RPG The Dragon Riders of Celebrynn [M - LSV]

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Valo walked over to Vanilla. "I'm not going to be very nice, but I am going to tell you what's true. I do that with everyone, ot just you. I tell people what I think about them, and I think you're way too self-entitled. I saw you ordering Heero around."

"I wasn't ordering him around!" Vanilla exclaimed. "Besides, it's-"

"I know. Fact: it's your birthday. Fact: nobody gives a shit. Fact: based on what I've seen of you, you're going to be a liability in a dangerous situation." He drew his poles and had Vanilla on the ground before she could react. "See? I could have killed you had I wanted to."

Vanilla picked herself up. "I didn't know you were going to attack me."

"That's not relavant. Danger can come from unexpected places. But if you're so sure you'll do better when you know it's coming, then why don't you proove it? In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm challenging you to a fight. Will you accept?"

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OOC: Two tings, eternity. First, if Vanilla does accept Valo's challenge, she'll probably lose (remember, Valo's been training for 20 years). And second, could you please explain why Vanilla has been looking for Valo for six months (after all, Valo would know, would he not?).

[Heero Darkangel]

Heero over heard what Lionel said,

'How the hell can i be stuffing my face when i'm not eating anything?' growled Heero as he jumped out of the tree and stormed over to Lionel

'What's your problem!,' snapped Heero as he ripped the boy off his dragon, everything went quiet as Cyrus growled and thunder and Lightning crashed around them, 'So you think just because i'm a peasent i'm not welcomed as a Dragon Rider!!!!, and that i pay no attention to my Dragon, Him and I are blood brothers we are bound together by soul, he's been with me since i was young and we've never left each others side'

Lionel looked up at Heero whos eyes raged with anger, Heero drew his sword

'Stand up!,' roared Heero, 'Noone judges our abilities from a distance and gets away with it,'

Lionel stood up while Styx got ready to fight Cyrus sin

Lionel smiled mockingly as he looked at Heero, 'You think that you can take me down!...I'm older than you...and i've...' but he was cut short when Heero right hooked him which made him stumble backwards, he wiped the corner of his mouth and found blood on his hand

'You peasent, shit like you shouldn't be walking this earth!!,' roared Lionel as he lunged at Heero with his staff drawn, Heero blocked every shot that Lionel tried to attack with, Cyrus sin and Styx took to the sky, Cyrus's eyes turned a thunderous purple as the sky darkened from Styx and then they fought

lionel wacked heero with the staff across his face cutting Heero just above the eyebrow, blood ran down his face as Heero smiled evilly, Lionel glared at Heero with a deep frown, Heero lunged at him knocking him off balance, Heero began pounding his face with a closed fist and Lionel blocked every hit except for a fist that connected just under his eye, it made a deep cut and blood poured out, above them Cyrus sin let out a roar which thundered across the sky, Heero stopped and looked up he quickly got off lionel who's face was bloodied from the gash and he took off up the stairs which led to the top of the castle walls, Lionel looked up

'What the hell!!,' growled Lionel as he tried to wipe the blood from his face

Heero stopped halfway up the stairs. 'Call your dragon off!!!,' roared Heero

'No!,' raored Lionel as he ran after him, Heero stopped on the top of the castle walls

'Cyrus! stop NOOO,' called Heero, but Cyrus had already caused a tornado of lightning that was heading for Styx

'Styx!!!!,' roared Lionel, at that moment Cyrus flew infront of Styx to stop the lightning from hitting Styx, Cyrus sin let out a cry of pain

'NOOO,' roared Heero in pain as he felt it too, the sky cleared and suddenly cyrus dropped, Heero watched as his loyal friend plummited to the ground hitting hard, He turned to Lionel and smashed him in the face one more time then took off back down to the ground to where Cyrus lay breathing heavily, Heero knelt down beside Cyrus's head

'Cyrus...I'm here, it'll be alright...you'll be ok' questioned Heero with a look of worry in his eyes

'I'm ok...damn that really hurts,' growled Cyrus, 'I just need to... rest, I'll be fine soon Heero,'

'Your mad you know that,' smiled Heero as he pressed his forehead against Cyrus's Huge head

'I learnt from the best,' Cyrus tried to laugh, Cyrus saw the blood running down Heero's face, 'Your bleeding'

'It's ok it's nothing major, just rest ok, i'll be here with you,' smiled Heero as he turned around and saw everyone looking at them

'Is he ok?' asked Brielle with a worried look as she walked towards them

'He's fine,' said Heero as he went red in the face,

'We'll take him to the...' suggested Brielle but was cut off by Heero

'No, I'll look after him, he'll be fine soon,' he then turned his attention to Lionel, 'Besides some here mightn't like that idea knowing that we aren't worthy enough,'

Heero then walked back to Cyrus and sat down, 'We'll be alright,' Heero whispered to Cyrus, Cyrus growled in agreement

[Redemption]

[COLOR=Purple]OOC: I don't mind Yotska. I like having admirers :love: :D

Brielle looked concerned at Cyris Sin and Heero's injuries but thought better than to try and help him. He didn't seem to want it or need it. That hurt Brielle's sense of helping others but if they didn't want it, then they didn't want it. However, she grabbed Lionel by his arm and dragged him away to the side. She turned to him, eyes stormy.
" Don't you ever treat anyone like that again. We are all equals. I will not have this group of Riders fall apart because of some idiot who had issues with someone's elses class. As Orion said, we are all equals."

