InuYasha Fan Fiction / Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ The Heirs Apparent ❯ Quickening of the Heart ( Chapter 74 )

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A/n: Shan Lao comes into the scene fully and Asuna stumbles into more things in the corporeal world. The truth of what should have been but is not is revealed. A challenge is issued to Naraku and hell starts to break loose. Thank you all so much for reading and emails!! Happy Thanksgiving to those in America, as with every year…I am full from all the turkey and ham I consumed. Thanks again and as always please let me know what you think.

 

Quickening of the Heart

 

Lei stared at Yhea closely and he could plainly see similar traits with them both. He was sick to his stomach and the idea that this Shan Lao was his father made him sicker. Yhea looked bored and Lei growled.

 

“You knew. You have known and you harm her! You care not about your true blood?” Lei asked in dangerous tone.

 

“I am not you Jing Lei Shi. I am bolder and much smarter.” Yhea said arrogantly.

 

“You think it smart by thwarting me? You think I shall continue with some sort of fucked up alliance with Astana? I am not that weak fool who apparently sired us.” He stated in a hateful tone.

 

“He died for you ass. I watched them destroy a good man.” Yhea snarled.

 

“Well you have been a perfect tr'Awnhi student Yhea tr'Awnhi. Do not think I will claim into the clan. Do not think you will have anything to do with Asuna or any other Jing!” He said coldly.

 

“Has she claimed your name Lei? I do not see a mating mark on her from you or Hanaj for that matter. If she births wraiths then she is our way of salvation you fool.” Yhea hissed.

 

“Our way of salvation is the destruction of you and Raganos. You both are evil and I will not stand by and allow you to destroy all Shouten.” Lei said in hatred.

 

Yhea bowed and then phased away. He was disgusted and he knew his own behavior had been no different then Yhea's at one point. The full truth of what his sister was fully hit him and he proceeded to vomit right there.

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Mizuki was reading reports from Kazuo who was in America at the moment. She was typing him an email and she was getting ready to move on an American firm and he was almost giddy. Her brother was quite thrilled with his bulldog half as he called her; she had hit him for it. She was so engrossed with her typing she did not notice she was being stared at. She finally looked up and she saw Soren. She growled and miasma swirled around her fingers.

 

“You are quite devious but considering your parentage; it is not surprising.” He said with narrowed eyes.

 

“My parentage? What is with you and venerating that witch? You attempt to be intelligent; why not attempt to know more about your maternal idol!” She snarled.

 

“Thei was a good mother. She was a doting mother to me. She was horrid to her enemies but she was good to me.” Soren stated stepping closer.

 

Mizuki stared at him and he glared at her. He wore his glasses and by the Kamis he was stunning. She had to try and tear her eyes away. Renshou had been a handsome male but he had been nothing compared to this young man.

 

“You have to wear glasses all the time?” She asked off topic.

 

“Yes. I strained my eyes very badly as I told you. Our doctors have been unable to correct the damage I did.” He snorted.

 

“My sister and brother are both doctors.” She said meeting his eyes.

 

“So? You think I would seek help from a blood bag?” Soren asked in anger.

 

“We are not evil! Shouten have entered our lives for centuries and thought to take what they wanted when they wanted. It started with Bai Jing and now your uncle and cousin.” She hissed.

 

Soren contemplated things at home and her eyes widened. She cocked her head to the side and her mouth dropped open.

 

“Yhea is a traitor?” She asked shocked.

 

“He apparently was the son of a slave.” He said softly.

 

“Wait a minute! That is what she was researching. She knows. Oh my Kamis.” Mizuki said sitting down.

 

“What? Who? What do you know?” He demanded.

 

“I owe you nothing.” Mizuki said in anger.

 

“Tell me what the hell is going on woman or else.” Soren threatened.

 

She stood straight up to his nose and her head came to his shoulder. She had to look up at him and he stared down at her. She wanted to dislike him strongly but it was hard when she had been intimate.

 

“You are not a warrior and you are a little boy. I am also older then you and much more well versed in my hellish yoki. Remember I have similar yoki to my father who killed your lovely mother.” She said in a nasty tone.

 

He grabbed her shoulders and her words wounded him. She actually saw tears glaze his eyes and she wanted to scoff at him.

 

“You cruel heifer!” He snarled.

 

“Thanks! Now get lost.” She snapped.

 

“Just so you know. You are a bore in bed.” He said as he went to step back to phase.

 

She grabbed him and she smirked.

 

“I was not the one drunk. I am not the one who fell asleep right after. How was I supposed to react to a drunken sod?” She asked.

 

He phased and he took her with him. He was angry at her nasty words and he walked her backwards into a wall.

 

“Where are we?” She demanded.

 

“My home. You talk with a nasty mouth.” He said suddenly dragging her along.

 

He shoved her into a bath tub full of hot water and she came up sputtering. He was laughing and she snarled. She used her telekinesis and jerked him in as well. He too came up sodden and she laughed at him.

 

“Bitch!” He screamed.

 

“Hai well just a little.” She said going to port.

 

He wrapped his arms around her waist and he struggled to hold her. They fell to the floor and she was fighting him. Soren was just not an overly violent individual but he strongly disliked her. They struggled harshly and he became aware that she ported them. He ended up straddling her hips and she was ready to try and hit him but his glasses were askew and his hair was sopping wet. She began laughing and he stared at her as if she was insane.

 

“This is crazy!” She said giggling.

 

The sound was not unpleasant and he took in his appearance. He sighed and tried to get off of her but she pulled him down. She fixed his glassed and kissed his nose. Soren was shocked by her actions and he did not want to like her. They stared at the other a moment and she sat up. He looked almost sheepish and her mother's words hit her. This Shouten was not a bad one. This Shouten was one that happened to be in it because of his blood. She leaned forward and kissed his lips and he let out a surprised noise. She pulled back and sighed too. She stood up and they were back where they had started. She went to a closet in her office and pulled out a suit. She used the door as a screen and pulled on the clothes.

 

“What are you?” He asked.

 

“I run a multi-national company. I try to support and encourage advances in the youkai world. I have helped open schools for youkai children and sporting leagues for them as well. I sponsor research in medical and technical things that bring us further advanced then even the ningen. One of my mother's mates is a doctor and he runs a hospital that caters mostly to youkai. We can have long lives but as the ningen advanced so did problems for our kind.” She shrugged.

 

He digested the information and looked around at her very modern office and trappings. She stepped out in a chocolate colored suit and she wore nothing underneath the jacket that hinted at the swell of her breasts.

 

“The Shouten are modern are they not?” She asked.

 

“Yes. We do not live in caves.” He replied.

 

“I am only trying to make the daemon world better since we have to share it with the mortals. Things they have done have hurt our kind immeasurably. Their weapons and their wars have killed off so many youkai and their carelessness has brought such devastation. I only try and make it better for those of us left. In the corporeal youkai world there are only a few million youkai left.” She said sitting.

 

“We have used the mortals for food for eons.” He said softly.

 

“I would too if I was a blood drinker. I have succubus blood but it is stronger in my mother. I hold no love for ningen and that is who I am at “war” with Soren. I hated the Shouten because of Renshou Jing. We became at odds and he killed my mate and my daughter that I carried. That is why I do not like wraiths.” She said looking away.

 

“I am different from the rest of my family. My mother sheltered me.” He said sighing.

 

“Why are you different?” She asked.

 

“I have not needed to phase out have I?” He asked.

 

“I do not understand.” She said confused.

 

“My mother encountered a human. I am a halfling as we are called. I am not full Shouten.” He said bluntly.

 

Her mouth dropped open and she was stunned silly. His need for glasses suddenly made sense and she was floored.

 

“You are hanyou?” She asked.

 

“Is that the Japanese word for halfling?” He asked.

 

“Hai.” She nodded.

 

“Then yes I am a hanyou. I am not hated but I also know that pure bloods look down on me.” Soren said moving around her office.

 

“My father is a hanyou.” She said.

 

“He is?” He asked shocked.

 

“Hai. Iyo and Kenji were both taken from this plane. They were important to Chichi Ishin and my Chichi simply because they had come at such a difficult period in my parents lives. The twins saved the family and when your mother killed Iyo, it was done in hate. Iyo tried to save Nveid who mind you had possessed Eyal and raped my mother. Now do you see where this is going? Your mother may have been a saint to you but she killed one of our beloved daughters in the House of the Moon. Iyo was well loved in the mortal realm as well as the youkai.” Mizuki explained.

