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"I will show you our history." Hyourinmaru explained. He touched his nose to her chest and she felt her body grow very cold. Closing her eyes at the pain, her eyes shot open when a bright light appeared in her mind.
---In her mind---
A castle sat on a hill with several stone beasts of all sizes and shapes on the corners of the outer wall showing teeth and claws in menacing postures. While the sun was setting, a blue stream of light flowed over the stone creatures causing the eyes to glow blue and life come to the stone beasts. A lion with wings leaped off the roof and started flying off, circling the castle. A bear and fox ran down the tall castle walls, landing on the earth in a stir of dust and dirt.
"Are you sure this is a wise idea?" A deep voice is heard on the roof. Focusing on the roof there are two figures standing: a light blue dragon and a human wearing a white cloak with a blue sash.
"All will be well, old friend. The people need guardians during the night."
"That is what dragons are for." The dragon declared.
"Yes and we will forever be indebted to you, however very few people feel secure when they approach you. Your very shadow strikes fear in their hearts." The man explained up to the dragon. The dragon snorted, a blue stream of fire streaked from the nostril into the air.
"No dragon would harm a human. No offense, buy you are not worth our time." The dragon answered, the man laughed at this answer.
"Yes, and for that I and many of my people are grateful." The man exclaimed. The dragon chuckled as well then grew very silent.
"This spell will give the gargoyles life during the night and they will always sleep during the day. But I give you a fair warning: this spell is temporary for nine days. If the spell is still activated after midnight of that final day, then the spell will become permanent. Each gargoyle will have that life stored away and no man-made weapon of war will be able to destroy it." The dragon warned.
"I understand and I hope that the spell will be deactivated before then. Still I believe it is worth the risk, the invading armies of the foreign country have destroyed every castle and executed all of the people. I would never be able to forgive myself if the same fate befell this castle as it is the last one in the kingdom." The man sadly proclaimed causing the dragon to resign with a sigh.
"I understand, and I shall ensure this spell is deactivated before the nine day deadline. The army is just over that mountain, and the gargoyles have even started searching for the invaders. My hopes are that this will be deactivated within the next four days." The man stated with hope permeating his voice.
"Very well, I understand. There is one more warning that I should give you: if any of the gargoyles do go out of control, then the only way to destroy them is with a dragon's power. There is no other way to slay the gargoyles." The dragon gave its final warning, opening his golden wings and flapping the appendages to take flight from the roof. The lone man waved his arm in a wide arch to say farewell.
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It is the beginning of sunset at the same castle. The blue dragon with gold wings is again sitting on the roof beside the man in white cloak.
"The invaders have been thwarted and pushed back out of this country. The spell is no longer needed." The man exclaimed to the dragon.
"Yes, we were fortunate that their work was completed within five days. I will dispose of the spell." The dragon answered standing on his hind legs and opening his mouth at the setting sun. As the last rays of the sun departed from the horizon, the dragon gave a cry causing a wave of silver light to pass over the castle touching every inch of stone and dimming the blue eyes of the waking gargoyles. After the stream of light had departed, the dragon was pleased to see every single gargoyle remaining in the same spot and all life departed from the cold stone.
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"The gargoyles have been awakened!" A man ran up to the blue dragon as it landed on the roof of the castle.
"But the spell was repelled several months ago, how have they come back to life?" The blue dragon demanded. Before the man in white cloak could answer a centaur-type gargoyle leaped onto the roof brandishing a spear. The dragon snarled preparing a blast of blue light. The Centaur approached with the spear raised in the air, the dragon noted the red eyes of the statue. The dragon blew a strong blast of blue fire disintegrating the Centaur falling into a pile of dust.
"Those gargoyles have red eyes." The dragon noted.
"Is that bad?" The man asked looking up at the concerned dragon.
"Yes, it means another person has awakened the gargoyles. The red eyes signify black magic." The dragon growled and snarled at the pile of stones.
"What can we do?" The man asked looking to the dragon for guidance.
"Keep everyone inside at night and try to fend them off however you can. I will bring more dragons to guard you." The blue dragon took off from the roof of the castle leaving the man in white watch the dragon fly into the distance.
