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Zeno's Point of View

The first time I met her was on one of the most heart-wrenching days of my life.

Dark grey clouds filled the clear blue sky like a heavy curtain. Soon enough, little droplets rained down from above, pitter-pattering the land while streaks of bright light flashed randomly and loudly.

It was as if the weather was corresponding to my feelings. How ironic.

I lowered myself down to the muddy ground in a prayer-like position, my forehead making contact with the earth, my hands clutching at the soil, my fingertips getting cake with dirt... I did not care if I was filthy…I was too buried in grief to do so.

"Kaya!" I cried out my late wife's name. My flowing tears mixed with the falling rain, giving it an odd taste as they seeped into my open, weeping mouth.

With my own bare hands, I had buried my beloved six-feet under. Why were the heavens so cruel? It did not even give her the chance to live past twenty! And no one in the village other than myself would visit her grave, all because of their absurd paranoia of getting infected by her incurable illness. What despicable beings they are!

Moreover, as long as this cursed immortality is in my possession, I will never be able to join Kaya! Never!

"Kaya!" I sobbed as I grasped the tombstone that was engraved with her name by yours truly in my arms. The world around me felt blurred out as I focused solely on what was before me.

"It's painful, isn't it? To live an ever-lasting life?" A clear, feminine voice rang out.

I spun to the direction of the source and saw a pretty girl that looked slightly younger than my physical form standing underneath a leafy tree. She had ebony black hair that reached her sides and crystal clear violet orbs that sparkled in her eyes. She was scantily dressed; clad only in a black tube that showed off her arms and navel with a matching black skirt that fell just short from her knees and was bare-footed.

Yet the most amazing thing was that she looked completely dry while I was thoroughly drenched to the bone.

She gave me a suave smile, which did not seemed capable of someone her age and my gods, her eyes… I felt as if I had seen them several times before, yet I could not place it.

I narrowed my features into a serious expression. "Who are you?"

The strange girl just giggled. "Just a simple traveller."

"Oh really?" I mocked. I had never behaved like this in my whole life. "And how is it that a SIMPLE traveller knows that I have live a long life?"

She giggled again. "I know a lot of things." Then she halted her cackle and bore her purple-coloured eyes into mine. "And a lot about you, Ouryuu."

I flinched at the mention of my title. "Who are you? And how do you know me?" I shouted. This girl…

"Like I said; a simple traveller." The girl swung her shoulders from side to side, as if she was bored. "And didn't many people know that you were Ouryuu?"

This time round I was the one laughing. "Ha! All the ones that knew who I was are all dead! So how is that you know who I am?!"

She simply shrugged. "Mmh… The description of Ouryuu was passed down?" She said with a question-like tone, once again dodging my question. This only made my blood boil.

The adolescent then shot me what seemed like a pitiful stare. "You know, if you really want to join your lover," She dipped her head in the direction of Kaya's tombstone respectively. "There is a way of getting rid of your immortality." That completely caught my attention.

"What? What is it?!" I must know!

"You could just copulate with a woman." She uttered causally, like she was picking fruits at the market. "The child would most probably inherit your abilites. Just like the other dragon warriors."

"What-"I begun, but she did not let me speak.

"I mean, I'm surprised that you're still a virgin. I know your body's really young and all but I'm pretty sure that at least your friend down there is fully developed.' The onyx-haired teenager blabbered.

My mind considered the possibility as I stood up. From my angle, she was really short. "Then would the infant remain an infant forever? Or would he reach a certain age before his growth stops?"

The only thing the girl continued to do was to smile coyly at me. "Then isn't it the job of the former Ouryuu and the father to find out?" Her reply was doing nothing more than frustrate me. Was she withholding the answer from me or did she not know the outcome as well?

"I won't do that. I won't give my offspring such a heavy burden. Not at his expense just for my own happiness."

"Suit yourself." The girl once again twisted back-and-forth boredly. "There is… another way."

"Another way?" My hopes rise again uncontrollably even though it was certain that this method would not work as well.

"Just get any immortal to kill you. Well, if they dare to do so. Actually, I think this method is redundant. Forget what I said. "

"What?" Hope was still in my hands.

"Immortal; a God or a divine being. Maybe ask the Yellow Dragon God, the one who gave you his powers to do so. Pray or something."

"You…' I stared at her. My entire soul seethed in rage. "I have been asking him that question my whole life after Hiryuu died! He never answered!"

"Yeah? That's why I said any immortal earlier on. Not just the Yellow Dragon God. Do you think there's only Dragons and God up there?"

"And where do you expect me to…" I paused mid-sentence as realization dawned upon me. "You're an immortal, aren't you?"

Her eyebrow merely arched itself. "And why would you say that?"

"Because the only way for someone to know my identity after so long is someone who's as old as me!" This girl, this immortal is my ticket to Death!

"Do it then!" I yelled desperately and thumped my clenched fists to my heart. "Kill me and let me join my brothers, Hiryuu and Kaya again, you immortal!"

The girl curved her lips coldly. However, this smile was not like any of the other ones she made from before. The way she lifted her chin and eyed me; her demeanor had completely changed. I was seeing her true personality for the first time.

"You impudent brat. Did you not hear what I said? You cannot use this method unless it is the deity that sired you. Even if I were an immortal, I still wouldn't strike you down just because you requested it. For an immortal to murder a Major God's underling has severe consequences.

"There is a reason that the Yellow Dragon God has kept you alive so far. Be glad that he blessed you with an ounce of his power." She snarled.

I blinked, not knowing how to respond.

"Well," The unnamed being beamed cheerfully. It was like she became a whole different person. " We will meet again, Ouryuu Zeno." She turned around, facing her back towards me.

"Wait!" I awoke from my stupor started running to towards her. "I still have questions to ask you!"

