So here I'm starting a new series, a collection of short stories/AU Chapters from my Yona/Jae-ha Alternate Chapters Series. These ones shot chapters will all be AUs of chapters, prompts or other in-between stories and scenes throughout the series that are too short to be a single one shot story. I'll be taking suggestions for scenes or chapters to AU and I also have a few in mind already that are far too short to be full fledge fanfics so the length of these chapters will vary.
This was a suggestion/prompt from farrah87 for an AU of Chapter 41, where the group got the love potion and Jae-ha was attempting to give it to Yona but this time he succeeds. I did a slight twist on this in my own way and honestly, this could go into my Jae-ha/Yona Alternate Chapters Series the way I wrote it, so you can consider this a prequel as it could be the start of how these two start falling in love 3 Thanks again for letting me take on this prompt and for giving me the idea! Anyone else that wishes to give suggestions for AU chapters sound them off in the comments below!
"Teasing youngsters is a special privilege of those that are older!" Jae-ha hummed to himself as he dissolved the Hakuryuu Scale into a cup of water. After trying it himself and enjoying the reaction of the others when it made him react to Kija, he just couldn't wait to try it on Yona herself, since he knew there was no way he'd get Hak to drink it. He turned his head, knowing Kija and Hak were hot on his heels but with his jumping power he was able to put a decent distance to finish his task quickly. "Once I give this to Yona Dear, Hak will be right behind me so I can jump away and he'll be the instant target of her affection… I'm sure he'll let down that stubborn barrier once she's professing her love to him." He snickered. "That'll close the distance between those two." He'd noticed since he met the Lightning Beast and the princess that while they were close something was keeping them from closing the gap, and as the oldest and newest member of the group he felt it was his place to help out, not to mention it would be hilarious to watch and tease them about it later.
With another jump, he saw red hair blowing in the wind and knew he spotted his target. "Ah, there she is…. Yona dear! Aren't you thirsty?" he called out. 'She has such a beautifully serious face on her, almost as stunning as the one she had when she shot Kumji….' The Green Dragon mused, thinking back to that day in Awa as she basically saved his life. He had gotten shot and fell into the sea after all and was an easy target after that, but she took down their enemy with one shot to the heart… Jae-ha had never seen anything more beautiful than the redheaded princess standing on the ship with her bow in hand and head held high. Only after that had he found out that was the very first time the young princess had ever taken a life, so it was a life changing moment for her. He shook his head as he wondered why his train of thought got so lost when Yona's shout made him realize he wasn't paying attention.
"Jae-ha?! Watch out!"
"Eh? AAAHHHH!" That's when Jae-ha saw it, one of her arrows was flying towards his head which he easily dodged… But then he didn't watch his footing and tripped over a rock, causing him to fall and the cup with the Hakuryuu Scale mixture flew forward, just as he fell flat onto his face. "Owwww….. Damn that was so not beautiful…." He grumbled, slowly sitting up and cleaning the blood off his nose with a cloth.
"Are you ok?" Yona's voice hovered right above him, she bent over to lean closer to him, having left her bow on the grass. "I'm so sorry I didn't see you!"
'Damn, I dropped the Hakuryuu Scale so that was a wasted effort…' Jae-ha sighed to himself, but smiled as he looked up to the princess. "No it's fine Yona dear, I just hit a blind spot and-" his eyes widened though at what he saw when he looked at her.
Yona's hair and the top half of her outfit were dripping wet, her cheeks were flushed and her eyes filled with worry. The cup must have flown in her direction and spilled all over her. The next thing he knew was that she hugged him tightly, whimpering into his shoulder. "But it's still my fault you got hurt… And I nearly hit you with that arrow… I'd never forgive myself if you…"
'OH SHIT, she's affected by the love potion and I'M her target.' Jae-ha cursed in his mind, feeling his cheeks redden and his heart skipping a beat. 'Crap and there goes that blasted dragon's blood again! It's even reacting to her and… But she's so cute like this…' he unconsciously ran his fingers through her crimson locks. "It's alright Yona-chan, see I'm perfectly fine." He chuckled lightly. 'At least until Kija and Hak catch up with me, once they see us like this I'm a dead man…' he sweatdropped at that image.
