(Note: This author note conversation is before the time when I and SeaDevil chased after Heng Shi when he escaped, so that's why he's still tied down and doesn't mention about being captured. This should have been posted at 8/22-2012 so I thought that I would make a conversation that would fit with that time.)

Hi everyone! I hope you had a merry Christmas and a happy new year! I'm back with a special one-shot in celebration to the birth of 'The Time Assassin'! I hope that you'll all enjoy it! –Throws confetti around myself- I'm thankful for those who suggested some things that I could write about, but I decided to use Paxloria's idea in the end. It was the suggestion that I could get most ideas to scenes from!

Heng Shi: … So, I'm not the main character in this chapter?

Nope! So you can actually sit down and relax for now! Oh, right, you're already sitting… Heheh, my bad.

Heng Shi: Well, I would highly appreciate if you let loose these chains so that I can stretch my legs. I've been sitting down for a very long time, so my legs are kind of stiff.

-Gasp- Heng Shi's being polite! To me of all people! Who are you and what have you done to Heng Shi?! –Pokes Heng Shi rapidly on the top of his head-

Heng Shi: -His eyebrow twitches in irritation- Shut up and untie me already! I'm tired of sitting down!

Oh, ok. –Shrugs shoulders- You don't have to yell. –Begins to let him lose from his chains-

Heng Shi: Huh? -Grins widely- That's more like it. -Gets a dangerous glint in his eyes that I don't notice-

-Huff- These chains are hard to get lose… Well, you readers can go ahead and read the special chapter while I untie Heng Shi from his bindings. –Whispers so that Heng Shi can't hear me- To be honest with you, I feel kinda bad about tying him down for so long so that's why I'll allow him to be let loose only for this chapter. Don't worry about me, ok? –Talks in normal volume- See you later! I hope this chapter will reach your expectations!

Heng Shi: -mouthing evil words behind my back- Are you sure about that? –Grins evilly-

Garel POV

I sigh in content as I'm resting in the sun after a good hunt. The warm rays from the sun are warming my white scales to the point where it's not too hot or too cold to take a nap. My leather bag is once again filled with goods that I've gathered from the monsters I've slaughtered. Even though Sabre has bought me a bigger leather bag since I became larger with my growing level, I think I need an even bigger one because of all the loot I get from killing.

I don't remember which level I'm in right now since I've stopped listening to the system notice… I'm way over level 50 at least, that's something that both me and Sabre are sure of since I began talking when I got to level 40 and have leveled a lot since then.

I yawn loudly, bringing one clawed hand to my snout in a human-like manner before I resume my curled up position with one of my green-lined wings covering my head from making the sunlight shine into my eyes. It's pretty boring without Sabre here; sure, I can scare people with my flames to entertain myself sometimes, but it much more fun to see their reactions when Sabre creeps them out with his unique personality. I could kill monsters, but I've killed enough for now. At least until Sabre gets here…

As I'm just about to succumb into the world of dreams, I can hear a rustling sound in the bushes to my right and a following sound of two pairs of small, clawed paws trotting over to where I'm lying. I don't let the sound alert me yet, but just wait for the one approaching to come within hitting range with my tail.

The creature is obviously a pet since it's approaching me so boldly, but I can't figure out which kind of pet it is just by sound. But no matter how big or small the pet is I won't change my mind about slapping the animal away with my tail like the irritating fly it is. I didn't know there where another animal who stays solid while its master is gone. I wonder what made this one stay.

The pet stops just a few small steps away from my tail range, it seems like it's hesitating about approaching me in my 'sleep'. It has every reason to be hesitant since it's about to approach one of the most powerful pets around here, it shouldn't be brave enough to even look at me but I guess this one is either very brave or very stupid. I think I'll go with the second option since every other pets that I've, ehm… , 'talked' to have all been unintelligent enough for me to kill them. But to my disappointment, they re-spawn just like the masters do. I would have gotten a lot more pleasure in killing them with knowing that they'll never come back.

It seems like the pet wants to start a conversation with me as it's walking forward. Finally, it's in my hitting range.

"Excuse me, but you're Ga-"

I cut it off by my jamming my tail into its side hard, twisting my tail to make my small green spikes scratch its skin, and being sure that no matter how big the pet is; it would at least slide away from me a few feet. Luckily for me, the pet is average-sized and flies through the air until it gets stopped by a tree with a loud cracking sound. A yelp of a dog comes from the direction where I swapped away the pet, which proves that this creature is a dog.

