This comes from an idea from a lovely reviewer.
He'll never forget that day or what his so called brother had done to defile his queen. While she was an orphan and was to be used as a puppet he knew she was destined for something more, something great.
South Korea remembers looking into her sharp eyes before turning to his sister. "She has a sharp mind..."
"Yes." She answered in a hushed whisper. "She won't be easily fooled like her husband..." North Korea's eyes darted up to their shared king and the young man's father. "He already hates her."
"Her husband?"
"Her father in law." North answered before walking away. "Mark my words, brother. He'll have her killed if she's not careful."
That day South Korea could do nothing but watch hoping that it would never come to that. That her rule would be a long one even as Japan was knocking on their doors. She would help him fight back, save him from what they both knew what was coming. "Empress..." He said quietly as he looked up at the stars above.
"Don't worry my dear." The Queen answered looking out into the gardens. "I have plans and thankfully Russia has agreed to them."
"And the Japanese?"
She turned back into her wing. "Let me worry about them. Now come, it's late."
With a smile he followed her to bed. He was content with the knowledge that she would send his brother packing so he and his sister would be free to live as they wished. But as the first morning light started to enter the garden he knew it won't ever be that way. "Leave them alone!" He cried out as two large men held him down on his knees with his hands crushed together behind his back. "Please." He could only watch in horror with tears streaming down his face as his queen and her servants were dragged out by their hair into the garden. "Kill me instead."
His cries fell on deaf ears as one man he knew as Japanese started to slice at the queen's clothes exposing her naked body. "Shut up." He heard before being hit across the head with the butt of a sword.
As his vision blurred he could pick up on loud laughter before they were replaced by screams of his Queen. "No..." He said again struggling harder to save the woman. "Stop!" He couldn't see anything but the look of fear in her eyes as the men pounced on her. "Min."
"Close your eyes...but never forget what the Japanese has done to me."
He found that he couldn't look away even as she was doused in oil once the men were done. "My Queen..." His voice cracked as her screams filled his ears and the smell choked his lungs. As her body burned in front of him, he felt their grip on him loosen until he was left to fall to his hands.
Soon she was nothing but ash. "The Queen is dead." One said smugly as he walked away. "But don't worry your king is still safe."
South Korea didn't say a word even as a tall nation helped him to his feet. "I'm sorry Korea...I'll tell."
"That she was murdered."
"But," Russia started as the smaller nation started to shake. "I saw everything."
"You saw nothing. She was murdered then burned to ash." His head whipped around, his eyes full of rage. "I'll never forget what he's done to my queen but you will."
Slowly Russia nodded knowing it wasn't his place to say what the other nation could not face. "Fine..."he said as he escorted the smaller nation away from the bloody scene. He couldn't nor would he forget what the other was forced to watch. "I'll forget but I won't leave you like this." When Korea didn't answer him he continued. "Perhaps...with a funeral? Once your King and Prince are safe."
"She will get the one she deserves." Korea answered quietly as he wiped his eyes. "A beautiful one...for my beautiful Empress..."
A/N: So the reason this isn't both Koreas is because her murder occurred in Seoul and for some reason I didn't see North being there. Russian allies of the queen were there though and were brought to see the scene and told in great detail by the Japanese.