Dragon's Embrace (Boy x Dragon) Chapter Seven: Chess Part Two
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(Saki)
Well good thing Jacob had better senses than I did. The vampires arrival was not announced by screams but by running. Two blurs flashed past us but instead of turning to finish us off they kept running. I turned to look behind them and I saw the oddest sight I had ever known and that is saying something.
A nine tailed fox with blue fur and cherry blossom tattoos on his person was walking down the street surrounded by a mass of well cherry blossoms yet these flowers dripped with vampire blood. Or at least I thought it was vampire blood. The flowers seemed to be coming from the fox and he had a positively demented look upon his face as he held a wolf in his arms.
As Jacob and I watched the two blurs from before rounded and came back at the fox who just chuckled. "Sic em!" I heard him say and the flowers surprisingly managed to cut and kill the two vampires with uncanny ease like he had just torn through tissue paper and not a creature that was in every way designed to be better than a human and had one of the strongest fastest minds in existence.
"New plan. Stay away from him AND rescue my mom." said Jacob and I nodded in agreement slipping an arrow on string of my bow. Of course I'd have to get an extremely lucky shot to kill a vamp but still it was better than being defenseless. Jacob lead the way and to say I became his shadow wouldn't be to far from the truth. I am so tense I swear it hurts and I'm beyond scared to death.
The fox seemed content to leave us alone as we made our way along and we turned down main street to see that Harry had been surrounded by a ring of vamps. As one Jacob and I drew back the arrows sighted them and fired. The vamps should have noticed really but it didn't matter to much. Jacob's arrow went through the skull of one even after it broke. Mine just nicked the neck as I lacked the necessary strength and aim. "Is this a solo party or can anyone join?" I said softly but I know I was heard. Harry as their attention was diverted took a swing with his claws at one's neck and with a great shrieking noise like metal being torn the neck came off.
Harry looked like he was a bit tired from the effort that required. I meanwhile watched the bouncing head and wondered briefly if there was a weak point I should know about. I however could not risk using my powers and I couldn't exactly ask questions right now. Two vamps turned back towards Harry as their companion died and the remaining one turned towards us and accelerated.
I didn't have much of a chance to form a single thought after that. In the space of one breath I was grabbed and I cried out in pain mainly because it felt like my head was exploding. Oh sure fangs had his hand around my throat but it was nothing compared to the pain in my head and a second later it seems by a feral scream he agreed with me. As I watched my Telekinesis apparently had heated up the molecules in his hand and though they were incredibly dense they had began to slowly combust. Jacob however didn't take much time to worry about such. His swords flashed faster than I can see and the hand while still on my throat was no longer attached to the vamp. Jacob used the swords smoothly to take out the vampire.
Fangs didn't last long and was soon a pile of body parts on the ground and with a snarl Jacob snatched off the smoldering hand and then as I gasped for air sheathed his swords and hugged me tight. My mind not recognizing a close threat shut off and I slumped into the hug. We are on the battlefield supposed to be saving Jacob's mom and Harry and for the life of me the only thing I can think about at the moment is how nice it is to be held by Jacob. Maybe i got high from being choked to death. I mean there is attraction there and I am definitely melting into his arms.
Harry from behind coughs lightly and that breaks us apart. "Ugg my head. Stupid vamp." I half whimper as I attempt to take a step back but i'm so woozy it takes a moment for me to get my balance. Jacob instantly grabs me with his tail and that helps to steady me. "Thank you Jacob." I say as everything seems to settle. I don't ask him to remove the tail thinking I'll need it for balance as we start to walk towards Harry.
"Good to see you again." Harry says to us both before moving to Jacob's other side. "Here for your mom I assume." Jacob just nods and as we move closer to his mother's house I am very grateful for the strong scaled tail around me. Every step costs me great effort and strong will.
We turn down the next road and find the street barren except for a stream if fire shooting out of Jacob's house and frightened screams. Flaming blurs flash past us while Jacob's mom steps out onto the porch looking determined and rubbing her throat. She had a sack with her as as we watched she took out a strange glowing rock and literally ate it. She nodded to us as she chewed as if she hadn't just burned vampires to death and we were coming to visit for tea.
