Big trouble in tiny town
*~*~*~*~* You know the drill. (
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*~*~One week later*~*~
Sitting in the gazebo, Pei, Ryo, Yueh and Ray watched Chi Ryu sleep peacefully. " Housebroken already huh??" Yueh said turning his gaze to Pei, who was blushing. She nodded. Pei and Ryo previously had a disaster dragon, they needed someone to help them tame the beast in the cutie. They then decided to ask Yueh and Ray to help them. They both agreed instantly. It was a long strenuous week of training, teaching, and having your butt flamed, but they had succeeded turning Chi Ryu into pedigree pooch quality. Now, here they were sitting in a comfy gazebo drinking tea and watching their now housebroken dragon. * They just found out Chi Ryu was a guy*
" That was a lot of work." Ryo said sighing. Pei nodded. She then turned and grinned at Ray who was looking as cool as ever. With his long blonde hair draped over his shoulders in a sexy manner. He looked at her, and muttered rudely. " Whatever." Pei glared at him and mumbled, annoyed: " Indifferent rebellious ice king." Yueh sighed, he put his hand on Pei's shoulder. " He, uhm, well, doesn't really like women."
Pei looked at Yueh, surprised. " Really?? Why??" she asked, interested to hear. Yueh lowered his voice to a whisper. " Don't tell anyone, kay??" Pei nodded. " Well, as a child, he lived with his dad, only. His mother ran out on them. She eloped with another guy. This caused his father to be depressed and sad. Feeling bad, he decided to look feminine and take the role of his mother, since he had a little 3-year old brother who depended on him. He was then teased for his looks and acting like a mom. He then couldn't take the teasing anymore, so he tore down his femme mask, became tough as nails, and had no heart for women. He considered them as ' Useless organisms whose only purpose is to create others and that only'." Pei felt anger boiling inside her, but still, she felt sorry for Ray. " Women swooned over him, proclaimed their undying love to him since he became handsome as he grew. He didn't notice any of them at all." Now Pei wasn't sure about feeling sorry for him at all.
*~*~ inside the house, kitchen*~*~
Mulan glanced out the window as she slowly washed some dishes. Something occupied her mind. She watched her kids and their new friends outside in the gazebo, hanging out, having fun, spending time together. She laid down the last dish and sighed. She then felt a hand rest on her shoulder.
She turned her head, and saw her husband Shang, looking at her, concerned. " Mulan.." he began. " Is there something bothering you??" Mulan sighed as a reply. She returned to staring out the window. " There is something, right??" Shang said. Mulan nodded.
" The kids, well. They seem to be ignoring us lately. They never seem to have time for us. They're always busy with something. I feel as thought we're losing them." She said solemnly. Shang looked sorry that he asked. He replied: " Well, maybe you should talk to them, see what's bothering them or keeping them so busy lately."
Mulan smiled at Shang. She kissed him on the lips. " Thanks." She said smiling. Shang smiled, and left Mulan alone now.
*~*~Back out*~*~
Ryo was sleeping peacefully, when he heard a thunderous boom come from outside the house walls. He jumped up and said excitedly: " Yipaah! The emperor's niece is here!" He then ran towards the front door. The other three followed. Mulan and Shang followed too, except they watched somewhere else.
They came to a halt, when they saw the large crowd gathered around the streets. Ryo stood on his toes, and scanned the street for the emperor's niece, Lin Rei. He jumped up and down excitedly when he saw her riding a pure white horse.
Looking so graceful and pretty in her royal purple and blue robes, Lin Lei was looking as cool and aloof as..Ray. Her long, black hair was tied back in a braid, and a gem ordained headdress rested on her head. She, unlike most royal authorities, had only two tough-looking bodyguards in armor. Most royalties had an average 4. She also carried around her waist, a gold- tipped sword. She was very skilled at fencing they say.
Right now, she had reached the right age of marriage, for her clan. 16. ( In Gundam Wing, Wufei was married at 14) She was now looking for a prospective groom. But, rumors flew, that she was extremely picky about men. She wouldn't choose just anybody.
