Yona pulled back from Zeno and looked over at Hak with a pleading look, "Hak, I'm sorry, but I need to talk to them alone. It's… dragon stuff that I need to discuss with them."

He narrowed his eyes at her and finally sighed in defeat, "If that is what you wish Princess, I won't listen in." He smirked, "You may want to hurry though, Lily is outside and she is just dying to come talk to you."

Yona giggled, "Thanks Hak. We won't be very long."

He nodded and slipped from out of the tent.

The dragons looked at her expectantly. "Guys, I-I…. I met Hiryuu…"

They gasped, Kija's eyes began to sparkle, "You met King Hiryuu Princess?!"

She nodded and smiled at his childlike joy that shone in his eyes.

Jae-ha uncrossed his legs, "I'm assuming that he discussed something with you."

She nodded and sighed heavily. "He did. He…" She bit her lip, unsure how they were going to take this information.

Zeno placed a hand on her shoulder, "Go ahead miss. We won't be mad at you."

She nodded reassuringly, "Well, he didn't just offer me his dragon blood…"

Shin-ha cocked his head, "What…. do you mean?"

She stared into the black holes of his tribal mask, "I also drank the blood of the other four dragons."

Silence.

She looked over at Kija who's joyful eyes appeared to be glassy, "B-but… how…. why?"

She shifted nervously, "I'm not sure, but he told me that I would be given a power that would help me protect all of you."

Zeno's eyes saddened, "Miss, we are here to protect you."

She nodded, "I understand that Zeno, but I can't stand being so useless while you get hurt." A tear began to roll down her cheek, "After Xing….. I couldn't stand to do that to you ever again."

Crimson locks acted as a curtain as she began crying in her hands. Her friends remained silent around her.

"T-that's why… I d-drank the blood. I want t-ttto be helpeful to y-you." She stuttered out in between sobs.

Jae-ha and Shin-ha scooted forward so they could embrace Yona. Shin-ha removed his mask so he wouldn't make her uncomfortable Kija and Zeno moved to embrace her from behind. She felt Kija rub her back with his human hand, "Please Princess, don't cry."

They remained like that for a while; embracing their guiding red beacon as she sobbed all of her regrets. As they hugged her, they felt as though something was individually embracing their souls. Jae-ha's dragon leg, Kija's claw, and Shin-ha's eyes were all tingling with a warm sensation.

Zeno could feel it within his heart. 'She's reaching out to us.' He smiled to himself. 'She's apologizing to the dragon's blood.' He reached up and started petting her hair, "It's okay miss, we forgive you."

She peeked over at the golden light and soaked in his warming smile. She pulled back causing the others to pull back, but kept their arms wrapped around her. "I'm sorry. I'm going to help you guys now. Hiryuu has given me that opportunity."

Jae-ha smiled, "I don't suppose he told you what power you had? I mean, you did drink the blood of five dragon gods."

She nodded and furrowed her brows, "He told me that I would have to figure it out." She looked over at Zeno, "W-when I woke up, I could….." She paused unsure how to phrase it.

"What miss?"

"I can feel….. everything." She sighed out as though the word itself was a shattering breath that could be lost.

Shin-ha cocked his head, "Everything?"

She nodded, "It's really hard to explain, but I can feel….. like the world is… speaking to me. I-I can hear it all in my head." She turned to Kija, "I-I don't understand. I can sense our connection, but I still don't understand what I'm going to do with this."

Zeno cupped her cheek, "It's okay miss. Zeno will help you find your hidden power."

She nodded, "Hiryuu told me, that it more of an internal power." She looked at Shin-ha. "Kind of like Seiryuu's."

Shin-ha was taken aback by this, "Mine?"

She looked at him hopefully, "When you use your power, what do you feel?"

He contemplated for a moment, "I…. can sense….. the lives of others… like flames."

'flames.' She immediately thought back to her dream.

"When you guys sense each other, what do you see?"

They looked at each other, "W-well I see colored lights." responded Kija. She looked at the other dragons and they nodded in agreement.

'If they can only sense lights, why do I sense flames?'

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

"Princess?" Kija's words didn't pull Yona out of her concentration.

She focused her mind outside of the tent and slowly opened up herself to the sensations that she blocked off earlier.

The individual voices came pulsing back to her. She pictured them as flames. In her minds eye, she could feel the flames of her dragon warriors around her, but now new flames appeared. They weren't as bright as the four, but they were there. Five colorless, warm flames were outside of the tent about 10 yards away. Smiling she opened her eyes, "I-I can feel five people sitting outside….. ten yards from us."

They looked at each other surprised, "Princess, Lily, her two guards, Yun and Hak are out there."

'Hmmmmm. I wonder. What about the pulses?'

She looked at Kija, "Can you help me up please? I want to see something outside."

Kija nodded and the four of them helped her outside of the tent. Lily looked up at her with joy sparkling in her eyes. She smiled back at her.

Yona pointed to a nearby tree and the obediently led her to it. Once they stopped a few yards in front of it, she closed her eyes once again.

Behind her, she felt the five colorless flames rise and stand behind them. She focused on the tree in front of her. Two different types of pulses began reaching out to her. One felt strong, like a foundation. The other felt almost flimsy, almost temporary. She focused on the second pulse.

Her own energy felt like the burning red flame in her dream. She could almost see the flame reaching out towards the pulse.

Pushing herself towards the pulse, she felt something tingle across her skin. The closer she got, the warmer the tingling on her skin became. 'What if I touch it?' She let out a deep breath before taking the final push to make contact with the pulse with her own red flame. She winced as a slight stinging tickled her senses.

She heard gasps around her.

Opening her eyes, her eyes widened at the sight before her.

The leaves of the tree in front of her were on fire. The fire was not a pale orange. It was a bright vibrant red, like her hair. No smoke was visible.

They began to melt to ash, but the fire never spread. It remained on the leaves. Even the wind pulling a few embers to nearby trees didn't catch anything else on fire.

When the smoking embers hit the ground, no smoke rose.

They all stood there silently as they watched the last of the leaves burn off the tree leaving it looking as though it just lost all of its leaves for approaching winter.

"M-miss…."

She turned her head and looked at a shocked Zeno, "D-did you do that?"

She smiled and nodded, "I-I think I did!" She winced as her headache renewed itself. She groaned at the pain.

"Princess, are you alright?" Kija gently nudged her arm.

"Y-yeah…. Just my headache is back now." She looked back up at the tree and grinned, 'I can help them.' She thought to herself as she smiled inwardly at herself.