Chapter 4
Len continued to sit there on the roof; even long after Yoh and his friends were gone. The moonlight was bright, lighting his eyes. He kept smirking to himself, thinking of what a good day it would be when he beat Yoh in the tournaments. He did not hear the footsteps approaching him. A young girl appeared, but she was older than him. Her hair a kind of jade green and her clothes were of a Chinese type. She frowned when she saw her brother up her.
"Len, what are you doing up here? I think it's time to get inside, it's getting dark and you haven't eaten dinner." Jun said.
"Is dinner ready? Now?" he asked hearing a small rumbling in his stomach.
Jun nodded. "It's all set on the table, come on let's eat." She held out her hand and Len grabbed it. She helped him up and they walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. They got themselves seated and started eating. Len took one glance at Pailong, sitting next to him, and another glance at his sister.
"Does he have to be here?" he asked rudely.
"Well...yes..."Jun said quietly.
"And I haven't seen any talismans on his head recently. Why?" Len asked helping himself to another bowl of rice and pouring himself some milk.
"Because I don't need to control him anymore. He's kind of like my friend; it would be rude to stick another one of those talismans on his head."
Len stopped eating and pushed away his plate and took one long glance at Li Pailong.
"He was killed so you could control him to do what you like. You can't give him freedom! His life ended years ago. He's a good for nothing corpse who was killed to serve you!" Len shouted.
"That does not make it right, master Len! I was killed by your family to serve you correct, but you ended my life! I can't see my family again in this lifetime and I can't see any of my friends, thanks to you Taos! Your blood thirsty people who always have to get what they want. You, master Len...can't do anything!" he shouted. Jun Tao was impressed. This was the first time she'd ever heard Li Pailong express his feelings in such a manner.
"Jun, I command you now, stick a talisman on his head." Jun shock her head.
"I've moved on from that now. Yoh showed me that..."
"Yoh, Yoh, Yoh, Yoh, Yoh! That's all I ever hear about these days! Pailong was made to serve you, if you won't control him, then I will!"
Len threw the first punch at Pailong and Pailong dodged.
"I do not want to hurt you, master Len. Please don't fight me."
"You...hurt me? Impossible, you can never touch me."
He threw a kick at Pailong, which caught him straight in the stomach. Pailong was winded, was fell to the ground. Len was about to punch Pailong again, but Jen caught his hand.
"Leave Pailong alone." She said with the utmost confidence. Len eyed her.
"And why should I, sister?" He asked.
Jun thought hard. What could she say to make him stop? Then a thought came into her mind.
"Because I'm asking you to." She knew Len would do anything for her because he was the only family he had and he'd want to keep her. Besides, if he didn't she'd probably take away his entire milk bottle as punishment.
"Fine." And he went back into the kitchen to finish off his food.
Jun Tao looked at Pailong. "Hey, are you ok?" He held out her hand for his to grab it and help himself up.
"Thank you Miss Jun." He brushed himself and sat on a chair, which wasn't in the kitchen.
"Don't worry; I'll attempt to talk to him. His heart isn't all made of stone." They laughed.
They all suddenly heard Len say he was going to bed.
"That's my chance. Get some rest and I'll see you tomorrow." Then she walked out of the room leaving Pailong by himself.
Len quickly turned and walked into his room. Jun knocked on the door.
"Come in sister."
She entered, to find a clean room but a bin full of empty milk bottles.
"Take a seat, sister." She sat at the end of his bed. "So what's wrong?"
She stared deep into his eyes. He stared back. "Please...leave my Pailong alone." She finally managed to say.
"You give him such freedom. So much freedom you allowed him to speak of our family in such a manner. You didn't even punish him; you actually look impressed he was expressing himself."
"Well we took away him life. I just want us to be more like friends."
"If you don't watch out he will use this 'kindness' as an opportunity to strike you. I know the way people like him think."
"You may know how people like him think, but you don't know my Pailong. He decided to stay with me after I had tortured and imprisoned him with the stupid talismans. I don't think he deserves this anymore."
"Well let me do the thinking in this house ok? I know what's best for us!" Len looked at her deeply.
Jun Tao got up and headed for the door.
"You're just as stubborn and selfish as father." She said, and then left.
Len sat there, fuming. "She said I was like father?" he thought.
The two words circled in his kind. Like Father...
Jun went to her room and laid her head face down on the pillow. She felt someone tap her of her shoulder. She looked up. It was Pailong. He smiled.
"Don't worry, I heard it all. And thank you for trying. Now get some sleep." Then he left.
It wasn't long after he said that, that she drifted away into a deep sleep and had a dream.
(this is the dream in a nutshell btw) It was a warm summer's day and Jun was watching Li Pailong demonstrate some of his moves he used his earlier films. Then they went for a long walk. Then they went back home again. As Jun started to drift asleep she felt someone tapping on her shoulder. She opened her eyes and there was a faithful friend Li Pailong...holding a sword up in the light. "This is for my death!" And then...he killed her.
She woke up with a scream. One sentence came into her mind as settled.
"If you don't watch out he will use this 'kindness' as an opportunity to strike you. I know the way people like him think."
Lets just hope Len was wrong.
