The Flying Dragon Clan
The white dragon outside trembled and actually burst into tears, but she had no choice but to obey Issui's order.
Once he was released, Issui breathed in the fresh air, his heart filled with joy. His Summoning Technique training had gone perfectly. The next time he summoned a flying dragon, he could use the soul seal to summon Christina with pinpoint accuracy. Life was wonderful.
After healing Issui's wounds, the white dragon Christina felt the tragedy of her fate and began crying again. This time, her body suddenly shrank, and she lay down at Issui's feet.
"Hey, why are you crying? It's not like I'm going to kill you. Besides, as long as you obey my orders, I'll treat you well," Issui said, stroking Christina's dragon head.
"Hmph, you already control my soul. What's the point of saying that now, you bastard?" Kesisidina was still sobbing, and she cried even harder.
Seeing this, Issui thought, Forget it. If this happened to me, I'd cry too. The Ice Soul Seal is a little too overpowered. Even if the chance of success isn't high, it can still succeed.
"Hey, let's get one thing straight. You can ask me to help you fight in the future, but you can't do anything weird, okay?" Christina pleaded.
"Weird?" Issui asked, puzzled.
"Like making me turn into a human so you can play with me," Christina said, twisting her dragon body as if bashful.
"Human form? You can turn into humans?" Issui asked happily.
Christina looked as if she had expected this. "Of course. Adult flying dragons can take human form for a while every day. I only became an adult recently, so of course I can."
"You became an adult recently? How old are you?" Issui asked.
"I'm only a hundred. Flying dragons live a very long time. From one to twenty, we're young dragons, and from twenty to eighty, we're adolescent dragons. Laxus, the one you summoned last time, was an adolescent dragon. Even though he's over fifty, he's a complete rookie among adolescent dragons—a total idiot, though his father is very powerful. All dragons over eighty are adults. I'm considered the most talented of the water dragons. Even some water dragons older than me can't beat me. Speaking of which, Laxus has to call me Auntie. But we water dragons and fire dragons are sworn enemies. We rarely have anything to do with each other, and we fight whenever we meet," Christina explained.
"Is that so? How many types of flying dragons are there?" Issui continued.
"There are lots, but I won't mention the mixed-bloods. Just among the pure-bloods, there are holy dragons of light, who are good at healing and very powerful in battle; demonic dragons of darkness, who are good at inflicting all sorts of status effects on others; white dragons of water, who are good at water-attribute Ninjutsu; blue dragons of wind, who are good at wind-attribute Ninjutsu; fire dragons of flame, who are good at flame-attribute Ninjutsu; purple dragons of lightning, who are good at lightning-attribute Ninjutsu; yellow dragons of earth, who are good at earth-attribute Ninjutsu; green dragons of wood, who are good at life-attribute Ninjutsu; black dragons of steel, who are good at physical combat and can't use Ninjutsu, but whose skin is immune to half of all attribute damage; ghost dragons of shadow, who are a bunch of nasty fellows specializing in attacks on the soul, though they seem to be almost extinct now, since all the other dragons have always hated them. The most unusual are crystal dragons and diamond dragons. Crystal dragons are born able to take human form at will and are good at Ninjutsu of every attribute. Diamond dragons are immune to half of all physical damage and half of all magic damage, but there are no more than ten of those two kinds combined. The rest are some without wings..." Christina said slowly.
"Then the Flying Dragon Clan is a huge group," Issui said in surprise.
"Of course," Christina said proudly.
"Then why don't you come up to the surface...?" Issui asked.
"Of course we want to, but there are so many monsters in the underground abyss. Without the Flying Dragon Clan, the whole surface would be destroyed," Christina said calmly.
Issui was puzzled. Could there really be other things in the Hokage World?
"The Abyssal Demons have been around for a very long time, and so have flying dragons. The world has gone through many changes. First came the ancient gods, then the immortals and demons who cultivated natural attributes, followed by the age of onmyoji, then the age of samurai, and finally the age of ninja. We flying dragons and the Abyssal Demons are creatures from ancient times," Christina said.
What? That's nothing like the original story. There weren't any flying dragons or Abyssal Demons in it, and gods and immortals are even more bizarre. Never mind whether those things exist—where on earth did I transmigrate to? Even though things are unfolding exactly as they did in the age of the Hokage, did the Hokage World have all this history?
Forget it. I won't think about these troublesome things anymore. I'll just live my life as a ninja.
"Hey, Little Nana, how about helping me catch another dragon? Having only you as my fighter doesn't feel like enough. The more subordinates, the better," Issui said to Christina.
