"Everyone. Please save the soldiers of the Fire Tribe." Yona requested softly so with a grin I pulled my spear free from its covering and jumped down with Hak, the both of us moving straight into the thickest part of the battle and with identical swings of our weapons, cleared the space where Tae-Jun shrieked and sprung back, staring at us with wide eyes as Hak and I stood back to back, his weapon in his right whilst mine remained in my left.

"Lord Tae-Jun, taking your eye off the enemy is dangerous." Hak smirked, rather smug with himself so I glanced back at him.

"So now you remember his name?" He shrugged carelessly.

"I don't know who you're talking about." That Hak, he has no sense of timing at all. Now was not the time to be kidding around. "But if you want to move onto the next world faster, we can always leave."

"No! No Thunder Beast! Stay here the whole time okay?" Upon hearing the name, many of the tribe soldiers looked around as I sprung forwards with my spear and swept it around whilst twirling, other arm held out for balance as I moved with such power that the air even swirled with me. "Storming Cloud! Please don't leave me here!" Tae-Jun wailed and I tossed him a smile as my hair flowed prettily around my face.

"You're safe now, Tae-Jun, your reinforcements have arrived." As I spoke Kija broke through the Kai line and the others joined in, my spear began to work quickly to take down the enemy and blood flared around me as I continued to move faster than anyone else on the battlefield.

"Storming Cloud? Isn't that the strongest female warrior in the entire Kouka Kingdom?" One of the soldiers questioned the other so I turned and thrust my spear forwards, taking out the Kai soldier who had advanced on his back.

"Keep your wits about you men or you'll end up dead. Pair up!" I ordered, voice roaring over the battle. "Stand back to back and protect one another, you'll live longer that way. Stay light on your feet and don't stop fighting no matter what!" Probably more afraid of my spear in their face than anything else, the soldiers jumped into pairs as I fixed their line, bringing them back into formation as I cleared a path with expert strikes of my spear. Jumping I rolled onto the ground, taking out several legs and toppling the Kai soldiers over for others to finish off however when a rain of arrows came down, I shouted for shields.

They appeared from nowhere, answering my call as Hak and I sprang back together with me on his left and the both of us swung our weapons, slicing the arrows out of the sky before they could touch us. Our arms linked together and he spun me around, using his back as my anchor to jump over a spear thrust my way before my foot cracked down and shattered the staff, keeping his back clear of enemy weapons before I dove back into the midst. When the Kai Empire troops began to thin down, they all turned tail and fled in fear as I slung my spear over my shoulder and flicked my hair from my face, smirking as I looked down to my beautiful new robe and was pleased to see there wasn't a tear or drop of blood in sight. "Excellent!" I beamed, happy that I was back to my old strength. "Not a scratch."

"Don't get ahead of yourself." Hak said to me as we grouped together and I opened my eyes to see that we were surrounded by Fire Tribe soldiers who were all now looking at us in awe.

"What shall we do?" Jae-He questioned, stepping back as they continued to close in on us. This might be bad.

"Okay, you guys pile onto droopy eyes's back." Hak directed.

"I can't carry everyone!" Jae-Ha snapped however when the soldiers began to whisper, we all looked to them in surprise.

"The four dragon warriors." One of them said, daring to step closer and I tensed, hand lifting slightly ready to push Shin-Ah behind me away from him. The last time people had got overexcited about the dragon's powers they had tried to take everyone away and I was not about to let that happen now. "You all…the white dragon's claw, the green dragon who flies through the air, the blue dragon who hides his eyes…" They all marvelled before pointing to Hak.

"Um…and you must be…"

"The sparkling blade of darkness, the darkness dragon." He answered bluntly and I spluttered with laughter, gripping a hand over my mouth as Kija glowered at him.

"Don't make things up!"

"I knew it! You're all the legendary four dragons who appear on the battlefield!" They all suddenly started smiling and beaming, seemingly overjoyed before one of them frowned at me. "But who are you? Are you a secret dragon no one knows about?" Jae-Ha laughed at that so I kicked him in the back of his leg to make him kneel.

"No way, I'm just a regular human passing through. Don't mind me." I said coolly however we all looked up when a powerful voice called out.

