Onisiba: Legend of the Three Ultimate Swords

Ok, I admit, this is a LONG story! The begining is ok, but the ending is excellent. If you are wondering, this is a story based off of American Dragon: jake Long. One thing: I only added a few characters from the show. The rest are mine. If you like or hate AD:JL, I urge you to read it. Have fun!



Where Earth stands now, there are two parallel universes. One supports the natural growth and prosperity that we experience today. The other, however, does not. This is Aeris, the land of the sky. Time itself is unbalanced here; so advanced swordsmen can use it to their advantage. There are four nations of people. The Aerians (the prosperous nation), the Iyallanos (the banished nation), the Cronians (the poorest nation), and the Lucians (the separated nation). The Iyallanos were banished, because of their dark ruler, who waged countless wars against the other nations. They and there leader were banished to the Dark Region and were to never return to the imperial city of Aegis. Because of the parallelism, Earth and Aeris are linked. No one on Earth knows about Aeris’s existence, same with Aeris, until now…

It was a bright, sunny morning in Aeris. There was a sword shop right next to the city’s main gates. This is where an eleven-year-old boy named Hero lived. He lived here with his mom and dad. Because they were not Aerian, they were treated as outcasts. Hero had one friend and his name was Yui. Yui was Iyallanos and an orphan at birth, but he continued to live in the city without anyone knowing. Hero was the only one who knew that Yui was Iyallanos. To protect Yui from being exiled or killed, he changed Yui’s name to Dark. The Grand Council gave Dark foster parents. His new parents loved him and deeply cared about him. Hero and Dark met when they were both five.

Chapter 1: Beginning

“Hero… Hero, wake up!”

Hero slowly opened his eyes and yawned. Then he fell out of bed and there was a large *thump*. Hero’s mom just kind of stared at him and then returned to her work. Then she went downstairs and yelled, “HERO! GET OUT OF BED!!!”

Just as he fell asleep, he heard the ear-shattering noise his mom made when she was calling him. This noise deeply startled him. He leaped out of bed so high that he hit the ceiling.

After this, he walked downstairs and heard his mom yell, “Dark’s here! He wants you to help him with his homework!” Hero then ran downstairs and greeted his friend. Shortly afterward, they both left for school. To pass by the time, they dueled each other in a stick fight. They were the best kids in town when it came to swordsmanship, because Hero’s dad owned a sword shop.





After school, Hero ran home his fastest. When he got there, he noticed the lights were out in the shop. He opened the door silently and crept upstairs to his room. He peeked around the corner and was paralyzed with shock. His parents were on the floor dead and sliced up. There was blood everywhere; the whole floor was soaked. He looked beyond them and on his balcony, was a man wearing a white overcoat. The hems of his shirt were gold plated. He had aqua hair and his eyes were covered by a shadow. He carried an extremely long and heavy sword on his shoulders.

He turned and looked at Hero then laughed and said, “So, you were the legendary warrior. Ha! I guess these people were innocent just as they said they were! Oh well… I think I should send you to them right now! I think they’ll be happy to see you!”

Hero turned around and grabbed his father’s sword that was on the floor. His palms were sweating and his face was white. Then, the man grabbed his huge sword and thrust it at Hero. He tried to parry, but his sword was just too small. The man’s sword sliced Hero in the stomach. Hero then dropped his sword and grabbed his stomach as blood gushed out onto the floor.

The man looked at him and exclaimed, “Now your blood is mixed with your parents’ blood! How amusing… you don’t stand a chance against me! Except your fate… DIE HERO!!!”

Just as he tried to impale Hero, a blinding flash shining from the sword halted him.

Suddenly, he said, “The sword chose you?! Hmmm… interesting. I must depart. Farwell legendary warrior! Our next encounter will be swifter and more devastating!”

With that, he jumped into the air and disappeared. Hero knelt down next to his parents’ hacked up bodies, and then he started weeping. The floor was soaked with his parents’ blood, his blood, and his tears.

Hero then stood up, clenched his right fist and said, “I will get my revenge! You will never get away with what you’ve done! You will pay severely for what you’ve done! I promise!”





Four Years Later…

“Hero, what are you doing?!”

“I’m packing up, why?” asked Hero.

Dark stared at him, sighed, and replied, “You don’t have to leave! This is the most prosperous city in all of Aeris, so why are you leaving?!”

Hero turned his head, “I know this place has many of my fondest memories, but who can cherish those memories, if apart of you… isn’t there?”

Dark blankly stared at him and asked, “Huh?”

“My parents owned this place, I’m not old enough to own it, I need cash, and my own room was used as a slaughter house… for my parents. I trained enough at the swordsmanship school, and I need to find out who murdered my parents.” Hero explained.

Suddenly, several soldiers burst through the door. They looked around and asked, “Is there anyone here named Yui?”

Hero and Dark both shook their heads. Then, one of the soldiers seized Dark and exclaimed, “Here he is! The traitor changed his name! He’s the stray Iyallanos we’ve been looking for!”

“STOP!!!” shouted Hero. “Don’t kill him! You should give him a fair tri…”

Then, one of the soldiers kicked Hero, and he flew back and hit a wall. Hero watched in horror as his friend was being carried off. He tried to get up, but his legs couldn’t move. Before the soldier closed the door on their way out, Yui screamed, “Hero!”

There was nothing he could do. Hero started crying and looked up into the skylight in his kitchen. As he watched the sun’s light beam in, he quietly said, “Why is this happening to me?!”

He then gathered his sword, some food, clothes, and left his house. As he left, he saw the new owners of the shop come by and greet him. The man was a father; his wife and two children accompanied him. He said hi to them, and then the father paid him five hundred ziens for the house. As soon as he did this, Hero said goodbye and left for the city’s main gate.

Two soldiers were posted near the gate, were laughing. One of them turned and asked, “Hey! You! Weren’t you with that stray Iyallanos?”

Hero ignored them and walked right past them. The other soldier looked at Hero and said, “He was so stupid for staying in this town! Their kind shouldn’t be allowed to live!”

Hero turned around immediately and grabbed the handle of his sword. He clenched his hand harder, then said, “Don’t you dare make fun of him! He was exiled because of this stupid law! Not everyone is bad!”

Hero turned around and walked out of the city. He thought to himself, “What should I do now?” Then, he walked off into the sunset lit hills.





Night hit and Hero was prepared. It took him almost an hour to set up camp, because it was his first time away from home. He sat quietly in a meadow filled with short grass.

The moon reflected upon the blades of grass so the meadow was lit up. Hero gazed up at the moon. Around the moon was still the hint of the crimson red sunset that was there earlier. There was a faint wind blowing eastward. It was a very peaceful night.

After four hours, it was midnight. Hero put out the campfire and took out his sword. The moon’s dull light shined on the side of the sword. For some reason, the reflection the sword put out made the pale light seem brighter.

Thirty minutes later, Hero put his sword down next to him, and fell asleep.

The next morning, Hero woke up and saw Yui right next to him! Hero exclaimed, “Yui! I thought you were banished to the Dark Region!”

Yui continued to stare at Hero. He noticed that Yui looked like he was being controlled. He gazed into his eyes and questioned, “Yui?”

Yui jumped up and grabbed Hero’s sword. He pointed the tip of it at Hero’s head and then yelled, “Die!”

Hero jumped up and took a step back and asked, “What are you doing?!”

Then Yui replied, “Die by the hands of your murderer!”

Yui took Hero’s sword and then thrust it through Hero’s heart. He fell on the ground dead, soaked in his blood.

Then, Hero’s eyes shot open. He looked around gasping for air, and saw it was only a nightmare.

He was covered in sweat, and his body was shaking violently. He looked at himself in the reflection of his sword. His skin was pale white, and he was sick to his stomach.

After examining himself, he got up and fixed himself breakfast on an open campfire. When he finished, he gathered his belongings and hit the road. A new day was laid before him.





On the pathway, Hero met a fork in the road.

To the left, were a beach and a vast, blue ocean.

To his right, was a Cronian village.

Hero chose the path to the right, hoping that there would be people who knew about his parents’ murderer.

He sprinted down the path, and then entered the village. He looked around and saw it was deserted. He searched through the houses and found some strange bloodstains that spelled out the word TEMPLE. This word was found in every home in the village.

When he reached the edge of town, he saw a huge sign with an arrow on it pointing westward. It was yet another bloodstain. Then, Hero peeked behind the sign and found a pit with rotting corpses in it!

He gasped and thought to himself, “Are… these… the villagers?! Who could have done such a thing?!?!”

Puzzled and horrified by this, Hero walked down the path and headed west.

When he finally reached the mysterious temple. He gazed upon the walls and spotted more bloodstains. Moments after inspecting the whole outside perimeter, Hero entered the temple.

When he took his first step inside, he was awestruck. The whole temple was made of marble and pearl. Each pillar was decorated with rubies, sapphires, jasper, chalcedony, sardonyx, carnelian, chrysolite, beryl, topaz, chrysoprase, jacinth, amethyst, jade, diamond, emerald, and opal. In the middle of the temple was a pillar with a gold slab. Hero walked over and read it.

It read: “To the three chosen wielders of the Legendary Blades… unite the swords to open the portal to the other realm linked to here. This power will bend all time, space and reality. Gather… to reunite the sacred realms. Gather.”

“And what does the legendary warrior plan to do if the portal is open?” Standing on top of the pillar with the slab stood the man who murdered Hero’s parents!

“You! You’ll pay for what you’ve done to my parents!” shouted Hero.

“Saying things like that won’t make you feel better… unless you put them into action!” said the man.

Then, both of them drew their swords.

The man ran forward and tried to stab Hero, but Hero was too quick. He jumped onto the man’s sword, dashed forward and jumped up and slashed the man across the chest. The man quickly recovered and tried to vertically cut him. Hero blocked and clashed swords with him.

Both held their positions flawlessly.

They were too evenly matched! Suddenly, a man wearing black clothes and a cape appeared and joined the clash. All three held their ground solidly.

Then, a white light shined from their swords. It was so bright; all three were forced to shield their eyes. The light grew larger and larger until it surrounded them.

Hero, the man, and the stranger were sucked into the holy light.

Chapter 2: Realization

Hero woke up, but his vision was blurred.

After a few minutes, his sight cleared up completely. It was six o’clock in the morning around the harbor area in Dana Point, California.

He got up off the soft sand and walked up the stairs leading to the Ocean Research Institute. As he passed by the empty building, a man with a dark blue cape and blue hair, jumped up onto the roof. His com-link rang and he picked it up.

“What is the information regarding the legendary warrior?”

“He’s breached. The trans-dimensional portal is open and secure.”

“Good work Yuin. You may proceed with the operation at post-discovery.”

Just as Hero walked by the empty building, he saw something out of the corner of his eye. He quickly turned around and looked on the roof, but there was nothing there, so he continued his long hike. Later that morning, Hero found the five highway and started walking south on it.

As soon as he reached the exit Camino Estrelle, he found a spot behind a tree and camped out there. People stared at him, because he carried a sword on his back.

That night, two policemen spotted and started questioning him. One of them said, “It’s illegal to carry a sword out in the public. I’m sorry, but we’re going to have to confiscate it.”