Yona pulled back to look at him, eyes brimming with tears and her flushed face nearly matched her hair. "That's good, because you're really important to me… Even though I'm a total pain, helpless and frail I want to protect you… I…." she leaned her head a bit closer.
"Y-yona… I…" For once the Ryokuryuu was stumped, after all he usually liked to be the one to pursue a love and it usually cooled when he was the one being chased… Usually. Something about Yona made his heart and head wage war with each other, granted she was unlike any other girl he'd ever met, one that gained his respect and while he figured it was the dragon's blood that drew him to her… He couldn't help the desire that was building inside him as his arms acted without thinking, wrapping around her and pulling her body closer to his and pressing his lips against her forehead. "You're not completely helpless nor a pain…" his words trailed off. 'She's so beautiful… Damnit why is this dragon's blood so confusing? Why must it act up at a time like this?'
"Then what do you think of me?" Yona looked up at him with pleading eyes, cheeks still red and her arms tight around him. "Because I… I want to…."
"Princess!" "Droopy Eyes where the hell are you?"
'Shit that's Kija and Hak right now, if I don't move they're going to kill me.' Jae-ha thought to himself, but with Yona's arms tight around him he knew he wasn't getting away anytime soon. "Yona dear let's go for a stroll, shall we?" he said, lifting her into his arms as he stood up.
"Anywhere with you Jae-ha." Yona giggled as she snuggled her head against his chest. "I always feel so safe with you…"
'Damn this dragon's blood, damn it to hell….' Jae-ha cursed as he felt his heart hammering again. He immediately leapt into the air, carrying the redheaded princess with him a good distance away until he landed in a tree, sighing with relief. Hopefully they shouldn't catch up with them, not too soon at least. Even though he knew Kija could continue tracking him with the dragon's blood, if he simply stayed one jump ahead of him then the Hakuryuu would never catch up with the Ryokuryuu's quick movements. Hopefully they wouldn't ask Shin-ah to look for him with that distance vision…
"Jae-ha?" Yona's voice snapped him out of his trance. "Are you ok? You seem worried about something." Her face was extremely close to his again. She traced her fingers over his temple.
Jae-ha shut his eyes as he was fighting against his urge to kiss her. She was just too damn adorable, so innocent and pure… He said it himself, who couldn't help but fall in love with her? But Yoon's words ran in his head. 'You're a fiend if you use a love potion to do it.' That made the Green Dragon shake his head, the last thing he wanted to be was a creep that took advantage of a lady in this kind of situation, that would make him no better than Kumji's goons, which were some of the ugliest men he'd ever met. He meant to use the potion to lower Hak's guard, since he most definitely had feelings for the princess, this would have been the perfect way to bring any of her hidden feelings for him to the surface… Why did his beautiful plan have to backfire so badly? "I'm fine really Yona dear." He gave her a forced smile while internally bitching out his dragon blood for reacting so badly to her. "But you shouldn't be so close, it's rather… Dangerous."
"I'm with you, that's not dangerous…" Yona whimpered, bringing her face even closer. "A-and I want to…" her lips were inches away from his when he caught her hands and tried to hold her back.
"Yona Dear, while I know I'm unbelievably charming you really should save that for the man you love." Jae-ha chuckled, hoping the effects of the potion wouldn't last too long and he could just stall her for now.
"But you're…. You're the one I…" Yona was stumbling over her words, her cheeks blazing red. Since she couldn't spit it out, she pushed her head forward and bumped her lips against his.
Jae-ha's eyes went wide and that was the end of his self-control, be it the dragon's blood or his own perverted urges, he didn't care at the moment as he crushed his lips against hers in response. Even under the potion's influence, the young princess obviously had no idea what to do, so she merely touched his lips, but the Green Dragon molded his mouth over hers and their kiss became more passionate. His arms wrapped tightly around her as his tongue swept over her lips, and he didn't stop there. His lips traced her jaw, moving to her cheeks and forehead once again as he took in the scent of her hair.
