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Chapter 2: An ancient story

It fell like a stone on the red-clad man, tore him to the ground and rolled over it uncontrollably until her back hit a tree hard. A groan escaped her throat.
Amaya did her best to get up, but barely managed to kneel upright ...
Her eyes were half open and she heard voices of concern.
"Inuyasha, are you all right?"
"Yeah, what was that?" It came back sullenly.
"A woman. She just fell out of the sky!" Explained a childlike voice.
“Nobody just falls out of the sky.” Again the grumpy contemporary.
“You do.” That was a woman, Amaya could hear her steps approaching, then she finally saw a blurred face framed by brown hair. The dark eyes eyed her with concern.
"I think she's conscious!" The woman called over her shoulder. Immediately a man stepped up to her, who took a closer look at Amaya with his blue eyes."Yes, she is awake."
"Then she can explain to us what happened here!" Growled that male voice again.
Amaya tried again to get up to get ready to fight when she remembered that her weapons were in Akaru's saddlebag ...
"Akaru ..." she whispered.
She barely noticed a second man with white hair leaning over her. His golden eyes fixed her, then she collapsed.

"Akaru, who is Akaru?" Inuyasha wanted to know.
The others just shrugged helplessly.
"I wonder what happened here ..." Miroku said then. "It's a shame she can't explain it to us."
"What else is there to explain, Miroku, that explains everything!" Shippou shouted fearfully and took refuge on the monk's shoulder. He pointed to a huge, black figure. It was snake-like and snorted softly.
"Why didn't we notice this snake before?" Sango wondered helplessly.
“It's not a snake.” That was Inuyasha.He had stepped closer to the being and was studying it intently.
"What do you mean ...?" Began the others, but Inuyasha simply ignored it.
"I never thought that the stories my mother told me could be true! It's unbelievable! Fantastic!"
"What are you talking about ?!" Sango wanted to know upset. Now she too was approaching the unconscious figure. As soon as she was close enough to see what it was about, she let out a choked scream.
"That can not be! "; she breathed breathlessly. "Impossible."
Now Miroku, Shippou and Kirara came to see what upset their two friends. The next moment they were stunned, confused. In front of them lay a black-scaled, elongated creature with short arms that showed razor-sharp claws. The elongated snout was adorned by two whiskers-like hair blowing in the wind and a fur comb ran down this creature's back."That ... that's a Chinese dragon ..." Miroku uttered in disbelief.

"But that would mean that all the stories are true!" Sango exclaimed, amazed.
"What stories?" Shippou asked confused.
"The stories about the dragon riders, of course!" Inuyasha exclaimed enthusiastically. "My mother told me about it, but I always thought they were just fairy tales ..."
The Hanyou seemed completely over the moon, his ears twitched wildly with excitement and his eyes lit up properly while he studied the struck dragon more intensely.
“He seems hurt.” It was Myoga, who had made himself comfortable on Sango's shoulder. With all four hands he pointed to a wound, clearly caused by claws, on the side of the dragon - just below the saddlebag, which Inuyasha was now taking off.
"We need to take a closer look at the wound!" He explained through clenched teeth. The kite certainly weighed a ton !!!The monk and demon hunter stepped closer, causing the flea spirit to jump off Sango's shoulder.
With a jerk the dragon woke up and stared at her with its yellow eyes. Its mouth opened and a terrifying roar came from it. He wanted to say without a doubt: "Stay - away - from - me!"
The friends froze in their movement and stopped moving.
"We just want to help you ...", Miroku finally managed through dry lips.
The dragon didn't seem to believe him because he straightened up and bared his teeth, which were really impressive - even for Inuyasha.