She looked so proper I'm surprised that alone didn't give the vamps pause. She tossed the sack to Jacob who caught it out of reflex it seemed and checked the contents. Elanor couldn't seem to talk but then again she just chewed on a rock and breathed fire so I doubt her throat was able to provide it's normal function.
Harry seemed to be using the pack mind link for a bit and then sighed looking a bit depressed. "I know it's to much to ask as I've basically exiled you both and your mother still remains here but I need help to save this pack and I don't know where to turn." I gave him a look. Well I can't speak for the others but for myself I'm in. Just my powers are shot right now.": I say to him and Jacob places his hand on my shoulder. "Where my mate goes I go." Elanor made an affirmative nod at the question.
"Your not counting us out are you?" asked a voice from behind us and I turned around seeing a red haired girl with flames wreathing her hands, another wolf, and the fox from before the wolf still in his arms and the flowers primed. "Well no I guess I'm not." replied Harry asking for their names.
"Sukura," replied the fox and the girl responded with "Scarlett." The other wolf gave Harry a ruefull look. "You know my name Alpha, but for the other's the name is Brian." I mentally noted these names as Harry turned towards the town square. Anyone managed to see their leader?" He asked as we began to walk that way.
Night had begun to fall and my more feeble human senses made sight almost impossible. However i trusted Jacob to keep me safe. There did seem to be someone standing in the square overlooking the chaos with pride it seemed. Screams of dead wolves kept reaching my ears and while I was sure the vampires were circling our little group whenever one attacked the flowers or flames got rid of them quick though the red haired girl looked to be getting seriously tired from such.
The well the nest lord I suppose I could call him watched us kill everyone of his followers as we approached and when we arived before him he just laughed. "You think you can defeat me?" The next second a raw screaming noise tore from my throat as my mind was assaulted then struck back while it felt like my head was exploding. He had apparently attempted a mind fuck of epic proportions on the group but I had intercepted it and now my mind and sanity felt like they were melting away as I all but collapsed on the ground.
I was reduced to the barest human instincts in that moment the only thoughts in my mind were to feed and to keep myself alive. I wasn't myself and I wasn't quite able to form coherent human thoughts.I don't know if Jacob was still holding me or what at the moment. All I know is I was staring at something black beneath my hands and feeling the energy flow around me cuasing my body to spark and glow green as I bared my teeth almost growling as I began to get the energy I needed.
(Jacob)
I watched Saki on the ground glowing as something within me had warned me about touching him when he began screaming. Now however I couldn't stand seeming him like this. I grabbed him from behind while he was on the ground and I was swiftly regretting that decision.
I was linked to his mind almost instantly and whatever primal force that controlled him at this moment recognized me as an ally and left me alone but I could feel the pressure being exerted against my love's mind and unsure of what I was doing I tried to help push it back. My own brain began to hurt as his power took my clumsy attempt and redirected it properly the way it needed to go.
While we were playing mental footsies with the Nest Lord as Saki had dubbed him the others outside of this hellish night mare began to attack the Nest Lord who seemed to be able to duel equally on the mental and physical planes without much effort. However as I continued to hold my mate I began to realize just how much more primal he was becoming. The power inside him pissed beyond measure as it pulled forth more energy to fuel itself through it's host and ever so slowly it began to find small areas of attack to exploit. As those points were hit those outside must have managed to find a part of him to heat as small flashes of pain fed back to us mentally and that only seemed to feed the hungry beast as we continued to struggle.
I head someone hit the floor and I would assume it was the red haired girl mainly because the presence of heat had mostly vanished. I'll admit though experiencing this with Saki would have been a bit intoxicating had the circumstances that reduced him to this not been so dire.
(Sukura)
Well I don't know what was going on with the two beside me but I had felt the brunt of that psychic attack from the head vamp. However my flowers protected me from most of it. They did inform me of a massive amount of psychic energy fluctuating between the white haired kid, the dragon holding him and the vamp.
I was getting tired however as I had to reform myself twice by now which wasn't good My mate is in a cocoon right now as I couldn't hold him and fight like I wanted too. I had formed my two favorite swords from my blossoms. Mercy and Love and I had managed to strike twice with Love. Now I was not a psychic, or anything of the sort but I found out long ago that if I hit someone with my flowers I get a breif taste of their mind. And so I designed these two swords to target specific things when they cut a person. Love takes all the pain you ever inflicted upon another person and inflicts it back on you times ten.