With that, she turned on her heel and left, with ScytheWing following close behind her. Alex followed her.
" So, you're not afraid of going to war?" he asked.
" No," Brielle replied truthfully as she sat down on a green lawn in the gardens again.
" Why?" Alex sat down beside her.
" My real mother and father were two of Orion's elite warriors in the Hundred Year War. Zerverius killed them himself. I am a warrior and peasant, yet I am treated like a royal because of their generousity. I have no fear of the death of myself. But I do fear for the death of others, innocent others. I want to protect them, just like my parents did."
Alex sat there shocked. He didn't expect this from an attractive girl like Brielle. He thought she would be going for the rewards or something.
[I]She may no be royalty by blood, but she is royalty by heart.[/I]

A sudden ringing of beels caught the Riders' attention. Brielle got to her feet swiftly.
" The Bells are ringing. AN ATTACK HAS HAPPENED!" she yelled to the others before sprinting towards the Great Hall of the Palace, ScytheWIng following closely behind. Alex jumped to his feet and, with his partner, ran after Brielle. The other Riders joined the race to the Great Hall. Brielle watched Orion come in view, standing on an outer wall of the Palace, looking at the rising smoke on the far horizon. His mood resembled that of a storm, ready to lash out at any time. Everyone assembled behind him. He faced them.
" The town Abydos has been burnt to the ground. The black army invades to the west. Go to them."
Brielle nodded, her expression determined. She turned to ScytheWing who unfurled his wings, ready for flight. She jumped into the leather saddle and they took off into the reddening sky.[/COLOR]

[Heero Darkangel]

Cyrus sin was up in a moment

'Cyrus are you sure?' questioned Heero

'Yes...it is why we are here,' growled Cyrus softly, Heero lifted himself onto Cyrus's back and they took to the sky after Brielle, with the other dragon riders

'Heero...are you ok?' questioned Cyrus

'I'm fine,' said Heero as he looked at Brielle, he felt embarrassed, she had shown him generousity but he threw it back in her face, He flew up beside her

'Heero, are you and Cyrus ok to fly?' she asked, he looked at her and his face once again reddened

'Yeah...' replied Heero as he felt his throat tighten, he didn't know how to tell her that he was sorry he looked across and noticed Alex frowning at him, and raised an eyebrow then carried on flying then turned his attention back to Brielle, 'I'm sorry for the what i did,'

Brielle looked at him and smiled, even though his attention was focussed ahead of them he then looked at her and gave a faint smile then focussed his attention out front again

Pulling away from her Cyrus groan, 'You like her?'

'I admire her strength and courage yes,' replied Heero blushing

'But...' questioned Cyrus

'Lets just leave it at that,' said Heero as he looked at Brielle

[Gelgoog Pilot]

A group of Dragon riders appeared in the distance, Zeddrick smiled to himself and petted Ragnrok.

The group sped towards the pillar of smoke rising from the trees, the limits of the city just begining to pass by beneath them. The leading rider started as a black blur flashed past her. A second later she realised something was wrong, and spun her dragon about.

"EMEMY!" She shouted to her comrades, it was too late. She had turned in time just to see two riders plumet to thier death, their heads following behind them. The riders former dragons screamed for lives of their riders and spiraled to the earth. The effect of all dragons when one of the pact dies.

The black dragon and its rider flew to the center of the city, randomly shrieking and dodging projectiles from the ground forces. It landed on a large balcony, and its loud voice boomed terror into everyone's hearts.

"From this day forward you shall live in terror! His majesty of the realm of Zerverius delacres war on the peoples of Celebrynn. Let the skies fill witht eh smoke of burning cities and the land become slick with the blood of the fallen! So sayith the messanger Zeddrick, of the family of Kieler!"

In another instant the Black dragon rocketed upwards climbing higher than most dragons dared. I became almost a dot in the sky when a huge bellow issued from the beast. A black stream came from its mouth and blasted into a sector of the city. A black cloud spread over the area, screams were barely perceptible and the cloud flowed into the nearby streets and dissapated.

Brielle looked on in horror as she recognized the attack...

"The Death element dragon! And how did that legendary elemental dragon fall into 'His' evil hands? No...I know that area of the city, it was the barracks...most of the city defenders were in there. How could they just fly in here like that? We were right here and we were so powerless."

[I]There I'm done....that should make him happy. Damn, my back...it still burns, 50 lashings. [/I]

[Are you ok Zeddrick...I sense pain...did one of those rabble strike you? ]

"No...my back it still aches" Zeddrick whispered clutching his back.

[He won't touch you again...I promise you this Zeddrick. You don't deserve to be treated like that.]

"It doesn't matter...We have to finish this, then we can rest Ragnrok...then we can have our peace."

[Skillgannon]

Sef sensed something was wrong before the dark shadow sped past Brielle, reacting instinctively to danger and spun a rapid spell, subtly distorting perceptions, and using the stronger forces of Mykkael to create a complex illusion in the nick of time to dupe the assault. The dragon riders of celebryn watched in horror as it seemed that 2 of their own had fallen to the black dragon. The assembled dragons attacked he distant dragon with a combination of their elements and flame.
?No yelled Brielle we must help the garrison!? swinging Sythwing around, as much as it burned her the man responsible for this atrocity would escape.
Zeddrick swung back to wards the distant smoke of the razed town.

Sef sped through the air astride the platinum blur which was Mykkael. Only the glittering blur of Caramel, was ahead of the pair.
?Damn that bitch is fast? Sef marvelled, even for a silver, her speed was uncanny, only the frequent excursions running ?errands? for Orion had had built the stamina that was slowly bridging the gap.
?Isn?t she wonderful?
Sef shook his head in disbelief at his awe struck dragon, prodding him in the ribs
?Snap out of it, I need your wits about you when we arrive, we were so close to losing 2 riders?
?Can you sense the others??
?Yeah the kites are flying low over-?
?Never mind Mykkael, can you project their locations to me?
?Riders can you hear me?? Sef?s voice carried to each rider as if he was sitting behind them.
?This could be the lure to an ambush, people, I know I didn?t need to say it , but I would appreciate it if I could have a look around first. Mykkael will circle around and approach the village through the woods to the north east?
With that the pair peeled off and streaked across the sky in a wide tangent.

Sef slid side ways off the silver dragon and plummeted earthward, he felt a savage joy as he chased his good sense in the deadly dive. There was nothing that he had experienced that quite matched the feeling he was experiencing, sure flying on Mykkael was a rush but speeding through the air at breakneck speeds with nothing under you was different. Plummeting through the thick white beds of clouds Sef conjured a bubble of air around his head to prevent himself from blacking out. Sef watched as the ground got closer and closer , suddenly he flung his arms up and thin rope like projections sprung from his arms and diverging and interlacing forming what looked like twin Christmas trees turned upside-down. This slowed his decent considerably and as soon as he was several feet of the ground he released himself landing catlike in a small clearing in the woods. The turbulence caused by the ghost of his spell hitting the ground scattered the leaves on the forest floor.
?Nice work, oh great hunter and woodsman, leave behind a disturbance even a twit could see.?
?Oh shut up, you always ruin my fun? Sef muttered an illusion into existence and slipped soundlessly form the restored clearing.
Sef drifted like a shadow through the forest, listening for the sounds of wildlife to forewarn the danger of running into other humans, or something more sinister.
?I?ll keep my mind open Sef, if you need help just call. In the mean time ill see if a can get up to some mischief?
?Hey Mykkael, lay off trying to help the silver if a skirmish breaks out, I think she?s more than capable of taking care of herself and her rider, and you if you piss her off?