She scanned the crowd for a man who could catch her attention. None, so far. She yawned as she watched so many teenage boys try to get her attention. She frowned as shooed them away. Pi tsked. " Man, she's just like you Ray." She said as she looked at Ray, who was silently observing the soon-to-be empress. He nodded sharply.
Pei sighed, and turned her head back to Lin Lei, when something caught her eye. She saw four cloaked figures who were observing Lin Lei with fierce glares. She saw one of them slink away, carrying a bow and arrow. Seemed she was the only one who saw them. She nudged Ryo. " Hey bro, look at those wierdos." She hissed. Ryo looked at where his sister was pointing, and nodded. He then watched the remaining three slink away. Ryo nudged Yueh and Ray and pointed out the three strangers, who were moving stealthily. " They look suspicious to me." Yueh said. " Let's follow them." Ray said. Pei nodded. " Ryo, go with Ray, follow the three, Yueh, come with me, we follow the other one." All four nodded, and went on their way.
Ryo and Ray quietly followed the three wierdos, who were now hiding at the back of some barrels, where Lin Lei was nearing. " What're they doing??" Ray muttered. Ryo shrugged. He then watched them as they brought out, what appeared to be, smoke bombs. " I think we're about to find out." Ryo whispered. The three then peered over the barrels, and saw Lin Lei come closer. They grinned sinisterly at each other, then threw the smoke bombs at Lin Lei's path.
Immediately, the exploded with a great bang, and engulfed Lin Lei and her bodyguards in white smoke. Ryo and Ray covered their mouths, they could hear the crowd panicking, screaming and shouting, and the coughs of Lin Lei and her bodyguards. Ray yelled: " Watch out!!!" as he watched one of the cloaked men enter the smoke, then come back out with Lin Lei, who was still coughing. Ray jumped up, and instantly chased after them. " Ryo cover for me!!!! I'm going after Lin Lei!!!!" he yelled as he looked back at Ryo. Ryo nodded.
Meanwhile, Pei and Yueh had witnessed all the chaos from a roof. They followed the cloaked man, who was aiming his arrow, at Ryo, who was fighting against the two cloaked men, using kung-fu. " Oh no you don't!!!!" Pei yelled as she ran towards the man, who was taken by surprise. He looked at Pei, and received a good, hard kick at the jaw from her. Yueh rushed to her side, and grabbed the fainted man's bow and arrow. " Not bad, for a girl." He said grinning at Pei. Pei smiled, blushed and muttered " thank you." They then both jumped to the other side of the roof, and slid down to the smoky street.
Ryo dodged another fierce kick from the remaining cloaked man. He had knocked out the other one with a hard punch, only one was left. He blocked several kicks and punches using his arms, and he was getting tired. He then decided to finish him off. He evaded a desperate kick. He then jumped in the air, froze in midair, and poised ala Trinity. The cloaked man could only stare. Ryo then brought out his foot, and kicked the man's face. He fell backwards, and fainted.
Yueh and Pei rushed to his side, gasping for air. " You okay??" Pei demanded in a worried tone. Ryo rubbed his slightly aching arm, and nodded. " Yeah.'' He then looked at the direction where Ray had gone off to. " We gotta follow Rei."
Chi Ryu woke with a jolt. He stretched himself, and yawned sleepily. His ears suddenly twitched. His eyes grew wide. He flapped his near developed wings several times, and took off into the air.
*~*~ Outskirts of town*~*~
" You know, this sucks big time." Lin Lei muttered as she was being carried off by the cloaked man. He glared down at her while she glared up at him.
He had reached a cluster of boulders near the bamboo forest, when he laid down Lin Lei on the ground, and rested for a while. He was panting and gasping for air. " You are heavy." He muttered.
" Alright mister, give Lin Lei to me." Came a serious and demanding voice as a shadow covered both cloaked man, and Lin Lei. They both looked up, and saw Ray, on top of a boulder, who was glaring down at them fiercely. " Give it up." He hissed. The cloaked man glared up at him, then hid Lin Lei behind a rock. " Stay here." He muttered as he jumped up to face the blondie.
