I'm looking forward to writing this won't follow the manga since it starts from where the manga is now where Zeno revels he is the original Yellow Dragon Warrior and he has been married and we learn what happens to the original dragon warriors so if you haven't read the manga for that and don't want to be spoilt a little don't read this yet, I'm going on what info I've gotten since then, to help add authenticity hope you enjoy.
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Zeno sat as patiently as he could staring up at the moon, Yoon's cooking was intoxicating as it wafted around the camp site they had set up for the night. Shin-ah sat beside him Ao on his shoulder eating something he had found on the ground, Hak the 'Thunder Beast sat with his spear under a tree trying not to look at the Princess who was struggling to put up her small tent that she shared with Yoon, Kija and Jae-ha were both struggling not to offer her help since they knew it would upset her. Zeno smiled feeling very content more than he had these past thousand…two thousand? Many, many years, Ao finished with his snack jumped over Shin-ah's shoulder onto Zeno's rubbing his big cheeks on Zeno's, Zeno had observed that the little creature does so whenever she thinks someone need cheering up, Zeno pats Ao silently communicating that he was happy, he was… it was just sitting like this, brought back memories.
Zeno shock his head, standing so fast Ao had to jump off.
"Is the food ready?" Zeno asks jumping over to Yoon who gives him a look of annoyance which was very common of the boy.
"Not yet Zeno be patient" he says with a very 'mom' like voice to which Zeno laughs.
"Okay" and skips over to Yona who had almost secured her tent.
"Need help miss?" he asks knowing she could handle it but offered anyway, to the irk of Jae-ha and Kija, Yona smiled over her shoulder at him.
"I'm fine thanks Zeno I've almost got it" sure enough with a last tug the tent was secure and Yona looked very pleased with herself.
"Well done miss" Zeno beamed happily Yona chuckled.
"Thanks Zeno, want to help me get fire wood?"
"Yep" he says to no one's argument, he had noted the possessiveness they carried for Yona but they appeared content with Zeno accompanying her, maybe more so since they learned of his true strength as a dragon warrior, even though he does have to be seriously injured beforehand he was Yona's shield and would never allow harm to befall her, he'd sworn it and he would not fail.
Yona and Zeno collect firewood mostly in silence and once they collect enough they head back.
"Zeno?"
"Yes miss?" Zeno asks looking to her she was still walking beside him.
"Can I ask you, why you chose to follow me, I mean for Kija it's a sense of duty, for Shin-ah I begged him to come with me, Jae-ha wanted to tag along, Yoon wanted to see the world and Hak…well I kind of made him come with me" Zeno chuckled understanding maybe more than she did for Hak and the others following the princess.
"But you Zeno I know you said after Awa you decided to follow me around but was there more to it than that?" Zeno stops and turns to the princess her hair was the exact shade of Lord Hiryuu's it was like looking at a ghost at times and she had pretty violet eyes.
"I follow you miss because you are my master's reincarnation and you are my master, you are a good person miss, even though you are only human, you are weaker than most, your heart makes up for it, just like him you love with all your heart…also I miss them"
"Them?" Yona asks as they keep walking, Yoon's cooking in scent range.
"The original dragons" he says as they walk back into camp.
"The first dragon warriors?" Yona asks putting her pile of firewood down, Zeno does the same as the other occupants of the camp turn to listen to his response.
"Yes Gh-En, Abi and Shu-Ten, they were as different from each other as you all are now except at first we fought a lot more"
"You didn't get along?" Kija asks looking horror struck Zeno smiles.
"No we were too different, even though we were given dragon powers, our personalities clashed"
"Such as?" Yoon asks, still cooking but looking interested.
"Gh-En, the first white dragon warrior was a boar, extremely reckless but fantastic on the battlefield, Abi the blue dragon warrior though he was quiet he did actually talk more than Shin-ah he had a bad mouth on him, but he was a teddy bear really and Shu-Ten the green dragon warrior, he was very brave at first he thought Zeno was just in the way and was mean to Zeno but he came around to liking Zeno they all did, we were brothers not just through the dragons blood, but through our time together" Zeno said looking out at nothing as he reminisced his long gone brothers, determined to stay happy he forced a smile.