 

Soren understood and he sighed. His mother had been curious about his father and had bedded him. She had killed him when he tried to claim her for himself. Soren knew his mother had only gotten pregnant because she wanted a child. She had wanted him and not a mate. He knew his mother had done many, many things he would never do himself.

 

“Nveid and Iyo are together it is said. My uncle Raganos was incensed. Nveid left the family for a former blood bag as he put it.” He stated.

 

Mizuki made a rude face and shook her head. She looked at Soren with new eyes and stood up. He looked over at her and phased out. She was stunned and just contemplated things.

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Lei phased into her Karakura Town residence and he was shaking. She stood up from her desk and he met her eyes and his were tortured.

 

“My real father. You saw him?” He said in a raw tone.

 

“Hai.” She nodded.

 

“Was he? Why did he?” He asked turning green.

 

“Your real mother's name was Sanra tr'Awnhi.” Asuna murmured softly.

 

“I am half tr'Awnhi?” He asked shocked.

 

“Hai. She was the sister of Maec tr'Awnhi. It seems they also had incestuous relations.” She said rubbing his back.

 

“It is a common practice amongst some of the nobles of the wraiths. Something about pure blood.” He said turning even greener.

 

He went to her bathroom and proceeded to empty his stomach. He had broken out into a cold sweat and she wiped his mouth and led him to her bed.

 

“Oh my Gods. Bai was one of them. She acted just like them!” He yelled in disgust.

 

“How long did she carry on like that?” She asked.

 

“Several years.” He muttered as he closing his eyes.

 

“I am saving Shan Lao.” Asuna said bluntly.

 

“I am related to that house? Why would he leave me?” He screamed out suddenly.

 

“Because he was strong and powerful. I think Maec mated your mother to Shan Lao for the express purpose of shutting out another powerful leader and making him vulnerable. I think it was nothing about love or anything. I think it was humiliation. He went willingly with the condition that you and Bai were supposed to be free. He said that Sanra was going to turn you over to other tr'Awnhi, what does that mean?” She asked softly.

 

“I would have been a court prostitute. Some sons of the nobles were used as such.” Lei replied shaking.

 

He hugged her tightly and held on. He was shaken terribly by her discoveries. Lei was not releasing her and he slowly looked at her.

 

“What else?” Lei asked in a pained voice.

 

“Yhea knew of his father. It seems Teelis did not love Raganos at all. You know the whole ordeal with my mother and such. Yhea swore he killed Raganos but my mother would be dead if he was.” She said in a whisper.

 

“What else?” He growled in a pained tone.

 

“Yhea hates them but it seems he has been immersed in them a long while. He is ten or so years younger then you. He would not say this but he is just as desperate for a real and normal family as you were.” Asuna murmured.

 

“How will you save him?” Lei demanded.

 

“Let me work out the details okay? You and he favor heavily. Yhea looks like him as well but not as much as you.” She said softly.

 

“You can bind with him. You can lend your power. I swear I will not be angry. It is hard for me to go back that far. Bai was so much better at time slipping.” He said as two tears fell down his cheeks.

 

“I will do it. I am becoming as fierce about the Jings as I am the Tsuchigumo family. Do you understand?” She said holding his face.

 

“I was wrong. I was wrong to hate you. I wish I had never contemplated hurting you.” He said as he began kissing her deeply.

 

She knew what needed to be done and they ended up making love slowly and passionately. Lei had to phase back to Britain and she went in search Yhea.

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Yhea was surprised that Raganos had used his puny brain in anything and he was furious. He had been shocked to see his real father again and with adult eyes. He shut his eyes and saw his face and the misery inflicted by the tr'Awnhi. Bitterness stole through him and he growled out. He needed his brother but the bastard was being a brat. He felt her behind him and he turned.

 

“Hello. How many more bombs have you dropped?” He asked pleasantly.

 

“Shut up Yhea. Lei suffers at the moment. You have no idea what that bitch Bai did to him.” Asuna snapped.

 

“You have no idea what I suffered living within that disgusting clan. They like to appear all normal and such but they are more fucked up then I act.” He snorted.

 

“I thought them depraved despite the appearance of normalcy. My mother told me much of what she saw when she was there.” She said coming to stand beside him.

 

“I bet you had a nice normal upbringing. You had a mother and father, a bunch of siblings who sat around the table screaming for attention.” He taunted.

 

“Actually hai. We were rich but we were a family. My father was an only pup growing up and his younger brother was born when he was four centuries. Now I have a plan but you have a part to play.” She said crossing her arms.

 

“You are not my boss you hussy.” He growled.

 

“Do you wish to save Shan Lao or not? Why do you care since you were the heir to the kingdom?” She demanded.

 

“My mother loved him but feared for her life. I had to listen as Raganos had his version of love making with her. She used to scream for help.” He said coldly.

 

“Then why would you do that to me?” She snarled.

 

“I lost my temper badly. You wish for me to beg? Fine I am sorry. I am so sorry.” He snarled.

 

“Shut up. You act like a spoiled brat. So your mother loved him and suffered at Raganos's hands similarly that your sire suffered at Maec's hands.” Asuna stated.

 

“Yes.” He sighed.

 

“But you knew of him and you saw his death. How old were you?” She asked.

 

“I was fifteen. They humiliated him and he never cried out. He never said a word. He took it with such dignity and grace.” Yhea said suddenly looking away.

 

“Could he have been putting himself in a death sleep?” She asked.

 

“Possibly but he was tortured badly.” Yhea stated looking haunted.

 

She understood so much now. He had been exposed to such cruelty so early on and part of him did not know how to be different. She sighed and this family needed healing.

 

“Where would they bury him? The first time I met Lei, he indicated that Shouten buried their dead.” Asuna said softly.

 

“In Hueco Mundo. In the desert. There is a huge cemetery where we bury our dead. Hollows do not even go there.” He said haunted.

 

“Take me there Yhea. Take me there now.” She said taking his elbow.

 

“What have you done?” He asked.

 

“I bound with him. I gave him my blood.” Asuna murmured.

 

He said nothing and he took her arm. He phased them deeper into the deserts of Hueco Mundo then she had ever been. She saw small buildings and he slowly walked amongst the ancient stones. There were so many and Yhea walked very slowly. He led her to a mausoleum that said Jing in Han Chinese.

 

“If his body has not turned to dust then it is in there.” He said hoarsely.

 

She nodded and she pulled on the door. It was heavy and it finally gave. She entered and she saw crypts. She saw Bai's name and she spit at it. She move further back and she found a crypt that had the name desecrated. Asuna pulled back the lid and it revealed Shan Lao. Yhea made a wounded noise and she pressed her ear to his chest.

 

“He lives.” She whispered.

 

“What? I saw them! I saw what they did to him.” Yhea said shocked.

 

“His heart is beating about once every thirty seconds but it beats. He is in the deepest sleep I have ever seen.” Asuna said staring down at his face.

 

“Get him out of there! Get him out of this thing!” Yhea said going crazy.

 

“Yhea calm yourself! I cannot port out of Hueco Mundo but you can.” She said stepping back.

 

She let Konkisaiga appear and she busted the old hinges and locks. She threw the lid from the rest of the stone box and pulled his body up.

 

“Take us to Tokyo for now.” She said.

 

Yhea was shaking and he phased them to Tokyo. She ported to Yamasaki General and she laid Shan Lao on a gurney. Nobu came up when he felt her and he looked down at a Shouten who appeared dead.

 

“Asuna? What the hell?” he asked.

 

“This is Shan Lao. He is an enemy of Raganos tr'Awnhi.” She stated.

 

“Then he is a friend of ours. Death sleep?” He asked.

 

“Hai.” She nodded.

 

Nanami came over and she appeared curious. They wheeled Shan Lao into a private room and she would be needed to try and pull him out if she could. She ported to the roof and Yhea was on his knees vomiting.

 

“You and Lei are so much alike.” She muttered.

 

“My father.” He whined.

 

“I infused him with my blood. I had to make him bind to me to have an effect but Lei knows.” She said staring at the setting sun.

 

“You allow Lei and him. Why not me?” He growled.

 

“Earn it.” She snapped.

