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Draconic Soul Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: New Friends, New Powers

I woke up to the familiar shine of the sunrise in Sunrise Valley. It was the beginning of a new life for me as I decided to take an extended vacation from my daily duties as a master of the keyblade; surely the others could handle it without me.

After doing my usual morning routine and changing into my casual attire, I headed downstairs to my new kitchen to make some breakfast. I needed some time to get used to the fact that I now had a living costume in his house. Not that it mattered to me, but to my friends back home, that would be a different story.

I sat in the kitchen, mulling over what he would do today because of the fact that university didn't start for a couple more weeks. Just then Altoryu walked down the steps and approached me.

"Oh Draco, I see that you're up" Altoryu commented.
"Yeah, I don't really have much of a tendency to sleep in, even on holidays"

"What have you got planned for the day?"
"I dunno, I'm still trying to figure that out"

"Just gonna take it along as you go?" Altoryu asked.
"Well I need to get some time in tonight to test out our capabilities now that you possess a fraction of the light side of my heart"

"You okay from that?"
"Yeah, I feel dizzy at times and a bit tired, but in a week or two, that should fix itself"

I stood up and cleaned up the kitchen area before I headed upstairs to grab some things. I noted of how winter was usually a good time to hunt in some areas; maybe I would try it sometime. Packing some things for the day, I grabbed by wallet, phone and other essentials that I would need.   

Altoryu deflated himself and I put him in my bag as I walked out into the sunshine. Being winter, it was slightly cold, but I was used to such conditions. I was about to head off when a voice said "Good morning" from behind me.

Turning around, I saw that it was Jace or Valant as I had gotten used to calling him, but managed to differentiate between the two names.

"Oh hey Jace, I didn't see you there"
"Hey Draco, doing anything today?" he asked.

"Not really, just wanted to get more familiar with the town, possibly do a few things while I'm there"
“Can I tag along? There was some friends I kinda wanted to introduce you to” he asked

“Friends you want to introduce me to?”
“Yeah, I told them about you and they wanted to meet you” Jace explained

“How much did you tell them?” I asked with some seriousness in my voice.
“Don't worry Draco, I didn't say anything about your true origins, I just said what you had on that profile and it seemed to work”

“Well Drethan's spell seemed to work well then”
“Yeah, well anyway my friends... they're costume owners too”

“Costume owners you say?” I said with some curiosity.
"Yeah, I told them that you had one too, and that it was sentient as well, they were hoping to meet him"

"Other costume owners wanting to meet me?" Altoryu said from inside the pack.</b>
"Yeah, some of theirs are sentient too, so it might be a chance for you to meet others like you"

"A chance to meet other sentient's like me? That'd be great!"</b>
"How about it Draco?" Jace asked me.

"Sure, I've got a few things to do, then we can do some things together" I replied.
“Then let’s get going then”

We walked into town and towards the local shopping center. It was quite large considering the size of the town population; it was filled with all the regular kinds of shops and even a Cinema.

First order of business was shopping, using what I had earned I bought groceries so that at least I had stuff to eat at home rather than eating take-out every night. After that was all done and taken care of, I took them back home for sorting before heading back into town.

More shopping and time at the arcades followed as we stopped to have lunch. Grabbing something from the numerous food stands that was in the food court, we sat down to enjoy our meals.

During lunch, Jace's phone chimed, signalling that someone was calling him. "Hello? Oh hi Lance. Yeah, I brought Draco with me, and he brought his costume with him. Sure, we'll see you soon" he spoke into the phone before he hung up.

"Friend?" I asked.
"Yeah, he said that they will all be here soon"

Within the next ten minutes, a group of teenagers approached us, I had a feeling that these were the friends that Jace had told me about.

“Hi Jace” one of them said.
“Hey Lance” Jace replied.

“So Draco, this is Lance Carlton, Jason Foster, Lucas MacTavish and Hayley Scottfield” Jace introduced me to them individually.

I took a good look at all of them and made a mental note of who was who. Lance was 18 and stood at around 5’10, had short spiky black hair, which I swore reminded me of Sora and had hazel coloured eyes. He wore a black t-shirt with a flame design, black and grey coloured jeans, blue and black coloured sneakers and had a flame coloured bandana wrapped around his arm.