"Make a path, everyone move!" A towering figure with long flowing hair stepped forwards, presenting himself before us. "You there, first I give you my thanks for saving the Fire Tribe from an enemy nation's invasion. But why…? He trailed off, sitting atop his horse as his eyes fixed upon Hak and I. "You are the Wind Tribe's former general, Son Hak." He realised though his expression never changed. When his eyes met mine, however, he paused for a moment to seemingly take me in, spear casually leaning against my shoulder as I stood among my friends. "And you are the legendary Storming Cloud of the Scarlet Castle, Ryo…do you even have a surname?" I shook my head, eyes narrowing. His eyes remained locked on mine for a few moments longer before he then averted his gaze. "I have questions for you. I will have you all come to Saika Castle."

"As much as it pains me to do so, I must decline." Hak announced, facing the person before us. This must be the new general of the Fire Tribe, Kyo-Ga, son of the former and disgraced general of the Fire Tribe, his father. "More so than dealing with us, should you not be more worried about dealing with the Kai Empire?"

"Of course, we will do so. However there is too much we do not know about you as well. After we take you to Saika Castle, we will hand you over to His Majesty." Kyo-Ga said before his tone darkened. "Should you refuse, that red haired girl will not walk away unscathed either." Before anyone could move I had crossed the distance between us and the horse and my spear levelled with his throat, everyone growing defensive at the threat towards the princess. I had moved so quickly that no one had time to react, even Kyo-Ga looked startled.

"If you dare, you shall not walk away with your life." I spoke clearly so that everyone could hear me, not moving my fiery gaze from the general as Tae-Jun came running towards us.

"Please wait brother!" Tae-Jun cried out before standing beside his brother and surprisingly, his hands lifted to touch my shoulder and my spear hand, asking me politely to draw back so I did so with a respectful nod of my head towards him, walking backwards to Hak's side where he protectively placed his arm around me.

"Tae-Jun, what is the meaning of this? You were the one who reported the deaths of Princess Yona, her female attendant and General Hak, were you not?" Hang on, female attendant? I am much more than that thank you very much!

"Yes, well…they miraculously came back to life." Tae-Jun responded nervously before finding his courage again. "Please do not lay a hand on Princess Yona or these warriors! Princess Yona aided us in restoring the Fire Tribe land which had turned barren! They also saved our Tribe this time as well, so please…"

"Why did you not report that Princess Yona was alive?" His brother cut across him, making us all stiffen once more. "Without informing me, you maintained ties with these people since previously, didn't you?" The furious expression on Kyo-Ga's face was enough to render his younger brother frozen, losing his voice as he tried to answer. "Have you forgotten what father did?! I decided that from now on, in order to protect the Fire Tribe, I would put my life on the line to serve King Soo-Won! There must not be a single instance of suspicious activity!" He roared and as Tae-Jun flinched, I felt sorry for him. "By hiding something from me, you have betrayed me!" For a while there was silence, Tae-Jun bowing his head until finally, he spoke with a calm clarity that took me by surprise.

"Even if this is what you call betrayal, it makes no difference to me. The one who set me on the right path was Princess Yona, no matter what anyone says. I will not allow anyone to lay a hand on Princess Yona, not even you, brother." I was impressed with his strength and courage to face his brother, I could even see that Hak was surprised by him when I glanced up into his face. I heard the rustling of stones and looked up to see the princess herself approaching, drawing the attention of everyone around to her blazing red hair.

"I believe we've met before at a ceremony, haven't we General Kyo-Ga?" She asked him in her powerful authoritarian voice which demanded respect. "Soo-Won knows that we are alive. If you want to kill us, you could do so at any time. There's no need for you to rush things by yourself." She came and stood in front of us all, facing the general with us just out of arm's reach, proving her courage tenfold. My little princess had grown so strong and brave, I could only wonder what her father would think of her now.

"Red hair and four dragons?" A voice spoke and several eyes turned towards a solider who spoke out. "After the War of Flame, there was a rumour going around. Today I've confirmed it with my own eyes, the legendary four dragons and the red haired girl of royal blood, Princess Yona, have saved us the Fire Tribe!" He marvelled with joy. "It's as if the heavens have sent King Hiryuu down to us!"

"Don't talk such nonsense! She is not King Hiryuu!" Kyo-Ga bellowed back however the soldiers could not be stopped. After all, the Fire Tribe had a strong religious and cultural connection to the myths. It was in their blood.

