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Chapter 1 - Funeral

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The Queen, Yona's mother killed by rebel. Along with the Queen, her bodyguard, one of the Captain's Squad of the Imperial Guard, Asano killed as well when he tried to protecting the Queen. One of the Royal healer, Assistant Royal doctor, Chiyo which the wife of the late head of Royal Guard held her daughter's hand, pushing her to give her last goodbye to her late father but the daughter refused, instead she decided to running away from the room and disappeared between the bushes. Joo Doh was close enough with Asano, he patted Chiyo's shoulder and shook his head, asking her to be patient and convinced her to stay at the funeral. Mundok saw what happened and he offered help to looking for her daughter and brought the child back here.

"there you are".

The little girl looked up, a pair of her brown eyes meet the pair of bright blue eyes, she blinked that make the trail of her tears stopped for a second "...who are you?".

"…I'm your father's friend".

"really? what is your name?".

Instead answer her question, the youngsters blonde smiled sadly before hugged her. After hugged her tightly yet gently patted her head when she crying on his chest, he leaned his forehead "Kayano... Do you know what the meaning of your name?".

Kayano shook her head and the blonde smiled, explaining "Kayano, your name comes from a combination of the name 'Kaya' which means 'a place to rest' and 'Nozomi' which means 'Hope'... your deceased father hoped you would become someone who can give back hope for whoever need a place to rest or someone who can be the light of hope for someone who lost their path... That's why, you should come back to your mother, she must be sad and she needs you by her side. Besides, Kayano must give her last goodbye to your father because if you not, your father would be sad".

"but... What is your name? Why is your eyes looking so sad?".

Without answer her question, the blonde pulled his hood to cover his head and rises, he asked Kayano to back to Funeral before left her "see you again, Kayano".

Didn't want him to left her, Kayano grabbed his cloak "wait, where'd you go?! Don't go?!".

Smiled sadly, the blonde patting her head "don't worry... If we are fated to, definitely we will meet again, soon".

Meanwhile at the same time, when Yu Hon and Soo Won went to funeral room, they saw King Il stood in front of Yona's room, persuading Yona to come out of her room and gave her last goodbye to her late mother. As Yu Hon asking his little brother about what had happened, after King Il told them about Yona who locked herself inside her room, they heard Yona's screaming from inside. When Yu Hon opened the door, they saw Yona who bawling when clinging into Hak who sneaking into Yona's room from the window after knowing the red-haired princess refused to came out of her room.

Soo Won hugged his crying cousin and his best friend, crying along with Yona and it made Hak sighed, he felt get vertigo because two little noble crying as they clinging to his body till they fell asleep. Yu Hon let his son who fell asleep with his cousin and left them sleep on Yona's room. King Il gave thanks to Hak who had tried persuading Yona to come with him to funeral and carried her on his arms. Hak bowed, he accept the offer to come along with the King and his intense older brother because remember that Mundok was on funeral room the last time he left him. But Hak couldn't find his adopted grandfather, instead he went to the garden and found the Wind Tribe General looking for a little girl, Chiyo and Asano's daughter.

Hak ended helping Mundok to looking for the little around here "little girl around the princess's age with short straight brown hair and brown eye, wear black kimono with purple Obi and Camellia-pattern...".

Hak stopped when he heard someone sniffling behind the bushes, he found little girl crouching behind the bushes. The little girl with short, shoulder-length straight brown hair and brown eyes, she wearing Camellia-pattern black kimono with purple Obi, she crying when she sat beside the pond fulfilled with many Koi-fish.

"are you Kayano?".

"yes... I am..", Kayano sobbed "...who are you?".

"my name is Hak, I'm asked by Gramps who helped your mother to looking for you", Hak crouched beside Kayano "what are you doing here? Why are you crying?".

Kayano told Hak about her father's death that make her sad "father... He's nowhere to be found... My mom said he's died".

Hak scratched his head, he had heard about the other bodyguard who died along with the Queen but he didn't expect to meet his daughter just because he helped Mundok to found this little girl. He had no choice then, he dragged Kayano to where Mundok and Kayano's mother waiting after persuading her to come with him. When Chiyo and Mundok saw Hak back to the funeral with Kayano, Chiyo carried Kayano who crying on her arms.

Mundok patted the little boy's head and smiled soothingly after saw how disheartened the look on his grandson's eyes "just play with them when we're coming here again, alright?".

Hak nodded his head. Somehow, Hak felt sad after saw how Kayano and Yona crying.

A/N Maya :

I know, I just finished one of my fanfic but I can't help it if I wanted to writing others fanfic again, right? Actually, I take the name 'Kayano' from Assassination Classroom because I like that name