Jason was 18 and had brown coloured eyes and longish silver hair, which was kinda like mine and stood slightly shorter than Lance. He wore a black shirt with a Denim Jacket along with Grey colored cargo shorts and orange/black colored sneakers.

Lucas was 19 and wore a black t-shirt with a wolf design on front, grey coloured jeans with plain black sneakers and a wolf shaped pendant around his neck. He had blue eyes, medium length black hair with silver streaks and stood slightly taller than Lance, but being a year older, it was kind of expected.

Hayley, wow a person who shared a name with my sister, who would’ve thought it? She was 19 years old, had blonde hair with red streaks and stood around 5’9. But the most intriguing trait was her eyes, both different colours, one blue, one green. She wore a pink t-shirt, a blue denim jacket, faded blue jeans and shoes that seemed to be a combination of white and pink colours.

“So you’re Draco eh?” Lance asked me.
“Yeah I am”

“Nice to meet you then” he said offering me his hand.
“Likewise” I said shaking the hand back.

“Jason” Jason said stepping up.
“Draco” I said shaking his hand.

“Name’s Lucas” Lucas said taking his turn to introduce himself.
“Nice to meet you” I greeted him back.

“Hi there, name’s Hayley” Hayley greeted he with a hug of sorts.
“Okay… nice to meet you” I said slightly taken back.

“Well now that introductions are over, what do you guys want to do?” Jace asked.
“Hmm, how bout we go to my place? I got a new game from a store yesterday that’d be perfect for a get together” I suggested.

“Really? What game?” Lance asked
"Rock Band 2, it seemed like a fitting game since I play Guitar for real"

"You play guitar?" Jace asked
"Yeah, something I kind of like to do in my spare time"

“And later on, you can all meet Altoryu” I continued
“Altoryu? You mean your costume?” Lance asked inquisitively.

“Yeah, he hasn’t had much company since I first got him”
“Well it sounds like a plan” Hayley commented.

“Can we eat first though? I haven’t had anything to eat since breakfast…” Jason asked.
“Sure, lunch first and we can go to Draco’s house later” Jace confirmed.

We sat eating our lunch discussing about what I did and also questions about Altoryu and when they could meet him. After lunch was finished, we hung out in the arcade before they all came to my house that afternoon.

“Nice place you got here, parents buy it for you?” Lucas asked.
“Yeah, they bought it for me so that I could attend the college here”

“And you are studying Games and Computer Design?”
“Yeah, I’ve been a video game finatic as long as I can remember, and my art skills are also good, so I thought that I could combine the two and get a job as a character or animation designer for video games”

“So where’s Altoryu then?” Lance asked.
“In my bag here” I said pointing to my bag.

“Then why didn’t you just show him to us at the mall?”
“Hello? A living costume in the middle of a busy mall, kinda risky don’t you think?” Hayley pointed out.

“Oh yeah, didn’t think of that…”
“Ugh” Hayley said with a slight notion of annoyance in her voice.

“Anyways, you wanted to see him so I better bring him out then” I said putting the bag down and pulling Altoryu out. Lance and the others looking on in shock and awe as Altoryu finished filling himself out before looking at the Lance and the others with his crystal blue eyes.

“Hi, name’s Altoryu” he said with a grin as the others crowded around him.
“Wow a real living sentient costume!” Jason said as he felt Altoryu’s wings.

“Hey, stop that, that tickles!” Altoryu said laughing. After everyone had finished gazing and admiring Altoryu, I prepared dinner for everyone, Altoryu included and sat down as they ate the Tuna Bake Surprise that my friends Elle and Kairi taught me how to make.

After dinner was finished, we sat down in the living room. “So how long have you had Altoryu for?” Lance asked.

“About a week, I think” I replied
“Did he ever try to… you know prevent you from taking him off?” Lucas asked.

“I did try to at first, but when he offered to give me my own form, I accepted and now he only needs to wear my every so often to keep my energy levels in check” Altoryu explained.
“Yeah but just because you got your own form and you don’t have to merge with me that often, doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t like to wear you for fun, it’s fun being a dragon” I pointed out.

