The new enemy
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" What do you suggest we do Kun??" Ray asked, in a concerned tone as he looked at the grim looking pirate who was carefully balancing a knife on his fingers. He was just glaring down at the X-covered map laid out on the table before him. Kun grimaced, and shrugged. " Sorry blondie, you got me there.." He muttered placing the knife in his fanny pack
Ray sighed, and rubbed his temples. " How do we handle this problem??" he groaned, turning to Chi Fu for advise. " Any ideas Chi Fu??" he asked suddenly, surprising the aging man. Chi Fu was taken by surprise, and fumbled with his pen and scroll for a while. " Uh..well..." he finally muttered, trying to hide the ink stain on his elegant blue robe, he accidentally dropped the ink well he was carrying while listening to Ray and Kun on his robe when Ray suddenly inquired him.
Ray sighed once more. " Okay, bad idea asking this old fart." He muttered under his breath. He looked up from his intense study of the map. He looked around, and saw only Kun Li, Chi Fu, and the rest of his advisors. " Where is that general?!?!" he screeched furiously as he raised his fists into the air, and slammed them onto the table with such force that the table broke in half, and collapsed on the marble floor.
His advisors could only stare with gaping jaws and what he did. Kun Li walked over to Ray's side, and calmed the fuming, impatient emperor by patting his back gently. " There, there emperor han. You did what you could do sooth that trapped fury." He said, soothing the anger in Ray. Ray calmed down, a bit, and he let out a deep sigh. He then turned to Chi Fu. " Chi.fu..." he said in-between sharp breaths. Chi fu immediately straightened up and he replied, sheepishly: " Uh, yes sir?!?"
" Order another table, and make this one made out of oak, you know, like the ones in the country called 'America', beautiful wood, really." He muttered, picking up the fallen map, and setting it on another table. " Sir??" Chi Fu asked hesitantly. Ray swiftly turned around, he glared at Chi fu dangerously. " Well, GO!!!!" he barked, causing some of his advisors to cower in fear.
" Yes, of course sir!!!!" he stammered, heading out the closed doors, and reaching for the handle nervously, before getting slammed in the face with the door. " Honey, I'm here!!!" Ryo sang as he burst through the doors. He immediately entered, grinning sheepishly at Ray, who was glaring his usual glare at the poor general. " You're late." He remarked sternly. Ryo still maintained his grin.
" Uh, girl trouble." He replied shyly, pointing to half of his face, which was covered in kiss marks. Kun Li covered his mouth, and managed to hide, slightly, a wicked snicker. Ray smirked. " My, the general can handle enemies twice his size, yet he can't handle some women??" he teased. Ryo blushed. " Well, women are the deadlier species." He replied, wiping the marks off with the hem of his cape. " And besides, those WOMEN, as you call them, were Pei's classmates, the snob squad, and when they saw me, the chased after me like dogs sniffing a wagon full of meat. It was a fierce struggle but." " Speaking of Pei, where is she??" Ray interrupted.
Ryo pointed outside, as his little sister came bounding in, with two little girls right behind her. The two little girls were an adorable sight. With Ray's blue eyes, thought theirs were baby blue, not cold blue, and their mother's shiny black hair tied in two bunds, and clad in pink robes carrying dolls, and looking all wide-eyed and innocent, they could make anyone go " Awww..." in a second.
" Kids, I can't play right now." Pei said softly, as the two baby girls simply refused to let go of her legs. " Play with us Pei-han!!!!!" one of the girls begged in a squeaky chipmunk voice. " Pleasssseeeee!!!!!!!!!" the other said, putting on a puppy face complete with the big teary eyes, Pei almost sighed in defeat when she saw the face, until their father, the emperor Ray, came towards them, looking stern.
" Lin," he said gently and fiercely turning to the girl on the left leg. " Lang," he said turning to the left. " Girls, honeys, this is important. Daddy needs to talk business with some friends, and this is very important talk, this talk could decide the fate of our country. Now, I don't need any interruptions, please, I'll play with you later, undrstand??" he asked, softening his tone. " OKAY!!" his two girls replied sweetly and cheerfully as they let go, and happily skipped out of the room, closing the door behind them.
When the door closed, Chi Fu was all red-faced, and looked extremely dizzy, and hurt. " Mommy, I don't want to go to school today, I wanna stay home and help you weed the garden.." He moaned, before fainting on the floor.