Hero quickly grabbed his belongings and ran for the shopping district beyond the highway. They tried to catch him, but he was too fast for them. He lost them down an alley behind K-Mart. He crept slowly down the alley.

When he reached the end, he found a strange door with an unknown language on it. As soon as Hero put his hand on the doorknob, the cops spotted him and chased him. Hero burst through the door and closed it immediately.

Suddenly, the door disappeared. Hero noticed an elevator just beyond where he entered. He looked above it and saw a gold slab, just like the one in the temple. He slowly crept down the dark hallway; a light above the elevator barely lit the path.

The slab read: “Draco” on it. He pressed the button, which called the elevator up. As soon as the elevator door opened, Hero’s heart pounded hard and fast. When he took a step inside of it, his heart pounded harder and faster than before. Then he started to cough up blood. He got really dizzy and passed out in the elevator.





After a few hours, Hero regained consciousness.

Still dizzy from passing out, he looked at the control panel for the elevator. He then pressed the down arrow accidentally, instead of the door open button. The elevator sped downward at an extremely fast speed.

When it reached the bottom floor, Hero flew and hit the elevator’s doors, which caused them to open.

Suddenly, Hero was paralyzed. He looked around and there were thousands of dragons! He was both scared and confused.

Then, one of the dragons walked over toward him and asked, “Where are you from?”

Hero was speechless so he pointed at the elevator.

“Uh, uh! You’re a dragon!”

The dragon looked somewhat confused, but then realized Hero was scared. He transformed into his human form and said, “Hi, my name is Rei, what’s yours?”

Hero looked at him for a moment and then replied, “Hero. I come from the imperial city of Aegis.”

Rei gave him a blank stare and said, “Man, you are confused! Ha-ha! Anyways, come join me for lunch. I’m sure you’ll remember everything after you eat!”

Just as he told this to Hero, Andam, one of the dragon council members, walked up to him and asked, “Where is your master?”

Hero responded, “I… don’t have one… I guess.”

Then, Andam gave Hero the same blank stare as Rei. He glanced at Hero’s sword and asked, “Are you a dragon? You don’t look like one.”

Hero looked down and shook his head. Andam was paralyzed shortly after hearing this. He transformed into his dragon form and got into his fighting stance. Then, Rei grabbed Hero’s arm and it turned into a white dragon’s arm. Hero and Andam were both very surprised.

“See, there’s no need for violence… he’s one of us!” exclaimed Rei. Every dragon near by gasped and stared at Hero. Hero transformed his arm back and took off running.

While running, he spotted a cavern in a waterfall. He went inside, sat down, and fell asleep.





Night fell and Hero woke up.

He looked to see if anyone was there, but alas, there was no one. Then, he got up, and walked to the spot where he met Rei, hoping he would be there. He sat down in the moon’s pale light and saw a purple, dark aura light the sky up.

Suddenly, a purple and black dragon stood right in front of Hero. Hero jumped up, drew his sword, and asked, “What do you want?”

The dragon looked away and said, “Wow, you changed.”

Hero took a step back and whispered, “Yui?! Is that you!?”

Then Yui looked at Hero and said, “No. I am a sage of the realm of darkness now. It was because of you that I was exiled! Now you must pay!”

Hero looked in Yui’s eyes as he closed in on him.

“No! It wasn’t my fault! I would never tell anyone! All the good times we had together… I would never give them up for money! If you were my friend, you would believe me. Please… understand.” Hero exclaimed.

“How pathetic… you don’t understand, do you? I am an Iyallanos… my real father was the same man who murdered your parents!”

Hero dropped his sword and fell to his knees. He started crying uncontrollably and mumbled, “Why Yui?! Why would you betray me?! I thought we were…”

“Don’t ever call me your friend! Because of you, I lost everything! For that you must pay… Face me or die!” shouted Yui.

Hero picked up his sword and threw it to his right. Yui looked at Hero’s sword and laughed.

“Fine, no weapons then! You just threw away your only chance of beating me!”

Then, Yui grabbed his sword and threw it to his right, just like Hero did. Yui dashed forward and attempted to slash Hero’s neck. Hero transformed his left arm just in time to block Yui’s piercing nails. He used his dragon arm as a shield against Yui.

After parrying the attack, Hero accidentally lost his balance. Yui seized this opportunity by attacking Hero’s chest at full speed. He made three deadly slash marks. When Hero caught his balance, he grabbed his chest as blood leaked on the cold grass. Then, Yui drove one of his sharp nails into Hero’s right shoulder, impaling him. Hero gave a quiet cry of pain as he grabbed his shoulder that was bleeding heavily.

Yui calmly walked over to his sword and picked it up from the ground. Then, he raised it above his head and shouted, “It’s time to end this! DIE HERO!”

With one swing from the heavenly sword, he unleashed a devastating force of light discharge. The wave of holy light energy hit him, causing to fly back two hundred feet. This blast should have killed him, but instead he was out cold.

Assuming he was dead, Yui transformed into his dragon form and flew away.





The next day, Hero awoke and found himself in Rei’s house.

Rei saw him and said, “Good morning! I don’t know what happened to you last night, but I’m guessing it was a fight.”

Hero looked at him and replied, “I just encountered my long, lost friend, who wasn’t very happy to see me.”

Rei laughed and asked, “Did you lose?”

“Yeah.” replied Hero.

“I want to become stronger. Please… can you train me?”

Rei stopped what he was doing and answered, “Sure. We’ll start at noon. You’ll need to learn the basics about being a dragon, like how to transform at anytime, before I can teach you about combat.”

“But first, I have to tell you the truth.” said Hero.

“There is another world, parallel to this one. This is originally where I came from. The planet is almost the same as it is here. Most of my people are excellent swordsmen. They use ultra sonic sword techniques capable of exceeding the speed of light and faster. When my friend Yui and I were dueling, time was the main element we used in this battle. We could adjust how fast we were moving and how fast it took to slay an opponent. Time is out of balance on my world Aeris, so we could use it to our own needs. I entered this world through a portal with two other people, Yui and Yui’s dad, who is my parents’ murderer. When you enter the portal, for a period of time, you don’t exist. When you transfer to each realm, you must be reborn, in order to live. Surprisingly, when I came through the portal, I was reborn as a dragon. Now, I must avenge my parents… and slay the man who killed them! To do this, I need your help. If you could train me to become a good enough fighter in my dragon form, than surely I could slay my parents’ murderer. Right now, I can only transform my left arm. With your aid, I’m sure I can go full-dragon. Please… help me.”

Rei gave Hero a long, blank, confused stare.

Moments later, he started laughing and said, “Of course I’ll help you! I’ll do everything in my power to aid you! Follow me; I know the perfect place to train. It’s away from people, so we can remain focused.”

Then, the two left for the training spot.

Chapter 3: Rebirth

One year later…

“Excellent work Hero! You’ve really come a long way! Tomorrow, we head for the dragon council so you can be appointed as a dragon master.”

Hero looked up at his master Rei and smiled. Finally, he mastered his dragon powers and his sword techniques.

The next day, they left for the dragon council, which was on the other side of the island. Hero ran the whole way, while Rei was flying above him. After a few minutes passed by, they reached the dragon council’s building.

When they entered, the dragon council members greeted them.

One of them and said, “Rei, you are not qualified as a dragon master. The boy should be taught the ways of the dragon by a dragon who has more experience.”

Rei stood up and replied, “I know, but he wanted me to teach him. When I found him half-dead lying on the ground, I felt sorry for him so I treated his wounds at my house. When he woke up, he asked me if I could train him. I gladly took on the task, because I pitied him. If you were in my shoes, what would have you done? Please, test him so he can become a dragon master.”

Then, Chang one of the council members, stood up and responded, “Fine. We’ll see if he’s good enough. Return here in one hour and we will test him.”

Rei thanked the council for their generous decision and left the building with Hero. Then they trained for thirty minutes.

After they were done, Rei said to Hero, “Since our training is complete, why don’t you take a look around the island?”

Hero looked at him and replied, “Sure. I’ll be back in thirty minutes.”

After saying this, he changed into his dragon form and flew off. While flying, he looked at himself and remembered all the hard training he accomplished. Then, he looked at himself again and remembered what happened to him in the past.

He thought to himself, “I need to find Yui. Maybe he can tell me where his father is.”

As he was flying, he noticed a strange crack on the side of a plateau. He flew down towards it and peeked inside. It was a giant arena suspended over molten lava!

Suddenly, Hero started coughing. There was a thick black cloud surrounding him.

Hero thought, “What the..”

Then, he fell to the ground, unconscious.





Twenty minutes later, he found himself chained to a wall next to the arena.

Suddenly, a black dragon emerged from the lava next to him. The dragon looked at him and asked, “What is your name?”

Hero looked to his right, scoffed, and then replied, “Who are you to ask for my name?”

“Well, white dragon, what are you doing in my lair?” asked the black dragon.

“I don’t have to explain myself to the likes of you! You’re wasting my time. Free me, or I will free myself.”

The black dragon laughed and exclaimed, “You don’t know who I am, do you? I am the Dark Dragon, king of all the dragons!”

Hero laughed after hearing this and replied, “Yeah, well, I’m not really a dragon, I’m an Aerian. And by the way, I don’t care who you say you are. Only your fighting skills can truly explain who you are. I am the legendary warrior, but I guess you’ll just have to figure out if that’s true or not. A simple-minded fool like yourself doesn’t stand a chance against my powers!”

The Dark Dragon roared and said, “We’ll see about that!”

Then, the Dark Dragon’s minions surrounded Hero. There were hundreds of them!

The Dark Dragon laughed and asked, “As you were saying?”

Suddenly, blades of light cut Hero’s shackles. He transformed into his human form and took out his sword. With one swing, his sword expelled a giant blade of white energy discharge, which destroyed them.

Then, the Dark Dragon shot a gigantic fireball at Hero. Hero faced the blast as it neared him. He then took his sword again and turned the blade so the sharp side was facing the blast. As soon as it hit his sword, the fireball parted and flew past Hero.

Then, he ran up to the Dark Dragon and made a tiny slash mark across him chest. The Dark Dragon fell backwards into the lava still alive, but paralyzed. Hero transformed and flew back to the council building.

Chang looked at Rei and said, “Your student is ten minutes late. He should hurry if he expects to be tested.” Just then, Hero landed next to them.

“Sorry I’m late. I got a little tied up.”

Chang looked at him with evil eyes and then explained, “You have three tests. To pass, you must successfully complete two of them. Your tests are: judgment in fire, wisdom in battle, and courage in flight. Are you ready?”

Then Hero replied, “Ok. I’m ready.”

Hero passed the first test with flying colors. He transformed into both his dragon and human form, which gave him bonus points.

In the next test, he dueled a fellow dragon. He defeated him easily in his dragon form, and moved onto the next test.

Chang told him, “For this test, you must choose an opponent to race against.”

Hero looked around at the competition. By choosing randomly, he chose a boy with spiky green and black hair.

The boy pointed at himself and questioned, “Me?”

Hero nodded and the boy walked over to him and said, “Wazzup! The Am-Drag’s gonna show you whose king of the course!”

Hero took his place next to the starting line and said, “Don’t lose.”

The boy looked shocked and responded, “Y-You’re the one whose gonna lose!”

