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Chapter 6: Story, Past And Shock

'What started millions of years ago?' Tyson asked.

'It's more like thousands I think,' Trypio corrected.

'I hope you are ready to listen. This is going to be a long story. I will tell you about the times when Galman wasn't "born" yet,' Driger began. Galman's eyes widened along with others.

'Seriously? I'm going to learn something too,' Galman said happily. He has always been a curious person and this would definitely satisfy his curiosity.

'Yes. You were born in the middle of the war… And to be honest, I miss those times a lot… peace,' Driger took a sip of his coffee.

'You are not alone there,' Dragoon sighed. Tyson and others noticed a sad look inside everyone's eyes.

'What is it?' Mariah asked.

'Believe or not but before this war everyone was happy and smiling… even Dranzer,' Dragoon revealed.

'Dranzer? Smiling?' Galman stole the words of everyone's mouth.

'It was a sight. He had very bright and happy smile. Like a… normal person,' Dragoon continued.

'He was just like you to be honest,' Trygle added.

'Like Dragoon? Jumping from food?' Kai asked.

'Joy would be better word but yes. Dragoon and Dranzer were best friends before the war,' Galeon spoke.

'Not anymore?' Lee wondered.

'Personally I believe we are best friends but I don't what he thinks anymore. Dranzer has… secludes himself,' Dragoon answered.

'To me it sounds really weird,' Galman said.

'I'm going to tell you about the times before the war and what happened until today, what I know of,' Driger said. Everyone nodded and opened their years. Kenny had taken Dizzy out too.

-Flashback Over 3000 Years Ago-

'Hello?! Dranzer! Where are you?!' Dragoon sang. He was running past different stores and alleys while still looking up. He was about to yell again when he heard an answer.

'What are you yelling about?!' Dragoon saw Dranzer standing on the roof top.

'Party is about to start! You wouldn't want to miss it!' Dragoon yelled.

'How could you know?!' Dranzer called out. To strangers he sound like he was annoyed but not to Dragoon. Dranzer had a sarcastic tone in his voice.

'Everyone else is going to be there too! I bet someone is going to try hitting on Dranzerina!' Dragoon said. He saw Dranzer's eyebrow flinch before he jumped down.

'I hope you don't mean yourself?' he smirked.

'Of course not dude. Let's go,' Dragoon grabbed Dranzer's hand and pulled him towards the castle. Queen Siriuy was holding a party for her birthday. At the castle party was already fully going. Galux, Galzzly and Galeon were dancing up and down along with Trygle and his friends.

'Hey guys!' Dragoon yelled and got Draziel's and Driger attention.

'You got him. Did you say the usual thing?' Draziel laughed.

'Yep and goodbye!' Dragoon yelled and left running. Dranzer rubbed his neck and smiled. Dragoon always tried to make him feel comfortable. He was about to step forward when someone covered his eyes.

'Guess who?' girl's voice sang.

'Well, I don't know. How about Dranzerina?' Dranzer took the hands and turned around.

'That's not funny,' she sulked. Driger chuckled.

'You two won't ever get old,' he couldn't stop giggling.

'Shut your mouth cat!' Dranzerina pointed at him and almost was poking Driger right into the eye.

'Take it easy. I promise I won't tease you anymore,' Dranzer put his arm around her neck. She was white bitbeast and also a phoenix but smaller than Dranzer. In human form she had long hair, skirt with leggings and t-shirt.

'Something tells me you won't keep that promise,' Dranzerina said.

'You're right,' Dranzer admitted bluntly.

'You…' Dranzerina said and started to push Dranzer and ran after him angrily. It was their little game and others had fun watching them. Especially since both of them had wide smiles and eyes filled with happiness.

After the party everyone was heading out to have more fun and relaxation, when there was a big explosion.

'What was that?!' Trygle shouted and looked around with others. Tension raised in the air and it was broken by Galzzly.

'BOO!' he jumped behind the big tree.

'AAA!' others shouted.

'Hahaha! That was awesome! You should have seen your faces!' Galzzly celebrated. Dranzer gritted his teeth and threw a punch at him. Galzzly flew between and through the trees.

'You deserve that you maniac!' Galeon shouted evilly.

'It was just a joke. Man, you can't take anything,' Galzzly was wiping himself clean.

'Thanks to you though, I can't sleep tonight,' Dranzerina complained but smiled afterwards.

'You seemed to enjoy that?' Dranzer questioned.

'Yeah. You were startled as well. I got my payback,' she crossed her arms behind her back and started to walk away.

Dranzer sighed, 'You're so mean sometimes.'

'Right back at you,' Dranzerina turned around smiling. Her hair was dancing in the wind.

Next years went by when everyone were spending time at the town. Dranzerina was buying herself new clothes when black hole appeared on the sky. Citizens stared at it curiously.

'Is this you Galzzly?' Driger asked.

