Ice Heart

Sharing the Past

The Village People of the white Dragon clan let us sleep in their houses and we're very kind to us, but in this night I couldn't really find the sleep I needed. I couldn't stop thinking about Kija and Guen, they were so different but then again they have the same determination to protect Yona. In this night I was sitting outside under the tree we had set at the party, I stuffed my pipe and lit the tabbaco inside. I inhaled some of the smoke and exhaled it short after, the Shopkeeper how gave me this was right. This was a very good Tabbaco, I felt a little more relaxed immediately. But I didn't failed to realize a certain Aura that had sneaked up on me, I knew how it was so I leaned back on the tree and closed the eyes.

„So are you going to sit down next to me or do you prefer to stay behind this tree all night?"

I heared him chuckle a little and opened my eyes again, Hak set down next to and looked in sky. The stars were beautiful this night, a moment of silence fall over us before Hak broke the silence.

„you want to talk about it?"

„i don't no what you mean"

„sure you do, I saw you talking to the
White Snake. What this going on between you?"

„why do you ask, are you jealous"

„oh yeah totally "

We started bickering and I sight amused

„Thats sweet if you, but your way to young for me kid"

„Oh come on, your not that much older"

„thats not quite right. . ."

„what do you mean?"

'Should I tell him the truth. . . Would he believe me. . . Would he understand this . . . Would he treat me like before if He knows the truth . . .'
I sight and looked at the stars above us

„its obviously that I'm not a human, but my race Is extinct since millennia and I'm the last of our kind. I . . . I'm some kind of Demon called Neko-jin, and i was there as The Crimson Dragon King came down on Earth. I was there as the first four dragon Warriors were born and I was there as the Humans fought against Hiryuu and the Dragons, I was there as he died and since then I watched over the Castle."

It was dead silence between me and Hak and I didn't dare to look at him, after some time that felt like hours Hak started to chuckle.

„so you and the Crimson Dragon King?"

A faint blush creeped his way on my cheeks and I looked at Hak surprised

„the first thing you ask is if I and Hiryuu were a couple? Your not surprised or shocked?"

„after I saw the Oracle and that the Dragon Warriors are real, why should I be surprised that your some kind of Demon. But I always had a feeling that you were different, not just because of your look more then the strength and such."

I was relieved that he seemed to behave normal

„does Yona know?"

„No"

„why have you never said anything?"

„would you have believed me if I had told you as a kid that I'm a Demon that lives forever?"

„right . . ."

„you, Yona and . . . You three were just Kids, I never wanted that you had to fear me. So I keeped it hidden"

„does Yona know the truth no?"

„No . . . And I think she doesn't need to know this yet, she has enough shit going on right now"

Again silence

„it must be tough to be searching for the new dragon warriors"

„i knew from the beginning that they wouldn't live anymore, they just had special power but no entire life. But to see a total different person with the exact Aura they had, yeah . . . It's tough."

„you okay to come with us?"

„i have no choice, my heart is bound to Hiryuu and his descendent. . . I tried to leave but it wasn't for long that she found me and I couldn't go"

„so she is really the descendent if the Crimson Dragon King?"

„ Yes, but for her sake, don't tell her anything we talked about tonight okay?"

He just nod and stood up, he helped me up to

„you should go inside and try to sleep a bit "

„i won't die of a little missed sleep"

„i know but, We need you at your full strength"

„If that's so then you should take your own advise and go to sleep too "

Hak and I went to our own rooms and I went to bed, somehow I felt more at ease after talking to Hak about my past. Nevertheless I couldn't sleep much that night, at the next morning we started our journey to the next Dragon Warrior after a tearful goodbye from the Village. We walked for a while as Yoon stoped and turned around with a Map in his Hands

„Hey Ki-Ja you can tell where the other Dragons are?"

„your name is Yoon right, your right I can"

„then which one is the closest?"

Ki-Ja closed his eyes and concentrated on the Aura of the Dragon, after a short while he pointed at a direction

„The Blue dragon warrior is closest to us, that's what I feel"

„wow, I'm impressed you really can sense them, so where should we go?"

„I sense something in this direction "

„you think you could be a little more specific?"

„dont be afraid, just follow my lead and everything will be alright "

„dont be afraid? How can I not be afraid if I'm supposed to follow someone who has never been outside"

I couldn't help but pinch the bridge of my nose as I watched and heared the bickering between Yoon and Ki-Ja, I just wanted to say something as Ki-Ja suddenly fall in a hole in the ground. We hurried to look if he's okay, he was little dirty but he looked fine until he saw some bugs crawling over his foot. He started trampling. He was screaming out of fear and I couldn't help but shake my head in disbelief, 'i take it back, he is nothing like Guen and this journey isn't going to be easy'