They glared at each other for a while. Then, in a second, both disappeared.
Suddenly, two hazes of black and yellow jumped from one rock to another. The black and yellow hazes then focused on each other, and kept on ramming into one another in the air, not being affected by the impact.
The yellow haze then jumped behind the rock where Lin Lei was hiding, and jumped out of the boulder cluster and towards the town. Lin Lei looked at her savior, then smiled at him. " Thanks, blonde dude." Ray actually smiled down at Lin Lei. " No prob." He replied.
They smiled at each other.
" Look out!!!!" Lin Lei yelled as she pointed forward. Ray looked forward and yelled loudly as he landed into a haystack in a wagon. The driver didn't even bother to look, he was asleep. He let the donkey do all the walking. They popped their heads out, both covered in straw. " Smooth landing hero." Lin Lei said smiling Ray. He smirked.
He then looked ahead and saw the cloaked man racing towards them. " Uh-oh. Let's move princess." Ray muttered as he grabbed Lin Lei and once again, raced on.
Pei ran alongside her brother and Yueh as they ran, looking for Ray and Lin Lei. She decided to run faster. " I'll go ahead!!!" she said as she picked up the pace. Ryo grinned slightly. " Why?? Worried about him?" he said slyly. Pei blushed and frowned. " NO!!! He's, just an acquaintance of Yueh, I mean, his friends are mine." Ryo grinned. Pei ignored him and ran faster.
A few feet ahead, she saw a blonde streak overpass her. She skidded to a stop, and stared at the blonde streak. " Ray??" she asked out loud. Suddenly, the cloaked man appeared from behind her, and put a knife near her throat. " Hey!!!!" she exclaimed a second too late.
Ryo ran faster, and caught sight of his sister in danger. " PEI-PEI!!!!" he yelled, calling out Pei's nickname. Pei glared at him, ignoring for a minute the guy who was holding a rusty and sharp dagger near her throat. " Don't call me that!!!" she yelled furiously. Ryo sighed. " You okay??" he asked. Pei nodded. " Sure. I'm fine. I just got a psychopathic cloaked freak holding a rusty and sharp dagger near my vulnerable throat, a sign of impeding doom and near death. Above that, I'm just peachy-keen and hunky- dory." She said sarcastically.
Ryo nodded. " She's okay." He called back at Yueh and Ray who ran towards him. Yueh stared at the man and Pei. " You okay, Pei??" Pei nodded. " FINE!!!" she said. The cloaked man was smirking fiercely. He held the dagger nearer Pei's throat. " Hey!! Watch it creepy!!!" she hissed. The man ignored her, and looked at Ray. " Give me Lin Lei, and the brat goes." He sneered. " I ain't no brat buddy!!!" Pei said fuming.
Way above, Chi Ryu had just flown all the way from the Fa residence. No one saw him due to the remaining smoke. He huffed and puffed as he strained to keep a flight, the distance was too much for his little wings. He sighed. He looked down, and saw Pei, the cloaked creep, and the other three. He stared at surprise at the sight. " Let go of me!!!" Pei cried out. Ryo, Ray, and Yueh could only stare and glare at them, uncertain of what to do. Lin Lei stared too. She released Ray's grip, and brushed some dust of her robe. Ray stared at her. " Lin Lei??" Lin Lei ignored him, and marched straight towards Pei and her captor.
Chi Ryu, sensed the danger, he glared at the cloaked man. He then made a charging trumpet sound, and nose-dived towards them. He charged at the cloaked man, who was taken by surprise, and collapsed from the impact. Ryo rushed to Pei's side, and got her out of danger. He also got Lin Lei out of danger. Yueh stepped forward, and brought out a katana. He pointed it at the man's face, and hissed: " What do you want with us??" Chi Ryu floated near Yueh, and had the same angry expression, but he still remained cute.
