[Kanji_The_Wanderer]

KAZUHIDE

"This is our world! The human's world!" I clench my fists in unadulterated ferocity. I stand tall and face thine enemy. "I will not back down, and I will not run away. So, in all actuality, this is the end of the line. I refuse to let you pass, so I will do anything to use every fiber in my being to take you all down!" I stretch out my index finger in the direction of Thrandos and Leinurus. The both of them express no emotion. Their form is tall and strong. They aren't swayed by my words. It's alright, I didn't expect to make any sort of impact on them. If I can get through Nuruoki, then Leinurus will have no choice but to face me.

The only problem was, that if Nuruoki drenches the playing field in water, then I will be a conductor for Leinurus' electricity. If that was the case, I would have to take out Nuruoki, and prevent her from building up water on the ground.

"Alright. I'm ready." I speak aloud. I move over to Jet slowly, with my eyes locked onto Nuruoki's pretty sapphire pupils. With the naginata in hand, I stand firm.

"Nuruoki! What the hell are you waiting for?! Why did you allow him to reclaim his weapon?! Strike now, or you anger his Lordship!" Leinurus' words boomed like lightning striking a frail tree.

"It is not right. It isn't proper to fight an unarmed opponent. It isn't honorable to strike a helpless man."

"Helpless?! That little whelp has Fire. He can spit like us! Don't be a fool!"

Nuruoki brushed off Leinurus' insult, and began to gather a ball of water at her center, in between her front claws. I wasn't about to stand around and allow her to launch a torrent of water at me....

"Dragon Style: Homing Blaze!"My chest and lungs expand, as a funnel of flame erupts from my mouth, and travels in a straight line towards Nuruoki.

Her eyes widen with shock, that I attacked so suddenly. This forced her to prematurely send her attack at me, in an attempt to cancel out the fire. I knew this would happen, so just as my first blast was about to make impact, I launch my second wave: "Dragon Style: Breath of Fire!"This was my most powerful attack. It was a wall of fire, that reached high above all. This move was impossible to evade, and judging from the recovery time from Nuruoki's last attack, she would have no chance to retaliate. My first blast, turned into a cloud of mist, when it struck the water. So a temporary fog was looming about...

My second attack appears out of the fog, and hits Nuruoki head-on. The dragon stumbles back, as the fire blast hisses when it impacted the Watery Armor. Her fangs and talons were clenched, she was already getting weakened. She gathered another water technique, but this one was over our heads. The Water around her body, was rushing forward, and gathering in the space between us. I was unable to successfully complete another Dragon's Breath. It was too soon, and my Elven Powers were starting to deplete from exhaustion. Since Dragon abilities require a much larger body, for the fire to rush through, the side effects resulted in dizziness, and internal burning of organs.

I grip Jet and charge forward, I had to reach Nuruoki before the next move was carried out.

Just before I reached Nuruoki, the water overhead washes down in a devastating wave. I am knocked clean off my feet, and am caught in a giant whirlpool.

The Dragon is able to control what the water does. I am trapped in an underwater cylinder. I hold my breath while the water condenses on itself, and moves in around me. The pressure is getting harder, and I struggle to keep my hold of Jet. But the water is too great, the pressure is starting to crush my lungs. My naginata is released, and swirls into the whirlpool.

"Finish him Nuruoki! End his life!" I can barley make out what Leinurus is saying as I strain my ears in a hopeless effort to listen. But inside the water, I can only hear muffled voices, and my vision is gone, since the water is moving about me so quickly.

This is it. I think to myself. I can hardly breath. My lungs feel like they are about to explode. I have to do something. I only have one chance!

"Dragon Style: Shearing Fire Blast!" Unknowingly to me, I was able to shout out my attack, even while I was enduring the pressure. A giant ball of fire barrages into the water and turns to mist. An opening in the whirlpool appears, and I throw myself at it. I fall out of my watery grave, and into the mud. I can't help but cough and gag as my breath returns to me...I am unable to move. The pressure was far too great. My limbs are numb, for the short time I was in there, no human would of survived. I was able to release a thin layer of Elven Magic around my body, and protect my core, while I was able to send off that last fire.

I am soaked to the bone and weak as hell. Jet is still inside that vortex. I wouldn't be reclaiming it any time soon. My elbows buckle, and I fall face first into the mud. It is cool and soft, and feels comforting under me.

"Dragon's Rage: The Final Tsunami!"Nuruoki summons all the water that she just sent at me, into one area. It gathers and stretches, covering the moon and clouds from my sight. This technique she was carrying out, was insurmountable. No matter what I could do, I could not stop it's vicious onslaught. All the water around Nuruoki, and then some more, crashes down on me, and locks me inside it's murky depths.

The Tsunami pushes down into the chasm the Dimitria formed earlier, and I am sent down deep into the ground, trapped in the volley of waves.

Everything was in darkness. The pain was excruciating. This is really good enough? I thought to myself. Is it really okay for me to let it end this way? In the end, was I really good enough? Did I do what was expected of me? Did I give Swiftant and Suzette enough time to get away?

All my emotions were escaping from within myself. I could feel tears joining the void. This will be it. This will be the end of sadness, the end of my sadness. I think I did good. For the first time in my life I felt accomplished. I felt like I finally mattered.

A smile comes over my face. This is it. I can't hold it any longer, I need to take a breath. I knew it would be impossible. It didn't really matter, even if my Magic Elf Shield was to hold, there is no way I could swim to the surface. For every second, the water rushes me down deeper and deeper. I couldn't see.

In my last few moments of life, I open my mouth and inhale. The water rushes inside and suffocates me from within... Everything feels heavy... My eyes are weak... I can't hold them open.

I can finally rest....It is alright, I have no regrets.....

The Sadness is over.........