Shining Laughter

In this new commission drawn by Symbolhero: [link] We have Lazarus from the anime series, Shining Tears X Wind. After winning a tough battle, the great dragon warrior, Lazarus makes his way through the dark forest and discovers an ancient ruined castle. Desperate for shelter, Lazarus tends to his wounds and stays in the castle for the night. But little does he know, the castle is far from abandoned.



(Full Title) Shining Laughter: The Haunted Castle



This commission was drawn by Symbolhero: [link] and he has given me permission to post it on my gallery.





The tired, but still standing dragon warrior, Lazarus slowly traveled through the dark forest on a rainy night. Despite his victory on the battlefield, it had left him badly bruised and cut all over and a safe place out of the rain was his first priority. It was about 45 minutes before he finally found something in the woods, it was an ancient, abandoned castle! Although broken down and without any residents, Lazarus didn't have much choice in terms of shelter, and entered the gloomy castle. Lazarus managed to make a fire for the fireplace and started to tend to his wounds. After he was fully bandaged up, he took off the rest of his armor, and immediately went to sleep, since he was absolutely dead tired from the battle and the traveling. Although a dusty broken couch wasn't the most comfortable thing to sleep on, Lazarus had to make due with what he had at the moment, and finally closed his eyes, listening to the sound of rain and thunder.



Although it was only a few hours, Lazarus started to wake up, he felt strange. A few hours ago he was having trouble getting to sleep because of how dirty and injured he was, but now he felted good as new. When Lazarus eventually opened his eyes he saw that he was sitting up, last time he remembered he was laying on his side. But when he tried to move his limbs and body, he couldn't move at all! Lazarus finally regained his full eyesight and found himself in a dungeon, restrained all over to a wooden bench, and strangest of all, all his wound were healed! Lazarus roared and struggled with anger with confused thoughts in his head. How did he get captured so easily? How could he have not noticed? And how were his wounds healed so suddenly? His struggling quickly stopped when he heard as eerie sound, the wind was giving off a strange howling sound that echoed through the halls of the dungeon. He heard the sound getting closer and closer and when it sounded like it was almost at the door.......it suddenly stopped. Lazarus looked all around the room but saw and heard nothing. But then, he felt a supernatural presence to the right of him and when he turned his head, he saw a small white feather floating in the air. He couldn't believe it, there was no way any form of wind could be levitating it, it must be some sort of magic! The feather started to float towards the dragon warrior, though Lazarus was hardly afraid, he had a bad feeling inside him. When the feather reached Lazarus, it started to brush back and forth across the dragon's muscular chest.


Lazarus let out a small gasp, which was followed by several giggles. Lazarus was totally not expecting this, despite being wide awake, he still had the feeling that he was still dreaming. It wasn't too long after the first feather began, several more feathers that were laying randomly on the dungeon cell floor, started to levitate from a supernatural force and began to tickle all over Lazarus' chest. "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Stop It! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Whatever demon or spirit is ha ha ha! behind this! I Ha Ha Ha Ha demand that you Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Release Me Now! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! But the loud demands being made by Lazarus only made the feathers tickle faster, making the dragon warrior increase his laughter ever so slightly. Lazarus was desperate to escape from this bizarre torture, but the strong iron restraints hardly budge against his big muscles, he was still a bit tired after all. After 15 minutes of upper body tickling, Lazarus saw the remaining 6 feathers float into the air and came towards him. Lazarus braced his chest for more relentless tickling, but the 6 six feathers had a different target in mind, as they slowly floated towards the dragon's big thick, muscular feet.


"Eaghhh! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! No Stop! No More! Ha Ha Ha Ha! Not My Feet! Ha Ha Ha Ha! Ohhhhohohohohohohohohoho! Ha Ha Ha HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! GRAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! PLEASE! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA NOT THERE! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" Lazarus' laughter increased to hysterics as the six final feathers brushed and danced all over the dragon's strong thick soles and in between his toes. Lazarus truly did not have an idea on how to get out of such a strange but unbearable situation. With the feathers constantly tickling all over his sensitive scales, he could do nothing but wait, and laugh.

Meanwhile, back in the forest...........


"Ah, finally it stopped raining." said the Wolf King Rouen, who was journeying through the wilderness, on a search for the whereabouts of the missing Lazarus. Along side him, 3 of the 5 Beast Generals of Seiran; Engu: The anthro hawk general, Raihi: the anthro tiger general, and Hyoun: the crystal dragon. Hyoun peered into the silent blackness that surrounded the maze of trees. "Hmmmmm, I do hope we will be able to find Lazarus soon, I pray that nothing horrible has happened to him." pondered Hyoun. "Ahhhhh, If I know Lazarus, he probably would be able to slaughter a dozen monsters, even if he was at half life." Rouen sniffed the night air, "Whether, Lazarus is injured or not, we must find him. Engu, fly up above the treetops again and see if he has made some sort of a signal." Engu then spread his wings and flew up above the trees and made a 360 degree spin, carefully scanning the valley of tree and the backgrounds. Just then, something caught his eye. After he returned to the ground he reported his discovery to his party. "King Rouen, about half a mile, north-west from here, there is an old deserted castle, and I believe I saw a light in one of the windows with smoke coming from the chimney." Rouen pondered on this. "Hmmmm, if I know Lazarus, that's probably where he is. Come on everyone, there is a good chance Lazarus is residing in that castle, and there's only one way to find out. And with that, the team set off towards the old gloomy castle, unaware of the strange and unusual hauntings that dwell inside the castle.


To be continued..............

Original artwork by Symbolhero: [link]