“Heh me and Jason can relate to that” Lance commented.
“How so?” I asked

“Me and Jason both have dragon costumes too, I got a Charizard one and Jason here has an Exveemon costume” Lance explained.

“Then what do you both have ?” I asked, directing the question at Lucas and Hayley.
“Well I got a black and white Lucario costume and Hayley has…”
“A white anthro wolf costume, but I had it made as a wolf equivalent of Krystal from Starfox, complete with battle suit” Hayley finished for Lucas.

“Interesting…” I said out loud.
“And of course, you know my costume well” Jace said to me.

"Yeah...sorry again for shooting you in the leg though" I said apologizing.
“You shot Jace in the leg?!?” Hayley asked in some concern.

“Yeah, but at the time I wasn’t aware about what the costumes were really about. I just wanted it back so badly so I took um… desperate measures and tried to escape with the costume”
“What happened then?” Lance asked.

“Draco was almost at the door when he tripped on the carpet, and I went to collect the box” Jace started.
“But my mental thoughts must’ve awakened Altoryu cause the box snapped opened and knocked Jace into a daze. Then Altoryu went for me and then… well you should know”

“Yeah, it took us all a while to get over the shock of our costumes transforming us too. Jason was able to escape his somewhat by escaping into the woods” Lance said.
“But my costume was able to catch up with me and caught me” Jason finished.

“Mine wasn’t as painful, but it was still surprising since my costume caught me as I got out of the shower” Lance commented.
“I kind of freaked out when mine did, since I was a asleep, and waking up to it merging with me wasn’t a nice sight to behold” Hayley added.

“Heh I was surprised and managed to dodge him twice, but then he caught me and ended up falling over the stair railing” I remarked.
“Ow must’ve hurt…” Jason said in concern.

“Trust me the bone crunching and muscle stretching hurt more than the fall, but I still fell unconscious”
“And I ended up having to take you back to my place, I had a headache from teleporting you there” Jace added.

“So anyway, Jace told me that some of yours are sentient too?” I asked.
“Yeah, mine is and so is Jason’s” Lucas pointed out.

“So they speak to you and stuff?” I asked.
“Yeah, but they aren’t capable of free movement, like Altoryu. But we do give them permission to control our bodies so they can talk and move about on their own accord. Although the first week or so of doing that took a bit of getting used to,” Lucas explained.

“Well at least Altoryu isn’t the only dragon costume around here” I commented. “Did you bring them with you?” I asked.

“Actually no, we wanted to get an idea of what Altoryu was like before we introduced our costumes to him” Lucas replied.
“Oh okay then, another time then I suppose”

“Well then I suppose we better go, we’ll come round later on this week, hopefully tomorrow, and we’ll bring our costumes with us “ Lance said as they all stood up.
“Okay, I’ll be waiting for you then” I said and Jace and the others left.

Silence echoed throughout the house after they had left, I felt kinda depressed, but then I thought that this would be a good time to try out Altoryu’s powers over light. “Hey Altoryu, want to go out for a bit?” I asked.

“What for?” Altoryu replied.
“I was thinking that this would be a good a time as any to try out any tricks you may possess”

“Sure, I’m game to try out any new tricks I may have learned”

Altoryu walked over to me and I willingly submitted myself to him as he started to merge with me. The pain of the merge had lessened more then the last time, but the tail and wings still made me wince in pain as they attached themselves to my body, and a slight headache still existed after the horns fused onto my skull.

A few moments later, I was in draconic form again and walked out of the house and started to flap my wings before taking off. “So where would be a good place to practice?” I thought.
“Maybe the mountains?”</b>  Altoryu suggested.

“Yeah, maybe there’s a cliff or something that would make a good training spot” I said as I started to fly towards the mountains. A suitable cliff was soon spotted as I landed with somewhat better grace than previous landings.

“Alright then, let’s see I suppose I should try and do something about a weapon first” I thought as I summoned Absolution on a nearby rock.
“What are you thinking Draco?” Absolution asked.
“I’m thinking if I can focus my light power hard enough, I might be able to change you into a more suitable form so that I can wield you again” I explained.

