The History Of Zato

Story by Zato on SoFurry

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#7 of The History Of Zato


(Once again, characters in this story copywrite me, demon dragons copwrite me, yadda yadda. How many people actually even read this? >.=.> )

Time began to rush by after the king had announced that Zato was to be sub-commander of the royal guard and the announcement that he was also his grandson. After the kingdom had finally began to accept Zato, and believe that he was different from the Demon Dragons of lore, he had begun training even with his egg heavy stomach, much to the annoyance of all the kingdoms healers and mid-wives, doing everything they could to get him to just relax and stay in the nest they had made for him. However, he just couldn't lay around doing nothing. He maybe of some royalty, but he was more so a warrior. And the kingdom had a whole new degree of weaponry to learn and master, much to his delight.

Just like his training in the human kingdom, he quickly mastered most weapons. And each time he mastered a new one, he truly began to worry. For each time he mastered a new one, each one taking three months or so to master, he never even felt the eggs move inside of him. However, all the healers said they were strong and healthy, but would only come out when they were truly ready. Though, after a hundred more years...he knew something was wrong, that was until....

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"Osia! Stop right now!"

Yelled Zato as his sister ran around his room with a dagger locked in her maw, playing keep away with her older brother.

"Stop me if you can Z!" She said in mind-speak to him.

Zato quickly set chase behind her before, her letting out a playful giggle as he did, but soon she let a loud eep as he took her tail into his maw and held her still, struggle all she could, she couldn't get her tail out of his maw. And soon, he had the dagger back in his claws and smiling to her with his tongue forked out.

"Cheater Z..."

"You know not to run around with these, mother would kill me should you get hurt."

"Oh, but you're out there in the courtyard sparring against Grandfather while egg heavy....mmmhmm, and I should be worried."

Zato let out a playful growl which caused Osia to scamper off with a giggle. After she had gone, he let out a long sigh and feel onto the nest. And the instant he did, a large orange dragoness shot into the room from the hallway and examined him.

"No Crisi, I am not laying. I wish I was though....my mates have been in me for a hundred years...something is wrong....I've started to regret doing this to them...."

"Mas..." She was cut off as he shot a single clawed digit up.

"Crisi, you know not to call me master. Do so, and you know that you will have to deal with being my Grandfathers servant."

He chuckled to himself as a shiver ran up her spine.

"Godaris is evil....well...for his punishments.....you must be a shining example of a servant not to be punished."

"And I let you all be nice and lazy, though you still all work yourselves into the ground for no reason! I do not...."

He now shuddered himself as he felt, and seen, his stomach ripple and let out a pained growl which caused Crisi to back away before his tail slammed into the ground and his stomach tightened.

"Get....Help....NOW!"

The last he said through a loud roar as his body moved since his mind didnt know what was happening, and in a few seconds, he repositioned himself onto all four of his legs and lowered down a bit as his stomach tightened again and he felt the egg began to push down the birth canal, as it did he let out another roar filled with pure and utter pain. The second roar easily getting the attention of nearly everyone around the castle, and almost in a flash after that, he was surrounded by every healer and mid-wife the castle had to offer, and all were telling him what to do and how to do it.

"You all should have fucking said it would be this painful! Having my tail and wings cut off is a scratch compared to this!"

He barred his teeth and gritted before letting out another roar as he now began to push when the healers said too, and within a few minutes the first egg gently fell into the nest, pure white shell resting with a small rush of his fluids. And without even a chance to rest or catch his breath, the other began to make its way out, thankfully a little easier then the first, but still causing him to let out a roar now and again as he clawed at the nest. And within a few more minutes, the next egg was out and laid next to the other as the third made its way out, only to stop halfway down his birth canal and seemingly rip through his insides as pain shot through him and he let out a roar that sounded as if it was coming from a wraith. It sent pure frozen shivers down nearly everyone in the castles spine, each wondering what caused it, other then the people who knew its source.

"Why....wont....it...come....out...."

Zato managed to say through pants and the fight to hold onto conscious while Crisi moved up next to him with a face that instantly let him know something was wrong, and not even waiting for her to say anything with the panicked look upon her, he glared to her and growled.

"I don't care if you have to stick your claws in there and pull her out! You will bring this egg out into this world, or each and everyone one of you is fucking dead by night and you will be my dinner! She is my mate and SHE WILL NOT DIE!"

