Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Water and Earth. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own DM, Coolkyoushinja and a few others do.
(Arthur, Friday, 9:30 PM.)
Arthur collapsed into the couch while he wheezed and Elma started to focus her magic into healing him while he snapped his arm back into place, yelling in agony as he did.
"You're ok, right?" Elma asked, looking over his wounds while he looked at her.
"I'll live, what about you? You took some hits as well; you don't look 100%." Arthur asked while he laid down, his entire body felt like it had been pounded by sledgehammers with dynamite on them.
His concern was still on Elma, he had his body wracked with pain before. He coughed again and went to grab medical supplies. He didn't have the bandages or supplies of a hospital… But then again, you can't really go to a hospital, tell them you're a fire breathing dragon who fought another fire breathing dragon and not get locked up.
Besides, he really didn't have hundreds of dollars to blow through in a single day, Elma already took a giant chunk out of his budget and bills weren't cheap.
"I'm fine… Did you know that dragon? You were both fighting pretty damn hard for dragons that have never met." She stated before he turned to look at her and shook his head.
"I only fought like that because he was dangerous… Seems like I got the raw end of the deal, he's just as strong as he looks." Arthur said while he put rubbing alcohol on his wounds and screeched before he banged his hand on the counter while it nearly cracked under the hit.
"You should be resting, you're in no shape to be doing anything right now." Elma said before she leaned on the chair next to her in pain.
"I am going to rest… You should as well, you're not as hurt as me, but we're both still in pain. My legs feel like they're on fire right now…" Arthur said before he walked over to start helping Elma.
"I think we both want to know just who that was up there though…" Arthur muttered.
(With the enemy dragon)
The dragon landed in front of a much larger, black dragon with scales that wouldn't have been out of place on a battleship, its great horned head turned to look at them.
"I didn't expect a Harmony Dragon and Lady Elma there… You said that there would be no resistance… They almost defeated me." He stated before the other dragon lashed him with his hulking tail in annoyance.
"Silence Caedmon! We risk having the other dragons finding out of our plan… To bring the war to Earth, the treaty prevents a mass invasion, not a single 'rouge dragon'… You will avoid disobeying orders like you did going to Earth with the rest of our group… If Lord Damocles finds out what we've done so far, he will mount our head on pikes." He stated before he turned and started to walk away.
"Continue to make them believe the Harmony Dragons are invading Earth until we may invade Earth… We're rule two worlds if we're good enough by the end of things here." The other dragon ordered before he vanished into the flames near him.
(With Elma and Arthur)
Arthur pressed a glowing hand to the wound on Elma's arm while she blushed and smiled as her wounds started to fade out.
"Are you ok?" He asked while Elma nodded and looked at her arm which looked better then usual then it started to fade.
Arthur sat on the couch with wraps around his chest, he didn't need to stitch up his skin, one trait he was happy that dragons had and he hummed while he cracked his neck and sat down on the couch.
"You sure you're not bad?" Elma asked, Arthur turned to her while she tried to not look at him without a 'shirt' with a blush.
"I'm going to have to recover the entire weekend to make sure that my body heals up ok, but yes…. I'll be fine, I want to point out that Earth Dragons heal fast, their designed to be tough and heal up quickly. Earth Dragons are a warrior caste within the dragons, they handle a lot of physical work, you know that." Arthur said while Elma nodded and smiled before turning back to the rest of the room and sighing.
"Trust me, I know… I just don't know what happened back at that fight, that dragon was trying a lot harder to beat us… I've never dealt with a dragon like that, have you?" Elma stated and Arthur turned back towards her while he sighed while he rubbed back at his eyes.
"I have fought something similar, and won by the skin of my teeth, but I have yet to know if the dragon in question is anything like what I was expecting." Arthur stated while he turned back towards the rest of the group.
Author Note
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that Elma and Arthur are going to fight a lot more in the story and their romance is going to be a lot more through the night scenes. Next chapter will be next Saturday and show Arthur and Elma bonding again before Kobayashi and Tohru come. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!