I didn't look behind me as I reached the bank, I could see Hak on the other side of the rather small lake hacking away at fish. My nose catching his scent as well as Maxie who was in the forest, the two of them worked hard didn't they. At least I knew Hak did, I didn't usually confront people on my own but I started to walk around the lake to reach him. For a minute I didn't say anything looking at the pile of maybe four fish he had caught. Maka hated seafood, seeing it sort of made my stomach turn.

"Do you do this a lot…. fish I mean." I spoke, bringing his attention towards me. He didn't look too impressed, not that I cared as he continued on his fishing.
"What a stupid question to ask, of course I do it a lot. It's easy and feeds us well." Wow, what an answer. I scoffed before sitting down next to the water.
"It wasn't stupid it was just a question." I muttered looking off to the side. Though he didn't seem to give any reaction. "You don't have to fish so much you know, you've caught four already and Maxie is capable of catching rabbits, even boars." I hoped I was hurting his damn pride the moron. Something about him made my blood boil, and I haven't even felt that way while watching him on the show.
"Are you trying to tell me I'm not needed."

"Baka, of course you're needed it's kind of easy to tell that you like Yona." I stood up a little defensively. Although he was taller, and that terrified me even more as I seemed to have ticked him off. "But, it's not going anywhere is it Yona's a little dense when it comes to any of that stuff."

"That's fine, it's not like I can….."

"Shut up." I pointed at him, nothing made me angrier. I usually wouldn't bother yelling but I was pissed. "Stop paying attention to stupid stuff like that. If you don't make her know your feelings now, who knows when you'll get a chance. Next thing you know that chance has slipped through your fingers, you don't know how long she'll be here. You said you ran away from the capital, you can't protect her forever you know." I snapped. As Hak viciously whipped his body towards me. He dropped his spear and grabbed onto the front of my clothing, my eyes widened and I placed my hands on his wrists. Feeling my heart rate quicken, and my breathing do the same but that didn't stop him.

"Stop making assumptions when you don't even know us, it's only been half a day. I'm not going to let anyone, anyone touch Yona and that's why she'll live. I'll die for her if I have to." I started to tear up. I shut my eyes, for a moment, and felt his grip loosen.

"It doesn't matter how much you love her Hak, one minute she could be here the next she could not. You may be strong, but you are not a god. And… don't die for her, that's about the worst thing you could do. Live for her, and she'll be happy." I muttered crying as I looked at him. I tried to wipe my tears he looked a little confused. Like he didn't mean to make cry, which I understood. I thought I was past that stage, as I shivered. "I'm sorry I just… can't stand it. You two like each other so much. And…. well, when my girlfriend died I couldn't handle it. Please Hak, you have to take care of yourself just as much as you take care of Yona." I hated making it about me, I hated being involved. Yet he looked at me with concern.

"You…." he started as I watched Maxie come along four rabbits tied around his waist. I tried to mask my tears rubbing viciously at my eyes. Maxie looked at me concerned, before glaring at Hak.

"You were crying again?" He questioned walking over to me.
"No… no I wasn't." I turned away looking at Hak, I bowed to him. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to really, believe me. I just, I get attached to people easy and I'm scared of hurting them and I'm scared of them hurting. Yona and all of you have been nothing but kind." I turned and rushed off into the forest. Not towards the camp just out into the forest. I didn't want to talk to anyone, I didn't even want to see anyone. My stomach was in knots, no matter how hungry I was I found a separate tree to lean again. Sitting down I hugged myself, and started to take deep breaths. Calm down, calm down shoe, calm down riv, calm down. I repeated over and over again in my head. Trying to calm the shivering and my emotions as a whole. They were troublesome being so unstable, why was I so unstable I wondered.

After what felt like a half an hour, my stomach rumbled. I held onto it, trying to hush it, though my nose caught the scent of the blue dragon I looked up and spotted him sitting in the tree. I wasn't too startled, Shin-ah didn't bother me too much. Though his lips looked slightly concerned as he jumped down and pulled off the white fluffy thing he had across his back. He put it across me as I blinked for a moment.

"You need to eat something." He would mutter. As I felt the warmth of the material it calmed me a little better.
"Thank you Shin-ah. You don't have to worry about a stranger like me." I started to stand up, trying to compose myself as I took in a deep breath. Shin-ah nodded his head as he took me and led me back to camp. I sighed Tori stood up and walked towards me.