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The muffled sound of heavy feet approaching reached the pair?s ears.
[I][Your knight in shining armor has arrived.][/I]

Valo planted his feet in front of Vanilla. "I'm not going to be very nice, but I am going to tell you what's true. I do that with everyone, not just you. I tell people what I think about them, and I think you're way too self-entitled. I saw you ordering Heero around."

[I]Wow, he's sooo cute
[Can you be any more dense?][/I]
"Hey, I wasn't ordering him around! Besides, he--"

"I know. Fact: it's your birthday. Fact: nobody gives a shit. Fact: based on what I've seen of you, you're going to be a liability in a dangerous situation." He drew his weapons and skillfully brought Vanilla to her knees. "See? I could have killed you had I wanted to."

"I didn't know you were going to attack me, love," Vanilla replied. She flipped her hair and picked up her flute. When she finally stood up, Valo saw no change in her proud countenance. And though he stared at her long, he didn?t notice the rosy color that now spread on her pale cheeks.

Valo continued: "That's not relevant. Danger can come from unexpected places. But if you're so sure you'll do better when you know it's coming, then why don't you prove it? In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm challenging you to a fight. Will you accept?" Vanilla gazed at the man for a long time. As the wind softly blew, light glinted and danced off his ebony hair.
[I]Ah! *sigh* To be this close to him. Lovely are his eyes of russet and raven. Yet loveliest is the sight of my eyes in them.
[Vanilla, this is not time for fair words. Please try to be serious. Mind that it is not Aceras you are dealing with.][/I]

Undeterred, Vanilla smiled at him. ?If it would please you, love, then I cannot refuse.? She drew Dulcet to her lips but quickly drew it back when the bells of Celebrynn pealed. And they heard the princess yell. ?The Bells are ringing! AN ATTACK HAS HAPPENED!?
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The company found themselves rushing towards Celebrynn?s outskirts. The fastest dragons went ahead of the group and among them was Caramel. A black streak was fast approaching the company and made no sign of stopping.
And then it made contact.
Caramel felt her load lighten. Crimson blood glistened on her silver hide.

[I]Caramel?[/I]
A great gust issued from around Caramel as she dived after her rider. She fixed her eyes on Vanilla and saw a deep gash on her side. Yet her rider stretched out her arms and smiled at her.
[I]Please don?t follow me?[/I]
And with that, the Rider closed her eyes.
A roar echoed throughout the city and a ferocious wind rose from the ground beneath Vanilla. It traveled swiftly upwards and gently caught the body with its soaring arms.
And the dragon wrapped its mighty claws around her rider and descended to the earth.

[B]OOC: [/B]
Vanilla simply likes Valo. Saw him once a-wandering and has been enamored of him since! Shallow, isn't it? :D
Lovely twist! A Rider has fallen, but she?s not dead yet!


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[Heero Darkangel]

Heero noticed above them that the clouds were thick, Sef may have been right when saying an ambush,

'Heero what is it?' questioned Cyrus sensing Heeros concern

'Those clouds...they look strange?...' whispered Heero

Cyrus looked up, 'that is because they're made by a strong force...'

'Come on...lets go take a look,' said Heero as Cyrus reared upwards and disappered through the clouds only to come up in the middle of a huge group of deformed Dragons and their riders

'OH HELL!!!,' roared Heero as they chraged at Him and Cyrus who's eyes glowed purple and he took a deep breath, Heero held on tighter to Cyrus as he exhaled and with that came a thunderous roar and and a stream of lightning from Cyrus's mouth which tore apart some of the deformed dragons,

'Look out!!!,' shouted Valo as a huge black figure plummited to earth with lightning rushing over its torn body, suddenly many more dropped

'What the hell is that!!!,' roared Alex as one missed him

'They're falling from the clouds!,' exclaimed Brielle, at that moment, 'they look to be Dragons but...OH MY GOD!' she gasped as she saw Heero on the back of one of the deformed Dragons fighting the rider, she watched as Heero cut the head of the rider off, ran down the back of the dragon and jumped off with his arms spreed out

'Cyrus!!!,' called Heero confidently, at that moment thunder rumbled loudly around them as Cyrus Sin dived down out of the clouds along with the deformed dragons behind him

'I'm coming Heero!!!,' he roared as lightning struck down the ones that followed behind him, suddenly More deformed dragons swooped down from the clouds and headed towards Heero who was still freefalling

Cyrus roared again and lightning struck down some of the deformed dragons but not all, Cyrus suddenly took a deep breath and exhaled with a deep growl and a stream of lightning exploded out of his mouth

'Oh shit!!!,' exclaimed Valo as Anglus breathed in deep and exhaled with a roar as a stream of light beamed out of Anglus's mouth tearing through some of the oncoming Deformed dragons,

Brielle watched on as Heero was engulfed by the stream of lightning exploding from Cyrus's mouth and ripped through the deformed dragon before it could get to Heero, she thought that he had been torn apart too until she saw Cyrus catch Heero on his back and rear upwards and then fly at a great speed towards the wave of Deformed Dragon

Cyrus stopped before them as they charged, his eyes now with lightning running through them, Heero held on even tighter as Cryrus looked up towards the clouds and let out a spine chilling roar, the clouds turned purple and suddenly a thick rain of forked lghtning and thunder poured down skriking every deformed dragon and ripping through them with ease, the thunder shook everything violently, when that wave of deformed dragons plummited to the ground a new way came

'Wipe them out,' whispered Heero menacingly

'With pleasure,' growled Cyrus as the flew towards them

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Valo, riding on Angelus, allowed the dragon to fight while he thought. [i]The man named Zeddrick rides on the Death dragon. He is obviously the leader of this attack, and probably one of Ilthazar?s top men. We have to take him alive.[/i] [Everyone, ignore the man Zeddrick and the Death-element dragon he rides on!] he sent to his allies and their dragons. [We need Zeddrick alive. I?ll take care of it.]