"Jae-ha…" Yona breathed against him as he continued to assault her face with his kisses, she moaned as his lips found their way to her neck, applying light suction along with butterfly kisses. His hands were getting frisky as they started out roaming her back until one rested on her thigh, and then he stopped himself.
"No… This isn't right…" Jae-ha groaned as he pulled back, eyes shut and teeth clenched. 'This blasted dragon's blood just seems to get stronger and stronger pulling me towards her… It's stronger than when I first met her and even worse than when she was hanging on that cliff at the cape… But these feelings, they're not my own and neither are hers… This love potion on her is no different than how that damn dragon blood makes me…' he shook his head. "Yona dear, you're not yourself. We shouldn't do this."
Yona frowned at that, lifting her hand to caress his cheek. "… Am I… That disappointing?" she whimpered softly. "I don't know very much and I'm too young, that's it right?" there was a heavy regret in her voice. "I should have known that you… Don't look at me that way…"
Jae-ha opened his eyes and his heart broke seeing tears forming in her eyes from the rejection. "Yona dear… It's not that really…" he grit his teeth as he really didn't want to hurt her like that. He moved his hand to cup her chin, his thumb brushing her lip while trying to resist the urge to kiss her again. "This dragon's blood is just making me act strange, that's all. While I'm not one to refuse a lady, I like to choose so by my own will." He said with a smile, he figured admitting the love potion wouldn't work since Yona didn't hear them when they were discussing the Hakuryuu Scale so in her current drugged state she might not believe him. Best to put the blame all on him. "I chose to come along with you to watch your progress, and I respect you enough that you deserve a man that can truly choose to be with you, not one forced by the dragon's blood."
"… So you think the dragon's blood makes you want to be with me…?" Yona asked, looking like she was processing that answer. "But you turned me down at first…"
"I did, because I was fighting the dragon's blood forcing me to agree to join you." Jae-ha chuckled lightly. 'Good, good, stall for time and hopefully she'll snap out of it…'
"Does that mean Kija and Shin-ah…?" Yona frowned a bit more. "I don't want to force them to do anything, and that includes you too Jae-ha… Is there something I can do?"
"Yona dear, don't worry about it." Jae-ha pet her on the head softly. "Kija is fascinated by you, of course he would have come no matter what. As for Shin-ah, from what Yoon told me that poor boy is far better off being with you. And I told you that I chose to come along with you, after all seeing you crying when you were searching for me was such a turn on."
"So…. Does that mean I am attractive to you?" Yona asked once again. "Really Jae-ha…. What do you think of me?" she leaned her head against his chest, snuggling close and closing her eyes. "I want to know… Please."
'My heart can't take this…' Jae-ha mentally groaned, stroking his fingers through her red hair. He paused a long while before answering. "… I'm not… Sure… Where the dragon's blood ends and my own feelings begin. If you were any other girl and I felt this way I wouldn't hesitate in…." he blinked when he noticed the princess must have drifted off in his arms, as her eyes were still shut and she was quiet, resting happy against him. He couldn't help but smile how cute she was sleeping so soundly against him, he placed a kiss on her forehead. "If it wasn't for the fact this blasted dragon's blood is forcing these feelings, I'd swear you've captured this pervert's heart Yona dear, you truly are a pirate now. I haven't felt like this about a girl in… Quite some time."
After staying up in the tree and enjoying the moment, Jae-ha knew Hak and Kija were still looking for him so the best way to lose them would be to return Yona back to the camp. Hopefully when she woke up she'd just think the whole incident was a dream. With a few jumps, he easily made it back and set her down in her tent, luckily no one was around at the moment. He pet her on the head one more time before heading out, strolling back over to Yoon with a cheerful smile.
"Alright where have you been?" the boy genius shot him an accusing look. "Kija and Hak ran off after you, especially when we heard that yell. What happened?"
"Oh well Yona dear was practicing her bow when I found her, but once I dodged her arrow I hit a blind spot, causing me to drop the Hakuryuu Scale." Jae-ha explained, it actually wasn't a lie but he just omitted the part that it got all over Yona.
