Chapter 8 - Showdown In Downtown! The Legend of the Fire Dragon and the Worthy Blacksmith! (Part 1)

Story by Eurasia M on SoFurry

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#20 of Book 2 - N.D.'s Reign


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This boy...its amazing. The readings are off the charts and...his potiental is possiblity limitless. The data that Desiree sent me had similar readings...could this be what my good friend was talking about? The Zoan Gene?

**Date - November 2nd

Location - Lobby of the Heat Season Inn, Hydion

Time - 11:55 am   **

The grand opening of the fabled Heat Season in was only a day away, with the sign up in neon fashion and people talking about it all over town. There was going to be no early bird special for anyone who did not have connections, so the doors were still closed to the public. But there was someone in the lobby already, though not to check-in as most people would.

The doors of the Heat Season Inn were bolted shut with the most powerful metals money could by. Suddenly, there was a loud banging, someone literally punching the door, "Told you it was indestructible! They don't consider this to be the toughest metal for nothing. Granted, had you been any stronger, you might have dented it", said a voice, the person who was trying to punch through the door turning around, grabbing a small briefcase and walking towards the one talking.

"Jack, you really went all out on this didn't ya? But it shows that I still have to train...with the pile up Casey gave me, I missed two sessions of training.", said Frin, rubbing her sore knuckles as she was curious to see how strong his security was. Jack was dressed in his usual outfit, an unbuttoned sleeveless lab coat with a black shirt underneath, and black jeans. His snake like tail remained still as he was in thought about how strong Frin was, "Well, this is my pride an joy after all, that and the Inn will be rather profitable, as I need the money right now. You know, your training results do intrigue me. Remind me to watch you train next time, ok?"

Frin nodded and noticed that it was still quite empty, with the lobby which had a wood finish, white walls and a long marble desk not having anyone behind it, "Hmmm...so this is the place huh? That Jikan shouldn't be too mad that I'm late...but if you're open for business, why isn't there any workers around here?", she wondered, following Jack as he began walking towards an elevator, which was one of many scattered throughout the floor.

Floor 40 was pressed while the doors closed and the two went upwards in the massive building, "Well its because I haven't found suitable help yet. They say the right person up front helps bring in more money. I need girl who's very tall, physically attractive and...doesn't expect a big paycheck.", he responded, making Frin wonder who would want to work a job like this. She wouldn't like to be helping horny people day in and out during the heat season, which did not worry her about since she wasn't affected by heats.

All of a sudden, a loud ringing sound came from Jack's waist, both of them looking down as Jack grabbed it and held it to his pointy ear, "This is Jack....oh its you Jackson. Calm down and tell me what---wait, what?! We're on our way, don't die.", he responded, looking up at Frin for moment who was confused, "Whats wrong?", she asked as Jack checked to see what floor they were on, "Crap...we're only on the 23rd floor...Frin. I hate to ask you, but can you help me with a little problem? Seems theres some sort of monstrosity on the 40th floor and one of my bell hops is in a life threatening situation. I'll pay you for your services of course."

She gave her briefcase to Jack and banged her fists together, "No problem! I need this workout...but what could've gotten past your defense? NO way a monster could just sneak into here.", she asked curiously, the elevator passing the 30th floor as Jack was thinking, "Of course not. Only thing plausible here is that my only customer is the cause of this. Normally I wouldn't allow someone in before my grand opening, but he begged and paid handsomely...well in just a few moments, we'll see."

After a good 10 seconds, they finally reached the 40th floor and saw a wolf boy who was dressed in a red bellhop uniform running at them, "H-help! Its after me!", he shouted, probably at least 16 years old. As Frin jumped forward, she was too late. The young boy was sliced in half by a brown dragonic looking monster, having spikes coming out through every part of its body. Panicking, she dashed forward at blinding speed, and gave a swift kick to the monster to send it flying through a broken door. Following, she caught the top half of the boy who was bleeding badly as Jack caught the bottom half but also being careful not to get his coat bloody.

