Welcome to Gaia! ::

Several days had passed since Ryugi and Vargus had arrived on the tundra. Nothing exciting had really happened durring their time on the snowy continent. Day in and day out, they hiked and walked in the direction of Ryugi's pull. They still had no real idea where they were going, but it didn't matter so long as Ryugi kept moving. The weather was cold, but it wasn't so bad with their arctic gear. It kept them reasonably comfortable, and even if all the walking in the snow got them tired out, the view was breathtaking.

Snowdrifts were relatively common across the tundra, esspecially if there was a wind blowing, which was almost all the time. The wind was bearable only because of the thick jackets and gear that the pair was wearing. Why anyone would attempt to cross this frozen land without some sort of environmental protection was beyond Ryugi. However, he had seen evidence that at least SOMEONE lived here. Footprints heading inland from the sea were visabler by air as he had flown in, and that big dark tower had to house something. And although cold, game was plentiful in the forrested areas, meaning people could survive here if dressed appropriately.

Ryugi and Vargus sat around their camp fire at dusk, watching the beautiful sunset as the last rays of the sun reflected off the ice crystals in the clouds. This place was beautiful even if it was freezing. If Ryugi found peace in anything, it was the beauty of nature. Nothing man-made could compare to the majesty of the mountains, or the vastness of the seas, or the glorious open areas of sky that were for all to see and enjoy. The slight clanking of a pot lid signified that dinner was ready, and Ryugi served the hot soup. He couldn't help but think something was amiss even though everything seemed to be perfect. Call it intuition, but he had a feeling he and Vargus were being followed.

Every morning when he woke up, he would detect a faint energy signature at the edges of his sensory range, which was about twenty miles, farther if the energy was exceptionally strong. It would pop up every now and then durring the day's trek, and then appear once more not long after he and Vargus had settled in for the night. It was a discomforting feeling, and it made Ryugi cautious. He hadn't yet told Vargus of this strange occourance, but with it becoming ever-present, he knew he'd have to tell her soon. He stared into his soup, not noticing that Vargus was staring right back at him.

You know, you sure have been acting strangely lately. You keep glancing behind us even though theres not a living soul for miles. And you seem tense alot of the time, like you're expecting something.

Ryugi looked up from his soup which was getting colder by the minute, and looked at Vargus.

I don't know what you're talking about. You must be-

Oh come on. Don't play dumb with me. I can ALWAYS tell when you're hiding something. I can read you like a book and you know it. So just tell me whats bothering you.

Ryugi had to admit. Vargus had been the only one who could read his every move, except Ryudo, but he always cheated and used his psychic abilities when they were younger. Vargus, it seemed, just had a natural talent for reading him. She might as well know now since she'd find out anyways.

Well, if you must know, something wierd has been going on. I keep sensing this energy signature that keeps popping up. It's faint, but it's always about twenty miles behind us when it shows up. I don't know what it is, but the damn thing is really starting to freak me out.

Vargus shrugged and let out a sigh, sipping a little more of her soup.

Well, thats a relief. I thought you were going to say you'd forgotten something. If it's that you're worried about, you could probably take them on anyway. And I'm here with you, so it would be two against one. We're a team, remember? I've got your back if you need me.

She smiled and Ryugi smiled in return.

I guess you're right. I don't suppose we'd have too much to worry about.

He sipped his soup and immediately made a grimace as he realized it was now luke warm and on its way to becoming cold. Vargus laughed soon followed by Ryugi. After dinner, the pair settled in for the night and fell asleep...

...as a tiny translucent pair of white eyes watched them from under the cover of their supplies.

::The elevator ride had been silent till just about that point. As a man of science the doctor spent the majority of his time in his mind as it was. Speaking was for communicating and there was nothing to communicate...until Silver spoke of course.::

My you children zhese dayz are impatient. Von zhing at a time.

::The Door opened to a dark room made out to be like a giant library, and in the center was a small orb with a single thing slot in it. Without another moment of delay the Doctor took his steps toward the orb and slid the vial from the ship inside and the orb became to spin.

At first this didnt seem like much, a solid steel orb, but then it began to change, as it spun it began to open and twist and warp. And after a moment its took the form of the boat. The boat looked normal, wooden sides, a mast, sails, cannons, the usual. But without a moments notice the wooden panels opened, the mast split as the sails lowered to either side of the boat forming wings. The cannons rose from the lower decks on rotary platforms capable of firing at 360 degrees.

