Chapter 1: Cats and Dragons

Yona looked over at Princess Tao, Vold and Algira as they slept peacefully next to one another in the cave they'd taken refuge in. Zeno had saved the Princess Xing by almost sacrificing his life, however like always he'd come back to them. The burns had regenerated slowly to pink healthy skin once his scales had appeared. His hair had reappeared normal and he was safe, though his clothes once again needed to be replaced. She hated seeing him in pain as he had all but collapsed into her arms. Moments after he'd fallen asleep next to her other dragons the dragon medallion had reappeared on the ground next to him. It had been strange not seeing it on his person, but she guessed that it had some sort of magic to it in order for the object to find him like it did.

Her eyes scanned over Algira once again and she found herself trying to suppress a giggle as she counted six cats and three kittens surrounding the blonde haired man. All the cats seemed to happy that they'd found him and it made her wonder how special of a relationship he had with the felines. It also made her reflect on her relationship with Hak and her dragons, though it wasn't the same as what Algira had with the cats, it was similar to what Princess Tao had with him and Vold.

Her eyes started feeling heavy. The night's events finally catching up to her. Her tired eyes turned towards Yun who had fallen asleep next to Zeno, with his arms wrapped around the Ouryuu's waist. Her violet eyes then spotted Hak who sat on a rock near the cave entrance. He held his weapon against his shoulder as his dark piercing eyes stared out into the darkness. Sighing, she decided she should try to get some sleep, even if it was only for an hour or two. Sleep came easily and with it dreams that were both welcomed and unusual.

Morning light skittered across the valley, through trees and into the villages below. In the village sat a small home that was bathed in the morning sunlight. The red bricks and timber roof warmed as the morning dew dried from the heat. Slowly the resident inside began to awaken. Long red hair was sprawled out on the blue pillows. Slowly violet eyes opened sleepily before the person sat up and rubbed their eyes. The blue blankets fell to the persons waist revealing them to be a young woman with slight curves and dips where they should be. The young girl slowly registered where she was. At first her brows knitted together in confusion at how she'd ended up in a warm bed.

"Yona!" a familiar voice came through the doors towards her. It was Yun's voice, she knew that instantly.

Throwing her legs out from under the blankets and over the bed she pushed herself up and quickly dressed in her red and white dress that Yun had made her months before. Once dressed she left the room to find Yun, which was quite easy as she left the front room and went outside where Yun was standing over a boiling pot of food.

Breakfast. She thought happily. She held back a giggle as she saw the rag on top of Yun's head that was keeping his hair out of his eyes. "Yun, it smells delicious."

The young man practically preened at her words. "Thank-you Yona. It's a new recipe. Jae-ha and Shin-ah hunted this morning and caught a deer."

Yona's eyes scanned the area and found that the house was on the edge of the town they were in. "Yun, how'd we get here?" She asked not really recognizing where they were.

"Huh?" He asked as he looked towards her as she was looking towards the village. "What are you talking about?"

"How did we get to this village?" She asked him. "Last I remember is us being in a cave after a fire in Xing."

"Xing?" Yun repeated. "Yona we're on the outskirts of the wind tribe near Xing, but we've never gone there. Your dragons keep us here in Kouka." He blinked at her. "Are you feeling okay?"

Was is all a dream? She wondered. "Maybe I was dreaming." She murmured. But it felt so real. She thought as she sat down on the ground.

"Yeah, that's some dream." He frowned. "Why would you want to go to a country that's threatening war with us." He growled slightly which caught Yona's attention. "It's because Princess Kouren wants your dragons that Xing is even threatening us. She wants to control them in order to destroy Kouka and take Hiryuu Castle as her own." He leaned over the food and sniffed before bringing the spoon to his lips.

"Maybe we should move on to somewhere safer." She muttered quietly.

Yun paused in his tasting his eyes widening. "But we just got here three days ago!" He yelled. "It was you who said we should find a quiet town near the boarder and stay there as a first defense, now you're changing your mind?" He bowed his head in defeat.

Yona giggled at him and what he'd just said. It did sounded like something she'd say. "Okay. We'll stay." She said with a smile. "Where's Hak and the others."

"Tch." He snorted. "Those strange beasts are probably annoying some poor person or another."

"Who's annoying who?" came a deep voice behind the two.

Yona smiled inwardly at the voice. "You're annoying somebody!" Yun yelled at the person behind her.

"Right." The voice became gentler. Yona suddenly felt him sit behind her before arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her to a broad chest.

"H-Hak!" She cried out in surprise, her cheeks becoming enflamed as his nose burried itself against her soft curls. Her shoe fell off as she was lifted and placed into a hard lap. Her breath came out in soft pants. She couldn't breathe! She heard a soft purring sound as Hak held her tightly to him.

"Yes, master Yona." He lazily murmured against her ear.

Yona wanted to hide her face somewhere, hell she wanted to run and hide away from him anywhere! Her face was burning, she couldn't breathe, and if he kept it up she was certain she was gonna faint! Turning her face to look at him she found her words stolen from her lips as she got her first real glimpse of him. He still looked like the Hak she'd known all her life, but his features seemed gentler, his eyes were softer and on top of his head were two cat-like ears! Lifting a hand she touched one. It was real! It was also very soft and apparently sensitive as she suddenly found him nuzzling her neck and purring up a storm. As good as this was though she couldn't understand how this could've happened. Hak had been turned into a neko! How was that even possible? It was when his tongue came out and touched her speeding pulse against her neck that she lost her fight and she promptly fainted in his arms.

M-Angel: I'm thinking this story will be probably 5 chapters long. So what did you guys think of the beginning?

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