The dog is coughing violently to try and regain its breath; I can hear the rustle from the grass as it tries to stand up on its four feet but falls down to the ground again with a 'thump'. I decide to take this momentum to try and make the pet leave me alone, but I'm too lazy to glare at the creature. I'll just keep my head underneath my wing for now…

"Get lost and let me sleep. It won't end pretty for you if you stay here."

The dog coughs a few more times before successfully standing up on its paws. Its legs are probably shaking under its weight, but why should I care about how much pain I've caused it? I just want to be left alone.

"W-well, -cough- I-I just want to talk for a while. Isn't that ok?"

I snort in irritation while a small growling sound escapes my nostrils. Why does pets want to converse with each other when they can talk to their masters? Why is it so important to them? Or is it just that they want to prove to other pets that they're over level 40? Tch, stupid creatures.

"Go away, I have no interest in talking to anyone that irritate me. You were added on my 'irritating list' the second you approached me."

The pet whimpers sadly before sitting down on the ground, still thankfully keeping the large distance between me and itself intact.

A long silence draws out between us. I'm quiet because I'm waiting for the pet to leave; I have no interest in talking to the one looking at me. The pet is probably thinking through what to say to me or is mentally arguing with itself if it should leave or not. I really hope that it's doing the second option, but apparently I'm wrong on that part since it once again starts talking, this time with more confident in its voice than before.

"My name is Tanya, it's nice to finally meet you."

The dog's introduction is met by silence as I try to ignore it. But it continues to talk, and now I can notice the high-pitched tone it's using. That means that this pet is either a very young boy or a female. I think I'll go with the latter since Sabre has said that all women are crazy.

"You're Garel, right? The only dragon so far here in central continent? You must feel lonely to be the only pet dragon around here…"

I continue to be quiet, not seeing any reason to answer her.

"But don't worry, there are plenty of other pets that you can play with, me for example if you want to. Why is it that you're still in the game when your master's gone? I thought that only the abandoned pets stayed in here when the humans 'logged out', but I guess I was wrong. Maybe it has something to do with your master's special class? It must be amazing to be the pet to such a famous man as the 'pure lightning' Sabre."

Wow, this dog sure is talkative. No wonder its master wanted to abandon it. Why is it that she's talking to me even though she knows that she won't get an answer? Does she want to prove some point?

"You get a hard treatment, right?"

I tense up and begin to growl softly at her rude assumption. How dare she?! Just because Sabre has that kind of personality doesn't mean he treats me the same way as he does towards his enemies. We both noticed that we are alike and different in many ways the moment our eyes met. We both have a killer's eye! I knew that I would get along with him well since he didn't seem to be the controlling type, more like 'defying orders make life fun'-type. I would've never let Sabre's blood touch me if I didn't knew that he would be like a real master, someone that I would do anything for. I'm not stupid enough to go with a master that wouldn't let me do what I want! Is she calling me stupid for being Sabre's pet? That's just something I won't tolerate!

Apparently, the female dog thinks that me tensing up proves her point right and she continues to talk, almost boasting and even more confident. I don't have to look at her to know that she's puffing out her chest in pride since she thinks that she knows everything about me.

"I've heard all about Sabre's reputation and even seen how cruel he is towards his enemies in action." My growling grows louder, but the dog doesn't notice it because of the distance between us.

"Being around him must be tough, constantly seeing him scare people with that personality of his. I know that I would constantly be scared of him if I got to see his crazy expression every day; it looks like he seriously enjoys ending lives." Well, in case you didn't know, so do I.

"You should leave him since he's giving you such a rough treatment. Become a free pet, just like me. We can be free, together forever since we won't ever die." Her voice gets a wishful tone to it now when she continues talking. My temper is beginning to boil over and explode. I may be better at keeping hold on my temper than Sabre is, but that doesn't mean I'm good at it.

"I would like to know more about you, I would like to be the one that you can say all your secrets to. I would like to be the one that you look at every day with a soft grin on your face. I want to hunt with you, curl up to your side in my sleep and most of all, I want to marry you."

I twitch in irritation. What the hell is this woman talking about! Sabre was right, all the females are crazy! Why would I want to 'marry' someone? Sabre has explained to me clearly what it is and it sounds so bothersome! You get tied to that person for life? I would never do something that stupid!

"I don't know what it is, but I do know that it means that we'll be together forever. I don't care about your killing lust; it's probably just your frustration leaking out in battle to make it look like you enjoy killing." Tch, yeah, right.