The dragon flew over mountains and approached a dormant volcano. Landing in the crater, the dragon gasped and shrieked in fury at many of his fellow dragons lay on the ground dead or dying. The blue dragon dropped into the crater and flew through the maze of empty lava tubes. Appearing in a large cavern the dragon roared in rage at seeing several gargoyles attacking the dragon eggs. The dragon destroyed all the gargoyles with two blasts, but he was only able to save a little over a dozen baby dragons huddled in the corner.
The dragon snarled at hearing noise come from inside a distant tube. A pale green dragon with short legs and a long body crawled into the cavern, she cried in despair at seeing all the dead young.
"Minazuki, what happened?" The blue dragon begged the female to answer.
"They attacked all at once, we never saw it coming. Muramasa, how did the gargoyles awaken once again?" Minazuki asked her companion.
"I don't know, but they reek of black magic." Muramasa looked around after a long pause he continued, "How many survived?"
"Many of the adults survived and fled the cavern. All of the juveniles were killed except for Saru Zabimaru and the Katen sisters. Ryujin Jakka and I stayed behind to defend the nest but we were overtaken." Minazuki explained with her head bowed, her dark green eyes shed several tears dripping off her elongated nose.
"We must leave as well. Call Ryujin and help me carry out the surviving young." Muramasa ordered, Minazuki bowed her head and emitted a low deep echo from within her chest. In moments, a long red Chinese dragon soars through one of the tubes to land in front of Muramasa and Minazuki. This dragon has red hair running down it's back between his wings and extending past the tip of his tail. The dragon growls deeply while fire can be seen spurting from his nostril with some fire erupting in patches along the fur of his back.
"I know, but we can't worry about them at the moment. We must take the remaining young to safety. Please help us, Ryujin." Muramasa requested; the dragon obediently walked to the three nests and picked up four baby dragons: a silver one, a black one, a beige one and a white one. Holding the young by the tips of their tails in his mouth, Ryujin soared through the tubes and into the sky.
Muramas and Minazuki carried the remaining ten babies to abandon the nest in search of a new place to find home.
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Muramasa circled over the forest and spotted a figure lying on the ground. He flew to the ground to investigate; the dragon was saddened to see the body that lay there. The body had on a white cape with blood splattered wounds.
The dragon nudged his body to see if there were any signs of life. The hood was moved away from the man's face and the dragon stared at the man's altered features. Over the decades since he's seen his friend, the man had aged into his late seventies and he had started wearing glasses as they lay beside his face crushed.
"Soken, do you still live?" Muramasa quietly asked the body gaining no response, the dragon knew the worst had happened.
Muramasa continued to nudge his old friend when he heard some twigs breaking to the side. Raising his head, Muramasa watched some townspeople wearing metallic armor stare in horror at the dragon standing over his friend's bloody corpse.
"The dragon killed Soken Ishida!" One villager cried in outrage.
"He was helping the dragons and they turned on him!" Another villager shouted. Muramasa tried to talk to the humans but all they could hear were roars and growls, scaring the villagers ever more.
"The dragons killed more people so they should be killed!" A villager raised a pitch fork with a torch aimed at the dragon. Another villager held a large spear in his hand that began to glow as the man swiftly chanted in a soft voice.
'They can't understand because there is no contact.' Muramasa backed up from the villagers snarling and growling as warnings. The villagers mistook this for a sign of attack and charged the blue dragon. The dragon reacted in defense by blasting two balls of blue fire above the villagers clearly missing all of them, but a large tree was torn from the base and fell on several villagers crushing them.
"THIS DRAGON KILLED! ALL DRAGONS MUST BE KILLED!" The villagers cried in unison, Muramasa turned opening his wings to take flight but he was not fast enough. The man with the spear had finished the spell and heaved the glowing spear at the dragon's chest, lodging in the chest and piercing the dragon's heart. With a loud thud, the dragon fell to the earth and never moved again. The villagers left in cheers and victory chants.
