I Do Not Own Akatsuki no Yona/暁のヨナ

Chapter 1

It was a rare moment for them, he meant himself.

Well, them too he guessed, but it was mostly himself he was thinking about at this moment as he watched hi cloaked companion move through the crowd and look at all the stalls. It wasn't often that they had a moment without the entire group with them. Since discovering all the dragons, and the start of their travels, Hak found it difficult to have any time with Yona which wasn't interrupted in some way by one of the dragons (Jae-Ha and Kija, the white snake, mainly). Which was why Hak was trying to enjoy this time without interruption.

Not that he was ever going to say this as he trailed behind Yona and looked around for a sign of trouble.

Since he and Yona had started their travels alone he had never not run into trouble, he honestly thought Yona was just a flashing beacon for trouble. Which lead him to wanting to have her locked up safely in the palace again so he could have some peace of mind and sanity again. But the rest of the time he wanted to parade her around, show her off, rub it in Soo-Won's face that he hadn't broken Yona, he'd only made her stronger and she'd kick his ass one day.

"Oooh! Hak! Look!" Yona called to him and he loomed over her shoulder as she lifted up the beautiful red material. Her dress was wearing thin as of late and he knew she was thinking about getting a new one.

"It's red," he pointed out.

"I know but isn't it pretty!" she gasped as she held up again.

"Yes?" he said uncertainly.

She glared at him then.

"What, it's material, what's the big deal?" he asked plainly and she huffed a pout as she glared at him more, he had to excape before he did something stupid to her like kiss her. That would be bad, and he'd already slipped up more times than he cared to count.

Thank Kami Yona was clueless! Else he'd have been doomed.

"I'm going to go see about us getting some horses," Hak said as he handed her a pouch of some of their earnings from the last job they had done. "Stay out of trouble," he sternly informed her.

"I don't get in trouble," Yona defended. Ao appeared on her shoulder then and he just sighed as he left. Yona was nothing but trouble, she'd been trouble when they had been kids, she was a pain as a spoiled princess, and she was hell now that she was free and running around with a bow and arrows (he was honestly surprised that she hadn't accidentally shot herself when she had started on her little endeavor of learning weapons).

He found the stables, and he noticed that he could still keep an eye on Yona as she talked to the vender about the material. No doubt Yoon would make her a lovely dress or outfit or whatever out of that material. Hak kind of both liked and hated the thought of Yona parading around in something Yoon made. It wasn't like it helped him keep his secret.

"Hello?" he called out as he looked around the stable.

"Ah, good morning how could I help you," a young, handsome man asked as he walked up to Hak.

"I need horses," Hak said as he looked the young man over, this man was distracted and as Hak tracked where the man's eyes he felt a scowl forming on his features that he couldn't prevent.

"How many?" the man asked with a slight smile.

Hak thought this over. Yona would ride with him, obviously. Yoon would probably ride with Jae-Ha, Kaji would ride on his own, same with Shin-ah, Zeno would also probably ride on his own.

"Five," Hak said as he made the mental calculations of how much money they had left after their last job. Unless this man was a rip off Hak was pretty certain they could afford to buy all the horses they needed to make it through the mountains to a the south for a good winter hide out. The last thing he needed was Soo-Won chasing them through a blizzard, the snake would probably freeze to death (and while he liked the thought), it'd upset Yona, and that was not permitted.

"Uh-huh, I have five horses here, and they're for a descent price too," the stableman smiled as Hak followed him and looked at the horses. They were beautiful, nothing like what the Emperor had, but they were beautiful all the same. Hak had to admit that he was slightly impressed.

"They're very beautiful, and strong," Hak admitted as he inspected the animals.

"I know, and I'll trade them to you," the man grinned.

Hak didn't like that look as he schooled his features then and blandly stared at the man.

"What's the price?" he asked cautiously.

"The girl, I saw you in the market with her, I'll give you all the horses you need in exchange for that beauty!" the man was looking lecherously out the stable to where Yona was paying for fabrics and Hak felt something in him snap then.

"Or, you give me the horses and I let you live, and no one finds out you were going to trade horses for my girl," Hak growled, the man froze.

Yona was perched in front of Hak on a horse, her purchase safely in her arms as she looked at Hak who was scowling fiercely.

"These are nice horses Hak," she tried.

He grunted.

She sighed.

"This is going to be a long trip," she muttered. Hak was in one of his moods again, and she didn't know how she was supposed to snap him out of it. Then again, she had learnt that it was for the best to just leave him as he was when he was like this.

Hak was scowling fiercely though and she felt horrible for whatever was bothering him.

That's all for now folks!

Enjoy At This Moment! =)