Chapter 1: How It All Began


A small planet in the middle of the cosmos glittered with the beauty of an aquamarine emerald in the middle of a system that looked dead to any who passed through it. The Kami had created this world and found it the jewel amongst all the other world's it had created.

The red dragon looked down upon the earth at the creatures that lived upon it. Humans they called themselves. He watched their every move, emotion and found them wonderous in how they lived their lives. The other dragons found nothing unique about these creatures, they saw their violence, hate towards one another and how they were destroying their world. The red dragon wanted to help these being improve themselves. Perhaps I can help them. He had thought, it was an innocent enough thought, but it would lead to others like it. He talked his brothers into helping him help the humans.

Temples and shrines were built to the five dragons. The yellow dragon helped keep the peace to those who prayed to him and could hear his words of wisdom. The blue dragon helped the people by seeing into the troubled lands and told those who wished for peace where to avoid conflict. The green dragon gave knowledge on how to defend one's self from an enemy through martial arts, while his twin, the white dragon gave knowledge on how to defend with none violent ways. As this happened the red dragon helped the humans by giving them knowledge on when to plant, when to harvest and how one should conduct themselves. Monks and priests who heard them, gave the information to the people.

However soon the people began to forget their Kami, even forgetting the dragons and what they had done for them. The temples and shrines aged and soon fell apart, except for the single temple in a small enriched fertile area where warrior monks and priests lived in peace. The statues of the red dragon and his four brothers were well polished, murals of stained glass were in the windows, shining brightly. Books with the words of the dragons were well cared for. Only this placed to still listen to the Kami and the dragons, but it wasn't enough.

The dragon brothers began to despise the humans. They had been used for their knowledge and then thrown away like they were nothing. The red dragon did not see this though. He saw the single temple that was still cared for and its followers who still went to the temple to worship and gain knowledge.

Then one day a young boy came to the temple crying because his father had been killed by a bandit, his mother was pregnant and growing weaker by the day. His villages fields were dying and everybody feared that the harvest would not produce enough to feel the entire village. He told the red dragon of the murderers, the men from the north who had invaded their lands and the barbarians that went through and pillaged the villages. "We need help!" he cried.

The red dragon felt tears fill his eyes even as his brothers turned away from the human boy's cries. What could they do? they asked, humans created these problems, let the humans figure them out. Was their answer; but not his. Deciding that these people truly needed help, the red dragon said good-bye to his brothers and left the beauty of what was their home and dropped from the heavens to help the humans.

He appeared in the temple from the stone mural. The boy who had been praying and a monk who had been listening saw him appear from the mural, his hair soaked and his body nude from his decent. He was no longer the dragon he had once been; instead he had taken human form. Lifting his violet eyes to the boy, he smiled at him. Tears formed in the boy's eyes. "I came to help." he said. "Your words moved me and I could not ignore them. What is your name child?"

The boy's eyes shook with emotion. "Abi. I am Abi." the boy bowed to the floor and pledge himself to the red dragon that day.

The red dragon having took human form appeared to look like a young sixteen year old boy. His body was weak for the first couple of days, but he grew stronger very quickly. The monks taught him how to fight, how to use his body against his enemy and how to use human weapons against those who wanted to kill him.

In a matter of weeks the masses began to learn that the red dragon had fallen to earth in order to save them from each other. Some took this news as a good thing and began to search for him in order to help him do what he had come to do; however there were those who saw this as a threat to their way of life and those began to build up their armies for the day when he'd come for them.

It took the red dragon four years of training in order to make himself into the leader that the people deserved. His first fight was against the southern barbarians that raped and pillaged people just because they could and not for any other reason than that. As he left the temple and traveled through the villages, he found more and more to join his cause. That first battle was the bloodiest battle he would ever have. Half his forces were killed off, but the barbarian king had lost his life, along with the lives of his entire army and his three sons. The ground had pools of blood in it that were connected together by rivers of blood. Body parts littered the ground, the stench of death was there as the piles of bodies were burned, the sky turned dark. That night the red dragon, Hiryuu as he was called, cried.

News of the red dragon's battle reached far and wide. Those in the north demanded his head, while the tribes in the west began to watch their dragon king with interest.

