*1 week has passed and it''s almost time for Sora to go.*
It''s early in the morning and Sora wakes up as usual, “Kobadera, how''s the food coming along?” Sora states and Kobadera responds, “pretty good kid.”
“Have you heard about the meteor, it vanished.” Sora looks at Kobadera and says, “isn''t that old news? You shouldn''t worry about it that much.”
Kobadera shrugs his statement off and tells him, “any news is informative, even with one week left, you still rush through things huh kid.” all the while giving Sora a smirk.
“Oh Don’t talk to me like that Kobadera, I''ve learned a thing or two from being here and you know it.”
Kobadera looks at Sora and says in a pretentious way, “sure, kid.” and continues, “either way Sora, while I do joke around I confidently say, you are much stronger than before.” Sora smiles.
“But you''re still only 17 kid”
Sora’s smile turns into a slightly agitated face, “okay old man, how old are you then, if I recall last time we celebrated your birthday in September you were turning 43, you''re almost halfway there.”
Kobadera puts the omelet on the table and tells Sora, “seems like someone thinks just because they are 17, they can become grown up and be ignorant, guess you haven''t learned that you have to respect your-” Kobadera stops and under his voice, “well played.”
Sora starts laughing and Kobadera starts to laugh too, “So kid, one week huh?” Kobadera asks, “yeah, one week” Sora tells him.
Kobadera tells Sora, “Well if anything comes up, you know you got a home here, although, judging from your past, you won''t be able to take a plane flight for a while right?”
Sora questions, “How did you know?” “Kid, most of us knew, your story, or the bits and pieces of it helped us understand you left your home. Chances are by now you''ll be.”
Sora interrupts him, “presumed dead?” Sukehito looks at him and says, “yeah, so you do know, then putting it together, me, Jade, Shara, and even Sonia know, little Aria doesn''t know since she''s young.”
Sukehito looks down at the wooden counter, “well kid, safe travels.” Sora responds with, “I''ve still got a week.” Sukehito smirks, “I know, I''m referring to training with Sonia, still rushing to conclusions.”
“Are we still on that??” Sora slightly raises his voice.
*After a few minutes Sora finishes eating his food and goes to Sonia''s house, but this time around there was no training sessions just relaxing*
We went into the bar while it was closed for the weekend and watched a few episodes of some anime or T.V. shows as Jade went in and out of sleeping and waking up.
Right after that it turned into 6 p.m. and with the spare time we had we went to Kobadera’s family and stayed there while eating more popcorn and relaxing on the couch.
No one brought up the fact I was leaving, I''d say it was because there a week left, why focus on something that''ll happen when you can enjoy the moment, after an hour and a half we decided to head back to Jades place, but Sonia decided to take me somewhere.
It was a place she usually goes to, it was around a 20 minute walk, we took some bottles of water and hit the road so I can see it.
To my surprise it was a glamorous mountain overlooking the entire city, it was located near an abandoned park and Sonia usually went there to let off some steam and just take in the city lights at night.
“This place was a place I''d go to, to just let go of some pent up frustration I had, I never thought that I''d see a day when I didn''t rely on it.” Sonia explained in more detail as she went up to the railing and grabbed onto it.
Ever since you came along, this past month has been eventful, and pretty fun. These feelings are enjoyable… I-
After those words came out of her mouth I felt a bit of joy but, it quickly turned into confusion.
We felt as if the ground was starting to shake aggressively and without hesitation we looked around at the ground and to me it felt strange. I rushed to the railing and held on to it with Sonia.
*As this was happening back at the Kobadera’s bar*
“What the hell is going on” Kobadera says confusingly as he got under the counter, the glass started to shake violently as each one fell viciously down on the ground.
“When the hell were there earthquakes like these in Houston?”
And it wasn''t only in those locations, Jade felt the tremors and all the way over at Kobadera’s house Shara was starting to hold Aria in her arms while they were under a table as the show that Sora and Sonia instantly turned into an alert with sirens going off then into breaking news.
“This just in, there is currently a earthquake occuring worldwide, our studio is shaking and it seems to be getting stronger, we advise those in our local area and to anyone that can hear us. Seek shelter immediately!”
The broadcast ends then continues the alarms and over at the park with Sora and Sonia, Sora looks up and sees it.
A prismatic comet coming down from the darkened skies shedding light across the city and everything else in the vicinity. “What the?” Sora says as the shaking becomes more viscous and Sora can barely maintain his balance.
“Damn it” Sora says begrudgingly as the same comet starts making a unbearable high screech sound as the vibrations get worse and everything for a moment turns white.
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As the world itself gets enveloped in the prismatic color and the blinding white light Sora''s eyes open up again.
For a weird reason, he felt odd as if his body had felt slightly lighter and stronger than usual, as Sonia opens her eyes and looks at Sora she asks him, “Sora, what wa-”
Multiple loud explosions happen in the city.
“Sorry to cut you off Sonia, but we don''t have time, go to Jade, make sure he''s okay!” As Sora grabs her shoulders with vigor she nods and starts running.
“What happened?” he starts to question himself, “I should go check Kobadera…” While Sora thought about it he looked up and saw a red trail relatively close.
At first Sora did think about Kobadera but because of sheer curiosity he wanted answers as to what happened.
So Sora started to run behind the trail as fast as he could, and to his surprise he had been moving faster than normal.
Sora had always mentally tried to keep track of his top speed around 15-20 mph but, for some reason at that moment he easily broke through that limiter and ran even faster. Sora didn''t think much of it since his belief at the time was adrenaline.
