Author's Note:

Hello there! *Paces around house * Hmmm... well, I have been going to the chat rooms as of late and out of the seven or eight fighting RP's I've been in... I have not lost. This could change, in fact... I know it will, but until then I am like all-flawless and stuff... If you know how to RP, I have only one thing to ask... think you can beat me? If so, then leave a comment or just PM me. Please enjoy the next installment of Dragon Storm! ^,=,^

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-PREVIOUSLY ON DRAGON STORM-

"Wait... watch out!" Tia said and jumped out of the way of a missile.

Suddenly, a mid-sized android appeared from the sky and landed on the building where they stood. Tia landed safety and dashed at it, but only to find herself being slashed on the arm and skidding off the building and down the street. Wade quickly jumped down and rushed to her side, he was going to ask if she was okay, but the only time he had was cut short by the mid-sized robot. It flew down and crushed the ground and even destroyed the water fountain on display.

"Ah... so this is a war-mech Lv 2, huh?" Wade said and stood up.

Not one second after he stood up to face the war-mech Lv 2, he was shot in the tail and screamed in pain. He was already to heavily exhausted from all the earlier fight he had done. He couldn't use his teleporting G.O.N. even if he wanted do. Wade fell down to one knee and watched as Tia and himself began bleeding heavily.

"so... this is it, huh?" Wade said as he closed his eyes and waited a few seconds, but when nothing happed he was quick to open them.

"The hell is going on?" Tia shouted.

Suddenly, the Lv 2 war-mech began to float in the air. It was squirming as if in intense pain and trying to free itself, but it couldn't seem to get out of the hold it was in. As it was lifted into the air higher a dragon emerged from the shadows. A black scaled dragon with light gray scales for his under belly and webbings of his wings. He had medium length red hair that matched his blood red eyes. He had two horns on his head and had red strips on his arms and legs. His choice of cloths was simple, a black t-shirt and dark brown long cargo pants. He also had on black fingerless gloves and black steel toe boots that went up to his keens. He also had a reverse blade sword and a desert eagle handgun on him. Tia and Wade could barely make out the Assault rifle on his back. Just then, the black dragon smashed the Lv 2 war-mech into pieces and laughed evilly.

"You guys had trouble with that?"

"Who are you?" Wade asked, still in shock.

"The name's Rex. I'm just your stereo-typical dragon." Rex said while spitting out a ball of fire to prove his point.

"Why did you help us...?" Tia said as she got up and held her arm in pain.

"I wasn't trying to help you... that thing was just in my way." Rex said.

"Oh, right... like we're supposed to believ-" Wade snapped back when suddenly he was interrupted by another message by Jazz that played throughout Fur Dreams city.

"Attention Fur Dreams fugitives. Attention Fur Dreams fugitives. Put down your weapons and surrender immediately. Your removal is the will of the Anthro's of Fur Dreams City. Should you attempt to flee, the D.E.O. will employ every resource necessary to bring you to justice. This land is no longer your home. Cease hostilities and surrender at once." Jazz said over the speakers.

"What the? What the hell is that!?" Wade asked in shock as he pointed into the sky.

It appeared to be some kind of giant flying fortress hovering just above Fur Dreams city. It was completely surrounded by winged D.E.O. members and Fur Dreams patrol guards, and LV 2 war-mechs. And at the very top of the giant fortress was none other they Jazz himself, speaking into his I pod touch. The wind blowing his D.E.O. uniform wildly as his light brown hair did the very same.

"I know exactly what THAT is..." Tia said still out of breath.

======================= (Meanwhile) ============================

"I'm guessing that when your eyes are lit that golden color, your G.O.N. is in use. That would also mean that in order for you to use it, whatever your trying to use it on would have to be in your line of sight. In other words... when your eyes are closed or if it's out of your L.O.S. (line of sight) you can't use it." Shadow concluded and smiled knowing he had won the battle.

