The Shinobi Demigod

Ch 12: We Learn How to Fly

The next couple of days passed with little trouble. I spent a lot of this time building Toothless's saddle and the opening mechanism. I had to sneak around a lot to not raise suspicion. I almost got caught a multitude of times. Serena has been getting suspicious of me lately but I have been able to avoid any major issues. It was really hard to build both. I had to redo both a bunch of times. It was a long and grueling task but I was able to get it done. I also learned what those paper tags were. Apparently they are explosive tags when used with chakra. I almost blew up a tree when testing it out. The tree nymph was not happy about that. I also started to learn the basics of fuinjutsu.

I am currently on my way to Toothless to show him the finished product. I've been showing him bits and pieces of it and he is super excited for it to be done. Toothless and I have been becoming good friends over the past couple of days. We'd play a lot when I had spare time. One time brought a shield that we use for tug of war. He always wins, but it's fun nonetheless. We've become close over this period, and I'd like to say that we are quite comfortable around each other.

I walk into the clearing and call out to Toothless, "Hey bud! Look what I brought for you!"

I pull out the saddle from behind my back. His head perks up and he quickly comes over to me and looks at it. He then hops around me and nudges me with his head. I laugh, "Ok bud, give me a sec."

I undo all of the straps and try to put it on him. He's moving around in excitement. I chuckle, "Toothless if you want me to put it on, you need to stop moving."

He makes a little chortle sound and stays in place. I chuckle and put on the saddle. I then start to attach the fin mechanism, which takes me a couple of minutes to attach. I get on the saddle and lean forward to tell Toothless, "Hey bud, when we get in the air, take it easy at first. We both need to get acquainted with how this is going to work."

He gives a sound of acknowledgement. At that, Toothless extends his wings and takes to the air. I activate the tail and we start to fly. We did it! We actually did it! We start to soar higher into the air. We get up into the clouds when toothless levels off. I lean forward and see that he has the biggest smile on his face, with his tongue hanging out of his mouth. We head out to sea, enjoying the wind in our faces. I'm not going to lie, it's a lot cooler flying on Toothless. Don't get me wrong, I love flying on Valkyrie, but with Toothless, I am a part of the flight. We work together to fly, and it makes it so much more rewarding.

For the rest of the day, we spend the time getting a feel for how this is going to work. We learned how to do some aerial maneuvers, like corkscrews and loops. Toothless was having the time of his life. We flew down to the water and Toothless dipped the tips of his wings in the water. I lean forward and say into his ears, "Ok bud, full throttle, I know you want to."

He roars and rapidly speeds up. I tuck my body into his to reduce drag. He keeps speeding up, going faster and faster. I look behind me and see that we are leaving a wake in the water. He starts to go faster and the wind pelting my face starts to hurt. I pulled back a little on the saddle, trying to tell him to slow down. Toothless understands the gesture and shoots up into the sky, letting gravity slow us down. We then calmly soar over the ocean, enjoying every bit of it.

I feel bad that he has to rely on me to fly and how he can't be free in the wild. Maybe one day I'll be able to come up with something so that he can.

There were a lot of hiccups with figuring it out, but in the end I should be able to do a full flight tomorrow. We land down in the clearing and I hop off. The second I land on my feet, Toothless tackles me to the ground and starts to lick my face. I laugh and playfully try to push him off, "Ok bud, ok, I get it!"

He gets off me and I stand up. I give him a hug around the neck, "So how'd you like it?"

He licks my face again and I chuckle, "I'm glad you like it, bud."