[Angelus,] he sent privatly, [Get me above that dragon for a dive.]

[Got it,] the dragon replied.


Zeddrick and his dragon were going after Caramel when a shadow passed over them. Zeddrick looked up to see another dragon diving down at them. Zeddrick directed his dragon to the side to avoid it. Before he knew what was happening, he was falling with another man.

Angelus had flown up high. She dove toward the mad Zeddrick and his dragon, who dodged to the side, exactly as they were supposed to. Valo lept off Angelus and slammed into Zeddrick, causing the two of them to tumble together in free-fall. Angelus, whose downward speed was enough to get her below the Death-element dragon, positioned herself below them, and they landed on her. She quickly flew low and rolled, causing the two on her back to fall to the ground. Valo, who knew it was coming, landed perfectly, but Zeddrick stumbled and fell. He got up quickly.

Angelus flew back up to do battle with the Death-element dragon. [Everyone,] Valo sent, [the Death-element dragon is now a target. Kill it. I'll deal with Zeddrick].

"What is your name?" Zeddrick asked as the two of them faced each other, weapons drawn.

"I am Valo," he replied. "Now, why don't we get down to business. it seems to me that we're enemies. Therefore, we're going to fight."

"Then you will die."

Valo chuckled. "I don't think so. Your dragon's too busy to help you, and I'm betting that I'm more than a match for you."

"We'll see about that."

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OOC: Remember, Valo's been at this for 20 years. He's good. I don't know how good Zeddrick is, but Valo's probably better (I say probably because I don't know how good Zeddrick is. If he's been at it for 20 years like Valo has, then he's just as good).

[naota]

OOC:: Heero why would I get shocked just by alittle cut on your head.Lionel is 25 and he have been training since he was born.Do you honestly think Lionel would get shocked by that.Lionel most likely experienced that before.Also Since there is so many post I might have done something wrong.So if I have just tell me.
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Lionel just finished drowning a enemy in darkness.He was then about to go look for more enemies untill when he heard thunder coming down.He had to race and dodge the thunder since there was many enemies there so he was most likely to get hit since they were crowding the place.

"Damn,we almost got hit"said Lionel in a calm voice

"Aww,forget about it our power easily out matches his."said Styx trying to calm down Lionel

Lionel started searching the skies for any more enemies in the sky.It was alittle breazy.He was getting alittle freaked out by this place because he could get jumped by a enemy easily.Then he saw in a distance about 7 of them in a group flying towards him in great speeds.

"Why didn't the thunder catch them"said Lionel curiously

"Hey,the guys strong but it doesn't mean he has the best range in the world." said Styx in a calm voice

"What ever,now about the dragons use the Darkness skull move we've been practicing." said Lionel eagerly

"gotcha!"said styx calmly

Styx eyes started to over flow with darkness,then he let out a great roar!Then behind the mob of dragons was a skull with alot of dark mist around it.Its eyes were glowing red.It caught up with the dragons and ate them.Then the skull was dropping towards the ground covered all over in a black mist.Untill the skull went through the ground as if it was thin air.Once it touched the ground alittle black mist started flowing around.Then the black mist started to fade into the air.

"Works like a charm."said Styx

"Wow,I love that skill"said Lionel happily

"Lets go search on the surface to see if any dragons got by us."said Lionel calmly

Then Styx flew quickly but he,and Lionel were keeping a eye out to see if they can spot anymore enemies.They were flying down untill Lionel spotted a fight that was about to happen between 2 dragon riders.

"Lets not get in their buisness" said Styx in a serious

"Fine with me" said Lionel calmly

Then Styx continued flying and started scaling the surface for any enemies that would roam the grounds.

[Skillgannon]

sef looked past the fallen sentry, through the break in the foilage he could spy the massed ranks of a leigon of foriegn troops.
Shit!!
" Mykeall get me airborn, i have to relay this to the others"
[I]"im, a bit busy at the moment," [/I] mykkael swept thru the ranks of of the enemy dragons, bladelike he cleaved a path with his wings, and tail.
Triing to shake off the irritaing pair belching fire from behind him, mykkael used his superior speed and climbed abruptly. roling himself into a ball, and wraping his wings around him, he droped like a stone from above the persueing dragons. suddenly opening his wings Mykkael darted at the higher of the 2. the magical turbulance created by his halt stunned the dragon momentarily and mykkael battered aside the rider and sunk his fangs into the dragon, twisting mykkael pushed off and ravaged the remaining dragon with elemental prowess before plummeting to scoop up Sef.

[Redemption]

[COLOR=Purple]Brielle watched the carnage around her. Her fellow Riders were doing well. She watched Heero and Cyrus take apart many deformed Dragons and their Rideers. However, her concern laid with Vanilla and Caramel.
" Scythe, dive. We need to get to Vanilla and Caramel."
Scythe brought his wings close to his body and plummeted towards the ground. As the ground rushed up to meet them, Scythe opened his wings slowly, gradually slowing down. As soon as Scythe's feet touched the ground, Brielle was out of the saddle and over to the silver dragon, cluthing her unconscious rider in her large scaly arms. Brielle approached Vanilla and saw the great gash in her side.
" Caramel, would you let me do something to Vanilla?" I promise I won't hurt her," Brielle said calmingly. Caramel looked hesistant.
" Caramel, brielle would never hurt a person on her side, trust her," Scythe added, trying to get Caramel to accept Brielle's help.
" Alright. What are you going to do to her?" Caramel asked as she laid Vanilla on the ground.
" Heal her," Brielle replied as she knelt beside Vanilla. Caramel watched intently. Scythe kept a look out for falling or attacking enemies. Brielle laid her hands on the gash in Vanilla's side. Her eyes turned as black as Scythe's hide. Her hands glowed a bright blue as Vanilla's skin started closing over the gash, the muscle underneath sewing back together. Caramel noticed a bright blue spot on Scythe's chest as he transferred some of his elemental power to Brielle. A few minutes later, the glow on Brielle's hands faded. She withdrew.
" Vanilla should wake up in a couple of seconds," Brielle said as she climbed onto Scythe's back. She and Scythe took off, joining the battle. Caramel looked intently at Vanilla, whose eyes fluttered open just after the Spirit partners departed. Caramel sighed, relieved. Vanilla looked blankly at Caramel.
" What just happened?"

