[CoolNard]

**oh, my bad ichirin. Thx for the compliment kanji**

"Swiftant.. You've failed me for the first.. and the last time..", Shakura whispers into my ears. I can't see anything, i can't move but her voice seems to be coming from all around me.

"No, no My Graciousness! Don't desert me! You still haven't help me to avenge my family and friends! Please, don't...", I yell into the darkness.

"Hahaha.. help you to avenge your family??We ARE the ones who killed everyone in your village!", Shakura's tone now sarcastic.

"Wha.. What are you insinuating??", I freeze, my entire body seems to have lost all life, her words seem to split me in half. Everything I had believed in, that i stood for - my dreams, hopes, ambition, satisfaction, the lives of the people I have brutally stole... down the drain with those words.

"I thought that you'd be able to defeat them.. but u lack ruthlessness, decisiveness. You hesitated.. and even before that, i already knew deep down u have been resisting the impulse to kill.. You, Swiftant, have foolishly deviated from my teachings.. and now have no longer any right to call yourself the DragonSin.."

"Naze(why).. Naze!? NAZE!!!!!!", i shout at her until my voice gets hoarse.

"Power, of course.. I aim to conquer the world with my bare claws and dragonarmy. The Freedom Fighters, even though they don't realise it themselves, are obviously merely a pretext to soften mankind's heart and let his guard down.. The only problem so far, is the ex-SilverDragon. He's the only one who can beat me.. but the child is loved by so many.. I'm sure they wouldn't let allow anything to happen to her.. hahaha... I'm a genius, whoohoohoo... Oh by the way, the reinforcements that i sent, they have received orders to crush the weakened lot of you. This shall be the final time we meet.., Swiftant the DragonSin!", and with those words, she's gone.

My eyelids flutter open. It takes me afew minutes to realise i'd been unconscious. I can still remember the dream i had.. all too vividly..

Thinking: It's gotta be a premonition.. It wasn't just a dream then.."

Forcing myself to calm down,my eyes turning to the colour of sky, I glance around at my surroundings. It appears to be some sort of wooden house. I suddenly realise that my body is no longer hurting. All the cuts have closed up.

Thinking: The elvish magic user with the sword, he saved me. But why did he treat my wounds? I don't recall doing anything to help them, infact, i was so bent on finishing them off.. Shakura turned out to be my enemy afterall... Why is the world going topsy-turvy..

I smell something delicious in the air. I deck myself in my ninja outfit and walk out of the room, towards what looks like a kitchen, following the fragrance. There is a fireplace there, by the rug, with Tatsu, Nozomi and the female warrior sitting on it. Ichirin is leaning against a wall, his arms crossed.

Thinking: They're good, they must have heard me coming and prepared themselves on short notice.

"Hi there Swiftant, won't you join us?", the warrior woman with the pearl-white skin asks with a beautiful smile. I step forward cautiously.

"Why're you being so generous to me? How do i know this isn't some kind of trap?", I snap.

"I think it's time to tell you the truth." Tatsu speaks. "Nozomi has a rare ability that enables her to sense the presence of dragons, and even dragon thoughts. When she was still unconscious, she heard everything that was said between you and shakura."

"You've been asleep for 5hours Swiftant. I woke up after three.", Nozomi sticks her tongue out at me.

"The point is Swiftant, Nozomi was able to describe the whole encounter you had with Shakura in your dream.", Ichirin says. Consequently,he and the rest begin pouring out the exact words that Shakura and I had exchanged with each other. My knees give way not in surprise to Nozomi's ability but to the feeling that had been stored inside me since Shakura's betrayal. I'd intially made an oath to myself never to cry. However, the emotions i feel at the present are just too overwhelming and my vision is blurred by tears.

"Yes, i'd like to join all of you, but only because Tatsu helped me defeat Akuma and I'd like to return the favor, and also.. that i need your help to avenge my village's honour.", i reply after afew moments of thinking. "Somehow, even though i know the truth now, i still cant erase the grudge i bear against humankind.. and you guys just can call me Swift." There is a deafening silence as the others nod approvingly in acknowledgement - until...

"Hey! So what should we do about Shakura's reinforcements then?", Nozomi suddenly asks.

**hope i went inside each of ur characters head perfectly lol, but if u guys arent content with it then jus pm me the corrections or smth and i'll edit it**