Dragonheart Part 19

Story by Rozar on SoFurry

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#20 of Dragonheart Part 0-28


Wading through knee high snow to Ryu and Natsu went to the place where they should do their job. Interested Ryu Natsu asked why he has not dressed warmer. "I do not need after all, I'm a fire mage! I warm myself by myself. ", He praised himself knocking on the shoulder, while Ryu's forehead furrowed only.

For this job he had bought an extra brown winter jacket, plus a pair of hiking boots, because it to his feet but was too cold. "What should we do about? You've been telling me yes or no, Ryu. "Natsu asked curiously. Ryu said that she died in an ice cave, which is not far removed from their current position, a huge polar bear, who had by his roaring already triggered several avalanches.

"A polar bear should we kill? If you had not done it too alone? "Natsu asked skeptically. "Actually, yes, but I'm reluctant to own one because Mission.Und Raio was already on the road with Surasshu and Shadow was gone with Lyra, I did not know whom should I ask otherwise." Ryu replied nervously. Apparently he felt a little bad because he took Natsu, whom he barely knew him simply on a mission and yet revealed nothing about them.

Natsu also noticed that Ryu seemingly far only with Raio and Shadow on missions and was therefore hardly a clue about what he'd do without it. Nevertheless, he harbored no grudge against him because he always wanted to make friends with a real dragon. So he just shook his head, knocking Ryu on the shoulder and said: ". Oh, never mind"

Slightly reddening Ryu stood there, looked away briefly and then smiled at Natsu. "Well then, let's continue," he said and moved on. As they stood on another long march before the cave entrance, they heard a low whistle from the inside. "Let's clean." Ryu decided without hesitation, whereupon Natsu followed him approvingly.

The walls, floor and even the ceiling were made ??of ice, which frightened the two cases because their reflections in the ice looked always different: sometimes they were long pulled, then they were large or deformed in other ways. Her shoes made ??on the ground half a loud noise that echoed again and again in the cave.

"Pretty quiet here you do not find it?" Natsu said Ryu, who fascinated hinblickte everywhere. "Hm, what?" He asked. Apparently he was so distracted that he no longer heard Natsu. When they reached the end of the hall, they found themselves in a huge hall again, it glistened in the bright blue-white. The little light in the cave was collected from the ice, and then increased again so that everything could be seen reflected in the room.

"As it is huge here." Ryu was amazed with my mouth open. Suddenly, without warning Natsu shouted: "Is anyone here?" Immediately we heard a loud echo throughout the cave, which echoed through the countless corridors until it disappeared. Grinning, he turned to Ryu, who was looking at him just confused. He just asked, what was that, whereupon Natsu replied that he wanted to test how strong the echo was here.

But at the same moment heard the two very different sound, something that was very familiar to them: that their stomachs growl. Lay the two looked at, laughed briefly and then sat down on the ice floor, which was surprisingly warm. "Do you have to bite with what?" Natsu asked immediately. Ryu some time fished in his pocket until he took out a bag filled with dried meat.

First he handed it to Natsu, who took out his thanks, and it bites off a strip. He also took a strip, placed it in half in my mouth and chewed it. "Surasshu told that you are coming from Biyori. What is it like to grow up in a big city? "Asked Natsu sometime. Ryu sat back and told about his life in Biyori Natsu.

"It was quite okay: my parents both had a nice job: my father was a small bookstore next to our house and my mother Kindergärtnerrin. How do you think then you certainly can, I've read a lot in my childhood and also played with other children. When I got to school I was a long time the only dragon in the classroom. Can you imagine then determines what the others have done to me right? "He told and remembered his school days.

If they have not badgered him all day, have shunned him, the other children. Even the teachers who were for the most part people felt it more than a thorn in the side as a normal student. "Was intended or hard?" Asked Natsu. Ryu shook his head, stood up again and said that he no longer wanted to talk about it.

