Chapter 12: Power (1)

After Nori was calm and ready to move, Rika took him back through the portal to the training place. Eventually they would need to come up with a better name for this place but right now that's fine.

Rika is cleaning up right now so I have a little bit of time to myself until she gets back so what exactly will I do? I've been thinking a lot about what happened with the last two fights I had against these creatures.

I need to makeup my mind on what I call them from now on as well, monsters or creatures? They aren't that different are they?

Nori laid back on his bed and began to think about everything that's happened since meeting Rika, realizing that it's not all bad. He gets to hangout with a cute dragon girl all the time and even gets to help save the world from its destruction.

I think I'm getting more confident talking with her so maybe that'll help in the future with any other girls I meet.

The door creeks open and Rika walks in. "Hey maybe we should trim your hair a bit. You're handsome, people should see that more." Rika says with a smile on her face.

Cleaning up my hair a bit? I haven't really thought about it much until now so I guess it wouldn't be a terrible idea. It's not like I'd have it cut down that much since I do enjoy having a good amount of hair on my head.

"Sure. Do you even know how to do hair cuts?" Nori asks with a curious expression on his face.

She smiles mischievously. "Of course!" Rika shouts with enthusiasm before she laughs a bit.

I'll just have to have faith that she won't mess up my hair.

Nori sits up and takes a seat in one of the chairs that were in the room while Rika pulls out a pair of clippers. "I promise it won't be bad." Rika reassures him.

He sat there quietly for awhile as she cut his and after it was done she held a mirror in front of him, revealing a nice length that's fairly cleaned up. It was a little messy since that's the way his hairstyle typically was but it was perfect.

"Seems like you do know how to do haircuts. Thank you." Nori says with a sincere tone in his voice.

I haven't really gotten a hair cut in a long time, usually I just took care of it so that it wasn't a pain in the ass to deal with. This length is nice though, not too short and not too long.

It was about time that I did get one so it was nice to let the cute dragon girl do it for me this time around. I'm finding myself more and more attracted to her by the day, I should probably keep that to myself for now.

"Can you tell me more about my power, if you know anything about it?" Nori asks while standing up from the chair.

Rika cleans everything up before she responds to his question. "I'd love to tell you what I can." Rika responds with joy in her voice.

She really is nice to be around all the time, especially with all her positive energy that she gives off. I don't want to see what she's like when she's angry with me or even something else.

{Rika begins to explain.}

Your power is nothing like the other prophets Aki told me about, it's actually an extremely rare thing to see in anyone. Your power is split between two different things, one is the power of an ancient shadow dragon known as Thelm.

I'm not sure how much you have to awaken with Them before you experience more strength or even abilities but I know that's the first half that I can sense.

Thelm is one of the last dragons that was known to exist in your world but he eventually perished at the hands of a hero or I guess they'd be considered prophets now. That prophet was part of your lineage since it's in your blood.

Not only was he the last of his kind but he was a rare breed too, a shadow dragon is something extraordinary and they were considered to be the most dangerous too.

On top of flying, they could manipulate darkness for their needs and no one and I mean no one knows the full extent of their abilities. Most people died before they could witness anything with them.

Though it's odd that I can sense this within you but I can't sense the other half of your power whatsoever. But if you can master Thelm's power, you'll be able to learn how to use the abilities he had as well.

{End of Rika's explanation.} For now. (Back to the thoughts of Nori.)

"So that's about all I can tell you for now. I hope to find out more about that other power of yours later." Rika says with a smile on her face.

The power of a shadow dragon resides within me? That's definitely something awesome to think about but was that what I felt back during those battles.

I'm not entirely sure about what it was that I experienced back then since it just felt like raw power. Maybe it'll look different when I start using the power officially.

"That still helped me out quite a bit. Thank you for telling me more about this Rika." Nori replies with a smile as well.

Thelm, what a name for a dragon. I would've expected something different and maybe a bit more intense. I have a hard time believing that they existed in my world but I guess I shouldn't be surprised with everything I've seen.

Must've been a long, long time ago that they existed here. I really should start researching more about prophets, maybe Rika could point me in the right direction.

It would help me understand my purpose more and more.