 

Yhea phased out and she sighed. She had a need to see to her other mates and children but she was seeing that Shan Lao was brought awake and brought into the fold. She was one step closer in stopping Raganos. She went to Nobu's office and she poured herself some sake and he came in.

 

“He is as stable as I can get him. He must have been under a long damn time.” He said taking the sake cup and pouring himself some.

 

“I love you Nobu.” She said brushing her lips along his neck.

 

“I know. I love you too. Now go see him.” He said slapping her butt.

 

She smirked and she walked along the hall until she reached Shan Lao. She sat by the bed and he was still deeply asleep. She noticed he had several units of o negative blood hooked up. She nodded and she cut her wrist with a claw. She opened his mouth and she did as Eyal had shown her. She pulled on his inner soul and his power. She jerked it forth and he gasped awake. His eyes were opaque white and she continued to squeeze blood into his mouth. She felt his fangs snap hard around the wound and she yelped. He was in a blood lust and she cried out. He was sluggishly coming awake and he drank deeply. She tried to jerk her arm back and she screamed. Shan Lao's eyes slowly bled their natural dark grey and he met her golden brown ones. He released her wrist and gasped.

 

“You were real.” He said with a raspy tone.

 

“Hai.” She murmured nursing her wrist.

 

“Did I hurt you? I am so sorry.” He said reaching for her hands.

 

He gingerly took her right arm and he pressed his lips to the wound. She watched him raptly as he softly kissed the wound. His eyes closed and he seemed to be praying.

 

“Shan Lao.” Asuna whispered.

 

“Yes?” He asked and his eyes opened and she saw they were moist.

 

“I am sorry you suffered.” She said in a rough tone.

 

“I can endure if there is a reason.” He said meeting her eyes.

 

She held his face and she kissed his forehead. He reached up and held her hands in his.

 

“Where am I?” He whispered.

 

“Tokyo. This is my era. It will seem very different and strange. Maec is dead in this time. Kaimei killed him.” She explained.

 

“Forgive me for a few minutes. Forgive me my weakness.” He said as his eyes closed and he wept openly.

 

She raised one hand and slammed the door shut for his privacy and he cried in silence. He was wounded emotionally and he was reeling.

 

“I can take you somewhere private.” She said wiping his tears.

 

“Yes please.” He nodded.

 

She ported them to her Tokyo penthouse. He was in her bed and she was sitting on the side. He took in a deep breath and looked around the lavish room.

 

“I will tell you everything but I know what it is to go into a long death sleep.” She replied.

 

“Yes. It is easier on Shouten though then it is on uppyr.” He replied.

 

“I see. Lucky wraiths then.” She smiled.

 

He gave her a weak smile and her heart would not stop pounding. She got this way around Lei now but not when she had first met him. No, she was infatuated with this male and it was affecting her powerfully. She gave it up for a moment and she pulled him forward and kissed him. He was surprised for all of a second and he responded. His hands ended up tangled in her hair and he pulled her down. She slipped her tongue into his waiting mouth and he groaned loudly. She ran it along his teeth and palate and he was growling very softly as she continued to deepen it and draw him more into her. They pulled back slowly and he suckled her bottom lip.

 

“I am not like this.” He said breathlessly.

 

“I can be.” She replied as breathlessly.

 

He blinked at her and she stared at him. She suddenly fumbled with his ancient style clothes and he was doing the same. They disrobed as fast as possible and he pressed his lean frame against her.

 

“So soft. So incredibly soft.” He said softly.

 

His hand cupped a breast and felt her body heat. He had never been involved with a corporeal but he did not care. She was so hot and tangy as his lips hungrily devoured her neck and down the long column of her throat. Her eyes widened and he began to slowly lave his tongue between her breasts. He nipped the fleshy globe and went back to tasting her sternum. Her claws lightly ran down his back and he suddenly cupped both breasts in his warm hands and brushed his cheek against one nipple then tasted the other. His caresses were soft and left her staggering. She released a strangled cry and his eyes were half lidded as he just lightly laved and nipped her peaks and the plush flesh.

 

“Will you do something for me?” He asked softly.

 

“Hai anything.” Asuna cried.

 

“Allow me.” He whispered softly.

 

She was shocked he was asking permission and she opened her thighs. He took his member into his hand and teased her slowly. She released a strangled moan and he just let himself continue to tease her folds. He pulled away and slid down her body and rested her thighs on his shoulders. Asuna released a shuddered breath as he softly kissed her sex several times. He was entranced and pushed his nose into her center and she shut her eyes as he explored her. She felt a swipe of his tongue first at her entrance then along her clit and her chest constricted. He was mumbling against her women's flesh and the vibrations made her tingle. He slipped his tongue into her and she cried out more. He began to plunge it as deeply as he could and he was going insane with passion and with profound want. He made it his mission to please this woman, almost a child in comparison to his age. He stroked his tongue faster and took her clit between his teeth. He nibbled lightly and did not betray his starving nature. Her cries were becoming longer and more frequent as he kept up the probing and tasting of her deepest recesses. Her upper body came off the mattress and she screamed out as she experienced a short but powerful climax. She felt his fangs but it was not pain she felt, it was euphoria and bliss as he fed from her juices and blood. She had no breath left to scream and she fell back as she felt her legs trying to shake violently. He lifted his mouth and eagerly took her lips. His hunger was overpowering him and his need to join in flesh and spirit, crushing him. Shan Lao slipped into her and wrapped her thighs around his waist. He moved just his hips and clung to her. Her forehead was soaked with perspiration and she watched his face as only their hips met. He lifted a hand to palm her cheek and she turned her head just a little so she could kiss and nip the skin.

 

“My nymph. My goddess.” He whispered.

 

Her eyes clouded over and she felt him bottom out. He watched her face contort and he encouraged more.

 

“Can you join me in my natural state?” He managed to ask.

 

She bit her lip and nodded. He pulled her neck forward very gently and kissed her again. He phased out as he still kissed her and she fell limp. Shan Lao was enveloped and wrapped in goodness. He was flooded and flooding with beauty as forever took only minutes. Heavens seemed attained as they found their way back. She came to as their hips met faster and she hypervenelated out moans. Shan Lao had to grip her tightly as they fell from those heavens and crashed together into bliss. Her cry of completion echoed throughout the room and his was muffled by her hair. His belly made a rude noise as intense hunger pangs coursed through him. He went to ask but she guided his mouth to her throat. He gratefully began to feed from his savior and his angel. He let her throat go and their bodies trembled together.

 

“Never shall I see such beauty or goodness. Never will I see such a purity of soul.” He said as he drifted.

 

“Shan Lao.” She whimpered.

 

“I am not dying anymore. I am here and I will grow strong again.” He said falling into sleep.

 

She had not realized her own face was drenched in tears and she had many encounters that had been beautiful and wondrous but this by far eclipsed anything. She felt ruined and she felt unworthy of this man who would have died a horribly, humiliating death to try and save his progeny.

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Hunger woke him and she was sleeping in his arms. She stirred and stared up at his face.

 

“I hear your belly.” She whispered.

 

“Yes. I have no idea how long I was asleep. Would you mind if I phased to Hueco Mundo and hunted?” He asked.

 

“No, I do not mind. Be mindful of Arrancar and the Espada.” She said yawning.

 

“Thank you very much but I promise that Arrancar could not win against me but I have no quarrel with them.” Shan Lao smiled.

 

“By the Kamis.” She said breathlessly.

 

“What?” He asked.

 

“You could make anyone yours by your smile. Go feed yourself and I am here.” She replied.

 

He nodded and he phased out. He appeared in the white sands and he felt a freedom he had not felt in so long. He hunted quickly and fed from several hollows to satiate his intense hunger. He phased back to her and she was up and he watched her as she stood naked and brushed out her hair. He felt as though he had been punched in the stomach. In the dim light he could see her breast and the curve of her hip. He saw her magenta stripes wrap around her luscious form. She was ripe and perfection as his mouth watered. It was awesome to be able to express his desire freely.

 

“I am shaking.” He said as he watched.

 

“Why?” She asked concerned.

 

“I am gazing upon such loveliness.” Shan Lao said with such a passionate tone.

 

Asuna gulped and he was such an individual. He stood up and their lips collided. He tasted her neck again and again and sighed in pleasure.

 

“I have been accused of being sin but it is you.” She moaned.