"Ouch Jackson! Try not to say much...Let see... Heart rate at 80, BP dropping, O2 level still good, cellular deterioration at 8 percent... If I was just any doctor, you'd have about 5 minutes and 30 seconds left to live.", Jack with a smile as he checked his lab coat for a moment, " Too bad I'm not just any doctor. Frin, leave him to me. Please rid me of that eye sore before it hurts anyone else.", he ordered as he cracked his knuckles.

Jack began to pull surgical instruments from his coat. His arms moved at such high speeds that it appeared to be blurs to the average person. Frin was a bit surprised as she saw him working, but quickly turned around and ran towards the threat, "A little morphine here, a little string here and some cuts here...some cream over here, more cream here! And a snip here, a tug there, and some stitching over here. And done!", sang Jack in a rather upbeat tone.

Within a matter of moments, the two halves were reunited, though the mess of blood was still felt under his fur as Jackson woke up. His bellhop suit was ruined and there was a visible tear in his shirt but he was alright, though shaken, "Oh god..i thought I was going to die!", he cried, sobbing as he hugged Jack tightly. The doctor put his tools away and only rubbed his head while rubbing his stomach area, "Good as new! Well, you'd have a little scar here.. but chicks dig scars. However lets go for now and let Frin handle things ok?"

By the hand, Jack lead his young help to the elevator and left, knowing that he'd have to monitored but was curious about the creature that came storming in.

- Meanwhile, back in room 443

With her target in site, she walked in the door and coughed a bit at the debris she caused by the hit, "Where is he...", she thought, before ducking a slice that could've cut her head off. To retaliate, she swept the floor under it and jumped to stomp down on its chest. The hit was powerful but it did not break the floor, however it felt like she was stomping on the metal she was just punching, "Ugh...what is this thing made of?", she wondered, her feet nearly being pierced from the spikes she crushed.

Suddenly she was grabbed with a growl, pinned against the metal covered windows as she was surprised to the trouble this monster was giving her, "Grrrrr....FFPHT.....FRRRRRIN....", muttered this monster as he sniffed her, holding her tight with both hands now since she was struggling quite hard. It was quite a shock hearing that this thing knew her name, but that wasn't important as she finally got free and jumped at him to land a punch. It sent him stumbling back but it countered attacked with a slash that left a 3 claw tear in her outfit, her cleavage, panties and bra slightly visible now.

There was a bit of blood as well but nothing remotely serious. However she was rather angry now, lashing her tail at its chest like a whip and sending it against the metal covered windows with a horribly loud bang, "Thats it! No one messes with my outfits!", she screamed, running up and giving it a barrage of punches. Its head hit the metal each time she knocked him silly, standing on its chest while continuously punching it, then finally stomping on its chest.

She could feel its ribs start to crack but not break, jumping back to see the beast coughing but its glare still strong, "Ffff...Frin...must...have...Frin..", it said, the voice deep with the sound of lust, the bad kind. Frin realized that the voice was vaguely familiar, suddenly falling to the floor as the whole building began to shake, "W-whoa! That dragon must have just passed over!..", she thought, noticing her P.I.C. fell out from her pocket and had the time 12:06 pm on it. As she went to grab it, she hopped to the ceiling to avoid getting sliced yet again, amazed at how much pain this guy could take.

While in midair, the monster jumped off the wall, destroying it as he caught Frin in midair and pinned her against the wall this time. It was hard to believe but it seemed it had gotten strong enough to really restrain her, bringing its muzzle to her face then licking along her entire body. Her entire suit had gotten slobbered over and wet, even her ears dripping down as she looked pissed, "Ugh...I can't believe this...you're so dead."

It was then that she got pressed against something, something hard and warm with a throbbing sensation. Her expression changed from angry to shocked, finding that she was stuck between his cock and a wall, a cock that was bigger and thicker than her body, "Great, now its horny....wait...thats it!", she thought in her mind, eyeing something in the corner of her eye. A red button that said "Emergency Window Protection Override Button", with a warning label in smaller text below it. Right now seemed like an emergency obviously, so she used a large amount of her strength to kick herself free, feeling her foot hurt a bit as she aimed for its penis. It got sent backwards into the wall but the hit seemed ineffective.