The Riders fighting in the sky were overwhelmed by a second flood of deformed Dragons. The heroes were tiring, Brielle could see that. She felt it also after slaying countless Dragons and riders. She also watched Valo fighting Zeddrick on the ground. Angelus and the Death dragon were fighting furiously above her as Scythe dodged a wayward attack.
" Doesn't Valo know he can't defeat Zeddrick?! Fool! He'll go to his death!"
" Brielle, I think its about time to end this," Scythe breathed, feeling exhausted. Brielle breathed quickly. She was nearing the end of her strength. her sword felt heavy in her arms, where in reality, it was a light as a feather. Scythe perched himself on a rocky outcrop on the moutainside near the town of Abydos.
" Yes, time to end this," brielle breathed, " I know I shouldn't do this. But my comrades need all the help they can get."

Brielle's eyes turned black once again. Scythe spread out his wings, enlarging himself to his full size. Black misty figures of dragons assembled behind them, as if they sprang out of the moutains behind them. The army of long passed dragons charged forth, wreaking havoc in the Black Army. Brielle's fellow Riders had no idea where these ghosts of dragons came from. Brielle's breathing quickened again as she struggled to stay conscious. The power of Scythe was too much for her body to handle. Half of the remaining deformed Dragons were wiped out by the ghosts, the rest Brielle left for her friends. As darkness clouded her vision, Brielle gave one last command to Scythe.
" Get me home."

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[Delta]

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As Brielle and ScytheWing soared, Vanilla?s eyes fluttered open. She sat up and turned to her dragon. ?What happened??
Caramel gave out a squeal, or something that sounded like it. ?You?re alive! You?re alive!? She shook her head and great drops of silver fell from her eyes.
?Of course I am! Remind me to thank her later, will you? But my dress?? Vanilla sighed. ?Oh well. Can?t mend it now, can I? But for the mean time, we ride.? She leaped onto Caramel?s back and clenched her teeth. Though her wound has closed, it still burned with pain. [I]Stop smarting,[/I] she said to herself. [I]We've dragons to skewer.[/I]

The pair hovered above the city and scene slowly unfolded before them. The streets darkened with shadows of combating dragons. Not too far away were her fellow Riders, fiercely fighting off the raiding dragons. Black mist rose and lightning struck. Dust surged where falling dragons crashed. Beyond, a host of dragon spirits joined the melee. In that fateful day, it rained blood in Celebrynn.

Vanilla brought Dulcet to her lips. The deformed dragons that remained turned their heads to her as she sent the first notes. She played a bright tune that pierced through the dragons? roars. A number of dragons slowed down. She glared at them and the dragons came to a full stop. Now under her control, the dragons smiled idiotically and started swaying their tails with the music. They fell into formation in front of the pair.
?Lovely day for hunting ducks, isn?t it??
?Indeed, it is,? Caramel replied.

And they flew away as a Rider blasted the dragons to oblivion.
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[Heero Darkangel]

OOC: Hey I've edited the shocked part Deimos...hope that suits more of Lionels attitude
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IC:

Heero and Cyrus watched as the Deformed Dragons were anihilated and this threat was over,

'Come on lets go back,' said Heero as Cyrus turned and followed the others

Coming up on Celebrynn Kingdom, Horns of victory sounded across the valley and cheers were heard, Heero smiled at the sound of the people as they chanted in the courtyard

Heero could feel Cyrus's tireness from using so much of his energy

'Land in the garden Cyrus where its peaceful,' smiled Heero as Cyrus left the pack and went around the back

Cyrus landed as Heero jumped down, The beast then laid down with a groan

'I'm proud of you cyrus,' whispered Heero, 'Although I know your hurting from that fall, we shouldn't of gone out to fight,'

'I know but that is why we came here, to protect the land and i wasn't about to let everyone else go while i stay here to rest...it wouldn't of been right,' said Cyrus

'I know your right but after that fall and then having to use alot of your energy up against the enemy...I don't know you could of worn yourself out worser,' sighed Heero as he stroked the nose of the beast

'Yes i know that but as i said this is why we have come here,' spoke Cyrus as he lifted his head, 'I will be alright and you know that...I just need to rest for a while thats all,'

'Ok, do you need anything?' asked heero

'No but thank you Heero,' smiled Cyrus

'I'm proud of you,' whispered heero, 'you know that...'

'I know and I thank you,'

Heero sat up in the tree watching Cyrus sleep, He could hear the horns of victory still sounding out across the valley and peoples cheers of triumph...he smiled and continued to watch over his sleeping beast

[Redemption]

[COLOR=Purple]Brielle collapsed onto Scythe's back as the last of her strength left her. " You work yourself too hard my Brielle," Scythe said to himself as he launched himself into the air. His large leathery wings caught the air and he glided along, back towards the Palace.

In a short time, Scythe landed gracefully in the gardens. He stretched one wing out and masterfully moved Brielle from his back to his wing. He laid her underneath one of the giant oak trees and curled up behind the tree.
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[Heero Darkangel]

Heero watched as Scythe rolled Brielle off his back and onto the ground, Heero dropped down from the tree that he was in and slowly approached them

Sycthe had fallen asleep, Heero could tell that Brielle had drained herself

He walked into the castle and approached a maid and asked her for a blanket, after grabbing a blanket he walked back over to Brielle and laid it out over her

'Thank you,' he whispered while looking down at her as he remembered what she did for him before the battle had started

Brielle rolled over while still in slumber and Heero looked up and saw Scythe looking at him, Heero's face turned red from embarrassment and he took off back over by Cyrus Sin, climbed back up the tree and sat there his heart racing

'Heero..are you alright?' asked Cyrus as he woke up

'I'm fine...go back to sleep,' said Heero his voice sounding shakey, Cyrus smiled and fell asleep again

[Gelgoog Pilot]

Zeddrick took out his extended broadsword. Placing it heavily on his shoulder. Valo scoffed loudly.