 

“Why is that?” Shan Lao asked amused.

 

“You make me dizzy and giddy.” Asuna admitted.

 

“Then we have a similar affect on the other. I know you are devoted to Lei. I shall have my selfishness only this day.” He said closing his eyes and touching her skin.

 

“He told me to do this.” She said lifting her chin.

 

“He told you to bind with me?” He asked dropping his jaw.

 

“I was not joking when I said I have succubus blood.” Asuna said closing her eyes and kissed his fingers.

 

“You truly are. Amazing. I have only heard of the famed uppyr. I wish to see my son.” He said kissing her fingers as well.

 

“Hai. Forgive him for he has suffered terribly. He knows not what to make of everything. Bai lied to him about everything.” She replied.

 

“I wish…” He said choking on his words.

 

“I am sorry.” She said.

 

“No, this is reality. Bai was lost to me long ago. Sanra poisoned her mind.” He said lifting his chin.

 

“Shall I get him?” She asked.

 

“Yes please.” He said tracing the markings on her cheeks.

 

She gasped softly and she knew she would have to keep this relationship to herself. It was powerful and she nodded. She slipped from his hold and put on a simple turtle neck and dark wash jeans. Shan Lao was entranced and made himself tear his gaze away. He had on his clothes again and he looked around her home. He saw pictures of adult daemons and he could tell these were some of her children he ran a finger along the smiling faces and he felt a strong aura of a fellow Jing. He turned and stared at a young man that resembled him greatly. His chest constricted and Asuna stood several feet behind Lei.

 

“Lei?” he asked shocked.

 

“Yes.” He said awe struck.

 

“I am Jing Shan Lao.” He bowed low.

 

Lei was trying to keep in his deep emotions but failing.

 

“Father?” He asked shaking.

 

“Yes Lei. I am your father. I never meant for harm to come to you. I thought…I thought my sacrifice would save you.” He said shaking too.

 

“She explained it all. I hold you no ill will. I venerate you.” He said slipping to his knees and bowing his head.

 

Tears slid down Asuna's cheeks and she stayed silent. Shan Lao touched Lei's head gingerly and he pulled him up. He hugged him tightly and she stepped onto her balcony. Hanaj was there and his face showed his own deep feelings.

 

“Your actions will have deep ramifications but I am happy for Jing. I truly have never felt a man as broken as him. You have managed to open so many doors.” He whispered.

 

“Do not thank me yet. I still intend to kill your family.” She said lifting her head.

 

“All I care about is here within this sphere. Raganos can rot in hell and burn for eternity. My father is already there and his eldest son shall join him. No, this is my family.” Hanaj said pulling her to him in a hug.

 

“I need to call Ang Chi.” She sighed softly.

 

“What of Yhea?” he asked.

 

“He will make his way. I am not that fond of him you know. I can try and understand what he did but I do not have to like him too much.” She growled.

 

Hanaj laughed softly and he nodded. She slipped into her penthouse and she heard them talking in hushed tones. She retrieved her cell phone and called Ang Chi. He answered and he sounded harried. She heard Hoshi screaming Chichi over and over in a mantra and she grinned.

 

“What have you denied her that she wished for?” Asuna asked into the phone.

 

“I took away my katana. I swear she has a nasty little temper!” He snapped.

 

“Well I have someone here for you to meet. Can you have Ryukotsusei or Daichi watch Hoshi?” She asked.

 

“I am here.” He said suddenly.

 

She laughed and she hugged him. He hugged her in return. He barely acknowledged Hanaj and he looked at her quizzically.

 

“You said to meet someone?” Ang Chi asked.

 

She put a finger to her lips and she poked her head into the apartment.

 

“I apologize. Lei? Shan Lao?” She asked.

 

“Yes, no problem.” Shan Lao nodded.

 

She dragged Ang Chi in and he immediately began growling. Lei rolled his eyes and sighed.

 

“Mother! Why am I here with these things?” Ang Chi demanded.

 

“Ang Chi you will listen.” She snapped.

 

“Why? Why do you insist I must know these things? I have no wish to know that side of me! I hate the Shouten with a passion. I hate my birth mother and do not think I will ever forget you Uncle Lei.” Ang Chi said trying to storm out.

 

“Jing Ang Chi do not take another step! How dare you speak to me in such a manner! She is not your mother and I am. This man is Jing Shan Lao. He is the father of Lei.” She said in a commanding way.

 

 

Ang Chi stopped immediately and he turned to stare at the man who resembled his birth mother.

 

“You fathered a monster. I hope you know that. I hope you know that I suffered as much as that bastard there. How did she turn out so damn wretched? Answer me!” Ang Chi growled in fury.

 

“Sorrows cannot be expressed enough young Ang Chi. I never had the privilege of knowing you as a small child but I did not have that right of my own son either. Bai's mother was a princess of the tr'Awnhi and I was a scheme. I was used and my clan on the verge of destruction. I did what I thought I must to try and save both Bai and Lei but it seems it was for naught. Bai was an adult when I was taken as a prisoner of the ruling clan. Sanra her mother enjoyed death and I surmise so did Bai.” He said looking at Ang Chi closely.

 

“She cared more for her own needs. She tortured her own brother and starved me! How could you allow that? How could you allow her to control the Jings?” He asked in a near shriek.

 

“I thought I was saving them. I thought it would make their lives easier. I was wrong.” Shan Lao admitted.

 

Lei was barely holding it together and he had to phase out to preserve some dignity. Ang Chi stared at his in fact grandfather and he was emotional. He could feel his mother's eyes on his skull and he did not dare move. She had a way of making adult pups do her will and he frankly did not want her anger. He loved his mother too much for her anger.

 

“Hai well you did wrong. You gave up your clan to a harlot, rapist, and overall evil bitch. She rots I hope you know. All of us hate her. We all were glad when she died. Lady Asuna never did anything so noble as kill your filthy spawn.” Ang Chi stated in hate.

 

“From her deeds, she deserved her fate. Forgive me. I know I should not ask you but I shall. Forgive me for making such a foolish decision. Know I did it as a father and not as a clan leader. I put what I thought were my children's welfare above all including my own but it still turned out wrong.” Shan Lao whispered.

 

“She used me ill.” Ang Chi said choking.

 

Asuna had to shut her eyes and she stifled her tears. Shan Lao neared Ang Chi and lifted his chin.

 

“It stops with her. There is no more that she can infect with her unnatural ways. I am not like that Ang Chi. She was my daughter but she is my daughter no more.” Shan Lao stated.

 

“I have my pups that need me.” He said stepping.

 

“Who has Hoshi?” Asuna demanded.

 

“Akemi has our daughter. Keiko is with me at the moment as well. I wish to spend time with my daughters mother.” He said stiffly.

 

She nodded and he ported out. She sighed and Shan Lao saw Hanaj briefly and he too phased out. She held his shoulders and they drooped.

 

“Could I bother you for a strong drink?” He asked.

 

“Sake or wine?” She asked.

 

“Sake will be good.” He said sadly.

 

“There is more Shan Lao. Can you bear it at the moment?” She asked as she poured him some sake.

 

“Please. Do not spare me now.” He said looking out the window.

 

“Do you remember Teelis tr'Awnhi?” She asked.

 

“Yes of course. She pitied me. She would patch me up after Maec.” He said in a haunted tone.

 

“How many times did you couple?” Asuna asked.

 

“A small handful. I was grateful for the reprieve.” He said curiously.

 

“Do you remember a small boy? Raganos's son named Yhea?” She asked.

 

“Yes. He was a handsome boy but very mischievous. Teelis loved him so much. I did not know him personally.” Shan Lao stated confused.

 

“Yhea was not Raganos's son. Yhea was in fact your son.” She said pouring more sake.

 

“My son? But I…he saw what they did. My son?” He asked stumbling.

 

“Hai. He has always known it seems. He has a deep hatred of the tr'Awnhi. It seems he idolized you and plotted revenge for you all these years.” She stated.

 

He swallowed down his emotions and he suddenly leaned against a wall.

