Journey of the Dragon

Chapter twenty eight : The Sibling Problem

 The night was getting late, now all residents in Togu City are already in their homes to rest. They’re Tired after a full day of activities, also watched the Tournament with great enthusiasm. But even so, they all had an even greater sense of eagerness to wait for tomorrow to come. Because tomorrow is the day when the final round of the Togu City Tournament will be held, everyone can't wait for the day to change.

 But for some people. Especially for Dragon and his friends, they didn't rest right away. That night they were in the hospital to see the condition of Gill, who had been badly injured as a result of his fight against the Master Big hit on the afternoon, which caused massive damage to the arena. Because those two people had truly insane powers.

 When Dragon, Glauss, and Tatsui has arrived at the lobby of the hospital treatment room, they met Rhogi who was waiting for his teacher outside the room. Rhogi said that Gill and his teacher were in the same treatment room. And right now no one was allowed to enter in there, because the two of them were being seriously taken care of by medical wizards. Therefore, Dragon, Tatsui, and Glauss decided to sit there with Rhogi.

 Then Rhogi started a conversation with Dragon. "Congratulations on your victory." Rhogi said.

 "Yes, you are welcome. That’s all thanks to … ” Before Dragon could finish his words, then suddenly Glauss cut off the conversation.

 “Dragon is great, right? He can face anyone, and win any fight. You should have complimented him a little more. " Send Glauss to Rhogi.

 Then Dragon immediately elbowed Glauss in the stomach, so that Glauss stopped talking. Dragon feels bad towards Rhogi for the words that have been spoken by Glauss. Because after all, Rhogi is the one who took part in Dragon's success in defeating Zhoei. Rhogi was the one who gave Dragon advice how to deal with Zhoei power, before Dragon even played his match against Zhoei.

 And nobody knows about it. Even though Glauss didn't really understand, why did Dragon elbow him in the stomach? but Glauss thought that Dragon was just kidding. Because after elbowing him in the stomach, Dragon immediately laughed while staring at Rhogi.

 "Hahaha ... I'm sorry, he's always like that." Dragon said to Rhogi.

 "Um ... It's okay, sometimes some people just prefer to say words without thinking first." Rhogi said, in a tone that teased Glauss.

 "Hey, what do you mean by that? Baldy.” Said Glauss.

 "Who do you call bald huh?" Rhogi asked Glauss.

 "Of course you. Who else?" Glauss replied.

 "A person who has already lost the Tournament, like you, doesn't deserve to call me bald!"

 "Hey, we both lost the tournament you know !!" Said Glauss to Rhogi.

 "Grrrr !!" The two of them growled at each other.

 "Geez, why are the two have to fighting?" Said Tatsui while shaking Their head.

 "Just let them be." Dragon said to Tatsui.

 That night, the atmosphere in the hospital becomes quite crowded, due to a ridiculous argument between Glauss and Rhogi. Both of them do not want to lose in terms of arguing. Until finally, only drowsiness can stop their arguing. Then they all fell asleep together there.

 The day began to change. In the morning, Glauss and Rhogi are seen still sleeping soundly, leaning on each other, while Tatsui is already starting to wake up and look around. But it seems that Dragon is not there, who knows where he is going. Then Tatsui immediately woke up Glauss and Rhogi, to invite them to see the state of Gill and Master Big hit. Because now they were all allowed to enter the room where Gill and Master Big Hit were currently.

 Glauss and Rhogi looked very surprised right after they both opened their eyes. When they found themselves leaning against each other, they both immediately moved away from each other. Then the two of them followed Tatsui to see the state of Master Big Hit and Gill in the treatment room.

 There, Rhogi immediately approached his teacher who was lying down, but still asleep. Meanwhile, Tatsui and Glauss approached Gill, who was also lying down, but his eyes were already open. It seems that Gill's condition is getting better now, when Tatsui and Glauss entered the room to visit him, Gill smiled and greeted them all.

 Even though it felt a little awkward, Tatsui didn't hesitate to talk with Gill. “Gill. How are you now?" Asked Tatsui.

 “I'm fine ... The treatment here is really good. It must be expensive. Luckily I'm a participant in the Tournament, so I don't think I need to worried about the costs. ” Answer Gill who likes to answer questions at length.

 "Thank God ... Oh yes, I heard you also had time to visit me, when I was in the treatment room of the Amritzer Stadium?” Said Tatsui to Gill.

 "Um, yes ..." Gill replied, while a little shy.

 “I've heard everything from Glauss… About the thing that happened between you and Dragon. I'm happy that you two got along well. "

 "Yeah, I don't know, it just happened ... Heheh." Gill responding to the words from Tatsui.

