A Dragon's Crimson Cry
By: Tippi
Ch 41 School and Dark Enemies
Jake awoke Tuesday morning to see the storm had stopped some time last night. The clouds had left leaving the sun to dry the wet city.
Despite all that had happened over the weekend today was like every other day.
On his way to school Jake was happy he didn't another distraction keeping him from his friends.
Trixie and Spud were standing in front of the chaining fence surrounding the school waiting for Jake but Spud kept leaning his back up against it forgetting it was wet causing him to get the back of his shirt damp.
They scanned the crowed streets for Jake. It wasn't hard to spot him as the gold dragon on the front of his red t-shirt reflected the sun light making it like a beckon.
"Jake you made it" Trixie exclaimed as Jake came up to the two.
"And miss another enjoyable day of school" Jake tried to joke.
The three walked into school but as soon as they did Jake found what the news circuit had been up to.
"Hey, Long" Jake heard in the hall and saw Brad and his two lackeys coming towards him. "Made it to the second anniversary" Brad said a one of his lackeys held up a newspaper that had a headline 2nd Anniversary of the 76th Street Slaying. "Impressiveconsidering what happened Friday" Brad went on as the other lackey held up Friday's newspaper with a headline saying Mystery Slayer Returns for Unfinished Business. "Maybe he'll come after ya in school, if so get me a front seat for that" Brad mocked.
"If you're so smart can you answer me one question" Jake asked.
"Yeh, sure" Brad replied.
"What's hairy has eight legs and fangs" Jake said.
"I don't know what" Brad said crossing in arms.
"I don't know either but it's on your shoulder" Jake answered.
Suddenly Brad was dancing around swatting at this shoulder. In the process he knocked down the other two boys on the floor.
Jake, Trixie, and Spud were laughing their heads off at the whole scene.
"Good one" Trixie said putting up her hand up for a high five.
Jake gave her his five.
The rest of the school passed by as usually minus the sudden shock or surprise of Jake speaking by the people who Jake well enough to know he'd been mute for the pass two years.
You could tell by the look on Brad's face through out the day he was still upset about the day's earlier prank.
When Jake got back home LS and Fu were waiting for him.
"So how was school" LS asked.
"It was okay minus the newspaper articles" Jake answered.
"Should of known that was coming" Fu said.
Jake just adjusted his backpack and went up the stairs to his room to drowned him self in homework.
"I really hate the news" Jake said to him self as he jumped onto his bed.
Somewhere in disclosed place inside a dark room a conversation concerning Jake, LS and their enemy, was taking place.
A minor injured hunts man was standing in front of his three superiors.
"Elite hunts member number 34" the 3 addressed. "Due to your failure twice we have decided to assign Elite hunts member 27 to take your assignment."
"But you can't do that just give me one more chance" the Elite 34 begged.
"Our decision is final" the three said together. "You're expected to tomorrow to present all the information you have on the target to Elite hunts member 27."
"Yes my superiors" Elite 34 said bowing his head and walked off to his cambers.
~Ranking~
The entire hunts clan ranking was rather complicated but a generalization is as follows… At the bottom of the chain are the hunts students that are still in the academy and haven't done any actually field work, and they go by a simple number. Next would be those who left the academy and now are actually out of the field and are acting as an apprentice to a higher ranking member. These students go by huntsboy or huntsgirl with a number but to save on time in the field the master usually doesn't use the number when addressing them while working. The next rank has a much larger range of members. This rank can have you either as an academy teacher, huntsmaster, or free lance either alone with a group of same ranking. The members of this rank have finished their apprentice ship and most likely have a dragon under their belt but a few lucky members have done something just as notable act or acts as killing a dragon but those are few. These members depending on what they do have their own title and go by code names of their choosing. One of the ranks are the Elite the members to make it to this rank are few this rank is only allowed about 50 members at any given time. The best way to make the elite is to be the best hunts member with decollated accomplishments and hope one of the 50 elite dies so you're a candidate to take their place. They usually addressed as Elite and given a number and the higher the number the higher elite you are. The highest rank is the three superiors are usually the oldest members of what use to be a member of the elite. It's really just a three old geezers to obsessed with the clan to retire and spend their golden years relaxing.
And that's the ranking putting it simple it's a bit more complicated then that an each of the outlet for every country has its own variation of the ranking.
~Back to the story at hand ~
Elite 34 once in his camber brought his fists crashing down on his desk nearly breaking it.
He started ranting in his head.
They can't do this to me I killed 31 dragons, made it to the elite pass 16 elites 'knocking elite 50 out of the elite' and all because a one little boy their going take me off my current life's work to give it to some old stuck-up jerk. O no, no one's taking what is mine. I'll finish with what I started and when it I do I'll be one of the highest elites.
With that in his mind he destroyed all info he had on Jake and grandfather, the only info left was in his head. Then he packs anything he needed and left.
Now he would be known as a rouge hunter a member who doesn't does their own thing without answering or associating with any member of the hunts clan. And without his info on the two dragons the whole clan was back to square one, not knowing where they are or what their human forms or names are.
A/N This may get confusing later on if it isn't already so any questions just ask. Review