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"Mmmm... Rizna..."

Flame smiled joyfully as he slept calmly within his bed. Beside him, Rizna was lying peacefully in sleep as well, a smile upon her face, as his arm held onto her lovingly. The dream he was having was a good one, of him and his love, and the passionate love they had in the forest clearing. His dream reflected the memories of the last couple of days, from the mating they had had, the morning of just kissing, before he cooked them breakfast, and then taking them back to the castle, where the dragon and the dragoness watched the damage to it being repaired, Arrancard waiting for them as they returned, and asking Flame for help with the work.

He smiled more, as his dream changed, seeing him work well with the others, Kelly and him shifting materials, while Rizna helped by bringing food with Selina and drinks, to them all. In the afternoon, Flame showed Rizna round the other places of the castles, the library, the arena, and then to his room, which he declared, would be Rizna's as well, much to her delight. That evening, after dinner, she and he had spent another passionate evening of love, which thankfully, was not interrupted by a menacing, sinister voice, allowing both to enjoy each other much more.

The following day, Flame continued to help with repairs, and got in some training, Kelly being his sparring partner, and Rizna secretly watching and cheering him on, much to his delight. Eating with her at breakfast and lunch was truly wonderful, but the meals seemed to not be the same as before, the loss of Vera certainly had an impact on the food, but Flame chose to just enjoy what they had, especially as he had Rizna with him. When Knight wished to discuss with him about the repairs in his throne room, he did notice the dragoness talking with Arrancard on something, but what it was, he chose not to ask. He and Rizna met that evening for dinner, and a small celebration made by Knight that help was coming, before he and she retired to his room, for another gentle night of love.

His dream was soon coming to an end, as he recalled her words before sleep, loving words to him, "Flame... my true love... my wonderful love..."

Slowly he began to wake from his slumber, yawning softly, as his eyes opened. Rizna was slowly stirring as well next to him, the dragon seeing this once he was awake, and smiled to her, seeing her slowly wake as well; she had been enjoying a similar dream as well.

"Mmmm... morning, Rizna, my love," he spoke, giggling a bit, as he felt her tail twitching against him teasingly, tickling him a bit, "Hehehe... someone is being playful this morning, aren't you my love?" He chuckled softly, as he kissed her, "But I have to get up for training this morning, Rizna, after we have some breakfast together."

Rizna whimpered a little to him, like a puppy wishing to still enjoy some more, "Flame, can't we play around a little first, just like yesterday, hmm?" She smiled to him, trying to convince him to stay, fluttering her eyes a little.

Flame smiled, chuckling at how much she was convincing him to stay, "Hmm..." He nuzzled her lovingly, wondering for a moment before he answered, "Hmm... Well... I don't know. Maybe we could if you like to..." He kissed her lovingly again, as he rubbed her body slowly and gently with his tail.

Rizna was quick to blush a little as she felt his kiss upon her lips, along with his tail against her, loving it, as an "Mmm..." escaped from her mouth, much to his delight.

Flame smiled lovingly to her, "I'll take it that is a yes, right?" He chuckled as his hand slipped down her body, rubbing along it all the way to her slit, slowly and gently, hoping she was liking that, loving it to be more precise.

The dragoness did indeed love it, moaning softly to his touch. "Mmmm... yes, my love," she moaned out to him, "But please be gentle with me... I'm a little sensitive, today."

Flame nodded to her, "I know, my love. I will be gentle. I just hope a certain dragoness won't tease me as much as she has before..." He chuckled, since he was joking a bit, before continuing to rub his fingers more on her, soon placing them upon her soft folds, and being extra careful for her, rubbed over them slowly, as she wanted.

Rizna giggled and smiled to him, before she slowly lay back, opening her legs a bit for him. "Flame... why don't you tease me with your wonderful tongue, please?" she asked him

Flame smiled, kissing her softly, "Of course, my love, anything for you. Who knows... maybe you'll do the same to me in return..." he chuckled as he slowly moved around on his bed, soon facing her slit, before leaning in and letting his tongue slowly touch over her soft folds, feeling how good they were against his wet flesh. "Mmmm..." he moaned softly, smiling in delight, "You still taste wonderful..."

Rizna gasped in pleasure as she felt his wonderful tongue touch against her soft skin, closing her eyes slowly, as she began moaning softly in delight.

Flame moaned softly just as much, as he continued lapping his tongue against her prized gem, closing his eyes as well. As he did so, he could feel his member slowly sliding out a bit from its hiding spot, his tip peeking out of his genital slit, becoming aroused by the pleasure occurring between them again. "Mmmm... Rizna..." he spoke softly, smiling in blissful delight.

Rizna responded gently with a soft "Mmm..." as he licked his tongue further upon her soft folds, teasing it in the way she had grown accustomed to love since their first night of mating.

Flame smiled at her response, as he lets out a soft, "Ahhh..." in response. As he continued, he felt more of his member slip out into the open. He continued licking up along her nether-lips, hearing her moan more, and squirm a little to his touch, before pulling back a bit, though not wanting to be away for too long. "You don't mind it slipping inside you, Rizna, do you?" he asked, as he opened his eyes to look towards her face, catching sight of his own arousal out in the open. "Oh! I guess something of mine slipped out," he added, giggling softly as he waited for her reply.

Rizna slowly opened her eyes, and looked down to Flame, panting a little, but smiling as she nodded. "No I don't mind at all. Only that you take it slow at first, please," she answered, motioning him to continue. She could see what he meant by his last words, spotting his member standing proudly erect near to her. She certainly wanted to tease him in return.

Flame smiled and nodded, his tongue soon returning to her slit, licking slowly along it as before, until eventually the tip slid into her, gently piercing the soft folds, as the dragon moaned softly, taking his time for her. "If you think I'm doing just as you like, you can reward me if you want to," he spoke softly, smiling as his tongue began gently caressing her inner walls, while remaining slow. He didn't mind if she wanted to not do so, as he just wanted to please her as much as she wanted him to.

"Mmm..." she moaned out, looking to his cock, and licking her lips a bit, "I would, if you somehow brought your member a bit closer to my mouth to do so." She giggled, seeing how much it throbbed, eagerly wishing for the same.

Flame smiled and complied with her request, moving his body closer to her, so that the tip of his dragonhood nearly brushed against, what he loved of her, her soft lips, making certain it was close enough for her to reach with her mouth. He moaned softly, as he took his time with his tongue, slowly rubbing it against her inner walls, dragging his wet flesh along it one way then the other.

Rizna moaned a little louder, letting her tongue out from her mouth, before leaning in, and letting it taste Flame's member a few times. She loved how good it was, and soon, she was grasping it with her hand and letting the tip of slide gently into her mouth, sucking on it slowly.

Flame let out a soft "Mmmm..." as she did so, soon returning the favor to her, by letting his tongue rub along her inner walls more, before gently dragging it back to the folds, licking alongside them a few times, before slipping it back inside them again.

Rizna moaned as she felt the dragon's tongue rub upon her soft inner wall. It felt so good, so wonderful, that she responded in kind by softly licking upon his member, swirling her tongue around the tip, as she held it inside her mouth.

He loved what she was doing, moaning even more as his mouth slowly drew close to her soft folds, nuzzling them gently against it, while his tongue continued to work further more within her. He smiled in delight, loving the dragoness for rewarding him in kind, as he felt her tongue lick slowly over the tip of his member once again, closing his eyes and giving out a "MMM!!!"

As soon as she noticed and heard his reaction she began taking slowly taking more of his member into her mouth, sucking gently on it, and closing her eyes as well.

Flame moaned more and more, feeling her take in more of his shaft in. 'Mmmm... oh, Rizna!!' he thought, his smile growing. 'You really are enjoying this...' He smiled in pure bliss, as he continued to work on her slowly, hoping to bring her much pleasure for the morning, just as she was doing for him; he could feel his beginning to rise within his body. He hoped, with his heart, they could have enough time to enjoy this moment together, before they had to get some breakfast and he had to head off for some more training. It was not to last long though.

Rizna started to slide her mouth off of his member, and when it was just out, she gasped slightly in delight, kissing the tip teasingly, before stroking, rubbing him a bit. "Mmmm... This has been fun, don't you agree my love?" she asked him, smiling to him, before sighing softly, "But I can see that the sun has almost risen above the edge of the land in the east. Maybe we should get something to eat for now, hmm?"

Flame pulled out from her slit, and nodded, licking his mouth a bit of the wetness she had given to him. "I agree, Rizna," he answered, wishing things had not got to come to a stop, but the time was certainly not on their side, and he knew Knight would want him to be training. Before he lifted himself up, he leant in quickly and kissed her soft folds a bit, with much love, "But maybe this evening, we can finish this, right? And mate again?" He smiled to her, awaiting her answer; he truly loved her with all his heart, and knew with it, she would want to continue things later.

"Well... I would mate with you right now my love if I could, but if only I was not so hungry at the moment," she replied, kissing him lovingly, and teasing his member a bit with her hand, giggling as he moaned softly. "So if we get something to eat now, maybe then I will decide. Is that alright, my love?"

"Of course, Rizna, my love," he answered, turning around on the bed to kiss her lovingly, before sitting up over the edge. He sighed softly in loving delight, as he did his best to will his member away, back into its hiding spot, and soon felt it slip back into his genital slit, before he stood up and offered his hand to her. "Mmmm... I think I can just smell that good food from here," he spoke, chuckling a bit; even he was feeling quite hungry himself.

The dragoness smiled and took the hand that he offered to help her up and out of the soft bed. "Well do you know what is edible in this land?" she asked, waiting to walk with him.

Flame nodded, as he slowly led them out of his room, closing the door behind them, and out into the hallway, along it and down to the kitchens, the pair smelling something good being cooked. Flame wondered what Vera was cooking, but his mind along with his memory reminded him that Vera was not the one cooking; she hadn't since the battle between the Dark Dragon Knight and Arakabaki a few days ago, when she had been captured by one of his minions.

Thus he wondered who was cooking the food for today. He could tell it was good though, as they arrived, seeing the tables laden with appetizing food upon them; fine meats, bread, and fruit were on offer. "Wow... this looks really good, doesn't it, Rizna?" he asked her, smiling to the dragoness lovingly.

"Yes, it does look good, Flame," she replied, sniffing the scent of the cooked food, before she smiled back to him.

