Dragon Knight

Garyx glared at his opponent across from him while his opponent did the same. Neither of them moved as they both took in the others stance looking for the slightest opening in the other stance. It was absolutely quiet in the forest. No birds chirping not even the sound of crickets. It was dead quite as if everything stopped to watch the two fight. Garyx simply held his weapon in his right hand with the sharp end pointing down towards the ground.

In Garyx right hand was a glaive that was just as tall him with it being three inches taller. The whole shaft was made of dragon bone making it purely white with a curved gleaming silver blade at the end of it. The blade itself had no crossguard but it did have a black dragon mouth roaring with the blade coming out of it. The blade was thirty-two inches long. On the other end was another curved blade sticking out of it.

Garyx made the weapon from the very same bone he grabbed from his parents so in a sense he carried them with him. Remonnet was there with him when he made his weapon. He not only helped him made this weapon but taught the value of a weapon.

"Anyone can pick a blade up and use it or make it. A true master will forge his own weapon by his own hands."

So Remonnet really did help him.....as well whack him upside the head a few times when he got things wrong. The guy had to be a sadist.

Garyx stared at his opponent ahead of him. His opponent was hidden by the shades caused by the trees blocking out the sun. The two stared at one and another before rushing towards each other. Garyx dragged his blade through the ground as he rushed towards his enemy. The blade easily sliced through the earth and rock. Once they were a few feet away from each other Garyx brought his blade up quickly above his head and slashed downwards vertically while gripping his glaive with two hands. There was a loud clang as metal met metal.

Pulling his weapon back he swung it in a forty-five diagonal only for the sound of metal to meet metal rang out through the forest again. With a growl, he began to swing back and forth with quick but powerful strikes only for them to be blocked while defending against attacks aimed at him as well.

His glaive met the enemy weapon with each of them reigning their blows on each other only for them to dodge, parry or block. Both warriors were blind to their surroundings as they fought with each trying to win against the other. All that mattered to them was this deadly dance and who would emerge the winner.

Garyx slashed down only for his opponent to dodge it by stepping to the side. Before he could move he felt a fist slam into his face knocking him backwards but not before kicking the person in the face knocking him backwards as well. Garyx stood while slamming his weapon into the ground with the blade pointing upright while holding it with his right hand. Growling he gathered fire into his left-hand growling before his arm transformed into a dragon claw while it was still on fire.

"Nice combination there. Though is it mostly for just show I wonder?"

Garyx growled. "I'll rip you to shreds!"

With a loud roar, he rushed towards the enemy with a quickness that seemed inhuman. Reaching his opponent he swung his claw as hard as he could while the person raised his weapon to block it. There was loud clang while the enemy was sent backwards a few feet and rolling on the ground a few times untile he laid on his back. He tried to get up only to stop as Garyx appeared with his glaive pointed straight at his chest with the blade poking him.

"Yield," Garyx growled.

The person beneath just stared up at him. The two stared at one and other.

"Stop being a bully!" A young voice shouted.

Garyx tried to turn towards the voice only to be tackled to the ground while the said owner of the voice was laughing on top of him. Glancing up he saw it was Haruko

"Stop being mean to daddy! Bad dragon! Very bad dragon!" Haruko scolded him while wiggling her finger at him.

"Get the hell off of me!"

"Too late!" A cheery voice spoke while Garyx felt a sword on his leg.

"You know I won!" Garyx shouted while trying to pull Haruko off of him.

Remonnet simply smiled while strapping his sword back on his back. "I didn't yield so, therefore, I did not lose." He taunted Garyx

"Why you mad? Is it cause you lost?" Haruko asked while tilting her head to the side in a cute way.

"I didn't lose! You distracted me and cause me to lose brat!" Garyx growled as he stood up after finally getting Haruko off him.

The girl just stared up at him while Garyx was glaring at her with utter contempt.

"Bad dragon!" Haruko shouted while pulling a bottle out and spraying him with a few squirts of water. Garyx whole body twitched as he tried everything in his willpower not to kill the little girl.

"My my. Must you all be so loud? Can't you all just sit back and enjoy a cup of tea?" Ana spoke out while she sat on the ground while sipping from a small tea cup with a small smile on her face.

"That stuff you drink is really nasty mommy!" Haruko said while making a yuck facial expression.

"That is true. Besides......this stuff is the best!" Remonnet shouted while pulling out a large flask.

"Alcohol? This early in the morning?" Ana asked.

"You are all idiots." Garyx muttered to himself.

"Don't be like that Dargonite."

"How many times have I told you not to call me that!" Garyx shouted in anger.