Suddenly, three highly explosive grenades landed right by Shadow. The exhausted wolf could do nothing as he slowly turned around to see them all blow up causing enormous explosions which sent him skidding into a plaza street light. He slowly opened his eyes and saw his blood everywhere and then noticed the dragon emerging from the building.

"Oops, I must have... left some grenades... behind. Now... it's... my turn..." Blood-Tail said weakly and a powerful rush of Quintessence engulfed him.

"Argg..." Shadow grunted.

The powerful wind that rushed past Shadow made his fur and shorts jaggedly rippled in it's current. Shadow staggered to get up and when he did he felt very heavy, his legs were shaking he was sweating, his vision was blurry, and he only had under ¼ of his Quintessence left. He waited and watched, as there was nothing he could do against the almighty dragon.

I have been told that providing you guys with a link to the song would be better, so...

Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtAFkGoT1iE

OPENING#3:

I realize the screaming pain

Hearing it loud in my brain

But I'm going straight ahead with the scar

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me? (So am I)

It's fine if you forget, it's fine if you can't feel it

I've patched up the scrapes in my heart

It's okay if I'm hurt, because I no longer feel the pain

Even as I drag my feet along

I can no longer see

The self

That made a sound

and then collapsed

If you just notice the sound of the wind...

It told me to follow these scars

Before I'd be crushed by the weight of the world

Can you remember it? The sky of tears...

That pain has given you protection

Because this pain will always protect you

More than the strength of being unhurt, the kindness that cannot hurt

Its voice in some ways, seems sad

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me? (So am I)

I do not own Sign.

** DRAGON STORM**

CHAPTER 39: Civil War in Fur Dreams City, Blood-Tail Vs. Shadow!

Shadow staggered up and coughed up more blood as he watched the red dragon, Blood-Tail, power himself up using his quintessence. The gusts of wind were powerful and Shadow was barely able to keep his eyes open against it all. Random shopping carts and debri flew past Shadow as Blood-Tail finished up his powering up and began to walk toward him.

"This isn't good... I have... to...hold out..." Shadow said in between breaths.

"You have... no idea... what kind of... day I've... been having today..." Blood-Tail said.

"Huh?" Shadow asked while stepping back.

"All I want... is to escape... this hell..." Blood-Tail said as he looked into the sky.

• - - - - - - - - - - - (Flashback: Blood-Tail/Red's past) - - - - - - - - - - - - -

(In another city earlier today)

This was the second time today that blood-tail had been running for his life; scratch that, third time today. Red thought about mark and Henry, and he hoped that he had managed to lure all the hunters and other zombies away from their hiding spot. Thinking back, he decided that maybe shooting at a group of five hunters and about a hundred other zombies hadn't been a good idea. One box of spare cartridges left for his magnum, and four twenty round magazines remaining for his AR was all the ammo he had left. Red had had to ditch his shotgun since it had been damaged, and the only other weapon he had was his machete, which wouldn't do much against five hunters. "Well, if I go, I take some of these fuckers with me" he thought as he bounded over a car. Getting to another car, blood-tail spun-around and shot the gas tank of the other car, causing it to explode in a ball of flame.

The closest hunter was incinerated by the blast, but the other four kept coming. Red turned and continued running, hoping to put some real distance between him and his pursuers. He had been running for about twenty minutes, and the only reason he was still alive was the fact that he was more agile than the hunters. They were stronger and faster on an open stretch of ground, but blood-tail had kept to the narrow winding alleys of the city, and thus he had managed to stay a few meters ahead of them. Looking ahead, Red spotted a gate blocking his path about a hundred feet away, the only object in the alley was an old dumpster. "Lets' see if this works" blood-tail thought to himself.

He continued towards the gate at full speed, increasing his pace he bounded up onto the dumpster and leapt over the fence, swiveling in mid-air 180 degrees and firing at the hunter in the lead. The bullet didn't hit the hunter in the head like red had wanted, but instead impacted with its' shoulder, spinning the creature around and causing it to trip. Red landed hard but quickly regained his balance and kept on running. "Three left, just three more" he hissed. The strain of all the running red had been doing was really starting to slow him down, while the hunters seemed inexhaustible and had managed to keep the same pace the entire time they had been chasing blood-tail. Just when it seemed things couldn't get any worse, they did.

