Rescue Me, My Love

Fuqin was Right

     Mo Yuan followed Bai Qian out the door and down the corridor to their palace.  "What can I help you with, my dear?  You said you needed me?"  "Mo Yuan, please tell me Junjie didn't just go to war with you?  Why did you let him?  He's just a baby!!"  "Let me make myself clear.  I didn't know he was there until it was nearly over.  He fought well and surprised me with his power.  I was discussing his punishment when the other boys pleaded with me to be lenient.  I was about to decide to let the experience be enough.  I have sent a message to your Fuqin to come help him learn tail control.  His tail is a force to be reckoned with!"  "I could train him!  Don't you think?"  "You could but I don't want you to hurt yourself.  You must think about these twins."  "Then let's make a deal.  You have those boys at the training grounds bright and early!  They are about to learn a thing or two!"  That night Mo Yuan sent messages to all boys to be at the training ground bright and early.  He wondered what she had planned.  Knowing Qian Qian, it was going to be glorious!
     Mo Yuan was sitting in the pavilion drinking his tea when they all arrived.  "So, Fuqin, why did you call us all here?"  "You're about to find out!"  She appeared in the arena.  "Boys, front and center!"  They looked at their Fuqin who was grinning the war god grin and looked at their mother.  She was dressed as a disciple of Kunlun.  Her only weapon was her fan.  She was tapping it in her hand.  They all jumped into the arena.  "Since you all need to be punished, I will do it.  Get ready!"  Her tails erupted, she flew into the air and attacked.  Junjie went down first.  A tail strike.  Bai Xue was trying to ward off a strike when her fan strike caught him across the chest.  His Fuqin took him and Junjie out to the pavilion where Jinzi waited to heal them.  Only Baohu and JinDe were left.  Baohu erupted his tails and was trying to hit his mother but to know avail.  She hit him square on with her hand power.  Mo Yuan jumped him to the pavilion.  Only JinDe was left.  His mother grinned and a touch of fear washed over him.  Suddenly ten images appeared before him.  Every image had blazing tails.  He took hit after hit.  One by one he vanquished the images.  He was about to strike one when she threw the fan at him.  His blade could barely counter it and a severe cut was on his arm and one at his hairline.  He spun out of her way only to be struck with her binding spell.  She brought him to her face and punched him out cold.  Mo Yuan brought him to the pavilion.  She jumped herself next to Mo Yuan, called a small bottle of Zhe Yan's peach wine to her hand and took a long pull on it.  Mo Yuan took it away before she could get another drink.  "No heavy drinking!  Think about the twins!"  "If you insist!"  "I do!"  All five boys looked at her in awe.  "Just remember children, your Fuqin trained me!  I hope you learned something today.  Now I'm going to take a nap!"  She got up and promptly jumped to their palace. 
     Mo JinDe was furious.  How could his mother beat him like that?  "She cut me!  Mother cut me!"  "Once again we have had our asses kicked.  First Fuqin, then Zufu, now Mother!  She beat us royally!  Did you really train her Fuqin?"  "Yes.  She trained on Kunlun for 20,000 years.  She is a serious force to be reckoned with.  Now I'm off.  I will leave all of you until in the morning.  Be here bright and early!"  Mo Yuan left Bai Qian sleeping as he headed for the training grounds.  All of his sons were at the pavilion.  He cloaked himself to listen.  Bai Xue was ranting.  "I can't believe how weak and pitiful I am!  How can I get defeated like that?"  His fist hit the table.  "I'm a disgrace to Fuqin!  He's the God of War!!  We must do better, brothers!!  We must do better!!  We can't be embarrassing to Fuqin any longer!"  His fist hit the table again.  "Da ge is right!  He and I are both high gods!  How can we even call ourselves sons of High God Mo Yuan?!?  His very name has people falling to their knees!!  When we walk into a room, we should command the same respect!  We are pathetic!  Baohu, you and Junjie are still young, you have time to train, but your Da ge and I are without excuse!!  No more fooling around!  We must ask Fuqin for training.  As much as I hate it, I'll crawl before him for training.  I swear I will!!"  "Er ge, I felt very small yesterday!  I had no idea Mother could beat us like that!  I'm ashamed!  Truly ashamed!"  Junjie, even though he thought he was tough, was silent.  Bai Xue spoke his heart.  "As the oldest, it is my responsibility to see that not only are we properly trained in martial arts and spell usage, but that our names strike fear in our enemies as well as members of this realm.  When one of us enters a room, heads should bow from respect.  We are not worthy at this point in time.  I wish to set a training schedule for us.  This includes our jiemei too.  They too, should garner respect just because we are the children of High God Mo Yuan, Prince of the realm, Grandmaster of Kunlun School for Boys, Master of Taoism and Master of Kunlun."  Mo Yuan uncloaked himself and sat down.  He poured himself a cup of tea. 