The last four words rushing out in a roar as his stomach clamped down once again, and as he fought through the pain, he felt a claw on his shoulder and weakly moved his head to look up at it, seeing the source was his mother.

"Zato....your insides are...well...dry....its why the egg is not coming out....most of your birthing fluid rushed out on the second egg...your body thought that one was the last......"

"Pour water into me! Get a smaller dragon and have him stick his claw in and pull it out! I will not let her die and I am not going through this pain much longer! I will rip open my own stomach if I fucking have to!"

His mother looked to the ground for a moment before hitting her head with her clawed paw, laughing to herself.

"Why didn't we do this from the beginning?!"

She said to herself before looking to the fifteen dragons assembled, grinning.

"Everyone rub a wing and his tail, trust me. That egg will be out in a flash."

That announcement caused him to ignore the tearing pain and look up to his mother, utterly shocked.

"Mother no! You kno..."

A long moan erupted from him as he felt everyone at once begin rubbing over his tail and wings, his body instantly shutting down and all feelings numbed to him. His will to fight his mother from doing instantly died and his mind blanked out, and as it did his body began to respond as it he was in heat and in extreme need. As the scent from him combined with his musk and instantly filled the room, all of them in it covering their noses in respect for his royalty and not wishing to do something "stupid" right now.

Not even after three minutes of rubbing, his cunny was drenched in his fluid and his length was out to its full length, throbbing and leaking pre. His mother smiling at the sight as she and the others stopped, and Zato slowly began to regain feeling. As his mind and feelings did come back, he wished they hadn't, for he instantly let out a long, pained, roar and gave a strong push.

One of his hind legs raised off the ground as he pushed the last egg out, causing his body to respond oddly due to the rubbings, as the egg got closer and closer to leaving him, he got closer and closer to his climaxes.

"Ok...now, none of you must say nothing about his wings and tail."

Said Kizna as she looked to each, each of them giving a knowing nod before a loud moan erupted from Zato and they all looked back and a few let out soft murrs, cause the moment the egg left him, his climaxes hit hard and his length bobbed as seed jetted out onto the nest and his cunny let loose a flood of his juices combined with a small amount of birthing fluids.

Both climaxes continued for some time before stopping, leaving him panting for birth as he tumbled into the messy, sticky nest and groaned. His body hurt, yet because of the rubbing, he loved. Shaking his head, he slowly moved his wing down and pulled the eggs closer to his stomach and mentally making a note on which one stuck in him, before letting his conscious fall away and drifting into the deep, after birth slumber.

"Sleep well my son..."

She ushered the others out before moving into the hallway and looking back, purring a bit at the sight of her son, before shutting the door quietly and making her way to her father, wanting to speak to him about a few....things.

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Zato slowly awoke with a soft groan and yawn before stretching out, purring softly at the soft burning as his muscles woke up as well, causing him to shiver a bit as he continued to stretch out every part of his body before sitting down on his haunches. He felt...wonderful right now, but he couldn't remember. He tried and tried, but for some reason his mind was just blank of what happened the day before, until his tail began to sway around the nest and gently bumped into an egg, causing him to look behind himself and instantly get rid with what happen, causing him to chuckle to himself and scratch the back of his head.

"Thats right...I laid you three yesterday...soon we will be together again, nice and happy with each other."

He smiled and slowly got out of the nest, but the minute he left the nest, his body told him to go back, which he did. He let out another sigh and chuckle at this, knowing it was his instincts to protect the eggs.

"Please don't keep me waiting another hundred years, least when you all were eggs I could still move around."

He curled himself around his mates in their eggs and purred happily, swishing his tail about, til a soft knock sounded on his door.

"Im awake."

With that, the door instantly shot open and there stood his six brothers and sisters, causing him to laugh at the sight, before looking up and seeing his mother and father standing there behind them.

"Going to stand in the hall, or come in?"

He said jokingly, which earned a soft, playful glare from his mother, which he returned with forking out his tongue. Soon afterwards, all of them were in his room around the eggs, smiling to him as his sisters asked questions like "Did it hurt" "You could teach me how to lay?" and other random ones, while his brothers asked the normal questions. "Where'd it come out?" "How'd you make them" and so on. Him, his mother, and his father all laughed at the questions before a his mother shushed all the chatter.

"Come come my kids, hes been asleep for a week, let him wake up before bombarding him with questions."

He gave a tilt of his head to that and looked to her.

"You say a week?"