Blood-tail rounded another corner and almost ran face first into a brick wall, "ironic that they call them dead ends" red muttered as he turned around to find that the hunters had blocked his escape route. "Two shots left, three adversaries, not good" he thought as he raised his weapon. The hunters charged in unison, hungry and pissed off that they had had to work so hard for one meal. Blood-tail shot one of the hunters in the head, sending it back to the hell it had come from. The second hunter got much closer and lunged, only to end up biting the barrel of the .50 caliber magnum as red pulled the trigger.

The last round fired from the one weapon that actually killed the hunters quickly, blood-tail pulled out his machete and prepared for the end. The final hunter, sensing that it would finally get its' meal, hit red with all its' strength. The impact sent blood-tail flying several feet, slamming him against a wall. The wind knocked out of him, red struggled to get up, but the exertion he had been putting on his body through out the day, along with the hit he had taken were just too much for him to handle. His vision started to blur as the hunter walked up to him, he managed two last words before losing conciseness "fuck you".

• - - (Flash forward: Fur Dreams City: Lee Road shopping center) - - - - -

"Mark... Henry..." Blood-Tail whispered as he looked back at the bloody wolf.

"................." Shadow remained silent; trying to save what little strength he had left.

" I just want to get the hell out of here..." Blood-Tail said and began to walk toward Shadow.

===================== (Meanwhile: Fairbanks) ============================

Kazeron was walking down the street and took in all the damage to the city. It was awful. The entire city at this point was just about destroyed and it was only going to get worse. Everything from snapped power lines to smoke in the air because of the wild fires to debri-flooded streets to destroyed buildings. Everything was almost unrecognizable at this point. Kazeron inhaled the Smokey air and coughed, as it smelled of fire. He covered his snout as best he could, not wanting to use his other arm because of him pounding it back in place. It wasn't too long before he spotted a young woman. Kazeron could hardly believe his eyes, she began to slowly regain conciseness as Kazeron ran over to help her.

"Ugh... ow... I hate that part..."

"Are you okay?" Kazeron asked while helping her up.

"Yeah... I just... need a few minutes..." She said in between breaths.

"I'm Kazeron. Who are you?" Kazeron asked while tilting his head.

"...Tanya..." Tanya said as she held her head in pain.

Kazeron leveled his head and analyzed Tanya from head to toe. She was a female human from what he could tell and she had brown hair and brown eyes with a reddish tint. She looked to be unarmed and wore causal cloths; a short sleeve shirt and a pair of jeans. She looked to be meditating to gather back her strength.

"What happened?" Kazeron asked.

" I don't know... I can't remember..." Tanya said while slowly opening her eyes.

"Well, at least your still alive... come on, we have to hurry. It would be best to stay hidden and avoid conflict. The D.E.O. will leave once they have found the Phantom dragon." Kazeron said and began to walk again.

" ...Yeah..." Tanya said and followed slowly, still trying to shrug off the pain she felt.

============== (Meanwhile: Lee road shopping center) ========================

"This could go on for awhile... why I'm I not surprised..." Kerri said as she smoked her cigarette and watched the fight.

Shadow was sent skidding down the plaza and bounced off of the pavement a few times as he finally crashed into a ditch, leaving a big crater behind. He slowly staggered back up, the bloody mess he was and climbed out of the ditch and got on one knee to face blood-Tail.

" Are you going to give up yet? I know you have common sense unlike those hunters." Blood-Tail said as he stopped in front of Shadow.

"Huff....huff..." Shadow breathed heavy in between breaths as he quickly looked around.

" He is stronger then me... I can't denie that, but he is a phantom dragon after all. Let's see here... he is standing right in front of me with his eyes glowing gold again... that means I can't hit him from in front of him... he will just dodge it. I need to...Hm? Power lines...yes, that just might work... if I can just get him to close his eyes..." Shadow thought to himself and slowly staggered back up to his feet.