"So you basically wasted it? IDIOT!" Yoon growled. "That could have been useful in a fight I wanted to study its ingredients!"
Jae-ha laughed at his reaction. "Sorry, it wasn't on purpose. I was actually trying to get Hak's usual indifferent expression to crumble with Yona dear crawling all over him."
That's when Hak came up behind him. "So THAT'S why you ran off with that blasted thing, and seriously Yoon what kind of fighting techniques were you planning on using?"
"Someone help!" Yona's voice interrupted them suddenly.
Jae-ha snapped to and quickly leapt over, wondering what could have possibly happened, he had just left her back at her tent and… He blinked at the sight before him.
Kija lay unconscious in her arms, Shin-ah had arrived first and was helping lift the White Dragon off of her.
"What happened?" Hak asked as he caught up.
"He suddenly started acting strange, something about drinking something weird…" Yona whimpered.
Jae-ha blinked as he looked over at the nearby table Yoon had set up over some of the rocks. "Wait is that…?" he picked up the cup he had spilled before, realizing there must have been some of the love potion left. "… I think he drank the love potion. I didn't realize that some was left…"
"It had a sweet smell." Shin-ah spoke up. "Ao found it on the ground…" the squirrel in question was hanging around the Blue Dragon, obviously if she took it there was little change since she was already attached to the Seiryuu anyway.
'Ahh that explains it, Ao found it and Shin-ah just placed it on the table, from there Kija must have found it.' Jae-ha thought to himself. He then looked at Yona whose eyes caught his for a moment and he swore he saw a faint blush on her cheeks. '… The question is does Yona remember what happened or did she shrug it off as a dream…?'
"Will Kija be ok?" Yona asked after a moment.
"Yeah we tested it before and Jae-ha recovered quickly so he'll be fine." Yoon shrugged. "Just for some reason Kija passed out, that's odd. It didn't seem to effect you that way." He turned to the Green Dragon.
'No but it made Yona sleepy so maybe in larger doses it does that?' Jae-ha thought to himself, twisting his mouth. "I only had a taste you must remember Yoon." He shrugged. "Otherwise are you alright Yona dear?"
"I'm fine… I think." Yona said, rubbing her cheek a bit. "I've just never had something like that happen before…" she chuckled slightly. "It was kind of exciting. I'll have to tell Kija later that it's ok, he's probably going to be terribly upset with himself." She then caught a glimpse of the Green Dragon one more time before turning around.
"Well I'll finish getting dinner ready, Lightning Beast you didn't finish the laundry yet either." Yoon pointed out.
"Alright, alright… This fiasco was your fault Droopy Eyes, you should help out too." Hak grumbled.
"Oh come now, it's not like I made Kija drink it." Jae-ha chuckled. "But fine I'll move Kija so he can rest." He helped Shin-ah move the White Dragon next to the nearby tent for now, placing him into his sleeping bag near a tree.
The Seiryuu then nodded and moved to join Hak and Yoon but Yona was still lingering in the same area, looking at the cup that held the love potion with a tilted head.
"Something on your mind, Yona dear?" Jae-ha called out to her.
"Huh? N-no nothing." The princess shook her head with a flushed face. "I just must be tired, I found myself taking a nap back in my tent when I remember practicing my bow but not when I stopped… Then I had that weird dream…"
'Ahhh so she did think it was a dream after all, that's a relief.' Jae-ha sighed to himself. "I hope it's nothing serious, some people do have nightmares after they… Take a life." He chose his words carefully, not wanting to startle her.
Yona clenched her hands into fists for a moment, shaking her head. "I don't regret taking down Kumji, not at all Jae-ha. Especially since he was about to… Hurt you." She looked at him with those same pitiful eyes she had when she was under the love potion, but she wasn't under that anymore… She then blushed and looked away. "A-anyway I think maybe I'll just rest some more before dinner, excuse me!" she quickly darted into her tent.
Jae-ha blinked for a moment after she left, then smacked his fist against his chest right where his heart was. "…. God dammit this dragon blood…"