Mulan and Shang ran towards Pei and Ryo. Mulan fell to her knees, and hugged both Pei and Ryo, she broke into sobs. " Pei!!! Ryo!!! You alright?!?! We saw you run before the smoke appeared!!!" she cried. Pei blushed. " Mom!!! Don't humiliate me!!!" she cried. Mulan smiled, then she saw Lin Lei. " Your majesty!!" she exclaimed as she bowed down. Lin Lei smiled. " No worries Fa Mulan, I am fine, thanks to these young heroes." She said as she put both her arms over Ryo and Pei's shoulder. Mulan sniffed. " Can we do something for you to relieve you of this ordeal??" she offered.
Lin Lei shook her head, and said politely: " None, thank you." Then, she looked at Ray, who was helping Yueh handle the guy. Ray looked at Lin Lei, she turned her head back.
Mulan sniffed and smiled at her daughter. She looked up to see Shang staring at something. She looked at saw... Chi Ryu. " Is that a.. baby dragon??" she asked. Pei and Ryo looked at each other. " Uh-oh." They said at the same time.
*~*~ High up a cliff, overlooking them*~*~
Another cloaked figure watched them from a cliff, except, he had his hood down. He appeared around in his late twenties, long, untidy black hair hung from his shoulders to his waist, tied together with some bandages. He had pale skin, similar to Ray's, except he had scars covering the right side of his face. He had cold blue eyes, and he was glaring down at the team. But he lost his fury, when he saw Chi Ryu. He looked at it with much interest. " A dragon?? I never expected Seiryuu's offspring to land here." He muttered, in a somewhat British accent. " Not exactly my plan, but, I have a new one, making good use, of the little dragon." He looked at Chi Ryu, then smirked evilly. " He is the key part, of my world domination." He whispered, and he disappeared with a whisk.
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Hey people, it's getting interesting. These questions boggle the mind:
Who's the guy??
What's going on?? ( snicker, snicker)
What will Mulan and Shang do now that they know about Chi Ryu??
Does Ray have a thing for Lin Lei and vice-versa??
These questions will be answered in chapter 5: Secrets revealed. Announcement: I might not be able to update for a while, I'm going to visit my cousins in the province, or in America, the country. They have no computers ( insert a BIIIIGGG sweat drop) So, I might not be able to do much. Sorry, well, enjoy this one anyway.
*~*~*~*~* You know the drill. (
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*~*~One week later*~*~
Sitting in the gazebo, Pei, Ryo, Yueh and Ray watched Chi Ryu sleep peacefully. " Housebroken already huh??" Yueh said turning his gaze to Pei, who was blushing. She nodded. Pei and Ryo previously had a disaster dragon, they needed someone to help them tame the beast in the cutie. They then decided to ask Yueh and Ray to help them. They both agreed instantly. It was a long strenuous week of training, teaching, and having your butt flamed, but they had succeeded turning Chi Ryu into pedigree pooch quality. Now, here they were sitting in a comfy gazebo drinking tea and watching their now housebroken dragon. * They just found out Chi Ryu was a guy*
" That was a lot of work." Ryo said sighing. Pei nodded. She then turned and grinned at Ray who was looking as cool as ever. With his long blonde hair draped over his shoulders in a sexy manner. He looked at her, and muttered rudely. " Whatever." Pei glared at him and mumbled, annoyed: " Indifferent rebellious ice king." Yueh sighed, he put his hand on Pei's shoulder. " He, uhm, well, doesn't really like women."
Pei looked at Yueh, surprised. " Really?? Why??" she asked, interested to hear. Yueh lowered his voice to a whisper. " Don't tell anyone, kay??" Pei nodded. " Well, as a child, he lived with his dad, only. His mother ran out on them. She eloped with another guy. This caused his father to be depressed and sad. Feeling bad, he decided to look feminine and take the role of his mother, since he had a little 3-year old brother who depended on him. He was then teased for his looks and acting like a mom. He then couldn't take the teasing anymore, so he tore down his femme mask, became tough as nails, and had no heart for women. He considered them as ' Useless organisms whose only purpose is to create others and that only'." Pei felt anger boiling inside her, but still, she felt sorry for Ray. " Women swooned over him, proclaimed their undying love to him since he became handsome as he grew. He didn't notice any of them at all." Now Pei wasn't sure about feeling sorry for him at all.
