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Chapter 1: Prologue
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Aniki - slang term for older brother
Ani-chan, Shinpaishinaide! Anata wa ii desu. Daijoubu. - Older brother, Don't worry. You are good. It's ok.
Eto.. Tabemashou! - Umm.. Let's eat!
Gomen - sorry
Youkai - demon
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Hey everyone! I hope you all like this story! It's my first one, so please try to understand if it sucks really bad.. Anyway, I will probably need help developing the story or ideas so please review if you have any! One suggestion I really need right now is a title because.. well.. it sucks! So, please help me out! Oh yes, enjoy the story!
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A tall built young figure with a black braid from his head to the middle of his back, fell with a thud, "Oof!" He wore an imperial uniform. His eyes were a deep brown and all over his face were bruises and cuts.
"Is that all you got Li?" smiled a teen-aged boy with short messy light brown hair holding his weapon, a long rod made of the toughest wood behind his neck. His clothes were a traditional Chinese outfit with a few rips and tears here and there. His face was smooth and flawless while his eyes were a mischievous brown.
Li got up using his sword as a crutch to get up and got back into attack mode, "No way Kwok, I can't lose to you."
"Very good Li, you shouldn't give up," Kwok encouraged while also getting into an attack stance.
Li charged toward Kowk and took a slash. Kowk just sighed and stepped aside. Li collided face first into a tree.
"Li you idiot! Even I could've seen that coming!" came a voice from a little boy fishing in a small pond, his hair was similar to Li's, but he was around the age of nine and wore simple peasant clothes with a dark blue headband. Li fell backward onto the ground, got up and began yelling at the little boy.
"SO YOU FIGHT LI THEN CHANG!" Li yelled with a vein popping out of his head, "I'M TRYING MY BEST YOU KNOW!"
"I suppose your right Li.. It's not your fault you just plainly suck," Chang countered laughing at the angry face on his brother.
"You know for a small person, you sure have a big mouth!" Li retorted turning his head away from Chang. Chang threw his death glare at Li.
Kowk sweat-dropped and smiled, 'here we go again...' he thought. "Come on guys.. you both have big mouths." Kowk tried to reason with the both of them.
Li rested his sword on his shoulder laughed, "at least something is big about Chang!"
Chang grit his teeth, "Hmpf! I guess people are right you did take all the 'biggness' in the family.. INCLUDING YOUR BIG HEAD!"
"Ok, that's it I've had it with you!" Li said his fist charging at Chang. Chang simply grabbed his hand and threw Li over his shoulder and into the pond.
"Aren't you supposed to be fishing Chang?" came a loving female voice with a basket in her hand.
"Xiaolin!" Chang cried running up to his sister and hugging her. Xiaolin had flowing ebony hair to her mid-back, her bangs were long and layered into her hair. Unlike most Chinese girls, Xaiolin's skin was tanned from being in the sun and her build was muscular. Her eyes were a light brown and her skin was tough but sleek. Xiaolin picked up little Chang and walked over to the pond where Li was on the bank struggling to get the seaweed out of his imperial uniform.
Xiaolin laughed at the sight, "Aren't you supposed to be practicing aniki?"
"Urusai.." he muttered.
"How ever will you protect our emperor?" she smiled and began to help Li pick out the seaweed, "I'm just kidding Li, I'm sure your bring honor to our family and to our village."
"No I won't Lin-lin," he sighed called her by her nickname. "I am too much of a clutz, I am going to disgrace our family lineage."
"Don't talk such trash Li, you do fine!" Kwok said sitting next to his best friend and slapped his back. "You just get clumsy when your nervous, just relax!"
Li shook his head, "Even Chang and Xiaolin is better than me! Father is counting on me since I am the oldest."
It was such a sorry sight to see the oldest of the group in pain and anguish. Even Chang felt sorry for his older brother.
"Ani-chan, Shinpaishinaide! Anata wa ii desu. Daijoubu." Chang still noticed his sad face and became sad for his brother too.
Xiaolin shifted from the uncomfortable silence and opened basket she was carrying, "Eto.. Tabemashou!" Everyone except Kwok had moved toward the basket to each the rice, noodles, rice cakes and tea that was being served.