Flame led them over to a table, where he first helped to seat her, being the noble male he was, before sitting down next to her. The food was indeed good, and being a noble hero he was for her, he helped to get her the food she wanted to eat, passing over plates of what she asked to enjoy, before he collected what he wanted. They soon began to slowly eat together, each enjoying what they were eating, until their plates were empty or nearly clean. "Mmmm..." Flame moaned softly to the taste of the meat he was still eating, before swallowing it and looking to Rizna, "How is it for you, my love?"

"It was tasty but..." she looked to him, "The meat was a little over done. But it was still alright. How was it for you?"

"It was alright, but a bit dry I think in my opinion," he replied, looking to her and sighing softly. "But I don't mind, I still think it was good after all." He smiled and soon helped to pour them each something to drink, reaching for a flagon and taking Rizna's cup. But just when he was about to pour a drink for her first, a huge rumble shook the whole castle, shaking plates, ornaments, the tables, and the cups, causing him to spill some of the flagon's contents a bit, though luckily not on the dragoness.

Flame looked quickly around the room. He felt fear enter his heart, as he put down the flagon quickly, before he held and cradled Rizna. It took a moment, before he kissed her, saying, "Wait here, my love. I'll find out what is," and stepped out into the corridor, looking for someone. He was wondering what had just happened.

Looking around as he walked down the hallway, Flame saw Knight walking calmly towards him, not worried at all by the rumbling. "If you are wondering what is happening, young dovah," Knight spoke out clearly, spotting him, "...then it is just a huge spaceship from Dovahreich that is entering through the atmosphere and landing outside."

"Wait... a spaceship?" Flame asked, confused for a moment as he looked to Knight for confirmation, which he gave was a few nods, "Wait... Dovahreich is that advanced?" He looked puzzled, as he wondered what that world was like compared to this one.

"Yes, young dovah. I told you there technology is outstanding," Knight replied, "But some of it will not work here as it would there, like its guns for example."

"I see," Flame replied, before breathing a sigh of relief, "I'm kinda relieved to know it is that really, as I thought something bad had just happened. But at least for the moment, I can return to Rizna and finish our breakfast together."

"Yes indeed, you do that while I go and meet up with an old friend of mine," Knight spoke, moving on down the hallway, but stopped a moment to look to the dragon. "And when you are finished with breakfast, come and see me as we have some training to be done this morning."

Flame nodded, and returned quickly to the kitchen, sitting next to Rizna once again and smiled to her. "It's alright, my love," he spoke calmly to her, "It's just the arrival of allies from Dovahreich that Knight told us about yesterday evening. Let us finish our breakfast together, as Knight needs me to meet him for more training afterwards."

"So it was no earthquake then?" Rizna replied, before sighing softly, and lying against his arm, "Well that is a relief to hear."

"Yeah I know," Flame replied, stroking her lovingly "Knight told me what it was; a spaceship from Dovahreich that landed outside. But at least we know that help is now here, right Rizna?" He smiled as she nodded to him and resumed what he had been doing before, pouring a drink for the dragoness and then one for himself, so they could continue their breakfast together.

"Yes, we need all help we can get," Rizna agreed, before taking a sip from her cup. She was soon wondering on something that she asked her love, "So what do you think Knight will teach you about?"

"I don't know, to be honest," he answered her, as he sipped his own drink. He was just as much wondering about that, "I suppose he might train me on my powers that I got, the ones that I know of." He smiled, kissing her lovingly upon her lips.

"Well, my love, there is only one way to find that out and that is to go and see him," Rizna suggested, as she finished her drink. Breakfast was about over for them, as Flame soon finished his own drink.

"Agreed," Flame said, nodding to her and smiling as well, as he kissed her lovingly again, "Will you be alright, while I go and see him then?"

"Yes," she answered, smiling to him, "As long as I'm inside this castle and have you to protect me I will always be alright." She kissed him back in return.

Flame smiled, and once certain he was finished with his breakfast, kissed her once more, before heading off to the training area next to the arena, where Knight would be waiting for him, wondering if he had been right about what he thought it might be, that the training would be about his powers that he had. As he walked along the hallway towards the training area, the closer he got, the more he could hear something, until the dragon could hear the sounds of metal music being played.

"Huh?" he uttered, quite perplexed to being hearing music coming from the training area, even more to be hearing that kind of music inside the castle. While he wanted to know why he was hearing it, he shook his head, choosing to not ask about it really, as he walked into the training area.

Sure enough, Knight was in there but was with someone that Flame had never seen before, the pair discussing something, as he noticed an object in Knight's hand. "Finally I can play my favorite song again!!" he spoke with a smile on his face to the other, before shaking his head a bit, "Why, oh why, did the first CD Player I had, had to break on me?"

The other simply chuckled as he replied to his question, "It's hard to say, but it is good to hear that my Lord will be happy with the new one. We made it stronger to last longer for you." Their voice was quite masculine, and they smiled to Knight, before spotting Flame behind him, and motioning to the dragon.

"Knight," Flame spoke with respect, as he walked up to him, Knight turning around to see him, "I'm here now for training as you asked. But I must know this if I may ask; who is the other?" He pointed to the individual with him.

"Ah, young dovah, allow me to introduce you," Knight replied, gesturing to the other, "This is Ignatius, the leader of the Dovareich high command and he is also one of the knights that fought with me in the great battle, a long time ago. He is also my old friend in arms. My friend," he spoke to Ignatius, gesturing to the dragon, "Ignatius this is Flame, the young dovah I told you about, the one I am training."

Ignatius smiled, as he nodded to him, "I'm also called Saber Knight, because I carry a saber blade, everywhere I go, in case my friend here did not mention this before." He chuckled, as he patted the weapon in question, "But it is good to meet the dragon my friend has been training."

Flame smiled and nodded, "It's an honour to meet you, Ignatius." He bowed his head, before offering his hand, which Ignatius accepted and shook, with a firm grip, both sharing equal respect for one another. "Would I be right in thinking that he might be aiding me in my training, Knight?" the dragon asked.

"He can teach you how to use your sword better, so yes, young one," Knight replied. "But for now, I want to know first how you exactly fought with Arakabaki, by dueling with me in the arena. And before you ask, don't worry, for it is not a real fight, it will be perfectly safe. So... shall we go then?"

Flame nodded and walked with Knight into the arena, readying his sword. As the pair prepared themselves, Ignatius walked in behind them and stood by the sides, interested to see how well the dragon could fight. Flame stood ready before Knight in the center of the arena, and, willing to begin, called out to him, "I'm ready to duel you, Knight."

"Ok, young dovah, do exactly what you did when you fought with Arakabaki. I will start attacking you as soon as we begin. Are you ready?" Knight asked him, the dragon nodding in response, "Then three... two... one... Go!!!" Knight started with a great vertical strike towards the dragon.

Flame responded quickly to the attack with his sword, blocking it like before, and holding back Knight's own, as he had done with Arakabaki. The memory of that fight still lingered in his mind, as he used it to help him replay his moves, and with the duel. Knight took a little space to prepare his next move before using speed to push Flame backwards, using the momentum to charge forwards at him. Flame saw this, and recalling how it had happened before, he blocked the charge as best he could with his. Knight was somehow re-enacting the fight rather well in his mind and with much accuracy to the event, making him wonder if it would be just as tough a fight as it had been, even though it was not really a real fight and that there was no real danger.

Knight started to quickly swing some hard strikes to the left then to the right. Flame blocked these in quick response, his blade holding back the strikes very well. Knight was certainly testing him well in this duel as he continued his hard strikes, while the dragon continued blocking them as much as he could, trying to think of a way to land a strike himself. He remembered what he did before, but here in the arena, he was uncertain. Even though it wasn't a real fight and that it was not Arakabaki before him, he didn't know if he could do the same thing to Knight, to blind him in the same way he had done before.

"You can't block forever!!" Knight called out, sensing his hesitancy, "Soon you have to take a action against me or I will do something instead!"

Flame thought quickly, and choose to do what he could. After he blocked one more attack, he pushed back against his oppnent, and quickly lunged towards Knight, sending his blade down in a diagonal strike from left to right. Knight blocked the strike before he jumped back, just missing another one aimed at him by Flame, prompting him to take up a defensive stance.

Flame launched a few more strikes at him; one more from the left, two from the right, and one coming down upon Knight, doing his best to give himself the advantage. But Knight easily blocked these with ease and right when Flame swung another one from the right, he countered with a precise strike near the lower part of his blade, hooking his in, before pulling it up, sending Flame's blade into the air and far behind, making it land on the edge of the arena. The moment it did, Flame looked to him, in disbelief, as Knight stopped the fight right there.

"You are defeated, young dovah," Knight spoke calmly, "You fought well, but something tells me that this was not the way Arakabaki defeated you, not in the way your love, Rizna, recalled the fight. I sense you hesitated, in showing me how it truly happened."

"I... well..." he tried answering as best he could, but he felt ashamed that he hadn't repeated the fight the same way as before as Knight wanted, lowering his head, "To be honest, even though it was not a real fight, I could not grab the dust beneath us and blind you like I did Arakabaki. I just felt... so angry that he beat me, that just repeating the fight right now... it made me want to do it differently, to do it better." He sighed loudly, "Is it wrong of me to think like that?"

"No, young one, it is not wrong," Knight replied, though shaking his head, "But I told you to do this exactly like you fought before, so I can understand what you need to practice on, so that you can get better with fighting. I think I'm beginning to understand where it is that you failed in, but blinding your enemy, as Rizna explained to me that you did in that fight, is still a good move. So perhaps you can explain to me what you did after you blinded Arakabaki with the dirt."

"Well, after I blinded him like that," Flame began explaining, "... I struck him hard with my sword, but his armor... it was much tougher than I realized it was. By that time, he had cleaned the dust from his eyes and then... then..." Flame demonstrated the next part, by recovering his weapon, and plunging his sword like it had happened, into the ground. Almost, the blade tip just struck it and got deflected a bit, making him almost lose his balance when it did, before he continued, "... well, he did that in our battle and it made the ground shake. I lost my balance, but managed to recover from it. And then..."

"Stop, young dovah!" Knight interrupted him, "You don't need to tell me the rest of it, for I now know why you lost. I had a theory on it, and you confirmed it by saying what you did. His armor was much tougher than I realized, so if you cannot damage him, then there is no way you can damage me, as my armor is twice as hard as Arakabaki's armor, but don't worry. There is a way to penetrate armor like that, and that way... is by magic. Don't worry yourself on it, for I have that magic, and so does Arakabaki. But, he will soon realize, that even you have it as well."

