The Dragon Child Arrives (open to all)

[Kana]

Tatsuya climbed from the water coughing up salty water with his body raked in pain. His mother recently died on the fishing ship that had carried them to the coast he was now crippled on. The wolf hybrid sputtered the rest of the salt water out of his lungs and licked his muzzle trying to rid himself of the salt taste.

The male's eyes were a dulled, blood red and his body quivered weakly. The swim from the ship had been harder than he thought, but he hadn't the time to waste away on the ship until low tide. The waves had beaten his lean body and his hips had groaned in rebellion as he had braved the water.

Tatsuya, the Dragon Child, of an ancient and long lost pack looked at himself in the rippled ocean water with disgust, "How could a prince like I look like this?! I resemble a drowned rat, not the noble wolf husky I was born as. The salt has worn at my fur, the energy seeped from my eyes, and my claws are as blunt as a grinding stone." Tatsuya insulted himself, ashamed at how he had fallen from a great warrior son to this half-drowned stray.

The male looked over the coast, far past Shikoku and beyond towards his homeland. Father... blessed be, his mind spoke calmly though his lungs still burned. He turned on his toes and trudged over the white sand, catching the scent of many dogs and humans that had been there over the day's time.

[chaka]

Michiko yawned, just laying about in the sand, washing the beautiful ocean. She decided to get up and take a small walk. She yawned once more and shook her white fur took let the small grains of sand fall to the ground. She wagged her tail and sniffed the air.

The smell of the ocean feeled her nose. As smells of animals and humans were there. Most likely far away though. She smiled and walked along the beach. Mostly at the side where the ocean retreated to the sand and back to where it came from. She looked back, to end up looking at her pawprints.

She smiled and continued to wag her tail. But then, something caught her nose. She sniffed the air and exhaled. "Someone must be here. Possibly taking a walk too. Maybe I should find them and say hi!" She smiled and trotted along the sand. As the scent came closer. She could see a small figure. Not knowing whether it was a pup or not. She then began to run. Until she was about ten feet away. she looked back to the water and noticed that it gotten stronger. Maybe she was just day dreaming.

But the creature was not a pup, but an adult dog. And it didn't seem okay. So she trotted abit more until she was seven feet from him. Michiko looked around, then barked, "Hey! You! Are you alright!" Michi hardly wagged her tail now. For if the dog wasn't okay, what could she do to help.

[Kana]

The wolf hybrid looked up with worn red eyes. His muscles tensed and his jaw locked tightly at the sight of the new dog. He had not seen a diffrent dog since the stray pack had attacked him homeland. He had spent a forsaken three months on that ship with his dying mother so a stranger was shocking to him. "E-eh... I guess I'm not really. Who are you and what is this place?"

Tatsuya hoped this dog wasn't going to prove a problem and unfortunatly he knewn in his half-drowned state he couldn't fight a pup and come out unscathed. His heavy grey wolf fur clung to his starved sides and his eyes watched her in a leveled gaze curious to her intentions.

[chaka]

Michiko would look at him. She then ran somemore until she was infront of the dog. She looked at him. "Oh my..I hope your alright. My name is Michiko and this place here...hmm...Oh yeah! This is Shirahama Coast. Is there anything I can do to help?" She looked at him.

He didn't look well by his condition. She slighty wagged her tail and looked at him. She smiled some and looked at him. His eyes were red, his body seemed wet, and he also seemed weak. She circled him, and returned back infront of him. She wondered if he was going to be alright.

[Kana]

Tatsuya still held a tense position and he rolled her words around in his head. Shirahama Coast eh? He looked at her with his tired eyes and let out a sigh. "Nice to meet you Michiko. My name is Tatsuya... and there isn't much anyone can do for me anymore."[/color]

As she examined him and circled his pelt prickled nervously. Ta wasn't to pleased at the presence of a stranger after what had happened only a few months ago, but the female didn't seem hostile. To him she was acting more concerned than nervous... unlike him.