"Yes son, you have been asleep for a week. We almost thought you'd sleep through their hatching."

He gave a chuckle now aimed at himself, normally it was rare for him to sleep over five hours, and here he slept for a week. Wow, laying hits you hard, he thought to himself as he looked to his eggs. Well worth it though. He smiled now and looked to his mother.

"How long?"

"Could be from one week...to a year, varies...."

He gave another chuckle and slowly stretched out again, murring happily.

"So within a year they will be hatched and I will be reunited with my mates...hopefully they will get their memories back soon after."

She gave a nod to her son before giving him a kiss on the cheek and patting his head, his father doing the same soon afterward before Kizna snapped a claw.

"Oh yes, father wanted you to know that your armor is being made, just as you asked. And your...Zanzatou? Zanbatou! is being re-forged and re-enchanted."

He gave a nod before curling back up around his eggs, cooing out happily as he did and falling back asleep soon after with a happy smile on his maw, soon he would have his mates again. Everyone living as he did, chuckling to themselves. From what you seen when he trained and spared, you would never expect to see him as a spitting image of an extremely happy mother.

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Three months went by with little or no movement from the eggs, but Zato wasn't worried. They were laid, each heartbeat could easily be felt by placing your claw on the eggs surface, showing just how healthy they were. Only downfall to this all was how he could not leave the nest without his mind and body screaming at him, and even in the nest his mind and body screamed at him. He loved training, sparing, flying. But he could not do any of that since he laid, his instincts and a nagging feeling would not let him go past the door without nearly blinding him.

He sadly gave in to the mid-wives and let servants bring him breakfast and supper, since he couldn't go to the dining hall, unless he carried the eggs with him, which he would never do. Doing this made him feel even worse, now he felt like some lazy dragon you'd see laying on his gold all day doing nothing.

Towards the end of the fourth month, he felt as if he was going insane, and he could have another six months to go before they hatched, though thankfully, the sight he woke up to both pleased him, and nearly gave him a heart-attack.

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A nagging poking to his snout slowly caused Zato to wake him from nagging, only to jump a mile high and bolt out of the nest as his eye fell upon the three forms that were Veon, Pink, and Ruby, each still their Raptor or naga self, not dragons. He felt his tongue instantly tie up and his heart swell with happiness, his mates were born!

"But...when...how...."

He heard Pink giggle her normal soothing giggle at his expression and him stumbling over his words.

"We hatched when you were sleeping, and you were to cute to wake up, mommy."

Came the slightly teasing reply from Ruby before they all rushed him and hugged onto him, each crying as they did.

"We missed you so much Zato! It was unbearable in you and those eggs, we knew what you were doing, what you felt, everything! How much you missed you, how much we hurt you inside you. We are..."

Veon would have continued her little speech if Zato had not placed his claw around her maw before giving them each a strong hug, purring as he did so.

"You are here now, the pain is in the past, let us look to the future now. You will be joining me for eternity, so let us leave the past were it is."

They all nodded before Pink looked up to him and gave a little tilt of her head.

"Zato...love...are you sure we are immortal? I mean, when we hatched, we were our old selves, not dragons."

"Yes Pink, I am fairly certain that you are immortal. Though there might be two kinds of immortal. My kind...and another where you stay the same age for eternity, but die like a normal creature, should you come to die."

"Well....how do we know which we are?"

"Gods forbid, the time you three were to die. I am certain though, you wont age now. That immortal I am sure you all have, now let us drop this. Time to tell you three something. You are now, princess'....in a since."

He chuckled to himself as they all started and looked to each other before back to him, easily reading the "how" expression on their faces.

"My mother is a princess, daughter of King Godaris, My grandfather."

He smiled and kissed each of their noses before curling around them before letting out a yawn.

"Now please...might I go to sleep? Sure you three are tired as well."

They looked to each other before moving closer to him and pressing against his belly, before he folded a wing down over them and purred with a smile plastered on his maw, they were finally back together now.

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Another few months flew by as Zato went about showing Pink, Veon, and Ruby the kingdom and telling them all that had happened, each just laughed the minute he said he mastered all the weapons he could once again, each knowing full well. He continued on saying how they would looked upon as they were now royalty and respected now, each of them having a bit of a hard time believing it til he walked them through the town square, everyone and all dragon they passed giving a bow down to them and Zato as they did, him just smiling as they all slowly took in that little aspect.

