Chapter 123
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[It was Tsun Tzu who once said that to know your enemy you must know yourself, because you can't beat an enemy you don't know, an enemy you don't understand. However....to know your enemy is to become your enemy, it's to live in their philosophy, their drives and their ambition, and some enemies are deep.
Very much like an abyss of difference and complexity that pulls you deeper with each and every second that passes. Yes you want to know your enemy, quite frankly it's the only way to understand why your enemy is the way they are, but do you ever stop to think, that to know your enemies, even if you Know yourself; you would become them! You would lose yourself on the road to victory, becoming the very monster, villain, or hero your trying to fight. War of any kind is not pretty, because no matter what you do, you're still going to lose yourself to it.]
ANONE
Anya had enough of waiting as she barged into Alex's room with his sister in tow, their fellow disciples followed behind them, not at all caring for the flustered Yun Fao, of the bored looking triplets sitting on a couch. Xiao Mei didn't seem to worried as she sat on the bed, her exquisite purple gown hugging her voluptuous frame, Yun Fao couldn't take his eyes of her, his enamored look was so obvious it made the three other disciples laugh. But Anya didn't care, the person she was looking for wasn't here and she was beginning to lose her patience.
"Yun Fao where the hell is Alex! Is he okay?" Anya asked for what seemed like the hundredth time, Xiao Mei gave a sigh as she turned to Anya.
"Would you stop being so worried about him, he's not a child and I think we both know he can protect himself, you're not usually like this with anyone, not even me. I understand you've known my little brother the longest and you guys have been inseparable since childhood and now you're engaged to each other. But he'll be fine, in fact he's...…"
"ANYAAAAAA!"
The door to Alex's room blasted open again, this time smacking Yun Fao who was still standing there across the room. And overly excited Khan bumbled into the room, making a beeline for a caught of guard Anya. The Kamaitachi took a leap, going for a tackle or maybe a hug, with how these two had played with each other the last time they met it was hard to tell. But rather than getting the hug he expected and elbow smashed into the side of his head, sending him towards the bed where a bolt of lightning shot out of Xiao Mei's hands and right into the body of Khan. The skirt was thrown across the room, his body smoldering as he gave low pitched whines of pain, Khan was a spirit of wind, but he was also part demonic and sort of a ghost though not fully, he had an extreme weakness to Lightning.
Alex and Louis were right behind him, and Alex felt Khan's pain, for the first time ever, and it wasn't small. Alex knew it was just a misunderstanding, he Khan in front of them was a whole lot more different than the Khan they know, and also a whole lot more scary looking. But Alex couldn't help giving both Anya and his sister a look that chilled them to their very bones as he asked.
"The fuck is wrong with the both of you?" they couldn't answer, not that they didn't have anything to say, but because the Alex in front of them seemed...…different.
Alex walked towards Khan and pulled him back into his mantle, obviously the friendship he had with these two ladies had suffered a somewhat 'shocking hit' and knowing how mischievous Khan could be, Alex was sure he would come back for revenge. Alex gave a small sigh as he turned to look at them, the look in his eyes had changed, it was softer, kinder, the one they were all familiar with. Louis Gabe a sigh of relief as he released a breathe he didn't even know he was holding, Alex of recent was like a volatile keg of explosives, Khan was not his let or his servant, the way Alex treated Khan was very much like the way Louis's one father and brother treated him. That Demon wolf, spirit weasel thing was like a brother and a son to Alex, the fact that the room was not on fire was a good sign.
"I'm sorry I snapped, you guys hurt Khan." Alex answered back as meekly as he could, shocking Yun Fao and Louis who were getting used his new no nonsense cold attitude.
"I'm sorry little brother I didn't know, he looks really different from before, he's grown.....a lot. I'll make it up to him later, so how...…"
*Bang!* Alex flew across the room and over his sister's head as he was smashed into head board of his bed, cracking the ornately designed golden frame. Xiao Mei shook her head as she got up from the bed just in time for Anya to jump over her, her white and black single strap dress billowing around her as she brought a knee down on Alex's neck.
But this guy was very much different from the Alex she knows, Alex turned to the side, ignoring the groaning sound the bed made as it collapsed under pressure of Anya's falling knee strike.
She stabbed her palm towards Alex, using a technique he had taught her as Alex retaliated with the (Viper Evaded Buddha Hands) deflecting the strike and forcing her off balance as she fell on top of him. Obviously the fight should be over, but Anya's teeth quickly found it's way to Alex's ear.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Anya stop! Stop! You win! Owwwww! Let go, let go!" she didn't seem like she wanted to listen, but with his ear still in her mouth she said to him.
