16 Ice Clan

After Kiroy and Riku look at each other for a long time,

Kiroy says, \"You have changed a lot\" with a happy smile on his face.

Riku says,\" You've changed too much too, brother.\"

Riku says, \"How did you get rid of that old man?\"

Kiroy grins and says \"The enemy of my enemy is my friend.\"

Riku said with astonishment, \"our grandfather?\"

Kiroy said, \"Everything those bastards told us was true,I saw it all with my own eyes,I was held captive in the fire clan for a while, and the other old man saved me when they were going to cut my head off. I left with him because I didn't have a place to stay,I've been training hard for years and I'm now the leader of the famous ice clan.\"

Riku \"What about those bastards?\"

Kiroy said, \"That old man was really as strong as they say he is. he destroyed nearly half the fire clan. the rest fled in fear, including Beromes,but no one knows where they went.\"

Kiroy said, \"When the time comes, do you really think you can take down that reptile?\"

Riku said, \"I haven't found another way yet, and if I don't, I might lose what I care about.\" Kiroy said, \"Well, your friend, is he fighting for the same cause?\"

Riku said, \" If I know him well, he won't let the world get destroyed.\"

Kiroy said, \"Are you sure you he is not going to do that?.

Riku asks \"What do you mean ?\"

Kiroy says \"Everyone has one or two things to hide from each other. you better ask him.\"

After they leave there Kiroy, Riku and the others eventually arrive at the Kingdom of Hariken.

The soldiers in the kingdom think the Dragon is a creature of the enemy army, but when they see Riku and the others on the dragon, they put down their weapons.

The Dragon slowly descends into the castle.

Riku and the others descend from the Dragon and go to the Queen.

The Queen becomes very happy when she sees Riku and the others and says, \"Welcome, How was your journey? \"

Arito says, \"As usual, we have saved another kingdom.\"

The Queen says, \"you have saved my kingdom.\"

Wendy tells The Queen the whole thing.

The Queen meets Kiroy and Cuno.

Gorou says, \"Looks like Jiiku hasn't returned yet.\"

The Queen said, \"Unfortunately, he's not back yet, but you came back quite early than I expected.\"

Zen \"it was easy, beacuse we used the dragon airlines.\"

Riku said, \"That idiot gets into every place ostentatiously, so it's nornal that he's not here.\"

Two days pass and Jiiku was still gone. Everyone was getting ready for war.

The Queen and the others were making plans. The Queen explained her plan

\"Cavalry to the front, Archers to the rear..Zen we need your help can you improve on Arrows and bows?\"

Zen says, \"Of course, it's like taking a candy from a baby.\" but he said, \"Damn, 10,000 arrows and a bow, Am ı going to develop them on my own.\"

Then The Queen said, \"You can call whoever you want to help you.\"

Zen said, \"Oh okay then, this is going to be easy.\"

The Queen says, \"I hope Jiiku will be here soon,\" and a red light appears in the sky.

Riku sinks a cold look at Jiiku in the sky out of the window.

Jiiku approaches the castle with his horse. He gets off his horse and approaches to Riku and the others.

Riku said, \"How was your trip?\"

Jiiku said, \"Well, how was the tournament?\"

Riku said, \"If you were in the tournament, there would be more opponents I beat.\"

Jiiku smiles.

Then Jiiku said, \"Everyone's fine, no one's dead, right?\"

Riku said, \"No one has a serious injury, but what about you?\"

Jiiku said, \"I went to death row quietly. their army has twice as many monsters,creatures and men, and a giant Three-Headed Dog that could cause us a lot of trouble. If we want to win this war, we must attack with all our might.. leave the God of death to me and take care of the others.\"

Kiroy said \"The thing you are talking about is impossible to do, do you want to meet the God of death one by one?\"

Jiiku asked \"Who are you?\"

Riku said, \"He is my elder brother, I remember telling you. the other guy is Cuno he is a strong opponent I faced in the tournament, but he is no longer our opponent.\"

Jiiku sincerely held out his hand and said, \"nice to meet you.\"

Kiroy says with his inner voice, \"he doesn't look like a bad person\" and squeezes Jiiku's hand.

\"If you show your strength in this war, it would really please me.\"Cuno smirks Jiiku's hand and says, \"You will see me in battle.\"

Jiiku said, \"If you'll excuse me, I'll rest for a while. I haven't slept in almost 4 days.\"

Jiiku turns to the Queen and says, \"Can I talk to you about a private matter?\"he asks.

Rose and Jiiku go to a place where they are alone.

Jiiku says, \"You're going to lose a lot of men in this war, do you want to fight anyway, Rose?\"

Rose said, \"I must do this for my father's revenge and for the safety of my people.\"

Jiiku approaches Rose and looks her in the eye. Rose gets very embarrassed and very blushing.

Jiiku said, \"I promise we will win this war and we will win this together.\"

Rose throws a smile at Jiiku and says, \"I know and I trust you.\"

Jiiku says, \"If you'll excuse me, I'm going to rest.\" and leaves the room.

One day had remained to the day of battle. Everyone was quickly getting ready for the war.

Horses,weapons, armour and all kinds of preparation were considered.

One day remained to the war but Jiiku and Riku were still continuing to train.

At the end of the day, Jiiku returned to his room to sleep.

He realized something was wrong and Jiiku said \"What are you doing here\" and lights up the room. He saw Riku sitting on the couch.

Riku said, \"It's impressive that you see it in pitch darkness. so practice works, huh?\"

Jiiku said \"It's late ,you need to rest.we have a big battle tomorrow.\"

Riku said, \"I want to ask you something and then I'll leave anyway.\"

Jiiku said, \"I'm listening.\"

Riku said, \"Why do you want to kill the Earth snake?\"

Jiiku \"didn't I explain why?\"

Riku said, \"I think you understand the question, answer it.\"

Jiiku \"Why do you want to learn?\" he asks.

Riku says,\"I need answers.\"

Jiiku says \"Zaldra cursed his own daughter a long time ago and threw her into a cellar.\"

Riku said, \"Yeah, I heard that story. his daughter Bella fell in love with a mortal, so his father cursed her and threw her away.\"

Jiiku \"The mortal in that story is me.\"

Riku kept listening. Jiiku \"And his father Zaldra was about to kill me but when he saw I had the red lightning we made a deal. If I kill the Earth snake, he'll set his daughter free.\"

Riku said \"Are you doing all this because you love Zaldra's daughter?\"

Jiiku said, \"That girl is in jail because of me, I have to get her out of there.\"

Meanwhile, Queen Rose inadvertently overhears Riku and Jiiku's conversations on the other side of the door.