'Let her! ', the dragon heard the urgent call of its rider. He turned his head to her. She sat leaning against a nearby tree, pale as chalk and bleeding. 'Let them have their way!'
The friends also turned in the direction the dragon was staring.
"You woke up!", Miroku shouted smiling and came closer. A woman interested him a little more than just a dragon."Stay away!" She hissed and raised her hands defensively.
Miroku stopped and looked at her: "You are injured. You need help."
Before she could answer anything, the woman next to him hissed: “But definitely not yours.” Then she stepped up to the injured woman.
The dragon approached too, just to be on the safe side ...
The dark-haired woman knelt in front of Amaya and tended her wounds under Akaru's close observation.
"If you tell your dragon now to keep still, then I can take care of his wound too!" Smiled the woman. Amaya nodded. Immediately the stranger turned to Akaru - still a little intimidated, but trusting.
"What's your name?" Came from Amaya and Inuyasha at the same time.
“My name is Amaya and my companion is called Akaru.” Her voice was brittle, but it was still cold.
"I'm Inu Yasha, that's Sango, Shippou, Miroku and Kirara ..." He pointed to one after the other while they nodded to her."Why did you fall?"
"That's none of your business!" Hissed the dragon rider.
'Tell them! ', Akaru sighed meanwhile in her mind. 'Maybe you can help us find Mailin and Nimoe.'
'Yes, but ...', Amaya wanted to protest, but the dragon shook his head seriously. 'All right ...'
"We, that is, my friend and I, were attacked and separated in the process. Have you perhaps seen someone like me somewhere else?" She asked, although she had little hope.
"No, we didn't. But that means there are two of you?" Asked Sango.
"Yes." Amaya nodded, then added: "I have to find Mailin."
"Mailin?" Asked the others.

'She is the other dragon rider and Nimoe travels with her! 'the friends heard a voice in their head. Akaru was able to convey himself to everyone in this way, but most of them had to answer in normal sounds.
So did Miroku: "So you were on the road as a couple and were attacked, do I get that right?And did you get separated? But why were you attacked? "
'Because we should find and provide a dragon rider named Namiromaru and his dragon Shah Rukh. He is the oldest enemy of the dragon riders and very dangerous. '
"Then why did the two of you pull against him?" Inuyasha asked incredulously.
"Because the Board of Dragon Riders ordered it. The vulture knows what they wanted to do with it!" Amaya grumbled in response.
"What did that Namiromaru do?", Shippou wanted to know with interest.
"Is that a joke?" Amaya asked incredulously. "Every child knows this!"
"We don't. I only heard stories." That was Myoga, who spoke up again. "My master Inu no Taishou-sama used to tell a few things, but I always thought they were ghost stories ..."
"Well, they are not!", Amaya waved him away, exasperated. She really didn't intend to argue with anyone she'd only known for half an hour.'We owe you an explanation! ', warned her better half Akaru. Amaya gave in, grumbling unruly. Akaru would tell them anyway, then she could do it herself.

"He was once the most powerful and respected dragon rider ever!", She explained, still reluctantly, unmistakably. "He had a great influence on the other dragon riders, even though he wasn't on the committee. He was too young for that. This power over others went to his head and he tried to overthrow the committee, but his plan failed because his loyalty Group had been infiltrated ...
The dragon riders who thereby brought him down gave their lives for it, but in the end he was brought in chains before another body chosen for the transition, not least because he had succeeded in killing some of the members.
He was condemned to be thrown into the glowing fires of a volcano, for that was the cruelest of all punishments, and just good enough for a traitor as he was true! ""Is he dead then?" Inuyasha asked uncomfortably because he had to think of Kikyo, who had been pushed into the miasm and still walked on earth as a living dead.
"No. He managed to break free on the way to Fujiyama, killed his guards and escaped. A large number of dragon riders were sent out to find him and bring him back under control, but they did not find him. And those who found him returned never again.
All of this happened 2500 years ago, when people still lived exclusively on the mainland. However, she got this story because Shah Rukh's roar was heard all over the world and the dragon riders looked for him everywhere.
In vain - at least until today! "Amaya finished her story.