Pei rubbed her sore legs, and looked at the fainted Chi Fu. " Should we help him??" she asked, looking at the three men she was with in the room. " NAHH!!!" they all said in chorus. " Okay, down to business." Ray immediately said, dragging Ryo towards the table with the map. Pei followed, and stared at the destroyed table. " What happened here??" she asked.
" Kun got drunk again, he used the battle axe in his room to chop it up when he thought it was a witch trying to kill him with her stench." Ray replied, as Kun was shocked at these words. He glared at him, and muttered incoherent words under his breath.
" So, why the sudden call?? Ling Kai begged us to bring him, that we had to tie him to a tree and gag him to stop him from screaming to the whole world that you and Kun had something." Pei asked as she joined the men as they were circled around the map.
Ray and Kun suddenly fell silent, and looked at each other, and Kun replied: " Well, it's a matter that involves the whole gang that saved China. This is about life or death. It's for country, it's for family, it's for...the love of Pan Gu, stop breathing down on me!!!!!!" he growled angrily as he punched the face of the advisor who was overlooking his shoulder and breathing rather deeply on him, and irritating the ex-pirate.
As the poor old advisor fell on the floor with some teeth falling out of his mouth, the other advisors squeaked nervously, and immediately ran out of the room, fearing the eye patch man's wrath.
" Much better." Kun muttered, satisfied. Ray sighed, expecting this from the ruffian, he soon dismissed that, and returned his attention to the map. " See these X's on the map??" he asked looking at Pei's face. She nodded. " Yeah, I see them, so??" she demanded.
" These X's represent the various villages all over China that have been attacked by an unknown group." Ray replied darkly. Pei gasped loudly, as she stared at all the X's. There were about, well, according to her, 33 X's on the map, and they were all on large villages too. " When did these attacks start??" she asked, very concerned not taking her eyes of the map.
" Five months ago." Kun muttered, grimacing. Pei let out another gasp. " In such a short time??!?" All three men nodded. " H-how?? Who was the group?!?" she stammered. " Apparently, a new one, they're a group of most- wanted criminals from all over Asia. They attack without notice, taking villages by storm, pillaging, stealing, whatever they desire. And the psycho behind it all A.K.A their leader is a guy with a hood and scarf over half of his face. His only known alias is BLACK DEVIL. And believe me sweetheart, he is one. The fiercest, strongest, and most evil of the group. He has no heart at all, he kills women and children, as long as they get in his way, he gets them out in more ways than one." Kun explained, sounding so furious and melancholy.
" What a creep!!!" Pei said angrily, crossing her arms over her chest. " Pei, you don't know the half of it." Ryo muttered. " What-what do you mean??" she asked, now turning to her dark-faced older brother. Ryo sighed deeply, and as he spoke, a tinge of hurt was evident in his speech. " I sent some scouts to go after the group and watch their moves 2 months ago, about six of them went after them. We waited for three weeks for them to return, and one of them did, but not without injury." Pei bit her lower lip nervously. " He came back, armor destroyed, looking all messed up, he was bleeding badly, and he was covered in bruises and cuts, we brought him to the army medic. He then told us about the group, and that they were discovered and were severely tortured, only he survived and managed to escape, the other five well.." He broke off at this, and lowered his head. Pei gasped once more, and Ray and Kun fell silent.
" They were some of my finest men. I'll never forget them." Ryo finally whispered. Kun patted Ryo's back, and Ray carefully folded the map. Pei could only stare at her brother, knowing him, all of his men were like brothers to him, all of them, no matter how good or bad at battle they were, he treated all of them like family and with respect. As she contemplated, something suddenly entered her head..
" Wait, if it's all about this, then, what do you need me for??" she asked suddenly, making the boys lose their thoughts on Ryo's men. Ryo turned away as she waited for an answer, and Ray and Kun were looking at each other nervously and anxiously.
" What?!?!" Pei cried flailing her arms helplessly.
" Well, we don't know how to say this, but..." Ray began, twirling his bangs. " We want you to meet someone!!!!!!!" Kun blurted out. Pei stared, and Ray glared. " Sorry." Kun muttered sheepishly, knowing he said too much. " Really?? Who??" she asked excitedly.
Kun and Ray looked at each other again, and they heard Ryo let out a loud cough. " We don't think you wanna meet this person." they mumbled in chorus.
