Here's the latest chapter, also there's a line in this story, that's long over do, and I like to give credit to Cowardly Christian. And i just want him to know I appreciate his ideas, and I don't wanna make it one sided, and I have used his ideas in the past, but I wanna use my ideas.
I respect him as a fellow writer and I do need personal opinions rather be good or bad. At least I will know what I'm doing wrong. Just so you know I may hear ideas, but no promises if I'll use them. I give my ideas to other writers weather they use it or not I'm find I'm content. I can take no for an answer, it just some don't and they dent to over react, over the stupidest reasons.
Anyway here's the latest chapter.
As the crimson haired woman and her six male friends, they walked into the port city of Awa. Yona speaks her mind: "I gotta say not much has changed." Yoon adds: "Yeah, you're not wrong. I figure somethings would change in four years." Soon they come across three members of the crew of the Odyssey, Pacifica, Marco, and San eating their pork buns they bought.
Hak says regarding the three people: "Mmm... I never saw those three before. They must be a trio of foreigners." Jae-Ha adds regarding the two women: "Well foreign or not, I like the looks of the two ladies. One with long blond hair as golden as the sun, and a woman wearing face pain meaning she's either a warrior, or a priestess or both. So if you excuse me this Dragon must introduce himself." So the Green Dragon warrior walks to the trio, while Kaji yells: "Jae-Ha, can you go one day without chasing women like some creep?!" But the Green Dragon Warrior ignores the White Dragon warrior's question.
When the trio from the Odyssey, they turn to their left as they are leaving the food stand, soon they stop when they see Jae-Ha who introduce himself: "Hello ladies, my name is Jae-Ha. And I must say seeing a couple of beauties like you. One causation girl with golden hair with creamy silky skin and a Japanese woman with a warrior spirit and face-paint. I must say, you two are beautiful, in many ways only a poet should describe."
While Pacifica would normally take a comment of beauty and replies: "Thank you. It's nice yo be notice of every now and again. But I'm in a relationship now, so I shouldn't consult but appreciate a comment." San says to Jae-Ha: "Thank you, but I'm a married woman." Jae-Ha says to them: "I'm sorry, but I can't help when I see a beautiful woman, I must comment or express my feelings." Marco says as he grabs both Pacifica and San by the shoulders and walks away: "Look we shouldn't consult with creepy perverts like him. He may speak commentary but he still a creep and a pervert." The Hispanic Californian, the heiress, and former feral Japanese woman leave the Green Dragon warrior by going the other way. He waves goodbye to the three and then jumps high with his dragon leg into the sky to search and return to his group.
As for Yona and the rest of the group they come across Dipper, Mabel, and Ashitaka. Ashitaka greets Yona by bowing and saying: "Ho, hello ma'am." Yona replies with a small smile: "Hello to you too." Mabel comments Yona and her friends: "Nice hair. A crimson red head and one with snow white hair man. And a pretty handsome guy. And a couple of strong silent typed one with a mask and the other without one." Yona replies: "Thank you. You're not bad yourself. a couple twins with brunette and a Japanese man who looks pretty strong."
Just as the polite comments ended, they turn to their left seeing a local law officer merciless beating a homeless man, as he exclaims: "Get going you bum! Get out of Awa you useless piece of trash! This is a port town not a place for you to sleep in the street!" Ashitaka yells in anger: "Hey! Leave that man alone!" Dipper adds: "Yeah, get away from him! He isn't hurting anyone." Even the crimson haired woman adds in anger: "He's just an innocent man, just stop beating him."
The officer turns and is pushed down and sees the Japanese man, the Pines twins and the crimson hair woman with her 5 male friends behind her. Mabel helps the homeless man up and asks: "Why are you hitting this man?" The officer gets back up and pulls out his sword and replies: "This is none of your business. And why shouldn't I? I beat these dogs all the time. It's the law of the land." Ashitaka expresses his dislikes of the law: "Than the law is unjust." Yona adds still anger: "That's a man not a dog. And a civilized man shouldn't hurt even a dog." Mabel says: "They're right. That poor man isn't to be a kicking bag." Dipper finishes: "So it's best you leave." He and Ashitaka pulls out their swords and Mabel her grappling-hook-gun, Hak walks up to the officer who points his sword only for it to be pulled out of his hand, and grabs him by his robe collar hoisting him up and threateningly says: "Now here's what's gonna happen; You're going to leave or else." The officer is intimidated so Haw let's him go and the officer does as he's told, and runs off.
Yona says to the trio of the Odyssey: "You know that was amazing to stood up to that for that homeless against the ugly officer. What's your names?" Mabel introduce herself and her friends: "I'm Mabel and this is my twin brother Dipper and our friend Ashitaka. Who are you and your dreamy friends?" Yona replies but hides her real identity: "I'm Lina a maid in waiting, this is my childhood friend Hak, and these are Yoon, Shin-Ah, Kaji, and Zeno." Yoon adds as he rubs the back of his head: "There is a seventh member but the guy went chasing some girls. That pervert." He mutters at the end of his last sentence. Mabel turns to Shon-Ah: "I have to say Shin-Ah is tall, dark, and handsome. Are you single?" Shin-Ah answers by nodding yes but says nothing else. "Oh... the strong quit type. Even more attractive."
Yona says to their new friends: "Well it's been nice meeting you three. But we must be going, we're here for a personal reason, in Awa to visit an old friend." Mabel says: "Well goodbye and hope to see you soon." So the two groups go their separate ways while waving goodbye.