Haruko just stood there with a thoughtful expression on her face while Garyx just stared at her with an eyebrow raised.

"About three hundred, twenty-two."

Garyx didn't say anything though his hand was twitching even as he picked up his glaive.

'Must not kill. Must not kill. Must not kill. Must not kill.' He repeated in his head.

"Dargonite. That makes it..."

Garyx let out a roar that cut her off while swinging his glaive down at her only for her to duck and bring both her feet up.....right between his legs. Garyx eyes widened as he stood there for a moment before falling down on his knees dropping his glaive while grabbing jr with both hands and crouched over in pain.

"Bad dargonite!"

'I really hate her.' He thought as he stayed there on the ground in pain.

"Hey, Garyx. Why not hand into town for us?" Remonnet asked ignoring the glare that was sent his way.

"Sure. Let me just ignore the pain I'm in and get right on that."

"That's a good man." Remonnet spoke with a smile. Whether he knew Garyx was being sarcastic or didn't care no one knew.

Garyx slowly made it to his feet though it was really slow. Reaching down he picked up his glaive.

"I'll be back."

Jumping into the air he busted into flames transforming into his dragon form and flying off west towards the nearest town that was ten miles away.

"You know he still hates humans right?" Ana asked as she took a sip of her tea.

Remonnet stopped drinking from his flask and simply held it at his mouth while staring at his wife before shrugging his shoulders and continued drinking like there was nothing wrong. Ana just shook her head before taking a sip of her tea. Had they been paying attention they would have seen shadows moving in the tree lines while eyes stared at the three.

Garyx grumbled the whole time he was flying. Most of it was about annoying brats. Looking up he could see he was already at the town though he felt something was wrong especially when he saw smoke rising out of the town that was too big to be a fire unless they burned the whole town. Mixed with the smell of smoke was.....blood. Being curious he flew closer. He landed just outside of town and saw it looked like it was ransacked. The windows were broken, some of the buildings were torn and on fire. What drew his attention were the bodies that littered the streets. Walking through he could see death everywhere he stared. Most of them were humans in armor and it seemed like there was a battle.

'What in the world happened here?'

Garyx stopped as he smelled another scent....no...... more than one. Alive. Glancing over at a building he walked towards it while grasping his glaive in his hand. He was soon standing by a door that led down into what appeared a wine cellar. Reaching for with one hand he yanked it open only to raise his weapon up to block a pitchfork that would have stabbed right between the eyes. Glancing at the owner he could see an old man. Behind him were children along with a few females and males with each carrying a weapon of some kind.

Garyx saw they looked ready to charge at him causing him to glare at them making them step back in fright.

"I'm not going to hurt any of you. But if you attack me, I will kill you." Garyx stated.

The humans didn't say anything as Garyx stepped back.

"Now what happened here?"

"You mean you not with them?"

"Who?"

The old man just stared at him searching for any sign of deceit but saw none.

"Our village was attacked by bandits a few days ago. As you can see the guards were no match for their superior numbers."

Garyx just stared at him.

'Bandits? What in the world is that? Wait a few days ago!?'

"Did you happen to see where they went!?"

The old man simply pointed......right, where the three humans were located.

'No.'

Garyx sprinted a few feet before jumping into the air and bursting into flames as he transformed and flew off ignoring the sound of surprise and shock behind. He flew faster than he had ever flown. All he had on his mind was the three humans. He ignored everything else. Reaching where they made camp he transformed back into human form only for his eyes to widen at what he saw. The camp was completely destroyed with the tents torn to pieces and anything that had looked valuable was taken. What drew his attention was the two lifeless bodies that laid next to each other with two males standing above them.

"How the hell did we get stuck having to carry this guy equipment?"

"Cause the boss said so."

"Still...."

"Do you want to tell him that?"

"No! Still, though."

"Come on. Let's hurry up and take this equipment and get back to camp. I'm actually interested in what the boss plans to do with the little girl."

Garyx let out a roar while his right hand transformed into a claw and he rushed towards them. Before one of them could react, his head was taken clear off with blood spurting from the body before it fell to the ground. Turning towards the other human Garyx gripped him the throat and spun slamming him into a tree where the trunk cracked from the force of it while the bandit spit out blood. The Bandit shook in fear as Garyx brought his face closer towards him while flames were dancing at the corners of his mouth.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!?"

"WHERE IS THE GIRL!?"

"The girl? S...s...she's at our camp." He bumbled out while shaking in fear.

Garyx glanced out of the corner of his eye at the bodies of Ana and Remonnet before turning back to the human.

