The Bride of Chase Young Chapter 8
Marie woke early the next morning and was slightly shocked to see Chase still beside her. Normally, he was long gone when she got up, but here he was today, sleeping like a child. She gently swept a lock of his wild black hair from his eyes. She remembered the memories they had visited yesterday and felt a tear come to her eye. He'd been training so hard for so long, all for his mother...he deserved a nice rest. She snuggled closer to his warm body.
"I think I'm getting to see a different side of him." She thought. "The side he keeps locked away so no one knows how much he's hurting. Sleep now Chase. Sleep and think of better days." It only took a few minutes for Marie to fall back asleep.
It was nearly 11 when Chase finally woke up, cursing his little sleep in, waking Marie in the process.
"How could I have slept in so late?" he snarled. "Now my training routine is upset!" Marie flinched.
"Sorry. I didn't know being up early was so crucial for you. Besides, after yesterday, I thought you'd need a rest." she said. Chase looked at her. They were both still nude from their little escapade the night before, and Marie was pulling a sheet up to cover herself.
"Why does she have to look so damned innocent?" he thought. Just the way she was now adjusting the sheet to cover the gentle curves of her buttocks was enough to calm him. She was right, visiting the memories always exhausted him and he had earned the right to skip a day.
"It's alright." he said. "I do need a rest from training today. Tell you what, why don't you and I go and do something in the city? I'm sure we can find something fun to do." Marie stared at him.
"Two questions: who the hell are you and what have you done with my boyfriend? Chase would never go into the city!" she said, glaring at him out of the corner of her eye. Chase cocked an eyebrow at her.
"When was I elevated to boyfriend status? I thought we were 'just friends'." he smirked and was forced to duck as Marie swung a pillow at his head.
"You think we'd still be 'just friends' after last night? That's what elevated you to the level of boyfriend. Yipes!" she yelped as Chases pillow came at her. Quickly moving aside, she grinned at him playfully. He grinned back.
"Don't start something you can't finish my Angel." he warned saucily. Marie gripped her pillow tightly.
"Bring it on dragon boy!" she challenged. Despite Chases years of training, he soon found himself outmatched by his little girlfriend. She delivered blow after blow, dodging his neatly.
"If you were using a blade, I'd be dead now you know." Marie stopped striking him long enough to speak.
"Oh hush up and take it like a man." she giggled.
"No thanks, I think I'll try something else." Marie couldn't even raise her pillow before Chase had her pinned to the bed.
"No fair! That's cheating." she pouted. Chase kissed her roughly, nibbling her stuck out lip.
"All's fair in love and war." he muttered. "Still want to go to the city?"
"Maybe after a little breakfast." she replied in a sultry voice. "Up for a quickie?"
"Always, my Angel."
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An hour later found the pair walking through the busy streets of Beijing, hand in hand. Chase had donned a long black tunic with red hems and trousers, while Marie had decided to wear her pale blue robes with Jun-li's comb. Chase was surprised to find himself enjoying the outing, despite the crowds and noisy cars. Suddenly, they heard a voice crying out.
"Marie! Marie! Over here!" Marie looked around and saw Jun-li across the street, waving happily and wearing the jeweled pin. Marie grinned from ear to ear. Jun-li quickly dashed across the street, dodging cars and cyclists, and hugged Marie tightly.
"I can't believe it's you!" she said. "I thought I'd never see you again!"
"Same here! Oh, where are my manners? Jun-li, this is Chase. Chase, this is the girl I met on the plane, Jun-li." Chase nodded, but remained silent. He wasn't good with girl talk.
"So, how are things working out with your husband?"
"Great. This is him here. Chase, this is Jun-li, the girl I met on the plane. Jun-li, this is my boyfriend Chase."
"Boyfriend? But I thought yoooouuur kinda good looking!" Jun-li's voice trailed off as she got a good look at Chase. Marie giggled at Chase's wide eyed reaction.
"Well, we worked out a deal. We're just staying friends and going through the whole relationship process until we feel comfortable enough to get married." she explained. Jun-li tore her eyes away from Chase and whispered confidentially to Marie.
"Told you he'd be a looker. Tell me, what's he look like under the tunic?"
"Hot enough to melt glaciers." she whispered back..
After a few more minutes of gossip, Jun-li offered to take them out to lunch.