The tip of Mercy has a deadly poison and my blood is the only antidote in existence that could ever stop it in time to save someone cut with it. A bit egotistical I guess but they kept me alive so it's worth it. So point being a normal being has never lasted more than three cuts from Love.
I was willing to bet it would take alot more than that to even make this monster start to tremble. However i am really having to work for those strikes as I'm being pushed to my limit dodging. The dragoness behind me lends her flame when she can while the Alpha and the other wolf attempt to distract.
Something seems to be shifting mentally as we continue to fight. Either it's the effects of Love making headway, the psychic boy pushing back or a combination of both. At any rate he is having to put more effort into the mental defense and very slightly begins to slow down during the physical movement.
While he is still a blur either i'm getting better at reading the patterns or he is trying to bait me. I decide to try and bait him in return. An exact flower replica of myself spawns behind me as I strike forward then jump to the side letting the decoy kamikaze into the vamp.
It surprisingly connects and manages to scour several deep cuts along the face and one on the arm. Again focus is shifted around to physical instead of mental and I am forced to vaporize myself into many flower petals to avoid a killing blow. However the vampire lord stumbles during the attack and it goes on back and forth seemingly one side or the other gaining the advantage until the full moon shines down on those assembled bathing us in an unearthly radiance as our deadly dance continues.
The conductor is very skilled as the drama continues to unfold on center stage. There is no music but there is no silence either. The Alpha and the other wolf have withdrawn replaced by others that are fresh as it continues. The white haired boy and dragon still hold one another on the ground unmoving and unshakable as the mental dance continues step by precious step.
The vampire lord has scored several wounds from my swords now. The total cuts are 5 from Mercy and 6 from Love.Anyone withstanding such a combination is unheard of. This being of great strength is the true embodiment of the word monster. My thoughts are no more only instinct and muscle memory rule my movements.
Sometime around 1 in the morning there is finally movement from the white haired boy in the ground. How he is moving I don't know but he shines with the moons raidence as he does so and he begins to slowly crawl towards the vampire Lord for who some reason has stopped all movement. I freeze tired and wary as I watch this happen. The dragon that was holding him helped him to walk along and once they stood in front of the Vampire Lord the human stretches out his hand and places it against the cheek of his enemy.
Something is said but whatever it is the word does not seem to be from any language ever known. There are no syllables only a single sound. The vampire burst into ashes and the human if that's truly what he is anymore collapses passed out hard with the dragon falling over top of him. The wings of the dragon extend over him protectively as they lay there and I fall back on my butt and I too am soon out of it. My flowers fade into nothing and my mate is left blinking slowly from waking.
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(Saki)
When I woke up the first thing that I felt was scales. I took a breath and smelled dragon. However this wasn't Jacob. The proportions and angle were wrong. I was curled up against something scaly but I knew it wasn't Jacob. I blinked and then slowly raised my head. seemingly huge red eyes stared back at me gentle and kind. I should have felt afraid but I just felt safe. The dragon rumbled softly at me and I smiled gently in return.
However the rumble while soothing to me seemed to summon somebody else as well. I would have turned to look but the voice I heard gave the answer away. "Monroe he's awake?" said a voice that I knew to be Joshua's though I only heard it mentally. Monroe nodded in response before moving to bite a bone as his body shivered. I was concerned and without meaning to my touch made me mentally dive into his blood stream where I saw his body fighting off a most vicious poison.
I didn't quite know what I was doing but my hands and mental will began to move on their own accord and I froze a blood cell. I blew it up better and started twisting things. When it felt right I released the cell and it began to rapidly multiply and change. Once it finished the transformation it went after a poison particle and ate it whole. No negative effects were had. Instead it just replicated once more and began to consume it's new food source as it moved and multiplied. I surfaced dizzy pinned beneath Monroe as I watched the scales of the effected area began to turn back towards a healthy red.
I knew the change would continue to spread but Joshua seemed to notice I wasn't quite stable so he seemed to stop talking. Monroe settled down. "Saki can you hear me?" he asked gently and I risked a nod my head swimming in a nauseating way. I quickly held it and groaned lightly.