"Why did you do this?" Garyx growled.

"T...t..t..to take the stuff."

Garyx growled.

"Where is your camp?"

The bandit answer was to point in one direction. Garyx having what he need gathered flames in his throat then opened his mouth spitting it on the human causing him to scream in agony as he was burned alive by the flames. Garyx simply stood there holding the squirming human until he stopped moving before simply letting him go and the body fell to the ground burning.

Garyx turned walking over towards the two bodies and stared down at them with sadness. A sadness had not felt in a long time. Crouching down he stared at their eyes that had remained open. Their eyes were simply blank now. The life that once filled them was gone leaving only emptiness. Reaching forward he closed them while slowly standing up. Turning towards the direction of where the bandits camp was he jumped into the air transforming with a burst of flame and flew towards them with two goals in mind. Saving Haruko and making the ones who did this pay.

He followed the scent of Haruko and her blood. That just made him more furious while he was literally breathing flames out his mouth. He glanced down and saw he had arrived. Looking down he saw a small camp of some sort. He was smelling a lot of different scents. Listening he could hear them talking. Not surprising they didn't see him since most dragons usually just stayed in their caves.

"I can't wait to have a go at those women we caught. They'll make good sex slaves that we can sell to any brothel once we properly break them in." One bandit that had an eye patch over his eye said.

'Brothel? Sex?' Garyx thought.

"Who get who though? There are more of us than there are of them. Plus I want my share with them tonight since I helped catch the bitches."

"I get them all first. I break them in then you all can have them. I'm keeping the little one, though. She's just the right age I like."

Garyx growled. Tucking his wings into his body he drill-rushed the ground while gathering fire around himself. He heard one of the humans say something but ignored it as he slammed in the middle of them. Earth was blasted everywhere while flame burst along with it. Many of the humans were sent flying different directions. Not waiting he spun and slammed his tail into three humans knocking them aside. Satisfied he turned to the others and saw there were twenty of them.

He smiled showing his sharp fangs. He could smell their fear.

"D.....d...d....dragon."

Gaaryx stared at the one that stood in front of the rest.

The man was fat while wearing a red suit with plated armour on his torso, arms, and upper legs. In his right hand was a small morningstar.

"Where is she?" Garyx Growled while snorting flames out his nose.

The bandits didn't answer him but instead took a step back.

Garyx roared while fire surrounded him until he turned human while slamming his weapon into the ground causing it make a small crater.

"Where is the little girl!?" He roared again while flames came from his mouth giving him the appearance of a demon standing in fire.

The leader stared at him with a neutral expression on his face though if you looked closer you would see the fear in his eyes

"If......we give her to you......" The fat man took a big gulp before he continued. "Will you leave us alone?"

Garyx didn't say a word as he stood glaring at the coward. Letting out a flame from his mouth he shook his head yes.......barely.

The bandit leader leaned his head over towards one of the others and whispered something to two of them with them nodding their heads yes and run off while Garyx glared at them all. "If you try anything....." Garyx let the threat hang.

A minute later he saw a bandit walking with Haruko next to him. Looking he could see she had a small bruise on her cheek causing him to let out a snort of flames in anger. The fat leader said something causing the bandit to let Haruko go where she ran over towards Garyx who kept his eyes on the bandits to ensure they didn't try anything.

Haruko ran over towards him and threw her arms around him while Garyx just stood there listening to her sobs.

"We had an agreement." The fat man spoke.

Garyx growled then glanced down at Haruko not hearing or smelling the bandit twenty-five yards away behind him with a bow drawn and arrow notched aimed at him.

"You ok brat?"

Haruko glanced up at him with her eyes red with tears in them. Garyx watched confused as her eyes widened. Before he could ask her what was wrong she suddenly pushed him away. Time slowed down as Garyx watched as an arrow slammed into Haruko chest causing her to fall to the ground and land there. Time picked up as Garyx immediately dropped his weapon as he kneeled down by her and picked her up with one arm while her knees stayed there.

(Play Sengoku Basara OST - Ongaku Emaki - Ao Ban Moeyo, Waga Tamashi!-20-yabuhai)

"Haruko!"

"Dargonite?" Haruko voice was full of pain.

Garyx swallowed when he glanced at the arrow that had surely hit her in a vital spot. "Yes. Dargonite is here! Don't you dare close your eyes!"Garyx shouted when he saw here eyes closing.

Garyx ignored the shouting of the bandits and their leader.

".......I can hear them......I can hear my mom and dad." Haruko spoke as Garyx eyes widened while water had begun to form in them.

