It was a dark, silent night except for the faint noises of horse feet tapping the ground. A simple red hanbok for wardrobe, Jungkook scoured the area. Trained eyes flitting between the map and abandoned meadows.

It was close to dawn, the first day lights spilling through grey clouds. He smiled to himself at the proximity of his destination, as the map directed.

He would've smiled longer if not for the faint footsteps catching his attention and the rustling bushes despite the still air. He descended the horse, setting her free, before clapping his hands to draw attention of those in ambush.

"So who's ready for some action? " He grinned, snapping his fingers. The bushes ceased to rustle.

"Oh! come on~, I just wanna eat and get some beauty sleep. You think am gonna wait here forever?" He whined, "It's pretty late for hide and seek, sweethearts"

No more bushes rustled, except for the odd scent clouding the air.

"You see. . It's pretty easy. You have gotta come out, play some ninja and leave the fuck off." Jungkook sighed, exasperated of waiting.

A few bushes rustled louder than before and numerous crunches of leaves later, five built men in dark black robes came out of the dense foliage. Shining swords handy. "See," Jungkook shot them all a look, "It wasn't really that hard, was it?"

He was a replied with a sword tearing his arm, blood staining his attire.

"uh-huh," he smirked, "Bad move"

Unleashing his sword within a moment, and dragging it down the attacker's neck, he hummed in satisfaction. " Hope you find your way back to hell "

Another butted in on his sweet farewell, clashing swords with a disturbing eye contact. He noticed the eerie gray of his opponent's eyes and shuddered. But his patience was wearing thin so with a clean cut to right where his attire ended and neck began, he let the decapitated body loll to the ground.

But he was offered too little time to wipe the red stains of his features to notice the fingers coiling around his neck from behind and a sword aimed at his chest.

There were five among whom he knew he killed two and the rest two were on the tasks of choking and about-to-stab him. But where was the last one?

Flipping over the one passively choking him from behind with his unarmed arm, he raised the sword stabbing it right through the attacker. Blood splattering all around. His wolf growled from within in satiation.

He could see the other's appalled stare amd trembling sword held in both hands. So just as he was about to let him flee, the said 'trembling' sword tore through his robe in the middle.

He was furious.

Out of all the things, his fucking ROBE?

An involuntary growl ripped out of his throat and barely did the man who dared raising a sword against his dear robe breathe when he fell lifeless to the ground. A heaving Jungkook beside, coming down from his kill.

"FUCK!" the alpha yelled "YOU FUCKTARDS! Now where the fuck do I go for a robe? Huh?" He asked the corpses lying on the ground. None answered.

Noticing a robe, without much blood stains on one of them, "well~ desperate times call for desperate solutions," He sing sang before healing his arm and getting changed.

He tried searching for his horse, but finding no signs of her, he assumed she must have fled out of fear. Trusting his memory on the last bits of his route to Kaatru, he headed towards the clearing with a hundred questions that he hoped, the valiant King Kim Taehyung had answers for.

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It was all pinks and purples and reds splashed over the sky when he entered the kingdom of Kaatru. Bustling market of Kaatru, to be specific.

The market was nothing short of the merry mornings he used to watch over from the balcony of his palace. It was almost a painting, with nowhere left to fill with colors anymore. Yet, it looked sufficient under the lamp lights of Kaatru. Whomever he met, managed a wide grin to which he exchanged one in return. Farther into the bustling city, people left lit lamps to roam the sky, hopeful stares and prayers following after.

Chatters and giggles filled the market place, and the darker it turned, the more crowder it became. But Jungkook was fine with it, as long as, the warmth of ever lasting smiles and silent promises stayed in the air.

He decided to approach someone to direct him towards the palace where he found himself in a food stall with his stomach rumbling. Jungkook usually had good control over his hunger, but tonight he just felt like savoring Kaatru. So depsite it prolonging his meeting with the king, he approached the eatery, and holding up a finger began, "I would wanna ea-"

"A-a R-rogue! A ROOOGUE!!!!!!" the seemingly frightened shopkeeper yelled.

"B-but sir,I am not-" Jungkook began, confused.

"Someone catch him!" a woman from behind yelled. He was still too confused to make a move.

He saw a few of them gingerly making their way towards him. His tongue seemed tied out of either confusion or panic to string a sentence and get himself out of this mess. So he settled for his next best resort-legs. He ran for his dear life. Ignoring the "Rogue! " "Someone catch him" "Hey! Don't run" in the background to wherever his feet led him. It seemed to  be back to the forest again, but he couldn't care less now. All he wanted to was some little time and someone to listen to him, and sort out this.... mess.

He mentally thanked his truly blood abilities to be able to run faster than any normal wolf, as he skipped past dense wilderness to nowhere in particular. But his thankfulness didn't last long when he heard fast footfalls behind him. Too close to his liking. He tried picking up pace, but the footfalls followed suite. This continued for a while until-

A splash of water resonated his ears. Every sense of his drowned into a static ring at his ears.

A moment ago, he was sure he was running away for dear life and now he was also sure he is deep inside the damn water. Neither did he expect the push to be this hard, nor the water to be this deep.

