The Ice Dragon || Akatsuki no Yona fanfiction// Yona of the Dawn

BONUS CHAPTER: Murai's memories

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"Who did this?" I asked as a tear slid down my cheek. I hugged the boy's now dead body closer to me, as if trying to seek a heart beat.

The boy's mother stopped sobbing and she wiped her tears away. Her husband rubbed her shoulders with the intention of comforting her.

She took a deep breath in and let out what was rest of her sobbing.

"I-I'm sorry. I j-just can't" She said as she cried her heart out. I gazed upon the dead boy's body and saw his lifeless blue eyes.

They didn't have the same glow as the ones that are alive. I thought.

If I hadn't singed he wouldn't have died.

This 'gift' of the gods is nothing but a curse.

I handed the boy's body to his mother and she hugged him tightly.

A single tear slid down my face and from behind of me I could sence a hand resting on my shoulder securely.

I looked behind me and saw it was Kija.

"Lord Yan Kum-Ji stopped earlier by our shop" the old man explained while caressing the boy's hair.

"He was demanding us to pay our taxes, but it haven't even passed a week since the last time he asked"  He said as tears started to slid down his face.

"When the bastard saw my wife he tried assaulting her and said that she would be his payment" He said as he cried harder.

"Kako defended his mother and confronted the lord, just when I was about to stop him, lord Kum-Ji drawed his sword and sliced it-" he said with sobs. The man pulled out his hairs in frustration and cried his heart out.

"You don't have to finish it" I said as I grabbed the old man's hand and held it in my own.

That's when a flash came across my mind.

"I killed him" Soo-Won said while looking in to my eyes, blood painting his face "I just sent him to hell" he said while I saw him slice my father with his sword.

Tears came down my face when I remembered that day. It was all happening again.

"Kija...What do we do? How we can help them?" I mumbled as my eyes were placed on the boy's body.

"That's just the thing, we can't. We're powerless now Murai" he said and I looked down at my feet.

"Miss you look-" the old man said in shock and I quirked my eyebrowns in confusion.

"You have a heavenly glow" his wife completed for him.

"And it's almost like I can see the burning dawn" he said with awe.

Little did I know is that the red aura they saw, was non other than King Hiryuu.

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"I can't believe you said that you want to meet their captain!" Yoon scolded Yona and she pouted.

I sat beside Yoon with a basket full of radishes and also some ginger. The fresh scent of the roots made me sigh with pleasure.

"Sorry I should have checked with you first Yoon" she apologized looking at her feet "it's just that I really wanted to meet their captain"

"What if they happen to be bloody murderers huh? What if something happens to you?!" Yoon scolded and I sighed.

"Relax Yoon" I said hitting him with a radish "she shouldn't have done it, but if it takes us closer to Jae-ha, it's a risk that me and Yona will take" I said and Yona nodded.

"Besides, it was my decision. You don't have to come with me" Yona said to Yoon and he scoffed.

"Are you kidding me? Logically I'm comming with you baka. You need someone to stand up for you" Yoon said stirring the hot pot while I finish cutting the radishes and ginger.

"Oh so I can't look after her now?" I asked Yoon with a raised eyebrown and he sighed.

"Your a girl, I'm a man. I think we know how this works" he said and I pouted.

"Really? I thought you were my mum" I mumbled to myself with an innocent smile causing Shin-ah, Kija and Yona to burst out laughing.

"I'm not your damn mother" He shouted while crossing his arms "that's it. No dinner for you people"

"BUT MOM-"

"WHAT DID I JUST TELL YOU?"

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"Murai" Shin-ah said and I smiled.

I walked towards him and sat were he and Ao were.

He had a bowl of soup with him and he fed Ao bits and peaces of vegetables in the soup.

"Why do you want to stay near Jae-ha?"  He asked me while I looked at his mask "its...Obvious he won't come. Why keep...On trying?"

"It was almost the same thing with you Shin-ah. When we find a Dragon, this weird feeling in my appears and it's hard to let him go. I don't want to force anyone to join, but there's this gut feeling in me that drawns me closer to each dragon in a unique way" I explained and he nodded.

"What are you two talking about?" Kija asked with a smile as he joined us.

I smiled as Kija sat down beside me. Ao scurried in to my shoulder and I stroked the small squirrel' s fur.

"Puckyuu" Ao purred and I laughed.

"Murai I'm here for you... And also for  princess Yona she-she need's-" Kija said while blushing furiously as he said Yona's name "anyways, if you want me to come with you to the ship, I'm your man" he said and I nodded.

"Count me in" Shin-ah said, but I couldn't exactly see his expression because of the mask.

"Thank you, both of you" I said hugging them tightly.

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