Author's Note: If you're unused to Mei-Ling being so angry, and wonder why, it's because she still doesn't know about what happened in chapter 8. Since Lei-Lei has intentionally hid it from her sister, Mei-Ling is less than pleased.

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My beauty can overcome brains and brawn!

Dimitri's castle was as huge as Mei-Ling had imagined it; it was similarly dark and menacing. The interior was something to be envied, but Mei-Ling didn't want to gander at the furnishings for too long. They were, after all, intruding.

"Hey Troll-Hair!," Raptor called out, as near-suicidal as ever in his irrational thinking.

"Shut up, Raptor," Lei-Lei said. "I don't want him to hear us!"

Mei-Ling waited in anticipation as they looked around the expansive castle for its owner.
"Oy," Raptor said. "Abou' th' whole saving my life thing—"
"It was to save mine, I don't like you that way, and I secretly wanted your arm to detach!"
"I wanted to say thank you."
The two parts of her cheeks where Lei-Lei always blushed turned darker.
"O-Oh. Oops."

Her sister's exchange with Raptor greatly displeased Mei-Ling; she could certainly sense something behind the words of hostility; some sort of dedication, but Lei-Lei tried to shrug it off. It was there, but she, and even Lei-Lei herself, didn't know exactly what it was.

Mei-Ling just hoped that it wasn't like how her sister had power over Raptor. That force was the vital thing that kept Raptor through Lei-Lei's occasional stupidity, and it was the same force that strengthened when Lei-Lei showed pure genius [as in, 'I'll risk my thousands of dollars in weapons and bite my sister while making a shoddy parachute that somehow works'].

Mei-Ling would notice that, whenever Lei-Lei fell to sleep, Raptor would look at her as if they were married, and it was their honeymoon night. This slightly freaked out Mei-Ling, since, to her knowledge, nothing had happened between them. If he did anything to harm or hypnotize her, oh, how she would kill him.

Mei-Ling pushed managing her sister's love life/disciplining Raptor as if he was a child from her mind.

The castle was endless, and whenever they heard noises or moans, Raptor would explain it was Dimitri's 'slave harem'. Mei-Ling and Lei-Lei had to ask, but after Raptor explained the definition and purpose of such a thing, Mei-Ling was frightened.

Her sister was cute, innocent, and young. As these girls seemed to be of undead or demonic origin, her body being previously dead would probably mean nothing.
Mei-Ling turned from a scroll into a person, giving her a wider scope of view.
"Hmmm."

Raptor was confused.
"Oy, yellow Tweedledum. What's with th' sudden human form?"

"I want to make sure that nothing happens between you two that I don't see. That concert in Las Vegas was aggravating enough; but when we fell, and Lei-Lei bit down on me, she bit down my ears as well as my eyes!"

Raptor shrugged.
"What can I say? Uhm… I'm sorry that y' can't see every moment of what happens in Lei-Lei's life? You're the one who turned y'self into a paper slip to not be seen by people, and y' hid in Lei-Lei's ribbon."
"When our parents died, I, as the older twin, took responsibilities of parent and guardian."

Lei-Lei remained silent as this exchange took place, looking around at the statues and architectural finery, but Mei-Ling knew she was just desperately trying to avoid picking sides. Which made no sense to Mei-Ling, as they were bonded by not just blood; they were twin sisters.
"In fact," Raptor continued, "I don't think y' twin sisters. And not 'cause y' both look different. In fact, yellow Tweedledum, I think you're a 60-year-old woman sayin' she's nineteen!"
"Preposterous! How dare you be so rude to the one who helps your little Lei-Lei fight!"
Lei-Lei looked around.
"Guys, I think I heard somethi—"
"Hush, Lei-Lei," Mei-Ling said. "And, Raptor, this is a strict BUSINESS relationship! Nothing more! After we find out the murderer, you can go sing yourself to Hell, I don't care!"
"Yeh… but what about Lei-Lei?"
"I'm the oldest, I make decisions, Raptor."

Lei-Lei said something, but it was muffled.
"Oy," Raptor said in all seriousness. "Just because y' were earlier in bein' shot out of y' mother's—"
"Don't disrespect the dead, you ass! Lei-Lei, let's get out of here… L... Lei-Lei?"
"Oh, boy," Raptor said. "…'One gets captured while the other two are talking'. As if I 'aven't seen that one a bloody lot of times. Bloody 'ell…"

"Lei-Lei?", Mei-Ling called out. "I-I'm sorry I didn't listen to you. Come out!"
One of Lei-Lei's claws shone in a patch of light.
"Lei-Lei!"
Mei-Ling began to run towards her sister, and Raptor held out his hand.
"Wait! Yellow… Mei-Ling, stop!"

Mei-Ling snapped around.
"Huh?"
Raptor used Le Malta to teleport in front of Mei-Ling, taking a vicious claw-blow to the arm.
"Oy," Raptor said. "That hurt, that one got shot off…"

Mei-Ling was astounded at him being so nice; maybe he was just… chivalrous? She blotted the thought out of her head. Mei-Ling knew from experience that men made such fake promises.

Lei-Lei came into the light, her red eyes glowing, as if…
"What demon's gotten inside of you?", Mei-Ling asked, mainly to herself.

A woman giggled from the shadows, but Mei-Ling recognized the voice.
"Ol' hag," Raptor cried out. "You did this."
"Well," Morrigan said with some triumph, "you were bickering with the yellow one as if she was an in-law, so I figured I'd stop the chitchat. It was awfully distressing. The poor bridesmaid can't choose which…"

Raptor froze.
"Wh-What're y' talkin' about?"
"Madam, you are speaking a bunch of poppycock," Mei-Ling said. "I would appreciate it if you would leave Lei-Lei alone."
"Oh? That's what the mother always says. I've been the 'daughter-in-law' to oh so many men, and they say the exact same thing. It's a pity that there's no line between 'succubus' and 'human' to a mother-in-law. But…"
Lilith emerged from Lei-Lei's head, exorcising her by her own free will.
"…I hope you do learn your little lesson. Lilith heard that you both lose your powers if you lose trust in each other, and since I want our match to be fun and equal…"

Morrigan got into a fighting stance, and Lilith posed as if she was an action hero.
"...I do hope that we get to have a fair fight."