I breathe in the light air. "I have to do it for them…." I changed my position to where the rocks fell to block the entrance. I opened up my wings widely to blow strong air. SWOOSH. "Please, don't fail me…! I need to create a tornado." Putting my energy and mind to it, my wind wasn't strong enough to compare it to the natural disaster. It'll blow a human away, but not a building. "COME ON!" I yelled at myself, shutting my eyes shut, biting my lips. I flapped my wings in rapid speed, putting my heart and soul into the big tornado. The last flap made me pant heavily as I fell to the floor. It wasn't strong enough to break it.
The sweat was dripping from my face as my breathing was short. "I can't stop…" I got up once more, wobbling due to using my energy being used from wind making. "Heh….heh….heh…." I wiped off the beads of sweat from my forehead and I tried it again. I started the wind making slow and I gradually got faster. "I am the Messenger of King Hiryuu…. I am going to protect the descendant of King Hiryuu and the dragons….!" I pushed my hand forward, shouting as the powerful gust of wind broke the wall down.
All I could hear was my heart thumping in my rib cage, the blood rushing to my head, and my vision was getting blurry. The hairs around my face stuck onto my skin from sweating. The dress was even glued onto my hot, heated skin that was also building sweat underneath it. I retracted my wings as I saw Hak staring down at me. "I did it…." I weakly whispered, closing my eyes.
3 POV:
"S-Seina!" Hak ran over to the passed out Seina who overworked her wings and body. He touched her burning face as it was red.
"Hak! Seina!" Yona ran over to the two to see Seina passed out.
"What happened to Seina?" Yoon and Kija came running over to them.
"I think she was using her wings to blow down the rocks over at this side. I was also digging at it until I heard gusts of wind that I stopped and pushed the people out of the way. Before I knew it, it broke. Rocks were flying from the impact of the wind. I ran to the hole that was created and I saw Seina lying on the ground saying something that I didn't hear." Hak explained with many details as possible. "How about you guys?"
"The Princess fainted and I told the Seiryuu to take her into his cellar since there'll be enough air for her to breathe, but Seina said to take all of us inside and she'll do the work." Kija told his side of the story.
"I see…" Hak murmured. "Let's getting going." He carried her on his back.
They made it out of the tribe and Yona looked back at the Seiryuu. She wasn't going to give up on him. "Seiryuu! I'm going to ask one more time! Let's leave together." She approached him. "I want to take you along!" She smiled sweetly at him with warm, comforting eyes.
Yona was talking to the Seiryuu as the other three were waiting for her.
Yoon came near to Seina to check her head. "Her head isn't hot. It cooled down." He retracted his hand away from her. "I'm guessing that she used most of her energy to save us from suffocation." Yoon's expression was bitter.
"Kija, where's the next dragon?" Yoon turned around and Kija had fallen.
"Sorry… It must be fatigue." Kija murmured, closing his eyes.
"It's because he was digging all his strength from earlier until Seina stopped all of us. I bet she knew that we were worn out, especially Kija since he was navigating his dragon sense for us." Yoon said.
"Kija." Yona looked at him.
"Rest in peace…" Hak couldn't care less about him.
"I'M ALIVE!" Kija quickly rose to Hak's bullying and Hak jumped back from Kija's claws, still holding onto Seina on his back. "So you say that to me, but you don't say that to Seina?" Kija felt the unfairness.
"Hey, Seina can be scary. You saw how she gutted that person before?" They both recalled when they were fighting off the bandits.
"Yeah, I see…" Kija looked away.
Seina POV:
My steel grey eyes shot opened, seeing Princess Yona right in my view. "W-what happened…?" I was a bit groggy but I could manage.
"You fainted. Kija also worn himself out as well. We also have the Seiryuu with us! Hak carried you here." The Princess informed me as I was out.
"Oh….really?" I sat up and the wet cloth fell down from my forehead to my lap. "But I'm fine now… Don't need to worry." I patted her arm, standing up to wobble.
"Woah! Seina, you're still wobbly. You should rest for a bit." The Princess shouted, latching onto me from falling.
"I'm fine, I'm fine!" I assured her, piling her hands off of me.
From the distance, I spotted the Seiryuu coming out from the water with a fish at hand and giving it to Kija. "Seiryuu…" I mumbled off and ran to him, leaving the Princess shocked from my action.
I fell down on my knees next to him after the uneven run. "Seiryuu, I'll have a talk with you after you get dried up."
"Seina! Are you okay?" Kija came to my aid, kneeling down next to me.
"I'm fine, Kija. Nothing to worry about." I rubbed his head gently.
Yoon can along to us. "Seiryuu, you knew quite well that a river was here." Seiryuu pointed to his eyes. "Oh. It's because you have the ability to see from a far sight." Yoon's a smart boy to take the intel quickly. Then he started to ask about the rumors of his eyes.
"Yoon, those rumors are fake. People made it up throughout the years. His power is very strong, I can tell you that." I moved up to hug him, frightening him in the process. "Shh… I'm not going to hurt you because you're like my son. I love the dragons dearly." I pet down his fur on his head.
"Then why doesn't he take off his mask?"
"Because like I said before, it can hurt people. I'm guessing that the Seiryuu experienced hurting people that he had to cover it up, thinking that he's a monster. And I know you're not a monster. Their clan fears outsiders because history repeated itself since outsiders wanted the power. But it's like a double edged sword- wait I shouldn't be telling you this. I'll let you experience the action by yourself. But the Seiryuu isn't dangerous." I pulled him into my arms and rocked him.
"I like how you casually rock him in your arms like that. It totally looks normal for you to baby them in your arms." Hak stared at me holding the Seiryuu.
"He's my baby as well along with Kija." I stated, pulling the Seiryuu tightly to my chest. "This poor child gone through a lot that I want to hold you all the time. So young to lose everything and to be isolated because they thought it'd protect you from the outside world…"
"First, let's warm up the Seiryuu." The Princess said, dragging us to the camp and Hak went to go get woods.
Seiryuu got out of his wet outside and wore his fur for his clothes. "What kind of demon is that?" Hak looked at Seiryuu in confusion.
"This group is becoming more diverse…." Yoon commented, watching Seiryuu eat.
"Aren't you cold? Do you want my cloak?" The Princess ran to Seiryuu.
"T-Thank you…. Yona…."
"YONA?!" The three guys were shocked.
"Don't be shocked. I'd say that too if I could." I looked at their facial expressions. "I'm going to fan his clothes."
The night was getting cold and I was roaming around the field where the moonlight was bright. "Seiryuu." I saw him staring at the moon, having his pet next to him.
"S-Seina…?" He was unsure if that was my name.
"Yes, Seiryuu." I nodded, walking next to him.
"My name is Shinah….. Yona gave it to me."
"Shinah…. That's a good name. What's this fella's name?" I pointed at his pet.
"Ao."
"Let me ask you something, Shinah. Do you remember me? You were very young when I came to visit you with the Ouryuu. He gave you a ball and I was there with an excited smile because you were sooooo adorable. And I asked myself how you'll turn out. It's okay if you don't remember. But if you do, I'll rub it into Kija's face." I chuckled.
"Seina… I do." Yes, I can finally rub it into his damn face.
"You've always wanted friends huh?" I thought about his isolation. "But you could never since the people feared that you'll show your power. Don't be afraid to use when you need to. But if you don't use it, you'll never be able to control it." I got on my feet. "Thanks for joining the group, Shinah. Get some rest because we're getting that last dragon." I waved bye at him as I left him alone.
