The passing of Shen devastated Lian; she didn't come out of his room for quite some time. She just lay there trying to remember Shen. There was a knock at the door.

"Go away!" Lian yelled, but the knocker just barged in. when Lian saw who it was she just buried her face in Shen's pillow and said, "I told you to go away, Kong. Don't you see I'm not in the mood?" but Kong just kept walking until he was sitting on Shen's bed besides Lian.

"Lian you haven't come out of Shen's room since his passing."

"So what? Why do you care anyways?"

"Shen wouldn't have liked to see you like this-"

"What do you know about Shen! You know nothing about what he was like or what he would like!"

"You forget that I was his brother!"

"Then I guess you know that when your in a bad mood just leave it to Shen to do or say something funny just to get a smile out of you, or when he talks to someone and listens his eyes always stay connected with the person he is talking with whether it be man or woman, or maybe you know this… when he fights he fights like there is no return, when a soldier is down he wont leave them behind, and-and" she started to get very quiet, "I killed him."

"No you didn't Lian. It wasn't your fault. You couldn't have done anything to save him he chose his own path. The only thing you did was keep him alive longer. If you had let him go and scout the place like he wanted to do, he would have been killed on the spot, you opened his eyes to the one person that would keep him going, fight to save them. When he returned to the palace for a brief moment he looked happier. I knew something had happened, but when I was about to ask him what, he was gone."

Lian was sitting up by now listening to the stories Kong told about Shen, Lian was trying to hold her tears in, but she failed. Kong pulled her into an embrace, trying to show her that he has changed; that he was sorry for the way her treated her earlier, and that he was there for her.

After a little while Kong said, "Lian?" Lian looked up into his eyes

"What?"

"Shen's funeral is later on tonight. You don't have to go if you don't want-"

"He was my husband to be, there shouldn't be a reason why I can't go."

"Very well I'll come to get you when the time draws near."

"No that's quite all right. If you don't mind, where is Shen now? I would like to say goodbye to him."

"He is in the throne room."

"The throne room?"

"Yes Lian the throne room."

"But why that room?"

"Because Lian, there were so many people that respected him to go his own way, he was the first person to decline the throne right then. You might now have known this, but everyone looked up to him, he was very respected by the people of this country, not because of his blood, but by his personality and all that."

"I understand."

Kong and Lian were talking for some time now until Kong had to go. Lian got dressed and walked down to the throne room. No one was in there now, because Shen was going to be buried in a little bit, and the relatives wanted to have a chance to say goodbye. Lian walked slowly to where the coffin was. Shen looked so peaceful like he was sleeping. Lian touched his face. She closed her eyes tight trying so hard not to cry, but that didn't help. She fell her knees and cried out to the ancestors, "Why him? WHY NOT ME!" She got up and touched his face for the last time.

"Shen I love you-" she whispered and then fell to the ground.

Well how do you like it so far? Sorry it was so short I'll try to make the next chapter longer… well if you review I will update!