"We were worried about you." I smiled snuggling in the white fluff.

"I'm fine." I kept the urge to have my twin tails pop out, I was actually pretty happy about this as Shin-ah sat with the others my stomach growled loudly.

"We saved a rabbit for you blockhead." Hak lifted up the meat, I looked at him for a moment and smiled nodding my head. Things would be okay for now, or at least I hoped they would after my episode. After I finished eating we started on the path again, we were looking for the yellow dragon. I stayed off to the side lines staring at the ground. I had a lot of things on my mind that was for sure, I sighed looking up at the others as they walked. Laughing and talking, they seemed to be getting along. As Yona tugged to the back with my I watched the young red head. I'd become an expert at watching people, their body language and facial expressions, it was obvious she was waiting for an opportunity to speak to me beforehand. It wasn't as much fear this time as annoyance that filled the corner of my heart. She was going to try and dig and pry into my brain, to know what made me tick. I hated getting close to people, I didn't want them to know anything about me. Even Tori and Cat nowadays didn't know everything about me, it was a spiraling downfall.

"You have some good friends there." She started to speak, I wouldn't say anything, I was tired of speaking. It made me wonder what had made me talk so much in the first place, these were people I longed to be associated with, but now that I was here it was more mundane than I thought it would be. "You guys didn't really leave a starving village did you? You're clothes are strange as well as the way you speak and move. You're something else entirely." Good for the girl to figure it out so quickly as I shrugged. Yona would keep pressing on though, "It's okay if you don't want to actually tell us where you came from, you guys aren't bad so." she shrugged, it made my heart sink.

"A long time ago, the red dragon was not the only king of beasts." I muttered. "There would always be a good, a bad, and a middle. The red dragon was the good, the black dragon was the bad, and the middle was just your plain old average colorless fire dragon. The black dragon wanted nothing but destruction, and in the end the middle ground and the evil ground vanished from sight. However the red dragon remained here, as well as his generals. When he fell to the earth something changed here. But eventually everyone forgets." The story was easily told to children. Dragons were the source of a lot of folklore across dimensions, not just here. They were perceived as gods, in some cultures devils. Hoarding gold, burning down villages. In actual times, they were once creatures able to sustain planets for each planet used to require one entity of enough magical energy to support the planet. Over time planets began to muster up their own magic energy, the absence of a celestial, and a deity was no problem. Dragons started to get hunted and fled. Yet here, it was strange. It seemed like, Yona herself was a human form of the red dragon.

Yona looked at me a little dumbfounded, "I've never heard that story before. Does that mean there are more dragons out there besides the four." I had tripped over myself this time, she didn't even question how I knew the story. I was about to talk, but Jae-ha walked over to me grabbing my chin.

"Hi hon-" I took my fist and punched him square in the face. He went flying backwards in the dirt as we stopped walking.

"GREEN DRAGON JAE-HA STOP IT RIGHT NOW, I'M LESBIAN AND NOT INTERESTED." I yelled furiously. Tori giggled a little bit, "I think Cat is rubbing off on you." I looked at her for a moment, sighing. Maybe, maybe not, it was true I usually wasn't this animated, but a lot had happened and a lot had changed. Jae-ha rubbed his nose that was bleeding as I shook my hand I was shaking a bit. Terrified, I hated people getting that close to me it didn't matter who they were.

"You avoided my question Abby, about that thing with the dragons you know." Yona turned to me. I looked back at Maxie for a moment, his vibrant blue eyes looked at me.

"It was just an old wives tale a friend told me." I waved my hand and shut my mouth. Continuing walking Tori came to grab my arm.

"Hey, are you okay?" she asked. I was never okay, I sighed rubbing the back of my neck mildly.
"Yeah I'm just….. ticked off and a little irritable." I mused before stopping looking ahead of us two figures appearing on the path. I leaned off to the side, it was Cat and her hellhound, though right now he looked like a normal doberman type of dog. "Speaking of Cats." I said with a small smile growing on my face. The woman waved as Tori practically tackle hugged her, I stood awkwardly nearby. Crossing my arms, my cheek still hurt from when she punched me last month, it wasn't real of course but it just reminded me.
"You two looked like you were having all the fun without me." I didn't answer her, turning around I finally decided I wasn't going to talk for some time. It was too much of a bother, I didn't feel right in this kind of situation. Though it bothered Cat some by the looks of it as I walked behind the group to simply watch them. There wasn't much she could do about me, I watched as she went on to explain why she was here. "I was afraid you and Maxie would get lost, Abby sure as hell wouldn't help. Plus something came up." she held a small piece of paper, it caught my eye a little. The crest of the organization was on it. A large O with a thick tail, it reminded me of a Q except it looked like an open mouth would. Gold in color. An order from the president herself.

