For thousands of years, God-like people called dragons walked the land. These people were beings of tremendous power. They used this power to control normal humans, and shape the world into their design. Fortunately, they were imprisoned within another dimension by one of their own, a dragon whose heart rose above the greed that consumed those of the other dragons. But now the dragons have escaped and once again are free to travel the world, using their great power to spread evil and deceit.
CHAPTER I
“How much longer Lara”, young Cody whined as he picked another
clump of berries off a bush.
“Not much longer, we just really need these berries for our meal
tonight”, the beautiful Lara replied.
“Good! I want to hurry up and get back so I can play with
Tim. We’re going to play dragons together”, the young one said excitedly.
“I don’t know why you play such games”, Lara said disgustingly.
“Because, Papa told me that the dragons were heroes, and that
they protected people”.
“I wish father wouldn’t fill your head with such lies.
The dragons were not heroes, and they certainly didn’t protect people.
The dragons were ruthless and evil. They murdered hundreds of people
because they refused to bow down to their might. This lasted for
hundreds of years until one of their own trapped them in another dimension,
saving us all. So I guess if you play as the one who actually had
a heart, then it’s okay”, she explained.
“Well, which one was it?”
“If my memory is correct, I believe it was the Fire Dragon”.
“COOL! That’s the one I always play as. Tim is always
the Dragon of Darkness, and we have cool fights and battles and….”.
Lara’s attention turned away from the young child as she peered behind them and spotted two men, dressed for travel and armed with katanas. Lara stood and got between the men and Cody.
“Well, Well, Well, look what we have here. A gorgeous babe
out in the middle of the forest with no one but a little kid to protect
her”, the shorter man smiled.
“Leave us alone. My village is not far from here, they
will hear my screams and come to kill you if you harm us”, Lara demanded.
“By then, you and the kid will be dead, and we’ll be long gone”,
the taller one growled as he lunged forward, clasping his hand around Lara’s
mouth before she had a chance to react.
Young Cody kicked the big guy, but was grabbed from behind by the other attacker. The other man threw Lara to the ground, knocking her head on a rock, knocking her out. Cody suddenly bit down hard on the hand that held him. Cody fell to the ground as she man let go. Cody ran to Lara’s side and tried to wake her. He looks up to see the two men approaching.
“You little bastard. That hurt. You’re gonna pay for that”.
The two men got closer, the shorter one grabbing Cody by the arm, but they stopped suddenly as a strange sound reverberated through the air.
“What the hell is that?”, the big guy asked, as he looked around.
Suddenly a ball of fire burst through the treetops and slammed into the ground in a small clearing near where the men were standing. The force of the impact blew then men backwards, and they almost fell.
“What the hell is that?”, the short one yelled.
“Wait! Look at that, it looks like someone’s inside it!”
Within the ball of flame, a dark outline of a figure appeared. The three bystanders looked on as the figure raised it’s arms and absorbed the surrounding flames into his body, revealing a nude man with short, black hair with an orange stripe in the front. His eyes burned the same fiery red as the flames that were absorbed. The man looked over at the two men, then lowered his gaze to the struggling child under one of their arms.
“Who the hell are you?”, the short man who held Cody demanded.
Cody resumed his attempts to free himself.
“Let go of me! Please mister, help me!”, he cried.
The figure started walking towards them.
“Hey! You stay right their fire man”, the short guy yelled.
The figure continued to approach the men.
“Get him Yuri!”, the short man ordered.
The big man raised his katana and charged the approaching figure. The fire man stopped and easily caught the hand of the big attacker. Suddenly Yuri yelled in pain as smoke rose from his wrist where the man was holding. Suddenly Yuri’s hand tore from his arm as the other man had burned It off with just a touch. The other man watched in horror as Yuri fell to his knees in agony. The stranger raised one hand and Yuri’s body erupted in a ball of fire. Yuri let out one last scream before his body completely disintegrated at the intense heat. The stranger suddenly swung the sword around his body, forming a wall of flame that enveloped him. Then the wall of flame dispersed, revealing the stranger fully clothed in black robes that had fire designs on the arms and on his belt. His attire resembled that of a samurai. The remaining man pulled Cody closer to him as he was obviously scared as hell.
“You…you stay back! I’ll kill him…I will!”
The stranger glared at the man.
“You will not hurt another ever again”, he growled.
The stranger lifted his finger and pointed at the man. Suddenly, a stream of flame burst from the tip, and shot at the man. The man didn’t have enough time to react as the stream shot into his forehead and burst out the back. The man dropped Cody and fell dead. Cody gasped at the sight of the man’s dead body still squirming. He looked up at the stranger.
“He will not hurt you anymore little one”, the stranger said.
“I guess not. Thank you”.
The stranger looked down at the unconscious lady on the ground.
“Your lady friend is hurt. We must get her help”, he declared.
“She’s my sister Lara. Our village is that way, c’mon”,
little Cody smiled.
The stranger reached down and picked up the girl and walked after the excited young boy.
“Hey, who are you anyway”, the little one called behind.
“My name? It is Ryo”.
“That’s cool! Did you know that you’re named after the
Fire Dragon?”
“Uh…yes, I am”.