A/N: Hello! I'm not going to spend too long making excuses but I'm at uni and this semester has been craaazzyyyy. I am not kidding when I say that I have class-mates that go home and vomit out of stress. All of us can barely sleep at night. That's why updates has been non-existent. Anyway, here one is! I hope to be able to update far more from now to this summer. However, in around September 2017 I'll probably be very busy so just heards up! Hopefully this story will be completed by then though!

Any way! Enjoy and please give me feedback!

Read away,

Wikked

Previously:

"Hak, Ane, are you on my side?" she asked, she looked like she was about to cry.

"Always, Princess Yona," I said quietly and she looked at me.

"The King told me to protect you. No matter what happens I will obey his orders," Hak said and stood up, ready to fight.

"Withdraw, Servant. You are standing before King Soo-Won, the new master of Hiryuu castle," some random guy I didn't know said. What? "King Soo-Won"?

I felt a small growl escape my lips and he looked at me before resuming to look at Hak.

"Who is the master of what now?" Hak asked with a fierce smile. "I have a bad feeling but I must ask; Lord Soo-Won, where is the King II?"

"I just sent him to hell," Lord Soo-Won said and I let a gasp escape my lips.

Hak forcefully pushed the end of his Hsu Quandao into the ground.

"Are you drunk? That's going too far, even for a joke," Hak stated.

"Ask Princess Yona. She confirmed the Kings death with her own eyes," Soo-Won said. I saw Princess Yona break inside right at that moment and as I saw that I felt myself breaking too. What now? Do we die? What will happen? The peaceful existence that I grew up in seemed to vanish right in front of me.

I saw Hak attack Soo-Won and grabbed Yona steadily. If we had to run it would be best to have a good grip on her. She didn't seem all that capable right now.

Soo-Won blocked Hak's attack but seemed to struggle slightly.

"Tell the truth!

"I'm not lying," Soo-Won answered.

"Soo-Won, are you telling me you killed your king?" Seeing those to fight like this bothered me more than I would like to admit. I never connected to Soo-Won much but those two were like brothers, best friends.

How could we all be so fooled by him? Was nothing over the years real? How come none of us understood anything?

"You killed our kind king?" Hak continued as he made another attack on Soo-Won that he easily evaded. Who was the man standing before me?

Though we were never close I thought I knew who he was. But clearly, I had no idea. The Soo-Won I thought I knew was nothing like this. The look in his eyes wasn't this cold, he never would have killed The King, Princess Yona's father and let her see it. Who could be so cold? To do that to someone he cared about? Maybe he never cared about any of us ever.

As Hak was prepared for any attack I was prepared to escape with Princess Yona at any given opportunity. I held her hand firmly over my shoulders so I almost carried her. She didn't seem to oppose, in fact, she wasn't really responding to the touch at all. It was like she didn't even notice.

Soo-Won and Hak pursued a fight that was very evenly matched. They were equally as strong so this fight Hak wouldn't win that easily.

I saw a few soldiers getting closer to us, I got up ready to fight. I kicked one of them and just as I was ready to give another kick I was grabbed from behind. So much for all the practice. I tried to scream for Hak but it was muffled by the hand that was above my mouth. I almost felt claustrophobic as I felt a lack of air from the hand covering my mouth.

"That's enough," a man shouted. Soo-Won and Hak looked towards us to see a man with a sword to Princess Yona's throat and several men holding me. I felt dirty. And worthless. Because of this Hak now had to release his weapon.

An arrow shot down towards us and I used the soldiers shock to knock one of them in the head. As I was semi-released I managed to kick them off me with the martial arts that I knew.

Hak reached his hsu quandao from the ground and easily fought the men surrounding him off. He picked up Princess Yona and we ran off through the castle. This was a very bad situation.

"Come, this way," Min-Soo said as he appeared out of nowhere. Nice timing, I had to give him that! Hak gave Princess Yona over to Min-Soo.

"Here, make sure not to fall behind," Hak said.

As Min-Soo carried Princess Yona, Hak and myself made sure to clear the way from soldiers. I knocked one soldiers head straight into the wall.

We decided to hide in some bushes that would cover us well.

"What now?" I asked.

"Princess, is the king really dead?" Min-Soo asked. Princess Yona only nodded as the tears fell down her cheeks.

"I see," Min-Soo responded sadly. "I'm sorry, I couldn't believe it. Until, just a while ago he was smiling so brightly about your birthday."

The four of us suddenly quieted down while we studied the gueards that were passing us by. This really was a mess we had gotten into… I still couldn't quite believe it had happened. The king was dead, our friend Soo-Won clearly wasn't our friend and now we're on the run. What a mess indeed.

"It is only a matter of time until they find us," Hak said with a sigh and I looked to him with worry. I didn't really care if I died but Yona and Hak was more or less my family and Min-Soo certainly didn't deserve to die either.

"If we are caught they will definitely kill us," he continued and I frowned. So, what now?

"I will ensure an escape route for you!" Min-Soo suddenly said.

"Min-Soo! That isn't safe," I whispered, I didn't want Yona to hear us, she had been through enough.

"You must escape the castle," Min-Soo said to us.

"But you…" Hak began.

"Don't worry about me, I promise I will get away."

It was a nice thing to say but most likely a promise that would soon be broken. There was no way he'd survive. I was tempted to offer to help but I knew that Hak most likely wouldn't allow it.