Akatsuki No yona

Jaehaxoc

Written by:Itachan18

Chapter One: First Glance

A/n: This is my first time ever writing for Yona! I saw the anime, and read the manga a while back, and have always wanted to write a story for it, but I finally got something down! Also, I'd like to give a huge thanks to my friend, who has now played a huge roll in getting this story off the ground.(you know who you are~ :3) So thanks so much Sug~! :3 I'm doing this story a bit different than how I usually do my stories. Meaning, the action maybe be a bit slow paced while the romance, friendship, and other things are a bit more important. Not all of it, but a main chunk of it. It does switch povs but I do try to keep it a bit centered. The real meat of the story will happen around seven to eight, but everything up to that point is more or less needed. Also, there will be hinting of other pairings in this story ;) this first chappie is largely edited by my friend, but after this it's all my writings (she wanted to help edit but things came up)Anyways, I really hope you all enjoy this!


"Have a safe journey home! Are you sure you don't need someone to walk you there? I'll gladly do it!" The girl looked over her shoulder, smiling slightly as her eyes met with the shopkeeper's son. She knew that he had had an interest in her for some time. However, as bad as she felt about it she just did not reciprocate that same interest.

"No, that's ok, Ha-Seon. I have a quick errand to run for Ae-Cha anyways. I'll see you around." She said promptly, fastening the ribbon that held the covering over her half bun. She then did the same for her shoes, before swiftly glancing back at Ha-Seon."Tell your parents I said bye when they get back from the fish market, ok?"

"Alright. Just be careful. I heard those guys are out today. I'd hate for anything bad to happen to you." Although the girl hated the worry in his voice, for it made her feel like he thought she couldn't take care of herself. She couldn't help but also feel slightly grateful for it. It made her feel less anxious in a way. Boy, what was she thinking when she stepped into this town, it had clearly been the wrong choice on her part.

"Yeah. I will. See ya, and take care of yourself, alright?" She smiled at the boy over her shoulders, slinging her bag over it shortly after, before waving a polite 'farewell' to the shop ,and quickly exiting out of it.

The girl sighed in slight perturbation as she scanned the area around herself. Before coming to this town, she had actually been a traveler, not one to particularly settle in just any old place, for she liked traveling far too much to do so.

However, upon entering the town, her hard to obtain attention had been grasped. She couldn't name it, but from the very moment she stepped foot into the town she had felt like...like something big, something important would happen there. Thus, she made the unwise decision and stayed.

She was never one to miss action, and well just as she always did she found it. She had found it... big time! and now she was itching to get out. Although the town may have seemed peaceful to the untrained eye, those that lived there knew all too well the real truth. Knew that the town's quaint and beautiful appearance was just a facade. The truth was that this town was really just full of...

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" She gasped slightly as she was backed into a corner by a group of scraggly men. Holding her hands in front of her chest in a protective manner , her sooty-lashes lowered as her painted-lips curled down into a frown. She was normally better than this. Normally very cognizant of her surrounding, but... at some point she had let her guard down. She felt ashamed.

"Seems a little mouse lost her way." One of them said, smirking cockily, raising an arm above her head, and resting it there. He got...uncomfortably close to her. The girl scowled at him, but thing's were happening so fast , she was unsure of what she should do...

"Seems a little too cute for a mouse, don't cha think?" The other replied, grabbing her chin, and forcing their eyes to meet. She gasped in indignation, and scowled once more.

"Don't touch me." She whispered in a low growl, her scowl deepening.

"Heh, seems this mouse has a bite to her. Do you know what we do to animals that bite? We exterminate them." The girl gasped slightly at the other men's words, her emerald-eyes going wide.

"Oh you shouldn't be ..." The other replied, raising a fist. The girl braced herself for the impact, however her hateful gaze did not waver,and had then men been paying close attention to the petite women they would of also noticed the tiny hint of a smirk that curled the corner of her lips...


Jae-ha was walking through a small little town where Yona and the others had stopped to rest for a few days. The jade-haired man was supposed to be looking for some type of Inn for all of them to stay at. Which he would do in all good time, however as he sauntered along the wide cobblestone stone path that made up the town's street.

The green-dragon found himself wanting to check out the town. It was a pretty small municipality that was located along the coast line. It reminded him a bit of Awa, which was probably why he felt compelled to leisurely look around.

Something about the sweetness of the people he had encountered, and the feel of the city was rather...reminiscent of Awa.

The town, over all, seemed rather peaceful which was a wonderful break from all the trouble they had been encountering recently. Nothing seemed too out of place. Nobody seemed to have any problems. It was an oddly tranquil place.

"What a beautiful town~" He breathed in the air happily, taking a moment to enjoy the sun's gentle warmth that beamed down from the azure expanse above. He was staring at a cloud that he thought ironically looked like dragon when his ears picked up the first sounds of any distress that day.