"I don't care how many dark things you see, how many times you come close to death, you never look at me that way again! Never ever! Promise me!" Alex fell silent, Anya was the toughest chick apart from his mom Alex knew, but just like Yun Fao she was sensitive to change and detail, but not in others, that particular skill was only tailored for one person, and that was Alex. All of the politics and machinations aside, in the end these two cared deeply about each other, a love so strong that even the years they spent together should not have been enough to forge it, but it was there, and they were still quite young. It was hard to say just how devoted they would be to each other in the future. Alex hugged her as she released his ears and softly told her.
"I'm sorry for looking at you like that, I was just made for a second, Khan is family to me. But I promise, I'll never turn that look on you, or on the rest of our family." Alex promised with a smile, however.
"I don't know about you master! But I'mma look at her and big sis Xiao Mei with the eye of evil for ten thousand years! I'll curse them both!" A livid Khan appeared besides Alex looking as good as new. Anya turned to him and attempted to grab the spirit, but he had already leapt off the bed, hastily dodging a Xiao Mei who also tried to hold him.
"Oh Khan come here, let us Apologize, we didn't mean anything by it! We're sorry my baby!" Xiao Mei said to him.
"Who's your baby? (Mumbles) I'm not anyone's baby" Khan said as he turned his head to the side looking all wronged and solemn. In the madness of everything, both Xiao Mei and Anya hadn't realize that Khan was talking now. Anya got off Alex, her knee pressing into his sternum in the process and driving the air out of his body as she scrambled off the bed.
"You can be angry at us then, I guess we can give all these special snacks we found to someone else, and heard you really like wind attributed materials. I have some really weird fruits here that whistle every time the wind touches it, I hear it's extremely delicious and of the wind element, we'll give it to Louis then." Anya said as she pulled out a small sack from a storage bracelet.
"Noooooooo! Anyone but Louis! He's a Lesbo!" Khan's outburst was surprising, but all Alex and Louis could do was shake their heads and cover their face.
The Kamaitachi was under the impression that Louis was gay due to how beautiful he looked, which was partially true as the French noble swung both ways of the gender spectrum, but then the term he used in describing Louis was a teensy, tiny bit..... wrong. But none the less it seems like the girls got the forgiveness they were looking for.
*Knock! Knock! Knock!*
"Childe Spirit Wind I beg your forgiveness for this intrusion, but the ninth princess humbly requests your presence on her way to the banquet, you're to be her escort Young Master Zhang Xiao Feng." A voice called out from behind the door, drawing everyone's attention.
Alex went to a mirror to adjust his clothes as he inclined his head to Louis who went to the door and gave an answer to the Maid that was sent.
"Thanks so much for informing us beautiful, The Childe would be with the princess shortly, have a wonderful evening milady." Alex had no doubt that there maid was probably blushing her life out, but then again that's just the effects Louis had on most women. Alex turned just as Sabine said.
"Well I guess....."
"""Its time to get this party started!"""
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[It was Tsun Tzu who once said that to know your enemy you must know yourself, because you can't beat an enemy you don't know, an enemy you don't understand. However....to know your enemy is to become your enemy, it's to live in their philosophy, their drives and their ambition, and some enemies are deep.
Very much like an abyss of difference and complexity that pulls you deeper with each and every second that passes. Yes you want to know your enemy, quite frankly it's the only way to understand why your enemy is the way they are, but do you ever stop to think, that to know your enemies, even if you Know yourself; you would become them! You would lose yourself on the road to victory, becoming the very monster, villain, or hero your trying to fight. War of any kind is not pretty, because no matter what you do, you're still going to lose yourself to it.]
ANONE
Anya had enough of waiting as she barged into Alex's room with his sister in tow, their fellow disciples followed behind them, not at all caring for the flustered Yun Fao, of the bored looking triplets sitting on a couch. Xiao Mei didn't seem to worried as she sat on the bed, her exquisite purple gown hugging her voluptuous frame, Yun Fao couldn't take his eyes of her, his enamored look was so obvious it made the three other disciples laugh. But Anya didn't care, the person she was looking for wasn't here and she was beginning to lose her patience.
"Yun Fao where the hell is Alex! Is he okay?" Anya asked for what seemed like the hundredth time, Xiao Mei gave a sigh as she turned to Anya.