     "So you're embarrassed that your mother kicked your asses!  You finally realize what I've been telling you!  Train your dragon and your fox!  You know your martial arts well.  Your spell usage and your ability to deflect spells is weak at best.  Your spell knowledge is weak.  All of you need at least a month in the classroom with me.  Am I disappointed in you?  Somewhat.  You are correct that people should bow as you walk by, not because you are my children, but because your power level demands it.  I will teach all of you a higher level of power, awareness and combat, if you wish it.  Remember that I trained your mother for 20,000 years!  She learned well, as you all saw yesterday.  Be ready to learn first thing in the morning.  Meet in my garden.  You're all dismissed."  He stood up and jumped to his palace.
     The next morning when they arrived in the garden, desks were set up with ink and paper.  There were no books.  Junjie and Baohu sat in the front.  Xue and JinDe sat behind them.  There were three other desks for the girls.  Bai Qian came in with them.  She sat at a side table to observe.  When they were all seated, Mo Yuan walked by them with his hands behind his back and ramrod straight.  "This morning we will begin lessons on spell usage, how to dispel them and learn more powerful spells to use during combat situations.  Although I am your Fuqin, I am becoming your Shifu for the next few weeks.  Slackers will be punished severely.  No sleeping in class, no slacking or complaining, no whining and no using spells on each other unless I say so.  Are we clear?"  They all answered at once.  "Yes Shifu!"  "Jinzi will not participate because he has chosen the path of peace.  He wants to be a medicine king.  The rest of you will study and learn.  In two months, you will be tested.  Any questions?   Nothing?  Then let us proceed."  He sat behind his desk ramrod straight.  "As you are well aware, Fox magic is some of the most carefully guarded secret magic and also some of the most powerful in the world.  All of you will be taught, but not by me.  When you are taught this magic, you will not teach it to anyone but your children.  Some of it you will use only when you are in dire straights.  The ability to split yourself into many facsimiles is powerful, but it drains you if you are weak.  I have asked your Zufu Bai Zhi to come here in five days to train all of you.  In the mean time, I will train you to use dragon magic.  Are you ready?"  "Yes, Shifu!"
     "Today you will see some things."  He drew forth his dragon essence and sent it over them in a wave.  He shone like the sun and you couldn't look directly at him.  His power was overwhelming and they all hit the ground.  His voice boomed like a cannon.  "Now you see my true power.  Can you obtain the same, children?"  Even Xue and JinDe cowered down.  He withdrew his essence and returned to normal.  Bai Xue stood, kowtowed to the ground and worshipped his Fuqin.  "I, Bai Xue, bow to the most powerful High God to ever live, my Fuqin, Mo Yuan!"  All of the younger children cowered in fear.  JinDe too, kowtowed but said nothing.  "So you see, if you can't obtain the power I just showed to you, leave now.  If you want to try for it, get to work."  JinDe asked a question.  "Fuqin, no Shifu, what must we do to increase our power?"  "A valid question.  For power building, you must set aside at least two hours a day for meditation.  This helps you cultivate.  You should be on the practice field for another two hours or set aside one day a week.  Practice your spells for one day a week.  Mainly cultivate.  Set your schedule.  While you are in the classroom, you will hold to this schedule.  Bai Xue, since you are a white dragon, there are powers you should be able to do, but you never discovered them.  Mo JinDe, the same for you since you are a mirror image of your brother.  Yin and Yang.  Cold and hot.  Understand?  I will help you achieve that.  Baohu Zhe, you seem to have a good grip on your fox powers, but you have failed to develop your dragon powers.  Mo Junjie Jin, you have actually tapped your power.  We just need to push it further.  You girls have been downright lazy.  I will tolerate it no longer.  Today, we learn proper meditation."  He sat on his dais in the lotus form.  The first most important thing is proper posture.  Hold your body straight, hands on your knees, back straight.  Clear your mind of all distractions.  No talking or mind reading your siblings.  Clear your minds.  When your mind becomes clear, your aura will shine around you.  The more power you gain, the brighter and more intense it will become.  Now begin!"