"We do not have what to do, we go.", He said and went ahead. With a concerned face Natsu looked after him, introduced himself to Ryu's childhood and then realized why he did not want to talk about this further. "Nobody should have to go through something like that.", He said and followed him then. While they went through the cave with the time they got the feeling that they were not alone.

"Someone is here." Ryu said. Natsu also got more and more the feeling that someone followed them because he could always hear soft steps. All of a sudden they turned around now and then saw someone standing in front of him. The person was wearing a brown leather jacket, a leather hat, had strapped around the left shoulder a rifle, a pistol hanging from his belt and a dagger.

Under the coat he was wearing a beige leather armor and a beige leather pants. He looked at them, said nothing but turned around and left. "Hey, who are you?" Asked Natsu applied. The man stopped turned and showed her face for a moment. It was the face of a lizard looked with blue and yellow shed Augen.Er again only at the two and then walked on.

First Natsu wanted him afterwards, but then gave Ryu his shoulder and reminded him of their mission. "The later you can also afterward, Natsu." He said, and went the other direction. "Tch, an oddball." Natsu said in a tone niedermachendem when he heard a loud roar from the direction that went into the Ryu. "Wait a minute, Ryu," he shouted after him. Ryu stood up his position in front of him as a big white polar bear.

Out of a reflex, he pulled out his katana and held it in a protective stance in front of him and called Natsu themselves. This hurried, but suddenly two more came through the ice walls and barred the way to Ryu. Ryu looked behind, saw the polar bear's claws of export and rushed towards him and in the same moment on. Immediately, he rushed forward, the polar bear rammed his elbow into the stomach, so this was rejected.

Quick as a flash Ryu jumped past him, clutching the katana in his hand and pierced the bear from behind. The blood shot to the front at the feet of the other, who was now even angrier. Natsu, who did not yet watched as the polar bear pierced by Ryu started to move again. Ryu immediately drew the sword from him, made ??a few steps back when he was heard coming more polar bears.

He looked up and saw at least twenty others, who surrounded him slowly. The Katana was reserved the right to Ryu in the middle of the circle and tried to keep the bears at bay. "On behalf of the talk was all of a polar bear and not by a pack!", Ryu said angrily. When the first for him to burst out of him and gave Ryu drew his katana from the bottom up through him.

Bleeding of the polar bear fell to the ground, moved for a moment before he breathed his last. "Natsu! Where are you? "Shouted Ryu, who was able to appear to grow as it became more and more. At the end, it was estimated fifty polar bears, which surrounded him. Natsu, who was still standing outside the polar bear let out a short and read his fists caught fire.

"On my way," he called back and put both fists into the polar bear that was shot by the cave out into the crowd. The hole in the circuit was open just as long to go through that Natsu and could put himself back to Ryu. "That's more than I thought." Natsu said. "We probably because someone has put on the cross." Ryu said.

"But no matter, we are here to do around these critters so we do too!" The two jumped in different directions and attacked the polar bears. But no matter how many they killed, there were more and more until the entire room was filled with them. "That sounds so on at all!" Cursed Ryu annoyed. Natsu also seemed slow to hang out neck, which always kills a polar bear when each of them, come two new for it.

"We should think about something else here, we go on it yet, Ryu!" Said Natsu, the more slowly the strength to fight the same moment ausging.Im Ryu tore his coat from the body, making its free upper body was visible. "Then I must have no other choice but ..", he said, and stabbed herself without hesitation with the katana in the shoulder.

Under him loomed a character that resembled a dragon. "Hear the cry of my blood, and answer." Ryu said quietly. The polar bear stopped and watched as the sign of the black color changed to blue. . "Zodiac, Dragon" from the ice jumped a huge dragon that had a long body, his scales were as blue as the sea, all over his body were ice crystals, its wings were so large that they occupied almost the entire hall, which feet resembled those of a bird.

The dragon surrounded Ryu as a shield, which Natsu filled with awe. He had never seen such a dragon, and yet he had seen one other dragon summon a dragon. "Attack." Ryu told what did the dragon immediately. He tore through the polar bears, she swallowed, she threw up around the rest ran away. Then came the dragon back to Ryu, lay on the ground and disappeared into the ice.

