Soo-won is a jerk, therefore he gets to be in charge of this OC. This will be a ride you might like. Before I start, the start will be mostly the same as the anime, up until Soo-Won comes in. And yes, there will swear words, blood and violence.
Chapter 1: Deception from both sides
Kohka Kingdom. This is where our story of adventure begins. With a red head playing with her hair in the mirror. She is currently trying to make it look good enough for her crush. Soo-Won, who is her technical cousin. (Hasn't anyone noticed that? She is totally crushing on her cousin! Anyway.)
Tomorrow is the birthday of Princess Yona. The day she turns sixteen. The soon to be happiest day of her life in her eyes. After all, your sixteenth birthday is said to never be forgotten.
'I feel like I am forgetting something.' The crimson hair girl thinks looking in the mirror.
"You should hurry to the ceremony, Princess." One of the maids suggest trying not to sound pushy. They just want the best for her and would rather not be fired for using a harsh tone on accident. That would not be a story to go home with.
Yona's eyes widen remembering this little fact. "Oh thanks! I almost forgot!" She thanks rushing out elegantly. It takes a few minutes to navigate herself through the palace trying to get to the ceremony missing it just barely. "I'm so sorry I missed it father."
He just waves off her apology. "There really wasn't a need for you to show up, so don't worry about it." He says smiling lovingly.
She nods. "Is my hair weird?" She asks like it offends her, but she doesn't have a violent personality, so it sounds like she is dissapointed.
"Of course not. No jewel is more beautiful than you are." King II replies with a smile. It would make a better pickup line, but the crimson haired girl smiles happily.
"Well sure, my face is! I think I'm pretty cute myself." She says twirling her hair in her finger. "But, this hair...why is it so red and curly? It just won't stay straight and neat!"
"I don't think it's bad. Don't you agree, Hak?" The king asks trying to change his daughter's mind about her hair.
"Of course King II. Who would say her hair is weird?" Hak replies. "If I were to venture an opineon, it is brain that's weird."
Yona gives the tall guy a death glare. "Quiet servant."
The two suddenly start fighting verbally. The king just sweat drops. 'Again?' He thinks laughing in his mind.
Later that day
"Why did you drag me here again?" A brown haired boy with natural bright blond and crimson red streaks in his natural neck length brown hair asks a long haired blond royal boy.
Soo-Won looks to the 5'9 boy carrying two extremely sharp double edge 11 and a half inch daggers in two sheathes under his loose shirt. The two daggers hilt are pretty much in the shape of some kind of dragon. The boy swears it is said to be carved from the body of the Crimson Dragon when it was still a dragon, but seeing as there is no proof, they let him keep it. "Only if you explain your freakish hair." The blond says getting the guards to snicker.
A tick mark grows on the boy's face. He has been sixteen years old since a month ago, so he is easily offended when people mention his hair depending on what you say about it. 'I hope you burn!' He yells in his head. "How am I supposed to know? It's not like I was responsible for my birth or anything." The boy growls at him somehow adding sarcasm into his words.
"Yeah yeah. You can figure out that when we don't need you. Which is in a couple months." Soo-Won reminds him. "We are here for the king's daughter's birthday. I am going to kill him tomorrow night and then kill the Princess if she proves to be too much trouble. You got all that, Kioshi?"
'What an asshole! Throwing away an innocent girl's life so carelessly just because she could be a future problem? I hope he suffers when he gets what's coming to him.' Kioshi grins to himself giving off the feeling that he can't wait. 'While he is off killing the guy, I will escape! Good luck finding me after the king's death, you blond jerk.' "Yes, my lord." Kioshi replies.
They soon reach the palace and are greeted by the Princess and some guy with a spear looking thing. Kioshi is surrounded by people wearing fancy clothes while he is just wearing black pants and a loose black shirt so that he can conceal his weapons. He is also wearing black fingerless gloves along with wooden sandals. If you were to look in his eyes, you would be greeted by blue eyes.
"Well since you found your buddies, I'm taking a stroll outside the walls." Kioshi jokes showing no signs of his plan to escape.
Hak and Yona just stare at Kioshi while Soo-Won answers. "Inside the walls you mean?"
"Yeah, whatever. Just go and play with your girlfriend and boyfriend." He replies making the Princess stutter blushing. Hak glares at Kioshi and Soo-Won sighs sporting a tiny blush.
"Who is that guy?" Yona finally asks after a few minutes watching Kioshi walk away to look around.
Soo-Won jumps off his horse gently. "That is my most trusted guard." The blond answers laughing a little bit.
"Why hasn't he ever came with you before?" She asks wondering why he wouldn't bring his best guard.
"Well he has a really short fuse, so I tend to keep him where he can do something useful and not interrupt me." He says nervously laughing now.