"I know a nice little place with the best wonton soup this side of the pacific." she said. "My treat." They walked to a small restaurant a few blocks down the street and were seated at a booth. It was a slightly small establishment, but rather than feeling crowded, it had a cozy atmosphere rather like an old grandmothers kitchen. A kind faced old woman came out and took their orders, smiling deeply at Chase and Marie. After she had left, Marie leaned over across the table towards Jun-li.
"Why did that old woman smile at us like that Jun? She seemed extra happy for some reason."
"It's just because there's a festival for couples going on right now. Any couple seen together is wished good fortune. There's even a fair made exclusively for couples downtown. Want to go see it after lunch?" Marie looked at Chase.
"Sure, why not?" he said with a shrug. The old lady returned with three bowls of soup.
"Good fortune and many years of happiness young lovers." she said in Cantonese. She handed Chase and Marie some small, brightly wrapped candies and left.
"Oooh!" gasped Jun-li. "Lucky candy! You should eat it before the soup or you'll have bad luck." Not one to gamble with lady luck, Marie popped her candy in her mouth immediately. Chase followed soon after. After the candies had melted away, they started on the soup, which was indeed the best Marie had ever tasted.
"It always tastes better when it's made closer to home."she mused out loud. Jun-li smiled.
"Darn right!" she said. "The restaurants in Canada just can't compare with the home made stuff." They chatted for a while longer before Jun-li payed the bill and excused herself.
"I'm visiting my auntie and she gets worried if I stay out too long." she said. "By the way, that fair I told you about is three streets west of here. Go check it out. See you!" And she dashed away out of the restaurant and into the crowds outside. Chase and Marie stared after her.
"What do you think Chase?" asked Marie after a while. "Should we go down and have a look at the fair?" Chase nodded.
"Why not? It might be fun." they finished their soup quickly and left for the fair.
When they arrived, Marie found herself shocked by the amount of color and sound in the square. She had expected some tiny little affair with a few dinky booths and streamers, but this place was incredible! There were hundreds of booths on love fortune telling, games for couples, lovers foods, a large wrestling ring, and even a large dancing paper dragon.
"Woah!" she gasped. "This place is amazing!" Even Chase seemed impressed. Just then a strange young boy came bounding towards them. He looked oddly familiar.
"Oh no." groaned Chase. "Not him!" Marie stared at the boy. He had smooth neatly combed hair and big bright red eyes...underlined by black makeup.
"Jack?" Marie gasped as the youth came up to them. He smiled happily.
"Sort of." he said in a chipper tone. "I'm Jack's good side! He used the ring of 9 dragons again and kicked me out, so I got a job here! He's such a meanie! I'm a welcomer for the festival. So welcome, and have a happy, glorious day!" Good Jack smiled so brightly it was almost scary. She smiled back nervously.
"Yeah...thanks, um...Jack. We're just going to go...over there...WAY over there. C'mon Chase." She grabbed Chases hand and dragged him down an isle of game booths. Once out of sight of the overly nice Good Jack, she stopped.
"Is he always like that?" she asked Chase.
"Pretty much. Just be glad he didn't hug you." He replied. Marie shuddered. Chase slipped a loving arm around her shoulders. "Don't let it bother you. We'll just avoid him if we see him again. Now come, I want to see more of this festival." Now it was Marie's turn to get dragged off. They played games, and sampled many delicacies meant to make lovers more attuned to each other. They were passing by the wrestling ring when Chase pulled her out of the way of a competitor who was thrown from the ring.
"Come one, come all! Try your luck against Tai-lung! The fiercest fighter in all China!" cried the referee. He caught sight of Chase and Marie. "You sir! Why don't you test your strength? If you win, you can get your little lady a prize! If Tai-lung wins, your girl is the prize! How about it?" The fighter, Tai-lung, leered at Marie and called to her.
"Hey cutie, tell your boyfriend to lose. You'd love a night with me. I just love sweet virgin ass!" Marie cringed. She tugged Chase's arm.
"Let's get out of here." she whispered. "I don't like this guy." Chase stood firm.
"No" he said, glaring at Tai-lung, who was now saying something about rug burns.
"What?!"
"I said no. Do you really think I'm going to let him get away with this? I'm going up there to show him he's messing with the wrong mans woman."
"Are you crazy? He's twice your size!"
"And an eighth of my skill. Hold this." Chase quickly stripped off his tunic and walked shirtless into the ring. A thin wiry man came and offered Marie his hand.