Hero watched him take his place next to the starting line and asked, “What’s your name?”

The boy looked at him and replied, “My name is Jake and I’m the American Dragon.”

“I’m Hero and I’m the Aerian Dragon.”

Jake looked at him puzzled and then regained his focus.

Then, Chang shouted, “You may begin!”

Jake and Hero both took off at a set, equal speed.

Halfway through the course, Hero increased his speed dramatically and was now twice as fast as Jake! Before the finish line, Jake gave it his all and past Hero. Jake finished in first place!

He looked at Hero and asked, “So, how do you like me now?”

Then, he turned towards the crowd and shouted, “Am-Drag’s representin’! Holler!”

As everyone cheered, Andam announced, “Well, we officially have a new dragon master here before us. Give a round of applause to Hero for his long, hard work!”

Then, everyone clapped and cheered.

That night, Hero thought to himself, “Now all I have to do is locate Yui. Hopefully, he’ll explain everything that’s happened to me.”

After thinking this, Hero fell asleep in Rei’s house. Tomorrow would be a new day for the new dragon master.

Chapter 4: Destiny

When Hero woke up the next day, he noticed that Rei wasn’t in his house.

He looked all around his house and then checked in the secret training spot where Rei trained Hero. He found a note that was on the ground and read it.

It read, “Dear Hero, when you read this, you’ll already know that I left you. Goodbyes… are not in need at this moment. Instead, because I am now being tested just like you were, to become a dragon master. Continue your journey… and destroy the man you hate the most. You will be in my prayers. Good luck!”

Hero put this letter in his pocket and walked out of the secret training grounds.

The sun finally stopped rising, and a new day was made for Hero. Then, he set off, walking towards the mountain range.

When he reached it, he spotted a path that lead up to a giant bell tower. Hero had a weird feeling in his stomach as he gazed up at it. He somehow knew this was where Yui was. He ran all the way there.

When he reached it, he opened the huge, red, steel-plated doors and walked inside. The inside of the bell tower was gigantic. The floor was covered in crimson red carpet and the walls were made of hard, gray stones. As Hero gazed up towards the ceiling, he noticed that there were staircases that led from the floor to the upper room, which contained the giant bell. Also, there were multiple platforms on the walls leading to the ceiling. In the middle of the floor, was a diamond shaped seal with four sections of diamonds in it. Inside of each section, there was another diamond. Including the overall diamond, there were nine. Hero then looked behind him and saw a huge, beautiful stain-glass window. Painted on it, was his sword. On the right side of the sword, the glass was painted dark purple and on the left side of the sword, it was painted bright yellow.

“You never give up, do you?”

Hero instantly looked up at one of the upper platforms. Yui stood on one of them in his dragon form with his arms crossed.

He then shook his head and said, “You should have remained in hiding instead of coming here.”

Hero looked at him and asked, “Why are you trying to kill me?!”

“My fathers orders were to slay you.”

Hero let go of his clenched fist as he swung it to his right and asked, “Why does he want me dead? I didn’t do any thing to him!”

“No, it was your ancestors fault, for forging that wretched sword Soul Reaper! My family was banished and lived in torment because of that sword! It is the ultimate sword, because of the choices the chosen master makes. It has two sides, good and evil. If you make a decision, it affects the sword’s growth. You basically control the world with that sword. The sword shouldn’t have chosen you… my father should be the wielder of it! Then, the world would be at peace… all the nations would be the same. Our nation won’t be banished and everyone will live peacefully. This is what I, and my father wish for… and you won’t get in our way! Prepare to die, Hero!”

Then, Yui flew down and kicked Hero in the stomach, which caused him to fly back and hit a wall.

“Why does this always happen to me?!” he asked.

Yui took out his sword, but then a fireball knocked it out of his hand.

Yui looked around and shouted, “What?!”

“Hey, why don’t you pick on a dragon your own skill level?”

Hero looked up and saw a red dragon standing on one of the upper platforms.

“Stay out of this, the boy is mine!” Yui shouted.

The red dragon flew down, crossed his arms and said, “Wow, I didn’t know he was in your possession.”

Yui turned and looked at him and said, “You’re all talk. Your smart-mouthing will only kill you.”

The red dragon scoffed and said, “We’ll see if that’s true.”

Then, he turned and looked at Hero and asked, “Are you alright?”

Hero got up off the ground and replied, “Yeah, but you don’t know what you just got yourself into.”

“My name is Drake. Trust me, I’ve fought stronger foes than this guy.”

Yui looked at him and yelled, “Fight me, if you think you’re so tough!”

“Fine by me.” said Drake.

Yui and Drake both flew forward and grabbed each other’s hands.

While holding their position, Drake said, “So how does it feel to fight against the legendary Dragon-X?”

Yui looked at him and replied, “You’ll be dead soon, so I don’t care who you are!”

Then, Drake whacked Yui in the chest with his tail and then kicked Yui’s legs. This knocked him off balance, so Drake tripped him with his tail. Yui fell on the floor and Drake grabbed him by the neck and held him down.

He laughed and exclaimed, “You’re not that strong! That was easy!”

Yui chuckled and replied, “You forgot one thing, I too have a tail!”

Yui grabbed drake by the neck and started choking him. Hero quickly grabbed his sword and threw it at Yui. The sword flew perfectly straight and cut Yui’s left hand that was holding onto Drake’s right arm. Yui released Drake and grabbed his bleeding hand. Drake quickly ran over to Hero’s sword and threw it to him while he dashed over and caught it. He held his sword at an upward position and stopped running. Drake shot a fireball at Hero’s sword, which charged it up. The sword now emitted a piercing red flame. Hero then ran over to Yui and jumped up in the air. It was then that Yui realized what they were doing, but it was too late to react. Hero swung his sword down for a powerful vertical slash. As soon as his sword hit the ground next to Yui, the ground exploded and sent a powerful wave of fire straight towards him. Yui was sent flying from the earth-shattering blast. Before he hit the ground, he transformed and flew away. Hero and Drake looked at each other and smiled.

Then, Drake said, “I have to go. Your master, Rei, instructed me where to find you. He is now a dragon master. Well anyways, I have some unfinished business to take care of, so see ya!”

After saying this, he took off flying. Hero smiled and waved goodbye. They both knew this wouldn’t be the last time they’d see each other.





After a while, nightfall hit. Hero decided to camp out inside of the bell tower. Aside from the cold chills that occasionally blew through the old, cracked walls, Hero felt safe for some reason.

After a long, peaceful sleep on the bell tower’s red carpet, morning struck in all its brilliance. As the sun arose, the windows and the cracks in the walls were lit up. Hero looked up at the beautifully lit stain-glass window near the entrance of the tower and thought, “I am ready.”

Then, he got up, shielding his eyes from the sun’s clear, bright radiance, and exited the tower. After taking a few steps out of the building, a man with blue hair appeared before him. Before Hero could react, the man threw a gas canister at him. Hero covered his mouth quickly, but it was too late. The gas already made its way down to Hero’s lungs. He suddenly collapsed to the ground and tried to look at the man’s face, but his vision was greatly blurred. After a few minutes, Hero fell unconscious as the man walked over and picked him up.

By the afternoon, Hero woke up. He found himself lying on a bed in a control room. He continued to look around and then gasped, because someone took his sword!

Suddenly, the man walked into the same room as Hero. Hero jumped off the bed and backed against a wall as the man cornered him.

Then, Hero yelled, “Stay back! Even though my sword is gone, I can sill kill you!”

The man laughed and then said, “We’re on the same team.”

Hero looked puzzled and then asked, “What?! What do you mean?! You nearly tried to kill me back there!”

The man smiled and replied, “My name is Yuin. My team and I have observed you for some time now. Ever since you came over to this world, we have watched and studied you. We know everything about you… Hero. We even know what happened to your parents.”

Hero looked at him carefully and asked, “Why is Yui really trying to kill me?”

“Your friend’s father gave him Luciis, the third ultimate sword. It is known as the legendary sword of light; only one with a pure heart can wield it. Apparently, Yui’s heart is pure. He’s very confused right now. He has to choose either you or his own father. If he chooses wrongly, his sword will become useless and its power will remain dormant until a new person wields it. Hopefully, he will choose you, so the sword will grow and live.” Yuin explained.

“The man who killed your parents has the second ultimate sword, Exile. It is known as the legendary sword of darkness. Only one with a heart of pure evil can wield it. Its power matches up equally to your sword, except it is harder to wield because of its great length.”

Hero looked at Yuin and asked, “What’s so special about my sword? Everyone seems to want it.”

“Your sword is made of both concentrated light and darkness. Anyone can wield it and because of that, it is truly the ultimate sword. The sword contains four elements: light, darkness, gravity, and time. If you fuse all of these elements together, then it will create Soul Reaper’s ultimate attack, final destruction wave. The attack freezes the enemy in time, and light and darkness fuse to expose the flow of gravity on the earth. Then, if you swing your sword into the flow and hit the ground, spikes of concentrated gravity will shoot out of the ground, sending a devastating wave that will rip the opponent apart before he blinks. When your sword hit’s the ground, the normal gravity flow is disturbed causing abnormal spikes to form deep within the earth. After a few seconds, they concentrate and shoot out of the earth and hit the opponent.”

Hero looked at him puzzled and asked, “How many team members do you have?”

Yuin raised his hand and extended his index, ring and middle finger.

“THREE?! You only have THREE people?! I thought you had at least thirty! So, who are they?”

Yuin snapped hi fingers and a red dragon flew through the partly cracked skylight and landed right next to him.

“DRAKE?!” Hero questioned.

Drake looked at him and asked, “It’s a small world, eh?”

Yuin glanced at both of them and then explained, “I hired Drake to observe and fight beside of you. He is still your friend, but also your normal, other-worldly bodyguard.”

“A hired friend?” Hero asked.

“No, a friend and fellow teammate.” Drake replied.

Yuin looked at both of them and asked, “So Hero, can we join your team?”

Hero gave them a long, hard stare, smiled, and then replied, “Sure! Welcome to the team!”

All three smiled and then Yuin exclaimed, “Dragon-X, and the legendary warrior on the same team… this is truly a historical day! Hero, I’ll give you your sword back. Remember what I told you. Master the final skill, and you will become the ultimate warrior. Good luck on your journey, for I must leave. I’ll give you this com-link, so we can keep in touch.”

After Yuin gave Hero a com-link and his sword back, Hero asked, “Wait! Who is your third teammate?”

Yuin looked at Hero, smiled, and replied, “You.” After saying this, he walked out of the building. Hero and Drake both stared at each other and smiled. Then, they left the secret base, walked off into the sunset and headed towards Rei’s house.

While they were walking, Hero asked Drake, “So, how long have you been working for Yuin?”

Drake looked at him and replied, “Almost two years now. We both worked on trans-dimensional inspection. It was just a mere coincidence that he hired me, Dragon-X. After a month or so, he found out I was a dragon. Since then, we have been studying ancient myths and prophecies. Strangely, all the ones we studied related to three things: the three legendary swords, the inter-dimensional portal, and the one chosen to vanquish evil. That one… is you Hero. When you came through the portal, we knew you were the legendary warrior. Aside from you, we found proof that two others breached.”