"Would you stop being so worried about him, he's not a child and I think we both know he can protect himself, you're not usually like this with anyone, not even me. I understand you've known my little brother the longest and you guys have been inseparable since childhood and now you're engaged to each other. But he'll be fine, in fact he's...…"
"ANYAAAAAA!"
The door to Alex's room blasted open again, this time smacking Yun Fao who was still standing there across the room. And overly excited Khan bumbled into the room, making a beeline for a caught of guard Anya. The Kamaitachi took a leap, going for a tackle or maybe a hug, with how these two had played with each other the last time they met it was hard to tell. But rather than getting the hug he expected and elbow smashed into the side of his head, sending him towards the bed where a bolt of lightning shot out of Xiao Mei's hands and right into the body of Khan. The skirt was thrown across the room, his body smoldering as he gave low pitched whines of pain, Khan was a spirit of wind, but he was also part demonic and sort of a ghost though not fully, he had an extreme weakness to Lightning.
Alex and Louis were right behind him, and Alex felt Khan's pain, for the first time ever, and it wasn't small. Alex knew it was just a misunderstanding, he Khan in front of them was a whole lot more different than the Khan they know, and also a whole lot more scary looking. But Alex couldn't help giving both Anya and his sister a look that chilled them to their very bones as he asked.
"The fuck is wrong with the both of you?" they couldn't answer, not that they didn't have anything to say, but because the Alex in front of them seemed...…different.
Alex walked towards Khan and pulled him back into his mantle, obviously the friendship he had with these two ladies had suffered a somewhat 'shocking hit' and knowing how mischievous Khan could be, Alex was sure he would come back for revenge. Alex gave a small sigh as he turned to look at them, the look in his eyes had changed, it was softer, kinder, the one they were all familiar with. Louis Gabe a sigh of relief as he released a breathe he didn't even know he was holding, Alex of recent was like a volatile keg of explosives, Khan was not his let or his servant, the way Alex treated Khan was very much like the way Louis's one father and brother treated him. That Demon wolf, spirit weasel thing was like a brother and a son to Alex, the fact that the room was not on fire was a good sign.
"I'm sorry I snapped, you guys hurt Khan." Alex answered back as meekly as he could, shocking Yun Fao and Louis who were getting used his new no nonsense cold attitude.
"I'm sorry little brother I didn't know, he looks really different from before, he's grown.....a lot. I'll make it up to him later, so how...…"
*Bang!* Alex flew across the room and over his sister's head as he was smashed into head board of his bed, cracking the ornately designed golden frame. Xiao Mei shook her head as she got up from the bed just in time for Anya to jump over her, her white and black single strap dress billowing around her as she brought a knee down on Alex's neck.
But this guy was very much different from the Alex she knows, Alex turned to the side, ignoring the groaning sound the bed made as it collapsed under pressure of Anya's falling knee strike.
She stabbed her palm towards Alex, using a technique he had taught her as Alex retaliated with the (Viper Evaded Buddha Hands) deflecting the strike and forcing her off balance as she fell on top of him. Obviously the fight should be over, but Anya's teeth quickly found it's way to Alex's ear.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Anya stop! Stop! You win! Owwwww! Let go, let go!" she didn't seem like she wanted to listen, but with his ear still in her mouth she said to him.
"I don't care how many dark things you see, how many times you come close to death, you never look at me that way again! Never ever! Promise me!" Alex fell silent, Anya was the toughest chick apart from his mom Alex knew, but just like Yun Fao she was sensitive to change and detail, but not in others, that particular skill was only tailored for one person, and that was Alex. All of the politics and machinations aside, in the end these two cared deeply about each other, a love so strong that even the years they spent together should not have been enough to forge it, but it was there, and they were still quite young. It was hard to say just how devoted they would be to each other in the future. Alex hugged her as she released his ears and softly told her.
"I'm sorry for looking at you like that, I was just made for a second, Khan is family to me. But I promise, I'll never turn that look on you, or on the rest of our family." Alex promised with a smile, however.
"I don't know about you master! But I'mma look at her and big sis Xiao Mei with the eye of evil for ten thousand years! I'll curse them both!" A livid Khan appeared besides Alex looking as good as new. Anya turned to him and attempted to grab the spirit, but he had already leapt off the bed, hastily dodging a Xiao Mei who also tried to hold him.
"Oh Khan come here, let us Apologize, we didn't mean anything by it! We're sorry my baby!" Xiao Mei said to him.
"Who's your baby? (Mumbles) I'm not anyone's baby" Khan said as he turned his head to the side looking all wronged and solemn. In the madness of everything, both Xiao Mei and Anya hadn't realize that Khan was talking now. Anya got off Alex, her knee pressing into his sternum in the process and driving the air out of his body as she scrambled off the bed.