"Ow...rock hard hard on. Hey you want a piece of this!?", she shouted, bending over and slapping her skirt covered rump to taunt it. The dragonic monster was a bit shaken but seeing her tease him like that made him roar and sprint at her on all fours. Frin waited until the last moment, grinning as she slammed her fist on the button and forcing the metallic window covers to open up. She shattered through the glass as they both jumped out the window.

-

The taste of freedom was more satisfying than I thought! But why did she appear...just a bit more and my re-awakening could have been complete. My patience is running thin...but this seal shall not last long. Once I get out, even she won't be able to stop me.

**Date - November 2nd

Location - Guest room, Rizan's house

Time - 11:50 am   **

Everyone slept soundly that night, except for the dragon Eurasia. He was up all night in his room after getting a stern yelling from his mother, but that wasn't the reason why he couldn't sleep. What that human said to him, those words about his father being not only human but a dragoon of fire, "...it can't be. It just makes no sense...how can that guy Michael..hes a dragoon of fire. If it is the truth, this explains how he knew mom. Just that why did he return now?! Where was he when aunt Hamelis got killed?! Grah!", he shouted, holding his head as it hurt from thinking so much.

Only time would tell what he should do, just going back to bed and hopefully would get some sleep. In the guest room, Michael was back in bed and sleeping very nicely, curling up in the dragon sized blanket until he fell off the bed with a loud thud. It was a rude awakening indeed but he didn't feel the pain he expected to feel as he remembered his battle with the mysterious man. He also felt mysteriously full, checking his arm and the rest of his body to find it fully healed.

It was then he remembered something else too, the dragon who took control of his body, looking down and getting flashes of what happened that night, "...It wasn't a dream as I thought..Hes finally free again. This time Rizan and Shyranrya know...what am I going to do?", he thought getting up and stretching to notice he was dressed in long red feety pajamas and a white T. He heard a bit of talking coming from the living room, then a bit of a crash which startled him.

He got up and ran over, turning the corner and seeing Nimane on top of a table. Rizan was there too, dressed in short green t-shirt and short shorts while being turned away from him and bending over to grab a now broken cup, "Sweety, you know you're not allowed on the table and to be trying to eat the glass cups. Teething is such a tough time...", she sighed, turning around and stepping forward a bit to see her favorite human up and about. Michael quickly turned away to ran back into his room and shutting the door, feeling like he shouldn't be allowed to be in her presence given how much of a monster he really is.

Rizan pouted and grabbed her youngest daughter, hitting the broken glass with her tail out the door and walking towards where Michael ran off, "Pearly! Here, watch your sister for me. Mommy has a few errands to run today!", she called, seeing her pink scaled daughter walk down the stairs from her room and taking Nimane in her arms, "Okay momma! I'll give her the teething ring you bought and then watch her until you get back."

Such a proud mother she was, looking up to see Jazmine looking down from the upstairs railing, "Mom! I'm going out today. Scott is taking me to the library and I don't want to miss out on the big thing they're having today.", she said, dressed in a black shirt and blue jeans for the day. Rizan nodded as she knew Scott was an upstanding dragon, probably a good mate of choice for her, then going off to check on Michael. She opened the door to see him dressed in the spare clothes she left at the foot of the bed, wearing a blue bookbag and holding his P.I.C. in one hand while the other held his broken sword hilt.

"Wait! Eura, where are you going?!", she shouted, seeing him looking quite down. He shook his head and sighed, "Rizan...I can't stay here any longer. You saw last night the inner beast within me...what I really am. A monster like me should be left to live alone.", he shouted, about the press the button to teleport away but was stopped as Rizan kicked it from his hand and out the window.

Michael fell to the floor seeing quite a scary look in her eye. Quickly he jumped out the window as well, chasing after his P.I.C. which was still in the air. He sprinted fast as it started to go over Gashway Woods, jumping on the tree branches and was just about to grab it back before again he was stopped. He was grabbed from behind by Rizan, grabbing the P.I.C. at the last second with her tail before it would've fell into the forest, "Eurasia, calm down! Talk to us first before just deciding to leave!", she shouted, restraining him as hard as she could as he was doing all he could to get free but not using his dragoon power to do so.