"What's up with his hair?" Hak asks bluntly pointing in his direction.
Hak looks around feeling a glare pointing at him. Soo-Won just sighs. "He has a weird problem. He is weird all around. Just don't it to his face. He absolutely hates it."
"I see." Hak says feeling the glare leave. "If he is your most trusted guard, how strong is he?"
"As strong, if not, stronger than you when he puts a little effort into it." The blond replies shocking Hak.
"Why isn't he father's guard then?" Yona innocently asks.
"Well, he was adopted by my father while he was alive. Seeing as he looked up to my father, he trained with his weapons he had before being adopted and trained until he was stronger." Soo-Won explains.
"So he is your brother?" Hak asks for Yona seeing as she is daydreaming now.
"Yup. That and he refused to take place in any kind of meeting involving royalty."
"How does he deal with his hair?" Yona wonders out loud on accident.
"No clue. He says that loves and hate it. He is extremely confusing sometimes." Soo-Won tells her.
"I'll have to ask him sometime." She says thinking of all the things he could tell her about Soo-Won.
With Kioshi
"This place is boring." Kioshi mutters looking around the palace. "It's going to take the fun out of escaping when I get out SO easily." He whines out loud ignoring his surroundings.
"You're going to do what?" A guard asks from behind him.
Kioshi just tilts his head to find one of Soo-Won's guards behind him. Specifically the one who attempted to poison him while he thought he wasn't looking. Kioshi grins a wide grin. The guard stands his ground.
"You won't escape! Not alive, anyway." The guard says. "Besides, I'll tell the new king about this."
Kioshi back flips while pulling out one of his daggers and lands behind the guard. Before the guard can do anything, Kioshi kicks the back of his knee forcing him on his other knee on the ground. He then quickly throws off his helmet into the bushes and places his dagger against the front of his neck. To be specific, in front of his jugular.
"Your not going to be saying anything for much longer. You'll die in a couple minutes to be sure." Kioshi explains ecstatic to kill one of the people who make his life so painful for so long. Kioshi slices a deep cut making sure there is no way for him to survive. Kioshi holds a hand over the guards face to make sure that he doesn't make a sound to give him away. As strong as he is, in a small space with a whole army worth of guards is a suicide mission.
"So you want to have a spar?" Comes the faint voice of Hak putting Kioshi into overdrive.
Kioshi quickly dashes into the bushes with the guard making sure that nobody can see him if they aren't looking. He proceeds to wipe the tiny bit of blood on the guards pants and putting it back in its sheath. Kioshi walks out of the bush leaving the dazed and dying man in the bushes.
'He'll be dead pretty soon. No reason to stay near him.' Kioshi thinks walking away. He resumes listening around.
"Let's go." Soo-Won agrees. "There's my most trusted guard now! Hey guard!"
Kioshi growls under his breathe. 'I'll be out tomorrow. Just deal with his crap for a little longer.' Kioshi let's out a breath to calm himself. He turns around to see Hak, Yona and the source of Kioshi's current hate walking towards him. "What do you want blonde?"
Hak snickers a little at the comment. Soo-Won sighs with a smile. "Would you like to spar with whoever loses between me and Hak here?"
"How do you keep your hair so straight?" Yona asks making Soo-Won freeze.
'Please don't kill her yet.' The blond begs mentally.
'Technically not an insult, so she is fine. For now.' Kioshi ponders. "Nothing really. I honestly don't even touch my hair in terms of brushing. To be even more honest, I'd like it spiky." He explains surprising the long haired blond.
"Is that my hair color I see in your hair?" Yona continues innocent as ever.
"My hair is strange. I think it's because the five dragons from the old days cursed me with it, but I have absolutely no proof so I just assume it's just my bad luck." Kioshi tells her politely.
"Do you have a crush on Yona?" Soo-Won questions directly.
Kioshi turns with a locked and loaded glare. "No, where did you get that idea?"
He holds up his hands in surrender comically. "You just seem to talk about your hair with her without yelling, so I thought you did."
He huphs at the blond. "The day you die is the day I start thinking about crushes."
"Awww! You do wish me a long and happy life!" The blond cries out happy on the outside. Inside, he knew it was a clear insult.
"I don't know about that. Some things don't happen the way you plan them to." Kioshi snaps back in an even tone.
"Ain't that the truth." Hak says to stop a one sided glaring contest between Kioshi and the smiling Soo-Won. "Anyway, I have a question for you, trusted guard."
Kioshi rips his glare away to look at Hak. "What is it?"
"What do you value more, freedom or peace?" Hak asks. 'I need to know if I can trust this guy.'
"Freedom obviously." Kioshi answers without hesitation.
Hak raises an eyebrow while the other two just listen to the two. "Why? Even though there will be wars, crime and countless other things? Would you still want freedom?"
