Chén Sī

[Chaotic Dragon]

Ranryuujin Shen Ling leaned back into the hot spring, wearing nothing. He had just come back from China after an important incident that required his personal assistance to solve. This had sparked a cold, sinister reminder on just why he fucking hated politics so much. He had to say... those crazy Amazon bitches would stop at nothing to conquer the entire valley by hook or by crook, just to satisfy their bruised egos at being the weakest raw power-wise in the valley. It had gotten so bad that he had to step in and show them their place... again. When will those idiots learn...?

"You know that they won't, probably not for a long time, Master." Fei said from his back. Ryuu expected that their mental link gave the feline access to his thoughts, so that sudden answer didn't surprise him. It was rather annoying though, that the demon tiger kept peering through his mind after that incident in concern. After all, there was nothing wrong with him; that was just personal business, and he was just fine. He even emphasized that last thought by looking icily at his familiar.

"Sorry, my liege. I was just concerned.... You had looked uncharacteristically angry at the time. It's not like you to get that angry over anything." The white haired demon frowned as he heard those words. Well, it was true. He had never approved of slavery, and what the Amazons did to those that he considered his family was atrocious and unforgivable. They were lucky to still have the damned village standing after he got through with them. But Fei was right; perhaps he should calm down a bit and relax. It was why he was here, after all.

[kiyumi]

Metisumi ran through the woods and up the mountain. Three demons where hot on her tail. One was a fire demon, the other two his underlings. The fire demon was pretty powerful. It made Metisu slightlky neverous, but she knew she could handle them. The only reason she was running was to make them think she was weak. Meitsumi Nakumori was far from weak.

She ran past a spring and then smirked to herself, not noticing the gentalmen in it. Water. Perfect. If i stay the slightest near i can use that to my advantage. Fire demons are so weak when it comes to water. Their is no doubt i will win. I may get injured slightly, but i will win. She smiles and makes a sharp turn to her left. The moronic demons didn't notice and continued running. Shortly, she heard them curse and turn. "Idiots..."

[Chaotic Dragon]

"Hey master! Still enjoying the hot springs Fei sniffed out?" Wen, a white demon wolf and Ryuu's other familiar went into the clearing. He was carrying a dead deer on his back as he trotted to his master, ignoring the heat. Said master simply looked over the meat and nodded, and spoke.

"So you have the food. Good, now-" The half and half demon's eyes narrowed as he saw a strange female demon run past him, one with the scent of water. Even more curious was the fact that she didn't notice him or his familiars. Just what was this woman running from? A second later, his questions were answered.

"Shit! Water!" Went the strange-looking fire demon. The two smaller ones nodded in rapid agreement. The strange-looking demon seemed to be the leader.... Hm... he might as well address this. This was a violation of his privacy. He was a demon lord; such disrespect will not be tolerated, even in a foreign land.

"And what are three insects doing here, disrupting my bath?" The white haired demon glared at them icily. His familiars also glared at the three morons for disrupting their lord's bath. Said lord then poke again, this time in a colder tone. "I suggest you leave, before I get... unpleasant."

[kiyumi]

A stream of water slams into the three demons that had been chasing Meitsu. Several waterballs fly into them as they fly against the trees around. Meitsu comes flying out of no where, her right hand glowing green. "Hii!" She yells and then slams into the fire demon. She punches his chest hard and sends a green orb into him. He chokes and lies there, stunned.

Meitsu screams when the other two demons claw at her back. She whips around and the wind picks up, causing her hair to go flying. The two lower demons fly off their feet and into the water.

[Chaotic Dragon]

Ryuu looked at the carnage that resulted after his threat. His eyebrow was raised, especially as the girl they were hunting was the one that ran through the hot springs... okay, that was pretty obvious. Now they were cutting in into his relaxing time, and it was making him a tad... irritated. This could be seen from his deepening frown and now ticking eyebrow.

His familiars saw this, and flinched. And to think, he just recovered from his last temper tantrum with the Amazons. If this wasn't stopped... this was going to get real ugly real fast. Of course, they knew that there wouldn't be any survivors aside from them and their master. However, they can't let him. The last thing he needs is attention from the local ruling demons in these blasted islands.

Then the two lesser demons were tossed into the water. Ryuu then leisurely picked them up. Those demons were then about to attack Ryuu, when they felt... really cold, which was odd, since they were in a hot spring. Soon after, they froze over after a brief flash of youki and the application of the Soul of Ice. A second later, he smacked the frozen wretches, turning them to ice dust, which melted immediately in the steam. All the while, his face was still scowling, and his eyebrows were still ticking.

