Day 13: Dragon's Roar

Ryan cracked his neck as he opened the door. Today is going to be a good day, right?

"Keep telling yourself that," Edhas grumbled as Ryan set off to walk to work. Suddenly, Ryan's phone started to ring. Ryan looked at the phone as it rang. It wasn't Kiara's number. Well, as an adult, he felt an obligation to answer any phone call he gets. If it's a scam call, he could just anyways.

"Hello-,"

"GOOD MORNING MOTHERFUCKERS!" Coco's voice exclaimed through the phone.

"Oh, morning Kiryu-san," Ryan said. He's heard enough of Kiara's screaming not to be fazed by Coco exclaiming her catchphrase. "How did you get my number?"

"I'm the chairman of the yakuza," Coco said. "I have everybody's number."

"Remind me not to piss you off," Ryan said. "What did you need?"

"I wanted to warn you that a half dragon and a cybernetic dragon are in town," Coco said. "I can't think of any reason in why they would come here other than to show up to the KFP."

"Why would they come to the KFP of all places?" Ryan asked. "Isn't there like a magical bar or something?"

"Roberu's bar doesn't have a combat celebrity working there," Coco deadpanned.

"Who knew that being famous would be such a pain in the ass?" Ryan grumbled. "Thanks for the heads up, Kiryu-san."

"No problem!" Coco chirped. "If you all fight, call me. I want to see."

"I like this one," Edhas said suggestively. "Maybe you should hook up with her."

'Are you kidding? Amane-san will kill me,' Ryan said. He's seen the friendship rings. It's only a matter of time before those friendship rings turn into wedding rings.

"You're not denying your infatuation," Edhas pointed out.

"I'll be sure to call you if that ever happens, but I hope that won't be the case," Ryan said aloud. He deduced that ignoring Edhas would be the best course of action.

"Hey! Stop ignoring me!"

"Alright! I'll see you soon!" Coco said before hanging up.

'Hmm, what should I eat for breakfast today?' Ryan asked himself as he sighed, putting the phone in his pocket.

"Fuck you!"

-

"Hey Tenchou," Ryan sighed as he entered the store.

"What's up?" Kiara was holding a wrench, smiling brightly. "Hey, I'm taking another go at that gaming console thing! Take a look!"

"Kiryu-san called me earlier," Ryan said, walking around the counter. He sighed, slamming his palm to his face as he saw the burning pile of junk before him. "It's better than the pile of ash you made last time."

"Hey!" Kiara jumped up, pulling down a screen from nowhere. She tapped a random part of the molten heat and KFP's Gaming Company logo appeared on the screen.

"How the hell did you do that?" Ryan asked. "You know what, that doesn't matter. Kiryu-san said that two people are probably going to be demanding a duel today."

"Really?!" Ryan anticipated dread, much like the time when he fought Enma, but Kiara's face brightened with delight. "I'll be right back! I have to call Senchou and Suisei-senpai!"

"If you record this, I swear," Ryan grumbled.

"Is this where Ryan Shade works?" The doors flew open, revealing two familiar women.

"Hold on," Ryan raised a hand. "I need to call Kiryu-san. She wants to watch the fight."

"Figures," The blond woman said, electricity crackling from her eyes. "My name is Hime Hajime."

"Zentreya," The redhead growled, a feral grin on her face, skin pricking with anticipation. "It took forever to find this place. I hope it was worth it."

"Sure," Ryan grabbed his phone from his pocket. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

-

"So, I heard my best man was getting his ass ground pounded," Amelia said, an unlit pipe in her mouth.

"Ame, you know how bad that stuff is for you," Ryan grumbled, more of a statement than a question.

"That's why it's not lit," Amelia offered Ryan a wink. "Kind of like you."

"You know, I really hate you sometimes," Ryan sighed, shaking his head in disapproval.

"GOOD MORNING MOTHERFUCKERS!" Coco exclaimed, flying in with dragon wings.

"Are you sure about this, Coco?" Kanata asked, flying down next to her. Her wings were stitched up due to one of her friends apparently tearing them off to use them the previous week.

"C'mon, Kanatan! It'll be fun!" Coco chirped before walking up to Ryan. "You think you got this?"

"I mean, I have Edhas," Ryan said hopefully.

"Nah, I want to see how you'll do on your own," Edhas said. "If things get dicey, I'll hop in, but I can't fight all of your battles."

'Bullshit!' Ryan exclaimed in his head.

"Apparently Edhas is abandoning me, so I'm fucked," Ryan sighed. "I guess I'll do my best, then."

"AHOY!" Marine arrived with a notepad, Suisei following closely behind with a camera.

"I don't even want to know," Ryan grumbled.