A loud bang surprised them both, followed by the sound of wings flapping as the two were startled from the sudden "boom". To their surprise, Shyranrya was seen in the distance flying in fast, confused as to what she saw on her way back from sleeping at her home a good 1000 miles away, "Yo! Whats going on here?", she asked, seeing Rizan not looking quite happy. Shyranrya wore a wonderful silver glittery dress with a skirt that stopped at her shins and a low cut that showed a good amount of her cleavage, "Shyranrya, Good timing. Help me here...Eura here remembers what happened last night and he nearly left us. Help me talk some sense into him.", explained Rizan, finally having Michael nice and calm as he stopped resisting.

The two flew back to in front of Rizan's house while she kept Michael tight in her arms. Shyranrya tapped her chin as she wondered what to say on the matter, "Erm...Eura. You know we still believe in you right?", she started, just getting silence from him for a good forty seconds, "....how? I found out that I'm an abomination not too long ago. Heck I thought I could get rid of him and even with the help I had at the time...hes still around and stronger than before. How can you believe in someone who harbors a savage beast inside of him?"

Rizan let him go to turn him around, then slapped him hard. It made him fall to the ground, dropping his sword as he fell with a loud thud, "Listen to us for a second! You're still you! We care about you no matter what Eura! Its not like you'll be accomplishing much going off on your own..", she shouted, Shyranrya getting worried as she felt a bit useless since she wasn't as forceful as Rizan. Michael rubbed his painful cheek as he thought about it, only worried about what he thought was the right thing to do, "B-but...I'm not safe to be around...that guy..nearly got us. There may be more guys like that who may come after us other than N.D.!", said Michael, seeing Rizan crack her knuckles.

"Well then, we'll beat them down. Remember he had the advantage because he had a dragon buster. Not everyone we'll fight has one of those. And I nearly beat him...just he got lucky. I'll start training with Shyranrya here like always but we'll kick it up a few notches.", she said to her sparring partner, not looking too happy as she knows how tough she is. Michael felt still like a burden, grabbing his broken sword and looking to them both, "Ok...thanks. So we're leaving to the city right? To see Koi as you said?", he asked, getting his P.I.C. given back to him by Rizan.

Shyranrya shook her head, making Michael tilt his head a bit in confusion, "No need. I just came back from there and talked to him. Seems the only one capable is an old blacksmith in Hydion. Apparently he did work on magical weapons, including ones for dragoons. Unfortunately hes a crazy old kook who takes on jobs for a huge fee and only if it interests him. I hope we can get it done...oh! Right Eura, go inside and get a bag of coins from the Rizan's room. It should be on top of a small drawer dresser when you walk into the door ok?"

Quickly he ran inside to get what he was looking for, leaving the two dragoness alone for the moment. Taking this chance, Shyranrya focused on Rizan while looking worried, "Did you notice something just now? He called himself a monster, but not a zoan. Do you think he doesn't know?", she asked, getting a shrug from her, "Not sure really, but if he doesn't know himself, then its better that way. For now we have to finish the training. We're still a good two years short of finishing the 50 years of training that is supposed to make us unbelievably strong--wait! Why don't we train with Eura as well?", thought Rizan, the idea popping up suddenly.

The sound of it was good, training with someone they know is strong and who they'd like to spend time with. Both of them nodded at each other and then heard Michael yelling from the door that he found it, "Hey! I got it!", turning their heads to see him carry a leather bag that was a good 50 pounds over his head. Shyranrya took it and tied it to her waist, "Ok thanks. Now Eura, give me the P.I.C.. I'll input the coordinates to where we have to go.", she asked, Michael happily giving her the P.I.C..

Within a matter of moments, the 3 vanished in a flash of light, leaving only a light burst of dust. The dragon Eurasia looked out his bedroom window to see them go, then sighing as he stared into the sky. His eye caught five figures coming towards his home, "Huh?...who's that?", he wondered, noticing that they were dragons, but dressed in high clad armor from head to tail.

  • 2 seconds later

**Date: November 2nd

Location: Downtown, Hydion

Time: 12:04 pm**

Things were deathly empty today as the two arrived in front of a rather huge building that could be considered a skyscraper. Hydion was a good 30 minute drive away from Saint Falda, as many people commute to this city due to the jobs available. Rizan looked around and noticed the lack of anyone around, her ears raising in suspicion, "Its quiet....too quiet for a city of sleeze like this one.", she said, the other two wondering what is up. It seemed that the rest of the buildings were boarded up with metal and wood, windows tightly protected and doors firmly shut.