"You're dragon slaying blade is nothing against the agility of my sword!"

"I'm glad...I didn't have it fashioned for ground battles really. I think though, that it will suffice." He grined as he took his cowl off, revieling a hansome face, long black hair down to his mid-back. A red tattoo on his face.

Valo struck swiftly, but Zeddrick dodged easily. He closed in...too close for another strike from Valo's sword. A kick caught Valo hard in the gut, sending him to his knees. Zeddrick hefted his blade, seemingly to take the beheading blow, but replaced it in the sheath.

"You're too cocky you know that...never underestimate an opponent with a cause. RAGNROK!"

"I..I told you...you're dragon is as good as dead!" Wheezing slightly.

The black dragon of death dodged a pass from her opponent, catching it in the face with her tail. Although a painless attack, it confused the Dragon for an escape. I swooped down getting low to the ground. Zeddrick jumped into the air landing onto Ragnrok, and making his way across the border. In the forest Sef silently boserved the leagion flash, then fade into the forest befoe him.

"Magic...they were a mere distraction..."

[CENTER]--------Above the border--------[/CENTER]

[You have to watch yourself...he surprised us. I couldn't help you down there. I did see you with an easy kill...why didn't you take it?]

"Why should I? He was a fool to take on the invasion commander of an army. HA! He thought I'd be a push over I bet."

[I think you're just getting soft Zeddy!]

"HA! Watch out, I don't take that kind of insult from just anyone! HAHAHAHA!"

[So do you want to get serious next time?]

"So much for our peace eh Ragnrok?"

((OOC: Um SkillGannon...I didn't kill any elemental dragon riders...just a couple of regulars. Something like the tons of riders killed in the battle. A kingdom like the one you're protecting is bound to have an sizable army of normal dragons and riders...so yeah...you killed my evil fun....shame on you! lol take it easy next time I kill something ok?))

[GuyYouMetOnline]

OOC: Valo doesn?t have a sword. He has two metal poles.

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They had all returned to the castle, Valo being the last to get back. everyone looked at him, wondering what happened to Zeddrick ?Damn, that Zeddrick guy?s good,? he said. ?He caught me off-guard with a nice dodge move, knocked me to the ground, and got away. he?s lucky he decided to run, though. Some moves give to time to get away, but those strategies aren?t any good in a battle to the death. I?ll get him next time, though. He was outmatched there, and he knew it. even if he?s just as good as me, he only carries one sword, while I have two poles. I wasn?t expecting him to be that good, but now I know. If I fight my best, I could take him with only one of my poles, which is what I plan to do. If he thinks he has a chance, he won?t run.?

Valo looked at Vanilla. ?I?m impressed,? he said. ?You did a lot better than I thought you would.? valo thought there wouldn?t be anything more between the two of them after that-he?d aknowladged her skill-but then he saw the look on her face. ?Oh, shit.?

?What?? Vanilla asked.

?I do not need this. I do [i]not[/i] need this.?

?Need what??

?You,? Valo said. ?Your pretty obvious infatuation, which will undoubtably result in you doing something very stupid, probably more than once. I was right when I marked you as a liability, but not for the reasons I thought. your infatuation with me will probably end with you getting yourself killed while trying to impress me. Don?t try, because it won?t work.? And with that, he walked away.

[naota]

Lionel just came in the castle when he was finished scowering the ground for anymore dragons.He decided to go in the garden and train his and his dragons magic attacks along with his regular fighting skills..Just incase there is another invasion and just incase he gets in another fight with Heero or any other dragon riders.He trained fighting his dragon Styx.Because he thought what would happen if his dragon was injured and couldn't fight and he had to fight a dragon and a dragon rider at the same time.He would wrap his dark energy around the dragon and wrap his wings to his back.So they couldn't fly.

Then Styx broke the dark energy and flew straight towards him.Lionel dodged it and smacked Styx in the head lightly.Then he practiced his fist fighting incase he should ever get his weapon knocked out of his hand.He practiced that then he practiced both untill they felt they were done.Lionel was already a good fighter using his own techniques but he felt he should train it more still.

Now styx wanted to practice his dark magic.He found out how to give people different features.Like he put wings on a squirrel but he forgot how he did it.He was practicing it it on Lionel for a while.He got it right and gave Lionel big navy blue angel wings.Styx was about to take the wings off untill.

"Wait,don't take the wings off I think I like it" said Lionel calmy

"Ok,gotcha boss" said Styx calmly

"You can go to sleep,I will start training my magic somemore" said Lionel eagerly

Styx closed his eyes and started falling asleep.Lionel started practicing his dark magic somemore.He started practicing that move that Styx did except in a different way.He started training the skull move.He changed it alot.Now its a Giant long dragon that has some of its skelleton showing that comes out and eats then burning them inside its stomach.Then it teleports them to a whole world of darkness.Unless Lionel feels like summoning them back to this world.

Also he has found a way to teleport him,and how to summon a big army of darkness that listens to anything that Lionel says.Also they are very sneaky.When ever he summons those darkness army a black mist appears where ever they are fighting just so they can sneak up on the enemy.

Some dragon riders started peeking out of the window to see what all the comotion was.But it didn't bother him,he continued doing what he was doing.Ocasionally taking rests on top of the tree.He also started training how to make his wings work like regular wings since he didn't know how to use them quite yet.

He practiced this,fighting,and his dark magic untill all the dragon riders get commands from the king.

[Skillgannon]

Sef landed in a half crouch on the lawn of the park, blood and gore splattered his tunic and leggings from the slaughter he and Mykael reined. He straightened and walked purposefully from the clearing,
?Where are you going? questioned Lionel.
?To see if there?s a pub!?
?I think you?d be better off finding the bath house? stated Lionel, wrinkling his nose.
?Point taken? admitted Sef, looking at this blooded clothing, he changed course.