"Oh, we're just working on a little…" Marine trailed off, giving Ryan a suggestive wink. "Project…"

"Sure," Ryan grumbled. He wasn't able to stop them from doing what they want, so he decided to ignore them.

"Can we fight now?" Zen asked impatiently.

"Yeah, yeah," Ryan grumbled as he walked outside, facing both Zen and Hime. "Are you going to double team me or something?"

"Exactly," Hime's smirk widened, the electricity in her eyes intensifying. "We need to see if you're a challenge. Plus, what guy wouldn't like to be topped by two dommy mommies?"

"Don't you realize how you're contradicting yourself?" Ryan asked.

"Heads up, dipshit," Edhas said. "Got a present for you."

A present? Ryan's question was answered when a glow appeared in front of him, revealing two pistols, the color scheme not unlike Edhas's famed black and white swords.

"It uses magic as ammunition." Edhas explained. "Did you really think I used all my free time listening to you bitch and moan?"

'Thanks, Edhas,' Ryan smirked despite his other half's crass comment.

"Let's do this."

With that, the three charged at each other. The two dragonkin went for a slash on opposite sides of Ryan. Both of their hands have turned into claws, one charged with lightning and the other with fire. Ryan jumped over them, doing a flip. Halfway through the flip, he aimed his two new guns at his opponents, channeling his magic into them. When he pulled the trigger, he was surprised when two small lasers fired from the guns, the recoil reversing his flip. Zen and Hime held out their claws to block the attack but were launched back several feet as Ryan did a flip in the opposite direction that he started, stumbling to his feet.

'You didn't tell me that they were this strong!' Ryan growled at his other half.

"Why would you expect anything less than the best from me?" Edhas shot back smugly. "It's also capable of elemental magic."

'Noted,' Ryan said as he charged the guns with magic. Zen charged at him again while Hime charged a beam from her mouth, firing it at him. Ryan charged one of his guns with extra magic and shot a bean of his own, intercepting Hime's attack before narrowly dodging Zen's strike, charging a small amount of magic to his other gun, shooting the half-dragon point blank. Ryan made sure for it not to hurt too badly, but it was enough to send her sprawling.

-

"He's not bad," Amelia said, tossing a handful of popcorn in her mouth, Kiara had set up some plastic chairs and tables for everyone to relax and watch the fight. "I totally rubbed off on him."

"You're going to be selling that footage to the RSFC, right?" Marine asked Suisei, who had a camera set up with a tripod.

"Of course," Suisei offered the pirate captain a sweet smile. "They're willing to pay a ludicrous amount of money for footage of Ryan fighting."

"I'm so proud of my little egg," Kiara wiped a tear from her eye.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Coco said. "Looks like things are about to turn around."

"What do you mean?" Kanata asked, snugged up with Coco in a blanket.

"Oh, my little Kanatan," Coco placed a hand over the small gorilla angel's head. "You still have a lot to learn."

-

"Not bad," Zen sprouted wings, flying up, shooting a jet of fire at Ryan. He tumbled out of the way. He barely noticed that Hime was already preparing a strike to his face. Ryan threw his hands up, reinforcing his arms with magic, but the strike to the face never came. Instead, he felt a sharp pain in his gut as an electric-charged fist slammed into his stomach, sending him sprawling.

"You should have caught that feint, dumbass," Edhas said as Ryan forced himself to his feet.

'Bite me,' Ryan growled as he zigzagged his way to Hime, who was still on the ground. Ryan dismissed the guns, fortifying his fists with magic. He then launched a flurry of blows at her, trying his best not to give her an opportunity to attack. When he slammed his fist through her face, he didn't feel anything hit.

An afterimage?! By the time Ryan noticed, it was too late. He felt us muscles tense as electricity coursed through his back. He flew to the ground.

"Not bad," Hime chucked, looking down at Ryan. "But not quite enough. I believe that this battle is over."

"Disappointing," Zen said as she flew down next to Hime.

"Fine, I'll go ahead and save your ass," Edhas said, letting himself taking over Ryan's body. "You owe me one."

"I wouldn't be too sure," With an explosion of magic energy, Edhas stood up, his eyes glowing purple as two swords appeared in his hands. "As much as I enjoyed you kicking the crap out of my other half with that cheap shot of yours, I can't let that happen."

-

"Holy shield!" Kanata jumped from her blanket, holding out her hands. Her halo flew over to her palms and started to spin as a barrier spread around the spectators, protecting them from the murderous intent flying in every direction.

"Kanatan~," Coco whined, snuggling with the blankets. "It's cold without you here~."

"Coco, do you see that?!" She pointed to Edhas's menacing appearance.

"Eh, it's not that uncommon," Kiara said, munching on a chicken leg.

"Sucks that we didn't get see Ryan fight more," Amelia said, finishing her tub of popcorn and moved on to a cup of tea. "He did pretty good against two dragons, though. I don't know if I could do that. What do you think Senchou?"

