How to Train Your Dragonblood

Surprises

Kai growled as he thought about how much his life had gone wrong in the past few days. First, he got shot out of the sky then he got trapped in the valley with cliff faces too steep to climb. To make things worst he lost part of his tail, crippling him for life. After that, he had met the world's most pathetic looking warrior who was currently the only one that knew Kai's location. His life pretty much sucked right now, and now, whenever he wanted to fly, he needed Jay to help or he'd crash and burn.

Kai was his puppet now, even though the human would never see it like that.

All freedom had just been stripped away from the dragonblood, but then again, maybe this was then going back to the lair; to the souls, Kai had the misfortune of calling family. Either way, he was stuck here and only Jay knew that. Kai couldn't contact anyone, not that he'd want to, and if Jay told anyone he'd be as good as dead. He glanced at the teen and saw he was sitting a few feet away from him on a small rock. Jay looked like a drowned rat with his wet hair clinging to his face and his clothes darkened and dripping.

Kai could also faintly see he was shivering, but the human didn't say anything.

Kai didn't know whether to laugh or growl again. Humans were so stubborn it was frustrating.

"No one is to know I'm here." He said sternly.

"I'm not completely stupid, I know what they would do." He replied and an awkward silence followed, but suddenly Jay perked up with a small gasp, an idea written on his face almost. "How about we make a deal?" He said and Kai raised an eyebrow.

"A deal?" He asked and Jay nodded excitedly.

"We help each other out; I'll try and modify your new tail so you can fly whenever and wherever you want if you can help me." He offered and the dragonblood smirked. Jay wasn't as dumb as he looked.

"What do I have that you could possibly want?" Kai said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Jay looked away, seemingly ashamed of what he was about to ask.

"I need to pass Dragonblood training-"

"And you want me to tell you how to defeat the other dragonbloods?" Kai finish, finally understanding what the teen wanted. Jay looked terribly guilty, but Kai couldn't help but laugh. "You...want me...to..." He cackled as he tried to stop laughing, but it was the stupidest thing he'd ever heard. This was why the brunette had no idea why he said this.

"Sure." He said, out of breath from all the laughing, and Jay's eyes widened so much he thought they would pop out of his skull.

"Really?" He cried in shock and Kai shrugged.

"Why not? I tell you what you need to pass, and if I do this you can help me fly." He replied and Jay's face lit up. They shook on it, and the first truce was made between a Dragonblood and a Human was officially made. "So what will you be fighting tomorrow?" He asked, though Jay still looked guilty, yet somehow relieved Kai had agreed to help him. Kai swore he could read him like a book.

"Um... I think Edna said something about a Wind Dragonblood." He replied and Kai had to admit he was surprised by the fact. Honestly, Wind Dragonbloods may have been smaller than most, but they were incredibly fast and light on their feet, especially in the air. If the others were at Jay's level, Kai dreaded to think about what could happen.

"How many students have died?" He asked and Jay looked over at him as if he was insane.

"What?"

"A Wind Dragonblood isn't exactly weak."

"Ed told us that." He replied and Kai frowned. Jay didn't seem to understand the danger he was really in. Not that Kai cared or anything.

"Some Wind Dragonbloods can suck the air right out of your lungs." He added casually and Jay seemed fine with the new information, sitting there as if nothing happened. That is until Kai's words started to sink in and his blue eyes widened in horror.