Chapter 8 - Showdown in Downtown! The Legend of the Fire Dragon and the Worthy Blacksmith! (Part 3)

Story by Eurasia M on SoFurry

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


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That was close. Here I thought Eurasia had been messing around with others...though do I really have the right to be so selfish? I say to others that hes my mate but technically...I haven't done the proper things for mate-ship. He has the right to have sex with anyone he wants...Well at least so far, I think no one else has tasted him.

**Date: November 2nd

Location: Downtown Hydion, Front of Alex's Smithy

Time: 12:35 pm**

The two stared at each other, though Frin was a bit confused as to the defensive tone she had when she asked even though she was playing around to what she wanted to do if she had talked to Michael. Rizan's intimidation tactics made Frin wonder if she was close to him, chuckling as she patted the tall dragoness on the stomach, "No no, I'm not going to hurt him. I just have to know why he never came back to help me as he said he would. I'd never hurt the one who saved my life long ago."

"He...helped you?", asked Rizan, letting her muscles relax and unballing her fists, "Yea. A jerk of a lightning guy attacked me. His fire helped save me and he said he'd help me get away from where I lived. I was...the only dragon of my kind. However I did manage to get out after all, but not how I wanted to.", Frin explained, looking in the distance and seeing the one she wanted to talk to vanish, "Though now I seem to have missed my chance. Hes fast for a human I'll give him that."

Rizan looked closely at her, something about her tugging at her mind, "Wait...aren't you Frin Hirk? That defense attorney I've been reading bout in the news lately?", she asked, Frin chuckling and rubbing her hair, "Hah...so you read the papers huh? Yea thats me. The whole case with Tracey Wellington really made my name skyrocket...not that I care. So could you tell me now your relation to Eurasia? With how defensive you acted, I should assume you like him?", she questioned with a grin, making Rizan chuckle and look around for a moment, "Heh...well I'd like to explain and discuss things but Eura told me--oh they're finally here...", said Rizan, interrupted by the ground starting to shake.

Michael's warning was starting to arrive, seeing four macros coming this way. Each of them were wearing jeans with tears at the knees, and pretty big weapons that could definitely cause real damage. They were coming in a line, the towns people rushing to the other side of town past the two dragonesses, "I should've known macros were behind the shield's failure. Or rather, the sabotage of the shield's power supply.", said Jack from behind them, getting the attention of the dragonesses for a moment, "Oh so thats why the shield wasn't on when that dragon flew over head. Well if they're really responsible, we'll take care of it and make them pay...though I was in the moment Jack. It couldn't have cost a million to fix those windows right?", Frin asked, seeing Jack had already left.

She was definitely going to kill Jack and hopefully put a stop on that check before she was out a good amount of her savings. The Heat Season Inn was then sealed down once more, ready in case things were going to get crazy from the coming battle. The Rizan started to fly into the air while Frin stayed on foot, not having any wings of her own but she was able to keep up easily, "So before anything, what is your name and how did you know they were coming?", she asked, a bit curious as to how she expected something not noticeable until just now, "Well Eurasia told me a bit before you came to me. He said some big guys were heading this way, and had nothing good planned...and my name is Rizan, and I'm surprised you're someone who has completed the training as well."

  • On the outskirts of the city

It was a dead place to be once you leave the city, only being a savanna with little vegetation and high heat. The cause of this was still unknown, the soil being unariable and scientists baffled by such a phenomenon. It is why Hydion was placed at the end of a such a horrible place, so anyone passing through it could take a pit stop and spend their money. The four macros were two Mice, having massively large pistols on their waists and two cougars, having bats on their backs. The ground shattered under their feet, the dry earth being left even more damaged as they stormed over to a city on their hit list, "Ok guys. Once we get in there, leave no survivors. No matter what, even if you plan on keeping a few as pets. You know what would happen to us if N.D. got wind of this...", said what could be taken as the leader, which was the cougar who had a retro duck's Ass hairdo. Because he was a Cougar, his hair shined in the afternoon sun.

His cohorts were all sporting afros, puffy and remaining firm as the black furred mouse raised his gun and span it around on his finger, "So Sam, no getting any for the ladies back home? The plan sounds like its for squares already....", he commented, getting a growl from the rest of the group, "Dude, stop talking like that. Squares? Who uses that anymore...just focus on the plan Josh. We'll be handsomely rewarded if we do this right...also don't let the afro get to you and we gotta be quick on this before he sends an N. Cypher on us. We wouldn't stand a chance against them.", said the white furred mouse, brushing his afro to make sure it wasn't drooping.

