Yuri and Yona of Dawn

Chapter 13 The Masked Savior

Yuri stared at the building ruins on the mountain rocky side. "I didn't think anyone could live here." Hak mused.

"Right? It looks just like rocky mountains from afar!" Yoon cried. "There was a story Ik-Soo told me, where villagers escaped to the mountains from a war."

It's been about a few hours of walking, but they made it. Yona turned and asked, "Is this the place, Kija?"

Kija took a step forward and knew it instantly, "Hai, Seiryuu is here."

After they entered the ruins/building, Yuri felt as if someone was staring at them. She had that weird sense of feeling ever since Kija came and they traveled towards Seiryuu. As the group stopped, for some people had arrived, Yuri stopped as well. She didn't hear them converse but something else. That voice that wouldn't get out of her head. "Ao, I want friends." The fact that another voice entered her brain didn't help.

"Obaa-chan, can I see chichiue[1]?" Yuri blinked and stared at the entrance to the caves.

She followed her friends into a room covered by curtains. She didn't hear what they had been talking about so, she was jut following the sound of their feet. Yuri sat down on a ledge like think, next to the entrance. 'Rena?'

'Yea? What's up?'

'What are the voice in my head? They aren't of Yona-oneesan, Hak, Su-Won, or me.'

'Seiryuu and Hakuryuu. Soon enough, you'll know.'

"Himesan?" Yoon asked, waving a hand in front of her face.

"Ehhh? Hai, Yoon?"

"Were leaving now, himesan." Hak replied.

Yuri nodded and hopped to her feet. "Hai!"

And of course, dead ends. And another thing, Yuri, being the rebel princess she is, wandered off. Yuri stood in front of a wall. 'This must be where Rena took me...'

She pressed her hands against the wall. Then she heard voices. Yoon, Hak, Yona, and Kija. About to turn, her hand slipped and pressed into some sort of button. She turned, an opening. She walked in and heard the opening close. She turned and paled. "Yoon? Hak? Kija? Yona-oneesan?"

Trying to calm herself, she began her descent. Before she could get very far, a small squirrel climbed up her cloak. Yuri looked down at the fuzzy animal and smiled. She picked it up and gently rubbed its fur. The candles around her began to flicker. Looking up in surprise, she called, "Hello?"

Then they were out. One after another. She wasn't scared of the dark, but alone in the dark reminded her of the night her father died. Yuri paled again. "Hello? Someone?" Yuri slowly walked down the path, moving her hands along the wall to steady herself. She didn't notice the squirrel had already left her. She inhaled and continued on her journey. Then he saw a light.

Her eyes widened. A man was in front of her, holding out a candlelight. 'Was this the right way? I don't remember. Seiryuu... No, there was something else I called him in a dream but...'

"Are you lost?" he asked. "Did you get separated from your friends?"

"Y-Yes, do you live hear?" Yuri asked. This man made chills run down her spine.

He spoke, "Yes, give me your hand."

Yuri was a rebel princess. She barely listened to her father and mother at times so in this case, she started to back away.

"I will take you to them." he tried to convince her.

Yuri still wasn't convinced. "Seiryuu... He's here, isn't he?" she didn't know why she asked, but she had to. She felt some sort of need to see him.