After reaching the docks where the ship of Captain Gi-Gan, is docked Yona again speak her mind: "Well this is place. I wonder where Jae-Ha is?" Hak replies: "If I guess, that pervert will show show sooner or later." Jae-Ha lands while saying: "Did someone call my name?" He lands on the deck of the ship almost frightening the genius member of the group. Yoon exclaims: "Where did you come from?!" The Green Dragon warrior answers: "Well I met those two fine women and one of them is married and the other is in a relationship, so I shouldn't interfere with a sacred bond. Besides meeting captain Gi-Gan again, you know I can't hold her up." Kaji says to Jae-Ha: "Well since you're done flirting with girls. Let's go into captain's cabin."
The group board the ship and feels a flood of nostalgia coming over from their pirate days. They were fighting for people of Awa from the corrupted mayor Yang Kum-Ji and his army of corrupted officers and mercenaries. Jae-Ha says: "Hard to believe it's been four years. It feels just like yesterday that Yona put an arrow into Yang Kum-Ji's heart." Yona says in agreement: "Yeah. If this ship could speak, the stories we've made and what we went through." Yoon says sarcastically: "It's been nice walking down memory-lane, now let's get to the captain's cabin." None argued so the group walks to the captain's cabin.
When they entered the cabin, they found Captain Gi-Gan and Nemo. Yona and her friends are surprised to see a strange man and Yona says: "Oh, hello. We didn't know Gi-Gan had guest."
The elder woman captain says: "Well I'll be. Lina it's been four years, since you left. I wondered when the winds would blow you back to me. And I see you've gotten taller. No longer that little girl. And I also see you still have your own crew." Jae-Ha bit aroused by the Captain Gi-Gan's words and says: "I still see that tongue's still sharpe as ever." As the old female captain smoke her pipe Hak asks: "So captain who's this gentleman?" Gi-Gan answers as she blows out smoke: "Well, this is Captain Nemo. My old friend."
Nemo bows respectfully and says: "At your service." Yona says to Nemo in a delightful tone: "Please to meet you Nemo. I'm Lina, these are my friends Hak, Yoon, Kaji, Jae-Ha, Zeno Shin-Ah." They responds in order: "Sup, hello, greetings, what's up, Hey there." The Blue Dragon warrior simply nods. Nemo looks carefully into 'Lina's' eyes and tells something's not right, so he asks Gi-Gan: "Gi-Gan can you give me and Lina and her friends some privacy?"
The old captain didn't argue but knew Nemo long enough not to asks questions so she leaves the room and closes the door. The crimson haired woman and her friends are now concerned, Nemo asks: "Who are you Lina? If that is your real name."
Everyone is shocked to hear this, especially Yoon. Yoon exclaims in his thoughts: 'Oh crap! We just met this guy and he's already finding Yona's true identity! He's gonna blow our cover!' Yona responds: "I don't what you're talking about sir. My name is Lina a maid in waiting, I was born to a humble father who was a farmer trying to make a living." Nemo says reassuring her: "Whatever secrets you're hiding I won't tell. But I can smell a lie a mile away. I looked into your eyes, and you have grown up without a care in the world. I know what that's like, for you see I too was born and grew up in nobility. I was a ruler but I gave people fair paying hard working jobs. But I was betrayed and accused of sorcery, then sold to America as a slave. So I know what you went through. In a way we're similar."
Yona heavily signs and says: "Alright, you caught us. Since you won't bother of us lying I'll tell you the truth." Haw puts his hands on Yona shoulder and says: "You really want to do this? We just met this guy!" Zeno says realizing this: "He already knows already. Maybe it's time to come clean." Yona realizes this too and says: "It's true, and besides I'm tired of all the lies. I know I had to keep my identity a secret, but I feel like I'm loosing a bit of my true self. So here's the truth Nemo all of it." So Yona tells Nemo her story, about four years ago when it started, when she is the daughter of the late king Il, and is the rightful heir to the throne of the Crimson Dragon Kingdom. And her cousin who she loved in a way she wanted to marry him, but her father said no, on that very night she thought she get him to change his mind but her father was killed in cold blood by her cousin and he took the throne for himself. But it wasn't for a lust of power but for the sake of the kingdom and for the revenge of the death of his father the king's older brother who was a general. But the general didn't care about the crown, thought it would way him down on the battlefield. He said the previous king murdered his own older brother and despite being the princess she should have know the condition of the kingdom.
After see her father she was a witness, some of the guards tried to kill her thinking it was for the good of the kingdom but both she escaped with the help of Hak, they fled from the palace and went to the wind clan, Hak home clan where she learns more about her childhood friend from being the most handsome man in the clan to having an adorable adopted younger brother. When the Fire clan boarded up the river of the Wind Clan to get them to make Soo-Won king. Then by the clan leader's son they attacked a bunch of merchants but made it look like bandits. So she decided to leave but Elder Mundok tells her to search for the oracle. On the way the Fire clan leader's son tracks them to a rock mountain/cliff area, where Hak was injured by a poisoned arrow, and Yona stood up to the leader's son whom she stated he didn't care what happened to the kingdom that he was an unprincipled fool. When she tried to save Hak she even cut her hair with a sword and grabs him by his wrist, but both his weight and gravity they fell and were presumed dead.
