Mousse woke up early the next morning, Mei was still asleep. He
got out of bed and began making breakfast for both of them. He
was about finished when Mei walked in, still sleepy, "Good
morning bro...". "Good morning Mei, I made you some breakfast."
"Thanks Muu Tsu."

They were about to finish when one of the elders of the
village came in. "Muu Tsu, please come to see the Council now."
Mousse didn't say anything, neither did Mei, he simply followed
the old woman to the bigger hut in he village.

The woman that was second in command, (the first one is Colonge)
spoke: "Muu Tsu, we learned you were back because you finally gave
up on Xian Pu. We are happy for that. A weakling like you does not
deserve to have our strongest fighter as wife. Xian Pu deserves the
strongest man on Earth."

"I thought that at first, I mean giving up on Xian Pu, but now I
have decided I will not give up on her, just beacause the laws say
so! I still love and I will fight for her, I would even kill for
her if it's necesary!" Mousse said.

Another elder spoke: "So you dare defy us Muu Tsu, you know we are
so much stronger than you, you are no match for us, but you are
brave as well as foolish. We'll give you another chance to win Xian
Pu. You have one month to train and become stronger. Then you will
go back to Japan and challenge Xian Pu. If you fight against her
and win, then she'll be yours by the laws of our village. If not,
you will not be able to return here, never. Do you agree?"

Mousse couldn't decide, he wanted Xian Pu to love, not to forget her
or force her to marry him because the laws said so, but he saw no way
out. Love was not a part of Amazon laws and traditions. If a woman
married it was to keep the next generation of warriors stronger. He
knew that very well, but the elders were waiting for an answer. "Ok
I'll do it." he said.

"Good, starting for now, you have one month to win Xian Pu or to leave
forever. It was your choice. Now go back home Muu Tsu." the elder who
had spoken first said. As Mousse went out they whispered: "The foolish
child, he doesn't know what he got into."

Mei was waiting for Mousse outside, "What happened?, what did you do?,
what did they say?" she asked. "They said that they were happy that I
decided to give up on Xian Pu..." Mousse began. "And I'm happy about
that too!" she interrupted. "And that I don't deserve to have someone
like Xian Pu." he tried to continue but was interrupted again by Mei
"that's right, you deserve someone BETTER than Xian Pu." "But I said
I wasn't giving up on Xian Pu just yet..." he tried to speak for more
than five seconds but again was interrupted, "WHAT?????!!! You aren't
giving up on Xian Pu!!!! Are you CRAZY???!!!" she yelled. "Shhhhhhh,
don't be so loud. I won't I still love her and I always will. The
council gave me a last chance to marry Xian Pu. I have one month to
train and go back to Japan. If I beat her she will have to marry me."
Mousse said. What he left out was that if he didn't win, he would have
to leave the village forever.