"But it's ok, that frustration will disappear if you leave Sabre and become a wild animal with me! The wild life is great; you don't have to listen to some stupid human's orders, you can eat whe-!"

"Alright, enough of your bullshit!"

I interrupt her loudly, growling furiously at her insulting words. The female doesn't seem to notice what she's done wrong since she obviously thinks that everything she just said was absolutely right.

"H-huh?" She asks me, confused at my sudden anger.

I fold back my wing that I had over my head and stand up, trying to show how much larger and stronger I am than the dog. I turn my head around so that I'm glaring into her yellow eyes with my own blazing red ones. I'm still growling furiously, making my angry aura seem even more dangerous and intimidating.

"I said, enough of your bullshit!" I growl at the dog while gathering some flames in my throat, making my mouth glow slightly with a red light. I blow out a large flame from my mouth towards the dog but she manages to get away with only the tip of her tail burned, much to my displeasure.

To say that she is surprised by my attack is an understatement; she obviously didn't think that I would attack her since she thinks that she is 'the one' for me. Maybe she though that I only had a though outside but a soft inside, tch, she knows absolutely nothing.

Now that I really look at the dog, I can see that she in fact is a wolf. She's normal sized and strangely enough has light purple, thick fur. She has yellow eyes, the same colour as Sabre, and her snout, chest and paws are grey. She would be very fitting for a female player…

Right now she's looking at me with shock in her eyes, not fear, but real shock. How can she not be afraid when she almost got killed? That just proves it, females are crazy.

But I shouldn't care about how she reacts; the important thing right now is to punish the one who insulted my master. But first, I'll try to make her realise that no one will insult Sabre in front of me when Sabre himself isn't around.

"You don't know one thing about Sabre and you know even less about me! You just waltz up to me, try to start a conversation when I clearly want to be alone and then you start talking bad about my master?! Who the hell do you think you are, talking to me like that?! Get out of my sight you stupid mutt!"

She obviously seems offended that I called her 'mutt' and she too begins to growl, but in irritation rather than anger.

"Excuse me, but I'm not a 'mutt', I'm a wolf!"

"And why do you think I care?!"

The wolf winches at my harsh and snappy tone, maybe finally realizing that she's in danger. But apparently she doesn't when she stops her growling and instead smiles cheekily at me, showing her two rows of white teeth.

"You wouldn't want to kill a cutie like me, right?"

Ok, that was the last straw; this bitch is going to die! Now!

With a roar, I lounge my massive weight towards her. But since she manage to jump away just in time, I instead crash into the tree that was behind her with my shoulder. This wolf sure is quick at running away. Stupid coward.

I use my tail to try and knock her off her feet so that I can slit her throat, but once again she dodges my attack. But stupidly enough, she jumps closer to me rather than away from me, just two feet away from my sharp claws.

I use this chance to swipe at her with my claws, grinning happily when it comes in contact with her shoulder while coating my claws and the ground with a beautiful red colour. The wolf once again yelps in pain, a very beautiful sound I might add, and tries to stagger away from me. But I, knowing that she would retreat, have already completely turned my body around towards her and I quickly use my other hand to grab her neck and push her down on the ground.

The force of my weight forcefully pressing her into the ground makes her whimper and cough in pain, another beautiful sound. I'm grinning victoriously down at my prey as she slowly opens her eyes. When she sees the glee in my red eyes, her own widen in shock.

"You shouldn't talk bad about me or my master. That will lead you to hell."

The wolf begins to shake in fright as I utter those words. My grin grows even larger at her pitiful form; now to give out her punishment.

I slowly tighten my grip around her throat, taking pleasure in watching her struggle for breathing. I begin to think over how to kill this pathetic creature…

Maybe I should do the classic, slit her throat? Nah, that would be too painless. Maybe run my claw through her stomach and twist around her insides? Yes, that would be bloody, but I feel like doing something else… But what do I want to do? I want to show her to stay away from me and never talk bad about my master, but what is the most horrible way to die?

Bleed to death? Suffocation? Or maybe… Burned alive?

I chuckle darkly at the thought, yes, that's perfect. One of the most painful ways to die… Why haven't I thought about it before?

I release the pressure around her neck slightly, charging up some flames as I mock her.

"Bye-bye you mutt. I hope we'll never meet again."

With that, I release my flames in her face.

