Yona sat up in her bedroll panting with sweat causing her dress to cling to her uncomfortably. She placed a hand over her mouth to stifle her mournful sobs, so she wouldn't wake up anyone. This was something that the others didn't need to know.

As tears began to fall, she quickly and quietly got out of her and Yun's tent and made her way over to a nearby stream that could barely be seen from the tents. She didn't dare take her hand off her mouth until she was at the stream where she collapsed on her hands and knees holding her stomach and let herself mourn. She had hoped to make it out further so she could cry as hard as she needed to, but she couldn't hold it in anymore.

Images of her dream began flashing throughout her mind. The blood, the pain, her dragon brothers. She remembered all of it. Zeno was right, she truly was the reincarnation of Hiryuu. This revelation only made her emotions run wild and she had to press her forehead to the ground, so she could hold herself together. They were all currently too jumbled up in her head for her to make any sense about them. It was overwhelming.

'My dragon warrior brothers, they're all gone.' The images of the first generation flashed through her mind. Each moment felt like her heart was being stabbed repeatedly. Zeno's smiling innocent image appeared in her mind.

'oh Zeno! I'm so sorry! I should have told you!'

A painful sob escaped from her quivering lips as she thought of Zeno in her previous life. The one person who was the light of the group, so happy and loving she felt as though she had betrayed him. 'Why didn't I tell him!? He didn't deserve to find out after everything!'

"Miss… What's wrong?"

Yona felt a warm hand on her back and another on her arm that was clutching her stomach. She slowly lifted her head up and turned towards the object of her most painful regret…. When she looked in his worried and saddened eyes, she couldn't help but let out a loud mournful wail that echoed through the forest. Sleeping birds in nearby trees fled from the sudden, startling noise to escape the potential danger.

She turned her body and clung to Zeno as though he was the only thing that could anchor her from her dreams. She felt emotionally and physically ill. She felt as though at any moment she would go insane as she couldn't tell one memory from another. Memories from her previous life and her current life tangled together into an incomprehensible mess. Her body physically hurt by the onslaught of information that her mind was trying to process. She could barely register the sounds of the moonlit woods and the stream that was flowing next to her.

After a few seconds, Zeno returned her embrace. He buried his face into her shoulder and petted her crimson hair. The way the moon was reflecting off of it reminded Zeno of a funeral pyre. Her tears soaked through his cloak and her trembling worried him. When he found her, he watched her long enough to see if she was injured. When she looked physically fine, he knew that her wails were mournful and reflected the pain that had stabbed her heart.

-x-

The others had heard Yona's voice and immediately exited their tents to see what was wrong.

"Shin-ah! Do you see her!?" Hak asked panicked as he grabbed his glaive and unwrapped it.

Silently, Shin-ah pointed to the stream that could barely be seen by the others. Their gazes followed his finger and saw two figures embracing each other on their knees. One was shaking while the other appeared calm.

"Princess!" Kija was the first to react at the sight. He began running with Hak, Yun, and the other dragons in tow.

Zeno heard the others approaching. He looked up at them sadly and gave them a look that said to stay away. When they saw Zeno shaking his head conveying a silent message, they all stopped a few yards from them and didn't say a word. Whatever was bothering the princess, they didn't need to smother her with questions.

The only sound that could be heard were Yona's sorrowful cries and Zeno's voice trying to comfort her. The others didn't know what do to. They all felt so helpless. Their guiding light was in pain, and they couldn't do a damn thing about it. Her cries shattered everything that they feared for themselves and focused solely on her emotional pain that she was releasing into the night. The echoes of a broken heart circled around them. A broken heart needs time, and by the looks of things, that was going to be awhile. After about twenty minutes they filed back to the firepit, relit it, and left Zeno and Yona alone.

-x-

Yona could hear the others approaching and hated the thought of their concern for her in that moment. She felt so weak. She was powerless against her own emotions. Her heart was ripping in half. All of the emotions that were assaulting her body was nothing like when she saw her father killed in front of her by the man she thought that she trusted. If Zeno wasn't there holding her, she would have begun hyperventilating and she would probably had given into insanity that threatened to take hold of her. He was the only force that was grounding her and she needed it to stay that way. When she heard them leave, she was grateful for their understanding.

"Shhh miss… It'll be alright." Zeno soothed. "Zeno is here."

To Yona, his words freed her from her own mind enough to speak. "Z-Zeno….. I-I remember it. I r-emem-b-ber everything. Abi, S-Shuten, Guen, m-my brothers. How could I l-leave them?" Yona paused for a moment so she could muster up the courage to tell Zeno, "How could I leave you?"

Zeno froze from her words. 'She remembers being King Hiryuu.'

Yona felt Zeno freeze and thought that it was a sign of resentment towards her former self. That thought alone tore her heart even more, "P-please Zeno! I'm s-so sorry. I should have told you the moment I r-realized what the Ouryuu's p-power was. I-I left you all alone and y-you had to f-find out for y-yourself the awful truth I-I kept f-from you."

Zeno relaxed at her words and pulled away so he could look at her. "Miss, please look at me."

Yona slowly raised her head at her dragon that reminded her of sunshine.

Zeno reached for his medallion and unwrapped it from his headband. He set it down on the palm of his hand to make Yona look at it. "You didn't leave me remember? You've always been with me." Yona smiled at the memory, "Oh Zeno!" she crashed into him into a tight embrace. They stayed like that for awhile just sharing each other's warmth. Silently remembering everything together.

-x-

The other dragon warriors, Hak and Yun silently sat at the campfire when they saw Yona smile at something that Zeno said. Yun sighed and stood up and turned towards the tents.

"Where the hell are you going?" questioned Hak.

Yun looked over his shoulder at the dark haired ex-general, "I'm going back to bed. Something tells me that she needs Zeno more than anybody right now." With a nod to the others, he made his way to his tent and disappeared behind the flaps.

They looked at each other and then back at Yona, "he's right, they'll be fine. Let's leave them alone tonight." Hak announced as he stood up and made his way to the tent.

Shin-ah stood up and held out a hand to Kija. The Hakuryuu gave one last weary glance to his golden brother and crimson princess before taking nodding and followed Seiryuu to the tent.