 

“I did not mean for this to happen. I would not have given up my self respect or dignity. Gods I swear I was only trying to do the right thing. They were murdering and pillaging everywhere. Maec said he would take my body as a tribute. I said the only way I would is if they were safe and provided for! Sanra was there and she laughed. She laughed at the idea of her children suffering! I could have killed her but there was a dagger to Lei's tiny throat. Bai stared at me in such fear. I am sure they defiled her. She was difficult but a good girl at one time. They burned the palace in Hadasan to the ground and I was surrounded. They used my mother's entrails to hang her with. I believed they would kill Lei. I believed.” He said as trails of bloody tears fell down his face.

 

Yhea was near and so was Lei. They both heard the words of their sire and Yhea snarled out. Lei could not handle the anguish.

 

“You suffered for naught. I watched everyday as they stole another piece of you. I watched them decimate and destroy in the name of the glory of the tr'Awnhi. When I saw you suffer the last time, I swore I would make their lives and any who stood in my way miserable. Hell would not even accept them.” Yhea said shaking terribly.

 

“Why did she not tell me?” Shan Lao asked.

 

“Because the son followed the father. She protected me. As long as I had their name and I looked enough like them then I was somewhat safe.” He said through clenched teeth.

 

“What did they do to you that twisted you brother?” Lei asked in hatred.

 

“It matters not. I know them better then any of you. I may have been outed but I still have allies within. Dear Uncle Hanaj and Uncle Nveid are on my side as well.” Yhea laughed in jest.

 

“Yet you rape the woman I am bound to?” Lei demanded.

 

“Let me make this really clear bigger brother, you have not the strength for such a woman…
Yhea tried to say.

 

“Stop!” Shan Lao cried.

 

“Did you or did you not brutalize her?” Lei shouted.

 

“I lost my temper and my good sense. You have no clue but I loved that man truly!” Yhea hissed.

 

Lei went after Yhea and the younger brother was slammed into a glass door. It shattered and they began snarling. Shan Lao was dumbfounded and Asuna tried to intervene.

 

“No, if Yhea did harm you then it is Lei's right to defend your honor. Allow him this dignity.” Shan Lao stated.

 

“What?” She asked stupidly.

 

“We are clannish. If one member of the clan harms another then it is a matter that is settled between the two. They are only acting how they should.” Shan Lao explained.

 

Yhea was smashing his fist into Lei's near perfect face and Lei suddenly morphed his hand into his glass like spear. He shoved it into Yhea's gut and he released his freezing shoki.

 

“Why should you get all of it? Why should you have gotten his devotion and now hers? What have you done Jing Lei Shi?” Yhea snarled.

 

“I have led our clan to the best of my ability you arrogant ass. I have survived and endured that family that fostered you!” Lei shrieked.

 

“Oh yes our father damn near died for you!” Yhea snarled.

 

“Stop it now!” Asuna cried.

 

“Stay out of this Asuna!” Lei growled out.

 

“Do not dare Lei.” She yelled.

 

“Oh yes Lei. He died the first time for you! He did everything for you and I had to watch him suffer for you!” Yhea shrieked in old pain.

 

“Blame Maec and Raganos! Stop this now! Lei, we have had our own anger and hatreds that have passed. This is not his fault anymore then it was yours.” Asuna said standing between them.

 

“Father take her now! Take her from here.” Lei demanded.

 

Shan Lao took her arms and he phased them away. She struggled and turned in his arms.

 

“DO not let them kill each other for the tr'Awnhi! Please! Do not let those monsters destroy your family any longer.” Asuna cried.

 

He nodded and he phased back to his two sons. Shan Lao slammed Yhea against a wall with a solidified shoki of ash. He struggled and snarled. He did the same to Lei and he looked pensive.

 

“Stay out of this!” Yhea hissed.

 

“No, you have anger at me Yhea but I did not know! How can you be angry at Lei for my ignorance?” He asked his youngest son.

 

“She took me to see you after you would heal. She would tell me of you when you were younger and you fought in China. She told me how you tried to unite the Besud and Sahen. She told me the stories of the Tomoshibi. She told me how you tried to forge peace with the light wraiths!” Yhea yelled at his father.

 

“Why would you hurt her then?” He asked perplexed.

 

“No love father! Nothing! I had nothing! Raganos professed his devotion but I hated him. I hated him for killing you. I hated him so much and used to dream of strangling him. He killed my mother and blamed it upon someone else. Everything I had was destroyed. I learned to play their game and I was good at it. I wandered when I could not endure and yes, I fell for the uppyr ruler. His soul is similar to hers. I wanted something of my own! I blamed her for that but then I saw what it was that she is.” Yhea cried.

 

“You are no better then they are brother.” Lei sneered.

 

“Well in another lifetime you damn near killed her too Lei so do not act like a fucking saint!” Yhea growled.

 

“Shut up both of you!” Shan Lao growled.

 

Both stared at the other in jealously and anger. Shan Lao could understand the feelings but he was much older and much more composed. He knew what she was too and his sons only had an inkling. She was a mulo or ekimmu based upon tradition. They were the original daemon that led to uppyr and wraiths. They still existed and a wraith or uppyr would give both fangs and all their blood to be in the presence of the original ones. Shan Lao had seen one once and he knew the madness they could induce. This woman had been an ekimmu in a previous incarnation and it seemed her soul was trying to return to that state.

 

“I know what she is. I know what she is becoming. We all have been miserable. Can we all agree that we have all had errors in judgment but can we agree on the common enemy?” He asked softly.

 

“Absolutely! Kill them all.” Lei growled.

 

“Would that include me Lei?” Yhea demanded.

 

“Dumb prick. She chooses me. She has given me a son and a daughter. You are nothing to her. Hanaj will kill you as well. I will submit to Father's will on uniting against the tr'Awnhi but not to sharing her with the likes of you.” Lei said suddenly phasing out.

 

Yhea growled and he was steaming in anger. He stared at the man he had secretly idolized and he knew this was where he had gotten his powers from.

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“Father please release me.” Yhea said in a low roar.

 

“Did you hurt her?” Shan Lao demanded.

 

“I did. I was mad.” He sighed.

 

“You need to focus your affections on another. She has chosen.” Shan Lao demanded.

 

“Because she bedded you?” Yhea asked.

”It was done as a means to an end. Do not be foolish now. Lei directed her to.” Shan Lao actually lied.

 

“Asses!” Yhea said as his sire released him from his powerful shoki.

 

Yhea too phased out and he was stunned at his own deceitfulness. He phased back into Hueco Mundo and she was sitting in the sand. He sat by her and stared with her.

 

“You have infected them both.” He said softly.

 

“Yhea pisses me off.” She growled.

 

“Lei adores you.” He said taking her hand.

 

“Lei loves me. I love Lei and Hanaj.” She replied.

 

“I will not allow myself to become a hindrance to him.” Shan Lao stated with conviction.

 

She looked over at him and she leaned forward. She pressed her forehead to his and he kissed her hand.

 

“We can try.” She murmured.

 

“Okay.” He nodded.

 

They continued to stare at the white landscape and they just communed.

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Shan Lao was exasperated after one week. His sons were ready to tear each other apart. Yhea sneered at Lei constantly and he sighed. He was reading extensive accounts of the warrior princess of the Japanese era, the Sengoku Jidai. He was fascinated at her. He was surprised to learn that she had lived several times and she had met tragedy. He began to understand her deep affliction with suffering and easing it. She was also strongly succubus in this life and she kept her loved ones as she needed them. She also had the true nature of a canine daemon. She was quite the mix and he was entranced. He found her extensive notes that she had written about him. She had done a family tree and he was impressed. He met Lifen and Shen, he adored them. He watched them endlessly and her other children entertained him too. Shan Lao ended up tying up Yhea and Lei often. He liked Hanaj too as he was a gentle soul. He was staring out at the small group of servants and he was sick that his clan had suffered so. She would appear often and attend her children and he found that she kept then hiding because of the tr'Awnhi knack for murdering babies. He felt hatred lace his blood but he calmed the second he saw her. He could not stop staring at her or stop wanting her. He edged closer to her as she tidied up after the small ones.

 

“May we speak?” He asked softly.

 

“Hai.” She nodded.

 

He took her hands and phased them to a small in between that was in a village in the countryside of Mongolia.

 

“I am moved more then I should be. I am good at controlling myself and I can handle much.” He said watching her pace.

 

“I know. I do not want to stay away from you.” She admitted.

 

He walked over to her and his lips grazed hers.

 

“Shall I tell you what I wish?” He asked.

 

“Hai?” She asked dazed.