A bright light flashes in Kioshi's eyes. The light of determination. "Of course." He replies earning gasps from the two bystanders. "Because it would be our choice. Not by some higher up who thinks he knows what's best for us. But I do respect the king since he has to deal with all the people who disagree."
"Why do you say that?" Hak presses on.
"I would knock those fools to the ground and demand one very good reason why we shouldn't." His eyes harden considerably. "No matter who it is."
"Even family?" Yona speaks up.
He frowns even more. "No." He says getting a sigh of relief from her. "I don't plan on ever having one." He continues. "They would die because enemies would think they had an advantage over me." A moment of dark tension passes then Kioshi smirks brightly at Hak and Yona. "Enough of this depressing crap though, you said you want a spar, right?" He questions the spear user.
"Yeah, follow me." He demands showing them to an archery field. "First we'll see who is the better archer."
"Sure." Soo-Won agrees.
"Your on!" Kioshi exclaims pulling out one of his daggers and twirling it around then catches it in reverse grip. "Don't mind if I use this, do you?"
"Only if you don't mind losing so easily." Hak says thinking it's too heavy from such a far distance.
"Is that a challenge?" Kioshi asks in a challenging tone.
Meanwhile, Yona is staring at the dragon carving on Kioshi's dagger hilt. A strange burning feeling flares inside her as if she found her reason for life. But that can't be it. 'Father told me never to even hold a weapon, so why do I feel so attached to it?'
The sound of an arrow flying through the air snaps her out of her trance finding that her crush had almost got a bulls-eye. Almost.
"My turn." Hak needlessly announces pulling back his bow string with the arrow ready. The moment he let go is the one second an enemy would need to know that that arrow is going to hit home. The arrow easily hits the very center of the target impressing everyone except Yona. She always knew he was a good shot after all. "Why are you so happy all of a sudden, if I may ask?" Hak asks the smiling muti colored hair teen.
"I guess you could say that I am happy that his head guard is nowhere near me now." He answers pulling his arm back. His eyes focus completely on nothing except the center of the arrow that claims the center of the target. With amazing precision and skill, he throws from the side forcing the dagger to slice through the air. Its tip slices the very center of the arrow claiming the center of the target for itself. Kioshi smirks in victory. "That is how you penetrate an enemy." He says.
Hak stares thoroughly impressed. "Color me impressed trusted guard."
Soo-Won laughs a little to show sportsmanship. 'Why is he so happy? He is never this happy. I'll have to look into this later.' The blond thinks waiting for Kioshi to grab his weapon.
As Kioshi is about to reach out for his dagger a sense of danger screams at him. He grabs his other dagger from his other sheath and turns around deflecting an arrow with the flat end of the blade. His eyes land on Hak nodding in approval.
Kioshi takes his dagger from the target and places both of the blades in their respective sheath. 'Was that a test? Or did he want me dead?' He watches as they head to the next field while getting yelled at by Yona for trying to kill him. 'Guess it was a test.'
They make it to the spar field and decide Soo-Won and Hak fight first. So Yona and Kioshi end up together far from them. Yona decides this as good a time as any to ask thestrange boy about the daggers. "Hey guard, I have a question." Smooth.
"Ask away, Princess." He responds turning his attention to her.
"Those daggers, do they have a special property to them or something?" She asks pointing towards where the sheaths are under his loose shirt.
His eyes narrow a great deal. 'Where does she get that idea? Only the five dragons are supposed to know this on the spot. Screw it, what harm is there in telling some princess?' Kioshi finally returns to his conversation. "Yeah. It is said to be made from the Crimson Dragon's skin from when he was a actual dragon still." He explains.
"That was never mentioned in the stories." She says curiously.
Kioshi snorts. "Not everything can be found in books, Yona." He says pausing before saying her name.
She freezes up surprised he said her name. "Did...did you say my name?" She asks slow enough to process it herself.
"Ah! Glad we could agree, so you can call me Kioshi." Kioshi offers grinning.
"Your turn guard!" Hak calls out while Soo-Won is walking to take Kioshi's place.
Kioshi pulls out his two daggers holding the right one in reverse grip. "Hope you can keep up old man." Kioshi states getting ready.
Hak readies himself as well. "I'm not much older than you, guard."
"Could have fooled me." He taunts.
End
There we go. I finished a sneak peak at what this story will be about. This will be a side story for when I can't think of anything for my other two stories, so don't expect super quick updates.
Did you like it? How do you think Kioshi will do? Do you like how I started this? Just an FYI, I usually am bad at introducing the first chapter of stories, so spare me on that remark.
This will not be a OC and Yona pairing. This won't be focused on romance, sorry. If you see any mistakes, that is because I have no beta reader, so that is a thing too.
Without anything else in mind, thanks for reading and have a great day/night/morning!