Boldly Going Nowhere

Disclaimer: Fuckin ass any lawyers come near me I will
unleash the mighty Speedy on them.

Spl>Speedy: Huh?

Myst: Bwahahahahahaha.

Griffin: Me thinks the writer has snapped.

Summery: Ryuu's back-story. Get a box of Kleenex ready his
story is quite sad.

Ryuu: Um no it's not.

Myst: Yes it is.

Ryuu: No it's not.

Myst: Yes it is.

Ryuu: *transforms into his true form* NO IT'S NOT!

Myst: *transforms into her Dracogriff form* NO IT'S NOT!

Ryuu: *still in true form* YES IT IS I LIVED IT FOR GOD'S
SAKE!

Myst: *turns around a starts to fly off* If you say so
dragon boy.

Ryuu: *goes back to his humanoid form* DAMN! I hate it when
she does that.

Lez: She was just setting you up to knock you down and you
couldn't see it.

Ryuu: Shut up Wolf mutt.

Lez: Grrr...

Will: That wasn't smart Ryuu.

Ryuu: Why what's the worst she can do. Break a surfboard
over my head.

*CRACK SNAP*

Ko: How bout one better. A snowboard.

Ryuu: @_@

Lez: Here's the story folks. You know what that felt really
good.

Ku: No shit!

Lez: What me to do that to you.

Ku: *squeaks* No!

Will: *holds up the title sign.*

Chapter 5

Draconic Dilemma

When Kagome pulled into the small private parking lot behind
the shrine, and after parking her little Toyota car next to William's Ford Echo
that his grandfather gave him, she listened as Will opened the passengers door
and climbed out. Then lifting up the seat Ryuu bolted out with a happy yell.
She watched as the dragon youkai pulled off his concealing rosary, His hair
became a brilliant blue-green, the scales formed around his eyes and faded into
his skin which tool on a slight greenish ting, scales also formed at the nape
of the neck which spread out and down over his shoulders narrowing and going
down his back where a scaled tail sprouted out of his back side. Two curved horns
swept back over his head. Scales formed slightly on his arm, hands, legs, and
feet. She watched as he turned around grinning widely at her baring his stout
fangs.

"Hey Kago I think Asami-san's fixin Oden."

Kagome smiled as she slowly walked toward to stairs leading
up the back of the shrine, "Yeah I know." She watched as Ryuu dashed
up the steps where he sat down at the top. She thought back on what mom had
told her about Ryuu before he had come to live with them

*Flashback in italics*

"Kagome, dear, I
need to speak to you about something important."

She remembered her mom steering her into the den and sitting
her down on the Sofa.

"What is it
mom?"

"Remember my old
job with social services?"

Asami, at one time, was a counselor for social services and
specialized with kids and especially troubled teens. Kagome remembered how when
they had family outings she would always bring one or her "kids" as
every one called them, because most of these kids were from bad backgrounds and
might never have the chance to go to an amusement park or to the beach. One
time they even took one of the "kids" with them on vacation to
Europe.

"Yeah mom."

"Well tomorrow I
have to go pick up your new foster brother."

"Foster brother!?
When did you do this mom?"

"A few weeks ago
while you were in Feudal Japan. I sat down and talked with Souta and Ji-chan.
We all agreed to this and thought that you wouldn't care."

Kagome remembered sitting there and listening to what her
mom knew about Ryuu. At this time they didn't know that Ryuu was a youkai.

"The boy's name
is Rikku Ryuu. He's 15 years old and has no parents."<

"What happened to
them?"

"When he was
eight they died in a horrific auto accident. Along with his parents his baby
brother and his big sister were also killed. He miraculously survived shielded
by his mother’s body. After the accident he was shuttled from foster home to
foster home and from orphanage to orphanage. He had grandparents but they had
disowned his mother, and wouldn't claim him as their grandson."

When Kagome had meet Ryuu she couldn't see that accident
happening to such a cheerful boy. It wasn't until later on during dinner that
they realized the full extent of why he was so unwanted.

