suddenly ripped from her shoulders. She flew off into the sky in search of Dragon. She still had her white coat.

Nes landed on a near tree and watched the battle. Her wings disappeared and she eyed Dragon. She smiled. He wasn't really killing them. She smiled brightly, her tail wagged. She watched the humans, her eyes glowing brightly.

Unaware that he was being observed by Neschume, Dragon kept knocking down the humans as if they were dominoes. The warriors managed to surround him, but it didn't matter. It would never matter. Dragon then took The Vindicator and wholely shattered their flimsy swords like pebbles. Horrified of the seemingly invincible demon, the humans began to shoot at Dragon with poison arrows, but to no avail (and to no surprise) Dragon then proceeded to beat at least half of them within an inch of their lives with their own arms and legs, then finally grabbing several of them by their legs and swinging them aroung like rag dolls. Half an hour later, the horribly beaten warriors fled as they admitted submission, and this was confirmed by Dragon roaring out of victory "GO! GO AHEAD AND RUN, YOU STUPID SISSIES! COME SEE ME WHEN YOU ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY USE WEAPONS!", the humans could do nothing but fling their arms in the air, stupidly wail, and run off....

Neschume shook her head, but stayed put. She looked around, studying the area. She yawned and flicked her tail. She watched as the humans fled. She turned her attention to Dragon.

Dragon scanned the area for any more humans before changing back into his regular form. Dragon thought to himself 'Another day, another battle.....But at least Neschume's safe..That's all that matters..' As he began to slowly lift off, something happened. Dragon's look of stone turned into horror as he grasped his heart and fell to the ground with a hard THUD...

"Dragon!" Neschume yelled and leaped and landed beside him. "Dragon, whats wrong?" she said and looked at him, her eyes clouded with worry. She pushed her nose to some of the wounds and licked them. She then looked at him, her eyes staring into his.

Dragon's body was shaking violently as he let out ungodly roars. His eyes turned bloodshot as his pupils faded. His fur bristed and his blood ran white-hot. Unknown to Neschume, Dragon's Demon-form was trying to overthrow Dragon's humanity and take complete control of the mysterious wolf. Dragon got up as he fought his darker side. He managed to keep it at bay in a couple agonizing minutes. Dragon's eyes rolled into the back of his head and passed out in front of Neschume....

"Dragon!" she yelled and put her pawson him and shook him. She thought he was going into shock. Her fur bristled and licked his head trying to wake him.

After several minutes, a horrificlly hurt Dragon weakly opened his eyes as he looked at Neschume. He barely had any energy to say "N-Nes.....How'd you get here...Wh-What happened...?..."

Neschume smiled and licked Dragon's face. "You'll be okay." she said and sat up and looked down at him. What was this feeling she had. She wagged her tail, happy that he was awake. Her eyes were kind and she smiled happily.

Dragon could barely move. He weakly looked into Neschume's eyes. For whatever reason, at that moment he felt safe. For the first time in years, he felt safe. Dragon faintly smiled at Neschume, his newfound friend....his only friend.

"Stay here, I'm going to go get some herbs." she said and ran off. She looked back at him, then vanished into the forest. She looked around. She sighed, trying to think what herbs did which.

Dragon had begun to breathe normally again as he began to think about what had just happened to him 'What was The Vindicator doing? Am I not allowed to care anymore? Not allowed to fight for good? To think for others for once? To protect others like.....like Neschume?' Dragon then paused at the thought of her name....Something about her eyes, her smile....It not only calmed him down, but it reminded him of someone he knew long ago. As Dragon continued thinking to himself, he drifted off into a deep sleep...

Neschume returned, but he had already fallen asleep. She smiled a bit and put the herbs in her mouth and she chewed them to a paste and layed them on nearby stone. The moon was already rising over the two wolves. She sighed and dipped her paw in the herb paste and spread it on his wounds. She kept ehr paw still for moment, just to feel his fur on hers and feel his hearbeat. She smiled a bit and when she was done and she curled up for the night.

Dragon woke up several hours later and looked at his side to find Neschume curled in a ball right next to him. He looked up to see a starry sky as he thought 'How long have I been out?' He scanned the area for any threats. He looked at Nechume once again. He looked at her for a few minutes, spellbound by her beauty. Dragon faintly grinned to himself as he fell back asleep once more...