"I have it as well; magic that can penetrate his armor?" Flame asked, not confused over it, but in actuality more curious about it, "Do you mean... it is one of my powers from the stone that I got, like my ability to breathe fire and create barriers, which I discovered?"

"Yes, that is true," Knight replied, "Everyone has magic, and each one's magic is different from the other, but the basics of magic are still the same for all. As Knight spoke those words, he sheathed his sword, before stretching out his right hand. As Flame watched, in the palm of his hand formed a dark flame, which grew in size and flickered with much strength and life. "You shall also be able to cast magic like this if you can control it, that is," Knight explained, "Because if not, magic will be the end of you quite quickly, snuffing you out as easily..." Knight closed his hand, the dark flame quickly snuffed out, as smoke rose through the gaps of his fingers, "... as I did with that flame."

Flame, having seen a demonstration of magic, looked to down his own hand, and tried to produce a flame upon it; not a dark flame like Knight's, but a flame like the one he had breathed out for the first time. He tried and tried to make it happen, but nothing occurred. He sighed a bit, thinking it to be impossible, that the thought of forming a flame in his hand, urged him to try again. Concentrating hard enough, and after a few tries, a small flame, a wisp of one, finally formed in the palm of his hand, but for only a few seconds before it disappeared, becoming a whiff of smoke that flew up into the air, and disappeared as well.

"Good, young Dovah, but try again," Knight spoke, encouraging him in fact, while Ignatius looked with keen interest, "Focus and keep your mind clear, focus only on fire. Picture it your head and concentrate on it. You can do it, I can sense you can."

Flame nodded to this encouragement, and tried once again, the dragon clearing his mind a bit, to imagine it, keeping a mental image of the flame in his mind, on the fire itself. His focus was made stronger, much shaper, as he concentrated. A small wisp soon appeared again and disappeared as before, but as he worked on forming it again and again, a few seconds soon grew to a minute, then a couple of minutes, before the wisp itself grew in size, until it was a warm flame in his hand, glowing brightly with much life in it.

"Good work, young Dovah," Knight spoke, smiling proudly to him, "Now try to keep it alive as long you can. I need to prepare something for you, something I will go and get. Some parts for the next trial I have for your training."

The dragon nodded, and once more focused and concentrated, letting the flame remain strong in his hand, as he tried to make it last longer than before. As he started again, he could hear Knight move to arrange the next trial, discussing something with Ignatius, before leaving him to focus on his own, to hold the flame in his hand with his mind and his magic. 'Just got to hold it strong in my mind,' he thought, as he kept the flame pictured in his mind focusing on it.

It was after roughly ten minutes, when Knight returned with his old chest armor and head gear, along with a mannequin dummy, putting it down in the middle of the arena and setting his old gear on it. Satisfied it was ready he looked to the dragon. "Ok, Flame, you can stop that now," he called out, "Come over here and take a look at your new trial."

Flame sighed softly, as he closed his hand, snuffing the magic out, the flame going in a puff of smoke, before looking towards the middle of the arena, seeing the armour and head gear set up like a stationary figure. "Erm... what trial is this, Knight?" he asked, pointing to it all, "Looks more like something for simple target practice and such." Ignatius grinned, chuckling quietly, as he knew it was much more than that.

"That is because it somewhat is target practice, though the trial goal is for you to penetrate this weary, and damaged armor of mine," Knight explained. "I wore these pieces a long time ago, but the head gear... it is still haunting me to this day. If you look carefully to the left side of it, you can see a huge crack where my left eye used to be covered behind it back then."

Flame looked carefully at it to where Knight pointed, his eyes catching sight of the huge crack which remained there in the metal. "Wow... that is huge!!" he remarked, looking between the head gear and to Knight, looking to the spot around his left eye, "What caused it to crack like that, Knight?"

"A creature, a monster known as Dark skull," Knight explained, "He was one monster of a group known as the Soul Eaters, a nasty, sinister lot, who were created by my dark master back, long ago." Knight shook his head, concealing how much he was not wishing to remember those days.

"Sounds evil... and disturbing..." the dragon responded, shivering a little at the thought of what it must have been like, feeling a chill go down his spine, "Are such things still around, Knight?"

"Some of them are still around like Dark Skull," Knight answered, though he was not interested to explain more to him, "But if you want to know more about them, just read a book; the library can answer any questions on the matter. For now, your trial awaits."

Flame nodded, and readied his sword, looking towards the armor. He wondered how he would penetrate it, considering it was made of metal, but shook his head, as he charged and began striking at it. His sword landed upon its target each time, but it did not penetrate it, instead it just made a dull clang each time, which rang out differently with each strike that he made.

Knight shook his head after several strikes before stopping him. "To penetrate something that is too hard to destroy normally, like Arakabaki's armor and my own, you most try to channel your magic through your arm, and to your blade," he explained only then will you succeed.

The dragon listened carefully to his teacher's advice as he demonstrated his lesson, and soon concentrated once again like before, trying to channel his magic into his blade through his arm. The first few attempts didn't work as he resumed striking the target, the dull clang still persisted. But one attempt after that sounded different, it sound more like something was breaking, and further attempts, strikes, yielded better result. One final blow from his swordwas all it took, before Flame heard the metal shatter, and spotted his blade sort of 'puncturing' the armor, clean through the metal and piercing into the dummy underneath it.

"Knight, I... I... I did it!" he called out, smiling in triumphant delight as he looked to him. Knight smiled nodding to him, while Ignatius clapped his hands gently in respect, smiling to him.

"Yes, you did indeed, young dovah, but there is still a long way to go before you master more advance magic and skills," Knight explained, "You have only learned the basics of it all. However, we should make you train too much, and so this is all for today. You are free to do whatever you want to do Flame. As for me, I think it's time to test out some new technology that my friend Ignatius brought over here for me, something he said I would like to try out." As Knight turned around, he added, "Oh... and Flame? One last hint; when you use magic for a while, it does drain energy from you, so to refuel your magic you will need to sleep or eat, or do both. And there's also one other method you could try, and that is that you can always drink a potion to recover it. Know that when your magic is low, you will begin to feel tired and empty, so be conscious when you choose to use a potion.

Flame nodded, feeling a slight yawn escape from his lips, as he noted his teacher's advice into his mind. "I will, Knight," he replied. As he sheathed his weapon and decided to head to the kitchens to see if he could find some food to eat for lunch, considering how long he had been training, one bit of the advice puzzled him a bit, "Erm... if I want a potion to help me recover from using magic, where would I get one?"

Knight chuckled as he stood next to Ignatius, looking over to him. "Arrancard makes them, he's very good with potions, particularly those ones," Knight responded, before discussing something with his old friend.

Flame nodded and stepped out from the arena and training area, heading to the kitchens first to grab a bite to eat, before looking for Arrancard. He wondered what Rizna was doing at the moment as he arrived, seeing that there was not much food on the tables. He found that she was in the kitchens, talking to another dragoness, one with red and white scales, ruby red eyes, and nicely defined horns, who he had not noticed before as he approached them.

Flame smiled, as he sat down next to her, kissing her gently, much to her surprise as she gasped a bit, while her friend giggled to her reaction. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything, my love," he spoke, smiling warmly, as he looked to the plates for something he could eat.

Rizna smiled, kissing him back, before she answered him. "Not at all, my love," she spoke. "Jenny and I talked about some rumors we heard of and were discussing about." Rizna continued on with introducing him to Jenny and vice versa, mentioning how Jenny was helping out in the kitchens what with Vera kidnapped. "So how did your training go?" the dragoness asked.

"It went alright, Rizna. I learnt a bit about magic today, and how to use it as well," he explained, finding a leg of meat upon one of the plates, and eating some of it, yawning a little bit after swallowing a few morsels of the food, which was quite tasty after the training he had done, "We trained quite a lot this morning, and Knight says that I'm now free to do what I want for the rest of today."

"Oh! What kind of magic did you learn, Flame?" Jenny asked him, the curiosity easy to pick up on in her voice, as Rizna also eagerly waited to hear what he had learned.

"Oh well I learn some good magic to use, how to create a flame in my hand, and then how to use magic to penetrate armor," he answered, yawning a little more, as he smiled to them, "I'd show you what I learned, but the magic I channeled through me has tired me out a bit. I need to recover a bit from using it." He smiled more, as he ate some more of the meat, and poured out some drink from a flagon.

"I understand, Flame," Jenny replied, "I guess magic is hard to use and master, but I think it is cool to use it." She giggled, thinking of magic, and of Flame using it in battle.

"Yes, it is indeed, Jenny," Rizna added, before smiling to her love, "So Flame, what have you planned to do, now that you are free from training?"

Flame looked to Rizna, thinking it over; he hadn't thought much on that since training was over. "I'm... not sure," he replied, thinking on what to do, "Maybe... continue where we left off this morning, perhaps?" He kissed Rizna gently, while Jenny giggled guessing what they might have done together. It was not unknown that Flame and Rizna were lovers; Selina and some of those who had helped with repairs had seen the love between the two and talked about it. "Or perhaps something else together, if you like," he continued.

"Well we could do that if you li-..." but before Rizna could fully answer Flame, someone entered the room, catching both Rizna's and Jenny's attention. Flame looked to where their eyes where and spotted a Dovahreich soldier, the one who had interrupted her

"I was told the one called Flame was here," he spoke, before Flame pointed out that was him, drinking from his cup quickly, "Flame, please come with me. My leader, Ignatius, and Knight, are both seeking you."

"Huh?" Flame uttered, bewildered and wondering what the pair wanted, "What, now?" He didn't get much of a chance for an explanation, just a repeat of the same words, that he was needed by Knight and Ignatius. He sighed before looking to his lover. "I guess we better wait for later, Rizna, for some fun together," he spoke, kissing her gently.

"I know, my love," Rizna spoke, "I'll be waiting for you later." She smiled, as he stood up and headed off with the soldier, looking back to see her and Jenny smile and wave to him, telling him to be brave, as he followed the soldier through the hallway; they took a detour for Flame to collect some potions from Arrancard, who was busy with something that he hid from the dragon's sight. Flame soon found he was being led outside the castle's front gates, where Knight and Ignatius both waited for him.

"Ah, good, you are here now," Knight said upon seeing him arrive, "I have to apologize to you for interrupting your free time. I do not wish to do so, but there are times when we cannot be lax. I have received word from a source, that there is an enemy force lurking somewhere inside a forest near here." Flame noticed the men preparing to head out, as Knight continued to explain the task, "We are going to find them, and take them out or capture them, to interrogate them on the possible whereabouts of Vera, on where she is being held. But you can still back out, Flame if you still want, no one will hold it against you, if you wish to stay here."

