Worthy of being the Unbreakable Sword

Chapter 1

1994 December 13
Kingdom of Corea- Night of the treason
Bamboo forest

After Lee Gon beheaded Lee Lim and obtained the complete Manpasikjeok, he realized it was finally over...all that has happened during these years did not exist, Tae Eul would've lost her memory of him but yet Gon vowed to go find her by opening all the doors of the universe.

He'll deal with the aftermath later, but now he has to rush back to the palace because Yeong is waiting for him...A very injured Yeong. Before leaving the cheonjongo to go after Lee Rim, he took a glance at Yeong, who was shielding Gon's younger self with his body...Gon's heart ached to see Yeong like that...things didn't go the same as he hoped and now Yeong is hurt. His heart ached even more to see the bullet holes on Yeong's back which were stopped by his bulletproof vest but it must've hurt a lot, even more when it was close distance. he didn't have time to check Yeong thoroughly before dashing out of the cheonjongo but Yeong's form looked like he was gonna pass out anytime and Gon fears that he won't make it back in time..

"Hang in there Yeong...I'm coming to you", Gon repeated in his head as he ran towards the palace.

Cheonjongo
Yeong's POV

As soon as pyeha left, I looked down at the boy in my arms, feeling for a pulse on his neck and a wave of relief flushed over me when little Pyeha's bloodied hand gripped onto mine..."You are safe Pyeha...", I hugged him even harder, wanting to shield his small body from all the evil. Damn, the pain starts setting in as the adrenaline drains and I can hear the people of the palace coming towards cheonjongo. Little Pyeha will be safe in their hands and I cannot be seen.

I carefully laid young Pyeha down and seek cover at a blindspot at the back of the circular room..my sight was blurry as I stood and and a headache starts setting in...fuck, everything hurts like a bitch, especially my left arm and collarbone? Fuck, A bullet must've nicked a vein or artery, I'm bleeding somewhere and it's bad...I'm starting to see black dots dancing in my vision. But I don't have the energy to assess my injuries and stench any bleeding...I came with pyeha knowing this might be the last...But he must survive, I gave my all protecting him and seeing him well is good enough for me to go without regret.

They say that life flashes before you before death, I don't know about that because the flashback of 8 year old Pyeha appointing 4 year old me as the unbreakable sword played in my mind...how funny to have this as the last thing I see before death...perhaps this is my life, the moment he gave me that title, I knew that my life was to protect him. And that's enough...that's enough...

I felt a tear streaming down my face, fuck why am I crying? I should be glad that little Pyeha is safe so he's able to live to adulthood and become a great king. I know that if Pyeha has succeeded in killing Lee Lim he would try and make his way back to me...he shouldn't...I feel myself growing more tired and holding on to consciousness is becoming a harder task every second. Without knowing, I slowly drift into darkness...

Third person POV

Gon raced through the bamboo forest and  slipped into the palace, finally reaching cheonjongo. He sees the bodies of Lee Rim's men and blood everywhere. His father and Little Gon is gone, meaning that the palace people have been here and they're currently occupied with them. But Yeong is nowhere in sight and he starts to panic. He looks at where Yeong have been when cradling his younger self and sees a trail of blood leading to the other end of cheonjongo...Gon prepared himself for the worse and he made his way round to the back, "Yeong ah, please..."

The moment he saw the man, slumped against the wall of the foundation, unconscious and bleeding, Gon's heart felt like it was stabbed multiple times..his Yeong...with panic he went up to him and knelt down besides..both hands cupping the younger mans blood smeared face.
"Yeong ah, Yeong!", Gon called desperately, getting no response only made his heart race quicker with panic.."he can't be dead..not like this", Gon thought anxiously...

Shakily, Gon tried to feel for a pulse on yeong's neck and it was dead silence...he concentrated so hard to feel a beat that he even forgets to breathe...and there it was, weak but still there...a small beat against his fingertips. His unbreakable sword can't break today, no, not on his watch. With a sigh of great relief, Gon scrambled quickly to assess Yeong's injuries and right away, he found the problem..a shot to the left side collarbone and one to the left arm, it's a bloodied mess and blood was still oozing out.."fuck it must've nicked an artery", Gon thought..there's no time to waste, he managed to find some fabric to place over the wound to slow the bleeding and it worried him when Yeong didn't even flinch...there could be internal bleeding from where the bullets impacted the vest, but he didn't want to risk moving Yeong too much and decided to leave the vest on for the moment.

Gon carried Yeong to where they left the horses..there was no choice but to have Yeong ride on Maximus with him to go across the portal and back to 2020 Corea...

"Hang in there Yeong...", Gon muttered under his breath, "You're not allowed to die on me like this, that's an order".

TBC