The Doctor scratched his chin as what once was a steel orb, tranformed again. The deck opened as the ship split in two, "landing gear" of some sort emerged from the center gap, strange gear as it was shapped less like landing gear and more like feet. The head of the ship also opened, the metal plating shifted as the entire boat spun off into transformation creating well...a dragon of sorts. It wasnt organic but metallic, metal plating covered it from one side to the other but it looked almost alive. The sails were re-informed with some strange material as thy formed the wings. Four sets of legs formed landing gear, and as it opened its mouth a rotary array of cannons formed its "breath".

The body of the dragon still carried much bulk, enough to fit an entire crew in battle positions and a cockpit and still be piloted. And then without notice it all snapped back, not violently but if it was meant to. Plates reversed on plates, parts clicked and snapped back into place and folded back into a sail boat.

The Doctor smiled as he looked back at Silver.::

Zhe nanosphere createz a model of zhe ship before conztruction replicating partz from zhe actual ship. Vhat do you zhink? You zaid you vanted to be a Dragon Rider, no?

$Tommy walked to make his way to the main villiage to get a personal feel for this place. He pulled an thick wad of money which he didn't really need from his inside coat pocket. He pulled a small amount out and put it away as he found a few stores he wanted to check out.

A few hours later he was whereing a light blue hoody under his darker navy coat,His blue bandanna was tided under his hair around head with his hat on top under his hood. he rented a horse with a large traler like cart with many different supplies such as steel and wood planks etc.

He rode slowly out of the village to a more private location. After riding for some time he cam to a stop at a nice place, It had a lake and was at the end of a frozen forest and was on the other side of a snowy hill. He unloaded the requeserd materials for his new work plan.

$The tundra plans made Tommy's abilites much strong by creating frozen blocks of ice,and useing snow,wood and steel he made his own little shack for living in for a while. He filled a sack to a firmed shaped punching bag for training for his stay here. Keeping food cold wouldn't fortunatly be a problem as He had enough food for a few month's untill he would need to go back into town.$

Ryugi and Vargus were awakened by a powerful crash as their tent went tumbling end over end, the spikes that held the tent being ripped out of the icy ground of the tundra. After the tumbling stopped, Ryugi shot his head outside the tent door, dressed in his usual fighting gear, not having time to dress more warmly. His regular fighting clothes were already decently insulated from temperature changes, but it was still a little chilly in the cold morning air. Spying Ryudo, he jumped out of the tent and rolled immediately into a fighting stance. His voice was angry as he spoke.

Ryudo!? What the HELL are you doing here...

Vargus poked her head outside as well, and gasped as she heard Ryudo's name as well as saw him. She knew this wasn't going to be a warm family reunion...

Ryugi was shocked. Silver and Madi were here!? In Guldor? How did this happen? And what about the Shadow Whisps? Ryudo thinking about what? This was all very confusing, but there was one thing he understood. Ryudo desired to fight him again, and that, he could handle.

If its a fight you want, Ryudo, then I'll give it to you. Don't expect me to go easy on you either.

His face switched to one of determination as he then charged at Ryudo with a battlecry, already constructing a plan to attack his brother.

Little did Ryudo know that this is EXACTLY what Ryugi had predicted would happen. His neck hurt, that was for sure, but he was ready as he saw Ryudo's attack head his way. As Ryudo went to punch, Ryugi grinned and let loose with a powerful Limiter Release.

This move was very similar to his Limit Release, athough different. Instead of channeling the energy from the fire realm for an extended period of time at maximum output, he only channeled it with such power for only a split second, allowing a powerful burst of energy to erupt from his body with enough force to toss a person nearly twenty feet.

As Ryudo flew back across the battlefield, Ryugi jumped to his feet and charged towards Ryudo, flame energy enveloping him in a field of firey orange, charging as he went.

Dragon Blazer!!

As Ryudo got up and charged, Ryugi moved his hands out to punch Ryudo once more with his right hand, his body glowing with flaming energy. He had to win this battle. He couldn't afford to lose when he was so close to his goal of finding out the scourse of the tug he felt.