I step away from the wolf as she begins to howl in pain and roll around in the grass to try putting the flames out. But the flames are spreading fast thanks to her thick fur and the light purple colour soon turns black and crispy. At one point, she rolls to where I'm standing, maybe in hope that I'll help her or she doesn't notice that she's close to me. But once she gets close enough, I just hit her away with my front paw, my satisfied grin growing even larger.

It's so much fun to see this stupid mutt roll around in the grass with a mixed hue of black and red. The red being my flames and some of her blood and the black is her burnt fur and skin. And do you know what? She struggles for at least 12 seconds, that's a lot judging by how much smoke her fur emits.

Most people think that it's the fire that kills the most, but it's actually the smoke. If the fire emits little smoke, good for you, you'll live a few seconds longer. But the fire could still burn up all your nerves so you can't move, but that would mean that the fire is stronger and that you'll die quicker. Since this wolf, Tanya was it? Since this wolf has so much fur, the fire emits a lot of smoke and she would have probably died in 10 seconds. Guess she was smart enough to hold her breath.

Right after the wolf dies, she looks into my eyes with a deep sorrow in her own, probably already blind, and then she turns into light and flies away. Why she looked at me in sorrow, I'll never want to know. But I can't help but wonder what's wrong with that creature's brain for even considering in marrying me… Why do females chase the killers? I just don't get it.

I sigh in content and slowly walk over to the burnt spot where the wolf previously 'died' to take my long awaited nap. It's much more comfortable to sleep on a heated rock than on grass, but I was just too lazy to fly over to the mountains not far away from here. Now that there is a black spot of burned grass, the ground might be heated up a little, which will make my nap more comfortable.

I walk around in the middle of the burned spot, flatting out the crispy grass slightly, before I lie down on my stomach and curl up in the same posture as I was in before that stupid mutt interrupted me. I growl in pleasure when I notice that the ground is indeed a little warmer than the previous place I rested on in this clearing. Also, the blood from the wolf is fastening itself on my green stomach, which means that I'll have some dried blood on me after my nap.

I grin happily at the smell the blood is emitting; this wolf actually gave me two things. A good show and a good resting place, even though she didn't mean to give those things to me, I don't care. I just hope that this will make her leave me alone.

I was wrong; oh fuck how wrong I was. I mean what?! How would me killing her, make her believe that I need her help in 'removing my fake blood lust', and I just have to marry her so that she can take care of me?! She's even brought with a shit load of friends that are all abandoned to try and capture me! This woman is out of her mind!

I'm currently looking for a good hiding place while flying away from the large mob of pets. (Sorry, pests in this situation) An alley won't work since they'll see me because of my white scales, they will also see me dive down into the hay if I do that, so that's not an option…

I tried fighting them off before, but there are just too many of them. It's not like I get tired or anything but I just get bored by doing the same thing, over and over with no end to those pests. So that's why I'm running away from them.

And no one can judge me by saying that it's cowardly to run away, I've seen Prince run away from girl mobs, as have Sabre. Sabre's doing it for the same reason as I'm doing now and Prince runs away because he's afraid of getting trampled or harassed, at least I think that's the reason.

But enough of that there has to be somewhere where these pets can't reach me… Maybe somewhere with high-level monsters will keep most of them at bay… Then, to the mountains it is.

I turn my head to the side to see if the mob's still following me. Yup, persistent as ever with that bone-head wolf in the rear, she's one big idiot for thinking like she does. And most of the mob is females actually, in all shapes and sizes. But what really bugs me is that almost all of them are attracted to me… Again, why would anyone love a killer? That's just insane.

I sigh tiredly, seeing no use in thinking the same thing again, and turn a sharp left in the next cross road that will soon lead me to the outskirts of town. I just hope my plan works… Or else, I'll have to kill them all and that will take a long time. I have to meet up with Sabre soon, so I don't have that kind of time on my hands.

"You don't have to run away, Garel! I only want to help you!" I growl, really irritated that the wolf is so persistent, and increase my speed. Can't she understand my answer by my actions? I don't want, or need, any help from anyone!

I come to a sudden halt when I feel Sabre log in. Crap, it's that time already? Now I'm late just because these things have made me fly all around town!

"-Sigh- So you finally understand, do you? I only want to help, the others too. We've been trying to say that many times, but you just wouldn't listen!"

I glare down over my shoulder at the annoying wolf while growling loudly. This woman just won't give up!

I turn my body in the air so that I'm facing the huge mob of pets, still glaring down at the 'leader' of the group. Maybe I should just release a powerful blast that will kill a lot of them and then go to meet up with Sabre. Why haven't I thought of that before? That would have saved me all the trouble from flying around the town while trying to lose them! I really should think before I waste my time…

Instead of trying to reason with that stubborn wolf, I gather up enough flames in my mouth to be able to release my special attack, flame explosion.