*~*~ inside the house, kitchen*~*~
Mulan glanced out the window as she slowly washed some dishes. Something occupied her mind. She watched her kids and their new friends outside in the gazebo, hanging out, having fun, spending time together. She laid down the last dish and sighed. She then felt a hand rest on her shoulder.
She turned her head, and saw her husband Shang, looking at her, concerned. " Mulan.." he began. " Is there something bothering you??" Mulan sighed as a reply. She returned to staring out the window. " There is something, right??" Shang said. Mulan nodded.
" The kids, well. They seem to be ignoring us lately. They never seem to have time for us. They're always busy with something. I feel as thought we're losing them." She said solemnly. Shang looked sorry that he asked. He replied: " Well, maybe you should talk to them, see what's bothering them or keeping them so busy lately."
Mulan smiled at Shang. She kissed him on the lips. " Thanks." She said smiling. Shang smiled, and left Mulan alone now.
*~*~Back out*~*~
Ryo was sleeping peacefully, when he heard a thunderous boom come from outside the house walls. He jumped up and said excitedly: " Yipaah! The emperor's niece is here!" He then ran towards the front door. The other three followed. Mulan and Shang followed too, except they watched somewhere else.
They came to a halt, when they saw the large crowd gathered around the streets. Ryo stood on his toes, and scanned the street for the emperor's niece, Lin Rei. He jumped up and down excitedly when he saw her riding a pure white horse.
Looking so graceful and pretty in her royal purple and blue robes, Lin Lei was looking as cool and aloof as..Ray. Her long, black hair was tied back in a braid, and a gem ordained headdress rested on her head. She, unlike most royal authorities, had only two tough-looking bodyguards in armor. Most royalties had an average 4. She also carried around her waist, a gold- tipped sword. She was very skilled at fencing they say.
Right now, she had reached the right age of marriage, for her clan. 16. ( In Gundam Wing, Wufei was married at 14) She was now looking for a prospective groom. But, rumors flew, that she was extremely picky about men. She wouldn't choose just anybody.
She scanned the crowd for a man who could catch her attention. None, so far. She yawned as she watched so many teenage boys try to get her attention. She frowned as shooed them away. Pi tsked. " Man, she's just like you Ray." She said as she looked at Ray, who was silently observing the soon-to-be empress. He nodded sharply.
Pei sighed, and turned her head back to Lin Lei, when something caught her eye. She saw four cloaked figures who were observing Lin Lei with fierce glares. She saw one of them slink away, carrying a bow and arrow. Seemed she was the only one who saw them. She nudged Ryo. " Hey bro, look at those wierdos." She hissed. Ryo looked at where his sister was pointing, and nodded. He then watched the remaining three slink away. Ryo nudged Yueh and Ray and pointed out the three strangers, who were moving stealthily. " They look suspicious to me." Yueh said. " Let's follow them." Ray said. Pei nodded. " Ryo, go with Ray, follow the three, Yueh, come with me, we follow the other one." All four nodded, and went on their way.
Ryo and Ray quietly followed the three wierdos, who were now hiding at the back of some barrels, where Lin Lei was nearing. " What're they doing??" Ray muttered. Ryo shrugged. He then watched them as they brought out, what appeared to be, smoke bombs. " I think we're about to find out." Ryo whispered. The three then peered over the barrels, and saw Lin Lei come closer. They grinned sinisterly at each other, then threw the smoke bombs at Lin Lei's path.
Immediately, the exploded with a great bang, and engulfed Lin Lei and her bodyguards in white smoke. Ryo and Ray covered their mouths, they could hear the crowd panicking, screaming and shouting, and the coughs of Lin Lei and her bodyguards. Ray yelled: " Watch out!!!" as he watched one of the cloaked men enter the smoke, then come back out with Lin Lei, who was still coughing. Ray jumped up, and instantly chased after them. " Ryo cover for me!!!! I'm going after Lin Lei!!!!" he yelled as he looked back at Ryo. Ryo nodded.