'No! Why you blame me every time?' Galzzly defended. Dranzerina walked to Dranzer and grabbed his arm.

'Do you see anything?' she asked. Dranzer had the sharpest eyes and could see a far away.

'Looks like we are going to have some company,' right after Dranzer said it, bitbeasts from Dark planet appeared and started attacking the town. This was the first battle of a long war.

-End Of Flashback-

'Wow…' Emily said quietly. Everyone was dumfounded and even Tyson had stopped eating snacked.

'You said it. In the end, they destroyed almost our entire planet and only this city remains. Many citizens have died,' Galeon added.

'Um… who's Dranzerina?' Tyson dropped the question everyone was thinking. Driger turned his eyes down and tightened his grip on the coffee cup in front of him.

'Driger?' Ray asked. Other also had noticed the sad look on their eyes.

'Dizzy?' Kenny even asked from Dizzy.

'She is… was Dranzer's little sister,' Dizzy replied and got loud yelps.

'What?!' they shouted.

'Yeah… It's pretty clear from her name too,' Trygator was holding back tears. Kai was the first one to register Dizzy's words entirely.

'Did you say… was?' he asked. They were staring straight at Driger after that.

'You hear her right. Dranzerina… she's dead,' Driger said, 'And definitely the biggest reason for Dranzer being so… distant.'

'How did she…' Max tried to ask.

'It wasn't pretty and… I don't really like to remember it. War had been going for over 500 years. In your time it would mean about 50 years, maybe. We age way differently than you,' Driger began.

'It was one of our biggest battles…' Dragoon started.

'And it changed Dranzer,' Draziel noted.

-Flashback-

In the sky dragon was shooting wind out of his mouth and blowing away enemies. Eagle was helping him.

'Dragoon!' he yelled frightened. Trygle flew forward and send a light beam. Just before enemy was about hit Dragoon, eagle saved him.

'Thanks, Trygle!' Dragoon said and continued fighting. Under them enemies were on fire. Boy with leather clothes, red hair and sharp eyes send fire out of his hands. No matter how hard enemies tried to hit him they couldn't. Boy moved too fast for them. Next to him were other boys and girls. Then it happened. Huge red beam shot out of the plane and went straight towards the red-haired boy.

'DRANZER!' Dragoon yelled but too late. Dranzer just turned to see the beam when explosion occurred.

'Dranzer!' Driger and Draziel yelled. Dragoon transformed into a human and landed next to Dranzer who laid on the ground. Beam had given him a scar on his face.

'What the hell?!' Trygle asked shocked. How did Dranzer survive that beam? Dranzer sat up as his face was covered in blood. He turned around to see what happened. His eyes widened and mouth shot open.

'D… DRANZERINA!' Dranzer yelled. Everyone's eyes were also widely open. Dranzer run to Dranzerina and took her in his arms when she was falling down.

'B… brother…' she started, 'You okay?'

'You idiot!' Dranzer yelled and put his hand over Dranzerina's stomach. There was a huge hole. But Dranzerina stopped him.

'Let go! Why are you stopping me?! I can heal you!' Dranzer asked.

'You need your strength to save others. Please… take care of others. I… will be always next to you…' Dranzerina began to fade away.

'Oh no you don't!' Dranzer said but she disappeared right in front of him.

'No…' Galux said and dropped on her knees. Dragoon ran to Dranzer but stopped few meters away. Ground began to shake and Dranzer's entire body got brighter. He stood up and watched ahead like a zombie. Dragoon saw his eyes. Dranzer's pupils looked like cat eyes but bright red.

'Oh shit! TAKE COVER!' he yelled. Then another explosion covered entire planet. It destroyed enemy ship and everyone who didn't take cover. In space it looked like entire planet was about to blow up.

Dragoon tried to peek behind the rock and saw something he would want to forget. Dranzer's face wet from tears, red eyes and loud scream. Everyone had to cover their ears because the tone raised volume and it hurt their ears. Dragoon looked behind him and saw empty sky. There was no single ship left but Dranzer didn't seem to stop. His body had also began to show cracks.

'Dranzer! Stop! You're using too much power! Your body can't handle it!' Dragoon tried to yell but in deaf ears.

-End Of Flashback-

Mariah had covered her mouth. Dragoon had told them everything in great detail. Among them was a big silence.

'How long it was before… I got here?' Galman asked quietly.

'You came around hundred years after that, somewhat. We had lost track of time,' Galeon said.

'What happened then?' Kai asked.

'Dranzer run out of power just in time before his body had given up. I bet you know what I mean by that,' Driger said.

'You mean before he would have died, right?' Emily cleared out.

'Yeah but he stopped talking all together. You have seen it. We may got few words out but that's about it,' Driger said.

'But why then he hates humans? And if you are in war, then why did you go to Earth?' Michael asked.

'It was getting very dangerous to fight. We weren't strong enough and Dranzer wasn't fit to fight either because he was emotionally unstable. So, Queen Siriuy ordered him to go Earth and we came two decades later. And why Dranzer hates humans? I think…' Driger spoke.