Shortly thereafter collapsed Ryu, because he had spent much energy in this attack. Relieved of their victory looked around and noticed Natsu therefore not that polar bears survived and is creeping up behind Ryu. Trembling Ryu turned around, looked into the open mouth of the bear and could only "Natsu" scream before they caught him with his paw.

Natsu turned around, looked just like Ryu was on the upper body thrown to the ground bleeding. He barely moved, his body had three deep wounds that bled more and more violent. "Ryu," he screamed and ran to him only. But the polar bear was faster: he ran to Ryu, opposes Natsu and thus prevented, he could reach Ryu.

"From the way you filthy beast!" He cried but it did not seem to bother the bears. Natsus fists caught fire when the bear is still stand.Keuchend before him and barely conscious Ryu was lying on the cold ground and brought out only one sentence: "Race, Natsu. . Get out, "But Natsu would not listen, instead, the flames raged within him still more, his body was getting hotter, so that the ground beneath him began to melt slowly.

At that moment he remembered his training with Hiita and his parents. He was never the strongest, always losing to his sister. Eventually, he just wanted to run away, but his father found him in time and stopped him. "Where are you going, Natsu?" He asked. "I want to get away from here." He replied and turned around. At the time, just six years old, wearing a short black shorts and nothing else.

"Is it because of your sister?" He asked. "Why can not beat them? I'm not strong enough right? "Asked Natsu back with tears in his eyes. His father sat down at the floor, took the crying child to him and told him something: "flame emerge for one reason only: to protect something. If they are lighting a camp fire will you protect yourself from the cold.

To use them for cooking will protect you from starvation. And if you want to fight with them to protect themselves or someone else with it. "Natsu does not quite understand then what he meant, but when Hiita told him after another failed campaign against something he knew what his father said so.

She said: "With my flame, I want these mountains, so protect our homeland." After this sentence sought Natsu the years after something that he wants to protect with his flames. And now, now that Ryu was in danger Natsu knew who he wants to protect with his flames. "With my flame, I will protect my friends," he cried, and the flames streamed from its back that way.

The end result of the fire dragon, he has already fixed the star on show, but this time its blazing flames more intense. At the same moment Natsu stomped into the ground, took a deep breath and read it slowly out again. Then he gathered the entire flame in his fists and struck into the polar bear, which completely burnt on the spot. The resulting explosion melted so much ice that the entire cave in which they were at the time was flooded.

Natsu, who then could barely stand still trying to get to Ryu, but the water was faster. While they were in the water Natsu tried desperately to catch Ryu's hand. So he paid no attention to his surroundings, his head came to a chunk of ice and fell unconscious. Thereafter, the two were flushed out of the cave and in different places.

Ryu lying in the snow felt like he was getting weaker. "That was it well with me." He thought to himself until last, when he was suddenly affected by a warming light. He could face the person who was not seen him, because it was hidden by a hood, yet it was at night and a blizzard was in full. Nevertheless, the person holding her hands over him until the wounds were healed, the claws of the bear on his chest and even completely disappeared.

Then he stood up wordlessly and disappeared again. "Who .... was that?" He asked himself and fell asleep. "Ryu! Ryu, "called Natsu in the darkness in the hope that Ryu responds. Exhausted, he went through knee-high snow in the knowledge that everyone could be his last. Eventually it was done: his legs could no longer keep up, and he fell into the snow.

While his eyes closed, he saw someone he wanted to ask him kam.Gerade who it was but because he was already asleep. "Why did you save him?" He asked the other who was just going through the sand toward him. At the bottom hem of his robe still stuck to the snow that was about to melt. At first he said nothing, but because he knew he had to give him an answer, he replied: ". Because he was not ready to die," He went to the other, sat on the stone beside him and looked into the desert beyond.

To be continued .....