The other two agreed and the Josh just remained quiet, until they arrived at the city's entrance while stepping on the gates. The desert ground was rather annoying compared to the pavement, liking the feeling under their feet while it cracked. They heard the yells of little people scream as they saw the horror that was their towering figures, starting to run away in fear, "OH MY GOD! MACROS!? WHY ISN'T THE SHIELD BACK UP YET?!", was among the few things they heard. It was delicious seeing them run, the four stepping on the ground and causing the buildings closest to them to wobble and start to crumble. Even among the 10 story buildings, they were slightly taller than that which made them quite intimidating. The leader cougar grabbed his bat and destroyed a building instantly, "Hah! There goes one...people think its easy with fists. Ya gotta be really big to do that without hurting your knuckles nowadays."

Rizan saw a piece of building flying right at her, clenching her fist and punching it into many smaller pieces, "Damn, they've started already. I'll take care of the one who looks like a...I dunno, a weirdo. He seems to be the only one who's hair is different, and that should make him the leader.", she shouted, Frin running while also punching away debris with her fists and tail. As the cougar who batted the first building started to swing at another building, Rizan kicked the bat and made it fly out of his paws. He gave a growl loud enough to shatter glass, and hurt her ears, but she was fine as all four stared at her, "Hey! Whats this little fly here....looks like a little dragon. Whatever, you'll just end up as a smear on our paws!", he shouted, clapping his hands on Rizan.

The three beside him all laughed as the thunderous clap echoed in the town, before the white mouse fell over in pain, "Ahhh! My shin! What the hell?!", he shouted, holding his leg which was bloody and torn. Frin down on the ground lashed her tail straight down his shin down to his foot, having to jump away from the monstrous amount of blood coming out, "You gotta learn to watch your footing around us smaller folk! We're that dangerous."

The black mouse and the silver furred cougar took aim at Frin, the cougar bringing down his bat and causing a small earthquake before the mouse could take a shot, "Damn it. I wanted a shot...thanks alot for hogging that little squirt--what the?!", but he was cut off by seeing the bat get sliced in two, then his friend having a blank stare. A spray of blood then covered the mouse's face as his friend fell over in two pieces, also cut down the middle, "What the hell!? How is that possible?!", he shouted in fear, seeing the little blue speck on the floor and shooting it immediately out of rage.

Frin quickly moved out of the way, seeing how fast and large that bullet was, "Whoa, close one..thats two down...oh wait three. Rizan's got that guy.", she thought, looking up to see the leader's hands literally fall to pieces. Large chunks of meat cracking the floor below while everyone miles away could hear the groans of pain, "OH GOD! MY HANDS!", he screamed, tears going down his face while Rizan flew back though and wiped herself off as she was covered in blood from head to toe, "Ugh...he was more tender than I thought...now I got to get a change of clothes after this--oh right. Now then, do you give up? If you don't, I may have you finish you off, and I really don't want to as cleaning up after a mess of your size is quite annoying.", she threatened while showing off her claws, blood covered then shaking it off.

It was hard to take in that someone so tiny could overwhelm a giant like this, but the pain from his handless arms were too great to deal with, "You little bitch...don't think this is over. Our head honcho will come back for you when he hears what you did to us!", he shouted, turning around and seeing the other two who survived run with him, though the white mouse was limping due to his leg being sliced open.

Rizan gave a sigh of relief as they ran off, the ground taking a few minutes to stop shaking as they vanished in the distance though her clothes were now stained red with the blood of that cougar. However she went flew down and joined Frin, both giving each other a high five and grinning, "Nice work! I'm glad to see that someone has finished the training...though I still have about two more years before I'm fully done.", said Rizan, Frin shaking her head as she wiped the blood of her claws off, "Actually I'm about 35 years into the training. However I've been told that I was advancing at an incredible rate...I really wanted to get strong since Eurasia saved me. He made me realize that being big doesn't mean squat if you've trained your butt off.", she responded, getting a bit of a confused look off Rizan, "Huh? Why are you talking like you're a macro or something?"

Suddenly Frin felt herself freeze up, realizing she had said too much, "Errm...well...I'll explain later. First off Rizan, can you please let me see Eurasia? I do at least want to thank him properly for saving me.", she pleaded, Rizan wiping off what little blood that was left on her self as she looked down, "Well, maybe. You don't seem like a bad person but I can't just bring him here. He'll be back soon...however just in case, let me call him."

