Mei Lin waited outside club Sion, expecting for her half siblings to get out. They would one day, so she just had to be patient… then remembered her mother was worried and definitely he was on his way to stop her and started getting desperate. It was pointless to hide her identity as the Jade dragon now.
"Where are we going, father?" asked Nozomu a little bit worried, the assassin after them have to be a professional or held some great grudge against his parent.
"You don´t need to know, just get in the car" he said, taking out his phone and dialing a number. He started talking in a strange language that his children didn't understood. The car was turned on and they left, being followed by the Chinese killer. Once the car stopped the children realized that they were in an abandoned warehouse. "Don´t move from here, I need to make a call" Asami left and the girl grabbed her pistol, putting her finger in the right place. She got out of her hiding to shot, but was first took down by bullets on her knees. She screamed and felt to the ground in pain. "Not so menacing now, Jade Dragon-san"
"So this is the one that costed us so much" commented Mikhail in a joking tone, holding the weapon that just injured her. "Hum… it´s a woman? I wasn´t expecting this"
"Me neither" admitted Asami, giving her an icy glare. "But now it doesn´t matter, she is not going to live for long"
"You know, this one looks familiar to me… even if I haven´t seen her in my life"
"To me too" after those words the japanesse yakuza felt a gun pointed to the back of his head and the same felt Mikhail. They both raised their hands while an enraged Fei Long that seemed to be more than sure to kill them put his guns in their heads. "What are doing here, Fei Long?"
"Listen to me carefully, you two" growled the beautiful man. "If you eve dare to put a finger on my baby girl, let alone trying to kill her, I will shot you down. And believe me, I can. If it wasn´t that now my girl is hurt you will be dead by now"
"Your daughter? That crazy chick is the heiress of Baishee?" asked the Russian in a joking tone, giving the lying girl an appreciative look. "Now I see why she seemed familiar, she is your splitting image" the blond smiled to the chinesse, who didn´t move an inch. "And now… look at her, she is exactly like you!"
"Indeed" grunted the japanesse man, while he saw Mei Lin in the floor, chewing her misery over why did her father chose one family over other. Asami looked around and saw many underlings of Fei Long pointing with guns to his own and his accomplice´s men. The chinesse dragon was talking seriously then. "The only question I have is why did you involve your daughter in your personal revenge? Did you want my death so much that you were willing to sacrifice her?"
"I didn´t tell her a word, she figured it out some years ago when we met again" with his head, the leader of Baishee ordered his subordinates to take his daughter to safety. Mei Lin accepted the help reluctantly and humiliated. She didn´t like this at all, being pathetically defeated in front of his mother was the worst thing ever.
"Mama…" she whispered when they were close.
"We will talk home" he answered, teeth gritted.
"But…"
"I said at home. Wait for me in the helicopter and get that injury taken care of before you bleed to death" she lowered her head and let herself be taken away. Without turning his back, Fei Long followed his daughter and disappeared in the night towards his vehicle. Nozomu and Hisui got out of their hide and the female twin grabbed her father´s hand.
"Who were they, dad?"
"Someone I have a long history with and this is not the place to tell you" answered the older man. He wanted more than anything to kill Fei Long´s spoiled brat for trying to hurt his children, but that would end up in a gang war. Neither his organization nor Baishee were ready for a war, so he would let her go… for now.
"So, that man was your ex boyfriend?" asked the male twin.
"Something like that"
-In the air-
"Mei Lin…" Fei Long called his daughter, but when the younger Liu didn´t answer for the third time, he decided to be more authoritative, something he never did in all his years of parenthood. "Liu Mei Lin, listen to me, young lady"
"You realize I´m an adult and you can´t reprimand me like when I was a child?" she answered exasperated. "And if your are going to tell me I screwed up, mama, don´t worry. I already know that I screwed up royally"
"It´s not just that…"
"Then what else?!" she exploded. "What else is there to be said? I already know that I risked a gang war that would drag Baishee to an end and you are mad over it…"
"It´s not just that!" Fei Long, who also had his temper, exploded along her. He hugged her tightly, crying over her shoulder. "What if you die, baby? I don´t know what I would do, maybe even kill myself…"
"I´m sorry…"
"What you said before… it´s right, you should have been level headed enough to think before acting. You are the heiress of Baishee, not just some underling that can do things like that. What you do have consequences in the organization" he sighed. "You know, until today I believed you were ready to enter this world as the future leader of Baishee all the time, but now I´m not so sure now. It take some time to heal my and the organization´s trust into you"
"I know…"
"For now, you will go nowhere without someone to watch you and your work will be directly under my supervision" he said with authority. "Sweetie, I don´t want to sound like a control freak or an overprotective mother, but…"
"I know, it´s what I deserve for my screwed up" she said, signaling her legs. The bullets didn´t hit any important places, but hurt like hell. If the doctors said that she was going to be out of bed in a month, she will make it three weeks. She wasn´t some fragile damsel, but Liu Mei Lin, child of the mafia.
"Now things are going to be more difficult" informed the chinesse mafia boss, lowering his head. "The world will know that I have a daughter and they will… want to occupy the throne of Baishee by the easiest way. Not only greedy underlings, but other leaders that want to absorb us"
"What are you saying?" she asked in disbelieve.