"...........Dargonite.....I'm cold." Haruko spoke while Garyx simply pulled her closer to him causing her to smile.

"Hehe....you're always warm."

Garyx grit his teeth together with tears finally slowly pouring down his face.

"I'm getting sleepy."

Garyx eyes met her tired ones that were slowly closing.

"NO! No, no, no! You need to stay awake! Please!" Garyx shouted desperately.

"Dargonite.....I have something for you." Haruko reached her shirt pulling out a piece of paper.

"Haruko.....please. Stop talking and save your strength brat." Garyx begged the girl in his arms.

"Please....take it.....I made it for you..." Garyx nodded while slowly taking the paper as if it was made of glass.

"Can I.....go to sleep now?......I'm really tired." Garyx whole body trembled with her in his arms.

"......hehe......don't....cry you bully.......You did your best..." Haruko spoke while giving Garyx a gentle smile.

With a shaky hand, she brushed away the tears that were falling down his face, making him tremble more. Pulling her hand back, she adjusted herself so her head was resting comfortably on Garyx's shoulder.

"........I think it's time for me to go.......My dad and mom are smiling at me.....Dad says if you don't.....keep training.....he's going to get you."

"So they are here to pick you up huh?" Garyx joke though he choke up.

"Thank you......Garyx." Haruko said his name for the first time. "For being there with my family and me."

"Please.......stop saying this crap brat. I don't want to hear it." Garyx spoke though his tone betrayed his words.

"No matter what anyone says........My brother Garyx is the kindest and strongest person I know......I love you brother......and I always will." Haruko flashed Garyx the brightest smile he saw from her before it slowly thinned to a small upturn of her lips.

With those parting words, Garyx finally broke down. With his free hand, he opened the paper she given him. Tears fell, even more, when he saw a picture of him with her family with the words big brother underneath.

Garyx slowly sat Haruko down before walking over a few feet and grabbed his glaive and slowly stood up before turning around slowly facing the bandits who stood rooted in place from fear. Garyx glared at them while tears fell down his face. Garyx felt fire gathering around him before he finally reared his head up towards the sky and let out a loud roar that seemed to echo through the whole land and was full of anger, pain, and anguish while the fire was spraying around him everywhere while pieces earth was being blown up and pushed away.

His head faced back down as he stared at the bandits while his left hand transformed. With a sudden burst of speed, he slashed one of the bandits throats wide open with his dragon claw before spinning and slashing his weapon horizontally that slashed right through three of them cutting them in half causing blood to spray on him. Turning towards the other he simply sprayed fire onto them and listened to their dying screams. He suddenly heard feet shuffling. Turning he saw one of the bandits running Growling he raised his glaive with one hand before throwing it. The weapons soared through the air and slammed into the bandit sticking him to the wall of a building. Snorting out flames he walked over. Once he was close he reached and yanked his weapon out causing the bandit body to simply fall.

Garyx snorted flames out his mouth as he turned to leave only to whip his head back around when he smelled more humans and could hear them inside the building he was standing at. He grabbed the door and simply ripped it off tossing it a few feet away. He gathered his flames in his throat ready to roast the people inside only to stop at what he saw.

Shackled in chains were woman that appeared to be from ages eighteen to thirty. Looking at each of them he could see a few of them had scars on their faces while others had ones that looked like they were made just recently. He could see them shivering fear of him no doubt thinking he was with the ones who did this to them. Walking over he saw them all flinch back from him thinking he was going to hurt them or the fact that his hand was still a dragon claw. Letting out a growl he ripped the chain off the first girl before continuing down the line until he saw they were all free. Letting another snort out of his nose he exited the building walking over towards Haruko body. Gathering fire around himself he transformed into his dragon form while storing his weapon away with his magic. He slowly reached down picking up Haruko body before slowly lifting her in his dragon claw.

"Who....are you?"

Garyx turned towards the voice to see it was the woman he freed. They no longer held fear in their eyes though they were cautious with curiosity in them. He stared for a few more seconds then spoke in a deep voice. "Garyx."

With that being said he flapped his wings once and was in the sky soaring through the air towards where her parents laid. In no time, he ended up in the clearing while landing softly walking over he laid Haruko body down with her parents. He gazed at them with an unreadable expression though his face remained wet from the dry up tears on his face. Gathering flames he launched them at the three. Garyx stood there staring into the fire as it slowly burned the bodies. Even after there was nothing left to burn he still stood there watching the flames for who knows how long. He didn't know it but the women he saved had begun spreading his name to their villages. A man that could turn into a dragon. A knight that was a dragon. Garyx The Dragon Knight.