The next thing he went about teaching them was they had now access to their "dragon form" and dragon magic, since their bodies could now handle it. Pink, out of them all, seemed the happiest about the dragon magic, and Ruby the happiest about the dragon form, which she usually stayed in now. Veon on the other hand, went back to learning her old favorite weapons, the rapier and bow, while slightly practicing changing to her dragon form and magic, causing Zato to laugh almost every time. She almost trained as hard as he did. Though he didn't understand why Veon barely changed her body, Ruby mostly stayed in her dragoness form, and Pink only altered her tongue a bit and was always in her raptoress shape, sometimes even her feral one.

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"Zato, we need to come to the armory, we have the basic design for your armor completed, we just need you to look it over and we need to check how much weight you can handle both in the air and on the ground."

Said a large brown dragon with a sharp voice, almost as if he had crafted his own voice.

"Alright, I'll be down there at noon. Right now I wish to spend a little more time."

The brown gave a nod before flying off back to the armory while Zato turned around to look to the training grounds, roughly a hundred dragons there, though his sight was locked upon Veon and Pink as they sparred, both excellent fighters in his eye.

"Pink, you go ahead and use that magic of yours! I'll still win!"

Shouted as she slid on her feet, having altered her form a bit so her tail wasn't there anymore, instead a pair of Draconian (Think of the Argonians in Morrowwind)feet with her tail where it were suppose to be, but hers a lot longer.

"You wish Veon! Zatos been helping master a new fun little move!"

Veon gave a giggle before plant roots shot out through the ground and wrapped around her arms and legs, one holding her tail still, before Pink drew closer and placed a wooden dagger to her throat, instantly winning.

"Once again, I win in under a minute. Veon, truly, you need to practice your magic more."

A growl emitted from Veon as the roots vanished and as they did, Zato moved to them and laughed at the sight.

"That is.....Pink with twelve wins, and Veon with two out of fourteen. However, it isn't surprising really. Pink has taken to this magic far quicker then even I did."

Pink let out a giggle and stuck out her now forked tongue at Veon, who growled again before looking to Zato.

"How can you and her use that? What honor is there in magic?"

"Veon, there is little honor in using magic in a melee battle, that is why most don't. Even the kingdoms foot soldiers know some bit of magic to help them should they encounter a magic user in a war, if we ever get into one again. You were the one who let Pink use her magic all these duels, and she has won each time because she has the advantage. Range, power, hell she could even blind you if she wanted to."

Veon let out another growl before jetting off, Pink about to follow before Zato stopped her with a claw on her shoulder.

"Let her cool off for awhile, alone. She probably needs it. Go find her later, should she not return within the hour, ok?"

She gave a soft nod as he lowered down and gave her a soft, but fully loving kiss to her lips before moving back and smiling.

"Now you, my little raptoress, continue your training. I need to head down to the armory, my stuff is finally done."

She blushed before giving a nod and then setting off to find another magic user to duel against, as Zato spread his wings and took off into the sky, gliding most of the time to enjoy the rather short flight to the armory. He flew as gracefully as he could, loving to spin and roll as he flew as well, never wanting to keep even a short flight a boring flight. He would occasionally fold his wings and fall towards the ground, still managing to get a few gasps as he did, before he snapped his wings open and rocketed in a straight line over the heads of the others, laughing quietly every time he did it. When he did arrive at the armory, he folded his wings up and walked into it, letting out a little gasp as Pink, Ruby, Veon, And the king were all in front of him, talking to the brown dragon.

"How did you all get here before me?"

"Cause you showboat a lot, love."

He thought and chuckled before moving further in, instantly pounced by the king as he did, struggling and growling as he did.

"Whats that for?"

"This."

The king said as he slipped an amulet around Zatos neck before hopping off and moving off over to the blacksmith while Zato stood back up and looked to it, tilting his head.

"Could have just asked me to put it."

"True, but that wouldn't be any fun."

The brown dragon moved forward and bowed.

"Names Boro, sorry I did not introduce my self earlier. That amulet is of my own creation, it will slowly get heavier and heavier til you say my name. At which type, it should be at its most comfortable weight for you. Now, its enchanted so your whole body feels it, and not just your neck. So, walk around, and then once we have that weight you'll fly, to see if you can fly with that weight as well."