[kiyumi]

Meitsu wtached as they where turned from ice to ice dust and then washed away. Interesting... "Tha-Ah!" She was about to thanks him when the fire demon slammed his hands on her back and burnt her. Meitsumi's eyes turned red and she whirled around, taking out her dagger and plundging it into his throat. He let out a pathetic scream and she made the wind pick up, knocking him onto his butt. "Bastard!" She kicked his gut so hard he coughed up blood. Meitsu kicked him in the head and if he wasn't already dead, he would have been knocked uncious.

Her eyes turn back to normal and she curses under her breath, realizing her burnt back hurt like hell. "Dammit this is my favorite dress. Ass." She pulls her dagger out, wincing at each movement she made, and cleaned it in the grass then put it away. GR. That jerk. Now she'd have burn marks scarin her back.

[Chaotic Dragon]

Ryuu looked at the unsightly scene, and his eye twitched. These Japanese demons were so annoying. Don't they know how to respect their betters? Or perhaps they were retarded, like those 'Chinese' Amazons that pissed him off a bit ways back. In any case, that fire demon was very annoying, and he pissed him off. Too bad for the said demon. At least that piece of shit was dead, as he could see from his soul being dragged to hell.

Once the demon's soul was dragged to hell (an amusing sight that warmed his icy soul), he turned to the other nuisance in the area. He crossed his arms, and regarded the water demon female. She was tall for a Japanese being, however compared to him she was very short. She had purple hair and eyes, and a pretty face. On closer inspection of her aura, she seemed to be very cheerful and happy, things that made his stomach churn in disgust in general.

Even if he found her annoying, he had to help her. Despite his demon urges to just kill her, he and an oath to fulfill. An oath which he was under since the destruction of that pseudo-monastery over 4000 years ago. Thus, it was very binding. He then gestured for his familiar Wen to come to him, to which the demon familiar complied. He then mentally ordered the wolf to approach the girl and tell her something, to which the demon complied.

Wen then approached the girl, who was just a bit smaller than him standing up. "Our lord wishes to speak with you. Please approach the spring, but do not enter. A believe that he is a bit miffed at your interruption of his bath. However, considering circumstances... he won't kill you, so don't be afraid." He then looked to the girl for her reply.

[kiyumi]

Meitsumi blinks and then turns, looking at him. Her eyes turn hard. She felt slightly pissed at the 'not kill you thing'. She turns on her charm, making herself look weak as she always did. Her eyes became wide, but not the fear type of wide. Wide in a cute and innocent way.

"Please tell him that i am sorry, but i have to be going." She usually spoke in very small sentances, actually, she barely spoke one sentance. Most of the time Meitsu spoke one or two word only. That was part of how she pushed others away from her. That and she just wasn't a good talker. Meitsumi wanted to go because she didn't like being around others for long periods of time and because she wanted to get a new dress since the back of hers had burnt away.

[Chaotic Dragon]

Wen looked at the insolent woman and scowled. Didn't she know that he had to be obeyed?! Oh well... might as well tell her the reason why his lord asked her to come nearer. After all, if it were beneficial to her, she would most likely comply. His master would be irritated at him for saying the reason, but at least it would get done without fuss. Besides, Master was usually irritated at him because of similar things anyway. What's one more?

"Are you sure, female? If you are... then go. Too bad though, the Master won't be able to heal that nasty wound of yours. He wanted to offer that to you personally, but since you don't want it...." Wen trailed off lightly at the end, a smirk gracing his muzzle as he looked at the 'supposedly' meek woman. This was sure to catch the wench's interest then.

Ranryuujin glared slightly at his demon wolf familiar. He didn't want her to know that. He had wanted to extract information about some things about this wretched group of islands before he offered her the healing. He didn't want to do it for free, after all. He was a mercenary, and that would tarnish his reputation, as well as that of his demon lord one. However... what was done, was done. And he didn't want to personally talk to this woman; she seemed like a commoner. Last few times he tried that, he got berated for it.

[kiyumi]

Meitsu blinked and raised an eyebrow. Someone wanted to help her? No. That couldn't be right. She bows. "Please tell your master that i say thank you for thinking of helping me, but i can handle it." The burn was still hurting way to bad, but Meitsu didn't know if she could trust him. Then again Meitsumi didn't really trust anyone.

Besides, if Meitsumi concintrated enough, she could use the waters healing properties to heal her burn. And soothe her burn if she couldn't get it to heal. Meitsu was actually pretty strong. Anyone who didn't spend a while around her would think opposite. But that was part of the facade she put off.

