Demon Dragon Rider

Chapter 24: The Snake of Oto

Oto controlled fortress of the Sound Barrier was a scene of chaos. Ninjas were rushing here and there, with either to get into positions to try and repel this attack or to try and put out the flames.

Above, Naruto and Hinata, on the backs of their dragons, continued to circle the fortress, making strafing runs on the supply buildings against the wall, with the wall based defensive emplacements and the men and women who called the fortress home.

Naruto leaned to the left a bit, balancing as Onyxia banked to the right, coming around for another pass on the fortress. As they neared, a few kunais and shurikens shot up towards them, with most missing by fair amounts. The few that did hit home simply bounced off the armor scales of Onyxia's hide. One did hit the membrane of her wing and she winced in pain inside Naruto's mind.

Naruto growled, singling out the one who had thrown the weapon. With a single word from the Ancient Language, that man fell to the ground, with his brain being nothing but jelly.

Hinata, on the other side of the fortress and much higher, nodded to Azuren. "Go for that storage building there!" she pointed to a building along the wall.

Azuren went into a steep dive, with wings folded back against his body. He and Hinata soon became a blue blur. The wind whistled and shrieked around them, whipping Hinata's hair.

About a hundred feet from the target, Azuren roared before launching a single fireball. It ripped through the roof of the storage shed before the whole building exploded. Azuren flared his wings, pulling out of the dive.

Hinata turned to look at the devastation from the attack. As she did, a kunai whipped past her head, nearly getting her cheek. She looked up to where the kunai came from, seeing several ninjas had gotten to the roof of the central tower of the Fortress. They were using the height advantage on the two Riders, raining weapons down at them.

Naruto saw Hinata singal towards the top of the tower and nodded to her. She pulled away on Azuren while he had Onyxia to climb.

The ninjas on the top of the Tower began concentrating their attacks on him as he flashed past them, heading up. None of them noticed Azuren gripping onto the side of the Tower. But they did hear his roar before the dragon unleashed his flames at point blank range at them.

Screaming in agony, the burning ninjas fell over the sides, smashing into the ground. Azuren climbed onto the top of the Tower, seeing the opening that led into the inside of the Fortress. He spewed a continous torrent of flames inside.

The ninjas below cringed as flames erupted from multiple windows along the top floors of the fortress. More screams could be heard as the ninjas on those floors were wreathed in flames.

Above, Naruto saw the destruction caused by Azuren. He nodded quietly to himself, only to be started by a large bolt that shot past him.

Below, some ninjas had gotten to a few of the intact defensive emplacements. In this case, small mounted ballistates or scorpions, which could hurl four foot long shaft about half a foot in diameter. They would pierce right through a man and could even get through one of their dragond's hides. Or worse, tear through vulnerable membranes on the wings.

Onyxia rolled away just as a second bolt ripped through the space that her right wing had been in. She headed downwards, rolling and turning till she headed on a head to head with the defensive position. One of the two scorpions had been reloaded and was now aiming at them before firing.

Naruto raised one hand as the bolt shot at them. "Gath sem oro un lam iet! (Unite that arrow with my hand!)"

The bolt seemed to show and turn so it was traveling sideways, straight into Naruto's hand. He reared back, holding it like a javelin before using chakra to hurl it back. The two ninjas manning the scorpion were forced to jump away as the bolt tore through their machine, destroying it.