Meanwhile, Pei and Yueh had witnessed all the chaos from a roof. They followed the cloaked man, who was aiming his arrow, at Ryo, who was fighting against the two cloaked men, using kung-fu. " Oh no you don't!!!!" Pei yelled as she ran towards the man, who was taken by surprise. He looked at Pei, and received a good, hard kick at the jaw from her. Yueh rushed to her side, and grabbed the fainted man's bow and arrow. " Not bad, for a girl." He said grinning at Pei. Pei smiled, blushed and muttered " thank you." They then both jumped to the other side of the roof, and slid down to the smoky street.
Ryo dodged another fierce kick from the remaining cloaked man. He had knocked out the other one with a hard punch, only one was left. He blocked several kicks and punches using his arms, and he was getting tired. He then decided to finish him off. He evaded a desperate kick. He then jumped in the air, froze in midair, and poised ala Trinity. The cloaked man could only stare. Ryo then brought out his foot, and kicked the man's face. He fell backwards, and fainted.
Yueh and Pei rushed to his side, gasping for air. " You okay??" Pei demanded in a worried tone. Ryo rubbed his slightly aching arm, and nodded. " Yeah.'' He then looked at the direction where Ray had gone off to. " We gotta follow Rei."
Chi Ryu woke with a jolt. He stretched himself, and yawned sleepily. His ears suddenly twitched. His eyes grew wide. He flapped his near developed wings several times, and took off into the air.
*~*~ Outskirts of town*~*~
" You know, this sucks big time." Lin Lei muttered as she was being carried off by the cloaked man. He glared down at her while she glared up at him.
He had reached a cluster of boulders near the bamboo forest, when he laid down Lin Lei on the ground, and rested for a while. He was panting and gasping for air. " You are heavy." He muttered.
" Alright mister, give Lin Lei to me." Came a serious and demanding voice as a shadow covered both cloaked man, and Lin Lei. They both looked up, and saw Ray, on top of a boulder, who was glaring down at them fiercely. " Give it up." He hissed. The cloaked man glared up at him, then hid Lin Lei behind a rock. " Stay here." He muttered as he jumped up to face the blondie.
They glared at each other for a while. Then, in a second, both disappeared.
Suddenly, two hazes of black and yellow jumped from one rock to another. The black and yellow hazes then focused on each other, and kept on ramming into one another in the air, not being affected by the impact.
The yellow haze then jumped behind the rock where Lin Lei was hiding, and jumped out of the boulder cluster and towards the town. Lin Lei looked at her savior, then smiled at him. " Thanks, blonde dude." Ray actually smiled down at Lin Lei. " No prob." He replied.
They smiled at each other.
" Look out!!!!" Lin Lei yelled as she pointed forward. Ray looked forward and yelled loudly as he landed into a haystack in a wagon. The driver didn't even bother to look, he was asleep. He let the donkey do all the walking. They popped their heads out, both covered in straw. " Smooth landing hero." Lin Lei said smiling Ray. He smirked.
He then looked ahead and saw the cloaked man racing towards them. " Uh-oh. Let's move princess." Ray muttered as he grabbed Lin Lei and once again, raced on.
Pei ran alongside her brother and Yueh as they ran, looking for Ray and Lin Lei. She decided to run faster. " I'll go ahead!!!" she said as she picked up the pace. Ryo grinned slightly. " Why?? Worried about him?" he said slyly. Pei blushed and frowned. " NO!!! He's, just an acquaintance of Yueh, I mean, his friends are mine." Ryo grinned. Pei ignored him and ran faster.
A few feet ahead, she saw a blonde streak overpass her. She skidded to a stop, and stared at the blonde streak. " Ray??" she asked out loud. Suddenly, the cloaked man appeared from behind her, and put a knife near her throat. " Hey!!!!" she exclaimed a second too late.
Ryo ran faster, and caught sight of his sister in danger. " PEI-PEI!!!!" he yelled, calling out Pei's nickname. Pei glared at him, ignoring for a minute the guy who was holding a rusty and sharp dagger near her throat. " Don't call me that!!!" she yelled furiously. Ryo sighed. " You okay??" he asked. Pei nodded. " Sure. I'm fine. I just got a psychopathic cloaked freak holding a rusty and sharp dagger near my vulnerable throat, a sign of impeding doom and near death. Above that, I'm just peachy-keen and hunky- dory." She said sarcastically.