"Baby, this world we live in it´s not easy for females. Many men will think that you can´t run a drugs syndicate, that you didn´t have it in you… they are wrong, of course, but that won´t stop them from trying to take over what they see as an easy prey" he sighed again. "They will want to become the next leader by marrying you. And when they fail, they will just want to eliminate you"
"I can take care of myself"
"I know"
"And if some stupid man thinks that I can´t take your place once you retire, he is sadly mistaken" she smiled. "Women may have a hard time in this world, but I´m not like them. I have leadership in my blood…"
"Sure you do" the mother smiled and his daughter returned the gesture.
-Back on Sion-
"Nozomu, come here" asked the older Asami, calling for his son. "What do you think about that girl? She is pretty despite her temper, just like her father"
"I think… she hates us. And there is something in her that warns me to stay away" the boy answered, knowing where his father was getting to. "Don´t try forming an alliance in that way, they would more than likely destroy us first."
"Yes, Fei Long surely would" that moment Akihito entered the room, making some movements with his hands, as if he was counting the years. The photographer looked at his son and smiled at him, hugging the boy with love.
"Nozomu, can you and your sister return home? I have something to talk about with your father, alone" the boy obeyed and the brunette looked seriously at his lover. "I´ve been doing some maths and I found something I didn´t like at all"
"What?"
"Apparently, Mei Lin was born like seven years before we met, in the time you were with Fei Long" said Takaba. "Have you ever asked what if he was fertile? I can be mistaken, but there is a little possibility that the girl was yours too and I don´t like it"
"She… mine? Well, even if she is, there is nothing between Fei Long and me" the mafia boss said, remembering those times. He only did what he did because of the deal he had with that politician, he didn´t really care about the beautiful dragon in that way. But then anyway, if a daughter was conceived out of that deal… "You know what? I have some of her DNA from the shot tonight, I will have it analyzed. Maybe I can get something out of this"
"What are you thinking about?"
"Don´t worry, I have no interest in Fei Long" he smiled to his lover. "But I need to get Baishee out of my back. I don´t care if that girl becomes the next leader either, just that somehow information can give me some advantage"
"You will never change" now Akihito was a little bit worried about Fei Long. Maybe the man wasn´t the best when they knew each other, but being abandoned with a child maybe made him sour and revengeful. Being a single parent was not easy after all, more having a job like Fei Long´s. Especially if you go to prison. He found himself pitying the beautiful dragon, but he had to admit he did a magnificent job considering the circumstances.
-Back in China-
"Baby, are you comfortable?" asked Fei Long, sitting near his daughter´s bed. She was already bandaged and tucked in, like when she was a little girl. "Do you want me to brush your hair or bring you something?"
"Stop spoiling me" she joked, grabbing the bed sheets. "How did… the others managed the news that you have a young daughter?"
"As expected from greedy old men" sighed the dragon, looking at his jade. "Some of the principals of the organization told me that you aren´t fit to be their leader and tried to convince me to marry you to them"
"Perverts… they will change their minds when they get to know me"
"Sure they will" he looked at the door and then at her. "Look, I have to go to work, I will be back in a couple of hours. Don´t leave the room"
"Goodbye" she answered, waving her hands. Not even ten minutes later a young man entered, presenting himself as one of her mother´s counselor's son. He smiled at her in a charming way, not cheating her a moment. That man was sent by his father to seduce her and become the next head of the Baishee.
"Mei Lin-sama" he saluted. "You are even prettier than they told me, you definitely inherited your father´s beauty and…"
"To the point, don´t try flattering me" she said, cutting him. This took the boy aback for a moment, didn´t all women liked to be flattered because of their beauty by men? "Are you going to talk or not? Then I will ask Tao to help you leave"
"You surely are direct, I like that" he smiled, trying to sound equally charming even if his plan failed. But she wasn´t answering like other females he knew. She was… different. "I would like you to accept this flowers for your recovery and…"
"I´m allergic to pollen" the girl informed. It was not a big allergy, just an itchy nose, but now it came into hand. "Take them away"
"Oh… yeah, sorry about this, Mei Lin-sama" he apologize. "Should have known you won´t like something like this… erm… do you like chocolates?"
"No" she stated.
"And…"
"No" she sat down letting her hair fail around her face. Like this she looked a lot like Fei Long and her expression have more effect, being able to show authority like her mother. "And I´m not interested in you either, so give up. I will lead Baishee after the current leader, not anyone else. And if you want the leadership so much, then come and get me"
"Mei Lin-sama, you don´t…!"
"I know you want to seduce me for your father, I have known since you entered the door" she smiled in a wicked way. "Don´t try that again or you would lose your neck"
"You bitch…" he tried to attack her, but even injured Mei Lin was an amazing fighter. He was on the floor in a minute, being pointed out with a gun.
"What did you say? You should be more delicate when addressing a lady, such as myself. You never know what she could do" the girl laughed, calling Tao. "My servant will show you the way out, have a good day" she returned to her bed, satisfied with herself. Who said a woman can´t be a mafia leader?
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