"Sayonara." In just a blink of an eye, she vanished in a black blur, leaving me alone with only my soul mate's burial site as my company.

I turned to the heavens and screamed until my throat became raw.

She was right.

I met her again.

And again.

And again.

Till I could count no more.

Present Day

"So you now go by the name 'Kana'?" I question.

"It's been around a hundred years since we last met, isn't it?" The never aging female, who is now called "Kana", pouts childishly and hug herself. "Yet you are treating me so coldly. I feel so hurt~." She still looks exactly the same as the first time I encountered her.

"Shut up! I know that you have been killing all the other dragon warriors!" My nails dig into my palms, forming little crescent moon shapes on my skin.

Kana sits up with a frown. "So this is what all it's about. What makes you think I've been dong that? It's not like I stabbed or poison them like all my other victims."

"No," I glare daggers into her. "But you are ALWAYS present at a new dragon's birth whenever I see you. I KNOW that you have something to do with the changing of the Dragon Warriors."

As usual, she shows off that elegant smirk in my sight. "That's true," She admits. "You are quite the sleuth, but what are you going to do about it?"

I gape at her, dumbfounded. "What?"

Kana stands up and stretches her arms out in a star shape. "Tell everybody then. Tell Hiryuu's reincarnation and his other warriors that I'm going to take their lives." Her voice is soft and gentle, like a seductress.

Of course I want to warn them about you! I really want to scream that in her face. When Yoon first brought her to our table, I was ready to spring to my feet and bellow out to everybody to get away from her. However…

"You can't do it, can you?" The inhumane being whisper. "Something inside of you is telling you not to do so."

My heart skips a beat. She is right; back then, before I could stand up from my seat, my blood kept whispering No. Don't you dare do it. Just behave normally. How did she know? Did she play a part in this?

"I know a lot of things." Kana states the same exact sentence that she used when we first met as if reading my mind before chuckling at my reaction. "You don't have to worry. I'm not going to do anything to Kija, Jae-Ha, Shina-Ah and even Yona. In fact, I'm not going to do anything anymore. My job is done."

"Your job? What do you mean by that?"

She gives me an exasperated look. "My job with the dragons that you pointed out I'm involved in? Do I have keep throwing you hints?"

I ignore her retort. "You are 'not going to do anything anymore' as you said because Hiryuu is back?"

"Ding Ding Ding!" Kana affirms with a jingling tune in her voice.

"Who are you? And why and how are you involved with Hiryuu and the other dragons?"

"I'm not going to answer that." She replies straight away. "Buuuutttttt…," The strange immortal with several facades faces away from me. "I have a feeling that all of you will uncover the truth. Whether I like it or not." The cool breeze blows in her direction, making her long raven locks cover her features and prevented me from reading them, not that I could from the start.

Before I can even dwell on what she just spoke, she speaks again. "Okay, enough with all the gloomy dragon stuff. I didn't come here solely for the purpose of meeting you lot."

Kana turns back and faces me, hands braiding her onyx tresses on her left side in the process. "I came here as 'Kanade' after all, in order to kill the perpetrator. I already know his identity."

That is a surprise. "How?"

"My client told me the low life's name. He is a great guy; already did his research and gave me the evidence. I enjoy doing business with him."

"Ha!" I laugh. "So you are not doing all this to be some hero of justice!"

"Of course not!" Kana looks offended. "Like I am ever such a loyal follower of morality, like Yona is! I'm just doing my duty as your friendly neighborhood assassin." (lol lol. I do not own that phrase btw)

A mischievous glint sparkles in her violet orbs and the girl grins. "So as a treat, I'm going to tell you the killer's identity. It's Lord Fumio."

"What?" I exclaim, taken aback by her claim.

"I haven't met the guy yet, but it's so obvious that he's popular with the villagers, and your gang too. From the looks of that shocked expression of yours, it must be hard to believe. After all, you being Two Thousand years old, you must have good judgment by now."

Kana pauses to take a breath before continuing. "My client rarely makes mistake, so I believe him. Yet for the rumored kind and gentle Lord Fumio to be such a devious creature~… I have to admit, it is unbelievable. Even so, I will get to the bottom of this before I carry out the deed. I don't kill for fun, you know."

She starts to walk in my direction, having finish plaiting her dark locks by then till she reaches my side. "So please," She slips on her spectacles, resuming her persona as 'Kanade', "Don't get in my way, alright?"

I did not utter a word; my mind seems to have blank out at this point.

Right after she was done, Kanade strolls way, humming a joyful tune like as if nothing tense had just transpired between us, leaving me alone to my thoughts, as usual.

So typical of her to do so.

If you guys bother to read this AN, my OC Kana/Kanade/Kuroryuu was fashioned from several badass female characters, one of them being Mahiru Hiragi and Shinoa Hiragi from Owari no Seraph, I'm pretty sure many of you heard of that anime before. I'm in love with ONS, I even wrote a fanfic on I, yet its fandom is… I'm not going say. I hope you guys watch it as well.

And as usual, there some errors like grammar and tenses along the way. I can tell you this; my vocabulary is really very limited… I tried my best though. P

I'm so sorry that this chapter is really short... but... it is description of Zeno and the black dragon's complicated and complex relationship, who the latter never told him her identity, much to the former's frustration. Zeno hates and detests her because of what he believes he saw her doing to all the past generations of dragon warriors (this is a misunderstanding, bloodine of the dragons and all), but at the same time he knows that she holds all the answers to the whole mess with Hiryuu and the dragons. On the other hand, Kana/Kanade, the black dragon, has a really playful and secretive personality and likes to play with him or tease him (she is the dragon of trickery and manipulation), which makes her a despicable character I suppose, but she knows her time is coming up soon, and that the truth would come to light. Oh well.

See you guys next time!

Remonalin