Chapter 37.3- And so the Dragons Danced

The commotion that came from the clattering spear was sure to draw more people to our direction, but I found that I did not particularly care. Subterfuge and sneaking around was not my strong suit. This was. Battle sent my heart beating in a way nothing quite did, and now those drums in my ears were louder than they’d ever been. The next person to move in my field of vision was a serving boy that was passing by and decided to run away. I allowed him leave and chuckled internally as Toph made the ground beneath his feet shake a bit and made him almost lose his footing and fall.

We continued the journey to the Princess’ room but this time we moved at what seemed to be twice the speed as before as we did not care much about being noticed. Maki and Takeshi were content to leave the fighting to Toph and I as we cut through all those who stood in our way and made I to the Princess’ door.

I tried opening it, only to note that it was locked. Nice one, Long Feng, I thought with a sarcastic smile. “Give me some space, guys" I said before stepping backwards and aiming to slam into the door with my leg. Of course, as I pulled back and lashed out, my leg hit nothing but air. I turned to Toph and the girl was laughing. Turning to Takeshi and Maki, I noticed that neither of them would return my look. Takeshi had his hand over his mouth, and Maki wasn’t even bothering to do as much as he was to hide her laughter.

“I hate you all” I muttered as I marched through the hole in the wall Toph had opened by bending the earth and moving the entire doorframe to the side.

“Princess, General Natsu here to rescue you”

XXXXXX- TOJI

He stared down at the body as his spear protruded from its back. Another one dead, he thought with a sardonic smile. Natsu was his best friend, and he could not even think of life without him but the man was terrible at watching his own back. That was what left Toji with this burden. This burden to act to defend him from the threats he refused to see.

That was why he’d killed the Earth Kingdom General that had almost cost him his Friend’s life. Natsu cared little for revenge, but Toji had learned from childhood that the only mercy one could give oneself was ruthlessness when it came to others.

A/N: In-progress, aye?