 

“I wish to see wind blow through your hair as I slide your body against mine.” He stated in soft tone that she had come to expect of him.

 

Asuna was speechless and he barely touched her clothes. He phased them out and they appeared elsewhere. He did the same to his own clothes and he picked her up.

 

“Yes. Slowly ease down.” He murmured.

 

Her eyes rolled back and he held onto her tightly. He lifted her hips up and slid her down gently. She was in ecstasy already as she felt rivets of pleasure. His words alone could inflame and he eased her up and down slowly as he guided her. It felt so good and he felt so good, she was burning for him on so many levels that it made her head spin. Her claws pierced his shoulders in her passion and it made her moan. He sank to his knees as he could not take what was happening and keep his concentration. They rolled and she was astride him and he was in her deeply. She fell against him and her cheek was against his as their breathing was labored.

 

“I owe you everything.” He managed to say.

 

“No you do not. You are owed more then anyone can ever do.” She stated in her beast's tone.

 

“I see, your canine nature. Do not shy away from me. Show me yourself.” He whispered.

 

“I am changing.” She said looking away.

 

He gently turned her jaw and nodded. She slipped off of him and she changed into her inu form. Asuna lowered her head and neared her muzzle near his face.

 

“Such a beauty.” Shan Lao stated in awe.

 

She licked his face and he ran his hands along her fur.

 

“I am wraith. This means nothing.” He said softly.

 

He phased out and she whined out. It dawned on her what he was saying and he was taking her from within. She fell to her side and she was loosing even her beastly mind. It was a sight to see a massive inu rolling in the tall grasses and whining. She was panting and she whimpered and whined out as she blacked out. Shan Lao phased back into his corporeal form and he saw her. He wanted something that was all his just like Yhea and Lei. The sad thing was they all wanted it from the same woman. He felt guilt but also happiness. He phased his clothes back on and he settled next to her side. She finally woke up and lifted her head. She changed form and he smiled over at her.

 

“Well I must say your soul looks different in your animal state.” He yawned.

 

“Does it?” She asked surprised.

 

“Yes. Still very spicy and beautiful. In that form it is wild and barely tamed.” Shan Lao said pulling her into his arms.

 

“Shan Lao, I wish that…” She tried to say.

 

“Shhh. Stop. It is past now. I am strong. I am an older wraith. I am nearly as old as your Kaito okay?” He said kissing her.

 

“Hai.” She said closing her eyes.

 

“Your Kaito may be angry that you helped a Shouten though.” He murmured.

 

“Kaito will manage.” Asuna stated.

 

“Tell me what exactly is going on with the planes okay?” He asked.

 

“There is a shinigami named Aizen Sosuke who betrayed Soul Society. There was a device created by another shinigami called the hogyoku that can create Arrancar quickly. He has been building an army of hollows to go against Soul Society. Well of course I have been at odds with the Shouten for centuries since Bai. The Shouten show back up and they do not like the Arrancar or shinigami in Hueco Mundo. On top of it all there are belligerent serpents running around that are trying to kill and maim a branch of my family in the Ryuku Islands. I fell for one of the Espada named Grimmjow and I have made it my mission to stop his death as well. I am stretched a little thin.” She sighed.

 

“Yhea had said that a serpent saved him from death at the hands of death by one known as Vlad Tepest.” Shan Lao stated.

 

“Hai. Yhea had a very strong attraction to him and he did not reciprocate.” She sighed.

 

“Do you know him?” He asked.

 

“Hai I am married to him.” She smiled.

 

“Really? Well then Yhea was furious with you. I see how this goes now. Goodness this is difficult.” He sighed.

 

“The youkai world is small.” She replied.

 

“It seems so. Yhea mentioned me, why I wonder?” He asked.

 

“I think he held you in such esteem. He was around those demented bastards but it seems Teelis tried. He is something in between.” Asuna said in a sigh.

 

Shan Lao sat up and his long brownish-black hair fell around them and she stared up at him. She spread her hands across his chest and just watched her face.

 

“You are a wonder and you truly do not belong in our politics but you are dragged in.” He stated softly.

 

“I am entrenched too deeply now.” She murmured.

 

“Raganos will want revenge.” He said softly.

 

“I know. He has my mother tied to him. He bound her to him and he turned her into a hybrid Shouten.” She said.

 

“There are those that are older then me. We will find them and see what they say, okay? I will help your mother free herself from him forever.” Shan Lao stated then kissed her passionately.

 

So much and too much happening for her, she was dizzy with it all. Shan Lao made her light headed and almost high with his very presence. She wondered at it but he ended up making love to her again. She hated that she lost control of her responses and she dragged her claws down his back. He told her not to worry but she knew what kind of torture the tr'Awnhi were capable of. She fell asleep next to him and she dreamed of Misaki. She was reliving the nightmare of seeing her body shrouded on a gurney. She began sobbing and Shan Lao shook her awake. She sat up and she looked at him.

 

“What were you seeing?” He asked wiping away her tears.

 

“One of my daughter's body. She was laid out. They killed her to get to me. She was still a toddler.” She said covering her mouth and crying.

 

He held her whilst she cried and his eyes bled to white. Another sin the bastards had committed. It was another thing that he intended to see them suffer for.

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Shan Lao had sent her back to the “corporeal world” and he promised he would deal with the Shouten things. He promised her that he would deal with Lei, Yhea, and Hanaj. She somehow trusted him with everything and she went back to her life in Japan. She knew she had found a powerful ally and trusted lover. Asuna knew she had neglected for too long her inu self and she sighed as she stared at Sapporo below. Chang came up behind her and pressed a cup of coffee into her hand and she smiled back at him gratefully.

 

“I have missed you but I know things have been hairy.” He said kissing her lips.

 

“So good.” She laughed softly.

 

“Hai well when? The floor, the wall or the bed?” He smirked softly.

 

“All of them.” She laughed.

 

“Hai okay. How do you like what I have done with my office?” He asked.

 

“I think it beautiful but then you always did have such an incredible knack for beauty.” Asuna replied.

 

“Well I thank you.” He said nuzzling her neck.

 

She giggled and he stepped back. He went to get his own cup of coffee and she went to check her messages. She was listening to her many voice mails that she had and she erased many of them. Her mother had called and she dialed the Western Palace. Her mother picked up and she heard her answer.

 

“Hai my dear.” Augusta replied.

 

“I am just returning your call mother.” Asuna stated.

 

“Just checking to see how things are. I have not seen you in awhile.” She said testily.

 

“Things are okay. I have much to discuss. I will be home this evening.” She said pacing as she talked.

 

“Hai see you then.” Her mother said hanging up.

 

She moved her Sapporo home and she sipped her coffee. She walked out onto the patio and she saw Teru. She sighed as she sat down in a wooden chair and waited for him to speak.

 

“You are a hard onna to pin down.” He said in irritation.

 

“I have been excessively busy. What may I do for you?” She asked sipping more coffee.

 

“Aizen has caused major damage. I am here asking for your help.” He said sitting.

 

“You ask me to openly break my ridiculous treaty with him?” She asked wryly.

 

“Hai.” He nodded.

 

“Hai. Grimmjow cannot be harmed.” She said flatly.

 

“Fine. Your little toy shall not be harmed.” He said snorting.

 

“Oh get over yourself.” She snapped.

 

“Hai my dear as you say. Kaito has been capturing my shinigami and dropping them all over the Rukongai.” He said in anger.

 

“I do not tell Kaito what to do.” Asuna snorted amused.

 

“It is not the time to play games!” He yelled.

 

“Teru, you are the one that pissed him off, not me.” Asuna said.

 

“He is an overgrown child.” He said in fury.

 

“Well he is not killing your shinigami.” She pointed out.

 

“Kaito hates killing. No, he will make me look bad to others and embarrass the hell out of me. Byakuya found himself naked in the middle of a sewer in District Five.” He said in irritation.

 

Asuna spit out her coffee and laughed so hard she began crying. It sounded like Hikari to her but she kept her mouth shut. Teru ported out and Chang came out looking at funny.

 

“Kaito and the kids are causing Old Man Yama problems. I think Hikari put Kuchiki in the middle of a sewer naked.” She laughed.

 

Chang snorted in amusement too and she shook her head. At the thought of her wraith daughter, Hikari popped in and grinned. She had a smirk on her beautiful face.