     He sat perfectly still and watched them.  Naturally the girls were distracted.  "Quiet your minds.  Something I used to do was imagine my favorite place.  Now concentrate.  Xue and Baohu dropped off into silent meditation.  JinDe finally quieted his mind and followed.  One by one the rest followed.  He sat there with them for two hours.  Finally he awoke them one by one.  "Now tell me how you feel."  JinDe felt very refreshed and noticed his power level was higher.  "Shifu, I feel refreshed and my power level feels higher."  "Good!  Anyone else feel the same?"  Nods all around.  "So you see the importance of proper meditation.  Do this every morning before you come to class.  That will be all for today."  He stood and walked over to Bai Qian who was carefully watching him.  "My love, would you care for a walk this morning?  And maybe a kiss?"  His grin made her laugh as she stood.  She reached her arms around his waist, stood on her tip toes and kissed his lips.  Their kiss deepened.  Her soft sigh went straight to his heart.  He broke the tender kiss and held her close.  His voice was soft in her ear.  "I love you, sweet Xiao Huli.  My love forever."  "Mo Yuan, let's go to our room and spend the day in bed.  I just want to cuddle you!"  He jumped them straight there. 
     Junjie was rather aggravated because he had gone looking for his Fuqin only to find the barrier over his bedroom door.  He decided to go back to the garden and meditate for a while.  JinDe was there too.  He never acknowledged his baby brother so Junjie sat on a dais.  His mind wandered but finally he was able to calm himself.  For two hours he sat still.  When he finally roused himself, JinDe was gone and he was alone.  He decided to go to the practice field.  His brothers were there.  He squared his shoulders and walked to the arena.  He transformed and started using his tail to hit targets.  Junjie was aggravated because he couldn't talk to his father.  His anger started to build and it showed.  His power was building.  He hit a target and blew it into a billion pieces.  JinDe, seeing Junjie's anger getting out of control, transformed and faced him.  A dragon fight ensued.  Junjie hit JinDe with a strike from his tail.  Mo Jinlong roared and proceeded to put the little pip squeak in his place.  He turned around and tail swatted him across the arena.  "Huff, huff, huff!"  Mo Jinlong laughed.  Xiao Jinlong saw red.  He flew up and roared.  Loudly.  He charged with his teeth bared and his breath blowing.  Mo Yuan had decided to come to the training grounds to observe.  He was cloaked behind an invisibility barrier.  Mo Jinlong wasn't paying attention since he was only toying with his Didi, but Xiao Jinlong was dead serious.  He was about to grab his Er ge by the throat.  Mo Yuan's eyes turned gold and he transformed.  Still cloaked.  He swatted the little gold dragon across the arena.  He uncloaked and roared his disapproval.  Mo Jinlong knew better than to mess with his Fuqin, so he bowed down, transformed and sat in the pavilion.
     Still riding his dragon rage, Xiao Jinlong got up and charged his Fuqin.  Jinlong let him rage until he got close enough for him to catch him.  Being caught in his Fuqin's talons had him seeing red.  He squirmed and tried to get loose.  Having had enough, Jinlong threw him down hard enough to knock the breath out of him.  Mo Yuan transformed, looked Junjie in the eye and waited for him to transform.  He obliged his Fuqin.  "When you get control of yourself, Junjie, you will explain to me why you were going to throat bite your Er ge?  Get yourself under control!!"  "I'm tired of being treated like I'm just a little dragon who can't do anything!  I can fight!  I can!!"  Mo Yuan took him into his arms and hugged him tightly.  "Junjie, I know you can, but you are still young.  Fuqin only wants you to enjoy your life and take each and every day as it comes.  Don't sweat small things.  The day will come when you will be as powerful as I am, but today is not that day.  Now come.  Apologize to your Er ge.  He didn't hurt you physically, he only hurt your feelings."  They walked to the pavilion and Mo Yuan poured them a cup of tea.  Junjie stood in front of JinDe and bowed.  "Er ge, I beg your forgiveness and I apologize for losing my temper.  Please forgive me?"  "Didi, I would never hurt you on purpose.  I just thought you were getting a little too big for your pants is all!  Right, Fuqin?"  "Hmmm, maybe.  Junjie is young but has discovered his power early in life.  The same happened to me.  Fuxi spent years trying to curb my temper and train my dragon control.  I must do the same for Junjie.  My lessons will help all of you gain control.  Now I'm off to see your mother.  She has been ill lately!"