Yoon found them and tended Hak and Yona's wounds and there they meet the Oracle who is a clumsy forgetful fool, with a heart of gold, he also spoke to the gods who said she wasn't meant to survive the fall, but she's determined so, he tells to find the four dragon warriors. So Yona, Hak and Yoon began their journey.
The first one was the White Dragon warrior clan who's people have been in isolation for centuries waiting for the return of the Crimson Dragon King, the people of the White Dragon clan found Yona's hair lovely since the first King of the mythical era had crimson hair too. As the White Dragon clan were decedents of the original White Dragon warrior but one particular bloodline had the dragon's power which was a dragon's arm able to cut through any earthly material. Kaji joins the group and begins the search for the other dragon warriors.
The second one was in a series of cave/cavern mountain, unlike the other clan they feared the dragons power, seeing he can kill someone just by looking into his eyes. Yona became lost in the tunnels till she found a chipmunk who she thought it was cute then she meets the Blue Dragon Warrior, who despite having a not-so-happy-childhood, he still helped his clan regardless, in fact the only friend he had was the previous Blue Dragon warrior who wished the bloodline of the dragon would end eventually he went blind and the new dragon warrior took up responsibility. Soon after escaping the trapped tunnel they leave the Blue Dragon clan whom he bids farewell. Soon after he was given the name Shin-Ah by Yona seeing he was like the moon lighting the darkness of the night.
Then they passed a few villages where they tell how the kingdom was brought to ruin under king Il's rule since he placed peace above everything else nor standing up to foreign affairs/invasions. To the people's point of view he wasn't their king and found his death justifiable and hoped the next king would be better for the next generation. For the previous king hated weapons and violence, so he thought things would be bettered settled with words than with a sword. Not only that but people took advantage of him, believe they can do whatever they wanted regardless. Yona felt responsible for her father's actions and decides to clean up his messes.
She learned that the corruption spread like a plague and the traitor king Soo-Won takes the throne of her ancestors. And made a proclaim that he will crush anyone who stands in his way and the people praised him and his name.
Then they reached the port city of Awa under they tyrannical rule Yang Kum-Ji, they even joined a pirate crew whom they had to earn to get in, even though the Green Dragon warrior didn't want to join Yona's group for he valued his freedom. But after becoming a member of the crew Yona and Yoon disguised themselves as women to save other women who were being sold slavery, even though it's illegal in their kingdom but Yang Kum-Ji didn't care.
Soon Yona and Yoon helped freed the women and Yona killed Yang Kum-Ji by firing an arrow straight into his black heart. After freeing Awa Yona bumps into Soo-Wan but even though she had the opportunity to kill him she couldn't she tries to play it off with a smile, but really she felt tears. Soo-Wan let her go regardless of everything that has happened.
The Gi-Gan disbanded the crew, and Jae-Ha joins Yona's group, and lastly the Golden Dragon Warrior whom they were searching for, he found them when they were cooking deer meat. He joins the group, then they rejoin the oracle who just explained that the time wasn't right. The pieces were in play but the debate made by Zeon stated whom they serve Yona or Soo-Won? But Yona did agree the time to take back the kingdom wasn't the right time, despite after everything she went through she was still sixteen years old so it was probably best to see the world and come back when she's older, and wiser and the time is right for her to avenge her father, his ideals he believed in and to end the cycle of revenge.
After that she decided to leave her country and traveled across the world learning how to better use bows, arrows, sword, even hand to hand combat from Ireland, to London, parts of Kentucky, Brooklyn, Texas, and even Greece. She's also learn a lot from politics of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, King Leonitis, Themistocles and learned from how both Greek, Roman and American's ruled their cultures better. Yona learned all this in just four years. Soon they returned and which brings them to the precent.
Nemo felt anger as a murder sits on the throne of an innocent man. Nemo say in a stoke tone but is truly angry: "I cannot believe this. The people praise him, and said his death was justified because he didn't know of the corruption was happening under his rule. I'll ride to the castle and speak to this false king." Hak says: "You're serious? It's impossible, you'll never pass the first gate." Nemo says reassuring the Lighting Beast: "Believe I have my ways. But I won't being going alone."
They leave the ship of Captain Gi-Gan, and board the Odyssey, where they meet the rest of crew including the Magnificent 9, the Crystal Gems. Nemo says to the Magnificent 9 and his second-in-command: "Ashitaka, I need you and the rest of the members of the Magnificent 10 and Lars to come with me." Ashitaka asks: "What do you need?" Nemo answers: "We're going to make an audience with the king of this land. I need you to come with me." Jean walks up to Nemo asks: "Why Captain sir?"
The Captain explains everything to the Japanese man and French inventor about the crimson haired princess and the situation as best as he can. Ashitaka get his friends, and Lars then they get a few horses, along with Yakul and Lion.
