Chapter 20: Epilogue

Ora snuggled into the bed with the comforter pulled over her head. Next to her, she could feel Zeno was still awake in writing another one of his stories. He had admitted to her, several months ago, that he had written the original myth story; in which there were only ten copies left. This story was about Princess Yona and her journey in becoming the first Empress of Kouka with her husband, the Rajiu, as her number one protector and defender.

With the light still on, she decided to see where in the story he was at. Sitting up, Ora looked onto the computer screen; grinning when he moved it so she could see it better. "This was the night that would forever change Yona's life, the night her Uncle killed her father." she looked over at Zeno. "You're still on the second chapter?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

Zeno blushed at this but nodded. "I'm having trouble remembering everything." he told her. "That night was quite chaotic." He looked back at the screen. "Perhaps I should stop for the night?" He grinned as she rolled her eyes at him.

"No." she told him. "You promised me you'd have that written before the twins got here." She rubbed the bump on her belly. "Your children will want the story finished before they're born."

"Hmm..." Zeno hummed before he sighed. "I'm still curious as to why you want children now?"

"I don't know why you don't." she countered. They'd been married for five years. Tomoe company was bigger than ever, since the dragons now were apart of the company's logo and had taken over a couple departments to ensure nothing bad would happen like another TDD being made. About seven months ago they'd begin trying to get pregnant, but as it turned out, having a forever young body frozen in time meant Zeno couldn't produce children. So they went with IVF and got pregnant with twins. She was excited, Zeno nervous.

"It's not that I don't." he stated as he leaned back against the headboard. "I just don't know if I'll make a good father."

Ora hugged his arm before kissing his cheek. "You'll make a wonderful father." she reassured him. "Besides, if you make a mistake, I'll tell the others and they'll kick you into shape."

Zeno laughed nervously. "Ha-ku probably would, though Lillian and Abi would probably just yell at me."

Picking up the laptop, Ora put her glasses back on before she got ready to write. "Okay, tell me again what happened after her sixteenth birthday celebration." Zeno gave a deep sigh before he began to recite the story all over again.

Hak looked up as Jae-ha, Shin-ah, Kija and Zeno all sat down near from him on the porch as Hak sat on the steps watching the guards walk around a bit tipsy. He had met Zeno a few times over the years and found that even though the younger looking male never seemed to age, and that he never seemed to loose his happy-go-lucky attitude, that his eyes showed his true maturity. He suddenly saw someone approach him in his peripheral vision and turned to see young Min-soo walking up to him with a bottle in hand as Su-won came up to sit next to him.

"Lord Hak, this is for you and your companions." the servant boy said as he handed the bottle and four round cups to him.

"Thanks Min-soo." Hak liked the young man. Looking to Su-won, who was leaning his back against his, Hak gave him a frown. Su-won's cheeks were flushed.

"I think somebody has had enough to drink tonight." Jae-ha joked as he took the cups from Hak along with the sake.

"I-I'm not drunk." Su-won assured them with a grin.

"How many drinks have you had?" Hak asked his friend, knowing that the young lord could take up to three before getting tipsy.

"One." he mumbled. "I feel like I-I have drunk four th-though." he stuttered. "Head hurts too." He rubbed his temples.

Zeno grasped the cup that Jae-ha held out towards him. "Maybe it's a stronger liquor than normal." he stated as he drank the cup in one gulp. "Zeno doesn't get drunk-" he paused before knocking Shin-ah's cup from his hand. "Don't drink!" he yelled. "It tastes weird."

Jae-ha sniffed the bottle, but could detect anything. Frowning he handed it to Hak to sniff. The Wind General frowned before dumping the liquid on the ground. "Protect Su-won." he told them before standing to go find the Princess. Something was going on, especially if someone was trying to knock him out.

Yona walked down the halls of the palace, noticing that many of the guards looked to asleep or passed out from drinking too much. Coming to her father's chambers, Yona pushed the double doors open. "Father, I wish to-" she stopped in mid-speech when she saw the silhouette's of her father and Uncle Yu-hon. Her uncle's sword was pulled from her father's body, which fell to the floor dead. "FATHER!" she cried out as she ran to his fallen form. Tears began to fall from her eyes. "Father. Father needs help."

"No one can help him now." Yu-hon spoke, his voice sounding dark and cold.

Yona looked up, tears cascading down her cheeks. "Why!?" she cried out to him. "Father loved you!"