“Yui and his father…” Hero said.

“Exactly. We must find Yui and try to convince him that he is still your friend. If Yui turns to our side, then we will have two of the three ultimate swords. The last one will be the most difficult to get. Save your ultimate attack for this battle. If you use this attack, it will deplete most of your life, causing you to faint. It is hard to recover afterwards, but it is well worth it.” Drake explained.

After a few minutes, Hero and Drake left the mountain range and noticed the sky was pitch black. They both gasped when they looked towards the end of the pathway. They quickly flew beyond the path and landed next to Rei’s house. Everywhere was set ablaze by an ominous purple flame. The dragon council building was burning, and all the houses and tents were on fire. Drake and Hero both looked around, but there was no one there.

Then, Hero’s com-link rang and he answered it immediately. Yuin asked, “What’s going on around there? There is smoke coming from your position.”

Hero replied, “Everything is on fire. This was no accident. There’s no one here… it’s almost as if they fled from something.”

“Hero! I found a weird mark on this building! … This is no doubt the work of the Dark Dragon!” Drake exclaimed.

Hero looked near his feet and found a note. Hero grabbed his com-link and said, “Yuin, I found a note. It says, “… Soon my father and I will rule this pathetic planet. But first, we must eliminate every inferior creature. Thankfully, the Dark Dragon will help us, so we don’t have to get our hands dirty. When the time is right, he will fall like the others. But for now, he will train the dragons I captured on Draco. Pretty soon, he will have an army of highly trained dragons. They shall also aid us, but like the others, they will also fall in time. When the Iyallanos are transferred to Earth, we will destroy Aeris. Finally, there will be a day where no one will be discriminated against. This is what my father and I strive for. Hero and his friends will die before me. Then, I can reclaim the sword that was meant for my father. Soul Reaper will be in our grasp… soon. Only then can I die in peace.”… This was written by Yui.”

Drake then transformed into his dragon form and told Hero, “I’m gonna go retrieve the captive dragons. Hero, search for Yui. It seems that he is loyal toward his father. Defeat him for good, and take the sword of light. Don’t worry; you can hold it, because you have a pure heart. I’ll return soon. Bye Hero!”

After saying this, he flew westward into the dragon-training course where Hero encountered the Dark Dragon. Then, Yuin said to Hero, “Head north. You will find Yui here. To the south is where your parents’ murderer lies in hiding. Don’t use the ultimate technique yet. Save it for the final battle.”

After Yuin said this, Hero headed north not knowing what was going to happen next.

Chapter 5: Unison

As Drake neared the end of the course, he spotted the crack in the wall. He then took out his com-link and asked, “Hero, are you there?”

“Yes I am. What’s up?” Hero responded.

“I found the cave. What should I do next?” Drake replied and asked.

Yuin got on the line before he said this and replied, “Good. Enter and proceed with the evacuation. I will rendezvous with you shortly.”

“Wait… you are going to help Drake? Are you a dragon too?!” Hero questioned.

Yuin replied, “No. The reason why I hired Drake and knew about the portal is because I was born in Aeris. Because I am an Aerian, I can use elemental attacks like fire, at any time. I came over to this world thirty years ago, after I was born. I was part of an experiment to see if the portal was functioning correctly. Just like you, I came from Aegis. Your father, Raiju, and another man used the three ultimate swords to send me through the portal to Earth. Your father was an Aerian, Raiju was an Iyallanos, and the other man was a Lucian. Raiju was the leader of the Iyallanos. Because he was an evil man, he was put to death and his followers, the Iyallanos, were banished to the Dark Region. Raiju forged the ultimate sword of darkness from his own blood, soul, and from a special reflective ore called lunikrite. With this sword, he can reflect any elemental attack with twice as much power. Before he died, Raiju named his sword, Exile, because of the Iyallanos’s banishment from Aegis. Your father was the original wielder of Soul Reaper. The maker of a holy relic called the Sacred Crystal gave him it. It is said that this relic could grant any wish… if used by a good person. The maker of the Sacred Crystal forged two swords, Soul Reaper and Luciis.”

Yuin arrived at the cave after saying this. They both peered through the crack and spotted two guard dragons. Suddenly, they left through two doors on either side of the arena and it was empty. Then, a dark figure wearing a gray, hooded cloak walked through the door on the left and stood on the left half of the arena. A woman wearing a gray hood walked in through the door on the right and stood on the right half of the arena.

The dark figure asked the woman, “So, how is the training?”

The women replied, “Good. They have all pledged their allegiance to you, except on, my lord. Soon we will have an army ready for lord Yui.”

“Excellent. When the army is ready, we will destroy him and rule the world! As for now, Chang, I want you to interrogate the prisoner. If he does not pledge his allegiance to me, or tell us anything, kill him.” said the man.

“I will do it now, my lord.” Chang said. Then, she left the arena. The man also left and the arena was once again empty. Yuin looked at Drake and said, “Rei is being held in the lower prison area. It seems we found the Dark Dragon.”

Drake then responded, “Chang betrayed us… I wonder if the others did too? I hope she was lying!”

Drake flew onto the arena that was suspended on top of the lava. With one leap, Yuin jumped onto the arena. They both went through the door that Chang went through.

They ran down fifteen flights of stairs and found the door that led to the prison. It was locked, so Yuin used gravity to crush the lock. Rei’s arms were chained to a wall and he was bleeding heavily from torture. They rushed down to the bottom of the prison and broke Rei free.

Then, they carried him up the stairs and ran into the center of the arena. Suddenly, the Dark Dragon emerged from the lava and said, “Leaving so soon? I thought you wanted a warm welcome. Let me give you one!”

Then, thousands of dragons surrounded them. Yuin turned and looked at the Dark Dragon and said, “Face the facts, Yui is using you! You’re nothing but dispensable puppet in his overall scheme! Your biggest part is about to end!”

“Yes. To us, he is also a puppet… for giving me these dragons to train! We will soon rule the world! It’s two against two-thousand!” said the Dark Dragon.

“Yeah, the two ultimate swords against two-thousand weak dragons! These swords were meant to slay thousands of men, with one swing! That scratch that Hero gave you… wasn’t even a sample of the sword’s power! Give up, fate isn’t on your side!” shouted Drake.

“We’ll see!” exclaimed the Dark Dragon. Then, the dragons cornered Drake, Yuin, and Rei. Drake transformed and Yuin made a sword out of electricity. Yuin shocked and knocked out half of the dragons, while Drake fought the other half with Rei on his right shoulder. After an hour of fighting, all the dragons were knocked out and Yuin and Drake were tired.

The Dark Dragon laughed and exclaimed, “Impressive! You forgot one big thing, me! Prepare to die!”

Suddenly, Rei got up and said, “No, YOU forgot one thing! Me!”

Then, he extended his index and middle finger together and slashed his right hand at the Dark Dragon. Light energy flew out of the slash and created a giant wave. The wave flew and hit the Dark Dragon causing him to fall on the arena’s floor parlayed. Then, Drake, Yuin, and Rei exited the cave. Yuin used earth and caused a boulder to fall and block the entrance.

Rei said, “I’m sure Chang will take care of him. The Dark Dragon and his army will wake up, soon. For now, let’s rendezvous with Hero. He’s probably reached the spot where Yui is, so we must hurry!”

After he said this, they headed north to reach Hero.





After Yuin told the story to him, Hero turned off his com-link and sat down to rest. He knew they found the Dark Dragon, so he left them alone.

When a few minutes past, Hero got up and started walking on the northern pathway. While he was walking, he spotted a huge pool of blood. The blood was darker than normal blood.

Hero thought to himself, “Wha..? What happened? This is… Iyallanos blood. Yui…”

After thinking this, Hero continued his journey. To either side of it was a green meadow stretching as far as the eye can see.

After an hour of walking, Hero reached a strange temple at the end of the path. He noticed another pool of blood near the entrance. Yui was definitely here.

He rushed inside and looked around. It was damp and dark, just like a cave. In the middle of the room, was a pedestal. Hero walked over and shoved his sword into it.

Suddenly, the locked door leading to the next room opened revealing a pathway.

“You opened the door for me, thank you! I guess I don’t have to slay you now!”

Hero looked up and saw Yui standing on the floor above him. Yui jumped down holding his bleeding chest, and walked past Hero.

Hero asked, “What happened to you?!”

“My father and I had a disagreement, but we came to an understanding.” Yui replied.

“How can you live with him if he does this to you?!”

“Why do you care? My father’s strong, unlike your weak father who gave his life for you! If only he told the truth… he would still be alive!”

“I care… because I am your friend. My father was stronger than your father, because he sacrificed himself for me!” Hero exclaimed.

“Stay out of this! You don’t know my life! Now step aside. I must get the treasure beyond this door!” Yui said.

Yui walked a little bit further, then collapsed because of blood loss. Hero ran up to him and yelled, “YUI!!! Hold still so I can help you.”

Yui turned and shouted, “Stay back! I’ll kill you if you come any closer!”

“You don’t have the strength to. Now hold still.”

Then, Yui grabbed his sword and sliced Hero across the stomach. He lay on the floor shocked. Yui was also shocked.

He yelled, “What have I turned into?!?!”

Then, he ran out of the building and headed eastward. Hero got up and walked into the next room.

There was a pillar with a golden slab on it. Hero walked over and read it aloud, “The sacred treasure sought by all, lies within the wielder of the ultimate sword. The power of the holy relic is infinite. The Crystal will reveal itself to the chosen one when darkness comes close… what does this mean?”

Just then, Yuin, Drake and Rei walked into the room. Hero was surprised to see Rei come in. After they all read the slab, they left for Yuin’s secret base.





When they arrived there, Yuin input his security code in the doors’ computerized locking mechanism.

The doors unlatched and opened.

They walked forward into the next room and found a big door. As they approached the second door, they noticed a huge melted hole in the middle of it.

“Someone’s been here. This doesn’t look good.” Yuin said.

He used ice and froze the door’s hinges. Hero and Drake both transformed and simultaneously blew fire on the frozen hinges. They cracked, because of the intense heat, and the door fell to the ground.

As soon as they walked inside, they gasped in horror as they looked straight ahead of them.

“So nice of you to join us! Please, come in and make yourselves comfortable.” said the Dark Dragon.

Hero, Drake, Rei and Yuin immediately got into their fighting stances. The Dark Dragon arose from the chair he was sitting in and snapped his fingers. Suddenly, his whole army surrounded the perimeter of the base, armed and fully trained with swords and other weapons.

One dragon shot an arrow at Yuin and pierced his left shoulder.

“YUIN!!!” Drake, Rei and Hero shouted.

The Dark Dragon laughed and exclaimed, “Did you really expect to beat me? Ha! Die now!”

Just then, Hero stood up, grabbed his sword and said, “It’s time.”

Yuin looked at him and yelled, “No! Don’t do it! Stop now; don’t throw your life away for one attack! Save it for a more worthy cause!”

“No. You need me. These dragons have made their choice to serve the Dark Dragon, so I make mine to slay them with one blow. I don’t care if I die… as long as you are safe. This is a worthy cause. Now prepare yourselves! Final Destruction Wave!!!”

