The Golden Fox And The Crimson Dragon Blade

Chapter 6: A New Contractor and Preparations For The Coming Struggle

Dom flashed open his eyes in a rapid move that made him sit up and look confused around, he could feel something soft on his hand and arm along with having the feeling that he had been lying on something soft too. His gaze darted around the room he was stationed in and noticed what seemed like a living room of sorts with a wide couch, some fine carpets and different kinds of decorations hanging on the wall. Suddenly he felt the warm air of a breath hitting the back of his head and turned his head around to stare into the sapphire blue eyes of the wolf from the other day. It was lying on the couch with him and was using itself as a sort of pillow it seemed, he was about to move when he was tugged down by sharp pain in his chest.

(Wolf) "Don't try to fight it, you've sustained a massive amount of chakra exhaustion due to your little heatwave 4 days ago along with the jutsu you used 3 days ago."

(Dom) "4 days ago, does that mean I was out cold for half a week?"

(Wolf) "When one has as large a chakra pool as you then if exhausted it can take a long time to refill enough to the point of waking up from the backlash of said exhaustion."

(Dom lying back down) "I see... Do you know what has happened since I went dark?"

(Wolf) "My ears have been able to pick up information here and there from the conversations downstairs, as far as that Zabuza guy goes its most likely that he is going to take a long time to recover from his injuries and chakra exhaustion. Other than that, there hasn't really happened anything out of the ordinary with the constructions of that bridge they keep talking about, oh and of course the others have also apparently started to undergo some sort of training."

(Dom musing) "Hmm... Interesting, have you got any idea of when I can get back up from this sofa?"

(Wolf) "With my help you can get out right now, however I would recommend staying down for at least a couple of hours more."

(Dom sitting back up) "That's not an option, I have to get back to work as soon as possible to prepare for Zabuza... If his clones were that strong then I wouldn't have a snowballs chance against the original and I hate that thought."

(Wolf getting up and jumping down in front of the couch) "You have the spirit but it's still too early for you to move about for real Dominic."

(Dom crawling over to the wolf to use it for balance) "Hey, you never told me your name wolf."

(Wolf walking towards the door with Dom by his side) "It's Ragnar, Ragnar Of The Howling Thunder."

(Dom smiling weakly) "It's an honor to meet you Howling Thunder Ragnar..."

With that said Dom slowly made his way to the door with the assistance of Ragnar by his side, the first thing he noticed when opening the door was that there was more than one room on this floor connected by a thin hallway. Already now he could hear the voices of people downstairs and made his way towards said stairs immediately, this was where it became more difficult... having to walk down the stairs of weak legs with your only support being a wolf that couldn't physically fit alongside you, it would be a challenge indeed. Luckily for his patience a small nudge from Ragnar's nose told him to step back to which he did, while in front of Dom, Ragnar lowered himself to a level where Dom could climb on top of his back which caught the young man off guard. However, he quickly got on better thoughts as he had no other way to really get down the stairs without calling on any of the people down there, with a sigh he climbed onto Ragnar's back and let himself be carried down to the voices.

As they got past the stairs Dom saw a young woman sitting by a table with her hands supporting her forehead and Shikamaru lying on the couch in the far-right side of the room. He opened one of his eyes and saw Ragnar coming down with Dom on his back and shot up from his position with a troublesome sigh flying from his mouth.