Chang was puzzled, "Kwok, come and eat what are you staring at?!"
"Well, I would've done something if I knew what any of you were talking about," Kowk said crossing his arms smirking.
"Oh, gomen, I mean, haha, sorry Kwok we forgot you can't speak Japanese," Xaiolin blushed as she served Kwok his food and drink, "but you should've said something ya'know?"
Kwok smiled at her, "It's alright Lin, I didn't really want to disturb your conversation. The way you speak Japanese sounds really pretty."
Xiaolin just blushed harder as she passed his food to him, their hands touched for a moment and they both blushed. The two brothers looked at each other with grins on their face. Kwok and Xiaolin have been acting funny around each other lately, but they knew exactly what it was: love. Finally after years of hanging around each other they were beginning to love each other. The boys didn't mind, they were all friends and wouldn't mind having Kwok as their brother-in-law. They all ate in the unbearable silence until Kwok had broken it.
"You know all this time I've known you guys and I still don't know why you can speak Japanese," he stated.
"Are you serious, you don't know?" Chang asked in surprise.
"Haven't you noticed that we don't look fully Chinese?" Xiaolin questioned Kwok with furrowed eyebrows.
"So wait- you guys are Japanese?" Kwok was shocked, his eyes were big from shock.
"Well, only half.." Li stated, "Most of our family is in Japan, but Father found Mother in China, so he married her and just stayed here."
"Ohh.." Kwok looked down at his food, "I heard that the Japanese are going to invade China.. Is that true?"
The siblings glanced at each other and laughed.
"An invasion on China is most foolish," Li laughed. Kwok joined in on the laughter, but Xiaolin did not laugh.
"Wait brothers.. I did hear mother say about YOUKAI invading China from Japan." she said with fear in her voice.
"What's a youkai?" Kowk asked, confused.
"The most feared creatures on Japan, they are demons just like ones in China.. but worse.. they kill mercilessly and only want one thing: power." said Li with a grave tone.
"Ya, Mother used to tell me tales of when Father was a kid, he walked out into the garden to get some ginger and found a centipede youkai eating the village HORSES.. he ate until all of them were gone and then started feeding on the villagers. They dug up the graves and left some of the ancestral bones in front of huts." added Chang.
"Disgusting..." Kwok said holding his stomach.
"All of China would be in peril if they invaded.." spoke Xiaolin softly.
Kwok cursed to himself.
"What is it?" Xiaolin asked with concern.
"My older brother had told me that some of the demon lords in China have had some.. arguments... with Japan's lords." sighed Kwok.
"Well, we've fought some demons in our lifetime in China." gloated Li, "and we've defeated some really tough one's, I'm sure we could defeat a lot of them, especially with Lin-lin's skills."
They all laughed. Xiaolin's whole family was skilled in martial arts, but Xiaolin was especially skilled in her whip, if she had that in a fight, she was one tough opponent.
"Maybe.. I don't think so though." shrugged Xiaolin and fell back into the grass. They all talked for a while and they all practiced with their weapons, excluding Chang who was practicing his magic spells. He was currently working on a sleeping spell. The others were practicing fighting techniques.
"Ok so what does this spell say," Chang squinted his eyes at the parchment written down, he read it once and then read it outloud, "The day makes you gay, but how the might of the night, makes a bull grow weary and makes a man's eye teary." Chang yawned and continued, "Shut thy eye and look to the sky.." Kwok, Li and Xiaolin's eyes became heavy.
"I need to sit," Xiaolin said falling onto the ground. The others followed her and began drifting into a deep sleep.
Chang continued falling asleep himself, but continued very slowly, "and let the moon sing it's lullaby" Then everyone had fallen asleep. They were in such a deep sleep that they could not hear the chaos happening to their village. Blood-curdling screams were heard from women and children. Men pleaded for their lives. Laughter and war screams came from the voices of monsters. It was an invasion, an invasion from Japan.
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hey! thank you for reading my story! comments? questions? suggestions? please review!