"...Get away!" He stopped almost immediately at the sound of a female voice indubitably laced with distress, the owner was obviously in a struggle of some sort.

"I mean it!" Not only was it female but from the sound of her smooth, and mellifluous voice she sounded attractive as well.

Attractive, and surely in need of help, the viridian-eyed man deduced with a smirk, before bounding off to help her. After all, being saved by a handsome man such as himself, she was bound to be reeeally grateful...

It was at the edge of a building that Jae-ha came to an abrupt stop. The sounds of the struggle now amplified by his close proximity. The green-dragon peeked around the corner intent on assessing the situation to find the right time to make his grande entrance.

Upon looking into the dark attenuated alley way, he discovered that he wasn't wrong about the girl. She was indeed very attractive. With hair as dark as the ultramarine night sky, and skin a pale ivory that contrasted beautifully with it. Her dark hair was half up ;The upper half being held up in a bun with a colorful hair covering. Whilst the lower half was down ,and cascaded like a dark curtain to the middle of her back.

With a closer look Jae-ha noticed that some strands of hair seemed to have escaped the hair covering ,and he knew without a doubt it was from the fight. Which infuriated him some what.

She was wearing a simple dress that was dark blue with white oriental fish on it. Her hair although straight as a board, still seemed to bounce, and move fluidly with her every movements. However what struck him the most about the girl, were her eyes.

They were a captivating shade of green much darker then his own ,and framed with thick , dark-ebony lashes that brushed against her high-cut cheek bones as she blinked. Jae-ha thought they were one of the most prettiest eyes he had ever seen ,and that was saying something. For there were members of his group that he had been absolutely certain were the owners of the most beautiful eyes in the world. Shin-ah for instance with his topaz eyes that resembled two pools of liquid gold, or Yona with her electrifying violet eyes, or even Hak and Kija with their stunning sapphire-blue ones.

Because of this, Jae-ha rarely found someone eyes beautiful enough to take notice of them. But he had noticed hers- her green orb's that reminded him of lush green sanctuary.

His eyes scanned her face slowly ,noting that it was soft looking, gentle almost, which was ironic because the hard expression that contorted it was anything but.

It was then that he noticed she was being cornered by two other guys. Their scraggly appearance told him they were probably nothing more then simple petty-thieves looking for someone to rob. However, Jae-ha felt a sense of protection rise in him nonetheless. He was supposed to be chivalrous hero that saved the girl after all.

It was at that moment that the men began to go after the young women, prompting Jae-ha to act quick . He didn't notice the deep sigh that escaped her , nor the way she shook her head.

No, Jae-ha didn't notice any of it. Because he had already decided from the moment he heard her voice that he was going to rescue her. And afterwards she would of course have to thank him. She would be far too grateful after all to not, right? So, without thinking or really assessing the situation, the green-haired dragon jumped into fray.

However something very different from what he planned happened.

"Friend of theirs?!" The girl rounded on him ,reaching out with a slim pale hand, and flipping him right on to his back. It had all occurred so fast, that Jae-ha wasn't too sure what exactly had happened.

One moment, he was going to save this really pretty girl, and the next he was staring at the blue-blue sky. It took him a moment to realize that it was the girl that had flipped him on to his back. It had been...well, a while since someone was able to do that. He would be lying to himself if he didn't admit that it impressed and annoyed him all at the same time. However, after a moment, he sat up, rubbing his head.

"Don't you need help?" He questioned, managing to keep his charm despite the slight irritation he felt. The girl looked at him ,and Jae-ha had to admit he liked the passion he saw in those deep viridian-orbs of hers.

Apparently, she hadn't heard one word of his question, because in an instance she was rounding on him again, "I see you are still up!" She called out to him, going in for a swift kick to which Jae-ha barely managed to avoid.

"I came to help you!" He called out brows furrowing, as he blocked another hit from her.

"I don't need help! I deal with these guys all the time!" She yelled out ,apparently offended by the fact that he thought a small-seemingly defenseless girl about to be jumped by two guys twice her size needed help. Slightly confused, Jae-ha continued to dance ,and hop out of the way of her attacks.

Which was something that clearly annoyed her, for when she raised her leg to kick him again, and Jae-ha dodged her. She sighed in mild irritation , and simply shook her head before turning to go after the other guys.

Jae-ha feeling useless just standing there ,attempted to help the girl again. However, it was obvious that his aide was unwanted, especially from the way her she scrunched her attractive face up in annoyance when she saw him. She wound up knocking him the ground once again, this time face first in to it.

Not the face! He thought begrudgingly...taking a bit longer to get up this time around. When he did, he noticed there was blood seeping from his nose. He quickly covered it up, looking around for the girl, but found that she had gone after the men again.

