RLRD Chapter 1

Dragon King Reborn, Chapter 1

Lying in a hospital bed, attached to a breathing machine, was a frail young boy. He was only 16 years of age, but it was hard to tell from his looks. There was almost no muscle mass on his body. The phrase skin and bones would be more than an accurate description for him. His eyes were sunken in with dark circles around them, and his hair had grown long and was almost grey, covering the sides of his face and falling out in certain areas.

'If this was a game right now, I guess my stat would be minus 100 in the luck department. After everything that's happened to me, I guess my life is now coming to an end.' Kyro thought.

The 16-year-old boy had spent most of his life in the hospital. From birth, he had been told that he had Cystic fibrosis, a condition that made it hard for him to breathe and affected his growth. On top of that, he had been told he had a rare genetic disorder, Muscular dystrophy, a condition that made one lose muscle mass.

Because of these things, he had spent more days out of school than in school, but thanks to his supportive parents, he managed to at least live a life, although one away from other people. There wasn't a single person he could think of when he thought of the word friend.

Kyro grabbed the mask on his face, attempting to pull at it.

'My Parents, who have struggled so much because of me, don't deserve this. It would be best for me just to end it all.'

The breathing mask had come off less than a centimeter from his face before he let go, and it snapped back on.

'I don't even have the strength to do this…is this how I have to go? Slowly, thinking about my meaningless life? Never experiencing school, never knowing what love is.'

Turning his head slightly to the right, Kyro looked at the bag pumping liquids into his body. Trying to kill another unfortunate thing that had entered his body. After everything he had experienced, he had been given lung cancer.

At his age, a non-smoker? He had truly won the unfortunate lottery. Kyro could tell from the look on the doctors' faces. His body was already weak, and they were prolonging what was inevitable for him.

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Not to far from where Kyro was, just outside of the hospital window, a transparent circle ball around the size of a basketball was floating about. A human eye could not see the energy despite it moving about radically in the air.

'Crap, Moneky balls! Cow Vagina!' The ball of energy was panicked. 'I never expected to just be chucked out here, and where even is here? What are these giant buildings and blinding lights!'

The ball continued to whizz around, getting closer to the hospital.

'My energy is depleting fast with no body. I need to find a host of some kind and fast!'

The ball of energy turned, and it could see its first sign of life through the hospital window. It had no choice and darted as it entered the young boy's body.

"Ah, my stomach!" Kyro rubbed his belly.

The ball of energy had entered Kyro's body, spreading through it, but it quickly began to notice something.

'Crap…just my luck, have I really entered the body of a dying person? Even if I was to take over this body, it would be useless to me in this state. I've already entered the body, so I can't leave now. I, the great Slith, can't be in such a weak body!' Slith claimed. 'I have no choice. I'll have to use my powers and heal it!'

The feeling that had initially started in Kryo's belly began to spread through his whole body. There was a burning sensation all over his skin. He grabbed the bed sheets hard.

'What is happening to me? Is this death!' Kyro thought.

The heart monitor by his side was beating fast, and eventually, he grabbed the railing on his bed. He pulled at it causing the metal to bend.

'This person, they really were on death's door, so much of my energy has already been used…I can't…I can't take over their mind!' Slith shouted.

Finally, Kyro's body felt better, he let go of the rails, and closed his eyes, having no idea what had just happened.

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That night was a special night for the whole world. Mystic balls of energy were spread in all parts, countries, and lands. No one knew how many mystic balls of energy they were, but they were spread far and wide, each looking for a body to host in.

In one household, there was a young man peacefully sleeping next to his wife. When the ball of energy entered his body. His skin felt like it was on fire, and his body was sweating intensely as he tossed and turned.

"Darling, is everything okay?" His wife asked, woken by the struggle.

The man had quickly stopped, and when he opened his eyes to look at his wife, he smiled.

"Yes."

The man grabbed his wife right by her head and slammed it into the bed frame, breaking the bed in half and twisting her neck.

"Everything was successful." The man said, standing up and walking to his bathroom mirror. "The humans of this time seem to be a bit weak."

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Eventually, Kyro opened his eyes. He often fell asleep, but this time it felt different. He had no sense of time. It almost felt like he had been asleep for a week, or perhaps even longer, and what was more surprising was the fact that there were a team of men and woman in white lab coats around him.

"He's awake."

"What do we say to him? I mean, we still haven't figured it out ourselves."

"You know, the patient is not deaf. He can hear us speaking."

Something wasn't right, more so than the strange doctors commenting about him. That's when he noticed there was no breathing equipment on his mouth. He moved his hands to his face, and it was with such ease when he did.

Looking at his wrist, his frail arms were no longer so weak looking.

"It looks as if he is just as shocked by this as we are." One of the doctors commented.

"Kyro way, please don't be alarmed. There are many questions that you would like to ask and to be honest, it's the same for us. Your parents have been called in for a meeting, and we will discuss things further together there.

"I might be jumping the gun by saying this, but after monitoring you for a few days, it's safe to say a miracle has occurred. Your body is showing great signs of recovery."

"Recovery?" Kyro repeated the word, confused and could see the doctors nodding as they went to leave the room, leaving a nurse to look over him.

"Recovery, is that what this is?" Kryo felt tears falling from his face. He then took in a deep breath, something he could never do without being in pain before. “This is all real…a miracle…thank you…thank you, whoever is up there."

'Up there, who the hell are you thanking, kid!' A deep voice resounded inside Kyro's head, almost making him jump out of bed.

He turned and twisted his head but could see no one other than the nurse, shocked by his actions.

'You shouldn't be thanking anyone but me. I was the one that did all of the work fixing your body and now look at me. I'm stuck here, inside your mind!' The voice said once again.

Kyro tried not to panic as much this time, and he noticed that the voice wasn't heard through his ears but more like a thought in his mind.

'Who are you, how are you speaking to me, and where are you?'

'Those are the first questions you ask after everything I've done. How about a thank you!' The voice said.

'Have I gone mad? Is this a result of my healing, or maybe all normal people hear a crazy voice in thier head. Yeah, I'm just normal now.'

'You might be a bit crazier than the average human, but this is certianly not normal.' The voice stated.

Thinking about everything, Kyro thought about the situation of him getting better. It certainly wasn't normal. So just what had happened to him? In haste, he decided to change his attitude a bit.

'You said you were the one that did this. You were the one that fixed my body? If that's true, thank you…but again, how did you even do that? Who are you?' Kyro asked. 'Why are you in my head?'

After asking this question, a deep chuckle could be heard, which soon broke out into a laugh that almost sounded like a villain from one of those cartoons.

'People from all corners of the Earth once feared me. My name alone caused people to faint in terror! I am Slith, the king of dragons!'

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