The sky suddenly turned black and the ground next to Hero split open. Then, light beamed out of the crack as soon as Hero gripped his sword. He bashed it against the ground and time around him froze. Yuin, Rei and Drake looked astonished as they glanced around them and noticed they were not frozen like the dragons. Then, he slashed the ground in the same spot and clear gravity spikes burst out of the ground. They looked like crystal, and were four times larger than Hero! They came from the ground, forming a wave and pierced all of the army except the Dark Dragon. Also, beams of light pierced the dark clouds and struck the earth next to the gravity. Holy swords and dark swords fell from the clouds like rain and pierced the army. Then, time unfrozen and the dragons were shredded and ripped apart by the intense, concentrated gravity spikes. All that remained were their dead, thrashed corpses.

Everyone looked in awe at Hero.

Suddenly, hero collapsed to the ground unconscious. Yuin and Rei both ran over to him and tried to wake him up. The Dark Dragon looked at his fallen army and attempted to flee, but Drake shot a fireball at his leg causing him to trip. Drake ran over, picked him up, and carried him to a holding cell inside the base.

The cell was made of iinaronite, which disables the dragon’s natural power, but allows the dragon to remain in its form. Drake quickly ran over to Yuin, Rei and Hero and asked, “Will he be alright?”

“Yes. He needs a lot of rest. For now, head toward the dragon council. Rei, separate from them and go there now. You are the council’s only hope to reestablish it. I will stay with the Dark Dragon. *Sigh*, that idiot wrecked my base! You can reach me by my com-link.”

After saying this, Yuin walked inside of his base, Rei flew towards the dragon council and Drake carried Hero and walked down the long pathway leading there.

Chapter 6: Roadblock

After Drake passed the bell tower, Hero regained consciousness.

His vision was greatly blurred and his whole body, except his head was paralyzed.

He muttered, Uh… what happened?”

Drake looked at him and smiled, “We’re almost to the dragon council. They will decide what happens to the Dark Dragon. But for now, you need to rest. By using Final Destruction Wave, your body is exhausted and is acting strange.”

“Yeah, I guess paralysis and visionary distortion can be classified as “strange”.”

“You’re so right! Anyways, rest so you can heal faster. We have a long trip ahead of-”

Just then, a blue dragon flew down and landed right in front of them.

She shouted, “Stop! You may not precede any further!”

Drake looked at her puzzled and replied, “Why not? It’s not like you own this road!”

She looked at him and paused. Then, she shouted, “What are you talking about?! I have my orders! Return from where you came from immediately!”

Drake looked at her and replied, “You’re kinda cute… for a roadblock.”

She looked at him and blushed.

“Wha-what?! Don’t forget that we are enemies… or did you?!”

“No, but I don’t think we were enemies from the start!”

Hero woke up and mumbled, “What’s the matter? Why have you stopped?”

Drake replied, “Oh. There’s an annoying roadblock in the way.”

The dragon shouted, “Don’t call me that!”

Drake grabbed his com-link and said, “Uhh… Yuin, we have a problem.”

“What is it?” Yuin asked.

“There’s an annoying roadblock in the way. What should I do?”

“Destroy it.” Yuin replied.

Drake turned and looked at her and said, “He told me I should destroy you… if you don’t mind. What do you think, Hero?”

Hero woke up again and mumbled in a confused manner, “What is this roadblock? You addressed it as a she, how do you know that? (Couldn’t it be a boy boulder?)”.

Drake laughed and exclaimed, “She’s a she alright! And she’s hot!”

Hero thought, “I hope these are the after effects from the attack, otherwise Drake is flirting with a boulder!”

She looked at Drake even more embarrassed than before and yelled, “I AM NOT A ROADBLOCK!!!! Stop calling me that! If you refuse to leave, then I will slay you! Prepare to die!”

She dashed forward and attempted to grab Drake’s neck, but he backed up just in time to counter. He slammed her against his knee and grabbed her by the neck. He then laid three power punches to her stomach. He grabbed her again when he let her go, and smashed her head into the ground. He then applied pressure to her neck to make her fall asleep.

Suddenly, she flew up in the air and yelled, “Is that the best you can do?”

“No, but I can show you!”

Suddenly, Hero yawned and a huge fireball shot out of his mouth and hit the dragon. She fell to the floor with an “oof!”. Drake looked at Hero, on his shoulders with astonishment. He wasn’t impressed by the attack, but was by the fact that Hero could maintain his nap on Drake’s shoulders and attack at the same time.

The girl got up and shouted, “You got lucky! Now, finish me!”

Drake looked at her puzzled and said, “I won’t kill you! That’s just crazy! I-”

Then, she flew off and headed toward the dragon council. Drake carried Hero and headed in the same direction.

When they arrived, Rei was there at the entrance and greeted them.

He said, “Welcome to the dragon council. How may I serve you?”

Drake laughed and said, “Okay Rei, stop joking around!”

Rei looked at him confused and asked, “How do you know my name? I have never seen you before!”

Drake looked at him shocked and replied, “It’s me, Drake. This is Hero, your student. You trained him a year ago! How could you forget?!”

Rei looked at him and replied, “If you need any help, you can go inside and talk to one of the council members. You should seriously get checked out. I’ve never trained anyone, I’m just a greeter.”

Drake backed up slowly and walked away.

Suddenly, the blue dragon flew down and landed right next to them. She said, “See… you should have turned around. All of their memories were wiped clean by a man with a huge sword.”

Hero woke up on Drake’s shoulders and said, “Let’s go. Anyways, welcome to the team. My name is Hero, and this is Drake.”

“What?! I never said… Uhhh! Never mind! My name is Sarah. I was abandoned as a child and was forced to live in the mountains because no one excepted me.” Sarah explained.

“I’m an orphan too. That man you saw… was my parents’ murderer. I’ll explain more when we walk because it’s a LONG story!”

Then, Hero Drake and Sarah left the dragon council and headed eastward.





While they were walking, Sarah asked Hero, “So… what was it like in Aeris? I never had a home… so what was it like?”

Hero smiled and then replied, “Those days… when I had my parents… I felt like I had everything. When tragedy struck, I realized that even simple things, like having parents, could destroy you on the inside if you lose them. I was forever scared, and the man who killed them, haunted my dreams. He will never get away with what he’s done! I must kill him!!!”

All three stopped, and Drake and Sarah look in shock at Hero.

This was the first time they ever saw Hero angry. His eyes were glazed with hatred and his body was tense. Then, he regained focus and said, “Well anyways, let’s continue. If we head in this direction, we’re bound to find Yui.”

Suddenly, a mysterious figure appeared in the distant fog. Hero, Drake, and Sarah transformed into their dragon forms and got into their fighting stances.

Then, a voice called out to them, “That won’t be necessary. I only want Hero, so come forth!”

Hero looked at Drake and Sarah and then walked into the fog. He looked around and spotted blood stains everywhere.

“It’s been a long time, hasn’t it?”

Hero stared in horror as he noticed Yui standing before him.

“I’m not asking for a fight, Yui, I just want to talk.” Hero explained.

“I know. I was thinking the same.” Yui replied.

Hero looked at him confused and asked, “W-what?”

“Let’s just put it this way… I changed my mind. My father is an evil man. He’s already destroyed countless villages along Draco’s south and north coast. I was dispensable in his scheme. I didn’t realize… that you still wanted to be my friend. After all I’ve done to you… you still liked me. You are truly strong… stronger than me. All I ask for is one thing. Will you be my friend?”

Hero smiled and replied, “You’ve always been my friend, so you will always remain my friend. Welcome to the team, Yui.”

Drake turned and looked at Sarah and said, “I don’t like this. Hero could be in trouble, and we’re just standing here.”

Then, Hero and Yui both walked out of the fog.

Drake shouted, “HERO!!!! Watch out!! Yui is…”

“…Still my friend. Even though he worked for his father, he still wanted to be with us. His father forced him to kill many people and dragons. He’s now part of the team.”

Sarah and Drake both looked at each other confused, and shrugged.

Suddenly, Hero’s com-link rang and he answered it.

“Bad news. The man who murdered your parents just destroyed another village of dragons south of the dragon council. If we don’t do something fast, Draco will die.”

“We also have good news. Yui betrayed his father. He’s on our team now!”

“Excellent! Now, head south to reach his father. This is the final battle. Surprise him by using your attack. Also, I interrogated the Dark Dragon. He told me that there is an ambush set up somewhere near the dragon council, so be on your guard.”

“Thanks Yuin, we will.” Hero, Drake, Sarah, and their new member Yui left that spot and headed towards the dragon council. The fog just cleared, and it revealed a bright sunny day.





While they were walking, Sarah asked, “So… Yui, why did you betray Hero?”

Yui looked at her and replied, “I was exiled from Hero’s town, Aegis, and I believed that it was Hero’s fault. He kept my secret… that I was an Iyallanos, one of the banished race. But, it was really my father’s fault. He sent soldiers to take me away and deliver me to him. Then, he gave me the ultimate sword of light, the sword he couldn’t wield. He gave me it, and told me I could destroy Hero, the weakling, with it.”

Then, Hero looked at him with evil eyes.

Yui looked at him, laughed and said, “No offense. That’s what he said. Anyways, I accepted it and then he put me through intense training. You see, my sword, Luciis, is a key to unlock Soul Reaper’s true potential. Exile, is also a key. Soul Reaper has two sides, light and dark, depending on the wielder’s heart, soul, and mind. If the wielder’s heart is pure, it will become a good sword. If the wielder’s heart is impure, the sword will turn evil. The sword is linked directly to Hero’s thoughts, feelings, reactions, and both worlds. If the sword is pure, peace and prosperity will fall upon the lands. If it turns evil, vice versa. Hero carries the fate of everyone on his shoulders.”

Then, they all reached he dragon council, but everywhere was abandoned. Drake peeked inside of the main hall and found all of the dragons and council members, including Chang.

He called out, “Hero, Yui, Sarah! I found ‘em!”

When they ran over, one dragon flew over and attacked Drake. He fell to the ground and grabbed his bleeding arm.

“DRAKE!!!” Hero shouted.

He ran over and tried to help Drake, but some dragons carried him off.

Suddenly, a girl wearing a green and blue ninja suit jumped down from the ceiling and landed on a platform above the dragons.

Then, all the dragons bowed to her and she said, “Why slay dragons… when you can control them!”

Hero looked at her and shouted, “What have you done with him?!?!”

She laughed and replied, “The Huntsclan has been searching for your friend for a long time. He used to work for us, but in the end, he betrayed his own comrades. It just so happens you have the legendary Dragon-X on your team! By sunset, I will have slain him personally, and his skin will be mounted on a wall in our hideout!”

Sarah looked at her and responded, “How could you do such a thing?! You think that you can justify the fact that dragons always outmatched your family?! You’ll never get away with this!”

She looked at her and laughed. Then she replied, “Just try and come after us! We have built an army of dragons, who are loyal to us! The only thing we care about is slaying Dragon-X! Then, we will finally be accepted by the council and I will be the highest member AND permanent member! Finally, I can be made a member of the Huntsclan by slaying my first dragon! Then, we can slay all these dragons here.”

Hero looked at her and said, “How could you?! You’re the one who’s wrong! By slaying dragons… you’re removing the magical protectors of this world! You’re killing innocent lives! You deserve to-”

Just then, a dragon flew down and slashed at Hero. He took the blow as the dragon watched in horror.