     For one month Mo Yuan taught his children as he would teach his disciples.  At the end of that month, Bai Xue and Mo JinDe had gained in power and aura.  They had gained in martial arts skills.  When JinDe walked into the camp, the men bowed and were in awe of his grace and bearing.  Inwardly JinDe smiled.  He thought to himself how right his Fuqin had been.  Bai Xue noticed people staring at him when he would walk to meetings.  He also thought to himself how right Fuqin had been.  Baohu had taken more lessons on his tails from his Zufu Bai Zhi, but he accidentally discovered he had another power.  He could move objects with his mind.  Interesting.  He knew his Fuqin had been right to challenge them to do better.  Junjie and Lei Lei had been total surprises.  Lei Lei wasn't as advanced as Junjie, but she learned quickly.  She too could use her tail like Junjie could.  The first time she did it, she grinned at her Fuqin who grinned back at her as if to say, "I told you so".  Bai Chen Bo and Bai Chin Chu were almost identical in power to Baohu, minus the mind power.  Mo Yuan was feeling rather proud.  He was almost sure they wouldn't put the extra work in, but they all had surprised him.  Even Jinzi had worked on his combat skills at Zhe Yan's insistence.  Jinzi was his surprise child.  His skill as a medicine king was unparalleled.  Even Zhe Yan had said he was going to surpass him.  He was able to memorize every text he read.  Zhe Yan had taken him to Donghua Dijun to go into his library to read the texts there.  After he read for two days, he had those texts memorized too.  Zhe Yan had told Mo Yuan he was close to being able to travel around and expand his plant knowledge on his own.  Yes, he was very proud of them.
     Bai Qian was sick again.  She had been steadily sick for over a year now.  This pregnancy was hard.  Period.  She knew Mo Yuan was watching her like a hawk!  Her appetite was fleeting and she knew she was thinner.  She honestly was trying to eat.  Mo Yuan even went to Qing Qui to get loquats for her.  Anything for her to eat.  He even went to Kunlun to get Chang Shan's special tea for her.  She ate her fruit and drank her tea.  She laid down on their bed to take a nap.  She had a year and a half to go.  She sighed a deep sigh and went to sleep.  Jinzi was hiding behind his barrier observing his mother.  He knew she was having a hard time with his new siblings.  He decided he would talk to his Fuqin and mix some supplement potions for her.  He was worried.  Very worried.  Jinzi met his Fuqin walking down the corridor to his garden.  "Fuqin, may I talk to you just a moment?"  "Why yes, Jinzi.  Let's go sit in the garden.  I was about to go check on your Mother.  I'm worried about her."  "Mother is the reason I want to talk to you."  "Oh?"  A look of alarm came over Mo Yuan's face.  "Is something wrong that you can see, Jinzi?"  "Fuqin, mother is thin and she is sleeping too much.  I was going to make her some supplement potions to take.  She's not eating enough.  The twins are small.  I'm worried about them.  When you pass energy to them, do they interact with you?  Do you talk to them?  How do they seem to you?  I wanted your permission to get Baohu to talk to them.  I'm just worried Fuqin.  Mother went through being separated from you and the dragon tear being removed from her early on in her pregnancy.  Fuqin, you didn't see mother then, but she was bleeding for days out of the wound where she stabbed herself to keep your body in pristine condition.  I was very worried when Shifu said she was pregnant.  Do I have your permission to get Baohu?"  Mo Yuan was very worried now.  "Call him to you now."  Jinzi called Baohu and waited.  He jumped right into the garden.  "What's wrong, Jinzi?"  "I want you to come talk to our new siblings.  I just want to make sure all is well with them."  Baohu looked at his worried Fuqin.  "Is it ok, Fuqin?"  "Yes, Baohu, I'm coming too."  They all walked into Mo Yuan's room.  Bai Qian was asleep.  Mo Yuan motioned for Baohu to talk to the twins.  He was staring off as he talked to them.  His expression changed to one of alarm.  "Fuqin, go get Zhe Yan now!  Jinzi, put Mother to deep sleep right now and let's lay her on her side!"  Mo Yuan jumped so fast his palace shook and a tremble passed over all of the nine heavens.