Rescue Me, My Love

Your Heart is Home

     Ye Hua had decided to conduct his business for a few days from Kunlun.  He used his rooms there and he had people coming and going.  Mo Yuan was meeting people in his hall he didn't know.  He stepped into Ye Hua's room.  "Didi, why don't you just set up a temporary throne room in the great hall?  The disciples can do it for you, if you wish it."  "Would you mind much if I did?  I just wanted to stay a few days.  Plus I can get away from all those cursed women who loiter around the thrown room and the lotus pond!"  "You mean those women who are now loitering at the gates of Kunlun?"  "What?!?"  Ye Hua face planted into his hand.  "Da ge, I have yet to meet a woman that I feel comfortable around.  I just don't want anyone.  I want someone who is like JieJie."  Mo Yuan looked at Ye Hua with raised brows.   "Well you know what I mean!  Someone I can love and who will love me in return.  I don't want a harem full of cat fighting females.  I want one woman.  Can you find me one?  Maybe set up interviews and then meetings?  You can do that can't you?"  Mo Yuan stared hard at his brother.  He let out a long sigh.  "Yes, I will help you.  I, of anyone, should know what type of woman you would like!  Let me get settled back down with Baohu and I will start the search.  Deal?"  "It's a deal!"  The next day the great hall was a flurry of Kingdom activity as Tianjun Ye Hua handled his affairs without the interruption of giggling females.
     Mo Yuan was able to get Baohu back into a learning routine.  He loved reading and now had mind talking down to a science.  Mo Yuan was glad he could, but he wanted him to talk.  He had Zhe Yan examine his vocal cords and throat to see why he wouldn't speak.  "I can see no reason why he can't speak.  He just doesn't want too.  Maybe he feels like it makes him unique.  Maybe you should just talk to him?"  "Well, at least he is ok for now.  I don't want to push him."  After lunch, Mo Yuan went to the library to find the boys being taught by their mother.  "Just what are we learning today?  Hmmm?"  He looked straight at Bai Qian.  His dragon eyes flashed over his honey brown eyes for a split second.  Jinzi jumped up and grabbed his father's hand.  "Look Fuqin, mother has been teaching battle tactics!"  "Battle tactics?  Really?"  She shrugged her shoulders and pointed at Baohu.  He was steadily drawing a diagram with stick men.  Mo Yuan looked at his drawing and realized it was a brilliant display for one so small.  He sat down beside Baohu and watched for a moment.  Slowly he asked questions, pointed and got some of the most brilliant answers that he didn't think even Die Feng knew.  "Excellent work!  Finish it and we will talk more!"  Mo Yuan went and got Mo JinDe.  "I want you to go to the library.  Baohu is drawing a battle tactic diagram.  Look it over and tweak his brain and get him to answer you.  Come tell me what you think when you finish."  Mo JinDe ambled his way into the library to hug first Jinzi and then his mother.  He talked a second and walked over to sit down by Baohu.  He looked over his diagram.  It was brilliant!  He asked a few questions and nodded.  He bid farewell and went straight to his father's office.  "Fuqin!  Baohu is brilliant!  His diagrams and troop placement are better than some generals I know!"  "I think I just stumbled across his bright spot.  He loves the art of war.  Tomorrow, I'll take him to the diagrams room and see how he does."
     Bai Xue and Mo JinDe had decided a good soak in the hot pools of Kunlun would be just what they needed.  They took turns massaging each other's shoulders.  They relaxed and started talking.  They were having a discussion about the women they had had lately.  Mo Yuan had decided to join them for some father time.  He rounded the corner just in time to hear their discussion.  He didn't like it one bit.  "You know that Ling Ling really knows how to suck your balls dry.  You should try her Xue Xue.  She likes big ones, you know.  Like us!"  They both were laughing when their father cannonballed right into the pool and splashed them good.  He rose up out of the water and slung his loose wet hair back like a high fashion model.  Looking sideways at them, he flexed his chest and showed muscles that should have made them ashamed.  He turned to face them and his stomach was ripped with a perfect six pack.  JinDe looked at his own stomach and sighed.  His father was 300,000 plus years old, for goodness sake!  How can he still look like that?  Mo Yuan was naked when he stood up and went to sit between them.  He stretched his legs out and leaned back on his elbows on the edge of the pool.  "Have I missed something?  I heard laughter."  Xue Xue knew his father had heard him talking.  Aiya!  JinDe turned red in the face.  "Oh, it was nothing.  Just man talk."  "About Ling Ling sucking your balls dry?  Must have been really funny."  "Fuqin!"  They both fell down on their knees.  "It seems you boys have too much time on your hands in the nine heavens.  I'll talk to your Shushu about increasing your duties so you want have time for "Ling Ling".  "Please Fuqin, not that!  I promise I'll behave!  It's just that I'm a young hot dragon!  You know how he can be!"  Mo Yuan's eyes turned gold and his voice got low and raspy.  "I know all about it.  I had my fill until my father threw me into the God of War position and made me take a vow.  I broke that vow when I married your mother.  I waited over 200,000 years for her!  Don't be stupid!  Now I need to talk to you boys about something else.  Have you looked at your own aura lately?  Look and tell me what you see!"  They both pulled up their own aura.  It was disjointed and swirling strangely.  They both looked at their father.  "That's right!  Your high god trial is close!  I'll inform Ye Hua so he won't worry about you when you disappear for two months."