Suddenly Rizan looked up into the sky, then down on her shadow to realize something, "W-wait?! What is today and what time is it?", she asked, getting a confused look from Michael while Rizan looked at Shyranrya, "Today is November 2nd. First Thursday of this month and its 12:06 pm.", she replied, then remembering something as well. The two grabbed Michael by the arms and pulled him away suddenly, going into an alley way as a thundering boom shook the ground.

"W-whats happening?!", yelped Michael, seeing the sky grow dark and red for a moment, followed by an impossibly loud boom that made his ears ring, even though Rizan covered them with her own hands. There was a burst of dust and debris following that lasted for a good 20 seconds, before finally things calmed down, Rizan looking outside of the alley to notice that it was a total mess of the covers which the adjacent buildings had was ripped off and on the ground. Shyranrya's ears hurt as well, helping Michael up and walking back outside to see how different things were now. Something however was bothering Michael, looking down to see his dragoon spirit blinking for a moment, before stopping.

People were starting to walk out of their doors, and looking at the mess left behind, chatter filling in the streets with some people angry over what had happened. The paved streets were cracked lightly and glass was everywhere with every window broken from the intense sonic boom, "Ow...what happened?...did a bomb blow up or something?", asked Michael to Rizan, still dazed by the scary moment. Shyranrya shook her head to get herself back on track and then shook it again, "No...that was the fire dragon. The massive one who goes over every city on this planet once a month, or rather on the first thursday of every month. It passes over here at about 12:05 pm but since its now expected....Hydion is supposed to have a shield envelop the city before hand and reduce the damage which happens. Why isn't it up?"

It was quite a question they thought, standing in front of the only building that didn't look like a total mess. Michael was starting to feel better, looking up at the building to notice there was a name on the 5th floor, "Heat....Season Inn? Huh...this place is pretty sturdy, no windows are broken at all. So where do we have to--huh? Whats that?", pointed Michael, making both dragonesses look up to see something falling their way. It was something big and the trio realized it was coming at them fast, jumping back as a loud crash caused more debris to cover their eyes.

Michael heard growling, instinctively jumping up to get above the to see a purple scaled dragon-like creature, "What the?! Whoa!", he shouted, dodging in mid-air a strike that could've been considered fatal to the average person. As he fell to the floor, he powered up while Rizan and Shyranrya blew away the dust with their wings, seeing whatever fell with them wasn't friendly. As he landed, he realized that in the crater beside him, someone was in it and unconscious, "Huh? Someone's there?"

Before he could check, that thing came back at them, causing the local people to quickly head for cover. Rizan went in first, knowing that she'd have to disable that thing as it seemed hostile. She took aim at its neck and gave a kick, which connected and threw it back. The hit was powerful but Rizan felt a bit of pain as the thing's scales were tougher than she expected. Shyranrya quickly flew up for the alley oop and kicked it straight down. It was lucky of them that everyone knew when to get out of the way, so there was no worry of any civilians getting hurt.

While the two dragonesses took care of business, Michael checked in the hole to find a dragoness in a slightly torn blue suit. He lifted her out and held her in his arms, finding that she was rather small and carrying her to the building to set her down. Rizan stayed on guard while Shyranrya went to check on Michael, flying back towards him and seeing that he had put down a rather tiny dragoness, "Oh...who's this? Did she fall with that..thing? She seems to have been fighting from the look of those scratches and winning, until she fell out. Let me heal her Eura, you help out Rizan incase the job isn't done yet."

Quickly as she pointed out, it got back up and was panting hard, sounding exhausted as now it had more obsticles in its way, "F...Frin...shes...mine...RAWR!", it roared, before charging once more. Rizan wasn't going to let it go, lifting her leg to give another kick to its face as she jumped. Though this time her kick was charged right through, being spun around and hurled towards a wall which she quickly recovered and jumped off. Seems this time it was like a train, and a mere kick wasn't going to stop it.