"Why the fuck would you push me?!" Jungkook enquired, emerging out of water. Breathless and furious.

"Cause I can, " The stranger shrugged, coming out of the water he slipped into after pushing him. As against as it was the rules of his ego to admit that his chaser was pretty, he did.

Jungkook sighed, pushing the wet hair out of his eyes. It was all green around, and though picturesque, his eyes trailed back to his chaser, now out of the water. Alike him.

"I didn't push you into the water for sightseeing," His chaser blankly stated, busy tying up a mess of his wet hair. Too busy to notice him staring. And as much as Jungkook himself knew that he was, he just couldn't help. Besides, he was just appreciating art.

"Where the fuck are we?" He enquired after several moments, finally snapping out of his daze.

"I don't have time for this. You are a nuisance," The other replied, nonchalant.

"Nuisance? For what? I don't know why the hell was I chased, how am I a nuisance?" Jungkook countered back.

"You don't have plans? Shouldn't you be making your move now?" The stranger turned more stranger with every question he asked.

"What plans? What moves are you talking about?"

"Are you really that innocent? You didn't seem so while running. . " Jungkook could read the suspicion in his words.

"Well, I myself am quite clueless so if you'd help me get outta here I have to meet the-ouch! " A violent jab to his stomach interrupted him.

"Why would you hit-" He knew not why he was waiting to attack back, unlike usual. But he tried stalling it further.

"You are all bark and no bite, alpha, " His chaser remarked, mischief glinting his eyes. Or maybe something more, that he couldn't discern right then.

Whatever it was, if it didn't sting him, sure did slap his ego because he replied to that with a punch to his chaser's pretty face. "Not bad," The other snickered, wiping away the blood from the corner of his lips.

"You can never be my close match, omega, " Jungkook smirked, recognising his scent. Oddly enticing.

A punch to his face sent his jaw flying to the other side when another punch landed his stomach. As much as it hurt his ego, boosted his adrenaline and filled his veins with fury, he could not not admit that he liked it. To find someone of his equal potential.

As Jungkook doubled over and grunted in pain, he could hear the wicked smirk the other wore as he mockingly added, "Judging a book by it's cover, alpha?"

"Not too bad yourself, aren't you?" Jungkook asked, just as did he admit to himself.

"Wouldn't deny that"

He lunged for a hard kick to his opponent's stomach, only to have his leg caught mid-air and turned over to the ground. "Nah-ah, not that fast, alpha, " He saw him smirk, a devilishly attractive smirk.

He was fast on his feet when he went for a punch again, this time hitting the destination as expected. The other slackened his jaw, moved it twice and shook his head before lunging at him again. Each recovered fast from the other's attack, determined to knock the other out.

Pinned on the tree, almost ending with a twisted leg, kick after kick to the torso, endless supply of powerful jabs to the stomach, hard punches breaking pretty jaws, bleeding noses, splintered knuckles, getting tossed back and forth and yet they didn't care. Deft on feet with a smug smirk, they both were back at it again.

It was exhilarating, to fight someone who didn't hold back when they fought with him. Maybe the chaser won't either, if he knew of his designation, but that's the last he would reveal considering he was on his disguise expedition here. To fight, and to be fought back, without leashes and reasons, felt good. Atleast good with this pretty stranger.

He was catching his breath, as he leant against a tree, when his eyes roamed back to his chaser. They met the other's nas the latter tied his hair back into a bun again.

"Am sure you have got more, haven't you alpha? " The chaser ambled over to the centre, albeit lazily.

Humming, Jungkook got back on his feet, pouncing on him for a punch. Unsuccessful, he was adeptly deflected onto a rock. The pain felt like meeting a good old friend, and he savoured the feeling for as long as he could.

"Huh? That's it?" The other enquired with an innocent tilt of his head. But his eyes, those mischievous almonds, spoke for the unspoken rest.

Following a heavy knock-out competition, his chaser was finally locked within his arms, "Accept defeat, omega," Jungkook eyed him from the side, "It wouldn't hurt "

"Not so fast, " He smiled, not wicked but smug enough before twisting his arms and getting out of his so-called arm-lock. Jungkook was still in awe when a punch landed across his face.

"Test me, alpha, " He smirked wider, swiping a tongue over his busted lips.

"Think before you speak, pretty omega," He growled back, attempting a hard punch to his opponent's stomach only to be dodged skillfully.

"Is that all you have got, huh?" The omega retreated, raising his brows in faux surprise.

"You wish, darling, " Jungkook smirked, wiping his bloodied lips with his thumb before smearing them onto his pretty opponent's cheek; grinning wide as the latter visibly melted under his touch.

"Enough of these games" Jungkook softly let out, "Let me treat you like the doll you are"

And before the other could speak back, he pulled one of his arm and gave a single powerful strike to his temple, knocking the living daylights out of the omega. He had just given him a small concussion and knew that it would take hours before his chaser would wake up.

But before, the omega could pass out and hit the ground, he held him by his waist. The other's messily tied bun falling out, to brush against his arm. Goosebumps duly following their trail.

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A/n: So... Yes! The second chapter is out and this is how Taehyung usually looks in this book, with a messy manbun and hanbok....