Dragon's Rising: The Tournament Of Sources
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Disclaimer: OC's are mine!
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Raya walked into the court yard of the Monastery Of Spinjitzu, she looked around with a smile but it faded when she saw the memorial for Master Wu. As she approaches it, one of the doors slides open to reveal Lloyd walking out.
He quickly sees her. "Raya." He smiles as he walks up to her and the two hug. "It's good to see you!"
She smiled. "It's good to see you too, Lloyd."
"I was just about to meditate in front of Master Wu." He gestures to the picture.
"Have you found him?" She asks with worry, and watches as he slouches his shoulders.
"No." He shook his head, he then studies Raya. "Are you ok?"
"After being knocked out cold from Ras? Feeling better. But the news about my dad? Still trying to cope." She looks around. "Where is everyone?"
"It's been quiet for sometime now. So everyone's been doing their own thing. I got Arin and Sora on a mission. Nya, and Chantal are inside."
Raya beams. "Thanks Lloyd."
The front door opened to reveal Nya walking out, she stopped. "Raya!" She beams, and Raya rushes over to her aunt.
"Hi Auntie Nya." She smiles.
"Did you have a good time at with your grandparents?" Nya asks.
"I did! Grandma took up knitting … and Grandpa ended up with a three arm sweater." Raya giggled, she stopped when Lloyd suddenly groaned.
"Master Rout teaching me find harmony for my visions has been an enormous help. But that doesn't mean I can make any sense of them. I saw Wolf Masks training. But I have no idea where." The blonde complained.
"Or who the mysterious master was that Ras called out during the Blood Moon?" Nya asked.
"What kind of being could have that much power?" Lloyd asked. "To make entire dojo disappear like that?"
Raya turns to her aunt. "I must've missed a lot, haven't I?" She asks.
Nya turns to her. "You've been healing. That's the most important thing."
"And now I don't know what the heck is go - woah!" Raya cried, leaping out of the way when a flaming boulder land nearby. Wyldfyre leaps into the monastery.
"And I see the annoying Wyldfyre is still here." Raya huffed as she folds her arms. Wyldfyre looks at her.
"Raya, hello." She smiles. "It's good to see you!"
"Just what are you doing?" Raya questions.
"Kai once told me Boulder Golf would increase both my power and accuracy."
"I don't remember my dad sa."- Raya trails off as Wyldfyre uses her power to hit the flaming boulder over the monastery wall, then uses her powers to go after it.
"Agh!" Raya leans her head back with annoyance. "She's as crazy as ever!"
"But she's gotten better." Nya told her niece. "Her social skills are improving."
"Pffft." Raya folds her arms.
"Wyldfyre's been training nonstop since." Lloyd trailed off.
"Since my brave, stupid brother got himself trapped forever in the Neither Space." Nya finishes sadly. "Wyldfyre's trying to live up to what she think Kai would want"
"If she thinks she's taking dad's place then."
"Hold your horses, Raya." Lloyd turns to her. "No one's taking over anyone's spot on the team." He folds his arms and a thoughtful look appeared on his face. "I know a thing or two about thinking that way. But I'm worried she's putting too much pressure on herself."
"Says the king of putting too much pressure on himself." Nya said, deadpanned.
"That's how I know it's bad. And she's not the only ninja training I'm worried about. I expected to hear from Arin and Sora by now."
"I'm sure they're fine." Nya reassured.
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After sometime, Raya was enjoying some time with Chantal, and Young Wu. "It's so good to see you Raya!" Young Wu smiles.
"And it's good to see you too." Raya grins, ruffling his hair. "You've got taller."
"I have!" He puffs out his chest proudly.
Before more conversation could continue, Nya walked into the main room of the monastery. "Arin an Sora are back."
Together, they all walked outside and into the court yard. Arin beams. "Raya!"
"Hi Arin, hi Sora." Raya greets, before Riyu flies towards her, knocking her down and licks her wildly, earning laughter from the fire Ninja's daughter.
"Ok, ok, Riyu! I missed you too!"
Arin starts to walk around. "Today was not what I was expecting. Finding info on my parents was a complete fail, and now we have the death of the Matriarch to solve. Where do we even start?"
"I wish we had your dad here, Lloyd." Raya sighed, then paused. "Did I say that out loud?"