As soon as all the villagers had left and all was quiet in the forest, a little white dragon flew through the woods to land beside Muramasa's head.
"Muramasa?" The baby dragon cried to the older dragon. Muramasa was able to open his eye and gaze at the baby.
"Hy-our-in-maru," Muramasa weakly spoke with difficulty.
"Yes, what happened?" Little Hyourinmaru squeaked. After taking several deep breaths, Muramasa answered the dragon.
"The hu-humans seek to ki-kill all dr-agons." Muramasa answered.
"Y-you must pr-protect everyone a-a-nd see th-that the gar-go-yles destr-oy . . ." Muramasa paused taking more breaths to finish speaking. "Find who wakened the gar-goyles and fin-finish him. Kill all the gargoyles be-before our race is killed off . . ." Muramasa whispered with his eyes closing as the blue dragon died.
"Muramasa, Muramasa?" The little dragon placed his small claws on the bigger dragon trying to awaken the older one but nothing worked.
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The vision ended with the cries of the baby Hyourinmaru. Karin snapped awake with the adult Hyourinmaru still touching his nose to her chest after a deep breath, the ice dragon pulled away from Karin.
"Now do you understand, Child?" Hyourinmaru asked Karin, slowly she looked around the room at the various dragons in the cave. The humans killed dragons because of a dragon standing over a human body. Of course, they say a scene is worth a thousand words and depending on what is seen the outcome can be good or bad. Karin understood very well, the dragons already looked threatening so it wasn't too big of a stretch to assume they kill humans.
"Yes, I do. But, why?" Karin whispered low causing Hyourinmaru to lean in closer.
"WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE GARGOYLES?!" Karin yelled up at Hyourinmaru backing away from her loud outburst.
"THOSE GARGOYLES KILLED A FRIEND OF MINE AND NEARLY – killed . . . my brother." Karin stared down at the floor thinking about her brother's wounds, how they looked so similar to her mother's and with her new knowledge of the dragons.
"Child, are you well?" Haineko asked peering at the human girl from around the column.
"What is wrong?" Hyourinmaru asked then Karin finally looked up at him.
"If a dragon didn't kill my mother, then what did?" Karin asked him, her dark eyes pleading for an answer.
"When did your mother die?" Hyourinmaru asked, Karin gulped but answered.
"She was killed eight years ago."
"That was when the gargoyles started walking in the day." Zangetsu explained to the group.
"That's right the faces were an ghastly white." Kujaku stated from the back of the group.
"Just like the ones from today." Karin slowly stated.
"How did her wounds appear?" Hyourinmaru asked for more details.
"She," Karin looked down thinking hard to that day. "Her body was torn to ribbons, her stomach looked like it had nearly been ripped open and she had claw marks on every inch of her body."
"Yes, I do believe it was a gargoyle." Hyourinmaru answered, he and every dragon jumped at her reaction.
"IF IT WAS A GARGOYLE THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL IT?" Karin yelled up at the dragon, she didn't care if he could eat her in a single bite she was just angry.
"WHY ARE YOU LETTING HUMANS GET KILLED? DO YOU HATE US?"
"NO! WE DO NOT!" Hyourinmaru's voice boomed echoing off the walls of the cavern.
"Then why are humans getting killed?" Karin asked again.
"It's because you get in the way. This is a war between Dragons and Gargoyles, there is no place for humans to attack. Zangetsu, return her to her village." Hyourinmaru transferred his gaze back to Karin looking deep into her eyes, now burning with fire.
"You will return to your village and it will be as if all of this had never happened. Everything will go back to normal, you are not involved." Hyourinmaru thawed the ice at the column freeing Karin as he slowly moved away. But Karin wouldn't let him go that easily, she moved toward him until she was touching his wide nose.
"NO! Nothing will be back to normal. Like it or not, I am involved and there is nothing you can do about it!" Karin glared at him. Hyourinmaru growled, the sound resonated through Karin's hand causing it to vibrate from the strength. Still she held onto the dragon.
"You can do nothing against the Gargoyles, it is best that you go home." Hyourinmaru threatened as he started to pull away but Karin moved with him until she was standing on the very edge of the column. She never let go of him for one second.