Its target was towards Michael and Shyranrya, letting them know that the fallen dragoness was its target. Even though he had no weapon, Michael wasn't completely useless on the offensive as he let the energy build in his hands, "He looks angry...got no choice...Final Burner!", shouted Michael, letting loose from one hand a large beam of fire that hit the target dead on. Even though it hit, it seemed that it was still going, the fire heating up the creature. One arm wasn't enough he thought, readying the other arm and doubled the power of the fire.

The downtown darkened as the light from the fire could be seen from most high areas, as well as the heat coming from it. Finally it wasn't moving but Michael couldn't get the advantage. Shyranrya finished her healing and turned around to fly back up in the air, waving at Rizan, "Quick, while Eura has it still! Lets give it a headache it'll never forget!", she shouted, Rizan zooming beautifully as the two both surrounded him from each side. Then the two closed in and kneed it from both sides, effectively crushing its skull with the double knee. It cried in pain as its skull was cracked, being blown back even more by the fire blast and finally being stopped.

"That was pretty impressive work there, Dragoon of the Ruby Eyed Dragon. Also known as Eurasia.", said a voice over a loud speaker, followed by the sound of machinery working. The three turned towards the Heat Season Inn, seeing all the metal slide and reveal a truly impressive skyscraper, shining in the afternoon sun. Out walked out Jack, having a hand on his chin as he made his way towards Michael who was a bit confused, "Huh? That's my official title yes...but how do you know that?"

From one of Jack's pockets was a newspaper, grabbing it with his fuzzy hands and showing him a very important and shocking news. Michael walked forward to see a picture of himself with his red hair and red eyes that looked very recent, "It's all here see? Name, mug, and price. For you, 50 mill kash dead, double alive, Rizan 'The Limb Cutter' here is 30 mill, and Shyranrya 'The Disabler' is 25 mill. You three total fetch 105 mil, 155 alive... What kind of ruckus did you all cause on Vanaxxis to catch this heat this quickly?", chuckled Jack, not even knowing who they were until the other day but finding them quite intriguing to get such high starting bounties.

Michael's was the only one who had a real photo, while the dragoness had nicely drawn pictures of their heads. Shyranrya's mugshot was drawn exactly as she looked, but she had the most insidious look on her face that did make her look dangerous which she didn't like. Rizan's was drawn too and she enjoyed looking so ferious. Though Rizan had no time to comment on her bounty picture and realized that things have gotten bad, "Damn it! We have bounties on us now? This...is a problem guys.", she said, looking at her two friends, then back at at the panda in a labcoat, "Well then. Do you plan on bringing us in?"

Jack laughed and threw the newspaper at her, seeing her catch it and turn around to go to Frin who was still unconscious, "Eh, no offense, but you're all not really worth my time. I'm busy as it is. Though Desiree had told me that Eurasia is quite an interesting specimen. Normally, that'd be worth my time, but you did help my colleague disable that thing, so I'll let you go this time. Oh, and if you're looking for someone to repair your sword, he's right there. That crazy old fool has been forging since the dragon campaign days"

Michael was a bit uneasy, seeing that this stranger knew way too much stuff to just walk away without a second though, grabbing a cloth from his pocket and covering his dragoon spirit as Rizan did not too long ago, "Wait, how do you know Desiree? You weren't at the castle were you?...", he asked, curious and frankly not feeling like he could be trusted. Jack turned around and looked at the three, then just turned his back on them again, "As a scientist, my job is to know the unknown. I simply did my usual research to know what happened on Vanaxxis."

There was a silence for a moment, with a bit of wind blowing as life came back into the city. Rizan walked over and patted Michael on the shoulder, pulling him towards where they needed to go, "Lets not worry too much about him Eura..even though I agree he knows too much.", she whispered into his ear, getting a nod from him. Shyranrya however left her wings out and picked up a huge amount of dust as she lifted into the air, "You guys go on ahead, I have something important to do first! Best to do it before people realize I'm a dangerous criminal."

The trio separated as Rizan, and Michael headed towards a building that seemed out of place in a city like Hydion while Shyranrya flew off into the sky towards the other side of town.

**To be continued....

No one here to really introduce since I gotta keep you guys in suspense...referring to whoever still reads :) Well tune in next time for part 2.**