Joshua chuckled and then I felt his arms around me as he gently pulled me free from Monroe. I looked towards the red dragon noticing my change was still working. Joshua had to help me walk though as we seemed to be heading somewhere. My body felt weak and sluggish and walking without support was out of the question entirely.
We seemed to be heading towards my body. I've seen a lot of weird things but this had to be on the top of the list. My voice was barley above a whisper but I guess the mindscape knew I wanted to talk. "How long have I been here?" "Three weeks." replied Joshua as we arrived at our destination. He unceremoniously dropped me into my body and I woke with a gasp sitting up straight despite the various tubes and beeping things.
Jacob was beside me and as I surfaced from the mindscape he called for a doctor. If Jacob had not been here then I would have gone ballistic. When the doctor came I eyed the wolf carefully but didn't object as I was poked and prodded. He scribbed down some notes then left without so much as a word.
Which you know is what all doctors should do. I mean it would be a deadly sin to tell me something or to say it within my line of hearing. Of course he could know about my telethapy. I would assume I'm within the pack lands. Jacob didn't follow the doctor out. Instead he moved to hold my hand and softly kissed it.
My throat ached horribly as I try to speak. Jacob seeing my efforts gave me some water making sure to give it to me carefully. My voice was very faint when I finally was able to form the words I wanted. "Jacob. I feel sooo woozy." I say to him as I lay back down against the bedding once more.
"Well you've been out cold for three weeks. Your gonna feel weak." he replied. I blushed a bit as I nodded remebering how nice it had been to be held by Monroe in the mindscape. I couldn't say anything more at the moment so I just staid quite. Some doctor came in and I couldn't bring myself to care about what they did. I just managed to turn my head to look at my love.
I wondered how much of the backlash he had taken from such and how much he had been affected by what he had likley seen in my memories as we fought the vamp. Jacob if he guessed my thoughts didn't move to comfort me just yet. He just smiled a bit worriedly at me and I guess I was still deemed to be fragile.
Finally a voice I knew came into the room. "Welcome back to the land of the living." said Harry as he entered the room. I turned my head to look at him and nodded to him. "Well your not exiled anymore unless you particularly want to leave." said Harry and I glanced towards Jacob who shrugged. "Been talking bout it with Mom and she is fine with such. Might go to that tribe the fox is from."
"Yeah well those flowers won't let any get close except for his mate. Anyone else get's threatened by them. The fire chick seems like she is fine now." Harry said but he looked harried. "Also we have someone from the council here to see you." I must have looked confused because Jacob explained. "The council is basically the government of the werewolf world." I nodded at that and made to slowly get myself into a seated position. Jacob helped me up after a few moments then helped me by propping me up .
The person I saw in front of me well I was surprised they were human for one thing. The second thing i noted was the black rose choker around their neck and the smell of roses. "I'm Sayomi." she said introducing herself. I nodded to show that I understood. "So your the one that was spoke about in the letter. I'm going to assume you can't read my mind right now due to the fight."
Again I nodded wondering why she had chosen to talk to me. "Well I hope that you'll make a full recovery I have no further words for you." she turned to go and I watched her go feeling confused with the brief conversation. As for Sayomi herself she turned down the hall and walked through the mass of flowers without any effect. A passing doctor felt their jaw drop.
The wolf who had been at the fox's bedside smiled in relief. "Think you can wake him up Sayomi?" he asked glad to see his mate's friend for once. She nodded and her own flowers reached for Sukura who jerked awake almost as soon as the other's flowers manifested. "Black Rose." he said with a deep yawn not caring he was in a skimpy hospital gown.
His mate moved to gently hug him and he nuzzled the wolf affectionately. "So anyone care to tell me how long I was out?" he said as he stretched. "Two weeks." said Josh his mate. "Oh joy.So when are they gonna kick us out?" he said sounding midly interested as his flowers reentered his body. "Also where is my kimono?"
As they had been talking a doctor entered cautiously and seeing him awake stepped in to begin to poke and prod him. Sukura didn't hide his annoyance from such but soon it was over and he was disconnecte from the various machines and his cleaned kimono was brought to him. Sayomi left to head back and Josh remained to help him dress. Once he was freshly dressed Sukura stepped out into the hall a tail around his love's waist as they walked out.