Rescue Me, My Love

A Hard Lesson

JinDe woke up in his own room at Kunlun. Star Lord Si Ming came running to Kunlun to check on him because his trial had ended early. Mo Yuan met him and they ran to JinDe's room. He was laying propped up against his bed, crying, his arms laid out beside him saying he was sorry. "JinDe, JinDe! It's Fuqin! JinDe! His eyes cut toward his father. He held up his hand in front of his face. " Leave me! I'm not worthy to be called your son! Leave me! LEAVE ME!" He fell over into a fetal position and cried as hard as he had ever cried in his life. The reality of his own worthlessness hit him hard. He had just lived a life of his own making. Seeking what he wanted regardless of what others wanted or needed. Because of him his brother was blinded. Because of him his father died too early. Because of him many women had been abused for his pleasure. Because of him. All because of him.
Mo Yuan took Si Ming aside to the hallway. "Would you care to inform me as to why his trial ended early and he is in this state?" "High God Mo Yuan, I can let you read his scroll. If you wish?" Mo Yuan held out his hand for it. When he finished reading, the tears were streaming down his face. He rolled it up, retied it and looked Si Ming in the eye. "So because of his actions, he finished his trial early. What will happen?" "He has to come to terms with it. His feelings toward you are part of it. It seems he has always been rather reckless and self centered. His attitude toward women was also a subject that needed addressing. It seems he has now come face to face with these very issues. It seems he has to apologize to you and be able to change his life or he will fail. As you can see, he took his own life before he would live out the rest of the life that fate dealt to him. Before he can ascend, he must come to terms with these things."
For four days, Mo JinDe lay in his bed. He refused to eat or drink. Jinzi, his little brother who loved him so much had come to his door begging to see him. "Er ge! Please let Jinzi in! Jinzi wants to see you!" He turned toward the wall. Mo Yuan was broken hearted for his golden son. The one so like himself! Fate had been cruel and played on every weakness JinDe had. Bai Qian came into his study demanding answers. " Mo Yuan, I demand to know this instant what happened to JinDe!" He took a deep breath, squared his shoulders and told her the whole story. He held her in his arms while she sobbed for her son. She was sitting in his lap when a knock came on the door. "Enter." Bai Qian went to rise, but he kept her there. JinDe walked in, fell to his knees, bowed to the floor and rose only to his knees. "Fuqin, Muqin, please forgive me for all my wrong doings. I have been a disgrace to the principles of Kunlun Mountain and an embarrassment to you, my parents. I have been selfish, not caring who I hurt to get what I want even Xue Xue, you and mother. I am unworthy to be your son. I'm going into your cave to seclude myself until Xue Xue returns. He's a much better man then me. I want you to know that I love you, you are the embodiment of what a true man should be. I ask your leave to use your cave."
Mo Yuan put Bai Qian on her feet to walk around his desk. She cupped JinDe's cheek with her hand and kissed his other cheek. She walked past him and left. Mo Yuan came to him an placed his hands on each shoulder of his golden son. He brought him to his chest and cried for him. He took him by the shoulder and led him to his own meditation cave. He sat JinDe down, combed out his hair and left him. He put up a barrier as he left. When Mo Yuan came out from the cave, he was worried. Had JinDe failed his trial? He went to his office and sent Si Ming a message.
Twenty days later, Bai Xue returned to Kunlun. His father was waiting for him. He rose and hugged him. Tears were in Bai Xue's eyes as he asked his father, "JinDe? Where is he?" "He is in seclusion in my cave. He has been there for twenty days now. I know what happened Xue Xue. JinDe has yet to accept his doings and has not ascended. I suggest we leave him be. Are you ok, Xue Xue?" "Fuqin, in my life in my trial, I died a rich man because of JinDe's life. He blamed himself for my blinding, our father dying, our mother dying after she gave birth to us, and especially his life style. He cut his wrists and throat because he couldn't live with the consequences. Fuqin, it nearly broke me because I hadn't seen his face for twenty years when he died. I couldn't take care of my Didi. I beg your forgiveness." As Bai Xue started to rise, his ascension aura came upon him. Mo Yuan caught him and laid him on his bed where he slept for three days.