The dragon was Rei.

Rei looked at Hero and muttered, “H-H-H- Hero?”

“No!!! Grab him before he remembers fully!” the ninja screamed.

Then, several dragons grabbed him and took him away.

Rei screamed, “HERO!!! DRAKE Is located….”

Then, his voice trailed off and the ninja said to some dragons near her, “Go accompany them. Make sure they escort him to the prison on Lacaio Island. Give him another treatment, so his brain can be completely erased.”

She turned and looked at Hero.

A dark, ominous purple aura was flowing next to him. His eyes were half glazed over, and his body was tense.

He muttered, “You won’t get away with this!!! I will kill you!!!!”

She laughed and replied, “You’re weak. If we captured Dragon-X this easily, and he’s the legendary dragon, who do you think you are? Dragon-X is the strongest dragon alive…you are NOTHING compared to him! Are you even a dragon?! Transform now!!!”

Hero looked at her, smiled and said, “I don’t care what you think. I’m not really even a dragon… I’m the legendary warrior!”

“Ha! The legendary warrior… how stupid! Drake is the legendary warrior, not you! Since you are a human, I should destroy you now… but, I will give you two offers. Die now, or become my loyal slave. It’s your choice.”

Hero looked up at her and smiled. “Is living a choice, cause that’s what I’m choosing!”

Then, she blasted a hole in the ceiling with her staff and jumped onto the roof. She peered down through the newly opened hole and threw down a smoke grenade. Yellow smoke billowed out of the canister and every person automatically transformed into his or her dragon forms.

Yui questioned, “What?! What is… happening?!”

The ninja laughed and replied, “This smoke grenade is made of a special gas that makes humans faint, and exposes dragons. Dragons are instantly transformed when they inhale it… so that’s why you changed!”

“I don’t think so.” said a mysterious voice.

Then, everyone looked at Hero. Hero was still in his human form!

The ninja looked down and questioned, “Wh-what?! How could this… WHO ARE YOU?!”

Hero looked at her and smiled in an evil way. He drew his sword and lifted it up high.

Suddenly, blades of darkness, similar to blades of wind, cut and slashed every one of the ninja’s dragons. She and everyone looked in both shock and horror at Hero. The dragons were badly wounded and most were paralyzed.

Then, Hero said, “The legendary warrior.”

She jumped and ran west towards the mountain range.

Yui transformed back, because the gas wore off, and grabbed his sword. He ran over and clashed swords with Hero. Hero’s eyes returned to normal, and Hero and his friends huddled together. Then, light beamed from both swords and the group was instantaneously warped out of the dragon council main hall.

An hour later, Hero woke up.

He looked around and noticed they teleported to the cave near the dragon council.

Yui walked over to him and said, “Good, you’re awake. I’ve done some researching, and the Huntsclan is located near the mountain range close to Yuin’s base. I’m going to stay here and wait for everyone to wake up. You should head to the cave that the Huntsclan is hiding in. It’ll take you two hours to get there, so you must hurry! Good luck!”

Hero then took off running.

After two hours, it was almost sunset and Hero reached the cave.

On a wall above the entrance was the mark of the Huntsclan.

Hero ran inside and found Drake chained to the wall.

He ran to him and said, “It’s ok. I’m gonna get you outta here!”

He noticed that his arms and legs were chained to the wall. Suddenly, the ninja ran up behind Hero, whacked him, and then chained him to the wall too.

After ten minutes passed, Hero woke up. Much to his dismay, he was chained to the wall. The shackles were made of lunikrite; the same metal Exile was made of. It can reflect any elemental attack, so he couldn’t use his powers.

Hero looked at the ninja who just entered the room and asked, “So… where did you get your hands on lunikrite? The ore for this metal can only be found in the Oior mines in Aeris. How did you get your hands on this?”

“A kind man in a white overcoat gave them to me. Besides, why do you care? You’ll be slain soon with your friend Drake!” exclaimed the ninja.

“Finally, I, Thorn, will be excepted into the Huntsclan by slaying Dragon-X!”

Drake turned to her and asked, “And what are you planning to do to Hero? Slay me instead of him!”

“As you wish. I have orders to give him to the man in the white overcoat. He will slay him instead!” said Thorn.

Then, she walked over to Drake, raised her staff weapon to his head, held the trigger to charge the blast, and shouted, “Say goodbye, Dragon-X!!!!”

“GOODBYE THORN!!!” shouted Drake.

He swung his tail at the weapon causing it to fall out of Thorn’s hands. The charged laser reached maximum and shot the shackle on Drake’s right hand. The weapon skidded across the floor and Drake broke free.

He broke Hero free and blasted a hole in the ceiling with his dragon fire. He flew out and headed towards Yuin’s base.

Hero walked over to Thorn, gripped her by the neck, and said, “Don’t interfere with my mission. If you interrupt me again, you shall pay. Farwell.”

Then, Hero let go of her, transformed, and flew away leaving Thorn alone.

She looked up at the ceiling and shouted, “Dragon-X, Hero, you will both pay! I will slay you both!!!”

Then, the man who murdered Hero’s parents walked into the room and said, “It seems you failed in destroying them, Thorn. What shall I do to you?”

She looked at him and said, “I’m sorry. Next time…”

“… Next time you fail me, you will be slain. Do the job right or perish.”

“Yes my lord, I will.” she said.

Then, the man left the room and disappeared into the shadows.

The Huntsmaster walked into the room and said, “It’s ok, Thorn. We will slay Dragon-X soon. For now, we must plan our next attack. We must also slay Hero, the legendary warrior. If we do, we will regain our position as the best in the council.” he explained.

Chapter 7: Festival

While flying, Hero noticed a dark figure near the dragon council building.

Two dragons accompanied the figure. They entered one of the tents next to the main building.

Hero flew down and quietly hid behind the tent.

Everywhere was dark, because it was night. Only the tent was lit, not even the moon was beaming in the sky like usually.

Suddenly, something whacked Hero in the back of the head, and he fell unconscious.

Thirty minutes later, Hero woke up and he was blind.

“Good, you’re awake. The drug is working. So, why were you spying on me?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Then, the figure cut Hero across the arm. Hero tried to grab his arm, but they were tied to the chair.

“Don’t try to resist… you’re in my custody.” said the figure.

“You’re a dragon… aren’t you? I felt your sharp nails cut me!” Hero said.

“Perhaps. You will be released once we give you a long-term memory suppressant pill. In the future, I urge you not to spy on people.” said the dragon.

Then, Hero regained his sight. The dragon walked over to him and put a pill in his mouth. Hero looked at him and saw he that he looked just like him!

Hero spit the pill out of his mouth and used dragon fire to burn the ropes that bound his hands. He transformed into his dragon form and flew out of the tent.

He headed towards Yuin’s base.

While flying, he couldn’t help but think of the dragon who captured him. He was grayish yellow, and was like a darker version of himself. When he reached the base, Yuin opened the doors for him. He entered and everyone greeted him. Sarah asked, “Where the heck were you?! We were getting worried that you didn’t escape!”

“Sorry, I ran a few errands. So, what’s new?”

Yui walked up to him and said, “We’re having trouble locating my father.”

Drake also walked up to him and said, “Lunikrite… he’s linked to the Dark Dragon and even the Huntsclan! It seems he’s befriending all of our enemies so he can build an army. He’s already captured almost every dragon on Draco, so… who’s gonna be his next ally?”

Just then, Hero ran into the prison room.

He asked the Dark Dragon, “Have you seen a dragon that looks almost exactly identical to me?”

The Dark Dragon looked at him and replied, “Yes, I have. He used to be my general. His name is Hunter. After Yui gave me the dragons from the dragon council, he disappeared. I haven’t seen him since.”

Hero smiled and said, “Thank you for the information, I know where to find him.”

Yuin looked at him confused and asked, “What do you mean?”

Hero ran out of the base and Sarah screamed, “Wait Hero! Wait for us!”

Drake crossed his arms and said, “It seems he always does this to us…”

Hero transformed and flew east towards the dragon council.






Before he could go very far, Drake stopped him by yelling, “Hero! Do you really think he’d stay in the same place?! Whoever that was probably left!”

Hero stopped immediately and landed on a high rock near a mountain.

Drake landed next to him and said, “Let’s relax. I heard there’s a festival being held in a small town called Malinoro. We should go and have some fun! You’ve been through a lot, so… let’s go!”

Hero looked at him and nodded, “Yeah, that sounds great! Let’s go! Let’s call this a… vacation!”

Hero replied. Sarah and Yui both spotted and next to them. Drake explained their decision and headed towards Malinoro.

When they arrived, they spotted a huge festival.

All of the resident’s houses were decked out for the festival celebrating the town’s one-hundredth birthday.

“I only have one word to say… PARTY!!!!” Drake exclaimed.

Then, everyone split up. Sarah was looking at and buying fine jewelry, but she was secretly being conned by the storeowner. Yui was with her and kept insisting she was being tricked, but she didn’t listen.

Drake was being chased by a bunch of girl dragons while trying to buy food and supplies for the journey. He later found cover behind a stand. He paid the storeowner money, so he wouldn’t reveal his location to them.

Hero was by himself. He walked past all of the people and headed down an alley.

“You should be more careful, mate!” called a voice from behind him.

He turned around and there was Hunter!

Hero backed up slowly and shouted, “S-Stay back! I don’t want to fight you!”

“Well, well, same goes here. If you head directly south, you’ll find him. You must leave this town by sunset, otherwise you’ll be destroyed.”

“What do you mean? What’s gonna happen?”

“Powerful, dark, evil forces called the Uenonai There’s no stopping them, so I suggest you leave immediately while you can.” said Hunter.

He then threw some powder up in the air, and a blinding flash lit up the alley. He disappeared.

Hero ran out of the alley and sharply turned the corner. He carelessly bumped into a white and black dragon and they both fell to the floor hard.





The dragon and Hero both got up and the dragon said, “I’m terribly, terribly sorry! Please forgive my carelessness! Please forgive me!”

Hero looked at him confused and replied, “You didn’t do anything wrong! It was my fault… I bumped into you. My name is Hero.”

“I’m Colin…nice to meet you!”

“Do you want to join my team? I need more party members. You’d make an excellent one!”

“Maybe sometime… but I’m in a big hurry. I’ll see you sometime, I’m sure of it. Then, I’ll join your team. Please excuse me.”

After saying this, Colin flew away and headed north.

Suddenly, a young boy ran past Hero and backed up into the alley. Two older dragons blocked the exit of the alley and walked forward.

As they neared him, one said, “What’s the matter, can’t transform?”

The other said, “He’s probably not even a dragon… let’s beat him good!”

“Hey, why don’t you pick on a dragon your own skill level? (Wow, I didn’t mean to copy Drake’s thing… it just slipped out!)” Hero shouted and thought.

He approached them and one dragon said, “You… against us? Ha! You’re really stupid if you think-”

In one second, Hero dashed up to him and kicked him so hard that he crashed into the brick wall behind the boy. The boy and the other dragon were extremely astonished by this.

He looked at the other dragon and asked, “You want more?”

The dragon gasped and quickly retrieved his fallen comrade and started flying.