All evening since Ryuu
arrived Kagome had been having chills' they were the same type of chills that
she had around youkai in the Shingoku Jidai. She glanced over at the slightly
relaxed 15 year-old boy who was currently stuffing Oden down his gob. The
chills seemed to be coming off of him. Ryuu looked up from the empty bowl and
pointed his chopsticks toward the chicken teriyaki. Somehow Kagome couldn't
picture this lively boy as the picture the social worker gave them of a little
8 year old boy with blank staring eyes that held no spark of life. Still that
chill radiated from him making her uneasy.

They had just gotten
done with dinner when Kagome heard footsteps coming up the hall. Ryuu's head
snapped up and his eyes seemed to flash. For a second a deep fire seemed to
erupt deep in his eyes. At that moment to shoji slammed open and a mad hanyou
stood in the doorway bristling. Ryuu had stood up snarling. Kagome sat there
between the two and clearly heard Inu growl out 'dragon' and Ryuu snarled
'dog'. A well-placed sit soon had Inu hugging the floor and Ryuu sitting on the
floor laughing at him.

The rest of the dinner
had gone semi normal. Souta admired Ryuu just as he did Inu. Ryuu sat there
entertaining them with a glass of water that he was making do tricks because he
was a water dragon. Inu had seemed jealous of Ryuu for some reason.

The rest of that night had been a blast and the next morning
she went back to the Shingoku Jidai. Once she got to the top of the steps she
glanced toward the well house. She had stopped trying to go through long ago;
instead she had made it into a shrine for her friends. On the eve of the battle
she would go in, sit down, and talk to them hopping that somehow they heard
her.

Looking over at the house she hopped beyond all hope to see
a disgruntled dog demon sitting in the trees watching her. No that would never happen
he was dead along with all of her other friends. The only friends she had that
might still be alive would be her youkai ones.

~~~~~~~Fin~~~~~~

Kay with that done we find out about our poor mistreated
Dragon buddy. I told you his story was sad and that the flash back would be
funny. Um while I was writing this I listened to some great tunes so here they
are if you want to get them i totally recommend it.

Trio: The Pillows Rule!

Me: In this order. Alucard's Theme from the anime Hellsing.

Trio: Gothic Blues man. Perfect Vamp music.

Me: Bad Dog No Biscuit from Cowboy Bebop.

Trio: Hehehehe. The background music for episode two where
they acquire Ein the Data Dog.

Me: Carnival sung by the Pillows (FLCL)

Trio: Furi Kuri (FLCL, Fooly Cooly) all the way. This group
rocks download their music it's great.

Me: Rain from Cowboy Bebop.

Trio: The final song of Cowboy Bebop when Spike kills
Vicious.

Me: Simple and Clean (Full English Original) by Utada
Hikaru.

Trio:gdomgdom Hearts video game theme song. Need to purchase
game and finish.

Me: Salvia Nos from Noir

Trio: Anime Insider said ‘A get up and groove song.’

Me: Tank! from Cowboy Bebop

Trio: Opening theme.

Me: Simple and Clean again only the Japanese version.

Trio: From the Japanese Kingdom Hearts. Disney meets Final
Fantasy.

Me: We Have a Theme Song the Pillows (FLCL)

Trio: Pillows again. We have a lot of this.

Me: Ride on Shooting Star also by The Pillows. (FLCL)

Trio: Ending theme for FLCL

Me: Philosophy in a Tea Cup off of Trigun

Trio: Anime Insider says 'Lite jazz meets electronica.'

Me: Change the World (English) do I have to mention this
one.

Trio: Inu baby.

Me: Subhuman another The Pillows piece. (FLCL)

Trio: Pillows Pillows.

Me: White Reflection from Gundam Wing

Trio: Endless Waltz ending theme. I love Gundam Wing. That
was the anime I was based off of anyway.

Me: Advice from The Pillows. (FLCL)

Trio: Nice rockin beat.

Me: Love Seeker (Can't Stop It) from Ranma 1/2

Trio: I think it's the second or third season opening Theme
song.

Me: Runners High from The Pillows (FLCL)

Trio: Woooooo....!

Me: and Last but not least Vash's Theme from Trigun.

Trio: Jazz again. This is Vash's walking theme it's all over
the Anime.

Me: Start over from top cause I had my Winamp player on
repeat. All of these songs were downloaded on Kazaa and should still be on
there. Embrace the music from Japan.

Trio: Japan is crazy for Bluegrass. No kiddin.