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Chapter one: the fierce dark dragon and the happy hungry bunch part 1

I do not own magi or akatsuki no yona.

Only three days then they will arrive by the merchant. He has been here for two days and they have been travelling for almost a month. It would be faster if they just used the flying carpet but that would caught too much attention. He and his sister Kourin are travelling in the Kouka kingdom. They have business here. They are going to meet a merchant here who is very important. To meet him they have to travel through the land of the fire tribe. This country reminds him of home, of the Kou empire. Not only the name is similar but the clothes the people wear and how the houses are build to. Normally he would not go himself but because the merchant is that person he has no other choice. His sister Kourin is travelling with him because she and her husband had a little quirel and Kouen decided it would be for the best if they didn't see each other for a while. Her dear husband would then be able to think better about the position he is in. First his sister didn't want to travel, she wanted to stay in the palace but he managed to convince her. He said it would be good for her to see some other countries and she would be able to see how it goes on this sort of things. Maybe she can go the next time in his place and he can be on the battlefield fulltime again.

The merchant is not the only person he is going to meet. He will also meet the king. He was supposed to meet king IL. But king IL got killed and the current king is Soo-Won. The new king wasn't that pleased with Kouen's visit but because it was already decided and Kouen was already on his way there was no turning back. Kouen found it very weird that the king could just be killed. What were the guards doing? Also, if he remembers correctly wasn't there a princess? Why didn't she follow her father up? He asked some people at the place where they were staying but they didn't know. No one knows the truth, there are only rumors. They say that the bodyguard of the princes killed the king and kidnapped the princess. But that story is just vague. But in the end that news is not good. His plans are now... well he just has to figure something out. First he will visit the merchant then he will meet with the king. He will just have to get as much information about what really happened as he can get. Maybe the five tribe leaders know something. He will travel in their territory so ofcourse he will meet them, hopefully.

Right now they are in the fire tribe. They will travel towards the earth tribevand then to the capital. After that they will go home. From the soldiers he heard that many villages in the fire tribe were poor and couldn't pay their taxes because of that the soldiers were angry, of course if the taxes aren't paid they won't have food. It seems that the second son Kan Tae-Jun had set something up and now the villages are doing better. If the people have it good they wouldn't revolt so that is good. But that his father was planning a revolt and that the king got killed makes Kouen question the politic stability of this country. What caught his interest was the rumor of a woman who was the leader of a band of thieves. They claimed te people,land and food of the villages who couldn't pay their taxes. They chased the soldiers away. Kouen was surprised because they told him that there were only six people. How could six people chase numberous soldiers away? They them told him that they were monsters. Kouen wondered if they were dungeon creatures or household members. Would the leader have a metal vessel? And were there really only six? First he was interested but when he heard the name, the dark dragon and the happy hungry – something he was dumpfouted. That is not really a great name for a band of thives that can chase away soldiers and not one time but many times and it seems they also travel around. He just hopes he wouldn't cross paths with them because he didn't want trouble. Only Shou En was travelling with him and a few soldiers not that many that would give the wrong expression. A few soldiers of the fire tribe were travelling with them as bodyguards and to let people see they had permission to travel there with armed people.

The first time Kouen arrived here in the Kouka kingdom people looked at him with a weird expression, when he looked at them they looked away with the speed of light. He wondered why the people were so interested in him, was itbso rare for a foreigner to visit? He asked the man who was travelling with him about it. He said that the first king who founded the Kouka kingdom Hiryuu was once a red dragon god who took on a human form in order to rule a country had also red hair. Kouen wanted to hear more about this story but the man had to go. He will just have to visit a library and find the book. But because of the reaction of the people he decided to were a cloak if he walked in view. Normally he would sit with his sister in the carriage but he also wanted to move around.

Afters hours of sitting he dicided to walk. He walks in front of the carriage, his soldiers next to him at each side. Next to his soldiers were the fire tribe soldiers. Shou En was sitting in the carriage, he really looked like a monster and a cloak can't hide everything. They have walked for an hour when they arrived at a village but the village was so rundown that Kouen decided that they should just camp in the forest nearby. When they were walking through the village a child threw a rock to a soldier and screamed:

'' Go away we can't pay the taxes!"

A mother tried in vain the get the child to be quiet.

The soldier who got hit walked towards them.

''Please forgive him he is only a child!'' the mother screamed.

The soldier raised his hand and before Kouen could say anything he tries to hit the child. But before his hand reached the child a black shadow suddenly appeared and the man flew a few meaters away.

Kouen's eyes widen, while it happend fast he saw that someone punched him. The other soldiers of the fire tribe unsheated their swords and were ready for battle.

How can these fools just go into battle without my permission?

Another figure appeared out of the sky and also fought with the soldiers, it was an one sided battle though. When he looks behind him he saw that his own soldiers didn't know what to do. It wouldn't be a good idea to fight them if he didn't know anything about the number and strength. But he can't let his bodyquards die. Just when he was about to order his mean he hear a loud voice.

''Soldiers, go back this is our land!''

This voice? A womans?

" Who are you?!" One of the soldiers screamed back.

''We are..."

Three others appeared

"The fierce dark dragon and the happy hungry bunch!"

What?