"I've killed those Gargoyles, I can help you."
"This is not your fight." Hyourinmaru stated once again.
"Yes it is, because I lost someone very dear to me and another of my family was nearly killed yesterday. I will NOT stand by and wait to be attacked again. If you won't help me, then I'll find someone else who will." Karin threatened as she backed away from Hyourinmaru finally letting go of his cold skin. Karin could no longer hear his voice, only the growls and roars of a dragon.
Karin turned toward the back and stood on Zangetsu's hand when he raised it to place her on his back once again. Now in touch to another dragon, she could understand all they said, but she didn't listen anymore.
"You know, it's been said that dragons are wise and intelligent. But, you're really not." Karin's statement silenced the group, some snarls were heard from some of the dragons' throats.
"If it's been so long and you still haven't figured out why so many dragons are being hunted and killed, then you're not as smart as I thought."
"What does that mean?" Haineko asked for the surrounding dragons.
"If you want to know, let me stay and help." Karin tried to bargain, but Hyourinmaru would have none of it.
"Leave now." Hyourinmaru commanded and Zangetsu obeyed walking with Karin on his back as they left the cave of dragons. Once walking out in the sun, Karin blinked her eyes at the sudden bright light. She had been in there longer than she had thought.
"Leaving so soon?" Kazeshini smiled through his jagged teeth.
"Yeah, I'm going." Karin answered, no trace of fear could be seen on her face making the dragon frown for a moment, then the insane grin returned.
"I hope you'll be back soon." Kazeshini replied then roaring with a maniacal laughter falling on his spiky back on one of the ledges. Karin and Zangetsu ignored him, continuing into the forest to head for Karakura.
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Deep in the woods, Toushiro still rode Winter Storm searching for Karin and growing more worried as time passed. Toushiro finally stopped at a lake and jumped down from his horse. His horse was very tired but the faithful animal never complained once.
"You deserve a long break. We'll rest here for the night and you can take a bath in the water." The horse sighed in relief when Toushiro removed the bridle and saddle placing them on the ground.
Toushiro collapsed on the ground in frustration, he had been looking for Karin all day and he hadn't found her yet. The only thing he had was the bow and quiver of arrows. After he found the bow and arrow, Toushiro noticed a wide trail where trees were knocked over and broken at the trunk like a large animal had trampled through the forest. Toushiro followed the trail, thinking if a dragon had Karin then he had to move as fast as physically possible to catch up to her. That led them running through the woods for three hours straight, his horse never pausing once instead it seemed to push on harder. Toushiro actually had to hold his horse back some when it started running harder. The trail wasn't too hard to follow and the felled trees made it easier for Winter to make it through so it was a pretty open and simple run. Toushiro lay down on his back at the water's edge while he heard Winter drink big gulps of the water then walking in to cool off. He closed his eyes to his horse's sighs of delight and contentment.
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Hyourinmaru and Haineko walked further into the cave after Zangetsu carried the human girl off.
"You know, we never even asked her name." Haineko exclaimed.
"She was a human, that's all we needed to know." Hyourinmaru huffed to his companion.
"Now, Hyourinmaru, the girl helped us and you must admit it. Besides, now we have one more human on our side." Haineko tried to perk him up.
"Which brings us to only one human on our side while the rest are ready to kill the lot of us," Hyourinmaru growled in frustration.
"At least, it's one human more than what we had." Haineko would not let the cold dragon dampen her spirits.
"I guess you're right." As the pair walked further into the cave they heard a tiny bell ring in a corner. The bell was accompanied by a giggle of a child.
"I wonder who could be in here?" Haineko played looking all around the roof and the walls, making sure to avoid the corner where the little one crouched.
"I don't see anyone on the wall, or on the ceiling. So, where can my little on be?" Haineko playfully asked again, the little corner laughed again then the bell was heard ringing as a little dragon ran from her hiding spot in the corner.