"General Kyo-Ga, you must have been able to see it! Their powers are truly that of the gods! Laying a hand on them would be an act of blasphemy, would it not?" Smirking I couldn't help but chuckle. Now that sounded more like it. It's about time people realised that they couldn't touch us without consequences. Before anyone else could speak, Yoon came rushing over with Zeno, calling out to us all.

"Hey! Let's leave the talking for later, there are soldiers on the brink of death all over!" He yelled before rushing forwards. "They're your comrades aren't they? There are still people we can save if we treat them right now!" Instantly Tae-Jun had his men rushing into the field to help those in need and with a twirl of my spear I stabbed it into the ground in front of the general as a final warning before I slid off my overcoat and flung it out onto the staff, letting it flutter in the breeze where it wouldn't get dirty however as I turned around I heard the soldiers begin to mutter.

"Look at her hand, she's only got one hand!"

"She fought like that with just one hand? How strong is this woman?"

"No wonder she's the Storming Cloud, I bet she could even take on the Thunder Beast!" I smirked to myself, glad to hear some positive things about my handicap for once as I stepped out into the battlefield and began to help in any way I can, finding soldiers who were still breathing and secured their wounds expertly with just the one hand, using my teeth to hold the cloth taut as I pulled down to make tourniquets.

"We have another over here!" Yoon waved however as Zeno struggled to lift the guy up I gave a warm laugh, walking over as I wiped the blood off my hand onto my clothes.

"Here Zeno, let me take him for you."

"Thanks big miss! Zeno is already tired." He puffed, dropping the soldier who yelped however before he could hit the ground I caught him, smiling down to him reassuringly as his mouth dropped open.

"Don't be frightened, you're safe now. Here, I'm going to carry you over to the infirmary tent, can you stand?" I asked and I saw a heated blush come to his face. He must have a fever. As other soldiers stared I picked the guy up once he was standing, ignoring his yell of surprise as I easily carried him in all his armour over to the makeshift infirmary, not noticing however mouths dropped as I walked.

"Wow, she's totally hot!" Someone spoke and I stopped, looking around to see who had said that. Were they talking about me? "Miss! Can you carry me too? My legs are in so much agony!"

"Me too! I can't feel my arms and my stomach hurts!"

"Huh?" I blinked before smiling at them all, making them all seemingly swoon before me. "Alright, just stay still and do not hurt yourselves further. I'll come back for you all." Inwardly I was laughing. These poor men must be out of their minds and the pain is making them saying crazy things. After putting down the soldier I was carrying I made sure he had someone to tend to him before going back for others. When I reached one soldier I noticed his head was bleeding so I pulled the hem of my shirt up to my mouth and bit into it before tearing.

Using my stump as an anchor I managed to wrap the makeshift bandage around his head and stemmed the bleeding with my hand, watching as the soldier breathed heavily before slowly his eyes opened. He blinked, hazily looking up at me. "Are you…an angel?" I laughed.

"No of course not, you're still very much alive. Just lie still, there's nothing to be afraid of." I assured him and he relaxed, managing a weak smile at me as he lifted his hand towards me so I drew my hand away from his wound to hold his.

"Thank you." He said before closing his eyes once more. Yoon came to him next, assuring me that he could take over so I continued on through the bodies and helped all that I could. At some point Ao scampered over to me and jumped onto my shoulder, squeaking cutely so I smiled and passed her an acorn I had stashed in the folds of my shirt so that she could nibble on it.

"Pretty miss! Storming Cloud! How about helping me next!"

"You look fine to me." I answered back, placing my hand on my hip and shaking my head with amusement at the grinning soldiers who were bruised up but otherwise not seriously injured, merely taking a rest. "Are you lazy bums just going to sit there and let a lady do all the work? Shame on you all." Shaking my head I turned around on my heel, hair flying outward however almost immediately behind me stood General Kyo-Ga, eyes boring into mine as I almost leaped out of my skin. His expression was unreadable however before I could berate him for sneaking up on me, his hands reached out and took the basin of water from me, making me blink as he then passed lifted his head proudly and walked towards one of his bleeding soldiers, taking the cloth and wringing it out. Jeez, what a strange guy.