Dragon Zone: The Code Of Heart and Hate

Chapter 23: The Rage Of Destiny

CHAPTER 23: THE RAGE OFDESTINY

Ryu sat behind the door to the Temple. The villagers stood at the other side of the Temple hurling insults at him and Michael and the others did nothing to stop it.

"Hey Ryu! I bet my little brother could beat you to a pulp! What a loser!" the insults kept coming.

The angry sounds from outside were unbearable to Ryu but the greatest part of the pain was that, not even his own companions and brother, Michael, trusted him.

"Why? Why is this happening, Dragon of Destiny? Why are you allowing this to happen to me? Why are you plaguing me by weaving doubt all around me? WHY?!" Ryu cried in anguish.

His cry could be heard outside.

"What's wrong Ryu? Are you crying like a baby?" Someone mocked.

Ryu shut his eyes in order to get rid of the sounds of mockery.

"IF YOU WERE GOING TO ALLOW ALL THIS HAPPEN TO ME..." Ryu paused.

"The false hero is hiding!" someone mocked.

"WHY DID YOU BRING ME BACK?!" Ryu roared at the top of his voice.

Suddenly, his ring began to leak a strange new energy. The same energy came from the rings of the others and some of it even came from outside the village.

"What's going on with our rings?" Michael looked at the others with a puzzled expression.

"We haven't summoned the saints" Nadia looked puzzled herself.

The mockery ceased.

The energy assembled and formed...The Dragon Lord! The surprised expressions on the faces of Michael, Atlanta and Nadia changed into smiles. Ken was however shocked.

"That's...the Dragon Lord!" Ken exclaimed in amazement.

The expression on the face of the Dragon Lord was grim.

"What's going on? Why are you here?" Michael asked curiously.

"To reverse...a mistake" the Dragon Lord said plainly.

"Th-There's no need to. We saved the Wind ryu" Atlanta said.

"You saved the Wind ryu? I really wonder about that" the Dragon Lord said seriously as he narrowed his eyes in such a ferocious way that the others couldn't help drawing away from him.

"Th-There is no mistake...is there?" Michael asked.

"Oh there is; the worst kind of mistake. The exact reason why destiny should never be meddled with, even by me...its creator...especially not for the sake of humans" the Dragon Lord said.

The other saints reappeared.

"What is happening here? Why have you come into this realm?" Crystal asked.

"I'm proud of you my dragon brethren, especially you two...Molten and Tornado...however...for the human saints and this village...my rage is beyond limit!" the Dragon Lord's eyes began to glow gold.

Ryu heard his voice and came out. When the Dragon Lord saw Ryu, his anger turned to sorrow and a tear flowed down his face.

"How can I ever face you now, legendary dragon Ryuujinn" the Dragon Lord said as more tears flowed down his face.

The others stared in shock.

"Why are you speaking of Ryuujinn now, Dragon Lord?" Crystal asked.

"To think that Ryuujinn forsook his godhood because of the faith he had in these...pitiful creatures! It makes me so angry, I'm beginning to sympathize with Tristran!" the Dragon Lord declared.