Guilty Escape

Fear

I glanced to Uncle Zane once more as we flapped our wings in perfect rhythm with each other. It still amazed me how he had returned from the 'dead'.

"Uncle… how is it you are here? I thought you said you could only see me in my dreams?"

"Ah. Yes, I remember that. Hm…? Maybe there was a strong enough bond between us that I had returned to the realm of the living." He said with a smile.

I snorted with amusement.

"Have you always been poetic?" I asked with a smirk. Zane seemed to have taken the question seriously.

"I guess. My words always seemed to cheer the other Ninja up when we were in a ruff time… not to mention that it always put Asuna at rest to hear my words when I comforted her."

I frowned. "Oh. Well, as much as I would like to believe our bond is strong enough to revive one of us, I feel it is something else."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. Like… what if… it just happened. Like destiny was just calling for you to come and help me."

"That may be."

"We are flying kind of high… can we go lower?" Wu asked uneasily and we both looked at him with a chuckle. Uncle Zane and I figured it would be faster to the next town if we flew, so we decided to hold Wu up while we soared to the capitol. We slowly floated towards the ground, but remained in the sky.

"You should be enjoying this, Wu." I said with a smirk. "After all, not many people can say they had the opportunity to fly with an angel and a fairy-like being from another world."

Wu laughed and Zane chimed in.

Hours later the sunset and the black sky surrounded us. I frowned and paused, causing Zane to lightly collide with me. I looked around and cupped one of my pointed ears with my hand.

"Do you hear that?" I whispered. The others frowned at me and looked around.

"No. What is it nephew?" Zane asked. I shook my head and gave a low hush.

Wings flapping. Rather large wings. Heading straight to us!
I gasped and gripped Zane's wrist, shoving my weight into him, sending us spiraling to the left as a large ball of searing blue flame shot past us, lightly singeing my white jeans lightly.

I glanced swiftly to the source and saw a large white dragon with pure red eyes swarm towards us angrily. I growled and pulled Guilty Blade from its case, still holding on the Wu's hand. I shook my head and looked to Zane.

"Take Wu to the ground." I said as I gave him Wu's hand and pulled Frost Bite from its case.

"Wait, Frost!" Zane shouted, but I was already soaring towards the dragon.

Who are you? The dragon's fierce voice snarled in my head. It was using telepathy. Its voice was clearly evil, with a hint of wisdom.

"I could ask you the same thing." I growled as I slowed to a stop nearly a football field from her snout. She laughed and glared at me.

"I am what this world fears! I am fear itself!"

"So… instead of Guilt… This world has Fear?" I whispered under my breath. The dragon snarled and opened its mouth. I yelped and flew back as she lunged with a loud chomp. I raked both of my swords across her face as I flew next to the white, crystalline scales. I couldn't help but take along whiff of her scent. She smelt sweet, like vanilla, unlike Guilt who smelt like raw sewage.

She snarled as I pulled my swords out and twirled to evade her shoulders. I gasped as I felt her strong white feathery wing slap into my crystalline fairy ones.