Ever since that day I haven't been the same one my body changed.. a lot, for two my powers began to awakenIwithin me, ones I refused to use.
I'm not telling you what I can do yet for I have little reason to trust you yet, for now. All you need to know is why
FAMILY MATTERS TOO
I am eighteen now and my older sisters respectively twenty and twenty two are still. Harping on me for what ive done, to the point of noble-esk bullying.
Worst yet, now all they want to do is is fight me literally all they want to do.
"Come on you coward fight me like a man! Or are you to raijin to do it! " said Tsubaki her voice as high pitched as usual, just now its less charming.
I simply tried to ignore her jab knowing well and true what she just did out in the open. Looking around the bizaar I saw wares of many accord being sold from, pots vases clothes. Plenty and i mean plenty of weapons and armor in the blacksmithing shops. Their fires Constantly being lit by dragon fire.. orang and red fire turning the metals alight.
I scowled at that so of course. My sister took that as a reason to yell at me even more and a crowed. Secretly began to gather or so they thought.
it literarly disgusted me how they used young wyverns for forging metals. Even though i know wyverns are more integrated in society it still disturbs me as a dragon myself.
I began to step around her
Then I remembered what she just called me making a vein twitch on my forehead, despite me zoning her out she still harped at me as though she didn't care whether I wanted to listen or not.
For the real problem is what she called me.
shes calling me, me the strong and ever training one. me the one who jumped into the flames of this family fued, me a boy who was nearly scarred by his own parents!
a coward?
This.
won't.
do.
For raijins were natural cowards unless specifically jumped at in their territory, moving, storm. A holo images of raijins eating on electricity with their lighting like bodies. Fangs sinking into the clouds and burst of lightning and weirdest of all.. they were cats. Then their was the fact, that they casually stood on clouds like it was solid surface. making me even more angry.
She was basicly calling me a light footed cloud walker.
An insult to nobles for being called light footed is known to be associated with lowly thieves and low borns.
For one last time, I looked around trying to desperately. To catch the eye of some selling vendor on to get cold stares and ones of fear.
Only for her to all but spit in my face frost blowing in my face making me subconsciously shiver.
And that was the last straw. I stepped up to her face right in the middle of the bizarre shopping district. Word spread quickly as a crowd gathered at a safe distance from us shops closing expecting another heavy clash. And the city guards were mobilizing, worst yet the dead both in a the physical sense the walking corpses undead men and women. and in a phantom sense were now starting to gather. Which only meant one thing. The potential for death was high.
And they could smell it, or sense it for others,
"So you want to dance that badly huh big sis? Fine let's!"
We both jumped backwards giving ourselves space. "Dance!"
And with that the unofficial rankings of the siblings was put on display. We dashed forward into each other my horns weighing my head I clashed against her two forward-looking horns.
Her white horns locking on with my one till she twisted leftwards tripping me up. Nearly falling, I stomped my right foot on the ground and proved her right by causally twisting past her second charge and kicking her back launching her forward into a stand, destroying all it was worth.
And I realized just how much is was worth too late. Sister now angry and bleeding jumped up from the rubble of the glass jars and vases styled in our city's specific way.
The way of the dead for they were holes at the top and the vases were closed upside down with bells on the sides of them. Dust spilling in clouds of debris, I winced and tried explaining how bad we messed. up only for her to burst forward. Smoke billowing from her body she charged attempting a drop kick me to my chest. I blocked it, pushing me backwards.
The dust still spilling from her body, she twirled on the ground going for a sweeping kick to
Which. I leaped over and finally landing, clouds building up from our quick scuffle. She kicked forward to strike my shin sideways. Risking to sprain my prized legs and I took it personally, blocking with my left knee. Then pushing her back with that same knee.
All that to say that was just the distraction for by the time i recovered from the shin strike she socked me in the nose. A strange blinding rage filled me with an uncontrollably amount of rage
The kind of rage that— and my body moved before I could process what was going through my head. My vision shaded to grey as I blitzed towards my sister choking her with one hand and finally I heard an audible gasp from the crowd.
I threw her quaint neck into the next observer's stall as she burst threw the lightly
Armored guards, and i saw crimson blood splattering in the air wood being chopped, smoke billowing in the air as debree fell towards the crowd. Chaos began to rain as the dead were sent into a frenzy.
My sister now covered in blood cried out in agony and blinded by rage transformed into to her half-draconic form. Her Grey scales glittering with the city lights eyed a glow of deep grey. We're her visible skin was she shown light, reflective scales across her body.
Making me all the more enraged for I had no draconic form. My blood pumping hot i ran towards her as she barely had time to get up. I dragged her body across the bizare destroying stands and ignoring the cries of the people around me, until her tail grabbed my own neck and threw me sideways. straight into a home I burst in the dinning room the family being flung away in spades.
And I. didnt. care.
At this point we were all but wailing banshees if said wailing banshes had to the power of a dragon and whatever I have.
I leaped out the home only to be armbared by Rin it was only then I realised why she was so confident why Tsubaki suddenly challenged me knowing shes was not a fighter dispite her skill.