Neschume yawned when the heat of the sun woke her. She squinted her eyes closed and rubbed her eyes of sleep. She yawned again and stood up, shaking the dew from her pelt. She yawned again and stretched, her bones cracking noisely. She flicked her tail and looked down at Dragon. She smiled and stretched again before she headed into the forest to go look for breakfast for them...

In a dream Dragon was having, he was walking in a wheat field that was lighted by a dawning sun. the breeze felt good against his black fur. But then; that breeze kept getting colder and colder....Dragon turned around to see what was going on. He saw the breeze begin to manifest into a physical form; a white fox with a grey tilt. Dragon's look of confusion turned into one of hate and anger as he quickly reconized who it was. Dragon growled "Zellion....."

Zellion smiply smirked at him as he said in a strong, British accent "Dragon...Dragon...Dragon...Did you really think you could run away forever? I thought we had a deal..."

"A deal?!" Dragon barked "That was no deal! If anything, what you did to me was more of a screwjob!"

"Calm yourself, Dragon..." Zellion said "You might burst a blood vessel, if not a dozen....I just came to tell you three things...One, I'm coming to the real world to live up my end of the deal. Two; You're still under my employ. Three, this is my personal favorite, wheter you like it or not you're going to do what you promised! And, if I know you correctly, you NEVER break your promises!"

"And what if I do?!" Dragon demanded

Zellion faintly grinned "Then I'll make you....Maybe I could butcher that new friend of yours...What was her name? Neschume?"

Dragon growled "I don't ever want to hear her name out of your wretched mouth..If your value your life, stay away from her...Or you'll have me to deal with..."


"Your choice" Zellion growled back "And.....AWAKE!"

The imp was a little to fast for Dragon at first; as it used it's claws to cut Dragon's left eyebrow and left shoulder. Not big cuts, but they were clean ones too. Dragon quickly regained his composure as he took the imp by it's head and slamming him as hard as he could into the ground, killing the imp with one shot. With that out of the way, Dragon began to run and search for Neschume; praying that Zellion was bluffing about Neschume...

Zellion watched Dragon from afar as Dragon ran off after killing the impish creature...Zellion furrowed his brow in anger and disgust as said to himself "So that's why Dragon's being so defiant....He cares about the female..How romantic and yet so sad.." Zellion then summoned several more imps "Follow him. And bring me the female...alive.." Zellion commanded as he sent the imps off; as Zellion faded into mist...

Neschume was oblivious to the attack and or the waking of Dragon. She sniffed around and sat by a river, growling in defeat. "Something must of happened..This is always full of life and prey.." she said and looked around. She sighed and shook her pelt. She walked over to the rver and stepped her front paws inside it and drank from it. The cool water feeling good on her dry throat. She pricked her ears and she raised her head and looked around, her eyes narrowed.

Dragon was charging through the forest in hopes of finding Neschume. Blood was starting to get in Dragon's eye, so he was more-or-less half blind. He finally noticed Neschume by a small river. "Nes!" he barked out, but not before several imps jumped from a bush and viciously attacked Dragon...

Nes growled and launched herself at Dragon. She landed beside him, ripping the imps off of him, throwing them into trees or eachother. She growled baring her fangs at them. "Nice to see you awake, you okay?" she asked without looking at him. Her fangs ripped another imp off him, throwing it into a tree.

"I am now.." Dragon said as he backhanded a couple imps. He then changed into his Demon-Wolf form as he pummeled several more imps. Dragon suddenly felt a cold chill in the air... Dragon thought to himself 'oh no..' and turned to Nes and said "Nes, stay behind me! Something bad's going to happen!" then turned around to see an angry Zellion hurl some energy pojection into Dragon's face...

Neschume growled, black wings ripped from ehr shoulder blade. She bared her fangs at Zellion. "Leave him alone!." she growled and threw a black feather ino one Zellion's shoulder. The feather turned into a dagger in mid air that stabbed into Zellion's arm. Neschume growled, stand beside Dragon, protecting him, her fangs bared angerily.

Zellion staggered and growled...but began laughing as he pulled the dagger out of his shoulder and broke it in half right in front of them..."Do you really think that could stop me?" Zellion stared at dragon and said "You disappoint me, Dragon...Consider this your release!"

Dragon looked up and growled "Happy to distress you....Leave, or I'll"

"Or you'll what?!" Zellion demanded "Poke me