He let out a rasping cough and blinked his eyes momentarily before metting her eyes. "On second thought... fresh water sounds pleasent right now," he barked. That was DEFINATLY a blow to his pride. Tatsuya scolded himself in his mind Depending on a fae? This is horrible... not only am I defensless, but I look like I drowned.

[shenkka]

Shenkka and Firedrake had been messing around on the beach. Before the wolf had emerged, they were throwing rocks at each other. But when the wolf had come, they stopped. Shenkka and Firedrake were several meters away, so they weren't afraid of the male seeing them. "Who's the half-dead rat?" Firedrake whispered with a joking tone. "Firedrake, that's rude. He looks like he had swam half across the ocean, which you obviously couldn't have done. Now can we just do something else?" But when Shenkka had replied, Firedrake was already standing next to Michiko.

"HI!" Firedrake shouted as he trotted happily towards Tatsuya. "Are you sure you're okay?" He said. "You don't look like you aren't helpable." (Firedrake has bad grammar sometimes) Then, Firedrake looked back to see Shenkka rolling her eyes. What's wrong with her? She's so anti-social. He thought.

[chaka]

Michiko would look at the male. She smirked and looked at the male named Tatsuya. "Well, I'll be right back. You can come if ya want. I usually stay in that abandoned ship, protects me from storms and floods. ThouhI sometimes see humans place a big bowl of water here. I don't know why though? Come on,follow me. It's just over there!"

She smiled at him and bowed her head at the other dogs, saying a hello. She nudged Tatsuya gently, and waited for him. She walked forward, and could smell the ship not far away. She strtchedand looked back, to see if he would follow. She then began to walk, but looked back to make sure he followed.

[Kana]

Tatsuya followed sluggishly, his body was still sore from the swim and he had a slight limp. Though soaked and sore Ta managed to hold himself with the dignity his blood empowered him with. The wolf hybrid's red eyes looked around the white beach, noticing the two new dogs as he scanned the area.

The fur on Tatsuya's shoulders rose slightly, being in a new land and outnumbered by strangers. Back home he would have walked chin held high, but even since the attack Ta couldn't pull himself to trust anyone. Tora, his mother, had even mentioned once of twice about him having "locked his heart." The male still wasn't sure what she meant. He looked back at Michiko as he followed her, "An abandoned ship huh? That sounds... out of the ordinary, but if it serves a purpose like a home I see no problem with it. I can make it, I am stronger than I look... though I probally look horrific at the moment. I'm usually not as pathetic." The tone in his last words was of shame. He hated with a passion showing weakness.

(Btw, posting order will go: Me, Chaka, Shenkka... unless someone else joins then they just pop in after shenkka)

[chaka]

Michiko chuckled some. She was happy that she could help Ta, though his comment was funny. "I bet you are stronger than you look. But we should focus on getting you a clean source of water...and by the smell of humans, they put out some water. I bet my old owner wouldn't do that."

She then remembered her mean owner, andthe little white rat,a.k.a. maltese. She then walked faster, then trotted. She was real close. More than close..she was there. She saw the bowl of water outside. Michi then smiled and wagged her tail. She pawed at it some, and smiled more. "Here it is! You can have it, I don't care." She was happy to help.

[shenkka]

Firedrake followed Michiko, even though he didn't need more water. "Well, you do look half-drowned, but I'm pretty sure you're supposed to be very strong. I know I'm not strong." He commented. In fact, if Tatsuya was strong at that moment, Shenkka would have pulled him away long ago.

Shenkka sighed, and followed the group as well. She didn't say a word as she followed. No pity really came from her, and she very well may have really not cared at all about Tatsuya. He's just another dog in the world. Shenkka thought.

[Kana]

Tatsuya followed Michiko and relished the sight of the fresh water. He stooped his head as he reached it to drink. He only took a few laps of it, but his eyes already seemed to be brighter. Ta let out a sigh and shook out his fur, careful not to spray Firedrake of Michiko. The other dog seemed... displeased and that made his skin crawl angrily. They could at least have manners, the way the dog acted was as if it was spitting on his culture.