"You can be angry at us then, I guess we can give all these special snacks we found to someone else, and heard you really like wind attributed materials. I have some really weird fruits here that whistle every time the wind touches it, I hear it's extremely delicious and of the wind element, we'll give it to Louis then." Anya said as she pulled out a small sack from a storage bracelet.
"Noooooooo! Anyone but Louis! He's a Lesbo!" Khan's outburst was surprising, but all Alex and Louis could do was shake their heads and cover their face.
The Kamaitachi was under the impression that Louis was gay due to how beautiful he looked, which was partially true as the French noble swung both ways of the gender spectrum, but then the term he used in describing Louis was a teensy, tiny bit..... wrong. But none the less it seems like the girls got the forgiveness they were looking for.
*Knock! Knock! Knock!*
"Childe Spirit Wind I beg your forgiveness for this intrusion, but the ninth princess humbly requests your presence on her way to the banquet, you're to be her escort Young Master Zhang Xiao Feng." A voice called out from behind the door, drawing everyone's attention.
Alex went to a mirror to adjust his clothes as he inclined his head to Louis who went to the door and gave an answer to the Maid that was sent.
"Thanks so much for informing us beautiful, The Childe would be with the princess shortly, have a wonderful evening milady." Alex had no doubt that there maid was probably blushing her life out, but then again that's just the effects Louis had on most women. Alex turned just as Sabine said.
"Well I guess....."
"""Its time to get this party started!"""
It was Tsun Tzu who once said that to know your enemy you must know yourself, because you can't beat an enemy you don't know, an enemy you don't understand. However....to know your enemy is to become your enemy, it's to live in their philosophy, their drives and their ambition, and some enemies are deep.Very much like an abyss of difference and complexity that pulls you deeper with each and every second that passes. Yes you want to know your enemy, quite frankly it's the only way to understand why your enemy is the way they are, but do you ever stop to think, that to know your enemies, even if you Know yourself; you would become them! You would lose yourself on the road to victory, becoming the very monster, villain, or hero your trying to fight. War of any kind is not pretty, because no matter what you do, you're still going to lose yourself to it.ANONEAnya had enough of waiting as she barged into Alex's room with his sister in tow, their fellow disciples followed behind them, not at all caring for the flustered Yun Fao, of the bored looking triplets sitting on a couch. Xiao Mei didn't seem to worried as she sat on the bed, her exquisite purple gown hugging her voluptuous frame, Yun Fao couldn't take his eyes of her, his enamored look was so obvious it made the three other disciples laugh. But Anya didn't care, the person she was looking for wasn't here and she was beginning to lose her patience."Yun Fao where the hell is Alex! Is he okay?" Anya asked for what seemed like the hundredth time, Xiao Mei gave a sigh as she turned to Anya."Would you stop being so worried about him, he's not a child and I think we both know he can protect himself, you're not usually like this with anyone, not even me. I understand you've known my little brother the longest and you guys have been inseparable since childhood and now you're engaged to each other. But he'll be fine, in fact he's...""ANYAAAAAA!"The door to Alex's room blasted open again, this time smacking Yun Fao who was still standing there across the room. And overly excited Khan bumbled into the room, making a beeline for a caught of guard Anya. The Kamaitachi took a leap, going for a tackle or maybe a hug, with how these two had played with each other the last time they met it was hard to tell. But rather than getting the hug he expected and elbow smashed into the side of his head, sending him towards the bed where a bolt of lightning shot out of Xiao Mei's hands and right into the body of Khan. The skirt was thrown across the room, his body smoldering as he gave low pitched whines of pain, Khan was a spirit of wind, but he was also part demonic and sort of a ghost though not fully, he had an extreme weakness to Lightning.Alex and Louis were right behind him, and Alex felt Khan's pain, for the first time ever, and it wasn't small. Alex knew it was just a misunderstanding, he Khan in front of them was a whole lot more different than the Khan they know, and also a whole lot more scary looking. But Alex couldn't help giving both Anya and his sister a look that chilled them to their very bones as he asked."The fuck is wrong with the both of you?" they couldn't answer, not that they didn't have anything to say, but because the Alex in front of them seemed...different.Alex walked towards Khan and pulled him back into his mantle, obviously the friendship he had with these two ladies had suffered a somewhat 'shocking hit' and knowing how mischievous Khan could be, Alex was sure he would come back for revenge. Alex gave a small sigh as he turned to look at them, the