[Chaotic Dragon]

Wen frowned at that. Looked like she had trust issues.... Too bad though, his master was really being sincere about this. He knew that his Master's oath would never let this slide. After all, his mastery of the Hokuto, and his subsequent oath after getting its most powerful technique made him unable to refuse. Now... how to convince the girl to let his master heal her? Hm... this could take a-

'Wen, I will handle this personally. No need to worry about that. I should have handled this in the first place.' And the faster she healed, the faster his conscience would be sated. Then he could finally continue his bath in peace. No need to bother with low-borne demons for long periods of time.

He took out the Feng de Xiong Xiong Xie from subspace, still sheathed, and held it. Then he took out the blade and swung it once with inhuman speed, causing a pure, white wave of energy to emit from the sword. It raced towards the girl, radiating purity. It was up to the girl on whether or not she would take the hit from the Shen Sheng Feng.... Especially as it would most likely heal her. She didn't feel corrupt after all. Besides... if she dodged, the misunderstandings would be very entertaining.

[kiyumi]

Meitusmi blinked at the man in the springs. When she saw him take out the sword she titled her head. When the white thing came flying at her she threw her arms up in a protective manner and ducked. "Eep." She glared at him before taking off running less then a second later.

Gr. Naturally another demon would attack her like this while she was injured. A few brnahces whipped at her face, cutting it, but she didn't mind. If she could get to water and heal the wound just slightly before he attacked her she might stand a chance. But no doubt she would be seriously exhausted from running while injured though.

Meitsu smiles when she stumbles across a small stream. Their was enough water that she could heal herself okay. She steps in the middle of the streem and a large ball of water grows at her feet then swallows her up. The ball of water begins to glow blue as she feel into a healing sleep. Slowly, the water began to heal her and restore some of her energy.

[Chaotic Dragon]

He missed with his healing strike... darn. Oh well... at least he tried. It was the thought that counts, right? The voices in his head gave a long sigh, but accepted. Of course the girl would act with suspicion, especially as he was a demon. Hell, he had yet to really speak to her, and only used his demon familiars are his spokesmen.

Which reminded him of something important. He turned to Fei and gave him an order. 'I want you to get some firewood so that we can cook the meat. Use any form that you wish.' The demon tiger nodded his head and went into the surrounding forest some distance away. Once that was done, he turned to Wen and gestured him to put the carcass down.

Wen obliged his master, while wondering something. Why did he want to eat this deer cooked? Maybe because it tasted better that way... sometimes. Most of time it tasted better raw... or was it just him. Nah... master also liked it raw, so it was probably just one of his whims again. He could live with that.

Ryuu then sank lower into the pool and submerged himself inside. The water felt so relaxing; just what he needed after that bit of stress. Especially as the water here was well above the supposed boiling point of water... or so those men of science have said. It was probably the reason why Wen didn't even try to jump in here, since it was so hot. He didn't mind though. All the more for him. Now to wait for Fei....

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While Fei was looking for things in his normal tiger form, he came across an orb. A giant water orb with the water demoness inside. Well, well, well.... This is quite the interesting predicament. Maybe he should pop the orb for fun.

[kiyumi]

Another layer added it's self to her bubble in correnspondace to the new comer. Meitsu moves slighty but stays asleep as the healing water washes over her back, cooling and healing. It did wonders, Meitsu's healing water, espically with the sick. As long as they wheren't deathly sick.

The green layer glows slighty and small water orbs for around it, prooving that it was a protective layer. The green layer begins to glow brightly, hiding the person inside from view.

[Chaotic Dragon]

Fei felt annoyed that the girl put another layer on top of the orb. He wanted to smash it, just to see the look on the wench's face. However, he was tasked with firewood gathering. Maybe he should just leave a mark here for Wen to find, so that he could mess with her. The results should be entertaining to see. With that thought in mind, he rubbed his head on a tree, leaving some of his scent. After that he he went on his merry way.

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Wen was now wandering around the woods. He had nothing else to do, and his master had given him permission to do so. Besides... he didn't want to jump in that water with him, like he normally would. That spring water was way too hot, especially after the blade's presence started making the temperature even higher. He liked the cold, thank you very much.

Suddenly, his nose caught a faint, yet stationary scent. Well, it was two; one was Fei's, and the other one was of water. Hm... how odd. He must investigate this; after all, it just might be interesting. With that, he broke int a light jog, being rather impatient with this.

A few minutes later, he got to the source. It looked like Fei marked this place, but why? His question was then immediately answered by something in his sights. It was a giant floating, glwing orb with smaller ones surrounding it. What the hell was this?! A sort of mini-realm or something? Hm... he just had to test that. He called on his ice powers, and the temperature around him immediately fell to less than normal ice. He then turned and walked to the orb, trying to see what the reaction would be.