Yona sees the pink king of beast and responds about him: "Oh, he's cute." Hak being protective and stands between her and the beast, with his weapon in hand and says: "Stay back princess, it could be dangerous." Kaji also being protective: "If this beast's attack you princess, I'll gut from stem to stern." Steven pats his animal companion: "Don't worry. Lion won't bite, he's pretty nice." Yona pushes both the Lighting beast and White Dragon warrior aside and proceeds to Lion and says: "Look I appreciate you guys protecting me. But I can take care of myself, and if this young man says his lion won't bite than I sure he won't." Yoon yelling protest: "Yona that's a lion, not a house cat! He'll eat just for looking at him wrong! You shouldn't go anywhere near that thing!" But Yona still walks forward presents her hand forward to the pink beast. The lion sniffs her hand and licks it, which shocked everyone of Yona's friends. Then Lion begins to rub against the Crimson haired woman, "Aw, he's like a kitten. He's so cute." Then King the lion cub does the same then Waddles come out which gains her attention as well. "Wow! You have amazing sets of animal friends. They're so cute." She pets the two lions, the pig, and elk. Then Shin-Ah walks up to Lion, both has a stoke expression, but then the Blue Dragon warrior presents his hand as well, the lion smells the warrior's hand and licks it, then he pets the beast's head gaining the animal's trust.
Then the team mounts on to their riding animals and ride to the crimson dragon palace, so Nemo, Jean, Nadia, Lars, and Marco mount onto horses they had from their Mummy adventure. Ashitaka and San mount on Yakul the elk, and Steven, Connie, Dipper and Mabel mounts onto Lion. And they begin their travels the palace while Yona and her friends stay on the ship seeing how their either wanted by the state or presumed dead by some.
Along the way the Captain tells his young allies: "Alright everyone, it's a day's journey by riding an animal, but by foot it's three days long by foot." Steven then asks the Captain: "Uh sir...? Why are we doing this? I'm not complaining or anything just curious." Jean adds also asking: "He right though. I mean I'm all for helping people as the rest of us. But who is this ,an and this woman? Why does have to with anything?"
Nemo explains the full story as best of his knowledge of what he has heard. Many of the members feel angry, and shocked. Nadia speaks first in anger: "So a man who hates violence was murdered by his own nephew, and all for revenge, and he didn't even try to defend himself. And the people praise him?! If the people knew the truth he would be hanged!" Ashitaka responds in disagreement: "I doubt that. From what Nemo said, the previous king may have been kind, but under his rule he probably lead his own kingdom to ruin and he didn't knew it. When or if history remembers him, they'll say he was inefficient." Connie adds: "And even if he made peace his top priority, that didn't feed his people. Not only that but some people took advantage of him. So the corruption happened under his reign, and he didn't even fought against foreign invaders."
Mabel protest: "Yeah, what shouldn't be a reason to murder him a kind king if anything the people who took advantage of him should be punished. And when you stop to think about it, a gentle king wouldn't murder is own brother if it goes against his beliefs. It just doesn't make any sense." Dipper thinks for a moment besides the gentle king's death, but more like the accusations of murder and says to his sister: "For once Mabel you're right. Even if this guy hired a assassin, it still goes against everything he believes in. It just doesn't make sense at all." Steven adds regarding the king: "Well besides murdering his own brother, which I think he was blamed for by someone else, possible framed. Anyway even with all his faults and flaws he was still human." San says in somewhat agreement with Steven and the twins: "You maybe right Steven as well you two. But many humans are like animals, when they see at least something of a weakness, they will turn on that like a pack of rabid dogs. And I will admit some humans are good. But its disgusting of some humans taking something good and then take advantage of a situation. And while we can all agree to disagree, it's a very debatable subject. If a strong king ruled he can rule through fear and intimidation. While a kind king people will always find a way to take advantage of him believing his kindness to be a weakness. But to be a ruthless king is nothing more than a tyrant or a bully."
So the group thought long and hard of each others words as they rode till the sun set, where they decided to make camp, on the side of the road. They made some tents and made lighting a fire. As they rested by the camp fire, roasting some barriers and a rabbit. After an hour of resting Nemo stands up stretches then says: "Alright everyone rest up. We got to move by first light." So the captain walks to his tent, later on the rest of the group does as well sleeping in their small tents and beds.
The next day the group rides again this time for three hours, till they finally reach the Crimson dragon palace, they soon dismount from their riding animals, Nemo walks up to the guards standing post and says: "I wish that me and my companions have an audience with the king." The first guard says: "You can't just make an announcement to meet the king." The second guard adds: "And he doesn't see foreign peasants." Nemo walks up closer and speaks in a stoke, and intimidating tone: "Me and my companions demand an audience with the king." The guards are frighten and intimidated by Nemo's words so the first guard yells: "Open the gates!" The inner guard repeats what the first guard said and opens the gates.
The group enters the kingdom, while it looks beautiful. Mabel comments: "It's so beautiful. It's like something out of both a painting and Asian fairy tale." Ashitaka agrees as he points out: "You're right Mabel. But even this garden, there is a snake living here." Then the palace doors close behind them.
As they reach the fort door of the inner castle, two more guards with spears in their hands and the captain of the guard stands between them and the king. The Captain of the guard says to Nemo: "I cannot let you come before the king so armed. So please relinquish your weapons." The group do as they're toiled, Nemo and Lars gives their pistols, Marco, Ashitaka, Dipper, and Connie their swords, bow and arrows, San her knives, Steven his shield, Mabel her grappling-hook-gun. While the horses and Yakul stay outside, but Lion refuses to leave Steven and Connie's side. The Captain of the guard says: "You cannot let you bring your carnivorous beast before the king either." Steven apologizes: "I'm sorry, but he's a tame lion. He wouldn't hurt even a fly." The guard says: "Even if it's domesticated, we must mussel it. We cannot take chances." So the two guard put their spears down and pulls out some rope. Lion growls at the two guards which frighten them a bit, but they still tied the mussel on the pink furred beast's mouth. After being wrapped, Steven rubs his best animal friend to calm his angry.