Flame shook his head to the suggestion, "No. You need every blade to help out with this, Knight. I would not think that Rizna would approve of me not leaving others who need aid for something that could be trouble."

"Good to hear, though she would not think badly of you to stay here and protect her and the castle," Knight replied, smiling, "But I can tell you wish to do good for all, along with her. That is good to know, and do not worry, the castle is protected well, as some of Ignatius' men will be here. Now then, this is the plan that we have," Knight unrolled a map, and beckoned Ignatius over to explain things, "Since you have offered to help, Flame, you and me will fly to the outside of the forest here, where the enemy force is believed to be. We will wait for Ignatius and his men who will be moving up along here." He motioned with his hand the plan in more detail with the map, "Once ready, we sneak up on them to these positions, and then when everyone is in place and ready, I will give the signal, and we will strike hard and fast." Ignatius nodded, as Knight rolled the map up and handed it to a soldier, "Did you get all that, Flame?"

"Yes, I and you... will fly to the outside of the forest. We wait for the soldiers, sneak up, and strike hard and fast on the signal. Yeah, I got it, Knight," Flame answered, nodding, as he spread his wings out to check they were ready for flight.

"Good to hear!! I should also think this will be a good demonstration for my new wrist blade and jet pack and at the same time be good for you training that you have had," Knight replied, grinning before taking one last look to the horizon. "Okay, Flame, I want you to follow me closely! For everyone else, prepare your equipment now!! Let's roll!!!" Knight called out and soon quickly took to the sky with his jet pack.

"Okay, you heard are Lord!! Let's get our gear together and move out!!!" Ignatius ordered, the men quickly doing as commanded. Flame was about to launch himself into the air after Knight, when a hand was placed on his shoulder. Looking back, he spotted Kelly looking at him quite eagerly for something.

"Flame, can I also join you on this?" she asked, smiling to him, "I heard about the plan and would like to offer my help as well on this."

Ignatius spotted her, and overhearing her words, contemplated them, before shaking his head, "No it would be unwise of us to do so. You are too unskilled to join us on this matter.

"But... But how shall I get better myself in battle, if I don't get the chance to do real combat?" she argued, "I have good skill in battle, and a willingness to aid others in the fight.

Ignatius pondered this for a moment, unsure on what to do. "My friend... my lord, Knight, did not say anything about this to me, so... I cannot be certain. But... you do raise a good argument for justifying your offer to help," he spoke, looking to the dragon. "Flame, what do you think on this? Shall Kelly join us on this task of ours?"

Flame looked to Kelly, thinking over it as she awaited an answer, before he nodded. "I think so, Ignatius. She helped me out a lot before, so I think it would be good to do so," he answered, to which Ignatius agreed to follow the dragon's wisdom in the matter. As he turned to get his men sorted out for the long walk, Flame looked to the dragoness, "Do you wish to go with them, or with me and Knight, Kelly?"

"With you and Knight of course," she responded, hugging him and whispering, "Thanks. I really want to prove myself for you, Knight and the others."

Flame nodded, "I know Kelly that you do. But forgive me for this, but Knight is already ahead of us" Before she could respond to his words, he had already grabbed hold of her, holding her tight to him, before launching into the air, beating his wings quickly to fly after Knight, pursuing him to where they would be waiting for the others.

Knight was aware that Flame was far behind him but he was soon in Flame's sight, where after flying above many different landscapes, both of them could see a very large forest stretching out before them. Knight pointed down to it, motioning the dragon to land below, before he then dived elegantly down and landed just outside the forest, waiting for flame to land as well. Flame soon followed suit, and landed soon next to Knight. He was about to ask which way they should go to meet with Ignatius, but the tight grip of Kelly upon him, interrupted that notion, reminding him that she was still clutching to him from the flight.

"Kelly... we're here now, and on the ground," he spoke, trying to calm her, "You can let go of me now. I am sorry for flying you here rather suddenly. I do hope you can find the strength to cope with this, as you have no idea how good it is to fly through the air." He smiled gently to her, hoping she understood.

"Well..." Kelly slowly began to speak looking to him, "I am getting used to it now, but it is still... well... I still find it a little scary, Flame."

"Flying is not the scariest thing in this world," Knight spoke, looking to them, before he pointed to Kelly, "But anyway... I do not wish debate on what is. Flame, I am more interested in knowing why you brought her with you to this mission."

"She wanted to be a part of this, Knight, and Ignatius asked me on my views about this," Flame answered, wishing to explain why, "I said she could, since it would help to make her a better fighter. As for being here, when I asked about where she wanted to be, she answered that she wished to be with us."

"Hmm... so she choose to be with us and Ignatius approved it," Knight spoke, sighing quietly, before lowering his head, "Now it is my choice to judge whether she should stay or not. What to do?" Knight stayed quiet for a second before giving his verdict on the matter. "She can stay on the mission with us then, and hopefully learn to fight better. After all, why should she not? She may just well prove to be useful on this task." Kelly smiled, and eagerly was asking if they should find the camp, but Knight shook his head. "No my dear, be patient Kelly. We must first wait for Ignatius and his men to arrive, and then we will scout out the enemy's camp."

Flame agreed to Knight's wisdom, as he looked around the forest, curious about something that had come to mind. "Do we know what we will likely be fighting, Knight?" he asked, cautious of his surroundings.

"Probably the same enemies that you encountered before," Knight answered, closing his eyes to think of their next move when the others arrived, "But who knows? It can be a total surprise out there, just waiting for us.

"I know, I'm just wondering about it," Flame replied, checking his blade carefully to ensure it would be ready, in case trouble would find them before Ignatius and his men arrived. Suddenly, without them knowing, a creature emerged from the forest. It was some kind of plant that was slowly crawling forward towards the three of them. Flame sighed a bit, hoping that Rizna was alright, back at the castle, before his ears picked up something. A noise like something rustling leaves and such, yet, it was getting closer by the second. "Hmm...? Can you two hear that?" he asked the pair.

Kelly shook her head, but not Knight. "Yes, Flame I hear it and sense it as well," Knight spoke, and quickly activated his wrist blade. All of the sudden, the plant jumped towards him, tentacles stretching out from it, but knight was ready, taking a vertical swing at it with his blade, and cutting it in to two pieces. The plant was certainly dead from the strike, but its tentacles were still alive and twitching on the ground before they became motionless.

"What was that?" Flame exclaimed, quite taken by surprise, as he watched the plant creature finally die, "You think someone sent it out here to scout out the area?"

"No, that would not be right," Knight replied, "I know these creatures. These things are wild and it is not possible for anyone to tame them. No one has yet to come up with a name for it." Knight took a moment to examine, puzzled on something. "But... such a creature usually doesn't attack; it usually waits for its prey to come to it..."

But as he and Flame discussed about this, Kelly was suddenly set upon from behind by another plant which pulled her down to the ground, before jumping on top of her and sending two tentacles towards her neck. Kelly managed to react fast enough, grabbing both of them before they wrapped around her neck to strangle her. However, before the other two could do anything to help her, hearing her struggle, several more of them showed up, looking to engage both of them.

"Darn it!!! Hang on Kelly!!!" Flame called out and growled angrily to the plant creatures that had snuck up on them. His anger seemed to fuel something within him, for without warning, he felt something force itself up his throat and into his mouth, making him shoot out a breath of fire on a couple of the creatures that had emerged, before he even had his blade ready for combat. But the ones that burned to death by his flames were quickly replaced by more of them, somewhat hissing at him. Now, it was their turn to strike back, so they took quick aim and jumped towards the dragon. Flame dodged them quickly in time, before using his blade to slice one apart. His triumph in taking down another was short-lived, as another came out from the forest towards them, jumping towards Knight.

Knight pulled out Trinity quickly, like lightning, from its sheath and he used it to stab it in the middle of its jump in the air, before he swung it to throw it off his blade and towards other plants. This gave him time to prepare a defensive stance with both his wrist blade and Trinity. With every waking minute though, it was getting harder for Kelly to keep the plant attacking her, away from her grabbing her neck with its tentacles; she was slowly losing both strength and the struggle against the plant.

Flame slashed away at a few more, cutting them down, and finding that he was breathing more fire from his mouth, though with more control over it. When he saw a break in the attack the creatures were giving, he looked back to see Kelly was not going to hold out more. "Can you handle for a moment, Knight?" he asked, quickly moving back to help her out, and trying his best to cut the plants away from her.

"Of course, Flame, go and help Kelly, fast!!" Knight replied, slashing several more of them. Kelly was by now beginning to tire, trying to hold the tentacles back and they soon slipped past her when her strength went, wrapping around her neck before squeezing against it. Flame spotted this, and began pulling at the tentacles with his hands. He struggled just as much as she did, trying to pull them back, as he did his best to free her from them.

"No!!! Not her as well!!!" he spoke loudly, feeling slight despair. He didn't want to let her down; he wanted to save her as he had done for his love. He wondered what Rizna would think of him if he failed right then, and the strength to help her, within him, began to grow. Before he knew it, he was using magic to conjure flames within his hands as they tugged the tentacles more, in such a way that they burned against the plant with their searing heat. It was risky to do so with Kelly in their grasp, but he needed to force it off her if he could save her. Somehow the plant favored being free from him than continuing on, and let her go; this made the dragoness cough a lot, as she slowly began to regain her breath.

"Flame..." she tried to speaking, looking to him in respect as the hero he had been for her, "Thanks Flame... It was strong and..."

"Thank him later, Kelly," Knight shouted out, working harder on the slaying the plants, "Regain your strength quickly, and start killing these plants.

Kelly, with Flame's help, got up, feeling her strength return, and responded with, "Yes Knight!!!" before quickly pulling out her duel blades, and moving in against the plants, battling them with other two, with a unexpected desire to stop them harming her again. Flame rejoined quickly with her, as they started to win against the plants, despite the numbers that kept coming out to attack them from the forest.

"Sheesh...! If they wait for prey to walk to them, I would understand that, but... but they don't see to be waiting for us, they're coming at us! What is making them attack us like this? This isn't normal!!" Flame said, as he slashed and cut back more with Kelly by his side.

"I don't know," Kelly began to answer, her speech stopped as she stabbed at a plant beneath her, before continuing, "Maybe Arakabaki is doing something to them, perhaps?"