Mo JinDe cried for days in his father's cave. He actually thought about walking into the great hall, grabbing Xuan Yuan and ending his worthless life right then and there. He thought about his beautiful mother, how she had cupped his face and kissed his cheek. After all the women he had used! For his own enjoyment! Even after his father had admonished him for hurting a maid who was already being abused by another! He thought back to the day his father had heard them talking and had joined them in the pool. His Fuqin! His father who loved his mother enough to gift her a piece of his heart with the dragon tear. His father whose upright and righteous character never faltered. His father who had sacrificed his life to save the world and returned to save his brother and his wife. His father who had rescued his own brother from a life that could have only led to tragedy. His father who had taught he and Bai Xue everything they knew. His father who was over 300,000 years old and didn't look a day over 100,000. He was still like a young man! His father who loved him so much that he cried tears for him. His gentle, kind, loving ruthless, determined, and righteous father! How can I even come out of this cave if I do not ascend? I must! What do I need to do? What must I do to ascend? That had been day ten in the cave. One by one he thought about each issue that had come up in his life. He knew that he should stop trying to satisfy himself with every woman he could get his hands on. He guessed correctly that was why he was called 'The Dragon' in his trial. He was called the same in the nine heavens too. He would stop it immediately. He would open his heart and his dragon to look for his one true love. He had to stop running to Bai Xue every time he was in a predicament of his own doing! He had to grow up and be a man! He held a position of great importance. He couldn't shirk his duty anymore! He owed his brother, his twin brother, his love. Yes! He realized he did love Xue Xue! He was tied to him by his heart strings the same way his father was tied to his Shushu Ye Hua! He knew now it was time to set his house in order. Fifteen days later, Mo JinDe, now a better man for it, had endured his trial and learned from it. He dropped his father's barrier and walked out straight into his brother's arm a high god.
Bai Xue held him so tight he didn't want to let him go. "Fuqin said for us to come to his office when you came out. Are you ready?" "Yes, I'm ready!" Together they walked to their father's study. Together they walked in and together they bowed. "Fuqin! I am here!" "Good! Now meet me on the training grounds!" He cloud jumped out. They looked at each other and followed suit. He was waiting for them in full battle gear. His black armor glistened like pearls and his gold war crown adorned his head. Xuan Yuan shone like a blade of light in his hand. They were in awe. Here was something they had never seen in their life. The War God. The ruthless bastard as some called him. The one who gave no quarter nor asked for any in return. The one who would kill you in the blink of an eye, but would pluck a child out of danger in the middle of a battle field. He raised Xuan Yuan and drew lightning to it. He attacked them both before they could blink. The battle was on!
Mo JinDe was caught completely off guard. Xuan Yuan barely missed his face had he not side stepped at the last moment! Bai Xue took a cut to his arm. He taunted them. "So you think you're a high god now. Ha ha ha! Come! Cut me if you can, children! You think you're men now! Ha! Come on! What are you waiting for?" He attacked them again. JinDe had a cut on his arm. For an hour he fought them both. They had yet to cut him. They both were sporting cuts on their arms, their thighs and on their hairline. "Had enough? So soon?" He spun off to attack again. Bai Xue was breathing hard and JinDe was angry. So angry he was letting it get the best of him. Finally Mo Yuan swung at Bai Xue and punched JinDe out cold. He swung again and laid Bai Xue out cold. He left them laying there as he went to his room and divested himself of his armor. He sent Xuan Yuan to its holder and returned to his office to drink tea. Thirty minutes later they came staggering into his office, hair out of place, cuts bleeding and totally spent. They both fell into chairs in front of him. Bai Xue turned to Mo JinDe. "He kicked our asses again. Only this time I believe there is a point to it. Would you care to enlighten us Fuqin?" Mo Yuan rose from his desk and walked around to them. He healed their cuts and offered each of them a small bottle of Zhe Yan's peach blossom wine. They took a drink and nodded. "I was under the assumption that both of my sons had just ascended to High god? I assumed you had powers associated with that new rank? Was I wrong?" He sat back down behind his desk and