 "Actually, I really wanted to see you. Because I want to say thank you. " Said Tatsui to Gill.

 "Thank you for what?" Gill asked, confused.

 “Thank you for treating me as a true fighter on the arena of that match… Even though I know that I can't possibly win against you. But I wanted to try, and you did the best you could to fight me. Therefore, I want to thank you. Because you have fought earnestly against me. Yesterday it was truly the most memorable battle for me. ” Tatsui said to Gill.

 “You don’t have to thank me about it.” Gill replied with smile.

 Meanwhile, Glauss was just looking at the two of them, with teary eyes. And he said in his mind. "Again, I was trapped in emotional conflict, between the friendship of the three of them ... Sob sob."

 Then suddenly, Gill became nervous. He answered. "You too have fought at your best. Yesterday was really the most memorable battle for me too. ” Gill said to Tatsui. So that they both smiled at each other.

 Then Rhogi immediately approached them after hearing those words. “So, that means, your battle with my teacher wasn't memorable at all. Huh?" Rhogi asked Gill. So that Gill and his friends became silent, because they forgot that Rhogi and the Master Big Hit were also there, so they were confused to explain to Rhogi about the conversation they were having.

 Then Glauss immediately broke the awkward atmosphere, by approaching Rhogi. Then he put his arm around Rhogi's shoulder and brought him back near his teacher who was still asleep, while talking. "Hey, hey, please don't think too much of it. What Gill meant was, his battle with Tatsui was memorable, but his battle with your teacher was even more memorable, you know. " Glauss said persuading Rhogi, as if he were his best friend.

 "Oooh ... I see." Rhogi replied to Glauss, while walking with Glauss back to near Master Big Hit who was still sleeping in the bed.

 Tatsui and Gill just smiled while watching them. Then Gill spoke again to Tatsui. "Oh yeah, before you guys came here, Dragon has met me first."

 "Oh ya?" Asked Tatsui.

 "Yes." Gill replied.

 "Then why didn't he wake me up?"

 "He said, he didn't want to disturb your sleep."

 "Then where is he now?" Tatsui asked again.

 "He said, he had to be outdoor for some business." Gill replied.

 That's right. Currently Dragon is in the front yard of the Hospital, which is very wide. He was seen putting all his weapons on a garden table. Actually Dragon was intending to expose Melinda (the golden plate he always carried on his shoulder) in the hot sun. Because Melinda needs sunlight to replenish her energy. Which she had used up yesterday to create a multiple of daggers, while fighting against Zhoei.

 At first glance, if anyone saw it. Dragon did look like someone drying a sword and ordinary gold plate. But the truth is, Dragon is filling energy for his first good friend, whom he got on his way to the Nexus Kingdom, namely Melinda.

 Then not long after, suddenly Dragon's body moved on its own, as if someone was pulling him back strong and fast. Instantly his body floated and darted back, towards the two mysterious people who had been standing watching him from a distance.

 Surprisingly, the two mysterious people are Zhoei and Kalpen. Which turns out to still have a grudge against Dragon, because yesterday Zhoei was humiliatingly defeated by Dragon. So right now, Zhoei decided to make a vengeance against Dragon. Without Dragon realizing it, suddenly his body was pulled and flew towards Zhoei, while Kalpen was standing behind Zhoei, preparing to land a very hard blow against Dragon.

 Dragon, who had already put his sword down for drying, so couldn't anticipate or withstand the blow from the Kalpen. While his body was already floating closer and closer to Zhoei and Kalpen who were about to hit him. Will Dragon just accept the attack? Of course not.

 Dragon will take an evasive action when the moment is come, but when Dragon's body is almost close to the two sibling, Kalpen suddenly gets a very hard kick from Tatsui, so Kalpen immediately fell to the side and his iron bat was thrown from his hand. Meanwhile, Zhoei, who was shocked after seeing his brother knocked down, immediately stopped the force of his pull on Dragon's body, so that Dragon, who was in a floating state, suddenly fell down and then kissed the ground.

 Now Tatsui's position was right behind Zhoei, after she had landed a kick on Kalpen just now. So Zhoei immediately turned around to face Tatsui head-on. Quickly, Tatsui shot a kick from his leg towards Zhoei's face, but Zhoei was also no less fast swinging her hand, so that Tatsui's movement stopped, then Tatsui's body was knocked back from her.

 Meanwhile, Kalpen, afraid that anything would happen to his younger sister, so he quickly stood up and took his iron bat back. He intended to run towards his sister again. But things did not go according to his plan, Because suddenly his footsteps were stopped by Glauss who prevented him from getting near his sister. Initially, Glauss and Tatsui arrived there, only to meet Dragon, but it turned out that Glauss and Tatsui found that his friend was being attacked by those arrogant sibling (Kalpen and Zhoei).