Little did Sora know that at the time his body started to emanate light as he started to run.
As he ran he noticed that there were even more loud explosions happening from the city, he knew that if he turned around and went back he wouldn''t be able to see what happened. But the noises grew further away, harder to hear, but still impactful.
Around 10 minutes passed and he saw something, something that looked odd, “is that a crater?” He told himself, “seems like no one is here yet, with everything that''s happening it seems like the cause is at the back of everyone''s mind right now.” As Sora had his inner monologue he started to walk towards the crater.
And at his disbelief he said, “you''ve got to be kidding me…” his eyes widened and a sweat from pure fear started to drip down his face as he looked at it.
The wings, the large teeth, dark red scales on its body as heat emanates from it in a curled up form.
“I only thought these were fairy tales” he points out, “but that''s a dragon…” As he said those words out loud Sora started to back up slowly so as to not wake the dragon up.
But before he knew it, he heard a voice in his head, “human” it said.
“Who''s there?” Sora replied back, “I''m the creature you see over there” the voice said as Sora starts to question his sanity.
“I see, I''ve lost it, great t- time to go back.” Sora tells himself but something deep down for some reason held him there. Whether it was by moral obligation, or the urge to help the creature Sora couldn’t move.
Sora asked, “What do you want, what are you, and who are you?.”
“My name is Ignatius, I am a fire dragon from a distant world, I know this world might refer to us as dragons but we are different from those in your records.”
Sora looks confused, and continues to question Ignatius, “okay, Ignatius, why are you here?” Ignatius stays silent at first and then tells Sora, “I can''t disclose that information, however I am truly sorry human.”
Sora looked at the dragon''s body, “Sorry? For what?”, “Your once peaceful life has changed, we didn''t expect that this would happen when we entered your world…”
“I am unsure but from what I can see and feel coming from you… your elemental ability, although weak right now.” As Ignatius said those words Sora told him to stop.
“What do you mean elemental abilities?” As he looks at his body he notices the scar that was once inflicted on him was glowing, radiating a weird light. “What the hell?” He takes off his bandages and sees it even clearer.
Sora tries to maintain his composure, “What did you do to me?” He questions the dragon as he gets angrier and puts bits and pieces together, “What did you do to this world!!”
As he says those words he comes down enraged and the dragon starts to explain, “I''m sorry, we were running, we tried to hide, we didn''t expect that this planet was going to split us up when we entered it.”
Sora looks down at the dragon as he continues, “we had to run, we had no choice, if we wanted to live we had to… I want to help you humans, as part of the reason behind the situation unfolding in this world, I want to help you.”
Sora looks at Ignatius and says, “How do you even think I can trust you?” Ignatius responds, “You can''t, but I can help you advance your abilities even more to be able to fight, to be able to protect those that are close to you.”
“I don''t know what type of person you are but I, I was a dragon that wanted to help my fellow dragons, and I want to be able to protect those that we have inflicted these powers onto.”
Sora begins to recognize his pain and guilt as he sighs, “You know something dragon, no Ignatius, I can sympathize with you. I''ve been wanting to protect others for a while. I trained and honed my body and my mind all to just help others.”
Sora tells him, “what''s done is done, if we''ve got these elemental powers even by accident, we''ll have to deal with them, so my question is, Ignatius, how far are you willing to go to help me understand what''s happening.”
Ignatius pauses and begins, “Your elemental ability is the basic light element, temporarily boosts your movement and is pretty limited by its type. If you will it, imagine it, and your body is capable enough, the ability can evolve.”
Sora looks surprised and he tells the dragon, “fine, thanks for telling me.” As Sora turns around to look away from Ignatius he speaks one more time, “human, may I know your name?”
“It''s Sora, Sora Sanano” the dragon looks at him with his eyes opening up slightly, nice name, “Sora do wish to have power to protect those close to you.”
Sora says, “of course, why else would I have sympathized with you.” Ignatius asks in a weak voice, “Then… Sora can you place your hand on my body?”
Sora talking to the dragon gains enough trust for this, he goes up to the dragon and puts his hand on him.
“I Ignatius give Sora Sanano the power of my origin, and through mutualism we shall thrive to help those in need, Sora do you accept these conditions.”
Sora looks at Ignatius and says, “You know what.” As he takes a deep breath in, “I accept your origin” As those words are spoken the dragon''s body begins to burn up as fire begins to come out.
The dragon''s body begins to turn into the flames In a brilliant spectacle, as those flames start to envelope Sora''s body and infuse itself into Sora.
As Sora feels the flames enter his body he begins To feel a kinship with the dragon, not by species but by common goals. As the fire goes into his body the last particles of the dragon dissipate and turn into flames going into Sora.
Then, for a second the flames disappear, pure silence in the night as Sora''s body erupts with a brilliant light of fire as Sora begins To hear Ignatius once again.
“Sora Sanano, I Ignatius the fire dragon will aid you in your quest, but one last order of business, anything special to you?”
Sora instantly thinks about the shirt with vines and flowers on it that he found at the wreckage of his home and Ignatius instantly sees the image in Sora’s head as the right side of his arms start to get those same symbols from his shirt as if they''ve been engraved into him.
Ignatius continues to talk, “To others, it may seem like a decoration on your skin, but to you, and to the people that find out, this is your mark of your fire dragon origin element.
Sora looks and grins, “Don''t you think it''s kind of overbearing Ignatius?”
Sora can feel Ignatius’ grin, “not really, that''s for you to decide, but it''s a precious mark huh.” Sora smiles as he looks at it, “it sure is.” Either way, let''s go see what happened to the other Ignatius.