 

“Hello Haha. How is my favorite corporeal?” She asked.

 

“Did you do that to Kuchiki?” She asked.

 

“Ummm no. That was Chichi. Mizuki was pissed off at him and he decided to be bad. He made it worse and dumped sewage all over his head.” Hikari laughed hard.

 

Asuna shook her head and walked into the house. Hikari followed as well as Chang and the blond went to the fridge and began rummaging.

 

“Damn no sushi?” She called.

 

“Ask Chang.” Asuna said.

 

“No sushi?” Hikari asked the snow inu.

 

“No, I can make some fairly quickly if you can hold on.” He said.

 

“Sure! I am going to watch some television okay with you all?” She asked as she walked to the living room.

 

“Since when do you do such mundane things?” Asuna asked.

 

“Since I was turned mortal. You know my corporeal sibs are really cool. I liked getting to really know them. I show up all over the place now. We have the coolest family Haha. Anyway this is not the first time Chang has fed me.” Hikari grinned.

 

She was highly amused and she went to her room and dressed. She decided to do some recon in the past whilst she was freed up from the wraiths for a little while. Kaito appeared and she jumped. He grinned and she gave a kiss.

 

“Well I just wanted to say hello. I can send you back if you wish.” He said kissing her neck.

 

“You have been busy.” She laughed.

 

“Oh you have seen nothing yet my dear. I love having children.” He smirked evilly.

 

She smirked wider and he sat on her bed.

 

“I found Jing Shan Lao.” She said to see his reaction.

 

“He was a good man. Never knew what happened to him.” He said zipping her pants.

 

“He was taken by Maec tr'Awnhi and made to suffer.” She said.

 

His face became serious and he stared at her with his green eyes.

 

“How much do you know?” He asked.

 

“Well I know the Tomoshibi were once apart of the Jing Clan?” She asked.

 

“Hai. The Clan split a long time ago. Shan Lao led one half and my father the other half.” Kaito sighed.

 

“Shan Lao is that old?” She said stunned.

 

“Hai. He is a VERY good man Asuna. He wanted to stay in Mongolia and China and my father wanted a different climate. He wanted to try and get as far away from Maec as possible.” He said.

 

“So the Jings are more like the Tomoshibi then we thought?” She asked surprised.

 

“There was always differences. Babes began being born that were considered albino in Shouten society. Well we kept popping up.” He shrugged.

 

“You were the evolved ones. I see.” She nodded.

 

“Hai. Well Father said we were made to feel inferior and it was more and more difficult to stay on that plane. He said he quit trying. It got to be where we just did not go there anymore. We thought we were safe from Maec but he had the albino Shouten too.” He said shaking his head.

 

“Sindari!” She cried.

 

“Hai that bitch. Hai well there were others that invaded us and led the normal Shouten straight to us. We were sitting sucks. We were born with no shoki. We were considered inferior. Kaimei figured out a way to manipulate the light. We learned to use it as weapons.” He said deep in thought.

 

“Kaito, why have you not told me any of this before?” She asked.

 

“Why would I think you would need to know wraith history?” He asked miffed.

 

“Umm well because I married you and gave you three children.” She stated crossly.

 

“Hai perhaps I should have.” Kaito said testily.

 

“Your mischief can wait!” She snapped.

 

“Kamis you have become a bossy bitch.” He growled.

 

“Kaito be serious. I have faced some damn hard things okay? You have always been a trickster amongst other things and there are those of us that face actual difficulties.” Asuna hissed.

 

“What do you wish to know Asuna? You killed a really good source of information in Kaimei.” He said crossing his arms.

 

“He deserved it! He was going to have Hikari killed.” She growled.

 

“I know this my dear but you go through stomping like an elephant with your massive powers and realize later that, oops I squashed the wrong bug.” He stated.

 

Her mouth dropped open and she slapped him. He sighed and followed after as she refused to be alone with him.

 

“Damnit stop please.” Kaito said in annoyance.

 

“No, I am an elephant.” She said with hurt pride.

 

“I did not mean it like that.” He growled.

 

“Oh hai you did. You are still the same as when I was in Soul Society. You act as if I am supposed to be some docile thing. I am no longer Akana! I am a warrior and by the Kamis I will destroy whatever is necessary to protect those I love.” She yelled.

 

“You were far calmer as Akana then you are now. You were more reasonable as well.” He retorted.

 

She slapped him and growled low in her throat.

 

“Then go back and fuck me as the priestess. Stay the hell away from me for now. You and the rest of those in Soul Society like to keep your mouths shut when it would behoove you to share information.” Asuna stated with anger.

 

“What do you want to know? Tomoshibi are basically freaks among the Shouten world. Our numbers were never that great and we wanted peace. Maec decided that he wanted us destroyed. He got his wish.” Kaito yelled.

 

“You could increase the numbers if your lazy brothers would mate with some Jing females.” She said testily.

 

“Well why not tell them that.” He said making a face.

 

Kaito was gripped in intense spasms of pleasure and he saw her face was impassive. He had no clue that her power had increased as such and he groaned as he sank to his knees.

 

“Not here Asuna. Please not like this.” He whispered.

 

“I want answers from you. I do not want cryptic shit like normal and I want the full history of the Shouten and Tomoshibi wraiths. I am tired of walking in blind.” She growled low.

 

He nodded and she freed him from her mental hold. She stood there with her arms crossed and he was reeling. He grabbed her and phased them to Seagaia. His green eyes were stormy and she smirked at him.

 

“Try me.” She said.

 

“My you have become more of a tart in your old age.” Kaito retorted.

 

Asuna lost it and she slammed him against his bed. She knew they were in Soul Society so she knew he could stay in a solid state. She sat on his belly and he was in a feisty mood.

 

“If I have a Shouten toxin in me will it affect you?” She asked.

 

“Nope.” He said flippantly.

 

She cut her wrist and let him taste. He shut his eyes and her blood tasted so different. He figured it would taste disgusting but it was not. She lay on her side and faced him. His golden hair was still long and she ran her hand through it.

 

“It makes me mad that another wraith has touched you.” He blurted out.

 

“Okay but I know you have been with other onna.” She said raising a brow.

 

“But…” He tried to say.

 

“Kaito you are being foolish.” She said bluntly.

 

He narrowed his green eyes and he was being pissy. She again gripped him in her telekinesis and his eyes were as wide as saucers.

 

“Asuna good Kamis. Never felt.” He grunted.

 

“Never? Oh come now Kaito. You call me old now. You are absolutely ancient. Never?” She asked.

 

“No. Suna I am…Oh Kamis.” He moaned out as he climaxed hard.

 

“Silly boy. Now go into your true form and see what I can do. You will thank the Shouten.” She purred.

 

He phased out and she let herself become filled with him. She joined him fully and he was truly astounded and he had never been able to join on such a level. They were back in their physical bodies and his hands were in hers, clutching tightly as he again reached an unbelievable crescendo. His body shook hard against hers and he was making soft groans.

 

“Kaito?” She asked.

 

“You are changing again.” He said unable to speak louder.

 

“Hai. Still angry?” She asked smugly.

 

“No. I have never been able to have a complete joining. It was amazing. It was beautiful.” He said in shock.

 

“Now will you share more history since your ego has been, well stroked?” She asked sweetly.

 

“Funny my dear.” He said kissing the back of her hand.

 

He lay on his side and watched her. She fell asleep and she still looked worried. He felt badly that he had been more concerned with making Teru uncomfortable then with helping her. He too fell asleep and decided to refocus his priorities.

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Asuna was in the past and she was in the southern islands. She decided to focus and help her cousin for now. She caught a faint scent and she smiled. She walked through the jungle and she appeared in a clearing. She found a large burrow and she knew without a doubt that a tarantula was lying in wait. She went to the entrance and yanked on the trip lines. A massive blue beast appeared and he stopped short right in front of her. She smirked and she saw his eyes watch her.

 

“Hello Kiet. You look well.” She smiled.

 

She touched the blue hairs on his body and he visibly shook. She smiled wider and she moved along his body. He did not move and she just barely touched his ultra sensitive hairs. He was making noise and he was actually whining in his kumo way. She smirked as looked over her shoulder.

 

“I still cannot get over your color. You are stunning.” She stated.

 

He changed form and he was breathing hard. He was also madly blushing and his long bluish hair was blowing a little in the wind.