-Crayons And Root Beer
Chapter 1: Prologue
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Aniki - slang term for older brother
Ani-chan, Shinpaishinaide! Anata wa ii desu. Daijoubu. - Older brother, Don't worry. You are good. It's ok.
Eto.. Tabemashou! - Umm.. Let's eat!
Gomen - sorry
Youkai - demon
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Hey everyone! I hope you all like this story! It's my first one, so please try to understand if it sucks really bad.. Anyway, I will probably need help developing the story or ideas so please review if you have any! One suggestion I really need right now is a title because.. well.. it sucks! So, please help me out! Oh yes, enjoy the story!
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A tall built young figure with a black braid from his head to the middle of his back, fell with a thud, "Oof!" He wore an imperial uniform. His eyes were a deep brown and all over his face were bruises and cuts.
"Is that all you got Li?" smiled a teen-aged boy with short messy light brown hair holding his weapon, a long rod made of the toughest wood behind his neck. His clothes were a traditional Chinese outfit with a few rips and tears here and there. His face was smooth and flawless while his eyes were a mischievous brown.
Li got up using his sword as a crutch to get up and got back into attack mode, "No way Kwok, I can't lose to you."
"Very good Li, you shouldn't give up," Kwok encouraged while also getting into an attack stance.
Li charged toward Kowk and took a slash. Kowk just sighed and stepped aside. Li collided face first into a tree.
"Li you idiot! Even I could've seen that coming!" came a voice from a little boy fishing in a small pond, his hair was similar to Li's, but he was around the age of nine and wore simple peasant clothes with a dark blue headband. Li fell backward onto the ground, got up and began yelling at the little boy.
"SO YOU FIGHT LI THEN CHANG!" Li yelled with a vein popping out of his head, "I'M TRYING MY BEST YOU KNOW!"
"I suppose your right Li.. It's not your fault you just plainly suck," Chang countered laughing at the angry face on his brother.
"You know for a small person, you sure have a big mouth!" Li retorted turning his head away from Chang. Chang threw his death glare at Li.
Kowk sweat-dropped and smiled, 'here we go again...' he thought. "Come on guys.. you both have big mouths." Kowk tried to reason with the both of them.
Li rested his sword on his shoulder laughed, "at least something is big about Chang!"
Chang grit his teeth, "Hmpf! I guess people are right you did take all the 'biggness' in the family.. INCLUDING YOUR BIG HEAD!"
"Ok, that's it I've had it with you!" Li said his fist charging at Chang. Chang simply grabbed his hand and threw Li over his shoulder and into the pond.
"Aren't you supposed to be fishing Chang?" came a loving female voice with a basket in her hand.
"Xiaolin!" Chang cried running up to his sister and hugging her. Xiaolin had flowing ebony hair to her mid-back, her bangs were long and layered into her hair. Unlike most Chinese girls, Xaiolin's skin was tanned from being in the sun and her build was muscular. Her eyes were a light brown and her skin was tough but sleek. Xiaolin picked up little Chang and walked over to the pond where Li was on the bank struggling to get the seaweed out of his imperial uniform.
Xiaolin laughed at the sight, "Aren't you supposed to be practicing aniki?"
"Urusai.." he muttered.
"How ever will you protect our emperor?" she smiled and began to help Li pick out the seaweed, "I'm just kidding Li, I'm sure your bring honor to our family and to our village."
"No I won't Lin-lin," he sighed called her by her nickname. "I am too much of a clutz, I am going to disgrace our family lineage."
"Don't talk such trash Li, you do fine!" Kwok said sitting next to his best friend and slapped his back. "You just get clumsy when your nervous, just relax!"
Li shook his head, "Even Chang and Xiaolin is better than me! Father is counting on me since I am the oldest."
It was such a sorry sight to see the oldest of the group in pain and anguish. Even Chang felt sorry for his older brother.
"Ani-chan, Shinpaishinaide! Anata wa ii desu. Daijoubu." Chang still noticed his sad face and became sad for his brother too.
Xiaolin shifted from the uncomfortable silence and opened basket she was carrying, "Eto.. Tabemashou!" Everyone except Kwok had moved toward the basket to each the rice, noodles, rice cakes and tea that was being served.