After the door open, to see the king, his name is Soo-Won. He is a tall young man with a soft, delicate, features he has sea-green eyes, light skin and dark blond hair extending past his shoulder, usually tied into aside ponytail using gold ornament. His bangs are parted in half and some strands are long wavier than the normal cut. He dons a simple white robe held by a purple sash under a mauve overcoat with a purple hemlines and wears a yellow haori worn crown.
As they gazed upon the traitorous king, Mabel even comments him: "Wow. He's pretty good lookin'. Almost boyfriend material." Dipper annoyingly says to his sister: "Mabel, don't get any ideas." Mabel replies: "I'm not, just stating he's handsome." Dipper continues: "I know, I'll admit he may be good gorgeous on the outside but on the inside he's ugly." Steven says in agreement with an angry expression: "You're not wrong Dipper." Connie adds also with an angry look and tone: "He may look like perfect and has a face that looks like it was carved by angels. But in truth he's a monster."
The group stops just 6 feet away from the king, Nemo kneels down as it is customary. The rest of the group follows, then King Soo-Won says: "Rise up, my guests." The group rises up standing upward. "So my guest who are?" Nemo answers by introducing: "Your majesty, my name is Captain Nemo of the ship named the Odyssey. These are my companions who are named; Lars, Ashitaka, San, Steven, Connie, Dipper his twin sister Mabel, Jean and my daughter Nadia. And this pink king of beasts is well...Lion." Lion growls ferociously at the false king.
Soo-Won asks: "So what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?" Dipper answers before Nemo: "Cut the bull poop. We know who you really are." Mabel adds: "Yeah! You're nothing but a monster in human skin!" Ashitaka adds as well: "They're right. You may fool everyone. But from our anonymous tip who shall remain nameless, that you are a thief sitting in king's chair." Nemo exclaims quietly: "Please everyone calm down!" Nadia yelling asks: "Why should we?! This man sits on the throne and wears a crown. But Ashitaka is right, all he is, is a thief who stole it from an innocent man!"
Jean speaks in anger: "She's right." San also speaks in anger: "This man is nothing but a dog siting in the throne of dragons." Marco being the voice of reason: "If you asks me he's more like a cobra than a dog." Nemo finishes admitting the rest is right: "Ho, why pretend? My friends and daughter speaks the truth. You're not the rightful heir to the kingdom. You stole it from a deadman whom you killed in cold blood, and drove your cousin and best friend out, then used him as an escape goat. You tried to cover your tracks and crimes. You may wear a crown, but you're no king." The group stared at the traitorous king with angry looks. Then Soo-Won started laughing which changes the expression of the group, that turned into confusion, but Nemo who still glare at the king. Soo-Won stops laughing and says: "I must say, who ever told you this must be mistaken. My uncle died by my former best friend/General of our kingdom nickname The Lightin-beast. He took my Cousin Yona as prisoner, my soldiers tried to stop, but died in the tempt. When the fire clan chased him to the mountains, but again in the tempt to save my cousin, they both fell off the side of a cliff and died." He said with sadness in the end of his sentience.
But the M9 knows, he's lying. In fact Lion growls even more at the king, even drawing his claws out. Though they're six feet away, they can tell, they looked into his eyes. Nadia whispers to Jean and Marco: "He's lying. I can tell." Marco whispers in agreement: "You're right Nadia. I can tell too, even from this distance you just look into his eyes. Remember the eyes are the windows into the soul." Jean finishes with a simple responds: "You're both right." While Soo-Won plays it like a joke, but the personal adviser/partner named Kye-Sook.
Kye-Sook is a young man with violet eyes, he has long black hair, with side fringes covering one of his eyes. He has a small black and gold headpiece on the top of his head. He wears a purple overcoat with black hemlines atop a taupe robe held by a black sash. Underneath this robe is a white inner wear.
Kye-Sook says in a serious tone: "How dare you, you foreign rif-raf comes into the king's palace spilling lies, to turn us against our king." As the group now glares at the man who insults them, for speaking the truth. The adviser of the king, limps to the group for he has a bad leg. "We let you in the king's palace, only for you to insult him, saying he's not the true king. Ill news from an ill guest." Nemo no longer tolerating his word and he says in a very serious tone: "Silence. Keep your tongue behind your teeth. I did not die for the sake of my daughter and future son-in-law, and brought back from the land of the dead through voodoo magic to bare words with a witless-worm." The adviser to the king was shocked, he then he turns to the false king. "And you may think you're a king. But you're a thieving jackal." The king is no longer smiling and stands up from his throne and stares with a serious look at the Magnificent 9, The Captain and his first mate.
Soo-Won says in stoke tone: "Well, if you're going to says these awful and horrible accusations. I advise you to leave my house. And just for the record, I am the king." Jean says in anger: "This is horse manure. You're in for a fight." He said as he and the crew leaves, one of the guards follow escorting them out, Lars asks: "Will you stop following me?" The guard stops and returns to his post, Mabel turns around and exclaims: "We're not gonna bend over and take this!" As the door closes Marco yells: "Get ready for a revolution!" Dipper, Steven and Lars pull down their pants showing their naked buttocks. Dipper yells: "Special fruit baskets for the false king!" Steven and Lars yells: "Happy Holidays!" The door closes on them and the king simply replies: "Cute."