look in his eyes had changed, it was softer, kinder, the one they were all familiar with. Louis Gabe a sigh of relief as he released a breathe he didn't even know he was holding, Alex of recent was like a volatile keg of explosives, Khan was not his let or his servant, the way Alex treated Khan was very much like the way Louis's one father and brother treated him. That Demon wolf, spirit weasel thing was like a brother and a son to Alex, the fact that the room was not on fire was a good sign."I'm sorry I snapped, you guys hurt Khan." Alex answered back as meekly as he could, shocking Yun Fao and Louis who were getting used his new no nonsense cold attitude."I'm sorry little brother I didn't know, he looks really different from before, he's grown.....a lot. I'll make it up to him later, so how..."*Bang!* Alex flew across the room and over his sister's head as he was smashed into head board of his bed, cracking the ornately designed golden frame. Xiao Mei shook her head as she got up from the bed just in time for Anya to jump over her, her white and black single strap dress billowing around her as she brought a knee down on Alex's neck.But this guy was very much different from the Alex she knows, Alex turned to the side, ignoring the groaning sound the bed made as it collapsed under pressure of Anya's falling knee strike. She stabbed her palm towards Alex, using a technique he had taught her as Alex retaliated with the Viper Evaded Buddha Hands deflecting the strike and forcing her off balance as she fell on top of him. Obviously the fight should be over, but Anya's teeth quickly found it's way to Alex's ear."Ow! Ow! Ow! Anya stop! Stop! You win! Owwwww! Let go, let go!" she didn't seem like she wanted to listen, but with his ear still in her mouth she said to him."I don't care how many dark things you see, how many times you come close to death, you never look at me that way again! Never ever! Promise me!" Alex fell silent, Anya was the toughest chick apart from his mom Alex knew, but just like Yun Fao she was sensitive to change and detail, but not in others, that particular skill was only tailored for one person, and that was Alex. All of the politics and machinations aside, in the end these two cared deeply about each other, a love so strong that even the years they spent together should not have been enough to forge it, but it was there, and they were still quite young. It was hard to say just how devoted they would be to each other in the future. Alex hugged her as she released his ears and softly told her."I'm sorry for looking at you like that, I was just made for a second, Khan is family to me. But I promise, I'll never turn that look on you, or on the rest of our family." Alex promised with a smile, however."I don't know about you master! But I'mma look at her and big sis Xiao Mei with the eye of evil for ten thousand years! I'll curse them both!" A livid Khan appeared besides Alex looking as good as new. Anya turned to him and attempted to grab the spirit, but he had already leapt off the bed, hastily dodging a Xiao Mei who also tried to hold him."Oh Khan come here, let us Apologize, we didn't mean anything by it! We're sorry my baby!" Xiao Mei said to him."Who's your baby? Mumbles I'm not anyone's baby" Khan said as he turned his head to the side looking all wronged and solemn. In the madness of everything, both Xiao Mei and Anya hadn't realize that Khan was talking now. Anya got off Alex, her knee pressing into his sternum in the process and driving the air out of his body as she scrambled off the bed."You can be angry at us then, I guess we can give all these special snacks we found to someone else, and heard you really like wind attributed materials. I have some really weird fruits here that whistle every time the wind touches it, I hear it's extremely delicious and of the wind element, we'll give it to Louis then." Anya said as she pulled out a small sack from a storage bracelet."Noooooooo! Anyone but Louis! He's a Lesbo!" Khan's outburst was surprising, but all Alex and Louis could do was shake their heads and cover their face. The Kamaitachi was under the impression that Louis was gay due to how beautiful he looked, which was partially true as the French noble swung both ways of the gender spectrum, but then the term he used in describing Louis was a teensy, tiny bit..... wrong. But none the less it seems like the girls got the forgiveness they were looking for.*Knock! Knock! Knock!*"Childe Spirit Wind I beg your forgiveness for this intrusion, but the ninth princess humbly requests your presence on her way to the banquet, you're to be her escort Young Master Zhang Xiao Feng." A voice called out from behind the door, drawing everyone's attention.Alex went to a mirror to adjust his clothes as he inclined his head to Louis who went to the door and gave an answer to the Maid that was sent."Thanks so much for informing us beautiful, The Childe would be with the princess shortly, have a wonderful evening milady." Alex had no doubt that there maid was probably blushing her life out, but then again that's just the effects Louis had on most women. Alex turned just as Sabine said."Well I guess.....""""Its time to get this party started!"""