Marine was too busy muttering to herself and writing notes, looking at Hime's *ahem* fat tits as Suisei seemed to be infatuated with her camera. "Well, at least they're projecting their thoughts."

-

"The hell?" Zen tensed up, smoke flaring from her nostrils.

"Looks like he has stopped holding back," Hime crossed her arms underneath her chest, her smirk gone. "The magic scouter says the power level is over 9000."

"Over 9000?!" Zen exclaimed. "That's… actually not that strong."

"Let me say my references," Hime sighed. "His Magical and Physical Combat Ratings are both SSS*."

"I thought your sensors didn't have a SSS level," Zen said.

"It's not that," Hime said. "I just haven't met anyone with that kind of power yet."

"Are you done sizing me up?" Edhas asked, sighing impatiently. "Sorry, I just have to be polite in situations such as these."

"You…!" Zen growled, rushing over to Edhas, both hands now shifting into flaming claws. Edhas casually stepped back, tossing his swords up in the air before assuming a fighting stance. He then threw a punch, but it looked like nine fists flying towards Zen at once. Zen crossed her arms, intending to block as many of the hits as possible. Surprisingly, only one hit actually landed. Much like Hime did to Ryan, he pulled a feint, just to a higher degree. Zen flew back as Edhas hit her in the gut, crashing into a wall.

"Not bad," Hime said as Edhas caught his swords. Her arms retracted, twin cannons taking their places. She then charged a beam with her mouth and her two cannon arms, shooting a beam several times larger than Edhas's entire body. Edhas slammed one of his swords in the ground and channeled energy into it. The beam collided with the sword, the sword acting as a sort of barrier. Edhas cast an invisibility spell and snuck behind Hime. Since there was still resistance against the beam, Hime assumed that Edhas was still there, trying to push back the laser, but to her surprise, Edhas dispelled the invisibility spell, and a sword appeared mere inches from her throat.

"Looks like I win," Edhas said.

"Sucks that we couldn't have continued this fight for longer," Hime sighed. "But alas, a defeat is a defeat."

"Hey Edhas!" Kiara called over. "Remember, you're cleaning up the mess!"

"I'll just leave it to Ryan," Edhas sighed, rubbing the back of his head as he dispelled his swords.

"Hey!"

-

"So, that was fun," Kiara smiled. It didn't take long for Ryan to fix the outer lot and for everyone to relocated back into the KFP.

"I'm totally going to be challenging you to a rematch!" Zen laughed.

"You are most impressive, Ryan Shade," Hime said. "You and your… Edhas."

"I guess we make a pretty good team," Ryan said. "Edhas deals with the fighting and I deal with all of the, in his words, 'boring shit'."

"I'm not wrong," Edhas said in Ryan's head. Ryan just waved him off. He wasn't talking to Edhas at the moment.

"To be honest, I think I like this Edhas figure," Zen said.

"See?! I told you!" Edhas shouted in Ryan's head.

"Now I must defeat and kill him in righteous combat."

"I take back my previous statement."

"I would be eternally grateful if you do," Ryan said.

"Hey, Hime! Let's train!" Zen slapped her friend on the back. "We need to be able to kick his eyes next time!"

"Yes, Zen-san," Hime stood up, sighing. "It was nice meeting you Ryan."

"Nice meeting you too," Ryan smiled. As the two dragonkin left, Ryan turned, a menacing smile on his face. Kiara, Suisei, and Marine stiffened, Coco pulled Kanata close to her, and Amelia just laughed.

"Now," Ryan said, his murderous intent flaring despite his smile. A tick mark appeared on his forehead. "Where the hell is that camera?"

-

Omake: Baby Making

As Ryan walked back home, he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. "What the hell?" He asked himself. When people called him, they only called in the morning. He answered the phone, putting it to his ear. "What's up?"

"Oh hey, Ryan!" Hime's voice came through the phone as she slightly slurred the words.

"Hime-san, are you drunk?" Ryan asked. He has spent enough time with Marine and Lamy to know when someone was drunk.

"I'm totally not drunk!" Hime protested loudly. "Anyways, want to make some badass babies to take over the world?!"

"What the hell?" Ryan's expression became blank. Hime was so... polite when she was at the KFP. It was as if he was talking to a different person.

"Oh, I had to be polite so that... dumb phoenix wouldn't smite me all the way to bible school," Hime slurred. "Now that she's not here, we can make babies and take over the world!"

"You know what? No," Ryan said.

"Wha-," Hime soon learned what Ryan meant by 'no' when Ryan hung up his phone and shoved it in his pocket.

"You know, there aren't many people with boings like that," Edhas pointed out.

'Does it look like I give a shit?'

"Guess not."