The group mounts on their riding animals, all but Steven who removes the mussel off his lion's mouth, Steven says: "You ok buddy?" His Lion licks his friend's face which causes him to laugh, afterwards he mounts on Lion with Connie. Also the guards gave them back their weapons, then they rode out returning back to the port city of Awa.
Back in Awa the crew both Yona and the Odyssey waited, for their friends return.
During the waiting the princess explains her father and he did during his reign. Pearl says putting it together: "So let me get this straight; You've come to peace with your father's murder? And you've return after four years learning European and American boxing, and greek Roman wrestling, and diplomacy from America and Athens? So you feel you've learned enough to rule a kingdom better, so you've return to take your throne and to avenge your father's honor?"
Yona answers the question: "Yes. I want to end the cycle of revenge. My father loved this country, he loved his people, and made peace his top priority. But that didn't keep his people fed. Or people taking advantage of him, or standing up to foreign affairs from invading." Hak adds: "You see, King Il was an idealist. Even though he hated weapons and violence. But he wasn't a fool. But his ideals weren't accomplishable. Peace is just a fairy tale. Mankind will alway try to find ways to take advantage of those with kindness." Garnet says regarding mankind: "Amazing, everything you said was wrong." She gains the attention of the warrior. "There are those who are greedy, arrogant, and ambitious. But there's more good people and people who do want peace and freedom. And there are those who would fight and if they must lay down their lives for peace, so their children and children's children will not have to fight." Hak was shocked to hear this, Hak thought about it, could she be right? Has he fought for so long to believe in only the worse of humanity than the best?
Then a knock on the door, then opens it, coming in is Nemo, Lars and the M9. Soon asks Nemo: "So, how did it go?" Mabel answers: "Well we met the king. He gave us tea and cookies and we called him a false king, a thief and murder." Marco finishes: "Yeah, and both Dipper, Steven and Lars showed their butts to the guy, which I'm amazed he didn't throw us in the dungeon or have us executed."
Yona says regarding what they said and did and the king reacted: "He probably played it off as a joke, and toiled you to leave." Ashitaka asks the princess: "Yona, can you give us anything you know about him? Anything at all would help." Yona answers: "I've know Soo-Won my whole life. Me, and Hak grew up together since we were children. I've even developed feelings for him." Connie interrupts: "Wait, what you do mean, 'develop feelings'?" Yona answers: "I loved him, I even wanted to marry him, but my father said no." The whole crew's responds: "EEEEWWWWW!" Yona asks out of confusion: "What?" Mabel says in disgust: "Girl, that is messed up! I love my brother Dipper, but not that way!" Dipper says in agreement: "Trust me, if not all of us if it were for, no offense but if it weren't for your father's decision and being murdered, I think you might have dodge a bullet. I know it sounds rude but, marrying your cousin is messed up." Yona questions: "Why not? Other cultures have done it for centuries." Marco explains why: "Yeah, which leads to inbreeding and other effects that are bad. Look at King Tut. His parents were related and they inbreeded and Tut had a weaken immune system, which 'caused him to die at a young age. So if you planed on having kids with your cousin, one of three outcomes would've happened. One; the kids could have a weaken immunity system like King Tut. Two; they would've been born dis-formed. Or three; they could simply die." Mabel says to the princess: "Dipper and Marco are right. If you ask me your father made the right call. But if dying wasn't part of the situation, I think you dodged a bullet." Yona took that pretty hard, seeing she's been in love with a man she knew her whole life but now knows there's dire consequences if she married Soo-Won.
Jae-Ha says breaking the silence: "So, now that's out of the way. How are we gonna take the castle? I think we're gonna need more than farmers with pitchforks." Kaji adds: "He's right. I mean no offense, but an army of farmers, and fishermen is gonna be enough. Sure it was fine against Yang Kum-Ji with his army of mercenaries and corrupted officers. But against four clans warriors, we'll be slaughtered."
Ashitaka stands up and says: "We will help up." Hak questions: "Why are you willing to help us? This isn't your fight." San states her and her friends: "True but, we've fought bad humans like him. This false king he's no difference." Ashitaka continues in agreement: "She's right. And besides if peace and prosperity is paved in the blood of an innocent man's murder, than a kingdom doesn't deserve to prosper. Sure he was an inefficient but that doesn't mean he deserved to die. Corrected yes, kicked out of office and replaced with a temporary leader maybe. And besides you can't blame just one man you need to blame the chain-of-command who took advantage of him." Pearl says in agreement: "Ashitaka is right. Besides it not like he deliberately allowed this corruption to happened." Amethyst adds in agreement: "And besides you can't just kill the king, and expect the corruption to stop there. Sure it's easy to take the top but there's the chain-of-command. The king didn't know any of this, he was kept in the dark for Pete's sake! But if he did knew he wouldn't allowed this. In fact he would've put his foot down."
Garnet Says simply: "And besides you're gonna need all the help you get." Yona asks: "Who are you people?" Ashitaka answers: "We are the Magnificent 10." The Magnificent 10 member pull out their weapons in hand in fighting stance. The Garnet says: "We are the Crystal Gems." The CGs also in ready to fight stance. Nemo finishes: "And I am Captain Nemo, Union officer and Captain of the ship called the Nautilus." He stance is where is ready to pulls his gun. Kaji states his confusion about Steven's weapon: "Well I get everyone else. But you carrying a shield? No offense but why just a shield?" Steven answers as the groups disburse the fighting stance: "It one heck of a shield. It's been in my family for generations that I didn't know. Don't asks how I don't know it's complicated." Jae-Ha asks: "So your shield packs a punch just as much as it can take?" Steven nods yes. Kaji: "I highly doubt that. My dragon arm can cut through any earthly material known to man." Amethyst "borrow's" Steven's shield and says: "Yeah, white gecko, why don't you put your money where your mouth is."
