*Ding Ding Ding* Let's get ready to Slitherpiiiiit! Yeah!

Okay, enjoy.

Just outside of the city of Ouroborus, opposite the training grounds, Terrin was taking a stroll on his own, clearing his thoughts. He was in his normal human form, as he walked across the sand, and kicked a few stones out of the way that disappeared into the sand after rolling a couple of feet. He signed as he walked on a small sand hill, and he stood looking out among the sand dunes and small craters in the sand. However, he wasn't alone at this point. An invisible serpent had noticed Terrin walking along on his own, and he decided to follow him. He observed the Viporeon King with curiosity and skepticism.

'Hm, the King of the Viporeons eh? How could a mere human be the king of any Serpentine? Even though the females weren't favorable towards our hostile behavior, why would the Viporeons side with a humanking? Well, let's see if this 'king' is all he is cracked up to be...' Pythor thought, as he slowly made his way towards Terrin, now visible.

Terrin heard the sand shifting behind him, as he turned around to see Pythor come to a stop when he turned towards him. Terrin raised an eyebrow and asked,

"So you've been the one following me hm? Is there something you want?"

Pythor replied, "Well, fine sir, I've been meaning to speak to you for some time. As I've been told, you are the King of the Viporeons, the female counterparts of us Serpentine. Although I've heard that you are quite powerful, I am skeptical as to you being a human and being the king over them."

Terrin smirked in amusement and said, "Well, I can understand your skepticism, but I am indeed their king, and I heard that you have once again claimed your own throne to the male Serpentine. Of course, they don't seem fond of you, especially after the Great Devourer incident."

Pythor's eyes squinted in annoyance, but then he straightened his neck up and smiled slyly, and said,

"Yes, it's unfortunate... but maybe I can reclaim the Serpentine's trust, and maybe even the Viporeons."

Terrin tilted his head in suspicion and amusement, and asked,

"Sir Pythor, are you... challenging me?"

"Why your majesty! Why would I want to challenge you? I hear you are fearsome and mighty. Anyone who would challenge you would be mad. But if they defeated you, that may be a miracle that is worthy of respect," Pythor said, as a devious smile grew on his face.

Terrin looked at Pythor more seriously, as a small smile stood on his face, and he said,

"I'm sure they would be worthy of respect, but it's not like anyone has ever lasted long."

Pythor smirked and said, "I haven't been known to let my challengers get very far, especially from my stomach."

Terrin smirked and said, "Then let's see what happens. King versus King?"

Pythor nodded and said, "Why not? King versus King, to see who is the true ruler of ALL of the Serpentine!"

Terrin nodded, and then the battle was about to begin. Other Serpentine and a few vampires gathered close by, and Skales was among them.

"Oh come on! Pythor, why not leave King Terrin alone. There isss no need to show who is mightier!" Skales said, but was disregarded when the crowd of Serpentine and Vampires started to chant 'Slitherpit.'

"I'm sssurrounded by idiotssss," Skales said, as he face-palmed.

Terrin noticed Skales response, but then he turned his attention back to Pythor.

"Shall you take the first attack, your majesty?" Pythor asked Terrin.

"Why not," Terrin said, as he smirked, and then a fiery smoke of blue and black covered over Terrin's body.

When the fiery smoke faded, Pythor and the crowd gasped when they saw Terrin in his Serpentine form.

"What is the meaning of this?!" Pythor said, with panic in his voice.

"There'sss a reason I'm the king, and there'ssss a reason why no one is ssso stupid enough to challenge me," Terrin said, as he grinned with sharp, pearly whites.

Pythor slithered back momentarily, but then he became angry as he stood forward and said,

"No matter what you change into, I will defeat you and prove that I am SUPRERIOR! I won't let a half-blood show me up!"

Terrin didn't like being called a 'half-blood,' but he kept his cool as he smiled and said,

"Then show me!"

"Gladly," Pythor said, and the two kings lunged towards one another.

Although they missed one another, Terrin and Pythor turned around and started to fight. Pythor tried to punch Terrin a few times and tail-whip him, but Terrin was able to block and jump over the tail-whip. Then Terrin tried to punch Pythor, but then he whipped his spiked tail and hit Pythor on the chest. Pythor yelped in pain of the strike, but also because the spikes of Terrin's tail staved him. Then Pythor tried to bite Terrin, but he missed a few times, as Terrin dodged and ducked. Right when Terrin ducked, he upper-cut Pythor's chin, and Pythor yelled out, "OUCH!" After that, Terrin tried to whip Pythor again, but Pythor was able to turn quick enough to bite Terrin's tail.

"AH!" Terrin yelled out as he punched Pythor on the nose, and he released his tail.

Then Terrin hissed and lunged at Pythor, as he dodged. Pythor slithered quickly around Terrin and tied him up with his long tail. Terrin was caught, but he looked at Pythor in annoyance, as Pythor smirked and said,

"Well well your majessty, who would've guessed that I would have cau-"

Terrin swung his spiked tail and staved Pythor on his back, as he also bit his tail. Pythor yelled out in surprise and pain, as his grip loosened. Then Terrin leaped up in the air, and swung around as he flying tail-whipped Pythor across the face. Pythor went flying back and landed on his back, as he stood on the ground, moaning in pain. Terrin shook his head quick, and then stood tall as he slithered next to Pythor. Pythor shook off his dizziness, but his expression became fearful when he saw Terrin's tail, with the spike aiming downward, near his face.