"That's right! Run away!" She called after the men, but she didn't run after them. He could see the way she tensed up when one took a step-foward in her direction. She was afraid, and yet she still moved through it to fight. To defend herself.

An impressed smile began to curl the corner of his lips ,before she snapped her head in his direction ,and looked at him with steely-green eyes. Seemingly warning him not to follow her as she turned on her heel ,and began running after the perps.

Jae-ha blinked owlishly for a moment, staring in the direction the girl had run after the men in. She was some-women , he decided as he shakily stood up, still gripping his bleeding nose. He would come back to see her when she wasn't in the "I'm going to kick everyone's ass in my vicinity" mood. The green-dragon turned promptly on his heel, and leapt into the skies.


"Geez, you really have to be more careful Tian." The girl with green eyes was later being chided by her best friend, Min-Soo.

"Seriously, those men were total asses." Tian hissed acerbically,still annoyed that she couldn't beat more sense into them. She crossed her arms over chest, and then sighed, blowing some of her bangs out of her face.

Min-Soo smiled wearily. Her friend often spoke this way, and she couldn't really blame her. After all, even after living here for close to a year, she was still a newcomer. The girl just didn't understand how things worked in this town...

"I just hope that your little attack on those thugs don't affect Lai's shop." Tian made a face, glowering slightly as her forest-colored eyes looked away, and out the window."I know your from the Wind Tribe, and I know they're pretty easy going, but things are bit different here. Specifically in this town. I'm just warning you to protect you. You know what they say happened to that girl who-"

"I know, I know." Tian interrupted Min-Soo in annoyance, waving her back and forth in dismissal as she closed her eyes. She sighed after a moment before opening them again.

"I'm surprised you got away with these little scratches and bruises." Min-Soo said after a moment, smiling at her friend."You were lucky." There was some silence for a few moments afterwards. It was strange for Tian to be so silent.

Min-soo looked at her friend, and saw the distant look in her eyes. It was as if her mind was far away. In another place. Min-Soo shook her head. Tian did the same, and then spoke in an annoyed tone.

"No. Some werido with green hair thought I was some damsel in distress, and tried to help. I think I set him straight though." Min-Soo grinned slightly.

"Really?" The girl questioned in surprise. She then smirked slightly, leaning closer to her friend as she placed both of her hands on each side of the others slim shoulders." Heh. Was he cute?"

"Tch. If you like the over bearing type, sure." Although Tian's tone was dismissive, as she looked back on it...She had to admit there was something about that strange man. There was something that wasn't...Something was different about him. That much she was certain about.

From the way he dressed. From the way he fought. From the way he moved. Acted. Spoke. Even how he looked, was different than anything she had seen in this town. He was exotic-he was obviously not from around here like herself. That held her interest, but not long enough to really dwell on it. Or so she told herself. There was still that small part of her that when she thought back on him...Her heart skipped just the tiniest of beats.

"Whatever you say, Tian. Let's go get some food from Baabaa, hmm?" Tian nodded slightly.

"Sure. Whatever you want." Tian rubbed her cheek that had the bandage on it as she followed her friend out of the room, and into a separate part of the house.


"So, whose boyfriend did you piss off this time, Droopy Eyes?" Hak later teased azure-eyes glistening with amusement ,and a smirk on his face, as he leaned forward slightly, resting some of his weight on his weapon. Yun was patching up Jae-ha's wounds, with annoyance that was clear on his face.

Jae-ha had just finished telling the story of the girl he met earlier in the day, but he had left out the part where she had kicked his ass, so that left the group to assume that he was being his usual flirty self to the wrong girl.

"Yeah. We can't keep losing medicine on this." Yun chided Jae-ha later on as he patched up the others wounds. It had turned out the green-haired man had a broken nose.

"Ah, but you should have seen her~! She was so beautiful~!" Jae-ha spoke in a sing-song voice, smiling in a dreamy way as he thought back on the girl. Indeed, she was a real beauty.

"I'm sure she was." Yun replied dryly, sighing in annoyance as he patched up the last of his wounds."There. Don't go pissing anyone else off." Yun added sternly, standing up to start cleaning up and putting away the supplies.

Jae-ha merely smirked slightly, leaning back as he thought about the girl. Sure, it had been brief, but he could still remember the small details. The way her hair moved with her graceful movements. The way her thin body, the type you didn't expect to fight so well, was able to almost take out those men easily. Not that it would have taken much from the looks of them, but to be to take Jae-ha himself out, he was impressed to say the least. Not to mention her voice. Her eyes. The passion those emerald-eyes held in them when she fought. The way her pale skin skin seemed the perfect contrast to her dark hair, and how it framed that beautiful face so well. He had to admit there was something that drew himself to the girl.

Thinking back on it, he made a vow that he would go, and see this girl the next day. If she put up a fight, well...it would be the perfect time for a rematch. Besides, he was nothing if not persistent...