Knight soon joined with them, backing them up as he took down two more, before providing his view, "Maybe, Kelly, as it is possible. Dark magic could be the cause of it, as it can change living things, make them act differently than they normally would. And the Dark Spark... that has that kind of magic inside it... It might be likely that is the root of all this!"

"Then... if that is the case that means somehow, someone knows we are here. And if that is true, then that means they are using these plants to keep us at bay!" Flame replied, before thinking a moment and realizing something to his horror, "Gods!! Ignatius!!" Flame looked to Knight, with a look of worry upon his face, "If these plants were sent here to delay us or stop us, then... His men could be walking into a trap right at this moment!!"

"Indeed, Flame that can be possibility and one that is highly becoming true!! Hmm..." he took a moment to survey the fight they were in, deciding on what to do. His mind became firmly set on one idea, "Then we need to kill these plants before Ignatius walks into that trap!!! Flame, Kelly... I will use a great magic to kill every last plant around us. When I do, and they are dying, I want you two to go back and find him, try to reach Ignatius. I will follow when I can, for this will be a very powerful spell I will use!" They nodded, Kelly knowing they would have to fly back to find him, as they prepared to leave. "Are you two now ready?" Knight asked them loudly.

Flame nodded, as he pulled back with Kelly, his wings ready to spread out for flight. "Go for it, Knight!" he called back, ready for the break they needed to fly back.

Knight nodded and began to build up a mass of magic energy upon and around him and after a second he released it all, driving his hands into the ground, which quickly released a shock-wave of dark magic out from him, avoiding Flame and Kelly, as he channeled it not to harm them, making the plants that came into contact with it to implode into dust. Flame watched as the plants died quickly from the magic, before watching as Knight slumped onto the ground, quickly exhausted. He was eager to help him, but Knight stopped him, reminding him of what he had to do, and so quickly, with Kelly clutching onto him for the flight, he launched into the air, and flew back, looking for Ignatius, and hoping they could get back before he and his men got into trouble. His flight took them back the same way as before, looking for Dovahreich soldiers, before he caught sight of something on the ground below and took a closer look.

The sight was good at least, as at least the pair of them had found Ignatius and his small army marching slowly on the ground and not yet in danger. He guessed they got to them in time before something bad had happened.

"Ignatius!!!" he called out to him from above, still holding onto Kelly, as he flew lower, "We got ambushed by plant creatures up ahead!! Someone knows we are here!!! Watch out!!!"

"And that someone is me!!! Flame heard being called out; the voice was one he recognized instantly. "Now attack minions for me, your master, and slay those soldiers!!!" Arakabaki ordered loudly, as he looked from a safe spot to the sky, watching the dragon flying, "And you Flame, escaped my evil grasp once before, but for the last time. Archers!!!" he sneered in delight, looking to his own men, "Fire at the dragon in the sky!! Bring him down!!!" Several archers quickly appeared from out of the ground, before drawing their bows and aiming at Flame, awaiting the command to attack from their master once again. Arakabaki was quick to scream out his command again, "Fire at will!!"

Flame spotted the archers quickly before they were ready, and was soon darting around in the air to avoid the volley that was fired at him the moment their master ordered it, hearing the arrows whistle by him, as he watched them ready another round. Just as they were fired on once again, he watched Arkabaki's minions charge Ignatius and his men, bringing them into a fierce fight. "Damn him!!" Flame cursed under his breath, growling in anger, "He was doing this!!" He looked to Kelly trying to keep calm in this situation, "We got to do something!!"

"Yes, we do have to act, but it is hard to do something up here!! Except for me to hold on for dear life!" Kelly replied. Meanwhile on the ground, Ignatius ordered his man to draw out there weapons, SLG chainsaw blades, and to fight back against Arakabaki's attack.

Flame looked down to the men below, seeing them act against the ambush, "I think they might hold out well in this, but we won't with those archers!!! Can you aid Ignatius while I deal with them?" he asked her, looking to the archers, as he dodged another volley; one arrow nearly clipped his wing, showing how close they were to hitting him.

"Yes, Flame," she replied, "I can help Ignatius, but you must hurry!! Their aim is getting better for every arrow they fire at us, and if you don't do something, they will soon hit you, and make you crash to the ground. We could both die if you don't act quickly!!"

Flame nodded and quickly swooped down, low to the ground, allowing him to let Kelly go and land with the army below, she could help them, while he swooped back around and concentrated on his own strengths and what was threatening him. His throat soon felt a force come through it, as he flew down to the archers and over them, breathing fire quickly upon them, and taking down a good number of them, as the others panicked and tried to fire more arrows at him, rather blindly.

"Shoot better, you worthless fools!!!" Arakabaki shouted from the ground at them. "Argh!!! You stupid fools, all of you!!! You missed again!!" He hissed in anger before glaring at Flame. "Very well then... I have to do everything myself, it seems," he hissed in anger. He moved quickly, until Arakabaki could pick up a bow on the ground, and draw back an arrow, taking aim at Flame, before grinning sinisterly. "Hope you like this 'heat-seeker' hero!! I made it just for you!!" he called out, channeling magic into arrow before firing it, making it head towards Flame.

Flame spotted it and, thinking it was a normal arrow, tried to fly and dodge it. It seemed to work, until he saw it turn and still come towards him. "What?!?" he uttered, and darted around trying to think of something, "Heat-seeker??? How do I...? Wait!!" He had an idea, and quickly drew out more of his firebreath, trying to sustain it for as long as possible, in the hopes of diverting it to something else, laying it beneath him. The idea worked as the arrow picked up the heat source from the flames and it followed them now.

Flame continued to breathe out fire, but he could feel his body finding it difficult to keep it up, so he knew he had to find something quickly before his body stopped it. The fallen remains of a tree, a hollow trunk, caught his eye and seemed good a place to lure it, so with his firebreath, he drew the arrow towards it, and using fire, managed to light the trunk quickly, setting it ablaze, before flying away from it. He hoped it would work as he looked back for a moment. His plan worked, as he watched the arrow hit the burning hollow trunk and got stuck in it, rendering it harmless. Seeing it hit his lure, he flew back to the fight.

'Now to make Arakabaki pay for that!!!' he thought, snarling angrily, as he flew over the army and his minion, back towards their master.

Arakabaki caught sight of Flame approaching him, and sneered in devious delight, pointing his blade towards the dragon and shouting out, "Good! Come at me hero and I will finish this once for all!!" He prepared himself to strike at the dragon, wanting to bring him down again.

Flame was almost nearly there upon him, when a voice called out to him, 'No!! Don't focus on him yet!! Concentrate on aiding the others!! Can you not see that Kelly is struggling along with Ignatius?' His eyes shifted from his target to the others, and caught sight of the trouble they were in. They had gotten separated from the army and were in need of aid fast to avoid a truly bad outcome to their fight. He chose to ignore Arakabaki, believing it better to help others first and turned around to fly towards them, quickly swooping in and landing down, before readying his weapon.

"No, no, no!!! Come back here, you coward and fight me!!!" Arakabaki screamed at him, watching him turn to others, hissing and spitting to the ground in anger. "I wonder where uncle is, in all of this, as I had expected him to be involved in this fight by now..."

"I'm right behind you," spoke a voice behind him. Looking to the source, Arakabaki spotted Knight standing there, already prepared to fight him; his recovery from his magic had not been too long, and he'd been quick to discover the ambush already happening.

"Well then... if I can't fight that hero, Flame, then I will fight you instead!!" Arakabaki called out, quickly turning around and swinging his blade towards Knight, who blocked it and made a counter swing back at him. Both of them were soon fighting fearlessly against one another, once again.

As Flame fought with Ignatius and Kelly, helping them out with his minions, he spotted Knight battling with Arakabaki, and felt gladdened to see him in battle. "Looks like he recovered and got back here, just in time, Kelly," he spoke, before blocking an attack to himself, then the other two. He quickly countered the next attack, and took down an opponent with a clean hit, before blocking another strike, and giving Kelly a chance to take down the next attacker.

Ignatius parried a strike to himself, before he made a counter strike, killing another enemy. With a break in the fighting, he surveyed the battle, but was not looking too hopeful with the way things were going. "We are outnumbered in this battle! Flame... shall we fight on or retreat?" he asked the dragon, waiting for his insight on the situation.

Flame looked to Knight, still fighting his opponent, and considered the battle's current situation. "No... No, Ignatius, we should fight on, at least so we can see how Knight fares in his fight," Flame answered, his heart guiding him, "Besides... we have to be strong and keep the morale of the soldiers up. I don't want to give Arakabaki any satisfaction he is winning, from seeing them flee in terror from a fight they think we have lost because we run from it."

"Then we will fight on Flame! All of us!!" Ignatius spoke proudly, seeing both Knight and Arakabaki locked in combat, both of whom were fearlessly trading hits with each other until Arakabaki found a way to get past Knight's guard, striking at his shoulder quickly which him stumble back, whincing and hissing in pain as the strike made blood come out of the crack from the wound beneath his armor.

"Interesting... I believe I have I found a weak point on you... Or have you got weaker since our last fight together?" Arakbaki hissed in delight, smirking sinisterly to his opponent.

"I'm not finished yet!!! So save your breath!" Knight yelled out in pain, before taking aim and striking towards Arakabaki, but the move was blocked and he was punched in his injured arm, making Knight weak. Arakabaki took advantage of this, and did a quick forward dash with a vertical strike, which Knight tried to dodge it but it hit him right in the stomach before he could avoid it, drawing out more blood from him and weakening him further. Seeing him reel in pain and struggling to stay strong, Arakabaki struck Knight on his back with his arm, forcing him to stumble forwards, just holding himself up on his legs, before he was struck on his lower right leg, making Knight go down onto his knees and drop Trinity from his hand. The sight of this was spotted by Flame first, then Ignatius, followed by Kelly, much to Arakabaki's delight.

"Looks like I win after all this," he spoke, sneering in delight, as he looked to the others, knowing they couldn't get to him in time, "And now with this final blow, to my watchers and hero down there, I release you from this weak king, and make myself the new king of Dragonstone!!!" With that, Arakabaki took his blade, raised it above himself, and prepared to make the final blow.