Zato stood there for a moment before moving out into the street, Boro and the king following as Pink and the other two seemed to look over the parchment with his armors design on it, muttering to themselves. The three walked down the street, getting bowed to, with little or no change in Zatos walking. He continued to just walk, not seeming to feel the amulet get heavier, until after around forty (Why do I think my spell checker messed up on that one?) minutes, he stopped and chuckled.

"Boro."

"Ah, now it's time to fly...lets see if you can handle that weight, if not, say my name backwards and it will get a bit lighter each time you do."

Boro and the king both took off before Zato, who soon spread his wings and rocketed into the skies. His love for flying and how often he did trained them, so they could easily handle the weight. After he did a few twirls and spins, he stopped and hovered in front of the king and Boro as he moved closer and took off the amulet, letting out a mighty laugh soon after.

"One thousand pound armor it is then. Quite a shock and a challenge to me since I normally make it around five hundred or lower. And you want the entire set to total one thousand, like the five hundred pound stuff?"

Zato gave a nod and smiled.

"Quite a different dragon now, eh? You seemed to like the challenge my Zanbatou is proving to you."

"Oh, Zato, I like you. I haven't had to try new styles in over a century, Im glad you came around."

Said Boro before he bowed and took off to the armory, with Zato and Godaris following close behind. When they arrived, they were all laughed at Veon, Pink, and Ruby who were still muttering to themselves before nodding to each other and looking to Boros.

"We want armor just like his, and enchants just like his."

Said Ruby as Boros as he gave another mighty laugh and turned to give Zato a kiss on the cheek.

"I change my previous statement, I LOVE you Zato, and your mates. This is going to be a fun little challenge for me. Four suits of the same armor, and same enchants. Though I take it different colors."

They all nodded and pointed to their scales.

"Colored just like our scales, and would you mind making us new weapons? We've added them onto the Parchments."

Once again Boros laughed and smiled brightly.

"Ok, stop, before I ask be your all mates as well. I will do them, and truly happy to do so. However, I would ask that you all leave so I can get right to work. I'll send word when it is all done."

They all nodded and to finish the fun, Zato returned the kiss to Boros who laughed in return before Godaris, Zato, and the three left and took off to the castle, Veon and the other two riding on Zatos back. For most of the flight it was quiet, until the King slowed a bit and flew next to Zato, smiling widely, causing Zato to tilt his head at the sight.

"Zato....what do you say to a duel tonight, in front of the entire kingdom. You versus me with just our born weaponry. Claws, flame, tail. And the sort."

Zato was a bit taken back by this, theier normal duels were just fun and never any danger. However, the thought did spark a slight interest in Zato, he had not had a good fight for some time.

"Any chance of either of us dieing?"

He asked while looking back to his mates, slight worry in their eyes, before looking back to the king. Who was now shaking his head and chuckling.

"Of course not! Only til one or the other gives, or falls unconscious, or getting hit out of the ring."

He thought it over for a few before nodding to the king.

"Fine, I accept. Tonight, I presume?"

"Aye, under the New Moon and in the training grounds ring."

"Why not the coliseum?"

The king let out a might laugh and shook his head.

"Totally forgot about that, yes, in the coliseum. Meet me there later, and try to polish your scales in you can. I'd like it to be a special event, and for the both of us to fit the roles."

Zato nodded to the king before turning to the side and flying off to his room in the castle while the king did the same, but oddly slower then normal. Causing Zato to ponder over it a bit, before flying into his room and landing smoothly, before letting the three off his back who instantly ran off to get the scale waxes the servants had been leaving in his room for who knows how long. All of his though, having the same soft and delicate smell of the Cherry Blossoms.

"Now who said you all are stuck doing this job? It could take at least an hour, and you all should re...."

Zato was cut off as Pink jumped up onto his maw and stuck out her tongue, giggling.

"No other dragoness in this castle, nor dragon, is going to polish our mate. We have to do it right, make you the envy of the kingdom."

He couldn't help but chuckle at this, he knew he instantly lost, and lowered down onto his belly and put his head to the ground as Veon set about doing his side, Ruby doing his lower half, and Pink rubbing the wax over his head and down his neck. All the while, deep rumbling emitting from his throat with soft purrs coming from him. Unlike the servants, his mates were extremely gentle and comforting. He hated it sometimes, he mostly feel asleep during this, but his mind was currently heavy on the duel and why the king had asked. Right now, he could faintly hear dragons running through the halls, no doubt getting everyone ready for the kings announcement.