It wouldn't be until Hiryuu's third battle when he would gain a new ally, a tribe who called themselves the earth tribe with a man named Guen as its leader. Guen's blue eyes were filled with determination, as the man himself was fierce and instantly saw Hiryuu for who he was. "You're my King and I will defend you." he had said causing the crimson haired red dragon to smile at him.

Then the troublesome day came where his enemies came for him. He fought for his men's lives and for the lives of the people who needed him, but it wasn't enough. His enemies had defeated him and As he was drug through the muck up to the gallows he couldn't help but fear for those around him.

Suddenly the sky burst open as the four dragons, who had been watching, came to Hiryuu's rescue. Men screamed in fear. "We have come for you brother." they said as they watched the humans cower from their presence. "Let us return so we may destroy them."

"No, for I cannot return." he said looking up at his brothers. "I am human now. Though they may hate and betray me, I cannot help but love them still."

The four looked upon one another, the love for their brother could be seen within their eyes. Yona found herself gasping from within Hiryuu, as she not only saw the love these dragons had for this man but could feel in within her chest. The golden dragon shimmered brightly as he lifted himself above the rest, his body filling the sky. "We do not wish to lose you. So in order to protect you, we shall find those who hold our idea's and beliefs. Those whom will protect you with our power and will never betray you." The three other's looked upon each other and nodded at their golden brother's idea. This way they'd be able to protect their brother without having to leave the heavens. Within seconds a flash of light surrounded the area as the four dragons went to find these men.

The boy who first swore himself to Hiryuu years ago became the first Seiryuu, with eyes that could see everything and make men's heart still in a second. Guen, the earth tribe leader became the first Hakuryuu and as the eldest, the self proclaimed big brother. His right arm held the strength of Hakuryuu within it. Next was the new Wind tribe leader, Shuten, who became the the first Ryokuyuu. His right leg held the power Ryokuyuu which gave him the ability that made him look like he could fly through the air. The last was the youngest, a boy named Zeno who could hear the Kami and willingly became the Ouryuu whose body was like steel and would never fail. These four men drank the blood of the four dragons and became the red dragon's guardians.

The creation of the four dragon warriors did not stop their King 's enemies from coming, but it did slow them down. Hiryuu was able to create the boarders to his country of Kouka. The tribes became united under their leaders, the water and wind tribes to the south, while the earth and newly created fire tribes were to the north with the sky tribe in the center of the country along with the capital that was built upon the temple in which Hiryuu had first appeared in. When his men and he were not at war with the neighboring countries, Hiryuu was ruling Kouka, raising his son Yak-shi or helping in keeping the tribes from starting up wars within Kouka. Overall, peace slowly came to the realm and as King Hiryuu's eyes closed upon his country on the last day of his life, he knew he was leaving the world better than he had found it in the beginning.


A young girl with green eyes named Ora looked up from her paper of the founding of the country and looked at her fellow students who were looking at her with awe. A red flush covered her cheeks lightly as she handed her paper in to her teacher, who was looking at her with some pride in her eyes. "Very good Miss Tomoe." the teacher cleared her throat. "However, the assignment wasn't to write the story of the foundation according to myth but to write what is written in your history book."

"Humph." Ora pushed up her glasses from her nose. "I did." she said matter-of-factly. "I read my grandfather's history book and read the history book given by this school and compared notes from both before I came up with that." she said. "If you want proof, I have the other book here as well."

Her teacher's brown eyes narrowed towards her."Tch. What yourself Miss Tomoe." she pointed to the girl's seat to get her to go back to it.

Ora frowned at the woman, her black hair swung with her body's movement as she returned to her seat angrily. I hate this school. I'm surrounded by idiots. She sat down in her seat and was forced to listen to the new story of how Kouka came into being. Over five thousand years ago was the time of Hiryuu's reign. she thought. Grandfather is trying to prove that without the red dragons influence that this world would be a different place. she smirked. Hell, I didn't even get to talk about Princess Yona and her being Hiryuu's reincarnation. I mean, I know people don't believe in that shit anymore, but if you think about it; if Princess Yona hadn't existed then this country probably would have stopped existing a long time ago. She rolled her eyes as the next student went up and reiterated what the others had said only with different words. Perhaps one day I'll help Grandfather prove it. she smiled devilishly, never realizing at what kind of trouble she was about to create for both man and the Kami.


M-Angel: So this story is another one of my Time stories. This one is kind of inspired by the Back to the Future movies. Never seen the series? I recommend watching it.