"Here I am, Mommy." The little pink dragon ran out from the hiding spot with a bell, connected to her tail, ringing as she ran. The dragon was light pink and had small wings that didn't fully extend yet with a short snout and two nubs on her skull in between two small triangular ears. Her chocolate eyes gazed up at her parents in joy.
"Yes, there you are. Have you been good for Minazuki?" Haineko asked as said dragon walked into the cavern.
"She would have been if she didn't keep running away, but it's good to see her act so young." Minazuki smiled as the little dragon ran off into another cave extending into darkness.
"I'd better go catch up to her." She happily stated to the parents before she walked behind the young dragon keeping an eye on the little one.
Hyourinmaru and Haineko silently watched the pair walk into the darkness of the cave.
"She is such a sweet child." Haineko mused.
"Yes, Tobiume can be a handful but she is a joy to be around." Hyourinmaru agreed with the female.
"Yes, Tobiume is, but I was referring to the human girl just now." Haineko stated causing the male to look at her in surprise.
"You call that harpy a sweet girl?" Hyourinmaru huffed in annoyance. "She's wild and too much trouble for such a small being."
"Just like some young dragons I know." Haineko laughed at his even more annoyed look. "Hyourinmaru, that human girl is very brave and intelligent. She is no fool."
"She yelled at dragons, and even threatened a dragon in our own den. That is foolish."
"A foolish act, yes, but not a fool entirely." Haineko explained.
"Hmm?" Hyourinmaru hummed.
"That human girl was speaking of her family. She came out here because her family was in danger and she wanted to help. She still wants to help, perhaps we should let her." Haineko thought out loud, causing the ice dragon to rethink his earlier position.
"She would only get in the way, she's just a human." Hyourinmaru defended his earlier position.
"Yes but she has extremely strong Kido skills, and she destroyed two gargoyles in one day. Now tell me how many dragons have done such a thing?" Haineko asked.
"Not many." Hyourinmaru weakly answered.
"Yes indeed, and she has seen something that we have missed for a long time. I think you should go talk to her and see what she knows." Haineko suggested to Hyourinmaru's reluctance.
"She won't tell us anything unless I agree for her to join in this fight." Hyourinmaru complained.
"Then let her help. Hyourinmaru you need to get over your pride and agree to her conditions. Who knows, perhaps this can repair the connection between the humans and dragons?" Haineko stated in thought.
"I highly doubt it. But, if she is able to notice one detail that we have overlooked for these past 300 years then perhaps you are right." Hyourinmaru relented.
"Yes, because I am always right." Haineko stated as she walked away from Hyourinmaru into the darkness following her daughter.
Hyourinmaru sighed to the cavern and walked toward the exit. Out in the lowering sun, Hyourinmaru spread his wings and flew through the sky in search of Zangetsu and the girl.
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Karin began relaxing on Zangetsu's back when something occurred to her.
"Hey, Dragon, I just noticed something: I don't know your name." Karin stated.
"And I don't know yours, what does it matter?" Zangetsu answered.
"Well, I want to call you something other than black dragon." Karin answered.
"I do not wish you to know my name since this will be the last day that I see you, so learning your name is pointless." Zangetsu reasoned, but Karin would not let it go that easy.
"Alright, so if you don't want me to tell me your name then I guess I'll have to make one for you." Karin tapped her chin in thought as several names passed through her mind.
"Let's see I can call you: Yamiyo, or Ciar, there's Vesper or Ferrer-" Karin would have continued with the names but Zangetsu interrupted her.
"Zangetsu."
"Huh?" Karin asked in confusion.
"You asked for my name. It is Zangetsu." Zangetsu answered again.
"Zangetsu, that's a nice name. It's a lot better than the names I could ever come up with." Karin smiled.
"Yes, I noticed." Karin's face turned sour at Zangetsu's blunt comment.
"My name is Karin Kurosaki. It's nice to finally meet you, Zangetsu." Karin happily stated. Zangetsu could not figure this girl out. One minute she was angry at the dragons, then she was scared of them, and now she's happy and content on a dragon's back.
Zangetsu continued to walk in silence until they approached a small lake. The dragon sighed and lay down beside the lake allowing Karin to jump down. The jump made her feet sting when she landed with so much force.
