Chapter 19: Two Prophesies

General Guen-tae held a cold towel against his head as he glared at the teen before him who was getting yelled at by the point sized princess for hurting one of the five generals. Ignoring the teen, Geun -tae allowed his eyes to turn towards the white haired boy. "Is that real boy?" he asked him surprising the young boy with his voice.

Kija jumped slightly at the hash voice coming from the earth general. He knew the older man had ever right to be upset, as Jae -ha had kicked him in the face with his dragon leg; something that had upset Yona. Looking at his scaled arm with wickedly sharp talons, he smiled at the man before nodding. "Yes sir." He then walked towards him and held out his hand.

Geun-tae took the white scaled hand into his own. It was small, as you would expect from a child, but very much real. "There's a legend in my tribe that says the Hakuryuu chose a man who served the red haired king as the wielded of his power." He then released Kija's hand. "The story goes that after said king died his brother, the founder of the water, was taken captive in a raid by barbarians. Angered, he and Ryukuryuu, the founder of the wind, took off to save their fellow brother. Afterwards the three vanished, leaving Ouryuu to protect Kouka." He removed the set towel from his left eye, a bruise already forming. "Since then our two tribes have been allies to each other. " He looked at Hak who had his arms crossed over his chest. "There's also prophecy. When the white haired child is found, his brother's family will save him. In saving him they will bring harmony where there was strife. With one, three shall come together to drive the darkness away and protect the red flame until the golden one shall reappear. As one the four shall bring forth a second prophesy."

"A second prophesy?" Yona inquired having gotten done yelling at Jae-ha for being so rude to one of the five generals.

Looking down at the red haired little girl, Geun-tae felt compelled to tell her what was said on the day of her birth. "The day you were born one of the young priest's that served in the temple began to mutter to himself." He scratched his chin. "The young man was considered a prodigy due to his ability to speak to the Kami." What was his name? He thought to himself. An image of a blond boy with violet eyes appeared in his mind. "He was called Ik -su." Yeah, that was his name. He looked at Yona whose full attention was on him. "The prophesy he gave went, Darkness has fallen upon the land. The blood of dragons will revive once again the ancient pack will be kept. When the four have gathered, the sword and shield which protect the king shall awaken and the red dragon shall restore the dawn at last." Now how the hell did I remember that whole damn thing? He wondered as he saw how the white haired boy and teen seemed to go into deep thought. "It's believed the two prophecies are related."

"It would seem so." Kija agreed before turning towards Hak, Su-won and him had been quiet during the whole conversation. "Perhaps my kidnapping was foretold long before it happened."

"So what, the Kami controls our fate with stupid prophecies?" Jae-ha asked, his anger spiking. "As if we need them poking their noses in our lives any more than they do." His whole body trembled with his anger as his eyes looked at Kija with a deeply seated anger.

Do I sense animosity from that boy? Geun-tae wondered with obviousness as to why before looking from the green hair upon Jae-ha's head to his right leg that had a boot upon it. Could it be he despises his life as Princess Yona's guardian? He supposed that it would seem like a babysitting job for a boy of Jae-ha's age. To constantly have to be watching a girl who was ten years younger than himself. Shaking his head, he wondered what Mundok would say it he stole this boy away to teach him some lessons. He needs some discipline and quite possibly a little distance from having to watch a child all the time.

"Mama says the Kami only gives prophecies to warn us of something bad coming." Yona told Jae -ha as she took his hand into hers.

General Geun-tae smiled as he saw the charms of the future Queen of Kouka work their magic upon the angered youth. Instantly Jae-ha's shoulders slumped in defeat even as his cheeks flush lightly causing him to look away from the young girl. Kija's own cheeks turned pink at Yona's words. "She's right!" he yelled with passion appearing within his eyes.

"So what," Hak's voice gaining everyone's attention. "is Princess Yona the red dragon?"

Su-won chuckled. "You don't actually believe that, do you Hak?" he asked incredulously.

"She's got red hair." Hak pointed out. That was one fact nobody could deny.

"The who is the king the four protect?" Su-won asked. "Also, who or what are the shield and sword?"

"Huh?" Hak answered confusedly.

"Are they literally a sword and shield of is it figuratively?" Su-won clarified for his friend and those in the room.

"Then what's the darkness?" Yona asked everyone gaining their attention. "Both prophecies speak of it." It was true, both did speak of it, but nobody was willing to say what it could be.

"The darkness could be many things Princess." Geun-tae answered her truthfully as he sat there with his arms crossed over his chest feeling a little bit like a wise man for these children to bounce their thoughts off of. He grinned. "It could be anything from the darkness in man's heart to corruption in the governing bodies of the tribes to even the possibility of war coming to our country."

"We just got out of a war with Xing." Hak mumbled lowly, but the earth general heard him.

Yona suddenly slapped her hands on her cheeks surprising everyone at the action. "Okay!" she yelled sounding as if she had come to a decision on something before grasping Kija's hand.

"P-Princess?" Kija stuttered as she pulled him to follow her. "Where are we going?"

Yona looked over her shoulder and grinned at him causing Kija's heart to flutter. "You'll see Kija!" she giggled happily. As the two left the group behind Geun-tae just grinned as he replaced the set towel upon his bruise. He was really looking forward to the coming days.

M-Angel: Yay, I was finally able to update this story. I think I might focus on this story this month in order to finish it up a bit faster. I think a dozen or so more chapters before I'll finish it up. Then I'll focus on my other stories before doing my Zeno/Yona story.