"What? You want me to be a traitor? No, no..." Christina said, shaking her dragon head repeatedly.
"Oh, come on. Don't you want the other dragons to get a taste of this too? You could pretend to have caught me and offer me to one of your companions to eat. Doesn't it bother you to be my only subordinate? Bring a few more dragons in, and you'll be their boss, since you were my first subordinate. What do you say?" Issui had completely transformed into a little devil, tempting Christina.
"Then... all right. But not too many. If there are too many, they'll all kill and eat me when I go back." In the end, Christina couldn't resist the temptation. Having a few dragons of other attributes as her subordinates would surely feel wonderful. Besides, being the only dragon with a soul seal felt a little lonely. With a few more dragons, she wouldn't feel that way anymore. Such was the nature of dragons: they didn't mind being unlucky, only being the only dragon who was unlucky.
"Great, here I go. Boar, dog, rooster, monkey, ram-Summoning Technique!!!"
Poof...
A-a dragon, no, that wasn't right. A beautiful girl appeared. No way. Since when could the Summoning Technique summon beautiful girls? Was she a magical girl?
"Hmm, isn't this Sister Christina? What did you want with Fini? Fini was sleeping. Huh? Where is this? It's so beautiful! I've never seen such a beautiful place. Is there somewhere in the underground world I don't know about? And little brother, are you a crystal dragon too? How come I've never seen you before?" Looking at the colorful world before her and the fresh surroundings, Fini was overjoyed. Could this little brother like me and want to be my partner for life, so he made such a beautiful world? Ah, what a wonderful love story. But I know all the crystal dragons, and I've never seen this little brother before.
"Fi... Fini, why is it you?" Christina said in shock. "We're finished, we're finished! Master, you summoned Fini, a crystal dragon of the Flying Dragon Clan. She's the princess in the hearts of every dragon in the clan. We're finished now! Send her back quickly, or I'll have to face the wrath of every dragon when I return."
"What? My luck is incredible! A crystal dragon! Let's try this again. Dragon, tiger, snake, dog-Secret Technique-Ice Soul Seal!!!" Issui paid no attention to Christina's shock. When he heard "crystal dragon," his eyes shone brilliantly, and he immediately concentrated and used the Ice Soul Seal.
A glittering, dragon-shaped shadow emerged from Fini's head, and a great flurry of snowflakes appeared around Issui. They stuck directly to the dragon-shaped shadow, and he actually succeeded in one try. What incredible luck!
When Fini came to, she discovered that someone else's seal had been placed on her soul, and the little boy before her seemed to have become the person closest to her. Fini was astonished. Could this be the power of love? This little brother is destined to be my partner for life. What a wonderful love story! The prince made a beautiful world for his princess, then crossed time and space to summon her to his side. Their love moved Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and she sent her faithful attendant, the little god of love Eros, known to the Romans as Cupid, to take up his bow and arrows and place the prince's soul seal upon the princess. From then on, their souls became one, and they stayed together for life after life. The princess and prince lived happily ever after as dragons.
Seeing the entranced look on Fini's face, Christina slapped her own dragon head. She knew the scatterbrained little princess had started indulging in her grand fantasies again. Ugh, ah, I'm a sinner! I don't know how many dragons will curse me to death when I go back. Even though quite a few male dragons follow my dragon legion, Fini turns away neither young nor old, male nor female. Her legion of followers is the entire Dragon Court army. Even those ghost dragons like her very much. We're finished, we're finished.
"Hey, are you Fini? I'm Issui Kanna. Hello... ah." Looking at the blissful expression on the beautiful girl's face, Issui felt a little afraid. That's so creepy. I put a soul seal on her, and she's happy about it?
"Ah, hello, my prince. My name is... Fini. You can call me Feifei. I like you so much! Even though you're still little, the power of love is limitless. Don't worry, Fini will be a good wife. I'll help you have a whole brood of adorable baby dragons someday," Fini said happily, throwing her arms around Issui.
"Wh-what's going on, Christina? My god, I didn't summon a dragon with something wrong with her head, did I? Even if she is beautiful." Issui turned to Christina for help.
Christina rolled her eyes at Issui and said helplessly, "Fini is always a little scatterbrained like this, but she's very powerful in battle. Even I'm no match for her."
"What are you saying, Your Highness? Aren't you a crystal dragon too? Don't you like Fini?" Fini tilted her head cutely.
"I can tell you very clearly that I'm a human, not a crystal dragon. And you're my summoned beast." Issui had no choice but to tell her the truth.
After hearing this, Fini said stubbornly, "I don't care. You're my prince anyway, and I want to be with you forever and have baby dragons."