He shouted to Hero, “You won’t get away with this! Thorn will surely slay you!”

Then, Hero looked at the dragon’s left hand and noticed a strange, dragon-shaped marking on his hand… just like Thorn’s!

“The rogue dragons will get their revenge, you will pay!” shouted the dragon.

Then, he took off with his comrade on his shoulders and flew north.

Hero turned to the boy and asked, “What is your name and what is a rogue dragon?”

The little boy turned to him and replied, “My name is Isaac. A rogue dragon is a person who is a dragon and has the mark of the Huntsclan. They hate dragons and are despised by them… even though they are dragons. They’re called rogue dragons because they are rogues to both sides, humans and dragons. However, they believe they should stick with the winning side, which is the Huntsclan. They have already captured many dragons and put them in their “facilities” where they hold and brainwash them. Those dragons you just saw work for Thorn. Her main, personal enemies are the American Dragon, Dragon-X and a guy named Hero. That’s why you see wanted posters all around this town. By the way… what’s your name?”

Hero paused and responded, “Uhhh… Hero? I guess they are looking for me…”

Isaac stared at him with bright eyes and shouted, “WOW!!!!! That’s SO cool!!! I want to be just like you, Dragon-X, and the American Dragon! You are my role model! You are so cool!!!!”

Hero smiled and said, “If you train hard and master your dragon form, you can join my team. Dragon-X is on my team, and I have met the American Dragon. They are both very nice and are my friends. Well, I’ve got to go. You must leave this town by sunset. There are terrible forces that will attack here at sunset, so I would leave if I were you. I’ll see you sometime, I’m sure of it. (Man, I’ve got to stop copying people…) Bye!”

With that said, Hero dashed out of the alley and cautiously turned the corner.

Isaac yelled, “Bye! I will train hard!”





Hero met up with the others after helping the residents of Malinoro evacuate. When they left the town, there was a dark crimson sunset. Drake looked back at the village and spotted an enormous black cloud above it. He turned around quickly and told everyone not to look.

Suddenly, a black and brown dragon landed in front of the group and everyone halted immediately.

“I, Zenos, come before you in the name of Thorn and the rogue dragons. Surrender now or die.”

Drake looked at him and shouted, “Do you think we’re stupid?! You are clearly outmatched and outnumbered! Do you know who we are?! We-”

Zenos raised his hand and everyone instantly fell to the floor.

“Wrong move, you are facing the strongest dragon alive.” he said.

Hero noticed a strange red and black dragon ring around Zenos’s finger.

Hero asked, “What is that ring? What are the Uenonai?! Answer me!”

Zenos looked at him and replied, “Hmmm? Oh, you are truly clueless… This ring is the Uenonai! It gives me supreme control over dragons! This ring contains powerful dark energy… it gave the Dark Dragon his powers. Chang was forced to turn to him… but now; it is in my possession once again! You see, I am the true owner of it. Once again, I will be the ruler of all the dragons!”

“Are you a rogue dragon?” Hero asked.

“I am the ruler and indeed one of them. You dragons will be slain for your disobedience towards Thorn!” Zenos shouted.

Then, he snapped his fingers and Hero’s group fell unconscious.

Chapter 8: Trapped

When Hero woke up, he found himself inside a cell inside of a massive, high-tech base.

“You’re new, eh? Your style’s a little rough around the edges, but we can fix that.”

Hero turned around and saw a green and orange dragon standing next to him.

“The name’s Fred Nerk. What’s yours?”

Hero stood up and calmly said, “Hero.”

Fred laughed as he said this and replied, “There is no way you could be the famed legendary warrior! A puny boy like you? Ha!”

“Really? You don’t say. It’s a funny thought that I’m actually taller and older than you. Don’t you say? What do you want me to do to prove to you I am who I am?”

“Well… free us if you’re that confident!” Fred said.

Hero walked up to the cell’s door and touched it. It was crushed because he used an incredible amount of gravity on it.

Fred backed up and asked, “What’s this then?! What kind of power is that?! Who or what are you?!”

Hero smiled and replied, “I’m Hero and I’m the Aerian Dragon. Nice to meat you.”

Hero ran out and knocked out the guard dragons.

He looked at Fred and said, “Get outta here! I’m going to recover my sword and-”

“I’m coming with you!”

“What?! No you’re not! It’s too dangerous! You can’t-”

“Well… not only can I help you free the captive dragons, but I can tell you Zenos’s weakness. It is his ring.”

“…Ok, you can come.” Hero replied.

Then, they released the captive dragons in area Z/5 and ran down the stairs.

After reaching area M/3, they had collected over one hundred dragons.

After reaching the last cell on that floor, he peeked into it. Jake was sitting in there alone and bored, unaware of the situation.

“Want to be free, Jake? It’s all up to you.” Hero asked.

Jake turned quickly after hearing this and his jaw dropped.

“Y-Yeah!” he replied.

When they got to area L/2, they found Drake, Yui, and Sarah in scattered cells on that floor. They were soon released and they followed Hero down yet another flight of stairs.

When they reached area G/5, they encountered a special, guard, security camera. It was equipped with an automatic, rapid-fire, machinegun and heat seeking, motion-sensing trackers.

Hero dashed forward and shot a fireball at it, but it tracked Hero’s movements. It fired two rounds; one missed and the other pierced the lower part of Hero’s stomach.

Blood splattered everywhere.

He fell to the floor, paralyzed and grabbed his stomach. The camera saw this and tried to shoot Hero more. Drake and Yui both leaped in front of him and took the blows instead of Hero! Drake was wounded in the shoulder and Yui in the leg. Sarah bravely flew towards the camera and destroyed it with her sharp, dragon claws.

“Ugh…. heh… let’s… ugh… continue… shall we?” Hero muttered.

Then, everyone nodded and Drake carried Hero on his shoulders.

Hero thought, “Just like good old times.”

Everyone proceeded slowly down the flights of stairs from G/5 to A/2.

When they entered the door leading to A/2, Yui cracked it slightly and peeked through.

“Ok… it’s safe.” he whispered to all of his companions.

All one thousand of them entered the huge, arena-like room and gazed up above them. There were many upper platforms just like the bell tower where Hero fought Yui.

Suddenly, Zenos flew down from one of them, wielding Hero’s sword. Then, Thorn entered the same room through the opposite door with one thousand rogue dragons!

Zenos looked around the room and exclaimed, “How sad! You will die in this arena trying to free yourselves! One thousand against one thousand… this should be quite interesting! Prepare yourselves for the consequential death of your soul and flesh!”

Then, Hero ran forward and attacked Zenos.

As they were dueling, around them were their friends and allies fighting the opposing forces. Drake and Yui tag teamed and destroyed almost half of the rogues, while Sarah did not even manage to slay one. Instead, she knocked him out.

Fred was fighting Zenos’s high assistant. He was very difficult to defeat, but the two clashed claws and Fred killed him with one fell swoop.

Jake fought Thorn. While fighting, Jake accidentally lost control of his dragon form. Thorn stared at Jake in his human form and shouted, “NO!!! It can’t be like this!!!! I won’t believe this!!!” Jake looked at her and responded, “I’m sorry, Rose. I didn’t want it to be this way either. Let’s just forget of our duties and remain together instead of constantly fighting. I don‘t want to fight anymore.” Confused and shocked, Rose ran out of the base and headed towards the Huntsclan’s base on Lacaio Island.

Meanwhile, Hero and Zenos were dueling. Hero transformed both of his arms and clashed his dragon claws with Zenos’s new sword.

As they held their positions, Zenos asked Hero, “What do you fight for?”

Hero replied, “I fight for my past, my future and everything in between. To avenge my parents, to destroy evil, to vanquish my foes, to justify light, to end everyone’s sorrows, and to wield this sword… these are bits of my destiny. You won’t stop me from living out my future and you never will!!!”

Hero amazingly gained an incredible amount of energy by saying this. He slashed Soul Reaper out of Zenos’s hands and it skidded across the floor far away from where they were standing.

Hero dashed over, picked it up, and shouted, “It’s over, Zenos! Surrender or die!!!”

“I choose neither!” Zenos returned.

He raised his hand and every one of Hero’s companions fell to the floor, paralyzed. He raised his other hand and the remaining rogue dragons attacked and slaughtered twenty of the paralyzed dragons.

“GOTCHA!!!” Hero yelled.

Zenos looked at him and in less than a blink of an eye, he disappeared.

Zenos quickly looked above him and Hero jumped down from one of the upper platforms and called out, “Cross Sky Slash!”

Soul Reaper then split into two swords; both of them were the same size as it, but one was made of light and the other, darkness. They were both as clear as glass, except one was yellow and the other, purple.

He dove down and slashed Zenos’s chest with both swords. He fell to the ground, because of the gravity’s intense force.

Everyone gazed in shock; the rogue dragons were also staring in horror.

Then, Hero combined the two swords and slashed around his body. Waves of light were expelled from the sword and all of the rogue dragons were slain, because they were the only ones standing up!

Hero walked up to Zenos and crushed his ring. He picked up and carried Zenos on his shoulders. All the other dragons got up and followed him.





While walking, Drake asked Yui and Sarah, “So… how many “rogueians” did you kill? For me, three hundred and fifty.”

“Me? I killed one hundred and fifty, how about you Sarah” Yui asked.

“…”

“Well? Sarah, how many?”

“… Not even one. I knocked one out though, so does that count?”

Drake and Yui both looked at her and laughed uncontrollably.

Jake and Fred were walking next to Hero and they both asked him, “Why are we keeping him? He’s not even worth the energy to carry him!”

“That’s the fool who jumped us!” Jake said.

“He tried to slay us!” Fred said.

Hero just ignored them and walked into area A/1. They opened the last cell and released Rei.

He walked out and said, “It’s a good thing you guys showed up to save me! Thorn was just about to ship me to Lacaio Island so they could erase my memory! Did you defeat Zen- IS THAT ZENOS?!?! I hope he’s dead!”

“No, he’s barely alive. We should treat his wounds as quick as possible.”

Everyone gasped in horror when Hero said this.

“He tried to kill us!” Drake said.

“He’s evil!” Sarah said.

“He’s also the leader of the rogue dragons!” added Yui.

“We should kill him now, or torture him!” Rei said.

“SHUT UP!!!!!!” Hero screamed.

Everyone immediately stopped talking and looked fearfully at Hero.

“Are you trying to become just like him?! This is how his ideals were created! If you kill him, you are just the murderer he is!” he shouted.

“Yes… but all criminals must be punished!” Jake shouted.

Then, Rei ran over and took out a hidden dagger and attempted to slay Zenos. Hero predicted Rei’s movements before he even thought of them. He ran slightly forward and punched him hard in the face. Everyone froze when they saw this. Rei flew backwards and landed in the cell where he was being held.

Hero walked over to the entrance and shouted, “Should I lock you up forever?! You’re so stupid! Wrong move at the wrong time, master! Too bad I’m the strongest here!”

Rei noticed Hero’s eyes were partly glazed over. Something was wrong. He felt a strong evil presence surging deep within Hero. It was continually trying to make its way out, but Hero was in control.

“You should warn me before you do anything foolish again!”

Rei stared at him and asked, “Who are you?!”