Ryo nodded. " She's okay." He called back at Yueh and Ray who ran towards him. Yueh stared at the man and Pei. " You okay, Pei??" Pei nodded. " FINE!!!" she said. The cloaked man was smirking fiercely. He held the dagger nearer Pei's throat. " Hey!! Watch it creepy!!!" she hissed. The man ignored her, and looked at Ray. " Give me Lin Lei, and the brat goes." He sneered. " I ain't no brat buddy!!!" Pei said fuming.
Way above, Chi Ryu had just flown all the way from the Fa residence. No one saw him due to the remaining smoke. He huffed and puffed as he strained to keep a flight, the distance was too much for his little wings. He sighed. He looked down, and saw Pei, the cloaked creep, and the other three. He stared at surprise at the sight. " Let go of me!!!" Pei cried out. Ryo, Ray, and Yueh could only stare and glare at them, uncertain of what to do. Lin Lei stared too. She released Ray's grip, and brushed some dust of her robe. Ray stared at her. " Lin Lei??" Lin Lei ignored him, and marched straight towards Pei and her captor.
Chi Ryu, sensed the danger, he glared at the cloaked man. He then made a charging trumpet sound, and nose-dived towards them. He charged at the cloaked man, who was taken by surprise, and collapsed from the impact. Ryo rushed to Pei's side, and got her out of danger. He also got Lin Lei out of danger. Yueh stepped forward, and brought out a katana. He pointed it at the man's face, and hissed: " What do you want with us??" Chi Ryu floated near Yueh, and had the same angry expression, but he still remained cute.
Mulan and Shang ran towards Pei and Ryo. Mulan fell to her knees, and hugged both Pei and Ryo, she broke into sobs. " Pei!!! Ryo!!! You alright?!?! We saw you run before the smoke appeared!!!" she cried. Pei blushed. " Mom!!! Don't humiliate me!!!" she cried. Mulan smiled, then she saw Lin Lei. " Your majesty!!" she exclaimed as she bowed down. Lin Lei smiled. " No worries Fa Mulan, I am fine, thanks to these young heroes." She said as she put both her arms over Ryo and Pei's shoulder. Mulan sniffed. " Can we do something for you to relieve you of this ordeal??" she offered.
Lin Lei shook her head, and said politely: " None, thank you." Then, she looked at Ray, who was helping Yueh handle the guy. Ray looked at Lin Lei, she turned her head back.
Mulan sniffed and smiled at her daughter. She looked up to see Shang staring at something. She looked at saw... Chi Ryu. " Is that a.. baby dragon??" she asked. Pei and Ryo looked at each other. " Uh-oh." They said at the same time.
*~*~ High up a cliff, overlooking them*~*~
Another cloaked figure watched them from a cliff, except, he had his hood down. He appeared around in his late twenties, long, untidy black hair hung from his shoulders to his waist, tied together with some bandages. He had pale skin, similar to Ray's, except he had scars covering the right side of his face. He had cold blue eyes, and he was glaring down at the team. But he lost his fury, when he saw Chi Ryu. He looked at it with much interest. " A dragon?? I never expected Seiryuu's offspring to land here." He muttered, in a somewhat British accent. " Not exactly my plan, but, I have a new one, making good use, of the little dragon." He looked at Chi Ryu, then smirked evilly. " He is the key part, of my world domination." He whispered, and he disappeared with a whisk.
*~*~*~*~*
Hey people, it's getting interesting. These questions boggle the mind:
Who's the guy??
What's going on?? ( snicker, snicker)
What will Mulan and Shang do now that they know about Chi Ryu??
Does Ray have a thing for Lin Lei and vice-versa??
These questions will be answered in chapter 5: Secrets revealed. Announcement: I might not be able to update for a while, I'm going to visit my cousins in the province, or in America, the country. They have no computers ( insert a BIIIIGGG sweat drop) So, I might not be able to do much. Sorry, well, enjoy this one anyway.