"This way miss. You'll be able to see the fight better." He led her to a raised seat with the words Grand Prize painted on it. She watched as Chase and Tai-Lung circled each other, Tai-lung calling out threats and stinging jibes. Chase ignored him and kept his eyes locked on his opponent. Suddenly, Tai-lung lunged. Chase neatly sidestepped and delivered a sharp chop to the back of Tai-lung's neck. Tai-lung fell heavily, but was back on his feet in an instant. He lunged again, this time dropping to the ground and kicking Chase's legs out from under him. Chase landed on his hands and back flipped away. Landing smoothly, he flipped a lock of hair out of his face. The female members of the audience screamed in glee. This newcomer was certainly handsome and skilled. Tai-lung screamed in rage.
"Quit skipping around and fight like a man!" he roared. Chase chuckled.
"It's not my fault I'm too fast for you. You should try harder."
WHAM!! Tai-lung's fist made contact with Chase's face. Marie screamed as he was thrown clear across the ring.
"Was that hard enough?" he snickered. Chase sat up and wiped away a trickle of blood from his mouth. He stood with his eyes hidden by his hair.
"You're going to wish you'd never done that." he said. Tai-lung never knew what hit him. Chase moved like greased lightning, starting off with a rock hard blow to the gut then finishing with a fast uppercut to the jaw. Tai-lung dropped like a stone to the mats. Marie cheered along with the crowd as Chase was announced the winner of the match. He walked over to where Marie was sitting and held out his arms.
"Jump down." he said. Marie obeyed and fell into his arms. They walked out of the ring, Chase cradling Marie in his arms. The thin wiry man ran after them.
"Wait! Wait!" he shouted. "You get a prize you know! Come to the booth and you can get your young lady something." Chase stopped and looked down at Marie.
"What do you think?" he asked.
"May as well see what they have." she replied. "Now could you kindly put me down? As much as I'm enjoying this, people are staring." Chase set her down on her feet and put his tunic back on, prompted by the stares of female onlookers. They followed the man to a large booth that housed all manner of prizes.
"Since your man beat Tai-lung, you can choose any prize you wish." he said to Marie. She quickly scanned the prizes, looking for one that captured her interest. Then she spotted a large plushie that looked almost exactly like Chase's reptilian form.
"I'd like that one!" she said, pointing it out. The man was confused.
"That ugly thing? I made that to give to sore losers and to scare children. How about this?" He said gesturing to a large cuddly looking panda. "It's much nicer." Marie shook her head.
"I like the Dragon. Can I have it? Pleeeaaaase?" She gave her best puppy dog pout. The man finally caved and took it down.
"Here, take him and enjoy. I never figured I'd have to make more of him, so I made him well." He said as Marie took the plushie and hugged it close, giggling with childish glee. She thanked the man and she and Chase left.
"Now I have something to keep me company if you go off somewhere and you're gone all night." she said, stroking the plushies felt spines.
"I'm being replaced by a stuffed animal? How humiliating." he replied. "By the way, where did you learn that eye trick?"
"It's a girl thing." Marie giggled.
After another hour, they had seen and done everything the festival had to offer, and decided to depart for home when their path was cut off by the dancing paper dragon. It scurried and pranced in a circle around them, bells jingling happily. The human dancers inside all shouted together to imitate the dragons roar. The front dancer lifted the head so it looked down benevolently at them, then lowered it to touch them each on the forehead. The dancers roared again and danced off to another couple. Marie stared after it, confused.
"When a Dragon touches you, it's supposed to be good luck. They were trying to wish us luck in our relationship." Chase explained.
"Oh." They walked out of the festival together and into an alleyway where Chase teleported them home. Setting her new plushie companion on her side if the bed, Marie stared at him contentedly.
"God forbidding, if Chase and I ever have kids, you're going in the cradle." she told it. The plushies fake eyes stared on unseeingly. Chase transformed silently, crept up behind her and embraced her gently. This was something they had been doing for weeks now, in an attempt to get her used to this form. It was working well, Marie no longer flinched at his touch. She leaned into him with a sigh. His strong tail wrapped around her hips, the tip stopping just above the sash that kept her dress on.
"Marie..." he whispered, his hands already undoing the clasps at her neck and chest.
"Do it." she whispered back. This was going to be interesting. Chase's tail seemed to have a life of its own, swiftly untying the sash and reaching beneath the dress to her womanhood. Marie gasped as the tails tip caressed her clit. Chase finally undid the last clasp and slid the silky material from her shoulders, kissing her neck.