From her bloody pocket, her P.I.C. was stained but she wiped off as much as she could, being happy that the buttons on it were touch sensitive and was safe from any blood being seeped within it. She brought up the holographic touch screen, kneeling down so Frin could see as well as the call was awaiting a response on Michael's end.

**- Meanwhile....

Date: November 2nd

Location: Small Town of Nature's Valley, Town Square

Time: 12:33 pm**

Michael quickly ducked, dodging two bullets while dashing forward at a speed too fast for the two wolves to see. He concentrated hard while moving at that velocity, giving the two armed wolves punches to the stomach. Before the boss wolf knew it, his two bodyguards were down and Michael grabbed the two guns. With a smile, he quickly melted them in his glowing red hands, which made everyone gasp in awe. The little wolf was shocked, his jaw dropping and letting his cigar fall, "W-whoa! How the hell?...This isn't over you human brat!", he shouted, growling and taking out what Michael saw to be a P.I.C. and vanishing, along with his two bodygards.

Everyone was silent while Michael tossed the melted pieces of metal on the floor, blowing on his hands to cool it down in order to check on the wounded, "Sir, are you alright?...hes got some bad bruises...hey! Is there a hospital or something around here? This man needs medical attention!", he shouted, getting alot of stares before the kids who were scared stiff tackled Michael down, "Yey! You saved daddy! You're so strong!", they shouted, making him embarrassed before a black male dragon walked up.

The pink hair made him stand out quite well, wearing pink jeans and a pink tanktop, "I'll help him out...I saw you saved this guy from that jerk Sockzy. I was about to step in but when I saw you dodging those bullets, I knew you could handle it.", he said, his voice quite high for a dragon that was a bit smaller than Rizan. However he sounded quite nice, Michael picking up the downed male and handing him to the kind dragon, "Thanks, and that was actually quite close...dodging a bullet takes quite the bit of concentration. Definately nothing like the movies...so who was that jerk exactly?"

At the same time, the dragon picked up the kids with his tail, happily putting them on his shoulders as he held their father, "Hes just the boss of the mob around here who has a firm grip on the people. Though I wouldn't mess too much with them, I hear his brother is a warrior like you and it could spell trouble in the future..oh also the name's Haurin! You must be the new rookie thats making headlines in the paper nowadays.", he commented, Michael tilting his head as he was a bit confused, "Huh? Rookie? What do you mean?", he asked, getting a chuckle in response, "Oh don't you read the papers? You have an unbelievable bounty for someone starting out. You're being called the Fire Haired Rookie of Mystril, and you're supposed to be dangerous!"

Michael rubbed his head and wondered if such a label would scare people from him, looking around to notice everyone had gone back to work, "Rookie huh...well I'm just a dragoon going about my business--Oh! Haurin, do you know anything about a canyon around here?", he asked, suddenly remembering why he had come all the way out here. The kids tugged on his hair which made him wince but chuckle, turning around and pointing to a road that went past the ruined buildings, "Well theres only one canyon here so it has to be the Grave Canyon a few miles that-a way. However I wouldn't recommend going there, as I hear that dragon that ruins every town and makes me rich dwells there--? W-wait!", Haurin was explaining before seeing the human speed off quickly and waving back, "Thanks Haurin!"

He wondered if this human, or in fact even if he was human knew what he was getting himself in to, walking over to the doctor's office while acting like a horsie for the kids. A line of fire was again made, though not dangerous to anyone since no one was on the trail. The grass and trees that lined the sides of the dirt trail began to dwindle and become savanna like again, running for about 5 minutes before before skidding to a stop at the edge of the canyon. It was quite the view thought Michael, seeing the gap to be quite large as he could hear the wind over the mile wide gap, "Whoa...this should be the "Grand" Canyon, not grave. Its quite the view...but..where would that dragon be...at the bottom?", he thought, looking down to notice that its pitch black and the bottom wasn't visible. Again his dragoon spirit was blinking, though now literally flickering as he neared the edge.

As he wondered where to go next, his P.I.C. began to vibrate in his pocket, quickly grabbing it, spinning it around and answering the call. The holographic screen popped up and showed Rizan with a familiar blue dragoness beside her, "Hiya there Rizan! I see you have that dragoness we saved. Glad to see you're up and about.", he said, getting a bit of a pout as she was not recognized, "Eura...don't you remember who I am?..well it has been 50 years and I've changed quite a bit...well when you get back I'll explain everything."