Flame could see it with his eyes, but not believe it with his heart. "Knight...! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" he called out, trying to rush to him. A few minions blocked his path, making it impossible to reach Knight, but even if he could, it would be in vain. Even so, he tried his best to fight them off, and pass them. He wanted to not let Knight die like this but could only behold the sight of this outcome before him. For when he tried to, Arakabaki took delight in the dragon's attempt, before he swung his blade down upon his helpless opponent.

But, miraculously, Knight quickly evaded his strike in the last second before quickly countering him with swinging striking from his fist, before impaling his wrist blade trough Arakabaki's chest, leaving the 'new king' stunned by the blow.

"How...? How can this be? I... I had you beaten," Arakabaki exclaimed, wincing in pain as he collapsed before Knight, who now stood above him, making him look up, the pain he suffered had disappeared from Knight's face.

"You are not ready to be king now or ever!!" Knight replied, moving his arm and clenching his fist, showing no signs it had been hurt, "And know I faked it all to let your guard down. This damage you have done only scratched my skin; you failed to injure any critical parts. Only my leg was really damaged, but the same can't be said about your damage, that my wrist blade has done. You have lost this fight, so either retreat now or receive worse from me."

"Fine, you win!!" Arakabaki hissed, standing up slowly, "But it's not the last of me you will hear of! I will be back and then we will fight again and I will be successful next time!!!" Then as before, Arakabaki disappeared in a blinding flash of light along with his minions leaving no trace they had been there. Flame blinked his eyes, along with the others, though Knight seemed unfazed by it. It took a moment, before he and the others could see better, but the scene of the fighting had certainly cleared up in a way, though not all of the minions had gone; not the dead ones at least.

"Knight... how did you...?" Flame began to ask, wondering how he had managed to win the fight; he had been too focused on trying to get pass the minions and fighting them off, that he hadn't witnessed how things had ended as such, more caught sight of Arakbaki being brought to his knees before Knight.

"I won because of Arakabaki's greed," Knight answered, looking to him, "It got him believing he had won and blinded him from not seeing the truth as he should have done, so I took the advantage and defeated him when he did not expect it. But I did lose a lot of my powers today." He groaned a little, rubbing over his arms. "However we have won this day, but it is only beginning and I'm getting weaker for every day that passes," he continued, rubbing his other arm, "And before you ask, it is because of my master's evil doings to me, that is making me like this."

The dragon looked over Knight for a moment before speaking again. "So what do we do now then? Return to the castle, or make certain the enemy is gone for today?" he asked him, not sure of what to do himself; he was contemplating the latter.

"The former, young dovah, not the latter that you're thinking we should do," Knight replied, before looking to the others, "We go back to the castle, everyone!! All of you will need to rest and time to heal including myself." The men nodded, as he looked to Flame once again, "We can figure a plan after we have rested and healed from this battle. But listen carefully, for there is one fact of life, Flame, you should know by heart; where some made it today, others will never get to go home again." As he spoke those words, he pointed to some of the Dovahreich soldiers who were lying down in a pool of their own blood, all completely lifeless; a somber, sad sight to behold for any who would fight for others.

Flame sighed, knowing not everyone can ever make it out of a tough fight like they had endured themselves. "Very well," Flame spoke in agreement, "I guess it would be wise to do so. I just hope we can figure out what they might do next."

Knight looked a little sad, agreeing to his thoughts on that, before replying with his own thought on their enemy's next move, "...Or what they will do to Vera, because of this defeat..." Knight became silent, saying nothing more, before he took to the sky, leaving the others behind.

Ignatius watched his friend leave, seeing him fly back towards the castle, before looking to his men. "Check for survivors!!" he ordered loudly, "If there are any still breathing, then we bring them back!! We leave no one behind who is alive!! We will take them back to the castle!!"

Flame looked over to Kelly who was aiding with the search for survivors, concerned for Knight's feelings on Vera. He was wondering what was going through his mind, as the soldiers checked for those who were still alive from the fight after she found three still clinging to life. "You think Vera is alright, Kelly?" he asked her as she walked over to him.

"I can't really say for certain, Flame," she replied, looking to the scene of the soldiers collecting the wounded, "But she is being held by Arakabaki who can be very dangerous. He has killed almost all of Knight's family, so who knows what he plans to do with her."

Flame nodded, as he sighed a bit while he looked once to the men. He watched the soldiers, as they slowly began to carry the wounded and survivors back to the castle, before looking back to Kelly. "Shall we head back to the castle then?" he asked her, "This scene is truly gloomy for me, and I want to remind myself of at least knowing the one thing that I am fighting for. I wish to return and check in on Rizna."

"I can understand it," the dragoness spoke, as she ensured she had her dual blades on her, before looking to him, "Let's head back then."

Flame nodded, and began walking back with her. His thoughts on the battle, and on Knight's own dilemma, made him soon think more of Rizna, making him sigh a bit in hoping he could protect her as a great warrior like Knight. It took quite a bit of a walk to get back; the dragon choose not to fly back with Kelly, preferring the walk instead. She was a little surprised on him not wanting to fly back, even when she was prepared to brace it again. After all, he had said it was great to fly, but Kelly did not mind at all. She did not mind the walk, but she guessed why he choose not to fly.

He was likely thinking on how things had happened for today...

They were soon back at the castle, where Flame sighed again as they entered through the open gates, still thinking about the fight, about Arakabaki and of Vera, and of Rizna mostly. He walked with Kelly down the hall, soon entering the kitchens with her. He hoped Rizna would be there, at least to help him take his mind off of things, but he could not see her in there or any food on the table. It was silent like it had been abandoned, which was highly unlikely with the Dovahreich men in the castle; he and Kelly had passed some lying in the hallway, a couple groaning in pain.

"Hmmm... where's Rizna I wonder? And why is there no food on the table?" he asked Kelly, looking to her. While food would have been nice, he was hoping more to see Rizna mostly, than food to eat.

"Well I can answer one question. Our food supplies were low when we left so I guess it's been eaten up by now," Rizna replied, "But no worry; Dovahreich has provided enough of their military rations for us to eat. As for where Rizna is, I do not know, except that she must be somewhere in the castle."

Flame nodded in agreement, believing it to be so. "In that case, do you mind if I go and look for her?" he asked Kelly, smiling to her a bit, though knowing it was not right to smile with the men in the castle trying to recover.

"Not at all; you go ahead and find her. I need to go and find my sister, so goodbye Flame," Kelly spoke. Just as the dragon was about to leave, she stopped him, her hand on his, and as he looked round, she gave his cheek a light kiss. "And thanks for the help today," she added, before letting him go to find his love.

Flame smiled, and soon walked out of the kitchens and back into the hallway. He choose to first check to see if she was in the dorms, before finding Arrancard, who was busy with something, muttering he hadn't seen her and was busy tending to the wounded. As he left, Flame thought over where she might have bee. 'Hmm... where could she be then? The library, perhaps?' he thought, and headed off to find out if his theory was right.

Flame walked past the door leading into the library, and looked around. He did not see her from the door, but he remembered that the library was big, so he decided to look around first and check, before then trying to look for her in the training area. After searching along a few rows of bookshelves, he found the owner of the library, Selina, busy with the books, sorting out a number.

"Hey, Selina," Flame spoke, smiling to her, as he stepped up to her, giving her a hand with a couple of books. "I see you are busy in here, despite what is going on outside the library. I was wondering... Have you seen Rizna since this morning?"

"Oh hi Flame!!" she replied, quite thankful for his help, as she smiled to him. "Yes I have seen her. She actually in here, and is sitting over to the right after two more rows of bookshelves that way." She pointed the direction to him.

Flame smiled and thanked her, and used her directions to find Rizna, soon finding her busy, reading a book on something, that seemed to have her interest. "Hi, Rizna, I'm back," he said, kissing her cheek lovingly, "Things got a bit more hectic than I expected; we went out to search for an enemy camp. But the trouble we faced was more than we knew, but we dealt with it... for now at least."

Rizna felt her cheeks blush a bit when he kissed her, but smiled in delight that he was back. "I'm glad you are back, my love!" she replied, "So what happened on your hectic mission then, hmm? I really want to know about it."

Flame explained what occurred to her, doing his best to keep back some of the details, as he recounted to her what happened, from the scouting they did, the ambush, the plant creatures, to the effort to stop Arakabaki, and Knight's fight with him. Flame sighed a bit, as he thought of Knight, before looking to Rizna.

"...it was pretty hectic," he continued to explain. "I couldn't say for certain how things would have been, if Knight had not won his fight against Arakabaki," Flame spoke, smiling to Rizna, "Though I would have kept the soldiers morale up just as much as Knight did if needed."

"Well that was some experience you had, Flame," Rizna replied, before kissing him. "It's good you are back. I've been reading a number of books here on a few things. One of them talked about the Dark Dragon Knight, and how he can't be killed by normal weaponry. It went on to explain that only a good soul that has possession of Trinity, will lead to a happy death for him in time. But..." Rizna stopped, not eager to discuss what else she had read, that it took Flame's encouragement to be brave to continue, "But a weapon made of the Dark Spark, the heart of the Dark Dragon Knight will kill him, and send him to oblivion to torment his soul forever for the evil things he was made to do in his past for his master."

"Dark... Spark...?" Flame asked, feeling somewhat worried. He was; the name was already familiar with him, and made him suspect what Arakabaki might have been doing, "Wait!!! Does the book describe it, by any chance?"

Rizna searched for the very book she had read on it, and skimmed through the pages until she found the article on it. "Yes it does," she explained, reading the article. "It was used to give life to seven dark creatures, known as the Soul Eaters, a vicious group that caused untold harm, misery and chaos. But after the great battle, one of the two gods that created Dragonstone, hid it from evil. Oh!! But after a thousand years it was found, right Flame?" Rizna looked to him, as he nodded, since it was true. The dragoness continued reading, "The dark spark... it is believed to be the other god's claw, for this god was evil and a symbol of chaos. But his brother, a symbol of justice and hope, fought against him, an epic battle of good against evil, in which he lost it during the fight. It sounds really bad, Flame, to know its back."

'Could this be why Arakabaki was looking for it then? To make a weapon to bring down Knight?' he thought, soon becoming lost in a sea of thoughts about Knight, Dragonstone, and all those in it, the biggest being whether Rizna would be safe with the Dark Spark in Arakabaki's hands. He lost himself in his thoughts, before Rizna tapped his shoulder.

"Well, Flame... There is more history here to read on," she spoke, "If you want I can read more for you." She turned over more pages, looking for more to tell him about.