"You guys look like you have a lot of shit on you." Hak snorted, Cat smirked at him.

"Actually it's for Abby, I'm here because I was worried about my sister and her stupid boyfriend." she held it out, of course I'd be forced to interact with her. I stepped back forward to get the piece of paper, sighing she wrapped her arms around me and patted me on the head. "Stop looking so down and maybe I won't look so scary." I growled a little. There had been a bit of bad blood between us since graduation, she just wouldn't let me break away. We were adults now, however Cat was a year older than us practically. Already nineteen, it was surprising how fast life passed you by. Everything that seemed normal just wasn't that anymore.
"Sorry Cat, I'm a pain in the ass."

"I only care about a few people remember that, you're on the list." I laughed, shrugging my shoulders. Kija seemed angry about this whole thing though the entire trip I hadn't paid attention to anything he said. I turned to him arguing with Hak, now that we were taking a break I guess I could read the message. My relationship with the president was rather private, it was strange. She was an enjoyment to be around, but at the same time annoying. I moved over to a tree as the others worked out whatever it was they were going to work out. Cat would be good at explaining things, a commander always was. Still, Yona would be able to dodge by the lies. We would remain a mystery and it would take some time to get the others to trust us. This vacation had quickly turned into another mission it seemed, this time I wasn't alone. The last time I was alone on a mission was searching for Maka's killer in the sword art online world.

I leaned against the tree, giving out a sigh before opening it. I held the letter rather delicately as my eyes started to read through the words.

You probably know already, but this dimension is rather special. Considering it involves dragons. Abby you were part of the people who were close to legends at a time. When some dragons free roamed, and Yona is the reincarnation of the red dragon king. This rumor has sadly spread since we sent you there with Maxie, it's bad news and I know you're sick of hearing bad news. Not only hunters have been notified, but it seems the black dragon may be involved as well. Point is I want you to stop downing yourself for a moment, everyone needs as much support as possible especially Yona. She is the new leader of their world, and you as part of the organization are tasked with protecting worlds against outside sources. I don't have anything to report on Maka's murder but please, make sure the others fare well. You know how Cat gets she's strong but just like you, some things cannot be done alone. - President Marina

I stared at the letter for a moment, crumbling it up in a wad I stuffed it in my pant pockets. I stood up and walked over to the others, I folded up my sleeves.
"There's been a change of plans, we're here to remain and help Yona out." I looked over at her. "An order from a superior." I calmly would say as Hak looked at me. Though it seemed he and Cat had already been talking and had worked things out. I smiled at the lot of them, Shin-ah stood closer to me making me look at him for a moment, instinctively moving away. We looked towards the sky for a moment. The sun was starting to go down.
"It's getting late, we should find a place to stay." Hak said as he went to start walking but Cat's hellhound stopped him.

"He found a river." she stroked the animal on the head before it started to lead us towards the river. I followed in the background, thinking about what the president said. It was odd to think, I was tiptoeing around myself and the end result was everyone worrying for me when I didn't want them to. It was unavoidable, I scratched the back of my head.
Later that night everyone was starting to mingle well. Maxie and Tori were trying to get Shin-ah to speak to them. Kija and Jae-ha were arguing with each other, and Cat and Hak were well speaking. Yona was passed out near the campfire, leaving me the odd one out sitting on one of the logs. I was an observer mainly, things were just starting to get comfortable, Hak didn't seem too mad at me. He was just internally grumpy, Yona was a sweet girl, Kija I didn't speak too much. Yet, he meant well. Yun on the other hand, boasted about being a handsome genius. I did say I was the odd one out, but he was out gathering firewood. I sneezed slightly, before trying to sit up.

I watched as the night dragged on, Cat and Hak were having a contest it seemed on who would keep watch first. I didn't sleep often, so what I did do is act like I did. Yun returned with the firewood. Maxie and Tori, vanished somewhere in the forest. Gods knew what they were doing out there. Eventually Cat fell asleep making me sit up to the dim fire. In that instant me and Hak's eyes met. I was locked there for a moment before looking away.
"I could tell you weren't sleeping the whole time. Seems like you do that a lot." I stood up and went to sit near him. I was compelled really, I'd stop being such a brat, highly considering I realized there was no reason for it. Other than trying to scream for attention.