She planned on jumping me with Rin
The up in coming dragon slayer, thats when my blood turned to ice and my eyes glared at the sky full of literal banshes as the local authorities tried to reclaim control.
I saw a spiked ball and chain heading straight for my skull and I simply moved my head to the right. Dodging the blow that would've crushed my skull. "YOU MONSTER HOW DARE YOU KILL THE CITIZENS OF KAIYA!"
My eyes narrowed at that comment, as if she was any better, for she took lives too.
You take the live of criminals with ease as if its nothing but complain when I accidentally kill some guards dont kid yourself!! My voice was beginning morph to the a heavy set way. My vocal cords vibrating I launched myself at Rin only to be blindsided by Tsubaki
A blow to my jaw knocking me senseless and half blind to the world. She wasen't holding back, h o w d a r e s h e.
My blood freezing tearing up my inner blood vessels screeched in pain, holding my body close for the pain was unbearable. Driving me mad with pain I charged at Tsubaki going for a half blind tackle and she simply dodged to the left as Rin nearly burst my head threw like a watermelon.
I leaned backwards barely dodging the killing blow only to be kicked threw multiple building the pain of ice shredding my insides along with the wall being broken open with my sheer body alone was sending me into mania.
I howled all the way the third home causing family to scream in fear and panic only for me to realize I was laying on a corps.. the corps of a father it seemed. For the family seemed to be staring into the place we he presumably was. Before i used him to cushion the blow throw the buildings.
Silence filled my heart as I began to panic as I began to rage tears of pain and sorrow streaming from my eyes I—
My body moved faster than i could process and by the time my mind caught up my two sisters were now dangling in the air by the throat.
My body began to look weird now. Tears were streaming from their eyes as they looked at me with shrunken eyes. For now they were the ones being hunted. Except why did everything feel wrong, and yet.. my mouth began to drool
S o g o o d.
And right as I was about to end the lives of my two sisters my hands squeezing their necks tight. Father appeared black wings a floater as mother backed him up my instincts screamed at me to pay attention to them so pay attention I did. Dropping them the horror of what ive nearly done hit me.. i just attempted to kill my sisters.
Why would I ever do that. Why why why why why why why wh—
Mother disapeared and my arms went flying only for them to to what? Trans.. form?
Blacking out i woke up to the sight of father simply casually sitting besides me as he seemingly guarded me from the heavily armed guards ready to kill me.
Their silver blades shinning i could barely react my body strangly tired from all that fighting.
How did i know? It was my very senses telling me soo the feeling of hostile smells and faces filled me with uncertainty nearly driving me back into mainia before father simply struck my mana nerves forcing my body to calm down.
My mind a blur i began to slur my words of "wh— whads going on?"
"Why am I here?"
And the crowd, no the mob started to go wild with fury. angry cries demanding for me to be put into a prison or executed were being thrown around
"He killed my father!"
"He deserves to die for the damage he's done!"
"Hang him! "
"Whip the poor boy to death"
"No just!—"
Dad spoke quietly cutting through the crowds cries for justice. "Do you understand what your asking of me, my fellow Kaiyains? Your asking me to kill my son for the lives of a few soldiers and one husband.."
"The chaos he's caused more damage and lives lost because of his rampage he's too dangerous to be left alive!"
"I was once the same as him am I too dangerous to left alive? "That silent question left them speechless, for he usually never publicly spoke of his past. And now he's saying he was a monster too when he was young?
"If you need a head take mine, for I'm the one who knew this would happen the day he was born. After all I am a—" the words out of his mouth were so cursed that men women and even some children. threw up from the mere name of his race of his people.So cursed that I couldn't even hear what he said let alone translate it.
People began to ask what the in the four winds he was saying and what word did he use for even the gods to block it.
But it didn't matter.. my face went slack as I realized what I had to do i dont know know how I did this but I just know I could. All I did was breath and melt into the ground going between the conveniently placed sewer system nearby and my father let me go
Part 2
Outskirts
The path to nowhere in no easy way to go, for you had to sacerfice precious memories or faces in order for you to pass through. Thus creating a paradox of memories for once you relearn what you've forgotten you, lose access to that forgorn place. That haunted place so vile even the dead stray away from it. Even while their activily being hunted the refused to enter before.
And yet.. my palms were slick with sweat the scents of this backway full of leftover trash gave no pleasant smell to my enhanced senses and simply left me wanting for home. But I couldnt go home, no home was lost to me now.
I breathed in and out then simply walked through the gate the fog immediately searching throughout my body for precious memories for this was a graveyard. A graveyard for the lost and wanting. I just willingly walked through with no plan except for hide my own personal will—
Then the memories it found were the most precious of all. The faces of my family were quickly devowered the sound of wet smacking and crunching of pure memories rang throughout my skull. Head banging against an old pole I slid down it. holding on to the agonizing pain knowing I had to make it through.
For the longer I stayed here.
The more likely I was to get lost. And that would be the end of me.
So I simply wadded through the fog