The male looked up, his eyes narrowed against the sun. It was early in the afternoon and the heat rose off the beach's sands and lofty clouds rolled lazily in the sky above them. His attention turned to the abandoned boat she had spoken of earlier and Ta's eyes widen in suprise. The behemoth was far from the fishing boats of his home land. "Thank you for the water. If it dosn't rain I should be able to make it to the moutain regions. Do you know where the coldest of the mountain's are?" Tatsuya asked with his lightly accented voice. The words had a feral tone to them as he spoke, whether from his homeland or his wolf side.

His heavy gray coat prevented him from staying here on the soft beaches and now forced him to take to higher groud where it was cold. Tatsuya didn't mind, he was a loner at heart. He winced as he streached his right hind leg, still a bit sore from the swim.

[chaka]

Michiko would think. The central alps or ohu mountains were good. But he still looked like in pain. At least toher. "Well I'm sure the central alps are good. I think they get lots of snow or maybe cold temperatures. But maybe the southern alps are good too. I'd be careful though,it gets really cold out here, especially with an ocean nearby."

She wondered what the hurry was. He might needed to recoverabit. Then central and southern alps were far away. So he needed to regain his energy. "But I suggest you stay until tomorrow. Because the alps are far away. Maybea two or three day trip from here,and your gonna need to ergain alot of energy. Which will cause you to hunt abit and avoid bears and stuff." She looked around and looked at thedog. She chuckled at his comment and looked at the other canine. And back to Ta. Wagging her tail and laying down.

[shenkka]

Firedrake smiled (as much as a dog can) broadly as Tatsuya seemed to feel refreshed. "I'd ask Shenkka here; she's been all over the place." Firedrake said.

Although Shenkka wasn't pleased, she said; "Yeah, the Alps are really cold. Also, that's where John died; He wouldn't have died if the snow wasn't there." She recited. John was a legend to her; A role model. Shenkka would always have him as a role model, and she wished that she could speak to him. Alas, he was dead.

Firedrake felt happy to be a help. "We could show you the way there. I don't like the cold so much, even though I'm a wolf mix myself, but if you really want to go there, then that's okay." He said happily.

[Kana]

"Thanks for your help and concern Michiko, you to... eh you actually never mentioned your name. You said the name of the grouch behind you, but that's all." Tatsuya let the grouch thing slip out without even noticing the insult to her manners. As Firedrake spoke he rolled the idea of living where a "legend" died. He scowled slightly, but if the cold was that harsh... then he was heading there. "The Central Alps it is," he barked, "No need to accompany me. I am suited to hunt and fight on my own. Grew up in the high peaks of a northern island, travling in mountainous regions is what I was born to do." He laughed lightly, his words weren't a joke... just irony to him.

The male turned towards the direction of the Central Alps and he looked over his shoulder at Michiko. "Thank you for the help Michiko. This is a nice place to live and I hope you live a full life well here. As to you and Shenkka I also give you my thanks and you may go as you please, no need to follow a trip you don't want to." he finished. Ta wasn't sure if any of them WERE going to go with him anyway, but travling in groups could be as dangerous going it alone. Tatsuya had been lonely since all whom he knew were slaughtered... but he knew all he could do was live the lives they now couldn't.

[chaka]

Michiko wagged her tail. Hm, Ta's parents must have taught him well. "Wow, well I bet you faily taught you well if you don't need anyone to go with you. Well, I hope to see you soon. I'll probably end up moving somewhere else. I been living on this ship for more than a month and I'm getting abit sick of it."

She smirked and wagged her tail. She got up and nuzzled Ta a goodbye and went back to her little spot. Occasionally she was a flirt, sometimes shy,or caring, and friendly. This was more like a friendly thing though. "I hope you have a safe journey, and as I said, I hope I see you soon one day." She barked happily. And looked at the sky, then to Shenkka and Firedrake. Then she looked to Tatsuya and bowed her head. She was thinking oftagging along, sheprobably would.