The pets notice me gathering up my red flames and most of them back away a little in fear, that's the smart way to act. But Tanya just stands still, holding her nose high up in the air while meeting my piercing gaze determinedly.

Why must she be so stubborn!

I release one single ball of fire that lands right in front of the wolf's feet. When the ball makes contact with the ground, it creases a huge explosion with pure, red fire. The moment I release my attack, I'm already flying towards where Sabre is.

I can't believe that I lost track of time! That's not like me! I just hope that those pets won't annoy me again… Maybe I should ask Sabre to PM those classmates of his so that the wolf can get a master again… He won't like it, but I could at least ask, there's no harm in that.

When I arrive in the alley where Sabre previously logged out, I can see him leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. His broad sword is reflecting the little sunlight that has made its way into the darkest corner and his eyes look like they're glowing with the intense gaze he's looking at me with.

His gaze clearly says 'You're late', but my only reply is turning my head to the side while looking on the streets of star city. Sabre gets my massage that 'I've been busy' and sighs in annoyance.

"So, the females finally got the guts this time, huh?"

I look at him with my eyes narrowed, what does that mean? Sabre grins wickedly while chuckling a little at my demise, he obviously knew that I would get chased by the female pets sooner or later, but I don't understand what he can see on me that points out that I've been chased.

"I told you that women are crazy, a lot of them love only the bad guys and we're as bad as they get. And how I can see that you've been chased? Your eyes and the blood that's on you."

I grin back at my master in relief, glad that I don't have to mention anything about the chase that has put me to shame. But there's still the problem of Tanya still being on the loose and can strike again…

My grin disappears from my snout and I look at Sabre seriously, it's now or never.

"Do you mind contacting one of your classmates? The leader is an abandoned pet and she's way too determined to ever stop her advance. She wants me to change for the better and she thinks that she's the 'key'."

Sabre's grin disappears as well, but that's when he hears the word 'classmates' come from my mouth. But after my explanation to why, he emits a small chuckle in amusement while getting an evil glint in his eye.

"So you want me to give her a master so that she won't bother you anymore? Heh, and how do you expect her to accept it?"

I think he already knows what I'll answer, but he decides to ask that question anyway. I too get an evil glint in my eye as i answer.

"Easy, I lie and say that she's our traveling companion. She would jump on the opportunity and won't be able to see through the bluff."

Sabre and I share an evil grin while thinking the same thought.

-I'm so glad that it's you who is my partner.-

Well, what do you think? Have my writing skills improved? I think my grammar correcting became sloppier at the end, but I'm not really sure… I hope you enjoyed a whole chapter in Garel's POV, I also hope that I showed you how much alike Sabre and Garel are in a few ways.

Heng Shi: I finally got you now… I haven't forgotten about what you did to me a long time ago, you really hurt my pride… Don't worry, I won't kill you… I'll only torture you until you wish you were…

-Looks over to Heng Shi who's talking to thin air while holding up an imaginary person in the air- Well, my plan went better than expected. Seishirou Hitsugaya, I'm thankful that you worried about me when I told you that I would release Heng Shi. But like I said, he can't hurt me with my awesome computer at my disposal! –Suddenly becomes very depressed and afraid- But that sure was a close call… Had I just been one second late with my illusion, he would have grabbed me around the neck instead of thin air… I'll never do that again, please remind me of that if my guilt ever gets the best of me… -Shivers in fright over the reminder when Heng Shi came loose from his chains and almost grabbed me-

Heng Shi: -Has a wicked grin on his face he's looking at 'me' when I 'struggle for breathing' since he's holding a firm grip around my 'neck'- Hehe, well, how do you like that? Not being able to defend yourself now that you can't call for help or tap something on the weird thing you have that seem to control this place. Now I'm in control… Oh, and you haven't had any broken bones before, right? How about we change that…

Hehehe… -Slowly backs away from the crazy Heng Shi- That could have been me… I'm glad that the illusion worked just in time… Well, anyway. I hope you all enjoyed the one-shot with Garel as the main character. This story was created about four years ago but was posted on Fanfiction 8/22/2011, this chapter was a celebration for that this story was posted one year (or is it two now…) ago and I hope that I'll be able to write a birthday chapter this year that will be in time and not many months later. ^^ I'll see you soon! :D