Flame shook his head, believing he had heard enough. Besides, he was not eager to think and worry too much on it for the moment, now that he was back with Rizna. "It's alright, Rizna, I don't need to. I mustn't let myself fret over these things anyway. Besides..." he smiled and kissed her again, "I was hoping to take my mind off of today."

"Yeah, I can see why. After all that has happened today, I'm just glad you made it back to me," she spoke lovingly to him, smiling to him and kissing him back. "I missed you a lot... and I missed your kissing..."

Flame smiled and chuckled, holding her gently in his arms, "Mmm... I know. Kissing isn't all you missed of me, right?" He kissed her again, stroking her gently.

"Yes, I know Flame, I like many things about you," the dragoness replied, kissing him back once again, and stroking him in return.

Flame smiled more, "Anything you like the most about me?" He chuckled a bit, wondering what else she loved of him, as he kissed her again.

"Hmm... I like your gentle handling and tenderness with me," she answered him, giggling softly, "It really warms my heart."

Flame smiled to her answer, loving it, "Really... Well I like always being with you, and how much I love you, if you wished to know." He kissed her again, maintaining a deep, loving kiss with her.

"I love you too," Rizna moaned out into the kiss, the pair closing their eyes to enjoy the moment, as their tongues danced with one another. When the kiss ended, they gazed into one another's eyes with a loving passion in them for each other.

Flame smiled, and leant close to her. "Do you want to pick up where we left off this morning, in 'our' room?" he whispered to her, kissing her again lightly, much to her delight. Rizna blushed, knowing what he meant, and replied with a "Yes" that was filled with quite a bit of eagerness.

Flame smiled, soon leading them out of the library, passing Selina on the way, who smiled to Rizna as she giggled to her, Selina guessing what they were going to do as she continued her work. Once back in their room, the dragon closed the door, before lying upon the bed with her. "Mmmm... shall I begin my love?" he asked her softly and gently.

"Yes, my love," she replied, the dragoness feeling the anticipation growing in her for what was to come.

"Okay, my love," he spoke softly to her, kissing her deeply and lovingly, while his hand slipped down to rub over her belly and then down towards her slit, his fingers rubbing the soft folds teasingly. Rizna moaned softly when she felt his touch upon her treasure, smiling lovingly to him, as took pleasure from it. Flame smiled, and continued rubbing the soft folds more, his fingers caressing them gently, before he slipped one in to gently feel and massage her vagina softly. "Mmmm... I love how good this is, my love," he spoke softly to her, leaning in close and kissing her gently.

Rizna moaned a little louder, gasping a bit, when his fingers began to massage inside her passage, feeling them work their 'magic' within her. "And I love this... mmm... too..." she replied, moaning more as he kept on going.

Flame chuckled softly, kissing her once again, before sliding around on the bed, keeping his fingers upon her soft folds and in them, gently thrusting them in and out of her slit, while letting his other hand slowly caress and rub around her legs, thighs and hip to keep her pleased.

Rizna gasped as she felt the soft thrusting of his fingers in her folds, feeling them pierce her nether-lips gently and lovingly. She smiled in delight, moaning ever more. "Mmm... this feels good, my love," she spoke before returning the love for him in the form of another kiss.

Flame smiled, as he continued thrusting more into her, letting his fingers do their work to massage and rub her inner walls. He continued doing this for a while, slowing down for a moment, before speeding up to keep the pleasure enjoyable for her, but remaining gentle with her. Finally, after a while, he removed his fingers, believing she deserved more, and moved in closer to her, his head close to her crotch, so that he could begin to lick teasingly along her folds, lapping at them with his wet tongue. By this time, his own member was slowly beginning to slide out into the open air from his growing arousal, slipping out of his slit; his body was close enough to Rinza for her to reach it.

As she moaned again, her eyes caught sight of his arousal, his cock slowly emerging into view, and eager to return the pleasure in equal measure, leant her head in close, and started to softly lick upon it, make it even more aroused. Flame moaned softly, as he felt her do so, while he continued licking her folds in response, working his tongue over her slit, before letting the tip slide slowly inside. Rizna gasp as she felt his tongue worm its way inside her wet vagina, feeling it slide in well, before she resumed to lick on Flame's member more, her tongue lapping at the tip as it slowly grew proudly erect.

"Mmm..." he moaned loudly in delight as he felt her lick more upon his penis, his own tongue slithering in gently and lapping and rubbing her inner walls, pleasing her as much as he could in response, while bringing his mouth closer so he could kiss her folds softly and lovingly. Rizna moaned as he gave more and more kisses to her vagina, before she too, brought her mouth closer to Flame's member and softly kissed the tip of it a few times as well.

Flame smiled, and closed his eyes, loving the feel of her kiss on his now fully erect penis, as he continued to lick and lap within her, slowly at times, faster at others, trying to pleasure her as a reward for her efforts on him. Rizna gasped and moaned more as she felt Flame laps and licks with her, and slowly, seeing he was ready for the next part, wrapped her tongue around its shaft before she slowly swallowed the tip into her mouth.

Flame gasped loudly when he felt take the tip of his dragonhood into her mouth and wrap the rest with her tongue, before moaning loudly in response, feeling her work both upon it. He loved it so much, that he quickly repaid her actions, gently bringing his mouth in and sucking upon the soft folds, while letting his tongue find one of her sweet spots within her, and eagerly began to rub it gently against his wet flesh, sending pleasure coursing through her body. Rizna's eyes lighted up in delight and pleasure, and at the same time, she moaned loudly over his tip, as she felt a huge wave of pleasure flowing through her body. She responded quickly by using her coiled tongue to stroke his shaft and suckled upon the tip, before slowly swallowing more of his member into her mouth, sucking it from tip to base and back, bobbing slowly on it.

Flame could feel the pleasure build inside himself just as much as he guessed it was building within Rizna, as he felt her mouth work over his length, moving up and down upon it, while he continued licking and lapping more within her, rubbing his tongue over more sweet spots, while sucking more on her soft folds.

Rizna moans got longer and louder in delight, every time Flame licked over a sweet spot, that she found it hard to keep working on him, until she couldn't resist it any more. She made certain to give him a few more sucks, before she pulled her mouth off his cock, quickly panting loudly. "Mmm... Ahh... Flame... I'm close... to cumming..." she spoke between moans and pants, "Ahh...! Oh god!! This sweet spot... all of them... They feel so good when you lick them."

Flame smiled, loving her words, as he licked more and more over her sweet spots in response, working his tongue more around her vagina, eager to make the pleasure please her greatly with the love he had for her, while closing his eyes slowly to enjoy his work.

"Ahh!!!" she gasped out loudly, feeling him work more, "Don't stop, Flame, please!!! Oh, please... don't stop... please... more... I love this so much!!"

Flame didn't, keeping it up for her, as his penis throbbed a bit for her attention. His tongue lapped quickly within her, while he sucked more on her slit, bringing her up high before he heard her crying out about her being really close. He grinned and slowed down for her, taking his time again. Rizna sighed softly, loving the slowdown by the dragon, as she was able to relax a bit, having just come back from almost climaxing for him. As she did, she noticed Flame's throbbing member, seeing how much it needed her loving touch again, and once more began to lick and lap her tongue over his member once again.

Flame moaned loudly into her slit, his eyes opening, as he felt her lick his length once again, feeling it work over the tip, the shaft, and the base lovingly. He smiled in delight, pulling his head back from her crotch a bit, his tongue being pulled out. "Mmm... oh, Rizna... that feels good..." he spoke between moans, loving it once again as he looked to her, watching her work her tongue over it.

Rizna replied with a simple "Mmm..." before she brought her mouth closer to Flame's cock, opening wide, and taking half of it into her mouth, still licking it over it with her tongue, as she sucked on it once more.

"Mmmmm..." he moaned again, closing his eyes once more, as he leaned back in, and slowly licked over her soft folds with his tongue, resuming his work as he enjoyed her mouth on him.

Rizna moaned a little as she began to resume where she had left off, resuming her mixture of licks and sucking, bobbing once again from tip to base and back. Flame moaned more, feeling the pleasure coursing through his body, as he felt his cock throb a bit, the tip soon leaking some of his pre out for her to savor; he knew she would enjoy the rest soon enough, just as he would with her, though he wondered if they could enjoy each other's at the same time, as he resumed licking inside her slit, his tongue delving in once again.

The dragoness could taste the pre cum leaking into her mouth and onto her tongue, so she continued to lick on Flame's member a little faster, hoping to satisfy it more so it could give out more. She could feel his tongue digging into her slit again, satisfying her once more. Flame moaned more and more, feeling his member throb more in her mouth, while he felt her tongue lick over it, swirling around it in her mouth as she bobbed a little quicker. As he knew she desired it, his tip responded to her work, leaking more pre out for her to enjoy more and her tongue to lick up, while his own lapped for her sweet honey itself inside her passage, rubbing over her sweet spots, as he felt sparks of pleasure course through his body even more.

Rizna moaned more over his cock, as she licked and swallowed more of his pre. The salty taste was truly enjoyable, and Flame's good lapping and licking on her sweet spots, made her moan louder in delight, her slit starting to leak some of her pre. The dragon moaned softly, as his tongue finally tasted her sweet juices, feeling them flow onto it, as he lapped them up, continuing to work on her slit more, sucking on the folds and licking inside of them, as he felt bliss wash over his body. The dragoness moaned just as much, as she felt how good Flame was doing, sucking and licking her slit lovingly. She responded in kind, sucking and licking his member, bobbing on it in a steady rhythm.

"Mmmm...!" Flame moaned loudly in delight, feeling her work steadily on him, as he worked steadily himself on her slit. His tongue kept on working over her sweet spots, while his mouth suckled more on the soft folds, enjoying the moment they were having together.

Rizna gasped as she felt a big amount of pleasure build inside her, as Flame continued working on her sweet spots. It began to be hard for her to hold back and not cum for him, and she guessed it was the same for him. Flame moaned more and more, delving deeper into her with his tongue. He was starting to pant a bit, feeling himself edging close to his release. He could sense he was not going to hold back from the pleasure that was building within his body. The dragoness moaned more frequently and louder as Flame went deeper inside her. She could feel that she was close by now and wanted to make her lover feel the same. Without warning, she went all in with her mouth, deepthroating his dragonhood and sucking harder and faster on it.

Flame moaned more when she did, before he groaned loudly in pleasure, unable to hold back. He released his cum deep into her mouth giving her much to enjoy, while his tongue worked quickly over her slit in response during his climax hoping to bring her to do the same.