"I do, but that's because I have issue's." I laughed as he poked at the fire resting his back on the log. "I'm sorry I yelled at you, I seriously don't usually do that, I'm normally very quiet." normally.

"Well you don't seem very quiet around us." His eyes went over Yona, I pulled my hand through my hair. I didn't feel okay, but I blew that feeling off.

"Because I like you guys, I want to be friends, but sometimes I feel like I don't deserve friends" I leaned back a bit. "I was maybe a little bit jealous of you and Yona. I don't have anyone anymore who cares for me like that." I sighed, "You have to hold on to what you have."

"Is that because your girlfriend died?" I nodded I felt his hand rest on my shoulder. I was a bit surprised at first, my anxiety didn't start up like it usually would. I looked at him, making a bit of an uncomfortable look. "You live for your friends, even if you don't see that. You should stop looking at what other people have and look at what you have." I started to laugh.

"You're not one to give motivational speeches usually." I patted him on the back. "You have good chances with Yona Hak, don't give up just because she's the daughter of a king you once served. Where I live, love comes in all shapes and forms." I stood up. Receding into the forest, in which he didn't question. Once I was out of earshot and eyesight. I leaned against the tree and held onto my chest, trying to calm down my sudden spike in breathing. As I thought, all my brooding was catching up to me. Stress and that stupid creature laughing inside my head had brought on a fever. I was going to stand again, but I felt myself blackout on the forest floor.

"Are you sure she'll be okay Yun?" I opened my eyes with blurry vision after hearing Yona's voice. Broad daylight was filtering through the tree's and I was trying to remember where I was. My body felt hot and a dark figure loomed over my head, the Jackal Wolf's purple eyes were glaring at me, it's crooked smile and saber fangs didn't scare me anymore but it was still disturbing to see it floating there like a ghost. Whining, obviously because it could tell I wasn't feeling well. As much as I hated the creature, it cared about me in more ways than one.
"She'll be fine with some rest." I felt a wet rag across my head as Cat noticed my eyes were open.

"Hey, hey she's awake. It's about time." I didn't even attempt to get up, as Kija crossed his arms standing to the right side.

"You should have been more careful with your body, you were passed out for an entire day, Jae-ha had to carry you around." I tensed at that thought, looking at Cat a little bewildered.

"Don't worry, I tried to convince them not to let him but he was the only one with the leg power." I sighed and tried to relax my muscles. The jackal wolf hopped around me, what was more disturbing was I was the only one who could see the huge ghost thing jumping around. Tori grabbed my arm lightly.

"You scared us you know. We were worried." I could feel myself slipping again, vision blurred. The jackal wolf opened its mouth and shut it again pressing its snout against the side of my neck. I sat up suddenly, not wanting to pass out again. I pressed my hand against the wet rag against my face another hand on my chest. Yun pressed a hand against my back.

"Don't push yourself or you'll make it worse, we can carry you for the rest of the way." I glared at the boy, and he recoiled with a pout. "Ungrateful, I'm the one who healed you." The jackal wolf barked at me. Jae-ha picked me up suddenly making me squeal as he lifted me onto his back. My heart started to beat faster at that point not that it already was. I grabbed onto his chest and hissed in his ear.

"Still have a nasty tongue on you despite lack of words." he smirked making me snort as I tried to slow my breathing. As we started to walk, my mind was in a spiral. There was no way this was a normal stress fever, it was like some sort of energy was around that my body was rejecting. That's also why the Jackal wolf would be worried, it floated next to me. It could feel it too, apparently Sonticus were sensitive to that sort of thing. Next thing I knew though, I was passed out again.

The dark dragon was a nuisance, he and the neutral dragon were always at odds and they lived directly on earth. Although the neutral dragon stayed his distance, he vanished with the heroes that saved earth six years ago. I remembered reading with how each dimension, time worked differently. The dark dragon king probably took on human form like the rest of the dragons, and yet he was never found. The neutral dragon and his son who by the name of talbot died during a war were never to be seen again. Many of the remaining dragons dreamed of paradise, of the world that Yona lived in. Only the red dragon king was capable of bringing both the dark and the good together. However, there were many things that still remained a mystery.

I used to love stories about dragons, now I loathe anything inhuman.