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Chapter 5 – Battle Raging In Front Of Us

This is where we battle

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Tsubaki stands tall and pulls her sword from its case "for now, we have the battlefield in front of us".

Yona and the others nod their head to Tsubaki. From above here, they see Fire Tribe soldiers are quite in a pickle, they're on the verge of lost the battle. Northern Kai's troops can be overpowering them and sure, they need the help, or else Fire Tribe's soldiers will lose. Yona will not let it happen but then Yun wonders, what is the profit for Tsubaki to help them?

Tsubaki chuckles darkly and smirks "I only want to help mother to show and remind them, who the one that have the biggest authority on Northern Kai Empire".

Sakaki narrows his eyes with one hand salutes above his eyebrows "hm… looks like Snow Lady hasn't arrived yet, but does it be alright for you to bring them here, princess?".

"yeah, it does… don't worry, because I've asked mother about this and she's allowed me…", Tsubaki mounts onto her horse before honk the whistle made by horn that ringing around the battlefield.

Northern Kai's troops stiffen, looks like they are alarmed by that sound. Shina points to their side, between Kouka's Fire Tribe soldiers and Northern Kai troops, the horse-ridden troops cladded in red armor with Camellia mark on its chest and maroon cloaks appearing to the battlefield. Tsubaki raises her sword and screams the battle cry on the top of her lungs as she kicks the horse's side, riding her horse to the battlefield. Sakaki informs Yona and her group, they are Tsubaki's troops, her own subordinates that trained by Tsubaki herself. Yona, Hak and the Dragons don't want to only witness the battlefield, of course they also help what they can till they can kick their ass and make them go home. After the battle has ended and their enemy are withdrawing, Kyo Ga approaches them to confirm, who are they that aiding them?

Hak, Kija, Jae Ha and Shina are surrounded by Fire Tribe soldiers as Sakaki and Ogi watch the situation with Yona, Yun and Zeno from above. Kyo Ga recognizes Hak and makes his identity, the Thunder Beast of Kouka, known by others. When Kyo Ga asks Hak and his group to come with him to Saika Castle, Tae Jun confronts with his brother to Yona has approached them to confirm that Soo Won knew that they're still alive.

"move aside!?", Tsubaki rides her horse to the front of Kyo Ga, she rolls her eyes and snickers "are you Fire Tribe's General, Kan Kyo Ga? I'm surprised, for someone who earning help from us, you're quite ungrateful... what a disgraceful conduct of you".

Kyo Ga recognizes this woman as the leader of the foreign troops, but her words make his face twitch and he snarls "who are you?".

"oh, please do not be rude to her!?", Yona exclaims that Tsubaki and her troops have helped them after all, so they aren't enemy "she is princess Tsubaki Yukie, the second princess of Northern Kai Empire".

The crowd make surprised noises, again.

Tsubaki informs Kyo Ga and his soldiers that the troops who have ambushed them are not sent by Royal Family but belongs to Yin Quelbo who has made an alliance with Li Hazara's troops by force, she also was ordered by her mother to stop their troops and helped Kouka's troops "what's more, my mother, Lady Fong Mulan, Northern Kai Empress has impressed and intended to meet with princess Yona and her group. So, after the deal with Yin Quelbo and Li Hazara troops' is done, she wants to meet with her group face-to-face. Dare to lay a finger on them, just prepare your head?!".

Kyo Ga grunts under the whisper, why does Northern Kai Empire's princess and the Empress protect princess Yona and her group? Yun approaches them and interferes, asking them all to leave the talking for later and treat the wounded soldiers.

"don't worry, Yun. I've asked my subordinates to take care of the wounded right away after our battle ended", Tsubaki lifts her thumb to where her subordinates start carrying wounded Fire Tribe's soldiers and her own injured subordinates to the makeshift infirmary that built by her subordinates just now "we should move fast to decrease the war victims after all, right?".

Yun's eyes lit in awe "that's perfect, princess?!".

Tsubaki explains that it's the usual for her, her land has in chaos since a long time, after all. She knows what needed to do and she isn't the type of someone who only will stay still and do nothing to help "come on, Yona?! Let's help them!?".

"uhm!", Yona runs after Yun and Tsubaki along with Hak. She hears Kyo Ga calls for her but she asks for delay "later!".

After Yona has done with treating the injuries and gotten the respite from Yun, she is looking for Tsubaki or Sakaki, only to find Tsubaki with Sakaki and her troops preparing to go home.

"princess Tsubaki, can we really meet with Lady Mulan?", in fact, Yona has impressed with Northern Kai's Empress. She wonders if she really can meet with her?

"for now, I must go home first, so let's meet again next time, okay? but sooner or later, surely my mother will come to meet you and your group", Tsubaki offers smile and kisses Yona's forehead before hugging her and whispering "as long as Hak stays with you…".

Yona's eyebrows is knitted in confusion as she witnesses Tsubaki's troops leaving this place. What does Hak's presence within her group have to do with the Empress will come to meet her group or not?

Speaking about Hak, somehow Yona feels guilty ever since she knowing Hak's action to not going back home to Fuuga, that he has done because of her, has made such complicated matters to other. She has tried to talk with him about Setsuna but like always, Hak avoids all topics about 'Setsuna' when others try to pester him, or more exactly, ever since Tsubaki has rejected his request to meet with Setsuna because Setsuna herself who doesn't want to meet with him, or else she would have come with her to meet them from the first place. Hak has swatted their group's concern, saying Setsuna only wants to punish him but Yona realizes he doesn't smile often since then, even keeps the distance to them which worrying her more and more.

After their battle with Northern Kai, Yona and her group is invited by Tae Jun to stay at his private manor at first, but because the drunken townspeople and the guards on his manor who drunk and fool around outrageously harass Yona, Tae Jun brings them to Saika Castle while Ogi goes off somewhere to gather information. They feel something is off when they meet with Tae Jun's mother, Lady Iguni. She's quite a beauty, but she acts like she can see through them but pretend to act nothing happen. Everything turns into chaos since their unexpected encounter with Kan Kyo Ga on the bathroom, which their ridiculous door-quarrel ended with big bump on naked Kyo Ga's forehead, till Keishuk's sudden arrival at Saika Castle. Feels it no longer safe to stay within Saika Castle with Keishuk's arrival, Yona and her group running away in the middle of the darkness under the night sky. Thanks to Shina, they can run from that room and Keishuk due to the distraction that Shina has made with using his Dragon eyes. Without they know, other threat is waiting for them outside there, dangerous threat creeping within the darkness.