     Mo Yuan had started the process of looking  through the eligible young women who would be suitable.  Lui Lie of the Southern Sea kingdom was one.  Quiet, beautiful, could play the quqin, had battle tactic knowledge.  He thought an interview was in order.  It was known throughout the kingdom that Ye Hua would not have a harem.  Every girl of age had tried to manipulate their way into the palace, except for Lui Lie.  She had asked her father to please leave her out of marriage deals.  She had seen Ye Hua from afar and quite had a crush on him, but she thought she would never be able to get near him.  It was widely known that he hated pushy females.  She was not pushy, but shy.  Mo Yuan wrote a letter to her father to have her come visit Kunlun while Tianjun Ye Hua was there.  He received an answer the next day.  She would be there in two days.
     Mo Yuan went to Ye Hua's room but he was not there.  He finally found him on the training ground with Bai Xue, Mo JinDe and Jinzi and Baohu.  He decided to jump in the middle of them.  Xuan Yuan in hand he disarmed JinDe and knocked Bai Xue to the ground.  Ye Hua met his blade head on with his own.  They were head to head and neither one gave an inch.  They were nose to nose and lightning was crackling around them.  Mo Yuan grinned and Ye Hua motioned his eyes upward.  They transformed and flew upwards twirling around each other.  They both roared and flew up as high as they could go.  They turned down and they were flying so fast side by side that they broke the sound barrier and had ice streamers coming off of them.  Jinzi was glued to the spot as they came roaring down at the little fox.  At the last moment they transformed and landed beside Jinzi who was clapping with glee.  Snowflakes came down behind them.  "Fuqin, must you always disarm me?  I'm just glad nobody saw my Fuqin make a total fool out of me!"  JinDe turned in a huff and went to get a towel to dry off with.  Jinzi pulled on his father's robe.  "Fuqin, Jinzi wishes to ride the dragon."  "Really?  It's scary!  What about you Baohu?"  "Yes, yes!"  He looked at Ye Hua.  "Shall we?  Baohu, you ride on Ye Hua.  Get ready now!  When I transform, you feel over me to get a good understanding of my anatomy and where you need to be.  Ok?" Baohu, you do the same to your Shushu.  Get ready!  Here goes!"  Mo Yuan and Ye Hua both transformed again.  Mo Yuan laid his head down by Jinzi.  He timidly felt of his father's face.  He liked the feel of his whiskers.  His scales were hard but they fit together smoothly.  Mo Yuan put his leg where Jinzi could crawl up.  He crawled up to his father's head and lay in his hair.  He rolled around an giggled.  He sat down and grabbed two tufts of hair to hang on.  Baohu was doing the same thing to Ye Hua.  He climbed up and grabbed two tufts of hair just like his brother.  Slowly the big dragons took off with their precious cargo.  Bai Xue grinned at Mo JinDe and they transformed to join them.  There they were, two mighty dragons, two slightly smaller dragons and two little foxes having a ball.  They flew up as high as they could and dove as fast as they dared.  Little fox howls were heard in the skies as "faster, faster" could be heard as they squealed their delight.  One more round and both boys had erupted their tails in sheer joy!  When they came down the big dragons transformed and caught their little happy foxes as the other two dragons buzzed around them making snowflakes.  Mo Yuan looked at Ye Hua and smiled.  "I came to tell you that Princess Lui Lie will be here in two days to visit you.  I arranged it for you.  Can you be ready?  Do you need new robes?  Tell me and I'll get what you need."  "No, Da ge I'm fine.  I'll try to be up to your standards of propriety."  "I have no doubt you will be fine.  I'll try to keep those two buffoons too busy to bother you.  Just let me know what you need and it shall be done!" 
    The day had come for the princess to arrive.  Everything was ready and all was prepared.  Bai Qian was dressed in her favorite turquoise robes.  She wore only jade dangling earrings and a jade bracelet that Mo Yuan had made for her.  Mo Yuan was wearing his Kunlun blue robes.  All four of his sons were also wearing Kunlun blue with the dragon motif.  Jinzi and Baohu had the fox motif on their robes.  Ye Hua was wearing his black dragon robes.  Lui Lie arrived with only her father and one maid.  Mo Yuan approved already.  Ye Hua saw that too.  Maybe she's not extravagant and likes simplicity.  Mo Yuan stepped down the steps and greeted them.  "Welcome to Kunlun, second home of Tianjun Ye Hua, my twin brother and ruler of the nine heavens.  This is my lovely wife, Bai Qian, high goddess.  These are my sons, Bai Xue and Mo JinDe and Bai Baohu Zhe and Bai Zhi Jinzi.  Xue Xue and JinDe are dragons, but these two are foxes.  This handsome devil is my Didi, Ye Hua.  As you know by now, he is a black apex dragon."  Ye Hua stepped forward to take her hand.  "Welcome to my home away from the nine heavens!   May I show you around?"  "That would be delightful!"  Ye Hua led her to the great hall for tea and refreshments.  They all sat down and talked.  The Southern Sea king looked at Mo Yuan.  "Are you the marriage negotiator for Tianjun Ye Hua?  What is the purpose of this visit?"  "I wanted Ye Hua to be able to meet suitable girls his own age without the nuances of the nine heavens.  Here they can talk and get to know each other without the intrigue, don't you think?"  "I have heard that he wants no harem.  Is this true?"  "Yes it is true.  That is why this meeting is important.  They must be able to see if they fit.  If they find they are compatible, we will go from there.  Agreed?"  "Agreed."
