Sky : Hello, I'm immensely sorry for this endless waiting !!! In fact, I got lost on the road of life...
Kakashi : COPYRIGHT!!!!
Sky : Sorry! But to be honest, from June 8 to 10, I was on a school trip. Then, I passed my BAC written two weeks ago, and next week I'll pass my BAC oral presentation ( BAC = crucial diploma in France that we pass in two parts : the first part focuses on french language, grammar... ). In addition, during this month, I discovered Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen... And I think it's time to stop my excuses !
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In the middle of the afternoon, a small boat stopped beside the pontoon which gave access to the frightful Ogre island. A young blond boy hurriedly jumped out of the boat, his hands gripping the straps of his backpack. He turned around and greeted the old captain who had led him here.
" Thank you very much sir! " He thanked him energetically with a bright ear-to-ear smile. He vigorously waved his arm in the air to support his words. To which the old man returned a smile of gratitude.
" You're welcome! But be careful if you spend the day here: this island looks dangerous with its cliffs. They also seem quite steep..."
" Don't worry, I'll be careful! " said Dante, smiling, closed eyes.
And then the boat set out again from where it had come, leaving the dragon tamer alone to face his fate.
With a smirk, the blond shouted, "Here I am, Lui!" and began to climb the stairs at full speed. He reached the upper floor and turned right to follow a rocky and narrow path. And as if that was not enough, the path ran along the cliff and had a view of the sea, that is to say it offered directly a dive in less than two seconds for anyone wishing.
Then, while the young Blader was slowly advancing on his path, a greyish and surprisingly thick fog formed little by little, until the blond's vision was completely blurred.
" Oh man! I'm so not lucky! " Dante pouted in disappointment as he slowed down his pace, but continued his walk.
Suddenly he stepped into a crack and stumbled, causing him to deviate from his route... and dive several metres into the water. The Blader did not even have time to utter even one word that he found himself submerged by the dark waters. And then, when his brain had just recorded and analyzed what had just happened, the sea current slammed it against a rock.
The blond grimaced when a sharp pain was suddenly felt in the back of his thigh and he lowered his head towards his wounded limb: the grey baggy he was wearing had torn, just like his flesh, and a cloud of red surrounded his thigh and the jagged rim of the rock he had struck.
Although he had difficulty because of the violent pain and the backpack he had not lost, he came to the surface and gasped loudly in search of oxygen.
" Darn fog, you! " he scowled looking at the cliff from which he had fallen, his legs beating to keep him on the surface of the water.
He began to swim to the side to try to reach the beach which was about twenty or thirty meters to his left when he noticed a strange detail: even if the water was agitated and it created many waves of various sizes, a kind of trail was going straight towards him...
" Oh please! Don't tell me that's what I think! " Dante prayed in a panic.
Too bad for him, he had the misfortune to see a small grey thing emerge from the water.
More like a grey tip...
...
...
Get out of here!!!
The dragon tamer began to swim as fast as possible, in the hope of reaching a shallow area and ideally the beach so as not to end up as a food for fish with high dangerous potential. But unfortunately, the grey tip rushed towards him like a flash and the closer it got, the more precise the shape of the predator with dark grey scales became and the more sloppy Dante's swimming became.
" One more effort! The beach is just ahead! " The blond thought furiously, his eyes getting wet not because of the salty water that burned him.
But it was useless...
Dante cried out when a cold, rough body pressed against the back of his legs and his backpack was suddenly caught and pulled him back, making him swallow excessively salty water.
" Maximus! "
A powerful voice transcended the air and Dante looked at the beach he had failed to reach, where a young man with fire hair stood.
But against all his expectations, the blond was not drawn to the bottom of the water where he could be shredded to tiny pieces but rather found himself drawn in the initial direction, that is to say towards the shallower areas.
As he felt his shoe touch the sandy bottom, the predator let go and swam the other way. At the same time, Dante saw the frozen ogre rushing into the water, albeit a bit awkwardly as the water slowed down its movements, and two pale arms caught it under the armpits and pulled it out half way out of the water.
" Dang it, Dante! What are you doing here! " shouted Lui with a mixture of anger and worry, although at the time, anger was dominant.
" W-What just happened? " asked the dragon tamer, dazed and still recovering from his emotions. " It was... a shark?"
" It was Maximus, my shark ", replied Lui, frowning as he supported and dragged the youngest towards the beach.
The two finally came out of the water, gasping with fatigue. Dante took care to fall on his stomach not to worsen his thigh wound, something that Lui noticed, of course.
" You're bleeding! Don't tell me you fell into the rocks!"
Dante was about to reply with some kind of joke or something, but he immediately stopped himself to wince out loud because the adrenaline was starting to come down, bringing out the violent and painful sting of his wound due to the infinitely salty water.
Hands pulled him up through his armpits and he was again lifted up and put back on his feet.
" Come on, we have to disinfect this ", said Lui.
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" So, how did you end up in this area? " asked Lui pouring disinfectant on a compress, his back turned towards the young blond who was leaning against the bed, trembling with apprehension at the next pain.
" Well... I went up the stairs at the entrance to the island. I turned right and took the- "
Dante paused with a brief breath because of the burning pain from the encounter between the disinfectant and the tearing of his thigh, biting his lower lip to keep himself from screaming. Tears suddenly rose in his eyes.
" It's okay.... It's okay. It's over now." The older Blader reassured him by rubbing circles on his back to soothe and comfort the distressed dragon tamer.
The blond took several other brief breath before continuing.
" So I took the little path to the right... But suddenly, the fog rose. Then I tripped and fell into the water."
Lui nodded before moving away by removing the disinfectant compress. He grabbed bandages on the bedside table and carefully wrapped them on the youngest's thigh.
" Dante, this path and indeed this entire area is forbidden. Have you not seen any sign that prohibited access? "
" N-No, I'm sure."
" Well, I'll take care of it as soon as possible ", Lui announced.
He helped the blond sit on the bed and helped him put on light blue pajama pants large enough to avoid restricting the bandages. Then he took off the blankets and once the dragon tamer lay down, he covered him up to the chin.
The frozen ogre was about to leave the room when Dante stopped him.
" Where are you going? You're coming back, right? "
" Yes, don't worry ", he replied, smiling at the younger one, " I'll just change and get a plaid. And then we'll watch Peter Pan, okay? "
" Fine! "
So, I got this idea when I found this on Pinterest, and I can perfectly imagine Lui having a pet called Maximus ;)