ivan, touching his chest. He lifted his head with a blank face.

"What a lucky man…"

The short man walked over to see the damage to the 'lucky' man and blinked when he saw the Russian's chest.

It had appeared that the man had been wearing several, very thick layers of clothes, jumpers and coats which had acted similar to armour. Though the dragon had torn through the layers, by the time he had gotten to the flesh, he had been chased off. As a result, Ivan only had a dozen or so shallow nail marks, criss-crossing in bloody marks.

"He's only unconscious because of the bump to his head." Ludwig reached over for the trader's gas mask and removed it.

The ammonia then acted like smelling salts and forced the tall man back into consciousness. He coughed violently as he woke, fumbling for his gas mask. He slipped it back over his mouth and nose.

He glared around before speaking in a raspy voice.

"W-Where is m-my dragon?"

"Bruder is pursuing him as we speak. We need you to use your bracelet to control the dragon before it esca~?"

The man was already sprinting away, after the older German, leaving the blonde and black haired man behind.

He followed the footsteps, through the long corridors of the giant stadium. His long legs and speed meant that he eventually caught up to Gilbert. Gilbert was jogging with a smirk. Ivan growled irritably.

"Why are you running so slowly comrade?" He snarled. "My dragon is escaping!"

The albino slowed more, to a quick walk, laughing loudly and the trader slowed to his speed too. "Kesesesese!~ Your creature is heading towards a dead end, the centre stage of the fight ring."

The Russian broke into a childish smile.

The irony.

The cruel, humorous irony.

The dragon had wanted to escape so badly but in the end he was heading towards the place where Ivan wanted him to be.

Now his rare, ruby coloured dragon was going to fight like he wished.

He giggled slightly.

Yes, he was a very lucky man.

(A/N – Oh my god! I love you guys. I said I was in a slump and no longer motivated and you know what you guys did? YOU REVIEWED AND HELPED ME! You guys are so awesome. *Wipes away a tear* Thank you so, so much.

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