Washing the gore off his body thoroughly with sandalwood soap, sef rinsed and eased himself in at one end of the vast rock pool that the bathhouse enclosed, fed by natural hot springs at the opposite end, the temperature of the water increased as you got closer to the end. Sef waded until he could barely stand the heat and leaned against the edge; the water eased his fatigued muscles and enveloped him in steam. Sef grimaced as the water stung the gashes on his body, he acknowledged the pain using Bara-ki-no, the way of the warrior, helping to reduce it to a dull throb. He would have to let Brielle look at these, as dragon induced wounds quickly festered, but let her rest for now, she has earned it. The water seemed not to be able to wash away the traces of remorse that remained in his mind, he knew that those dragons had been corrupted but he couldn?t help feel something for the magnificent creatures they had once been, Sef tried to dispel these feelings by seeking inner tranquillity.
?Hell I?ll never be a monk? chuckled Sef as his mind wandered, a smile escaped his lips at the brash antics of Mykael, as he picked up the young dragon?s thoughts.
Sef laughed under his breath, Ahh perhaps some dragons never grow up!

((ooc: sorry gelgoog pilot, i pannicked, my bad, amagoddess clarified with me in class, dont i feel sheepish lol :o ))

[Delta]

[FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=DarkGreen][B]They landed as quietly as they could in the far end of the garden. [/B]Under the shadow of the trees, Caramel sat and Vanilla took her usual place beside the dragon. For a long time they didn?t speak to each other.
[I][Are you still awake?]
Barely.
[Then go rest in the castle. I fear for your health.]
?Maybe later, Caramel. It?s still too early to end my birthday. And besides, I?ve a match to settle with my beloved, haven?t I? *sigh* I wonder where he is?[/I]

[B]Vanilla stood up and surveyed the garden.[/B] The other Riders have arrived with their dragons and were talking merrily amongst themselves. A few riders, though, were slumped on the backs of their dragons. Their dragons? heads were bowed as they made their way to the castle. Soon, the path they tread shone with silver drops.
[I]Hey, they?re crying?
[Of course. Their riders have fallen... Perhaps tonight, at the moon?s zenith, they will build a great funeral pyre.]
Let?s see their souls off then. Tonight.
[No. The send-off is not a sight for the jovial.]
As it should be.
[You do not understand. A dragon who is left behind will hold herself responsible for her rider?s death. As redemption, some choose the pyre over life so that they can at least fly the riders? souls to the Fields. I know you are aware of that peculiar behavior of ours.]
That?s why I told you not to follow me if ever? you know? I die. Because I know you will.
[You will be dead by then. How can your foolish ghost stop me?][/I]
Caramel chuckled. Vanilla turned towards her and grinned. "More reason for us to attend the funeral, then. I want to see what our pyre would have looked like--?

[B]Only then did they notice the growing sound of heavy boots trudging.[/B]
?I?m impressed.? Vanilla turned around and found Valo standing in front of her. A gasp escaped from her lips and her dragon snorted. ?You did a lot better than I thought you would.?
[I]Be still, my fluttering heart![/I]
?Oh, shit.?
?What?? Vanilla asked.
?I do not need this. I do [I]not[/I] need this.?
?Need what?? [I]Might this be the start?[/I] And for the second time that day, her cheeks were invaded by a rosy shade.
?You,? Valo snapped. Caramel, unable to suppress her laughter, burst. ?Your pretty obvious infatuation will undoubtedly result in you doing something very stupid, probably more than once. I was right when I marked you as a liability, but not for the reasons I thought. Your infatuation with me will probably end with you getting yourself killed while trying to impress me. Don?t try, because it won?t work.?

[B]Vanilla caught his hand as he turned to go.[/B] ?Heed, my beloved: I am also a Dragon Rider. I am here to protect Celebrynn. Your presence in the force is merely a lovely bonus for me. My heart grieves, for conceit made you think so lowly of my cause.?
And there they stood as their dragons looked on.
?Let go.?
She loosened her grip and watched him walk away.


[I][My, my. Your knight IS pompous.]
I know.
[Will you still seek him?]
*giggle* Why not?[/I]
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[Heero Darkangel]

Heero dropped down from the tree, he could see Lionel training

'He's good,' yawned Cyrus finally waking up

'That he is,' said Heero as he looked at Cyrus, 'How are you feeling?'

'Alot better thank you,' replied Cyrus and he rose to his feet and stretched out,

'Come on,' smiled Heero lets go for a walk right down the back

'Why don't we practise here?' questioned Cyrus knowing why Heero wanted to go way down the back off the garden

'You know I don't like to train infront of others...and besides...sure Lionel would rather practise alone than have a crowd watching, it can be distracting being watched,' smiled Heero and they walked off

'You just don't like practising infront of anyone...you go red to much,' mocked Cyrus

Heero frowned at Cyrus who began laughing.

They found a small clearing in amoungst some trees, it was peaceful and reminded him of his home on the out skirts of Celebrynn

'This looks like a good spot,' said Heero, 'Is it big enough for you?'

'Yes,' replied Cyrus, they could just hear the cheers and laughter from the palace

'Now...Lets get started,' said Heero as he went over a series of routines and then Cyrus joined in, with a deep growl Cyrus closed his eyes and began chanelling his power into Heero as Heero closed his eyes and concentrated, he stood holding the sword out infront of him, Lightning rolled over Heeros body and over the sword, Cyrus began chanting in a deep tone and Heero joined in, They both opened their eyes which now glowed purple with lightning blazing in them and Heero performed another lot of routines with his sword, and at the end of it all Heero chanelled the energy back through to Cyrus

'Thank you,' smiled Cyrus afterwards

'Well you can't afford to loose you energy...you know we only do that if we really need to...and thats only if,' said Heero as he put his sword away, and began doing some routines without his sword

[naota]

Lionel saw Heero training his dragon.Then he got an idea about training.He thought he was to used to training with Styx so he had to train with other dragons.Since he knew everyone of Styx's weaknesses.Teleported infront of Heero.

"Hey,I got an idea for training"said Lionel calmly

Heero stayed silent since he didn't want to waste his breath.

"Instead of training with your dragon train with mine.Since you probably know how to beat your dragon what if your dragon gets injured.Then you will need to learn how to defeat another dragon agree'd?" Said Lionel still calmly

"Sure,but if you hure Cyrus badly I will kill you" Replied Heero

"I would like to see that.Anyway lets get to work,and by the way there is no weapons allowed"said Lionel

Lionel woke up Styx and told him the news.As Heero told Cyrus.Then Lionel started training with Cyrus.