The White Dragon warrior uses his regular hand to take the shield and uses his dragon to slash the shield only for it to vibrate and echo's the vibrations of the blow. Kaji says in complete surprise: "What?! My dragon arm can cut through anything from organic to inorganic material. What is this shield made of?" The White Dragon gives the shield back to the Gypsy boy who replies: "That's a good question, I have no idea what's this shield made of. But all I know is my ancestor got this as a gift from king in Africa." Hak teases Kaji's arm: "Well I guess that dragon's arm can't cut through everything. Hu White snake?" Kaji yells: "I toiled you to stop calling me white snake!"
Nemo says to the crew of the Odyssey and Crimson haired princess: "But before we get started with our revolution. We need to know our enemy. Luckily I have a few photos of him." Yona asks: "How did you get these photos?" Nemo answers: "I have my ways and sources. These were made during his political moment, such as visiting other nations, making public appearances." So he pours boxes of photos of Soo-Won making his political waves across his kingdom.
The crew of both Nemo, Pirate Captain and Yona looked through the pictures searching for clues on the traitor king. They've look through different angles and distance. They searched over 20 photos, until the Pirate-who-loves-kittens notice something: "Everyone. I think I found something." The groups stop searching and walked to the Pirate-who-loves-kittens and see the two photos of Soo-Won, one where he's meeting the leader of the Earth clan where they see a mark on the left side of his neck. The second photo is where he enters the Wind Clan's temple where they see another mark on the right side side of his neck.
Yona says about the marks: "I've known him for years, but I never he had tattoos." The large body pirate corrects the crimson princess: "No these aren't tattoos. These are tattoos." His points to his arm. "These are brands." He points to the photo of Soo-Won's neck.
Nadia questions the pirate: "What do you mean a brand?" Marco adds: "You mean the kind where you brand life-stoke?" The pirate nods yes. Peridot says: "Let me see them." The Pirate-who-loves-kittens gives the photos to Peridot who uses a microscope to see the brands better, then she draws them on a sheet of paper to see what they are.
After seeing the symbols, the group are confused by it, Dipper says regarding the symbols: "I've gotta say I never seen symbols like these before. And they're clearly not Asian or Aramaic, or alchemy." Ashitaka says in agreement: "You're right Dipper. What kind of symbols are these?" Jean looking through one of Nemo's encyclopedias based of cultures, he looks through the book to find they symbols. Jean says: "I think I've found them. They're African symbols, from Wakandada. W-w-Wakanda. It means murder and blasphemer in an unfriendly meaning." Nemo's thoughts: 'What? Wakanada? No, it can't be.' Nemo asks Yona: "Yona, what African country has your country been doing trade with?" Yona answers: "We've done trade with a small African country called Wakanda. We've been trading spices, silks, and robes, in exchange for medicine rice seeds, and art." Hak asks: "So what does Wakanda have to do with any of this?" Before Nemo could answer, a knock on the door is heard. This shocked everyone, Steven walks to the door and opens it to a crack to see who knocked.
Steven says in a confused tone: "Uh guys. There's a couple of bold black women carrying large silver spears." Nemo says: "Open the door Steven." Nadia questions her father: "Are you sure that's wise Nemo?" Jean also questions the captain: "She right. I mean no disrespect." Nemo answers: "Yes I'm sure." He turns back to Steven. "They won't knock again."
Steven still feeling unsure about this, but opens the door anyway. He steps out of the way and returns to the group. The two women were Africans, bald, and wearing red warrior robes holding two silver like spears. Everyone was confused by these women making an unexpected appearance, everyone except Nemo and Hak.
The two women said nothing then stomp their spears, on the floor then the candle lights go out for ten seconds, before relighting the room. Then a man appears wearing a black-cat-themed-full-body-armour. Nemo quickly kneels down, the others didn't at first, until he tugs his daughter's shoulder, so she and the other members followed. The Cat-amour man pulls out a piece of paper and reads it out loud and speaks in a Xhosa accent: "USteven Universe." Steven raises his head and replies: "That's me." The man removes his helmet revealing a black man with a beard and he gives his helmet to one of the warrior women. The man says: "I must say both you, your Magnificent 10 friends and Yona have been hard to track." The group was shocked to hear this man knows them. "Now rise, so I can see you better." The group stands back up to see him eye level. Jean asks: "Uh sir? Who are you?" The man answers: "I am J'Kuo, king of Wakanda." Yona says realizing her mistake of not noticing this earlier: "Wait, you're a king? I'm sorry I thought you were something else." The king turns to crimson haired princess and says with a smile, as he takes her hands: "Yona, it's good to see after all these years."