"Your done," Terrin said almost coldly, as he removed his tail from Pythor and started to slither away.

Pythor was pretty upset about losing, but then he became more angered when the Serpentine and Vampires were congratulating Terrin on his victory.

"King Terrin, you are the best!" -vampire

"What technique! What power!" -serpentine

"You beat him down!" -serpentine

"You are the REAL DEAL!" -vampire

Then Skales approached King Terrin and said, "My my, it issss indeed an honor to be in your pressssenccce your highnessss. You are mossst powerful and indeed worthy to be the King of the SSSerpentine assss well."

Skales bowed in respect for Terrin, as did the other Serpentine. Terrin raised a hand up with an embarrassed smile and said,

"Pleassse, there is no need. Bessidess, I find leading one group of Ssserpentine to be enough work than having two. Why don't you lead them, as my number two for the Serpentine?"

"Me? Are you sure ssssire?" Skales said, surprised by the king's proposal.

"Sure. You seem like you are highly knowledgeable and well suited as a leader," Terrin said and added, "Plus, I've heard much about you from the ninja. You've been a pretty big thorn in their side, especially after Pythor was 'out of commission,'" Terrin said.

"Oh, why thank you your majesssty. I try," Skales said, as he bowed towards Terrin again.

However, Pythor was enraged at this point, and was secretly slithering towards Terrin. Then Pythor lunged towards him with all his might and his mouth wide open, as Terrin turned towards him in surprise. Yet, suddenly Pythor was hit by something from above, which closed his mouth and slammed his face to the floor, as well as the rest of his body. The Serpentine and Vampires were shocked, as Terrin smirked. Pythor looked up to see who had knocked him down, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"You already lost. Except defeat with honor," Reine said, as she had her foot planted on Pythor's face, and her arms crossed.

"What an entrance my dear," Terrin said with a smirk, as Reine took her foot off Pythor's head, and headed towards her husband's side.

"Well, no one messes with my husband," Reine said with a smile, and Terrin wrapped his arm around her waist, as he returned to his human form.

"Let's go," Terrin said, and Reine agreed, as they walked back into the city, along with the Serpentine and Vampires.

"I'm coming too Sensei!" Lucy said, as she followed behind her Sensei Reine. (It was during Lucy's training that Reine went to check on Terrin, so Lucy followed her.)

After Terrin and the others were a longer distance off, Pythor stood up and dusted himself off. That blow to the head from Reine, left him a little dizzy, so he stood in place for awhile.

'He's more powerful than I thought, and his wife is no push-over either. What strength!' Pythor thought as he shook off the dizziness and straightened up.

However, Pythor chuckled and thought, 'How fascinating. I wonder... how powerful is there daughter. They are such worthy opponents, and since the girl is the Purple Ninja-'

"Heh heh heh," A voice chuckled, as Pythor immediately looked around to see who was laughing.

"Who are you? Show yourself!" Pythor said, as he continued to look around.

"How funny. The lassst male Anacondrai. I expected more of a fight, but than again, I didn't expect you to win anyway," the voice said, and Pythor turned towards where the voice was, but he didn't see anyone.

"Wait a minute... Your a-a..." Pythor realized who he was probably talking to, as he saw a pair of pink eyes with black slits appear, looking towards him.

Pythor backed away in surprise, as the head and horns of the Anacondrai Viporeon appeared, along with the rest of her slender but muscular body. She stood up tall with a smirk on her face, as Pythor retracted his head towards his body.

"How nice to see you again, Pythor. Remember me? Anaca?" Anaca asked, as she smiled with a toothy grin.

"Why yes. I do remember you, of my earlier youth," Pythor replied.

"Hm, how nice to be remembered. Well, anyway, it's such a good thing that I came a little earlier than the others. I was able to convince them to not be so hostile when we finally met," Anaca said.

"Who are you talking about Anaca?" Pythor asked, as Anaca smiled more amusingly and replied,

"The Viporeonsss."

Pythor turned around when he heard the shifting of sand and gulped when he noticed the army of Viporeons headed towards them.

"T-They're all here," Pythor said in nervousness.

"Well most of them. A few others stood at Fountain Falls to watch over it," Anaca replied, as she slithered in front of the army, and they came to a halt.

"Now remember ladies, be cordial and respectful, considering that the Serpentine allegiance is towards our King and alliesss. There is no reason to fight amongst our brother tribesss," Anaca said, and the Viporeons agreed.

"They had better behave themssselvessss assss well," Carrie the Constrictai said.

"We wouldn't want any accidentssss if they are rude," Vena the Venomari added.

"Now now ladiessss, let usss keep calm. The Serpentine have changed over the yearsss, sssso let'sss not rush into conclusionssss," Serpana the Hypnobrai said.

"We'll see/ if they are/ different/ Although I hope/sssso," Fajra the Fangpyre said.

As the Viporeons headed into Ouroborus, Anaca gave Pythor one last look with a smile, as she continued on her way with the others.

Pythor watched as the Viporeons entered Ouroborus. Then he looked up and noticed someone standing on one of the roofs of a building, also watching the Viporeons enter.

"The girl," Pythor said out loud, realizing that the person was Raven by her purple gi.

Raven watched the Viporeons enter the city, and then she followed after them. Pythor grew a curious smirk on his face, as he headed back into the city, and thought,

'Well, well. Things have gotten more interesting...'

I decided to post this chapter earlier then intended. Well, time to get the next one ready. :)