"Why you ask?" he inquired from her. "Because he was destroying our country! He was making us weak in front of our enemies!" he yelled at her causing her eyes to widen. "He believed you were his daughter. There's no way to say that you are that child that was stolen away. You brought those things here!" he growled the last part. "I will not have my son believing in priests and Red Dragons turned man!" He raised his sword to strike her. "I will not have you taint this country."

Suddenly the sword clanged as it came in contact with the metal handle of the hsu quandao of General Son Hak. "Traitor." Hak said as he pushed the older man's sword away, sound quickly to get the former Sky General away from the Princess. "Get away from her."

"Mongrel." Yu-hon hissed as he looked at the wild eyes of Son Hak. "That's all you are or ever will be. What makes you think you can defeat me?"

"Because he has us with him." Came Jae-ha's voice as he jumped from the high ceiling beam and kicked Yu-hon in the stomach sending the former General out of the building through a wall. Outside Kija and Shin-ah both stood waiting. Kija's arm expanding as he prepared for a fight. Behind them, Yu-hon saw his men unconscious.

"Those men are nothing compared to the power of the dragons." Kija told him, a dark look appearing in the eyes of the usually kindhearted man.

Shin-ah felt his eyes throb slightly as the power of the Seiryuu begged to be used in order to kill everyone who dared harm Yona. "Your fate will be like there's." he assured the man.

Yu-hon stood before grasping a fallen soldiers sword when suddenly Zeno jumped from the tree behind him and landed upon Lord Yu-hon's shoulders. The former general fell to the ground at being off balanced when the blind jumped on him. "Zeno would advise you not to stand." he told the older man. "Unless you wish to die." The threat was very real.

Yu-hon couldn't believed he'd been outsmarted or outmatched by these men. He heard something slam near his head and gasped when he saw the blade of Hak's weapon land inches from his face. "Wait!" All five men paused at the voice of the mistress. "Don't kill him." Yona stepped out of her fathers chambers and stood on the porch looking down upon the scene before her. She had blood dripping down her face and neck from having had her face against her father's body. "He will stand trial. He will be judged by the five general's council." She glared at him. She looked beyond her friends and saw her cousin being held up by Ik-su and Yun. "You are changed with trying to start a coup de'tat and the murder of your brother, my father and King. I won't let you hide from this by having my guardians kill you. You will stand before Kouka and you will be punished for your crimes!"

For a moment there was silence. Then a guard who had been at the city wall came to a stop. "The fire army is at the gates!" Yona turned her head towards the guard. "Where is the King?"

Yona felt her heart squeeze tightly. "He has been murdered by Lord Yu-hon." she stated, her voice lowering an octave as she tried to hide her pain.

The guard fell to his knee. "Highness, give me your orders."

Yona felt her eyes widen. She had not thought this would happen. Looking at Hak, she saw him finish in tying her Uncle up. "General Hak," she began causing him to look towards her. "help me protect Kuuto and Kouka. Be my defender."

Hak grinned, his eyes glistening as lighting struck across the sky. "As you wish, Princess." He turned towards the others and quickly took charge of the situation and began ordering everyone around.

"You'll all die." Yu-hon told Yona as she stepped down from the porch. "Kan Soo-jin is as merciless as I am."

Yona looked down at him. "We may be few in number, but with our strength we will overcome many." she assured him. "I will not let you or any other destroy my country." With those words Yona walked off to join the others in protecting her country from those who would cause division and chaos.

Ora looked towards her husband as he continued to describe the battle that ensued. That the fighting lasted for two years. He described how Princess Yona brought together a nation torn apart. Stopped drugs from being brought into the water tribe. Stopped the human trafficking in the earth tribe town of Awa Port and how she used the pirates and the town citizens in destroying the tyrant Lord Kum-ji.

Zeno leaned back once again against the headboard, just as the sun began rising over the city of Kuuto. "Missy ended up uniting the country against the fire tribe and it's ally the Kai Empire. It was a bloody two years, but once it was said and done with, Kouka was stronger then ever." He looked towards his wife and smiled. "Missy married Son Hak after her Uncle's was convicted of his crimes. Her cousin married a young woman name Aio, who was the cousin of Lady Lili, who married the new wind general, Tae-woo."

"New wind General?"she inquired.

Zeno nodded. "Son Hak stepped down and became Missy's defender, protector and the new Emperor, though it was Missy who ruled and not him." he sighed as he continued to think about what happened to his brothers and their families afterwards. "Zeno has seen a lot." he suddenly stated as Ora saved the story. He pulled her close to him. "Zeno looks forward to seeing even more." As he said this he placed his hand over his future children as he and Ora fell asleep, both looking forward to their future together with their family.

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