The crimson haired woman was surprised and asks: "You know me? How?" J'Kuo answers: "I met you 20 years ago. But back then I was a prince, and you were a newborn child. You were no bigger than a baby lion." The group is still confused though, he may know the princess but it doesn't answer how he know the Magnificent 10. Connie states: "Well that explains how you know her. But how do you know us?" The African king answers: "Your reputation has spread all over America and the seven seas. Word of your exploits and adventures are known far and wide." The M10 members are impressed by this. "And Steven ever wondered what your shield is made of?" Steven replies: "Well yes, now you mentioned it." Bismuth points out: "I tried to make some improvements to it, but every time I bang it with my hammer it just bounces off of it." Ashitaka adds: "I must say this shield saved our lives more times than we can count." Kaji says also regarding the shield: "Also I have a dragon's arm able to cut through any earthly material. But I didn't even leave a scratch on this thing." Dipper finishes by asking: "What's the shield made of anyway?" J'Kuo answers: "It's made of Vibranium. The strongest metal in the world. The only reason why Steven has it, was because of his ancestor, Pink Diamond the seventh. But that's another story. And other questions?"
Kaji asks: "Yeah are you the one who branded Soo-Won?" J'Kuo answers: "Yes. When we heard about it, from one of our spies what hidden in this country, and learned it was by Soo-Won, so we took him to a hidden place. Where we made him an example. So every man, woman and child will see his scars..."
The Gypsy boy stops him and asks: "Wait you had spies watching him?" The king answers: "Yes. We have spies all over the world, to know if any nation posses as a threat. But there's another reason. Three years before king Il's murder, every shaman and priests experienced had a vision. I thought it not possible, until I experienced the same vision myself." Yona asks J'Kuo: "What was the vision?" The King answers: "A black panther was roaming in it's jungle territory stalking through the night. But it started to climb in a mountain region notice something is wrong. It climbed to see a crimson dragon sitting in it's stone throne, then a golden scaled cobra slithers up and bites the dragon killing it, and the hatchling of the dragon was forced to flee. The the cobra sits on the throne of the dragon." The crew took it in, about the vision of what it meant by. Yona says what she plans to do: "Well regardless. I think it's time I take the kingdom back. My father loved this country and it's people. As his daughter all of his mistakes are mine to fix. But to those who don't wish to join me, go now."
Everyone was quite for a moment till Hak takes Yona's hands and says to her to face staring into her eyes: "Yona, I swore to both you and your father, that I will protect you. And I will go with you even into the fires hell and beyond. I would lay down my life for you." Yoon clears his throat out loud gaining the two's attention: "After everything we've been through, you're not gonna get rid of us so easily." The four Dragon Warriors kneel down, Kaji says: "Princess we sword by the dragon's blood coursing through our veins to our individual selfs we'ed serve you." Jae-Ha adds: "Besides a beautiful young woman going into impossible odds is kinda hot but foolish." The Pirate Captain and Nemo bows and Nemo says: "Like I said we will help you." Pirate Captain adds: "And since you were a pirate, just like us you're gonna need our help. I'll say this princess, It's a pirate's life for me." The M10, Crystal Gems joined in so the whole crew is willing to join in. Yona concern for them and says with concern in her voice: "Are guys sure want to help me? My cousin's ruthless, you could get killed." Mabel just scoffs: "Phhhs! After what we've been through, he's a cream puff." Dipper adds in agreement: "She's right, we faced a demons" Ashitaka adds: "A few half-human half-metal revolutionaries, and a cult version of the Ku Klux Klan." San also adds: "Monsters." Steven continues: "Giant monsters." Connie continues: "Faced cursed pirates," Mabel Adds: "A dream demon named Bill Cipher." Jean continues: "Davy Jones." Nadia adds: "Also his pet sea monster the Kraken." Marco finishes: "And recently we fought a 3,000 year old mummy and some of us were turned into animals." The king of Wakanda, the crimson haired princess, and her friends were shocked and surprised to hear all of this. Yoon breaks the silence and in a complete shock tone: "Wow! You guys get around." Then the King of Wakanda says: "I cannot bring my countries armies. But I can offer you my personal help."
Yona asks J'Kuo: "Wait, you can't bring your armies, why?" The King answers: "We've never used our military to invade other nations, but to defend our boarders." Ashitaka says in a reasonable tone: "That's understandable. And sometimes one person is all we need." Hak still confused by this, and asks: "But why help at all? Last time I checked you Wakandans keep to yourselves, you don't care what happened outside of your boarders." J'Kuo answers: "Normally yes under my father's rule and my ancestors. But I refused to sit by and watch the world decent into chaos. I watched as those in power abuse what they have been given. So I will help anyway I can. You have the support of J'Kuo, the King of Wakanda and the Black Panther." Both he and his bodyguard crosses their arms to from an X. The groups were all in agreement this signifies the starting of the revolution.
Elsewhere on the American seas in Brooklyn NY, the United States Navy were sailing towards the harbor carrying troops, medicine and weapons to help the local law and resistance. But before they were even close they came under fire by the Flying Dutchman, and the ships carrying weapons and medicine is under attack by Toffee's mercenaries and cannibals. On the beach heads, the troops disembarked heading into battle, but they're under attack by Davy Jones' pet Kraken. The forces are crippling the military aid, as for the locals, they were force to make ammunition out of whatever metal they can find and make gunpowder out of any materials they could find. But they don't know how long they can hold.
Here's the latest chapter, it took me longer than expected. I improved what I original written down. And I think I'll take a couple of weeks off. Not going on vacation or anything just need time to let the brain cool down.
I mean come on, I sure even the greasiest minds in history needed a break, like Stephen King, R.L. Stine and all those other famous writers. And I like to think Cowardly Christian. For I used a long over do line.
