I do not own magi or akatsuki no yona

Dear diary,

I am finally back! You never guess what has happened to me , I was kidnapped! Wait I should start from the beginning. You know that I was going on a journey with my brother to Kouka kingdom to visit a merchant, a relative of ours and after that brother was going to meet with the king. The new king, King Il was killed and according to rumours a general kidnapped the princess. Anyway Kouka kingdom looks like our Empire, the clothes the people wear, the houses in the cities, things like that. Not the villages, those are very ugly and poor. Well while my brother was talking with the king I was kidnapped by some men when I was walking through the city. Only two of my own soldiers were allowed to go with me and the sky tribe soldiers were useless. Lesson number one: never trust soldiers of another country.

I was put in a room with other women who were all really rude, but in the end we all worked together to escape and I am really proud of myself to have come so far. There was one girl in particular who was very special and motivated the other women. If I am being honest she also motivated me, a little bit. She was the leader of the happy hungry bunch? Something like that, a band of thieves but she was very nice and could fight. She reminded me a little bit of kougyoku. Her name is Yona and she is very brave, she tried to save me when I was about to be killed even though she knew she wouldn´t stand a chance. She had red hair just like brother Kouen. I together with the other women made a plan and tried to escape but the men found out and tried to attack us. We had to fight and I killed a man. Not that I cared enemies are meant to be killed.

But the men were to strong but before they could kill us all we were saved by brother, he was proud of me! He said I showed courage and will! He praised me! He said I have my own strength that could be used for the empire! I also found out that Yona was the princess of this country and my brother wanted to talk to her. I was worried about her but my brother gave me a task and I followed. I had to bring the women to safety and while I was doing that I crossed paths with The king. I told him where my brother was, that they were being attacked by ships. He didn't even know . Of course brother took care of the ships and men and after that he had a short talk with king Soo won and after that he and me left for Kou.

I think that in the end this journey did me good. Though I would never want to do it again. I was a little bit los. I felt useless and wanted to be useful and have a purpose. Not just being pretty and sitting still. Though not having to work is nice but if that is all you do it gets boring. I have kept my honour and pride, defended it all on by myself. I was able to stand up for myself. I am more than a pretty doll! I finally understand why brother took me with him. He wanted me to realise that I can do things by myself. That I have to have more courage, be braver, stand up for myself. Showing my husband that we are equal, no, that I am more worth than him. I should show him my worth! I am a proud princess of the Kou empire and I will do my best to protect it.

I am so glad I am home, to the castle, no camping outside! No Bugs! The only thing I am not so happy about is being back by my husband. But you cannot have everything. Right now I get to do more tasks and get a little but more power. For instance I now also attend some of the meetings my husband goes to and organise events that our people can enjoy. I also help with the organisation of the help for women who lost their husband who was a soldier. I also get trained a little bit in self defence since training can never hurt as long as I can still fulfil my other duties. Between me and my husband it has gotten better. We talk more, have scheduled moments between us for bonding and I heard he has had long long long, very many talks with my brothers and some counsellors of Kou and his own. The more I show him what I can do, and how strong I am, the more I feel like he is respecting me. It is the best for everyone if our relationships gets better so I will do my best.

Oh, I almost forgot one of the most important part. So before we left, brother had another talk with the King. Though a very short one. In the end it was decided that Kouka would become part of Kou...in a way. Just Like how King Il had certain conditions King Soo-won had too. I do not know them all nor the details but brother told me that Kouka would still have their own rules but they would be changed to fit better to the Kou empire´s liking. King Soo-won gave the excuse that his country needs time for all the changes and that some just do not fit their culture. Slavery was a big no. King Soo-won of course will still hold political power, especially in the military of his own country. But if he wants to do a military action in other countries, or change a law, or something else big or that has to do with other countries he has to ask permission from the kou empire. And from now on he has to get the ´´yes´´ for all his plans from his wife, who of course will be a Kou princess. There will be an arranged marriage. Kougyoku will marry Soo-won. Though if you ask me that is much better than marrying that pig from balbadd. Judar told me all about it. It was no surprise to me that in the end king soo won gave in. Kou is strong, and brother could have destroyed that whole country on his own. It just didn´t have any metal vessel users.

I secretly hope that one day I get to visit kouka again (with twice as much soldiers) when the organisation has fallen. Hopefully I can see Yona again. I would like that.

But is not all that has been decided. Kouka, Kou and the country were those men who kidnapped me came from are going to work together to capture and punish all the men who are part of the organisation who kidnapped me. It is to stabilize order in both countries and make sure they are all tied stronger together. For that to be all realised and guided Brother Kouha is also going to Kouka kingdom for a while. And after he leaves Kougyoku would have married and will take that task over.

But I have written a lot now and my hand is tired, I will leave it at this.

Love,

Kourin Ren

Author´s note

Still longer than what I had planned, but that has always happened so it is no surprise anymore. So this is the real end. I guess this is an epilogue to the story. I hope with this I have answered all the questions you have, but if you still have questions you can of course ask them. On one side I would think Soo-won would never agree to make Kouka part of Kou. But on the other hand he does what is best for the country and if Kouen can burn everything down there is not much what Soo-won can do. Of course he would not just accept this, he is smart and even though he would appear to work with Kou, in the shadows he will probably be plotting something. But I never planned this story to be that long.

As the answer to the question about the reaction of the other dragons about Kouen's knowledge: Everyone was surprised that Kouen found out so soon and they all decided that from now on they should be more carefull. As for the proposel Kouen made they all will folow yona and trust her judgement. Though they were also verry surprised to hear that Kouen was a prince, soon to be king and that he could make fire. They all decided that it would be for the better if they just never crossed paths with kouen, or anyone else from the kou empire again. Yoon described them as:'' Fire breathing monsters who you cannot trust that are scarier dan Hak. Maybe Kouen is the real dark dragon.''

When I started this story it was when I was very invested in both magi and akatsuki no yona. It was also when I had time to write. I just started writing after I thought what if Kouen and Yona meet, they have both red hair... And so this story was born. I didn´t know where I would take it. I did have an open ending in mind where i was working towards but I mostly made the chapters up one by one. As time passes by I lost interest in magi since it just went into a direction I didn´t like. At that time akatsuki no yona was also less enjoyable. But since the last months the akatsuki no yona manga was very enjoyable again and I am totally invested again.

So now after two years it is finally completed. Though I say that, it is an open ending and has room to be continued. I will say that when I started this I had also planned two extra chapters. So I will say this story has been completed but I might, no promises, make those extra chapters.

I really do hope that you have enjoyed this story even though it might have turned out different than you thought or wanted. I want to thank you for following and reading this story.

Greet,

Sjannie