Len continued to sit there on the roof; even long after Yoh and his friends were gone. The moonlight was bright, lighting his eyes. He kept smirking to himself, thinking of what a good day it would be when he beat Yoh in the tournaments. He did not hear the footsteps approaching him. A young girl appeared, but she was older than him. Her hair a kind of jade green and her clothes were of a Chinese type. She frowned when she saw her brother up her.
"Len, what are you doing up here? I think it's time to get inside, it's getting dark and you haven't eaten dinner." Jun said.
"Is dinner ready? Now?" he asked hearing a small rumbling in his stomach.
Jun nodded. "It's all set on the table, come on let's eat." She held out her hand and Len grabbed it. She helped him up and they walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. They got themselves seated and started eating. Len took one glance at Pailong, sitting next to him, and another glance at his sister.
"Does he have to be here?" he asked rudely.
"Well...yes..."Jun said quietly.
"And I haven't seen any talismans on his head recently. Why?" Len asked helping himself to another bowl of rice and pouring himself some milk.
"Because I don't need to control him anymore. He's kind of like my friend; it would be rude to stick another one of those talismans on his head."
Len stopped eating and pushed away his plate and took one long glance at Li Pailong.
"He was killed so you could control him to do what you like. You can't give him freedom! His life ended years ago. He's a good for nothing corpse who was killed to serve you!" Len shouted.
"That does not make it right, master Len! I was killed by your family to serve you correct, but you ended my life! I can't see my family again in this lifetime and I can't see any of my friends, thanks to you Taos! Your blood thirsty people who always have to get what they want. You, master Len...can't do anything!" he shouted. Jun Tao was impressed. This was the first time she'd ever heard Li Pailong express his feelings in such a manner.
"Jun, I command you now, stick a talisman on his head." Jun shock her head.
"I've moved on from that now. Yoh showed me that..."
"Yoh, Yoh, Yoh, Yoh, Yoh! That's all I ever hear about these days! Pailong was made to serve you, if you won't control him, then I will!"
Len threw the first punch at Pailong and Pailong dodged.
"I do not want to hurt you, master Len. Please don't fight me."
"You...hurt me? Impossible, you can never touch me."
He threw a kick at Pailong, which caught him straight in the stomach. Pailong was winded, was fell to the ground. Len was about to punch Pailong again, but Jen caught his hand.
"Leave Pailong alone." She said with the utmost confidence. Len eyed her.
"And why should I, sister?" He asked.
Jun thought hard. What could she say to make him stop? Then a thought came into her mind.
"Because I'm asking you to." She knew Len would do anything for her because he was the only family he had and he'd want to keep her. Besides, if he didn't she'd probably take away his entire milk bottle as punishment.
"Fine." And he went back into the kitchen to finish off his food.
Jun Tao looked at Pailong. "Hey, are you ok?" He held out her hand for his to grab it and help himself up.
"Thank you Miss Jun." He brushed himself and sat on a chair, which wasn't in the kitchen.
"Don't worry; I'll attempt to talk to him. His heart isn't all made of stone." They laughed.
They all suddenly heard Len say he was going to bed.
"That's my chance. Get some rest and I'll see you tomorrow." Then she walked out of the room leaving Pailong by himself.
Len quickly turned and walked into his room. Jun knocked on the door.
"Come in sister."
She entered, to find a clean room but a bin full of empty milk bottles.
"Take a seat, sister." She sat at the end of his bed. "So what's wrong?"
She stared deep into his eyes. He stared back. "Please...leave my Pailong alone." She finally managed to say.
"You give him such freedom. So much freedom you allowed him to speak of our family in such a manner. You didn't even punish him; you actually look impressed he was expressing himself."
"Well we took away him life. I just want us to be more like friends."
"If you don't watch out he will use this 'kindness' as an opportunity to strike you. I know the way people like him think."
"You may know how people like him think, but you don't know my Pailong. He decided to stay with me after I had tortured and imprisoned him with the stupid talismans. I don't think he deserves this anymore."
"Well let me do the thinking in this house ok? I know what's best for us!" Len looked at her deeply.
Jun Tao got up and headed for the door.
"You're just as stubborn and selfish as father." She said, and then left.
Len sat there, fuming. "She said I was like father?" he thought.
The two words circled in his kind. Like Father...
Jun went to her room and laid her head face down on the pillow. She felt someone tap her of her shoulder. She looked up. It was Pailong. He smiled.
"Don't worry, I heard it all. And thank you for trying. Now get some sleep." Then he left.
It wasn't long after he said that, that she drifted away into a deep sleep and had a dream.
(this is the dream in a nutshell btw) It was a warm summer's day and Jun was watching Li Pailong demonstrate some of his moves he used his earlier films. Then they went for a long walk. Then they went back home again. As Jun started to drift asleep she felt someone tapping on her shoulder. She opened her eyes and there was a faithful friend Li Pailong...holding a sword up in the light. "This is for my death!" And then...he killed her.
She woke up with a scream. One sentence came into her mind as settled.
"If you don't watch out he will use this 'kindness' as an opportunity to strike you. I know the way people like him think."
Lets just hope Len was wrong.