The blood was spreading around quickly. The creature was quiet for a minute, has it..

..Already died?

"You are.. So young, are you.. training?" it asked.

"Yes, I am" I answered.

"Very well.. It seems like there is no coincidence" the creature said.

"Coincidence?" I asked.

"You are indeed... The one who shall be my master" answered the creature.

Master?!

"You have successfully found your spirit, now to continue.."

"..You shall lend me your.. soul" the creature said.

His eyes, they were orange.

"You.." I said

I had a hard time talking.

It felt as if the creature grew larger and larger after it asked me.

"Hehehe.." it laughed.

I felt something behind me.

I looked back, it was a tail.

Though not a dogs tail, or a cats.

It had scales, and horns sticking out from it.

It was dark brown colored.

"You don't have another... choice, ri.. ght?" it asked.

I didn't have my sword on me, where is it?!

"Just who are you?" I asked.

I kept contact with the tail and its eyes.

"I am your spirit, you.. have a hard time listening?" it asked.

"How can I trust you!" I asked.

I kept looking back and forth.

"You want certain people to be killed, right?" the creature said and completely changing it's tone.

The creature didn't sound old nor rusty anymore, almost like it has been reborn!

"We are chosen! We are chosen to be as one!" the creature said.

I kept looking around, his tail had slowly wrapped around me.

"I can help you get to your goal!" the creature said.

He sounded convincing.

"Well, I don't have a soul to begin with" I said.

"No.. Soul?!" the creature said with a weird tone.

It was almost as if he was angry.

"Well, you still sound convincing" it began.

"How about we do this in another way?" he asked.

Just as he finished talking, something appeared, in a flash.

It was as if it was right in front of me, a big grizzly bear.

Scars on its eye, dark red claws, and long and sharp teeth.

But it disappeared, in just a matter of seconds!

"No answer, then let's do this" the creature said.

Light suddenly castes over the cave, showing the creature.

Covered in blood and scars.

What I saw in front of me was..

..A unexpectedly dark brown dragon.

It had horns on its head, and spikes going through its body.

It's arms and neck was caged, yet blood was still coming from him.

How is he alive?!

"Oh, it looks like you get to see me in person then" the dragon said.

Around the dragon was a dark red aura, almost like a flame. A kind of aura I have never seen, something much more menacing than the teacher's aura!

I felt something in my right arm. I looked over.

The tail, it was..

..It was getting sucked into me!

"If I can't get hold into your soul, let me hold onto your body!" he said while laughing.

Suddenly, in just a couple of seconds, he got sucked in.

Nothing was left in front of me, no tail, no dragon.

I fell down, out of..

..Nothing.

"Now then, let me talk about myself" I could feel the creature talk.

It was like an echoing voice, coming from nowhere, yet it was close.

"I was the ruler of this world, the strongest and fiercest ruler, however they took me down! After my dictatorship, I was down. They had put me in this state for as long as I could remember!" the Creature said.

"I was a normal ruler, but was taken down because of my dangerous behavior!" he continued.

Dictatorship? That must mean, he was onto something.

"I have yet no clue what got into me, the dragon called Fushima!" he said.

"So Fushima, how come you haven't died then?" I asked.

"When a spirit enters the spirit world, it cannot die. It cannot move on" Fushima said.

I was quiet.

"To move to the afterlife, I must myself walk through the bridge we call The Ancient Serpent" Fushima continued.

"Then.." I said.

"Who exists in the spirit world?" I asked.

"Anyone and everything that has died" Fushima answered

"Animals, Humans, Nature" Fushima said.

I rose up.

"And how exactly will you be able to help with magic and fighting?" I asked.

"I am your new source for magical energy, and additional source for stamina" Fushima answered.

I walked out from the cave, the sky was..

..The same.

Nothing had changed.

"Fushima" I said.

"What is it?" He answered.

"Please, take me back to the dojo again" I asked.

"Hmph!" Fushima answered.