Chapter 6. The Kong

Jun wandered though the woods. She whirled around and brought her torch in front of her, "Wh-what's that?" She exclaimed. Curse it! She had to stop getting so jumpy.

"Feh," Hu muttered, "It's that girl again. And she's alone."

"Be quiet," Qiang Feng ordered, "Young Tao Jun is more powerful than she appears."

"She doesn't look very strong to me," Hu replied.

"So, should we try and stop her?" Jing asked.

"That's probably best, but be careful. It could be a trap," Qiang Feng warned.

Jun walked around. The place should be around here somewhere…

"Stop right there!" Someone said.

A man jumped down in front of her. Jun recognized him as the tall guy who had threatened her the other night.

"Tell me! Why are you trying to hurt Len?" She asked, holding the torch in front of her.

"Hmph!" He knocked it out of her hand. It landed in a puddle, putting it out. Now the only thing lighting the clearing was the pale moonlight. He paced around her. "That's none of your business, little girl. Why don't you just give up and let us get our revenge!"

"What revenge? We never did anything to you? And if it was our fault, it happened so long ago you can hardly blame us for the problem!"

"There's nothing personal about it. It's a family feud. You wouldn't understand. You're female after all."

"Shut up!" Jun hissed. "I don't care! I won't let you hurt my little brother!"

"You better get out of out way. This battlefield is no place for a woman. You don't want to get hurt…" he brought a sharp knife in front of her, "… do you?"

"Guang!" she shouted. Thrusting up a talasman. The bright flash blinded the tall man for a moment and she kicked out at him.

"Rk! Curse you Tao Jun." he grunted. "Hu, Dad! I need help!"

The two other men jumped down on either sides of her.

"Huh!" She muttered and jerked a talisman. "Huo!" The piece of paper quickly became a fire ball, aimed at the tall man. He lept aside just in time. The stockier man pounced at her. She reached for a talisman but missed! It was natural for her to reach for leg-band but all her talismans were in her belt. Before when she only fought one person, she thought clearly enough to remember, but when forced, she had to use instinct. He knocked into Jun, flinging her to the ground. Jun tried to recover, but the shorter guy, taking advantage of her distraction, went at her with a knife. Jun dodged just in time and the knife only nicked her shoulder.

"Dian!" Thunder and lightning burst forth from the talisman at the short man. He shouted and threw himself backwards to avoid a bad shock. Jun got up and kicked the tall man.

For a while it seemed the young DaoShi might win but the three men soon over powered her.

"Jie Jie!"

"Huh?" Jun sat up and rubbed her eyes, "Lian! What are you doing here?"

"Hmph! I should be asking you that question," Len said.

"Are you alright Jun!" Bailong asked, rushing towards him.

Angry Jun: You too Bailong! Throws shoe at his head as hard as she can I told

To stay behind! You…

Chibi Bailong: Whimper Owie…

The short man seemed rather surprised at Len's appearance. He backed away a little.

"What's the matter? Hmm?" Len's voice purred like a tiger. "Afraid to fight me? Sure you could take a girl easy enough but… couldn't you also defeat a little boy and a dead guy? Surely it can't be that hard!" He took a step forward toward the short man. With a quick flick of his spear, he tore the cloth mask off of him, revealing the face of a scared boy.

"Well, now that I've unmasked you, why don't you tell me your names? Eh?"

The short man growled. "I'm Kong Hu and I'm going to kill you!" he pounced at Len, who quickly dodged the attack. Hu fell in the mud. Bailong made short work of the other two.

"Now," said Len, pointing the spear at Hu, "Take me to the leader of your household. Surely he wouldn't approve of being so rude to his guests." Len jerked Hu onto his feet and the trembling boy led the way.

"Bailong, get Ba Ba and Yie Yie and bring them back here."

"Yes, Len!" Said Bailong, rushing away.

"Well, where is he, kid?" Len demanded of Hu.

"He's not… I mean he isn't… and don't call me a kid, I'm older than you!"

"You didn't answer my question. Where is he?"

"He's back at our home you idiot!"

Big scary Len: Oh, so you're playing a game with me!

Chibi Hu: uuu… Save me daddy!

Len: Idiot! Slaps with the spear thing