TBC
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" What do you suggest we do Kun??" Ray asked, in a concerned tone as he looked at the grim looking pirate who was carefully balancing a knife on his fingers. He was just glaring down at the X-covered map laid out on the table before him. Kun grimaced, and shrugged. " Sorry blondie, you got me there.." He muttered placing the knife in his fanny pack
Ray sighed, and rubbed his temples. " How do we handle this problem??" he groaned, turning to Chi Fu for advise. " Any ideas Chi Fu??" he asked suddenly, surprising the aging man. Chi Fu was taken by surprise, and fumbled with his pen and scroll for a while. " Uh..well..." he finally muttered, trying to hide the ink stain on his elegant blue robe, he accidentally dropped the ink well he was carrying while listening to Ray and Kun on his robe when Ray suddenly inquired him.
Ray sighed once more. " Okay, bad idea asking this old fart." He muttered under his breath. He looked up from his intense study of the map. He looked around, and saw only Kun Li, Chi Fu, and the rest of his advisors. " Where is that general?!?!" he screeched furiously as he raised his fists into the air, and slammed them onto the table with such force that the table broke in half, and collapsed on the marble floor.
His advisors could only stare with gaping jaws and what he did. Kun Li walked over to Ray's side, and calmed the fuming, impatient emperor by patting his back gently. " There, there emperor han. You did what you could do sooth that trapped fury." He said, soothing the anger in Ray. Ray calmed down, a bit, and he let out a deep sigh. He then turned to Chi Fu. " Chi.fu..." he said in-between sharp breaths. Chi fu immediately straightened up and he replied, sheepishly: " Uh, yes sir?!?"
" Order another table, and make this one made out of oak, you know, like the ones in the country called 'America', beautiful wood, really." He muttered, picking up the fallen map, and setting it on another table. " Sir??" Chi Fu asked hesitantly. Ray swiftly turned around, he glared at Chi fu dangerously. " Well, GO!!!!" he barked, causing some of his advisors to cower in fear.
" Yes, of course sir!!!!" he stammered, heading out the closed doors, and reaching for the handle nervously, before getting slammed in the face with the door. " Honey, I'm here!!!" Ryo sang as he burst through the doors. He immediately entered, grinning sheepishly at Ray, who was glaring his usual glare at the poor general. " You're late." He remarked sternly. Ryo still maintained his grin.
" Uh, girl trouble." He replied shyly, pointing to half of his face, which was covered in kiss marks. Kun Li covered his mouth, and managed to hide, slightly, a wicked snicker. Ray smirked. " My, the general can handle enemies twice his size, yet he can't handle some women??" he teased. Ryo blushed. " Well, women are the deadlier species." He replied, wiping the marks off with the hem of his cape. " And besides, those WOMEN, as you call them, were Pei's classmates, the snob squad, and when they saw me, the chased after me like dogs sniffing a wagon full of meat. It was a fierce struggle but." " Speaking of Pei, where is she??" Ray interrupted.
Ryo pointed outside, as his little sister came bounding in, with two little girls right behind her. The two little girls were an adorable sight. With Ray's blue eyes, thought theirs were baby blue, not cold blue, and their mother's shiny black hair tied in two bunds, and clad in pink robes carrying dolls, and looking all wide-eyed and innocent, they could make anyone go " Awww..." in a second.
" Kids, I can't play right now." Pei said softly, as the two baby girls simply refused to let go of her legs. " Play with us Pei-han!!!!!" one of the girls begged in a squeaky chipmunk voice. " Pleasssseeeee!!!!!!!!!" the other said, putting on a puppy face complete with the big teary eyes, Pei almost sighed in defeat when she saw the face, until their father, the emperor Ray, came towards them, looking stern.
" Lin," he said gently and fiercely turning to the girl on the left leg. " Lang," he said turning to the left. " Girls, honeys, this is important. Daddy needs to talk business with some friends, and this is very important talk, this talk could decide the fate of our country. Now, I don't need any interruptions, please, I'll play with you later, undrstand??" he asked, softening his tone. " OKAY!!" his two girls replied sweetly and cheerfully as they let go, and happily skipped out of the room, closing the door behind them.
When the door closed, Chi Fu was all red-faced, and looked extremely dizzy, and hurt. " Mommy, I don't want to go to school today, I wanna stay home and help you weed the garden.." He moaned, before fainting on the floor.