 "Enough!!" Dragon shouted to the four of them, before the four of them would fight there.

 Immediately, the four of them who were very ready to carry out the fight, finally relaxed again and walked away from each other. Zhoei walked over to her brother, while Glauss retreated near Tatsui. Then Dragon spoke again.

 "This is a hospital, if you want to ask me to fight, choose the right place and the right time." Dragon said to Zhoei and her brother.

 Then Glauss added the words from Dragon to those sibling, “That's right! You guys really- ... "

 "Sshhhhh." Tatsui motioned for Glauss to be quiet.

 "I do not accept my defeat yesterday ... I want a rematch!" Zhoei said to Dragon.

 "Yea, right!" Kalpen added.

 "You want to have a rematch now, while bringing your brother into battle?" Asked Dragon.

 "Yes. You can also bring your friends to join this battle. ” Zhoei said aloud.

 Then, Tatsui and Glauss immediately got ready again to attack, after hearing those words from Zhoei. Then Dragon replied, “Alright then. If that can make you satisfied. "

 Then came the voice of someone screaming from a distance. "If it's like that ... That means we can join too right ?!" Said someone who came out of the hospital door.

 It turned out that the voice came from Gill, who was already outside with Rhogi, his presence there was to help Dragon. Looks like Gill's condition has already fit now.

 "Don't forget, please include me too." Rhogi said.

 Then, Kalpen and Zhoei started to get shocked and felt a little worried over the situation. They both did not think that Gill and Rhogi would also join the fight. The two of them who had seen Gill's strength yesterday, seemed a little doubtful if they had to deal with Gill, besides that, plus Rhogi, who was a student of the Master Big Hit. Therefore, surely the chance for Zhoei and Kalpen to win is getting thinner, if it has to be 2 against 5.

 "Gill, you should get enough rest first!" Dragon said to Gill.

 “It's okay, I'm fine… My strength, which was drained yesterday, has now recovered as before. The expensive treatment here really works. They treated me by- ... "

 "We don't need your long explanation !!" Everyone shouted, cutting off Gill's words.

 Then Gill laughed as he said, "Heheh ... Sorry, habit."

 Then filled with emotion, Zhoei shouted defiantly. "No problem!! Even if you all go forward, we will still can defeat you all! ” Zhoei said to all of them.

 Then suddenly Kalpen tapped Zhoei on the shoulder, making Zhoei a little surprised, "That's enough, little sister." Kalpen said to his younger sister, thus making Dragon and his friends also amazed. Especially Zhoei.

 "Brother, why do you say that?" Zhoei asked, feeling astonished at her brother.

 "We can't possibly win against all of them." Replied Kalpen, who tried to convince Zhoei.

 "But if we work together, we will definitely win! We can always win against anyone if we work together! ” Zhoei said.

 “Now the situation is different! The ones we usually fight are fugitives and common criminals… As for all of them, they are true warriors, knights, monster hunters, and blacksmiths. ”

 "Hey!" Dragon said, because he was offended when he only called a blacksmith.

 Then Kalpen continued his words, “Besides, they have a friendship relationship that we cannot match even if we bring a hundred people with us. That's why we should just stop, because we can't possibly win against them. " Said Kalpen emphasized.

 "No! I don't want to accept it. If you're afraid and doesn't want to help me. Then I will face them alone! … I don't need help from a coward like you!! ” Zhoei said.

 Then, "PAAAAKKK !!!" Kalpen suddenly slapped Zhoei on the cheek.

 Dragon and his friends were shocked when they saw this, especially for Zhoei, who immediately fell silent while trembling at her brother, who had just slapped her cheek quite hard.

 "Please wake up, Zhoei. So far I've been trying to always obey your orders. I've hurt a lot of people you don't like, just to make you happy. But now, these people you want to hurt ... They are beyond our limits. If I get beat up by them, then who will protect you? Besides, you will get hurt in the future too. Both of us will be get hurt, and suffer an embarrassing crushing defeat against them… I'm currently trying to protect you from your foolish actions. ” Said Kalpen with tears in his eyes, because he feel guilty after slapping his younger sister that he care the most.

 Then without saying a word, Zhoei immediately rushed to leave the place. Even though Kalpen tried to stop her and followed her, Zhoei quickly used his power to throw Kalpen's body away from her, so Kalpen couldn't go with her. Whereas Dragon and his friends just stared, because they didn't know what to say in a situation like this.

 Kalpen had to let his younger sister leave while feeling angry, sad and hurt due to his actions. After that, Kalpen just sat pensive on the ground where he had just fallen. Then Dragon started to approach and rubbed his shoulder, so that Kalpen's feelings can be calmed down a little.