     After refreshments Ye Hua took Lui Lie for a walk.  The grand entry and it's waterfalls had a spectacular view.  He took her to the best spot.  He heard her gasp at the beauty of it.  "The view here is so beautiful!  Those valleys are just a site to look upon!"   Ye Hua, being rather shy, tried his hand at conversation.  " My Father built it and my Da ge improved it.  When the mists rise it blankets the whole area in a cloud.  It's really wonderful to stand in the cloud.  How about I show you the peach orchard in the rear of the mountain?  It's really nice."  They walked through the great hall on their way to the orchard.  They were passing the lotus pond when she stopped.  She turned soft eyes up at Ye Hua and asked him a question.  "I have heard that Father of Gods created a lotus for your soul that you lived in until you were born.  Is this where you were?  "Right over there!"  "Do you have any memories of being there?"  "Yes, a few, but not many.  Shall we continue?"  "Yes please!"  The orchard was in full bloom and the blooms were fragrant.  He led her to a bench to sit down.  "This mountain is nothing like I thought it would be!  It's vibrant and beautiful and the energy is breathtaking!"  "What did you think it would be like?"  "Well, you know, dark and dank and filled with weapons and armor and such."  "Well I can see how you would think that, this being the home of the God of War and all, but my Da ge is really a kind, loving and gentle person.  That is the man that saved me from a terrible life.  He's always been there for me."  "Are you a kind and gentle person, Tianjun?"  "Please call me, Ye Hua.  I try to be.  My Da ge taught me to be considerate of everyone, but not to be bullied."  "I've heard you can be ruthless in the throne room.  Are you?"  "Only when I have to be!"  "I've heard you have not been with any women, but that you are an apex dragon.  I also hear that your...well you know...is rather large.  Is that true?"  Ye Hua blushed at her question.  He decided to forge ahead.  "Yes it's true.  Only my wife will be worthy for me to share a sexual relationship with.  And yes, it's large.  Are you afraid?"  "No, not if it's from the man who could be my love forever."  He reached up to touch her face.  Her eyes twinkled at him and he decided to lean in for a light kiss.  It was sweet and chaste as he lightly brushed her lips with his.  He pulled back and smiled a shy smile.  Her smile was also shy.  He stood and took her hand.  They walked back to the great hall hand in hand.
     They came back to the great hall and took a seat.  Ye Hua chose to sit by her.  "A good sign", Mo Yuan thought.  Chang Shan brought out cakes.  "Oh no!  Cake!  Well it's now or never moment!"  Mo Yuan was waiting and Bai Qian was hoping Ye Hua wouldn't gorge stuff his face with cake.  Ye Hua politely handed Lui Lie a cake and got one for himself.  He poured tea as they both took a bite.  "Hmmm these cakes are really good!"  She stuffed it into her mouth!  Mo Yuan had been holding his breath.  Ye Hua stuffed one in his mouth and they started laughing at each other.  They were laughing and cake stuffing and paying absolutely no attention to the rest of the room.  Bai Qian smiled up at Mo Yuan.  She nodded toward them and smiled.  Yes, this was very good.  For a week they kept each other company.  They arranged for another meeting.  That meeting would be in the nine heavens.  When she left to return home, Ye Hua was rather sad. 
     Girls came and went but each one had a flaw Ye Hua could find in minutes.  That one laughed like a horse.  That one tried to accost his body.  That one hated Kunlun.  That one sneezed at the peach trees.  He marched into Mo Yuan's office.  "Enough, Da ge!"  "I know the one I like!  I want Lui Lie to come to the nine heavens as my guest to see if she likes it.  Besides I must return.  Can you come and be there to handle the details?"  "Yes, Didi, I can.  Are you sure?"  "Yes I'm sure."  "Alright then!  By the way, Bai Xue and Mo JinDe are close to their high god trial.  If they disappear, that will probably be it.  I really expect it any day."  Die Feng came running into Mo Yuan's office in a rush.  He made his bows quickly.  "Shifu!  We were relaxing in the hot pools when Bai Xue and Mo JinDe were struck by lightning and disappeared!"  "It seems their trial is upon them."