Pei rubbed her sore legs, and looked at the fainted Chi Fu. " Should we help him??" she asked, looking at the three men she was with in the room. " NAHH!!!" they all said in chorus. " Okay, down to business." Ray immediately said, dragging Ryo towards the table with the map. Pei followed, and stared at the destroyed table. " What happened here??" she asked.
" Kun got drunk again, he used the battle axe in his room to chop it up when he thought it was a witch trying to kill him with her stench." Ray replied, as Kun was shocked at these words. He glared at him, and muttered incoherent words under his breath.
" So, why the sudden call?? Ling Kai begged us to bring him, that we had to tie him to a tree and gag him to stop him from screaming to the whole world that you and Kun had something." Pei asked as she joined the men as they were circled around the map.
Ray and Kun suddenly fell silent, and looked at each other, and Kun replied: " Well, it's a matter that involves the whole gang that saved China. This is about life or death. It's for country, it's for family, it's for...the love of Pan Gu, stop breathing down on me!!!!!!" he growled angrily as he punched the face of the advisor who was overlooking his shoulder and breathing rather deeply on him, and irritating the ex-pirate.
As the poor old advisor fell on the floor with some teeth falling out of his mouth, the other advisors squeaked nervously, and immediately ran out of the room, fearing the eye patch man's wrath.
" Much better." Kun muttered, satisfied. Ray sighed, expecting this from the ruffian, he soon dismissed that, and returned his attention to the map. " See these X's on the map??" he asked looking at Pei's face. She nodded. " Yeah, I see them, so??" she demanded.
" These X's represent the various villages all over China that have been attacked by an unknown group." Ray replied darkly. Pei gasped loudly, as she stared at all the X's. There were about, well, according to her, 33 X's on the map, and they were all on large villages too. " When did these attacks start??" she asked, very concerned not taking her eyes of the map.
" Five months ago." Kun muttered, grimacing. Pei let out another gasp. " In such a short time??!?" All three men nodded. " H-how?? Who was the group?!?" she stammered. " Apparently, a new one, they're a group of most- wanted criminals from all over Asia. They attack without notice, taking villages by storm, pillaging, stealing, whatever they desire. And the psycho behind it all A.K.A their leader is a guy with a hood and scarf over half of his face. His only known alias is BLACK DEVIL. And believe me sweetheart, he is one. The fiercest, strongest, and most evil of the group. He has no heart at all, he kills women and children, as long as they get in his way, he gets them out in more ways than one." Kun explained, sounding so furious and melancholy.
" What a creep!!!" Pei said angrily, crossing her arms over her chest. " Pei, you don't know the half of it." Ryo muttered. " What-what do you mean??" she asked, now turning to her dark-faced older brother. Ryo sighed deeply, and as he spoke, a tinge of hurt was evident in his speech. " I sent some scouts to go after the group and watch their moves 2 months ago, about six of them went after them. We waited for three weeks for them to return, and one of them did, but not without injury." Pei bit her lower lip nervously. " He came back, armor destroyed, looking all messed up, he was bleeding badly, and he was covered in bruises and cuts, we brought him to the army medic. He then told us about the group, and that they were discovered and were severely tortured, only he survived and managed to escape, the other five well.." He broke off at this, and lowered his head. Pei gasped once more, and Ray and Kun fell silent.
" They were some of my finest men. I'll never forget them." Ryo finally whispered. Kun patted Ryo's back, and Ray carefully folded the map. Pei could only stare at her brother, knowing him, all of his men were like brothers to him, all of them, no matter how good or bad at battle they were, he treated all of them like family and with respect. As she contemplated, something suddenly entered her head..
" Wait, if it's all about this, then, what do you need me for??" she asked suddenly, making the boys lose their thoughts on Ryo's men. Ryo turned away as she waited for an answer, and Ray and Kun were looking at each other nervously and anxiously.
" What?!?!" Pei cried flailing her arms helplessly.
" Well, we don't know how to say this, but..." Ray began, twirling his bangs. " We want you to meet someone!!!!!!!" Kun blurted out. Pei stared, and Ray glared. " Sorry." Kun muttered sheepishly, knowing he said too much. " Really?? Who??" she asked excitedly.
Kun and Ray looked at each other again, and they heard Ryo let out a loud cough. " We don't think you wanna meet this person." they mumbled in chorus.
TBC