Hero looked at him and laughed. “Hero? You’re buddy? Don’t you remember?”

Rei stared in his eyes. Whatever was in him, ceased its activity and Hero returned to normal.

Drake asked Hero, “So… why can’t we kill him?”

He looked at Drake seriously and replied, “Humans, dragons or any magical creature has his own spirit. If you remove that spirit, you become a murderer like Zenos. Do you want to live and be like him? I don’t. Each person, good or bad has the choice to live a good life. Even though Zenos is evil, he can still change, right?”

Yui walked over to Hero and said, “Wow Hero. You are truly a good friend and person. To think we almost shunned a very obvious fact… I feel horrible. You are no doubt the strongest person here. Thanks for showing us the truth.”

Suddenly, Hero’s com-link rang and Yuin said, “Did you free Rei? Good. Hero, this is your golden opportunity to slay your parents’ murderer! Head towards Malinoro. You will find him in a temple. Drake and the rest, come to my base. Hero will complete this mission alone.”

Drake walked over to Hero and said, “Good luck.”

Hero turned to him and nodded. Everyone left and headed towards Yuin’s base, while Hero walked towards Malinoro.

Chapter 9: Raiju

When he reached Malinoro, he gathered food and supplies from the abandoned houses and stores.

He thought to himself, “I don’t think the people will need these items.”

Then, he continued walking south and thought of his friends, his parents, his sorrows and the man who caused them.

When he arrived at the temple, he realized this was the moment of truth. He entered and saw a man with aqua colored hair standing in front of him.

The man turned around and said, “Well, well, so you finally arrive! I’ve been expecting you for some time now!”

“You will pay for what you did nine years ago!” Hero shouted.

“I highly doubt it… that’s what you said last time and you didn’t prove your word. Besides, you are still very weak. You haven’t even mastered your own ultimate attack. You obviously don’t know your limitations… what a shame. The man who slayed your parents, the man who stole your best friend and the man who is his father… is me, Raiju!”

“Raiju?! You are supposed to be dead!” Hero shouted.

“I didn’t die… I faked it. I lay hidden in the darkness of the shadows waiting for you. I killed my best friend, your dad, because he ratted me out to everyone. He told me that I had to stop, but there was no reason. He said I was cruel and that I killed women and children for pleasure, but I didn’t. I killed them because they were the enemies! They deserved it!” Raiju explained.

“You’re horrible… to think you would do that just sickens me. You, yourself deserve death!” Hero shouted.

“Shut up! What would you know?! Your father used his own sword and attempted to slay me! When I was on your balcony, I tried to apologize to him for what I did… but he turned against me! I killed him, because he disowned our friendship and he was no use for me. Now… you must die. Your line will not continue, IT WAS YOUR FATHER’S MISTAKE!!!!!! Now die!!!” Raiju shouted.

“Shut up! You’re an idiot! Do you think it’s right to justify something by murder?! May this fate that you have chosen destroy you!”

“What? Are you saying that you want to be just like me? Think about it; what you are doing is exactly the same. You are trying to kill me to justify your ideals and bring judgment on my head. You and I are very alike.”

“SHUT UP!!!!! I’m doing the right thing, not you! Perish forever!” Hero shouted.

Raiju grabbed Exile from his back and said, “No sheath. I use gravity to attach my sword on my back just like you. All is you do is increase the gravity in one spot and the sword automatically sticks to your back.”

“S-Silence! Prepare to be destroyed!”

Hero ran forward and used gravity on Exile to make it heavy. It was immune, because the sword also contains the element gravity.

Raiju called out, “You should have known that my sword is like your sword; they are both immune to their elements! You should have used it on me! Crimson Slash!”

He froze Hero in time and slashed him five times and then kicked him. He flew back and hit a wall.

Raiju saw this and laughed. “This happens to you a lot, doesn’t it?”

Hero got up and called out, “FINAL DESTRUCTION WAVE!!!”

Raiju smiled and said, “As expected… I knew this would happen! Now I have you… Final Destruction Wave!”

“WHAT?!” Hero screamed.

Two giant waves of gravity spikes collided and shattered like glass. Hero’s legs were frozen in time from Raiju’s and Raiju remained immune to Hero’s attack. The falling fragments fell on Hero and sliced him up. Hero screamed in pain and in horror. He fell to the floor and dropped his sword, while Raiju calmly put Exile on his back. The light beaming into the room from the ceiling turned into darkness as a cloud passed over the sun.

Raiju walked over to Hero, picked him up by his neck and asked, “Did you honestly believe you could beat me?”

Then, he looked into Hero’s eyes. They were glazed over and were slightly purple.

“Huh?! So you are the vessel! How amusing… You will die here because of intense blood loss. I’ll leave you here.”

Then, Raiju let him go and walked away.

Hero fell to the floor and fell asleep.

After resting, he got up and slowly made his way towards Malinoro.





Soaked with blood and filled with despair, Hero finally reached the abandoned town of Malinoro.

Hero’s face turned pale when he laid his upon the town. Everything was burning and all the buildings lay peacefully in ruin.

Hero looked right next to him and found a note on the ground.

He read and said, “Shilana…what does this mean?”

Meanwhile at the base, Sarah told Drake, “I have a bad feeling in my stomach. Let’s find Hero. I have a feeling he needs our help. And besides, friends don‘t let friends fight evil murders with gigantic swords.”

“Yeah, I’ll get Rei and Yui.” Drake finished.

After Drake found Rei and Yui, they all left for Malinoro.

When they arrived, Rei rushed to Hero who was sitting on the ground and asked, “Hero! Did you kill the man who murdered your parents?”

Hero turned around and everyone gasped. He was covered in blood and he was greatly wounded.

“Help…” he muttered.

All of his friends rushed to him and each put one hand on him.

Yui gathered some medical herbs near by, Sarah chopped and gathered firewood, Drake set up a bed for Hero and Rei helped Hero into the bed.

After ten minutes, Hero was fast asleep.

Yui squeezed some herbs and treated Hero’s cuts and wounds.

“I know ancient healing techniques from Aeris. I’m glad they teach that in school.” Yui said.

Sarah looked near where they found Hero, because she was the night watch.

“I found a note!” she yelled.

“SHHH!!!! Hero’s trying to sleep!” Drake said.

Everyone huddled together.

“Shilana… it sounds so familiar.” Drake said.

“Yes it does.” Rei added.

“I think it’s a town.” Yui said.

Drake’s com-link rang and Drake answered it, “SHH!!! Hero’s trying to sleep!”

“Oh… set the ring tone on rumble. Anyways, I overheard your conversation. Shilana is the ancient, legendary place where the first dragon council was held. It‘s north of your current location. Whoever destroyed this town wants someone to meet him there.”

“Thanks, we’ll head there now.” Drake replied.

Then, everyone got up and Drake carried Hero on his shoulder and headed for Shilana.





While walking, Sarah stared at Hero who was on Drake’s shoulders and shuddered.

Yui noticed this obvious reaction and asked, “What was that for?”

Sarah looked at him and replied calmly, “Oh… nothing. I have bad nightmares from when I first saw Hero sleeping.”

Drake overheard their conversation and added, “Yeah, when she first met us, Hero nearly killed her when he was sleeping. He accidentally lost control of his dragon powers and shot a fireball at her. Thankfully, she wasn‘t harmed.”

Sarah and Yui both nodded in agreement and continued walking.

“We’re here.” Rei exclaimed.

The group walked up to a large building surrounded by smaller destroyed buildings. The building was the first, legendary dragon council building. Drake walked over to the doors and partially opened them. He called to everyone else and they came to him. He opened the doors and everyone gasped as they centered their attention to the center of the room.

There stood a black dragon.

His arms were folded and he was staring right at them!

“I’ve been expecting you.” he calmly said.

Hero woke up from his sleep before this and yelled, “Dark Dragon?! No… it can’t be! Who are you?!”

The black dragon smiled and answered, “I am Contrast and I am your deepest fear.”

Drake let go of Hero and he fell to the floor.

*thump*

“DRAKE!!!” Hero yelled.

“Sorry Hero… didn’t mean that.” Drake responded.

Contrast looked at them and laughed.

“I only want Hero. Kiriu, come forth and destroy this weakling! Then, we can take Hero.”

Out of the shadows, a man walked towards them and said, “He’s gone. What a fool he was to challenge me!”

Contrast frowned and asked, “Radiance, why are you here?”

Radiance smiled and replied, “A dragon’s blood is always better when you are ripping the dragon apart, don’t you agree?”

Contrast paused and said, “I’m leaving now. You can have these dragons.”

“With great pleasure.” Radiance replied.

Hero’s group stared in shock and Hero asked, “How could you do such a thing?! Aren’t you a dragon?”

“No.” Radiance replied.

Then, to everyone’s amazement, Hero got up and shouted, “I won’t let you get away with this!”

He ran towards Radiance and transformed both of his arms. Radiance drew a bladeless sword.

“What’s he gonna do with that, throw it at Hero?” asked Drake.

Then, Radiance slashed the sword at Hero, but Hero parried.

Radiance looked astonished and asked, “How can you see my sword? Only I can track its soul energy!”

“Guess again!” Hero replied.

They were both stuck and both of them held their positions well.

Then, Radiance transformed his arm into a dark red dragon arm!

He slashed at Hero’s stomach and cut him. He fell back and hit the floor partially because of the impact but mostly because of fear.

Radiance looked calmly at his arm and said, “Hmmm… that’s new.”

Then, he looked at his hand covered in Hero’s blood.

“Your blood is different… it is darker than dragon or human blood. Who are you?”

“I’m glad you brought that up. I’m Aerian… the Aerian Dragon!”

“Hmmm… your onisiba is incredibly strong.”

“What’s that?” Hero asked.

“It’s the bond between your human form and your dragon form. It is the soul that connects them and allows you to fully transform. Well Aerian Dragon, prepare to die!”

“Not so fast!” two voices shouted.

Then, Zenos and Hunter burned a hole through the roof and landed in front of Hero.

“This is no fun. I am leaving. Farewell Aerian Dragon, we shall meet again!” Radiance said.

Then, he backed up and faded into the shadows.

Hero turned and looked at Zenos and Hunter in awe.

“What?” asked Zenos.

“HUNTER?! ZENOS?! HELPING ME?! Wow, that’s scary.” Hero shouted.

“Hey! We’re helping you! Only keep that in mind! Anyways, Hero, can we join your team?” Hunter asked.

“Sure you can!” Hero replied.

Zenos smiled and Hunter said, “Hero, we have to visit all the islands surrounding Draco. Raiju left this island long ago.”

“Good plan.” Rei said.

Then, all seven of them left for Yuin’s base. That day was a beautiful sunrise.




End

(Btw, sorry for the double posts. Also, i have more to the story. This is only book one.)

[melons]

Did u make this story or did u copy it?

I made it. Btw, I copied it and pasted it from ff.net. I wrote it.

[melons]

O i see^^ Its real long

[anjilfan]

Yah.Took me long to read but,great story ;D ;D ;D

Thanks, I'll have more soon!

[anjilfan]

.....................................................................................................................................................more?!?!??! Is it gonna be longer than this one?!?!?!?!?Lol.Dosen't matter anyway.It still is a good story.