"Oh? Why don't you just drop dead already?" Blood-Tail said, getting slightly annoyed now.

Just then, with out any warning, Shadow quickly threw his dagger at him, Blood-Tail saw this and avoided it effortlessly and then saw Shadow dashing right at him. Shadow tried to slice Blood-Tail with his second dagger, but Blood-Tail dodged it once more. Shadow stumbled on his feet since he was still weakened, but he quickly reached in front of him. Blood-Tail knew Shadow was trying to call back his first dagger so he jumped out of the way and watched as Shadow caught it.

"You won't get me with the same trick twice!" Blood-Tail said as he ran at Shadow again.

Suddenly, Shadow threw his first dagger at Blood-Tail and then threw his second dagger right behind the first, but slightly faster. Right before they reached Blood-Tail they clashed with each other right in front of him splitting off into two different directions. Blood-Tail jumped back to avoid the daggers reach instinctively and looked both ways to quickly see where Shadow had intended the two daggers to go, but Shadow was dashing at him again, this time with a claw. Blood-Tail quickly kicked Shadow in the gut sending him skidding back; meanwhile he heard something snap. The first dagger had cut a nearby power line and now it swung down and was headed right for him.

"Nice try..." Blood-Tail said as he effortlessly avoided the power line and quickly looked toward the second dagger's location.

Blood-Tail was too late. Just then, a giant billboard was in descent and fell on top of Blood-Tail with a very heavy thud. Blood-Tail could hardly believe he couldn't avoid it in time, but at least he stopped it from crushing him. He used both of his hands to stop it and struggled to keep it there. Shadow then quickly ran up behind Blood-Tail and placed his hand on his head. Blood-Tail's head began to glow a dark blue aura and he quickly used his tail to throw a grenade at him. The explosion sent them both flying and skidding across the massive parking lot.

"YOU IDIOT!! YOU'RE CRAZY!!" Shadow screamed at the top of his lungs.

" What can I say... I love explosions... even if it's me getting hit with one..." Blood-Tail said as he slowly staggered back up and smiled, knowing blood was running down his face.

"You aren't so tough now..." Shadow said.

"Hm? What... are you... talking about?" Blood-Tail asked.

" I just used my G.O.N. on you." Shadow said with a weak grin.

"Wait. I thought... all your quintessence based attacks WAS you're G.O.N.?" Blood-Tail tilted his head.

"Nope. They are just forbidden Quintessence arts that Kazeron has taught me... I have Memory manipulation. I can make you forget anything I want and even give you memory implants to replace them. I just made you forget how to use your own G.O.N.!" Shadow said as he coughed up blood.

" WHAT!? DAMN YOU!!" Blood-Tail yelled and tried to use his G.O.N. despite him not being able to.

Blood-Tail made a mad dash at Shadow when he realized that he had just lost his G.O.N. and tried to attack him. However, before he could get his attack out, Shadow had blocked it. Shadow was now holding one of the shopping plaza's concrete bars. They are used to stop a vehicle from going beyond its parking space and into another space. Shadow quickly swung the concrete barrier and missed as Blood-Tail jumped back and kneeled down to pick up his own concrete barrier.

"I WILL DEFEAT YOU!!!" Blood-Tail yelled in rage and charged at Shadow.

"You will try..." Shadow said and braced himself.

They clashed and the sound of two heavy concrete bars echoed across the massive plaza. Shadow tried to hit Blood-tail, but he ducked and swung his bright yellow barrier at Shadow from below. However, Shadow jumped back and tired to trust Blood-tail in his neck. Blood-Tail grabbed it with his hand and swung at Shadow who in turn grabbed his. They both let go and jumped back before dashing at each other yet again. Blood-Tail swung at Shadow, but Shadow performed a back flip and countered. Blood-Tail blocked the attack and performed a backspin slash. Shadow ducked just in time as he felt his hairs grazed against the concrete barrier and tried to kick him. However, Blood-Tail quickly sidestepped the kick and used the concrete bar like a golf club and smacked the Quintessence out of Shadow, the bar shattered and turned to dust. Shadow landed with a thud and even winced in pain.