Rizna felt a sudden wave of pleasure from Flame's response, as she swallowed a lot of his creamy seed, but the overload of pleasure he gave to her was too much for her to handle, and it finally made her climax in returned. She was forced to pull off, because of a lack of air that she need, but as she did, his member pulsed and coated her face and breasts in more of his cum, while she regained her breath. She didn't mind, for just after few seconds, she resumed sucking on the tip of his member, swallowing more of the salty cum she loved.

As she did, his tongue worked on getting more from her, as he panted from his release. Her juices flowed quickly into his mouth, filling it up, allowing him to enjoy the sweet taste of it, trying to swallow as much as he could, before pulling back, and trying to regain some air. Once he had, he was slurping up the rest, while his cock twitched and continued to pulse a bit more, as more of his cum flowed out for her.

Rizna felt more and more cum slowly coming into her mouth that she swallowed, moaning and panting as she gulped load after load of his cum down her throat. She could taste and certainly smell the sweet salty taste it had that she liked about it. By now, both felt their climax coming to an end, as Flame pulled his tongue out of her, while she pulled off his cock.

Flame was enjoying her sweet tasting juices a lot as much as she liked his cum, slurping then down, before licking her soft folds clean with his tongue. "Mmm... oh, Rizna... you taste divine as always," he spoke softly to her, smiling to her, as he leant in, kissing her folds lovingly.

Rizna licked up a bit more of his cum from his member, cleaning it, before she smiled and blushed to him. "Mmm... you also taste good as well," she replied, "Flame... you are so good at satisfying me... just as much as I am for you..." She giggled, before she begun to lick some of his cum off that had splattered onto her chest.

Flame smiled, nodding, before collecting some of her juices from her still leaking slit and swinging around on the bed. Quickly, he cleaned up some of his cum from her breasts, teasing the buds slowly with his tongue in the process, before drawing his mouth to hers to kiss her, and letting her savor the mixture of his cum and her juices in it, while moaning softly as he enjoyed the mixed taste himself.

Rizna moaned as she felt the mixture upon her tongue, moaning in enjoyment to the taste. She found it to be both sweet and salty, and loved it. After savoring it for a moment she swallowed it before kissing him more, and gazing into his eyes. "Mmm... that was really good," she spoke, smiling to him, "I guess we really do fit together with love... my love."

Flame chuckled and nodded in agreement, before he kissed her lovingly again. "Speaking of fitting together..." he began before he looked down her body. With them both on their sides facing each other, his cock was lined up close to her slit, the tip slowly rubbing her soft folds, making him moan softly, before he looked back up to her face, "May I, my love?"

Rizna followed Flame's eyes before she noticed his cock before her nether-lips, moaning as he rubbed the tip against them. She smiled more, as she looked back up to his face. "Mmm... I see what you mean... I can also sense that we both are still ready to continue... so..." she paused, holding her tongue for a moment to keep him in suspense before nodding, kissing him again, "Yes my love, you may do so. But... when you climax again, you have to pull out this time... okay?" He nodded as he slowly slid his member into her, both moaning as it happened. It took a moment before Rizna continued. "I don't wish to take any chances to become pregnant after so many times of mating since our first time... Or maybe you do want a child with me... hmm?" she asked him, awaiting his answer, as he began to thrust slowly in and out of her.

Flame thought for a moment on this question, working his member into her passage, before looking to her. "It depends, my love... Do you wish to have a child with me, Rizna?" he asked her, moaning again as he picked up the pace a bit.

"Hmm... I don't... don't really know... it would be... be... mmm... be nice to create a family," she spoke, moaning more as he worked gently on mating with her feeling his dragonhood go deep into her. She took a moment to moan loudly, loving him in her, before she continued, voicing a concern she had. "But can we... oohhhh... can we support and care... mmm... care for it in these times?" she asked him, moaning softly, as he slowed down a bit, "These are evil, dark times we are in right now. It maybe not the best time to have... mmm... have children."

Flame kissed her softly, and lovingly. He loved how she mentioned children; he guessed she might want more than one with her, but he understood her concern. He moaned more, feeling his balls refill from his previous climax, before he gave an answer for her, "My love... If you wish... not to have a child, I will not... not provide one." He moaned loudly before he continued, "Not... mmm... Not until you are ready to have one with me... When... ohhh... when this evil is truly... mmm... gone... I will give you... children to love... together."

Rizna smiled in delight to his words; not only for his understanding, but also that he would provide many because of the love they shared together. "So shall we... mmm... shall we agree to create a family, once this evil time has passed... ohhh... and peace is once again restored?" she asked between moans, feeling her vagina squeeze around his cock, her juices soon flowing again and coating his cock, making it slide in and out of her smoothly.

Flame nodded, moaning more as he closed his eyes. He smiled lovingly to her as he kept going, "Of course, Rizna! When this is over, I would love to make a family with you!!" he replied, feeling her wrap her arm around him as he felt himself slowly reaching his peak in pleasure again, as much as she was. "I think we will be good parents when we do," he added, much to her delight as she smiled to him. "Do you think so?" he asked her.

Rizna smiled more, nodding as she moaned loudly. "Yes... yes... I believe too as well!!" she answered moaning more. She moaned more, before quickly using her other hand to slide it under the pillows of their bed and removed a corked bottle with a liquid in it, an odd, dark blue liquid. She quickly uncorked it before drinking some of its contents. After she did, she tapped his shoulder, "Flame, please... before you climax!"

Flame opened his eyes and spotted the bottle in her hand. The oddly colored liquid inside made him think of what it was; he began to guess it was a potion, though what for he could not think of. "Rizna?" he uttered, moaning more; he was really close by now.

"Please Flame... mmmm... drink this for me... before you climax... please, my love?" she asked him, offering him the bottle. He didn't know why, but his love for her was strong; he did anything for her if she wanted it. Quickly he opened his mouth, and closed it around the open neck of the bottle as Rizna brought it close to him, quickly drinking the liquid. It tasted odd, yet it made his body tingle the moment after he swallowed it. "Mmm... Flame... mmm... go on, my love... mmmm!!! You can fill me again with your cum..." she spoke softly to him, laying the bottle nearby before moaning loudly as she climaxed over his cock, her juices flowing all around it as it happened, making him pump faster into without warning for him.

"Rizna... I... I... MMMMMMM!!!!" he had no chance to ask why she allowed it, as his climax came shortly after hers, his member pulsing and sending his cum into her. The pleasure of the moment was pure bliss for both as they closed their eyes, feeling it flow through their bodies.

The pair moaned in unison, holding one another, and kissing each other lovingly, as the dragon filled her with his creamy seed, both basking in the afterglow of their pleasure. They each loved it, before slowly they began to recover from it, panting gently, as they opened their eyes to gaze at one another.

It took a few moments before Flame recalled his thoughts on the bottle; his climax had shifted them away before he could ask about it. "Rizna? What was that?" he asked her, curious about the bottle as he looked to it. "It... looks like a potion..."

"It is... my love," she answered, getting him to look to her, "I was not sure... whether you wanted children... and whether you would wish to bring them into this world... during these current times... So... I asked Arrancard about this..." Flame looked to her, not puzzled, just more curious, as she continued, "He asked me what I wanted... and I said I wished to enjoy my time with you... without risking a child to be born in these times... I just didn't want to use it... on us both... until... until..."

Flame smiled, and laid a finger on her lips, hushing her. "I understand," he spoke softly to her, "You wanted to know if I felt the same. Rizna..." He kissed her gently on her lips, "I will always be thinking of your feelings, my love... I would never do something without knowing how you felt on it..." She smiled, kissing him back, delighted in his answer. "I wish for a safe, peaceful world for our children as much as you do..." he continued, "But... that potion... what exactly is that?"

"Oh... Arrancard says it's designed to allow mating without pregnancy occurring," the dragoness replied, "It works on both a male and a female who wish not to have a child until they are ready, as he put it."

Flame smiled, "Why hide it then?" She giggled, kissing him, and explained she was just waiting to know what he felt on the matter, and hid it where she knew she would find it. "Ah... I see, my love. How long does it last?" he asked her.

"About a month, Arrancard said," she answered him, "So... we should be alright to mate together and enjoy the moment, until it wears off after that time." Rizna smiled, before she yawned looked to the window. "It seems are fun has lasted long into the night," she remarked, pointing to moon shining in the night sky. "I'm starting to feel really sleepy now. How about you?" she asked her lover.

Flame looked outside to the moon, and then to himself, before yawning as well. "I guess so as well," he answered her, as he pulled out of her. "Shall we do this again later tomorrow, my love?"

"Yes of course, Flame," she answered him, "But for now... let's get some sleep." She smiled as she watched him put the bottle down beside the bed, corked so it couldn't be knocked over by accident and spill its contents. "It is so much nicer to sleep with you beside me," Rizna remarked, kissing her slowly.

Flame smiled and nodded in agreement, the dragon snuggling up with her as they settled into the bed, while he kissed her lovingly in return. "Sleep well, my love," he spoke softly to her, as he felt his eyes slowly begin to close.

"You too... my love," she replied, her own closing, before they both drifted to sleep. Both smiled blissfully, at the love they shared for one another...

'Aww... those two... they really are a perfect match,' Selina thought, listening carefully at their door, as she heard both fall asleep. She smiled comforting respect for them, before a slight cough behind her caught her attention. Looking round, she gasped quietly; Arrancard was looking to her, shaking his head.

"It's not a good idea to eavesdrop on others, particularly lovers like those two," he remarked, not approving of the dragoness' idea to spy on the pair, "How long have you been at that door?"

"Erm... only a short while," she replied honestly, "I heard the pair... well... you know. And then I overheard them talking about their future together, about how each cared for the thoughts and feelings of the other, and..."

"I understand, Selina," he interrupted, "But perhaps it would be wise to let them now sleep in peace, hmm?" The dragoness nodded, and hurried off to her own room, while Arrancard made his way out. As he did, he sensed someone nearby, "My Lord?"

"Arrancard," Knight replied, "Is Flame asleep?" The snake nodded, "Good. There is much ahead for the young dovah, much he still has to do. I can only hope the Dragonstone is right about him. If so, he will need all the rest he can get, for I suspect he will be called soon..."

"Do you think he will be the one to save us all from Arakabaki?" Arrancard asked, as he moved with Knight down the hallway.

"That... is something... we can only hope will be true," Knight answered, as he looked back. "Only time... will tell..."

End of Chapter 4