 

“I had hoped you were a deer or boar.” He muttered.

 

“Are you hungry?” She asked.

 

“Yes.” He said blushing hotter.

 

“Well then you wait right there.” She smiled.

 

Asuna stepped away from his burrow and she changed form. He stared up at the silver inu and his heart was out of control. His brothers had thought him a liar when he had told them he had met her. He watched her run off. He mentally heard a distant path and he changed form. She dropped a deer that was still alive right in front of him. He was surprised but he quickly sank his fangs and pulled it into his burrow. He wrapped it up in silk and he had time to eat. He changed form and she was sitting in a tree, swinging her leg back and forth.

 

“You are much quicker in your true form.” He said out loud.

 

“Nature of the beast. Canine sense of smell is a marvelous thing. Why not come watch the sunset with me Kiet?” She asked.

 

“Perhaps I should eat.” Kiet said looking down and he was embarrassed.

 

“I think you would have waited a little longer but why wait when I could catch it a little quicker?” She asked him.

 

“I suppose.” He said slowly climbing the palm tree.

 

He settled on a branch and she inched towards him. She pressed her body to his and Kiet was trying to be calm but his mind was screaming.

 

“You are pretty you know. I am ashamed to say that Ayana would have pursued you as a lover.” She said softly.

 

“I did not know. Why would she notice a nobody like me?” He asked breathing deeply.

 

“She liked beautiful and intelligent men around her. She liked different species. The Recluse Lord Bihua was a favorite.” She said flatly.

 

“The recluse are dangerous and cunning warriors.” He said in awe.

 

“Hai but the tarantulas are honorable and clever statesmen.” Asuna said undoing his pein-fu.

 

“My lady? What are you doing?” Kiet asked widening his eyes.

 

“I am being typically inu but Kamis know I adore kumo men.” She said bending her head down and gently kissing along his neck.

 

Just enough pressure and he could feel her lips and tongue along his veins. His chest was heaving a little and his was feeling deeply. She had made up her mind when she caught his scent the second time that she was going to at least kiss him silly. He was so adorable and young. Not so young as Ichigo had been but young. She exposed his belly and she noticed the heavily defined muscles. She ran her claws lightly along his abs and his eyes fluttered shut.

 

“You tease me.” He groaned.

 

“I tease you?” She asked surprised.

 

“I do not know. It feels good.” Kiet whispered.

 

“What of your family Kiet? Talk to me.” She commanded.

 

“I am the youngest of seventeen. My father and mother have been mated for two and a half centuries…” He started to say.

 

She had dragged her tongue down his belly and began nipping around his groin. He lifted his head and he actually watched her swallow his member. His face crumpled and he cried out loudly. She pathed for him to talk and he nodded no emphatically.

 

“Can-not think.” He groaned out.

 

She smirked as she sucked along him. He rasped heavily as she made him get very close. She pulled back before he came and he slammed his head back against the limb.

 

“Please!” He hissed.

 

“Watch Kiet.” She stated.

 

She grasped him and stroked him and he watched her. Asuna was enjoying the act of making this young male arachnid insane. He made grunts and groans as she leaned down and swiped the head of his member and it set him off. She wrapped her lips around him and bliss crossed his face. Lust ripped through her and she ruthlessly began working him again. He groaned and she looked up at him and her eyes had changed. He was so wrapped up in what she was doing and she slowly pulled back once again. His own beast was stirred as well and he began taking her hanfu off. His muddled brain was impatient but he managed to strip her top portion off. Kiet was no stranger to carnal pleasure but she had made his inner nature stir and that was dangerous. His kind of tarantula was not docile little beings. They were aggressive and passionate beings. He used his claws to rip the rest of the hanfu off and she was a little surprised. When he pulled her into his lap and pulled her down on him; her eyes fluttered shut as a jolt of intense pleasure shot through her. Kiet could not breathe deeply as her body felt like nothing he had experienced.

 

“Not in control.” He managed to growl out.

 

She met his eyes and they were a strange mix of blue and red for a purple effect. She tipped his head back a little and he growled louder.

 

“Guide me.” She whispered.

 

As soon as he began moving her against him; she had slipped into the wildness of his mind. He pressed his forehead to hers hard and he was almost trembling as she let them both experience a true kumo joining. She guided his hand to her nub of nerves and he snarled softly. It truly was as if she was a female spider and it was making him insane. He used his venom and she groaned heavily. His haze filled mind was immensely pleased with the sound. Kiet looked at her in the eyes and he was seeing such passion. He wanted the ground and he wanted to grip her tightly. She had heard his mind and she ported them down. He was suddenly lying beside and behind her as his hips moved hard and his hands roamed her upper body and belly. She was on fire it felt and his gentle and aggressive nature threw her into a nice long climax. He sucked on her juncture without biting down and he muffled the yell of his own end.

 

“Prince Kiet?” She murmured.

 

“Yes.” He sighed.

 

“I see I should know more about your species.” Asuna mumbled.

 

“We are not out the open.” He said refusing to leave her for a moment.

 

“Why are you really in Japan?” She asked.

 

“I did not lie. I am the youngest and I get bored. I like the jungle.” Kiet said sleepily.

 

“You prefer to be in your natural state more?” She asked curiously.

 

“I like both forms honestly.” Kiet stated running fingers along her arm.

 

She pulled away a little and he made a noise of annoyance. She was coming to like him more. His petulance reminded her of Sheng.

 

“Do you not have a deer that is digesting as we speak?” She asked.

 

“Will you come inside for a little while?” He asked.

 

“Hai. You are a pretty kumo.” She laughed.

 

He rolled his eyes and he stood. He saw his clothes in the tree and she smirked. He just realized that he had rutted with a virtual stranger and in a tree. His cheeks turned red and he went to his burrow. He kept extra clothes inside but he was horrified at himself. She smirked and she willed his clothes into her hands and she followed him inside of his burrow.

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Mizuki was being stupid beyond belief but she truly wanted to see Soren. She did find him and he was in his room. His desk was a mess but it seemed he was looking for something in his charts. She came up behind him and touched his shoulder. He jumped and went to yell at her but stopped. He tried to say something but she leaned forward and kissed him. His eyes widened then closed as he kissed her in return. She slowly pulled back and they stared at the other.

 

“You should not be here.” He whispered.

 

“I had to see you. I am sorry for all that has happened. It is not your fault nor is it my mine.” She stated.

 

“Mizuki it is not safe here right now.” He said standing.

 

He stood up and intended to get her out of here and she pulled him down again. He groaned into it as her lips refused to be stilled. Soren lost his will and he kissed her back. They were stumbling backwards and Mizuki ended up front first against the wall.

 

“Not safe. Raganos is alive.” He moaned in her ear.

 

“Soren hush. I am masked.” Mizuki said in a passionate tone.

 

His lips were on her neck and jaw; his hands grasped hers as he pressed his body into her back. They had apparently been both thinking of the other often. She could feel his desire and it dawned on her she wanted him.

 

“Soren.” She whispered hoarsely.

 

“I was amazed at what you do. I thought you must be a brute. I was surprised at what you do for other daemons.” He whispered in her ear.

 

She closed her eyes and she felt his warm breath in her ear. He was holding himself together and for what reason she had no clue.

 

“Not here and not like this. I should not have touched you in that state I was in. Now you need to go okay?” He said pulling away.

 

He kissed her softly and he stepped back. Soren's door was busted in. Raganos stood in the doorway and his eyes flicked over his nephew. Soren was outraged but the wraith king smirked as he neared the daughter of his sister's killer. A soldier handed a short sword and he shoved it straight into Mizuki's gut. Her eyes were crimson and Soren was being held by other Shouten.

 

“I am very disappointed Soren. Apparently your muddled human half makes you soft in the head as well as the heart. You mask very well bitch but I have your grandmere in me and I knew you were here. Die slowly.” He laughed as he knelt down by her head.

 

He cut a good chunk of her hair off and handed it to a soldier. Soren tried to fight the hands but Mizuki saw them stick a blade in his chest. She screamed out as her vision blackened.

 

“Give that to the beast Naraku. Tell him he has about an hour before his beloved little whore is dead. You tell him I invite him here and see how much of Thei's power he has. Tell him to hurry before I eat his bitch for lunch.” Raganos laughed as he left Soren's room.