"I WIN!!" Blood-Tail yelled and let out a roar.

"AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Shadow screamed and called back his second dagger.

It was still in the base of the billboard. When Shadow called for it, it slowly nudged out and headed right for Blood-Tail's backside, thus impaling him, but Shadow didn't stop calling it fourth. Blood-Tail then let out a roar of pain and felt himself lift up and get pulled toward Shadow's location. Shadow quickly got up and used his bar like a baseball bat and smacked the hell out of Blood-Tail, it shattered upon impact and the sound of a sickening cracking noise was heard as it sent him skidding across the ground, but not before long; as he got back up and dashed at Shadow. Shadow then dashed at Blood-Tail and they both punched each other in the face. They both took a step back and waved to side from side and fell on top of each other in so much pain and blood, that they just couldn't go on anymore.

"You... stupid... phantom dragon..." Shadow muttered.

" What's... a... phantom dragon, ...anyway?" Blood-Tail asked, now completely exhausted.

"WHAT!? YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT A PHANTOM DRAGON!?!" Shadow yelled at the top of his lungs before passing out from complete exhaustion.

"So... you attacked... me because... you thought... I was one!?" Blood-Tail said before passing out himself.

" Another misunderstanding... this doesn't surprise me... in fact, I've seen worse..." Kerri said and walked back into the store.

========== (Elsewhere: Intersection of Fairbanks and 1792) ======================

Just then, a giant lv. 2 war-mech landed right in front of Falx and shot what seemed to be fifty missiles at him at point blank. Falx quickly jumped up on top of one of the missiles and rode on it like a surfboard in water. He leaned to one side as he guided the missile to curve back and hit the lv. 2 war-mech. He jumped off at the last second and landed very dramatically as the impact of the missile left a heavy explosion. He began to walk away with his long black hair flowing in the wind, but he knew it wasn't done yet. He quickly turned back around and stabbed it with his scythe gun. He then snapped his fingers and the giant lv. 2 war-mech shut down.

" Hmph. That wasn't even-" Falx said before being interrupted by a black arrow. He quickly avoided it and watched as the giant war-mech dissolved. He then turned to see who fired said arrow.

" Tsk. I missed..." Samiake muttered as he walked toward Falx with a frown.

"Hm? Who the hell are you?" Falx asked in a non-caring fashion.

" If you just destroyed Jazz's war-mech so easily, then you must be the phantom dragon that has caused all this chaos. You are too dangerous to everyone both in Fur dreams city and out!" Samiake said firmly.

" Perhaps you didn't hear what I asked you, I asked who you were." Falx stated in a firm voice as well.

Just then, Tucker and Ant slowly emerged from behind a building and stopped behind Samiake. They both were trying to catch their breath because Samiake had left them behind. It wasn't his fault that the two of them began to goof off and play fight with each other while on the job. Samiake rather had not dealt with such childish things and wished to get the mission over with as fast as possible. Tucker and Ant looked up to see why Samiake had stopped and pulled out his long bow.

"This sure is a big smoke, mate. I was wondering when we'd run into someone other then this ankle biter." Tucker said.

" Did you just call me a ankle biter?" Ant asked in disgust.

" Bloody oath, mate!" Tucker said and let out a small chuckle.

"No really... I can't understand you half of the time..." Ant said.

"Oh look, mate. A blue! Beauty, I was bored shitless, you know." Tucker said and pointed at Samiake.

"Hm? A blue?" Ant said and rolled his eyes then looked over to see whom Samiake was facing. Ant's eyes widened and his blood boiled. He was now looking at the one who killed his mother.

To be continued................

Author's suspenseful questions:

Who is Tanya? Why did Kazeron find her in that condition?

What will Kazeron do when he finds Shadow passed out in the plaza?

What can and will Falx do seeing as how he is outnumbered, three to one?