He was still unsure who she was, but at least he'd find out later on, "Ah alright then...oh Rizan. I'm here at the canyon now...and I think that dragon is very close. My dragoon spirit feels like it wants to rip its self from my hand and head down below.", said Michael, feeling quite nervous as hes never felt his dragoon spirit act in such a peculiar manner. Suddenly the ground began to shake, giving a yell as the P.I.C. fell from his hands while the ground beneathe him broke, "W-whoa!", he shouted, falling down into the dark abyss as the connection was cut off to Rizan. Michael tried to stop himself from spinning while falling, grabbing on to the sides and letting his fingers and feet dig into the rock while he fell.

It was a bit painful but he was able to slow himself down as the fingertips were sore from scratching so far and his shoes ripping apart, "Phew...that was close--wait, my P.I.C.!", he shouted, seeing the small bit of light falling down still, then vanishing to darkness. Knowing that P.I.C. was very important, he kicked off the wall and dived down, though not before firing up his dragoon spirit to illuminate the darkness so he'd know when he'd reach the ground. Suddenly the darkness vanished and the ground was bright as it was on topside, now able to see the bottom and his P.I.C. still tumbling down before landing on the floor with a thud.

Michael hoped his P.I.C. was alright, knowing that the fall was quite high but remembering that his P.I.C. was created by his friend Abu, who he still wondered where he ended up. If Ruru was there, Abu had to as well, knowing that he was too smart to die, "Man I'd be in trouble if that P.I.C. broke...but I think he said it'd survive most anything--ah its fine. Thats great! Though let me call back Rizan fast or she'll think I'm in trouble.", he thought to himself, pressing the redial button on the holographic touch screen.

The screen was all static and it was making him wonder, "Huh?...no signal? Something must be blocking my call...must have something to do with that weird darkness. That or this P.I.C. is busted...nope its the signal. I have no bars.", he thought while looking up, trying to figure out why is it so bright down here while the ground from up there was just darkness. As he took a moment to look around, a loud booming sound then got him by surprise and left his ears ringing, even shaking the ground. Only moments after staggering, he saw a tidal wave of liquid come his way, making him gasp and quickly jump up the rocky wall. He was lucky that it only hit his left leg, though soaking it.

His hand moved to see what the strange liquid was, the texture very sticky and quite warm, "Eww...what is this? Its all...sticky and hot. Now that I think of it, even the air has changed...its kinda stuffy down here.", he realized that it was starting to fog up as well, giving a thought on how to continue as the ground below was now a small lake with this liquid. While he looked back up, something immense was coming down, completely blocking out the light.

It smashed right into the wall he was hanging off, forcing him to once again move though without much time to think about where he was going to land. In an attempt to jump onto the other wall, he fell just a bit short, splashing right into the weird watery substance. Everything on him got soaked, and slippery, having trouble now gripping the rock which seemed to be much smoother than the other side, "Ugh, I can't believe I missed!...and I can't even grab on either--oh wait! Theres another way...", he thought, swimming down but finding it hard to as it wasn't as easy to swim through like normal H20 until he reached the bottom, then quickly jumping up.

He sprang right out of the water, wizzing straight up until he finally reached somewhere to grab on, latching on and pulling himself up. As he finally had a moment to relax, he sat down and shook his head to dry himself off, his butt feeling the ground beneath him was shaking but not enough to really be a problem, "Man, this is some weird rock...its all...red and smooth..not rocky at all. In fact it reminds me of something familar--WHAAAAAA?!", suddenly, his jaw fell down, looking up at something he never expected to see. It blocked out the sun above him, running as fast as he could on the weird flat surface but it wasn't enough.

There was a loud thunderous bang, and everything went silent for a moment. Michael was using all of his power to avoid being squished to death, his enter body lighting on fire while holding up this massive object, "What is this...Its too heavy...Urgh...AHHHH!", he shouted, letting out a burst of energy which managed to blow whatever was trying to kill him off. The ground beneathe him also started to shake, making him fall as he heard a loud booming voice which was audiable but just barely, "OW! What was that?! Just trying to scratch my leg and...wait...what is that?", the voice asked, again noticing that sky above him was blocked. A giant eyeball was staring down at him, a red slitted eyeball that was too huge for him to even imagine, probably barely a speck compared to it.