"Why would he want to duel on the day of the New Moon? The kingdom holds it like the humans do to all their holidays and celebrations combined into one...The day the Great War ended and the dragons showed victorious, but seeming to give the win to the humans, so they could go off and gloat about it and leave the dragons in peace. Why would a day honoring the peace we've had be the day he asked to duel?"

He thought to himself and continued too, he just couldn't figure out why. He knew soon he'd have to clear his mind or else he'd be distracted in the duel, making it an easy win for the king, since the king was an extremely hard opponent. Out of two hundred duels, Zato had won ninety-eight and the king a hundred and two. He continued to think over this until he felt three taps to his maw, before snapping back to reality with a soft shake of his head and smiled to Pink, who was smiling back and holding a small cookie in her claws.

"Roll over!"

He chuckled to this and rolled onto his back, wagging his tail much to the frustration of Ruby who was trying to wax it, and letting his tongue loll out, looking much like a big, scaly, dog. This little act causing all of the girls to let out a giggle before Pink gave him the cookie and set about polishing his scales, and he took this time to begin concentrating on clearing his mind out for the fight.

He shut his eye and murred before letting out a meep and looking down, seeing Ruby sticking her tongue out at him as she polished the scales around his slits, which he covered his cunny now that he remembered, and tailhole.

"You all are going to make me shiny like a diamond with this. You three aren't missing a single spot."

They nodded and continued before moving back and giggling.

"Our mate is a big, shiny lummox now."

"Lummox, please."

He chuckled and rolled onto his feet, shaking a bit and purring. Now his black scales shined in the soft room light like black diamonds and neon blue belly scales shined even more. He gave another shake, never liking to be polish like this, and sighed.

"Thank you my loves."

He said while giving a kiss to each of their cheeks, which they happily returned to his lips and smiled, before a frown came to Pink who moved to him and hugged around his foreleg.

"Please Zato, be careful."

He looked into the eyes of Ruby and Veon, easily able to see that they were worried as well, so he let out a low, quiet coo.

"Now now, you know me. I will be, and I will make sure the king doesn't get harmed as well. Now, go get ready yourselves. Meet me there while I go out and see what the king is up to."

They nodded and ran off to get ready themselves, Veon and Pink taking the wax to use themselves, while he set off down the hall to the kings chambers. His walk was short, not a single dragon in the halls nor in the other rooms, which Zato took as they were all either still listening to the king or out in the coliseum.

When he did get to the kings chambers, he found the doors opened and simply walked in, hearing the king talking out on the ledge towards the back of the chamber.

"Still talking....figured."

He chuckled to himself and made his way to the back of the massive room, and smiled as he rounded a corner and found the king standing out on the ledge, speaking of the coming duel, with Arthur to one side, and his mother to the other, who instantly saw him and signaled for him to come over, while tapping her father on the shoulder.

"Ah! Here is my opponent now! Come on Zato, come out."

He walked out and as he moved into the dieing light, he seen the king already had been polished as well, his smelling like roses, and his scales shown even brighter then Zatos did, but the white color helped, thought Zato slightly jealous. He made his way next to the king and nearly let his jaw hang open, there were thousands upon thousands of dragons down on the ground looking up to them, magic no doubt helping them all listen in.

"This is my grandson and soon to be second in command of my Royal Gaurd! This duel will show if he is truly worthy of the position or if he is not! If he is not he will be labeled with a normal rank in my army and branded with the emblem of Nahatia, which will forbid him to ever become a royal guardsman!"

Zato gave a low chuckle, he had been worried but this wasn't as bad as he had first thought. If he wasn't a Royal Guard, not like he'd die or something over it.

"However, should he fail to even spark my interest as Royal Guard material or make me look like an utter fool, he shall be placed in the towns square for all of you to do as you wish to him!"

Now that! Zato was not expecting, and it slightly worried him before he shook his head lightly and looked to his mother and Arthur, who seemed to know what was going through his mind. And it seemed the king did as well, as he was looking back at Zato, smirking.

"Though maybe even if he does prove to be a great addition to my guards, I will put him in the towns center, let you all have fun with him."

Now he couldn't even tell if Godaris was kidding or saying the truth, though it didn't matter, cause as Zato thought, Arthur moved up and snapped a collar around his neck, forcing a deep, rumbling growl to emit from him as he glared to the gold.

"I am sorry Zato...I have to."

"Why!?"

"Well...."

To Be Continued....