"You're not allowed to be anyone else's Angel but mine." he growled warningly. "I'll rip apart any man that tries to claim you." he nipped her shoulder lightly, his sharp teeth drawing blood. Marie cried out in a mixture of pain and pleasure.
"Your blood tastes so sweet my Angel." he murmured as he lapped it up. "Are you enjoying this? Tell me." His tail was working itself into a frenzy, practically vibrating. Marie gasped and moaned.
"Y-yes! Oh Chase, please!"
"Please what?"
"Aahhh...please..." she gasped again, unable to speak. Chase laughed.
"Never mind, I think I can guess what you want." he said. He listened to her pants and gasps as his tail brought her to the brink. She cried out his name over and over again in sheer bliss. Finally she climaxed, her body trembling and her breaths coming in mewling gasps. He held his love in his arms as her knees buckled. They sat together on the bed. Marie noticed a peculiar sound emanating from Chase's chest.
"Chase...are you purring?" Asked Marie when she had gotten her voice back.
"Do you dislike it?"
"No, I just didn't know Dragons could purr." She leaned against him and let the deep vibrations spread through her body.
"I like this." she said after several minutes. "It feels so nice."
"Only for you my Angel." Chase's rough reptilian rasp whispered in her ear. He noticed her breathing was smooth and even and nearly laughed out loud. He would have to tone his purring down a bit in the future, he had sent Marie straight to sleep! Moving gently so as not to disturb her, Chase set her on the bed and pulled the covers over her. He quickly and silently departed from the room, closing the drapes with magic so his Angel could sleep in total darkness. He then summoned two large Panthers.
"Guard the door with your lives. If anyone tries to get in, stop them. Maul them, kill if you must, but don't let anyone enter this room." he ordered. The panthers bowed low as he turned and strode out of the citadel.
He walked far out into the bad lands that were part of his domain. He stopped after several miles and stood completely still. To the casual observer it would have seemed like he had stopped for no reason at all, but to anyone who knew the warlord, they would have turned tail and ran out of fear of the sheer bloodlust and hatred radiating from him. Finally, he spoke.
"How long are you going to keep circling me like a coward before you face me Father?" A whispered voice seemed to come out of nowhere.
"And how long were you planning to keep hiding that delicious little morsel from me my son?" Chase stiffened. "What? You thought I didn't know? My dear boy I've been watching her since she got off the plane."
"Stop riding the winds and show yourself you coward!" Chase barked to the sky.
"No need to shout son, I'm right here." said Feng from behind his son. Chase whirled around and hurriedly backed away from his father. "Now, would you like to tell me the name of my future daughter-in-law?"
"Go to hell you murderer." Chase snarled. "This fight is between me and you, she has nothing to do with it!" Feng waggled a finger.
"Now now, don't go losing your temper son. Don't you remember what I've taught you over the centuries? Anger makes you lose sight of your goals." he said, his tone like that of a true parent, but with an undertone of dark malice. "And if she is involved with you, then she has everything to do with this. As your father it's my job to make sure she is a suitable match for you. By any means necessary..." Chase looked at Feng in shock.
"You wouldn't dare!" he hissed. "Don't you dare touch her with your filthy hands! I'll kill you, you disgusting bastard!" He charged at Feng, control long forgotten. Feng smirked and chanted a few words in an unknown language. A huge ball of blue flames burst from his palm and hit Chase square in the chest, knocking him back several feet.
"If this is the results of training for 1500 years, how on earth do you expect to keep the girl safe?" said Feng, planting a foot on Chase's chest. He pressed down hard. "You couldn't save your mother, and you're going to lose the girl too. I'm going to enjoy taking her from you. Who knows? Maybe she'll give me a son worthy of my name." That did it. Chase transformed in a flash and tackled his father, jaws snapping and claws slashing in a furious rage. He quickly gained the upper hand by locking his jaws into Feng's shoulder. Feng screamed and summoned another blast of fire, blowing Chase away from him. Clutching a hand to his bleeding wound, Feng smirked again.
Well, it seems I was mistaken. You have gained more power. You won this round my son, but I'll be back to finish what I started." And with a blast of wind, Feng vanished, leaving Chase lying unconscious on the desert sands.
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Okay, a few things to point out with this chapter. One: I don't know if there really is a festival for couples in china, I just added it for character development. Two: yes, I know Good jack is a pain, but bear with me. He is instrumental in the plot. And three: yes, Feng is a very bad guy who will stoop to rape to do what he needs.
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