Tɪᴍᴇ Tʀᴀᴠᴇʟ(Akatsuki no Yona fanfiction)

Chapter 2- An Eye For An Eye

"I'll go see Soo-Won for a while."Asuka said. "Alright. I have to go somewhere else too, but I'll be back when King II's speech started."

[Asuka's POV]

In a blink of an eye, Rika disappear into thin air, probably using her freeze time again. I ran off to see Soo-Won, who just came down from the carriage. As soon as he saw me, he came over and greeted,"Asuka, it's been a while. How's everyone doing?"

He put up a cheerful smile on his face. Don't know whether if it was real or fake. "They're doing just fine."I said, avoiding his gaze. "That's great. But..are you okay?"Soo-Won asked. "Lord Soo-Won..Just what is your goal?"

His eyes widen but he shrugged it off and forced a smile,"What goal? All I want is for you all to be happy."
Silent filled the air until I broke it,"It's not too late to turn back now."

He then formed a sad smile,"You saw right through me, huh..." I didn't realize that no one is in the area until he pulled out his sword. I managed to dodge his attack, however he left a cut on my cheek. Blood oozing out from the wound. "I love to fight you one on one, but it seem I have to greet the others now."He put his sword back and left. "Not good..I can't make him change his mind."

[Rika's POV]

I patrol around the castle to see anyone suspicious. To my conclusion, so far..No one is. These spy really know how to hide his presence. I know some of the guards was working with Soo-Won, but I don't know who.

"Rika."Asuka suddenly called my name when I was going to see Yona. "What happened to your cheek? Do you have a fight with Lord Soo-Won or something."
No matter how much I hate to call him 'Lord', but there will always be spies watching us. "You're correct."She sighed as she wiped the blood of her cheek. "You should treat your wound first." "I'm fine. The blood will soon stop."

"Suit yourself."I said. "I wonder, what have we done wrong and let her die many times..?" "Probably we didn't make Xing Kingdom as our ally." When I mentioned that, Asuka looked at me with a surprised face. "You got a point there. We failed many time to make them as our ally.."Asuka continued,"Anyway, we have to warn King II about Soo-Won." "And when do we tell him that?" "While Hak compete with Lord Soo-Won in archery." "Oh. And that is tomorrow."

[No one's POV]

"What are you doing here?!"One of the maids shouted at them when she saw they're walking around,"King II's speech had ended!"
The two of them ran into the room as they saw Yona threw a teacup at Hak. "Umm...Mind if we come in?"Asuka asked permission. "I only need Rika and Asuka as my personal bodyguard, I don't need Hak!"Yona pouted.

"Here we go..."Asuka looked as if she had a headache. "By the way, Yona-hime. Lord Soo-Won had arrived."Rika froze in her track as Hak mentioned his name. Yona ran out of the room and went to see Soo-Won.

Rika whispered in Hak's ear,"Can I talk to you for a moment." "Hm? Sure." "Babysit Yona everyday. Where she goes, you must follow her quietly."
"Huh? What with this all of the sudden?"Hak looked confused. "Just..do what I said." "Tell me, Rika. What happened? Why are you asking me to protect Yona for 24 hours?" "Even if I told you, you won't understand."With that, she left. Rika don't want to be questioned by Hak anymore, she have something else to do.
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[The next morning]

"Arh..Min-Soo! There you are!"Rika called as soon as she sees him. "Rika, good morning."He smiled. "Do you know where's King II?" "He's with Yona-hime and Asuka. They're watching Hak compete with Soo-Won in archery."He told her. "I see.. Thanks for telling me."Rika bow at him and left.

'Thank you, Min-Soo. For your sacrifice..'She thought.

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"You're here, Rika."Asuka said. "She's here now. What do you want to discuss about?"King II asked.