"Hey, Zangetsu, do you know what happened to my saddle bags? I had them when I came and I don't know what happened after you threw me through that tree." Karin asked, Zangetsu was still annoyed that he was being blamed for attacking her.
"I picked them up since I figured you would be hungry later in the day." Zangetsu opened his wing showing a little pocket of scales where the shoulder blade met the wings. Zangetsu removed them with his tail and gently placed it on the ground at her feet.
"Thanks a lot. I haven't eaten anything all day and I am starving." Karin opened her bag and smiled when she saw the bread and cheese she had packed that morning. After taking a nibble, she grew thirsty so she walked over to the lake and drank some of the water. Zangetsu leaned his head over her and drank big gulps of the water to quench his thirst as well. Karin smiled up at him then walked from the water's edge and began to unpack her bags.
She didn't see a small patch of white hiding in the branches across the lake. Neither did she see the teal eyes watching her, then glaring at the black dragon drinking from the lake.
"Hado 4: Byakurai." The boy whispered then pointed to the water sending a blue lightning bolt into the water charging the water in the lake as well as the water in the dragon's stomach. Zangetsu screamed in pain and writhed as the electricity shot through his entire system. Karin stared in horror as she stood by helplessly watching Zangetsu be electrocuted.
"ZANGETSU!" Karin scramed and tried to approach but Zangetsu batted her away with his tail before he collapsed on the water.
"ZANGETSU!!" Karin rushed up to him trying to pull him.
"KARIN!" Karin turned her head as she watched Toushiro run across the lake and approach grabbing her arm.
"Come on, I'm getting you out of here." Toushiro stated as he tried to pull her away, but she surprised him when she pulled out of his grasp to run to the side of the dragon.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THAT IS A DEADLY DRAGON!" Toushiro yelled at her, but she ignored him. Instead she helped Zangetsu to slowly swerve his head from the water onto dry land. After his head was on dry land, she tried to pull him and he struggled to get further from the electrified water's edge.
"Come on, Zangetsu. Wake up!" Karin yelled to the closed eyes of the black dragon.
"Toushiro, what did you do?" Karin yelled over to him as she watched the black dragon breath slowly, in severe pain.
"That dragon was about to eat you!" Toushiro yelled over at her, but they were both interrupted by an icy wind freezing the trees and the water. A large white dragon landed on the ground glaring at the fallen Zangetsu then at the small boy glaring back up at him.
"Who did this?" Hyourinmaru demanded his growls and roars unintelligible to Toushiro's ears.
"Hyourinmaru, please wait." Karin tried to beg, since she was still touching Zangetsu she could understand the icy dragon perfectly well.
"I WILL NOT! YOU HUMAN WHY DID YOU ATTACK?" Hyourinmaru roared to Toushiro who stood ready to fight, his energy started to gather around him.
"I know you." Hyourinmaru stared at the short white haired boy. "You're the one that killed Nejibara." Hyourinmaru growled again, his voice going deeper and even more threatening than before.
"TOUSHIRO, HYOURINMARU, PLEASE DON'T FIGHT!" Karin tried to stop them but she could not.
"There is no use in trying to stop them, Karin." Zangetsu whispered to her, she looked down and breathed a sigh of relief that he was still alive.
"Zangetsu are you going to be alright?" Karin asked and the dragon groaned.
"Yes, I will be fine but I won't be able to attack for many days. That boy is more powerful than I would have guessed." Zangetsu marveled at Toushiro when he began to fight Hyourinmaru. Toushiro dodged Hyourinmaru's blast of ice and was able to fire several Kido without reciting any chants. The Kido spells were strong enough to sting Hyourinmaru which only made him even angrier.
"They're going to kill each other if they keep this up." Karin whispered as she watched the fight become even more intsense.
"More than likely, yes, but there is nothing you can do." Zangetsu whispered again.
"Maybe not, but I have to try." Karin stood up and walked a few steps away from Zangetsu. He carefully wrapped his tail around Karin's leg so he could continue to communicate with her.