"Use all your power on me Cyrus" said Lionel eagerly

Cyrus let out a big roar and thunder started plowing down to the ground.Lionel started teleporting away from the lighting while Cyrus was flying in the air.He then put darkness energy around his body so he can strap his wings to his body so he couldn't fly.

"If you can't beat me Cyrus you have no chance again the big guys." said Lionel in a teasing voice

Lionel then flooded that little area in a black mist so Cyrus couldn't see him.Then the black mist started to lift and Lionel was flying just above his head.

"You need more practice" said Lionel smirking

Then Cyrus did multiple thunder bolts and Lionel started dodging it.Cyrus started running out of energy.

"Take a rest to regain your magic power" said Lionel

He then took a look to what Heero was doing with his dragon.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Valo noticed them training, and walked over to them. "What are you doing?"

"We're training," Lionel told him.

"Training," Valo said. "If you're training, then you're better off not being here."

"What?"

"If you're training, then you shouldn't be here," Valo repeated. "What we're doing is going to be extremly dangerous. Some of us will probably die. If you're still training, then you don't belog with this group."

"What's bad about training?"

"if you're training," Valo replied, "then you're not ready. Let me guess: you don't know what I mean. You're going to say that everyone trains, even the best. That it not true. That's practice. Everyone practices. Training is different. When you're training, you're learning how to do something. When you practice, you're working on keeping and improving the skills you learned in your training. Nobody who is still training should be here, because anyone in training will, I can virtually garuntee, be killed when go after Ilthazar. So I reccomend that you leave now. Unless you're actually practicing, in which case, let's see how good you are." Valo drew his poles. "This is a challenge. Will you accept?"

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OOC: I know I've said this before, but Valo's been training/practicing for 20 years. He will probably win if Lionel accepts his challenge.

[naota]

OCC:Lionel is 28 and has been training/practicing all his life.I seriously doubt it.He started training at age 4 so I would say he been training for 24 years.I made it so I win.But I let you get alot of good hits I think. O.o .If you think Valo could have done alittle better tell me so I can change it.Also you would have kicked my but if you trained longer.Everyone knows that when it is a battle between light and dark that light will always win.
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Lionel gave him a dirty look.

"I will be happy to.But no killing once the opponent gives up you stop"said Lionel

"What ever"said valo

Lionel drew his staff.And got ready for battle.

"Lets go!"said valo as he charged to Lionel

Lionel easily ducked to that attacked and hit him in his stomach.Valo then gave Lionel multiple punches to the face making Lionel fall.Valo tried to stomp on him but Lionel dodged it.Lionel flew in high in the air and swooped down putting all his power into his staff but Valo luckily dodged it.Lionel then covered the area in a dark mist.So Valo couldn't see him.Lionel then flew back into the air and used his darkness to wrap around Valo's body.Lionel then swooped down to Valo and got free hits.Valo then tripped Lionel and started pounding him with the poles.Lionel then jumped on to his feet and kicked Valo in the stomach then the head.Then he covered the area into darkness and dissapeared into the mist.

"Is that all you can do? Hide and run away in your darkness"said Valo teasingly

"Its all about strategy"said Lionel

Lionel then appeared behind Valo.Valo anticipated that and elbowed him in the stomach.And hit him on the head.Then Lionel smacked him in the face with his staff causing his to get a bloody face.Lionel then started punching him and was about to smack him in the head again but Valo grabbed the pole and tried to hit Lionel with his poles.But the pole went right though his and he dissappeared into the air.It looked as if Valo just hit smoke because thats exactly how Lionel dissapeared into the air like smoke rising from a ciggarrette.Valo decided to stop playing around so he light up the area so Lionel couldn't hide anymore.

"My eyes!" Said Lionel

"Aww who cares anyway? I am like a ghost now because of my training.Or as you call it practicing." said Lionel mockingly

Valo stayed quiet concentrating on Lionel.Valo heard a foot step and smacked Lionel with all his might on the ribs.This aggrivated Lionel so then he wanted to finish this quick before he gets hurt anymore.Valo was about to hit him while he was on the ground but Lionel quickly teleported a few steps back.He made a Falcon out of his Darkness and he made it ram Valo to the ground.Then Lionel made a big leap into the air and landed standing over Valo.

"It's over"Lionel said in a serious vouce

"No it isn't"said Valo with a plan

Lionel looked confused.Valo kicked him straight in the nuts.Leaving Lionel to jump straight on the ground in pain.Lionel was sweating alot from the pain.Valo then jumped to his feet to get alot of hard hits to Lionel.But then Lionel got serious stood up and wrapped up Valo's body in darkness with all his might.While Valo was trying to break through it with Light.Then Lionel made another falcon from darkness.Except that this one was extremly huge and Lionel made his Falcon but his mouth just over Valo's head.

"IT'S OVER NOW!"said Lionel in complete anger

Valo then made more light that killed the falcon.Then Lionel got so angry he made a Giant dragon bigger the the palace its self.That wouldn't be weakened by his light.The dragon let out a big roar shaking the place.Which caused the people to look out the window to see what was going on.The dragon eyes were consentrated only on Valo just like Lionel's eyes were.As Lionel grew angrier so did his giant dragon.The dragon let out another big roar.While it was doing that Valo broke free out of the clutch Lionel had on him.He was charging to finish him but Lionel made some skelletons out of darkness and got their hands to pop out of the ground grabbing Valo's feet.Then he wrapped him up in darkness again very tightly.That bind was too strong.Valo then used all of his Light power and shot it into the dragons heart.The dragon was killed by to much darkness and died in a big explosion Valo then broke free from the grasp Lionel had again.

Lionel then started charging into the darkness that the dragon left.Lionel tripped him and Valo bumped his head and Valo's legs hit Lionel in the back of his knee both falling on their neck getting knocked out for a short period of time.

Styx stoped his training and walked over to Lionel and carried him under the tree making him lie down on the ground.He then rapped himself around Lionel to keep him safe incase anything should happen.Styx then woke up Lionel and told him what happened.Then Lionel just started resting.Cyrus went back to Heero and started training with him.As Lionel fell fast asleep.

"Guess its a draw?"said Heero curiously