"Honestly, so do I." Lloyd sighed, and Chantal took his arm.
Suddenly a bright light flashes, causing the Ninja to cover their eyes when the light clears a red dragon is in front of them.
"Who are you?" Sora asks.
"Dragon of Motion: I go by many names, but you would know of me as the Source Dragon of Motion."
"No offense, but I've met a Source Dragon, and let's just say, you're a little short." Lloyd said, not wanting to anger the new arrival.
"I suppose it is not fair to expect you to recognize me in this mortal form. But this is the ideal way for me to interact with you Ninja." The Source Dragon responds.
"Look, I was told firsthand that Source Dragons don't get involved in mortal affairs. So how do we trust."
"Lloyd!" Chantal scolds. "I expect that from our son, or Kai."
Nya nods. "Kai would definitely say something offensive." She agrees.
The Source Dragon of Motion suddenly disappears before reappearing as a giant dragon that towers over the Monastery.
"Could've you have entered in that form?" Raya asks. "And that is so cool!" She exclaims with excitement. "I love that power!"
The Source Dragon Of Motion reappears inside the courtyard. "Thank you for that, Daughter Of The Fire." She said gently before looking around. "I come here in need of your aid. I fear the Source Dragons face an unseen menace."
"As the Matriarch died, I heard her in my mind." Lloyd explained. "She said there was grave danger to the Source Dragons."
"The Matriarch of the Mountain Dragons is not the only dragon of her stature to have her life taken in recent times."
"Wait, there's been others?" Nya asked.
The Source Dragon shows symbols of three slain Arc Dragons. "The Matriarch of Fallen Leaves and the Patriarch of the Northern Spiral. Their crows also stolen. These dragons fell under the powers of myself and the Life Source Dragon." The symbols disappear. "I fear whoever is doing this is coming for the Source Dragons next."
"But you're a Source Dragon." Wyldfyre points up at her. "You're more powerful than anything!"
"I wish that were always true, but as you know, one of our kind was recently captured and contained by mortals with evil intent. And before that, the unthinkable happened. A Source Dragon's very life was extinguished."
Lloyd shook his head. "We didn't know that."
"In this post-Merge world, even the Source Dragons are not safe." The Source Dragon of Motion continued and the symbols of the Source Dragons disappear.
"What would happen if there aren't any more Source Dragons?" Arin asked.
"We have existed since before time had a name. We are the source of all Elemental Power in this universe. We hold together the very fabric of reality."
"Ok, yeah, so no Source Dragons would be very bad. Got it." Arin regretted in asking.
"Why are you telling us all of this?" Nya asks.
"It is not our custom to involve ourselves directly with mortals, but these are dire times. Of all the mortals, you have the strongest connection to us. We trust you. I need you to find who this hidden threat is and stop them before more Source Dragons are destroyed."
"You have so much power." Wyldfyre said. "Can't you just, I don't know, look down and see who's doing this?"
"That is not how our powers work. The other Source Dragons are blind to the dangers. I come here on my own. I need your aid."
"What do you want us to do?" Raya asks. "Where should we go?"
"I'm sorry Daughter Of Fire. That I do not know." The Source Dragon shook her head.
Lloyd suddenly thought of something. "Wait, I found this in the Matriarch's claw." He pulls out a map of a city. "It looks like part of a map. But there's not enough of it to tell where it could be." He said as everyone crowds him to look.
"Those streets don't look familiar at all, and I studied a lot of maps when I was in the Cloud Kingdom." Nya said.
"It is the City of Temples." The Source Dragon answered, recognizing the place.
"City Of Temples?" Arin asked.
"Home of the Tournament Of the Sources." The Source Dragon explained.
"What? Like the Tournament Of Elements thing that's Raya's Grandfather tricked everyone into?" Nya asked.
"Not a competition founded by mortals. These are cosmic games, the legend of which may have inspired imitations."
"So whoever attacked the Matriarch is somehow connected to this tournament?" Chantal asked.
"Perhaps. It is the only clue we have. Your path forward is clear." The Source Dragon said.
"Clear?" Nya asks.
"You will enter the Tournament of the Sources to discover the identity of our mysterious enemy and stop them before it is too late."
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It did feel good to come back to this series.