Chang was puzzled, "Kwok, come and eat what are you staring at?!"
"Well, I would've done something if I knew what any of you were talking about," Kowk said crossing his arms smirking.
"Oh, gomen, I mean, haha, sorry Kwok we forgot you can't speak Japanese," Xaiolin blushed as she served Kwok his food and drink, "but you should've said something ya'know?"
Kwok smiled at her, "It's alright Lin, I didn't really want to disturb your conversation. The way you speak Japanese sounds really pretty."
Xiaolin just blushed harder as she passed his food to him, their hands touched for a moment and they both blushed. The two brothers looked at each other with grins on their face. Kwok and Xiaolin have been acting funny around each other lately, but they knew exactly what it was: love. Finally after years of hanging around each other they were beginning to love each other. The boys didn't mind, they were all friends and wouldn't mind having Kwok as their brother-in-law. They all ate in the unbearable silence until Kwok had broken it.
"You know all this time I've known you guys and I still don't know why you can speak Japanese," he stated.
"Are you serious, you don't know?" Chang asked in surprise.
"Haven't you noticed that we don't look fully Chinese?" Xiaolin questioned Kwok with furrowed eyebrows.
"So wait- you guys are Japanese?" Kwok was shocked, his eyes were big from shock.
"Well, only half.." Li stated, "Most of our family is in Japan, but Father found Mother in China, so he married her and just stayed here."
"Ohh.." Kwok looked down at his food, "I heard that the Japanese are going to invade China.. Is that true?"
The siblings glanced at each other and laughed.
"An invasion on China is most foolish," Li laughed. Kwok joined in on the laughter, but Xiaolin did not laugh.
"Wait brothers.. I did hear mother say about YOUKAI invading China from Japan." she said with fear in her voice.
"What's a youkai?" Kowk asked, confused.
"The most feared creatures on Japan, they are demons just like ones in China.. but worse.. they kill mercilessly and only want one thing: power." said Li with a grave tone.
"Ya, Mother used to tell me tales of when Father was a kid, he walked out into the garden to get some ginger and found a centipede youkai eating the village HORSES.. he ate until all of them were gone and then started feeding on the villagers. They dug up the graves and left some of the ancestral bones in front of huts." added Chang.
"Disgusting..." Kwok said holding his stomach.
"All of China would be in peril if they invaded.." spoke Xiaolin softly.
Kwok cursed to himself.
"What is it?" Xiaolin asked with concern.
"My older brother had told me that some of the demon lords in China have had some.. arguments... with Japan's lords." sighed Kwok.
"Well, we've fought some demons in our lifetime in China." gloated Li, "and we've defeated some really tough one's, I'm sure we could defeat a lot of them, especially with Lin-lin's skills."
They all laughed. Xiaolin's whole family was skilled in martial arts, but Xiaolin was especially skilled in her whip, if she had that in a fight, she was one tough opponent.
"Maybe.. I don't think so though." shrugged Xiaolin and fell back into the grass. They all talked for a while and they all practiced with their weapons, excluding Chang who was practicing his magic spells. He was currently working on a sleeping spell. The others were practicing fighting techniques.
"Ok so what does this spell say," Chang squinted his eyes at the parchment written down, he read it once and then read it outloud, "The day makes you gay, but how the might of the night, makes a bull grow weary and makes a man's eye teary." Chang yawned and continued, "Shut thy eye and look to the sky.." Kwok, Li and Xiaolin's eyes became heavy.
"I need to sit," Xiaolin said falling onto the ground. The others followed her and began drifting into a deep sleep.
Chang continued falling asleep himself, but continued very slowly, "and let the moon sing it's lullaby" Then everyone had fallen asleep. They were in such a deep sleep that they could not hear the chaos happening to their village. Blood-curdling screams were heard from women and children. Men pleaded for their lives. Laughter and war screams came from the voices of monsters. It was an invasion, an invasion from Japan.
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hey! thank you for reading my story! comments? questions? suggestions? please review!
-Crayons And Root Beer