took a sip of tea. JinDe laughed out loud. "We are absolute idiots, Xue Xue! Neither one of us tapped our new power! You can see how Shushu never gets beat. He doesn't win, but he doesn't get beat either! We are idiots!" "See? Now you know! I wanted to test you to see if you would tap your power. You've seen the scars on my body! What, are you afraid to cut me? It won't be the first time and it won't be the last! Next time I call you to the training ground I expect high gods to meet me there! Now we must plan for a trip to the nine heavens. Your Shushu has a date with a potential bride. Bai Xue, since you handle all intelligence coming in from the network, I want a full report from you in two days on this young woman. I want to know about her father too. Can you get it?" Tell me who, Fuqin and I'll have it in one." "Her name is Lui Lie. Her Father is the Southern Sea King. Her realm is at peace at the moment, but they are being threatened by the mermaid clan. Get me that report asap. Your Shushu Ye Hua hit it off with her pretty well. I would hate for anything to mess it up. Now enough of that. Follow me." He took them to his own room. Their were two chests there. One gold with white mother of pearl inlay and one white with gold inlay. Bai Xue's name was on the white chest and Mo JinDe's name was on the gold one. They looked at the chests and at their father. "It's a gift from your mother and I to each of you for completing your trial. Go ahead, open it!" Bai Xue opened his first. Inside was a beautiful set of white armor. His name was on it and it was beautifully wrought out of mother of pearl, white jade and white silk. His battle crown was a headpiece similar to his father's except it had a white dragon running upward over the top. "Oh, Fuqin, it's beautiful! Thank you!" "Don't thank me! Thank your mother! She designed it!" JinDe opened his to find a set of golden armor. It was trimmed in white mother of pearl and white jade. His battle crown was like his brother's except it was gold with a golden dragon on it. Both sets had the Kunlun Mountain medallion on the left shoulder and the black dragon motif of their emperor and Shushu on the right. "Fuqin, I don't know what to say! Its beautiful! " Like I said, thank your mother! She really is a genius when it comes to armor and weapon design. One more thing. This truly is from me. I forged them myself. The first new weapons made since the Jade Purity Fan which your mother holds." He opened a chest and pulled out two scabbard and swords. The first one he lifted. The scabbard was white with Bai Xue's insignia on it. The handle and grip were made of wood coated in pearl. The blade itself was nothing extraordinary. It was a whitish steel. Bai Xue's name and insignia was etched down the blade. "When you hold this sword, Xue Xue, you can call the ice and cold of the north to you to strike your enemy down or you can send it out in a wave. Try it." Bai Xue took the blade and called his power to it. The blade turned a bluish white as the power grew. He smiled. "I named it Leng Gang. It is now your weapon crafted by the God of War!" He reached down and pulled out another scabbard. It was gold in color with Mo JinDe's name and insignia on it. He pulled the blade from the scabbard. The handle was wood covered in gold. The blade was the same whitish steel. Mo JinDe's name and insignia was etched down the blade. "When you hold this blade, JinDe, you also can call ice and cold from the north. Since you and Bai Xue are mirror image twins. I made your blades mirror images too. The power you two possess also resembles that of mine and Ye Hua's. We can call lightning and ice together. You will be able to do the same. Your blade I named Bei Bing. It is my gift to you as God of War. May these blades protect you. You can also bind yourself to your blade, but it is risky and I don't recommend it." Mo JinDe wiped a tear from his eye and bowed to his father. "Fuqin, I will cherish this blade forever. I truly don't deserve such a father as you!" "I waited a long time for the two of you. It has and will continue to be a joy and happiness to me. Now come! I smell food! I'm hungry!"
They were laughing and talking when they were met by two indignant little foxes. Jinzi was frowning so hard that Mo Yuan laughed. Baohu looked at Bai Xue and frowned. "Why you no come play with me, Da ge!" "Well I see you have mind talking under control now. My twin needed my help, just like Jinzi needs you sometime. Understand?" He swooped the little fox up and tapped his knuckle on his head. "I missed you my huli Didi!" Mo JinDe scooped up Jinzi. " So my little golden fox! What have you been up to!" "Jinzi cry at your door but you no answer me! Jinzi wait and wait!" "Well wait no more because Er ge is here now!" He twirled around with him and made him squeal all the way to the dining hall.