"What are you going to do?" Zangetsu asked again.
"I'm going to use a binding spell that I hope is strong enough to trap them both." Karin explained as she cracked her knuckles.
"You can't restrain a dragon, you don't have the strength." Zangetsu tried to reason with her but she ignored him.
"HADO 63: SOREN SOKATSUI!" Toushiro blasted a double beam of blue energy at Hyourinmaru hitting square in the back causing him to fall to the ground. But the dragon responded with a blast of ice and water so fast that Toushiro was thrown back into a tree. Toushiro managed to escape before all of the water froze to the tree, Hyourinmaru growled in frustration at the boy's energy level and persistence.
"I have to do this, Zangetsu. I won't let them continue this useless fight." Karin spaced her hands in front of her and closed her eyes. She began gathering a large amount of energy around her hands as she began the chant.
"You haven't fully recovered from your earlier attacks you don't know what this will do to your body." Zangetsu argued again, but Karin didn't listen.
"I guess we'll find out then, won't we." More energy became concentrated around her hands and arms.
"Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini! Look upon yourself with horror and tear out your own throat!" The energy gathered around her hand turning into an orange energy tendril at her fingertips with spiraling yellow patterns.
"BAKUDO 9: HORIN!" Karin released the tendrils as they flew directly toward Hyourinmaru on her left and Toushiro on her right. The tendrils ensnared both Toushiro and Hyourinmaru so they weren't able to move. Karin had to make Hyourinmaru's tendril much stronger to keep him encased.
"YOU – TWO. KNOCK! IT! OFF!" Karin yelled as she waved her arms causing the two trapped males slam into trees behind them then slamming them into the ground while the tendrils stayed at the same strength.
"KARIN, LET ME GO!" Toushiro yelled as he was forced to the ground even harder.
"CHILD, I WARN YOU!" Hyourinmaru threatened.
"Oh yeah, that's some real incentive for me to release you, now isn't it, Hyourinmaru?" Karin sarcastically spoke making the dragon snarl in disgust. In the meantime, Toushiro blinked in surprise when he heard the words spoken from Hyourinmaru.
"Now, I'll let you two knuckleheads go if you promise me not to fight." Karin looked between Hyourinmaru and Toushiro as they both glared at one another.
"Well, do you promise?" Karin asked again, she could feel her energy growing weaker by the second.
"Fine, I won't attack the dragon." Toushiro admitted through gritted teeth.
"I shall leave the boy alone as well." Hyourinmaru sighed.
"Thank you." Karin said then released the two from her hold. She blinked in surprise and started to rock on her feet.
"Karin!" Toushiro yelled to her as he saw her faint in exhaustion. He quickly ran to her and gently cradled her in his arms.
"She will be fine, boy. She's just exhausted." Zangetsu spoke to Toushiro. Toushiro looked up at the dragon and then noticed a tail wrapped around his ankle.
"Yes, boy you do hear us speak to you." Hyourinmaru growled to the white haired boy as he continued to look between both dragons then Karin sleeping in his arms.
"What's going on?" Toushiro asked the two dragons.
This would be a long explanation.
A/N: Okay, here's another chapter for all of my faithful reviewers. I don't usually get a story out this fast but inspiration has been camped outside my front door and I couldn't help but write it down. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
A/N2: I want to apologize to all the HitsuHina fans out there but I can't stand for those two to be together. I mean Momo is nice and all but come on she believed her captain that she's only known for a little while and ignores Toushiro who she's known for practically her entire life. I mean it doesn't take a genius to know she should have trusted Toushiro over Aizen any day of the week. So, I finished my little rant.
Now, as for Hyourinmaru and Haineko I can actually stand that relationship, but obviously this story doesn't reflect how their matches feel. Anyway, I thought Tobiume would be a cute kid since she's so childish anyway, so I made her a kid.
Let me know what you think. Please review.
I would also like to thank all those people who have favorited this story and added me as a favorite author – you don't know how happy that makes me feel.
AND... I would like to thank oOoHKoOo and Vilutski for giving me some original dragon names, they really came in handy.
THANK YOU ALL!!