'What?' Kai asked.

'This is only my own theory. I think Dranzer wanted to express his anger and sadness on something and that something became us and humans. There might be slight thought of humans being weak creatures compered to us, physically at least,' Driger said.

'That does explain something. What I saw in America and at the control center, he is power house,' Lee stated.

'We have told him that he can talk to us about his feelings since we are his friends but I guess it's not his style,' Dragoon said. He had tried everything and was giving up but there was no way he would leave Dranzer alone. They all missed Dranzerina and were sad but they had to move forward. Dragoon had set his mind to help Dranzer to do the same.

'Or he simply doesn't want your help,' Kai said. Tyson was going to protest but Dragoon stopped him.

'Kai is right about that too. Dranzer has always fixed his own problems alone and we can't force ourselves into his personal business. If we did that, we might be pushing him away,' Dragoon reasoned.

'Since when did you get smart again?' Trypio asked.

'Shut up! It's just common sense,' Dragoon shouted. Everyone was always picking on him.

'Anyway, thanks for telling us. Now we are not as lost as before,' Ray said.

'We should get back to the castle. Night is falling and we don't want surprises,' as Driger stood up building right next to them exploded.

'Look out!' Driger and others covered their human partners with their bodies as walls and other building scrap fell down. After everything calmed down Dragoon stood up and gazed behind them. Entire building was completely ruined and he could see hands and feet under the rocks.

'Shit!' he cursed when he saw movement in the roof of the next building. Person was wearing a hood over his or her face.

'Who are you?!' Dragoon shouted but person turned around and began to run away.

'Oh no, you don't!' Dragoon stated and jumped after him.

'Galeon! Look after them!' Driger yelled and followed Dragoon with Draziel and Trygle.

'Be careful Driger!' Galux yelled.

'What's going on?!' Kai grunted. This was the third time this had happened.

'Aah fuck!' Tyson cursed. Everyone turned to him. Galux kneeled next to him.

'Are you hurt?' she questioned worryingly.

'It's my arm,' Tyson said and Galux took a look at it. She touched the place where Tyson was holding it, forearm.

'Ouch! What the hell are you doing?' Tyson asked.

'It's broken. Here,' Galux a cloth and plank of wood to held Tyson's arm still.

'Thanks,' Tyson said and stood up.

'Who was that dude?' Kevin asked.

'I don't know. Hopefully Dragoon and others can find out,' Galux said while checking Max's injuries. He had only gotten few scratches.

'Agreed,' Galeon said.

-With Dragoon, Driger, Draziel And Trygle-

'Damn it all!' Dragoon growled. Runaway was too fast and they were about to lose him. There was no choice but use extra boost. Dragoon kept on his human form and changed into his "battle uniform". Others behind him copied and they gained up some speed but runaway was still too far away.

'That's it!' Dragoon stated and send blast of wind right under person's foot to break his balance. He only managed to slow him down.

'Do that again Dragoon!' Trygle flew past him. He was in half beast mode. Without a word Dragoon send more powerful attack and this time runaway fell down, on his feet but down. Trygle was able to get in front of him though.

'You're not going anywhere,' he said when Dragoon arrived with Driger and Draziel behind him. Dragoon staid where he was, Draziel and Driger covered the other sides.

'Who are you and why did you blew up that building?' Trygle asked. They were ready in fight stance as person raised his hand up. Like bolt of lightning he punched the ground and created a force around him sending Trygle and others away and on their backs. Draziel and Driger hit the nearby building. Dragoon quickly jumped on his feet and dashed forward. He was going to hit runaway but missed. Dragoon's eyes widened because that move was familiar. He turned back to the person and glared at him.

'What is this? That was Dranzer's move,' he thought. His first thought was that person was… Dranzer.

'No! I have to be sure,' Dragoon's hand glowed and slight wind appeared.

'Who are you?' he asked but got no answer. They stared at each other before moving quickly at the same time. When they were only a meter away from each other, Dragoon blasted a wind around them. It cut the hood covering person's face.

He kicked Dragoon on the stomach and send him flying. Instead going unconscious Dragoon turned around in the air and dropped on his stomach and head towards the person. He couldn't believe his eyes.

'Wha…' he stuttered as Trygle and others woke up. They had hit their heads and fainted. When they saw the person's face too… they were in clear shock. Draziel couldn't even handle basic words.

'D…Dranzer!?' Dragoon shouted. Before they could say anything else, Dranzer disappeared right in front of their eyes.

Hey! Wait!' Dragoon shouted and took couple steps forward.

'What the hell is going?' Trygle asked. Dragoon had wide eyes while staring the spot where Dranzer was. Small wind moved one leave over it and also moved his clothes and hair.

'Dranzer…' Dragoon mumbled.

Oh boy. What's going to happen next? What do you think?

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