Michael gave a wave, though it was shocking to see such a large being, as well as the shock of not noticing he was on this creature, "Uh...hi?", he said, seeing the eyeball pull back and letting him see that it was infact, a red dragon with a very long neck. It scratched its chin for a moment, not hearing what it said due to it being no bigger than a grain of rice. However it was then it closed its eyes and decided on a different form of communication, "Excuse me, but how did you get past the force field? Nothing should've gotten through the barrier...answer me now, as I'm quite annoyed you've arrived at the worst possible time. In fact, I'm surprised I didn't notice you earlier.", Michael heard in his head, the voice feminine but rather tough.

Mental communication was useful here he thought, wiping his hands and face off, "Well what force field? I really just fell down here...earthquake took out the floor from the cliff. Kinda looking around for this...dragon people have been saying. You wouldn't be it would you?", he asked, seeing her cover her face for a moment with her claws, then shaking her head, " Erm...earthquake... right. Thats all it was...but there is a forcefield above me, in the form of darkness to avoid having any littles like you down here. Theres only one way you could've gotten here..and I hope its the one I think it is."

He raised his right hand, and pointed to his dragoon spirit which was still flashing, "My dragoon spirit was leading me to this place...I really hate to have bothered, but even now, it feels like its longing for you.", explained Michael while this dragoness quickly leaned over to see, having to squint in order to see what he was trying to show to make sure though. She gasped hearing the words "Dragoon spirit", giving a big smile and and then grabbing the little human with her claws. It was quite scary for him but he was lifted without much trouble by her, seeing but just barely his dragoon spirit, "Ah...I see. After 40 years of waiting, you've finally come dragoon of fire. Been flying around every city on this planet and probably ruined a good amount of them... I've been looking for you for that long ya know!", she shouted, making him flinch and getting a headache as he put on her snout.

It was quite the experience being on something so huge, the scales so detailed but it was also kind of unsettling knowing that someone this big was lurking about, "So you've been waiting for me? Why?", he asked, getting a chuckle as she layed back but keeping her snout still, "Thats simple. We're meant to be together, as you're the destined dragoon of fire who will save us all from N.D.. Your spirit is was doing its job on locating me for us to meet up and prepare for the eventual attack on that horrible dragon slayer. Although it was awkward meeting you here at this time, its a pleasure to finally meet you partner."

Michael wasn't sure on the details yet, but one thing was certain. This dragoness was poised to help, and he was going to need all the help he can get against N.D.

**-

Date: November 2nd

Location: Somewhere in Saint Falda, information incomplete

Time: 3:00 pm**

The room was dark, even though the sun was still out, all the light was being blocked by the windows being covered by the drapes. It was quite frilly the room, everything having pink and white on it, from the bed to the floor and walls. The door then opened, the bright light removing the darkness for a moment, then returning upon the closing, "Sue? You up there?", said a familiar voice, turning on the lights via a switch. There was a loud crash from the ceiling, a bat girl in a nightgown falling from the shock of the light, "Ow...what time is it...if its still daytime, I swear to you that I'll eat the last of the meat in the fridge Nia!"

Nia laughed, dressed in something less revealing from the dress earlier, "Well go on, I could buy some more if I wanted. The 40 million Kash was transferred to my account just a few minutes ago from my last job. So I thought I'd wake you up and see if you wanted to celebrate!", she squealed with delight, dressed in blues jeans and a red shirt that did fit but were still tight to make her nipples visible. Her friend yawned, scratching her long silver hair which looked quite beautiful with her brown fur using her wings, which were attached to her hands and arms.

Compared to her friend Nia, Sue was quite the opposite. Her body was very thin, curvy and a bit bony, but only because any more weight would upset the balance in flight. Nia gave her one of her friend an infamous back breaking hug, getting her to groan and resist until she let her go with a smile, "Thats an apology for waking you up. Here, this is for you to spend later on at night...and don't forget to talk about the next target before ya get back in the morning ok?", she asked, handing her dazed friend a couple of 100,000 bills.

"I still think...if that's an apology...i don't want to see what you do for revenge...but thanks. I'll see him tonight--*yawwwwwn* man...turn off the light please. I still need my beauty rest.", requested Sue, putting the money on top of a dresser and flying back up to her spot to sleep upside down, Nia exiting out and leaving her friend to rest.

_ To be continued.... _