"Is dinner ready?"
"Ah yeah" Yoon said distractedly quickly getting the meat off the fire before it burnt, Zeno quickly tucks into his.
"I have to ask Zeno, how were the original dragon warriors chosen?" Jae-ha asks Zeno looks up to him his food still in his mouth he quickly chews it.
"Well Zeno only met the yellow dragon and Zeno wanted to make the world a happier place, Zeno could only hear the word of god and couldn't really help anyone, and that's what Zeno wanted, to protect King Hiryuu and Gh-En and-Abi and Shu-Ten, even when they didn't want to be saved Zeno saved them because Zeno is their shield as he is yours now, we are bound by a promise to never betray King Hiryuu even though the dragons could no longer be with the human Hiryuu, Zeno and the others became their other half to protect him not just as humans but as dragons"
"Zeno" Shin-ah says quietly Zeno looks over to him with everyone else.
"Have you been alone…all this time since then?" Zeno looked down he still had half his bowl left to eat but his stomach had started to turn.
"Of course not" he beamed at them.
"Zeno travelled, everywhere, but since Zeno doesn't age, he has to move away a lot so Zeno wanders"
"I'm just asking here but what happens when we die, I mean whether it be next week or in fifty years what happens then to you?" Hak suddenly asks Zeno blinks once, twice and looks away from Hak and back to his food.
"Zeno will still be here"
"Forever?" Yoon asks.
"Zeno guesses so, Zeno can't die and so Zeno will remain"
"What if you were thrown in lava?" Hak asks suddenly poking him in the back with the bottom of his spear.
"Zeno would control his separated limbs to exit the lava and Zeno would heal"
"Are you sure?" Kija asks horrified.
"Yes" Zeno says simply returning to his food he must have said it more bluntly than normal because they all looked at him shocked.
"Can you die of starvation?" Yoon asks.
"No"
"Dehydration?" Jae-ha asks.
"No"
"Drowning?" Yona asks.
"No miss" Zeno shakes his head finally finishing his food.
"Lack of air?" Shin-ah queries.
"No"
"Nothing what so ever?" Hak clarifies.
"No nothing can kill Zeno, no strength or weapon, natural phenomenon or otherwise Zeno will just regenerate"
"Even if there is nothing left?" Kija asks.
"There is always something left from which Zeno shall return" Zeno states his smile gone.
"But what if there's nothing left?" Yona asks.
"I mean in the world, I know that sounds crazy but what if one day there was nothing left, no people, no animals, no trees, no oceans, no nothing what then?" Yona asks.
"There will just be Zeno" he says.
"That's not fair!" she almost shouts causing Zeno to look at her surprised.
"You can't be left alone forever!"
"Zeno doesn't know, Zeno can't see the future he lost the ability to hear gods voice when Zeno drank the dragon blood but there is an end for everything so eventually there will be an end for Zeno"
"But that could be an unfathomable amount of years!" Yoon states Zeno can only nod.
"That's why Zeno enjoys every day because you never know what may happen" he says he's smile returned everyone still reeling from the revelation they all quietly go to their tents Zeno knows he has to go in with the other dragons and Hak but he stays out longer by the fire looking to the moon, in the past two thousand years he guessed, had the moon somehow gotten smaller? He thought so but it was still beautiful, he smiled up at the stars.
Thank you for giving me back my brothers and my king, lord it's all Zeno wants right now
With the quiet prayer he stands feeling an odd air brush over him, he inhaled change it felt like 'change' and Zeno wondered whether it would be good or bad as he entered the tent and plopped down between Shin-ah and Kija, snuggling into his blanket he fell asleep with the dragon blood inside him happy to be around the others again.
This is a long chapter but I thought it was best to be like this, the others will most likely be much shorter, I hope you like the beginning and stay tuned for new arrivals.