“Have you done this before?”</b> Altoryu asked.
“Yeah, cause honest to say, that time we flew together, wasn’t my first time flying, but was the first time I flew with Dragon wings” I explained.

“It wasn’t?”</b>
“No, I also have a dark form, a twilight form and also a corrupted twilight form, although I have only used the last one once, cause it’s power is too dangerous”
“You mean the demon you became in you anger towards Dartanian?”</b>
“The one and the same”

“My dark form I also become a demon, although I have mental control over myself in that form. That form has wings as well so I have experienced flight before”
“I see…”</b>

“Now to focus our power onto Absolution”
“Okay then”</b>

We both started to mentally focus our power over light onto my keyblade as a light aura appeared around Absolution and us. The power started to build and Absolution began to turn pure white as our power reached its peak. Then we unleashed our power and Absolution flashed brightly as his appearance changed.

No longer was a keyblade sitting in front of us, but a long heavy blade that I made somewhat similar to one of my friend Cloud’s swords, the first Tsuguri. It was a mixture of white and gold and had blue cloth like material wrapped around the handle to represent the gem in his keyblade form.

“You okay Absolution?” I asked my blade.
“Yes, this power feels amazing!” Absolution exclaimed.  

“Can you still change to keyblade form?”
Absolution replied by shining again and changing back to keyblade form, the back to tsuguri form.

“Good, now you’re in a form I can use with Altoryu”
“Looks kinda heavy”</b> Altoryu pointed out
“Oh come on! With your draconic strength, we should be able to lift him easily!” I assured Altoryu as I walked over and took Absolution in hand.

Indeed, despite the size and apparent weight of Absolution’s tsuguri form, we were able to pick it up and slash it around like it was light as a feather. “Now that we have sorted out the weapons side of things, let’s work more on our magical abilites” I said as I tried to think to what limits I used with my burst handguns.

“Okay first, let’s try and breathe some light from our mouth,” I suggested.
“What do you mean ‘light’? Don’t dragons usually breathe fire?”</b> Altoryu said confusingly.

“Yes they usually do, but since you now wield the element of light, I’m guessing that you can now breathe light instead of fire”
“Well okay then…”</b>

We both took a deep breath in and built up the power inside, then in one smooth motion, we began to blow and a beam of light erupted from our mouth and shot off into the sunset, away from the town, so they wouldn’t see it.

“Oh my god did we just do that?”</b> Altoryu asked.
“Indeed we did Altoryu, we just learned the power of light breath”

“I never knew I was capable of such power… is there anything else we can try?”</b>
“Let’s see… next, let’s try and do the same thing, except in small blasts”
“All right then”</b>

Breathing in again, we didn’t breathe out this time, but did an action that was kind of like spitting, except without the whole saliva thing (ugh…). Several light blasts shot out from our month and into a pond of sorts below, disintegrating on contact.

“We did it!”</b> Altoryu was obviously happy that we were able to achieve so much in the space of a few hours.
“Well that’s done, I think that’s enough for today. But I think that I have some ideas to help control this power to home in on certain people” I remarked.

“’Certain’ people?”</b> Altoryu asked.
“I think if we can work on focusing that power in a certain way, I think I can alter it so that it homes in on whatever we want it to and maybe even more”

“You mean like your enemies and stuff?”</b>
“Exactly”

I picked up Absolution and spread my wings as we took off for home again. Reaching home, Altoryu let me out of him and I got ready for bed. I jumped into bed and made myself comfortable as Altoryu hung himself in the closet, I thought about we had learned those powers and thought that they would come in real handy in the future.

The reason? Dartanian may be gone, but some of his ‘followers’ are still out there, and I need to be as best prepared for anything that they might do in order to kill me and my friends in revenge of their fallen leader and colleagues.

The battle had ended, but the war still rages on and they are willing to use any means necessary to achieve their goals, and I mean ANY means.
Okay people, after a long bout of Writer's Block/Procrastination (>.<) I have finally finished chapter 6 of Draconic Soul.

Enjoy everyone!

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i was just here. saw this story, and it's very good even though it's been a long time, but will it be continued?